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VOL. VII, NO. 76
JACKSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL f», 1915 '* PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR
'DOWN EAST
WITH
| BILLY ARTHUR
01 got mine Tuesday night. For
years. I've been going down to the
Courthouse lawn on the day fol
lowing the primaries to see whom
the "boys'" had buried.
And on Tuesday night they had
plaeed a little grave and a big
grave side by side 011 the lawn—
one for me and one for Marion
Cowell, so they said.
A sign on the large grave read:
"Big Boy Blue, who lost his
sheep.''
And a sign on the little grave
read:
"Little Boy Blue."
Then followed this:
"Honorable political dictators
conduct scientific experiment to
see if you tell people what they
want to hear, will they line up like
sheep. Scientific experiment suc
cess. Find out sheep don't vote."
Frankly. I don't get the last part.
Sheep, as far back as the Biblical
days, have been considered pure
in heart and mind; and surely
those who composed that ditty
were not admitting anything. Or,
were they?
01n any event, it was a good
scrap, and I repeat that I thor
oughly enjoyed every minute of it.
0 People who had never partici
pated in a primary, particularly a
local affair, went to work, and fel
lows who heretofore had staved
behind the scenes and pulled the
strings also had to get active be
cause a bunch of peanut politicians,
so to speak—the merchants of the
town who were backing me—wore
about to upset the applecart. Even
Mayor Clyde Sabiston and John D.
Warliek themselves were checking
the names of people who hadn t
even voted, hauling them to the
poll?, and even getting some folks
out of the theatre to go vote.
0 Never before have so many
people in .Jacksonville been civic
minded, and conscious of the needs
of the community and their respec
tive localities. And, after having
heard the pleas of people for com
munity improvements in the past
week. I'm glad 1 didn't get the
job. But the fact remains: some
thing's got to be done in this town,
and now is the time to get it ac
complished.
# People in Bayshore Estates want
street lights, people in other sec
tions want surfaced streets or im
proved thoroughfares, the mer
chants want the downtown streets
clean,' the women want the town
cleaned up, practically everyone
ant better relations with Camp
?jcune. and a lot of other things.
Even most of the 281 persons
who voted for the mayor-nominate
feel that way, not just the 245
persons who dropped in a ticket
for me. A tfttal of 526 persons
showed that they were interested
in the growth and development of
the community by going to the
polls and voting.
The town is awake now!
0 Mayor-nominate Ramon Askew
dropped » hint the other day that
he was thinking of calling a mass
meeting for a public discussion of
the town's immediate needs, and
setting them down for accomplish
ment in one-two-three order.
That's a darn good idea, but I
don't think we should wait until
June to do it. The time is now
while the people are enthused.
0Ed (Jottem Down) Smith
matches some of the boys f^r cokes
practically every day, but they say
that he never loses.
It seems, according to the re
port. that when one of the fellows
beats him. he merely drinks from
an already opened bottle, and they
say that a Pepsi will last him three
days.
# Lindsay Winstead was trying to
get out of town and back to Rich
lands the other morning.
"Let's go," he told Wood row.
"You've kept me down here until
I've spent $1.25; so let's get on
home."
Swansboro Brothers
Meet on Frontlines
After Year Apart
#With The 106th Infantry Divi
sion on The Western Front—Pri
vate First Class Paul A. Murphy,
of Company F. 424th Infantry Regi
ment, was busy making himself
comfortable in his front line fox
hole. He was only mildly interested
when a reconnaissance patrol from
the 99th Infantry Division passtd
through the area. Mildly interested,
that is, until he spotted his brother,
Private First Class Vance P.
Murphy, of the 99th Reconnais
sance Troop, in the patrol.
Their last reunion had been
nearly a year ago, in the United
States. They are from Swansboro,
N. C., and are the sons of Mrs.
Letha B. Murphy. Swansboro, N. C.
Both have fought in Germany
and Belgium, and had taken part
in the Battle of the Bulge. Paul
has received the Combat Infantry
lan's Badge, and Vance has the
urple Heart for wounds received
aring action in Germany.
ARRIVES IN FRANCE
#Cpl. Horace Dawson of Jackson
ville has notified relatives here of
fcis safe arrival in France. He had
fceen stationed in Alaska and Texas
before going to Europe.
Brothers Serving in Armed Forces
WILBUR KELLUM.
Two sons of Mrs. B. F. Kellum of
Jacksonville, Route 2. are serving
with the Army overseas. Pvt. Wil
bur Kellum. who entered the Army
in September of 1942. is with a sig
nal corps unit in Germany. Cpl.
HARVEY KELLUM.
Harvey Kellum, who joined the
Army in Decemberof 1943. is with
an engineer outfit in France. They
were employed by Western Electric
in Baltimore when they entered
service.
Russians Re
Yanks Near
f Paris— (APi—flour American
and British divisions smashed up io
the Weser River to within 23 miles
of Hannover Thursday on a solid
40-mile front from north of Mind
en to the Pied Piper town of Ham
elin.
Armored spearheads of Ameri
can Third Army, well out of the
Napoleanic battlefield of the Thur
ingian plains, moved 55 miles to
ward the Smony Rail Center of
Plauem, near Czechoslovakia, in a
drive to bisect Germany and join
the Russian Army.
Attack Ordnance Depots
0 London—(AP)—More than 1.200
Fortresses and Liberators attack
ed two large German Ordnance De
pots. rail targets and airfields in
Munich and Nuermberg a reals of
southern Germany Thursday.
Russians Reach Vienna
0 London—•( AP)—Russian forces
have fought into "Greater Vienna,"
the Germans reported Thursday,
and Moscow dispatches said that
Russian forces were pouring over
the Danube bewteen captured Bra
tislva and the Austrian capital to
join in an assault.
Already, Moscow dispatches
said they had captured two second
ary airfields, one a few miles east
of Baden, and the Schwechat Field,
just south of Vienna, while a third
is under fire. Great tank battles
were being fought in the suburbs
of the city.
Parthemure Elected
Council Chairman at
Pine Grove Trailer Park
$A self-government organization
has been established for the ap
proximate 2,500 people who live in
Pine Grove Trailer Park's 800
housing units, and a council of nine
residents elected to represent the
'•A", "B" and "C" villages on the
Board of Councilors.
Cpl. Thomas J. Parthemure of
"A" village was elected council
chairman Monday night. Cpl. Carl
R. Thomas, Village "B", was chosen
vice-chairman, and First Sgt. Carl
R. Hansen, "C" Village, was named
secretary-treasurer.
Those elected councilors were:
"A" village, Mrs. Catherine M.
Shaw, Mrs. Odell Husffine and Cpl.
Thomas J. Parthemure: "B" vil
lage. Cpl. Walter R. Cornell. Cpl.
Carl R. Thomas and Cpl. Edward
Talbot: and "C" village. Fi*st Sgt.
Carl Hansen, Cpl. W. R. William
son and Mrs. Lynwood King.
New High
0 Washington — (AP) — Federal
spending in March reached a new
high record because the Vrm.v and
Navy were doing two things simul
taneously:
1. Fighting the European war
at full fury.
2. Stocking up for the big show
in the Pacific.
How far ahead they are stocking
for war on both fronts is unknown.
It is a crucial question mark in
plans for partial reconversion of
industry after Germany folds up.
In March, the government col
lected the largest amount of money
in history, despite the fact income
tax payments actually were less
than in March a year ago.
The daily Treasury statement
showed today that in March:
War spending (not including gov
ernment corporations) was $8,246,
000,000. The previous record was
$7,879,000,000 last May.
Total budgetary spending—for
the war. interest on the public debt,
and ordinary government purposes
—was $9,433,000,000. The previous
record was $8,625,000,000 last June.
Receipts were $6,892,000,000. The
previous record was $6,573,000,000
in March. 1944.
Total income was greater in 1944
than in 1943.
WAR FUND FIGURES
0 Latest figures on the Red Cross
War Fund drive yesterday showed
Onslowans had contributed a total
of $32,117.60 during the month of
March. Of that amount, Camp Le
jeune turned in a total of $21,545.
sach Vienna;
Hannover
Japanese Resistance
On Okinawa Stiffens,
Another Isle Taken
0Guam—(AP)—U. S. Army units,
driving toward ine Okinawa Island
capital of Naha, have been slowed
by stiffening Japanese resistance
while Marines on the north side of
the American wedge worked for
ward from three to five miles vir
tually unopposed Thursday.
Heavy artillery and mortar fire
from well organized Japanese units
Wednesday put the breaks on the
24th corps drive toward Haha. It
limited gains on the southwestern
coast to 2.000 yards, and stopped
the 7th division push on the south
east coast after an advance of only
500 yards.
Mashate Captured
0 Manila—(AP)—Masbate. the su
gar-rich Little Central Phillipine
Island, was overrun Tuesday by
elements of Maj. Gen. Rapp
Brush's 40th divsion. and its cap
ital was quickly liberated while
Phillippine-based bombers ravag
ed Japanese occupied Hong Kong
across the China Sea.
Max Hyder to Leave
Soon; Troop to Be
Without Scoutmaster
0 Max Hyder, Sr., scoutmaster of
the Jacksonvile troop for the past
two years, will soon leave the com
munity and the troop will be with
out a leader, it was disclosed this
week.
Hyder, whose employment has
been at Camp Lejeune. expects his
work to take him elsewhere.
Z. E. Murrell, Jr., one of the
troop committeemen, told the Ki
wanis club Tuesday that Hyder
had made "wonderful" progress
with the local troop, and paid high
compliment to his ability and
leadership.
Members of the club, sponsors
of the troops, were invited to at
tend last night's meeting.
Legion Auxiliary
To Hold Meeting at
Swansboro Church
0The first meeting of the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary of Clarence
Meadows Post No. 78 will be held
at Swansboro. April 11 at 8 p.m.,
at the Methodist church.
Mrs. R. H. Merreli, publicity di
rector of the newly formed auxi
liary, said yesterday that meetings
here and in Swansboro in advance
of formal organization indicated a
large membership.
Department officers and Z. E
Murrell, Jr.. post commander, will
be present. •
Postal Receipts at
Jacksonville Otfice
Gain in Quarter
0 Postal receipts at Jacksonville
post office showed an increase of
$1,028.31 during the first three
months of 1945 over the corres
ponding period of last year, it was
announced yesterday by Assistant
Postmaster Frank A. Smith.
The receipts amounted to $14,
632 97 this year against $13,604.06
in 1944.
The increase is significant be
cause of the loss" of Midway Park
receipts in March of this year,
when in 1944 Midway gave the
Jacksonville office more than
$1,000 in stamp revenue.
ARRIVES OVERSEAS
0 Pvt. Garland E. Craft has noti
fied his parents of his safe arrival
overseas. He is with the First
Army in Germany. Pvt. Craft is
the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N
Craft of Richlands and the husband
of the former Estelle Barbee.
4 Onslowans Wounded,
One Is Prisoner, War
Department Reports
0 Four Onslow County young
men were reported wounded
and one other a prisoner of
war by the War Department
this week.
They were:
Sgt. Cecil A. Riggs. son of
Mrs. Marcaret Freshwater
Riggs, of Hubert, wounded in
European fighting.
Pfc. James D. Strange, son
of Mrs. Carolina Strange, of
Jacksonville, wounded in Euro
pean fighting.
Pfc. Osborne C. Turner, son
of Mrs. Nannie Turner. Beula
ville, route two. wounded in
European fighting.
Pvt. Cieotge A. Morton, son
of Mrs. Dolly Morton. Jackson
ville. route two, prisoner of
war.
Pfc. Francis F. Dixon, hus
band of Mrs. Louise If. Dixon
of Maysvillc, wounded in
Europe.
T5 Milton E. Jarman. son of
Mrs. Ida S. Jarman of Rich
lands. wounded in Europe.
Cpl. Eugene Simpson
Writes of Friqht on
German Batflefronf
QCpl. Eugene T. Simpson, sou of
A. F. Simpson of Maysvillc. re
cently wrote of a harrowing exper
ience while fighting with the army
in Germany.
A veteran of the African and
Normandy coa.« t invasions. Cor
poral Simpson wrote this letter to
his brother ana sister. Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Simpson of Jacksonville:
France.
Dear Lester and Jeanne:
How is everything getting along
in Jacksonville now. By the way
T.he News and Views says every
thing must be on the ball. I get the
paper quite often now. I see where
lots of fellows arc getting home
on furloughs but I don't guess I'll
get there until the European war
is finished and by the way tne
Stars and Stripes says I probably
won't get there then. Some of the
big boys want to fend us directlv
from here to the Pacific. It don't
hardly make me much ditfcrnce
unless I could get discharged.
Boy, I wish you could have seen
me a little while ago. I was in a
machine gun "pit on the darkest
night that ever was. The pit was
covered with logs, dirt, etc. and
also the trench leading to it. for
about ten yards. There was another
small ditch forked off from the
main one. 1 was in the pit and one
of my buddies was outside on top.
We couldn't see our hand in front
of us. I was just thinking about
how a jerry could slip up througa
the ditch in back and toss a hand
grenade in where I was when I
heard someone jumo down ;nto
the small trench. I called my
buddy, thinking 11 was he. who
was coming into the pit, but no
one answered. I grabbed mv rifle
and about that time it sounded as
if someone made a big leap right
near me. By that time I was really
scared. I yelled halt! and still no
body said anything. It seemed that
the silence only made me more
scared. I had my rifle ready, finger
on the trigger and the safety nfT.
I guess it must have been ten
minutes before I got up the nerve
to advance. I crept slowly around
in the pit. feeling for whatever it
was with my feet. I finally came
to a pile of dirt and found that
what I heard was the bank on the
trench caving in after the frozen
ground had thawed. Outside my
buddy hadn't heard any of the
commotion on account of the <vind
blowing so. It really tickled him
when I told about it.
I don't know if this will pass the
censor or not but after all there is
no military information in it and
that is all that counts.
By the way. I've got four bronze
battle stars for my campaign ;;b
bon and five overseas stripes. I'll
probably be striped as a zebra
when I get home.
Well so far I consider myself
very lucky and 'I knocked on wood
when I said that). I hope that I
can be so throughout the war.
Tell everyone hello for me and
write as often as you can.
Love to all,
EUGENE.
Miss Elizabeth Gill,
Assistant Director
Of USO Here, Leaves
0 Miss Elizabeth G.U. assistant di
rector of Tallman Street USO. has
been transferred to the USO-NCCS
club at Portsmouth, Va. Miss Gill
has been located here for more
than a year.
She has been succeeded by Miss
Ruth Delehanty of Searsdade, N. Y.
A graduate of Merrymount College
at Tarryto\Vn, N. Y., Miss Delehan
ty comes here from the USO club
at Erie. Pa.
CHANGES OFFICE HOURS
0 Dr. G. E. Gurganus has announ
ced a change in office hours. He
will be in his office from 12 noon
to 6 p.m. daily except Sundays,
holidays and Wednesdays. On Wed
nesdays he will be in the office
from 9 a. "m. to 12 noon.
Enoch Howard Named
Mayor of Richlands;
Succeeds Rhem Taylor
0Enoch Howard Monday night
was elected mayor of the Town of
Richlands to succeed J. Rhem
Taylor, who retired after having
served two terms.
Members of the town board
elected were: Edwin Steed. Warren
Taylor. Ray Brown, W H. Terrell
and T. F.-Sanders.
The beard elected Nat Sylvester
as town constable.
Registration Books
At Holly Ridge to
Be Open Saturday
0 Registration books for Town of
Holly Ridge balloting on May 1
will be opened Saturday. April 7,
it was announced yesterday.
The books will be in the town
office and open from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. on April 7. 14 and 21.
L. B. Edwards has been appoint
ed r"?istrar, with Mrs. J. W. Fer
rel: .ui Merritt and Harold Jon^s
judges.
Already much interest is in the
election. Members of the "People s
Ticket" held a rally, attended by
45 persons, at the Knotty Pine Inn
this week. Headed by 'he candi
date for mayor, Heywar 1 Camp
bell. all the aspirants for the board
—Jay Hudiburg, C. Bruee Hunter,
Leon Sessoms, John D. Jenkins and
E. 1). Darrah—made brier talk.-.
Steve Stefanou
Resumes Operation
Of U. S. Restaurant
0 Steve Stefanou this week re
purchased and resumed the man
agement of the U. S. Restaurant in
Jacksonville. He had been out of
the business about six months.
Hunter to Direct
Clothing Campaign
For Holly Ridge Club
#C. Bruce Hunter, principal of
Dixon school, has been appointed
temporary chairman of the Holly
Ridge Rotary club's clothing drive,
it was announced yesterday.
Steve Stefanou is chairman of
the Jacksonville Kiwanis club's
effort, and President Ramon Askew
said yesterday that the local club
may undertake the campaign
throughout the county.
The drive is to collect clothing
to be sent to residents of war de
vastated and bombed out areas.
For the Holly Ridge drive. Mrs.
Heyward Campbell has been named
chairman for the Baptist church.
Mrs. Porter Ward for the housing
project, and Mrs. C. C. Mines for
the Parent-Teacher association.
Mrs. John Andrews'
Pupils Entertain ai
Kivvanis Club Meet
0 One of the most entertaining
programs in recent months was
given by Mrs. John Andrews' third
grade pupils at the Jacksonville
Kiwanis club meeting at the USO
Pin? Lodge Tuesday afternoon.
They put on a radio show by
George Potter and His Red Top
Rhythm Makers, a rhythm organ
ization replete with solists and
trios.
Guests at the club were Victor
Venters, T. J. Marshall, and II. M.
Ennett, members of the board of
county commissioners. Carl Venters
of New York. Hugh Ragsdale of
Richlands and Mr. Wilson.
At the suggestion of Sam Sack
noff, editor of the club paper, a
proposal for making honorary Ki
wanians of that high school student
who distinguishes himself in lea
dership and citizenship was turned
over to the boys anr* girls com
mittee.
Jack Koonce proposed that Ki
wanians organize a softball team
and invited the club to visit the
Boy Scout meeting last night.
George Buchanan was named
"nicklc snatcher" and it will be
his duty to perform in the manner
of the former tail twister, a name
the Kiwanians cannot now legiti
mately employ since that is an of
fice of recently formed Lions club
here.
Superlatives Picked
By Senior Class of
Dixon High School
0 The Dixon high school senior
class has picked its superlatives as
follows: Mast courteous, Allene
Davis: helpful. Rupert Pierce:
cheerful. Sara Jeanette Guthrie,
humorous. J. H. Sanders, athletic,
Bobby Caldwell: loyal. Ruth Rawls:
industrious. Julian Lewis; neat,
Guiula Rhodes; all-around. Charles
Kirkman; pariotic. Kathleen Hines:
original. Calvin Coston: dependa
ble, Estelle Parker: ambitious. H.
M. Ennett Jr.: and cooperative, El
reesa Gurganus.
Askew Is Nominated;
Maultsby Asks Run-off
Hatsell Re-Elected S
Of Schools,- Ketchun
QA. II. Hatsell was re-appointed
superintendent of Onslow County
schools at a meeting of the new
board of education here Monday.
His election came after the new
board composed of W. L. Ketchum.
who late'1 was elected chairman,
Hugh Ragsdale, C. T. Duff, Gra
ham Jones and R. L. Williams. Sr.,
were administered the oath of of
fice by Clerk of Superior Court J.
R. Gurganus.
The forthcoming term will be
Hatsell's seventh as superintend
ent and Ketchum's second as chair
man.
The board voted to advertise for
bids for approximately SI90.000
worth of school improvements, in
cluding SI 12.000 for additional
classrooms at Dixon. $20,000 for
classsrooms and cafeteria at Swans
boro, and approximately $60,000
for classrooms, and cafeteria at
White 0;ik. The bids will be open
ed May 7 here.
Decision to advertise for bids
came after the board approved
plans and specifications prepared
by Architect Raymond Maxwell,
Jr.. of Goldsboro.
Local school committees named
by the members oi the board fol
low:
By Ketchum of Jacksonville—P.
V. Capps, George W. Phillips. Mrs.
W. '1'. Turlington.
By Ragsdale of Richlands—Nine
Mile Advisory—Ed Davis and Berry
Marshburn: Richlands — Iioyce
Baysden. John Mills, David Pitt
man, Dewey Brown and F. B.
Shaw.
By Williams of S v. ansboro—
Vance Matthews, Fred Pittman and
Carl Weeks.
By Jones of White Oak—D. C.
Holland. Emmett Collins ana A.
T. Redd, Jr.
By Hobbs of Slump Sound—
Luther Ennett, J. G. Parker, Alton
Capps and W. M. Hardison.
Jurors Drawn For
Two-Week Term
Of Superior Court
0.Jurors for the two-week term
of Superior Court, to open May
28. were drawn by the Board of
County Commissioners this week as
follows:
First week:
E. F. Sanders, W. B. Bryan. O.
L. Edens, L. F. Dixon. X. O. Wash
burn. C. L. Hobbs, Franklin Brown.
E. R. Jones. J. II. Aman. J. H.
Cherry, Roy Justice, W. L. Jarman,
Merman Jarmon, Stacy Walton. G.
A. Walton. Allen G. Walton, G. C.
Williams, Hugh Ragsdae, ■). Hed
ric kAman, H. S. Cavenaugh, B. G.
Home. -I. A. Black. P. II. Shepard,
J. E. Whaley. Carl Odum. Manly
Whaley. Joe Fulcher, J. C. Collins.
Second week:
K. S. Davis, W. L. Hardin, 11. S.
Barbec. C. It. Bush, ,1. C. Padgett,
H. A. Whaley, C. A. Kirk. G. A. Ot
teway. W. Victor Venters. R. P.
Cox, M. F. Barber. W. B. Howard.
D. F. King. F. C. Bright, h. F.
Wetherington, Ruebin Cox. P. D.
Smith. J. T. Mills. C. T. Farkor. W.
B. Hewitt, Troy E. King. Willie
Mohn, Joe W. Allen. S. C. Hemby,
J. H. Fulcher. J. D. Heath. R. D.
Thompson, Jr.. Clifton N. Mills, J.
L. Jenkins, R. M. Kellum.
Wintry Weather
Hits Mid-Continent,
Threatens Farming
By The Associated Press
0 Heavy snow, bitter cold, high
winds and flood waters harrassed
the mid-continent yesterday.
Wintry intrusions on the spring
season, well advanced by abnor
mally warm March weather, threat
ened fruit crops, blocked highways,
closed rural schools and disrupted
travel.
Snowfall ranged up to 17 inches
in Minnesota, the worst April storm
since 1928.
Purple Heart
Cpl. James Sutton Baysden,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Bays
den of Richland?, has been
awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in action Jan.
29 in Luxembourg. His wife,
the former Mavis Brown, is re
siding with her parents near
Beulaville.
jperintendent
i Also Re-Elected
Abroad
PVT. STACY RIGGS
fl'vt. Stacy Kiggs has notified
his parents. Mr. and Mrs. D. F.
Riggs of Maysville. of his arrival
.vith the Army in France. He en
:ered service last .July and went
aver seas in January.
G. B. Cooper, 65,
Succumbs To Heart
Attack; Rites Today
£ Gordon Bennett Cooper, 65. of
Jacksonville, died at the Onslow
bounty hospital here at 1 a.m. yes
erday following a heart attack on
Monday. He had been in ill health
for the past three months.
A native of Sampson county. Mr.
Cooper was a civil engineer and for
years worked with the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion. During that time ho was {n
harge of construction of U. S. 17
through this section of North Caro
lina.
Mr. Cooper returned to Onslow
County in 1!)41 when the Navy De
partment began acquiring land for
Camp Lejeune, and had resided
here since as a civil engineer in
private practice. Prior to his com
ing here he was in charge of
malaria control in Pitt and Edge
combe counties.
Funeral services will be held at
the Crumpler-Hone/cutt Funeral
chapel at Clinton this afternoon at
4 o'clock with burial following in
the Clinton cemetery.
Mr. Cooper is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Mary Sutton Cooper;
three daughters. Mrs. James A.
Pittman of Midway Park. Mrs.
Eugene Southern and Miss Annie
Cooper of Jacksonville: two sons.
Gordon Fleet Cooper of Jackson
ville and Sgt. O. F. Cooper, sta
tionea at Blumenthal Field. Wil
mington: three brothers. Dr. G. M.
Cooper of the State Board of Health
in Raleigh, O. F. Cooper of Wil
mington. and Thomas N. Cooper of
Petersburg, Va.: and one sister,
Mrs. B. F. Fitzgerald of Gretna,
Va.
Three Local Firms
Alleged to Have
Violated Ceiling Prices
0 Temporary restraining orders,
issued in Federal Court, have been
served on three Jacksonville firms
in connection with alleged viola
tions of Office of Price Adminis
tration ceiling prices.
The orders were issued against
H. M. Luv. A. & B. Groceteria and
J. B. Petteway and Son store.
Returnable before Federal Judge
Johnson Hayes in Now Bern Tues
day. April 10, tho restraining ord
ers allege that the firms have made
overcharges on some items on their
shelves and restrain further sales
as the alleged higher-than-ceiling
prices.
0 G. E. (Jimmy) Maultsby yester
day gave notice that he has called
far a run-off between him and J.
C. Collins to select a nominee for
commissioner from Ward 2 on the
Lown board.
In announcing that he would
seek a run-off, because Collins did
not obtain a majority of the votes
cast in the first primary Tuesday,
Maultsby pointed out that Collins
polled only one more vote than he
in taking the lead. 60 to 59. J. C.
Thompson received a total of 13
votes.
"Because of the extremely close
vote and because it is understood
the validity of at least one vote for
my opponent could have been chal
lenged, my supporters have urged
me to call for a run-off." Maults
by said, "Therefore, I have to ac
ccde to their wishes."
The run-off will be held on next
Tuesday in Ward 2 only, and the
polls will be open from 6:30 a. m.
to 6:30 p. m. There will be no fur
ther registration.
Ramon Askew, owner and man
ager of the Jacksonville Auto
Sales. Tuesday was nominated
mayor of the Town of Jacksonville
in a primary which brought out a
lotal of 526 voters—largest in his
tory of the town's municipal elec
tions.
Askew defeated Hep. Billy
Arthur, editor and publisher of the
News and Views, by a small margin
of 36 votes—281 to 245.
Three persons—H. L. Cowell in
Ward 1. B. J. Holleman in Ward
3 and J. Hedrick Aman in Ward 4
—were nominated to the Town
Board of Commissioners, Ibut a
run-off in Ward 2 between J. C.
Collins, the high man, and G. E.
Maultsby. runner-up by one vote,
appeared a likely result of a three
man race in that part of town.
The size of the vote, coming from
a list of approximately 650 reg
istered voters, indicated the inter
est in the primary. It had been
heightened by successful efforts of
the Chamber of Commerce and Ki
wanis club to get the people reg
istered and to vote, thereby mak
ing them civic conscious.
In the race for mayor. Askew
and Arthur carried two wards each,
and Askew carried the ward in
which Arthur resides but lost his.
The vote by wards follows:
WARD ASKEW ARTHUR
1 84 87
2 60 71
3 56 38
4 81 49
Total 281 245
The results of the balloting for
members of the town board were
even closer in two wards, and these
were the returns:
Ward 1—H. L. Cowell, 116, and
Coleman Bvnum, 58.
Ward 2—J. C. Collins. 60: G. E.
Mjultsby, 59; and J. C. Thompson,
13
Ward 3—B. J. Holleman, 48 and
Durwood Aman. 47.
Ward 4—J. Hedrick ^mau, 90,
anr Maurice Margolis, 38.
The general election, in which
it is safe to predict that the Repub
licans will offer no opposing candi
dates. will be held in May. and
Askew will go into office in June.
Voting by wards in a primary
this year was the first time in his
tory that residents of the munici
pality enthusiastically expressed by
the ballot their choice as govern
ing heads of the town for two
years. In the past, the candidates
have been nominated by conven
tion. which attracted only a few
residents.
Cowell. who was nominated to
the board from ward one is pro
prietor of Cowell Service station,
and Aman. who will represent ward
four, is a member of the firm of
.1. H. Aman and Sons. He is a mem
ber of the board at the present
time.
Holleman is owner and manager
of the Riverview Hotel annex and
also is engaged in the oil business.
COMPLETING TRAINING
0 Flight Officer Nicholas J. Kal
anzis. son of Mr. and Mrs. James
G. Kalanzis of Jacksonville, now
is completing training as a B-24
Liberator navigator at Walla Walla
Army Air Field.
War In Brief
% I". S. Third Army bursts into
Central Germany plain on 100-mile
front after toppling cities of Kassel,
Gotha and Suhl; on north. British
cross YVcser river in flanking move
ment on Bremen: French capture
Karlsruhe, capital of Baden: U. S.
Seventh Army plunges within 34
miles of Nuerenberg.
Russian armies clear last Nazis
from Hungary, capture Slovakian
capital of Bratislava, push into
Vienna's suburbs.
Allies hurl 3.000 planes into
dwindling air battle over Germany:
1.000 Flying Forts and Liberators
blast submarine yards at Kiel and
Hamburg.
MacArthur announces invasion
of Masbatc Island in central Phil
ippines: Marines and Doughboys
advance in Okinawa with scattered
resistance: Philippines-based heavy
bombers hit Hong Kong dock areas.
15th Indian Corps troops enter
Taungup, big supply base in Ara
kan: cover 42 miles in four days.
British forces in Italy clear ene
my resistance between Lake Comac_
hio and Adriatic Sea.
Nazi Werewolves boast that they
have kidnapped, ambushed and
killed American Military Govern
ment officers in occupied Germany.
General Maurice Rose, comman
der of the Third Armored Division
was killed by crew of German tank.
President Roosevelt announces
United States will not ask for three
votes in World Security Organiza
tion assembly, but stands by com
mitment to allow three votes for
Russia.
Large force of Superfortressses
blasts targets in Tokyo area.
Some reduction in Selective Ser
vice calls for older men forecast As
a result of deep slash in Navy's
draft requirements. The reductions
for May and June amount to about
a 12 per cent cut in the overall
draft calls for the Army and Navy.