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VOLUME XXX NO. 14.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Go To Church Sunday
Easter Services In
St. Paul's Church
The Easter services in St. raul'i
Episcopal Church will follow the
same schedule as former years. At
seven o'clock the celebration of
the Holy Communion with full
choral accompaniment. At 9:45
the Sunday School session and pre
sentation of the Mite Boxes. At
eleven o'clock the service of
Morning Prayer and the Easter ad
dress by the Rector. Following
the eleven o'clock service there
will be a second Communion for
those who were not able to attend
the earlier service.
The remaining schedule of Holy
Week services are Thursday eve
ning at 7:30 the Maudy Thursday
Holy Communion in commemora
tion of the Last Supper. Good Fri
day at 10:30 (Morning Prayer);
12:00 Intercessory prayers; 4:30
(Evening Prayer) ; 8:00 P. M. pre
sentation of the sacred cantata
"Olivet to Calvary." Saturday at
4 :30 the service of Holy Baptism.
The rector and congregation ex
tend a welcome to all to attend
these esrvicea.
Fishing Season
Open For Easter
Sunday & Monday
As ihas been a custom in the
past Easter Sunday and Monday
will be opened to fishing in all sec
tions of the State.
When the regulations were
drawn up last July it was intended
that the closed season would not
begin until after the Easter holi
days in Piedmont and Eastern
counties. Through an oversight,
however, the closed season was set
to begin on April 6 which is Easter
Monday; therefore, the Board has
aarreed to amend this regulation to
permit fishing on April 6 and the
closed season will begin on April
7. ' -
The closed season in Western
North Carolina does not begin un
til April 15 and there should be no
misunderstanding about the open
dates up there.
Numbers Assigned
By Draft Board
Order numbers for all those who
registered in the Third Selective
Service draft held on February 10
have been assigned and the list
posted at the Local Board office
in the Morehead City city hall. A
similar list will be posted at The
Beaufort News office on Craven
street in a few days.
The Board stated today that no
tices are in the mail for all those
men who are due to leave for in
duction with the April quota from
Carteret county.
Deep sea divers of the U. S.
Navy have attained depth of more
than 500 feet.
Washington, D. C.
SENIORITY
i War and Navy Secretaries Stim
on and Knox let the senate foreign
relation! committee in on a number
of military secrets, which cannot be
'disclosed, when they testified be
hind closed doors on the $300,000,000
loan to China. In return, the cabinet
officers were vouchsafed a political
' secret by Senator Tom Connally,
committee chairman, which can be
told.
The courtly Texan was confronted
with a problem in protocol in trying
to decide whether Stimson or Knox
should be the first witness. Final
ly, he turned to the 74-year-old war
'secretary and said:
"Mr. Stimson, we will hear
yon first. I believe you have
i seniority."
"I won't stand on my seniority
l if you prefer hearing Mr. Knox,"
smiled Stimson.
"Oh, wis insist," said Connally.
"We are ereat believers in
seniority here In the senate. If
that weren't so, some of us com
mittee chairmen wouldn't have
our Jobs."
Note: Though not named by Con
nally, Senator Reynolds of North
Carolina, chairman of military af
fairs, is definitely in this category.
Able Senator Austin, tliougjj. a Efir
See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7
Core Creek Church
Announces Program
For Easter Services
Rev. W. Y. Stewart, pastor
of the Core Creek Commun
ity Church, will preach at
the third annual Sunrise Ser
vices on Easter morning
which will begin at 6:30
EWT. Mrs. Graydon Paul,
organist, will render a num
ber of selections on the Hammond
organ which was installed last
summer, using the outdoor chimes.
There will be band music, singing
by the choir and solos will feature
the musical part of the program.
The program is as follows:
Organ Prelude Mrs. Paul.
Processional To Cemetery
Hymn 162.
Pastor The Lord Is Risen!
Response By Congregation
The Lord Is Risen Indeed!
Selection By Band "Holy, Holy,
Holy".
Hymn 181.
Selection By Band "Love Di
vine." Litany No. 590.
Prayer By Pastor.
Selection By Band "O For A
Thousand Tongues To Tell."
Processional To Church 180.
Prayer 573.
Hymn 158.
Responsive Reading 641
Gloria.
Prayer By Pastor.
Hymn 179.
Scripture Reading.
Solo "Open The Gates Of Tht
Temple" Dr. Baxter.
Sermon.
Recessional 160.
Benediction.
Postlude Mrs. Paul.
Identity Cards,
Licenses Issued
To Boat Owners
Government officials from Nor
folk will be in Morehead City to
day and Friday for the purpose of
issuing identification cards and
federal licenses to boat owners and
operators in Beaufort and More
head City.
Under the present war-time reg
ulations it is absolutely necessary
for every person owning and op
erating a boat in coastal waters to
have a government-issued license
and identification card. Also, all
members of crews on boats must
have identification cards. The
cards carry a picture of the per
son to whom it is issued. This
rule applies to all whether the per
son owns a small motor-propelled
skiff, a party boat or private
yacnt.
The officials will be at the
Morehead 'City Yacht Club at the
foot of Seventh street. Roy Eu
banks, local photographer, will al
so be there to take the necessary
picture if one is not available.
Much time and money will be sav
ed by those who take advantage of
the chance to secure cards and li
censes now. Otherwise, a trip will
have to be taken to Norfolk or
Wilmington for the purpose.
Post Office Thief Is
Taken at Camp Davis
CAMP DAVIS, N. C, April 1.
They've captured him, the one
who stole a $50 money order from
the post office at Camp Davis a
few weeks back. He gave up with
out a struggle; just a few squeaks.
He's a mousey creature, just the
type to go around nibbling at
money orders and throwing the
post office books out of balance.
For want of a better name, the P.
O. employes call him Joe.
Sure, he's a mouse. He was
found rustling through some pa
pers in the waste basket, probably
looking for another money order.
Joe is now kept in a cage at the
post office. The staff gets a kick
out of feeding him, but they give
him cheese, not money ordtrs.
Lieutenant Matson, postal offi
cer, says his men are certain Joe
is the same one who snatched the
$50 certificate, knawed it up and
lined his nest with it. They're cer
tain there's been only one mouse
seen in the building.
The chewed-up money order has
been redeemed by the postmaster
general. Joe is in protective cus
tody. Everyone in the P. O. is
happy.
Eliminating flight training is be
ing carried on in sixteen Naval Re
serve Aviation Bases.
Memorial Services
Held Sunday
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Memorial services were held for
Livingston Ward Brooks, pictured
above, in the church of Latter Day
Saints on Harkers Island last Sun
day afternoon. The service was
very sad and impressive. The
large crowd which was present
filled the church and a large num
ber of people stood in the yard
during the service, being unable
to get inside. An honor guard of
See MEMORIAL Page 8
LEGIONHUT IS
IN NEED OF SOME
MORE FURNITURE
Building Will Be
Opened Soon For
Service Men
The crew of workmen who
have been working on Car
teret Post Legion Hut on Tur
ner street are about finished
and the formal opening will
be held soon. The Hut has
been ceiled inside, the win
dows made larger and screen
ed and other needed repairs
have been made to make this
building comfortable for the visit
ing service men which will use it.
An appeal is being made to the
citizens of Beaufort to donate any
piece of furniture that they can
spare to finish furnishing the
building. Although some furniture
has been contributed, some odd
chairs, a settee, some floor lamps
or table lamps and another table
are needed. Look around your
house and if you have any of the
above pieces of furniture which
you can spare, call some member
of the American Legion and they
will send and get it.
AROUND
Town
With
MACK CLARK
There is one thing that we and
a lot of others, with whom we have
been talking, want to do. That is,
to be around the world somewhere
when this present war is over. The
reason for our wish is that there
are a lot of questions and problems
to be answered, but we realize
that the answers won't be found
until years after the whole mess
is finished.
For one thing, what became of
all the proposed legislation of a
few years ago to the effect that if
and when this nation was again in
volved in war all industry and la
bor would be drafted; profits
would be eliminated and wages
would equal that of men in the
armed forces. Can it be that be
hind all the smoke of battle be
tween employer and employee,
there is a dark and secret alliance
to thwart the democratic respon
sibility of all people of the nation
to protect and defend the coun
try? Again, the rubber problem. From
what we read in the papers it
seems that the research depart
ments of several large industries
have been experimenting with
synthetic rubber for a number of
years. The results of these experi
ments are covered by international
patents. One of the conditions at
tached to the patents seems to be
an agreement that the holders of
the secret processes in one country
will not use the process without
the consent of the holders in other
countries. This is no doubt legi
timate business proceeding. How
ever, today, companies holding
these patents are in nations that
are declared enemies. Enemies in
a conflict to determine whether
See ABOUT TOWN Page 5
SHIP SINKINGS
PROVECOSTLY
U. S. Sinks 28 Subs
Since Pearl
Harbor
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
"The Axis has paid a terrible
price in both submarines and men
to achieve its record of sinkings
on the Atlantic seaboard," Rear
Admiral Manley H. Simons, U. S.
N., commandant of the Fifth Na
val District, stated at exercises
held here Wednesday afternoon
when the Navy's new lighter-tban-air
base -was placed in commission.
In spite of the price the Axis is
paying, Allied ships will continue
to be attacked in bad weather, the
admiral admitted, and the only
reply to sinkings "in fog and storm
is to keep surface ships off the
ocean, which so far has proven
impossible." He also stated in this
connection that there is no founda
tion for statements that ther is a
lack of cooperation between the
country's armed services, all of
which are working for one com
mon aim, "to destroy every Axis
submarine operating in these
waters."
The $6,000,000 base will be
used mainly for dirigibles, the
commandant said, dirigibles which
possess "one property which is
worth its weight in gold in hunt
ing submarines. Unlike the air
plane, which must constantly keep
a high speed in the air, the dirig
ible can hover. In other words,
See SUBS Page 8
Ocracokers Use
Expensive Wood
In Their Stoves
On ' March 2, the 4-masted
schooner Anna Heidritter, wreck
ed during a gale on Ocracoke
Beach. The vessel wai loaded
with dye-woodi consigned to a
northern port. Dye wood is very
valuable and Jit keen estimated
that the current valu of same is
approximately $230 per ton. When
the schooner wrecked, most of the
dye-wood on deck washed ashore.
Natives of the island salvaged the
wood and took it to their homes
to use as firewood. Some of the
residents of the island hare re
trieved several truck loads of the
wood, and it is said to equal sea
soned oak as fuel.
In view of the fact that dye
wood is valued at $230 per ton, it
is likely that the Ocracoke people
have the distinction of using the
most expensive fuel ever used
when they burn it as fuel in their
stoves and fireplace.
:- Behind The
-BY HUGO
Two great wars are underway,
allied and yet apart, one in Russia
and the other in the Far East.
The Russians are fighting Ger
many, but not Japan. Whether
the two struggles will be merged,
by a Jap attack upon Russia, is
an interesting quesiton that can
be answered only by what happens
in the future.
Japs Fight Western Powers
The Axis powers are tied to
gether by their common greed but
it is a mistake to believe that Jap
anese warfare in the Far East i
designed to benefit Germany.
Tokyo is out for the accomplish
ment Jf Japanese aims and the
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At a recent Baby Popularity Contest, sponsored by the Senior class
of Smyrna High School when they gave their Senior play "Damsels
In Distress," Elbert Chadwick Mears and Verona Jane Willis, pictur
ed above, were selected the winners. Elbert is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Mears of Gloucester. Verona is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis E. Willis of Smyrna,
Calls Convention
Of Republicans
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C. H. Bushall, Chairman of the Re
publican Executive Committee in
Carteret County, has caled a con
vention to be held in the Court
House here on Saturday, April 11,
at 1 o'clock P. M. Purpose of the
convention is to elect delegates to
the Republican State Convention,
a chairman and secretary for the
Carteret Executive Committee and
to select a Republican County
ticket.
J. F.DUNCAN JR.
SECRETARY FOR
AIRPORT GROUP
Authority Offers
Cooperation To
Government
Julius F. Duncan Jr., was
elected secretary of the Beau
fort-Morehead City Airport
Authority at a meeting held
in the offices of Charles V.
Webb, Morehead City, last
week. At the same time
George W. Huntley was
elected permanent chairman
of the Authority and Mr. Webb
was named vice chairman. Mr.
Huntley as chairman succeeded
Aycock Brown, former editor of
The Beaufort News and the tem
porary Chairman-Secretary of the
Beaufort-Morehead City Airport
Authority since it was created
through Legislative Enactment in
1941.
The Airport Authority is a five
man board, includins those named
and John Lashley of Morehead
City. Purpose of the meeting last
week was to agree through resolu-
See AIRPORT Page 3
Headlines :-
S. SIMS-
connection lies in the aggression
of Germany in Europe, which
gave Japan her chance in the Far
East.
The United States and Great
Britain are joined to bring about
the defeat of Japan and Germany
but Russia is concerned with the
defeat of Germany alone. Ad
mittedly, the Soviet might decide,
'ater on, to end the Jap threat to
Russia in the Far East, just as Ja
pan might decide now to dispose
of Russia while the Slavs are bat
tling the Germans.
Coldest Winter Worries Nazis
The Warfare in Russia deserves
See HEADLINES Page 8
LARITY CONTEST
City Protection Council
Completed By Chairman
C. Z. Chappell Is
New Commissioner
L. W. Hassell, Clerk of Superior
Court, has appointed C. Z. Chap
pell as a member of the Carteret
County Board of Commissioners
to fill the unexpired term of the
late W. P. Smith. Mr. Chappell
is a citizen of Beaufort and holds
a similar office with the town
board which he will probably re
sign at the next regular meeting.
Mr. Chappell was sworn in Wed
nesday by Clerk Hassell.
Hatteras People
Salvage Cargo Of
Grounded Vessel
News has been received in Beau
fort that a number of the residents
of Hatteras Village have salvaged
certain items from a vessel which
wrecked on Diamond Shoals re
cently. Included in the items sal
vaged from the vessel which was
reported to have been sinking be
neath the sands was huge bundles
of rope, many gallons of paint,
and various types of navigation
instruments. Name of the vessel
was not given in the report which
reached The Beaufort News, via a
resident of the coast who had re
cently passed through the com
munity.
New Service Formed
By The Red Cross
For Hospitals
Delegates from the Beaufort
Chapter of the Red Cross attended
a regional conference at Camp
Davis last Tuesday to take part in
the formation of the new Camp
and - Hospital Service Council.
Those attending from here were
Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Hyde, Mrs. C.
R. Wheatley, Mrs. Jas. Rumley,
Mrs. W. S. Chadwick and Rev. E.
C. McConnell.
This new Red Cross Service will
have as its purpose the welfare of
the sick and convalescent in Army
and Navy hospitals. The War and
Navy Departments furnishes nec
essary medical and surgical sup
plies for all hospitals, but depends
on the Red Cross for those things
that boost the morale of the
wounded and sick.
All chapters in Eastern Carolina
will have members on the Council
which will meet every four or six
weeks with Field Directors to
check on the needs of various
camps and stations. Chapter del
egates will report to their chap
ters which will in turn make an
appeal to local civic clubs and in
dividuals. The Red Cross will act
as the channel through which the
gifts are made. The most needed
articles are additional surgical
dressings, lap boards, games, cur
rent magazines, sheet music, phon
ograph records, and outdoor fur
niture. The general public will
have an opportunity in the near
future to give through the local
chapter.
Wild Geese Are
Plentiful Along
The Outer Banks
Wild Geese are very plentiful
along the Outer Banks of the
coast at this time. The geese 1
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ing the hunting season have now
moved into the marshlands and
are quite tame. Residents of the
Banks report that many of the
geese which move into the marshes
become so exhausted from lack of
proper food, that they die. It is
the opinion of residents of the
outer coast that many of the geese
which ordinarily migrate during
the Spring months to northern
breeding grounds will remain on
the North Carolina coast this year.
Sports Fishing To
Be Underway Soon
Sports fishing along the North
Carolina coast is beginning and al
ready persons who try their luck
from bridges dor piers have re
ported catches. Harkers Island
bridge is one of the favorite spots
for many of the rod and reel fish
ermen during early Sppring and
some good catches of sheepshrad
and black fish have been taken
there recently, according to re
ports reaching Beaufort
Mayor Paul Tells
Meeting Of
Plans
EMERGENCY TRYOUT
IN NEAR FUTURE
Mavnr CV M. Paul, chair
man of the Beaufort Civilian
Protection Council, address
ed a gathering of interested
people at the Legion Hut
Mnnrlav nisrht on the devel
opments of the local council.
Mr. Paul stated that within
a few days every committee
chairman and member would he
fully instructed in his duties and
be prepared for any emergency
that might arise out of the war.
On naee 8 of this edition of The
Beaufort News you will find tine
complete set-up of the council
with the work and post of the var
ious branches of the council. The
Mayor said that a daylight trial
alert will be staged aa soon as tae
public becomes familiar with taia
program. He expressed confidence
in the members of the council to
go to their appointed positions and
function as directed. But in his
opinion the majority of the people
of the pity have not as yet learned
the fundamentals of what to do in
case of an air raid or a shelling
from surface craft.
There are a few simple rules to
be observed when an alarm is
sounded. First, get off the streets
and stay off whether walking or
driving, day or night. Second, if
at night, black-out your house .or
place of business, and keep it
blacked-out until the all-clear sig
nal.
Chairman Paul also emphasized
precautionary measures that can
be taken by every person in the
town. Each house should have a
box of sand on the back porch, a
long handled shovel and a length
of garden hose with a spray noz
zle attached. These materials are
essential for handling an incen
diary bomb.
Following the outlining of the
council set-up Fire Chief Julius
Duncan gave an exhibition of how
to take care of an incendiary
bomb. He first showed the bomb
and explained that it burned at a
temperature of more than 3000
degrees. The thermite core of this
type of missle supplies its own
oxygen and is therefore inexting
uishable. During the 14 or 15 min
utes that it burns it will go thru
a heavy metal roof and as many
as five floors, setting fire to each
floor of the building.
Duncan then lighted the bomb
with a fuse and showed how to
handle it with sand and shovel.
First step is to spread a layer of
sand near the bomb. Then move it
onto the sand with the shovel. Aft
er a layer of sand has been put
over the bomb, sand and bomb can
both be taken up on the shovel and
See PROTECTION Page 8
iNViu Yorkprs Arc
Taltiing Ahoirt:
The Columbia 1'nivcrsity profes
sor (snipat.ielic to Japanazi groups)
who just became a Lt. Col. in the
Military Intelligence Reserve Corps
. . . The mysterious disappearance
of lovely Caroline Lee Gilbert,
daughter of a newspaper man. Her
mother is limp from ti'.e heart
ache . . . The Mercibsi Truth: In
Damon Runyon's new flim, "Butch
Minds the Baby," (which they say
is a corker) to wit: "On Broadway
a character is a jerk with personal
ity." -
The cluck colyumcr wha is play
ing into the paws of Ihi enemy by
falling for end publishing stuff corn
tor ting to Goebbels. Two of his of
ferings one week were so paiatable to
the Jack-Axis that their short
wavers here flashed the phony para
graphs abroad . . . But wait! With
in 48 hours CBS reported that its
short wave monitors here heard the
same items credited to "reliable
American sources" from Berlin and
Rome. Imagine! . . . The Gov't,
however, sent for the Soandso the
other day and read the riot and
espionage act of 1917 to him . . .
20 years in prison next time.
.Counsel Ed. Foley (of the U. S.
See WINCHELL Page 7