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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-18

Air Force and the greatest Navy
the food, equipment and fuel
which has been supplied to Great
Britain, to Russia, to China, and
other allies, as well as the stu
pendous amounts which must go
to all our fighting forces through
out the world is the result of singu-
larly successful cooperation in in
dustry and throughout our econo.
N.Y., he is told.
These things are part Of the mis-.
sion of redistribution, yet, the
paramount function of redistribu.
ton is to see that these returnees
are correctly re-assigned so that
their knowledge and experience is
brought to bear where it will dc
the most good, in the effective
prosecution Of the war.
The matter of assignments has
been given the greatest thought
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-18

and attention. Most Of the inter-
viewing is done by men who have
returned from combat. The logic
of this is unacceptable. A mans
civilian experience and education,
his training in the Army Air Forces
and his combat experiences are
talked over at length with men who
not only are sympathetic, but
who have unparalleled understand
ing Of the conditions and problems
because they also have faced
them.
Perhaps the layman will have
difficulty in realizing the revolut-
ionary aspect of this mission. But
let him remember that in the
whole history of war, there is no
parallel undertaking. Heretofore,
men have gone to war and they
have returned only when they were
wounded too seriously to fight or
when the war was won or lost.
Redistribution not only makes the
knowledge gained in combat avail
able to those who are about to
enter combat for the first time,
but the rotation program makes
it possible for all members of the
Army Air Forces to have their
turn in combat theaters.
In the next article of this series
we will discuss the operation and
problems encountered in the func-
tons of a convalescent hospital,
another phase of the Personnel
distribution Command.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-18
Mrs. Bissett Gets Word
From Soldier Husband
Via Commentator Malone

Mrs. Sam Bissett, nurse at
James Walker Memorial hospital
received a doubly-exciting long dis
lance telephone call here this
week.
In the first place, it brought
her first-hand news of her hus-
band, S-Sgt. Sam Bissette, who is
serving with the Army on the
Western Front.
In the second place, the call it
self was from a nationally known
radio commentator, the Blue Net
works Ted Malone.
Malone, conductor OF Monday
Tuesday-Wednesday evening broad
cast direct from the war fronts,
had come to New York to help in
a Red Cross campaign for blood
plasma donations. He intends te
fly back in the first plane loadeo
with plasma!
Finding himself with a spare
moment, and remembering Sgt
Bissett whom he had met If
Paris. he picked up the telephone
called Mrs. Bissett, and gave hel
husbands regards.
The pleasantly surprised Mrs
Bissett is the former Miss Ruby
Raynor.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-18
Air Forces To Use Camp Davis
To Ease Strain Of Army Filters

,,;+ors note: This is the
lhGr ~ series Of articles ex-
tlFs. ,i IN the functions of the
9 91nlv Air Forces Personnel mn
ss[5..4+rsibntion Command. This
Dls No command that has re-
opened Camp Davis
+be past four years, Camp
foi J has been operating as a
paws or the training of anti-air-
'o 'st+ AZ srtillerymen. This post now
:rSl' noe, CON taken over from the
a's Ground Forces by the Army
army o u Personnel Distribution
At assnd, An entirely new type
oscillation is being opened
o. ,l' will play an important part
s-+ the war effort.
r,r this reason, it is assumed
~ ne civilian population of this
IL. W., and the surrounding states
s s.,'d he interested in an explana-
S wv # the new program. A series
"" .r II are being prepared on
a.. d q, various phases of this work
II .s;,s should help the "outsider'
Si-s- hitter understanding of the
y, Camp Davis mas to perform.
~ wi+bin the Personnel Distribu-
..o command there are several
Nv. ..n.rate and distinct organiza-
: s'gs The Redistribution Station,
". .s, convalescent Hospital, and the
orerseas Replacement Depot.
C C, Davis will be made up of
:. s' red5istribution station and con-
..escent hospital, plus a regional
. .s, which Will operate under
IN. t' Medical De- artment OF the
United States A my.
Tp+ US first discuss the operation
:, redistribution center of this
=. .ommand. A layr,an best can fol-
NV the sequence of redistribution
Nv wv tracing a typical member of a
sombat crew from the time the
tisbt surgeon in a theater OF op-
srs+ions determines that he should
ss returned to America. There are
many warning signals which
-pn flignt surgeons that a man is
vprsjng on a condition where he
m longer can stand the extreme
Grain Of combat conditions. An
otherwise pleasant and agreeable
,jIot will lose his temper at din
rer navigator will begin
n suffer from insomnia a
5ombardier u d d My becomes
morose and aloof from the men,
hers of his crew. These and other
SYMPTOMS tell the surgeon and the
conmanding officer that further
Missions would prove extremely
hazardous to both the man con-
cened and the other members Of
his crew almost Immediately
he receives orders returning him
10 this country.
He arrives at one of approxima-
ey thirty aerial and water ports
d debarkatiion or reception sta
tons where ne is met by a liaison
officer who helps him clear his
papers, gives him certain instruc-
tons in regard to interviews and
security Of information, and pro-
gides him with orders to report to
redistribution center, with a 81
day delay enroute. That 21-day
delay is the magic portion of his
nders, for it means that he WI
lave 2l-days with his loved ones
and his friends the one thing
gppermost in his mind. The Army
Air Forces sees to it that each
nan is sent to within so to 10l
miles Of his home at Government
expense.
The redistribution center te
which he is ordered is governed
BY his leave or furlough address
At the time If his arrival in the
United States, the liaison officer
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An amusing scene Love Lite Of Madeline Mooney from
Paymaker Polyphonc Pasmes to be presented their
the University Chapel Hill Wednesday, Thursday Friday
March 81, g. 49, at $3.50 o'clock.
Martin (ighD of New York plays
Mooney, sweetheart is Merrill Hilton
written and directed by Douglas
presentation military
throughout the State this spring.
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Ammonia on a saturated cloth
will remove ink spots from the
fingers.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18

Is Siren
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. II.

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. II.
DAVID o. SELZNICK threw
~ a curve at casting experts
when he picked his stars for
Duel in the Sum-" lusty west
ern epic by Niven Busch.
The result: an ex-saint Is
half-breed siren and an eX-
missionary is an outlaw.
The personalities are Jennifer
Jones. the simple peasant girl
who became the saint of Lourdcs
in "the Song of Bernadette,
and Gregory Peck, the FIR. CHS
holm of The Keys Of The
Kingdom"
Both won their stardom in
these religious vehicles. and now
Selznick plops them into the
technicolor violence of a story
OF the rugged West.
Jennifer is a wild, half-Indian
girl who tantalizes the COW
hands on a Texas ranch Of
feudal acreage. Gregory is her
lover.
Selznick planned it that way
lie says he doesn't want his
players typed" lie thinks they
should show their versatility
through a wide variety of roles.
When Jennifer was an un-
known, he picked her for tho
much-sought-after role as Der
nadette." Wasting no time by
letting her be typed as saint,
he thrust her into the American
girl role as Jane in Since You
Went Away"
Her next role was a bit more
sophisticated, the romantic lead
opposite Joseph Gotten in Love
Letters" Now she is Pearl
Chavez in Duel"
II was the same with Peck
from the SelZnick point of view
In the film, Jennifer will sing
and dance-for the first time in
her screen career-and Gregory
will be a love-making, firebrand
cowpoke.
All of which is about as far
away as possible from Berna-
dette and FIR. Chisholm.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18
Plays Opposite Flynn

1.-TWO weeks later I was play
ing the lead opposite Errol
Flynn in Uncertain Glory
laughed Jean, "and believe me
1 didn't need n publicity buildup
to get people into the theaters
TO see me. Ironically the pic
ture was released when ErrOl
was in the midst of one OF his
famous cOur. appearances, and
people went 90 see IL merely to
get a good look at him.
"And they couldn't miss me
because was right there I'm
his arms. That was enough
publicity for a lifetime-sO from
now on 1 hope l can settle down
10 acting"
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18
Jean SulIivan's
Finger Snapped
at Studio Offer
HOLLYWOOD. Feb. II.

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. II.
TNHE endeavors of Warner
- Brothers to get Jean Sulli-
vans signature on a contract
had all the earmarks Of a movie
chase, but by the looks OF
things the incident VIII wind up
with the happy ending.
Jeans latest screen effort,
the crippled ughter in
Roughly Speaking" starts the
second sequence of her career,
so to speak. She fought sign
ing a picture contract to avoid
an overdose OF glamour roles,
and feels her Characterization in
Roughly Speaking" has shown
the studio tha' beauty and act
ing ability can be mixed
But getting hack 10 Jeans
advent in films, ! don't believe
! have ever heard a more NJ
usual story. In average cases,
all a producer has 20 do is snap
his fingers and he can get any
girls name on the dotted line
But in this instance Jean did
the swapping.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18
Goes Into Real Army

HOLLYWOOD. Feb. II. :,
Hollywood's Korean actor.
Philip Ahn, goes from R-K-O's
Invisible Army into Uncle
Sans real army. (. .'}..r
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18
She's Not Interested

But still wasn't inter
ested," took up Jean. six
months later Mr.. BainO again
paid me a visit after one of our
shows and insisted merely that
4 come TO Warmers and look the
place over. took him up out
Of curiosity and brought along
my mother, two brothers and
my sister. We wanted to see
how movies were made"
This is where the studio won
the chase. Baino was such a
nice host 10 the Sullivan clan
he got the family on his side.
They all worked on Jean 10 sign
the contract. But she didn't
give in until they agreed in
writing that she would get a
role Immediately. and that they
would lay low on the publicity
and allow her work 10 speak
for itself.
Detroit evening times., 1945-02-18
She Gets Lowdown

She and Solly Baino Of the
studio talent department gave
me the lowdown in the Warner
cOmmissaTy recently after We
had indulgeG in a meatlcSs
Tuesday repaSt. And although
il is all water under the bridge
now. Baino confessed he came
close TO losing patience with
Jean before her name landed on
the talent roster.
when MIR. BainO came back
stage after ne had seen me in
a play at the University of
California at Los Angeles"
Jean explained. II thought he
was kidding about giving me n
test. ! forgot the Offer as soon
a. he left. Actually, 1 wasn't
particularly interested. didn't
like those glamour buildups they
give girls. wanted to act and
felt the stage was for me"
AS for me-" put in Baino. II
couldn't understand why Jean
didn't show up for the test the
following day. so the next time
went Ia the university Little
Theater l even asked the head
Of the drama department to
send her to the studio"
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
John W. Maddox

John W. Maddox, Owens Wells,
passed away at the Community
Hospital Saturday morning, July
2lst after several weeks illness. He
was SO years old the past May. He
was born in Tennessee in 1857 and
moved to Mississippi when he was
ten years old and remained here
the rest of his life. MI. Maddox was
a member Of the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church and served as an
Elder for a number Of years.
Funeral services were held from
the family home at Owens Wells
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock with
the Rev. H. w. Robertson officiating
Interment was in the Lexington
Cemetery with Southern Undertak-
ing Association in charge of arrange
mentS.
He is survived by his wife; three
children; Miss Blanche Maddox
Owens Wells; Mrs. w. W. Thurmond,
Lexington; and Sam Maddox, Owens
Wells; two grandchildren; Mrs. E
c. Reese and w. E. Thurmond both
Of Lexington; two great-grandchil-
dren; Ed and Mary Thurmond; one
half-sister and brother, Mrs. Arbie
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
HEALTH NOTES

Telegram just received from Mr.
E. c. B~oudreaux, Food and Drug
Administrator, indicate that its a
violation of the Pure Food and Drug
Act to sell mayonnaise or cooking
oil containing mineral oil.
Twelve more children were bitten
last week in Holmes county by rabbi
ed dogs, also an account of a man,
not IN Holmes county but nearby,
who was bitten and in spite of the
treatment developed Hydrophobia
and died. We all like our dogs, I am
sure, we like some of their charac-
teristics, such as appreciation and
loyalty. 1t might be well for us to
emulate our dogs with reference to
these qualities, but it does look like
that if we love our dogs like we say
we do, we would at least protect
them from these horrible diseases
and death by immunizing our pets
and killing off those whose owners
do not think enough of to immuniZe.
In doing this we would protect both
u dogs and u children. I under
stand that all these twelve children
were bitten by pet dogs. Just be-
cause your pet dog is friendly and
you like it is no assurance that it is
not dangerous.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
WV Elects Officers
tuesday Night

The WV met Tuesday night at
8 o'clock in the City Hall and elect
ed the following officers:
President, Mrs. j. X. Boatwright;
Senior ce-President, Mrs. Leslie
Shurlds; Junior Vice-President, Mrs.
James Odom; Treasurer, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Reese; Chaplain, Mrs. E.
H. Skinner; Conductress, Mrs. John
r. Pickens; Guard, Miss Dorothy
Tate; Trustees: Three-years, Lydia
Taylor; Two-years, Mrs. w. H. Scott;
One-year, Mrs. w. T. Holder; Secre-
tary, Miss Mary B~oatwright; Patrio-
tic Officer, Mrs. Ed Ellison; Histori-
an, Mrs. Alb Taylor; Musician, Mrs.
Tom Shepherd; Color bearers: Cd
Mrs. Claude Rollins; (2) Mrs. Ad-
noise Rutledge; co Mrs. M. G. Cat
ron; az Mrs. Irby Ellington; Flag
bearer, Mrs. Ward; Banner bearer,
Mrs. r. o. Duke.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Baptist Association To
Meet In Goodman

holmes County Baptists will meet
IN Goodman Sunday in an Associa-
tlonai Sunday School and BTU pro-
gram. All churches in the county are
urged to have representatives pres
ent at this time.
The program has been set az fol-
lows:
Theme Increasing the Bible
Study in the S. S.
l:3O-Song: Take Time to be Holy.
1876 Devotional: MI. Sanders
Keeth.
l:45-Roll Call and Departmental
Reports.
2:OO-Increasing the Bible Study
by use of Training Course Books
DR.. Pucket.
2:15-Increasing the Bible Study
through Vacation Bible Schools
Rev. H. c. Ellis.
2:30-Increasing the Bible Study
through Home Co-operation-Rev
A. H. Miller.
DISTINGUISHING the Bible Study
through better Church Music-Mrs
Madison Flowers.
3:00-Special Music.
Business.
The Training Union will have a
program in the morning, under the
direction of Marvin Mcclellan of Du-
rant.
Those attending are asked to
please bring along a few sandwiches
as lunch will be served. The hos,
church will furnish the drinks.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Rudio TuIks On
Infunt Core To
Begin July 2 lst

Every mother of a young baby
in Holmes county should listen to
the special series of radio talks on
infant care beginning July 81" said
DR.. w. H. Weeks, Director Of the
Holmes County Health Department.
Each year there are more than
100 babies born in our county. Their
mothers and fathers need to know
many facts about health for proper
care of their children. The first
broadcast will be over WSLI Satur-
day, July 81, at las P. NJ, and will
be on the subject of Summer Com
plants, the second on July % will
be "Sunbaths and Cod Liver Oil".
Boiled water, screened houses,
and fly traps will prevent many in
fants from having summer COM
plant" this month and the next"
said DR.. Weeks. Every mother OF a
young infant should listen to all
these planned radio programs. She
should plan to take her baby regu-
larly to see her physician or to the
health department for well baby
examinations.
Nixon and Alfred Maddox, Lexing-
ton.
Pallbearers were Earl Fowler, Joe
Taylor, Allan Ramsey, Joe H. Moore,
and w. r. Bill Mcclellan.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Farm Safety Week
Begins July 22nd

Farm families working with the
Farm Security Administration are
being urged to cooperate 100 pei
cent with National Farm Safety
Week program, July 1928, w. E
Strider, FSA supervisor said each
family is being asked to search out
and remove all possible hazards that
may cause accidents. injuries or
property damages.
Farm and home accidents cause a
staggering loss in human lives and
financial loss each year. and most
of them are p~reventable.
Accidents last year alone killed
1900 people on American farms
and injured over a million others,
causing a billion-dollar loss.
TSA families in Holmes County
will be furnished a check list for the
purpose of locating and detecting
the hazards that may cause acci-
dents. The list includes such hazards
exposed electrical wiring. handl-
ing of guns, inflammable materials,
insecticides, broken glass, projecting
nails, farm machinery and garden
tools, dangerous animals, steplad-
ders, slippery floors, drugs, matches,
hot aches, bath tubs, kerosene, gas
oline, chimneys, flues, explosives
rickety steps and porches. open els
terms and pits, and many others.
Supervisor w. E. Strider said two
basic facts should be recognized:
The first is that farming is n OF
the most dangerous of all occupa-
tons. The second is that accidents
can be prevented by intelligent fore
sight and action.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Former Lexington Boy
Killed in Plane Crash

Capt. Daniel Ewing McCafferty
son Of the Rev. and Mrs. James T
McCafferty of Winona, formerly OF
Lexington, died in an aircraft acct
dent at the Newcastle Airbase, Will
mington, Delaware Friday morning
Capt. McCafferty was born in
Amory, March 26, 1922. His body
reached Winona Monday morning
and services were held at the Kos
ciusko Methodist Church at 4 O..
clock.
Capt. McCafferty was graduated
from Holmes Junior College, Good.
man and was a student at Millsaps
College in Jackson when he enlisted
in the Army Air Corps. He was
trained in the Southeastern are anc
received his wings at the Blythevillt
Army Airbase, Feb. l6, 1943. He
served for ten months in the Euro
pean theater with the Eighth All
Force as pilot Of a BIZ.
He was awarded the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross, the Air Medal with
three Oak Leaf Clusters, and
presidential citation. He returned Il
the states in July, 1914 and since
then he had been in the Air Trans
port Command.
He leaves his parents, three sisters
Miss Martha Blanche McCafferty
Greenwood; Mrs. G. O. Sanford
Holcomb, and Miss Bertha Adele
Nice afferty, Winona, and n broth
er, Tech. Sgt. James T. McCafferty
Jr., who is serving with a Marine
Squadron in the Pacific.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Charles A. Young
Truininq at Greet Lakes

Charles A.. Young, 10, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Woodward L. Young, Good
man, Miss, is receiving his initial
Naval indoctrination at the U. >
Naval Training Center, Great Lakes,
Illinois.
His recruit training consists OF in
struction in seamanship, military
drill, and general Naval procedure
During this period a series of apti-
tude tests will be taken by the re-
cruit to determine whether he will
be assigned to a Naval Service
School, to a shore station, or to i'm
mediate duty at sea-.
When his recruit training is com
pleted, the seaman will receive
period Of leave.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Rev. {. N. Day Is
New Baptist Pastor

The Rev. c. M. Day, of Pontotoc,
has accepted a call to be pastor OF
the First Baptist Church, Durant,
and will assume his duties at an
early date.
The Rev. Day received a unani-
nous vote from members of the Du-
ran church in a business session
Sunday morning.
The new pastor spent several
months in the Navy as a chaplain
and was recently discharged.
The Days have three children, a
daughter at Blue Mountain College,
and two sons, II and 9 years of age.
Members of the Church are look
ing forward to the arrival OF their
new pastor and his family.
Services Sunday
The Rev. H. P. Miller, pastor of
the Wake Forest, N. c., Baptist
Church, will fill the Durant Baptist
pulpit at the morning and evening
hours of worship Sunday.
The Rev. Miller married a Hol-
mes county girl, the former Annie
Laura Mcclellan, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. I. M. Mcclellan, of Durant.
They arrived Tuesday for a visit with
Mrs. Miller's parents and he will fill
the pulpit Sunday. Everyone is in
vited to hear him.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
West Mons Company
Hos UnsuIIied Record

With the Fifth Army, Italy-Pfc
Cleo. H. Ramage, ammunition bear
err, son of James F. Ramage, West
Miss, Rt. 5, is a member of LIST Bat
talon Headquarters Company, 33sth
Infantry Regiment, which was or
the Fifth Army front 1919 days dur
ing the Italian campaign and came
out with an unblemished record.
The 339th is part Of the 85th Gus
ter" Division.
After more than a year OF fight
ing Germans In rugged mountain
warfare, the company still had IS
of its original lit members. There
hasn't been a Ease of Away Without
Leave, and no courts martial mars
the record.
Since March, 1914, when the out
fit arrived in italy, it has spent 81
DAYS in division, corps or army re-
serve and lis days in rest or train
ing.
Members Of the company held 81
Purple Heart awards for wounds IN
action, but none Of the battle casu-
alties was fatal. Members hold 81
Bronze Stars and one Silver Star.
The company is commanded by
Captain Morris r. McCleary of Des
Moines, Iowa.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
Pfc. Eurl Shonks
To Return From ltoly

18th AAF in Italy-After long
service in Italy with the 18th Air
Force, Pfc. Earl Shanks of Pickens,
Miss, will o return to the United
States with the veteran 454th Bomb
Group, according to a recent an
nouncement by Brig. Gen. James A.
Mollison, commanding general of
the 18th Air Force.
The veteran group, which will re-
ceive additional training and equip
ment before embarkation for the
Pacific theater of war, has been serv-
ing with the 18th AAF in Italy for
the past eighteen months. During
this time, the 454th has flown 243
missions against strategic targets in
German-held Europe, contributing
to the German downfall by the bonn
bing of Ploesti, Vienna, Steyr, Mu-
mich, and numerous other targets
whose loss crippled Nazi resources
supplies, and communications. Fol-
n such mission, the bombing O.
Linz, Austria, in July, 1914, the
group received the Distinguished
Unit citation.
Under the command Of Col. Johr
A. Way, Of Prague, Okla, members
Of the 454th group have wen an i'm
pressive array Of awards. including
one Distinguished Service Cross
two Legion of Merit medals, ID Sill
YER Stars, and over 485 Distinguish
ed Flying Crosses. They have flowr
over 1000 sorties, destroying more
than 800 enemy aircraft and drop
ping over 1900 tons of bombs during
the strategic, tactical, and morale
bombings that German military
leaders have labeled as the cause o.
Gernany's defeat.
After returning to the Uniteo
States, the 454th heavy lombard
ment group looks forward tc c@.
ing its devastating bomb-loads a
gainst tho third, and last enemy Of
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-26
jones W. Black
Promoted to Sic

In the Pacific|ames William
Black, 20, of West, Miss. has advanc-
ed to seaman, first class, USNR, a
board a high-speed transport OF the
Pacific Fleet. He wears the Ameri-
can Theater and Asiatic- Pacific
Theater ribbons.
Black is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. c. Black of West. He graduated
from West High School. and entered
the Navy in April, 1914.