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The Durant news., 1945-06-14
LocuI Offices To Hire
Employees For Company

An agreement has been made by
the War Manpower Commission Of
flee and the Ingalls, Shipbuilding
Company of Pascagoula whereby
each local office of the United States
Employment Service may hire en-
ployees for the company, it was an
nounced here today by Mr.. Frank
S. York, manager of the local USES
office.
He explained that it has been the
custom for the company to send
itinerant recruiters to USES offices
for periods of from one day to a
week at time. BY the new agree
ment, itinerant recruiting will be
discontinued and local USES Off
cials are authorized to refer workers
directly to the company in accord
ance with job specifications furnish
ed by the company from time tc
time. Requirements include physi
cal examination by local doctor
Transportation is advanced to those
persons who are employed. The com
pany reserves the right to pass final
ly upon the qualifications Of each ap
plicant at the plant, but will furnish
free return transportation for appli
cants who are rejected.
Former ingalls, employees" MI
York said, "who wish to return t.
the company, may call by the offic
to discuss their cases. If we think
advisable we will wire the compan,
to ascertain if they are acceptabl
to the company for unemployment.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14

SiSgt J. w. Burwell, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. w. Burwell of Ebenezer,
has recently been awarded the
Bronze Star Medal by his Command
ing Officer, 1t. Col. Richard p. Hef-
ner. SiSgt. Burewll is now in Bel
gium.
Before enlisting In the army, Sgt.
Burwell was employed at Presley
Chevrolet Company in Pickens. He
trained year in the states before
being shipped to England in Novem-
Der, 1943. He remained In England
sixteen months, went from there to
France, then to his present station in
Belgium, where his outfit accam-
plished q great task in supplying the
front lines before VE-Day. His bat
talon has been cited for the Legion
of Merit.
Sgt. Burwel reports that he hopes
to be back in the states soon.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Sgt. Chorles W. Boiley
Awarded Conduct Medal

A B-29 Base in the Marianas. Oe-
layed) Sgt. Charles w. Bailey, son
of c. T. Bailey of Lexington, Miss,
has been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal according to a Headquarters
announcement of this B-29 Unit of
the XXI Bomber Command.
The medal was awarded for hav-
ing served with exemplary behavior,
efficiency and fidelity for over one
year of continuous active duty in the
Army of the United States.
Born in Lexington, he attended
the high school there. Prior to his
induction July 2, 1943, he was en-
ployed as a shipping clerk for the
Lumber Co., in Lexington. He is
married to the former Miss Verna
Eubanks who, with their daughter
Sarah Edna, resides in Lexington.
The organization of which he is a
member here performs vital supply,
maintenance and service functions
in keeping the huge super-fortresses
aloft over enemy territory.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
State May Have
Newest Oil Field
Under TinsIey

Mississippi had prospects today of
new oil field underneath present
field as the Union Production Com
pany cored oil-saturated lime in the
Smackover horizon of its No. 81 Jen-
ME Stevens well in Tinsley field Of
Yazoo county nearly 1000 IT.
In two cores taken late Thursday
drillers recovered 19 feet Of lime
with good oil show at 10,836-56 and
10 feet from 10,856-66.
Whether the lime discovered is a
true Smackover formation was be-
ing studied by geoligists today, but
reports from the well indicated
strong belief that lime is from the
famous formation which produces
heavily in South Arkansas fields
near the original Smackover discov.
cry.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Residents Are Asked To
Pock Paper Separately

Residents of Lexington west of
Carrollton Avenue and Yazoo Street
are requested to have their maga-
zines and newspapers packaged and
ready for delivery to collectors next
Tuesday, June 10.
Residents on the eas.~i.. side Of
these streets will be called on for
their magazines and papers Thurs
day, June 81.
The magazines should be placed in
a separate package from the news
paper, when placing them out for the
collector to pick up. The reason for
this is they bring better prices pack
aged separately and when they
reach the processing plant they are
processed separately.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Sot. jones w. BedwelI
In Four Major Bottles

Sgt. James w. Bedwell, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Bedwell of Tchu-
la, recently sailed for overseas duty.
Sgt. Bedwell served thirty-two
months in China before Pearl Har-
Dor, and has served twenty-eight
months in the south Pacific in the
present war, where he participated
in four major battles.
He has been stationed at Camp
Pendleton, Oceanside, Calf, for the
past year.
Sgt. Bedwen has a brother-in-law
in service, Sgt. o. G. Lewis, who Is
stationed at the Mississippi Ordnance
Plant, Flora
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Rehabilitation Clinic To
Be Held In Greenwood
CITY HuII June 10th

All disabled people who can be
made employable by disqualification,
surgery, treatment, artificial limbs,
braces. vocational training, ETC., are
invited to attend the Rehabilitation
clinic to be held at the City Hall,
Greenwood, Mississippi, June 20, be-
ginning at $3.50 a. m.
Many people in the following
groups will profit from attending
this clinic:
1. Disabled high school gradu-
ates who need help to continue their
education.
2. Disabled people who need
special vocational training.
8. Young men who have been re-
jected for military service.
4. Men and women unable tc
work or whose work efficiency is
hindered by physical disabilities thai
can be corrected; for example, by
ruptures, tumors, cataracts, etc.
s. People needing artificial limbs
braces, ETC., for maximum work ef
ficiency.
8. Blind people who need train
ing TO become employable.
This clinic is sponsored by the vo
cational Rehabilitation Divi sion
State Department Of Education
Jackson, Miss, with the cooperation
Of the Commission for the Blind, tn
War Manpower Commission, tn
United States Civil Service Comnis
sion, and the City Officials Of Green
v0Od @ie.as s+zt@- -te-
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
: Nomen's Report
n War Loon
HoIS
FrV
~ a

u sSrant-Mrs. A. S. Tatum wishes
%thank the young ladies who help
Nd her to carry Durant's drive. Bet
ty Norwood sold enough bonds for
her to become Major; Nancy Tatum.
Captain; Ruth Ray Campbell, First
Lieutenant; Elmer Hendrix, Ruth
Jean Cooper, and Joyce Truitt, Sec
ond Lieutenants. These young ladiea
sold $4,000 in G. Bonds and $4,000
in E Bonds. E
Lexington-Mrs. B. S. Beall, 10
cal chairman reports 210 E Bonds
amounting to $34,748.00 and other
Bonds amounting to $5,000.00.
Tchula--Mrs. w. E. Jones reports
66 E bonds amounting to $l9,831.2s
and the promise of eight more. Mrs.
E. Sheppard, Mrs. o. Nixon, Mrs.
Lester Shields, Mrs. c. r. Hamlin.
Mrs. R. Huddleston, Mrs. j. c. Can
non, Mrs. Harold Sanders, Miss
Cecilia Samaha were her workers.
Four of them were awarded the
Blue Star. 5Rt
Cruger-Miss Addie Downer oA
the Cruger Bank sold 90T OF the
$4,000 sold in E Bonds. Mrs. Ma
rion Estes was local chairman.
Goodman-$8,111.25 was sold and
! two of the women were awarded
the Blue Star.
Pickens-Mrs. Jessie Maxwell, To-
cal chairman, reports the womens
societies of the different churches
did their work. The Esther Circle
(Methodist) $5,912.50; w. M. U. Bap-
tist) SO, 3,168.75; Women's Auxiliary
Presbyterian) $2,343.75; Total In Z
Bonds Sales $1l,425.00. ~ e ~
West-The Women Of West sold
SIS, 900 in E Bonds, or one-third OF
Vests Quota.
Holmes county has gone over the
top in our E Bond Quota.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
TOWN and FARM
in WARTIME I
esspsrsd BY OFFICE OF war ltFoRAaAnoN

"B-6" and "C-6" gasoline coupons
the last Of which were issued in
March, will not be good for use after
June 80, OPA District Director, W.
e. Holcomb, in Jackson, said today.
Consumers who have any Of these
coupons that represent an unexpired
ration may exchange them for valid
coupons at their local boards, he ex-
planned.
Service station operators will have
until July 10 to surrender them to
their suppliers for gasoline or to the
War Price and Rationing Board for
ration checks. Distributors have un-
til July 20 to deposit them in their
ration accounts, he said.
Form Slaughterers File Before
July
Farmers in Holmes county who
slaughter or have animals slaugh-
tered for sale as meat were remind
ed today by OPA District Director,
W. E. Holcomb, in jackson, that
they must obtain a class slaugh-
terers permit by filing a simple form
with their War Price and Rationing
Board, before July 1; even though
they may not be slaughtering until
next fall or winter.
A class three slaughterer, he de-
fined, is a resident operator OF a
farm, who sold not more than six
thousand pounds of meat, resulting
from slaughter OF his own livestock
last year.
Those who sold no dressed meat
in 1914 may register with their Ra-
ton Boards and obtain a permit to
market up to 400 pounds this year;
but no permit is required to dress
meat for the farmers own home
consumption, from livestock he has
raised, Holcomb observed. Simple
forms for reporting sales will be sup
piled to farmers when their permits
are issued, he added.
Emly Onion Ceilings Tipped
The ceiling price for early onions
has been increased l5c per so pounds
fob country shipping point, OPA
District Director w. E. Holcomb in
Jackson, announced today.
| As a result Of this action, the re-
tail ceiling price Of onions may be
increased about one half cent a
pound, he added.
Cabbage Price conrtol Removed
The recent announcement taking
cabbage off the list of price-controll-
ed items, vas cited today by W. E
Holcomb, PA District Director in
Jackson, in pointing out the admin
istration's poncy of lifting controls
wherever they are not required. The
War Food Administrations indica-
ton OF an above-average crop in
most cabbage producing areas in
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
S S/Sgt. Som SompIe, Jr.
Awarded Bronze Stur

Mrs. Sam Sample, Jr., of Ebenezer
has received word that her husband,
S/Sgt. Samuel E. Sample, Jr., has
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal for heroic achievement in ac-
ton against the enemy. A.
Sgt Sample has been with Gener-
al Hodges First Army and has been
in combat since December. Before
leaving for oversee duty, he was
stationed at Camp Shelby, and had
been in several other camps in the
states. A
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Pfc. Fred D. Hobson
At WiIlium Beaumont
H.-o..l Aoen:|n1

Ell PaSO TeXaS-Nlght truck orlV.
ing in the States should be snap
now, according to Pfc. Fred D. Hob
son of Lexington, now a patient at
William Beaumont General Hospital,
here.
For nine months overseas, he
drove a truck in complete darkness
surrounded by the lurking enemy.
His truck was filled with vital cloth
ing, food and ammunition for SOL
diers who waited on the front lines.
Private Hobson drove the truck on
highways packed with bomb craters
and artillery shell holes. Many times
his only guide in the dark was tho
small "black out" light, visible for
only few feet, on the truck in front
of him.
"A person just learned to develop
cat eyes, he said. WED drive and
drive with our eyes glued on that
pin-point Of light in front of VI.
When that faded then we knew we
were lost.
"The ferries liked to shell VI.
Especially after we would get lost
at night and parked awaiting day
light.
He had his narrowest escape, he
thinks, when shrapnel from an artil-
lery shell crashed into his truck
without injurying him, the gas tanks
or his tires. He had just swerved his
truck from the spot where the artil-
lery shell landed. That was during
the Belgian Bulge campaign.
Pvt. Hobson was with the 9th Ar
mored Division. Although he was
equipped only with small arms.
once he and the other truck drivers
fought their way out of German
encirclement during the German
December counterattack.
Pvt. Hobson entered the Army three
years ago. His wife, Elnora and four
children live in Lexington. He arriv-
ed in the States May % for treat
ment at William Beaumont, one OF
the Army's largest hospitals.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Claude Hurthcock Hos
First Cotton Bloom

Claude Harthcock brought the
first cotton bloom of the season to
the Advertiser office Wednesday
morning. He found the bloom on his
farm on Horseshoe Sunday morning,
June 10th.
The bloom was from a field of
Coker cotton.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14

Cpl. George M. Rhyme and mother
visited in the home of Mrs. Nettye
Moore in Tchula Thursday.
Miss Joyce and Cerease Truitt are
visiting in the home of Mrs. Maxine
Mature in Memphis this week.
Mrs. B. w. Moore is visiting in
Cleveland for several weeks.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
HEALTH NOTES

Our cancer control campaign for
funds to defray the expense or re-
search, education and service has
come to a. glorious conclusion.
should not say conclusion for that is
just what we don't want to happen
yet-a conclusion. It is like entering
school, when you enter school you
pay tuition and II you stop then your
education will be very poor. You
have got to 60 to work and do all
of the things that getting an educa-
ton requires. So it is with this can
Ger control campaign, it is an edu-
cational program. You have paid
your tuition ($80000 for Holmes
County, now it is up to us, each one
Of US, to learn to watch for and to
recognize the early symptoms Of
cancer when it can be prevented or
cured and can be cured in many
cases with radium or x-ray without
an operation.
To show you that we are not fight
ing this battle alone, I wish to call
your attention to a list of contribu-
tions from some of the larger cor
porations:
Aetna Life Insurance Co., Hart
ford, Conn, $l0,000.00; Marshall
Field Foundation, New York, $5.000.-
90; w. T. Grant Foundation, New
York, SIS, 10000; International Busi-
ness Machines Corp, New York, $5,-
10000; Hoffenreffer Breweries, Bos-
ton, Mass, $3,500O0; National Life &
Accident ms, Co., Nashville, Tenn,
100000.
These and many others. This is
fine and is necessary to get the
money to carry on this great work
but generally speaking, $l.00 from
each of twenty-five people would be
better than $500 from one person
When people contribute they be-
come more interested, they think
they become, in this case, cancer
conscious. Let this be our goal-"Nt
one in our family or our friends bt
allowed to 60 with any condition
that might be or might become can
cerous without thorough examina'
ton by a competent doctor" No ex'
animation Of suspected cancer i:
thorough without a laboratory test
We regret to report a case of ty
phoid fever in Holmes county. There
is no doubt about this case being
contracted from a Typhoid Fevel
carrier. We have five known typhoit
fever carriers in the county ant
there Is no way of knowing how
many more we don't know about. I
stands to reason that no one is safe
from typhoid fever unless they arr
immunized. The records show tina
in 1925 we had "a cases Of typhoid
fever in Holmes county and nins
deaths. That could happen again
Let's don't let it happen!
W. H. WEEKS, MD.
nsror{or
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Boptist Business Circle
Met Tuesday Night

The Baptist Business Circle met
Tuesday night, June 18th with Mr.
Sara Mcfarland. Miss Roberta De-
Loach had charge of the devotional.
Mrs. ]. B. Thompson had charge of
the program, Missions in Youth,
with Mrs. A. H. Brown as leader.
Mrs. Torrance of Aberdeen and
Miss Catherine Parkinson were Wis
itors at the meeting. ut
The Durant news., 1945-06-14

1945, he said is evidence that furth-
er price ceilings are unnecessary this
summer. He cautioned that unex-
pected changes in supply might re-
uuire establishment Of price cell
ings later.
This weeks OPA mail includes the
following observation from a south
ern farm boy contestant in Victory
Garden essay contest:
Hoes and rakes,
Muscle and sweat;
You gotta work
II you're goin to ct.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Capt. Henri Watson, Jr.
Awarded Bronze Star

Friends will be interested in know
ing that Captain Henri p. Watson.
Jr., was recently awarded the Bronze
Star Medal for action In France,
Germany and Austria
Capt. Watson is the son Of Henri
p. Watson. He left with the Battery
B., Hath Field Artillery in Novern-
Der 1910.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14
Patients At The Hospital

Miss Bessie Goss, West.
Jerry Anne Spell, Lexington.
Jimmie Holder, Lexington.
Mrs. Henry Pike and baby girl,
Cruger. eecr
Herbert Griffin, Lexington.
Mrs. Oscar Dawes, Lexington.
Mrs. r. G. Valentine and baby
girl, Lexington.
Colo9ed
Willie Jane Smith, Lexington, Rt.
3.
Willie Lee Jones, Cruger.
Solomon Jordan, Durant.
Lily James, Pickens.
John Henry Stokes, Durant.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14

Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. White and chill
dren, Emma and Sonny visited rela-
tives and friends in Water Valley
last weekend.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14

Friends of Mrs. Belva Lawerance
will regret to learn that she is under
going treatment in the Baptist Hos
pital in Jackson.
The Durant news., 1945-06-14

Processed Foods: Blue Stamps
NJ, P2, o., RI, So. now valid, expire
June 80; T2, w, w. W., X2. now
valid, expire July 81; w, Z2, Al,
Bl, CT. now valid, expire August 81;
D1, Ell, FL, G1, HI. now valid, ex-
pire Sept. 80.
Meats and Fats: Red StampsEE2,
F., G2, H2, J2, now valid, expire
June 30;. K2, LIZ, M2, NJ, Pc, now
valid, expire July 81; o., RI, So, T2,
W, now valid, expire August 81; w,
W., X2, w, Z2, now valid, expire
Sept. 80.
Sugar: Sugar Stamp No. SO, good
for 5 lbs, expires August 81.
Shoes: Airplane Stamps Nos. l. 2,
8 now good
Gasoline: Ais coupons valid thru
June 81. Rationing rules now require
that each car owner write his license
number and state on each coupon in
his possession as soon as it Is issued
to him by his local rationing board.
Your mileage rationing record must
be presented to the board when ap-
plying for all passenger car gasoline
ration
Rent: Commercial property Is ex-
empt from Rent Control, except
where such property is combined
with rental dwelling units.
Ration Applications by Mail
Save Time and Effort.
Windshield Stickers Not Needed
Windshield stickers "A", "B", "C'
or "T' indicating the type Of gal
oline rationing held by car owners
need no longer be displayed, it was
announced today by OPA District
Director, Major w. E. Holcomb, in
Jackson.
This action was taken. he said, be-
cause of the use Of endorsed, serially
numbered ration coupons. 1.-THE new
rationing allotments, effective June
II, will not mean more gasoline fol-
all "B" users, he pointed out. Only
those "B" ration holders whose es-
sential occupational driving needs
exceed their present ''B" allotments
will be eligible for the new increase,
he asserted.
Eligible holders Of ''B" rations
need have no concern over their ex-
piration dates, he explained, because
additional rations will be computed
from tables provided by OPA, SO
that all applications will receive
their full allotment of gasoline after
June IL; regardless of the expiration
date of their present rations.
Applications should be mailed to
the War Price Rationing Board, to-
gether with applicants mileage rec
ord, he said.
"B-s~ md ~c-e- coupons Expire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06
Armed Services Favor.
United Defense Unit,
Special Survey Shows
BY vERN HAUGLAND,

Associated Press Foreisn Correspondent
YOKOHAMA, Sept. 6.-American
Army, Navy and Air Force men
want q single department of ma
tional defense.
This was the impression obtained
by q majority of a special Armed
Services Investigating Committee
which toured every war theater and
interviewed all top commanders of
all services.
A committee proposal for a new
defense organization in which
some enthusiasts see Gems. Mac
Arthur and Eisenhower in top roles
has been shelved since February.
Here, where the worlds most
devastating war ended, is an ap-
propriate place to report on the
recommendation Of generals and ad-
mirals who seek to insure that If
there is another war there will be
no more Pearl Harbors, Wake Is
lands or Bataans.
Airmen who initially sought an
independent air force largely aban-
doned that proposal in favor of a
single defense department. The
headquarters staff of the Army Air
Forces for two years has been max
ing reorganization studies.
Eighteen months ago the Joint
chiefs of staff, prodded by airmen
and other Army progressives, ap-
pointed a special investigating COM
mittee to interview Army, Navy
and Air Forces commanders in every
theater on whether America should
have single department of ma
tional defense.
The committee was drawn from
each service-Maj. William F. Tomp-
kins, chief of the special plans
division, War Department general
staff; 1t. Gen. Harold L. George,
who built the Air Transport Com
mand, and Admiral Lawrence B.
Richardson, president of the Navy
General Board and former COM
mander in chief Of the Pacific Fleet.
The committee went first to the
European theater in October and
November of 1914, then to the Pa
ciflc in late November. It inter-
viewed all commanders, returned to
Washington and presented its re-
port to the joint chiefs of staff
last February.
Every senior commander in the
European, Mediterranean and Pa
cif1c war areas, the committee re-
ported, agreed there should be a
single department of national de-
tense. Only one man-not a theater
acknowledgement the idea. the
investigators said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06
|Se|ectiye Stock Rise
|Sparked by Motors,
|SteeIs and Rubbers
BY VICTOR EUBANK,


NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Steels, mo-
tors, rubbers and assorted special
ties moved up in today's stock mar
ket after early hesitancy, although
many leaders failed to follow.
Dealings we're quiet from the
opening on. The ticker tape virtual
ly came to a standstill around mid
day when the Presidents message
to Congress was released. Wall
street discerned nothing particu-
larly surprising in the document
although its reference to limited
tax cuts evoked scant enthusiasm
Buying still was based on earn
ings, dividends ana peacetime bust
ness hopes. Thoughts of long de
layed technical correction again
served as a handicap.
Advances of fractions to a point
or so-there were few wider jump
ers-ruled near the fourth hour.
At eight-year highs were General
Motors, United States Rubber,
Curtiss- Wright "a, Union Carbide,
Gar Wood, Robert Gair and Coca
Cola The last-named climbed
about 6 points on restricted sales.
Gamers included United States
Steel. Youngstown Sheet, Chrysler,
Goodrich, Goodyear, American Tele-
phone, Du Pont, Allied Chemical
and United Air Lines. Occasional
losers were Santa Fe, Boeing, Dow
Chemical and Westinghouse.
Bonds were mixed.
In the Curb forward leanings were
shown by Aireon, Claude Neon,
Gellman Mfg, Consolidated Retail
Stores and Northeast Airlines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-09-06
THE EVENING STAR Washington. d. C. **sA-19
s.,
Interior EmpIoye Cleared
OF Paper Theft Charge

A charge of stealing salvaged pa
per. against Frank e. Monday, 1924
Holly terrace Sc, a technician with
the Geological Survey Of the Interior
Department, was nolle pressed yes
terday in Municipal Court.
Assistant United States Attorney
John D. Lane, who obtained the
courts approval for dropping the
charge against Mr.. Monday, gave no
explanation of his action. Mr. Mon
day said after he left court that he
had signed release agreeing to
bring no damage suit for false ar
rest.
Mr.. Mondays arrest grew out of a
dispute in the Civilian Defense or
ganization Of the Washington High
lands District. Mr.. Monday, who had
been a member Of the organizations
Salvage Committee, withdrew and
began picking up salvage paper in
dependently with the help of several
boys. When arraigned he pleaded not
guilty to the charge and told the
court that none of the profit from
the sale Of the paper accrued to him.