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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09
Greater Need For
Feed and Food
In "A Crops

Farmers OF Holmes county did a good
job of producing foo and feed last year
and the need 10 even greater in 1914"
says County Agent I. W. Carson.
I'VE have fewer people working on the
farm, more people in industry and many
more men in uniform. All Of these peo-
pie are going to eat moro in 1914 than
they did in 1913, provided It il avail
able.
"The War Food Administration nays
the average weekly diet for . man in
training ineipdkd g lis pounds OF meet;
Z eggs; 3h pounds fresh milk; sl-S
pounds evaporated milk, ice cream once
q week; at least l pound Of butter. mar
garine or other fats; AZ pounds Of
bread, cereal and other grains; s pounds
of potatoes; s pounds Of fresh and can
ned vegetables; Az pounds Of tomatoes
and citrus fruits; 2 pounds other fruits
For men quartered in this country
the army and navy requires at least q
three month reserve supply; for men in
armed services abroad, q nine month
supply"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09
Current Comment
BY Henry Wilks

We All Favor Temperance but there
is a difference Of opinion as to how bes,
it may be secured. There is a consider
able volume of opinion that the quickest
AND best way is to tell everybody that
even beer and wine is bad for them and
that they shan't have any more, not ever
These are usually led by dreamers
somewhat short Of practical knowledge
often UNCONVENTIONAL leaders-which
Toes not NECESSARILY mean Christian
leaders, by any means. (It has been
said that IL We vsuld spend more time
being Christian and less being merely
church members, the nations morals
would advance much faster). They mean
wen enough. no doubt.
Their unexpected and undesirable
allies are members Of the underworld,
who profit by prohibition. and their fol-
lowers.
The two classes, far apart as the
poles in their moral ideals, are allies
in the cause.
There is the other school Of thought
that believes the way TO temperance is
the slower but sure way Of education
moderation, self-restraint, strength. A
majority of voters are old enough to
have seen the excesses of the "Prohi.
bition Era" an orgy for bootleggers
pangsters. Laws SO flouted that most
of the advocates of the "Noble Expert
ment" were obliged to admit that forcing
people to be good wasn't the proper
answer to intemperance.
Beer and wine are drunk in modera.
ton most often, whiskey seldom. II
must be evident even to prohibitionists
that a very large number Of citizens
want drinks, that a vast majority are
| sober, that regulated sale of so called
intoxicants is better than bootleg sales
that violation Of prohibition laws leads
directly and very swiftly to violation
of all lays. Underground whiskey is
far worse for our morals han regulated
sale Of beer and wine. Let's decide il
we want to try force again and 90 t'
the polls next Tuesday to vote our con
v~ictions on the legal sale of beer ant
light wines.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09
Soldiers Of Soil
Need Uniform
By SalHe Hill

While travelling about the South,
note many Army and Navy "E's" which
the Government awards for defense
plants that meet their quota They re-
mind me that somehow farm families
produce the primary and first defense
w~eapon-food for the Army, Navy, Ma
rines, and all those workers who get the
Army and Navy "E's". So how about an
re" for farm folk, who often work over
time meeting the Governments food and
feed pregnant In Warrington q few
days ago, l was also impressed with the
number Of uniformed office workers. So
how about uniforms, too, for mon Of
military g whose draft boards defer
red AAenatoswsfk, on thsslGnd faH he sAad
some such uniform or sinsignia, the de-
ferred farmer should not feel called on
to explain what he is doing out of the
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09
r.
REQ Cross WAR FUND
LEGALS
NOTICE OF

Notice is hereby given that. pursuant
to an order Of the Board Of Supervisors
Of Holmes County, Mississippi, an elect
ion will be held in Holmes County, Mis-.
sissippi. on Tuesday, the 14th day OF
March, l944, to determine whether OIL
not the transportation, storage, sale. dis
tribution, receipt and/or manufacture
of wine and beer shall be excluded
and prohibited in Holmes County, Mis-
sissippi.
This the sth day of February, 1944
RUTH E. POVALL,
MRS. A. J. HEINRICH,
W. G. LOWE,
Election Commissioners of Holmes
County. Mississippi.
l2-4t-np
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09

Army-no more SO than the myriad of
defense and office workers Of Selective
Service age. Is not this failure to recog-
nize the farmers important part in the
war effort the chief reason that whole
families of farmers sometimes refuse to
take exemption?
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09
every. farmer"
says
Var Food Administrator
MARVIN JONES

: LIVERY farmer has a direct, personal in
terest in the shortage of pulpwood because
so many pulpwood products such as car
tons, wraps, liners, pads and bags, enter
into the marketing of his farm prod.
ucts.
"Uncle Sans pulpwood needs of H.
OOO,O 900 cords in 1914 are keyed to the in
vasion of Hitler's conquered Europe. The
War Food Administration is working with
the War Production Board and the War
Manpower Commission to increase tho
production of pulpwood and other forest
products.
eff you have any time at all in which you
could cut pulpwood, get in touch with your
County War Board or County Agent"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-03-09

Estimate how many cords you can
cut. Then get in touch with our
local dealer, or telephone, or Writ
NJ for prices and specifications.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Rem arriass Requires
Blood Test Under Law

War Problem Clinic:
I have been divorced since 1880
and now wish to remarry,
In applying for a license, are
my divorce papers all that is
necessary, or must I also have a
blood test? MRS. NJ. L.
Dear Mrs. NJ. L.;
IL YOU wish To get a marriage
license you will have 10 comply
with all ~ the terms OF the law,
including a blood test. II has
nothing at all 10 do with your
divorce.
FRED ". BUTZEL,
Prominent Detroit Attorney
and Civic Leader.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
War Problem Clinic;
Schools Plan
Chid'Centers
Mar Problem Clinic:

Inasmuch as this is Child Care
Week, a timely problem is that
Of a working mother who wishes
10 have her children cared for
during the summer months.
In todays column. Mrs. Irene
+. Murphy Urges mothers con-
fronted with this problem. 10 take
advantage Of the child care ia
cilities that Detroit has 10 offer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Working Mother Seek,
Place for Two Sons

War Problem Clinic:
I am a working mother and
have two boys, 10 and - years Of
age. who will be out Of school
soon.
Is there some place I could send
them for the summer months
where they will be cared for while
| am working
MRS. +. T.
Dear Mrs. v. T.;
The Detroit board Of educa-
ton In planning 20 operate 25.
"canteens" for school-age chill
dren this summer. Your boys
are in the right age for this
service. These canteens will
operate l2 hours a day and will
include meals. The program
will be similar 10 the activities
of camp. hut will he conducted
In school buildings and play
grounds. The fee will be so cents
a day.
Jnasmuch as this Is Child
Care Week, we are urging all
parents 10 do what You are
doing and that Is keep score
with facilities that Detroit has
To offer for the safe and happy
occupation Of children during
the summer months.
Please call Children's War
Service at RIA 8426. This agency
will gladly inform you OF the
many ways In which you can
plan for your children.
MRS. IRENE r. MURPHY,
Family and Child Welfare Sec'y,
Council of Social Agencies
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Keep
Perspiring Feet
Dry and Sweet

Don't suffer longer with wet. perspiring
feet. Don walk around all day with damp
socks or stockings that torture tender Feet
Just dust your feet and shoes with Aliens
ioot-kass-that wonderful. soothing, cool
ing powder that acts Instantly 10 absorb
excessive psrpiration and stop offensive
loot odors. Go 20 the nearest drug store and
Eet Aliens foot-Esse. Get rid Of that vet.
esmmy feeling enjoy the hlissful comfort
eI CRY socks ard stockings get foot-happy
today The Foot-Esss way.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05
Soldiers Wife Advised
on Baby Allotment

War Problem Clinic:
My husband is in the army. and
our son was born Dec. is, 1943.
Where should l apply for the
baby'S allotment? VIII 7 receive
payment from Dec. 10 or from the
date the application Is filed?
MRS. NJ. y.
Dear Mrs. VI. D.:
A baby born while It's father
Il In the service II entitled TO an
allotment from the time of
birth. To aid serVicemen and
their dependents i'm such mat
ters a. allowances and allot-
mentS. the army has established
n personal affairs branch at
Room 46l. Federal Building.
phone Oh $3.50, extension 42i
or 41i.
JUDGE JAMES r. CHENOT,
Wayne County Circuit Court.
A 17-year-old girl has written
the WAR PROBLEM CLINIC
that her mother insists on treat
ing her like a child In Mondays
column her problem is discussed
by Prof Alfred McCiung of Wayne
University.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

RULED or tailored styles
in cotton and rayon fab
ries. A large assortment
OF styles. White and coll
ors in the group. Base.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

First quality rayon hose.
Reinforced foot for extra
wear. Semi sheer. Ideal
for general wear. Sizes
ga to 1914. Basement.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-05

Washable cotton in dainty
prints with contrasting
trims. Styled for wearing
now and through summer.
Sizes l TO 3, 3 to s. Base.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
RUM0R5 OF INVASION IN
 YUG05LAvIA
Allies Reported Setting Stdge for Movement,
 DdImafidn Coast

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 3.-A dispatch from Budapest to Stockholm's Tid- ningen said rumors are being cir culated in Belgrade that the Allies are setting the stage for an invasion of Yugoslavia by making landings and establishing bridgeheads on the small islands off the Dalmatian Coast on the Adriatic Coast.
 The dispatch added the large majority of Partisans and guerrillas operating against the Germans in Yugoslavia and also Greece are now united under the leadership of Mar shal Tito, the dispatch said, and also affirmed that many of Tito's diW- sions are now commanded by AL lied officers. presumably Americans or British
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
DRAFTLAW I5 UPHELD,
 HIGH COURT
Regisfrant Must Report for Duty Before Iesting
 Boards 5 Classification

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. - The Supreme Court has ruled that a draft registrant who objects to clas- sification given him by draft board, must report for duty before he can test in the courts the val idity of the draft boards action.
 An eight to one decision, Assoc fate Justice Frank Murphy dissent ing, said it is well understood that dire consequences might flow from apathy and delay in the Selective Service Act passed to mcholize the national manpower."
 The case involved Nick Falbo, oi West Newton. Pa, member of Je- hovah Witnesses. Falbo contends he should have been classified as a minister, completely exempt from military training service, but in- stead he was classified as a con- scientious objector and ordered to report for work under civilian di- rection at Big Flats, N. Y. He failed to report and was sentenced to five years imprisonment by the Federal District Court at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
BE RLIN IS ] GIVEN BATH,
 FIRE BOMBS
Royal Air Force Strikes Saturday and Sunday
 Capital in Flames
(By Associated Press)

The Royal Air Forces first target in 1914 received seething bath of fire bombs on New Years Day by British airmen who delivered the tenth blow against the charred capi- tai city of Berlin.
 The next attack came Sunday while the fires were still burning from the 1,000-ton or bigger assault and while German rescue workers were still digging the dead or injured from the ruins.
 The British Air Ministry described the attack as heavy" Twenty eight aircraft were lost in the raid.
 Fires were left burning, roaring through Berlin and firemen were powerless to stop the flames.
 Swedish dispatches declared the tortured German capital had its worst night since the destroy Ber- lin" campaign began on Novem- Der Is.
 About 2i hours elapsed between the two attacks on Berlin but Swed- ish correspondents said the menace of delayed action bombs kept the residents of Berlin in city shelters until 3 o'clock in the afternoon and less than eight hours later, sirens shrieked again. The main blow then fell several hours later. however.
 Swedish reports said Hitler's lux urious new Chancellory on Wilhelm plat was one of the places hit in the aerial barrage Industrial out lying areas were hit first then the attack moved in and worked on the official residential area in the heart of the capital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
CAPT. D0NNELL TRANSFERRED;
 LEAVING WEST
Public Relations and Intel. Iiqente Officer Here 21
 Months, Ordered Out

Capt. Newman R. Donnell, Public Relations and Intelligence Officer for this area, stationed at Duck Creek, has been transferred and is leaving today by steamer for a new post.
 Capt. Donnell was also Provost Marshal until last March He has made a host of friends in Juneau in the 21 months he has been here, who wish him tine best of luck in his assignment to the Westward Those who have contacted him in official matters on Public Relations have found him thoroughly capable and reasonable on all issues and this goes too for newspaper correspond ents and especially the Associated Press representative.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
ALLIED UNIT E NEARING PORT ON ADRIATI(
Other Italian Ground At- lions Limited by Wealth.
 er-PIanes Make Raids

ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN ALGIERS, Jan 3--Heayy fighting rages north of Ortona where Can adian troops have fought their way to within nine miles and artillery range of the strategic Adriatic port of Pescara, Allied headquarters said.
 Rain, snow and high winds limited ground operations elsewhere in Italy to patrolling but strong forces of medium bombers attacked the rail communications at Taggia, Venti- miglia and Armariver on the Italian Riviera yesterday and other medium bombers attacked the rail yards at Terni, 49 miles northeast of Rome, causing explosions and fires.
 Thirty eight snowbound German trucks were shot up in the Ap- peinnes by Spitfires and War hawks and Kittyhawks attacked a convoy between Pescara and Ayez- zano and near Chieti. The official statement said the Germans are showing signs of exhaustion after throwing divisions piecemeal into tie battle of Italy
 \ The Allied Fifth Army has gath cred strength on the Casino road to Rome and made a new bold foray across the Gariglanio River, pene- trating to Castle Forte. then with drawing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
REDS WITHIN
 TEN MILES OF POLISH LINE
Soyiets Are Smashing Into Approaches of Last
 Important Town
(Bv Associated Press)


 Advance columns of General Vatu- tins Ukrainian Army smashed into the approaches to Novograd- Volynsk. railway center about Is miles from the old Polish border, and the last important obstacle between the So- viet forces in the zhitomir sector and the pre-war boundary.
 Farther to the north in the drive northwest of Korosten, the latest communique broadcast from Mos COW and recorded in London placed another Red Army column within Poyaski, railway town only 10 miles from the old Polish frontier
 Qualifications along the railway line extending into the Novograd- Volynsk are reported under attack today by the Red Star. Several stations within the junction's sub urbs are already captured The Red Star termed the situation there as very serious" for the Germans. The Red Army newspaper said the Ger mans are counterattacking desper- ately with large tank and infantry forces. but are being forced to fall back before the flanking attack by small mobile Russian forces.
 Both Markhlevsk. 9 miles to the southeast, and Vershnitsa, 10 miles northeast of Novograd-Volynsk, were captured by General Vatutin's forces yesterday
 The latest advance marked the penetration of the dense swamps at the southern edge of the Pripet Marshes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
BEAT JAPAN
 NOW WARNS
 MARINE GEN.
Edson Says Negotiated Peace Would Mean 3O-
 Year Armistile Only

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. = The Marine commander who led the attack at Tarawa asserted that the Japs in the Pacific have at this moment in their possession every thing that they started the war for"
 Brig. Gen. Merritt Edson, back from the Pacific battlefronts for conferences, told reporters about the difficulties in the capture of Tarawa and declared it to be "typi- cal of what you've got to go through" as advance toward the Jap homeland progresses, he said, Negotiated peace with Japan would mean only "30 years of armistice then continuation of fighting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
BLAST TAXES
 PLACE EARLY THIS MORNING
One Hundred Sixty-fhree Known Survivors, Many
 Suffering from Burns

NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-A United States destroyer today sank in lower New York bay, after an eX- plosion of undetermined origin, which shook many sections of the metropolitan area and awakened thousands of persons before dawn this morning.
 At least 163 men aboard the de- stroyer are known to be survivors, including 108 injured, 54 of them with third-degree burns and who were rushed to hospitals. No an- nouncement as to the loss of life has been made The wartime con- plement of the type of vessel on which. the explosion occurred varies from l5o to 300 officers and men.
 The explosion occurred at 6:lo o'clock this morning. The ship had been anchored three hours earlier, six miles northeast of Sandy Hook, N. J., and was preparing to move.
 So terrific was the explosion, Navy men said, that many men were blown overheard.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
REP. (URLEY INDICTEDF FOR
 SECOND TIME

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-Repre- sentative James Curley, Massa- chusetts Democrat, has been indict- ed for the second time by federal grand jury in connection with the operation of an Engineers Group. Inc, as described by the Depart ment of Justice, as government war contracts brokerage racket"
 In addition to Curley, former Mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts. the In lie m n names six defendants.
 The indictment charges violation of the mail fraud statute, as did the first indictment set aside on technical grounds. The order inn paneling the grand jury was not signed by the Chief Justice of the District of Columbia Federal Court
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
Railroad Men Ask(hargeBe
 Investigated

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. = Presi- dentiaI Secretary Stephen Early said that President Roosevelt seemed to have been thinking along the same lines" as the high official who asserted that the rail and steel controversies strengthened the German morale and will to re- sist.
 Early cited remarks President Roosevelt made to the chiefs of the Railroad Brotherhoods on De- cember 23. telling them If they couldn't take action by agreement. he would have to act himself, and that he was thinking about Am erican forces all over the world who are trying to win this war"
 The anonymous statement was made on New Years Eve and stated that the strike situations. and the taking over of the railroads by the government may have delayed the victory over Germany. The state ment was denounced by railroad union leaders, who said they would ask the Truman Senate Committee to investigate the source.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
Walt Disney Now in Washington; "5eGef
 Mission" Indicated
By JACK sTINNETT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. - Walt Disney in town on a secret mis- sion." It has to do with the Army, but neither Disney nor the War Department will say anything about it. When the whole story is written about what part animated cartoons have played in training our armed forces, it'll be one of the best chap ters in the Hollywood annals and it may be the beginning of something so all-fired new in education that 1t will result in revamping the whole system. Pictures have been used in education for years, but not the way Disney has used them.
 Walt tells me that 80 percent of his plant" in Hollywood is working full time these days on war work. He has lost more than ITO of his artists to the armed forces, dozen of them in the WACS and WAVES, because lady animators. once so rare, have become quite commonplace.
 The library of Congress announces that the worlds longest talking book for the blind has just been completed. It consists of 1l9 records. It's reading by Alexander Scourby, with a foreword by Clifton Fadiman.
 If Scourby ever gets to town, l want an interview. If ever man made l19 records before in con- secutive sittings, never heard of it. The book, incidentally, in the midst of war, is Count Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace that Russian epic which became a best-seller as no other classic ever has. s
 Despite politics, the progress Of the war, woodworking conferences of United Nations leaders, and so forth, one of the most frequent topics of discussion in Washington these days is juvenile delinquency Like the weather, it's one of those things everybody is talking about, but nobody is doing much about.
 However, there is group which is planning something. though just what isn't clear at this point. It's Sen. Claude Peppers tD-Fla) com- mittee on wartime health and edu- cation. The committee got shock the other day when Miss Katherine Lenroot, head of the Children's Bu- reau. appeared to give her testi- mony on what's happening to the youngsters of our country.
 Miss Lehroot is ordinarily mild person and she didn't say much that some juvenile court judges and FBl Director J. Edgar Hoover hadn't al- ready said, but she didn't mince words and the committee sat up and took notice.
 She said very frankly that thou sands upon thousands of the nations children are on the threshold o1 jail, and in many cases something worse than jail" She brought out the starting fact that three times as many girls as boys have beer caught in the wartime wave oi { juvenile delinquency and that 1T most cases, the delinquency of these l girls takes the form of sexual offenses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
tContinued on Page Two)
The Washington
 Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON tMAjor Robert .. Allen on active duty.,

WASHINGTON-The other day Walter George, distinguished Sen ator from Georgia. issued sum- mons for me to appear before his Senate Finance Committee. He proposed ss-examining me about my statements in this column re- garding his friendship with, and the influence of Ellsworth c. AL word, powerful tax lobbyist of the U. s. Chamber of Commerce.
 I gladly accepted Senator Georges summons, though a standing com mittee of the Senate has no power to subpoena witnesses. Unfortun- ately, he was i'll the next day and, though I have held myself In readiness, I have heard nothing of the matter since.
 Senator George is an able, astute member of Congress and I have frequently paid tribute to his achievements, particularly his statesmanlike policy on foreign af- fairs. However, the activities o1 tax lobbyist Alvord and the power which the U. s. Chamber of Com- merce appears to exercise on tax legislation is something which the American people are entitled te know about This power may bf greater than Senator George real izeS.
 Since he took the initiative ill calling me and since various editors have inquired about the outcome o1 the matter, shall endeavor to re- port in. this and subsequent col umns regarding the background and activities of tax lobbyist Alvord.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-03
U.S. Destroyer Explodes, Nelu York Hard
US. Destroyer Is Sunk By Torpedo in Atlantic;
 paramushiro Bombed

from submardine, airplane or surface craft.
 The Navy in another com- unique also says that on De cember 31, a group of Army bombers bombed Paramushiro but results were not observed and all our planes returned safely"