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by French troops in South Ger
many. Albert Sarraut. former
president of the French Coun-
Gil, and Francisco Nitti. president
of the Italian Ministerial Coun-
Gil also were freedD
For all the Americans knew as
the tanks and footsloggers moved
up through roads and hills alive
with SIS men offering last-minute
resistance. this was the last i'm
portant engagement of the war,
since back at Innsbruck arrange
ments were being made for all fight
ing in Austria to cease tomorrow
The Americans lay at farmhouse
in the woods just below the castle
at 2 pm. when Borotra came up
the road. accompanied by a guard,
to tell how German 88 gun had
knocked out a 18th Armored tank
which had made its way to the
castle last night and had shelled
the castle this morning.
Borotra Shows the Way.
He led another company of the
battalion back up the road to sur
round the German defenders.
I've been waiting two years to
get back into uniform" the famous
bounding Basque said
+ To get to the American forces, he
Waded river. posed as a refugee,
and came through the German lines.
1t took two hours to get to the
castle. and there was brief splurge
of resistance as We rounded a cor
ner into the little settlement that
nestles almost at the castle gate.
1t was subdued quickly, however,
and in We rushed, to be greeted by
Mr.. Daladier and Leon Jouhaux,
head of the French trades unions,
who were standing in the doorway,
surrounded by Is German soldiers.
These soldiers since Friday night
had been guarding the prisoners
against the German SIS. Elite Guard.
The German major commanding
these soldiers was killed this morn
ing when the SIS. shelled the castle
Besides Gamelin. Weygand, Dala-
dier. Reynaud and Jouhaux, those
freed included Nine. Weygand, M.
and Nine Alfred Cailliau. who are
Gen. de Gaulle's brother-i -in-law and
ssiter; Michael Clemenceau, son of
the World War French Premier,
Nine Augusta Bruchlen. secretary
of Daladier. and Col. Francois de
la ROGUE. head of the French So
cialists, who was arrested by the
Germans in 1943 on an espionage
charge; Nine. Christine Mabire,
secretary to Reynaud, and Marcel
Granger, a brother of Gen. Giraud's
son -in-law.
Most of the prisoners said they
had been in the castle for two years
after periods in the infamous
Oranienburg camp, at Homburg and
elsewhere.
All were in good health and said
they had been well fed since coming
to liter Castle.
Reynaud said he was kept in soli-
tary confinement in Oranienburg
for five months. He protested re-
peatedly and finally was brought
here.
Weygand said the Germans seized
him as he was on his way to con-
fer with Marshal Petain.
All those freed were in well-kept
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south included the German 7th as
we'll as the lst and 10Th, which
would have embraced all the Sd
Army front.
An hour later, correspondents
were called back and Gen. Eisen-
hover himself issued a corrective
statement saying that the 7th Army
arrayed in Czechoslovakia was not
included.
Montgomery Thanks Commanders.
Hailing the victory in the north,
Field Marshal Montgomery sent
grateful thanks to his command
ers of the 21st Army group for the
manner in which they and their
men have carried out the immense
task that was given them"
While the situation was tense in
Denmark, Gen. BlaskoWitz moved
behind the Canadian lst Army lines
in Holland and signed the formal
Icapitulation order for Western Hol-
land at Wageningen.
A field dispatch said the German
commander had agreed that his
armies in Holland would help in
reconstruction work
In the south the problem of
handling the mass of prisoners was
as big a problem For the most
part, the Allies took over the Ger
man Army's own administration
system, transport and rations.
1t was case of the Germans lay
ing down their arms and waiting to
be rounded up and told what to do.
In the north, food for the starv-
ing Dutch was the most urgent
problem. and l.400 flying fortresses
and 180 British Lancasters dropped
200 tons of food in Western Hol-
land.
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125, 900 people in the camp. of whom
$4,000 died natural" deaths as dis
tingushed from execution.
Typhus Kills Many.
In 1943 there were 1895 such
deaths.
In 1914 there were 1905; in
January of this year, 1888: in
February, 3,977; in March, 1868, and
in April, 1926, total of 1859 this
year.
The great increase in deaths,
according to what DR.. Franter Mis-,
chief diagnostician of the camp
hospital. told Col. Hathaway, was
due to an outbreak of typhus which
the German medical officer in
charge. who was a medical student
and not doctor, refused to recog-
nize as such. In the crowded con-
dition Of the camp it spread and
was made worse by decrease in the
ration that took effect three months
ago. Col. Hathaway said the pris-
oners were being fed about one
fourth the vitamin content con-
sidered necessary to keep a man
alive.
In Munich we made an effort
to interview as many German civil
ians as we could talk to through
an interpreter about the camp.
They gave the usual answer that
they knew of its existence but MOTH
ing of the details of what went
on inside They blamed it on the
Nazis and none of us had yet met
a German who would say he was
Nazi.
In the administration Office at
Dachau in room used as a library
there is quotation in German
from Alexander Dumas, Through
every, book speaks a man and every
proper reader treats books with the
difference due human beings" Out
side the windows of this Office are
the barbed wire fences, sentinel
towers and concrete pillboxes used
by the Germans to guard the human
beings they had crowded into this
terrible place. There is an odd
contrast between the Dumas quota
ton on the wall and the camp, a
contrast until one remembers that
the Nazis at the outset of the move
ment, now crumbling about the
German people. burned books, too.
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month-long proceeding, the defend
ants subtly changed the proceedings
into what amounted to an inquiry
into why France lost the war.
The answer was ''unpreparedness -
The Germans, disguised, put pres
sure on Vichy, and the trial was
called of.
Then, after the Allied landings in
North Africa. the Germans seized
the whole group.
They since had been reported in
various prisons in many parts of
the Reich.
Was Davis Cup Player.
Borotra. the man credited with
the rescue of these once-mighty
leaders of France, was his country s
star of the Davis cup tennis tour
naments during the 20s. along with
such international contemporaries
as Henri Cochet, Rene la Coste
Winnie Richards and Big Bill
Tilden.
He commanded an artillery bat
lCiS III loSS-fo III tilG IlcllCli AtlIls
Under Vichy he was named director
of sports-an action which sur
prised his friends abroad However
in December, 1912, he was reported
arrested along with former Premier
Edouard Herriot, who was liberated
recently by Russian forces. The
reason for his arrest was not dis
closed.
In March, 1943, Borotra was re-
ported confined at Evaux les Bains
IN Southern France Since then
nothing had been heard of him.
Borotra won the Wimbledon
championship in 1924, and in 1926
lost at Forest Hills to La Coste in
the first all-foreign finale of the
United States national tennis cham
pionships. His last recorded match
was in London in 1886.
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effective until noon Sunday Is am.
EWT).
1t. Gen. Foertsch, commander of
the German lst Army. surrendered
Army Group G on orders of its
commander. Gen. Friedrich Schultz,
and Field Marshal Albert Kessel-
ring, commander of all enemy forces
in the south.
One Army Left to Kesselring.
Kesselring thereupon found him.
self in command Of only a single
army. the 7th.
Supreme headquarters comment
ing on the surrender said so great
is the confusion among the enemy
that the German officer present at
the negotiation could not give
an accurate estimate of the strength
of Army Group G.
He believes it numbers between
100000 and 100000 He reported
that the army itself has food for
some days but the local population
of some 250,000 is facing starva-
ton conditions"
Gen. Devers, 1t. Gen. Alexander
M. Patch, commander of the United
States 7th Army, and other officers
met Foertsch in an art studio be-
longing to a Prof Thorak, Hitler's
favorite sculptor, near Haar, at the
eastern outskirts of Munich.
Gen. Patton and 1t. Gen. Jean de
Lattre de Tassigny, commander OF
the French 1st Army, also had been
invited to attend but their planes
were grounded by bad weather.
Thousands Surrender.
Actually, front dispatch said, the
surrender was but a. formality be-
cause the Germans were surrender
ing by the tens of thousands, or
wandering around trying to find
some one to capture them.
Troops in Italy were rounding up
other thousands of Germans who
came up to surrender with their
guns and other weapons intact.
The German 1st Army had been
facing the United States Sd and 7th
Armies in the area from Linz to
Innsbruck westward to the Swiss
frontier in the French 1st Army
sector.
Actually, however, the 18th Army
had been split when the 7th Army
broke through Brenner Pass into
Italy, and the capitulation mainly
affected the central Austrian front
French Seize Headquarters.
The surrender did not necessarily
affect any German troops lined UP
against the Russians east of Linz
and up through Middle Czechoslo-
vakia. Supreme headquarters had
no information on the strength o1
these forces nor the state of Their
resistance.
The surrender, coupled with those
in the north, boosted the enemy
prisoner total close to 100000 in
three days.
The French 1st Army announced
it also had captured the German
oath Army. 1t proved to be head
quarters somewhere east of the Swiss
border without an operational divi-
sion attached to it.
Supreme Headquarters first an
nounced that the surrender in the
Evening star., 1945-05-06
'Peace-loving States
In Oaks Charter DeIefed
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-The
phrase "peace-loving states" would
be eliminated from one of the places
it appears in the Dumbarton Oaks
charter under today's Big -Four
amendments. -,..
The section on principles has said
that the proposed world organiZa-
ton lis based on the principle Of
the sovereign equality OF all peace
loving states"
The amendment deletes peace.
loving states" and substitutes Its
members" American officials said
the reason for this is to emphasize
membership" in the organization.
Another section which says that
membership of the organization
should be open to all peace-loving
states" remains unchanged under
the Big Four proposals.
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Allies Chase Japs Fleeing
From Burma 10 ThaiIand
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CALCUTTA, May 5.-Allied armies
swung eastward toward Thailand
today, pursuing the japanese re-
treating from their decisive defeat
in the battle of Burma.
The communique said the enemy
was withdrawing toward Moulmein,
across the Gulf of Martaban east
of the liberated capital of Rangoon,
with the British l4th Army in pur-
suit.
In the pursuit, the British were
driving beyond captured Pegu, SO
miles north of Rangoon and near
the head of the gulf. where the
main railway swings back southeast
80 miles into Moulmein.
More than ITO miles north of
. Pegu, other forces fighting miles
east of Toungoo were headed to-
f. ward the mountains of Karenni in
Eastern Burma, blocking the way
: into Thailand.
The campaign to open Rangoon
for the flood of Allied shipping was
progressing speedily.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Laval May Be Flown
To Paris From Spain
Ey the Associated Press,

Ey the Associated Press.
CITADEL OF MONT UICH.
Spain, May 5.-Indications tonight
were that an agreement would be
reached under which Pierre Laval.
former Vichy Premier, would be
flown to Paris, and that a repre-
sentative of the United Nations
would escort him.
1t was reported that Spanish of
flcials were reluctant to send him
by motorcar lest he fall into the
hands of Frenchmen after crossing
the border, and come to harm.
In Paris, the French Informa-
ton Minister Pierre Teitgen said
Spain had not replied to Frances
demand that Laval be handed
over. He said a Spanish refusal
would cause "aggravation" be-
tween the two countries.}
Laval was interned at Montjuich
after he fled to Spain by airplane
In the three days and nights since
his arrest he has listened to French
language broadcasts from the
United Nations. vainly waiting to
hear some utterance in his behalf.
Evening star., 1945-05-06
Unpreparedness Blamed.

The Germans had : hoped to
prove" that France was to blame
for starting the war, but during a
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VI OUflOQo CQltulC dAlu ICAAICAACAC
with a sanity expression which
hardship had not marred. Asked
why he had been sent to the camp
he said the answer would depend
on the source. The Germans would
say he was an anti-German agitator.
Defender of Church"
II would say I was a defender of
the church." he said.
He lived in the camp block re-
served for the clergy. At one time
he said this block contained 1900
Iclergymen, representing "a nationali-
ties and many denominations. The
block at first was opened for German
clergy exclusively in. December of
1912. The block became available for
"non-Polish" priests and still later
Polish priests were admitted. They
enjoyed the right to hold service on
Sunday, one priest officiating, anC
set aside a portion of one of the
blocks as chapel. Nonclergy were
excluded from this chapel and were
not permitted to hold or attend any
| religious services
Father van Orstel said he had
seen Pastor Neimuller at the camp
until he was transferred to a eel
of honor" where he apparently
was held until November or De.
cember last and then transferred
somewhere unknown. He said In
fanSwer tn the usual olIeSfion that he
had experienced no personal tor.
Evening star., 1945-05-06

civilian cloth, but Gamelin wore
leather puttees.
Daladier Lights Up.
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'ueL,sHED EVERY THURSDAY
Civilian Food Supply
Lowest Since War

Jackson, Miss. (SpeciaD-With civil
liam food supplies at the lowest poin
since the war began, far-reaching or
ders effective Immediately were an
nounced by the oPA. The new order
effective as Of 1901 A. NJ. Tuesday
December 20, announced by w. E. Hol
comb, State OPA Director, follows
Point values are restored to canned
asparagus, beans, corn, spinach and
peas. Butter point value advanced from
20 points to "a points. Sugar stamps
30, 81, 80, 33, and 40 and all outstand
ing home canning sugar certificates is
sued by Boards cancelled. Sugar stamp
81 remains valid. Red Stamps AS thru
Z-8 and AS thru P-5 in book four can
celled. Blue stamps AS thru Z-8 and
AS thru VS. in book four cancelled
Major Holcomb also stated that, effec-
tive as of 1901 A. NJ. Sunday, December
81, Red stamps T-5, US, VS., VS., and
ks will become valid. As Of Sunday
January 1, at 1901 A. NJ. Blue stamps
CO, Dr., E-2, F-2, and CO will become
valid.
Archie McDuffie District information
executive OPA.
1901 A. NJ. &c &c "a 30 81 80 SO DO
AS Z-s AS P-5 AS rs A-5 W-5.
1901 A. M. 81 T-5 us V-5 VS. KS l.
1901 A. M. CO D-2 E-2 E-2 F-2 G-2.
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Your State Health
Officer Says.

Generally regarded with much amuse-
ment by everyone except the victim.
mumps is really no laughing matter.
Mumps is a contagious disease in which
there is a swelling of the salivary
glands which lie just in front of the
,ar. Usually the illness is mild but
serious complications can occur. Most
'ommon among children, humps can
strike adults as we'll, and cases among
them are generally much more severe
Because of the danger of complica-
lions, all patients. particularly adults
hould stay in bed until fever and
swelling have been absent for at least
four days. Prompt medical attention
and good nursing care should ward off
~. after-effects. Care should be taken
to prevent spread of the disease to
other members Of the family by isolat-
ing the patient and disinfecting all arti-
cles used by him.
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l945

I am sorry that can't wish you
Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Rut how can there be happiness in q
world at War?
How can there be prosperity bought
with Blood, Sweat, Tears, Uncertain
ty and Fears?
L win simply leave you this thought
In 1916
Lets all work and pray,
That there will come day.
when this war will end,
And there will be peace among men
lets not underestimate our enemies
striking power,
or relax our efforts for single hour'
Remember the war comes to end'
Every day, for thousands of men.
Who die on the Battle fieid'
Because to the enemy they will not
yield.
Now how can we with good grace
Ever look the wounded in the race
Or keep from blushing with shame
When we read their name.
We who have demanded life of
luxury and ease,
And the right to work when and where
we please.
Nav God forgive us this selfish sin,
Ana Grant us the strength, this war to
win.
Uncle Dunk Dickens,
Prosperity Hill. USA.
Vas sub;
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-04

When We read some Of the articles
on what we are going to do with our
cotton SURPRISES after the war, am
reminded Of what somebody said cotton
Is: Cotton is the overcoat Of a seed
that is planted and grown in the south
ern states to keep the producer broke
and the buyer crazy. 1t is planted in
the spring; mortgaged in the summer
and left in the field in the winter.
There has always been a question as
to why cotton should be produced in
Mississippi and shipped hundreds of
it can be manufactured into disable
goods. If we have brains enough to
grow cotton, take the seed and get
numerous products Of commercial value
from them, then why shouldn't we have
technical skill sufficient to handle the
lint? We are doing that in some in
stances, but by and large most Of our
cotton has to bear the expense of being
shipped hundreds of miles away to be
converted into disable goods and then
the disable goods have to bear the ex-
pense of being shipped back to US and
on top of this is added the profits Of
several middle men when one or two
would be plenty.
Someone said that we do not have the
capital in Mississippi to put in clotl
factories. We have sufficient money to
build oil mills for the processing of
seed, we have plenty of gas near US in
the Louisiana fields, we have lots of
oil in Mississippi, we have plenty of
coal in Alabama on the east and we
are told taat we have more labor in
the country in proportion to the amount
of work to be done. In fact we have
everything except the factories. 1t
>ince we have scarcity of most all
ould seem that we are in need OF
more factories in the United States
wearing apparel that is usually made
Of cotton. In short time people will
have all of their underwear worn out
and be unable to secure any replace
ments, simply because none is being
manufactured.
A friend of mine told me that he
attempted to buy white cotton shirt
few days ago, one similar to what ht
had been buying in previous years al
s195, He found one. not exactly th'
size he usually wears, sleeves one incl
too short for $3.50. Cotton advanced il
price during the past two years few
cents per pound but the shirt almos
doubled its price and yet it only tool
about 25 cents worth of cotton to pro
duce it.
1t has been said by someone that tn
price of cotton is fixed in New Yorl
and goes up when you have sold an
down when you have bought. buye
working for a group of mills was sen
to New York to watch the cotton mar
ket and after a few days of deliber
alton, wired his mills: "Some think
will 60 up and some think it will g.
down. do too. Whatever you do will
be wrong. Act at once"
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After all those years "Uncle Philip"
only found one fault with his faithful
and efficient wife, she didn't seem to
enjoy talking to him as much as she
did 81 years ago. We wondered how
many husbands complained about their
wives NOT talking.
Friends here regret to hear of Rev.
and Mrs NcEutt's painful auto acc dent
during tAe holidays. MIR. McNutt was
1ols s,asly hart as the physician
had to take several stitches in the
back of mis- neck Mrs. McNutt's hip was
-.s o~s -,ae FAD his arm in q
1859 o." .,ttt. Us. Rev. AeNutt has
not hce7 ab,e TO J.. : " Of his appoint
ments since the wreck. We wish them
a speedy recovery.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-04

How right is your light? Eyesight is
priceless-so think twice and then think
some more about the all-important
question of the kind of light for the
kind of place. Properly placed lights
as well as adequate amounts of light
may well be called important safe
guards of health and happiness.
Ask yourself these questions:
/. Have l put light in every closet
and storage space in my house? If so,
you have eliminated a possible fire
hazard.
2. Are all stairs and Railways light
edf
8. Have / used two-way switches
where such are necessary Garage, eel
lar, stairs)f
I. Are my reading and working GEN.
tiers supplied with enough Seeing"
light?
s. Have bought the best type of
lamp for the amount Of money spent?
After the war is over we will likely
have wide variety of light fixture
styles involving both incandescent and
flourescent bulbs. Better home planning
with reference to lighting will come in
to the picture too, but there is much
that we can 40 now to relieve the in
adequacy of the light problem. Call on
your home agent or write your Exten-
sion Rural Identification specialist for
assistance with your lighting problems.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-04

Meat in AS
The traditional main dish on the fam
lily dinner table seems due for consider
able change this year. To most Amer
leans the main dish is meat. But in
1945 civilian meat supplies will differ
in many ways from those of 1914.
Total supplies of meat will be sub
stantially smaller this year on civilian
markets, according to the U. S. Depart
ment Of Agriculture. Heavy military and
lend-lease demand, during the first
half of the year especially, will mean
less meat for civilian markets. Pork in
particular will be in shorter supply dur
ing the first months of the year.
OF the three meats consumed in lar
gest quantities-beef, pork and veal
each civilian in 1914 has averaged 81
pounds of beef, "a pounds of pork, and
IL pounds Of veal This years supplies
will allow him large proportion OF
beef, considerably less pork, and abo Z
the same proportion of veal. Beef sup
plies on markets will include more bet
tornado beef than they did last year.
The much smaller supplies Of pork
predicted for this year reflect the short
supplies Of corn and the feed prices a
year ago. Farmers raise hogs according
to the supply and the price Of feed. In
the last few months of 1945 pork will
be more plentiful on markets but still
not up to supplies of recent years.
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at Collierville, Tenn.

at Collierville, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Taylor and daugh-
ter were up from vicksburg for few
~vs ara we're Joined by Mr.. and Mrs.
Lucius Bucker as priced guests of Mrs.
W. C. Downer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Cox, Mrs. R. c.
Wilson. Mrs. James Smithwick and Mrs.
John F. Hatcher were a group of thrice
welcomed guests in the Melton-Johnson
home recently. Mrs. Pattie Melton re-
turned TO Walden with them for the
weekend and enjoyed the cordial hos
pitality of their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Farmer of Cru~e~
and a number Of friends etilsd at r
P. M. Downer home on Christmas eve
for a jolly time on Mr.. and Mrs. Down
er's fifty-fourth wedding anniversary.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-04
EMORY

Owen Melton spent several days in
the delta home of his sister, Mrs. Har-
vey Pennington and Mr.. Pennington,
last week.
Wilson Ammons was up from New Or
leans for a brief visit, in the Downer-
Ammons home, before going to Mem
phis to see the w. G. Ammons family.
Mrs. Andrew Smith and children we're
Christmas eve day guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Murley Tate, in West.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Cade and daugh-
ters have returned from a much enjoy
ed holiday visit in the Hopkins home,
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-04

Miss Minnie Sims and Hillman Sims,
of Lexington, KY, visited friends here
during the holidays period.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-01-04

Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Bennett of Boone
vile spent the holidays with Horace
Weir.