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McCormick viccok'v »•» \ H» < Thursday, February 24, 1944 ABOVE JHE BKBjLABMjOO (This swry _ XWNS readers by ifa« Public Relations, Wmr Depart ment.) Soldier-historians of -the tits- torical 1n«neh, 0-2, military tn- telligenee ^Shrision of the ^war de partment .general Staff, aare busily at wotk. in 'the battle wraas and mong the documents in : Washing- ton, D. C M ascertaintng and re cording the military events of this many-sided global vwtr, m uhey occur, for present and post war official pnblicatton, the war department announced. General functions of the . his torical branch, which was estab lished by order August 3, 1943, Of the secretary of war, are to plan and supervise the compilation of he military history Of the pres ent war. Four days after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor, arrange ments were made by the , histori cal section of the army war col lege to index the operational papers of this war. A detailed chronology of events was begun. The chief task of the branch is •writing. Particularly, writing the history Of military operations in :the field. There mte three im mediate objectives, -ail of which are under way. One Is the preparation of pam phlets to be distributed to con valescent wounded soldiers, giving them -accounts of the actions in which they took part. Another is writing detailed narrative ac counts of individual operations and campaigns -against the ene my.. A third is prepartion of a one or two-volume .popular his tory of the war to be published as soon as possible after the cessation of hostilities. One of its long-term objectives is an official history in several volumes. Another is the publica tion of official documents, which United States and particularly in overseas operations. To achieve these objectives the branch has a staff of military and civilian personnel, nearly ail of whom have been drawn from the ranks of professional histori ans; They are aided by an ad visory committee Of-eminent his torians. Members of the branch now -are -functioning in this country and abroad to ‘achieve the task of preparing adequate combat nar ratives. 'i’he job has been con siderably -aided by -the fact that* the army air forces historical sec tion is covering the combat ac tivities of that service, and also by formation of headquarters his torical sections in several theaters of operation. It was found, how ever, that for the adequate prep aration of narratives Of combat in all theaters, the records avail able in Washington were insuffi cient, and men who had seen neither the terrain nor the ac tion were not equipped to do the SAVE ¥ 0 U R TIRES TRUCKERS We can re-cap your .truck tires with Grade “A” Camel back without ration certificate. Expert Workmanship. 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Special efforts are being made to cover the activities of batta lions, companies and even smaller units since the whole field of minor tactics has been much neg lected in military literature. The objective of this endeavor is to produce case-history material ol technical value to troops in train ing and to students of military history. It is believed that the first public publication proceeding from the work of the branch will be projected popular history, which may be ready a few months after conclusion of the ,war. x A HUNDRED YEARS OF KNOWIN6 HOW iMhind every loaf of ClanSSenS ipglM Bread i ALWAYS FRESH AT ‘ YOUR GROCER'S \v FAVOR IB OVER A Card Of Thanks A GOOD SUBURBAN HOME AT A MODERATE PRICE A* nine room two story dwelling situated on 4 9-100 acres fronting on paved highway six miles north of Mc Cormick. The dwelling in fine state of-repair, metal roof, bam, fruit trees, electric lights available, price $1,250.00. Sixty-eight acres situate on old highway south of Mc Cormick. Tenant dwelling in good repair, well, small pas ture, good barn, about 50 acres in cultivation, no waste lands. Rural mail roiite; a good investment for $1,150.00. Terms if desired. One one-story dwelling in town of McCormick, fine repair, five rooms, electric and water connections, garden and plenty land for orchard, etc. Price $1,500.00 cash. One one-story five room dwelling in town of McCor mick situate in good community, electric and water equip ment, garden, orchard and good neighborhood. Price $1,500.00, cash. One six room dwelling on Main Street in McCormick, good roof, water and light connections, large lot for or chard and garden. Entire premises for $1,500.00; ( terms. One five room dwelling situate on 10 acres of land, one mile from Post Office, good well water, electric lights available, nice business lots on front. Price $1,000.00; terms. McCORMICK REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE CO. McCormick, S. C. Phone 98 We wish to express our sincere thanks for the many acts of kindness Shown us during the illness and at the death of our wife and mother, Mrs. Lorena Deason. Every expression lighten ed the burden and warmed our hearts. We shall always cherish the memory of the sunshine brought into our dark days. Joe T. Deason and Chidren. Flashes From Afield rj ^ Your Furniture From S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. 7VF Caught from Recent Reports df County Farm Agent Cherokee, S. C. Stribling.—As a result of oAr neighborhood meet ings, farmers have already order ed about 3,000 tons of limestone, have placed requests for about one million linear feet of ter races, and have planted about 25,000 kudzu crowns. Orangeburg, R. D. Suber.—Thf South Carolina Hampshire Breed ers Association held a sale of 46 animals which sold for $3,260.00 The breeders were well pleased and the farmers purchasing the animals are owners of good here stock. . Anderson, E. P. Josey. — Tlr liming program is going over in a big way. Already the AAA of fice has taken applications for a- bout 30,000 tons of lime and a- bout 10 carloads have alreadj been delivered. Williamsburg, R. A. Jackson.- Twenty-one farmers were assistec during the month in obtaini i seeds and fertilizers to start or v .n ovate pastures. Sumter, J. M. Eleazer. — farmers are really preparing t plant lespedeza this year, tons of seed have been bre in, and much more is on ore. r. Newberry, P. B. Ezell.— ', erative shipping of poultry proved to be a great benell our farmers. Up to date this son 360 farmers have sold j pounds of poultry amountin $3,582.34. Jasper, N. ft. Davis, Jr.—' uit a few farmers have placed l ?er on feed during the past 6 w~eks The total number now on feed ir approximately 150, the larges' number we have put on feed ii. recent years. Chester, M. C. Crain.—Meetings are being scheduled in every com - •r* p ; .a: 4. w ."a 18 ti munity to continue the organiza tion of all farm labor, machin-% ery, material and other equip ment to meet the war goals set up for 1944. Hampton, J. c. Anthony.—In January we placed group orders for 3,600 pounds of lespedeza seed for pasture and soil building crops, 250 pounds of Dallas grass for pastures, and 7,000 kudzu crowns. Barnwell, J. T. Graves.—Four farmers were assisted in develop ing permanent pastures for beef eattle grazing. A display, showing permanent pastures and the AAA payments, set up in the hall of; (,he agriculture building, attracts attention. \ Greenville, W. R. Gray.—On, January 12 the Soil Conservation Service and AAA reperesentatives met for a conference regarding plans for making the 1944 Triple- A terracing, lime, kudzu, and* sericea programs as effective asj possible -AAA Payments Offered On An nual Lespedeza! •* •- Darlington, Feb. 19.—Hie seed ? ing of annual. lespedeza for hay. and grazing is rapidly 'gaining in favor among South Carolina farmers. To further encourage the 1 development of this crop, the Triple-A in 1944 is offering farmers payments of $1.50 pe acre for “Establishing a satis-1 factory cover of spring seeded annual lespedeza”, according tc J. M. Napier, Clemson extension-; AAA specialist. Payment will be made only for that acreage artificially seeded ir 1944, and payment for this prac tice must come within the soil- building allowance established for the farm, Mr. Napier explains. A satisfactory cover will be deemed: to be established when the ! growth would justify harvesting for hay. The lespedeza must b left on the land (not cut for hay) or, if turned under, must be followed by a fall-sown crop. Seed may be harvested. The les-. pedeza may be grazed provided a satisfactory growth is turned un der or left on the land, or the, crop is handled in such way as to assure natural reseeding the fol-. lowing year. The following points, he says, should not be overlooked in the eeding of lespedeza; Plant on heavy soils; the crop responds to lime and phosphate; if well inoc ulated lespedeza or cowpeas has iot grown on the land during the previous two or three years it should be inoculated; seed 4C icunds per acre broadcast be tween February ! and March 31 on a firm seedbed. County agents and county AAA offices are in position to give fur ther information on the estab- ishment of lespedeza and speci- 'ications relative to Triple-A payments. ■¥—TAC IHtii lcinq the biggest food production job of all . 4 time, you will need cvery pGtmd 6f-soda you can get. It is coming in faster and, while ships are still the big problem, there is reason to believe thereiwill be enough for every eSSentialreqmrement. 1,000,000 tons of natural Chilean nitrate— the tonnage U. S. farmers used last year —properly applied, would produce 250,- 000,000 bu. of oats or 100,000,000 bu. of wheat; 125,000,000 bu. of corn or 4,800,000 tons of forage crops; 6,000,000 tons of vegetables, or 2,500,000 bales of cotton a»d 1,100,000 tons of cotton seed. These figures show why farmers need all the Chilean Soda they can get to smash ’44 goals and help make Victory sure! p <•- L 4 ' f ■ y K ^ f H MODERN GLASSES ON CREDIT Eyes Examined*—Glasses Fitted Registered Optometrist in Charge mm/# JEWELERS • vouu Fino it qr fricompos- 826 Broad St. Augusta, Ga.