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V » / V' I 7 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Cleon Newspaper, Complete, Newsy and Reliable 3hp (ttknmrlc If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the News Volume XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, June 29, 1944 Number 26 Yank Army Nurses Arrive in France LT. COL. LEYERETTE TO SPEAK FRIDAY AT BOND RALLY WAR BOND DRIVE LAGS IN STATE The local War Bond drive commit tee has announced a band concert at South Carolina Has 11 o’clock Friday morning, June 30, Not Yet Subscribed Half of Its Quota. MacDONALD NAMED NEW PRESIDENT OF ORPHANAGE At a recent meeting of the board 'of trustees of Thomwell orphanage SUPER-FORTRESSES STEP-UP GLOBAL AIR WARFARE in the block from the postoffice to| Columbia, June 1 27.—\Vith only ten held here, the Rev. Malcolm A. Mac^> Donald was elected president of thej Japanese Raids Prove Power and Range of New Sky Weapon. the Commercial Depository which days ’ of the Fifth War Loan! in ? tituti ? n ’ s ^ cc «® din 8p^ L. R-Lynn, i win be roped off .for the occasion.} 3^ nd withSouth Caro .j Who reigned July 1, 1943. Announce- ! Stores and business houses, the com- lina l * than half way t o its goal,' ment was made yesterday by Dr, T. Devastating as the B-29 Supei fort- to ■ pSTpleT the sute were called! ««*» Simpson ot Darlintfon. chair- . ress initial raid on industrial targets mittee states, have been asked to ,"u‘“ " Dle the state were ca n e d I Ellison ^' mpson close at 10:45 to give all an oppor-! P t jL hl by Christ i e Bent, state! man of the bbard ’ that Mr. MacDon- at Yawata island, Japan, was. it was tunity to attend the rally, at which ; chaTrman for the drive, to “push the| ald has accepted the position and, only the first of many softening up time bonds will be offered for sale r . imDaien every day and every hour wiU arrive t0 enter u P on his work on (attacks which are being planned by of l • that ^he war may be : September !. Dr. Simpson further an- ; the new air command. The new lives! nounced that installation exercises! fortress makes possible attacks on I on the Clinton-Goldville quota ui j the day • i $6 The°!!peaker for the occasion williS! 7 ^ and PreC1 ° US j under the auspices of the board will | Japan much earlier than was possible be Lt. Col. William L. Leverette of; Disclosing that sales of all types ; be held earl y in September. , with other types of airplane. ! Lykesland near Columbia, one of the| 0 f 'bonds as of June 26 amounted! Mr. MacDonald is a native of this! -The use of the B-29 Superfortress U. S. army nurses, among the first to land with the vanguard of American troops on the beachheads In Normandy, are shown here as they take time ont for chow outside their field hospital. Busy days ahead are promised them. leading aces in the Mediterranean j to $26,000,000, Mr. Benet said that theatre of operations. He is now at $32,000,000 in bonds is yet to »be his home on a short leave. ; subscribed if the state is to make ‘state, having been bom at Blackstock j in combat brings actuality to an air in Chester county. He attended Pres-i forces’ plan made years in advance byterian.college from which he grad-: for truly global aerial warfare.’’ Col. Leverette is a group command- ! its quota of $58,000,000. The $26.-: uatcd in 1923. He took his theologi-| Gen. H. .H. Arnold commented on ie 15th Air Force and was edu- 000,000 subscribed through June 261 03 ! training at Columbia seminary new fortress raid. “It proves that at Epworth orphanage and represents 45.86 per cent of the quota, when it was located in Columbia, and | our planners and engineers, coupled n college. He has a total of 111 “Those of us at home have got; was licensed and ordained by Au-, with the capacity of American in- 1 cated 1 Clemson college GERMAN LINES COLLAPSE UNDER RUSSIAN BLOWS City To Take Two Days For The Fourth .enemy planes to his credit and some to give up something to win this gusta presbytery and served a group, dustry, are an unbeatable combi- twenty decorations to show for his war,” Mr. Benet said in stressing J of churches in that area until 1933. ! nation. The result is here, a highly eight months of combat flying. He that bond buying now .is “urgent.” , At that time he accepted the pas- i complicated anqd most deadly air- holds the Distinguished Service Cross, 1 “It would be tragic,” he said, “if, tor ate of the First Presbyterian | P^ne, capable of delivering the heav the Distinguished Flying Cross with: this campaign should drag and the church of Moultrie, Ga„ where he; ie st blows yet known through air an oak leaf cluster, the Air Medal word gqt out to our men that their has faithfully served that congrega-i P ower It was learned yesterday-that jnost, b R uss j an government, of the business firms of the city will! „ , Soviets Liquidate Five Nazi Divisions As New Offensive Begins. with 20 oak leaf clusters, and the I people at home are failing to back tion to the present time. Mr. Mac-! “ I assume the heavy responsibii- medal of Alexander Nevski, awarded them to the limit.” j Donald heads the committee of re- 1 ity for its employment under the Mr. Benet in his statement dis-, ligious education and young people’s joint chiefs of staff with full eon- Col Leverette won the Distin- tinguished bet ween the South Caro- work in his presbytery and is a well fidence in its potential use. close Tuesday and Wednesday, j h _ H cp rv j rp fnr chootine ' lina men at tt 16 front 3,1(1 the knownministerintheSynodofGeor- 4 and‘5, for the Glorious Fourth. guisned bervice cross tor snooting down seven *Stukas over Sicily Octo- at home. No special celebration has been ^"7 had “While each one of us is grateful planned in the city, though several i n combat. He got three Mess«- ^ ^ war seems io be goin " wel1 gia. “This employment of the B-29 makes possible the softening up at- have been an- nearby barbecues nounced. The Joanna Textile Mills, Gold- Mr. MacDonald married Miss An-! ta<k on Japan very much earlier netfe Carlton of Union Point, Ga. i than would be possible with aircraft to combat. This schmitts, and his eleventh plane was! on man y t ron ts it is far from eing} They have two small children, both; bither t° known downed April 11 while he wa* lead- over - Thos f of us safe at home ; girls. Upon their arrival here they might y weapon advances the bomb- sport ’ quieU y and ^y argue whether it. will occupy the president’s home on; er bne a long wa y ‘ ~ ‘ is not going ine Joanna lexine mins, vxuiu- : ing his g roup on a bomber escort qU f, ‘ „ ... - , , London, June 27.—Soviet soldiers ville, will close Monday and Tuesday, mission in t h e Vienna area -• : Wl11 last for month s or years. Havel the orphanage campus. j “ The Superfortress stormed forward through the German, the 3rd and 4th. , fhe public k cordially invited t 0 ;y° u ever‘thought of what time means: For the past - year the institution to win tbe w u ar by nor ha /" “Fatherland Line” in White Russ^ Lydia Cotton Mills will close their |hear the band and Col Leverette at pto a soldier or a sailor? It is a pre-, has been under th - management ofl axi y (lxi e thought it will do so. yesterday capturing the railway juncMplant at midnight Saturday and open these open air exercises Friday morn- [ clous as f et , whlcb can 1 be de P° slted : the executive commrttee composed of Wl11 ’ „ howevcl > , lts Pye d eces,o.^ tion of Orsha, entering the streets of | at 8 am. Wednesday. The Clinton | ing [in any bank and which no govern- J()el s Morsp nf Ahh^vill^ F m . the B ‘ 17 and B -“ 4 - strike at the Mogilev, and the outskirts of Bo- ] Mills will close at the same time and bruisk, and liquidating five divisions open Wednesday at 7 a.m. of Nazis in a pocket southwest of [ A special advertisement bearing the Vitebsk, Moscow announced. names of a number of business firms Twenty thousand German officers and men were left dead on the bloody battlefield of the encircled enemy grouping in 'the Vitebsk area, the broadcast Russian communique as serted. Already battered far below their normal strength of 12,000 each, the German divisions fought desperate- appears in today’s paper pertaining to their closing holidays. The atten tion of The Chronicle’s readers is di rected to the announcement. Joanna School Cannery Will Open Today Bolick Publishes Book, 'Georgetown Houselore' u ‘ ,. a,,u "‘"r * . Joel S. Morse of Abbeville, F. M. ment can redeem. The running of| B()landt R E . Fergusf)n and ’ w w it for even a day may mean his life. Harris of *' * ■' ' •- jj-— owe it served as acting president. or that of his buddies to them to help bring the war to an 1 end at the earliest possible moment. 1 *»*.||. * To do that requires the vast and VVlIliamS Assistant Joanna school cannery at Goldville, , . u- i. t.zss-’J: ass «—»***. open to the public on Tuesdays and’ Placm « 1116 ur « enc y of the s,tua - Thursdays from 9 a. m., until 2 p. m. No produce will be received at 1 tion squarely up to the people, Mr. the cannery after 2 p. m. Due notice , . , ... , ... ,, *, 1 Julian S. Bolick of this city, a na- ly - tive of Georgetown, has just pub- and finally accepted an ultimatum lished a new -Georgetown of surrender Preliminary report Houselor .. in a Umited outogra phed showed 10,000 Germans had been ^ taken prisoner in this action ( Mr. Bolick has expertly compiled a; Even while announcing the Viqui-i 1 —1 -1—u:_* ~#! nei P 10 prepare ana neip process ( a Benet declared “each one of us has got to give up something to win this mi “ ^ .rvci war and save fives which are precious 1 7“*“7 w “ a tiled,dl i‘o ".un themselves and to 0,0^ « rad uate of Clemson college, in 1938 cannery schedule. . ^ „ | in agricultural education. He married Patrons are requested to* observe j Miss Kathryn Dickson of Blackstock. the regulations in order that they may %**« •. -c I - * and have one daughter, Mar- receive prompt and efficient service! WnltG b6l6C(6GS chita. 1 sources of enemy strength, and pro- f" this'e7ty~The"'iatt« has the d f c by our well-established team of land. sea and air forces. In our new stra tegic thinking the B-17 and B-24 will now become medium instead of long-range bombers, and our B-25 and B-26 aircraft will become short- t d -iiriit; » n i * | range bombers. These smaller planes Kaaaam a,—, 7 will travel no less distances than they has been employed by Clemson col lege extension service as assistant ! county agent for this county. He is a at the cannery. Bring plenty ! Sent To Jocksbll Since graduating from Clemson, —»-w.. —~„ — —»— I word and pcn-skotclx history of j * fc w | » Mr. Williams has been teaching vo- dation of these units, identified by Georgetown’s famous homes and' h ri f)f w^* 1 ^ f**!' Sixteen white selectees were sent | ® atlo ? a ^ a 8nculture at Blackstock, in Moscow as the German Fourth, buildings. The book contains P e ni nrodure - if nossible nrenare V our i Tuesday ’J une 27, to Fort Jackson by ! d county; D^nnisville, Rich- 197th, 206th and 246th infantry dl “ I drawings of seventy buildings, with; . t th ~ within a 'h® I° ca l draft board for pre-induc-; land coun Iy. a nd at Mountain View visions, and Sixth airdrome division a br j e f sketch of each- The drawings' h t ti 0a th Pr pH- if nnt! 1 * 011 physical examinations. The list sobool, Greenville county, where th#» onmnniininiip said five other Nazi ^ j u.. i sn ori lime arier u is gamerea, n not, ^ be was tearhinp when he ar.,-em*e.i the communique said five other Nazi Were done by Mr Bolick as a sketch | a in fan t r-v HivicirvnQ haH hppn Pnui rrlpH i- r „ j 4 *1 : - | pOdMOie LU infantry divisions had beeii encircled t book for his daughter, the idea of | at U thrca n ne r y PF i e t P s a hLldre\'arn^^^^ Chester Donald Grenade, Coiumbia. | the n ® w work he has entered upon. consisted of: i he was teaching when he accepted by Russian drives east and south of pub ij shin g the book coming to him! theTgnnery*very q'uicldy" after* being I Henr y Workman S w e j t, Ware Mr. Williams will have his office Bobruisk ' , , , i ater f. 1 ; 0 "? Ge , 0 w rget , OW l n u reside r^ Wh ° prepared; select only quality produce Sh r oa i ls ; ! In the agricultural building in Lau Altogether, nearly 1,500 places of thought that the sketches and draw do now, but the B-29 will attack from much greater distance, and with much more power.” The existence of a new aerial or ganization, the 20th air force, w i jurisdiction over all activities of t. i Superfortress, was announced Ly the war department, following an announcement of the combat use of the B-29 in the China-Burma-India theater of operations. Gen. H. H. Arnold, U. S. Army, commanding general of the army air forces, is also commanding gen eral of the 20th air force which will operate directly .under control of the joint chiefs of staff, with head quarters in Washington, D. CC. Brig. varying size were recaptured during the day’s advance against the Ger man bulge in the center of the east- | nity. The book is now on sale, ern front, it was announced. ings would be an important contri bution to the history of that commu- Fall of the key German defense SHeelv Entertains points of Vitebsk and Zhlobin, 155 £ . j r • miles to the south, was announced ^60000Td employees by the Russians yesterday. ' j . *; Orsha, like Vitebsk and Zhlobin, O. H. Sheely, local agent of the — — ^ — was subjected to merciless punish- Seaboard Air L in ^ railway, recently j day | bey are canned ^ HO f a _ ment from the Soviet artillery and gave a delightful barbecue dinner at c j]jtj es are P rovided for the storage for canning, especially in the case of corn and beans. Be sure that they are not too mature. Those who use the tables or any of the utensils belonging to the can nery are requested to clean what they use so that the cannery can at all times be in a sanitary condition and in good order. Canned products i must be taken from the cannery on Odell Lambert, Clinton. | rens with County Agent C. B. Can-1 Gen. Haywood S. Hansell, Jr., U. S. Jimmie Eubanks, Rt. 1, Clinton. irion. He will devote most of his time army, is the new organization’s chief Joseph Edwin O’pell, Ware Shoals, to boys 4-H club work and livestock, j of staff. Harold Hack Prater, Goldville. (Mr. Williams is not a veterinarian! The 20th air force was created by William Arthur Richardson, Ware and is not expected to be called on the joint chiefs of staff as the ap- air force and Premier Stalin said ^ Clinton Tea Room in honor of the in an order of the day that it fell ! employees of his office and this di- to a “swift by-passing maneuver in vlsl °n» together with several local conjunction with a frontal attack ”, fnends - A dinner par-excellent was a . . r a- a served the group, with Mr. Sheely The implication was that few of its ; extending t0 hig a most cor _ defenders escaped from that radvvay dial we ] come and serving as. master junction 50 miles south of Vitebsk iof ceremonies Shoals. Fred Day Bragg, Jr., Goldville. i such missions, it is stated. on the main line to Minsk. Several brief talks were made fol- The German radio already had lowing the serving of dinner by E. D. acknowledged that Nazi forces were Hall on c i aim prevention; E. E. retreating in the’Mogilev sector, 45 Earner, trainmaster; E. C. Merck, of canned produce, the management states. Dovid H. Bagwell Passes At Lockhart Malcolm H°w ie Dawkins, Clinton. J 0 h n W. HonflO Robert Marion Franklin, Rt. 1, i^ Clinton Dies At Cross Hill John Alton Woods, Honea Path. i ♦ Hubert Junior Turner, Goldville. j John W. Hanna, 69. former post- James Derril Bozard, Goldville. ‘master and merchant of Cross Hill, plication of a new refinement of global warfare. The great range of the Superfortress made permanent assignment of the 20th air force to individual commanders uneconomi cal, since it is 'capable of striking from many places at ‘a single target, and its employment requires close ■ James Edward Chapman, Honea died at his home therfe Monday night' coordination ot operations. Path. • after a long illness. i Operation of the B-29 in combat Garel Cleo Satterfield, Clinton. Funeral services were conducted J was ^the realization of a stragtegy John Bunnie Downer. Goldville. from Liberty Springs Presbyterian! conceived by Gen. H. H. Arnold, church Tuesdayi at 10 o'clock by the,U. S. Army commanding general. Revs. J. W. Summerville, J. H. Byrd i United States army f|ir fortes, more , and G. H. Hughes. 1 ' ’ , than two years before this country ; Mr. Hannawas a native of Clirtton,! entered the war. ♦ | son of the lat^ George M., and Mrs. | In 1939. the first mass production Mrs. Annie H. Dunlap, of Mount- Nannie Reid Hanna. He is survived of the existing long-range bombers He is survived by his wife, Mrs. ville ’ rec ® ntly chosen at the “State by his widow, the former Mrs. Alice! of the AAF—the B-17 Flying For- Nannie Bailey Bagwell; two' sons, ^ otb ® r ’* ol South Carolina for 1944,;Calhoun McGowan; one daughter, tress and- the B-24 Liberator - w>j David Hampton Bagwell, son of John H. and Naomi Bailey Bagwell, died at his home in Lockhart Thurs day after a short illness. Mrs. Dunlap Guest Of Local Lions Club miles south of Orsha, and said the t traveling auditor and others Russians were striking in a new area; j. w. Smith, superintendent of this} Horace, who is wTfh thd paratroopers was a g uest of ^ Lions tlub at its Mrs - H JL-Nettles, Charleston! two getting underway. There were only South of Bobruisk, 70 miles south- division, outlined the set-up .of the ; in England E rne n chief petty officer meeting Friday evening. Mrs. Dunlap sons, . Frank, Charleston, and Pic ^8 of these planes in operation and west of Mogilev. Latest Russian dis-[ various committees on safety first and in ^ nav ’ in th e south Pacific . one responded briefly to her introduction Nathan Hanna, in foreign service; General Arnold recognized that al- patches showed Red army troops spoke in high terms of the loyalty of dau g bteri j^ rs Anthony McCue' and and an ex P ression ot the delight of'three step-sons, J. C " ~ ‘ McGowan, ready they* were too small and had swinging a scythe around Bobruisk, the company’s employees and of the the following brothers and sisters club members in having her present. [Ninety-Six, L. D. McGowan, Cross'been outstripped by' the ultimate with the tip only 13 miles away on heavy responsibilities placed upon all - Bacwel! of BaUiitiore. Md.. Leu7' Th ® meeting terminated the 1943- Hill, and Dr. R. P. McGowan, Lau- necessities of global war. the south. workers because of war conditions. The Germans admitted also that is H. Bagwell of this city, Rossie Bagv 1944 club year, and^at the ftrst^meet- rens; and two brothers, L^D. Hanna,| With the United States at-peace. the battle had “spread north of Vi- LutHerOII Church To tebsk, where the Russians have ij i i d*i § c L I thrown in large forces east of Pol- Hold 01016 jChOOl 1 Mrs. W. A. Buchanan and Mrs Roy ls tbe r ® tiri ng president. otsk,” and conceded that “the big _ • Benjamin of this city. — ; Soviet offensive does not seem tOj St. John’s Lutheran church of this — ■■ "" have reached its full development.” 'city will conduct a vacation Bible Red Cross Needs [RATIONING BOARD well df Camp Livingston, La., Mrs. in g m July new officers, headed by Cross Hill, and M. B. Hanria, Atlanta, this plane was intended specifically i H. A. Sammons of Greenville! Mrs. H - D - Pa yne, president, ,will assume! lor hemisphere defense, capable of J. H. Lewis of Greensboro, N. G. f ' dir^ctmn of the club. B. Hubert Boyd Turner Expected j Dymg from strategic points in the I Americas m<?re than a thousand August First Thus the Red army was in the; sc h 0 °l th e we ® k of July 3-8. Classes process of rapidly caving in the whole f° r children will be held in the af- More tnr OrkCTS German defensive system in White 1 ® rnoons l ) ®t w ® en 5 and 6:30. Adult j BULLETIN (ORA) miles^at sea and back again, 1 With a — ; bomb load. | The Rev. William Redd Turner,! Late in 1939, on the b asis of s-peei- ! pastor of the First Presbytreian fications drawn by the material | church of Florence, held his last ser-1 command, the AAF asked aircraft Russia, the so-called “Fatherland classes wil1 meet in the evening from An appeal was made yesterday for' PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 Lines,” on a stretch 200 miles long, Four powerful Russian armies prosecuting the offensive. The no: 8 to 9.3Q. f ' | surgical dressing workers at the local through V8 (book 4) now valid at Teachers for the childrens school Red Gross room. Volunteer workers 10 points each, for use with tokens. . will be Mrs. W. O. Derrick, Mrs. O.C.[ needed at once to help in the Good indefinitely. W8, X8,-Y8, Z8, and accepted the pastorate of the accepted. WruArlniff AjTt-c T U7 Rotarl KTrc- . _____ * i C. * r» V...1 , .. tlr.u .1 vices last Sunday and he and his manufacturers to submit designs tV»r family are now on a vacation with the super-range plane. The design relatives. , | submitted by the Boeing Aircraft Mr 1 . Turner was recently called to' company, producer of the B-17, wj.i emmost is Col. Gen. Ivan C. Ba- Mr f' ^.r W D. Ra i W - a j d ^\ rs "iwork, Mrs. H. Earl Spencer, produc- and A5 become good July 1. trl I1II1UM V_Jt.Il. 1Vdll V-x. iJd” jts _ j nr n i • j 4 a — ! vyvit\ 9 aa. a kjj gramian’s First Baltic army. Next,!' E f’ Mo P s ® , 1 L ‘ Rawl ** d ff®^ t ° r i tion chariman, stated. ■' of the school. Mothers are invited to j First Presbyterian church of this city. With the entry of the United States Victor of Orsha, is the Third White MEATS AND FATS' Red A8' sut ' t ' eed * n g J - ^ Roberts. He will ml 0 the war in December. 1941, the Russian army of Ivan D. Cherniak-' bl 'j 18 . their children to the school brancb bas a q UO t a of 116 kit bags It was also announced that the kwal through W8 (book 4) now Valid at arrive here the first of August to* specific purpose for which the Supei- hovsky, who today was elevtated ... , — — — — -— from colonel general to general of P ^ b ' S month ' and workers are* needetj for C ome good July 2. with tokens.' enter upon his work and Wlth his for tress had been intended was and lea\e them for the classes. i be completed by the end of the Goixl indefinitely. X8, Y8, and Z8 be- tamiljr will occupy the manse on Cal- changed. It. became an offensive vert avenue. the army. At 36 he is the youngest ^ this work The ba g s can be done i SUGAR:Sugar stamps 30, 31 and 32 j o pj Qns p r iiic army. oo ntr uic yuuiiijCM u 4 . . , T a w man in the Red army to hold so high ^ 1 be . K t r Ugh ^ by J ’ Shelton either in the Red Cross room or at a ’••mk. ' Moose, the pastor. (book 4) good for five pounds indefi-| home. Those desiring to help may . , The assault on Mogliev was being' . 'get the materials and sample bags ’ pushed oy Gen. Zakkarov’s Second McKITTRIClC TO UNION today (Thursday) and take them Su 7 r stamp . James L. McKittrick, who has been home to be completed- , pounds canning sugar until Feb 40* good for White Russian army. five; 28.' Teen-Age Canteen weapon rather than a defender. This change necessitated revision of the design, and once again the plans sbumitted by Boeing were ac- | cepted. The plane was successful ly in production by last year, but serving on the physics faculty of the TO OMIT SERVICES Rev. J. H. Kohler announced yes-! 2199th AAF Base unit at Presbyterian! TO OBSERVE FOURTH i college for the past several months,! The local post office will be closed and J uly * 10 November 1 All high school students and mem- behind this lay. years of preparation The canning season has been divided bers of the 1944 graduating class are the drafting of bales of technical into hvp seasons; May 1 to August L 1 requested to meet at.the USO build- ld ata sheets and blueprints, the pee ing on West Main street Monday,' for man ce of thousands of experiments has accepted a position as personnel terday that there will be no evening mana g e r at Excelsior Mills, Union, services at Broad Street ,Methodist; McKittrick will enter upon his church during the months of July j n gvv position Monday. . and August. terday that there will be no evening SHOES: Airplane stamps 1 and 2 July 3, at 8:30 p.m , for the purpose an< l tests, the daring venture of city or rural delivery service. The 1 (Book 3) valid indefinitely. | of organizing a “teen-age canteen” to au g ura Lng a vast tooling apd pro- general delivery and stamp windows! GASOLINE: A-10 coupons for 3 be sponsored by the Florida Street : ductlon program while the aircraft will be open from 9 to 10 p.m. [gallons expire August 8. I Parent-Teachers association. | (Continued on page six)