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Poge Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C. Thursdoy, Morch 8, 1945 NEWS OF . . . MEN IN THE SERVICE German breakthrough in December. MASTER SGT. GARRARD JOHN SON arrived home Sunday after four^ i years of service in the Hawaiian | 'continental United States and is now j being processed through the army ! ground and service forces redistri- I bution station in Miami Beach, Fla., where his next assignment will be I determined. Mrs Lena Bailey of Route 1. is a' Asiatic—Pacific theater of operations. W. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson and other member of the 310th engineer com- While there he was awarded the com-! relatives. Sgt. Johnson was at Pearl bat battalion which recently built a bat infantryman badge. with an air corps unit the past year. Most of that time Lt. Sloan was based in France. . LT. JARED L. JOHNSON, son of tioned in Belgium, was wounded several months ago in France, and was awarded the Purple Heart, which* was sent to his wife. Sgt. Gray has been in service since December, THE CLINTON CHRONICLE The Newspaper Everybody Reads Sgt. Franklin served 32 Islands and Pacific area, for a well- Mrs. J. B. Johnson, has been assigned ] 1943, and overseas since June, 1944. son of months as a machine gunner in the .earned visit with his father, Dr. R. to Buckingham army air field, Fort; He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Myers, Fla., one of the largest flex-,-, , ^ ^ ible gunnery schools in the AAF| Gray Gray^Court. His w.fe,_ the Harbor at the time of the Jap attack training command, to attend co-pilot f° rrner Miss’ Rebecca- Carter, dives | an inundated medical unit near pFC j EFFERS ON M WATS oN i n . Hawai l an Is i ands W ‘ th th fl e ! C ° mmission the first of February - 5 lta -| v rinnH* harl : r ^ ”, I Air force and makes routine flights 5 o \ alley in Italy. Floods had; of Route -j 1 , Laurens, recently com-1 , . . f p ifi 1 ori thu moHiral nutfit and onlvi_,-,-.i on .v... fhe \anous islands oi tne E'acinc. . c/it nrAt n rroAv , CAPT. C. W. HALLMAN, who has! cable tramway to reestablish contact j with the Po isolated the medical outfit and only, ~j et ' ed 32 months of overseas servicei the improvised supply route kept the| with a ve teran aviation engineer 1 strancfbd unit-* irv. Operation and P ro * battalion in the Mediterranean dhe-' . _ , A vided for evacuation of wounded. ater of operations, with an AAF en- been stationed at Camp Gordon, u-, Keeping the roads up to the infantry gj neer command in Italy. They were 8 usta - Ga., reported this week to; JS the 31 Oth's primary mission, but it the first -complete unit to be sta- Fort Benning Ga. where he has been, fought along the Arno river as in-, tioned in En gi a nd. Among the first transferred^ Mrs Hallman and little, fiintry. cleared mines from roads sub- to land in North Africa, these avi- daughter, Kitty Lu, aie making their j Ijected to German artillery, mortar | ation en g ineers built airfields dear ; home in Columbus ’ G a., with him. on December 7, 1941. He is stationed | school. He received his wings and'here with her parents. tf ASPIRIN UPSETS ga. ~to Wj)^ ^ Salicon Tablets Horn//vc safer. « NO eiCAHSOMATC OE SODA NEEDED- SGT. DIAL C. GRAY, who is sta- und tank tire, chipped a seven-mile across jbe war-torn continent. East- road trom rock to enable doughboys ward ^bey moved to Tunis, recon- to outflank Terracina, built perma-■ ^ ruc ^j n g captured enemy airfields as) PFC. WILLIAM B. WOODWARD, of West Clinton, has been released ncnt bridges and spanned a 250-foot ^bey went Again in Sicily they were ^ or buty from the 128th General hos- gorge 50 feet deep with a Bailey | among th e first to hit the beaches.! P ital ir ? England, haying recovered bridge. The engineers were among Then carne the biggest job of a ll—! fro ™ shra P ne ] wou " ds received in those who reached Rome on the day,tb e invasion of Southern France, 1 Huertgen forest, Germany, in No- of its capture June 4th.' PVT FRANK O. DEADWYLER, son of John Deadwyler of Academy! street, is a member of the 7th arm-] ored division where they built the first Allied vember. Whi e at the hospital he re-' landing strip, overcoming the ob - ceived expert medical care, followed stacle of thick minefields. j by a Pf nod ° f convalescence. He was, a member of a reconnaissance group., pcan theater , CPL. MARION BROWN, who has' which is in the Euro- j b een stationed at Tampa, Fla., with! of operations and has been awarded the combat infantry-| Savannah*' Gel Mrs*.* Brown' is i birthday. They are people with a man's badge for excellent perform- in Savannaah with him of skills—mechanics, bulldozer oper- ance of duty in combat in northern! ‘ ' ators, electricians, and many others. 1 The Seabees have stayed in the head- The Seabees, a naval construction an air corps unit, has been transfer-i «>rp s . recently celebrated their third ' _ . _ _ KirtViHav Thcv ar«> npnnlp with a lot' France and Germany. CPL. HURKLEN FALLOW, who m nes through the Solomons cam-! ... .. . TT f R l ls stationed- in the South Pacific, re-, paign t h e Gilberts, the Marshalls, the; :1N H HI RNETT. of B. t-, cently sent his sister. Ruby \i ar i annas< Pa i au Normandy and the t Field Artillery, which is, a grass skirt from one of the islands | phili jnes Today they number > di\ ision j where he has been stationed. 8.500 officers and 234,000 men, drawn' ha- been awarded post-1 ^ from 60 different trades. They have; 1 medal or, Hi TALMADGE SIMMONS, s bip- built airfields and docks and camps ok service. The citation reads in fitter third class, of the Seabees, is from AUu tQ Anzi0i from Normandy part ' Pvt. Burnette, a radio oper-, spending a 30-day furlough with his . Levte gulf and often helped to ••'tor and member of a forward ob- parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sim-^heir primary job is to se.Ae; party, assisted in sett mg up mons. He was recently returned to build not to fight But in dose quar-' an observation post in an exposed, the States from New Guinea on ac- • ters combat a lot of the ir construe- > position on the hostile shores of a count of his health. After his visit L- rr.tr shortly after attacking echelons he will return to Charleston, where bad established a bridgehead across he will receive further treatment. PVT JOHN ery B. 161 a part of the 35th in France humously the Bronze ht work done under the river. The bridgehead was first imperiled by an enemy attack and later by a force of eleven enemy tanks. On both occasions. Pvt. Bur- nett was instrumental in the direc tion of artillery fire a has been sniper fire and plane attack, and j when occasion demanded they have j dropped their shovels and taken up 1 1 rifles to help hold a line and beat SGT. HENRY M. YOUNG, JR., who recently leported to Miami, Fla.,i 0 fl tbe j a p S- Some of the local boys to the AAF redistribution station for with the Seabees include; WYMAN reassignment, has been transferred which repelled to Foster field, Victoria, Texas. the enemy threat. He unhesitatingly t accompanied the observer from one> SHEALY, petty officer, EDGAR TAYLOR, JR., shipfitter third class, _ . , , “ ~~ , , 1 WILLIAM WIER, motor machinists Friends of W; J. Crews of this city, J mate third class now in Hawaii, vantage point to another under enemy will be 'nterested to know that his TALMADGE SIMMONS, shipfitter observation and heavy fire, skilfully brother, CAPT. MAXCEY S. CREWS, third class recent i y returned from performing his duties without who was previously reported missing New Guine ’ a on account of his health, thought of personal safety, until he in action, is now a prisoner of war and NORMAN LAWRENCE was killed by shell fragments." Pvt. of the German government. Capt. | Burnett's mother. Mrs. Mamie Bur- Crews’ wife, the former Miss Jean CAPT JAMES'F DAVIS who is nett, lives in South Clinton. Kennedy, received a letter from him serving w ith the 7th army in France, wit cov'v'Vpavv, tv Saturday sta J in S that he was well f a " d was the first officer from his division , t u° n f P" S °T ne / 6 a 38 3 m T ber ° f tbe ! selected to go to England for a two- of . k Franklin of Route 3, has; 106th Infantry division that was al-; weeks leave He wa$ to haye re . returned from service outside the most completely wiped out in the,p orted back to his unit the last of ~ 1 ; February after a well-earned rest. CASINO THEATRE THE BROADWAY 1 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. March 9 aiid 10 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, March 9 and 10 itHAFWtfMswy. |' m from Arkansas a PVT. LONNIE M. SANFORD, of West Clinton, is fighting in Italy’s Appenines before the Po valley with the 362nd Infantry regiment, which br/ike through the Gothic line in one of its highest and best defended sec tors. The 362nd is part of the 91st ! “Powder River" division with the Fifth army. His regiment broke It's fun from start to finish—nope, across the Sieve river in the strongly I ain't fibbin’. Just take a look — 1 defended line and attained the top SLIM SUMMERVILLE, EL BREN- of Mount Calvi, 2,225-foot high DEL. IRIS ADRIAN and BRUCE mountain, in which the Germans had BENNETT. Well, I'd better quit or emplaced artillery in tunnels running 50 feet underground in rock. The outfit captured 400 Germans and killed and wounded many others in To Have An& t/AVEAor WARMER Hit! WALTER BRENNAN - LAUREN BACALL DOLORES MORAN HOAGY CARMICHAEL Feature Begins: Friday 2:15, 4 10. 7:15, 9:10. Saturday: 2:00, 3:55, 5:50, 7:45, 9:40. LATEST NEWS. 9c and 35 I'll be wantin’ to see it too. Feature Begins: Friday: 2:24, 4:52. 7:20, 9:48. Saturday: 1:30, 3:58, 5:26, 7:54, 10:22. 11 days-during this part of the drive. The third battalion, fighting alone and out of communications with the division and regiment, was one of the Fifth army units.-that took Futa It’s a two-gun shoot-’em-up—with P ass ’ a *bat won the battalion a ,, T1TTr ^ division citation, none other than WILD BILL EL- Vigilantes of Dodge City LIOTT slinging the lead. With BOB- LT. JOHN SLOAN arrived here BY BLAKE and ALICE FLEMING Tuesday for a visit with his mother, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, March 12 and 13 Together Again V. T i doing the romancing. Feature Begins: Friday 3:34. 6:02, 8:30. Saturday: 2:40, 4:08, 6:36, 9:04. Chapter 11— Zorro's Black Whip 9c and 30c 10 A. M. Show SATURDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, March 12 and 13 Lights of Old Santa Fe Mrs. E. B. Sloan, after serving in the Eureopean theater of operations A light and laughable combdy con- trast. With IRENE DUNNE as ja small town mayoress, and CHARLES BOYER as a sculptor, bring up: plenty of laugh^, as well as CHAR- I LES COBURN pulling epmics too. I smartest horse in the movies, does MONA FREEMAN. JEROME' sorne of his t r »<*s. And GEORGE It’s a gala Western in which ROY ROGERS, the singing cowboy, is a rodeo rider, and ‘“Trigger,” the 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. ' T c- Al.so COURTLAND. ELIZABETH PAT TERSON and CHARLES t)INGtE to give it plenty of punch (GABBY) HAYES pulls the comics, i Feature begins 2:40, 4:38, 7:40, 9:38.! Also “MICKEY MOUSE AT THE! 9c and 30c * Feature begins 2:28. 4:35, 7:28,;g:35. j CIRCUS” and NEWS. Latest war film — “TARGET— TOKYO.” Also NEWS. -Gc-SSc 10 A. M. Show^MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, March 14 and 15 Three Is A Family EDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, March 14 and 15 Enter Arsene Lupin Jewel thief deluxe. Romantic melo drama. Thrills and excitement. With GEORGE KORVIN, ELLA RAINES, It’s eventful, romantic and funful, j ^ CARROLL NAISH and 1 GALE with the stork at the door, and a SONDERGARD. .shortage of living quarters in New \ York city. With MARJORIE REY NOLD^. CHARLIE RUGGLES, FAY, BA INTER, HELEN BRODERICK and ARTHUR LAKE. It’s a contemporary ebmedj’. Feature begins 2:00, 4:34, 7:08, 9:42. His Brother's Ghost Western mystery-thriller, unusual to the usual run of Western, this should thrill all that undertake to SPECIAL NOTICE—Children un- see it with BUSTER CRABBE and! der 16- years of age not admitted. 1 AEi ST JOHN FOR ADULTS ONLY. r ' 0 c A ^ ^ „ i Feature begins 3:12, 5:46, 8:20. Special—“Timber To Tokyo. rv .. 1 Admission 35c DeSCft Hawk, Chap. 1 1 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. 9c and 30c J* 1 ’ u 044* SUCCESS. SECRET • On second thought, Von’d hardly call it a secret—we certai nly haven’t tried to keep it to ourselves! 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