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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
WeIIworth Store To
Open Here Soon

Elsewhere in this issue appears
the announcement of the opening OF
a Wellworth store in Durant at an
early date. The store will be located
in the building formerly occupied
The Durant Variety Store, which
has moved next door. Mrs. Irene Nc
Lemore, of Kosciusko, will move to
Durant and manage the store.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Strickland, OF
KoSciusko, owners of the store an
nounce it will be open as soon as
the building can be redecorated.
They hope to open by next week.
The Kosciusko couple own and
operate stores in Kosciusko and
Louisville, and are outstanding
merchants in their field. They ex-
pect to completely remodel the Du-
rant building and put in a new
modern front as soon as conditions
permit.
Watch The News for opening ad-
vertisement.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Clothing Needed For
Millions In Europe

Good used clothing is vitality need
ed to clothe millions of persons IN
Europe and every citizen of Holmes
county. is urged to do his part In pro-
viding that need.
This week of April 1921 has been
set aside as a period to bring CLONES
to the various collection depots
throughout the county.
In Durant boxes have been set up
at the postoffice and the school
house.
Needed for over 125 million prac-
tically naked people in Europe are
infants garments Of all kinds, par.
ticularly knit goods; mems and
boys garments, overalls, topcoats'
suits, coats, jackets, shirts, all types
of work clothes including coveraiis
and oyeralls, sweaters, underwear,
robes, pajamas, knitted gloves
women's and girls garments. coats,
smocks, robes, gowns, knitteo
gloves. Women's hats, dress hats are
not needed.
In addition bedding of all KINDS
Is needed if in a serviceable condl-
ton. as well as disable remnants,
niece goods. cut or uncut materials
cotsop- rayons woolens, ETC., n
ward or more in length. Rags are
not wanted. Neither are WORKOUT
fabrices.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Pettus Found Guilty
In Circuit Court

John Pettus was found guilty OF
receiving stolen property in Holmes
County Circuit Court held in Lex
ington this week. He was being tried
in connection with possession of tires
recently stolen from the Western
Auto Associate Store in Lexington.
The case was tried Wednesday
and the jury retired about seven
o'clock that night. The verdict OF
guilty was brought in about s:45
o'clock last night. The jury recon-
mended the mercy of the court.
Jury members were Cecil Kent
worth, c. B. Bailey, w. F. DarneI,
o. ]. Farmer, T. j. Mcbride, j. E.
Taylor, Harvey Morris, Joe Evans,
j. D. Parrish, Jr., F. H. Cox, Ed Tate
and Floyd McNeer.
The court today is in the process
of getting a jury to try Tillman
Branch for murder in connection
with the death of Tai Ables in Good
man some time ago. Both state and
defendent have waived a special
venire.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Howard Dyer, j. Named District Attornev
In Special Election Held April 18th .
Son Of Former Holmes ~
Citizen Wins By \xsS'
247 Votes "

Howard Dyer, Jr., of Greenville
was named district attorney of the
Fourth Judicial District, in a special
election held Tuesday, April 18th.
He will fill the unexpired term of
Earl Thomas of Indianola, who re-
signed to enter the private practice
of law in Jackson.
Incomplete, unofficial urns
gave Mr.. Dyer a 247 vote majority
over his opponent, r. D. Bob"
Everitt, of Ruleville. Mr.. Dyer poll
ed 1926 votes to 2,039 for MI. Everitt
the returns early today showed.
The vote in the district follows:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
|Durant Youth Wins
Bronze Star Medal

1t. G.g.) Albert j. Cakes, Jr, U.
S. N. R., Mississippi State 80, Du-
rant, naval gunfire liaison officer
with the 293rd, won the Bronze Star
medal for meritorious service in
Normandy.
The following story from the U.
S. Army's First Corps on Luzon will
be of interest:
With the u. S. Army's l Corps on
Luzon: "Our naval guns and planes
silenced enemy artillery in the
mountains behind the beachhead",
say the COMMUNICATIVE have you
ever wondered how they spotted
those hidden guns and bombed and
shelled them with such accuracy?
The answer is Jasco. :.
Jasco stands for Joint Assault
Signal Companies, amphibious units
in which Army-Navy cooperation
reaches its peak. Despite their name,
they're primarily combat rather than
signal organizations, made up OF
personnel from the Navy and from
the Army's Artillery, Air Force and
Signal Corps, divided into teams
which make assault landings with
the Infantry. They provide naval
gunfire and bombing support until
the Field Artillery gets ashore, ar
strips are built and the army artil-
lery and air force take over.
Atrillery-Navy teams direct gun
fire from ~destroyers, cruisers and
battlewagons against land targets;
Air Force teams, air strikes in close
support of the infantry and Signal
teams set up and maintain COM
munications inland, laterally on the
beaches, and to the ships and planes.
The Navy enlisted men are all spec
| lalists who work with the Signal
teams.
For the Lingayen Gulf landings
on Luzon, the 293rd Joint Assault
| Signal Co., was present, as it was
on D-Day in France and at Sansa-
Dor on New Guinea a few months
later. Many of its present personnel
have seen prior service in Tunisia,
Sicily, Italy and the Pacific, making
this Jasco unit about the most trav-
eled of this war. It's a toss-up as to
which they like the least, German
fire-power or Jap treachery n
suicidal tactics.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Methodist Revival
Shows Fine Progress

The Revival Meeting at the Meth
odist Church is being well attended.
The people of Durant are being
greatly helped by the messages Of
Rev. w. L. Robinson of Corinth.
The Services will continue through
Sunday. There will be only one Ser
vice Saturday. This will be a service
for young people especially at 1890
Saturday morning. Everyone is in
vited to this service but it is especi-
ally for young people.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
James Mcmillan Dies
From Two lima Wounds

Cpl. James Mcmillan, USING, died
March IA of wounds received in ac-
ton on Two Jima with the 5th Ma
rine Division, according to official
word received by his mother, Mrs.
Daniel Mcmillan, and sister, Mrs,
Howard Mitchell, both of Durant.
Cpl. Mcmillan had been in service
three years and overseas since No
vember, 1914, in the Pacific. Prior
to that time he had been stationed
in San Diego, Calf.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. 10
Mcmillan and daughter, Sherl, who
reside in Vicksburg, and his mother
and sister who live in Durant. Sew
eral other brothers and sisters also
survive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
R. N. Lyon Home
Catches Fire

The Il. M. Lyon home was damag7
ed by fire Monday afternoon about
two O'Clock, The fire originated IN
the back of the house where most
of the damage was.
The Fire Department was DELAYED
a few minutes in getting to the flrs
because No. 8, the southbound train
blocked the track, according to re
ports. The train moved off ahead o.
schedule to clear the tracks. the re-
port said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Citizens Asked To
PRAY For Conference

A call to prayer in behalf of the
C. of the United Nations Con-
ference to be held in San Francisco
beginning April Is has been issued
by Governor Thomas L. Bailey.
In this call the Governor says
''The success of this conference can
offer reasonable hope for the de-
velopment of a just and durable
peace. We have pledged ourselves
and your youth in the armed forces
that we shall work toward a peace
that shall be lasting. We believe
that the wisdom for creating a gen.
eral security organization and for
pe~rfecting plans for a permanent
peace must come through man and
from God.
Consequently. I am asking all
citizens in Mississippi to meet in
their respective places of worship
ard offer special prayers to Almigh-
ty God on Sunday, April %, l945
and that they shall have special
community mid-week services on
Wednesday, April Is, 1945 for the
San Francisco Conference of the
United Nations.
"We should pray to God that in
His Infinite Wisdom the delegates
composing the Conference may be
given the ability to perfect an inter
national organization and a world
order based on freedom and justice
under law.
This reinforces the activity of the
Mississippi Rural Life Council, OF
which Governor Bailey is president,
in making April Church Emphasis
Month. Forty-seven of the newspa-
pers in Mississippi are carrying
weekly advertisements during April
emphasizing church attendance and
many churches in the state are re-
porting larger congregations and re-
newed interest as a result of the en-
phasis that is being placed upon
church attendance through the news
papers.
April 22nd is designated as Visi-
tors Sunday in this program of the
Council. The program will conclude
with all the churches in Mississippi
being requested to observe Rural
Church Sunday on April 29th.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19

Mr.. Everitt in conceding the cleo
ton to Mr.. Dyer offered his con-
gratulations and stated he was glad
he had made the race and had the
opportunity of meeting many peo-
pie over the district for the first time
in the short period of the campaign.
He thanked all of those who had
voted for him, especially the 301
votes he got out of 301 votes cast in
his home box of Ruleville.
Mr.. Dyer, the new district attor-
ney, is the son of Howard Dyer, ST.,
of Greenville, native of Holmes coun-
ty. His two aunts, Mrs. c. M. Rose
and Mrs. Cornelia Dyer, reside in
Lexington and he has a wide con-
nection of relatives and friends in
Holmes county.
The complete, unofficial vote in
Holmes follows:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Roosevelt Funeral Coreee Described As
Magnificent By Former Holmes Girl
Hundreds of Marching
Feet Make No Sound
In Impressive Tribute
nv MARTHA RHYME there to cover the be

there TO cover the DeIlellt. Nio.
Roosevelt had just completed a brief
speech. She was summoned to an
upstairs telephone, came down again
almost Immediately and quietly told
the mistress of ceremonies that she
had called back to the White House
an emergency, Mr.. Early had said.
| do not believe she had any inkling
Of what was wrong.
Rumor spread like wildfire that
there was a death but those of us
who heard it tried not to repeat it
because there would have been a
stampede.
Besides, none of us knew the
truth. Nobody guessed it was the
President. Everybody thought it was
Mr.. Hull. 1t was an hour later when
the radio in the city room flashed
the bulletin.
Routine at The Post stopped dead
still. Sad-faced linotype operators
got up from their machines and
stared at the floor. The city room
looked like a wax museum. Stun
ned, unbelieving, and still. Then the
panic of getting out ar extra. Re-
porters streamed everywhere. One
heard a woman say, Last week it
was my son. Now it's himl"
We were short of help and Woe
fully unprepared for the emergency.
So when crowds began to surge into
the lobby to buy the early bulldog
edition, put out as an extra, | went
behind the counters and helped sell
papers. We sold 700 in the lobby
that was all the pressroom would
give us-in less than fifteen minutes.
After the first shock, routine was
accelerated but steadier. But it was
Friday morning before the full i'm
pact of the news hit most of us. It
was Friday afternoon that President
Truman, tears standing in his eyes,
asked the newsmen, IF you pray,
boys, pray for mel" They will.
Newspaper people, conscious of
the terrific burden Roosevelt car
ried, familiar with him for these
many years, are as sympathetic-or
more so-toward Truman than any
other group at this time. He needs
our help and the help of the nation,
l really think he will get it and !
certainly hope so.
I've read the tributes to the Chief,
heard them over the radio, seer
some few of the Cabinet members,
their faces twisted with grief. Mrs.
Truman herself was red-eyed and
her face was swollen as her husband
took the oath of office.
But the universal greatness of
Roosevelt dawned on me for the
first time last night, when l went
down to the pressroom to find the
janitor, an old Negro named Joe, of
whom the entire Post staff is fond!
He has always been good to me be-
cause he knows I'm from the South
and he says, I'VE speaks de same
language.
AS he prepared the flags for the
windows and the crepe for the pic
ture of Roosevelt, tears rolled down
his face. He said to me, Miss Mar
tina, l don't know nothin' bout poll
tics-and what is right and wrong
in guv'ment-but I'll miss that good
man up there. He was MY friend"
Those words came from so far
down in his simple heart that
could understand how all the
wounds of disagreement and discord
had closed up and healed when
Roosevelt died. I could only nod to
him, That's right, Joe, that's right"
And l believed what l said.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
DURANT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Program for Sunday, April %,
l945.
Sunday School at 10 A. M.
Morning Worship Service at II A.
M.
The subject of the pastors mes
sage will be, ''The Greatest Teach
err.
There will be a very important
congregational meeting Immediately
after this service.
Because of the revival meeting
now being held at the Methodist
Church we will not have an evening
,orvice.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
BY MARTHA Y
tof The Washington Post stoff)

tOf Inc WOShiH9tOH Fosa SsNAA'
Washington, d. c., April 14-They
brought "the Chief" back TO the
White House today, for the last
time. Early in the day, the crowds
gathered along the cortege route,
from Union Station, down Delaware
Ave, along Constitution, up Flft-
teenth, by the Treasury Building
and into the West Gate OF the
White House. / was deeply impress
ed.
Friend and foe of the only man
to win four terms as president OF
this great nation, having conceded
him to be a great leader n a world
figure, gathered to pay a silent tri-
bute-and to say Goodbye
The cortege was magnificent.
Hundreds of Khaki and blue-clad
men. the enlisted men who were SO
fond of their commander-in-chlef,
came in trucks, on gun mounts, and
The march was phenomenal. AS
hundreds of Marines, sailors n
soldiers passed, there was no sound
of marching feet. 1t was as quiet,
slow and dignified as the eight grey
mounts who drew the caisson, bear
ing the f~lag-draped casket.
AS I stood in Lafayette Park, just
opposite the wide entrance OF the
presidential mansion into which
thew carried all that was mortal OF
the Chief, I knew that the imprint
this man had made on the world
was lasting. Even If you disagreed
with his policies, mildly or violently
opposed him, you could not deny
that in the faces of the thousands
who gathered there and for those
all over the world who paused In
tribute, there was respect, admlra-
ton, and love. His vibrant person.
ality. and its sudden end, stopped
| Washington momentarily and shock
ed the world.
AS the procession turned the last
corner and came in sight of the place
the Chief had called home for lore
than IL years, you just knew that
though a great American had gone,
the country lived right there before
your eyes. Steel bayonets, flashing
in the warm, spring sun, held up
right by grim, determined young
| soldiers, many of whom didn't re-
member a president other than
| Roosevelt.
IF 7 had a single impression, it was
of the magnificent overtones-the
sad. full measures of the music, the
awesome roar of Is B-24s and twice
that many trim Mustangs, flying
overhead, the deafening silence OF
half a million spectators tribute.
In the city room Thursday night,
after his death, they dug up the
quote from James Garfield upon the
| death of Lincoln. God reigns and
| the government in Washington still
lives. There were never more ap-
propriate words for today's occasion.
The caisson was stopped at the
entrance. The band played the ma
tional anthem. Suddenly, the wind
whipped the flag open atop the
mansion; it flew at half-mast. Serv-
icemen lifted the coffin to their
shoulders, the band softly played
abide With Me" and tears rolled
down many cheeks, young faces and
lined ones, fair and dark skins.
+ + +
Thursday afternoon at the Sui
grave Club, where the Thrift shop
was holding its annual tea, l was
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
BY HAZEL BRANNoN

One week ago the United States
and the United Nations were plung-
ed into despair upon hearing about
the sudden death Of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Truly it can be said the people OF
the United States had a real reaction
of despair, a feeling of what a we
do without our leader. We had be-
come disciples Of the doctrine OF n
indispensable man.
But God in His infinite wisdom
saw fit to take Mr.. Roosevelt, n
today America owe forward with
a new leader one VINO mas al
ready by his actions shown he can
and will, with the help Of God n
the Congress Of the United states,
lead us through to victory in war
and in the peace to follow.
In President Harry S. Truman's
initial speech to the Congress a new
note was sounded. There was a
straightforward simplicity, a sense
of humility, a real plea for heip'
unity and harmony from members
of Congress. He left them with y
impression he would seek their help
and cooperation, that they would be
expected to play the part the consti-
tuition sets up for the Congress 10
play.
We can expect a return to consti-
tutional government under Mr. Iru-
man. which will be welcomed by the
thinking citizens Of America.
Indications are Mr.. Truman Will
lean heavily upon his cabinet for
advice and support, and his caoinet
will be strengthened with a few new
members. All Of US will be glad TO
see Miss Perkins. MI. Morgenthau
and Attorney Gen. Biddle leave the
cabinet. We believe Mr. Wallace
would be happier elsewhere.
The change due in the little"
cabinet, the unofficial group which
surrounded Mr.. Roosevelt, VIII be
welcomed by Congress as well as
the people. They have long been re-
sentful of the power held by men
like Harry Hopkins, Judge Frank
furter, Judge Rosenman and a &c"
others.
Mr.. Truman, until three months
ago a member of the Senate nm
self. may be expected to remain
close to the people through the peo-
pies representatives.
All in all a new outlook on gov
eminent is seen in Washington.
While President Truman's initial
political career was launched by the
corrupt Pendergast machine in Mis-
souri, he has shown in his political
career that he is honest, sincere, a
good American citizen who does not
run away from a fight. We can ex-
meet him to make a good president.
Unless he gets politically ambiti-
Gus and starts running for reelection
he can 90 down in history as a great
president . for he will have every
opportunity to show the American
people the stuff of which he is made.
He is off so far to a very good start.
We hope you have noticed the
new type which this paper is set IN
this week. What you are now read
ine is eight point type in a new
modern face whereas formerly this
tvpe has been set in seven point,
much smaller and much harder to
read.
This is the first of many improve
ments we hope to make on the paper
as time, money and circumstances
permit.
Hone YOU like 1t.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Pfc. Wurnie L. Ivy

With the Fifth Army, Italy-Pfc,
Warnie L. Ivy, whose sister, Miss
Mary c. Ivy, lives in Durant, Miss.
has been cited by the 338th Infan-
try Regiment of the 85th Custer
Division and awarded the Combat
Infantryman Badge for actual part
cipation in combat against the enc
my on the Fifth Army front in Italy.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19
Pfc. Leslie GiIiiIond, Jr.
Wounded In Action

Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Gilliland re-
ceived a telegram from the War De-
partment Wednesday, April Is, stat
ing that their son, Pfc. Leslie B. Gil
liland, Jr., had been slightly wound
ed in action. Pfc. Gilliland is with
General Patton's Third Army now
in Czechslovakia.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19

Mrs. G.. H. Odom has returned
from Memphis where she was called
because of the serious illness of her
mother, Mrs. Waugh, who is now
improving.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-19

Mrs. ]. w. Norwood is visiting
her mother in Indianapolis, Ind.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-28
Seabees Come Up With
Another Impossible in War

The navy's fabulous Seabees have
come up with many a cockeyed in
vention during the war. Their latest
is the "Foxhole Companion" a radio
built from a discarded razor blade.
a safety pin, a loop of wire and
headphones.
Ships Cook Edward E. Bourgault,
Newton Center, Mass, started the
radio craze when his outfit landed
in the Marianas. There was little
one could do for amusement after
working hours he explained. so
| decided to experiment. After a
few nights Of t%inkering I got togeth-
er the Foxhole Companion 1t not
only picks up standard wave lengths
but also pilot jabber from nearby
airfields."
n INDEPENDENTLY the blue
steel types tackled to the base and
a wire tapped from one side of it
to one side Of the coil. The coils
other side is grounded and a lead
attached to one side of the head
phones. Then another wire is tapped
from the safety pin to the other side
OF the headphones. The safety pin
is tackled to the board SO the point
can be moved across the unground
part Of the blade.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-28
7 he Greater Omaha Guides
CORNER
Skin Breathes

1t is not at all fancifuI to say
that the skin "breathes," although
it does not do so in the same man.
lei that the lungs do. The lungs are
essentially a mechanical contraption,
a bellows, for bringing oxygen to
the blood, for the blood merely car
ries the oxygen to the tissues. The
real respiring or breathing, occurs
in the tissues. Your skin is also a
respiratory organ that inhales and
exhales. In fact, the very life of the
skin depends on the way it breathes.
For the bloodstream which carries
DEMONSTRATING oxygen to the tissues
of the body does not supply it to the
outermost layer of skin. This part
must get its oxygen from the air.
To do so, it ''breathes' it in and. in
turn, losses off life-harming waste.
back into the air. The two square
yards or SO of outer covering, which
weighs about one-sixteenth of our
entire weight, and which stands be-
tween us and the world We live in.
is equipped with a very fine me-
chanism for its vitality important
breathing job.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-28

fruit. Pour into pie plate (9-inch)
lined with cookie crumb crust.
Cover with meringue made by beat
ing egg whites until stiff and add
ing sugar. Bake in moderate oven
(350oF.) 10 minutes or until brown.
Chill before serving
Or omit meringue. and garnish
with fruit
Magic Lemon Meringue Pie
Ih cups U5 az. can) sweetened
condensed milk
u cup lemon juice
Grated rind of l lemon or II tea
spoon lemon extract
2 eggs. separated
2 tablespoons graduated sugar
Baked pie shell (S-inch)
Blend together sweetened con.
densed milk. lemon juice. grated
lemon rind or lemon extract, and
| egg yolks. Pour into baked pie
shell. Cover with meringue made
by beating egg whites until stiff
and adding sugar. Bake in a moder
ate oven (3500F.) 10 minutes oil
until brown. Chill before serving.
Vanilla Wafer Pie Crust
Roll enough vanilla waters Il
make y cup Of crumbs. Cut enough
waters in half to stand around edg,
of pie plate and put them in place
Cover bottom of plate with crumbs
and fill in spaces between halvet
crackers. Pour III filling as usual.
The Omaha guide., 1945-07-28
GAINS:
On Mainland

Doggedly battling Chinese troops
have recaptured two former U. S.
air bases in Kiangsi province, it
was announced by the Chinese high
command. The important Jap base
at Kanchow is being e%ncircled, 1t
was said, with fighting going on II
miles outside the town. This com
m~unications center is about $50
miles north of Hong Kong. In
another sector, the Chinese are ap-
preaching Wuchow. Japanese sup
ply base 100 miles west of Canton
on Sikiang river. Capture of this city
is a major objective.
New advances are being made in
Human province, where the Japs are
pulling back toward Packing. They
are now only four miles outside the
town, which guards the approaches
to the Jap-held rail junction of
Hengyang.