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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31
AAA NEWS

Beef production payments similar
to that in effect for dairy production
has been announced by the War
Food Administration, according to
information received by Mr.. E. Il.
Trotman, County Administrative
Officer AAA The payments will be
SO cents per hundred pounds effec-
tive on sales beginning with Satur-
day, May 10, Mr.. Trotman said and
urged cattlemen to retain evidence
of sales. The payments will be made
on good and choice cattle, weighing
800 pounds liveweight or more, own
ed and fed by the applicant at least
80 days, and sold to a licensed
slaughterer. The sales price must
be at least the amount listed for
minimum stablization range for good
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31
Believe Il Or Not
BY
Mrs. DeeothY Lee Black. Manogse
Delta Council


Delta Council
Relieve il or not, but several peo-
nle of the Delta have recently in
ouired OF Delta Council, "How does
one 90 about qualifying as a Tree
Farmer?". 'sWhat do I do to get my
woods in better shape?", did that
forest management school you all
held in February really teach any
thing about selective cutting?" And
vet those inquiries r not so strange
at that.
According to the latest available
figures land there is reason to be-
live they are not too accurately, forty
percent of the Dtlta is in woodland
of one type or another. We have
several industries mad many small
ones in the Dtlta dependent on our
timber supply for raw material. In
fact, it was not until one of the lar
ger ones threatened to move out,
taking with it a tremendous payroll,
hat the Delta established the ex-
pertinent forest at ~Stoneville-a CO.
operative State and Federal project.
Nearly all Delta plantations look to
| these woodlands as fuel supply for
tenants; yet p~itifully few of the
owners of these lands have made
any great effort to farm" or prop
eriy manage these valuable acres
| The same holds true for the State.
Delta woods r in bad condition.
In allowing tenants to indiscrimi-
nately cut fuel wood without super
vision, the good, small trees have
been taken out, leaving ~fire-scarred
mature, crooked, dying trees to ciut-
ter I'D the woods and suppress re-
production and young growth. In
the words of Joseph c. Kircher
Regional Forester, Atlanta, DO you
think you could stay in business IL
you destroyed every other row Of
cotton before it was mature? OF
course not. But that's just abou,
! what is going on in a lot of the farm
woodlands. Fire and other abuses
keep down the crop so that only a.
bout half of it grows to merchan-
table size".
But if a little care were taken in
seeing that only the undesirable
trees and species were removed tc
burn in fireplaces, the desirable
marketable ones could be left in an
uncrowded, protected lot to grow
for profitable sale to wood using in
dustries. The Delta Experiment For
est has found a stable market in
| fuel wood for their selective cuttings
and doubtless other landowners
could, too. State and Federal auth
critics are ready and wiling to help
the forest management schools OF
forty hours can be held wherever a
group of interested individuals de-
sire, and with no cost to them ex-
cept the time.
The research work at Stoneville
has not reached the point where we
can accurately estimate per acre re.
turn on timber production but from
Georgia to Arkansas we hear ST.
for pine. On the Delta Experiment
Forest average cut per acre in i'm
provement cutting was: sawlogs ant
slack cooperage logs, 1000 broat
feet at $500; fuelwood cut from top
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31

1t. Herbert was wounded twice
in Germany and had previously
been awarded the Purple Heart with
Oak Leaf Cluster and the Combat
Infantryman's badge. He has recent
ly returned to duty at Camp Ruck-
er, Alabama. 1t. Herbert Is a gradu-
ate of Mississippi State and is the
husband Of the former Miss Martha
kyon Brandon, daughter Of Colonel
and Mrs. Lyon w. Brandon Of Como
and Jackson, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31
1t. Fruncis l. Herbert
Awarded Two Silver
Stur Medals

LIST It. Francis L. Herbert. fnfan-
try, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Gar
rott Herbert Of Lexington, Miss, has
been awarded two silver star med
ais. the citations are as follows:
"FIdq. '30th. infantry Division,
December 10, 1914, c. o. Nc. l27.
Award Of Silver Star; First 1t. Fran
els L. Herbert, o514o03, Infantry,
United States Army, for gallantry
in action on % November 1914, in
Germany. While 1t. Herbert was
)e"ding his platoon against an enemy
held town they we're subjected to
intense small arms fire. 1t. Herbert
advancing at the head Of his platoon,
shot and killed three German snip
ers before he himself was wounded
in the left shoulder. Despite his
wound, he Immediately fired on and
killed the sniper who had hit him.
He then continued to lead his pla-
toon forward against the enemy un-
til so weakened by his wound he
fell to the ground. Although he was
no longer able to advance with
them, he calamity continued to di-
rect the movement of his platoon
The courage, stamina, and leader.
ship displayed by 1t. Herbert are
worthy Of the highest praise. Enter
ed military service from Mississippi
l.. S. Hobbs, Major General, U. S
Army, Commanding.
"Hdq. 30th. Infantry Division
February %, l945, G.. O. No. 40, A.
ward Of Silver Star (Oak Leaf Clus.
teri: First 1t. Francis L. Herbert
0514003. Infantry, United States
Army, for gallantry in action on Fl
October 1914, in Germany. 1t Her.
bert led his platoon in successfully
capturing a portion Of an enemy
held town. After the objective had
been reached, the enemy launched
a counterattack. In order to repuls<
the attack, 1t. Herbert directed ar.
tillery fire close to his own position,
in spite Of the hazard to himself
The courage and devotion to duty
displayed by 1t. Herbert reflec'
great credit on himself and the Arm.
ed Forces. Entered military servic,
from Mississippi. L. S. Hobbs, Ma.
jor General. U. 8. Army. Command
ing"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31

grade cattle. Details Of the program
have not as yet been received by
the county AAA committee, Mr..
Trotman said, but he urged all cat
tlemen to retain evidence of sales.
AS soon as details Of the program
are received in the county office,
they will be announced.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31

are received In the county Office,
they will be announced.
Surplus trucks will be made avail
able to farmers and farmers cooper
alive associations ahead of all other
priority buyers in areas where short
ages of trucks cause impairment or
threatened impairment of farm pro-
duction, under Surplus Property
Board Regulation No. 3 to become
effective June l, 1945. Trucks will
be sold to regular retail dealers who
in turn will sell them only to farm
ers and farmers cooperative associa-
tons in shortage areas who hold
certificates issued by the AAA.
Farm machinery and equipment may
be handled in the same way except
that AAA certificates will not be is
sued to the user. Shortage areas are
to be determined by the War Food
Administrator and reported to the
surplus property board who will de-
termine the portion of available
trucks to be sold in the reported
areas.
Certification by county AAA com
mittees will not be necessary for
farmers to obtain power line extern
sions for farms or for irrigation pur-
poses, according to information re.
ceived by E. r. Trotman County Ad.
ministrative Officer. Hereafter, such
connections may be made by ths
power company without WPB sp.
prevail, being limited only by Order
U-1 which automatically permits ex.
penditures up to $4,000 for mater.
ials for minor capital
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-05-31

One way a farmer can help his
government with the problem Of in
flation is to build up a financial re-
serve with his war time income.
This income will come in handy for
such things as repairing houses, re-
placing worn out machinery as a
,safeguard against crop failures, live
stock losses and for the education
of children.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
 NEW ROAD
 COMES up
Truman Indicates He Fav- ors Cosi-shdring
 Program

SEATTLE, June 23--Sen. Warren c. Magnuson tD.- -Wash.) said in an interview with the Post -Intelligencer last night that President Truman had indicated a willingness for the United States to share in the costs of building western highway link to Alaska and proposed that com mission meet to formulate a cost sharing program.
 Magnuson said the President, dis cussing the matter informally while vacationing at nearby Olympia, had suggested that a commission repre- senting the United States, the Dom- inion of Canada and Province of British Columbia meet soon at Van couver, B. c.
 If the commissions recommenda- tions were acceptable the President said he would refer the matter to Congress immediately, said Magnu- son.
 The highway, 600 miles of new construction connecting existing sys- tems in Alaska, Yukon Territory and British Columbia, would link the Pacific Northwest directly to Alaska with land route.
 Magnuson has estimated the prob able cost at $15.000000, somewhat higher than an estimate by British Columbia officials. The link would be postwar protest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
C0IC Backing
 Proposal for
 Newhighway
AII-Year Low Level Road West of Cascades 10
 Alaska Advocated

PORTLAND, Ore, June 23--Ail all-year low level highway west oi the Cascade Mountains to Alaska was supported today by California Oregon. and Washington commis- sions on Interstate Cooperation. Commissioners endorsed the prof. ect after Donald Macdonald, former Alaska Highway Commissioner, de- clared the Alcan Highway has no commercial value and opens no resources.
 "The proposed route would cut ,000 miles off the distance to Fair banks from some points and would be 335 miles shorter from Chicago to Fairbanks" Macdonald stated He said President Truman supports the new highway.
 Kemper Freeman, Seattle, of the Northwest Trade Association, charg- ed that Japanese influence had blocked the opening of transporta- tion routes to both Alaska and Si- beria. He called transportation "the key that will open tremendous area jammed with resources of all types"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
NEW POLISH
 REGIME TO
 BE SET UP
National Governm enl Agreement Reported :
 Reached, Moscow
tBy The Associated Press)

The agreement of Polish factions to form a new Polish National Gov ernment in Warsaw was hailed in Moscow today as having removed an obstacle to complete harmony of the Allies while a British Foreign Office spokesman said the understanding was warmly welcomed" in London
 The London Polish regimes days as a Government recognized by Britain and the United States ap- peared to be numbered.
 Prime Minister Churchill and the late President Roosevelt agreed at Yalta that their two countries would establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet-sponsored Provisional Polish Government in Warsaw when that Government had been broaden ed into national unity regime.
 One British spokesman predicted that Britain and the United States probably would transfer relations to the new Warsaw regime within a matter of days.
 Left unsettled by the Moscow agreement was the future of the well trained army still under the com mand of the London Polish Govern ment. Churchill himself has ac- knowledged that this was a major problem. On one occasion he told the House of Commons that, in the event of the formation of new Polish government, Poles in Britain might be given the choice of re- turning home or accepting British nationality.
 The agreement was announced last night in a statement by Soviet For eign Commissar Vyacheslav M Molotov, British Ambassador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr and U. S. Ambassador w. Averell Hartman comprising the. commission authoriz- ed by the Big Three at Yalta to settle the problem.
 Among the Poles which the agree ment said the conferees had decided to invite to participate in the new government were: Stanislaw Miko- lajczyk, former Premier of the Lon don Government; Wincenty Witos 71-year-old former peasant party leader, and Stanislaw Grabski, "A year-old former President of the Polish National Council.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
BRITISH MAY ACCEPT MASS
 TRIAL PLANS
U. 5. Proposal Regarding War Criminals Unof-
 fieidlIy Approved

LONDON, June g. = A respon- sible British sources said today that Britain would accept the United States plan to hold collective trial of Germany's arch war crim- inals and their terror-atrocity or ganizations before a high military tribunal
 The attitude of France and Rus sia remained undetermined, but it was generally believed here that they too would agree to the plan outlined yesterday in press con- ference by Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson, chief United States prosecutor of war criminal cases.
 Britain's endorsement, although still unofficial appeared to con- stitute a reversal from her previous stand that punishment of the major war criminals should be carried out by executive decree without formal trial.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
TRUMAN SURE SENATE WILL PASS CHARTER
Upper House Strongly Be hind Presidents
 Peace Plan

OLYMPIA, Wash. June B. President Truman has authorita- lively reported today to have count ed less than a dozen potential votes against the Peace Organization Charter he is expected to submit to the Senate July 2.
 Sources close to the Chief Ex- ecutive said he has talked person. ally with virtually every member of the Senate and that he is optimistic over prospects for overwhelming ratification.
 He is even hopeful that ratifica- tion. far above the necessary two- thirds majority, can be accomplish ed without undue delay He would like to see it done before his forth coming meeting with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill in mid-July.
 In his Temporary White House here where he is enjoying a brief vacation as the guest of Gov. Mon c. Wallgren, the President is re- ported to have gone over the list of Senators repeatedly. Affection for him on the part of Senators among whom he served be- fore Franklin D. Roosevelt's death sent him to the White House is said to be big factor in the ulti- mate decision.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
WOUNDED JAPANESE
 BAY0NETED
Sick in Hospitals Are Also Put 10 Death : Grue-
 some Discovery

MANILA, June 23.-Bodies of 120 Japanese soldiers, bayoneted or shot by their comrades as they lay in bed, have been discovered in an abandoned enemy field hospital on Northern Luzon, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's Headquarters an- nounced today.
 Even before American troops made the gruesome discovery in an enemy hospital at Bayombong, north of Manila, evidence had been accumulated that the Japanese ordered the ruthless extermination of their wounded.
 Elements of the 129th infantry regiment under Col John D. Fred erick, Springfield, H., made the latest discovery in two school buildings used as Japanese field hospital
 Some of the wounded Japanese had been bayoneted on their wooden cots. The greater num- Der had bullets in their temples
 The Japanese had withdrawn be- fore the hospital could be set ablaze. permitting Army Signal Corps photographers to make a record of the appalling scene of death.
 Headquarters also released ex- tracts from Japanese documents and statements by prisoners cap tured by the Americans citing the enemys attitude toward his own sick and wounded. a spokesman adding: This is the best evidence we can glean to prove that the Japanese slaughter their wounded .'
 One order by the commanding officer of the Japanese Second Armored Divisions Seventh tank regiment head:
 Concerning those wounded: Men who are slightly wounded will par ticipate in this battle. When men wounded are not able to participate in battle. their unit leaders will see to it that they end their lives
 Another field order of a general commanding the 58th independent mixed brigade read: You are hereby ordered to execute all sick and wounded soldiers when your company headquarters are about to be penetrated by the enemy"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23

the Continental road system at any point" Utilizing present roads to greatest advantage, the Congress men said, only 625 miles of new con- struction would be necessary.
 The route," they said, lis 1000 miles closer to every city of the West than the Alcan route and is 335 miles closer to Chicago than any pos sible extension of the present road.
 The new road would be built through the Canadian province of British Columbia from Ft. James tc Tagish. near Whitehorse. However the Congressmen said, Canada, be- cause of it's sparce population and it's own postwar road problems, can rot be expected to participate in the cost on an equal basis with the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
Deepsea Fishing Off
 Alaska Coast Is 10 Be
 Developed; Loan Made

SEATTLE, June 23-Two million dollars has been loaned to the Pa- cific Explorations Company by the Defense Plants Corporation to pro- vide for exploratory deep-sea fishing off the coast of Alaska, Sen. Warren G. Magnuson annonced last night.
 The Senator said an 8,8O0-ton ves- sel had been released. by the Mari time Commission to the Federal Government and was being outfitted at Bellingham, Wash, for the ex- plorations. He said the company headed by Nick Beg, was formed recently for the express purpose of exploring the fishing resources of the continental shelf off the Alaskan coast.
 He said the exploration also would establish legally American rights to , the fishing grounds and make it possible for the President to extend the .three-mile limit" to the edge of the shelf and prohibit fishing by other nationalities.
 The President in conversation Thursday night indicated such ac- tion might be taken to protect the American fishing industry, Magnu- son said
 He said the ship now being pre- pared would act as cannery shlr for trawlers which would deliver their catches to her in midocean.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
WAY BEING
 PAVED FOR
 NEXT MOVE
Thousand Plane Attacks 10 Be Made Before h.
 vdsion Starts
By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War EditOr)

More than 100 American fighter planes from Okinawa and Two Jima streaked over Japan today following up record series of Superfort raids which U. s. commanders said will soon reach. I .000- plane proportions to pave the way for invasion
 The fighters rockets, bombs and machinegun bullets were stinging answer to renewed suicide air att tacks on Okinawa which sank two U. s. ships and damaged three.
 Japanese radio commentators re- ported Tokyo and southern Japan are prepared to meet invading as- sault forces but cautioned that AIn- erican forces were preparing to land en the China coast in conjunction with a sweeping counteroffensive on the mainland, which Chungking spokesmen said was in the making.
 The situation is so acute that one Tokyo commentator said Emperor Hirohito may personally assume rule of Japan. His cabinet took over dictatorial powers to rule by impers ial decree today. The commentator said this was step in the right direction.
 laps Bottled
 American troops and Filipino guerrillas bottled up the last sizeabls Japanese force still opposing Yank troops with surprise landing 1t Aparri, northernmost part of the Philippines where the Nipponese first landed in December, 194l.
 The action trapped more than 10000 Nipponese in 65-mile stretch between Aparri and Tuguegaro, seiz. cd by guerrillas who have since been repulsing daily counterattacks An- other group of Japanese is trapped between these guerrilas and the U. s. 37th Division to the south. which advanced five miles to San Juan, eliminating 23 camouflaged Nippon ese tanks on the way,
 U. s. Sixth Army infantry and artillery units landed at Aparrl Wednesday night. had the town under control by daylight and then famed out eight miles to the south.
 Surrender On Okinawa
 Tenth Army troops mopping up on Okinawa were busiest segregating prisoners who crawled out of caves and surrendered in bewildering numbers. Almost all were wounded but well-fed.
 Others were committing suicide. In one gorup l60 blew themselves up with grenades, But, three small pockets, with five machine guns among them. continued to fight to the death.
 At formal flag raising ceremony signalizing American conquest--the flag was borrowed from the 96th Infantry Divlsion's cemetery-Ma-
 (Contfnued on Pace TDO)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
SENATE ACT5 ITO SET PATH ! OF TRI~MEET
Discussion on RdtifYing of World Charter 10 Be Tru-
 man Talking Points
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER Associated Press Diplomatic News Editora

ASAN FRANCISCO. June g. = Senate committee hearings on the United Nations Conference may play large part in President Tru- mans meeting with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill at Berlin next month.
 fThe time table of the hearings has now been laid down, although it is subject to revision or even discard.
 Final decisions will be made after Senators Connally (D-Tex) and Vandenberg (R-Mich) return to Washington next week They will report to the Senate on accom- plishments of the United Nations Conference in which they are par ticipating as members of the United States delegation
 Ratification Predicted
 Connally predicts the Senate eventually will ratify the charter with comfortable edge" over the needed two-thirds vote-64 Sena- tors out of 96 when all are pres ent and voting. That may not be before September, allowing a month for debate.
 The expectation is that the hear ings will begin about mid-July, iiA time to have them opened by Secretary of State Stettinius just before he leaves with MT. Truman for Germany That means the hearings will be underway while the Big Three are discussing post war problems of Europe and the world.
 President Truman had hoped at one time he might arrive in Ber- lin with Senate ratification of the charter in his pocket He was represented as considering that as effective reinsurance to the other big powers that this country was determined to retain its full role in world affairs.
 Effect on Big Three
 Now the question is becoming one of the effect of the hearings on the Big Three. Indications are that some vociferous opposition to ratification, at least unqualified ratification, may develop early in the hearings. Some officials say they are uncertain whether this would promote or hamper the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
CHANCES IN U.'5..(ANADA
 BOUNDARIES
State Department Starts Survey on Subject
 Other Moves

SPOKANE, June 23.--The Spokes- Review said yesterday that Sen. Warren 0. Magnuson (D.- Wash.) had revealed that "negotia- lions are proceeding between the United States and Canada that may result in revision of their common boundaries"
 Tn dispatch from Seattle. the paper said the State Department has started a survey of the entire boundary subject including possible changes, creation of custom-free highways, free ports. removal of ir- .itations caused by regulation of international traffic and many re- lated subjects.
 aThe matter was brought to the intention of President Truman this week by Magnuson and Gov. Gruen- ing of Alaska, ]" the dispatch said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-06-23
FIGHTER PLANES IN ATTACK NEAR T0KY(
Two Bills Introduced In Congress for New
 Road, North 10 Alaska

WASHINGTON, June 23.-Follow- ing up President Truman's endorse ment of an Alaskan Highway, two bills authorizing it's construction were introduced in the House yes- terday.
 At news conference in Olympia, Wash, Thursday, MT. Truman re- ferred to the highway proposal as an absolutely essential" postwar pro- ject.
 Delegate Bartlett of Alaska and Rep. DeLacy D-Wash.) in identi- cal bills asked Congress to make i'm mediate arrangements with Canada for the project and to earmark $l5,000,000 for construction.
 The Congressmen declared in a statement that the much-publicized Alcan Highway, built to service cer- tain airfields. does not connect with