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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
Infant and Pres(hooI
Conference July Is

On Friday, July 2Sth from 900 to
IL 80 a. M, at the Lexington Health
Department there will be an II tant and
"~re-school Conference for white chill
iren. All parents with children under
six years of age are urged to come and
bring their children.
Many of you have children who will
enter school this fall and 9th have
several years to go before reaching this
all important time in your child's life.
AS a parent, it is your job to prepare
your child all along the way.
A healthy child is a happy one. Bring
your child and let him get his physical
examination and any immunization neeo
cd
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

three diptheria. ANY number of others
came in to begin typhoid and whooping
cough inlmunizations, and to get a diph,
t4e1 +, "nd smallpox vaccine.
Mrs. husseii health aide, assisted
Mrs. Gillian in helping with the records.
talked individually 70 each mother.
stressing the importance of proper food
for growing children. There were ex-
hibits of posters on the "Childs Diet,
and a baby's layette and bed, and q
breast tray for the mother.
There will be other Infant and Pre-
school conferences over the county. You
are urged to come and bring your chill
dren.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

Prepared by OFFICE or WAR INFORMATION

Ratson Calendar For Week of July ~
PROGRESSED FOODS: Blue AS through
AS Book No. ~ nov valid at 10 points
each, for use with tokens. Good in
definitely.
MEATS AND FATS: Red AS through
rs Book No. ~ now valid at 10
points each, for use with tokens. Good
indefinitely.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp Nos. 80, 81, and
80 Book No. ~ good for five pounds
each indefinitely.
CANNING SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 40
good for five pounds canning sugar
until February %, I945. Apply to
local boards for supplemental r~ations.
SHOES; Airplane stamps Nos l and 2
Book No. 81 valid indefinitely
GASOLINE: A-12 coupons now valid,
expire September 81.
car owner write his license number
and state on all gasoline oupon in
hih possession, as soon as they are
issued him by his ration board.
Local War Price and Rationing Board
advises that after July Is all service
men on ~furlough will get additional
gasoline. Boys returning from camp
will get a gallon of gas a day, up to 80
days, rather than the s gallons flat pen
furiough, allowed previously.
The increased furlough allotment is
Hagtunnd 20 old Tho T;.h@.- .znuL:-- 4.
week or more at home; and, at the same
time, reducing slightly the gasoline
allotment of those on frequent 8 or 4
day weekend furloughs, said OPA.
The Office of Price Administration,
today. called upon farmers and small
independent shippers, as well as major
truck and bus operators, to lend a help
ing hand during an expected crisis dur
ing August as a result of critical tire
shortage in sizes 1926 and larger
Small operators who normally use a
sizeable portion of these tires will find
their ration board unable to supply re-
placements in many cases due to greatly
increased military demands. National
allotments of the large tires lave been
reduced to less than half the normal
supply.
The local War Price and Rationing
Board advises that supplementary B and
g rations for home-to-work driving are
not on more than a 30-day
probationary basis unless the car
owner shows membership in a car pool
club.
The 30-day probationary" ration, it
was pointed out, is provided to enable
motorists to form a car sharing pool in
their neighborhood if none presently
exists.
Greater car-pool participation is neces-
sary to conserve the dwindling supply
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
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THE DURANT NEWS
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
Infunt and PreschooI
Conference At Goodman

An Infant and Preschool med cal con-
ference for colored children was held
in Goodman at the Health Center, Fri
day. July 2ist from 100 to 800 p. m.
DR.. X. W Navin, acting director, ex-
amined twenty p~resehooi children, two
infants and n expectant mother.
Mrs. Mary Gillian, county health
nurse, completed eighteen typhoid i'm
nominations, one whooping cough and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
Holmes School Bourd
Sets Opening Dote

The Holmes County School Board has
set Sept. 9Th, 1914 for the opening date
Of all consolidated white schools of the
county with the exception Of the Bethes.
ia Consolidated Scool and The Ebenezer
Co1sol dated schools. These schools will
open on Sept. Sth. 1914.
The Board has set Oct. l4th for the
opening date of all the negro schools of
the county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

strapped at the rate of 1000 a day, and
the result is further demands on the
already overburdened public transporta-
ton systems. Greater sharing of cars
is the only answer, the board advises.
That the situation is serious and re-
q%uiring imperative action was evident
in that only %, ZOO, 900 cars remain
disable in the nation, and it is estimated
a serious transportation breakdown will
result wren the number depreciates to
20, 200, 600.
Effective July 20, dry commercial
field bean seeds are exempted from
price control, the local War Price and
Rationing Board announced today.
Lifting price control is expected to
aid the War Food Administrations dry
edible bean program and enable farmers
to obtain premiums for certified and
premium grades of dry edible beans
suitable for seed purposes.
The recent revelation of the wide
spread black markets seem to have
priced the lid off the apparent dormant
American attitude toward this threat to
our national security, and the racketeers
are more speedily being brought to light
thar ever before. The Clarion-Ledger
has the following to say in the July II
edition regarding the Americans in
dignant attitude:
Gasoline coupon stealing and counter
feiting makes decent citizens very mad,
with just right to their indignation. OPA
was planned to divide food and any
commodity in which there were short
ages as evenly as possible. On the
whole, though q nuisance, it has worked
fairly well. Everyone has had enough.
People have put with narrow ration
ed A-cards, too. They want the fighters
to have what gas and oil they need, so
home folks have stayed at home. There
we're petty chiselings, but AXE it by and
large, rationing has been decent.
But gasoline offered too great a
temptation. News of scandals is grow
ing. The Cleveland affair is a stencil
in the nose of the nation. Its ~investi-
CATION is not yet over, and its ramifi-
cations reach far.
There should be no w~hitewash. If
FBl is needed, why does it not act ?
IL thunder from Olympus is needed, let
the President lay off the war for two
minutes and emit a few thunderclaps
where they will do some good. He's
the servant of the people, and they
want action.
IF there's a ~loophole in the law, il
should be known and gaps plugged.
Americans are patient. They sputter
and grippe, but do their share. This
time they are angry. They want gas
messes cleaned up-and quick"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
Patients AT The Hospito!

Young Gunter, Durant.
S. A. Tackett, Cruger.
W. j. Waits, Jr., Pickens.
Boyd Sheppard, Tchula.
Mrs. B. B. Brannon and baby girl,
Tchula.
Mrs. J. R. Abel, Lexington, 1t i.
John E. Pickens, Lexington.
Floyd Carr, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

After -four hours Of speeches nominat-
ing vice-presidential candidates Friday
afternoon one elegant looking lady from
Michigan remarked: II am SO tired OF
these 'favorite sons | an ready to start
calling them some other kind Of sons"
Weren't we all.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

Mrs. Ollie Washburn returned to her
home in New Orleans after a visit with
Mrs. Stolas and relatives at Walden.
Mr.. Joe Ogletree and Mrs. Sallie
Stokes joined Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Deloach
of Jackson, Sunday for a visit with
relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Whittle Of
Winona.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
Pickens To Elect
Town Clerk 9th

The town of Pickens will elect a
town clerk in a municipal election to be
held Tuesday, August Sth.
P. c. Hemphin is opposed by L. f.
Crawford for the position.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
PiCKENs RED CROSS HONOR ROLL

FtCkENs RED CROSS HONOR ROLL
Mrs. Ellis Presley, Mrs. c. v. Maxwell,
Mrs. Lee Crawford, Miss Minnie Pierce,
Mrs J. R. Caheon. Mrs. NJ. A. Hanna,
Mrs. Nick Helm, Miss Matte NJ. Hart,
Mrs. E. L. Zeigler, Mrs. Hood May, Mrs.
J., Z Horton, Mrs. j. f. Maxwell, Mrs.
W H, Hoover, Mrs. Gladys Gordon.
WEST BED CROSS
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27
West

Mrs. q. G. Alexander, Mrs. Daisy
Stevens, Mrs. W. l.. Wright. Miss Nook
10 Bennett. Miss Ruby Jean Cooper, Miss
fHrr'e eagle. Mrs. p. L. Hathcoek, Mrs.
Walter Brock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

So wary IL the average congressman
of FDR's political sh%enanigans that
when Senator Truman was told HE was
the favored candidate he wouldn't be-
lieve it until FDR himself spoke the
words.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

There are thousands of Mississippians
who do not like Mr.. Roosevelt, who rec
ognized the threat he presented to the
American way when he wanted to pack
the Supreme Court; who saw his poten-
t~iaiities as a dictator in his purge
campaigns and third and fourth term
Mississippians viii say they HAVE to
vote for him which reminds me
of q stcry told by an editor friend from
Toledo, Ohio, about the alcoholic New
England farmer who, after being on
the wagon several months, said: 1--WE
got to &c down to Providence today
and get drunk and gosh how I dread
it."
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

After the 1910 Democratic convention
your scribe felt that most of the dele
ates were sick from a dose of Wallace
. most of them were still choking
four years later. This time it seemed
that most of the delegates were sick of
FDR but they recognize in him the
ONLY hope to stay in power. For some
strange reason the Democrats haven't
produced any outstanding leaders in the
past Twelve years.
This feeling they have in common
with the Republicans, most of whom
didn't want Dewey but saw in him the
only lance they had to beat Roosevelt.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-07-27

Mississippi delegates to the conven-
ton voted 1914 to ~ to cast their vote
for Sem. Byrd of Virginia, for president.
Gov. Bailey's half vote and Judge Jesse
ones cast against Byrd, which may be
interpreted naturally, as a vote for Mr..
Roosevelt, since he was the only other
candidate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19

troops is subject to the changes of war.
When an army advances rapidly there
is trouble keeping the supply lines NOV
ing as fast as the soldiers When it
retreats it must of necessity leave much
valuable equipment and stores. Nothing
is certain in war.
Last week Undersecretary of War
Robert F. Patterson warned that the
increased tempo Of war on all fronts
had served to upset calculated sched-
ules in five major items The troops
under Gen. EisenhOWers command are
firing IS days estimate supply of heavy
artillery ammunition in 10 days Gen
MacArthur's troops in the Philippines
are shooting more artillery ammunition
this month than they have been in all
the past Is months combined.
Because of these uncomfortable fac
tors production must be increased an
average of 80 per cent each month of
this quarter over the September output
In such items as heavy artillery am
munitlon. mortar ammunition, tanks,
heavy trucks and cotton duck for tents.
Again the Ordance Department must
put forth superhuman efforts. realizing
that unless our fighting men have
ordnance for offense ard defense the
price Of victory will be paid in human
lives"
The merit installment OF the Army
Service Forces series. 1Uhich ,riH appear
in The Star merit Sunday. deals iUith
the activities OF the Quartermaster
Corps in supplying the Army Nth food,
clothing and general equipment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19

throws 50-pound shell to $4,000 feet.
Experiments conducted at Aberdeen
Proving Ground in Maryland with
bombs OF all sizes involve a long and
special story which lack of space pro-
hibits telling now. New and more DOW
erful high explosives have been intro
duced with a result that a 20OO-po
bomb is often as destructive as an older
type which has three times the weight
The New Rockets
One of the most amazing offensive
weapons of this war is the rocket :"
which was made possible by ordnance
development. Put into the hands of
foot soldier, this secret weapon proved
an efficient piece of heavy artillery"
single rocket will hit as hard as
6-lnch shell. When mounted on planes
it performs as flying artillery. Island
warfare has been set to the tempo of
rocket material production.
Some rockets are laden with pentolte.
which is 20 per cent more potent than
TINT. Pentolite is also used in rife
grenades antitank explosives, some
types of artillery shells. and for the work
of demolishing wreckage to open har-
bors
Pentolite is only one of the products
OF the SO factories owned by the Gov
eminent. AS the Army expanded, trends
in warfare changed to multiply the
needs for some materials Plans re-
peatedly had to be revamped to offset
shortages. Savings of copper, for in
stance, totaled 100000 tons; zinc, $50 900
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pounds month-22 times as much.
Economies of production saved millions
of dollars. 1t now costs 7 cents pound
for INT, which ran rs to SIS cents
during World War I.
Big and unusual guns are not de-
veloped over period of months. The
240-mm. hoWitzer. which throws a $780,
pound shell about IA miles, was under
development for nearly four years N
the early 20s. Work was resumed in
1910 and it was two years before it
went into quantity production. It's
marked improvement over the 24O-mm.
hoWitzer of World War I. The l20-mm.
antlalrcratt gun. the "stratoSphere"
gun, is an outstanding example of the
foresight Of ordnance men Nearly
seven years ago they conceived a SUI
perlor gun that would throw a heavy
shell higher than any military plane
could fly. This newly developed gun
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19

the diagrams used in wiring the shops
for electric lights.
Welding and Radio Work
The welding instructor. Charles z.
Baxter. was drawn from the Washing
ton Gas Light Co. Mr. Bakers course
includes 81 procedures in metal fabri-
cation by welding requiring total Of
800 hours. At the end of each step
each students work is tested thoroughly
before he is allowed to proceed further.
and when the course is completed his
students are capable Of holding their
own in the fastest company.
In the radio laboratory, under the d.
rection of Frank Hoss and r. E. Mag
gard, special emphasis is laid On .
training program that will enable stu
dents to obtain rating in the armed
services. Code work is taught and the
repair and maintenance of radio equip
ment is stressed.
c. c. Taylor, machine shop instruc-
tor, emphasizes the Importance of safety
in the use of precision tools, and in
the electric shop j. w. Edmonson uses
his motors and other electrical apparatus
to demonstrate the practical applica-
ton Of electrical theory.
In addition to shop instructors, head
ed by Mr.. Peters. Miss Janet Trenis as
school co-ordinator. studies the apti.
tudes of each student and offers expert
guidance in the choice of work. And
students health is watched carefully
by Mrs. Florence Cue, school nurse, who
presides over the centers infirmary.
While the Manassas school is pr.
marily interested in furthering techni-
cal skills. citizenship has not been
neglected. Students have their own
student government with an elected
president and a council made up Of
elected members representing each shop.
Mr.. Hayden, who resigned as prin-
cipal Of the old Alexandria High School
20 years ago to become superintendent
of Prince William County schools, said
he has been told by experts that the
shop equipment at Manassas Is more
complete than that found at virginia
Polytechnic Institute. the States lead.
ing engineering school. And this equip.
ment, he said, which has come largely
as result Of the war, is demonstratin5
the potentialities of IRE regional trads'
school as factor In public education.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19

Yet, it is well to remember that many
experts of the Ordnance Department
we're men from private industry to be-
gin with. In some cases these men
went back to operate plants or labora-
tories wearing uniforms. Thousands of
others volunteered. The insistence was
upon quality and safety, Today the
ordnance-supervised explosives indus
try is one of the safest in America. For
the first half of 1914. its safety record
led all industries reporting to the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics.
Chemical compounds with great va
riety of uses had to be produced and in
some cases discovered" Among them
is that mysterious new explosive RDX.
Our Super.Explosive
RDX is a super explosive. 1t is so
powerful and "touchy' that some other
explosive is generally mixed with it to
tone it down. RDX production is con-
tlnulng on an ever-increasing scale
Actual production figures are secret,
but its tonnage delivered far sllrpass
the total quantity of high explosives of
all types produced during World War l.
All powder and six explosives have to
be loaded into shells, bombs or propel-
ling charges. In 1910 unprepared Amer
lea was pitifully weak in all these re-
spects. We could have expended all
our shells and bombs on the Siegfried
Line in few hours In 1912 output had
jumped to 100000 tons of shells and
bombs, and over $4,000 900 powder bag
propelling charges were unloaded at
ordnance plants. The total of shells
and bombs jumped in 1943 to more than
100000 tons
In this loading process it formerly
was the practice to pick out everv 10th
shell, slice it apart and examine the
explosive. 1t was necessary but costly
inspection. Now they are X-rayed, re-
duclng time and saving about 10 per
cent of production.
Subcontracts
1t was obviously Impossible for Army
arsenals to produce enough of all things
needed. Ordnance assigned the making
"a many lIcHlS 10 prime
contractors and the component parts to
suocontractors. Small plants came in
for stable part of the business In
one contract for light tanks, for in
stance, 284 subcontractors in 81 States
received $50 subcontracts for over $751;
100000. Wherever possible. factories
produced those things closely related
to what they made normally. Thus a
toy factory made canister a revival
OF a projectile used in the Civil War.
Its deadly effectiveness was demon
strated after the Allied landing at Casa
blanca. A bed factory now makes links
for machine belts; a soft drink company
loads rockets: burial vault manufac-
turer Is turning out 1OO-pound bombs.
From the start, powder production
presented perhaps the most acute prob
lem. Our entire stock could have been
fired away in few days. After Dun
kerque, We turned over half of our small
supply to the British. That left us
holding an almost empty bag. But here
again miracles we're performed. New
methods were introduced During Janu-
airy, 1s41. we produced less than 1l,00o,-
600 pounds. In January. A944, pro-
duction had jumped to '25o,0oo 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19
Ordnance Department Reveals
1ndustry's Arms Supply Miracles

Washington is the nerve center
of the war effort, but being a nom
industrial city 1t plays a small part
in the war industry Yet the ord
nance department. has purchased
81 ,522,73l in supplies and equip
ment from firms established here
as follows:
Aluminium Co. of America, $94,391.
American Steel Wire Co., SOL 500.
Art Metal Construction Co.. sl6.-
800.
Capitol Print Ink Co., $l5,306.
Federal Prison. Inc. $64,O81.
Government of Switzerland $685.
044.
United States Ordnance Co..
S834l2O.
Watson Automotive Equipment,
$35O,353.
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tons. Rubber, aluminium, nickle and
tungsten also were not available in
quantities needed.
The ordnance manufacturing Job was
done in the face of rising difficulties,
but its other job-that of distribution
presented equally battling problems.
Each invasion produced a new crisis
to be met
In this country about so great depots,
covering more than 300 1000 acres, are
used for storage. Their: business IS
likened to that of an enormous mail
order house Hundreds of thousands of
different items must be sent to fronts
around the world
Preceding the invasion of Southern
France, one overseas base issued more
than $4,000 vehicles, al 900 tons OF
ammunition, repaired $4,000 general
purpose vehicles 1857 artillery pieces,
more than 5000 fire. control instru-
mentS. $4,000 small arms and designed
and made $50 special items. Yet this
was comparatively minor invasion.
Always the job Of supplying fighting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19

ton, 10000 rounds of mortar and 100000
rounds of l05-mm. ammunition In the
Normandy battles and later on the
Siegfried Line We threw at the enemy
10 to 20 times the amount of steel as
we were rec ng from him.
Ammunition expended on an active
day has cost s10OOO,0Oo Said 1t. Gen.
Somervell, in August, 1914: I'VE are
Wlnnlng-winning because our troops.
besides courage and wise generalship.
have enough ammunition and guns and
supplies to drive forward relentlessly
Few of the contractors operating the
plants making these things had even
slight knowledge Of ammunition produc-
ton at the start The Ordnance De-
partment provided the know how" and
cooperation with private industry in
solving the many problems new to them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19
BY Nelson M. Shepard

OF
for a natl
month half the total expenditures of the
a
ordnance
On 1t
he opene up newb I
or
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uIU!ttTy ICUO0.
United States entered the war he came
home to work with the Army engineers
at Fort Belvoir. He joined the Manassas
faculty last fall
One student, who became interested
in aeronautical design, now has at his
disposal an airplane fin for study, and
other students were allowed to make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-11-19

example. j. w. Cox. Prince William
County native, spent most of Is years
before the war in Europe and when
the Nazls began their march through
Poland was a professor of fine arts
at the University of Florence. Italy.
When war broke out Mr. Cox worked
with the British Army and when the