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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News . #?■— Volume XU 11 =B= Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 29, 1943 Number 17 Nazi Tank Destroyer Used Against Enemy JOANNA HUS 10 GIVE BONUS TO ALL EMPLOYEES PEGGY JOHNSON WINS FIRST HONOR IN SENIOR CLASS Peggy Johnson, daughter of Lt CoL Walter A. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, has been named as valedictorian of "TV* Ra Pfii/I 1 inn Clinton high school graduating ^oXUUU I 0 oe raid JIUU class school officials announced yes terday. Second place and the salutatorian honor was won by Edna Earle Work- iman, daughter of Mrs. Earle Work man. The awards are made on the four- Workers Employed By Goldville Plant During Past Year. CANNON SAYS COUNTY PEACH CROP IS GONE The Laurens county commercial peach crop may be described as “out j of the picture for 1943,’’ according; to County Agent C. B. Cannon. With j a crop capacity of approximately 150 1 cars, he said, the loss to the farmers will be in the neighborhood of $120,- 000. Two early cold snaps as the trees LEWIS INSISIS LABOR MUST HAVE RAISE Deadlock Over UMW Demand for Pay In crease Exists. Strike Looms May 1. A German tank destroyer, equipped with 75-mm. gun and dual con trols for operating forward or backward, captured In a battle with the 10th panzer division In Tunlila, la shown above. The U. 8. staa was painted on the tank destroyer which waa then need against the enemy. farm Women Hold Spring Meeting ' to* ^ Awards Given for Fine Work. Mrs. George Brown Honored. The spring session of the Laurens County Council of farm Women held with the Owings club was featured by addresses by Miss Elizabeth Mon roe of Rock Hill, and Mrs. Annie H. Dunlap, of Mountville. The latter re lated that she and two other women, including Miss Louise Fleming, then of Greenwood, now home demonstra tion agent for Laurens county, had organized the first club in this county in 1929, and spoke of the gratifying growth of the organization, and what it has meant to the promotion of bet ter farm living. Gold pins were presented as awards for 12 years of faithful work to Mrs. J. Gray Harris and Miss Elizabeth Patterson; seals for eight years to Mrs. George T. Brown of the clutv Mrs. CarroU E. Wallace andTMrs. Earle Blakely of Trinity Ridge, Mrs. J. M. Patterson of Lanford, Mrs. M. A. Wilson of Hickory Tavern, Mrs. Haskell Gray and Mrs. J. C. Mahaffey, Eden; Mrs. J. F. Davis and Miss Joe Ballentine of Brewerton; diplomas for four years to Mrs. C. H. Burgiss, Mrs. E. L. Willard and Mrs. H. L. Williamson of Barksdale-Namie club, Mrs. Ivan Phillips of Mt. Olive, Mrs. Mamie White of Durbin, Mrs. Ethel Cook and Mrs. Callie Culbertson of Mt. Bethel, and Mrs. J. D. Cunningham of Long Branch. Mrs. H. L. Williamson was reelect ed as president; Mrs. M. C. Waldrep, secretary; Miss Roberta Bryson, treasurer; and Mrs. Brown, of near Clinton, was elected as a member of the board of directors. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (ORA) (Compiled for information of The Chronicle’s readers). The Joanna Textile Mills company of Goldville, will distribute a bonus year high school records. . ... _ , .... this week oi *85,000 to .U employees| .^aduMm, ^exercises ^will be ^diee". the War Labor board, de- Washington, April 28. — John L. Lewis raised the threat of a full-scale soft coal strike last night after the United Mine Workers’ policy com mittee, attributing “malignant preju- e evening of May 21st. who have been with the company j held op continuously for six months or more ( during the fiscal year ending March 11 — J T 1943. The announcement was T9FfnCfS UrQCQ 10 made yesterday by W. A. Moorhead,) ^ resident manager. The bonus amounts to 7 per cent on all wages earned during the year, he stated. “Our company shares the profits with its employees, and in addition gives them a week’s vacation with pay each year,” said Mr. Moorhead.* The large Joanna plant employes 1100 people. The company manufac tures window shade cloth and is Washington, April 27.—War Food owned by W. H. Regnery and asso- Administrator Chester C. Davis to- ‘ night appealed to farmers to “plant to the limit” before it is too late be cause all the food that con be pro duced will be needed in winning the war. Plant More Food Davis Pleads That All Possible Planting Be Done At Once. ciates of the Western Shade Cloth company, Chicago, ill. Mr. Moorhead, the resident mana ger, has been engaged in the manu- rnvnnPF •>« i factoring business in Goldville 36 COFFEE Stamp No. 23 in war ra-1 years an( j j s held in the highest es teem by the people of the * Joanna community. . ' ON THE WAR FRONTS Tunisia: Allies continue to advance on all sectors of front, with British First army cutting Medjez-El-Bab road only eight miles from Tebourba, gateway to Tunis; other forces slash forward to point four miles from Tunis-Pont De Fahs road; Germans withdraw so rapidly before Ameri-J cans that they have no time to bury | dead. Clearing skies aid Allied air Presbyterian Choir assault. tion book one good for one pound of coffee from April 26 until midnight May 30. FOODS — Blue stamps in war ra tion book two now used to ration processed foods — commercially can ned, bottled and frozen fruits and vegetables, including juices, all soups, dehydrated soup mixtures, dried fruits, dried beans, dried peas and lentils. Red stamps in war ration book two now used to ration meats, fats, oils, cheeses, and canned fish. (Poultry, game and fresh fish not rationed). During the first five weekly periods, these red stamps become valid and expire as follows: Week Red Stamps Stamps Beginning Bearing Letter Expire March 29 A (16 points) April 30 April 4 B (16 points) April 30 April 11 C (16 points) April 30 April 16 D (16 points) April 30 April 26 E (16 points) To be an nounced FUEL OIL—Coupons marked “Pe riod 5” good for 10 gallons until Sep tember 30. GASOLINE—Coupons No. 5 in “A” book good for three gallons but must last through July 21—four months, instead of two as heretofore. SHOES—Stamp No. 17 in war ra tion book No. 1 can be used to pur chase a pair of shoes through June 15. Some types of shoes are not ra tioned. SUGAR —Stamp No. 12 will be good for five pdunds through May 31, TIRES—Owners of passenger cars and commercial vehicles using tires smaller than 7.50 by 2P may get their casings recapped with reclaimed rub ber camelback without applying to their local war price and rationing boards for certificates. A driver with a mileage ration of more than 240 miles monthly now can have new grade II casings when he needs re placements. A motorist with mileage rations between 560 and 1,000 miles monthly can now get grade I tires when he needs replacements. Certifi cates for tires and tubes may be used at any time convenient to the holder. NEW RATION BOOKS TO BE MAILS) OUT IN JUNE The state Office of Price Adminis tration has announced that Columbia will be one of the 35 OPA mail cen ters from which more thn 120,000,000 copies of War Ration Book? 3 will be distributed beginning late in June. Distribution will be by mail and no school house registration, such as featured issuance o( War Ration Books 1 and 2, will be necessary, OPA said. It was estimated that between 1,800,000 and 2,000,000 copies would be distributed in South Carolina from Columbia. OPA said application forms good for a single person or an entire fam ily would be dropped in every mail box by postmen between May 20 and June 5. The head of the house will be .required to fill out the cards, pre addressed to OPA mail centers, for the entire family and mail them be tween June 1 and 10. OPA mail cen ters will begin sending out the books a few days later. the recent heavy frost and slight, manded withdrawal of their wage freeze just about finished it off. _ i dispute from the board. “There will be a few peaches here “As matters stand,” the mine work- and there,” he said, “but precious chieftain told reporters at New few.” ' JYork “there will .be no contract April The county agent said that A. Dial 30. The mine workers will not tres- Gray of Laurens, has the best pirns- pass on mine property in the absence pect for a small crop although he ! of a contract.” couldn’t explain the reason for it. The only explanation he could give was that “the Lord was just with him.” ARP SYNOD IN ANNUAL MEET Sporadic, unauthorized work stop pages, meantime, continued to spread.- By the day’s end, over 57 mines were closed and more than 31,700 miners had put down their tools. The UMW committee virtually closed the door against consideration 'of it wage dispute by the WLB—the agency set up by the government to handle wartime labor issues—by the vigor of its language in a request In an extraordinary eleventh-hour | . _ , , * „« plea for all-out agricultural efforts | [” orrow at Bonclarken, A.R.P. assem- before the spring planting season; 1 ^ g round ' for a four-day confer- ends, he shouted this call to the na- ence - tion’s farmers: “This is the most important plant ing season in American farm history. We can still increase the number of acres we plant. In a few days it will be too late. Easter Cantata By The Redeemer” by Dickinson, an Australia: Allied headquarters re- ( appropriate Easter cantata, was sung veals land fighting in New Guinea has given it control of heights over looking Mubo, Japanese held point 15 miles from important Nipponese base at Salabaua. Western Europe: RAF drops over 1,000 tons of Bombs on Duisburg, in land German port and heavy indus trial section; English lose 17 planes. Sunday evening by the choir of the First Presbyterian church under the direction of Mrs. J. F. Jacobs, organ ist and choir director. The lovely rendition was enjoyed by a large audience. WM. H. NABORS IS PRISONER OF WAR Mrs. Lucy B. Nabors of this city, India: Moslem League warns Eng land of “strife and bloodshed” over any attempt to force Moslems into federation with Hindus; say they will received a telegram yesterday from force independent state. !the war department stating that her .. . . I *°n. Pvt. William Herman Nabors, is Mediterranean area: Heavy bomb-1 a German prisoner of war. Wherq he era from North Africa strike at Ital-:j s held, the message did not disclose, ian Adriatic coast airdrome at Bari, It ^ gtafed that a letter of infor- starting large fires, and also attack nearby shipping. FINAL COUNTY TAX CALL mation follows from tho provost mar shal general. Mrs. Nabors was notified by tele gram early in March that William An advertisement in today's paper ****** 7 5 ?if rin «. in f*? 00 " ^ from the office of County Treasurer n °rihwest African front since Febru- T. Lane Monroe, designates May 1 as **y 17. The menage yesterday was the first information the has received since the distressing news came that her son was missing. Pvt. Nabors entered the service on October 1, 1941, with Co. I, 168th In fantry. In May, 1942, he left Camp w Wheeler, Ga., for foreign service. The LARGE NUMBER X-RAYED last letter received by his mother While the mobile unit from State!was written on January 26th. Park was in Laurens and Clinton last! William B. Glenn and Joseph C Hendersonville, N. C., April 27.— Delegates to the 139th general synod of the Associate Reformed P re sby-| ^at the government diirect continued terian church will gather *here to-1 “collective bargaining without politi cal limitation.” The committee made its request to Secretary of Labor Perkins. Speaking of the WLB, the letter said: “This board wields the headsman’s axe against the workers of the coun try. It has brifached its agreement with labor when it publicly substi tuted political expediency for equity . . ! in the settlement of disputes. ^ „ Home missions and their future, “The board is malignant in its pre planting, to take an extra degree of £ rosp 5, c ^i be , discussed b y ^ judice against he United Mine Work- chance this year for their country— fl eV » ‘ of SP artanb y r 8i and er . s 0 f America and its members.” to plant in full the acreage they canl* he Ebenezer Gettys of Iva, will ^i[ ss Perkins had turned the case expect to handle under the most fa- P reac _ misslons during 0 ver to the board last week, saying The Rev. W. B. Lindsay of Char- lote, president of the Bonclarken as sociation, will welcome the delegates at a mission conference to be con ducted by the Rev. R. N. Baird, D.D., of Kings Mountain, chairman of home ‘We ask farmers, on their part, in, mi l s I si ® ns - the days that remain of the spring vorable circumstances.” For his part, Davis assured farm ers he is organizing the nation’s “lat ent labor resources to help with the wa T and m tbe post-war period. j appeared that the long direct ne- TTie Rev. David Lauderdale, D.D.,; gotiations in New York - were not of Lexington, Va., moderator of the ma ki n g progress. The UMW asked sy™* 1 - will preside and the retired | her last night> in effect> to recall ^ harvest this year” and that “we will m ^ era tor, the Rev. C. B. Williams, ac tion. Presumably, the political” refer ence was to the board’s wage policies which are now a matter of direct or- do our best” to see that more har-j wiU P 1 *** owning sermon to- vesting machinery is ready by the'[ norrow j at 2 p^m. Communion will time it is needed. And, in the face of i be conducted by the Rev. W. L. aic „„„ a lIluvl , CI Ul *«- congressional opposition to farm sub- Rress y of Greenwood, assisted by the dep f ro m President Roosevelt. The sidies in any form, he promised that Re Y - Les; _| ie of Salisbury, N. C.,, cornerstone 0 j these, the “little steel” “we will work for continuing price “ ev _“• T - Nelson, D.D., of formula, allows a wage increase of support at fair levels in order to Laice Wales - Fla - minimize risks in the market place.” m His statement was made after re- StotG TfOCk Meet lease of agriculture department fig- a#. D C * j ures showing that although farmers At r. V*. Saturday intend planting 10,000,000 more acres than last year, production of many up to 15 per cent above the level of January 1, 1941. The miners, how ever, received an increase in excess of this last year and are now, de- ; manding $2 a day more. With the UMW committee having The South Carolina Intercollegiate ! apparently ruled out submission of Track and Field meet will be held the issue to the WLB, it appeared the major food items likely will be below the 1943 goals set by Secretary on Presbyterian college’s track on ( probability of a general work stop- Claude R. Wickard. I Saturday afternoon, Lonnie McMil- page this coming week-end had (Wickard had set this year’s goal lian, Blue Stocking coach, announced greatly increased, at nine per cent above the record this week. | A temporary arrangement with the ’production for 1942, when farmers So far, three college teams — the;operators expires Friday midnight. It were favored by excellent weather University of South Carolina, Clem-[continued for 30 days a contract ex- which made for a greater yield per son college, and Presbyterian college piring March 31 with provision for acre. But, on the basis of planting —have entered their entire squads in 1 retroactive application of what new intentions reported as of March 1, the the meet. It is thought possible that contract eventually was reached. Albert M Ramage 85 well known S oal was revi sed downward to six individual representatives from other It was generally believed in Wash- farmor rpsiHino miH-wav rm th<> Clin- P 61, cent—assuming normal weather schools in the state may participate, ington that the government would conditions. |but those three schools are the only; act swiftly if a general work stop- official department forecast indi- Palmetto institutions that have track page did develop, cated six per cent less food will be teams this year. ! What action the government might available to civilians.this year than! The first event will begin at l:30!take would be up to President Roose- last. This supply will be even less if P-m. and the meet is scheduled to last! veil and no one professed to know military developments result in de-| until 4:30. . ! what he might do, but there was con- ALBERT M. RAMAGE PASSES AT HOME ton-Laurens highway, died at his home early Sunday morning follow ing several years of declining health which had kept him confined to his home. Th funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock from mands exceeding the 20 to 25 per cent of total food production now Coptain JoilGS contemplated. I. ^ . Loses Father ARRIVES IN CITY the graveside at Holly Grove Baptist church cemetery with the Rev. W. N. Long, of this city, as the officiating _ . r* a minister. A large concourse of friends{ NEW BAPTIST PASTOR and neighbors assembled to pay their last tribute and the many flowers banked upon the grave were indica tive of the love in which he was held. Active pallbearers were: Frank, Robert, Charlie and Edward Temple ton, Bennie Blakely and Hugh Bar- hett. Mr. Ramage was a native of this community, a son of the late Frank jecture that the government might i take over the mines. A general strike, 1 involving some 600,000 miners, would ! have a quick effect on war produc- - ■ ♦ [ tion since coal is the primary source Friends of Captain Willard L. Jones of energy for many plants. Steel and Mrs. Jones will sympathize with sources in Pittsburgh estimated re- them in the death of the former’s serves of the steel industry would The Rev. J. Ollin Watson and fam- i father, J. Y. Jones, 65, which oc- last only two weeks to a month, ily arrived in the city Tuesday from 1 curred at his home at Lockhart Sat- From coal sections came indications Athens, Ga., and are now occupying urefay after a sudden illness. Funeral that thousands of miners, despite aa the church parsonage on Jackson 1 services were held Mnday afternoon appeal from the WLB to their i .ri- street. * at Lickville Presbyterian church, otism, were ready to quit work if Mr. Watson comes here to enter Greenville county, with interment in; union leaders gave the word, upon his work as pastor of Calvary the church cemetery. and Mary Ann Taylor Ramage, a Ba Ptist church after a successful pas-; Capt. Jones is now stationed at widely connected Laurens county family. He was a devoted husband and father, a true friend and good neighbor—a man admired for many torate of several years in Athens, tie [ Camp Davis, N. C. will occupy his pulpit Sunday for the i ^ regular services. ;TO MEET AT WHITMIRE The new pastor succeeds the Rev.! The meeting of the Woman’s Aux- WAR CASUALTY TOTAL 78^235 Washington, April 24. — The office fine traits of character and holding Ral P h Hughes, who recently resigned iliary dt South Carolina Presbytery | in formation announced today the esteem and confidence of a wide! to become pastor of the East Side will be held next year with the Pres- d casualty total of 78 >35 Thu circle of friends and acquaintances. Ba P tlst church in Macon, Ga. |bytenan church at Whitmire, officers d who are saddened by his passing. In addition to his widow, the de ceased is survived by five daughters: Mrs. John J. Glenn of Laurens, Mrs. T. Pluss Brown of Laurens, Mrs. Es telle Abrams of this city, Mrs. C. A. Peacock of Columbus, Ga., Mrs. L. D. Abrams of Whitmire; four sons: La fayette T., Walter B., Pierre F., and Augustus A. Ramage, all of this com munity. Also by 17 grand-children and eight great-grandchildren. Boyd Sworn In As Rood Commissioner have announced. SUBSCRIPTION RATE B. H. Boyd, of this city, was sworn, CHANGES MAY 1 figure, representing an increase of 12,855 since the last OWI report Feb ruary 20, apparently did not include some of the most recent Tunisian losses. The OWI explained that the figures were only for casualties .whose next of kin had been notified as of yesterday. The latest list included 12,123 dead. <ln*i date for payment of ’42 taxes Without further penalty. After that date an additional 5 per cent will be added, making a total of 7 per cent, the treasurer stated. wek, 108 people were X-rayed as a part of the “early diagnosis” cam paign sponsored by the Tuberculosis association of the county headed by Mrs. Pliney T. Whitlock. McDaniel, of this city, were reported “missing in action” on the same date in the north African area. No addi tional information has been received by their parents. Chairman Roper Awarded Certificate in during the past week as a member I of the state highway commission at] an organization meeting for the yeari As already announced, the sub held in Columbia. Iscription rate of THE CHRONICLE 15,049 wounded, 40,435 missing, aad Mr. Boyd, who will be the first res- will be $2.00 a year effective May l,i 10.628 prisoners, ident of this city to serve on the an increase of less than 1 cent a Army casualties totaled 53,309 in- Cecil P. Roper, of Laurens, county chairman of the recent Red Cross War Fund campaign, has been awarded a “Certificate of Apprecia tion” in recognition of his services in the campaign. The certificate is signed by President F. D. Roosevelt, of the national organization, Norman H. Davis, chairman of the central committee, and^Rev. Adlai C. Holler, president of the county chapter. Final figures on the campaign show that a total of $22,469.17 was Collected on a quota of $16,000. commission, was recently unanimous ly elected by the legislative delega tions of the Eighth Judicial circuit comprising the counties of Laurens, Abbeville, Greenwood and Newberry. He succeeds T. A. Sherard of Abbe ville for a four-year term. The commission was reorganized with Rut L. Osborne of Orangeburg as chairman, and T. C. Crosland of Bennettsville, vice-chairman. ATTEND A. R. P. SYNOD - Dr. C. Bynum Betts, pastor, and J. Reed Todd, elder of the local church, are attending the 139th gen eral synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church now in session at Bon Clarken, the A. R. P. assem bly ground near Hendersonville, N. C. week The only exception in the adjust ment will be to the young men in the service from this community. As a special concession to them the pa per will still go at the rate of $1.50 a year. To all other subscribers (no exceptions) the new rate will apply. eluding 4,976 killed, 10,384 wounded, 27,321 missing, and 10,628 prisoners of war. Of the wounded, 1,058 have returned to active duty. Navy casualties total 24,926, made up of 7,147 dead, 4,665 wounded and 13,114 missing. OWI «director Elmer Davis last This small adjustment is necessary night expressed belief “the Tunisian to meet the increasing cost of produc-j operations all told have probably cost tion and to enable us to furnish our our army nearly 10,000 in killed, large and appreciated family of read-1 wounded and missing. 1 ’ He said fewer ers the same type of newspaper they are now receiving. Renewals at the present rate will be accepted through Friday, April ,30. After that date all subscriptions ^not paid in advance after mailed no tice of expiration dates will be dis continued. than 2,000 men were lost in the Mo roccan and Algerian landings, and asserted the statement by Roane Waring, American Legion command er, that there have been many more casualties in Africa than those an nounced, “appears to have been due to. a misunderstanding.”