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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

SUPREME HQ., Allied Expedi-
tionary Forces in Britain, May 6
QNS)-Adolf Hitler, after a
stormy war council at Berchtes-
eaden, has accepted the Nazi high
commands beliel that the much
vaunted Atlantic wall will be
pierced by the Allies and has or
dered an extensive shifting OF
troops 10 meet the break-throughs
with swift counter-offensives.
The earlier Nazi conception
that the Atlantic wall would be
able to withstand overwhelming
assaults, gradually has changed
for three reasons:
Because the Russians cracked
replica of the belt around
Leningrad.
Because the luftwaffe has
been unable TO cope with Allied
air power.
And because OF realization,
through exhaustive recOnnais-
sance of Allied invasion activity,
that the second front assault
will be on a tidal wave scale.
LONDON. May 6 (INS)-FielC
Marshal r o m m G !. commanding
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Army TO Limit
Italian Prisoners

WASHINGTON, May 6 (INS)-
The war department announced
today that Italian prisoners OF
war may now volunteer to serve
in non-combat units, organized on
a military basis, in support of the
war effort against the common
enemy
There were 50,l36 Italian pris-
oners of war in the United States
on April l. Parallel arrangements
are being made by Great Britain,
the department said.
Units organized by the United
States will be under the ultimate
command of u. S. officers and
subject 10 u. S. military law and
regulations. but will be stated
with Italian officers and noncom-
missioned officers. 1t. Gen. Som
erVell will be in charge
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Allies Smash Japs
On Kohima Front
Fresh Troops, Tanks
Take Heavy Toll

HANDY. CEYL0N May Is
DINS)-The 14th Allied Army
heavily reinforced by fresh men
and tank forces. drove the Japa-
nese invaders Of India from sew
ersl strategic positions today and
inflicted heavy casualties upon
the enemy lat ali points on the
kohima front
The official communlque from
Adm. Nountbsttens headquarters
said
The Allied advance contin-
ues. Many japanese are being
killed"
Within nor. hern Burma. mean
whue, 1t. Gen. Stilwells Amer
lean and Chinese forces scored
additional gains in their drive TO-
ward the vital Myitkyina-Man'
dalay railroad.
Chinese units "overcame en-
cmy dcfcnSes' near the Lahkraw
River. while their advance south
OF captured lnkangahtawng con.
tinued. Below the fallen strong
point taken from the enemy after
five days Of bitter fighting. the
Amercan-led forces frightened q
trap or some f,ee6 Japs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
BoyScouts Appeal
For Cooperation
Ask That Waste Paper
Be Bundled for Pickup

Hard working little patriots
members of 20 Boy Scout troops
in the southwestern section OF
Detroit, have issued last-minute
appeal to citizens for cooperation
in their waste paper salvage drive
this Sunday.
TN paper pickup is in the area
bounded on the north by Wood
mere. Dix and Vernon Highway
on the east by Eighteenth. on the
south by Fort and on the west by
Woodmere.
StreSSing the importance oil
tying the waste and placing the
bundles at the curb, Scoutmastel
Ted Patz of Troop 80. who i:
leading this drive. said:
"Our Scouts have worked
hard In the past week prepar-
ing for Sundays. pickup. We
have a large territory TO cover
and we cannot cover II II we
have 10 go into garages in the
area. tie the waste and carry II
10 the curb.
II do not believe this Is ask
ing too much of the house
holders IL they want TO do their
part in the war effort. Another
request we would like 10 make
is that the citizens watch out
for waste paper pirates, who
make habit OF stealing the
bundles from the curb on pickup
day in the areas where they
know a collection il scheduled.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
RABAUL MAULED ANEW

ALLIED HQ. SOUTH PA
CIFIC, May 7 CUPl-Solomons,
based bombers pounded Rabaul
with 20 tons of explosives Thurs
day. Gen. Macarthur announced
today
Although Rabsul's tive airfields
have been neutralized for weeks
the daily hammerina has swept on
without letup through 80 days
since Feb. Uninterrupted only by
weather
1t. Cen. Kenney's Fifth Air
Force. sweeping across northern
New Guinea Friday again al
tackled.
The Schouten Islands in Geel-
wink Bay, $50 miles west OF Amer
lean positions at Hollandie.
Mokmer airdrome on Biak Is
land was the target for the Fri
day attack.
Australian patrols advanced 10
miles northward from captured
Alexishafen with no japanese re-
siStance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
FDR Asks Billions
For Lend-Lease

WASHINGTON, May s tINS)
President Roosevelt today re-
quested Congress TO appropriate
So, 100000 for lend-lease pur-
poses for the fiscal year of 1945.
Together with uneXpended bal
anceS this would make S7.110000,-
900 available for this purpose for
the government year beginning
July l.
The White House also asked
Congress for authorization 10 use
SSS. 100000 which consisted pTI-
marily of money received from
foreign governments under re-
verse lend-lease.
Meanwhile. Senator Ellender
Cd of Louisiana proposed that
Great Britain and other United
Nations repay lend-leaSe in part
by replenishing oil and other
minerals America has expended
lavishly in the war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Army Conuinces Hitler
Allies Can Make Landings
BY PIERRE J. HUSs

German anti-invaSion forces, was
quoted today as saying that the
Allied attack now must be re-
garded as imminent
my inspection has shown an
interesting system -ef tactical
measures which can he regarded
as a complete novelty" Rommel
said particular surprises await
airbOrne troops"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Vets Neck Broken

COLDWATER, May ga De.
troiter who recently returned from
Sicily became a home-front cas-
ualty today when he suffered q
broken neck in a traffic accident
and was hospitalized He is Pfc
Paul Hoffman. "A. Of 64Q6 Alaska
Detroit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Record Blow
RoCksPOndpe
Caroline Basiion Hit
With 81 Tons OF Bombs

PEARL HARBOR, May 6tINS)
Seventh Army Air Force Liber'
ators dealt their heaviest blow
Thursday on Ponape Island in the
eastern Carolines, when they
dropped 81 tons Of explosives
Pacific fleet headquarters an
nounced today.
The United States heavy bomb
ers thoroughly covered defense
installations, the town OF Ponape
itself and targets along the dock
areas. Large fires and explosions
were observed.
Admiral Chester w. Nimitz an
nounced American Liberators IN
pre-dawn bombing raid Friday
attacked the already oft-bombeo
Truk, main enemy base In the
Caroline group.
japanese positions in the Mar.
shall Island again were attacked
Thursday with AZ tons OF bombs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
10000 MORE MEN

LONDON, May 6 CUP) $3.50 The
German high com m n d has
strengthened Scandinavia vii h
$4,000 men 10 meet the threat OF
an Allied invasion from Iceland,
Swedisi press dispatches said
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Delay Polyeamy Decision

SALT LAKE CITY May s
.tUP)-A decision in the l.. S gov
.ernment'S polygamy case against
nine Fundamentalists today was
postponed indefinitely by-p s.
District Judge T. Blake Kennedy
of Wyoming.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
APPEAL TO FDR

SPRINGFIELD H.. May 6
GNS) President Roosevelt will
be asked today 10 intervene in
the two-day-old work stoppage at
the Springfield war plants Of the
Hummer Manufacturing Co, a
Montgomery Ward subsidiary.
The request was decided upon
by 450 striking workers by unanI.
nous vote.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

LINCOLN Neb.. NAV 6 INSl
Additional employees Of the Con-
SINNERS Public Power district left
their work in the Lincoln power
plant shortly before noon today.
Electric service continue
throughout the city as nonunion
employees took the places Of
strikers
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
Adm. Woodward Says;
KuriIes Raids
Hint Invasion
Paranushiru Softened
for Eventual Landing
Bv REAR ADMIRAL CLARK II.
WOODWARD
pitsd Statrs Navy

EDITORS MOTEL opin-
IONS oppressed 0ud che assertions
mcdF herein are MI 0frH 7nd
ore not 70 bC construed os o1lci1i
o. rsfr~tnO On 0NV 1'oV me
risus o. the H0rV department
or the ucral service ~ large.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

"Your Own Horoscope" by
Frances Drake, IL one OF many
famous features in The Detroit
Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07

WASHINGTON. May 6 (INSl
TODAY. second anniversary Of
the SURRENDER Of Corregidor, finds
increasing intensity Of American
cir and sea bombardmcnis OF
paramushiru and other integral
parts Of the kurilc archipelago
which may mark the beginning Of
a real spring offensive in the
North Pacific theater,
Continued assaults during re-
cent weeks against japanese posi-
tions in these vulnerable islands
which have been stepped up
with the advent Of better weather
In the AleuuanS. are deeply sym
bolic Of carrying the war straight
70 Japan. They could easily de-
Velop into a secondary front AZ
Jspan'S back door.
STRENGTHEN OUTPosTs
The japanese. who probably
fear bombing Of the homeland
more than any other phase of the
war-judging from the panic
which swept the entire nation FOL
lowing Doolittles raid two years
ago-have been rushing work on
ParamuShiru 10 strengthen IL
against possible invasion,
This is being done in the reali-
zation that If Paramushlru IS
seized the Americans would be IN
position 10 bomb Tokyo itself
only 1880 miles beyond.
Our present powerful long range
bombers are perfectly capable OF
making such a flight without un-
due loss. Moreover, Japan's weak
ness in both sea and air power
as shown in central and south
west Pacific operations-ts ample
reason for her alarm.
RELATION TO ALEUTIANS
A glance az the map viii show
the KurileS' relative strategic i'm
portance-and particularly that Of
Paramushiru $500 20 both Japan's
homeland and Americas Aleuuan
chain.
In addition 10 assaults on
Paramushiru. recent attacks have
been made-by both army land
based and navy carrier-borne
planes-on Shimushu TO the north
ward and Onekotan. Shasukotan
and Matsuwa 10 the southwark.
the latter being only 500 miles
from the japanese main islands
and goo miles from Tokyo. This
is closer 10 the capita. than any
Aleutian-baSed fiierS have ever
come before.
Though these raids have been
minor. so far as their effect on
the Pacific war is concerned,
nevertheless they are being made
while the Americans are conduct
ing spectacular offenses in the
central and southwest Pacific,
between $500 and 5000 miles
away
The conquest Of Paramushiru
will not be an easy campaign. In
the first place the nearest Ameri-
can base from which the assault
forces would have TO operate
dutch Harbor) is about 800
miles distant. with land-based
planes operating from Attn and
KiSka.
WEATHER A DETERRENT
Secondly. weather in the north
Pacific is a great handicap due
3 TO fogs and storm for about 10
months of the year. In fact the
prevailing weather conditions in
this region may best be described
as vile.
The most propitious season for
extensive air operations is from
six 10 eight weeks beginning
about the middle OF July
During that period II Is OK
tremely probable that present
sporadic attacks will be stepped
up 10 larger operations inte-
grated in the common plan
The navy's main effort appar'
emily is 10 get Japan Via the
central Pacific with forces in the
soa,fhu,ocf parific and Alnlfiaus
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
PROTEST DECISION

International and local officials
Of the AFL Street Railway and
Motor Coach Employees Union at
Youngstown O, we're ordered to
end at once a strike of the Penn
sylvania-Ohio bus drivers.
They struck in protest against a
regional boards decision holding
that an arbitration clause in their
contract applies only 10 grievances
and not 10 negotiations for a new
agreement.
Similar orders went IN union
leaders in strikes Al Aliquippa.
Pa, jamestown. n. Y, and Staten
Island n. Y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-07
WLB Exhorfs
Labor Chiefs
Calls on Them TO End
Shipyard, Bus Strikes

WASHINGTON, May 6 GNS)
The WLB late today called
upon top clio and AFL leaders to
end several strikes throughout the
nation. The orders went 10 union
heads of San Francisco Bay ma
chinists and shipbuilderS who have
refused 10 work on new ship con-
struction projects. and Pennsyl-
vania-Ohio bus drivers.
kilograms were sent 10 AL
President William Green; Harvey
Brown, president OF the AFL Ma
chinists Union, and Philip Murray
Go chief and head OF the Go
Steelworkers Union. which is in
volved in the West Coast dispute.
The shipworkers have refused
to work on new ship construction
projects at the rate of Sl.2O an
hour, inasmuch as they were get
ting $1.34 an hour on repair jobs.
Both steelworkers and machinists
are involved.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

long-established traditions to uphold. a
field artillery unit somewhere in Eng
land is preparing to "do it's part and a
little more" in the coming assault on
the Fortress of Europe.
Rugged p~re-invasion training, started
in the United States, is being continued
in England. Daily the men of this unit
take long hikes through the English
countryside. combining business with
pleasure as the men see the country and
harden up at the same time" A pro-
gram of organized athletics also aids
in the t~oughening up of the men.
As a christmas present" from the
Army, this unit received a larke allo-
cation of service ammunition for range
practice. Its just like turkey for
Christmas and we're still enjoying it
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02
GOODMAN

Miss Judith Ford, who lives in Jack
son, visited her parents, the Rev. and
Mrs. f.. w. Ford, the past weekend.
Private Cecil Clements, who has been
at jefferson Barracks, Mo-, for the past
several weeks, is spending a ten-day
furlough with his homefolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. X. Gulledge visited
the Woods Eastlands in Jackson last
week.
Friends of Mrs. Mamie Mcdaniel will
be glad to know that she is able to be
at home again after quite a long alb
sence with relatives in Jackson follow
ing an operation.
Grady Marler, who has been stationed
at a camp in Arizona for some time. is
spending his vacation with his sister,
Mrs. j. J. Browning.
Mrs. Leroy Donald and son, Leroy, Jr.,
Mrs. /. u. Donald and Mrs. R. p. Ellis,
Jr., and baby daughter motored to Jack
son last Tuesday.
The many friends of Mrs. Carl Hansen
will be glad to know that she is improv-
ing and will probably be able to come
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02
home from the hospital this week.

HON from the hospital TINS week.
Melvin Powers of Shelby, was attend
ing to business in our town last week.
Mrs. Clyde Mauldin, whose home is in
Baton Rouge. visited the Eugene Parker
family last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ras Branch had as
guests this week, Mrs. J. ]. Branch of
S~mithdale, Mrs. Nell Doty of Pickens,
and Mrs. R. p. Neblett, Jr, of Jackson.
Earl SHELTON left last week for the
Great Lakes Training Station.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Lee Dickerson and
little daughter arrived this week from
Mobile. Mrs. Dickerson and the baby
will remain here with homefolk. Hugh
Lee has been accepted in the Army Air
Corps.
Mrs. Marion Ousley received a mes
sage last week telling of the very seri-
Gus illness of her father, J. W. Boyett.
Mrs. 0usley left at once for Chicago
where her father is in the hospital.
Little Mary Lou and Patsy are visiting
their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. A.
| Ousley, during her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar CRANBERRY and
| little daughter, Gloria, came over last
week from their home at Jamestown. Mr.
CRANBERRY went on to Hattiesburg to
| visit his mother, while Mrs. CRANBERRY
and daughter spent a few days with
Mrs. G. r. Lawrence.
Miss Margaret Brumby came up from
| Baton Rouge to spend the past week
end at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. B.. A. Mcbride motored
, to Holcomb to visit relatives Sunday.
Mrs. Milton Rainey of New Orleans
was the guest last week Of Mrs. Jim
mie Donald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eyerette Montgomery
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

Of Jackson, spent the weekend with Mrs.
Percy Montgomery.
The Rev. and Mrs. Madison Flowers
attended the funeral of a relative in
Greenwood last Saturday.
Friends of Mrs. Dave McClesky will
be gland to know that she is improving
from a serious eye infection. She is
in the Baptist Hospital in Memphis.
Mrs. j. W. Allen had the pleasure last
week Of having a visit from her son,
Dorsey Allen, from St. Louis.
The WSCS met Monday in the home
of Mrs. j. B. Browning with a good at
tendance in spite of the inclement
weather. The program which was from
the new year book, "Songs in Strange
Lands" proved one of much interest,
dealing with young people of several
foreign lands. educated in Mission
Schools of the Methodist Church in the
United States. Those who took part on
the program were, Mrs. Ras Branch, the
leader; Mrs. Sallie Doty, who rave the
invocation; Mrs. Herbert Browning. Mrs.
j.. j. Browning, Mrs. B. A. Mcbride, Miss
Carrie May Taggaret, Miss Bet Moody.
Miss Elizabeth Moody returned last
week from Memphis where she has been
visiting the Barksdale Farmer family.
The Rev. E.. w. Ford motored to Kos
ciusko last Tuesday to attend the
funeral of a cousin, Mrs. Smith.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02
Egg Production
Reaches HiQh Point

Egg production is reaching a rather
high point in Holmes county at the
present time. On Tuesday of this week
SO producers shipped 1889 dozen eggs
to the Grenada Cooperative. This rep
resents over 36 cases. The prices the
best grades are bringing is 32 cents.
imately 1927. 90, of neary $1,000 per ship
per.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

on Monday and Tuesday, March 6 and Z.
and the finals will be played on March
sth.
Captains of the eight teams are:
Geraldine Gillian, Hazel Branch, Allene
Ray. Dorothy Thweatt, Louise Owens,
Mary Flo Harrison. Imogene Hudspeth,
and Eddie Lee Dawson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

immensely" said one Of the men in the
unit.
Among the men in this outfit are Pfc.
Leslie Farmer, Of Lexington, Miss, Ri.
s.; and Pvt. John L. Ezell, of Durant,
Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

Beginning Monday night, February %,
the HJC intramural basketball games
will be held for the girls Of the phys
ical education classes unde the direct
ion of Miss Martha Turner.
The p~reliminaries will be played from
Monday, February %, through Thursday
March. 2; the semi-finsls will be played
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02
Holmes Men In
Artillery Unit

: Headquarters, European Theater of
Operations, tSpeciaD-With honors won
in the first World War behind it and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

The Rev. Robertson of Lexington. and
the Rev. f. c. Driscoll were guest speak
ers at the college this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02

The annual Religious Emphasis Week
program at Holmes Junior College will
begin on March % at two o'clock, and
will continue through noon hour on
Wednesday. March %. The theme of
the series of meetings will be Victory
Through Christ"
All the churches and schools of
Holmes county will be represented.
Out-of-town visitors will be welcomed
| at these meetings.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-02
Holmes Junior COLLEGE

On Friday night, March 10, at eight
o'clock, the Holmes Junior College
Dramatic Club will present a three-act
comedy entitled. "No Bride for the
Groom"
The plot includes a series of schemes
to prevent a triple wedding, but the
result is a surprise full of fun and, en-
t~ertainment.
The characters are portrayed by Sue
Mullen, Robert Taylor, Virginia Wilkes,
John Caldwell, Loue Case, Joe Don Ben
nett, Beannice Box, Mary Evelyn Metts,
Robert Bright, Elizabeth Flippen, Irene
Price, and Claudine Wilkes.
The Dramatic Club is directedy by
Mrs. Zylpha Mansell.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-15
EUROPE:
See Zero Hour

AS the Axis radio dinned that the
invasion of Europe could be expect
ed at any day, huge fleets of heavy
u. S. and British bombers escorted
by fighter planes continued to pour
fire and destruction on the enemy's
industry and defense installations,
with Berlin the No. l target.
Expecting the grandest amphibi-
Gus assault in military history, the
Nazi high command continued to
boast of its steel and concrete coast
al Notifications equipped with long
and short range rocket guns, and,
declaring the impending hostilities
were to determine the future fate of
Germany, insisted that they must
fight it out in their deep defenses
rather than make a wholesale re-
treat.
In Italy, strong armored German
forces jabbed at stubborn U. S. and
British lines on the Anzio beachhead
below Rome, while heavy slush and
snowfall slowed Allied advances on
the bloody Casino front, where bit
ter house to house fighting again
was resumed after a long lull.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-15

Frances Freed and Eleanor Fish
err, Theta Rho Girls club members,
assisted Mrs. Paul Gerard this week
in the Red Cross war fund drive
in the northwest district.
Mrs. William Brock of Park City
spent the week end at the home of
her son and daughter-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Brock of Laurel.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Brock, form
erly of Park City, moved to Laurel
the past week and are residing at
312 Yellowstone avenue.
Mrs. E. H. Wells of Park City
and Dana Wells of Brighton, Colo,
were dinner guests Saturday of Mr..
and Mrs. T. l.. Wilkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Ehart, who
recently purchased the Searight
ranch west of Laurel have leased
the property to Rheiny Deide.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-15
IVA:
Control Sought

Carrying his bitter feud with
Tennessee Valley Authority Chair
man David E. Lilienthal to the SEN
ate floor, Sen. Kenneth Mcclellan
(Tenn.) led in the move to amend
the 81 billion dollar appropriation
bill for independent Offices so as to
compel IVA to turn all of it's reve-
nues over to the treasury and op-
crate only on monies a~llocated to it
by congress.
Showing that IVA netted almost
Sd million dollars from power opera
tons for the 10-year period ended
June 30, 1943, Mcclellan claimed that
IVA had favored the Aluminium
Company of America with lower
rates than the Reynolds Metal com
pany, and Lilienthal had used IVA
funds for advertising.
Taking another slap at govern
ment bureaus, Senator Russell (Ga.)
introduced legislation under which
all semipermanent federal agencies
created by the President would have
to go directly to congress for funds
if remaining in existence after one
year.
Laurel outlook., 1944-03-15
u. S. SHIPPING:
Equals All Others

Asserting that the u. S. merchant
marine is greater than all of the
Allied shipping combined, War Ship
ping Administrator Rear Admiral
Emory S. Land called for storage of
those vessels not used for world
trade after the war.
In advocating extensive use of
U. S. merchant vessels in the post
war world, Admiral Land said that
formerly Japan carried 80 per cent
of her exports in its own ships,
Germany 70 per cent and Italy 60
per cent.
Declaring that the U. S. is bearing
the bulk of Allied shipping in the
war, Admiral Land told a congress
sional committee conducting hear
ings on extension of the lend-lease
act that AZ per cent of the outbound
cargo from this nation last year was
lend-lease material, and of the total
less than 2 per cent was lost in COM
parison with 5 per cent in 1912.