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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 XLIV Clinton, S. C, Thursday, August 24, 1944 Number 34 Before Invasion of Southern France ORPHANAGE BEGINS NEW YEAR'S WORK ON NEXTTUESDAY Fall Session of School and Department Work To Start After Summer | Vacation Season. The Thornwell orphanage schools; will open their new session on next; Tuesday, August 29. The children’s ( vacation period has ended and all afe now back, with the large family; being organized this week for the new year's work, both in the class rooms and vocational departments. School Faculty Given The schools are again headed by MAJ. ADAIR WINS DfC In Tough Italian Drive B. S. Pinson as principal. Three Capd. Hugh Shockley Jacobs, son of Dr W. P. Jacobs and Mrs. Jacobs I of this city, now serving with A mer - 1 ican forces on the Italian front, was , in command of the company which i seized Lanuvio on the foad to Rome ! where the Germans were dug in from eight to ten feet in solid rock ; emplacements, an Associated Press ; dispatch said a few days ago in a report of the almost unbelievable record of the "Palace Guard War riors” of whom Captain'•Jacobs’ com pany is a part. In the drive from the Anzio beach- 1 head to the Arno, the guards had been fighting all but seven days out iof 120. i According ^o the report, Captain Jacobs’ company suffered the heavi- U. S. ARMOR PLUNGES 58 MILES BEYOND PARIS IN GREAT SWEEP All German Forces In France In Hopeless Position. Russians Move In Balkan Area. MW LANDING? Ilendaye, France, Aug. 22.— French military authorities said a third* tAllied landing in France started tonight in the area of Bor- deau, which was reported under a coordinated attack by American and French columns. Allied Headquarters. France. Aug est casualties of the division in any one spot at Lanuvio, and the outfit 22.— A lightning American armored i changes are made in the sta due to j has been blazing a trail in Italy column, shooting off yilhnd from a resignations. ( Major Archie S. Adair has recent- which has left them three Distin- point before - Paj;is.*?has driven 65 The following teachers,, in addition ly been awarded the Distinguished guished Crosses, three Silver Stars miles thmugh j,yeak German resist- to Mr. Pinson, will constitute the'Flying Cross. The official citation and three Bronze Stars. ^bce to -ibe^area" of Sens, 50 miles teaching staff: ’ reads, "For extraordinary—achieve- Captain ‘Jacobs was graduated southeast of the French capital, it ment while serving as commander- from Presbyterian college June 21, was announced dramatically last in-the-air of a groUp of 6-17 air- 1941, and on the same day became right. craft on heavy bombardment mis- 21. received a commission as second Thus was thrown out the right arm sions against the enemy over Ger- lieutenant in the United States in- 1 0 f a gigantic pincers designed to cut Lieut. Gen. Jacob L. Devers (left), deputy supreme commander of the Allied forces in the Mediterranean theater, and leader of the invasion of southern France, confers with Lient. Gen. B. P. Somervell, command ing general, army service forces, and Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson. SGT. GEORGE R. OWENS NEW AUTO TAGS AT HOME FOR VISIT WILL BE ISSUED FROM OVERSEAS DUTY Mrs. L. B. Dillard. Clinton. Mrs. Leonora Major, Cross Hill. Miss Luva McDonald, Iva. Miss Helen Porter, Clinton. Miss Julia Porter, Clinton. Miss Martha Stoner, Elberton, Ga. Miss Clyde Smith, Seneca. Miss Irene Hawthorne. Donalds. Miss Virginia Nichols, Donalds. Miss Frances Leonard, Woodruff. The Matron's Staff , _ , . _ gigantic pincers „ __ many and enemy occupied r ranee on fantry reserve corps and w r as ordered an d destroy all Nazi forces in the March 20. 27, and May 7, 12 and 24, to Fort Bragg. At the end of the year entl ‘ re p aris , areat j ast as the cream Major Adair by the superior per- he was transferred to Fort Dix. of the enerny Seventh army has been formance of command in combat has Where as a second lieutenant he was hacked to pieces in the trap west - been materially responsible for the attached to the 34th division, 133rd Seme success of these operations against infantry and sailed for northern Ire- the enemy. His excellent judgment land. His military training was com- and courageous devotion to duty de- pleted there and in England and he Belgian forces fighting along the channel coast reached Deauville, only Two changes have been made in spite the eflforj of the enemy to de- took part in the invasion of North \ h ^ w?vrp ' V’.'ld the matron’s staff due to resignations, stroy his formations have enabled Africa at the end of that year. As a South Carolina motorists still driv- The list of matrons, their homes and his aircraft to destroy targets of vital captain, he became the company ing their pre-war cars will decorate departments, follows: j importance. Major Adair s display of commander of the so Newberry, Aug. 23.—Sgt. George them with h ran d new ii ce nse plates Mrs. A. M. Copeland, supervisor of initiative and rare capacity for re- Guard. R. Owens, who has recently been on for the 1944-45 tax year. They will matrons. ‘ j sponsibility on these occasions reflect In 1940-41 Captain Jacobs Was one a visit to ‘his mother Mrs Inez Ow- be bright green with orange figures, i Mrs. Varina Betsil, Home of Peace, the highest credit upon himself and of the student? at Presbyterian col- I Williamson rhipf hiehwav. Mrs. Lois Jordan, Edith Home. the Army Air Forces.” ilege listed in "Who’s Who in Ameri- said ’ yesterday the Mrs. Maude Hollis, Fairchild Cot- Major Adair is a son of Mrs. H. D. can Colleges and Universities ’ ens, and other relatives in Newberry, after two years overseas duty, is the commissioner, . ■* highway department had ordered the tage. proud possessor of the Soldiers r state penitentiary to Medal, ( the Silver Star, the Purple 336,670 new plates. Heart and his European-African- For the past two years, due to the Sicilian ribbon. wartime steel shortage. South Caro- 1 Sergeant Owens is said to be the Rnians have not had new license most decorated man in the anti- plates for their vehicles. In 1942-43 aircraft battalion commanded by the old plates were reprocessed and! Liuet. Col. Thomas H. Pope of New- ne w letters and numbers embossed, berry. He entered the service with i n 1943.44 a small supplemental steel the original Newberry National tag was issued which revalidated the Guard under Colonel Pope and has 1 license, been with him during his entire ser vice in the armed forces. Williamson said it would not be necessary for motorists to His Rantin of this city. His wife, the-fer— friends will learn with interest of manufacture 1 M rs - James Dorroh, Silliman Cot- mer Miss Miriam Milam, is making the distinguished record he has made tage. 1 her home with her parents in Lau- as an officer. Mrs. Bessie Godfrey. Anita Home, rens while he is overseas. Mrs. James Bradley, Harriet Home ! m Mrs. G. A. Black, Hollingsworth Home. Miss Janie Stewart, Georgia-Beatie Home. " "" — Miss Hattie Blankenship, Florida, WESTERN FRONT — American Cottage. ; armored column speeds 65 miles Mrs. C. A. Wood, McCormick' through weak resistance to Home. I forming new arm of giant pincers THE WAR IN BRIEF City Schools To Open September 4 from the port of Le Havre. Allied headquarters, announcing the great operation to annihilate Hitler’s shat tered forces in France, said 1.200 ene my tanks already Hod been destroyed or damaged in western France since June 6 while field estimates placed the number of Germans put out of action at 300.000. A British staff officer declared that “the back of the German army is broken. Any troops Hitler now sends forth to meet us will be only cannon fodder to chew ub.” The American column at Sens was more than halfway to the German The 1944-45 session of the Clinton border from the Normandy beach- public schools will open on'Monday 1 bead only 165 miles from the holy r 4. it' is an-* 50 ' 1 ” th e reich. turn in Sergeant Owens was awarded the old tags in order to obtain new R a h v Cottaee rUHior’c MpHal for hern sm in res- , »aoy cpuage morning, September _ Sens, nounced by Supt. Pat H. Hobson. German forces in southern France „ „ r ncers It is understood that a number of were * n much the same hopeles- Miss Lucy Watkins, Virginia Home. | designed to trap all Nazis in Paris changes have been made in the fac- chaotic condition as those in th Mrs. Margie McFadden, Mayes area; Belgian troops reach Deauville, ulty for the coming year. The list of nnr tb, seeking only to escape beto: • Soldier s Medal for heroism in res- ones Only one plate will be issued V/T; ss Yella Dew Dietitian cuing a comrade from drowning in t b attached to the rear license ™ S To n r! 1 D c - -- - - - - . to be attached to the rear license Mrs. J. R. Poag, Dining Room Su- can and French troops push forward June, 193, at Port Auz Poules, Al- plate bra^et. geria. While in swimming in a rough j Records at the SOUTHERN FRONT German teat -‘hers has not yet been publicly a ^ an ^ e _ s of ^ mer ‘ can i forces in chaotic condition as Ameri- announced by the board of trustees , pervisor. ^ oo o cniHior hor-amp evhanst 1 — highway depart-! Mi»s. Margaret Nicholson, Infirm- sea a fellow soldier became exhaust^ men t showed that during the fiscal ar y nurse year ended June 30 a total of 346,283; Mrs Sallie M Matthews, Laundry. noar,* with dUrcard fnr his vehicles were ^censed by the high-, Mrs Sam Knox, Sewing Room, geant Owens, with disregard fpr his wa y department, an increase of ^ ' own safety, swam out against strong 13 544 compared with the previous undertow and brought the helpless d sca j year, soldier to shore. — — ed and called for help. Upon hearing the cry of the drowning man, Ser- Sunday At Head Springs For gallantry in action and for his ■ f L P/icfr^r courage in the face of great danger LUrneron raSiOF Sergeant Owens has been awarded Yq BrOadtOSt the Silver Star. The citation accom- ^ panying it reads: "When the ship on which Sergeant Owens was aboard had been bombed and set bn fire (Sicily, July 1, 193), Sergeant Ow ens, utterly disregarding his own safety, remained on board and under Rev. J. Shelton Moose, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church will go to Greenville the latter part of the Second Army-Textile Rally Held Here The second .in the series of five Army-Textile rallies was presented last Saturday evening at the Clinton armory. Members of the 2I6th Infantry band and other personnel from Camp ., , - . , that* city. While in Greenville Mr. j continual enemy fire aided, not only M()0se win broadcast on Sunday his own gun crew, but also other m^n on that part of the ship to aban- week to attend the anniversary ser-, G ar r, ved the „•.« at- vices of Trinity Lutheran church of , prnmin Mai '„ r F - Czarnitd[i B\ Tengchung; 60 miles north of Toulon, 40 miles Missionary To Speak north of Marseilles; Gestapo seizes * 7 r Marshal Petain. EASTERN FRONT—Russians cap-' | ture Iasi in new Romanian drive toward Ploesti oil fields; Soviets 1 storm across Bug Warsaw^ PACIFIC FRONT — MacArthur’s bombers hit Halmahera again while Liberators pound Davao in Philip pines; Nimitz reports strikes at Yap and Truk while Japanese cabinet discusses Superfortress raids. ASIATIC FRONT—Chinese recap ture several points near Leiyang; on The Rev. B Dale White, mission ary to China of »the Associate Re- nver northeasV'of ^ orrnerf Presbyterian church, will preach at the Head Springs A. R. P. church at Mountville on Sunday af ternoon, August 27, at 4:40. The pub lic is cordially invited. RATIONING BOARD BULLETIN (OPA) morning, August 27, at 8:05/ In the absence of Mr. ternoon. Major William E. Czarnitski £ jrma u fr ™tier, Chinese penetrate j apa nese flee too fast for pursuers to keep up in western Burma. _ . Moose. don ship. After all the men except H wingard. a son of the Rev. the captain and the first mate of the R Wingard of Greenwood, a for- vessel had abandoned ship, Sergeant mer r of st John . s will h ~ Owens then left the'ship and aided f * -j the armed forces at Camp Gordon. i acted as master of ceremonies. The program opened with music by the band, after which a special act was staged. Pvt. Harrison, a re turned veteran, made a short talk. A professional magician, now of (Compiled to date for information of The Chronicle's readers). PROCESSED FOODS: Blue A8 through A5 ( Book 4) now Valid at 10 French troops where they were trap ped and had no choice except to fight. The Nazi garrison of the naval base of Toulon was cut off from escape, doomed to eventual death or capture at the hands of vengeful French troops fighting into the streets of the city Other French units, plunging on westward, were within three miie** of Marseille, France's second city. Swift American columns were as far as 60 miles inland north of Tou lon and were 40 miles north of M i,: - seille, meeting but^ little opposition. Maj. Gen. Alexander M Patch t id his men in an order ,of the day that the enemy was "perplexed and stun ned" and urged them to call on re serves of stamina and finish-the j b Russia’s mighty armies, striking blow for blow with their Allies in the west, captured Iasi, Romania's :n performed, giving demonstrations mind, reading and hypnotism Two interesting motion pictures CpI. Joseph Dixon Home From Overseas Cpl. Joseph F. Dixon has arrived in the States and is now enjoying a . . ... ^ , fourth largest citv. in a spreading points each, for use with tokens. Good three . day offt i n , lvt . al(>ng a I5 6-mile iree- t'ront fields. along toward the vital Moscow s a i d o n e indefinitely. MEATS AND FATS: Red A8 through D5 (Book 4) now valid at broken through “strongly 10 ponits each for use.^vilh tokens, enemy defense" oaith of T Good indefinitely. miles southeast of Iasi. , , . , . • * i for Mr. Moose, men who were unable to swim to life ^ boats. His courage in the face of r*!* * ^*1 X great danger set a high example to! I nFOG V^lmtOn OlnS I O all A« s c T ra ? es V co 'Graduate As Nurses After the Sicilian campaign Ser-1 ^ geant Owens was sent back to Africa , and later returned to the States. Be- v . , r . h CUs , L . , will be held here at the same place " lore entering the service he was a T" % a ™ Saturday evening. September 2. has seen act Km member of the sophomore class at . ir f* tu VN r . e R e .- n , a ' which time a new program will " 1 a r ta y- - , . Newberry college. Hd” has a brother, "‘ n f at t the Firs Baptist church of be presented The public is cord i a ny months he was confined to an army ber 1. Cpl. Felbert Dewey Owens, in ser- ^ hat c,t y when ^ Pastor, Rev. E. invited to attend these free .. shows ” hospital recovering from an illness. SHOES: Airplane stamps 1 and 2 vice Gibson Davis, will deliver the ad-; sored b the , j Chamber cf | While serving in Africa ,he was (Book 3) valid indefinitely. - — Hrpss nf thf> pvpnmp Commerce. ^ | awarded the Silver S_tar_ medal for: FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 Ploesti oil thrust had fortified hin.i. 90 Sergeant Owens has gone to Camp Butner, N. C., for assignment. Sgt. Owens is a grandson of Mrs. T. R. Owens and the late "Uncle Tommy” Owens of this city. dress .of the evening, i UThree Clinton girls are members of the graduating class of 21. They are Misses Dorothy Horton. Amanda Milam and Harriet Davis. » Red Cross Has Number Garments To Complete In order to complete an assignment of*garments for refugees, long over due, the Clinton branch of the Lau rens county chapter, Red Cross, has the following garments to complete: 5 dresses, 4 rompers, 4 bonnets. Anyone willing to make one or more of these garments is asked to call at the Red Cross room this after noon (Thursday), between the hours of 3 and 5, or Tuesday A. M. between 9:30 and 12. Blakely Promoted To Rank of Major Captain Erskine E. Blakely has re cently been promoted to the rank of major, it was learned yesterday. He is now attached to the AAF Train ing Liaison office, Baltimore, Md. Major Blakely is a native of the Long Branch section hear here. He is the son of Mrs. L. D. Blakely and the late Mr. Blakely. Donald Nelson Says: Although waste paper re ceipts have been Increased by nearly 100,000 tons a month, we are still short 79,000 tons a month. WASTE PAPER is the nation’s number one critical war material. CLINTONIANS CAN HELP NOW! ... by saving all kinds of paper and turning same in at local salvage headquarters. This appeal published in the interest of the waste paper drive by— THE CLINTON CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” Copt. Paul Todd Promoted To Major j gallantry in action at El Guettar. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. j Dixon of Renno. and his wife, the j former Miss Olive Nabors, makes her home here. were presented. "Lifeline" and "The furl °URh at home after more than SUGAR. Sugar stamps 30. 31 and Northeas: ot War-aw Sov, •: Nazis Strike” * two years of foreign service. He was -J (book 4) good for-five pounds each stormed across the Bug river i The third iff the series of rallies 1 Rationed with a medical detachment indefinitely. Sugar stamp 40 good for offered a -trong flanking tnre.,- • - will Ha hoM Wa At'thA 'ustmA 1 the 178th Field Artillery and five pounds canning sugar until Feb- Nazi force- in the besiege■ capita r in North Africa, r uary 28, 1945 Stamp No. 33 in book Poland. Moscow said thN column. For the past two ^ becomes good for 5 lbs. Septem- driving a wedge between Warsaw and East Prussia, advanced 15 miles during the day. The French army of the interior declared that more than half of all France was under the control of Al lied or patriot forces. Switzerland heard that German se cret police seized Marshal Henri Pe tain, Frances aged “chief of state.” last Sunday morning at his home in Vichy and probably hustled him off to Germany. The old hero of Verdun thus became officially what he has been in effect for a long time—a pris oner of Hitler. Petam was reported to have reach ed Belfort, near the Swiss-French border, Monday afternoon after be ing spirited across France by the Gestapo. An earlier report had said Petain yeas being held at Wiesbaden. French frontier guards at Hendaye (Continued on page six) Capt. Paul Todd, son of Mrs. Irene _ DU* Todd of this city, has been promoted Ftc. Mac d. Hipp to major in the United States army, DAfnrnc Tn Hiifw it was leraned yesterday. i\eiurn> iu L/ury Major Todd has been overseas for 1 .. , , some time in Africa and Sicily In. Mac ^ Hl PP has been notified by- May past he was sfcnt to Italy where ^ ar fi e P <irtn J en: bhat his son, Pfc he is now with the 22nd Chemical ^ lfl c B. Hipp, Jr., returned to duty Smoke battalion. m July 23 after be.^g a hospital His friends will learn with in**'- P ati ent for several weeks. Pfc.j Hipp I wa? wounded May 11 at i beachhead in Italy. He i overseas for some time. and. 5 cou pons for curren? season good until September 30. Period i coupons for next year now valid. GASOLINE:: A-11 coupons good for three gallons through Novem ber 8. est of his rapid promotion sine, tering the service. .n-: has Anzio been KIWANIANS TO MEET The Kiwanis club wiB meet toYiight . (Thursday) at 7:30 at Hotel Clinton. DuPre Rhame, of Greenville, will i give a concert for the club. P. C. GRID SCHEDULE CHI (7 Sept. 23—Clemson T^t Clemson. Oct. 6—Georgia at Athens. Oct. 14—Newberry at Clinton. Oct. 21—Catawba at Salisbury, N. C. , Nov. 4—Auburn at Auburn. Nov. 11—South Carolina at Colum bia. No\\ 17—Miami at Miami, Fla. Nov. 23—Newberry at Newberry. Long To Occupy Pulpit Sunday The usual morning worship service will be held Sunday at the First Bap tist church with the pastor. Rev. Walter N Long, occupying his pul pit. • Mr. and Mrs. Long have returned from a vacation at Ridgecrest, N C., where they attended a. foreign mis sion conference. Mrs^J H. Stone has returned from Columbia after a week’s visit with her brother, Dr. W. K. Lewis, and family. DRIVE CAREFULLY SAVE A LIFE! SO FAR THIS YEAR THERE HAS BEEN 1 FATALITY from AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS in LAURENS COUNTY Let’s Strive To Make 1944 a Safe Year On This date last year, • the Highways. This date last year, 2 Wyman Shealy, Sr. # Hospital Patient Chief Petty Officer Wyman Shealy of the Seabees arrived in im* States last week after two years >er\|ice :n the Southwest Pacific. He is now a patient at the naval hospital in Brem- ertoy. Wjislvftgfon ' Early in Jqne Chief Petty’'Officer Shea'y. received a 'leg injury that caused him to be hospitalized since. His family and friends, hope he will arrive home soon for a vifcit. after .treatment and new braces^ are re- Iceived at the Bremerton hospital