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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S.-C-
Thursdoy, April 24, 1941
Belk's Celebroting
Sixth Birthdai
Belk’s Department store is now
celebrating their 6th birthday with
a special sale of interest to the buy
ing public. The announcement of
the event coming just upon the ar
rival of spring, is found in the ad
vertising columns of today’s paper.
• Six years^figo Belk’s selected Clin-
for the opening of a store
SPORTS CHAHERBOX
TENCH OWENS
Views the Athletic Front
Next week on May 1 Thomwell
high school’s track team is favored
to win another of its perennial, state
THE NATIONAL SCENE
As Washington Sees It
CAPS AND OOWNS
TO BE SWAPPED
FOR UNIFORMS
Special to ’The Chronicle.
Washington. April 23.—^Leon Hen-
derson, newly appointed protector of f uniforms
Washington, April 20.—^Thousands
of college seniors wfU be swapping
caps and gowns for officers*
the next few weeks if
m
ton for the opening of a store. D. ] championships (B and C class)v All
B. Smith of the Belk | organization indications are that the local lads
the public’s pocketbook, is expected. recruiting campaigns of the army,
to have his hands full in preventing'
inflationary price rises, but the pow
ers conferred* upon him are consid
navy and air corps hit their ndurks.
in Greenville, was sent here as man-, will have easy sailing. Of course one [ ered sufficient to stave off any im^
ager and has held this position since' can never tell
thah time'during which the business ^ without having
has shown a large expansion and‘
the store has been enlarged and re
modeled to increase stocks of mer
chandise and make shopping for
their customers easier and more con
venient. Manager Smith and Mrs.
Smith have made a wide circle of
friends since coming here.
Our birthday is being observed
with an elaborate merchandising
event offering unusual bargains in
every department, Mr. Smith stated.
The Belk chain consists of almost
200 stores in the Southeastern states.
The finn has been in business 52
years.
about ,such things
seen the opposition
in action or without knowing the rel
ative strength of the teams entered.
’But we will take a chance and pre
dict now that Thomwell is the vic
tor.
Already, Coach Walter (Yankee)
Beeman’s boys have walked over
Parker high school (Greenville) and
Honea Path. The losers’ score was
more than doubled in each case. Both
schools, of course, have a much larg
er enrollment than has ’Thomwell.
mediate price boom.
The office of price administration
and civilian supply, which is the
name of the office Mr. Henderson
heads, is authorized to fix prices if
necessary and to prevent products
from being withheld from the mar
ket for speculative purposes. The
chief duty of the new offlM is to see
that we do not have a repetition of
the inflation and supply problems
All three services have been comb
ing the campuses in quests for offi
cer material, specially for the tech
nical branches of the armed forces.
In a bid for engineering officers,
the navy sent Rear Admiral H. E.
Yamell, distinguished former com
mander of the Asiatic fleet, cm a
two-months tour of colleges and uni
versities to drum up applicants for
commissions in the naval reserve.
Recently the war department an
nounced that betwe^i 800 and 1,000
Laurens Flower Show
Planned For May 1
Part of the difference lies in the fact
that Parker and Honea Path only | not undesirable, but he wants to pre
emphasize football (and basketball
and baseball to some degree) while
j Thomwell has only one other sport.
The annual flower show sponsor
ed by Ithe Laurens Garden club, will
be open from two p. m. until nine
and ’Thomwell loves its
football,
track.
However, we believe that there is
another reason for ’ThomwelTs long
suF>eriority in track and field sports.
Even if other schools put equal em
phasis on track and football, it is our
which disrupted our economy during ’CoU®*® students who are graduates
the last war.
’The president believes that slight
increases in prices are expected and
of the Reserve Officers’ Training
corps would be sought annually for
the Air Corps reserve to meet a need
for officers qualified foe duties in
vent any spiraling of prices which connection with supply procurement,
are out of proportion to increased Students who have majored in aero-
purchasing power. A 10 per cent in- j >^®utical or mechwical engineering
crease in prices during the next year business administration are de
but
p. m., 'Thursday, May 1, in the CurbipPinion that ThornweU could hold
Market building just behind the Ag
ricultural building on Laurens street.
Admission will be ten cents.
Judges for the event will be Mrs.
Douglas Featherstone, Mrs. A. S.
Hartzog. Mrs. H. K. Thayer, and
Mrs. E. P. Widefnan, all of Green
wood.
its own as well as if not better than
it does in football with larger schools.
In the first place, ThomwelTs suc
cess is based on a love of the sport,
which implies a willingness to prac-'
tice and train. In the second place,
the healthy, well-regulated lives
which their athletes, as well as all
will probably be permitted,
greater increases wiU be fought.
Mr. Henderson will probably use
persuasion raUier than give orders
at first in an effort to keep price
control on a voluntary basis, but his
office will be prepared to take quick
action if voluntary control gets out
of hand.
During the last six months our
national purchasing power has in
creased rapidly and will continue in
sired particularly.
Maj. Gen. George H. Brett told
congress recently that the air corps
was considering mass demonstrations
at colleges with the idea of stimu
lating interest of students in the fly
ing service.
In addition to technical trained
men, the army also is looking forj
college students with leadership
qualifleations to furnish officers for
Thomwcll students, lead enables xiiuu»-
The five mits of the Laitrens them to develop a strong team easier j tries The department of agriculture
Garden club are competing among thnn the averave hivh <5rhr>nl A fineU* / ru“®ni o* agncuuure
average nign scnooi. a line j states that farm wages now are
themselves for blue ribbons, and of-1spirit and determination to win has!higher than at any time since 1931,
the steadily growing infantry and
creasing each month throughout thei®^^®^ branches of the land forces,
summer. Wage increases in farm re- Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of
gions seem to be keeping step withi®^®^» ^® expected to have
wage increases in production indus- • approximately 35,000- students in the
ranks this summer from whom to
draw candidates for a special offi-
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number of fine specimen exhibits,
and pretty flower arrangements.
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never hurt any team and has always
been one of ThomwelTs biggest
assets.
In field events, Thomwell is \^ell-
fortified. Richard Allen and Gerald
(Ringwald) Davis have not been ex
tended in the pole vault so far this
season. Both men are probably cap
able of doing better than 10 feet if
pressed. In the shot-put Tom Wham,
Tommy Mayers, and Carl Hill will
represent their team, "niis same trio
enters the discus event. Sidney
Rhodes probably will enter the jave
lin throw along with Mayers and
Wham.
Weakest spot in Thomwell’s track
events is in the sprints, where it is
probable that no entries will be made
in the state track meet. James Tuck
er is the 440 man. The mile and
half-mile relay team is composed of
Jimmy McDonald, Billy GiUiam,
Warren Gamble and James (Sis)
Boone. In the hurdles (200-yard lows
and 120-yard highs) Rhodes, Allen
and Lewis Alexander.
This is the team that is heading
for Columbia and more first-place
medals next week. In spite of the
loss of high-scoring Bruce Quarter-
man from last year’s championship
team, and Jacobs-the year before,
Thomwell will undoubtedly make
another outstanding record.
that they are 38 per cent above the iplans to offer to about
Defense Postal Savings
Bonds To Go Oh Sole
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The United States Defense Sav
ings Bonds and Postal Savings
Stamps will be placed on sale in the
main Post Office at the opening of
business on ’Thursday, May 1, as part
of the national effort to make Ameri
ca impregnable.
Postmaster R. L. Plaxico announc
ed yesterday that plans are nearly
completed for this community, along
with thousands of others from coast
to coast, to do its full part at the
opening of the savings program.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, in a latter to postmasters
throughout the country, said that the
help of local postmasters would be
“a real service to the country.” He
transmitted the thanks of Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau for the
help that local postmasters had al
ready given in the sale of United
States securities, and also Mr. Mor-
genthau’s thanks in advance “for
the co-operation which he knows you
will give to*this new effort.”
1910-1914 average and that the ma
jor part of the increase has ccune
during the past year when they have
increased 24 per cent.
In many states the demand for
farm workers at standard wages ex
ceeds the supply, although the de
partment insists that there is no dan
gerous shortage of farm labor. But
it does mean further increases in
wages.
Well aware of the trouble caused
by rapidly rising prices during the
last war, the government intends to
see to it that those difficulties are
not repeated. Not only will prices be
controlled, but efforts will be made
to control the spending of money by
the public. This will probably be
done in three ways: (1) wide adver
tising and promotion to get people
to invest a large proportion of their
increased' inoomes goverampat de
fense bonds; (2) heavy taxes on the
middle-income groups so that part
of their increased income, resulting
from government orders, will be re-‘
turned to the government; (3) edu
cational appeals to our patriotism to
refrain from purchasing things the
production of which might hamper
defense production. It is possible
that we may get our first taste of a
sales campaign conducted for the
purpose of persuading us not to buy
things.
The Greenland Move
The delicacy of our short-of-war
moves has been greatly Increased by
two actions of our government which
Axis authorities argue are breaches
of international law, namely, the re
fusal of our government to recognize
a Nazi-dictated statement from Den
mark voiding the agreement placing
Greenland under U. S. protection,
and our seizure of Danish, German
and Italian ships. Secretary Hull has
sound arguments to show that he is
acting within this country’s rights in
both of these moves and he has made
it clear that he doesn’t intend to do
any back-watering.
In the Greenland episode he has
the backing of the Danish minister at
Washington who signed the agree
ment and refused to be recalled by
his government on orders “emanat
ing directly or indirectly from Ger
many.” He stated that so far as this
country is concerned the arrange
ment is clearly within the scope of
our Monroe Doctrine.
More Def^nniiied
’The success of the Axis powers in
’The new Defense Savings Bond is the Balkans has made congress and
similar to the familiar “Baby Bond,
of which more than five billion doll
ars worth have been bought by more
than two and a half million Ameri
cans since 1935.
the president more«determined than
ever to increase efforts of greater
aid to Great Britain. Althou^ we
are still avoiding supplying convoys,
the president authorized the trans-
10,00(J draftees each year. The course,
lasting three months, is designed to
produce second lieutenants—the lat
est version of the production of so-'j/
called “90-day wonder” officers dur
ing the World war.
To be eligible for the short course
draftees must have six months ser
vice in the army, so that it would
at least nine months after their in
duction before they could obtain
commissions in that manner.
A factor >^ich officials said might
influence students to apply for re
serve commissions is that the defer
ment granted thm under the draft
law expires July 'l.
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NOWAY and TUESDAY, April 2S and 29
Monday Sho^ — 9 a.ni., 2:30 p.ni., 7:30 p.m.
Tytday4>f»»t— 2:30 ond 7;^ p.ni.
Matinee 25c and 40c Nights 55c to All
NO INTERMISSION
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A^fense Bond may be purchased fer of 10 of our coast guard cutters
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MirMMBt. Pfak or yoU
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OuOdlto bock.
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May 1, or thereafter, for $18.75. ‘In
ten years, this bond will be worth
$25.00. This is an increase of 33
1-3 per cent, equal to an annual in
terest return of 2.9 per cent, com
pounded semi-annually. Any time
after sixty days from the date of
purchase, the bond may be redeemed
for cash, in accordance with a table
of redemption value printed on the
face of the bond.
To spread investments widely
among all the people in America, a
to Great Britain to be used for con
voy purposes and he has asked con
gress for the right to purchase idle
foreign ships deemed necessary for
defense puiposes. This ship-buying
plan is expected to be rushed
through congress to give the presi
dent the right to purchase the for
eign ships alrMdy seized.
It is the present attitude of con
gress that defense produbtion must
be more rapidly speeded up to the
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limit of $5,000 has been set on the
amount of these bonds to be bought
by any one p«urson in one yekr.
for larger investors who can af-
fovi$ to purchase up to $50,000 worth
of' lxmds a year,^'1he Tr^Bsury J>e-
Pkitment has isinied two
kinds of Defense Savings Bonds, but.
these will be sold only throu^ bauJu
and by direct mail from WashingtoOt
D. C.
For the smaller Investor who wants
to buy a Government Bond on an
easy paymmt plan, the post office
will have a new series of Postal
Savings Stamps, at 10c, 25c, dOc, |1.
and $5. Each purchaser of uny
Savings Stamp higher than 10c .will
be' given free of charge, an*
Uve podeqt album In wh^ ta RMta
his stampa until ha haa mouih 'ta
maximum capacity. Congressmen
consider the problons of getting ma
terial to England to be of a minor
nature—that the all-impcntant thing
right now it to produce as much and
as fast as possible.
Some congresnnen feel tiiat the
lull in the strike situation aftar Eas
ter might represent a lull before a
stenm, as strikes are threatened in
aonia. of the largest plants in the
country, including U. S. Steel and
General Motors. But there does seem
to-be a feeling that labor ami em-
ployen are ready to (Wne to qtiick
se^emmts in the face of growing
public sentiment against all inter
ference with defense.
buy a $25 bond or one of hitfier de
nomination. TMrty million of these
albums are now being prepared.
*'EFFORT METER** TESTS, oondaoled
in 15 major dtiea, prove that the drivilh of
a standard transmission car puahea out
and leta in the ishitch** an avatafa of 238
timeo an boor—that hia loft foot hi actnafly
on the clutch pedal a total of ndnutaa
out of each hour.’ AH thia maana work/
T ry the "drive** that goes eU the to
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(,M
nnke things eaeY for the driver—’Hydra-
Matirl Tiroapdie dutdi-piia)^ ie
out Manaal gaar-ehifting hi oat No
other drive in Ow world it ao aimple
and eaey to operate. Drive the eaay
Hydra-Matic way, today—fo a
amart, awift-atapping Oldimebie!
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