davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02

directed their fire upon the target.
Other functions in which the OBJ
server patrol was often useful in
combat include liaison between ar
tillery and advancing infantry ele-
mentS, liaison between bases of
command and supply and isolated
combat units and supply of food,
medical supplies and other critical
items to isolated fighting units.
The outfit has been commended
by 1t. General Godfrey Keyes, II
(Second) Corps commanding gener-
al; Major Gen. John B. Coulter,
commanding general of the 85th
Division; and Brigadier General
Pierre Mallett, formerly command
ing general Of artillery in the 85th
Division and currently commanding
general of artillery in w Four)
Corps.
Major Thomas o. Morrow of Far
60, North Dakota, commands the di-
vision air observation patrol.
Armstrong is the SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. c. Armstrong, 321 Washing
ton ST., Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Lexington Horse Show Will Be Held
Saturday, Aug. 11fh; Horses Entered

owned BY DR.. and Mrs. J. ". We.
ner, of Paragould, Ark, viii Be rid
den by J. B. Smith Of the Pointer
Stables. Many other horses viii b
shown.
The show, first scheduled Tor
August %, has been moved up -
the 18th in order that some Of tha
bigger stables could make the Lex
ington show.
The. young people are particular
ly invited to enter their horses in
the Young Peoples Class which l.
being held for the first time. Jud9-
ing in this class will be on horse
manship alone and five prizes and
ribbons will be given. ANY boy q
girl is eligible and any kind Of hoese.
Riders Wanted
Riders are wanted for the planta-
ton saddle horse class which b
growing daily.
Bulups Sound Truck
Billups' sound truck, one Of the
finest sound systems In existence.
has been secured for the show
which will help insure the best show
ever to be held in Holmes county
and one Of the finest shows in tAo
state. "f
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Pfc. Clyde H. Hurthcock
Wears -Four Bottle Stors

Pfc. Clyde H. Harthcock of Lex
ington, Rt. 4, is with the seth Infan-
try Division and served twenty-four
months in the European Theater OF
Operations. Harthcock has been
overseas twenty-four months, and
wears four battle stars. This Divi-
sion is now stationed at Miami, Fla.
This exclusive organization is
made up Of men and women who
have flown trans-ocean. They were
landed at Air Transport Commands
Miami Army Air Field after flying
here from overseas in ATC planes.
Camp Blanding, Fla, was their
next step. From there they 60 to
reception centers nearer their homes
for separation or ~furloughs prior to
reassignment.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
.Weathera|l's Purchase
.Durant Floral Co.

The News is glad to welcome 70
Durant this week Mr.. and Mrs. l.
W. Weatherall, formerly Of Canton.
who will make their home here In
the future where they will operate
the Durant Floral Company. They
purchased this well known concern
from MIR. and Mrs. c. G. Van Keuren
in July and took over the business
August LIST.
They have taken an apartment In
the home of Mrs. L. c. Lipsey.
The Van Keurens' have operated
for many years a splendid business
in Durant and enjoyed a wide pat
ronage throughout Holmes county.
In announcing the sale Of the bust
ness Mr.. Van Keuren said he wanted
to thank his friends and customers
for their patronage and ask them to
give the same consideration to Mr..
and Mrs. Weatherall that they have
given him in the past. The Keuren's
will continue to reside here.
The Weatheralls are both expert
enced florists and are fully trained
and equipped to give first class SER
vice to the people of Durant and
vicinity. They invite the public to
give their service a trial and to visit
them often.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
.Baptists 10 Welcome
New Pastor Sunday

Members Of the First Baptist
Church of Durant will welcome
their new pastor, the Rev. c. M.
Day, Sunday morning. He will fill
the pulpit at both services Sunday.
The Rev. Day, former chaplain in
the Navy, will also be here Friday
night for the meeting of the Board
OF Deacons at the Church at eight
o'clock. All deacons are urged to be
present.
The Day family will not move here
until next week. DR.. Pickett will
move on August 7th and the new
pastors family will move in after
that time.
Community Service
Following established custom the
other churches of Durant will well
come the new pastor in a commun-
ity service Sunday evening, giving
way their own worship service to
do 30.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend these services.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Pfc. Joseph c. Gunter
Awarded Infantry Bodge

With the Fifth Army, Italy-Pfc.
Joseph c. Gunter, Cook, son of Mrs.
Nellie B. Gunter, LOT Depot Street,
Durant, Miss, has been cited by the
338th Infantry Regiment of the Fifth
Army's 85th Custer" Division and
awarded the Combat Infantryman
Badge for actual participation in
combat against the enemy in Italy.
Standards for the badge are high.
The decoration is awarded to the
infantry 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, 1945-08-02
1t. Gordon 7. Ellison
Home From Germany

Friends in Holmes county will be
interested in the following story a.
bout 1t. Gordon Theodore Ellison,
taken from the Yazoo Sentinel:
LIST 1t. Gordon Theodore Ellison,
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H,Sl-
lison, of Whitfield, who took pars IN
the first battle of the war and re-
Gently participated in a bombing
mission in which Hitler's home was
one of the targets, is now based in
Italy with the 18th AAF. He has
flown many missions over Germany,
Vienna, Slovakia, Munich, the Bren-
ner Pass, and Austria. Awarded the
Air Medal and the Presidential Unit
Citation, he also wears service rib
bons for the Southwest Pacific and
Mediterranean Theaters, with battle
participation stars. 1t. Ellison re-
Gently returned to his outfit from a
ten-day rest spent, on the beautiful
Isle of Capri.
1t. Ellison is now visiting with
his parents and his sister in Natchez.
He holds the Distinguished Flying
Cross, Air Medal Oak Leaf with two
clusters, and the Presidential Unit
Citation. He has flown many COM
bat missions over Vienna, Slovakia,
Munich, Silesia, Breslau and Austria
and is a veteran of both Pacific and
the European war theaters.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
S/Set. Benjomin Stewart
Remains In England

A Ninth Air Force Service Com
mand Unit, England-S/Sgt. Benja-
min r. Stewart of Lexington, Miss,
is one Of the men remaining in
Europe as part of the air transport
program established by the Ninth
Air Force Service Command.
The 31st Air Transport Group, to
which he Is assigned, has its head
quarters near Oxford, England. Fly
ing a scheduled operational route to
Germany and the liberated coun-
tries, the C-47 transports of the group
carry supplies, government officials,
and provide transport for men re-
turning to England on leave, or to
take advantage Of academic courses
provided at English colleges through
the army program for information
and education of officers and men.
Sgt. Stewart came to the European
theater in October l943 for assign
ment to the 31st Transport Group,
302nd Wing, as a Supply Sergeant.
It is his job to meet the require
ments of officers and men as far as
their personal clothing requirements
60.
Prior to entering the army in
August 1912, he was employed as a
Ticket Agent by the Greyhound Bus
Co., at jackson, Miss. He is the son
of Mrs. Susie r. Stewart, Lexington,
and is the husband of the former
Miss Augusta Rebecca Word, OF 70l
North Congress ST., Jackson, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Holmes Induded In
Malaria Control

Many Of our Holmes county boys
and girls in the armed services are
stationed in malarious areas and
will be potential carriers of the ma
laria parasite when they return
home, said DR.. w. H. Weeks, Hol-
mes County Health Officer. Many
Of these potential carriers are infect
ed with strains Of malaria that Hol-
mes County people r not accus-
toned to and these tropical strains
are more dangerous than our ma
laria, said DR.. Weeks.
Holmes County is fortunate to be
included in the Extended Malaria
Control Program. dot. is a power
full insecticide and everyone seems
more than pleased with the results.
DR.. Weeks urges each discharged
boy or girl to 60 to his physician or
to the County Health Department
for a blood smear as soon as he ar
rives in the county. Find out if you
are a carrier and get under treat
ment right away before you infect
the malaria mosquito with a more
dangerous strain of malaria.
The following form will be sent
out to each discharged person:
No~o
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
HOLMES COUNTY MEN IN THE SERVICE -,
SGT. Gordon leurd
At Miomi Beech

Miami Beach, Florida, July 26-
Sgt. Gordon B. Leard, %, son Of Mrs.
Ada Leard. Of Hotel Durant, Miss,
has returned from service outside
the continental United States and is
now being processed through the
Army Ground and Service Forces
Redistribution Station in Miami
Beach, where his next assignment
will be determined.
Sgt. Leard served IL months as a
section chief in the Southwest Paci-
fic theater Of operations. While there
he was awarded the Asiatic Pacific
campaign ribbon with one battle
star.
Army Ground and Service Forces
Redistribution Stations r located
in various parts of the United States.
Military personnel returning from
overseas are processed through these
stations before assignment to mill
tary organizations and installations
within the United States.
During the period that returnees
stay at an Army Ground and Service
Forces Redistribution Station, they
are given a painstaking occupation
al and physical classification as well
as physical and dental recondition-
inc tooofhor with vario,,a lectures
designed to reorient men recently
returned from combat e This
processing is carried on without
haste in pleasant surroundings con-
ducive to mental and physical re-
Taxation.
Before entering the service Sgt.
Leard was owner and manager Of
a service station.
He became a member Of the Arm
ed Forces on February "a, 1941.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Pfc. Wilbur c. Armstrong
With Custer" Division

With the Fifth Army, Italy-Pfc.
Wilburn c. Armstrong of Durant,
Miss, served as a radio operator in
the 85th Custer" Division Air OBJ
servation Patrol, veteran unit of the
Italian campaign, which carried out
a wide variety of peaceful missions
after surrender of German forces in
Italy.
After cessation of hostilities along
the Fifth Army front, the air OBJ
servers kept their small, slow planes
in operation to ferry personnel, de-
liver messages, transport texts for
army educational programs and to
speed proofs to the printers for the
divisions newspaper, "Custer Com
bateer".
The division patrols IL pilots flew
10 planes 10000 miles in combat,
generally on observation missions
requiring between one and a haff
and two hours each. Spotting Ger
man gun emplacements, personnel
concentrations, fuel and supply
dumps and conveys Of enemy trans
port, the observers radioed the in
to friendly gun crews and
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
IT'S Cecil Weems
Bronze Stor

With the Dixie Division in Min
danao (SpeciaD-Ti5 Cecil Weems
Of Lexington, Miss, has been award
ed the Bronze Star Medal by Major
General Clarence A. Martin, COM
manding the 31st Infantry Division,
for meritorious achievement in con-
nection with military operations a.
gainst the enemy near Kabacan,
Mindanao. The Mississippian, who is
the son of MI. and Mrs. Edward F.
Weems, Route I, Lexington, was cit
ed July IL.
He left in November 1910 with
the Mississippi National Guards.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
.Copt. J. J. kozor
Home On Leave

Capt. J. J. Kazar is at home in
Tchula on thirty-day leave follow
ing his return from the China, Bur-
ma, India theater of war. He has
been in the far East twenty-seven
months where he was attached to
the Chinese troops for seven months
and accompanied them down the
Ledo- Burma Road. He was with the
73rd Engineers Light Platoon, and
with the 30th Division preceding
their activities with the l4th Eng
lish Army on their advance on Man
dalay.
Capt. Kazar returned to the Unit
ed States via air, passing thru Bur
ma, Iran the Holy Land and Cairo
and made the last lap by Casablanca,
Bermuda to Miami by army trans
port plane.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Compress
Traded By Hammetf

The Lexington Compress Com
pany has been traded by W. P. Ham
NETT to Neal Streater, for a Delta
plantation near Shaw, according t.
an announcement this week.
MI. Hammett acquired a 1,046
acre place, all in cultivation, for the
compress which he bought May LIST
and delivered July lst
Mr.. Streater has made no an
nouncement concerning future o.
Grafton Of the Compress.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Putients At The Hospitdl
White

Mrs. Neva Weems, Lexington.
Mrs. Sallie Walters, Lexington.
Lonnie Heard, Lexington
Henry Opra Smell, Goodman
Norman Douglas Smell, Goodman.
Mrs. Alice Farmer, Lexington.
Mrs. ]. r. Cahoon, Pickens.
Lonnie F. Heard, Jr., Lexington.
Carol Autry, Lexington.
Mrs. Lee Cade, Lexington.
Mamie Sanders, Lexington
Barbara Allen Tate, Itta Bena.
Mrs. A. E. Campbell and baby
Tchula.
Mrs. Arthur Quave, Lexington +,
Mrs. Mills Heard, Lexington :
Mrs. Frances Shields, Center. I
Mrs. Paul Trussel, Durant.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Pfc. Roymon Ward
At Foster General

Foster General Hospital, Jackson,
Miss, August pfc. Raymon c.
Ward, son of Mrs. E. M. Mcclellan,
of West, Miss, who was wounded
twice while fighting with the 9th
Infantry Division in North France
and German, is recuperating at the
Army's Foster General Hospital,
Jackson.
Pfc. Ward, who was wounded by
mortar fragments and artillery fire
in Sept. 1914 and in March 1915. He
respectively, wears the European
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02

Theater OF Operations ribbon with
two battle stars; Purple Heart, with
one Oak Leaf Cluster; Good Con-
duct Medal and the Combat Infan-
tryman's Badge
Pfc. Ward has four brothers in the
service, they are: SiSgt. John in
Belgium; Pfc. Tommy in Italy, TIA
Jessie, also in Italy; and SiSgt.
James in the Pacific. Pfc. Raymon
Ward graduated from West High
School
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Presbyterian Church

Sunday, August S, 1945.
Sunday School 1000 A. M.
Morning Worship II o'clock. The
subject of the pastors message viii
be, 'None Greater Than John the
Baptist.
There will be no evening service.
will join the Baptists in welcom-
ing the new pastor, the Rev. c. N.
Day at this hour.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Singing Convention

The State Singing Convention
will meet at the Court house in
Jackson, Sunday $50 A. NJ, all day
until 400 P. M. There will be quar-
tets and singers from all over the
s ate and from Arkansas, Texas,
louisiana. All singers from over
the state are urged to be with us.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02

After three months OF active SER
vice, every member Of the WAC has
a chance to apply for officer candi-
date school with a view to becon-
ing an officer.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Please check war theaters tn,
you have been in
.South Pacific
Mediterranean
India

When you receive your form
please fill out and return to Holmes
County Health Department, so that
you and the entire county may re-
ceive a greater benefit from this
service.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02

Your present address -
Please notify us when you return
to Holmes County.
When did you return?-
Your history of diagnosed malaria:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02

Insurance at low Army rates l.
available to members Of the Won
ems Army Corps
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
Colored

Henry Frank Bates, Lexington.
Bobbie Jean Tolliver, Pickens.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-02
THROUGH
HAZEL
EYES
~ HAxGL BRANDON

We = glad to extend a warm
hand Of welcome to Mr.. and Mrs.
L w. Weatherall, formerly Of Can
ton, who have moved to Durant to
reside. They have purchased the
Durant Floral Company and will
operate this business in the future.
The Weatheralls do beautiful work
in making corsages, designing
wreaths, sprays, and are thoroughly
experienced in all phrases Of the
floral line. They will be happy ia
have you call upon them.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
ALETTER OF
PROTEST
Geyser, Montana,

Geyser, Montana,
April 20, 1915.
Hon, Burton K. Wheeler,
United States Senate,
Washington D. c.
Dear Mr. Wheeler:
At meeting of the l. w. o. lodge,
the undersigned were authorized to
write you on behalf of the lodge re-
garding yonr pamphlet entitled, "The
Yalta Conference Criticism"
The members, after a lengthy dis
cussion, came to the conclusion that
the whole thing, from start to finish,
smacks of pro-Hitler propaganda. For
instance, you are worried about the
treatment of the Poles, Firms, Lat
VANS, the Estonians are getting and
will get from the united nations, and
not a word about what the Germans
did to these people and to the other
nations which the Germans conquered.
We think, also, that you should not
send this stuff at government expense.
Very truly yours,
Geyser |. w. o. Lodge,
OSCAR POLLARD,
Chairman.
EDWARD ANTILA,
Secretary.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
PAINTERS UNION
OBSERVES TENTH
anniversary

On Tuesday evening, April II, mem
bers of Kalispell Painters and Decorat-
ers Local No. 975, held social meet
ing to observe the tenth anniversary
of the charter being installed.
The local union was organized early
in 1885 at the time of extensive re-
modelling and new construction on
Flathead county high school. w. j.
Pierce was the first president and H.
A. Stevens the first secretary. The
union was among the few A. F. of L.
locals in the community which fromed
the Kalispell Central Trades and
Labor Council in 1887, which organize
ton has since progressed to prom
inent place in labor and civic affairs
in this section of the state.
Present officers of Local No 975
are Henry w. (BilD Arnold, presi-
dent; Berger Saverud, vice president
and Perry Melton, secretary-treasurer
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
VIZ
NORWEGIAN PATRIOTS
REPORTED READY

With 10 to II German divisions re-
ported to be still in Norway, certain
circles" of the Norwegian resistance
movement insist that now is the time
to stage a final about blow against
the occupation forces to prevent their
carrying out any further mass execu-
lions and devastation, according to
Kronikken, Norwegian underground
newspaper.
Since he commander of the Nor
wegian resistance troops is supposed
ly in direct contact with allied SUI
preme headquarters, however, it is
presumed unlikely that more compre-
hensive military action on the part
of the patriots will begin until Gen
eral Eisenhower gives the word. In
the meantime, the resistance troops
are concentrating their efforts on sab
otage actions against the German SOL
diers and the transportation system,
to prevent the Germans from being
evacuated to other fighting fronts.
The Kronikken pointed out recently
that the resistance troops were mot
fighting for our own pleasure and
therefore, we are not willing to make
unnecessary sacrifices" but added
that, "if the situation demands it, we
will unhesitatingly engage all our
forces"
Noting that the fighting in Norway
at present is battle of communica-
tions that the home front forces will
do their utmost to win," the under
ground paper said that terror and
counterattacks by the Germans will
not make us deviate from our plans,
but a total uprising is not necessary"
The newspaper added:
1.-THE reason why the commander in
chief has not given the signal for
open warfare is not because he wants
to spare us. But it is impossible to
say anything with certainty about the
plans of the supreme command. New
ertheless, these plans are prepared"
Swedish newspapers, meanwhile,
have launched a concerted drive for
Swedish armed Intervention In Nor
way If the Germans and their Nor
wegian supporters try to make last
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
Report of Work
Continued from Page One)


tie pens and other installations in
connection with its business, part of
North Thirteenth street in Billings.
At the instance of a suit brought by
the icty the district court enjoined
the packing company from using the
street The supreme court affirmed
the judgment. The defense of the pack
ing company was based upon aban-
donment and equitable estoppel, Meth
er of which was held to apply in this
case.
April 19th.-Savo Ikovch v. Silver
Bow Motor Car Co. Appealed from
Silver Bow County, Butte. Opinion of
the court prepared by Justice Albert
H. Angstman. Reversed. Justice Hugh
r. Adair dissented.
Held: Ikovich purchased a car on a
written conditional sales contract He
failed to make payments and the de-
PENDANT repossessed the car. Ikovich
sued, alleging conversion and was
awarded damages by jury's verdict.
The supreme court reversed the judg-
ment because of error of the trial
court in admitting evidence of an oral
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
INSIDE THE AXIS

stand there On April 6 the Swedish
government authorized the establish
ment of a Swedish corps of volun-
teers for the liberation of Norway, but
limited the number of volunteers to
be trained in Swedish military camps
to 200. Since then, however, more
than 1000 volunteers have applied for
admission to the corps.
The Germans are reported to be
Fastening the erection of fortified
tions in both northern and southern
Norway The Swedish radio has re-
ported that the town of Bodoe, in
northern Norway, has been converted
into "veritable fortress" and that
the city of Oslo has taken on the
aspect of besieged city, with many
streets cordoned off or barricaded and
armed nazi guards riding on motor
transports through the city and guard
ing the entrances of the main build
ings."
Confronted with these frenzied
movements on the part Of the Ger
mans, the Norwegian underground
leaders have warned their forces that
the "final phase of the war demands
more of the Norwegian people than
any previous period" and emphasized
to them the Importance Of their task
now in keeping the German troops
in Norway away from the main fronts.
Allied planes continually drop
weapons and equipment to the resis-
lance forces to aid them in their task
and all reports indicate that, should
the nazis try to make last stand in
that country, the patriot troops will
be well prepared to swing into ac-
ton.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27
THE DUMBARTON OAKS PLAN
AND HOW DOES IT WORK?

by nations asked to do so by the in
ternational organization. The council
will have permanent military staff
committee to place these forces stra-
logically around the world and to con-
duct their operation when called on.
AS detailed at the Crimea confer
ence, the Dumbarton Oaks plan will
call for a vote of seven out of II Sc
curity Council members, including all
of the Big Five, except on matters of
disputes between nations. For any ac-
ton less than military action in such
disputes, the nations involved will not
vote and even if they be among the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1945-04-27

Big Five, their affirmative vote is not
required. For military action, howev-
Ell, the vote of the entire Big Five
and at least two others is necessary.
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT
OF JUSTICE will be the old World
Court, with some amendments to its
regulations, or new court with its
regulations modelled after the old
World Court. But in this case, mem
Der nations of the international organ
ization must belong to the court. I'm
der the old League of Nations they
did not.
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL