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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-01-08

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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Sgt. Merrill Mitchell
Wins Bronze Star

An Air Service Command Station,
Somewhere in France" (Delayed).-
There are many men in important "be-
hind-the-scenes" jobs with Uncle Sans
Air Forces today-men like Sergeant
Merrill ]. Mitchell of Durant, who SER
vice the giant Douglas Cars of Air
Service Commands Transport Wing at
thi sFrench airdrome and was recently
awarded the Bronze Star.
Sgt. Mitchell is a Crew Chief and he
is one of the vast army of ground crew.
men who service and maintain the car
go-carrying skyliners maintaining the
aerial supply routes to the front.
The Transport Wing operates from
depots in England and France to air
strips directly behind the front lines
The twin-engine aircraft haul gasoline
for the armored forces, ammunition for
the infantry, clothing, blood plasma
and a thousand other critical items. On
the return flight, Allied wounded are
evacuated to base hospitals.
Sergeant Mitchell is the husband OF
the former Bess Hightower of 1854 S
Jackson Street, Durant. Before enter
ing the service in March of 1943, he
was employed by Consolidated Aircraft
Mitchell has beer overseas since Octo-
Star for wear on his Service Ribbon
for participation in the Campaign OF
Northern France.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Sgt. George Parkinson
Awarded Air Medal

Greenwood Field.-The Air Medal was
awarded to StSgt. George F. Parkinson
of West, Friday afternoon at post head
quarters of the Greenwood Army Ali
Field. Lawrence E.. Parkinson, father
of 81 Sgt. Parkinson, received the pre-
sentation for his son who is a prisoner
Of war in Germany. 1t. Col. William
B. Watkins made the presentation in a
brief informal ceremony.
In part, the citation accompanying the
medal read: For meritorious achieve
ment while participating in heavy bonn
bardment missions over enemy occupied
Continental Europe. The courage, cool
ness and skill displayed by this enlisted
man upon these occasions reflect great
credit upon himself and the armed
forces of the United State.
SISgt. Parkinson entered the armed
forces on January /, l943, received gun
merry training and went overseas April
1, 1914. He was taken prisoner on May
s, when his ship was shot down by
enemy fighters over Hanover, enroute
to Berlin. At the time he was a men,
Der of the Third Bombardment Division
Six of P~arkinson's crew mates are listed
as dead, one is missing and two others
were taken prisoner with himself.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Pfc. Cornelius Philips, Jr
Gets Murksmuns Medal

lawson Field, Fl. Benning, Ga.-Pfc.
Cornelius Phillips, Jr., has qualified as
Marksman with the carbine rifle and re-
ceived the Marksman Medal, it was an
nounced by the Commanding Officer,
Lawson Field, a base of the U. S. Army
Air Forces | Troop Carrier Command.
The First Troop Carrier Command.
with headquarters at Indianapolis, In,
diana, is the branch of the air forces
charged with transporting men, sup
plies m equipment in battle areas
throughout the world. Flying Twin
engine CAT cargo planes, they carry
paratroopers, tow gliders and deliver
vital materials to Americas fighting
men. Equipped with stretchers and
medical supplies and carrying flight
nurses, they also fly wounded men from
the front back to base hospitals.
Pfc. Phillips has been a member Of
the Army Air Forces since his entrance
on Sept. %, 1871. He is the brother OF
Peter Phillips of Ri. 2, Box 81, Tchula
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Farm Bureau Has
Banquet A Hue

The first mile of the Holmes County
Farm Bureau campaign for membership
ended Friday night at Holmes Junior
College where d. community and neigh
borhood leaders enjoyed a full program.
An address by Charlie Maddox, Postum
neck, president Of the Alfalfa County
Farm Bureau, and one of the Board of
Directors of the state organization, was
enjoyed. He told of experiences they
had in Alfalfa county in getting a MEM
bership of more than 800 this year. "We
have more reason now for being sold
on a farmers organization of this kind
than we have ever been," stated the
speaker. He complimented Holmes
county leaders on the success they had
attained.
A checkup on the paid up member
ships Friday night showed that slightly
more than 400 had Joined the county
organization.
A moving picture show on ways to
Save Time On Farm Jobs" was put on
by R. N. Pendergraft, J. H. Lemly and
Charles Knott, representatives of Sim
clair Oil Company. Several members
stayed over to enjoy a double-header
basketball game between the boys and
girls Of Wesson and Holmes Junior Col
leges.
The following is a list of those who
attended the banquet: Mr.. and Mrs. T.
A.. Barrentine, Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Mel
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Harthcock, Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Chisolm, Mr.. and Mrs.
I. W. Carson, R. M. Brown, H. T. Bal
ley, T. R. Garnett, L. C. Boatwright,
b. S. Darnell, S. Siddon, S. F. Buchanan,
w. W. Wynn, Walter Campbell, Dave
Black, Spencer Ellis, W. E. Grace, G. G.
Mcbride, H. C. Waterer, s.. F. Allen,
Leroy lobe, B. II. Maxwell, f. E
O'Reilly, X, D. Henry, W. J. Waits, j.
A.. Hearn, Jr., W. H. Cooksey, Vardaman
Terrell, James Killebrew, w. H. Hoeutt,
W. R. Thompson, Charlie Maddox, Chas.
Knott, R. N. Pendegraft, J. H. Lemly,
T. NJ. Williams, F. C. Fleming, L. F.
Heard, R. W. Almond, and r. NJ. Branch.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Bridges Rites Held
At Methodist Church

Mrs. Josie Lou Bridges, widow of the
late j.. R. Bridges, passed away Tues
day, January %, in the Montfort Jones
Hospital in Kosciusko. Mrs. Bridges
was 62 years old and had lived in Du-
rant for thirty-four years. Funeral
services were held from the First Meth.
odist Church. conducted by the Rev. ]
B.. Thrower and the Rev. W. P. Bailey
Pastor of the Methodist Church of Du-
rant.
Interment was in the Durant Gene
terry.
She is survived by two sons: j. r
Bridges, of Oakridge, Tennessee, and
Pvt. Claude W. Bridges, Mississippi
Ordnance Plant, Flora: one daughter
Mrs. Houston Hines, of Kosciusko; one
sister, Mrs. Alice Gadberry, darlington,
Kentucky; one niece, Mrs. Jewell Webb,
nee Ouida Gadberry, of darlington
Kentucky, and Jimmie Gadberry, OF
Paducah, Kentucky.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Chaplain William Toggor'
Speaks On Baptist Hour
Sunday Morning

Chaplain (Major) William c. Taggart
attached to the AAF Regional Station
Hospital No. / of Miami, Florida, is an
nounced by S. F. Lowe, director of the
Radio Committee; SBC, of Atlanta, Ga.
as the speaker for the Baptist Hour
next Sunday morning, January 28th.
Major Taggart, according to Mr.. Lowe
was Chaplain before Pearl Harbor, and
has ministered to military men in train
ing camps, encouraged and strengthened
them as they entered fierce combat,
held the hands of many as they died,
and buried the bodies of some in for
eign soil. Knowing the experiences OF
our military men thus, he will be of
unusual interest to all America at this
time.
His subject, My Fighting Congrega-
tom is the title of his book which tells
of his experiences as a Chaplain and
is used by permission of the publishers,
Doubleday, Doran & Company.
He resigned the pastorate of a church
in Wichita Falls, Texas, to enter the
service as Chaplain, and is a graduate
Of Hardin-Simmons University and
Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Texas
His message can be heard in Missis-
sippi over stations WVBI, Columbus
WSLI, Jackson, WSM, Nashville, Tenn,
1880 CWT and KWKH of Shreveport,
La, tbs CWT.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Prominent Crueer Mon
Posses Tuesday

Funeral services were held Wednes.
day afternoon at 300 o'clock from the
Methodist Church in Cruger for John
Phillip Hairston, Sc, who died at his
II ONE Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. L
W. Lawton officiated at the services
Interment was in the Greenwood
Cemetery.
Mr.. Hairston had been one of Cru
gers civic, social and business leaders
since 1916 when he came from Montgom-
cry, Alabama, as agent for the Y and
NJ. v. Railroad. He was associated with
the railroad except for the time he
spent in the army in World War l.
He was born in Alabama, where his
parents died when he was a child. He
was reared by his cousin, Mrs. Cassie
Hairston Brock, in Montgomery. He
married the former Mae Myers of Sidon.
He was a member of the Board of
Stewards of the Cruger Methodist
Church.
He was also a member of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, a Mason, Shrine
and former mayor Of Cruger.
Mr.. Hairston is survived by his wife
and Mrs. Brock.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Illinois Central Starts
Safety Campaign

JACKSON, (Special)-In an appeal to
motorists to further the war effort by
Joining with railroad men to reduce the
accident toll at rail-highway crossings,
which kills or Injuries nineteen persons
in the United States daily, the Illinois
Central Railroad is releasing a news
paper and radio advertising campaign
in Mississippi, beginning this week and
scheduled to run until the middle of
March. The campaign viii utilize
ninety-one newspapers and twelve radio
stations, all in the one state.
There will be seven newspaper adver-
tisements, appearing once a week, and
these will be supplemented by a 45-day
radio program of two minute an
n~ouncements daily beginning February
LIST.
The theme Of the messages is: Look
-Listen-Live!" Railroad men are
always on the alert, doing their best
to protect the public at grade cross
lngs. Won't you help them, for your
own sake and to keep our fighting men
and materials rolling?" Grade-cross
ing accidents, it is pointed out, retard
the war effort. Every accident delays
a train and may make a load of wal
freight miss a vital sailing date.
The principal hazards are caused, the
railroad explains, by drivers who mis-
Judge the trains speed, who fail to make
sure both tracks are clear, who are dis
cracted by passengers conversation
who cut around other cars when trains
are approaching, who are careless be-
cause of too great familiarity with the
.oute, who take undue chances at night
and who have ears with defective motors
and parts, especially brakes.
Motorists can help, it is pointed out
by always being prepared to stop, by
looking both ways and listening, by AK
ing extra precautions when the view is
obscured, by following traffic rules ana
by carefully observing all warning sig
nails.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Pvt. Henry Pitchford AT
ConvoIescent Hospitol.

Daytopa Beach, Fla, Jan. 20.-Pvt
Henry Pitchford, who formerly lived in
Tchula, has recently arrived at WEIGH
Convalescent Hospital, the Army's new
reconditioning center in Daytona Beach
The carefully-planned program here will
speed his convalescence and assist his
return to good health.
Pvt. Pitchfords wife, Annie B. Pitch
ford, lives at Lexington. He entered
the service in December, 1912, and serv-
ed in the European theatre a year be-
fore his return to the States and his
assignment here.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
SGT. Madison Montgomery
Home From Burmu

Mitchell Field; N. Y, Jan. 20.-T/'
Madison T. Montgomery of Durant ant
Lexington, arrived at Mitchell Field hos
pital by AAF hospital plane after MN
months of service in the China-Burma'
India theatre where he was with a ser
vice group of the Quartermaster Corps
Montgomery's wife and 1~S-months-old
son, Theodore, live on Rural Route NO
2. Box 3S, Durant and his parents,
George W. Montgomery and wife and
nine brothers and sisters live on Route
5, Box 45, Lexington. Another
brother is serving in the Southwest
Pacific with the Engineers.
Montgomery drove a truck over the
Ledo road, taking vital supplies into
China, and had many interesting ex-
periences before the truck in the convoy
he was leading exploded upon running
over a mine or shell in the road, caus-
ing the foot injury which invaded him
home.
The ~23-year-old soldier drove over the
Hmm five times, a 400-mile journey
even more perilous by truck than by air
In spite of his foot, which is healing
nicely, he is in fine spirits. Although
he seemed interested in all he saw SO
far from home, the more he saw of far
places the better he likes this country
He is not going back to farming after
the war, however, but plans to take uf
a skilled trade, perhaps welding, per
haps bricklaying.
"Rut if | live in a tow I'll stay or
the edge of the town and raise some
thing always, he says" he says.
Like all the wounded men Flown t
this air evacuation center, Montgomer!
was transferred to another hospital.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
rs Gordon Ashley Jr.
With 18th Infantry
From D-Duy to St. 10

Twenty-Ninth Infantry Division-T/5
Gordon S. Ashley, son of Mr.. and Mrs,
Gordon Ashley, Lexington, has received
a certificate personally signed by his
commanding general honoring him for
fighting with the Twenty-Ninth Divis-
ion from d Day to st. Lo.
The honor is a personal salute from
Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhadt to the
officers and men who battered their way
through flooded areas and the Nor
mandy hedgerows and stormed the key
city Of st. Lo in a campaign where the
taking of every 500 yards was a major
battle.
The Army reconks the Normandy
fighting as one campaign, which entities
participants to one star on their thea
ter ribbons, but General Gerhardt's
certificate recognizes the unusual tough
ness of the fighting in the early days
of the invasion.
The Blue and Grey" Division has
won two unit citations and it's mem
bers have been awarded 1929 personal
decorations since the outfit stormed the
invasion beaches. The 116th Infantry
Regiment was cited for it's pre-H-Houi
assault and the 115th Infantry Regiment
cited for being the first unit into
st. Lo.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
More Pu|pwood
Needed For AS

II the pulpwood industry is to full
fill its wartime orders in 1945, and
meet the War Production Boards 16-
oO0,0 900 cord goal, more men will have
TO cut pulpwood this year than they did
in 1944. Earl Porter, Woodlands Division,
International Paper Company, Mobile,
Alabama, said this week.
"The prolongation of the war in Eu-
rope and the stepping up Of the war
in the Pacific have forced the pulp
wood industries, like most other wal
Industries, to revise upwards its esti-
mate for 1945." Mr.. Porter said.
The War Production Board tells us
that 16, 900, 900 cords of pulpwood are
needed this year to produce enough
wood pulp to fill war and Home Front
requirements That's the toughest as
signment we've had since the war be-
gan, and we can fill it only with the
cooperation Of this and other %pulpwood-
producing communities.
Fortunately pulpwood cutting offers
two advantages: "a it pays better thar
ever before because pulpwood prices are
at a wartime peak, and CD it is recog-
nized as an essential war occupation
under Selective Service regulations.
"We need all the pulpwood farmers
of this are can cut and we need all the
pulpwood cutters that can be enlisted
to reach our 1945 quota.
Farmers who have pulpwood on thelr
woodlands should consult pulpwood deal
ers or buyers or their county agent TOT
advice on species of wood needed ana
prices before they cut. Men available
for pulpwood cutting should register at
no nearest u. s. Employment Service
Office"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. Lester Gage and baby boy, Pick
ems.
Mrs. Annie L. Grantham and bah.
boy, West.
DIR. A. NJ. Doty, Lexington.
Mrs. T. H. Frost, Lexington.
Mrs. Vernon Hathcock, Lexington.
Brady Davis, Lexington.
James Pike, Lexington.
Mrs. Stephen Costello, Lexington.
Colored
Will Butler, Emory.
Arlene Robinson, Durant.
Albert Moore, Cruger.
Clyde Helm, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Sat. Robert E. Marks, Jr.
Home On Furlough

San Diego, Calf, Jan. 25.-Marin'
Pay Master Sergeant Robert Edwart
Marks, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rober'
Edward Marks of Tchula, is spending
thirty day furloug' at his home follow
ing long overseas service.
Pay Master Sergeant Marks is a mem
Der Of the Marine Second Division ano
served &c months in the South Pacific
He took part in the Saipan campaign
Prior to enlisting in the Corps ne
was employed by the Concrete Gravel
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Charles Hendricks
Greet lukes

Charles Hendricks, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Hendricks, left Monday for
Great Lakes, ILL.,, where he will train
in the Navy. He is II years old and
has another brother, Cpl. Ira Hendricks
in the service. The latter is now at
Saipan.
Charles has a twin sister, Elba, a
tended before enlisting in the Navy.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Pfc. John K. Rhyme, Jr.
Awarded Purple Heart

Pfc. John K. Rhyme, Jr., son Of Mr.
and Mrs. John Rhyme has recently been
awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge
and the Purple Heart Medal for wounds
received in action In German on No.
vember 2srd. 1874.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Alton B. Parker
Is Promoted

Strother field, Kansas, January 25.-
Alton B. Parker, husband OF Mrs. Mar
tina S. Parker Of Lexington, has been
promoted to sergeant at Strother Field
Kansas.
Sergeant Parker, q former deputy
sheriff at Lexington, 10 assigned to
technical supply work at Strother Field,
one Of the newer bases Of the 72nd
Fighter Wing Of the Second Air -1eres'
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
War Expenditures At New High

Evidence of the demands of a vast
wal effort is the fact that in December
according to the Treasury Department
and the War Production Board, War Ex-
penditures averaged 1913 10000 a day
A new high for the daily outlay. The
laily ate last month was l4S per cent
higher thar in November.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Cpl. MiIIurd Written, Jr.
Awarded Conduct Medal

Cpl. Willard H. Written, Jr, who is
with the Fifth Army in Italy, has re-
Gently been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal. Cpl. Written has been in ser
vice two years and has been overseas
one year. He was in the African Cam
paign and at Anzio.
Cpl. Written has one brother in ser
vice, SiSgt. Paul whittier. who is sta
toned at Sarasota, Florida.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Pfc. james E. KeIlum. Jr.
Awarded lnfontrymon's
Badge In Germany

Pfc. James F.. Kellum, Jr., has re-
Gently been awarded the Combat In
fantry Badge for heroic duty in Ger
many. Pfc. Kellum has been in service
over two years and has been overseas
since June 7th, 1944. He has been with
the 1l5th Infantry in England, France
Belgium, Holland and now Germany.
His wife is the former Alice Rathell
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Borburu Anne Moss
Wins Stute Contest

Miss Ea-abara Anne Moss, of Vicks-
burg, for RI of Durant, was among
the first pla -inners in the State BTU
Junior Bible drill, which was held at
the First Baptist Church in Jackson,
Dec. 2Sth. 1914. This makes Barbara
Anne eligible for aAtrip to Ridgecrest,
Merit Carolina, with all expenses paid.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25
Bruce Buine Gets
Promoted TO Cpl.

Cpl. James Bruce Baine, 306 Mulberry
St., Durant, Miss, was recently pro-
NOTED from the grade Of Pfc. at West
over Field, Mass, where he is presently
on duty.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

: It is all very well for the President
tn nav off his political debts and nc
certainly owes Henry Wallace, his mos'
faithful followers, a terrific debt. Henry
has taken a terrible beating at the
hand of the President.
But for the President to turn over
to Wallace, completely inexperienee IN
high finance, the position Of Secretary
of Commerce, which. at the present, IN
wolves billions of dollars for the kfe
as well, is unthinkable.
The country cannot afford to RISK the
visionary and impractical Mr.. Wallace
We have no doubt that Mr.. Wallace is
a good man, highly idealistic and per
haps a Christian gentleman, but tha'
doesn't mean we want him handing
billions of dollars involved in the XXI.
post.
The present Senate isn't likely 10 con,
firm him unless the RIG is divorced
from the Commerce post.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

The whole country seems to be biaz'
ing still over Blaze" the i30-lb. nuns
of dog that Col. Elliott Roosevelt flew
IN this country from England IN MS
own bomber and then somebody put
on a plane in Washington to be fiowh
tn the west coast to his new movie
actress wife, Faye Emerson. The dog
wae delivered to Miss Emerson by a
major (no less) of the U. S. army in an
army truck. -
This lovely dog rode with a TOP
priority and e%nroute down IN piNe,
Memphis. Tenn, to be exact,
off some service man who only had d
&C" priority. The latter was trying 10
oct home because of the death Oh ms
father.
People are still sizzling in these parts
ovar his raw deal to the servicemeh
hnt no one has been blamed officially
Americans, always for the uhderaoe
this time certainly did not axe up ioi
the dog in the case.
The Presidents sons in uniform nave
given good accounts of themselves =,
the service, according to reports. AZ
90 +oo had this distasteful affair came
mn because it is a reflection on the"
whether they are guilty or not of try
inc to take special privileges because
of their position.
The President nor his sons wouia u
yui,tv of trying to a advantage
especially in this instance, OF thei
position.
Some official deemed it a stupid mis-
take" and with that we can all agree
and hope that nothing like it happe
again.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

HAZEL
EYES
BY HAZEL

Do you want to be able to vote for
or 'agin" someone in the 1916 election ?
IL you do you had better be sure and
pay your poll a right now. Only a
week remain suntil the deadline .
February 1.
In 1916 we will elect a U. S. Senator,
our congressman, eleven Chancery Court
judges, II Circuit Court judges, and
other officials.
Unless you have paid your tax for
1914 Ito be paid now and pay your
tax again this time next year 0or
1e45) you won't be eligible to vote.
So if you appreciate the sacred priv
ilege of the ballot maybe you'd better
get busy and see Sheriff Walter l.
Murtagh right away.
Meantime the schools will benefit
from the $500 you pay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

The Illinois Central Railroad has init
ated this week as a campaign designed
to educate the public to safe driving
habits and reduce the accident toll At
ail-highway crossings.
Nineteen person are killed daily IN
the U. S. in ra~il-highway crossing acci-
dents. Campaigns Of this nature should
help reduce this high toll OF human
lives and property.
The Illinois Central System, long
noted for modern, progressive planning
and execution, is to be congratulated
on this newest innovation in safety
campaigns.
"Look- Lister Live" is the theme Oh
this campaign and each one OF u
should learn to follow that slogan In
our everyday life it might save a
life some day maybe our own.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-25

Oliver Emmerich Of the c
Enterprise dominates Elliott RoRoseveit
as man Of the decade or something
saving he is the only man ever born
"a have his father sworn in as president
of the United States three separate
times and on zach occasion have a an
ferent wife attending the ceremonies.
Maybe that part Of the New Deai
would be popular with a large NUMBER
OF citizens, Oliver.