~' *f I ;yv*^^^ r The Pilot Covers Brunswick County i-OL. NO. SIXTEEN NO. Haj. Rosenbaum Tells Of His i Experiences as In Germany With Mobile Surgical Unit Until Surrender \S RECENTLY HOME ON LEAVE Is Of Service In England ith Air Flak Cases Before Going To The Continent Ulna Major M. M. Rosenm returned recently from ic with the medical corps Germany, the Pilot asked | to write an account of his rient's there. The Major 1 ioiisls obliged and herewith present his account). - ; has been almost 5 years I ha>: to leave my home and notice of medicine and surin Brunswick County, first two and a half years quickly for I was for-! ! enough to be stationed at Irooks General Hospital. Ft. Hr.usfnn Texas, and was hie to have my family with me. i th summer of 1943. my orrazation was moved overseas s Er;lancl where 1 was to work jw the '.tar preceeding the in-, nsicn of Normandy. JCy rganization, the 1st Auxiliary Surgical Group, was a new type of medical organization, de- i *fcr? for this war. It was comP> r>f any surgical operating tea"- - juipped and designed so Sat each was an independent nit by tsvlf and thus could be Tiic'n'.y sent from one hospital to etcher wherever the wounded ere be . received in large numbs I Tit- trip overseas was made nough in less than a ' - e on the Queen Mary. Owe in England my team was k at the 136th Statal in East Anglia, that : surrounded in all directions th'. great bomber bases of Slit Air Force. Here I had *y first introduction to the war following the great Liberator and Marauder tos ov< i Germany, the flak rondo i would be ruShcd to the ICoii". nued on 1'age Four) Brief News Flashes V M'Kht: MOVES OFFICE ^ Lou Smith has returned ^ spending a month ^"-at'on Sumter, S. C. She will ' rfice all this week and - the weeks following am wanting to be vacci?'-" ' ,re school opens. Ber .. f in the Court House Hood Building. v M\I>1 .,OOD CATCH formerly pros; 'Mithem football as on and Messrs. and H. P. Hoff' cnior, spent Thursv here on a fishing Jdc a fine catch. ' NED STORE on, who was. rc - ly discharged from "r nearly two years ,:"d the battleship c;". red a grocery store .^o.'t waterfront. > ; ra 21 Community S Around The Patrons And Friends Be coming Strongly Awak ened To The Need O School Improvement In North West Township GOOD ORGANIZATION WORKS WITH SCHOOI Large Sum Raised In Driv: For Funds For School Betterment And Work Por A drli. l^OIlllIlUCd * VI tional Funds The Leland School communit; is this year taking far-reachin steps toward school bettermenl To this end the Leland Schoc Progressive Organiza tion^as ft cently formed by patrons of th district. This organization i headed by Mac F. Jones, as presi dent; Carl C. West, vice-presi dent; and Mrs. Bessie S. Mark.' secretary-treasurer. As the name of the organize tion indicates, the general objec is to improve the school. One c the aims for a better high schot is the adding of a business, c commercial, course and a hom economics course. In the future the patrons ar determined to give more of thei time and help toward upbuildin the educational features of th community. They are encouiage in this effort by having secure the sen-ices of Glenn M. Tucke who has been principal of th Bolivia school for the past seve years, as principal at Leland fc the 1945-19-16 session. With M Tucker and a selected number c teachers to administer to th work, it is hoped that the 01 ganization of the patrons will g far toward inaugurating a reall progressive school for North Wei township. j To supplement the reguU school funds and back up th j needs of a bigger and bctti school at Leland a campaign w< staricd several weeks ago to ixiii a certain sum. On the first cai vass for these funds 103 familii in the district came forward wi! j (Continued on Page Four) Speeding Cases The Main Iten Most Of Defendants A Monday's Session C Court Were Up For Fai i Automobile Driving Speeding cases were the ma 'items of business for Judge Sol ~ Qrw-i Solicitor J. Y i5. Waiu aim _ Ruark in Recorders Court < Monday. In nearly all of thei cases, as in others, the defendan i submitted and were let off wii small fines. The Minute Dock J shows the following cases ar ! disposition: Ed W. Holt, speeding, jud; iment suspended on payment of J fine of $10.00 and costs, fine r : mitted. ! Levi Joy( improper brakes, co I ? I tinucd. ) VV. Ii. Dowles, speeding, jud, ment suspended on payment of fine of $10.00 and costs, j Oliver graham Harrell, spee ing, judgment suspended on pa 'ment of a fine of $10.00 ai costs. i Dave Hewett, improper brak< judgment suspended on pjyine ' of \osia. I (Continued on Page Four; ESI A Goo 6-PAGES TOD.A ipirit Growing LelandSchool Plane Destroyed, Pilot Is Killec ' An army plane, understood t hp from the Myrtle Beach fiek crashed near Mt. Pisgah churcl at Supply late Sunday afternoor J August 8th. The pilot, who fe' ? j clear of the machine, breathe | only once or twice after nearb; | residents reached him. The plant 'which apparently came down i: | a tail spin, tore a huge hole i: (the earth, said to be larg enough to hold three automobiles I Youth Arrested o r-L '! serious cnan?< e sj Young Supply Man Bourn [. | Over To Court on Charge j. j Of Attempted Crimina 5 ' Assault On Thirteen Yea Old Girl ;tj Charged with assault wit ,f intent to rape, Bobby Sellers, 1 jljyear old son of a prominent Sue , ply family, was arrested Thursda ejby Constable C. O. Blanton. At e i hearing before Magistrate L. t ir I Phelps the young man was bcur. g' over to superior court umher e $500.00 bond, inis was later ir d creased to $2,000. which vva d posted. The alleged victim of the a! ie tempt at assault is said to t n only 13 years old. Young Sellei " was listed in the Recorders Coui r. i proceedings here last week on >f charge of public drunkenes ie, Owing to his age and the far > | that this seemed to be his fir: ;o offense, he was let off with th !y payment of costs. The moi st serious charge was preferrc j against him three days later. I Officer Active " In North Wes V : 'Rural Policeman Perry Gel j Two Negroes On Liquc Charges In North Wei , During Past Week | Alex Porter, Wilmington negr fl was arrested by Wilmington o I ficcrs last week on a warrai | sworn out by Rural Policcms IO. W. Perry of this county. TT ' | warrant charged him with havir '' in his possession 900 gallons i i mash and also with having aj j paratus for the manufacture i n j whiskey in North West townshi 'n I It is understood that Offici V-1 Perry and companions watchc >n Porter and another negro whi scjthey unloaded part of the st; ts on the morning of July 21st. i th this time Porter sat in a 19,' et model Ford with the motor iui K' ning, while his companion unloa i cd material at the still site. ?- view of the fact that they we; u prepared for a quick get-aw; c- and as the officers were on foe - - " .. w jthey decided noi 10 anuupv l-'" make the arrest at that time. I Porter, learning that he In g- j been seen, evaded arrest for son a- time. When finally taken he wi placed under bond for his a: d- pearance here in Recorders Cou y- on Monday, August 20. Last Wednesday Policems ; Perry arrested Steve Johnso is, i negro of the Cedar Hill section nt North West township, chargir j him with the possession ai (Continued on page 2) i t r1 Alt d News paper 1 Southport, N. C., V In Pacific j Local Boy On ! Ill-Fated Tanker h His Ship Endured 230 Air - Attacks; Was Once Set Afire By Jap Planes 1 I I y| Boatswain's Mate, first class,; a i Dan Early Wells, son of Mrs. W. I ' j M. Wells, recently wrote home (1, that he has been transferred to a a new ship because the one he I was on was damaged by the Japs.1 '"[He enclosed a clipping fiom a ' | Navy magazine which described' 1 the, terrific pounding his ship , j received. e In part the clipping read: Thci ? Y-14, a Coast Guard manned Army tanker, has gone through j a no less than 230 air attacks. I f' In the initial invasion of Leyte, the Y-14, only 165 feet long, was the only Y-tunker carrying | [c aviation gasoline to keep our, ^ planes'in the air, over the Philip1 pines. She fulfilled her duty of shuttling between the large tankers of the airstrips at bases here, and after undergoing 207 attacks from air, she was selected to proceed in convoy to an| | other base under the escort of Navy destroyers and destroyer (Continued on Page 2) i :s if W. B. KKZIAH :d 'c Sgt. Ray Miiliken of Shallotte : has received an honorable dis^ I charge from the 9th Army Air Force, after serving for 18 months [1" in England, France, and Germany, d" | Before going over he had served ln for some time here in .the States. rc His discharge wHss by reason of y his having reached the age of 40. !l'i t0. Circumstances often alter cases. I We had not heard of any solid .11...* n.. ntfinnv fol'llcintT !l fill* le I lough when it was tendered him, ls I until this week. Charles Miiliken, P" of Shallotte, showed us a letter rt: 1 from his son, Charles Rudolph m'Miiliken, who has been serving in n ^ the Philippines and other points of out that way for nearly two ig years. He wrote that he had just id turned down a 40 day furlough and would stick it out there for ran n A Good Con Vednesday, August 15, | Japane: j_ AtS Fishermen An WithT Supply Man Gets The Purple Heart Fred Fullwood. Jr., of Route 1, Supply, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds receiv-1 ed in action in the Pacific. Full-1 wood is in the U. S. Naval Re-1 ^erve and is now in' the Navyj Hospital at Oahu. The nature of | his wounds was not stated in | the dispatch to this paper. Lt. General Roy S. Geiger, who! presented the award to Fullwocd, j raid: "Because of your sacrifice! we are at the door of Japan and will soon break down - that door. Many of you will not be able to be theje but the determination that you have shown will be re-] membered." Now In Belgium In Antwerp Young Shallotte Sergeant Has Been Serving In The Army Since September, 1940, Will Soon Be Home Sgt. J. Carl Ludlum, son of' Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ludlum of Shallotte, is now in the Staging , Area, at Antwerp, Belgium, ' awaiting shipment to the United States under the redeployment program. Sgt. Ludlum has been in the army since September 16th, 1940. For the past 36 months he has been on overseas duty with the 75th Infantry Division, Battery C. 897 Field Artillery. Some of the , campaign he has participated in! (Continued on Page 2) WING t Reporter his two years and the chance of coming home then under the rota-l tion plan and getting six months of service in the States. If he had accepted the furlough and come home now he would have had to return to the Pacific. As it is, by refusing' the furlough he will get to come in two or three months and may not have to return. | Three Caswell Beach building' lots were sold to different parties in one day the past week, ail of the purchasers are planning to build cottages as soon as conditions wlU permit. This was no sudden spurt of buying, the beach lots aie said to have been going ; steadily to buyers since they first become available two or three 'weeks ago. Another summer, if (Continued on Page 6) i ^IL nmunity "1945 se Surn even Or I I j Pleased heir Big Boats Diesel Powered Big Shrimp Trawlers Are Proving Popular Among Owners And Operators CRAFT ARE EFFICIENT ALSO ECONOMICAL Using Diesel Oil They Can Pull Double Loads At About Half Fuel Cost Of Casoline Boats The use of large diesel powered boats by many of the Southport shrimpers appears to be proving generally satisfactory. Prospects are for a great many more of the fishermen turning to this type of craft within a year. Most of the local big boats have been in use only a couple of months and during a time when the season has barely started. It can hardly be said that a fair and acourate test has been made Df the use of the big boats, but at the same time It can be reported that they have made good. One of the outstanding arguments in favor of the big boats is that they are absolutely seaworthy and safe for the operators, with no danger of explosions and small risk from fire, both of which must be guarded against on the small gasoline propelled beats. The big boats can make it and fish in almost any weather. Another good argument fr\? fVirt rliocnl io fHafr uHth thn iv/l uiv vi? vov, 1 ia vitui. ??m? mv low oil cost they can pull about twice as big a load at one half the fuel expense of gas boats. A year ago YV. S. Wells purchased four of the large boats, adding another since then. Neither the boats nor engines were new and on some of them the engines have given some trouble. Still, Mr. Wells is more than satisfied with the big craft. He recently stated he would place brand new diesels in all of them Continued on page two Paul Messick Died Here Today Prominent Seafood Producer Of Southport And Morgan City, Louisiana, Died This Morning Paul Messick, 4y, rormer resident of Southport, prominently identified with the shrimp and other sea food industry at Morgan City, La., for the past twelve or thirteen years, died in the J. Arthur Dosher Memorial hospital this morning after a short illness. Final funeral arrangements have not yet been made but it is understood that burial will be held here Thursday afternoon. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Annie Gy trade Carr, of Southport; twc> sisters, one of them Mrs. Kate Sherman, of Norfolk, Va. His only brother, the late Gilbert T. Mcssick, of Southport, died about nine years ago. 'T 7 " K ,0T [ $1.50 PER YEAJ PUBLISH snder C( m l 11 uesda ~ * Gen. MacArthur ^1^1 TO ACCEPT SURRENDER t ? M Prefers Oats As Fall Cover Crop Long Experience Has Re- ' vealed That Rye Is Not So Well Suited To Local Soils And Climate As j Other Crops i Rye is a fine cover, giuzing, and turn under crop in many . places where soil and climate are different from that in Brunswick. I In this county many farmers ( have found oats far superior to , ;ryc for such purposes. < In response to numerous and general inquiries. County Agent , J. E. Dodson furnishes the Brunswick farmers with the following |timely information this week: "I have been asked often lately about sowing rye on land for ( grazing, to be turned next spring and planted to another crop. "Rye planted no\v or even through most of September will | be killed by a hot sun just as , soon as it comes up. Oats can I be sown now or later, without danger of its being sun killed and will furnish much grazing this fall and next spring and will be just as good for turning under for another crop as rye, as a matter of fact oats furnish better grazing than rye. Seed at least two and one-half to three bushels of oats per acre for grazing and cover crop. Usually October 15th to November 15th is; the best time to seed oats for combining in this County. "I notice some people are cither disking or cutting their tobacco 'stalks at this time. Wonder why? | ' They say they sec no need to let' j them continue to grow and sap j I the land and raise another crop) of worms." SELL TOBACCO WELL | Fred Spivey, farmer who lives j j in the New Hope section, sold tobacco with Crutchfield's here Wednesday for an average ofi I .$48. He was very pleased with I ^ the sale- and stated that every ; one who sold on the opening that! j lie talked to were well pleased | I w ith prices. i - V:.-- - J * % > RE i, * j * Most of The News All The Time ; ED EVERY WEDNESDAY ? | )mes iy Night ?? President Truman Announced Unconditional Jap" ? T I anese Surrender 1 uesaay Night | MacARTHUR APPOINTED TO RECEIVE SURRENDER t The Announcement Climaxes Many Days Of Wait- . ing For Inevitable Reply To Surrender Demand Peace came to the world Tuesday njght when President Tru3'iAu ' flflithfriced that Japan has ? accepted unconditional surrender and that Allied forces have been ordered to cease firing. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, was named Supreme Allied Commander to receive the formal Japanese surrender. World War II?the bloodiest conflict in all of human historywas at an end. except for the < formality of signing surrender documents. j V-J Day will not be proclaimed until after the instruments o( anrronHor nrp sicnprl The three Allies in the Pacifit War Great Britain, Russia and China?will be represented at the signing by high ranking officers, Mr. Truman proclaimed the jlad tidings at 7 p. m., (EWT), shortly after he received Tokyo's formal reply to the Allied surrender terms. Summoning reporters to his office. he read a statement which said: "I deem this reply a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration which specified the unconditional surrender of Japan. "In the reply there is no qualification." t Tokyo informed Mr. Truman that Emperor Hirohito is prepared "to authorize and ensure the signature by the Japanese government and the Imperial General headquarters the necessary terms for carrying cut the pro(Contlnued on t'age 3) Ration Pointers PROCESSED FOODS: (Blue Stamps): Y2, Z2, Al, Bl. CI . ... now valid . . . expire August 3i. Dl, El, Fl. Gl. HI . . . now valid . . . expire ' September 30i Jl, Kl, LI, Ml, N1 . . . now valid . . . expire October 31. " PI, Ql. Rl, SI, T1 . . . now valid . .. . expire November 30. MEATS AND FATS