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4 .. t, liiE FERMMMS WEEKLY t'5 A WL-OLt NEWtPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume XIL-rNumber 83. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 17, 1945. $1.50 Per Year. acAitfmt Amokls Jap Envoys en 6 swmimeir lis Him ET&vw KeepMg IBases States His Views After Completion of Inspec tion Trip In Area Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, Avho returned to Washington on Aug ust 9, after a 35,000-mile inspection 'trip through the Pacific war zone, has issued a statement that he favors the retention of bases that the Army and Navy has set up in the Pacific for fu ture use by the United States. In a statement to this newspaper Congressman Bonner said: "Today (August 9) I returned from a 35,000 mile trip through the Pacific, made in company with mem bers of the House of Representatives Naval Affairs Committee. We were inspecting American naval bases in that ocean to determine which of these should be retained and main tained after the war. Places which 'we visited included Hawaii, Midway, Kwajalein, Majuro, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Iwo Jima, Manila, Samar, Okinawa, Guadalcanal, Noumea, Bris bane, the Fiji Islands, American Samoa and Palmyra. i' In the course of this trip I spent long hours with Admiral Nlmit;s, General MacArthur, General Stilwell and other lenders of our armed forces, discussing the ex isting Pacific war situation, and the post war future of that area. In ad dition, I spoke to hundreds of men in the ranks, many from my home State at North Carolina, and received their thoughts and opinjons. Moreover, I saw at first hand the many problems with which we are faced against Ja pan. 'Our greatest problem is not the nemy but the tremendous job of -supplying our armies in the forward areas. Distances in this great ocean are tremendous, and our supply line mut stretch about two and one-half times the. length of that which we formerly maintained to supply our armies in Europe. It has been es timatedthat every soldieK;squires an initial eight tons of equipment at the time of his landing abroad plus from one to one and one-half additional tons of material each month. Multiply this by the number of men in the Pacific and by the number of miles from their home supply bases, and you can see the great problem of shipping and sup ply with which we are faced. "Much has been done by the Army and Navy to meet this problem. At almost every advanced base we found huge supply dumps containing everything from a spool of thread to a huge tank. Carrying these supplies were literally thousands of merchant ships which are plying between the United States and these bases as rapidly as possible. We have largely licked this matter of supply, but the job of supplying our troops is one which must be continued each day until our men return home with their final victory. "One of the most striking recol lections which I have was the intense optimism of all with whom I spoke. Most of the Generals and Admirals feel that victory will come in the near (Continued on Page Two) Leslie P. Gregory Wrlh Hospital Unit III Philiplnes Manila Private First Class Leslie P. Gregory, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S, Grtgory of Winfall, is now in Manila with the 80th General Hospital. His wifeT, Mary, lives with his parents. - He is assisting in the supervision and erection of suitable buildings for . hospital use, and living quarters for the enlisted men. Before entering the Army, he ran his. own gasoline station, and was one of the few who recapped tires long before the war came on. He will also be remembered by his eld-, cronies as an enthusiastic fisherman. ,, , Pfc Gregory, entered the service at Fort Bragg in, September., 1942, and .received his training in Camp White, Oregon. He spent a year with his unit in. Milne Bay, New Guinea, be fore coming to the Philippines early in April. -i , The 80th General Hospital ,is now . operating in one of the largest insti tutions in the Far East, the world famous Queson Tuberculosis Sana ' torium in Queson City adjoining Ma nila. This sanatorium was founded by he late President Manuel Quezon and was seriously damaged by the re treating Japanese, but has since been restored to complete usefulness, j HISTORY OF WAR 1941 Dec. 7 Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor launches conflict, followed next day by America's declaration of war. Dec. 10 Japs invade Philippines. 1942 Feb. 16 Singapore falls. April 9 Bataan falls. April 18 Japan attacked for first time in Doolittle raid on Tokyo. May 4-8 Coral Sea battle, in which Americans sink 15 Jap war ships and lose carrier Lexington. June 4-6 Battle of Midway. June 12 Japs land on Kiska and Attu, in Aleutians. Aug. 7 Marines land on Guadal canal and Tulagi, in Solomons. Nov. 8 American air-borne troops land in New Guinea near buna. 194.1 May 7 American occupation of Aleutian Island of Amchitka in Jan uary revealed. July 5 Americans land on New Georgia. Aug. 15 Allies land at Kiska. Oct. 31 Marines land at Bougain ville. Nov. 20 Marines invade Tarawa and Makin, in British Gilberts. Dec. 1 President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and Gen eralissimo Cniang Kai-shek issue Cairo proclamation declaring Japan will be stripped all stolen ter ritories. 1&44 Feb. 1 Americans land on Kwaja lein and Roi, in Marshalls. Feb. 29 Americans invade Ad miralty Islands. March 23 Japs invade India in Imphal area. June 15 B29 Superfortresses make their debut with raid on Jap an's steel city of Jfawata. Jflne 13 Marines land on Saipan, in Marianas. July 19 Tojo Cabinet falls. July 20 Americans return to lib erate Guam. Aug. 8 Jap invasion of India crushed, with 42,000 enemy troops killed. Oct. 20 General MacArthur's troops land on Leyte to commence li beration of Philippines. Nov. 24 Tokyo receives its first RFC Nantes Richard For Harvey Point Former Judge Will Be In Charge of Liqui dating Property In anticipation of the expected de commissioning of the Harvey Point Naval Auxiliary Air Station on August 31, the Reconstruction Fi nance Corporation, present liquid ating agent for surplus war pro perty, has named former Judge Richard D. Dixon, of Edenton, as contractor and as representative of the corporation to take control of the local base. Judge Dixon was in Hertford last week looking over the situation per taining to his job here and he began this week organizing the civilian personnel for the operation of the project. - He stated that he would make every attempt to employ Hert ford people where possible. The action taken by the Corpor ation was one Btep nearer the clos ing of the base by the Navy Depart ment, although all plans will remain tentative until the Navy' ' formally relinquishes its control of the station. It is expected that Harrty Point will become a massive storage depot for taking custody of and preserving several hundred surplus Navy patrol bombers until they are salvaged or otherwise disposed of. jf Several other similar facilities have already been established in North, and South Carolina. The region office of 'the RFC for this area is located at Charlotte. U is . estimated that about 100 aircraft mechanics, firemen and , lab orers will be employed at Harvey Point when control of the base pas ses to the Reconstruction, Finance Corporation. Mr. Dixon has; been in structed to have the personnel ready to take over the station the day the Navy leaves. ;The Navy Department has already announced Harvey Point would be abandoned . about . August 31, and large numbers ' of the Naval personnel have already been trans- IN THE PACIFIC B-29 raid staged by Super-fortresses from Saipan. 1945 Feb. 4 American troops triumph antly re-enter Manila. Feb. 19 Marines land on Iwo Jima. April 1 Army and marines land on Okinawa, "doorstep" to Japan. May 1 MacArthur's Australians land at Tarakan followed June 8 by landings on Borneo mainland in cam paign to liberate world's largest is land. July 10-Halsey's battleships, cruis ers and destroyers bombard Kamaishi marking first shelling of Japan in 82 years, and followed by subsequent sea bombardments of coastal points. July 18-19 Third Fleet surface units sweep Tokyo Bay entrance for first time and bombard its eastern arm. July 25 Halsey's carrier planes open two-day attack at Kure-Kobe area that shatters last battleships, carriers and other remnants of Ja pan's imperial navy. July 26 President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill and Chiang Kai shek issue Potsdam ultimatum calling! on Japan to surrender unconditionally or be destroyed. Adg. 5 First atom bomb, his tory's most devastating weapon, ex plodes over Japanese arsenal and garrison center of Hiroshima, killing estimated 150,000 and laying utter waste to most of city. Aug. 7 Russia declares war on Japan, followed by Red Army in vasions of Manchuria, Korea and southern Sakhalin Island. Aug. 7 Second atom bomb hits Nagasaki. Aug. 9 Truman tells Japs they will be hit again by atom bombs and other "secret" weapon's unless they surrender. Aug. 10 Japan collapses as Domei agency announces Japanese Govern ment had asked Switzerland to con vey to the United States, Britain, Russia and China the acceptance by Nippon of the Potsdam terms, pro vided the Jap Emperor is permitted to remain. Aug. 14 Japs surrender uncon ditionally. Dixon Contractor Dispersal Depot Rotarians And Anns To Attend Charter Night At Plymouth Members of the Hertford Rotary Club and their wives will attend the Charter Night dinner of the Ply mouth Rotary Club to be held at Ply mouth next Wednesday night, W. H. Hardcastle, president of the local club, announced today. The Plymouth Rotary Club was or dered chartered several weeks ago af ter members of the Hertford club had put in much work toward the organiz ation of the club in the nearby town, and for the work of its members, the Hertford club gains the honor of sponsoring the Plymouth Rotarians. Recorder's Court Has Light Docket Perquimans County's Recorder's Court, despite a light docket this week, was in session all of Tuesday morning disposing of one contested case. James Brickhouse, Negro, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, after considerable time was consumed hearing testimony. The defendant was given a 30-day sus pended sentence and ordered to pay the costs of court William Lamb was fined $10 and taxed with the court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of speed ing. A heavy fine of $50 and costs of Court - were assessed against Eddie Dixon, Negro, after he entered a plea of guilty to speeding.: The State took a nol pros with leave in the case charging Leonard Hill, with reckless driving. . v. Wendolt Nixon, Negro, was ordered to pay the costs of court on a charge of simple assault. Report Indicate Of A Controls To Be Eased With Peace Printing of New Book Stopped; 54 Issued New Tire Permits (H'A authorities in Washington announced the suspension of gas oline, kerosene and fuel oil ra tioning as of noon Wednesday. Further relaxation of rationing control is expected to be an nounced within the near future. Under the orders issued Wednes day, motorists may now pur chase gasoline without present ing ration coupons. Alt" reports issuing from Washing-1 ton. Indicate that OPA controls will be eased somewhat now that the Japs have surrendered in the Paci fic. The first indication of the action was an order by the OPA stopping the -printing of new ration books, previously scheduled to be distri- kutAl liirnior HwoinKpr If ia ho- lieved that rationing will be discon- tinued on some items immediately . and on others as the supply increas- es to meet the demand. It is report ed, however, that price control will be exercised for a number of months after the end of the war. ' The Solid Fuel Administration has stated that coal consumers will be permitted to purchase coal on un- imited basis immediately, providing local dealers can supply the demand.: All Government agencies arc now Gasoline and tire rationing are ex-1 working ; at top speed to hasten recon pected to end a week or so after I version in order to continue full em peace is declared. ploymet throughout the nation. Mrs. '.Helen Davenport, clerk of the Perquimans ration board, stated Tuesday that 54 motorists were is sued certificates to purchase new tires at a board meeting last Satur day. Passenger type permits were is-lcently. The Navy stated it would no sued to A. T. Lane, J. W. Hampton, longer need the items to be discon Maryland Boyce, Ralph Perry, F.llisj tinued by the cancelling of the con Winslow 2, Alfreda Winslow, L. N.' tracts. Rountree, Steve Schneider, Mathews; Nixon, Sr., Thomas Lamb, J. T.i Marshal Petain, head of the Vichy Jackson, J. K. Stallings, Lonnie. .'rench government during the Ger Thatch, Herbert Williams, Nathan ' man occupation of France, was found Riddick, W. J. Benton, Mrs. Kramer Kuilty of collaboration with the Nazis Williams, Howard Chappell, 2, B. L.:a sentenced to death by the French Harrell, Ralph Chappell, Seth Long,!t.()U,t on Tuesday. The trial of the L. J. Winslow, Louis Nachman, Joe frmel. French chief was concluded Kutts, S. M. Long, J. hlmer Wood, G. W. Jackson, Henry White, Las siter White, State Highway Patrol, H. H. Butt, Watson Russell, Norman Catling, Robert Ivey, (I. A. Chap pell, Clifton Griffin, Dorothy Newby, Tom Perry, S. A. Britton, C. H. War wick, Amy Thompson, Norman Kl liott, Alton Jordan, D. M. Cartwright and W. T. Nowell. Truck type: Watson Eure, A. L. Winslow 2, Nathan Riddick, Hollowell Bros., D. F. Reed, H. W. Lynch, S. 0. Chappell, Ralph Chappell and Willie Mallery. C. W.Miller Aboard Damaged Carrier Chief Bosun C. W. Miller, husband of Mrs. Helen Vick Miller, has been assigned duty at the Navy Base at Yorktown, Va., following his transfer from the aircraft carrier Intrepid. Mr. Miller was stationed aboard the. Intrepid at the time the carrier was hit and severely damaged by a Jap suicide plane attack off Okinawa on April 16. The carrier returned un der its own power to a shipyard in California, arriving there on May 19. Besides serving a tour of duty in the Pacific, Mr. Miller has seen ser vice in the European, North and South Atlantic theatres of Naval op erations. Lt. S. S. Hollingsworth Awarded Bronze Star Aboard a U. S. Warship in the Pa cific Lt. Samuel Shorey Hollings worth, USNR, of Hertford, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for displaying "exemplary courage and skill in fighting the fire caused by an enemy bomb hit upon his ship." Lt. Hollingsworth was further com mended for "leading his repair crew to the immediate area of the explo sion" where "he prevented the fire from spreading to injured men trap ped in the wreckage nearby." Mrs. 'Josephine H. Hollingsworth, wife of the officer, lives at 7 Mar ket street, Hertford. President Truman Announces Japanese Surrender Unconditionally; War Over THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES With the announcement that the Japs had surrendered, President Tru man stated that between five and five and one-half million men would be released troin me armen iorces within the next 12 months, and he ordered Selective Service to cut in duction from 811,00(1 to 50,000 men per moiun, taxing oniy youms unuer 211 years of age for future calls. This draft order will hold pending action by Congress when it convenes next month. The heaviest loss of any Navy ves sel was announced shortly after the news of peace, when the Naval au thorities released the report that the cruiser Indianapolis, which was used to carry material for the atom bomb to a base on Guam, was sunk by enemy action in the Philippines with 100 per cent casualties. The li? cruiser carried l,19f men and officers. For the first time in more than two 1 years the United States f aDor control. The is now free ! War Man-' power Commission abolished all con trols following the peace announce ment and labor is now free to come an(i g0 as it pleases, to leave jobs land seek new ones at any points. The WMC announced it voluntary program version and achieve would begin a to speed recon full employment. Cut backs were increased by 'I'.' Navy Department again Wednesday when contracts estimated at six bil lion dollars were cancelled. This cut in addition to nearly a billion dollai , cut in shin building announced re- ast u.,le -r1(, court, it was report ed, stated it hoped the senteme would not be carried out. Pre Induction Call Cancelled By Board For the first time in a number of months Perquimans County's draft board will fail to fill a call for pre induction examinations. The local board has a call for 15 white men to report on August 22, but it has reached the bottom of the manpower barrel and does not have sufficient number of men available at this time to fill the call. Pending develop ments of the Selective Service, in regards t calling up of men with the air filled with talk of peace, the local board has cancelled the call en tirely. The future status of Selective Ser vice is unknown at the present time, although officials in Washington have announced that the system will re main unchanged until some time af ter the end of the Japanese war. In view of the war situation, as of this week, the local board at a meet ing Monday night granted a tempor ary deferment to four selectees, en gaged in farming and who were sche duled to leave here this week with the group of men reporting for induc tion. Thus Thursday's contingent of selectees was made up of six men in stead of the ten ordered to report it is expeciea mat wnaiever changes, if any, are to be made in Selective Service will be announc ed soon. SERVICES POSTPONED The regular Sunday afternoon ser vices at Bethlehem Christian Church for August 19 will be postponed, it was announced today on account of the homecoming services at Berea Christian Church. Hertford Celebrates With World Ending Of Conflict; Formal Surrender Expected In Short Time Three years and H7 weeks after their sneak attack on I'ear! Harbor, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese surrendered to the United Nations and thus ended World War II. The official announcement of the surrend er was made by I 'resident Truman at seven o'clock Tuesday night, August 14. The announcement climaxed anx ious waiting of several days by the peace loving people of the world, who awaited the Japanese reaction to the Allied answer to their proposal of peace. Last Friday the Japs ap proached the Allies with a peace of fer, providing the Japanese Kin peror would he permitted to retain his official status as head of the em pire. This appeal was turned down bv the Allies, who declared the en; Leror would remain but must take his Orders from General MacArthur, who j,as oeen named as Supreme Allied Com inandcr for the Jap occupation. From the time the news of the Jap I anese proposal was heard over the radio last Friday, residents of this community joined with others all over America anxiously listening for the words of peace that most of them thought were coming, and all hoped would come. The Japanese were slow in answering the Allied reply and it was five days before the glad tidings were announced by President Tru man. At a few seconds past seven o'clock Tuesday night the first horn sounded in Hertford and those who were not at radios knew that the Japs had uit. Shortly thereafter the fire siren was sounded and the church li"lls pealed the joyous cidingH, -cars were driven up and down the streets with the horns blowing. The out burst of joy was not so great as wit nessed in large cities but, neverthe less, the joy and happiness that the terrible conflict had ended was evi dent among all the people. A large group gathered at the Hertford Methodist Church for a thanksgiving service and prayer to God for end ing the war, and the Rev. I!. ('. Reav is announced that the planned ser vices marking the end of the war would be held at the church on Wed nesday night. The subject was Vic tory and a Challenge of a New Day. Special music was rendered by joint choir of all churches. This service was also largely attended by the resi dents of Hertford. Following his brief announcement that the Japanese government had ac cepted the Potsdam Declaration, President Truman stated that official V-J Day may not be declared until after the formal signing of surrender I terms. He named General Douglas j MacArthur to receive the Jap sur I render and orders were issued Allied j forces in the Pacific to cease firing, j The Japanese have been notified to 1 prepare to meet the Allied leaders for the formal signing of surrender pa pers. Program For Young People In Progress The months of July and August have been designated as Young Peo ples' Religious Emphasis Period in the Hertford Methodist Church. The young people conduct the devotional exercises at the Church School hour each Sunday for the Adult and Young People's Divisions and they have charge of the Vesper service each Sunday evening at seven o'clock. Splendid programs are being put on and the interest continues to in crease. Next Sunday at 11 A. M. the pas tor, the Rev. B. C. Reavis, will de liver a special sermon to the young people on the subject, "The Challenge of the Unattained." At the Vesper service at 7 P. M., the young people will have charge. Ruth Tucker, the president of the division, will pre side. Special music will be rendered and the pastor will bring a message on the subject, "Growing Up," using I Cor. 13:11 as the text. On Sunday, August 26, special rec ognition will be given to the young people of the church who are going to college and universities. At 11 A. M. and at the Vesper service the young people will have charge. The .Rev. Mr. Reavis is doing the preaching in a series of revival ser vices at the Anderson Methodist Church .this week. Large crowds are attending and much interest is being shown.