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VOLUME XXIX NO. 39
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 25, 1941
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
0. C. Buck Exposition Show
Carteret's 141-42 Budget
latter Is Still Unsettled
Newport Triplets Are Three Charming Young Ladies
THEY CELEBRATED FIFTH BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK
Feature 0! Caiteret Fair
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Coming Here Week
Of October 20 To
Legion Event
FIVE SKY SCRAPERS
BIG FREE ATTRACTION
0. C. Buck's famous Ex
position Show will exhibit in
Beaufort as the midway at
traction of Carteret County
Fair which will begin Mon
day, October 20, and contin
use throughout the week.
The fair this year will be pre
sented on the High School
Athletic Fielld here under
the auspices of the American
Legion. It is the second time since
the first Carteret Fair five years
ago, that 0. C. Buck's Show has
been the midway attraction.
Many World's Fair visitors will
remember the Five Sky Gcrapers
which appeared daily as the fea
tured attraction and which will be
seen this season as the "free at
traction," on the mile long mid
way of the 0. C. Buck Exposition
Show. Four former Hollywood
stunt girls, and a man will mount
the hundred and fifty foot high
rigging, performing many miracul
ous and spine chilling stunts with
out the aid of any nets or safety
devices of any kind. The Four Sky
Scrapers come heralded as the
most thrilling and novel act ever
presented by any travelling show.
This thriller will be seen daily and
is offered to the show's patrons
without charge.
Fourteen of the latest riding
devices presented for those who
love their thrills in motion. Fore
most among these is the mile high
Ferris Wheel and the Octupus, a
terror to those whose hearts can
only stand so much.
T waive different and distinct
See O. C. BUCK Page 10
Seashore Offers
Station As Night
Hdqrs' For Police
Seashore Transportation has of
fered the Town of Beaufort its lo
cal station building on Queen
Street to serve as night headquar
ters for the police here. There is
a two-fold purpose. In the first
place Seashore will have the ben
efit of police protection for its
busses and stations. (There has
been some pilfering of same in the
past). And, in addition to this
persons wanting to locate a police
man during the night can merely
call the bus station.
Announcement that the station
would be available for this purpose
was made by Bill Blades Parkin,
station agent, this week. Louis B.
Willis is the night policeman in
Beaufort,
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The Midnight Beat
Hollywood's star feud Is between
Chas. Boyer and Jean Cabin. It's
blazing higher than the Eiffel Tower
over the fate of France. Boyer's
sympathies have been with De
Gaulle from the start
Gov. Lehman, insiders hear, will
come out for O'Dwyer against May
or LaGuardia ... In appreciation
of O'Dwyer's support when Lehman
ran against Dewey.
The British Gov't is supposed to
have requested the duke of Windsor
not to "make a parade of the night
clubs" while in New York en route
to Canada.
i The legs featured in that hosiery
advert on the back cover of Life be
long to Evelyn Carmel.
Motion Picture and Screen Life
mags will marry with the January
issue.
The Book-of-the-Month club will of
fer a dual selection in November:
"Inside Latin America" by John
Gunther (Harper's) and "Young
Man of Caracas" by T. R. Ybarra
(Ives Washburn).
Overheard: "Be careful of that
guy you're leading with your chin"
. . . . "Don't worry. He never
punches that high."
"My Little Sunshine" couldn't be
an oldie called "My Little Rain
bow," could it?
Lieut. Comdr. Arthur Godfrey re
ports seeing this sign on a small
'town highway: Every Car Going
Through This Town at Sixty Miles
an Hour on Saturday Night Must
Hav3Ji:iver!
See WINCHELL, Page 8
ALLIGATORS
Hugh Carraway and other
farm owners in the Adams
Creek section are being har
rassed by alligators. In town
today, Mr. Carraway report
ed that a- 'gator had killed a
60-pound shoat and injured
several others. Efforts to kill
the alligators have proven
fruitless to date. Other far
mers or farm owners in that
section have also reported
losses of stock as result of al
igators. Mr. Carraway would
probably welcome any per
sons interested in alligator
hunting, to his Adams Creek
farm.
SEA DOGS TO
MEET NEW BERN
FRIDAY NIGHT
Coach Hassell Has
Large and Heavy
Local Team
LAGRANGE PLAYS
HERE FRIDAY WEEK
By A. R. RICE
With three weeks practice
behind it the Beaufort High
School football team opens!
its 1941 schedule by invading
New Bern tomorrow, Friday,
night to engage the Craven
County eleven. The follow
ing Friday, October 3rd, La
grange plays here.
Coach Ray Hassell probably has
the largest squad, both materially
and in weight, of any that has
ever represented Beaufort. The
writer yesterday watched some 25
youngsters going through their
paces at the athletic field in weath
er that was ideal for baseball. The
tentative starting eleven has a line
that will average 173 pounds and
the backfield 167 pounds. Probable
starters and their weights are: Bill
Davis and Donald Williams, ends,
170 and 185 respectively; Jack
Taylor and George Bridges, tack
See SEA DOGS Page 10
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i.. i it I.. Annnints
Duncan And Mrs.
Loftin To Jobs:
Graham W. Duncan, local
attorney, real estate and in
surance man, was elected by
the Board of Directors ot the
Chamber of Commerce on
Monday night to succeed Ay
cock Brown as secretary.
Brown resigned on Septem
ber 15 after having the job
since the local civic organization
was established back in 1935.
, Mrs. W. I. Loftin was named as
sistant secretary to Mr. Duncan in
addition to her duties of treasurer
which she has held for a number
of years. A member of the board
reported that it was generally un
derstood that she would take care
of the routine correspondence of
the organization. Mr. Duncan's
job would be to act in an advisory
capacity. Many of the inquiries
reaching the Chamber of Com
merce are from persons interested
in buying real estate or persons
See C. OF C. Page 10
Hatteras Inlet
May Have Ferry
At Early Date
Hatteras Inlet may have ferry
service at an early date, it was
learned here this week. The ser
vice would connect the island ox
Ocracoke with Hatteras Island. At
the present time there are no state
maintained roads on either of the
islands. Instead Of roads there are
sand trails. Nevertheless there has
been a ferry at Oregon Inlet for
a number of years and it was re
cently taken over by the State.
The Hatteras Inlet ferry is plan
ned by Walter C. O'Neal accord
ing to reports reaching here. Mr.
O'Neal, prominent Ocracoke Island
merchant has been transporting
the mail from the island village to
Hatteras for a number of years
and also operating the Ocracoke
Transportation fc Company's bus
line.
JEAN, JUNE AND JOAN, the three very attractive (triplet) daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Garner of Newport celebrated their fifth birthday anniversary last
week (Sept. 15") and Leon Mann, who covers Newport for The Beaufort News and
a number of State newspapers, was on hand with his camera to get the very excellent
picture shown above. To add human inte rest to the picture the photographer caught
the youngsters in a jovial mood as they played with their kittens. (Cut courtesy Wom-ble-News
and Observer).
U.S.Civil Aeronautics Airport
Engineer Recomencls Landing
Field Improvements Locally
Airport Authority
Officials Learn
$300,000 May
Be Spent
Improvements costing
250,000 to $300,000 may be
made at the Baaufort-More-head
City Airport Author
ity's Landing Field in West
Beaufort, officials of the Au
thority were told here last
Friday by a Civil Aeronaut
ics official.. George E. Gar
anf lo, District Airport Engi
neer for the Atlantic office
of the CAA accompanied by CAA
Official Stafford made a thorough
inspection of the local landing
facilities and stated as he complet
ed same that he would recommend
the improvements.
Upon their arrival in Carteret
the CAA-officials contacted Char
les V. Webb, of Morehead City,
and Mayor Huntley and Aycock
Brown of Beaufort who accompan
ied them to the West Beaufort
landing field. "It will be neces
sary to have an area on which two
runways, 4,000 feet long and 300
feet wide can be constructed,"
Engineer Garanflo advised offic
ials of the Authority. After he in
spected the three existing run
ways of 2,600, 1,800 and 1,500
feet in length, the party went to
extreme boundaries of the prop
erty which is available.
Later a map of the property
was drawn by L. E. Wooten, Con
sulting Engineer, which verified
the fact that the lengths required
would be available. These maps
and a tracing of same were immed
aitely forwarded to Mr. Garanflo
in Atlanta who in turn will, ac
cording to advice he gave Author
ity officials upon his departure, be
forwarded immediately to Wash
ington, D. C, with recommenda
tions that improvements be made.
The proposed run-ways would
be paved. It would be necessary
to re-route certain existing roads
and also power and telephone
lines, but that would be a small
matter in comparison to the pro
posed improvements.
The local inspection was one of
several made in North Carolina by
Mr. Garganflo and his assistants.
The CAA will improve airport fa
See LANDING FIELD P 10
James Davis Potter
Named YDC Director
James Davis Potter, Carterer,
County Auditor, was named Third
District Director of the Young
Democratic Clubs at the State Con
vention in Winston-Salem last
weekend. Until today Director
Potter, who did not attend the
convention, had not been formally
notified of his appointment. He
is a worthy man for the job, how
ever, having played an important
role in Carteret political circles for
a number of years. During the
gubernatorial campaign last year
he was Carteret manager for Can
didate J. M. Broughton who be
came Governor of North Carolina.
HATSELL NAMED
NAVY EDITOR OF
BEAUFORT NEWS
Big Recruiting
Campaign Is
Underway
SMALLER NEWSPAPERS
HELPING RECRUITERS
At the suggestion of Secre
tary of Navy Knox, William
L. Hatsell, of The Beaufort
News, has been made Navy
Editor to help the Navy in
giving ambitious local young
men .information about the
opportunities the "Two-Ocean
Navy" offers them for
technical training and ad
vancement as they serve
their country in its emerg
ency. Mr. Hatsell served
with the U. S. Navy aboard a
destroyer during World War
No. 1.
According to an announcement
made public in Washington, a lim
ited number of additional men be
tween the ages of 17 and 50 will
be given a chance, by enlistment
in the Navy or Naval Reserve, to
get to the top, with big pay, in jobs
which by their aptitude and as a
result of examination they show
themselves fitted, from among
nearly 50 different trades and vo
cations. These include such call
ings as aviation machinist, dental
technician, photographer, diesel
engineer, radio, technician, elec
trician, weldler, storekeeper and
See NAVY Page 3
BOY SCOUTS
FUND DRIVE
IS PLANNED
Officials Discuss
County Campaign
Here Monday
Officials of the Boy Scout
movement in Carteret Coun
ty were supper guests of B.
H. Stephens at the Inlet Inn
on Monday night when plans
were made for the East Caro
lina Council's coming drive
to raise $19,000 to carry on
the work of scouting in 21
Eastern counties. Carteret's
quota of the total will be
$800 and efforts will be made to
raise this amount through dona
tions In a 3-day drive during late
October.
The Boy Scout movement in
Carteret county has been going
forward in recent years. In addi
tion to the active Scout programs
underway in Beaufort and More
head City, a new troop is being
See BOY SCOUTS Page 10
MANY ATTEND
INLET HEARING
LAST THURSDAY
There seemed to be more inter
est in the U. S. Engineering De
partment's hearing on last Thurs
day relative to improvements for
Burden's Inlet, than any similar
meeting in a number of years. Col.
Earl I. Brown, District Engineer,
Col. Patterson and John Hewitt of
the Engineering office conducted
the meeting.
Evidence was presented by per
sons living in many of the coastal
communities. Some of those pres
ent giving evidence were: William
Potter, W. V. B. Potter, J. F. Dun
can, C. R. Wheatley, Capt. Pake,
G. W. Duncan and Aycock Brown,
of Beaufort; Earl Davis and oth
ers from Harkers Island; Irvin W
Davia, of pavis;' D. G. Bell and
lack Styron," Morehead City; Cecil
Morris, Winston Hill and Clayton
Fulcher, Atlantic; Harold Taylor,
Sea Level, and others. Good sound
reasons why a greater depth is
needed for this waterway which
was made possibel in the first place
by Rep. Graham A. Barden, for
whom it is popularly called Bar
den's Inlet, was given.
B-M Is No Longer
Shortest Railroad
Beaufort and Morehead City
Railroad is no longer the shortest
line in the State. The distinction
it held with 3.17 miles of trackage
now goes to the Cherry Point Rail
road, incorporated yesterday by
the Edwards, Buchans, and Bo
lichs. The C-P is only one and half
miles in length. The B and M prob
ably still has the distinction of be
ing the smallest railroad with
freight, express, maH and passen
ger service which owns no rolling
stock and operates at a profit.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide jr
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap.
proximately correct and are y
based on tables furnished by A
f the U. S. Geodetic Survey, f
X So meallowances must Ss .
v mrte fnr vnrinfinna in tVip.
$ wind and also with respec
to the locality, thai is whett;
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, Sfpt. 26
12:36 AM 6:45 AM
1:11 PM 7:43 PM
Saturday, Sept. 27
1:36 AM 7:50 AM
2:13 PM 8:15 PM
(Eastern Standard Time)
Sunday, Sept. 28
2:40 AM 9:00 AM
3:21 PM 9:57 PM
Monday, Sept. 29
2:54 AM 9:09 AM
3:34 PM 9:58 PM
Tuesday, Sept. 30
4:07 AM 10:16 AM
4:39 PM 10:54 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 1
5:08 AM
5:23 PM 11:16 PM
Thursday, Oct. 2
5:58 AM 11:45 AM
6:20 PM 12:11 PM
WATERWAY
U. S. Army Engineers have
approved improvements for
the waterways connecting
Pamlico Sound and Beaufort
Harbor via Core Sound.
Whether the proposed im
provements are included in
an early Rivers and Harbors
Bill and appropriations are
made remains largely on in
terest shown in this section.
The Chamber of Commerce
here has been urged to give
every cooperation to get the
appropriations made. The
Chamber of Commerce has
been given tips on how to
proceed but what action has
been taken could not be
learned as we go to press. '
COASTAL AIR
LINE MAY BE
STARTED SOON
Business Men Will
Meet On Island
October 18
LOCAL COMMITTEE TO
HELP COMPLETE PLANS
Business men from Balti
more, Norfolk, Manteo, Hat
teras, Ocracoke, Atlantic
and Beaufort-Morehead City
will meet at Wahab Village
Hotel on Ocracoke Island,
October 18, at G o'clock to
discuss and complete plans
for the organization and op
eration of a regular sched
uled air line. The proposed
line would operate from Norfolk,
to Beaufort-Morehead City and
perhaps to Wilmington, Charles
ton and Savannah. The meeting
I has beeri called by R.- S. Wahab
and the committees of the various
towns along the proposed route
will convene at Wahab Village Ho
tel. The Ocracoke-Manteo Trans
portation Company has demon
strated through the limited scope
See COASTAL LINE Page 10
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fJAY-CEENEWS
by
Walter Morris
t
September 26 Beaufort at New
Bern Thus begins the 1941 foot
ball schedule of the Beaufort High
School team. Without the services
of their coach, who is now a sold
ier, the local boys are entering in
to the new season with added in
terest. With the strong New Bern
Bears first on their schedule Beau
fort High begins its football sea
son with strong opposition. The
boys are working harder because
of this and need the cooperation
and encouragement of every inter
ested fan. Your presence on the
sidelines at New Bern Friday night
will help the team. You will see a
good football game. The names
Bridges, Williams, Austin, Dunn,
Sewell, Taylor, and others will
mean more to you after you hav-ii
seen them in action. Ray Hassell
former Beaufort High athlete, ia
working with the boys every aft
ernoon and before game time Fri-
See JAY-CEES Page 10
SALTER PATH
CHURCH BURNS
Salter Path Community's only
church (Methodist) was complete
ly destroyed by fire Wednesday
afternoon. The blaze, believed to
have been started by nearby grass
fire, was beyond control when dis
covered, according to George
Smith, Salter Path's mail-man.
The church originally cost about
$2,000 to build, it was reported.
Mr. Smith said that much of the
timbers in the church were sawn
from pine logs cut down in the
community and rafted to the main
land to the Hughes saw mill. That
was about 40 years ago, when the
present community was settled by
residents of nearby Rice Path.
Originally it was an M. E. Church
but later was united. A supply
minister from Morehead City
preached there.
Local Government
Commission Has
Not Approved
DAVIS SAYS THERE
IS $9,000 DEFICIT,
Judfiriner from a letter re
ceived by the County Audi
tor under date of September
15 from the Local Govern
ment Commission and action
taken at a special meeting of
the Carteret Board of Com
missioners on Monday the
Budget for 1941-42 is still
un-approved. In the letter
from Raleigh which was
signed by George H. Adams, as
sistant director and chief, refinanc
ing division appeared the follow
ing statement: "In view of the
fact that the budget does not ap
pear to be in balance, I do not see
how we can approve same."
Other excerpts from the letter
discussed by the Board follows:
"After further reviewing the pro
posed budget of the County for
the year 1941-42 I wish to call to
your attention the fact that the
estimated income is inadequate to
meet the appropriations. On Page
10 of the proposed budget you set
out the amounts necessary to meet
the various expenses, deducting
items of other revenue and show
ing the amounts necessary to meet
various expenses, deducting items
of other revenue and showing the
amount necessary to be paid by
the tax levy. You made a notation
that each levy is based upon ap
proximately 70 percent collection
during the current year, however,
you have taken into the anticipat
ed revenue 100 percent of the
levy."
Irvin W. Davis. Registrar of
See BUDGET Page 10
Beaufort School
Graduate Aboard
Destroyer Greer
'-" CrIetoa-Rlu, coa of Mr. and.
Mn. E. C. Rhue of Beaufort and
a member of the graduating cl&st
of 1941 at the local high school haa
the distinction of being the first
Carteret County boy to sea action
during the current emergency
which has resulted in "shooting or
ders" for the U. S. Navy.
Rhue was a member of the crew
of the U. S. S. Greer which waa
attacked by a German submarine
off the coast of Iceland a few days
ago.
During his high school days here
young Rhue was a great lover of
sports, playing left end on the foot
ball team and catcher on the base
ball team during 1940-41. Per
haps the young sailor's greatest
thrill, however, was to see the tor
pedos pitched by a Hitler sub, go
wild.
Washington, D. C.
SPIES IN CONSULATES
Vichy Ambassador Henry-Haye
recently let out a loud wail about
newspaper reports charging him
and his staff with undercover pro
Axis activities.
It is possible that Henry-Haye
knows nothing about it, but govern
ment authorities are in possession of
evidence that Nazi agents are on
Vichy consular staffs -in this coun
try. Also, that such agents have
been installed in Hungarian consular
offices.
It has been ascertained that sev
eral weeks before Axis consulate
were ordered expelled. Berlin, either
tipped off or anticipating the move,
quietly began shifting some of its
agents to Vichy and Hungarian con-
sulates.
The Vichy consulate in Chicago,
headed by Raymond Imbault-Huart,
was one of those that suddenly had
a mysterious staff expansion. An
other was in the Hungarian consu
late in Cleveland, directed by Louia
Alexy.
Two "investigators" were added
to Imbault-Huart's staff early in
June. These men were in constant
contact with the Nazi consulate in
Chicago; in fact, they called there
almost every day until the Nazi con
sul departed in July. This was
definitely established by Dies com
mittee agents and from a former
m3iberof .the. Vichsconsular-staff
See Merry-go-Round, Page 8