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I RSDEfENSE j 'X BUY 77ie Mosf JFWej fled Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast FfpdENSEj i BUY ' a -Jimiw VOLUME XXX NO. 4. James H. Potter 1 1 I Selected As Most Progressive Jay-Cee TLOCAL CHAPTER OF RED CROSS HELP SOLDIERS Sweaters Valued At $2,800 Are Given Troops Here Because the usual climate of this section is very mild, even during the winter months, the U. S. Army prob ably overlooked the possibil ity that on rare occasions the weather gets unusually cold. That happened at any rate and not so many days ago it snowed and the temperature was below freezing for three days. When the temperature goes below freezing (and this is just another plug for our' climate) in these parts it is NEWS. With low temperatures prevail ing and snow on the ground, the Beaufort Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross went into immed (iate action. They consulted Army officials about the number of sweaters and scarfs needed and on a Saturday a request went in to National Headquarters requisi tioning same. Within 72 hours the warm clothing arrived and was dis tributed to the soldiers who need ed same. Value of some 409 sweaters, 300 pairs of socks and a batch of scarfs, all- of wool and all made in Red Cross work rooms throughout the country was placed at 82,800. That is almost twice the amount named as a quota for the Beaufort Chapter area in the first Red Cross War Drive which is now un derway. (Ed. Note: We are giv ing the forecroiner facts that citi zens wwho have not contributed to the current War Drive for Red Cross will do so at once. People of the Beaufort Chapter area have seen Red Cross relief come .in a , hurry to the coast during devas tating storms and now they know the story of how War Drive r unds make it possible to help the boys who are ready to fight bur battles for us. A.B.) CROP AND FEED LOAN AGENT IS HERE WEEKLY The Emergency Crop and Feed Loan of the Farm Credit Adminu tration hat announced a Field Su pervisor or representative of the Farm Credit Administration will be in the County Agent's office Wed' nesdays of each week for the pur pose of takinc application! for 1942 Seed Loans. Washington, D. C. SCRAP IRON It may be that those who let mil lions of tons of scrap iron go to Japan are not too anxious to adver tise our present dearth of scrap, but the real fact is that it Is so serious as to cause the shutdown of nine blast furnaces in Youngs town, Ohio, alone. To meet the shortage, the OPM has been conducting an experi mental campaign to collect scrap Iron in Erie, Pa., and is launching other campaigns in Boston, Pitts burgh, Bridgeport and Akron. How ever, the campaign it going very slowly. Chief trouble Is that col lections are made through the nor mal scrap iron trade. Therefore, it looks as if the Amer ican public might have to take things in hand. A survey of Butler county, Ohio, shows that every farmer has an average of about 50 pounds of usable scrap iron and rubber rusting or rotting behind ,his barn. On this basis, the OPM estimates that it should be possible to collect 1,500,000 tons of scrap from American farmers. Not many people realize the im portance which scrap plays in the Iron and steel Industry. Ordinarily, steel is made 50 per cent from ore and 50 per cent from scrap iron. But today ordinary supplies of scrap Iron are diminished, not only by previous sales to Japan but by the fact that war industries supply no scran. Many tanks, euns.and mill See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7 Is Awarded Key At Meeting Here On Monday Night ONE JAY-CEE CALLED TO SERVE IN U.S. ARMY James Potter III, who played such an important role in organizing the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Beaufort and who has served as its president, was award ed a golden key on Monday night, in recognition of what he has meant to the commun ity's progress. The committee se lected to choose the Jay-Cee who has been most outstanding in civic activities, reported that Mr. Potter has been the most progressive, and cited as one of his biggest achieve ments the organization of the Jun ior Chamber of Commerce in Beaufort. A very interesting talk on the aims and progress of Beaufort Jaycees was given by Bill Mace. Invited to attend the next sup per meeting of the organization is Mayor Graydon M. Paul and each member of the Town Board of Commissioners. During the meeting on Monday night, it was brought out that Ju lius Adair is the first Jaycee to be called into the military service of his country. While the Jaycees are proud to have one of their .members enter the service of the United States, Jaycee Adair will be missed because he has taken much 'interest in the organization's aims arid objects. He was made an Honorary Member of the Beaufort Junior Chamber of Commerce. TO ADVERTISE TAX EXECUTIONS ON JANUARY 29 Final Payments On All Executions Must Be Made NO EXTENSIONS ARE ALLOWED BY THE LAW Executions against prop erty in Carteret County on which taxes for 1937 and 1938 have not been paid or on which partial payments have been made will be ad vertised in a local newspaper each week tor tour issues be einning January 29, and on February 25 said property will be sold at the Courthouse Door in Beaufort, it was announced today by Sheriff C. G. Holland. Persons who have made partial payments on the executions a gainst their property but have not paid the amount in full will see their property advertised likewise for four consecutive issues in a lo cal newspaper and sold at the Courthcuse Door in Beaufort on February 27, it was stated. Sheriff Holland in carrying out the duties of his office in regards to advertising executions and sell ing property stated emphatically that there would be no further ex tensions of any executions as the dates listed are the time limits as allowed by law. Although a great many persons have made last minute rushes to the County Tax Collector's office to pay up in full and thus save their property, there will be sev eral hundred who will lose their property as result of execution sale, unless the delinquent taxes for 1937-1938 are paid at once. "The purchaser at the sales shall acquire title to all property sold in fee simple, free and clear of all incumberance, rights, inter ests and claims, except the lein of other taxes and assessments," said Sheriff Holland. It was further stated that under the law the purchaser or new own er would be placed in possession of the property by the Sheriff and tho original or former owner im modintely dispossessed. Persons' who have no money with which to pay their taxes are urged to raise same immediately and take care of their obligations, which according to the State Laws, tsey owe and which must be paid. Domestic cotton consumption established a new daily record in November, and consumption -may go even higher in the next few months if labor and equipment are available. ; Capt. Jeff Barnette I Goes to War College CAPT. JEFF Barnette who has written thousands of stories for millions of readers about Camp Davis since the Coast Artillery (AA) Training Center was com pleted last Spring, has been trans ferred to the War College in Washington, D. C. Name of his successor at Camp Davis has not been made. Capt. Barnette's stor ies frequently appeared in Beau fort News and just about every other newspaper in the nation. A reserve officer, Jeff Barnette was before being called into service, an ace publicist and magazine writer from the State of Texas. Service Mens Variety Show On Friday Night Jan.: 23rd COVERING THE WATERFRONT B, AYCOCK BROWN THIS STRUCK me as rather odd. Monday afternoon it was necessary for me to run over to Fort Macon which by existing highways and streets and bridges is about seven miles from my of fice. Just before crossing the Beaufort bridge I picked up a "hitch-hiker" waiting for the bus and gave him a lift to the west ern limits of Morehead City. Talk ing with my passenger I remem bered who he was: Capt. Mogg, a rather famous deep-sea diver who not only worked on the Merida job off the Virginia Capes but also at one time a few years ago dived off Lookout Shoals with an expe dition who were seeking to salvage (so they reported) the cotton be lieved to have been in the hold of the British steamer Thistleroy which wrecked some 20 or 30 years ago. THE SALVAGE of the Thistle roy's cargo was not successful, you will recall, if you kept up with the activities of this expedition as re ported in The Beaufort News. Capt. Mogg told me on Monday that he had been doing some work in connection with the launching of the two mine-sweepers up at Barbour's in New Bern . . . Hardly had I discharged my first passen ger on Tuesday until I picked up another a person who said he was of Polish ancestry. He talked considerably about the six years he had lived in Poland and several See WATERFRONT, Pace 8 Sandpiper Goes To 5th Naval District The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Sta tion's motor cruiser "Sandpiper" which has been based here for sev eral years was taken over by the Fifth Naval. District this week, ac cording to Dr. H. F. Prytherch, director. A crew of Navy men came down to take the craft over. Following certain changes the trim little vessel which has served sea going scientific men, will be plac ed in Naval Service, and according to Dr. Prytherch, probably based at the U. S. Navy's Section Base now nearing completion at Camp Glenn. The Sea Horse, streamlined Core Sound built boat based at the Fish and Wildlife Laboratory on Pivers Island remains, to be used in connection with seagoing scien tific research and operation of the State-Federal sponsored North River Demonstration Oyster Farm. It was reported here this week that the Government was consid ering the feasibility of taking over certain boats of the menhaden fleet, but none have actually changed from private to govern ment service insofar as could be learned today. BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 22, 1942. r Sub Attacks The Navy Department has officially announced subma rine attacks on four vessels near Cape Hatteras and the loss of life is expected to reach 75 persons. First ves sel officially reported to have been attacked was the Standard Oil tanker Allen Jackson with 23 of her crew miss ing. Next vessel announced as vic tim of submarine warfare was the Malay, a Gulf tanker. This vessel did not sink, but managed to limp into port under her own power badly damaged. 'a ' Official reports from, Navy De partment appearing in today's newspapers indicated that the City of Atlanta (with loss of 44 lives) and the Latvian vessel Ciltvaira were victims of submarines off the North Carolina coast. While the reported submarine warfare has caused much talk a mont residents of the coastal sec tion, people in Beaufort and other communities are taking the news without becoming excited. .. The people are of the opinion that our Naval forces will eventually bt the marauding subs. W. C. Tyree of Patterson town ship in Durham County is utilizing his low grade swamp hardwoods for pulpwood, realizing about $30 an acre from wood "that had na commercial value until last year. Public Invited To Attend This Event--; TUESDAY NIGHT TJANCE WAS ANOTHER SUCCESS Entertainsrs. f rp jri th e ranks of .various military units now stationed in this sector, including the Army, Navy-Coast Guard and Ma rines, plus local talent from Beaufort and Morehead City will be featured at the bie Variety Show to be present ed at the U. S. U. Building in Morehead City on Friday night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The pub lic, especially members of coastal communities who have helped to make the USO activities the tre mendous success, and their friends are invited to attend the event, There will be no charge of admit tance and the big assembly hall will accommodate 500 or more per sons. The most enjoyable evening was had by over 350 Service men and young ladies from Beaufort, More- head City, and Newport at the U. See SHOW Page 8 Human Cannonball To Be Feature Of 1942 Fair If Any While no one can tell now what eventualities may occur between this date and Autumn 1942, plans for presenting the annual Legion sponsored Carteret County Fair or preliminary plans have been completed. The Fair Association has made arrangements with the Beaufort School Trustees to rent the Athletic Field and Gymnasium and Fair Officials have engaged World Fair Shows as the midway attraction. If the fair is presented as planned now, the main attrac iton will be a free act featuring a human cannon ball. Several years ago Wilno appeared as the big attraction in human cannon ball act on the midway. SELECTIVE SERVICE REGULATIONS In an effort to dispel some of the confusion which seems to have arisen throughout the State as a result of publication of the new Selective Service Regulations, State Headquarters of Selective Service today issued the following statement: There seems to be widespread misunderstanding of the Selective Service Regulations regar ding married men. The following pro visions of the law and regulations are pertinent on that subject: 1. Section ote; oi me selective Training and Service Act of 1940 provides: ". . . No deferment from training and service shall be made in the case of any individual ex cept upon the basis of the status of such individual, and no such de He Is Star On Air Cadet's Team x r--4 Pi I: " l I 4 f ' W I t t ' I I": W i (: V jst f. I v " t y i Frlwarrl H. Potter. Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Potter, now a aviation cadet in the United States Naval Reserve attached to the Naval Airj Station at Pensacola, J?Ia.t will be one of the stars play ing in the championship service basketball game to be held in New Orleans, February 14, for the ben-' efit of the Navy Relief Society. Before enlisting in the Navy Cadet Potter attended Elon Col lege where he played with distinc tion as a member of the basketball See POTTER Page 8 NEW PCA WILL HAVE ANNUAL MEETING SAT. Organization Has ' 520 Members ' i At Present v Arrangements . are c o m plete. .iortha a&nuakstqck. holders meetine of the New Bern Production Credit As sociation, which will be held in New Bern at Craven coun ty Courthouse on Saturday morning, January 24, at iu o'clock according to H. L. Joslyn, president of the association, who says that a very large attendance is expected. This will be the eighth annual meeting of this farmers' coopera tive short-term credit organiza tion, which ma'rs short-term loans for agricultural and livestock pur poses to farmers of Craven, Car teret and Pamlico counties. The association now has 520 members and Mr. Joslyn said it was hoped that every memsr would be pres ent at the meeting. Complete and detailed reports on the operations of the associa tion will be made to the stockhold ers at the meeting but they will be submitted in as concise form as possible, Mr. Joslyn said. "This being a cooperative organization," said Mr. Joslyn, "we feel that the members are entitled to know ev erything about its operations and we hope that every member will feel it a duty to be present at this meeting." Mr. Joslyn said that a lunch would be served the members and that some interesting entertain ment features have been arrang ed. Officers of the association are: H. L. Joslyn, president; G. T. Rich ardson, vice-president; and R. F. Allen, secretary-treasurer. Direc tors in addition to the presiident and vice-president are: M. F, Al dridge, L. H. Cannon, and Jack D. Brinson. The tower of the new Navy Med ical Center, Bethesda, Md., is 20 stories high and shaped like : Geneva Cross. ferment shall v be made ... of groups of individuals. . . ." This provision in the law itself would prevent the blanket deferment of "married men" simply because they are married. Neither Nation al nor State Headquarters has ever authorized the automatic de ferment of married men, regard less of the date of their marriage. On the contrary, local boards have repeatedly been cautioned that each individual case must be con sidered on its own merits. 2. Deferment in Class III-A must be based on dependency. Sec tion 622.32 of Selective Service Regulations defines a dependent as follows: "A person shall be con sidered a registrant's dependent See REGULATIONS Page 3 Carteret Agricultural Council Completes Plan For Defense Emergencies PRESIDENT BALL PLANS MAKING GOOD PROGRESS Tickets On Sale For Event To Be Held At USO Jan. 29 Tickets (at SI each) went on sale this week for the an nual President's Birthday Ball which will be presented in the USO building at More head City next Thursday night from 9 until 1 o'clock. It has been announced that the U. S. Marine Barracks' orches tra from New River is expected to make the music for this dance. The $1 ticket entitles a lady and her escore to attend the dance. The spacious auditorium of the United Service Organization in Morehead City is not only very comfortable, MARCH OF DIMES IS NOW UNDERWAY Five schools in Carteret County are conducting National Infantile Paralysis Fund "March of Dimes' this week. These schools are At lantic, Smyrna, Beaufort, More' head . City and Newport. Each room of the schools are competing for a prize. The room of each school raising the largest sum will be presented with a large framed picture of President Roosevelt, in whose honor President's Birthday Balls are presented each year in the fight against Infantile Paraly being steam-heated, but the floor is in excellent .shape for dancing and several hundred couples may be accommodated. "Unlike the "USQ- dances which have been presented regularly and made possible through the coop See PRES. BALL Page 8 Recreation Room For Service Men Established Here St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Beaufort, will open a recreation room for Service men in the Par ish House on Saturdays and Sun days. The Palish House will be open from 2:30 to 10:30 p. m. each Sat urday and Sunday so that men of 1 the armed forces stationed in this area and those coming here for the weekends mr v have a place for entertainment. The recreation room will be equipped with games, magazines, and writing materials. Hostesses will be on hand to serve coffee and other refreshments as they are provided by members of the church. The Rector and congregation of St. Paul's extend an invitation to all Service men to make use of the Parish House while in Beaufort. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this 4 column. The figures are ap- V proximately correct and are y based on tables furnished by 1 the U. S. Geodetic Survey, j So reallowances must A made for variations in the T wind and also with respec ? to the locality, that is whett. I er near the inlet or at the J head of the estuaries. HIGH LOW Friday, Jan. 23 12:50 AM . 7:10 AM 1:06 PM 7:30 P.M Saturday, Jan. 24 1:42 AM 8:10 AM 1:59 PM 8:22 PM Sunday, Jan. 25 2:39 AM 9:09 AM 2:57 PM 9:14 PM Monday, Jan. 26 3:41 AM 10:06 AM 4:01 PM 10:06 PM Tuesday, Jan. 27 4:39 AM 10:59 AM 4:55 PM 10:57 PM Wednesday, Jan. 28 5:29 AM : 5:44 PM 11:51 PM Thursday, Jan. 29 :14 AM 11:46 AM 6:31 PM 12:37 PM PUBLISHED WEEKLY. Emphasized Need Of Farm Machinery Inventory MAKE DEFINITE PLANS FOR SCRAP COLLECT ION Trip Carteret Agricultural rnnnr.il workers have com pleted a series of meetings held m each 01 the communi ties of the county for the purpose of discussing the Farm Machinery Repair Pro gram, Scrap iron campaign anH Food for Freedom Cam paign which has to date been em phasized by each county in tne United States by similar workers. Farmers and farm women were ad- visied of the immediate need for a farm machinery inventory so all necessary repair parts could be ob tained, and the method by which these parts could be obtained. Definite clans for collection of scrap iron were made with Ray mond Goldman, scrap iron dealer of New Bern, who plans to meet the rural people in each of the communities January 30 and 31 for the purpose of gathering avail able scrap. Mr. Goldman will pay cash for the scrap and it will be optional with the owner as to whether he turns the money over to the Red Cross or keeps it. Special emphasis was placed on the garden program Food for Freedom with the slogan "Food will win the war and write the peace," as was adopted by the ag ricultural producers. A Victory Garden Program will follow these campaigns in each of the communities in each state in America emphasizing the need for an rhundant supply of vegetables for every rural and urban family. Adefinite schedule will be re ceived by the producers as to the hour the-scrap ir.on dealer wilt ar rive in their community. In the meantime they are urged to col lect and make available all scrap iron that cannot be used on the LOCAL FURNITURE DEALERS ATTEND HIGH POINT SHOW Two furniture dealers of Beau fort attended the Southern Furni ture Exposition in High Point this week. They were: Jacob Miller of Miller Furniture Company, and George Eastman of Eastman Fur niture Company. After a very suc cessful Christmas season, both lo cal dealers went to High Point to book orders for new stocks for their stores here. They were ex pected back on th e coast last night or today. Innocent Bystander: "Dear Walter: Here is a sugges tion you might pass on. VVhy don't the theater orchestras which play "The Star Spangled Banner' at the end ol the night, play it In a key that the average person in the audi ence can sing? Everyone knows that our National Anthem has a wide range that is difficult for the un trained voice. But It isn't so hard when played In a lower key. Even the recordings used In theaters are too high. For instance, last night at the Roxy the recordina of the An them was played ir the key of E ftat. much too hig'i for Vtw av-ra:e voire. A kev of G would enable many hundreds of others to sing It all the way through Xitty Car rsle." Jc''.:i Kieran nonuiuit.s (in Cosmo politan! as his pet peeve the guy who talks cut of turn. Info. Please, where John Is starred, would be less exciting if the pop-off was outlawed. Major James Roosevelt was In Hollywood the other day, the lunch eon guest of the Freres Warner in their executive dining room, if you please. During the chit-chatterbox-ing, Harry Warner said: "How are your mother and father bearing up under all this?" "I think," replied James, "that my mother Is a little more tired." Phil Baker, relates a Sun inter viewer, once lectured to some col legians on "The Ad Lib and Its See WINCHELL Page 7
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