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% THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ; ^ il! J Volume XLIII Clinton, S. C., Thursday, November 4, 1943 If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don'ifiet the News Number 44 NEW KIWANIS HEAD .-4- MOSCOW CONFEREES SAY UNCONOmONAl SURRENDER DEMANDED . Peace Machinery To Be Established. Agree ments ‘Exceed Greatest U. S. Expectations. Washington, Nov. 1. —The United States, Britain, Russia and China told the world today they are jointly de termined to crush their enemies into unconditional surrender and then, as peacetime partners, work together for “international peace and secur ity/’ In solemn words, the historic Mos cow conference—the first of its kind —thus set the tone for the greatest Allied effort in history: insistence on full victory, a lasting organization of peace-loving nations, and cold vengeance for those of the enemy who have bloodied their hands with barbarism. - The account of what was decided by the governments, represented in conference by Secretary of State Hull of the United States, Foreign Minis ter Eden of Britain and Foreign Commissar Molotov of Russia, and joined in by Ambassador ^oo Ting- sheung for China, was announced simultaneously in their capitals* On present and future matters, these decisions stood out: 1. There shall be unity of action and consultations between powers with a common enemy (Russia is not at war with Japan and there was no intimation she should be) until the day of unconditional surrender. 2. There shall be established as soon as possible “a general interna tional organization, based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all peace-loving states, and open to membership by all such states, large and small, for the maintenance of international peace and security.” 3. There' shall be- cooperation by all hands “to bring about a practi cable general agreement with respect to the regulation of armaments in th* post-war period.” j JSsty^j In Columbia Hospital ^Commendation Given Lt. Lykes Henderson The following commendation has been awarded 1st lieutenant Lykes S. Henderson, of the 384th bombard ment group, who is now a German prisoner of war. “Although you failed to return from your last mission Over enemy occupied Europe on June 25, 1943, I take great pleasure ip being able to commend you for achievement on that fonnance of duty on mission was superior meritorious i Your per- at important FOUR K1LED IN. AUTO-BUS COLLISION Accident Occurs On Highway Between Clin- Greenwc were killed injured when an aut (Tot) Wei Trailway b( Greenwood. >v. 1.—Four persons about a dozen were night about 7 o’clock >ile driven by W. C. and a Carolina Scenic collided on the Coro- POPULATION OF- COUNTY DECLINES Laurens county lost 6,383 in popu lation between April 1, 1940, and March 1, 1943, based on the number of registrations -for jwar ration book No. 2, according to figures released by the bureau of census of the de partment of commerce. / The county’s population in 1940 was 44,185, and on March 1, 1943, it was 37,802, a loss of 14.4 per cent. The state of South Carolina suf fered a loss of 3.2 per cent of its ci vilian population during the three- JOHN O. BARDEN John G. Barden, professed cation at Presbyterian college, elected president of the Clint wan is club for the coming the regular meeting Thursday eve ning. The new president has been active member of the organizatic for several years and has served as a member of the-board of directors. ThO retiring president, Frank M. Boland, automatically becomes vice- president and a member of the board of directors. * The following directors for one and two-year terms will serve with the officers: Joe L. Delaney, Ratchford W. Boland, John C. Thomas, Pat H. Hobson, RobeH D. Lynn, Julian Bo- lick and S. W. SumereL A secretary- treasurer will be elected by the new board. The position is now held by J. LeGrande Mayer, who has re signed on account of moving to Charleston at an early date. The new officers will assume office after the annual celebration of “la dies night” to be held on the evening of November 12 in the form of a banquet at Bush River schoolhouse, served by the ladies of the Improve ment association of the school. R. L.-Young Dies In spite of heavy fighter and flak opposition, runS* By Wells and his year period, or 61,189 persons, the manshio and couraae you enabled 1 wife and Mrs - Ruth Wilson Townsend! census figure revealed. Only eight our group and wing to deal a vital | J?”' ^ ° f the StateS 46 showed “* j mountain in the face of fierce enemy NAZI DEFENSE LINES IN ITALY SHAKEN BY CLARK'S 5TH ARMY Americans and Britisli Push Slightly Closer To Rome In Heavy Fighting. Allied Headquarters in Algiers, Nov. 2.—Launching a heavy attack on the core of the German defense line across Italy, the Fifth army has captured "important positions” on i towering Massico ridge a’nd Matese blow to the eftemy. It is through f 0 , 1 /, one of f ° ur not such acts that we are able to con tinually press home our blows to the enemy and assures us of ultimate victory. The courage, coolness and killed instantly and she died soon after being taken to the hospital. Edward Frank Wrenn, of Oak street, and his little daughter, were skill displayed by you reflects great | other occupants of the car. credit upon yourseU, the 384th bom-l Mr - Wjrenn suffered injuries for 1 bardment group of the Army Air Force and the armed forces of the United States. , as well as the whole 384th are proud of you for your gallant actions/and we sincerely hope that safe and that we shall be again fly with you wing to BUDD J. PEASLEE, Colonel, rps, commanding.- L. S. Henderson of this city, parents of Lt. Henderson, have received several letters and cards from him since his capture as a prisoner of war. which he 'was still being treated in the hospital this morning. The little girl was the only one of the six who escaped, injury. JRie bus and car met midway ofi increase. Sergeant Koen Missing In Action resistance, the Allied command an nounced today, and a spokesman de scribed the Nazi wall before Rome as “severely shaken.” American troops of Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark's Salerno army, fighting forward through rugged, rain-soaked terrain, won a good part of Matese, the lofty peak that dominates the upper Voltumo valley, while British the justice for those atrocities in occupied lands. The United States, Britain and Russia joined in this. Japanese of this type have already been promised punish ment by President Roosevelt. The German slaughterers of helpless peo ple will be tried in their victims’ homelands and if necessary will be pursued “to the uttermost ends of the earth” for delivery to their ac cusers. The Moscow agreements generally were hailed in congress as taking a long step toward collective action for world peace, but there was differ ence of opinion in the senate as to how They affected the, pending post war policy declaration •' Senator Pepper of Florida, whe wants commitments by the United States to a specific plan for crushing Robert Lee Young, 72, died Sun day night at the Baptist hospital in Columbia after several months of de clining health A native of Laurens county, he spent his entire life in this vicinity, making his home with his brother, the late J. J. Young. He was the son of the late Fayette and Margaret Griffiiy Young. Mr. Young was a member of Bush River Baptist church and the last member of his immediate family. He was never married. Survivors include four nieces and one nephew. „ ' Funeral services were held at 4 •■I p.m. Monday from the graveside in Bush River Baptist church cemetery. The Rev. A. T. Usher officiated. Pall- Lieut. Hugh Jacobs Promoted To Captain News has been received here of the promotion of First. Lieut. Hugh S. Jacobs to the rank of captain. Capt. Jacobs is somewhere in the North African area and has been in foreign service since February, 1942. Capt. Jacobs was commissioned a second lieutenant on June 2, 1941, the day he graduated from Presby terian college and the day he be came 21 years of age. He immediate ly reported to Fort Bragg, N. C., and since has served in Northern Ireland, England and North Africa. Capt. Jacobs is the younger son of [Dr. and Mrs. W. P. Jacobs of this dty. He has many friends here and elsewhere who will learn with inter est of his promotion. Word has been received that Staff Sergeant Clifford E. Koen, son of Mrs. T. L. Morris of Columbia, is missing in action as of last June. His mother received the following mes-|^" 7^7’mites in the bridge. , I fr0, P s ? u t ad 1 ron cor " mander > Mediterranean coastal area to seize The driver of the bus, T. H. Henry, j “rMumed^ the 1 the town of Casanova * hi * h on the of Spartanburg, said he had 29 P" d | y™ man lost his life Ste * P SlopeS of Massico rid « e - passengers and two or three children r ( 8 , ' Reports from the front did not in coming to Gteenwood. | “Your son s plane crashed on an di ca t e exactly how much of Matese A number who received minor in- operational mission, wrote Captain mountain, which sprawls over an juries, including A. C. ’ Todd of M - S. Altmyer, Jr., commanding Greenwood, were not taken to the ground echelon, “and from his plane and another one that went down at the same time, three parachutes were seen leaving the ships. There is, of course, no possible way to tell wheth- hospital. Those still*in the hospital today, in addition to Mr. Wrenn, were Sam O’Bryant of Abbeville, Mrs. Corrie Martin of South Greenwood, Mrs.! er Jour son was one of the men able Georgia Edge of Whitmire, and Miss Mary Martin, a teacher in the city to leave the ships or not. Not know ing whether he is alive or not will schools. Those dismissed this morning be a heavy burden for you to bear, were Glenn Martin of South Green- but I know that you dot not want to . - .. . .. , bearers were Jess Young, J. R. Craw- future aggression, suggested that the ford> Richard Workman, Vernon Connally resolution be redrafted on Monroe, I. M. Smith. Joe Brehmer, Captain Mcllwaine Reported Missing - Word was received here Friday by Mrs. George Harmon Mcllwain that her husband, Captain Mcllwaine, was reported missing in action October 21 in the Pacific area. Captain Mcllwaine, a native of Donalds, graduated from Presbyte-! following groups: needy aged, $10,- wood, Mrs. Lillian Slice and Mrs. Clyde Leopard, both of Laurens. A number of others were dismiss ed after being treated at the hospital last night. The bus broke through the wooden railing of the bridge after the collis ion and went down the fill at the end of the bridge and dropped on its side. It did not turn over and was not se riously damaged. Coroner J. O. Owens said he had drawn a jury to view the bodies and an inquest would be held later ^ Welfare Department Distributes <Funds During October the Laurens coun ty department of public welfare paid out a total of $13,459.75 and in terviewed 917 cases, making an aver age of $14.87, for each patient, this being a higher average that the state average, which was $1&95 per per son, according to the report of Mrs. Mable Little, the director, with office headquarters in Laurens. The money was distributed to the be given false hopes. There is chance that he did get out, but the chance is small. “You must take consolation,” he continued, “in knowing that your son’s contribution to victory was no small one. He was an expert crew man and earned high praise from all who knew him. As he probably told you his position was on the right waist gun. We always knew that position was well taken care of.” Sergeant Koen enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in August, 1942, end was 21 yean of age when reported missing. He came to Thorn we 11 orphanage in 1929 along with a small sister, Edith. After spending six years at the orphanage he left on December 29, 1934, to make his home with his mother where he attended the Columbia city schools and later studied in North Carolina. His wife, Mrs. Koen, and their baby son, Lyle Dorsey Koen, are making their home in Gloster, Miss. terms of the Moscow statement Senator Connally of Texas object ed, saying that his resolution for “es tablishment and maintenance of in ternational authority” against ag gression and to preserve peace was right in line with what the meeting ’ advocated. No details came from Moscow on plans for dealing with Germany and establishing the new international or ganization for peace but the nations provided means for working togeth er and did specify that a non-Fascist Italy must be established, and that Austria, “first free country to fall a victim to Hitlerite aggression” shall be liberated. John Boyd and Eugene Bolick. Teachers To Hold First Fall Meeting E. M. Alewine, of Mountville, pres ident of the Laurens County Educa tion association, has announced that the first meet!rtf of the 1943-44 se ries of three will be held today (Thursday) in the Laurens high school auditorium. Die meeting will be called to order at 3:30 o’clock. The progBam will include four 15- minute discussions. Miss Sara Babb of Lauren* will lead a discussion on rian college in 1929. For a number of years he had made his home in 'Abbeville where he was connected with a funeral home. He has been in the army air corps supply depart ment for about one and a half years and has served continuously in the Hawaiian islands. At the tilde he was reported missing he* was enroute to Funafuti island from Hawaii. , Mrs. Mcllwaine, a member of the Florida Street school faculty, is the former Miss Mabel Smith of Donalds. His pareAts are Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Mcllwaine cf Belton. * in * i— the National Education association. But the final settlement will take,p* H HobsonT^ this city, will dis- into account, it went o^Av»tnas ugs re tfren^nt for South Carolina contribution to her own liberation aa, teacb#rs> ^ M Alewine wiU discuss federal aid, and J. Leroy Burns will discuss adult education. The invocation will be delivered by the Rev. C. H. Sutherland and a musical program will be directed by Mrs. John K. Taylor of Laurens. ‘she has a responsibility, which she can not evade, for participation in the war at the side of Hitlerite Ger many.” . •'Vi With the diplomatic bigwigs in Moscow were military men from the conferring nations and it was stated) that the conference was marked by* “frank and exhaustive discussions of the measures to be taken to shorten: the war against Germany and herj satellites in Europe.” Also: i “Advantage was taken of the pres ence of military advisers represent ing the respective chiefs of staff in order to discuss definite military op- erations with regard to which decis ions had been taken and which are already being prepared in order to; v create a basis for the closest mill- { tary cooperation in the future be tween the three countries.” The three, of course, are the Unit ed States, Russia and Britain. This account of military talk was the closest approach to anything regard ing a second front, ,a matter on which Russia has been vociferous in the past; it could suggest that the time and place for such a front have been set l The conferees pledged to have fur ther meetings, to provide ways of conferring through diplomatic chan nels, to set up ah advisory commis sion in London on Bnrapcau affaire (Continued on page six) ;/■ DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! 80 FAR THU YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 3 FATALITIES from . AUTOMOBILE - ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Mike 1943 a Safe Year On the Highways. dele lest year, S Clinton High and Greer Play Here Friday Night __ The Clintoi} high school football team will play Greer here Friday night at 8 o’clock in the sixth game of the season. The Red Devils have won two games, defeating Woodruff twice, and lost three, to Ninety-Six, Greenwood and Easley. Tomorrow’s contest will the homecoming game and “Miss Clin ton High,” to be selected during the week, will be crowned at the inter mission period. N , ' * One more home game will be play ed this season. Coach Wilmot Shealy, Jr., states. It will be with Laurens on November 12. 832.81 to 786 persons; needy blind, $262.78 to 16 persons; dependept chil dren, $2,085.13 to 243 children; gen eral relief, $279.03 to 24 persons. ff Captain Dillard Given Discharge Friends of Captain Henry Drayton Dillard, son of Mrs. J. Will Dillard of this city, will be interested to Winthrop Deputation To Present Program Two Clinton girls. Emily Dillard and Jane Little, will be among the girls on the Presbyterian deputation from Winthrop college visiting here t£iis week-end. The deputation will present a pro gram at the First Presbyterian church on Sunday at the regular Fellowship group meeting. Conduct ing the program will be Miss Little, president of the Presbyterian Stu- ! dent association at Winthrop. Miss known he has been given an horor- Dillard will be the principal speaker able discharge from the army. Cap tain Dillard contracted rheumatic fever'while in service in North Af rica and was returned to the States for medical treatment. He has been a patient in the Moore General hos pital, Swannanoa, N. C., for the past several months. Captain and Mrs. Dillard arrived here Tuesday for a few days visit with his mother before going to the latter’s home in Andrews. Special music for the occasion will be furnished by Mildred Dickson, Mary Gene Roberts and Laura Mar tin. Miss Sarah Hunter, student sec retary, and Rev. Julian Lake, pastor of Oakland Avenue Presbyterian church of Rock Hill will accompany ’the group here. Lutheran Group Elects Clark Osman To Speak At Presbyterian Church / The Reverend John E. Osman, as sociate professor of philosophy, at Presbyterian college, will be the guest preacher Sunday morning at the First Presyterian church. Mr. Osman is a graduate of Presbyterian college and Union Theological semi nary, Richmond, Va. He serves as chaplain to the 39th Army Air force training detachment stationed at the college. / ■ ♦ CHANGES POSITION Friends of John H. Baxter of this city will be interested to know he has accepted, the position of personnel director at Watts MiU, Laurens. Mr. Baxter came to Clinton from New berry in June, 1941, as manager of the local U. S. Employment Service office. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter plan to move to Laurens later but frill con tinue to reside here for the present Thomas A. Howell PromotedJToJ-t Col. -Friends and relatives here of Lt. Col. and Mrs. Thomas A Howell will learn with interest of his promotion on October 28 from major to his present rank. Lt. Col. Howell is attached to the Army Air Force Eastern Flying Training command, with headquar ters at Maxwell Field, Ala. A gradu ate of' Presbyterian college. He has been in active service since 1940. Mrs. Howell and two small sons are making their home here with her mother, Mrs. H. D. Rantin. Parrish Succeeds Mabry As Principal Harry F. Parrish, Jr., has been elected by the board of trustees as principal, of Academy Street school, succeeding R. E. Mabry, resigned. Mr. Parrish, a native of Augusta, Ga., graduated with honors this month from Presbyterian College. RITES FOR TIMMONS INFANT Funeral services for the infant sop of Mr. and Mrs. Shirley A. Timmorft, bom last Thursday, were held Friday afternoon from Gray Funeral home with the Rev. W. N. Long officiating. Interment was in Boesmont tery. Greenville, Nov. 1.—The Rev. A. C. Clark, of Anderson, was elected president of the Piedmont conference of the South Carolina synod of Lu theran churches at Trinity Lutheran church here today. Other officers pamed were R. R. Ellsworth of Whitmire, vice-presi dent; Ratchford W. Boland of Clin ton, secretary; and L. P. Counts of Gteenwood, treasurer. Women’s officers elected were Mrs. H. R. Browne of Spartanburg, presi dent; Mrs. A. C. Clark of Anderson, vice-president; Mrs. Ratchford W. Boland of Clinton, secretary, and Mrs. N. E. Sellers of Anderson, treas urer. The next meeting will be held at Walhalla next spring. extensive area, had been occupied by Americans, but they said a good part of the whole ridge and some of its highest points were cleared of Ger mans. An Allied officer said the gains were “very encouraging.” Although it was emphasized that the Nazis were defending their mountain stronghold savagely and had yet begun no general retreat to their next natural barrier, the Gar- igliano river, there were reports that they were laying .extensive mine fields and booby traps in the inter vening area — usually a good sign that a withdrawal is contemplated. (The British radio, quoting a cor respondent with the Fifth army, re ported that the Nazis had flooded the coastal areas between Massico ridge and the Garigiiano river). Terrain and bad weather made the going equally tough on the British Eighth army’s portion of the front. Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery’s troops were reported maintaining steady pressure on the enemy and carving out small gains here and there as they rooted enemy mortar and machinegun crews from one ridge after another. The Allied airforce maintained its destructive new offensive against the enemy*s communications. American Flying Fortresses attacked the naval base of La Spezia on Italy’s west coast about 50 miles below Genoa, and a bridge at Velio liguro near Spezia. Medium bombers raided rail and shipping targets, at Rimini and Ancona on the Adriatic side, while fighters and fighter bombers attacked enemy motor transport, road junc tions and bridges. 19 Negroes Left Monday for Jackson ’ Nineteen Negro selectees left Mon day morning, Nov. 1, for Fort Jack- son, Columbia, for physical examina tion and possible induction into the armed services. They were sent by local board No. 50, and were: Sam Reeder Williams, Washington, D. C. Theodore Roosevelt Clayton, Princeton. Thomas Harris, Youngstown, Ohio. Marion Taylor, Rt 1,"Clinton. Lewis Cornelius Burnside, Clinton. Oscar Lee Dunlap, Greensboro, N. C. Samuel Copeland, Clinton. R. V. Todd, Brooklyn, N. Y. I Proverb McMorris, Baltimore, Md. W. C. Copeland, RFD, Clinton. Blakely Bates, Henderson,^ N. C. Loycf Watts, Richmond, Va. Sammie Acie King, Rt. 3,(Clinton. James Curtis Johnson. Rt. TTHonea Path. - Johnnie Walter Pyles, Rt. 3, Clin ton. Ulysses Hurbert, Rt. 1, Mountville. William Bernard Reeder, Clinton. Nathaniel Shumpard, Clinton. James Calvin’Sturkey, Rt. 2, Clin ton. \ Ckoqges Mode In School Foculties rf? , * * ” > Mrs. R. C. Adair has resigned as supervisor of the nursery at Lydia Cotton Mills. She is succeeded by Mrs. Goyne Simpson, who has been connected with the project for sev eral months. Mrs. Adair is now employed at Academy Street school as substitute teacher in the fifth grade. Mrs. John W. Little is teaching in the Providence school, succeeding Mias Clara McCarrell of Travelers Rest, resigned. Decline 'Shown In Cotton Ginned A total of 13,772 bales of cotton was ginned in Laurens county from the 1943 crop prior to October 18, W. M. Sanders, special agent of the department of commerce, announced yesterday. The number of bales ginned for the same period in 1942 stood at 16,049, exceeding the current figure by 2,277. TIN CAN COLLECTION ' - J. Leiand Young, chairman for the tin can collection drive, announced yesterday that members of the com mittee together with Boy Scouts will canvass the city on Thursday, No vember 11. Housewives/are asked to save and properly prepare all cans for collection on this date.