THE ONSLOW COUNTY ~ News and Views I The Only Newspaper in the World That Gives a Whoop About Onslow County Paid Circulation Local Advertlaln# National AdrertUlni Clanged Advertlslnr Onslow County Newa VOL. VIII, NO. 1 JACKSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1945 PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR DOWN EAST | WITH ^ 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 — 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,