THE ONSLOW COUNTY The Neva and Viewi Lead* la News and Views The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County VOL. VII, NO. 54 JACKSONVILLE, IV. C.. FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915 ~ PRICE S2.00 PER YEAR Paid Circulation, Local Advertising, "*9/7 National Advertising, Classified Advertising, Onslow County News. I DOWN EAST WITH | BILLY ARTHUR 0 One of the State officials con tends that if you let a letter lay around about ten days it will usually answer itself. £The fellows were telling on the corner here during the week end about some school folks down in Carteret County getting up a bazaar, one of the features of which was to be a kissing booth. They wanted an attractive young girl who could wheedle plenty of coins out of the men folks, make them like her kisses and come back for more. "Have you any qualifications?" the committee asked one girl. "I went to college," she replied. "You're hired!" 0Once upon a time—it's not proper to start a story in that man ner. but this is a different story— 1 was assigned an interview with a very attractive young lady. We got along splendidly, because she had something to talk about and was willing to speak for publication. When completed, she leaned over and kissed me on one cheek. "That's for the first paper you represent." she explained and then touched her lips to the other cheek. "That's for the second, and here's one for your self." She out and out kissed me. "Lady," I said, "I also represent the Associated Press which serves thousands of papers in the United States." 0 Which is not quite as bad as the young girl who didn't know how often she had been kissed, even with things going on light under her nose. 0On June 31, 1935 at a charity bazaar kisses were being sold by the charming ladies of the com munity. Young girls' kisses sold for 25 cents each, married women's for 15 cents each, and old maids' came in bunhes of three for a nickel. In a special booth was an attractive young lady about the age of 28. unmarried, who offered kisses for 50 cents higher than any of the other ones. "Why," I asked, "do you charge more than the others?" 'Well, it's worth 50 cents more to kiss me!" It was. But. she paid me. and then I opened up a booth. But I soon lost my health attending to business. You know the old adage about "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." 01 remember reading some place long ago that kissing a young lady is hope, a married woman is faith, nnd an old maid is charity. But the ?cture today will be on the type practiced by those who know from experience the best. That type is a kiss of long duration. What few kisses I've had (I have also written another confession that will appear in unexpurgated editions next month) I didn't bother to time. The only art—and I refuse tc reveal that—I ever used was to get the first kiss. After that I just held on. Here's what three prominent Chicago judges think of kisses oi Ions* duration: Judge Joseph Sabath: "If kisses were longer divorces would be fewer." .»unge .losepn ». uavia: A four minute kiss? O.K. If you're in a hurry." Judge Rudolph Dosort: "Harm less, charming and pleasant." An Atlanta jurist ruled that four minute kisses are too long and breed discontent in the home, hut I don't imagine they would breed so much discontent unless the kiss ing is done in your neighbors home. In fact. I must be very dif ferent from all the other people kisses of four-minute variety have often left me very contented. 0 Now comes a frank admission oi my loss of pride or power, or what ever you call it. I've lost my "it" that's it. The other day I was graciouslj kissing a very attractive younf lady, and she broke away suddenly and started laughing. "I was jus thinking about deviled crabs," sh< said. Thus, my record of no complaint: has been broken. Richlands and Dixon Split Honors in Double Header Games £The Dixon girls won a thrillei last Friday night from Richland: grls with a score of 32-24. McCrei of Dixon was high scorer for thi game with 16 points while Hooc followed with a close 13 points f) Richlands. The half time score was 17-7 ii favor of Dixon. The Richlands boys came fron behind to beat the Dixon boy 30-17. Dixon got away to a lead o 9-1 in the first five minutes bu were unable to keep the pace. Thi Richlanders took over in the sec ond quarter and from then on the; had the game under hand. The girls starting line up: Dixon: Dickens, McCree, Hine? Padgett, Denitson, Thompson an< King. ^ Richlands: Hood, Newbolc j [arshburn. Tarrlor, Frazelle, Mills V /enters, Huffman, Gurganus, Hud son, Rochelle, Frazelle and Farrioi Boys' line ups: Dixon: Darrah, Faw, Kirkmai Caldwell, Lewis and Sewell. Richlands: Allen, Hill. R. Sane crs, P. Sanders, Frazelle, Browi and Bell. Pfc. Marion Morton, Maysville, Announced Killed In Action §Pfc. Marion M. Morton of Maysville was killed in action in the European Area, accord ins to a message from the War Department received recently by his mother, Mrs. Lillie H. Morton of Route 1, Maysville. H. C. Riggs, Chairman Onslow County AAA, Announces Meeting Plans 0 Immediately following the goals and production meeting on January 25, 1945 of the County and Com munity Committeemen, County Agent, and other agricultural rep resentatives, the community com mitteemen will hold meetings with farm operators for the purpose of advising, informing, and guiding them in preparing their individual 1945 farm plans which will contri bute to the all-important crop, livestock and poultry goals that have been assigned to this State, Herbert C. Riggs. chairman. Ons low County AAA Committee an nounced here today. "Community Committeemen will also assist farm operators in plan ning to build and conserve" the fertility of their soil by advising them of the approved conservation practices that they may carry out and receive payments for during the 1945 program year," Mr. Riggs declared. Mr. Riggs pointed out that the intended production figures are of vital importance at this time as changing conditions in the war and domestic pictures might make it necessary to adjust production goals before planting time, and the figures furnished at these meetings will present a true picture of just how we stand in comparison with the goals that have been set. Mr. Riggs further pointed out that each farm operator will be notified of the exact time and place of the meeting in his community, and it is sincerely hoped that every effort will be made to attend on the date set. Ralph Culbreth of Jacksonville Wins Naval Athletic Award £ Ralph Culbreth, AS, of Jackson ville has been presented an athletic award by the Navy for his out standing record as a boxer at the Naval Training Station at Bain bridge. Md. Young Culbreth fights in the welterweight class and recently defeated Pete Lucia, a Hibbing, Minnesota recruit. Last year he represented the Edward's Military Academy in the Golden Glove tournament in Greensboro. The son of R. B. Culbreth, wno now lives in Sneads Ferry, he has been in the Navy since November. Tobacco Distributors Plan for Voluntary Rationing of Cigarettes 0 Chicago,— (AP) —The National Association of Tobacco distributors has announced that it would make cigarette ration cards available to more than 1,000.000 tobacco outlets within two weeks for dealers 1o distribute to their regular custo mers. The rationing plan, the associa tion said, will be voluntary on the part of the dealers. The numbered cards will be punched for each pack purchased by a customer, and consumers will be required to sign a declaration that they hold only one card. Joseph Kolodny. executive sec retary of the association, told a press conferencc that his organiza tion, told a press conference that his organization believes the plan will prevent "raids" on dealers' stocks "by hoarders who shop ev ery outlet," and will have the ulti mate effect of restricting cigarette smokers to a single source of sup ply. Strong Russian Armies Smashing Way To Berlin % London—AP—A Moscow dis patch said today that Marshall Ivan Konev's troops are officially re ported advancing along the S?iesian border and thrusting into Germany. Three Russian armies estimated at 2,000,000 strong are smashing forward along main roads leading to Berlin while Moscow wildly cele brates the capture of Warsaw in the recent winter offensive which Ger man radios now declare a "down right decisive" phase of the war in Europe. Led by powerful Stalin super tanks. the Soviet spearhead has already reached the immediate vicinity of the border and are sending the Nazis sprawling back wards on a 250 mile front. The Russian drive has also overrun Po land's .second largest city of Kra kow. Britains In Germany 0 Paris—AP—British troops have invaded Germany at a new point and have advanced two and one half miles in the direction of the Roer river. The enemy is reported reeling back under heavy shellfire and hand to hand fighting. Bomb Kaiserlue # London—AP—A small force of flying fortresses bombed Kaiserlue. an important German railroad yard behind the Saar front while RAF bombers again returned to the big industrial center of Magdenburg in a pre-dawn attack. No allied losses have been re ported from either attack. Lingayen Gulf Beachheac Extended As Sixth Army Strikes Toward Bataan 0 McArthur's Headsuarters. Lu/ on—AP—The Lingayen Gulf beach head has been widened and ex tended to sixty-two miles according to a dispatch received from Mac Arthur today. The Sixth Army has advanced seventeen miles to the northwest ern tip of the gulf and are reported driving down the west coast of Luz , on toward historic Bataan. No progress has been reportec ; in the drive across the centra [ plains to Manila but opposition ! reported to be fairly light, r Army and Navy planes whicl are supporting the ground force: are continuing to take a heavy tol in enemy planes and ships. i CUSTOMER GETS BILLS , #Harrisburg, Pa.—AP—Consum - ers of the Harrisburg Gas Co. an . reading their own meters because 01 the manpower shortage. Customers mark printed cards oi which are dials similar to thos - found on meters. The cards ar i, mailed to the gas company whic! then sends out the bills. Pfc. Edward M. Carter Of Beulaville Is Wounded in Action 0 Beulaville — Pfc. Edward Mike Carter, son of J. B. Carter of Beula ville, was slightly wounded Decem ber 16 in Germany and is now re ceiving treatment in a hospital in France, according to a message re ceived by his wife, Mrs. Myrtle S. Carter of Beulaville. Private Carter entered the Army in January 1944 and has been overseas for six months. He has a brother, Pfc, Willis II. Carter, serving with ihc Army on Saipan. Urgent ODT Policy Says War Freight Must Move First # Washington — AP — A policy oi discontinuing railroad passengei service wherever necessary to keef war freight rolling was laid dowr by the Office of Defense Trans portation. Director J. Monroe Johnson saic railroads suffering from seven weather conditions should discon tinue passenger service and use their "full energies and equipment' to haul desperately-needed freight The action particularly affect; railroads traversing New Yorl State. Ohio, upper Pennsylvania and Indiana, but an ODT spokes man said it could be regarded as i "practical policy" of giving wai freight precedence over passengers Johnson's action was not an ol der to the railroads. Each carriei will act within its own discretion There was not immediate indica tion here how many passenge schedules, if any. would be discon tinued temporarily. Johnson wrote J. J. Pelley, presi dent of the Association of Ameri can Railroads, that critical con gestion has resulted from some o the worst weather in years, am said it might affect railroads for , considerable distance from thi storm are through the backing ui of freight. "There now are thousands o freight cars of all kinds that can not be moved," Johnson said. SEAGOING DOG £ New York—AP—Blondie. canin mascot of Ambrose lightship—th vessel that keeps station outside o . New York harbor, touched land fo i the first time in her life when th t lightship put into port for overhau and repainting. She was born at se i a year ago and as far as her shir > mates know she had no conceptio ! of land or things that man eor i struct on land until the ship cam into port. Promoted Edward G. Riggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Riggs of the Bear Creek community in Onslow County, has been promoted from the rate of chief machinist mate in the Coast Guard to the war rant rank of machinist. $3,000 in Prizes Will Be Awarded In State Cotton Contest #To assist North Carolina grow ers in working out new methods of increasing cotton yields and lower ing the cost of production per unit, the most comprehensive five-acre cotton contest ever held in a South ern State will be inaugurated in North Carolina this year. Quality cotton production will be one of the chief points emphasized in the contest. Three thousand dollars in prizes will be awarded. $750 for the top state prize and $750 for each of three districts, with first, second, third, and fourth place winners in each district. The contest will be sponsored by the State College Extension Service and the N. C. Cottonseed Crushers Association in cooperation with other agencies. In addition to the State cotton contest, there will be county-wide contests in some counties, with ad ditional prize money being offered on a local basis in these areas. Both landlords and tenants will be encouraged to enter the State contest. Prize money will be divided between the landlord and the ten ant on the same basis that the crop itself is divided. All contestants must register with the county agent before June 1. Enthusiasm iri the contest is al ready running high. Even before the final details were worked out, some counties signified their inten tion of having more than one hun dred growers each in the contest. Dean I. O. Schaub of State College says that full and accurate records of all practices will be kept. Fiber tests and the spinning of some of the cotton into yarn is planned. Cpl. Roger Hill Of Beulaville Is Awarded Bronze Star #Cpl. Roger Hill of Beulaville has received the Bronze Star Medal for heroism in extinguishing a blaze started by enemy shells in an Army powder dump in Italy. After extinguishing the blaze he ran 40 yards under fire to bring assistance to two wounded comrades. He re turned to the States in June. 1944. for treatment of a paralyzed foot and left leg. His wife is the former Mildred Jones of Beulaville. American Prisoners Shot bv Germans, Claim Food Shortages By IIAL BOYLE. ®With the United States First Army in Belgium,—-(AP)—Nazi of ficers in several instances recently have ordered American prisoners shot because of food shortages, German captives reported today, One captured German said his lieutenant told his company: "The food situation in Germany is bad. We don't have enough to feed any more prisoners. I hope you understand me." Other prisoners from the same volks grenadier infantry division confirmed this and said they had been given permission to remove shoes and clothing from American dead or prisoners. Harsh treatment of prisoners wa* advocated by almost every German officer, they asserted. One Gern^an lieutenant-colonel commanding b regiment ordered 'his battalior ■ commanders to "take as few pris . oners as possible." and later wa> reported to have committed suicidc . when threatened with capture him . self. Several German prisoners gave • statements that one of their com I pany commanders ordered 40 Am ! erican soldiers shot when they sur , rendered after stubbornly defend J ing the village of Habscheid. The prisoners said the 40 Amer • leans were shot either Decembei ; 19th or 20th. COSTLY STUMBLE 0 Somewhere in the Pacific—A1 —Marine Pfc. Howard E. Norton o « Kansas City tells the story of a wil< > night on Guam when a Japanese ' soldier stumbled through the rail • into a foxhole on top of Norton an< » his buddy. In the scramble whicl I followed Norton found himsel » fighting his buddy while the enem; - soldier jumped out of the hole i After Norton deflected his buddy' - knife from his own throat, the; Bjturned and brought down the Jap 'anese with rifle fire. Pvt. John T. Whaley, Richlands, Wounded In Mediterranean Area 0 Pvt. John T. Whaley has been wounded in action in the Mediterranean theater accord ing to word received recently by his mother. Mrs. Annie Kin non Whaley of Route 2, Rich lands. Emergency Loans Made Available To Onslow Farmers; Start Monday 0 Emergency Feed And Crop Loans are now available to the farmers of Onslow County. Applications will be received be ginning January 22. by Mrs. Mary Brown in the office of Marion A. Cowell. located in the Marshall Sanders Building. Farmers who wish to avail them selves of these loans are urged to make their applications as early as possible between the hours of 9:00 A. M. and 1:00 P. M. each day in the week execpt Saturdays. No applications will be available on Saturdays. Farmers are asked to cooperate and an endeavor will be made to give the best service possible. It is suggested that you make your ap plications early so that you will be in a position to get your fertilizers and supplies in due time for your crops. If for any reason there is any other information desired write W. F. King P. O. Box 428. Wilmington, N. C.. or see Mrs. Mary Brown, or your County Agent.Mr. Charles C. Clark. .Jr., in Jacksonville. Colonel Ruth Streeter, Of Women's Reserve, Visits Camp Lejeune 0Colonel Ruth Cheney Strecter, director of the Marine Corps Wom en's Reserve, visited Camp Lejeune last week end. Col. Streeter presented certifi ates of graduation to the members of the 19th Reserve Officers' Class Saturday morning. Jan. 13. and spoke to the recruits of the 42nd and 43rd Training Battalions in the Area 1 theater Saturday afternoon. Red Cross Needs Large Number of Men and Women Immediately 0 A large number of men and wo men are needed immediately for Red Cross service in this country and overseas, it was announced yes terday by J. K. McCallum of At lanta. Southeastern Area Red Cross Headquarters personnel .service re presentative from Atlanta. Applicants, must be citizens of the United States, must have good educational background, training and experience in social work or recreation executive or administra tive cxpereience. or leadership in community activities of a social welfare nature. Age limits, varying with the type of position, are 25 to 50 years, and all persons accepted must pass physical examinations. Men must obtain Selective Service permits to leave the United States. Because of recent Selective Ser vice developments, the Red Cross is accepting only men of 31 years of age or over, and those not sub ject to military draft who are be tween the ages of 38 and 50. Trailer Truck Units For Fire Fighting Purchased by State 0 Three trailer-truck transport units' costing about $4,000 each were purchased recently by th< Forest Fire Control unit of the Forestry Division of the State Do partment of Conservation and De velopment. it was announced bj Chief W. K. Beichler. The units will be used for th< transportation of heavy fire-fight ing equipment to fires in the for ests and swamps of Eastern Nortl' Carolina. 'The purchase of these trailer truck transport units really repre sents the initial step in acquiring needed mechanized fire-fightinj equipment," Beichler said. "WitI the units we will be able to tak< our tractors and fire-line plow, swiftly and directly to the scene o a forest fire. And since time is tin chief element in fighting fire tin use of these units will mean bette protection for our forests." According to Beichler. the de partment now has eight crawle » tractors, 12 fire-line plows, and tin three new trailer-truck transports I This equipment is housed at Eliza , beth City, New Bern, and Lak Waccamaw. | Eventually. Beichler said, the de i partment hopes to acquire a com • plctc mechanized outfit for ever; - two or three counties in Fasten North Carolina. ; He said that there is no mechan r ized fire-fighting equipment suit . able for use in fighting fires i mountain forests. Arthur Presents Onslow Hospital Bill To House March of Dimes Collection Containers Placed Throughout County • The containers for the collection funds in the current Dimes campaign have now bee placed in prominent P0*!1'"'. throughout Onslow County. Ch> man A. D. Leon Gray has an ""t"" drive sot ofT to a good start in the past week hut "J ™1"™' have been announced at this eany daThe infantile paralysis epidemic of 1944. the second largest on lec ord in the United States, has made everyone conscious of the giave need for the dimes and dollars that are needed to carry on the impor an ^ou^'in'orde.5 tT'co^the dread disease should another epi demic strike and also to carry on the vital work being done for the victims Of the 1944 epidemic Inasmuch as it is impossible at this time to anticipate what is in store for Onslow County in the coming vear. it is hoped that the quota named will be met and even greatly surpassed so that should the county be as hard hit again, every facility can be made avail able to protect the victims, usually helpless children. Alternate Saturday Classes Will Start Tomorrow In Onslow Schools A Onslow County Schools will hold their First Saturday cllass tf>mor 1-OW. These classes will be held al ternate Saturdays until the end ol the school year in ordei that the schools may close on the schedulc-d time May 12th. By holding classes on alternate Saturdays, the time lost in tak nr. a week's vacation at Chnstm. •> time will be made up. Washington Reports Nurses Respond to Appeal For Military Services • Washington —AP- Applications " nurses for military duty shot up to 4 000 last week—more than tw in the figure for the entire last two months of 1944. The rush to enlist in the and Navy nurses corps came on the heels of President Roosevelt s mes sage to Congress January (! Propos ing compulsory draft of nurses to meet a need of 20.000 for the armed °The Red Cross, recruiting agency for the nurse corps, reported die results as representing enlistment committee activities in .io majoi C' "Such a response indicates that the public has been aroused to the critical needs of the wounded on the battlcfronts." said Red Cioss Chairman Basil O'Connor. Young Brother of Local Woman Is Missing in Action Q SSgt. Paisley, younp brother of Mrs. Roy MeFatter of Jack sonville. has been listed as missing in action in the Euro pean theatre. Mrs. MeFatter left Jackson ville last Tuesday to spend some time with her parents in Bolton. Musical Program Is Presented at Kiwanis Club Meeting 0 M'Sgt. and Mrs. K. Wilson of Midway Park delightfully enter tained the Kiwanis Club of Jack sonville Tuesday at their regular meeting at the USO Pine Lodge. Mrs. Wilson, accompanied by Sgt. Wilson, sang three Irish bal lads and three Negro spirituals, for an appreciative audience. Sgt. Wilson was formerly in charge of musical programs in the Boston. Mass. radio station. WNAC, and is well known as the composer of the "New River Suite". The delicious luncheon was pre pared and served by the ladies of the Methodist Church. Forty-one members and six guests were present, including H. H. Taylor of Kinston. who is one of the original founders of the Kinston Kiwanis club and who was instrumental in the founding of the Jacksonville organization. Ramon Askew, president, an nounced the Carolinas Kiwanis dis trict meeting to be held in Tarboro on January 30 th. The National President of Kiwanis will preside at this meeting and all members arc •,rsed to try and attend. 530 German Prisoners Are Doing Essential Work In North Carolina 0 Wilmington- A P Approximate ly 45 additional German prisoners of war are expected to arrive hero to help relieve labor shortages in local pulpwood and fertilizer in dustries. Lt. R. If. Hazel, officer in charge of the prisoners of war camp at the old Marine hospital, said recently. "We now have 530 prisoners working on farms, sawmills, pulp wood and fertilizer plants, and dairy farms." Lieutenant Hazel said. "We have demands f-or at least 300 more prisoners than we are able to obtain because of inade quate housing facilities." he added. To help relieve this condition, two new barracks are expected to be moved from Camp Davis to the prisoner camp within the next few days. Rumors that four prisoners of war escaped from the camp last Friday are absolutely unfounded, he reported. Results Of County-wide Tuberculosis Test Announced By Dr. H. W. Stevens #Skin testing among school chil dren in Onslow County for diag nosis of those who have been ex posed to tuberculosis i.s near a finish. Dr. H. W. Stevens. County Health Officer, has announced. Over twelve hundred children have been tested and one hundred and thirty have been found posi tive. Several hundred chest exam inations have been made on the hildren found with positive tests indicating a past exposure to a case of tuberculosis. Many examinations have been made on their parents who were asked to have this im portant service to insure them selves of being a healthy person. The school, county-wide tuber culosis program consists of skin testing all first and second grade children in grammar schools and all junior and senior grade chil dren in high schools. This group among children are the most impor tant in relation to tuberculosis. Junior and senior high school chil dren will soon be working for a living or raising a family of their own. therefore, it is important to ' notify those children if they have a positive skin test and have their • chest examined to insure a perfect • bill of health. First and second 1 grade children having a positive . reaction indicates they have breath • ed in the tuberculosis germ in the • past few years. Since this age group rarely are away from their families there is a chance that some relative or - member of the family group may have a case of unsuspected tuberculosis, therefore, all families of young children with positive re actions to the skin test are asked to come in and have chest exam inations. The Onslow County Chapter of the Christmas Seal Sale Fund for Tuberculosis arranged with Dr. Stevens, health officer, to have all chest examinations made on school children and families every Tues day and Saturday mornings at nine t'clock in the Onslow County Health Center. Jacksonville, N. C. The county-wide tuberculosis control and new case program was started November 1. 1944 with the services of Mrs. Rita Byrne, exper ienced tuberculosis field nurse. Mrs. Byrne has completed over 7f! per cent of the schools in the county. Among the reactors fluoro scoped only one child was found that needed any type of care. Over three hundred chest examinations made on family groups of positive reactors have resulted in one sus pected case which is .still under medical care. Mrs. Byrne has made over one hundred twenty-five visits to different families encouraging chest examinations for everyone. In the schools she gave short lec tures of the spread and control of tuberculosis. Dr. H. W. Stevens stated that only five or six families in tlu tuberculosis survey work have fail ed to come in for chest examina tions. This causes added effort ant: extra home visiting on the part ol our nurse. In some cases the fam ilies failed to come in for exam ination due entirely to ignorancc and their failure to grasp that the examination is an added health in surance measure designed to pro tect their health and their family Cost and financial support of the county-wide school tuberculosis program is borne by the Onslow County Tuberculosis Christmas Seal Sale Fund Association. 0A bill authorizing Ihc Onslow County Hospital. Inc., to use up to ton per cent of the new profits of the Onslow County ABC store, if needed, for maintenance of the in stitution was introduced in the General Assembly of North Caro lina on Wednesday by Rep. Billy Arthur. Arthur was authorized to intro duce the bill by resolution of the Board of Commissioners, passed at the January meeting, which said that they did not object to such legislation. Every member of the board with the exception of Com missioner H. B. Moore of Swans boro township signed the resolu tion. It was emphasized that the legis lation would authorize the use of the funds only if needed and then only up to. ten per cent of the net profits. It has been unofficially estimated that the amount could hardly be more than $300 per month during the present calendar year. The approval of the Board of Commissioners was sought by the hospital trustees even before they were advised that the Federal Works Agency, which built the hospital and which has been sup plying maintenance funds while it was getting on its feet, would not approve any more monies for it after February 22. 5 More Onslowans Report to Fort Bragg On January 23rcK ^Following is a list of five white registrants who will report to Ft it Bragg next Tuesday for pre-induc tion examinations. Willis Lee Parker, Jacksonville; # Sam Henry Jenkins, Holly Ridge; Glenn Dale Gould, Jacksonville; Leslie Wells, Maysville and Harry Lee Foy, Verona. Camp Lejeune Marine Loses His Foot In Kinston Accident 0 Kinston—Authorities at Camp Lejeune withheld the name of the victim, pending completion of an investigation, in an accident in which a young Marine lost his left foot at the Caswell Street crossing of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway here last Friday night, when a train ran over him, severing the foot from the leg. W. J. Hardison, a local resident, found the Marine, who was help less and yelling at the crossing. He said the Marine told him before he lapsed into unconsciousness that he slipped and fell into the path of the train. An ambulance conveyed the Marine to the Kinston Airport dis pensary for first aid and he was later removed to the Naval Hos pital at Camp Lejeune, where his condition late Monday was des ribed as good. "Over-Riding" Ceiling Prices on Cattle Effective January 29th 0 Effective January 29. 1945. the OPA and the War Food Adminis tration have been directed to estab lish an "over-riding" ceiling price on cattle and calves of $18.00 per hundred weight, Chicago basis, ac cording to information received by Herbert C. Riggs, chairman, Ons low County AAA committee. "This ceiling price will remain in effect until July 2, 1945 at which time the ceiling price becomes SI7.50 per hundred weight, Chica go basis," Mr. Riggs stated. CHRISTMAS SFA\ TOTAL #K. T. Knight, chairman of the Onslow County Tuberculosis Christ mas Seal Drive, announced today that returns are still slowly coming in to headquarters and the total returns of the drive are now $2,083.40. Those who still have to make re turns are urged to do so at the earliest possible moment. Major George E. Preddy, North Carolina Ace, Killed Over Belgium 0 London—AP—Maj. George E. Preddy, the only American pilot in the European Theater to shoot down six German fighters in one day, crashed to his death Christmas Day when American gunfire struck his piane during a spectacular dog fight over Belgium in which he had bagged two Messerchmitts. The 25-year-old Mustang fighter ace from Greensboro, N. C„ had 32Vi enemy planes to his credit. V. S. Eighth Air Force headquarters said the stocky, 5-foot-9-inch flier was killed instantly