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' ar / THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable J Volume XLIV Slip Qlltntan (Ehrnnirlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News A Clinton, S. C, Thursday, March 9, 1944 Number 10 CHAIRMAN OF "RECEPTION COMMITTEE" II. AlFMD BWWIflK6|^ D ^ D HISSING IN ACIIOH STALEMATE jCAPT. TURNER GETS REDS BEAT BACK NEW ASSIGNMENT COUNTER-ATTACK Mrs. M. E. Browning of this city, Washington, March 7.—Costly but * a j ik* fitter German resistance has forced was notified Monday night by the,,. _ war department that her grandson,] Tt , t it ■ — Lieut. George Alfred Browning, has ® " „ I - t nr y been given a new assi 8 nment b y the been missing in action since Febru-; a ™ J ° r war department. He will leave Friday 01 break enemy lines and effectively . o mvrna armv air s m vma Captain Carl M. Turner, com- QW ||17| TAnrCC manding officer of the 39th AAF Q| ffAl.1 iUKVaLJ training detachment of aviation stu dents at Presbyterian .college, has ary 21. The telegram signed by the adju tant general read: “The secretary of war desires to express his deepest advance the Allied drive,on Rome. for Smyrna army air field, Smyrna, Tenn., to report for duty. Th;s is a Pending some such development, | four-engine transition school for ad- grave concern was expressed here vanced students. regret that your grandson, 2nd Lieut. ^ at Turner_ will be succeeded Hitler's Army Threat ened With Disaster By Soviet Rumanian Drive. 200 Localities Taken. "They haven’t all the comforts of home, hot T/4 Robert Macon of Shreveport, La., hao at least one of them. He has managed to grab himself a chair to make his vigil a little easier to bear as he keeps watch from a hole on the Nettono-Anzio beachhead. uated from the University of South Carolina and was pursuing work for his M. A. degree at the University of Chicago when inducted into service -three years ago. 127 White Men Called For Pre-Induction 100 To Leave Sunday and 27 Monday for Physical Examinations Subject to Call for Duty If They Pass. Clinton draft bou'd No. 50 will; Joe Freeman Hughes,‘Ware Shoals. London. March 8.—The Sdviet of- Italy and Russia are working to the here by Capt Howard T Frazier of advantage of the Germans. ^ 30^ College” Training detach- fensive toward Rumania and into Dispatches told of heavy rains driv-; ment at Geneva college. Beaver Falls, southern Poland over-ran 200 more George Alfred Browning, has been reported missing in action since Feb- ruaiw 21 over the coast of Holland. _ . . . If further details or other informa-1 in « streams out of banks in the Ital- p e nn. He is a native of Nashville, 1 localities and reached a hamlet 11 tion are received you will be prompt-i ian battle areas and reducing ground i Tenn., and expects to arrive next miles north of Tarnopol yesterday ly notified” fighting to minor actions. This en-| we ek with his family to enter upon while at other points along the Rtfs- Tiont i B thp nf the 1 ables the Germans to obtain a maxi-: his assignment. ! sian salient desperate German coun- late George A. and Lillian Bums mum Allied progress at «j c , Turner came t0 clinton on ;ter attacks with he,*, forces wrre Browning Since their death, when ™1'“>G' expenditure. ; February 16 or last ycar to or g anize pounded back with a loss o( 60 tanks, he was a small lad, he had lived with From Russia have come reports of the cadet unit at the college. He has Mos 5 ow announced today, his grandmother, Mrs. Browning, and earl y thaws softening the ground, made an excellent record as a com-! The old Polish border 1 station of aunt, Mrs. W. A. Dicus. He was grad- This raises the possibility that in a manding officer and with the cadets,: Podvolochisk and the hamlet of Iro- short time a general thaw may bring members of the college staff and' vitsa. 32 miles across the frontier and the usual spring lull on the Russian' many friends in the city, is a popu-j 11 miles north of Tarnopol. were tak- front. lar officer and citizen. en in advances on the fourth doy af Assuming that Germany has the] Capt. Turner is a native of Lima, Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov’s ad- large reserve force of which Allied i Ohio. In 1935 he was commissioned! vance ’ the Russians “‘d Lieut. Browning was stationed at J military leaders have warned, a slow-1 a second lieutenant in the Officers: More than 1,200 Nazi dead were Fort Jackson for a while with a down in Russia could permit thf^ Reserve corps and in 1938 was pro- counted and “large numbers of medical detachment after which he enemy to shift more divisions into the moted to the rank of first lieutenant. 1 smashed enemy equipment was let*. was transferred to the air corps. He received his navigator’s “wings” in Hondo, Texas, in June past. His base was in England with the air force. He had been on overseas duty for several months as a navigator on a flying fortress. Mrs. Browning and Mrs. Dicus re ceived a letter from Lieut. Browning written on February 20 in which he i would seem to have left only the ex- said he was “very tired.” The next i pensive course of throwing massive day he was reported “missing,” and j forces into the Italian fighting, it is believed his entire crew went! Most informed observers here con- down at the time. v . j sider it evident that Anglo-American' Italian theater, make a supreme ef- i A few months later he was promoted ! on the battlefield." said the late Mos- fort to wipe out the Anzio beach- to captain. He held several impor-' cow bulletin, recorded by the Soviet head and shift strength back into'tant assignments before coming here monitor from a broadcast. “War ma- central Europe in time for the Rus- 1 from Maxwell Field, Ala., to organ-i ter > al wa s captured and many prison- sian summer offensive in late May or'ize and command the newly created ] ers taken." June. If the Allies intend to gain the po litical advantages of capturing Rome prior to the second front assault, they unit at the college. Capt. and Mrs. Turner’s friends The late bulletin said the Ger mans were bringing heavy air rein will regret to learn they are leaving forcements to the north where the the city. W. P. CULBERTSON CLAIMED BY DEATH Greenwood, March 7.—William P. Red army was battling to enlarge its 1 Narova river bridgehead in Estonia. Fifty-five German planes were de clared brought down during the day I while 500 Germans were killed in the land fighting. The Russians said they Captured several strongpoints Lieut. Browning is a very popular strategy has run considerably behind send 127 white selectees to Fort Jack- 1 George Franklin Morgan, Green-i young man and Jus many friends are | its time table in Italy. The objective, ’prominent citizen of and beat back 10 counter-attacks in son on March 12 and 13 for pre- v ille. , distressed to hear he is “missing” based on moderate German resist- Cross j^iif djed at the Greenwood one sector. - and unite in the hope that a message ance in south Italy, was to capture' h ltal Monday night following an “Our troops were firmly entrenched of good news will soon be received Rome and establish a front well to iilness of four weeks in newly occupied positions which induction physical examinations. Ervin Lee Kernells Waterloo. Those accepted will be called later „ , _ _ , , , „ for inductum. ! Carl Eugene Rutherford, Clinton. There are 100 men in the group! Joseph Harold Cunningham, leaving Sunday morning for Colum- Mountville. bia. They are: j Arthur William Horton, Savannah, James Decatur Bailey, Rt. 3, Clin- Ga. ton. John Carl Bell, Jr., Charleston. Warren Blackwell, .Laurens. Arthur Lee Benjamin, Baltimore, Samuel Roy Haaria^gli^plilr^. ■ * ' Homer George Davenport, Hodges. as- to his safety. Fred Wilton Oxley, Clinton. Sam Terrell King, Tampa, Fla. Roy Carlton Higdon, Savannah, Ga. Marion Edward Lawson, Savannah, Ga. Mirk Dock Smitherman, Clinton. Clyde Dean Wehunt, Rt. 2, Clinton. Leonard Marion Davenport, Water loo. Horace Eugene Black. Kinards. William Ready Snelgrove, Clinton. O’Dell Lambert, Clinton. Clarence Monroe Hill, Rt. 2, Clin ton. _. John Decatur Owens, Fountain Inn. George Roy DeShields, Jr., Bruns wick, Ga. , Edgar Lee Benjamin, Mountville. Alfred Elwood Cothran, Rt. 1, Ware Shoals. Robert Bailey Riser, Waterloo. Edgar Nix, Clinton. David Wilson Garner, Jr., Clinton. Herbert Allen Babb, Gray Court. Eugene King, Spartanburg. Samuel Logan Hoover, Greer. Second Group Monday A second quota of 27 will leave Monday as follows: Barton Wesley Howell, Goldville. James Haywood Smith, Oswego. William Alexander Johnson, Ware Shoals. - y ' J&mes Leonard Manaffey, Conestee. Guy Hilley, Greenwood. John Paul Farmer, Fairmont. William Andrew Patterson, Clin ton. Thomas B. O’Dell, Atlanta, Ga. Tom Harrison Mijtchell, Ware Shoals. Henry Workman Sweat, Ware Shoals. John Edward Braswell,'Jr., Green wood. Harold Ray Cauble, Clinton. Arnold Cranie, Jonesboro, Tenn George Wessley Massey, Baltimore, 1 Md. William Murphy Puckett, Goldville. Homer Lee Price, Batesburg. George James Sparks, Rhodhiss, N. C. Charlie Nabors, Rt. 1, Clinton. Lawrence Alexander Henderson, Laurens. Robert Edward E. Lee, Clinton. Cecil Martin Walker, Clinton. James Frank Farmer, Clinton. Earl Waltpr Abercrombie, Rt. 3, Clinton. Woodrow Pershing McClendon, Rt. 3, Clinton. Brantley LeRell Rawls, "Washing- ton, D. C. Floyd Samuel Elders, Greer. Leo Clarence Tucker, Clinton. George Wilburn Fields, Miami, Fla. Randolph Eterby, Pelzer.' Willie Gooch, Clinton. Lester Repd Rumfelt, Laurens. Edvard Lionel Sanders, Port Hu ron, Mich. Henry Horace Howell, Rt. 3, Clin ton. Reid Hall, Honea Path, lanly Marvin Riser, Waterloo. Claud D. Harold Warren, Charles ton. Henry Milton Allen, Gastonia, N.C. Walter Edward Chapman, Green wood. - James Melvin Huey, Clinton. Edward Henley Ray, Clinton. , Vernon Erie Lever, Newberry. Louis Frank Gregory, Ware Shoals. Hozie Bridges, Goldville. Sidney Rushton Bryson, Clinton. Preston Salters, Waterloo. , James D. Sprouse, Arcadia. William Levon Powell, Greenwood. Lawrence Edgar Jenkins, Green wood. Otto Jordan Ezell, Ware Shoals. Thomas Bobo Cooper, Clinton. Luther Ray Pitts, Clinton. Horace Pinkney Horton, Clinton. Charlie William Robertson, Ware Shoals. Olin Ray Motes, Ware Shoals. Marshall Leroy Motes, Gqldville. ’~~- Huston Jonathan Abercron^ie, Laurens. James Lester Madden, Rt. 2, Clin ton. Leroy Madden, Rt. 2, Clinton. Paul Vance Cagle, Newberry- Paul Cecil Rumph, Rt 1, Clinton. David Augustus Glenn, Rt. 3, Clin ton. . Edwin Thompson Cunningham, Spartanburg. James Randall Branson, Clinton. Lawrence Addson Nelson, Laurens. Glenn Martin Babb, Ware Shoals. Blaise Pascal Watts, Mountville. John Charles Griffin, Jr., Belton. James William Nelson, Rt. 3, Clin ton. * Captain Ned Sprunt Hays of the Walter Byon Hendrix, Spartanburg, army air corps, has been promoted LAST RITES HELD FOR WARRENA.BLAKELY The Rev. Warrep A. Blakely, 70, died early Sunday morning at the RlarkwpVl '*-**«*; «ock. where Blackwell. Ware Shoals. f hp had made hJs home fQr several years. He had been in declining health for some time. The funeral services were held at four o’clock Monday afternoon from the home of his sister, Mrs. R. F. Blakely of this city. Dr. C. Bynum the north. Cadet Ellerington To Speak To Lutheran Class Mr. Culbertson was 87 years of are of considerable importance,” the age on Monday, February 6. He was i communique said. ‘a son of the late Major G. W, Cyl-j In the south the Germans were also i bertson and Mrs. Ann Godfrey Cul-! counter-attacking with large forces of I bertson, pioneer citizens of Laurens tanks and infantry but were beaten j county. • ^ ; back "with heavy losses in manpow- He was bom and reared in Lau-! er and equipment.” The German army is threatened Cadet Walter S. Ellerington of Ni- _____ agara ^ alls « N. Y., will be a guest J reQ:i county, where he live^l all of his speaker at the melrs Bible class ses-i tjf e( having taught school in this'with disaster in the new Soviet smash sion of St. Johns Lutheran church section for over 47 years. toward Rumania and southern Po- bunday, March 12, it has been an-i ,, nounced. The class meets at 10 a.m. R e ? r y . m '^ e be Joined the ’ . Cadet Ellerington, before enter- chl f c al w ^^ to o k a , Ani^ncing that toewh. ing training as an aviation student, ! ,r !L5; art a ‘"r C ? h Ti t h ^ been pushed backward by the traveled extensively as a six-day bi- had K beeh , a fal ^ ful and devoted ; fury of the Russian offensive, had i a : i niemDet oi ine Cross ZZ* \ VVu A « c y c,e r acer, for which he has trained V u \ u Betts, pastor of the Associate Re- since the age of nine In hjs travels church for many years, having s formed Presbyterian church, had Mr Ellerington ^ Hill Baptist finally recovered and begun their serv-; counter-attacks, the Moscow com- ,«x mad*e it a'ura *- cd 35 ^^day school teacher, a mem- munitjue recorded by the Soviet mon charge of the services. Interment fol- j m‘aVtend rhiTrrb «>rvfr^ whw^- ber of the board of deacons and also itor s'aid: lowed in Old Fields cemetery at Ora,, eve h • i it - U?lerk of the LaUrens Baptist associ- "In a number of sectors of our a large number of friends assembling 1 ™ \ * offeree the enemy went over to for the last rites. Many lovely flowers j nations ~i * n addition to his wife, who was' counter-attacks with large forces of were banked upon his grave ihdica-l ‘xhe public is invited to attend. thei™ ssF1 ^ n Culbertson of Laurens infantry an dtanks but was beaten tive df-the high esteem m which he irneeting 0 f the class officers state i count y- three children survive: Mrs. off, sustaining heavy losses in man- u-u - ’ 1 S. J. Rasor and Mrs. E. A, .Adams, power and equipment.” both of Cross Hi_ll, and , one son, . Marshal Gregory K Zhukov’s fore- Grady Culbertson, Spartanburg; one|es were advancing 15 to 30 miles a sister, Mrs. Lula Cheek, Ekom, and a day in some areas and threatened to was held. Mr. Blakely was a native of the Ora section of this county, the son of the late Milton and Elizabeth Thompson Blakely. He was a gradu ate of Erskine college and of the theological seminary at Princeton university. For a short ‘ period he served as pastor of the local A. R: P. chufch. A man of the highest Chris tian character, he made many friends who, will regret to learn of his pass ing. ‘ The deceased is survived by one sister, Mrs. Blakely, and also by a number 6f nieces, and nephews. He was a brother of the late Mrs, D. E. Tribble of this city. County Teachers To Meet Today The Laurens Countv Education as sociation will meet # this afternoon Jurors Are Drown For Civil Term brother, B. Y. Culbertson, of this! hurl the Germans pell mell back into county; 12 grandchildren and four, Rumania. ' A venire of 36 petit jurors to]great-grandchildren. After putting themselves firmly serve <|uring the March term of civil j Funeral services were held-yester-j astride the most important strategic court, scheduled for the week be-] day afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from : railroad in southern Russia by seiz- ginning March 13, were drawn by the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ad-! mg ig miles of the Odessa-Lwow- the jury commissioners. ] ams, conducted by his pastor, Rev.! Warsaw line, the Russians sought to Township jurymen in this section J H. Byrd, assisted by Rev. Jodie extend their hold eastward toward are: | Martin and Dr. A. B. Langston. In-; Proskurov and westward toward Tar- Hunter: R. R. Gilmer, D. Q. Sow- termeftf followed in the Old Quaker: nopol and thus seize the heads of two ers, H. O. Whitmire, C. N. Franks, I church cemetery, in the Ekom section of six tributary railways which ram- R. H. Lewis, J. B. Foster, T. O. High-'tif Laurens county. ble through rough country into Ru- smith, H. H. Rushton, Lucius P. | ] mania from the big trunk line. Burns, William W. Bishop, Henry p r j C A Ceilinn SlirvPV The Russians had about 20 miles Abercrombie, William P. Chaney, J il. v-cumy juitcj to go in each of these, two thrusts, and at the same time were closing in ori. Tarnopol from a point only 12 president, E. M. Alewine, of Mount ville. Rev. John J. Hayes, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Laurens, will lead the devotional program. The Laurens high school glee club will Arthur William Mills, Savannah, present the entertainment for the Ga. . L. Rhodes, Horace Lloyd, R. L. Cren-! Here Shows Violations shaw - - i ^ ♦ -v -Scuffletown: J. L. Todd and C. D. 1 Representatives from the state ] miles to the north. Benjamin. _ jOPA office made a general compli- 1 The Germans’ 50 or more divisions Jacks: Thomas A. Etters. , ance survey February 28 and 29 on have been shunted roughly into* a 'prices in Clinton .and found a num- triangular area - of the southwestern (Thursday) at 4 o’clock in the Lau- KIWANIC CLUB MEETS TONIGHT I ber of violations. Several merchants Ukraine, with their backs against the rens high school auditorium. The ses-! The Kiwanis club—will -meet to- in violation were called before the Dneiper river , and the Carpathian sion will be presided over by the night at 7‘30 o’clock at'Hotel Clin- ; OPA representatives and panel rpem- mountains. Attack to recapture the 1-.—* ~ ’* -* ton* The achievement report for 1943 bers for a hearing on the 29th. t>th- Odessa-Lwpw line ^quld be the Will be presented by F. M. Boland,!ers were called before the panel Nazis’ best insurance against catas- the immediate past president. L. T. Mann, Greer. William Griffin, Woodruff. William Madison Walker, Clinton. Charlie Reese McDaniel, Clinton. Marvin Daverifrort, Conestee. Norvie Brown, Goldville. Sims Atison Boland, Ware Shoals. Calvin Lee Bridges, Ware Shoals. Andrew Jackson .Merchant, Clin ton. RATIONING BOARD meeting. The guest speaker will be; BULLETIN (OPA) Ralph T. Wilson, Laurens attorney. 1 .. . It is announced that the election] (Com p ile d to date for information i urged to get these P rice lists - as ^l 1 ! of officers for the new year will take of The chronicle’s readers) as others - at the local war P r »ce and The local Red Cross W^r Fund place at the business session. * 1 — ’ * * “ ■ • • . . . _ . members on March 2. Customers trophe, but this has been tried twice overcharged were not known, so vo^- befbre in the same general area and untary contributions were made to ; each time was a costly failure, the United States treasury, amount- i , ing to $137.22,' the local office States Employees Asked To New community flat prices went _ . _ into effect March 1. Consumers are OlVC 10 Red CrOSS Lutheran Vesper Hour Changed PROCESSED FOODS: Green K. U | g * 0t ^ m /K^ir x\ gulde appears in The Chronicle to- to a good start but no total tiguraa 20 b” e A8 throu,h E8 (bMk V now ^ '° r in,or!nation of i>! r «d-, ^re arable y.sterdx,. accordia* valid at 10 points each, for use with tokens; expire May 20. MEATS AND FATS: Brown Y and The time for the Lutheran Lenten William Everett Huffman, Clinton, vesper services on Sunday evenings ^„(book^ 3)^expire^ March 20. Red John Maxcy Ray, Clinton. James Leland Young, Clinton. Grover Cleveland Chapman, Ware Shoals. \ James Hudgens Watts, Buffalo. Hoys Promoted To Rank of Major Urges Farmer! To Help Prevent Fires ; to Chairman C. W. Anderson. I A special campaign ewas begun yesterday asking every employee' ia the city to give one day’s salary to the fund. Employers have already been canvassed and asked for liberal has been changed from 7:30 to 8 AS, B8, C8 (book 4) now vaUd at 10 o’clock. The latter time is expected points'each, for use with tokens; ex- j Shaw Madden, county forest donations. to make it possible for more to at-|P* re May 20. (Red D8, E8, and F8 ranger, issued an appeal yesetrday As soon as the employee sugges- tend the informal Lenten services at become valid March 12; expire MayjtQ farmers to help prevent fires. tion was made Rose’s 5c and 10c which the pastor is speaking on the 20.) Farmers are beginning to clear Store qualified 100 per cent. Salesmen general subject of “Prayer” and the; SUGAR: Sugar stamp 30 (book land and burn brush, he said, and and. salesladies connected with all Marvin Newton DeYoung, Clinton. T t Bennie Brewer, Clinton. Isaac McDonald Adair, Clinton. Raymond Edward Lyle, Greenville. ' Clifton Carlisle Adair, Clinton. ~ Richard Young Workman, Laurens. Walton O’Dell Derrick, Clinton. Paul Day, Norfolk, Va. -* Wilton Tillman Davia, Ware Shoals. ri*,W to the rank of major, it was learped yesterday. Major Hays is stationed at Win field, Kansas, as officer in charge of Instrument flying, and has made rapid advancement since entering the service. The news of his promotioin will be received here with interest by his friends. Lord’s Prayer in particular. Mr. and Mrs. Black Join Orphanage Staff Friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Black of this city, will br interested to know they are now members of the orphanage staff and entered upon their new work last week. Mrs. Black is matron of the Hollingsworth home for boys and Mr. Black is employed 4) good for five pounds indefinitely, if they will be conscious they can firms in the city will be asked U* Stamp 40 good for 5 lbs. for canning prevent forest fires which are so de- join the special club. ! until February 28, 1945. structive to timber. ■" ^ SHOES: Stamp 18 (book 1) expires “Ninety per cent of forest fires is Father-San Annual April 30. Another ration stamp—yet caused by man’s carelesShess,” he D - _ to be designated—will be made valid | said, mentioning campers, hunters DOy bCOllt Banquet May 1 for buying one pair of shoes, and setting fires on windy days home at the Hollingsworth cottage. The current shoe coupon, “airplane” stamp No. 1 in ration book 3 will continue to be good indefinitely. FUEL OIL: Period 4 and 5 ’ cou pons (10 gallons), expire September 30. at the laundry. They are making th$is< - GASOLINE: A-9 coupons (3 gal lons) expire May 8. He told of one incident where a- The annual father-son Boy ScoiK man set a stump oh fire and left it ] banquet qf the Clinton district wilt overnight resulting in the destruc- ] be held next Tuesday evening. March tion next day of 50 acres of lespe- deza, 10 acres of loblolly pines and about 30 acres of other forest timber when one bucket of water would have prevented the damage. 14, at 7:30 at the State Training school. All Scouts of the district are invited, together with their father. John Holland Hunter ^eads the com mittee on arrangements for the event.