The Pilot Covers I ml Brunswick County United War Fund if I Enters Period I Special Effort Lncerted Drive Will Be j Held First Two Weeks I jn November To Raise I I Funds I 111 school are CO-OPERATING piairman Urges That Need for Help Be Recognized | g By Brunswick Citizens J j I t Brunswick County I be asked by solicitors in I I K.:: ' the various communities " j I {contribute to tne umusa w?u~| rth Carolina, which is , vith the National War mi. during the first two weeks tt Proven t:. Preparations have | m s' ^ to make the drive u W( (fS5lul one. Chairmen and of all paits of the coun t'have been secured and it is "" that a concerted drive will] r ; a large amount being I in Brunswick. ! jam T. Bennett, county chair- ] y for the drive, said on Monjv that the organizational ] lisework is complete and that mrvor.e would be given an op-; j, xrtuntty to contribute. I The United War Fund, which . .it '.rive for twenty-one dif-r-r.t member-agencies, is the ] : of the belief of those in 1 ^ c :;e that the agencies could I ies: raise their necessary funds' _ rive instead of having p v.-.ty-cr.e different drives for j c.r. tt: mcy is asked. v which is contributed to: y Urate War Fund helps both 1 i ,r.n,e i services and people in ] pj, \ a:-devastated countries, sc jjv ~>,r::ze i ?ti viwca aiu?c tuv m [so Camp Shows bcause of this a. rive ar.il sufferers in China, I Jo si . .: and Poland, among the j th lar.y others, -are sustained throug wi ary others, are sustained mi braih '-his campaign. j Brief Newt ? Flashes __ __J Su |M: >HRIMPERS ARRESTED ' For engaging in shrimping rtiout having secured license, *9 ur.t Brunswick county fisher-1W :;r. have been arr ested by of-1Al teals of the Department of Conrvatior. and Development. All 'al re to b tried in Recorder's 19 Oturt heiv next Monday. Sc Fc \L.\T MEETING HERE At their meeting ill Raleigh J?1 t veck the North Carolina Asof shorthand reporters Wi i to hold their 1946 meeting ? soulhpoi t The dates arc fla i'-.y ':h dr.d 6th. Spurgcon Bax-. 00 h of Wilmington was elected f lent of the association ati fc Kalcigh meeting. on NOW VT FORT BENNING _ j' rarrt Officer Egan Hubbard, 011 *" of Mr and Mrs. G. E. Hub1 stationed at Fort ^ - Ga His wife and two Eiidie and Egan. who have : j?' [i living here while he was in I . i. service, left last week : 'l ' ako titeir home with him in j I su T(> REENTER COLLEGE Dai Walker, who left dur-1 - - '' i: i I year in college to ? ervice three years ago, an honorable dis- M c= - ast of this month and! ' home. It is underhe nlans to reenter college1 " ' ' the year. He is the ' Mrs. Ruth Walker and I f late \V li Walker of South-! la I ? I WI B!C? DRUM I ^MV-SIX laro-r rorl rlrum ! caught by a? party of surf Fi :s' fulling 011 the point of &w Head Island Sunday. The jtortsmrn -ay that they had a ! ' if it dragging the big fet s out ' the beach. Those in ?- party were, Walter Lewis, Br ' was Kulcher. William Ober-1 ac f : Kilt Jenkins. Pete and th f >' Yaskell. icl1 ! st fAKKirn OKI HONORS q" Leah Fhelps of the Wac- so 3 v school won first place in da ^ Brunswick dress review. She 1ft. ' most attractive jumper i feed bag that had been la .f a golden color. A few weeks th ? d vi Ph?]ps went to the Dis- P' ^ Dress Review in Lumberton. be ;' e b'" dress was made of fu yellow wool with tiny light ur j|l , : it. She made e. in ?r T 1111 same material ot I At o, accessories were brown, ty bj, . revn-ew she received a P! ? review ptr. as a prize. TH1 6 500 Pickets I "'*'" R^rfci. fWi LOS ANGELES, CAL.?Picket leir arrest last week, shown wil arched by cheriffs into studio for ere arrested by about 250 deputif pickets to four at each gate. discharge Pap Bolivia Mai ighly Prized French Medal Won By Joe D. John son Of Bolivia, According To Discharge Papers, ECORD DISCHARGES , AT A RAPID RATE 1 apers Coming In Steadily \t Office Of Register Of Deeds A. J. Walton For Recording 11 , ? Among the interesting facts eked up while going through the { rvice discharge papers recorded j c the office of Register of Deeds j J. Walton, this week, is that J j e D. Johnson, of Bolivia, won e French Croix De Guerre, as j' ill as other medals, during his I ore than two years service with J e Army. Discharge papers are still je aching the office of the Regis- c r of Deeds, for recording, at a J at clip. The following papers ve been recorded during the ? st week. JOSEPH J. SIMMONS?Home, ? ipply. Wears Good Conduct e edal. Given Medical Discharge. J JAMES W. HOLLIS?Home, ' :land. . Entered service July, 42. Discharged January, 1944. ears Good Conduct Medal and j? nerican Defense Service Medal. FRANK JAMES?Home, Le- j J id. Entered Service January, , 43. Discharged October, 1945. rved in Central Europe, Naplesiggia, Rome-Arno, Northern ance, Southern France, Rhine- < ad. Wears Eamet Campaign edal with seven bronze stars. GEORGE F. BROWN?Home, I :land. Lapel button issued. No I ta as to service on recorded1J py of discharge. MALLONEY OTHA LUDLUMI Home and other that a not given | Naval discharge. WILBUR WRIGHT ROBERTS Home and other data not given I Naval discharge. 2 WILLIAM A. SMITH?Home, p dand. Entered service June, \ 44. Discharged October, 1945., c rved in Northern France, I c lineland, Ardennes, Central, t irope. Wears Eamet Campaign I a edal with four bronze service ( [ Its. t ALVIN R. LEMMONS?Home, c >livia. Entered service August, i 44. Discharged October, 1945.1 irved in Northern France,1 c lineland, Ardennes, Central i j trope. Wears Eamet Campaign c edal with four bronze service e irs. Good Conduct Medal and f I Continued on Page four) ir \ eland Baptists *lan New Church ] ine Brick Building With j j Twelve Sunday School i Rooms To Replace Present Structure At Leland !' The congregation of Leland I iptist church at Leland arc I tively engaged in plans for! e construction of u new brick j urch on the site of tlic present j' ructure. The plans call for t lite an imposing structure with'' me twelve class rooms for Sun- jN .y School, in addition to the I' ree auditorium. j '< " c U. L. Rourk, well known he- j1 nd man, who was in Southport j( is past week, stated that the |' ans for the church arc based j ith on present needs and for j1 ture expansion. The community 1 ound Leland is said to be build-,1 g up much faster than any j' her section of Brunswick coun-.' Substantial home building;' ogress has been going on in j' (continued on page twoj EST A 'Goo -PAGESTODAYArrested s as Warner Bros. Studio afte :h upraised arms as they wer fingerprinting. Some 500 picket is under law restraining numbe ers Show i Got Reward Badlv Burned In Gas Explosioi Local Seafood Dealer Badl Burned Friday Mornini While Assisting About i Shrimp Trawler Wiley Wells of the Wells Brc hers, dealers in seafoods a Southport, was seriously burne ibout the face and hands in a explosion of gasoline aboard on if his boats Friday morning. H s a patient in the J. Arthti Dosher Memorial hospital and i s reported that he will be cor ined there for some time. According to information, boat vere leaving for the day's wor arly Friday morning. The cre\ if the May, one of the gas boat! vas unable to start their engini dr. Wells, who was seeing tha ill boats were supplied with ic< vent aboard for the purpose c issisting. It is said that he wa ndeavoring to crank the engin vhen the explosion occurret hrowing blazing oil all over hi ace and hands. By good fortun le managed to close his eye tnd they were not badly injuret >ut injuries to his face and hand vere quite serious. The beat wa ladly damaged in the resultin ire. Rifles Outlawed For Ducks-Gees< season On These Bird Opens Friday And Garni Warden Calls Attentioi To Various Restrictions The duck hunting season open Friday of this week, Novembc !nd. County Game Warden ? P. Bowmcr is calling attention t various rules and regulations cor :erning the shooting of bot lucks and geese. Guns large han 10 guage cannot be use ind none of the automatics o lump guns arc allowed so ai anged that they carry more tha ine shell in the chamber and tw n the magazines. Of especial interest on the par if law enforcement officials thi rear is the law against the us if the rifle for the shooting c uthcr ducks or geese, rcrson Ound using such weapons wi ind themselves called to couri vhethcr they be man or boy. The outlawing of the rifle fc Continued on page four Home Coming At New Hope Churcl ?ine Gathering Markei The Fifty-First Anniver sary Of The Founding O Church At Winnabow The fifty-first anniversary o he founding of New Hope Pres >yterian church at Winnabow an he annual Home Coming Daj vere observed on Sunday. Oc !lst. with appropriate ceremonic md a large gathering of forme ind present members of th ihurch and residents of the con nunity. Rev. David Coblentz, a forme lastor of the church, now c rincastle, Va? - delivered th iermon. using as his subject. "R( 'ugees From Ourselves." Th :eremony of the Lord's Suppc vas impressively held, Rev. J. i Rowley, of Wilmington assistis (Continues on page 4) . ' ATE If < " I d News paper I: Southport, N. C., Wedi Victory Truman Likely Has Postponed Trip To State No Official Announcement | Made, But Meeting Set For White Apparently in- j terferes HEAVY FIGHTING IN NORTH CHINA! Civil War Apparently Grips Nation Between Central ir Government And e Communists s r WASHINGTON?President Tainan evidently has decided not take his week end trip to North Carolina and Georgia. The president has made no official announcement, but R. J. Thomas, head CIO United Auto workers, said in Detroit he would confer [with Truman in the White House at 11 A. M., Friday. This ap_ ! parently means he has decided he ! cannot spare the time for his proI jected southern trip. - 1UK.IU?unoniciai japan iook I hope from President Truman's enunciation of foreign policy that Nippon eventually might regain a place in the economic and P political society of nations, but not one government official would comment. Kod, one of the emperor's closest advisers, spent the entire morning conferring d with Hirohito after reading Gruman's speech. MacArthur has ousted Jap government to ree store a christian curriculum there r immediately. He also demanded I an accounting of 81 other schools il I once supported by American gifts. i BATAVIA, JAVA ? President s Soekarno of the Indonesian bloodk iest fighting of the allied occuff | pation of Java. Soekarno rushed 3, | to intervene in serious street 3.! fighting in which Indonesians .t manned Jap armored cars and ;, light tanks. f s CHUNGKING ? Reports of e heavy fighting between Chinese l i communists and Central Govern ,s ment troops in North China pice tured the nation locked in civil s war, real though not officially de1. clared. Warfare is growing in s intensity in the Shantung, Shansi s and Suiyuan provinces, said disg patches received in Chungking. WASHINGTON ? The $5,920,000,000 first peacetime tax-cutting bill was headed toward final passage, amid new demands for a J slash in federal expenditures and' for a balanced budget. The size i of tax reduction?almost $1,000,- i 51000,000 above the limit set by | e | administration ? caused some ' 111 members of house budget-balancing bloc to balk, but they ac- j s knowledged the bill will pass de r spite opposition. t. o VISITING OI? HOME , i- Mr. and Mrs. George F. Golcy < h of Shallotte are spending some i r time at their former home at i d Mt. Holly, N. J. They are visit- i r ing hteir sons and daughters, Mr. i - and Mrs. A. S. Golcy, Mr. and i n Mrs. Geo. F. Goley, Jr., and Mrs. i o John Armstrong. J 2L B KEZLiH _____ Both R. D. White at Shallotte I J and P. C. Willetts at Bolivia re- j ] ceived new Fords for display in i f their salesrooms last week.J' Neither of these dealers could ; committ themselves, however, as i if to when they would have cars for I i- delivery. J. A. Elmore of Bolivia, j i d Chevrolet dealer, is expecting a r, car for display this week and he' | I. aidiva LJia L tic i\fLa uccii piujiuocu ' s five for delivery by Christmas.' i r After the first of the year cars i e for delivery should be coming in J i- faster. >< ... j, :r While squirrels may do damage. < if at homes where therd are pecan ^' ie and other nut trees, there are >- many Brunswick homes without j ie such trees and where the squir- ( :r rels find friends among llic home! 3. owners. We know of severaJ j g places where some one intent cn squirrel hunting will walk right 1 P0R1 n A Good Cor acsday, October 31, 19 > Bond 1 Mixed Cases At. Monday's Session Many Cases Had To Be Continued At This Weeks Session Of Brunswick Recorders Court Monday's session of Recorders Court saw a mixed lot of cases up for trial. Included in the number were several charging violations of fishing laws. All these were continued until next Monday. The minutes of the session show the following entries: T. B. Edge, reckless operation, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $50.00 and costs. James Bryant, larceny, continued to November 5th. Gilbert Waddell, larceny, continued to November 5th. Walter Bottligegar, speeding, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $15.00 and costs. J. J. Cheers, violating fish law, continued. Sidney Caison, violating fish laws, continued. Harvey Kirby, violating fisb law, continued. Lucien Fulford, violating fisv laws, continued. Johnnie Fulford, violating fish laws, continued. Goley Fulford, violating fish laws, continued. Elseberry Russell Jordan, reckless operation, not guilty. Harlie Perkins Gerald, reckless operation, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $40.00 and costs. Finley McMillan, speeding, judgment suspended on payment of a fine of $10.00 and costs. Dilbert Hewett, reckless operation, not guilty. Earl Colwell, Jr., reckless operation, nol pros. Irene Clayton, no operators license, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Mrs. Libby Beddock, larceny not guilty. M..-L \T77T i iviucn TYorK in County Office Register Of Deeds And Deputy Assistant Have Executed A Great Voiumne Of Work Since December A review of the work done in the office of Register of Deeds A. J. Walton reveals that an unusually large volume of work has been carried on there since the 4 th of last December. Practically all of the typing has been. done by Miss Eloise St. George, I assistant deputy, during the ab-i sencc of WAVE Evelyn Autry.l who is on leave of absence. At | times Miss St. George has had i assistance at the typing work. | The proofreading, issuing of: papers, etc., being done by Mr. | Walton with her assistance. Since the above date 852 real j estate papers have been record-: ed, indexed, proofread and mailed; 1534 chattel mortgages, real estate mortgages and irregular instruments have undergone the 3amc handling. A large number j of birth certificates have been I Issued and 75 birth, not recorded ' (Continued on Page 3) WING Reporter ? | by a number of the litte animals playing in the yard or trees at j bis home, on his way to the j ivoods for the wilder animals. For years a number of the animals bavc lived practically unmolested in the oaks at the old Southport cemetery and in various parts of i the town. The same condition pre vials at Shallotte, a number! of squirrels living in the oaks right back of the Camp Metho- j list church. Recently "snipers" j bave slipped in and killed some j of these squirrels at the Shallotte church. TTie church folks and citizens are naturally much disturbed about it. Former Postmaster W. R. Holmes stated Saturday that he and others were endeavoring to protect these squirrels and that prosecution would result in the case of any one found harming _them. f a.-_,, _ j VV^JUUXIUCU uu C ) ru, vtfeSsi ' ' - , . r PiL nmunity 45 __ Drive N Southpo I Shown above is Technician daughter of Mrs. H. M. Sh; now serving with the Wac a is displaying a collection of Herman Goering's family. Val ;hey were discovered recently nent agents. Miss Shannon 1 /alued at $25,000, and a gob /alued at $15,000. They wer A-ife of the ex-Nasi big wig. Widely Publisl Stars jane S Flagpole Given To Leland School Flag And Flag Pole Presented By Lion E. L. Krahnke; Club Backing , Worthy Projects rrn ?^ r\f 1 hr> T ! 1 lie lllsi. lllCCMIIg VI land Lions Club was called to or- j der by Lion president Mac Floyd ! Jones on Monday evening of last, week at the Leland school house. | The Invocation was by Rev. L. F. ' Oowan and the National Anthem 1 was sung. Roll cull found fifteen of the j members -present. The Activity |' Committee repoi ted progress on | J the kitchen for the school child- (^ ren, which is one of the most I important things. Planned by the i Lions. A 50-foot steel flag pole has j' been donated to the school by 1 Lion E. L. Krahnke, together j( with flag to grace same. Lion Tamer Ganey had pre- i pared a delicious slipper for this |. meeting and the members hail j ' quite a time. The Board of Di-! ' rectors met at the home of Mac 1 Floyd Jones Friday afternoon at j' 2:30 for discussion and review of!' the many fine projects that the i Club plans for the community. 1 The next regular meeting will be ' held on the seconil Monday night in November. Charlotte P. M. !; On Fishing Trip No Shortage Of Doctors In Charlotte Party Now j Operating With Lance' On Gulf Stream Evidently with the object of i being prepared for any eventuality. Postmaster George Wilson of r'hoHrtHn lirrr* this u/ppk nil a fishing trip and with him are several medical men. The post- < master's companions can do anything from operating hospitals to dehvering babies. A knowledge of their skill at fishing is yet to be revealed. Accompanying the postmaster are Dr W. Z Roberts. Dr. E. K McLean, Dr. Ft. Z. Long and Carl Plott. Mr. Plott is Administrator at the Charlotte Memorial hospital. They told a news man yesterday that they intended making a week of it.' Monday found them fishing for drum on Frank Sherrill's Bald j Head Island. Yesterday they went; out for trout, bluefish ar.d mack-1 (Continued on page 2) ' W*. - - * ~.j-ma OT I 51.50 PER YEA> PUBLiSHI ow Uric ?* j,L rt Girl || tl ih^BB^^h n w 71 IT . < nr s< !a' e~ * Hn&IBN p' fliiilir i wmmMlwj I pi Grade Jane Shannon, a: tnnon, of South port who is ir t Frankfurt, Germany. She tl jewels formerly owned by c< ued at more than $500,000, V by U. S. treasury depart- 0l nears on her head a tiara J cross with five amethysts e worn by Emmy Goering, | I ? 1W led Picture = ; w I "" hannon, Wac 2 Ia] I ' B Southport Girl In Service j t. i'sed As Model With h| Picture Of Famous Her- M man Goering Jew.els ' tl (S ONE OF SIX IN It! THE ARMED SERVICE1 fc I ir Mother At Southport Re- hl ceiving Many Messages Ivv From People Who Saw bl Widely Distributed Picture Ig One of the most widely pub- 1 ished war pictures of recent 1 lays, carried by practically all' newspapers in the United States, j England and Canada, shows t rechnician Fifth Grade Jane Shannon of the WAC displaying R hn famntis iPWfl collection Of Herman Goering, in Germany. These jewels were recently cap.ured by Treasury Department j jfficials in Germany and the ^ nodel selected from the army to! ^ lispluy them for the photograph- . :rs was no less attractive than i P Jie jewels. f Miss Shannon, who has beenj n the WAC for three years, isi . he only daughter of Mrs. Shan- j ^ ion and the late H. M. Shannon. I j)] >f Southport. She has been over- j nl was with the army for almost ja two years. She has six brothers. ( five of them in the service. The *>' sixth is still too young to either volunteer or be drafted. The bro-1 thcrs are Sgt. John Shannon, A. i A. F., Laredo, Texas; Pfc. Dan J* Shannon, recently back from Rurope and now stationed in Vir?inia; Cpl. R. E. Shannon, recently back from Europe and now | fj stationed in Kentucky; Cpl. Bill Shannon, serving in the Pacific; j ?! Pvt. Pat Shannon, stationed at i J1 Fort Bragg. The only brother, still at home is Alfred Shannon, i Both tabloids and regular daily ? papers, magazines, rotogravure j sections of Sunday papers, etc.,! *' carried the picture of Cpl. Shan- *j non and the Goering jewels. Cpl.! Shannon's mother at Southport has been receiving letters and! cards by the scores, telling her ~ of the senders having seen the picture of her daughter. In most cases the writers enclose pictures Hinf Hmv liavp umn anrl rlinnnrl a W.VV ..? TV. W-WV.. ?..V. ! from various papers. Some of! the rotogravure sections have P enlarged the picture to occupy as much as half a page. One in- i stance is known where a North v Carolina daily ran the picture on one of its inside pages one day,, v evidently not getting the local angle at the time. The next day^ the paper ran the same picture again, this time on its front page. J Among those who sent the clip- f ping to the State Port Pilot from distant points are Mrs Davis s (Continued on Page 4) 3 TT??Jp.r; Most of The News | All The Time j\ " " j D EVERY WEDNESDAY I ? lerway ast Great War Bond Drive Of World War II Started Monday, Mintz Again The Chairman UBLIC CALLED UPON TO MEET OBLIGATION ame Workers As In 7th War Loan Drive; Hoping Much From Efforts Of School Officials And Children The Victory Loan drive, someling that the American people in really rejoice .in and celerate, began Monday of this week. LeRoy Mintz, chairman of the r-ltro in Rrnncs\*fi/*tr PAlintv An ounced last week that during re driVe bonds would be for lie by the same agencies that orked so untiringly in the Big th War Loan Drive. Bonds [ lay be secured at the Waccalaw Bank, the various post ofces, the Building and Loan Asiciation or from the chairman t his office in Shallotte. Much effort on the pwt of tha :hool principals, teachers and ther public-spirited" citizens to lit the drive over is being hoped >r. Mr. Mintz said yesterday lat, with the war over, he :alized the task of interesting le public in securing bonds would e a hard one. However, he Dinted out, it is both a duty and ne of the finest investments to ut all spare money in bonds nd to hold those bonds for use i less prosperous times than lese, times which are bound to jme somewhere in the future. "During the war many hundreds f thousands of service men?men ho did the actual fighting? Dught war bonds on the limited irvice pay they received," said ir. Mintz. "Now at home those ime boys are Duying Victory onds to celebrate the victory > hich they won. The American len and women who stayed safe' at home, earning good wages bile these boys fought, fcannot fford to do otherwise." "We should all buy Victory fit j, onds," said the Chairman. "In lat we have won the war we avt ss~U to bo thankful for. | !e have an obligation to meet, le obligation of meeting the nal score, settling the account lat our boys fought and died >r. I am urging every patriotic lan and woman in Brunswick to Liy Victoi-y Bonds today and to ork urging their neighbors to jy. Brunswick county went vev in every loan drive, it must d over in this Victory Drive." Hany Veterans Are Reinlisting Recruiting Officers Given Date Concerning Rein< listment In The Regular United States Army Many veterans who served 1 iroughout the war and received Dnorable discharges seem to be t lanning to make the Army their irecr. From this county quite number of men have re-enlisted >on after their discharges. Army ?> ficials gladly welcome such re- ... ' iins to service as it gives thehi ' ore trained and experienced ten. Recruiting officers, here st week, were asked regarding rades and other data covering ich rc-enligtments. They gave le following information. "Men who enlist or re-enlist rlor to February 1, 1946, will e pla.ed in grades specified beiw: i: "I. Honorably discharged and :-cnlisted within 20 days after le date of discharge will bf nlisled in the grade held at the me of discharge permanent or ;mporury, whichever is higher. "2. Men honorably discharged n or after May 12, 1945, and efore November 1, 1945. will be niisted in the grade held at the me of the discharge, provided le rc-cnlistment is made prior 3 November 21, 1945." Ration Pointers ?_____?_ | iATION CALENDAR MEATS & FATS: Red Stamps -Fl, Gl, HI, Jl, K1 . . . now $1 alid expire November 30. LI, Ml. Nl. PI. Q1 . . . now 8j alid expire December 31. Rl. SI, Tl. Ul, VI . . . now i { alid expire January 31. Wl, XI, Yl, Z1 (and GREEN f-8) . . . valid Nov. 1 . . . expire 'ebruary 28, '46. SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 33 , LOW valid . Wrl