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& It is nol altogether with pleasure
that I tell you the News and View:-,
has installed a maternity depart
ment- for dogs.
In fact, il was forced upon us,
dropped in our laps, handed to us.
Anywav, wo got it.
No Dorothy Dix or obstetrician
are we. and we couldn't answer all
the questions. So, we merely ran
out on the whole affair.
It all started when T-. E. Rudi
sill's dog was having pups the oth
er morning.
We were called to find out what
to do. What could we do? Admin
ister a hypo via telephone? Not .us.
Could we got some information
from Camp Lejeunc? Not us: we
weren't going to stick our necks
out and display our ignorance. Be
sides. we always thought when
folks were about to become fa
thers. they read up on the subject.
Mrs. Jean Crankshaw and Mrs.
Kennie Fortner. whose husbands
are with Devil Dog detachment,
were solicited for information and
assistance. Mrs. Crankshaw sud
denly had an invitation to lunch:
Mrs. Fortner remembered she had
to go to the base. Mrs. Rudisill
recalled she had to go lo Svvans
boro for the afternoon.
Me? I had to keep store.
So. Rudy had to run for the doc
tor.
And at this writing everything
is all right. He got B. J. Holleman
for a midwife.
0 Mayor Ramon Askew said only
one visitor was present at the
board installation Tuesday night.
That was Burney Kesler. and he
didn't have any other place to go,
it was said.
01 The truth will out eventually, it
always has been said, but I never
knew how much it could hurt until
the other morning.
A little girl, about nine years old.
walked up to me on the street and
said, "Mr. Arthur. I was looking
through some books the othrr night
and saw your picture."
"You did!" I said, feeling compli
mented. '
"Yes," she continued, "they look
ed like they were made when you
were young."
#Just to keep the record straight:
The News and Views Tuesday
published a statement by Principal
C. Bruce Hunter of Dixon, which
said in part that the mass resigna
tion of the faculty was not intended
to embarrass anyone on the Board
of Education: that the printing of
the article concerning the action of
the County Board of Education on
the first Monday left the impress
a on with the public that all bids
^ .ere rejected and there was noth
ing further that could be done
about getting repairs and an addi
tion at Dixon.
This record-straightener is not
intended to embarrass anyone cith
er. Had we carefully read the state
ment before publication, it proba
bly would have been withdrawn.
Because, no newspaper article
left any impression at all at Dix
on prior to the resignations.
The Board of Education met on
Monday, May 7. and rejected the
bids for school improvements.
The first printed word appears
in the News and Views on Friday,
May 11. That story also carried
word of the resignations.
The story of the resignations ap
peared first in our local contem
porary on Thursday. May 10. but
that article contained no report of
the board's action.
The News and Views story of
May 11 stated recourses, and we
quote: "He (Supt. of Schools A. H.
Hatsell) said that the board could
go through with the work at eith
er one or two of the schools and
be within the budgeted amount fix
ed by the county, if it desired. But.
he added, snme of the board (of
education) felt that the commis
sioners should express themselves
since they set aside the money for
the improvements at all three in
stitutions."
0Even if this isn't the truth al
together it makes a good story.
They were telling around town
here the other morning about the
strange itching that has befallen
the Marines on duty at the Rifle
Range.
It seems that the boys were itch
ing and itching and scratching and
scratching but the medics couldn't
find out what the cause was.
T'won't mosquitoes; t'won't spiders;
what was it?
So the story goes, they sent one
of the boys, sort of a guinea pig,
back to the main base to see if the
cause could be ascertained. It just
so happened that a southern doc
got hold of him and recognized
right off the trouble: chiggers.
0 Calling on the Camp Lejeun-s
Globe for assistance in getting oat
this column:
Once upon a time the ferry ser
vice between heaven and hell
broke down. St. Peter phoned
Satan the news, remarking: "If you
don't provide more efficient serv
ice, I'll put my own men on the
job."
"You don't say," snickered the
Devil, "and just where, may I
ask. are you going to get a boats
wains mate in heaven?"
Young son: "Paw, what's the dif
ference between a gun and machine
gun?"
Paw: "A heap. son. It's just as if
1 spoke—and then your mother
spoke."
Corps: "My wife explored my
pockets last night."
Sgt.: "What did she get?"
Corps: "About the same as any
other explorer—enough material
for a lecture."
Three Morton BrotI rs in Service
GEORGE A. MORTON.
LESLIE MORION.
EMMITT H. MORTON.
Three sons of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Morton of Jacksonville, Route 2, are serving in the armed forces.
Pfc. Gecrge A. Morton has been a prisoner of war in Germany since Dec. 17. Seaman Second Class
Leslie Morton is receiving training at Eainbridge, Md. Pfc. Emmitt H. Morton is with the First Army
in Germany.
End Of Okinawa Battle
Is Reported In Sight
0Guarn—(IP)—The "final end" of
the battle for Okinawa is in sight,
largely because Americans have
perfected a defense against suicide
planes. Tokyo's press and radio ad
mitted Thursday as American
headquarters announced Ihe cap
ture of Naha airport and further
compressing of the remaining Nip
ponese garrison. The airdrome, a
prime objective of the 68-day cam
paign. was taken over Wednesday
by the Sixth Division Marines.
Osaka Raided
£ Guam—(/P)—In a marked de
parture from recent fire raids 4;"0
Superiorts blasted war industries
and an arsenal in Osaka, the
Orient's leading industrial city,
with high explosives and incen
diaries Thursday in their tenth
large scale raid on Japan this
month.
B-29s hit as the Tokyo radio ad
mitted 200.000 more Japanese
have been driven from their homes
by American air attacks and would
be moved to farms to help raise
Japan's meager food supply.
3.000 Jans Killed
D Manila—(/P)—Doughboys of the
38th Division battled a desperate
enemy throughout the Marikina
Hill Mass east of Manila Wednes
day. More than 3.000 Japanese
have been killed in this area and
large quantities of military booty
captured. On Mindinao the Eighth
Army troops made two new land
ings Tuesday to completely seal
oft the Davao Gulf.
American-Soviet
Differences Thrcaien
Fight In Conference
Q San Francisco—(/P)—American
Sovi-et differences over the right of
free discussion in the World Se
curity Council headed Thursday
toward an open fight in United Na
tions Conference, with the prospect
that Russia would be defeated.
The Soviet delegation is reported
expecting no word from Moscow
to change its decision that the
Yalta voting formula gives each
of Big Five powers the right to
veto discussion of an international
dispuL.' in council.
Pv!. Alvin Sandlin
Gets Purple Heart,
Home On Furlough
0 Pvt. Alvin Sandlin has been
awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in Belgium on
Dec. 24th. Also a holder of (he
Good Conduct medal, he relurned
to the United States April 13th.
lie is now spending a 31-day
furlough with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. R. K. Sandlin, Kichlands,
Route 1.
Postal Receipts Increase In May,
Total Still In Advance Of Last Year
% Representing an increase ovei
the corresponding month of 1944,
stamp receipts at Jacksonville post
office in May amounted to S4.
436.63, running total receipts j"or
1945 to $14,357.32. Assistant Post
master Frank Smith reported yes
terday.
Receipts for May 1945 were
$41.90 above those of the same
month last year, but that was
significant in view of the fact that
1944 receipts carried those of
Midway Park branch, which do not
appear in the current report.
Four Colored Registrants
Report To Bragg For
Induction June 14th
0Thc list of colored registrants
leaving for induction into the
armed forces at Fort Bragg. N. C.
on June 14. 1945. are:
Loroy Dunn, Richlands: Willie
Richardson Rhodes, Jacksonville;
Daniel Theadore White, Norfolk.
Va.. and Robert G. Spicer, Sneads
Ferry.
ATTENDS ISO SCHOOL
0 Mrs. Luclle F. Wake who has
been with USO Travelers Aid here
for the past six months left Mon
day for New York to attend USO
Orientation course. Upon comple
tion of the course, she will be
transferred to a USO Travelers
Aid designation in California.
Col. John B. Wilson
New Chief-Of-Sfaff
To Genera! Marsfon
QCol. John B. Wilson, USMC,
has boon named Chief-of-StafT to
Maj. Gen. John Marston, Camp
Lejeune commanding general, and
is expected soon to assume his
duties. Col. Wilson will lake over
from Lt. Col. Abner -J. Beall who
has been acting Chief-of-StafT.
Col. Wilson reports to Camp Le
jeune after having participated in
three major campaigns, including
I wo Jima. in the Pacific and serv
ing 27 months in that area.
Col. Wilson won the Legion of
Merit on Guam and the Bronze
Star Medal on Bougainville as com
manding officer of the 12th Ma
rines. the artillery regiment of the
Third Marine Division. lie com
manded the 12th Marines from its
formation. Sept. 1. 1942. until he
was made assistant division com
mander of the Third in January.
1945. He was assistant division
commander during the battle of
I wo Jima.
WOUNDED IX ACTION
% Seaman Second Class Leland
Heywood Bass, son of Sampson
Bonnie Bass of Dunn and brother
of Mrs. Alma Rose Bass Jones of
Jacksonville, has been wounded in
action with the Navy.
State Aeronautics Commission Head
Confers With Local Aviation Men
0 State Senator Roy Rowe, Bur
gaw, chairman of the North Caro
lina Aeronautics Commission, met
with local aviation enthusiasts and
members of the Jacksonville Air
port. Inc...here Tuesday afternoon.
The purpose of the meeting was
to secure from Rowe pertinent in
formation about building an air
port on the property already
optioned at Hawkside, and subse
quent efficient operation of it. The
Burgaw man. who has privately
pioneered aviation in this section,
was accompanied by William
Sample, Charlotte. Standard Oil
company aviation gasoline special
ist.
Meeting with Rowe and Sample
were B. J. Holleman. Raymond and
C. W. Hartsfield, R. E. Cravens
and L. £. Rudisill, all interested in
the development of aviation in
Jacksonville.
An airport here will expedite
mail and express, one of the im
portant features. Howe said. As for
passenger service, Jacksonville
would be 011 a feeder route that
would reduce the time of cross
country travel by many hours,
making it ,possible for Western
Carolinians lo spend three day
week-end vacations on the coast
and vice versa.
Jacksonville, he said, is ideally
situated half-way between New
Bern and Wilmington. One wishing
to spend y the week end in the
mountains' or in New York could
get a feeder plane out of here to
Wilmington, change there, and be
in Western North Carolina in
three hours or New York in five 01*
six by slow plane.
Two Men A: rested,
4 Stills Destroyed
By Deputies Sheriff
jjgj Sheriff's Deputies James Likens
and Willis Johnson destroyed Jour
Mills and arrested two men in the
Nine Mile Section of Onslow Coun
ty Sunday and Monday.
Perrv Marshbiirn and Iferbe-t
Foy are being h'dd under $200
bonds pending trial in Onslow
County Recorder's Court on a
charge of operating an illicit dis
tillerv. Th:\v were arrested as they
left the site of one of the 50-gal
lon stills.
All of Ihe outr.t.s were 50-gallon
gasoline drum distilleries. Appro
ximately five gallons of whiskey
and 12 barrels of mash were de
stroyed by the officers.
Three of the plants were de
stroyed en Monday and one on
Su nday.
Stump Sound Township
Donated 2,000 Pounds
Of Serviceable Clothing
©More than 2.000 pounds of good
and serviceable clothing for the
United Clothing campaign were
contributed tin Stump Sound
Township recently, according to a
statement of appreciation by C.
Bruce Hunter, township chairman.
Hunter said he greatly apprecia
ted the time and effort devoted to
donating, collecting, packing and
shipping the clothing to be sent to
war devastated areas of Europe.
Members of the organization
covering the township were: Mrs.
C. C. Hines. Mrs. Dewey Justice,
Mrs. Porter Ward. Rev Paul Mer
rills. Mrs. Tucker. Mr. and Mis.
Leon Sessoms. Mrs. Hevward Camp
bell. Mrs. Lila Mac MeCrcc. Mrs.
Adrian Capps, Mrs. L. D. Bryan.
Mrs. Russell Lewis. Miss Stella Par
ker. Mrs. Lola Lanier. Gilmer Sew
el!. Julius Scgerman, John D. Jen
kins. Milton Padgett. Charles Kirk
man. Bobby Jean Caldwell. J. D.
Tucker. Mr. Brink® and others.
Aviation Is Ready
To Make New Speed
Records After War
By JAMES J. STREP.IG
© Washington — </P) — Aviation is
ready to make new speed and dura
tion records as soon conditions
permit.
The National Aeronautics Asso
ciation Contest Board, which is
the United States representative
of the Federation Aeronartique In
ternationale (FAD. the world or
ganization. has entered but two
iicv marks since Pearl Harbor.
Both were established last May
12 by N.»rth Amc-ican P- 5! Mus
tang fk-kU-rs. Oiio set a non-stop
i.os Angi-li.; to Nc»v York mark 01'
(• hours, 39t& minutes. Tie other
•nade a "ne-st. p irip in » hours.
minutes. The last previou'
record was a tii.ira.tion flight of 1
hour, 32' ; minutes for the helicop
ter, set bv Igor I. Sikorsky on
May (J. 1941.
Records Overshadowed
Those marks have been oversha
dowed by subsequent performances.
The Boeing C-97, a transport ver
sion of the B-29 superfortress,
weighing at least ten times as much
as a Mustang, flew almost casually
across the country in G hours 4
minutes. It was not a record at
tempt. had been scheduled a
month in advance and there was no
official timing The helicopter
mark has been exceeded consider
ably, and the helicopter itself has
been put to war work.
One of the early problems with
new marks will be modernization
of recording equipment for record
attempts, including a barograph
geared to the tremendous altitudes
at which planes now fly.
NAA established a transport
category last fall. This provides
that the airplane involved be a
licensed model, accepted by the
Civil Aeronautics Administration,
carry a full load, and have no alter
ations from the standard model.
Routes for competition may be
between any two points the board
finds reasonable, and Miami to
New York already has been estab
lished as a course at the request
of a carrier eager to try for a rec
ord when conditions permit.
To Fly Stratosphere
A number of aircraft devoted
solely to war service now are tug
(Continucd on page six)
Lf. George W. Coney
Wounded In Action
On Okinawa April 20
fljsMeul. George W. Doney.
I'S.vlC. has been wounded in
at'tiop. ' .i Okinawa on 20,
aci">nlintf to word received
J-. '-f bv Iris vile, the former
ft'tss * Tar.v ? 'cap. Thompson
Ol' Ja$a§soiiv?ile.
I.k'utermnt l>oney's wounds
v,vr e reported net to have
been serious. He has been
awarded the Purple Heart,
and that arrived here
this week.
Oapt. David B. Thayer
I V.C. who was %•'? 15 k.iown
! ■ re w h"'e :•:!'{ior.ed at ('amp
I -.icwnp, v ;.s Julie it in action
in the same campaign. ii<
j": ided In the Sanderson res:
. ce e . ZJivdeaux strep 1 while
sta-ioiTC'd at L.jeune.
Pleads For Americans
No! To Let Down In
War Agains! Japan
# An impassioned pic:' that Amer
icans do no! !v-1 down, lose their
push an-' quit in the war against
Japan was made by Lieut. Roy C.
Schmidt. Camp Davis public rela
tions officer, in behalf of the 7th
War Loan at the Jacksonville Ki
vvanis club here Tuesday afternoon.
The .laps believe that their war
of attrition will slowly sap up
American energy and will and that
this nation will eventually just fold
up and quit, Lieutenant Schmidt
said.
Pilot of a B-24 on D-Day in Eu
rope. Lieutenant Schmidt graphi
cally pictured the immensity of
the invasion and said it was made
possible by the people at home
who bought and paid for the ma
teriel by their purchases of bonds
and stamps. II; couldn't fail. The
same is true it: the Pacific, he
declared. "You keep buying them,
and we'li keep flying them."
Kiwanis Lieu If nant Governor R.
H. Hodges of Wiison : poke briefly.
Other guests were: State Senator
Roy Howe. N. A. Worsley of Bur
gaw; William Sample of Charlotte,
Kirk.vood TIanrahan of Goldsboro,
New- II Bellamy of Richmond, Ro
bert .Jackson of Nr.v York, and
John Aycock and R. E. Cravens of
Jacksonville.
Mrs. George E. Moore,
Prominent Swansboro
Woman, Passes Away
Mrs. George E. Moore, one of
Swansboro's best loved women,
died at James Walker Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington Monday
afternoon after a brief illness. She
was 73 years old.
Funeral services were held at
the home in Swansboro Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. Charles JL Mercer and
Rex. A. L. Benton. Methodist and
Baptist ministers. Burial was in
Lhc family cemetery at Hubert.
Mrs. Moore is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Bert To! son of
Swansboro; two sons, Harry B.
Mo we and Will ur Moore of Svvans
b<>r>; one grandchild; a sister. Mrs.
N'ancv Pi vet t of Swansboro. and
two brothers. Maurice Hat sell and
Peie Hatsell of Swansboro.
Immunization Clinic
Scheduled To Be
At Dixcn School
'Cr. U W. St.'vons. health »f
:icev, announce, an immunivatim
eh me against ia. small nox
iti/d typhoid to given at L. R.
!): con's *.oi • RouU- •». aackson
on
:,hway.
vI' nclay mon s. Juno to. 22 and
at 10 a.m. to It a.m.
All parent: are uru'-d l-> have
tlu-ir children Lorn six monlhs to
se»en years vaccinated against
diohtheria and small pox. One
case of typhoid has been reported
in the county this month.
4$ In pre-machine days, it took
three-fourths of U. S. manpower
to feed the nation.
Hugh, No Catsup?
0 Hungry? How about .1 good
filling meal? If you ale at
Camp Lejeune's Tent Camp,
(his is what you could expert
at a typical noon day chow.
You would roceivc 4.400 pounds
of beef as the main course.
Vegetables would include 32
100-pound sacks of potatoes,
'1.000 pounds of onions. 1,200
pans of tomatoes, and 1.200
bunches of celery. Naturally,
bread, 1,000 pounds of it, with
250 pounds of butter to go
along. To drink all this down
there would be 250 pounds of
coffee; and for dessert, 175
cakes, 30 to 40 inches in size.
This is just an average menu
for one meal served by Tent
Camp's four mess halls and
two field kitchens. There are
some 200 cooks, butchers and
bakers to prepare this food and
450 mess men to do the clean
ing up.
Carrier Mail Service
Denied By Post Office
Two Carter Brothers Overseas
EDWARD >1. CARTER
Two sons of J. B. Carter and
the late Mrs. Carter of Beulaville
are serving overseas. Ffc. Edward
M. Carter is an MP with the air
forces in Germany. His wife, the
former Myrtle Swinson, and his
Five Women Named
Officers In Current
Blue Sfar Brigade
Q Mrs. Deane C. Taylor, chair
man of the Women's Division of
the Seventh War Loan Drive in
Onslow County, announced yester
day that although the returns were
very incomplete, five women have
been named officers in the cur
rent drive by virtue of their sales
(if bonds in the Seventh War Loan
Drive.
They are: Mrs. David Sabiston.
LI. General: Mrs. Lee Humphrey
of Verona. Captain: Mrs. T. New
ton Cook. First Lieutenant: Mrs.
Robert McCoy. First Lieutenant
and Mrs. L. P. Matthews, Second
Lieutenant.
Mrs. Taylor pointed out that
there were probably others who
have sold an equal amount of bonds
but who have not made their re
ports to the chairman as yet. She
urges all members to report a.
soon as possible.
As of noon, yesterday, the chair
man said that approximately $70.
000 worth of bonds had been sold
by the Women's Division.
Lt. C. W. Sutton And
Pfc. Willis Carter
Meet In Marianas
4ft 1.1. C. VV. Sutton and Pfc. Willis
Carter. both of Onslow County,
met in the Marianas recently, ac
cording to word received here.
Lieutenant Sutton is the son of
Mrs. C. \V. Sutton of Richlands
and Pl'c. Carter is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Carter of near
Beulaville.
VAN MLRRELL INVITED
4 \ an Murrcll. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Z. E. Murrcll. Jr., of Jack
sonville. who was a page in the
1945 House of Representatives at
Raleigh, lias been incited to at
tend the special summer meeting
of the State Senate at Statesville
June 25-30. President Truman will
be in attendance.
ARTIII R AT SWANSBORO
0 Hilly Arthur, editor of the News
and Views, will give the program
at the weekly meeting of Swans
bo ro Kiwanis club Monday night
at 7 o'clock.
WILLIS II. CARTER
daughter, live in Beulaville.
Pic. Willis II. Carter is with a
hospital group in the South Pacific.
He entered service in April, 1941.
He went overseas in December,
1941. Pfc Carter has just been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal.
New Town Board In;
Budget Consideration
Set For Tuesday
£ Mayor Ramon Askew and the
1945-47 Jacksonville Board of
Commissioners were sworn into
office Tuesday night at the City
Hall by Justice of the Peace Ed
Arthu r.
The new board is composed of
J. Hedrick Aman, H. L. Cowell,
J. C. Collins and B. ■!. Holleman.
One of the first acts of the new
board was to authorize former
mayor Clyde L. Sabiston to con
tinue working with the town in
closing out the Federal Works
Agency water and sewer projects.
No compensation, if any. was dis
cussed.
At the same time. Mayor Askew
invited his predecessor-mayor and
members of the retiring board to
sit with the new board and lend
their advice and assistance in
working up the 1945-4G budget.
To that end a special meeting of
the board will be held at the City
Hall next Tuesday night at 8:30
o'clock.
There were no formalities to the
installation. Only one visitor was
present in addition to retiring and
incoming board members, city and
military police who were around
the office Justice of the Peace
Arthur administered the oath, and
the new board was in.
USO Travelers Aid
Direclor Urges Listing
Of Available Rooms
% Heart-sick. fool-weary mothers
with children tugging at their skirts
are familiar figures in the queues
that line up between 10 a.m. and
10 p.m. at thr USO Travelers Aid
Service in the News & Views
Building. They are all there on
the same business, looking for
rooms.
According to Mrs. Josephine
Burns, director of the USO Tra
velers Aid. although the agency's
work includes everything from
giving general information to
travel help, most of the time these
days is filled trying to find hous
ing facilities.
She urged that anyone having
an available room help to alleviate
the critical shortage in Jackson
ville by calling the USO Travelers
Aid and listing the vacancy.
1945 Rabies Vaccination Schedule
Is Announced For Onslow County
£ Dr. IT. W. Stevens, district
health officer, yesterday announc
ed r dog rabies vaccination clinic
in Onslow County to prevent
hydrophobia.
Vaccination of all dogs over six
months of age is required by North
Carolina Stats law once every
year. Dog collar tags will be issued
with overv vaccination.
Dr. D. P. Coppagc.veterinarian,
will supervise the clinics through
out all of Onslow County. Cost of
vaccination is one dollar per dog.
Dr. Stevens said that the legal
requirements to prevent rabies in
dogs protects children and adults
from the possibility of contracting
hydrophobia from an unvaecinated
rabied dog. All dogs roaming loose
without the 194o vaccination tag
arc subject to being picked up.
confined and exterminated. All
dogs should be brought to the
clinics on a leash.
Below is given the county-wide
dog rabies clinic schedule:
.lunc IB Belgrade (Mill's stored
8:30 to 9:30: Deppe. Ht. 17. 10:00
to 11:00: Pumpkin Center. Ht. 17.
1130 to 12:30: Walton's Store. Ht.
53, 1:30 to 2:30: Dixon's Store. Ht.
53. 3:00 to 3:30; Tent Camp, Rt.
17, 400 to 500.
June 19—Verona. Rt. 17 (Foy's
store1. 9:30 to 10:30: Dixon. Rt. 17.
(Post Office). 11:00 to 12:00:
Sneads Ferry. (Ennett's store'. 1:00
to 2:00; Folkstone. >Mrs Hansley's
store*. 2:30 to 3:00: Holly Ridge,
1 Post Office). 3:30 to 5:00.
June 20—Jarmantown (A. 1.
Taylors store), 9:30 to 10:30:
Trott's Filling Station. 11:00 to
12:00: Richlands. (Citv Hall). 1:00
to 2:00; Brock's Store. 2:30 to 3:00:
IIufTmantown, (Howard's Store).
3:30 to 4:30.
Juno 21—Gregory Cross Roads.
9:30 to 10:30; Abnor Heath's Store.
Rt. 24. 11:00 to 11:30; Catherine's
Lake. (Brown's store'. 12:00 to 1:30;
Gum Branch, (Cavenaugh's store),
2:00 to 3:00; Half Moon, (Aman's
Store), 3:30 to 4:30.
June 22—Midway Park, (Post
Office). 9:30 to 10:30; Pinev Green.
(Wynn's Store). 11:00 to 1:30; Star
ling's Store. 1:00 to 1:30: Bear
Creek. (Henderson's Store). 2:00
to 3:00: Swansboro. (high school),
3:30 to 5:00.
June 23 — Jacksonville, (high
school). 9:30 to 11:30.
June 25—White Oak. (Stroud's
Store). 9:30 to 10:30; Silverdale,
(Mattock's Store), 11:00 to 12:00.
£ The Post Office Department
this week said it did not feel that
city delivery mail service was nec
essary in Jacksonville.
In a letter from H. Aldrich,
first assistant postmaster general,
the views of the department, based
upon the results of a recent sur
vey of the community, were con
tained.
The "department said that the
demand for carrier service came
practically altogether from resi
dents of outlying sections of the
town, possibly meaning Overbrook
and Bayshore Estates, and that
those areas are occupied largely
by transient people.
It added that almost all of the
older residents of the community
stated during the canvass that
they preferred to retain their boxes
and get their mail at the post of
fice rather than have it delivered
by carrier.
As for postal receipts being of
such amount as to justify the serv
ice. the department stated that it
is to be remembered that they are
caused by the influx of people here
on account of nearby military in
stallations.
Nowhere in the letter did the
writer take into consideration that
Camp Lcjeune is a permanent
military base and that the growth
of Jacksonville likewise is con
sidered permanent, rather than of
the mushroom variety.
Tentative Budget
May Be Presented
lo Board Monday
$ A tentative 1945-46 budget will
probably be laid before the Ons
low County Board of Commis
sioners Monday by Auditor J. J.
Cole.
The auditor said yesterday that
he had been working on the budget
this week to get it in a first-draft
form for consideration by the
board. The hoard did not meet
this week, adjourning in respect to
John D. Warlick. prominent local
attorney who is the county's legal
counsel and whose brother died by
his own hand during the week end.
In so doing, the county board
decided to meet next Monday.
Also in respect to the attorney,
the week's term of Superior Court
scheduled for trial of civil cases
was called off, Mr. Warlick being
counsel in practically all of the
cases to be heard The jurors were
dismissed for the term on Monday
morning when they reported for
service.
Rev. J. F. Herbert
Conducts Richlands
Revival June 17 to 24
Rev. J. F. Herbert, pastor of
Grace Street Methodist church in
Wilmington, will conduct a week's
revival at Richlands Methodist
church. June 17-24, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Rev. W A. Crow, pastor of the
Richlands charge, will assist in the
revival, and considerable interest
is already being evidenced in it,
it was said.
War In Brief
Marines seize Naha airfield;
complete Okinawa victory appears
j nminent.
Officials announce that Super
f• >rt raids on six major .Tap cities
have burned out 90 square miks.
British troops in southern Burma
hurl back Jap night attack by 150
enemy troops battling to seize
Allied positions at Mokshitwa.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
and his staff fly to Berlin, where
the American member of the Allied
Control Council to govern Ger
many signed the declaration mark
ing beginning of the long occupa
tion of the conquered Third Heich.
Four major Allies officially an
nounce terms of occupation of Ger
many under which the Reich will
be stripped of all military power
and her borders pushed back to
their 1937 status.
Delayed and unusual communi
que from Admiral Nimitz omitting
mention of ground fighting on
Okinawa rgearded as signifiant,
with special communique announc
ing end of bloody island battle
possibly indicated.
Tokyo radio admits black war
outlook for Japan as big city and
port of Kobe burns from mammoth
incendiary bomb raid by giant
American. Superforts.
General MacArthur reports Am
ericans now pushing into rich Cag
ayan Valley in Northern Luzon for
showdown battle with remaining
troops on main Philippine Island.
Fighting also continues in Davao
section of Mindanao.
American carrier pilots report
Japanese flying speedier and more
maneuverable plane than U. S.
aviators are using.
Nimitz reports names of two
U. S. destroyers—Morrison and
Luce—lost off Okinawa.