The Pilot Covers I Brunswick County |BoL. NO. FOURTEEN NO, econd Survivor m)t Helena Came Home On Friday ^Hpatsu ain Mate Frank Pot^B< R? ,,ches Home And Is ^B Reunited With Family I And Other Brother He Had Not Seen Since Hel ena Was Torpedoed Hp[ \ SEVEN DAYS ON vPANESE HELD ISLAND ? Water Three Days With^K,ut Being Attacked By Passing Japanese Plan? I es, No Food Except Cocoanuts While On Island Boatswain Mate Frank Potter home Friday night and Hs welcomed by his parents, bro - s and sisters, including Boat Mate Bryant Potter, whose ivs leave from the navy was Bryant left early the next ^Borw'c after a few hours reunion the brother whom he had ^B: seen since the Cruiser Helena j^Bas torpedoed and sunk by the ^B. , . st Both young men, sons H Mi ami Mrs. J. F. Potter, were - on the Helena from the she was commissioned until Hie sank that early morning in ^Kte July. 'Hi. boat in which Bryant, the ^Lingest of the brothers, left the ^ r-kirs cruiser was picked up after the Helena went ^Bv.vn, A destroyer making the H, int was uninjured and ^Krev or four weeks after the ^Lttlc he was allowed to come .Home on 30 days leave. Prior (Hi Frank's arrival Friday night, ^Bryant had not seen him since a H, hours before the battle in ^Bhich the Helena went down. She not go down, however, withHut taking with her the credit of Hinking two Japanese cruisers and BU destroyers in her last engageHier.t. In all, from the time she Hras commissioned until the night Hhe sank, the Helena received of^Ecial credit for the sinking of 12 Hapanese warships, during 13 batHks. The two 1 .iter boys were in H 1 these battles, which includ^Bd the treacherous attack from H Japanese at Pearl Harbor. The Hlelena was badly damaged in that ^B'.'.Ack. ' I Seen by Pilot's representative Hh:s week, Frank related how all Boats left the sinking warships at Hbout the same time, after a H * destroyer had delivered Hour torpedoes broadside on. At ^Uie time when she fell a victim Ho the torj)edoes the Helena was Hteaming at full speed and with H" hcr ?uns going for a Japanese ^Bruiser, dead ahead. The Japanese ^Bestrover was lurking in the darkHivss off to one side and let go ^B:th her tin fish as the Helena ^Bassc-J. Despite being mortally ^Bounded, the Helena turned her ^Buns on the destroyer and literH' * ' ? J?IM^V' hL j|?& US The 3rd War Loan Dr which to buy the tanks, the fight their way to ultimate . ;y has a quota of $1,194,000 i should make.an effort to bi County Has Quota Of 25,003 Cords Of Pulpwood Now 'War Industries Must Have An Extra Three Million Cords Of Pulpwood Before January 1st BLANCHARD GIVES SOME SUGGESTIONS j Ceiling Prices Will Be Paid For All Pine Pulpwood; Says Every Farm Should Produce One Carload The War Industries must have an extra 3,000,000 cords of pulpwood between now and January 1. Brunswick County's share in nmdimfinn is 25.000 COrdS. llUO j;ivuuv?>v? ? "If every farm in this county will produce at least one carload of pulpwood during the next three months, we can more than meet our share of the need." H. E. Blanchard, County Forester said today. SPECIFICATIONS FOB PULPWOOD "Pulpwood cut to the following specifications", Blanchard said, "will be acceptable to any of the pulpwood companies operating in this county": "I. Sticks must be cut with saw 5 feet long. "2. Minimum diameter?1 inches. "3. Sticks must be reasonably straight. "4. Branches and knots to be cut flush with the body of the stick. "5. No burned wood will be acceptable, (does not include burned bark). "6. Wood cut for roadside pur(continued on page four) A Day Of Court For Divorces Only Judge Burney Returned On Monday To Hear Eight Divorce Cases, All Of Which Were Granted; Most Of Plaintiff's Were Women The September term of superior court, usually scheduled to run two weeks with the criminal cases occupying the time of the first week and the citil docket beginning Monday of the second week, had some unusual features. By consent many small civil matters were handled during the : criminal court week. This left nothing for the civil term, which (Continued On Page Four) ESTV A Good 4-PAGES TODAY BUY IN THE WORL ,<>.v . ' 'r^T\v, < ^ SSsfil ' Billiiii ' ' WwM%W$$ ive, designed to raise $15,000, planes, the guns necessary fo victory, is noiv past the halfv i in this drive. Every man an ly at lease one $100 war bond Bond Buying SI Citizens~Not B 1 War Fund Workers To Meet The 30th Mrs. S. B. Frink, Chairman of ^ | the United War Fund Workers, jhas announced that there will be j a meeting of all workers at the [ * Shallotte high school, Thursday j evening, Sept. 30th. The public, along with all workers, is urged to attend. Commissioners In Routine Session: ?~ . b Board Authorized Immedi-h1 ate Repairs To County J0 Jail; Seeks To Get High- r way Commission To Re- ^ pair Road a ??o At their middle of the month meeting, Monday, the board of f county commissioners found them- a _-i e?itrifVi fho iislial a SdVCS WlUiVlllCU mui run of tax matters, necessitating a slight adjustments in some cases. ? Orders for foreclosures to collect taxes were given in other instan- f ces. On motion of commissioner O. ^ P. Bellamy, chairman of the board, the county auditor was r authorized to immediately make the necessary repairs to the county jail. The board ordered that contact be made with the State Highway Commission with a view of hav- j ing needed repairs done on the j road leading from Highway 130 through the Gore and Milligan settlement, on through Freeland, Kingtown and out to Old Dock. Spotters To Be Recognized Tues. Wing Insignia To Be Presented to 173 Plane Spotters In Appreciation Of Their Efficient Work On Tuesday, September 28th, at 8 o'clock in the evening, one hundred and seventy three plane spotters will receive their wing insignia. The meeting will take place at the Shallotte high school, according to Jim Finch, District Civil Director of the Air Warning Service. The insignia will be presented to them from the U. S. govern(Continued On Page Foust m i News paper In Southport, N. C., Wedi D TODAY ? I C c: ? f< u J^PT c * ig v xvieaWk. . :. <<>;> -m. -3P A ::: l|S*. P w | i lan hi d I b ll li n is aJ m r< b a: ,000,000 in the U. S. with *; r our men at the front to j ^ /ay mark. Columbus Coun- L, rl ivnnian in this r.ountv I during this drive. je< a] low In County j acking Drive h 01 r . p 'wo Business Firms Credit- a; ed With Having Bought n Four-Fifths Of All Bonds a In Drive In Brunswick :iTIZENS SLOW IN * MAKING INVESTMENT ? a Chairman Plaxco, Of War ai Bond Drive Writes Letter w Concerning Rumors Of v Bond Values Circu- P lated By U. S. A Enemies At a check up meeting Sat- I rday, Brunswick county war bond ales have reached only two thouand dollars over half the amount hat the citizens of this county ,-ere assigned to buy. On the face f the returns at that time it ap- L eared that Brunswick county itizens were not very patriotic, 'hey were not backing up the ttacks of the soldiers and sailors verseas. Since Saturday through the eforts of Chairman R. F. Plaxco, p; ided by Postmaster L. T. Yaskell 0 nd Cashier Prince O'Brien, a few i tl dditional thousand dollars worth z< f the bonds have been sold. A b triking and very regretable fact, v lowever, is that two business a irms have purchased four fifths e: f all the bonds that have been it ought. it These two firms, who prefer lot to be identified, are fully e: .ware of the fact that the bonds ti re worth more than any kind of a (Continued on Page Four) Russian Counte Mother 0 During the summer Lt. Churchill Bragaw, then stationed in North Africa, wrote his mother, Mrs. Helen G. Bragaw, of a very fine elderly Russian family living in a town near where he was stationed. He inclosed pictures of the couple and spoke glowingly of their kindness and hospitality. The lady in the case was a Russian Countess, Madame Mary Gazarine. This week Mrs. Bragaw had a very cordial letter from the lady and with her permission it is being printed below. It should be of interest to the numerous friends of Lieutenant Bragaw: "Dear Madam: I take the liberty of writing to you without the please to know you. It is about your son, Churchill, that I want to write to you. P0R1 i A Good Com nesday, September 22 dust Maintain ] Timber Output For War Effort i utput Of Forest Products Must Be Maintained At High Level To Aid In Prosecution Of War , ELECTIVE SERVICE ASKED TO COOPERATE ? ireat Number Of Items In Military And Naval Equipment Can Use Lumber Increased production now of imber and timber products is . ital to North Carolina's success in < irrying her share of the war ef- J )rt, according to H. B. Bos- J 'orth, Area Forester for North arolina of the Timber Production j far Project. s Due to the allout efforts of our J .gricultural workers in harvest- ( ig and marketing farm crops, the ( reduction of lumber and pulp- j ood has declined steadily during { le past two months. North Carena has always depended on part ^ me farm labor to produce over alf of its total timber products nd lumber. The present seasonal | ecline is therefore about normal, I ut the demand for the kinds of imber and pulp that North Ca^ona can produce is far afitve ormal. President Roosevelt says, "I am ' i agreement tnat unusuai acuon i needed to maintain the output f forest products at a high level s an essential aid in the projcution of the war." Under Sectary of War Patterson says, t We are not getting enough lum- c er to fill all the needs of the c rmed forces. Our requirements c re going up; our production is j oing down. Lumber comes close > the heart of our whole war , rogram. There are 1,200 differ- , it items of military and naval , juipment that can use lumber," ^ id Chairman Davis of the War j abor Board states, "A logger or v imber worker can serve his coun y best by staying on the job and . y giving it the best he has in I im." . - - J There can be no doubt, therefore, E the need to increase lumber and ulp production as soon as crops re in, nor that such work lakes the woods and mill worker I vital part of the whole war Efort. Major General Lewis B. tershey, Director, Selective Serice says, "Many men must be ilected to remain at home prodce ships tanks planes and guns id to produce the -raw materials v id manufcture the products from c rhich those war tools are made. c Without the lumber and lumber E roducts which you produce, j .merica's great Army cannot be t (Continued on Page Fourj j :ine Compliance ! With Blackout j t iolonel William S. Pritch- c ard Very Much Pleased c With The Cooperation c And Compliance With v Blackout Regulations I Seen by a representative of this aper last week, following his vernight stay and inspection of le manner in which local citiuns were complying with the lackout regulations, Colonel /illiam S. Pritchard of the U. S. .rmy, Field Artillery corps, was ictremely pleased at the manner 1 which local citizens were carrylg out blackout orders. "Everything," he said, "was in xcellent accord with the regulaions. The local blackout officials nd the SoutSiport public cannot (Continued Un Page Pour) ss Writes To j f Overseas Lt. He met my husband at the ex- ' perimental garden of our town, where my husband is working. Your son came to see us very often and we got very fond of him. I think he told me that he wrote you about our family? Lieutenant Bragaw was always very kind to us, the chil- ] dren liked him so much. He was \ always gay and full of life, < running over with energy and s kindness. We very much enjoy- < ed his company. i He told us about you, his ] dear country, his work there. We made plans to meet some I day in the States. 1 We do hope the happy day i will come soon when you will i see him again. So kind and ' charming, we miss not having i seen him lately. ] I should be glad to have (Continued on Page Two) ' PIL munity !, 1943 PUBUSI Mission Planne Catholic C #. 7ather John Renehan, A| Native Of New York City, Will Be The Spiritual Director At The Retreat SERVICES SCHEDULED SEPTEMBER 28 - 30 Services Will Open With Holy Mass At 9:00 A. M. On Tuesday, And Will Close Thursday After noon The Sacred Heart Catholic ihurch of Southport will have a 1-day mission beginning Tuesday, 5ept. 28th and closing Thursday, Sept. 30th. The mission will be :onducted by an outstanding mislioner, Fr. John Renehan of The tedemptorist Fathers. He has ipent the last 12 years in giving nissions and retreats in the eastirn United States. At a mission :onducted by him at Fort Bragg ast year, over 5,000 people at- 1 ended each night The crowds : to overflowed the Chapel that the j lervices had to be held out in the Ceiling Price E Blow To Shi JfPPBKHelena Survivor To Address Meeting Adjutant Crawford Rourk, of he American Legion, has announ:ed that there will be a meeting >f the Legion at the U. S. O. Club in Thursday, September 3th, 8:00 ). m. Of outstanding interest in conlection with this meeting is that i survivor of the crew of the :ruiser, Helena, which went to a jlorious death while battling the apanese, will be present and vill make an address. Hit-Run Driver Kills Mr. Hardee Prominent Citizen Of Hickman's Cross Roads Community Met Death While Returning From Work on Airport At Myrtle Beach i Burris Hardee, 54, years old and veil known and respected citizen j if the Hickman's Cross Roads i lommunity, was killed by a hit ( ind run driver at Myrtle Beach | Friday night. His body was found >eside the highway some time ( ater. I Mr. Hardee is understood to ( lave been walking from his work ] a his boarding house in or near j dyrtle Beach. He had been em- | iloyed for some time on the air- ] lort work near Myrtle Beach. So ; ar as is known, there were no , yewitnesses, except the occupant ; ir occupants of the car. Mr. Har- : lee was dead when found. 1 A South Carolina Coroner's jury , iHM hnlrl an inouest at Myrtle') 3each Thursday of this week. ( The remains were brought to he home at Hickman's Cross loads and interred there Sunday ' ifternoon in the Bennett ceme- ] .ery. His wife, who was a daugh- ; er of" Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hick- ; nan, prominent residents of that immunity, died in 1937. I Surviving the deceased are four ions and three daughters, Burris lardee of Loris, S. C.; Elton Harlee of Elizabethtown, Shelton and 1 )dell Hardee, of Shallotte; Mrs. vlillard Blanton, Mrs. Jerome Jen ette and Mrs. Luther Rogers, all >f Shallotte. Pay The Taxes Or Lose Your Dog Police Will Begin Impounding All Dogs On Which Taxes Have Not Been Paid By The First Of October, To Eliminats Strays Beginning October 1st Chief of Police Otto Hickman will round rp all dogs in Southport. If own:rs have not paid taxes on the inimals, or if the name of the jwners cannot be discovered, they vill be impounded and after a brief period of detention will be killed. This, says the chief, will apply to all dogs. If taxes have not Seen paid no exception will be made in the case of any dog own r. His or her dog will be taken to the pound and disposed of in short order if the owner does not pay up. This roundup and disposal of (Continued On fage Four). ______ OT ed^very^ednesdjvt d At Local hurch In Sept. Mr I- ^ wmu> H . AM.; H I i FATHER JOHN RENEHAN i>pen air. A spiritual treat awaits 1 those a tending. The exercises will begin each " night at 7:30. At the close of the!; mission the Papal Blessing will be , given. The public is cordially invited. )eals Heavy rimp Industry Price On Shrimp Is As Of September, 1942, And; With Increased tost Ut Producing ,Boatmen And Buyers Cannot Deliver BOATMEN ARE LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR LIVING Many Of The Craft Have Already Returned To Home Ports, Balance Tied Up; Buyers In Worse Fix Than Boatmen In a general release to the press yesterday the Office of Price Administration advised housewives that beginning yesterday, when the ceiling price went into effect, they would be able to buy shrimp 10 to 50 per cent cheaper than they have been getting them, Southport shrimpers and Southport seafood buyers said last night that they felt that there was some error in the above statement. If the housewives get 3hrimp at half the price they have been paying, they will have to take them out of the ocean and jo the cleaning and shipping themselves. The producers and shippers absolutely disclaim any intention to strike. They contend that they :annot supply shrimp at anything like half the price they have been getting. Since the' ceiling is below the cost of producing and handling, and as they are not philanthropists, they are quitting the job Df producing and handling. In short, they feel they have to make a living, and as there is no living to be made in shrimp producing and handling, under the ceiling price , they are turning to something else. The celling allows for the same price for shrimp as in September, 1942. The boat owners are now having to pay around three times as much for helpers as they paid in 1942, other operating expenses and their own personal expenses have increased vastly. Turning from the boatmen to the shrimp buyers, it is revealed that they are paying nearly three times as much for labor as they paid in 1942. In 1941 the price per (Continued on Page Four) In The Wind Up Of Criminal Court Criminal Docket Was Finished Thursday With Noticeably Small Number Of Cases Being Continued For Different Causes All criminal cases on the docket for the two week term of mixed criminal and civii court were disposed of by Thursday night of last week. A very noticable feature to be found in a review of the minutes is that only three cases were continued to some future term. Judge Burney and Solicitor Moore made a pretty clean sweep of all the criminal cases that were waiting for disposal. In two of the three cases continued the defendants had not been taken and it was, naturally, impossible to try the charges. Adding to cases reported in last weeks paper, the following criminal matters were disposed of before adjournment Thursday night: .(Continued On Paf? Four| Most Of The New? I All The Time I $1.50 PER YEA! I ? He Army Gives 1 I Complete Rules I For This Area I Restricted Zones Defined I For Information Of Pee- I pie Living In This Area I ARMY AUTHORIZED I TO ENFORCE LAW. I Corporate Limits Of South- I port Not Excluded; Other I Rules Given I Public Proclamation No. 2 dat- I Jd Sept. 7, 1942, Public Proclama- H tion No. 3 dated December 21, I L942, and Public Proclamation No. I i dated August 9, 1943, issued by H Lieut. General Hugh A. Drum, H Commanding General of the Bast- H :rn Defense Command and First I Army, under authority of Execu- I tive Order of the President of the fl United States, No. 9066, dated I February 19, 1942, created cer- I tain Restricted and Prohibited fl Zones along the Atlantic Sea- H board. H In accordance with Public Pro- B clamation No. 2 above, and Mem- I orandum No. 5 Headquarters B Fourth Service Comand in con- fl nection therewith, the Command- fl ing General, Southern Sector, I Eastern Defense Command is au- fl thorized to enforce the restriction! I applicable to Prohibited and Re- fl stricted Zones lying within the fl Southern Sector. ^ fl Colonel Lloyd W. Goeppert, B Commanding Oficer, Carolina Sub- fl Sector, has requested that all B people residing in or near the N. fl C.-S. C. Coastal area acquaint fl themselves with the boundaries I and re atrictions of Restricted B Zone B-60 and B-61, listed in ths B above mentioned Public Proclama- fl tinna onH herein described. fl The Restricted Zones are aa fob fl lows: fl Zone B-60: Location: The area I consists of all the Islands, Banks I and Dunes along the eastern coast fl of North Carolina, bounded on the fl north by the Virginia-North Caro- fl lina border; on the east by the H Atlantic Ocean; on the south by the North Carolina-South Carolina fl boundary, an?Lon the west by the I Inland Waterway, Bogue Sound, I Core Sound, Pamlico Sound, fl Roanoke Sound and Currituck' 'fl Sound, successively. H This area includes but is not H limited to the following. fl (a) Virginia - North Carolina I peninsula: That area bounded on B the north by the Virginia-North B Carolina boundary, and on the I south by Oregon Inlet which is fl variously known as Wash Flats, fl Currituck Beach, and Bodie Is* fl land. fl (b) Cape Hatteras Island, bound* fl ed on the north by Oregon Inlet;. H on the southwest by Hatteras In- fl (c) Ocracoke Island, bounded on H the northeast by Hateras Inlet, H on the southwest by Ocracoke In* H (d) Portsmouth Island and H Portsmouth Bank, bounded on the H (Continued on Page Two) fl NEWS I BRIEFS , I GOT VA. MULLETS J. L. Bowers of the Bowers H Construction company, reported 4 fl catch of 34 large Whiteys or Vir- H ginia mullets in the surf at Long H Reach, one day the past week. _ The same afternoon O. L. Owen of the State Highway Engineers, B got two large black drum in the surf at the same point. I SQUIRREL SEASON OCT. 1 The hunting season for squlrrelf B in North Carolina opens on Octo- B ber 1st. Inasmuch as there are I many fox squirrels in this area I and many new hunters among ser- B vice men who may not be I acquainted with the game laws, 9 it may be timely to state that I there is no open season on fox fl squirrels. RECEIVES PROMOTION I Mrs. Bradie Lewis has recently I been advised that her son, Lt I Teddy Lewis, has been promoted B from second to first lieutenant in ' fl | the air corps. A story in this B paper last week related how: B Lieutenant Lewis had been de- fl corated with the Air Medal for fl meritorious service in Tunlsa and I Sicily. He is the pilot of a bomb- fl GOES OVERSEAS I er in the Avenger Squadron. fl Victor Bartels of the amphibian H forces, a twin brother of Miss B Margaret Bartels of the State H Port Pilot office, is now with the H overseas forces, according ta fl word received by relative*! B