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M/ 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 r- Volume XU 11 Clinton, S. C, Thursday, July 22, 1943 Where Allies Ignited Italian Hotfoot BLAME FIXED IN SEABOARD WRECK ’agents report BOLL WEEVIL INFESTAtlON The Interstate Commerce commis sion on Monday reported that a head- 19 WHITE MEN IN JULY DRAFT CALL Nineteen white selectees have been ordered to report ^to the Clinton se- A 13 per cent boll weevil infesta tion in this state was reported Mon- on collision* of" 7 twTSeaboard Airline £ ay Rowing a meeting of 20 South: lective service goard on Friday, July| railway freight trains near Garling- 2 i 23 * to ** sent tG Fort Jackson for ton on June J, was caused by failure demonstration agents. This figure re- lfinal /examnatiops before induction of railroad employes to deliver a vea ? s a sma11 mcr ® ase over I T' i into the armed forces, according to meet order to one ol the trains. i f*Jl‘r.,”i an ‘■/■n°™«ment >>y ‘he board. Under _ , . , Lexington and Aiken counties run-! Hearings by railroad officials were ning as high as 60 and 62 pe r cent . | held in Atlanta following the wreck. The commission’s report is based on .board states In addition to the weevil, agents the vnames of the men called Number 29 HITLER FLIES TO ITALY IN EFFORT TO BOLSTER COHORT Meets Mussolini for Discussion of Drive In ^ East and Allied Blow At it 1 iT not^lowed 1 to^re-Mainland. the findings of those investigations. ! reported the presence of a large ^p-1 U ,T U after they have been sent to Londctfi, July 20,-Adolf Hitler flew When the collision occurred three u atl0n P laGt ^ee on cotton. Effec-|^.^ lumbia f QT j nduc tion. For this rea- in,G ^ ,iIy Monday for (onfuence When the collision occurred three tlve con t ro l of lice depends largely. th w iir nn t anncar in The WIth Premier Mussolini, the Axis an- trammen were killed, and three — .— son ine 1151 W11 ‘ no1 appear in int , 4 —:_u. \i~~i to one of the greatest combined land, sea and air military opera tions of all time. Allied forces swarmed over 1M miles of sontheastern Sicilian coasts commencing the long-awaited European invasion. Despite the tremendons number of men Involved, meet units were reported to have reached their objectives exactly an schedule. Mere than 2,000 ships took part in the gigantic movement of troops. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled to date for .information ol The Chronicle’s readers); COFFEE —Stamp No. 21 in war ration book one ^bod for one pound of coffee expired July 21; Stamp 22 will be valid beginning today until August 11. FOODS—Blue stamps in war na 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 are no longer good. Blue stamps now valid are N, P. and Q, which will be good through August 7. RED STAMPS—The red stamps in war ration book two are used to ra tion meats, fats, oils, cheeses, canned ON THE WAR. FRONTS ——————I 1 1 ROME — Now revealed that some 500 U. S. bombers made the devas tating raid on Rome. Detail photo graphs today indicate the great Lit- toria railroad marshalling yards were completely destroyed.” Axis nf thP on the use of a nicotine calcium arse-; Chronicle until the issue of the 2 9th. •wtmced -tonight, indicating the Nazis The board also states that in th' future no advance information eon cerning monthly quotas will be give slightly injured. Eleven cars 01 me na ^ e m i x ture which is being used in j northbound freight were telescoped p] ac e 0 f straight calcium arsenate, and some of them were thrown as Agents say there are sufficient quan- much as 20 yards from the tracks. t d j es 0 f this mixture in the hands of The^ locomotive of the northbound i oca i dealers to meet all anticipated train was demolished. demands at the present time. The scene of the head-on was just tinuing assertions that raid was this side of Garlington, flag station below Renno. Laurens County Missionaries Back • Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Anderson of Waterloo, wtib went to Guatemala as missionaries shortly after their wedding in 1905, arrived Saturday by Pan-American clipper, in New Or leans. The clipper is one of many forms of travel they have used since they left the United States. Recent weather conditions have in terfered greatly with effective dust ing, making it imperative for farm ers to do immediate poisoning in or der to counteract the boll weevil mi gration which begins August 1. In cases where two or more early appli- MRS. J. I. ADAIR CLAIMED BY DEATH are gravely concerned over the fate their junior partn&r, trembling un- llied attack. 1 'l FLonHon sources said the confer- ’erfce. held at an unnamed town in northern Italy, apparently was a last- minute attempt to whip up the flag ging spirits of Italy, whose empire has been lost, her European soil in- Mrs. Rosalee Busby Adair, 45, wife vaded and her capital bombed. of J. I.. Adair of this city, died early Sunday morning at Hays hospital following a brief illness. Mrs. Adair Choice of yesterday as the meeting day was a curious one for Mussolini. While the dictators were discussing cations of poisoning was properly ap- became ^ shortly after nine o’clock “military questions” Rome was being plied, infestation was cut to less than 1 and was immediately removed to the pounded by more than 500 bombers 10 per cent. crying that great damage was done in 'L x * k k J - ♦ * 1 to cultual establishments. Allies, con- J"* we " t by bu ««y a " d b y ^am| Reports Must Be Filed On Livestock Killed In County and then by boat, and after that we j Every local slaughterer and butch- hospital, her death following a few | in the biggest raid to come II Duce’s hours later. The announcement of her | way. unexpected passing came as a great j The meeting—first since the dicta- shock to members of her family and tors conferred at Salzburg April 7-10 numerous friends here and elsewhere. I while the position of Tunisia was be- The funeral services were held 1 coming serious—was not unexpected Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock at! in view of recent Allied successes. New Hope church, Cross Anchor. The last rites were in charge of the Rev. W. A. Christopher, Rev. V. A. Dean The fact that Hitler went into Italy was interpreted in some quarters here as an indication that Mussolini against military objectives only, re- trave ^ on horseback, Mrs. Ander-1 ej-r who holds a permit to kill live- —, • veal Catholics were especially picked f on sa * d - “ was a lGn 8 tn P a " d thGre ! stock for the sale of meat is required and R e v. W. N. Long and Rev J. H. is holding the whip hajid at the mo tor the mission have been lots of changes. The clip- to submit evidence by July 28, 1943, Kohler of this city. Interment fol- ; ment — an d the onl y whip Mussolini orpir v Italians r*»nnrt4wi mntinv *** is P robably of what has to show the amount of livestock he | lowed in the church cemetery with' could hold over Hitler would be a in* apainst thpir NaVi officers on I ba PP ened sl . nc ®, we started on our-hilled during the period on which a larged concourse of friends gather-, threat to make a separate peace, ing againsi ineir iNazi onicers h ° neymoon m Waterloo back in No-'his quota is based, H. A. Ropp, secre-, i n g to pay tribute to one who was "If Mussqlini wanted to beg for tary of the Laurens county war meat; W ell known and loved in that com- German tanks, guns and airplanes, committee, said yesterday. imunity. , one would have thought he would have to run to the fuehrer’s head- American sector, surrendering by the; V ember 1905.” hundreds as U. S. and other AUi«d j Andersons are now visiting troops drive toward key central base ■ one 0 j their six children, Major of Tlnna against weakening jopposi- j Charles Anderson, medical corps, Mr. Ropp stated that unless such ( Active Catania’s outskirts, German losses 11 \ xi oallbearers W0rc* Alvin „ ... , . , . , , -— r -, evidence is submitted to the county .r. . .. t quarters for them,” one bbserver said. tion. British report desperate Gennan, Cam p p olki l, expect t0 spend usDA War in tim ^ butch _ Gossett. James Lamb, Carson Nabor, He ted oul that 0[ lheir fl ve tank counter-attacks broken up on Mme timc wtth a dau?hteri Mrs. ; er or local slaughterer may have his C ' a "!; E , a r y‘" ort ° na " d ,P mi ? v meetings since Italy entered the war, Niles Clark, in Waterloo, and other:permit revoked. This order was is- ; J™'*/ °ther Iriends ol .the family; tw0 h< , |d a , Sa]zburg in G , r - relatives in Laurens county including|sued on June 26. The War Food ad-; .man territory, one at the Russian visits here. They hope to return to|ministration is reviewing all slaugh- ' fi f marriaoe tn m Hnhert Pn a ! f ron t and two at Brenner Pass on the RUSSIA—Red army siege guns are,Guatemala when Mr. Anderson’s ter permits that have been issued to "J' 51 German-Italian frontier, blasting pivotal Nazi bastion of Orel [health improves. The Andersons were date and will adjust them according a "° ° a ^"'i British observers said they believed £ » e r ~? rda °? , what ‘' 0 S ers iMrs. Clyde Woodrufl of Laurens, and ,he onnouncements of similar Ger- killed in the period on which their ' c £ udt Lamb of CrOM Anchor. r a ", and Itahan communiques that quotas are based. Because the per- Two vea „ afio sh _ w __ marri ed to 1 miIltary d ue stions were discussed, mits were issued so quickly in the 1 “ y ; j but then doubted whether Germany first place, a good many of them were . h had mad _ manv fri#nds was in a posiUon to send much help based on guesswork and inadequate w w mad * many I f iends to Italy. T *roraB- -As soon as the terse Rome And Evidence which will be accepted'*? y Berlin communiques were broadcast milk and canned fish. Poultry, game heavy. Nazi paratroops suffer heavy and fresh fish are not rationed. losses. Four red stamps next to be used for purchases of rationed meats, etc., have been announced as: j from three sides. Advancing more' at home on furlough four years ago Stamp Valid Expire tban 20 miles on a 25-mile front, j Their other children, in addition to P June 27 July 31 Beds engulf 130 villages and drive Major Anderson and Mrs. Clark, are Q IZIZ July 4 ZZ::: July 31 spearhead 30 miles west of the base R July 11 July 31 » ow threaten to cut vital rail g j u iy jg July. 31 hn® to Bryansk. Other Red columns * cj-at ixiir__/"'r,iiTYr»r»c Wn s in « a •* itn pinc€r movement 19 miles east erf GASOLINE-Coupons No 5 in A j 01 Germam despeately rushing re book expired yesterday, July 21. The ^ ^ next period beginning today, when Miss Elizabeth Anderson of Allen dale, Mrs. Russell Birchard of Guate- _ _ - mala, Central America,. Mrs. Oscar * A „*Tn pincer movement 19 Wflei ''east crflBidlfteid af Peru, Soudi America, and — ^— 1 ^ J L ~' *- 1 — “ Edward R. Anderson of the merchant ~ * marine. coupons A-6 will be good, will also inforcements. PACIFIC—American troops Expand bidgehead three miles east of big Jap last tor tour months, ending in No- b>se 0/ Mbnda y s planes fly 2,000 Commercial motor vehicles should "'He roundtrip to blast major Jap cit- adel of Macassar, Celebes. WASHINGTON — Vice Admiral 'Frederick Horne reveals U. S. navy now be using “TT” gas ration cou pons instead of the “T” which ex- ^H^talnp No 16 in war r.-^ i£j. a war agalnst Japan tion book one good for one pair of , shoes through October 31. ' — j n • • n SUGAR—Stamp 13 in war ration^rOOd rriCIRQ rrOQrOITI book 1 good for flve pounds of sugar,|y n Daniil Anniicf became valid June 1 and will be good lu J 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 The “Community Dollar and Cents Food Pricing” program will become effective August 5. Consumers will be able to tell the maximum price FOR ROAD BUILDING AFTER THE WAR Columbia, July 17.—Retention by includes the applicant’s books or rec ords, records or statements of per sons from whom he has bought live- stock, grading certiflcates or inspec- ~ teVs”TT HuUo"of Chartostom'A. tion records, records of sales of hides, r T lE - Hutto of Fort Knox, Ky., L. O character. The deceased is also survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hut to of Swansea: six brothers and three simultaneously, Berlin commentators began threatening dire consequences for the Allies. For the moment Rome confined itself to the communique. The DNB (German News agency) or o£ other relevant evidence. Total ^ Columbia. R. W. Hutto of «"™« m "<°r .‘“Kuaied n ' llltacy sales o meat are not much help be- pensacola> F , a Uncoln Hu , t0 of situation resulting from^-the desper- the state of $2,566,000 in federal aid [cause it is difficult to separate meat Swansea ’ and L ” D Hutto of St Mat ate onslaught of huge Soviet masses road building funds for use after the i purchased for resale from meat .. J. Harvev Snires Mrs R a 8 ain st the European defensive front war was announced today by Chiet slaughtered by applicant. Neither is' R Jedcoals and Mr ^ Jack Taylor, all ! n ‘ he east and the A Highway Commissioner J. S. Wil-: Plant capacity of much use as evi- Columb i a . tw0 step-chHdren, Mrs. j 'anding attempt in the 1 d f nc f' “J™, Mr : Ro « > -, bacausa taw IB. R. Austin of this city, and Holmes "*? Anglo-American Mediterranean they may be charged for each Item, as money. The money was allotted prior to j plants operate at capacity very long. January 1, 1942, and would have been ! returned if not used almost immedi- Pnllono Arrnnninn ately, under a two year limit clause.' _ T* .. _ ® 9 9 Williamson said a recently-signed act of congress had granted the state un til one year after the year to use the uniform prices will be observed in all stores of the same category. The categories include the small inde- i pendent retailer, the larger indepen- S dent, the chain store with medium RA ™ N EO S, K ,N°' "-Provision! al ' , * d h j u itb will be made f* those persons who la , sal vol the classi#ad have not yet applied for war ration book No. 3 to do so after August 1. EXPIRED STAMPS — Expired stamps in the hands of the consumer should be destroyed by the consumer. They are not to be used again, and 1-2-3-4. Price panel assistants will be ap pointed to aid the panel in their ef forts to “hold the line” and assist in checking ceiling prices. They are to see that prices are being observed Wartime restriction have prevented use of the funds, which were $1,011,- 000 for this year and $1,566,000 for next year, Williamson said. The state matches the federal contributions. Previously, states returned their unused balances for redistribution to ! other states. Under the new regulation, the money also may be used for paying half the cost of freeing toal bridges, by purchase. they may aid a black market if they and ass j st the merchant when pos- get in circulation. sible in seeing that there is no mis get TIRES—Owners of passenger dars and commercial vehicles using tires smaller than 7.50 by 20 may^et their casings recapped with reclaimed rub ber camelback without applying to their local war price and rationing boards for certiflcates. A driver with a mileage ration of more than 240 Football Schedule Presbyterian college’s 1943 football team will meet the University of Georgia at Athens in a night game on September 19, Athletic Director Transocean (German) news agen cy’s diplomatic correspondent Rudolf Fischer said vaguely: “The brief announcement on the conference of der fuehrer and il duce in an upper Italian town emphasizes the activity of the Axis and its uni- j form reaction in the military and po- Announcement is made by the com-' litical field at a moment when such mittee in charge from the Chamber | emphasis is taken by Berlin quarters as particularly significant and is rec- Adair of Roxboro, N. C.; also six grandchildren. FINAL DRIVE ON FOR LOCKER PUNT ognized with the same emphatic sat isfaction as the attitude of the Italian population under the Anglo-Ameri- Speciol Services At Little River-Dominick Special services have been Inounced to begin Sunday evening at stripped ’43 Blue Stockings, Coach been set. Two, and possibly three, other an- games will be scheduled for the war understanding of the new prices. Dick Will Speak For Presbyterians Sunday J # oclock >t Little River-Dominick McMillian added. TT,. u... T „ ...... ,.„i Presbyterian church near here. The! la R ct V ..v J :“ ‘ v. ;Hiv. C J. Matthews, the pastor, states , miles monthly is entitled to new S“«|. h Sbep i erd c , h “ r f n h ' |ihaV irvices" wufto he"^"^Tad^ County Failed To Grade 1 casings when he needs re-j R f ^ at 11 am. and 9 pm., with all mem- ReOCh June Quota placements. Certiflcates tor tires and 'i , !' h ±" 1 day .?; P "l ln ‘ ■“ F1 "‘ tubes may be used at any time con- , Braduate ot venient to the holders. Mr - UK *• wno “ a * raauata 01 uciii SIU1UC1B. PrARhvterian roltexe U nleacantlv re- "* aa ^ **-~*°*'-^ r, war uonu quota lor June, ac- A” book holders are not allgtble m Jg~ d hk friends and by tha Rev - D - E - Bo<> “ r o( to Hgures released by H. Lonnie S. McMillian stated yesterday. Commerce that the final drive for At the same time he said that a, the cold storage locker plant will be definite date has been set for the conducted this week. Clemson-Presbyterian college game. ■ To date about 80 lockers have been It will be played at Clemson on Sep-. 80 ^* ^ The quota is 150 in can bombing raids, tember 25. ; order to secure a 300-locker plant. If j “Competent quarters . . . with par- Tentative arrangements have been | tbe e ffo rt s ol the organization are titular emphasis point out that . . . made with the University of South successful * not onl y tbe locker plant the Hitler-Mussolini conference is a Carolina for a game in Columbia, and but also a complete unit with all pro- | comprehensive answer to Anglo- negotiations are underway for games ’ and curing facilities will be, American attempts at shaking the with Camp Davis and Daniel Field. 1 constructed here. i structure of the Axis and at anticipat- A two-game series with Newberry is! The attention of the public is called mg military successes which Italy’s lA ‘ opponents still have a long way to go to attain. “This crisp formulation confirms i the fact that all measures planned j and taken against attacks on Europe ! have been carried through in com- ! plete agreement between Berlin and „ ~~ ... 'Rome. From the personal meeting of O. Y. Brownlee of Greenville a; the two chiefs of state> an inte nsifi- former heutenant govemor^o thisi cation of wax efTurts is h ted division, will be the guest ^speaker at | which always has been following a he regular Kiwams club meeting meeting of the two Axis statesmen.” thiseveninga 7 : 30 at Hotel Clinton. | The Axjs leaders k have been The club is this week observing its siknt on t he turn of the war, even planned, but the dates have not yet to an advertisement pertaining^ to the drive in today’s paper. Kiwonions To Hoy£ Guest Speaker bers and residents of the community invited. | Laurens county failed to reach the The pastor will be assisted in thef“E”. war bond quota for June, ac tor any kind of tire replacements. acquaintances will be interested to know that he is to speak in the city again. I Laurens Man Predicts Mr. and Mrs. Dick and their two[r^ Win far daughters are now spending a; ^eVCTc W Hirer Presbyterion Group Montreat, N. C., July 18.—^Appoint ment of the Rev. Alex R. Batchelor Says The Laurens Advertiser: Clarence E. Tollison, local citizen, has come out with a weather predic tion for next winter. He says that the winter will be the coldest in years. He bases his prediction on his obser vation that the foliage on American Continuous Gordon Urged By Clemson ♦ [month’s vacation at their apartment Clemson, July 19.—If the Victory here on South Broad street. Mrs. Dick garden is to remain worthy of its is the former Miss Elizabeth Young name, says A. E. Schilletter, exten-jof this city, sion horticulturist, now is the time— j • To take out the vegetables that are Bot’Chelor Director failing, prepare and fertilize the soli, and plant other seasonal things. To set out late tomatoes, using if possible long-stemmed tough plants set deep in the ground. To put out the winter collard and of Orlando, Fla., as director of the cabbage plants in well prepared soil, newly organized department of Sun- Tb plant late snap beans, in a rich | day school administration for the I low place if available—Bountiful and i Southern Presbyterian chxarch was Qlllv One Grower Stringless Greenpod (bunch) and announced today. — ' Kentucky Wonder (pole). | Mr. Batchelor has been serving as To make ready a rich well pre- regional director of religious educa- pared place for all greens to be sown tion for the Syrtod of Florida. Douglas Gray, of Laurens, county war bond chairman. Against a quota of $114,000, a total of $84,675 in bonds was sold during . the month, distributed as follows: Clinton, $25,762.50; Laurens, $50,- 437.50; miscellaneous, $8,475. 21st anniversary. Gasoline Coupons Must Be Endorsed Users of gasoline, beginning July Elm trees is the heaviest in eight 22, will be liable to lose their gasoline years and is still luxuriant. He says rations if each coupon in their pos that at this season, the American Elm session is not properly endorsed in foliage generally tends to curl up and ink, the state Office M Price admin istration reminded the local war price and rationing board yesterday. die. soon — turnips, mustard, tendergreen, kale, etc. He is a graduate of Presbyterian coUege of Clinton, S. C., and holds a master’s degree from the University Mrs. Fleming Smith of Lake City, of South Carolina, and a divinity de ls spending some time with Mr. and igree from Colombia seminary at At- Mrs. Qeoiie W. Bailey. lanta, Ga. Shipping Peoches A. D. Gray of Laurens, loaded his first car of Elberta peaches last Mon day. Mr. Gray, who is the only grow er in the county with fruit to ship, states that he will get four to five Court Confirms Death Sentence / Columbia, July 19.—The state su preme court affirmed today a Lau rens county circuit court conviction and sentence to life imprisonment for cars. Federal agents inspecting the Fred Dawson^ tried in February on car, commented on the high quality, a murder indictment. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS TEAK THERE HAS BEEN FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 1943 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, 1 the fall of Tunisia, the devastaton of the Ruhr and the bombing of Rome finding them strangely quiet for Axik [leaders who had been quick to un leash floods of oratory when the war 'had a different aspect. A The German radio commentator advfsed his listeners, however, that “Hitler and Mussolini, in their ca pacity as supreme commanders of their armed forces, will have decided all countermeasures” to events in the Mediterranean. . "The effects of the decisions made by Hitler and Mussolini,” he prom ised, “will be seen soon. They were made by the two men responsible for the fate of Europe.” Commitment Services For O'Daniel Infant services for of the twin Linda infant Commitment O’Daniel, onp daughters born to Dr. and Mrs. J^mes O’Daniel of Ellijay, Ga., on July 18, ; were held here Thursday afternoon at the graveside in the Presbyterian church cemetery with Dr. J. K. Rob erta officiating