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VOL XXIX NO. 48
BEAUFORT, N. C, NOV. 27, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
TH1P
BEAUFORT NEW
No Curtailment Of
CAA's Harlee Branch Tells
Beaufort's Rotary Club Of
Great Strides In Aviation
In Addition To Defense Production And Op
. eration, American Airlines Are Flying
Over 80,000 Scheduled Route
Miles Regularly
Despite the fact that defense extension has greatly
intensified war time aviation, commercial transport planes
are flying regularly over 80,000 route miles in this nation
and to foreign countries from America, Harllee Branch,
chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board of the United
States told Beaufort Rotarians at their regular weekly sup
per meeting in the Inlet Inn on Tuesday night. Mr. and
Mrs. Branch have been spending several weeks in Beau
fort, resting from many months of grinding work which
has faced the highset CAA-official in America.
LOCAL PARTIES
KILL TWO DEER
: A hunting party headed by
Charles Hassell killed two deer
last week. The first deer was kill
ed by a member of the party on
Thursday, the second on Friday.
Beaufort News was unable to get
names of parties as we go to press
today.
JUDGE HAMILTON
TO PRESIDE HERE
Judge Luther Hamilton of
Morehead City, Special Superior
Court Jurist, will preside over the
December term of Carteret Court
here next week. The one week ses
sion will be devoted exclusively to
civil actions.
VOGUE TO REMAIN
OPEN EVENINGS ON
EACH WEDNESDAY
f The Vogue, Beaufort's widely
tnown ladies wear (tore, will re
main open each Wednesday night
until 10 o'clock, starting Decem
ber 3, its owners, Mrs. Chadwick
nd Mrs. Smith announced this
week. The open late rule is being
started on Wednesdays to help take
care of the Christmas shopping
trade. Immediately prior to Christ
mas, starting about December IS
or December 17, The Vogue and
many other Beaufort firms will re
main open late each evening.
Washington, D. C.
' NAZI INTRUDER
. There is a German smuggler op
crating in the Caribbean oft the
coast of Mexico.
This was the inside reason for the
President's sudden transfer of the
tntire coast guard to the navy the
;oast guard's ships and planet are
seeded to track down the Nazi in
truder. Sensational feature about the
S' smuggler is that she is a former
S. vessel the 800-ton Diesel
igined yacht that once belonged to
. Atwater Kent, Philadelphia radio
tagnate.
The one-time pleasure ship now Is
eing operated under the Panama
Ian flag out of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
f Nazi agents in that city, and is
eing used to transport high test
asoline and mercury to small Car
bean islands where Japanese ships
oiled the smuggled strategic sup
dies. The yacht recently unloaded 1,000
Saski of mercury at an island which
tor military reasons must be name
' less.
, The former luxury craft came into
- possession of the Nazis by a cir
cuitous route which intelligence ex
) perts uncovered only a few weeks
; ago. The purchase was made by a
; shipping company whose main of
fice is in Vera Cruz and has a
branch office in New Orleans, where
transfer of title took place. The
f nrice was.JIS 00Q.
f See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7
Of the 80,000 route miles now
in operation by American airways
under the CAA, approximately
40,000 are domestic, the remaining
40,000 being extensions to foreign
nations in Europe, Asia and coun
tries of the Western Hemisphere
not under the American flag.
America still holds supremacy of
the air, and always has, Mr.
Branch pointed out. He referred
to the great Dutch airways ex
tending from Europe to the Far
East, which was one of the earliest
pioneers over long routes. This
great Dutch line, however, was
using American made planes for
several years before Pan-American
began spider-webbing the At
lantic and Pacific oceans with es
tablished routes. Reference was
also made to flying in Alaska com
mercially. That is one country
where a person must fly if they
expect to travel in a hurry from
place to place in the territory
which is one fifth as large as the
United States. Alaska has only
480 miles of railroads, but thous
ands of miles of established and
charter airlines.
The Rotary speaker brought
out some interesting statistics re
lative to the expansion of aviation.
He said that there had been an in
crease of 200 percent in commerc
ial licensed . pilots from July 1,
1938 to September 1, 1941. Com
mercial planes on establis h e d
routes covered 108,000,000 miles
during 1940, while during the
same period 264,000,000 miles of
non-scheduled plane operations
was made. The latter figure is a
hundred percent increase over
1938.
The value of aircraft production
in 1938 was $125,000,000; the
production in 1940 was valued at
$550,000,000 and the expected
value of production next year of
commercial and war planes will
reach the staggering sum of $3,
000,000,000. One of the great problems of
the CAA today is to map out fu
ture plans for aviation. "What
See CAA Page Four
Mayor's Resignation
Effective On Sunday
Mayor G. W. Huntley whose
resignation from office becomes
effective November 30, is more
than likely to be succeeded by
Mayor-Protem Graydon M. Paul,
it was indicated today in conver
sations between Beaufort news
men and municipal officials.
Newport Takes
Double Header
From Bridgeton
Newport Tuesday night won
over Bridgeton in their first out
county game. The girl's game
came out 28-14 with F. Nelson,
high scorer for Bridgeton, and M.
Mann putting them in for New
port. The boy's game opened with
8-4 first quarter Newport leading.
The half showed a 14-11 score
Bridgeton leading. Newport open ed
up in the last two quarters to
come out 29-22 over Bridgeton.
Ballard was high scorer for
Bridgeton with Haskett for New
port. Coach W. H. McWhorter,
formerly of Bridgeton, was well
pleased over the victory.
Electric Power Scheduled For Carteret County
THEY'RE KILLING DUCKS DURING BLUEBIRD WEATHER
IN UPPER CORE SOUND AND OUTER BANKS TERRITORY
Beaufort News.
Buys New Type
As a result of the purchase of a
series of Gothic type today from
Charles D. LeGrande, district
representative of the Mergenthal
er Linotype Co., The Beaufort
News will in about two weeks be
able to do many printing jobs
which heretofore had to be sent
to larger cities.
This type will be set on our lino
type machine and will result in
every job set in this series will
have new, fresh type plus elimi
nating the slow process of hand
setting with type that is used over
and over, which does not print
clear after it has been used a num
ber of times.
Very few printing shops in a
town this size have this modern
arrangement, but it is another of
the many improvements that have
been added since the local paper
has been under its present manage
ment. FOR CHRISTMAS
Give Subscriptions to The
Beaufort News, most widely
read newspaper on the Cen
tral Carolina Coast.
I TIDE TABLE
f Information as to the tide
at tfeauiori is given in una
column. The figures are ap
nrnximatelv correct and are
f based on tables furnished by 1
the U. S. Geodetic Survey. 5!
So meallowances must S)
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is whetfc
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, Nov. 28
AM 10:37 AM
PM 10:47 PM
Saturday, Not. 29
AM
PM 11:29 PM
Sunday, Nov. 30
AM 11:32 AM
PM 12:17 PM
4:22
4:38
5:12
5:27
5:57
6:10
6:36
6:50
7:12
7:27
7:48.
8:05
8:23
8:44
Monday, Dec. 1
AM
PM
Tuesday, Dec
AM
PM
12:15 AM
1:00 PM
2
12
1
55 AM
:40 PM
Wednesday, Dec. 3
AM 1
PM 2
Thursday, Dee. 4
AM 2
PM 2
:32 AM
:16 PM
:10 AM
:52 PM
DESPITE THE fact that the weather has not been very
favorable for duck shooting since the opening of the
hunting season on November 1, more migratory wild
fowl has been killed this year in the upper Core Sound
and Outer Banks territory than in several years. Often
visiting and local hunters have killed their bag limits
of ducks and geese day after day. As winter begins,
hunting will become better and to the person who en
joys wildfowl gunning a trip to the northeastward wat
ers from Beaufort is sure to bring results. These photos
from Ocracoke Island Beacon show methods of hunt
ing, bags and a retriever bringing in the game
Exploratory, Work
In Puerto Rico Is
Offered Fishermen
Under the direction of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Laboratory at
Beaufort, a vessel will soon be fit
ted out for extensive exploratory
fishing operations in Puerto Rican
waters, Dr. H. F. Prytherch an
nounced this week.
Purpose of the exploratory op
erations is to determine the com
mercial fishing possibilities off
the coast of Puerto Rico, and to
train the natives of that island
possession of the United States
how to take, pack and otherwise
benefit from the available fish
crop.
There will be a job for two
North Carolina coastal fishermen
who can qualify for the work
which will include handling of var
ious type fishing gear. The job
will pay $150 per month and ex
penses. The two fishermen who
are accepted fcr the work will
have a job lasting for two years.
Persons interesting in applying
for the job, may do so now thru
the local U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Laboratory. The boat to be used
will be fitted oii": in February or
March. Two Deiiel engineers will
also be needed, and nnyone quali
fying as same, desiWng to have the
job may also apply.
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IN COUNTY NOW
Mrs. J. G. Allen Has
Charge Of Sales
In Carteret
Mrs. J. G. Allen has charge
of Christmas Seal sale in Car
teret county with the excep
tion of Morehead City. Mrs.
W. S. Chadwick has charge
of the bond sale in Beaufort.
The bonds resemble commer
cial bonds and run in denom
inations from $5.00 upward.
They are labeled "The Crusade of
the Double Barrel Cross, Christ
mas Seal Bond." They bear the
imprint of the daublebarrel cross,
intentional insignia of the fight
against tuberculosis.
In Raleigh this week Governor
Broughton issued the Christmas
Seal proclamation which follows:
"Under the sponsorship of the
North Carolina Tuberculosis Asso
ciaticn, there will again be held
this year the annual sale of Christ
See CHRISTMAS SEAL P 8
Loans Available
For Farmers For
Home Building
I. E. Pittman announced this
week that the Housing Authority
has formally opened its office in
Clinton. Mr. Pittman, cashier of
the First Citizens Bank and Trust
Company in Morehead City, is
Carteret County commissioner of
the Eastern Regional Authority.
All persons in Carteret County
who are interested in having the
Authority to build a home for
them are urged to register their
names with Mr. Pittman at once.
Primary purpose of the Eastern
Carolina Regional Housing Au
thority is to construct homes for
farm-owners or farm tenants who
are in need of new homes but who
are unable to construct such homes
for themselves. Basic eligibility
requirements are that applicants
for the homes be citizens of the
United States and that the farms
upon which the homes are to be
built be potentially an economic
unit to assure a living income for
the owner or the tenant.
See LOANS Page 8
COVERING THE
WATERFRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
REV. LOUIS HAYMAN
Atlantic, N. C.
Guest Columnist
THE FALL fishing season has
about closed along the coastal
section from Sea Level to Cedar
Island. Catches have been large
this season, and fishermen have
realized good prices for their
catches. Activities are in evidence
for the mid-winter fishing which
is trawling for flounders and sink
net fishing. Catches are not so
large, but the quality of the fish
is fine, and prices are good.
CLAMS STILL hold the spot
light and prices ore excellent.
With cold weather coming on, the
work will slow down. However,
many are taking to tonging these
bivalves in the deeper waters, and
reports are that catches are very
good. Oysters are to be had on
the local markets and the flavor is
fine. The stock is about average,
and the prices range all the way
from sixty cents to a dollar accord
ing to the quality of the stock.
The oystermen report that the
supply is not so good, and that the
catch per day is small compared
with other recent years.
THE FACT that the electric
light lines have been established
at Cedar Island, the question now
See WATERFRONT, Page 8
Christmas Street And Tree
Lights To Pe Tamed on Soon
RED CROSS
Number Of Members
Already More
Than 1940
The Chairman of the Red
Cross Roll Call for the Beau
fort Chapter, Edward C. Mc
Connell, reported today that
the total memberships en
rolled came to a total of 298. This
number is divided as follows:
Beaufort zone
1 17; zone
9; zone 3 85:
zone 4-20; zone
5 - 24; zone 6
6; zone 7 - 10;
zone 8-33; zone
P) . 16- zone 10- dt
, B..r..' V1RED CROSS
Russell Creek 4; Cedar Island 5.
TK ....mber to date, 298, is far
ahead of the grand total of 241
for last year and gives a sure
promise that the goal of 400 will
be reached. The chairman was
quite confident that when all of
the zon workers in Beaufort
..-n.,l in their reDorts, and when
the 17 districts in the county had
made full reports the goal would
be oversubscribed.
1942 AUTO AND
TRUCK LICENSE
SALETO START
Will Be Available
In Morehead On
December 1
PLATES FOR FARMERS
TRUCKS ARE REDUCED
North Carolina's 1942 au
to and truck license will go
on sale in Carteret County
next Monday morning at the
Carolina Motor Club's
branch office located in
Sound Chevrolet Building on
Arendel Street in Morehead
City. Mrs. Vernon Willis,
branch manager of the Mo
tor Club office stated today
that the license plates this year
would have an orange colored
background with black letters, or
just the reverse of the 1941 licens
es. The new licenses may be dis
played anytime after December 1,
and must, according to law, be dis
played not later than midnight,
December 31. Persons operating
motor vehicles without the new
1942 license plates attached after
December 31, will he subject to
arrest by patrolmen.
Exception to the case ra
See LICENSE Page 8
Red Cross Knitters
Urged To Speed Up
All women who are knitting size
1 or 2 sweaters for the Red Cros
please finish as soon as possible
and return to Mrs. E. C. McCon
nelh Shipment of these sweaters
should be made within a few days.
Father And Son
Banquet Dec. 12
Plans are now underway to pre
sent the annual Father and Son
banquet of Newport Vo-Ag Class
on December 12, it was announc
ed here this week by C. S. Long,
instructor, who was at Beaufort
Publishing Company making ar
rangements for printing the pro
grama. The annual banquet is a
high spot of the school year at
Newport and usually features a
number of outstanding speakers.
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Local Tide Water
Plants Have No
Shortage
Yuletide street lighting
will not only be permitted ion
the Carteret Coast this year,
but Beaufort is planning to
have the colorful decorated
bulbs erected and turned on
by early December, it was
indicated here today. There
is no power shortage on the
Carteret Coast, and contrary to
some reports, Christmas lighting
for street and tree decorations
will be permitted this year as pre
viously, it was definitely announc
ed today by George Stovall, gen
eral manager for Tide Water
Power Company here.
Christmas trees will be arriving
nn t.hp coast for sale at local stores
within the next few days. Already
many merchants in Beautort and
Morehead City have stocked com
plete new supplies of tree lights,
and news of curtailment of power
in other sections of the country,
had many worried, because they
See LIGHTS Page 8
LOFTIN MOTOR
COMPANY GETS
PHILCO AGENCYi
The largest and most complete
line of Philco radio and refrigera
tion supplies ever shown in Car
teret County are now on display
at Loftin Motor Company's show
rooms on Craven street. Else
where in this edition are adver
tisements announcing the appoint
ment of Loftin Motor Company,
pioneer dealer of Ford products
on the Carteret coast, as the new
Philco agency on the central
coast. The Philco agency will be
in addition to the automobile busi
ness which Loftin Motor Company
will carry on as usual.
Persons who are interested in
giving radio and refrigerators aa
Christmas gifts this year are invit
ed to visit the Loftin show rooms
and inspect the new and large dis
play of Philco products on dis
play. Notes of an
Innocent Bystander:
From Jam?s W. Barrett's book on
Joseph Pulitzer, the great newspa
per publisher: "A journalist In JP'
(Pulitzer) conception, is a states
man as well as a writer . . . The
basis of it was something more pro
found Ui an persistent curiosity about
people and things. JP, of course,
was the most incorrigible busybody
of his day and age. !Ii3 habit of
asking questions about everything
under the sun and den andir.3 3 cu
rate as well as immediate answers
was an amusing and often annoy
ing trait, but it was only a mech
anism through which an eager, pre
hensile mind was kept supplied with
working material. He had an ob
jective which he refused to put
aside. As long as he livid, he want
ed to inform and mold public opinion
not just for the sake of profits,
but for the sake of progress in the
direction where he thought America
ought to be heading." ;
Our Incorrigible Busybody Dep'tS
Doesn't Army Intelligence think that
Great Britain has a severe case of
brass-hat poisoning? . . . Aren't the
members of the Supreme Court now
all pulling one way at each other's
hair? . . . Did you know that the
President changed the nickname for
Morgenthau to "Six Per Cent Hen
ry"? . . . What two Cabinet officers
are suffering from make-up poison
ing? - (Heir friend make un the
See WINCHELL Page 7
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