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OLUME XXX NO. 7
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. 12, 1942
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Be Given Monday Feb. 16
WAR
IN BRIEF
Thursday
WASHINGTON Supreme com
mand of the combined allied fleet
in Far East twitched from Amer
ican to Dutch hands today a sur
f prise move that givci the Dutch a
I powerful voice in strategy for the
J impending Japanese blow against
rick Netherland East Indies.
i LONDON Singapore's defend
ers ignored a Japanese demand for
f unconditional surrender tonight
and held on grimly under an inces
if sant rain of bombs and shells, it
I was announced in a communique
I from the embattled city.
! NEW YORK The American
I tanker W. L. Steed was torpedoed
and sunk by an enemy submarine
v in a sudden daylight attack on
' Feb. 2 about 130 miles off the New
J Jersey coast, the Third Naval Dis.
trie! disclosed today.
1 BATAVIA Dutch forces de
fending Amboina sank five Jap
warships before the strategic air
and sea base in the Molucca Is
lands was lost to the Japanese, it
was announced today. They were
three cruisers, a destroyer and a
submarine, the report said.
VICHY Three Frenchmen
were shot in Paris today on the or
der of the German commander aft
er a new outburst of bombing di'
rected at conqueror and collabora'
tionist alike.
MOSCOW Russian ski troops
gliding nine miles behind the Ger
man lines under cover of a swirl
ins- snowstorm, have captured
Maklachi, 25 miles north of Bry
ansk, and thus hurled another bar
4m in the Dinchers drive on
See WAR Page 8
M'ARTHUR HONORED
WASHINGTON Unanimously
the House voted this week to
change the name of Conduit road
in the nation's capital to MacAr
thur Boulevard "in honor of the
gallant defense of the Philippines
by General MacArthur and his
men."
FIRING NOTICE
The following notice has been
received by The Beaufort News
fro .n the commanding officer at
Camp Davis. It reads as follows:
Place: Sers Landing Point.
Danger Zone: Water are
known as Sector No. 2 to include
distance off chore of 10,000
yards.
Dates: From February 9, 1942
to February 13, 1942 inclusive.
Time: Daily from 8 A. M. to 4
P. M.
Washington, D. C.
WARY GRAVY-TRAINER
You can write it down that Secre
tary of Agriculture Claude Wickard
is going to be very chary about us
I , lng that gravy-train veto power the
" farm lobby voted him in the price
u. control bill.
pi He knows that the White House is
f. still sputtering over his unauthorized
i endorsement of this lobby scheme
! at a crucial moment in the senate
i fight over the legislation. Also, that
. if he attempts to exercise the power
he is liable to be slapped down even
j ' harder than when he fronted for the
lobby.
' Actually, under cover, Wickard
has promised in effect to be a good
boy.
i It didn't leak out at the time, but
during the secret deliberations of the
joint senate-house conference com
mittee on the bill, he wrote the com
mittee a letter repudiating his pre
vious endorsement and saying he
didn't want the veto power over
f farm prices.
j Wickard wrote this letter under
I White House pressure. He knew he
was in bad and he tried to square
himself.
But for the administration, the
backdown was too late. The dam
age had been done, for the amend
ment was in the bill and the lobby's
See MERRY-GO-ROUND P 7
Fiist Aid To
Approximately 60
Teachers To Take
Course
Mr F.mrene SDeer. in
structor in First Aid for the
F.nsrprn Area of the Ameri
can Red Cross will be in Car-
tprer. flountv from reb. lb to
Feb. 27 to teach two courses
in First Aid. The First Aid
courses will be Instructor's
Courses and will be given in
Morehead Citv and Smyrna. Hours
for the classes in Morehead City
will be from 7:00 to 10:00 p. m.,
in Smvrna from 2:30 to b:6v P
m. Both classes will be held in the
school buildings in the respective
towns.
ADDroximatelv 60 of the 142
teachers in the county will take
the course. These in turn will be
qualified to teach the Standard
First Aid course. Other people in
the county are urged to take the
course also in order that there
will be a great number of instruc
tors. National Headquarters of the
American Red Cross stated some
months ago that there is need for
an additional 10,000,000 First
Aid certificate holders in the
United States.
People in Beaufort who wish to
enroll in the course should ocntact
Mrs. W. S. Chadwick; those in
Morehead City should see Mr. Cor
dova. Before enrolling all should
realize that the course requires at
tendance at each session of the 10
days (Monday through Friday for
two weeks), applicants must be 20
years of age or over, and state in
their application that they will
teach the standard First Aid
course.
Text books for the course of in
struction will be furnished to the
public school teachers by the
County Board of Education. The
Beaufort and Morehead City Red
Cross chapters will furnish text
books for others.
One Killed In Auto
Wreck Sat. Night
An automobile-truck collision on
the New Bern highway about a
mile west of Moreheadd City last
Saturday night took the life of J,
C. Bost, State health official sta
tioned at Jacksonville, N. C. Miss
Irene Oaks of Jacksonville, and
Mrs. Ann Branch of Wilmington,
engaged in defense construction
work, were cut and bruised in the
accident.
Alton B. Willis, of Beaufort,
driver of the truck involved in the
prash. was sriven a preliminary trial
at 10 o'clock this morning. As a
result of the trial Willis will be
bound over to Superior Court on a
charge of manslaughter. Willis'
bon was placed at $500.00.
Jasper Golden of Beaufort and
two Marine corporals, Daniel Ov
erby and W. G. Cherry from the
New -River Barracks were in the
truck driven by Willis. They re
ceived severe cuts and bruises and
were treated at the hospital. H.
T. Dupree, defense worker living
in Jacksonville, driver of the car
in which Bost was riding also suf
fered painful injuries which were
treated at the hospital.
The accident occurred on the
curve of the highway near Wallace
Fisheries plant. Both the car and
the truck were badly damaged.
Television Program
The public will have an oppor
tunity to learn some of the inter
esting developments in the field
of television when Mr. Lewis Hos
kins, Television Engineer, presents
an exhibition of the science in the
Beaufort School auditorium on
February 20, at 2:30 p. m.
Mr. Hoskins will bring to Beau
fort the sending and receiving ap
paratus he used at the New York
World's Fair and will demonstrate
the uses. Images will be transfer
red from one side of the stage to
the school
teachers will be televised and will
speak to the audience by way oi
television.
Tickets for this exhibition may
hp secured from t.ho arhnnl ftt 10
and 25 cents. The interestand and
educational nature of this program
manes it worxnwnue tor an aauiis
and children.
Local Jeweler
Laid To Rest
B. A. Bell, local jeweler and one
of Carteret County's oldest citi
zens, died at his .home here on
Monday. He had been in the jew
elry business in Beaufort for 31
years.
B. A. BELL RUES
HELD ON TUESDAY
He Died Monday
After Short
Illness
Final rites were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock
from t.hf home on Pollock
street for B. A. Bell, promi
nent business man of Beau
fort and oldest jeweler in the
county. He died early Mon
day morning. Rev. VV. S. Pot
ter, pastor of the Ann Street
Methodist church, officiat
ed, assisted by Rev. E. C -Mc-Connell,
rector of St. Paul's Epis
copal church. Interment was in
Ocean View cemetery. Rev. Mc
Connell read Tennyson's poem,
"Crossing the Bar", at the grave
side. The deceased, who moved to
Beaufort from Washington 31
years ago was a native of Hamlet,
N. C. On arrival in this city he
opened a jewelry store which busi
ness, with the assistance of Mrs.
Bell, he successfully operated un-
See BELL Page 8
SWEET POTATO
IMPROVEMENT
MEET JAN. 17
Since the sweet potatoes pro
duced in the 13 eastern counties of
North Carolina have not been
bringing a price comparable to
sweet potatoes produced in neigh
boring states, the producers of
these counties have requested as
sistance. Therefore, a meeting is
planned in the Carteret County
Court House for Tuesday, January
17, 7:30 P. M. Daylight Saving
Time, in cooperation with Don
Matheson, Division of Markets of
the North Carolina Department of
Agriculture; L. P. Watson, Exten
sion Horticulturist; and C. M.
Brickhouse, District Agent, and
local farm agents, for the purpose
of discussing improved seed stock,
proper seed treatment, fertiliza
tion, cultivation, grading and dig
ging, storage, and most important
of all a uniform grade and pack
and label for the North Carolina
producers. Sweet potato seed will
be on display, which will show cor
rect tvpe. size, color and uniform
ity which potato producers should
use in order to improve the pota
toes grown on his farm.
Potato producers who have seed
for sale in the county should also
bring in a sample for display.
Each sweet notatn nrodueer in
the county is invited to attend this
meeting.
To Aid In Filing
U. S. Tax Returns
A representative of the Internal
Revenue Service will be here for
three days in March to assist tax
payers in filing their income tax
returns. He will he in Beaufort
on March 2, 3 and 4 at the Post
Office, according to announce
ment from C. H. Robertson, col
lector of internal revenue. "We
are giving February 16 through
March 16 for filing period to as
sist the taxpayers," Mr. Robert
son said.
WM. A. PIERCE
PASSES MONDAY
Funeral Held Wed
nesday From
The Home
Funeral services for Wil
liam Adair Pierce, 72, were
conducted at the home on
Turner street Wednesday
morning at 11 o'clock by the
Rev. Stanley Potter, assisted
by the Rev. E. C. McConnell.
The pallbearers were Robert E.
King, Doc Thomas, Marion Noe,
Charlie Hatsell, James D. Rumley
and Ed Martin. Interment took
place in St. Paul's cemetery.
The Masonic Lodge of Beaufort
had charge of the rites at the
grave. Mr. Potter read "Crossing
The Bar" and Mr. McConnell pro
nounced the benediction.
Mr. Pierce died at his home here
about noon Monday. He suffered
a stroke of paralysis a month ago
from which he never recovered.
He was born in Beaufort Feb. 19,
1870, the son of the late Margaret
and David Pierce. On Sept. 29,
1903, he was married to Blanche
Fulcher.
Mr. Pierce was a retired rural
mail carrier, having finished his
30 years' service eight years ago.
He was a charter member of the
Masonic Lodge. He was known
and loved by many people who
mourn his passing.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Blanche Fulcher Pierce; two
daughters, Mrs. H. L. Brown of
Hi eh Point and Mrs. F. L. Stroune
of Charlotte; two sisters, Mrs. J.
J. Whitehurst of Beaufort, and
Mrs. Edward Morse of Washing
ton, D. C; and two grandchildren.
LOCAL PEOPLE
ON USO PROGRAM
Rev. E. C. McConnell
And G. M. Paul
To Take Part
A dedication service for
citizens of Carteret County
who are taking part in the
program of the United Serv
ice Organization will be held
REV. E. C. McCONNELL
in the USO building in More
head City Sunday, Feb. 15
at 3 o'clock. All committee
chairmen, committee mem-
hpr nnd all people who have en
tertained Service Men in their
homes for meals or overnight lodg
ing, and all who have taken part
in the activities at the USO center
See LOCAL PEOPLE Page 8
All Patrol Cars
Be Painted Black
State highway patrol cars will
all be painted black to give better
efficiency in working on sabotage
and evpionage cases, it has been
announced. The cars will also have
plain orange and black state licen
se tags instead of the special pa
trol tags formerly used on patrol
cars. ,
The "silver bullets" are being
painted black and will soon be in
use throughout the state. The lo
cal division already has several of
the state cars painted and are in
use on the highways.
It is said that the painting of
the cars will aid tremendously in
the efficiency of investigating es
pionage and sabotage cases. It
will also aid in the patroling of the
state highways. Previously the
silver bullet could be detected by
motorists a long distance away.
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Local Boy In
Philippines
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GEORGE T. GUTHRIE, pictur
ed above, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
lie E. Guthrie of Beaufort and
Morehead City was stationed in
the Philippines the last time his
parents heard from him which was
a week after the Japs attacked
Pearl Harbor. Guthrie is a Phar
macist Mate 3rd Class and has
been in the Navy about three
years. About a year ago he volun
teered for foreign service and
was sent to the Philippines.
HOURS CHANGED
FOR SCHOOLS
New Time Upsets The
Schedule In Coun
ty Schools
The County Board of Education
gave further consideration last
Friday to the opening hour for the
schools of the county and Supt. Al
len announced its revised decision
to the principals and teachers in a
meeting at Beaufort on Saturday
morning, as follows:
(1) All schools are to move their
clocks forward one hour Monday
morning, Feb. 9.
(2) All schools of the same
school district are to have a uni
form hour of opening.
(3) The district principal, with
the advice and approval of his dis
trict school board or committee
and subject to the approval of the
superintendent, is authorized to
See HOURS Page 8
UNKNOWN SEAS
PRESENTATION
NEXT THURSDAY
The cast for the play "Unknown
Seas," by Mrs. G. M. Paul, which
will be given in the Beaufort
school auditorium for the benefit
of the Red Cross War Fund Thurs
day, Feb. 19, has been selected.
The characters and players follow:
Dr. Manney Rev. W. Y. Stew
art, Mrs. Manney Mrs. E. C. Mc
Connell, Nancy Manney Maude
Eloodgood Chadwick, James Man
ney Bobby Stevens, Julia Man
ney Mary Frazier Paul, Eliza
beth Manney Janet D. Davis,
Charles French Dr. D. J. Eure,
Capt. Gooding Graydon Paul,
Chloe Mrs. Chas. Hassell, Tim
othy Jack Allen, Mrs. Rumley
Mrs. Mattie King Davis, Mrs. Piver
Mrs. Marion Cowper, Mrs. Dun
can Mrs. J. G. Allen, Mr. Josiah
Bell Mr. Graham Duncan,
Mrs. Bell Mrs. W. H. Potter,
Mr. Otway Burns Mr. M. L. Da
vis, Mrs. Burns Mrs. N. F. Eure,
Capt. and Mrs. Dill Mr. and rMs.
Holland, Rev. Boatwright Rev.
E. C. McConnell, Mrs. Boatwright
Mrs. Graham Duncan, Mr. and
Mrs. Robinson Dr. and Mrs.
Woodard, Mr. and Mrs. Potter
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Potter. Mrs.
Whitehurst Mrs. C. D. Jones,
Mrs. Chadwick, Mrs. Bayard Tay
lor, Mrs. Leecraft Mrs. O. S.
Clawwson, Emma Manson Lu
cille Rice, Rose Stanton Ruth
Webb, Federal Soldier Dr. C. P.
Stevick, Joe Mason Billie King
See UNKNOWN SEAS P 8
Bus To Harkers
Is. Put On Today
Seashore Transportation Com
pany announced that beginning
today they would operate a bus to
Harkers Island. The bus will con
nect with the Atlantic bus, thus
making three round trips a day.
This will be a great help to the is
land people who do not have cars.
1400 Expected
Under Hew
The War Fund of the Beaufort
Chapter American Red Cross was
boosted this week by reports from
Marshallberg, Beaufort, Atlantic,
Harkers Island and Williston.
Marshallberg reported $45,00,
Williston $10.00, Beaufort $14.00,
Atlantic $20.00, and Harkers Is
land $6.00. These sums added to
that already reported makes the
total for this week $788.31.
Supt. J. G. Allen To
Lead Discussion
Shall the Beaufort school have
a 12th year during 1942-43?
This is not "as easy said as
done," or nor as simple as it
sounds. The parents of the seventh
grade and the present eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh grades
will have a part in answering this
question.
Supt. J. G. Allen will lead this
discussion at the next meeting of
the Beaufort Parent-Teachers As
sociation which will be held next
Tuesday night, Feb. 17, at the us
ual hour, 7:30.. This discussion
will sooner or later be of concern
to all patrons but the parents of
the above mentioned grades and
Board of Trustees are urged to at
tend. Beaufort Boy O. K.
In Hawaii Sector
Mr. W. D. Gatlin, of Beaufort,
has received word from his son,
Edwin Gatlin, who is serving with
the United States Navy -in Hawaii
that he is in good health and en
joying life there. Mr. Gatlin's son
stated in his letter that he had
made a visit to Pearl Harbor and
that he had seen some good shows.
(Whether movies or hula-hula
shows was not mnde clear). He is
anxiously waiting for his mail and
back copies of the Beaufort News
so that he can keep up with the
news at home.
New Schedule At
Beaufort School
Mr. T. G. Leary, principal of
the Beaufort school, announced
the following schedule for classes
and lunch hour for pupils of the
school. Parents who have been
somewhat confused by the change
in time will find this schedule
helpful: 8:55, outside bell; 9 to
9:10, chapel; 9:12 to 10:07, first
period; 10:09 to 10:54, second pe
riod; 10:56 to 11:41, third period;
10:45 to 11:15, elementary recess;
11:43 to 12:30, fourth period;
12:30 to 12:40, supervised lunch;
12:40 to 1:25, lunch; 1:28 to 2:23.
fifth period; 2:25 to 3:10, sixth
period; 3:12 to 3:50, activity pe
riod. There will be no One Session
signal for rainy days for the time
being clue to the fact that the Fire
Department is usable to give sig
nals that might confuse the public
with air raid warnings. On rainy
davs narents should call the school
office at 12:15 or later. Do not
call before 12:15 as the decision!
for one session is not made until
that time.
In case of one session the sched
ule is 12:30 to 12:55; lunch 12:55
to 1:33 fifth period class; 1:33 to
2:00 sixth period class. If the one
session day comes on a Wednes
day, chapel period will be from
1:33 to 2:00.
To Make Payments
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.
Within a short time the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation is
expected to begin payments to de
positors of the Bank of Draper,
N. C, which closed on February
6, 1942.
The bank held total deposits of
approximately $93,000 at the time
f. suspension and practicalty the
entire amount is estimated as be
ing insured. The bank had about
1,016 depositors at the time of its
suspension.
This is the first closing of an in
sured bank in the State, of North
Carolina since the beginning of
deposit insurance on January 1,
lt'34.
To Register
Draft Orde
Registration Places
To Be Open From
7 A.M. to 9 P.M.
Mrs. Floyd Chadwick,
clerk of the Carteret County
Draft Board, announced thia
week that on February 16th
the registration of men be
tween the ages ot Uu ana 44
inclusive will be accomplish
ed at three registration plac
es in the County. Registra
tion places will be set up at
Beaufort, Morehead City
and Portsmouth.
It is estimated by the lo :al board
that approximately 140f peraofta
will be required to regist r in Car
teret County on February 16.
Those who fall within tais regis
tration group are men ho were
20 years of age on or I efore De
cember 31, 1941, and who have
not passed their 45th birthday on
February 16.
At the Beaufort and Morehead
City registration places the regis
tering will be in charge of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
members of each town vho will be
assisted by the ladies cf the-local
women's organizations, such as
members of the Woman s Club and
American Legion Auxiliary. There
will be 20 workers on d ity all day.
The registration placi in Beau
fort will be in the Court House
Annex and in Morehead City in the
City Hall. The registra ion hours
will be from 7 a. m. to 9:00 p. nu
and this will be the only day allow
ed for registration in North Caro
lina. The Local oBard wishjs to call
to the attention of all men between
the ages of 20 and 45 the fact that
they are required to register on
February 16 it they have not pre
viously registered, ""'regariless of
whether they would have been in
cluded in one of the age groups.
Men who are already registered
will not be required to do so again.
Mrs. Chadwick said that any
man who is a resident of Carteret
County and who will be away from
home on registration day should go
to the nearest registration place
and be registered and that care
should be taken that the perma
nent addresses given be in Car
teret County if the resident
See REGISTRATION P 8
Attention Red Cross
Knitters
All people working on sweater!
for the Beaufort Chapter of tke
Red Cross please return all finish
ed garments to Mrs. E. C. McCon
nell this week. All work tbat is
not yet ready should be handed is
before February IS. This is the
dead-line for shipping the present
quota.
Arte York Heartbeat:
It C(is a lot to win a war, but it
costs more to lose oi.e. Traditional
ly, an American balks raur at in
convenience f'ap !- (r,os at sacri
fice. But let's net tool ourselves.
Thvre is a difference between civil
ian discorofnrt and miliary saori-
An empty si.;sar Low! :s one thing,
a. id an errpty ammunition belt is
another. An old second-hand car is
a nuisance, but there is no such
thins as a scrmid-har.d navy. Pri
orities are harsh, but remember that
the marirtes ask only that they be
the first to fight. Living quarters
may be cramped, but American sail
ors are living in submarines.
Men who i'.y in high altitude bomb
ers are giving more to their country
than those who pay high income
t-txes.
You can't buy Liberty in a bar
gain basement, and the theater of
war has no reserved seats. Peace
will restore sugar and tires. But not
even Victory can bring back the
Colin Kellys.
Buy Defense Bonds
Typewriter Ribbons: Joe Louis:
Now that I've finished cleaning up
all the Baers, I'm going after the
Snakes . . . The Bangor News: Men
are about th onlv people on earth
See WINCHELL Page 7
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