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Volume xxix; no. 17.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 19 41.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Work Has Started on $13,000,000-
By BILLY ARTHUR
(Editor: Onslow News and Reviews)
Written Special For
THE BEAUFORT NEWS
' Construction of the Marine Barracks in Onslow Coun
ty to be the largest Marine base in the United fctates,
was started just, off U. S. Highway 17 about three miles
south of Jacksonville today. .
Simultaneously, it was disclos
ueen Of The May
At Atlantic High
MISS GEORGIA GOLDEN, At
lantic High School senior, who hat
been chosen Queen of the May by
popular vote and will reign over
the May Court on April 30. is pic
tured above. The entire Atlantic
School student body will partici
pate in the exercises. Miss Gold
en is the daughter of Mrs. Effie
Golden. (Eubankt Photo.)
ELECTION NOTICE
' : Saturday, April 26, is last day
one can register to vote in Elec
tion on May 6.
iKew York Newsreel:
I Joe, the monkey matinee idol ot
Central Park. Every afternoon his
'trainer trots him out on the green
(where his humantics draw a Stand
ing Room Only crowd , , . The
warped walk along the Brooklyn
Bridge worn by the tread of age old
Hope, Dreams and bitter Tragedy
, . The set faces of the homeward
bound business men that seem to
have in them some of the granite of
which the city is made . . . The
r Western Union messenger boys,
' holding down the most overworked
' (job in the city. Walking Madam's
- jdog around the block.
-V
" "' The mounted policemen in the W.
j '40's making the traffic behave. Mod
. 'ern knights without armor . . . The
I (wisps of femininity that enrich the
I, (decor of the plush supper clubs as
'they enter on the arms of middle
aged men. Between canapes they
; Jenjoy a little flirting as they pull
jthe silk over their escorts' eyes . . .
;Those yellow carts in Central Park
iloaded with colored balloons, can
dies and all kinds of goodies a little
piece of Heaven for tots.
See WINCHELL, Page 3
ALB1ANAC
HISTORICAL
EVENTS
APRIL
25.
26.
28.
30.
J. Wilkes Booth captured 1865
Last Confederate Army sur
render, 1865,
Rogation Sunday.
Geo. Washington inaugurated
1789.
MAY
Dewey's victory at Manilla,
1898. '
IRTHDAYJ
a.
3
I Of Famous People
APRIL
28. Marconi, wireless, 1874.
28. B. F. Tracy, statesman, 1830.
27. Gen. U. S. Grant, Pres., 1758.
2. Duke of Wellington, 1769.
30. F. H. Yost, coach, 1871.
(: MAY
J. Harry Loon Wilson, author,
) 1867.
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BASE
ed that the base had been named
"Marine Barracks, New River,
N. C."
First construction by the con
tractors Blythe Brothers, Goode
Construction Company and Har
rison and Wright, all of Charlotte
will be offices for the contrac
tors, Navy Departmenta nd Archi
tect - Engineers. Then will follow
floors and sides for tents to house
Marines who have just returned
from maneuvers in Cuba.
The contract was let for $13,
000,000 on a cost plus basis, and
contractors said at Charlotte that
approximately 10,000 persons
would be employed at the peak of
construction.
Many Jobs Next Week
The State Employment Service
will handle labor for the project
and will be under the supervision
of Bob Wadsworth. A full-time
office will be set up in Jackson
ville and Morehead City, and the
main call office will be located at
New Bern.
Effects of the Marine base con
tract announcement were very vis
ible in Jacksonville Wednesday.
Hundreds of persons were in town,
all seeking employment, but hiring
on a large scale will not get under
way until next week.
Meanwhile, E. B. Smith, Marines
community leader who has Ion?
maintained that the Navy Depart
ment contemplated paying a pviw
"too low" for condemned land in
the base area has called a mass
meeting at Jacksonville court
house next Wednesday night t
discuss "important matters rela
tive to your having to move out
of the Marine base avea," .
First construction will be or thfi
J. V. Gurganus property. Mr. and
Mrs. Gurganus already have mov
ed across the road on property and
in a home they already owned. In
that vicinity also will be located
the tents.
FSA On Job
Meantime, the Farm Security
Administration has set up offices in
the Masonic lodge rooms here to
assist farmers who wish to locate
on new ' farms.
Major Walker, assistant Feder
al administrator of the FSA was
here Wednesday conferring with
T. Newton Cook, Onslow supervis
or about two temporary housing
projects the FSA will operate for
people who have to move out of
the base area.
One will be on the Cavenaugh
farm, at Haw Branch and the oth
er at Hawkside. Prefabricated
homes will be erected. When the
emergency is over or persons re
siding in them temporarily find a
new farm or another home, the
temporary dwellings will be re
moved and the property converted
into farms which private individ
uals may purchase.
Air Wing Base
Federal Land Bank appraisers
who have been working here mov
ed to Pamlico County this week to
begin appraising land in the Min
nessott beach section for the pro
posed $25,000,000 air base, which
will be in conjunction with the
main base in Onslow.
Already Jacksonville is crowd
ed Hundreds more people are ex
pected tomorrow and the day af
ter. Automobiles are more numer
ous, so are Marine station wagon3
and big trucks. Rooms are at a
premium, but new buildings and
additions to homes arec ontemplat
ed. More than likely the barracks
are for main base will be located
between Paradise Point and Wal
lace's creek, with the supply sec
tion and officers quarters located
closer to Jacksonville in vicinity
of Montfort Point. The Atlantic
Coast Line railroad is expected to
begin immediately building a spur
line into the first area, and from
Bell Fork into the Paradise Point
section.
State Highway and Public
Works Commission forces and the
WPA are rushing work on U. S.
17 widening project between Jack
sonville and the Jones County line.
TO ACADEMY MEET
Dr. H. F. Prytherch, Director U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Laboratory
leaves today for Chapel Hill where
he will address Academy of Sci
ence on" "Marine Cutthroats" Fri
day. He is taking a number of
mounted fish to exhibit
This Defense Project
CAMP DAVIS IN
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THIS AERIAL VIEW of Camp Davis, the new U. S. Army reservation located in lower Onslow county was made
exactly four months and four days from the time the War Department let the contract for the engineering work.
In Washington on December 10, 1940, the W. S. Lee Engineering Corporation of Charlotte and William M. Piatt,
ot IJuinam were named Architect Engineer for Camp Davis. Nine days later the contract for building the defense
project was awarded to Grannis, Higgins, Thompson and McDevitt, a partnership of outstanding North Carolina
building contractors. The above photo was made on April 14. In four months contractors and engineers work
ing under the airect supervision of the U. S. Army Constructing Quartermaster had created this vast Army reser
vation. The facilities for 900 off icers and 20,000 men had been almost (approximately 80 per cent) completed.
A number of Firing Points to be used by Camp Davis will be constructed. First of these (now under way) will be
located at Fort Fisher. Camp Davis' construction has not only relieved the economic conditions of Eastern North
Carolina more than any other project in history but it's construction is the first effort to close what Lt. Colonel
Ueorge W. Gillette, former U. S. District Engineer and The Beaufort News termed only three years ago, as an
open doorway for enemy invasion from the eastward namely our State's 300-mile coastline (Official U. S.
Army Photo.) v
BRITAIN BOUND
PT BOATS PASS
THROUGH HERE
Several of the new Patrol Torpe
do type vessels, popularly called
"mosquito boats" have passed
through the Inland Waterway here
recently. Four of these vessels
stopped over in Morehead City at
the Port Terminal early this week
to refuel before continuing north
ward through the Inland Water,
way their eventual destination
being Great Britain, judging from
an AP dispatch out of Washing
ton this week which quoted Navy
Secretary Knox as stating 20 of the
vessels would be shipped immedi
dtely to the aid of England.
HUMBER TALKS .
AT BOOR CLUB
BANQUET HERE
Subject Of Talk At
Final Meeting Of
Year "France"
Highlights of the final
meeting of the Tuesday Af
ternoon Book Club held at
the Inlet Inn on April 21, was
a scholarly address by Rob
ert Lee Humber, Jr., noted
student of international af
fairs who until recently was
a resident of Paris, France,
but now making his home at
Greenville and at his lodge
on Davis Island. The meet
ing, in form of a banquet,
had as special guests nus
bands and friends of mem
bers. For over an hour Mr. Humber
held the close attention of his hear
ers as he spoke of the real cause
for the victory over France. He
also gave his audience many per
sonal incidents of a timely nature.
His message seemed to be highly
appreciated by those present.
Mrs. J. G. Allen, chairman, pre
sided over the meeting. She pre
sented the program, the toasts, ap
propriate for the occasion, papers
on the past year's work of the
Book Club, chorus singing, solos
and readings. Special guests at
the banquet were: Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Humber of Greenville; Mrs.
See BOOK CLUB, Page 8
Helps Close Open Do
LOWER ONSLOW
First Firing
Point For Camp
Davis Underway
First of several firing points to
be used by Camp Davis is getting
under way at Fort Fisher, famed
as a blockade port and fort during
the War between the States. Fort
Fisher is located south of Wil
mington, about 25 miles, near the
point where the Cape Fear river
empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
It is approximately 50 miles from
Camp Davis.
A tent camp will be constructed
large enough to house two bat
talions. Mess halls, storage build
ings, and other necessary utilities
will be built along the cantone
ment type of building, the same as
Camp Davis proper.
The officers and men will spend
two weeks at the firing point and
will nt only take care of all firing
assignments but will have the ben
efit of convoy exercisas as well as
general maneuver practices, as
battalions.
Three-inch antiaircraft firing
and 37 mm. firing will be conduct
ed at this location, Brigadier Gen
eral James S. Crawford, command
ing officer announced.
Prior to the announcement that
work was now underway at Fort
Fisher, Colonel Sam McOroskey,
Capt. A. M. Lazar, Capt. F. Bo
gart of General Crawford's staff
and Capt. Karl M. Pattee, Con
structing Quartermaster and Capt.
Victor C. Donati along with J. A.
Stewman, Jr., resident engineer
for Camp Davis, Architect-Engineer
and others visited Fort Fisher
and selected site for the new bat
talion sections of this first Camp
Davis firing point.
Fisheries Law
. Violators Tried
Fisheries law violations held the
spotlight in Recorders Court on
Tuesday. Zennie Merrill and Phil
lip Fulcher were found guilty, or
dered to pay the J. P. Costs and
were released. Lige Fulcher and
Frederick Fulford were also found
guilty, given 60-day suspended
sentences and ordered to pay the
officers costs.
These defendants arrested by
Fishery Deputies Davis, and
Charles Nelson, were charged with
clamming and gathering shellfish
in restricted areas.
orway For Enemy Inv asion
WILL HAVE MANY FIRING POINTS
BILLY KNAUFF
TO PLAY FOR
SENIOR PROM
Manager Willis Is
Confident Band
Will Be Good
Billy Knauff and his Deans
of Music, popular 12-piece
orchestra of East Carolina
Teachers College, will be in
the orchestra stand when the
Sixth All-County Class dance
begins in the Atlantic Beach
Casino Friday evening, May
2, according to an announce
ment by Supt. Allen upon au
thorization of Newman Wil
lis, manager of Atlantic
Beach. In conveying this in
formation to Supt. Allen, Mr.
Willis said in part: "They
certainly ought to be good
they're costing us plenty."
The annual routine of getting
the casino and environs in ship
shape for the opening is well under
way, and everything will be in
readiness well in advance of the
opening of the gates at 8:00 P. M.
on that date toward which the jun
iors and seniors of the county have
been looking, The grand march
will start as usual at 8:45 sharp,
and will again be under the direc
tion of Mrs. Grayden Paul who has
directed previous grand marches
with such satisfactory results and
who has already begun the train
ing of leaders in an effort to make
this year's grand march really
click. Decorations will again be
under the direction of J. I. Mason,
teacher at Morehead High, who
gave the juniors and seniors of
last year an entrancing setting for
this annual classic and who this
year is bent upon "something dif
ferent" for the enjoyment of the
students. Principal H. L, Joslyn
will be in charge of the distribution
of favors.
Realizing that the merchants
and business houses of Beaufort
and Morehead City are solicited al
most daily for contributions or do
nations for some cause, Supt. Al
len said today that they would not
be called upon this year for the do
nations of "Certificates of Trade"
to be used as balloon prizes and
that some other equally desirable
plan would be substituted, Supt
See Senior Prom, Page 8
MANY STUDENTS
ON PROGRAM OF
MUSIC TONIGHT
It was erroneously reported in
last week's edition of this newspa
per that the Music Festival which
will present more than 200 stu
dents in roles, would be held on
Friday night. Miss Helen Barney,
head of the music department at
Beaufort School announced today
that the Music Festival, (a fore
runner to National Music Week)
would be held tonight (Thursday,
April 24) at 7:30 o'clock in the
High School Auditorium.
In addition to the Glee Club and
students under the direction of
Miss Barney, there will be on the
program the voice and piano stu
dents of Mrs. Charles Hassell and
the splendidly tranied band (
WPA project) under the direction
of Fred King. Everyone is urged
to attend.
Part Of National
Effort To Make
U S. Safe
The United States Defense
Savings Bonds and Postal
Savings Stamps will be plac
ed on sale m the mam Post
Office at the opening of busi
ness on Ihursday, May 1, as
part of the national effort to
make America impregnable.
Postmaster W. H. Taylor an
nounced today that plans are near
ly completed for this community,
along with thousands of others
from coast to coast, to do its full
part at the opening of the savings
program. It is expected that the
Mayor and other civic leaders will
be among the first purchasers of
savings bonds and stamps here.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, in a letter to Postmasters
throughout the country, said that
the help of local postmasters would
be "a real service to the country".
He tran -itted the thanks of Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgen
thau for the help that local post
masters had already given in the
sale of United States securities,
See Defense Bonds, Page 8
Mtas
CLOSING DATES
OF SCHOOLS IN
COUNTY GIVEN
Beaufort To Close
For Session On
May 12th
Plans for the next school
year are rapidly taking
shape while pupils, teachers
and school officials are work
ing intensively, toward the
satisfactory completion of
the present session, the dates
for the rapidly approaching
closings of the schools being
as follows:
April 29 Whit Oak.
May 8 Morehead City, Col.
May 9, white Atlantic, Bettie,
Camp Glenn, Davis, Lukens, Marsh
allberg, Newport, Otway, Ports
mouth, Smyrna and Wiliston..
May 9, col Bogue, Mansfield,
Merrimon, Newport, North River,
Stella and Wildwood.
May 12 Beaufort Morehead
City and Straits.
May 14 Cedar Island, Harkers
Island and South River.
May 16 Beaufort (Col.) and
Stacy.
May 19 Sea level.
May 23 Salter Path.
Any announcements as to the
details for the closing exercises of
the schools wil be handed the press
by the respective principals desir
ing same for the information of
their public.
NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
Marion Noe, Harry Parkin, A. T.
Gardner, H. W. Peterson, and John
E. Noe announce as candidates for
Beaufort Commissioners subject to
voters. in May election, just as we
go to press today.
Washington, D. C.
NAZI LAKE
Tell-tale signs accumulate that
the next big Hitler drive is to make
the Mediterranean an Axis lake. The
most obvious, of course, is Hitler's
unconcealed plan to launch subma
rine and bombing raids against Suez
from his new base at Salonika and
from the Greek islands.
Secret plans for closing the other,
end of the Mediterranean have been
evident for some time along the
Spanish border, where big guns are
ready to be rushed against Gibral
tar. Most significant of these prepara
tions, however, has not leaked out
It shows how extensive are Hitler's
ambitions around the Mediterrane
an. For some weeks now, Nazis
have been busy dismantling the air
planes of General Weygand in North
Africa. Every morning the French
wake up to find a magneto missing
from one machine, a carburetor
from another. Gradually, the essen
tial parts of this air fleet have evap
orated. Hitler is taking no chances on let
ting what remains of the French
air force get into British hands.
There now seems to be little aues
See Merry-Go-Round, P;e 2
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t TIDE TABLE f
Information as to the tide
at Eeaufort is given in chis
column. The figures a;'? ap-
. proximately correct :
based on tables furr.i;
the U. S. Geodetic
So meullowances
made for variations
.-.nd
siuv
are
by
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in th-
wind and also with respect A
to the locality, that is whett.- f
.j. er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries. J
v Friday, April 25
7:34 A.M. 1:35 A.M.
7:45 P. M. 1:38 P. M.
Saturday, April 26
8:09 A. M. 2:11 A. M.
8:21 P. M. 2:13 P. M.
Sunday, April 27
8:45 A. M. 2:46 A. M.
8:56 P. M. 2:47 P. M.
Monday, April 28
9:21 A. M. 3:20 A. M.
9:31 P. M. 3:19 P. M.
Tuesday, April 29
9:58 A. M. 3:54 A. M.
10:07 P. M. 3:53 P.
M.
Wednesday, April 30
10:35 A. M. 4:30 A.
10:47 P. M. 4:30 P.
M.
M.
Thursday, May 1
, 5:10 A. M.
11:16 P.M. 5:12 P. M.
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