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AIKEN STANDARD AND To DptmOdiw Of SEPTEMBER 19, 1945 SOUTHERN BELL Some idea of the size of the is' given by Mr. Dumas when he points out that it that, "We must in this compara- PRORAM to fioo.ooo,- 000 construction and installation aimed -to meet expanding telephone needs of the was announced today by Hal S. Dumas, president of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, through G. Edwards, district manager here. Mr.

Dumas said the program, the largest ever undertaken by the Southern Bell Company, would extend over the next five to sis years. lerent projects, some of which he outlined as follows: Filling as quickly as 'possible applications for service being held because oC the lack of facilities; extending aiid rural telephone- catching up with: plant shortages to provido far the volume of business, now handled expanding the'long, network and extension of service into otlier-fields the. need develops. expressed telephone people's confidence in the ability "of Southern economy to retain and expand the position it hits as the result of its achievements under: the impact of the.war, "As we see it, the South is what, you might call a for rapid WZIARD BATTERIES Cxcbanga 18 MONTHS GUARANTEE WESTERN AUTO ASSOCIATE STORE 814 Main Street Phone 127 Cotton Factors lively-short period of time a sum for about, equal to-the in, the: facilities now possess." A 1 large proportion the amount to be spent by. the.

tele-', phone 'company the ncixr.future will'(ro toward clearing 1 up 1 pending applications ipr service, but beyond that; Southern, Bell anticipates a pu'Hod of substantial economic development in the South, which will necessitate further telephone expansion to meet the requirements. Planj Outlined Mr. Dumas said Southern Bell's post-war plans included many dif- growth in the years just ahead. We have a bountiful supply oE raw materials, a matchless climate, a great' source of native-born, in- -telligent labor, which has acquired new skills in hundreds of Southern war plants. "As the South.develops so must the telephone system which serves its business and social life.

Our aim is to contribute to that development through the provision of an service," he said. New Equipment Planned Primary emphasis at first will he placed on the installation of equipment and outside facilities needed to care for the more than 240,000 orders for service now pending. "The planning, engineering and manufacturing phases of providing the tremendous quantities equipment needed for this purpose are already well under way." Mr. Dumas said. "Some equipment has been llelivereilpand installation work has begun in some cities where the need is most acute.

The company is already well -slaves of its rural development projrram, which was interrupted in mid-1 because of war needs for materials and manpower, Mr. Dumas said. "Southern Bell i.s keenly interested in providing service to more ami more rural dwellers throughout the he said. "For the three years licfurc the war, wi- spent mure than huiH- rural lines and added nearly rural telephones. Actually, since farm telephones in the have niort' than quadrupled," he added, to iiK'tor' vehicles is alsn I iii tlu: iiffinjc, and this and other I IH-W developments will In: studied and adapted to I'it the needs of the Simih as soon as practicable.

"The kind of projects ahead can hi! annciunred imw with reasonable Mr. Dumas declared, "hut many, fif cnurnc, cannot accomplished with the speed we would like to see them accomplished simply because of the tremendous backlog (if equipment which must he manufactured. The availability of money to do the job and the level of business conditions will determine the speed with which mir program objective-- acr" accomplished. ATTENTION Our warehouses are 'qualified for either the Government Loan or Purchase plan. Loan cotton stored with us can be financed direct or through your local bank.

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Used by the U. Dissolved in MethyJe Chloride Accept no Substitutes SHANKERS GROCERY York Street Telephone 9145 Million YnH ks to Return This-Year Mnj. Gen; Gross Tells, oj Troop Movements. WASHINGTON. Ma j.

"Gen. C. P. Gross, army chief of transportation, says a million American troops will' leave Europe for this country in the" remaining months of 1845. This would leave, the general said, almost 900.000 to be moved'to complete the re-deployment from Europe by May.

1946. General Gross in his report estimated total embarkations from Europe numbered 800,000 men by the end of July, That total included thou- who made the rpile voyage direct to the Pacific theaters as well as those coming home. Embarkations on July 33 totaled over 635,000, of had arrived in the United States by that- by ship and 124,280 by plane. The' general said soroe .300,000 American soldiers now are on the high seas throughout the world and another 700,000 re-deployed troops are at transportation corps ports'or staging areas, at army reception stations or personnel centers, or on furlough. He sakf the shift is going at such speed that some men from 'Germany already have been brought, home, received furloughs, and been sent out from the West coast to Japan.

He reported more than 1,229,000 ship tons of war material sent out of Europe and the middle east in the first seven weeks after V-E Day. Nearly 300,000 tons went directly to Jhe Pacific. Indicating the mounting rate of personnel movement, General Grots said 504,000 troops moved domes' tically by rail in groups of 40 or more in April In May when the first returning veterans began to the number Jumped to 615,000. June, the first full month of re-deployment brought a count of 817,000. For July the estimate is 1,250,000.

The report predicted a gradual rise to about a million and a half men moving in organized groups in November. PERMANENT JOBS AVAILABLE Gregg Dyeing- Division of Graniteville Company has completely converted to Peace-Time Production. We have made adequate provision to place employees now in Military Service. In addition, we can offer regular employment to 25 men on the Midnight to 8 A. M.

Shift. No experience necessary' the only requirements are good character, average intelligence and a will to work; Premium wages paid i gh work'. Paid vacat i a oth i benefits. Apply Personnel Office, GRANITEVILLE COMPANY GREGG DYEING DIVISION, Graniteville, S. C.

Police Tell Bed Seeker To Prove He Robbed Bank WHITTIER, CALIF. Police recently released Paul Anthony Evar- jk, 27, gave him back his sack full of money and told him he'd have to prove ho robbed (he Bank of America before they could fiive him a bed in jail. Affected possibly by sunspots, possibly by the housing shortage, Evnr- ik walked into the station, threw down bis money, so id he had robbed a bank and a.skcd for a bed. Officers found that Hie Hlass in the front door of tbc bank had been broken and bits of glass were scattered inside. Bui there was nc place the money could have been taken from and the hole was too small for Evarik to have 'crau-letl inside.

The snck'of money, llicy learned, was what Evarik got for selling his cnr recently. Atomic Bomb Floors Japanese Brings Appeal for Peace; Entry of Russia Into War Also a Factor. the Jap- ahese government announced its readiness to accept the terms ot the Potsdam declaration it meant the end of the war was not far off. The announcement said the government acted in obedience to Hirohito, who "desires earnestly to bring about an early termination of hostilities." The Japanese appeal for peace says in part: "The Japanese government are ready to accept the terms enumerated in the joint declaration which was issued nt Potsdam on July 26, 1945, by heads of the govern- Tnenls the United States, -Great Britain and China and scribed to the Soviet government with the understanding that the caid declaration "does not comprise' any demand which prejudices the prerogatives of His Majesty as a sovereign ruler." meant the end of hostilities that-started September 18,. 1931, with Japan's attack in Manchuria, which was succeeded by the capture of much of China' and culminated in sneak on Pearl Harbor December 7, The principal posed by the Japanese declaration was the condition with respect to the status of the emperor.

The Potsdam declaration was silent about him. The Allies, after consultation oi the four powers, United States, Great Britain, Russia and China, agreed- to-accept the Japanese surrender with Emperor Hirohito kept on the throne but completely subject to the authority of the Allied powers. It's the End for The second taste of the atomic bomb, this time with Nagasaki on the receiving end, the Russian declaration of war, followed immediately by the invasion of Jap-held Manchuria and Korea by the Red armies, hastened the determination of the Japanese government to surrender. Three Russian invasion columns have advanced into Manchuria in a great pincers and have made steady progress forward. The Russians stunned the Japs with massed artillery backed by tanks and infantry.

Several lines of communication were seized. YOU SAVE 2 2 Per Gallon on each gallon Gasoline Purchased from HI-LO Service Station AIKEN, C. HAROLD L.ROCHE, Owner BATTERIES RECHARGED WHILE YOU WAIT SAVE THE COUPONS We Give You, They Are Worth 2 In Trade. Colored Men To Report To Armed Forces cd uii-n ha t- 'n-i'ii M-liTicd iiMin-t in; i tiic MUM! Knfcs uill liuj l-Vdcral i. -Monday, Oci A.

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Monroe Mims, 2, Box 88, Aiken. German Doctors-Turned French Boy Into Wreck BRIXHAM. ENGLAND. A 13- year-old French boy was fiiven regular injections by Nazi doctors tc induce goiler mental deficiency; and hej became such a tragic wreck that h'is mother could not recognize him when they were reunited in Paris, Mrs. Dorothy Robbing of the British War Relief society ol the United States said.

She said the boy was one of G.000 French children carried off to Ger. man concentration camps, and that only fiO out of every Mrs. nubbins saifl she recently vistli'd a Pnris receiving ci'nier for repatriated persons, anti that the women there t-ihl her that children by the iluit in sunie instances thr tcrs herded into pens and then tlic brtihh was nn lite. The former convict city of Hobert, Australia, has a splendid climate and is beautifully situated on the Derwen river. At Khafaje, Irap, portrait sculptures have been found which challenge comparison with Greek and Roman works of nearly 3,000 years later.

Work on paper as much as possible to save worfw time. Parings pods and other refuse can be quickly disposed of. Only 25 Germans Will Be Tried by Allied Court LONDON. Only about 25 top Nazi war criminals will be tried by the four-power military tribunal scheduled to be established ln-Lon- don, nn informed spokesman said recently. The remaining Nazi satellites, along with all surviving Italian cist war criminals, will be turned over to individual Dr.

Karl Frank, forme: state secretary for Bohemia and Moravia, almost certainly will tried by Czechoslovakia, Hans Frank by Poland, and Arthur Seyii- Inquart by Holland. Yugoslavia and Italy herselt were expected to try of the former Mussolini government. Lady Lumberjacks Are Working in Sawmills MT. STERLING, ELL. Paul Bunyan wouldn't believe It, but lady lumberjack! are working at here.

Mrs. Peggy Martin, 21, wields an ax and end of a crosscut stave mill and Enunett Seybold operates an edger and Ares a steam engine at her bus- band's sawmill. With Those In Service The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan destroyed 30 per cent ot the industrial city of Nagasaki. At least 13 factories, including the big Mitsubishi slcel and iron works, were deslroved. War 1 trics u-hich played an part building the Jap- military machmc were hard hit.

(lie damage ranging from I'D to 100 per cent. Okinawa based pilots attacking oilier objectives on Kyushu said the clouds of smoke frnni Nagasaki spread rapidly until they obscured bombing targets CO miles from the port. General Spaalz, chief of the United Slates strategic air forces, announced after reconnaissance photographs from the second use of the bomb against the enemy scattered fires were visible the smoke obscured area: Fliers told the United Press that the alomic was "too tremendous to believe." One said that the blinding glare of the blast was so ureat that when It faded he thought for a moment that the sun was selling. Hiroshima Wiped Oul. Slowly reports are coming in lolling of the awful havoc created by the one atomic hnrhb dropped, on The utter devastation bfyond c'niiiprolu'nsiori.

1 littered the ruins, the admitted, callinu the rily a "disa. 1 li'mis A I jri'id IhM thr impact Ihc v.af- u-rriih: that practically all livinK thiinjs, human anil animal, literally seared to death by the tremendous heat and 1 pressure ciwr.ilci cd by Ihc blast. Photographs confirmed that four and a tenth simnrc miles per cent tbc buill-up Hiroshima had vanished almost without trace. Unofficial American sources estimated Jap dead and wounded might exceed 100,000. Scores of factories, Including five major war plants, office buildings and dwellings were-known to have been leveled.

Only a few skeleton: of concrete buildings remained in the obliterated area. Radio Tokyo, breaking a long il- lence after the raid, said the "indescribable destructive power" ol the bomb had crushed big buildings and email dwelling! alike In an unparalleled holocaust With the 32d Infantry Division in Northern Luzon, P. A. Prather, whose wife, Mrs. Daisy B'.

son, Claude, live at 38 Barrett Street, Langley, South Carolina, has been promoted from Private First Class to T-G. In the service since November, 1D-12, Prather trained nt Camp Oeale, California, before beginning overseas duty in 1944. Veteran of three major engagements in the Southwest Pacific, he holds the Combat Infantryman Badge, the" Philippine Liberation Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon and the Good Conduct Medal. His mother, Mrs. Lula Prather, lives in Langley.

tr Xlarerice George, who is with the Merchants Marines will sail for 1 Japan in the next' fefw days. He has been in the Merchant Marines for the past year. Sgt. Lewis Brown, wKo served in the Air Corps for about three years being stationed in the Pacific a greater part oi which, time an honorable discharge on the point system and is now at home. -Eddie Sizemore, U.

S. Navy, has arrived home and has been given a medical discharge. Technician Kivey Payeff, who has been -in the German Theatre, Vionie on a -thirty-day Capt. Allen lias been an honorable discharge from the Armed Forces after serving in the European Theatre of and is now in Af.ten. D.

(Mike) Wardlaw has been given an Honorable discharge from the Avmed Forces and is back with the County Board of i i Charleston, S. Sept. Sixth Naval District Headquarters announced today that Lee Wi'- Aviation Machinist's Mate Instrument Mechania- Second Class, has been honorably charged from the Naval Service at, the U. S. Naval Personnel Separation Naval Air Station, Charleston.

1 He has served 37 months in the Navy. home address is .425. Main street, Graniteville- Son of Mrs. E. J.

Williamson of the Graniteville address, he plant, on his "to" live in Grankeville. He has served at these Naval Air Stations: Key West, Norfolk, Elizabeth City, N. and Beaufort. He attended GraniteyiHe High School and prior to entering the service was employed as a textile worker with the Gregg's Dying Company of Graniteville Reds Order Gold, Turned in by LONDON. The Berlin radio said in a broadcast that the Soviet military administration in Germany recently ordered "all firms, and institution" in the Russian occupied areas to turn in to the state bank of the Soviet occupied army, "all gold and silver coins, gold and silverware, foreign bank notes and coins, and all currency issued in territory formerly occupied by Germany." Drive in Today for 0 FREE TIRE INSPECTION no obligation Whatever we trill examine your tires carefully; let yon.

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