Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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“USE IT UP” THE NEWBERRY SUN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1943 ★ WITH THE COLORS ★ - - - ■ — — ■ ■ ■ — - ■ ■ Attending O. C. S. Pfc. Keitt Purcell is now stationed at Carnp Davis, N. C., where he is at tending Officer’s Candidate School. Private Purcell has been stationed at the Citadel in Charleston since taking his basic training at Fort Eustis, Va. this summer. Visiting Mother Pvt. Ralph Mitchell, stationed at Fort Belvoir, Va., is spending a 10 day’s furlough with his mother, Mrs. T. L. Mitchell at her home 1324 Mil ligan street. Transfer To Air Corps Pfc. Bob Todd will report to Camp Butner, N. C., Friday after, spending a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Told, before reporting to the Miama Florida Air Base Sunday. Pvt Todd transferred to the Air Corps a few weeks ago. Visiting Wife and Baby Pvt. Wade Smith has been on a few days furlough visiting his wife and baby, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Smith at Kinards. MILD TYPE OF FLU SWEEPS U.S. A mild form of respiratory ail ment, similar to the grippe and in fluenza, has reached epidemic pro portions in some sections of the United States, health officers said but they stressed that deaths were few. They said he ailment was of a far less serious type than that in England, and Wales, where 709 deaths were reported in a single week recently, and not to be com pared with the influenza epidemic that swept this country in 1918. An average cf one person in 10 was ill in the hardest-hit sections, with a proportionate level of absen teeism in war plants and offices. Absenteeism in schools was as high as 30 per cent in some cases. The ailment, usually affecting a person for about five days, was re ported on the wane in some a’-eas and on the increase in others. Phy sicians said current cold weather in many sections would tend to stop the spread. The ailment extended from 'rop- ulous centers of the northeast through the midwest to the coast and to sections of the south. Fifteen Sons In Three Families In The Armed Forces Three Newberry county families are really doing their bit in helping in the war services, each family hav ing five sons in the armed forces. The families and their sons are: W. R. Koon of Pomaria: Lieut. William B., Camp Butner, N. C.; First Sgt. Walter R., Camp Haan, Calif.; Staff Sgt. Isaac Y., Norfolk, Va.; Sgt. Hayne L., Fort Bragg, N. C.; Cpl. Woodrow W., Camp Shelby, Miss. The above five sons constitute the whole immediate family of Mr. Koon, Mrs. Koon having died 16 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Livingston 'if Newberry: Second Class Seaman Alvin and Second Class Seaman New man, both of the naval fleet; Pfc. Allen, overseas, original member of the Newberry National Guard, when trained at Camp Stewart, Ga., under Lieut. Col. Thomas H. Pope; I'fc. Carl, Fort Meade, S. D.; Pfc. J. D., Camp Butner, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Miller of New berry: First Sgt- Cole L., overseas; Sgt. Talmadge E., overseas, now re covering from a second wound receiv ed in battle; Sgt. Paul C. overseas; Furman A., Wrightsville Sound, N. C., and Harold O., Camp LeJeune, New River, N. C. Returned To Maryland A|S Roy O’Merle Rikard has return ed to Bainbridge, Md. after spending a 9 day leave with his parents, Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Rikard. Missing in Action Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Thomasson re- ceieved a telegram from the War De partment Sunday morning informing them that their son, Tech. Sgt. Ed ward A. Thomasson, had been missing over Germany since December first. Thomasson was a member of a bomb er crew and had been on 19 raids. Spends Weekend At Home Pvt. Tom Davis, stationed at Clem- son College spent the past weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Davis. Visits Parents Pvt. George Browning stationed at the Citadel in Charleston, visited his mother, Mrs. Nellie Browning over the weekend. Visiting Parents A|S Albert (Pewee) Ford and A|S Richard Rodelsperger, sons of Mrs. J. R. Ford and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rodel- snerger are spending a few days with ('Heir parents, before reporting back to Jacksonville, Florida, to attend he Naval Reserve School here. Young Ford and Rodelsperger have just com pleted their boot training at Jackson ville. ★ ★ What you Hutf, With WAR BONDS 4 for I U. S. destroyers and other anti submarine vessels of the Navy are equipped with quadruple tubes, meaning they are capable of firing four torpedoes simultaneously, mak ing it more difficult for the target to escape. Modern warfare is the most ex pensive destruction the world has ever experienced both for the de stroyed and the destroyer. There is no point where we can stop in this war this side of peace so all of us will be required to buy an extra $100 Bond in the 3rd War Loan. 7. S. Treasury Department LOGUE ASKS MERCY Columbia, Dec 13.—Joe Frank Logue, former Spartanburg police man, confessed he participated in the hired slaying of Davis W. Timmer man and asked only mercy of the court that sentenced him to the elec tric chair, defense counsel said today in asking the state supreme court for a new trial. “The only thing we are asking of tha jury was mercy. We admitted his guilt and asked mercy and mercy only,” Senator Ben E. Nicholson, of Edgefield, one of Logue’s attorneys told the court as the plea was taken under advisement. Solicitor Jeff D. Griffith of Salu da opposed the motion which the de fense based on nine exceptions to an order overruling a motion for a new trial after Logue’s conviction last July. MRS. SUSIE K. SPENCER Mrs. Susie Lee Kcon Spencer, 28,' died Saturday in Portsmouth, Va. She was killed in an accident at the Portsmouth Navy yard. Mrs. Spen cer was a native of Pomaria, daugh ter ofth the late Julius H. and Lula Hipp KKoon. She had made her home in Portsmouth for the pas€ two years. She is survived by her hus band and the following brothers and sisters: Thomas C. and Walter C. Koon, Mrs. L. D. Aull, Mrs. E. O. Stuck, Mrs. Grady Wicker, William B. and Jack . Koon, Mrs. Freddie Fotch- man, and Mrs. F. L. Robbs.