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* * \ \ \ v 4 ^2^ —■’THP03J' ..r . • V* Page Two i THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursday, February 24, 1944 AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered Pn Our Rounds. Saturday.' February 19, \yas* the| birthdav of two brothers, J. AUSTIN CHANDLER and PIERCE CHAND LER. There is 17 years difference In their ages, Austin being the oldest, M n in the family, and Pierce the. youngest. » As Washington Sees It THE NATIONAL SCENE service are: Aviation Student James Bodie,° who is stationed with a college training detachment at Centenary college, Shreveport, La.; * warrant Officer G. R/Bodie, of the' navy, sta tioned at Norfolk, Va.; Pfc. Lee Bo- die, with an infantry unit at Camp! Special to The Chronicle. Shelby, Miss,;. Pvt. Homer C. BodieJ Washington, Feb. 22. — Most of with an infantry unit at Camp Rob- W as amazed that Wendell erts, Calif.' Willkie, who has made it plain that Field Director Of Red Cross Performs Outstanding Service Frank Sinatra isn't who has fans “swooning’^it his feet LOUISE • TRIBBLE'S little dog “Mike’,’ a terrier-of uncertain par By JEANNETTE GINSBURG ' ,'m. Is a candidate for President-, came f every county in the United the only one out in a sp0 e c h in'New Ynrk with a; s,at< ' s has a Red Cross home sc rMce ea^er for her husband to know that assisted by the efficient working of | joyful, important' news. She galled the American Red Cross, the home secretary in Laurel, toldt A le tter lately received by the Lau- her story, and gave her husband’s, rens County Red Cross chapter is a last address. The home secretary im- i p s to the acc0 unt of the doings of mediately sent an urgent wire to the, production department. It was Held director at that camp.-What j^ ew ._ happened then, I don t know. But I p 0r t New's, Virginia, and read as fol- do know that somehow the officer got | lo ^ s: .. We wish to convey the thanks a 48-hour leave. He caught a train, 1 0 f servicemen who received the arrived here the next morning, spent kit-bags made by your chapter.” one precious day with Ins' wife and, ... 1 That, ladies, is a mighty pretty oroDOsal 'to increase taxes by 15 to secretary, so wherever our men are, newbom ht a train out that ^ l£ , 1000 . u «• 20 tfuiiun^—almost double the^imount ? n-in, rtheir th«^ a Red night, and returned to his port ot'^-you tor the 1328 kit-bags ^ou Cioss field director carries on bjs embar k a tj on in* time to sail with his hmdC£e ‘ asked bv President Roosevelt and ejitage is very temperamental. When eightYiineTas muchJof anTn- w0 '' k ' Mr. 'Henderson is^the field di- unit Louise practices her music he is al- crease as included in the revenue I 'ector who covers the 39th Training In j e iii ng you these'*'stories lifted ways at her side>or starts scratching act which was approved By the joint detachment . statipnejl at Presbyte- from the files of t he c rosS chap- on the door‘to getYn when he hears cornm jttee of the house and senate. r ' an fo.lege in Clinton. These two— ter house> i have purposely avoided the piano. He sits and listens intently Brought up on the theory that gov- the 1 home service > serving the homes giving names or dates, I have chang-' and families and the field dnector ec j certain identifying factors. This is because the Red Cross solves prob- Aij appeal is Being sent out by the* : American Legion. Auxiliary for dis carded phonograph records. The rec ords will be made* into new ones and sent to boys in various camps in the States and overseas. Anyone having records is asked to give them to .Mrs. likes very much and every time a j-g supporting Mr. Willkie were — -—- - — W. G. King or Mrs. Gcorgg Watts Louise plays it he rolls over and,| stocked by his proposal—particular- 1 ° n a single purpose: to serve the in-| for t h ey respect the individual’s pri- Copeland. - | to some of the music 6r will join in ernment tax 'proposals lose votes ... . . tt a * by how ling at the top of his voice. whi ) e proposal for expenditures at-'-f atlo " ed wherever U S. forces are There is one piece of music hedis- lract them , even the politiciani wh 0 ^° o ca ^ d onf lems and needs inconspicuously and hands, energetic and capable, intent shows he is very much disgusted. CAPT JAMES E. FREEMAN, who: has been engaged in Operations in the North African area and, Italy since the fall of 1942, landed or); the - East coast' Saturday, and reported to Fort Bragg yesterday for assignment. Julian Freeman of Atlanta, accom panied by Miss Carolyn Freemat) and Tedo Freeman, flew to Fort Bragg Tuesday and brought Jimmy home, where he will visit his father, M. Freeman, Mrs. James Freeman, ; who is now in Dallas, Texas, expects to join her husband* here at-an darly (Hite. I MRS. BESSIE GODFREY was re- 1 ceiving birthday congratulations Tuesday from the workers and chil-: dren of the orphanage family and other friends in the city. Mrs. God- -1 frey has been a valuable member of the matron’s staff for the past 16 years, during which time her life has I influenced and blessed many .little orphan girls who are now grown women tilling places of usefulness in ! all parts of the country. A special service honoring MRS. R. C. STEWART, who has four sons! in the service, Was held Sunday af ternoon at the vesper services at, Broad Street Methodist church. Sen ator O L. Long of Laurens, made an appropriate talk and presented a! medal to Mrs. Stewart. Following the presentation, Aviation Student Robert Young, of the 39th College Training ’ detachment stationed at Presbyterian college, sang "Americci, the Beauti- lui; •i, . .. .. „„„„ „ .,'terests of the soldier and sailor and ly when it,came after congress had ^ famiUes i made up its mind what it was going . Friend? of HOWARD H. WAT-j to do about taxes. In every »camp, on any ship, or at KINS will be interested to know he! But Mr. Willkie, who has never an y outpost, the Red Cross field di- anonymously. That is their policy, 2, been cited for heroism. The cita- cared muefi for'politicians or political roctor s office has its known place ion,' read by.his commanding officer, theories, apparently “stuck his neck hke the PX, and like the PX the sol- states, “When a landing craft carry- 1 out” on this matter because he sin- diers feel at ease there. Twenty-four- ing personnel and ammunition had cerely believes it is the best thing hours of the day, the field director been bombed by enemy aircraft and for the nation. And there are few stands ready to help, had been set afire. Private-Watkins members of the government who will “I’m here to help the men,” says fearlessly proceeded to the blazing not. at least to themselves, agree Mr. Henderson: “I act in' their be- craft and repeatedly assisted in the that Mr. Willkie's statement that we half. I serve the soldier and I serve .evacuation yf several wounded, dis- should go.as far as possible in pay- his interests. Whatever he tells me, regarding the constant explosions of mg for the war now, instead of mort- I hold in strig^ggt confidence.”--'"— i ammunition and gasoline supplies, gaging the country’s future, even if' _ Let me show you how this works Risking his own life, he repeatedly it means materially lowering our by actual cases from Laurens county. I entered the water alongside the present standard ol living, burning ship and helped evacuate If this wasn’t an - election year, wounded survivors. His unwavering political analysts agree, the new tax vacy. What has not been changea is the worry, the urgent situation, the actual need which in each case is true, and which in each case was /McIntoshs shoe SHOP Send Your Shoes To Us for. .Best Materials and Workmanship. on State Farm Auto Inaurance cartful drivers. More than a million; ownert have n-ured the State Farm wav . . “ W. C. Baldwin, Jr. Local Agent Baldwin Motor Co. Phone 86 Robert D. Lynn, Special Agent 106 Young Drive Phone 219-W STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANIES of Bloomington, Illinois Th» WotW$ Lotgttl Auto Intutanct Co. A husband was stationed in a camp far from home. Until his allotments courage undoubtedly saved the lives bill would have been mush higher hSuSS of several of the injured. than it will be. They point out that . , u „ Howard writes home of the “inci- a large increase in taxes would have dent” and says he was glad to re- necesseitated levying heavy taxes on ceive the citation but that he didn’t, the lower income group and, although husbandYand iTworned him plenty', do anything except what would | everyone realizes that this groupp He went to the field „ director, t 0 i d like for someone to do for him if he, h^s shown the greatest income gain ;him the enljsted his aid The ! du u nn * Xhe Vfh thls ls fi 50 the g rou P. field director wired the home secre-| w-hich will determine the results of, ta ho wired confirmation of the baby to care for. Then the wife took ill and the doctor told her she needed an operation. She wrote this to her CASINO THEATRE THE BROADWAY had been in their position. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, -February 28 and 29 Friends of JOHN MIMNAUGH will the next election. If it hadn’t been; situation, and the husband was given | ,i Mrs. Stew ar four sons in 'the Beginning today, all laundry must he accompanied by a list- otherwise we w ill not be respon sible for loss. BIC'H WAN’S —imUk be interested to know he-is now an election year,^ one analyst said,, leai . e to ’ be home {or the operation wearing corpeiral s stripes. John has there is .little doubt that congress , . . , , transferred to the air corps and is would have agreec^to a s'ales tax. The husband had been given a very stationed at the Las Vegas, New, Congressmen rhight have been less f hort leave The Red Cro ^ wa f able army air field. >. i critical of Mr. Willkie's proposal of t° convince his superior officer to ex- • the amount that should have been tend ^ be ^ eave * and s° the husband ( STAFF SGT. J.OHNNY MACK collected in taxes if he had told how was ^ le to sta y until his wife was, HATTON, JR., who is somewhere in he thought such an amount could be out of da 7 r ?. er a uu on the roac t to j the Southwest Pacific, writes his raised. Senator George, chairman of recovery. When th£ husband reported mother he has recently run into three the senate finance committee, said b a ck ‘or duty his mind was at ease, i home town boys, James Simpson and that to raise $16,000,000,000 addition- he wasn t worried and anxious Tom Crawford of Goldville, and al through income taxes would have ad out things back home. He had seen James O. Sanders of Clinton. They required increasing the withholding h°w, ovor 3 period of months, the all look forvyard to receiving The tax to at least 40 per cent. Even by Red ^ 10? . s had helped out with vari-j Chronicle and appreciate the staff the sales tax method it was estimated ous P rob em s, he saw the home sec-i getting it to them so promptly. John- that a tax on all sales would have Ietar y ba d even helped to get the ; ny Mack has recently been promoted to be about 15 per cent to reach the i ba hy s > atiun books, he knew that i to staff sergeant. goal suggested by Mr. Willkie. tbey bad advance 4 money to pay for, » Although congressmen were crit i. the different medical expenses, and' When LT. DOYLE J.' (NED) HALL cal of the Willkie tax, proposal, there inWmntlp W nH received his silver wings on Febru- were many who admitted that he, ' d ary 8 at Stockton Field, Ca‘l, hisj show -ed real courage in letting the these loans were gladly repaid, brother, CHIEF PETTY OFFICER voters know before election that if Then there was the case of a sailor 1 , CHARLES HALL, who has spent the he is elected their taxes will go up- who was worried over the news that; past fifteen months in foreign ser- father than down—that he favors a. his baby was sick. His wife was too^ vice with the navy, was present and lowering of the-standard of liyirjg busy nursing the baby to write much, pinned the wings on his brother. during war as a guarantee of a The sailoi asked the field director ——1 '' | highe# standard in the future. j to find how the child was, and JARED L. (ROY) JOHNSON, avi- Congress is becoming very touchy 1 through the home secretary, the d.oc-1 ation trainee, who has been station- °n the tax question — not only over reported on the child s progress. | ed in Nashvjlie, Tenn., has MONDAY AND TUESDAY, Feb/uary 28 and 29 . "WOMEN IN BONDAGE" Hitler’s Germany and the oppress ed women of that country. With GALE PATRICK, NANCY KELLY, and BILL HENRY. Feature begins 2:49,4:50,7:49,9:50. NEWS and SHORT SUBJECTS. 10c and 25c WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, March 1 and 2 // NEWS OF THE WORLD. Feature begins 2:30, 4:30, 7:30, 9:30. 1 10c and 30c 10 A. M. Show MONDAY. GIRL FROM MONTERREY' WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. March 1 and 2 TENNESSEE JOHNSON" Assassination of Abe Lincoln»gives been suggestions for getting back some of! Thus the sailor was able to get. direct Johnson a chafice in the White transferred to Marianna, Fla. th e .excess wages paid to war work-! dail y bulletins as the home secretary House. With VAN HEFLIN, LIONEL PVT. JAMES J. JOHNSON has ei 's but also over the growing public wired th e held director the truth BARRYMORE and RUTH HUSSEY. been transferred from Washington, pressure for simplification of the in-. a hout conditions at home. DC., to Camp Stewart, Ga. come lax and the income tax reports.! I’ll just tell you one more optof RALPH A. NABORS, seaman sec- ‘ When debate on this subject came the hundreds and hundreds pf cases ond class, has-been transferred from mt° the open recently, Senator'J^here ^the^ joint efforts of the two Norfolk, Va , to Providence, R. I. George said that the joint' committee '‘“hand's”' alleviated worries, resolved i u ~ , u ' : A~ J Feature begins 3:11, 6:02, 8:53. ."VICTORY THROUGH AIR POWER' >r/ Word has been received from MA- on internal revenue, which he heads, i P ro hlpms, and cut across time and I color cartoon feature, See howi, JOR WALTER B. TODD by his par- planned to study tax simplification,! s P ace to ease the anxieties of me n; Walt . 1 -' lsne y wins the war with pen you ARE COVERED EVEN WHEN YOU LEAVE HOME The new Residence and Outside Theft Policy in- ** sures you from loss not only at home, but also away from home. The biggest buy in. Theft In surance we have ever pflered. S. w. SUMEREL, Agent Jacobs Building—Phone 80 CLINTON, S. C. ! ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. Reed Todd, that - bu t he was not too optimistic over j se P ara ted from their families. ! he has landed safely in England 1 . what might be worked out. i off-iew, knowing he was going Mrs. Henry Martin- has received "Unless you change your tax sys- to be shipped, wrote his wife not to word from her husband,'PVT. HEN- tern radically,” said Senator George,: send him any mail uptil his APO RY S. MARTIN, that he has arrived simplification will be at the ex- num ber was released by the army, j in India from Africa, where he was P^nse of the taxpayer. Of course the! That \ery day his wflfe gave birth; stationed for several months. * tax foyms are complex,, but so are to a son, and the wife was terribly H. W. Richey has heard from his the tax rates, son. PVT.. GLENN RICHEY, that he has arrived overseas. and ink Feature begins 2:00, 4:51, 7:42, and! 10:33. 10c and 30c 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. Good neighbor comedy, -that will keep the family laughing. With AR- MIDA, EDGAR KENNEDY, aad JACK LaRUE. Feature begins 2:00,4:22,6:44,9:06. "CALLING DR. DEATH" A . Mystery, chills, and suspense. With LON CHANEY and PATRICIA MORRISON. I Feature begins 3:01, 5:23, 7:45, and 10:07. 10c and 2£c . * I FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, « March 3 and 4 « Methodists To Hear District Head —^ Rev. E. R. Mason, superirttendent of the Greenwood district, will preach at Broad Street Methodist church Sunday afternoon at five o’clock. Im mediately following the sermon the second quarterly conference will bej held, the pastor has announced.^ -- Beginning today, all laundry must be accompanied by a list, otherwise we will not be respon sible foi* loss. BUCHANAN’S FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, March 3 and 4 Good Used Cars SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY! - % » mi Chevrolet Coach new tires, 25,000 miles, fadio and heater. mi Ford V-8 Coach, good tires, 30,000 miles, radio and heater. .-7 1030 Chevrolet CoaclT good tires, 29,000 miles, radio and heater. 1038 Chevrolet Coach (Standard), good tires, heater. 1038 Chevrolet Coach (Master); good tires, heater. - 1937 Chevrolet Coach (Standard) radio and heater. 1937 Chevrolet Coach (Master), heater. 1931 Ford A-Mhdel Coach, good’tires, ready to go. 1931 Ford A-Model Coach, good tires, ready to go. 1930 Ford A-Model Coach,, good tires, ready to go. 1936 Chevrolet Coach (Standard). TERMS: One-third cash, balance monthly. Security Loan & Investment Co. AUTO FINANCING Newberry, S. C. T. L. HICKS, President T. L. HICKS, JR„ Secretary BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES NOTED The Chronicle Extends Greetings To These Whose Birthdays and Anniversaries Occur This Week. Tomorrtlw, February 25, is the birthday of Scott Dawkins, Jr., of this city, who is now stationed in New Caledonia with the marine; corps. Mrs. Mary Hehry Arthur observes a birthday Monday, February-28. Lt. Dillard Boland of this city and Fort Benning, Ga., and Cpl. J.‘ D. jBoland, Jr., who is now overseas, sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Boland, observed their birthdays Tuesday, February 23. Mis. Gary Holcomb is observing a birthday today. Hugh Holman alsoj is observing a birthday today. Allen Hunter Frey, son of Dr. ajid Mrs. J. W. Frey, of Bethlehem, Pa.,i formerly of this city, was a year old^ Tuesday, the 22nd. Mr. and Mrs. Horace D. Payne will! observe' a wedding anniversary to- 1 morrow. , , ' Dfllard Jacobs„son of Mr.'.^nd Mrs. Thomas D. Jacobs will b?'four- years old Sunday. . / j Miss Ella Adair will also observe a birthday Sunday, the 27th. Tomorrow’s birthdays include Miss Hazel Sherard, Bobby Dean Dailey, and Mrs! Estelle Abrams. Miss E^mily Martin celebrates a birthday February 26. Mrs. H. D. Rantin will observe a birthday February 28. Lt. Eugene Sloan of this city and Congaree air base, had a birthday ; Tuesday. Miss Elizabeth Workman will cele- ! brate a birthday the 27th. Miss Ruth Davis of this city, who is a student nurse at Duke University hospital, Durham, N. C., will observe a birthday February 28. Mrs. Bessie Godfrey, o| the or phanage staff, observed h birthday Tuesday, the 22nd. ‘ WE WILL PAY YOU CASH FOR YOUR USED CARS Call us or bring yqur car for a grease, wash and lubrication job. Billy McMillan Sinclair Service Station West Main Street Phone No. isr 1 ' n\ i j «// w*K GAIE PACE • OWI t>» I e*n S«t'w (Shown here several years ago) NEWS and COMEDY. Feature begins: Friday: 2,32, 4:30, 7:32, 9:30. Saturday: 2:50, 4:57, 7:04,'9:11. 10c and 30c BENEATH WESTERN SKIES' Fast action, plenty of shooting, thrills upon thrills! for action-craving fans. With SMILEY BURNETTE and BOB LIVINGSTON. ' Feature begins: Friday: 2:44, 4:47, 7:44, 9:47. ! Saturday: 1:30, 3:33, 5:3d, 7:39,.9:42: Secret Service In Darkest Africa/' Chap. 12 10c and 25c 10 A. M. Show SATURDAY. u Have a “Coke”=Muchas felicidades (MANY CONGRATULATIONS ) ... from Caracas to Cleveland To strike up friendship, your Yank oil-driller in South America says, Have a "Coke", and he’s said; I’m your pal. World-wide, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes, —has become the genial gesture of friendliness everywhere... just as it is at home with Coca-Cola in your refrigerator. iOTTUD UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMFANYitY Greenwood Coca-Cola Bottling Co.' v o Coke” a Coca-Cola U*. natural for popular name* t® acquire friendly abbrevia tion*. That 1 * why you hear Coca-Cola called ^Cokc".