THE ONSLOW COUNTY
News and Views
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VOL. VIII, NO. 8
JACKSONVILLE, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1945
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BILLY ARTHUR
# Frankly. I don't understand why
all the fuss about the new atomic
bomb and its fdry. I know several
people who are married to red
headed women.
Then, there's all the talk about
the energy it generates. Have you
ever been shoved around in the
grocery store when the meat truck
comes in?
0 We were just wondering the
other day if that atomic bomb
hadn't been dropped on some of
our local barbers about three
years ago.
And, we wondered also if it
were actually powerful enough to
move Randall Tallman off the
courthouse lawn benches.
01 always did like to the things
my folks asked me to. For instance,
they set out a flower in my front
yard when they were here two
weeks ago, and asked me to be
sure that it was watered every
evening. Through Tuesday. I was
definitely sure that it had been
watered every evening between 5
and 7, thanks to a generous rain
fall.
01f you ever get a chance, don't
fail to look into your lady friend's
pocketbook. I saw into one the
other day that had more things in
it* than I could pack in a trunk.
This one I saw into—rather. I
had her dump the contents out on
a table—contained a compact (the
big sissy, he knows what it is!),
two lipsticks, powder puff, three
packages of paper matches, one
match box containing an ear ring,
safety pin and six straight pins,
two packages of citjare's. different
brands, samples of cloth, a news
paper clipping, a small pencil,
fountain pen, a theatre stub with
a boy's name written on the back,
two keys on a safety pin. two small
handkerchiefs; and three cents.
01 told the boys in the shop we
would all take a holiday when
Japan capitulated, but that it
would just be our luck for the
Nips to give up on our publication
day. and we'd have to get out a
paper.
"In that case, we'll celebrate the
dav following." suggested long,
tall, dark and handsome Wade
Higgins. "And I hope it comes to
day, because we'll close shop Fri
day. and Saturday's my day ofT.
Four days vacation in a row!
Whoopee!"
0 There was talk the other day
about taking a census of Jackson
ville and how it could be accom
plished. That's easy. Count the
people at the post office between
9 and 11:30 a.m.
0 An anonymous clipping:
"RAGS make paper,
PAPER makes money.
MONEY makes banks,
BANKS make loans,
LOANS make betrgars.
BEGGARS make RAGS."
Maj. Gen. Julian Smith
Received Distinguished
Award From Britain
0San Francisco, Calif. —Great
Britain's Distinguished Service
Order has been awarded to Mar
ine Major General Julian C. Smith,
who commanded the Second Ma
rine in the bitter battle of Tara
wa.
General Smith, currently com
manding general of iUe Marine
Corps Department of the Pacific,
was cited "for outstanding gallan
try and leadership shown as Com
manding General of the Second
Marine Division in the operations
for the reconquest of the Gilbert
Islands."
The presentation was made by
Britain's Admiral of the Fleet Sir
James F. Somerville. K.C.B., K.B.
E., C.B., D.S.O., acting in the name
of King George VI. The General's
staff officeis were in attendance.
General Smith at one time was
Commanding General at Camp Le
jeune.
Wallace Marshburn's
Name On Memorial
Dedicated In England
• U. S. Naval Air Facility, Dunk
eswell, England—The name of
Wallace B. Marshburn, aviation
machinist's mate, third class,
USNR. late aon of Mrs. W. B.
Marshburn of Rlchlanda. N. C.,
and 182 other U. S. Navy men who
lost their lives while operating
from this air station, were per
manently inscribed on a memorial
dedicated here recently by Fleet
Air Wing 7.
Nearly 5,000 surviving comrades,
with RAF Coastal Command, in
stalled a memorial organ In nearby
Dunkeswell parish church and un
veiled a bronae tablet containing
the names of the deceased men
who fought German U-boats while
based here. Fleet Air Wing 7 flew
nearly 6,500 sorties against the
enemy between September 1943
and June 1, 1845.
Dunkeswell. Ave miles inUnd
from the English channel near Ex
eter. Devon, is surrounded by
green rolling pastureland ind
quaint Devonshire villages which
contrast with the mechanised ef
ficiency of the Navy airfield. It
Is the only U. S. Navy air station
In England.
Soviets Invade Manchuria;
Atom Bomb Hits Nagasaki
By Associated Press
0Red Army troops slashed across
the eastern and western frontiers
of Japan's stolen Manchuria e-rly
Thursday 'morning shortly after
the Russian declaration of war be
came effective.
Sharp fighting is now in progress
in all invaded areas, the Tokyo rad
io announced. A Domi dispatch
said Russian forces battered across
the eastern frontier of Manchuria
at "severalpoints" along a 300
mile line extending southward
from Hutou to Hunchun.
Jap Imperial Headquarters r.aid
the Russians struck across both
the eastern and western frontiers,
suggesting a vast pincers move
ment against the crack Kwantung
army, pride of emperor Hirohito's
forces, which are believed massed
in Manchuria.
Soviet nlanes raided targets in
northern Korea and northern Man
churia in separate actions.
Soviet people awaited news of
the fighting, while columns of
singing Rec^'Army men. fresh from
victory over Germany, tramped
through the streets of Moscow and
were cheered by crowds pouring
from buildings.
From all over the Soviet Union
came news of factory meetings, at
which speakers declared their de
termination to liquidate the last
"den of aggression" and restore
peace to freedom—loving peoples.
Psychological Warfare
£ Manila—(/P)—The first mission
of the Far Eastern Air Force ?n
support of the new Soviet allies in
the war with Japan, was carried
out when millions of leaflets print
ed in Japanese were showered on
the Jan population only a few
hours after war was declared. The
leaflets were designed to explode
a psychological bomb on war-weary
enemy civilians.
"Good Results"
$Guam—{IP)—The world's most
destructive force — the atomic
bomb—was used for the second
time against Japan, striking the im
portant Kyushu Island city of Nag
asaki with observed "good results".
More than one bomb may have
been dropped, and it might have
been of different size than the
first which destroyed 60 percent
of Hiroshima. Nagasaki, western
Kyushu seaport and railroad ter
minal with 225,000 population in
12 square miles, was a far more im
portant military target than Hiro
shima.
Fleet Attacks Japan
Q Guam—(jP)—More than 1.200
U. S. Third Fleet and British car
rier planes opened rocket-tjomb
attacks on Japan after the navy
told Nipnon to expect attack—
and the fleet noisily moved into
position with daily gun practice.
The return of Admiral Halsey's
massive fleet to waters off north
Honshu came as Admiral Nimitz
pledged Russia the assistance of
the Navy.
"Attacks are continuing." Nim
itz said suggesting the same day—
long type raids which last month
destroyed and damaged over 1.000
enemy vessels and 1,300 planes.
Discuss Atomic Bomb
0 Washington— (JP) —President
Truman Thursday called in top
military, diplomatic, and scientific
advisers to discuss atomic bombs
whose terrific destructive effect
twice has been felt by Japan.
NEW PRINCIPAL ARRIVES
£Hall Lingle. principal of Jack
sonville schools for the 1945-46
term, moved from Southport to his
residence in the teacherage here
Tuesday afternoon.
STAYS ARE LIMITED
0 Because of the demand for
housing in Jacksonville at present,
USO New Bridge Street has li
mited the time for guests to one
night, it was announced yesterday
by Miss Lois Buell, club director.
High Leaf Average
Holds On Border
Tobacco Markets
'By the Associated Press)
# Low lemon leaf and low lemon
lugs advanced $1 on North Caro
lina and South Carolina Border
Belt tobacco markets Wednesday,
the official marketing report of
the U. S. Denartment of Agricul
ture said, while prices for ^ther
grades remained comparatively
firm.
Offerings were chiefly low to
fine lugs and low to good cutters.
Cutters continued to appear in
larger quantities, however, and
aided in holding the general price
average.
The report said several markets
reported a considerable amount of
damaged and wet tobacco on the
warehouse floors.
Average Price
Average prices per hundred on
a limited number of representative
U. S. grades:
Leaf—good lemon. $47, unchang
ed; fair lemon, $46. unchanged;
good orange. $46. unchanged: 10m
mon orange, $44. unchanged.
Smoking leaf—Fair orange, $46.
unchanged: low orange, $45, un
changed.
Cutters—Good lemon, $48. low
lemon, $46, fair orange, $46, all
unchanged.
Lugs—Choice lemon. $47. un
changed: fine lemon. $46. un
changed: low lemon, $45. up one:
choice orange, $46. unchanged: low
orange. $44. unchanged.
Primings—Fair lemon. $45. fair
orange. $45, low orange, $43, all
unchanged.
Nondescript — Best thin. $39,
down one: poorest thin, $33, down
two.
Melvin A. Morris,
Brother Of Local
Resident, Succumbs
0Tabor City—Mclvin A. Morris.
49, died in a Lumberton hospital
Sunday night at 6 o'clock. Ho was
a Tabor City carpenter and a son
of the late C. L. and Fannie Morris.
Funeral services were held at
the Jessup Inman Funeral Home
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock,
with the Rev. Clyde Prince offici
ating. Interment was in the Sandy
Plain Cemetery.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs. Rey
nolds Morris: two sons, Melvin and
Vernon Morris, of the Navy; three
daughters, Mrs. Generva Stephens,
Mrs. Geneva Norris and Edith Mor
ris, all of Tabor City; four sisters,
Mrs. Florence Smith of Jackson
ville, N. C.. Bertha Suggs of Chad
bourn and Mollie and Minnie Mor
ris of Tabor City; and one brother,
Luther Morris of Tabor City.
Roy W. Rhem, 55,
Lenoir Farmer, Dies
At Veterans Hospital
# Kinston—Funeral services for
Rom W. Rhem. 55, farmer of the
Jackson's Store section of Lenoir
County, who died in the Veterans
Hospital at Fayetteville at 4:30
p.m. Tuesday after a long illness,
were held from the Garner Fune
ral Home here at 11 a.m. Thursday.
Burial was in the Sutton Cemetery
near the home. The Rev. Norman
F. Arant, pastor of the New Hope
Baptist Church, officiated.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Erma Sutton Rhem; one brother,
D. C. Rhem of Dover; five sisters,
Mrs. Julia Venters, Mrs. H. B.
Nicholson. Mrs. Nellie Hargett, and
Mrs. Jennie Gray, all of Richlands,
and Mrs. L. B. Dillahunt of Tren
ton.
Navy Appropriates
$800,000 For MOQ
At Camp Lejeune
0 Washington—Navy Depart
ment approval of an $800,000
v project for construction of
quarters for officers and their
families at Camp Lejeune was
announced today by Senator
Clyde R. Hoey.
Hoey said that the project
is subject to reduction or can
cellation in the future in case
war needs change.
Lejeune Authorities
Agree To Maintain
Cell In Local Jail
#Thc Onslow County Board of
Commissioners Monday entered an
agreement with Camp Lejeune
authorities whereby the Marine
Corps will use and maintain one
cell at the local jail for incacera
tion of military prisoners.
The agreement was reached after
Maj. C.en. John Marston had asked
the board whether a letter re
ceived from Sheriff B. Frank Mor
ton was "an order of the board of
the sheriff's own personal action."
The sheriff had advised camp au
thorities that the jail could not be
used by military personnel any
longer, unless arrested persons
were subject to trial in the courts
of the county.
The sheriff said that military
prisoners had done considerable
damage to the jail, which is in his
custody, in recent years and that
it was costly to the county to re
pair, and that military authorities
had disclaimed the damage. On
the other hand military authorities
said they had never been billed
for damages.
In any event, they arc to use the
cell and keep it up, according to
the agreement effected with the
commissioners.
The petition of Sneads Ferry
section residents to open the road
to Peru, barricaded by Mrs. Mamie
Lewis, was held in abeyance until
the September meeting. Mrs. Lewis
closed the road, said to have been
in use and considered public for
more than 100 years, because she
contended her property was tres
passed upon and abused. Members
of the board made a trip to Sneads
Ferry Monday afternoon to con
duct a personal investigation of
the road with a view of obtaining
information to guide them in rec
ommending keeping closed or re
opening the road.
Three Persons Named
To Executive Group
Of Onslow Red Cross
% Mrs. John Marston of Camo Le
jeune and Mrs. Mary Lily Blake
and J. C. Thompson, both of Jack
sonville. were re-elected members
of the executive committee of the
Onslow County Chapter. American
Red Cross, at the August board of
directors meeting at Tallman
Street USO Tuesday afternoon.
The three persons served as
members of the board last year.
Chairman Billy Arthur announc
ed the appointment of B. B. C.
Kesler, who is chapter vice-chair
man, as disaster committee head.
Jack Heath Given
Honorable Discharge,
Now At Swansboro
0Jack Heath, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Heath of Swansboro,
has been granted an honorable
discharge from the U. S. First
Army, which fought in both Italy
and Germany.
He and Mrs. Heath are now vi
siting with his parents at Swans
boro. He was overseas two years.
Russia, Japan Are 'Natural Foes
With 40-Year Record Of Hate
By RUSSELL BRINES
The Associated Press
War Correspondent
#The "natural enemies" of Asia
—Russia ahd Japan—have glared
at each other for 40 years across
the rich continental bulge which
both covet.
Since the Russo-Japanese war of
1904-5, peace has been enforced
between them by practical con
siderations and a balance of power
made more precarious by preoc
cupation elsewhere. That official
peace has been broken in the past
15years by an endless series of
border skirmishes, climaxed by
small-scale undeclared war in 1939.
The issues between them
are a solidification of hatred,
fear, revenge, mistrust. They
item from the "unfinished
business" of the Russo- Japan
ese conflict and the events
which produced It. Each subse
quent development of belliger
ent history between them has
made the day of reckoning
more certain.
During the past five years, of
ficial Russo-Japanese relations
were smoothed by tongue-in
cheek diplomacy which kept grow
ing hostility from reaching sur
(CAntinued on page three)
WHERE THE BEAR HAS WALKED—Russian interests In the past
have centered on Port Arthur—a warm-weather port giving access
to the Pacific; rail lines in Manchuria leading to Port Arthur and
Vladivostok: Karafuto—the southern half of Sakhalin; and the Kur
lles. All are now Japanew-held.
McLeod Child Struck;
Speed Curbs Asked
Fcr College Street
# Residents of College street,
alarmed by this week's traffic ac
cident which injured Brooks Mc
Leod, 5-vcar-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. B. McLeod. yesterday de
clared they would ask the Town of
Jacksonville to erect traffic signals
on that thoroughfare in an eff.irt
to curb the speed of motor vehicles.
Young McLeod was sideswlped
by a car and trailer driven by
Dupree Norris Tuesday afternoon.
His injuries were not thought to be
serious. Police said that Norris. al
though apparently driving too fast,
did everything within his power to
avoid striking the boy.
College street residents and
school authorities long have com
plained about the speed of motor
vehicles on that thoroughfare. This
week they asked the town for a
hearing, and said they would re
quest traffic signals at one or two
intersections, particularly at the
hospital, hoping that it will tend
to reduce the speed of automobiles
and trucks.
They pointed out that there are
no sidewalks* on College street and
that children going to and -from
school are forever in danger of
oncoming vehicles.
Three Picnics Set
For Next Week By
Demonstration Clubs
Three picnics have been sched
uled next week by Onslow County
Home Demonstration clubs in con
junction with the recreational pro
gram during the month of August.
Tuesday — Meadow View and
South West clubs will picnic at the
home of Mrs. N. A. Burton at 7:30
o'clock, and on Wednesday seven
clubs will join in a picnic at the
home of Mrs. J. II. Gillette at
Silverdale, also at 7:30 o'clock.
Those clubs are White Oak. Bel
grade. Hubert. North East, Piney
Grove. Silverdale and Pala Alto.
The third picnic will be at Cath
erine Lake on Friday at 5 o'clock.
On Thursday, however, the Bear
Creek club will meet with Mrs.
Paul Russell at the usual hour of
3 p.m.
W. Roy Allen, 38,
Durham, Brother of
Richlands Man, Dies
0 Durham—Funeral services "or
W. Roy Allen. 38. of 2002 Pershing
Street. Durham, an official of the
Durham Realty and Insurance Co..
who died at a Durham hospital
Tuesday afternoon were held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the Hall-Wynne Funeral
Home in Durham. Dr. Sylvester
Green, former pastor of the Watts
Street Baptist Church, officiated
Interment was in Maplewood
Cemetery at Durham.
Mr. Allen was born in Johnston
County and had been living in
Durham for the past 10 years. He
was a member of the Watts Street
Baptist Church, the Elks Club and
the Exchange Club.
Surviving are his mother. Mrs.
J. M. Massey of Mount Olive: his
wife, the former Nannie Christine
Gibson of Gibson: one sister, Mrs.
J. Henry Massengill of Four Oaks,
and four brothers. John C. Allen
of Benson and Washington. D. C.,
J. B. Allen of Mount Olive. A. B.
Allen of Franklinton, and Harvey
Allen of Richlands.
Mrs. Maude Basden
Succumbs To Broken
Hip At Tarboro
^Scotland Neck — Mrs. Maude
Basden. 65, died in a Tarboro hos
pital Tuesday following a fall
which broke her hip a few weeks
ago. Funeral services were held
from the home in Scotland Neck
at 1:30 Thursday afternoon. Burial
was in the Pleasant Hill Church
cemetery near Kinston.
Surviving are two sons. Ralph
Basden of Portsmouth. Va., and
Harvard Basden of Scotland Neck;
four daughters. Mrs. Joe Butler,
Mrs. Tommie Roberson and Mrs.
Simon Dickens, all of Scotland
Neck, and Mrs. A. W. Brinson of
New Bern; five brothers, Ivey Hill
of Panama. C. Z , C. C. Hill of
Richlands. Guy Hill of Kinston and
Grover Hill of La Grange; and
one sister, Mrs. John Meadows of
Trenton.
Pfc. Melvin E. Collins
Awaits Redeployment
In Normandy Sector
• Pfc. Melvin E. Collins, husband
of Mrs. Edward Collins of Rich
lands is now at the Normandy
staging area in France awaiting
redeployment to the United States.
Overseas six months. Pfc. Col
lins entered the Army in April of
last year and was a member of a
tank battalion of the 20th Armor
Division which saw action in cen
tral Germany. He wears a bronze
campaign star and the good con
duct ribbon.
Before entering the Ai my, Pfc.
Collins attended Maysville high
school and was employed as a
welder at Camp Lejeune.
To Extend Fire Zone
With Flexible Statute
Twin Corpsmen On Okinawa
% Members o; the same medical company in the Sixth Marine Divi
sion* Twins Talb'Srt and Tommy Jones. 22. went through the Okinawa
campaign together. The brothers, both pharmacist's mates third class,
were separated once when Tommy was assigned to a raider battalion
and Talbert went to the paratroopers but they were re-united in
February. 1944. They have been overseas 19 months. The twins' par
ents are Mr. and Mrs. George W. .Jones, of New Bridge Street, .Jack
sonville, North Carolina. (Official U. S. Marine Corps Photo.)
4 Onslowans Helped Produce Atomic
Bomb At Oak Ridge, Tenn., Plant
# At least four Onslow County
people played a part, ihowevcV
large or small, in the development
and production of the horrible
atomic bomb that was employed
for the first time against Japan
last Saturday.
They were Lee Tones. Fred Bell
and Robert and Kenneth Pitt man.
all of Swansboro. who have been
working at the Oak Ridge. Tenn..
more than a year. Robert Pitt man
is home at Swansboro on a visit
this week.
So extreme was the secrecy sur
rounding the vast Oak Ridge res
ervation that the men are fed.
housed and entertained in the se
cluded area to keep them away.
They were kept uninformed about
what they wer<? producing, and.
in fact, they never saw anything
they produced.
The site was" chosen because of
its remoteness and isolation and
and of its accessibility to water
power. A vast, acreage was acquir
ed three years ago and all resi
dents evacuated for construction
of the reservation.
Lightning And Fire
Destroys Sanders'
Pack House Saturday
0 Fire caused by lightning! des
troyed the pack house of Mr. and
Mrs. I. N. Sanders at Bear Creek
Saturday afternoon. The building
and contents were a total loss.
Sanders had his 1945 tobacco crop
stored in the pack house.
NOW IN CLERK S OFFICE
% Mrs. Vance Daugherty of near
Jacksonville is now working in
the office of Clerk of Court J. R.
Gurganus.
Avanelle Yopp Goes
To Washington To
Work With War Dep't.
# Miss Avanelle Yopp. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Yopp. of
Sneads Ferry, left Monday to ac
cept a position as a clerk-typist
with the War Department in
Washington.
Miss Yopp worked three years
with AAA in Jacksonville. She has
been employed for the past two
years as clerk-typist in the com
missary department at the Naval
Hospital. Camp Lejeunc.
George Pike, 75,
Father Of Folkstone
Resident, Succumbs
# Kinston— Funeral services for
George Pike, 75. retired Cove City
farmer, who died in a Kinston
hospital at 3:30 a.m. Monday after
a lengthy illness, were held at
"VVlialey's Cemetery near Hargett's
Store at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday
with the Rev. Clifton T. Rice.
Kinston Free Will Baptist minister,
officiating.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Mary C. Pike: seven daughters.
Mrs. Ruby Williams. Ida Pike, and
Mrs. Lenster Russell, all of vhe
home. Mrs. N. G. Mines of Folk
stone. Mrs. Robert McNight and
Mrs. Edna Howard of Charlotte,
and Mrs. M. T. Wooten of Wil
mington: two sons. O. C. Pike of
Cove City, and O. B. Pike of Grif
ton; 15 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildven.
Dr. H. W. Stevens Resigns Health Post
To Direct Wilson County Department
0 Dr. H. W. Stevens, director of
tho Onslow-Pender District Health
department, this week announced
his resignation, effective Septem
ber 30, to become director of the
City and County of Wilson Health
Denartment.
Since December 28. 1940. Dr.
Stevens has made his home here
and directed the two-county health
department from the main office
in Jacksonville. It was during his
tenure the two large military in
stallations, Camp Davis and Camp
Lejeune, were constructed and oc
cupied. and the health of more
than 200.000 temporary residents
not on military reservations has
been under his supervision.
A successor to Dr. Stevens has
not yet been selected, his resigna
tion being transmitted this week io
Chairman H. M. Ennett and K. D.
Pigford of the Onslow and Pender
county boards of commissioners
respectively.
Dr. H. W. Stevens to beome di
rector City and County of Wilson
Health Department, this week an
nounced his resignation, effective
September 30. 1945.
Dr. Stevens is a member of the
First Baptist Church and the Ki
wanis Club, and has served the
community in many ways other
than his official duties: as a sec
retary to the Onslow County Med
ical Society and to the Staff of the
Onslow County Hospital.
His resignation from the hospi
tal staff and medical society was
received with deep regret among
his colleagues.
In recent years he served as
treasurer of the Onslow County
American Red Cross and is also
former treasurer of the Jackson
ville Kiwanis club. He was medical
advisor to the Civilian Defense
Corps of Onslow, and examining
physician and consultant with the
Onslow and Pender County Selec
tive Service Boards. He is also a
member of the County Tuberculo
sis Association and Infantile Par
alysis Committe of Onslow and
Peder Counties.
The Onslow and Pender District
Health Department was organized
by Dr. Stevens in December 1940
with the first office being opened
in Jacksonville. Later in February,
1941, the office for Pender County
was opened in Burgaw. Within two
years the department was enlarg
ed to include offices in Atkinson,
(Continued on page six)
% The Jacksonville town board
Tuesday night instructed Attorney
John D. Warlick to prepare an
ordinance extending the fire zone
to take in practically all of the
town, particularly that which is
considered potential business di
strict.
While the exact limits of the ex
tended zone were not definitely
determined in the discussion, a
conference of town officials with
Warlick will be held prior to draft
ing the ordinance, after which it
will be presented for formal adop
tic n.
At the same time, the board ap
pointed Herbert M. Eastwood, town
engineer, building inspector on a
fee basis and amended the water
ordinance to provide for a $5
deposit on all water connections.
The amendment also makes land
lords of all rental property liable
for water rents of vacating tenants
unless notice is given to the town
that the property is being vacated.
The extension of the fire zone is
aimed. Mayor Ramon Askew said,
at achieving sensible development
of the town without the necessity
of zoning. Acording to present
plans, 800-foot radius of the court
house, which is now the fire zone,
will have only one-story buildings
of 13-inch walls and two story
structures of 17-inch walls. The
regulations in the proposed exten
sion will be as flexible as possible
so that dwellings may be erected
but so that business establishments
will have to conform to regulations
now in force in the present fire
zone.
Almost certain to be included in
the extension, it was said yester
day, is that area of town on Ma
rine Boulevard from New River
bridge to the town limits and out
New Bridge street to the town
limits.
Another section to be included,
in the proposed new ordinance is
one setting the distance buildings
must be put back from property
lines. That is seen as a necessity
in view of some new structures
now built right on the property
lines without regard for future
laying of sidewalks.
For services as building inspec
tor. Eastwood will receive the fees
only, they being paid to the town
treasurer and then re-disbursed to
him at the end of the month.
The water ordinance is neces
sary in view of the large turnover
of residents of rental properties.
The deposit was increased from $3
to $5 to take care of delinquent ac
counts. the amounts of which will
be deducted from the deposit and
the water turned off until the de
posit is brought back to its original
amount. Landlords of all rental
dwellings, were put on guard to
give notice to the water depart
ment of all evacuations and
changes in tenants. Failing to do
so. they are held responsible for
all water fees.
Help Wanted:
Three Cops Doing
Work Of Six Now
0 Illnes, change of mind and
court delays this week caused three
Jacksonville policemen to be doing
the work of six. and it's no fun, so
they say.
Patrolmen R. Tv Holt. Hugh
Henderson and C W. Hill were
holding down the fort, so to speak,
pending the arrival of R. E. Clif
ton of Benson about: August 15
and the return to duty of Patrol
man Mike Perry, who was remov
ed from the Onslow County Hos
pital Tuesday after having receiv
ed treatment for low blood pres
sure.
F. Tv. Wilkins of Durham, who
was to report August 1. reconsid
ered and telegraphed his refusal
to accept a job here. So. it's tough
times in the police department.
Several other men, applicants
for the jobs, are being considered
and efforts are being made to re
build the force quickly.
PRESIDENT RETURNS
H Newport News, Va.,—(VP)—The
U. S. S. Augusta, bearing President
Truman and his party returning
from the Big Three conference at
Potsdam, docked at Hampton
Roads port of embarkation here
Tuesday at 5:25 p. m.
War In Brief
<9 Soviet. Russia declares war on
Japan, effective today.
Photographic and other evidence
indicates two-thirds of Hiroshima
wiped out by atomic bomb, with
deaths running into uncounted
thousands.
Carrier aircraft oi' the U. S.
Third Fleet and the supporting
British aircraft force launch strong
attacks on shipping and inner in
stallations in northern Honshu.
Some 400 Superforts bomb the
steel city of Yawata, the chemical
center of Fukuyama, the Tokyo
arsenal and an aircraft plant out
side Tokyo.
Americans move slowly against
strong enemy positions in the
mountains 55 miles north of Ba
guio on northern. Luzon.
Chinese troops capture Japan
ese-held island off China's east
' coast west of Formosa and start
drive into the "rice bowl" region
designed to sever Japan's supply
line to Hong Kong. ^