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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
No Deferments
For Ball Players

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. up
Baseball playing is not essential TO
winning the war and no occupa-
tional draft deferments will be
granted to players even if they are
stars who might bring the pennant
to their clubs, War ManpoWer Com
mission Chairman Paul V. McNutt
ruled today.
McNutt, in an explanation of
baseball's status under the man
power program, said that sports
and kindred professions such as
acting are useful as morale build
ers, but not essential.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
Big League Teams
Consider a Number
Of Training Sites

NEW YORK, Jan. Z. (UP)
Virtually certain to be UNI
affected by the ban on pleas
ure-car driving and already
resigned to the continued
employment of any baseball player
working in an essential industry,
major league officials rushed COM
pletion of close to-home" spring
training plans today.
From the ST. Louis Browns IN the
west to the Boston Braves in the
east. the search for conditioning
sanctuaries for the surviving dia-
mond stars went rapidly forward
while organization of an exhibition
game schedule TO include as many
college teams and nearby baseball
squads as possible was being for
mulated to replace the former spring
southern setup.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
Bears Will Open
Against 5. c. Cagers

BERKELEY, Cal, Jan. T. up
CALIFORNIA; big basketball team
entrains for Los Angeles today to
launch the Pacific Coast Confer
ence southern division cage race
tomorrow night against Southern
California.
The Golden Bears play UCLA Sat-
urday night in the second game of
their southern swing.
Coach Nibs Price named a To-
man travelling squad.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
THREE POSSIBILITIES

The Yankees considered three
Jersey spots-Atlantic City, Wild
wood by the-Sea and Asbury park.
Branch Hickey, president Of the
Dodgers, announced he was virtual
ly sure that BROOKLYN would train
in the Yale university field house
at New Haven, Conn, since ne UNI
derstood that the army air corps had
decided not to take over. But Ogden
Miller, chairman Of the Yale Athlc-
tic association. told the United
Press that the army student filters
are almost certain to use the field
house
Sam Breadon owner OF the world
champion st. Louis Cardinals, said
that there's possibility we may
settle on Springfield, Mo-, because
there is a park available" William
Dewitt of the Browns said his boys
might train right at home"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
GOLF PAIRINGS
TO BE- MADE

been defeated the players will be
able to drop out, thus eliminating
numerous trips to the club eight
miles east of Ell Centre, Marley
said.
In Brawley survivors of the first
round of the Del Rio clubs annual
club tournament are scheduled to
start second round matches next
Sunday.
Paul Post, who upset defending
champ, Dick Lott. meets Loveridge
Marsh.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
CHICAGO GRAIN

CHICAGO Jan. 7-tUPl-HeaNy buy
ing of flour mills drovethe wheat market
n new five-year high on the Rood
Trade today, establishing gains of almost
. cents bushel
Wheat finished the day up 1is to Ia
cents a bushol; corn up IL to sc;
Oats !. TO q, Rye up l TO u, and Soy
beans UP cents.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
NO COMMENT

Officials of the Coral Gables oval
declined to comment.
Tropical Park has been waglng
a losing battle since it began its
season. Attendance dropped to So
62l-a 40 per cent slump-and the
mutuel handle was off l,l4S,lO4.
California racing became a wal
orphan in the late fail of l941, when
officials ordered a shutdown OF
tracks to prevent large gatherings
of crowds.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
M AR K EFT s
Markets at a
Glance
BY UNITED PRESS

Stock irregular; utilities strong.
Bonds higher and active rails strong
Curb stock Irregular.
Silver unchanged in New York al d1&
cents 2 fine ounce.
Cotton up around 81 bale
Wheat closed u 10 l 3, cents buShcl
higher just under lve-ycar highs set
earlier in Inc day; othca grains bad gains
extending 10 IA cents in corn. May
Soybeans closed with limit gdlH oi sd,
cents.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
RACING FEELS
WARTIME PINCH

MIAMI. Fla Jan. Z (UP)-Floridas horse-racing sea-
the wartime sports casualty list today
direct result of the latest gasoline restrictions.
Racing both IIiaeah and Tropical parks has been
suspended and apparently the shutdown will continue
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
CAGE RESULTS
BY UNITED PRESS

By UNITED PRESS
Temple 40, Syracuse a.
N. Y. University 40, Penn State 40
Columbia 40 Cornell 40
Ohio U SO Ohio Wesleyan 81
Penn SIS SWarthmore SO.
Kansas SO Missouri "A.
Manhattan SO Cathedral as
Princeton Al Seton Hall 80.
Texas 55 Rice &C.
TCU 35 Baylor 81.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
TIGERS IN INDIANA

At Detroit, the Tigers general
manager, Jack Zeller, announced
that his club would train at Bosse
field. Evansville, Ind, starting March
IS. Meanwhile. the two Chicago
clubs-the White Sox and Cubs
said they would train at French
Lick, Ind, even though they must
construct their own diamonds and
stands. The Boston Red SoX have
decided on the Tufts college cage
at Medford Mass.
Chaos reigned nearly every place
else, particularly in the metropoli-
tan area. Ed Barrow of the New
York Yankees said he wants his
club to train near the shore because
the sea raises the temperature at
least 10 degrees in the spring.
Horace Stoneham of the New
York Giants, favors an inland re-
treat claiming that proximity to
the sea in semi-cold weather might
cause creakings in the aged soup
bones of some of his surviving play
ers. The Giants were considering
Lakewood, N. J.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
PLAN TO CONFORM

The majors already had planned
to conform to ManpoWer Commits
sion Paul V. McNutt's pronounce
ment that baseball players were in
a non-esSential category and there
fore not subject TO draft deferment
and Leon Henderson's curtailment
on the use OF automobiles for pleas
ure will not hamper attendance at
ball-parks-most of which are close
to excellent transportation facil-
tiles. Thus yesterdays rulings failed
to excite diamond devotees.
Limited to territory set by Tues
days Chicago meeting of the club
owners-north of the Ohio and
Potomac rivers and east of the
Mississippi river, except the ST.
Louis clubs which may condition in
Missouri-the first few days search
for sites has produced only foui
clubs which had decided definitely
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07
CLARK ANNOUNCES

John c. Clark. president of the
elaborate Hialeah racing plant
which was scheduled to run from
Jan. 13 to March 6. announced:
1T being the desire OF the gov
eminent. as expressed through the
office OF the price administrator,
that all motor transportation to
race tracks cease. Hialeah will fit
into the war pattern by suspending
until such time as there is full APP
proval for the continuance of the
sport
Both parks are located in suburb
an Miami. The Tropical plant, II
miles away. in Coral Gables. Is one
and one-half miles from the near
est bus line.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1943-01-07

until the gasoline ban has been
lifted or eaSed.
Gerald Brady. director of racing
at Tropical which has been oper-
ating daily since Dec. 81, announced
the decision after a telephone con-
versation with Track President Har-
~ L. Straus. who is N Baltimore.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
Moicolm longinotti
Annapolis Graduate

Midshipman Malcolm Longinotti, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Longonotti. Of
Durant, received his commission as an
ensign in the u. s. Navy at Annapolis
this week in the graduation exercises OF
the United States Naval Academy. Twen-
ty other Mississippisns were members
Of the class which finished the normal
4-year course in three years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Longinotti attended the
exercises.
Malcolm was an honor graduate of
Durant High School and attended Mill
saps College and Marion Institute. At
the academy he received numerals in
plebe0 boxing and participated in COM
pany softball and football. He was a
member of the NA-10 and was music
editor of the Log and Reception Com
mittee.
In the regimental organization NAL
colin held the ranks Of Midshipman Pet
ty Officer in the first and second groups
and Midshipman Guidon Petty Officer
in the final group.
He is expected to accompany his pa
rents home for a brief leave before en-
tering regular duty.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10

We have been asked by several peo-
pie to print the following article which
gives the thrilling experiences of some
of our boys now in the thick OF this
worldwide bloody struggle. 1t is con-
densed from 1.-The Chapel News, Jack
sonville, ILL.,, and it would behOove us
all to heed the message SO urgently Civ
en-, "Send Bibles and Pray!"
The Wilds Of No Where
The Land of Death and Destruction
Dear Sir: In writing this letter to
you, l don't know where to start first.
So many things have happened since
last | wrote Well. to begin with, have
escaped death at the han of an enemy
in a way so amazing l am still in a
daze. You remember l told you when l
knew / was going over, l was going
over armed with the Bible? That
Bible is the reason | am still here and
able to write this letter.
Here is the story: My buddy and l
were sent out on duty with our equip
ment in the work told you before was
our job. We had just received informa-
ton. The most important for weeks.
When we were discovered by the enc
my. / gave my buddy the information
fe had collected, told him to beat it
with it, and prepared myself to face
them. 1t was the first time I'd been
faced with the necessity Of pointing my
gun at a man and blasting the life out
of his miserable body. l thought fast,
Their | said, Lord, it's Your response
bility now My buddy had not obeyed
my order. He had no u scruples. As
| reached for my carbine, a shot from
one of them struck me in the breast
and blasted me down. Thinking l was
dead my pal jumped for me, grabbed my
my body, blasting away with both guns.
He was blasted to his knees, with three
bullet wounds, but when he finished
there was not a one of them left. He
was amazed when / rolled over and
tried to get up. The force of that bullet
had only stunned me. Dazedly, l won
dered why. l pulled that little Bible
out of my pocket and in utter mute
ness looked at the ugly hole in the
cover 1t had ripped through Gene
sis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, on
through the Pentateuch. on through the
other books. Samuel, Kings, Chronicles
and kept going. Where do you think it
stopped7 In the middle Of Psalm 81.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
Holmes County Men
In The Service
IL
Woodrow w. Saunders
At AItus Air Field

ATLUS ARMY AIR FIELD, ALTUS,
OKLA, June salvation Cadet Wood
row W.. Saunders, son Of Mrs. Katherine
Saunders, Lexington, Route 3. has ar
rived at the Altus Army Air Field to
begin the final nine-weeks phase Of his
military pilot training. After flying ap-
proximately 10 hours in two engined
training planes and taking 40 lecture
hours of combat subjects in ground
school, Saunders will be awarded the
silver wings Of Army Air Forces pilot
and appointed a flight officer or COM
missioned a second. lieutenant.
Saunders was a corporal in the field
artillery prior to his appointment as IN
aviation cadet Sept. ~, 1912. He was a
planter and cattleman in civilian life.
Other Mississippi men who are begin
ming their training at Altus are Francis
G. Boble, Yazoo City; James O.. Hit,
Columbia, and John f. Sims, Columbus.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
"Send More Bibles and Pray" Is
The Message From The Battlefront

pointing like a finger at this verse:
"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and
ten thousand at thy right hand, but
it shall not come nigh thee. Only with
thine eyes shalt thou behold and see
the reward of the wicked" When l read
that verse it raised me three feet of
the ground. l did not know there waa
such a verse in the Bible. I'd been read
ing mostly in the New Testament. I
read the rest of that chapter-the first
part was ripped apart. In utter humility
I said, Thank you, precious God" and
felt like a little boy that had escaped
the mouth of an enemy of prey
When l, got my buddy back to tho
post he said, 1--WE had enough. This
convinces me. Come on want to get
right with God starting right now" He
wouldn't let them tend his wounds. He
said, Nothing matters now but this"
Since I've given my heart to God, and
talk with the boys, hold meetings and
pray with them, God has given me %
souls. Twenty-Five of my buddies have
prayer through and come out for God.
" S'>' "NS IN 81 ~
a long time. He was so ~dignified. But
Goo told me to go after him Il stuck
on his tails until he was grounded and
came through. l tell you, prayer is go
ing to win this war. Not guns alone. Fer
vent, agonizing prayer l know is. God
is bringing them in one by one. The
whole company will be a company Of
praying men. God has promised them to
me. Given me assurance. Think of 1t.
120 praying men and one general in
one regiment! When that happens this
unit will be unconquerable. Pray, pray
as you never prayer before. Tell every
one to pray. Tell all America to go to
its knees.
Before each decisive victory anywhere
over here, sometimes for hours, some
times for days, there has been a feeling
of people praying far away.
SO pray, everyone. 1t will have to come
from affair. No one plays in this land Of
utter desolation. God has turned His
face away from the horror and destruc-
ton man has brought on himself.
Again l plead, tell America to pray!
This war will not end until nations and
people have paid in blood and tears for
thrusting God out of their hearts, out
of their lands. And tell them to send
Bibles, and Bibles and more Bibles! A
Continued on page y
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
Tchulo Boy Student
In Instructors School

First Lieutenant Teddy Albert Smith
son of Dir. and Mrs. p. NJ. Smith of
Tchula, Mississippi, has reported to the
Carlsbad Army Air Field, Carlsbad, New
Mexico, where he will be a student in
the Air Forces Central Instructors
School for Bombadiers.
1t. Smith is regularly stationed at
the Childress. Texas B~ombardier School,
where ne is an Instructor.
The Central Instructors School COM
bines "refresher" courses in basic bonn
bardiering with new techniques worked
out in various commands. Officers back
from combat contribute their experien-
ces. Students in the school return to
their home stations to give cadet clas-
ses the benefit of their courses at c.
B. |. S..
1t. Smith is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Mississippi.
His wife is the former Minnie B.
Lockhart-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
Men Seeking Deferment
Must Apply Before
Order To Report
After 18th Boards
Cont Postpone Those
Ordered For Induction

State headquarters of selective SER
and state headquarters wish every man
to cooperate with his employer of both
industrial, agricultural and civilian
health and welfare services in order
that men more necessary than others
would be selected for the armed forces
at a later date.
Beginning June Is, 1943, the local
boards and state headquarters of selec-
tive service will not be in a position
to postpone induction on employees who
have been ordered to report for induc-
ton.
Employers are forewarned that they
must keep informed of the classification
of their employees and keep current the
information in the files of the regis
trants in the local boards. This is their
obligation and the sooner they find the
way to the local board and keep current
this information the less trouble they
will have. Colonel Lawrence w. Long,
state director, stated he was particular
ly anxious that no illegal procedure be
carried out. The habit that so many
people have formed in waiting until
the induction has been ordered to re-
quest deferment must be stopped now.
Now is the time to write or go to the
local board and learn the status of your
employee.
In case of death or extreme emer-
gency to a person in the registrant's
immediate family, serious illness of the
registrant or other such extreme emer-
gency beyond the registrant's control,
we do authorize the postponement or
induction on registrants heretofore or
dered for induction by the local board,
or registrants on which any illegal pro-
cedure might nave inadvertently been
carried out. Otherwise once an induc-
ton order is issued it cannot be can
celled.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
Boil weevii DAMAGE
Up IS Percent '43

IL the weather is favorable for insect
damage the boil weevil may be expected
to cause very heavy loss in Mississippi
this summer advises the State Plant
Board after examinations by State and
Federal entomologists on 70 farms in
20 counties during the past week re-
veiled weevils on az farms or so per
cent Of the total with an average of
1853 weevils per acre on the infested
farms.
According to Clay Lyle. entomologist
of the Board, this record indicates
more weevils than on this date last year
when only about 25 percent of the
farms examined had weevils with an
average Of about 112 per acre.
The highest infestation reported was
1900 weevils per acre on a farm in Low
dnes County, although farms in Choc-
taw, Forrest, Kinds and Oktibbeha
showed infestations of 800 or more per
acre.
DR.. Lyle urges all farmers to arrange
for calcium arsenate and busting ma
chimes but to delay poisoning until the
plant is fruiting heavily and rs percent
of the squares are ~punctured, which
will probably be after the first of July.
The cotton leafworm has made the
earliest appearance on record in the
United States, having been found by
Federal entomologists at San Benito,
Texas, on April z. In 1912 the first col
lection in the United States was made
at Edinburgh, Texas on April 80.
Information about controlling cotton
insects may be secured from the State
Plant Board at State College, Missis-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
70 Divorces Granted
In Choncey Court

Six white and 10 colored divorce cas-
es were on the May term of Chancery
Court, an examination of the Chancery
docket reveals. In addition the usual
number of estate matters, guardianships
and the like were listed for the con-
sideration of Chancellor NJ. B. Mont
gomery.
During the January term of Chan
Gerry Court Is colored couples were Civ
en- divorces and ten white persons re-
ceived DEGREES indicating that the war
has not had a great deal of effect on
the institution Of marriage.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
A Week Of The War

American land forces completed the
Attu campaign last week, as Allied afr
power rained new and increasingly Sc
we're blows at Italy, Germany and ia
pan. Henry L.. Stimson, Secretary Of
War, announced that the successful
completion Of the three-week Attu CAM
paign had placed American forces with
in striking distance of Japanese terri.
tory"
The Navy announced that the Attn
campaign cost the U. S. forces 1855
casualties including 342 killed. This
compared with Japanese losses of 1,79l
dead counted by our forces and eleven
prisoners captured. The Japenese were
reported to have buried or cremats1
many additional members of their for.
ces. The Toxic radio had placed Japa-
nese losses at 5000. Fifty-eight Amerf-
can soldiers are missing in the action.
the Navy announced.
Earlier, the American forces ends1
organized Japanese resistance by driv.
ing two deep wedges into the enemy
lines, isolated the enemy into small
pockets which were swiftly wiped up.
The isolated pockets" were scattered
all over the island. At the end of the
week it was reported that a few isolated
small units were still hiding in sections
of the Island.
Heavy bombardment of Germany and
Nazi-occupied territory continued all
week, as the r. A. F. and American
Army Air Force flyers set new records
in increasingly severe aerial warfare.
American air force headquarters in Lon
don announced that American flying
fortresses and liberators reached .
new high by shooting down "a enemy
aircraft in a single days raids on May
q in twin attacks on the Nazi subma-
rine bases at Wilhelmshaven and EN-
den.
Mediterranean Action
Action on the North African front
last week was seen by large units OF
Major Gen. James Doolittle's strategic
bombardment group which kept up .
steady bombardment of Italian Island
outposts and coastal areas. Powerful
forces of American f~our-engined bomb
SI8 lOOSCO = POWCAAui W" $3.50
inflicting "great damage" on the oil re-
finery and %shipyards at Leghorn, ltalys
third largest port. Allied naval forces
bombarded the harbor and battery area
of Pantelleria in the Scilian narrows
twice in twelve hours Wednesday night
and Thursday morning. The Northwest
African Air Forces dropped a total Of
5000, OOo pouids Of bombs on Italy
proper and Italian outposts during b
week ending May %.
Gen. Eisenhower summed up effects
of the drive which wiped the Axis out
of North Africa last week, by declaring
that the enemy's morale has been jolt
ed" The commander of Allied forces n
the African theater declared that his
armies are now ready to undertake
any further task that our countries may
choose to assign u.s."
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1943-06-10
Memorial Services
Held BY UDC

The Durant Daughters Chapter u.
D. C. held its regular Memorial Service
June 3rd at the cemetery.
After decorating the Jeff Davis mark
err on Highway 81 with red and white
flowers, the daughters went to the
cemetery to pay honor to the heroes of
81 and IS. Many beautiful flowers and
flags were placed on the graves Of the
Veterans. Wives 9 the Veterans and
deceased memhars = the Durant chap
Ter.
Twenty-Third Psalm and Prayer, Mrs.
Ruby Cooper.
Tribute to the Conferedate Veterans
Mrs. Annie Lou Stevens.
Tribute to Deceased u. d. C. Mem
bers, Mrs. Leila Sweeney. .
In conclusion the Chapter a "Abide
With Me-" followed with the "Lord's
Prayer"
The next meeting will be a picnic on
Mrs. Floyd Durham's lawn.