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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, April 19, 1945
NEWS OF . . .
MEN IN THE SERVICE
sent overseas. He has seen 89 months
I of active duty* in Afciea, Sardipia.
Capt. White's advanced P-51 Mus-
ang fighter base in Italy. Award of
! Pantelleria. Corsica, and Italy as a | the bronze star "for meritorious and
[machine gunner with
engineers.
the aviation
.!■
outstanding services as an engineer
ing officer in support of military op
erations against the enemy,” climax
es a brilliant and meteoric career for
The Combat Infantryman’s badge DOROTHY CLARK, specialist s^c-
has been awarded to PVT. ROY E. 0 nd class of the WAVES has arrived: White. With a background of
QUINN, son of Mrs. Hattie E. Quinn 1 j n the Hawaiian Islands where she I 1 * y eaFS army service, he arrived
of this city. ;for gallant performance will direct recreation activities, of the! overseas * n September, 1942, as a
of duty in ground-combat against the WAVjES. She is a daughter of Mr. i r y ias I er . ser 8 ean Iy anf I H ne chief in a
enemy. Pvt Quinn is fighting with and Mrs. J. J. Clark of this city. j fighter squadron. In recognition of
the Black Pantheru-riivisiiori, "brie' of ;
the Allied units battling 60,000 Ger-
♦ i u* •-»*-» -.v-» r\nrt PFCw LOPEZ iicis rocGi\0ci the
mans in the r rench Atlantic port j • ^ .
of Lorient and SU-^azaire. . pie Heart-award for wounds received; first lieutenant irf 1 June 1944, land!
NATION AM) WORLD SAY
FAREWELL TO ROOSEVELT
V Mrs Anna B» ^ ^ R. J. PjH|
(Continued from page one)
them -was Vice Admiral Wilson
Brown, the President’s naval
and one of his close friends.
Washington; his four sons were dh j
difty with the armed forces. In the;
"Little White House.” but not in the! As 'Citizen of Year'
Simple Funeral Services Held At
White House / ;
Washington, April 14.—Family and
friends and the nation’s great, paid
room where he died, were the Presi- H
., . dent’s cousfns, Miss Margaret Suck-;
a | ley and Miss Laura Delano. With Raymond J. Pitts, local merchant,
them was his private secretary, Grace was selected as ‘Citizen of the year”
| Tulley, and Whit^ House secretary, by the Lions club last Friday evening
•William Hassett. 1 at its meeting at‘Hotel Clinton.
Death came on a pleasant spring selection”, made annually by
(day. The scene was a little room the club to honor a citizen of the
j the excellence of his work he was s ^ h e £ Fr ^ lin | overlooking a green and lovely Geor-| cjty who during the year has per-
commissioned a second lieutenant in D Ro £ lt Saturday at 4 om inl gia valley ' „ . I formed some outstanding service for
vJd the sad splendor of a White House community, was based on Mr.
viiies
dent’s thoughts when he began histpj Rg » serviced chairman of the local
:on March 19 in Germany. Pfc. Lopez, captain in December of the same ^nd'avfer the world millions joined' last day that he had P lanned an un_ I selective service board. The club felt
. ^ ™ , v, J usually busy afternoon arid evening.
has been returned to the States and year. As engineering officer of his
PFC. OTIS E DORN is coming i s a patient at Oliver General hos^ fighter squadron, "Capt. White’s rec-
0-day fur- pital in Augusta, Ga. He spent the ord set a new high in fighter~Type
home from Manila on a 30-
that Mr. Pitts, who, since the organi-
in mourning for the man who sym- ; , ... , , , . - . -
----- -- -- ----- — - —- H e was posing for a portrait sketch; zatjon of the selective service system,
bolized for them the ideals and aspir.: . ^
T Tr> if Cfof^c -TV, r ! WhCn th6 P 310
,ough. He is a member of an artillery past week-end with his parents, Mr. a j rcra f t maintenance,” according *1°! hichVenresem!hive«; Ttru^d ' The President had been in Warm ^ of*hls^lme^n^efforts to the suc-
um: which playtxl a prominent part and Mrs. P. A. Lopez. - - h is Bronze Star citation. When ma- d,gh dl P lo K ma ^^ he called his “—I* ° f 1 - -
ir^he liberatioi^)Mhe "Pearl^^he, terial was scarce during early! for them 1)681(16 the bier in ^ famed
oneivt Pfc. Dorn went overseas, j BROWNING DICUS, seaman| phases o foperations in the Mediter-
second class of the navy, who hasiranean theater he met and overcame
.’HOJa., has many obstacles to keep a maximum
at Bougainville and New Georgia b een stationed at Lake City, ,
prior to the Luzon campaign. His tour b een transferred to Camp Elliott in
of duty overseas also includes New g an £)j ego Calif
Zealand, the Fiji Islands and Guad- ’ ^
alcanal. Pfc. Dorn's mother, 'Mrs. j
number of planes combat-worthy.
"By his professional knowledge, ex
perience, leadership, as well as devo-
HOWIE DAWKINS, seaman sec- i tion to duty, Capt. White has re
Sa.ly Dom. resides in Spencer hall onc | c i ass 0 f nav y, has arrived in 1 fleeted great credit upon himself and
iji '.he Presbyterian college campus. tbe Hawaiian Islands, according to the armed forces,” the citation con-
[letters deceived by his parents, Mr.ieluded. Capt. White’s fighter group
JF.SSE J CAMPBELL has receiv- and Mrs. S. D. Dawkins.. 'has 410 aerial victories to its credit.
, . sec ~ • cessful prosecution of the war, was
East Room of the executive mansion. | ond . h . om ' '—since March 30 for a rest enmled to recognition for a difficult
rn a flag-draped casket, the body!^"^ Mos, . 0, . tde ' , t recedln * ^IJ ob '' e11 done -
” Mr. Pitts will be presented a suit-
in a nag-arapea casKei, me ooay ; . , . t ... • „
of the fallen leader arrived from: d !., dad s ff nt at hls home ln Hj ' de
ed an honorable discharge from the
Warm Springs, Ga., at 9:50 a.m., was
carried along the once-triumphal
inaugural route from the Union sta
tion to the executive mansion, past
between 300,000 and 400,000 capital
residents who stood in stunned si-' a .r T l • „ j j * t *
i i pnr _ I It is my sad duty to inform you
rvoicrcrnr, ! that the President died at 3:35 of a
meToorTfh^:—•“ a « a -
Park, N. Y.
The news of Mr. Roosevelt’s death
came from Hassett. He called in three
press association reporters who had
accompanied the President here and
The black army
the late President to
ably inscribed plaque signed by each
member of the club at a subsequent
meeting.
Mr. Pitts, himself a member of
the club, is a son of Mrs. Sally Adair
Pitts and the late J. M. Pitts. His
wife is the former Miss Helena Bult-
iinan of Sumter.
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for medical reason, and has C PL. LEWIS C. HORTON, son of; MAJOR PAUL TODD, who has j president ^arrv 5 S ^Tnu^n 4 io^d
>rt hiu u hiip> in M,- t w k, i fresiaent riaiij o. iruman joinea
itVmned to his home here. While in Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Horton, has re- been serving overseas for the oast 28!*u i , *■ J
,, . ... , . , .tt , , „ „. oten oveiseas lor me past th e widow and close relatives, asso-
the>ei\Kehe^ei^l^apnvate cently been awarded the Bronze Star months with the 22nd chemical bat- J eiates of many years and rgprgsen-
The news was telephoned simul
taneously to Washington.
Gettys Addresses
Kiwanis Club
w.th an
! ; V1 f hTvird" m Te ar ! d tha> . Jnfantryman Combat ta i ion< a part of the Seventh army, | tatives'of many forergn governments
a, dcchaiged at the badge for heroic or meritorious ser. arrived in the States Fridnv for a 1 - .t. , ,
anti-aircratt
ov* : .-cas and w;
Ol.'.tr General ho,pital in Augusta,
Ga.
adge
vice agtiinst an enemy. He is with
the famous Fourth division in Ger-
rhahyT~which i,'*ij part of Patton’s
CPL. ROBERT D. HOLLIDAY, son Third army.
of Mr. and Mr, J. R. Holiday, has. ,
lot.lined from ,ervice outside the # THOMAS C. BOYD, seaman first
nental United States and is now J class, of the navy, who was wound-j
processed through the army ed in January during the invasion of
id and service forces redistri- Luzon, has been returned to the'
n. station in Miami Beach, where States for hospitalization and ikl
c n
•be.i
glo
bat
hi,
arrived in the States Friday for a : j n t fi e r j tes 0 f the Episcopal church, respect horseback
45-day leave with his family in Lau-j In the fl owe r.decked room, the [streets and people walking on high-
rens and his mother, Mrs Irene casket stood on a sma n oriental rug| ways . Did you know that riders have
Todd of this city. Major Todd is ex ; before an altar . . ! the same right to the highways as
pected to arrne in Clinton this week.; The Rlght Rev Angus Dun, bishop i other people in cars or trucks?
SPEAKS FOR RIDERS j The Kiwanis club had as its guest
I want to ask car-drivers to please | S p ea ker Thursday evening, Supt. E.
riders on ‘ the : f. Gettys of the John de la Howe
school in McCormick county. Mr.
m.
mo
itxt assignment will be deter, spending a 30-day furlough with hisi
d Cp'. Holliday served 3 2 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jphn Boyd,
.' a, a range ,etter in the Eu- who live near here.
Need Is Urgent For
Used Clothing
lopi
tiu : •
n theater of operations. While
no wa-
tampaign
He
r.aoon
awarded the European
with three
GROVER COOLEY NABORS, ap-, ,
battle prentice seaman of the navy, who is cl ° £ ing . f campaign 15 P^g^mg well
be ame a member of the a junior at the Bowman-Gray School in the f cltyand community He urge
orce, on October 19. 19-10. of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N. C.,' every famiIy t0 ransack their att,CS
; of Washington, officiated at the sim-
i pie 23-minute ceremony of the faith
: in which Mr. Roosevelt was a life
long communicant.
Only a small fraction of the huge
'crowds of the mourning funeral pro- 1
« ! cession remained outside but they !
Frank E. Miller, local chairman of! were the faithful who refused to de-[
.the United National Clothing Collec-; part, standing across the street in
tion, stated yesterday that the old, silent tribute.
After the services, the body rested |
before a guard of honor of enlisted i
men chosen from each branch of the
and closets for all kinds of clothing
has been elected editor of the annual,,... , *
PFC. WILLIAM W.JONNSON left:-Gray & White Matter," tor the i tbat "t a L be _ u ? abl i'°L m ?":.
last week for Miami, Fla., where he year 1946. Seaman Nabors is a son;
' and children in Europe because of
i, n w being processed through the of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Nabors of t ^ e horrors of w ar - Millions of
army ground and service forces re- Goldville. i pounds are needed to help meet this
distribution station where his next 1 . urgent appeal. . .
alignment will be determined. Pfc. PFC, ALEC BLAKELY has been' T 16 collection is being
Johnson served 32 months as a radio transferred from Fort MacArthur, : gather !f. at th6 ol L lc6 of the , ° C j
operator in the European theater of San Pedro, Calif., where he has been ^ ar Pr * ce and Rationing board.
While there he was stationed with - r— Those who cannot carry or send their
(' pc rati on
armed forces that Mr. Roosevelt
helped develop to such great magni
tude.
Bishop Dun led prayer and then
recalled that Mr. Roosevelt 12 years:
ago voiced his own deep faith that ’
"the only thing we have to fear .is I*
fear itself.” v
And as that was his first word as ^
president, the bishop said, “I am sure
aw...-.led the European campaign rib-, to Camp Shelby Miss ^ ^ Unit ’| donations are asked to call Chair-j he would wish it to be his last and
bon with four battle stars man Miller. I that we should go forward into the
The Chronicle directs its readers’! future as those who go forward with-
attention to a sponsored advertise-
An enlisted man less than a year
SGT. JEFF D. BOLAND. JR., is and a half ago, CAPT. FLOYD W. ]
-tatnmed with an aviation engineer WHITE of St. Petersburg, Fla., son
ment in today’s paper urging a lib-
unit in Italy which builds bfises for of Neal Ballew of near Clinton, was eral support of the public
In the
S<o
at the
Westover
| campaign. It is sponsored by the fol-
Boland relieved .-pedal training by Brig. Gen. Dean C. Strother, com ! lowing seven well-known firms.
the Mediterranean Allied air forces, recently awarded the Bronze Star
out fear, without fear of the future,
without fear of our allies and friends,
and without fear of our' own insuf
ficiency.”
A vested choir led in a hymn that
airborne
Field, Mass.
engineer school, manding general 15th AAF Fighter i Prather ' Simpson Furniture Co - In-[reflected Mr. Roosevelt’s love of the;
before being 1 Command, during ceremonies at
dustrial Supply Co., J. R. Crawford, I sea: "Eternal Father, Strong to Save.”!
Chandler & Cooper Garage, McGee’s 1 Another hymn was “Faith of Our
; Drug Store, Smith’s Pharmacy and
Maxwell Bros. & Kinard.
CASINO THEATRE THE BROADWAY
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
April 20 and 21
AH
M-G-M
PICTURE
Xmi
TURNER
DAY-PETERS
Keep You^
PowdetDAy
with 1
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
April 20 and 21
Spook Town
Fathers.”
The bishop said a prayer, follow
|ing which the Rev. John G. Magee [
of St. John’s, Washington, read the
46th and 121st Psalms. The lessons,
Romans 8:14 and St. 14:1, were read
by the Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson,
rector of St. Thomas’s, Washington,
"T 7 „ , ! the “president’s church” which Mr.
Monday the police of Clinton be-1 Rooseveli attended,
gan participation in the nation-wide
Clinton Police Begin
Participation In
Brake Check Program
, , , , . ^ „ x i Mrs. Roosevelt was first to leave,
Tu n Pun artinn mm tt ♦ xi j brake check program in the effort to tbe room when the service ended at
T o-gun action punctuated with reduce acciden s and conserve the j 4 . 23 p m ) and the other fi f ed out
thrills, stage robbers, song and mu- dwindling supply of cars, according (slowly) j nc i uding British Foreign
Isic. With DAVE (TEX) O’BRIEN, I to L - H - Ba g we11 - ch r ief of poli66 '. „ i Minister Anthony Eden, the British
JIM NEW ILL and GUY WILKER- 'This is not an enforcement drive ; ahbassador) Lord Halifax,. ..the Earl
said Chief Bagwell, but is bein 0 i ^ tb j one> g overnor g enera j ^ an _
conducted to inform dmers and as- ada> and many 0 ^ b er distinguished
sist them in avoiding accidents. [visitors
By means of a new and simple A special train took ^ body t0
check’ the police^bope to^locate the Hyde park the p resident - s Ne w York
estate, for burial*
SON.
Feature Begins:
Friday: 2:00, 4:28, 6:56, 9:24.
Saturday: 1:30, 3:58, 6:26, 8:54.
Polo Joe
Agnvt Moorchead • Bill Johnson
Natali* Schaf*r • l** Patrick
J*u Barkor • Jun* Lockhart
Feature Begins:
Friday 2:49. 4 48, 7:49, 9:48.
Saturday: 2:00, 3:59, 5:58, 7:57, 9:56.
Comedy, "Designed for Loving.”
NEWS 9c and 35c
most dangerous brakes in use and
warn .motorists of the urgency of
getting their brakes adjusted or re
paired. The check will be applied
only to passenger cars involved in
’ JOE E. BROWN at his funniest
; This was a real hit and now it is traffic violations, where the car is
• back for you to see again. But if you! mp * vl ^ g ’. or w b en The vehicle is in-
! didn’t see it—now is your chance.*
Feature Begins:
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
April 23 and 24
Mbrgaret O’BRIEN
Jose ITURBI
Jimmy DURANTE
lunA ALLYSON
Friday: 2:59, 5:27, 7:55, 10:23,
Saturday: 2:29, 4:57, 7:25, 9:53.
Man Hunt On Mystery
Island, Chap. 5 .
9c and 30c
10 A. M. Show SATURDAY.
volved in an accident. Brakes will
also be checked on cars which are
operated in a manner indicating that
the brakes are unsafe. s
“The brake check takes only a
minute to make,” according to Chief
Bagwell.” In making the check, the
[officer will place a wood block one
Dies In Georgia Thursday
Warm Springs, Ga., April 12. —;
Death gave 63-year-old Franklin D.
Roosevelt short notice.
At about 1 o’clock Thursday after, i
noon, sitting in the “Little White I
House” here he felt a sudden pain |
the back of his head. At 1:15'
in
he fainted. He never regained con-!
sciousness. At 3:35 p.m. he died of|
what the doctor called a “massive j
cerebral hemorrhage.”
Only three persons were with the;
MONDAY AND TUESDAY,
April 23 and 24
Saddle Leather Law
inch thick on the floor board und ® r [ President when he died in his quar-
the foot pedal. He then depresses the | ters at thc Warm Springs foundation
pedal. If it strikes the block before for i n f an Hi e paralysis victims, They
the brakes begin to grip, the brakes
will be considered dangerous and in
need of immediate attention. If the
brakes grip while the pedal is slight-
were Cmdr. Howard G. Bruenn, on
the staff of Vice Admiral Ross T.
McIntyre, navy surgeon general and
Mr. Rosevelt’s personal physician;
MILLIONS
| -MARSHA HUNT
Ft; lure begins 2:15,74:28, 7 U 15, 9:28.
ly more than one mch from the^floor u Cmdr George FoXi a HouS g
medical aide, and Dr. James Paullin,
Atlanta physician, who had been
summoned when the President was
stricken ill.
'VS. 9c and 35c
10 A. M. Show MONDAY.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,
April 25 and 26
Blonde Fever
Maybe someday I’ll own that fill
ing station—be my own boss. You’re LAS.
so young—so beautiful! YOU WOLF!
With PHILIP DORN, MARY AS-
TOR, FELIX BRESSART and GLO
RIA GRAHAME.
Feature begins 2:00, 4:29, 6:58, 8:27.
i board they are not to be considered
... . .. , safe and the driver will be urged to
! f ^ have corrective repairs taken,
ment. With CHARLES STARRETT „ The brake check was de t erm i ne d
fighting tor his life—and the odds are after care f u i research, and it is based
ATHOS^and^^LOYD HUGHES’ ^ ° n the pedal pressure needed to stop
AI HOSS and LLOYD HUGHES. cars <^1^ The average car requires
Feature begins 2:49, 4:33, 7:49, 9:33. about 30 pounds of pedal pressure'
| “THE BAREFOOT JUDGE,” to permit brakes to do the best job j
“COMMUNITY SING,” and NEWS. ! of stopping^.the car. With only one 1
inch of effective distance left in ap-;
I plying the brakes, it is possible to |
build up only about fifty pounds of
pedal pressure, which is far less than
1 is needed for proper stopping.
“This brake check does not blanket
all motorists. It applies only to the
1 conditions of violations and accidents
Murder and romance, with plenty * tated , a ^ ove : “ owever ’
ot excitement. With PAUL KELLY, Se , naral ’ ,or . tbe,r own prot S t '° n a " d
VIRGINIA GREY and DON DOUG- saf<!t Y' and t0 conserve their own
ears, are urged to cooperate. If mo-
Mrs. Roosevelt and his only daugh-
9c and 30c
. Here's a SENSIHfm;'
to reliere MONTHLY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
April 25 and 26
Grissly's Millions
fEMAU
Lydia E. Plnkham'a Vegetable Com
pound la famous not only to relievo
periodic pain but also accompanying
. nervous, tired, highstrung feelings—
i when due to functional monthly dls-
| turbances. Taken regularly—It helps
build up resistance against such symp
toms. Plnkham’s Compound helps na
ture/ Follow label directions. Try Itl
torists have any doubt as to the safe- 1 f fifr^LL VtcrrMu
tv rtf tV-ioir* fVwav cHmilH V»a\7P X^^*****} COMPOUND
Feature begins 2:00, 4:41, 7:22, and, ty pf their brakes, they should have!
Destiny
10:03.
Sing Me A Song of
Texas
Melpdrama plus fantasy. With
GLORIA JEAN, ALAN CURTIS and
FRANK CRAVEN.
Feature begins 3:09, 5:38, 7:07, 9:36. Feature begins 3:11, 5:52, 8:33.
Plus “r>r»DTn a p or'iirMr’ir ”■ ** ■ •
With TOM TYLER romancing with
ROSEMARY LANE. Thrills, action
and song.
•POPULAR SCIENCE.’
10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY.
Black Arrow, Chap. 2
9c and 30c
them tested immediately at the re- [
pair shop and have them adjusted or
repaired as soon as possible,” said
Chief Bagwell.
The nation-wide 'brake check is
being applied in every state with
5,000. or more police chiefs, sheriffs,
patrol officers and others cooperat
ing.
South Carolina law enforcement
off icials have endorsed this program
which will continue until June 1.
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Gettys made a timely and interesting
talk on the training and development
of youth through the home, school
and church.
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