THE ONSLOW COUNTY and The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County '9'7 The News and VIe*» Lead* !■ Paid Circulation Local Advertising National Advertising Classified Advertlsln* Onslow County News '>S VOL. ML NO. 91 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR | DOWN EAST | WITH | BILLY ARTHUR & 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 $200 bonds pending trial in Onslow County Recorder's Court on a charge of operating an illicit dis tillerv. Th:\v were arrested as they left the site of one of the 50-gal lon stills. All of Ihe outr.t.s were 50-gallon gasoline drum distilleries. Appro ximately five gallons of whiskey and 12 barrels of mash were de stroyed by the officers. Three of the plants were de stroyed en Monday and one on Su nday. Stump Sound Township Donated 2,000 Pounds Of Serviceable Clothing ©More than 2.000 pounds of good and serviceable clothing for the United Clothing campaign were contributed tin Stump Sound Township recently, according to a statement of appreciation by C. Bruce Hunter, township chairman. Hunter said he greatly apprecia ted the time and effort devoted to donating, collecting, packing and shipping the clothing to be sent to war devastated areas of Europe. Members of the organization covering the township were: Mrs. C. C. Hines. Mrs. Dewey Justice, Mrs. Porter Ward. Rev Paul Mer rills. Mrs. Tucker. Mr. and Mis. Leon Sessoms. Mrs. Hevward Camp bell. Mrs. Lila Mac MeCrcc. Mrs. Adrian Capps, Mrs. L. D. Bryan. Mrs. Russell Lewis. Miss Stella Par ker. Mrs. Lola Lanier. Gilmer Sew el!. Julius Scgerman, John D. Jen kins. Milton Padgett. Charles Kirk man. Bobby Jean Caldwell. J. D. Tucker. Mr. Brink® and others. Aviation Is Ready To Make New Speed Records After War By JAMES J. STREP.IG © Washington — nlintf to word received J-. '-f bv Iris vile, the former ft'tss * Tar.v ? 'cap. Thompson Ol' Ja$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.