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5 < THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable ®hp QIhrmttclp \ If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, January 18, 1945 Number 3 Three Who Also Served Well Citizens Closes Successful Year County To Join In March Of Dimes Appeal Against Polio 'YOUTH, COURAGE DECIDING FACTORS IN BELGIUM BATTLE , , , f R.^M. Erwin, well known Laurens' With U. S. Forces in Belgium, Jan The annual meeting of members of . ’ L , .u j the Citizens Federal Savings and business fnan, has been.named coun-113.—Youthandcouragewerethede- Loan association of this city was held ty campaign director of the'annual) ciding factors in the battle of the yesterday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at fund appeal and March of Dimes to. Belgian bulge and weapons on both which time the annual financial re- be conducted January 14-31 in ccl®" 1 s jd es pi a y e d a secondary role. port was submitted by officers show- bration of the President’s^ birthday 3 „ , , , . ing a satisfactory record for the year by the National Foundation for In- -ecom in ern wai a just closed ^n spite of government fantile Paralysis, it w T as announced puns taken such a subordinate posi- restrictions prohibiting building. ; this week by the president of the tion. It has not happened in Europe The following board of directors 1 national organization. j since the outnumbered and out- was reelected to serve for the coming | Chairman Erwin has announced equipped Greeks defeated the Ital- PROPOSED EXPENSES STATE GOVERNMENT PUT AT $60,284,576 Record-Breaking Budget If Legislatike Approves. Commission Allows $22,000,000. Columbia. Jan. 15 A Left: Sgt. Waclaw M. Osinski of Westfield, Mass., who has invented a new bomb release that gives the U. 8. fliers a decided advantage. Center: Pvt. Francis Currey, 19, of Hurleyville, N. Y., staged a suc cessful “one-man war” against the Nasis. Right: Sgt. Frank Palco, Roth, Va., equipped with a pair of surgical scissors, performed five leg amputations. He had had only one week’s training as a first aid man. o: runted ft 37 White Selectees Called By Board Clinton draft board No. 50 sent 37 white men to Fort Jackson Tuesday morning, January 16., The first group of 14 left for in duction. They are: Fred Roe Shelton, Clinton. Walter Byon Hendrix, Spartan burg. Irvin Wallace Shockley, Lydia Mill, Clinton. Carl Eugene Rutherford, Clinton. William Homer Brown, Columbia. Claude Robert Bagwell, Gray Court. Wallace Howard Rushton, Gold- ville. Floyd Moore, Cross Hill. Lester Malachia Handback, Lau rens. Horace Edwards Weathers, Water loo. Chestley Eugene King, Clinton. Charles Able Sheppard, Rt. 1, Clin ton. Louie Warren Nabors, Goldville. Charles Donald Thorne, Clinton. A second list of 23 reported on the cord- year: B. H. Boyd, J. P. Prather, S. W.; that the campaign in Clinton and this, I ans in Albania in the winter of breaking $60,284,516 would be ^ent Sumerel, W. W. Harris, W. A. Moor-| area will be led by H. L. Eichelber-j 1940-41. on '* ate government in South Cary- head, T. Heath Copeland, T. D. Cope- j ger, well known* insurance man of Weap< land, D. C. Heustess and B. Hubert the city. ' of the terrain, the weather and the tri at opened its .-.econd • a eek I ues- Boyd. ] Commenting on the need to' re-1 types of battles fought. Vw qv? Hv At a subsequent meeting of the| inforce our lines of defense against j The new German Tiger Royal th ’ , 1 h , . • ‘ directors, the following dfficers were this insidious enemy of childhood, Mr. monster tanks, which can outshoot ■ 1 1 ' ■ ' reelected: B. H. Boyd, president; J. P. Eichelberger said, “The 1944 epi- any American armor, had few op-, The proposed state expenditure Prather, vice-president; B. Hubert demic of infantile paralysis was the, portunities to prove it. Mountains $60,000,000 would be Boyd, secretary-treasurer. ' (second worst outbreak of the disease: chopped the great struggle into a se- through $18,223,000 in earmarked The CitiJfens is the oldest building in its history in the United States.jries of small, comparatively isolated state revenues. $8,243,373 n federa. and loan association in the county, Fortunately, we were on the alert actions. funds and $11,584.251 in institutional having been organized in 1909. Two! and well prepared to meet that at-1 The weather, the woods and the and miscellaneous income, all in ad- of its officers then, B. H. Boyd and tack in all parts of the nation. More mountains forced nearly every battle dition to appropriations from genera. T. D. Copeland, are still connected than a million dollars—or ten million to be fought at point-blank range, funds. with the association. It was converted 1 dimes—contributed by the American ! There were no wide open spaces. The state highway department's into a federal association May 1, people were spent by your National' There were, instead, narrow can- budget of $21,000,000, the nearest ap- 1937, with each account insured up Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to yons where tanks, guns and men preach during the war to i*' 523.000,- to $5,000. , provide the best of modern care and were on top of one another before 000 1941-42 budget. wa> $8,500,000 The association paid $16,574.46 in treatment for all victims of the epi- they could see anything at which to more than it is >pending this year, dividends the past year to its share- demic. Since no one knows where, shoot. and accounted for the b ilk of the holders at the rate of 3 per cent per or how hard, polio may strike in A good bazooka team with plenty proposed increa-e in state govern- Washington J^n. 15. James F. annum. Its statement as of December 1945, we must again be ready to meet! 0 * courage was a better weapon than ment co t. Byrnes set up a program today for! 31 *hows total assets of $641,268.67; the attack wherever it may come., a 60-ton tank ^ ^ ^ The highway department reported BYRNES ASKS JOB-PRIORITY IN DRAFTING MEN stripping the least war-important jobs first in the draft of industrial workers aged 26 through 29. In a letter intended to blueprint the induction of some 200,000 indus trial workers this spring, the war mobilization director laid down a job-priority scale and asked that itj be followed by draft boards to pre- j vent “substantial losses in produc tion real estate loans $430,452.95; private Participation in the annual March of; The tank was lucky if it could stay to the b uc jg et CO mm;ssi' n that it was shares investments $590,436.21; re- Dimes appeal is our assurance that j °n the road without tumbling over anticipating $13,000,000 in s’ate rwe- serves and undivided profits : no victim of infantile paralysis will on the icy mountains. A tank crew nues> an increase of $4,000,000 above $50,051.44. Lost Rites Held For William H. Turner race, creed or color.” Willliam H. Turner, 58, died Sat urday at his home on Sloan street In general, the Byrnes plan would al ter a short illness. The announce- postpone the drafting of “irreplace- m ent of his unexpected death brought able” men until depletion of the pool of workers whose jobs can be taken by older men, those with physical impairments, or women. Replaceable men even in highest priority work genuine regret to many friends here and elsewhere. Funeral services were held at 4 o’clock Sunday afternoon from the home, with the Rev. D. C. Gregory same date for pre-induction physical list _ a matter of highest importance would be drafted ahead of those inj* n c h ar 8 e - Interment followed in the less critical work for whom no sub- Lydia Mill^ cemetery with a large stitute is to be had. Byrnes said the national list of “essential activities” has been re vised in such a way as to designate some industries as “critical.” Announcement of this “critical” go uncared for, regardless of age, could see little. A bazooka team, current revenue anticipations, and • " moving from tree to tree could get S8i0 00.000 in miscellaneous revenue,. within 15 yards of a tank without compared with about $5,000,000 this being seen. year Its expected federal fund' Paradoxically, while equipment WQuld amount only to $2,500,000 came second in Belgium, the battle whjch would 5e $500,000 more than claimed the highest equipment losses is getting this year, seen on the Western front in many Former Clinton Woman Passes At Fort Mill The cost of the state’s government and its activities steadily has grown. Mrs. Alice M. Templeton died at 1 mont hs. the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. T. ( Scores of tanks and guns were Arnold, in Fort Mill early last Wed- knocked out b bazookas or by direct but the lum P pr ^ d by tbe bu ^ et nesday morning after a brief illness. fire from small> moblle anti . tank commission would be one of $9,000,- Funeral services were conducted ! guns. Scores of others fell victims tb Friday morning from Unity Presby-, weather and terrain. examination, as follows: William Luther Boozer, Kinards. William Hodges Adams, Green wood. Floyd Thomas McClain, Piedmont. Arthur Mitchell Pressley, Shoals. Capers Gregory, Ware Shoals. Thomas Luther Wyatt, Walhalla. William Arthur Scogins, Macon, Ga. Billy Peake Eubanks, Rt. 1, Clin ton. Macon Walter Prather, Lydia Mill, Clinton. Clarence Eugene Turner, Lydia Mill, Clinton. David Patrick Dickson, Kinards. Lawrence Lanford, Clinton. Floyd Tucker, Panama City, Fla. Dewey Rudolph Darby, Lydia Mill, Clinton. J. B. Farmer, Lockhart. Joe Carl Stroud, Lydia Mill, Clin ton. James Barron Parkman, Clinton. to industry, since the designation will give a firm some measure of draft protection for its workers — can be 000 from the current year’s antici pated expenditures of $51,468,332. terian church in Fort Mill by the 1 0n more than one ^^,00 u. S. This would be the largest increase pastor, Rev. S. P. Bowles. Interment ^ and Geimari task forces were sur- —one of almost 20 per cent — in followed in Rocky Springs P res byte-1 ro(jnded or ran gasoline in the years. Last year expenditures were Catherine of friends assembled tn nav r * an church cemeter y near here* w ii d mountains, and had to abandon $50,000,000 and the year prior to a last tribute P y Mrs * Tem P leton was a native of all their equipment and make their that, 1942-43, they were , '$47.000,000 Mr Turner was a native nf this, Laureos county, a daughter of Milton way back on foot. Had the commission acceded to re- countv where his entire life was Milam and Mr *‘ S’**"®®* ^ With the premium on the foot sol- quests of state agencies the proposed soent For 40 vears he had been em? 1 Milam She was the widow of John I d j e r, a heavy burden fell upon two 1945-46 expenditures would have Dloved bv the Clinton Cotton Mills i C - Templeton, who was a resident of | things—officer leadership in the field reached $66,256,110, but the commis- and in ooint of service was its oldest ^ city for a number of y ears and and youthful stamina. slon cut almost $5,000,000 off re- employee Always industrious’ U d'who passed away in 1926. He served Several divisions and regiments Quests in drafting its recommenda- right and honest and kind and con-! for some time as in a 8 istrate of B un -! reported their highest officer losses tions for general appropriation^. siderate of others, he leaves many ter township at Clinton. Mrs. Tem- proxecuon lor 11s wonxers —can oe arL k■ ' pl eton had been making her home in expected tomorrow, a War Manpower j lri ends who are saddened by his Fort M]11 Qnly a short time when commission spokesman said. passing. nassed awav The 200,000 men to be withdrawn! The deceased is survived by four . . from industry will provide a sub-' sons and one daughter. Robert Tur- j Surviving are four sons. Oliver stantial part of the 900,000 inductions! !l er of South Clinton, Pvt. Sylvester T e _ m P 1 / t o n o { t h^ ci^; RheU 'I^emple- of the war. With their men, officers which account for approximately a engaged in hand-to-hand combat third of the annual cost of state gov- with the enemy under the most dif- ernment. flcult battle conditions. i The budget commission said the American officers such as full colo- $L400.000 increase in appropriations nels who usually are in command 'hat it recommended in comparison planned by the army and navy be-! Turner with the army overseas, Pvt. ton of Lancaster, Frank Templeton i posts, took positions in the front line with current appropriations was dm* fore mid-year Sng production James M. Turner with the army in of Goldville. J. B. Templeton of with their troops and personally led to _ a P^P 0 ^ ^ la r y schedules will mean addition of some 700,000 men to war industry in the same period, by army estimate. Byrnes’ letter, addressed to Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, selective ser vice director, said WPB had predict ed the draft of 26-29 men would hurt production. New Jersey Clarence E Turner 0 f Greenville; and two daughter, Mrs. land spurred them on schedules for school teachers, to be this city. Mrs. J. W. Chestine of Lau-1 Arnold of Fort Mil1 and Mrs. L. J. This was particularly true as the based on a recertification program rens; one sister and one brother 'Jones of Portsmouth, Va.; 22 grand-j weather deteriorated and infantry- now under way for teachers. Mrs. Minnie Turner Lister of Green-' c biIdren and 11 great-grandchildren.: nxen and tank crews suffered heavily Generally, however, the < ' from the blizzard and the snow. The s*on recommended small THE WAR IN BRIEF Blue Hose Open Cage Schedule Head Of Kiwanis To Visit Columbia Joe Delaney, president of the Clin commis- ville and George F Turner of this' ♦ : irom me Diizzara ana me snow, me i^uumirnucu smau increases city,’and four grandchildren. Hpn/T Of kiwnnic 'soldiers liked to feel the officers were especially for the state's colleges and npnn vjt mwnmc with them and were willing to go any the state hospital. Reductions were place as long as they were personally m de in many cases, principal among led. them being no funds for a national In travels over a hundred miles of defense contingent fund and none for WESTERN FRONT: First army captures Houffalize, joins Third in * .strong front; British forces strike 25 M. on Warren Burton, Gray Court. miles from Rhineland i ndus t ria i ce n- William Delma Bishop, Cross Hill. ter Munchen-Gladbach; Seventh ton Kiwani^ club announced yester- * ront * 1 never heard of a single case the Preparedness for Peace commis- r* an ?^ mce r yeS 7\ r I where U. S. officers failed in their *>on. which has an unexpended bal- The Presbyterian college basket- day that Ben Dean of Grand Rapids,' , ball team opened its season last night 1 Mich., president of Kiwanis Interna- ea ‘P' anee of $36,0000. Eugene Harris, Pickens. Tugene Davis Madden, Goldville. William Arthur Richardson, Green wood. James Harold Wren, Waterloo. slices Rhine bridgehead above Stras bourg by two miles. Kiwanis Officers Start New Year with a game against the Clemson tional, would visit Columbia on Tigers in the gym. The Hosemen’s team this year is entirely new and inexperienced, according to Coach L.. lumbia club and Kiwanians from oth- . , 4l S. McMillian. ‘ er clubs over the state. Several mem- the battle and dire <^ng ‘t The tentative schedule includes | bers of the local club expect to be games with Oliver hospital at Au- present for the international head’s EASTERN FRONT: Russian troops f>usta, January 20; Newberry here visit. advance 37 miles on 75-mile front in ;J an - 27 : Clemson at Clemson^ Feb. 3; j " central Poland to seize Radom and ^ ew b®n'y at Newberry Feb.*5; Fur- pnrmcrS To Mfifif |1,300 other Polish towns. j man here Feb. 9, and in Greenville PACIFIC: U. S. carrier planes de-j *be 17th. stroy 30 ships and 87 planes in sec-! ond and third consecutive strikes "J*0 Tflko TflX RofumS .. , . Lagainst South China coast. ! ^ rv , The first meeting of the Clinton f PHILIPPINES: Sixth army within TWO DoVS 111 Goldville Kiwimis club for the new year was ( 77 air miles of Manilla; Jap counter . | held Thursday evening, with the new ! attack repulsed at northeastern end ^ A full colonel just over from Amer- The State Council of Defense also Thursday'"February'l HeTiTwa'’ ca »"« P»« in his flrst battle *ar el,mutated. at a luncheon to members of tteCo- the S.lver Star for on ex- ally taking a tank into the middle of Ponded state revenues, attributing the increase primarily to income tax In the battle of the bulge it was revenue advances, which it said guts that turned the tide. should be regarded as temporary. It American youths who had suffered L, rged care in state spending by the hardships equal to any in this war legislature 'and suggested that $5.- kept on fighting. Only youths in or 200.000 salted away from 1943-44 just out of their teens could sleep in surpluses as a post-war reserve fund frozen foxholes with one blanket in doubled. * a blizzard and then get up and fight A surplus of SI.733.000 for the their way through forests and moun- 1945-46 fiscal year, was predicted if the suggested appropnatitons were Here Saturday T _ , , -v —...w-o-w. Miss Jennie V. Culbertson, county Lanford. secretary - treasurer president, Joe Delaney, in charge, j 0 f L inga on gulf bridgehead. j auditor, will be in Goldville today The program of meetings for the, WAR: A 1,250-plane bombing and Fjiday for the purpose of taking year was announced and the duties fleet blasts oil and rail t ts at 0f o e n Ch o «? rnrn,tte ! e t x P lamed - u Ruhland and Dresden, tank plant at Bill Pitts was elected a member of. Magdeburg and Dessau freight yards., the board of directors, succeeding china: 14th air force fires three 1 Robert Lynn, who recently moved j s t ora g e areas on Hankow waterfront, from the city to Atlanta. Bombers and fighters blast rail and! supply centers. • tax returns for the ensuing year for residents of that community. Clinton High Has Basketball Team Final County Figure For War Bond Sales The Clinton high boys basketball; team defeated Ford high of Laurens 1 War bond saleSt in Laurens county in the coHege gym Monday night in! in the Sixth War Loan campaign i a thrilling game by score of 23-19. just concluded> reached a total of Copeland and Frady starred for Clin-; $2 043 996 according to flgures from j ton, while Garrison was the leading the Federal Reserve banR in Rich _ scorer for the visitors. mond. ' Every county in the state exceeded its quota, and the state as a whole set new records in exceeding goals. I Total sales in the state amounted to $79,492,000. NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS Due to changes and discon tinuances, THE CHRONICLE can now accept a limited num ber of new subscriptions. All subscriptions are payable in ad vance since we are limited in the use of newsprint by order of the War Production Board. New subscriptions, will be promptly entered in the order received. Pvt. Ernest Blackwell Reported Missing Mrs.' W. N. Blackwell has received word from the war department that her son, Pvt. Ernest Blackwell, has been reported missing in France. Pvt. Blackwell received his basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla. His wife, the former Miss Agnes Green, and children reside in Seneca. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Under a revised order of the War Production Board, newspapers ?re limited in their use of newsprint, which means that subscription lists are “frozen.” the paper shortage may become still more acute. This means that our subscribers must keep -their subscriptions paid in advance. Notice of expiration will be mailed in advance and unless renewals are received the subscription will be discontinued to conserve newsprint. SuT5*ci1ptionS that are discontinued will be, replaced by a limited number of new subscriptions. We ask that you, watch your label. Unless you receive a notice your subscription has not expired. 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The annual meeting of the Clinton,^ after d r r ^U K ct, °" Cr ed >t associaHon will be ; , t took youthful stamina to stand adopted by the legislature On July held here Saturday at H otl L ’ 1 the biting frosts, winds and cold dur- '• ,9 44. the state had a cash 'urpla, cording to an announcement by j ing the CP j t ical period early in’ the of approximately $6,200,000. of which .an nr aerre rv - r» usurer. German drive when relief was im- In addition to the post-war—fund. possible and soldiers had to fight on 51,000,000 went into a current ex- with no help in sight. penses reserve fund . An old army could not stand it. The surplus from the current fiscal This lack of stamina in Hitler's y t>ar ’ s estimated by the commission worn army contributed to the present to S3.000.000. although revenues withdrawal. Many German soldiers, indicate it will match last year’.-* ! particularly the older ones, came over S6.200.000 This would indicate the j as deserters simply because they, st might expect an accrued sur- could not stand the incessant hard- P lus expendable by the current legis- The meeting will be held in the high school auditorium beginning at 11 o’clock and an interesting program has been announced. 1 ships. lature through the 1945-4* fiscal pe riod of somewhere between $11 000- 000 and $14,000,000. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPAf Colls Attention To Widows' Pensions (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle's readers). C A Seawright. county service of ficer. yesterday called attention to the PROCESSED FOODS. Blue X5. \5, recent act of congress providing pen^, sums tor widows and orphans of veterans of World War 1. Anv such Z5, A2. B2, C2, D2, E2, F2 and G2 now valid at 10 points each. MEATS AND FATS: Red Q5, R5. widow ts entitled to a pension of not S5 T5. U5, V5, W5 and X5 now valid less than $35 a month provided she at 10 points each for use with tokens, does not have anv children. The pen- SUGAR Stamp No. 34 good indefi- MOn ls graduated if she has children nitely for five pounds. AU other sugar under certain ages, beginning at $10 stamps cancelled. ^ or first child and $5 for each SHOES: Airplane stamps Nos. 1. 2 ' uidit,onal ^ hlld FuM P^tici^ars, he and 3 now valid '-od^ will be given upon application IST’C-T . n - . . .' at his office in the court house lat FUEL OIL. Period 4 and 5 cou- Laurens, or at the U S Emplcyitient pons from last year and Peru>d 1, office in Clinton everv Fndav He 2 and 3 coupons for this season now niay contacted either by letter or valid at 10 gallons each. m person. He pointed out that the GASOLINE: A-14 coupons valid pensions are dated from the day ap- , through March 21, 1945. I plications are made. \ 'V— t