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hi ARY DAY SAT. .VL-6: 30,6 For Victory. , Pledge U. S. DEFENSE BONDS Tre iWW Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast VOLUME XXX NO. 22. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY. MAY :30- MAKE EVERY 1 X&Z&S PAY DAY ! IVBQhTJDM V ? 1REAUFQRT ne I ! JL JL Jl A s Captain oi The Port Issues Naval District Regulations X-Cards Lead In Popularity Here More X-cartls were issued in Carteret County than any other type of gasoline rationing card, John Brooks, Rationing Adminis trator stated today. According to statistics, 977 X cards were issued; this included trucks, cars and boats. Other cards issued included: 483 A-cards, 113 B-l cards, 187 B-2 cards, and 976 B-3 cards. This is total of 2,736 cards is sued by the Carteret County Ra tioning Board. In a letter from Guy W. Rawls of Raleigh, OPA official, he stated to Mr. Brooks: "We feel that den tists, opticians, and fire chiefs are liardly entitled to X-cards ... the B series would come nearer to meeting their requirements." Mr. Brooks said that the ration ing board is now located in room 211 in the Post Office building. It is open from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m and two paid civil service clerk are on hand to aid the public. This office has centralized the ration inj of gasoline tires and sugar. You may go there now and ap ply for extra sugar for canning purposes. Five pounds will be al lowed to each member of the fam ily. Be sure to bring along all the family ration cards and be prepar ed to sign an affidavit. HAIL STORM The extent of damage by the hail storm and "mild hurricane' of last Saturday night cannot be fully estimated from an agricul tural point of view until harvest time; however, the squall blew down a few trees, scattered l.'mbs on the streets, broke windows, and caused many a housewife to spend time fixing her overturned flower pots. The hailstones, some bf them a half inch tick, fell from Beaufort to North River, about a 6 mile stretch up highway No. 70. Dam aire was reported on the Gibbs brothers farm where their 82 ac re potato crop and 35 acres of to matoes were subjected to the rain ing "ice bullets." LIEUT. ERNEST SNOWDEN HOME TODAY Lieut. Ernest Snowden, who is with the U. S. Naval Air Force spent several hours here today with his mother, Mrs. M. S. Snow den and brother Macon. He tele phoned his mother to meet him at Cherry Point this morning. He left immediately after lunch was serv ed on his way to an unannounced point. AROUND Town With MACK CLARK Well, we finally got around to enrolling in one of these First Aid classes this week and while it is putting a strain on our poor mind we recommend it highly for everybody. And though we should not make a high enough grade to pass and get a certificate we ex pect we won't learn anything that will do us any harm. DON'TS AND DO'S It seems, first of all, that most people should un-learn several nat ural inclinations or reactions that jump to the front in time of acci dent The most natural thing to do with a person who has been in jured is to pick him up, put him in a car and drive hell-bent to the hospital-or doctor. But that's all wrong. Before you move the pei--son look him over and find out all the injuries. Almost the first DON'T in first aid is "Never lift a person with a back, head or limb injury until a suitable stretcher is ready and until suitable trans portation is ready." And the second nat iral inclina tion is to raise the injured person to a sitting position. This is just as important a DON'T as the other See ABOUT TOWN Page 10 Lieut. N. H. Church Is sues Rules Govern ing Vessels In Lo cal Waters EMBRACES TERRITORY N 5TH NAVAL DISTRICT Lieut. N. H. Church, Cap tain of the Port, issued the following regulations last Monday governing the move ment of vessels in local wat etrs : 1. Jurisdiction: The area under the jurisdiction of the Captain of the Port, Morehead City, North Carolina, embraces all local wat ers of the State of North Carolina within the 5th Naval District. 2. Local Waters: The term local waters, as used in these regula tions, embraces all territorial wat ers of the United States, its inlets and possessions such as rivers, har bors, bays, sounds, roadsteads, in lets and other arms of the sea be tween projections of land, and the Great Lakes, but does not includa any portion of the high seas below the shore line along the coasts of the United States, its territories and possessions, or outside the arms of the sea between projec tions of land, even though within the traditional three mile limit. 3. No vessel shall be permitted to move in local waters unless the I owner, operator, or agent of such vessel shall first obtain from the Captain of the Port in whose jur isdiction the vessel is to move a "license to operate" authorizing such movement, except: (a) Vessels included in a gen eral license issued by the Com mandant, U. S. Coast Guard, (b) Vessels in possession of a departure license issued by the Captain of the Port. (c) Vessels having nroper clear ance papers issued by a Customs See REGULATIONS Pge 10 Memorial Day Speaker Congressman Graham A. Barden, of New Bern will deliver the Mem orial Day address which will be held by Carteret Post No. 99 American Legion on the Court House Square at 2:30 o'clock Sun day afternoon, May 31. There will be a program of music and other features' at this gathering. The public is cordially invited to attend and take part in this service which is held each year in memory of the departed ones in the first World War as well as the present war. All members of Carteret Post as well as any ex-service men who are not members, will attend the 11 o'clock service at St. Paul's Episcopal church in Beaufort, this coming Sunday morning. All Is Quiet On The Ballot Front Bayard Taylor, chairman of the elections board, said today that the vote Saturday would probably be the smallest in the county's his tory. The spotlight is focused on the United States senatorial race be tween Bailey and Fountain. Sec ond billing goes to the race for so licitor of the 5th Judicial District where Bundy is attempting to oust Clark from his 16-year period of office. The Republican candi dates for U. S. Senator are Klutz vs. Morris. ? . TlY rvW zk k vfA' h - I' .Wf . 4f ' '9k 4l ill i-i B-itMl ' " if i- ON THE ICE CREAM FRONT The drafting of men into the armed forces has plac ed American women into more than just factory and civilian defense jobs. At House s Drug Store on Front street we find "The Three Fountaineers" who are, from left to right: Miss Louise Barnhill, Miss Margaret Willis and Miss Edna Avery. (Photo by Sam Hood). inkers Islam Salvage 1300 NEW BOOKS NOW ATLIBRARY Victory Book Cam paign. State Funds Enlarge Reading Facilities Thirteen hundred books have been added to the Car teret County Library since the first of May, Miss Sara Rumley, librarian, stated Wednesday. One thousand of these, she stated, were secured through the Victory Book Campaign which was launched the first of the year. The books were supposed to go to the Army and Navy but the 1,000 volumes were located in the Carteret County li brary, since Carteret is a defense county. Also, the recreation cen ter located in the other half of the building makes it convenient for the soldiers to have a place to read and write letters. The Vic tory Book Campaign is still going on, Miss Rumley said, and citizens having books they wish to donate are requested to call the library, phone B-521-1. Three hundred new books have been added, made available by State funds. These volumes in clude many standard works plus numerous best sellers of fact and fiction. Some interesting titles are: John Steinbeck's The Moon Is Down, Robert St. John's From Land of The Silent People, T. R. Ybarra's Young Man of Caracas, Along These Streets by Struthers Burt who resides in Southern Pines, the Pulitzer Prize novel In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow, Portulaca by the North Carolinian Benice Kelly Harris, Frenchman's Creek by Daphne du Maurier, a book of the real wild west No Life For A Lady by Morley Cleaveland, Hitler's Mein Kampf, Mr. Church ill by Philip Guedalla, Pendulum by Theda Kenyon (a good thriller See BOOKS Page 10 Post Office Lobby Is Not Lighted Post Master Wiley H. Taylor asked The Beaufort News to in form the public why the lobby is not lighted at night. He stated that the lights had been ordered out by the Army stationed at Fort Macon, due to the coastal black out. As it is not dark now until around 9 o'clock War Time the lobby will have sufficient daylight for patrons to get the mail from their boxes before the lobby is closed at 9 o'clock PM. Fishermen 249 CIS6S $1300 Cargo Confis cated By CfG. After Trio Makes Trip To Burned Tanker CAPTAIN OF PORT ISSUES STATEMENT By SAM HOOD The three Harkers Island fishermen who salvaged 249 cases of lubricating ,oil off a torpedoed tanker near Cape Lookout are today sitting quietly on their porch facing the Atlantic assured that they will not make another salvage trip again. If so, they face the danger of having their boat tied up tor the du ration. The trio who boarded the burn ed Sinclair oil tanker, which was in flames for over three weeks and made visible from here many "mid night sunsets," included Arthur Lewis, William Lewis, and Jimmy Fulford who live on the water front where one can see with the naked eye the ghost ship four miles out near Cape Lookout. Their salvage cargo estimated at a $1300 value, was immediately confiscated by the Coast Guard af ter the fishermen docked here on Front street recently at an undis closde date. The confiscation was done quietly with several guards posted without the notice of the See OIL Page 10 "Freedom's Flame" Scheduled Sunday Pageant Is Written And Di rected By Mrs. Graydon Paul On Sunday, May 31, which is be ing observed as Veteran's Day throughout the country, there wil! be presented at the Morehead City USO building a pageant, "Freedom's Flame," written and directed by Mrs. Graydon Paul. The hour for the presentation of the pageant will be 4 p. m. Special invitations have been mailed the families of all veterans in the county and a cordial invi tation given the public to be pres ent. Ladies of the Morehead City and Beaufort Legion Auxiliaries under the direction of Mrs. Luth er Hamilton and Mrs. Julian Ham ilton will serve refreshments fol lowing the program. The pageant begins at the time of the landing of the Pilgrims and comes down through the years to the present time and will depict the spirit that has always domi nated the true American in his fight for freedom and the right. There will be special numbers rendered by a sextette from Beau fort composed of Mrs. Graydon Paul, Mrs. Charles Hassell, Dr. F. E. Hyde, Dr. J. O. Baxter, M. L. Davis, and Graydon Paul. Oil IRISH POTATO HARVEST BEGINS Inspectors Here To Grade Crop - AMA Buys Up Sweet Potatoes The Irish potato crop will begin harvest this weekend. J. Y. Lassiter, Farm Agent, stated today. Although the dry weather has curtailed the season's output, it has been estimated that Carteret County has 1,500 acres a vailable. Mr. Lassiter stated that the po tato inspectors have arrived and will set up offices. There will be two inspectors at Jones Shed in Beaufort, one in spector each at D. F. Merrill's at Beaufort, Huntley's in Beaufort, Gibbs Brothers in Beaufort, A. W. Lewis' in Otway, Rowland Salter's at Bettie, Cleveland Gillikin's at Bettie and Pelletier Brothers at Stella. Farmers are hoping that this year's crop of Irish potatoes will bring in proportion as high prices as are being brought on the sweet potato and cabbage markets. Mr. Lassiter stated that cab bage brought from $25' to $30 a ton for round type; and $12 to $15 a ton for pointed type. There is an estimated crop of 700 acre in Carteret County. Each acre yields about 4 to 5 tons. House cured sweet potatoes are bringing about 85 cents to 90 cents per bushel for U. S. No. l's. Approximately 200 sweet pota to growers are grateful to Con gressman Graham A. Barden and others for assisting in the obtain ing the help of the Agriculture Marketing Administration in pur chasing 136 cars carrying 70,897 bushels of surplus sweet potatoes that netted these farmers $63, 726.30. Potatoes were also moved from Pamlico, Beaufort, Martin, Pitt and Craven counties totaling 175 cars, or in money value, $82, 009.08. Court House Is Being Repainted All of the woodwork on the out side of Carteret County's Court house is being repaired and repaint ed. The work which has been goir,? on for several weeks is now about finished. The dome of the building is being painted a dark color due to the war. The builling will make a good appearance to the people who have business at the June term of Superior Court which be gins on the 8th. County Form Program Will Help Check Inflation Due to the misunderstanding a mong the public about sugar ra tion tickets we have been asked to publish the expiration dates for same. Some people have the im pression that their tickets can be saved up and presented at their trading place. This is not true, the tickets are not accumulative and epire at a certain date. The expiration dates until July 1 are as folows: Ticket No. 2 is good until May 30. Ticket No. 3 is good until June 13. Ticket No. 4 is good until June 27. After the 27th of June a new schedule will be given out for the balance of the coupons which may the allotment for the of the re maining ticket. ERIC G. WHITE ADVANCED TO SEAMAN FIRST CLASS CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, May 26. Eric Gray White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Leroy White, 125 Turner St., Beaufort, N. C, has been advanced to the rate of Sea man First Class in the United States Navy, Naval Air Station of ficials announced today. White enlisted in the Navy on April 29, 1941 and received his recruit training at the Norfolk (Va.) Training Station. He has been stationed at the Navy's "University of the Air" at Corpus Christi since March 13, 1942. RED CROSS COURSE FOR COLORED PEOPLE Red Cross home nursing courses will be open to colored people if enough apply. Mr3. W. S. Chad wick said that those interested will please communicate with her. North Carolina Flier Gets His Navy Wings ATLANTA, Ga., May 25. Ed ward H. Potter, Jr., of 107 Marsh St., Beaufort, N. C, has received his wings as an Ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve, and has been or dered to active duty with the Na val Air Force, according to an of ficial announcement today from the Naval Aviation Cadet Selection Board in Atlanta. Ensign Potter is a former stu dent of Eton College. He received his commission on completion of his advanced flight training May 18, 1942, at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla. Potter was enlisted July 22. 1941, for flight training in Class V-S, U. S. Naval Reserve, and or dered to active duty to begin his preliminary instruction at the V. S. Naval Reserve Aviation Base, Atlanta, Ga. On October 2, 1941, he was transferred to Pensacola for advanced training. New Dining Room Is Now Open A new dining room has been op ened in Beaufort on the corner of Ann and Craven Streets. Mrs. Leonard is the operator of the new eating place and in her announce ment ad on page eight of The Beaufort News she says that the food is good and the prices are reasonable. y 1 Agencies Sponsor Ed ucational Measure To Control Cost Of Living 18 COMMUNITIES TO CO . OPERATE Members of the County United States Department of Agriculture War Board, County Triple A, Farm Se curity Administration, Voca tional, Agricultural and Eco nomic Departments and the Extension Service are co-operating in carrying out an ed ucational program on con trolling the cost of living, J. Y. Lassiter, County Agent, stated Wednesday. There are 168 neighborhood leaders in the 18 communities in the county who will be met by this group for the purpose of obtaining definite instructions as to how t0 get the information to their neigh bors down to the last family. The meetings are planned as follows: Friday, May 29, Broad Creek and Newport communities, C. S. Long's Agricultural room, New port School, 8:30 p. m. Friday, May 29, Morehead com munity, Morehead City School building, 8:30 p. m. Sunday, May 31, Stella and Pel e t i e r communi-ies, Unitarian Church, 3:00 p. m. Sunday, May 31, Bogue com munity, Community House, 4:30 p. m. Monday, June 1, Beaufort com munity, Home Agent's office, 8:30 p. mi Monday, June 1, Harkers Island, Earl Davis store, 5:30 p. m. Tuesday, June 2, Harlowe com munity, L. N. Conner's store, 3:30 'p. m. ' i;.i!:ta ti Wednesday, June 3, Cedar Is land, School building, 2:00 p. m. Wednesday, June 3, Atlantic, Stacy and Sea Level communities, Atlantic School building, 4:00 p.m. Friday, June 5, Merrimon com munity, School building, 3:30 p.m. Friday, June 5, Bettie, Otway, Smyrna and Davis communities, See INFLATION Page 10 New Barber Shop ' To Open Saturday The Corner Barber Shop which will be located in the M. Leslie Davis building on the corner of Front and Craven Streets will be open for business Saturday if nothing unforseen happens, Earl Mason and Jeff Jefferson, its op erators, told us today. Mason has been with the City Barber Shop since- fire gutted the Beaufort Barber Shop last year. Jefferson has been employed at the Beau fort Barber Shop since it reopen ed after the fire. TIDE TABLE f I V v Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in this column. The figures are ap proximately correct and ar based on tables furnifhed by the U. S. Geodetic Survey. So meallowances must made for variations in the wind and also with resper to the locality, thai is whetl er near tV;e inlet or at th'' head of the estuaries. t-W"-:"K-"!:":5-:"M-i"''"M"! HICH LOW F-ida, Miy 20 8:08 8:38 9:07 9:29 AM. PM. Siturd AM. PM. 2:11 AM. 2:16 PM. 30 3:02 AM. 3:00 PM. May Sunday, May 31 9:55 AM. 3:52 AM. 10:23 PM. 3:56 PM. Monday, June 1 10:53 AM. ' 4:42 AM. 11:18 PM. 4:48 PM. Tuesday, June2 11:47 AAM. 5:35 AM. 5:45 PM. Wednesday, June 3 12:13 AM. 6:31 AM. 12:43 PM. 6:47 PM. Thursday, J una 4 1:07 AM. 7:31 AM. 1:39 PM. 7:55 PM.