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TAe Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Cilina Coast
VOLUME XXX NO. 18.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURS., APRIL 30, 1942.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
ovemor Proclaims
War Bond Campaign
To Begin On Monday
SERIAL NUMBERS
IMPORTANT WHEN
TRACING
Patrolman Remi nds
Car Owners To Re--4
member Tire Iden
I tification
i State Highway Patrolman
John Law said Monday that
a tire theft without knowing
aerial numbers is as hard to
trace as a crime without fm-
orprnrints.
j Hp stated that several recent
thefts have been unsolved due to
the fact that the owners failed to
record the serial numbers of their
tire.
; "One cannot trace stolen money
without serial numbers," Patrol
man Laws said, "so it is equally
hard to run down criminals with
out the tire numbers."
; Aside from the criminal ele
ment, he continued, the motorists
must keep in mind that excessive
speed during the coming hot
weather will not only shorten the
See NUMBERS Page 10
THE VERDICT
Governor's Proclama
tion Launches Volun
tary Pledge System
MAY 4-9 DESIGNATED
AS "WAR BOND" WEEK
5 Mayor Paul had two verdirts to
make on the practice of air-raid
lert in Beaufort last Friday.
Hi firt wat: "The air-raid
practice alarm went off very at-
itfactorily 10 far as the commit
tees and Tolunteers were concern
ed. All but one of the air-raid war
dens were at their posts and the
missing one was out of town."
The second and more discordant
note was: "Some civilians who are
not aware of the seriousness of
the situation and who are not con
tributing their full co-operation
failed to stop at the signals of the
air raid wardens. They must not
forget that it is a violation of the
' town ordinance to fail to pull their
cars to the curb and halt. That is
even a law during fire alarms in
peace time."
Mayor Paul reminded the citi
; zens again that the air-raid war
dens have been sworn in with po
' lice authority during alerts, and
that negligent citizens will have to
be dealt with accordingly.
"However," he continued "many
probably confused the air-raid
alert last Friday with the numer
ous fire alarms due to excessive
forest fires."
Mayor Paul again stated the of
ficial signal for air-raid alerts:
5 30 second blasts at equal in
tervals. The all-clear signal is a
60 second continuous blast.
Plans are rapidly slhaping up
for the formal launching of the
War Bond Campaign in this coun
ty next Monday, May 4, when
workers under the general direc
tion of - County Chairman I. E.
Pittman, of Morehead City, will
begin a systematic canvas to the
end that every income earning cit
izen may be given an opportunity
to pledge voluntarily some portion
of his or her income to the regular
purchase of defense bonds and
stamps.
The Beaufort War Bond com
mittee is composed of Mayor
Graydon Paul, J. G. Allen, Irvin
W. Davis, J. Y. Lassiter, C. R.
Wheatly, Virginia Stanton and
James H. Davis.
Governor J. Melville Broughton,
who is Honorary Chairman of the
Campaign, in a proclamation, is
sued recently, designated May 4-9
as War Bond Week and called
upon "the full and prompt coop
eration of all citizens in signing a
voluntary pledge for the purchase
of United States savings securi
ties." Every pledge is conditional
upon the signer's remaining finan
cially able to make the stated pur
chase. This condition is expressly
stipulated in the pledge. It will be
left to the signers to decide
whether or not they are ablj to
continue their purchases.
Purpose of the campaign is to
enable the government to take a
nation-wide inventory, so that tax
plans may be laid accordingly to
pay for the cost of the war. The
more dollars voluntarily pledged
for the purchase of bonds, the less
will be the tax load.
The money invested in these
war savings securities the safest
investment in the world will be
taken out of competition for con
sumere goods, thereby preventing
inflation and building up a cush
ion of savings for the individual
when the war ends.
These securities also make ev
ery citizen buying them a share
holder in the future of America.
Following up Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau's recent an
nouncement that North Carolina's
quota of war bonds and stamps for
May had been set at $5,888,500,
State Administrator Charles H.
Robertson and State Chairman
Julian Price of Greensboro said in
a joint statement that "we are
confident North Carolinians can
be counted upon to exceed the
quota set for our State."
"North Carolina's av e r a g e
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NEW RAILROAD STATION FOR RALEIGH. Artist's conception howi the
OPM-approved facility being built by the Seaboard Railway. Upon completion, smoother handling
and time-saving of Seaboard trains will result, due to elimination of the "back-in" process necessary
at the present station. This worked all right in the days of 6 or 7 car trains, but is not satisfactory
with present IS and 17 car trains. The station will embody other features that effect a comparison
similar to trains of today with those of the 1890's, when the Capital's last station was built.
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADS CAN
EEKT NOW
Rotary Club Elects
W. Stanley Potter
Its New President
1,542
Statistics To Play Role In
Consumer Sugar Rationing
Fire Chief Duncan
Warns Scavengers
The blaze at the West Beaufort
bridge Sunday night precipitated
a warning from Fire Chief Julius
Duncan, Jr., to metal scavengers
who start fires near the bridge.
"If they don't stop starting fires
there," said Chief Duncan, "then
the City of Beaufort will have to
buy the State Highway Commis
sion a new bridge."
Alhough no immediate damage
was done to the bridge, it issued
forth volumns of smoke much to
the annoyance of asthmatics. It.
as well as the crowds of people in
the way, hindered the firemen in
draughting water from the river.
Chief Duncan also requested
that citizens wishing to attend
fires, to please keep a safe distance
from the firemen, not only for ef
ficient firefighting's sake but for
the safety of the public envolved.
Otherwise, here's the chance for
many to train as volunteer fire
men.
Piano-Voice Recital
Mrs. Charles Hassell will pre
sent her piano and voice pupils in
their annual rcital Friday evening
at 8 o'clock, at the Beaufort High
school auditorium. The public is
cordially invited.
'Full Information' Re
quired By Officials
During Registration
LAYMEN WILL
FILE MAY 4TH-7TH
Applicants for sugar ra
tioning books today were
cautioned by John Brooks,
Carteret County Sugar Ad
ministrator, to come prepar
ed with full information
when they register at their
neatest elementary schools
in their vicinity May 4, 5, 6
and 7.
Institutional and industrial us
ers of sugar registered April 28
and 29 at high schools in their
communities. They were required
to file detailed records for two
years. They were not permitted
to make any sugar sales after
April 28 except upon surrender of
sugar certificates. Hence, retail
sugar sales will be suspended for a
brief period.
Sugar rationing officials stress
ed the fact that white registrants
are to register at white schools
and that colored registrants are to
register at colored schools.
Only one member of each fam
ily may register for the family
unit, but he or she must have with
See SUGAR Page 10
Lowering of Age Lim
it Opens Way For
Flight Training
RALEIGH, April 29.
New regulations permitting
the enlistment of high school
graduates for the Naval Re
serve's V 5 flight training
program and the lowering of
the minimum age limit to 18
were announced today by
lieutenant o. a. lNeeiy, oui
cer in charge of Navy Recruiting
for North Carolina,
The new orders, abolishing the
two year college requirement,
makes it possible for any single
man between the ages of 18 and
27 who can pass the mental and
physical examinations for enlist
ment for aviation training leading
to a commission as Ensign in the
Naval Reserve.
All applicants for Class V 5
must now pass preliminary phy
sical and mental examinations
which are given at any Navy Re
cruiting Station in North Carolina.
If found acceptable, applicants
are sent to the Naval Aviation
Cadet Selection Board, Atlanta,
for final examinations.
It was pointed out an applicant
must have a minimum education
of graduation from an accredited
high school. This, plus the lower
ing of the age requirement a year,
second time it has been lowered
since the first of the year, will
make it possible for thousands of
more North Carolina young men
to volunteer for Navy flight train
ing, considered by many experts
to be the finest in the world. Ac
cepted men are enlisted as Sea
men Second Class until later ap
pointed Aviation Cadets for the
training leading to commission as
flying officers.
In announcing the changes in
the educational and age require
ments, Lieutenant Neely pointed
out opportunity was now unlimit
ed in the Navy Air Corps. He urg
ed all men who were qualified to
waste little time applying, since
Naval aviators are now urgently
needed.
It is still possible for college
students over the 17-19 age limit
of the V 1, Accredited College
Program, to volunteer for V 5
service and remain on inactive
duty until the completion of the
current school year. College f t'esh
men and sophomores who are ac
cepted for the V 1 program may
also volunteer for V 5 training at
the completion of their sophomore
year.
The Beaufort Rotary Club at
its meeting Tuesday night at
the Inlet Inn elected Rav. W.
Stanley Potter the new presi
dent for the coming year. He suc
ceeded Rev. William x. Stewart.
Other officers were: Dr. Jjmes
0. Baxter Jr., vice-president; Jas.
R. Sanders, secretary; and Joe M.
Hines, treasurer.
Rotary visitors were Col. F. S.
Dickinson, a Carteret County na
tive, who lives in Rutherford, N.
J.; Douglas Kelly of Wilson, Geo.
McNeil of Morehead City, and
Tracy Walker of Clinton.
Mayors Paul's Cruise On
Sub Chaser Proves Shore
Lighting Visible To Enemy
N 0 E UNIVERSITY
FINDS LOCATION
IN MEMPHIS HOME
Receives Call
I "it,'-
k i i ' " ' :
A total of 1,542 men between
the ages of 45 and 65 registered
last Monday, Mrs. Floyd Chad
wick, clerk of Carteret County
Selective Service Board, said to
day. Of this number 133 non-residents
who registered will be trans
ferred to their local boards. A
number of Carteret County resi
dents who are away will have their
names sent to the Carteret Coun
ey board.
Beaufort citizens acting as reg
istrars in the Court House Annex
were: Perry Reavis, Mrs. Raymond
Davis, Mrs. William H. Potter,
Mrs. James Caffrey, Mrs. Milton
Lipman, Graham Duncan Jr., Wal
ter S. Morris, Will H. Potter, Jas.
H. Potter HI, Charles Davis, Or-
ville Gaskill, James Wheatly, Mrs.
Ed Potter, Mrs. J. G. Allen, Mrs.
W. H. Taylor and Rev. E. C. Mc-Connell.
Condon Home Will
Be Remodeled By
September
The Tennessee newspa
pers have been full of news
announcing the new perma
nent headquarters of the
University of Practical Liv
ing, Incorporated. The new
ly organized educational in
stitution, as already general
ly known, is headed by its
president, Rev. Israel H.
Noe, formerly of Beaufort.
The home of the late Martin
Condon, located at 1440 Central
street in Memphis, constructed at
a cost of $100,000, will be remod
eled by September in order to be
gin classes that will emphasize to
ward world religious unity.
Rev. Noe outlined the other
See UNIVERSITY Page 10
FREE MOVIE
"Know For Sure," one - reel
movie with sound, will be chown
in th Town Hall Friday night at 8
o'clock.'
Only male over 16 years old
will be admitted.
The movie, prepared by the
United State Public Health Serv
ice wat produced in Hollywood
with professional actors. It is a
part of Carteret County Health De
partment' educational program of
venereal disease prevention.
The U. S. Employment Service
is working on plans for handling
the recruiting of women for farm
work in areas where the usual la
bor supply may be short this year.
MISS MARY B. BROOKS, pic
tured above, has been ordered to
report for duty with the U. S. Na
val forces on May 6th, Miss
Brooks received her training at
Christ Hospital in Jersey City,
N. J., having graduated in the
class of 1941. She is the daughter
of Geo. J. Brooks, Sr., and the late
Mrs. Onnie Brooks. Her brother
George Brooks Jr., is also in the
military service, having enlisted in
the U. S. Army several weeks ago.
TIDE TABLE
Information as to the tide f
at Beaufort is given in this
column. The figures are ap
proximately correct and are
T based on tables turnisnea Dy
the U. S. Geodetic Survey.
T So meallowances must
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
t to the locality, that is whetfc
er near the inlet or at the
? head 'of the estuaries.
HIGH
LOW
Friday, May 1
9-2o am 3:19 AM
90 PM 3:28 PM
Saturday, May 2
10-14 AM 4:08 AM
10:41 PM 4:14 PM
Sunday, May 3
11:06 AM 4:57 A"M
11:33 FM 5:03 PM
Monday, May 4
12-00 AM 6:00 AM
. 5:58 PM
Tuesday, May 5
12:28 AM 6:49 AM
12:56 PM 7:02 PM
Wednesday, May 6
AM 7:52 AM
PM 8:12 PM
Thursday, May 7
2:25 AM 8:57 AM
3:00 PM 9:23 PM
Rationing Board
Issues Truck And
Passensrer Tires
The following is a list of the
new truck tires, retread passenger
car tires, and new passenger tires
issued by the local rationing since
last Wednesday, April 22.
New Truck Tires
John W. Smith, seafood dealer,
wholesale, Atlantic.
Geo. W. Smith, U. S. mail car
rier, Salter Path.
Ellis Smith, defense worker,
Bogue.
Hugh T. Carraway, farmer,
Beaufort.
Joe Whitley, ice and fuel, Har
kers Island.
Forest Lepp, farmer, Beaufort.
Retread Passenger Tires
G. H. Carpenter, defense work
er, Newport.
Robert L. Hicks, defense work
er, Morehead City.
R. V. Owens, defense worker,
Morehead City.
Joseph G. Thompson, electrical
engineer, defense worker, More
head City.
Franklin P. Yarborough, de
fense worker, Morehead City.
New Passenger Tires
Town of Beaufort, Chief of Po
lice, Beaufort.
Dr. Laurie Walker Moore, Beaufort.
"Half Election" Seen
In May. 30 Primary
Another kind of 'split ticket'
will be obvious when the May 30
Primary comes around.
Half of the candidates of th
candidates of the county ticket are
"already in" due to no Republican
opposition. The folowing were de
clared as party nominees by the
Carteret County Election Board:
C. G. HoIUnd, Sheriff.
L. W. Hassell, Clerk of Court.
Paul Webb, Judge Recorders
Court.
M. Leslie Davis, Solicitor.
H. S. Gibbs, House of Repre
sentatives. L. W. Moore, and D. Mason
Board of Education.
6The folowing will enter the pri
mary: Alfonso James and George
W. Dill, Jr., for coroner.
The following will enter the pri-
dates for the County Commission
ers: Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, W. Z.
McCabe, Tildon Davis, C. Z. Chap
pell, Wallace G. Styron, Julian
Brown and Elbert Chadwick.
Out of this number, five will be
elected.
CHANGE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
The monthly meeting of tha W.
M. S. of the Baptist Church will
i not meet with Mrs. B. A. Felton as
previously planned. It will meet
at the Church Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock. Mrs. W. H. Taylor will
present a program on Stewardship
March Vital Statistics
For Carteret County
Total Births: 39 white, 7 color
ed. Total Deaths: 24 white, 2 col
ored. Distribution
Three Hour Observa
tion Off Key Points
Made Monday Night
HARBOR. DEFENSE HEAD
MAXES BLACKOUT LAW
By SAM HOOD
Mayor Graydon Paul's 40
mile observation cruise on a
Navy sub-chaser last Mon
day night now settles the
quibbling and speculation of
wnether the Beaufort-More-head
Citv area is visible t.r
the enemy by night.
quoting tne Mayor, who said:
'The headlights on' automobiles
made a brilliant display, and es
pecially made enemy targets on
causeways, water-front streets
and all streets approaching the
highway."
Mayor Paul said that his cruise
extended eight miles beyond Cape
Lookout and 12 miles up the
beach past Morehead City towards
baiter Path. Chief Air Raid War
den Tom Kelly accompanied him
on the trip.
Further conference with Armv
and Navy officials precipitated a
request that all residents and vis
itors on the coast keep their auto
mobile lights on dim "at all times."
Also, that residents living on front
streets will see that windows fac
ing the sea are curtained.
Mayor Paul stated that unless
voluntary cooperation is obtained
to an efficiency that will conform
to Army and Navy standards, that
forced blackouts might be enforc
ed. In a communication to Mayor
Paul from Colonel Ellsworth
Young, Commander of the Head
quarters for Harbor Defense of
the Beaufort Inlet, Colonel Young
said: ' Hostile submarines operat
ing under cover of darkness are
aided by shore lighting, in orient
ing themselves for position, and
by the silhouetting effect from
shore glow on ships passing, it
gives them away to submarines ly
ing in waiting on the horizon."'
Colonel Young stated that a
recent emmunication from Lieu
tenant General Hugh A. Drum,
Commanding General, Eastern De
fense Command and First Army,
has been directed to the Gover
nors of the several states on the
Atlantic Seaboard, requesting co
operation in eliminating such
sources of lighting as constitute
a danger to friendly shipping.
Corps Area Commanders have
made similar requests to Regional
Directors, Office of Civilan De
fense, Colonel Young stated.
Colonel Young suggested mea
sures to accomplsh blackout and
the elimination of shore illumina
tion: See MAYOR Page 10
Tobacco Growers To
In A Five-State
Vote
Referendum
1:25
1:55
Town Birth Deathi
Beaufort 20 4
Morehead City 13 1
Township
Merrimon 0 0
Harlowe 0 0
Marshallberg 0 9
Newport 7 1
Morehead 3 10
Beaufort 2 5
Cedar Island 0 0
Stacy 0 1
Harkers Island "0 1
Straits 0 1
Atlantic 1 0
Davis 0 2
Imports of rotenone, important
garden insecticide, have been shut
off from Malaya and the Nether
lands East Indies, thus causing
the War Production Board to cur
tail the use of this substance.
Dr. H. F. Prytherch
Is New President of
Academy of Science
Dr. H. F. Prytherch, director
since 1931 of the United States
Fisheries Biological Laboratory at
Beaufort, was elected the new
president for 1942-43 of the North
Carolina Academy of Science.
The group of 175 scientists met
last weekend at the Woman's Col
lege in Greensboro.
Dr. Prytherch succeeds Dr. Rob
ert E. Coker of Chapel Hill, dean
of the Department of Zoology at
the University. Dr. Coker was
Prytherch's "former boss" 20
years ajo when the former was
chief of the division of sdemific
research in Washington.
Dr. Prytherch was formerly
president of the National Shell
Fisheries Association and the
North Carolina Fisheries, Inc.
Flue -Cured Weed
Markets In 5 States
Are Affected
BALLOTS TO BE
CAST MAY
23-28
FIRING NOTICE
Colonel Ellsworth Young stated
Monday that practice firing of
teacoast gum will be conducted at
Fort Macon during the week of
April 27 through May 2.
Subscribe To The Beaufort
News $1.50 Per Year.
The Agricultural Market
ing Administration has an
nounced that a referendum
will be held May 25 through
May 28 for 5 flue-cured to
bacco markets in Virginia,
North Carolina, South Caro
lina, Georgia, and Florida,
to determine whether these mar
kets shall be designated for free
and mandatory inspection of all
tobacco passing over the auction
iles floor.
The referendum will cover the
following markets: Brookneal,
Chase City, Clarksville, Kenbridge,
Lawrenccville. Martinsville, Pe
tersburg, Rocky Mount, and South
Boston in Virginia; Aberdeen,
Ahoskie, Burlington, Carthage,
Chadbourn, Clarkton, Durham,
Fair Bluff, Fairmont, Henderson,
Kinston, Louisburg, Lumberton,
Madison, Mebane, Mt. Airy, Rocky
Mount, Roxboro, Sanford, Smith
field, Stonevilie, Tabor City, Wal
1 a c e, Warrenton, Washington,
Whiteville, Wrilson, and Winston
Salem in North Carolina; Conway,
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