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\ Number 32 LT.HBDOSON PRISONER Of W« Sept 15 to Oct 15 Set As 'Moiling Month' To Men Overseas. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 8. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Henderson ha received word that their son, Fi Lieutenant Lykes S. Henderson, prisoner of war of the Germans, message from the war departndent came to his wife, the former Miss Ruth Moyer, in Columbus, Ga/, on LISTBHH6 POSTS FOR EUROPE HEIR WAR MAY END SOON Chairman R. J. Pitts of the local selective service board announces that work has begun on the reclassi fication of all men from 18 to 38 years service not only believes in do- j August 8 and was relayed to his/par- of age, according to the new regula- jng that Christmas shopping and i ents here. tions just received from selective ser- mailing early, but is pointing the way | Where he is held the telegram did vice headouarters * by announcing that September 15 to; not disclose, but stated that a letter He October 15 will be “Christmas Mail-|of information would follow The continuing of manpower ^ Month » tor gi fu to over-1 The Hendersons were notified by, . mands of the armed forces, the man- , seaS| according to Lt Colonel Hartley! telegram July 5 that Lt. Henderson i e, Sbt months power needs of war production and B. Dean, chief of postal section, head- j had been i “missing in action” since end p ' in support of the war effort, and the quarters Fourth Service command. I June 26. The massage Friday was the n * rooictrantc These Christmas packages must I first information received since the g enewl determent of reflrtranU re«- con(orm to prMent llmlutions as lo;nsws c>nw u,., he ws! missmg ularly engaged in agriculture, maxe; we igjjt an{ j s j Z e which are not over | Lt. Henderson, pilot of a flying it necessary that the new classifies- five pounds in weight, 15 inches in fortress (bomber) has been in ser- Situotion Faced By Ger many Today Much Like That In August, 1918. Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 10.—Judg ed from the news and comment here, there is a good chance that the war in Europe may end within five to possibility sooner, a may endure that it remote through tions be established. Commencing October 1st, it will be necessary for local boards to be pre length and 36 inches in length and girth combined. Packages mailed dur- vice three years, entering a year after his graduation from Presbyteriarf col a even chance that it another year. Three months ago, the general opinion in both Allied and Axis camps was that two more years of fighting must be reckoned as the out look. Even today, that is the case, ing this period must be packed tightly lege. He had landed in England about from a standpoint of military pre in metal, wooden or strong double- pared to fill a portion of their calls faced corrugated flbreboard boxes from registrants now properly classed I and should be marked “Christmas . ttt a wa • a j- • a *.r*;#* i in Class III-A. It is not clesirable to I Gift Parcel.” Only one package will reclassify such registrants out of i be accepted for mailing by or on be- Class II-A any faster than they are 1 half of the same person or concern six or eight wteks before being listed paredness. But the rapid alteration of as missmg. ON THE WAR FRONTS (Official U. 8. Navy photo.) THESE BLOOD PLASlftA CASES «f weather-proof paper board made from palpwood, shown being delivered by Red Cross workers to a U. S. Navy medical officer, are going to war aboard a battle ship. The large cases contain blood donations from twelve Amer icans; each bottle of blood plasma is in a separate carton, also nude from pulpwood, and with.it a pint of distilled water. The plasma and water are mixed to make fluid which is saving the lives of our wounded soldiers. Because of the ' growing shortage, the Govern ment urges farmers and woodimen to cut more pulpwood—lor Victory! needed, but in order to have the re quired number available for induc tion by October 1, local boards are instructed to begin this reclassifica tion now The local board has been directed to (1) reopen the classification of registrants 'in Class III-A in sequence Russia: Surging Red Army threat lens “Stalingrad trap” of huge Ger to or for the same addressee during any one week. This is important. Colonel Dean emphasized, and check ing by postal officials will be in ef fect. For Christmas packages maiUng, sjan columns drivin loward Bryansk restrictions are relaxed to make it; , the military fronts, sharpened signs of Axis concern, the political blow createdi.by the downfall of Benito Mussolini, has! set up an entirely new picture. The situation today has sharp parallels with 1918. These can lead man forces as they drive forward! t0 wish , ful , th ! nltin8, but the y also are on north, west and sotith sides of! 80 marked that they cannot be ig- Nazi base of Kharkov. Other Rus- i and Smolensk, Kharkov, nored. Few, if any, in the Allied military Russia’s i ranks believed ..op-August 8. 1918, - unnecessary for the mailer to present j lar g est c j t y ( n9W W i t hi n heavy that the war would end that year, of their order numbers, (2) classify f either a request or an envelope bear-, r • But the Allied armies in France suc- them anew without reference to their 1 ing an OPA cancellation at the time; eUgibility for Class II-A deferment, i of maiUng. Perishable articles cannot SMALLER CROP, BIGGER YIELDS ARE FORSEEN RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) Washington, Aug. 9. — A slightly smaller cotton crop for 1943 than in 1942 but with a record average yield of 279.4 pounds per acre was forecast today by the agriculture department The average-yield figure is pounds above thet in 1942 and compares, with an average yield of 217 bounds. This year’s crop was figured at 11,558,000 bales of 500 pounds which is 268,000 bales', or 2.1 per cent less than the 1942 crop. It is, however, 84,000 bales alcove the average pro duction during the 1932-41 period. The department’s crop reporting board found weather conditions gen erally good so far for growth and development of the crops with un usually good stands, a warm season and with most areas free from ex cessive moisture. It said harvesting was progressing rapidly with ginnings to August 1 at 108,653 running bales from the 1943 crop compared with 48,626 bales for 1942 and 1,969 for '1941. It found that m the southern part of the cotton belt estimated yields (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). COFFEE—No longer rationed. SUGAR-—Stamp 13 in war ration book 1 is good for five pounds of su gar until August 15. Stamp 14 be comes valid August 16 for 5 lbs. of sugar and lasts until November 1. and (3) proceed with such reclassifi cation at such rate as is necessary to fill calls. SOIL SHOULD BE LIMED, CANNON SAYS To the question now being asked by thousands of South Carolina farm ers, Does liming pay? C. B. Cannon, Laurens county farm agent, has an answer. “I’ll say it does,” says Cannon, and he has the proof to support his an swer. In fact, liming results on Lau- be mailed The sending of parcels un der the classification of “fragile” is ; cessfully smashed through the Ger- Sicily:. Allied troops make “slow man lines east of Amien that same ' and steady progress” on both flanks day to clear a supply line from Paris. .. 88 they roll Germans back in bitter, For the first time in that war, whole discouraged, Colonel Dean stated. In- c ij mat j C fighting. Warships and German divisions failed in action and toxicants, inflammable materials, or pi anes pour hail of explosives on re- “in many cases allowed themselves any article which might kill or injure treating enemy. Fifteen hundred to be captured without resistance,” another or damage the mails cannot jj az j s were captured in the daring as an Englishman, C. R. Crutwell, be accepted. sea-landing of U. S. troops behind wrote in the Oxford university his- Addresses must be legible. Parcels go^jj anc hor towns of San Fratello tory of the conflict, addressed properly should show, in and San A ta addition to the name and address of Stamps 15 and 18 in book 1 may also, ^ f ’ arms have b^n so strik would be more than last year, while boards. be usad to get sugar for canning and will be good until October 31. . BLUE STAMPS R, S, and T are good until September 20. RED STAMP T became valid July 25 and will be godd through August 31. Red Stamp U became valid Aug ust 1, Red Stamp V became valid August 8, and Red Btamp W becomes valid August 15. All expire August 31. Red Stamps are good for meats, shortening, butter, cheese, canned meats and canned fish. GASOLINE—A-6 coupons are now valid for 3 gallons. SHOES—Stamp No. 18 in war ra tion book 1 now good for one pair of shoes yntil October 31. Stamps are interchangeable among members of the family only. TIRES—Owners of passenger cars and commercial vehicles using tires smaller than 7.50x20 may get their casings recapped with reclaimed rub ber camelback without applying to their local war price and rationing the sender, the name, rank, army se rial number, branch of service, or ganization, A. P. O. number of the addressee and the postoffice through which the parcels are to be routed. Inscriptions may be placed on the At the end of that day, 25 years ago, the German crown council de cided that the war must be ended. Air War: RAF looses cruiser as sault on German twin-armament for, while the situation was not des^ cities of Mannheim-Ludwigshafen on perate enough to require a direct proposal of peace, it was sufficient Rhine. in the northern areas the unusually high yield of last year would not be reached. It estimated, however, that all states except California and Ari zona would have yields above the average. The report found the crop general ly from one to two weeks earlier than usual, but as a result of floods the crop in Missouri and in parts of Okla homa and Arkansas is somewhat later than usual. ^ In the Eastern seaboard states ex- FUEL OIL—Period 5, ten gallons until September 30. Period 1 (new) until January 3. PRICE PANELS — Price panels of local citizens are now operating in all war price and rationing boards. Price clerks are available to give retail merchants individual service on ceil ing price regulations. Consumers may report ceiling price violations to these price panels for action. All complaints are held confidential. ing that he finds it easier now to get fanners to use their AAA allowances io obt^.agricultural lime, a prac tice which most South Carolina farm ers might adopt as one sure means of helping to get the needed wartime in creases in production. Here are some of Mr. Cannon’s proofs: Last year the limed area on the farm of J. W. Tinsley made 13,069 pounds of green lespedeza while an equal unlimed area made only 5,227 pounds. Cotton on the limed area on the farm of T. J. Copeland produced 1,908 pounds of seed cottoh per acre, while the unlimed area right by it made 1,205 pounds. J. B. Owens, of Gray Court, har vested SOtfc bushels of wheat per acre from his limed area against only 17 bushels from the unlimed. Cattle grazed the limed part of J. R. Coker’s pasture a lot more than they did the unlimed part—showing that lime improves the palatability as well as the quantity of grazing. On the basis of results of this sort, is it any wonder that the use of lime is spreading? said Mr Cannon. And since lime is needed on so much of the state’s cultivated land, it is well that the practice of liming is spread ing among farmers. . . . ,. ^. Nazi-Fascist situation: Washington covering of the package provided i warn, against taking too lib- they do not interfere with the ad- 1 dress, although stickers or labels re sembling postage stamps are not per missible un the outside of .parcels. It is pointed out that only with the full cooperation of the public in com plying with these regulations will it be possible for the army postal ser vice to deliver on time the tremen dous volume of Christmas mail to American soldiers overseas. CROP CONTROL SYSTEM OUT; erally story from Spain that Goer ing and military-naval leaders had taken over from Hitler. Point to previous Nazi tales of inside tur moil which proved false. Rome Ra dio says it’s an “insult” to think Italy will desert Germany “at this crucial moment.” Great spread of strikes in North Italian cities which have been hit by Allied bombers. to require a most speedy effort to ward mediation through neutral countries. Pacific: Allied bombers smash Jap By October, the military picture had so worsened that the late Gen. Enrich von Ludendorff, then chieJ quartermaster general of the German army, fully acknowledged the neces sity of asking the Allied commanders directly for an armistice. In the in tervening period, Bulgario and Tur key had been shattered as military factors, Austria had tried unsuccess fully to get a separate peace, and the cessive rains in the first half of July! Hnmernminn At increased the threat from weevils but * . . W 'V the dry weather during the last rart of the month helped check the threat. Infestation from weevils in all states as reported by Correspondents on August 1 was below that for 1942 Falrview Church - Washington, August 10.—Farmers were assured today of a government program of unrestricted production in 1944 and abandonment of the 10 year-old new deal, policy of rigid crop controls. War Food Adminstrator Marvin Jones, said in a radio address last night that the 1944 food program now being formulated would be on a “purely voluntary” basis. Jones has said previously that he plans no crop controls except on tobacco, and his statement last night was taken as confirmation that acre age restrictions are out for the du ration. forward bases of Salamaua, Bairoko | German army, feeling, a lack of re- and Vila, and Amboina, former Dutch naval base, with 224 tons of explos ives. Kiwonis Picnic At Orphonoge Today COLLEGE TO BEGIN FALL SESSION FRIDAY The annual Kiwanis club picnic for their families and . friends will be held this evening at 7:15 on the or phanage campus, the social outing re placing the regular meeting. Tables will be provided in the open-air op posite the office building and all families have been asked by the com mittee to bring lunch. The Kiwanians have invited the seventy-five children who have re- ...... . .... ,mained on the campus during the Under the planned 1944 program, sumrner to be their guests this eve- each farmer will work out his pro duction plans to suit himself, al though the WFA will make sugges tions as to needed crops. Seed and fertilizer will be given to farmers whose plans meet the general re- iquirements of the new program. ~ ning for the occasion. Miss Wood Elected Bible Teacher Miss Martha Wood of Salters, has m serves of gasoline and tanks, had suf- jfered major reverses. | Futile efforts to win concessions ( from the Allies were carried- on lin- til November 11, but the die was cast August 8. Today, here is the picture: Italy is not out of the war but well on the way to being out, which could make her the first of Naziland’s part ner’s to break up, as were Bulgaria and Turkey 25 years ago. Catania and most of Sicily are gone. The Russians have won the great Orel victory. Berlin is nervous ly awaiting bombardment; other German cities are already feeling the weight of Allied bombs. It may well be considered significant in the light of 25 years ago, that Hitler met .in urgent conferences last week with his generals, political advisers, Field Marshal Herman Goering and Propa ganda Minister Joseph Goebbels to* tell of the feeling among the people. Says the Lausanne Tribune: The Germans “no longer fight today for victory. What they seek in continu ing a struggle, which appears daily Baptist church will begin its annual revival services. Sunday school will when loss from weevils was about [begin at 11 #6, followed by the mom the average. ling message by the pastor, Rev. James B. Mitchell. State Crop Larger I Dinner will be served at 1 o’clock Columbia, Aug. 9. — Federal-State 1 on the church grounds. Members and Agricultural Statistician Frank ' 0. 1 friends of the Fairview community Black said today that South Caro-1 are invited to come and are requested lina’s estimated cotton crop of 140,000 to bring well filled baskets, bales was 41,000 bales or 6 per cent! At 2:30 the Rev. C. H. Sutherland, more than 1942’s production but was'pastor of the Second Baptist church 3 per cent below the 1932-41 average [of Laurens, will bring the afternoon yield. j message. There will be services each Black said conditions August 1 in- night beginning Monday and continu- dicated a yield of 314 pounds of lint, ing through Friday night at 8:30, con- an acre compared with 294 last year,.ducted by the visiting minister. 186 in 1941 and the 1940 record yield Bible school will be held Monday of 375 pounds. | through Wednesday mornings at 10 . Production forecasts were based on o’clock. I, 132,000 acres for hkrvest Compared j With 1,139,000 acres last year. |X Black said weevil damage was es timated at 15 per cent, 3 p6r cent more than last year and 2 per cent gjore than the 1932-41 av^yage. J. P. Grogan Has Presbyterian college closed its sum- The former system of direct bene- - . . „ ’ mer quarter yesterday, August 11, fits for cutting acreage will be rT* r - - and is taking only one day vacation duced or eliminated on most if not *• _ T.,,- _ 5„ c , . r l A e se j more difficult, is to obtain from a tir all crops. The 1944 program will be Slon September. A can- ing enemy acceptable conditions for announced step by step as it is com- a * 25 years ago. templated, though it is not expected i by . ° . tt . . f ^ th \ 7 ! The edit °rialist declared the hopes to be ready until after congress re- c . U1 £ es to raise * unds to P rovlde for a summer offensive in Russia, of for the course, -v 'which Goebbels Sunday, August 15, the Fairview i before beginning its fall session on Friday, Dr. Marshall W. Brown, dean, stated yesterday. This acceleration, the fastest in the history of the institution, is a part of convenes, the college’s speed-up war program,' which eliminates vacation periods and : Rnh^r Trnncforrasf thus allows the students to complete IL 01 ^, ra| W T * rrea the full liberal arts curriculum in 27 To ColUlllblO 5tOfC months. • Dean Brown also stated that regis trations for the fall session indicate Miss Wood was graduated from; didn . t materialize, the air offensive Columbia eoUege in June past. She on Germany is on the increase, and, was elected to fill the position by the while Goebbels urges the people to board of trustees of the schools upon stand under raids as did th ^ glish the recommendation of a special com-;the English hadn’t started to fight in Horace J. Baber, assistant manager of the local J. C. Penney company mittee appointed sometime ago. that the full facilities of the college store, has been transferred to the Co will be. needed to care for the student lumbia store as a division manager. body. First Cotton Boll The first open cotton boll of the year was brought Tuesday to The Chronicle office by J. P. Grogan. Mr. Grogan, who lives on the W. C. Baldwin farm on the Greenwood highway near the city, stated that his cotton was planted April 28th and that ha has many bolls open through out the fields. others To Be Last Called By Boards Columbia, Aug. 9.—State selective service headquarters said today that South Carolina’s 83 local boards had begun “an intensive drive” to call up all available single men and child less married men in order to reduce to a minimum the number of fathers who would be inducted into the armed forces in October. Local boards were ordered to in vestigate all categories, including that for occupational deferments, in the effort to fill quotas with single men and married men without children, oEMgli said. Guest Ministers To Supply Boptist Church and will leave tomorrow to enter upon his new work. His place here will not be filled, Manager R. N. Blackwelder, stated yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Baber came to Clin ton a year and a half ago from Mur freesboro, Tenn., and have made Worship services at the First Bap- many friends during their stay here tist church Sunday. August 15, at 11 who will regret to -know they are o'clock will be conducted by Dr. A. B. leaving the city. Mrs. Baber, who is Langston of Laurens. Dr. Langston connected with office of the 39th spent 22 years as a missionary in Training Detachment at the college, Brazil and is a widely known theolo- will join Mr. Baber later, gian and minister. He will also sup- j ply the pulpit Sunday morning, Aug- CAPT. BLALOCK TRANSFERRED ust 29. j Friendd of Captain and Mrs. Fran On Sunday morning, August 22, -the pulpit will be supplied by Rev. L. M. Mobley of Laurens. Evening worship during the month of August is suspended, but Sunday school and the Training union will be held as usual. The pastor. Rev. W. N. Long, and family expect to spend part of the cis Blalock will be interested to know the former has been transferred from Los Angeles, Calif., to Fort Benning, and they are now making their home in Columbus, Ga. KINGS IN FLORIDA Mr. and Mrs. W. G. King and Miss Robbie King are visiting their son month away from the city vacation- and brother, Lt. William G. King, and 1 ing at Ridgecrest, N. C. Mrs. King in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS TEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 2 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let*s Strive To Make 1943 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, I 1940 and had enormous reserves. This is “not the same as Germany in 1943 whose economic and military machine has been submitted to long years of exhausting tension,” he added. Germany is already troubled with oil needs as in 1918. The. bombing , of Pldesti oil fields last week by American bombers won’t help. The disappearance of the air force as a great, massive weapon; the never- lessening problems of transport, and the urgent need of men to guard the whole continent to keep its occupied people under control are all factors. Revival Services At Hopewell Church A series of revival services will be gin at Hopewell Methodist church Suhday morning at 11:30. The meet ing will continue through Friday night with services each evening at 8:15. Rev. J. H. Kohler, pastor of Bread Street Methodist church of this city, will be the guest minister. Rev. S. B. White of Goldville is pastor of the church. ■ I * -