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VOLUME XXIX; NO. 20.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 15, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Jack Sharkey Listens As
OCRACOKE BANJO-PICKER PLAYS.
JUDGE CARR
TO PRESIDE
OVER COURT
Graduating From
N. J. Hospital
ARMY MOBILE
UNIT TRAVELS
THROUGH SAND
Successful Young Morehead City
Florist Shown With Her Flowers
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JACK SHARKEY, onetime heavyweight champion of the world.
it shown here he listen to banjo music picked by Edgar Howard
of Ocracoke, North Carolina. Howard and Sharkey were once ship
mates in the U. S. Nary. The picture was made recently in Boston
where Sharker lives and runs a
ard was one of the musicians in
which came east and made a tremendous hit in cities of the North.
Howard, native of Ocracoke, has been a musical entertainer in New
York and other northern cities for a number of years. His brother
Walter Howard, is living at present at Sea Level where another
brother the late Charles Howard
Governor and Ueneral ODOke lo
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Iroops At Lamp
Washington, D. C.
MEDITERRANEAN KEY
Key to the fateful battle of the
Mediterranean which is about to
burst in full fury is not the Suez
canal, but Britain's great naval base
at Alexandria, 125 miles west of
the canal entrance.
The loss of Alexandria would de
prive the British of their key
"bridgehead" in northern Africa
and ensure Axis domination of the
eastern Mediterranean.
Actually, the Suez canal itself has
been of little value to the British
for months. It went out of use as
the so-called "life-line of the em
pire" when the Axis air attack that
severely damaged the air carrier Il
lustrious proved it was suicidal- to
attempt to convoy shipping through
the long and narrow waterway.
Since then the Mediterranean has
been a "no man's land" for all the
belligerents. While 2,000 miles In
length, its narrow width at certain
places has made it extremely haz
ardous for both sides, and the Brit
ish have been routing their shipping
around the Cape of Good Hope for
some time.
Loss of the Mediterranean would,
of course, be a serious blow to the
British; but it would by no means
end the war or mean victory for the
Axis. With her fleet intact, Britain
would-stUl be able to carrv the flaht
See Merry-go-Round, Pga 3
ALMANAC
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
MAY
16. Pres. Lincoln nominated 1860.
18. Rogation Sunday.
20. Lindbergh starts for Paris,
1927.
21. U. S. Red Cross founded, 1881.
22. Ascension.
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
MAY
16. W. H. Seward, statesman 1901
17. King Alfonso XIII, Spain, 1886
18. Emperor Nicholas, Russia
1868.
19. Samuel G. Blythe, author,
1868.
20. J. S. Mill, economist, 1806.
21. Glenn Curtis, hydro-aeroplane
1878.
22. A Conan Dolye, author, 1859.
night club. At the time Edgar How
Gene Autry's traveling road show
made his home.
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Captain Pattee And
Others Also On
Program
North Carolina's Governor
J. Melville Broughton and
Camp Davis' commanding
officer Brigadier General
James B. Crawford formally-
welcomed 4,500 Selectees
and regiment cadres at
Camp Davis Tuesday after
noon in the first otticial ex
ercises of its kind at the new
Coast Artillery (semi-mo
bile) Anti-Aircraft and Bal
loon Barrage Training Cen
ter. Following their part
in the program held in an
area surrounding the new
50 foot high flag pole carry.
ing the Stars and Stripes for
the first time on Tuesday (as
the pole had iust been erect
ed) the program (which was
being ( broadcast over Wrl
F) was moved into the office
of the CQM, Capt, Karl M.
rattee.
With WPTF Announcer duFour
in charge, a 15-minute round ta.
ble discussion featuring Capt
Pattee, Senior Hostess, Miss Ruby
Satterfield, Project Manager A. J,
Fox, and Public and Press Rela
tions Officers Capt. Jeff Barnette
and Aycock Brown, was present
ed from the CQM building. Thi3
part of the program revealed not
only various phases in the con
struction of Camp Davis but also
See Camp Davis, Page 8
Bonita Plentiful
Off Beaufort Inlet
Bonita have been plentiful off
Beaufort Inlet recently as evi
denced by the excellent catches
made by parties out of Beaufort
and Morehead City. Last Sunday
with Capt. Cecil Sewell aboard his
off-shore fishing cruiser "Betty
K." M. G. Ferrell of Wilson and
George Hoffman of New Bern,
party landed more than 50 bonita
and then topped off their day's
fishing by coming inside to Shack
leford Breakwater and landing a
number of sea bass.
Tildon Davis To
Succeed His Late
Father On Board
Tildon Davis of Harkers Island
was notified officially today by
Clerk of Superior Court L. W.
Hassell tl.at he has been appoint
ed as County Commissioner to suc
ceed his father, the late Cleveland
Davis who was a member of the
Board for several years. In the
official message, Mr. Davis is being-
advised that he will become a
member of the Board after he his
taken the oath of office before
Clerk Hassell.
June Term Begins
On 9th Jurors
Are Drawn
Judge Leo Carr of Burling
ton (Alamance County) is
scheduled to preside over the
two weeks term of Superior
Court beginnng here on June
9. The first week will be
for hearing cribinal actions,
the second for civil actions.
During the regular meeting of
the Board of County Commission
ers hero last week, the jurors were
drawn for this term of court. The
jurors follow:
JUNE TERM JURORS
First Week
George W. Gillikin, Beaufort;
W. H. Quinn, Newport; A. R. Hart
field, Newport R. F. D.; John A.
Hill, Davis; Eldon Smith, Roe;
Bayard Taylor, Beaufort; Stacy
Guthrie, Harkers Island; Walter
Banks, Lukens; Hugh Murdoch,
Wildwood; C. E. Herrington, New
port; Willie J. Willis, Davis; E. F.
Perry, Beaufort; George W. Da
vis, Smyrna; J. W. McCabe, New
port R. F. D. ; Paul S. Jones, Beau
fort; H. O. Davis, Harkers Island;
C. J. Taylor, Newport; Wesley
Paul, Davis; J. T. White, Beaufort;
Leon Chadwick, Straits; J. O. Bar
bour, Beaufort; Makely Salter,
Sea Level; A. C. Murdoch, Jr.,
Wildwood; B. G. Hardy, Merri
mon; Guy C. Chadwick, Straits; M.
N. Eubanks, Beaufort R. F. D.; W.
H. Chadwick, Straits; Frank F.
Harker, Morehead City; Luther
Pittman, Beaufort; Trim Tosto,
Beaufort.
Second Week
Wilson Golden, Beaufort R. F.
D. ; Paul Davis, Davis; Andrew
Slaughter, Newport R. F. D.; John
E. Willis, Atlantic; Thomas D.
Lewis, Morehead City; Justin Rob
inson, Morehead City; Alex Davis.
Marshallberg; Ray Morse, Mar
shallberg; Lawrence Garner,. New
port R. F. D.; Alan Moore, Harkers
Island; Alex H. Webb, Morehead
City; C. T. Whitehead, Morehead
City.
Bonita Delicious
To Eat Prytherch
Tell Newspaperman
Dr. H. F. Prytherch, expert on
all fisheries matters, told The
Beaufort News editor this week to
let the public know that Bonita
Mackerel, such" as the sportsmen
are catching now are very delicious
to eat. "Unlike another species of
bonita, the flesh of the bonita now
being taken off Beaufort Inlet is
not coarse but of a very fine tex
ture making it very palitable," he
asserted.
On Wednesday Dr. Prytherch
had as his fishing guests, Rep.
Graham A. Barden and Earl I.
Conderman, postal inspector of
New Bern. They landed 39 boni
ta while trolling off the Inlet.
They were fishing from aboard the
Sand Piper.
G G. Plane Crashes
Two members of the U. S. Coast
Guard from Elizabeth City escap
ed injury in a plane crash at Padg
ett about 5 miles west of Verona,
last Monday afternoon around 5
o'clock.
The plane, believed to have been
forced down by trash in the gas
line, was almost demolished when
it landed in a group of pines.
A Coast Guard truck from Eliz
abeth City came to Padgett last
Tuesday to haul away the wrecked
plane.
SCHOOL BAND
DONATIONS
Due to illness of some of
the committee workers the
collections this week for the
Beaufort Band fund dropped
below what would be nor
mally expected. A total of
only $15 was collected in an
nual membership dues and
the grand total is still less
than $200.
Unlike the interest shown in
Morehead City where over $500
was raised in just a few days for
their excellently equipped band,
Beaufort people as a whole have
shown little response to the drive
to secure funds for carrying , on
the fine start Director Fred King
has produced in the way of a band.
See DONATIONS, Page 8
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MISS MARY Bowen Brooks,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
J. Brooks is a member of the
graduating class of Christ Hospit
al, Jersey City, N. J. Following
the graduating exercises on May
28, Miss Brook will accept a po
sition on the staff of Christ Hos
pital. A graduate of Beaufort
High School, Miss Brooks has
many friends here who will be
pleased to learn the progress she is
making in her career as a nurse.
COUNTY BOARD
NAMES DEFENSE
FARMERS GROUP
To Work With Other
Groups In East
Carolina
Commissioner W. Z. Mc
Cabe. Joe G. Taylor, Bogue,
and Gilbert Whitehurst,
Straits, were appointed a
committee to cooperate with
similar committees of other
counties with respect to mar
keting larm products in the
territory covered by the de
fense program. This group
is sponsired by East Carolina
Chamber of Commerce and
they will also collaborate
with other counties with re
spect to labor shortages on
tarms.
A certificate of incumbrance
and identification of signatures
was presented to the Board and
approved and forwarded to the
Bondholders Committee which has
to do with the bonded indebtedness
of Carteret County amounting to
$3,306,800 refunding bonds Series
1937 and $192,886.85 funding
bonds.
Bids for supplies to county home
for the current month were award
ed City Grovery.
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
UP AT MR. Holland's farm near
the junction of White Oak River
and Pettiford Creek in Croatan
Forest just off the Stella road, I
made a number of pictures this
morning when it was still so dark
that the flashlight apparatus had
to be used. The photos I made
were of Lt. Col. D. J. Page and his
staff of officers, the field kitchen
units, soldiers washing their dishes,
photos of machine guns, anti-tank
guns, 37 mm guns and the heavy
155 mm howitzers. Then as the
sun began to shine I made some
general scenes of the various mo
bile units, grouped around (but not
in) Mr. Holland's corn patch.
I HAD MET Colonel Page and
his executive officer on Atlantic
Beach Wednesday afternoon. To
help me in getting an unusual news
picture they even ordered one of
the 4-wheel drive (Dodge) Recon
naisance cars to climb a sand dune.
None of us were sure that the car
would make it, but we had hopes.
A few minutes previously we had
been talking about the sands of
the Sahara (not far from Dakar,
where Senator Pepper would send
an Expeditionary Force now not
later) and wondering about the
comparison of desert sands with
those of Atlantic Beach. I told
the officers of the Battalion that
the North Carolina beach sands
were probably harder to navigate
than the sands of the Sahara.
That being true we were convinced
that the mobile units (or reconnai
sance cars at any rate) of our new
U. S. Army can travel through the
Sahara desert and how, after
See WATERFRONT, Page 8
Reconnaisance Car
Of 34th F.A. Bn.
Given A Test
FORT BRAGG SOLDIERS
VISIT ATLANTIC BEACH
Uncle Sam's new recon
naisance cars, with 4-wheel
drives, can travel up a 45 de
gree angle sand dune with
out any trouble, it was re
vealed on Atlantic Beach
late Wednesday. Lt. Col. D.
J. Page, commanding officer
of the 34th F. A. Battalion
from Fort Bragg's Ninth Di
vision had the "Recon" car's
ability to travel through sand
demonstrated primarily for
the benefit of The Beaufort
News Editor who wanted a
picture of the mobile unit
traveling through the wind
blown dune.
The test took place near the in
tersection of Triangle Parkway
and West Drive on Atlantic Beach.
Four men were in the car at the
time. Colonel Page and his Ex
ecutive Officer, Major C. W. Kold
were standing by watching the car
plough its way through the hub
deep sand. Other interested spec
tators were members of the Battal
ion which came to the Carteret
Coast 750-man strong on Tuesday
and encamped on the S. B. Hol
land farm at the intersection of
White Oak River and Pettiford
Creek in Croatan Forest near
Svvansboro until early today when
the unit began its return inarch to
Fort Bragg.
The Battalion's convoy equip
ment of 136 pieces consisted of
22 reconnaisance cars, 11 machine
gun carriers, 10 blitz buggies, 16
four-ton trucks, 65 two and half
ton trucks, and the fololwing fight
ing equipment: twelve 155 mm
howitzers, mounted; 75 mm anti
tank guns, 37 mm guns and 30 cale
bre machine guns.
The commanding officers of this
battalion were very much impress
See ARMY, Page 8
New Menhaden Boat
Powered With 300
Horsepower Motor
The new 105-foot menhaden
vessel "Dewey" constructed at
Bell-Wallace shipyards in More-
head City made its trial run to
Beaufort Inlet sea buoy and re
turn early this week, and Messrs.
M. E. Venick, of Bridgeport, Con
necticut and J. W. Jarman of Cam
bridge, Maryland, who were re
sponsible for the vessel's power
which carried her through the wa
ters at a speed of 12 miles per
hour were well pleased with their
part of the- job. ,
Mr. Jarman is the man who sold
the powerful motor or engine for
the new menhaden craft and Mr.
Vonick was the test engineer for
the motor. The motor, an 8-cylin-der,
9 1-2 inch bore with a 14-inch
stroke, was made by the Wolver
ine Motor Works of Bridgeport,
and it produces 300 horsepower.
The Wolverine is the second motor
of this type which has gone into
the Webb fleet. The Boys also is
powered with a Wolverine. The
"Dewey"' with the installation of
the motor, now represents a total
investment of approximately $60,
000 it has been stated.
Recorders Court
Garfield Ellison, Negro, was
given three months on the roads in
Recorders Court Tuesday for as
sault on a female, to-wit, his girl
friend. It was the only case tried
during court Tuesday.
MARINES IN
ONSLOW
The first contingent of Ma
rines 180 strong moved
into Onslow last week to
serve as an advance guard
and to provide fire protection
for the construction of the
$15,000,000.00 Marine Bar
racks there.
The Marines, who are stationed
at Paradise Point, are under the
command of Major A. D. Challa
combe, who has served with the
Marine Corps at Guantanamo Bay,
Cuba, and at Parris Island in re
cent months.
Arriving from Parris Island in
15 motor trucks and station wag
See MARINES, Page 8
MRS. FRANK MORAN of Morehead City it shown here amid the
profusion of flowers in her shopjust prior to Mother's Day last
week. With her husband, Mrs. Moran, operates a most successful
floral business in Morehead City for Carteret coast patrons. In ad
dition to the Morehead City Floral Company which the Morans ope
rate, they have a flower farm at Crab Point where they grow a va
riety of flowers for commercial purposes. (Aycock Brown Photo.)
Morehead Bluffs Is
Sold to Kinston Men
Villa Hotel Also
Sold But Bid
Is Raised
PROPERTY LITERALLY
"SOLD FOR A SONG"
As compared to the boom
day prices which single lots
were bringing back in the
balmv days of the Twenties,
"Morehead Bluffs," a devel
opment which failed to de
velop, was literally "sold for
a song" according to deed re
corded here on Monday. The
vast partly developed prop
erty, a total of 260 acres, was
sold by Carteret County to
Eli J. Perry and R. T. Allen,
of Kinston for $10,000.
Carteret County came into pos
session of this property through
tax foreclosures. The property,
developed by a syndicate in which
the late Bill Blades was principal
figure, at one time had street light
ing, paved streets and water and
sewerage facilities. Many lots
i were sold, some bringing not hun
dreds, but thousands of dollars in
the more desirable locations. To
day, however, with few exceptions,
the lots have grown up in under
brush. The streets are fairly
good, but the electric lighting sys
tem and the watermains are all out
of commission.
Messrs. Allen and Perry have a
gold mine, should the Carteret
coast begin developing as result of
national defense activities. That
is probable. But, should the Car
teret coast not begin to make some
prograss in way of development,
the Kinston men have a white ele
See BLUFFS, Page 8
NAB DESERTER
Sheriff C. G. Holland and Dep
uty Sheriff Murray Thomas, ar
rested Manley Garner of Newport
on charges of public drunkenness
last week-end. He boastfully in
formed the officers: "I had rath
er spend 90 days in jail than go
back to the Army". This was the
first knowledge the arresting offi
cers had of Garner being in the
Army.
Upon investigation they discov
ered that he had recently been in
ducted and that he was classified
as a deserter. Army officials at
Fort Bragg notified the authorities
to turn the deserter over to th
nearest Army post. This they did
on Tuesday. Garner was turned
over to the Provost Marshall at
Camp Davis, early Tuesday.
Miss Hoffman Is
Objecting To Road
Through Her Estate
It it understood from authora
tive source that Mist Alice Hoff
man of Bogue Bankt it strenuous
ly objecting to the road which has
been constructed by the State of
North Carolina across her proper
ty connecting the community of
Salter Path with Atlantic Beach. It
was stated here this week that she
is making an effort to determine
just what right if any the State
had in building this road on her
property. The road, of a rather
secondary nature, has been built
with WPA-labor, comprised chief
ly of Salter Path residents.
Memos of a
Girl Friday:
Dear XV. W.: Quentin Reynolds
has arrived safely via convoy. He
made it that way to do an article
for Collier's on convoys . . . FDR
and John L. Lewis haven't exactly
buried the hatchet, but the things
they say of each other privately
o ' n n rtnc-1-T aa thaw UffirA
Mrs. T. Roosevelt Jr. resigned
from that "Women United for
Peace" outfit. She was a speaker
along with Senators Reynolds and
Bennett Clark at Carnegie Hall. She
said in her talk that America had
no room for intolerance. The com
ment met stony silence so she re
signed. Hurray for her.
Tou wanted me to remind yon to
say something about the Ism gang
sters who pin themselves onto
Americans who are popular. Will
kie sure was brave when he threw
away the votes of many by publicly
announcing that he didn't want
Fronters, Bundists et al on his side
... Dare the Dept of Commerce
to deny this . . . That our oil ex
ports to Japan are still averaging
about 400,000 barrel weekly and
have been as high as 600,000 per
week!
The spending by the visiting Brit
ish tars has saved many a join
ready to fold up . . . Eliot Janeway
hag aL--" rrf re in tfr" now
WINCHELL, Page 2
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I TIDE TABLE
. Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
solumn. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances must be
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at tht;
head of the estuaries.
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HIGH
LOW
Friday, May 16
12:03 A. M.
12:32 P. M.
6:29 A. M.
6:50 P. M-
Saturday, May 17
12:59 A. M. 7:28 A. M.
1:30 P. M. 7:56 P. M.
Sunday, May 18
1:59 A. M. 8:26 A. M.
2:33 P. M. 9:00 P. M.
Monday, May 19
3:02 A. M. 9:20 A. M.
3:36 P. M. 9:58 P. M.
Tuesday, May 20
4:04 A. M. 10:10 A.M.
4:32 P. M. 10:52 P. M.
Wednesday, May 21
4:56 A.M. 10:57 A.M.
5:19 P. M.
Thursday, May 22
5:42 A.M. 11:41A.M.
6:00 P.M. 11:42 P.M.