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7 ‘ THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspoper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable Volume XLIII = Clinton, S. C., Thursday, December 30, 1943 1944 Is the Year EISENHOWER SEES VICTORY Allied Headquarters, Algiers.—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, new com mander of the main European inva sion forces, declared flatly and with out qualification today that “we will win the European war in 1944." Eisenhower made the statement |t a farewell press conference before leaving for Britain to take command Of the invasion of Hitler's European fortress from the west or north. Eisenhower asserted: "The only thing needed for us to win the European war in 1944 is fojr every man and woman, all the way from the front line to the remotest hamlet of our two countries, to do his or her full duty.” Eisenhower declared in making the prediction that the war in Europe would be won in 1944 that the'temp- tation always arose to qualify it, but that he was resisting this impulse. - In answers to questions whether he had been satisfied with the pro gress of the war against Germany during the past year—1943—and if the war had been up to expectations, the General said the best way to answer that was for people in their own minds to compare the position of the Allies in October, 1942, with the position today. The General then reviewed the changes, pointing out that last year, with the Germans almost at the gates of Cairo, Malta hung by a thread, and submarine warfare was at its height. Speaking of the campaign in Italy, the General pointed out that the surrender of the Italians had enabled the Allies to seize the heel of Italy, including the naval bases of Taranto and Bari, with a small expenditure, and dispose of the Italian fleet for a big gain in Allied naval fortunes. He said he had expected Aothing more and had prepared for nothing more although he may have hoped that the surrender would give greater military advantages. Referring modestly to his new ap pointment to lead the continental in vasion, he said only time would tell whether he was the right man for the job. ? t Asked whether French forces would be used to attack Europe,! Eisenhower said the French were be- ; ing rearmed to fight the Germans' and certainly would be included in i any such plans. His main task, he said! would be to weld Allied forces into one team without friction and he said he thought America and Britain had de-; veloped a sense of partnership which eliminated traditional causes of fric-) tion among Allies. Commenting on his recent trip to the Italian front, thVcommander-in chief said he hadf'been constantly amazed by the abilitypsf American and English troops to accommodate themselves to appalling conditions and to make the best of treacherous weather. The Allies will continue to attack at every opportunity in Italy to keep the Germans on the defensive, he said, but the campaign must neces sarily be slow. ” . The General said the speed of the military campaign in Italy would have to be measured in relation to th4 military situation in the whole world, taking into consideration the demands of other theatres. One eofrespondent said he had heard the suggestion that the Allies should have landed farther up the Italian boot instead of at Salerno. Gen. Eisenhower replied that Sa lerno was the extreme range of Al lied fighter planes and that any com mander who sent such a large expe- If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Number 52 HOPES TO RETURN RAILROADS SOON Conditions for Private Control Not Revealed. May Use Troops To Run Trains. .... . . . A , Willie David Smiley, Clinton, dition beyond its fighterjcange^hevrid-- James wiffiTSandefs, Clinton. be relieved. He added that sudden raids could be made outside fighter cover but not a prolonged operation. He added that bombing undoubt edly would have a great effect on Germany but that other means be side bombing would be needed to knock her out of the war because if bombing was all the Germans needed to if ear they could devote all their energies to air defense. 36 Negro Selectees Sent To Fort Jackson Thirty-six Negroes were sent to Fort Jackson, Columbia, Tuesday by local draft board No. 50 for physical examinations and possible induction into the armed services. . Those in the December call were: Isaac Lewis, Donalds. Andrew Adams, Rt. 2, Clinton. Darnell Nance, Clinton. Cubit Watson, Rt. 3, Clinton. Jake Carwile, Rt. 1, Clinton. J. D. Fair, Clinton. Willie Watts, Clinton t Willie Suber, Clinton. Willis King, Rt. 3, Clinton. ON THE WAR FRONTS WOQO.CXX) To Be Sought By Red Cross Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Dec. 28.—The Germans were reported to day to have turned flame throwers on Canadian Eighth Army troops, who were battling their way at bayo net point through the streets of Or- tona, in a grimly-desperate defense of the >Nazi communications to Rome from the east. (The German Transradio News Agency announced the Germans had evacuated the Washington, Dec. 28.—The Ameri can Red Cross will open its third war fund campaign next March with a record goal of $200,000,000. Announcing the 1944 financial ob jective today, Chairman Norman H. Davis announced that nearly $140,- 000,000 will be required for services to the armed forces and the remain- er for local work of the 3,756 chap- Con Lee Jackson, Clinton. Larry Elmore, Rt. 1, Laurens. Johnnie Bailey, Rt. 3, Clinton. Lonzo Cammel, Clinton. Frank Cheek, R^. 1, Clinton. A. B. Fuller, Fountain Inn, Henry Hair, Rt. 2, Clinton. Gargins Spann, Jr., Clinton. Anthony Ellison, Rt. 3, Clinton. NEED 200 YEARS TO PAY WAR COST Estimate Based On Present Income and Spending, Knutson Says. Washington, Dec. 25.—A Republi can house leader predicted tonight -Washington, Dec. 28. — Hope that the railroads can be turned back to private operation soon was expressed by President Roosevelt today as the army, on his orders, extended its con- ' trol to all major carriers and pre pared to use troops to run trains if : necessary. > Mr. Roosevelt was not specific at ;his press-radio .conference, however, as to the condition; under which government operation would be sur- renderesl. “Will the government keep the railroads for the duration of the emergency?” a reporter asked. Mr. Roosevelt said yes, but when asked whether the emergency meant the duration of the war or the strike threat, he replied that he wanted to turn the carriers back to private op eration as soon as he could, four years of declining health. In response to another question, he Funeral services - were held Tues- sa *d a ra *l strike would come under Last Rites Held For Mrs. Virginia Neville Mrs. Virginia Aiken Neville, 82, widow of the late Dr. William G. Neville, died at her home in Green ville late Sunday afternoon following cility. Mr. Roosevelt also told the con- day afternoon from a Greenville! Connally-Smith act. This law .. ... e.. . mortuary conducted by Dr. George, ma kes it a criminal offense to con- that it will take the United States | A Nickles of charleston, and Dr. sp*re to strike, or encourage a strike, 200 years to pay the cost of World ^ Charles H Sabers of Greenville. In- in a government-operated war fa- W ar I*- I terment followed in the family plot Rep. Harold Knutson, Republican,, j n Magnolia cemetery, Greenwood, of Minnesota, ranking minority mem- j Pallbearers were Hugh /Ukon, : Terence he hoped to appoint a com ber of the tax-writing ways and Aiken, Harry Pickett, DeWitt mittee to get labor and railroad mean» committee, said his prediction ^ u i d r. j Lindsay, William James management together oh the question was based on an '‘assumption of j 0 h n SpratL | of an order from his fair employment maintenance of a nornrat-national v ih- Members of the Mothers an d practices committee ‘ The committe< come ot $100,000,000,000 per year;” BM. ! “rdered that advancement, among Knutson said any further increase in taxes to speed up liquidation of the war debt would be “impractical” and that the nation’s taxes can go no higher. “Our present tremendous revenue has its basis in an income inflated by tremendous war production,” he Daughters Bible class of the First; am " ng Presbyterian church. Greenville, i W " hOU, whjch Miss Virginia Neville is teach George Shands, Jr., Rt. 2, Laurenp.! said. “We have reached the peak of Lorenzo Oliver Evans, Clinton. {war production, so it does not seem Henry Junior Sheard, Columbus, J likely that the national income will Italy:‘Fifth Army takes two morejters important heights overlooking Ger-1 “While our 1944 objective is the mans' strongly-held back door to | largest campaign goal in Red Cross Cassino and Rome. history,” Davis said, “it represents Pacific: U. S. Marines take Target 1 ^ 6 minimum amount required to Hill, important point, and send tanks T 166 * ^° nstantl y increasing demands into battle for Japanese air-strips on 1 “ om i" 6 . artn ^ and navy for Red Cape Gloucester in smooth-moving invasion of New Britain. _ Russia: Blitz-grinding First Russian army of Ukraine sweeps onward in ^offensive 120 miles from old Ru manian border. Now within 18 miles of . Zhitomir. Companion drive in White Russia cuts within five miles of Vitebsk. Naval: British say two of their warships received only minor dam age and no damage was done to Murmansk convoy in battle that sunk Nazi battleship Schamhorst. Invasion: Air Chief Marshal Sir . Cross services.” Former College Instructor Passes Edwin ^bdson Barnes, 85, promi nent Rock Hill resident, died at his home Sunday aifter a brief illness. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday / at the First Presbyterian church of 'that city with the pastor, Dr. F. W. Gregg, officiating. After graduation from Davidson college' Mr. Barnes taught for a few ^ To^LTw?, d m„ c » om o; n- „•> airman for so important a job fore casts shape of things to come. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle’s readers). MEATS, FATS, ETC.—Book three brown stamps L, M, N, P and Q valid through January 1. after its opening fin 1880. He is re membered here by a number of Clin ton’s oldest residents. Schoojs To Open Next Monday The Clinton city schools are sched uled to re-ofcen next Monday morn ing, January 3, after the Christmas holiday period. The Thomwell orphanage schools PROCESSED FOODS—Book four will re-open on the same date. green stamps D, E and F valid through January 20. SUGAR—Book 4 stamps 29 valid for five pounds through January 15. SHOES — Book 1 stamp 18 and book 3 stamp 1 on “airplane” sheet good indefinitely. GASOLINE—8-A coupons good for 3 gallons until February 8. FUEL OIL — Period one coupons goodi through January 3. The new term at Presbyterian col lege will open on Tuesday. War Fund Receipts For County $16,252.83 The final report of the Laurens county War Fund drive, as made by Charles F. Fleming, of Laurens, treasurer, shows total cash receipts, of $16,252.83 on a quota of $14,623. Of this sum $11,021.16 was contrib uted in the Laurens and rural areas' and $5,231.67 in the Clinton area.' Expenses of the drive were given as $21.65, leaving $16,231.18 to be re-1 mitted to national headquarters. C. P. Roper of Laurens, was chair man of the campaign and has ex pressed his thanks to all of his co workers and contributors for their aid and generosity. | Ohio. John Eva Sanders, Elkton, Md. Ernest Boyd, RFD, Clinton. John Henry Jacobs, Clihton. Henry Ford Barksdale, Rt. 1, Gray Court. Ernest Bartee, Rt. 3, Clinton. Raymond Smith, Clinton. Edward McGowan, Jr., Rt. 1, Wa terloo. George Elbert Neeley, Rt. 1, Honea Path. . , Fate Fleming, Clinton. Leon Barmore, Rt. 1, Honea Path. David Price Miller, Clinton. Lewis MitcheR, Rt. 1, Greenville. Joe Hunter, Philadelphia, Pa. -go any higher. Consequently taxes cannot.” .After the war, Knutson said Re publicans will spearhead a drive for general tax reduction. He said this would be necessary as incomes sink to non-war levels. Knutson said the end of the war “will see Uncle Sam in debt to the tune of $250,000,000,000. The World War I debt, he added, was paid off er, ’^attended the service in a body. Mrs. Neville was born in Winns- bpro May 18, 1861, a daughter of the ' late Col. D. Wyatt and Virginia Smith Aiken. For many years she made her home in Clinton where she was loved by all who knew her. Her husband, the late Dr. Neville, served several years as president of Presby- CHISELERS, OTHER CHEATS SHOCKING CHESTER BOWLES Washington. Dec. 28. —The voices crimination as to race. Seventeen Southern railroads and terminals replied that they were pre vented by union contracts from com plying with the order and also chal lenged the authority of the FEPC. The President said he had had no further news from the three operat ing brotherhoods which had not agreed to let him arbitrate the rail controversy and he did not know terian college until his death in 1907. For the past five years Mrs. Neville j w hat they were going to do. had' made her home in Greenville with a daughter, Miss Neville. She was a devoted member of the First Presbyterian church and a woman of strong Christian faith and character. There are many here and elsewhere who are saddened by her passing. The deceased is survived by threj .« . , ««»«««««« sons . D - w - A- Neville of Newberry, at *1*® of $1,000,000,000 a year, Rev w}Uj am G. Neville, Jr., mission-! and its doubtful whether we caa ary ^ 3 raz ji t South America, Major do much better this time. ^ John C. Neville, chaplain with the, ? a,t * ^ int 4 r t? ° n t^ e , war armed forces, now serving overseas, | op t ratlons ‘ debt alone will probably be the and five daughters, Mrs. John Sprattj Stimson told a press conference gest single item in the post-war bud-; Miss Virginia Neville of army droops with railroad experience At one point he observed that all railway employes now work for the government and, if they strike, would be striking against the government. Secretary of War Stimson, given control of the carriers after their seizure by the government to avert a strike over wages, called tonigfet for “the full devotion” of all railroad workers and promised the least pos sible interference with normal rail get—about $6,000,000,000; Greenville, Mrs. W. H. James of At- , , , lanta, Ga., Mrs. George A. Nickles of care of veterans of the present war | ^^ ar j eston and Mrs. Lewis H. Lan in addition, Knutson continued will cost in the neighborhood of $2,000,000,000 a year. He said- nor mal government costs would run ap proximately $4,000,000,000 a year. caster of Sumter. She is, also sur vived by one brother^ Joel S. Aiken of Greenwood; three sisters, Mrs. George W. Taylor of Charleston, of “profiteers, chiselers, lobbyists and, w ® 1° dev °t e as After these and other necessary Mrs _ S . r. p r i ch ard and Mrs. J. W pressure groups have been altogether too loud and too insistent” for the good of a nation at war, Price Ad ministrator Chester Bowles said to night. Expressing a hope that in 1944 “we here at home can learn to work to gether in a greater spirit of cooper ation and understanding than we have in the last few months/’ the loopholes, T; KnUtson 7a7d. OPA chief said m a radio address over the Blue network: “Often I have been shocked, as I know you have been, by the selfish glamor of those who seek higher and still higher prices and profits while the country as a whole is fighting for its existence and its future.” Bowles’ appeal for cooperation on the home front followed a review of much as $1,500,000,000 a year to re tirement elf the debt,” he said. Knutson said the present congress “will see no more generaLtax in-; crease legislation.” The next tax bill, | he added, will be “purely adminio- trative—designed to streamline our cumbersome tax procedure.’'-* “Any revenue increase will be in- { cidental, and as a result of plugging Stull of Virginia, and 22 grandchil dren and three great-grandchildren. Lutheran Church Calls New Pastor Rev. J. Shelton Moose, of Cbapin, has accepted a call to the pastorate No Figures Given On Troop Numbers ! of St. John’s Lutheran church of this city and arrived yesterday to enter upoji his new work. Mr. and Mrs. Moose and their small son are residing in the duplex apartment on Hampton avenue for merly occupied by Rev. J. LeGrande i Washington, Dec. 28. — The joint chiefs of staff declared today that the,.. . , , . , , - — —„ WWCV cx, nim. proportion of American to British 1 ai J d family, who recent fy i Stimson was discussing only what the - - moved to Charleston. '- * J are being concentrated and will be used in event of any manpower shortage to keep trains operating. But in the absence of any new de velopments, no increase in military police on railroad facilities, or use of troops, is contemplated. The army, he said, has plans ready to put a huge fleet of trucks into op- I eration, should need arise and will make army vehicles and food avail able if civilian shortages develop. In a speech broadcast over major networks Stimson said that govern ment seizure of the carriers was nec essary in order that Germany and Japan should not be handed a “great military victory” that would have re sulted from stoppage of railroad op erations. Earlier at a press conference Stim son said that pay and working con ditions as of 7 p. m. (EWT) last night will be held in “status quo” until the roads are returned to civilian oper ation. It was explained subsequently at the war department, however, that troops in the forthcoming invasion of |^rmy would do on its own motion— fh*. cituatinn fnr Tannarv nn , northwestern Europe is “a military I M1 " M o° se is a ® ra T du fI e of New-! that the service chiefs plan only to “g”" that*meat points to'J w^nT.^ToIS Z \ c'otlK^ j ^ g a“ “ d ^ held generally at current level. «ur- •"“j 1 ^ ^T^aiready ^ churches‘In t£”ch*nS’ i ? > ”* ° rdered * com ' Kf,e " t * uth<>r - DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS TEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 3 FATALITIES , from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let's Strive To Make 1943 a Safe Year On the Highways. This date last year, t in February for some items, adding that “it seems most likely” there will be further increases in subsequent months. Bowles said there would be “seme changes” in canned and frozen food 'values for January, to be announced Thursday, Jbut did not indicate j whether they would be lowered or raised. . The administration asserted that in many respects the truck tire situation constituted the most serious shortage in the country today, with no imme diate relief in sight. Passenger 4 car restrictions, he stated, may be re laxed somewhat by mid-year as synthetic tires come to market. 1944 City Licenses ^ Due January 15 i | City business licenses for 1944 are due on or before January 15, with a penalty of 10 per cent applied if not i paid on this date, and with February 15 set as the final payment date ' without action being brought by the , city under section 5 of the ordinance regulating licenses. The ordinance pertaining to all types of businesses appeared in The Chronicle on De cember 16. Mediterranean, are “going to put in everything they have got” for other European operations, the statement said, and “we are going to put in everything we can get there.” The statement, issued by the Of fice of War Information, plainly was in reply to a report by Senator John son, Democrat, of Colorado, that the United States would provide 73 per cent and Great Britain 27 per cent of the troops to be used in the Euro pean attack on Germany. v i - _ Citizens Reduces Dividend Rate trict. The new pastor will hold his first service at St. John’s church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The public is invited to attend. ity, such the President or other agency, they will be applied. The board of directors of the Citi zens Federal Savings and Loan asso^ ciation has announced a reduction in their semi-annual dividend from 4 to 3 per cent, payable December 31. * The action is necessary, the direc tors announce, because of war time conditions beyond their control which prohibit the making of loans for building purposes. Pvt. Mariqn J. ^Nabors of Camp San Luis, Obispo, Calif., is spending a few days leave with Mrs. Nabors and with his parents, Mt. and Mrs. N. H. Nabors. TELL IT TO THE WORLD The first rule of salesman ship is that if you have any thing to sell, don’t keep it a secret. Tell it to the world! That, in Clinton’s trade area, means to advertise it in THE CHRONICLE. Every week this paper goes into the homes of the residents of Clinton, West Clinton, Lydia Mills, Goldville and the rural sections of this community where your pros pective 1944 customers reside. The More People You Tell, the More You Will Sell! The most successful Clinton firms in 1944 will be those who through effective advertising tel! the buying public each week what they have to sell, the values they have to offer, the service they are prepared to give. Lt. Alfred Browning Awarded Air Medol Friends of Lt. Alfred Browning, of the army air corps, grandson of Mrs. M. E. Browning, will be interested to know he has recently received the air fnedal. Lt. Browning, a navigator on a bomber, has been stationed in Eng- i land for about six months. The award was given, it was stated, “for j meritorious service, having complet- ed five combat missions over conti nental Europe.” It is interesting to , note one of the missions was over Bremen, Germany. Lt. Browning has ;sent the citation and medal to his grandmother. . ». Further Decline In Cotton Ginned Cotton ginnings in Laurens county from the 1943 crop prior to Decem ber 13 amounted to 1H.694 bales, ac cording to the semi-monthly report . issued yesterday by Marvin M. San ders, special agent. For. the same pe riod last year 21,953 bales had been ginned.