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i 0 THE CHRONKU Strives To Be A Cleon Hewsy ond Reiki Complete, Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE ~ You Don't Get the News ==; Volume XU 11 Clinton, S. G, Thursday, December 2, 1943 FDR, CHUftCHAl, CHIAH6 END PiRlEY, PUN TO MEET SIAUN v Big Three End* Five-Day Session In North Africa. 'Unconditional Surren der 1 Terms Defined. - ■ — * A Reuters dispatch from Lisbon said President Roosevelt, Prime Min ister Churchill and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had concluded a long session in Cairo preliminary to a meeting with Premier Stalin in Iran, and OIW short wave broadetsts to Europe repeated the story asain and asain last (Tuesday) night. ‘The three statesmen met on one occasion in a tent in the shadow of the pyramids,” said the OWI trans missions, beamed out since 12:30 p.m. yesterday in English, French, Ger man, Italian and other languages to friend, foe and neutral alike. - ‘During the conference Cairo was cut off from communication with the arrest of the world. Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek who was accom panied by Madame Chiang Kai-shek, traveled to Cairo by plane, while Churchill traveled by sea.” It was said that “a communique agreed on after the Cairo conference will be published later this week. A telephone call ft> the New York office of war information elicited the information that the broadcasts were authorized by the office of censor ship after the Reuters dispatch—duly cleared by the British censorship through London—was received from Lisbon yesterday moming. Elmer Davis, OWI chief, said in Washington QWI broadcast the Reu- use it ‘‘already was pe” and, at- the same SANTA'CLAUS TO ARRIVE IN CITY TODAY AT 4:30 Santa Cla coming to He will (Thursday) the airport rens and will annual visit really and truly, criticized Reuters for hand- ten report all over time, he ling the story. He said that DNB, the German news agency, and ‘‘virtually, every body else” had circulated the Reuters report and that OWI felt ‘‘it should give its customers something, too.” In criticising Reuters, Davis said that “if there were a conference we could assume from past experience that there would be some arwmgie* ment for a simultaneous release in all capitals involved." ' “H that were the case, Reuters broke 4 release date,” he said. “If there were no conference, then the story would be an invention. Either way, it is equally reprehensible The copy for the broadcast was virtually word for word the Reuters story, which follows in full “Lisbon, Nov. 30. — (Reuters) — President Roosevelt and Prime Min ister Churchill have already complet- original declarations are farmers in ed a long conference in Cairo and ^particular who were not required to ve 'this afternoon 4:30 by airplane at een Clinton and Lau- brought here for his an* army truck. In honor of the distinguished vis itor a parade will be staged composed of the college cadets and boy scouts. Music will be furnished by the cadet band. Because of war conditions the celebration has been streamlined, ,as was the case last year. This afternoon’s event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, me committee on arrangements consist ing of I. M. Adair and D. B. Smith. , Happy Thanksgiving For Thornwell Family - The children and staff workers at the orphanage had a most enjoyable Thanksgiving season. Thursday and Friday were holidays with school and departmental work omitted. The children attended the union Thanksgiving service in the moming at Broad Street Methodist church. At noon the large family enjoyed a tra ditional Thanksgiving dinner with ah the usual trimmin’s. W. C. Huffman of Newberry, a former employee of the institution, presented the acting president fifteen large turkeys for the dinner with his compliments. Because of the bountiful supply, creamed tur key was served the children for Fri day’s dinner. Another kind friend sent oranges for the children with his compliments. In the evenings the boys and girls enjoyed skating parties on Centen nial street adjoining the campus. On Friday afternoon the entire family attended the footbaU game at the college stadium between Greenwood and Thornwell and cheered their team to a 6-0 victory. All in all, it was one of the hap piest Thanksgiving seasons experi enced on the campus and made pos sible by the gifts and interest of mapy devoted friends. DECEMBER Ts IS RETURN DEADLINE Collector of Internal Revenue W. P. Bowers yesterday reminded that December 15 is the deadline for tax payers to file either ail original or amended ‘‘declaration of estimated income and victory tax for 1943” without incurring severe penalties.” In general, those who should file Number 48 \ CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE LAUNCHED SEC. M0R6ENTHAU SEEKS 10 BILLION IN NEW TAX PROGRAM Sqys Sales Tax Not In Relation To Ability of People To Pay. The 37th annual Christmas seal sale of the Laurens County Tubercu losis association is now under way. $3,850 is being sought with which to continue the association’s program of discovering and hospitalizihjg pa tients. The campaign calls for pur chases of seals, suitable for use on] cards, and health bonds by textile,; Washington, Nov. 29.—The admin- church, school, business, club groups • is t ra ti 0 n renewed its almost hopeless and individuals. Postmen are deliver- campalgn for $10,500,000,000 in new <irg seals in sheets of 100 to many t axes today, but fought off sugges- Clinton residences. I tions of a federal sales tax. The following citizens are helping j Secretary Morgenthau told the sen- direct the campaign: a ^ e finance committee fb* nation’s Chairman—R L Plaxico. sky rocketed war income could well Publicity—Robert D. Lynn. bear the amoun J of ad JV onal ta *- _ . . , .. es—an argument rejected by the B ° n ^ 5 rr Mrs - ^ €0r ? C .? j house when it voted a tax bill cut to T. E. Addison, Mrs. I. M. Adair, and t2 140 000 000 Mrs. Willard Jones. ! ’ • ’ ^ w j ^ Mail seal—Mrs T J Peake ’ Morgenthau and his aides spumed Industrial—F. P. Lockman,' chair- arguments that less government man; Clinton Mill, W. G. Cox and spending would lighten the tax need Roy Holtzclaw; Lydia Mill, J. H. Von! an ? asales tax woul # d be entirely Hollen, Robert Bobo and Miss Mar garet Blakely. Schools—Pat H. Hobson. Goldville — W. A. Moorhead, Joe Delaney, G. N. Foy. v Cross Hill—Mrs. P. D. Pinson. Mountville—Mrs. Ella Nance. , Colored—J. T. W. Mims. unfair to lower income families, and would be more trouble than it is worth. The administration officials opened their renewed plea for heavier tax es, knowing that the odds were heav ily against their getting $10,500,000,- 000 from this congress. The house During the past year the associ- vote, coupled with the remark of ation provided 653 tubercuin tests, | Chairman George (DrGa.) of the 652 X-rays, numerous home visits, senate finance committee that it and a. vast amount of health educa- would be impossible to go far afield tion and instruction. “Use a seal on °f the house bill, left little hope for each letter mailed between now and the treasury proposal. Christmas,” is the slogan. 21 Selectees Report To Fort Jackson are now en route to somewhere in Persia to meet Premier Stalin, it is known here deflnitelr. “Generalissimo jCniang Kai-shek took part in the conference and will also meet Stalin. “A communique agreed on after the Cairo conference will be pub lished later this week. The three file a declaration on September 15, but were given an additional three months in which to do so. Also those who did not file the September 15 declaration because their estimated income at that time was not suffi cient to require a declaration, but who now find that: 1. Their incomes will be above the WAR FUND TOTAL SHORT OF QUOTA D. C. Heustess, area chairman of the War Fund drive, announced yes terday that coyiections to date had reached a total of $4,714.23. This is an incomplete report, he stated, and efforts are continuing to raise the quota for this area which is $6,890. Anyone who has not been solicited is asked by those in charge to send their conributions to one of the workers, F. M. Boland at the Com mercial Depository, or to Mr. Heus tess at the city clerk’s office. Collections, according to commu nities are: Clinton city area $2,018.18 Clinton Mill area 479.55 Lydia Mill area 316.50 Goldville (employees) 1,400.00 Joanna Mill 500.00 DRAFT CALL FOR JANUARY SET AT 300,000 statesmen met on one occasion in a, levels covered by the withholding tent in the shadow of the pyramids. I tax act; that is, $2,700 if single, and “During the conference Cairo was cut off from communications with the rest of the world. Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek, who Was accom panied by Madame Chiang, traveled to Cairo by air while Churchill trav eled by sea.” . > A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm * said today that United States ambassador to Turney, Laurence A. Steinhardt, had left Ankara by air en route to Teheran, capital of Iran. Aviation Students To Broadcast from WSPA A group of aviation students from the 39th army air forep training de tachment, Presbyterian college, will broadcast on Saturday morning from radio station WSPA, Spartanburg, from 10 to 10:30. This is the thir4 in a series of broadcasts which will continue for some time on the script entitled “Wings for America.” Other broadcasts will be at the same hour. Boy Scout Troop At Orphanage $3,500 if married. 2. They will have more than $100 gross income from sources not sub ject to withholding such as dividends, interest, rents, etc. 3. They were required to file an income tax return for 1942 and now find or expect their 1943 earnings to be less than last year’s. Those who should file amended declarations on or before December 15th are individuals who now dis cover that they underestimated their tax by more than the allowable 20 per cent when they filed their Sep tember declarations. Collector Bowers stressed the im portance of filing, these declarations and ; paying the tax on or before De cember 15 so as to avoid payment of penalties imposed by law. Repre sentatives of his office will be at the Laurens post offffice December 14 to assist taxpayers with the prepa ration of their returns. $4,714.23 Clinton has under consideration asking for two or three thousand dol lars from the War Fund with which to convert the local Service Men’s j a n U ary" Washington, Nov. 28.—The army’s draft call for January is to be twice the figure the War Manpower com mission has been expecting, it was learned today, and as a result the combined army-navy call will ap proximate 300,000 men. This is about the present monthly figure, as contrasted with previous indications that calls would begin dropping after the first.of the year. The expanding navy never expect ed to reach top strength until welP along in 1944 and the army, it was reported authoritatively, won’t be at its expected peak strength of 7,700,- 000 men by January 1 for two main reasons: 1. The WAC enlistment drive has been disappointing. (The army is pleased with the performance of its women soldiers and is willing to take hundreds of thousands, but only about 60,000 have enlisted to date). 2. Draft boards are lagging so far behind their quotas they may be un able to catch up even by the end of “An essential part of fighting a way at the right time,” Morgenthau declared. “It is a great fallacy to war is paying for it in the right suppose that we can fight history’s greatest war To save what we hold most dear without financial sacri fice.” Twenty-one white selectees were But he was quick to caution against sent to Fort Jackson, Columbia, on a sales tax when Senators Byrd Monday by local draft board No. 50,j (D-Va.) and Vandenberg (R-Mich.) for physical examination and possible t asked whether the treasury woulld induction into the armed services, it agree to that form of taxation as a was reported. ; revenue producer. Those comprising the contingent ^ “Such a tax ... is completely lack- were: ■ ing in any relation to ability to pay.” James Harvey Hill, Clinton. ; Morgenthau said. , William - Daniel Burden, Clinton. Ernest William Garrett, Rt. 1, Lau rens. 1. 1, Prince Arthur Stevenson, Rt. Waterloo. Edgar Allen Whitsel, Clinton. Raymond Drake Boland, Rt. Ware Shoals. ^ Dewey Baskom Bailey, Rt/ I, Clin ton. l Walter Eugene Byars, Goldville. Junius Lee Hall, Laurens. Jakie Lee Bedenbaugh, Goldville. James Tillman O’Dell, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. He estimated a 10 per cent, fed- nue—probably would fall below $2,- 000,000,000 by the time it got to the treasury because of exemptions. It would cost the treasury $18,- 000,000,000 and 6,000 additional em ployes to administer the tax. Both Morgenthau and Randolph Paul, treasury tax expert, stressed the mounting national income in their demands for more taxes, but Chair man George observed: “Much of that is temporary, ar tificial income. I’m afraid we’re center into a U.S.O. center for the aviation students at Presbyterian college and all service personnel. The committee in charge, it was stated, expressed the opinion that they would not like to ask for the con- Robert Lee Craine, Rt. 1, Clinton., not going to decrease (tax) rates fast Robert Eugene Estes, Rt. 1, Mount-1 enough to take care of declining in- ville. scome when the war ends.” Rufus Brewington, Goldville. , | Paul attacked the house-passed tax Roy Carson Nabors, Goldville. ; bill as “a mountain of complexity Broadus Steele Pace, Rt. 1, Ware' for a molehill of revenue. He said Shoals. the house bill—merging the present 1, Uncertainty over what congress would do about the drafting of pre war fathers caused many boards to delay calling them. The general expectation, bolstered , „ . _ , by war department testimony on tnbution jmiess the quota for this Capitol Hill( has been that ^ army would need only replacements after the first of the year. The number of replacements, how ever, is one x>f the great question marks of the war, since it depends on how many casualties the services will suffer. Ethbert Rosamond Buzhardt, Jr Panama City, Fla. Horace Rozella Smith, Rt Mountvile. Bobby Lee Sanders, Clinton. Cecil Spurlock, Clinton. Clyde Marion Fowler, Jr., Clinton. area is reached. Lions District Governor To Be Here Tomorrow Henry C. Shatz of Parr, a member of the Winnsboro Lions club and dis trict govembr of Lions District 32-C, will pay an official visit to the Clin ton Lions club Friday, evening, and j will address the club on the progress, aims and purposes of the internation al organization, it has been announc ed by club officials. The meeting will be held at the Clinton Tearoom af 7:30, and Presi dent B. Hubert Boyd of the local club requests a full attendance to greet the district governor. MEAT RATIONS 30% LARGER FOR DECEMBER victory tax with regular income tax es—would make it almost impossible forf&e average individual to under stand his income tax return blank. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (ORA) (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). MEATS, FATS, ETC —Book three brown stamps G, H. J and K valid Lt. Groham Here From South Pacific Lt Both we 11 Graham, navy medi cal corps who recently returned to A Boy Scout troop has been or- the States from the South Pacific ganired at the orphanage with F. M.! area, is spending a leave with his Stutts as scoutmaster, and B. S. Pin- j parents, Prof, and Mrs. Bothwell son, D. Q. Sowers and Walter Bee-*Graham. Baptist Women To Hold Meet Here ^ ^ • The Woman’s Missionary union’s quarterly meeting of the third di vision will be held with Calvary Baptist church of this city on Tues- pday, December 7, at 3:30 pzn. The theme for the afternoon will be “En listment,” with all churches in the district asked to send representatives. Washington, Nov. 30. Price Ad- through December 4; stamps L and ministrator Chester Bowles announc-| m valid through January 1. ed tonight that ration costs of meat will be cut to allow a 30 per cent larger ration in December. PROCESSED FOODS—Book four green stamps A, B and C valid through December 20; stamps D, E “Our meat supplies are in pretty v L , ^ nLl T P , ’ ^ good shape and for that reason J am: In’" 1 glad to say that we are going to be » b k !; . / t JanUar L 20 , „ able to cut the points on meat rather \ ^ ‘ st ? mps 29 substantially during the month of/ through January 15. man, scout committee. Sixteen boys of the home of the ages twelve and thirteen, comprise the troop, which will become a part of the Blue Ridge district ^ Cotton Ginning* Show Decrease Cotton ginnings in Laurens county Lt. Graham has been assigned to the naval training station at Geneva, j N. Y., and will take up his duties there as a physician at the end of a two weeks furlough. s Presbyterians Give Liberally To Thornwell The Thanksgiving offering of the from the-1943 crop through Novem- First Presbyterian church of this city ber 14 reached a total of 17,497 1 to Thornwell orphanage amounted to $991.TS, it was reported in the church bulletin Sunday. The amount was bales, it was reported here yesterday by W. M. Sanders, special agent of the U. S. department of commerce’s divided: Sunday school $70, Rock census bureau. Bridge Sunday school $5.25, Bethany The total compared with 20,951 Sunday school $2.00, congregation bales for the same period in 1942, a $81.50, men’s Bible class taught by decrease of 8,454 bales. Dr. A. E.>Spencer $883. MR. MEKH/SI— CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE! * Christmas is Just around the corner. There are thousands of Christ mas shoppers in your trade area who have already started their holi day buying, and will be attracted by your messages in THE CHRON ICLE every Thursday moming. Now is the time to start and go after your share of this Christmas business. Our advertising department is ready to assist you with helpful holiday illustrations. The cheapest and most effective advertising known is Newspaper Advertising. Placed in the home newspaper, your store ipessage is read by all members of the family. Newspapers from other cities coming into Clinton daily are filled with advertisements seeking the patronage of your prospective cus tomers. If you don’t get your share of Christmas trade your competi tor will. « ' ' Begin now and talk each week to the people of Clinton, Clinton and Lydia Mills, Goldville and the rural section of this community through— THE CHRONICLE The Paper That Is Read By Tear Prospective December, duction in Bowles said, point values ‘This re- will give SHOES —Book 1 book 3 stamp 1 on stamp 18 and ‘airplane” sheet each member of your family about A . . 30 per cent more meat. |, GASOLINE-8-A coupons good for “The new point values will be in 3 8 ' effect when you shop next week.!. Per,od one coupons You will find that most beef cuts.™ d trough January 3. worth 10 gallons a unit, with most coupons worth several units each. will be two to three points lower and that some so-called variety cuts will require no points whatsoever.” With one or two exceptions, the price administrator said, pork cuts will continue at the reduced point values put into effect ten days ago. Bowles said the butter situation has not improved and indicated the current ration cost—16 points to a pound—will not be changed. This Is the Army' Proceeds Given 100% For Army Relief Presbyterians To Hear Rev. Cliff H McLeod The guest minister at the First Presbyterian church on Sunday morning will be the Rev. Cliff Hilt i McLeod, pastor of the First Presby terian church, Mooresville. N. C. I Mr. McLeod, a graduate of Presby- jterian college and Columbia Theo logical seminary, Decatur, Ga., is pleasantly known here by a number of friends. I The I«>ss receipts from the pre- B 0 | an( l Named As mier showing of “This Is the Army” ^ on November 23, totaled $627.90, Miss IvlWOniS OOCretOry Iona Blakely, chairman of Army — Emergency Relief, stated yesterday. The board of directors of the Clin- The proceeds were given by Manager ton Kiwanis club has elected Ratch- J. Leland Young of the Casino thea- ford W Boland as secretary of the tre, 100 per cent for the cause in- club, succeeding Rev. J LeGrande stead of only 70 per cent as required Mayer, who recently moved from the by the producers. jcity to Charleston. , * At the regular meeting Thursday Friends of Miss Ella Little Me- evening an enjoyable musital pro- Crary will be glad to know she is improving at Hays hospital where she has been a patient this week. gram was presented by Mrs. Leila Johnson, with Miss Virginia Sumerel as accompanist.