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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02

wSCS

The wSCS met Monday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. B. W. Cresswell, with
only a few members present. The Week
of Prayer was observed at this meeting.
offering taken.
A Mission Study class vas also held
at this meeting.
Mrs. B. w. C~resswell led a discussion
on 1.-THE People of Island India and
Mrs. e. A. Brock discussed Here The
United States Takes Responsibility"
The meeting was closed with a prayer
by Mrs. W. Z. McCreary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02

Mrs. Lucille Smith and daughter Billy
Laurine, of Lexington, spent the week
end with Mrs. Leila Paul.
DR.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Smith and son
T/Sgt. p. NJ. Smith, Jr., transacted busi-
ness in Greenwood Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Darnell and
George spent Sunday with the William
Darnells on Wildwood plantation, Green
wood.
Mrs. C. r. Hamlin and Mrs. w. f
Jones spent several days in Jackson last
week and attended church conferences
at Canton, Jackson, and Utica. They
were guests of Mrs. J.. p. Lacy and Mrs.
Everarde Niece while in Jackson.
The friends Of Mrs. Ralph Ray are
sorry to learn that she became i'll Sat
urday and was taken to the Greenwood
Hospital for treatment. Mr.. Ray and
Ann Hampton accompanied her. Her
sister, Mrs. Sharpe, Of Louisville, came
over Sunday to stay with Betty Sue and
Ann Hampton during her absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Baine, Mrs. Frank
M. Clarke, Harvey Baine, III, and j. l.
Shields attended the Ole Miss Arkansas
game in Memphis Saturday.
c. V. Maxwell, Pickens, harvested his
serica seed last week which yielded ap
proximately 900 pounds per acre. Tht
price paid for serica seed last spring
was 81 cents per p%ound-$93. 90 per acre
is not bad.
The farmer of Holmes county ginnee
32,S67 bales Of cotton up to October II
according to A. A. Derrick, special agent
cotton.
Assuming that our normal crop will
be $4,000 bales, this means that rs PEI
cent of the crop was harvested befor,
October II. At this date, no doub'
above 80 per cent of the crop las beer
harvested.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02

in the many games that had been plan
ned for the occasion.
At the conclusion of the games, every
one was invited to choose a partner
find a suitable fork and enjoy a wiener
roast.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. Eric Norquist, Lexington.
Mrs. W. NJ. Ables, Lexington, Rt. 4.
Mrs. James Killebrew and baby girl
Lexington, Rt. 4.
Mrs. Vernon Killebrew and baby girl.
Lexington.
Mrs. Robert Simpson and baby boy
Lexington.
Mrs. ]. b. Holder, Lexington.
Freddie Leslie, Durant.
Mrs. NJ. T. Watkins and baby boy, Lex
ington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02
AUXILIARY

The Woman's Auxiliary met in the
Presbyterian church Monday afternoon
with Mrs. W. G. Gwin, vice-president
presiding. The Bible study in III Cor
inthians was conducted by Mrs. Hamlin
with prayer for service men at the close
of the meeting.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02
BAPTIST WMU

The regular fifth Monday social of
the WMU was held in the home of
Mrs. W. NJ. Unger. After enjoying sew
eral contests, a delicious salad, Ritz
crackers and ~coca-colas were served.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02

FOR SALE-Mahogany library table and
a framed tapestry suitable for using
over buffet or piano. Mrs. F. C. Calender
Phone 16. 9-1t-np
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02

Mrs. Irene Cox and Mrs. Herman Wat
kins went to Jackson Tuesday.
Mrs. J. L. Parker and son, James, left
Tuesday for New Orleans, La, where
the latte rwill enter Tulane University.
b. & p. w. CLUB
The Tchula B. and p. w. Club held its
social meeting in the club room Thurs
day evening, October &c. Mrs. James
Love was hostess. Miss Tate presided
during the short business session, Mrs.
Love gave an interesting discussion on
Legislative measures.
After a stunt game, delicious refresh
nents were served to the members and
quests.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-11-02
WSCS

The Woman's Society of Christian
Service observed the Week of Prayer
Monday with seventeen present. Song,
Take Time to Be Holy; Silent prayer,
closed by Mrs. Waterer; History of
Methodist Women, Mrs. Lee; Medical
College for Women in India, Mrs
Kazar; Wesley Community House in
Texas, Mrs. McWaters; Looking For
ward In Africa, Mrs. McKibben; Home
Missions, Mrs. Foster; Meditation, Mrs.
Lee. Offering $500. Mizpah.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25

There are too many unPredictobles, OF course,
for Mr. HilIron or Mr.. Sloan or anyone else to draw
in advance an accurate picture Of business immedl-
oteIy otter victory But Mr.. F|inaen1s disnao pan
Drama seems q bit overdone. To be sure, $780,
600 100000 national income would be q 33 ID per
cent drop from present level. But it is also "a
Der cent above our pre-wor level Of 7o,OOOOOO
600 in 1910 when considerable war production was
oreody under woy) 80 per cent over the last purely
peocetme year of go, and 8 per cent higher than
the previous top Of S82 900 900 900 in the lush and
cockeyed year Of 1929.
Perhaps Mr. HIn'on figures that there is MOTH
ing inflated about our present wartime INCOME Per-
hops he feels thot billions spent for productive civil
ian goods and services ore no more Of an economic
stmuIont than billions spent on miItoy expend-
obes If he's right, then there IS cause for gloom
But such premises, which se9fn( togo with Mr. Hill
mans prognoss, ore open to cSeson.
Not that there isn't plenty to worry about The
problems Of industrial reconversion and noonpower
rehabilitation must be solved quickly and wisely as
basis for any income speculation And their soIu.
ton is vast and complex Job that will demand the
cooperation Of Mr.. HiIInoon, Mr. Sloan, and all the
best minds in industry labor and government.
1t is the way that job is done, not the predictions
Of Alfred Sloan or Sidney tlilIron, thot will deter
mine our immediate post-wor income
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
. BARBS .

Some people fail to recognize
opportunity because it is dis
guised as hard work.
A San Francisco man offered
cas-, of Bourbon for the priv
ilege of renting an apartment.
That's living it up instead Of
drinking it down.
Some blame absenteeism on
workers feeling too tough at the
end of a week-and others on
too tough a weekend.
Two SeaBee -battalions built
a city on a Pacific island in II
days. American pilots have torn
one down in one day.
Enjoying your work is the
way to get fun out of il. Loafers
can't see the joke.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
on 9ezzzY f.
REAL PERSON
BY DR.. HARRY EMERSON FOsDlCK

as in persons and interests to
which he belongs; his enduring
satisfactions are found in letting
himself 60 for aims outside him.
self, and as Jesus said, he finds
life by losing it. Thus discov-
ering objective values, interests
and aims, he is pulled together
into conference and unity by his
outgoing loyalties. How. then.
does one get from infantile self
centeredness to this maturity of
real person?
Many never do. At so years
of age they still are living on a
childish pattern. Moralists GEN.
sure them as selfish. but be-
meath the ethical is psychology
ical problem-they are speci-
mems of arrested development
Says a contemporary novelist
about one of her characters:
Edith was a little country
bounded on the north, south,
east, and west by Edith" Call
ing Edith unethical does
not get us far. Edith suffers
from a serious psychological af-
Fiction.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25

flve-card suit. Certainly the no
trump bid worked out we'll on
today's hand. II South had
opened with one diamond.
North would have responded
one heart. East could easily
have gotten into the bidding,
either with, one spade or with a
double. South might still have
reached three no trump, but
West would have opened the ten
of spades and Seuth,s spades
stopper would have been driven
out before the diamonds were
established.
South won the first trick with
the heart jack. Then, wanting
an extra entry to dummy with
out giving up control of the
heart suit, he led his king and
overlook with dummy's ace. The
diamond deuce was led and the
ten finessed, West taking the
king and shifting to the ten of
spades. South won this with
the ace. The heart three was led
and the eight finessed.
After cashing the heart
queen, South led another dia-
mond from dummy, finessed for
naming diamonds. Two of
dummy's Clubs were discarded
on these. Then a club was led
to the queen and East took the
ace; but East had saved two
spades and had 10 give dummy
the last truck with the spade
queen-so South made four no
trump.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
c. /. o. GLOOM-GATHERiNG

The c. |. o. Political Action Committee held
rather gloomy meeting in New York the other doy'
Whot engendered the gloom wos not the foct tno'
the attorney general has announced an immediate
Investigation of the committees purposes and funds
Rother the long faces resulted from several speak
ers' opprehensive views Of our postwar economy
What alarmed them particularly was Alfred r.
soon's estimate of national peocetin1e income OF
500, OOOOOO,OOO which the head man OF General
Motors made at q recent National Association or
Manufacturers convention.
Sidney HiInnon, the committee chairman, point
ed OUT that victory would find with notonol m
come of S. 1000, OOO 900, and with 10 million serv-
icennen needing Jobs in private industry.
~ drop in national income to SIOO,OOOOOO,-
OOO," he sold, would Immediately give US on un-
employed army Of 10 to IS million American work.
ers 1t would ruin our formers, throw thousands or
businessmen to the wall and cotopuIt us down q
spiral Of defIotion that would make the crash or
1929 feel soft as feotherbed"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
. BEHIND THE SCENES
IN WASHINGTON .

Trying to plan reconversions
from war to civilian production
so as to cause minimum confus-
ion, unemployment and moving
about of manpower presents a
hatful of pretty little head
caches like these:
Here is a typewrite factory,
here washing machine factory,
and her an automobile assembly
plant. All three have been MAX
ing, say light machine guns, and
doing a good job of it. But along
comes the time when the Army
has all of this particular type of
weapon it needs for original
equipment of troops. All it will
need for the future will be re-
placements for guns worn out,
lost or damaged in battle. Cues
tion-How shall the cutback be
handled?
Cutting back all three of them
would seem to cause maximum
Of confusion in three places and
break up efficient mass produc-
ton techniques. The smart
thing would be to cancel two
OF the contracts, keeping the
third plant going.
MULTIFOLD OBJECTIONS
\All right, which two? Cues
tion-Which of the three items
does the Civilian economy need
worst? Answer - Washing ma
chimes. But there's a shortage Of
fractional horsepower electric
motors and washing machines
need electric motors, so that's
out.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
so SAY WE ALL

The coffee industry protests against the tenden.
cy Of restouroteurs TO hold down coffee consun1p-
ton, now that rotonine is ended There is absolute.
ly no justification for limiting the service Of coffee
to one cup, says Manager w. F. Williamson Of the
National Coffee Association
Assuming that there now is plenty Of coffee
against which restouroteurs have no more evidence
than we potrons-Mr. Williamson is quite correct
This attitude toword coffee is merely typical Of
the way in which some businesses ore taking odvont-
ooe OF war conditions to make savings for themselves
thot, in many instances, have no proper Justification
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25

A certain Charm" school,
promising TO bestow person
atty" on IFS clients, prescribes
in the first lesson that one stand
before a large mirror and repeat
ones own name in a voice soft,
gentle and low" in order to i'm
press oneself with oneself. II is
the nemesis of psychological
counseling that turning atten-
ton TO oneself or to improve
oneself may not only increase
obsession with oneself, which is
the root of the mischief Int
grated personality is impossible
save as the individual finds out
side himself valuable interests,
in devotion TO which he forgets
himself. To be whole persons
we must get ourselves off our
hands.
Egocentricity is the psychol-
ogical basis for a selfish life.
Selfish" however, is moral
word, invented by the Presby-
terians about 1910. 1t carries
with il ethical blame, and its APP
plication TO a person commonly
involves condemnation more
than description. Egocentricity.
on the other hand, is a factual
word; it describes an actual
state Of mind; right or wrong,
there the psychological situation
is-an acute aWareness of self,
so exaggerated that the ego is
habitually the focus of atten-
ton. until objective interests
have hard time claiming not
ice or care.
George Eliot describes an old
fashioned silver mirror covered
with multitudinous minute
scratches from generations OF
polishing. and notes that when
ever lighted candle is brought
close TO the mirror all the lines
arrange themselves in concen-
trio circles around the flame. No
matter where the candle is pre-
sented 10 the mirror, the result
ant pattern is the same. So an
egocentric person faces the
world.
From one point of view this
may be regarded as failure 10
grow up. An infant is necessar-
lily cgocentric. He is bundle Of
his own sensations, clamoring
TO be taken care Of. To be sure,
he has vital social relationships;
he belongs TO his mother, but
all he wants her for is food and
protection. He does not care
for her nor try TO understand
her for her sake; he wants her.
and later everyone else within
his reach, solely for his own
sake.
Self-centeredness is the in
evitable attitude of early child
hood.
This fact concerning our ini-
tial start poses difficult prob
lem in becoming a real person.
For real person, maturely de-
veloped, is not egocentric. He
has objective interests; he cares
for other people for their sakes;
he discovers causes and values
for which he lives and might
even die; he habitually forgets
himself in creative work; the
richest values Of his life lie not
so much in what belongs TO him
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
TWO PAIRS OF PANTS

In O judgment worthy Of Solomon Memphis
judge has reconciled, at least for his own cornun-
ity, the growing independence Of wor-worknq wom-
onhcod with the ancient doctrine Of male supren-
ocy.
He hos ruled that women may wear slocks, but
they ore not to oppeor in public in mems trousers.
So Memphis need no longer wonder who wears the
points in its households. The answer is: Mama and
POGO
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
. MIND YOUR
MANNERS .
Test your knowledge of cor
rect social usage by answer
ing the following questions,
then checking against the au-
thOritative answers below:

!. In an office, should you
feel free to interrupt person
who is concentrating on job,
to borrow something or just to
chat for a moment?
2. When a caller in an office
seems TO know that he is taxi
ing up more of your time than
you can spare, how might you
give him hint that it is time
for him to leave?
3. Are crowded BUSES an ex-
cuse for men crowding ahead of
women?
4. Is there any excuse for
able-bodied men or women sit
ting on a bus or street car when
a woman holding baby is
standing in the aisle?
5. Should a woman give her
seat on a bus or street car to
a very old, feeble person who
is standing. il no man nearby
gets up and offers his place?
What would you do if
You are tipping the bell boy
who takes your luggage to your
hotel room
(a) Tip him according to the
amount of luggage you
have?
(b) Tip the same for several
eavy bagA that you
would for oneNlbag?
Answers
1. No. -
2. BY taking advantage of
pause in the conversation TO
rise and say I'm glad you stop
ped by" - or some such final
sounding pleasantly.
8. No.
B. Yes.
Better What Would You Do"
solution-(a).
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25

How about the typewriter
factory? Well, if they let this
one plant get back into civilian
production it will have the jump
on all the other typewriter man.
ufacturers who are now making
fire control instruments, shells.
heavy machine guns, radio sets
and all manner of Einunitions
which are still needed in guam
tity by the AIMED services. Even
letting the one company make
nameless victory" model type
writer for all the others is OBJ
jected to because that puts this
one company back in the type
writer business, where il can
perfect postwar models and get
trade position advantage over
its competitors.
The same objection applies to
the auto plant. No one auto
maker can be permitted TO get
back in production ahead of the
others. So what do you do, Mr..
Bones, in predicaments like
these?
Look at the problem from an
other angle. Which plants could
be cut back with minimum
disturbance to working forces?
The typewriter and washing
m &C h ne factories, as such,
would employ only a fraction
of the people they are now en-
ploying on expanded production
of light machine guns. Cancel,
ling out their war contracts
might cause lot of uncmploy-
ment. Question - How many of
the people discharged could be
employed Immediately in other
nearby war plants having labor
shortages?
II there were a ball bearing
plant near the typewriter fac
tory, if there were radio
equipment factory near the
washing machine plant. surplus
labor forces of any kind could
be absorbed with the loss of
scarcely more than weeks
work. In the case of the auto
plant. if the working force there
could be shifted TO a neighbor-
ing works with a fat but untitled
aircraft contract, the auto plants
light machine gun contract
could be cancelled and its fac
tory closed down until such
time as materials could be allo-
Gated to resume manufacture Of
automobiles.
MANY SUCH CASES
Now all these cases, though
disguised and over-slmplified TO
emphasize the points, are none
the less real and they are case
histories which will be repeated
thousands of times before read
justment and reconversion are
achieved with anything ap-
preaching maintenance of full
employment.
These problems are by no
means confined TO manufacture
ing industries. The whole pat
tern of peace-time civilian
economy is similarly affected.
Take metals:
There are now SURPRISES of
aluminium. One of the more
beautiful pos t-war industrial
dreams that has been blown
about in war time has been that
the world was heading into a
new, revolutionary era of light
metals, in which aluminium and
magnesium might replace steel
and copper for many uses.
Supplies of steel and copper
are now greater than demand,
though there are not the sur
pluses such as in aluminium. But
do you suppose it would be pos
sible to give this light metals
revolution q head start by re-
Stunning the production of ice
boxes, stoves and such consum-
ers' durable goods, making them
out Of aluminium instead of
steel?s Only over the dead bodies
of all the steel magnates and
thir salesmen.-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
. IN HOLLYWOOD

err" Director Charles Lamont
said.
A member of Rosemary de
Camps fan club, Torpedoman
Roland Davis of submarine
crew. was also on the set. Davis
could hardly wait for them to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
McKE@NY ON
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY

ny WILLIAM +. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
First of q series Of four ar
ticles based on Albert II.
More h d's new book,
Bridge the Expert Way" In
which Mr.. Morehead analyses
the current bidding practises
OF the country's leading play
ers.
Some experts. Morehead re-
ports, are getting good results
by opening with one no trump
on a hand containing a strong
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
TYPE TROUBLE


Actually. il wasn't so sur
prising 70 find Rosemary de
Camp playing a song and dance
lady Just incon2ruous After
all. She a very attractive young
lady who was typed A couple Of
years ago as an expert at play
ing old ladies in heavv dramas
because she aged so gracefully.
This is the first time she's
played a glamorous mother
without winding UP in wheel
chair in the final reel.
ITS happy stuff" Rosemary
said. It's iHH--yeHlE like IT. ="
1t wasn't much fun learning
the dance routines, though,
Rosemary said. She'd never
done any real serious dancing
before, and it was almost a
week before Dance Director
Louis Ga Prom said she was
ready for the cameras.
Laughing at Jack Oakie $
gags, Rosemary said, was almost
as much fun as working in the
picture. Being a charter mem
Der of the Jack Oal(ic Fan Club.
we agreed with her. Oakie, It
developed, has been in rare
form the last few weeks.
Day before the picture start
cd. Jack and Rosemary were
posing for some advertising
stills. Oakie looked into mir
ror and said, Notice the resem-
blance to Ronald Colman? He
has two eyes, too.
Couple of days later, for one
Of his vaudeville routineS. Oak
ie showed up on the set wearing
d green plaid suit, blue and
white shirt, purple socks and
white shoes. I'm what you'd
call a genteel tramp he said.
SET SCENES
Dancing with Rosemary and
Oakie in the scene was a line
Of "a chorus girls. All were
bare-lcgged, wearing leg make
up instead of hard-to-get silk
stockings. Chilly but it's cheap
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
MOTOR TROUBLE
SPARKS ROMANCE

CARLINVILLE, TT. - When
Army Pilot 1t. Donald L, Hull
cher arrived at Scott Field en-
CINE trouble prevented his i'm
mediate return flight to New
Mexico, gave him unplanned
time on his hands.
So he came here to visit his
fiancee, Miss Mary Elizabeth
Young, and they were married
forthwith. 1t. Hulcher then left
in another plane.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25

complete the scene. The still
man had promised to take his
picture with those "a barelegged
chorus girls.
They'll probably make me
an admiral" Davis said. when
| bring 'em back that picture. y
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
YOU TAKE IT - NO YOU

SALT LAKE CITY = N. p.
ORiley left a suitcase Of cloth
ing on the sidewalk for his wife
to carry into the house. Mrs.
ORiley decided her husband
should do the totin'. She came
in empty handed.
A third person, however, ac-
copied the burden. When the
O'Rileys went out later, the
suitcase was gone.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-01-25
BY ERSKINF JOHNSON
MA staff correspondent


If we hadn't seen 1t we would
ut have believed it.
HollyWood's faVorite moth
er"-Rosemary de Camp was
dancing the French Can Can
and doing bumps with Jack
Oakie.
We couldn't have been more
surprised if we had found Hedy
Lamar parking cars at the
Brown Derby or w. c. Fields
flying a P-38
Rosemary is usually the girl
who wears a gray wig and
pads and wrfnstes on her face
and old lace and plays Jimmy
Cagney's mother or Robert Tay-
lor's mother, or somebody 5
mother Why, just couple of
weeks ago we saw her limpine
about as George Gershwin's mo-
Their in the composers film BIZ
ographv.
But today Rosemary dc Camp,
wearing one of those short
skirts and displaying a pair Of
very shapelv legs, is dancing the
Can Can. And doing bumps
with Jack Oakie.
Surprised" Rosemary said.
shocked. wc said.
The movie in which Holly
woods favorite mother sheds
her wig and shawl and gets hep
is Universal's "Thc Merry Mon
ahans." a backStace vaudeville
story vintage 190O-17. Rose
mary and Cakic play vaudeville
partners who marry the wrong
have children, get di-
vorccd and then help their kids
become stars. Donald O'Connor,
Peggy RYAN and Ann Blyth are
the children.