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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Sgt. Houston Powers
Arrives In Miumi

Miami, Observation-Disclosures over
seas service with a tr%ans-oceanic hoy
aboard a fleet ATC plane, three Missis.
sippi veterans today were clearing Air
Transport Commands Miami Army Air
Field, anxious for the next lap of their
trip to their homes.
T/Sgt. Harmon C. Head, SO, Cleveland,
has served 2s month. with the Air
Transport Command in the China-Bur-
ma-India theater and has been awarded
a Distinguished Unit Citation and wears
a campaign star on his theater ribbon
He is the son Of Z. L. Head, Cleveland,
r. R. "S".
S/Sgt. Houston NJ. Powers, 2S, Good
man, Miss, has served 20 months with
the Air Transport Command in the C.
b. |. theater. He wears a Distinguished
Unit Citation Aware and a Bronze Star
on his theater ribbon. The Sergeant will
spend his furlough with his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Powers at Goodman.
S/Sgt. Richard T. Benton, 25, Menden-
hall, has served 80 months with a Bomb
Squadron in the C. B. /. theater and
wears two Bronze on his theater ribbon.
He viii spend his furlough with his
father, Mr.. Alonzo Benton, in Menden-
hall.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Miss Ada Glass
Services Friday

Miss Ada Minerva Glass passed away
at the home of her mother, Mrs. Sally
Glass, in Durant early this morning
She suffered a stroke about midnight
Funeral services will be conducted al
nine o'clock Friday morning at the home
with the Rev. w. p. Bailey, pastor OF
the Methodist Church, officiating. She
was a member Of that church.
Miss Glass was born in 1880 in Alfalfa
county. Sc is widely known here and
in the Delta where she had business
interests at Cleveland up until severa
years ago. She had not been in tbs
best of health for some time.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs. Glass
who is 90, and two sisters, Mrs. 10 May
of Utica, and Mrs. Katie Lee Craig. OF
Washington. d. c., Mrs. Robert Will
liams, Of Yazoo City, a niece, and DR.
Joe Wallace May, Of Texas, and DR.
Billy May, Of Utica, nephews, also sur
vive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
James I. BedweII
Rites Held Saturday

Funeral services were held Sunday,
February 18th for James Theodore Bed
we'll, ca, who died Saturday following
a short illness. The Rev. Garrett Off
ciated at the services.
lnterment raj in sIlspah with South
ern Undertaking Association in charge
Of arrangements.
Mr.. Bedwell was a member Of the Bap-
fist Church. He had worked for a num-
Der of years for o. J. Beatty.
Surviving him are two sisters: Mrs.
Mary Leapo and Mrs. Tillis McDaniels,
both of Triplett, Missouri; and one
brother, Pearl Bedwell who lives in
Texas.
Active pallbesrers were: J. c. Rober-
son, T. U. Ritchey. HALEY Harmon, D.
R. Arnett Of Yazoo City. A. A. Coker and
F, c. Bly,.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Ransom AIdich Al
TthuIa Feb. 21st

Ranson Aldrich, President Of Missis-
sippi YARN Bureau Federation and one
of the National Directors of the Amer
lean Farm Federation will speak in the
Tchula High School Auditorium, Febru-
airy 81, Wednesday at 500 P. M. Farm
ers. business and professional men,
women and children are urgently re-
auested to attend this meeting.
Mr.. Aldrich is a farmer and lives at
Michigan City in Benton County, Mis-
sissippi, He is one of the leading Angus
cattle breeders of the South. Most of
his time, in the last few years, has been
spent in Washington looking after the
interests of the southern farmer.
The Holmes County Farm Bureau
started out January ) to secure 500
white members in its organization for
1916. 484 of these have been secured
at the present time. This is more than
twice the number of white farmers to
join in any one year in the past. All
Farm Bureau leaders are requested to
turn in any memberships they have
secured in the last few days.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Mrs. J. N. Dyer
Rites tuesday

Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie
burden Dyer, 80, were held Wednesday,
February 14th, from the Episcopal
Church at 2 o'clock with the Rev.
Albert of Canton, officiating. Mys.
Dyer, member Of a we'll known Holmes
county family, passed away Mondsy
night at her home in Lexington.
Ineerment was in Odd Fellows Gene.
terry with Southern Undertaking Asso-
citation in charge.
Mrs. Dyer was born in Lexington In
1856 and was married to the late James
Monroe Dyer December 9Th, 1879. She
was an active member Of the Episcopal
Church.
Surviving are three daughters: Mrs.
G.. M. Rose and Mrs. Cornelia Dyer, Of
lexington; Mrs. Steve Burwell, Jack.
son; four sons: Howard Dyer, Green
vile; John D.. Dyer, jackson; F. A.
Dyer and W. l.. Dyer, of Houston,
Texas.
Pallbearers were: Sgt. Carl Rose,
Steve Burwell, Howard Dyer, Walter K.
James, Claud Jones, Ben Beall, Frank
Wyatt Gwin and Fl. W. Watson.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
West Boy Awarded
Infontymon Badge

With the Fifth Army, Italy-Pvt.
First Class Roy L. Edwards, son of Mrs.
Minnie Wiles Edwards, whose home is
on Route a, West, Miss, has been cited
by the 33sth Infantry Regiment of the
S5th "Custer" Division and awarded the
Combat Infantryman Badge for actual
participation in combat against the
enemy with 1t. Gen. Lucian K. Trus-
colt, Jr.'s., Fifth Army in Italy.
Standards for the badge are high.
The decoration is awarded to the in
fantry soldier who has proved his
fighting ability in combat.
The handsome badge consists of a
silver rifle set against a background of
infantry blue, enclosed in a silver
wreath.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Methodist District
Meet Al Piekens

The Lexington Sub-District Youth
group of The Methodist Church will
meet in the Pickens Methodist Church
next Monday night at $3.50.
Miss Sue Mccormack, Conference
Youth Director, of Tupelo, will be a
special guest and speaker and will assist
in leading the recreation.
The churches Of the following charges
participate in this meeting: Lexington,
Durant, Walden, West, Tchula, Black
Hawk, Pickens, Goodman, Rock Hill and
Ebenezer.
All the Methodist young people of
these charges are invited to the meet
ing in Pickens, Monday night, February
10th, at $3.50.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Pfc. Warren E.. Rogers
Killed In Belgium

Pfc. Warren c. Rogers. 10, Of Rt. {,
Lexington. died January nth from
wounds received in acction against the
enemy in Belgium oil January 10th. Pfc.
Rogers had been in service since jan
uary 9th, 1914. He received his basic
training at Camp Blanding, Florida,
leaving for overseas duty in November.
He is survived by the following
brothers: Oscar Rogers, Robert Rogers,
Jr, Of Lexington, George w. Rogers Of
Mobile, Alabama, Sgt. Fred Rogers OF
Camp Polk, louisiana; and two sisters:
Miss Airline Rogers and Mrs. Earl Abel,
Jr
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
PFC. Henry Davis
Sets Purple Heart

The r. A. Wigley family recently had
the pleasure of having their brother,
Pfc. Henry W. Davis with them for a
few days. Pfc. Davis has been wounded
and received the Purple Heart. He was
wounded in the Philippine Islands Oc-
tober 2Sth. Pfc. Davis has participated
in five major battles and received his
wounds in the fifth battle.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Jim F.. Weeks
Dies In Jackson

Funeral services were held at Mussel-
white Cemetery for Jim F. Weeks, native
Of Attala county, who died in Jackson
after a short illness. He was 70 years
old and a member of the Baptist Church.
The Rev. W. A. Williams officiated at
the services.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs.
hoxelle Howard, Durant; two sisters,
Mrs. Joe Watson, Durant and Mrs. J.
w. Phillips. Waylam. Ala, and one
brother, Allen Weeks. Hearne, Texas.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
.S-Sgt. Cecil f. Johnson
Killed In Luxembourg

Mrs. Minnie T. Johnson received a
telegram from the Wal Department
Monday. February 5th, stating that her
son, S/Sgt. Cecil f. Johnson %, has
been killed in action in Luxembourg.
S/Sgt. Johnson had recently received
the Combat Infantryman Badge for
superior performance of duty in combat
on the front lines in Germany.
He has been in service two years. Be
fore his induction, he was employed as
a truck driver for 7. A. Andrews.
Sgt. Johnson is survived by his moth
er.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Clarence PoweiI's
Visit Mrs. Browne

Mrs. Odessa Browne has as her guests
this week Staff Sergeant and Mrs. Clar
ence E. Powell, Jr., of Greenwood. Mrs.
Powell is the former Virginia Browne.
Sgt. Powell has just returned from
seven months overseas in Italy where
he completed 35 missions over enemy
territory. He is a gunner in the Air
Forces.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15
Patients At The Hospital

Mrs. Guy Bradley, Lexington, Ri. 4
Mrs. Charles Mcknight, Pickens.
Mrs. W. NJ. Unger, Tchula.
Bill Rogers, Tchula, Ri. /.
Mrs. W. H. Majors, Lexington.
Colored
Minnie Bell Barnes, Lexington, Ri. 2
Percy Smith, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

TOTAL -$276.5k
Anyone having coin cards or money
not yet turned in is asked to contact
Miss Brannon or leave their cards with
Mrs. Jessie C. Lewis at the Mississippi
Power and Light Co.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

Mrs. NJ. T. Woods, Mrs. Albert Tatum,
Mrs. Tom Ashley were Jackson visitors
Friday. Mrs. Woods remained for the
weekend.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

Friends Of Sgt. Gordon Leard, USA.
will be glad to know he has arrived in
Daytona Beach, Gla., and is expected
home any day, after being overseas q
year in the Pacific.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

Mrs. Wick winborn 10 able TO be out
after a weeks illness.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

Mrs. Cleb Loflin shopped in Green.
wood this week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

Mrs. Zouella Bacon will spend a few
days next week in jackson with her
daughter, Mrs. W. A. Bacon, Jr. Their
friends will be interested to know Mrs.
Bacon talked to her son, 1t. Gg.)
Bacon, by phone Tuesday. He is at
Pearl Harbor and told his mother he
was getting along fine.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-02-15

Mrs. F. C. Caleder was hostess to
the bridge club at her home Tuesday
with Miss May jenkins as guest,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
200 Brides Still Single?

4 Until Parliament can find the
time TO pass special bill,
~ couple of hundred wives some
OF them married for almost seven
years - will wonder if their wedding
vows were only empty words And
200 husbands are equally puzzled.
Their confusion is based on what
the parson of st. Mary's Church in
Gravesend, England, calls a tech
nicality." But he admits there was
a slip" and that only the elected rep
Tescntatives OF the British Govern
ment can put the 200 couples at ease.
1t was in November 1888 that St.
Mary's, then a little corrugated iron
mission, moved into new and per.
mancnt building. From then until
March 1914, 400 men and women took
the vows OF holy matrimony in the
new structure but there had been
an oversight: the license of the orig
inal chapel hadn't been properly
transferred 10 the new church
Under a strict Interpretation of
the law, marriages performed in the
church from November 1888 until
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

do get around with bright and color
ful people. But those who enjoy these
pleasant and stimulating details OF
existence usually pay for them with
intelligence and hard work.
The smart model takes her pro
fession seriously. She masters the
art of makeup. She exercises and
diets and learns TO move with seem.
ingly effortless grace She acquires
the ability 10 use her body and her
face as eXpressively as an actress.
Fright now" says Clyde Matthew
Dessner, author of $50 You Want TO
Be a Model, some of the country's
comeliest and most up-and-coming
girls are hard at work learning 10 be
ultra-modern models. They're getting
ready for television."
1t might seem that girl who has
learned the tricks of posing for
artists and photographers would be
ready 10 step before the tclevision
cameras and have her femininity
broadcast prettily.
Such is not the case.
Tclevision demands a different
make-up-bl lipstick, for example.
Azure lips, for some reason, look
natural on the screens of telcViSiOn
sets: red lips look dingy and dull
A girl who would aspire to the
title of Miss TeleviSion must remem-
Der that there are no retakes when
she is on the air. And that she must
pose-not like a statue, but with
natural animation She walks and
turns and gestures, and sometimes,
talks, for the people tuned in on her.
The cast of a television program,
in order 10 go over the air clearly,
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
4 blackboard

March 1914 were neither legal nor
binding
The slip" was discovered. and
publicly admitted, by the Reverend
r. NJ. Scantlebury, when he took over
the church from its former pastor
and made careful check Of the par
ish records.
II was astonished," said the
preacher, and got in touch with the
authorities right away They have
assured me that a Parliamentary bill
is being prepared 10 remove any doubt
about the validity Of some OF the mar
riages performed at ST Mary's."
IT is rumorcd that some OF thm
200 couples who were innocent VII
Tins Of a technical slip in transferring
parish papers have already gone
through second marriage ceremony
as evidence Of their good faith and
their intention 90 continue in double
hitch
There are also stories that a few
couples have taken advantage of
the situation to separate and assume
that a divorce is unnecessary.
THE AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12
Kicked4heAxiis
0ff+heStaee

az THE music hall performers of
Great Britain have their way-and
] they seem likely to get it the
Germans and the Japs have been
kicked off the English stage for the
next 10 years.
The vaudevillians held their an.
nual meeting in London the other day
and spent most of the session draw
ing up a resolution demanding that
the Government pass a law which
would make it impossible for a Jap
juEgler or a German comedian 10 set
foot on a British stage.
Singers, funnymen, aCrobatS, hoof-
Crs shouted down a brOad-minded
speaker who began Art is intcrna-
tional We must not"
we must not forget that the
Nazis and the Nips tried 10 wreck
our civilization beloved a famous
comedian whose name has been a by
word in British homes for years.
why should we open our stage doors
10 them. any more than We should
let them in our homes? Where's the
hardship on English audiences if they
are denied the theatrical antics Of the
enemies of deccncy and justice?'
John Bull seems TO agree with the
talented people whose job il is TO
keep him in good humOr.
II August IL. 1875
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

Many models are glamorous and
charming. They do wear the latest
modes with becoming grace and
aplomb. They are in demand by the
artists who illustrate the covers and
the insides of magazines. And they
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

AMERICAN girls by the
- thousand yearn for the
v life of a model. Most of
them have the notion that the
comcly young women who pose
for artists and photographers
are in the easy-work short.hours-
big-pay class. It's a cinch, they
Detroit evening times., 1945-08-12

THINK, 70 eXudc glamour
and charm, wear SOphiS-
ticated clothes and get
around with the most in
tcrcSting people.
Evening star., 1945-08-20

In starting work at RKO today in
Some Must Watch" Miss Barry
more begins a contract with David
O. Selznick which calls for her to
make at least one picture year.
Her costar will be Dorothy Nc
Guire, who plays the unusual role
of a psychopathic mute
The picture will be produced and
directed by Dore Scharey, whose
last production was under the ban
ner of Selznick His next three pic
lures will be made for RKO.
Dialogue department: Yvette, the
pretty songstress who crashed sew
eral years ago in the American
Clipper off Portugal, and who comes
to the Capitol theater on Thursday
will never be forgotten for one line
of dialogue at the time. 1t has
become the favorite story of Gypsy
Markoff.
When the two had been picked
up by surface craft and were safely
on deck, Yvette observed, Il bet I
look fright"
The surprising other thing Miss
Markoff told us was that she looked
Evening star., 1945-08-20
By HAROLD HEFFERNAN.


Sights and sounds: Pause and
shed a tear for poor Leroy Prinz
He is having short" trouble. Not
the kind of short" trouble besettine
most men of the country unable to
buy the little underthings war has
knocked off the haberdashery coun-
ters. Prinz' troubles are wrapped up
in the fact that there is shortage
of short girls in Hollywood.
The famous dance director at
Warner Bros. is having more diff
Guilty than ever before filling a
pony line" chorus for musical Sc
quences in Night and Day." the
Cole Porter life story
Show girl types, tall, willowy and
spectacular, are plentiful in the film
colony now. Only few years ago
Prinz had difficulty getting enough
dancing girls of this type to fill his
needs. Now, he said, 'the show
girls" are "a dime a dozen" while
their smaller sisters have all but
disappeared.
From a purely practical view
point, Prinz has figured out two pos
sible reasons for this evident change
in Hollywood types The human
race, particularly the feminine half
of it, he says, is gradually growing
taller, a process which may, event.
ually, eliminate the pony line
from all sorts of theatrical musicals.
A second reason. he suggests, is
that native California girls are
kpour IN no ia Her than the aVpra pp
American girl and. travel difficulties
being what they are now and for
the past few years, fewer out-of-
State girls have come to Hollywood.
A few days ago Prinz put through
call for Is small girls He wanted
girls 5 feet inches tall or under
with good figures and able to dance.
He got one He also got to see and
talk to a large number of taller
girls, many of them pretty and most
of them able-and willing-to dance
Prinz is still hopeful that he will
Evening star., 1945-08-20

of people say Keaton is still punch
drunk as q result of his early stage
training.
Last Sunday guests at Lucille
Balls party were treated to one of
Keaton's rare acrobatic exhibitions.
Wearing a grotesque bathing suit,
he took long. fast run across the
diving board, came to a dead halt at
the end and dropped like a ton-of-
brick into the water. Later he elec-
trif1ed the folks by running and
leaping into the pool, skimming
across the surface like a skipping
stone. Too bad someone doesn't
grab this fellow and star him in a
fresh series of comedies. He's not
too old and is still as funny as ever.
(Released by the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1945-08-20

"WLSON RETURNSLa years laDish biography OF the First
World War President back to Washington probably
to the Columbia tooong that eaters current attraction
Alexander Knor have forgotten plays the title role
performance that might haze him last years Academy
Aoard had not chap named CROSBY also done acting
1914
Evening star., 1945-08-20

nothing of the kind. Even after
such rugged test of a woman!
beauty.
Miss Markoff, brutally injured ir
that crash, has overcome her phys.
ical handicaps to be able to play the
accordion as we'll as ever. In the
interval of recovery, she tried sing.
ing, but gave it up. Not as a bae
job, but not so good a one as thai
she does on the accordion.
X y y
Employment department: Joar
Chandler, the talented and pretty
young actress who played the daugh.
ter role in THE Late George Apley,
at the National and for Ions
stretch of its New York run, ha.
been signed by Warner Bros. She
was virtually the safest bet of las
seasons theater for a Hollywood
job.
Lend-lease department: Unles.
something happens to transporta.
ton schedules, Washington anc
Baltimore critics this afternoon viii
get theri first lin person" glimps.
OF Patricia Roc, English film star
Miss Roc. the first English star tt
come to this country under j. Ar.
thur Rank's-RKO's exchange dea
will be guest of honor at cocktail
buffet in Baltimore.
The English actress is coming to
this country at this time to play
the lead in Walter Wanger's Can
yon Passage"
Prospective host to Miss Roc in
forms us that she is 27 years old
married, and has been one of Mr.
Ranks ranking players for several
years. Wanger's attention was at
tracted by her performance in a
Rank production called Millions
Like U.s."
1t has not yet been released, but
Hollywood producers, of course, have
access to such pictures.
*
Travel department: Sam Ievene
one of the funniest fellows on Hol-
lywood's payroll, has decided tc
desert pictures for the time being tc
return to his first love. Broadway
He will appear in Harry Seagall's
"A Raincheck for joe" due to &c
into rehearsal soon.
1t could be that Washington will
see Levene before Broadway does.
Honors department.: AS usual al
this time Of year, Hollywood's more
thoughtful adult players have be-
gun their annual agitation in favor
OF genuine Academy honors for
child performers. Special awards
are handed yearly to the best child
performers, but they always have
the quality of an after-thought
Claudette Colbert is leader of the
current campaign which, she says
is based upon the notion that cute
ness should be tossed aside as a
consideration in favor of aware
ness that there is high skill among
the youngsters.
Last years prize was won by
Margaret O'Brien, and properly on
the basis of several stunning per-
formances. the best one that in
Lost Angel"
Memos for Monday: Deapna Dur
bins list of leading men which al
ready is one of the most varied in
Hollywood grows by leaps and
bounds in Lady on Train,
Keith's next attraction 1t in
cludes Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce
Dan Duryea, George Coulouris and
Allen jenkins Pride of the
Marines" will be the Earle feature
starting Thursday Out of This
World comes to the Capitol the
same day =. 1t is the picture which
introduces pert and talented Diana
Lynn as a pianist "Incendiary
Blond, semi-biography" of Texas
Guinan, next Palace feature, will be
screened for critics tomorrow
A semi biography" ought to be
something to see.
Evening star., 1945-08-20
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

stage.
National Life With Father:
$50 pm.
Capitol-"Junior Miss: II am.
las, 4:30. tbs and 10 pm. Stage
shows: l, 3:45, $50 and 9:20 pm.
Columbia 90 Valley of Decision:
11:40 am, 2:10, 4:35, 7:05 and 9:3G
pm.
Earle-"Christmas in Connecti-
cut: 10:30 am, 12:45. 3, $40, 7:25
and 9:45 pm.
THE Silver Fleet:
2:15, 3:45, $40, $40, $40 and 9:4(
pm.
Keith's - Uncle Harry: 11:55
am, 1:55, 1855, 5:55, 7:55 and 9:5s
pm.
Little-"On Approval: II am.
12:45, 2:30, Ais, 6, 7:50 and 9 40 p m
Metropolitan-"G I. joe: IL am.
1:10, $40, $40, 7:20 and $50 pm.
PIX-"Reaching for the Moon"
'2:10, 4:50, 7:35 and 10:15 pm.
Palace-"Blood on the SUM-: II
m, ITO, BIS, SIS, 7:30 and 9:4(
pm.
Trans-Lux-Newsa and shorts, con
tinuous from 10 am.