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Volume xxx no. si.
BEAUFORT, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
Army Experts Explain How
Fire Department Resigns
After Political Friction
Ignites In Local Shakeup
nformahort Center Works
Afith Spotter Co-operation
11 J L 111 A
Town Hall
Audienc Learns
About Filtering
Wartime Reports
'air-raid spotter
SITUATION HERE IS
NEARER SOLUTION
Last Friday night a large
crown congregated in the
Town Hall to hear Sergeant
Adams and Corporal Davis
of Wilmington explain the
information center set-up as
it is coordinated with its fil
ter centers and air-raid spot
ter outposts.
Sergeant Adams told the Car
teret citizens he was "not here to
find fault and raise a stink." His
mission, as he explained it, was to
"eff icientlv co-ordinate" the lo
cal air-raid system to gear perfect
ly with Wilmington Information
Center.
Before introducing Corporal
Davis, Sergeant Adams added:
"The Army is not large enough to
place men at all vital spots on the
coast.. There would not be enough
to fight if all the soldiers were
watching. We would like to know
if the people of Beaufort arc be
hind the Army. Without you, any
thing can happen. If this aiv-raid
spotter system were something sil
ly, then the government wouldn't
spend money to send us up here.
The United States is economical
and does not waste money on
something un-important. This
See ARMY Page 10
Dr. Baxter Leaves
For Army Aug. 10th
Dr. J. 0. Baxter Jr., who has
practiced optometry in his Front
.street office for the past two
years will report at Fort Bragg on
August 10 for induction into the
Army,
He said today that he will be
back in Beaufort after the war "by
the Grace of Cod" and in the
meantime will pay rent on his of
fice while absent.
After the 10th of August his
father, Dr. J. O. Baxter Sr., of
New Bern will have charge of his
son's prescription file so that any
duplications or further profession
al attention may be of service.
Dr. Baxter Jr., said that he will
be in his office during this week.
Next week he will be in his office
on Monday afternoon and all day
Wednesday.
Dr. Baxter's induction into the
Army comes after four prior at
tempts to enter the armed forces.
Three weeks after Pearl Harbor
he volunteered for medical service
in the Coast Guard but was reject
ed due to poor eyesight without
glasses. He was rejected twice by
the Navy for the same reason and
once by the Army. He stated that
he will be placed in limited service,
probably in the medical unit.
TIDE TABLE
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 N
made for variations in the
wind and also with respect
to the locality, that is whetb
er near the inlet or at the
head of the estuaries.
HIGH LOW
Friday, July 31
11:59 AM 5:33 AM
6:02 PM
Saturday, Aug. 1
12:19 AM 6:23 AM
12:46 PM 6:53 PM
Sunday, Aug. 2
1:05 AM 7:14 AM
1:34 PM 7:56 PM
Monday, Aug. 3
1:51 AM 8:08 AM
2:23 PM ' 8:57 PM
Tuesday, Aug. 4
2:43 AM 9:01 AM
3:19 PM 9:55 PM
Wednesday, Aug. 5
3:41 AM 9:55 AM
4:18 PM 10:51 PM
Thursday, Aug. 6
4:46 AM 10:46 AM
5:17 PM 11:45 PM
Sailor Arrested
In Morehead City
On Serious Charge
Leonard H. Thompson, seaman
second class from Illinois, was ar
rested in Morehead City last
Thursday morning after being dis
covered hidin giri the home of
Walter Hufham, prominent drug
gist of the Morehead City Port
Commission.
He was booked on a charge of
breaking and entering for the pur
pose of committing a felony. He
was found underneath the bod of
one of Hufham's daughters after
having entered the house through
a window, and was held at the
point of a pistol by Hufham until
officers arrived.
After a preliminary hearing be
fore Mayor D. B. Willis Thursday
morning, he was ordered bound
over to the October term of Car
teret County Superior Court with
out hond. and was transferred to
the county jail in Beaufort.
Thomnson told officers he was
21 years old and was a crew mem
ber of the PC542, patrolling local
waters. He said he had been in the
Navy about 10 months.
Hufham said the man entered a
room usually occupied by his two
See SAILOR Page 10
In Hawaii
PRIVATE NORMAN E. WILLIS,
on of Mr. and Mr. Thomas Wil
lis of Cedar St., Beaufort, U now
stationed in Hawaii. (Engraving
courtesy New V Obierver).
Drive On For Old
Phonograph Records
The local Legion Pot ha been
signed the job of collecting old
phonograph to be used in the war
effort. If you have any old phon
graph record lying around call
the American Legion Hut or ome
member of Carteret Pot 99 and
they will be picked up.
Bell Resigns
From Selective
Service Board
W. H. Bell, Newport business
man, stated today that he had re
signed as a member of the Car
teret County Selective Service
Board because of too many busi
ness responsibilities.
Mr. Bell is head of the Bell
James Funeral Home in Morehead
City.
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IT'S OVER THE TOP, for the
Elon College, AH Or Nothing cam
paign, which came to a cloe late
laat week. President L. E. Smith
portray victory in hi smile, a he
open the final mail, that is being
totaled by hi secretary Verona
Daniel, of Beaufort. Although
Ship Snrvivoi
With
EIGHTY WOMEN
MEET TO PLAN
HEALTH DRIVE
Local Citizens
Enlist In "Health &
Defense" Program
The Question of whether
the Beaufort women are in
terested in "Health and De
fense" was very clearly an
swered Tuesday afternoon
when between 80 and 90 wo
men met at the Legion Hut
on such a hot, sultry after
noon. This was the first gen
eral meeting of this organization
which has been functioning for a
bout two months, and eventually
hopes to enlist every woman in
Beaufort, both white and colored.
The chief aim of this organiza
tion is to bring together all church
es and groups of people in town
for a common cause to make
Beaufort as healthy aa possible
through right feeding, right plan
ning, proper immunization of all
citizens against typhoid, smallpox,
diphtheria and to have plan3 for
defense worked out so that every
home in Beaufort could be reach
ed in 15 minutes in case it became
necessary.
See WOMEN Page 10
Carol Dean Bessent
To Sing Over Radio
Miss Carol Dean Bessent of
Beaufort will present a program
of vocal selections on radio station
WHIT in New Bern each Sunday
afternoon from 2:45 to 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Charles Hassell will accom
pany her. at the piano.
Last Sunday Miss Bessent was
given a private audition by station
officials who were so pleased that
they gave her a regular program.
Selections during the audition in
cluded "Alice Blue Gown" and
"Estralita." Miss Joyce Johnson
is substitute pianist.
A.:
the final compilation ha not been
determined, it i tafe to say that
the goal of $1SO,000 ha been at
tained in either caU or pledge.
The All Or Nothing campaign,
was the last in a terie of drive
designed to relieve the college of
it heavy indebtedness, that has
Tells Of Conversation
U-Boat Shipper
LOCAL MAN IS
KIDNAPPED BY
THREE THUGS
Julius Dunn
Robbed and Beaten
By Men Disguised
In Uniforms
Julius Dunn, a Cherry
Point defense worker who
lives on the Lenoxville road,
was kidnapped last Sunday
night by three thugs disguis
ed as men of the armed Forc
es and robbed of $42 and a
$42.50 wrist watch.
When returning home last Sun
day morning at 12:15 o dock
Dunn came to the forks at Hunt
ley's. Driving slowly to comply
with the dim-out restrictions, a car
pulled in front of him and blocked
the road. Three men dressed as a
sailor and two soldiers jumped out
and the sailor opened Dunn s car
door. The soldiers forced their
way into the back seat.
"Slin over," commanded the
sailor.
"I'm headed for home and I
haven't got time to fool with you,"
said Dunn.
He began tussling with the sail
See LOCAL MAN Page 10
Villa Hotel Has
New Management
Mrs. E. P. Yates of Winston
Salem has been announced as the
new manager of . the Morehead
Villa Hotel. Prior to coming to
the Villa, Mrs. Yates was mani'irer
of the Oldtown Club in Winston
Salem. She is in active supervi
sion of the Villa kitchen. Others
on the staff includes T. R. Hol
ton, property manager; Buddy
Schmer and Ed Brenegar, lesk
man. Navy reports eleven nurses
missing in the Manila Bay area.
band near Tallaha.ee, F or.d.j ,of af.
geant Edward., who . p.ctured flftn'h'XMabr Field
in the 17th F.A. Band there. He came to Dale 1 Mabry Field
Mr.. William C. Edward, of Beaufort. He u 31 year. old.
hung over the institution for the
past 18 years. The completion of
the drive ha great meaning to the
college, in that, $300,000 of the
schools endowment, which has
been tied up all these years will
again be released.
After Sinldng
BY CLARENCE WALTON
In Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
The shelling and sinking June
28 in the South Atlantic of a medium-sized
American merchant
vessel by a German submarine
that cost the lives of eight mem
bers of the crew of 47, was an
nounced last week by the Navy
Department. ",: , i
Three of the seamen were killed
outright when a torpodo crashed
into the ship's engine room. Five
others later died of burns.
Most of the 39 survivors were
transferred to an east coast port.
Others remained at an unnamed
South Atlantic port for hospital,
treatment.
Submarine Sighted
Chief Engineer M. V. Walter, a
Texan from the city of Houston,
told newspaper men he was sitting
on deck outside his office when
the torpedo struck the vessel with
out warning. A few minutes later,
he said, the submarine surfaced
about a third of a mile from the
ship and stood by until it was a
bandoned. ,
After the three lifeboats cleared
the torpedoed ship, gunners man
ned the U-boat's deck gun and
poured 31 shells into the Ameri
can vessel. It took the Nazis
more than an hour and a half to
sink the ship.
David Knight, the second cook,
of Alexandria, La. who was thrown
overboard by the initial explosion,
was not discovered in the water
until the ship was being shelled.
Seeing the seaman's plight, the U
boat commander ordered his gun
ners to hold their fire until one
of the lifeboats could rescue the
American.
See SHIP Page 10
NOTICE
All Civilian Defenie worker
who have taken the Firt Aid
course are requested to meet at the
City Hall in Beaufort Monday
night, August 3, at 8 o'clock.
County Civilian
Defense Meeting
Tonight At USO
All citizens were urged by As
sistant State Director of Civilian
Defense June H. Rose to attend
the county-wide meeting tonight
at the Morehead City USO at 8 o'
clock. The meeting was called by
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner in order to
hear reports of progress from the
various directors in the county. It
is expected that the night-driving-car-light
mixup will be thrashed
out.
Assistant Director Rose said:
"Every county, particularly those
in the position of Carteret county,
which is bounded by the coast,
need rural air-raid wardens. In
most of these counties the rural
air-raid warden are organised un
der the Sheriff's office or work
under orders from him, or the
sheriff's deputy. The functions of
the rural air-raid wardens are im
portant in civilian defense organ
ization since the government will
need officials to help clear the
highways in case of an emergency
and to help direct the civilian evac
uation in case of emergency. An'
other function is to enforce th
black-out restrictions."
To New York
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SAM HOOD, editor of the Beau
fort New, ha retigned to accept
a ohoto-reporting pot in Ithaca,
N. Y. He will be ucceeded by
Mi Amy Mue of Beaufort.
Marine Acquitted
On"Run-A-WayCar"
Larceny Charge
Chico Cubro, Porto Rican ma
rine, tationed at New River, wa
the center of a great commotion
on Front treet here Sunday aft
ernoon when the car in which he
wa aitting began playing tag with
parked car on both tide of the
street and finally atalled on the
sidewalk.
Cubro wa placed under arrest
and charged with "temporary lar
ceny" of a motor vehicle. Thi
charge goe under the heading as
a misdemeanor, ince it charges
that the defendant stole the ve
hicle with the intent of joyriding
rather than with the intent to keep
or dispose of te vehicle for cash
(a felony).
During the trial Monday tfter
noon before Mayor Paul at the
Town Hall, the fact of the cae
were disclosed revealing that Cu
bro had hitch-hiked a ride with
Robert Ogilvie of North Wilke
boro, the owner of ' the "wild
broncho" vehicle. Ogilvie parked
'n the filling station at Turner and
Front street. Finding the station
closed. Onilvie decided to walk
down the street. Cubro told May
or Paul, that while sitting in th
front seat the car suddenly began
acting strangely and in high gear
headed for a local bakery truck.
After side-swiping the bakery
truck the eccentric vehicle made a
right turn and headed for the side
walk where it came to a halt. Cu
bro looked at Mayor Paul and (aid
he couldn't be held on a charge of
reckless driving! because I never
drove a car in my life."
Sam Hood, Beaufort News edi
tor, addressed the court verifying
that Cubro was of good character.
Hood had know the defendant.
See MARINE Page 10
I
Chief Duncan Says
He And Two Paid
Drivers Quit Be
cause Of "Board
Dissatisfaction"
MAYOR PAUL SAYS
PAY RAISE GIVEN
BY SAM HOOD
Former Fire Chief Julius
Duncan Jr. today blarfled
"peanut politics, and official
meddling" as reasons for his
resignation from the Beau
fort Fire Department.
Mayor Graydon Paul stated that
Clayton Garner had enlisted in the
Coast Guard and that Roma Willis
had accepted a better job offer.
He also said that the board of
town commissioners had "already
raised their wages twenty per
cent." Job Offer
Former Chief Duncan stated
that Willis knew of better job of
fers long before resigning and
that Garner could have remained
out of the armed forces since "I
went to the draft board and they
told me that he could be deferred
since he was necessary for civilian
protection.
"We were perfectly willing to
stay there," Former Chief Dun
can continued "if we could carry
out our jobs without political in
terference, but such was not done
and our resignations were in or
der." .
The issue that brought tho sit
uation to a head was, as Duncan
dswibd-''Certain- -factions of the
See FIRE DEPT. Page 10
Orthopedic Clinic
To Be Held Aug. 7th
The State Orthopedic Clinic will
be held Friday, August 7 in Green
ville from 12:30 to 4 p. m., Dr.
N. Thomas Ennett, Pitt County
Health officer, announced today.
This Clinic takes all types of
cripples, both white and colored,
free of charge who are unable to
afford private treatments. It la
desired, though not required, that
patients be referred by a physic
ian or the welfare officer, and
that the patient bring such note
to the Clinic.
The Clinic is set up to serve es
pecially the counties of Beaufort,
Carteret, Pamlico, Pitt and Tyrell,
though patients from other coun
ties who desire to come may do so.
The Clinic is conducted by Dr.
Hugh A. Thompson, orthopedist,
Raleigh, N. C. This Clinic has
been running for something over
five years and is now serving a
large number of cripples, adults aa
well as children, in this area.
The Pitt County Health Depart
ment offices are located in Green
ville at the corner of Third and
Greene streets.
AROUND
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With
MACK CLARK
Hollo! We're tjlad to be back a
round town after a couple of
weeks. It wasn't exactly a vaca
tion, but we were without newspa
pers and radios and so had a short
spell without war acuteness. But
we heard, and reliably, that re
cently the war had moved another
notch closer to us. It was in the
form of that early morning
ALERT one Sunday. And it seems
we were unprepared. It is part of
an unwritten American custom
that we must learn the hard way?
if so, it certainly is too bad be
cause the' hard way is so painful.
LIGHTS AGAIN
Also we learn that further re
strictions have been put on night
driving and lights. We stood on
the corner one night with the Air
Raid Wardens who have been giv
en the thankless job of enforcing
the regulations. One driver from
up-state was very nasty about tho
whole thing. Said he wasn't go
ing to paint his lights, that he
didn't like this place
anyway and was going to leave.
See AROUND TOWN Pa 10