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i A a &3ymore2iKiw forfersecurity, too! 1 JnlL Pic a ir ticvtmotp lk$??ik7Q iL7ll A M" U. J II k J Ii W 11 m m 3 ii v v u fgepm J he Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central C&'ina Coast VOLUME XXXIII No. 42 12 PAGES THIS WEEw BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944 12 PAGES THIS WEEK . PUBLISHED WEEKLY. DEMOCRAT TO WORK FOR LARGE VOTE 111 COUNTY Campaign Planned At Sat. Meeting Members of the Executive Com mittee of Carteret Democrats met last Saturday morning in the of fice of Chairman Irvin W. Davis who recently returned from a meeting of Democratic eladers in Raleigh. Tenative plans were made for activities of the next three weeks. Mr. Davis says it is the plan of the group to concentrate on the task of getting out as large a number of voters as possible on November 7th. To lay the groundwork for this, every precinct will be visited between now and then in aa ef fort to arouse interest. In the Presidential election of 1940, 5,685 votes were cast in the County (3,866 for Roosevelt, 1, 789 for Wilkie). In 1936 5,669 votes were cast. Predictions are perilous for 1944 because too many conditions will effect the election. Apart from thea bsent service men, there has been con siderable shuffling around of civil ian voters. The town is full of neo pie, but not all are eligible to vote, and many who usually vote herea re scattered over the coun try. Chairman Davis, however is hoping for as large a vote 33 in 1940. To qualify to vote one must be a resident of North Carolina for one year, a resident of Carteret County for six months, a resident of his precinct for four months. Books will be open for the regis tration of voters in each precinct of the County on Saturday, Octo ber 21, and again on Saturday, October 28. Women who have changed their names sinec the last registration period must reg ister the new name. No woman needs give her age, just say "over 21." Voters moved to another state must register and vore in their new home or apply to our Board of deletions for an absentee ' ballot. Be sure you are registered. You cannot vote unless vou are. Challenge Day will be Saturday, November 4. MRS. SUSAN HOE BURIEDTODAY Member of One of Our Old Families Dies in 94th Year Mrs. Susan Kathleen Stanton Noe, widow of John Todd B. Noe, died Monday afternoon at 5:30 at her home on the corner of Moore and Broad Streets following a long period of failing health. She was a member of one of thi old Carteret families five generations of which have grown up here since 1723. Funeral serviceswere conduct ed this afternoon at four thirty from Saint Paul's Spiscopal Church by her sons assisted by her Rector, Dr. Edgar Jones, and the body wa3 laid to rest in Saint Pauls Cemetery. Four of Mrs. Noe's surviving sons are Episcopal clergymen: The Rev. Israel H. Noe, Rector of Saint James Episcopal Church, Memphis, Tenn.; the Rev. A. C. D. Noe, Rector of Saint Thomas Epis copal Church, Bath; Rev. Thomas P. Noe, Diocesan Secretary, Wil mington; and the Rev. W. R. Noe, Wilmington. Her fifth son is Cap tain John E. Noe of Beaufort The Rev. Israel Noe was unable to be present today because of illness. Charles Skarren Among First to Enter Paris CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE 16-YEAR OLDS FEATURE FIRST DAY OF COURT Woodrow Wilson Given 12-15 Years In State Prison GUTHRIE AND HUGHES FINED V. F. W. Post To Be Organized All veterans of any war who have had foreign service, or men now serving in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, who have had foreign service, are asked to be present at the Masonic Lodge Hall on Turner Street Beaufort, Sunday afternoon, Oc tober 23rd at 3 o'clock. The purpose of the meeting is to organize a Veterans of Foreign War's Post. Men who are elicible in Carteret County are urged to attend this meeting. The Veterans of Foreign Wars is one of the oldest Veterans or ganizations iri the United States. T I 0 N BRIEFS GASOLINE A-ll good through .fJov. 8. SHOES No. 1 and 2 "Airplane" Stamps in Book III good indefinitely. A new shoe stamp will become good November 1. ! SUGAR Stamps No. 30, 31, 32 and 33; Book IV, good for 5 pounds of su gar indefinitely. No. 40 good for! c ivn nn:v.A ... - ..I i. ei I u iua. i;amuu sugar wuuugu f eu- ruary 28, 1945. CANNED GOODS Blue Stamps, Book IV, A-8 through R 5 good indefinitely. MEATS Red Stamps, Book IV, A-8 thru K-5 good indefinitely. FUEL OIL Period 4 and 5 coupons now valid for current season will re main valid throughout the coming heating year. Period 1 coupon? for next season are now valid. NOTICE Every car owner must write his license number and State in advance on all gasoline coupons in his possession. Rent Control All persons renting, or offering for rent, any living quarters what sovere must register each dwell ing until with rent control office in their rent area. Persons who leel that they are being overcharged for rents may submit complines to OPA. Complaint forms av ailable at the local War Price and Rationing Board if your area does not have a rent control office. A Court Room half full of spec tators were presentw hen the Hon R. Hunt Parker opened Superior Court at eleven o'clock Monday morning. The Grand Jury was chosen with dispatch, and the Judge gave a practical, detailed, charge in which he reduced ora torical irrelevancies to the mini mum and told jurymen in simple direct language just what was ex pected of them. His only digres sion was to warn against favorit ism by quoting Goldsmith who said some 200 years ago, "Laws grind the poor, and the rich men rule the law." This he pointed out is not democracy. "You will be respected only as you embody jus tice." , The following men were chosen for the Grand Jury with D. C. Wade as Foreman and George Lewis as Officer of the Jurors . Al len Moore, H. N. Davis. Dave Yeo mans, Orville Gaskill, M. G. Wat son, K. S. Swinson, B. B. Small, J. E. English, G. H. Whitehurst, C. W. Britton, Gerald Whitehurst, J. T. Graham, Paul Beachem, B. F. Gibbs, Robt. K. Dunn, Malcolm Willis, Joe Williams. Two cases of 16 -year old offen ders were heard the first day, both white boys of Morehead City. Floyd Sanford Wade took a purse containing $185 left for a mo ment in the hall of a rooming house. He claimed he was looking for a boy friend, saw the purse by chance. He hid it under a house for a week. Then as he was J charging his hiding place, he was I caught with the money in hand. Ten dollars had gone for icecream, peanuts, shows, paper dolls for his sister, and such. The bqy appear ed immature physically as well a mentally. He has reached the 6th grade but neither reads nor writes Judge Parker gave him a 6 months road sentence suspended on con dition he be placed on probation for 3 years and pay costs. " L. A" Willis was the boy who entered the houseboat home of Mrs. Mary G. Guthrie at 1:30 a.m. on September 22 and fondled the 13 year old Abollya who was sleep ing with her mother. " He plead guilty of breaking and entering otherwise than burglarious. He had been drinking heavily that night, confessed that he "has been drinking for a year and a half" al though but 16 last April. Judg ment not given as w-j go to press. Wednesday morning Woodrow Wilson, white, 23, was tried for entering the home of Mrs. Moses Teel, New Bern Road, Septem ber 12, in the broad daylight, wait ing for her to come in, and then attacking her. Help came in ans wer to Mrs. Tcei's call When Mr. Teel, her husband, arrived on the scene he found Woodrow "crawl ing in a ditch like a snake." He - See COURT Page 12 "Within the past week I have experienced evrey emotion, every thrill that a human can feel from the exhiliration thta comes with seeing seething thousands giving vent to their feelings after four years of domination by the Ger mans to the utmost despair and horror in seeing a few hundreds in a small village near the Belgium border with their homes in rums, their men machine gunned down, and hacked to pieces with hatchets and bayonets. "Last Saturday, August 26, at 1:46 I entered Paris, less than fourteen hours after organized resistance had ended. At that time. I am sure, not more than fifty Americans were within the citv limits. As I drove further into the heart of Paris the streets were seething with almost solid masses of shouting, singing, laughing, crying people. It was impossible to drive more han a few miles an hour and every block or so the jeep was completely over run. Men, women and hildren fought for the opportunity of tochim; an American. Through all of this, my driver and I, plus everyone who could climb on the jeep, made our way to some of the more outstand ing parts of thee ity. Af these spots, however, the Mont Morts a- rea was the most interesting. Here one may look out over practically all parts of Paris. Here too, one may find some of the more inter esting Bohemian eating and drink ing spots with all of the atmos phere one would expect to find in such a spot. "Later in thea fternoon I watch, ed the "triumph parade" of Gen eral DeGaulle from the Arch de Triumph down the Champs de Ely sies to Notre Dame Cathedral. Oc casionally one would hear a shot as tne conaoorationssts remaining in the city would take a shot at someone to disturb the festivities. Later as the procession entered Notre Daine Plaza the firinfr be came so bad that it was almost as if open warfare had broken out a gain. I sow women and children j crushed as the crowd in its eager ness to find cover swept every thing in its way. For a while ev eryone seemed to be shooting, but not knowing at whom or why. "It was shortly after breaking away from the crowd that I en tered a store, the proprietor be ing kind enough to unlock the door for me and was followed in side by a woman. She as it devel oped was a close froend of Mad ame Krug, President of the French Red Cross. Madam Krug had been a prisoner of the Germans and had only just been released. She asked if I could get a message through to Mr. Krug, the Champagne King of France, who was still in Reims and had not geen advised of his wife's release. I assured her. if possible, the American Red Cross would get this word through. Four days later the message was deliv ered to Mr. Krug in person. Here again the city had only just been cleared of Germans and practical ly everyone was on the streets celebrating. "Returning next day to the Di vision the P.R.O. Captain Nelson said we were invited te the home of the Mayor of a small town some fifteen kilometers away for dinner. The dinner reached far into the night with the result we spent the night. At eleven o'clock the Ger man planes started an attack on the town of Melum. where many of our troops had crossed the Marne. Bombing, both incendiary and high explosive continued fori more than an hour. At midnight the whole town appeared to be in ' flames. It was by far the wosst. 1 bombing I have ever , seen ince , cominc overseas and must have cost many lives. I drove into town J next morning and saw one of the most appalling pictures of destruc tion I have run into in France. "Proceeding from Melum north to again rejoin the Divisions wc passed through the town Of Chat eau Thi -y, scene of one of the historic battle of the last war. For tunately this town was damaged very little but here I saw the most unusual sight I have encountered in France. Just before our arriv all the people had clipped the heads of more than one hundred girls who had at various times either lived with or collaborated with the Germans. They were released and ran like scared rabbits across the weeden bridge that spans the Marne, as hisses, boos and many tomatoes followed them. "And so in this small French town where I am writing of one of the horror pictures of the present war, here in not so large a way all of the atrocities of Lidice have been perpetrated by the Nazis. Ar See SKARREN Page 12 R. M. Chaplain CM 3c USNR., has returned to Rhode Islard af ter a thirty day furlough hi me with his family. Robert L. Dennis HA lc. USNR returned to Norfolk Mondav, af ter spending leave here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Den nis, Sr. David O. Dickinson, USN. Nor follk, is spending leave here with his wife, Mrs. David Dickinson. Mrs. Dickinson will return with him Wednesday to spend a few weeks. Sgt. Roy Eubanks has been transferred from Gainesville. Fla., to Drew Field, Tampa, Fla. T. Sgt. Otis E. W7oodcock. hus band of Mrs. Ellna Gray Wood cock, Marshallberg, has been a warded the Good Conduct Medal. Sgt. Woodcock is stationed at Barksdale Field, La. Lt. Eunice Goodwin, USN, spent the first of this week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Goodwin, Roe. She has now return ed to her post at Quonset Point, R. I. Pvt. Lamar Jones, USMC, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Jones, Newport, has just graduated from en eight weeks course at the field telephone school at Camp Lejuene Sgt. Oscar T. Peterson, son of Thomas E. Peterson, whose wife, Mrs. Dolores Peterson lives in Frensco, Calif., has completed 12 months duty in the Paciiic Ocean Area. A farmer in civilian life, Sgt. Peterson is a cook for the 7th A A F L iberator "Pathfinder" squadron which has participated in every Central Pacific air cam paign since October, 1943. Near Record Crop Of Flue-Cured Leaf Forecast for 1944 While cigarette smokers often are unable to obtain their favorite brands, the current limited sup ply is not due to a shortage of leaf tobaccos used in the manufacture of cigaretu-3, according to Roland Salter, Chairman of the Caiteret County AAA Committee. "In a recent report of the Bu reau of Agricultural Economics, the current local shortages of cigarettes were attributed mainly to huge shipments to armed forces overseas, inability of manufactur ers to obtain cartons and shipping containers for domestic use, and scarcity of factory labor," he said. Manufacturers and dealers re ported stocks of 1,187.630,000 pounds of flue-cured tobacco on hand on July 1, beginning of the current marketing year. Of this amount, about one billion pounds were available for domestic man ufacture. This represents a supply sufficient for about 18 months. The current crop of flue-cured to bacco, estimated by BAiJ a& of Oc tober I at 1,072,260,000 pounds, will more than maintain stocks of domestic manufacturers and meet export demands. Total disappear ance of flue-cured leaf during the year ending June 30, 1944 is es timated at 979,700,000 pounds. "Stocks of Burley tobacco in hands of dealers and manufactur ers on October 1, beginning of the current marketing year, were es timated at 645,000,000 pounds, representing about 18 monthi supply," The current crop o Burley was estimated by BAE as of October '1 at 478.095.000 pounds, while total disappearance for the year ending September 30, 1944 is estimated at 431,000, 000 pounds, Mr. Salter pointed out. T. SGT. WADE GIVEN DJ. C. Previously Awarded Air Medal and 3 Oak Leaf Clusters q Technical Sergeant Gr.yden B. Wade, son of Mrs. Mamie Wade, of Davis, has been award ed the Distinguished Flying Crosj for "extraordinary achievement" in aerial combat. Fodrmal presentation of the a- ward was made by Major Van D. Dowda, Cisco, Texas, Liberator squadron commander. T. Sgt. Wade is a radio opera- tor or. a B 24 Liberator. "Paper Doll," and has made 30 bombing missions over Germany and ene my occupied Europe. inr-Wino- high "altitude precision attacks on targets in Brunswick, Berlin, Halle, Munich, Stettin, and Muns- ter. Besides the Distinguished Flv ing Cross, T. Sgt. Wade holds the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters for "meritorious achieve ment" in aearial combat. Sgt. Wade attended Smyrna High School after whieh he was employed by Tophem's Inc., Wash ington, D. C. He entered the Ar my July, 1942, and has bten ov erseas in East Anglia since Janu ary, 1944. R. L. GRAHAM MAKES PLEA OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER Sentenced to State Prison Clarence trtrrahma- cist Mate, 1st class, USN, is spend ing somtime in New York. v Mrs. Guthrie has just visited him there for a week. Lt. (jg) Clayton Fulcher serv ing aboard a minesweeper is in the Mediterranean. He has also seen service off North Africa and was in the Invasion of France. Infant Son of John W. Willises Buried Monday Funeral of John W. Willis. Jr., eight months old son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Willis of the Broad Street Section, Newport, was con ducted Monday at the graveside by Rev. Holmes, pastor of thi Holiness Church. The infant died of pneumonia at Sidbury's Hospit al, Wilmington. Raleigh Man Opens M. C. Office For Law Practice Geor.je W. Ball, brother of Phil ip K. Ball, County Surveyor, and himself well known in these parts, is opening an office for the prac tice of law in the Paragon Build ing, Morehead City. Mr. Ball is an A. B. graduate of Wake Forest College. He bezan the practice of law in Raleigh in 1925 and practiced the-ra until inducted in the Army in August, 1942. After four months of enlist ed service ho was commissioned u lieutenant in the Coast Artillery at Camp Davis and assigned to Harbor Defense, Narragansett Bay, R. I. He served there until retired as a reserve officer last May because he had passed the age for combat duty. New Management . The Coffee Shop, Front and Craven Streets, has been operat ing under new management since Tuesday when Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Lee took over the business. Elsewhere in the paper they are announcing their new hours of service: from 6:00 a. m until 2:30 p. m. and reopening for the even ing at 5:00 p. m. and continuing until midnight except Wednesdays when the close for the dav at 2:30 P. M. Funeral For Mrs. Jesse Hardy Conducted Monday Mrs. Mable Cannon Hardv. 24. died at James Walker Memorial Hospital, Wilmington, last Satur day. Funeral services were con ducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 at Edwards Chapel, Merrinon, and burial was in the church grave yard. Surviving are her husband: Jesse Hardy who is serving abroad with the USA; her mother: Mrs. Cannon; six brothers: Council Cannon, Spring Hope; Clydea nd Raymond Cannon, Merrimon; Bert Cannon, USN, serving abioad; Fred and Cecil Cannon. USA, serving abroad. Meeting Still In Progress At Baptist Church CAPT. C. R. THOMAS WOUNDED Cant. Charles R. Thomas. Inf., AUS, husband of the former Miss Ann Chapman, of Norfolk, has bejn slightly wounded in action. He has written that a sniper shot him in the arm in Germany on September 21, and that he is con valescing in a hospital in England, Captain Thomas, nep'.iew of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Thomas, of No is folk, and grandson of Charles R Thomas, for many jears Congress man from the Third District. North Carolina, is a graduate of The Citadel, and tauarht fora year at Texas Military College before in duction. He has been overseas for a year. Capt. Thomas is a former Beau fort boy, a nephew of Mrs. Nannie P. Geffrey. Hea ttended St. Paul's School and made his home here until he entered Citadel. The Beaufort Baptist Church was filled last night when Beau fort people of all denominations went out to hear Rev. G. Van Stephens, pastor of the First Baptist, Church of Warsaw, who is conducting a special meerino- there. Those attending services are hearing good sermons, good mu sic by the Junior Choir and Bap tist Quartet, and good congrega tional singing of familiar and lov ed songs. The meeting will con tinue until next Wednesday, the twenty-fifth. MORE POYER FOR CARTERET Manager Stovall Announces New Transmission Line From Cherry Point Mr. George Stovall, Morehead City, Manager of the Tide Water Power Company has announced that the War Production Board has granted his Company pel mis sion to construct a 33,000 volt transmission line from Cherry Point to Morehead City a dis tance of twenty odd miles. The reason for the construction of the new line is that increase in power requirements in Carteret require additional source of sup- Bids have been requested on the construction of the line, and it is expected that work will be com- plleted by the first of the new year, wnen complete, Beaufort, Morehead City, and other commu nities of the County will be serv. ed directly from an integrated transmission system of the Tide Water Power Company. This new source of power will provide unlimited electric resour ces for development of the post war enterprises which we ars ex pecting to deelvop in this section. A GOLD STAR FROM JAYCEES Jaycees report that they were much encouraged with Sunday's cooperation in the scrap paper drive. They had a truck so loaded that they had to tie the paper on to make it to the warehouse. With about half dozen exceotiom bundles were securely tied and ev erything quite rosy. Next Sunday they will be around at the same hour, 1:30, and hope for the same good cooperation. If you live back from the street or there is danger ! that the boys might overlook your package, be good enough to put ii out on the curb. Robert Lee Graham plead guil ty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of Al len Nelson and 4 -year old Billy and on the "hit and run" charge in Court Tuesday and was given a sentence of 5 to 8 years confine- ment to the State Prison. Raleigh, for each manslaughter charge and confinement for not less than one year nor more than two for the hit and run charge," all sen tences to run concurrently. Practically the entire day was given to the hearing. Graham is a carpenter of Sanford working since July in Atlantic with a wife and three children living at Flave lock. Mrs. Graham with the young est (less than 2 months old) in her arms witnessed the trial. On the rainy Sunday nighc of the accident (September 10) Mr. and Mrs. Nelson and little boy were walking on the edge of the Highway (on the wrong side) hud dled under the same umbrella. Graham had been drinking, did not see them until he was within 8 feet too late to avoid them. He stopped within a short distance. came back to see what had hap pened, left without making his identity known. His car was later found in a private drive, he was arrested, taken to the Marine Guard House, later biwght to the Beaufort jail.' He denied ev erything the night of the accident, confessed the following morning. He said he left the scene and de nied knowledge of the affair thru fear of what might be done to him , as a stranger. The Court took Judicial know ledge of the fact that the acci dent occurred between 8:45 and 9:00 p. m when a witness testified that "he was listening to Gabriel Heater when it happened." Patrolman Nelson and Deputy Sheriff Murray Thomas investigat ed within 75 minutes after the accident. Nelson, Gaston Smith, and Mrs. Nelson gave most of the testimony for the State. Mr3. Nel son appeared very young, pale, and showed plainly that the day was an ordeal for her. but she stood it well. Graham on the stand was nervous, picked at imaginary threads on his suit, made state ments that were challenged. The Court room was silent and tense as the Judge reviewed the evidence before giving judgment. He called attention to the fact that a man living in a very small community since July is no strang er. He reviewed his reputation as a drinking man, called attention to the fact that his companion was drinking, and testimony that he himself was under the influence of intoxicants. He recalled testi mony that his car was seen in the middle of the road with one door open suggesting that his condi tion was not normal. No one gave evidence of speeding, and he felr, that testimony indicated that fail uret o see the two in time to avoid the accident was due to drink. Mrs. McAdams to be Here Next Tuesday Mrs. Lizzie McAdams, Mission ary Worker of the Freewill Bap tist Church, will be in Beaufort Tuesday, October 24. and holci services at the Church that r.ight at 7:30. Mrs.' McAdams has been in Beaufort many times and has a large number of friends herew ho are looking forward to hearing her cgain. While here she will bo the guest of Mr. and Mrs. West ley Styron of Orange Street. Active in College Carol Dean Bessont is takim an active part in Louisburg Coi lege life. Last week news reached us that she had been made Jut.ior Vice President of the "Y": this week we learn that she has beet made literal-' editor of the college paper. "The Columns" and has al so qualified for the Gllee Club and Methodist Choir. TIDE TABLE Information as to the tide at Beaufort is given in thi.i column. The figures ave ap proximately correct and htz based on tables furnished by the U. S. Geoditic Survey Some allowances uiu--i. b' made for variation ir. wind aj-.d also with rc. .(, o the locality, that is , 'aeth er near the inlet or at th- head of the estuaries. HIGH Challenge Jaycee Jim Wheatly announces that he has sacured the consent of Mrs. Mary Willis Brooks and Miss Lucy Holland' to help him with the War Fund Drive solicitations in the western end of town and challenges any other team to a race to see which outfit accom plishes most. Friiay, Oct. 20 10:46 'AM. 4:28 11:04 PM. .5:13 Saturday, Oct. 21 11:26 AM. 5:05 11:48 PM. 5:55 Sunday, Oct. 22 5 :45 12:10 PM. 6:43 Monday, Oct. 23 12:36 AM. n , 6:34 1:04 PM. , 7:38 Tuesday, Oct. 24 1:33 AM. 7:33 2:02 PM. 8:41 Wednesday, Oct. 25 2:39 AM. 8:45 3:11 PM. 9:47 Thursday, Oct. 26 3:50 AM. 10:01 4:20 PM. 10:49 AM. PM. AM. PM. AM. PM. AM. rM. AM. PM, AM. PM. AM. PM. ten id an this step ittem rticms aded. over i and h XV he ire ii lt re
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