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V. . ? - »^“ ^1-^ TWWTf-^'-’ r 'T'^T l»AOt ftt THg CAMOtli CHWOWCLl, mm CAWOLUIA, ymPAY, HAV 11, Ita Holding Stalingrad Was Turning Point Bf September 7, 1942, the inw mense end highly mechanized Ger> man army had forced the Rueeiane bade 1,100 miles from their borders. On the ISth began the siege of Stalin grad, Russia’s great steel-produdng city. Here the Russians determined to make tiieir stand. With equal tnnnees, the Nazis dedded to take fte d^, although sounder military Judgment would have dictated by passing It. As the numths dragg^ on, the dty became a sjrmbol and a point of lu^r on both ddes. Hitler gave orders to capture Stalingrad at any cost. Stalin told his troops to die in place rather than yield an inch. Slowly the 'Germans deared the suburbs. Then the battle for the dty itself open^. Attack aiul coun terattack held the fighting to the outskirts day after day. Sometimes the Nazis would claim a small ad vance. Then the Russians would an nounce that they had repulsed the enemy. The slaughter was fright ful, with neither side apparently car ing what the cost in lives would final ly be. Street Fighting Begins. Fighting in the streets started about the 17th, in the northwestern comer. Bitter hand-to-hand strug gles held the Germans at the bor ders. Meanwhile bombing planes and artillery were leveling ^e build ings as the Nazis blasted at the stout defenders. All the civilian popula tion had long since evacuated. There was an army in the city, and one adthout. — On November 9 the Russians launched an offensive south of Stalin grad and a smaller one north of the city. Gradually the prongs of these curled together, cutting the Nazi supply lines. Nevertheless, fighting of unprecedented ferocity continued witl^ the city. Every weapon known was employed, from siege artillery to bayonets. Men struggled from building to building, month after m(mth. The dead lay where There was little heed paid to wounded. It was sav age beyond description. Nasis Feel Pinek. By the end of the year the isolated Nazis were beginning to feel the idnch. The generals in the field ad vised abandoning the siege, fearing a disaster. But Adolf Hitler, always mindful of prestige, sternly ordered that the city be taken. His "intui tion” told him to tell his men to hold on, to continue ^hting in bitter cold, arithout supplies, against an enemy who had no thought of yield ing. January, 194S, saw the eel- lapse sf the Oarmaa besisgsrs. Many thousands ware gaad. Hm remaindar beeama panuai up lu a earner of the city, Ighttag merely far their Uvas. The Ru^ alans attaekad'>elentlassly fraan all sides. The battle tamed la a sladghtcr. At last the Ger mans realised the fntlUty af their position and began snrraadaring, 'division by division. The last stubborn holdouts gave la an February 2. The Gennaas loat ,more than 'half a mlllkm men, killed, wounded or eapturad. The bolding of Stalingrad marks the turning point in the Russian war. During the summer and autumn of fensives of 1943, the Red army tolled the Nazis back nearly 600 miles. It was the beginning of the end for Germany. beginning of EmF Came With Alfied Victory in Africa Limp Window Shades You can give a new and snappy comeback, to those limp window shades that refuse to stay put. move the shades from their brack- pts, lifting one end' up In the slot, then pulling the other end out of its bracket. Spread shade fiat on the bed; hold roller firmly in your left hand; with pliers wind tight the metal nubbin at the end of the roller. Ttim frayed edges, sponge shade with light soapsuds. Drive Carefully—Save a Life. COMING ATTRACTIONS Haiglu Theatre eovuer Broad and Rutlodga its. FRIDAY^AT., MAY 11-12 ‘‘RUSTLERS HIDEOUT’ With Buster Cnihbe with A1 (Fux*y) , St. John -— Chapter 10 “Zorro’a Black Whip” And Comedy with Edgar Kennedy u MON.-TUES., MAY 14-15 DOdtS OF NEW YORK” ^ Eakt Side Kids Also Fatba News WED.*THURS., MAY 16-17 ‘‘R<WGH, TOUGH AND READY” Chester Morria A Victor McLaglen Jean Rogers and Veda Ann Borg Chapter 4 ‘TSguadu Steer, Ruportar” Aioft Paramount News Hitler committed hit second stra tegic blunder in 1942 when he failed to conquer Egypt and seize control of the Mediterranean. The Axis knew the value of the Mediterranean and by keeling cod- trol of the western end throu^ uac of the Italian fleet and Tunisia, kept the British from using it as a supply line for Egypt end the Suez canaL But that was not enough. BritiMi convoys dared the Italian fleet and brought suppliea to embattled Malta, bombed day and night like nothing was ever bombed before.' But the suppliea went through and Malta at^, giving the British a base.^ Field Mazahi(l Erwin Rommel, the German commander in |forth Af rica, had made two attempts to end British resistance hi Libya. The Axis forces had almost been suc cessful In the first two attempts but had been checked and then driven back. Now, Rommel decided to try again. Bomraal’a Final Attampt. Rommel launched the third and flnnl Axis offensive against Egypt in May, 1942. Nothing happmed at first and then the British were am bushed.end lost almost all its armor —a tragic blow at that stage. The British fell back tc El Alamein, only 60 miles from Alexandria, with their backs to the wall. Rommel tried in vain for the final breakthrough, but victory eluded him. The British aerial bombard ment of German horns industry and transportation. Hitler’s failure to crush the Russians, and the iteady growth of Allied sir power in the eastern Mediterranean reduced the easistance that Rommel was able to get end kept him from getting aJl ^e supplies he needed. The Axis was beaten in the Medi terranean when the British broke through in a counterattack at El Alamein and then drove the Afrika Korpa west to the final defeat in the fall of ’42 and the crushing Allied victories following the landing American troops in North Africa on November I, 1942. Solon Urges More Fat Back For Folks At Home NOTICE OF FIUNG OF DECLARATION V.- Keonedy Prepared Concurrent Resolution To Get Moat “ RaUof. Notice ia hereby gtren that the un dersigned Board of Corporators, not leas than three days after the publi- cation of this notice, intend to file with the Secretary of State of South Carolina a declaration asking for the incorporation of “Supreme Products Company,” a oorpor^on having its prtaicipal office in the City of Cam- dea. eoenty of Kerahaw, State ol Sonth CaroUaa, setting forth the gen eral nature of the boaineae the cor poration proposes to do, tha amCnnt of capital stockjiiereof and the num ber of shares mto which 4t is to be divided and the par value of each share, and all other matters required to be suted in said declaration by the laws of the State of Sonth Caro lina H. A. Raboa 1949 BUtmore St, N.*w Waahiagton, D. C. J. W. Rabon Lugoff. South CaroUaa. W. lx Qettya, 122 Pine Grove Psrkwa* Lake Poreat. Wllinlagt«r*w I BOARD or CORPoX^, Becanse of the extremely critical reduction in the meat allowances to Progress in Paellld. In the Pacific, the U. S. fleet had won notabla victories during that fateful year of 1942. We had beaten the Japs decisively in the Coral sea battle in May and had whipped them again in the battle of the &lomon»— napped them so badly that the im perial Jap fleet was to retire to home porta and concentrate on the defense of the homeland. clvillana. Representative R. M. Ken nedy of Kershaw county and Reps. Gregory and Usher erf Chesterfield county, introdneed in the House of Representatives a concurrent resolu tion which was passed by both the House and Senate last week. . . > The concurrent resolution authorit- es 'and directs the Commissioner of Agriculture to make tot investif^lon of the meat situation in the state, e< peclally^ in reference _to _fte. sufiplv or~fat back and fresh meats in small towns and rural areas and to use every effort to Induce the office of price administration to alleviate any hardships the investigation may "re veal Tlie resolution rreites that it is es sential every effort be made to in sure diets to the people that are nu tritionally sound, that such diets of necessity include animal protein and such protein is obtainable only from animal products, that vegetables 4rs: essential to a balanced diet to supply vitamins and minerals, that it requir es fat back or some other such fat meat to properly prepare theee vege- tables, that such balanced diets are necessary for working people tO do their best In war plants .and on the farm, that prevailing regulations im pede the most advantanpouB mnvor- ment of livestock to maikets and work an unnecessary hardship upon the farmefiTitRl the devCfepm^T “of the growing livestock tndust^ of the state, that reports are general that new office of price administration regulations will drastically curtail the number of animals small local slaugh terers can kill, all of which will make .more acute the present shortage of such products. Mr. Kennedy has followed up the resolution by c^onferences with the department of agriculture, federal authorities and farm organizations, compiling data that will convince Washington that this section is be ing seriously affected by the shortage of meats, eepfcially of dry salt meat used by our people. . He will appreciate his being furn ished specific Instances known to merchants and farmers respecting this situation. Roy Jones, Commissioner of Agri culture, will leave shortly for Wash ington to urge some relief. DHtb Carelallx—-Satw a Life. According to the 1940 census, 27 per cent of the' U. S. population is more than 45 years old, as compared with 21 per cent recorded In the cen sus of 1930. Yes, we mean YOU! PHONE 1 5 3 For Pick-up aad Delivery STOP before you put thoee winter clothes away! Acoordinf to fov- emment findinys, few home»-^re- gardless of the care given them — are free from moths. 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