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Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
Wilson Play
Intriguing
BY CHARLES GENTRY

DESPITE IT'S misleading title.
the new play which was premiered
AT the Wilson Theater last night.
"Foxhole in the Parlor," proved
10 be an extremely intriguing
affair.
Elsa Shelley who authored
Pickup Girl has, in this case.
touched on a very delicate and
somewhat morbid problem-that
Of returning soldier who has
been discharged from army care
with complex set OF neurotic
pSychoses.
The lad here. is a young musi-
clan who comes back to his Green
wich Village atmosphere. and finds
IL practically impossible TO re-
adjust himself 10 his old life con-
sidering the horrors he has en-
countered during actual conflict.
He has two helping hands cX-
tended 10 him by his immediate
neighbors, a painter and his wife,
who are aeStheucally sympathetic,
but he also has his own family.
represented by a shrew OF a sis
ter. TO cope with.
The boy, lost, tries 10 seek his
salvation by solving such world
problems as would confuse the
most diplomatic mind in the world.
SERIOUS PROBLEM
In other words, he feels that
he can never take up his past
life until he has some guarantee
OF future world security This.
naturally, presents a question
which Miss Shelley cannot answer,
and one which she finally, in the
third act evades with what we feel
is purely dramatic subterfuge.
The boy, we are led 10 believe,
finally finds his release, when the
father of his sympathetic neigh
bors. has him 10 accomany him |
as aide 10 the peace table at San
Francisco.
This may be an ideal solution |
10 this one chaps particular prob
lem, but il does not offer blan-
ket answer 10 the question Miss /
Shelley poses.
AS an individual deal. this may
be perfect. but we can't send the
half million tortured mental cases
out of this war TO conferences for
cure.
However, we must take our hats
off to this production for attempt
ing 10 solve a serious problem,
and doing il with great taste.
"Foxhole in the Parlor" is re-
markable, alone, for its fine col
lection of great performances.
Montgomery Gift plays with a
natural quality and sincere seri-
BUSINESS, which is most moving.
Never. for moment does he
submit TO the temptation to over
act. even in the most obvious
sequences which the role presents.
He conducts" himself, rather
than acts, with great aplomb and |
his performance is only equalled |
by that of Flora Campbell. the
generous heartwarming neighbor
who believes in his sanity.
Russell Hardi is excellent as
the artist and Grace Coppin ham
dies a truly difficult assignment |
with great tact.
Reginald Beane, as the house
boy, and Raymond Greenleaf, as
the senator, are both splendid.
although Ann Lincoln seemed
just little too obvious as the
attractive model who helps Cliff
regain his faith in sex.
The set is really a wonderful
one, ingeniously designed and
beautifully executed. adding
great deal to the spice Of dramatic
life at the Wilson.
Detroit evening times., 1945-05-12
Choris+ers

ST. LUKE'S CHORISTERS.
famed boys choir of Long Beach,
Cal, will portray the eighth grade
graduation class of a parochial
school in The Bells of St.
Mary'S." co-starring Bing Crosby
and Ingrid Bergman.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Notice-Vuccinute Docs

The laws of 1888 makes it compulsory
to v%accinate all dogs over six months
of age on or before June 80 of each
year against Rabies. After each dog
is inocculated (~vaccinated) they should
have a metal tag attached to a collar
and wear at all times. Penalties for
failure or refusal of any person to
comply with this law. shall be fined for
first offence $500. Second offence $685.
90 and third offence not exceed $4,000
together with all costs. 1t is the duty
Of the Sheriffs. Game Warden, and all
peace officers 70 enforce this act; to
kill or otherwise destroy any and all
dogs running at large over six months
old not inocculated (vaccinated) as re-
quired in this act. Please cooperate with
the persons giving this innoculation "a
hat all dogs will b vaeeinatsl % Of
Sefors April IL. 1915.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Holmes Soldiers Help
Keep Convoys ROLLING

With u. s. Forces in Belgium-Along
a highway leading from a major Bel
gian port to the front lines are signs
reading, "This is a Vital Supply Route;
Keep Moving"
Long conveys of U. s. Army vehicles,
laden with war supplies, obey that or
der day and night, vehicles kept at
peak operating efficiency despite con-
slant usage.
Thirty-seven Mississippi soldiers are
members Of a unit which alone is re-
sponsible for the maintenance and re-
pair Of almost 1000 vehicles operating
from the port to depots and railroads
in the forward areas.
Three Lexington boys are in this out
fit: Sgt. William E. Morris, 100 William
St.; Cpl. Marion Mcclellan, Ri. 8, and
Cpl. Irwin n. McRae.
Their outfit, the 3521st Ordnance
Medium Automotive Maintenance Com
pany. can handle anything from a jeer
to . four-ton prime mover and can CON.
plete an engine overhaul in six hours
Two shop platoens are charged Will
minor repairs and unit replacements
while another works on body and radia.
tor repairs.
Activities Of the outfit are not con
fined to their shop, however. A mobile
machine shop and rolling tool truck
enables the men to 60 to the disabled
vehicle if it cannot be brought to them
These mobile units are also used to
work on Is to 80 vehicles at one time
at the shop.
Repair work on dock cranes and fork
lifts Is another phase of the outfits
contribution to the supply system.
Demonstrating its versatility, the
unit at one time was notified that the
power generator of n Army field hos
| pital had broken down. A captured
German generator used in the power
system had failed because Of faulty
valves. Men Of the 3521st ground down
motor truck valves and reconverted
them to the generator to get it working
again.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
West Youth In
India Burmu Theuter

Lewis W. Massey of West is serving
in the Goth Signal Battalion.
During the period % October 1943 to
81 August 1914 this Battalion was call.
ed upon to construct, maintain and
operate an intricate signal c~ommunica-
tons system in the jungle of Burma
under the most severe and adverse Of
ditions of MONSOON and disease and in
the face of enemy action.
This organization worked in a most
exemplary manner to provide the high
ly efficient signal communications
needed to make possible the capture Of
Northern Burma. The entire battalion
saw prolonged service with combat
units in Northern Burma serving side
by side with (Merrill's M~arauders). It
operated telephone, teletype and radio
installations along the Ledo Road from
Ledo to Myitkyina, where installations
were made under intense enemy shell
fire. The record of achievement Of the
Goth Signal Battalion is worthy of the
finest traditions of the military service
of the United States.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
It.. Heidelberg
Is Commended

Friends Of 1t. Austin E. Heidelberg,
USNR, former resident Of Pickens. and
Mrs. Heidelberg, the former Ann MUIR
tagh. Of Ebenezer and Pickens, will be
interested in the following story from
the Greenwood Commonwealth. They
now make their home in Greenwood
where he has business interests.
Corpus Christi, Texas--Lt. Austin E
Heidelberg, United States Naval Re-
serve, who is presently stationed at the
Naval Air Training Bases here, has re-
ceived a letter of commentator from
the Commander Aircraft, Solomon Is.
lands, for his work and devotion tc
duty during the Smelling of the Bou.
granville airfields. 1t. and Mrs. Heidel-
berg, who are now residing in Corpus
Christi, make their home at Greenwood,
Miss.
In a letter to the commanding officer
of the air center at Bougainville, Com.
mander Aircraft, Solomon Islands, com
mended 1t. Heidelberg and other mem.
bers of the command, as follows:
"As Commander Aircraft, Solomon
Islands, l desire to commend the off.
GERS and men of your command fol
their untiring efforts, their unselfisf
devotion to duty and their work, which
of necessity was done under the mos
trying conditions. Their disregard O.
their own personal safety during thu
Smelling of the B~ougainville airfields
in order that the aircraft assigned
them could continue to operate, is
worthy of the highest praise and ad
miration. 1t was their efforts that made
possible the execution of the numerous
air attacks made by Torpedo Bombing
and Scout Bombing aircraft of thi'
command"
In forwarding the letter to 1t. Heidel
berg, his commanding officer CONNER
ted: Enclosure is delivered to you with
my deepest and sincerest appreciation
for the amer in which you conducted
yourself and led your men during thu
Smelling of the airfield and our CAM
area"
1t. Heidelberg recently returned from
the South Pacific following an extend
ed tour of duty in that area.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
A Soldiers Proyer
Somewhere at Sea

The following poem was sent in by
Pfc. Sidney f. Stewart, who is with the
ath Division somewhere in Germany:
To ably meet my soldiers task
TO keep the faith by fire and sword
l humbly kneel first those to ask
Abundant strength and courage, Lord,
By manhood's yardstick let me stand
To measure tall and unafraid
To take the post that thou hast planned
To seek but duty's accolade
Though far from home that post may be
In sheltered spot or grim front
May those l love find, oh, Lord in thet
Their refuge from all harm and fear.
That men in freedoms light may live
To worship thee, to work, to plan,
May l my life and service give
As thou has fashioned me,-a a
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
TchuIu Youth Gets
Commentator Letter

Aboard a U. S. Minesweeper, Feb. II
(Delayed)-Constantine Comola, Phar.
macist's Mate, first class, USN, of Box
212, Tchula, Miss, has been commend
ed by Admiral Harold r. Stark, USN,
Commander Of U. S. Naval Forces in
Europe, for aiding in extinguishins
fires aboard a British tanker in a har.
Dor in France.
The following letter Of commendation
was presented to Comola by the com.
handing officer of the rescue ship on
behalf of Admiral Stark:
"Your performance of duty on board
a burning British ship in a harbor in
France while you were attached to q
U. s. minesweeper has been brought to
my attention. You courageously board
ed the stricken ship and spared no ef-
fort to locate injured personnel and
seeing them to safety. Despite imminent
danger of explosion, you skillfully
treated those persons overcome by
smoke and flames and contributed ma
terially to the saving of life.
"For your outstanding performance
of duty on this occasion you are here
by commended.
"A copy Of this letter will be forward
ed to the Chief of Naval Personnel to
be filed in your official record.
Mrs. Fern Grice Comola, the sailors
wife, formerly at Tchula, now reside at
Natchez.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Red Cross

The following letter has been receiv-
ed by our County Red Cross War Fund
Chairman and will be Of pride and In
terest to people over the entire county.
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Washington, D. G.
March s, 1916
Office Of The war Fund Chairman
Mr.. w. X. Ellis
Lexington, Miss.
Dear Mr.. Ellis:
am so pleased to learn that your
chapter has exceeded its ls45 Red Cross
War Fund goal.
This fine achievement 10, ] know, duo
10 your able leadership and the earnest
efforts Of your associates. and u .
tribute to the splendid generosity Of
your contributors. All Of VI ut national
headquarters share our pride and re-
joiee In your success.
Please extend my sincere congratula-
tions TO all Of your co-worksrs.
Cordially yours,
Colby N. Chester
National Chairman
Red Cross War Fund
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Families Urged To
Salvage Fat

We have been informed by the Wa
Food Administration that the shortage
of fats is most acute at this time. The
present shortage could be met if each
family in the United States would save
one pound of fat a month. The savings.
when totaled, amount to 150, 000, 900
pounds, enough to fill fifteen train.
loads, one hundred cars to tie train.
We have been asked to call the A.
tention Of our citizens to this serious
shortage. We have sent out a letter to
each County Superintendent Of Educa-
tior ir the State, urging the assistance
Of our schools in the necessary salvage
program. The Extension Agents in each
county will call q meeting of represen.
tatives of all agencies to help relieve
this acute shortage. To this meeting,
community leaders will report and b
informed of the plan adopted for use
in their communities and county.
Fats are disable for many wartime
needs. Explosives, medicine, industrial
needs, and many different kinds Of
military uses consume available fats.
Almost each home in our state has q
vacant chair. If the salvaging Of fats
around the nome will help the aus
of the one represented by that vacant
chair, we shall not fail in this effort.
Publicity to this shortage can be given
through the schools. Our school forces
are ready and willing to lend their as
sistance in this vital matter. We have
been informed of this need and that
means that we must meet it. Let me
urge, therefore, that all of our school
leaders be on the alert to do their
part in this wartime need.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
To All Holmes County
Physicians:

Have you been too busy to spend .
week or two attending a postgraduate
course outside the state? II SO you
might be interested in a short war
time one day postgraduate course com.
bining the subjects Of Obstetrics ana
Pediatries. Such q course will be given
in Jackson and Greenwood by DR.. Raipn
G.. Platon, head of the department. OF
Pediatrics Tulane University Scnooi Va
Medicine, and DR.. George Mayer OF the
obstetrics department Of the same
University. Place and dates: Robert l.
Lee Hotel, March 26th from $500 p. m
10 10: 90 D. m. City Hall Greenwood
March soth from 600 p. m. to lo:oo p.
M. This will really be a feast OF infor-
nation by the very best authorities -
the country.
Dtrsstof. s ASS"A '@l
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Compton Youth Killed
In Germany 18Th

Pfc. william Ernest Compton, 20.
husband of Mrs. Mary Ernestine Hocutt
Compton, Of Lexington, route 1. was
killed In action in France on February
18th according to a telegram from the
War Department March 9Th.
Pfc. Compton had been in service II
months and overseas since October
1914. He was In an infantry outfit and
had served in England, France and Bel
gium prior to Germany. He took his
basic training at Fort Mcclellan, Ala.
and at Fort Meade. Md, and Camp Pick
EFT, Va.
Before entering the army Pfc. Comp
ton farmed at Louise. Surviving are his
wife who makes her home with heI
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ernest
Hocutt, Of Lexington, route j; his pa
rents, Mrs. ID. w. Long, Of Louise, and
Benny Ernest Compton, Of C%arrollton;
two sisters, Mrs. J. A. Sanford, Lexing-
ton, route s, and Mrs. Luther Scott, OF
Yazoo City.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
VituI Statistics Report

February. 1946-Holmes County
Total births reported; ia; White
II; Colored, ZOE.
Total deaths reported. rs; White, Z;
Colorsd, IS.
Total male births reported, So; Fe-
male, IS; Total male deaths reported
8; Female, Is.
Total live births reported, LOT; White,
IL; Colored, %.
Total stillbirths reported, 8; White
/; Colored, 4.
Total births In hospital, z; Total
deaths in hospital, 2.
Total deaths reported In Holmes
County, Feb. 1944-4S.
Total births reported in Holmes Coun-
ky, Feb. 1944-S3.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
W. 6. Mize, Jr. Is
Prisoner Of War

Durant friends will be glad to learn
that Pfc. w. G. Mize, Jr, sol of Mr..
and Mrs. W.. G. Mize. of Jackson, and
grandson of Mrs. s. c. Ray, of Durant,
is a prisoner of war and safe in a Ger
man camp near Berlin. He had been
reported missing in action since Deem
Der 18th.
Mrs. Mize received a card from her
son today saying he was o. X. She Is
the former Clara Ray, of Durant, and
a wide circle of friends of the family
will rejoice in the good news.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15

Cpl. Guy NJ. Holder was promoted to
that rank and recently awarded the
Good Conduct Medal in Hawaii whore
he has been stationed nearly two years.
He has been in service three years and
five months and is now a link trainer
instructor in the Air Forces. He wears
the Asiatic Pacific campaign ribbon and
the craftsmanship medal.
+ Cpl. Holder is the son Of Mr.. ant
Mrs. W. T. Holder, Of Lexington, and
is married to the former Bessie Lou
Moses, of Lexington. They nave one
daughter, age Ia months, whom he has
never seen. s3 ~
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Consolidated School
Elect Trustees

The following trustees have been
elected for a three year term to serve
the Consolidated Schools Of the county
Acona, Howard Terry; Bethesda. Lee
Mayo; Centerville, Barrett English;
Cleveland, J. E. Frost, Moreton Byrd;
Coxburg, w. E. Spencer; Cruger, Lewis
Parker, Marion Estes.
Ebenezer, H. c. Brock; Elliott Hill
Lawrence Herring; Emory, w. E. Hill;
Franklin, w. d. Wynn.
Goodman. Sam Hall; Harmony. J
Harvey Brister; Owens, L. E. Johnson;
Pickens, W. c. worthey; Providence, j
X. Boatwright; Tchula, Harvey Baine;
Wesley Chapel. B. s. Parkinson; West
Richard Stone.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Cpl. Victor c. Burden
Released From Hospital

The 10th General Hospital, England
Corporal Victor C. Burden, age 26
Of RID No. 2, Goodman, Miss, ha re-
covered at this United States Army hos
pital, from wounds received hear st
With area, on December 23rd, 1914
While at this hospital. he received ex-
pert medical care, followed by a period
Of convalescence. He has now been re-
leased for a return to duty.
He is a member of an Armored UNI
and Joined the Army in February, lsAz
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15

By Staff Sergeant Charles M. Plat,
of Greensboro, N. c.. a Marine Corps
Correspondent.
Somewhere in the Paeific-(Delayed)
Wounded In the campaign for Guam,
Marine Sergeant Walton l.. Doty, Jr,
90, whose father lives in Eden, Miss
recently was awarded the Purple Heart.
The veteran Of the Guam and Bou-
granville campaign Is q wife communi-
cations man in an artillery unit of the
Third Marine Division.
He was struck by a shell fragment on
aidGuam's D-plus-one day. Treated in
an aid station and then aboard a ship,
he returned to duty a week later.
Doty grew up in Holmes County
Miss. and attended the Lexington High
School. He entered the Marine Corps In
September, 1910, and shipped overseas
in January, 1943.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Two Holmes Boys
With Fifth Army

Pfc. Charles w. Dugan, Jr., son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Dugan of
Tchula is . Quarryman in the 175th
Engineer General Service Regiment
which recently SPAWNED the Serchic
River on the Fifth Army Front in Italy
with a 270-foot timber pile bent bridge
Pfc. Tommis G. Ward, son Of Mrs. Lot.
tie G. w. Mcclellan of Rt. 3, West, ID
a truck driver in this same Regiment.
Among the 70 large bridges the regi-
ment has built since last August l is q
63o-foot Bailey bridge assembled acros,
the Arno River by n company in seven
days.
By replacing tbs two end spans with
earth fills and linking the three piers
with Bailey bridge units. the regiment
repaired in record time q blown mason
ry arch bridge that wa built in 1928,
IN Route 2 north Of Bolsena.
Six thousand pounds Of INT wal
used to clear a bridge site on the Arno
River where the regiment erected 4
400-foot, two-lane span, one Of the
longest temperament bridges in ives.
tern Italy
The regiment has had as many as IL
bridges under construction at n time
The regiment has been commended
by the commanding general Of Western
Task Force, the chief engineer of x
Corps, British Eighth Army in Tunisia
he chief engineer of the Eastern Base
Section and the chief engineer Of the
United States Seventh Army.
The 175th helped put the port OF
Civitavecchia back in order, went
through Poggibonsi, then, late in July
operated the port of Piombino.
They opened for heavy traffic High
way l from Cecina to Viareggio, High.
way 67 from Leghorn to Florence, Route
IL from Pisa to Lucca and the Autes.
! trada from Lucca to Pistoia. In support
of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force
they opened Route Ga from Pistoia
north to the front. Route 1920 was
cleared for the British 9Th South Afri-
can Division between Prato and the
front.
The outfit Is currently maintaining
snow stations along routes, where snow
ploughs operate from and emergency
r~ations are stored and issued. The 175th
recently installed and now operates
three 400-kilowatt generators, two in
Florence and the other at the Gath Cen
eral Hospital. Another Of its recent &C.
t~ivities is winterizing of hospitals.
In North Africa, the 175th completed
six miles of taxiways and hard-stand-
'ngs at Gazes airfield near Casablanca,
French Morocco, a week ahead of sched-
ule; built in the same area two canton
ments accommodating $4,000 troops each
and a base engineer depot; cleared
thousands of mines and BOBBY traps and
expedited road building by f%ashioning
road drags and pipe culverts from
abandoned oil drums in Tunisia and
also in Tunisia, rebuilt bombed piers
and roads about Sousse harbor and
helped repair the Bizerte naval base.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-03-15
Putients At The Hospital

Mrs. Howard Malone, Ebenezer.
Geneva Farmer, Lexington.
Mrs. T. J. Trull, Lexington.
Luther johnson, Lexington, Rt. B.
Mrs. j. F. Carpenter, Lexington, Rt. 2
w. d. Peacock, Lexington, Ri. 8.
Colored
Margaret Kyles. Tchula.
W. H. Montgomery, Tchula.
Sam Redmond, Lexington. It T.
Hoss Fletcher. Tehula.
Leila jenkins, Pieksns. IT. T.