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I The Camden Chronicle ' '- ": "" -gaaa??BHE-S?_._ ? m* mmmm mmatflmm . aJjpi^-T-sgr : ? ? ? ' I VOLUME 88 ... . CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROUNA^HID^y* AUGUST 6, 1?43 - NUMBER 20 iicout Time Underway Much Promise 5 J Climaxed ^ With A iboree On August 10* out Time" In Camden got (ving lHHt Thursday. Troops i substantial Increase In p. All the' boys of the working hard preparing for roe on August 19 at the )\ gymnasium. Boys from participating are Donald joe J?hn StevenJackson. Mac Bryant, Jack :key Marhall, Martin Price, ?ey, George Beloes, Morty lliam Sinclair and Pat chants of Camden have m of money to be msed for out Court of Review, under in of H enry Savage, Jr., d Monday, August 9, at House at 7:30 p, m. The successfully pass this ree awarded their advancele night of the Scout Jamx>e Stevens, the Scout exebe present art the jam*** * "C ibership committee urges of boys between the ages 9 to enoourage their chili the Boy Soouts. T. Hendrix ?d At Battle ladalcanal Youth Went Down Ship U. S. S. * Juneau. mas Hendrix, age 20, who first class in the U. S.l ve, and who for a year I rlor to entering the Navy I ad by the Camden Iron forks, came to his death | r 13, 1942, when hie ship the Japs In the battle off rmation came to Mrs. nger, route 1, Bethune, ? young man, .from Prank ary of the Navy. In his Mrs. Granger, Secretary that In view of the lapse the U. S. S. Juneau, the ndrlx was on, was sunk, conclusion that the paras a result of the loss were killed by enemy g them being Simon Irlx. >r to Mas. Granger, SecNavy Knor. extends perhy and expresses the 3. Granger will find cornknowledge that her son for his country, thus > highest tradition of the nas Hendrix volunteered in July, 1941. At that working hi the Poundery ; lived until next August have been 21 years of :eived his education at chool and Bethune High R. Riger : Basic Post det Frederick R. Riger, R. Riger, af 1318 Vestal Hampton, N. Y., who is at Shaw Pleld, Sumter, iduatlon from the Primire, was organizer and irst issue of the Camden camp newspaper at 64th let Riger is a graduate lampton Central high tended New Yeik Uni9. His civilian occupaof Advertising. Imickie says? r* i i.. - > 'KXW? USED to TUT V UP BOWSES TO GET ' A NEWSPAPERS* TH' PAPER? COiJIR USE SOME BONUSES THESE , Q4V(J SUCH A? MORE 21 AOS, SUBSCRIPTION? AW JOB WORK/ if ihkkv III _ I I,Mi, ii t??? .p. i Ready for Action JS-l*V, i J?B? TH^PIRI^^H^JNITBD NATIONS is symbolized by three Filipino e&are iMw l*pe Is Washiagtoi at the nilippiM Government offices. All three are now serving with the OftOedlqtiee1.of the United States. Likt 7,000 ether Filipinos in the Army and Navy, they have pledged themselves to rostorhnhe frsshai <af their Philippic* homeland and ef all other eceupied nations. On the left is Midshipman Sergio hisldhi of the fJL $. Naval Academy) Ensign Bnriqoo S. Estevanos of the U. S. Coast Guard is in the oenter; and Wus fight da 2nd Lt Loan J. Hernandez, of the Air Forces, who was graduated froaa A one pel is this year, , F ? 1??? ? ^ ? n -i lL Citizens To Honor Molly Pitcher By Purchase of Bonds Patriotic Tag lf*y Will Be Staged By The Legion Auxiliary. Tomorrow will be Molly I dav in Camden?as' in other communities alt over the United St^ The Women's Division ot the war finance committee >s honoring this famous heroine of the R^iutionary War by promoting the sale of b?The AtL'leaTLeglon auxiliary will have clmrge of the Molly Ktg^rbojd effort, according to Mrs J.. C. E president of the ^f^atlon ex. The Auxiliary, with the wide ex ' perlence gained over a Pertod of years with poppy day ea es, ' * have women and girls in the d town area tomorrow to exchange t e attractive red, white and blue Molly Pitcher tags to all who purchase stamps and bonds. Memphis Maiden Gives Bob Morgan A Sad "Farewell" Piiot of Famed Memphis Belle Gets Gate From Garga/et Polk. Dashing Bob" Morgan, the yoongl rmeXTa.?erttgatehy the Tennessee ma!^ his indicate thS Mtes Polk has revealed that there WU,' bMe noPw Jaing in wh.ch^w? to become the biMe of wlll Robert. She admits sihe ana ?o continue to be good frienas ,0an/Ml?np^h docllne, to And M1BB. th ureak beyond de-| ihxe n *a? by mutual agreement daring caji was followed by I A long distance can w?? ?Ti*a*e-l MIss Polk mailing back the ?ngagering Bob had given her. ment nng ^ . Bnnthem Avla-| unrran came to the KOU.L., " n I from Ashealile, N. C.. tlon school n-om ^ highway where be bad a j Mng eTer-on-the cop. He was the hearts! go sort of c ap matdens squiring of several *?* marked attention whk* caused others to toM,y%^tWl|heleMemphia girl M NoW? ?L rate some of the local whom be <t?d to danc. bar. their hope, ra?"ed ff^.^thTeaven ot anticipation. Federal Aid For I Soldier Recreation congreaaman 'toFifth Sotth CmoHj? . Agency had day the Federal WorM ? ^ cuy .pprered an aopll ,?utancn to ZrZrTtXSZ*activities for WU, heli $5iw Chutes Found In Woods At Westville Returned To Army Two parachutes, one ot them unopened, were found near a little-used side-road near Westville Monday a#ternoon by Mrs. W. D. Freeman, who resides on a rural route number 1 hear that village. ------Mrs. Freeman, who was taking a shortcut home through the woods after calling on her daughter, came upon the two parachutes. These later were turned over to the Camden Chamber of Commerce by Mr. Freeman. The Chamber of Commei^g| communicated with Southern Aviation school and requested that they take charge,of the 'chutes. This was done and it is the intention of the Southern Aviation school to see that they are returned to the proper parachute unit. The 'chutes evidently belong to one of the units participating in the airborn maneuvers tliat were held some weeks ago, and which involved the dropping of many 'chutists in the Westville area. Moseley of Fishing Fame Takes To Air,, Cast Lands A Duck "I've reeled them in from creek, river and lake, but never expected to realise anything from an airlal cast," said M. J. Moseley, local Western Auto Btore manager. But it actually happened and Mr. Moseley had an eye-witness to thb feat. In company with Mills Allen he was fishing Monday morning in Hermitage Lake. A week or so ago he had dragged two eight pound bass from the water, but this time the fish were not responding to the lure of the expert work of the Camden fisherman. It was 5:30 in the morning andi dawn was breaking in the east Moseley chanced to,look aloft and saw a the bird in and ffitide it captive. Later 15 feet above the water. More as a gesture of contempt for hi# failure %o lure the fish, Moseley made a cast at the approaching bird and to his amassment hooked it Moseley reeled hte bird in and made it captive. Later after he had exhibited it to a number of friends and members of his family, he released it The bird, which Moseley said was a good sised duck, flew away happy. . Moseley and Allen, together with others who saw the bird swear that the story U true. Anyhow, this Is a case where a fish story was really a bird. ? :..T. -r-; July Set Record For Forest Fires, Not One Reported July was a record month for Kershaw oounty, according to County Ranger L. E. Smith. There was not a single foregt or brush fire reported In the county during the entire month, according to : Ranger Smith. As far back as the records go, there la no month listed but what several fires were reported i and investigated* The July record, according to Rang- < er Smith, is Jm to the fact that tho ] rangar's office has built up a splendid pirtt of msdsutfa* sad wppwsilpi * mi the pan oT tfcp genera! iisbllm? * ' . < V - - * rs- - t7 , ' . v Robert Hinson (pes Up Life In South Pacific | Hand'Invested HU Army Pay V ,8k United States War sir '.V T A J Bonds. ' \ (Private Robert P. Hinson, nephew of /Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hinson, 905 FMfr street, died July 14, in the ^SggfliweBtern Pacific area aa a desalt dWWu litis received lit apt ion. /Word to this effect wjCb received in the office of the Adjutant-General at "Washington Friday. Private Hinson, who was approximately 27 years of age, waB drafted February 14, 1942, and was identified with Company I of the 169th. Infantry Regiment. The last letter received 4rom him came June 18 and was addressed to Mrs. Hinson. According to Mr. and Mrs. Hinson, PHvate Hinson sent them his ppyj check every month with the request i that the money be invested in DeI fense bonds. Since December he had purchased bonds in the amount of *B00. . , Record Potato Price Received by Farmers Na 1 .'Product Brings $4.50 Per Bushel Frogn Packing Firm. Six Kershaw County farmers sold 222'fbuSh$ls fif No. 1 sweet potatoes at 94.60 per bushel this week. This is probably the best price ever received for potatoes sold from Kershaw Const/. Seventy-five bushels of No. 2's sold from 92 to 92.60 per bushel, which brought the farmers participating in this Shipment, 91,163. This represents thejpofetoes from a total of six acres. Vlnef eattlnfi were also cut from tbl* six acres to plant the main crop. The potatoes were sold by County Agent w. C. McOarley tq the Corbett Packing company of Wilmington, N. Oh who sold them to a chain store orgartsatftfe in Charlotte. Arrange, merits have been made by the County Agent for the Corbett Packing company 40 hare g representative in the cdagty to buy potatoes one day per week as long aa there are any to sell. Those having sweet potatoes to sell are asked to contact County Agent McCartey. McCorkle Speaker At Munidpal Meet The annual meeting of the Association of cities and towns of South Carolina was held in the ball room of the Jefferson hotel last Wednesda7 , .... if/ > I Mayor Francis N. McCorkle of Cam-1 den, was selected, as t^e speaker to preseiit the viewi of the Association in connection with the allocation of revenue by the State Legislator* Mayor McCorkle says that cities and towns do not get a fair share of the revenue from liquor, buses end trucks, bank fax and other taxes, a Mayor McCorkle presented tax mat* , ten before the State Legislature on i several occasions lest year and Is considered one of the outstanding i poblio speakers of the Stat* Other speakers at the meeting were < Governor Olin D. Johnston end Mayor i H- W. Lockeuod of Charleston. ? ' ':A' Butter Takes Two Point Jump But Other Items Drop Freih Pork Backbone! and Foot Arc Now Ration Free. liutter coats the Camden housewife two more pointa per pound beginning Auguat 1, but ahortening. lard, aalail and cooking oils coata ono point lean and no major chaugea will be made in meat values, the office of price administration auuouuCed last W The new red point valuee will remain in effect through September 4. The 2-polnt increase for butier bringti the coat to 10 pointa a pound. Margarine remains unchanged at ioui ^In Jumping the poiut coat of butter. OPA aaid it was attempting to bring consumer demands into line with the available supply. , . . The uew polut value for lard is three points a pound, whilo shorten.ng and salad and cqoklng oils are aet at four points. OPA removed two meat Items from the rationed list. Fresh pork backbones and feet (bone end), whioh have cost 1 point per pound, are now ration free. OPA said theBe items were made ration free because of the large supply and the fact that government agencies do not purchase them. Canned pigs feet, bone end, coat 1 point for August, Compared with 2 points for July. . . While no changes were made in the more popular beef cuts, OPA predicted an increase of about 10 per cent in the civilian supply. Here are the changes in red Stamp values: . Fats, oils and dairy products?Lard, 3 points, down 1; shortening, 4 point#,, down 1; salad and cooking oils (one pint or one pound), 4 points, down 1. Pork points listed: Pork?Fatbacks and clear plates, 2 points, down 1; feet (bone end) ration free, down X; Jowls, S points, down 1; backbones, ration frets down 1; plates, regular, 3 points, down 1; baoon, plate and Jowl squares, 3 points, down 1. Ready-to-eat meats?Picnic or shoulder slices, 11 pointa (new item); plga feet, bone end, 1 point, down 1; meats (In tin or glaHH containers.)--:meatspreads, 5 points, down 1; plga feet (bone end) 1 point, down 1; beef English cut roasts, 9 points, (new Rem). The two new Hems?picnic, or shoulder slices and English cuts of beef?make little difference to the consumer. In the past, butchers have sold picnic slices and ftxed point values, and the change merely fixes a specific value for the ltem^ Simi- j larly, English cuts of beef, a type of chuck roast, have cost the same under a different name. In establishing the English cut classification, OPA said it merely followed trade practices in certain areas. Camden Student Was Escort To Missing Ace; Amelia Earhart Flew In Plane Escort Before Noted Aviatrix Disappeared. Among the graduates of the Southern Aviation Flying school this week were two Puerta Rican lieutenants, one of whom," Lt. Jose A. Munlz, was a member of an escort of flyers for the late Amelia Earhart on her last flying venture which resulted in her death. . Lt. Munlz and- a brother were in the escort for the noted aviatrix from Puerto Rica to the Virgin Islands. It was three days after Miss Barhert had left the Virgin Islands that her plane was last heard from. With Lt. Munlz at the Camden school was Lt. Manusl Antonio Sanchez. These two Puerto Rican young men, prior to coming to the Camden school, were affiliated with the Observation club off the ooaat of Puerto Rica. In thie work they frequently had to fly six hours every day. Lt. Munlz was one of the orjginal group of seven civilians belonging to the Puerto Rican Flying club. v s j, Lt. Sanchez was president of the senior class at the School of Agricultural and Engineering Arts In Puerto Rica where he received his degree as Agricultural Engineer. Lt Munlz attended the University of Puerto Rica and later the University of Maryland In the States. . In commenting on-the life of Puerto Ricans, he says although the average income of a Puerto Rican le only $128.00 per year, and the food supply consists of rice, beans and platans, a Puerto Rican will not remain long away from his country. Frequently Puerto Hiring go to the States but they always return. He says that due to the Influence of Americans in Puerto Rica, the old custom of chaperoning le being somewhat modified to the extent vthat a girl and Iter slater may go eat without i chaperons. Further commenting on his reason for being in the Army, he eeys Puerto Ricans f* 1 thai they are more American than Americana, and thai they are steeliest fighters, paittcnlMly In tnasle* ? ?^ Local Price Panel Urges Study of '* New Ceiling Figures Karesh and Committee Are To Handle All the Complaint*. Flat celling prices for over 650 Krocery Items are coming to every grocery Htorc In Camden and Kershaw county this week according to A. Sam , Karesh, chairman of the Price Panel of the Kershaw County War Price and Rationing Board. The Stato Office of Price Administration will Issue a list of all these Items and It Is the ^ Intention to. have them published In4 the newspapers of the State. The flat dollars and cents cetllngs have been fixed only after OPA price specialists had made an extensive study of cpats and profit tplnlraunis for these Items In this area. Previously, each grocery store has fixed Its own celling prices based on Its highest prices for an itom in March, 1942, or under a mark-up formula. A price panel of local business people and other leaders will have local supervision of complaint* of grocery stores In this area. The Kershaw Price Panel, headed by Mr. Karesh,t lists the following personnel: Mr*. C. R. DuBose, Jr., Mrs. Douglas A. Boyking, Mrs. John Whltaker, Jr., Mr*. L. P. Tobtn, and Mrs. Jack Nettles, of Camden; Mrs. W. D. Qrlgsby of Blaney, and Mrs. D. M. Mays of Be* thune. The price panel tnembers #111 reflect the trend of OPA toward making compliance by local store* with prion callings largely a local responsibility. The committee urges every household to secure a copy of the new price listings by clipping it from papers that publish tt. Prices In Camden store* have been at considerable variance and under the new setup the iiprfce of commodities at all store* will be exactly alike. It Is believed that In some instances stores that sold items at a figure above that obtained In other stores will be forced to cut down to "Thvftgure prescribed In the flat selling price lists, and others selling at a minimum figure will be obliged to raise the price. As an Illustration the item of grapefruit Juice can be cited: One Broad street store was selling the certain brand of the Juice for 29 cents, whereas the price In other stores was 35 cents for the same can. Under the flat celling price regulations the price will be the same in all the sotres. Grocery Stores Must Now Post All Top Legal Prices Every grocery store In South Carolina now has flat dollar and cents top . legal prices on more than 500 items the Office of Price administration announces. The state baa three areas, and within an area the celling price is the same for a given article In every store of the same classification, the OPA [ says. Top legal prices may vary slightly per unit from area to area, according to production costs and transportation costs within the Area, It Is said. s It is illegal for a store to charge more than the top legal price, which are stated in dollars and cents figure*. Supervision of store* for checking their compliance with' the new ceilings will be in the hands of price panels of local citisens, the OPA says. The new flat price celling* will be an improvement over the pact system in that where now every merchant figures his own individual celling, now every merchant In his area and. classification will have the same top price for a given Article. Consumers will be able to get top price* either from the'newspapers or from their local War Price and Rationing board. There'* wool in an 80-mm gun mount?a* much as goes Into a woman's skirt. * S """" N O T ICE ?v TO PARENTS OF BOYS AND GIRLS IN SERVICES Many of th*' subscriptions of boya and girls In'tha armad aarvleaa hava agplrad. Under, postal regulations wa will ba foroad to dlacontlnua thalr pa pars unlaas thay ana ranawd. Military regulations pravant ua sending paople In tha services bills, atatamanta or notlcaa of expiration. "> V i * M ' : 'J, 8lnca moat of tha subaorl|!>tlona coma from parents, wa aak that tha familiaa of aarvloa man and woman look Into tha mattar of thalr Subscriptions to Tha Chronicle and fanaw them If thay hava sxptrad. Don't lat year boy of girl mlaa ,-a single Issue of tha homa town J* .4 ' D tOtC AT ID TO TRUTMl PLEDGED TO THE tfiORLS ' ' it' ' ' ^ . 7r\