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VOLUME XXIX; NO. 28.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1941
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When Thousands Visited Atlantic Beach On July 4th
Photographer Shot This Picture From Ferris Wheel
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WITH FAR MORE attractions than ever offered before in its history, Atlantic Beach,
under the skillful management of Newman Willis this season, was visited by many thou
anrl of nersons on Julv 4th and on throuzh the Independence Day week-end. The
above photo, made from top of the ferrit wheel on the boardwalk give a partial view of the thousands
that thronged the popular Carteret Coast resort. In the Casino, shown at right, American Seamen enter
tain at a mid-week dance tonight with Joe Leighton making the music. In the Casino on Saturday night
there will be a Cadet Ball. (Eubanks-News Photo.)
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l By Carteret Post 99
Membership dues to Carteret
Post 99, American Legion are now
due and all members are urged to
pay same at their earliest conven
ience by Legion Finance Officer
and Membership Chairman Jacob
L. Miller. A number of Legion
aires of the Post, largest on the
Carteret coast, have already paid
their dues, but for those who have
failed to do so, this notice is giv
en. Carteret Post Legionaires
have concluded a most active and
successful year. There is another
busy year, with the part of the Le
gion can play in the present de
fense program, ahead. "There
fore," said Legionaire Miller, "if it
is convenient, please pay dues at
once.'' Same may be left with
Finance Chairman at Miller Furni
ture Company.
Washington, D. C.
MOEE ON 'HESS MESS'
Following the outbreak of the
Nazi-Russian war, European capi
tals buzzed with reports of a Ger
man offer to Britain to make peace,
then turn their united forces against
Soviet Russia. These reports were
not empty rumors; they were abso
lutely true.
Behind them is a story of the most
audacious and astounding Nazi in
trigue of the war to date. Its open
ing scene was the sensational Hess
"flight" to Britain; its closing para
graph the "surprise" Nazi declara
tion of war on their ally. Red Russia.
The inner details of this brain
reeling plot are not yet unraveled
and all of them won't leak out until
the history books are written. But
authorities have pieced it together
and it is now possible to get the
'main outlines.
Hatred of Communists.
Following the victorious Balkan
campaign which m.ide Germnny
master of Europe, powerful military
Nazi elements, always hating the
Communists, began urging peace
with Britain in exchange for a British-German
coalition against Rus
sia. After a bitter struggle inside
the Nazi party. Hitler sided with
the anti-Red group and the wheels
were set in motion to line up the
British.
It was realized that they would
have to be approached in such a
manner that Jbpy could nol doubt
See Merry-Go-Round, Pg. 3
One Third Of
In Carteret Set
Eleven Young Men
Of Carteret To Be
Inducted July 16
Eleven young men of Carteret
County are scheduled to report at
the Local Board in Morehead City
at 2:110 o'clock on Tuesday, July
15, from where they will be sent to
the induction station of the United
States at Fort Bragg on July 16.
The list of inductees include;
Earl Leffers Watson, Straits; Sam
uel Herbert Guthrie, Morehead
CityjOscar Thompson Peterson,
Beaufort, RFD; Harley Primrose
Garner, Newport, RFD; James
Leonard Gibble, Newport, Rt. 2;
Leland Braxton Piner, Davis; Cecil
Maxwell Willis, Beaufort RFD 1;
George Rubin Snooks, Troy Noe
and Clem Merrill, Beaufort; and
Rufus Brown, Newport, Rt. 2.
Cadets And Seamen
Finding Our Coast
Very Entertaining
Cadets and seamen trainees
aboard the S. S. American Seaman
of the U. S. Maritime Commission
now at Morehead City where the
cadets are engaged in small arms
firing on the Camp Glenn Range,
are finding the Carteret Coast very
entertaining. Tonight in the Ca
sino the crew of the ship are enter
taining at a dance and all young
ladies of the coastland are invited
to attend and share the hospitality
of the occasion.
On Saturday night a Cadet Ball
honoring the young men of the U.
S. Coast Guard Academy aboard
the ship will be presented in the
Casino. On Saturday night the
Cadets will be admitted free, oth
er men in service uniform will be
admitted for half price and civil
ians (men) will pay the regular ad
mission. Ladies will be free.
Gillikin To Meet
Gunboat Gray In
The Casino Arena
Henry Gillikin, who has fought
his way to fame in Eastern North
Carolina is scheduled to meet Gun
boat Gray of Craven County, a
hard punching boxer in the main
bout of the Frank Alston promot
ed fights in Atlantic Beach Casino
Arena on Friday night. In mak
ing the announcement, Manager
Newman Willis of the Beach stated
that four good prelims were also
included on the card,
All RE 4 Poles
And Tamped
Cedar Island Route
Most Difficult
In State
POLES SPOTTED IN
CORE CREEK AREA
Local REA officials re
ported this week that ap
proximately one-third of all
the poles for the Carteret
Craven Electric Membership
Cooperative have been set
and tamped in, and that con
struction work is progressing
rapidly.
Of particular interest, according
to Resident Engineer L. C. Kerr of
the project, is that the line of
poles from Cedar Island to Atlan
tic have been erected. This is
considered by engineers as one of
the most difficult sections of line
constructed by the REA in the en
tire State of North Carolina, due
to the fact that it was necessary to
cross a wide expanse of marshland
where not only transportation fa
cilities proved a problem, but also
due to the general terrain and
method necessary to set the poles
in same.
Work is underway at present in
all sections of the vast project (ex
cept Merrimon) which extends
from Cedar Island to Stella and
from the Straits t o Harlowe.
Poles are being spotted (that is
placed along the route) in the Mil!
Creek, Core Creek and Harlowe
section this week and it will be
only a few days untjl the hardware
on the poles have been placed and
actual setting in this section will
begin.
See REA, Page 8
Waterway Traffic
To Be Held Up As
Marine Maneuver
Traffic on the Inland Water-;
way, Beaufort to Cape Fear River, j
N. C, may be delayed as much a.- j
4-hour periods between the dates !
of July 5 and 25, 1941, for the j
purpose of bringing or ferrying i
troops Between hwansuoro and
New River, particularly in the vi
cinity of Hursts Beach, according
to Earl I. Brown, U. S. District
Engineer. Specific hours will be
announced in the local newspapers
as far in advance as possible, it
was stated.
Masters of vessels are requested
to tie up or otherwise conform to
the requests and directions of any
patrol boats as to their movements
in this section of the Waterway.
$15,000,000
To Be Spent
On Project
Carteret Coast Now
In Line For Its
Big Boom
SITE SELECTION
ENDS CONTROVERSY
Just as we go to press to
day Representative Graham
A. Barden wired The Beau
fort News as follows: "Sec
retary of Navy upon recom
mendation of. Marine Corps
and Navy Department has
signed order designating
Cherry Point as site for Ma
rine Aviation Base." Earlier
this morning Dr. Ben F. Roy-all-advised
the editor that
Commander Cotter of the U.
S. Navy had called him last
night stating that Cherry
Point would be officially des
ignated today as the Air
wing site, with the signature
of Secretary Frank Knox of
the Navy being placed on the
order of recommendation for
the South side of Neuse river.
The official designation came
following a rather long controver
sy over which side of Neuse River
would be selected. Previously it
had been indicated that Wilker.son
Point would be the site of the Air
wing of America's greatest Marine
Base now under construction in
Onslow County. When Cherry
Point came into the picture there
was considerable efforts on the
part of real estate men and citizens
See AIRWING, Page 8
Sepia Swing King
To Bring Band To
Coast.1 Festival
Pictured above is "Count" Basic,
the sepia Swing King who brings
his famous "name band" to More
head City for the Fourth Annual
Coastal Festival on Saturday night,
August 9th at Atlantic Beach Ca
sino. "Count" Basic and his orchestra
have, for the past few years, re
tained their ranking among the ten
See SWING KING, Page 8
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TIDE TABLE
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Information as to 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.
So meallowances must '.!
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is whetf.
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH
LOW
Friday, July 1 1
10:00 A. M. 3:55 A.
10:23 P. M. 4:06 P.
M.
M.
Saturday, July 12
10:48 A.M. 4:36 A.M.
4:55 P. M.
Sunday, July 13
11:08 A. M. 5:22 A. M.
11:25 P. M. ' 5:47 P. M.
Monday, July 14
11:52 A.M. 6:08 A.M.
12:20 P.M. 6:22 P.M.
Tuesday, July 15
12:38 A.M. 6:57 A. M.
1:07 P. M. 7:39 P. M.
Wednesday, July 16
1:25 A.M. 7:47 A.M.
2:00 P. M. 8:35 P. M.
Thursday, July 17
2:17 A.M. 8:37 A.M.
2:56 P. M. 9:30 P. M.
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VIA SUPER LINER TO CHURCH
Core Creek Church extended an invitation to U. S. Coast Guard Academy Cadets and
U. S. Maritime Commission Trainees aboard the S. S. American Seaman now in
Morehead City, to attend services last Sunday morning. Among those accepting
the invitation a few are shown in the picture below as tey boarded a Seashore Transportation Com
pany "Super-Liner" loaned for the occasion by James West of New Bern, owner of America's larg
est individually owned bus line. The bus was driven by operator Dallas Spruill, shown standing by
bus. Cadets and trainees crowded the beautiful community church at Core Creek, and already
many are planning to worship there again next Sunday. It would be a generous idea for any per
son owning an automobile which will be available for use to transport the Cadets and trainees to
Core Creek on Sunday morning to get in touch withe Rev. Mr. Stewart who will complete arrange
ments. Eubanks-News Photo.)
Carteret Court Officials Get Salary
Boost Subject To Adoption Of Budget
History Of Local
Church Ordered By
Ambassador Daniels
A copy of "Methodists In The
Port Of Beaufort," the excellently
written historical story by Miss
Am Muse has been ordered by the
Honorable Josephus Daniels, Unit
ed States Ambassador to Mexico.
The order for the book from the
noted Raleigh publisher and editor
who was secretary of the United
States Navy during the first World
War, was received this week by
Rev. Stanley Potter, pastor of Ann
Street Methodist Church.
Excerpt from the Ambassador's
letter' "I have read today, in The
Beaufort News, which I read regu
larly, about the story of the 'Meth
odists In The Port of Beaufort.
Wish you would send me a copy of
same at once." The Ambassador
in his letter referred to the pleas
ant vacations he has spent in
Beaufort in the past; of his many
friends here and to the 163rd An
niversary of Ann Street Methodist
church and the wealth of history
which abounds in the old port of
Carteret's county seat.
Boy Scout Court Of
Honor Sunday Night
Boy Scouts of Beaufort will have
their Court of Honor on Sunday
nU'ht at 8:00 o'clock at the Metho
dist Church. This is the first time
that the Scouts have had a public
presentation of this important
event in scouting. At this time '
the scouts who recently appeared j
before the Board of Review and I
passed various phases of scout
work will be presented their;
awards.
Up until about two months ag )
scout work had been on a local ha-:
sis. Recently an effort was made J
to have scouting unified and
placed on a county basis. Thi?
work has been progressing with j
coo,! success. A Board of Re-j
views was appointed consisting of
Stanley Woodland, chairman, of
Morehead City; Gibb Arthur and
Gordon Willis, of Morehead City,
and Dr. H. F. Prytherch and J. W.
Stewart of Beaufort, members.
GARNER TRANSFERRED
Private Claude J. Garner, of
Newport, N. C, who is one of the
first 13,500 trainee-graduates of
the Field Artillery Replacement
Training Center at Ft. Bragg, N.
C, is being transferred this week
to the 72nd F. A. at Ft. Bragg, N.
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Commissioners Also
Raise Their Own
Pay In Budget
NYA TRANSPORTATION
BUDGET STRICKEN OFF,
Continue Groundwork For
Establishing County
Health Department
Most controversial matter
during the July meeting of
the Carteret Board of Com
missioners on Monday was
not included in the minutes.
It was however, included (or
excluded) in the tentative
county budget adopted by a
vote of three commissioners
against one. Except for the
budget matters, the meeting
was the usual one of a more
or less routine nature ex
cept some definite steps
were taken towards the es
tablishment of an all-time
health denartment. Includ
ed in these definite steps was
the appointment of a commit
tee consisting of Commission
er Raymond Davis and Com
missioner Tilden Davis to lo
cate a place in the Court
house Annex in which the
health department can be
placed.
Jjdjring from the way it was re
ported that Commissioner Ray
nion i Davis took away and added
to the tentative budget with Uu
harking of Commissioner McC'ibe
and Tilden Davis, locating a place
in the iMinex for the lva'th depart
ment should be an easy job for
him.
Budget Put And Take
The Beaufort News reporter did
not see a copy of the tentative
budget, but it is the public's privi
lege to see same if they wish. The
Beaufort News reporter is using as
a basis for the "put and take" an
gles in this story, information he
gained from county officials inter
vied Wednesday.
Carteret County Recorder Cour'
Officials, namely the judge and
solicitor, were given boosts in sal
aries according to changes made
(by majority vote of the commis
sioners) in the tentative budget.
In the past the salaries of these of
ficials have been $123 per month
for the judge and $75 per month
for the solicitor. In political cir
cles, both jobs are. considered a
very nice plums. The "nice plum"
part of the job is due mainly to the
fact that there are not many hours
of work, month in and month out,
to either position, and the holders
of same are permitted to carry on
See SALARY BOOST, Pge. 8
Reverend W. Y. Stewart,
pastor of non-sectarian
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Garments For Babes
In Britain Made By
Core Creek Ladies
During the past three months
12t baby garments, five sweaters
and six pairs of socks have been
bundled off to Britain by the ladies
of Core Creek Community, accord
ing to Mrs. W. Y. Stewart, wife of
the pastor of the Community
Church. These garments, mostly
for babies and made by a few wo
men living in the Core Creek sec
tion, have already been sent to
British War Relief headquarters
and by this time are probably en
route to the babes of Britain.
Memos of a Girl Friday:
Dear Mr. W.: Billy Rose offered
the editors of the Commy Daily
Worker a job in his Diamond Horse
shoe revue. Billy considers their
tlipflops, backflips and somersaults
the most comical in the world . . .
Tip the newspapers to see the next
edition of The Hour amazing rev
elations on activities of Ukrainians
in the U. S. readying sabotage, etc.,
campaigns. A new Nazi trick he
cajsa Germans and Italians ar" no
longer in good standing over here
and Ukrainians wouldn't be "sus
pected." The Ger;r.n " li'ary Attache in
Washington is supposed to havo told
Washington reporters July 27 is the
timetable dale for the Nazi war ma
chine to take over the Ukraine.
Pearson and Allen are furious
with ex-Cong. J. J. O'Connor cf N.Y.
They claim to have a certified copy
of a letter from O'Connor (part of
the Kansas court record) in which
the ex-congressman recently wrote
U. 5. Judge Richard Hopkins of Kan
sas. Alleging that two out of three
U. S. appeals court judges in N.Y.
were with him in the Congressman
Sweeney libel action against the
colyumists. Pleading sure victory
in N. Y., O'Connor asked Judge Hop
kins to postpone any decision in
Kansas, but Hopkins promptly dis
missed all of Sweeney's suits against
10 Kansas newspapers. Hurray for
him.
See WINCHELL, Page 2