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A THE" RF A II TOTMBT MlPWP . 7 1 1 (I II II A f I J J M - II 1 II M 1 II W II I 1 II Jk J J V II a Buy moreTsnow I forfcsecurity.too! I ' 7 he Most Widely Read Newspaper Along The Central Carolina Coast f OLUME XXXIII No. 52 12 PAGES THIS WEEK BEAUFORT, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 12 PAGES THIS WEEK vBLISHED WEEKLY, lonsfiuction To Start On Hospital Addition Cited For Bravery iwiiii iWH.l'.i , I 100 Bed Facilities of Morehead Institution Open to all Doctors Royce Vincent Emory, Cox lUSNR, ion of Mrt. Delia Emory lof Roe, hat been cited for brav- Jerv while taking part as an LST fcrew member in the Phillipine in- llohn T. Barnett. Emory entered lei-vice in Not. 1943. Citation: "My wholehearted congratula iom are extended to you for the lplendid manner in which you ulfilled your duties during the nhiect mentioned invasion. You ruly lived up to the American pirit in coming "back with Mac." "You, as an individual member 'pi the Crew of the LST deserve all the praise that goes in the Na vy's phrase "Well Done." Bids will be accepted on Janu ary 10 for construction of the more than $200,000 addition to the Morehead City Hosptial. The fire-proof brick addition will be built along the sea wall to the east of the present structures and be joined by hallways to make one structure out of three.. The new building will have room for at least thirty beds for pa- tients and housing facilities for at least fifteen uurses. VPB TIGHTENS NEWSPRINT USE All Types of Free (Newspaper Distribu tion to be ended Washington, D. C, Dec. 21 jThe Beaufort News as well as ail Kither newspapers in the United States will have to tighten its belt garbage disposal wnere com will Every doctor in Carteret Coun ty with proper medical qualifica tions will be free to use all of the hospital's facilities and to admit patients. The obstetrical department of the hospital will be moved on Jan- uary 1 to the 32 bed addition built by the Government during the height of the submarine dis aster off the coast. This move, plus tha capacity ol the present brick structure and with the additional capacity of the new building, will result in a more than 100 bed hospital which Dr. Ben P. Royal, the Morehead City Hospital pioneer, said will be ade quate for Carteret County's gen eral hosptial requirements.. When the newaddition is com plete total investment in the More head City Hospital will approxi mate $500,000. Government funds in the new building will be more than $192, 000. Dr. Royal, chief of staff, said that the new building will be the last word in modernity not only in its medical and surgical equip ment but even to its kitchen which will have four cold rooms, one for WOODLAND ASKSi CROP DIVERSITY Elected Farm Bureau Head at Annual Meeting By VIRGINIA STANTON "We have made a mistake in the nast hv sticking to cabbage and potatoes," Stanley Woodland told more than fifty Carteret County farmers and their wives who gath ered at the Court House last Thursday evening for the first an nual meeting of the Carteret Coun ty Farm Bureau. "In the future I am sure that greater things may be accomplish ed by trying diversified crops. I am told by our State Agricultural ex perts that there is no spot in the United States more favorabla for growing diversified crops than right here." Woodland, who spoke after he had been elected 1945 President of the organization, expressed a sincere desire to help the farm ers of the County, and emphasiz ed the importance of organized effort on the part of the farmers toward the attainment of muiuu1. b?ncnt? , rpther than vain attempt' on the part of single individual.! that in the end accomplish noth CARTERET BOYS IN THE SERVICE Manley J. .Styron, attached to the U. S. Coast Guard at Balti more, had with him as guests when he recently visited his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Styron of Orange St., Stanley Wahab of Baltimore and Ocracoke, O. J. Walter of Baltimore and F. W. Sanders of New Jersey. The quar tet passed several days hunting at Ocracoke. Mr. Sanders is National Amateur skeet champion. COUNTY FARMERS COMPILERECORD Crop Yields and Crop Revenue Show Gains From Pfc John D. Willis of Marshallberjr has arrived in The News office a snappy five column tahloid The Roundup, the G. I. magazine of the U. S. Troops sta tioned in and about Delhi, India. It is full of news and pictures of such good-lookers as Hollywood's Susan Hayward. tl carried an in teresting story headed G. I, Jewell er Offers Advice on Local Stone Market which tells the boys in pretty plain language not to buy diamonds hawked in India but wait to buy that engagement ring from their local jeweller back home who won't gip them. Babson's '45 Report Angus Boom Yeax For Carteret n the matter of newsprint use The War Production Board newspaper advisory committee oncluding a. two-day session her took a pessimistic view of the 1945 newsprint supply situation. All newspapers are to be advis- d to curtail any free distribution nd to clean up their files of over ue subscriptions, the War Produc- on Board advising that free news- aper distribution is a waste both a advertisers and to the newspa pers ehemselves. Military demands next year will be huge the War Production Board aid. The strain on supply wiil be fit in the first quarter of 1945 nd reach its height during th" ifcond quarter as the battle of th acme intensifies. be so intense that the-hardiest of rats will be discouraged. fEW REGULATION FOR RATIONING EFFECTIVE SHARP SHOOTFRS BREAK SERVICE Tide Water Electric Lines Used as Targets A tighter and broader fooa ra- oning program is in effect. Canned vegetable:! returned to e ration list and hutter and su- r came under new restrictioi.s. Salient aspects of the new pro- am: Butter is raised from 20 to 24 mts a pound. All red and blue stamps uhich eome good before December 1 cancelled. Canned Deas. porn, preen and x beans, asparagus and spinach mire points. All sugar stamps and home car:- g certificates except nuear 1 mp No. 34 are cancelled About 85 per cent of all meats require ration points bgin- Ig Sunday. En announcing the stricter ration rules OPA assured consumer tample food is available for all. e acoitn was taken, the egency d, because of declining meat I1"" - id nw cfnrka nf butter ,.nhed fruit and vegetables. It isn't the fault of the Tide Water Power Company that lights in Beaufort and eastward took on a pickly pallor last Friday night and finally snuffed out three differ ent times. And, for tha. matter, hardly any of the electric power difficulties that have occurred .within rjceut memory are chargeable to equip ment or to maintenance. The troubles are caused by sharpshooters. Several Federal agencies are intensively searching for these sharpshooters. When they find them they won't pin medals on them. You've guessed it: they'll put them behind bars Friday evening's target of the sharpshooters and intensive search is concentrated where am munition flows freely was the insulators of the Down East line near Smyrna Creek. On other occasions thet arkets have been transformers. S. N. Fla... JACK OAKLEY WRITES EDITOR ON ADVERTISING AND HONESTY fhe United States has increas- its rice crop by 62 per cent pr 10 yeara ago.j Production if vo,ujoo,000 bushels. "Does it pay to advertise in The Beaufort News? "Does ti pay to be honest The answer is YES !" Mr. Oakley's letter continues: "I lost a fine fountain pen on Wednesday, advertised in The Beaufort News on Thursday, found the pen on Friday. "Mary Congleton the finder was honest. Now she has one dol lar more and Jack Oakley has his prized fountain pen." ing. "When we combine our effort? here with those of the State," he said, "this organization can be of great influence for thea dvance ment of our common interests." Oother officers elected by the group for the coming year were: Robert Laughton of Morehead City Vice President; and Orville Gaskill of Beaufort, Secretary Treasurer. County Farm Agent Robert M. Williams conducted the meeting, and, in thea bsence of Mr. Joe Williams of the State Farm Bureau Office, who was the scheduled speaker, spoke briefly but helpful ly concerning the purposes and plans of the Farm Bureau organi zation. Mr. J. Raymond Ball of the Harlowe community, and one of Carteret County's master farmers, expressed the sentiment of the group when he said the Bureau would answer the farmers' need not only for material benefits, but also for fellowship in which all cold enter and work together to ward a common goal.. Rev. W. Stanley Potter, pastor of Ann Street Methodist Church, led the devotional services whicn preceded the election of officers. Prior to the meeting a delicious barbecue supper wa3 served ii. the office of Miss Dorothy Banks, Home Demonstration Agent, thru th3 combined efforts of Haivey Smith of the Fish Meal Company, who in his expert way barbecued i pigs for the occasion by Roland Salver of Bettio and Will Laugh ton of Crab Point; the gills of Beaufort's Home Economics De partment and Mrs.Y. Z. Simmons, their teacher; the Morehead City Home Economics Department; and various ladies of the County who brought home-made cornbread. Registration disclosed the fol lowing among those present: D. J. War J. H. Lewis, L. A. Garner. Harold Simmons, G. C. Garner, R. L. Simmons, Lemuel ft sMann. A.. M. Garner, L. W. Howard, Wad dell H. Pridgen, all of Newport; Mr. and Mrs. Roland Salter, Misr. Bertie Simpson, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Guy C. Gil likin, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Pake, of Bettie; Mr. and Mis. A. H. Tall man of Wire Grass; Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Laughton, Mr. and Mr3. R. E. Laughton, T. C. Oglesby, Jr., Cecil Oglesby, J. O. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Oglesby, of More head City ; Iredell Wade of Smyrna Paul Chadwick and G. H. White hurst of Straits; Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lepp, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Tingle of Merrimon; Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. King, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Gooding, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. ! M. Newcomb, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beachem, Elisha Murray, Rogers Murray, and Abel MurreJl of Beaj fort, RFD; W. W. Kellum and Wal- C. A. McCabe, SC 2c, U stationed at Panama City, arrived Christmas Day for a visit with his mother, Mrs. W. Z ,.Ma Cabe at Wildwood. p Albert Chappell, U. S. Navy, re turned Wednesday to Kis scudits at the University of North Caro lina, Chapel Hill, after spending Christmas here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Z. Chappell on Marsh Street. Ensign Robert Moore Wallace. U. S. Navy, of Morehead City, who has been on duty in the Hawaiian Islands, spent Christmas here with his sister, Mrs. William H. (Pig gie) Potter., Joe Hunt, USCG, and Mrs. Hunjt are spending the Christmas holi days with her parents in Maryland and with his parents in Michigan. Sam Gibbs, S 2c, U. S. Navy, left Tuesday for Bainbridge, Md. where he will reecive further assignment. Ensign John D. Davis, U. S. Navy, left Wednesday for San Die go, Calif., where he is to receiva further orders. Lt. Tom Ivey Davis, U. S. Navy, who has been at Pearl Harbor, has advised Mrs. Davis of a tians fer to ah undesignated base. John Alexander, U. S. N?.vy, spent Christmas Day hsre wi'.h hi? parents, Rev. and Mrs. M. O. Alex ander. By B. J. MAY, Secretary Carteret County A. C. A. Farmers of Carteret County made tin enviable record in 1944 despite all the obstacles they had to overcome. Several things com bined to hinder them in their work. Severe labor shortage was the first, but this was partially re lieved by Bahamian and other la bor imported through agreement with the British Government. Both wet and dry weather during the growing season greatly affected the yields of some of the crops. Through the various activities of the AAA, including salaries of personnel responsible for adminis tering the progrem, $46,000 came into Carteret County in 1944. The AAA through its committed organization has assisted the farm ers of the county in various ways Individual goals were sugg-.-sted for the 746 farms cooperating with the Program in the county. Tho county goals for the 18,575 crop land acres of the cooperating farms was divided among the var ious crops as follows: Soybeans for beans 1044 acres, peanutw 1940 acres, Irish potatoes 2089 ac res.' sweet potatoes 2462 acres, vegetables for fresh market 2014 acres, field corn 5297 acres, wheat 112 acres, oats for grain 388 ac res, rye and barley for grain 75 acres, tobacco 1940 acres, cotton 527 acres, tame hay 2818 acres. The planted acreages of all these crops except tobacco and cotton exceeded the goals. An accurate determination of acreages of the various crops grown with the ex ception of tobacco is impossible, but based on the farm plans sign ed last spring by the cooperating farmers, the acreage goals of a number of crops were far exceed ed. The total poundaga of tobacco produced this year exceeds an;y year since 1939 but as a result of unfavorable weather the yield on the 1786.2 acres planted in Carteret County was below that of last year; however, the average price per pound received brought the tobacco farmers a nice return. Carteret farmers produced an es timated 325,000 bushels of Irish potatoes on the 2500 acres planted in 1944 and received approximate ly $425,000. About 2400 acres of commercial vegetables were pro duced bringing a return of close to ihree quarters of a million dollars As a result of the unfavorable Look for these development: Farmers' Cash Income will approximate that of 1944, which was $20 billions. Both Bituminous and Anthracite mining will run 5 per cent below a year ago. Petroleum output will be upped 5 per cent. Iron and Steel will decline 10 per cent A sim ilar drop is in prospect for Chemical Manufacturers. Lum ber output will increase 5 per cent The Paper and Shoe industries will run along on the same levels as during 1944. Industrial Employment will be 7 per cent less and factory Pay Rolls will decline 10 per cent. Greatest single expan sion will come in the Construction and Building group, which will show an increase of 25 per cent from the low levels of 1944's first six months. Look ofr a sharp drop in Retail Trade, especially in luxury items. Electric Power Output will be reduced 5 per cent as war contracts are cut back. For basically the safrje reason railroad freight ton mileage will fall J per cent. pw Tarawa vimav q a T7" ts A ' ROGER W. BAISON Pitnttr In tkt field of butintil tni fiainclal matitri RED CROSS HAS OVERSEAS JOBS Local Chapter Needs Five Applicants Urgont request for immediate production of 140 kit bags and the names of five Carteret County men or women willing to serve ov erseas as Red Cross workers, ha? been received by Dr. F. E. Hyde, chairman of the County Red Cross Chapter. Joseph House, U. S. Navy, left Christmas Day for Bainbridge. Maryland, after a visit with hi3 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph House. ADRIAN ELLIS DANIELS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE MARINER'S MEDAL Chief Engineer Adrian Eilis Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve land Daniels of Roe, has been posthumously awarded the Mari ners' Medal. The medal haj bsen received by his moiher from Emory S. land, head of War Shippiivj Administra tion, with a letter praising Engi neer Daniel's bravery. Engheer Daniels was list wh?n his ship was torpedoed on Ju!y 24, 1942. Mr. tmd Mrs. Daniels have three other sons in service: Pfc Leslb A. Daniels who has served more than 10 months in the south Paci fic and who has received the Goal Conduct Ribbon, the Asiatic Paci fic Service Ribbon, the Bronz Bat tle Star and Expert Infantryman Badge; also Sgt. Carl B. Daniels who is serving in France and Ivie See SERVICE Page 4 ter Whitley, Newport RFD; Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond Ball and Jean Ball of Harlowe; Mr. and Mrs. B. J. May of Beaufort. "Lack of personnel in our over seas operations is at a critical point, "The American Red Cross appeal to Dr. Hyde states. "This condition must be remedied immed iately by an extensive, nationwide weather at time of planting and J recruiting effort, during part of the growing season , "We are deending on your chap the county did not exceed its goal ter to send us the names of five of 2462 acres and produced only persons willing to serve." approximately 250,000 bushels of J.i j. F. E. Hyde, chairman of the sweet potatoes. j chapter's production committee, The AAA furnished farmers of , will receive applications for the the county in 1944, 113 tons of ! jobs and also volunteer offers from limestone, 83,100 pounds of su perphosphate and 11,200 pounds of Austrian winter peasa, These were used as soil buuders and in addition farmers carried ou: oth er soil building practices on a far greater scale than ever before. The money earned by the farmers from soil building practices can not be estimated at this time. One of the main functions of the AAA during the 1 1 years of its history has been to encourage the farm ers to improve his soil, and the heavy increase in acreage produc tion has done more than any oth er one thing to aid the farmer h meeting the ever increasing de mand for more and more food. In addition to the above the AAA personnel has handled dur ing the year nine war Programs including erecommendations for farm gasoline for cars, trucks, and tractors, issuincr certificates for farm lumber, allocation of farm' machinery and supplies, issuing farm slaughter permits and other programs. During the year the office hand See COUNTY FARMERS Page 8 individuals or groups willing to make a part or all of the 140 kit bags which are vitally needed for Army and Navy men embarking on overseas duty. ANN ST. TO HEAR BISHOP PEELE Bishop W. W. Peele of Rich mond, Va., will preach at the Ann Street Methodist Church on Thurs day evening, January 4 at 7 :30. His sermon topic will be "Cru sade for Christ." The first time in five years that a Bishop has visited the Ann St., Church, a record attendance is ex pected. The Rev. W. Stanley Pot ter, pastor, has issued an invita tion to everyone in Carteert Coun ty to attend. Latin American growers will produce a substantial supply of Manila hemp, which was cut off by the advance of the Japanese in the Pacific. The Financial Wizard's Report, Published Exclusive ly by The Beaufort News, Promises High Cash Income By ROGER W. BABSON GENERAL BUSINESS 1. A year ago the United States Babsonchart of the Physical Volume of Business registered 148.6; today it registers 138, jus tifying my forecast of a year ago. The Canadian Babsonchart Index of the Physical Volume of Business registered 206.9 a year ago; to day it registers 197. 1945 will show a reduction of more than 10 per cent both in the United States and Canadian business. Further more, most of the folowing com ments apply to both countries. 2. War production is already being cut back and this reduction will rapidly continue through 1945. Even these railroads and industries which expect to benefit from a long war with Japan will be disappoint ed. l 3. The re-con version of indus try from war to peace business will increase during every month of 1945. Furthermore, time requit ed for re-conversion will not be a3 great as most people believe. 4. Inventories quoted at their price values, rather than volumes, will continue, as a whole, during 1945 about as during 1944. Raw material piles wil be larger, but manufactured goods will be small er. 5. Population increases in tho United States will be about 700, 000 but the birth rate of new ba bies will fall off somewhat. RETAIL COMMODITY PRICES 6. Rationing wiil continue through the mos,t of 145. During the early part of the year, I ex pect to see further restrictions es pecially in connection with meats, canned goods, etc. 7. The retail prices of most necessities and some luxuries will be higher during 1945 than at present. The prices of some of tha luxuries, such as furs, have al ready collapsed. 8. steel prices of goods need ed for peacetime manufacture should be a little higner, butp ric es of the heavy war goods will de cline. This applies laso io the iieavy chenuctis. 9. The wholesale prices o. raw materials in general may de cline during 19-.6, but most con sumer goods wiil hold firm or sell at higher prices. i or both gasoline and oiiuminous coal, there may be price concessions. 10. The great question mark of 1945 will be how, to whom and at what price the government will dispose of its billions of dollars worth of unneeded supplies. FARM OUTLOOK ,,eTI 11. The weather will be tha greatest factor in farm production and prices during 1945. The weath er has been exceptionally good on the whole for the past few years j but sooner or later we will have a severe drought or an early freese. 12. Pending a weather upset, more bushels of corn and wheat and more bales of cotton will be raised in 1945 than ever before In our history. Although some prices See BABSON Page 8 I- J H
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