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to give to his address, at the Lee - STOCKEOL-M, Tuesday, Feb. lain tha t ·n either was an of£icial. policy to make a peace effort. County Jerse y Cattle Club last 15.- -'.U.ri, -- fodirect con tact ha s The on e . discord.ant note of the Usually relia,ble informatants night, for the Mississippi AAA /;:iccn est:l'b l:shed b etwee n Ru s- p:::st 24 hours is what now ap- s,1id that J . K. Passikivi, forme r nounc:ed t oda y . ~ ~ .... chief outlir,ed the almost lim itless sian and Finnish quarters for pre- pca;s t o be G Fi!rni sh foreign Finni sh premier here on an osCapture of Rookie I s l a nd , seven miles wid ~ • miles .:ippertuniiies for so il and pasture li m;m,ry p eace fe elers, unofficia l oHice dl savo wal of a broadcast tcnsi'bly private visit, actually Propaganda Leaflets .development his agency is offer- but highly re li;.,> j]e Fin(lish sour- l;y J uho ·E:ljas E rkko, fonnet· "inc ,va5 sent o.fficiallv lo conta ct R usfrom lip to tip _~rn · ., ied with ing fa,rners this year. ces said today, and it w :2s con- 1~ish fo reign m inister, in wh ich sia,,s here in an ·attempt lo n ego Fired Toward coastal gL: ns and otl:ler installa'·Improving soi l, pas tures and side.;: ,,d hi ghly possible that other Erkko ,a id lh::it Fir.land is now tiGte pea ce. r "'l,rlt't~ l ions w hich would me n ace any FL L. HIND S livestock w ill make us more pros- p artws, wc h .:is Amencans or , cc n&1denng every poss1bie v1 y to Dip lomatic quarter s understood . B\';I . h,,J :, a val m ov(?ments thrn ugh the oerous," Mr. Patterson told the Swedes, etc le d ,,s n;essel!gers. ! Imel .1 road to peace. The fo r- that t he Finns had informed the strait, meant complete dorn.ination A 'fl"; ·~ a udience, of farme rs and dairyAcccrcLng to this informat ion , e ign OlltCe, it reported, claimed United Stntes officially of P aasiALL r ED HEADQUARTERS, 11 _t f th t · t l" ~ i1J. t~M,. .. ',.. 'i, men. · And the AAA _helps the th e Ru ssians had sought openly that Er kko ·broadcast nothing but 1--:ivi's status before he left Hel- Naples, Fe-b . 14.-'.U.P.l-Launehing i rit,~u~!n~r tae~!afft:t~e;·.een ., e w l'<l. il V ~i,,JJ ! - . sma ll farmer to put SOil consebr- to inform themseb e~ as lo just his priva te views. . sinki. an attack a't what a few days ~ t 'f\i,; " f'\ \•ati?n measures into p1:ac tice y what t he Finns were up to in ',he -E rkko, understanda bly, has not (Paasikivi outwardly is spending ago was on e of the most endanGen. Douglas MacAr thu r 's comn ~ =1 pay111g for pasture seed111g, fert1- c,u-rcnt peace maneuver s. The desired to comment. his time quietly here, r emaining gered points of the Rome beachm 1.,n ique gave no fur ther details 1ruifll ~ '( ·' · lizers, cover crop~, and terracin!,(." ·Finns repl i(:rl they re ally w ere Bu t the United Press has un- at his hotel or visitin g friends . 'head., British troops have recapKey cf the Rooke landing but reeval- t • ··i!l , S~~~I ~) g The AAA admm1strat10n arnv- ready to "talk turkey," although imp eachable information thGt the AttemrJts to reach Mme. Alex- tured a bridge spanning a stream <= d tha t U. S . Marines on New ed in Tupelo on the same day _as nat urally no dcca ils, sueh as co n- foreign office approved eve ry and.ra I(illon tay, Russian minis- choked w ith German dead while Believed In, Ruins Britain, press ing rapidly forward Busine~s leader I)" 17_ carloads of lnne to be dis- ditions, we re m en t.io ned. word of the broadcast. The bc:st t er to Sweden, to find whether the· Americans have r ammed 200 behind retrc::i ting Jajanese troops, vleS tnb uted through h is age ncy to It was report ed that a R us- informa tion i,; t hat . t he foreign Paasikivi w as in con tact with h er yards deeper into Cassino, it was U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD- had advanced 21 m iles from Cape help L ee County £.armers fight the I sian - in div idual and a Finn have office bl1mdered tactically, il.Jut it were unavailin·g. At the Russian disclosed tonight. QUARTERS , Pearl H ar bo;·, F eb . Gloucester Sunday, capturing '' sour " soil wh ich long has b een me t, -but if this is true, it is cer- does no t affe t the govern11,ent legation h,er secretary said she American and British field of)4.- CU.P.l-J ,manese installa tions Gon ss1 vi ll age, 2 l m Il e~ Nist of Funeral services- for Rolbert Lee hampering their efforts. "No ~roswgs ccnfined to h er room with ficers were given permission to on Eniwetok atoll, key J apanese the G loucester field s. H' d "'· 70 member of one of perous agriculture can contmue · ~ !'P" a ba d cold. shell the Monte Cassino Monas-· ~lhed bomb<;t:s of all t,ypes, es-1 L~~ -~ o~~-ty's 'oldest families and of sour soil ," Mr. Patterson def i !!l f!'''1. .if-"'?J in t:' ~l / 'f':_R ~ (" tJ ,ftl r;.'.3 There was everythin_g t o indi- t ery if they deemed it absolute. base at the northwest corne r of the Marshall Islanp.s, were believ- C'orted by figh_,ei:s , s\ruci{ at Ra- a pioneer in the merchandising d!!cred._ ·. ~ 11 if W~ !i fl,;» fl~ Ii!,.~ I.."... 'fJ' U-= \k ~ " ' ~ cate h-:-tporta nt diplomatic activ- ly necessary and propaganda baul, New Bntal!1, for the lOt h b usiness in Tu elo w ill -be conLee farmers have already orderity, with Paasikivi , the leading leaflets were fired toward the ab1 ~~/~fa~ t:~~nfh:~d;i; consecutive day Saturday to drop d ucted at the niside'nce on Glcsi~r ed ov,OOO to_ns of lime to go on, "' -. !ff i!P F· Q U _ Fi e · :figure, trving to find a means of bey, warning the monk and any by American carrier-based p)aries. 179 tons of bombs on airfields Street at 2 o'clock this afternoon pastures a i;i_ct legumes, he revealft •''e.ll O tl . Ji. "" UM Ir. lf"l1 ~ d'li:1 · ~ f !!J ~ C" getting Finl2.nd out of the war. Italian civilians to evacuate. · there, whiL others unloadedl 14d7 by Dr. W. A . Tyson, . pastor of ed. Both i11_1_1e and,,ph_osphate are i'.l 'ij V i//J't/ 'rf......fj ;J I ii M8 ~.F.J E ll \'!,,,ii i.:,ll t-; g ;:I) B...." t evcr yor.f'- con-~ erned was sec- (The Bari radio in a broadcast Adm"iral Chester W. Nimitz, an- tons on Ka v ien,0,.· , New Ire an , t he First Methodist C h urch. nee~ed h -<> •a id. • One. pound of L , ' · ~ ret:ve and there was little real in- he.ard in Lon don said the shelling t nouncing that the attacks wer e and 90 tons on .l\fomote a irdrome Mr . Hinds died at his 'hcini.e at i ph~~;rnat~ _';;·il l produce 5 11_4 LONI?ON, Fe'b . l -1 .-<U~)-'l'!1e . Prime Mini ster ' Tinston C'hui-c- formation. . already had started Monday. The . made Thursday, Friday and Satur- in the Admiralty Islands in two f POL!vds or be_f a t a cost of a.bout Nor"eg·ia n aove~n m en•-,n-exile lull , barrage wa•0 described as ".viol. d 1 1 1 3 / day-one of t he most prolonged Sunday r2ids. o'c ock yest r ay a ternoon a t- ·, ce· , , or 30 Dou·,cts of milk" h.P •· - · " ''' · ' • · F inns and R ussian s n ,,tur ally .d W N G . er ., lon·g · 11n-ess He h ad been a ~ n ,sd t '- · -, ::eceive d a r eport tonight that beInforml'tion here indicated that re· _ . • ·used to t alk. Anlerr·c,ans· reent.") 1 carrier assau l ts on reccr d-sat ewa 1c, ew ,umea , a 1.so was ~ · . repo r ter . ,_ f h d <>t . · t· i·t· R ·. _ h .. · i ·t 1 . ,. - Tl1 , 11. ff t a lso that Navy and Army planes blas ted again , with the American pati ent in Community H osotta l Ii · "t d 1 - l ,t are C!3- c1"e O . t e .. cuora mg s, uauss_ia wa::. s owir~. ~1-.t\e m,er- mained discreetly in the backe ,., ies EU ered a· emporhaci joined in assaults on oth(! r planes dest roying a total of 14 for several weeks and h a d retttrn- th _'· m~, ?~1e r n P .wsf ~a oe, h tron Fmland th!'! Germans were est 111 r eports of J:< mmsn peace ground. Swedish official quarters ary setback when the Germans ase bases over a wide area planes and probably e ight others ed to h is home only a few days ".e .!1.dsw,~r.,dothm~1e .°·~"1' . .e m aking p repani t1ons for partial maneuvers m Stockholm because said that Sweden was not no w reoccupied t he canning factory Japan ,a ~ssei .. e. • a,. ,ese 1,na~.ena s are and p ossi1J]y total evacuation of she assumed that F inland was asettlement just eas t of Carroceto of the Marshalls. in the two-day blows which d rew g O. . unl1,~1hed to eacn f~rm: "' n Norway in th e event that Finns J wa re of h er terms-1.;nconditional playing the role she played in which h as been the scene of see0 15 Ujelang · atoll, a t the extr eme : ~:~rednJ:bc:i1tig~s/nly at the Born m quntown on July • Y-,r:i-_e n tl~e AAA p rogra~ nb·e ':\f made peace with Russia . surrender-- and ·saw no reason to ~;ing,R~s~i:i~~tse/ ~!k\~~t~~ saw . fi ghting for four days. But western en d of the Marshalls less cl 1874, Mr. H mds w as ~he son. 0 ~ 1:'f'.:: i,,sipp'. had ~,-000,000. a~~~Under the plan as reported, the I alter the terms. war" of 1939_1940 _ Paaskivi . was the over -all picture was encour• tha n 250 miles from t he Japar.ese onT~~b;~f~t:t~;l~d~~d:nr~l~h~ig~ W_1lhamHC. and ra:m~ L ow,1r,' co,.on ,:1r. Pat\;r1on saifr-06 Germans wou ld put fo r m al res-I Russia seemed to feel that the the chief Fin nish n egotiator then . aging althou,Eih the Germans were Ca roline;; among which is the . · Hmds. e atten e t e pu,° ; c we_ ma e_ I:1001 e, a es on. ,:., bet- p onsibility for Norwegian govern- Finns were in no position to arrevealed to have marshalled t!h e gr.·e at n aval base' of · Truk , now J apanese fighters to ok to the air schooL0 of Guntown and I uka a-c1 es b ecau:.e or cover ~1 ops:,, m ent on the traitor, Vidkun Quis- gue and would have to come to Well-informed quarters expect- ,:rreater part of nine divisions a1 within bomber range; Ujai, Utirik against t he _Sol omons - based Normal College. He th_ en spent rer cultivation and ferhllze1, he ·1,no- and w·ould ai d h im in a h er direct leaving it to Russia ed Berlin to begin exerting pres- ;;ainst the beachhead .and were was ·weake year• as '"'aymaster· aboard ddect · "Tl···s leaves. nearly 2 - terror · '" campaign, including · • mass to specify 'peace terms. · · '"'d three unspec;r' f 1' ea' a t o1·1·s were plane ~. t he au .- opos1t10n . .•. r several · · · ·ha a~sure on F'm land soo11 · believed nreparing even grea ter . •' 1 targe ts in what appear ed to be I than o rdmanly_ met by _Ameuc~n \he USS Marblehea d 111 the P a ci- .,uO,OOO ac i ~s t? put 1,'f; Y, P a r rests of patriots, in an attempt ·H owever, if the Fipns should It was k now n that Wipert Von counter-'b lows than those of last t he heaviest American aerial as- ra id ers. No_ mte:·ceptwn at all !le. tures a n d_ ~,her. crops. n ~r·ofit b to prevent outbreaks . "' decide ·on unconditional surrend- Bluecher, German minister to week. · saults since ·the hi storic bomb ard- m e t the Amencan fl iers over VanIn 1901, he came to T u pelo and '.fh:= ~a~ry far~dr c;stu";e ra! Non-B r itish diplomatic quart- er, diplomatic quarters s)Jggested , Fii1land, saw F innish l!~oreign It was ann ounced that since m ent of Kw~jalein. . . a~i~~i:~r~P;;.~~~~\!1:~ ?ee:S~ entered b_usiness w!th hi~ broth- ~oil, tfersmf« assured hi; ers reported that -Rus_sia _probably the Russian ter_m s might not. be Minister H enrik Rmn.say l ast F eb. 3 the beachhead lines h ave ·,.,E_v en befor_e the ~ew at tacks on temooraTily. ers, formmg t'he fir m or Hmds }ce~, • · a ' w ould · r efuse a ny F"nmsh over- any more drastic than those 1m- week after his return fro1!1 Ber- been h eld fi,m. in dicating that 15 F.nh,yetok, · 1 econna1ssance_ phoThe Rab-aul raid Saturday Brothers. _Two y ears later, he 1· ~an~rii'en ts for var ious ractices t_u rf's for a n egotiated. J:?eace and posed a fter th e ~9:}_9-1940 "w int~r Jin. Helsinki dispatches sa.! d tha t the few lir~ited ,-,riVhdrawals ac~og: aphs taken a~ter a ;aid J ~n. brought to 748 ton s the total drop- married Miss Helen Grace '.l)u- were) li~ted b him as iricludin . , Would demand uncondrtwnal sur- war," though it seems certam Von Bluecher· at. the. meetmg de- ttwlly occurred before· the Ger• 30:, _had s~own ~1 eat destruct,~n ped on tha t base since F eb. 3. ):lard of Grenada, who survives $ 4 per ;ere soddin g wit h B·ef.~: r'ender1u~der the policy on which that Russia will want. to o_ccupy, fine ?: 1Germany's .}!·ttitude ~C?wa~d man counterattacks reach ed their ,,-on ,the circuJar~, haped...,atoll ,3,JQ , - - - - - ~ 0 ...__,.______ nun. ·-. . ., . . . . _ , " tritlJ" - white . Du tch cl-~ve•·< B"·· ·-:\1:~·sha l ; J · se'.!!~·&hi,l,1=1,. . ,-ha.d-...ag ad . .aj;. J..east .. for the . durahon., 1m])or- the ·cDan:g.e_ d pol weal situa ,1on m 1·<peak.~.·,;:."-~ ··• ··r , miles north west of'Kwa:ialein:.....:"an · Also survJ ar_e his so n; R. :,ent:' a pou nd; Dalli~ gr;ss7'im~ 1v1t)'). p.iresident Roosevelt a rid , tant ·F innish centers. F inlan~ ." . , ~•. Q __ ': en-:,-my division, the 715~h '.rtoll which has one of the best ~ 11 L. Hind s, .J I'.; a daughter, 1vI:rs. ported 60 cents, domestic 30 cen:s; •. . ', ;nfan ,ry ,rom southern France, fleet . anchorages in the Pacific in § 1-1, Henr:;: _c. I:od~ e; t wo grandsons, c~mmon le spedeza, 25 cents; k obe, · / p JJ. fl ~ ~ 8 ., n:,d been , ·SO. chew ed up ~n the .its l agoon . M ti'il . Rob el t -B enJamm D odge and Hen- lo cents; Korean, 9 cents. r t &""ol l'l !1 it"' f.:!l ,, V~/f ir , · t?"at,fy f!P?. ~ f!:. iast _week~ _flghtln,g th~t lt had 'lo.l' = ~ w ~ ~ " - " " " 1:~· £7t;; . r:·: n _ , ; ' : / " ; M:·s Cleaning a ~ clearing up -land va il ~ ~ · ""'i \i W 8 ~ . \,Ii !. 1?st rt ~_ stnkm!' uower and othei;s . Nimitz repor ted that in the six latest a ttacks . his planes me t , ·· 0 e, Jr., a sis,e. · Mr 5 • for a permanent r,astu,·e $5 an ,... were ,veake ned by heavy casua1110 ·fi ghter oposition or anti-air - ! !· hugh ,C. Ro ss, · Jackson, Tenn. ; acre · mowing past~r~- on~ mowties . . 0 craft gun fire and it was indicated ~~d br 0 B . ~mds~ \ng 35 cents and acre: t w o mowf" V . I! 11 'fQ(!{S .. rJJrJ§ ~:I ·inir aoq sorties Sun?-ay. t'he that the Japanese garrison, t hough M ;i U~ _,.,.,. J anc , o, is 1.1ds, Mem 111gs or more $1 an acr~ ; reno va -;llled Mediterranean air force 1 b~lieved fairly strong, had been P s. _ . . . , t1on of pastures by chskmg, 75 Cf Wh en Son Pu_c kett ~f Tupel~ A tota l of three mo~·e_ attack! era 'e h eavv su,.:nort _to the beachv if'tu.ally knocked ·out. 'M any Lee Countians proved M:r. H~nds ,)Pmed the Methodist- cents an acre; kudzu, $6 s.n acre; ~ot . through "~1th a, couple of were made on t he rema1mng SJ..!b- I h ee d _battle with fr(lhte r planes . The ph otographs taken J a n. 30 themselves as good as t heir wor d Church m early boy hood and has sericia Jespedeza, $6 an acre: heavily armed U-boacs m that marines, one in the face o1 equaliv an d light and medium bombers showed many plan es in ruins on vesterday and converte d iVar ,])een , a faithfu l member since cover crops, vetch and i.v inter fam ous Oct, 4, Hl ~3. ,battle in the heavy 2n ~i-aircraft _fire which had 1"_1as'.ing enemy oositions and traf. the ail'drome and appa rently. none Bond pledges into the r ea l thing, that time. peas, $4.an acre; summer legumes. Atlantic, they, d1dn t have any chara cten zed the first attack, the . fie )ust h~rk of the line from h ad been left in fly ing condition. and the likelihood that the county _·PaHbe_arers at tomorrow 's ser - such as soybea ns, cow p eas and no wer of res1scance left a~d be- remaining two unopposed. I ila.wn to dnsk . came easx tar§et~ for b ombmg at"The courf ge, aggressiveness, 'The Bri tish advance. fiv ing the .Smoke still whirled up from the cou ld "hit a million" in the Fourth vices vnll -be Sta nlev R. Hinds, crotalaria, $1.50 ari acre; harvestcrater-marked runways ·and par k - War -Loan dri:ve grew by the hour. ·w. H. Bryson, Bates Hinds, Jesse ing Dall as grass, $3.50; t erracing. ~acks. Son did a pret ty good marked skill, and outstanding a ir- Allies a bridP-ehead ·w ithin the ing areas, with wrecke d single T wo more school districts, with Filgo , Claude D abbs , and Joe $1 per 100 linear fee t of standard 1ob on anot her enemy submarine, manship displayed. by Li eL!t. 1 heach'h ead. came on the Am·io.'md t wo motored planes strewn almost id entical quotas, joined Russell. Pegues i·s in charge. terraces. • too. . . . . . P uckett in effectively strafing F ome road where for fi ve day!t .a bout. 1:he lengthenin~ list of 100 p er o----All rolling lands shoul d be t erf ~ Th ~ pr ~.1se 1s official, for rt ~hree heavil~. ar m~d submarines, they had been on.. the recPiv ing · Necessity for radio silence delay- ce11t communities, J. P. Nanney, T I I p · ._ 1 ,5 . : raced, Mr. Paterson emphasized. ' om:,- str_aight !~om !he C?mrrian- ,here y ~nab,mg two of the three eni! of h eavy German att;icks. ed details of the n ew attGcks by dnve chairman, reported . Th ey · LI pe O n h i :I U rpr1se The sneaker was introduced by de -.n-ch1ef of ,ne A,lantlc. Fleet, to be snbJ e cted to unopposed bornThe Germans had poured wave~ \V CJ.CS F ra nk Havnes Lee County AAA Admiral. R. E. Inge:1'soll, "m the !Jing attacks, were in keeping with of trorms oirer the stream whiie ;m immense Pacific fl ee t w hich were . Gu nt ~w n, where the goal Air A 1 h ad been opefating wi th out ces- was $23,300, and Plantersville, ·' . · adm inistrator.' . : ame 0 the,, President of the the highest traditions of the Unit- ihey held the brlcl.~e lb ut when ,sation fo r two w eeks.. w hich had a quota of $23,10 0. T uoelo h ad it.s first "bombing" U'mted St ates. . . ed States naval service." the attacks receded, the British It was believed that many tons The committee is endeavoring Saturday-at the hands of ·the Soil poverty and neglect have To "be ~ore. pree1:3e, 1t means Fucke tf already holcis a Presi- I nromptly w en t ba ck over to theof ·,:,om bs had been dumped on all to wind u'p the cou n tywide cam- Air-Wa~s. caused the di sapuearance of civil~hatk Son -Lieut. (J g) D avid 0. dential Citation. · att.3 ck 2nd rolled over t he i\Jrid<1e insta.Llation s r emaining and tha t pai-gn today, Mr. N anney , sa id, Instead of death missiles, how- izations, T. M. Patterson, Missis· uc ett~has been 2":arded t he as the em,my surrendered in siz~ rhe airdrome had been smash- emphasizing again the n eed for ever, a shower of pamphlets en- siooi AAA administrator, declarNavy Crass, second highest meI ab1e lots. 11 , :~ ed . . , every individu al who has made i oinine- Tupelo girls to enlist in cd in h is talk b efore the Rot ary rial the Na;1y gives, "for e.xtraoi:diWhen. ~hey consolid~ted th~ir Carrier p lanes attacked Uj a i a. pledge to make the purchase the Air Wacs fluttered down on Cluib at Hotel Tuoelo yesterday nary her01s1:1 a nd 0 11 ,st:a.,,d1n11; !I6 l!,?',1 ~ new pcs1tions , they found Geri-nan Atoll,. between Kwaja lein and a t once and for every school dis- the city, t wisting and turning in in which he h eld up soil erosion , nourage_as pilot of a 1-;mted States ·~il;:,.i,:J ' ~ dea d coverhg the banks ' ,md nilUjelang, befor_e dawn Saturday, trict no w lagging ,b e'h ind to put the hig'h wind . B.S 1V1ississinni tann ers' most serNa~ry f1gh~er ' plane m offensive eel so thicklv in the rivulet that damaging ground facilities, and fo rth a last-minute effort to pass Pvt. Claudia Smith and Pvt . .ious p roblem. G. T. Pl>.RKER action a(!amst enemy submarines it rose 8everal inches · ,on the same day Al'l11Y Mitchell its assigned mark. t.. lice Moore of the Tuoelo Army Mr. 'P atterson pointed to the on Oct. 4. 1943." The Germans bomb ed ano ther 3 01 11 1 0 bo~b~1;1s bi~bA~~a~ ; ~:; -in~~h;~:,'~~~mce~~~itJ~~P~~~1u~f :1~~:/i~f th!:a~~~ici~~~eclair~~~t ~{!r 0 ;n~h!~~~01~!~i~n~t1/!~~ 11;, 11 · M~~b~ o~ep~;gJ~d. t:w. lb,. _;; 'W ~~E!1~~i~a~~~ds1K/ilh~J;~b~!'a~~ 1 attacked t hree unspecified Mar- 0 . P. Norton, chairman; Dr. W. and had the pilots cir cle the city . P.r Food Distribu tion Administrari rJ i. _lhe Navy the sam_e week he gradB. E . L ~7,cyr·11s . rl istri"+ moin+en- casualties, bu t resulting in no shall atolls with bombs, cannon A. Stokes, L. B. Bryson, L. J. while they ·scattered out hund- tion head, that "our pile:rim fa.th,.1ated from Ole M1s_s m :June, 19'±1, ~n r e rn,,,.,i alist of H10 0nT. Mem- · damage to the port itself. · ,and machine guns . • Da vis, B. L . Smith, N. H. Cre n- reels of p::imphlets. They reported ers · stenped ont-o lnscious grass V ~as seen much ~achon m th_e B at- "''r is . wii l meet. wi+h h11siness men (A German communique said Nav y search planes at the same . shaw, Mrs. H . A. Stokes, Mrs. the mission a success a nd "lots and vc·P-etation when th ey landif ' · ,,~~ .le . of the AtL,_ntlc, and · 1t w2.s n~ 'T'unPlo 2nd terri+o,-v interest- th at German plan es sank a 6.000time made the attack on Ujelang, J anie Lee Bryson, and Mrs. Susie of fun ." ed in this coun try, but now the ~ - ·, & S ~~ ~okil ~ ;» 'ir.i!:§1!,.t,~ ~'h;le on du,ty wi th a b aby flat-too Ml ir thP. J1ontor mai-ntenancP in- ton Allied merchant vessel off the in sm all 'force, a nd also bombed Mae Bruton. -o wealth of our na tion is going ,c~a . he pe_rformed_the deed which r1 11st1·v at ? :10 n.m . tor,nrrow in beachhead Sunday and damaged the Utir ik atoll 200 miles northThe ;p1antersville committee, Me:ridian Evanqelist At Net!le ton dow n to sea as mud." G. T . .Parker, a native oi' Hick- .:nought lum the high a,•'.arrl. j tl; " 'LPe Cn11ntv Wrr Prire ::, -n d two others. east of Kwaj a!ein . r eading almost like a community The Rev C. K. Woodrick, young Conviction that the business ory Flat but a resident of Tu- . Accor~mg to the offi cial cita- 1'P ? Ho,1in1t Bo:i.rr! office in f.he (Th~ Germans admitted that Nimitz a nnounced a lso t hat a directory and proving there's evangelist of Meridian. is conduct.. m e n of L ee County beli eve in hon, which tells m terse language f'Hv-C ountv builr in g to or!!:rni7e Amenc an troop s had penetrated 5 small force of · enemy bombers Dower in numbers, in cludes Char- ing a. series of revival services a t ·nie proper balance between agri- pelo for ..3 years, yester day au- ~ r eal!v ~.Pectacular ston,. Pu r::kett ln,.,~l rub-romTJ1itte Ps : to work to the center of Cassino but · said raide-:1 Roi Isl and, occupied by les Monts. chairman: H . C. Mit- the Assembly of God Mission Hall culture, ind ustrv and la<bor was thorized announcement of his was flymg to ~he support of. an- J wi +h the district advisory com- they were t hrown back in counthe Fourth Marines at the north- che!L N. E. Bla ckwell, S. J. G un- in Nettleton, beginning ai 7:3 0 P.Xpressed iby -Mr. Patterson, but candidacy for alderman-at-large ~ther pla~e w hich h ad s~rP~is_ed, j mittPe. • :erattac~:s: There was no impor.el'll end of Kwaj a le irt, and cau sed ter, J . M. McWhorter, Roy Part- o'cloc k ni ghtly. Mr. Wooclrick is he said tha t 7-0 per cent of th e in the coming Democratic munici - attacked, an d was i, ia rniam mg AnnouncemPnt of the mep+ing ,ant activity Sunday in the Anzio lamage and casualties which he lbw ,J ..J. Rogers, B. F. iMcGaughy, heard often on the East End As- ueoole of Mississipoi are now deco;1~_act on a g rou p of enemy sub-I' w as mare v~stPr-cl;civ bv Ivl'iss ar ea, acco d. ii1g to the Nazis.) Jl.escribed as moclerate . A. R_. Partlow, M. M. Sh umpert, sembly of God radio progrnm me nd ing totally upon ae:riculture. pal primaries. m~rnes. . . . Paulin e ~nol~hv. se,,,.e+'l rv of . the o- .---- This raid, made on Friday night, B. F. Estes, Chester Smith, W . F. broad.east from 7: 30 to 8 o'clock The n a tional-averaf!e rluri ng t he "I a m asking yo u for the of - ~ _n,m ed 1_ tely on /eac~,mg the Tn nelo Ch'l mber of Comrnerce, ·~t ' wa!I the i ,rst which 'the Japanese Mabry, A . A. 'Po sey, and P . M. ·, e_very Sunday morning, over sta- presen t war years is 20 per cent, fic e of alderman-at-large in th is ,._onc en trat, on of U~, oats, the C J· who is m ~kinP: :i.iT:> n irPm ents .at ii"' i . 1 had managed to stage. U was be- Bass. tJOn WCOC, Meridian. and !because of la-b or shortages coming city election," Mr. Parker ho n contmues, + ~ e ~followed •h P. rp 01 ,cs+ nf F . T. L awr ence, Conce rt Tnursdt:ly N iqht lieved that the ir bombers came r ov ~ . f , . 011 the farm drastic changes, in- said in a statement addre'ssed to closely on the aLacK .o, a com - di• •rict ODT airer+or 1 :.irom Ponape or Kusaie, a t the I cludine: greatly increased rnech- th e citize ns of Tupe lo. 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M 'lo.Ii County Post, r _cei· ve $100 for fro1n . one to 59 _are prepare d days servic e .(a ll in one check); I to assist M1ss1ss1pp1 veterans of $200 for more than 59 days (in BIRMING'l-:t.AM, Ala., Feb. 14. Wo_rld War II apply for their mus- t wo checks of $10 0 each). and -(U.P.l_:Police ' officials· here to- ter111g- out pay, Commander H. $300 fo r service outside the 'unitnight labele d as ',"entirely false" Kir_k G rantha_n1 a nnoun_ced yes- e d States (in thr"'e checks). a rumor that an at,'empt ]:lad been terday following the arrival h ere Eligibilitv req u-irements were made to lyr1ch t.h e '.',,vo ' t of 1·rsted by .,the post commander , ''.; Wash in_g- f rom J ac k son o f a s h 1pmen ton, D . C., youths wh'<? are bemg necessary forms. as follows : E. S. 'J:'opp, post a~jutant, has ·L Make application for pay h eld in jail on charges .d k idnaping, raping and robbin-g a~ attrac- bee n assigned ex.elusively _as ad- on the regular blank s. ti_ve Bj1,mingham woman ' E'nday v1se1· to ex-service men m the 2. Have entered the service I ' ppi·. nigh t._ . . _ p_rogram. and all supphe_s and m- from Mississi p I d h · f ,1 rcte sla1 hnohattempt a d b-e,<,hn h~rmahon _may., •b e obtamed, from 3. Have been in the service at ma e o ync t e youths, J ose1"' J 1111 at his office at the 'I upelo some time since Dec 6 1941 Hockenberry and David R eedy, . Pepsi-Cola Bottlin g Compan y on 4 . Have a n hono~able · dis1b oth of Washington., and. that nq _q~i\ith Broadway, charge or certificate of attempt to lynch them was ex-~~fore apJ:?1Yi1'.g, a veteran from the Army, Navy, pected. mus: 1-J.a"':e his. discharge or cer- Corps or Coast Gua rd . H~ckenberry . and R ee_dy, . ac- tificat e · or service, reco rded at the 5. If relea_sed from servi ce. at cordmg to pohc b k t f t r'h · c ourt own _"e, ro_ e 0:1 o L ee Co:,n. y _ . " ' a nc!!r". req uest to accept emplo"' t:he ·' . psychopatluc . · "•aid ''. · of . t i1e c1erk,s office -( th 1~ service is f ree ) , men t , must h ~ve served outside G. al1111ger Hospi tal . m W ashr~g- Mr. Grantham ~~'l~d. He must also t he United S tates since D ec. B, ton Feb . 1 .. According to police, have his discharge ~vith him w hen 194 1. they raped and b t cr..r o Y k . ea a · ·, -e".I" . r- he visits Mr. ToJ)p to tna e oul 6. Must not be eligible for rel eaacns woman !?nor to_ th_eir . at- his application_ . . tirement pay. . · . .t k on the wife 0f 1 B th 7 . . · irmmgIf all requirements under ·· e . !Must not outrank a captain. . h·namhambus1:1e~s man .. Th':!ir Bir.m.- congression a l ,b ill providing fo;' . 8. Must not have served h1·s l g victim rema t cal c d 1' ti . ms m a C: 1 1- mustering-out pay for service m e n total p eriod of time as a st udent on on m a 1OC!:il h ospital. are met, the applicant wil~ re- in special training programs.
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will make you as good an alder- l~~~f~~· crlot~e h!:i~~',/H'med su b- 'l' "intPnance Df'1'~!'_'1nel, J'P1";fare- Dected to turn OU~ in fuii f~~ee~t · man as anyone else. There is no "O . ,,. f' b t . · f ment oarts. a nd 1·,~c,. 0 ,, -_v , bP- the T un"'lo High School Band's .' e arthly reason why I shouldn't. nenm ,, ire a a r a; "e o 1 - ~ , · 1 t th t· b. • • ~OO feet ; it f th ., h · _nm .nq m0re c u r,:i o , "' con- irst 1g concert oi the year to . "My grandoarents, my narents barrae:e uspi:i! {;;~ . 7 eavy +:ni1 anC'P of e~se1; +'.~.1 traMnorta- ~e gi_ven in Emma Edmonds Auand myself were born in ·Missis- crossfire Pfrompotli. , U-baigt t, t h~ t.i0n anrl m un~ c1v1h~n ernnn':1v.. 0.1torrum at 8:30 o'clock Thursday siJJpi at Hickory Flat. I was rear- d' ma"e 1·ncurr d telO h"15 oal· s, anb "'" W/3 n,t to rhscuo.s 1'hP. s1tn atmn mght. . .. ed. in this stat e. I -came t O T upe1O several ' ~ " · shrannel · e hits he Pnersisted ane v wdh · t Pres t P t<-" 111 · th · · · ,us ~Usie, · as, played •"by the . - t....1•!] Se m • • e 1n' S eno m ore than 35 y ears ago. i in his attack until 'he h ad ma-· ~ustrv m '1',_mel~, pn~ su11 oundr_eg?lar high sch?ol . band, . will . b"As ydou.fmay know, I h ave no terially r educe d the volume of ~~/:~tceommun 1t1es, M1. Lawrence 111t,hrnKe ·u pt· the m am part of t he Jo , an 1 given this office. I fire from his target. , ··. . · ree-sec _1011 prog1,am, Dewey will be in a pcs!.tion to devote "An attack ~ b Arlvi, nrv comm1 tt Pes hnve nl - Camp, director, said vesterdav rriy entire time to it if necessary. rine was pre·s~d ho~on mai ,,,,~riv been r,rp·a,fr:ecl. bv the 1 The presentati·o n of "Finlanda'' "I w 1·11 try to see all of you ,.,·t ·eter·n1',·n ati·o" n~• e·ffect ·' w1yi • s1t1·qu "ur,nn will a "ODT. h e c'lnointPd • . .. . 1ve enc"horn we eoenrl f ou_t,m C',. B tbeth one p .of .'thel~bi" "ct number·s' · if I can. I don't think any of us ing its anti-aircraft batter v and . · · or u 1 ' • •111 u e rmrnr y nan , comp oswill be able to see all of you, but <!nabline; a bomber to attack un- ~oor:T'a~i_ion ,~b~ut)or~lt prev.n1tlrng eifd C?f secon~-gradf ers, will sound 1 • 1 inm . . _..,. '' 1~ nr. watch fo r m e in the h ome papers opnos"ed mam ·pn- 0 m a series o oatriotic numwhich I ,will gladly use. ' · :ince 'lrl,,isorv rommit tee ~:i.s bPP11 bers, including several duets and "I m <'XlS+Pnrp fn r some timP. the solos by their stars and after the a m no t a politician, but I TH~ W ER '"ors: nf whi~h has rPsulted in concert offerin gs by' the'band the always do what I am h ired to i:: , r"1 i "11n toM ·b PnPfits" to the trans- high . school orchestr\ will 't al,Q do if it is r ight ·F ore cast for Mississinoi : Partly + · • J '~ · d DO'' 11 011 me us trv. over and climax the e ening's en1 d T "Will you please hi re me with oul Y . ue s .av and Vlerlnesday "V-tP no Vy want tn or11ani ze s11b- ter ta inrnent with a iam session your votes." oo er m north portion T uesday I cnml"1itteP§ i'1 v :, rio n ~ lo~qlitiPs playing for squ are dances walt; ----o Rond. Show O Sales ~;&,?.!:O w itl, in 0111· district." S<' id the r1;. and jitterbug contests th;,t •m H ' 17-Year-Old Evange!is±' Here . J ohn Grower. Lyric n1'!1ea·tre ;"0tnr. "These. -o f: co, ,r~P. will he open to m embers of the audiThe Rev. Frank w.· Sn11·t11, 17· , nn r+.ion thron~h th cli stri~t ad- ence. and \Var Loan ,1ub'lici·tv · ·tt h "' · h , 'I·11 -c on"Th ere w1 · ·11 b e lot s of novelties year-old evangelist fi·oin Mei·i'di'- ll'anager , visory cnrtirman. renorted th at •first·-- drtv t' t conirn· i Pe. ,. . "" -ff" l l f able for their u se in terracing, dian, 1s condu cting a series of re- Ralcs of "B" Bonds ?. f-. tlie soer:ial mue o ,1ss1st tPlS n 1 ce attPmnt anc P enty o contests in w hich sodding, pasture improvements, vival serv ices a t the East Tupelo h th . lh L tn m::iint;iin anrl. fm·+her uti1i;,:e everyone can take part" Director con. struction of dams . ponds, lakes, Assembly of God Ch urch. 'l' _he on m e yric lob-by were $5,- tr?nsnortation ·faf'ilitir~ in t'heir Camp promi~ed. ' · .2!50. Persons who p urchased. t· · · " T" k t - b e.tc., with the r esult that the mon- meeting, which opened Sunday 00 a · resnpc .1ve commum 1'H'S . b re e s w1 11 e on sal e through ey_ w as n ot offered in 1943, he nigh t, will continue throug!1 out ;} _s th ere will- get free t ic ets RPoresentatives of a ll oil comand m embers, he announced. A to A L ad v Takes a Chance .'' J ec>n · · h · • 11 h · said . this week with services at 7:3(1 Arthur's latest v ehicle, wh1·c1.1 ,,.1·11 pan1es, r enair s ODS, tire com- l!J ou1e l expected as both of "The 1944 AAA program is each night. The publ,ic is · b " Parnes, automobile dealers . truck last years two l as t concerts were· (Continu ed On Page Six) 1vited . m, e the feature at a special War dealers, parts dealers and truck sold ,b ut in advance. Bond show _.at 2:30 p . 111. Su nday. operators are invited to attend. anization. are comin _g r aoidly. "The AAA's job is to work w ith th · ,, o er state agencies, the state director said , laudin1 the "great ,1106d" h e said has been accoma ,,lished for Mississippi far m ers by · St . a t e C O11 ee;e, i:'h . e expenrnent station at Ston eville, and the ExtenA .sAioAn Service.t t f • pavmen .s o .armers are basPd on their yield Per acre. he exnlained. During the period, 1928-1832, pr ic'es 25 t .d f as h igh tt as 'th cen s were pa1 .or co on w1 a r easonhabfle t~al).JOr situ3atliobnl and a s muc er 1 1zer avai a· e as the farmers wanted, yet 188 nounds of cotton per acre was the best- y ield that could be h arl. "This has been raised to 327 nounds over the state as a whole during pr.st five years," Mr. Patterson revealed. "Lee County's oresent yield is 28·0 .pounds of cotton per acre.'' . F armers of t'he state failed to use a .$1,000 .000 allocation avail-
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