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BEAUFORT, N. CM THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1941
VOLUME XXIX; NO. 14.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Big Orders of Materials
CAMP
Executive Officer
At Camp Davis
VETERAN OF the Mexican Bor
der Service in 1916, and the Amer.
ican Expeditionary Forces in Bel
gium and France in 1917.18 and
19, Lieutenant Alden E. Spees to
dav it the busy executive office
and assistant to Capt. Karl M
I aucc, vdfiip wavis -
tenant Spees was
rnf.rred to
Camp Davis from Fort Bliss, Tex
at.
- Private Papers of a
Cub Reporter:
Irvin S. Cobb, in this year's ver
sion of his autobiography, gets pret
ty persnickitty about today's report
ers. The columnists, howeter, are
his great big aversion . . . Irvin in
sists the columnists are not accu
rate and so forth ... So what
happens? ... So Harry Hansen,
the book critic, decided to give Cobb
a little lesson in accuracy . . ..
Cobb, it appears, relates how, in
Belgium in 1914, his life was threat
i ened ... He goes on, for several
. Dick Tracy pages, to tell how a fe
! rocious German major pulled a gun
on him, menacing him worse than
KarlofI could . . . Here is Hansen's
cold water: "The actual incident
was trivial. The officer was a ser
geant, and Cobb's life was never in
danger. I saw it, and often mar
veled at the international episode
Cobb made of it"
Oswald Marshall heard it in Lon
don . . . About the two Germans
who met in Paree, and Carl said to
Fritz: "Have you a gute job here?"
"Yah," Fritz fritz'd, "I have a
vorry gute job. I zit on top of da
ELffgLJowah undt I vatch. for da
SeeWINCHELL, Page 2
ALMANAC
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
APRIL
4. Thad Stevens, statesman 1,792
5. Jos. Lister, physician, 1827.
6. Harry Houdini, magician 1874
7. W. A. Pinkerton, detc. 1846.
8. Mary Pickford, actress, 1893.
9. Bandelaine, Fr. poet, 1821.
10. Geo. Arliss, actor, 1864.
BIRTHDAY
Of Famous People
APRIL
4. Chili and Peru at war, 1870.
6. Palm Sunday.
7. Television first demonstrated
1927.
8. Clay and Randolph fought
duel, 1826.
9. German troops landed in Nor
way, 1940.
10. First issue of N. Y. Tribune,
1841.
1 .J J
Needed To Build
DAVIS
First Troops Will
Arrive On Next
Thursday
By Aycock Brown
Camp Davis, N. C, April
1. Less than four months
ago, contractors working un
der the direct supervision ol
the Construction Division of
the Quartermaster Corps of
the U. S. Army, began build
ing Camp Davis, Coast Artil
lery Anti-Aircraft Firing
Center. This new Army
reservation takes in thous
ands of acres of pine-studded
swamplands, in a barren and
isolated area between Wil
mington and New Barn, N.
C, adjacent to the Ocean
Congressman Barden
Praises Efficiency
Congressman Graham A. Barden
in whose N. C. Third District one
gigantic defense project it nearing
completion, another just beginning
wtA third nrnnnaed. visiting Cant.
' Karl M. Pattee and hit executive
officer Lieutenant Alden E. Speet
at Camp Davit CQM headquarters
on Monday praited the rapid pro
gress and efficiency in which the
work of erecting the Coast Artil
lery Anti Aircraft Firing Center
hat been accomplithed.
"You fellows have done a big
job in a most efficient manner,"
said Congressman Barden to Capt.
Pattee. He emphasized the fact
that his praise was directed at the
Constructing Quartermaster and
his staff of Army officers, the con
tracting firm of Grannis, Higgins,
Thompson and McDevitt and the
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of W. S. Lee Engineering Corpora
tion and William M. Piatt, Archi
tect-Engineer, each playing im.
portant roles in building a collos
al Army city, with every modern
facility for more than 20,000 offi
cers and men, on a site which was
barren wastelands and pocosins
less than four months ago.
Highway (U. S. Route 17),
in the general vicinity of the
communities of Holly Ridge
and Folkstone in Onslow
County.
Despite many obstacles, primari
ly weather conditions, inaceessabi!
ity for fast movement of materials
and its distance from the main cen
ters of population from which la
bor has been drawn, the Army re,-
See Camp Davis, Page 2
Barney-Lawrence Produce
WINNERS
Mitt Helen Barney, music in
structor and Mist Grace Lawrence,
debating team coach have produced
winners this year. Mitt Barney's
Glee Club won top honors and her
pupil Florence Smith won first in
alto contest at Greenville. Mist
Lawrence's debaters won out als
and now go to Chapel Hill. . (More
about this under Beaufort School
Newt, Page 2).
Barden Speaks At
C. ofC. Banquet
Dr. W. L. Woodard was re-elected
to presidency of Chamber of
Commerce at annual membership
meeting here- last Friday. Forty
persons were present at the ban
quet in the Inlet Inn. Congress
man Graham A. Barden gave an
interesting talk on civic endeavor
and their relationship to Congress.
He also spoke forcefuKy on cur
rent affairs of the nation and
world. Col. Earl I. Brown and
John Hewitt of the U. 5. Engineers
were present. Colonel Brown
talked on waterways. ' .
Other officers elected for year
were : G. M. Paul, R. H. Hill and
Jake Miller vice-presidents. Di
rectors: C. G. Gaskill, William
Hatsell, G. W. Duncan, G. W.
Huntley, R. W. Safrit, N. F. Eure,
U. E. Swann, Paul Jones, W. S.
Taylor and W. S. Chadwick. Ay
cock Brown was re-elected Secre
tary, for life if he wants the job
and Mrs. Martha Loftin was simi
larly re-elected treasurer.
W. L. Stancil Buried
Here On Tuesday
Funeral services for Wiliam
Lester Stancil, age 54, who died
in Morehead City Hospital Sunday
night after an extended illness of
over a year, were conducted at
the grave side Tuesday morning
at 10:30 o'clock by Rev. W. Stan
ley Potter, pastor of Ann Street
See STANCIL, Page 4
First Photos Ever Sent By Wire From Carteret
Brown and Eubanks Expedited Their Movement to AP
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SURVIVORS OF THE oil tanker S. S. Cities Service D enver, are being transferred
to a Coast Guard motor-lifeboat from Beaufort Station (Fort Macon unit), under
command of Capt. Damrnon Meekins, from the tanker S. S. Pan-New York which
picked up 17 men from lifeboats at sea. The Coast Guard craft in picture and anoth
er from Cape Lookout unit of Beaufort station under command of Boatswain Jimmie
Lewis brought the survivors to Morehead City where two of them badly burned, were
placed in a hospital. Aycock Brown who made the two photos on this page was stan.
ding on the bridge of the gasoline laden Pan-New York when he made this picture.
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SURFMAN CONNIE DANIELS
of Beaufort Station it shown here
standing beside Oscar Degerstelt,
injured quartermaster, lying on a
stretcher on deck between the
forepeak and engine room of Fort
Macon lifeboat after hit transfer
from the Pan-New York. Deger
ttedt't retcue wat in vain however,
as he succumbed to his injuries
several hours after being admitted
to Morehead City hospital. It was
12 INDUCTEES
LEAVE MONDAY
FOR FT. BRAGG
This Brings Total
To 51 Inducted
In Carteret
Twelve Carteret cdunty
men are scheduled to be in.
ducted into the United States
Army on next Monday, it was
announced this week by the
Local Board of Selective Ser
vice. This will bring the to
tal number to 51, of young
men who have been inducted
under the Selective Draft
from Carteret County.
Scheduled to be inducted on
Monday are the following: Jo
seph Barbour Windley, Robert
Louis Smith, Lloyd Melt m Den
nis and Clarence Maxwell Roberts,
of Beaufort; Gerald Leffers Chad
wick, Gloucester; Billy White,
Pelletier; Charles Casson Ander.
son, Randolph Eubanks, Morehead
City; Clarence Fulcher, Stacy; Al
ton Lee Davis, Marshallberg; Ray
mond Lawrence, Beaufort R. F.
D., and Allen Graham, Jr., New
port, Route 2.
Replacements or alternated,
See DRAFT, Page 8
while making this picture in the
choppy waters near Beaufort
Inlet that Editor-Photographer
Brown almost lost his valuable
camera overboard. These photos
were finished hurriedly by Roy Eu
banks who turned his Foto Shop
facilities over to news photograph
ers and the Associated Press Wire
Photo crew who flew a portable
outfit from Washington within a
few hours after the tanker explod
Covering The
Waterfront
By AYCOCK BROWN
AFTER ALL OF that raving in this
department last week about how I
had worked on a Tuesday assign
ment, and seeing the column roll
off the press on Thursday after
noon I was determined that I would
go to bed at 7 o'clock and try to
catch up on the sleep I had lost.
So here's what happened : Prompt
ly at seven o'clock, came word
about a fatal auto accident out on
101, so away I went to cover a
nother story and get some more
pictures and at 11 o'clock I finally
relaxed and went to bed. But I
was up and off at 6 on Friday
morning for breakfast in Wilming
ton before returning to Camp Da
vis. Yet there is a grocery store
clerk here who says, "He (meaning
me) couldn't take it if he followed
me for 18 hours waiting on cus
tomers.
DOWN AT CAMP Davis I make
a number of pictures to be releas
ed with news stories. I can shoot
at anything I want to shoot at
but no utilities must be photo
graphed. The utilities in tn Ar
my city include power houses,
water mains, water tanks, the dis
posal tank, the deep wells, certain
See Waterfront, Page 8
ed, thus this great picture service
had a 24-hour tcoop on other agen
ciet. Ed Holman, AP Newt Pho.
to Editor at Atlanta, and long-time
friend of Editor Aycock Brown
wired the latter that he had done a
good newsphotography job and
that he was granting the privilege
to re-run their cutt in thit weekly
newspaper. (Burning tanker pic
ture on Page 4.)
TO OPEN BIDS
FOR REA LINE
HERE TUESDAY
Upon Approval Work
Must Begin In
Ten Days
CONTRACTOR MUST
FINISH IN 90 DAYS
Proposals for the construc
tion of the distribution lines
of the Carteret-Craven REA
Cooperative will be received
in the Co-op office on Ann
Street until 10:00 A. M.
Tuesday, April 8th. At this
time President George W.
Huntley, L. E. Wooten, engi
neer for the Cooperative and
P. U. Barber, Jr., ot the
.Washington REA office will
open the bids, read them and
determine who is low bidder.
The contract is open to bid
ding by any accredited and
licensed electrical line con
tractor. After the bids have been careful
ly checked by Project Attorney
Alvah Hamilton the Board of Di
See REA LINE, Page 8
DeKRode
High. 101
On Thursday
Reuben Whitehurst
Held On Variety
Of Charges
Reuben Whitehurst, age
about 37, is held in the Coun
ty jail here in default of $1.
000 bond ordered by Coron
er's jury following the
death ot Mrs. Charles Gar
ner last Thursday niht who
was struck by an auco driven
by Whitehurst on Route 101
in the Russell's Creek section
He is charged with the death
of Mrs. Garner, and aUo dri.
ving automobile while under
the influence ot intoxicating
liquors, or narcotic drug, hit
and run, .driving without a
license and reckless driving.
Georee Fulford, was held as
a material witness as he ,was
with Whitehurst at the time
of the accident but he was
released from jail' under
bond of $300.
The accident occurred about
6:45 o'cloock. Mrs. Garner 'was
apparently walking along 'the left
side of the highway (just east of
Russell's Creek bridge) going west
ward. The car which Whitehurst
was driving, was moving eastward,
but after striking Mrs. Garder.
fetched up about 30 paces off the
road in a pine thicket. Investigat
See Highway Death, Page 8
Briliant Robert
Lee Humber Talks
At Rotary Meeting
Robert Lee Humber, noted ttu
dent of international affairs who
recently launched the World Fed
eration movement at his lodge on
Davis Island in this county, a move
ment which is gaining much mo
mentum throughout the slate and
has been adopted by the N. C.
General Assembly, was guest
speaker at the Tuesday night meet
ing of the Beaufort Rotary Club.
For 50-minutes he gave a most
brilliant outline of the World Fed
eration movement, touching on all
the high spots of history up until
the present day. Among the in
terested listeners were the Rotary
Anns. A delicious chicken a la king
banquet was served the Rotarians
and Rotary Anns by Mrs. Pierson
of the Inlet Inn. President W. L.
Woodard presided over the meet
ing and Graydon Paul led excel,
lent singing.
Pre-School Clinic
At Beaufort School
A preschool clinic will be held
at Beaufort Consolidated, school
on Friday morning at 9 o'clock in
the rooms of the Primary Depart
ment. This meeting is for the
physical examination of beginners
who will enter the first grade of
local school this coming Autumn.
The law requires that all chil
dren should be Taccinated for
small pox and inoculated against
diphtheria before they are permit
ted to enter school. A dentist,
optometrist, eye, ear and throat
specialist and a medical doctor are
scheduled to be present at the
clinic.
Those who are expecting to at
tend school thus fall must be six
years of age on or before the last
day of NoTember, 1941.
(Editor's Note: For the benefit
of our readers we are today pre
senting current market prices on
farm products as of April 1, at
Kinston Produce Marketing Com
pany). Poultry Quotations
Colored Hens
Barred Rocks
17 to 17 c lb.
18 to 18 c lb.
14 to 16 Vic lb.
19 to 21 c lb.
Leghorns
Broilers
Roosters
Turkey Toms
Turkey Hens
Guineas around
10 to 12
15 to 18
23 to 26
35 to 40
c lb.
c lb.
c lb.
c ea.
Egg Quotations
Current receipts 16c dozen.
Graded, 17 cents or better.
Livestock Quotations
Top Hogs $7.15
Sows $5.20 to $6.00
Pigs $6.60 to $8.00
Bulls $6.00 to $7.00
Cows $5.50 to $6.50
Heifers $7.00 to $8.00
Stags $4.50 to $5.00
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Town Politics
First To Announce
For Mayor's Job
4- ,f x ft
HlllllMlllwifeL , timaffc .
C. H. BUSHALL, prominent lo
cal citizen is the first to announce
for the job of Mayor subject to tha
approval of the voters in the Mu
nicipal Election in May. Mr. Bush
all is a Republican and prominent
in the affairs of that party locally,
but in his formal anouncement
printed elsewhere in this edition
he asks for the votes of both par
ty members. Party politics are al
leged to not have an important
role in Municipal elections.
Although there has been some
talk to the contrary in certa;a
circles, Mayor George W. Huntley,
has stated definitely that he wouli
not seek re-election to the offica
What may change Mayor's Hunt
ley's mind would be the bringing
out of candidates for mayor by two
or three political factions.
TO CONDEMN LANDS
Six thousand acves of On.Iow
land will be condemned at once to
make way for U. S. Marine Base.
Washington, D. C.
HOW BRITISH MEET RAIDS
FDR got a first-hand account of
how British morale is maintained
during the blitz when Surgeon Gen
eral Thomas Parran, head of that
Civil Defense mission, reported at
the White House. 1
Dr. Parran's mission spent a,
month in England studying the peo-1
pie living under constant aerialj
bombardment, and reported that one)
secret of Britain's splendid moral)
is immediate government relief forj
bombed victims.
As soon as "all clear" sounds over(
a beleaguered city, rescue workers'
are on the scene with hot food, med-,
ical care, arrangements for shelter
and ready cash.
Repairs on damaged dwellings aret
begun immediately. Furniture is'
salvaged and stored. Families
whose homes were destroyed are bil
leted at government expense. Com
pensation is paid for injuries. Pen-1
sions are given dependents of killed1
civilians and rescue workers.
The mere fact that ready cash is
paid promptly has tremendous psy
See Merry.go-Round, Page 3
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TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide
at Beaufort is given in this
1 (PI C ' .
T soiumn. ine iigures are r
X proximately correct and art
oasea on tauies lumisneu uy
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances :.-.ust bo
made for variations in ttw
wind and also with respeci
to the locality, thai is wheth
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
Friday, April 4
12:43 A. M. 7:22 A. M.
1:13 P. M. 7:35 P. M.
Saturday, April 5
1:40 A.M. 8:22 A.M.
2:16 P.M. 8:39 P.M.
Sunday, April 6
2:46 A. M. 9:23 A. M.
3:24 P. M. 9:43 P. M.
Monday, April 7
3:54 A. M. 10:22 A. M.
4:29 P. M. 10:45 P. M.
Tuesday, April 8
4:55 A. M.
5:26 P.M. 11:17 P.M.
Wednesday, April S
5:51A.M. 11:43 A.M.
6:18 P.M. 12:09 P.M.
Thursday, April 10
6:42 A.M. 12:39 A.M.
7:08 P.M. 1:00 P.M.
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