I
I The Pilot Covers
I Brunswick County
v5t"no. sixteen no!
M ** '"
Hears At Last
From His Family
I Over In Norway
jou!hp?rf Mayor Learns
I' f0r The First Time Since
War Began That Broth
frs Still Live
vOL'NGF.R brother
i WITH underground
family Lived Through Ter
nble Conditions Of Ger
man Occupancy And
Quisling Rule
I liit D. Eiiksen has
relatives in Norway
time in five years.
* tune ho has had no
I' .. mowing if his brothers
othi" relatives still lived.
I irmation in the leth.
lost several cousins in
it his brothers still
T -ie lettei was from the wife
J 'an ol r brother. She said
l-u: life has been hard under
v::ar occupation. They have
^ ,,! to making clothing
H- shoe-..- i"d bed ticking and
matte-', of food has been terI'oae
of the Mayor's younger
B-:t.b.ers has been a member of
i; nr. ie:ground for about two
a.-i That means that in addito
keeping in hiding from
I.. Germans his ration books
l.-:r taken away and that he
I neither food or clothIHo
existed as did many
Biv.irs the underground,
I ;h what lie could obtain by
I-v and what was smugI.
to him bv other patriotic
v-.
I " Mayor Charles Cause, and
I. il titer Southporter's are
I to send several boxes
c'othfg 'o the Erikscn and
I families in Norway. It
I. the recent collection
I of clothing from
la I'. tt'i States to the people
It: the occupied countries fell
I going all round.
I: tact. ... t of the clothing that
I months ago is still
Hi'tir.
uSergeant Hewett
Returns Home
I S-f eral weeks ago this paper
Inner j rows story telling of
I' Mrs. Hasper Hewett, of
I ving a lot of Gerar.
trophies from their son, Sgt.
I Hewett, who was in
BCcnar.y at that time. Mr. and
V-- Hewett naturally valued the
I This past week they
Hja something still more pleasing
l: Their son re
'
I >?t. Hewett enlisted in the
toy or, July 20, 5 years ago.
the war he served in
Africa. Sicily. Italy,
I iny. and Austria. He
I with 110 points for
"table discharge, if lie
He has two brothers
it service; Gene Tunney
in the Navy and Cleon
I Hewett in the Army.
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Flashes
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ATTENDING MEETING
:j Wells spent yesterday in1
attending the meet*
of tiiv state Oyster Com :or
of which he is a member.
TO I I. A V WHITEVILLE
Southport Coast Guard, |
b-t only one base ball
tli year, and to Camp j
wvis tv one lun, will take on
Whitevillc All-Stars
it Whitevillc Sunday alterItNNIS
COl'RT
^' r-iing to Mrs. Dallas Pigtteasurer
of the local TenClub
the court, for which
" solicited some timei
'O'win rr ready for use short-1
haps by next week.
x?> NOON CLOSING
" <w arrangement for
!i hour the office of
tot W. p. Jorgensen |
op all day. Miss Louise
IStdht, gCC3 tO hinCil
Mns Wilms. Barnett at
; Mr Jorgensen at 1:C0,
time Mii3 Fees has rev
HEADED overseas
y/*1'-' Fred Covington, who ha3
" '"1 with the army air
Lolling Field. Washing"w
past two months,
red to some point
He ia now spend-,
it1'-" '- "neks leave here with
,> -""?wtor. and at the- end of'
will overseas. i
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ARTHUR C. MERGER
Bolivia Coup
Sons In Dif
Army, Navy And Mercha
Marine Are Represent
By The Boys
MILES, JR., WAS
AT OKINAW
Arthur Is Infantrym
And Now In Army Of
r\
vsccupauon
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Mercer
Bolivia have three sons in s
vice, as follows:
Miles Mercer*, Jr., E. M. 3-c,
S. N. R., entered the Navy D
ember 1st, 1943. After compl
ing his basic training at Ba
bridge, Md., he went to an el
trical school at the same pia
Upon completion of this work
took gyro compass training
Brooklyn, N. Y., completing
training at Miami, Fla. He v
assigned to the U. S. S. Late
In February, 1944. He was
Okinawa and described it as
("swell smriT," but confessed
' was glad to leave there. He 1
I been at various other points
| engagement in the Pacific. He
I now 22 years old, is a graduj
! of the Bolivia high school i
before entering the service v
employed by the N. C. Shipbui
ing company at Wilmington.
Pfc. Ar thur C. Mercer, was 1
next of the Mercer boys to en
: the service. He entered <
'army last July and took
training at Camp Blanding, F
from there he immediately w<
overseas and was in active s
vice until the surrender of G
many. He learned what life v
as a combat soldier in the inf:
try. He is now with the army
occupation in Germany, with 1
28th Infantry Division. He st
he will never forget the night
crossed the Rhine River and I
bridges were blown up behi
him. He also knows what it v
to be on the fighting line
day and then march back
miles to sleep under two feet
snow at night. Before entcri
the service he was employed
the Chamberlain Metal Weath
stripping Company of Raleigh,
has a wife, the former Miss Lc
Mae Price, and a four year i
daughter, Bandru. He is 24 yei
old.
rv?raa1rl 1 IW^rcpr. A. K.
youngest of the three Meri
boys, enlisted in the Merchs
Marine on September 6, 1944.
took his training at St. Pete
burg, Fla., and in six weeks w
on his way overseas. He serv
both in the Atlantic and t
Pacific. At present he is w:
the Ai my Transportation Serv
on a hospital ship. Graduati
from the Bolivia high school w:
the class of 1943, Donald enter
Southern Junior College, at C
legdale, Tennessee, as a p:
medical student. 11c is now
years old.
Funeral Monday
For Mrs. Swai
Widow Of Late T. V
Swain Died Saturday A
tcr Short Illness, Mai
Relatives Survive
Mrs. Nancy Swain, 71, widi
of tire late T. W Swam of Wim
bow, died in the James Wall
Memorial hospital in Wilmingt
Saturday afternoon. She h
been ill for only a short time,
Funeral services were h<
Monday afternoon at tin
o'clock at the Mill Creek Ba
tist church. The services w?
conducted by the pastor, Dr.
R. Taylor, assisted by Rev. A.
Brown of Southport. Burial w
in the church cemetery.
(Continued on Page Four!
lESTi
A Gooc
Southpoi
EE MERGER BOYS UN
DONALD J. MERGER
, *
>le Have Three
|
f erent Branches
*
.nt ? !
ed Party Catches
Some Amberjacks
rA i
About the biggest catch of
an amber jacks ever reported
here by fishermen trolling on
Frying Pail was made last
week by a party from Stem,
{ fishing on the boat of Cap(el,_
tain T. H. Watts.
The party made it* boat
reservation by phone and
' Captain Watts only learned i
the name of "Mr. Watkins." |
n They caught one big bar- j
racudii, one kingfish, eight
ec" dolphin and topi?ed that off
cc- with twenty-eight amber
he jacks. The fish ranged in
at weight from 12 to 85-pounds
his each. The ice box would not
'as hold them, let alone the rest '
>na of the catch,
at
h" Jones Funeral
las. 1
is Held Yesterday:
ate | J
',1(| William Thomas Jones Died ,
, Monday Morning After j
A Weeks Illness; Was 31 i
the Years Old 1
ter '
William Thomas Jones, well i
his:known and highly esteemed young!I
la., farmer and shipyurd worker of'1
snt j the Bethel church community, J J
eI~ three miles from Southport, died j
,aslin the J. Arthur Dosher Memorial '
in-!hospital at an eany hour Mon- I
of day morning. He had been sick
the for only about a week and his 1
iyS! death was a shock to numerous,'
he! realtives and friends. He was 31 (
the years old.
Ind j He is survived by his widow, '
as Mrs. Lillie Rogers Jones and a 1
all1 small daughter, Lorctta Ann
251 Jones; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. '
of i W. S. Jones; a brother, James
ngj Edgar Jones; and five sisters,
by | Mrs. Mary Turner of Camden, N.!1
er.|J.; Mrs. Norma McDowell, Mrs.!1
He' Susie May Burriss, Mrs. Sophia 1
,na Kay Rogers, and Mrs. Maijorie 1
aid Lucas, ail of Southport.
ir3 Funeral services were held yes- 1
tcrday afternoon at 5:30 at the
y Southport Baptist church with
;cr Rev. A. L. Brown in charge, as'
sisted by Rev. Jerry Newbold.
He Burial followed in Northwood
rs. j cemetery.
,a8| Active pallbearers were P. J.
,ecj King-, Howell Bagby, J. T. Monk,
j)C Edgar Finch, Ormond Lcggctt
and Lindsey Robbins. Honorary
icc 1 pallbearers were Blackic Webb,
ng Sam Reese, Ray Hoklcraft, John
UIj i Stitton, Gus McNeil and Jack
cd |Drewol-l
re- llcwettc A warded
Medical Badge
WITH THE 81st INFANTRY j
i DIVISION SOMEWHERE IN j
jTHE PACIFIC?Pfc. George A.,)
Hewette of Shallotte, has been ]
]) awarded the Medical Badge forJ(
! "satisfactory performance of ]
jduties under actual combat con-J i
* ! ditions." i i
if-1 Pfc. Hewette is a medical t
ly corpsman with Maj. Gen. Paul J.|E
j Mueller's 81st Infantry "Wildcat" j?
Division, which last fall wrested j i
aw the Palau and other Western Car- j t
;a- olinc Islands from the Japs. ;
ter The infantry medical corps- ;
on man's wife, Mrs. Eva O. Hewette; ;
ad and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Al- \
J bert C. Hewette, live at Shallotte. j
id: I
,eu: RAINS DID DAMAGE ;
lp_ | U. L. Rourk of Leland was in j j
|Southport yesterday and said j
'?? | that much damage appeared to f
L, j have been done crops in his sec- 1
-as tion by the continued heavy rains. ;
Dirt roads have also been badly ^
damaged by washing. <
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rt, N. C., Wednesday
I SERVICE
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MILES MERCER, JR.
Chairman For
The War Fun
Sam T. Bennett Will Hee
United War Fund Drr
Which Begins On Se;
tember 30th
Sam T. Bennett of Shallol
and Southport has recently be
appointed chairman for the Un
ed War Fund for Brunswi
county. The national drive,
which Mr. Bennett hopes th
Brunswick will do her part, t
gins on September 30. A broa
cast in support of the drive w
be delivered by Governor
Gregg Cherry on or about th
date.
The end of the war in Euro
is not by any means lessenii
the need of funds by the Unit
War Fund. The service has to
greatly increased in the Pacil
and China-Burma-India theatr<
In addition there are still va
numbers of service men
Europe and they will be the
for some time.
Mr. Bennett is already formii
fiis organization for the drive t
ginning on September 30. An e
ecutive committee will be coi
posed of Ned McEachern, Lani
Furpless, Glenn Tucker, H.
Stone, J. T. Denning, and t!
principals of the Bolivia ai
Southport schools when they a
secured. A. M. Scales, agrici
tural teacher at the Brunswii
County Training school, will
chairman of the work among tl
colored people of the count
Mrs. H. C. Corlette will
treasurer. Mrs. J. M. Harper w
0c publicity manager.
Mr. Bennett says that the
Lvill be organizations set up
the churches and schools ai
among community leaders. Tl
plans are to contact cverybot
in the county and ask for a don
tion of some amount.
WITH OCCUPATION AT, I'ORC
Cpl. Luther H. Hickman, son
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Ilickmi
cf Shallotte, has been assigned
the occupational air force in Gc
many. He is a member of tl
39th Bombardment Group and
veteran of the B-17 Flying Fot
ress unit of the I5th Air Fore
He is a radio mechanic.
W. B. KEZUH
Crazy as a fox is an old sa;
ng, but the fellow who first sa
t would not have beeri deliverir
limself of any sarcasm if he hf
mown how crazy Brunswi<
county foxes are getting to b
3V?*? hirn vnavu thou hnvo oithi
reen afflicted with rabies or hai
reen stark crazy and are st:
hat way. About ten days aj
i fox went on the porch of M
md Mrs. Sam Frink near Ska
otte. It jumped on and fougl
heir dog. A few days late
iunday, while Mrs. Frink, wi
s postmistress at Shallotte, w;
it home, another fox came to
vindow and barked at her. SI
jot a shotgun and went outsit
ooking for him but he had di
ippeared by that time. He reaj
reared that night at the home <
ler brother-in-law, Bert Frink,
ew hundred yards away. Thei
le killed nine chickens but nevi
ite a one of them. He stays
til night and fought the -Frink
iog. In the morning Mr. Ecu:
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POR]
In A Good Coi
July 25, 1945
I Esso Was Scared
When Jap Plane
Struck His Ship
Suicide Planes Were Worse
Than Bombing According
To Young Supply Sailor
In Letter To His Brother
, AIDED IN LANDING
AT OKINAWA
Has Been With His Ship In
Four Of The Island Invasions
And Is Now In
A Rear Area Where
Things Are Not
So Warm
Esso Clemmons of Supply and
Shallotte, now in the Pacific with
the fleet, has been through
vigorous action against the Japs.
In a letter to his brother, Adrian
Clemmons, this past week,
? Esso frankly stated, "I was scared
to death."
At Okinawa the Navy took in
a Marine Division and stood by
d aiding in the fight until the island
was declared secured on
June 22. During that time over
. ISO air raids were made on the
j ships by suicide planes. Esso said
'e it would not have been near as
P" bad if they had just come over
and dropped bombs. Instead of
doing that they would head for
;te some ship and the only way to
en avert disaster was to blow them
't- up in the air. 'We did our share
ck of that but we were hit by one
in of them a week after the start
at of the invasion. We suffered
some casualties. I didn't get a
IC" scratch, but I was scared to
d- death."
ill Esso's ship has been in four of
n the island invasions and is now
back in a rear area, presumably
a undergoing repairs.
Z Will Develop
b" After The War
:ic
:s' Forsythe Man Plans Develst
opment Of Tar Landing
in On Shallotte River When
le War Emergency Is Over
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Martin and
ie~ children have returned to Curtis
x* Bay, Md., where Mr. Marn"
tin resumes his defense
er construction work. They had
been spending six weeks at Tar
he: Landing on the Shallotte River,
where Mr. Martin owns 500 acres
re of land that offers exceptional
lI* hunting and fishing advantages.
=k A veteran of the first world
b?, war, Mr. Martin came to Brunsbc
wick county from his home at
y- East Bend, Forsythe county,
b? | twenty years ago. He became
intrigued with the Tar Landing
property near Shallotte and alre!
ways remembered the place.
'n Eight years ago he purchased the
u' 500 acres, and was starting out
be, to develop it when the war came
iy along and he decided he could
a" better serve, for the time being,
in defense construction work.
Before the war started he had
-Ti built four nice cottages on a
I beautiful bluff at the landing. He
in | was planning more such buildings
to'and more attention to the pror
i pcrty, when the war started and
be he changed his plans. When the
a present emergency is over, he
t- says, he will return and begin
:c. some real development of Tar
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Reporter
y-.killed both the fox and dog.
idj
ig; Sheephead are now unusually
id active around docks and pilings,
.1, Inblnn- tifknfAi.AH in thn llf-lir r\f
-J\ M'ifci wimivvci in uic waj wi
ie. sand fiddlers that the small /joys
er and some of the older fishermen
re offer. Small boys are frequently
ill seen with large strings of these
;o fish, some of them heavyweights,
r. We didn't see his fish and we
.1- never before heard of a sheephead
it!being that large. This is not
r.'our story, it is the story of halfi
tola dozen small boys. They sayi
j3 that Roger Adams, a ten year
a! old Southporter, caught a sheeple'head
last week that weighed
ie j twenty-pounds.
s
p-j Before the war a large bunch
jf of Washington, D. C., sportsmen
a'came to look upin the Brunswick
re I coast as providing their favorite
jr fish hole. Included in the many
' d Washington folks who made regu'a,
iar trips here were Doh Oirper.ifc'
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4-PAGES TODAY
Doolittle
New Columbu
Belong To Fi
New Bank Will Be A Mem- [
ber Of Federal Reserve j
And Federal Deposit In-!
surance Corp.
WILL BE CHARTERED
AS NATIONAL BANK
Sponsors Are Local Men
Who Will Meet Soon To
Elect Directors And
Officers And Locate
Bank Quarters
The new National bank forj
Whiteville, charter for which was
granted in Washington Thursday,
will be a member of the Federal
Reserve System and the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, j
Lee Braxton, spokesman for the
group said this morning. He de-j
clared that plans are underwayfor
the organization and an early
opening is expected.
Several permanent sites for the
new bank are under consideration
but no definite decision has yet
been reached. Braxton declared
(it probable that the new organization
would lease temporary
j quarters in which business would
I be carried on until such time as
I permanent quarters could be secured.
Announcement that the application
for the charter had been ap........
J l... tUn /inmnfvAllaii nf tho
1 jnuveu uy iuu tunipiiv/uvi u?v
currency was made Thursday in
Washington.
Whiteville men who have taken
an active interest in securing the
bunk are Mr. Braxton, S. L. Fuller,
W. C. Black, R. L. Sholar,
J. H. Ledcr, J. R. Marks, W. F.
Sledge, Luther Meares, Bill
Hooks and Lloyd Collier. Officers
and directors of the bank
will be named at an early date,
it was stated. The law firm of
j Powell and Lewis has been reI
tained to handle the legal details
of the organization.'
The new bank, it was stated,
will provide complete banking
| services, with many advantages
I being offered its patrons through
jit membership in the Federal Rcj
serve System. All deposits up
to $5,000 will be insured with the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corjporation.
Safety boxes will be
provided as soon as equipment
becomes available,
j Application for the bank was
filed June 13 at which time two
examiners from the comptroller's
office in Washington visited
Whiteville for the purpose of determining
the need for banking
facilities of the kind afforded by
a National bank and the ability
would have to do to get it would
be to ask for it. Those men
were greatly disillusioned when
they discovered that the GI bill
does not provide for a gift but
for a loan backed by ample security,"
he said. t
He declared that there would'
be changes in the bill which
would work to the convenience of
both the veterans and the banks,
but that the banks would be compelled
to abide by the rules set
up in the legislation governing
the bill.
"We would advise veterans not
to rush into loans," he said,
"without giving ample thought to
the risks involved. The banks
stand ready and anxious to help
them work out their problems
and, under the provisions of the
GI bill, we arc in position to
render them great assistance."
However, he cautioned against
haste in deciding to invest money
in a business in which they have
little or no experience.
Mr. Neal was introduced by
J. N. Coburn.
Shallotte Man
Buried Monday
Bascom M. Stanley, Weill
Known Shallotte Resi-!
dent, Died In Wilmington
Hospital Saturday
Bascom J!. Staiilcy, 53-year
o!d citizen and well known in the [
Shallotte section, died in the <
James Walker Memorial hospital ,
in Wilmington Saturday atternoor.
at 6:30.
Mr. Stanley is survived by his j
widow and one daughter, Mrs.
M. E. Stanley, of Shallotte; two :
brothers, Ben R. Stanley of Wil- i
mington, and Rufus Stanley, of :
rialiu v^iiy, na., iuui oioucid, mo. i
Ruby Rogers, of Plant City,; I
Mrs. Pearl Gore of Dover, Fla.; i
Mrs. Xon L. Hewett, of Shai(Continue
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Ready T
s Bank Will j
ederal Reserve
J
Weekly Session i
Recorders Court
Only Trivial Cases Came j
Up Before Solicitor Ruark
And Judge John B. ]
Ward In Court Monday jr
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Fourteen cases came up for. a
trial in Recorder's Court Mon-1 c
day, all of them being of a trivial jj
nature. The docket was cleared j,
in half a day. The Minutes j
show the following cases handled:
James Edward Jenkins, assault j
with deadly weapon, judgment
suspended on payment of costs ,
and defendant placed on good behavior
for period of two years. .
DeWitt Talmadge Elliott, no
chauffeurs license and improper ir
lights, judgment suspended on v
payment of costs.
Mathew Lancaster, assault with s
deadly weapon, continued to Aug- r
ust 6th. J
Buddy Brown, non support, nol s
prossed. c
M. O. Nelson, speeding, judg- v
ment suspended on payment of a {
fine of 510.00 and costs.
Adrian Smith, speeding, judgmpnt
susnpnrlprl on navmpnt of a
fine of $15.00 and costs. f
Harry Lee Skipper, transport- 8
ing, judgment suspended on pay- 1
ment of costs. '
James T. Shepard, driving on I
metal rim, judgment suspended on 'c
payment of costs. c
Henry Grant, improper brakes 8
and failing to stop at stop sign, '
capias and continued.
H. F. Mann, no operators li- t
cense, capias and continued. J
Clarence Fields, improper <
brakes, judgment suspended on 'v
payment of costs. i*
James Roscoe Galloway, im- '
proper brakes, judgment suspended
on payment of costs, t
Jerry Walker, no operators U- 1
cense, continued to August 6th. I1
Fair Hatfield, no operators ft- fJ
cense and -reckless operation, not I
pros. 1
Ration Book 5 !;
Is On The Way r
New Ration Book Will Be j!
Distributed In December ,,
Along With New "A"|<j
Gas Book In
!>
RALEIGH, July 24?War Ra- u
tion Book Five, "smaller than q
a dollar bill" and containing just 0
half as many stamps as the lust c
book issued, will be distributed s
through the public schools in c
December, Theodore S. Johnson,
Raleigh OPA district director an- ,
nounced today. The new "A" j
gasoline ration book will be issued
at the same time, he said. *
Distribution, Johnson said, will *
take place from December 3 b
through December 10. The new ^
"A" gasoline books will go into n
use December 22, and war ration P
book five will be used soon after
the first of the year for food
rationing and for rationing of
shoes. li
The new book five will be a n
better book, Johnson said. It will :
be easier to carry and handle. It I1
will be just as long as book four
hut nnli, half aa uiirlo Tho num. t]
bcr and arrangement of stamps h
is more convenient. The new q
stamps will be the same size, but y
will not have both a letter and a
number as the present stamps
do and OPA hopes the new edition
will be the last of the scries
of wartime ration books. Johnson
said.
At the current rate of making "
stamps good, Johnson explained?
five red stamps and five blue
stamps at the beginning of each ?
month?war ration book five can
last, if needed, about fifteen
months. Because of the enor- v
mous job required to print and
distribute ration books for about v
130 million people it was decided
(n tUn niJ. ~ .1 V
lu in; un uic oaic oiuc <tiiu jjiuvide
for this period and avoid the ?
v o
expense of having to get out
still another book later. Since 3
war ration book five will not go
into effect before January 1st, It v
will be necessary to use other
stamps in book four as substitu- v
tes for processed food and meat
fats during the interim period, v
Interim period use of shoe and
sugar stamps will not be neces- .
sary, Johnson said, since the A
stamps provide for these items in
books three and four will carry 1
the programs without resort to
substitutions. 5
War Ration Book Five will be
t Continued on page 2) v
Most of The News
All The Time ^
ED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
o Strike
Announces His Airmen Will
Join Fleets Of Bombers
Attacking Japan Within
Eight Days
\MERICAN FLEET
IN DARING BLOWS
Hits Inside Tokyo's Outer
Bay To Destroy Convoy;
Truman Will Ask For
Easy Access To
News
GUAM?Lt. Gen. James Dooittle,
who led the first bombing
aid on Tokyo, promised his
Sighth Army Air Force would be
attacking Japan within eight
lays. Newly arrived in Pacific,
Joolittle said his airmen who
lelped flatten Germany would be
aking off from Okinawa by
tugust 1, in Superforts to join
he Marianas Based B-29s and
'ther air forces softening up
Nippon.
GUAM?America's mighty paciic
fleet thrust boldly inside the
nouth of Tokyo's outer bay to
vreck four-ship convoy. Admiral
hmitz said that carrier planes,
weeping over same waters Wedlesday,
blew the top off one of
apan's last two seaworthy battlehips.
In all, carrier pilots sank
ir damaged 21 enemy vessels. It
liiU
vas LliC XtUl WllOCV/Ukivc uaj ut?
leet prowled unopposed off
'span.
MANILA?American Sixth lnantry
Division troops, driving
light miles along highway lines
vith enemy dead, hate captured
he Jap mountain retreat of
ianaue in northern Luzon, and
ire within two and one-half miles
if a junction with Philippine
irmy forces pushing down from
he northwest.
POTSDAM?The broadcast of
he U. S. surrender ultimatum to ^
fapan was viewed by many
:ompetent observers as a thinly
'eiled warning to the enemy that
Soviet participation in Pacific is
mminent.
CHUNGKINK-Chinese troops
ightening presaur- op fho former
American air base city of
Cweilin, have severed the main
(ap commi/iication route between
iwangsi and Hunan provinces by
coccupying the rail town of
Ihiehshou, the High Command
innounccd today. Chinese troops
lave closed within eight miles
if Kweilin from the southwest.
WASHINGTON?President Trunan
reportedly is seeking a Big
hree agreement at Potsdam on
. policy that would allow Amerian
correspendents to work freey
in Europe. It was learned toay
that this matter of access to
:ews is one of important .points
fr. Truman has decided to take
p with Marshal, Stalin, and
hurchill. The president hopes to
btain approval for American
orrespondents to go to central and
outheastern Europe?areas ocupied
by Russian army.
PARIS?Henri Petaln went to
rial today before a special
'rench tribunal on charges of ploting
against the security of
'ranee, both before and after he
ecame the Vichy Chief of State,
mdrcw Mornet, prosecutor, enounced
he will ask the death' 0
enalty for 89-year-old Marshal.
PROMOTED TO COLONEL
John Duval SteVens, son of tho
rtc Charles L. Stevens and
ephew of Mrs. C. Ed Taylor '
as been promoted from
aeutenant-Colonel to Colonel in
ti? Army. He received his miliary
training in the Citadel at
lharleston and graduated from
irest Point in 1934.
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