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Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, April 29,194} Restaurant Prices Frozen By OPA Order Moving to put into effect the Presi dent’s “hold the line” order, the state Office ol Price Administration has Special to The Chronicle. THE NATIONAL SCENE As Washington Sees It ordered the ‘‘freezing” of prices in Washington, April 27.—The Office other eating and o' War '""'"nation and the depart- South Carolina, l "> ent .°' h *« TODAY... TOMORROW By Don Robinson PEOPLE YOU KNOW. . FATHERS—22.000,000 SIIMSOK OPPOSES FATHER DEFERMENT Mrs. Robert Davis and small daughter have returned to their homek 1 in Pensacola, Fla., aftr a visit withj Mrs. George M. Davis. j Washington, April 26. — Secretary Mrs. James Barbour and small son j Stimson, declaring that “great op- To millions of families, selective ’ week to Join Lt. Barbour at 1 portunities are now developing for us arithmetic,” which will de- Camp Forrest, Tullahoma, Tenn, service restaurants and drinking places in aoum '- arouna »j tempte< j ^t e n the public how much termine when the head of the family! Friends of Mrs. Clyde S. Lankford C. W. Anderson, chairman of the it can expec t to have on its ta-iwill be given a khaki uniform and a 1 will be glad to know she is conva- Clinton War Price and Rationing ! bles during the coming year, but pay check of $50 a month, is being I lescing at her home after being a pa- board said yesterday A similar or- these figures are not to be taken too given even closer attention than the tient at Hays hospital, and expects to dcr has gone out to seven other' seriousl y since > as everyone knows,, mathematical calculations of point be out in a few days. q the success "Of our farm production; rationing. Miss Jane Little, member of the southeastern states. depends a lot on the weather and ont Under tfie most recent regulations freshman class at Winthrop college, The order becomes effective Satur-, hav i n g su ffi c i en t farm,labor on hand issued by the selective service ad- S j)ent the Easter holidays with her, day. May 1, but all proprietors of eat- at the right time. ministration, fathers will be deferred parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Lit-' is"seeking to grant the blanket defer- ing places of any kind must file their' 1° f ac t< department of agricul- until all others not in vital war work ( tie, and as the guest of Miss Marylment, for the remainder of 1943,' menus and orice lists with their local ture has alread y changed its esti- have been but accordmg to Callahan, of Liberty. (through an amendment to a measurp w-ir Prir^ and Ratinninff hnnrd hp- 1 mates ? ince the be g innin 6 of the year | Paul McNutt, head War Man-| ^j rs Ray Boyjj spent the week-end 1 dealing with unemployment compery- ^ ® |b ut still anticipates that total food power commission, that will be just |j n Atlanta with Mr. Boyd, who? has; sation benefits for conscientious ob- to end the war as quickly as pos sible,” opposed today the enactment of legislation which would bar the induction this year of fathers mar ried prior to Pearl Harbor. The senate military affairs com mittee made public Stimson’s letter. Senator Wheeler, Democrat, Montana, fore May 1. production will be 3 per cent above a matter of a few months. The order fixes as the maximum the record 1942 output. Congressmen, Mr. McNutt estimates that there price to be charged (or a meat or an'"™ the farm states say this goal , , a very optimistic one, pointing out,of 18 and 38. This includes those al- item of food the highest price charged j that th6 q Ues tj on 0 f f arm labor has ready in uniform. He also figures in each establishment in the seven- no t yet been solved, that fanners are, that only 14,000,000 of these men willi con ’ day base period, April 4 through handicapped by lack of equipment,be found physically, mentally and Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Cooley, Mr. and April 10 of this year. and that we cannot expect weather morally fit. Of that 14,000,000 a total Mrs. Douglas Ogbum and daughter, ‘ Mary, of Camden were week-end guests of Mrs. G. C. Nabors and Mrs. Irby Holland. Aviation Cadet James William deferring farm boys from selective number which the government Ijopes Johnson, who has just completed ba- he said, but sacrifices have to be made to attain victory. “That men must be subjected to great hardship for that ideal is un fortunate, but the war in which we are engaged cannot be won in an easy manner and without much trouble and sacrifice,” he said. The secretary declared the 6,000,- 000 fathers must include many who could go into the armed services without subjecting their families to undue financial hardships. The rule of individual deferments, geared to the needs of the individual, should be followed rather than blanket defer ments, he argued. ■ nil ■—n ■' ' '■ —I ' V| If It is a Magazine that you want, see . . . JAMES W. CALDWELL The Magazine Man It is specifically provided that, (conditions to be as ideal as they were of 3,200,000 will be deferred because once a ceiling price has been fixed, last year. They say that farmers are of the vital war work they do in in- it may not be altered, except to be lowered or to comply with any future OPA requirement. Restaurant proprietors are told in the order that meals now offered may not be discontinued “if by your doing somewhat encouraged by the action; dustry and on farms. .That leaves 10,- of the War Manpower commission in 800,000, which is approximately the so your customers would actually | include (1) the fact that even though service, but they point out that this, to have in service by the end of the does not nearly answer the problem. The problems of farm manpower year. This “arithmetic” is subject to cor rection, since it may be found that sic training at Walnut Ridge, Ark., spent a few days leave' with his mother, Mrs. J. B. Johnson. Upon returning to Walnut Ridge, Cadet have to pay -more than they did” in deferred, farm boys feel like slack- the unfit are not as high a percent- Johnson will be sent to Seymour, the base period. !ers if they are not in uniform and;age as estimated, and it does not in- Ind., for further training. “You will be in violation of this; ma ny are joining up even though elude the 200,000 or so young men ( Friends of Mrs.' R. C Adair will be rule” the order declares, “unless you they might be deferred;*-(2) so many who become 18 each month, but itjgiad to know she is convalescing at continue to offer meals at dj/Terent me n already have left the farms for seems quite certain that the great h e r home after being a patient in the prices representative of the range of higher paying war production jobs majority of married men with chil- i^ai hospital the past week. prices at which you offered meals of the same class during the seven-day period, and unless you continue to offer at least as many different meals that millions of replacements are dren will be called before the year is; Mrs Kenneth Bickers left Tuesday needed; (3) the armed forces made,over. ^ . |for a visit to Lt. Bickers* relatives in CONGRESS—Confusion ; Chattanooga, Tenn. before joining strong appeals for recruits in farm areas last year and consequently! at or below the lowest price charged-many thousands of experienced farm-, Probably because fathers and moth- ,hlI I! ne * r L °^ ^ gele f’ ^ a1 ’ by you for meals of the same class' ers are now in the service; (4) al-.ers constitute by far the larger group 11 nends of Pfc. L. on any day you select in the seven day period as you did on that day.” T. Lawson, though the crop corps will help, of voters in the nation, the house of! son °* '^ r ^- k. T. Lawson, of near farmers fear that production will be representatives was almost unani-! Clinton, will be interested to know ■ crippled by the employment of too mous in passing a bill to defer fath-j he is now a student at the 217th Sig- Ink, Paste, Carbon Paper, Second many inexperienced people. ers until the very end. This bill seems' na ^ ^ e P°l company, Camp Crowder, Sheets, Ink Pads, Stenographers According to the optimistic OWI i to have little significance, since the Mo. Note Books, Letter Box Files, Type- figures, civilians would get 94 per selective service administration al- i Mr. and Mrs. John S. Glover of recently been transferred there from' jectors. This is scheduled for senate Greenwood. consideration next Monday. Mrs. R. E. Jones is visiting her sis- Stimson said that in order to take ter, Mrs. Charles Akerman, in Ma- advantage of developing opportuni ties to bring the war to a speedy close “it is essential that the careful ly planned and coordinated program of raising and training an army com posed of our best-equipped fighting men be not impeded. “It is manifest,” his letter contin ued, “that this (the Wheeler) bill would greatly limit the source of nec essary men available for this purpose and would dangerously affect our ul timate victory.” Stimson said more than 8,000,000 men were deferred in the 3A classi fication up to January 1, 1943, and of these about 6,000,000 have one or more children under age 18. ‘‘The proposed legislation, there fore, presents the simple issue of whether the war effort can suffer, without serious impairment, the withdrawal of 6,000,000 men who are eligible for training and service from the national pool of manpower,” Stimson wrote. “Plainly, it can not.” No legislation is needed, the secre tary went on, to impress the war de partment with the importance of pre serving the American home. That is what the war is being fought far, It'i Y««r PATRIOTIC oon ‘FRUIT CANNING AIDS VICTORY * MNiLMN! EXTRA SUGAR for Canning It Avallablo. Apply to Your Ration Board Th* Government hot allotted extra (wear to enable you to can ai much of this teaton'i fruit and berry crop cm poccible. You can lecure thi* extra wgar by applying to your Ration Board. For best results with your jams, preserves and canning, use — DixieCrystals Pure C d n v S u Q d r writer Ribbons. Chronicle Publishing Co. Phone 74. cent as much food, as they did in ready had decided to postpone the i Montreal, Canada, arrived Tuesday 1942 after giving one-quarter of to- drafting of men with children as long I for a ten-day visit with the latter’s tal food production to .the armed as possible. j parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Spratt. Miss Willene Reeves of Honea Path, was the week-end guest of Mrs. Arthur P. Little. Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Sease and chil dren visited the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sease, in Prosper- "'U' Boats Are a Menace — Help Us Destroy Them n forces and Allied .nations through) The house bill, however, known as lend-lease. But even the OWI fig- the Kilday bill, does tend to add a ures indicate that there would be little orderliness to the draft system drastic cuts in certain popular fea- j by requiring that men from various tures of our diet, including a 27 p>er 1 classifications be taken on" a state- cent reduction of canned vegetables,. wide basis and that no fathers in a 21 per cent less butter, 51 per cent > state be taken until all other eligibles, g“^ da *‘ , less canned fruits and 11 per cent have been inducted. j y , 1 less meat. j It is quite possible, however, that* Faroes M. Lea, Sr., of Charleston, Even if food is produced to the ex- congressional action on selective ser-I^P® 11 * ^ e «f ra * S WCe ^ W1 “ 1 ! tent that OWI estimates, great short-| vice will merely confuse the issue ! Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Stutts. ; ages of popular foods are expected and upset the planning done by the ! Friends of Mrs. J. W. Spoon will be to appear unless we quickly get rid War Manpower commission. For the! intrested to know she has resigned I of black markets which are already Kilday measure doesn’t provide for | her position as matron of tne college ■ making it difficult to get many kinds deferment because of occupation and \ infirmary and will leave May 1 to ! of meat through legitimate channels, the job of the manpower group is to make her home in Monroe, N. C., i It is also feared that there may be a protect the output of industry and! where she formerly lived. ;real shortage of sugar this summer farms and at the same time supply , Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Peeples of j and .next fall unless steps are taken all the men who are nqeded for the'Estill were guests a few days last immediately to assure greater im- armed forces. " | week of Mrs. Peoples’ sister, Mrs. ports from Cuba and Puerto Rico.' Since the Manpower commission A. P. Little. Spokesmen for the sugar industry say and the selective service administra- ^i rs gallie Boozer Mr and Mrs. that the home production of beet tion seem to be trying to work this T B Boozer Sr of Silversreet and sugar will be about 500,000 tons short complex problem out in a way that Ensign and Mrs T B Boozer Jr, of of last year and the demands for su-|will protect the American family as Ta^kcrmviiip FTa u/pr* mipctc Qatnr i gar for home-canning will be the long as possible, congressional revis-| da y o f Mr a nd Mrs. T 8 M. Sease. greatest in the history of the country. I ions would seem to be a handicap CASINO THEATRE MONDAY AND TUESDAY, May 3 sad 4 STAR-GLITTERING MUSICAL wRh tongs by COLE PORTERI "One of the biggest tasks fac ing our Navy in this war is the building of sufficient es cort vessels to protect our ships in convoy, against the torpedoes of prowling 'U' boats. "The long distance tele phone plays a vital role in the building of these sturdy ships that help keep our shipping lanes clear. From keel to top deck and from bow to stern, thousands of telephone calls assist the speedy launching of each powerful vessel — calls to suppliers and shippers in all parts of the country. "How important it is then, that long distance tel ephone lines to war-busy centers be kept free of un- • essential "Those who build the tools to destroy our enemies are counting on you to help free the lanes of communi cation, that the seas may be freed for safe shipping* Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company lacorpo rated War production experts here are rather than a help. ; optimistic over the labor problem in: Friends of A. O’Daniel of this city will be glad to know he is improv ing satisfactorily after an operation at the Crawford Long hospital in At lanta, Ga., and is at the ODaniel industry, most of them feeling that) FITNESS—50% Rejected the new order of the War Manpower One thing, however, which it might commission which virtually freezes be worth while for congress to in- ^ >• necessary men in their present jobs j vestigate are the rules for determin- C1 Elhjay, Ga., with his sons will eliminate this problem for many | i ng unfitness. industries which now have a fairly j We’ve aU heard of the husky young eT . Q . . c ... ... adequate supply of men. The new^an who, when turned down because ( th * th molroo i♦ Sr.— o mon . . . i , -. , rClci11VOS itt MHTlOU. Drs. James and John O’Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. J. Roy Gasque and order makes it impossible for a man to shift from an essential job to an other essential job at a higher rate of pay—which is the usual reason for to go into war production by permit- of his teeth, wanted to know if he was supposed to bite the enemy or to shoot him. I know personally of the case of a football star who, after hav- Mrs. Eula Quinton and children of Enoree, spent the past week-end with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Holland. Friends of Prof. Bernard H. Boyd changing jobs. It a iso encourages men ing caught 40 and 50 yard forward wi u “^“‘to* Jt^ThTTs'' iU' aPh^ passes the season before, was turned ting higher pay to those who shift down because his eyesight was poor. from nonessential to essential work CASES MADE IN TRUCK OVERLOADING Columbia, April 27. — The state highway department said today 45 Other perfectly healthy young men are being rejected by most' branches of the service because they are color blind or because of other minor phy sical defects. In many of these cases it is appar ent that they might not be able to perform every service which is in- home. Mrs. William M. Blakely and small son, Billy, who have been spending sometime with Major Blakely’s moth er, Mrs; R. F. Blakely, are visiting relatives in Sumter before joining Major Blakely at Camp McKall, in Southern Pines, N. C. Friends of little Martha Wi charges of truck overloading .were eluded in the army and navy curricu- filed last month in the department’s campaign to prevent damage to high ways. J. Stanley Williamson, chief high way commissioner, said the trend to ward less passenger car traffic and more and heavier truck traffic had made it essential that every effort be made to enforce loading restrictions. I State law prohibits use of trucking equipment and loads in excess of 40,- 000 pounds. Williamson said it was the depart ment’s duty not only to enforce the law but to prevent unnecessary dam age to highways, particularly at this time when war restrictions made it impossible to repair damaged roads. He added the department’s cam paign was in line with national de fense efforts to save motor equip ment, tires and gasoline. STATIONERY—Every boy in service will be happy to receive a box. We have just what he will like, plain or with the insignia of his branch of service. Chronicle Pub. Co. lum, but there are certainly plenty of jobs in the service which the ma jority of them could perform ade quately. Mr. McNutt estimated that rejec tions up to the present range from 43 to 50 per cent of those examined. Health records show that we are probably the healthiest naition in the world, but those figures make it ap pear that the young men of our coun try are largely cripples. Vilson, t Wil- ti *V " .tn GAXT0N • Cobma WHICHT sod Hazel SCOTT SELECTED SHORTS. NEWS. 10c and 30c 10 A. M. Show MONDAY. Feature begins 2:25,4:25,7:25,9:25. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, May 5 and 6 'THE FLEET'S IN" With DOROTHY L^MOUR, WIL LIAM HOLDEN, EDDIE BRACKEN, BETTY HUTTON and JIMMY DOR SEY and His Orchestra. Feature begins 3:12,5:50,8:32. "POWER OF THE PRESS" With LEE TRACY, GUY KIBBEE, GLORIA DICKSON. Feature begins 2:00, 4:42, 7:20 and 10:00. “SUPERMAN.” 10c and 25c MONDAY AND TUESDAY, May 3 *»»d 4 "HONKY TONK" With CLARK GABLE, LANA TURNER, FRANK MORGAN, CLAIRE TREVOR, MARJORIE MAIN, ALBERT DEKKER, HENRY O’NEILL, CHILL WILLS. Here IS a Western . . . packed with shooting and sex-appeal, in about equal measure, and enacted by a cast that gets a maximum of effectiveness out of a story that gave them plenty of scope!!! plus NEWS FROM THE WORLD’S BATTLE FRONTS. 10c and 25c Feature begins 2:14,4:13,7:14,9:13. 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. Six Boys Born At Local Hospital Within Week daughter of Mr.'and Mrs. L. M son, will be glad to know she is im proving after being ill the past week. Mrs. E. G. Shugart and Miss Betty Dean Shugart of Winston-Salem, N. C., and Nat Phelps of the University of South Carolina, Columbia, were week-end guests of Mrs. R. F. Blake ly and daughters. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Carlisle Neely will be glad to know their little son, Robert, is improving satisfac torily following an operation at Hay^ hospital. v SAY* "I SAW IT IN THE CHRON ICLE.” THANK YOU. - FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, May 7 and t iiia iainmi wlooCOSTHU OMWXCMtm 1921-1943 Hugh L Eichelberger NEW YORK LIFE MAN 1 v 22 Years Experience Professional Insurance Information Furnished Free Member—The National Association of Life Underwriters Born to— Posey Watts and Sarah Buford Copeland, a boy, Benjamin Fair, Ap ril 18. Thomas Theodore and Burns Browning Taylor, a boy, Thomas Theodore, Jr., April 19. j Ralph Harold and Beulah Mae King Stewart, a boy, Darrell Keith, April 22. Samuel E. and Corrie Cunningham Compton, a boy, Carol Duvall, April 24. Lloyd N. and Mabel Lou Godfrey, a boy, James Earle, April 25. Edward L. and Sarah Lawson Tay- - lor, a boy, Edward LaMarr, April 27 TYPEWRITERS AND ADDING MACHINES Sales and Service CLEANING A SPECIALTY KENNETH N. BAKER WEDNESDAY UMl THURSDAY, May 5 and 6 'TRUCK BUSTERS" With RICHARD TRAVIS, VIR GINIA CHRISTINE, RUTH FORD and CHARLES LANG. Feature begins 2:00, 4:46, 7:32 and 10:18. 'THE GREAT IMPERSONATION" With RALPH BELLAMY, EVE LYN ANKERS, EDWARD NORRIS and KAAREN VERNE. Feature begins 3:35, 6:21 and 9S)7. plus BEGINNING — “THE SECRET CODE,” with PAUL KELLY and ANNE NAGEL. 10c and 20c SELECTED SHORTS. NEWS. 10c and 30c Feature Begins: Friday: 2:31, 4:30, 7:31, 9:30. Saturday: 2:00, 3:53, 5:46, 7:39,9:32. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, May 7 and • "BUCKSKIN FRONTIER" With RICHARD DIX, JANE WY ATT, ALBERT DEKKER, VICTOR JORY, LOLA LANE, MAX BAER, JOE SAWYER, LEE J. COBB and FRANCES MCDONALD. LIVE GREAT DAYS! Ride heed- ! lessly . . . love audaciously ... in a story that takes you up ... to thun der along with mounted madcaps . .. trigger trained, horse wise, prairie toughened. — plus “COLLEGE BELLES" with THE GLOVE SLINGERS . . COLOR CAR TOON, “SONG OF VICTORY.” “KING/OF THE ROYAL MOUNT ED,” Chapter 8. 10c and 25c 10 A. M. Show SATURDAY. Feature Begins: Friday: 2:41,4:40,7:41 and 9:40. ' Saturday: 2:11, 4:10, 6:09, 8:08, and 10:07. NOTICE TO OUR PATRONS — Beginning May 5, oar Adult Admission Priee for Wednesday and Thursday at The Casino will be 25e instead of Me. WIICItSSMMRItiCtmWMMMRtHHtlCWMWWSItWMWSWMintMmiWWWMWIHWIWMWWIBI NOTICE TO CASINO PATRONS Effective next Wednesday, May 5, our Adult Admis sion price for Wednesday and Thursday will be— 25c'Instead of 20c CASINO THEATRE