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Clinton, S. C., Thursday, May 22,1941
Number 21
PASSENGERS ON
ZAMZAHUNDB)
IN FRQICH PORT
To Leave Clintoif
Germans To Rdeose
Them Shortly. Number
Of iWes Reported Lost.
Berlin, Wednesday, May 21.—The
142 Americans removed fropi the
Egyptian fteamer Zamzam before it
was sunk by a German war^p in
the South Atlantic probably wiU be
released soon and permitted to re-
tium to the United States, Nui in
formed quarters said early today.
AH of the 323 passengers and crew
members of the Q,209-ton vessel are
safe and sound in “a western French
port,” presumably between Bordeaux
and Brest, after being landed there
from a German merchant ship to
whidi they were transferred from
the sea-raiding warship, it was an
nounced.
The Zamzam was sunk in the south
Atlantic at least a m<mth ago—dur
ing ”the middle of April”—because
she was transporting war materials
for Britain” from the United States,
the official DNB agency said.
Asked about the Americans, in
cluding 24 young ambulance drivers
of the British-American Ambulance
corps bound to aid the ”Free Froidi”
forces in Africa, an mformed Ger
man source said:
. "Nothing is known here so far, but
we believe all the Americans will be
allowed to^ proceed to neutral coun
tries.”
Many of those aboard the Zamzam
were missionaries.
(The entire cargo of the Zamzam
"is in German hands, unharmed,”
having been removed before the ves
sel was sunk, according to the Ger
man official radio heard in New York
by CBS. The cargo included |3S,000
worth of equipment including 20 am
bulances, a field kitchen and X-ray
traOer, ot the British-American Am-
'bulance corps route for service
with the "Free French” forces in
Africa). ,
The survivors were landed safe
and sound in the '*wealem Fmch
^ which fluy mrwrtbe
ferred from the warship which sank
the SSamram, it was stated.
The sinking "in the middle of
April” ajqpea^ to have occtured
shortly after ffie Zamzam left Recife
on April 10 for Capetown where it
was 'due April 21 or' 23.
• An earlier announcement, lifting
the month-old mystery of the ves
sel’s fate, had told of the rescue of
all those aboard when a sea-raiding
German warship, presumably a
cruiser, sank the Zamzam somewhere
in the south Atlantic.
Toni^fs new announcement by
the DNB, based on infemnation from
official German quarters, still failed
to clear up the mystery of the whm-
abouts of the 142 Americans and 181
others aboard the ship beyond stat
ing they were safe m a Nazi-occu
pied “western Fnmch port”
(The western French port rai^t
be Bordeaux m* Bayohne on the
western coast of continental France,
or ponibly Dakar or Sasablanca on
the west coast of French West Af
rica).
ROBERT P. WILDER
R. P. Wilder has resigned his po
sition as instructor and athletic coach
at Clinton high school to become
principal and athletic director of
Mount 7Aon Institute (high school)
at Winnsboro.
}iT. Wilder, a native of Woodruff,
came to CUnton s^ years ago as a
member of the high school faculty
and football coach. Under his leader
ship the school has produced strong
football teams each year, recently
winning both a state and upper state
championship. His teams for the
six-year period have an average
above 750.
Mr. Wilder plans to attend sum
mer school, aftCT which he wQl move
his
Winnsboro. He and Mrs. Wilder haye
a wide circle of friends in the city
who will regret to learn of their de
parture, and whose best wishes will
follow them to their iww home.
Biemial Sesskw
Amendiiient Out
iNalion To Seek'
'Defense At Home
Legislators Agree Death
Bell Has Sounded For
Hope This Yeor.
Million Men To Be
Recruited For Emer
gency Duties.
COLLEGE TO HONOR
DR. A. E. SPENCER
AT COMMENCEMENT
Washington, May 20.—^A drive to
Columbia, May 20. -r- Legislators
agreed today that the death bell toll-! recruit a million or more volunteers
ed distinctly, if quietly, this week ini to man the home defenses in any, ^ j
the house of representatives for any!wartime emergency tonight became: distinction of havi^
Dr. Almon Edwin Spencer, dean
of the Presbyterian college faculty,
will be awarded a special parchment
scroll at the annual commencement
exercises June 2nd in recognition of
fifty years of contim^d service.
Dr. Spencer came to Clinton in
1891 to -become professor of Greek
and French at the college and has the
BRITISH CONSULS
ORDEe TO LEAVE
NEAR EAST POSTS
Levant Statei Request
Removal. Nazis Set Up
20 Air Bases.
Beirut, Lebanon, May 20, — War
hope-of ratifying biennial legislative one of the first objectives of thel*“ awpicmas issues by me college j took a firmer grip on French-con-
session amendments to the constitu-' newly created office of civilian trolled Syria and Lebanon today.
tlon this year.
.fense.
pus is named for the beloved educa-
By a roll call of 52 to 38, the house,
toda}r
w 1 , ^ . j lof who has made an outstanding | ’ Authorities of those Levant states
Officials obviously Expected «,contribution to the institution for the o^'dered British consulates closed and
continued until the 1942 session a large proportion of the men to come century
resolution by Representative Vallen-!from the vast reservoir of young,
Line of Orangeburg to pry out of the;physically able manpower known to! %/r g|\
judiciary committee three senate- the draft organization as Class 3-A \| ylJiU
approved measures to insert in the!—men given a deferred status be-
constitution the amendment approv
ed by the general election voters last
year.
cause they have dependents to sup
port.
Plans are that the men shall be
The resolution was pending on the organized and trained to the task
calendar for days before the final of protecting life and property in
vote was reached. The house, without their localities, in coordination with
ado, adopted the motion by Repre
sentative Mellette of Clarendon
which apparently sealed the coffin
on biennial sessions for this legisla
tive year.
Representative Brailsford of Or
angeburg had fought hardest for the
effort to loosen the measures from
the committee. He had reiterated his
oppositkm to the views of Represen
tative Taylor of Spartanburg and
others that the house should not act
on the bills until the senate disposed
of the house-passed bills proposing
constitutional referenda in 1942 on
the question of increasing house
terms afrom two to four years and
senate Wms from four to six.
Brailsford held steadfastly
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port” by a German merchant s^ to the
throughout to his contention that the
justified. Taylor argued there was
no need for haste as the house could
await the smate actirni on the other
bills and yet have time at the 1942
session to ratify the biennial session
amendments. He and many other
house members had clung to the view
that the representatives would be
shorn of mixdi power and senators’
influence would be increased if no
movement were initiated to extend
terms. Under the current two-year
house terms, representatives would
attend only one biennial session.
COUNTY AIRPORT
MAY BE USED
IN WAR GAMES
Leas ot life Feared
New Yoric, May 20.—^Radio station
'WldC^ reported tonight its London
correspondent said in a rikortwave
broadcast from the British capital
that "Berlin’s report of no loss of Ufa
in the sinidng of- the Zamzam is ut
terly fantastic.”
Thes London corres>ondait of the
New York station is Johannes StceL
The correspondent added, "It is
quite likely that mort Americans lost
theirIMvee in the sinidiig of the 2Sam-
zsm than in the Lusitania during the
'World war.”
Without giving the aource of his
information, Steel said "the facts are
that a neutral ship on an errand of
widely publicized First Army ma
neuvers between October 6 and De
cember 1 was seen as a possibiUty
here yesterday by L. C. Bariodale,
Laiirens Business league secretary,
who said that a request from R. C.
Mansfield, assistant adjutant general
at Fort Jackson, for permission to
use die airport has been granted.
Barksdale said that he did not
know just bow many planes would
be stationed here during the maneu
vers but added that he was exp^-
ing more definite information freun
army officials b^ore the war games
start
Mansfield’s letter requested per
mission, to make minor excavations
and space for pitching necessary
tents, adding that the port woxild be
restored to its original condition af-
tmr the games. It was also stated that
the portions of the airport used in
the maneuvers would be roped'off in
order not to interfere with normal
activities.
^
the Home Guard units already., es
tablished in many states. Their re
sponsibilities would include the i»o-
tection of public property, and such
key military objectives as ihdustrial
plants and bridges, preparation and
readiness to serve as firefighters and
to offer physical resistance to the
bmnbing of strategic points.
The office of civilian defense will,
however, have many more adminis
trative duties than this. It will be
expected to advise and assist in the
ENDS FRIDAY
Program For High School
Includes Class Night,
Sermon and Groduot*
ing Exercises.
The 1940-41 session of the Clinton
city schools will come to a close Fri-I
day.
The closing program for the high
school will open Friday night with
class day exercises in Florida Street
school auditorium at eight o’clock.
The program will be in the frame of
■their staff.s removed, while Britain’s
I RAF settled down to a steady bom-
jbardment of German-^used airfields
and the Nazis themselves COnsolidat-
jed their hold on the routes to th«
j battlefronts of Iraq.
I (Dispatches from Ankara said
{German ground staffs were trans
forming more than 20 Syrian air
fields for possible use as offensive
bases against the British. The big
airport at Aleppo was reported func
tioning as the chief refuelling point
for Nazi warplanes enroute to Iraq,
while Nazi technicians and eqtiip-
ment arrived at other fields by iir
from the Dodecanese. “Surplus”
French military supplies were said
be moving into Iraq by motor
to
formulation of all civiUan defense « “talking newspaper” with Harold
measures, to work closely with state
and local governments, to train civ
ilian auxiliaries, and stimulate na
tional morale.
Announcing the establishment .of
the new agency today, Presidmt
Roosevelt simultaineously appointed
FioreUo LaGuardia,. the dynamic
mayor of New York, as its head. He
will receive no salary. Mr. Roose
velt said, and will continue as mayor.
But in New York, there were in
dications that this might not be the
whole stoi^ It was disclosed that
LaGuardia would ccxne to Washing
ton tomorrow, and it was said, make
an important public statement deal
ing with the mayorality situation.
On Thursday, it was added, La
Guardia win issue a second state-
R>ent on the new defenee
chairman of the labor,
and manufactures committee, assert
ed today “there was no question but
what the house’s action this week
killed any chance of making biennial
sessions a fact this year.
I think if we could have biennial!
ANGEOTWEEft
OF THANKSGIVING
FAILED, SAYS FDR
Pitts, president of the class, presid
ing. Betty Hunter, assisted by Vir
ginia Sumerel, wiU act as editor of
the newspaper and introduce the
heads of the various departments.
The class historian, Johnny Na
bors, will read the history; Violet
Browning, class poet, will give her
poetry column; C. B. Sharpton will
take the role of a prophet; Charles
Ross, sports editor, will read a col
umn of accomplishments for the
class; Banna Piaster Martin will give
a gossip column; Kathleen Howard
will furnish a society editor feature,
and the class will in the form of an
advertising department, will be read
by Jane Little.
The honor students of the junior
class will serve as marshals. Several
songs will be sung by the class, di-
the president, are: Mac Finney, vice-
president; Henry Etta Young, secre
tary-treasurer. Jack Barnes is presi
dent of the student body.
The baccalaureate sermon before
481 the graduating class will be preached
Washington, May 20.—The
sessions it would save the state |200,- j states aga^ will celebrate Thanks-1 Sunday evening at the First Presby-
000 to $300,000 a year by eliminating i giving on the traditional last Thurs-1 terian church by Rev. |L. P. McGee,
salaries every other year for legisla
tors, attaches, engrossing department
employes, the big cost of printing and
in other ways^
“It would be a wholesome thing,
General Assembly
Opens Meet Tonight
The 81st annual session of the Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church, U. S., will opoi this evening
at Mcmtreat, N. C. Dr. Frank C.
Brown of Dallas, Texas, moderator,
wiU deliver the opening sermon.
(^oRunj^oners' from South Caro
lina Rreibyterj^ to the assembly are:
Rev. A. G. Anderson, Greenwood,
Rev. E. F, Oettys, McCormick, Elders
Joel s. Morse, Abbeville, axid J. N.
Goordon, IXmalds.
WT80E HEAPS CLUB
Robert Wysor, a senior of CoU^
Park, Md., has been elected presi-
I dent , of the International Relations
mercy has been sunk by a Geiman,c|„b coUto for tha coming
raider and that many American lives
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defeatad by HMrbtmr at Nawtieny
8 to 6. Newbarry tNincfaed hita In fha
second and fifth innings, with six]
home ruM hr Caldwell and Brown
faaturing the game. i
Watts Mill cut loosa with a five-,
tun rally in tha alnth timing and de
feat^ Clinton 9 to 7. CUntmi want
of tha vtidting fehib by aeoring
six ntiu til tiM sbMi timing, only to
have Watts clinch tha victory with
the big ninth inning spree. |
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Ihto date hwt yanr, 9
. , ^ ^ , I The change will not occur ifntil
to let toe private citizen and busi-. year, however, so calendars,
nesses k^w two ye^ m advance I football schedules and sales cam-
instead of one year what their taxes!
day in November because, in the pastor of North Broad Street Metoo-
words of President Roosevelt, ad- di»t church. Special music wiU be
vancing the date failed to accom- offered and, as has been toe custom
plish its purpose. • ifor a long period of years, this will
change will ^ • union service in which all
trucks and more than 2,000 Syrian
natives under French-trained officers
were reported to have crossed the
frontier to join Iraq forces fighting
the British).
Suppression of the British consul
ates was announced as a reprisal for
British bombardment of Syrian air
dromes. Misso airdrome, near Da
mascus, was attacked again this
morning by two British planes.
As for the operations in Iraq, a
coRununique received here from
Baghdad reported repulse of British
forces in the^ Basra area and on the
Western Iraq front, and destruction
of 30 British armored cars by the
Axis-reinforced Iraq air force.
The communique said losses in
men and material were inflicted on
toe British on the southern front,
where Iraquis, reinformed by irregu
lars, successfully attacked British po
sitions and took prisoners. It added
that two gunboats bombarding Iraq
positions from toe Persian gulf were
driven off and one was damaged by
.law) arUUcTy«^ ...
(Authoritative Iraq soitrces in An
kara said their ranks were being
augmented by volunteers from So
viet Russia, Afghanistan and Iran
(Persia). Thejr described toe Soviet
volunteers as‘ pilots, aviatiori me
chanics, aviation technicians, tank
drivers and mechanics. The same
sources asserted that the population
of Soviet Asiatic districts includes
some 25,000,0<)0 persons of Moslem
origin who sympathize with the Iraq
cause. „
, .paigns will not be thrown out of
would be. They could grange their ^ has done
budgets accordingly and would not
be eternally worried about what the
legislature would do. State and coun
ty taxes would be known two years
in advance with biennial sessions be
cause supply biUs for the state and
counties would have to be enacted]
churches of toe city will unite
The graduating ekercis^es will be
held in Florida Street school audi
torium next Monday evening, at
for the last two years, Mr. Roosevelt | time m^ls Md awwds for
wlU proclaim toe next to toe lastly® f^ made. Supt. W E.
Thursday in November fo be
Thanksgiving Day. That will be No
vember 20.f
When he announced in August,
for two-year periods instead of one
year;
COUNTY SCHOOLS
WIN 32 PUCES
1939, that he was advancing toe date,
toe president said retailers wanted
the changes because they figured
business would be better if toere
were a Umger interval between
Thanksgiving and Christmas. Be
sides, he said. Thanksgiving had no,t
final
In toe recent annual High School i ^
Week contests held in Columbia ^ November.
which 1,500 students competed from ^ check was made on toe econo-
all parts of toe state, students from j
five Laurens county high schools‘Mr. Roosevelt told his press donfer-
won 32 of toe 397 places.* commerce de-
Laurens hiito sdiool took top place i *'®^ found that a majority
for the county with 17 wins, ClLntoni®^ retail stores agreed that the shift
high came second with seven, Ford|*»®«* «®d« difference in their
'and Thomwell'hl^ three each, andi®®!®?*
Cross HUl two. The list of winners! president smilingly admitted
for the local ‘schooU has already ap-j^®^ the experiment was unsuccess-
peared in The Chronicle.
Fresbytorians Ekcf
Additionol Elders
ful.
At a amgrtgational ^meeting of the
Fint Presbyterian church Sunday
morning foltowtiig the worship hour,
the folfowlng additlmud ciders were
elected:* M. M. Freeman, Dr. M. W.
Brown, R. C Adair, Frai^ E. Miller,
T. P. Copeland and W. H. Shands.
With tBe exetption of Mr. Freeman,
all of the electees are members of
the church's board of deacons. Mr.
Freeman, before moving to Clinton,
wu an elder in the Shandon Presby
terian dmrch of Cohimbia.
A congregational meeting will be
held next'Sunday morning to elect
additioi^ deacons.
Goldviile Boy
Given PromoHon
DR. J. M. RAST
NEW PRESIDENT
UNDER COLLEGE
graduates and following a custom of
the past two years, no guest speaker
will appear on the program. Miss
Betty Hunter will be the valedic
torian, and Miss Virginia Sumerel,
toe salutatorian. The president of the
class, Harold Pitts, will also speak.
The senior class is composed of
71 members, 41 boys and 30 girls, the
list having been published last week
in The Chronicle.
The time of all three programs
will be ei^t o’clock with the public
cordially invited.
Kiwanis Clubs
Join In Rally
Division Meet Held In
Lourens With Governor
Furr As Speaker.
Martin T. Coleman
Dies At Abbeville
Martin Teague Coleman, 72, died)
at his home in Abbeville last Thurs
day night after being in declining! j
health .for some time. The funerkl I by President Du
A challenging call to Kiwanis to
accept roles as citizens, fatoers and
patriots in the defense of America
against the menace of totalitarianism
by Carolinas District Governor Ray
A. Furr of Rock Hill, featured the
annual dinner rally meeting of toe
ninth divUion held last Thursday
evening in Laurens with the Lau
rens club as host. A large delegation
from the Clinton club attended the
meeting which .was attended by 125
Kiwanians and the presidents of all
clubs in the division. The lieutenant
governor of the division presided.
Music for the occasion featured
services were held Saturday 'after
noon from the residence, with Rev.
B. L. Kilgo in charge.
I Mr. Coleman was the son of James
Finley Colonan and Liavinia Teague
(foleman of Coronaca.
Pre Jlhame of the Greenville club,
and selections by a sextet from the
Cora Cox Lucas Music Study club of
Laurens under the direction of Mrs.
L. S. McMillan, with Mrs. John K.
Taylor as piano accompanist. Others
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. ^”i!**Tj****T ^®*
Hannah Hemphill Coleman, several
sons and dau^ters, grandchildren,
brothers and sisters. John W. Cole-
Greenwood, May 20.—Lander col
lege trustees announced here today
that the Rev. Jeton Marvin Rast,
DJD., of Columbia, had been elected
president of the institution to suc
ceed Dr. John W. ^^ake, president
since 1932, who will retire June 1.
Doctor Rast, now editor of the
Southern Christian Advocate, will]
take up his new duties immediately
upoi^ toe retiranent of Doctor
Speake. The* latter is retiring be
cause of his health.
Since 1936 he has h4m editor of
the church publication at . Cohimbia.
man of this city is a brother of toe
deceaMd.
MeHiodist Leogue
Sponsors Pie Supper
On Monday evening the
People’s league of Broad
M^odist church, under the leader
ship of Miss Made Davis, sponsored
Young
Street
a pie supper. Proceeds from toe sup
per will be used to send a delegate
His DJ3. degree was confarred upon to the summer assembly at Lander
Sgt. Fred L. Roes of Clinton Bat
tery B, 107to Cfoast Artillery, Anti-
Aircraft, now stationed at Camp
Stewart near Savumah, Ga., has
been commissioned as a tacond Ueu-
tenant, it has been announced by of
ficials of the uaiL
Lieut Boas Is a < son of Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Ro« of Ooldville.
him by Wofford.
Closing Pr^rom At
Hurricane Tonight
The annual commencement ckaing
program of the Hurricane school,
near here, will be givm this evening
in' toe schoolhouse beginning at eight
o’dock. The ixiblic is cordiaUy in
vited.
college. Greenwood.
Hurricane Teachers
Are Re-elected
Waldrep, Mrs. Miller Brown and
Mrs. R. T. Wilson. Mrs. McMillan
and Mrs. Taylor played a piano duet.
The address of welcome was made
by Rev. John J. Hayes, president of
the Laurens club. The response was
given by President R^. B. Burgess,
president of the Spartanburg club.
The invocation was offered by Prof.
O. B. Cannon of the Newberry club.
The meeting was described by
Governor Furr and District Secre
tary Herb Hennlg of Darlingtoa. as
one of tha best held this year in the
Carolinas district. ^ * '
Mrs. J. A. Lester of Newberry,
principal, and Mrs. Tom Milam of
this city, have been re-elected as
teachers of toe Hurricane school for
the coming year, the trustees have
announced.
BACK FROM SCOUT MEET
President R. E. Ferguson «of this
city, chairman of training; J. A.
Gr^am,' Greenwood, chairman of
organization and extension; W. A.
Merritt, Greenville, and Scout Exec
utive O. B. Gorman, all of the Blue
Ridge council, returned Sunday night
having attended^ toe annual meeting
of the National Council, Boy Scouts
of Africa, held at Watoington.
D. Cj May 16-17.
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