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VOL. VIII, NO. 1 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1945 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR
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^ BILLY ARTHUR
• Of course Coleman Bynum di
vides his time between his sum
mer residence at Swansboro and
the restaurant here, and we don't
blame him.
But it's getting to be a pretty
come off when such things hap
pened as did one little incident
the other day at lunch. Coleman
walked into the restaurant and sat
down beside Marion Cowell, and
a waitress walked up. handed him
a menu and a glass of' water "tnd
Inquired, "Have you been waited
on?"
# Yes, I sai he shoul ji**e it fixe .
I mean the on Staife'Stefauou's
typewriter. . <
The letter that cosfa between
c an e in the alphabet.
He gets frie chicken an bake
ham an bbile eggs an col plate
looking like this on the menu.
You woul think he coul write
on the typewriter without an
accent.
Bet E war Farnell gets ma
setting stuff like this.
9 Bob Cravens walked into Jack
Peck's the other afternoon and
showed him a newspaper story
a1>out Morris Margolis being taken
for a ride and killed by other
Chicago gangsters.
Jimmy Kalanzis was amazed.
"Our Margolis?" he asked.
"Sure", Jack answered. "Didn't
you know he was a gangster?"
"No." said Jimmy, "but come
to think of it he always did dreu
and live well and you never see
him around the store."
But it wasn't our Moxie, who
was very much alive and eating
heartily again Saturday morning.
Even John Warlick had called to
express his sympathies, faceti
ously.
#I'm going to suggest to Jim Lyn
ch that the next time Harvey Bon
ey comes in for a tonic that he si
monize his head instead.
0"You must be a Methodist." a
fellow suggested the other day.
"Why?" I inquired.
"Because you frequently call
folks 'Brother'."
Well?
# A fellow came in the office the
oTher day and was trying to sell
us a bill of goods. "Use the install
ment plan," he suggested. "Make
a small deposit, and then you make
no more payments for two months."
"Who told you about us?" I ask
ed.
0Some one can surely make a
million by inventing bed room
slippers that'll stay on your feet
while going up and down stairs.
I've cussed, fussed and fumed
much at mine that it's made me
ght ashamed of myself. So, now,
when I'm going down steps, I re
move the slippers, carry them in
my hand, walk down barefooted
and put them on again at the bot
tom of the stairs.
# A fellow told a couple of stories
the other day, one about two men
talking.
"If you don't want to marry her.
why on earth did you propose?"
said one.
"That's just it," said the other.
"She proposed to me."
"Why didn't you turn her
down?"
"I couldn't. She worded her pro
posal so cleverly. She said: "Will
you marry me? Have you any
objection? Thus whether I said
yes or no, she had me."
"Not at all. You should have
preserved a discreet silence."
"Just what I did, and she fell
into my arms, murmuring that
silence gave consent."
% My alarm went off at 10:30 a.m.
yesterday.
I brushed my teeth, shaved and
bathed, dressed and combed my
hair but had trouble getting it to
lie down smoothly. And when I
was all primped and ready to go
downstairs. I awoke at 11:45. All
the while I'd been dreaming.
Sgf. Charles J. Frazelle,
Richlands, Performs
In Show In Germany
9 With the 9Bth Infantry Division
in Germany—The sign in the lobby
of the building that houses the
S9th Division Artillery headquar
ters read, "Visit the Rathskcllar
Downstairs—Grand Opening To
night!" On the evening of May
30th GIs of Headquarters and
Headquarters Battery. 98th Divi
sion Artillery flocked Into their
new beer parlor and entertain
ment room. The two rooms in the
cool basement were decorated with
pink peonies and red roses. The
buzz and drone of happy voices
filled the air as Corporal John S.
Szczygielskl. Cleveland. Ohio, stood
up and called for alienee. Johnny
announced that he was the unof
ficial and self-appointed master of
ceremonies for the evening. Enter
tainment, he further announced,
would be had from volunteers in
the audience.
The first volunteers on the sol
diers' show were a trio of men
who played and aang aeveral
songs "hillly-blllly atyle". This
trio was composed of Sergeant
Charlea J. Frazelle, of Richlands.
'orth Carolina, with hia violin,
tfj* id Private First Class Homer S.
.Vyman. Godfrey, Illinois, and
Private First Class S. J. Smith.
Chandler, North Carolina, playing
guitara. The aonga were received
, with a great show of approval by
the cudlence.
THE BIG THREE IN PROFILE
Opening Of Big-Three Conference
Apparently Delayed Until Tuesday
0 Potsdam——Prime Minister
Churchill Monday called on Presi
dent Truman. Opening of the full
scale Big-Three conference appar
ently has been delayed until Tues
day.
To Last 10 Days
O Potsdam —(/P)— President Tru
man. Winston Churchill and Josef
Stalin met Monday in the former
palace of the Kaiser in this sub
urb of ruined Berlin, opening a
conference which will decide the
fate of Europe for years to come.
For the next 10 days these three
—a soft-spoken Missourian with a
reputation for directness, a British
aristocrat, and a son of a Georgian
cobbler—are expected to discuss
hunger, reconstruction, boundaries
and many other problems besetting
Europe's conglomerate millions.
The president arrived by plane
Sunday and took up residence 10
minutes away from the Big-Three
conference building.
Reporters are permitted in Pots
dam but not in the conference area,
where the American delegation
occupies 10 residences.
0 Washington-— (/P) —President
Truman is expected to seek closer
more continuous diplomatic ties
with Great Britian and Russia
when he meets Churchill and Sta
lin.
The objective will be to asssure
a day-to-handling of current Eu
ropean political problems which
grew out of war and are vital to
the peace.
0 London,— (/P)—The financial,
industriiil and manpower relations
to be collected from Germany have
been assigned a place on the agen
da of the approaching "Big Three"
conference, responsible diplomat
ic quarters said today.
A British foreign office spokes
man said one of the immediate
problems likely to be raised would
center around the use of forced
German labor for the reconstruc
tion of areas devastated during
German occupation.
Meanwhile, the problem of Eu
rope's industrial rehabilitation has
grown acute.
Spokesmen for some countries,
much .of whose industrial machin
ery was looted by the Nazis and
carted off to Germany, privately
have expressed concern over re
ports from Berlin that the Russians
have started collection—in advance
of final settlement—of industrial
reparations.
Russian Share.
British and Americans have
shown no inclination to deny a So
viet claim to a big percentage of
Germany's undamaged mahinery.
Advance collections, however, may
make it difficult to obtain an equit
able solution of the claims of other
countries.
Apparently there has been no de
finite agreement as to how much
machinery Germany will be allow
ed to retain, the degree to which
the Reich will be reduced to an
agricultural state, nor the extent
to which her heavy industry will
be reduced.
Disposition of German financial
assets seized by the Allies, the
greater part of which are in Amer
ican hands, will pose such issues
as whether these assets should be
divided aiqong the Allies, be pool
ed and used to strengthen German
paper mon*y, or be used for the
support of such rehabilitation or
ganizations as the UNRRA.
SHOE STAMP VALID
# Washington—(/P)—The new shoe
stamp which becomes valid Aug.
1, will be Airplane Stamp No. 4,
In Ration Book No. 3. The Office
of Price Administration announced
today. Airplane Stamps No. 1, 2
and 3, remain valid indefinitely.
Gulf Stream Fishing
Still Good, Johnsons
And Party Discover
#Southport, — With boats and
men all engaged in the more pro
fitable work of commercial fish
ing. the first sport venture to the
gulf since the war began showed
that the fish are still there, and
they can take it.
A Wilmington and .Tacksonvile
party, composed of Drs. Charles
and George Johnson. Richard
Daniel. G. R. Johnson and S. J.
Hill, went out on the 4th aboard
the Sea Spray of Captain T. H.
Watts. The big felows really §ot
away on this trip, eight lines were
broken and caried away, plugs and
all. by big fish that were not even
brought near enough to the surface
for indentification.
They brought in one 30-pound
barracuda, two dolphin, four am
berjacks. ranging from 20 to 25
pounds and a number of large blue
fish. No attempt has yet been
made to invesigate the sailfish and
marline grounds, discovered off
Frying Pan two months before the
war began.
Stork Wins Race
With Ambulance At
Camp Lejeune
# Camp Lejeune—(/P)—A Wave
and a Woman Marine almost lost
a race with the stork here at Camp
Lejeune. The old bird put in his
appearance just as the two service
women arrived in an ambulance to
take an expectant mother to the
hospital.
While Marine Pfc. Frances Stir,
of Winchester, Ohio, was getting a
stretcher from the ambulance, she
heard a cry for help from Wave
Pharmacist's Mate Maxine Wells of
Indianapolis, and ran into the
house to lend her assistance.
The baby was born immediately
and with its mother was rushed to
the hospital in the ambulancc
Both were reported "doing fine"
today—likewise the Wave and the
Marine.
The father is a Marine sergeant
stationed here.
Lt. Frank Barfield
Resigns As Kinsion
Chamber Secretary
OKinston—Marine Corps Second
Lt. W. Frank Barfield of Camp
Lejeune and Kinston, who is serv
ing as editor of The Globe, camp
newspaper, has submitted his re
signation as secretary of the Kin
ston Chamber of Commerce and a
committee is now seeking a full
time secretary. President Roger
Sutton reported today. Lieutenant
Barfield was granted a leave of
absence from the post when he
went into the service two years
ago.
In his letter of resignation, re
viewed by the board of directors
in July session here Tuesday,
Lieutenant Barfield expressed ap
preciation for consideration shown
in granting him such a long leave
of absence and stated he felt a full
time secretary would work to the
best interests of the city.
SUGAR OUTLOOK GLOOMY
0 Washington — (/P) — Civilian
supplies of sugar for the last three
months of this year may drop 25
per cent under the low allotment
for the current July-September
quarter.
•W^JJ
Closed
0 Washington—(/P)—The War
Department has ordered the
closing of Camp Davis as a
convalescent and redistribution
center. The Army Air Force
no longer requires the use of
the camp, it was said, and all
construction work has been
stopped.
The future of the camp will
be decided after it has been
offered to other commands.
Missionaries Credited
With Saving Lite Of
Returned Army Flier
0 Camp Davis—Were it not for
American missionaries. TSgt. An
thony A. Marisi of Brooklyn. N. Y.,
a radio gunner from the South
west Pacific, would not be telling,
at this redistribution station of
the Army Air Forces Personnel
Distribution Command, of his res
cue by south sea islanders.
Returning from its sixth mission,
the B-24 Liberator bomber on
which Sergeant Marisi served, was
forced off its course by a severe
tropical storm. After several hours
the engines began to sputter for
lack of fuel and the pilot ordered
the crew to bail out.
Crew members spotted a small
island below and they hit the silk
with the idea of landing, but an
off-shore wind forced the fliers to
drift farther out to sea. After land
ing in the water, seven of the crew
were reunited and they managed
to swim to the island.
Greatly fatigued after their bat
tle against a heavy surf, the seven
men were near collapse when they
gained the beach. They were dis
covered by friendly natives who
provided them with shelter and
some food. Before the war, mis
sionaries had lived among the na
tives and many had been converted
to the Christian faith. The island
had just recently been abandoned
by the Japs and the inhabitants
were still suffering from cffects of
the occupation.
For 13 days the fliers lived on
fruit and fish supplied by the
friendly islanders. Then by means
of a "Gibson Girl" radio trans
mitter, salvaged from the plane
and repaired by Sergeant Marisi
with the aid of other crew mem
bers, calls for aid went out. Six
days later a plane circled the is
land and after another 10 days a
Navy Catalina flying boat came
over the island to drop supplies
and a message that the seven men
would be picked up next day.
The Navy plane arrived on
schedule and the men were flown
to their home base in the Admir
alty Islands, 200 miles from the
scene of the crash.
Sergeant Marisi returned to the
United. States on May 21. alter
completing 36 missions. He has
been awarded the Air Medal with
two oak leaf clusters.
Camp Davis Doubles
Quota In Seventh
War Loan Campaign
#Camp Davis* part in the 7th
War Loan Drive was highly suc
cessful according to Lt. Richard S.
Boynton, War Bond officer. This
field more than doubled the origi
nal set quota of $30,000 by amass
ing a grand total of $62,226 for
sales during the drive.
Camp Davis reached the basic
quota six weeks prior to the date
announced as the end of this War
Loan Drive. Since that time, sev
eral outstanding sales of bonds in
the higher brackets have mater
ially aided in increasing the total
figure.
Free Rides
<9 Washington — (/P) — Many
Navy enlisted men on leave
will go home and return to
duty at government expense
hereafter.
The new regulations apply
to men returned from overseas
for rehabilitation leave, prior
to reassignment. The Navy
said about 25.000 men a month
will be affected.
Inder the new plans, such
a sailor will be ordered to
temporary duty at one of 36
naval establishments—the one
nearest the point to which he
is going on leave. The cost of
his journey to the naval estab
lishment will be paid, but he
won't have to get there until
his leave (plus travel time) has
expired. He also will draw pay
and subsistence during his
absence.
Formerly, personnel return
ing from overseas for reassign
ment had to pay their own
travel costs when they report
ed, after leave, to various na
val establishments throughout
the country.
The new plan wttl not apply
to men going on leave from
ships entering coast ports
who remain assigned to those
ships.
Washington Delegation
Conducts Survey Of
Camp Davis Facilities
0 Washington — An inspection
board of Army Air Forcc officials,
delegated from Washington to
survey facilities at Camp Davis,
toured the installation Sunday,
July 8. and made a detailed in
spection of all facilities there.
Brig. Gen. George L. Usher, com
manding general of the camp has
revealed.
The delegation, which included
medical and engineering officers,
was dispatched by the air forces
body surveying the situation at
the camp to decide its immediate
fate. The findings of the board
which visited the camp will pre
sumably determine the future of
Camp Davis as a redistribution
and convalesent center for the
Army Air Forces although the of
ficers gave no indication of their
reaction to Camp Davis, they will
issue a formal report to the chief
of air facilities in the near future
it was said.
Albert Bell Advanced
To Captain, Engineered
Swansboro Improvements
0 Albert R. Bell of New Bern,
assistant director of schools at the
engineer battalion of Camp Le
jeune, has been promoted to the
rank of captain in the Marine
Corps. Entering the service in Au
gust. 1942. he participated in the
Roi-Namur. Saipan and Tinian en
gagement as executive officer of
an engineer assault company.
After 15 months overseas, he re
turned to this country last Feb
ruary. He was a civil engineer
with the FWA prior to joining the
Marines.
He supervised water and sewer
improvements at Swansboro be
fore entering the service.
Remaining '42 Autos
Removed From Ration,
To Make New Cars
0 Washington—C/P>—All remain
ins new 1942 passenger automo
biles—around (5.000—will be re
moved from rationing to clear the
way for new models.
Similar restrictions now are be
ing drawn up. however, for new
models manufacturers just are be
ginning to produce. Rationing of
these is expected to last from the
time they first appear on the mar
ket, probably late this summer,
until at least early in 1946.
TSgt. Lynell Bynum
Receives Discharge
From Army Air Corps
#TSgt. Lynell Bynum, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph C. Bynum of
Maysville, recently received his
discharge at Fort Bragg under the
point system.
He served overseas as a waist
gunner and engineer on a B-24
bomber of the Seventh Air Force
and took part in 40 missions over
.Japanese territory before return
ing to the States. He was awarded
the Air Medal and six Oak Leaf
Clusters.
Mrs. George Elliott,
Lt. Col. W. D. Harden's
Mother, Dies Suddenly
#Mrs. George Elliott. 73, mother
of Lt. Col. W. D. Harden of Camp
Lejeune, died suddenly of a heart
attack at her home at Augusta.
Ga., on Thursday. July 5. Funeral
services were held Friday. July 6.
at her former home at Beaufort.
South Carolina.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Harden re
turned to Camp Lejeune during
the week end after having spent
a wetk at Augusta.
$789,6" ° Bonds Sold
•"''.'7 a>l!)
In Seventh vVar Loan
Jap Homeland Blasted
By Fleet And Planes
#Cuam — (JP) — Gunfire of the
U. S. Pacific fleet virtually de
molished two .lap industrial cen
ters while carrier planes burned a
third city to the ground and with
land-based bombers heavily at
tacked 13 other towns Saturday,
Sunday and Monday. It was one
of the most destructive .series of
raids ever suffered by the enemy
Carrier aircraft sank or damaged
103 .lap ships. 25 barges totalling
108.000 tons. Feeble anti-aircraft
opposition was reported.
RECAPTURE AIRFIELD
0 Chungking — </P) — Chinese
troops Monday were reported mop
ping up .lap remnants in the
streets of Kanhsien after capturing
the airfield south of that Kiangsi
province city—the sixth former
American air base site regained by
the Chinese in their current drive.
Check For SI,914.25
Sent To Stale Cancer
Control Headquarters
A check for $1,014.25 has been
mailed to the North Carolina com
mittee for the Control of Cancer.
Mrs. G. B. Moser, county com
mander. reported yesterday.
The drive, sponsored in Onslow
County bv the Midway Park Wom
an's club, went over the top by
four times, the quota only being
$446. Kenneth T. Knight, Jr., was
Midway Park, was county chair
man.
Mrs. Moser said yesterday that
it was possible for approximately
$800 of that fund to be returned
to this county for use as local peo
ple direct in the cure of cancer of
which indigent people are suffer
ing. study and prevention of it, or
possibly training some doctor in
that special field.
Vets Get Preference
In Purchase Of New
Farming Machinery
0 Veterans of this war are given
preference in the purchase of new
farm machinery. Herbert C. Riggs,
chairman. -Onslow County AAA
Committee, said here today.
War Food Order No. 135. effec
tive .June 25. provides this special
opportunity for veterans.
Under this order. Riggs said,
veterans who can show both the
need for and the inability to obtain
farm machinery to establish or re
establish themselves in farming
may obtain preference certificates
that require dealers to give prior
ity to their needs.
"Dealers are required to honor
these certificates notwithstanding
any prior commitments or con
tracts for sale other than those
carrying War Production Board
ratings." Riggs declared. "The only
orders carrying such ratings are
for the military," he continued,
"or in rare cases, farmers faced
with emergency situations."
In explaining the order further.
Riggs stated that, "a veteran using
a preference certificate must be
able and willing to meet the deal
er's regularly established price and
terms of sale or payment. In case
a dealer receives more "than one
veteran's certificate for the same
piece of equipment, he is required
to honor the certificates in the
order of their receipt."
The order provides safeguards
against misuse of certificates, ap
peal procedure for both veteran
and dealer, and penalties for vio
lating of the order.
Riggs pointed out that the Di
rector of Materials and Facilities.
War Food Administration, will ad
minister the order and the prefer
ence certificates will be issued by
County AAA Committees.
Alfred Wetherington
Back From 36 Months
In Pacific Theatre
0 Army Ground and Service
F o r c e s Redistribution Station,
Camp But tier — T4 Alfred F.
Wetherington. son of Mr. L. F.
Wetherington. Silverdale. is cur
rently stationed it the Redistribu
tion Station, where he will spend
two weeks before reporting to his
new assignment in the United
States.
Sergeant Wetherington was re
turned recently to the United
States after having served 36
months in the Pacific theatre of
operations, where he served as a
clerk. He holds the Good Conduct
ribbon and the AsiaticPacific
theatre ribbon.
KIWANIANS TO MEET
£The weekly meeting of the
Jacksonville Kiwanis club will be
held at the USO Pine Lodge at 1
p.m. today.
Lt. William Loy, USMC,
In Rehabilitation Area
After Iwo Jima Battle
LT. BILL LOY
0 Somewhere in the Pacific—(De
layed)—A radio officer with a- sig
nal unit ol' the Fifth Amphibious
Corps, and now in a rehabilita
tion area is Marine First Lieuten
ant William Ward Loy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Loy. Warlick
Street, Jacksonville. N. C.
Recently returned from the bat
tle of I wo Jima, Lieutenant Loy
also served with the Fourth Ma
rino Division at Roi Namur and
at Saipan and Tinian. He wears
the Presidential Unit Citation.
Loy graduated in 1933 from the
Shelby High School. N. C.. where
he was a member of the Dramatic
Club, the band and orchestra. He
was promoted to his present rank
on August 31, 1943.
He attended Oglethorpe Univer
sity at Atlanta. Ga., and graduated
in 1937 from Elon College in
North Carolina. Before entering
the Marine Corps, lie operated the
Loy Electric Co. at Jacksonville.
Red Cross Annual
Meeting To Be
Held At 3 Today
#Tho annual meeting of the
Onslow County Chapter, American
Red Cross, will be held Tuesday
at the Federal U.S.O. Building at
three o'clock. All residents ol
Onslow County who have member
ship in the Red Cross are cordiall>
invited to attend this meeting.
Annual reports will be giver
and election of board members
and officers for this fiscal yeai
will be held.
Captain Blair Clyde of Camj
Lejeune will speak at the meeting
His subject will be "The Need Ur.
Continued Red Cross Servicei
After The War. Both Overseas anc
At lif
Mer«^rs of the canteen corp:
"will serve refreshments. Miss Lauri
Beatty is chairman.
Methodists To Meet
At Goldsboro Nov. 7
In Annual Conference
# The annual Methodist confer
once will begin at St. Paul's Churcl
in Goldsboro on November 7. wit!
Bishop \V. W. Peele as presidinj
bishoo, the Rev. A. S. Parker o
Wilmington district superintend
ent. announced today.
The conference, with the evan
gelistic plan of the Methodis
Crusade for Christ as a genera
theme, is expected to be attendee
by approximately 25 ministers anc
laymen from the Wilmington area
The sessions will begin on Wed
nesday evening and run througl
Sunday, the Rev. Mr. Parker said
and the eight Methodist minister?
in the Wilmington group plus "ai
least a dozen"' laymen will be pres
ent .
The Rev. T. MacM. Grant is sec
retary of the conference and the
Rev. Leon Russell, pastor of St
Paul's church, will be host pastor
#Tn another report of bond sales
during the 7th War Loan. Onslow
County purchases totaled $789,
012.25 as of July 11, Chairman J.
C. Thompson disclosed yesterday.
Sales of Series E bonds amount
ed to $208,1.56.25. which was
slightly more than 50 per cent of
the E bond quota. The overall
quota was oversubscribed by $279,
012.25.
At the same time, Thompson
made public a letter from Capt.
Fred McPherson, bond officer at
Camp Lejeune, saying that he was
pleased to report for Maj. Gen.
John Marston. commanding gen
eral total sales of $478,550. includ
ing Series E sales of $366,525 dur
ing the drive.
Onslow County does not neces
sarily get credit for all those sales.
Only those whose purchasers give
Onslow as their home address are
credited to the county.
The chairman did not know yes
terday whether that was the final
report. He assumed that there was
such a backlog of work in the Fed
eral Reserve Bank at Richmond be
cause of last minute purchases that
the reports may continue to come
in for several days. Usually the
last report contains a slip stating
that it is final.
Midway Park Youths
Take Honors During
Encampment At Hanes
# Two Midway Park youths cap
tured a number of honors at Camp
Hanes, near Winston-Salem, dur
ing the past month.
They are: Jimmy Crouch, ton
of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Crouch of
6]4 Butler Drive, and A1 Munch,
son of Sam Munch, at 644 Butler
Drive.
Jim was voted the best all-round
camper and won the junior mark
manship award, and both of them
were awarded Red Cross life sav
ing certificates among other camp
honors.
They returned home during the
week end.
K. L. Hanrahan Named
Assistant U. S. Court
Probation Official
0Kirkwood L. Hanrahan. Golds
boro, has been appointed assistant
probation officer of the U. S. Court
for the Eastern District of North
Carolina. He formerly was State
probation officer in this district.
Hanral\an. who is well-known in
Jacksonville, was a visitor here
Thursday and Friday.
War In Brief
#Nimitz discloses capture of
small islands of Ihcya and Aguni
in Okinawa group by Marines last
month.
Supcrforts hit Japanese oil plant
at Kudamatsu in southwestern
Honshu: Tokyo reports I wo and
Okinawa planes attack targets in
Honshu and Gyushu.
Australians capture Mt. Bato
champar, five miles north of Balik
papan, continue advance in Bor
neo.
Mac-Arthur reports additional
4.879 dead Japanese found in Phil
ippines. 608 captured.
British raid Japanese headquar
ters northeast of Pagu in Burma.
Big oil port of Balikpapan in
Borneo now is open to Allied ship
ping. Aussies continue their ad
vance as Americans in Northern
Luzon capture three strong points
from fiercely resisting Japanese
die-hard groups.
General Eisenhower and Marshal
• Montgomery relax non-fraterniza
i tion policy affecting occupied por
tions of Germany and Austria.
General Clare Chcnnault resigns
as head of the famous 14th Air
Force in China and says he's go
ing to retire from service.
Navy announces major officer
reassignments, with Admiral Mit
scher returning to Washington and
Admiral Towers taking place of
Admiral McCain.
United States admits sinking of
Japanese relief ship by mistake
and accepts responsibility.
Japanese resistance collapses on
road to rich Borneo oil area as
Australians break through defen
ses in Balikpapan region.
Official career of Supreme Al
lied Headquarters in Europe comes
to an end and General Eisenhower
reverts to command of all Amer
ican forccs in Europe.
Brig. Gen. D. L. S. Brewster Dies;
Was First Camp Lejeune Commander
# Brig. Gen. D. L. S. Brewster,
first commanding officer of Camp
Lejeune. died at Bethesda Hospi
tal. Bethesda. Md.. Thursday, ac
cording to word received here dur
ing the week end.
Details of his passing and fune
ral were not available here yes
terday.
Brig. Gen. Brewster was admit
ted to Bethesda hospital several
weeks ago for treatment, after
having been detachcd from duty
at Marine Corps Headquarters,
Washington. He was slated for re
tirement on October 1 because of
a physical disability.
When at Camp Lejeunc as its
first commanding officer. General
Brewster was a colonel, and main
tained headquarters at Montford
Point. Later the camp command
was moved to Building 1 at Had
not Point,