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* l '■V ■ * /• /' Page Two ' a , THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON; S C. Thursday, April 12, 1945, NEWS OF . . . MEN IN THE SERVICE :had been overseas 32 months, having 1 served in Iceland, England, France and Germany. He is the son of Mr. i and Mrs. P. A. Lopez of this city. •1 Of interest to many 'friends and FFC. JAMES P. JOHNSOIS, son i relatives here will be the announce- Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Johnson of promotion of LT , promotion ards, has recently arrived overseas, | CHARLES H LEAMAN to first lieu- d since being there has been - 1 ans_ i t cnan t. Lt. Learrian is serving wdth tion. All the members of the head quarters company have earned tire combat infantryman’s badge, attest-, enemy Are'" dUy “"""jin Re(l CfOSS DflVe County Passes $29,000 and ferred from England to France.- PVT. JESSE J. CAMPBELL has! With the canvass yet incomplete, arrived at the army’s Oliver General: Laurens county bas passed the __ hospital, Augusta,* Ga., where he is a' $29,200 quota assigned it in the Red with P a ti en t- Campbell has been in Cross War Fund drive, according to thP Seventh armv He is a son 0 f the army foUr yearS and served 0Ver ' 1 fl S ures release d by C. K.. Wright, M j F Leaman of Cross Hill His' seas Wlth the ant ‘- aircraft artillery; county chairman, and C. W. Ander- • „ u . ^ Mr , s - “ u E , Leama ! 1 T of r f n 'corps. He is a son of John Campbell son , Clinton chairman. F. L. BOZARD, petty officer third wife, the former Miss Lucile Gilliam,, of cit ^ t ^ . da.-s of the navy, has returned to his is making her home with her parents^ ' <■ m New Orleans after spending in Whitmire whileJie is overseas!' ! ! M-tiay furlough with friends and , i here «.and in Charleston. por an of this city. - The Laurens area reported $1-8,- 'll7.80; the Clinton area, $11,760.00, PFC. SHERMAN COORE^, son of making a total of $29,877.80. Clinton Mr.-and Mrs. Hicks Coope^ of this 1 oversubscribed its quota of $10,200 BASEBALL! P. C. vs CLEMSON FRIDAY ...» 3:30 P. M. SATURDAY 2:30 P. M. YOUNG FIELD ^ Admission 25c and 50c .catixc,, here '.ami in L nar lesion. ROBERT P. EDGE has heeded the .city. i s a member of the 56th Medi- by $1,560. In the Clinton area, it was^ r O. llozard, who is a member ot navy - s ur g e nt appeal for shipbuild- C al battalion which was recently ^ported that the Clinton Mills com-; t, has recently , r t<v rnnutruiM shin^ for the Battle ;jwnrHeH the meritnrinus service unit mlttoe onH /.elei-o/S w. n armed guard unit, has recently ers to construct ships for the Battle. awarded the meritorious service unit i miUee, and colored committeed have. i e’urned to the states after servingj apan and ha& begun a t the'; plaque by Col. Myron P. Rudolph, I no t yet completed their canvasses. ! ; Charleston navy yard as a helper. surgecm of the Seventh army. The ci- The Quotas and amounts raised in! I shipfitter. ! tation accompanying the award stat-; the Clinton-Goldville area follow: i seven months overseas. COPELAND G. BREWINGTON, | apprentice seaman, who was recently inducted into the navy, is stationed at Bainbridge, Md., where he is tak ing his ‘‘boot”training. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Brewington. PFC. MARION J, NABORS, serv ing with a field artillery unit of the 81st division in the Pacific area, has ed. ‘For superior performance of duty Special Gifts Com- in the accomplishment of exception ally difficult tasks for the period of 15 August 1944 to SO November 1944 in France. Accompanying the 36th Infantry division during the amphib- receiv,ed the following commendation from his commanding officer: "Your performance of duty, for- SGT WILLIAM W. SIMPSON,;eign to your military training, dur- France, and after acting as evacu- Lydia Mill who recently left the States for over- j ing the day of 18 January 1945, war-. ation agency for VI corps troups, per- seas service with the air corps, has i rants my highest praise. As a mem-1 sonnel of the 56th Medical battalion arrived in Africa. i ber of a patrol responsible for clear-j and attached companies performed CPLMARION S. BROWN has ar-; an extremely hazardous portion of|a superior manner, rived in North Africa with an air i terrain on Peleliu Island, you dis-. utmost efforts towarc corps unit, according to messages re-I played the highest type of courage i patients being evac c ived from him bv Mrs. Brown. and bravery in the performance of treme devotion to directing their; JACK RED. seaman second class,'Suojeciea to enemy lire, rour actions jin saving me lives oi a who completed his boot training sev-j were in accordance with the highest of wounded personnel.” e-ral w^eks ago at Bainbridge, Md., is traditions of the military service. "Portus M. Wheeler, "Major, FA, Commanding.” i PVT. HENRY L. LEWIS is a mem ber of the 182nd Field Artillery bat-i mittee :.$2600.00 $2635.01 Business Section .. 500.00 542.20 City Wards 1000.00 945.65 Public Schools 500.00 1023.92 Clinton Mills 2200.00 1255.20 Goldvilje v. 2500.00 2692.72 Lydia Mill 1200.00 1212.75 Thornwell Orphan- age 170.00 , 101.83 Hallmark Shirt Co. 200.00 200.00 Presbyterian Col- lege 125.00 20.00 Colored Division . 400.00 238.14 Shady Grove 45.00 39.65 Musgrove 25.00 - 21.66 Hopewell 40.00 83.00 Mduntville 175.00 183.51 Hurricane 40.00 55.00 Garlington and Renno 110.00 67.28 Theater Collections 299.48 now in Honolulu. He writes that he ( :> stationed only a few miles from! ^ hi: brother and his brother-in-law, Mrs. Nabors, the former Miss Mir- ’ talion of the Sixth army group in and ha.- seen ,i number of acquaint-[ jam Coleman, makes her home here | ^ erman y’ which is a medium ar-, uncos. with her mother while Pfc. Nabors i^*^ er y '-inif supporting the Seventh’ — ! is in the service. : ai W troops. One of the targets for Hon were counted, a total of 50 tons. Fur Coat Storage Protect your coat and other furs from moths during the summer months. We are again collecting furs for storage with ARCTIC PUR CO., of Columbia. Your coat will be insured against fire and theft. BRING IT TO Chaney’s Dress Shoppe CLINTON, S. C. $11,760.00 SGT CHARLES W. ROBERTSON has returned from service outside the the 155-mm howitzers of the 182nd 1 Each bag weighed 25 pounds and was; PVT. GEORGE H. SABENS’ has ‘ was the main fortress of the Maginot; WO rth $14,000. conunental United States and is now j recently graduated from the diesel j^ ne west of Bitchie. The 182nd was | R was impossible to determine being processed through the army mechanics course at the ordnance, 011 April ”> ^41, landed 1° j definitely today whether there was more or less gold than the 100-plus ground, and service forces redistri-1 school, Aberdeen Proving Ground, bution station in Miami Beach, Fla'., ^ Md. Pvt. Saben’s wife is the former where h:s next assignment will be | Miss Frances Clark of this city. He determined Sgt. Robertson served 34 : has returned to his regular station months as a gun commander in New-j at Kelly Field. foundland. While there he was! awarded the American Theater cam-! 1ST LT. ERNEST W. LEE of Gold- England last April and came into Normandy on July 25. It participated in the breakthrough to the Seine and later in the thrust to the Rhine. Friends of PVT. tons that Dr. Vieck said were in the cache — but there were indications that it was more. Tamfq nAVTsJ “This is it—Germany’s entire gold j James uavio reserve >* said Dr Vieck. “There isn’t any more.” The sacks were stacked along the i walls of a dim lit chamber 65 by 65 ' feet along with thousands of sacks I T „ . XT , ... I of coins too heavy for an American! LT. EUGENE SLOAN, son of Mrs. soldier to lift E. B. Sloan, arrived m San Francisco Dr Rabe ^ tw0 . thirds ^ the i this week after successfully complet- Reich , s naliona , ar , treasures were i nn March 19 m Germany while serv- the combat team is done by the in-! in S hls missions in the Pacific theater ( stored in the cave The other thirdj mg with the Seventh army under telligence and reconnaissance pi a _ of operations. He participated in the he said was in another m j n e! General Patch, and wa> flown back toon. Often in front of the infantry, i Phlll PP lne attack as a navigator with which had been overrun b the j to tne States, arriving March 31. He it seeks out vital military informa- tbe 345th Bomber group and has re - Americans. WORKMAN of this city, will be in- paign ribbon. He entered the armed ville, is a member of the headquar- terested to know he is improving in iorces on December 24, 1940. ters and headquarters company of a hospital in Paris, Fiance, where he the Japanese American combat team|* s a P a t* en t- PFC. ROY S. LOPEZ has arrived which is responsible for its stream- at the army's Oliver General hos- lined operations as the “control cen- pital in Augusta, Ga.. where he is ter" of the 442nd Infantry regiment, a patient. Pfc. Lopez was wounded Some of the most hazardous w’ork in CASINO THEATRE THE BROADWAY FRIDAY AND SATI RDAY, April 13 and 14 FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, April 13 and 14 Three On the Trail icentlv been .awarded the Air MedaL j i . ii,*i i Another art haul was made thei and three additional oak leaf clus- ! „ , .. ri;*,. j- • • u- u i L , * •’ u . next day by the Fifth division which l? rs . tor mynonous aclueyement^n h d 2m lnt b the artist | |during operational flights. Lt. Sloan . D s hu „ P dreds ‘ f j |is expected to arrive home in several Th “ removed! days for a well-earned visit with his 1 , „ . ’ mother, and other relatives. ' ; “Se Na'zif" EUr0Pean CaP " j TECH. SGT. JAMES S. PAINTER ! pALL MALL No , c ! is home on furlough from overseas. Air Laid S j alionery H received.! He IS a radio-gunner on a B-26 Ma-, whj pink> ‘ivory and blue colors, rauder, having been on al missions chronicl e p ub . Co . , HOPALONG CASSIDY is the over enemy territory, stationed in leader and hero of this thrilling ’ France ‘ He received the Distinguish- Western. With WILLIAM BOYD as i ed Flyin 8 Cross - the Air Medal with Hoppy, and JIMMY ELLISON as his nine clusters, the Presidential Unit side-kick—they make a path for the c , ! t atlon - and has fou r stars on his law in this thundering gun-slinging F ^0 ribbon, Western. WILLIAM GARGAN LEON ERROL Feature Begins: Friday: 2:41. 4.37, 7:41, 9:37. Saturday: 2:00, 3:56, 5:52, 7:48, 9:44. SHOR'tS and NEWS. 9c and 35c MONDAY AND TUESDAY, April 16 and 17 CUUDETTE COLBERT FRED MacMURRAY PATTON'S MEN CAPTURE NAZI GOLD TREASURE Gil Lamb • Cecil Kellaway Robert Benchley • Jane Frazee Dmctw W WTCMCU USIN a MIICHEU LEISEN piobsctui • ’ ■ ■ ■ ' ■■ ■ ■■ . A Paramount Pictirt* Feature Begins: Friday: 2:24, 5:18, 8:12. Saturday: 1:30, 4:24, 7:18, 10:12. They Made Me A Criminal 9 Back in all its glory—with JOHN ; GARFIELD and ANN SHERIDAN. Feature Begins: Friday: 3:22, 6:16, 9:10. Saturday: 2:28, 5:22, 8:16. Manhunt On Mystery Island, Chap. 4. 9c and 30c 10 A. M. Show SATURDAY. MONDAY AND TUESDAY, April 16 and 17 The Walking Dead Is it vampire or is it ghost? Any way you look at it, it is thrilling and mysterious. With BORIS KARLOFF,! RICARDO CORTEZ, EDMUND February, including originals GWENN and MARGUERITE; Raphael, Van Dyke and Durer. There CHURCHILL. (J-N Sor COLD DISCOMFORTS Feature begins 2:35, 4:40, 7:35, A):40. Latest MARCH OF TIME and NE&’S. 9c and 35c 10 A. M. Show MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, April 18 and 19 The Big Bonanza The old West comes back in thrill ing action. With RICHARD ARLEN, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, JANEi anc ] b j s famous horse, Prince FRAZEE and GEORGE (GABBY) HAYES. Feature begins 2:00, 4:35, 7:10, 9:45 Merkers, Germany, April 8.—The Golden treasure of Adolf Hitler’s collapsing Reich — bags of bullion, heaps of currency and stacks of fab ulous art works—was captured by Gen. George S. Patton's infantrymen Saturday. The stupendous cache, valued in the billions of dollars, was found in a hidden salt mine at Moeckers, 140 miles southwest of Berlin. Nab bed in the mine by the soldiers were three Nazi officials who said it took ! five weeks to move the treasure from | Berlin and that the bullion repre- i sents “all the gold in Germany^j | The booty in the mine comprised more than 100 tons of gold bullion I (worth about $1,000,000 a ton); three J billion German marks, two million dollars in American currency, one mundt-ed million French francs, 110,- 000 British pounds (about $500,000), , four million Norwegian crowns and ! lesser amounts in Turkish pounds, I Spanish pesetas and Portuguese es- cudos. The art treasure, assembled from Germany’s national art galleries last by YES, DAVIS of Baltimore HOUSE PAINT IS Feature begins 2:51, 4:48, 7:51, 9:48. “BEAR RAID WARDEN, TOMATO,” NEWS. “MY 9c and 30c WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, April 18 and 19 Western Mail UvicilUIv? Ut-^IIlo ^.UU, T.OUf l.lV/y 17.“cl. ^ A Guy, A Gal, A Pal 8al love trouble Motor trouble . . . all kinds of trouble love it. With the private affairs of ajGAN, private. With ROSS HUNTER, LYNN MERRICK and TED DON ALDSON. Feature begins 3:08, 5:43, 8:18. "WINGS IN RECORD TIME.” 9c and 35c 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. also were 120 cases of Goethe’s origi nal manuscripts. The 90th infantry division troops which made the seizure captured three Reichbank officials, including Dr. Fritz Vieck, one of thei bank’s advisers ,and Dr. P. O. Rabe, curator of the German state museum and as sistant director of the National Art Galleries in Berlin. The Germans started moving their, gold reserve and currency from Ber lin February 11, Dr. Vieck said. - , . ... | A few days ago, as Patton’s troops Ti ue adventure of the old West in pressed ever ne arer the hiding place, vivid glamour. With TOM KEENE the Germans started frantically to move the treasure from the salt mine, the bank official said. But their j efforts were thwarted by blown-up bridges and they had to .return it a few days ago to the 1,100-foot deep mine. A German lawyer, captured with Vieck and who said he was one of Feature begins 2:36, 5:40, 8:44. Adventures of West Point before .but you’ll j Pearl Harbor. With RONALD REA-; the Heichbank . s counsel . said the That's about the Best way to describe the unique property of this top-quality house paint that uses Nature's help to keep its fresh, new look season after sea- ion. 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