The Delta Democrat-Times from Greenville, Mississippi • Page 8

-Trained Filipino Soldiers Form World's Best Underground Army Inlander Ceilral Pacific W. Rose Brings Red Cross iervice To Men In Gilberts The Filipinos themselves were ready and waiting --some with guns, some with only the wicked bolo blade--to help General Mi-cArthur's landing. Ninety-nine per cent of them are estimated lo be loyal lo thslr American friends "right guys, who keep their promises." That practical universal feeling will be a heavy handicap to the Japs' defense, and well they should cooperate better with their conquerors. "But don't we co-operate now? young Filipino quizzically asked Japanese general. "Co-operate," snorted the general.

"Halt you Filipinos arc pro American openly, the other hal just to cover up. You're a bunch of play-actorsl" -'OATH TO BATAAN" The young Filipino duly re ported this by grapevine to thi Americans, then preparing to D-Day. For although the Japa nese have promised the island their freedom some day, 90 of 10 Filipinos, know thnl our promts is the real Ihing, that D-Dny vir tually will nlso be 1-Day. I means "Imlependoncla," real in dependence, not only from liars Jap rule but easy American KU pervislon. So that day found th Filipinos ready to fight for the freedom and our friendship they did at Bataan.

There, beside 14,000 American fought 92,000 Filipinos. More them than Is realized wriggle through the jungle to escape on fight another day--1-Day. For tw and a half years they have bee preparing, in two ways: To this country came Fillpi- some wounded, burnln to go back. Around them thousands living here. LIU noted they trained at Ford Or under American and Fl plno officers.

They uniq lor their good conduct and nen ness, and for their "Oath to laan," sworn upon the bolos whl they all swing, gleefully yet grli ly practicing to split Jap sku! Their enthusiasm swelled orlsinal battalion to two ref ments. Memberi of mn mll-FlHuIno regiment, nhow.i In I a somewhere 1" California. Into action VI i 1., i I i with Mtnno regiment, tmown in training somewncie 1,1 bolo knives, which luve hec made authorized equipment for tills unit. straight lull) an ambush. arnmunilion.

Also lately th Word uf this exploit and others have got arms from members hns reached General Mac- the "Constabulary" formed Ui Quisling Laurel govemme Even the Quislings find that tnt nnd the Second Philip- Battiillon were ready for ervices In their home Isluml.s.'.,...-,..., Many volunteered for extra a A imd Ma). Ccn. Baslllo J. crous duty and a who beads Defense in the ruining were ready lo act as I a i i i i Guvernrni their erstwhile comrades ir.glon. Its members left here ell ped wull i i i cd nnd raicd guerrillas nmerg- some time sin Islands nnd raicd guerrillas nmerg- a a un from the junjOe where they been in constant Uniuh what i re in unp.t mi under the Jrtnnncsc.

TlH Hum mi; juuii't had lived on grasshoppers fried in oil and dried carabao Within the Philippines lurks un jnderground army that ts pcrhapsin ho most ellectlvo in the worltl.lt return ic. the more they sec ot the Japs, the 1 they like them. Some Filipin huvc been executed for distrib havcling leaflets saying so--on the on under the Japanese. Contact has been closer since our recent naval and air victories forced the Japanese to withdraw ships from Philippines waters. allowed us to land ne ItlOSl ei icuii vu in tut- i Its members arc largely trained more supplies for the guerrillas ITruman Renews The fight against monotony i ne which Red Cross worker, mory Rose.

Eon of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rose of Lcland, Is waging a lonely station In the Gilbert lands. "In my Job there Is no prob- about bringing Red ross service to the men," he rote. "1 do a certain amount ci junciling on individual prob- rhs which require correspond- nce with chapters at home, but! the chief need is for diversified ccreational program.

Life on a ase such as ours is about ne makes it and we Iry to make urs interesting by utilizing the esources at hand." Rose takes his )ob seriously. He ees the place of the Red Cross worker as the sick and wounded men during an invasion. Later when the men come out of the lines grimy, bearded and minus the where-with-all to clean, we should what mi ENROUTE TO ator Har- Friday. October 20.1944 Pierre Laval Sentenced To Death, Report LONDON Laval hai been sentenced to death In ab- jscntia by a Marseille tribunal, Utt Paris radio said today. A warrant for tic arrest of Vichy chief of government, now cither sheltering with or not.

i i i i i ry S. Truman. Democratic Vice Presidential 1 candidate, renewed his attack on Gov. Thomas t- Dewcy's policy views today as his special campaign car Laded for Butte. Mont he bjf thi speaks over the radio tonight wecks ago and He departed h'? rcrd was sla ted then that he would be address at Seattle civ whethcr ne as present or ium last night to abscrl that ne Old not believe the Republican standard bearer "has the intestinal fortitude" to "read the isolationists 'out of his party." "It's taken six long years for ihim to tell us he's not an isola- i lionist, but he's still a satisfactory candidate lo Willie Hearst 'and Bertie McCormlck," Truman 'told the audience.

"I wonder he is willing." he I asked "lo read Col. Robert McCormick and William Randolph Hearst, publishers, and the "eight IHcpublican isolationist senators The Algiers radio reported that Jean GalHard, former director of newspaper "Petit Marseille" was condemned to death in absentia by the same tribunal at the same time. DES meeting of an open toed shoe and a rough plank crossing cost Joan de Moss considerable pain and the city $44.50. The girl ran a Uiver into her (J LJ111 iio iKemiblican isolationist senuiu.a oe an infection resulted, and the) whwe-with-all to clean. named by Senator Ball," out cit council followed up by ap- uld be there to offer Hicm.

MVSTERV DK AT1I: Hollywood 1 don bc i leve he pr ving payment to cover Ihe doc- linor comforts we can. 1)ol ce authorities are problne thei intestinal fortitude to do lor bill. what minor comforts we can. Ten Uce authorities are problne intestinal Is up to us lo help the dealh 0 prctly cieoreeltc Bauer- ddc(l tight monotony and boredom." On 20 oil heiress whose to In her President Roos the Gilbert Island assigned was found In a balhlu Rose the Seabees have built a na- i uxu rlous apartment. Hhi live hall to house his work, uf George Ba hall to house his work, 10 lorm auK hlcr ill ueoree n.vuc.uui..

center for whatever activities 1 former Wall Street financier and "in herl President Roosevelt's fourth is term running mate moved into pcror's Dlrlhdiiy. Which niailc remainder like Americans belter than ever. So say the grapevine reports reaching here. Before 1-Day so many had joined the guerrillas there were enough to go around. not But Rose can organize in his fight against the monotony of their life.

The hall is 10 by 64 made with plywood decks, roof and side walls of pandamus woven by the natives. There is ample space for a hobby shop, waiting rooms for games and an office for Rose. "We run four fishing parties for the men each week," he wrote. "Yesterday we caught a 140-pound sharp. Tuna and shark are our New York oil man.

NEA Telcphoto Norman Porter Rites Are Held Funeral services were held on Jctober 0 at the Odd Fellows Lexington, for Norman Porter, infant son of lui Km- 1 inua, soldiers, some Americans, but peclally Tommy nuns, i and light mostly Filipplnos, who cither escaped Haitian on mnny of the 1000 islands smaller than lAizon, took to the Jungle in a body. They liave been so active that Japanese control Is often limited to cities. Lnlely one sizable city -wns delighted at the apparition of Filipino had his bolo-- he would i i catch. A month ago some of i truck displaying Flllppltio mid American flags filled with uniformed soldiers crying: "Indepen- denclal" Then the truck dashed Recently the First Pjnllppl uwtiy. After It dashed Invasion Of Philippines Leads To Island Of Leyte DELINQUENT TAX SALE COUNTY In obedience to the requirements of Section 0921 ot the Mississippi Code of 1942, and the amendments thereto, John A.

Stoval Sheriff and Tax Collector of Washington County, Mississippi 1 Mil at public outcry at the south door of the Court House of Washington County, In the City of Greenville, Mississippi, between the hours prescribed by law for sheriffs sales, commencing on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, and continuing until the hereinafter described lands are rtlsppscc of to the highest bidder for cash, all of the following described land situated In Washington County, Mississippi, or so much therco may be necessary to make the amount of taxes due thereon fo the fiscal year 1943, 1910, and other years, and all costs. Sheriff and Tax Collector Washington County, Mississippi NUM DLvUfcn Ccnchetto KS i Homutctd Dlullowed P. H. Van 20fl 4 3.52 1.12 80 60.1 2450 68 a0 13.23 1.18 1.20 us went on a three-day cruise with a native trader to outlying islands. Our host, half Polish and half Marshallese, is a man of dis- He is well ed- and gracious WITH MACARTHUH ON LEYE, Philippines ecp into the heart of the Phllip- inc Archipelago, powerful Am- rican Army which Gen.

Douglas a A led to Leyle today, was naking the first strike ot the outhwest Pacific campaign at a elntivcly well-developed island It Is the first lime since MacArthur's forces started the lon( ighting way back to the Philippines, two and half years ago hal they weren't plunging into jungle campaign. nearly a million citizens. MacArthur's artillery will have vide fields ot lire in the battle or valley roads and the island's lalf dozen airfields of which Tac- oban, three miles from the town, the most Important. There is no reason to believe the campaign will be virtually unopposed and bloodless, for the Japanese overran Leyle and took over most of the VIsayan group virtually intact two and a half years ago. tinguished bearing.

ucated, intelligent He taught us the history of the islands. We were royally entertained by the natives at our various stops. They are a hospilable folk these micronesians. Our garrison and even our tactical troops are learning much of native culture especially in handicrat ond games from them. The Cath olie missionaries, French speakin priests and nuns have for year conducted excellent schools here Though we are a long way from he i ot life we were accus- omed lo we are managing fairy well," he concluded.

'Worker Rose was for the years lerm riiiuiii.B 1 on his 7.500-mile transcontinental campaign tour today alter placing the administration on record as favoring private industry's use the nation's $20,000,000,000 war plant investment to stimulate post-war production and employment. Butter Scout BOSTON--(IP)--Major George J. Cronin, state purchasing agent, pital on October 4. The services were conducted by Rev. Henry S.

Robinson, pastor of Duront Presbyterian church, with the Southern L-ndcrlaking Association in charge of the arrange- mcnls. Mrs Porter was before her mar- riage, Jean McCraw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McCraw of Ar-l cola. Porter is the son Mr.

and Mrs. A. A. Porter ot Du-" rant, and is now stationed somewhere in the Pacific. inmates of institutions onin said the State advertised Made and Guaranteed by Quaker Oats Co.

Greenville Poultry Supply Go. Phone 1016 205-07 Main Orderly rows of coconut palms rlnge the snnriy benches of the eastern cdaslline of Leyte for 4 miles south Tacloban, the pro Vlncltu capital. Skirting Ibis const Is an nil wenlher joined ot several points by lateral roads lending through tho broad Leyte vul- ley northward to Carlgnra bny nnd the inland ot the Philippines. For the first time since But aim, MncArthu r's army nn ar tillc ry will have room to maneuver. Leyte is the eighth largest of We wanted no Prof if from the War and we have made none" before he joined the Hed Cross a wholesale grocer In Louisiana.

His wife, Katherlne, and their daughter Mary Katherine, and son Billy, live in Bastrop, La. Rose was educated at the Kent Military Institute in Louisville, and at the University of Missouri. He became a field director in Ihe overseas service of Red Cross in November 1943, reaching his post in the Central Pacific last January. Among his other activities before joining up was that of acting chairman of Camp and Hospital Marly Lewis, the Paramount ra- io director, and Dorothy Van Tuys, one of the most beautiful of he Ziegfeld Follies girls, have. Fast Non-Stop Service MEMPHIS TO GREENVILLE Ernest B.

Lewy Storage Transfer DON EWBANK DIVISION MFMPHIS GREENVILLE PHONES 1692 PHONE 188 Call CIs For Routings On Freight Originating Beyond Memphis a Council in his home parish Red Cross chapter. H. S. DUMAS, Prcittlenl uoptlni Ctrtlfle.1* A Nature, too, may take a hand in Ihe battle. This Is the beginning of the rainy season and near the end of the typhoons.

Some scores of rivers and streams course down from flanking mountains to crisscross Leyle The advantages that Leyle of- ers a modern military machine are not to be found on Dinagftt Suluan and Homonhon Islands which command the approaches to joytc gulf. Reef-bound Homonhon, 55 miles southeast of Leyle, Was the first island of the Philippines to be visited by Magellan on his way to his death on a Cebu beach. Dinagat is 20 miles east of the southern end of Leyte. It is rugged and without roads. Samar, separated from Leyte by narrow San Juanico strait and me Dicycie nas nuwnj Janalras channel, has few roads rc st at the Greenville police sta- nncl no good anchorages.

But Sa- (ion. It was found near the col- mar has four airfields--Anahao umbus and Greenville railroad and Borognn on the East coast, tracks by a section foreman. He Catarman on Ihe north and Calab- took it to the Dennis store and yog on the West coast. Mrs. Dennis called the police wh Neither the Americans or the picked it up.

apanese aro likely to starve on The bicycle has a 42 tag on it eytc The fertile valleys pro- number 37. When the uce abundant crops of rice, corn, called the person whom tog 3 weet potatoes. There is plenty was issued they disclaimed any water too but the Americans knowledge of the bicycle. in. oina gack to the island know police hope that the owner of tn hat dyscntry and typhoid will call and claim it.

revalent. Cholera la not im What will you say to them? Police Recover Biycle In City A small and very battered boy'J blue bicycle has finally come to and there's always aria. Fox Due Back From City Sunday John Fox, secretary-manager the Washington County Chambe ot Commerce, who is attending th National Association ot Comme cial Organization Secretaries Kansas City is expected horr Sunday, Mr. Fox's return Is anxious awaited by the committee wl have been endeavoring to bri an air line Into Greenville, before leaving Gree ville that part of his trip won devoted to this project and he hoped to bring good news back with him. ThooianJs will come riome 'rom tie wir iheir htaJf up and their hearti Thonwirirt'i will not return.

Thousands tit olhers will be limping, btoVcn in bod)' and mind. Tfcey neefl your help. Ynnr infinite vom compaaeion. They need it deiperate'y If ever yim'fe wondered jnil Sow you conU truly iin't this the answer? Serre as a Mi-diral Technician in the WAC. Ihe Army of United U.

S. ARMY HOSPITALS, NEED 22,000 arc (mured I HALL CALLS MEETING W. H. Hall, county chairman of Negro Division of the War STg If you arc fully "qualified to do ony of the jobs Kited below; to on Army hospital immediately after completing your training, you ore inexperienced, and can pan required you will be training in certain selected coroner's Inquest into the of Ilorolhy Bcrrum, War fore death Henarlmeiit typist, whom he Is rhsrecd with rapine then strangling to death In Washington. D.

C. East Potomac Park. Miss Berrum's home was In Chiprcwa Falls, McFarland is native of New Bern. N. C.

NEA Telcpholo Thongh the Southern Bell Telephone Company is doing the largtsl volume of business in its history its earnings are at the lowest rate they have been In many years. This condition has been brought about by the fact that for a number of yean the coat operating the business has increased at a greater rate than have revenues. And while operating costs have been steadily rising, rales charged for telephone service liavo Lcrn reduced. Users oi long distance service nlonc nrn saving millions of dollars annually AS a result of the rale reductions made during ihe pa it several years. Though operaling costs greatly increased, and telephone earnings sre less, telephone users are getting service lor less money now than ever before.

Sunflower streets, at 11:30 Mon- dny niuDMug. Drive are urged to come prepared to give the final reports from their districts. Tho ancestors of three American presidents were Dutch--Martin Van Burcn, Theodore Koose- veH and Franklin D. Roosevelt. J.

C. HAY, Mississippi Manager SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH B. B. BOSWKLL, Group Manager Laboratory X-ray Medical and Surgical PiycMatric Social Wotfcen Piychiotfic A i i i a i Educational Reconditioning Pertonne! (Teachers) MedieoT Stenographers Occupational GOOD SOLDIERS. For fill infotmotion, rtx.t "Womcn'l Army ct a Medi'cal a to Retrying Stotkiii.

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ARMY RECRUITING STJOTOK I Paramount Theatre Greenville, Miss. TM' WAC WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS THE GOYER GO. EVANS CASH MARKE1 GREENVILLE HOTEL DELTA IMPLEMENT CO. AL JENNINGS MEADORS CHEVROLET COMPANY.