THE ONSLOW COUNTY News and Views The News and VIewa Leads b Paid Circulation Local Advertising SJc National Advertising " 1 S)BiS Classified Advertising Onslow County News The Only Newspaper in I he World Thai dives a Whoop About Onslow County V!l. M>. !>5 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., 'I'i i:SD\Y. '1 Mi 12. 1915 PRICE S2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST f ' WITH j BILLY ARTHUR 0They're kidding Clyde Sabistnn. who retired as mayor last week. "We thought we'd gotten rid of you." Charles Duffy Koonce told him the other night, "but darned if they didn't keep vou on the payroll as an authorized corres pondent. What's that?" 0 Edward Farnell tells the one about the son admiring his mother setting waves in her hair. She carefully tended each one. Then son went to his dad and looked at his bald head with fringe around the edges and said. "You're all beach, aren't you?" 0From the Camp Lejeune Globe: This is the story of one man who can honestly say that he would walk home if he could get a furlough. It involves one Pfc. Warren H. Wray of OAC at the Rifle Range. Pfc. Wray was re cently granted a seven-day fur lough to Dixon. Nr. C. . . . and for the information of those who are ignorant as to the location of that great metropolis, it is the store which houses the Post Office opposite the entrance to the Rifle Range. At least the Com pany Office won't have to worry about having to grant an exten sion to Pfc. Wray. for as long as his feet hold out he should be able to get back to duty without difficulty. 41 Fred Pittman reported Satur day that Brother Ed Provost was in a good humor because it had rained down at Gordon's. "Doesn't Imyone but Gordon Provost live at Bear Creek?" Meri Ferguson asked. 0 According to Battle Stars, the new Camp Davis newspaper, a Holly Ridge paper boy matched wits with a Camp Davis captain in a Boomtown barber shop the other day. and. witnesses say. copped the last laugh of the skirmish. Hawking his papers from chair to chair in the shop, the kid was turned down by the officer with the words. "Sorry, son, but you see I can't read." The boy stepped back, looked our captain up and down and piped up: "You're telling me! You ought to buy a paper and put in your back pocket when you walk down the street, so you wouldn't look so dumb!" Bystanders report that the cap tain had no reply. 4) one of the best stories going the rounds at present concerns the husband who inveteratelv went lome drunk, and on each occasion his wife scolded him severely. A friend of the wife advised that since her scolding was doing no good, she should try kindness. The idea didn't sound bad at all: so the next night in came hubby lit up like a Christmas tree. Instead of the usual cussing and scolding, his wife met him at the door, threw her arms around him and invited him on into the house. She led him to the largest, softest and most reposeful chair and let him sit down. ' Will you have a cold lemon ade?" she asked, returning soon with it. Then she unlaced his shoes, looking up at him affec tionately. and rising and throwing her arms around his neck saying, "Kiss me." "Well." the drunk replied. "I guess I might as well. I'll catch it from the missus when I get home anyway." 0 And. then, there's another one. if you recall it. about the drunk who put a pint bottle in his hip pocket, and on the way home fell down, broke the bottle, and the glass severely cut him. Realizing he must have some sort of first aid treatment, he continued home, and slipped into the house and in the bathroom without waking his wife. Carefully he pulled off his clothes and backed up in front of the mirror, and began applying tape profusely to his cuts. Without further noise he slipped into the bedroom and crawled into bed and went to sleep without disturbing his wife. The next morning she started shaking and bawling him out. "What do you mean by coming home drunk last night?" He sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Honey, I wasn't drunk. I came home and say you asleep: so I slipped in bed without waking you up." "You were drunk," she insisted. "Honestly, honey, I didn't have a drink." he replied. "Well, if you weren't drunk," she snapped, "who put all that ad hesive tape on the mirror?" Bingham K. Matfox, Maysville, Now With Advertising Company 0 Bingham K. Mattox, recently executive assistant and confiden tial secretary to the honorable Charles Harwood, Governor of the Virgin Islands, has joined the administrative staff of Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc., New York Ad vertising Agency. Mattox is an honorably discharg ed veteran, having served for two and half years in the Army of the United States. From 193t5 to 1941 he was personal secretary to Ro bert R. Reynolds, formerly United States Senator from North Caro lina. Mattox's parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. L Mattox, reside in Maysville. Hag Raising 'Round the World /PLEDGE allegiance fo the Flag of the United States of Amer ica and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, indivisible, with liberty(and justice for all. Bond Sales $131,000; Purchases Lagging 9 Bond purchases during 1 be 7th War Loan in Onslow County passed the $100,000 mark as of Friday. Chairman .1. C. Thompson reported yesterday but even that |(>f! tb,■ oovnfv still fav short of its $510,000 quota. Fet'lral Reserve Bank figures yesterday showed that bond sales had totaled $131,831.25 of which $74.831.25 were- Series E bonds. "We've still got a long road to [ravel". Thompson said, "both to meet our quota and to Tokyo. And the road to Tokyo will be longer if we don't hurry and got on our tvay. The least one can do during this drive is to purchase at least sne extra bond." Two LaGrange Men Convicted For Desr Hypfinn !n FcfPf! 0 Frank Coltrain and C. L. Vin son! both of LaGrange. were con victed at Trenton Saturday of hunting deer out of season and trespassing in l'.ofmann Forest, it was announced here yesterday by J. M. Stingley, forest supervisor. The men were arrested by Lonnie Koonce. ganie protector in Hofmann forest, and were fined $50 and costs. Australians Hit Borneo; Okinawa Japs Cracking £ Manila —(/P)— Elements of the [>1 h Australian Division landed simultaneously on Labaum Island Brooketon, and Maura Brunei Bay nn the western coast of Borneo, ROO miles north of Singapore and BOO miles east of Indo-China. Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced Monday. The enemy, laken by surprise, was unprepared to offer effective resistance. Consequently Allied casualties were negligible. Allied forces captured Labuan town and air field. Last Stand Attempt 0 Guam—(/P) Rapidly dying do fenders of Okinawa brought all their remaining artillery into play, firing point-blank range in a fu tile effort to stop a full-power as sault launched by the U. S. 10th Army. Guns of as heavy caliber as 105mm. were being used by the Nipponese in a last stand attempt, to halt the American attack on heavily fortified Yaeju-Dake es capement. The Seventh Regiment of 'r»e First U. S. Marine Division ran into heavy Japanese machine gun and mortar fire as it moved through Itoman town, capture of which has not been announced by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimiiz, Pacific Fleet Commander. Chinese Press Japs £ Chungking — (.-I5) — Chinese as sault forces battled Japanese with in the defenses of Liuchow and clos ed into within 10 miles of Kweilin. 90 miles to the northeast, amid a growing belief in the Chinese cap ital that the enemy planned to abandon both these former Amer ican Air Base cities. Worst Air Raid 0Guam— 'I li' anna».) mc< g of t ie Onslow Coun'.v Chapter of ihe American Rod CmsS v.il'l be held ,H'!y 17. i| was ainr.anccd yester day iollov in 13»c.- June meeting of tnc board of i1 :'eeto"< Plans for 1'u meeting ar" now underway, ;..u 1 all member^ of the chapter are ur.ued to attei.J. At that time the nominees for chapter officers for 1915-46 will he presented f»;i* balloting on. Members of the nominating com mittee, appnin'ed by Yice-Chair man E. J. Petteway. are Brig. Cen. Alfred K. Noble. chairman, Mrs. J. W. Bur!on and J. C. Petteway. The directors voted to outfit a day room at the Naval Hospital, Camp Lejcune, at a cost of $150, and to continue the Red Cross nursing service at Camp Davis. As for the service at Midway Park, it was decided to continue that until some other sponsor could be found. Reports were heard on the nurs ing service by Mrs. Burton, the home service work by Mrs. James Odom, and on volunteer work and requests for a canteen corps at Camp Davis by Mrs. W. V. Rich ardson. C h air m a n Pel fe w ay a nnoun ce d the appointment of Mrs. Evelyn Neville as clerk in the chapter offices. STICKERS NOT NEEDED 4)i Windshield stickers "A". "B". "C" or "T" indicating the type of gasoline rationing held by car owners need no longer be dis played. Kenneth C. lanter Is Liberated From German Prison Camp 0 T5 Kenneth C. Lanier, son of Herbert M. Lanier of Beula ville, route two, has been lib erated from a German prisoner of war camp, the War Depart ment announced yesterday. Smith Recommended For Postmaster Here 40 Persons Escape Serious Injuries As Busses Collide At Intersection Here ^Approximately 40 persons mira culously escaped serious injury and possible death when a Marine corps bus and a Seashore Trans portation company trailer-bus col lided at the intersection of John son Boulevard and New Bridge street here Saturday afternoon A Marine Corps board of in quiry and State Highway patrol men were continuing their investi gation yesterday, and no charges had been made against the drivers of the vehicles. The exact number of persons in jured was not available yesterday morning At least, twenty persons were treated at the Onslow Coun ty Hospital, and some of them were released or removed to the Family Hospital and dispensary at Camp Lejeune. None of the occupants of the Marine Corps bus were believed to have been seriously injured, al though some of them were pain fully hurt, bruised and scratched. The Seashore bus was unoccupied exept for driver Hubert F. Parker of Jacksonville, route three, and a conductor. Edward E. Stark. USMC, was the driver of the Ma rino bus. The Seashore bus. headed to ward Camp Lejeune. struck the Marine bus broadside as it was making a left turn from New Bridge street into Bavshore Estates. Both of the vehicles were badly da maged. Annual Homecoming A! Queen's Creek To Be Held Sunday # The annual homecoming cele bration at Queen's Creek church will be held next Sunday. .Tune 17, instead of on the fourth Sunday, it was announced yesterday by Nat H. Russell, chairman. OPA To Distribute Meat Price Ceiling Leaflets Shortly 0 Washington —f/P)— Three mil lion leaflets listing retail price ceilings for meat in some inde pendent stores will be distributed to shoppers throughout the coun try soon. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said the leaflets will pro vide the public with a "simple and powerful weapon to help us smash the black market in meat." Bowles said that the leaflets will give housewives information on the highest prices they should pay in any case. The leaflets will be distributed through local ration boards, retail stores and consumer organization. Bowles said the big majorty of retailers who "are living up to thier obligations under price con trol will welcome the appearance of these lists." Miss Elizabeth Miller Graduates From Rex School Of Nursing ^ Miss Mary Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Morris Miller of Camp Lejeune. was graduated from the Rex hospital school of nursing at Raleigh Fri day evening. Commissioned 6 Ensign A. I I. Hats-ell, Jr., above, last week was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, \1(1. He is the son of Supt. and Mrs. A. II. Hatsell of Jacksonville. Steve Stefanou, Jr., Is Graduated From Military Academy 0 Stove Stefanou. Jr.. salutatorian of his class, was graduated at Ed wards Military Academy Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Steve Stefanou, Sr., and family attended the exercises. Increased Gasoline Rations For "B" Book Holders Forecast Atlanta—f/P)—More than one half of the "13" gasoline ration users in the eight Southeastern states were eligible for in creased rations Monday. James F. Armstrong, regional rationing ex ecutive. has reported. He asked that other "B" ration holders, such as home-to-work drivers, not apply for increases, as they could not be issued under the new regulations. Armstrong said eligible "B" card holders need not be concerned about their expiration dates. He explained that the additional ra tions will be computed from Office of Price Administration tables, and all applicants would receive their full allotments beginning Monday regardless of the expiration of their present rations. H. N. Fountain, 80, Chinquapin Resident, Passes June 2nd £ Chinquapin.-- Funeral services for 11. N Fountain. 80. were eon ducted from the home last Sun day afternoon by the Row Wilie Walton. Primitive Baptist minis ter. Burial was in the Fountain Cemetery. Mr. Fountain, a retired farmer of the Fountain Store com munity. died at his home Satur day. June 2. of heart trouble. Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Laura Brown Fountain, and seven children, Mrs. Sudie F. Bryan, Lil lian Fountain, L. T. Fountain and S. 1. Fountain of Chinquapin. Mrs. M. B. Murphy and Mrs. Ralph Pow ell of Wilmington, and John Foun tain of Sacremanto, Calif. Zoning And Building Codes Interest Chamber; Engineer To Be Invited 0 Looking toward the future grow ill and development of tlie town of Jacksonville, the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night voted to invite a planning engineer here to discuss zoning and building codes with the civic organization. The decision was reached after George Buchanan had touched off a heated discussion about enforce ment of building codes and fire regulations by declaring the new town government should rigidly enforce existing regulations and promulgate new ones. Certain concrete instances where buildings have been erected with in the (ire zone and interior wiring has been done without meeting standards were cited. It prompted Mayor Ramon As kew to disclose that he had in structed town police to report any new building to town officials, so that a building permit could be issued. "No building is going up." the mayor said, "without a permit and unless it meets existing fire regulations." The discussion drifted into zon ing. and (ho entire membership agreed that for the sensible devel opment of the community, some zoning should be undertaken, if possible, and not too expensive. It was pointed out that zoning was for the benefit of the property owner. The chamber went on record to write Rep. Graham A. Barden asking that he do all in his power to have the post office department change its mind about instituting city carrier service here. The de partment turned down the request last week. Vice President Deane C. Taylor appointed W. C. Bryan as the chamber's representative on the USO council, and announced two new members—W. II. Shepard and C. R. Smith—bringing the total chamber membership to 156. Lack of committee reports and absence of committee chairmen were scored by G. E. Maultsby. and it was decided to urge all chairmen to be present at the next meeting with a report of some sort. 0 Frank A. Smith, assistant post in. ster here for the past three yours, has been recommended by H p. Graham A. Barden for ap pointment as postmaster for Jack sonville. The recommendation is tanta mount to appointment by the Post Office Department. Smith will succeed the late H. C. Warlick. Prior to becoming assistant post master. Smith served as postmaster at Marine for a number of years. He took over his former duties here when he moved to Jackson ville after the Navy Department had acquired the lower Onslow section for Camp Lejeune. Elbert Howard And John Mitchell Meet In Marianas Islands 0 Somewhere in the Marianas— Two cousins who before the war lived in Jacksonville, N. C., met here recently. They are Elbert Howard, shipfitter. third class, USNR. and John R. Mitchell, ma chinist's mate, third class, USNR, the latter a Navy Seabee. It was the first time in three years that the two had seen each other. Howard enlisted in October. 1942 at New Bern. N. C., and served in the States until about six months ago when he was assigned to an attack transport. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. R L. Howard of Jacksonville. Mitchell, who enlisted in the Scabees at Raleigh, N. C., in Sep tember. 1942. is going into his 26th month of overseas duty. He has served in the campaigns at Bou gainville and the Marianas, and has toured in such places as Kvva.jalein and Eniwetok. Before this he had served on New Cale donia and also Guadalcanal. His mother, Daisy Lee Mitchell, lives on Route 2, Jacksonville. Instruction Classes For Canteen Corps To Begin Tomorrow 0 Instruction classes for the can cer) corps at Camp Davis will be ;in at Holly Ridge Community Building tomorrow night at 7:15 )'clock. Jacksonville volunteers nay call the Red Cross office here, Dhone 380. if they wish to enlist, rhey may accompany Miss Laura Beatty. canteen class teacher, to Holly Ridge. War In Brief £ American troops on Okinawa launch full-scale attack against Ja panese last-stand plateau fortress at southern end of island, Japs re sume suicide plane attacks, sink ing one small Navy unit. On Luzon. Americans capture town of Bagabag on road to Caga yan Valley as General Mac Arthur announces Jap casualties for Phil ippines campaign are nearing 400, 0 )0 mark. American aerial warfare against Japanese homeland stepped up. with strafing planes raiding Kyu« Rhu targets as Superforts blasted aircraft targets on main Island of Honshu in Tokyo area. General Eisenhower and Mar shal Montgomery gets higest Sov iet award from Marshal Zhukov as Allied Control Council holds its second meeting, this time at Frank furt. Ambassador Pauley says Ger many will be stripped of all war industries under Allied repara tions program. Eddy Gilmore gives detailed pic ture of devastated Berlin, saying great city now a mass of wreckage. American Army will keep 600,000 German war prisoners as laborers and quarter million Nazis will be assigned to France. Marshal Zhukov at Berlin says Hitler's body has not been found and expresses belief that fuehrer escaped. Reveals Hitler's marriage to Eva Braun. Spain suspected as Hitler's hiding place. Prosecutor Justice IT. Jackson re ports to President Truman on plans for prosecution of Nazi war crimi nals. Says failure to punish them would be mockery of the dead and make cynics of living. General Omar N. Bradley is nam ed Administrator of Veterans' Ad ministration to succeed General Hines. De Seversky reveals that Nazis were building jet bombers to raid New York when war eneded in Eu rope. Nazi inventor of jet plane surrenders and offers his secrets to American Army. ^ Thousands at Boston cheer Gen eral Patton on his return from Eu rope. CANNED MILK 0 Washington—(TP)—The OPA has cut off supplies of canned milk to commercial establishments to con serve the limited civilian alloca tion for infants, invalids and others whose diet requires it. A