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/ -*■ I -r ‘-r- THECHRONiCLi Strives To Be A Cleon Newspoper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Sk (HUntiin fflhrontrlp If You Don't Reod IHE CHRONHU You Don't Get the News mm Volume XLI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 10, W1 Number 28 War Secretary Sees Great Tank Battle County WPA Rolls Cut 20 Per Cent Slash Made In Interest Of National Defense, Officiob Say. WAR BULLETIN BOARD Germans are stopped all along the front and suffering heavy losses, Russians say; military informants in Vichy desclare Hitler’s iinvaslon is held up everywhere for fourth con sent! ve day; Nazi high comand c<m- fines report to one sentence, saying operations are ’’on schedule.” Hundreds of British warplanes at tack northern France;, Americans in London are concerned over non-ar- LOCAL BOARD CALLS TEN YOUNG MEN FOR ARMY DUTY Laurens, July 9.—^The WPA rolls in Laurens county were reduced from 110 to Sir persons July 1 in a, . , ..... j ^ „ slash ordered by Washington officiaU o* United States Red Cross in what wal described as an “at- tempt to concentrate all possible ef fort on national defense work,” it was learned last week from WPA ^i iivYrrc klAkicn authorities. The ruling wiU afTecftwUMMi I I Cfcj NAmtU COUNTY DEFENSE BYRNES m FROM SENATE TO JUDGESHIP LINE UP OF NATIONS IN EUROPEAN WAR TAKES OLD PATTERN Washington, July 8. — A legal ca reer ha began four decades ago as a circuit court stenographer in South Carolina reached its climax Tuesday when James Francis Byrnes relin-i^^ opposing nations will not be the quished his senate seat to be sworn in as an associate justice of tiie su preme court. By Lytle Hull Wlienever Europe really buckles down to its normal business—^WAR, there is just one thing you can al ways be positive will happen — and that is that the original “line-up” of The oath was administered in same at the end as it was in the be ginning. (See Kindergarten History). These peace-loving nations shift and President Roosevelt’s office with the {change and squirm and betray; and president, Cktvemor Burnet R. May-. the original purposes of their wars bank of South Carolina, scores of I become lost in a smother of new al- congressmen and officials, including the South Carolina delegation, kins men and friends loddng on. Noting a* large gathering of senate liances, new objectives and new slo gans. The unkindest feature of this Eu- ropMn habit is that it imposes an county road work, public building and various other projects. An approximate 20 per cent re duction, the new Laurens county fig ures were in line with the states’ July quota which provides for 20,100 persons on the WPA rolls as com pared to 25,800 in June. The reduction in WPA employ ment here does not affect the approx imately SO Lanrens county residents employed on the Santee-Cooper pro ject near Charleston. Under a ruling that approved na tional defense projects and building projects in the process of completion would be retained, WPA authorities pointed out that to Laurens county the Ford high, school Clinton library project would be cwnpleted. Disimntinued altogether to this county were the Laurens sewing room and the library project. The recreation program was reduced by about one-third and the school lunch program, employing about 15, and the commodity distribution program, em ploying 5, will be continued with no reductions, the authorities stated. WPA contributions to county road construction were' discontinue but the county (^legation and the board of commissioners moved to carry on work now imder way with county funds and forces. While the reductions were an nounced merely as “July quotas,” WPA authorities predicted that they would be at least for the “duration of the defense effort.” BY FLEMING Another'^ quota of draftees — 10 white men, will be sent by Clinton Board No. 50 to Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Ga., July 16, for induction in the United States army.. The list includes: Lander Austin Davis, Rt. 1, Lau rens. Clarence Raymond Hunnicutt, MOSEvar Hnns HEMISPHERE llffi IS BIOIIED OUT Defends Icelond Move And Soys Points Beyond Old Demarcation Now Very Important. Qoldville. Roy Lee Lydia, 18 Beauregard St.,[ Washington, July 8. — President Clinton. j Roosevelt made it clear today that James Medford Babb, Rt. 1, Gray'the uncertain line separating the Court. ' ! Eastern and Western f -r friends, including Majority Leader | •dditlonal mental effort upon out- Barkley and the veteran Virgtoian,f*i<l«w Uke us. How can we toterven- Carter Glass, assembled about him,; and isolationists^ «P*cted ' President Roneevelt jnaingiy called h> feHiw all lamtoenr invleaiHia>cre- tbe senate to “order” ^SiSnonlsh- •‘•d by these shifting alltonpes, when dd the “gallery” they could be as we didn’t know what it was aU about noisy as they pleased. ^ with? Now we have to guess Then the president made a brief fU over again before we start “bawl- ^Community chairmen have been appointed by Chas. F. Fleming of Laurens, county chairman in connec tion with the National Civilian De fense organization. The appointees as announced are: City of Laurens, Jas. C. Todd; City of Clinton, H. L. Eichelberger; Watts Hkla, T. P.' Townsend; Lau rens Mills, W. Tom Watson; Clinton MOls, P. S. Baiky; 1^^ IfOk, Er nest Jttonsoa; Goldvi^ Bruce Gal- lowsy; Cross BlUl, L. E. Martin; Gray Court-Owtogs, R. E. Gray, and Waterloo, NUes C. Clarke. The central committee for the en tire county is composed ol Mr. Flem ing, chairman, E. D. Easterby, G. MiUcr McCuen,* L. C. Barksdale, Dr. D. O. Rhame, H. L. Eichelberger, Mrs. R. H. Roper, Miss Jennie Cole man and Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, Jr. Itie civilian defense conunittee is composed of voluntary woikers and is charged with the instruction and organization of the local conununi- ties for defense woik in case of an emergencyr as explained by*" Chair man Fleming. Among other things, it is to cooperate with regularly con stituted agencies in imearthing sabo tage, he said, although it is not in tended to conflict with or take over any of the duties of peace officers. Hemisphere William Carl Lindley, Bt. 1, Gray'^vould not be considered the ^ast- bel'Roy Waldrop, Rl. 3, Clinlon. j'™ boundary o( Amorican dotense John Alfred McNinch, Rt. 2, Lau-! activities. I In press conference statement Waiter Elmer Wells, Rt. 1, Ware followed the American oc- Shoals ' cupation of Iceland, the president George Franklin Brown, Rt. 3,ifaid there were jwints beyond that Clinton ' which might become of terrible Walter Robert Allen,' Rt. 3, Clinton, i importance to tHis country. He had Impromptu qieech. In a light veto, he said he wished he were Solomon so be .could divide Byrnes to two, appointing'one-half of him to the suprme court and leaving the other half to the senate where for the past number of pretty serious guesses to contend wito. Remember one thing, to working out tois Intelligence quiz —whatever you decide will be wrong. Now try to figure out the re- SHIRT FACTORY ISSUES CALL FOR STOCK PAYMENTS ■ ^ ..,h. y«r, U.. Soutt. served as the president’s chief lieu tenant^ Since be could not do that, how ever, Pikaident Roosevelt said the supreme court would be honored and strengthened by Byrnes’ presence. to tue the Ukisdne only, or will they toy to become master of all Russia? Would this last be possible? And if they took the Ukraine only, and were able to hold it, would this district be Chief Justice Richard Whaley of P^^*^**^ the United SUtes court of claims, * ^ South Carolinian and an old friend^*®*.^* Russian army yrttoto turn ^ months or even less; will that fact of Byrnes, administered toe oath. . Bjnmes’ rested on an old fam-1 make an inyasiM of &igland md a.. ^ rwv3r anH thm father ' r«narAalltog and re-equipping of ,1” ^ MPdy. rid thraa out ol the hmd ol ,^ „ undertoWn* hu ev« been considered huntonly possible? And by next summer won’t the arm ament odds of Germany over Britain be more even? Third: Is there something deeper Following an announcement last week that the Hallmark Shirt com pany of New York city is soon to open a manufacturing plant here, the company has issued a call to local stockholdMs for payment of the sub scribed stock. When the subscriptions were made 10 per cent was required with appli cation, with jhe remaining payments divided into two parts due July 12 and August 11. The stock was Bold in units of $101.00 per share. Many Unable To Pass License Law ’’Bolilcll'lbyrBO Per Cent Foll Down On Road Tests. Columbia, July 7.—A. W. Bohlen, director of the state motor vehicle division, said today South Carolina’s new motor vehicle driving license test was stumping about tevery other applicant. Bohlen said the more rigid require- Roosevelt Favors Extensions For 1-Year Service Men Soys To Releose Those At Outposts Would Demoralize Army Setup. Washington, JUly 8. — President Roosevelt today approved continuing a portion at least of the selective service army and National Guard in ihe active service beyond the one year for which they were originally called to duty. To muster all out at the end of that time, he said at a press conference, would result in impairing the ef ficiency of the nation’s armed out posts in both the Atlantic and Pa cific. But whether men not involved in those outposts should be released after a year, he did not say. To that extent he thus approved stopped, he said, trying to deter mine just where the Hne ran. The Chief Executive met report ers toward the close of a day which had seen the White House, throui^ his scretary, Stephen T. Early, re prove Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) for saying last week-end he had in formation that Iceland would be taken over by this country. Early took the position that Wheeler had discIosM military in formation and at his press confer ence, Mr. Roosevelt said he thought the case spoke for itself. As for the reasons behind the Iceland move, the President said he I could not reply categorically to a question whether he knew of any German intention tojntablish a base upon the island. In a war, he said, one puts one’s self in the position of the other fellow, and asks what action would be taken in a given set of circum stances. Someties action taken was based on information, he said, and sometimes not. “Do you think the other fellow is likely to make any move toward the Azores or Cape Verde Islands.” the proposal of Gen. George C. Mar shall that the term of service be ex he was asked. Mr. Roosevelt’s reply was that he could not prognosticate. In a re tended. A second Marshall proposal ^ cent speech, he streased what he that legal restrictions limMug toe j considered the fanportance of toose service of,the draftees and National; Atlantic islands to the defense of Guard I to the western hemisphere and American possessions be re moved, he thought of less importance this country. “Then,” he continued, “Anseri- can ships and planes will, patrol he had given up, he said, tryixig to the routes used by the British on determine where the hemisphere the remainder of the journey across boundary line ran. Asked whether he planned to send a message to congress requesting legislation along the lines of Mar-| shall’s proposal, Mr. Roosevelt re plied that he thought congress under- the Atlantic.’' ments, which became effective July i stood the problems involved pretty 1, were based on national standards well. the wicked.” Byrpes’ friends recalled he was rea^ by a widowed mother and grew up with his orphan cousin, Frank Hogan, nationally known at torney and former president of the American Bar asaociation. Hogan proudly witnessed toe induction. Regulor Evening Church Services Following toe action of last sum mer, the usual Sunday evening ser vices of the diurchet of the city will be held during the numths of July and August, toe Ministmial asaoci ation has announcer ^e hmit of wortolp in an toe dunr^ is 8 pjn. b DRIVB CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE 80 FAB IBM ZBAB TBBBB HAVE BEEN FATALITIES tnm AUtOMOBlLB -ACaDBNTS !■ LAURENS COUNTY Letli StriTe Td Mike 1041 • Sifg Ymt Ob iht HiglWBJB. This date teal year, 18 •4., in Germany’s attack upon Russia than the obvious need for additional food and oil spppUes? Is this attack a “cover up” for an attmnpted inva sion of England by the hundred or more unemployed divisiems of the German army? Fourth: Is Bwre SMnetblng evm more frightening than the wild gam ble of invasion? It there a powerful anti-Stalin groim in Russia, prepared and waiting the slg^ to at tempt e coupe d’etat to take over the government for the purpoee~of any*- ing Russia to Oennany in one vast military nuKhine? Fifth: Will Adolf and Joe beat each other's brains out end leave the world in happiness and neact —se that Europe can prepare ibelf (snd us) for its next big war? Tbeee are/ a few cd toe 6',000,000 new intiblems whidi wtter uifcia4ly to^ us intoigMt ol toe treasurer’s office used by Runto. Take your ,ot one and supervisor for several mnwth« •‘think it torpuA” k to bad as toe imm Bitter is doubtless dote^ HA Of fueiBnjg.and tet up hope be wiU not always ba right But whatever we do as a na tion—evaiitufaijL-rtet uk watt aaiiile and sae which way toa cat jumps. We can always declare wat^-lmt It is difficult to “imdeclare” tt. Lst us hold <he^ out trump card aa Irntg aa we a^^-ahd maybk, Ood willing, we will never hive to play it SUMMER SCHOOL TO CLOSE The Presbyterian coUege summer school in ssesion for the past six wedm, will cktee on Jufy 18. The school is under the direction of Dr. John O. Barden, assisted by several memhara of the faculty. states that company is proceed ing immediately to order aU neces sary equijxnent, which is being pur chased with funds subscribed in Clinton, and that it is hoped to have the plant in operation sometime in September. already in force in many states and The letter forwarded stockholders were advocated by the National Safe- SOIL EXHIBIT, TRAIN COMING The Seaboard Air Line railway will bring its soil conservation ex hibit train to Clinton for a display on August 2nd, it was announced yesterday by J. N. McBride, general agricultural agent. TTie train will re main here from 9 ajn. to 4 pan. > The Seaboard has been very suc cessful in providing educational dem onstration trains to the farming in terests of the Southeast, having in past years placed in service toe po tato and soy bean exhibit cars which attracted thousands of interested vis itors and helped farmers to better their crop yields and market returns. ty council and the American Auto mobile association. ‘Most failures,” Bohlen said, “are BABB APFOINTED TAX COLLECTOR R. A. Babb, asspeikted with the occurring in actual road tests where applicants show weakness in the pro'per maneuvering, stopping and stai^g on hiUs, turning corners, passing In traffic, and parking be tween other vehicles.” All persons applying for licenses for the first time and those who al ready have lost their j941-45 licenses are required to pass the tests. The highway patrol has 35 certi- fled examiners who cover the entire state, working in every .county at least once each week. “So far,” Bohlen said, “the exam iners have found that most applicants agree to study traffic laws and rules before being examined. As a,conse quence the number of failures in this respect is small. Not many are fail ing on hand signals, but there is con siderable difficulty as to the stop and slow signs.” inspection Unit To Leave July 14 The South Carolina Highway In spection unit located on North Broad sheriff’s office for the past several j street will continue the inspectitm of years in charge of tax qpllections, | cars through Monday,. July 14. A L. was appointed last week by Governor Mayhap to All toe office of tax col lector CTfated during the 1941 ses sion of the teglslsture. Mr. Babb enpelts to move delin quent tax reco^ to the office just toe supervisor for several months whtta to* eourt bouse was being re- modtted.. Thornwell Fomily To Hov« Vaedtion Vacation season at toe orphanage will begin next Thursday when prac tically all of the childr» will leave Fly, supervisor, sUted yesterday that there are several hundred motor ve hicles atolch do not have a second priod sticker. He urges owners to bring their cars at once and avoid the last day rush, as all vtoicles not bearing toe required sticker will be stoppped and owners subject to proeecution, after Nov. 1. There will be no other statioo in the county before this tone, he states. « Sunday School Meet Held Here Tuesday ‘The annual meeting of the' Lau rens County Sunday School conven The selectees and Guardsmen, Mr. Roosevelt explained, have been dis tributed among regular army units for training in line with the plan followed in the World war. Among the units containing these men, he continued, is an anti-aircraft Wheeler Strikes At Iceland Movr Montanan Says Thot Needed For Incidents To Bring "Shooting War.' II Washington, July 8. — Senator detachment in Hawaii, so that at the! Wheeler (D-Mont) asserted today end of the one-year service a 1^8*! that the administration had arrang- portion of the unit might have to beied United States occupation of Ice- brought home and replacements | land because it wanted “to get us would have to come from raw ma- into a shooting war,” and realized teriaL {that it had to have “ a hell of a se- The same situation applies in j ries of incidents to get this Congress Alaska, Panama, Bermuda, Trinidad, or Newfoundland, he said. A measure to defer men over 28 from selective service, already passed to declare war.” He made these remarks at an in formal press conference at which he also said he was informed that Ice- by the aenate, is scheduled for house' land already had been occupied when consideration tomorrow. The death he forecast the move last week, of Representative Belles (R-Wis) i Wheeler said his prediction was bas- prevented action today. Johnson Resigns As School Trustee ed on letters he had received from parents saying that their sons would j receive mail there. He added that it was a “known {fact that the president has pre viously intimated very definitely that Walter A^. Johnson has rwiped ss he was considering taking over the a member of the Iward of trusteM,cape Verde and Canary Slands.” of Hunter &h^l ^trict No. 5. The, wheeler said that recent conten- ^cMcy will be fllled by the boardof^ucation and It was learn-!American soldiers would be need- ^ yeste^ that no appointment j Germany “stated the had yet been made. i •• Major Johnson is now stationed atl ' . .... .. . Camp Stewart, Ga., where he is at-} , o^er to defeat lUtler, he de tached to the local unit of the troops tional Guard, Battery B, 107th Coast soil and drive him back. Artillery,».Anti-Aircraft. Because ofi^^^, , starving German his absence from the city and the bombing probability that he will be in the ser vice for «n extended period, his res ignation was submitted, he stated. Otoer members of the board are W. C. Baldwin, chairman, C. E. Gal loway. C. N. Mauney, and R. L. Plaxico. County To Ship 165 Core Ftoches their cities is sheer poppy-cock, and every military and naval authority of whom 1 have heard recognizes that to be a fact” Wbeeter conteadad that the “only reaaoa” the administration wanted to taka over Iceland was “to draw us closer to tba war.” Predicting that Gannany arould not bomb Icetend. RThsater said it for toeir homes in this state, Geor-1 Uon wm held here Tuesday with the gia, Florida and elsewhere for a month's stay. Rivcnrslde Cottage on Enoree river near here, will not bt opened this summer as in the past due to the new ssrimming pool which is now open aqd adll be enjoyed daily by the chil dren who remain on toe campus for toe summer. Commercial peach shipments got underway in the county last we^ County Agent C. B. Cannon states. Shipments were matte by E. J. Poole of Enoree, C. W. Madden of Laur ens, and Rex Lanford of Waterloo. First Baptist church, the program The county will begin shipping begiiming at 10:30 and adjourning at ETbertas the middle or latter part of three'in the afternoon, with a brief'this month. It is estimated that 165 Intermission for lunch. t cars will be shipped from the county The convention was attended by'this year. Mr. Gannon suggests that was more likely that Uhitod States unite would “start shoothif at Ger man naval vessels.” Lions Club To Meet At 'Happy Acres' Fridoy delegates from a large number of Baptist Sunday schools of the county who took part in the interesting and hclsful program. those who desire peaches contact the growers and supply their home needs since canned fniit is expected to be hiitoer next falL \ The Lions club will hold its regu larly scheduled meeting Friday eye ing at 7:30 at the “Happy Acres” es tate recently leased by the club from Mrs. J. M. Dick. Sinre parking space is limited for the present, it hm been requested that members “doubte-up” and use as few cars II poeaible.