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THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume LXV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, April 26, 1945 Number 17 Divide Pacific Way Campaign Teaching Bible In Our Public Schools Two years ago a representative Huns Who Mistreat Allied Prisoners To Be Punished , _ A W 3 t* £>'/ W i S-p* v.* ___ , , , oo fwi TT .. , committee of our churches — both i Washington, April 23. The Lmted m j n , s t e rs and laymen—mapped out | States, Russia and Great Britain to- a p i an f or p Ur p 0 se and secured ! night gave grim warning to all Ger- Miss Martha Wood to do th ^ in . | man officials ^n charge of ^Allied j s tru C ting. Her work has been satis factory. Between 200 and 300 pupils 1 have elected her courses. She teach- ; es in all four of our schools. We desire her to continue this , „ ^ work in the session 1945-1946. In Leaflets containing the warning carr yj ng t his plan, our church; were dropped by^ Allied planes to- cQjnrnittpe arranges with Miss Wood night oyer all parts of Germany still the courses and secures the su bscrip- j under Nazi control. The warnm g vvas ti ons> The school authorities must be signed by President Try 1 ^ 30 - ! satisfied as to her teaching qualities. Minister Winston Churchill and Pre- \y ood has met these require- ; mier Josef Stalin. ments and is paid in conformity with It coincided with an announcement scholastic standards, by the war and state departments, Why some askf must the church .that the German goveinment hiu; °^" j people raise the amount necessary to; ; fered to leave Allied prisoners of war | rmance the ondertaking? : showed! in prison camps for liberation by ad- y 0U two y ears ago t hat there is no 1 yancing Allied armies. The . con fii c t in these United States be- 1 States accepted the offer as it applies tween c h U rch and state. They co- KILLED IN ACTION prisoners that they will be held indi vidually responsible for the safety of I their charges and that maltreatment i will be met with ruthless punish- ! ment. RED ARMIES UNITE IN GERMAN CAPITAL, AMERICANS NEAR i Wild Scenes Amid Burning Ruins of City. United States Troops • Pushing Forward. to the estimated 65,000 American prisoners still in Germ&n hands. The agreement became effective at 7 p.m. (EWT) Sunday night. The German proposal was submitted to operate in their respective spheres. TTie public school leaders are anxious to have the Bible recognized and taught in the schools. The lack of it London, April 24. — Two Russian armies joined forces in Berlin today after overrunning more than half of the toppling Reich capital where Adolf Hitler, in a final gesture of de fiance, was reported massing his sur viving-armies for the last stand of Nazi Germany. A Soviet communique, announced the juncture of-the F'irst White Rus sian and First Ukraman -armies in southeastern Berlin, which trapped large German forces to the southeast, Mrs. H. M. Wilson of Brooklyn, and also revealed the cutting of the N. Y., was informed last week by the capital's main connections to the war department that her son. Captain North sea. Henry Marsden Wilson, Jr, was vv’Uh Russian and American arm- t APT. HENRY >1. WILSON is being fatal to morality. But theiJ* lled '" act,on in the Phlll PP‘ nes on ies joined or on the point of joining r General ef the Army Donglae BfecArthnr, named over-all com mander of the army forces in the entire Pacific for the final opera tions against Japan, and Admiral of the Fleet Chester W. NimKz, named commander of all fleet operations. The responsibility for the complete defeat of Japan will reft Jointly upon the shoulders of these two veterans. the United States through the Swiss ; laws of our U. S. and commonwealths j r . • ' government. The solemn ultimatum followed dispatches from Germany telling of almost incredible atrocities inflicted forbid the payment of the state funds 1 , „ .... . . below Berlin, the capdal was isolated Captain Wilson, who was known (in its dealh stand wHich Gennan for religious purposes. We meet this to a ^ ,? rc e of fn ® nds In cl ‘ nto ” i broadcasts insisted was being aim- difficulty in a cooperative way. Wei a * Ha " k ; was an honor 8 raduat ^ manded by Hitler himself individual Christian citizens secure ?L^ re l b ^ 1 tenan ^ ^ ' n the u c aaS ° f The northern routes to Hamburg / ' FACTS ABOUT BERLIN County Tuberculosis Association Names Officers For Year Directors of the Laurens County Tuberculosis association met Monday night at Lakeside County qlub. banks of the Spree river. R. E. Babb, president of the asso-1 Political Importance: The seat of ciation, called the meeting to order. ; fiovemment for the German Reich The annual report was made by Mrs aimosi mcrcuiuie dlXUCJUC& umu;i.cu I *•*«*»*«>-*•* l noc rnllnurlno ornWnatinn Vio c»rv- . . a upon Allied prisoners of war and; and pay the proper teachers and thei^ 3 ^ and J other ? tronK ^ in . ts of the ^ slave laborers in German hands. j schools furnish the facilities on an Churchill, Stalin and Mr. Truman elective basis, asserted that their threat of punish-J Our very good and valuable citi- ment applied to any person, includ- zen, Mr. R. E. Ferguson, heads up a ing members of the German high, drive to be made next week by se- Population: 4,335,000; the largest J command) w ho was a party to mal- lected canvassers who will furnish i ■city on the European continent,i treatment bf Allied military or ci- all citizens of Clinton and the mill ! fourth largest of the world. [ viliah personnel. Area: 431 square miles, spread outj “Any person guilty of maltreating over flat, marshy land along both ed as a second lieutenant in the army ca ij ed northern redoubt were sev- under the Thompson act for one year. i ered in a 15 . mil e SU rge by Marshal Then he accepted a position as direc- Gregory K. Zhukov's First White tor of the colleges personnel and Russian group that skirted the north- vocational placement program a nd west edge of the city to Nauen, 10 moved his residence here. j miles west of the Berlin limits. Nau- After being called, to active ser- en is 37 miles east of American Pliney T. Whitlock, executive secre tary, and showed that $3,556.93 was spent during the fiscal year for con trol of tuberculosis. Leroy Burns, treasurer, reported that all bills for 1944 had been paid and the books audited. A projector was purchased by the association to help with the educational program in the county. A movie, “Goodbye, Mr. Germ, was censored by the directors. The following officers were re war, interne, or deported citizen to be maltreated, whether in battle zone, on lines of communication, in Main Industries: Electrical equip-j a camp, hospital, prison or elsewhere, ment, machinery, chemicals, scien- will ’ be ruthlessly pursued and tiflc instruments, locomotives, furni. I brought to punishment,” they said, ture, office machines and supplies, j “They (the Big Three) gave notice Main Streets: Unter den Linden,! that they will regard this responsi- mile long “heart of Berlin,” but by a i bility as binding in all circumstances „ vice in the army, Captain Wilsdn ti-ooivs on the Flhe at «;tenHai villages the opportunity to raise the, served as ass i slant j n * m jij tar y ~ communiaue renorted the /\ny person Bumy oi iiKuvrcMung very moderate sum necessary at a i and tactics at the college for •! vear 1 . , , I M „ reporiea me or allowing any Allied prisoner ofjunion service in the First Baptist'. Followine this he served at several central promenade; Leipzigerstrasse and Friedrichstresse, which, with Unter den Linden form the leading shopping zone. Chief Public Buildings: The Reichs- chancellery, the Ministries of Justice and State, the University of Berlin, the State Library, the Ministry of elected: Mr. Babb, president; Mrs.! f^e; ' h * “"if'. thc r P ™‘ John C. Bolt, vice-president; Mrs. testan > Cathedral, the Kaiser Fned rich Museum the former royal pal ace, Friedrich Wilhelm university. Notable Parks and Monuments: Alice Alexander, secretary; Mr Bums, treasurer. Executive commit tee: Mrs. Robert Roper, Mrs. L. G. , , ^ t „ .. Balle, R. L. Plaxico, and W. A. Moor-| Th e Bra^-burg Gate Opemplatz, ^ ead the Gendarmen-market, the Schloss- platz, Pariserplatz, Konigsplatz, WiL Dr. D. O. Rhame, of this city, out lined the program for the coming year. Dr. M. J. Boggs, district health officer, of Abbeville, was guest helmplatz, Belle-Allianceplatz a n d Lutzowplatz. Environs: Berlin is surrounder by a thick belt of pine woods, the Jung- and one which cannot be transferred to any other authorities or individ uals whatsoever." The announcement carried a threat that the Allies will pursue guilty parties to the ends of the earth to bring them to book. Driver Licenses Being Renewed The state highway department is now receiving applications for re newal of state drivers’ licenses of which the approximately 530,000 now outstanding all expire June 30. Service men whose licenses were church Sunday nieht Aoril 29th Dr | Followmg J- hls he served at several tncts or su b ur ban settlements, mak- tnurcn Sunday nignt, April zytn. Dr. camps in this country, and very re- , nB a total of Vt anH SiWun Yost, presideat of the Lutheran Sem- cen tlv was sent to the Philinnines I mg i 3 , a ° r an(1 ^ big Silesian inarv in Columbia will nresent the * f , , IT ^ilippines. | rail-station on the Spree river and mary v ' 01UJ ” D J a ’ wu , P resen t tfi e According to a letter from the of- three-fourths mile southeast of iTnte- cause. We cordially invite you all. ficer whom Captain Wilson relieved' d e n L inden oi Lnte - D - J - " QQDS ' 1 on the da y of his death - be was Columns ' of German tanks and caught in a burst of enemy machine- trucks from ^ weslern front were gun fire while on reconnaissance i sa j d to be streaming into the almost shortly after taking over his com-‘ enc j rc i ec j pRy through a narrowing pa ” y - . , , , . corridor under a hail of bombs and Funeral services for Rov C fRuckl Captain Wilson s mother and fadi- r0 cket shells from British and Red funeral services for Roy C. (Buck) er made their home in Clinton for a i r f or{ . e nlanes flving to win* iwman who HiaH MonHav nioht fV ,_ . „ r t a “ rorce P lanes nymg Wing to Wing. the past few years. Mrs. Wilson, ‘-ar that is left of the German moved her residence back to Brook- j army seemed to be streaming back lyn after the death of her husband! i nt o Berlin,” said an RAF squadron Lowmon Rites Held Saturday At Valdese, N. C. Lowman, who died Monday night, April 16, from a pistol shot wound, self-inflicted, were conducted Satur day afternoon at 3 o’clock from the Abees church near Valdese, N. C. In terment followed in the church ceme tery. Surviving are his father, S. B. Lowman; two sisters, Mrs. E. T. Cun ningham and Mrs. J. L. Calbert; one late last fall. County Teachers Take Examinatioiis Here One hundred and twenty-four leader. German broadcasts, insisting that Hitler remained in the capital, said forces from other fronts had beci | massed there, a decision “of greate t 'military and political significance.’ A Moscow radio commentator said R ' LowTnan of the teachers of Laurens county invaded the fall of Berlin was imminent anl na Lfeut Ve c^mm a nder RnvH of Cn ! Clinton Friday and Saturday for a would “break the last vestige of re- lumbia^ wa^here^last TTmrsdav and two-day se ssi° n ° f teachers’ recer- 1 s .stance, end the last convulsive ! 11 , ’ as here Thursday and j tlficatlon examinations held in the throes of the wounded monster” conducted a private investigation 1 high school building. wounded monster. into the case of Lowman, who is re- i A press dispatch from Moscow said President M. W. Brown of Presby- Marshal Ivan S. Konev’s forces speaker. He illustrated his talk on| f h id the Soandaurer Forest and! are exempted from renewa1 ’ as legis_ tuberculosis with X-rays showing, [ he h Gr d ui ; e b a ^ p T d e cha f n of t th d ( lative act has extended their current vrw , ifiiiAri hi«‘ ^ ‘ .vursfidi ivan a. rvonev s ro valid when they entered the service ^ • Clar „ nc „ ‘ ^ , terian college was examiner for the southwest of Berlin had already j different types of cases that were i found unknown through the case- finding program of the association of tuberculin testing, and X-raying of positive reactors and known contacts with active cases of tuberculosis. Refreshments were served upon adjournment of the meeting. The following directors were nam ed for the year: P. S. Bailey, Mrs. George Blalock, P. H v Hobson, Mrs. Hamp Stone, Dr. F. K. Shealy^. G. L. Long, G. N. Foy, Mrs. Broadus Pin son, W. A. Babb, Carl Martih, Rev. ,W. A. Alexander, Dr. J. G. Hart, Mrs. J R Murff, E*D. Easterby, Mrs T. Hunter Owings, Mrs Gray Harris, Miss Hallie Howard, Dr. Felder Smith, Mrs. Roy Owings, Frank Dial, T. P. Townsend, Mrs. Sara DeLoach, j ' R. M. Cushman, Mrs. Mable Little,. Farmers of the Wadsworth com- C K. Wright, Mrs. Niles Clark, Mrs.,niunity held their regular monthly Ella Nance, Dr. D. O. Rharpe, Dr.'meeting at John T. Young's club- Marshall Brown, Rev. M. A Macdon-, house near here Thursday night, with aid, E. B. Ginsberg, Abe Smith. The, President W. P. Dickson presiding, latter five are new -members of the i A. Ropp, county AAA adminis- Havel lakes and forests brought about growth of “villa colonies” out side the city. Transportation: Twenty important railway stations serve the city which is ringed by a belt railroad and crossed by an east-west line. Super highways feed the city from several directions, and 2,700 miles of Berlin streets are paved. There is a net- workwork of subways and elevated railways. Tempelhof is one of the world’s largest and best equipped airports. Wadsworth Farmers Adopt Planting Project board. THE WAR IH BRIEF RUSSIAN FRONT: First White Russian and First Ukranian armies! trative officer, spoke briefly on the AAA practices and compliance work for 1945. Jimmie Talbert, • of the Spartan burg Soil Conservation district, had charge of the motion picture, on soil conversation work. Following the showing of the pie man at the time was at home from the navy an a 10-day furlough. Driving his«?ar home, Lowman col lided with ’another car and while Gree^^ve ml^ntaHon^on"^ ! countV: He* , wa7'as^ , ‘b^ several| ^forces w,T ‘^he" ArnTnca^s J and ^ st^eeT atr 8 ^ haAt ^1“ ^ ^ ^ ^ G - come engaged in an argument. Low- Holidays at the college and city | The transplanted North German schools were given for the examina- j radio, now in Hamburg, reported tions upon request of the state de- that Soviet vanguards had battled partment of education. through the northern part of Berlin seated in his rar is rennrtfvl tn havp' Similar examinations for colored to the Jungfemheide, a park on the Sin pisSfand^a^l^r h ' ld “ B '“ of the b « western ,ndua.ru! - xhe mv^aSn v£sttducC'by 1 Dr ' »«""> h “ s •>*“ -formed.'he 'such an“d“„^ M outflank cense before July 1, unless you are a | Commander 8 Boyd behind ^o ck e^ i St3ted yest l erday ’ that anoth er exami- the strongest German 'positions member of the armed fAces, will re- J an irfformation was iJiven n3 ^ n W ‘ be glVen m the summer - around, the central Potsdamer Platz suit in the handling of four applica-! d ut othe d releasing Logan’s Th f teStS ’ WhlCh are ltnown as na ’ 1 and Alexander Platz and put a So- tion as a new one, and in this case' * f ^ . mortuarv^ nr ' 11003 teachers examinations, are viet ring seven-tighLs of the way each driver must take an examina- d ^ y funeral nlans ! SpeCia y prepared booklets on five I around them within the city limits, tion before being allowed to operate I Qe !uncial plans. | subjects which were sent here from BBC said Russian tanks had battled a motor vehicle in South Carolina,!^.. C I ‘J d 'New York and were sent back there into Charlottenburg according to J. S. Williamson, chief .Allen r. Llde POSSOS ! by Dr. Brown for grading. Moscow said signs of panic had ■ appeared in the ranks of the German licenses to 90 days after the war or 90 days after their discharge, which ever comes first. Metal tags such as were optional when licenses were issued four years ago are unavailable, and the 50 cent fee will bring only a paper license, good for another four years. Failure to renew your driver li- highway commissioner. PC-Wofford Meet Here Saturday Presbyterian college will risk its unblemished baseball record against the Wofford college nine at Young At Home In Elloree Sgt. B. Ferguson garrison as the street battle wore I into its fifth day, and at some points Allen F. Lide of Elloree, pleasantly Home From OverSCQS known here by a number of friends - . hi/h^etTF C rida?mommg enly "‘i SUa ^ »• C “* <Mand Ferguson, ba.chc s of , s Ln, a^ ^usuL" ome last Friday morning. j who has been 0V erseas 39 months, sign of demoralization. [Germans were firing at Germanti ; Prisoners began join inside Berlin, seize fully half of B - assistant soil con- burning eity; German say Nazi eapi-' “"^tioyst of the Laurens Sot] Cen tal practically surrounded and cut s ervation district, discussed the off from outside aid; junction „f Planting of lespedeza sertcea as bor- American and Russian armies ex- ders “> "'“j and road banks The peeled hourly. i g , roup agreed to adopt the border K we w, . strip project for the Hopewell com- WESTERN FRONT: Mighty force munityi beginning at thfe Clinton of 375,000 U. S. and French troops | town and pi an ting a border on anove swiftly into outer ramparts pf road banks through to the New- Hitler s southern redotlbt, U. . p. j berry county line. Third army spears within 35 miles ^ stew and j r - ed of Austrian border, closes in on Re-! supper was served, gensburg; U. S. Seventh and French | r ’ m ■ Dan'ube 0 ; Br'itish a KOT reJ)ort 0 heavJ Memoriol Service Sunday traffic northward from Germany into For CpI. Bedenbouqh Denmark. r m * ITALIAN FRONT: U. S. Fifth) Memorial services will be held for army troops pour across Po river in 0 p i l. Dow Bedenbaugh, Jr., at northern Italy and with British cap- j Hopewell Methodist church near here ture Ferrara, Modena and La Spezia. i on Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock. PACIFIC FRONT: Infantry drivel Cpl. Bedenbaugh, the son of Mr. on southern Okinawa gains speed as and Mrs. Dow Bedenbaugh, of Ki- Yanks take important Japanese ele- nard, was drowned on January 23 in The funeral services were con-: arrived in San Francisco Calif Sun . , ducted Sunday afternoon in Elloree. day and is expected here sometime ^ ^ ^ fioiH in riintnn rm v ftor a "h 1( e v ^ as ^ ar ^ d In J he ° rphan ", this week for a visit with his pan- Cool Consumers Required field in Clinton on Saturday after- age here and attended Presbyterian ents Mr and Mrs E W Fermison T c-i rv i • ^ MCMiman ^ SeV K ral VT' ■ Sgt FergusTm has served with the T ° F,,e Declarations nounced yesterday. he had served as a member of the st ition hnsnit il in Anstrali. • The Hosemen have played three,orphanage board of trustees. He was Y ew Guinea Solnmon Islands and' Goaf consumers, expecting to stay college games this season, all of them cashier of the First National bank. ‘ the Phliipnines He was one of the! warm next winter, will be requimt oaoin-R xK. Philippines. He ^ as An »ne v OfJhe. to flle a .. consumtfr dwl ^ atron • vatipn on west coast; marines invade three more small islands off Oki nawa. On Mindanao American troops meet only slight resistance as they drive toward Davao. Yanks "close in the Southwest Pacific area. He was with an amphibious tractor battalion Mrs. B. C. Preslar returned Sun day from Junction City, Kansas, at Baguio against desperate Japanese 1 where she spent several weeks with stand. ^ l her parents. > against the Clemson Tigers, and all;an elder in the Presbyterian church first local bovs tn ho of them Blue Hose victories. McMil- at St. Matthews and one Of the nnos*, having left with the Laurens Nation ' W ’ tb coa * d**l* r . according to beloved and useful citizens of his al Guard unit wheh they wt<re called " an order recently issued by the Solid community. He is survived by his into serv fc e j n 194! Fuels administration. The order pre widow, Miss Lillian Brissenden be- [vails generally throughout the na- fore marriage, two daughters and an adopted daughter. lian’s star pitcher, Monk Raines, a right hander from last year’s tqam, has received credit for all three wins —two of them on consecutive days. Raines will be on the mound for the Blue Stockings Saturday when sisters, a half-sister, and two little the u/npire yells "batter up!” at 2:30. grandsons. a .„ b ™V?l r Jri RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) //■ PEOPLE YOU KNOW •The Favorite Family Newspaper” ... is a regular, interesting feature of THE CHRONICLE read by thousands of people. 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The regular meeting of the Ki- wanis club will be held this evening at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton.