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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
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Brief News
Flashes
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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.
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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!
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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,
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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!
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WING
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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
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"1945
se Surn
even Or
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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
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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.
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TO ACCEPT SURRENDER
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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
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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.
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Most of The News
All The Time
;
ED EVERY WEDNESDAY
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iy Night
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President Truman Announced
Unconditional Jap"
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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
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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 <R?1
Stamps): Q2, R2, S2, T2, U2 . ./.
now valid . . . expire August 31. (??
V2. W2, X2. Y2, Z2 . . . now
valid . . . expire September 30.
Al, Bl, CI. Dl, El . . . now j
valid . . . expire October 31.
Fl, Gl, Hl.'Jl, Kl . . . now
valid . . . expire November 30.
SUGAR: Sugar Stamp No. 36
. . . good for 5 pounds . . . ex-*
pires August 31st.
SHOES: Airplane Stamps No.
1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 now
good.
FT TF.T. DTT - Porinria 1 9 3 a
and 5 valid for 10 gallons each.
Period 1 coupon (new season)
valid for 10 gallons.
GASOLINE: A-16 coupons
valid June 22 through Septemb#*
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