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Thursday, June 25,1942 m THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON. S. C. SEEK MORE SUGAR OVER SOUTHEAST - j Atlanta, June 22. — Rationing of ficials reported today that ragistn- tion of flfiJWfi industrial and institu tional ooneumew applying for sugar allotments expected to total 40,000,- 000 pounds in the Southeast was pro- ceeding' with routine smoothness, The registration began Saturday and will continue through July 5. In some localities special registration centers have been established,, but in most cities loqd war price and ra tioning boards handled the Job at their own offices Fenton Albright, senior food ra tioning officer for the regional OPA, said little difficulty was being expe rienced in issuance of the* new cer tificates, both consumers and local officials apparently becoming ac customed to rationing procedure. The certificates ere the second is sued to industrial and institutional consumers and will provide the July end August allotments of sugar for hotels, rastaurants and the* like. THE NATIONAL SCENE A Washington Sees It LYDIA MILLS NEWS FOR THE WEEK beth, to Pfc. Williaih M. Guest of Fort Niagara, N. Y. Pfc. Guest is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Guest of Fishers Island, N. Y., and the grand son of Mrs. T. G. Smith of this city. The wedding will take plaee at an early date. . Revival A revival meeting is being held at the Baptist church every evening at 8 o’clock, with Rev. Algie Lawson leading. » Special to The Chronicle. 1 Mrs. Rom Cole visited her brother, Washington, June 23. —Although Hudson Cole, in Croes Hill on Sun- there have been many new “alpha- Hay. 4 betical” branches of government es-: Mr. end Mrs. Alvin Reed of Ander- tablished during the pest two years son, visited Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Dabbs —the OPA, the WFB, the OFF, etc.—, on Sunday. some of the old favorites which be- Friends of, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. rmmm \ famous under the New Deal Dabbs will regret to' learn that Mrs. are now vanishing. The house of rep- : Dabbs was called to Greenville be- resentatives has voted against the cause of the death of her grand- continuatidn of the CCC (Civilian ^mother, Mrs. Lizzie Reed, Conservation corps), the President Mr. end Mrs. S. J. Hunter spent: Clinton Mills presented an en- himself has asked for a major reduce i Sunday in Anderson with Mr. j Joy^ble program, for their closing tion in the size of the WPA (Works , Mrs. S. W. RowelL Betty, Marvin, exerci *« under the direction of Miss Progress administration) and the.and Don Rowell returned with them Katherine Eichelberger. On Friday evening at Providence school the kindergartens of Lydia NYA (National Youth administra- for a visit, tion), e favorite Of Mrs. Roosevelt’s, may be curtailed. AH of these groups were estab lished originally because of the un employment situation. The reason tor their* existence has now pretty well disappeared in view of the la bor shortage In many Industries and on farms. The NYA may bb contin ued to the extent that it trains young Charles Smith of this city, pianist, presented several special features. Other items on the program of en- mrtainmi Candidate* Announcements man for skilled war production Jobs,)berry. looks as though the CCC,' Paul end Jimmy Cobb, of Cohun- which at one time had 800,000 men'bia, spent the week-end with their v- FOR AUDITOR ROBERT C. WASSON MISS JENNIE V. CULBERTSON TREASURER t. Lane moneoe SAM M. LEAMAN SUPERVISOR ROBERT L. TEAGUE BENNIE B* BLAKELY - LANDER B. STODDARD JOHN H. WHARTON 300,000 men in its camps, will be cloeed up en tirely. Investigation shows that many of the CCC camps ere In areas where men are urgently needed for farm work, so the men who will be dis train these camps will be urged to go to work on the farms. During, the past year the depart ment of agriculture has been urging fanners to increase their production of food in order to have enough sup plies to feed the United Nations,es well as our own nation. The farmers have responded admirably — but to the extent that with many farm boys having Joined the armed forces the problem of harvesting and caring for crops has become a major one. Young women and school boys and girls have been urged to volunteer their services to prevent any food from going to waste. . Recently a new committee called Ed Godfrey of Greenvile, Is visit ing Mr. end Mrs. Matt Davis. Virginia Cobb of Blacksburg, has, Rrtainment included group singing, retuned home after a tonsil operation ! selections by the kitchen band com at Hays hospital - posed of the Brownie Scouts of Lydia Mrs. Lizzie Hamilton of Blacks-! Mill with Joan Kuykendall as drum burg, spent Sunday with Mr. and majorette, and a “Tom Thumb Wed- Mrs. Russell Cobb. | ding,” cast for which was as follows: Mrs A* M. ghumate is visiting her! Bride—Carolyn Patterson, Lydia, mother, Mrs. Dora Phillips, in New- MilL Groom —Bobby Cannon, Clinton Mill. Maid of honor — Barbara Ann parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cobb. Joyce Noland is spending this week with Billy Thrift in Inmen. _ Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Overstreet, of MountviUe, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Overstreet on Sunday. Horace Dominick of Newberry, spent Sunday with Mrs. T. G. Smith and Beatrice Smith. M. L. Dennis has returned to his home in Chester after a week’s visit i Davenport, Clinton Mill; Edith Bish- Whitmire, Lydia' Mill. Best man—Jimmie Wooten, Clin ton Min. Ring bearer — Alvin Whitmire, Clinton MilL Flower girls—Peggy Hughes, Shei la King, Clinton MilL HOUSE MEMBERS SCORE ARMY FOR : "EXTRAVAGANCE- . Every Conceivable Type of Extravagant Waste Shown By Investigation, Group Says. Washington, June 23. “reckless spending,” mounting bu reaucracy and cost-plus army con tracts, the House Military commit tee today issued a strongly-worded report asserting that “nearly every conceivable type of extravagant waste” had been reflected in its in vestigation of War department busi ness "There has been evidence of wide spread and inexcusable waste of pub lic funds amounting to millions of dollars,’ declared the report pre pared by Chairman May (D-KyJ, who said the year-old inquiry would continue. The committee split sharply on the findings, with three democrats re- Poge Seven under fixed-fee contracts, particular ly in the air corps branch, contin ues to increase in committee files.” Of bureecracy, the committee said there was a tendency on the pert of the administration to create new boards, bureaus and commissions^ “whenever a new or varied problem is presented x x x “Citizens of this country,” the re port warned, “cannot be expected to be faced interminably with indif ference in spending on the part of the officials of their government after the period of initial necessity has passed, and continue buying Hitting at bonds with enthusiasm, overlooking 1 the extension of bureaucratic domi nation and suffering deprivations with a complacent attitude.” Turning to the individual depart ments, the committee said of the Air corps: “The air corps overlooked many opportunities to have much efficient modern planes prior to the out- of the war” in Europe in 1939. “We developed the dive bomber x x yet We had none. We are Just get ting them now. We pioneered in self-sealing gas tanks, but abandoned them and the Germans demonstrat ed how necessary they are.” The maritime commission, the re port declared, “has failed to provide adequately for the movement of stra tegic raw materials by use of the ton- ported to have Joined nine republi cans to approve the report, 12 to 9. The report criticized virtuaDy #v- j na * e »ctually or potentially under its ery branch of the War department, I control." including the Air corps, and likewse voiced displeasure with the Mari time commission. Secretary of Com- Bridesmaids—Jackie Brown, Lydia, merce Jones, however, was com- OyeraU, the committee said that tt had uncovered evidence disclosing M s sordid picture of excessive commis sions by brokers, profits by vendors; with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Alford and family. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kelly of Greenwood, on Sunday visited Mar-;Russell Trammell, Bruce Neal, Ken ion Hill, of Sheppard Field, Texas, neth Smith, Don Jackson, David Hughes, all of Lydia MilL Mill; Martha Cagle, Lydia Mill; Mar- mended for “pushing the synthetic exorbitant salaries, bonuses and huge Jorie Mills, Clinton MiU; Patricia! rubber program.” fees for management and related ser vices in many war department con tracts.” The government has a responsibil ity, committeemen said, to “eliminate op, Lydia Mill; Doris McDonald, Ly dia MilL Groomsmen — Wayne McLendon, who was called to his home here be cause of his grandmother’s illness. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Holcombe of Camden, spent the week-end with nity. Mrs. James Bailey with them for a visit. returned Soloist—Sabra Hathcox. Family: Grandmother of bride, Barbara Joan McLendon, Lydia Mill; relatives and friends, in the commu- mother of bride, Peggy Chaney, Clin- rubber program. The committee urged that an im mediate curb be placed in contracts awarded on a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee basis, asserting: “This type of contract x x x per- exorbitant profits not after the war COUNTY COMMISSIONER E. FRANK ANDERSON v J. HERMAN POWER J. A. GUTHRIE » PROBATE JUDGE J. HEWLETTE WASSON SUPT. OF EDU - . J. LEROY HJCAftON BURNS GAME WARDEN A. B. JACKS W. BL (HILL) BURTS M. A. CANNON the Wartime Food committee was * Mr. and Mri. G. W. Hill of Lexing- . , si * t . ton, N. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. L. a !T i J r Donald Nebio. 1 , ctv.lrmM; A . ’l**, on Sund«* St Wa ^ Production board, tohnn-, Mlss Mamle wiBard has accepted die the gigantic problem of deter-1 • -.v, nw. T „ ..... mining the food needs of the United a P 0 ** 110 ' 1 . »■«*> tbe Ijrdl. Mill, store. |dw Nations and seeing to' it that those ton Mill; aunts. Poppy Harris, Reba Patterson, Yvonne Bennett, Gwen- HOUSE OF REPRESEN TATIVES WALTER L, MARTIN CHARLES L. MILAM MAGISTRATE Hunter Township at Clinton J. H. SEAY C. H. MfCRARY Gray Funeral Home Clinton, S. C. FUNERAI, DIRECTORS EMBALMERS A a balance Service / Phones 41 and 399-J L. RUSSRLL GhAY and ▼. PARKS ADAIR, Goa. Mgra. needs are met to the full extent of our facilities. The committee has asked for reports from other coun tries on their needs and is also sur veying the situation here. Secretary of Agriculture Wickard, who is head Of the new committee, is not yet ready* to say whether or not we will be restricted on the pur chase of some domestic food items, but he made it clear that the armed forces of all United Nations will be given precedence over civilians. In spite eg the greatly increased need tor food from the fanns of this nation, one of the major problems appears to be storage and processing, rather than production. All indica tions are that this year’s crops will be the greatest in history. But the committee faces problems like these: This year’s crop of wheat, coupled with present surpluses, is expected to give us a tWo-year supply. Stor dolyn Hathcox, all of Lydia Mill; father of groom, Don Powers; father of bride, Henry Caldwell. . ■ ... _ The program will be repeated Fri- , .ay night, June 26, at Academy James Verden of Columbia, is vis- Street school at 8:30. . iting his sister, Mrs. Ed Faller. is over but luring the period war is being prosecuted." the mitted excessive personnel, • exorbi tant salaries and led to the refusal on the part of contractors to sublet specialty contracts x x x when they were totally, unprepared either to plan or execute them, x x x Evidence permanent charging record. Phone of reckless expenditures x x x x 174. Chronicle Publishing Co. SALES BOOKS —In duplicate with carbon. Just what you need for Mr 1 .and Mrs. J. P. Griffin and family of Laurens, are spending % few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. R. E*. Mills. Mrs. Fred Meries of Greenwood, t Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. elvin Satterfield. Mr. aad Mrs. R. G Trammell and children were the guests of Mr..and Mrs. John Blakely in Ora on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Troy Mills of York, are visiting J. A Mills. Calvin Eskew of Columbia, and John Dzybon, of Fort Jackson, Co lumbia, warn Week wad guests -of the-former’s mother, Mrs. Bessie Es kew. Huroy Crain has returned to his home in Utica, N. Y., after spending a few weeks vacation with Jesse Harvey. ,' Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Blackwell visited Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Wilson, Girl Scout News The Lydia Mill Girl Scouts were delightfully entertained Tuesday af-> temoon at Greenacre by their new.ly appointed leader, Mrs. Hugh Eichel berger. A lesson on nature study was presented by Mrs. Eichelberger fol lowing which games stories and songs were enjoyed. Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted New!by Miss Quinn and Miss Mae Mad den. The Brewrites held a business meeting at the Scout cabin Thursday afternoon from five until six-thirty. Plans were made for securing the Brownie charter as well as uniforms for this group of Girl Scouts. The Brownies recently sponsored the Tom Thumb wedding held at Provi dence school for which they have expressed appreciation for the splen did patronage given them. The public is cordially invited to near Clinton, on Sunday. - . .-H,.,. M~.- J** 8 C M^': at, <™ 1 "play a? Academy's^ age (acuities cannot be readied to school Friday evening at 8:30. A small admission fee will be charged. Thirty-one girls, ages eight to elev en, are members of Lydia Brownie troop. hold all of the wheat and much of 1 a ” d in Simpsonville it may consequently have to be piled W1 th Milford Scoti. on the ground. Should the commit- * rH : nds ^ Do ™ h tee ask farmers to reduce their acre- Hairston , will t0 k n °w they age when they do their fall sowing were caUed to Greenwood Monday imitmniiitiRMtiiiiiRitRwitMWRitRim WE REBUILD JSICYCLES We’ve got the parts and the expert workmen to re pair your bicycle for new usefulness. As long as it’s a bicycle, we're at your service. BENJAMIN’S REPAIR SHOP in or should we attempt to store up still, greater supplies for the future? *’ Another problem is the record hog crop to be marketed next winter. Meat packing facilities do not seem to be great enough to handle the ex pected crop. Should new packing fa cilities be rushed through, should the marketing period be lengthened or what other plan can be worked out to see that there is no waste? Then there is the problem of the because of the death of their nephew, Jack Hallam. Jifiuny Hairston has returned j home after a visit in Spartanburg with M)r. and Mrs. C. W. Patterson. Lloyd Huntington of Charleston,' s£ent' the lyeek-end with his mother, Mrs. R. A. Harrison. ' 5 Harold Hughes visited relatives in) Clyde, N. C., on Sunday. Mrs. Lee Caldwell and son, Basti, are spending a few weeks in Wartin, j N. J., with their son and brother, TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Sales ami Service CLEANING A SPECIALTY Reasonable Charges KENNETH N. BAKER PIMM Mg AND AMATEUR HOUR To Be Broadcast Saturday Night, June 27 ' From Clinton Armory Stage 8:45 to 10:45 P. M. IN PERSON Carolina Cracker Jacks Farmer Cliff Gray If you can sing, dance, play or entertain in any way, you are eligible for tbe Amateur Contest. ADMISSION, Tax Included— greatly increased production of soy Norman. beans and peanuts, requested so that} Mr. and Mrs. Willie Webb and son, oil could be obtained from them to i Steve, spent Monday with Mrs. Mary take the place of Oils which we for- 1 Fuller. merly imported and can’t get at pres-1 • Mr. and Mrs. Herman Robinson of ent. There is a definite shortage of ( Greer, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A. processing equipment to get oil from. Robinson on Sunday, these crops. New facilities probably; Mrs. Leon Thomas was the week- can’t be provided in time. Can pres-1 end guest of Mrs. Ethel Stroud in ent processing equipment be speeded Greenwood. 116 BpECUE! and Speaking At MOJJNTVILLE | SATURDAY, JULY 4 . Lynch, Cook up to carry the whole load? V Similar adjustment problems con tinue tq face all branches of indus try as well as agriculture. Although our national income is at a record high and millions of people have bet ter Jobs than they ever bad before, there are also a record number los ing their jobs and their businesses as ‘ a result of wartime restrictions. jn many cases the men who lose employment in one industry can foon find a new Job in war work, but there Is a major adjustment problem which is only partly solved. Joanna Sets Pace In Mid-Carolina According to statistics released yesterday by Bruce Galloway, Joanna is leading the Mid-Carolina basfcbkll league with seven victories and a hies. Clinton is in,.second posi tion with five wins and two defeats. The game scheduled between Jo-, end Buffalo on the letter's Arid will instead be played at -i. m ; Y5 < Birthdays Hewlette Alford celebrated his birthday last Saturday. Barbara Whitmire celebrated her birthday Sunday. Little Elaine Crocker, daughter of Mr. and’Mrs. Bill Crocker, is suffer ing a .broken arm injury received Sunday in a fall. Rita Shelton, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shelton, is ilL Spurgeon Todd is suffering from a sprained ankle. Mrs. Joe Todd has returned home from Hays hoepitaL > Betty Soott is ill at her home on Main street. Joanna Clinton Buffalo . Mr. and Mrs. Henry Taft, of Nor wich, Cozm., announce the engage ment of their daughter, Helen EUze- - ' I Modern facts + 6! years use RDAOKfOr 9|#mas%e*#s CARD 12 and under, 20c Adults, 40c S. 0. s.