CARTERET COUNTY Astronomical Data 10c Sun SeU Tonight 5:38 p.m. Moon Rises Today 3:22 p.m. Moon Sets Tonight 1:54 a.m. Sun Rises Tomorrow 6:12 a.m. A Merger ol THE BEAUFOBT NEWS (Established 1912) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Established 1936) 38th YEAR NO. 43. EIGHT PAGES MOREHEAD CITY, AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1948 EIGHT PAGES PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYL Ministers Circulate Petition Against Gambling at Dog Track Nov. 2 Voters to Receive Morehead Township Voters When voters of the county go to the polls Nov. 2, they will be given four ballots, and, in the case of Morehead City township, there will be a fifth. In addition to the presidential, state and county ballots, there will be a ballot on constitutional amendments. For Morehead township residents, there will be a township ballot. Voters must first confirm their registration, after which they will be handed the ballots. Tickets ort the respective bal lots will include Democratic, Re publican and Progressive, with the additional States' Rights De mocratic ticket on the presiden tial ballot. Neprr - Run The name of one Negro, Mrs. r,prtr"'l Ctreen. will appear on the official ballot for Carteret county otlicers, Mrs. Green is a Progressive Party candidate for the state senate from the Sev enth District. The name of William J. Bundy, now filling the unexpired term of the late D. M. Clark, solicitor of the superior court, will head the Democratic slate on the Carteret county ballot. Mr. Bundy is un opposed. D. L Ward and John D Lark ins, Jr., are the Democratic can didutcs for the two seats from thia district in the state senate. Mr.. Green is the Progressive Party contender for one of the Senate seats. State senators are elected every two years. Now ending his fourth succes sive term, H. S. Gibbs is a candi date for reelection to the state bouse of- representatives on the Democrat vlate. Terms aNT'tat two years. ", -': v-.i-sn . Alfonso H. James, appointed to succeed the late D. B. Willis , a clerk ef superior courty is the Democratic candidate to fill the unexpired term. The office, held for four pears, will stand for re election again in 1960. Mr. James will be opposed for "the of fice by A. L. Wilson, Republican nominee Of fie Contested Pritchard Lewis, Democrat, and F. E. Hyde, Republican, will contest the two year office of coroner. For county surveyor, Philip K. Ball is the Democratic contender, and George J. Brooks is running on the Republican slate. The official presidential bal lot will read as follows: For Pre sident and vice president of the United States on the Democratic ticket: Harry S. Truman and Albeh W. Berkley; for the two executive offices on the Repub lican slate: Thomas E. Dewey and Earl Warren; Progressive nominees: Harry A. Wallace and Glen H. Taylor; States' Rights Democratic candidates: J, Strom Thurmond and Fielding Wright. Constitutional AmandmonU ' Voters on Nov. 2 will have See ELECTION Page 8 B. J. May Explains CoraSnportPlan The Secretary of Agriculture has annoumnil that the pr.ee of corn vtiH bo supported through the c i ! purchase agreement only, B J. May, Purchase and Marketing administrator announ ced Wednesday. .. Purcha',3 agreements will be available I) producers in North Carolina Trom the time of harvest through March 31, 1949, and the delivery ilate for the corn placed under thit program have ,iten set as a 30 day period beginning June 1, 19-hl. The 1943 corn price support rate for iO-th Carol r-a is ft.Cl a bushel, Mr. May said. Farmers desiring to take ad vantage of thi. program : nr.int Sign an agreement ut the I'M K office,; Mr Kay stated. In the agreement they. niut state the number o,tuie!t of corn which Ihey wiM t uave supported tin- ' der the program, r . A service fee f a half a cent per bushel will bo paid by the farmed at the time signs the agreement. Full details ef the freement may be obtained by isiting the PMA office. In the ' Beaufort post office bailding. , Mr. May aaid that other crop nippori programs will be annottn - cd lter, v , , ' Carteret Women Receive Charier Jill I ' maam t Mrs. Kathryn Shipman, state tion of Business and Professional Carteret club's charter to Mrs. M. dent of the county organization, meeting. The Carteret Business will meet at 8:30 this evening in Morehead City. "mm Third World War, fP It Happen? By Thomas H. Carrow j (Mr. Carrow, a welljtnown contributor to THE NEWS-TIMES, whose "Memories of Beaufort" recently appeared, comments here oa probability of a third world war Ed.) i I lAklaaa lers cty Body Returned The body of Pfc. Clemon T. Adams, of route 1, Newport, has been returned to this country from Europe aboard the United States Army Transport Carroll Victory, the Department of the Army an nounced this week. Private Adams' body is one of 7,000 Americans who lost their lives in France and Holland dur ing world war 2. Two hundred thirty of these men were from North Carolina. The Department of the Army has reported that all temporary military ' cemeteries overseas in which world war 2 dead have been buried will be evacuated by the end of next month. Brigadier General Kester L. Hastings, newly-appointed Chief of The Memorial Division, Office Of The. Quartermaster General, an nounced that by Sept. 30, 1948, the Army has returned to the United States at the request of next of kin the remains of 81,500 individ uals who died overseas in world war 2. This figure, General Hast ings states, will increase to approx imately 113,000 by December SI. Only an additional 37,000, or a total of approximately 190,000, are expected to be brought home at the request of next of kin, Gen See BODY RETURNED Page 8 Beaufort Man Receives Chinese Service Award Robert M. Polk, radioman, sec ond class. USN, of Beaufort, on duty at Nanking. China, was pre sented with a Chinese award for .-"He rendered at a ceremony held at. the Chinese Naval head quarters. General Ho Yingchin, Minister of National Defense made the presentation. - Vice-Admiral Kevei Yun-chin, Acting Comman der in Chief of the Chinese Navy read each citation. wives of the Naval personnel re ceiving awards were guests at the cere mo uy. Also present as guests were the Chief of the U. S. Army Advisory Group, Maj. General Da vid G. Bsrr, the U. S. Military at ch, Brit General . Robert H. Soule and Rear Admiral Harry R. Thubr, USN, senior member of the U. 6. Naval Advisory Grcpup Survey Board. A large number ef Chinese Naval officers also Wit nessed the ceremony. , ', UUJUIU Four Ballots; to Get Five president of the National Fedcra Women's clubs, left, presents the M. Ayscues, Morehead City, presi at a recent charter night dinner and Professional Women's club the Webb Memorial Civic center, Photo by Dan Wade inese are commentaries on a subject of the greatest interest to all thoughtful people, namely, whe ther the third world war is going to take place, and if so, when. The general interest in the subject is shown in a recent article by C. K. Sulzberger which appeared in The New York Times under the head line, "Imminence of War Doubted by Leaders of U. N. Ssession." The writer gives reasons pro and con as to the likelihood of war, quoting military and other authori ties. The conclusion, eppearing in the headline of the article is, "No sign of outbreak soon but are pes simistic about the future." On reading the entire analysis, the si tuation presents itself to me like the elements when the clouds are thick and heavy and the tempera ture unusually high and other me teorological phenomena abnormal. Under such conditions you know that a change in the weather is imminent, but it is not possible to guess whether it will be mild, light, severe, or catastrophic. But in any event a competent mariner doesn't wait until the storm has struck before he trims his sails. From time immemorial, sea-faring men have been able to anticipate bad weather by well known signs. They are nearly in fallible on preparing, but some times the storm indicated peters out before it strikes. Sometimes it is more severe than anticipated. But a good captain always pre pares for the storm, whether it ma terializes or not. It is just as sure as anything in this world can be, that Russia is going to extend her power and in fluence over Europe and Asia and other parts of the world unless she is stopped by force, or by weak ness or impotence within her own sphere. The corollary to this as sumption follows: The United States cannot with draw or dissociate itself from the disturbance in the world that hsr followed in the wake of wars, par ticularly world war 1 and world war 2, resulting in the possible dominance of Russia if she is not checked. Since the United States cannot withdraw and take a non-belliger-ant position and since success In any undertaking military or other wise, is dependent upon prepara tion, It follows that the . United Statea must continue to prepare for war on an even more stupen dous scale than ever before, whe ther war eventually breaks out or not. , Twenty per cent more, better, and sooner preparation would have diminished the duration of World wan 1 nnH 2 inMtimihlv and might have prevented them. I Sec WAR Page S I mmsm $714 Received . By Beaufort PTA From Ball Park Summer Project Declared Success by Mrs. Ralph Eudy, Chairman The ways and means committee of the Beaufort Parent-Teacher as sociation made a nrofit of $714.84 by cooperating with the Beaufoil Ball club in managing the ball park this season. Mrs. Ralph Kudy. chairman of last year's ways and means com mittee and president of this year's PTA, stated that she is extremely pleased wilh the results and attri buted he success of he venture to the cooperation of Charles Hasscll, manager of the ball club, to mem bers of the club, and to all who gave their assistance. The executive board of the PTA has not decided as yet what the money will be used for. This de cision will be made this week, "the neediest project coming first," de clared Mrs. Kudy. Ten per cent of all Eate receipts and the profit from the soft drink stand went to the PTA which at the beginning of the season solicit ed donations amounting to $730.61 to repair the grandstand. This amount nlus $99. 28 was required to put the bleachers in good con dition. The $99.28 came out of the gross receipts received by the PTA. These receipts were $814.12. Cost of repairing the grandstand was $82.8lh tabor Was volunteered. ) Members of the ways and means committee were Mrs. Warren Alli good, Mrs. Halsey Paul, Mrs. James H. Potter, Mrs. Bonzell Lewis, and Mrs. John Haynes. "But everyone who was asked to help, did so," Mrs. Eudy declared. She also commended the police de partment for having a member of the force at each game. , Three Curiosities Of Fish World Caught Recently Three curiosities of the fish 'world turned up on the Carteret coast this past week at least they are curiosities in this locale. A white-pearl colored fish, known as a 'lady-fish," "bone-fish," or "wolf fish," and called by the scientists "Albula Vulpes" was taken in a mullet net on Atlantic Beach recently. Now preserved in formaldehyde at the United States Fishery Bio logical station, the fish is 21 12 inches long and weighed three pounds. A smaller fish of this type was taken here several years ago, Dr. Herbert Prytherch, scientist at the station said, and a model of it was made several months ago at the lab. The lady-fish has food value and in waters where it is more plenti tul sometimes grows to a length of three feet. 4 Ben Arrington, of Beaufort, while fishing with a gill net on the west beach of Piver's Island the other day came up with a. star gazer. This funny creature has ves and mouth on the top of his head and also an electric or mag netic field around his head. He buries himself in the sand, watches with mouth open and when a Uttle fish or crabs swim by, they get pulled into the mouth by means of the peculiar electric field, Dr, Prvtherch explained. Mr. Arrington's star gazer weighed over a pound. While testing the Guthrie 'hrimp net recently, a male sea horse went- through the Guthrie net and was caught in the collect ing net, and upon examination Dr. Prytherch found the fellow's sto mach full of babies, i ; . ' '; The little ones are expected to emerge from their daddy's brood pouch very toon. The father is doing nicely in a salt water tank in the fishery lab. v The sea horse is a rare kind of creature in that the mother is re lieved of carrying the young 'uns untU they art born. , , ;' A petition for the abolition of gambling at the greyhound dog race track near Morehead City is being circulated by ministers of Carteret county. The petition, sponsored by the Coastal Ministerial association, which represents all Protestant church groups in the county, was brought to the attention of some congregations Sunday morning. The Rev. C. M. Mitchell, Atlantic, chairman of the committee which drafted the petition for the asso ciation, said it is too early yet to predict the response to their anti gambling campaign. Pastors have until Oct. 21 to re turn the signed petitions to the committee, Mr. Mitchell said. The petition calls for action in the general assembly by H. S. Gibbs, Carteret county's represen tative, and is aimed at the gamb ling features of the dog track. The petition rtads as follows: "We, the undersigned citizens and residents of Carteret County, respectfully request of Hon. H. S. Gibbs, member of the General As sembly, Session of 1949, providing for the repeal ol that part ol tne law which permits gambling at the greyhound race track in Carteret County." The Coastal Ministerial associa tion went on record as being op posed "to all forms of gambling" at its Sept. 13th meeting. The Rev. T. R. Jenkins and the Rev. W. L. Smith were appointed to a committee with Mr. Mitchell at that time to arrange for "approp riate action" in the name of the association on the issue of gamb ling at the dog track. In reporting back to the associa tion at its regular monthly meet jng yesterday, Mr. Mitchell ex plained that the circulation of the petition is an effort "to put pres sure on our representative to get him to do something about it (gambling)." "If our. effort tails yi .tjie Gen eral Assembly," he declared, "we have other plans." Mr. Mitchell suggested that a house to house canvass be made by laymen of the various church es, in addition to the sponsorship of the move from the pulpits. The cemmittee chairman also called for a delegation from the association to call on Democratic governor-nominee Kerr Scott at a New Bern political rally today to bring the association's stand on gambling to his attention. The as sociation voted unanimously that all who could go might represent it in a conference with the guber natorial candidate. In subsequent business, the asso ciation also proceeded with ground work for holding of a referendum on beer and wine. Individual pas See PETITION Page 8 Dan Walker, Beaufort, Addresses Morehead City Rotary Heeling Building Activity Begins to Increase During a building slump in Aug ust permits totaling only $950 were issued by Building Inspector A. B. Roberts, Morehead City, but increased activity in building dur ing September is evident from the permits issued. Permits for new business blocks and additions total $31,000. Louis Guthrie plans to have erected a concrete block building on Shack leford street to house his net mak ing business, at a cost of $3,000. Mr. Guthrie states that as soon as he can get this new building com pleted he will install one of the latest models of net making ma chines for the manufacturing of his patented shrimp net as well as other styles of nets. E. C. Willis and Sons are build ing for Clyde Douglass a concrete and brick building on South 12th street in Hie rear of the building now occupied by the Jenkins Fur See BUILDING Page 8 tide table HIGH LOW Tuesday, Oct. 12 3:56 AM 10:13 AM 4:11 PM 10:55 PM Wednesday, Oct 13 4:52 AM lt:09 AM 5:05 PM 11:39 PM Thursday, Oct 14 5:40 AM 11:58 AM 5:51 PM . 12 Midnight Friday, Oct IS 6:23 AM 12:16 AM .6:35 PM 12:39 PM 4,226 Pupils NLRB Hearing To Start at 2 Weekend Recess Coniinues Unlil This Afternoon; Ex tended One Day The Nilional Labor Relations board hearing on aliened interfer ence with attempts to organize la bor at Madix Asphalt R'lofing cor poration will continue this after noon, beginnini! at 2 o'clock, in the municipal building, Morehead City. The he:rini! rec"siH at noon Friday and was scheduled to re sume at 2 o'clock vcsieiday after pool bill th1 ''hnnee to oH'v "-; made because lawyers representing the American Federation 01 Laooi were delayed in Baltimore. Shade Smith, employee of the Madix corporation, followed James Cuthrell, another employee, to the stand Friday and is expected to continue his testimony this after noon. Smith testified that he was a member of both the Carteret Roof ing nnd Felt Employees' associa tion, the local union, and the In ternational Brotherhood of Pulp, Sufite, and Papcrmill Workers, AFL. Under cross-examination, the witness said that he was offered no consideration, financial or otherwise, as an inducement to, join we utrterei employees as sociation. ' He reported that Stormy Rivers, president of the Employees' as sociation, presided at a meeting of the association on July 29. At this meeting, the witness continued, C. C. Brewin, president of Madix cor poration, spoke to the employees and told them that if Madix had a good Vear each one of them would get a bonus. Smith further testified that Mr. Brewin told them that he didn't care whether the employees or ganized or not. This concluded the cross exami nation by Harvey Hamilton, Jr., attorney for the Carteret Employ ees' association and court recessed. Court recorder is Edward L. Bet tis, of Alexandria, Va. Dan Walker, manager of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce, strongly advocated a dairying in dustry lot Carteret counlv in a speech before the Mo i head City Rotary club at the recreational center' Thursday n'ht. Deploring the immense ship ments of dairy products uh;ch the county must obtain from distant sress nf the country, Mr. Walker said that a dairying industry in this area would enrich the so l and would have the advantage of pro viding many decentralized small farming units. To look toward the encourage ment of dairy farming, the Beau fort chamber manager advocated the employment of an assistant county farm agent whose duties would be to work with farm youth, educating and inducing them to raise calves and pasture grasses. The industry can succeed heie, Mr. Walker said, because perma nent pasture grasses are now beng successfully raised in Carteret county. Introduced to the Morehead City eroup by Robert G. Lowe, Jr., Mr. Walker prefaced his remarks by expressing appreciation for the cooperation of Mr. Lowe and Dr. John Morris, president of the Morehead chamber, in the organi zational efforts of the Beaufort Chamber of Commerce.) H. L. Joslyn, who combines farming with his county school work, was called upon to comment on the dairying idea. Mr. Joslyn said he approved the idea but that pastures would have to be grown here, as they do not exist exten sively now. Dr. Clarence E. Paden, veteri narian, recognized as a visitor, in formed the group that in his opin ion the hih cost nf labor and feeds and the inroads of disease See WALKER Page Attend County Schools Carteret county schools are staff ed by 140 teachers and have a total of 4.226 pupils, according to fig ures released last week by II. L. Joslyn, county school superinten dent. There arc 116 teachers serving 3,505 pupils in white schools in the county, and a total of 721 Negro pupils are taught by 24 teachers. The graded schools in Beaufort and Morehead City led the list in numbers, with 27 teachers for each school, 880 punils in Beaufort and C51 pupils in Morehead City. Following is the list of teachers hy schools and the subjects which they teach. Atlantic M. H. Barficld, principal, math; K. W. Tenney, coach, history; Mis. Norma Mason, English, French; Mrs. Elsie Salter, history, science, home economics, librarian; Funnie Robinson, eighth grade; Mrs. Meda Mason, seventh; Mrs. Hester Ma son, sixth; Mrs. Prudie Willis, fifth; Minnie Nelson, third and fourth; Myrtle Morris, first and second. Beaufort T. G. Lcary, principal; Lena Duncan, history; Betty Irene Hed rick, English, French; Mrs. Grace Fodric, science; Gladys Chadwick, English, math; Thomas McQuaid, coach, math; Annie C. Salter, Eng lish, history; Mrs. Geraldine Bev eridge, home economics; Mrs. Vir ginia Hasscll, music; Mrs. M.iry Gray Hill and Shirley Johnson, eighth grade; Gertrude Styron and Mrs. Florence Brooks, seventh; Maude Greene and Mrs. Ormah W. Jenkins, sixth; Mrs. Margaret Hop kins and Mrs. Pearl Davis Day, fifth; Mrs. Marjorie Baxter, Lessic Arrington and Mrs., Nellie L. Wil- fourth; Susan, R urn ley and -Janice Pake,- thtrdf - Pearl Olund and Catherine Gaskill, sec ond; Mrs. Beatrice Martin, Mrs. D. M. Fulcher and Myrtle Piver, first grade. Camp Glenn Manly Fuleher, principal, eighth grade; Mrs. Beulah Willis, fifth and sixth; Mrs. Rachel Fulcher, seventh; Mrs. Ethel Wilson, fourth and fifth; Mrs. Cora Russell, third; Mrs. Eunice Willis, second; Mrs. Sallie Mason, first. - Harkers Island G. D. Hardesty, principal; Myron Harris, coach, math, science; Har vey Darrell Davis, English, French, math; Mrs. Ruby Willis, sixth and seventh grades; Mrs. Clayton Guth rie, fifth grade; Mrs. Thelma Moore, fourth grade; Mrs. Lydc Lewis, third grade; Mrs. Mabel Guthrie, second grade; and Mrs. Inez Lina, first grade. Morehead City G. T. Windell, principal, history; Mrs. Helen Bsily, French, math; Mrs. Zclma Phillips, social science, Latin; Pearl Brinson, .English; Gannon Talbert, Jr., coach, math, history; Crosby Page, science; Mrs. Gladys Whitley Loll is, English, li brarian; Mrs. Florence Cordova, home economics; Delfido Cordova, industrial education; Helen Martin, commercial; Ralph T. Wade, mu sic; Oetavia Nelson, eighth grade; Mrs. Grace Walence, eighth grade. Charlotte Guthrie, seventh grafle; Mrs. Mamie Taylor, seventh grade; Mrs. Helen K. Jeffery and Flora Davis, sixth grade; Bettie nrker and Mrs. Bessie Wade, fifth grade; Mrs. Ruth McRackan and Editji Lewis, fourth grade; Mrs. Msreuerite Jones and Mrs. Ethel Holloway, third grade; Mrs. G. T. Windell and Mrs. John Bunn, second grade; Mrs. Sara Willis and Mrs. Lucille Smith, first grade. Newport R. L. Pruit, principal, math; Em ma Watson, English. French, li brarian; Beulah Rashberry, Eng lish, history; Wayne Benton, so cial studies, coach; Mrs. Betty Mi zelle, science, home ec; C. S. Long, agriculture; Julia Hill, eighth: Helen P. Spruill, sixth gnde; Mrs Lois Smith, seventh; Mrs. Alice Gerock, third and fourth; Eliza beth Topping, fifth; Velna Chitty, fourth; Pewl Taylor, third; Mrs. Erma Quinn, second; Mrs. Essie Kramer, first and second; Mrs. Janie F. Garner. Smyrna Thomas S. Hood, principal, Eng See FACULTY Page 8 R. W. McCabe, Bogne Sound, Enrolls in Building Course Robert W. McCabe, 24, of Bogue Sound, who is now active in the building industry, has enrolled for j training with the Commercial Trades Institute of Chic a go. Mr. McCabe is taking a home training course in building con traction as a supplement to the practical knowledge he hai acquir ed as carpenter. Mayor Dill Orders Hotel Manager To 'Keep Order' Two Women Defendants Fined on Assault Charges In Court Monday Mayor C, W. Dill fined two Ne gro women $25 ,md costs and call ed the proprietor of the Kdgewaler hotel to account for the large number of disturbances oecuring there, after the two women appear ed in Morehead City mayor's court yesterday for fighting at the Edge water bar. "Keen order at vour place or the law will keep it." was the warning which the mavnr hurled ;t Hark less Wooten, a Negro proprietor ot the hotel and bar. If the Edgewater hotel continues to be the scene of disturbances, Mr. Dill threatened,' its beer li cense mav be revoked, and if necessary, the place will be closed. Mr. Wooten ngrecd to comply with the mayor's demands and asked that a bouncer be deputized to keep undesirable people out and to break up fights which occur, ; Mary Gaskill and Annetta Baker: were each heard on charges, made by the oter, that they assaulted each other". The defendants testi fied that the fight began on the ' dance floor of the Edgewater hotel and then Shlf ted "to the kitchen where Mr Giskill alleged. An-" ncta Baker hurled a meat cleaver, striking her a glancing blow on the back. The torn back of her coat and a heafty meat cleaver were pre sented as evidence. "This is Just a case of one of you being as deep in the marsh as the other is in the mire," the mayor commented, and he found both women guilty of "fighting in a pub lic place, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace." v "The Edgewater hotel is getting to be a sore spot." Mr. Dill stated to the press. "A great deal Of disturbances occur there." He then had a policeman bring Hark less Wooten to the court and IS' sued the warning given above. George Gibbs, Negro, was sen tenced to 25 days in jail when he was unable to pay a fine of $25 for drunkenness. '49 At? Plans 'is Now Under Ufay The go-ahead Hignal was given for the 1949 Agriculture Conser vation program at a district AAA' meeting in Washington, N. C, TPri..v p J. Mav. Production and Marketing administrator, an nounced Wednesday. The new -- nrngrnm officially began . Wednesday, Mr. May said. . 1 t'omnletion f the 1948 ACP program, ' application procedure .or inat program and the starting of other PMA programs were 4i cn-od. Mr. MV reported. The reason for the starting of the '49 program now, the admt listrator said, is that money al located by Congress to buy con- . 'ervation in 1948 is practically J exhausted. He announced that, beginning $ Wednesday, the PMA is taking orders for limestone for the f'4U program and issuing purchase orders for pasture grasses and le gumes used in establishing per-. manent pastures. ) "We are also approving the'pse of phospate and potash used in establishing permanent pastures thin fall," he caid. pS' Farmers planting small grains. to be turned under next spring, Mr. May stated, should request approval for the acreage they ex pect to seed and then report ae- tunl seedinr by Nov. 1. . The PAM administrator 'an nounced that the only practice being approved after Oct. 6 for the-1948 program is winter eewer crops, furcnase orders are oeing issued for crimson elover and -Austrian winter peae. All other ' gram, Mr. May said. V - , practices approved from now on will . be charged to the '49 .pre- -,,,.::-..;,.,. v.