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Carteret County News-Times A Merger Of The Beaufort Nrws (est. 191!) A The Twin City Timet (est. 1S36) EDITORIAL PACE TUESDAY. DEC. 19. 1950 To Preserve the Founlainhead . . . President Truman's speech Friday night marked the begin ning of a wartime economy in this nation. It will continue for many years, even through peiiods of temporary peace that will punctuate the longer months of war. In those intermittent peace periods there will be a tendency to lapse military preparations as during the months between the end of the second World War and the beginning of the Korean war. That must not happen, for when Russia moves in for the big kill, the obliteration of the United States, she will move to win. That major attack will not come through Europe or Asia, it will be a direct assault on the United States itself. If Russian strategists are studying recent military history, as they surely must, they know that Hitler could not combat the men and armaments flow ing from this nation, the unmolested arsenal across the sea. If the believers ia Communism plan the overthrow of de mocracy. as they avowedly do, then the most logical aim is to destroy the fountainhead of democracy, the United States. No opposing force can hope to gain its own ends as long as financial aid, moral support, and the lifegiving waters of freedom flow from this nation. The United States epitomizes all that Communism despises. Russia may well reason that with obliteration of that capitalistic stigma all democracy-supporting nations would fall by default. It behooves us then to keep military forces at top strength, to spread out the now clustered arms producing factories, and on the world-wide scale select the areas that need defending ? from the stragetic and natural resource point of view ? and then de fend them! In the years ahead, the brief periods of peace will come be tween the Bear's occasional swats with his paws: Korea, what next ? Austria. Fast Germany? But there is a bigger stake. To the Russian Bear the United States is like honey at the top of the tree. Only foolish bees frenziedly try to fend off his approach without guarding the prize at the top. Our aid to nations threatened by Communism is essential, but in *ars to come, how well our homeland is defended will be the deciding factor in the victory or defeat of democracy. How could Russia eliminate the United States? By air attack, numbing our industrial centers; creating havoc within our nation through cooperation of Communists in this country; strikes, sabo taging of industry; landings on our coasts following devastating soltening-up operations. All that sounds impossible, and many ways tan be mentioned by which the United States can stymie such attack ? IF we are prepared to rlo so. Fortunately. Russia today is not prepared to move in for the big kill. She, too. has doubts about the faithfulness of her satel lites or "allies." Her transitions from an agrarian way of life to the way cf machine production are not complete; and perhaps what is most important, while studying our methods of combat in the Korean war, other moves are aborning in the Kremlin to test ojjr reactions, our stamina, our determination to defend our way of life. The Communist world lives through the same days and months as we; the Soviets have no monopoly on time. The 'United States and allied powers must use that time wisely. How long will it be before the Bear rises for the honey comb? Not even the Kremlin knows. The Kremlin knows when "if everything goes according to plan," but where there is oppo sition things seldom move "according to plan." We can be sure that Russia will capitalize on every opportunity ? our aim must be to prevent opportunities from arising,, by use of diplomatic or military means. President Truman's announced step-up of our entire military program is of prime necessity. We must never believe that we can live in a state of less than full military preparedness as long as Communism is on the march. | In The Good Old Days THIRTY-THREE YEARS AGO The mail boat, Lessie May, found ered off Portsmouth while on her east bound trip to Ocracoke. Over 200 Christmas packages were shipped to Fort Caswell by the Beaufort chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO A charter was granted to a new hotel corporation in Beaufort known as Inlet Inn incorporated. Stockholders were W. B. Blades of New Bern. W. A. Mace, and George Brooks of Beaufort. A Florida bound barge, the Ham mond, was rescued from the break ers by Capt. Ned Lewis, * Harry, Buck and Herbert Parkin, Jack Sewell and Graham Whitehurst. TEN YEARS AGO Blakely Pond of Davis was the first count ian to use the new bridge from Harkers Island to the main land. The bridge was soon to be dedicated, but would not be open to the public until after Christmas. Construction of an Army anti aircraft base was begun at Holly Ridge. C. D. Jones was advertising Christmas turkeys for 25c a pound. FIVE YEARS AGO Two deep sea divers were in the county to investigate the possibil ity of salvaging the ships sunk by Nazi subs. The county board of health was permitting local milk dealers to use powdered milk instead of whole milk for the next three months because of the serious milk shortage in the state. Cadet Nelson Gilliku Receives Pronohon OAK RIDGE ? Announcement of the promotion of Cadet Nelson B. Gillikin, son of Gardner Gillikin of route 1, Beaufort, to the rank of sergeant first class in the ROTC of the United States was made here today in an order published by Lt. Col. John C. Speedie, U. S. Army, professor of military science and tactics at Oak Ridge Military insti tute. Cadet Sergeant Gillikin has also been included in the group of ca dets making the scholastic honor roll at Oak Ridge Military insti tute for the six-weeks period ending last week, according to an announ cement from Col. T. O. Wright, president of the institute. Cadet Serjeant Gillikin will be authori?ed to wear a special ribbon signifying his scholastic achiev ments. To make the scholastic honor roll at ORM1, a cadet must make an average grade of "B" or above and must have no grade below MC'\ Newport Road Work John Humphrey, superintendent of roads, announced yesterday that work has started on grading of the Big Deep Creek and Little Deep Creek roads in the vicinity of New port The Big Deep Creek road | is about four miles in length and the other, t>vo. . - ? ? CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret County's Newspaper A Merger Of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (Est. 1912) and THE TWIN CIT^ TIMES (Eft. 19*) Published Tuesday# and Fridays By THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Lockwood Phillips ? Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillips Ruth Leckey Peeling, Executive Editor Publishing Office At 504 Arendell St., Morebead City, N. C. Mail Rate*: In Carteret. Craven, Pamlico. Hyde. and Onslow Counties *5.00 one year; $3.00 six months: $1.75 three months; $1,00 on# month Outatde the^sbove named counties 96.00 on* year; $3.90 six months ; $2 00 Utte^ months; Member Of Associated Press ? Greater Weeklies ? N C. Press Asaoctatlon Audit Bureau of Circulations .% " ' tfctssart as gecoad Class Matter at MorehSkd City, N. C. Under Act of Marsh 3. 1?79 tW A* o Sited PMa Is aatHled sxrlu?lv*y to uae for rapuMleattei oglofcai .r "-T"--r " SANTA'S HELPER I if "iM-tiMrr i 'i rtiirnrfTiii i .?? Sou'easter By Captain Henry Every time I see the big tree decorated by firemen in the court house yard, I wish it were down town where more folks could see it. Speaking of firemen reminds me that out-of-town folks last week re ceived bills for the town's fire de partment services for the coming year. If enough out-of-towners pay for it, the fire engines will con tinue to go out of town ? but there's a new wrinkle: I've heard some of the firemen say that if the town gets money for their trips out of town, the fire department should have the money! If the firemen want to take over maintenance of the trucks and purchase of fire department equip ment, like the town is now doing, I say too they shftuld have tht. money. But as long as the town finances the fire department, no other agency has one shred of claim to money paid for fire de partment services. If not enough out-of-towners co operate in the new pay program, the fire trucks will not be allowed to go beyond town limits. For firemen that will be like tethering a "wild mustang, for if there's a fire anywhere they want to be up and at it. Ah, yes, and now we come to Judge Hamilton. There arc un doubtedly several sides to the story of his being found by the supreme court to be ineligible to hold court. As I'm writing this, we as yet have not heard the judge's side. It seems to me that since Scott appointed him an emergency judge, Hamilton was only doing what he was commissioned to do. We wondered aloud to several peo ple how he could continue to hold r ? ? court if he had heart trouble. And | one of these persons protested j very much and said something to | the effect that he was in such bad shape that occasionally he had to stop his car and wait until he felt better before he could start driving again! Where then does the fault lie, with Hamilton or Scott? One school of thought holds that Scott, hoping to get the judge in just such a mess as this, appointed him emergency judge with malice a forethought. Somehow I don't think Scott has the ability for such advance planning. The governor might have thought that if his po litic;)! enemy. Judge Hamilton, is in as bad shape as the doctors evi dently said he was, he would drop dead if he continued to work. . . Personally, if I were getting ! $555.85 in retirement pay, I would h#^ little reason to want to work' in addition. I have heard thai Judge Hamilton "pestered the gov ernor" to appoint him an emer gency judge. If that is true, there is proof that Judge Hamilton likes the prestige attached to such an office. If several weeks ago Hamilton had not made headlines as regards the case where a death verdict was asked and he, the judge, hoped the governor would commute it, per haps all this to-do would not have occurred. But I ask now as I asked then, why was all that stuff about the death sentence, etc., dug up a year later and seemingly out of a clear blue sky? If you want my honest opinion, this is a tooth and nail political fight started last month with de liberate intent. By just such fights as these tin horn politicians rise to the heights or fall in the gutter. ~ Hvmindvr ... t SUBSCRIPTION to THE NEWS TIMES is the ideal Christmas gift. Phone your order today to the circu lation department ? 6-4175 ? so that the Christmas edition of THE NEWS-TIMES can be the first of the 104 gifts which a year's subscription to THE NEWS TIMES comprises. Yes, 104 individual gifts! And, it you wish, the recipient of your Christmas gift will be notified by THE NEWS-TIMES through the medium of a specially prepared Christmss Card. ' Phone 6-4173 Today Smile Awhile Cause for Wonder A deacon in a country church went to the city to buy a sign to be placed over the church door during the Christinas season. Ar riving in town, he 'discovered that ie had forgotten the wording of the sign. He wired the minister: "Rush copy for sign and dimen sions." The telegraph clerk fainted when sho took down the following reply: "Unto us a child is born. Eight feet long and three feet wide." Charlemagne sent Christian mis sionaries to Bremen, Germany, in 787. Paraguay is about the size of California. GENERAL INSURANCE Chalk & Gibbs Dial 6-3214 ? 805 Arendell St Morehead City Nrwi fm W Dec. 15? Ocracoke FTA held its annual Christmas food sale, bazaar and bingo party on Friday night at the school. Profit of the occasion was $125. The Willing Workers class met Wednesday night at the Sunday school rooms for its Christmas par ty. About thirty members were present to enjoy an evening of games and contests and an ex change of gifts. Christmas holidays at Ocracoke will begin Wednesday afternoon at the close of school and will extend through Dec. 31. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Rondthaler plan to spend a week with Bishop and Mrs. How ard E. Rondthaler in Winston-Sa lem; Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Coving ton will visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Glass, in Greensboro; Miss Nora Edmondson plans to spend the holidays at Boone. The Rev. W. Y. Stewart and Mr. Murray Tolson attended a Metho dist conference at Williamston last week. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart plan to spend several days this week at Beaufort and will then go with the Rondthalers to Winston - Salem. They plan to visit Mrs. Stewart's sister there. . Mrs. Esther Spencer is home af ter a week's hospitalization at Duke hospital, Durham. Mrs. John Thomas O'Neal is vis iting her parents in Windsor. Mrs. T. W. Howard spent last weekend at Ocracoke, but return ed to Beaufort on Monday. Brad Howard of Newport News, Va., and Rach O'Neal of Washing ton, D. C., visited relatives and friends here recently. Mrs. Letha O'Neal and Mrs. Bryan Gaskins visited Mrs. Charlie House in Rocky Mount recently. Mr. and Mrs. Burnear of Port Jefferson, N. Y., are visiting Mr. < Sunbeam \ COFFEEMASTCR It's automatic! You can't miss! ; i Perfect coffee every time? 1 ' cup to 8. No watching? no { worry. All gem-like chro- j > mium plate. No glass bowls ' to break. I $37.50 . Sound Appliance Co., Inc. AranieU St Morehead City and Mrs. Irvin Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Harry O'Neal and Harry, jr., spent two days in Beau (ort last week. Mrs. Taft Howard has been hos pitalized recently at Siler City. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Patterson of Norfolk are spending the Christ mas holidays with Mr. Thurstfi^ Gaskill and family. Gladys Williams Derahinger and Ralph Tunnel were married A' New Bern on Thursday, Nov. 30. x They will make their home here at Ocracoke, where he is in the Coart 1 Guard. . COMPLETE INSURANCE PROTECTION I John L. Crump Insurance ? Real Estate ? ? PHONE 6-4000 823 ARENDELL ST. MOREHEAD CITY MTIt UNO NAY\ comedian: "I fou\ whit mildness meanA made the 30-Day Ten \ KYIK MocDONNIlL, star of television: "I smoke rmldCamels. They 4^roe with ray throat!' More People I Smoke Camels} * ? ??! ! than aivf othef eigowtt*' r~r ^ DICK POWELL, movie ? star: "My test proved c Camels a#ree wjth my s throat!" j MARTHA TILTON, re orJing star: "As a inger. 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