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THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views ^■*9/ The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County 7 The News and Vlewi Lead* I* Paid Circulation Local Advertising National Advertlslnt If-,.. Classified Advertlslnr « ll Onslow County News VOL. \ II, NO. «<> JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TTKSDAY. »l VV 22 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST WITH BILLY ARTHUR 0Ono really feels as if he's missed the boat, the radio's missed the boat, the big daily newspapers aren't read at all. the magazines aren't even scanned when a tele phone call like this comes in, as one did Friday: "Billy, can you tell me when the 7th War Loan begins and when it ends?" What's the use? § Some of the boys from up Rich lands way were in town Friday morning, and we were chewing the fat around the Courthouse. Pre sently. I remarked I'd better get on back up to the office and to work. "You can't work today." Murrill Boggs suggested. "It's too wet to plow." 0 One of the Camp Lejeune boys had an earache the other day and turned in at the dispensary. Where upon the doctor looked at his throat, then his nose and finally his ear. He prescribed some sulfa stuff for his throat, and something else for his nose. "How about the ear. Doc?'* the fellow asked. "Oh. take a couple of aspirin for that." the doc said. "But come back Saturday." I told him that darned if I'd go back, that I wouldn't feci obligated at all. # They're slurring again. Mrs. Jean Crankshaw took a look at the bulletin board the other day and said that there were strik ing resemblances to me in a num ber of the photographs thereon." "There's a piciure of you. a shark, an alligator and a bear up there, and they all look almost alike." #Sam Sacknoff wants it distinctly understood that L. E. Rudisil! did n't move from Overbrook. that he was run out. £ Now comes a story by Strick land Gillian, the humorist, which we've pirated from The State: A newly ordained preacher was attending his first regional confer ence at which several hundred other preachers were in attendance. He was a young chap; very zeal ous and very enthusiastic. At the close of the second day of the meeting, he was in conversation with an older pastor and remarked: "Everyone certainly seems more in terested in business matters at this conference than they do in religious matters." "What do you mean?" asked the older man. "Well." came the reply, "I've been here for two days now. and have never heard the name of God mentioned a single time." "Huh!" exclaimed the other. "You ought 'to have been up in the bishop's room last night when he got one of his fingers caught in the door." $ Thry were kidding Dewey Fd wards the other day about naming his vine store the "Veterans Wine St've." and they said that a com petitor Charles Azam was com plaining th.it the name was taking some of his business. "Why I've seen more action in Jacksonville." Charlie was quoted as saying, "than Dewey dicj the whole time he was in the army." 0 Fred Pittman. who's the walk ing Chamber of Commerce for the city by the sea—meaning. Swans boro, of course—came back from there yesterday declaring that fish ing was better on Sunday .ha: 1 any day he ever recalled. Well, he almost said that. He spoke about the fishing so fast and so inspiringly and enthusiastically that we couldn't maka out much more than it was mighty darned good. They were catching them off the docks, in skiffs, off the causeway, or off something, and Fred would almost have you believe that the fish were waiting in line to bite your hook. If Fred didn't bring one back for Cap'n Ed Provost, he's going to be mighty mad when he reads this. £ And that reminds me. And the reminder causes a blush. Several -evenings last week I noted a car parked alongside the new highway bridge over New River, and with curiosity getting the better of me, went over to in vestigate. A Marine and his wife were crabbing along the shore and doing right well, and that turned over something in me. I just had to go fishing. Back over to the house I went for my rod and reel. Convinced that I wouldn't catch anything. I still had to relieve the urge to toss that bait around a bit. So 1 cast and I cast, right there at the bridge. No strikes. No rises. But I tried once more, and therein lies the story. The plug got caught on a stump, and with all my skillful maneuver ing, I couldn't get it off, try as I might. So I had to bite off about 20 yards of my good nylon line and lose a $1 jitterbug. I fussed and cussed, and cussed and fussed, but all of a sudden stopped. Be cause. it suddenly dawned on me that I had been fishing out of sea son, and that losing the plug and the line was the penalty a good little law-abiding fellow like me had to pay. An honest confession is good for the soul, so I've been told. But I still would like to have that plug and 20 yards of line back. Li. Cecil Gurganus, 22, Reported Killed in Action • LI. Cecil Gurganus, son of Mr. and Mrs. «an sofh Gurganus of near Jacksonville, has been report ?d killed in ac iion with the Ar ny Air Forces in he Europe a n iheatre of opera lions. Lieutenant Gur ganus, who was 22 vears of age and a graduate o f Jacksonville high school, was p; ol oi a Iigmer Do moor. I to was reported killed as of March 22. Cpl. Kenneth Lanier. Beulaville, Liberaied From Prison Camp f Mr. and Mrs. If. M. Lanier of Beulaville have received in formation through the Red Cross that their son, Cpl. Ken neth C. Lanier, has been li berated from a German prison er of war camp. He was cap tured in February, 1945 in North Africa. Single Plane Destroys Entire Jap Convoy; Okinawa Resistance Breaking 0 Manila—(/Pi—In one of the war's outstanding aerial feats. a single Philippines-based Navy pa trol plane destroyed an entire Jap anese convoy of five ships, totaling 17.000 tons off Formosa Saturday, Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported Monday. Japanese forces, driven north of Davao into a succession of defense lines on Mindanao Island, appear ed to be weakening. The Say re highway o North Central Mindanao was opened to Yanks as far as Falirig village. On Luzon the Yanks cleared out resisting packets in Balete Pass. 4^ Guam—(VP)—First Marine Divi sion troops have driven to the crest of the last ridge before the Okin awa fortress city of Shuri in a tank-led drive through 800 yards of ferociously defended ravines and draws. Jap hillside defenses were clear ed by flame-throwing tanks and weary riflemen as they climbed steep inclines until the tanks could go no farther, and the battle turn ed into a hand-to-hand and cave by-cave struggle. Bl'ILD REFRIGERATORS. 0 Washington—(/P>—The War Pro duction Board has announced that it will permit the manufacture of 530.000 new, popular-priced house hold refrigerators this year. Pro duction of the gas and electric ma chines may start July 1. after a three-year shutdown, WPB said: but the refrigerators may not reach the public until early next year. New York Cafes Are Closing Doors Because Of Acute Food Shortages % New York —(TP)— Tli^h-living New York, greatest peace-time con sumer of thick steaks and fresh eggs, has tightened its belt and settled for cold cuts. But on the East Side you had to take your cold cuts in sandwiches. Delicatessen stores refused to sail them to take out. It was far from famine but it was prompt confirmation of what gov ernment officials had predicted— that the food shortage would grow worse with the end of the war in Europe. Many butcher shops closed throughout New York's five bor oughs. Housewives stood in line two hours for hamburger. Hot dogs stands ran out of frankfurters for the first time within memory. More than 300 res'auranis will close June 1. said Paul Henkel, president of the Society of Restau rateurs. and the number will be "doubled or tripled" a month later unless there is more food. Federal agents and food dealers alike blamed the black market for part of the shortage, but markets department inspectors, stopping in bound poultry trucks, reported no violations. Joseph Cohn. counsel for the New York Council of Wholesale Meat Dealers and the Meat Trade Institute, said 110 meat whole salers of the 150 in the metropoli tan area before price controls started had been forced out of business. "Every one forced out." Cohn said, "has been replaced by 10 or 15 fly-by-nights, dealing in the black market, and getting most of what meat is available." Cohn said the city's meat supply is "tightening up. day by day." And shipments into the Long Is land Citv poultry terminal dropped to 30,000 pounds recently—lowest in history—as Kosher dealers, pro testing a "price squeeze," continu ed a boycott. Sixteen Pupils Make Honor Roll Every Period During Year O Sixteen students made the honor roll every period in the Jacksonville schools during the 1944-45 term, il was announced yrv.ierday by Principal A. B. Johnson. A number also made the perfect attendance V<>11. Yearly honor roll—those who have been on the honor roll each lvport period during 1044-45: Nancy Hartsficld, Frankie Bush. Harold Melville. Barbara Marsh hurn. Frances Poole, Annie Bert Walton. Audrcv Faye Capps. James R. Darden. Nina Mae Kennodv, Sylvia Hitch, So!ma Stevens, Olive Taylor. John Drew Warlick. Pa tricia Ann Patten, Roxie Hood, and Zeta Morton. Perfect attendance — those who have been neither absent nor tardy during 1044-45: Mary Stevens. Shelby Winberry, John Parker. Ho rtnnn Wiggins. Thomas West brook. Alma Swinson. Vernio Coston. Delbert Raynard, Frankio Bush, Pauline Waller, Vir ginia Waller. Stephen Aman, Jr.. Donald Wilkins, Patty Cole. Au drey Fayo Capps. Lewis B. Lanier. Franklin Ramsey, Kurney Ramsey, Esther Hill. Bobby Morton, J. B. Morton. Nellie Jean Cowan. Selma Stevens, Foster Carter, Peggy Morton. Louis Sowell. Lloyd Jackson. Elsie Coston, Annice Smith, Sadie Raye Dixon. Gerald Hurst, James Sawyer, Doris Capps, Virginia Mor ton. Patricia Ann Patten. Kay Frances Ryals. Jean Cavenaugh, Ernest Kelly. Marv Leo Williams. Jean Brown. Catherine Cowan. Ai wilda Hill. Frances Waters. Ray Robinson, Robin Ann Kcllum, and Edith Rae West. Farmers Could Gross $40,000 More By Increasing Per Acre Corn Yield By CHARLIE C. CLARK. JR. Onslow County Agent 0 Several different types of corn demonstrations are being conducted in the county this year lo show ways corn yields can be increased. Approximately 52% of cultivated land in Onslow County is planted to corn and the average yield is less than 20 bushels per acre. If each farmer would increase his corn yield by only one bushel per acre it would mean over $40,000.00 to Onslow County farmers for one year. A corn variety test has been planted on the farm of N. C. Trott, Kt. 1. Richlands, using six different varieties of corn including four hybrids. In addition to this, several different hybrids have been planted on the farms of E. K. Howard. Rt. 1. .Jacksonville; Troy King, Rt. 3, Jacksonville; Willis Aman, Rt. 1, Maysville: D. C. Brown, Rt. 2, Jacksonville; Raymond Odham, Hu bert; Adrian Capps, Sneads Ferry; and J. H. Gillette, Silverdale, io test the yields with our local varie tics. Demonstrations using all the latest recommended practices for raising corn have been planted on the farms of Fred Parker,' Silver dale; Ralph Home, Rt. 2, Beula viHe: Jobc C. Metts, Rt. 2. Rich lands: R. L. Parker, Rt. 1. Mays ville: Thomas Marshall. Rt. 2. Jack sonville; and A. M. Grant, Sneads Ferry. These recommended include nar row row spacing 3Vj to 4 feet, closer spacing in drill 18 to 21 inches, larger amounts of fertilizer 400 to 500 lbs. per acre of 5-7-5 or 6-8-6 plus 400 to 500 lbs. of nitrate of soda or its equivalent, shallow cultivation, and cease ultivating at lV-2. feet high. All farmers are en couraged to keep a close watch on these demonstrations being con ducted by their neighbors. There is no need to continue producing a crop unless we make it produce maximum. Average com yields for this county should be and could be approximately 35 to 50 bushels per acre. Pfc. Paul Anthony, Jr., Of Maysville, Killed In European Fighting $ Pfo. Paul Anthony, Jr., son of Mrs. Marie Anthony of Maysvillc, has been killed in action in European regions, ac cording: to a War Department announcement yesterday. Allied Nations Party Pays Official Visit At Camp Lejeune 0 Camp Lejeuhe —f/P")— Twenty live representatives of 20 Allied nations inspected this huge Marine Corps training camp Thursday in their first stop on a tour of military installations and industrial plants. The tour was arranged by the Army's foreign liaison office of the military intelligence division. Countries represented were: Nor way. New Zealand. Russia, Poland, Australia. Great. Britain. Canada, The Netherlands. Frane, Czecho slovakia. Iran. Thailand. India, Spain. Sweden, Switzerland. China, Turkey, Belgium and Yugoslavia. Presbyterian Church Announces New Weekly Gospel Hour Services ^Thursday evening will mr-rk the beginning of the "Old Fashioned Gr.spel Hour". These services will be held every Thursdr.v n5«ht at 8:30 P. M at ihe Presbyterian Recreation Center. Koch Thitisday there will l:e a speei'd mus.ca ture. This Thuoda;. Pl-S^. and Mrs. Sin user from K;.:-e G1«»n, Tr.as. will play and sing o!:l gos pel hymns. Miss Elei'i'or Lockamy of Jack sonville will be the pianist for these services. Robert I. Sites, USMCR. will be the speaker. His sermon will be "The Marks of a Chri ,lian". Robert Sites, young cvanj'ci'st. for merly of Sulem, Ya.. and Washing tun. D.C.. has spoken in many churchcs in this vicinity. He served os Chaplain's Am. in Tent Camp and did evangelistic work before entering the service. The public is cordially invited to attend the services, sponsored by the Presbyterian Recreation center. Miss Elizabeth Smith is hostess in charge of the Presbyterian lie creation center. Light refreshments will be served after the services. War In Brie! U. S. aircraft, carrier Franklin sul'fer.s heaviest personnel loss of any American ship in war with over 1,000 iron reported dead, wounded and missing after attack by Jap bomber off coast of Japan: ship now in Brooklyn Navv Yard ,fu:' repairs after epic voyage. American Marines push into heart of Naha. Okinawa apital: in fantrymen make other advances. Chinese forces pushed from Foochow proper 1o outskirts of port city in possible U. S. invasion area. Superfort raids belived to have burred out heart of Jap aircraft industry. Hiiler placed blame for German failure on Lufiwafc's inability to slop Allies. Lord Vansittant, British leader, says he will demand blanket indie* ment of German Gestapo and SS men as war criminals. Allies start investigation of German medical profession's crimes in "guinea pig" experiments that took lives of hun dreds of political prisoners in no torious Nazi death camps. Russian press plays up letter from Russians on Soviet half of island of Sakhalin, north of Jap anese homeland, and Red Army training maneuvers in area near Manchuria. Fritz Kuhn is ordered sent back to Germany as an undesirable alien. Americans faced with job of gov erning Germany are startled to find that the Reich is a nation of women, with a ratio of five women to every two men. NAME OMITTED £ The name of Ca.s.'c Rae Mor ton was inadvertently omitted from the list of graduates of Jackson ville high school class of '45 in last week's edition of The News and Views. Sgt. Carl Jones, Reported Missing, In English Hcspiia! 9 S/jt. Carl Jones, son of Mr. rnd Mrs. Galloway Jones of Maysvillc, has boon liberated from a prisoner of war camp in Germany and is a patient now in a hospital in England, according to a letter received f.oni him last week. He had been reported by the War Department as missing in action since December 22 in Belgium. Sergeant Jones wrote his parents that he was getting along all right and that he hoped to be home on furlough sometime iu June. Help Wanled $ Help Wanted! Approximately 15.009 pounds of clothing donated by Onslow ans t« be sen I to war torn coun tries abroad is awaiting sorting and packing in the Jacksonville school gymnasium. Some already has been pack ed. but most of it remains un touched and is doing no good iu the gym. according to Steve Stefanou. county clothing chairman. Stefanou yesterday called for volunteers, members of women's auxiliaries and clubs in the town, to lend a hand. Those who will assist are asked to see him at the U. S. Restaur ant. Mrs. W. R. McFall, Mother Of Mrs. C. W. Ccnkfing, Passes In Hampton, Va. ® Mrs. W. R. McFall. mother of Mr;. C. W. Conkling of Jackson ville. died at her home in Hamp ton. Va.. Sunday, May 13. after an extended illness. She was 78 years Of age. Funeral services were held Tues day. May 15. at First Methodist church, of which Mrs. McFall was an active and prominent member jjrior to her illno:v:. and burial was in SI John's cemetery in Hamp ton. Mrs. McFall had been ill al most [wo years. Sin is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Conkling of Jacksonville, Mrs. I?. B. Howard of Hampton, Mi-. George Brisehki of Chicago. Mrs. 13. C. Siviter of Norfolk; and tl'nc- sons, W. R. Jr.. of Denby, J'oiir S.. of Norfolk and Kedrick McFall of Oklahoma City, Olka. Civil Service Exam For Clerk At Holly R'dge To Be Given $$ i\ c United SirJ.es Civil Service Con1 ---.ission announces an open comoeiitive examination for the po.-'i:ion of substitute clerk for fill ing vacancies in the Post Office at Holly Kid.'e. Applications for this positkm wfll be accepted by the Direct >r. Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region, Nissen. Building, Winston-Salem 3. North Carolina, until the needs ol the service 'have been met. Competitors will be required to report for written examination, which will be ;;eld periodically as the needs of the service require, full information and application blanks may be obtained from the Secretary. Hoard of U. S. Civil Ser vice Examiners, Post Office, ol iirst and second class. Slump Sound Clinics For Immunization Are Scheduled by Stevens fl nr. II. W; SI evens, heall!i of ficer, announces the following schedule ui' typhoid immunization clinics to be held in the Slump Sound area of the county on Wed nesdays, May 23, May 30. June 6 and June 13: Folkstonc. post office. 9:30 a.m. Sneads Ferry, colored school 10:15 a.m. Sneads Ferry, Ennetts store 11:00 a.m. Dixon, post office. 1:00 p.m. Verona. Foy's store, 1:30 p.m. Persons who received three doses of typhoid vaccine last year should take one dose each year thereafter, the doctor said. Par ents are requested to bring all children from six months to seven years of age who have never been immunized against diphtheria and smallpox. It is important that these immunizations are given at this time so the child who has not been immunized against whooping cough will have time to go to his family physician and receive the whooo ing cough vaccine. There is a law that all children must be im munized against diphtheria, smal' pox and whooping cough before entering school. Dr. Stevens re minded parents. Arnold V. Jenkins Aboard Carrier !n Invasion Of Okinawa 0 Aboard An Aiibraft Carrier Ir The Pacific—Arnold V. Jenkins seaman, first class, USNR, whose parents Mr. and Mrs. James Henry Jenkins, live on Route 3. Jackson ville, \. C., was aboard this Essex class aircraft carrier when her planes battered Okinawa prior to the Marine and .Armv landings. With other unit?: of the Pacific Fleet, this ship sent ou« her planes in a long series cf sweeps and strikes that blasted enemy aircraft, shore installat: >ns and shipping from the Ryukyu Islands to the Japanese homeland. Veteran Pacific fighters aboard tne ship consider the recent action arnor.g the severest of the war in the Pacific. Sometimes day and night were broken by only short pauses for food and rest. Planes were fueled, armed, launched, then landed and at once prepared to fight again. $54,862 In Bonds Sold During 7th War Loan Former Legion Commander Speaks At Memorial Day Exercises Sunday ^ Roy McMillan. Raleigh. North Carolina commander of civilian de fense, will make the Memorial Day address, sponsored by Clarence Meadows Post No. 78 of the Amer ican Legion, at Svvansboro Sunday afternoon, it was announced yes terday. McMillan is former department commander of the American Log ion in North Carolina, and will speak at the Sunday afternoon meeting of the Swansboro post, starting a! 2 p.m. The meeting will follow a picnic dinner to be spread on the lawn of the USO building. In tik' morning, members of the post will attend Swansboro Bap tist church in a body and hear Rev. A. L. Benton, pastor, who will de liver an appropriate Memorial Day sermon. On Saturday the Clarence Mea dows Post will sponsor Poppy Day throughout Onslow County. Pro eeds of the sale of poppies will go toward treatment of disabled ve terans of World War I and II. Noah James Spencer, Maysviile, Awarded The Purple Heart © Noah James Spencer. Jr.. 19. son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah James Spence of Maysviile, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received when his ship was sunk ofT the Normandy coast during the invasion of France. Spencer, enlisted in the Navy on October G. 1943. just after his 17th birthday and is now serving aboard the USS LST 293. supplying the Allied armies in Europe. He recent ly completed his 57th trip across the English Channel. Before enlisting in the Navy Spence was a member of New Bern radio station WHIT's popular hill billy trio, "The Carolina Kids". IN DENVER. COLORADO Q Rev. Wade C. Smith is in Den ver. Colorado, conducting evangel istic meetings and visiting his sis ter. Mrs. R. M. Dob.vns. lie is ex pected to return here in August after further evangelistic meetings in Presbyterian churches in that area Howard Swinson Hit And Robbed At Ice Plant Late Thursday 0 Howard Swinson, Maple Hill, night man at the Jacksonville Ice company, was hit on the head and robbed of approximately $20 by an unidentified assailant late Thurs day night. Swinson suffered three bad cuts that kept him in the Onslow Coun ty Hospital during the week end. It was not known whether his skull was fractured, but the cuts neces sitated 21 stitches. According to Sheriff B. Frank Morton, the unidentified man struck Swinson with a truck tire wrench as he emerged from the ice room on an inspection. Some SI5 of Swinson's personal money and approximately $5 of the company's money were taken. It was the second robbery at the plant within a month. Two weeks ago Bruce Huffman of near Rich lands was given six months on the roads when found S20G of the com pany's funds on his person after he had not reported for work. Huffman was picked up by chance, it was disclosed. Ed Brown, owner of the ice plant, was en route here from Golclsboro and saw Huffman standing on a street corner in Kinston. He ordered Huffman to get in the car and brought him here. Unable to find a policeman. Brown took Huffman to the sheriff's office about 8:30 a.m., where Huffman broke and ran. but Brown overtook htm, brought him back and held him for the sheriff. Pfc. Jerry E. Silence On Furlough After 44 Months Overseas £ Pfc. Jerry T. Silence, son gI' Jerry T. Silence of Jack sonville, is at Fort Brae:? under the Army's rotation furlough plan. He has been overseas in the Pacific theater for 44 months, and is expected home on furlough this week. Yugoslavs Continue Hold On Trieste As Dispute Is Publicized £ Trieste — (/P) — The Yugoslav controlled newspaper here adopted a conciliatory tone Monday as Yugoslav authorities published the text of Marshall Sir Harold Alex ander's message to his troops on the dispute over Italian and Aus trian territory. The newspaper gave Trieste citi zens and mo'st of Marshall Tito's soldiers what probably was their first news of Alexander's statement and brought the gravity of the dis pute into the open in Trieste, i ut the tone of the editorial seemed to offer a prospect of settlement.. Partisan patrols meanwhile mov ed through the streets of the city and there was no indication of any relinquishing of Yugoslav military administration of the city. United Nations Parley Agrees On Regional Self-Defense Systems 0 San Francisco—(/P)—Agreement among Big-Five and Latin Amer ican nations on plans for regional self-defense systems within a world organization Monday put the Uni ted Nations conference safely past its biggest stumbling block. Russian acceptance of the reg ional plan with only minor changes in wording was followed by signs that a smooth, early solution of Soviet-American differences over the system of international trustee ships is close at hand. Auxiliary lag Day Contributions Rise To $864; Not All In ft Contributions to the Onslow County Hospital on Tag Day and in the week jus! past so i'ar have amounted to $864.09. according to incomplete reports turned in to Mrs. M. A. Cowell. chairman. So far reports have not t>een re ceived from Swansbo.ro and Mid way Park, and canvassing was still going on in the latter community yesterday. Mrs. Cowell reported. In addition, several substantial contributions are yet to be received, and it is felt that when all reports are in the total will be more than SI.000. Latest renorts were S31.50 from Richlands. S68 from Holly Ridge and $35 from Sneads Ferry. This G.I. Knew All The Time When The Fighting Would Stop 0 London—(/P)—Pfc. Clay W. Mc Iver of Winters, Tex., picked the end of the European war right on the nose. Mclver's prediction was made in a book at an American Red Cross club in London which started a contest in March of 1943. More than 2.000 doughboys en tered their guesses in the book. The second best prediction was Mav 5. 1945. Smallest Criminal Court Docket Here In Years Set For Next Week 0 The smallest criminal court docket in years in Onslow County is set for trial next week at the beginning of a two-week term of Superior Court to bo presided over by Judge Henry L. Stevens of War saw. Although there are only six cri minal cases now on the docket, two are capital cases involving man slaughter charges against John A. Meadows, charged with slaying a Marine several months ago, and H. N. Potts, charged with manslaugh ter in connection with the death of two Collins children on U. S. 17 between here and Maysville last fall. Superior Court Clerk J. R. Gur ganus said that in the 18 years he has held the office he had never known so few cases set for trial. However, there apparently are no end to civil actions, which in clude 25 divorce cases. The court term will begin next Monday at 10 a.m. 0 Bond sales during the 7th War Loan in Onslow County amounted to a total of $54,862.25 through Saturday, according to the Federal Reserve Bank report. Chairman J. C. Thompson reported yesterday. Of the total sales so far, $32, 606.25 were in Series E bonds. Thompson expected the sales to pick up immediately, because the results of the intensified advertis ing campaign in all newspapers and magazines and on the radio is now a week old. and because the Ons low County Woman's Division is getting in high gear this week. In a prepared statement concern ing the 7th War Loan, Thompson said: "Japan's home islands are indus trialized to the last kilowatt hour, to the last rivet, to the last pair of hands the 35 millions of Japanese. And the Japs have 400 million conquered Asiatics slaving away for her, too. Japan con stitutes the second largest empire in the world today. "The Japanese losses have been small in comparison to the size of the job we must do. We haven't yet locked with the main force of the enemy. Japanese losses are not equal to the norm it replacements. "Many Americans, unfortunately, have the mistaken idea that once Germany is out of the war, Japan will be a pushover. American mili tary and naval leaders certainly don't think so. "Iwo Jima should dissipate any illusions of Japan being a pushover. Thousands of American Marines died, and more thousands were put out of the fight, the worst fight in the history of the corps, and all on an island so small our Marines could shoot clear across it. "As we get closer to the heart of '.he Jap empire, our task is be coming harder and tougher. Our fighting men need all the support you can give them. You have a magnificient opportunity to give such support in the Mighty 7th War Loan by buying more and bigger bonds. Every American has his own personal quota. Find out what yours is—3nrf make if "So you think the Japs a push over?? "Tell that to the Marines." Mrs. I. P. Matthews Named Second Lieutenant In Blue Star Brigade % Mrs. L. P. Matthews has become the first woman in the Blue Star Brigade to attain the rank of sec ond lieutenant during the Seventh War Loan Drive in Onslow County. Mrs. Deane C. Taylor and Mrs. C. W. Conkling, co-chairmen of the drive in this county, made the announcement yesterday morning, adding that Mrs. Matthews had at that time, sold ten bonds totaling $5,775.00. with Mrs. T. Newton Cook running a close second in the campaign. The chairwomen also announced two new appointments: Miss Laura Beatty will be in charge of all the 4-H clubs and the rural districts throughout the county and Miss Marie Farley will head the Baby Bond Division. While the Women's division is well on with the campaign, with many nearing the necessary mark for the rank of second lieutenant, complete reports were not avail able yesterday for ful! details as to the actual amount of sales by the Women's Division. Mrs. Ida Lewis, Sneads Ferry, Passes In Wilmington 0 Mrs. Ida Lewis, 68. of Sneads Ferry, died at the James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington Thursday afternoon following an operation. Funeral services were conducted Friday afternoon at three o'clock at the graveside in the Lewis ceme tery. with the Rev. Paul Merritt of Camp Davis, officiating. Mrs. Lewis is survived by her widower, George W. Lewis, Sr., and two sons, Willie and George Jr., both of Sneads Ferry. COMING HOME + Atlanta—f/P)—Lt. Gen. Court ney Hicks Hodges, whose First United States Army confounded the Germans, captured Paris and drove on to Belgium, will be flown from Paris to Atlanta next week for an official Georgia homecoming celebration. Pfc. Herbert J. Bryan Of Beulaville Wounded In European Fighting #Pfc. Herbert J. Bryan, bob of Mrs. Rannie Brown of Beu laville, route two, was wounded in action in European fiihtiv, the War Department hat an nounced.
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