University of South Carolina Libraries
■i Thursday, July 19, 1945 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE r Page Seven 1 ** r As Washington Sees It.. THE NATIONAL SCENE Special to The Chronicle. Washington, July 17.—A spite fight; in the house of representatives, which, resulted in 10 war agencies being de-! nied any funds for the fiscal year] which began July 1, is one of the most stupid and time-wasting exhi bitions which the house has put on since Pearl Harbor. The fight came as a result of a preliminary tussle • over the funds needed to carry on the work of the Fair Employment Practices commit tee. When it appeared that this com-j mittee, which is concerned with anti- discrimination in employment, might' be discontinued, 'the supporters of the ] -committee retaliated by eliminating' funds for other leading home-front agencies. And although the majority j of the house had no intention or de sire to eliminate these other agencies,! due to parliamentary trickery the measure was put through without providing any funds fok them. If approved, by the senate—which) every house member knows it won’t be—the measure would eliminate en-; tirely not only the FEPC, but also the War Production board, the War La- 1 bor board, the Office of Defense Transportation, the Office of Eco nomic Stabilization, the Office of Scientific Research and Develop ment, the Office of Inter-American Affairs, the War Shipping Adminis tration, the Office of War Informa tion, the Office of Strategic Services, and the Petroleum Administration for War—at least some of which are, vitally necess.ary for continuation of! the war. Except for the delay itj might cause, many government of-, ficials would like to see the senate I register its protests by refusing to consider the house bill until it is completely rewritten. When Mr. Truman appoints a new secretary of the treasury to take the place of Henry Morgenthau, Jr., who resigned, it will be the sixth cabinet' appointment he has made in his short time in office. Harold Ickes is now the only remaining member of the! original Roosevelt cabinet. And the' resignation of Justice Owen J. Rob erts from the U. S. Supreme Court leaves Chief Justice Harlan Stone as the only member of that body who was in office when President Roose-j velt entered the White House. It is not expected that President Truman i will announce new appointments un til after he returns from the Berlin! conference. * « * * In spite of shifts in demands, man power shortages and engineering dif ficulties, the United States broke all I records for war production in 1944, according to figures just compiled by the War Production board. Stating that the output of munitions alone! totaled $61,310,000,000, J. A. Krug, chairman of the WPB, said: “In 19441 a flood of munitions poured from | our forges and foundries, mills, fac-' tories, and ordnance plants to a height and at a speed that could | hardly fail to inundate those who lay| in its path.” Among the most out standing production figures for 1944! were: 96,359 planes, including 16,048, heavy bombers, 30,889 ships, 17,565 tanks, 152,000 army aircraft rocket launchers, and 1,436,774 tons of artil lery ammunition. * * • • President Truman’s recent order for the navy department to take over the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant, where a strike had been in progress for a month, set the pattern (for what he will probably do in other cases where strikes seriously interfere with necessary war production. The strik es were told that if they did not re turn to work these penalties might be invoked; cancellation of draft de ferments, immediate induction of those qualified, refusal of statements of availability necessary to get other jobs, and cancellation of supplemen tary gasoline coupons. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS TEAR THERE HAVE BEEN 3 FATALITIES from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1945 a Safe Ytar On the Highways. This date l»*«t year, I to relicvi MONTHLY MALE MISERY (Abe Fum St—Ah TmhcI) Lydia ft. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound la famous to relieve not only monthly pain but also accompanying nervous, tired, hlghstnAg feelings- - when due to functional periodic dis turbances. Taken regularly—it helps build up realstance against such dis tress. Pinkham's Compound helps na ture/ Follow label directions. Try it/ JfydUa,&.(PLmkkamb compound WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS • . . . :" • - Jap Fleet Refuses U.S. Challenge As Carrier Planes Raid Tokyo; • World Studies Big Three Meeting Released by Western Newspaper Union (EDITOR'S NOTE: Whea •plnlene are eieretee* In thee* eelamne they are theee e# Western Newspaper Unlen's news aaalyets and nat aseessarily at this newspaper.! J For the Week . . . South Clinton News MRS. NELLIE McCLENDON, Correspondent and Representative visiting her sister in Goldville. Posey DaVis and Mrs. Claud Par- Mattie and Jimmy.. Overstreet are rish. Each member remembered the spending the summer in Columbia girls with a gift, with their grandmother, Mrs. Alma Sgt. Bryant at Home Lee. Sgt. Eugene Bryant has received a Vriginia Overstreet is visiting her discharge from the army on the point aunt, Geneva Brown, in Vaucluse. system. He has served 32 month* G. E. Godfrey of Laurens, is visit- overseas and was in severa4 Euro- ing, Mr. and Mrs. Matt v Davis. peans battles He will make h» . Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Godfrey of home in Florence. W- WiHiam* and an< * i Laurens, visited Mr. and Mrs. Matt ♦ Mrs .J D. Hairston and Mrs Helen Davis Sunday . ;f : B lrthday , Caldwell of Charleston visited Mr., Mr Lucile Abercrombie visited M r ,' r £ Whitmire had a bir 4 h- and Mrs E. W. Shirley m Seneca ; Mrs Broadus and Geneva Aber- day j ul y' ,5^ hltmire had a blrth Friday. Mr. and Mrs Shirley and| bie in Laurens Sunday F . y v ‘ ... . . ; . . , returned M and Mrs Forrest Benjamin j hir ^H a v r T” W celebrate ^ and Misses Sallie Ann and Stella bir , hda * Jul * 20th - Duckett of Laurens,..^were Sunday Wilson Barnes celebrated a birth- guests pf Mr. and'sMrs. Jesse Duck-,^ 3 ^ Wednesday. e tt. Sgt. Ernest Prince will celebrate Miss Erline Tinsley of Greenville, ^‘- s bi^hday July -4th. Clifton Lee and children ^vith them for a visit. David Satterfield, S 2c, of Camp Peary, Va., spent the, week-end with Mrs. Satterfield and mother. Mjrs. David Satterfield and son, Jerald, have returned from a visit is spending a few weeks with Mr. > her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fate, and Mrs. George Andersoq. j Crocker, in Winston-Salem, N. C. Misses Bernice, Catherine and Belle Nelson spent the past week- fheir mother, Mrss. Minnie end with fheir mother, Mrss Nelson, near Clinton. Pvt. Thomas McCoig of Camp {Croft, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. McCoig, during the week end. Mr.’ and Mrs. J. S. Navy and chil- Friends of Pfc. Marion Lawson Will be interested to learn he has arrived in New York and is expected home soon. j Birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Overstreet ah- notince^the birth of a daughter July 16. Mrs. Overstreet is |the former Miss Maybelle Gregory. Marion EJallard will celebrate her birthday July 23rd Mozelle Nelson celebrated a birth day July 17th. Yvonne Bennett will have a b'irth- day-July 18th. Elaine Bennett will observe her 6th birthday July 20th. Mrs. Pauline Lawson cflebrated a birthday July 13.th. Barbara Ann McCravy will cele brate a birthday July 28th'.v Rothie Robinson will celebrate a birthday July 22nd. ;er th& ' / U. S. FLEET : Another Challenge Supplemented by land based fight ers and bombers, more than 1,000 carrier-based planes of the 3rd Fleet attacked Tokyo. Showing his con tempt for Japanese air and fleet power, Adm. William F. Halsey is sued a list of ships taking part in the action and invited Nips to come and meet in battle. This was the beginning of big scale operations against Tokyo. Former attacks were limited to 500 or 600 or less planes. The carriers launched the mighty procession while standing a few hun dred miles off the Japanese coast. Future daily raids will continue with number of bombers and fighters reaching 2,000 or more. BIG THREE MEET: Six Weeks for President Accompanied by a staff of advi sors, numbering ^00, including the new secretary of state, James Byrnes, President Harry S. Truman arrived in Potsdam to attend the long-planned Big Three meeting. In Europe he was joined by General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower and the joint chiefs of staff. The President will be away from Washington at least six weeks, at the conference, visits to London and in spection of American troops in Eu rope. Germany to Pay The Big Three power reparations commission sitting in Moscow has taken, as the foundation of its nego tiations, 20 billion dollars as the total value of compensation to be exacted from Germany. It is not expected that final division of this sum will be allotted until after th Big Three meeting in Potsdam OVER THE TOP: Bond Quota Doubled The goal of the seventh war loan, 14 billion dollars, was almost dou bled as final tabulations were made on the closing date. Henry Morgen thau, retiring secretary of the treas ury, made the announcement in his "valedictory” speech. Sale of all classes of bonds totaled 26 billion, 313 million dollars. The "E” bond quota of four billion dol lars was almost attained, a mark of three billion, 976 million being reached. This was the issue that was intended particularly for "small” buyers. < Total sales to individuals amount ed to eight billion, 681 million dol lars, surpassing the eight billion dol lar goal by a wide margin. Pur chases by banks, insurance com panies and other financial institu tions accounted for the rest of the bonds sold. PHILIPPINES^ A Great Record The Filipino people ^re fully capa ble of governing themselves, Gener al Mac Arthur told the members of the Philippines congress in Manila. Their combat record, the general went on, is the best assurance that they can handle their peacetime af fairs efficiently. He said that he was "fully con fident that the American people will do everything within their power to assist you to your national des tiny." The occasion was the formal presentation of orders making the general an honorary Filipino citizen and a lifetime field marshal of the Philippine army. MORE SHOES As a result of army order cut backs to become effective in Sep tember, there will be an increase of 3,000.000 pairs of civilian shoes per month. The council based their hopes for a more generous issue of civilian ration coupons on an increase in the supply of sole leather. The industry was given a 60-day period to prepare for increased pro duction to meet civilian require- dren visited Miss Sarah Fuller in 'Greenville Saturday, and also Mrs. Discharged From WAC Roselle Farr in Woodruff Sunday. P't. Glayds Medlock of Walla With The Sick ,i| Mrs. Mary Kelly and Mrs. Helen Walla, Wash., har received an hon- „ prman _ ,. . . Mk* 'Goings visited Mr. and Mrs. Rex."fable discharge from the Womans ' d-mr/th. r!l J •' ‘21 ‘ I Crow in Woodruff Sunday. Arm, Corps after six months ser- iu n^dmnrg he pa., w.x.|v L Mrs. Eda Ballard of near Honea vice. Mr. and Mrs. Medlock will •* "> •« w* r-v /-»wv* r\ i *-> } i r> ♦ /~vr\ OH . I vi > H S >. 1*01. t . { M rs. J R. Mosier is ill at her home Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Wilkes of And-1 Discharged From Army Ka Vx n .1. i j „ Mrs. Pauline Lawson has been ill erson were the week-end guests of Cpl. George Simpson, son of Mrs. . , p j Mr .and. Mrs. G. H. Jackson. | L. L. Simpson and the late Mr. nome on pme street. ■ Mr. and Mrs. G H. Jackson visited Simpson, has received an honorable ! relatives in Inman last week discharge from the army after four Mrs. Yred Gardner of Newberry,' years and four months overseas in Dutch amphibious forces made and Mrs. Clint McCoig of Green-, Hawaii, Guadalcanal, Northern Colo- two new landings on the north shore, wood, spent Thursday with Mrs. T. mons anc^ the Philippines. of Balikpapan bay to loosen Japan’s G. Smith. The American public is responsible for forcing U. S. war vela to ride p a th, is visiting Mrs. Minnie Harvey, make their home Jn Clinton. uncomfortable day coaches, as pictured above, says Undersecretary of f 0 a few weeks War Robert Patterson. New regulations bar civilian use of sleepers on short trips. PACIFIC ACTION: In Borneo last grip on Borneo’s vital oil. * j Mrs. Clarence Dunaway and chil- Opposed by determined Jap small Iren and Mrs. Geneva Passmore and Surprise Party Given The beginners Sunday school class arms fire, the Dutch landed on'children of West Clinton, were Sun-i honored little Elaine and Emily Ben- Teloktobang and Kariango penin- day guests of Mr sulas, completing encirclement of Longshore. the lower Balikpapan bay. | E. M. Dees of Pineville, N. C., is visiting . Mrs. Tracy Dees this In China week By capture of Tayu, head of the Tracy Dees, S. 1c, of New York, mercury ore . mining region in is spending a leave with Mrs. Dees Kiangsi province, Chinese troops and children. » severed Jap communications with Mr. and Mrs. Walt Kirby and Mrs. Kukong, rail center, 125 miles north Curtis Jackson visited Mr. and Mrs. of Canton. 'Milton King in Greenville Sunday and Mrs. Clyde nett with a surprise party Tuesday at six o’clock at the church. Elaine and Emily are to leave soon to make their home at Thornwell orphanage. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Nothing Serious Wrong with Many Hard of Hearing If you »r« temporarily deafenrU. bot- narad by ringin*. bulling head noian due to hardened or ca>eruUue<i wax (cerumen), try the Ouriae Home Method tact that ao many nay haa enabled them te hear well again. Yoa maat hear better after making thia simple home teat er you will gat your money hack at on ▲ah about Ouriae Sac Dropu today SMITH S PHARMACY “The Rexnll Store” In liberating Liuchow, Chinese troops also scored new gains along I Envelopes! There is No Scarcity in Our Plant Mrs. Helen Caldwell of Charles ton was the week-end guest of Mrs. both the Liuchow-Kweilin highway Paul Taylor. and the Liuchow - Hengyang rail- Mrs. Neil Ballew has been visiting road. ^ er son ’ Cpl- Floyd Ballew, in St. MEAT OUTPUT: j Mrs. Margaret Worthy and daugh- Cote n Rnnst ter visited Mr. and Mrs. Troy Hath- Lreta ci uuum CQX [n Greenwood the t week _ A first step towards increasing end meat production and equalizing dis- ^rs. Edward Knight and son are tribution was taken by the new sec-! retary of agriculture, Clinton P.) _ Anderson, who outlined the require- ments which must be met by small j f slaughterers seeking to get from under quota limitations and ship ment of non-federally inspected meat over state lines. Rep. Stephen Pace (D., Ga.), who succeeded Anderson as chairman of the house food committee, promised ™ that the committee will continue to keep a vigilant eye on the food situ ation. Next to the armed forces, he said, comes the American people’s claim to American-produced food products, except where shipments must be made to "meet the calls of humanity.” Mr. Anderson had pre viously stated that European de mands are in for a "stiffer examina tion.” Certificates will be issued for slaughterers permitting unlimited slaughtering and interstate ship ment. ^ CONTINUED TROUBLE: On Labor Fronts Loss of the closed shop provision and retroactive benefits was held over the heads of the New York Newspaper and Mail Deliverers union by the WLB, in an effort to end the strike which deprived New Yorkers of their newspapers. Two Fort Wayne, Ind., papers, the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and the News Sentinel, were tied up by strikes. Strike action against eight inde pendent Chicago radio stations was called off by representatives of the Radio Broadcasting Technicians union (AFL) following a confer ence with station officials. Both sides agreed they would leave settlement of the dispute to the WLB. In Detroit a walkout at the Dodge truck plant offset a return to work of 824 Graham-Paige workers. One thousand persons were sent home from the Dodge plant because of a strike pf 11 paint sprayers who had been getting 15-minute relief periods each hour and who, according to a Chrysler spokesman, wanted 20-min ute periods. Sixteen thousand five hundred CIO United, Rubber Workers were on strike at Firestone at Akron, Ohio, and the Goodyear Tire St Rubber company, employing 16,700, was op erating under navy supervision. The navy took the plant over after a 20-day strike. B H H B B B ■ ■ a ■ 1 i ■ ■ ■ SOAP FAMINE Increased domestic buying of soap has resulted from suggestion by Her bert H. Lehman, United Nations Re lief and Rehabilitation Administra tion director, that ratipning of soap be started. The emphasis placed on the world’s tight soap situation has brought about critical shortages in many sections of the country. Man ufacturers state that there is very little that can be flone to increase available soap supply and nothing in the way of substitutes is available 4- Let us supply your Envelope needs with the imprinted name of your business. Only a few moments time is required to attach the stamps. I They are a good advertisement for your firm. Full stock sizes No. 6 3-4 and 10, wove and • ' . 1 ^ bond finish. Also Coin Envelopes for payroUs. I 4?^—> CALL 74 IF IN NEED OF ENVELOPES i. ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 4 4 ‘WE DO ALL KINDS OF PRINTING—EXCEIT* BAD" Phone 74 — Clinton, S. C.. ( ^ %