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VOL. ML NO. 38 JACKSONVILLE, N. C.. FRIDAY. FEBRI'ARY 2. 1915 PRICE 82.00 PER YEAR
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j rilLLY ARTHUR
0 Clipped—The first year of every
thing is always the hardest. For
instance—
The first year of married life,
when you don't know Whether you
can go out nights as before or
whether she can make you stay in.
The first year a girl goes with
the boys, when she doesn't know
whether it's her face or figure or
fortune that brings 'em around. By
the end of the year she knows a
lot of things she didn't learn at
school.
The first year of the baby, when
you have to get up nights and lose
your sleep and temper, and wish
you were a bachelor; and no matter
what your baby wants, you must
get it. After the first year, baby
crawls around and helps himself,
generally to the very things he
shouldn't have.
The first year your mother-in-law
comes to stay with you—a subject
too painful lor comment.
The first year one pays an income
tax. when it is hard to save enough
out of the income to pay the tax.
The first, year you own a car,
when you can't decide whether to
buy gasoline or groceries, but the
installment man keeps you from
buving either.
The first year one is a million
aire—but as we have not yet en
joyed that experience, we are un
able to say what it is like. Never
theless. we are willing to try it.
• Fuller Henderson passes nn
An^L i Cn,"ncos fl'"m 'Allotment
Appl cations . published in the Na
tional Rural f.elter Carrier" and
some of which we have had in this
however: '*0' ThCy'r<' sU" Root'
The following sentences are sun
po^c! to havp been lakon from
actual letters received from wives
m-e n'St'h S- otc" "r who
are in the service and who were
cithei making or correcting ap
plications for allotment
1. When will | get my relief?
the " 5°U SCnd tllem: whel'<"
shfrt Vy h',lsbami has worked on
shift for about two months and
now he has left me and I ain't ha
Mhe"C" - «-• or -
«3i Pw,SefSend mP mv f'"Prncnt.
A, months old baby
need tIt I* m'V °'."V SUppnrt I
need all 1 can get every dav to buv
fond and keep him in close.
h,,,„ - ani a p°0'' Woman and all I
nave i.s gone.
Door Inrt f'dcs -°f my Pare"ts is
from th Ca" 1 Pxpoc' ""thing
in he,!r' 3S my motl101' ''as been
in bed for one year with the same
doctor and won t change.
fin6„ut'eaSC Se"d ",y ""ift''s form to
''iease send mo a letter and
W if my husband made ap
11 for a wife and baby.
* have already wrote the
you iC\Lin '•{ 1 hpar f''°m
•Hu'i • . nte uncle Sam and
tell him about you both.
fm? } have a,read-v had no clothing
rcgu,ariy
j -j,™'1 st'< Mok pay. I got
Site is? Can y°" t0" mc why
. 12. Sir. I am forwarding mv mar.
dreSn Si'"'' and my two
see a mislakc' a$ you can
1 Please find out for certain if
am 'n dead as the I
am living with won't eat or do
no thing till he knows for sure
, I a,m writing to say that mv
yearsoM um ,w", years' anrt*s
yeais old. VV hen do I get my relief
I am annoyed to find out that
you branded my childreniterate
° "ha a ,? amfl. " is a shame
foth ?u K as 1 married his
father before he was born.
'«>• In answer to your letter T
fbsVeihnLh !°,ab°y welJhlSglOl
17 T ?pe 15 satisfactorv.
it. I have no children as mv hus
day and night!* driver a"d ^rlL
■ V*\ ^,°U have changed mv littlo
difference^ **' ** ""V
twins in the enclosed envelope.
af "fnhry ^ telling a story
about he and his cow treeing a big
coon one clay. Henry said he tied
the cow to the tree to keep the
wTnl h°m c'on,ing <lo"'n. and then
went home ami got his gun. He
said he shot th< coon four times
finally killing it, tmcI then led the'
cow on home. That night, he re
ported. his cow gave one gallon
more milk than usual. The excite
ment, he figured.
01 dialed a telephone number in
Raleigh the other night and a sweet
voice answered.
But she and I couldn't agree upon
the person to whom I wanted to
speak. Finally, I asked: Who is this?
"This is the Y. W. C. A." she
replied.
"Any of you girls want a date?"
I asked then.
"No, we're all going to a dance
tonight at Fort Bragg." she advised.
"We're pretty well taken care of."
jPLewis Sutton, president of the
Carolina Power and Light company,
still inquires about the people of
Onslow County, particularly in the
Sneads Ferry and Marines section.
Long years before Camp Le
; -*»e. Mr. Sutton, D. L. Ward of
*ern and I came down from
aven town to attend the
Ferry bridge dedication.
. Sutton often remarks that
II was one of the most enjoyable
days he even spent.
0The first American time-pieces
were made entirely of wood.
Hubert J. and Osborne C.Turner
Beulaville Brothers, Reported Killed
Pfc. Hubert J. Turner, left, died September 18, 1944, in France
of wounds received in combat, according to word received by his
mother, Mrs. W. A. Turner of Beulaville. A letter to Mrs. Turner
from an Army chaplain stated that Private Turner was buried in
an American cemetery in Lorraine, France. A brother, Osborne C.
Turner, was reported missing in action October 2, 1944, in France,
and recently the report was amended to state that he had been
reported killed in action.
American First and Third Armies Surge
Through German Border at New Points
0 Paris (APi- The United Stat
es First Army has surged forward
four additional miles into Germany
on a broad front atid have sent
advance patrols deeper into the
outer edges of the Seigfried Line
defenses which remain strangely
silent.
Slush and heavy rain failed to
halt the Third Army as they drove
forward and thrust their way
through four more places on the
German border, extending the
Aachen break in the Siegfried line
by three additional miles and cap
turing at least a dozen towns.
During the advance the First
Army, alone took more than thir
lenn hundred prisoners in a 24
hour period.
Russian Army Advance
^London—AP—The Berlin radio
declared today that Marshall Gre
gory Zhukov's Russian army has
advanced to a point only forty one
miles east of Berlin and are headed
for a headon assault with the Ger
man defenses along a seventy mile
front.
Moscow places her troops within
thirty five miles of Stettin but does
not confirm the Nazi broadcast that
Zhukov's men are within forty one
miles of Berlin. The Soviet com
munique also announced the cap
ture of Beyersdorf. sixty three
miles northeast of Berlin after an
advance of more than ten miles in
a twenty four hour period.
The recent advance through
Beyersdorf places the Russians
within twenty one miles of the
Oder river.
Americans Seize Naval
Repair Base of Olongapo;
Secure Subic Bay
0 General Mac Arthur's Headquar
ters—AP—U. S. Eighth Army
troops secured Subic Bay and the
naval base ol' Olongapo while to
the east the Sixth Army seized
Calumpit. crossing the Pampanga
river and reaching positions only
twenty eight road miles from
Manila.
The naval repair base of Olon
gapo. once more in American
hands, was abandoned by the Jap
anese who left numerous pillboxes
behind as evidence of their former
occupation. Seizure of this base
gives the Americans an excellent
repair base in the Pacific.
Grande Island, the '"Little Cor
regidor" guarding the entrance to
Subic Bay fell to the Americans
with little opposition to the in
vading Eighth Army troops. This
gives the Seventh Fleet an excel
lent naval base on the fringe of
Manila Bay.
The surge of the Sixth Army into
Calumpit. in an advance of thir
teen miles, carried motorized units
of the 14th Corps safely through
a dangerous bottleneck of land be
tween two huge swamps.
Beyond this point, the plains
stretch towards Manila and offer
little in the w'ffy of defense for the
Japs.
Singapore Blasted
0 Washington—AP—B-29s of Brig.
General Roger M. Ramey's India
based command struck at Japanese
military installations in the Singa
pore area today for the third time.
The daylight attacks were carried
out with good results and heavy
damage was inflicted on the
enemy's shipping installations.
Pfc. Johnnie E. Frazier,
Swansboro, Wounded in
Southwest Pacific
#Pfc. Johnnie E. Frazier of
Swansboro has been wounded
in aetion in the Southwest
Pacific area aeeordinjf to word
received recently by his
mother, Mrs. Lucretia Frazier
of Swansboro.
Secrelary ot War Stimson
introduces New Plan
To Shorten Jap War
D Washington AP - Prospects of
a speedier end to the Japanese war
dm-cluped in Washington today as
United Stales Secretary of War
Stimson. disclosed plans for a
quick shift of troops from Europe
to the Pacific theatre, once Ger
many i.s defeated.
Under the new system, troops
from Europe will leave the bulk
of their equipment behind them
on the continent and will be ;-c
equipped in the Pacific with arms
already piled up in that area.
Stimson declares this new sys
tem will save thousands of lives
and shorten the war by many
months.
"Postal Notes Are Now
Available at Jacksonville
Post Office," Says Warlick
# Postal Notes and Postal Stamp
Notes, which were inaugurated by
the Post Office Department yes
terday may be cashed at any post
office or at the bank, it was an
nounced by R. C. Warlick, post
master.
The Notes and Stamps are de
signed to replace Postal Money
Orders in the amount of I cent to
$10. The notes are sold in deno
minations ranging from $1 to $10
while the stamps range from 1 cent
to 90 cents.
The Notes and Stamps are now
available for purchase at the Jack
sonville Post Office.
The following regulations for the
cashing of the Postal Notes and
Stamps will apply, it was pointed
out by the postmaster.
(1) Patrons must cash the notes
within two calendar months after
their issue date. (2) Proper identi
fication must be presented before
payment can be made. (3) Postal
notes are not negotiable or trans
ferable through endorsement. They
may be paid only to the payees
named therein. '4) Claims and in
quiries for lost or destroyed postal
notes shall be submitted through
postmasters after two months has
elapsed since date of issue and in
all cases must be supported by
presenting the nurchaser's receipt
and evidence, if possible, that the
note has not been paid. (5) Postal
Notes will not be cashed if there
is evidence of erasure or alteration
in the spaces orovided for the full
value, and if there is any doubt of
authenticity.
United States Starts
Trade of Svnthetic
Rubber With Brazil
4%Rio Do Janeiro—AP—Export by
the United States tn Brazil of
synthetic rubber to exchange for
added supplies of natural crude
has been arranged here. The new
agreement contemolates use of the
synthetic by Brazil's rubber indus
try which is making tires and tubes,
many of which are being exported
to the United States.
Supplementing earlier agree
ments in which Brazil agreed to
boost rubber production and limit
her own industry to the use of
10.000 tons of crude annually, the
current pact will give the American
industry more crude to mix with
its synthetic and permit Brazil's
manufacturers tn expand beyond
their former 10,000-ton limitation.
0 Although the yak's shoulders of
ten measure more than six feet
from the ground, its head almost
touches the dirt. A • A'*
Pvt. Lined H. Mailard,
Maysville, Reported
Wounded in Europe
#Pvl. Linell H. Mallard of
M aysvill»» has been wounded
in action in the European
theatre according to word re
eeived from the War Depart
ment by bis mother, Mrs Bes
sie C. Mallard of Maysville, re
cently.
Iota! USO Activities
Pictured by B. J.
Holleman, Chairman
01 Four years of service to millions
of men and women in the armed
forces of the United States and in
certain war production areas rolled
lip some astronomical figures for
hours of attendance and volunteer
work, according to word received
today by Mr. B. J. Holleman. chair
man of the USO Council, from Dr.
Lindsley F. Kimball, administra
tive vice-president of the USO.
Total attendance :it USO clubs from
1941 through a late month in 1944
was (582.0(59.708, Mr. Holleman said.
Other figures which were cited
to Mr. Holleman for the period of
November 1941. through Septem
ber 1944. are as follows:
Volunteer hours served—108,
427,310.
Group activities and sessions—
2.5 99,(537 and attendance—318.468,
812.
Dances and sessions—257,22G and
attendance—101.404.042.
Movies and sessions — 193.540 and
attendance— 34.174.394.
Social activities and sessions—
418.270 and attendance- (50.(557.525.
Envelopes and postal cards dis
tributed to USO clubs—332.261.
644.
Family hospitality—3.349.041.
In Jacksonville during tlie calen
dar year 1944 a total of 1.252.062
individuals crossed the thresholds
of the five USO's.
Mr. Holleman pointed out that
group activities include arts and
crafts work, photography courses,
discussion groups, language classes,
and many other types of program
work. The term "social activities",
he said, includes Coffee Hours, the
Clubs of Army, Navy, and Marine
y.i7LV,. i^o, fish fries, sight see
ing trips and other means of re
creation exclusive of dancing.
Victory Garden Contest
Will Be Sponsored by
Jacksonville Kiwanis Club
# Plans were begun Tuesday at
the regular meeting of the Jack
sonville Kiwanis club to sponsor
among the people of Jacksonville
a contest for the best victory
garden for 1945.
J. H. A man. chairman of the ag
riculture committee i« in charge of
the project and has announced that
the Kiwanians will award a $25
war bond for the first prize. $10 in
war saving stamps for second. $5
in war saving stamps for third and
all receiving honorable mention
will receive SI.00 in stamps.
The contest will be planned with
aid of the Home Demonstration
club and the county agent and
complete plans will be announced
a! an early date.
At the luncheon meeting yester
day, eight members were inducted
as Kiwanians. They were: C. V.
Cheney, C. W. Hartsficld, J. K.
Carrol. T. Newton Cook. Geo"ge
F.uchanan, C. W*. Conkling, Dean
Sullivan and Jack Koonce.
The delicious luncheon was pre
pared bv the ladies of the Meth
odist church.
Growing Costs Cut
For Flue-Cured Tobacco
In Recent Experiment
0 Winston-Salem, N. C. — AP—
Substantial savings in growing
costs for flue-cured tobacco arc in
dicated in an experiment by C. A.
Fulp, Forsyth county farmer, who
delayed trimming his plants until
they blossomed.
Current growing methods involve
early topping of the plants, result
ing in the development of suckers
or sprouts at the base of each leaf.
Suckers draw vitality from the rest
of the plant and must be removed
by laborious hand work.
Fulp used his new method on 2.2
acres and treated 3.9 acres in the
usual manner. S. R. Mitchener as
sistant county farm agent says in
creased production* under Fulp's
method was 256 pounds per acre—
1.482 as compared with 1,226
pounds. The experimental plot net
ted $112.07 more per acre.
In the experiment, Fulp left
three or four blossoms for seed
and then trimmed leaves down as
is done before blossoming in the
more common practice.
WELL REPRESENTED FAMILY
0\Irs. J. W. Forehand of Swans
boro has relatives representing all
branches of the service of the
United States.
Three sons. Pvt. William II. Fore
hand, Army; Lt. John II. Forehand,
Army Air Corps Cecil T. Fore
hand. Merchant Marines: a brother,
Pvt. J. H. Anderson, Marine Corps,
and a nephew, Luther H. Ander
son, Sic in the Navy.
Swansboro Civic Club
Offers Cash Award in
County Wide Contest
©The biisinc.-'s men of Swansboro
:tre staging a cotinty-widc contest
in an efTo. :o select an appropriate
name for \ 'i.« ne.v civic organiza
lion recently started ther:\
Evcryor." ::i Onslow County is
invif.'d Id participate in the con
es! and t ;e " i• ;• cr will receive a
L-ash aw.v l i;i ten dollars lor the
name whi.'i 'i:o judges select. The
names are lo be sent to the Rev.
Charles AiVreer in Swansboro.
At tile first meeting which took
place las; week the election of of
ficers took place with P. S. White
as president. Walter M. Thompson,
vice president, and Rev. Charles
Mercer as secretary and treasurer,
duly elected.
The new organization already
boasts twenty five members and
hopes to raise the membership to
fifty members by the next meeting.
T-5 Frankie L. Robinson,
Jacksonville, Awarded
Presidential Citation
©A Nin'h Air Force Engineer
Battalion in France—T-5 Frankie
L. Robinson of Jacksonville, along
with other members of his battalion
has- been awarded the Presidential
Distinguished Unit Citation for
constructing an emergency landing
strip while under fire on D-Day
:ind an advanced landing ground in
the Normandy beachhead. His par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ro
binson. reside at Jacksonville.
Swansboro lakes Both
Games in Double
Header With Richlands
©The Swansboro boys and girls
casket ball teams defeated Rich
ands in a double header at Swans
boro Friday night.
The Swansboro girls took the
ead at the outset and were never
lalted. The final score was 18-15.
The Swansboro boys were in the
•ear by one point at the intermis
sion and quickly surged ahead. The
iinal score was 31-30.
Both visiting teams played well
and made both games real con
gests. Gurganus and Shaw were
outstanding for the girls while
\llen and Hill showed plenty of
skill and fighting spirit. While
spirited and close, both games were
ulean and characterized by good
sportsmanship on the part of the
players as a whole.
Following are Die line ups:
Swansboro Girls—Parkin. Stew
art. F. Oclum, Brown, Wiggins,
ifoung. and Corbctt.
Richlands Girls—Mood. Gurga
nus. Shaw. Frazellc. Hudson, New
Dole!, Huffman, Wills. Venters, and
Rochelle.
Swansboro Boys—Fournier. Se
kvell, Odum, Smith, and Hill.
Richlands Boys—Allen. Hill,
3rown. Sanders, R., Bell, Sanders.
P., and Frazellc.
Red Cross Workers
Hoi on Heels of
U S. Philippine Troops
^American Hoc! Cross field men
moved into the Philipines with our
Iroons on invasion day, and hard on
iheir heels came such familiar Red
Cross installations as canteens in
the forward areas, then regular
clubs back of the lines. Less than
10 days alter the first, landings 10
tons of Red Cross supplies were
on hand to provide the men with
refreshments and comfort articles.
The first American Rod Cross
club opened in the Philippines was
the Quezon Club at Tacloban. capi
tal of Le.vte. More than 3.000
American and Filipino troops
thronged the club on opening day.
three weeks after the beginning of
the invasion.
Just how effective the Red Cross
communications are under stress
was shown when a soldier landing
with the second wave was greeted
by an American Red Cross field
man with the news he had just be
come a father. Mother and child,
some (>'.000 miles away, were doing
fine.
While Oak and
Lejeune Split Double
Header al Jacksonville
0 The fast stepping Camp Le
jeune boys won their fifth straight
conference game by defeating
White Oak (31-4' in a double
header played in Jacksonville.
The Lejeune girls lost by a score
of (23-1 ft). Stubbs and Bray took
the honors for the White Oak girls.
Howell with 14 points starred for
Lejeune.
Paced by Anderson with 10
points the Lejeune boys held
White Oak to 4 points. At the third
quarter, the score was <23-4^ and
having no opposition from White
Oak, Coach "Pappy" Diem sent in
his second string who played the
rest of the game.
Camp Lejeune. boys play Rich
lands tonight at Richlands. Le
jeune and Richlands are tied for
first place in the Onslow County
League.
Jacksonville Will Honor
USO On 4th Anniversary
Sgt. William Frederick Ervin, Jr.,
Richlands, Reported Missing in Action
©Sgt. William Frederick Fr
vin, Jr.. 23, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. Frvin of Richlands,
has l>een reported missing in
action in Belgium since Dec.
17. 1944. Word has been re
ceived by his parents from the
War Department.
Sgl. Frvin entered the army
i»i 1943 and has been overseas
since the summer of 1944.
Before entering service he
attended FCTC at Greenville
and F.VII at Salemburg.
Two Jacksonville Drug
Companies Receive
Awards for Bond Sales
0Tho Johnson Drug Store and
Ketchum Drug Company were
awarded honor certifcates Wed
nesday at Chapel Hill for their
part in the recent War Bond
Ca mpaign.
The awards wore made by the
North Carolina Pharmav.'Utic al
Association and the State War Fi
nance Division of the Treasury
Depart ment.
Each organization selling $5.-000
or more in series E bonds receiv
ed one of the awards. During the
recent drive more than 84.000,000
was sold by Drug Companies in
the State, half of which was in
series E bonds.
Jacksonville Kiwanians
Attend Eastern N. C.
Kiwanis Conference
0 Eight Jaksonvjlle Kiwanians at
tended the Eastern North Carolina
Kiwanis Conference held Tuesday
night in Rocky Mount and heard
International President, Ben Dean,
deliver an interesting and timely
address on tho "Position of the
Kiwanis in Post War Planning."
The dinner meeting was held in
the Hicks Hotel in Rocky Mount
and was well attended by members
of districts 4-5-6 and 7.
Jacksonville members who at
tended were: Raymond Askew.
John Aman, B. J. Holleman. Z. E.
Murrell. Raymond llartsfield. A. B.
.Johnson. C«. E. Maultsby and
George Buchanan.
U. S. Army Nurse
Corps Reaches 44th
Anniversary Today
# When the 44th anniversary of
the U. S. Army Nurse Corps rolled
around on February 2, the mem
bers of this all-important division
of the Army will not be found
celebrating.
They will be at their posts of
duty as usual—earing for Amer
ica's wounded fighting men on far
flung battlefronts, tending the
needs of the sick and wounded
soldiers now hospitalized in the
United States, flying with the
wounded being sent home, travel
on hospital ships with battle casual
ties and caring for returnees aboard
hospital trains.
Major General Frederick E. Uhl.
Commanding General. Fourth Ser
vice Command, today paid tribute
to the 40.000 members of the Army
Nurse Corps:
"In their 44 years of devoted
service, and especially in the rigors
of World War II. the Army Nurse
Corps has earned the deep respect
of the entire military community.
Wherever our forces have gone,
these skilled volunteers have fol
lowed. And though it is their role
to follow rather than lead, let us
freely acknowledge that there have
never been many miles between the
most distant outpost and the near
est Army nurse. Their heroism on
Bataan and Coregidor is now an
epic of American history. They
cared for the wounded under fire
on Mill (109. They splashed ashore
on the Anzio beachhead—and the
pink sands of Normandy. Today
they are behind every front and in
every Army hospital. Over our
miraculously speedy evacuation
system—in ambulances, hospital
ships and transport planes—Army
nurses ride, sail and fly.
3 More Onslowans
Receiving training
For Armed Forces
forces of the na
tion arc pic.ured
below:
Gpl. YV i 11 i a m
Newbokl. son of
Mrs. W. A. New- =
bold o f n e a r
Jacksonville h a s
r e c e n t I y been
awarded the me
dal of an expert
marksman. m
!Newbold
C p 1 . A Hon
fJames Humphrey,
[son of John R.
ill u m p h r e y of
[jacksonv ille,
'route two. is now
stationed at Camp
Chafee. Ark. He
has been in the
army since last
February.
Humphrey
Pvt. Bernard j
Lcc Dawson, son!
of Mr. and Mrs.]
Lester Dawson of]
J a ckso n v ille.
route one, is now
at Camp Hucker.
Ala. He has been \
in the army since
last February.
Dawson
Jacksonville-Dixon
Split Honors in
Double Header Friday
0 Dixon girls won over the Jack
sonville girls by the score of 29-25
with the Dixon team holding the
lead all through the game. High
scorer for the game was Jackson
ville's Gurganus with 23 points.
Ann Dickens of Dixon was second
with 20 points.
The Jacksonville boys came from
behind to beat Dixon's Bulldogs by
the score of 35-27. Dixon was ahead
all through the game up to the last
three minutes of play when Jack
sonville scored 10 quick points to
win. The score was 14-13 at the
half in favor of Dixcn.
High scorer was Sabiston of
Jacksonville with 20 points. Cald
well of Dixon was second with 16
points.
The "North Carolina",
Mighty Battleship, Is
Reported Worrying Japan
0 Washington - AP — "Sunk at
least six times in Japanese propa
ganda. the mighty battleship North
Carolina, known affectionately to
her crew as the "Showboat", still is
a worry to the Japanese high com
mand.
Reeountinu her history recently,
the Navy said she has sailed more
than 250.000 miles and participated
in five campaigns in her three years
of combat service.
In the Parifie area since the days
of Guadalcanal, she was the first
battleship to bombard territory
held before the war by the Jap
anese-Rio and Namur in the Kwa
jalien atoll.
During her combat life she has
beaten off successfully more than a
score of enemy air attacks during
which her gunners shot down 17
planes. There also were a number
of "probables."
The "Showboat" has suffered
onlv one major casualty, when she
took a torpedo hit September 15,
1942. during the battle of the
Solomons.
Her present skipper is Capt.
Frank George Fahrien. Raleigh.
N. C.. recently nominated to bo
rear admiral.
Cpl. Ray C. Parker, Jacksonville,
Reported Killed in Belgium
0Cpl. Hay C. Parker of Jackson
ville. Route 3, was killed in action
in Pelgium on January 11th ac
cording to word received from the
War Department by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Parker last
Tuesday.
Cpl. Parker has been in the
Army over two years and went over
seas in October, 1944 after training
in Camp Chaffee. Arkansas and
Camp Campbell. Kentucky.
He was a member of a tank bat
talion in the Third Army and look
part in the current action in the
Western Front.
#The fourth anniversary of the
National USO will be celebrated
this week end by the people of
Jacksonville and the surrounding
community as they join with the
nation in setting aside February
fourth in honor of the 3.000 USO
operations in the United States.
All USO operations will be open
to the public on Saturday and
Sunday and the public is cordi
ally invited to attend any of the
many social functions.
Clyde E. Sabiston Mayor of
Jacksonville has proclaimed the
anniversary a "Day of Observance"
praising the USO for its four years
of service to the uniformed men
and women of our armed forces
and B. J. Holleman, chairman of
the local USO council has ex
tended an invitation to the pub
lic to visit the local units.
Winding up the week-ends ac
tivities will be the dinner to be
held Monday evening at the Fed
eral Building USO at seven thir
ty.
According to Miss Lois Buell,
chairman of the arangements com
mittee. Captain George L. Mar
kle, Camj) Chaplain, will be the
guest speaker for the evening and
H. J. Holleman. chairman of the
USO Council will act as master
^f ceremonies.
Those taking part in the pro
gram will be, Major General
John Marston, Colonel R. H. Pep
per. Commander Nathaniel Ful
ford. Captain. P. P. Maher. Captain
John White. Major Eileen Gill,
Major Mary Parks. Father W. S.
3'Byrne and Rev. Carl B. Craig.
The music will be furnished by
:he women's Reserve band with
solos by Pfc. Jean Nickelson.
More than a hundred guests
ire expected to attend.
Secretary of Navy
Approves Construction of
Magazines at Lejeune
# Rep. Graham A. Barden advised
the News and Views yesterday that
the Secretary of the Navy has ap
proved the construction of five fuse
and detonator magazines, eleven
triple arch ammunition magazines
and one single arch type earth
covered magazine at the Marine
Corps training area. Camp Lejeune.
It is estimated that the cost of
:he construction would amount to
"our hundred thirty seven thou
sand. one hundred dollars.
Troy Arnold, Seashore
Transportation Foreman,
Died Here Wednesday
#Troy Arnold. 47, shop foreman
for the Seashore Transportation
Company, died Wednesday after
noon after a short illness at the
Onslow Hospital. The funeral will
be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon
at the Rhem Methodist Church by
the Rev. W. A. Tew followed by
interment in Cedar Grove Ceme
tery at New Bern. Members of the
American Legion, of which he was
a member, will act as pallbearers.
Surviving are his second wife;
one son and two daughters, by a
previous marriage, Mary Louise
Arnold of Newport News, Va.,
Catherine Arnold and Troy Arnold,
Jr.. of Asheville: his mother, Mrs.
Julia E. Arnold of near Rhem, and
a sister, Mrs. R. H. West of near
Rhem.
Pfc. Kinsey H. Simmons,
Jacksonville, Serving With
Service Wing in Europe
0U. S. Troop Carrier Rase, Suro
pean Theatre of Operations—Pfc.
Kinsey H. Simmons. 23. son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Simmons, Box
213. Jacksonville. N. C., is serving
in the European theatre today as
a carpenter with a Troop Carrier
Service Wing squadron, component
of the First Allied Airborne Army.
Service Wing, commanded by
Colonel Franklin S. Henley, is the
repair and supply arm of the U. S.
Troop Carrier Forces, headed by
Major General Paul L. Williams.
In the greatest air supply mis
sion ever flown in Europe, planes
of the U. S. Troop Carrier Forces
recently relieved the critical supply
shortage of the encircled American
garrison at Bastogne during the
Germans' all out counter offensive.
Flying through heavy curtains of
enemy fire, the unarmored C-47's
dropped parapacks of guns, am
munition. food, clothing, and medi
cal supplies to troops of the be
lcagured city.
Skilled service wing mechanics
played an important part in the
success of the mission, for it's their
job to keep the planes in smooth
flying condition so that vital sup
plies can be rushed to American,
combat forces whenever enemy ac
tion cuts off ground communica
tion.
Private Simmons who entered
the U. S. armed forces in the fall
of 1942 was formerly employed as
a mechanic by Raymond Marshall,
Jacksonville, N. C.