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The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Concrete Products Plan
Located In KosGusko

A plant to manufacture concrete
blocks and concrete brick will be
established in Kosciusko by Miner
Concrete Products Company within
the next sixty to ninety days, accord
ing to an advertisement appearing
in this paper last week.
The plant will serve all the towns
in Holmes county as well as Attala,
according to the announcement.
The plant, which will cost an eSti-
mated $40, 1000, will make steam
cured concrete products which are
practically moisture proof. Auto
matte machines will perform most
of the mechanical operations of the
factory, but approximately twenty
men will be employed.
This industry, which may be term
ed a manufacturer of modern mason
ry products, will have an output Of
twenty different patterns of concrete
blocks and concrete brick, and will
be the largest plant of its kind in
the state. 1t will be equipped with
Besser Super Vibrapac machines
which have proven of top quality.
An eight hour capacity of $4,000
standard size brick or 5000 concrete
blocks will be maintained.
Th;c will Give the p1apf sufficient
capacity to serve the territory with
in a radius of 100 miles of Kosciusko.
The brick may be made of assorted
colors.
1t is pointed out that these cor
crete products will be fire proof.
sound proof and termite proof, and
will provide good insulation. In 9TH
err sections of the United States con-
crete products have been n of the
leading building materials for both
commercial and residential property.
Also, concrete is one of the cheapest
types of building materials.
The Miner Concrete Products
Company is composed of Dumas
Miner and his associate, Floyd Bal
ley will be the general manager OF
the plant. Mr.. Miner owns and
operates the Mid-States Motor Com
pany. Mr. Bailey is connected with
the State Highway Department.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Forestry Furnishes Third Largest Income 10
Holmes County Farmers, Says State Official
John Allen Seriously
Wounded By Gunfire

John Allen, well known citizen of
the Goodman community, was seri-
ously injured Monday afternoon Of
this week when fired upon several
times as he stepped out on the front
porch Of the store he operates near
Goodman in Attala county.
Mr.. Aliens right elbow was shat
tered by a bullet and another bullet
went through his left arm. He was
shot in the right shoulder and in the
back below the waist on the right
hip. The gun used was a shotgun
loaded with buckshot.
The shots were thought to have
been fired by Wesley McCrory, .
man who resides about 100 yards
from the Allen store. McCrory's
children told officers their father
fired the shots.
McCrory had gone when officers
arrived and he had not been found
at this date.
Mr.. Allen was hit by the first bull
let fired and thought it was a stray
bullet until fired upon again several
times. He ran back into the store
and tried to see where the shots
were coming from. He was alone
and bleeding terribly. When he tried
to get out the front door to summon
help shots were fired at the door
again.
Help finally came when his uncle,
Judge Allen and the latter's son, Joe
Frank Allen, went to the store. They
took him to the Kosciusko hospital
where his wounds were treated be-
fore taking him to the Jackson In
Urinary where he is now a patient.
John is the son of Mrs. ]. w. Allen
and the late DR.. j. w. Allen, of Good
man.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Retail Sale DDT
Started Soon

T. v. Blaylock, of Lexington, an
nounces he will have for wholesale
and retail sale at an early date the
powerful bug poison, DOT. Mr. Blay-
lock has been appointed manufacture
err and distributor in this area for
the product. He is now taking orders
and first on the list will be served
first. He is expecting a shipment in
the next few days.
The, DOT will be available to the
people of this area in three formulas
for inside and outside use. 1t will
be sold in quart and gallon contain
ers and will retail for ninety cents
per quart.
The DOT chemical available for
civilian use now is said to be super
Tor to that now being used by the
government in the malaria control
program. 1t uses a mineral solvent
md will not stain floors, walls, etc,
whereas the DOT used by the gov
eminent was diluted with water.
One gallon of the DOT will cover
about $50 to 1000 square feet of sur
face, Mr.. Blaylock said. No dilution
is necessary. Makers advise that the
poison be applied with a paint brush
or mop, by dipping, or in a heavy
spray. They advise against a spray
so fine that it is a mist
DOT is poisonous and inflammable
and the public is urged to exercise
every precaution in its use. and to
keep it away from children.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Mrs. Tay|or's Brother
Passes In Memphis

Friends of Mrs. w. P. Taylor will
regret to learn of the death of her
brother, Silas Haney, which occur
red at a Memphis hospital early
Monday morning of last week.
Services were held Tuesday after
noon at the National Funeral Home
with interment in Forrest Hill ceme-
terry.
MI. Haney was SIS years old and
a member of the Boulevard Baptist
Church in Memphis. He was an
overseas veteran of World War I
and a retired railroad man.
Surviving are tire sisters: Mrs.
Taylor, Mrs. Fred Wooten, Memphis;
Mrs. Hal Harold, Dallas, Texas.
Mrs. Taylor and her husband and
son, Red, Jr., attended the rites.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Durant Schools Open
Monday Sept. 10Th

Durant schools will open for the
l945-46 term Monday morning Sept.
10th, according to an announcement
by c. II. Carruth, Jr., superintend-
ent.
Registration only will be held
opening day and books will be is
sued on Tuesday.
Children six years old or who will
become six on or before Jan. 21st,
1916, will be eligible to enter school
now.
The faculty list is complete with
the exception of the commercial
teacher post. Miss Mary Stogner, of
Water Valley, has not yet sent her
formal acceptance of the position
but Mr.. Carruth expects to hear
from her soon.
Members Of the faculty are: First
grade, Mrs. Wilbur Reed, nee Flor
ence Nicely, who last year taught in
West; Second grade, Miss Mamie
Clark; Third, Miss Billie Jean Pig
OFT, Of Tylertown; Fourth, Mrs. H. H.
Dodson, of Durant; Fifth, Miss Kate
Pinson, Of Alderman; Sixth, Miss
Frances Allen; Junior High School
and Latin, Mrs. Homer Terry, who
last year taught at McAdams; Lib
rarian, Miss Lois Comfort; w. E.
Lyon, High School math; Mrs. w. E.
Lyon. High School English; Miss
Estelle Turner, who last year taught
in Grenada, Social Science.
John l.. Sullivan will be principal
of the colored school this year.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Post No. 10 Begins
Membership Drive

Durant American Legion Post No.
10 is beginning its drive for 1916
membership although Legion dues
for the 1945 paid up members are
not due until October /. Yet, all l945
members are urged to pay their 1916
dues before October ] and they will
be contributing to the Posts funds
in as much as the Post gets the re-
bate from Departmental Headquart-
ers for all paid up dues sent in be-
fore October !. The Post Member
ship Committee is anxious to get all
the old members paid in at nee so
that all its efforts may be used to-
ward enrolling the veterans now
in service who will become eligible
for membership on September End,
regardless as to whether or not they
are discharged from service.
All wives, parents, and former en-
ployers of veterans now in service
are urged to send the veterans paid
up membership cards in the Legion
thus a~ffiliating the veterans with the
American Legion which will exert a
tremendous influence in the future
years ahead toward maintaining the
American way of life and all such
stands for. We invite those who de-
sire to send the service men and
women paid up membership to send
$3.50, addressed to Post No. 10, The
American Legion, Durant, with the
full name, address, and service num-
Der of such veterans, otherwise, the
membership committee will call and
solicit such membership in the very
near future.
Post No. 10 at Durant which serv-
es Durant, Goodman, and West is
planning in the near future to open
and operate in cooperation with the
services of the general public a Vet
Grams Social and Community Serv-
ices Center at the City Hall, Durant,
for the recreational, business oppor-
tunities, and employment needs of
the returning veterans. This Center
will be operated for the most part
by volunteers from the said COM
munities. Suitable furniture includ-
ing lounge chairs, small tables, etc,
as well as funds will be solicited
from the public by the committees in
charge of such Center. AS soon as the
Center is opened part and full time
employers, including farmers and
housewives, will be requested to list
Jobs suitable for veterans with this
agency from day to day. The local
Youth Canteen will also operate at
such Center.
Mrs. LaVerne T. Ray, Secretary
of the Veterans Service Center, will
act as chairman for the local organi-
committee which is called to
meet at the Durant City Hall on
Monday, September 3rd, at 7:3O P.
M.
All citizens interested in this pro-
ject are urged to attend this meet
ing.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Patients At The Hospital

Harvey Hearn, Lexington, Rt. 2.
Earl Covington. Lexington, Rt. 4.
Norman Weathersby. Jr., Lexing-
ton.
Virgie Lee Arthur, Lexington, Rt.
|.
Minnie Lee Caldwell, West.
Mrs. o. w. Ivy, Lexington.
Zeb Guess, Durant.
Mrs. Earl Mclean, Lexington.
Colored
Christine Washington, Lexington.
Rt. 8.
Jane Hannah, Durant.
Thomas Bonds, Pickens.
Melissa Rule, Pickens.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
L Awful!

Local officers destroyed forty-four
cases of assorted liquors here Mon
day, results of . raid on the out
skirts of Kosciusko.
The seizure was made by Deputy
Sheriff Roy Braswell and Henry
Thornton and the supply is said to
have been moved here from Holmes
County to prevent seizure there by
state officials.
The assortment consisted Of bond
ed whiskey, wine, gin, rum-some
good, some bad-but all wa con-
signed to the gutter.
-Kosciusko Star-Herald.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Rotary Governor Pays
Visit To Club

Carlton P. Shelby, of C~larksdale,
governor of the 140th Rotary Dis
trict, paid an official visit to the Du-
rant Club Friday noon in its regular
weekly meeting at the Hotel Durant.
Mr.. Shelby gave the Durant Club
a nice rating and urged members to
keep up the good work.
Jake Herman, Ralph McGeehee
and Clarence torrance were recently
welcomed as new Rotarians.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Durunt Youth Stationed
In New Guinea

With the 868th Engineer Aviation
Battalion in Nadzab, New Guinea
Cpl. Vernon Thurman, son of APP
ptrola Thurman, Route 2, Durant,
Miss, and husband of Minnie Thur
man, Route 3, Lexington, Miss, Is
serving in New Guinea as a jack
hammer operator and carpenter with
the 868th Engineer Aviation Bat
talon.
Prior to entering the Army, the
corporal was employed as a mech
anic's helper by the Pullman Co.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Durant Football
Prospects Fair

Durant has fair prospects for a
football team this year, said c. H.
Carruth, Jr., superintendent, who al
so serves as coach for the team.
Practice starts on or about Sept.
10th, opening day of school, Mr..
Carruth said, and anyone interested
is invited to come out.
The schedule will be arranged
and announced later.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30

An UP dispatch from aboard the
USS Mississippi in Sagami Bay on
Tuesday, August 28th, says the band
played Dixie" as they raised the
Stars and Bars over the "Old Missy
on that date to the top of the main
mast . . the same place where the
same flag flew when Commodore
Perry took the frigate Mississippi
into Tokyo Bay just 81 years ago.
OF course there are a lot of folks
who think we'd all be better off II
Commodore Perry had stayed out
of Tokyo Bay.
The Stars and Bars of the Con-
federacy form only one corner OF
the state flag Of Mississippi. 1t has
a field Of red, white and blue stripes
But it was the same flag, the same
bay, the same country and the name
sake of the ship-and oon the bat
tleship Mississippi will move through
Uraga Strait to drop its hook in ex.
actly the same berth that shattered
Perry's historic frigate.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30

The state flag was carried on the
ship by 1t. Comdr. Nelson T. Lev
ings of Gulfport, to whom it was
presented by Governor Bailey Of
Mississippi.
The captain ordered the flag rails
ed on the main mast and to BE
flown as we steam up Tokyo Bay.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
PiniciIIin To Be
Given At County
Health Department

In our efforts to control venereal
disease, the Holmes County Health
Department is prepared to give
%Penicillin, the l-day treatment for
Gonorrhea just as they do at the
Rapid Treatment Center in Green
wood. Each Friday is our clinic day
- Lexinston and we give three
doses-9:00, 1900 and 800 o'clock.
Holmes County Health Dept.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30

+. V. McCullar, w. e. Howell and
c. H Carruth went to Bee Lake on
a fishing trip Tuesday.
Mrs. Ike Davis visited in Befxoni
Last week.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
BAPTIST CHURCH

GAS Sunday School.
1900 Morning Worship Hour.
TOO Baptist Training Union.
800 Evening Worship.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
Delta Counties Vote
Picking Ceilings

The official vote on cotton pick
ing price ceilings in the Delta held
last Saturday follows:
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30
METHODIST CHURCH

Gas Church School
HOO Morning Worship.
700 Youth Fellowship.
800 Evening Worship Hour.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30

ignore the importance of this great
renewable natural resource?" Mr..
Leggett asked
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-08-30

Mrs. c. W. Myers. was a Jackson
Thursday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
NAVY, COAST GUARD
AIDING SEARCH FOR
MISSING 2-YEAR-OLD

MARSHFIELD, Mass, July IS
--(R)-A navy blinp and Coast
Guard heicopter droned to and fro
above beaches and brUsh-covered
areas today in search of tWo-year-
old Judy Geagan, missing since
last night.
Firemen, policemen, Coast
guardsmen and citizens searched
13-mile stretch of the coast for
the little girl, who disappeared at
about Z o'clock last night while
her mother was washing the dinner
dishes.
A little more than a year ago,
10y a r-old Frances McGrath,
vanished in this m area.
Frances ravished body was found
weeks later.
Judy's parents, Mr.. and. Mrs.
William Geagan, had come here
from Medford, a Boston suburb,
for a two weeks vacation.
A Massachusetts State Rolice
communications officer wentx aloft
in the blimp, with special 1radio
apparatus to enable him to main
tain contact, with the police detail
on the ground, where bloodhounds
aided searchers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
PRINTERS. DISPUTE
UNDER ADJUSTMENT
BY WLB COMMISSION

CHICAGO, July '18-P)-The War
Labor Board newspaper commits
sion took under. Amusement today
a dispute case between the ALL
International Typographical Union
and the Baltimore newspaper pub
fishers.
The day-long hearing dealt large!
ly with the controversial issue of
whether the 1945 union laws Of
the ITU should be recognized by
the publishers as the union de-
mands.
Woodruff Randolph, ITU presi-
dent, said the ITU laws cannot be
arbitrated under any circumstan-
ces and the inclusion of the 1TU
laws Tin a contract is not arbi-
trable; they have to be there"
j. Stephen Becker, assistant
business manager of the Baltimore
News-Post, speaking for the pub
fishers, asserted that there has
been no unqualified acceptance Of
the union laws by the Baltimore
publishers in the past"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
lord HAW HAW"
GETS TRIAL STAY

LONDON, July 18.|lREWilGam
Joyce-better known as the one
time Nazi radios Lord Haw Haw"
gained postponement of his trea-
son trial until September after
pleading TO-DAY for more time to
Investigate records bearing on his
contention that he was born in the
U. S. and was never a British
subject.
Challenging Britain's right to try
him as traitor to the King, Joyce,
through his counsel, argued that
the "matter of nationality plainly
arises in its strongest form in this
case-not only the nationality OF
Joyce but that of his father"
Defense Attorney Curtis-Bennett
sprang a surprise in revealing to
the old Bailey Court that certain
documents-their contents kept Sc
cret-had been found m Hudson
County, N. j.
After today's introduction of the
documents relating to Hudson
County, Jersey City reported that
William Joyce was born there
on July rs, 1906.
Defense counsel, however, sug-
gested indirectly that the New Jer-
sey records possibly related to the
citizenship application of Joyce's
father.
The U. S. Attorney Generals Of
flee in Washington already has
said it would grab him quick if
Joyce gained freedom in British
courts O
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
ROTARY OFFICERS
GATHER THURSDAY

NEW BERN, July 18.LM. Eu-
gene Newsom, of Durham. past
president of Rotary International,
and six past district governors will
be on the program for the allie Z,
session of Rotary club presidents
and secretaries in this area Thurs
day at Centenary Methodist church,
it has been announced by w. B.
Weaver, of Spray district governor.
Because of the wartime travel
restrictions, there are being held
three district assemblies In dlA~-
ent parts of the state this year, IN
stead of the customary statewide
unit assembly, to acquaint the club
officers with the years detectives.
Registration will begin at 9 am.
and the program will get underway
at $50 with the singing of Anlerl-
ca. The Rev. F. Hubert Morris,
Presbyterian minister, will ask the
invocation. Welcome will be extend
ed by C. L. Carter, president Of the
New Bern club.
Five talks are scheduled for the
morning: remarks by w. B. Weav-
er and John A. Holmes, of Edenton,
immediate past district governor;
'How to make club service work
more effective" by H. bennett
Jones, of Graham; "How to make
vocational service a more effective
part of the club program, by Irv-
ing Morgan, of Farmville; and
How we can intensity community
SERVICE" by William B. Kiker, of
The last three are all
past governors.
New Bern Rotarians will join
the visitors for lunch. Newsom will
be the luncheon speaker, on the
subject, "How Can We Promote In
ternational Service in Our Clubs"
For the afternoon, six talks are
listed: Rotary foundation, by Past
District Governor Robert w. Mad
ry of Chapel Hill; New Clubs, by
Past District Governor Hal S. Orr
of Rocky Mount;; Club Presidents,
by Holmes; Club Secretaries, by
Charles L. McCullers of New Bern:
"Pull Down the Shade" by L. Vic
Higgins, president of the Chapel
Hill club; and a closing message
from the governors. A boat trip up
Trent river will follow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
Ships Attacked Heavily
With Topedoes Despite
Hot AntiQircrQH Fire
BELGIAN PARLIAMENT
EXILES LEOPOLD BY
SENATE MAJORITY

BRUSSELS, July 18.-P)-Leo-
pold III, King of the Belgians who
refused to abdicate voluntarily,
was made an exile by law today
by Parliament.
The Belgian Senate passed II to
So, the measure already approved
by the Chamber of Deputies which
prevents the absent King from
returning to the throne until Parlla-
ment consents.
1t is still to be signed as formal
ity by the Regent and brother
of Leopold, Prince Charles. The
till continues the Regency OF
Prince Charles, who has been serv-
ing in that capacity while his broth
er pondered in his Bavarlan villa
about what to do.
Unless there is a change OF gov
eminent or a change of heart by
Prime Minister Achille Van Ac'
ker's cabinet, Leopold will be un.
able to set foot on Belgian sol
legally until Parliament consents
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
US. ADDS 1922
FIGHTING SHIPS

WASHINGTON, July 49, tR -
Marking the fifth anniversary of
the 1.-TWO Ocean Fleet" the Navy
revealed tonight that 1922 fighting
ships have been added to it's forces
of around 1900 fighting ships, the
biggest navy in history, ready to
support the invasion and force the
japanese enemy TO its knees.
Added to the 1888 combatant ships
on hand on July 1, 1910, and de-
Quoting the 40 announced COM
Blatant ship losses, brings the total
10 1865 fighting ships. From this
must be deducted an undiselosed
mum b er transferred to Allied
nations under lend lease.
And the Job is not yet done.
Building yards, Navy and private,
are still at work completing the
building program now grown to a
nVe ocean program" and a tota,
Oh % ships remain on building
schedules.
The record five year construction
program included 331 ships built
IN Navy yards and 991 in private
shlpyards. Navy Yard construction
included seven battlesaips, five
aircraft carriers, seven escort
carriers, a heavy cruiser, So de-
ssnoyers,l5 5 destroyer escorts, ano
vs. submarines.
Inc bulk of the remaining pro
gram Is due for completion this
year and next, with few Units
"ohtnued on Page Three; Col. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19
TWO lose LIVES
IN BUS ACCIDENT

RICHMOND, Va, July 18.-R-
A Greyhound bus carrying so per-
sons broke through an undermined
bridge across normally small Gill
lies Creek within the city limits
of Richmond in pre-dawn darkness
today and was swept a hundred
yards downstream by flood waters.
Only two persons were killed and
none of the others was injured
seriously.
Soldiers and sailors among the
passengers broke windows and peo-
pie climbed out to swim to safety
or to cling to the top of the almost
submerged bus until rescued. Cap
tain o. D. Carton of Richmond
police said about IS inches of air
space above the water in the bus
enabled the people to live until
they could extricate themselves.
Five hours after the accident oc-
Cured police and firemen remov.
ed the body of Donna Jean Ham
nell, three-months-old infant at
9 am. The body of Pfc. julius
R. slofkin, 20, Transportation
Corps, Camp Patrick Henry,
Brooklyn, on his way home on fur
Tough, was found shortly after noon
when the bus was pulled to shore
with cables. Identification was
made by officers of Mcguire Cen
eral Hospital.
Forty-six persons were treated
at the medical college of Virginia
but most were quickly re.
leased. Many of them were suffer.
Continued on Page Three; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-19

view of their legislative arms, and
said Russia:is "a totalitarian gov
eminent where the vote of their
representative will be determined
in; Moscow
I'VE alone have. such sepa-
ration of the powers of govern
ment that ours is the only delegate
on the Security Council who might
commit his country to war without
the consent Of the legislative ARM"
Mr.. Hoover said.
His authority should be defined
so that the delegate is in some way
responsible to Congress before our
country is committed to war;
! Mr.. Hoover said the Charter
alone cannot insure lasting peace.
the foundations for which must