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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20

Friends of Mrs. Pete Grist will re-
greet to learn that she left Monday to
attend the funeral of her aunt in Arkan-
sas.
Mrs. C. G. Van Keuren is able to be
out after a siege of flu.
Mrs. John GOA has gone to Charles
ton to be at the bedside of her sister.
Mrs. Rupert Ellard went to Jackson
Wednesday.
Mrs. Irby johnson spent Monday in
Hattiesburg with her husband.
Friends of Mrs. Earl Oliver will re-
greet to learn that she underwent an
operation in the Community Hospital
this week. She is getting along nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Whitmire have
moved here from McComb. They are
with the Aponaug Mfg. Co., and have
taken an apartment with Mr.. and Mrs.
]. r. Joyce.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Brown, Jr., took
Carolyn to Grenada to her doctor We'd
nesday.
Miss Leila Pinkston continues crit
ically i'll at her home here. Her sister,
Mrs. Monte Thompson, is improving
her friends will be glad to know.
Mrs. 10 May was a business visitor in
Jackson today.
Marshall Powers is home on ~furlough
this week..
for Camp Stewart, Ca, where he has
been ordered after being stationed at
Camp Davis, N. C.
Frank Sargent is home on leave fol-
a visit with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
H. B. Sargent.
Ed Ray Perkins, of Water Valley,
visited his aunt, Mrs. J.. E. Dollahite
here briefly this week enroute to Camp
Shelby where he underwent his physical
exam for the armed service.
Ensign Hugh Cowsert arrived Satur-
day evening for several days leaye be-
foro going to Harvard where he will be
in training for some weeks. He has
just completed his course at the Uni
versiry of Arizona at Tucson where he
has been for the past eight weeks.
Mrs. William Walker and Miss Ernes-
tine Albin came up from Jackson the
past weekend to visit homefolk.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20
4 2pSO/lUL
Bfown-F eoccck Vows
4poken Last Week

Mir. and Mrs. George Peacock, Of Du-
rant, announce the marriage of their
daughter, Miriam, to Corp. Allan b.
Brown, of Baltimore, Md, and Camp
Mccain.
The ceremony was performed at the
Baptist parsonage in Water Valley on
Thursday night, January 18th, with the
Rev. W. c. Howard officiating.
This announcement will be of great
interest in Durant to a wide circle OF
friends where the bride lives.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20

Friends of Mrs. Pete Grist will re-
greet to learn that she left Monday to
attend the funeral of her aunt in Arkan-
sas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20
STRAND THEATRE

Monday and Tuesday
WHEN THE RAINS COME
With Myrna 10y and George Brent
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20
w Club VIII Meet
.,0xt Thursday Night

All members of the Business and Pro-
fe%ssional Women's Club are urged to be
present at the next meeting Thursday
night at the Hotel Durant at $3.50
o'clock. Mrs. A. S. Tatum will have
charge of the program.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20

rATHAT WOULD a wounded soldier
wv think of you if he could hear you
say 81 can't afford to buy an extra
War Bond?"
He might remind youthat he couldn't
afford to go to war! But he went,
and now he's making more sacrifices
-. for you. No wonder he expects you
to do something that will help him!
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20

WANTED TO BUY: Cigarette lighter
for soldier-husband. Mrs. Walter
Francis Mitchell, Phone Durant 66
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20
WOMAN's READING CLUB

Miss Elizabeth Moody was hostess on
Tuesday last to the Woman's Reading
Club. Mrs. Dave Forde, President, read
a letter from Mrs. Howorth, State Pres
ldent, as to accomplishments of the Fed
Grafton during the past months. Mrs.
Hugh Cowsert was program chairman
and had a rogram on the Four Free
doms as outlined by the President, illu-
strating with Norman R~ockwell's cele-
brated pictures. Mrs. Cowsert told of
The Freedom of Speech, Mrs. j.. J.
Browning of The Freedom From Fear.
Mrs. j. w. Allen made an interesting
talk on The Freedom From Want. and
Mrs. Zilpha Mansell spoke in a very
inspiring manner on The Freedom of
Religion. At the close of the program.
Mrs. Moody, assisted by her mother, Mrs
Dave Gulledge, served delicious salad
with cake and hot tea. Mrs. Marion
ousley asked for the next meeting which
will be February sth, to be with her in
stead of with Mrs. John Davis who was
granted a leave of absence.
Mrs. r. P. Ellis, Jr., and Susan Bel
FORD came home from the Community
hospital in Lexington Thursday morn
ing.
Mrs. Pete Garrett, who lives in Jack
son, spent the weekend with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hollum.
Mrs. Marion Ousley was so unfortu-
nate as to suffer painful injuries from
a fall last Sunday evening.
Mrs. Charles Chandler and little son.
who have been visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. B. Parker. left last week
to visit the Chandler family at Coving-
ton, La.
Among those who attended the funeral
OF the late John Hoover in Pickens Sun
day afternoon were, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Davis, Carl Hansen, I. u. Donald. and
the Rev. F. W. Ford.
Mrs. Bob Fugate spent some days last
week visiting relatives at McComb.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-01-20

Especially when all you're asked to do
is to buy an extra 500 War Bond this
month. So check ever your budget -.
see if you can't sv'.-S At least an extra
500 -. or $500 =. or $500 -. or even
$500 for extra War Bonds. You'll find
that you can i. and it's no sacrifice,
either, for War Bonds are the best in
vestment in the world today!
Evening star., 1944-02-14

we'll as in other parts Of the country
passed.
With his present fortnight state
ments on taxes, foreign policy, strikes,
tenure Of the presidential ofice-he
has pledged himself to serve only one
term If elected-Gov. Bricker has put
himself back on the first page of news
papers. The only question in some
minds is whether he is too late to
change the impression which his earlier
reticence created.
Four years ago Mr.. Willkie came
from behind in a few months to win
the presidential nomination-but he did
not have to overcome an earlier i'm
preston OF Willkie. He started from
scratch. The Governor Of Ohio still
has time to do great deal to improve
his chances, and from every indication
he is going to hit the political sawdust
trail at high speed from now on.
The Bricker campaign managers have
hesitated too long to enter the Ohio
Governor In presidential preferential
primaries-if they ever intended him to
enter these contests. He will, OF course,
enter the Ohio primary and win 1t. But
he might have gone into Illinois and
done himself some good, just by show
ing himself vote getter. The Illinois
primary date is April II, and the names
OF candidates must be filed go days in
advance Of the primary. It is now too
late for him to enter there.
He might do well in West Virginia,
where the filing date does not close for
another two months. The point is, how
ever, that If he is to enter State presi-
Dental primary and q campaign there
Evening star., 1944-02-14
Gould Lincoln

to fight for delegates to the national
convention, the Governor must be pre-
pared to campaign in that State and
his managers must be prepared to spend
some money on organization In the
State.
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois. New
York and Michigan, all with large votes
backgrounds in the coming election.
well as large rural populations. Ohio
went for Woodrow Wilson in 1916 in
what appeared for time to be Re-
publican year. 1t has gone for Presi-
dent Roosevelt three times. Ohio Re-
publicans think, therefore, they have
Bricker selling point-for the Cover
nor has carried the State three times
by large votes-once in 1910 when
Roosevelt was defeating Willkie there.
. One of the things that burns up
Bricker supporters Is the reference to
Gov. Bricker as "an honest Harding"
They do not attack the late President
Harding, also from Ohio. They realize,
however, that Mr.. Harding has been
criticized for years because he allowed
himself to be used by people who were
dishonest. Mr.. Bricker, they say, has
nothing in common with Harding. His
appointments in Ohio have been good.
There has never been a word Of scandal
growing out of the administration Of
the Ohio governmental agencies under
Bricker's regime. The only resemblance,
the Bricker people say, to Harding IS
that both Bricker and Harding were
Republicans.
Evening star., 1944-02-14

This just Is not true. Our accomplish
ments are the result of q planned,
organized and integrated communal
effort. Our industries did not of them
selves, prepare us for war. They tried
as long as possible to continue business
as usual. The war effort is the result
Of Government plans, Government
financing, Government debts, Govern
ment contracts. Government rules, and
Government effort to keep profits and
labor in line according to some stand
ards. The achievement Of industry in
side this framework has been colossal,
but to attribute 1t to the harmony of
initiative and popular cooperation is
wrong.
In not one single point does Gov.
Bricker indicate awareness of any post
war problem at all-except the problem
OF taxation, and the restoration to COM
plete sovereignty Of the businessman's
view of life. He is strong about strike
legislation. He wants absolute freedom
for management and restriction OF free
dom for labor. And he speaks in the
name Of the soldiers at the front.
I do not know how he sees into every
soldiers mind. But 1 think that what
is concerning our troops more than any,
thing else is whether, when they return,
they will get jobs at sufficient wages to
enable them to marry, live in a decent
home, and bring back the pay check
every Saturday night without the inter-
ruption of months or years of unemploy-
ment and depression. On the primary
question, upon which the future of our
society will rest-whether we can bring
about, in peace, as effective use of our
manpower and materials as we have
done for war-on this question Gov
Bricker is as silent as Lincolns tomb.
I think it worthless to listen to the
speech Of any candidate of any party
Evening star., 1944-02-14

strong grip the Nads have In Bulgaria.
Russia's task In Bulgaria Is easier than
that Of the other Allies since the Soviet
government maintains q full diplo-
matte mission at Sofia, where Moscow's
diplomats have the same rights and
privileges as the rest Of the neutral
diplomatic corps.
It stands to reason that the personnel
Of the Russian Legation is not idle.
The effect Of its clever work can be
seen in the various pro- Russian demon
strattons which have occurred through
out Bulgaria when news of Russian VIC
tories became known.
The Russians have earned the graft
tude Of the Bulgarians ever since they
compelled the Turks In the 18th century
to Hberate the country, and the name
Of "liberator" is closely connected with
the Muscovite Empire in the mind OF
every Bulgarian. According to reliable
reports the situation in that Balkan
state has deteriorated to such an ex-
tent that the puppet government, which
Is In the hands Of the Nazi high COM
mand, has been compelled to organize
a special Gestapo to track down all
"subversive elements"
A wen-known muscle man." Col.
Boris Dimitrov, has been placed at the
head Of the organization, which Is ON
cered by men on the active List Of the
Royal Bulgarian Army. This organiza-
tton was created two weeks ago, after
Nazi Gestapo Chief Himmler paid
visit to Sofia.
Rumania, which has suffered heavier
losses in this war than in any pre-
vious war, is reported to be equally anx-
ious to leave the sinking ship. There
the pro-British and pro-American feel
ing Is strongest. Fear of Russia, how
ever, is so great that the Rumanians
are hesitant about abandoning the Nazis
unless they have some hope that at
least part Of their country will be al
lowed to remain independent.
Even in Yugoslavia, where the fight
Evening star., 1944-02-14

speech must be taken seriously. It is
probably the most candid statement we
shall get of the real mentality of the
leaders who still control the Republican
party. Their attitude is that nothing
that has happened in a generation-the
collapse Of peace, the revolutionizing
OF the greatest Eurasian power, the fall
to internal or external enemies of every
continental European democracy, a dis
astrous worldwide collapse of tradi-
tional capitalist economy, and new and
terrible war-none of these events In
any way disturb the placid certainty
that the ideas Of the Republican party
deserve any reconsideration Whatsoever.
Under no circumstances must the peo-
pie Of the United States, thinking and
acting as community, undertake any
planning for the more constructive use
of their manpower and materials. Our
war accomplishments prove the sound
ness Of our traditional SYSTEM" says MI.
Bricker
Evening star., 1944-02-14

They are, in fact, being pushed forward.
OF course, there must be an ALLEGATION
of supplies and planes and shipping.
OF course, no one sector, no one enter
prise can have everything 1t needs. OF
course, decisions must be taken at head
quarters by those who know just what
is available and just what Is going to
be available, as to who gets what, and
as to when he gets 1t. Such decisions
are unavoidable, in the very nature Of
this global war. Not every one is going
to like every one of these decisions. A
commander who did not consider his
mission Of primary Importance would
not be q fit person to intrust with
responsible command.
But it does no good; in fact, it is
capable Of doing immense harm for q
commander who Is dissatisfied with his
allotment of the national resources to
appeal to the public. He should realize
that he cannot possibly have at his dis
posal all the information which is at
the disposal Of the combined chiefs of
stafi. His Is only one part Of . vast
global plan; either the plan succeeds
as whole, or it fails as a whole.
II he does his part in it well, that is
all that can be asked of him. # he is
not given sufficient force to do what is
expected Of him, he has official chan
nels OF protest through which to convey
his views to his superiors. But If he pro-
tests publicly, either he accomplishes
nothing save to lessen public confidence
in the national strategy as whole; or,
II his protest brings public and political
pressure to bear in suficierN strength
actually to produce a realignment of
forces, he upsets the whole carefully
arranged and interdependent structure
OF global strategy Of which his own
operation is part.
(1Poyrisht. 1914. New York Tribune. Inc,
Evening star., 1944-02-14

munication open behind us. Neither
Gen. Stilweu nor any one else can pos
sibly suppose that we can haul or fly
enough material for major offensive
against Japan over the enormous bar
rier Of the Himalaya Mountains.
But that is no reason for starting q
controversy, for furnishing additional
fuel to those who are always ready to
take up any excuse for undermining
public confidence In the strategy adopt
ed by the American high command. It
Is, OF course, an essential part Of Ad-
miral Nimitzs campaign that there
should be support for 1t, as much sup
port as possible, within China itself.
Especially, as Nimitz proceeds westward,
1t Is important that there should be
Chinese American operations directed
toward securing good port Of entry,
such as Hongkong or Canton, which has
rail communications with the interior.
The need for building up Gen. Chen
nault's air force in order to support
such operations, and to strike at jap
anese shipping and barge communica-
tions, is likewise perfectly clear.
Whether or not the Burma road, with
Its limited capacity, eventually will;be re-
opened is really beside the point; no
one can quarrel with Gen. Stilwell when
he says that China for the present and
immediate future Is dependent on air
transport and needs more of 1t, a we'll
developed system Of supply by air with
In the very strict limitations which the
facts Of geography impose.
But why these facts should call forth
from Gen. Stilwen the somewhat ILL.,
tempered remark that vital China
based air operations cannot wait for the
penetration, Of the japanese blockade
by land or sea" Il not very clear. No
one Is proposing that they should wait.
Evening star., 1944-02-14

by unofficial approaches to the United
Nations, or refusal to listen to our
agents.
Ever since the Cairo conference in
December the Allies have made serious
efforts to detach the Balkan satellites
from the Reich. Failure to make any
concrete progress is due less to the con-
fusion of the Allied political picture
than to the fact that our forces In
Italy have not obtained q decisive VIC
tory over the Nazis.
Every time it appeared that we would
smash through the Na1 lines there was
a wave Of overt pro-Allied feeling in
Sofia, Bucharest and Budapest. When
our expectations did not materialize
these feelings disappeared and the gov
ernments in power announced their de-
cision to stand or fall with Hitler.
Fundamentally, however, the Reich's
Balkan satellites are as shaky as the
Germans themselves in their belief that
Germany can gain stalemate. The ira
ditional pro-Russianism Of the Bulgari-
ans had been dormant until few months
ago when it broke out with greater
strength than ever before, despite the
Evening star., 1944-02-14
Jopun and Rice

With we'll over 1000 vessels lost so
far to our planes, surface ships and
submarines, the Japanese merchant
fleet is now estimated to be about a
third smaller than it was at the time
Of Pearl Harbor. The demands upon
it, moreover, are constantly growing,
along with our ting
Allied offensive moves all the way
from the Aleutians southwark
through the islands of the Pacific to
the Bay Of Bengal and the Asiatic
mainland. Nor can its losses be
offset by an equal number of re-
placements. not only because these
losses are mounting progressively
but also because Japan's shipbuild-
ing capacity is strictly limited, being
mere fraction of ours.
All this is having its effect on the
ability of the Japanese to keep their
forces supplied in the Central, South
and Southwest Pacific and to bring
into Japan proper the raw materials
required to keep war production
going at full blast. More than that,
in perhaps less obvious degree. it
is having its effect on the Japanese
stomach, pinching it enough to cause
anxious official talk in Toxic. Thus,
according to United States Govern
ment monitors. the Toxic radio has
of late been suggesting that Hiro-
hito's subjects, who long ago tight
ened their belts very severely, will
probably have to tighten them some
more. In this connection Agricul-
ture Minister Yamazaki has been
quoted as saying that 1874 is the
year in which the supplying of food
will be most difficult" because scarce
shipping space must be allocated to
materials essential to the manufac-
ture of planes and other weapons.
For this reason, according to the
Yamazaki broadcast, foreign rice,
which up to now has been imported
to the extent of several million koku
each year "a koku represents ST.
bushels) will not be imported this
year." To make up the deficiency
and maintain the present ration,
rice production will have to be in
creased in Japan itself and other
nearby areas under japanese con-
troll. In addition, rice used for
brewing sake or wine will be re-
Evening star., 1944-02-14

over the Job Of education in peace
time. the present emergency pattern
Of expedient controls and limitations
might be relaxed somewhat. The
peril to which DR.. Jessup calls the
Nations attention, however, would
remain. Federal management OF
the theology OF the people neces-
sarily would be political manage
ment. It would involve conformity,
it would require concessions from
teachers and pupils. it would tend
toward a least common denominator
of the intellectual and spiritual life
Of American citizens. For those
reasons, 1t would be feared-at least
by considerable minority.
Evening star., 1944-02-14
Dorothy Thompson

who does not put this question IN the
very center of all considerations. All
the other questions, and especially the
tax question to which Gov. Bricker paid
considerable attention, depend upon the
answer to the primary question: How
do you intend to create work for all, and
thus taxable income for all?
Gov. Bricker ignores the fact that the
increase of State debt started out OF q
depression. He sees the debts, but he
does not calculate the loss during a
decade from idle plants and men. The
most conservative estimate of such
losses is $250,O00 900 900, which is $780,
000, 900 900 more than the national debt
including the cost Of war to date.
Gov. Bricker's attitude, which Is that
Of the Republican party leaders Is that
the community exists to serve business,
not business to serve the community.
He Is so scared Of socialism that he will
not open even a crack in his mind to
any concept of private enterprise as
part of q large social integration and
aim.
He rightly attacks the extension
Of bureaucracy. Since the arrogant
bureaucrats" are as many Of them Re-
pubucans as Democrats-particula
in the highest places dealing with in
dustry-one wonders where the party
line comes in. Nor does he seek to
analyze the reasons for the vast over
extension Of bureaucracy In the i'm
mense corporate enterprises. In fact
he analyzes nothing
The speech Is not even reactionary.
No, Gov Bricker's speech Is Rip Van
Winkleism The terrors of a generation
have not disturbed his comfortable
sleep.
To the Republican party: That's
eliminated Give US the next one.
(Released BIZ The Bell Syndicate. IucA