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VOLUME XXX NO. 26
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 25 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Stevick Amends Statistics
But Veneieal Ratio Higher
Duke University Marine Lab.
Opens Summer Session Here
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Carteret County
Health Official
Says Higher
Percent Infected
2,000 CASES NOW
CHANGED TO 4,050
Dr. C. P. Stevick speaking
before the weekly meeting
of the Rotary Club held
Tuesday night at the Inlet
Inn explained by statistics
his recent statement that ov
er 2,000 cases of venereal
diseases existed in Carteret
County and added that the
figure now is about double.
"Since there are 7 cases of
syphilis out of every 100 in popu
lation (white), according to Pub
lic Health records, this makes a
safe estimate that 1,120 cases ex
ist out of the 16,000 white popula
tion in the county," Dr. Jstevick
stated. "Public Heallih records
also show that 25 percent of the
negroes have contracted syphilis.
Of the 2,000 negro population in
the county, 600 are diseased.
These two figures added will pre
sent the sum of 1,620," he said.
"Since Public Health records
show that gonorrhea is three times
as prevalent as syphilis, the gonor
rhea estimate for Carteret County
is 4,860- Add the syphillis and
gonorrhea facts together and the
sum is 6,480."
Dr. Stevick stated that he is pos
itive from laboratory tests that
these statistioe on syphilis are cor
rect. . Allowing a difference be
tween theory and fact, he said
that the figures stating that 6,480
cases of gonorrhea exist in Car
teret County may be a little high,
but he stood on firm ground that
it is more than half right. Even
with that allowance in amending
the statistics, this would give 2,
430 cases on gonorrhea in Carteret
County.
Dr. Stevick stated that the Car
teret County Health Department
has now under its treatment 144
active patients. They also have
See STEVICK Back Page
Non-Highway Gas
To Be Available
For Boats, Engines
Gasoline for non-highway use
will be rationed through "E" and
"B" cards when the permanent
OPA plan begins July 16, State Di
rector Theodore . Johnson said
this week.
"E" books, containing 48 one
gallon tickets, will be issued for
small engines, including power
motors and outboard motors. R
books, containing 96-five-gallon
tickets, will be issued for larger
motor equipment, including farm
machines, ditch diggers and large
engines.
Bulk purchase coupons of 100
gallon and one-gallon denomina
tions will be issued to users of
more than 250 gallons per month.
Values of the "E" and "R"
books will not correspond neces
sarily to those of motorists' cards
and cannot be used for highway
purposes.
Except for the very largest,
pleasure boats of outboard and in
board construction will be allowed
rations that will permit approxi
mately equul number of hours of
pleasure boating regardless of
size.
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George Caflrey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Y. Caffrey of
Beaufort, has recently become
an Eagle Scout He became a
cub in 1939 and if at present
senior patrol leader of hi
troop at Beiulert.
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NAVY LISTS
REVISION OF
REGULATIONS
Now Applicants
Do Not Have To
Face Such Rigid
Physical Tests
RALEIGH, June 18. The Navy
Department notified the Navy Re
cruiting Service in North Carolina
today that physical requirements
for enlistment in the U. S. Naval
Reserve have been modified.
The modification affect the re
quirements for teeth, vision,
height and weight and are expect
ed to bring about the enlistment
of large numbers of applicants
who could not qualify for service
under former requirements.
Volunteers for enlistment in
the Naval Reserve under the new
plan must have "sufficient teeth
or suitable replacements to supply
satisfactory biting and masticatory
function. Natural teeth must be
serviceable and the gums and sup
porting structures must be free of
disease."
A binocular rating of 15-20 vis
ion with not less than 6-20 in the
worst eye will be accepted, provid
ed no organic defect is present.'
Recruits must be not less than
62 inches in height nor more than
76 inches tall, while weight must
be proportional to the height and
build of the applicant, the medical
examiner determining that any
disproportion is not an evidence
of organic disease.
Heretofore, applicants for the
Naval Reserve have been required
to have 18 sound teeth with two
opposing molars without maloc
clusion and with hot more than
four incisors missing. They also
have been required to have not
less than 15-20 vision in either
eye, while the minimum required
height was 64 inches and the max
imum required height was 64
inches and the maximum height
76 inches. The latter figure was
not changed by the new modifica
tions adopted by the Navy Depart
ment. With the exception of class V-l,
V-5 and V-7. the modifications ap
ply to all classes of enlisted male
ratings in the "Naval Reserve, as
well as the two classes of ratings
in the Merchant Marine Reserve.
Class V-l, V-5 and V-7 are classes
which men enter in enlisted rat
ings with the opportunity of be
coming deck, engineer and avia
tion officers. There has been no
change in the physical require
ments for appointment to com
mission rank in the Naval Reserve.
23,600 POUNDS
The rubber salvage drive in
Beaufort bat netted a total of 23,
600 lb..
The Sinclair station collected
10,000 lbt.j the Gulf itation 5,000
lbs.; Hooper' Eo Service 1,000
Ibi., and the Texas Bile plant 7,600
Ibt.
In President Roosevelt's radio
address of June 12, he said:
"We have an immediate need
for huge quantities of rubber. We
want every bit of used rubber you
can possibly spare. We are setting
aside the period from June 15 to
June 30 to get the old rubber in.
"We have asked the filling sta
tion operators to kelp . . , And
they have generously and patriot
ically agreed to help they and
the oil . companies which serve
them. ,
"We want used rubber in every
form. Take it to your nearest fil!
in station.
"One thing you can be sure of
we are coins to see to it that there
is enough rubber to build the
planes to bomb Tokyo and Berlin
enough rubber to win this war."
Citizens are requested to search
the attic, garage, cellar, yard,
farm for rubber articles like
these:
Tires, inner tubes, hard rubber
tires, crepe rubber soles, boots,
overshoes, hot water bottles, ten
nis shoes, rubber belting, rubber
gloves, rubber sheeting, pads and
matting, raincoats, rubber heels,
bathing caps, jar rings, plumber's
suction caps, rubber ash trays.
Have You Done Your Part?
Give to the Navy Relief Society.
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RALEIGH, June 24. With the
announcement officially made this
week by Governor J. Melville
Broughton, erasing the toll charge
on the Croatan Sound and Alliga
tor River ferries in Dare County,
North Carolina, last vestige of the
toll system on any bridge, ferry or
highway maintained by the State
Highway and Public Work3 Com
mission disappeared.
Under the agreement drawn up
between Captain T. A. Baum, op
erator of both the Alligator River
and Croatan Sound ferries and
Highway Chairman Ben Prince,
Baum will continue to receive the
$700 per month subsidy now given
him by the Highway Commission,
but the Commission will from now
FARMERS URGED
TO COLLECT All
SCRAP RUBBER
Reclaimed Mater
ials May Provide
Only Answer Tq
Defense Problem
Every farm family in Car
teret County was urged this
week by S. D. Edwards,
chairman of the County U.
S. A. D. War Board to take
part in the campaign to col
lect scrap rubber to replen
ish the nation's stockpiles.
"President Roosevelt has asked
the State and County USDA War
Boards to take this campaign to
every farmer in the nation,"
Chairman Edwards said. "Ihe
stocks of rubber in this country
are being fast used up, and rub
ber is essential to make machines
which will win the war. Reclaimed
rubber may provide the only ans
wer to the problem of keeping our
planes flying, our ships fighting,
and our tanks rolling."
Chairman Edwards pointed out
that rubber should be taken to lo
cal filling stations where it will be
bought for the flat rate of one
cent per pound. The filling sta
tion, he said, will in turn sell the
rubber to an agency of the fed
eral government, and any profit
realized in the transaction will go
for Army and Navy relief, the U.
S. O. and the Red Cross on an
equal basis.
He said reclaimable rubber
which will be accepted includes
all kind3 of rubber except battery
boxes and parts thereof, and tire
beads. He also said that wood,
metal and leather should be de
tached from the articles sold.
"Aside from the obvious pur
pose of bringing in urgently need
ed scrap rubber, the drive is de
signed to provide immediately the
exact amount of reclaimable rub
ber in the nation," Mr. Edward3
said.
The campaign, it was pointed
out, will extend through midnight
June 30.
Recruiting Officer
In Morehead City
J. C. Bartel, fhief Specialist
Recruiter, will be at the Post Of
fice in Morehead City today, Fri
day and Saturday for the purpose
of taking applications for enlist
ment in the U. S. Navy and Naval
Reserve. This applies to both
white and colored. Applications
will also be taken for enlistment
in the Headquarters Construction
Corps, a branch of the Naval Re
serve. There are excellent oppor
tunities in this branch for skilled
workmen such aa carpenters, elec
tricians, etc., the officer stated.
pay Baum all tolls otherwise paid
by individuals. Both ferries are
on an extension of U. S. 64 be
tween Roanoke Island and Colum
bia, N. C.
A similar ' arrangement was
made with Captain Toby Tillett,
operator of the Oregon Inlet fer
ry, also in Dare County, when
Governor Broughton freed that
ferry last summer.
Freeing of the Croatan and Al
ligator femes brings to a total of
13 ferries now giving free service
throughout North Carolina.
Croatan Sound, Alligator River
and Oregon Inlet ferries are 'ocat
ed in Dare County; Tar Heel and
Kelley in Bladen; Holden's Beach,
Brunswick; two ferries on the Me-
RUBBER
SALVAGE
The Army rolls on rubber
and fighting men walk on rubber,
too Army shoes have soles and
heels made of reclaimed rubber.
Reclaimed rubber is made from
scrap ruhher. -It takes about three
quarters of a pouflcf of this rubber
to complete a pair of Army shoeB.
The fighting forces need your
scrap rubber. Take it to the near
est filling station Now!
R u b b e r
Our Armed Forces have had to
cut down on their use of rubber.
There is a point beyond which fur
ther cuts cannot be made. You can
help make certain that there is
enough rubber to meet minimum
requirements. Scrap rubber makes
reclaimed rubber. The reclaiming
plants can get about 16 pounds of
good rubber out of one old auto
tire, two and a half pounds out of
a tube, 20 pounds out of a 50-foot
length of garden hose, three
pounds from an old pair of four
buckle arctics, a pound out of a
hot water bottle. Do your part.
Take your collection of scrap rub
ber to the nearest filling station
Now!
Because the Japs over-ran the
See RUBBER Back Page
f TIDE TABLE I
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given In this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
based on tables furnished by
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So ineallowances must ISc
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
f to the locality, that la whetu
X er near the inlet or at the
T head of the estuaries.
J
HIGH LOW
Friday, June 26
6:50 AM 12:55 AM
7:24 PM 12:59 PM
Saturday, June 27
7:47 AM 1:52 AM
8:18 PM 1:55 PM
Sunday, June 28
8:43 AM 2:45 AM
9:13 PM 2:50 PM
Monday, June 29
9:40 AM 3:36 AM
10:07 PM 3:42 PM
Tuesday, June 30
10:36 AM 4:26 AM
11:01 PM 4:35 PM
Wednesday, July 1
11:30 AM 5:16 AM
11:54 PM 5:29 PM
Thursday, July 2
6:07 AM
12:25 PM 6:27 PM
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herin River, Hertford County;
Wilcoacon River, Hertford Coun
ty; Cashie River, Bertie County;
Inland Waterway, Onslow; Roa
noke River, Warren County and
Neuse River, Craven County.
The picture at the top of the
photo-montage shows the Croatan
Sound ferry at its pier on Roanoke
Island; lower right, Governor
Broughton with Captain Toby Til
lett when Tillett's Orjgon Inlet
ferry was freed last summer; low
er left, typical ferry built by the
State Highway Commission, this
one located at Tar Heel, Bladen
County; insert is Highway Chair
man Ben Price.
WOMENS HEALTH
LEAGUE STUDIES
New Organization
Begins Immuniza
tion Survey In
Carteret County-
During the past six months
in several of the defense
areas of North Carolina a
womens group organized for
the purpose ot studying
health and other defense
problems has been attract
ing increasing attention. In
Favetteville this organiza
tion recently conducted a
clean-up campaign of vice
conditions that attracted na
tional comment.
A similar group has now been
organized in Carteret County. A
group of interested women met
recently at the County Health De
partment and decided to sponsor
a program of health education to
study health and defense prob
lems. A chairman was appointed
for each community taking part
in the program. Beaufort and
Morehead City were the first to
participate. Mrs. J. G. Allen was
appointed community chairman
for Beaufort and Mrs. D. Cordova
for Morehead City.
The community chairmen have
appointed a zone chairman for
each air raid wardens district or
group of districts. Each zone chair
man has been asked to appoint a
sector chairman for each block or.
group of blocks in her area, Each
sector chairman will lead a study
group of individuals from her
neighborhood.
The community chairmen and
See PROBLEMS Back Page
Tomato Prices
Are Holding Good
Carteret's tomato crop which is
short this year due to the dry
weather, is still bringir.g a good
price at The Beaufort Auction
Market. Since the market opened
last week approximately 4,000
bushels have been sold through
this medium. The prices have
ranged from $1.95 to $3.70 per
bushel basket The crop will prob
ably all be harvested this week.
Attention Civilian
Defense Workers
Tomorrow night (Friday) all Ci
vilian Defense Volunteer will re
port to their pottt at the aound of
the (iren which will go off at 7:30.
After you report to your pott then
report to the City Hall. Plant for
the big Fourth of July Parade will
be formed at thit time.
G. M. Paul, Myor.
CITIZENS ARE
INSTRUCTED ON
TNT DRIFTWOOD
Officials Give
Instructions When
Seeing Washed Up
Mines, Torpedoes
The Navy today issued a warn
ing to coastal residents of- the
Beaufort, N. C. area to give a
wide berth to any torpedoes,
mines, aerial bombs, depth charges
or other objects suspected of be
ing explosive, which may wash up
on the beach.
Such explosives of enemy or
Allied origin may be expected to
wash ashore, particularly after
rough weather.
Some of the mines now being
used are so sensitive that the
mere footsteps of a person ap
proaching too close may set them
off. Under no cirnfmstances
should they be touched or moved,
except by a disposal expert of the
Navy.
When in doubt as to whether an
object on the beach is an explosive
the 3afest procedure is to keep as
far away from it as possible, until
an expert arrives at the scene, of
ficials of the Sixth Naval District
said.
The area should be cleared im
mediately and then roped off so
that no one can come closer than
1,000 yards. Guards should be
posted, and the Inshore Patrol,
Section Base, Charleston, S. C,
should be notified. The telephone
number is 20525, extension 24,
and the charges of long distance
calls may be reversed.
Persons wno find objects sus
pectde of - being explosives also
mav notify the nearest Navy,
Coast Guard, Marine or Army of
fice, with instructions that the -information
be relayed to the In
shore Patrol.
In case you don't know what tor
pedoes, mines and depth charges
look like, here's a brief description
of each, as furnished by the Navy:
Mines Some are spherical,
some are cylindrical or torpedo
shaped. The spherical ones have a
diameter of about three teet, ana
sometimes have horn-shaped pro
trusions. The cylindrical or torpedo-shaped
mines are fivo to
eight feet in diameter; one end is
rounded like a bullet, and the oth
er end may have fins.
Torpedoes These are cylindri
cal, with double propeller and rud
ders at tail. The usual size is a
bout 16 feet long and 18 to 21 in
ches in diameter.
Depth charges These are cylin
ders, shaped like small kegs or ash
cans. They usually are two to
three feet long and 15 to 18 inches
in diameter.
Distress Call
A washed-up bottle found here
thit week revealed an attempt by
someone in the armed forces to
solve the bottle-neck of loneliness.
Low in mental spirits, he scrib
bled the message on a laundry
ticket: "Please write to a lonely
sailor." He gave hit name and
addrett: Albert M. Ottesen, St.
Helena Barracks, Portsmouth, Va.
Twenty Ships Lost
To Subs Since Sunday
Axis submarines moving south
toward the Caribbean in an inten
sified campaign against United !
Nations' shipping were reported
this week to have sunk 20 vessels
in the Atlantic vvut?rs.
Although 37 seamen and pas
serorefs wre known to hiva bsi
their lives and 145 are reported
missing, more than 850 others sur
vived the axis U-boat attacks an
nounced since Sunday. Of the to
tal rescued, 532 were saved in the
destruction of 13 allied arid neu
tral vessels in the Caribbean over
a 12-day period.
Meanwhile, the submarine-sinking
of a small Jugoslavian mer
chant vessel in the Gulf of Mexi
co, the 22nd ship sunk in that area,
was announced by the navy yester
day. The rescue of 37 of her crew
after eight hours' rowing "toward
port" marked the 309th sinking in
the western Atlantic since Decem
ber 7.
Students And
Professor From
12 Colleges Here
For Scientific Study
SEAWEED EXPERIMENTS
PRODUCE MEDICAL AID
On the scientific front, Pi-
vers Island, with the opening
of the Duke University Ma
rine Laboratory for the sum
mer session, is becoming an
island fortress ot biological
research. Armed with mi
croscopes, nets, scalpels and
other laboratory equipment, tha
students and professors represent
ing 12 colleges are busy investi
gating the flora and fauna worlda
unknown to the average layman.
The only class in session this
first six weeks is Dr. C. G. Book
out's invertebrate zoology, a grad
uate course. The seven students
retjistered for the course are Mary
Ellington of Raleigh and State
Teachers College of Farmville,
Va. ; Steve Pardilla of Puerto Rico,
Duke University; Bettie Presser
of Greensboro and Greensboro
College; Walter Gibble of Lancas
ter, Penn. and Penn State; Bill
Dennis of Henderson and Duke
University; Dorothy Lexau of
Beaufort and George Peabody Col
lege; and Miss Lena Petree Bul
lard of Lumberton and Salem Col
lege. All other students at the station
this term are engaged in research
work. They and their work in
clude Martha Clark a study of
the polycheate marine worms of
the Beaufort region, ihis wm
constitute a dissertation for the
Ph.D degree. She is from Lynch
burg, Va., at present attends Duko
University, formerly taught at
Sweet Briar College where she did
undergraduate work.
Hulda Magalhaes a study of
the molluscs of the Beaufort re
gion. This work will go towards
a Ph.D degree. Her home town is
Honewell. N. J. She at present at
tends Duke University, foimwrly
taught at the Woman's Medical
See DUKE Back Page
Proclamation
BY THE GOVERNOR
FIFTH REGISTRATION DAY
TUES., JUNE 30, 1942
7:00 A. M. TO 9:00 P. M.
WHEREAS, the Selective Train
ing and Service Act of- 1940, aa
amended, authorizes the President
of the United States to designate
the times and places for the regis
tration of the persons required to
register by the provisions of said
Act; and
WHEREAS, the President of
the United States duly designated
October 16, 1940, as the First Reg
istration day; July 1, 1941, as the
Second Registration day; Febru
ary 16, 1942, as the Third Regis
tration day; April 27, 1942, as the
Fourth Registration day; and has
now, by proclamation dated May
22, 1942, designated Tuesday,
June 30, 1942 between the hours
of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. as the
Fifth Registration Day.
J. Melville Broughton,
Governor.
MEET IN JULY N. H. O.
Balfour of Hoke county, pictured
above, is president of the State
Association of County Commis
sioners which will hold Its annual
convention in Asheville July 13-15.
The association at its last conven-.
tlon adopted a resolution com
mending the "clean up- or close
up" campaign of the worth Caro
lina committee of i,he Brewing In
dustry Foundation.
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