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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25
County Kitchens Are
Tin Mines For War

Women OF Holmes county can mine
tin sufficient for ia torpedoes this
year.
These figures were compiled by J. A.
Stewart vice-president of the American
Can Company. on the basis of canned
foods consumed by civilians in the coun-
ty during 1913. On the basis of last
years consumption, civilians will open
approximately 3,216,5i6 cans of food
this year, he said. According to a table
recently issued by Washington. $4,000
cans provide tin sufficient for one tor
pedo.
Meanwhile. the armed forces consum-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25

Matt Doorly's skin broke out In
4 rash last week. He finally adj
mitted to Doc Holiister he'd
eaten twelve tomatoes IN a row
Just the day before.
"Shucks." said Doc. That's al
that's the matter with you. That
kind Of eating would turn any.
body red"
So now. Matt has not only cut
out all tomatoes for himself.
He's forbidden his family to eat
tomatoes. And won't oven have
them in the house. Says tOma-
toes arc anti-social and Ought TO
b prohibited By law.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25

ed approximately three billion cans OF
food during 1943 and needs for the cur
rent year are expected to rise to three
and n quarter billion cans, Mr.. Stewart
aid He pointed out that with . greatly
increased number of the armed forces
in overseas duty. more canned foods will
be needed because the can has proved
the most practical container for the
shipment of foods abroad.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25
Singing Convention
Attention Sunday

The Madison County Singing Conven-
ton will meet at First Baptist Church
at Canton. Miss, Sunday, May 2Sth-aI
our singers and friends from Holmes
County are invited to come and join -
in a day of good Gospel Singing.
E. A. MEADOWS,
President.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25
From where | sit by Joe Marsh.
Matt Doorly Versus
the Tomato

Funny how some people rush
off to extremes like that. They
take q wholesome thing and
overdo it till It disagrees with
them-or maybe find they don't
happen to like it-and then they
want it banned for everybody.
From where 1 sit, folks ought
to realize there's = middle
ground in evcrything-a middle
ground of moderation on the ono
hand and tolerance for our
neighb0rs on the other.
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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25

leaving ones home and family.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25

HOWELL 4 HEGCIE DRUG srORK
DSRaat. MisA.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Reorganization

Some critics of the reorganization program
set up for the State Department specifically
declare 1.-THE more it changes the more it is
the same thing
They cite certain examples in support Of
their paradox One of the new" features is
the formation Of an advisory council on post
war foreign policy. Named in it's personnel
are Norman H. Davis, chairman of the Ameri-
can Red Cross; Myron c. Taylor, President
Roosevelt's sometime envoy to the Vatican,
and DR.. Isaiah Bowman, President of Johns
Hopkins university. 1t so happens that these
men have been advising Secretary OF State
Hull and President Roosevelt since the war
began. The group, therefore is not actually
new. 1t merely becomes official instead of in
formal as heretofore.
Another example is the appointment Of half
dozen special assistants to the Secretary OF
State. They are Leo Pasvolsky, Joseph c.
Grew, George T. Summerlin, Michael J. Nc.
Dermott, Thomas X. Finletter and Joseph C.
Green. They have all been connected with the
state department in various capacities. Again.
the new feature is an old one.
It is interesting, if also slightly depressing,
to note that the design is identical with the
administrations general policy, especially not.
able in bureaucratic agencies, of shifting the
! checkers without replacing the ''men." This
is not intended to reflect discredit upon Mr.
Hull, the outstanding member of President
Roosevelts cabinet, or the other gentlemen
here named, but merely to emphasize the ad
ministrations juggery. 1t is like turning the
cloth upon the table when the top is eithe,
too dirty or too threadbare for further use
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Tablet To Soldier Dead

Following a proposal made by Cyrus D.
Hogue in a letter to this newspaper Whining
ton post No. 10, American Legion, has named
a committee to investigate the feasibility OF
placing a memorial tablet to the men from
this county, killed in action, at the Court House
or other suitable location
1t is Mr.. Hogue's idea that the County Com
mission appropriate part of the money and
that the balance. be subscribed by residents.
The quick response to the suggestion by the
Legion may be accepted as evidence that the
plan has the support of its membership. We
may also reasonably assume that it will find
equally quick acceptance from the public.
If the Legion assumes the sponsorship and
conducts an intensive campaign for the nee
essary funds there is no reason to doubt the
memorial will be adequately financed. Ger
talnly 1t is small tribute to the boys who
have made the supreme sacrifice for liberty.
Wilmington should have such an imperishable
record of its heroic dead
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
By JOHN sELBY

"Work and Play" Books XXI
AND XXI of "Men of Good WHY
(Knopf; $3).
Jules Romans Men of Good
WIFI is like spilled key of mo-
lasses slowly spreading over the
face of France. 1t now has run
through twenty-five books, publish
ed in this country as eleven vol
umes, the latest this week. Slowly
it has penetrated most corners CT
France and touched most French
mentalities. It also has gradually
lost it's force; what should be a
cumulative effect and a gathering
tensity is now a thinning flood of
good words whose understanding
requires the industry and patience
that would be needed, for example,
to unity and point up the contents
Of the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Jerphanion is now running fer
seat in the Chamber of Depu-
ties-if your memory goes back
that far, you may recall that Jer-
phanlon acted as secretary to a
titled gentleman who campaigned
for the same honor, many books
in the past. The two books pub
lished as Work and Play have
this candidature as a unifying
thread, and the not always happy
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Two Essential Drives

# is not intended to allow the effort to IN
crease revenues for the war on lmanule pa
ralysis to interfere with the war bond cam
paign now in progress.
More and more bonds must be bought if we
are to do our part in the winning OF the war
The goal line must be crossed locally and
nationally.
Contributions to the polio drive are not te
be used as an excuse for reducing bond pur
chases. They are expected to be limited for
the most part to dimes. All that is asked Is
that everybody contribute as many dimes as
possible.
Too much emphasis cannot be placed on
the fact that the dimes we give in this crusade
make possible the continuance of the effort
to safeguard our national health And national
health means your health, your childrens
health, and the health of your neighbors ano
their children.
Too often we forget that the individual forms
an integral part Of the national pattern and
that the nations physical well-being depends
directly upon the physical well-being Of its
nationals.
yelitis-infantile paralysis-strikes in
dividually sectionally or nationally. But
whichever the manner of its striking it al
ways attacks without warning.
Fortunately, through the National Founda-
ton for Infantile Paralysis and its nation.
covering network of chapters, the people Of
America have built up a strong defense
against the ravages of infantile paralysis;
while night and day in the laboratories Of the
nation Foundation supported research work
ers fight on SO that full offensive against
the disease may be developed.
By contributing to this cause of the people,
we can bring inmeasurably closer the day
when the childrens' victory shall be secured.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22

spent and quite a hulaboo accompanied it's
completion. But it still is to be put in opera
ton. 1t was no sooner finished that breaks
began to appear. Faulty pipe had gone into
its construction. Now there is strong prob
ability that it will never be used to its full
capacity. 1t was intended to move 235, 900 bar
rels of petroleum daily, but can't do it. Sew
enty breaks in the pipe during tests are evil
dence of its weakness.
Adequate supplies of petroleum for the At
lantc seaboard appear as far off now as be.
fore this pipeline construction was started.
It is an example of the slipshod methods
permitted by Washington in the war emer.
gency. Expert inspection would have revealed
the pipe not up to specifications.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
The Literary Guidepost

relations of Jerphanion and his
wife for conflict. She thinks the
countesses of this world are for.
every Turing the men of the left
from their true course, and she
thinks her husband is a good deal
dazzled by his countess.
But all around this tenuous
thread of story there is a glut OF
side matter that not only swamps
the story but smothers the read
er. M. Romans includes every
thing from the atrophying League
of Nations to some strange deaths
in French country house. Old
campaigners discuss their youth.
full fire and regret its loss, mis-.
tresses flutter in and out with
varying results. men philosophize
on the rewards of this life, and in
the audience head after head drops
to its supporting breast.
This need not have been. M. Ro-
mains had and probably still has
a sustaining idea of importance.
He wants to hold up the mirror to
all France. to reproduce the whole
complex fabric of singularly
complex country. The French are
terrifying respectable people and
very practical. M. Romans meth
cd is therefore un-French. A pair
Of eyes can't see all Of a great
nation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
.PARTISANS STORM
BACK INTO JAJCE

LONDON, Jan. 21.- Up -Yugo
slav Partisan troops have stormed
back into the mountain stronghold
of Jajce in western Bosnia, former
headquarters for Marshal Josir
Broz Tito), the Partisans announc'
ed in their communicate today.
In addition to the reoccupatior
of Jajce, which has changed hands
half a dozen times in bit 'er strug'
giles and last fell to the Germans
on Jan. u, the bulletin told OF
hard street fighting in the eastern,
Bosnian town of Tuzla.
Elsewhere in the river valleys
and along rail lines new Yugoslav
successes were reported as the
far-flung guerrilla armies contin
ued to lash at German occupation
divisions.
In the Glamoc area, 80 miles
southwest of Jajce, and around
Prozor, 40 miles southwest, the lib.
GRAFTON army claimed new set
backs for the foe.
Tuzla is the hinge of 55-mile
front stretching through the Spreca
and Drina valleys from Doboj to
Zvornik Doboj is 80 miles east OF
Banjaluka. Tito's men swarmed in
to Modric on the Bosnia river 20
miles northeast of Doboj, and into
Gradacac.
Another 10 miles to the north.
east at Modric a raid on the Ger
man garrison yielded booty for the
lightly.equipped Partisan bands,
the bulletin said.
In sorties against rail lines with
in the shadow of Belgrade and
along the Dalmatian coast near
Gospic, trains were derailed and
German feeder lines to active bat
tlegrounds were seriously impair
ed, the Partisans said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Raymond Clapper Says:
Cane Gloucester Yanks
Have Plenty of Food

are heavy and are required only
up on the line, which is three OF
four miles back from the beach
now. I also saw only a few wear.
ing spotted jungle suits. The mez
are allowed to wear whatever
gives them the best concealment
from snipers. Most of them, in
Guiding officers wear green cover.
alls. All the officers and men ex.
cept General Rupertus wear greer
CT caps with medium visors, the
officers pinning the insignia OF
their rank on the front of their
caps, where the bars loom up like
miners lamps.
Otherwise you can't tell the well.
dressed officer out here from the
men. All of them are muddy, and
wear their shirts open.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Kaiser's Message

Henry J. Kaiser, industrialst extraordinary
told the Mayors Conference in Chicago that
no people in history have contemplated such
inlmeasurable prospects as those now on
our industrial horizon, and in proof thereof
mentioned super planes, electronics, new-type
automobiles, synthetics, prefabricated houses
and air conditioning already in use and cap
able of greater development when the war is
over.
on our opportunity, he pointed out, only il
''the American spirit prevails
when the wartorn cities of Europe are re-
built, as they will be, under modern planning
and design, new Europe and new Russia
may well challenge our complacency." he
said. If we overcome our complacency. I'VE
too, may build new nation, not only in
terms of the institutions Of freedom, but ir
the physical manifestations of progress
Men, materials, machines, power, initiative
and know how" he said, will be available
1.-The big question is how such development
can be financed In answer, he pointed on
that cities are in a relatively comfortabl,
their portion OF the cost of progress. '"rher,
are thousands of miles Of narrow streets
There are still slum areas to be cleared Ou
hospital facilities are wholly inadequate Man,
OF our schools belle the assertion that our ed
ucational system is close to perfection
Cities must draft plans for development
which will parallel the planning now ben
done by the federal and the state govern
ments. Municipalities must get ready for 9TH
new life
Mayors who heard Mr.. Kaiser may be e.
pected to carry home from their Chicago cor
ference a broader vision of postwar need
and opportunities and inspiration to carry o
with unaccustorned vigor, that their comnur
tiles may stay abreast of the times
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Pipeline Breaks

When German U.boats were sinking Ameri-
can tankers in home waters with tragic fire.
quency and Harold Ickes, the petroleum ad-
ministrator proved incapable OF solving the
transportation problem, the decision was
reached to build an expensive pipeline from
Texas to the Philadelphia-New York area, de-
spite the strain the project would create for
the nations steel stockpile, already reduced
by ship, gun and plane production.
The pipeline was to be 1,476 miles long and
cost SIS, 600, 900. The line was laid. the money
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
SHlPYARD STAGES
WAR BOND PARADE

The Fourth War Loan campalgf
was given another boost FrldaI
morning, by an impressive paraoe
that filed through the yards Of the
North Carolina Shipbuildins con-
pany.
The exhibition was headed by
the 143rd Army band from Cam,
Davis, under the Leadership o.
Staff Sgt. Leo Eisermann.
Military equipment was furnlSl'
ed by Lieut.. Col. William j. Sutton,
of the Carolina Beach comOS'
team.
shipyard equipment with "BacA
the Attack" slogans also par'l''
pated.
While crowds of employees loon,
ed on, the parade passed throusa
the QUILTING side of the yard lN'
line left the shipyard by Gaze !
and disbanded.
Army personnel were enter1all;;a
at lunch in the shipyard cafe'eiia
afterWard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Anonymous Doner Gives
u. S. Treasury $18,9OS

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21-R- "A.
anonymous donor enriched w, ~
Treasury by $1S,sos.3a today-n NO..
a payment of taxes but AN e hs.
mentary way of expressing ~
lief in democracy" ..,,
The check, received by lnteL"e'
Revenue Commissioner RopeI' -,
Hannegan, was accompanied O'
letter which said: -,
please keep my name ou' y,
any discussion of this. have y, =,
Gently been given some mone
which is more than l need or wan a.
This money was tax exempt a az.
in distributing it | want 10 s.r
some to the government wAele :.
believe it can do the gre"'e''
amount of good" e
The donor did not explain NJ"
he arrived at the amount.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER

WITH THE MARINES AT CAPE
GLOUCESTER. Jan. 20-(by wire
less)-Our LIST hit "Y el o W
Beach" at 9:15 am. after a &c.
hour run from it's New Guinea
base. This was where Marine vet
Grams of Guadalcanal went in on
Dec. rs.
In 10 days after the landing our
Marine force ashore had multiplied
to six times the original landing
strength, which is an indication OF
how fast we are able to bring up
reinforcements. Already a beach
area of six or eight miles has be-
come an enormous supply dump.
l carried a box of K rations
ashore, and mess kit, thinking
there might still be trouble getting
chow. But 1 was wrong. In fact,
l tried to give my rations away
and nobody would take them. Capt.
Frank O. Hough, of Cornwall on
Hudson N. Y, said they had more
than they could eat.
The sigh as we approached
shore was almost like a gigantic
ant hill. My first impression was
one of crawling movement every
where. I could see numerous
trucks blowing back and forth
along the beach road. There must
be more than thousand trucks
and jeeps in this one little area
between Hill $50, which is one end
of our line, and the airfield at the
tip of Cape Gloucester. about
dozen miles away.
We saw scores of men in the
water, most of them naked. Some
were bathing with soap, some were
washing clothes, others were heav-
ing sandbags to build up a smooth
runway from the ramps on the
LISTS Beached on either side.
when you see naked men you
know you are at the 'front.'" said
Lieut.. Col. Philip La Toilette, with
whom I was travelling. Gas soon
as the nurses come in the men
have to wear shorts"
This is really primitive. There
is a strip of mud 20 to so feet
back from the water to where the
jungle begins. That strip has been
made into a road, on which in
spots the surf washes up under
your jeep. Once our carburetor
filled with water. The driver dried
it out with a bandage from his
first-aid kit, saying: That's the
most use I've found for the kit. {"
Other parts Of the road are be-
ing driven through the swamp with
bulldozers. Ruts are hub-deep in
the constant battle with the mud,
which our driver says is far worse
than on Guadalcanal, where it was
more sandy and not so deep.
The bow doors of our LIST
opened just before we came into
the beach east of Cape Gloucester
1t took some minutes to build up
footing under the ramp with
sandbags, and with beach sand
pushed up by bulldoZer. Then
steel mats were laid before our
vehicles could come off.
In order to save time several
OF us went over the side into a
small Higgins boat which pushed
us UP to the beach. We jumped off
into hip-high surf. Although we got
soaking wet, in a couple of hours
we were completely dry. No one
pays any attention to the rain, be-
cause the air is warm and soon
dried you off.
Trees along the edge Of the jun
gle for 200 yards back were
stripped or shredded or knocked
down by the terrific naval gunfire
before the Marines landed here,
and by the bombing preparation.
Only few Of the men ashore
are wearing steel helmets, as these
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
Daily Prayer
FOR KEENNEsS FOR GOD

Out of our Indifference and ma.
terial-1nindedness, which we con-
TESS as sin, o living, loving
Father of our spirits, we cry to
Thee for forgiveness and enlight-
enment. Shed the light of Thy
Spirit into our darkened souls that
we may be made aware of Thee.
Revive our torpid hearts, that we
may live in Thy life. May we nc
longer try to carry alone the bur.
dens of these dreadful days of war
but may we share them with Thee
for Thou, too, hast a stake in them.
Give us keenness of mind for Thy
worship, and new reverence for
Thy Name. Teach as to pray, with
our lips and from our hearts. Suf.
fuse our whole being with a con.
sciousness of Thyself. our Father
and our God. Strengthen us with
might in the inner man, that mel.
her our faith nor our loyal labors
may fail in this hour of testing.
In godly fear and unfaltering hope,
may we live for the day that will
vindicate Thee and Thy truth.
Amen-W. T. E.
-V-
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
With
The AEF
BY KENNETH L. DIXON

ISLE OF' CAPRI, Jan. 18.-(DA
layed) - LR The hardest tb;nr
about visiting this spot that IN.
war forgot is when it comes t;m.
to say goodbye.
People always miss the ho,.
mere. They come to stay da"
and suddenly they look at thu 10y
endar and find out that weeks -.
months have gone by. Capri b9.
that kind of a careless. timala.s
atmosphere.
Because of it, soldiers who znor,
leave here are officially awaLsoaS
when it's the morning for tban1
to catch the boat. Somehow d,,.
ing the two days I've spent hera
the hotel attendants got me cor
fused with someone else ana in
sisted on waking me several tino.
each morning to help me catcS
the boat. Only by persistent arc,
ment in dictionary Italian co,IlS
manage to miss it.
But along comes Col. Joseob
Sullivan, of San Francisco wh,
says (cussiD that l can ride booL
to the mainland in the speedho.s
he borrowed for a quick trip ov.,
so it's back to the war.
Saying goodbye to Capri means
leaving such fantastic scepAs -"
that last night.
Sitting around a table look;ro
out over the moonlit MediterraNe
an and drinking coffee was
prince, a countess. baroness
couple of Red Cross girls and p.
handful of American Grs.
THE trouble with you Amer,.
cans is you're too soft, said fl.
prince, a tall, piratical looking
hunk of royalty. On Capri he will
wait out the war with the Other
royal refugees from half the com.
tries on the continent.
You let known Fascists con.
tinue to live and the italians WIN
are not so dumb at that, lose re.
spect for you
Jaw, forget it, prince. Have an
orange" said Corp. Frank Carl.
bon. Is, of RID 3, Benton Harbor
Mich. handing the prince an
orange he had just peeled. What
difference does it make, anyway
But it is not good. You will
leave Italy no better off, with no
more respect for America, than
when you found her." said the
prince.
"Oh. I don't know about that
said Frank, reaching for anothe,
orange.
Look said Fritzie Hauglaad d
Berkeley, Calf. lets all have
some more coffee" Fritzie, whose
right name is Winnifred and who
is the sister Of Vern Haugland,
| Associated P SIS correspondent
who wrote the book Letter From
New Guinea" after he bailed out
of a plane and was lost in the
South Pacific jungles for weeks.
is one of the best diplomats Of
the Red Cross organization here
She stops the argument with COT.
fee.
Later we all walked back
through the narrow wall-shadowed
streets, listening to the chimes on
the quarter hour, looking at the
moon and wondering if it could
be true that such place existed.
But now the coloners boat is
pulling out and the spray from The
split whitecaps is bathing Capri in
rainbow mist. 1t looks even more
beautifully peaceful than it is-and
it probably is the most peaceful
spot in the world right now, al.
though the war is less than hun
dred miles away.
Some day I'm coming back 10
Capri.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
QUOTATIONS

pray that the Germans will break-that
the psychology will get them. But I don't count
on it and 1 know the military people don't
count on it.-Charles E. Wilson, WPB vice
president
Our primary concern, simply stated is to
make the coming invasion of Germany as
economical as possible by drastically reduc-
ing the war potential Of the Third Reich and
it's satellites.-Air Forces Gen. Henry H. Arm.
old At
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
OFFICERS NOMINATED

WASHINGTON, Jan. Il " -,
Maj. Gen. Walter Bedell arI'l, u
chief of staff to Gen. DWigA' ~ =.
Eisenhower, and Maj. Gen. Geo ~
Grunert. commanding the Easter
Defense Command, were nomIna.
ed by President Roosevelt tooas
for promotion to the Temporal
RAM at lieutenant general.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
100 BELOW ZERO!

A minimum recording thermom
eter, left for 10 years near the
summit of Alaska's Mount McKin
ley, showed the tempers cure hac
been almost 100 degyee below
zero
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-01-22
NOMINATED

: WASHINGTON. Jan. 21- tR -
President Roosevelt today nomi-
mated Colonel Edward Fuller Wit
sell, adjustant generals dept.
born in Charleston, S. c., for pro-
motion to brigadier general.