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1 \ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ate (ttlirnntrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News cl Volume XLIII Clinton, C., Thursday, May 13, 1943 Number 19 CMMNDtHI AVIATIOM OPUS >1 COliEM ■’ v ' ■■■I CAPTAIN CARL M. TURNER, Commanding Officer Pictured above seated at his desk is Capt. Carl M. Turner commanding officer of the 39th AAF training de tachment of aviation students now housed on the campus of Presbyte rian college. Capt. Turner was assigned to head the detachment when it was estab- ished early in March. He is a native of Lima Ohia, and graduated from Tri-State college in Indiana with a civil engineering degree. He followed this line of work until he enlist ed in the National Guard in his home town. In 1935 he was com missioned a 2nd lieutenant in the Of ficers Reserve corps and in 1938 was promoted, to the rank of first lieuten ant and also battery executive. In the fall of 1940 after the *nro- pean war had been raging for a year, the National Guard was mobilized and his unit was sent to Sheldon, Mississippi, where he was placed on the staff as an intelligence officer. The summer of 1941 proved an eventful one for Capt. Turner as it was spent on the famous Louisiana maneuvers. Two days after the Japa nese attack at Pearl Harbor the Cap tain was assignd' to the air corps and reported to Greenville, Miss., where he served as squadron commander and assistant post adjutant. After spending . four months at Jackson, Tenn., he was transferred to George Field, Illinois. On June 2 he received his appointmeent as captain. The lat ter part of February he was sent here from Maxwell Field, Ala., where he had been on duty, to become the or ganizing commander of the new unit. By training and experience. Captain Turner is admirably qualified for this responsible position and is held in high esteem by the cadets and offi cers of the detachment, as well as by a number of friends he has made in the city. Capt. and Mrs. Turner have an apartment at the home of Mrs. B. F. Wingard on Calvert avenue. MAJOR DILL ELLIS GETS AIR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS WORK Major Dill B. Ellis, son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ellis of this city, was one of eleven officers and men who flew America’s swiftest bomber, the Martin B-26, during the long months of aerial warfare in the islands north of Australia last year. The announce ment, under a news date line of “Somewhere In Australia,” was made by air dorps officials during'the past week. For this meritcrious achievement Major Ellis was awarded a U. S. air medal. In the citation it was stated that he flew the speedy Martin Ma rauders through at least 25 bombing missions, each against Japanese air bases, warships and merchantmen, often successfully fighting off enemy interception. Major Ellis, an honor graduate of West Point, has been in foreign ser vice for more than a year, during which time he has been blasting the Japs from an advanced United Na tions air base on New Guinea. In December past he was promoted to commander of his flying squadron of over 300 men engaged in active com bat duty. His promotion from captain to major was announced in January. JOSEPH C McDANIEL GERMAN PRISONER TO SPEAK HERE HITLER TO MAKE ONE LAST BLOW THIS SUMMER Will Try To Break Out Of Allied Trap In Win- or-Lose Offensive Like That of 1918. 'WING SPREAD' IS NAME OF CADETS' * ' NEWSPAPER Wing Spread is the name of /the new weekly newspaper published by and for the 39th AAF Training de tachment at Presbyterian college, which came from the press Saturday for the first time. / 4- The first issue, a most creditable production, was received with enthu-i London, May ll.^-Hitlers final at- siasm by the officers and 400 aviation tempt to break out of the trap which cadets of the detachment. The paper the United Nations are closing around will be printed and distributed on; hi ^ must probably will be made , Saturday mornings. ' this summer. The edition carried a brief write-; That is the preponderant view up of the cadets’ facilities at the col- among British military observers, lege, a message from the commanding man y °f whom look for a win-all or officer to the officers and cadet stu- l°fe~all offensive similar to the^one dents, sports and other items of in terest. The title. Wing Spread, was selected by popular vote of the train ees. The paper is headed by Robert j. effort is most likely to be directed Fleder as editor-in-chief, a graduate; agam * t Russia, which is the only tar- of Franklin-Marshall college. Other ® e ^.°^f e 7 ng su R' lc ^ ent r ^ ar ^ s - Announcement was made yesterday mernbers of the managin g board are If Hitler could break Russian mili- that Dr. Ellis A. Fuller, of Louisville, Jose h j Carbine) ass i s t an t editor;' tar y, which he tried unsuc- Ky., will deliver the baccalaureate | Richard H G arber ne ws editor Wil- cessfully t0 do in tw0 P^ 10118 cam “ sermon before the graduating class at, Hs H Duff Jr ci ; culation ma kager-,\P*'8 ns ’ he st [ n mi * ht have a fl 8 ht ‘ n * Presbytenan coHege^on Sunday,^May,Gordon K. Paisis, sports, editor; Rich- chance to achieve a stalemate Tn Eu- ard E. Phaneuf, managing editor. 1 \ . • ' Members of the staff are: W. Adel-1. Total v,ct 1 or y a PP»rently has van- son, E. Brace, Jr., J. Brousseau, H.I^ from his calculations His fren- Brown, E. Byrne, J. Callahan, C. Car- 5 ied propaganda efforts have been REV. ELLIS A. FULLER. DJ>. which proved the dying gasp of Ger man military power in the spring and summer of 1918. The same observers believe this 30. The service will be held in the First Presbyterian church. Dr. Fuller is well known and ad mired here by a number of friends. He is a graduate of Presbyterian col lege. Dr. Fuller is president of the ME1H0DISIS TO MEET TODAY AT HOPEWELL CHURCH The Greenwood district Upper South Carolina conference will meet today (Thursday) with the Hopewell Methodist church near here. The dis trict includes the pastoral charges in the Greenwood area. The Rev. E. R. Mason, of Green wood, district superintendent, will preside over the conference. The morning session will begin at 9:30, followed by an afternoon ses sion at 2 p.m. During the intermis sion dinner will be served on the grounds by members of the host church. Closing Program For • Bush River School Commencement exercises of Bush River school will begin on, Sunday, May 16, at 12 o’clock when the an nual baccalaureate sermon will be preached by the Rev. C. J. Matthews, pastor of Smyrna Presbyterian church. V-- • On Tuesday evening, the 18th, the graduation exercises will be held, at which time members of the class will present the following program: Invocation—Jack Matthews. Salutatory—Mazie Neel. * Class History—Argent Senn. Bush River Service Honor Roll— Thomas Epting. Aiding the War Effort at Bush River—Margaret Wallace. Music. Winning the Peace — Elizabeth Workman. Our Needs—Darrel Shealy. Who’s Who?—Winford Price. Valedictory—Lucille Rice. Music. Members of the graduating class are: Horace Boozer, Jr., Paul Gou ging, Christine Craven, Eugene Cra ven, Thomas Epting,, Frank Long shore, William Longshore, Jack Mat thews, Louise Miller, Elbert Miller, Pet Moates, Jr., Mazie Neel, Winford Price, John Ramage, Lucile Rice, Claude Riddle, Argent Senn, Darrel Shealy, Janie Shealy, Kathryn Shea ly, Lee Singley, Margaret Wallace, Elizabeth Workman. ON THE WAR FRONTS North Africa: British First army advances in one day across base of Cap Bon peninsula to seal door on 80,000 Nazis now locked by land, sea and air; advance takes several towns, including Grombalia, half-way up peninsula neck; United States Second Army corps in Bizerte sector counts, feeds its unconditionally surrendered thousands of prisoners. Continental Europe: Invasion jit ters of Axis powers mounts; tele phone communioations severed be tween Turkey and Bulgaria; Hitler reportedly sends two top side-kicks to take charge of Italy, Goering to reorganize Italian army; Gestapo Chief Himmler to purge land for sta bilization of “internal front.” Air War: Land-locked by bad wea ther for several days, RAF fliers re new daylight raids on continent; 15 Axis planes raid East Anglian town, bombing and strafing buildings. Russia: Reds bitterly battle way into German Novorossisk defenses, find opposition mounting as constant raids on Nazi supply lines fail to halt delivery of material. Casualties: Parliament told British Eighth army dead, wounded and missing in last phases of Tunis bat tle were 1,200: total casualties since April 17, 8,400. Pacific: Allied fliers continue raids on several Jap bases, including heavy assault on Babo, Dutch New Guinea, where many fires started; Japs raid three Allifed posts, but practically no damage reported. _ A third Clinton boy — Pfc. Joseph C. McDaniel, is being held as a pris- * oner of war of the German govern ment. His mother, Mrs. N, W. Mc Daniel was so notified Sunday, the message from the International Red Cross further stating that a letter of information follows from the pro vost marshall general. Similar messages have been re ceived during the 'past few weeks by Mrs. Lucy B. Nabors pertaining to her son, Pvt. William Herman Na bors; and by Mrs. R. B. Glenn con cerning her son, Pfc. William B. Glenn. Pfc. McDaniel is attached to' the lOTth Infantry, and has been in for eign service in England and Africa for the past several months. He was reported*as “missing in action” in the North African area since February 17. The friends of Joe,” as he is popu larly known in the city, will be de lighted to learn of the additional information received by his parents following the first message that he was missing. 6MDUATES TO HEAR SERMON SUNDAY The commencement program of Clinton high school will begin Sun day evening at eight o’clock at the First Presbyterian church when the annual sermon to the graduates will be preached by Dr. J. K. Roberts, pastor of the church. As has been -the custom for a long period of years, this will be a union service in which all churches of the city are invited to unite. The closing program will be con tinued on Thursday evening. May 20, with the usual class day exercises. The graduating exercises will be held on Friday evening, May 21. Both programs will be presented in the Florida Street school auditorium, be ginning at 8 o’clock, with the public cordially invited. Two Bodies Found In Loke Greenwood The body of Troy Griffin, who with Gordon Davis, of Laurens, was drowned when the boat in which they were riding capsized in Lake Green wood last Wednesday, was recovered Saturday at noon by Laurens county officers, according to information from Laurens. pies, H. Cohan, R. Collins, Jr., A. dlrected at splitting the other United Dagenais, B. Engelsberg, R. Foote, L.; Nat | ons , from Russla by sowm g the Kauffman, R. Leber, C. Miller, l. ! se ^! s °! t rmstru f • tl _ „ , Southern Baptist seminary at Louis- Metzer, E. Newman, S. Palmateer, 1 Su n u ltaneously, the Goebbels ma- ville and before accepting this posi-;K. Shirk, Jr., E. Parker, Photogra-, cbm T has been doing its u^nost to tion was pastor of the First Baptist 1 pher. • I convince the peoples of subjugated church in Atlanta, Ga. He is former j The paper is printed by The Chron-; S() l uthwestern states 7 thS the^bolshe- HomfM^L th to a S U l h nT’ran^ i al‘ iCle ^ bl /f h ^ eCOmPan U n ^ iSmad r v '« menace” « their greatest peril Home Mission board and ranks as ; possible by the cooperaton of several ^ d , A vietnrv nn save one of the outstanding ministers and business firms with the detachment!fufL hein* Li-Im hi rIh educational leaders of the Baptist j officials. Under government regula-' torror m b n £ rrun by Ret * denomination in the South. jtions, it is prohibited from carrying He is the brother of Mrs. L. B. commercial advertisements. Marion of this city and a native of Mountville. CHANGE MADE IN DRAFT RULING Clinton draft board will send rl03 white selectees to Fort Jackson 90 next Thursday, the 20th, to fill the May quota. The Chronicle was un able to secure the list for publication today. The May quota of 60 Negroes left oh the 10th for the same induction center. Several weeks ago the state draft m YET OBTAIN MEASUREMENTS ON FARM FIELDS Farmers who have not already done so still have the opportunity to obtain measurement on the fields in their farms by calling at the county AAA office, H. A. Ropp, county AAA Hitler’s strength lies in his army, still the most powerful military ma chine in‘existence. Unless he tries an invasion of England, and the lack of air and sea power makes that im probable, there ia no direction in which he could turn with profit ex cept Russia. If this proves to be Hitler’s choice and he fails, it would mean essential ly the loss of the war this year with total defeat on the continent most probable in 1944. Russia appears to be facing the issue with supreme confidence bol stered by the certainty of an immi nent Allied second front in western or southern Europe in the ,wake of administrative officer, has announced. All farms in the county have been tbe smashing victory in Africa, mapped on aerial photographs and; ln his May day order premier Jo . tbe a ,^jf age of varlous ^* lds record " i sef Stalin spoke not of defense against headquarters announced a new ruling ^ * Cre ^fJ' a German assault but of a Russian prohibiting the printing of the names b ” g ir . W ' th ! blow « in conjunction with the armies of registrants selected for possible' JuTthT/ ^ , ! ° f the Allies * which wo ^ d smash !™Z.^ d “5l^“ ti L, lh ^ y , h f d _ b ” n iassistance fn makTng the^'acreage H “' er - S ‘ 1 “ in kD ° W5 that he is raore accepted at the induction center. Un- 1 determinations. der the order newspapers have been! -p. • . . , . , . , permitted to announce only the names t „ T . h “ S f b ?“ ld , be , h part r; lar K h 'l P ' Ul of those accepted for military ser-1 H ' ha ,ear “ r Ro PP ''‘T'his'^hrlas 8 recently’ 1 *’^ e n ^ excess acreage o™'tto„ and toTacco amended^peirnitUng "hT p^hmg a " er P~'<— is reported, of the names of all registrants deliv ered for induction. The lists will be than ever assured of a steady flow of war material, now that the Allies are about to make the Mediterran ean a safe highway for their trans ports to the middle east. In addition, he has every reason . . .. # ii , j in ex P ect that Allied offensive ac- der to obtain full payment under the j tion in Europe, even beyond the auvMv... xuc us is wui 1 . 94J ’ „ , . w j smashing aerial assault on Germany, printed in The Chronicle when re-! m^wo ni- 5 mnr/^t^ n nul SPl n ; wil1 greatly ease the Pressure on leased by the local board. 1 h _ l ° fH 55 f l943 * u Wll lj Russia, both by land and air. — ^ 1 ^ the T 116 '' fUrmsh! Russia, fortified by Allied military o j r • • J fL principal dimensions to assistancei is s t ron ger than last year. Boyd Commissioned ?? b ' h , coun u ty offiee measure Unless Hitler can miraculously mus- tor whlch acre data ls re - ter far greater strength than he showed in 1941 and 1942, there is Commissioned As Naval Chaplain quested j Every Laurens county farmer is Bernard H. Boyd, a member of the, urged to take advantage of this offer, Presbyterian college faculty, was J even though some of his fields may commissioned last week as a lieuten- 1 already be planted. The information ant, junior grade, in the United States navy. He left Saturday for the naval chaplains school at William and Mary college, Williamsburg, Va. Prof. Boyd resigned several months ago but had remained temporarily as a member of the faculty awaiting his orders to report for duty. He gradu apparent reason for Stalin's air of confidence. CHURCHILL DREW furnished under this plan will com prise the official acreages for the 11P STRATEGY IKI 1040 farm during the 1943 program year, | a l/c^V ^ provided the farmer plants his crops MALIrAA jAYj according to the boundaries oh which! Chicago, May 10. —Lord Halifax reported today that during the dark the acreages were determined Mr. Ropp said many farmers al ready have obtained their crop acre-1 summer of 1940 Prime Minister ated from the college in 1932 and re- j ages from the county office. He urged; Churchill “began to develop a strate- tumed to the institution in 1937 af-jthat others take advantage of this gic plan for victory” that culminated ter completing post graduate work in j opportunity as quickly as possible. Bible at Princeton university for five There is no charge for this service, years County Shares In Income Tax Returns A new source of revenue for coun ty treasuries has been tapped for the first time with distribution during the week of a 10 per cent share in the state income tax returns, as au thorised by the 1943 session of the i legislature. j Checks totaling $630,770 were 'mailed to the counties by the state /treasurer, divided among them on the basis of the 1940 census, the dis- ; tribution covering the first three- months quarter of this year. In the allocation Laurens county received $14,670.25. The body of Gordon Robert (Buck) Davis, 17, was recovered Monday af- ternoon five days after he had lost his life by accidental drowning. The body was recovered from Lake Greenwood, Buzzard Roost dam, Tommie Jacks, who found the body near a point from which Troy Grif fin’s, the other victim of tragedy, was brought up/ Both of the young men were from Laurens and were drowned when the boat they were fishing in with two i other boys capsized. i — Mrs. Milam Heads College Infirmary Announcement was made from the college this week that Mrs. William Milam has been placed in charge of Doyle infirmary. Mrs. Milam, a native of this city, is a graduate nurse of Grady hospital in Atlanta. Mrs. Milam succeeds Mrs. S. C. Spoon, who recently resigned to re turn to her home in Monroe, N. C. Assisting her as matron is Mrs. Clema P. Hays of Woodruff . P. C. Stands First In Net Contests in the recent African triumph. The British ambassador to the United States related that while the English had their ‘backs to the wall” at home, Churchill moved to strength en positions in the Middle East against the time when “we might Presbyterian college still is inter- f trike ., at , s ' ome selected point on the collegiate tennis champion of South ° ng ,^ Iedlterranean coast line of Eu- Carolina. i 10 *? 6 ' „ The Blue Stocking netmen retained' ' sent to ^ ^‘ dd * e BACK FROM MEETING Dr. J. William Frey of the college faculty, has returned f«4m .Philadel phia where he attended a meeting of the Panoeylvania German felUore and Kattoeal Folklore eoctettae. GOES TO WARFARE SCHOOL Friends of Cpl. Irby S. Hipp, Jr., of the marine corps, New River, N. €., will be interested to know he has been sent to Edgewood Arsenal, Md., lor teaming in the chemical warfare Davis Speaks To Kiwanis Club The Kiwanis club had as its guest and speaker on Thursday evening, Capt. Jack H. Davis, Jr., now at home on furlough from North Af rica. He spoke interestingly of his stay in England and Africa, and in the highest terms of the Clinton-J GoldviUe boys now in service in that { area. EVERYBODY READS THE WANT ADS If you have something to sell, don’t keep it a secret. If you are in the market to buy something, let it be known. If the stores don’t have what you want, don’t give up. Use an inexpensive WANT AD in THE CHRONICLE. The cost is small. Through this medium you can sell anything you have to offer or buy what you desire. the championship in the annual meet, completed here Saturday afternoon. The Hose rolled up 29 points to fin ish far ahead of their competitors, who had these scores: Furman 7, Er- skine 4, and South Carolina 2.:—:— Art Prochaska of P. C. won the singles crown by defeating a team mate, Billy Needham, the defending champion, 7-5, 6-2, in the final round. The doubles title was won by Kai- the only armored division that we had,” the envoy said. “To many it seemed an almost insane act of opti mism. It proved to be the highest wisdom. For the men and equipment sent at that time enabled us to beat off the Italian attack, and to begin that long series of operations which have finally brought our armies into Tunis and Bizerte.” ser and Wilkinson of P. C., who UXlCy To Instruct Shaw or Furrnarv ln Naval School City Has Supply Of Robies Voccine Chief of Police L. H. Bagwell stat ed yesterday that the city has on hand a sufficient supply of rabies vaccine and anyone desiring to have dogs inoculated may bring them to the city hall any day except Wed nesday and Saturday, between the hours of 10 ajn. and $ p.m. | Friends of Fred W. Oxley will be ! interested to know he left this week for Athens Ga., where he will be a flight instructor, * secondary course, for the 1 naval flight school at the University of Georgia. Mrs. Oxley plans to join hun at an early date. Hubert Adair left Sunday for a trip to California. While away he will spend some time with his broth er, Bobby Adair and Mrs. Adair, ia Hermosa Beach. /