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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-12-13
TchuIo Youth Is
On Way Home

Pearl Harbor, T. H.-McKensley
Hawkins, Sic of Lexington, Miss,
on his way home.
Hawkins is one of 1,107 high-point
Navy veterans whom the Magic
Carpet" is bringing back to the
States aboard the USS Belleau
Woods.
The USS Belleau Woods-one OF
more than $50 carriers, ~battleships,
cruisers, and attack transports in
the Navy's famed Magic Carpet"
fleet-left Guam, November rs, and
is scheduled to arrive in San Fran
cisco about Dec. 9.
Passengers will go directly to the
Separation Centers nearest their
homes TO complete the formalities
of obtaining their discharges before
returning to civilian life.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-12-13
~Smithdale Miss.

Smithdale, Miss.
The annual Christmas program at
Holmes Junior College, given by the
choir and glee-club, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Martha Tye McKie, and
the dramatic department, under the
direction of Mrs. Zilpha ManselA
will be presented Monday, Dec. IL,
in the school auditorium.
After the professional, "Joy to the
World, the glee club will sing
Come Unto Him" from Hendels
Messiah. The octette will sing
1.-THE Lords Prayer" and Cantique
NoeI'', after whicoh the choir and
glee club will sing a group OF IA
miliar carols including 20 Come,
All Ye Faithful, "Hark the Herald
Angels Sing, 1--WE Three Kings,
20 Little Town of Bethlehem,
There's a Song in the Air" and ut
Came Upon a Midnight Clear. The
choir will then sing angels Der the
Field, 1.-THE Christmas Candle" and
20 Night of Holy Memory.
Rev. ]. N. Henson will read the
Christmas Story, while at the back
of the stage an effective manager
scene will be produced. The choir
will end the program with Silent
Night.
The Holmes Junior College Mu-
sic Department is Fundamentally
entering into the Yuletide Spirit
this year. The octette is looking for
ward to a trip to Bentonia, Thurs
day, Dec. 10, to sing at the senior
play, and, on Friday of next week
the group will perform at the East
ern Star Meeting in Durant. The
following Monday night the public
is cordially invited to attend the
Christmas Cantata which will be
presented in the school auditorium
The basketball season got under
way Monday, December 3 WITH
| Coach Frank Branch coaching both
BOYS and girls. 1t is too early yet te
recognize the team but games have
already been scheduled for Dec. IL
and Is.
The Royal Order of Homemaker':
met last week in the Home Econom'
les building. June Nix was elected
club historian and program subject:
were selected for the remainder o.
the year.. The motto chosen was III
takes a heap o. Twin in a house te
make a home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-12-13
Agent
BY II. w. Cmson

Human beings usually become
excited when they see houses burn
ing and oftentimes it stimulates
them to do heroic deeds, such as
rushing into a burning house that
is almost ready to fall in to save a
life. If citizens of a community
could become worked up owe forest
fires to the same extent, it would
be a fine thing.
When thousands of acres of forest
lands burn over every year. as they
do in Holmes County, just think of
the amount of wealth in timber, in
humus, in soil cover that prevents
erosion, that is destroyed by fire
from careleSsness.
Another idea that many people
have is that cattle will only eat green
grass and it is necessary to burn
woods each year to make the grass
green. This j. wrong. 1t is easy for
anyone to observe every year that
cattle will eat old dead grass left
along the roadside. At the same time
this grass furnishes feed for cattle,
it furnishes also a cover for green
grass that might come up under this
cover. When woods r burned off
in a community, the community be-
comes poorer. 1t becomes poorer be-
cause wealth Of the community has
been destroyed. When soil erodes,
we have poor land and poor people
live on poor land. Remember you
never did see a poor farmer stay on
good land very long. On the other
hand, you never saw a good farmer
stay on poor land very long.
1t is the duty of every citizen in
a community to offer his assistance
in keeping down forest fires.
MIR. ]. D. Burns with the State
Forestry Service is now located in
the county and his duty is to help
organize the various communities
to keep down forest fires. He Will
furnish a small amount of fire fight
ing equipment, such as rakes, flaps
and Indian water pumps. This is
not all of the work Mr.. Burns is
capable of helping with. He accepts
orders for seedlings and will give
demonstrations on how to properly
set them out. The loblolly pine seed
ling is the variety being grown at
Mt. Olive, Miss, for the area in
which Holmes county is located.
Over one million plants Of this vari-
ETY. have already been ordered by
people of the state, according to Mr.
Burns. Orders for seedlings may also
be handled through the county
agents office.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-12-13
Holmes Junior College

The honor roll of Holmes Junior
College and Holmes Agricultural
High School for the third month
was announced by Mr. G. j. Everett,
December 7. Anna Marie Madden, a
college sophomore from Water Val
ley. had the honor of making all
AS. Other sophomores on this list
include: Margaret Dixon, Terry.
Miss: Elaine Jenkens, Tomnolen,
Miss; Helen King, Winona, Miss.
Lynn Mitchell, Sweatman, Miss
Eloise Moore, Lexington, Miss.
Elizabeth Thomas, Ridgeland, Miss.
Wordna Threadgill, Big Creek
Miss; Mable Torrance, Walden.
Miss: Jane Wilburn, Pickens, Miss.
and Ruth Reeves, Ripley, Miss.
College freshman include: Sue
Brown, Catchings, Miss; Billie
Cooke, Calhoun City, Miss; Barbara
Gerard, Bentonia, Miss; Maxine
Head, Calhoun City, Miss; Dot
Johnson, Bentonia, Miss; Juanita
Jones, Sails, Miss; Bill Mckie'
Pickens, Miss; Bette McNeese, Tin
sley, Miss; jeanette Russell, Thax-
ton, Miss; Name Stephenson, Ack'
erman, Miss; Annie Laura Var
Landingham, McCool, Miss; jean
Williams, Walden, Miss; Ernestine
Wigley, West, Miss; and Delma
Louise Black, McCool, Miss. Peggy
O'Neal, a freshman from Bentonia
had the honor of making all AS.
The honor roll for the high school
during the third month was as fol
lows: Tenth grade: Allene Burrell
Goodman, Miss; Ina Claire New
Goodman, Miss; eleventh grade;
Tommie Lee, Tuscumbia, Ala; Ma
rion Mckinney, Montgomery, Ala;
and twelfth grade: Helen Ables
Goodman, Miss; Maxine Branch
Goodman, Miss; Cicero Covlngton
Goodman, Miss; Ann Garner, Du-
rant, Miss; Henrie 10 Hawkins, Ell
Lott. Miss; Jean Lawrence, Good
man, Miss; and Fannie Lynn Young
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-12-13
Holmes All Club

holmes County All club boys are
planting $4,000 pine and locust seed
ings during January and February
If 1916, under the supervision of Mr.,
!. D. Burns, Mississippi State Forest
Ranger, of Holmes County. These
Boys are entering the Farm Wood
and Improvement Contest" for All
club members sponsored by Gull
Mobile and Ohio Railroad, accord
ng to George l.. Evans, assistant
'ounty agent.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-12-13

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Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

81 hope we can arrange
with the help of interested
people everywhere to have
the aircraft carrier Enter
prise preserved as the one
ship which most nearly
symbolizes the navy i'm this
war.
"If we could have cOmblna-
stroyer, cruiser, escort and
tiOn battleship, submarine,
destroyer, cruiser, escort and
aircraft carrier we would have
the symbolic ship of the navy.
"That, Of course, Is not pos
sible. think, therefore, IL would
be appropriate 10 preserve the
Enterprise which has been In
almost every crucial engagement
since the beginning of the war
In the Pacific.
"She shot down oil Jap
planes. She sank II enemy ships
and damaged or sunk 1872 more.
Fifteen times she WAS hit by the
enemy but she always came
back fighting.
"FOr her record and her
spirit I consider the Enterprise
the most appropriate ship of
the navy 90 join the company
of the Hartford, the COnstella-
ton and the Constitution"
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
FoRREsTAL FAVoRS 1T

In the campaign The Hearst
newspapers have the support of
Secretary OF the Navy James L.
Forrestal.
They have the support Of the
: Big + skipper Capt ", / ftVUy-
They have the support of the
Big E's men.
They hope they viii have thc
support of their millions of read
erS, just as in the late POS when
the Hearst newspapers took The
lead in the fourth and final cam
paign 10 save Old IrOnsidn>
The American people pushed that
campaign 20 Victory.
What is needed is the mass voice
OF America. The procedure is
simple.
Fill out the coupon in an adj
Joining column and mail IL i'm
mediately.
II is addressed 10 Senator David
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
OTHER SHIPS SAVED

Unless the American people act,
the fightingeSt carrier Of them
all, the Enterprise, will end her
glorious days in -Ihe pOttCrS t1rtri
of ships-the Junk heap
The American people have done
Il before. Four times they raised
their voice 10 save the frlgate
Constitution. from a similar fate
and preserve her as national
monument to the fighting courage
OF the United States Navy.
II can be done now
The Detroit Times and other
Hearst newspapers have thrown
their strength into a campaign 10
save the enterprise the Big E
from ignomniOus death
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
Nays Chief Backs Campaign
To Saue Carrier Enterprise

The following to the Hearst newspapers by Secretary
the Navy James p. Foresa -
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

and six times the Jap radio was
wrong Actually she was the sur
vivor not Of six, but of Is dam
aging blows.
PIONEERED IN RADAR.
ffffr7 rJrtUts pioneered III uigrt
radar flights, opening the way TO
24-hour operation by carriers. She
is the first carrier TO be awarded
the Presidential Unit citation:
Says her skipper:
"TO make the Enterprise
national monument would be to
honor one OF the greatest ships
that ever flew the Stars and
stripes.
I'm the early stages Of the
war she held the line against
the Japs almost single-handed.
The punch she packed helped
make IL possi bic for us 10
achieve final victory.
"She II truly great ship"
Don't you think the Big r is
worth saving from Potter's Field?
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21
-CNKKIES IS CUNBtT STtHS

Cf AZ NC ~'firfs. rS1r took pHrt
in the epic fighting IN The Pacific,
the Big T. is ou1St1ndingly fitted
10 memorable Americas naval
glory IN this war just ended
She carries rs combat stars for
major hatLlGS.- Her planes and
guns shot down 9ll japanese
planes. Her ficrs sank Il ships
and damaged or probably sank
another l92
She was in there Singing from
Pearl Harhor, wien She was the
only carrier 90 launch planes. to
the last bloody days OF OkInawa.
when She WiIhsIood savage attacks
by Jap kamlkalc t,ucldcl planes.
She ranged 27J 900 miles in
yrdtrn oi battle SIX times the
Jap radio pronounced her sunk
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

HERE'S HOW TO HELP SAVE THE ENTERPRISE FROM
THE SCRAP HEAP: WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN YOUR
VOICE WITH THAT OF OTHER AMERICANS NOW SEND
ING THEIR PLEAS TO WASHINGTON AGAINST TIE
SCRAPPING OF. THE GALLANT CARRIER ENTERPRISE?
FOR TIE. CONVENIENCE OF IT'S READERS THE DE-
TROIT TIMES HEREWITH PRINTS A COUPON TO SEND
TO YOUR CONGRESSMAN AS A MARK OF INDIVIDUAL
PROTEST
Detroit evening times., 1945-10-21

MY CONGRESSMAN:
opposed to scrappng the aircraft carrier,
USS Enterprise. Today she stands a shrine to
American courage and is a living symbol of
trys unconquerabe love Of freedom.
respectfully urge you to do everything in your
power to save the Enterprise and preserve her as
national shrine
Sincerely
My name is .......... ,.,.,.....,.
Ny address is.............
City ................~ ...............
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05

The one thing we dare not
tolerate is intolerance. - DIR.
Everett Case, president Colgate
Y.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
Kelly Covers Wide Program
in Call Upon Lawmakers

Kelly had proposed: that a
$50, 100000 postwar state build
ing construction program be
raised to 100000, 900; that more
than S2,000,000 be added 20
social security costs by liberal
izing old age assistance and other
grants 10 the needy; immediate
expenditure of 81 $4,000 to ex-
pand state mental hospitals at
Pontiac, Caro- and Coldwater;
S2,500,000 for further aid TO
local governmental units in
planning postwar projects; ST.
100000 increase in the state
personal service appropriation
and other specific expenditure
increases.
He also had limited that appro-
priations from the general fund
would be needed for highway
building; that appropriations to
the University Of Michigan and
Michigan State College should
be increased, and that expendi-
lures for extensive state park
improvements are needed.
Demands of units of local
government for sM SgoaseG STATE
aid remain to be considered and
disposed Of.
Rep. John p. Espie, Eagle
Republican who is the oldest
member of the legislature IN
point of service and chairman
of the house ways and means
committee which handles all
finance bills, praised the mes
sage as good" and said IF he
gets all he asks, there will be no
surplus left in the treasury"
Reviewing the q printed
pages the message covered, Espie
said he felt certain the legls-
lature would have to do part Of
! the w,S s-s ~ yer. and return
next winter 10 do the rest
Speaker Howard Nugent said he
too, believed it would require
two sessions, a plan which Kelly
always has endorsed.
Senator Audley Rawson, Cass
City Republican, said "he did a
lot of spending Tin the speech)
but there's lot to spend and
suppose that's our most import
ant problem"
Rep. Maurice E. Post, Rock
ford Republican, said he thought
Kelly had described "a longtime
program, and not one for just
one legislative session. don
disagree with his we'll prepared
message. There would nc
surplus at all if all of the ideas
in the message are carried out
Kelly spoke for an hour and
a quarter TO deliver the message
to the House and Senate joint
session.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
Rev. Paul Heenan
is Rotary Speaker
Opens Club Yeor
in Spiritual Theme

Rev. FIR. Paul Heenan, pastor
of st. Peters Catholic Church,
who was appointed to that par
ish during. .laa4, yesterday made
his first Appearance H~tcge the
Mount Clemens Rotary. Club
when he was guest of Sher-
wood j. Bennett and principal
speaker.
Father Hccnan delivered a
brief talk with a spiritual
theme; the neighborliness of
Christ and his love for the COM
mon people, especially children.
Members regarded the talk as
most appropriate at the first
meeting OF a new year.
Harold Lindsey, president, di-
rccted the meeting. 1t was an
nounccd that DR.. Thomas Kerns,
of the Utica Rotary Club has
sent 1891 to the Rotary Camp
and Training Association for lis
camp building fund. The mo-
ney was raised at a public party
held recently.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05

hind schedule at first but stead
lily improved and finally forged
IS per cent over the 50, 500, 000,-
600 quota.
(2) Grand Total - S21 ,621,-
100000. This is 81 per cent above
the S14,000,0O0,000 quota. 1t is
a new world record for a financ-
ing operation. The previous
mark was s2o,S2o 900 600. .rung
~ ~ tho Fifth War Loan. !.
Morgenthau said he thought
the final figures in the Sixth
War Loan were swell He
praised the amazing perform
ance" Of the volunteer organi-
cations that sold the bonds. He
also commended Ted r. Gamble,
director of the TreasurX's War
Finance Division. and CANDLES
staff in Washington.
Individuals invested about S.
900 900 900 THE quota was SIS
a billion) and still had enough
cash 10 spend more for Christ
mas gifts than ever before. E
bond and individual sales were
less than in the Fifth War Loan
last summer. Thus it was cor
poration investments of more
than S15,7OO. 100000 that caused
The setting of new overall rec
ord.
The following table shows
overoll sales in all six bond
drives to date:
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
Commander
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command Of all forces, including
British and Canadian armies, on
the north flank of the German
salient Bradley commands the
forces on the south.
In view of both strategic and
tactical situations, the western
front logically divides into two
parts, military circles n Wash
ngton said.
COVERS WIDE FIELD
The re-grouping enables Use
Of all troops to the north Of the
salient as one military unit. 1t
was assumed the Montgomery
comand ecompasses not only the
forward combat elements but ex-
tends 70 the rear to include such
units as supply. requirements
and similar organizations.
Since the e-grouping has
placed, at least temporarily, all
northern armies under a single
command. it was believed that
all armies along the southern
flank of the salient and from
there south would remain un-
der Bradley's single command,
with both commanders respon-
sible to Eisenhower and his SUI
prcme headquarters.
With Bradley overall COM
mander in the south, the battle
front chief on the major combat
front is 1t. Gen. George S. Pat
ton. In addition to his Third
Army elements in action along
the southern flank Of the salient,
he has elements of 1t. Gen.
Courtney Hodges First Army
and at least division drawn
from 1t. Gen Alexander M.
Patch's. Seventh Army, deploy-
ed south of the Third.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05

LANSING, Jan. 5 - (P) -
Governor Kelly's message to the
legislature caused varied reac-
tions among its members today.
including a belief that he had
asked for more work than It
could do in single session and
that it would have to return for
. special session in 1916.
Comment ranged from criti-
cism to praise. Senator Otto w.
Bishop, Alpena Republican, said
"He certainly covered a lot of
ground, but there wasn't much
direction. 1t will cost lot more
to do what he wants than prob
ably will be available"
Lieutenant Governor Vernon
j. Brown called it "a compre-
hensive message indicating very
keen perception of the social
needs and responsibilities Of the
state" and Senator James r.
Milliken, Traverse City Republi-
can, said il was constructive,
progressive, forward o k n <
program" that merited the hard
woEk which WoY)d be required
to adopt it. -
There were various gradations
of sentiment between, both in
the Senate and the House of
Representatives. The legislators
were in recess today, not to re-
convene until Tuesday after
noon.
Many of the lawmakers looked
uuestionably at appropriations OF
funds. recommended by the
Governor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
More Registrars
Sought for IYpinq

More people will have TO reg
lister for the beginning and adj
vanced typing classes of the sec
ond semester of the night school
at Mount Clemens High School,
or the classes will not be offer
ed, Principal Monte MacFarlane
said today.
Those who did not enroll We'd
ncsday, and would still like to
take one Of the courses. may en-
roll by calling the high school,
877l.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
Sixth War Loon Quotas
Sheltered by Americans

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 Up
- A blizzard of bond money has
buried every quota in the Yule-
tide Sixth War Loan.
AS a result, the Seventh War
Loan probably won't open until
around May or June.
That's the word from Treas
ury Secretary Morgenthau, who
announced these final sales fig
ures in the November December
drive:
"a Series E Bonds - So 1868
100000. These are the only
bonds the average citizen knows
anything about. Sales were be-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
New Legislators Study Heavy CubernatoriaI Demand
SnAEF Mum on Reported
Shakeup Of Command

PARIS, Jan. 5-(P)-Supreme
headquarters declined TO COM
ment today on an article in Time
magazine which reported chang
es in the structure of the Allied
Western Front command as a re-
suit Of the winter offensive.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-01-05
Quota
Three Grace Church
vestrymen Elected
Annual Business
Meeting Is Held

Robert Willmarth, DR.. Daniel
Buckley and Charles Noellert
are new vestrymen for Grace
Episcopal church, elected last
evening at the annual parish din
ner. when more than 90 persons
gathered TO hear reports Of the
years progress.
The three replace Arthur Mar
tin, A. j. Pickman and Frank
Pringnitz, retiring vestrymen.
Martin. Walter Fenton and
Angelo Fisher were named dele
gates with the rector, Rev
George A. MysSSlcio, u reqre-
sent Grace Church at the do
cesar meeting TO be held Jan
81 and Feb. l at ST. Paul's ca
thedral in Detroit, Alternates
are Pickman, Arthur Jenkins
and A. NJ. Miller.
Annual reports reveal 26 new
members confirmed in the De-
cember class, and another class
we'll under way. The entire
church school enrolment shows
a decided enrolment increase,
in contrast to almost any other
church school report in the coun-
try. The young peoples class
J, .sl'Qw.i = ~. 'A,'> .~'S,last-year'
Mrs. Robert Krause and Mrs.
Clarence Vernier were in charge
of the dinner arrangements, with
Mrs. William T. Cross, Mrs. Lyle
Hackett and Mrs. Charles Noel
lert assisting. All are members
Of the Young Women's Episcopal
League.