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DRAFT LIST WILL BE POSTED At Beaufort News Office FOOTBALL HERE FRIDAY Attend and Support Your Local Team Carteret County's Oldest Newspaper.Xstablished 1912 VOLUME XXVIII; NO. 43. BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24,1940. 2. PUBLISHED WEEKLY Daily Scheduled Plane Service Between Norfolk And Beau&rt Planne V. V. THE Draft Board Headquarters At City Hall In Morehead Mots' Lis f In addition to the draft numbers of persons in Car teret who registered on Octo ber 16 which will be display ed at the Draft Board Head quarters at City Hall in Morehead City, a similar list will be tacked up on a bulle tin board on the front porth of The Beaufort News Office in Beaufort. The Beaufort News is doing this to aid reg istrants to find their serial number quickly. The serial numbers which were assigned in numerical order after all cards in Car teret were .shuffled .thor oughly, will give the key to the order in which men be tween 21 and 36 will be call ed upon to answer questions which will determine wheth er they should serve now with the nation's armed for ces or whether their services should be deferred. The or der will be determined Tues day in the national drawing at Washington. . .The Beaufort News hopes to have its list displayed by late Friday afternoon or ear ly Saturday morning. The Editor. PELICAN TO ALASKA The Fisheries vessel "Pelican" at local Fisheries and Wildlife wharf will be transferred to Alas kan Patrol soon, Dr. Prytherch stated today. Washington, D. C. EMBARGO ON JAPAN DEBATED The group inside the cabinet which favors a complete stoppage of Japan's raw materials of war, especially her oil, includes Secre tary of War Stimson, Secretary of the Navy Knox, Secretary of Interior Ickes, and Secretary of the Treas ury Morgenthau also certain admi rals in the navy. Perhaps it is sig nificant that the strongest advocates of complete embargoes against Ja pan are the three Republican mem bers of the cabinet Stimson, Knox and Ickes. On the other hand, the state de partment plus some of the admirals favor a go-slow policy toward Ja pan. They believe in applying the embargoes gradually, or as Mr. Ickes describes it, "cutting off the dog's tail by inches." The state department concurs that cutting off Japan's oil would para lyze her fleet after her present 2Vi months' supply was exhausted. But they also believe, it wou'd force Ja See Merry-go-round Pge 2 ALMANAC BIRTHDAY Of Famous People OCTOBER 25. Com. R. E. Byrd, explorer, 1888. 26. Jackie Coogan, actor, 1914. 27. Theo. Roosevelt, Pres. 1858. Zi. Erasmus, scholar, 1467. 29. Thomas F. Bayard, statesman, 1828. 30. John Adams, Pres. 1735. 31. Courtney R. Cooper, author, 1886. HISTORICAL EVENTS OCTOBER 25. "Charge of the Light Bri gade" 1854. 26. Wm. Penn reached Ameriea, 1682. 27. Grand Trunk Railroad open ed Quebec k to Montreal, 1356. 28. Statue of Liberty unveiled. 1886. 29. Philadelphia chartered 1701. SI. Halloween. uBAngton County Seat Loses Its Chance To Get Office Carteret County's draft board has been organized and offices have been opened in two rooms of the Munici pal Building in Morehead City. Mrs. Hazel Chadwick First Draft Lottery At Noon, October 29th The date for the nation's first peacetime draft lottery has been set for noon, October 29, with President Roosevelt opening the ceremonies with a brief speech and Secretary of War Stimson drawing the first number. The ceremonies will be broadcast over a national hookup. of Morehead City will be regularly employed to keep the offices open and handle the correspondence. There was some controversy which was quickly settled about locations of the offices. Morehead City not only made a bid for the office by offering two rooms, but the bid was made several days ago. On Monday morning when the newly orgainzed board met, there was some contention by member.) and others that the office should be in Beaufort, the county seat. But all available rooms in public buildings in Beaufort seemed to be occupied by county, state or federal units. One room in the post office building was offered, but this was not adequate as two were needed. So the Moreheai City offices were chosen. Since the Selective Service Draft Board was sworn in last Friday by Clerk of Court L. W. Hassell. several meetings have been held. Carl G. Gaskill of Beaufort was selected as chairman. Skinner A. SEE DRAFT Page 4 Mr. and Mrs. Hassell Have Five Sons Who Registered Oct. 16 Clerk of Court Lawrence W. Hassell and Mrs. Hassell have the distinction of being the parents of five sons who came within the age bracket for registration in the se lective draft.. They are the only parents in North Carolina who have as many as five children, all of whom were subject to registra tion. . .The sons and their ages are: Charles 34, James 31, Ralph 29, and Ray and Gray (twins) age 24. Incidentally it was Mr. Hassell (who has been clerk of court in Carteret for the past 20 years or more) who had the honor of swear ing the members of the draft board into their office which seems com monplace today but which will be of historic interest in the years to come because it is the first peace time draft board on record Carteret County Draft Board Data Stella and not Lone Pine as er roneously reported by some source was the last precinct to send in its total list of registrants. Stella (reporting 24 hours after all oth er precincts were in) registered 35 persons between ages of 21 and 36. Total number registered in Car teret according to final checkup of Draft Board, was 2,069. Of the above total 12S persons were from out of county and the Draft Board has forwarded their cards to various homeplaces of each. Persons from many states included in list of non-residents, one being from California. On Tuesday the Board met shuffled the cards and started drawing for numbering. Chairman Carl Gaskill of Board drew first card and designated it as No. 1. This card was that of Albert Clin ton Lewis, 27 year old fisherman of Newport R. F. D., who is em ployed by the WPA. The prelimi nary numbering of the cards has been completed by the local Boarc? and forwarded to Governor Hoey who in turn will send them to Washington. Gaston Hill of Carteret County is probably the tallest person in North Carolina who registered for the draft last week. He measures 6 feet and 8 inches ia his stocking feet. PRINCIPAL OF SCHOOL GIVES NEW RULINGS Patrons Urged To Read Message By Leary So there will be a clearer understanding about the op eration of Beaufort Consoli dated School, Principal T. G. Leary has outlined certain facts which should be of in terest to all patrons. Patrons of the school are urged to read Principal Leary's state ment, which follows: To Patrons of Beaufort Graded School: I would like to take this oppor tunity to acquaint you with the time elements pertaining to the regular and rainy day scheduler for the Beaufort School. We be gin our regular work at 8:30 and continue to the lunch hour which starts at ten minutes after twelve, the students having fifty minute for lunch period. The afternoon begins at one o'clock and continues until 3:30 for all grades with the exception of the first, second, and third. Their school day ends at 2:00, 2:15, and 2:45 respectively; however, there are times that it is necessary to keep the first three grades from ten to thirty minutes longer than the scheduled time for them to be dismissed depending upon the teachers judgment or how well they are getting along with their work and at times tc finish a particular project that ha been started in the earlier part of the day. There is not a scheduled physical education period for the first three grades; however, ths truck children and the town chil- See New Rulings Page 8 Sea Dogs To Meet Vanceboro Friday Cheered on by their 13-0 vie tory over Williamston High School last Friday, the members of Beau fort's Sea Dog squad believe they have an excellent opportunity to chalk up another win on Friday af ternoon over Vanceboro. BHS and VBS clash at 2:30 o'clock Fri day at the local Athletic Field. Fans are urged to turn out in large numbers. Best Blue and Bonito Season For Years From Cape Lookout come the best report in years on the big blues and bonito: Capt. Charlis Smith, of boat Redmond T., tells of eleven days straight, catching from 103 to 458 blues and bonito, ranging in weight from three to five pounds; Capt. Ottis Purefoy, with his two boats rigged for Gulf Stream fishing, got no- further than the Cape with his parties. "Haven't had a boat to come in for two weeks with less than 300 blues and bonito, and they were big, too," he said. Similar reports came in from all boats in the past week or two, and fishermen everywhere have been taking "time out" from business and even football games to d ; some Indian summer fishing. Crazy Tennesseans Coming To M. City The Crazy Tennesseans, WPTF Radio artists will appear in a con cert at Morehead City School Au ditorium next Tuesday night, Oc tober 29, at 7:30 o'clock, it was announced today. ' Their appear ance is sponsored by the Ladies Aid of the Morehead City Christian Church. Admission will be charg ed for the event. Political Rallies Underway In County A series of political rallies aro being held in Carteret County at the present time by both the Dem ocrats and the Republicans. The Republican rallies started about 10 days ago. The Democratic rallies started this week. Chairman Irvin Davis of the Democratic Executive Committee stated that he hoped to have Congressman Barden in the County for rallies and speech es at Newport and Harkers Island. The Republicans have not an nounced that they would have any out of county speakers. Halfway Point On New Air Route 5 - V X Mi mm PROPER TITLE for this picture would be "wings over America's tallest light towi-r." It shows the plane of Dave Driskill over Cape Hatteras Lighthouse.. It is this lighthouse that will mark the half way point between Beaufort and Norfolk on the new air route to be established in the very near future by Carolina Coast Airways, an or ganization headed by Stanley Wa hab of Ocracoke and Baltimore Dave Driskill of Manteo, whose plane is shown over the light will be operations official of the new air line. (Ben Dixon MacNeill Photo.) Covering i ne Waterfront By AYCOCK BROWN JUDGING FROM a paragraph in the Grand Jury's report one may get the idea that Prison Camp No. J02 at Newport is a miniature Dev il's Island or some other sort of Hell-hole. The paragraph in the Grand Jury report was misleading to some extent. Prison Camp 202 is one of the best kept in the State, the Drisoners are well treated and the chances are they get more real wholesome food and have better facilities for livine than the ma jority had in their own homes be fore their freedom was cut off by some violation of the law. The prison camp is one in a chain o: tvinnv nnarfltpd hv the State and it is one of the newest. That is per haps the reason why the sleeping quarters for the men are somewhat cramped. THAT SEEMED to be the prin See Waterfront Paste 3 Animal Red Cross Roll Call To Begin In Nation Nov. 11th Mrs. Privette Is Act. Secretary In Beaufort Mrs. Mary S. Trivette, act- inz secretary ot the tseauton Chapter of the American t?pH Prnss stated that the an nual Roll Call for member ship in the great humanitari an organization would bejdn on November 11 and con tinue through November 30. The Beaufort Chapter has been very active in the local room where many articles have been made for the re lief of persons living in war torn Europe. In a recent letter from Norman H. Davis, chairman of the Nation tl. uavis, cnairmai JOIN al Red Cross, emphasis was placed on the fact that organ ization is "not sending sup plies now into German or Ital- REDCROSS a n occupied territory, with the exception of Poland, where a program is being completed with funds for that specific purpose. William Cari Hunt, acting man ager of the Eastern Area of tin Red Cross in a letter to local Chap ter officials stated that during the past year U. S. Chapters enrolled TOILETS FOUND INADEQUATE BY GRANDJURORS Many Places Given Inspection By Committees If Carteret County carries out the recommendations of the Carteret County Grand Jury which made its report to Judge C. Everatte Thomp son here last week, there should be plenty of jobs for the plumbing trade. M. E. Lee, foreman of the Grand Jury, in his report found all County offices well operated and in excellent condition, but in many schools and in the county buildings in Beau- tort tault was tound in the lack of toilets or the condi tion of existing toilets. The investigating committee found the Courthouse in fair con dition but needs for a ladies rest room and a colored toilet. The re port stated that there are two men's toilets at present but one is kept locked. In the Courthouse Annex Building, Foreman Lee's report indicated that sanitary con ditions are very bad, that lighting system needs attention and "actu ally, building is not kept in a sani tary condition at all," so therefore a full-time janitor was needed to give the place a general cleanup. The report stated that this build ing accomodated 50 or 60 people. The jail needs attention at once, it was reported, namely, steel bars See Grand Jurors Page8 New Hunting Lodge Ready For Opening Waterfowl Season The Davis Ridge Hunting Lodge on an island near Williston which has recently been completed is ready for the reception of hunters when the waterfowl season opens on Saturday, November 2. This lodge with accomodations for large parties of gunners is under the management of Don Neirling and Jim Thorson. A number of par ties have already booked engage ments to hunt at the lodge during the coming season. The lodge offers a variety of equipment for sportsmen, includ ing blinds in the sound, bay and marshes, safe boats, expert guides and a variety of species of ducks. In addition to duck hunting which sometimes proves unfavorable on "bluebird" days the lodge will of fer its patrons deer and small Tame hunting oi the nearby main land. SUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWS the largest membership in peace time history, in addition to success fully completing a Foreign War Relief Campaign of $20,000,000. Further excerpts from his let ter follow: The Roil Call period is again drawing near. Ahead of the Rod Cross lies the responsibility greater even than that connected with relief to the victims of war abroad that of enlarging the ser vices of Red Cross to meet the needs of our National Defense here at home. This involves carrying out our Charter obligations to the men of an increased Army and Na vy, expanding every service bear ing on the health and welfare of the nation, and utilizing the great army of willing volunteers whore already setting a service record in keeping with the best traditions ot 25 years ago." "To carry out this cask," con tinued Mr. Hunt's letter, "we must seek the membership support ot every loyal American. For this reason we have not set any defi nite goals. We could not consci entiously, in these times, set goals short of enrolling all who are wil ling to take part in the work ahead. Before the world-shaking events of last May we had planned to assign your Chapter a goal of 400 members. Today that goal is but a guide post on the way to en rolling all who believe in the prin ciples for which the Red Cross stands." Service Begins After CAA Grants Charter For Route De State Opens Office Governor Hoey announced in Raleigh yesterday that Blake Van Leer, dean of Engineering at State College and J. T. Anderson, indus trial engineer of the department oi Conservation and Development, will head an office in Washington to procure defense contracts and industries for North Carolina. The office will be opened on or about November l. New Bern Airport In the meantime, it was announ ced this week that Congressman Graham A. Barden had been suc cessful in securing War Depart ment approval for a $96,000 air port in New Bern. This airport is one in a series for an "inner line of defense." It will be a WPA pro ject. May Build Boats Due to the fact that Carteret County probably has more experi enced and skilled small boat build ers than any other section along the Atlantic coast, there is a pissi jility according to information re ceived here that the Government may soon award contracts for buil ding small, fast torpedo carriers to coastal boat builders. It is possi ble that instead of these boats be ing constructed at a central point that each or several communities will have opportunity to establish boat yards. Anti-Aircraft Camp Although the report is unveri fied, news brought to Beaufort by a traveling man this week indicat ed that considerable surveying and land leasing is underway in the vi cinity of Hempstead on U. S. Route 17 between Jacksonville and Wilmington for the location of a camp. From another sourcs came news that the Government will establish a camp for training anti-aircraft gunners on the North Carolina coast. The camp would have a personnel of between 16, 000 and 20,000 men. It is gener ally believed by interested parties that the camp between Jackson ville and Wilmington will be this anti-aircraft unit, and that formal announcement relative to same will be made before January 1. 1941. BEAUFORT MAY LOSE RAILROAD Trestle Hearing Is Set By U. S. E. D. For Nov. 7 Whether Beaufort and East Carteret County will have railroad service in the future may be determined at a hearing called by Col. Earl I. Brown, U. S. District Army Engineer of Wilming ton for 1 :30 o'clock on Thursday, November 7. The meeting will be for the pur pose of determining whether ! Iterations of the Newport River trestle of Beaufort Morehead City Railroad is needed and if so to what ex tent. V It is generally conceded that al terations are needed, but the pres ent owners of the railroad have been unable to finance the con struction of a new draw-span. From time to time under its pres ent operation the owners have SEE RAILROAD Page 4 Griff Dudley Kills Large 4-Prong Buck Griff Dudley of the Core Creek section has the distinction of kill ing the largest buck in Carteret County so far this season. His deer, a 4-pronger, tipped the beam at 217 pounds. The deer was killed on Tuesday while Mr. Dud ley was hunting with his son-in-law Lester Dudley and Carlisle Taylor. Friends o f Mr. Taylor will be glad to learn that he has recovered from a recent serious illness and is now able to go deer hunting. Recently, when ha was ill, hi con dition was considered very grave for several days. m m Wahab President Of Coastal Airways Company DAVE DRISKILL TO BE OPERATIONS OFFICIAL An air line to serve the Carolina coast, long advocat ed by the Chamber of Com merce, The Beaufort News, and interested parties in Manteo and Ocracoke 13 about to become a reality. From Manteo this week came a telegram from Victor Mee- kins. one 01 the boosters tor the airways, stating that at a meeting between interested parties the business was or ganized. This new business will be headed by Stanley Wahab of Ocracoke and Bal timore, who was named pres ident of The Carolina Coast Air Line. Dave Driskill of Manteo (and no stranger in Beaufort) who has also long advocated the feasibili ty of air service for the coast and proven that it can be carried on safely during the years that he has flown his personal plane on charter to the Outer Banks and served as official pilot for the National Park Service at the same time was nam ed vice president of the organiza tion. Wahab Howard of Ocracoke, who has charge of the Stanley Wa hab interests on the island was named secretary and treasurer while Martin Kellogg, will serve as SEE AIRWAYS Page 8 Man About Town Newspaper men everywhere can be proud of the way one of them died, in London. His name one to remember was Arthur F. B. Port man. Many Americans knew, him; through his by-line Audax. That was! tagged on the copy he penned for; Horse and Hound, for Portman wasi one of Europe's best racing reports ers. Portman's wife was an invalid.' bed-ridden for several years. Shei was unable to go to the shelters! when the Nazi bombers came over! to wage Hitler's war. That's the way; it was the last morning the Port mans heard the raid siren. The re porter went where he always went during raids, to the bedside ot his, ailing wife. And there he was killed, j with her, by a bomb. I I Douglas Mackenzie, an Australian! scribe, who distinguished himself Inl London until he connected with a; New York paper, was being shown; the midtown places by confrere Gene McHugh, 20 years with the; See Winchell Page 2 TIDE TABLE Information as t; 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 Survfy Some allowances must be made for variations in the wind anri also with respect to the locality, thai is wheth er near the inlet or at the head of the estuaries. Friday, October 25 2:19 A. M. 8:41 A. M. 2:43 P. M. 9:23 P. MV Saturday, October 26 3:31 A. M. 9:47 A. M. 3:51 P. M. 10:19 P. M. Sunday, October 27 4:35 A. M. 10:50 A. M. 4:33 P. M. Monday, October 28 5:31 A. M. 11:15 A. M. 5:48 P.M. 11:50 P.M. Tuesday, October 29 6:24 A. M. 12:07 A. M. 6:42 P. M. 12:45 P. M. Wednesday, October 30 7:14 A. M. 12:58 A. M. 7:32 P.M. 1:38 P.M. Thursday, October 31 8:04 A.M. 1:47 A.M. 8:24 P. M. 2:27 P. ML 'Hp 0 i SerKV) j .jasSSSSi"