The Wilmington morning star. [volume], August 17, 1943, FINAL EDITION, Page 10, Image 10

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FORMER RESIDENT
HEADS ARMY CAMP
Col. W. V. Ochs, One-Time
High School Instruc
tor, At Camp Stewart
CAMP STEWABT. Ga., Aug. 16.
—Colonel William V. Ochs, Camp
Siewart s post commander, i* a
soldier’s soldier.
He cut his Army teeth against
Pancho Villa in Mexico, he has
travelled all ever the world and
served at many Army posts, he
is a polo champion, an expert
horseman, yachtsman, hunter and
fisherman, and he plays golf in
tne low 80's and can bowl a mean
game or play tennis with the best
More than that, he knows and
understands the men under him,
tor he began his Army career as
an enlisted man and worked his
way up. Forty-nine years of age,,
he has close cropped, iron-gray
hair, a rnddv complexion, an aff
able manner and is noted as a
public speaker.
The nearby city of Hinesville
named the main avenue from the
camp *o the city after him,
‘Ochs Avenue;” the Hinesville
Lions voted him an honorary mem
ber, he often speaks to civic
groups in Savannah and other
neighboring cities, and a colored
community near Stewart named
their schoolhoise the “Ochs Grove
School ”
uoionej ucns, iuu, wuum
ably have b -en a lawyer if he
had not been called up to serve
against Villa and then joined the
regular Army for he has a law
degree from the CJniversiay of
Tennessee.
A regular Army cavalryman
from Chattanooga, Tenn., Colonel
Ochs recalled today that his first
brush with the Vilhstas as at El
Membre, Mexico, in 1916. He was
called to duty from the Tennessee
National Guard where he began
his military career in 1908.
“I led a mounted pistol charge
against what was believed to be
'•illistas but mstead turned out to
be another troop of the 8th
Cavalry ' Colonel Ochs related.
"It was dark and the troops had
come upon each other, thinking
each other was Villistas.
“I learned some lessons from
iner, on." Colonel Ochs added.
He and the other troop com
mander empi’ed their pistols at
each other and both sides fired.
Put only one horse was injured,
due to the inexperience of tha
hoops r n both sides.
“That was one time that lack
of training saved lives,” Colonel
Ochs said.
He said that this incident taught
him that “when in doubt makp
certain" and I also learned about
shooting, especially getting the
lange." He became an expert
shot later
"Then next day the two troops
mined forces and cleaned up the
bandits at Buena Vista,” the
Colonel said. Soon thereafter he
saw the battle of Ojinaja between
followers of Carranza and those of
Vida across the Rio Grande from
his station at Presido, Texas.
Six hundred Carranzistas fled
across the river and were intern
ed by Cclonel Ochs’ troop. They
aiso established a Mexican refugee
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Davis Chapel Dedicated
Colonel Adam E. Potts, Camp Davis commander, is shown here
cutting the tape to officially open one of the three new chapels re
cently dedicated in the Mapel Hill section of the nearby anti-aircraft
artillery center. One of the features of the ceremonies was a talk by
Chaplain (Major) Edward Mattson, camp chaplain. (Public Relations
Office Photo.)
camp and laltr Colonel Ochs was j
commended by the Foreign Rela- j
dons' committee of the senate fori
this work. He also was one of j
tmee officers who testified before
a Senate committee investigating
Mexican conditions in 1920.
In another Villa skirmish,
Colonel Ochs was taking a shower
under an improvised water tower
v.'nen Villistas raided his encamp
ment. He grabbed gun and pistol,
jumped on nis horse and led a
charge against them—without a
stitch of clothes on.
Colonel Ochs has an autographed
picture of Villa which originally
was presented to ihe late Hun. H.
C. Myles, British consul for
Northern Mex co, who was Colonel
Ochs’ father-in-law. The consul
had once befriended Villa when he
was a butcher in El Paso, Tex.
In all, Colonel Ochs made seven
trips into Mexico “against Villis
tcS and cattle thieves, living on
hardtack and what game we
could kill, sleeping with our guns
on at all times and always on
the aleit.”
Since then he has traveled all
over the world and served through
out the United States. These posts
include six camps in Texas, one
in Arizona, .>ne in New Mexico,
Ft. Leavenworth. Kans , Ft. Ogel
tliorpe, Ga., Ft. Riley, Kans.,
Camp Beauregard, La., Camp
Perry, Oho, and Camp Shelby,
Miss.
Colonel Ochs was with the Gold
Star Mothers staff in France.
England and Belgium for one year
and was personally cited by the
Secretary of War for this work.
He was prjfessor of military
science and tactics at the Wil
mington. N. C , High schools, for
four years, these schools being
cne of only two such .units within
the Fourth Service Command to
receive Hn honor rating in its firs!,
year.
He also was in charge of mili
tary training at the Griffin, Ga.,
schools for eight months and at
tne Chattanooga High schools for
four years. He is an honorary
Eagle Scout and past president of
the Chattanooga Boy Scouts, he is
a charter member of Pi Alpha
Eelta, law fraternity. A former
state treasurer in Tennessee of
the Sons of the American Revolu
tion, he is a 52nd degree Mason,
a Knignts Templar, a Rotarian, a
El on and an Elk and was a mem
ber of the Wilmington, N. C.
Yacht club.
Mrs. Ochs resides at nearby
Hinesvill.e and Colonel Ochs has a
Sdi, William V., Jr., who is a
second-year man at West Point
and a daughiei. Alice, married to
Captain Richard E. DeRaismes of
the Coast Artillery Corps
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COMMUNITY PANEL
ASKED FOR COUNTY
Ration Unit Would Dis
seminate Accurate In
formation To Public
For the purpose of disseminat
ing important, accurate, current
ration information to the public,
the local Ration board has advo
cated to T. S. Johnson, state OPA
director, -.that a community panel
service panel be named and set
in operation within the immediate
future, officials announced Mon
day.
Citizens expected to be appoint
ed to the vital group include Mrs,
Julian W. Morton, chairman: Mrs.
E. A. Laney, and Mrs.». W. H.
Henderson, Jr. As soon as final
approval has been forwarded by
state headquarters, the committee
will hold its first meeting.
It was /pointed out .that the
three-member Ration board has
been so occupied with detailed ra
tioning operations, that full in
terpretation of regulations has not
always been possible. The new
panel will receive from Mrs. Ruth
Vick Everett, information officer
in the state office, and from the
Atlanta OPA office a wealth of
material designed to keep the pub
lic clearly informed on latest de
velopments in the entire rationing
program.
This will be the sixth panel to
be established by the local board
to assist in its dealings with the
public. There are already a fuel
oil panel, price panel, gasoline
hearing panel, shipyard panel, and
airbase panel.
All persons serving on the panels
of the Ration board do so volun
tarily.
TB SAM ORIUM
PLANS UNDERWAY
Layout For New Building
Being Drafted By Lo
cal Architects
Plans for the new tuberculosis
sanatorium promised the county
by its commissioners are being
drawn by Lynch and Foard, archi
tects, with the cooperation of Dr.
J. C. Wessell, Sr., Chairman Ad
dison Hewlett, Sr., revealed Mon
day.
An estimate on the cost of the
project cannot be announced until
plans are further developed, he
declared. It is understood that a
site for the building will be con
tributed. but its location and donor
have not been divulged.
Mr. Hewlett explained that con
struction of the building to replace
the old Red Cross hospital will
likely require a majority vote of
New Hanover citizens.
Mr. Hewlett and Commissioner
L. J. Coleman visited sanitoriums
in Raleigh and Wilson last week
and reviewed the plans and site of
a TB hospital in Durham, in an
effort to determine the best ar
rangement for the local institution.
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TO FEATURE WEEK
Majority Of Time Remain
ing In Court Session
Jo Handle Cases
Three murder trials will take up
the majority of the time remain
ing in this week’s criminal term of
superior court, District Solicitor
Clifton L. Moore of Burgaw, said
Monday afternoon.
The solicitor said he would try
four Negroes, Armond Hall, Le
Roy Anderson, Luther Drye and
William Bryant, on charges of se
cond degree murder. Hall’s case,
he said, will probably be called
Tuesday.
Hall allegedly slew Lucius Wil
son, Negro on November 22, 1934.
The Negro, now a soldier, volun
tarily surrendered himself at po
lice headquarters two months ago
to iace mat on tne murder count.
Drye and Bryant are named in
the same bill of indictment which
charges that they murdered H. E.
Cook, a white man, on a vacant
lot here on June 19 of this year.
Anderson allegedly killed Mar
shall Lee Herring, Negro, here
on June 20.
Three defendants in other mur
der cases were granted continu
ances Monday until the regular
criminal term on August 30. The
solicitor has indicated that two of
the defendants, Alfred T. Surles
and Joseph Hinson, will be plac
ed on trial for their lives.
Surles is charged with the mur
der of his wife, Gladys Surles, on
June 25; Hinson with the shooting
of Taxi Driver Milton B. Jackson
on July 24.
O. H. Keese, oil truck driver held
for murder after his truck struck
and killed Pvt. Floyd W. Slover
on April 4, was granted a con
tinuance because his attornies were
too sick to appear at this term,
the district solicitor said.
Special Judge Luther Hamilton
of Morehead City is presiding over
the term.
Jurors to serve during the week
were impanelled as follows: G. E.
Leftwich, A. J. Burriss, W. E. Pow
ell, W. R. Allen, L. T. Moore, R.
W. Wells, J. Holmes Davis, Jr.,
F. B. Hewlett, H. M. Wolfe, Sam
Berger, Lacy C. Woodcock, R. W.
Butler, M. J. Fountain, Leslie G.
Bass, G. C. Holt, Aaron Abrams,
R. F. Hall, William F. Tomz, Fred
Farrar, Julius F. Rogers, J. W.
Ulmer, F. A. Babson, S. M. Creech,
Upton B. Spindle, Clyde E. Beck,
R. E. Piner, C. R. Ennett and R.
N. Getty.
First on Monday’s court docket
was the case of James Lloyd Bel
lamy, charged with larceny and
receiving. Judgment in the case
was continued to August 30, when
the regular criminal term a£ the
superior court will be conducted
by Judge John J. Burney.
Named on three warrants for va
grancy, Edward McKinney was
sentenced to a total of 240 days
on the road at Monday morning’s
court session.
McKinney pleaded not guilty to
the charge in the first warrant,
but was returned a verdict of guilty
by the jury and was sentenced to
30 days.
For the second warrant, McKin
ney entered a plea of nolo con
tendre, but was given 90 days on
the road to begin at the expiration
of the first 30 days.
On the third warrant, the defen
dant tendered a plea of nolo con
tendre and was sentenced to 120
days on the road to begin at the
expiration of the 90 day sentence.
Fronk O. Austin, charged with
operating an automobile while in
toxicated, tendered a plea of guil
ty through his attorney Aaron Gold
berg.
Appeal of nolo contendre was
ordered stricxen out by the Court
and the defendant was allowed to
BATTERY PARTIES
OUT FOR SOLDIERS
Informal Army Institution
Of Long Standing Is
Ruled Out
CAMP DAVIS, Aug. lfr—“Bat
tery parties,” long an informal
Army institution, have been rul
ed out for the duration if they
involve buying food supplies not
furnished by the Government.
Purchase of food articles from,
civilian commercial sources by
military units at this post have
been ordered immediately ceased,
it was announced here by Col.
Adam B. Potts, camp command
er.
Further, obtaining of ration
points from local OPA offices has
been ordered stopped immediate
ly
Explaining that the Army is de
termined to rigidly enforce jits
policy of “contributing its share
toward conservation of food and
the rationing problem,” Col. Potts
enter a plea of not guilty to reck
less operation of an automobile.
This plea was accepted by Soli
citor Moore for the State and the
defendant was fined $25 and costs.
1872 1943
Wilmington Lodge
No. 319 A. r. &
A. N.
Stated communition of this will
be holden (this) Tuesday, Aug
ust 17th, at 8:00 P. M.
All members and sojourning
Master Masons are cordially in
vited to attend.
By Order of the Master.
' LOUIS V. SWANN,
Secretary
announced he had taken steps to
insure the practices in question
would not be repeated.
Col. Potts indicated his belief
that the “outside” purchases to
augment field rations were made
through mistaken zeal and with
lack of understanding of the
Army’s conservation policies.
No additional rationed food ar
ticles other than those provided
for in the quantities shown on ap
proved Army menus and for which
supplies are issued by the Quar
termaster Corps, may be used,
pointed out Col. Potts.
WISHFUL THINKING
LONDON, Aug. 16.— !/P—The
Rome radio said today i„ *
German language broadcast
recorded by the Associated
Press:
“It would take the Ameri
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they should attempt to 'eonqu,
the Italian mainland jn lh
same tempo in which ihev
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fill end, began fjve weeks ago.
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