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VOLUME XXX NO. 23.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1942.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Purge On Beer Parlors
Aimed At Local Taverns
Official U. S. Treasury War Bond Quotas for June
U. S. Base At Dutch Harbor
Bombed Twice By Japs
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H ir
4'
BLACKOUT
The blackout last Monday night
wai due to the over-cautiousness
of civilian defene official who re
ceived a "yellow flash" from the
Wilmington filter center.
A menage wai relayed from
this area to Raleigh that planet
were lighted. The Raleigh filter
relayed the message to Wilming
ton. By an accounting of the num
ber of American planes reported
in the air (according to Army in
formation) tallied with the num
ber of planes seen in the air by
spotters at outposts theorizing
that the enemy is overhead is cal
culated. Unidentified planes were
reported in this area. The Wilming
ton filter center sent a report
here to be on the alert ("Yellow
Flash" means caution.) The local
civilian defense officials decided to
be on the safe side and called for
a blackout.
County Board .
Adopt Departmental
Budgets At Session
The Board of County Commis
sioners met at the courthouse Mon
day and adopted departmental bud
gets in preparation for making up
the general county budget in July.
Budgets considered yesterday
involved the Health Department,
Welfare Dept., and Board of Ed
ucation, Figures will be made avail
able along with presentation of the
general budget.
The board awarded contract for
supplying the county home with
provisions to Colonial Stores, Inc.,
who own the local Pender store.
Two or three tax matters were
also discussed along with routine
business. The session was brief
and adjournment was ordered
shortly after noon.
WILLIS NAMED
POLICECIffiF
Morehead City
Board Makes Ap
pointment At Spec
ial Session
E. J. Willis has been ap
pointed chief of police of
Morehead City for an indefi
nite period. The appoint
ment was made at a special
meeting of the Board of Al
dermen after failure to fill
the vacancy at the regular
meeting the first of the
week.
The appointment covered no
particular lejigth of time and "is
at the pleasure of the board." For
years Morehead City elected its
chief of police of popular vote, but
a special act of the Legislature
two years ago changed the system
and the office is now filled by alder
manic appointment.
The new chief began serice in
a temporary way during the illness
of former chief Iredell Salter who
died a week or two ago. He is a
resident of Morehead City and
was chosen from a list of several
applicants.
AROUND
Town
With
MACK CLARK
The followine. written by an
unknown clergyman in England,
came to our attention the other
day. Its timeliness impressed us
deeply and we are sure the author
will not mind our passing it on to
you. Our title for it
WILL IT HAPPEN HERE?
We have been a pleasure-loving
people, dishonoring God's day,
picknicking and bathing Now the
seashores are bared ; no picnics, no
bathing.
We have preferred motor travel
to church-going Now there is a
shortage of motor fuel.
We have ignored the ringing of
the church bells calling us to wor
ship Now the bells cannot ring
" except to warn of invasion.
We have left the churches half
empty when they should have been
filled with worshippers Now they
are in ruins.
We would not listen to the way
See AROUND TOWN BackP
Citizens Petition To
Revoke Beer Licens
es Of "Eye and
Ear Sores"
By SAM HOOD
The meeting intended to
thrash out the controversy
between local citizens and
representatives of the North
Carolina Beer Distributors
held before the town com
missioners Monday night
was "sabotaged by the
emererencv blackout and a
later meeting will be called.
The "beer joints" and "eye and
ear sores" (as labeled by respect
able citizens who signed the peti
tion or orally expressed their in
dignation) involved are the Tally
Ho and Pop's Place which operate
on Front street.
The eight citizens who signed
the petition brought Edgar H.
Bain of Goldsboro,- director of the
North Car. Beer Distributors to
Beaufort last night accompanied
by a panzer division of lawyers
who met at the Town Hall to bat
tle the war of words endangering
the security of the respectful (and
"not respected" according to local
citizens) taverns.
Local talk and complaints charge
that the Tally Ho and Pop's Place
create a nuisance on the town's
main thoroughfare. Respectable
citizens state that a decent woman
cannot pass the premises of the
said taverns without being insulted
by inebriated customers frequent
ing .the establishments.
The citizens also charge that
vile language issues forth from
the portals of the "beer joints"
See BEER Back Page
Mrs. G. L. Cotton
Is Laid To Rest
Mrs. G. L. (Eva) Cotton, of
Beaufort RFD, died at her home
on the North River Road last
Thursday at 11:30 p. m., following
a brief illness. She was a native
of Marion, S. C, having moved
here in 1920 with her husband who
was connected with the Carteret
Lumber Co., at that time.
The funeral services were con
ducted from the late home last
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock by
the Rev. Stanley Potter of the
Methodist Church officiating. In
terment was in Ocean View cem
etery beside her son, Louis, who
was killed in an automobile acci
dent several years ago. The floral
tribute were many and beautiful
and attest the high esteem in which
she was held.
Mrs. Cotton was 65 years of age
and is survived by her husband, G.
L. Cotton of St. Stephen, 8. C:
three daughters, Mrs. L. T. Mathis,
Mrs. Kate Cooper of this city, Mrs.
J. H. Skipper of Marion, S. C;
two sisters, Mrs. H. A. Hazelwood
of Richmond, Va., Mrs. Callie
Whitsel of Hamlet; one brother,
Scott Catlett of Marion, S. C. ; al
so two grandsons and one grand
daughter. SOIL BUILDING
PRACTICES ARE
SH0WNJNC0UNTY
Report S h o w 8
98.4 Percent Of
cropland kj p -erated
Under
AAA
Increases in conservation
practices on North Carolina
farms since beginning of the
AAA Agricultural conserva
tion program in 1936 are
shown in a report received
by S. D. Edwards, chairman
of the Carteret County AAA
Committee. .
The rpnort. issued bv E. Y.
Floyd, state AAA executive assist
ant at Raleigh, shows that during
the past year 94.9 percent of all
the cropland in the state was op
erated under the AAA conserva
tion program. This is a gain of
4.9 percent over the previous year,
and an increase of 25.1 per cent
over the 69.8 percent under the
program in the 1936-1939 period.
Farmers of Carteret County
placed 98.4 percent of their crop
land under the program last year,
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V 7 . 4.562.000 Jlurtou jittJiUW
huiml tffIt I ftMlmj-j4"K TF 0".'"
"i.i4 J M7S.I00 k22.658.100
kN. I j WWMWMY'-W Y DEPARTMENT FIGURES
...J." -J TEXAS Miwiwy I I J mhos mm n srt . mi
$ BUY A v v jL wiMtmmm
The above map of the oountry show the War Bond
Quota by states for the month of June totalling $800,000,
000. Everybody every pay day Is expected to Invest at
least tea per cent of his income In War Bonds to aid In
financing: America's offensive against the Axis powers.
WOODLAND IS
APPOINTED TO
HEAD US0DRIVE
Governor Brough
ton Names Local
Man For County
Campaign
Stanley Woodland has accepted
an apr ointment from Governor J.
Melvile Broughton to lead the
USO Drive for Carteret County.
The announcement was made May
25th by C. McD. Davis, chairman
of the district.
Governor Broughton is honorary
chairman and George M. Ivey of
Charlotte is State chairman for
North Carolina.
Carteret County's quota for
this year is $1,200.00. The goal in
the nationwide USO War Fund
Campaign, which was launched
throughout the country on May 11,
continuing to July 4, is $32,000,
000.00. Of this sum, North Caro
lina has been asked to contribute
$444,000.00. Last year, with a
state quota of $125,000, the na
tional goal being $10,000,000 this
state oversubscribed its goal by
raising $170,000. Mr. Ivey and
his chairmen are confident that
North Carolina can be counted on
again this year to raise, or sur
pass, the new total which has been
set.
John D, Rockefeller Jr., U hon
orary chairman in the nationwide
campaign and Prescott S. Bush of
See WOODLAND Back Page
Contagious Diseases
Frequent In County
The Carteret County Health De
partment in its current campaign
for widespread immunization of
the public against Typhoid, Diph
Theria and Smallpox releases the
following statistics for the pas';
nine months on the occurrence of
contagious diseases in the County,
Dr. C. P. Stevick announced Tues
day: Contagious diseases for past 9
months: Whooping Cough, 382
cases; Measles, 233 cases; Chicken-
box. 61 cases: Scarlet Fever, 8
cases; Diphtheria, 4 cases; Ty
phoid, 2 cases; Infantile Paralysis,
1 case.
The most recent statistics prev
ious to these are for the year 1940,
and are from the State Board o
Health.
Contagious diseases for 1940
Whooping Cough, 3 cases; Meas
les, 1 case; Chickenpox, 9 cases;
Scarlet Fever, 7 cases; Diphtheria.
13 cases; Typhoid Fever, 1 case;
Infantile Paralysis, none.
Carteret County Health offi
cials attribute the great increase
in whooping cough, measles, and
chickenpox during the last nine
months partly to the fact that so
many new families, defense work
ers and other transients have come
to the County from areas where
these diseases were frequent. A
similar increase may occur at any
time in any of the other diseases,
particularly typhoid fever.
It is for this reason that the
public is urged to receive typhoid
immunization.
The decrease in diphtheria
shown in the above reports is
See DISEASES Back Page
The ultimate quota for the nation will be on a basis of
one billion dollars per month effective in July. This sum
la necessary to provide for all-out production of planes,
guns, ships and munitions adequate to arm our fighting
men with the tools necessary to win the war.
! EXTRA !
BAILEY
wins
In case you haven't read the daily
papers, listened to the radio, or
talked with friends, then we in
form you that Senator Josiah W.
Bailey was renominated in the
Democratic primary last Saturday
Official returns from the 27
precincts of Carteret County state
that Bailey won ui Carteret coun
ty with a total vote of 922. His
opponent "Dick" Fountain of
Rocky Mount received 135 votes.
Dave Clark of Greenville was re
nominated for solicitor for the 5th
judicial district He received 940
vote3 to defeat W. J. Bunday also
of Greenville who received 108
votes.
On the Republican ticket for
United States Senator Klutz re
ceived 9 votes: Morris received 27.
There are the official returns re
leased by Bayard Taylor, Chair
man of the Carteret County Elec
tion Board who met this week to
officially canvass the vote.
Food Handlers
Permits Required
The State Board of Health has
recently issued a list of rules and
regulations governing the sanita
tion of the food-handling estab
lishments.
An important change has been
made in the matter of health cards
or food-handlers permits.
The new regulations require
that all food-handlers receive a
physical examination including a
blood test from a regularly licens
ed physician. This examination is
recorded on a form furnished by
See FOOD Back Page
Revival Speaker
At Harkers Is.
REV. J. P. TRUEBLOOD of
Hertford. N. C. will preach at
Revival at Grace Tabernacle
Church which will begin June 9th.
Rev. J. M. Smith of Hertford, an
outstanding Bible teacher and
nreacher of lonat experience will
conduct this meeting.
Rey. Trueblood is a noted
scriptorian, his memory being a
wonder of the. age. Ho has wide
experience as an evangelist. Don't
fail to hear him. Come to this
feast!
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BARDEN URGES
GERMANY TO
BE PULVERIZED
Carteret Post No. 99
Of American Legion
Honors War Dead
Congressman Graham A
Barden, speaking at the Me
morial Day exercises held
Sunday on the Court House
square, said that Berlin
should have been turned into
a cow pasture and that it
was an error in the judgment
of the World War I govern
mentnotto have gone far
enough. "We shall not make
the same mistake again," he
added.
Speaking before a crowd of
300 Carteret County citizens who
congregated at 2:30 o'clock to pay
tribute to America's war dead,
Barden added: "I hope that Gen
eral Doolittle's example to the
Japs the other day will be their
daily meal until this is over and
for 24 hours a day thereafter."
"When a preacher was askad to
pray for the Japs, the minister re
plied: 'Pray for them, why I'm in
favor of bombing the hell out of
them'."
"This," said Barden, "is my sen
timent exactly.
Congressman Barden put no
hopes of Hitler ever winning the
war and said that Der Fuehrer will
never set foot on American soil
"unless handcuffed."
"We are in a game for table
stakes, everything is on the table
and the winner takes all. If we
lose this war we and our children
and our children's children w;ll be
See BARDEN Back Page
Hubert Whitley Dies
At Ft. Benning Ga.
Military Funeral Con
ducted at Fort Bragg
Tuesday
Staff Sergean Hubert Whitley,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Whit
ley of Core Creek, died at Fort
Benning hospital Saturday, May
30 after a three weeks illness. The
body was sent to Fayetteville Tues
day and lay in state at the Jeffer
son Funeral home until four
o'clock . From there it was taken
to Fort Bragg chapel where a mil
itary funeral was held at five
o'clock. The services were con
ducted by the Chaplain, assisted by
Rev. W. Y. Stewart, pastor of the
Core Creek Community church.
Interment was made in the Ft
Bragg cemetery.
Sergeant Whitley had been in
the U. S. Army for the past eig;ht
years, his death came as a shock to
his relatives and many friends of
this county, who mourn with his
family his passing.
He is survived by his wife and
one son of Erwin, N. C. his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Whitley of
Core Creek, four brothers, Robert
of Detroit, Mich., Charles and Paul
of Washington, D. C, and Leo
Whitley of Hobucken, N. C. Two
ifr Mrs. Clifford Lewis of
Beaufort, and Mrs. Ben Harris of
Leechville, N. C.
BOARD ISSUES
HOME CANNING
REGULATIONS
Rules For Food
By Sugar Ra
tioning Board
The Board may permit a con
sumer who has registered in con
formity with Rationing Order No.
3 to obtain sugar for the purpose
of canning or preserving fruits to
be consumed by him or by the
family unit of which he is a mem
ber, in an amount not to exceed
one pound per four quarts of fin
ished canned fruit and one pound
per annum per person for use in
preparing preserves, jams, jellies
or fruit butters: provided, how
ever, that in no event shall the in
dividual or family unit be permit
ted more sugar than is neccsary
to can the quantity of fruit which
the Board deems to be reasonable
giving due consideration to the
period within which the fruit will
be consumed, the past practice of
the individual or family unit with
respect to home canning, the pre
vailing home canning practice in
the locality among individuals and
families in circumstances similar
to those of the applicant, the num
ber of quarts of fruit previously
canned at home remaining in the
possession of the individual or
family unit applying, the availabil
ity in the locality of fruit suitable
for home canning, and such other
circumstances of the applicant or
other criteria as the Board deems
pertinent to the particular request.
Applications for sugar in ac
cordance with this section shall be
made to the Board on OPA Form
No. R-315 by one adult member
of a family unit for all members
of the unit (or if there is no adult
member, by the oldest member or
by a responsible person), or by a
consumer not a member of a fam
ily unit for himself (or if a minor,
not self-supporting, by his parent
or guardian, or by a responsible
adult). The applicant shall state
(1) the names of the consumers on
whose behalf the application is
filed, and the serial numbers of
their War Ration Books, if puch
books have been issued; (2) the
number of quarts of fruit canned
in the preceding-calendar year, or
in connection with applications
subsequent to the first during any
calendar year the number of
quarts of fruit canned since the
previous appplication ; (3) the
number of quarts of fruit then in
the possession of the individual or
family unit applying; (4) the num
ber of quarts of fruit to be canned
during the period for which the ap
plication is being made; (5)
whether sugar is to be used for
preserving; and (6) the excess
See BOARD Back Page
OVER THOUSAND
SERVICE MEN
USE LEGION HUT
1,100 OfArmed
Forces Patronize
Local Social Cen
ter If figures count for any
thing it is very evident that
the Service Men's Center at
the American Legion Hut on
Turner street is filling a
great need in Beaufort. Since
its cnanine six weeks ago the
records show a total attend-1
ance of 2,100 persons oo
whom 1,100 were service men. The
remainder included invited junior
hostesses, visitors, Legionnaires,
tourists and many other interested
people.
This Center is open from 10 a.
m. to 10 p. m. daily, and sometimes
much later, especially over thi
weekends. Here many types of
recreation are offered: Reading,
writing, game room activities, mu
sic f various kinds, radio, lunches,
comfortable chairs, and always
pleasant hostesses in change who
are willing to exert every effort
to make the boys feel at home.
Several special programs have
See LEGION Back Page
WASHINGTON, June 3.
Two Japanese air raida
were launched at Dutch Har
bor, United States naval
base in Alaska, within six
hours today, setting off in
tensified precautions against
any unexpected Japanese
thrust along the vast Pacific
frontier.
Four bombers with an escort of
about 15 righter planes carried
out the first attack at 6 a. m. (lo
cal time), setting warehouses a
blaze and causing a few casual
ties. While details of the results from
this assault were still incomplete,
the navy department here received
at 9 p. m. (E.W.T.) tonight a
brief report of the second raid.
There were no details at all of the
second attack beyond the bare
fact that it had occurred.
Gov. Ernest Gruening, of Alas
ka, warned all civilian defense
units throughout the territory to
"remain on the alert" and told the
people that "an anticipated air
raid on Alaska began this morn
ing with an attack by Jap planes
on Dutch Harbor."
In California, the Los Angeles
county defense council issued an
"emergency alert," calling for
sharp vigilance and readiness for
instant action. Army authorities
in the Panama Canal Zone an
nounced at Balboa that the alert
status there had been intensified
and the leaves and passes of alt
soldiers and sailors canceled.
Officials had long expected an
assault in the Alaskan area prin
cipally as a face-saving device in
retaliation for Brig. Gen. Jimmy
Doolittle's raid on Tokyo and oth
er Japanese cities, and the station
was described as prepared to meet
it.
But whether it was merely a
See U. S. BASE Back Page
ATLANTIC BEACH
OFFICIALS MEET
Stockholders Meet
On June 1 To Out
line Season Plans
The annual meeting of At
lantic Beach stockholders
was held at the beach Mon
day with four members of
the organization present.
E. G. Petry, field representative
of Manufacturers Trust Co., New
York, owners and operators of
the beach, said W. P. Dunn, pres
ident of the corporation had wired
from Washington, D. ., that
would be unable to attend on ac
count of pressing business there.
Mr. Ppchurch, southern represen
tative, also expected to be present
was unable to attend.
Attending the meeting besides
Petry were J. F. Duncan and Geo.
J. Brooks, Beaufort, and Mayor
and Manager Newman Willis.
Other stock was represented by
See ATLANTIC Back Page
t nrirvr TAB1 V A
f 1 lUSu 1 nuLiu
f Information as to the tide
t at Beaufoit is given in this
column. The f igures are ap-
proximately correct and are
t based on tables furnished by
f the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
l So meallowances must N
made for variations in the
X wind and also with respec
ro the locality, that i. whetl
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday. Juno 5
2:04 AM 8:31 AM
2:39 PM 9 -05 PM
Saturday, June 6
3:05 AM 9:23 AM
3:42 PM 10:08 PM
Sunday, June 7
4:10 AM 10:23 AM
4:46 PM 11:03 PM
Monday, June 8
5:12 AM 11:13 AM
5:42 PM 12:01 PM
Tuesday, June 9
6:06 AM 12:00 AM
6:30 PM
Wednesday, June 10
6:51 AM 12:51 AM
7:13 PM 1:02 PM
Thursday, June 11
7:35 AM 1:37 AM
7:52 PM 1:30 PM