1942, October 23 - U.S. Forces by Journal Inc

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Soviets Hack Gaps Pile of Scrap That Almosr Hides School In Nazi Lines As Building: That's Result At East Tupelo Winter Hits Russia

west wiping out12a tanks Nazi unit to theand south, while and a battalion (1,000 men) of shock troopsthe were annihilated the city, high commandinside .reported today. . "In the Stalingrad area our in repelling ath-oops engaged tacks of enemy infantry and . tan s," the Thursday midnight k communique said. It followed front dispatches which told of

U. S. Forces Beat· Off EnemY 'Feeler' Attack .

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Tupelo, Mississippi , Friday Morning, October 23, 1942

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ing operations. The Red army was reported hacking gaps in German while lines on both sides of the Stalingrad, in the Volga city the weakening N · k ~t:a~;it~~/ d d Off f or th~Zlfi~~~~

ed, back a Jap "feeler': attack ,against the Amer.ican western flank on Guadialcanal..:...the f'irs t enemy 1,an'ct, ' th rust · since they launched their big pu·s h in the Solomo:ri1< · Iii week a1:o--ithe Na"'.y rev~3;1ea .!oclay i~- :3- com1?uni~ue which sai1d there has been "~o reJl,Q'ri of · any miater1al c.hange m , the m1htarv !'H tttat10rt." _ 11 Th e attac . k, w . h ich QGcurre,c!: Monday, ·J was described as a ''mi or e:nemy tlu:11'1!.~ The Navy a,ls,o ·repqrte!f that Am _ erican planes· :still are pressing th'eir ·•·e··-_ · !:I., ..,_.. · _ troop- arudi supply concen_tl'ations" on Guad:alcanal, and: that..,,.,u bombing of ''ene.my •till -~n-

The high command, i· n on·e of its rare reports said on fighting of Stalingrad, ·a Red south army detachment wiped out more than a company of German infantry

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· · · · p1ls. Th~y ;i_worked together, an,d worked_ hard. As a rew 9't'd for their good work, all the stud t · ·· f· · d:~:f~e~·;o:ivena - reep1ctureshowWednes The scrap metal collection cont1·nues 1·n the East Tupelo schcior· district, anq daily pupils report more piles at 'various point~. All the scrap will be collected and moved to market, w h ence 1·t· w1·11 go . t o th e nation's steel ,mills and into the America,n , war effort. ·

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:i-tZ1~:troyed five guns and 20 ·shal Semyon T1'moshenko's ,· (The Berlin radio broadca1t ~ Mal reinforced and rejuvenated relief Stimson L ,i sts Four_ As, Jap Prisoners, Says Tokyo dispatcil saying that "the drive toward Stalingrad from the It was co-operation that enabled the boys third attempt by Americans to northwest appeared to be gather- and girls-and the teacners and board mem.No Planes. Were Forced Down On Japan Proper break through in ' the Solomo,ns ing momentum steadily. The bers who aided them-to amass 50,000 pounds, batt!e was thwarted in heavy'd s · t b communique sai ovie troops Y not far from 100 pounds for each of the 80 .. ·•u WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.'--<U:P.)...:. planes encountered bad weather land and sea fighting." · It said w · m · to th e v .. S ecretary · of War Henry L .. Stirn- after leaving .Japan and were that "air operations cohtinu·e .") broke blo Sllddenpositions aGerman and after fierce son disclosed today that relatively forced off their course. A supreme Japanese drive to ew ·o e rmy 1e:t's who omb':One landed in Siberia," he ·re- recap ure pos1 10ns ost to the fighting took two lines of tren- 1 If -f th A fl' · · b t ·t· 1 ches. ' I .. . ed .:f_apanese cities April 11)' were -called. "Several others made fore- Marines Aug. 7 has been brewMore than 200 German dead : ,, missing and listed four of them ed landings at night in China. ing for the · past 10 days. Their were left on the battlefield, and whose names correspond to "A very few of the crews of main: <:>bjective 1s -Henderion the Russians took three field guns, those broadcast qy radio Tokyo these planes are carried on the field, air base from which th• five machine guns, 36 automatic . . , Wednesday_:_as Jal;> i:>dsone·rs. list of missing. Some may have . Americans have intercepted .. Jap rifles, and a store of ammuni, . Eighty men participated in th~ been forced down by lack of I bombers and fighters. · Lee Amendment To tion. Jobs paymg $40 a week await four weeks have been p!aced in historic raid, includiri'g Brig. Gen. gasoline in 'Japanese-controlled I Meanwhile, Under-!ecretary of 18-19 Draft Bill • In another sec tor northwest of women who have training in shipyards, _w~ere the deman~- is Much More To Come· James H. (Jimmy) , Doolittle, who territory." . !the Navy James V. Forrestal, Stalingrad fighting raged in the welding and -sip ilar work E p for an unlimited number of men L . . .~ H - , 1 led the daring mission and was· He gave the he to Tok Yo ; who returned . recently from a Faces 'Pigeon-Hole' 1 WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.- <U.P.l area of a height. German and Mitchell district ~uper .' _· · and women who have t'h e saine ongv1ew OS Rally decorated personally ,by President propaganda claims that other than itour of the Solomons, gave Wuh-The one-man crusade of Sen- Rumanian troops attacked, striv. ' . . . visor O trammg. • Roosevelt · just one, .m onth later · m\litary objectives were hit. He : ington some id_ea of the task conator Josh Lee, Democrat, Okla- ing in vain to recapture strong vo_cational tra!nmg m war work, Training is now av«iiab le to With trucks _still on the job at the White House. . . said that when the fliers left ori :fronting the defende'ri. homa, to "dry up" Army camps points captured by the Russians said . here y_e sterday, . and the anyone 16 years old or older hauling scrap to dealers, 211,700 Stimson listed these inissl~g their mission they were instruct- \ He told the Navy's labor resuffered a crushing setback to- two days ago and losing up to I trammg . is ava.1lable m Tupelo who meets general physical 'i·e- pounds of Junk had been sold to fliers and their next 11;·1 • C ed to attack military objectives i lations conference the balanc'e , night when the Senate adopted 500 men. without cost, he pointed out. , qull'ements and is willing to · a~- deal~rs here already yesterday Jacob D. Deshazer "Mr only and subsequent report-s in- iof power in the Pacific was a an Administration motion to The high command report of War industries are urging that cept a referral to _war industri~s. by city and· county schools. The II Andrus, mother, geher_a l delivery dicated they did so thoroughly. lto1:1ch-and-go affair and . ·.cou_Id refer to the hostile Military Af- the battle for the height dove- women prepare themselves for The . local vocat10nal p r ogra~ total 1s s_cheduJe_d to spurt sharp- Madres, Ore.; Sgt; Harold' .A'. ----shift almost daily- For that reafairs Committee his amendment tailed with earlier dispatches work in vital war plants, he said. no~ _includes complete _courses m ,iv : t.oday and_ tomorrow as ,i:nore . Spatz, Robert A. Spatz -f ather son; he s;iid, .he would no.t hazlinking ' prohibition with the which said the relief army, driv- He also expr_essed his enthusi- we_dmg, she.e t metal, . a:q:>lane' Joads come m and the weights Lebo Kan .. .First Lieut 'n ', . E' ard a guess as to ' tJ;ie1 011tc0Jne 'teen age .draft qilL ing down under cover of a howt~hene~ \~ nvetmg and _pipe fitting, and an ,are reported _to ~9unty S~I?erin- Hallrilark, Mrs. ·1ofJ~e sii\~htf~:t ni~"'tJ~ 0 The 'vote was 49 to 25ling blizzard, had crashed through training shops now in operation ~~tn _p ipe fittmg are open to wo- ~~ii~nt o~ -- Educ~twn George W . Wmo t J:iei-, Dali?S: T~x;: F·ii;st ' ~ieuf'. batt'e were measured "by - the , 11 The votte - on ·a · motion by th e second line of German de- by Tupelo public schools at the T·. . j1 . , . .. , .. ·. . . - . 1 iam Glover .Farrow -·-Mrs. !fierce resolution and courage.' of Democr,a tic . Leader Alben W . fenses and captured a height armory building at the fairiame~s may now take t e i Ba,c;kmg the_belief that the lOO Jesse Farrow, .: mother,.- W~shing~ _· . ·_- ;_ those men down there, , there can Barkley - climaxed four hours commandtng a broad sweep of grounds. courses m then· _off work .hour, tons- is 0111 Y a part of the Lee_ ton, D. C. >- .· ... ' -·. ' .-i ; · ' ·. be but one outcome - ·- complete ' city's. northwesterly apno oncost. mforma· .five County total the completed fact . that men Stimson. said the names: of these I an d f' , t ory." B ut; ' .he_ ~- . of turbulent debate and removed P.the roaches. ,'A woman o_r man witho1Jt at t10?. __ the Add1t10nal courses,. pla~ement trucks hadwas not yet correspond 'closef with'thos M 'h FBI H Id ~ma l :vie t)1e last maj br obstacle to pasany experience can now enter poss_ibihties or tr'.1-nsportatwn af~ th e job of moving the big sc_rap given in th' _-. "l . , ..., b :·d· 1 . _ E:t . err1p is__ · .. .-_ ,, () S , ~plied, the constantly shlftin~ ·balS?ge, probabfy tomor;row, of the As the, war ,in Russia went fo- this trainipg program and with- Iowances for trainees forced .._fo, pile in ,fr 011 t of Tupelo ·High wh' h 'd ,tJ , J.'0'.':,1·0 ~- - r.oa ,_c;as Q ance 0f power must be taken into 18-19 conscription ·measure . to its 17th, month, the hig h com:_ in -a month or- .si'x weeks qualify come som ~ di ·ta . , b . · · . · . · . 1c sa1 . ..e,Jnen were cap.f ur.. eg~o· n·. -~-rg~~-'' cpnsideration. .. , ·,, Th ' ' " J d '\U§.JldJ<;!PO,hed. that in ~t\,~ -area of f61; , em,p)9ym~.r tt~-in:,,jobs--'1.-',i tal to· tai ed:, ' t' th' :Ttipn1eO O ,)~"-fh ·1pd~ooL. Thirtee n tonS>W . ere . n:io.ve. d · ai'id' . . w;:~re _ "' . : , heitl.g ' : pg.ni'shed ' for ff,te"' fITT:t"' tlie . opposing. gro'bnd 0 0 'th~ 'Sp· r:-~:~~~e firie" Stalingi'ad 'f, actory the Ger~ the. ' war a beginning u_u.cd ,nt . a States ' e Employme, , e IC':1 t , .Se!.much ·more ' :fyIE:rvµ'HlS; 22,- - was James - coqtact ~- •ed f $ e_Iort at k,, h was-Wednesday trucked off and yesterday. · "inht.ffnane" ab]P. bombin" conduct.:_"inexcusand· -m·ach' · · · · .-Bea _r.d_ ,·..17-year,Oct. old. negi·o, ap-- fol'.Ges geste· d finally, a .·. ma·J··omade r attle _1· s_. 1·n sug.J the hearings. and Lee. determined to mans attacked, hand-to-han d wage o 40 p er wee , e said. vice, 113% South Broadway or M , · h'l · · h · , . :r .. ": · · · l,l-lE;-gun•·-· u . o r_c e consideTation ·by· a roll-call fightifrg deyeloped, a:n-d a dozen Fifteen women from Green- the U'SES t t' , h ean w- i e, m ne1g boring I mng of c1v1han school- children prehe:1-ded by FBI agents here to- offjng. The Japs are backed· up f_ . d d ville vocational shops who had ' ' . ~ r~prese_n a !Ve w_ ~ I Pontotoc . Coui:ity, Longview and nbn-militar~- objectives" at <lay a ·,few hours ' after •he . was by a formidable fleet wh:1cli Bore r1°obe( introduced it' from the ~a~~ftat~~\t;J;~~;s ~~oi~ been training in welding about ::~~1/he surrou~dmg ' counties School1 was tun:mg a scra_P. h~-l i- Toky_0. '< -:.· ' ·,._ ,·' ·-, ' aU,e ged . _to have made , two' at-. down from the north last week. ·· troops were exterminated. ·. - - - - - ~a_y n_to a __smt .of. co_mn:iumty (The ,German ~-- news ·.. agency te:fl1pts to. wreck -.~&~ -trains., . , Another big naval force: is .known -The roll call would hav e •had , . . ; fair, With c_1t1~ens bnn~m m_ ~h_e DNB _sai!l- Wedtws~.iy,,, ot~ers also ·. Percy ,W yly, special agent m to :be .massed in the Short!and tlie _effect of putting his colleagu- n1!cct~~a t~ieac:ii~~:st scr<!-:R,., te,mng speake1s, p~it1c1- were ,capt1,1red and that / their charge of ' the Memphis FBI ~u- Island C area - some 300 miles ~s ,, on r ecord on prohibition in ' patmg __m,-v<.:.. -0 ntest~ and haymg a names '•VJill i,be ,publish~d later: ,-requ, accµsed the negro of a v-10- northwest of Guadalcanal. ' good ial-y gene1ally. advance of the N:ov. 3 elections, orossisk, the._ Russians beat off · I . , Tokyo also listed, a Robert :('i:yth lation, of _· the federal _ anti-trail} Forrestal, meanwhile, gave this 1 ' , There was a cross country bicy- -or Heiss. Tlie .official American wteckmg statute. a 'situation dif;tasteful to most of Axis attacks. German troops . - · - · 1 . picture of what Arilericart foi:ces them. hi ed to occupy one height, but 1-· cle race; a horse pulling contest 'list of fliers· wlib participated in Wyly said the negro had "the are up against in the Solomons: l The amendment, because of were thrown back after losfng and a .horse-colt-and-mare show. the raid of ;Tokyo, Yokohama m~ntality of a 5-year-old." He They are fighting' without rest the committee's antipathy , 1s 150 officers and men, the high ii $:peakers irrc_lude'd County Agent and Nazoy,a , list~d -the somE:what said the yo~th c~uld give no ex- "in black, thick jungle,.· in the certain to be pigeon-holed. The command reported. Q. S. Vail. . County Superinten'd- ohonetically . similar name of lcuse for his act10ns. ..:. blackest kind of nig•nt." · ·, · maneuv er, howevet', does not In another sector a band of Dr. Morton Urges Certificates For ' ent Jphn H. Gay, Longview Sup- Lieut. Robert _.L. Hite of , Earth, . The first attempt was made "They have been born.bed . by prevent the Oklahoman fi om Soviet Mannes killed more than eTintend_ent 0. 1H. Pound and 1:ex. Neither Hjte n'or the four , early last night. In that effort day and shelled by nig~t,' and sponsonng a substitute or mtro- 300 Rumamans and de~troyed 1_2 More Production Trucks Necessary George MC'Lean, Journal editor. listed by Stimson were among I Beard _Placed several blocks of they have been att_a cked from 1 ducmg separate legislat10n. I pillboxes and 30 carts of ammum1 Discussing ' the part that the the 30 .f liers publicly decorated wqpd .t wo _.feet long and six in- the jungle both day and night." Barkley stepped mto the t10n. Three German planes we~e At_ a joint meeting of the FSA Each farmer in Lee County s1:1all community. and the indi- afterward. . , · .: · , ches thick on the tracks near ~is He said the job of · sup'plylng breach after hi gh Army and Na- I shot down oyer . the Soviet P@ISI- ~istr~cts ~ an~ 4 yesterday morn- who pur_chased a license fag_ for I v'idual can play m the war ef(Radio Tokyo, continu'ing to I home. Blocks were tossed aside \ the troops there was "one of the vy leaders, mcludmg Secretary tions by antI-a_ncraft gunners. mg m the city hall, Dr. J. R a truck in 1941 has been matlced fort, Mr. McLean urged that ev- insist that Japan had punished when a· fast L&N passenger train most dil;ficult \asks undertaken o{ War Henry L Stimson UnRed army artillery, mortars and Morton, professor of adult educa- an application for Certificate of ery person in every community the fliers · it· c;laimed were ·_cap- hit them. Beard said he was a- by any Navy in the , history of the dersecretary Robert P. Patterson elite _guardsmen ?roke up pre- tion at Mississf\:ipi State College, War Necessity to be executecl and ' do his jub well. "We can never tur~d, tol!l -Thursday of an un- asleep .when the train passed his wor'd." . .· · · · . anti Secretary of the Navy Frank parat10ns for a big scale attack discussed the Farm Security M returned to the Office ot De- produce on the home front as we nameq "second lieutenant ·whose house. This sober analysis recalled his Knox denounced the proviso as in the upper Don valley below n;nnistration's J;>art m solving fense Transportation. should and never win on the war home -is at 162,2.. Lakehurst Street, . A.t . 4·. o'clock, Beard. told FBI statement imn1ediately after his a threat to the Army's morale. Voronezh, the nigh command said. world proble,ns. H e said that W- C. Inzer, secretary, Lee front as we must until we-in Cleveland , and . another. . from agents, he placed a five -foot log return from the Pacific ·- that Stimson declared , _ and his A regiment of about 3,000 in- the chief weapon of the FSA in County USDA War Board and local communities throughout Springfie!d , Garden,, Long -Island, : a~ro,ss Jh.~ tracks. This, _too, was the· Ja!')s would_ have · "a very remarks were seconded by Pat- fantrymen had massed for an as- assisting in the solution of these J.P. Young, chairman, Lee Coun- America-begin to function as we New York" -as other prisoners. · -t ossed ·as1de when the first tram tough. time" trying to retake the , terson and Knox _ that it would sault, only to be dispersed with a problems will be increased food ty USDA War Board, advises should," he said. The offi!::ial Amei-ican list con- •to ··cor,ne by hit it. ' Solomons. ' •~' , '-. force the Army to police metro- loss of two companies. oroduction among low income that the county agent's office will · He pointed out the scrap drive tained no names at such addres- -·-·- - -- - -·--- - - -- - - - -- ~ ~ - - - - ~ - - - - . . ; , , politan centers such as New farmers: assist farmers in fil:ing out these , as the nrimary home front task ses. · In fact; there· is - no "Lake· 0- - - - 0

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Sc/'On after t'he motion carried, Barkley , adjourned the chamber until 11 -m., tomorrow when other ame~dments will be taken up. They include : By Robert A. Taft, Rep_u blican, Ohio, to direct selective service to provide for continued educalion of qualified inductees for both essential civilian work and war duty. By Millard E. Tydings Democrat, Maryland, to provide permanent defermen t of farm workers as long as 't hey remain in farm work. By Haro'.d Burton, Republican,

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year. The Senate bill now extends this option only to ·high school youths. By Gerald P. Nye, Republican, ', North Dakota, to hold 18 and 19 , year old youths in r eserve until . 'they become 20 , a 'though they might volunteer ea rli er. The War Department is opposed. By Theodore G. Bilbo, Democi·at, Mississi ppi , to assign the 'teen age men to educational institutions until they re ac h 20 , meantime receiving basic military training. This also would ' permit volunteering for active• , duty before the 20th birthday. Lee's amendment would have / banned safe of alcoholic b ever~ges at, ,Qr in the vicinity of. : Army and Navy posts and would , have made enforcement by the , W<1r Department manctatory-

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ors from the 16 counties of the ' not have any additional forms; tural area is food production t wo districts are here for the : therefore, it will be necessary ' p ro ducing all the eggs, milk and two-day bi-monthly_district 1;11eet- j that. the truck. ~wner bring_ the chickens tha_t _the ~armers of mgs, which are bemg continue~ application wh1c·11 _he received. Northeast M1~s1ss1pp1 are capaMrs. w. A. Swain of Myrtle separately today. Any farmer who did not recei_ve ble of producing. "As you know died at the home of her son, W. Present for yesterday morning's an application form may wnte our. leaders have ,old us that 0. Swain of Tupelo after a sud- sess10n we_re Joh_n A. Baker, as- the_ Office of Defen~e Transp_or- eggs, chickens and milk are three den h eart attack at about 5:30 sistant regional ~hrector in charge I tat10n , central mailing offic_e, of the most vital foods that are o'clock yesterday afternoon. She of rural reha~1htation; Walter j Post Office Box 2259 Detrmt, needed today," he continued. was 74 years old. Interment Crawford, rE:g10nal community Mich. To do their share in producwill be at Old Oak Grove at 2 service specialist; Dall~s C. Each truck _owner must have ! ing food for victory, Northeast ()'dock this afternoon, with the Vandevere, ~tate FSA director;. the. following mform_at10n before ' farmers must abandon "farming Rev. Frank Cox officiating. Mrs. W. _H. Merrill , a~d Howard E. these forms can be filled out: (1) as usual" and go all-out into the Swain was a member of the Old Davis, area superv1soi'. Number of miles the truck ran production of these basic foods, Oak Grove Baptist Church near January, February and March, it was stated. The broiler proMyrtle. Battleship Mississippi 11941, the number of tnps made gram of the Northeast Mississippi Surviving are five children, k It . c· I . ·. . aTnhd the loadfcarne_d each_ tnbp. Council was cited as one way farMrs. c. F. Autry, Hope Well, Un , a 11an-S aim is same m ormatwn wi 11. e mers can get into the production Va.. Mrs. P . M. Messer MemLONDON t cu l needed fo rthe other three quar- program. ·' . · ' · ' O c · 22 . - :P. -The need for the other three quar- , ph:s,. Tenn. , Mrs. P: Rams~y,] German - controlled. Panscruiser radio the, application. . Bnmm~ham, A~a. , Ocie ·. Swam, said today that a ~ntlsh Phosphate Ao va1lable O Memphis, Tenn., A. J. Swam, bas arrived at Gibraltar with N F , Ad . d Memphis, Tenn. and w. 0. Swain, survivors of the United States ow; armers vise Tupelo; two brothers, R A. Ray battleship Mississippi, which the ' To' Plac · e' ·A 'p p1·1cat·1ons· of Memphis and ?· L Ray of Myr- Italians c!aim was sunk by one , _ , . . tle; 12 gran~children and one of_· thell' submariiws off South Admitted: George Robert RiThe county ~gent. s off1c~ !has grea~grandchil~ Amenca ~veral week~ aao ~y, Mary Allen Riley , W. G. p~nty of phosph~e availab~ "' · Townley, Mrs. C. W. Sullivan now, Frank Haynes, AAA ad-

ments by the War Department and Doolittle a ' month after the raid that no . American - planes were down , in· Japan and . that only military .obj_ectiv·e s were attacked-and very thoroughly, too. Though none -of ·the bon;i.bers was down in- Jap~n · proper, Stimson said he imders!ood some of the

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The Victory Pageant gate of sented at Robins Field, just be$330.10 last night "sorely dis- fore completion of the dramatic appointed" Commander H. K. sketch, "A Message to Hitler," Grantham of the Lee County written by Corp. Robert Beck of American Legion, he said last the air l:iase and performed by night after the proceeds, which eight men ,f rom there. go ·to Ahny Emergency Relief, ! However, the coloi:f,ul part of p · had been counted. , the pageant-the parade, the pro.crqpe·s , "A total of $1,000 would have cession of beauties 'and the drills U Q H ' If I be.e n_ littl_e enough for \ he people -al_l too_k place_ before . first a P ver - · (J . · ts of the city and count;f. to show sprinkle and then a heavy shower Goal For Sc;slvage their appreciation to the men of dispersed ' 'the · crowd. the Columbus Army . Flying Mr. Grantham said he apprePONTOTOC, . O~t. . 22.-Ponto- School for bringing the pageant ciated most .the spirit of .the Tuto.c County, wH/:1 a goal of tv..i'o here at no cost to us whatso- peloan ·who wrote him the folmillion pounds , to be reached by eve_r," . he said_. · · ·1-lowing _letter: ·· · . __ Intncate dnlls executed by · "I thmk . .you _know · me well Nov. already up two platoons of soldiers from the enough to be sure that I .am-· a total11: of has nearly; !' and scraped orie-fourth million ppunp.§__ q_f ·metal and ·i,:ub- air base were the highlight of thoroughly in sympathy _with the ber for the' sal~age cainpai:gn. . the first. part of the program - eff01;-t of the Legion _in ,b ringing Th~ metal 'saliJ,a·g ed for victory "worth a dollar just for them," the pagean~ here fromCo~umbus. has r.e ached 64,246 pounds; , i,:uq- Mr. Gr.antham said. but owing to an unkirtd . sinus ber, · .3,465. · , 1 Rain broke up the show, pre(continued on page five) ~-~.-~.~.~ .~ ..-,- - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - ~ - - - -- - - - - - ~ - ~ - - - ~ ~ . , · . , .

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Tupelo High School's Golden Wave will play its first Big Eight game this season on the home gridiron tonight when it meets Vicksburg, whose main achievement this season has been to play Meridian to a scoreless tie. Meridian is now tied with McComb for fir st· place in th e conference. · K ickoff time is 8 o'clock tonight ·at Robins Field. Coach Engle May, after putting his charges through their fina l preparatory workout yesterday afternoon, said that his squad- is not in ;top-notch condi , 1ion because Backs "Bubber" J er-, nigari and Merle Mc Vey are on the injured list. However; it was

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Mrs. A. Cole and babv girl, of 1943 checks. Tupelo; Otis Watkins, Verona ; While there is a good supply learned ; Blue Long, Neil Troy Katie Doss, Sha'n non. on hand 'now, fa rmers 'Ire urgec1 and James Barnes are ready to Other patients: Mrs. J. B. to get sqme of the preser.t lot, take over when needed. Shannon, Tup_elo: Troy Nichols, for the general supply is lirnite-:1 · The Wave line is· in good con- T. upe1o; M rs. L ester .B eas1ey, and it is not known when o• dition and has shown improve-I Sher1:1an; _ Mrs. W- G. Morgan, whether any ;nore · can b,~ obment in practice, this week. Tupelo ; Mrs. E. _ D. Homer, Sal- tained. Vicksburg, ,which ·. is credited t1llo; Mrs. W . R Payne and baby -- o with having a hardcscrapping boy, T'.'pelo;_ Mrs. R c ... Deat~n , Tires Of Reclaimed tea m, possesses as its stats a good Plante1 sv 1lle ,. J. C. Sheffield, 'lutackle and a couple of good pe'o: B~bby James .Betts, Tu- Rubber To Be Made backs, accordrng to rep_o rts. The pelo , Mis. C- B. Yarbrnugh, Blue A . bl T p bl. visitors arrive this morning in Sprrngs; Mrs: Jo_lrn H. Abe:·nava I 1a e O U IC order to get in some rest dur- thy, Shannon, Mrs. J. N. No1ton, WASHINGTON,. Oct- 22 -<LI.P.l ing the day. Tupelo ; _George Cole, Tupelo ; -The Office of Price AdminThe Greenies won last year's Lomse Simpson, Tupelo; Bessie istration, moving to make availcontest, played in Vicksburg, _ Gamble, Blue Spnngs. able _to the public tires mll:de of 21 7. Six passes netted the Wave o \ reclaimed r_ubber, to?,a;v issued 81 yards in the encounter, but WEATHER . new regulat10ns_ permitt~n~ <;lealtonight the Webb-to-Parish com T d , f t f M' . . ers to stock up m preparation for 0 bination is expected to do eve~ . . al s_ Fordca~ f. \ t iss~ssip- the new mileage rationing probetter P 1• d 00 ei n ay, 1 es 1 O s rong_ gram w hich becomes effective .. · - - - -- , -wm son the coast. Nov. 22.

_ P_a_ci-fi_c_O_ce_a_lli_ _.....,,,_ _ _ GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD- 1 rine forces, irt t)leir lat~st action, QUARTER_S, -·Australia, Friday, repulsed ·. a · Jap · feeler thrust Oct. 23 . .:_ (U.P.) - · Allied airmen against their positions; .fror'n this cori\manii, striking in 1 . The communique also revea!ed · · "' support of their embattled Com,1 an a b ortive ra.1'd b y t.,ree Japr ades on_ Guada!canal · Island,. anese planes on Port Moresby, d umped 10 torls , of bombs yester- ! · the first on. that base sine~ Sept. da y in- a predawn raid on the ! 23, an dalso indic.a ted the pos.JapaheSe base ' Of Buin, in the : sibility of another slight advance n·o rthern Solomdn·s, it was· art- l by Australian jungle fighters in nounced today. · _\ 1 the Owen Stanley . Mountains 'of Twin-motored ,, medium . born- I i New Guinea where rains and ))ers encountered, stiff opposition ! , severe weather. · conditrons · are fr om Japanese anti-aircraft guns j : hampering operations; I and sear_chlights in their ,fifth i The raid on Buin was _(iirected raid on Buin iri a week but al1 1 \ ' against Japanese shipping arid got 1:iack_- safelr, said the mid-day \ shore installations but layers of communique issue/fl by MacAr- 1 e; Figures show , heavy clouds prevented observathur. · J statute miles tion of . the exact damage done Buin is on t_h~ sou_them tip of · ,C:...j•~ All' d 8 j I by the 10 .tons of bomqs._. ·. · Bougainville-; ,_. Island and is 340 1 . v ,e ase ) The communique ·,said that all miles northwest of ,Guadalcanal '\ . -. · . ' · ··· · · \ .planes -lod1ted the, ta'.rge,ts, indicawhere. 11_l}eri~~tt ,;'\r~Y. and ,Ma- ._.!Y.!~~~..P-,~~ -~J°.l~~ tin$ .the- raid was a success.

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