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February 4-5
Carteret County's Oldest NewspaperEstablished
VOLUME XXIX; NO. 5.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 30, 1941.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
All Motorboat Operators
Must Renew Licenses By
April 25th Under Ruling
Action At Scarboro-S afrit Lumber Company
Two Shifts Daily To Fill Defense Project Orders
It Seems Assured That U. S. Marine
Base Will Be Established Soon On
The North Carolina Central Coast
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Comdr. Earl Davis
Of USCG Reserves
On Harkers Island
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LIEUTENANT C. A. Ander
son, of the U. S. Coast Guard
who is director of the Coast
Guard Rererves for Norfolk
District, organized a new C.
G. Reserve flotilla on Bar
kers Island last Saturday
night. Earl Davis, popular
young business man of the
island was elected command
er of the unit which has been
designated as Flotilla 19,
Coast Guard Reserve.
This is the second Reserve Flo
tilla organized in Carteret Coun
ty recently. The other, organ
ized at Morehead City includes
See EARL DAVIS, Page 8
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CONVOYS FOR SHIPS
TO BRITAIN
WASHINGTON. Advisers who
have talked to the President during
the last four months say that he
has gone through a significant tran
sition regarding aid to Britain, also
regarding a more aggressive policy
toward Japan.
Last August, for instance, Sec
retaries Stimson, Knox and Morgen
thau, who have strong influence on
international policy, wanted Roose
velt to bar all oil shipments to Ja
pan. But the state department per
suaded Roosevelt to the contrary.
Several months later, when the
duke of Windsor flew to visit Roose
velt during his Caribbean cruise, the
duke put up to him the desperate
plight of British shipping and asked
for American naval convoys to pro
tect British ships across the Atlan
tic. To this the President gave an
emphatic No.
It was at approximately the same
time that the late Lord Lothian
came back from England and sub
mitted a list of the naval vessels
Britain would need to maintain her
lifeline of supplies from the U. S. A.
See Merry-Go-Round, Page2
ALMANAC
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
January
January
Gov. GoebeJ, assassinated 1900
February
Screw S. S. propeller pat. 1838.
Candlemas Day.
Ex-President Wilson died 1924
First Confederate Congress '61
Pres. Roosevelt submits Cu-
preme Court bill 1937.
Fort Henry surrendered 1862.
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
January
31 Eddy Cantor, actor, 1893
February
1 Victor Herbert, musician, 1859
2 Fritz Kreisler, vioninist, 1875
3 Horace Greeley, editor, 1811.
4 Chas. Lindberg, aviator, 1902.
5 Dwight L. Moody, evangelist,
1873.
6 Aaron Burr, statesman, 1756.
Health And Oral
Examinations
Necessary
LOCAL CUSTOMS OFFICE
CAN GIVE INFORMATION
All persons now holding
motorboat operator's licenses
issued by the Bureau of Ma
rine Inspection and Naviga
tion must appear before the
Local Inspectors and have
same renewed sometime be
tween now and April 25,
1941, it was announced this
week by Mrs. Ollie Longest,
deputy collector at the U. S,
Custom's Office here. Re
auest that wide-spread pub
licity be given eligible appli-j
cants to obtain a license as
operator of motorboats un
der the Act as amended
April 25, 1940, was received
by Deputy Collector Longest
from the U. S. Local Inspec
tors both in Norfolk and
Charleston.
The Act as amended requires all
persons now holding a license must
obtain new licenses by April 25.
Local inspectors R. C. Vose and
E. P. Etheridge of the Norfolk
Customs office issued the state
ment which follows:
"As this office is now prepared
to issue these Licenses to any eli
gible applicants who might apply,
and in order to avoid a general
rush at this office it is our de
sire to disseminate this informa
tion to as great a number rs pos
sible, so that they may present
their license, and thus avoid a last
minute rush.
"The Norfolk office extends to
Beaufort, North Carolina and all
points between," the local deputy
stated.
REQUIREMENTS
From the office of the Local In
spectors for the U. S. Customs at
Charleston, Local Inspectors Geo.
P. Kenny and Frank L. Jenkins
See MOTORBOAT, Page 8
DEAN NOE HERE
FOR MOTHER'S
90TH BITHDAY
Famous Theologian
Making Progress
With Church
The Right Reverend Israel
rsoe, rector oi bt. James far
ish and head
of Gaylor Hall
"Boys' Town"
i n Memphis
paid a short
visit to Beau
fort (his home
town) here
this week He
came primari
ly to pay trib
ute to his
mother. Mrs.
Catharine Noe Dean floe
who on Tuesday celebrated
her 90th birthday anniver
sary. Also paying tribute to Mrs.
Noe were her other four sons, Rev.
vui.u, ui, oaun, uev. v auer
Raleigh Noe, executive secretary
of the East Carolina Diocese of the
Episcopal Church, Tom Noe, form
er superintendent of the Church
Home Orphanage in York, S. C,
now retired and living in Wilming
ton, and Capt. John Noe, master of
the menhaden vessel 'Detuchland.'
Many relatives and friends of the
grand old lady who is probably the
only mother in the world who has
See DEAN NOE, Page 8
Duke Marine Lab
To Have Another
Building By June
Dr. A. S. Peare, director of the
Duke University Marine Labora
tory in Beaufort who visited the
coast on the week-end said that
present plans call for the construc
tion of a new building to be in
cluded in the unit on Piver's Island
by ths time the summer 1941 ses
sion begins. The new building will
serve both as an assembly hall and
recreation center for the students.
"More social activities for the Ma
rine Lab students is planned for fu-
1 lure summer sessions" said Dr.
Pearse.
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BLACK SMOKE ROLLING from the three stacks of Scarboro-Safrit Lumber Com
pany s plant here indicates the activity which is now underway at not only this mill
but every Southern lumber manufacturing plant A year ago the Government created
Wage-Hour Law was on the verge of putting many lumber plants out of business. To
day, this sariie Government through its orders for materials to build defense projects
has created a boom for the industry. Scarboro-Safrit Company here is operating two
shifts daily, and is directly or indirectly responsible for the employment of about 300
persons. The above picture appeared in a layout of the coastal lumbering industry
photographed by Editor Aycock Brown and published in the Greensboro and Charlotte
papers last Sunday (Cut used through courtesy Greensboro Daily News).
MANY PERSONS
READING BOOKS
FROM LIBRARY
Many New Volumes
Are Added To
Shelves
Although the new Carteret
County Library has been
open for less than one month
more than 500 books had
been loaned or rented during
the period ending Wednes
day afternoon, according to
Thomas Respass, librarian.
The library opened on Janu
ary 4 and at that time had
approximately 800 books.
Including books that have
been donated (and by the
way the Library officials will
appreciate the gift of any
books you have to offer) and
those borrowed from the
State Library Commission
for a 3-months period, more
than 1,200 books are avail
able to readers at the new li
brary at present.
In the State Library Commis
sion group of books received Wed
nesday were new volumes for chil
dren and adult readers. So that
the library may have a WPA-paid
librarian, and the privilege of bor
rowing books from the State Com
mission it was necessary that cer
tain funds be donated regularly by
Carteret County. This county do
nation is $10 each month and is
used for buying new books. For a
See LIBRARY, Page 8
W.LARRINGTON
DIES SUDDENLY
HERE SATURDAY
Register Of Deeds
Here For 14
Years
William Llewelyn Arring
ton, 76, who was one-time
Carteret County Register of
Deeds for a period of 14
14 years died suddenly here
Saturday evening. His death
was due to a heart attack.
Funeral services were con
ducted from the home on
Monday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock with the Rev. Stan
ley Potter, Methodist pastor,
officiating. Interment was
made in Ocean View ceme
tery. Mr. Arrington was born in Nash
County, the son of George W. and
Mary Patterson Arrington. He
came to Beaufort in early man
hood with his parents, his father
being a school master; his mothei
a music instructor. He was first
employed by Chadwick & Jones
mercantile company. Later he
served 14 years as Carteret Coun
ty's Register of Deeds, after which
he was district deputy for Wood
See ARRINGTON, Page 8
'
REA MEMBERS
TO MEET HERE
FEBRUARY 8TH
George W. Ball, secretary of the
Carteret-Craven Electric Member
ship Corporation, has called a gen.
eral meeting of all members of the
cooperative to be held at the Court
House in Beaufort at 10 o'clock on
Saturday, February 8, for the pur
pose of acting upon certain rou
tine matters necessary before the
construction of lines can begin.
The meeting was ordered at a
gathering o the Board of Direc
tors held at the Farm Agent's Of
fice here last night. Should any
member be unable to attend the
meeting they are urged to he rep
resented by proxy, and officials of
the Cooperative in each communi
ty have the proper Proxy blanks
for signatures of .members .who
cannot be present. A majority of
members must be present or repre
sented by proxy at the meeting be
fore definite business can be taken
up.
Nicaragua Bound
Yacht Going South
Southbound through the Inland
waterway this week was the yacht
"General Someza" owned !y the
general of that name who is pres
ident of Nicaragua. The vessel
stopped at Morehead City to re
fuel. Skipper of the yacht was
recently in the news when he was
master of the ferry boat "Argen
tina" which made the lon cruise
from San Francisco, California to
Montevideo, South America, a 10,
000 mile trip.
POTATO TRAIN TO VISIT
THIS SECTION NEXT WEEK
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
UPON MY RETURN to Beau
fort last Friday from Harkers Is
land where I had spent the after
noon with Earl Davis and Leonard
Saf rit, exploring what is left of the
old Indian mounds at Shell Point
and the unpopulated forest on the
bluff overlooking Core Sound and
Back Bay, it seemed that everyone
wanted to know about the eight
Navy "mosquito boats" which had
roared down the Intra-Coastal Wa
terway just before sunset, paused
for a few minutes at Morehead
City Port Terminal and then con
tinued southward out Beaufort In
let, bound for Charleston. The
roaring "water wasps" made so
much niose and were so close to
the surface, they were almost in
visible from Beaufort's harbor
front as they dashed out the Inlet.
The combined exhausts from the
eight vessels sounded like a squad
ron of planes above the clouds, in
stead of a small craft on the chan
See WATERFRONT, Page 2
$30,000 LAND
DEAL RECORDED
HERE RECENTLY
Hoffman Property
Transferred To
Corporation
A $30,000 land transfer
which included the acreage
know as the Hoffman Estate
on Bogue Banks and the
north side of Bogue Sound,
was recorded at the Register
of Deeds office here on Janu
ary 22. The deed and rec
ords indicate that the prop
erty is being transferred
from Mrs. Alice Hoffman to
Bogue Banks Corporation.
The latter according to rec
ords in the Clerk of Court's
office is a corporation with
300 shares, of which 200 are
owned by Mrs. Alice Hoff
man and five shares each
'owned by F. E. Wooten and
J. H. Waldrop ot Greenville.
It is interesting to note rfom
records in the Register of Deeds
office that on June 24, 1939, this
property was transferred under
deed of trust from Llewlyn Phil
lips, Trustee to John Marshall
Matthias, Trustee. Phillips had
been named trustee on March 18,
1935. Matthias, Trustee was in
dicated in the papers filed as be
ing the agent of Mrs. Eleanor But
ler Roosevelt and other kin of the
famous family name which has
twice been the surname of sepa
rate families living in the White
See LAND DEAL, Page 8
Several Exhibits Of
Potatoes To Be
Displayed
A seven-car Potato Dem
onstration Train will visit
this section during the week
of February 3-8 as an aid in
rehabilitating the commer
cial Irish potato industry.
Several exhibits of sweet po
tatoes also will be on display.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad
will operate the train in coopera
tion with the N. C. State College
Agricultural Extension Service,
the N. C. and U. S. Department of
Agriculture, the N. C. Produce
Growers Cooperative Association,
county agents, local area commit
tees, and others.
The train will make its first
stop at Morehead City on Monday,
February 3, remaining there from
10:00 A. M. until 3:00 P. M. The
next three days will find the train
at Bayboro on Tuesday, at Belhav
en on Wednesday, and at Colum
bia on Thursday. Each of these
stops will be from 10:00 A. M. un
til 4:00 P. M. Two stops will be
made on Friday, at Elizabeth City
See POTATO TRAIN Page 8
Congressman Barden
Gave Out Story
This Week
PROPOSED BASE TO
COST $25,000,000
Washington, Jan. 29 Ap
proval of a huge Marine
Corps base in Eastern North
Carolina was seen as immi-
nent today as Representa
tive Graham A. Barden
spoke of impending "impor
tant developments" follow
ing a visit to the War and Na
vy departments.
While Barden declined to pro
vide any details, it is known he has
been calling frequently on Marine
I Corps officials prior to and since
The News and Observer s disclos
ure on December 11 that such a
base was being considered. It is
recalled also that a similar state,
ment by Barden and Representa
tive J. Bayard Clark preceded by
just a few days the establishment
of the Camp Davis anti-aircraft
firing range.
Called on after his visit to the
War Department, the Third Dis
trict Congressman admitted he had
been "discussing certain proposals
See MARINE BASE, Page 8
SMALL CRAFT
MEASURE HAS
BEEN PASSED
Several Type Boats
And Ship Yards
Included
Swift senate approval m
Washington sent to the
White House on Wednesday
lee-islation authorizing a
S909.000.000 expenditure by
the navy for new shipyards,
ordnance manufacturing fa
cilities and 400 small craft
such as sub-chasers, torpedo
Mine Sweeners Mav Be
Built In Morehead City
Although it U not expected that
any ship yard along the central
coast will make bids to construct
the trim Patrol Torpedo boats,
similar to those in the squadron
which passed southward through
the Inland Waterway, paused
briefly at Morehead City and con.
tinued to Charleston by way of
Beaufort Inlet on the week-end,
The Beaufort News is reliably in
formed that at least one existing
ship yard in Carteret County is
planning to bid for the construc
tion of another type of small ves
sels which will be used as mine
sweepers. Theke vessels would
probably be constructed along
lines similar to menhaden fish
boats which local ship carpenters
have attained fame for designing
and building.
boats and mine-sweepcrs.
The Senate acted without a rec
ord vote after a brief discussion in
which several senators urd that
their sections of the country be
jriven consideration in allotting the
contracts.
The bill brought to $1,209,000,
See SMALL CRAFT, Page 8
Patrons Pleased
With Presidents
Ball Last Night
Despite the fact that the influ
enza epidemic kept some away, the
ar.r.ual President s Birthday Ball
for the benefit of the Infantile
Paralysis fund, presented it Com
munity Center was a huge success.
Tho?' who attended seemed to b:
well pleased with everything in
cluding the music by Hal Thurston
and his Orchastra. The lack of
attendance resulted in a $10 deti
cit, but this was made up and taker
care of by those present.
George Brooks, Jr., who was
ball chairman this year and his co
workers deserve credit for the
work they did to present the event.
Douglas Dowdy, co-chairman for
the ball in the Morehead City area
also deserves credit A "Birthday
Cake" was raffled off and won by
a person from Jacksonville. Col
orful feature of the ball was the
Grand March which was led by Mr,
George Brooks, Jr., and Miss Lucy
Temple.
Dr. A. S. Pearse Has
New Book Due From
Printers Feb. 15th
When an American neith
er drinks nor smokes ; who is
a poor bridge player, a mis
erable conversationalist and
a worse listener, travels on
an Italian boat with a crowd
of bemonocled, British colo
nial administrators, Hindoos,
Parsees and German busi
nessmen, he gets very lone
some. He thinks about his
fellow men and why they are
as they are hence hese
thoughts. Kipling in ''The
Tomb of His Ancestors" has
See DR. PEARSE, Page 8
THE PRIVATE PAPERS
OF A CUB REPORTER
George Baxter, one of the heroes
of the recent midtown New York
gun battle, consented to appear on
the We, The People program with
this provision: That the money be,
turned over to Leonard Weisberg,i
the cabbie, who was shot in the
throat trying to help Patrolman Ed
Maher, who was murdered ...
George, an apartment house door
man in the neighborhood, heard that
the cabbies of the sector were do
nating funds for their comrade's hos
pitalization and he grabbed the
radio opportunity to help along . . .
Doormen, you might have heard, do
not make what is called a salary
... To me, it adds up something
like this: A Jew risks his life for
an Irishman and in turn receives
financial aid trom another Irishman
. . . What a fine example it is of
the bond between Americans . . v:
It should make the bigoted crawl
back into the walls.
Morey Amsterdam tells about the
agent who got a call at four o'clock
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 Survey.
Some allowances must be
maJe for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to rhe locality, that is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
v
HIGH
Friday, Jan.
LOW
10
4:36 AM.
o:ui nn.
Saturday, Feb. 1
11:13 AM. 5:19 AM.
11:27 PM. 5:42 PM.
Sunday, Feb. 2
11:50 AM. 6:05 AM.
12:05 PM. 6:25 PM.
Monday, Feb. 3
12:34 AM. 6:55 AM.
12:49 PM. 7:13 PM.
Tuesday, Feb. 4
1:21 AM. 7:51 AM.
1:38 PM. 8:05 PM.
Wednesday, Feb. 5
2:17 AM. 8:49 AM.
2:37 PM. 8:59 PM.
Thursday, Feb. 6
3:17 AM. 9:51 AM.
3:38 PM. 9:55 PK.