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MAY 8, 1942 THE INDEX-JOURNAL, GREENWOOD, S. 1: Page Five Strawberry Soda Time! Luscious ripe red strawberries plus creamy rich ice cream make sodas at Thayer's something to give a real lift to your wartime morale! Why not try one here today? And this is just one of the many summer-time treats you will find here. SANDWICHES FOUNTAIN DRINKS BOTTLE DRINKS THAYER DRUG CO. Service With a Saving 2117 Phones 3441 LAST TIMES TODAY Alice Faye John Payne. in Weekend In Havana GLORIA THEATRE WEATHER Charlotte, N.

May Official weather bureau records of the temperature, and rainfall, for 24 hours ending at 7:30 a. m. in the principal cotton growing areas and elsewhere: 'Station Max. Min. Rfl.

Asheville -71 45 .00 Atlanta 50 .00 Birmingham .78 49 5.00 Charlotte 86 53 .00 Chicago 58 40 .00 'Columbia 60 .00 'Fort Worth 55 .00 Jacksonville 66 .00 Little Louisville Rock 53 49 .00 Memphis 65. 46 .00 Miami ...83 76 .00 Mobile .85 59 .00 New Orleans 59 .42 New York 52 .11 Norfolk 58 .69 Savannah 68 .001 Tampa 68 .00. Washington 5,0 .22 Wilmington -78 63 .00 GREENWOOD WEATHER Greenwood Weather Bureau report for 24 hours ending 7:30 a. Temperature: Maximum 85; minimum 54. Sunrise today at sunset today at 8:21.

Rainfall in the past 24 hours, rainfall. since Jan. 1, 16.31 inches. Little change in, temperature tonight except slightly, cooler -in south and east portions. St.Joseph WORLD'S LARGEST SELLER TODAY SATURDAY Clarence E.

Mulford's STICK TO YOUR GUNS WILLIAM BOYD 4180 COMEDY and SERIAL CAROLINA BRIEF CITY NEWS Schools Designated for Gas Rationing Registration for gasoline rationing will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons of next week between the hours of four 'and nine o'clock at Greenwood High school, Grenola, Durst and Jordan schools for white residents the city and suburbs; and the East, End and West Side schools for negroes. Teachers. will be used as registrars as has been in the case in previous selective service, civilian defense and sugar registrations. It will be necessary for every applicant to present his motor ve-, hicle registration card before any gasoline ration card may be issued. Erskine Octets to Broadcast- Here The Erskine double octets will broadcast from Greenwood over radio station WCRS Sunday morning at 11:00, as a part of the regular church service of the Greenwood Associate Reformed Presbyterian church.

Rev. W. L. Pressly, pastor of the church, will preach. The octets wit sing, "I Waited for the Lord," by Mendelssohn, and "By the Rivers of Babylon." The group will be under the direction of Mrs.

Anna C. Tate. Miss Mary Beeso will be accompanist. This will be the initial performance of the octets over station WORS. American Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary will meet at the Armory Monday afternoon at.

3:30. This is a Joint meeting of the Abbeville, McCormick and Greenwood units and there will also be guests from the Anderson and Newberry units. Hostesses are: chairman, Mrs. W. C.

Sproles; Mrs. Henry Smith, Mrs. Ollie Sperry, Mrs. Earl Stockman, Mrs. J.

G. Stranch, Mrs. Sam Strickland, Mrs. J. M.

Todd, Mrs. Agnes Tribble, Mrs. B. L. Turner, Misses Lucile Warner, Irene Turner and Madge Turner, Mrs.

Maxie Turner. Mrs. W. P. Greene, Mrs.

B. C. Wallace, Mrs. J. T.

Walker, Mrs. Paul Walker, Mrs. G. B. Whatley.

of Sugar Cards Issued Registration and application for War Ration Books was completed last night in all the city schools. Total registration figures were not available this morning, but thousands of the so-called "sugar cards" were issued. There was little congestion during yesterday at any of the schools and all applicants were registered with practically no delay. Claude J. Hipp Honored SAd announced by the- Clemson Tiger, Claude J.

Hipp, Jr. of Greenwood was recently tapped into the Epsilom Delta Alpha chapter of the Strawberry Leaf, national honorary fraternity. At Clemson young Hipp is a corporal in the cadet corps--and recently elected corresponding secretary of the Calhoun Forensic Society for the 1942-43 year. Clinics Are To Be Held For Children Of Abbeville Abbeville. May 8 (Special) The Health Department will hold clinics in the different schools of the counby and will keep the office open every Saturday for the immunization of.

the children in the county from diphtheria, small pox and typhoid fever. Survivors Land From Torpedoed Ships Key West, May 8 (P) -Fourteen survivors, landed here after two medium sized United States merchantmen were 'attacked and sunk in the Carli scan, reported angrily that two German submarines machinegunned members of one crew who sought temporary safety in the forecastle of their burning ship. The two attacks were made public today by the Navy, which said 28 men from one ship and 27 from another apparently lost their lives. Four men were saved from one chantman 1-om crew of 32 and were brought here by a passing Norwegian. ship that risked destruction to make the rescue.

Ten of 37 on the other vessel were saved by a Navy plane which kept vigil above them throughout, the night and picked them up at daylight Norfolk, May 8 (P) Thirteen survivors of a torpedoed American cargo ship brought ashore in Norfolk last night said today that they sailed and drifted 1,000 miles during 16 days in their lifeboat. Today They Bring Saturday You Thrills! New A -CORSICAN BROTHERS DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS LATE SEE IT FROM NEWS! BEGINNING! STATE LAURENS MEN IN PHILIPPINES Col. Roy Hilton Is Believed To Be With Gen. MacAr-Ine" thur From Laurens Advertiser. At least two Laurens county men in the United States armed forces were practically certain to be among those affected by the fall of Corregidor and the anticipated capitulation of all American forces in the Philippines, according to enquiries made yesterday.

two are Lt. John Macon and Lieut. Otis Morgan. Lieut. Macon, native of Columbus, is the husband of the former Miss Helen Roper, Mahaffey who lives here with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. L. Mahaffey. Fate had it that their only child, Helen Augusta, celebrated her first birthday yesterday, the same day that the fall of Corregidor was announced. Lt.

Morgan is a brother of Councilman Hugh Morgan and attended the local schools. His mother, Mrs. Lissie Morgan, lives at Tryon, N. C. Lieut.

Col. Roy C. Hilton, who was known to have been 1 in the Philippines since last year, was thought some time ago to have gone with Gen. MacArthur to Australia. The report, however, was never confirmed and members of his family said yesterday that they were not certain as.to his whereabouts.

His wife, the former Miss Ruth Easterby, and their two children are residing here during his absence. GREENWOOD ON THE SQUARE Birthday Greetings The Index Journal extends birthday greetings to all those whose birthday occurs tomorrow (May 9): George C. Hodges Hervey Gulledge Hildagard Horton Billy Blackstone Hylton Geeter Mrs. Lemuel Smith Irene Sterghos T. C.

Latimer B. F. Johnson Katherine Sweezy Hilda McKinney Wilson P. R. Maye Cliff Spivey Furman Otto Hawley Mrs.

Frank Calhoun, Aiken, Harriet Ruth Shands From Ninety Six: Lois Burnsides Geraldine, Harvey From Shoals: William O'Shield Robert Billy Knight Index. Journal extends Anniversary Greetings greetings and best wishes to all those whose anniversary is tomorrow (May 9): Mr. and Mrs. W. E.

Smith. U. S. Admiral To Command South Pacific Connued From Page Oce Washington informed of developments through the Navy department. The interested nations agreed to an American command because the defense problem is primarily naval in an area of great sea distances with relatively few islands.

Strategists here recognize that it would be impossible to mass suffficient land and air forces, at any one isolated base to stand off the maximum number of Japanese who might be sent against them. Up To U. S. Navy Therefore. holding the islands which safeguard the' communication lines is up to the U.

S. navy. It is expected at. least to cripple any approaching Japanese convoy. New Zealand has accepted this concept of general Pacific strategy and is hard at work to fulfill her role despite.

initial disappointment at being separated from the MacArthur command based in Australia. However New Zealanders' leaders realize that a line dividing commands had to be drawn somewhere and accept the immediate task of anchoring the chain of Allied supply routes running from the United States and South Africa to Australia. Prime Minister Peter Fraser told me today that the New Zealand government was giving no further thought to the division: He said the dominion was cooperating to the utmost 1 in common arrangements for immediate defense and the future offensive. Captain James Cook, the explorer, lost his life in a dispute with Hawaiian natives over a stolen chisel. Man belongs scientifically in the zoologival division.

cf chordates, distinguished by having an actual or rudimentary spinal 'Committees of Neighbors' To Be Key in Holding Cost of Living By James Marlow and William Pinkerton Washington, May 8. -(Wide. World) of neighbors" will be the key men in the drive to "hold the cost of living at people of your home town who sit on the local war price and rationing board will be, in a sense, your bu fer against bureaucracy; they also will be your guarantee gainst favoritism or corruption in the management of wartime prices and rationing. Both Leon Henderson and Bernard Baruch, who first proposed the universal price cell.ng out of his experience as chairman of the war industries board of World War One, lay great stress on these "committees of neighbors" in the price setup. Part of Broad Effort They are part of a broad effort in Washington to reconcile the necessity for government controls with the need for keeping government close to the people.

They have counterparts in the local selective service boards and in the local farmers committees under the soilconservation programs. In rationing such scare goods as automobiles and tires, the local board has the grave responsibility of saying whose service to the community most warrants his having a car and tires. In the field of price control, they will serve mainly to help local merchants their reporting problems. But they also will hear complaints of citizens who believe a merchant is pushing prices up. Cooperation: Henderson repeatedly has asked people to trate on cooperation in the battle, against high prices, to help their storekeepers to meet the law's demands, rather than to assume at once the role of self-appointed policemen.

Describing the long, hard job of preparing to put a price cell ng over most things that Americans eat wear and use, Henderson praised the cooperation of retailers and remarked: "The smallest amount of your time was given to methods of putting people in the hoose-gow." 9 Jap Warships Sunk, 4 Damaged Continued From Page One war, were open to two interpretations--that he was warning his country of the possibility of a greater fight against an invader, or that he was preparing the ground for later announcement of bad news. For the week. the Allies had a preponderance of victorious claims, but for the period since their defeat of Monday the Japanese made claims of successes which, if true, might mean they had brought up great additional strength and, in the later stages of the battle, were recouping. The Japanese claim of three capital ships sunk, one damaged and posibly sunk and a cruiser damaged or sunk would, if verified, cast a grave shadow over Allied hopes in the second phase o. the battle.

The British side of the available picture lay in the reliable British Admiralty's denial regarding the Warspite and in the fact that Japanese claims of ship sinkings, espectally with regard to aircraft carriers, have proved totally false time after time. The only word from Washington was a statement by Secretary Hull that American officialdom was "much elated' over preliminary reports of the battle-but he did not specify whether he referred to last night's announcement of Monday's successes or to the second and greater phase. of the engagement. Information made public up until noon today certainly gave no basis for any conclusion as to the outcome. The running battle apparently started Monday off the Solomon Islands and swept westward to the Coral Sea, flaming across hundreds of miles of the South Pacific.

First reports indicated it far exceded in scope and importance the great battle of the Java sea, two months ago, in which Japanese successes. paved the way for the conquest of Java. Australia's Fate -in Outcome All Australia waited tensely for news to be flashed on the outcome, realizing that the fate of the commonwealth may hinge on Allied viatory or defeat. Australia's Prime Minister John Curtin declared gravely that the action was of crucial importance to the whole conduct of the war in the far Pacific zone commanded by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.

"Nobody can tell what the result kof the engagement will be at this moment," Cartin said, and left a clear implication that an Allied defeat might well lead to a Japanese invasion of Australia. WIll of Mrs. John Gary Evans The will of Mrs. John Gary Evans has been, proved in Spartanburg and lists her husband, former Governor John Gary Evans, and her three grandchildren in Stockholm, Sweden, as principal legatees: Mrs. Evans died April 4, and was in Edgefield.

Her husband, former Governor John Gary Evans, is native of Cokesbury. The of personal property nr the 'estate was tentatively put at $187,000. No valuation of real estate was given. Named as executor was Robert J. Ross, vice president in charge of the personal trust department, Rank of New York.

The will lists as. beneficiaries: Anders Johann Evans Knutson, grandson, 15, Stockholm, Sweden. Rolf. Gary Knutson, grandson, 13, Stockholm. Eva Plume Knutson, granddaughter, 13, Stockholm.

John Gary Evans, husband. Spartanburg. Letty Galbraith, Spartanburg. Hattie Harris, colored, burg. Riverside Cemetery association, Waterbury, Conn.

Waterbury hospital, Waterbury, Conn. Garden Club Presidents' Notice. All garden club presidents are reminded to send a copy of their yearly club report to the recording secretary, Mrs. Cal Kinard, not later than June 1. Mrs.

Douglas Featherstone, 'the Federation president, also reminds them to keep a copy to present at the annual October luncheon of the Federation. Reports must be brief and inelude only the outstanding club activities. Mother's Day At Coronaca special program is announced for observance of Mother's Day in the Coronaca Methodist church on Sunday following the regular Sunday School exercises. The address will be delivered by W. H.

Nicholson. Opportunity School Date Miss Wil Lou Gray, state supervisor of adult schools, said yesterday the twenty-second annual month-long opportunity school at Clemson college opening July 18 would be devoted to subjects ing with "the war effort and permanent peace." Emphasis will he placed on preparation-for-war-service course aimed at teaching the three R's to men deferred from army service for lack of education, Miss Gray said. Instruction in first aid, basic nutrition, home nursing and civilian protection is also being pianned. The all-expense fee for the school will be $22. Miss Gray said.

Courage vs. Handicap Wins Air Corps Rank For Mathewson, Jr. Saranac Lake, N. May 8-(P)- Sheer courage against physical handicaps has won for Christy Mathewson, son of the late baseball immortal, a captaincy in the United States Army Air Corps. The promotion marks a major uphill step for the 35-year-old air corps officer who, as a flying instructor for the Chinese governin 1932, lost a leg and severely injured an arm in an airplane crash.

The crash cost the life of his bride. The flyer's father, whose name WAS a byword with baseball-loving America, had fought a five -year battle against tuberculosis which, cut short his pitching career. He. was gassed while overseas after leering for service in World War I. leading to the disease which took his life here in 1925.

Obtaining an artificial leg, "Motty, Jr." finally persuaded air corps officials he still could fly. and what is more important, that he hadn't. lost his nerve. They gave. him a post in the intelligence service.

His mother, disclosing the promotion. exclaimed: "That boy has determination!" "Father Giant New York Cop, -Is Dead New York, May Time" is dead. The police department, orders said simply that Patrolman Charles Hoffman, 56, died yesterday after 34 years on the force. But every cop in New York today was mourning the giant of a man- he stood six feet three inches -who for more than 20 vears had wound the clocks -at readquarters and ministered to the health of timepieces at station houses throughout the city. They addressed him familiarly as "Father 'Time" and daily besieged him with questions about the secrets of his trade, but he never revealed what standard he used in fixing the time that guided the lives of thousands of 're guardians of the peace.

Old Army Shoes Find New Life In Prison Miss Finetta Gardner of Raleigh, North Carolina state em-' ployee, models old Army shoes in a "before and after" pose to show how they are finding new life among the state's 9.000 prisoners. The shoes are bought from the Army, repaired, and distributed to. prison ininates, the state paying only $1.25 for shoes as against $2.76 paid formerly, according to Director Oscar Pitts. Products of the canning industry are valued at $850,000,000 annually -an eight-fold increase in the last 40 years, according to Census Bureat records. The Census Bureau warns careless "Sunday Drivers" that 40.

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