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PAGE TWO THE BEAUFORT NEWS BEAUFORT, N. C. Thursday, June 19th, 1941. WiNCHELL (Continued from page 1) When I read that the authorities say "no sabotage," as in that huge Jersey fire, I wonder do the en forcement agents know that in York ville they brag: "That was our an swer to the closing of Camp Nord lami" ... If the fire is due to nerligence, the insurance companies do not have to pay off. But if it is sabotage, they have to pay immedi ately . . . Mr. G.-Man Hoover told mc that the stories about the fire were inaccurate at first. That in stead of the damage being 23 mil lions, it was only two . . . That there wasn't a thing there of a de fense nature or for Britain and that no sabotage had been detect ed ... In short, colyumists are not alone when it comes to getting wrong steers even newspaper edi tors fall hard for them now and then like we ordinary people . . . I know, I know. I'm not a journal ist .. . I'm merely a jeernalist. Ten, ten, tch. The story of the week most un likely to be confirmed: Japanese propagandists in the U. S. have just released the following Bash: That "the Chinese invaded California in 500 A. D." . . . Something to worry about, huh? ... It must be won derful to be an out-of-towncr and visit the Big Street for the first time and see those lights ... It seems wonderful to me, who has lived among them so long and I get a belt, too, out of watching watchers watch them. I see news here and there and hear it, too, that Washington, D. C, is getting so crowded with people that it has become the nation's boom town. And that Broadway showmen and others are seriously thinking of opening night clubs there to cash in quickly . . . But they would be the suckers if they did . . . Apparently they do not know that Washington is still an early town, and that on Satur day night the bars must close by midnight ... It is not a place where they stay up late since near, ly all of them must be up early with the other worms . . . The numerous parties given by the elite and officials there almost nightly consume all the best customers, any way and that's on-the-cuff. ALL THIS AND COTTON, TOO Notes of an Innocent Bystander Broadway Alien: The orchids go to the editorialist on the N. Y. Times for this: "The Dionne quintuplets are seven years old. In many re spects it is a woman's most de lightful age. At seven she sits on a man's knee without hesitation, af fected or genuine, and without put ting the knee to sleep. Unlike the older women of the household, she enjoy listening to him. In fact, she encourages him to talk, and she be lieves any story he tells her. Her curiosity over what became of his loss is unquestionably sincere. While unduly interested, perhaps, in the state of his exchequer and never too proud to accept pecuniary aid, she is no gold-digger whose gratitude is measured by the amount of the con tribution, For as little as two cop per cents she will bear-hug his spec tacles all out of shape, and he feels sure she means it." Manhattan Murals: The subway singers who have switched from torch tunes to patriotic themes . . . The sign in the druggist's: "Do you have tattle-tale gray matter?" . . . The Greenwich Village gin-mill which conspicuously features a sign advertising the poor quality of its coffee . . . The 8th Avenue barber shop's sign: "Satisfied Haircuts or Your Hair refunded!" . . . The 42nd Street hawker selling "glamour ties" plain eravats with noisy stripes. MORE ABOUT AIRWING SITE (Continued from page 1) Railroad, called "The Old Mullet Line", now under lease to H. P. Edwards and associates, but a property which is state-owned, or whose controlling stock is the prop erty of the State of North Caroli na. In an analysis of the Cherry Point site as compared to Wilker son's Point Carterett citizens will give you many self evident advant ages favoring the south side site on the Ne"use. First and very important for U. S. Marines who are a military di vision of the government who are here today and remote island pos session protecting the interests of the Nation tomorrow, is that Cher ry Point site offers quick access to a port of embarkation. The Ma rines are soldiers of the sea and operate in connection with the fleet. It is therefore important that they have quick end easy ac cess to deep water terminals. The distance from Cherry Point to Morehead City is only 18 miles by highway or by rail, whereas the distance from Wilkerson's Point to the nearest port would be 60 miles or more and to travel this route un der existing routes would be neces sary to cross two long bridges which could be destroyed by bombs in the event of War. The Marine Base in Onslow SI--1 , iX ! ; & jl?Jpr if Ti " ' ; Vi-ur- njr"Tj This North Carolina farm woman inspects the many cotton articles which will be available under the AAA surplus cotton stamp plan to cotton farmers in stores throughout the state this year. Farmers who curtail cotton acreage will be paid at the rate of 10 cents a pound, on the basis of normal yield, with stamps good for purchases of any and all new cotton goods made in this country. The farmer eats his own wheat on the farm, now he may wear his own cotton, and that without cost to him. More than 70,000 North Carolina cotton farmers will receive $2,000,000 in stamps and there will be sheets and shirts, socks and skirts, towels and trousers, handkerchiefs and handi-cloths a-plenty for the farm family. . Cotton prices already have felt the stimulus of the reduced acreage and price experts predict markets will hold strong throughout the year. County and the Air Wing are re lated projects and will be in all probabilities tied together by wide military highways for quick inter change of men and materials. In mileage the Cherry Point location would be ideal as the distance (if this site is selected) between the two bases would be only 30 miles as compared to more than 70 miles by way of a circuitous route across two vunerable bridges from the Onslow base to Wilkerson Point. It is understoon that the Navy Personnel, who have just finished a survey of 8,000 acres in the Cher ry Point sector have surveyed abundant level land suitable for an air field, land which is well drained and averages about 2." feet above sea level, which is said to be con siderable higher than the vast roll ing ami productive farm lands on the Wilkerson Point side of the river. Slocum Creek and Hancock Creek flank both sides of Cherry Point. These creeks could easily and without great expense be made into safe harbors for mooring the modern seaplanes of the U. S. Ma rine fleet. These harbors provid ed by the two creeks would pre sent a safe contrast for anchorage of planes as compared to th open river on the north side where no such natural harbors are available. What should provide a bright fu ture for North Carolina's "Old Mullet Line" is the fact that this railroad would be used extensively in the transportation of supplies and materials for the Cherry Point site (if selected). Original sur veys show that should the Wilker son Point site become the Air Wing it would be necessary to build a railroad from Grantsboro for a dis tance of at least 12 miles. The The spur track which would serve the Cherry Point site (if selected), would be three or four miles only and would connect with the state controlled Atlantic and East Caro lina in the vicinity of Havelock. observers here believe that the question of a railroad is an impor tant factor in favor of Cherry Point as it would save a large in vestment in railroad construction which would be paid for by the U. S. Government under agreemem with the railroads. It is proposed to have from 200 to 300 planes at the Marine Air Base, and in event of war it would likely be necessary frequently to load these planes on airplane car riers for transporting by ship to points of attack. Cherry Point lo cation is ideal for quick and easy transportation of those planes to Morehead City for loading on ships, a facility which would not be available at Wilkerson Point. Already it is proposed to locate a large power plant in the Have lock section for supplying power to the Air Base, the Naval operations at Morehead City and in the vicin ity of Jacksonville. There is only a short gap between existing power lines serving this area, lines ex tending from New Bern to Have lock, from Tide Water to a point already west of Newport and into the Cherrv Point sector by the Carteret-Craven Electric Member ship (REA) Cooperative lines now under constriction. While the Wilkerson Point is thickly settled with farmers who have vast acreage devoted to grow ing food stuffs which would prob ably be taken in the Air Wing area, should it be decided to construe!; the base on the north side of the river, the land in the Cherry Point section is sparsely settled, there are few farms and the land for the most part is already owned by the United States Government, or can be purchased upon appraisal at a much lower cost than the developed farmlands at Wilkerson Point area. It is believed that the military road system proposed (and now under construction in some areas) to tie up the Navy's operations at Jacksonville, Piney Green, More head City and Cherry Point would be a considerable smaller invest ment than would be necessary for the Wilkerson Point site. From a social standpoint, Cherry Point is nearer Atlantic Beach on the east and New Bern on the west. The location at Cherry Point for the Air Wing would stimulate the development of the port of More head City where the government has invested a couple of million dollars already and it would also greatly benefit the State owned railroad which has never had what one would call a very successful career. In spite of the foregoing, Car teret Coast citizens believe that the Navy Personnel know best where to build their Air Wing. If they decide to come to Cherry Point, some 12 or 13 miles from the his toric port of Beaufort, via N. C. Route 101, the coast will have a warm and appreciative welcome for the project and its personnel. If the Air Wing goes to Wilkerson Point, Carteret Coast Citizens will be sure that the latter site was se lected for the best interests of the vast defense system now under construction although it will be hard for them to understand even then why Cherry Point was not selected. Amberjack Biting Off Frying Pan Southport, N. C Three amber jack, the largest weighing 27 pounds, were taken by a Durham, N. C, party fishing off Frying Pan shoals with Captain Victor Lance last week. The 27-pound-er was caught by Miss Lucille Crouch. Others in the Durham party were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Sparrow, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ed wards, George Addison and Harold Bright. Six barracuda, the largest a 34 pounder, were the reward of A. W. Colwell of Clinton and party on their second expedition during the week to the shoals with Captain Watts. Leads The native American black wal nut, prized for the firm furniture its wood makes, continues to yield the highest priced timber in the United States, reports the U. S. partment of Agriculture. Cotton It is now estimated that the world cotton crop for the 1940-41 season will be approximately 29, 700,000 bales produced on 75,500, 000 acres. The U. S. Department of Agri culture now recommends a spray containing only half as much tattar emetic and one-fourth as much grown sugar as previously recom mended for thrips injury to gladi olus blooms. GASLESS SUNDAYS May Prove LIFE SAVERS Says Hocutt Raleigh. "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good", Ronald Hocutt, director of the Highway Safety Division, said in commenting on tht prospect of "Gasloss Sun days", which he said would probablv cut North Caroli na's traffic fatality toll by as much as 20 per cent. "While I am not prepared, on the basis of information I now have, either to advocate or con demn "gasless Sundays", it is in teresting to speculate as to the probable effect such a restriction might have on our traffic accident toll," Hocutt said. "Our records show that 10'.) of the Ai'J persons killed in traffic ac cidents in North Carolina the first five months of this year were kill ed in Sunday accidents. In oth er words, one out of every four traffic fatalities in this state oc cur on the Sabbath. Thus, if our motorists were compelled to keep their cars at home on "gasless Sun- davs". vp miarht reasonably ex nect n substantial reduction i trafffio deaths as a '-esult." Young People's Union Hold Annual Banquet The Carteret County Young Peo ple's Union held their annual ban ,,m. :it Beaufort in the American Legion Hut on Tuesday night last week. The new officers were installed by Rev. M. O. Stevenson of Frank lin Memorial Church, Morehead City. The officers are as follows: Elizal:th Harrell, Mann, New- The welcome was given by Miss Virginia Stanton of Beaufort, and response was returned by the Union President, Jerry Willis of Camp Glenn. President Morehead City. Vice-I'res. Leon of I nort. Secretary Catherine Newport. Treasurer Betsy Morehead City. Publicity Chairman Daphne Willis, Morehead City. EdwaiJs, Stallings, After the installation service, Rev. Stevenson gave a talk on "En thusiasm in the Church" which was very interesting and inspirational. Then Miss Stanton led the group in the singing of several old songs. Miss Ruth Royal. Morehead City, gave a summary of the Louisburg Conference and urged each church to send at least one delegate to the conference this year. The ladies of the Beaufort Meth odist church served a delicious sup per which all enjoyed to the fullest. 1 The safety director said the Sun day traffic toll this year totaled 15 in January, 20 in February, 30 in March, 15 in April and 29 in May. The heaviest toll for any one day this year was on Sunday, March 16, when 11 persons were killed in traffic accidents in the state. Sat urdays were even more dangerous than Sundays, the five months toll for Saturdays being 110 lives. Thus, 229 of the 449 persons killed the first five months of this year were killed on Saturdays and Sun days. This was 51 per cent of the total. "Think of it, we could cut out traffic accident toll in half by hav ing gasless week-ends", Hocutt de clared. "Of course, I am not sure that such action will ever be tak en or need to be taken in this coun try. Seriously, though, a substan tial reduction in traffic fatalities could be effected without this pro hibitive action. If our motorists were willing, they could have thei cake and eat it, too. That is to say, they could continue to ride and still not kill or be killed. All it takes is the use of a little cour tesy, a little caution and a little commonsense in driving." Interest In Sheep Is High In State A demand, far exceeding the supply, for commercial ewes and registered rams is indicative of a very definite increase in the in terest in sheep throughout North Carolina, reports L. I. Case, Ex tension animal husbandman of N. C. State College. Response to the interest, in the form of importa tions of Western ewes and rams, has been suggested to county farm agents by the Extension specialist. Case said that Kentucky, one of the major lamb-producing States, is now buying about 80 per cen!. of her ewe stock. Tennessee and Virginia are also increasing pur chases of breeding sheep. County agents are compiling lists of farmers who are interested in buying Western ewes, and reg istered rams from either Western North Carolina or neighboring States. "We think we can buy Western ewes for around $10.50 for yearlings and $6.50 for lambs, delivered," Case said. The ewes are mainly coming in to the Southeast from the North west, and are Hampshire-Rambou-illett cross-breeds. They will weigh abouet 75 pounds at the unloading point. They are plain in appear ance but will develop nicely un red good care and will shear about 8 pounds of high quality wool. They are practically parasite free. When they are bred as yearlings they will usually bring from 90 to 100 per cent lamb crops. After the first year the ewes bought by Kentucky sheep men have aver aged about 130 per cent lamb crops. Case also reported to county agents the sources of registered rams available at this time. He suggeststed that farmers interest ed in increasing or entering the sheep-raising business should con tact their farm agent immediately. Several Eastern North Carolina bankers have shown interest in financing the importations of Western ewes. Rise Business men expect the gener al run of manufactured grocery products to begin reflecting, the higher raw materials and labor costs in early fall when this year's crops have been processed and moved. Cash income from American farm marketing and Government payments in April amounted to $709,000,000, as compared with $627,000,000 in the same month a year ago. 1941 Here are those COLORFUL new WESTINGHOUSE REFRIGERATORS that everybody's been talking about! 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