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■ \ % a''; ..j. . . # ^ ' .' • .'•'•* v -' v. ■'. THt CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (Hhronirlp Volume XLHI Clinton, S. C., Thursday, July 8, 1943 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Number 27 SOME REVOLTS ANEW AGAINST FOOD SUBSIDIES \ RATIONING BOARD Bulletin (Opa) Votes To Ban Any Program Whatsoever To Lower Retail Prices. Washington, July 6.—In a tumul tous session, the senate revolted afresh against the administration’s price “roll back’’ program today and voted 36 to 28 to ban any subsidies whatsoever to lower retail prices. i Only last week President Roosevelt; had vetoed a measure including a, similar ban on the ground that it was “an inflation bill, a high-cost-of-liv- ing bill, a food shortage bill.” As was the first, the new ban was written into a measure to extend the life of the Commodity Credit corpor ation (CCC), important administra tion farm agency. After the Presi dent’s veto, which was sustained, the house had piused a similar resolution continuing the CCC as it now oper ates until January 1 And increasing by $130,000,000 its present borrowing authority of $2/30,000,000. When the resolution got back to the house today with the senate’s new subsidy ban attached, Representative Cannon, Democrat, of Missouri, sought an immediate vote on the question 4 of approving the senate amendment, but the house sent it to a conference committee, composed jointly of .senators and representa tives, is charged with working out a compromise. The senate attached the prohibition against subsidies to the resolution after a series of maneuvers in which it repeatedly reversed-Itself and after hearing an impassioned plea from Senator George, of Georgia, that it reject the whole idea of subsidies. “The subsidisation of consumers has been tried since the day of an cient Rome and has resulted invari ably in nothing but destruction of the political institutions of the coun try that tried it,” George shouted. K What is being done here is pro posing that we put off the payment of our grocery bill until next year, then have Mr. Morgenthau pay part of it out of the United States treas ury.” In g series of votes, the senate suc cessively: Approved, 32 to 31, an authoriza tion for the administration to spend $525,000,000 in the next six months to keep retail food prices down. Reconsidered this provision and threw it out, 33 to 31. Voted, 36 to 29, to kill a resolution extending the life of the Commodity Credit corporation from June 30 to Jandary 1. (The subsidy provision was part of this legislation). Reconsidered this decision on a voice vote. Adopted the ban on subsidies by the vote of 36 to 28. Approved the amended resolution on a voice vote. As it finally stood, there was noth ing in the bill to interfere with the Commodity Credit corporation using its funds for payments to stimulate production of needed crops or to pre vent the RFC from subsidizing trans portation costs (as is now done on movement of petroleum products to the east coast), but neither agency, nor any other, may pay subsidies simply to push down retail food costs. The leaders credited George’s speech with swinging the senate to the new expression against any sub sidies. George, chairman of the senate fi nance committee, which with the house ways and means committee, has to find revenue to meet govern ment expenditures,' told his col leagues: “We are definitely heading toward inflation, the mounting national debt, aided by subsidies, may shake faith in the American dollar—and when that time comes, you will know what inflation really means!” ON THE WAR FRONTS RUSSIA: Hitler’s long-expected of fensive hits a buzz-saw defense along 165-mile front as Russians burl back all thrusts, killing more than $,000 Nazis, destroying 738 tanks in first 24 hours. Drive was launched 200 wdW south of Moscow in Orel-Bolgo- rod sector. ^ PACIFIC: U. S. warships reported opgagiwg Jap naval force as enemy strives to stop eight-day old U. S. 'drive. Jap plahe losses since June 30 mount to more than 150. MEDITERRANEAN: Allied air forces, spearheaded by Flying Fort resses, strike paralyzing blows against Axis air power in battles for suprem acy over outpost islands of Sicily and Sardinia. Forty-two enemy planes downed in 24 hours, 30 of them by U. S. Forts. Twenty-five more de stroyed on tike ground. Twelve Al lied planes, including three Forts, kst. CHINA: Generalissimo Chiang tells on eve of sixth anniversary of ; of war with Japan that the limit lor utter defeat of the “cannot exceed two yeais.” Ferguson Heads onage Committee The first meeting of the executive committee 1 of Thornwell orphanage since it was placed temporarily in charge of the institution, was held Monday, afternoon with all members of the committee present. R. E. Ferguson, well known busi ness man of this city, was named as chairman of the committee, succeed ing W. W. Harris, who is now serv ing as acting president of the insti tution. / A number of matters were before the committee for consideration. It was announced that vacation at the institution begins next Monday and that with the exception of about eighty, the children will be away visiting relatives 4ikd friends until the middle of August. The commit tee authorized that special plans be made to add to the recreational pro gram and pleasure dt the children who will remain on the campus dur ing the summer. A bequest of $1,000 from the estate of the late Mrs. S. M. McNeill of York, was reported. Th* committee authorized that it be invested in war bonds as a part of a special building fund for the construction, when con ditions will permit, of a school build ing to replace the McCall building destroyed a few months ago by fire. DR. FREY RESIGNS COLLEGE POSITION Dr. J. William Frey has resigned his position as professor of modern languages at Presbyterian college to become an instructor in the armed forces at Lehigh university, Bethle hem, Pa. The announcement will bring genuine regret to tike many friends at the college and in the city of Dr. and Mrs. Frey. Dr. and Mrs. Frey will leave today for Baltimore, Md., for a visit at Mrs. Frey's home where she and their small son, Allan Hunter, will remain for several months. Dr. Frey will go directly from Baltimore to Beth lehem to enter upon his new work. Monts Joint Newberry College Focglty Friends here of W. E. Monts, of Newberry, will be interested to know he has become a member of the Newberry college faculty in con nection with the Navy V-12 training program inaugurated Just 1st at that institution. I Mr. Monts, Until his resignation a year ago, headed the Clinton schools as superintendent. Since then he has been connected with the state office of collector of internal revenue and has been stationed at Greenwood as deputy collector serving this area. (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE —Stamp No.' < 25 is good through July 21, and No. 26 will be valid from July 22 through August 11 for one pound of coffee each. FOODS—Blue stamps in war ra tion book two are used to ration pro cessed foods, and the following stamps are now good for processed food purchases: K, L and M, which became valid on May 24 and *411 expire at mid night July 7. Next blue stamps to become valid will be N, P and Q, which will be good from July 1 through August 7. RED STAMPS—The red stamps in war ration book two are used to ra tion meats, fats, oils, cheeses, canned milk and canned fish. Poultry, game and fresh fish are not rationed. Four red stamps next to be used for purchases of rationed meats, etc., have been announced as: Stamp Valid Expire P June 27 July 31 Q July 4 July 31 R July 11 July 31 S .!. July 18 July 31 GASOLINE—Coupons No. 5 in “A” book now good for three gallons; they expire on July 21. New “TT” gasoline ration coupons for commercial motor vehicles will come into use on July 1, LT. LYKES HENDERSON MISSING IN ACTION First Lieutenant Lykes S. Hender son, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hen derson of this city, has been reported “missing in action” since June 26. The telegram from the war depart ment bringing the information came to his wife, the former Miss Ruth FORMER CLINTON CITIZEN PASSES ~ r Sam L. Copeland, 74, a Clinton son, died early Monday morning at his home in Marion, N. C., after a week’s illness. »- s The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Marion where Mr. Copeland was held in highest es^ teem by a wide circle of friends, and SIX JAP SHIPS BELIEVED SUNK IN SjOLOMONS lied Planes Taking rge Toll. Details of a Battle Not Yet eveoled. Allied Headquarters In Australia, Moyer of Columbus, Ga., who with . . ... their year old daughter, is now in‘ h » d been prominent for years in Columbus with her parents. The busjness, church and civic affairs. message was phoned here Monday! Mr. Copeland was a son of the late , night to the young officer’s parents. ,r. J. Copeland (Uncle Robin) 1 and Jul T 7 -— Six Japanese ships probably Lieut. Henderson graduated from Mamie East Copeland. He left Clin- were sunk and four damaged in the Presbyterian college in the class of toh in 1908 to enter the manufactur- battle wltb American warships in the ’39. A year later he entered the ser- ing business in Marion and at the!^ u ^ a gu ^» Allied headquarters said viop with a parachute division at Fort time of his death was first vice- today. Henning, Ga. From there he was j president and treasurer of the Marion * One United States cruiser was sunk transferred to the air corps, and re- Manufacturing company. | in the battle fought the morning of ceived his wings at Ellington Field, Houston, Texas, in the fall of last year. He was stationed in Florida, Wendover Field, Utah, and at Kear ney, Nebraska, before leaving for foreign service. Lieut. Henderson landed in Eng land six or eight weeks ago as a pilot of a flying fortress (bomber). The last letter from him to his parents was received during the past week, stating he was in England. Lieut. Henderson is one of the well liked young men of the city and has many friends here who will regret to learn of his being listed as miss ing. replacing the old type of “T” coupon. I . Local boards began issuing the new VOUghll Superintendent Eighty Cadets Go To Nashville Following the graduating exercises last week of Class "E” from the 39th Cadet Training detachment at Pres byterian college, the 80 young men of the class left Saturday at noon for Nashville, Tenn., where they will continue their training. Jacobs Purchases Store Building J. F. Jacobs has purchased the va cant store building on East Carolina avenue adjoining the express office from H. Lurey of Laurens. The build ing is now being remodeled and will be occupied in the near future by Mr. Jacobs for his business, Jacobs List, Inc., an advertising agency. CLEAN HURRICANE CEMETERY Thursday, July 15, has been desig nated as “clean-up” day at Hurricane cemetery. All interested parties are asked to come and help with the work or send a hand. A protracted meeting at the church has been planned, it is stated, for the following weak. , DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THU YEAR THERS ‘TT” coupons about the middle of June. • SHOES—Stamp No. 18 in war ra tion book one good for one pair of shoes through October 31. SUGAR—Stamp 13 in war ration book 1 good for five pounds of sugar, became valid June 1 and will be good until August 15. Stamps 15 and 16 in war ration book 1 also may be used to obtain sugar for canning. They are good for five pounds of sugar .each and will remain valid until October 31. Persons needing more sugar for canning should apply to their local war price and rationing boards. The maximum allowed for canning is 25 pounds for one person. TIRES—Owners of passenger cars and commercial vehicles using tires smaller than 7/0 by 20 may get their casings recapped with reclaimed rub ber camelback without applying to their local war price boards for certificates. A driver with a mileage ration of more than 240 miles monthly is entitled to new Grade 1 casings when he needs re placements. Certificates for tires and tubes may be used at any time con venient to the holders. HALLMARKCONCERN PAYS DIVIDEND The Hallmark Shirt company of New York city, operators of a plant in this city, has mailed to local stock holders a dividend check for the first half of their fiscal year ending May 31, 1949,. The dividend is on the pre ferred stock of the corporation to the amount of $3.00 per share. In the letter to stockholders an nouncing the dividend. Burton K. Woodward, Jr., treasurer, stated that the payroll of the Clinton plant is now running at the rate of approxi mately $150,000 a year. He further stated that there has been a large labor turnover in the plant and a consequent loss of production due to inexperienced help. The company as a whole, he stated, has shown a small operating profit. The financial statement enclosed to stockholders shows total assets of $116,852.03, liabilities of $87,461.67, with a net worth in preferred and common stock, and surplus, of $73,- 368.25. « Local stockholders own approxi mately $23,000 stock in the Hallmark concern which is headed by Irving W. Porter as president; Aaron J. Hein, vice-president, and Mr. Wood ward, secretary-treasurer, all of New York. The plant here is under the man agement of Paul F. Hill as superin tendent, and employs 150 women. widow and two daughters; five brothers, R. J. Copeland of this city, W. O. and D. E. Copeland of New York, C. R. Copeland of Cocoa, Fla., L. O. Copeland of Savannah, Ga.; two sisters. Misses Sarah and Mamie Copeland of West Palm Beach, Fla. Rev. C. J. # Matthews Resigns Pastorates Thf Rev. C. J. Matthews, for the past ten years pastor of the Smyrna and Little River Presbyterian church es, has resigned the work effective September 1. The two congregations have voted to concur with him in his request for the dissolution of the pas toral relationships. Mr. Matthews has C. L. Vaughn, Sr., of thU city, has j •f ol accepted the position of superintend- °^ d historic lndiantown .Presbyterian ent of the Lowndesville school in Ab- — """ beville county for the ^coming year. Mr. Vaughn, who was formerly ag riculture teacher in the local high The deceased is survived by his Jul J 6 in , the narrow body of water Lowndesville School school, left July 1 to enter upon his new work. His family will join him later in Lowndesville and Mrs. Vaughn will also be a member of the school faculty. Ploxico Chairman Ration Board R. L. Plaxico, Clinton postmaster, has been appointed chairman of the local war price and rationing board, succeeding Collie W. Anderson, re signed. Mr. PShxieo has been a mem ber of the board for some time. The vacancy on the board caused by the resignation of Mr. Anderson has now been filled, it was stated yesterday. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtfBrnm-"" Chamber of Commerce To Meet Tuesday between* New Georgia and Kolomba Niagara in the Central Solomons. The victory was announced by headquarters of Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur just one week to a day after th£ Pacific offensive opened with seizure of Rendova island in the Sol omons and landing near Salamaua, New Guinea. The Japanese air defeats also mounted, today’s communique re porting that seven out of 48 enemy planes raiding Darwin were shot down while we also lost seven. In air battles over Rendova and over the Kula gulf nine other enemy planes were downed. Fifteen enemy planes raided Nas sau bay near Salamaua where Amer icans established a beachhead a week ago. (The victory in Kula gulf previ ously was announced without elab oration Tuesday by the navy in Washington. At the shipyard town of Brem erton, Wash., Navy Secretary Frank church at Hemingway in Williams burg county. Mr. Matthews has done an out standing work in the country church _ _ field and has endeared himself to the | Knox said he had received additional membership of the two churches he* detalls and WM able to report “the has served. He has also pioneered in the matter of Bible teaching in the public schools of the state. Donnon Re-named On Welfare Board J. M. Donnan of Laurens, member of the Laurens County Welfare board, has been notified of- his re-appoint ment for & three-year term, accord ing to an announcement by the state welfare department The statement said that Mr. Donnan was named upon the unanimous endorsement of its creation and is now serving as chairman. Other members of the board are L. E. Bishop of this city, and M. L. McDaniel of near Laurens. The Chamber of Commerce will hold its quarterly dinner-meeting at Hotel Clinton next Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock. Members are asked to note the change in hour from 7:30 J to 8:00 P. M. The secretary announced yester day that since the membership list was published in last week’s paper, four additional new members have been added. Moyer Attends Lutheran School Japs have taken another- damned good licking.”) The sea battle there in a body of water 15 miles long and about eight miles across at its widest part had been preceded by the appearance oa the night of July 4 and in the pre dawn of July 5 of American warships which bombarded Bairoko anchorage « on New Georgia, the point through which the enemy’s menaced air base of Munda is supplied. During the bombardment the Unit ed States destroyer Strong was sunk, the navy reported from Washington. The sinking of the cruiser in the lat- the Laurens county delegation. He er navy battle was the third ship an- has been a member of the board since nounced as lost in the Solomons since the Pacific offensive opened June 30. During the landing on Rendova island, the troopship McCawley was sunk by combined Japanese air and submarine action after it had dis charged its troops. Today’s continuing air actions, in which the Japanese recognized the growing menace to their air bases in the north Solomons by persistently challenging American control of the skies, was foreseen in earlier reports from South Pacific. headquarters (in which the Solomons are located). Spokesmen at headquarters there said Homilton's Store Has New Manager B. Carroll Preslar has arrived in the city as the new manager of Ham- ‘ ilton’s jewelry store, succeeding J. C. Thomas, resigned years and for the past two years has been manager of their Newberry store. Mr. and Mrs. Preslar have tak en an apartment at the home of Mr. Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer, pastor of J 4 ”- W ’ C Sheal J on West Main St. John’s Lutheran church, spent the j 8 ‘ m past week in Columbia attending the . , _ _ . Lutheran summer school for church 1 JUnOOy D66F SOICS workers at Columbia college. Mr. D nn kj nu/ Mayer was chaplain for the school. I,un Mrs. Mayer and children and Mrs. H. C. Wilson were visitors in Colum bia Saturday and accompanied Mr. Mayer home. Mr. Preslar has been with the I the Japanese would be forced to send Hamilton organization for several j over more and more of their planes. 1 FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Moke IMS m Safe Year On tke Highways. . l CAPTAIN DILLARD ILL Cafes, beer parlors, restaurants and hotels here and elsewhere in the state stopped all beer and wine sales at midnight la^t Saturday by notify ing customers of the state’s new week-end ban on the sales that be- Friends o'f CapUin Henry Drayton , . , . Dillard, son of Mrs. J. Will Dillard, . . ... . who has boon in foreign service, wiU! 0, n ^ r . , w “ regret to know he h.T been ill with ,or ! h t * from midnight Set rheumatic fever and a patient in army hospitals in North Africa for some time. Word has been received that Cap tain Dillard has landed in New York and is at an army hospital there for treatment. urdays until sunrise Mondays. A pro vision in the 1943-44 general appro priations bill, which expires next July 1, set the hours. U S. CASUALTIES III WOKID WAR II BEACH-91,(44, THE O.W.I. SAYS Kiwanians To Be Ciyests Of Member Members of the Kiwanis club will be dinner guests this evening of I. M. Smith, a member of the club, at the hospitable country home of Mr. and Bln. Smith. Members are asked to meet at Clinton Hotel promptly at 7 o’clock to arrange transportation fa cilities. The nine planes announced as shot down at Kula gulf and Rendova in creased to 166 the. number bagged over the Solomons area since the new offensive got under way. The communique of Gen. MacAr- ithur, who is in the field in New Gui nea personally directing the new of fensive, gave this terse picture of the sea fight: Preliminary dispatches report that our naval surface units intercepted an enemy force of cruisers and de stroyers in the Kula gulf during the night of the fifth. “Details are not yet available and a final assessment cannot be made but it is indicated that six enemy ships probably were sunk and four damaged. “We lost one cruiser. “One damaged enemy destroyer beached near Sambera harbor, was attacked by our medium dive bomb ers which scored seven direct hits with 500-pound bombs, resulting in violent explosions and fires.” Bible School At The Orphanage Washington, July 4.—World .War II has brought announced casualties totaling 91,644 to the American armed forces, the Office of War informa tion reported tonight. This total, based on War and Navy department reports, includes 16,696 dead, 21,828 wounded, 31/79 missing, and 21,541 prisoners of war. The War department report as of July 3 shows Army casualties totaling A* 64,621. Of this number 8,533 were killed, 17,094 wounded, 21,046 missing, POHey IViemoriOl and 17,948 prisoners of war. Of the wounded, 6,268 have returned to active | ^ „ • duty or have been released from hospitals, OWI said. Casualties include' Th ere will be a candlelight service 12,506 Philippine scouts, of which 481 were killed, 743 wounded and the ** Baile y Memorial M. E. Church Special Service remainder presumably captured by the Japanese. . The Navy department as of July 3 reported casualties totaling 27,023, South, Sunday evening, July 11, at 8:30 honoring men from the church including 8,183 dead, 4,734 wounded, 10,533 missing, and 3,593 prisoners Sund ay school who are in ser vice. The public is invited to attend. of war. The Navy department’s casualties were broken down as follows: Navy .... Marine Corps Coast Guard 6/93 1,688 182 2/85 2,447 22 9/89 987 157 1,855 1,787 1 Total 19,802 6,859 382 WINGARD8 PURCHASE HOME Friends of Captain and Mrs. B. F. Wingard will be interested to know they have recently purchased a resi dence on Walnut street Mrs. Win- The last previous casualty report, as of April 23, listed 12,133 deedjgard and daughter, Barrie Jean, plan 15,049 wounded, 40,433 mining and 10/28 prisoners of war for a total of to occupy their new home the latter-lheki with the Rabun Creek church 78/35. , 'part of the week. - on July 11th. A vacation Bible school began at the orphanage Monday morning to continue through Saturday, with 75 children of the home enrolled for morning classes. The school is head ed by Miss Eleanor Fleming of Lau rens, as director, and she is assisted by several young ladies from the First Presbyterian church and or phanage staff. S. S. Convention' Not To Be Held The annual Sunday school conven tion of the Laurens Baptist associ ation will not be held this year as usual, it has been announced by J. Leroy Burns, secretary. Officers and pastors agreed that the cancellation would be advisable in view of war conditions, he said. The convention was to’have bean