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-1 E2S -C , - -a' 1 <*> Page Four i THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, Novetnber 11, 1943 (Eltnfom (E^rontrlr Established 19M WILSON W. HARRIS, Editor and Publisher Published Every Thursday By THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING COMPANY Subscription Rate (Payable In Advance): One Year $2.00 Six Months $1.00 Entered as Second ClasfeMail Matter at the Poet Office at Clinton, & C. The Chronicle seeks the cooperation of its subscribers and readers— the publisher will at all times appreciate wise suggestions and kindly advice. The Chronicle will publish letters of general interest when they are not of a defamatory nature. Anonymous communications will not be noticed. This paper is not responsible for the views or opinions of its correspondents. - people who can’t be counted upon to keep secret war information to them selves are not being entrusted with war news which is not being given to the public generally. Any time you hear war stories which are credited to “a high au thority in Washington," or to “reli able sources,” or to “an army officer” or even to one of your own acquaint- .// portunity for every ambitious boy, "TL:- | c TL ft A rmw ' regardless of financial status, to at-] 1 n " 5 1 H C ™ m 7 tend college in order to make his, |0 B© SnOWII H©r© mo^tlv, contribution to U..w„ iFor Emer3enfy Re , ief The purpose of the test to be given in the high school at 9 o’clock Tues- j Irving Berlin’s “This Is The Army” day morning is to aid the services, wi U shown at the Casino Theatre in the selection of prospective can-1 on Tuesday night, November 23, didates for training to become spec-' sponsored by the local Chamber of ances who has spent a week-end in; i a lists, technicians and officer candi-1 Commerce. All proceeds from the Washington or visited an army camp dates in the army, navy, marine 1 showing will go to the army emer* j —if they are stories which have a de- corps and coast guard. The test takes! *ency relief. To date more than two oralizing effect or tend to make two hours and is designed to meas-1 million dollars has been donated to u distrust our war leaders and our > ure the aptitude and general knowl-: —— - * i wAr news—you are <^uite safe in as- f edge required for success in the col- 1 make application with their local suming they are the invention of;i e ge programs. All questions are of dealers for the fertilizer they need Nazi propagandists or the product of;the “best answer "" . ... - . Imorali ybu di _ i war n r sumin rON, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1943 Doing A Good Job - While representatives of other na tions were recently holding a coun cil of war with the Russians, the Russian soldiers gave them a fine] the War Department has announced. Every American citizen will be happy only six weeks ago left yesterday.” to know that such a deserved feast is on the menu for our boys. And speaking of Thanksgiving din ; ner, it is interesting to note What a type in which the a fertile imagination. J (candidate is to select the best or cor- i In many cases those “ihride” sto- rect answer from several choices. ri« grow out 0/ talks with soldiers trtwtm 17 and 20 years of and sadors. fftey develop It this Me ^ dMltMte Mvy p „ Ien nce wa 7* ... , . and qpalify in the test may be se- T. V i n * ”, £ted for. the navy college program. They serve on active duty, in uni form and under military discipline and receive the pay of the lowest en listed grade. Seventeen-year olds who designate army preference and qualify in the around fast these days. A bunch of new recruits who came to my camp A woman, who got this report, tells her neighbor: “Isn’t it terrible how they are shipping boys off to IJght Russian soldiers gave mem a n„- r u is interesting to not e what a who hardly have had arty trainingat 1 example of how the Germans can be soldier or a sa ii 0 r eats. They cdnsume. all Why> a soldier told me that they hit about one and a half Jtimes as much are sending them abroad after only m the best army fP^mlized training • J acuuuig uiciu duiudu aibci umjr reserve nroffram Thev receive train- whipped New Record Set It is evident that this country has set a record in the matter of doing your Christmas shopping and mailing early. Already letters have been re ceived from overseas stating that Christmas packages. have ceived. 1 They can do this for mixed fertili zer they need this fall and for use next year. , Farmers accepting early delivery of mixed fertilizer should have no difficulty in storing it on their farms. Mixed fertilizer should be stored preferably in a dry, floored, weather proof building. If die available stor age space has no floor, a raised plat form which can be built of mate rials on hand should be provided. Fertilizer should also be stored in the sacks it comes in, and not piled more than 8 to 10 sacks deep. reserve program. They receive train ing at a selected college on inactive duty until the end of the term in which they reach their 18th birth day. At that time they are placed on active duty and sent to an army in- The Days of Youth When alter becoming wide-awake food as a civilian. He reduced civil- j s j x weeks’ training—to Italy I imag- ian supplies only by the difference j ne » between what he ate as a civlian and The neighbor then tells a friend: what he eats now—the difference be- j “j fggj s0 sorry for our poor boys in tween 5 Vi pounds a day compared: Italy. Imagine being put up in the with 3 a 4 pounds in civil life. 'front lines after only six weeks of i ~*"*ii*'l •'*'**'» ***u* T”*"* •V^**** “**•*,/*** \ ,,, . stallation for basic military training, The War Food Administration says I training. It s plain murder.” ^ after which if still qualified, they been re- the average weekly diet for a man. Its easy to carry that story one are laced in the specialized train I in training includes: 6 1-5 pounds of; degree further and arrive at the “dy- — meat, 7"eggs, 3V£ pounds of fresh | ing like flies” chapter which I heard. milk, It* pounds of evaporated milk, ♦-r ice cream once a week, at least 1, NEWSPAPERS—Facts pound of butter, margarine and other SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONJCLB this fund from the proceeds of the picture. The cast consists of 350 United States soldiers. The picture ran three months on Broadway with such stars as George Murphy, Joan Leslie, Lieut. Ronald Regan, George Tobias and Alap Hale. All tickets for the premier will be $1.10 each, the sponsoring organiza tion has announced. TESTAMENTS—Especially made for young men in service. Chronicle Publishing Co. UIHHMWiHIIMWIMWWBMIlMWWWWI Dr. Felder Smith J)r. Duncan S. Felder OPTOMETRISTS Specialists In Eye Examinations Office Hours: Dr. Smith. Daily, 4:15 to • Dr. Felder. Daily, • to « Phone 29 for Appointment CLDTONf . 8. C. «> ing program. Those between 18 and 22 who qualify and designate army prefer ence are earmarked for special con- in the morning and after a time you ^Sead^Sealand u iS n ° ^ oubt # that WC are " ot ’ sideration the specialized training heard the clock strike three and you fa ; ’ 4 2 P 001 ™ 3 01 vjead, cereal and being glven a i ot o{ W ar news. The, program after induction, wish it were six vou might as well ! ° tber 6 rains ’ 5 P oun ds of potatoes, 5 : president wlil admit that. So will the | General physical requirements for be honest and ' acknowledge that 1 f n r ^ ban n d f ^" n a e t ^ Ve a g ® d heads of the army, the navy and the | the army as follows: Minimum there is. a lot of haze and has-been l 4 4 P o V^ nH / ! director of censorship. They find it | height 5 feet, and a maximum of between vou and the days of youth S, ltiUS flult ’ 2 f 01 ^. . of “^'t-; necessary to withhold much informa- 6 feet 6 inches; weight proportional petueen you ana me aays y u , Pm . mpn m , artprpH in thls rmin trv 1 tion which( jf released) would be o{ : to h e ight ; minimum visual acuity of Lessons From For men quartered in this country 7 | the army and navy require at least a Guilty of TreOSOn i three-month reserve supply; for men Strikers walk out and get what abroad, a nine-month supply, they demand. Organized labor con trols the Washington administration from head to foot. I A * k* A man who lays down his tools on Arm IS 11C© l/Oy~' a war job to strike is just as guilty, Today is Armistice day but there of an act of treason as a soldier who 1 will be little celebration of the event deserts his post of duty. ! throughout the country. There are Labor leaders bitterly assail this man y r 1 f? so J ls .’ jfc. a ro i memorable date of 1918 should not 20-200 correctible with glasses to 20-20 in each eye; normal hearing (15-15) in each ear for whispered* voice. Requirements for the navy college j program, which includes navy, ma- ■ rine corps and coast guard, are as benefit to the enemy. But the point I would like to drive home is this: news which we hear that does not come from an official source is just about 100 per cent misinformation. Our country has the best news re porters there are. They are on the! follows: Minimum height 5 fdet 5V4 job all over the world. They over- 1 inches and a maximum of 6 feet 4 look no details in their reports of war | inches; weight proportional to height; news. Every story which they write, j minimum visual acuity of 18-20 in whether it is good or bad news, is each eye, correctible to 20-20; normal published if it is “passed by the cen- color perception; twenty vital ser- sor.” If it is not passed by the censor, viceable teeth, including four op- then no letters concerning that sub- posed molars, two of which: are di- eouinment to * fight'than* it^is *for”the! that il was on Armistice day 25! ject are passed either. | rectly opposed on each side of dental ^niriior to throw down his weanons y ears a g° that the Germans admit-1 The rumor factories in this country arch, and four directly opposed in- ^.d refuse to fight wea P ons te5 for the first time that they are operating full tilt today. Their tisors; normal hearing. Strikes cannot justify desertion of didn,t have the Physical or material! Production is evident wherever peo- In addition to being morally and war jobs In leaving their posts they strength to,carry out their plans to pie meet—on trains, in subways, in physically qualified applicants for are traitors to a common cause, even! dominate the rest of the world - They; churches or in barrooms. But it, both the army and navy prqgrams though they enjoy immunity from are now in that same position again.; would be better for all of us and help must possess officer-like qualiflca- punishment such as would be meted 11 * 3 a tra S ic thin 8 that ’ after hav - i ^ e f p 1he s t core strai S ht : lf - instead of ■ tions, including proper appearance. | out to soldiers who desert. \ in S thoroughly learned that lesson listening to war gossip, we would! Further details >n regard to the ~ m ' ! 25 years ago, a new generation of! adopt for the duration the slogan test scheduled for November 9 are /-> l r* i r* • j young Germans should now be at- made famous by Will Rogers, “All I available at the high school and all The Lut-A-Lord L-Ompoign tempting to accomplish the very 1 k now -~i s what I rea d in the papers." viewpoint, but their arguments are ^ unconvincing. Morally, it is no less! be forgotten but instead continue to treasonable for a man to throw downj be a national holiday, his tools which provide a soldier with Most outstanding of these reasons The success or failure of the na- thing which their fathers proved was tional Victory Pulpwood campaign impossible. It is also a tragic thing which The Chronicle has been sup- that the rest of the world permitted porting for the past three months, Germany, in that short period, to depends on the outcome of the new build its military strength to the drive announced by the Newspaper i point where they could ever hope for Pulpwood committee to Cut-a-Cord a victory. of pulpwood for every local boy ini Now it is simply a question of service. Advertisements emphasizing teaching the same lesson over again the importance of the campaign are! and it is clear that the education of appearing in this newspaper. the new generation of Germans is This drive might be likened to the about completed. Battle of the Argonne Forest which i As Armistice day rolls around this decided the last world war and led year and in the years to come, it to the Armistice. If we put over this should serve to forcibly remind us effort, we will have won the 1943 that Germany must be completely WITH THE PRESS Editorial Comment From Various Papers. POSSIBLE ECONOMIES There are glaring exhibitions of waste in practically every depart ment of government. Case No. 1—We sat in the office of a government agency not long ago. , . , , , ....... ... ..A long distance call from a city hun- battle for .greater pulpwood produc- crushed this time - that we must| dred f miles came in for ^ tion and overcome a 2.500,000-cord never allow that power-seekmg na-j h ead of the department with whom shortage which threatens to hamper tion U> prepare for war again^ We we were conversing on business. This our progress against the Axis. j want two Armistice days to celebrate! d tment head threw bimself back More pulpwood is now being cut, and hope that the second one will not we are told, than during the months be far off—but that will be enough before the campaign started. But it Armistice days. We want the next is not enough. War needs are great. Armistice day not only to be cele- Farmers and city folks alike should bra ted as the end of this war but as in his chair, placed his feet on the high school principals who have cop ies of the booklet, “Qualifying Test for Civilians,” for distribution. Farmers Advised To Purchase Their Fertilizers Early Clemson, Nov. 8. — H. A. Woodle, Clemson extension agronomist, is urging farmers to make immediate application for mixed fertilizers needed now and next spring and to accept delivery during fall and win ter months. This, he says, is the only means by which farmers may be assured of securing the kind and amount of fertilizer they need. Because of transportation, labor and storage difficulties, it is neces- desk and for six or seven minutes i sary to keep mixed fertilizers mov- monopolized a long distance line talking briefly about business and then taking the rest of the time in ing, if manufacturers are to meet farmers’ needs, Mr. Woodle explains. Manufacturers must receive supplies, mix the fertilizer, and ship the fin- 801 behind this new drive and see : the da, on which permanent Peace ldle chatler about non . essentiah , tha. « goes over the top. Then we ; began. That shop d be the prayer ofj t , he govemmenl asks civilians w j ished product simu i, a neoJsly. They “ a Lr..^. US TSJS? W0 < man ’ b0y and e,rl i bo brief on long distance calls to give have &en taking supplies for pro- sailor or marine \Vill suffer for lack in all America, of the many things pulpwood pro vides him. No Place Like Home There has been such a shifting around of the population of this country since the war beagn that many of us, by now, either through personal experience or reports t>f others, are keenly aware of the dif ficulties of. building a new circle of friends in a strange town or city. A friend said to us yesterday that he and his family do not know a hand- lODAY... TOMORROW Bv Don Robinson SECRETS—News Fm getting very sick of listening to “know-it-alls” who try to attract attention to themselves by giving me, or anyone else who will listen, the inside dope on what’s wrong* with ful of people in the large city where! ou £,. warpro ® ram - he is now located. That is true every- _ , ^ other day, for example, a man wbere 11 know centered considerable atten- To a boy or girl raised in a small! tl .°” U P°” himself by making the bald town there is often something glam- ° ur .f£?°P s are dy j n ff orous about the thought of leaving \ ^ 1 f s . ln . The trouble is, the cows and chickens and finding a; b f. ex P lained 1 JJ a confiding manner, new home with a back yard full of j , we aren * hardening our men skyscrapers. But it doesn’t take long ? n . ou * b ~ a * ot them are being sent for them to discover that skyscrapers, theatres and the excitement and wild rush of city life cannot compensate in any way for the quiet atmosphere and surroundings left behind—for the solid friendships back home. And on the other hand, when city people “escape” to the country hop ing to find peace and quiet and a more satisfactory type of companion ship, they often find it impossible to adjust themselves to small town ways, and are never satisfied. But whether we move from the city to the country or the country to the city, most of us find that our per manent enjoyment of the new life has little to do with our new sur roundings but depends, in a large measure, on the (friends we are able to make and hold. j There is no place like home. There is nothing to be more prized than lasting friendships. What Soldiers Eat All men in the service are to be provided a traditional*Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the extras, into action after only six weeks training. How can you expect them to fight against enemy troops which have been doing nothing but training for four years or more?” The answer to his final question would be “You can’t.” But it seems obvious that this would also be the answer of our war department anH that it undoubtedly would, not send any man into action who had had only six weeks’ training. As for his statement that our troops arCj being massacred in Italy, he cer tainly had no secret knowledge of our casualty rate which has not been made available to all of us. His reply to those who contradicted his statements, by quoting published casualty figures, was that we are not being told half of the story of thin wpr. But, even if this is true, the fact would still remain that we are being told the same half that he is being told. Any additional informa tion he can add is based entirely on unfounded rumor or pure invention. We can take it for granted that time for urgent government business. A lot of hooey. Case No. 2—A government official was asked to speak at an important convention. He arrived in a plane and had four aides with him. What the need was for all this pomposity nobody could learn. But the taxpayer was paying the bill. Case No. 3—This is a continuing case where newspapers are daily receiving single sheet government handouts enclosed in oversize, ex pensive kraft envelopes instead of the use of a small ordinary envelope of much cheaper material. Case No. 4—There are countless “public relations” officials in every branch of the government. The real service these men provide to the na tion is of little or no valqe. And yet they are a drain on the taxpayers’ pocketbook as well as a drain on the manpower quota of the country. But why go on? Secretary Mor- genthau and a host of others in Washington think in terms of bil lions of government expense and are utterly blind to billions in economy involving countless unite of federal services. duction on the 1943-44 program since July 1, and the mixed goods have been building up in storage. This sit uation makes it necessary to take measures to avoid peak labor loads in the fertilizer plants to prevent overloading of transportation facili ties, and to relieve the storage situ ation. Making application for ferti lizer and accepting delivery of mixed fertilizer now will prevent such con gestion. Under the fertilizer distribution program, farmers are required to High School Students May Take Tests For Specialized Training FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 15th day of November, 1943, I will render a final account of my acts and doings as Committee of the estate of Clar ence G. Burns in the office of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock ajn., and on the same day will apply *for a final discharge from my trust as Committee. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make pay ment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be for ever barred. L. E. BISHOP, . Committee. Oct. 15, 1943.—ll-4c. P. H. Hobson, superintendent of the city school, today urged high school seniors in their last term of school and recent high school gradu ates to take the army-navy college qualifying test (A-12, V-12) on No vember 9. “Many young men privileged to enter the army specialized training program will eventually become commissioned officers in the army," Mr. Hobson said. “Moat of those ac cepted for the navy college program will eventually become commissioned officers in the navy, marine corps or coast guard. This is an excellent op- BENJAMIN & SONS PLUMBING HEATING SERVICE Telephone 117 WE ARE HUNTING TROUBLE Any Way You Figure It... . . . you can save a substantial sum of money in progressively reduced interest payments by mere ly converting your old mortgage to a modern Citizens Federal monthly reduction home loan. It is not difficult to arrange this. It is an easy- on-the-income plan. You pay off the loan like rent. 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