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i } / THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable (ttUnion QUirontrlp If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 22, 1944 Number 25 Yanks Hitting French Invasion Beach — Clinton Girl With Evacuation Hospital In Italian Campaign Second Lieut. Lallah M. Edwards,; operating room nurse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Edwards, of this .jcity, is serving with an evacuation hospital that has made an outstand-1 i ing record while serving close behind DOYLE J. (NED) HALL MEETS DEATH IN CRASH Funeral Services for Young Co-Pilot To Be Held Here Today. Lutherans To Hold Workers Summer School Lutheran church workers from South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and Florida will meet irv-Ccrttimbia from June 25-July 1 for a week of study and fellowship. The church workers will gather there for the annual Lutheran sum mer school which this year will be .Funeral services for~Flight Officer held at Columbia college, the front lines during the Italian Doyle J. (Ned) Hall, 21, who was The school offers study courses, for ‘campaign. In January {his hospital, J n u the mountain crash of a all age-groups, which will lie taught , . . B-l< bomber in Colorado last Wed- by some of the outstanding men and .which was organized by the Lniver- nesc j a y night, will be held from the women of the United Lutheran 1 sity of Virginia medical school, be U. S. TROOPS WITHIN TWO MILES OF BIG PORT OF CHERBOURG ^ * Foil of City Imminent. Spectacular Gains By Americans As They Hit German Defenses First Baptist church this afternoon Church in America, came the first medical unit in the (Thursday) at 5 o'clock. Interment One of the feature An impressive view of American assault troops going ashore on a beachhead in northern France on D-Day. Offshore a fleet of landing craft is disgorging more hundreds of fighting meir and supplies. Re inforcements continue to pour into France as Allied leaders build up their forces for the counter-offensive. Fifth Army to receive Lieut. Gen. ; Mark W. Clark’s plaque for merito rious service by non-combat units, j I A complete tent city, this hospital; I carries with it all the facilities neces- | ! sary to care for 750 seriously wound- ! ed patients. During periods of heavy | i fighting during the Italian campaign,; l however, it has cared for as many; j as 1,200 casualties, i Several times during the campaign; the hospital has demonstrated the^ I speed with which it can go into oper- ! ation. The transformation from a| completely mobile unit loaded on j trucks to a modern hospital ready to I receive all types of patients was ac- f complished in - just over fw*" hniys - when this unit moved up to the Ga- i j * r . . rigliano front. Mrs. Loren a O’Dell Adair, widow—OTTnoie than 2,000 battle-casual-^ - of the late Thomas M. Adair, died at ^ es t rea t ec j by this hospital since it' her home last Thursday night f°ll ovv -j lantied in Africa in November, 1942, ! * ing several years of declining health. a i mos t a ll of which required surgical Funeral services were held Satur- operations, there has been a mor-1 day ^afternoon at 4 o clock from the ^ a jjty rate of only 1.4 per c^nt. Mrs. Lorena Adair Claimed By Death VICTORY POSSIBLE THIS SUMMER, IS CHURCHILL OPINION British Leader Dooms Nazi Hopes of Fighting For Compromise Peace. T„ no Z virtnrip.; minister. Interment followed in Rose- SIMS NAMED HEAD London, June 19^-Alled victories mont cemet A lar g e gathering ofW u/lkITUDOD his^summer may bring full success r . ends assembled for the rites and OF WINTHROP to the cause of freedom, but the long er the struggle continues, the “more Supreme Headquarters, Allied Ex peditionary Force, June 21.—Ameri- ttractions of can troops stormed to the top Of the the school will be classes in how to i as t ridge barrier to Cherbourg last teach the new Sunday school litera- night; and were within Mght of the ture, “Christian Life Series.” which great port less than V ;r r. .»•- away is expected .to be introduced in the where the explosions of hasty Ger- schools by the beginning of the new man demolitions threw a smoke educational year in October. ' shroud, over the city and thundered Among those attending the school the collapse of any Nazi Ropes of a \yill be the Rev. J. Shelton Moose, successful siege stand, pastor of St. John's church of this city. Wilson Gives Rules For Absentee Voting home on North Adair street, with the Rev. J. H. Kohler as the officiating minister. Interment followed in Rose- l to pay a last tribute to one who had, i * ^ FLIGHT OFFICER DOYLE J. HALL (A NBC broadcast from London said that American troops were with in two miles of Cherbourg's city limits and that the fall of the port “seems • imminent." The correspond ent said Allied warships were pound ing the Germans around Cherbourg and also in the Cap De La Hague ~ area at the northwest tip of the pe- —bounty Chairman Ralph T..Wilson 15 miles <vb ve Cherbourg;, son has given a Synopsis oTThe rules An ^]jied spokesman called upon for absentee voting in the Demo- t^e tens of thousands of. trapped Ger- cratic primary, as follows: 1 man s to surrender. There was no ith- — Any soldier. in..xervice n r_JinypmL^. .^hnico. he s;nd ccrept death. in government defense work and all American lang . range ;u . lilkry Uid a powerful drum the on the Ger mans around the city, and also hurled shells into the roads leading mirth- eastward to Cap Levy and north westward to Cap De La Hague at the members of the immediate family of such, away from precinct and quali fied to vote in the primary, may vote in the following manner: “He or she or his or her kinsman or friend shall make application in , . writinglo the secretary of the County ' s „ ‘' will be in Rosemont cemetery. The wnuus u,c ^ Headquarters communique No. 30. Rev. Walter N. Long, pastor qf the Committee, Miss Margaret Stoddar i fi, . s *^ ed belore midm g hti said A1 _ church, will ofTiciate, assisted by Dr. 111 the office .of R. T. VV 1 Ison, county lied troops now were “attacking the lived a long and useful life. Her! Rock Hill, June 20.—State Senator C. B. Betts, pastor of the Associate chairman, who is acting as secretary outer defenses 0 { Cherbourg,” and terrible it will be for the enemy, (mQund was wdb ma ny love-! Henry R. Sims, of Orangeburg, be- Reformed Presbyterian church. Prime Minister Churchi l declared m j design indicative of the | came the new president-of Whnthrop embfss ^ ag ° 3 eX1C3n esteem in which she was held. In a luncheon address, permitted' R P p‘’oxley.'james 1 !! Adair. P. B. Adair, and Platt Prather. and any application made to her or. were engaged in heavy fighting on t „ r r Pallbearers will be E. Mason Young, to Mr. W ilson will be handled. Nu es- three sides of ValogneS( 10 college today. He will take over di-; j Willie young, R. E. Sadler, C. C. sary P« sta « e ; 3 cents stamp, for mail- ,. oulheast of the prize port> rection of the $4,400,00 state-owned; GileSt Morris Crump and Mack Fer . | in g and not [° r re g lstenn « as in other Field dispatches already had re- and operated school here oh July 1. | gu?on . The honorary escort will con-1 ca f^ must ? e glve "' . / ported American capture 01 vuiogne., Sims, 50 years old and regarded as sist of 2 4 aviation students from the , The county secretary upon receipt ruined Montebourgt lour mi | es tu th ., leader sounded his most optimistic | ^native'oV New- a liberal and a vigorous advocate of 2 i99th AAF Base unit stationed at °! I appllcat !” n ’ ent ; olls f the . n f me , a a " rear, and St. Martin Le-Greard, tour note since Dunkerque and . struck coun but most of her life had j social and educational legislation dur-| Presbyterian college [ f d( ?[ es s_^, tb 5_ ap Pj‘ ca _ n ^ an ; d ^orwards miles soulh of Cherbourgf and lal . nuie since anu miuc«. berrv countv but most of her iif e had ! dIlu euuLdUunai leKli,ldUUI, UU1 ' I Presbyterian college. , —-kk— miles south ol Cherbouig, and lal - strongly at any lingering Nazi hopes beel? s^nt^n thisTection of Laurens j his 14 years as a member of the | ^ arritred ' from Colorado' ;° th v e ot - n P e pUcant the necessary papers ; reports told of the attainment ot Uie of winning a compromise peace by rounty g be was a member of Broad state senate * succeeds Dr. Shelton . n i e ht and until the funeral hourl f0 .nr V 1 ng ' • ♦ # k 11 ♦ • 1 ^ i to P of ^ last hld outside the city, putting up stubborn resistance to the Phelps who'quit the presidency last las , t , " lgh A an _ d . n l ral hOUr UP on receipt of the ballot in sealed; , T . (; , irman nNR putting up invasion. He said possibly 1,000,000 men were engaged in the present struggle in France. “It is a great moment in tiie tils- 1 tory of the world,” Churchill said. Street Methodist church, a gentle woman of lovely, strong Christian character. Her death brings sorrow to many here and elsewhere who loved and admired her for her fine qualities and attractive personality. “Whether it be this year or next, 1 Mrs. Adair was a member of a the British and American people will 1 prominent South Carolina family, never falter or withdraw their hands She was a member of the United from the task which they have un- j Daughters of the Confederacy, Amer- dertaken. Together with our Allies, lican Legion auxiliary, and until re- we will go on to the end, and the cent years was active in religious and end will be the more terrible for our civic affairs of the community. ‘ foes the longer their struggle con- 1 Three of her sons are veterans of ‘quit the presidency after a long period of ill Phelps July 1 health. The Orangeburg senator announced his candidacy for renomination in the July 25 Democratic primary but sub sequently withdrew from the race after a meeting of the college board of trustees at Columbia several weeks ago .His withdrawal aroused imme diate speculation that he had been named president of the school. When Sims assumes active direc tion of the educational plant here will be at Gray Funeral home. , ^ ,, , , (The German DNB news agency I envelope, it shall be opened and j announced ^ lhe AUied troopi Flight Officer Hall, co-pilot of the 1 marked in the presence of a notary; ,. have reached ^ fortlfl ed area” of Flying Fortress, was stationed at the i public or in the presence of a com army air base at Rapid City. S. D. t ! missioned officer of the armed forces and was on a cross-country flight j and after voting shall forward to the when - the big bomber crashed in | secretary of the local club in which "Hell’s Half-Acre,” a rugged, remote ■ he has voted, spot in the Rockies 30 miles west ofj i Cherbourg, and said Axis positions also , were under heavy Allied navi l and air bombardment. “Fresh U. is. infantry and tank troops now aL > are taking part in the .assault oa “When received by the secretary of Fort Collins Colo. Four of the 10-man the local club the secretary of the Ch 0f b the ! astern b nd 0 i the front th, crew lost their lives in the crash, in-, local club shall note date of receiv-1 .... 1. ..m,,., _ eluding the pilot, Lt. Drur, Ho.,, i ing end p.ace Mm e in a bo, and .U ^ ^ whose home was in Columbia. One man escaped injury. tinues. World War No. 1 and all served over- 1 The prime minister said that, af-!seas. One son preceded her to the; ^/restormg “f- sealed ballots shall be delivered tol v h „ hli continues „ ear the manager on the day of e l ectlon -' Hottot next month he will face the probleih A son of Mrs. Claudia A. Hall of I The manager shall open sealed bal-l After npd.day yesterday the bad a • _ a 1 ■ « a . . A. -A 1 at 1 a—«« t TT 1 n « t *-* ♦ rvt at < J J J _ ____ , this city, and the late Charles H.; lots and count same. weather which had UmUed air oper- to'grave several years ago She has four credited lists °f two ra tiog 6rganiza-| Hall, Flight Officer Hall was born-in, The main thing is for all friends, atlons lifted somewhat and fighter . ter the war, he looked forward the establishment of some sort of: grandsons now in the service, Major world accord “in which the rights of'An^i 6 S. Adair and Lieut. Watts small nations will be upheld and pro-: Adair, now serving overseas, Milam tected and in which the strong will Adair in the Pacifiic area, and Capt. use their power under the law for the, J- R- Adair of Fort Knox, Ky. protection of the weak.” 1 Mrs. Adair is survived by the fol- Churchill said the invasion of Nor-!l° w * n £ : Two daughters, Miss Ella mandy, carried out in full accord Adair of this city, and'Mrs. Marshall with the Russians, was a complete H. Yount of Hickory, N. C.; four sons, tactical surprise to the Germans, who J° e Adair of, Laurens, Bill Adair had no idea when or where the Allies, Greenville, Clifton C. and P. D. were going to strike ufltil they saw (Brack) Adair of this city; additional the great armada coming out of the, grandsons, S. Y. Adair and Johnny morning mists. , Adair of this city, Cecil Adair of Co- ♦ . lumbia, and Copeland Adair of Lau- j rens; two grand-daughters, Mrs. Torn ! Former Thornwell Girl Passes tions — the American Association of i Seneca October 9, 1922. In addition and kinsmen to deliver to the secre_ j bom b ers an( j bombers pounded the University Women (AAUW) and the | to his mother, he is survived by two| tar y> Miss Margaret Stoddard, at the Gt . rman flying-bomb bases in the American Association of Universities i brothers, Lt. Lawrence E. Hall of the office of the county chairman lhe|p as u e Calais area the bulletin said (AAU)—and removal of the proba-! army, and Chief Petty Officer Charles ; names and addresses of all soldiers Q erman communications also were tionary status which the school holds H. Hall of the navy. and all persons in defense work to-, 0 v” a ^ d “ a r“ a behind in the Southern Association ol See- Flight Officer Hail was graduated e ‘ h ' r witl \ ,P°*'**' Norm^y t’ot," ondary Schools and Colleges. from Clinton high school in 1940 and m ailing and the precinct where en-1 Spearheaded by the\eteran U S. The school was dropped by the; attended Presbyterian college. Enter- rol f d ' Fail ^ e to deliver necessary Ninth and Fourth dlvlslons and led AAUW and the AAU for “failure to- in g the army air corps in March 1943, 1 postage would " ot kee P °" e fro P by French Patriot scouts in the'final maintain minimum standards.” lhe received his wings in February at‘ ,mg becaus * the committee, I feel assau i t thousands of American troops — | Stockton Field, Calif. | su f e - advanc o e necessary postage. | were fanni out on aI1 Sld f Ch ^. ,, ,, , 1 Before making application for ab- . b s Flight Officer Hall was a popular ■ sentee ballot, the absentee voter’s T g ".7 - young man in Clinton and his un- name should b e properly enrolled on i e a T st coast . ^ ^ timely death brings, sorrow to many the c i u b books reported as far as Vasteviile, 15 miles friends who join with the family in m north of Burnevilie and- -only six their bereavement. He was a mem- CEILING PRICE TO BE PUT ON USED CARS E. H. Talbert, disrtict director of j Howard of Montgomery, Ala., and the Columbia office of OPA, advised | her of the First Baptist church. His Rommel Said To Have Miss Betty AdEfir of Greenville; six I yesterday that the machinery for j father died in April. 'Had Health Relapse and handling the regulation on used pas- ♦ 9 r great-grandchildren, Sammie Word has been received here of Browning Adair of this city, Jean and the death of Miss Lula Wihman at Tom Howard of Montgomery, Ala., Clermont, Ga., on June 4 at the home of a friend, Mrs. J. C. Thomasson, the former Miss Minnie Bee Guest, who was reared and eduated at the or phanage here. > , Miss Wittman entered Thornwell in 1893, where she was loved by all who knew her and ranked as one of its outstanding girls. She successfully taught for a number of years and since retiring from active work had made her home at Clermont. She is survived by a sister, MissTJulia’Witt man, also a graduate of T’Kornwell. Last Rites Held For Little Girl Copeland Adair, Jr., of Laurens, and Tommy Adair of Columbia. Bramlett Announces For The House senger cars, which was announced by p r ; vn f.p Mill the Washington office June 10, Wll i | r NVOTe VaCOrge mil be set up immediately. The regulation Home On Furlough will become effective July 10, and covers both dealers and private indi- j London, June 20..— An informant , with close European conections re 1 ported tonight that Marshal Erw.n Rommel, German field commander in Private George M. Hill, who has western France, had suffered a re- viduals who wish to sell used passen- j us t returned from foreign service, is lapse and that it had been suggested ger cars. spending a 23-day furlough here with he give up his invasion front com- OPA has been working on this reg- Mrs. Hill and small son, Stephen. mand, at least temporarily. i # ulation as t they desire to avoid any p r j va t e Hill has been overseas 231 There was fio confirmation from Elmore G. Bramlett far mer an d, unnecessary hardships on dealers who months and has seen service in £ any other quarter of this report, sawmill operator of the Barksdale-! might have a considerable number of land< North Africa and Sicily He which said that Rommel has never com " lunity ’ an " aunc ® s his; used cars on hand. The public gen- ]eft chnton j n Fe bruary, 1941, with been in the best of health since leav- th d hn cy m T^e Chromcie forjerally, and particularly those who the lot . al na tj ona i g uar d unit which ing Africa last year. • . , the house of reparatives. , have to use their automobiles for gat- : was a part of the 107th Coast Artil- A possibility also existed that this mi " ded otbt ’ r C ' e '" ian s « dlt?I ’ Mr. Bramlett is a veteran of the ting to and from their work must re- , bdtallion. (AA) Afxer 18 months report could have been originally in .^nmmandtd ,by General Von Armm senior vice commander of the State Department of the Veterans of the miles southwest of Cherbourg; on the east coast other units had pushed as ; far as Eglise De Grenneville, three miles north of Cjuineville and L miles southeast of the port. Both ll ' these columns were iiiaking steady gains to outflank Cherbouig and the pace of the western column suggested a Nazi rout along the coast: , • Cornered German troops, estimat ed from 25,000 to 50,000, were tak ing a terrific mauling from a massive infantry, artillery and aerial on- this reoort slau 8 !l t as a German-speaking British i "R'ft-i- stepped to a BBC microphone and psked them to surrender. , “Little over a year ago,” he re ceive consideration. The great masses of training at Camp Stewart, Ga., his spired by the Germans themselves. It v t ‘ ^. en jri " ht ' st ' a by this same of our population whose income^ are battery was sent to New York for six was recalled that when the Germans , m A infantry diVlslow Ih e soldiers largely fixed, together with the fami- wep^* and then embarked for Ene- faced defeat and Rommel was con- ^ . rnimi ' army (on Cap Bon jn Spanish-American War. He has been [lies of our fighting men, cannot a «ord ,^ d k 'J a a d d ng h „" August^ f ^942 in politics before and said that he j to pay some of the high prices which \ ® 8 appreciated the nice votfe given him (have been called to our attention in Private Hill is busy getting ac- Lula daughter nick of near Clinton, died at Hays hospital Saturday after a brief ill ness. Funeral rites were held from St. John’s Lutheran church Sunday af ternoon at six o’clock, conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. Shelton Moose. Interment followed in Rosemont cem etery. The little girl is survived by her parents, a brother, T'homas Whitten Dominick, and grandmother, Mrs. W.' T. Kanning. Neighbors Furnishes First Cotton Bloom The first cotton bloom of the sea son brought to The Chronicle office came from the farms of A. L. Neigh bors, one of the community’s ; well- known and successful farmers. The full developed bloom was pulled early Monday morning, June 19. Ann Dominick, two-year-old i in previous races. If elected, he said. I South Carolina aind which apparently dua ‘ nted wdb bis t 1 ?’ moI ? tbs "x dd _, son i arounds of ill health r of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Domi- he would stand for economy and existed all over the nation. The auto- | be A sa ' v ’ for tbe P 1 ?* S unda y- mobile of the average American is a! At J h f e " d of h * s furlo u«h he will necessary part of his daily life and' ^P 01 ^ Camp Butner, N. C., for this problem is so far-reaching th a t ( reassl 8 nmen L OPA was forced to regulate the price! would look out for the interests of the people of Laurens county and South Carolina. Have You Enrolled? Enrollment for voting in the Democratic primaries this sum mer is slow, and county Demo cratic officials yesterday urged that all eligible persons enroll as soon as possible so as to make the election of county and state officers representative. June 27 is the last day for enrolling. The first primary will be held July 25. Enrollment books for the Clinton precinct are at L. B. Dillard’s store. fronted with a serious loss of pres- Tu t ni * ia ^ who tht ‘ n realized that itW tige in Africa, the Axis leader was nut dl! >honorable to surrender when recalled by Adolf Hitler on the, one ls defeated and can no lun S er es cape. gave up the fight and they have ndt regretted their decision.” "Any hope of the German Cher bourg garrison that Marshall Erwin Rommel’s tank forces could break of used passenger cars. It has become, Local Citizen* increasingly difficult for workers in RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) vital war industries to buy good used cars at any kind of reasonable price. Lt. James F. Milam Killed In Action News has been received here stat ing that Lt. James F. Milam of Lees- Enlist In Navy j through to it is out of the question,” —he told them. “Rommel’s main tank Blue A8 i furces—consist ut four divisions which PROCESSED FOODS’ I through V8 (book 4)'now valid a t! ar ^. ea * a ^ ed J n heavy fighting against .. ‘ 1 10 points each, fpt use with tokens. , L ied umts , !n tbe S L Lo-Caen sec- It was announced yesterday by indefinitel J ! | ' tor “on the eastern end of the front.” D. L. Jones, chief petty officer in' MEATS and FATS' Red A8 he * aid charge of the Spartanburg navy re- 1 through W8 (book 4) now valid at T be Allied spokesman said he was cruiting substation, that four meni 10 ints eaeh for ^ Wlth tokens addressing himself to the remnants and one young women of Clinton en- 1 q-Jj indefifUlely i of the trapped German 709th, 66th, listed in the navy last month. The young woman burg, Fla.,' was killed in action in j \ he ^ VES is Hattie Lago , 1 ® Crow ' | nitely. st month ! sUGAR.Sdgar stamps 30, 31 and 32 91s , t ; and 243rd infantry divisions, as I who enlisted in, ^book 4) good for five pounds indeft- we as approximately 10,000 men Sugar stamp 40 good for five pounds canning sugar until Feb. 28. Italy on May 23. He was a son of Mr. ; der - Tffe young men are Wflliam A. and Mrs. Thomas B. Milam, his father Buchanan, Jr, Lewis H. Bagwell, Jr. „ being a former resident of this com- *' red Fltts > and Warren t,ra "!The canning season has been divided munity and a son of the late Mr. and ham Wbitmire Mrs. T. F. Milam. Lieut. Milam was a nephew of Mrs. John T. Little, Mrs. J. D. Boland, Mrs. ! of the reserves and coast guard.” HEADS OFFICE HERE . D. R. Shands, of Greenville, ha§ I. O. Ray, J. Will and M, D. Milam of been named as manager of the local this city. i U. S. Employment Service office. into two seasons: May 1 to August 1, and July 1 to November 1. SHOES: Airplane stamps 1 aryd 2 (Book .3) valid indefinitely. GASOLINE: A-10 coupons for 3 gallons expire August 8. S. C. Wood Continues III At Laurens Hospital Friends of S. C. Wood, of the staff of the local U. S. Employment office, will regret to know he continues ill at the Laurens hospital, where he haas been confined for several weeks.