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Washington Produce

From the War Food Administrat ton
PRICES paid net fob. Washinston:
EGGS-Market steady. Receipts lisht
Prices nominally unchanged. Prices pait
for Federal-State graded eggs received
from grading stations Gune 81: Whites
~; U; S. grade A. medium. 81 -33; aver.
age. 32l2; U; s.. grade B. large, 1886
average 30; U. S. grade C. 25. Current
receipts, nearby unsraded eggs 26-27
LIVE POULTRY-Market steady. Re.
celpts liberal. Prices paid net fob. Wash.
insLon. tPermitted transportation charges
and fryers, 5-32; fowl. 26-2S
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Store, Type Shares
Set New Peaks on
D. {, EXCHANGE
BY EDWARD C. STONE.

oN
Several store, type and miscel
laneous stocks listed on the Wash
ington Stock Exchange made par,
ticularly good showing in the frs
five months of the year and are nov
at or near their 1914 tops. Notable
among these are Garfinkel common
which recently sold at 18A, a new
high for the year, and Garfincke
preferred, the last transfer at 26k
being only a fraction under the
years best price.
woodward g. Lothrop preferred
at 122, is at the years peak while
the common, at 451a, is near thai
point. Lanston Monotype, selling
this week at 46, set new 1914 high
mark, while Mergenthaler Linotype
at 81, also is at the 1914 peak.
National Mortgage g. Investment
preferred is at the high for the year
as are Real Estate Mortgage &
Guaranty preferred, and Terminal
Refrigerating g. Warehousing Corp
Peoples Drug, at 241a, is close to
the top.
O'Neill to Head Bankers.
Charles T. O'Neill, vice president
of the National Bank g. Trust Co.,
Charlottesville, is slated to be elected
president of the Virginia Bankers
Association late today, at Roanoke
He has been leader in Virginia
banking for years, has held high
committee appointments in the
ABA, and is a slose friend of Sidney
F. Taliaferro, just elected president
of the District Bankers Association
Clarence e. Kefauver, president oi
the District Building and Loan
League, reports very wide interest
in the national leagues new pro.
posals for low-priced loans on homes
after the war. The proposals have
met with universal favor among the
building and loan associations in the
Capital
Insurance Leaders Installed.
Vernon w. Holleman became presi-
dent of the District Life Under
writers Association at a Willard
Hotel luncheon today, succeeding
Charles w. O'Donnell. Other re-
Gently elected officers and directors
also assumed their duties.
John A; Reilly, chairman, District
War Finance Committee, presented
the latest information ON the COM
ing campaign and william Rumple,
chairman of the associations In
surance Committee, outlined the OBJ
jeetives of the organization in the
drive.
Bank Merger Terms Announced.
Stockholders of the East Wash
ington Savings Bank are to receive
a special dividend of $405 a share
In connection with the merger with
the National Capital Bank, Secre-
tary-Treasurer S. Wilson Earnshaw
announced today. This represents
the. excess in book value of the stock
after shafe-for-share exchange for
a new $40 par common stock to be
issued In the amount of 10000
shares. National Capital stock
holders will receive 10 new shares
for each 500 par share now held.
Ralph Endicott, assistant treas
urer, Washington Loan a. Trust Co.,
told the American Institute of
Banking in st. Louis yesterday that
the new job instruction training for
bank employees is proving brilliantly
successful.
The Victory Club of the Morris
Plan Bank of Washington has elect
ed Mildred Lowe president for the
coming year. succeeding Marie Fos-
ter; Mrs Dorothy Melton, vice pres
ident,; Virginia T. Osborne; secre-
tary, and Margaret Potter, treas
: -
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Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, June 9 P,.-Late profit
the gains made by wheat futures in quiet
trading today. A brief period of short
covering had boosted wheat prices almost
cent a bushel, but the market was u.i-
settled and offerings on the advance were
heavy
Rye prices advanced in sympathy with
wheat turned. Trade in the rye pit was
nervous in tone, rejecting reports dis
tlllerS opposed its use in industrial alcohol
tion costs
Wheat closed y. to s. higher than yes
terday July, l;60-l .6o1s. Oats were "a
lower to 12 higher, July, 74ss. Rye was
on q to y. July, l.04. Barley was "a
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Mons Of America Pick
District for Conventions

The Mons Of America, composed
OF women with sons and daughters
IN the armed service, will hold their
annual convention in Washington,
it was decided yesterday at confer
ence of about 35. representatives
from 10 States at the Continental
Hotel. The conference also discussed
details In connection with efforts to
obtain national charter.
The organization, formally known
as Mothers of Men in Service, was
organized In 1941 in Dearborn,
Mich, and claims a membership Of
about 5000.
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Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK, June 8 (P,-Foreign ex-
lars. others in centS).
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 9fs per cent discount or 9O.6S34
united States cents. Down .12h of a cent
Europe Great Britain, official. buying.
up .02 of cent Brazil, free, 5.20n; Mex
ico O.65n ~
n Nominal
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N. 7. Curb Market
FURNISHED ~ the Associated Pfess.y
LIST INCLUDES ONLY ISSUES CHANGED
FROM PREVIOUS CLOSE

Hubbell H 1.60 1914
Humbl Oil .56g 43A
HI HI Few Few div ct 1874
In Co Ma 2Haa S1h
Kingst Pr .20g 3
Lack RR M : 63N
Lamson Corp 4
Lipton pf 1k- 25h
Lone Str G.60g SHs
Mangel Strs SH
Mead John 3a 156
Mesabi Iron Ia
Mid st p B vic 3 .
Mid Wst c Tag 10h
Mt City Cop 1A
Nat City Ii In 1871
Nat Fuel @ /. 11%
NEPA 8 pf TX 67M
N e tat 5Ag 107H
Mag Hud 1 pf- so
Mag SmdB.20g 8
Ohio Br B1. .60g 22h
Pennroad Tag 81
p Pal 81 pf z 103
Pa Salt 61ag- 164h
Pharis .30g TN
Pitts & LIE 8 81
Pwdr 81 Alx.60 z
Prosperity b - 8
Pyrene cog = 12h
Rep Avia Ng- 4
Root Pet 6h
st Regis Pap Az
Scovill Mfg 2 81
Select Indus u
Sonotone 20 23s
Stand c & s IAN
Std CGSpf1. go 23
Std Tube B - ~
Thew Shv 2izg 21
Trans-Lux.10g 3k
Utd Air Pr la 7M
Utd CIV Strs- liz
Utd LGP pf 81
Utd Sh NJ 21aa 71N
US Foil B.30g- 81
Univ Pict 1g 22K
Utah-fdaho Sc 2N
Utah P&L pf- b7N
Wentwth hse AZ
Michita r OIL 8N
WINS Oil-O-Mt 4
Uoodfv Dat An 1CK
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Frankfort Distilleries
Sues Insurance Firm
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June s.-Frankfort
Distilleries, Inc, of Baltimore filed
suit in Federal Court yesterday
against the Providence Washington
Insurance Co. of Rhode Island to
recover $9,o47, the stated value of
3S3 cases Of whisky described as
wholly lost" In transit from Dun
dalk, Md, to Charleston, s. G.
The suit also stated the whisky
was insured by the Providence CON-
pany and that the company has re-
fused to pay the claim.
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Approximate Sales Today.
100 100 JO.OO poop y6S Jen

IL 100 am 199 72o 1900 noon 3e6 $50
100 pm. 4el 900 2:0Opm 5s1 olo
tuntt OF trading. 10 shares; sales printen
in full In bankruptcy or receivership or
being reorganiyed Under Bankruptcy Act
Rates OF dividends In the foregoing table
are annua, disbursements based on last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration. Tn
less otherwise noted, special ore extra divi.
dends are not included KEY divideno
xr Ex rights. . Also extra or extras. Cash
or stock. e Declared or paid so far this
year. Payable In stock g Paid last year
h Payable in Canadian funds. Accumu-
ated dividends paid or declared this year
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Washington Exchange

Peoples Drug Comments at a..
| 105A.
woodward q Lothrop common-100 at
| 45A.
Potomac Electric Power 5hes preferred
| 3 at Ill.
Potomac Electric Power eqs preferred--
s at LION. - :
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Market AVERAGES
BONDS
Odd-Lot Dealings
pHII,ADET. .puJA Tn,

PHILADELPHIA, June Q (P.-The Sc
curlties Commission reported today these
dealers or. specialists on the New York
stock Exchange for June s: 1920 pur-
sales involving 81 ,sS5 shares Including ID
short sales involving 42l shares.
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New York Cotton

NEW YORK. June o (P.-DrfbbIins
New Orleans and commission house lioui-
datlon caused an easy tone to cotton fu-
lures today in quiet trading. Activity was
curtailed pending war Developments and
price control legislation. Covering opera
tionS Steadied July.
Late values we're Is cents hale hiohsr
70 20 cents lower. July, II .09: October
20.37; December 2O.l5
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| Air Assoc 1g SsS
Allied Prod "a 23H
Alum Am 1g- 31h
Alum pf g. 110A
AmCP&LA AK 80
Am Cyan $50 1874
Am G&E 1.60a 81
A G&E pf 4A 110La
Am On So pf 2 37X
Am P&C / Kag- 40ta
Am Rep lag 12T
Am Seal-K.3Og 4
Am Suprpw pf 14H
Anc psf r .15R 2K
Apl Z P pf 4Ha 1o7H
Ark Nat Gas 3H
| Aro Equip Ne ga
Bah & w lag 22K
Bell Tel Cn hS 1884
Blue Rid pf Sd AN
Bridgpt Oil 10E
Bckeye p L.S0 GA
Burma Ltd III
Cen NYP of 5 90
Cessna Air 1s- 8h
Childs pf - 42N
Cities Service 14N
Cit Svc pf -110h
Clark Cont 2 : 1917
Club AL U.10g 3Z
| Colon Develop 4h
Colonial Air 7A
Cont G.E pf 7-105N
| Cppr Rnge Gag 6H
Creole Pet 1ag 23h
Cub At Sug 1g 22T
Drby Pet lag 393s
| Dayton Rub l 1871
Derby Oil - So
Divco Corp Tag 7M
Est G&F6pfAk 80
| 2 Nal I'm gag 26h
Es Es sE Aspf3Ag 4o
EQUITY Corp ia
| Fuller q a 2g 12A
| Gen Fn pfA "a 8A
Gen Epfg 1Ag II
| Gen Share 1M
| Gilbert AC 1ag 10N
Gin AL CT 1.60 13N
Gray Mfg - 8ia
Grnf TAD 1hr y
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Rates Of dividends In the foregoing table
are anIuai disbnTssmsnts based on the last
less otherwise noted special Of extra div
idends are not included. q Also extra or
Payable in stock. e Declared or paid So
far this year. h Payable in Csnadi1n
clared this year WV with warYarts
ixw Without warrants.
Evening star., 1944-06-09

SA<h<1S y LIZ LIZ
FOREIGN. zoe
Australia 5s b6 06
Chile NIB 6s ga Is
Chill 6s Sept61a 16N
Rio de J IS 46 A2N
Serbs c 8 IS Sc 10
NEW YORK CITY
3s 80 lo9l
TREASURY. 2:0t
| Is 63.51 100 ],
2As $3.50 -. 100 6
DOMESTIC. 2:Ot
Am&FP 5s 203c OBJ
Am IGc 5las 40 1o3L
Am TAT 3s 66 11oil
ACL AS g. 06N
B&o e6 49, 80
B&O 96 G IS
B&O 1000 D - AeH
B&O cv 60 -
BOFLEWv4s5l. 81
B&O 8 W 50 6oL
| BethStl 3hs Sc lo55
Boet Me 4Ms 10 561
But Rep 81 st 50
Cal FL p 31as 6S lob
| Celane 3 hs 62 lo41
! Can p Is perp 96S
| Cen Pac 5s so o3t
lC RR N J IS 81. )
Ic RR N J 4ss7 81
Chi q Alt 3s 40 27L
lCB6s0 4as TT 1oAL
lC q = ] Inc 97-- -
ICMSPP 81 IS 50l
ICMSrP Is 1000 1SI
CMSP 4Ms SO c e45
lC&NW 4As 40 ICY
lCNW 2Ms 90 wi 67s
| GRIP 4hs Sc A. 49,
GRIP 4 y s co. 9L
ICRIP As SS - 6e5
GRIP RI As "a 4oZ
| CCCSL 4has TT "a
ICl q T 5 Ms 72- lois
IC) q T 4hs77. %
ICru Stl 3Ns IS 1901
| Col&S4 hsSOmd 6os
Del q Hud A. 90 o2l
ID&RG As 80 - Sly
lD&RGW IS 7S-. A5L
Erie 41as 2016-. 731
Hud c IS 81 A. 66
H d NJ r IS ST.. So
H & NJ in IS 81 31K
TIC 3as52 ----- 77N
&c 4As o6 - 6SA
NCSL IS 63 A.. 71H
| ICCSL 4Ms 60. 67L
Int @ n 6s Sc z1i
Int Tat Ans SO 9lL
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Want to send . note 10 Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Evening star., 1944-06-09

Want to send g note to Hitler?
Save waste kitchen fats to make
explosives.
Evening star., 1944-06-09

IT OF ISSUES.
lint tat IS SO 93N
Jam F6rC Is SO 70
ILS&MS 3as 97- oeA
Lv IS zoos ct r. 49M
Leh Y Is zoos 20
Lou q ARK IS 80 looz
lMSP PSSMc4s 3S AoLs
MKT a1 IS 81 SOFA
MKT tst $3.50 67h
mo p 8 rs 40 11h
mo p IS 65 A.. 6Ah
lMo p IS ~ -. 6AA
mo r Is 81 Il 6ALk
mo p zen ~ rs asa
Nor q 3 81 IS 6<A
lMof b e 4Ms So 50M
IMor&E3 ias20O0 S0iA
MAT Dist 3Ms 401o5
INYc # IS 20l3 7Sh
lNYC Ahs2013A 6eh
tNYC cn - % -
lNYChSL bM s74 1o3H
lNYChSL 4Has75 oSi1
INYNHH 6s 20 so
lNYNHH 4fas 81 STA
lNYNHH Is 3d. SAN
lNYNHH As 3d. AA
iNyNHH Is 81 ash
\ iNyWB Ans AZ IAN
Nor p O. 2047 9yM
Nor p 4hs 20l7 1914
lNor p IS 2047 s.
Pen RR a " s65l12M
Pen RR En IS S11eH
Peo q Elm As 90 35<
\ Pere Marc IS Sc eoN
Pere N 4 8 30 S@N
\ Ph r c I 6s 40 z6M
'lph RC1 IS 73 st. 64A
,lPWva 4Nas5S A. IS
iIPWva 4hs SOC 74N
,lStLIMS4sRG33. %
IlStLSF IS 80 B.. AZ
|StLSF AIS rs. 33M
IlStLSF Is 80 A. 39N
lStLSW RI IS 60 STA
'lSea AL c 6s 40 SEN
'lSea AL 4s so st 59iA
lShen q 21as 64- 1o1
$50 Pac 4Has 81 77N
50 Pac ANS 60 77N
lSo Pac RI Is s. o9ih
TEX Corp IS 65- 1864
T g. p IS 10 c = %
Third Ave IS go 3TN
wabash Is 81 30
West sh Is 1851 81
west Nd Is ST. ooN
West On IS 81 1oS3A
lWhl Stl 3hs as 96N
IWis Cent A. A. 60
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N. 7. Bond Market

FURNISHED BY the Associated Press.)
SELECTED LIST OE ISSIiES.
Evening star., 1944-06-09

'Ex dividend. tPlus extras. ta) Paid so
far this year te) 90 extra. O1) S. extra,
k) 1oc extra. (p) Paid in 1913. W $40
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24
$500 Lbs. Magazines
Contributed Here

Citizens of Lexington and surrounding
territory have contributed over $500
pounds Of magazines for the use of the
armed services in the past three weeks.
Magazines are brought to the office
of the Mississippi Power and Light Co,
and from there transported to Jackson
where they are distributed. The maya
zine drive is sponsored by the Missis-
sippi Travellers Association.
Servicemen in the hospital Particular
ly need back numbers of magazines to
read for many of them have been out Of
the country for many months and like
to read old numbers. The USO also
shares in the magazines.
Many citizens from Tchula have
brought magazines in to the local office
of the Power and Light Company.
Anyone having magazines to contri-
butte is asked to carry them to tho
closest office of the Mississippi Power
and Light Company.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24
Duront Boy With -.4.
Chemical Warfare Co.

An Eighth Air Force Liberator Sta
ton. Ensland-tSpecis)--S/Sgt. Marion
B. Bishop Of Durant, Mss, Is with .
Chemical Warfare Company ct . B-2A
Liberator Base in England.
"The a~ll-important Job Of a heavy
bombardment Group is to drop bombs
rs many bombs a. possible-on the tar
get" said Col. John II. Gibson of Hins-
dale, Illinois, who commands this veter-
an Liberator Group. mot everyone can
be in the air, but everyone has an i'm
portant part in the bomb dropping, and
every job is necessary"
This Group has dom a good deal Of
bomb dropping since the commencement
of the Battle from Britain. Well in to
it's second hundredth string of missions,
its blows have been felt in nine separate
countries. Operating from w~indswept
airfields in England and sand bound
bases in Africa, its men ave shot
hundreds Of enemy airplanes from the
sky and have helped to destroy the
plants that turn out the requirements
for these losses. Participating in the
first breathtaking low level attack on
the Ploesti Oil Fields in Roumania, it
helped to make Air Force history. Ber-
lin and other vital German cities are an
old story. Every member of the Group
wears the Distinguished Unit Badge
with Oak Leaf Cluster and q former
Commanding Officer, Brig. Gen. Leon
W. Johnson of Moline, Kansas, holds the
Congressional Medal of Honor, won for
valor displayed while with this Group.
Such an impressive record could not
have been established without the utter
most cooperation of everyone on the Sta
tion," said Col. Gibson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24
WHATEVER ISIS BEST

l know as my life grows older,
And mine eyes nave clearer sight
That under each rank wrong, somewhere
There lies the root Of Right;
That zach sorrow has a purpose,
BY the sorrowing Of unguessed,
But ~ sure AS the sun brings morning
Whatever isis best.
I know that each stnfuf~aetiSS,
As sure as the night brings shade,
Is somewhere, sometime punished,
Tho the hour be long delayed.
I know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the hearts unrest,
And to grow means often to suffer
But whatever isis best.
l know there are no errors,
In the great Eternal plan.
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And l know as my soul speeds onward,
In its grand Eternal quest,
I shall say as | look back earthward,
Whatever isis best.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24

Az ELM A
The ease Of Hiland Perkins, Durant
man charged with msnslapghtsr in con-
nection With the death Of Gene Cole, was
continued until next Monday, August %,
at ten o'clock it the City Hail in Durant
at the preliminary hearing held Monday
in Dufant. % NuA .e1 sN'EFfT 81
Hon. Pat Barrett, county attorney
asked for continuance on the Ease be-
cause one Of the key witnesses for the
state did not show up though he had
been summoned by the Sheriff. Mr.. Bar
rett is being assisted by s. r. King.
Mr.. Perkins was arrested early Sun
day morning at his home within an
hour after Mr.. Cole was found critically
wounded on Highway 81 within a block
of the Ritz Cafe. At that time he was
charged with reckless driving and leav-
ing the scene Of an accident. After
young Coles death Tuesday afternoon
the charge was changed to ~manslaughter.
He is free on $3.50 bond. Mr.. Perkins
is represented by H. H. johnson, Lexing-
ton.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24
Farmers Urged Not
To Sell Cotton For
Less Than Parity

Edward A. O'Nsal, president Of tho
American Farm Bureau Federation, has
Joined with Senator Bankhead and 9TH
ers in asking that farmers do not sell
their i944cotton unless they can get
parity price for it. Farmers are urged
to put their cotton in the loan where
they will get 92kM Of parity and re-
frain from selling it until the price Of
cotton reaches parity which is now from
six to eight dollars above the loan value.
II farmers sell their cotton on the
present market, they will probably lose
millions Of dollars by aking less than
parity.
Senator John Bankhead had urged
farmers to hold their cotton or put it
in the loan. +,
Congress recently adopted the Bank
head-Brown Amendment requesting the
OPA to adjust cotton textile ceilings SO
as to reflect parity for cotton farmers.
To date the OPA has made adjustments
on only q small portion of textiles, and
the market has been very poor since the
OPA's failure to readily announce textile
ceilings. The textile mills are afraid to
buy because they do not know what the
ceiling price on their products will be.
In the meantime, Senator Bankhead,
Senator Eastland, and other C~ongression-
al leaders, supported by Farm Bureau
leaders, are seeking to bring about an
increase in the price Of cotton by the
fo1lnw;p0 thraa mathods.
~ Seek to raise the loan rate from
o2hW to 97h% Of parity.
(2) Prevent the Commodity Credit
Corporation from selling cotton until it
reaches so points above parity.
(3) Institute u large scale buying
program by the Commodity Credit Cor
poration.
The Mississippi Farm Bureau Fedora
ton is making plans to launch a state
wide campaign to acquaint farmers with
facts regarding the cotton situation and
urging them to refrain from selling
their cotton at less than parity.
Mississippi farmers stand to lose ten
million dollars on iris years crop if cot
ton sells Mt the present price rather
at parity price.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24
|614 Veterans Ar
Aided By Committee

GA returning discharged members Of
the armed forces were interviewed by
the Unemployment and v~eterans' Assist
ance Committees of the lot local selec.
tive service boards during the month Of
July. While more thar this number were
discharged, as residents of Mississippi,
the others remained in other states
where the advice and assistance of these
committees we're sought, stated Colonel
Lawrence w. Long, state director of the
Mississippi selective service system.
Every member Of the armed forces
(men and women who is discharged is
advised of his rights as q veteran by the
discharge authority and directed to re-
port to his or a local board of selective
service within s days from the time of
the discharge so that aid may be render
ed to this veteran. The cooperation has
been excellent and the service has been
acceptable in all instances.
Each local board Of selective service
uho q Va tiEtc OoLStdu0luB
citizens of the community who are in
terested in this work of aiding the re-
turning veterans. One or more members
of the local board plus a veteran Of
World War l and another civic leader
of the community makes up this COM
secretary of the committee.
The committee under Local Board No.
2 is composed of J. H. Warner and C.
W. Carr, of Lexington and Guy p.
Sharpe, Tchula.
Only one member Of Local Board No.
l, Durant, has been named: Robert Irby.
Thousands Of men in the state have
been given their old job back through
this work, many thousands have been
placed in the hands of the veterans di-
vision of the United States Employment
Service for new jobs, referred to the
Red Cross for personal assistance or re-
ferred to the Veterans Administration
for adjudication of claims for pensions,
vocational training, disqualification and
other benefits to which they are entitl-
ed under the Public Laws. The service
officers of veterans organizations nave
been very helpful to these returning
veterans and selective service has noted
the unusual ability and excellent work of
the state service commission in working
with these veterans.
Because of the. anticipated increase
in the number Of returning var workers.
vnlActsNa anrutco 10 nA4no.srn - 1uapu
way with the establishment Of informa-
ton service centers for the returning
veterans inc war workers when the need
is felt for such a service by the COM
munity.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-08-24
Former Holmes Boy
Injured In Normandy

An interesting account of the misfor-
tune in Normandy that befell a former
Holmes county boy, 1t. E.. r. Upshav.
was carried in a recent edition Of the
Commercial-Appeal. 1t. Upshaw's home
now is in Turrell, Ark.
1t. Upshaw was born in Holmes coun-
ty, near Richland, on the late Judge Ivy
H. Upshaw plantation. He is the son
of Charles S. Upshaw and his grand
mother, Mrs. A. E. Upshaw, SO, still lives
at the old homestead.
Following is the story as it appeared
in the Commercial:
Brave Soldiers Risk Bullets
To Save TurrelI Lieutenant
Turrell, Ark, August 15.-"I'm lying
on the battlefield with a bullet in my
stomach. Don't know what will happen"
This dramatic note, written by pain
wracked 1t. f. R. Upshaw of Turrell,
was received recently by his wife short
ly after she was notified that her hus-
band had been seriously wounded in the
fighting in Normandy.
Letter Tells Story
What happened to the former athletic
coach at the local high school reveals q
story of courage and devotion of soldiers
to one another in the heat and hell of
battle. 1t is best told by a subsequent
letter to Mrs. Upshaw. who now IL
working in Memphis.
"The outfit l was in is about the best
ever in the Army" his second letter.
written from a hospital in France, re-
lated. Il love them all, and l hope they
liked me. When l was wounded, I was
surrounded on three sides by Germans
and cut off from the rest of the boys.
One of the boys crawled to me with a
until l was rescued.
II ordered him back, but he just grin
ned and said, You wouldn't leave US
lieutenant, and amt leaving YOU
Our battalion commander was going
to put artillery fire on three sides of
mo and smoke the place and send litter
bearers out under cover of the smoke.
but two of my boys refused to wait
They made a litter of raincoats and
poles and came after me. Under heavy
machinegun fire they carried me out to
safety. l had lain there four hours, but
it seemed like 40"
1t. Upshaw then went on to tell Of
the splendid care he was given at the
front line hospital, and declared the
best doctors and nurses in the world
are working "a hours a day" He saii
the hospital was only a tent, with only
the ground as the floor and it was equip
ped with canvass cots.
"They saved nearly everyone who was
brought in,' his letter continued. "You
may be assured | am receiving excellent
care here. Our soldiers are the bravest
and most courageous in the world. I
never saw one soldier waver in the face
of those hideous devices thrown against
US by the Germans"