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DOWN EAST
WITH
BILLY ARTHUR
^ lan into John B. Hill, insurance
* man in Raleigh, last week, and
•e was very anxious to send his re
gards to all the folks he used to
hunt with down in Onslow, and to
Mrs. Estelle Summersill.
0 Making time, that's what I'm do
ing. The cashier in the coffee shop
invited me to sit with her behind
the cash register the other morn
ing, but the only reason for that
was that Roland Mumford's joined
the Navy and Is no longer manager
of the hotel.
0 Senator Curly Sanders avows he
is not sent up to Raleigh to get any
thing done; that he's sent up to see
that nothing happens.
0 Rep. Thomas Turner of Guilford
endeavored to make an issue of his
amendment that would exempt res
taurant meals from the sales tax.
In finance committee meeting,
he declared that "this amendment's
defeat will give an issue to a candi
date who is not in this room." While
he spoke, he looked directly at Sen.
R. Gregg Cherry of Gaston, who
will be a r & >atorlal candidate
in 1944. §
"How m ^ ill the amendment
cost the s< cr Sen. Hugh Horton
asked.
"About ^ ,ion dollars a year,"
Turner r»
"Well. tate might be justi
fied in i ^ away about $100,000
to keep ? her candidate from
running {overnor, but I don't
think it's Wo.-th a million dollar*.
Rep. L. L. Burgin declared that
removal of the sales tax had been in
the democratic platform for years,
and that he thought the committee
should adopt Turner's amendment
to uphold the integrity of the party.
Then came the loudest laugh,
which went to Rep. A. I. Ferree, of
Randolph, who said:
"I hfVe always wanted to do
something for the Democratic par
ty. and this is the first chance I
ever had. I'm going to vote for
your amendment.'' he told Turner.
% President Roosevelt's recent in
crease in hours of the work week,
'vhich, it was said, will lower the
ndard of living, won't affect me
1 just bring the other folks down
. my level of living, thank good
ness.
0 Last week I offered three bills
at one time in the House, and after
the reading clerk had finished
reading all about them. House
Speaker John Kerr remarked:
"Jacksonville's going places.''
£In tense sessions of sommittees
and the House a little levity serves s
good purpose.
For instance, the other afternoon
the Joint finance committee was all
embroiled over taxes and amend
ments to be permanent revenue act
when Chairman Tom O'Berry read
an amendment that was sent up by
one of the members.
Accompanied by four little yellow
tickets, the amendment read:
"Amend the rules of the ABC
board to reinstate the attached cou
pons, numbers 7-8-13-14, so that
they shall be subject to use from
February 8. 1943, to March 1.
1043 "
The members enjoyed a good
laugh that broke the tenseness, and
from then on out put in an hour's
good work.
#A lot of times one thinks of
something, but is just not spurred
to action, or merely puts off !»aying
something until a later date.
Sam Blount and I ran into June
Rose. Greenville. State defense
council leader and former American
Legion commander, in the hotel
coffee shop the other morning, and
June got to telling Sam about Camp
Lejeune and Jacksonville.
"1 know all about them." Sam re
plied. "I've been down there num
bers of times."
"But—." June continued. "I want
you to know that that Marine bate
is going to be the show place at
North Carolina, of the South."
I had thought that all along, out
never got around to barking about
it.
"And," June went on. "the >eo»
'e of Jacksonville have an oppor
b nlty ncrnf to build a grand town,
beautiful town, that will blend
with the Marine base. Jacksonville
should start now—now. I say—look
ing 25 years ahead. They should
start now planting trees, paying
streets and sidewalks, growing
grass, laying out their town, dis
tricting it. eliminating all unsight
ly places.
"Jacksonville has a chance oi be
ing a beautiful town and a good
town near a beautiful place. >r it
can be an unsightly place near a
beautiful site. And that would be
tragic. Jacksonville has much to
gain and to lose by ita very attitude
nam."
To that 1 heartily subscribe.
£Kirby Thompson was all set to
give Albert Bills a sound thrashing
ttM DOWN BAST. Ni t>
I Ration Information !
This is the only consumer declaration any person in Onslow Coun
ty will receive for the points rationing program soon to go into effect.
Registration will begin February 22.
You are to clip the form printed below, fill it in according to the di
rections on it, and take it to tfcf place of registration, which will be an
nounced by the Onslow ration board.
Follow directions carefully.
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CONSUMER DECLARATION
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Pennsylvania Marine
Relates Experiences
On Gladaicanal
San Francisco . Calif.—Private
First Class Frank Sukernick, U. S.
M. C., 26, of Philadelphia. Penn.,
had many a thrill in the Solomons
but none greater than on one Sun
day afternoon when a two-engined
Jap bomber came over for recon
naissance.
It was up about 1,000 to 2,000 fet-t
when we got him with anti-aircraft
fire," he says. "When it started
coming down, I thought it was
heading straight for my foxhole.
Some of the officers were nearby.
"A lucky gust of wind threw it
off. and it crashed in flames just
about 75 yards from us."
Private First Class Sukernick
recounts the incident that made
him a casualty
"The Japs had been pounding us
all night with mortars and machine
guns. We had word they were com
tag. and we were ready. But great
ly outnumbered, we had to establish
a new line. ,
"They broke through it in on?
place, so we reformed and that's
when I got hit. But we got -t lot
of Japs.
"Two Navy corpsmen picked ine
up. They were little guys, but they
had lota of guts, and they carried
me two miles to a field hospital.
The Japs, Private First Class Su
kernick said, performed almost un
believable feats la their desperate
effort to hold Guadalcanal.
"They even managed to get one
eight-inch gun, piece by piece/
through the jungle," he says. "Our
planes finally destroyed the gun'
"Washing-Machine Charlie1' was
the Jap whoee plane would glide si
lently down upon the field at night
and strafe the Marines.
Private First Class Sukernick.
the son of Conrad Sukernick, of
Philadelphia, enlisted September,
1M0. A tire inspector for seven
years before, he was a radio opera
tor with an infantry unit in the 3c I
All To Get Same
Meal Ration In
The Latest Plan
# WASHINGTON — Babies, chil
dren, and adults all will get tne
same meat allowance when the
rationing plan goes into operation,
now expected about March 28.
Offlcals of the Office of Price
Administration said that they had
failed to find any sensible or work
able plan of graduating meat ra
tions according to age, and are
making final plans on the basis of
everyone getting the same amount.
This will, in effect, give an extra
allotment of meat to parents of ba
bies. OPA wanted to avoid that,
but the only alternative was not to
allow any meat at all for very small
children. Since teething babies
consume at least a small amount
of meat, especially bacon, the re
jected plan would have forced par
ents to divide their meager ration
with small children. The mechanics
of coupon rationing did not seem
to permit any sliding scale.
March 28 is the date for OPA is
shooting at in its planning on meat.
Delaying the program possibly
beyond March 28 are a thousand
•details, especially evaluation of
meats in terms of points. As in the
case of canned goods, which will
be rationed with the same coupon
book, meat rations will be so many
points per month, or week, the
points will be scaled so that the
average ration will be perhaps a
little under two pounds a week,
but more if consumers buy ham
burger or liver and lees if they buy
steaks.
Jacksonvillians At
Bomb Reconnaissance
School In Kinsfon
# Four members of the Jackson,
■ville civilian defense corps attend
ed a bomb reconnaisance school at
Xlnaton last week
They were B. J. Hollemen, P. H.
Squires, W. B. Bunt and C. O.
CsahkHl
Recapping Certificates
Will Not Be Required
After March 1st
On or about March 1 auto
owner* will not be required to
CO to local rationing boards for
permits (or recapping Urea,
State OPA headquarter* an
nounced here today.
Until that time, however, au
to owners must have recapp
ing certificates. The actual
date of the change will be an
nounced soon.
OPA pointed out that—now
and even after the chance be
comes effective—no recap tire
or tires may be obtained ex
cept upon presentation of re
ports by official tire Inspectors
showing necessity for such re
caps. At present, this report
must be taken to the loc al ra
tioning board to accompany
the request for a" purchase cer
ficate. When the change be
comes effective, the report
merely will have to be present
ed to a recap dealer.
Nine REA Engineers
Shown Camp Lejeune,
All Latin-Americans
BY CORP. E. J. EEILLY. USMC.
0 "Marines certainly mu%t be rug
ged." was the unanimous verdict of
line South American engineers who
wore guests of the United States
Marines on a tour of vast Camp
Lejeune.
The nine engineers are in the
United States to study the rural
electrification methods employed
here, and return to their respective
countries and install the methods
observed. They were particularly
Impressed in the Jones-Onslow
Rural Electrification Authocity
which supplies the electric power
for the Marine Base, and a number
of the communties in the sectiun.
Their visit was under the aegus of
the REA, Rural Electrification Au
thority, of the United States Depart
ment oi Agriculture, and through a
fund provided by Nelson Rockefel
ler for the purpose of solidifying
Pan-American relations.
Nick U. Martinez. REA repre
lentative from St. Louis. Mo., was
in charge of the group. The other
men in the party included Jorge Ar
Iss, Guatemala; Alfredo Bebin,
Peru; Manuel Dapelo, Peru; Mario
Gil. Uruguay; Roberto Ladd, Mex
ico; Jose Ordonez, Ecuador; Juse
Rivas, Panama; Jose Vilela. Bra
zil. All the men are graduate elec
trical engineers and several are con -
templating the study of advanced
courses of engineering at United
States universities.
Most thrilling demonstration was
the show the paramarines put on at
the parachute towers. They went
through the work of jumping from
the tower, pulling thfc rip-cord GO
feet from the ground to the "Oohs'
and "Ahs" of the visitors. Not
only were the visitors given This
"inside show," but a parachute was
rigged up with a seat for two men
and straps to hold them secure
while they rode to the top of the
tower and assimilated a •parachute
jump" without the danger of having
to break an ankle or sprain a leg.
During these demonstrations and
the trip around the base which fol
lowed, Mr. Martinez acted as
interpreter since few of the men
understood English well enough to
follow the conversation fluently.
After the paramarines. the visitors
were taken over to Tent City to see
a regimental review put on by the
23rd Marines. It was noted that
each of the South Americans remov
ed his hat and stood at attention
when the band played the Star
Spangled Banner.
The tour then passed the Tank
Park and out around Verona to tl»e
Rifle Range. Along the route the
men noted the electric wires strung
and the power service rendered
along the way.
At Courthouse Bay. the engineers
viewed the obstacle course and
were amazed at the difficult ob
stacles that the Marines had to con
quer with full pack and rifle. A
short trip over to the mock-up
area, where Marines practice board
ing transports, an amphibious tank
was seen in action, both on land
and In the water.
The visitors got quite a kick out
of trying to translate some of the
picturesque Marine lingo into their
native tongue, the translations were
priceless. "Tengamos un buen
tiempo, y nos gustmos mucho a los
Marines"—which in English mean!
that everything they saw looked
good to them.
% American farmer* In 1942 pro
duced 20 per cent more food than
in 1939, but 13 per cent of it went
to the United States armed forcei
ml to our aUUl
Two Of The Three
Jones Boys Enter
Service Of Nation
0 Two of the Jones' boys made
it.
All three sons of Mr. and
Mrs. George W. Jones were
scheduled to go to Fort Bragg
recently for induction in the
Army. They were Timmons and
the twins. Talbert and Thomp
son.
Talberl and Thompson chose
the Navy rather than the Army,
and enlisted. They were ac
cepted and will report for duty
on Friday of this week.
Timmons chose the Army,
was sent to Fort Bragg, and
was rejected.
General Assembly
Facing One Of
Its Busiest Weeks
#This probably will be the busiest
week of the legislative session, and
maybe the most important.
It will be the time for decisions
on the proposed nine-month school,
increase in pay for teachers and
other State employees, whether
there will be a prohibition referen
dum, and whether to extend war
powers to the Governor. Innumer
able local bills also must be acted
upon.
i no joint spending committees ol
the Assembly, which have complet
ed public hearings and are await
ing a report from their subcommit
tee, must decide whether to rec
ommend the expenditure of about
$14,000,000 for the raises and tne
extended, optional school term.
The findings of that joint group
will be placed before the legislature
for floor debate, which some mem
bers have indicated will be exten
sive.
Already reported out is the tax
bill, estimated to raise at least
$104,000,000 for the next biennium.
But passage of the spending meas
ure. including the raise and nine
month provisions, will throw tne
money bills out of line and '.he
State possibly will have to dip into
fife surplus, which authorities sav
might be as much as SI8.000,000 by
the end of this fiscal year—exclu
sive of the $20,000,000 set aside for
post-war use.
Hearing On Referendum.
The Price bill to order a referen
dum next November on whether the
State is to return to the bone-dry
laws of a decade ago will be up for
another public hearing tomorrow or
Wednesday. "Drys" had their day
last week, when about 200 of them
appeared before the House commit
tee on propositions and grievances,
presided over by Rep. S. C. Braw
ley of Durham. But whether the
"wets" will present much speech
making is problematical. They have
not in past years.
The war powers bill, asked in
Governor Broughton's biennial mes
sage to the Assembly, is merely a
request that he, with approval of
me council or Mate, be autnonzea
to control the various agencies of
society if such acts are dictated by
the public welfare and safety. He
would be Instructed to work in close
harmony and cooperation with the
armed forces and civilian defense
authorities. His emergency p owe is
would cease automatically six
months after the war or upon with
drawal by the Assembly.
Those matters seem to be in :he
fore in legislators' minds. There aie,
of course, such questions as "wine
control," a $15,000,000 highway al
location for postwar use, a unified
board of control for the State's
mental institutions, and ways of
putting the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad on an even fi
nancial neel.
There is a superabundance of
other matters before the Assembly,
noted by the introduction thus far
of 202 Senate and 469 House bills,
many of which were introduced
only last week and therefore arc
(Continued on Page Two)
Fire Does Damage
In Overbrook
Sunday Afternoon
0 Fire did considerable damage at
216 Overbrook Sunday afternoon
about 5 o'clock but Jacksonville
firemen prevented the blaze from
spreading to adjoining dwellings.
Starting from a log rolling from
an open hearth, the fire had gained
considerable headway when it was
discovered and by the time firemen
arrived.
If it had broken through the roof,
it was said, the strong wind surely
would have carried it to adjacent
houses.
Residents were not at home when
tbt fire wu disco w«d
American Red Cross
Drive Here Is Planned
CT A MESSAGE FROM EDDIE RICKENBACKER
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As. I haT« had the privilege of seeing and
talking to our boys in the combat tones In the old
world and throughout the Pacific, I an convinced
that if our people on the hone front knew what
there boys are going through In the hell-holes of
the world for us, they would not worry about taxes
and war bonds.
The least /.e can ;lo 1s to uccept the privi
lege of paying taxes and baying raore and more war
bonds to finance and win tnis war in the shortest
posjible time, thereby savirv ".'le lives of thousands
u .on thousanas of the cream of our young manhood and
additional billions of aoliars fjr the cost of it.
A Tribute
BY CARL GOEECII.
Publisher of The State.
£ Permit me to say at the outset
that Billy Arthur knows nothing
about this article I have sent it
down to his office and have re
quested the acting editor to publish
it without making any mention of
it to Billy.
I thought you people of Onslow
might like to know something
about what kin.- of record Billy is
making up here in the General As
sembly. That can be answered very
quickly: he is making a fine record
and is proving to be one of the
most popular members of the leg
islature. Everybody likes him He
has sense enough to keep his
mouth shut and he speaks only
when he feels that It is necessarv
for him to make a statement in
connection with some particular
piece of legislation. And that is
seldom. All of which means that
when he does say something, he
is given respectful attention
In this week's issue of The State
I am publishing an editorial con
cerning him. My reason for doing
this is two-fold. First. I know he
deserves it. Second. I have been
fond of Billy for many years and
admire him for his ability, for his
alertness, for his geniality and for
his sincerity. Here is the editorial:
OUR HATS OFF TO HIM.
To our way of thinking, Billy
Arthur, of Jacksonville, N. C., is
one of the most deserving young
men that .we have in North Caro
lina.
In case you don't know Billy,
we'll tell you at the outset that he
has the physical disadvantage of
being only about three feet tall.
Naturally, that fact makes an im
pression when you first see nlm.
but it is surprising how quickly
you forget all about it.
Billy wanted a good education
He went to the University of North
Carolina and got it. He had a han
kering to get into the newspaper
business, so he went down to New
Bern and did an excellent Job as
city editor for Nat Gooding. Three
or four years ago he decided to try
it on his own, so he went to Jack
sonville. down in Onslow County,
and started a newspaper all by
himself.
He made good; not only as a
newspaperman, but as a citizen. So
far as he is concerned, Onslow
County is the greatest section of
North Carolina. He has been zeal
ously active in promoting its wel
fare and its interests, He has made
himself popular with the entire
citizenship of the county. So much
do the people down there think of
him that they elected him to rep
resent them in the legislature dur
ing this session. They have had no
occasion thus far to regret their
decision, and we are confident that
fhey won't.
Many people, who suffer some
physical handicap, allow it to act
as a deterrent to their activities.
Others, like the famous Steinmetz,
pay no attention to it. Billy Arthur
belongs in this latter class. He am
ply merits the respect and esteem
in which he is held by all who
know him.
REPRESENTS ONSLOW.
0 Nere E Day represented On
slow County at meetings of the
State Defense Council and Officc
of Price Administration officials a:
Raleigh last Wednesday and Thurs
4»jr.
Marine Dined
With Native King
On Guadalcanal
S. Naval Hospital. San Diego.
California, Feb. 16.—Staff Ser
geant Raymond J. Knight. U. S. M
C.. 26. of .Jacksonville Beach. Flor
ida. had Christmas dinner with a
native king on Guadalcanal while
native girls fanned the food and
guests with huge palm leaves.
Recovering here from scrapnel
wounds in his left thigh, he said,
the royal menu included barbeque
pig, chicken, breadfruit and veg
tables served on a mat spread on
the grouna
Staff Sergeant Knight was a
member of an engineering detail
that built bridges, repaired airport
runways and blew up Jap emplace
ments.
"On one occasion," the Florida
Marine said.' eight Marines went
out to get a Jap machine gun nest.
When two hidden guns opened up.
a withdrawal was ordered until re
inforcements could be brought up.
During the reverse movement, a
Marine found that he was too close
to the Jap machine gun to leave
his foxhole. llt»«*rouldn't move, but
he also made it impossible for any
Japs to change positions. Six hours
later the extra men cleared out all
three nests."
A humorous sidelight occurred
one night when a Marine, hearing
rustling in the bushes, thought it
was his budv and whispered. "Chu
tey. Chutey'.'" Captain Walter R.
Lytz. U. S. M. C.. of Mobile, Aala
bama, who was the noise maker,
knew from the direction of the
sound that the speaker was a Mar
ine but was puzzled at the baby
talk. He replied in a strong voicc
"Don't shontey. this is Captain
Lytz."
Staff Sergeant Kinght's wife.
Ada S. Knight lives in Jacksonville
Beach
Pvt. 1st Class Pambrum
U. S. Marine Corps
630 Farm Youths In
County Mobilized
For Victory Projects
£ As u result of a recent drive to
mobilize Onslow farm youth, 355
biys and 275 girls were registered,
according to Miss Laura Beatty,
county club agent. Of this grand
total of 630 youths, 505 are 4-H
club members.
The plans for this organization
for 1943 call for classes in and in
tensive study of nutrition, health
and household management, garden
and canning projects, and increased
production of pigs, chickens, and
calves, said Miss Beatty.
The group elected 72 men and
women from their respective com
munities to help them organize antf
carry out their proposed projects
Theirs will be an all-out contribu
tion to the nation in feeding the
people at home and the forces
abroad and hastening victory foi
the United nations.
PROMOTED TO SERGEANT.
0 Hiram H. Leonard, well-knowr
in Jacksonville, has been protnotec
to Sergeant In the U. S. Army. H<
is now stationed at Leetburg Serv
let Ctnttr, Florida.
§A meeting of the Kea uross war
Fund committee wu held Friday
afternoon at the Methodiat church
to make plans for the war fund
campaign scheduled for the month
of March.
Mrs. Mary Lily Blake was elected
chairman of the county-wide drive.
Mrs Blake stated that she would
announce committees and sub-com
mittees at an early date.
Albert J. Ellis, county Red Cross
chairman, presided at the meet
ing. Mrs. Caroline Hill, executive
secretary of the local chapter, gave
a brief resume of Red Cross work
done during the past year and stat
ed the problems that could be fore
seen for the coming year, due to
the number of families of the arm
ed forces who reside here.
Rowland R. Ripple, of the field
staff of the national war campaign,
outlined a plan of organization for
the campaign. He emphasized
the importance of generous giving
in order to support the work of the
Re dCross, local, national and Inter
national, during the year.
Chairman Ellis announced the
quota for Onslow County this year
as being $8,000, contributions from
Camp Lejeune and a percentage of
Camp Davis' contributions to be in
cluded in our quota. During the
campaign last spring, $5,545.00 was
raised in this county.
Present at the meeting were
Mrs. J W Burton, Mrs. J. C.
Thompson, Mrs. Caroline Hill, Miss
Muriel Ketchum. Mrs. Mary Lily
Blake. Albert Ellis. Mayor C. E.
Warn, Colonel D. L. S. Brewster,
Maurice Margolis, Henry Jones, J.
W. burton. Lee Humphrey, A. T.
Griffin. Jr., Z E. Murrell, Gautier
Jackson. Rev. Leon Gray and Rev.
L. C. Pinnix.
Major Pat Hanley
And Boston Marines
Swap Experiences
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0 Somewhere In The South Pacif
ic, Jan. 27—(Delayed)—Four ex
Boston University men. now Ma
rines, ran into each other here re
cently and forgetting the war for
a couple of hours, chewed the fat
about football and the old alma
mater.
They were Major LeRoy "Pat"
Hanley, of 56 Washington Street,
Newton, Massachusetts, Boston Un
iversity football coach until his re
turn to active service with the Ma
rines in January, 1942; Privates
First Class George Morris, ex-Scar
let and White tackle and A1 Amir
sult, 22, former Terrier end, who
played for Major Hanley for two
years, and this Marine combat cor
respondent, who formerly describ
. ed the up-and-down fortunes of
the Boston eleven for a Boston
newspaper.
Private First Class Amiraults's
1 home address is, 17 Bartlett Street,
North Waymouth, Massachusetts,
and Private First Class Morris, 32
Williams Avenue. New Hyde, Mas
i sachusetts.
Inevitably the conversation
• swung back to the war, particular
ly the situation in the jungles at
Guadacanal. Major Hanley had
been up on the front lines for
months; Privates First Class Mor
ris and Amirault had landed with
the first wave and were under fire
more than four months.
"This war, said Major Hanley,
"is like football in, of course ,a
more sinister aspect. The breaks
count, sure. But most important
are the kids, the training, the or
ganization. the leadership, the
strategy. That's why we're licking
the Japs."
Major Hanley was reluctant to
talk about, his experiences, lie
served as a line officer with a unit
known as the Butcher Battalion"
because of its bloody engagements,
lie said his own closest call was a
stray bullet that whistled by his
thinning hair.
He was anxious as to the where
abouts of his younger brother, First
Lieutenant Leland Hanley, 2008
McDaniel Avenue, Evanston, 111,
a Marine flier. His older brother,
Dick, one-time Northwestern Uni
versity football coach, is also a Ma
rine major, acting as a physical con
ditioner.
After training at Parris Island, S.
C., Privates First Class AmirauU
and Morris went to the New River,
N. C. base and ran into Major
Hanley. He helped them join an
amphibian tractor outfit, with
which they landed on Guadalcanal.
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