THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County The News and Views Leads In Paid Circulation Local Advertising National Advertising Classified Advertising Onslow County News VOL. VII, NO. 61 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY. M.BRl \RY 2 5. 1915 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST WITH O BILLY ARTHUR State College. Raleigh. N c February 14. 1945 ' ' Rear Billy; •JI ,83Nye?,r""'(i S°Uth Geor^ , native of Ons anothor r k- Is "'okon Simpson's grandchildren are getting pictures . V, p;,',el; f01' "'eir work in the «ai. Remember how I used to love Asa and I.iraic. I always thought 1.17.7.1,' Was too retiring to show to the world what a noble character sne was. "And the Millises and Gregories down the river at Sncad's Ferrv I remember L'ncle I.ott and Aunt Mai ha Gregory, Mother's sister, lived for a time at Gregory's fork near Richland*. About 1870 four of us nephews and nieces, walked the whole distance to spend the week-end with them, and found th.it we were very welcome!?) as they already had a house full of their codfish friends from down the river. Have never got it through mv head why our parents let that 'nch go on that trip. > J. C. Collins is probablv I.ucv °rs boy. And R. V. Venters . ""neeRenters' son. I used lo lei I that I was just about to N'ew York when 1 got in sight of the Venters plantation. Timmons Jones. I believe he was coroner, and was one of the first to reach .Tore when he was fatally bitten by the shark Reviewing these names and many more that I have not men tioned takes me back to good old Eastern North Carolina. Knjov this more than any other feature of the .lax paper. I am told that Camp ,hT\T% ') Y'Wpper- Lal'S«t in me u. S, I believe. "Ill wrapping the N'ews and Views, be sure your wrapper is long enough lo cover the papers. e ends arc torn and in bad shape on arrival." A. M. Fountain. Prisoners' Families Can Send Messages Via Army Wireless 0 Information has been received from National Headquarters. Am erican Red Cross, that families of newly liberated American prisoners in the Philippines can send a mes sage of 25 words to them via Army Press wireless. Only one message will be allowed per family and will be accepted from immediate mem ber of the family only. Families should address such messages to the Adjutant General, attention Casualty Branch. Room 3050. Munitions Building. Washington. D. C. Messages should contain li berated prisoner's name and serial number. American Red Cross Represen tative at Luzon has advised that mail for released American and Allied civilians should be ad dressed by writers as follows: Name of individual, American Red Cross, Civilian War Relief Section, APO 442, Care Postmaster, San Francisco, California. Maj. Gen. Turnage Awarded Distinguished Service Medal % Washington —AP— The Marine Corps announced last week its Major General Allen II. Turnage had been awarded the Distinguish ed Service Medal. The medal, presented last week by Lieutenant General A. A. Vandegrift, was given for General Turnage's skilled execution of a Perilous landing by the Third Ma ^ m» Division against Japanese ^ ces on Guam and other expert .ineuvering. Turnage. of Farmville, N. C., also holds the Navy Cross for heroism during the Bougainville campaign. He and his wife live now in nearby Alexandria, Va. Pvt. Julian R. Hargett, Richlands, Reported Killed in European Action 0 Pvt. Julian Rhon llargeit of Richlands was killed in ac tion, February 4th in the Euro pean theater of war, according to word received from the War Department by his mother, Mrs. Nellie Rhen Haruett. Pvt. Ilargett was listed as missing in action in October. Later he wrote his mother that he had been a German prison er of war and that he and two companions had escaped and rejoined their old outfit. Pvt. llargett is survived by his mother and one sister. Mrs. W. L. Sanders of Riclilands. Commercial Fishermen Get Extended Grounds At Camp Lejeune #Civilian commercial fishermei now are allowed to fish Wallac Creek above llolcomb Boulevan Bridge, where the original order read Wallace Creek above Paradisi Point Road Bridge. The modification appeared in , Camp Special Order dated Feb ruary 16. Civilian fishermen nee< an identifiation pass or temporal*; permit from the Camp Provos Marshal's office. Zeb Vance Harrell Of Near Jacksonville Succumbs at Home 0 Zeb Vance Harrell of near Jack sonville, died at his home last Sunday following a stroke and ill ness of a few hours. The funeral was held from the home on Monday afternoon at three p. m. with the Rev. Ransome Gur ganus officiating. Interment was in the .Jacksonville cemetery. A well known farmer in this sec tion. Mr. Harrell is survived by his wife and one son, Vance Harrell, three step children: Samuel Lee Morton with the army overseas, Adrian F. Morton of Wilmington and Mrs. Sadie Mae Shepard of Jacksonville. One brother, John Harrell of Jacksonville, also sur | vives. [ ARRIVES OVERSEAS 0Richlands—Private Alton Earl 1 Wiggins, son of Mr. and Mrs. El aster Wiggins of Richlands. lias i notified his parents of his safe • arrival in France. Private Wiggins I has been in the Army for the past ' five months and is now stationed with the Seventh Army in the European theater. Marines On Iwo Island Gets Reinforcements 0 U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquar ters, Guam—Several heavy Jap anese counterattacks during the night were driven back by Marine-; on slopes of central low Island. Admiral Chester Nimitz announced yesterday. American offensives were re sumed toward the central fighter field and toward Suribachi Volcano fortress on the southern tip of the island. Renewed attacks were launched with the support of the Third Marine Division, which poured into the island yesterday to reinforce the Fourth and Fifth Divisions which had been tempor arily halted by bitter Japanese resistance. Foes Turn Hotel into Flaming Fort 0 Manila—Only scattered enemy remants were left on Corregidor yesterday, but fanatically resisting Japanese troops still held out on second floor of a famed Manila hotel, turning the hostelry into the hottest battlespot in the capital city at dawn yesterday. Historic Bataan was cleared of the Japanese troops. General Mac Arthur reported. Intramuros. how ever. remains in the enemy hands. OPA Director Stales America's Supply of New Cars Very Low 0 Raleigh—America's stockpile of new cars is dangerously low. OPA District Director Theodore S. John son said today, adding that quotas for March are now being worked out. The total number of new 1942 cars on hand is but 10.000. John son said, compared with the 67.000 new cars authorized for consumer delivery in 1944, and 209.000 de livered in 1943. This 10.000-car reserve, Johnson pointed out, must be allotted with extreme care, for they must be made to last until production is resumed. Camp Lejeune Globe, Largest Marine Paper, Reaches First Anniversary 0Camp Lejeune—The Camp Le jeune Globe, largest newspaper in the Marine Corps, celebrated its first birthday last week with a rec ord of having sent out 12 oversea:; reporters in a year. The Globe is a 16-page weekly tabloid published in the interests of Marine and Naval personnel and civilian employees here. Present members of the staff are Corporal W. Frank Barfield of Kinston. managing editor; Cor poral Joe Hardy VVhritenour of Largo, Fla., sports editor, and Private Ralph C. Barron of Green ville. S. C., cartoonist. Barfield, secrctary-on-leave of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce and native of Banks County, Ala., attended The Citadel and formerly was with the Greenville (S. C> News, Columbia Record. High Point Enterprise, Burlington Times News, and Kinston Free-Press. Barron, who also attended The Citadel, worked with the Columbia Record and Greenville News and was a commercial artist. Whriten our was a sports writer for the Paterson (N. J.) Evening News. 0 Public school children are now required to read about 15 times as much material as children a generation ago. Patlon's Troops Register Gains in Battle for a Crossing of Saar River 0 Paris- American Third Army captured L'4 more towns in Moselle Valley, thereby forced the crossing of Saar River south of invested Saarburg yesterday and cleaned the main part of that fortified road center. Patton's tanks and infantry drove to within five and one half miles of Trier which i.s the keystone of the entire German defense system be fore the middle Rhine river. The British and Canadian troops are still charging in the direction of Calcar. Soviets Fight to Spring A Trap 0 London— Russian First Ukraine Army, having by-passed German strong point of Guben. 51 miles southeast of Greater Berlin, fought yesterday for a solid link with First White Russian Army at the confluence of Oder and Neisse rivers. Whi'e Russians scored new gains southeast of German capital while other Soviet troops were forced to give some ground in East Prussia in the face of heavy German counterblows west of Konigsberg. Additional Plans Scheduled For North Carolina Cotton Growers Contest 0 Growers planning to take part in the first North Carolina Five Acre Cotton Contest, for which awards of $3,000 are being offered, should take steps immediately to obtain the best possible planting seed, recommends J. A. Shanklin of State College, cotton specialist in charge of the contest. County agents are pooling seed orders in some counties and plans for an exceptionally large enroll ment in the contest are already under way. Reports from several counties indicate that more than one hundred leading farmers in each county plan to enter the con test with the idea of producing from 10 to 15 bales of cotton on five acres. North Carolina is divided into three districts and four awards, totaling $750, will be offered in each district in addition to the State prize of $750 to that grower who leads all contestants. As a means of stimulating local interest, some counties are also putting on local contests on the same basis as the State contest. The counties are also being divided into districts so that all growers may have a fair chance of competing for the awards. In previous contests winning growers have taken full advantage of well-drained land of high moist ure holding capacity, have ferti lized generously in keeping with the ability of their land to utilize large amounts of fertilizer; and, have had a relatively large num ber of plants per acre, about 30,000 or more. . Some growers have used three foot rows with two to four plants in hills about eight to 12 inches apart. * KEEP ON • WITH WAR BONDS Forest Products Committee Plans Pulpwood Drive To Aid War Effort 0 Governor 11. Gregg Cherry, recognizing the urgent need of forest products to meet the war demands, and at the request of the War Production Board and indus try representatives, held a confer ence of lumbermen, pulp and paper manufacturers, and repre sentatives of agricultural and forestry agenies and iho various war activities groups. This confer ence. held recently, checked Hie record of progress in North Caro lina and found that we have done remarkably well in supplying lum ber and plupvvood, but at the same time believes that we can do more in helping to meet this urgent need. The War Production Hoard shows the critical need for forest prod ucts in this statement on lumber and pulpwood: Lumber: "Lumber 's novv such short supply that a number of important military programs are affected. Unless action is taken im mediately to relieve the manpower and equipment situation, it will be necessary #or the military to re schedule some of their essential programs to allow tne use of sub stitute materials. "Overall lumber production has decreased steadily. month by month, since August. The total •estimated lumber requirements for the first quarter of 194.1 are 9.167, 000.000 board feet, as against an anticipated supply (based upon fourth quarter 1944 production) of 7.490.000.000 board feet. This rep resents a deficit of 18. At a meeting of the Lumber Industry Advisory Committee on December 15. a pool of the committee mem bers on their estimates of produc tion in the first quarter of 1945 disclosed a joint opinion that first quarter production may be reduced an additional 25'": below the anti cipated production indicated above. Under such conditions, the gap be tvteen supply iand requirements would be so great that drastic further restrictions would have to be applied to various essential programs." Pulpwood: "Overall inventories of pulpwood in the United States have dropped 12r; during the pe riod September through' Novem ber. 1944. In 1943. the inventory drain for the identical period was only 2%. "Consumption f r o m August through November has exceeded consumption during the same pe riod in 1943 by 10r; . while do mestic production during this pe riod has increased by only 3r'. "Approximately 10';' of the av ailable wood pulp supply i ; now going for non-paper uses, such as explosives, rayon, cellophane, and export. The requirements of wood pulp for ordnance purposes, for example, which were negligible at the beginning of the war have now increased to 20.000 tons per month, and are expected to increase to nearly 36.000 tons per month he fore the end of 1945 "The established minimum re quirements for paper and paper bo. i-d for the first quarter of 1945 are 4.400.000 tons It is obvious that increased production in lum ber and pulpwood h essential to the war effort. The only possible way to get this increase is not only to maintain the present labor sup ply, but to use every available means of increasing it." The conference chairman. Dr. 1. O. Schaub. Director of Extension at State College, appointed a com mittee of industry representatives and representatives of the public agencies to plan and promote a campaign among farmers, timber owners, and timber operators to increase the output of forest prod ucts. especially lumber and pulp wood. The demand is urgent. Some one sadi. "Don't let our boys overseas down." Vet numerous eases were reported showing the shortage of shells and supplies reaching the front due to a shortage of lumber and pulp for making packaging material. It's the patriotic duty of every farmer, timber operators, woods laborer, and others to give every day possible to aid in meet ing these timber needs. The boys at the fighting front have no waste or idle time -let's have no absen teeism in the woods. Goals for the first six months of 1945 call for North Carolina to produce 450.000 cords of pulpwood and 850.000.000 board feet of lum ber by July 1. We can do it if everybody helps. This call for help and coopera tion is going all tt|t way down to the man in the field and the forest. The county agricultural agent will call a county conference of the vocational teachers, farm forester, TPWP forester, chairman of the county war board. Soil Conserva tion and Farm Security represen tatives, county forest warden, lo cal pulpwood contractors or buyers, lumbermen, farmers and timber owners, the local editors and other key people, and organize a County Forest Products Committee to carry on the campaign for "more wood products for our fighting men now." MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED $Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Raynor of Beulaville have announced the marriage of their daughter. Paul ine, to Jack Lanier, S2c, USN, on January 20. Mr. Lanier is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lanier of Beulaville and is stationed at Shoemaker, Cal. Relief Promised This Area As Lccsi Oil Men Hold Mealing 0 Ni .s Bi i'ii Plans for obt lin ine; additional supplies ui' izahc> 1 int• for tiiis area ware worked out hero Satu. ! ■> .,i a meeting af local oil men, Cherry Point representative-, dealt from surrounding territor ies and John W. Dozier. of Char lotte. administrator of peiroiouni products for war. The first relief was promised t-hrou :h the release of some pipe line "eu.shion stock", reported to have accumulated in Greensboro. Be-inniMi: March 1. i! was arrang ed. the area northward from Wash ington. X. C'.. to the Virginia bor der a ill be -erved out of Norfolk, instead of by barge from Wilming ton ;i- at present. The Jacksonville region, also now being served by bar ;i• s out of Wilmington, will be taken care of by transport trucks from pipe line terminals at Macon. Ga. The Wilmington barges will then be able to get more gasoline to this section. County Agent Clark Lists Suggestions to Increase Production £ T:)r corn yields in Onslow County as well as other eastern Carolina Counties are extremeiy low. It has been proven by the Fx periment Station by having a suf ficient number of plants per acre and a sufficient amount of fertil izer that our corn yields can be greath increased - instead of hav ing 20 bushels of earn to the acre is should be 40. 50 or more. Following are recommended sug gestions for farmers in this county in effort to increase the yield of cor'.i thereby reducing the cost of producing a bushel of corn. 1st. Use a proven variety or an adapted hybrid corn. 2nd. Select fertilizer to fit the soil conditions and past cropping history: U In rotation with heavily r tili/ed crops 200-300 lbs. 6-8-U or suc-i as tobacco and cotton 5-7-5. 12^ !n rotation with small grains and legumes 300-500 lbs 6-8-6 or for seed or where legumes arc turned under 5-7-5. In rotation with peanuts or legumes for hay 300-500 lbs. 4-8-8. 3rd. Provide enough plants to produce desired yields. Hconinirnded Spacing For Final Stands Yields below 50 bus. space 24 inches in 3.5 fool row; 22 in. in 4 ft. row 50-75 bus. per acre space 2! inches'in 3.3 row : 18 in. m 4 ft. row 75-100 bus. per acre space 16 inches in 3.5 foot row: 14 in. in 4 !' row. This is 6000 plant* per acre below 50 bushels: 7200 for 50-75 bush-els: and 9350 for 75-100 bush 4th. Avon! late deep cultivation but control wied- early. Use a •acoder, where available, or section narrow until tile corn is from 4 to i". inches high. ClulivaU shallow it .! times until t.i • v >ru i . 2* fee; ii »h and then stop cultivation. Do •!"t use a turni i : plow or pull tongue. Before each cultivation d» • down and detorm.no tiu- location oi the corn roet.s. Do not at any time cultivate close enough to p! iiits or deep enough to injure any roots. 5th. Vary side dressing with soil fertility and expected yield in crease. Land which usually pro duces 1 to 35 bushel yields with i tie or no nitrogen sidedressing will require from 375 to 500 lbs. o: nitrate of soda or its equivalent in ammonium nitrate. Cal-Ntlro. ANl or sulphate of ammonia per a/re for yield increases of 25 to 45 bushels per acre. On potash deficient soils or on s ils where peanuts, hay or 1c L'umes have been removed mix 75 t" 100 lbs. of muriate of potash with the top dressing per acre Sidedressing appl.icatiion< should he made when corn is t! to 8 weeks oid or by the time it is 21 - feet high. 6th. The fodder should never be pulled or the tops cut to receive larger yields of corn. It is hoped that with the short ages of labor that most farmers will try to have more corn plants per acre and use more fertilizer in an effort to increase their yields 'his year. Farmers wishing to on f.in more information can do so !'; >m the County Agent's office. Col. Potts lakes Over New Command at Camp Pickett, Va. # Xcw Bern—Effective yesterday. Col. Adam E. Pott>. commanding o! ficer of Camp Davis from De cember, 1942. until early this month, became commanding officer at Camp Pickett, Va.. center of the \ :rginia maneuver area for ground troops. ' I'm going back to Virginia, but I'm taking very fond recollections of North Carolina with me." he declared upon leaving this section during the past woek end. While in this region, he made many friends throughout the State and was highly regarded as an Army officer and citizen, lie pa; ticularly stress-scl North Carolina history during his time in the area. Local Concerns List New Business Hours Additional Volunteers Needed for Onslow Red Cross Motor Corps 0The Onslow County Chapter of Ihe American Rod Cross has issupfl a call for at least ten additional volunteers to sign Up for a Motor Corps course to be held in the near future. The course is open to wives of civilians and commissioned and en'isted personnel. Volunteers must be between the ages of 20 and 50 and agree to give the required number of hours a year after com pleting the course. Tire course will consist of Stand ard First Aid '20 hours). Advanced First Aid (ten hours) and Motor Mechanics course <20 hours'. There is also a need for certified First Aid Instructors for the Camp Lejeune Auxiliary. Persons interested either in sign ing up for the Motor Corps course or a> First Aid Instructors may call Mrs. P. Rudie at 5630. Mrs. .1. Marston at (5561. Red Cross Work room at 5428. or Red Cross Mead quarters in Jacksonville 380 for in formation, Lejeune Marines Among Eleven Persons Injured In Wilson Collision © Wilson—Eleven person?., most of them personnel of the Marine base at Camp Lejeunc. were injured when a Carolina Trail ways bus and an automobile collided at Vance and Pine Streets here at 3:20 Wed nesday morning. Three of the persons were in jured seriously and were in a lo cal hospital today, while the other eight, all members of the Marines from Lejeune. were sent back to their base after first aid treatment. The car was driven by Pfc. Vic tor Felton. stationed at For; Jack son. S. ('.. while the bus was driven by Kormit Joyner of Wilson. Felton was in a local hospital today with a brain concussion, while Susan Pridgen of Wilson, who was with Felton. was in a hospital also with several broken ribs and a badly torn fool. Pfc. Madclein Haley of Camp Lejeune. who was on I he bus. was also in a hospital with severe cuts and bruises. .Ml others suffered only minor cuts and bruises. Kl'ISl OP VI, CIU'KCII ©Special Lenten services at St. Anne's Episcopal Church tonight at 7:'.if). Immediately alter the ser vices there will be an important busines meeting of the congrega tion at which the minister in charge, the Rev. Waller R. Noe. is expected to be present. Every mem ber of the Church is urged to be present for this meeting. There will also be a choir rehearsal after the service, and all members of the choir are requested to be on hand. Services next Sunday. February 25th. are Church School at 9:45 A. M.. and Morning Prayer and ser mon at 11 o'clock. Public interest is increasing in the forthcoming "Three Hour" service on Good Fri day. March 30th. commencing at 12 o'clock, noon, in commemoration of oiii- Lord's Cross and Passion. Several of the minis) ; i r of other churches who have been 'ted to have a part in this serv:. have accepted, and it is hoped that the others will forward their accept ances at an early date, so that the complete program of the service may be published as soon as pos sible. (M il l dealers mi.i t ©County Agent C. C. Clark has announced a meeting of all cattle dealers in this county in New Bern on Tuesday. February 27. at 7:30 p.m The purpose of the meet ing is to explain to all dealers the new maximum price regulation 574 which controls the prices of live cattle and calves. CHAMBER MEETING ©The-.-r '.ill be a regular meeting of the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce at the Federal Building USO on Thursday evening. March 1. beginning at 8:30 p.m. All mem bers are urged to be present. Twenly Onslowans Will Report to Fort Bragg For Induction ^Following is a list of white reg istrants who will leave for pre induetion physical examinations at Fori Bragg on February 27. 1945. Jessie Fitzhugh Littleton. Swans boro: Marvin Jackson King. Sneads Ferry: John Percy Brown. Rich lands: James Lofton Foy. RiCh lands: Dixon Bryan Hood. Jr.. Hichlands: Alton Earl Warren. Hichlands: Marvin A. Futrell. Richlantls: Robert Nelson Jarman. Haveloek; Alton Kermit Hunter. Beulaville: Lamm Williams. Jack sonville. William Jackson Nelson. Midway Park: Seldon Southey Waters. Jacksonville; Linster Heath. Jr.. Jacksonville: Eugene Felix Mcintosh. Jacksonville: Neely Hill, Jacksonville: Douglas Brown ing Allen. Hichlands: Stacy Swin son. Jacksonville: Earl Swinson, Hichlands: William H. Branch. Jacksonville: Vernon Jasper Cran dall. Jacksonville. Contestants in Kiwanis Sponsored Project Are Asked to Register Early £ The Kiwanis Club is sponsoring a Garden Contest in the town of Jaksonvillo. Watch for the rules and regulations to appear in this paper. Those planning to enter this contest, please *end in a written statement or call the office of the Home Agent itelephone 411) by April !>;. The following vegetables can be planted now: Rape 'variety dwarf Essex): Sal sify (variety mommoth Sandwich Island": Lettuce Head plants (Ice burg v Cabbage plants 'Wakefield1: Leaf Lettuce 'Grand Rapids': Car rots 'Oxhearn: Beets iDetroit deep red': Radish (scarlet "lobe': Mus tard Southern Curl1: Onions. Location for Huge Veterans Hospital Is Still Undetermined £ Washington- AP Th-;« Veterans Administration said loday that it will probably bo a month or six weeks before a site is ehosen for a SI.500.000 veterans hospital in North Carolina. Major W. 11. Metz has submitted a survey of several sites in the Slate and his report is now being studied, the administration spokes man said. Among sites being considered are two in Charlotte, the location of which have not been made pub lic: one m Salisbury near the American Lesion golf course: one in Monroe adjacent to the military post, one at Hickory which has not been made public and a 500-acre site about two miles north of the Starmounl Country Club develop ment in Greensboro. The Greensboro spot is favored, it was learned f: m a Congressional source. Three Week Ration Holiday Declared On Many Types of Shoes 0 Raleigh Sni.e dealers, Monday, began a three-week clearance of men's and women's shoes in odd lots and broken sizes, under a three-week ration holiday declared by OPA. The sale period will end March 10. All shoes were not included, it was announced by Theodore S •Johnson. Raleigh district OPA di rector. but only hard-to-sell items which had accumulated on t he dealers' .shelves during the past several months. Children's shoe* are not included in the OPA Odd Lot Release. Johnson added, since they sell so rapidly there is no need for a ration-free period to move them. Pvt. C. L Henderson, Jacksonville, Returned to U.S. Via Gripsholm 0 Jersey City. N. J.—AP— Pvt. Clayton 1.. Henderson of Jacksonville. Route 2, was among the group of repatriated soldiers aboard the exchange ship. C.ripsholni, which arrived in New Jersey earlier this week. The American soldiers were taken to the llalloran General Hospital on Staten Island for physical examinations. Pvt. Henderson is the son of >lrs. Minnie Henderson of Jacksonville. PREACHES IX NEW BERN. §K. N. C'ov assistant minister in charge of St. Anne's Episcopal Church, assisted in the conduct of Evening Prayer, and preached the sermon at the special Lenten ser vice in Christ Church, New Bern, last Thursday evening. The Rev. Charles E. Williams, President o! the Standing Committee of the Diocese of East Carolina, is the retcor of Christ Church. % Before 1001, Swedish rulers were known as Kings of Upsala. 0 Local business men together with the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce have worked out a pro pram of office and store opening and closing hours which they feel will best serve the community. Legal holidays are also listed and according to the present pro gram. there will be no Wednesday afternoon closing during the week in which an all day holiday falls. The merchants and business men of Jacksonville will serve an ad vance notice through this paper of any additional holiday closing, should they occur. Following is the list, with ex planatory details: Department Stores: Open 9:00, close 7:00: Saturday. 9:00 to 9:00; closed Wednesday at 1:00. Grocery Stores: Open 8:00, close 7:00; Saturday, 8:00 to 9:00; closed Wednesday at 1:00. Cafes: Service outlets—open and close with service in mind. Each cafe closing all day one day in the week with not more than two cafes closed on any one day. Jewelery Stores: 9:00 to 7:30 on week days: closed all day on Wed nesdays: 9:00 to 9:00 on Saturdays. Wholesale Grocery House: Open 8:00. close 5:00: closed 1:00 to 1:30 for lunch: open Wednesday until 5:00; close on Saturday at i:00. Shoe Shop: Open 9:00. close 7:00; open Wednesday until 7:00; close on Saturday at 8:00. Furniture Stores: Open 8:00, close 7:00: Wednesday at 1:00; Saturday at 9:00. Service Stations: Open 7:00 to 7:00: Wednesday at 1:00; close on Sundays. Bus Station Open 24 hours a day, seven days to a week. Barber Shops: Open at 9:00. close at 7:00 Saturday included. Close Wednesday at 12:00. Post Office: Windows open at 8:00, close at 6:00; close on Wed nesday at 2:00; boxes serviced by 11:00 Sunday, but windows not open. Rationing Board: Open 8:00 till 12:00-12:45 till 3:00; located in agricultural building, next to ABC Store. Agricultural Offices: 9:00 till 5:30; 1:00-2:00 for lunch; close 1:00 Saturday; open Wednesday. ABC Store Open 10:0(> close 0:00: close Wednesday at 1:00. Coal and Ice Dealers: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Express Office: Open 9:00, close 5:30. Freight Office: Open 8:30, close 5:30. Drug Stores: Open at 8:30, close at' 10:00 p.m.; one store open until 10:00 on Wednesday. Not open on Sunday until further notice. All holidays will be observed. Holidays observed (all day closing) are as follows: January 1st. New Year's Day: July 4th. Independ ence Day: September 3rd, Labor Day: 'always 1st Monday in Sep tember': November 22nd. Thanks giving Day and December 25th, Christmas, International Brotherhood Week Closes Sunday With Inter-Faith Forum 0 National Brotherhood Week, opening February 17 and continu ing until February 25 is being observed in Jacksonville it was an nounced today by Mr. B. J. Holle man. The occasion will be marked by an Inter-Faith Forum Sunday, Feb ruary 25 at the Pine Lodge USO at 3:00 p.m. Chaplain Markle will be the chairman of this program. Chaplains B. T. Rubenstein. Don ald Kelly, and Edgar Pennington will present the Jewish. Catholic and Protestant faiths respectively. All Jacksonville residents and all military personnel who are inter ested are cordially invited to at tend. Many USO councils throughout the country have planned to par ticipate in Brotherhood Week with ministerial associations, church councils, chambers of commerce, luncheon clubs, schools, colleges and libraries, reported Mr. Holle man. •"National Brotherhood Week was conceived by the National Con ference of Christians and Jews as a means of reaffirming the broth erhood of men and of fostering its practice through inter-racial arid inter-faith observances. Because of the inter-faith nature of USO it is fitting that we .join (for the second year) in observing this im portant event," that Mr. Holleman. Victory Garden Chairman Stresses Importance of War Time Gardening 0 History shows that nation's with ample food supplies are the ones that win victories. We cannot af ford to gamble. We must do every thing we can to make certain that every one of our fighting men has all the food he needs. Food is just as necessary as guns, tanks and planes. Home Gardens produced over 40 percent of the fresh vege table supply in 1944. We are asking them to equal that record in 1945,