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VOL. XXX NO. 3.
BEAUFORT. N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 15, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
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Of Municipalities And Co-ops
Diphtheria
patient is
NOW BETTER
Third Case In This
County Reported
This Week
HEALTH .OFFICER
URGES VAl.uirm nun
Fred Mason Jr., 14 months
old son of Fred Mason of
DomifnH- is reported to be
somewhat improved today
The child was rusnea w
mington hospital several days ago
following the sudden onset of
Laryngeal Diphtheria. His breath
ing became so completely ob
structed shortly after admission
that an operation had to be per
formed to provide an artificial pas
sage way for air into his nroncnia
tubes through a silver tube.
HU condition was extremely
critical a few days ago.
A third case of Diphtheria has
been reported to the Health De
partment from Marshallberg.
The necessity for all children
who have not had Diphtheria tox
oid to receive it at once is rapidly
becoming more acute. An epi
demic of Diphtheria in the County
must be prevented at all costs.
Gun Firing Warning
Now Displayed From
Fisherv Lab's Mast
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A an extra precaution and
warninir to mariners, the worn
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"FTRTNO" will be spelled out
with International Code nags
from the mast of the U. S. xnsh
and Wildlife Station on Piver's
Island, when the U. S. Army troops
of the temporary defenses oi
Beaufort Inlet are firing seacoas
guns. Originally the word "FIR
ING"' was spelled out in code
flags, only from the mast of Ft.
Macon Unit of Beaufort Station.
When the "FIRING" signals are
displayed, it means that boats are
' t warned to stay clear of the water
X area extending from Cape Look
; f'j out Light, south to Latitude 34 de-
iv 'grees' 30 minutes and thence west
!- to Longitude 77 degrees 00 min
i ' Vtes and thence north to Bogue
Banks. Weather conditions for
. several days made it impractical
to fire the guns, but these neces
sary operations for settling the
mounts in the soft sand at the var
- "' ious batteries along Bogue Banks
got underway on Tuesday.
. Washington, D. C.
) AN INSIDE STOEY
; Here is the Inside story on what
happened in all the fuss and furore
over the Free French seizure of the
i two tiny North Atlantic islands of
; St. Pierre-Miquelon.
The story illustrates a very im
f, f. portant point: That U. S. -British for
,4 eign policy has got to pull closer to
, gether in the future, and that state
; department officials might have
H thought twice about slapping Brit
Is i lsh policy in the face especially at
' ; a time when Winston Churchill was
sitting in the White House working
1 , on plans for closer Anglo-American
co-ordination.
The crux of the situation was that
w the
radio stations on these two
French islands long have been sus-
; pected of giving information to
Vichy and then to Berlin on Brit
"3 ish convoys crossing the North At
w lantic also on Britain-bound bomb-
v ers hopping oil from Newfoundland.
French fishing vessels from St.
Pierre-Miquelon cruise all over the
Newfoundland banks and are in an
. excellent position to observe Allied
activity in this vital part of the At
lantic. More recently, Nazi subma
rines have been prowling closer to
U. S. shores and it was suspected
they might be getting information
or even supplies from the fishing
vessels.
So the British gave the nod to
General DeGaulle to move into the
islands. Ia fact-thev ven leLhis as-
See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7
- Connections
This Would Assure
Military Bases
Ample Power
CARTERET-CRAVEN
CO-OP IS INCLUDED
Plans are now underway
to inter-connect the trans
mission lines of several mu
nicipalities and REA co-operatives
in Eastern North
Carolina. This would make
possible at all times, standby
electric power service for
the existing and proposed military
bases and national defense proj
ects throughout the area, it was
stated here this week by C. H.
Young, general manager of Carteret-Craven
Electric Membership
Cooperative, who is ft member of
the committee to complete plans.
"The plan originating with U. S.
Naval authorities, has the endorse
ment of the municipalities of
Farmville, Greenville, Kinston,
New Bern, Rocky Mount, Tarboro,
Washington and Wilmington and
the Carteret-Craven, Edgecombe
Martin, Pamlico-Beaufort, Pitt
Greene, Tri-County, and Wood
stock Electric Membership Coop
eratives," said Mr. Young. The
inter-connection of transmission
lines would also tie-in facilities of
Tide Water, Virginia Power Com
pany, Carolina Power and Light
Company and possibly Duke Powet
Company.
Officials of the Carteret-Craven
Electric Membership Cooperative
attended a meeting of municipal
and electric cooperative officials
in Raleigh recently, along with
Governor J. M.. Broughton, OPM
and Naval Authorities. The plan
was discussed and approved at the
meeting. Later Resolutions of ap
proval were adopted by each of the
municipalities and cooperatives to
See POWER LINES Page 8
Unlawful To Run
Car Without Town
Tag After Today
According to Warning Notice
published in Beaufort News last
week and signed by municipal of
ficials, it will be unlawful for au
to owners living in the corporate
limits of Beaufort to operate an
automobile or truck locally, with
out a town license plate, after to
day (Thursday, January 15). Cost
of the tags is $1, and persons who
have failed to get same todate
may have to pay several times that
amount if they are arrested for
operating without municipal li
censes today.
ATTENTION
Legionnaires
The Barbecue which was to be
held at Kid Hill'i ranch at Newport
Friday night, Jan. 9, will be held
tomorrow (Friday) night, Jan. 16.
T. E. KELLY, Adjutant.
? Information as to the tide f
X at Beaufort ia given in this $
T column. The figures are ap. T
proximately correct and are
', I based on tables furnished by ! I
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
So meallowances must bo
T maae lor variations in the
1 wind and also with respect
T rn the locality, that la whetn.
er near the inlet or at the ?
I head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, Jan. 16
7:39 AM 1:11 AM
7:58 PM 1:59 PM
Saturday, Jan. 17
8:30 AM 2:03 AM
8:50 PM 2:46 PM
Sunday, Jan. 18
9:20 AM 2:53 AM
9:41 PM 3:31 PM
Monday, Jan. 19
10:07 AM 3:41 AM
10:30 PM 4:15 PM
Tuesday, Jan. 20
10:53 AM 4:29 AM
5:01 PM
Wednesday, Jan. 21
11:18 AM 5:18 AM
11:37 PM 5:48 PM
Thursday, Jan. 22
12:05 AM 6:13 AM
12:21 PM 6:39 PM
ZONING BOARD
MEETING HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
Criticized Certain
Ordinances Now
In Effect
OFFER COOPERATION
IN COMMUNITY EFFORT
Beaufort's rece n 1 1 y ap
pointed Zoning Board met
on Monday night and after
some discussion relative to
the proposed benefits that
may be derived from such a
group, addressed a letter to
the Mayor and Board of Al
dermen. Copy of the letter
signed by members of the Board,
namely William H. Potter, F. R.
Bell, C. R. Wheatly and B. H.
Stephens, seemed to express crit
icism towards similar zoning or
building ordinances which already
exist, but which are apparently
not carried out.
Reading between the lines it
could be readily seen that one of
the objects of criticism by the Zon
ing Board was a condition which
exists in the business district of
Beaufort at the present time. One
would judge, after reading the
letter that the Zoning Board be
lieves it useless to try and carry
out a zoning program, when there
is laxity shown at present in build
ing laws.
The letter to the Board of Com
missioners and Mayor follows:
To the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen,
Beaufort, N. C.
Gentlemen:
Your committee met on tnis
date and proceeded to discuss the
purpose for which it had been ap
pointed. It was not clear as to just
what Our duties were or the extent
See ZONING Page 8
Gahagan Dredging.;;
Corporation Gets
Silver Lake Work
Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner advised the Beaufort News
this week that the Gahagan Dredg
ing Corporation of Brooklyn had
been awarded the contract to
dredge Silver Lake Harbor at Oc
racoke to a depth, of eleven and
half feet with connecting channel
to Pamlico Sound. The original
project called for an expenditure
of approximately $60,000.
With this depth of water for Sil
ver Lake, the Outer Banks will
have its first important harbor,
and will provide facilities for hun
dreds of yachts which want to go
there annually but cannot due to
depth of water plus facilities for
deep draught commercial and risn
ing vessels. It is understood that
at an early date the U. S. Navy
will create a base in the vicinity of
Ocracoke.
Having roles in getting initial
approval by the U. S. Government
See DREDGING Page 8
FEDERAL AUTO
LICENSE SALE
BEGINS JAN. 27
Auto and truck owners have by
this time bought their State and
Municipal licenses, but the new
Federal Licenses which were
scheduled to go on sale today
(January 15) will not be available
until January 27, it was announc
ed in Washington on Wednesday.
Reason for the delay is that the
new Federal Licenses which will
cost all car and truck owners a
flat rate of $5.00 annually will be
small printed stickers, and the
FEDERAL STICKERS
DUE HERE ANY DAY
After the accompanying story
was written on Wednesday another
report out of Washington indicat
ed that the stickers would go on
sale today (January IS) as first
announced, however no stickers
had been received at local postof
fice up until noon today when
Beaufort News men applied for
same.
first batch prepared were glued
on the wrong side.
The glue side on the corrected
stickers will be the same side
bearing number. Error was made
by placing the glue on the white
side. The stickers are required of
all auto and truck owners by Fed
eral Law. They will be on sale at
Postoff ices, and a cheery note will
be that the initial stickers good un
til the end of fiscal year July 1,
will cost $2.09.
Bread Cooked In This
Hastened Downfall
I 3e
ON APRIL 26,'1862, Colonel Moses T. White, who had
been placed in coiriraahd of the Confederate States troops
at Fort Macon, met General Burnsides of the U. S. Army
at 7 o'clock in the morning and a surrender was agreed
upon. The Southern flag was hauled down at 12 noon and
OVERHEAD LINE
WILL BE BUILT
FOR REA CO-OP
To Be Used Instead
Of Under Water
Calev'.vs':
v REA-officiils in 'Washing
ton have approved overhead
crossings connecting trans
mission lines of Carteret-
Craven Electric Membership
Cooperative at Steel Bridge
on the Inland waterway ana
at Cedar Island. Engineers
have made a survey of the cross
ings and although no definite date
for the connection of lines have
been made, it should be a matter
of only a few weeks, it was stated
here today by C. H. Young, gen
eral manager of the local Co-op.
Originally it was planned to
connect approximately 150 miles
of line in the Carteret-Craven
project at canal crossings with
canal, but it is impossible to get
cable at this time due to the priori
ties governing some. The over
head crossings will serve the same
purpose and meet with U. S. Army
Engineers' restrictions.
The overhead line at Steel
Bridge will have to be 100 feet
above the surface of the water.
At Cedar Island Thoroughfare the
lines must be 75 feet above water.
To erect the high-wires, series of
poles will be spliced together.
Erection of the overhead cross
ing wires will mean that Cedar Is
land can be served with electric
energy immediately after crossing
has been completed. Patrons of
the Co-op living on Route 101 into
Beaufort will also be served as
soon ns the overhead line is com
pleted at Steel Bridge.
COVERING THE
WATERFRONT
By AYCOCK BROWN
SEACOAST GUNS of the Tem
porary Harbor Defenses of Beau
fort Inlet, fired for the first time
on Tuesday and again on Wednes
day could be heard for many
miles. George Stovall of Tide
Water, who happened to be at Da
vis said the reports of the guns
could be heard very plainly. I
wonder how his ears would feel if
he had been standing within 30
feet of the guns as they were fir
ed. He probabbly knows how a
person feels to be that close to big
guns when they are fired, having
once been a staff sergeant in a
coast artillery unit of the Nation
al Guard.
A PERSON STANDING close
to big guns as they are fired are
instructed to stand cn their toes,
face the gun (never stand side to
it) and hold their mouth open as
the Ready! Fire! orders are shout
See WATERFRONT, PaCe 8
Oven Probably
Of Ft. Macon-1862
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Photo By Aycock Brown
"the troops stationed there (three
companies) left the fort as soon as
means could be furnished. The
proceeding day had seen the only
real battle to ever take place at
Fort Macon. The Confederates
lost seven men and 18 were
wounded during the battle. Buil
for protection from sea attack,
the troops stationed there did not
figure on the strategy which would
be used by General t Burnside's
troops, an attack from the west or
landward direction. No guns pro
tected this approach. " -x, ,
; v BfreadlThat Almost ' '
Caused A Mutiny
The Confederate troops within
Fort Macon had been supplied
with an unusually large quantity
of flour, and Colonel White learn
ing that there was a soldier-baker
in the troops, resolved to issue
FORTY - FOUR GUNS
AT FORT IN 1862
Of the 44-guns comprising the
entire armament at Fort Macon
back in 1862, when the Yankees
captured it from the Rebels nearly
one-half were entirely disabled
during the battle of April 25. None
on the parapets facing the en
trance to the harbor could be
brought to bear on the land bat
teries, nor could those facing Beau
fort. When firing ceased at 5:30
P. M. not 10 guns in serviceable
condition could have been used to
prolong the fight, and these were
all old 24 or 32-pounders, except
two Columbiads and one rifled 24
pounder on the sea-face of the up
per parapet. One single shot from
a 32-pounder Parrott totally dis
abled an 8-inch and a 10-inch Co
lumbiad in Capt. Pool's Battery,
mortally wounding three men and
severely wounding five others. No
single shot fired during the war
probably did greater damage. It
was the first battle of the men in
the fort, and in view of all cir
cumstances they fought well; vet
erans of many battles could not
have done better, and not a man
sought his bunk on the night of
the 25th who did not expect to re
new the fight the next day, and
who was not ready to do so ac
cording to a historical record
found by Editor Brown this week.
baked bread in lieu of flour. This
was done to economize, give a
change of diet and relieve the
company cooks, so it was stated.
The fort oven (see photo) was
cleaned out and the baker and his
assistants were detailed, and the
troops awaited results with cur
iosity. :
Historical records reveal that
not one-tenth of the loaves bake J
in the oven were fit to be eaten.
The second bake was no better,
and some wag in the group sug
gested that the loaves be turned
over to the ordinance department
to augument the supply of shot.
Soon the situation became serious.
The garrison surgeon selected
three of the best loaves that had
been baked and showed them to
Colonel White, stating that such
bread was not fit for man or
beast Colonel White ordered that
the men eat bakers bread or no
bread.
The situation became more se
rious. The soldiers began to offer
See FORT MACON Page 8
Service Men Will Stage Variety
Show For Citizens Of Coastland
In USO Building On January 23rd.
C. G. REPORTS
TWO VESSELS
IN DISTRESS
Flamingo Is Total
Loss Near Cape
Lookout
Lillian Anne Aground
Near Adams Creek Canal
The fishing smack "Flam
ingo" of Brooklyn which was
outfitted locallv and in
Morehead City recently for
sea-bass fishing oil shore on
the coral reefs, is a total loss
today in the surf about two
miles west of Barden's Inlet.
The North Carolina Line 'freight
er "Lillian Anne" which operates
between Baltimore and Wilming
ton on the Inland Waterway was
reported aground near the mouth
of Adams Creek Canal about 12
miles north of Beaufort.
Judging from report given
Coast Guard, Capt. Richard Cap-
sey, master of Flamingo, sho was
lost in rather rough weather near
the Cape last night. He misjudged
his course, resulting in the vessel,
of about 55 feet in length, going
into the breakers. Coastguadrsnien
from the Ft. Macon and Cape
Lookout units of Beaufort Station
went to the rescue and experienced
difficulty in removing Capt. Cap
sey and his crew of three men due
to the fact that the water was very
rough and shallow at that point.
They were removed safely, how
ever, and spent the night at Cape
Lookout fetation. This morning
SeeSHiPWRECK Pge,8
BIRTHDAY BALL
TO BE JAN. 29TH
IN USO BLDG.
Beaufort's Chamber (Sr) of
Commerce and the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce of Morehead
City will be co-sponsors of the an
nual President's Birthday Ball,
this year, it was announced today
by Mrs. W. I. Loftin, treasurer of
the local civic organization who is
co-chairman of the event with G.
E. Sanderson of Morehead City.
The dance this year will be held
at the USO building in Morehead
City on Thursday night, January
29, from 9 until 1 o'clock. Tickets
will be on sale within the next few
days at Morehead City Drug Com
pany, Hufham Drug Store, Dowdy
Furniture Company in Morehead
City, and at Guthrie-Jones, Bell's
Drug Store and House Drug Store,
and at Miller Furniture Company
in Beaufort.
This will be the first year that
a President's Birthday Ball has
been presented in Morehead City.
Proceeds (after expenses hava
been deducted) will be used in the
fight to stamp out Infantile Par
alysis. Further announcements a
bout the event will be made in
The Beaufort News next week.
Although the dance is being pre
sented in the USO Building, the
general public along with soldiers
and members of military service
will be urged to attend.
WAR FUND
The Emergency War Fund being
raised by the Beaufort Chapter of
the American Red Cross has pass
ed the $500.00 mark during the
past week. The receipt of a $100
check from Miss Yeatman of tht
Open Grounds helped swell the
fund. Many other, contributions
ranging from 50 cents to $10.0;)
have also been received. Carteret
Hardware and the Lumber ar.L
Building Supply Corp. have both
sent $i0.00 checks.
SWEATERS FOR SOLDIERS
Many of the men of the U. S.
Army quartered in Carteret Coun
ty for various duties in defense of
the coast have been given good
wool sweaters during the past
week. Thefee sweaters were receiv
ed by the Beaufort Chapter from
headquarters of the American
Red Cross. The sweaters have been
issued to the men at Davis and
Camp Glenn. As soon as the rest
See RED CROSS Page 8
Many Professional
Actors Will Be
In Cast
SERVICE MAN'S COUNCIL
PLANS ENTERTAINMENT
TV show their aDDrecia-
tion for the hospitality that
residents of the coast have
shown them, members of mii
ifarv units. Armv. Navy. Ma
rines, and Coast Guard, plan
to present a variety snow,
using talent (mucn oi 11 pro
aH which is available
from various nearby units at the
USO Headquarters in Morehead
Mrs. Potter Chairman
Of USO Dance Saturday
The Beaufort USO group wM
have charge of the dance to be
presented in the United Service
Organization building in Morehead
City on Saturday night. Mrs. Wil
liam Potter is chairman of the
event and elaborate plans are be
ing made to make this weekend
dance to which girls will attend by
invitation only, one of the best ia
the series presented to date. The
dance will start at 7:30 o'clock
and end at 10:30 o'clock. The
closing time for dances will be at
10:30 in the future to allow men
from nearby units to return to
their batteries early.
City on January 23. Although the
date is tentative, the enthusiasm
which is involved among the mili
tary units is not and unless present
plans are changed, the show will
See SHOW Page 8
Sheriff Urges That
Serial Numbers On
' Tires Be Recorded -
Sheriff C. G. Holland urges alt
auto and truck owners to make a
record of the serial number ap
pearing on their tires. Since tire
rationing began a few days ago
there have been reports through
out the country of thievery. In
some localities autos or trucks
parked on the roads or streets and
left unattended have been jacked
up and the tires have been remov
ed. It is liable to happen here and
for that reason Sheriff Holland
urges owners of cars and trucks,
especially the latter, to make a
note of the serial numbers (which
appear on all new tires) so that
same may be traced when and if
stolen. While there have been no
cases of tires being stolen reaching
the courts of the county to date,
Sheriff Holland is anxious that
this precautionary measure be tak
en by owners.
Man About Town:
The following is the last para
graph of an address made by the
late William B. Bankhead, speaker
of the house of representatives , . .
Thanks to his daughter, Tallulah,
who reminded us of it . . . "Allow
me to make this final observation:
Until the one-man nations of the
world can produce greater military
leaders and strategists than Joshua;
until they can point within the circle
of their own men who have st'iod
closer to God than Moaes; until
some Aryan is wiser than Solomon
or a sweeter singer of lyrics than
David; until they can produce a
greater moral philosopher than
Jesus of Nazareth let them beware
of asserting that no good can come
out of Palestine, that there is no
heroism or genius among the fellow
citizens of Isaiah, no heritage of
character left to the descendants of
the Maccabees."
Buy Defense Bonds
"Dear Waiter: I see you now have
three jobs instead of two and I
thought some of this might help . . .
Hitler claims he's obeying an 'inner
call' to take over the army. What
Schickelgruber heard was not an in
ner voice. It was probably indiges
tion brought on by biting off more
than he can chew ... In this war
we're all in the same boat. If labor
doesn't co-operate the boat won't be
ready . . . Things are so tough in
vaudeville that acts which used to
open with the straightman dropping
his handkerchief (as the pretty girl
passed bv are no more. The
, See WINCHELL Page 7
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