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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08
sssPoFsd BY OFFICE or WAR INFonMArioN

Processod Foods: Blue Stamps-X6,
rs. rs, Az, BIZ, now valid, expire March
n. CT, DE-, E2, F2, G2. now valid, ex-
pire April 20. H2, J2, K2, LIZ, M2, now
valid, expire June 2. NJ, P2. OF, RE-,
q. now valid. expire June 80.
Meats and Fats: Red Stamps Q5,
RS, IS, now valid, expire March 81. T5,
US. v6, We, Ks, now valid, expire April
%. VS., rs AZ, BIZ, CO, DE-, now valid
expire June 2. E2, F2, G2, H2, J2, nov
valid, expire June so.
Sugar: Sugar Stamp No. IS. good for
five pounds, expires June 2.
Shoes: Airplane Stamps Nos. /. 2
and 3 now good.
Gasoline: Ala coupons valid through
March 81. Rationing rules now require
that each car owner write his license
number and state on each coupon in
his possession as soon as 1t is issued
to him by his local rationing board
Your mileage rationing record must be
presented to the board when applying
for supplemental B and C gasoline
rations.
Rent: Rooming houses and hotels
must post maximum rents in each reom.
Food Stamps
With valuation of new food stamps
this month, American housewives now
have a stable block of stamps with
which to budget their buying of ration
ed foods, 0PA District Director w. f,
Holcomb said this week. He pointed out
that there are 10 Red Stamps COS thru
rs, Az thru J2) and 20 Blue Stamps
(X5 thru rs, Az thru So currently
good.
"Under the new arrangement, there
will be about this same number of
stamps good at all times" the OpA Of
ficial added, "since each block of stamps
will remain valid approximately four
months"
Major Holcomb urged every house
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

ties. the physical and mental health Of
Americas civilians shows no indication
of a serious decline, the Office Of War
Information States In q comprehensive
report on the state Of the nations
health. II adds however, a warning from
Surgean General Parran that our lines
against disease are lightly held. and
that our shortages Of health and medi-
cal manpower leave us vulnerable to a
breakthrough on many fronts. The
shortage of doctors continues to be
more acute in rural areas than in
towns and cities. Sanitation In many
rural parts Of the country remains at
a low level. Correction Of deficiencies
in the nations sanitary equipment
would require construction Of about
1880 water systems, adequate sewer
age facilities in more than 10000 COM
munities, safe water and privies for
5,oo0,o 900 rural homes, 400 milk pas
t~eurizatlon plants in 81 states.
Half u. 8. Spinning Facilities TO be
Converted 10 Co ton Yarn
As a further step toward increasing
the production of yarns and fabrics
to meet urgent military require
ments, WPB has directed the CONVEX
sion to cotton yarn production of at
least 30 percent Of the country's spin-
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

ming facilities producing spun rayon
and similar yarns. The direction affects
all mills operating on the cotton sys-
tenn and producing spun rayon, cotton
rayon mixed or other blended or mix
ed fiber yarn except cottonwood blend
ed or mixed yarns. 1t applies to both
sale yarn and intergrated mills. The
direction becomes effective on March
26, 1916 for all persons who produce
yarn, but no fabric; and on April .,
l945 for all persons who produce both
warns and fabrics .
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

Phm Hc Gayden Schrock, who has
been stationed In Brooklyn, N. Y. for
several months, spent his furlough with
his mother, Mrs. Mollie Schrock.
Carl Waits, who is with the Merchant
Marines, is visiting his mother, Mrs
Minnie Waits.
During the short social hour the hos
tess served a delicious CONCEALED salad
with hot tea.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

Mrs. Bryan Hamilton and Miss
Mamie Hollum shopped in Jackson Wed
nesday.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08
Civilians At War

Civilians At War
The Government needs and asks its
citizens in = is 10th week of the war
to:
All women, trained or unframed, can
/. Help relieve the nursing crisis
participate in one of the eight war
nursing programs.
2. Address all overseas mail clearly,
correctly and completely to avoid de-
lays and disappointments.
5. Buy only what you really need
this Easter. Dollars unnecessarily spent
contribute to initiation.
New Let uce Is Called Slobolt
A new summer leaf lettuce called
slobolt has been announced by the De-
partment of Agriculture, and is already
being increased by seed growers to
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08
Colored

Elizabeth Ford, Tchula.
Dollie Edwards, Ri. 2, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

itself, as the best a. to keep herself
reminded of the final date for its use
Margarine. Lard, Etc.
The recent increase in point values
for margarine, lard, shortening, salad
and cooking oils was made necessary
because Of a tight supply situation, w
E. Holcomb, OPA,s District Director
said.
Lard production is considerably de-
creased this year, due to a decline in
slaughtering Of hogs, Major Holcomb
explained. War uses are also taking a
large percentage of 1915 lard produc-
ton, he added.
Since the civilian supply of lard is
less than anticipated, the increase in
point value wa necessary to assure
fair distribution. AS shortening, salad
and cooking oils, and margarine may
be used INTERCHANGEABLE with lard, it
was necessary to increase their point
values at the same time, Major Hol-
comb said.
Lard, shortening salad and cooking
oils are now four Nad points a pound,
and margarine five points a pound.
Federal Judge Sidney C. Mize today
sentenced Peter Curtis Melich of Ma
bile, Ala, to serve three years in the
federal ~penitentiary following his con-
viction of Office of Price Administra-
ton charges of Offering to sell and
selling counterfeit gasoline ration cou-
pons".
Helen Cooper, a defendant in the
same eases, was fined $500. Melich and
Cooper were arrested In Biloxi several
months ago.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

wife to mark the expiration date of
each Blue or Red Stamps as 1901 as
announced, on the back Of the stamp
itself, as the best way to keep herself
reminded of the final date for its use
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

Patients At The Hospital
White
z. E. Maury, Durant.
r. E. Murtagh, Ebenezer.
Mrs. M. C. Ferrill and baby boy, Lex
ington.
Ilene Simonds, Lexington.
Colored
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08

wHoooc! And a mighty trainload of ore rolls across
the hiline to the war-hungry Fairfield Alabama Works
of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company.
You'd be dizzy counting the 1880 carloads of coal, ore
and limestone that must arrive at United States Steel
plants every single day.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-08
$4,000 tons Of raw moterioIs
a doy brought in to keep
oheod Of Germany and Japan.

H FIGHTING WEAPONS for your boy aren't
made In steel mills alone.
Steel starts in coal mines. 80 million tons
of coal from u. S. Steel mines go into steel
making each y~ear-82,0O0 tons day.
Steel starts in ore mines. 40 million tons of
ore from the mines of U. S. Steel are swallowed
each year by war-busy steel furnaces.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06

1q4s SIDNEY @oEuR AzosA oa @ 1szoS
eli, ''~N'""'
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
Want Ads

LOST: At recreation swimming
pool, a carved leather belt with
silver buckle. Reward. Phone 299J.
FOR RENT: Rooms, $40 month.
345 Rodriguez st.
FOR RENT: Two furnished
rooms. ia Mix ST., Phone 415-W.
WANTED: Old phonograph rec
ords; scrap, broken or otherwise.
Will pay Z cents a pound. 224 Elm
st. pub. 7/6 At
! FREE! FREE! Cats and kittens
Phone 253-J.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
From where | sit ;. by Joe Marsh,
Lvd Denny Solves
The Locust Problem
Advertisement

From where / sit, that's sound
philosophy applied to people
Just as much as locust trees. You
can't always change folks to
your way of thinking-some
may prefer beer to buttermilk,
or a double harness to single
one-but you can get to like
them (if you take the trOuble).
And first thing you know, the
little differences don't matter.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
Coast Paper Tells
OF Death OF
Donald c. Owen

Relative to the death of Donald
C. Owen, formerly of Nogales, the
Chula Vista, Calf, Star carried the
following in it's issue of June 22nd,
a copy of which was received this
week by the Nogales international.
Captain Donald G. Owen, %,
USMCR, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ira D.
Owen of 736 Third avenue, Chula
Vista died in the Pacific area May
Is, Washington informed his par
ents Saturday.
The local man was IN command
of a Wolf Pack squadron equipped
with fighter planes and assigned to
an aircraft carrier operating in the
vicinity of Tokyo. He left here for
service overseas on January 1, 1915.
His group was in on the big strike
against Tokyo in February and was
active in the campaigns against Two
Jima and Okinawa. He was credit
Nogales international., 1945-07-06

ed with five Jap planes at the time
'of his last correspondence, May 8.
Captain Owens commanding Of
ficer, Admiral Marc Mitcher OF
the famed Task Force SO, has just
been awarded a decoration for "in-
flicting great damage on the enemy
in the Two Jima and Okinawa cam
paigns and maintaining control OF
the sea and air from the MarianaS
to the shores of Japan"
"a graduate of the Nogales, Ariz..
high school, Captain Owen attend
ed San Diego State college for two
years and was a member Of Tau
Sigma. While employed at Consoli-
dated Aircraft he took up civilian
flying and enlisted in the navy in
April, 1941. He first studied naval
aviation at Long Beach and later at
Jacksonville, Fla. He graduated at
Corpus Christi, Texas, in May, 1912,
at which time he transferred to the
marine corps.
After two months of training at
Miramar air base at SAM Diego he
and his squadron were sent to as
sist the marine holdings at Hender-
son Field on Guadalcanal. Follow
ing Is months in the Pacific he was
brought back to the States and was
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
Second Half
Of SOftball
Season Opens

The second half of the local night
softball league began Tuesday night,
the first game of the double bill be-
ing played between the unlucky Owl
Drugrnen and the furious Lions
from Nogales, Sonora.
The Owl Drug lost by a score OF
10 to O.
The second game of the double
bill was played between the wild
Arizona Tires and the fighting Ali
ados. That game was hot contest
on both sides, with very close de-
cisions by Umpire Lefty Valencia.
The Arizona Tires played the
game under protest.
Tonight Joe Vasquez' Brackermen
will meet the wild Tiremen in the
first game. Buck Castillo, the No.
l pitcher of the local league, will
not be on hand to take over the
mound duties for the Brackermen,
but Manager Joe Oupito) Vasquez
will depend on Bob Yslas to take
care of the hurting.
Buck Castillo will be on hand for
the next game that the Statesmen
play.
At meeting Monday night at the
Chamber of Commerce offices it was
decided that any player quitting
team is not free to play with another
team unless the manager gives him
a written release.
Manager Vasquez made this ruling
and was approved by the commits
sion and managers of the other
teams.
In the second game on tonight's
program the Aliados meet the Owl
Drug.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
Bisbee Man
To Manage
Nogales Store

BISBEE, July 5-W. P. Stevens,
manager of the j. c. Penney COM
pany store in Bisbee and prominent
local civic leader, will leave in a
few days for Nogales where he will
become manager Of the Penney
store in that city.
The change will mean a promo
ton in view of the fact the Nogales
store is large and handles a heavier
volume of business than does the
Bisbee store.
Stevens has been manager of the
local store for the past six years,
having come here from Prescott. He
has been with the Penney organiza-
ton for Is years.
During his period of residence
here, he has made many friends.
He has been an active member Of
the Bisbee Rotary club and in re-
cent years has served as chairman
of the merchants committee of the
Bisbee Chamber of Commerce.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06

Transportation to stay off trains
and busses, most Arizonans spent
the holiday in the state and as near
home as possible.
The ODT served notice that those
who risked trip on transportation
lines might find themselves stranded
away from home for several days or
more. Buses are giving preference
to men in uniform, and train service
is being taken, the announcement
said, for returning disabled veter-
ans.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06

stationed for 13 months at Ell Toro
marine base at Laguna Beach, and
at Santa barbara air station at Co.
leta, Calf.
Captain Owen is survived by his
parents and three brothers and a
sister. An older brother, Harold, is
in the army signal corps in the
Philippines. Keith has been with a
heavy cruiser through II naval en-
gagements and his younger brother,
Walter, is a radar man on an air
craft carrier. His sister, Lillian, is
a marine and stationed in the fleet
post office at San Francisco"
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
|Uncompensated
Draft Helpers
To Receive Medal

WASHINGTON, July 5-President
Truman has signed legislation au-
thorizing issuance of a medal and
an award of merit to uncompensat-
ed employees of the selective service
system.
The medal will be designed by the
selective service director and will
be known as the Selective Service
Medal.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06
4th Of July
Observed
Quietly Here

The 4th of July was observed very
quietly at Nogales.
There was no celebration of any
kind, not even a parade or a fire
works display, and very few folks
came to the border for the day.
Warned by the Office of Defense
Nogales international., 1945-07-06

Miss Barbara Anderson and BROTH
er Dick left Tuesday to spend a
month visiting relatives in Los An
geles.
Nogales international., 1945-07-06

Lud Denny may not be much OF
a farmer, but most folks allow
he's pretty smart at solving
other peoples problems. Like
Alvin Blake's locustS.
For years Alvin has been try
ing to get rid of grove OF To-
Gusts. They aren't using up any
good land, but they annoy Alvin.
Every time he cuts them down.
up they shoot again.
"What'll 1 do about them To-
custs?" Alvin asks Lud. "Well,
if you can't get rid Of 'em," says
Lud, "I'd say you better get to
like 'em."
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
SURGEONS HONOR
WALKER MEMORIAL

James Walker Memorial hospital
yesterday was named in the 1914
edition of the Approved List of the
American College Of Surgeons as
one of the fey North Carolina in
situations sanctioned by the Ameri-
can Medical Society'a Council on
Medical Education and Hospitals
as a training center for interns.
Seven hospitals in southeastern
North Carolina, including three
Wilmington institutions, were list
ed as having maintained satisfac-
torily high standards of service.
The Wilmington hospitals listed
are James Walker Memorial, Com
munity and Bullock.
Other neighboring hospitals list
ed included one in Fayetteville,
Highsmith hospital, accredited for
RESIDENCES and fellowship; two in
Lumberton, Baker Sanatorium and
Thompson Memorial hospital, and
one in Southport, ]. Arthur Dosher
Memorial hospital.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
British Block German
Senio River Crossing:
Many Prisoners Taken

ROME, Jan. O. UP) British
troops of the Eighth Army frus.
trated two enemy attempts to
cross the Senio river between Flu
signano and Faenza, Allied head
quarters announced today, with
resulting enemy casualties and a
number of prisoners taken.
One raiding party, supported by
artillery and mortar fire, succeed
ed in effecting a crossing at the
Senio's bend two miles southwest
OF Fusignano but was forced back
to its original position on the riv-
er's west bank. An attack of lesser
intensity was repulsed at Cotig-
nola, seven miles northeast OF
FaenZa.
In the Serchio river valley on the
rligurian sea coast, only minor pa
ttrol activity was reported. In the
wake of the abortive German Of
fensive last week, Fifth Army
raiding parties secuted the area
around Gallicano, still in enemy
hands, and tested the strength OF
enemy forces in the town. Other
patrols drove off enemy scouting
parties. At the extreme western
edge of the battle area, Fifth Army
units improved their positions and
maintained constant pressure
against German troops.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
NIGHT WATCHMAN
KILLED in SLEEP

ELIZABETHTOWN, Jan. 2. -
Walter Peak, 65-year-old white
man, a night Waterman at the De-
vane Hall Lumber Co. mill here.
was murdered in his bed in the
boiler room of the mill, where he
slept during off-duty hours, it was
reported today by Sheriff H. Manly
Clark, of Bladen county.
Sheriff Clark disclosed that he
had reason to believe that jim
Smith, Negro, another Waterman,
was responsible for the fatal beat
ing of Peak, who died of a crushed
skull. Smith is held as suspect,
and two other Negroes, John Clark
and Eugene Wallace, are detained
as material witnesses, the sheriff
reported. No bond has been posted.
According to Sheriff Clark S
statement, Smith and Peak were
involved in an argument several
days ago at the mill, when Peaks
struck Smith with a stick He de-
scribed Smith as still having that
on his mind" adding that the argu-
ment could have resulted in the
murder.
The sheriff said tonight he had
uncovered several blunt instru-
ments of the type suspected to
have killed Smith, but was unable
70 disclose what was used.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
HINTS
OF new MEETING
Continued from Page One)

lens and the fact that high British
and American officials are seek.
ing ways of avoiding future mis-
understandings through a better
exchanged of information.
The whole question of liaison
among the Allies and exchange OF
information has begged down con-
siderably. There have been espe-
cially hard words said in this
country about British and Russian
policies and a growing tendency
in Britain to speak out bluntly
about lack of an American policy.
misunderstanding, doubt about
each others motives, and the alb
sence of specific definitions about
future policies have led the Allies
to this position:
l. The United States is concern
ed about what it considers a re-
turn to Europe of the old game
of power politics.
2. The European Allies are con-
cerned about the apparent lack of
implementation of American
promises to be a major partner
in the future system of collective
security. They fear the return of
the United States to isolationism.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
ARMY TO RECHECK
MEN EXAMINED AND
REJECTED In 1914
Continued from Page One)

The names of IA men, includ-
ing one volunteer, John O'Neal
Horne, to leave for induction at
Fort Bragg at 7 am. January 26,
we're released today by the City
Draft Board, together with list of
10 pre-induction examines to start
for the same post at 8 a. m.
January 90
The induction list, which in
cludes men ranging in age from
10 to IS, bore the names of Will
liam H. Rivenbark, George C.
VIM, Jr,, Robert ]. Nantz, Eth
ner D. Mallard Ezra A. Stroupe,
Jr., Robert D. Potter. Thomas E.
Deitz, Morris c. Weeks, Dali
las L. Bordeaux, Edgar C. Hin
son, Hurley K. Maultsby, Roy N.
Leary and Lem Kai, as well as
two transferees from other boards,
Norris Edward Merritt and Archie
Blaleck, Jr.
The January 20 pre-induction ros-
ter, of men from ID to 81, lists
George R. Carlton, Jr., Clyde c..
Hembree, Leon Kinlaw, Gilbert j..
Hornbuckle, john Council, Jr.,
Thurman Carney. Sarkis A. Bah
son, John T. Willis, Percy l..
Reid, Allen F. Westermann, Stew
art M. Howe Albert R. King,
Aman w. Evans, Erving S. Knott,
Jr., Henry L. Moore, Leighton
Huske, Jr., Jurgen Haar, Jr., and
Robert Elwood Skipper, in addi-
ton to three transferees, Raymond
E. Fox, William P. Johnson and
John w. Houton.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
REDS Fol-, NAZI
RELIEF ATTEMPT
Continued from Page One)

The Germans were making a
terrific bid to break through a
30-nile wide Russian wall of steel
west of the capital, Moscow report
ed. launching tank and infantry
attacks southeast of Komarno
(Komaroml where advance Soviet
troops were 81 miles from Vienna
The enemy suffered huge losses.
Moscow said.
In three days of battles, the Rus
slams had captured more than 795
blocks of streets on both sides of
the Danube and, despite stiff l.
ing resistance in Buda, were re-
ported making strong efforts with
all the men and weapons at their
command to win the western half
of the city.
In Moscow, Col Gen. Janos Vor.
os, war minister of the provision.
|al Hungarian government, describ-
ed Buda as the key to the fight for
Budapest. Once Buda falls, he said,
resistance IN industrial Pest. on
the Danube's east bank, soon will
collapse.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
Single Jap Bomb Hits
Saipan BIG Airdrome;
Two lima Again Struck

PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Pearl Harbor. Jan. 2-(UP)
"A lone Japanese plane dropped a
single bomb on American air in
stallations at Saipan Monday, and
Liberators Of the Strategic Air
Force bombed Two Jima Sunday
for the 25th consecutive day, Pa
cific Fleet Headquarters reported
today.
Adm. Chester w. Nimitz's COM
munique said the enemy raider, a
tWin-engined bomber, failed to
cause damage.
Superfortress installations of the
2lst Bomber Command presum-
ably were the intended targets,
although the announcement did
not make this clear.
1t was the eighth raid on Saipan
10y the enemy since the Superforts
based Il ere began attacking the
japanese homeland. On December
"a. four of 16 to 25 enemy planes
were shot down, and on December
rs two of seven Japanese aircraft
were bagged.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-01-03
ARMY TRIAL SEEN
FOR GERMAN SPIES
Continued from Page One)

formation from 17-year-old hlgh
school boy and woman. both res
idents of Hancock Pt., Me-, near
which the spies came ashore IN a
rubber boat from a German SUP
marine a little mare than month
before they were taken into Gus
tody by the FB1.
The boy, Harvard Merrill Hodg-
kins, told today of seeing the TWO
men in a swirling snoWstorm on
road bordering the secluded
coast of Frenchman's Bay, the
night of November 20, when they
landed from the U-boat.
Young Hodgkins, son OF depu-
ty sheriff.. said he was returning
home from dance when two
strangers. walking along the road
attracted his attention because
they were wearing lightweight
topcoats in the bitter weather.
He said that as he drove along
he noticed that the strangers foot
prints led to the shore, and this.
plus the exceptionally heavy tide
that night, reminded him OF warn
ings that Nazi spy landings were
not unlikely in the area.
Hodkins waited to relay the in
formation, he said, until his depu
ty sheriff father returned home
from a hunting trip.
FBI agents at Boston said Hodg
kins and wollan resident of the
neighborhood, who was not iden
titled, both gave information about
the landing. Agents at Boston
where the manhunt first conferred
had already started "rumors' Of
the spies landing at the time
FBI sources said.
FBI Chief Hoover in yesterday:
announcement of the capture re
lated that the men walked On ZOO
to Bangor, Me-, after coming
ashore up the bay between Bal
Harbor and Winter Harbor in -;
rubber boat from the Nazi sub
marine. He said they went to Bos
ton by train, spending severa
days there, before coming to New
York to live in 1.-The best of no
tels'' and frequent public places
where they might overhear valu
able information.