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Vohinte XLII
Clinton, S*G, Thursday, July 16, 1942
Number 29
Clinton's First Test Blackout Friday Night Between 9 and 11
PARKS SOUND
URGENT DEMAND
FOR SECOND FRONT
Moscow Admits Situ*
otion Is Grave, But Say
Many Nazis Kilted.
Moscow, July 15.—A crushing Ger
man drive imperilled nearly 60C
miles of Russia’s front early today,
but the Soviets said the Red army
still was fighting savagely in the
Voronezh sector, where one forma
tion alone killed and wounder more
than 35,000 ftazi* in ten days.
The Soviets acknowledged their
troops were taking hammer blows
both at Voronezh and Boguchar to
the south in the Don valley. At the
latter point the Russians again re
treated to new positions after being
almost trapped in a Nazi encircle-
ROBERT E. JONES
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CITIZENS ARE
ANNOUNCED BY CIVILIAN COUNCIL
. i 11 /
City and Goldvilla Included for Surprise Test In 11
Counties. Violations of Rules Will Be Regarded As
Misdemeanor. Defense Corps Urges Public To
Cooperate Fully*
Rev. J?’ LeGrande Mayer, com-i 1. When the general alarm is
mander of the local Civilian Defense i sounded, immediately extinguish all
corps, announced yesterday that all!lights in residences, business houses
plans are being completed for Clin-[and manufacturing plants, also elec-
ton’s first test blackout Friday night trie signs.
GROUPS TO DIRECT
TEST BLACKOUT
between 9 and 11 o’clock and issued
instructions for individuals to follow.
2. Where it is impossible to ex
tinguish all lights, blackout every
Commander Mayer. and o t h e r I light that would be visible from out-
UHKfTY. notmmt E. JONES
suffered at Voronezh, the Germans
were said to have lost 157 1 tanks, 341
anti-tank and field guns and machine
guns, and hundreds of supply wag
ons:
The midnight communique did not
disclose any significant changes in
the fighting which extended to the
Rzhev area northwest of Moscow.
But there also was no attempt to
minimize die gravity of the situation.
Instead, Soviet commentators em
phasized the peril and called upon
the Allies to open a second front in
the west.
“The battles on the Eastern front
are the battles for New York and
London,” one Moscow radio announ
cer said.
Multiple threats were fast develop
ing to highly important industrial,
strategical and psychological objec
tives from the rim of the north Cau-
casion area to the Moscow front it
self.
Headlines flung atop the mastheads
of the newspapers told the Red army
that “Serious danger threatens your
country,” and pleaded for ever-
stronger blows to stop “the on-rush-
ing enemy.”
Organs of both Communist party
and army—Pravda and Red Star—
KILLED BY SHOE
BURST IN HAWAII
Lieut. Robert Erwin Jbnes, son of
Mrs. Byrd Davis Jones of this city,
js the first known Clinton casualty
m the war on foreign soil.
Mrs. Jones received the following
message late last Friday night from
the War department:
“Deeply regret to inform you
of information received of death
- of your son. First Lieut. Robert ■
Erwin Jones, U. S. army, who
was killed as the result of pre
mature shell burst in Hawaii
July 9th. Not due to enemy com
bat. Letters follow.”
Up to yesterday Mrs. Jones had re-,
ceived no additional information
from the War department. Np de
tails are available as to how the ac
cident happened.
a class-mate of Robert’s, who was
stationed with him at Hawaii. She
also received a container of lovely
members of the defense corps are
appealing to the people to give their
hearty cooperation.
The same cooperative’* spirit is be
ing asked by Commander D. J. Buch
anan, who will direct the Goldville
blackout.
Any violation of the blackout rules
will be regarded* as a misdemeanor,
but officials do not anticipate any
lack of cooperation from the public.
Arrests will be made, however, for
obvious and intentional violations of
the rules.
The complete blackout, which will
be put into effect in Clinton and
Goldville,. will come between the
hours of 9 and 11 o’clock and will
last for thirty minutes as a part of
the general blackout of the Colum
bia area which affects 11 counties.
This will be the first blackout in the
city, while Goldville held its first
several weeks ago. The full cooper
ation of the entire community is ur
gently requested. Authorities of the
local* council are anxious, they stated
yesterday, to determine the effective
ness of the organization which has
been in training for some time.
Citizens are requested to observe
the following simple precautions to
facilitate tha work of the Civilian
Defense officers and the various de
partments:
side the building, drawing shades
and making use of any other effective
means.
3. Citizens on streets are cautioned
to take shelter as quickly as possible.
Only civilian defense workers who
are property identified will be per
mitted on the streets.
4. All traffic except through traf
fic will pull to the curb at once and
remain there with lights extinguish
ed for the duration of the blackout.
5. Citizens will refrain from using
the telephone system during the
blackout.
The various departments of the
corps will be ready for any even
tuality. Auxiliary firemen and police
men will be in readiness for call. Air
raid wardens and auxiliary police
men will patrol all streets to enforce
blackout regulations. First aid sta
tions and their attendants will be on
duty. The messenger service will be
ready to function. Defense workers
will not report to their posts until
they are summoned by duly author
ized officials.
A heavy responsibility rests upon
the citizenship as well as Civilian
Defense workers to make this test
blackout effective, officers state. The
wholehearted cooperation of every
home, every business house, and ev
ery individual is mandatory.
Friday night’s test blackout in the
city between the hours of 9 and-11,
will be in charge of the following
civilian defense groups:
Staff. Control Center
J. L. Mayer, commander.
H. L. Eichelberger, vice-com
mander.
Lewis H. Bagwell, chief police.
Raymond Pitts, chief fire depart
ment.
Dr. F. K. Shealy, chid medical
corps.
R. E. Sadler, chief air raid warden.
F. M. Boland, controller.
H. D. Payne, telephone man.
R. W. Boland, H. J. Eargle, mes
senger service.
B. R. Austin, utilities.
ALLIES MAKING
NEW SUPERIOR .
WEAPONS NOW
Commons Told Latest
Tanks and Planes To
Provide Edge Needed
To,Win Over Axis.
London, July 14.—A new type of
American-British tank and a new
British fighter plane—both described
as equal to or better than any Axis
machine—will give the Allies the su
periority essential for victory, a gov
ernment spokesman told the house of
Wm. Brooks Owens, plotting of- commons today during debate on
ficer. production.
Auxiliary Police | Capt. Oliver Lyttleton, production
Dr. B. H. Henry, E. R. Knox, R. G. minister, and Col. J. J. Llewellin,
Murphy, Frank Simpson, H. E. Stur
geon, S. W. Sumerel, J. V. Edwards,
D. D. Copeland, Eric Barnes, Ralph
minister of air production, opened
for the government a two-day debate
on t^ie empire’s production, a prob-
Blakely, John D. Word, J. T. Lokey, 1 lem which commons had regarded as
James Dunaway, Cleo Wallenxine,
Ben Campbell, L. S. Henderson, J. H.
Barbery, L. C. Heaton, John Heds-
peth, Will Purdue, E. J. Campbell,
WilUam Cannon, Bud Trammell,
Berry Trammell, Ralph Spires, Jess
secondary to the grave shipping situ
ation set for secret debate in the near
future.
Llewellin said that a new British
fighter plane is in production which
is “nearly every height better than
Ellison, Hugh Ray, P. B. Adair, Sloan and in any height as good as the two
Norris, L. A. Hall, Hampton Gregory,! latest German fighters.’
Branch Rationing
Revival And Homecoming
firtuittay morning Mrs. Jones *i*i>fr Skoriv CfV« Chwl«ll w4Boar<L OpOAOd H*rt
ceived a message of sympathy and 7 m r - ^
confirmation from Lieut. Dm Byrd, SuBd , y July 19 ^
will be revival services at Shady
Grove Presbyterian church, near
Goldville, conducted by Rev. C. J.ithe people of this section of the
J. N. Bigham, F. M. Boland, M. B.
Hipp.
Air BaM Wardens
Ward 1: Julian Coleman, senior
warden; deputies, Don Copeland, P.
W. Copeland, I. B. Copeland, J. D.
Jeanes.
Ward 2: Joe Davidson, senior war
den; deputies, P. B. Adair, S. A. Pitts,
A. B Davidson.
Ward 2: Platt Prather, senior war
den; deputy, Alec Blakely.
Ward 3: G. W. Hollingsworth, se
nior warden; deputies. White Bul
lock, G. A. Burton.
The government also has in pro
duction a new torpedo plane for the
fleet air arm and rapidly is convert
ing some bombers into transport
planes similar' to those already in
use, the air production minister said.
Answering critics who complained
that British imperial forces had been
sent into action against the Germans
with inferior tanks. Lyttleton aaid
that Britain now was making and
would continue to make the right
tanka.
“Tanks actually coming out of
production lines now have the
Ward 3: J. H. Hunter, senior war-,essary firepower for today’s battles,"
den. . he said, “and new types designed and
Ward 4: R. C. Adair, senior war-^ made by this country and the Unit-
den; deputies, I. M. Adair, C. W. *d States give us real assurance of
Anderson, E. M. Timmerman. i that superiority which is required for
Ward 5. W. A. Buchanan, senior, victory.”
warden; deputies. Bud Owens, Albert As regards new types of explosives
A branch office of the Laurens! Spoon, Rev. A. M. Herndon. and new means of waging war, Lyt-
county war price and rationing board | Ward 5: C. E. Elledge, senior war- tleton said:
has been opened in Clinton to serve,den; deputies, Willie Moore, R. C.I “There are many things in which
urgently sounded the “Second Front” flowers sent by the officers of her, |£ a tthews of Newberry. Services will' county. The office is located on South
note. Said Red Star: “The Germans *ons company. {continue through Friday, July.24th,!Broad street in the same building
want to defeat us before our allies | Lieut. Jones was born on May 13, p re aching each evening at 7:30. j used by the Red Cross chapter, and
can land on the continent.’
1920, and was only five months old
A daily vacation Bible school will
Swift military developments in the,when his father passed away. Q . .. _ . . ..
Don valley, on the Don vaUey steppes, graduated from the local high school ^ ®
and at Voronezh heigfitened the dan-j and Presbyterian coUege in the cImm
ger to Stalingrad, the Volga commu- of 1941. As a member of the reserve' ^ or ? ecomin f,, Program with special
nications system and the east Cau
casus, from which Russia gets more
than 80 per cent of her oil.
The Germans were throwing in
vast numbers of tanks, planes and
motorized uits of infantry over the
broad southern sector, being partly
held up only in the Voronezh district
of the upper Don. Even there, a
break-through made the situation
Very grave.
It appeared possible that the Rus
sians may be preferring retreat
across the Don to making a stand
before the river as they did so val
iantly at Voronezh.
It was obvious in these critical
hours that it was better to lose land
and to inflict great losses on the at
tackers than to stand before superior
numbers and'run the risk of losing
great numbers.
This fighting carried a double-bar
reled threat: The Germans could try
to go south to Rostov, which is on
the west Caucasus “corner” some 125
miles away, or they could continue
eastward toward Stalingrad—or tyrth.
The newest danger was on the
corps he was inunediately ordered
into service with the rank of second
lieutenant and stationed at Fort
Jackson, Columbia, for sever el
months. In December past he left
for foreign service and had been as
signed since then.at Honolulu as an
officer of the 34th Infantry. About
three months ago he was promoted
from the rank of second to first lieu
tenant.
The last letter Mrs. Jones received
from Robert was on July 8th ‘and
was written on the 3rd. He enclosed
a citation of commendation he had
received from his commanding offi
cer and requested his mother that
she treat it confidentially since he
did not wish to appear boasting or
seeking any publicity.
Lieut. Jones was a member of the
First Presbyterian church, a young
man of high ideals, clean habits, and
exemplary character. He was an un
usually popular young tnan and by
his courteous manner and pleasant
personality, made many friends
among both old and young, who were
shocked and saddened by the news
features will be presented. Dinner
will be served on the grounds. All
former members or any interested
friends are cordially invited to be
present, and bring lunch.
Shady Grove church was organized
in 1857, and is five miles from Gold
ville, on the Whitmire road. Rev. C.
F. Allen of Goldville, is pastor of the
church.
is in charge of Mrs. J. Will Dillard
of this city.
Mrs. Dillard will receive applica
tions for all commodities handled by
the rationing board. Office hours
have been announced Monday, Tues-
day and Thursday, 8:30 to 4:30; Wed-i C 1111011 *".
Powell, Clifton Cooper, Chris Moore, we arf a great deal ahead of the
James Peace. , world.’’
Ward 6: C. L. Braswell, senior war- ! He said that production of raw
deb; deputies, C. E. Dunaway, Wal- 1 mater iais, merchant shipping and
ter Gregory, Robert Neal, Fred naval units now was in the forefront
Graves, Will Hampton, Rob Yarbor-! 0 * Britain’s war effort.
ough.
Ward 6: Pierre Burdettf, senior
warden; deputies, Hubert Todd, W.
H. Roberts, Roy Holtzclaw v Ed Mc-
nesday and Friday, 8:30 to 1:00.
front southwest of Rzhev, which lies:Ws tragic death, and who unite in
135 miles northwest of Moscow. Here! extending sympathy to the family,
the Russians admitted the German* 1 10 addition to his mother, he is
were engaged in what they hoped survived by four sitters, Mrs. L. S.
would be zn outflanking offensive.
This failed, the Russians said, but
they added they had lost 12,000 Red
troops dead, wounded or missing, qnd
also 90 tanks. The Germans (who
(Continued cm page eight) 3
Motorists' Rules
During Air Raid
And Blackout
1. Pull over to the curb.
3; Park the car.
3. Turn off all the light*. ,
4. Get out of the car.
f. Take shelter in the best avail
able place—indoors if poeaible.
If you’re on a bus remember that
the bus must stop when the warning
soupds. Get out of the bus and take
shelter.
If unable to shelter yourself in
doors, sit down; if bombs start drop
ping near you, lie down- Cover your
ears with your hands. Protect the
beck of your head.
If you meet a warden; go where he
tells you to go, promptly and cheer
fully.
Caution: Don’t le*ve your car in
, the middle of the street Don’t dou
ble-park. Don’t run—walk. .
Keep cooL Keep your heed.
McMillian and Miss Bessie Jones of
this city, Mrs. Marion Hiers of Bal
timore, Md., and Miss Martha Phil
lips, now enroute from Trinidad,
where she holds a government posi-
tien, to visit her metywr* v
v Wen High CttaUea
On June 22nd, LleUt Jones and
Lieut. Adams of the 34th Infantry,
were highly commended by their de-
oartroent commander for their ex-
eeUeot work. The letter enclosing the
Jones received a
citation which Mtt.
day before the
of his death.
Headquarters Hawaiian Department
Office of the Department Commander
Fort Shafter, T. H.
32 £une 1942 J
To: Commanding Officer, 34th Infan
try, Schofield Barracks, T. H.
It is desired to commend First
Lieutenants Robert E. Jones swrf Ai-
fned H Adams snd the mem*
bers of the Commando Groups they
Md, for their excellent work in the
recent .department field exercise.
Theee two officers and the personnel
of their groups actively displayed die
type of energy and initiative so as-
Their work added
(Continued on page eight)
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LIONS CLUB NOT
TO STAGE ANNUAL
HORSE SHOW
The Lions club at its meeting last
Friday evening voted not to hold the
annual Laurens county horse show
this year. *
’She action was taken in view of
war conditions affecting tires and
gasoline. Attendance, it was stated,
would be seriously cut due to these
conditions.
A committee had already been
named to stage the show and pre
liminary work was under way when
the decision to dispense with the
event this year was reached.
McFodden's Army
Order Revoked
Dr. Dossey H. McFadden of Gold
ville, received orders Friday cancel
ling previous instructions to report
Saturday for army duty at Camp
Edwards, Mass. While no explanation
was given, it is supposed he was de
ferred due to the fact that he is the
only practicing physician in the Jo
anna community with a population
of 2,500 people.
Firs* AM Attendants
FOUR NEW BUKDINGS
FOR IRAININO SCHOOL
Red Cross Wool
Ready For Knitters
ers, Ned Hall, Fred Pitts, Ekwyn
Contracts amounting to 573,829 Sturgeon. Chns Adair, J/, -—
were awarded last week in Columbia I Funeral Home; stretcher
by the board of regents for the con-! ^ earer s, John W. Finney, Jr., Dewey
struction of four buildings at the!J 7 * mme ***„Wat Henderson, Wm. A.
Lyttleton said that in the field ar
tillery branch, Britain had no reason
to be frightened concerning the rela
tive merits of its own equipment
compared with that of the Germans.
He said that the British aeronau-
Dr. F. K. Shealy, chief of medical t* 0 ®! industry led the world in re
emergency. adapting itself to changing condi-
Lesh infirmary: Lucile Hays, Doro- tions of air fighting, and that the lead
thy Williams, Mary Frances Tucker, lhad b®* 0 maintained from the start
Margaret Sharp. iof the war.
Hays hospital: Hospital staff. ! Hie said production had reached
Bailey Memorial church and Cal- 1 P°int at which the flow of labor
vary Baptist church: to be provided. ; into industries could not be stimulat-
College infirmary: Mrs. Archie much more, so that the country
Clark, Mrs. Bob Hamer, Mrs. John fou®* rely on greater productivity
W. Little, Mrs. Hugh Holman, Mrs.
L«ila Johnson, Mrs. A. H. Cummings.
Florida Street school: Mrs. Lonnie
McMillian, Mrs. Heath Copeland,
Mrs. J. H. Sanford, Mrs. Andrew
Johnson, Mrs. Raymond Pitts, Mrs.
P. B. Adair, Mrs. Tom Sease.
Bell Street school (colored): Ma
mie Burnside, Frances Suber, Juanita
Davis, Mary Kate Hill.
Ambulance
D. E. Tribble Co.; stretcher bear-
State Training school near here. In
cluded in the group will be a dormi
tory/a physical therapy building, a
service building for the infirm and a
tuberculosis pavilion. The contract
was let to the Henry B. McKoy com
pany of Greenville. Work is expected
The Clinton chapter of the Ameri
ran Rad Cross has a large consign
ment of wool to be made into sweat-1 k> begin immediately,
ers, helmets, wristlets and aocks for! At the letting total
the men in the service. All knitter*
interested in making these garments
are asked to please call at the Red
Cross room* on Tuesdays or Thurs
days between the hours of li and 11
for necessary wool and directions.
Those In charge Would greatly ap
preciate it if all completed garments
could be turned In ai
aible. , .
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Bonus Sugor Ration .
Gin, Now Ba Bought
♦
Holders of war ration books may
now obtain the OPA-decreed bonus
of two pounds of sugar for stamp
No. 7, ration officials reminded yes
terday.
The seventh stamp wlU be good
for the bonus through August 33.
Stamp No. 5 in the books Is goad
salve ao- for the regular two pounds of fitter
on your per stmnp through July 33 and after
id mate- that until August S3 stamp No. • is
good for a like amount
contracts
amounting to $432,829 were awarded,
four biddings at State hospital'and
four at State Park costing $339,009.
The Training school here and the
Cummings.
•Walker Funeral Home; stretcher
bearers, James Sanders, Jacob Hol
land, Robert Thompson, James Ken
nedy, Josh Savage.
Mrs. Adair Resigns
As Club Secretory
Mrs. Clifton Adair has resigned as
office secretary of the Chamber of
_ Commerce to accept a secretarial po T
State hospital are operated under the ,ition Hallmark Shirt corn-
control of the aame board of regents, j*®* ot cit7 ' ® nd entered upon
with Christie Benet of Columbia, as: h * r J n t? r yesterday. She suc-
c ha inn an. coeds Mrs. Dillard Boland, resigned.
, . Hr*. Adair has been employed by
the Chamber of Commerce for the
pwt twtfPytars. during which time
she has rendered valuable services to
the board of directors and organiza
tion. Her successor has not been
named by the directors.
HAVE YOU
'ENROLLED?
If you haVe not enrolled to
vote In the Democratic primary
next month, only 10 days are
left after today. The books will
be closed after July 38.
Enrollment * is the only re
quirement for voting. No regis
tration certificates or tax re
ceipts are required.
’ You must enroll with the sec
retary of (ha dub prectnet In
which you reside.
from its existing resources.
COUNTY LEASES
ROAD EQUIPMENT
FOR AIRFIELD
Four pieces of the county’s road
grading equipment have been turned
over to contractors why are building
the army’s airfield in Greenwood
county, it was stated yesterday by
R. L. Teague, supervisor. The equip
ment was delivered last Thursday
and Friday and is already at work,
he said.
Action to lease the equipment for
government purposes, he said, was
taken at a joint meeting of the dele
gation and board of county commis
sioners held earlier in the week.
The government, he said, could
have taken the equipment anyway
and the indications are that we will
be called on for more.
Under the plan, said Mr. Teague,
the county will receive approximate
ly $2,000 per month from the leaae.
In addition, he said, the machinery
is to be given necessary repairs Kid
returned to the county in good con
dition.
In the equipment were two RJXT.
tractors, one LeTouroeau 8-yard
and one elevating grader.
Army Colls 59 White
Men For August
County Boptists
Lindler
Elect
r •
CUnton draft board No. 50 has re
ceived a call for 59 white men on
August 8th for army induction at
Fort Jackson. Columbia. At the of
fice yesterday it was stated that die
__ _ - _ ~ ~ ■ Z. |h* 5 n <>t yet been made Up.
. Thes Rev. T. M. Lindler of Poplar! The board has also received an ad-
Springs was elected president of the ditional call for 3fi-Negroes on Aug
ust 26, the list to be announced later.
Of 20 Negroes sent to Fort Jack-
son recently, 10 were accepted and
Sunday school convention of the Lau
rens Baptist association at the annus!
meeting held‘last Friday. He succeeds
the Rev. W. N. Long of this city, who sent Tuesday by the local 'board to
asked to be relieved of the post after Camp teSng. ColiunSJs gI for
•everal years of service. army induction.
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