Newspapers / The News and Views … / June 29, 1943, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The News and Views (Jacksonville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views The Only Newspaper in the World That Given a Whoop About Onslow County Tfcs Ntwi aai Vlawi Liiii I Paid Circolattea. Local AdwrtMf, National Advertising, Classified Advertising, Onslow County News. VOL. V. NO. 102. JACKSONVILLE, N. C- TUESDAY, JUNE 2«). 1943. PRICE >2.00 PEB YEAH DOWN EAST WITH BILLY ARTHUR % Nathan Kat/.in offers a new and t! logan for the war: ,.<f% get her we will stop the n the Hun and slap the % Albert Ellis was down at work early the other morning and we all wondered why. "I was just figuring how much money I had to make today." he ex plained. "I've started out on :» new system. Every morning I figure out how much money I've got to make during the day. Then. who:i I make it. I quit work, even if it's II a. m. Sometimes I have to Aork nights to get it. however." Tom Henderson and I were about to go over to John Gurga nus' office and sign papers S? Albert had gone stark crazy y knew something badly was • ^ with him if he got down ©- s office at 8 a. m. And we t it sending him to Raleigh ^ in examination might kee' im from doing anything dra But Tom finally di red what was wrong that A1 was at work so early. Two da £ fore his daughter Patty had hef ton sils removed. That morning Pat ty started crying bright and early and Albert didn't want to stay at home and nurse her. 0 However. I'm the one that's going crazy slowly — I lost two coffee coupons the other morning. Boo. hoo. £Rev. A. D. Leon Graft came in looking dejected the other morn ing: "I've got typhoid . . ." he said, as we looked alarmed; then he con tinued. "1 mean a typhoid shot. It does me this way. I'll never forget the first one I ever had. 1 drew a complete blank. And we were hold ing a revival meeting at a country oH.rph When I came to. I had my finger on a spin on rri> uua-a. a..« . just started talking from there 11 ' didn't make much difference to the congregation, because every mem ber of it had had a typhoid shol that day, too." •The heat had just about gotter Griffin and me down Thurs ^ ternoon, and we were think jout ju-ays of making a liv»n| «...>> fjjft! escaping the hot weather Then, we passed the town watei plant. "There's a business like I want." Tom declared. "You have a littli building, two little motors—thai': all the overhead you have—and yoi sit down and watch them run. giv ing the folks water. And all yoi have to do is send out bills at thi end of the month: and if the folk don't pay you. you cut them off That's the business for me." 0 Father William O Byrne passet on Warn street the other nigh and dropped in to see me— he sensed my full refrigerator **** When women come round m; house 1 grouse and grouse The bathroom's filled With things on strings. • *** f T. Newton Cook broke out Sun day in a new zoot suit—his wif was out of town. 0Some of Joe Ferguson's friend friends went down to Leder Broth ers where Joe is working and trie to get him to go fishing the othe day. You could see that Joe reall wanted to go. but he said no. D€ spite their pleas, he stood firm. " have got a job. and I've got t work." he told them. Sam Leder. who overheard thei conversation, went over and tol Joe he could go if he really wante to. No sir. Mr. Leder. I don't war to go." Joe told him. "You se< I'm the only one around our hous now who's working." £1 can't take it. I've decided. Saturday afternoon I decided I' try going barefooted. So 1 too off my shoes and tramped aboi, the house. That was all right. The I tried the back yard. No. sir. Ne> er again. My feet are too tende: Never again. From now on I' know what feet are for—to be res! •d when you remove your shoes bi i be thrown to the rough treat by green grass and sand. Store Will Close Af 6 P. M. Effective July 1 0 Effective July 1, the Onslcv ABC store will observe new oper ing and closing hours. The stor will open daily at 10 a. m. and clos at 6 p. m. FIRE IN KITCHEN. 0Fire in the kitchen of the Ro Cox residence on New Bridg street did no dsmsge Friday mom in* A fJroriamatuitt By The Governor fQm CAROLINA DAY OP DEDICATION, JUL! ), 1943 Work U m longer aaraly a privilaga or opportunity; it la a high patriotU Aity. Mo aan or woaan, vtiita or colorad, in North Carolina or indaad la Aaarica today haa any moral right to loaf or ba idla avan for a put of tha tiaa. Wa art confronted with tha aost urgant naad for productiva aanpowar la tha hiatory of our nation. Fara labor and industrial labor ara abaolutaly indlapanaabla for tha protection of tha national welfare and for tha auaeaaa of our nan in araa. Undar these circumstances all sltisena of all eiaeees, groups and racaa have a public duty to angaga in productiva w»rkft mm though tha individual financial nacaaalty for auoh work aay aot enist. Trustworthy report» hava corn to aa froa virtually evory aaotion of North Oarolina indicating that hundreds, indaad thousands, of Man, vtilts and eolored, ara aithar not working at all or working only part af tha tiaa. Likewise, aany woaan, boya, and girla abova tha aga of alxtaan who could ba produatlvaly aaployad ara doing virtually nothing in tha way of productiva work. Tha tiaa haa ooaa *ian avary abla-bodiad paraon should aithar ba fight ing ar working. \ 1 harawith oall upon tha oitlsana of our atata to raapond to thla aoat urgant naad. I hava avary confidanca that our paopla Mill riaa to thia naad and I hopa In a aannar worthy of our atata and lta tradltlona. 1 urga tha ainle tara of North Carolina and our taachara and achool paopla generally, our alvla elube, representatives of the praaa and radio, and othar public apiritad laadara at tha atata to Join in tha high andaavor to gat avary eltisan of our atata produotlvely aaployad on a fulltiaa baaia. I furthar urga tha Judges, aayors, and law enforcement officara ta do avarything within thalr power and within tha law ta and any idlanaaa or vagrancy that aay exist anywhara la North Oarolina. Furthermore, 1 oall upon tha local aalactiva service boarda to atudy carafully tha aaaaa of thoaa aha hava baan dafarrad on phy^ieal grounds but who ara abla ta work and ara not working I aa alao calling upon polica offloara and Sharif fa to vialt placas In thalr dtlaa and oountiaa whsre loafara and idlara auatoaarlly congragata and inquira into tha raaaona why they ara not at work. If thaaa afforts fail to gat tha nacaaaary response, I should fool it ay duty to uaa tho aaargancy powsrs grantad as by ths racant lagialatura for dealing with thaaa problems so vital to our national walfara. NO* THEREFORE, I, J. MELVILLE BBOUOHTON, GOVERNOR OF NORTH CAROLINA, to tha and that «• say act In * atatanlda Banner on thia Important aubjaot, da haraby Ht apart WNDAY, JULY 5, 1943, th* day an ahleh Indapandane* Day "111 ba aoat ganarally obaarvad throughout tha atata, aa NORTH CAROLINA DAY OF DEDICATION, and I urga that In tha oounty aaat of avary county in North Carolina thara *111 ba held i aaatlng to ba attandad by aayora, county oonalaalonara, aharlffa, polic* offlcara, lalnlatara, fan laadara, health and aalfara workara and othar publla aplrltad oltlaana, for tha purpoaa of atudyln* aondltlona In aaeh of aueh aountlaa and takln* auoh organliad atapa aa *111 affaotually and any ldlanaaa or loafii| that say axiat In auoh aountlaa. IN WITNESS WHERS3F, 1, J. MalTllla iroufhton, Go*«rnor of North Carolina, hava alpjad and oauaad tha Oraat Saal of th* Stata to ba afflJtad h*r*to, In th* City of Ralalgh, North Carolina, thia tha 23rd day of Juna, 1943. in tha on* hundrad and «lxty-»*venth yaar of our Aaarloan Indapandanaa, V Ml* flora; "flUJJSUti All*ton Stubba, Saoratary to tha Ootarnor 0 The Army, civilian defense of ficials and civilian authorities are going to combine forces in this . area to make sure that dim-out and blackout rules and regula tions are enforced as completely as possible, it was decided at ;i meeting of representatives of the various agencies at the Royal Theatre Morehead City Thursday morning. The meeting, called by Col. W. S. Pritchard of Fort Bragg, com mander of internal security for the State, and Junius H. Rose of Greenville, assistant State direc tor of civilian defense, was at . tended by two score representa , lives of the Army, Marine Corps, State highway patrol, local police, civilian defense. * Col. Pritchard said the Army had no desire to take over en 1 forcement of dim-out regulations, that the President as commander in-chief of armed forces did not ' care to invoke martial law in the danger zones along the Atlantic ' Seaboard, but the military author * ities would eventually be called on to enforce the dim-out unless r regulations are more completely * observed. He appealed for united 1 effort on the part of both mili tary and civilian authorities to 1 the end that all shipping at sea ' might be made safer for the thou s sands of boats carrying supplies to the fighting zones. Rose stated that an inspection 1 of the area revealed that the dim i out was hot as good as it was 12 t months ago. He said people had i grown careless and indifferent to - the enforcement program and that . feeling existed throughout the 1 dim-oi^t area that the rules wee - were no longer necessary or de t sired. He pointed out that the - people must be reeducated to the absolute necessity of abiding by dim-out regulations until the war is over. He expressed regret that conditions had become so serious and pledged the effort of his or ganization to rectify the situation as soon as possible. Col. Pritchard said a series of schools for reeducation of people in dim-out regulations would be ^ held at several points along the coast during the next several days. Representatives of the various afeencies will attend each meet r ing and seek to combine efforts i to make the dim-out effective ■ from one end of the coast to the other. Jacksonville Excluded From New Dim-Out Regulations, OCD Folks Learn At Meeting Cotton Blossoms Reported On Farm Of Percy Parker §Tbe first cotton blossom of the season was reported Satur day by Percy Parker, colored farmer of the Piney Green sec tion. Parker said the first blossoms were discovered on his farm last Monday. June 21. Farm Agent Hugh Overstreet said that Parker's was the first blossom he had had report of. Alone the line of early crops and such, Overstreet said he unlerstood some farmers in On slow would begin housing to bacco this week. Just who or where would be first one he could not tell. New Ration Books Received Here But Don't Get Alarmed 0 First of the number three ration book were received her* the lat ter part of last week, but registrants were advised not to get alarmed if theirs do not come in the next few weeks. The Charlotte mailing center, in response to many queries, also pointed out that War Ration Book 3 will have only the name of the applicant on the front of the cover when it is received. The applicant should fill in his address, age. sex. race, height and weight. The mailing center is accepting ro further applications for Book 3 until after August 1. Likewise, no error or omission can be corrected until after that date. The necessity of setting up files before these operations can be taken care if is responsible for this policy. Failure of a person to receive his book or to secure correction of errors will cause no hardship, how ever since the new ration book will not be used earlier than September. Forwarding addresses will not he considered by postoffices. and in eases where the applicant has mov ed. his book will be returned to the mailing center in Charlotte. It can be obtained upon request short ly after August 1. 0 The town or jacKsonvme iias been excluded from new dim-out regulations along the coast. T. New ton Cook, commander of the local civilian defense unit, said yester day. That information was obtained by Cook and other Jacksonville de fense corps members at a meeting at Motehead City last Thursday. Jacksonvillians attending the meeting included: B. .J. Mollenvan. M. L. Ferguson. J. C. Petteway. Coleman Bynum, James Likens. Corp H. C. Johnson. Capt. F. VV Lindlaw. USMC. and Cook. The new dim-out zone comes up to the town limits of Jacksonville but does not include the town. Th • area outside the town limits on ill sides is included along with the area marked by a highway from Stella to Silverdale, thence straight line from Silverdale to Jacksonville, thence highway No. 53 to Burgaw. "If the glow from lights in Jack sonville that may be now turned on gets too bright," Cook said, "there is every possibility that the town again will be placed in the dim-out zone ." The new regulations do not af fect automobiles, which must have the top halves of their headlights shaded at all times. Stores To Close July 5 To Observe Independence Day 0 Jacksonville stores will observe Independence Day by closing all day Monday, July 5. The Fourth of July which is cus tomarily observed as a holiday comes on Sunday this year. In addition to the First Citizens Bank and Trust Company and pub lic offices, the following stores will be closed Monday. Aman Brothers, Howard 's Jew elers. Gift Center, Hartsfield Jew elry Company, Rose's 5-l$-25c Store, Fleishman's of Jacksonville, Jean's 5 and 10c Store, Adlers, Mar golis. Lee's Jewelers, Taylor's Gift Shop. Aman Furniture Company, Leder Brothers, J. H. Aman and Sons. James L. McCulloch, Quinn Miller Co., Victory Gift Shop and City Shoe Repaor Shop. Civilian Defense Classes Will Be Resumed Thursday 0 Civilian defense classes will he resumed Thursday night at 8:30 o'clock at the courthouse, it was announeed yesterday by T. Newton Cook, commander of the Jackson ville unil. All kinds of civilian defense classes will .he conducted. Cook said, including fire, gas and bomb defense. The purpose of the new courses is for recruiting new and additional members in the local corps. Present mem bers of the corps art- invited to attend the classes for re freshing their knowledge of defense procedures. Condemnation Cases To Be Tried Aug. 2 Instead Qf July 19 0 Trial of condemnation cases in volving land for Camp Lejcune has been postponed by Judge I. M Meek ins until the week beginning August 2 in Federal Court at New Bren Trial of the eases was previously scheduled to begin July 19 in Fed eral Court at New Bern. No reason was given for changing the date. However, the entire week will be devoted to the special term of Federal Court which is sitting expressly to hear the condemnation cases. Dispute Inconveniences Midway Park Residents "Work Or Fight" Session To Be Held At Courthouse Monday Afternoon, 2:30 There Was 9-Month School At Verona Way Back In 1896 0.1. Stacy Walton this week challenged the News and Views' statement of last Fri day that the 1943-44 school term will be the first nine month in history of Onslow County. Hack in 1896, according to Stacy, his father, the late K. II. Walton, taught a nine-month term at Verona. The nine months were financed by Mr. Melntire, who at that time owned and was building up Town Point. Stacy admits that the nine month term lasted ohl.v one year. Anyway, it was ar« extended term, and. for that matter, may have been the first nine month school in the state. However, the News and Views meant that the 1943-44 term was the first nine-month county-wide in history. May be that's wrong, too: we hope not. If so. our informants erred. 0 Designating Monday. July. .1, as North Carolina Day of Dedi cation." Governor J. M. Brough ton on Wednesday issued a proc lamation. calling upon the citizens of the State to observe Indepen dence Day by seeing that every able-bodied person is employed productively^upon a full-time bas is. The Governor expressed con fidence that the people will re spond to the need for a full utili zation of manpower and woman power but declared: "If other ef forts fail. I shall feel it my duty to use the emrgency powers grant ed to me by the recent Legisla ture for dealing with these prob lems so vital to bur national wel fare." Rep. Billy Arthur, who was ap pointed by Governor Broughton to head up the work or fight" committee in Onslow County, said yesterady that a meeting of police officers, town and county officials, employers and represen tatives of the contractors at New River would be held at the Court house next Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in accordance with the Governor's request. The public is invited to join in the first session. "Work is no longer a privilege or an opportunity: it is a hign 0 A dispute between the Federal lousing Administration and the Post Office Department representa ives is causing approximately 2,500 •esidents of Midway Park to be A'ithoul mail service. Although it has been known for some time thai each department lia.s been holding its ground since last winter, this notice is being tak en now (inly because it's time someone should intercede in the situation. Briefly the story, as the News and Views has been informed, is this: The post office department, through its inspectors in this dis trict presented plans for a build ing. modest in size, which the hous ing administration or Navy was to erect, and the post office depart ment to equip and staff. Bids were taken for its opera tion as a branch of the .Jacksonville post office, and I. J. Kellum, local inusurance man. was low bidde". That was the latter part of 1942. II was not until the building was completed, however, that it was dis covered it had no heating or toilet facilities. Kellum declined to start in. The post office department ask ed remedial measures. The FHA. or someone or some agency or de partment. said the building was erected according to specifica tions of the post office department, that it would or could not be changed. That's been going on now for months. The equipment is at Jack Marketing Cards For 1943 Tobacco Crop Ready To Be Distributed In Few Days 0 Marketing cards for the 1941} crop of flue-cured tobacco already have been forwarded to Onslow County AAA offices and will be distributed to tobacco producers as quickly as possible. The cards, similar to those used Jast year, will permit individual growers to market, without pay ment of penalty, the actual yield from the acreage allotted them under the Agricultural Adjust ment Agency marketing quo'a program. As in the past, "within quota" cards are issued to those producers who have planted with in their alloted acreages, and ex cess" cards are issued to growers who have planted more than their alloted acreage. A grower how ever, may obtain a "within quota" marketing card by paying the pen ally on the estimated production from .the acreage harvested in ex cess of his allotment. The market ing quota law establishes the pen alty on excess flue-cured tobacco at 10 cents per pound. The tobacco crop in North Car olina this year is expected to be about the same in poundage as i' was last year, according to State Agriculture Department officials. While the yield per acre may not be the same, there has been increased acreage, and that is ex pected to make up the difference, it was said. Tentative opening date for the New Bright belt has been set at August 19. Marketing quotas on flue-cured tobacco were approved for a per iod of three years in a national ref erendum held in July. 1940, by a majority of 86.1 per cent Of the 142.243 votes cast in North Caro lina. 123,863, Or 87.1 per cent, fa vored quotas for three years. Mar keting quotas are not in effect in any year unless approved by at least two-thirds of the eligible growers voting in a national refer endum. Woman Marine Has 203 Chigger Bites And Is Champion 0 Leave it to the Marines. A proud Eleventh Armor ed Division lieutenant at Camp Polk. La., who recently issued an open challenge to the Army of the Cnited States to match his record of 77 chigger bites, will have to bite the dust, according to Com pany "B" of the Marine Corps Women Reserves here at New River. The girls have, in their corner. Pvt. Lucille MaeClar ren. with 203 chigger scars, bumps, and bites—the "win nah and new champion. "So sorry to inform you," Company "B" wrote "that we have one, and only one. that has met the challenge, and has so surpassed the lieuten ant of the Eleventh Armored Division that he should hang his head in shame." Mrs. Lina Cannon, 74, Dies At Swansboro; Funeral Conducted 0 Funeral services for Mrs. Lin? Evelyn Cannon, who died Friday were held in the Methodist Churcl at Bogue where Mrs. Cannon wa; a member. She was. 74 years old She was the widow of Lev Christopher Cannon. Surviving are six children. Mrs Christopher Dennis of Swans bo ro. with whom she lived: Mrs Sadie Smith and Mrs. Gertrude Smith, of Bogue. Mrs B. B. Col< of Beaufort. Bennie Cannon o Bogue, and Y Z. Cannon of Chap el Mill: 14 grandchildren, and sev en great-grandchildren. Onslow County War Meat Committee Formed With Hugh Overstreet Chairmar 0 Formation of the Onslow County War Meat committee with Hugh Overstreet. farm agent, as chairman was announced yesterday. Other members of the commit tee, which will work with the Stale Food Distribution Committee to ef fect a more equitable distribution of food, are N. A. Burton, Elliott Pet teway, J. H. Moore, Mrs. Margaret "Vurrill and Mrs. J. W. Burton. The duties of the war meat com mittee will be to: 1. Acquaint itself with meat per mit system and black market prob lems: 2. Review outstanding permits and quotas to establish whether they are justified or excessive; 2. Approve or reject all applica tions for permits; 4 Obtain compliance with slaughtering regulations. "Meat that is slaughtered an 1 sold outside of slaughter quotas and permits, price ceilings or ration systems is black market meat." a communication from the committee said. "This nation is determined that black markets shall not flour ish or interfere with the war effort and the place of foods as a weapon in achieving victory. We cannot if ford the waste of hides, fat and by-products where slaughtering fa cilities are inadequate, and. at the same time, we must prevent unsan itary slaughter which would be i menace to the public health." patriotic duty."' said the Gover nor. "The time has eonve when every abie-bodied person. of whatever financial, social or rac ial status, should be either light ing or working." He said he had received reports of thousands of men. both white and colored, either not working at all or work ing only part of the time. He call ed upon ministers, teachers and civic leaders to join in the en deavor lo gel everybody produc tively employed on a full-time basis Judges, mayors and law en forcement officers are urged to use every legal means to elimi nate 'Idleness and vagrancy. Sher iffs and policemen are instructed to check all customary loafing places in their communities to round up the idlers. Local selec tive service boards are requested to review all cases of deferred registrants who are physically able to work and are not regular ly on a job. If these measures fail, the Governor says he will resort to the far-reaching emer gency power under which he can suspend or extend many Staie laws. "T" Gas Coupons Are Invalid After Wednesday, June 30 0 Onslow service stations should not accept gas coupons from the old "T" books of commercial mo tor vehicle operators after June 30. officials of the Office of Price Adwministration warned yester day. The new "TT" coupon books al ready have been sent to local war price and rationing boards. Oper ators who have been notified of changes in their gasoline allot ments can obtain their new books only by calling at their board of fices and presenting their new certificates of necessity. The new books are is sued by the OPA in connection with the adjustment by the Of fice of Defense Transportation ot the gasoline rations of large num ber of operators of commercial vehicles. New River Negro Makes SI8 Mistake In Tax Payment 0 Revenue Department official* won't estimate what collection would be if all State taxpayers make the same mistake made re cently by a Negro working at New River. The Negro figured up that hi1 stale income tax amounted to 82.20 He mailed in to the Revenue De part men t two $10 bills and tw< dimes. Revenue officials still are try ing to find the Negro's proper ad dress and a way to return the $11 the state owes him. PAVING AT BUS STATION. £ Paving of the area around Jack i sonville bus station with concreti will be started this week. sonvuie ready to be installed. Ihe postmaster is ready to start draw ing a salary. Bui someone or some agency is trying to save face. Hence, Midway Park residents have to come here, and stand in line in Jacksonville's already too-crowded post office, and call for their mail at the general delivery window. USO Staffs Here Enlarged To Meet Increasing Needs 0 The staff personnel of the USO. Federal Recreational building, Elm street, has undergone an almost complete revision in recent weeks in order to cope with the additional demands being made upon the fa cilities there by servicemen, serv ieewomen. and wives and sweet hearts of those in the service of their country. National headquarters of the USO is cognizant of the terrific load placed upon the community of Jack sonville. that their facilities for the recreational needs of the service men are taxed to the limit, and it is their desire to relieve this impact by tossing every resource possible into this area. The four USO buildings in Jacksonville, includ ing the above mentioned along with the Pine Lodge USO on Elm street, the USO on New Bridge street and that operated by Travelers" Aid on Mill street, from a formidable unit here. The present staff at the" Federal Recreational Building USO now in cludes Frank J. Wade, acting direc tor. William F. Clancy and Thomas R. Godey. assistant directors. Clan cy's tenure has been the longest, he having been here for nearly five months. Wade has been in Jacksonville since the first of June, coming here from Quincy. Mass.. a suburb of Boston. Educated in the Quincy schools and Boston University, plus a special course at Columbia Uni versity in connection with USO work, he is a "reformed" newspaper man of 16 years. He has done his strech in practically every depart ment of a newspaper, from the composing room to the city desk, sports desk. etc. He has done pub licity and public relations work fo rthe Boston Area, Quincy Area, Providence Auditorium. New Haven Area. Fall River Casino, and other sports enterprises, plus sports pro motion in his own name. Mr. and Mrs. Wade are making their home in Midway Park with Mr, Wade's par ents, the latter hav ing been residents here for ovre a year. Thomas R. Godey. one of the as sistants. was born in Birmingham. Ala., but has lived most of his life in Washington, 1). C. A great grandson of the publisher of "God ey's Lady's Book," popular fashion magazine of the 19th century, he has been employed as a power plant, engineer by the Potomac ElecvHc Power Company for the past ten years. A graduate of the Washington schools and George (Continued on Page Four)
The News and Views (Jacksonville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 29, 1943, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75