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Carteret County News -Times A Merger of The Beaufort News (eit. 1912) and The Twin City Tines <e*t. 1936) EDITORIAL PAGE TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1951 Taking the Lid Off Rents Evidently rent control in Beaufort is going to pass out of the picture Saturday, March 31. Beaufort is following in the steps of Newport which decided, too. to take no action * extending rent control. Morehead City is the only municipal ity in Carteret county which has authorized control until July 1, 1951 and that action was taken the latter part of 1950. Under the present rent control law, controls are automati cally lifted March 31 unless the municipality chooses to ex tend them an additional three months, until July 1. (It is believed that by July 1 Congress will have passed a new rent regulation). If the municipality decides to tack on the additional three months, the town fathers merely pass a resolution to that effect. If the town wished to lift controls prior to March 31, the town board was required by law to announce a public hearing on the matter, this announcement to be made 10 days prior to the hearing. If nfter hearing citizens' opinions, the town board felt rent control unnecessary, they could declare rental living quarters decontrolled. It is too late now for Beaufort to have a hearing. The town can either let controls die. or the commissioners can meet in special session this week and declare them extended to July 1, 1951. Beaufort's commissioners could not reach a decision on rent control at their March meeting. It was felt that the present law is unfair but on the other hand, due to the in terest of Cherry Point Marine air station officials in housing for military personnel, it was believed that the town should go through the motions, at least, of attempting to keep rents low. Rent officials told the board that the commissioners were to decide whether there was a shortage of housing in the town. If they found that there was a shortage, passage of the resolution extending rent control was the logical choice. The commissioners readily admitted that there is a housing shortage, but again were stymied by the fact that they felt the control law unfair. They commented on the rule, as in terpreted to them by rent officials, to the effect that any new housing, built since 1947 is not under control; also they ob jected to the regulation which puts an old residence, remod eled, under control while a place of business, remodeled into living quarters, is not controlled. Most landlords and property owners, of course, are against rent control while persons renting living space are in favor of it. Public hearings in other towns, in relation to lifting controls, resolved themselves, for the most part, into a fight between landlords and tenants. As a result, the group having the largest representation won. For that reason, no doubt, town boards have simply been asked to determine if there is a housing shortage, thus by-passing the self-interest hag gling of the two groups involved. Failure to extend rent control is a mistake. The law may be unfair, but now is the time then, for municipalities or in terested individuals to draw up recommendations for chang ing the law and they should see that these recommendations reach- our congressmen. Political observers state that with the nation in the throes of inflation, a new rent control law is bound to come. Whether it does or Joesn't, three months of rents with the lid off can wreck anyone's budget. Many landlords will take advantage of the "holiday" and attempt to receive in three month# the profit they otherwise would have realized over the period of a year. No rent control during April, May, and June could throw affairs into such a state that a more stringent rent control measure than the present one may be demanded. If rent control is not continued, opponents of control will point to the cities that did away with it and say, "See, the people don't want it." They may say what they wish, but in the final analysis, homeseekers are going to look first in the towns where they know rents are regulated. People in these days of the diminishing dollar are less prone to be sucked in than they were in the days when P. T. Barnum de clared a sucker is born every minute. Beaufort did a fine job in canvassing the town recently, lo cating rentable living space, and encouraging the building of new, but lack of rent control may nullify all -that has been thus far achieved. A Public Benefactor An earnest young student of journalism was assigned to write an essay on newspapers. "Of what value are news papers in a community?" she asked in a letter to the country editor for help. "We arc greatly surprised at this question," replied the editor. "We thought there was no one who did not know that a newspaper stands alone as a community utility. "When we were a very small child in school, we learned that there is nothing that equals well-chewed newspaper for making spitballs. They have a zing and a sticking quality not to be found in any other paper. "Newspapers are used everywhere by housewives as a cov ering for shelves on which pots and pans are stored. News papers can be and are spread on chairs when standing on them to hang pictures, to prevent scratching the varnish. They also are used to wrap things that are to be packed in an attic, as the printer's ink discourages moths. "Housekeeping cannot be carried on without newspapers. A newspaper of wide circulation, crumpled in the hand, makes an excellent mop with which to clean the grease from stoves fnd ranges. A bit of coaloil on a newspaper turns it into a fine polishing mop for metal work. The newspaper Is un equaled for starting a fire, or for lining garbage cans. "In cold weather the editorial page of a newspaper, spread over the chest and buttoned under a coat, will keep out the cold. Newspapers stuffed in a leaky pipe can be used as a temporary measure. The society section of a newspaper is , valuable to spread on a floor when painting, to keep paint stains off the linoleum. - "Oh, we can go on for hours, narrating the various things for which a newspaper may be used, and still not name half of them. And if all else fails, one can sit down and read the thing. What else in the community has this importance and flexibility?" ? S. F. Recorder. W I T =1 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES Carteret Covnty's Newspaper A Mntcvr of THE BEAUFORT NEWS (EM. UU) and THE TWIN CITY TIMES (Eat. 1936) Published Tuesdays and Frldaya Br THE CARTERET PUBLISHING COMPANY. INC. Loekwood Phillip* ? Publishers ? Eleanore Dear Phillips Ruth Leckey Peeling, Executive Editor Publishing Office At 804 ArendeU St, Morehead City, N. C. TIMBER ! ! j , PPlcE^ CONTROL, BOARD ?prop IN COST5 Sou'easter BY CAPTAIN HENRY There's going to be a new busi ness in town. Mitchell Clark and his son, Roy, are going to open a cabinet making shop on Front street. They have rented space next to Hugh Hill's place, the Nor folk, Baltimore & Carolina line of fice and warehouse. If there's going to be any revis ing of Beaufort's population fig ures, things will have to move fast. The Bureau of Census reports that final 1950 population figures for the state, urban and rural, will be available "in the late spring." Wilmington azalea festival com mitteemen are turning hand w spriigs. They seem to thlnk.they've hit it right on the nose this vear and the azaleas will be blooming their best for the festival this weekend. DuPont's newest synthetic fiber, amilar, is scheduled for produc tion in the $23,000,000 plant now under construction near Kinston. Housewives will be interested to know that it launders easily and resists wrinkling. A limited pro duction of blouses, shirts, and suit ing, all of amilar, are reported to be the big news in New York de partment stores. NEWS-TIMES editorials were reprinted last week by two North Carolina papers. "Woman .Turor ? Phenomenon" appeared in The News and Observer's Spirit of the Press eolumn and "Education Ham strung?" was reprinted in Thurs day's Coastlond Times published at Manteo. Being an armchair motorist, I guess items like the following have for me a natural attraction: If you sleep in a chair, you have nothing to lose; but a nap at the wheel is a permanent snooze. The newspaper got an anonym ous letter to the editor this week, and following their rule of not printing letters unless they know from whence they come, It almost got pitched into the circular file. But I rescued it and asked per mission to reprint part of it here: "Reading your newspaper? as I always do avidly ? I also read the editorials. Today, therein, I found the following: Spring is here. The flowers is ril, I wonder where Da boidies is. "It left me hanging. Where? Considerable research has reveal ed the answer, which I am sure you will be anxious to get. So here it is: Ah! 'tis spring, De boid is on de wing! My woid, how absoid, 1 tought de wing was on de boid! "See what I mean? That's what spring does to a guy! Yours truly. Anon Emus." And that ends our ration of corn for at least one month. We're lucky spring comes only once a year. All Dreue* l> Ethelbert, Man? (AP) ? Ethel bert's fire truck, decorated with white streamers, old shoes and tin cans, escorted Fire Chief Alexan der Shewchook to church on his In The Good Old Days THIRTY THREE YEARS AGO Children of the Beaufort colored graded school purchased a piano for the school with money which they had earned, and also had elec tric wiring installed in the school at their expense. W. P. Smith, president of the chamber of commerce, called a meeting of Beaufort citizens to formulate plans for the town elec tion in May, and to try to elim inate Ihe factional fighting that took place every year. TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO Whitehurst and Rice of Beau fort had the contract for the Hark ere Island ferry which would begin operations July 1. The second floor of the Bank of Beaufort had been fitted up for of fice purposes, and was to be occu pied by J. F. Duncan, C. R. Wheat ley and George J. Brooks. TEN YEARS AGO An oil carrier, the Denver, north bound from Port Arthur, Tex., sank 80 miles southeast of Beaufort Inlet with a loss of 20 crew mem bers. Coffee was selling at 15 cents a pound; eggs, 20 cents a dozen; bread, 8 cents a loaf; strawberries, 2 pints for 35 cents; and one store was offering a cannon towel with each $10 worth of merchandise. FIVE YEARS AGO The Surf club was to be open for families from 2 to 2:30 on Sunday afternoon. Buddy Hisey and his orchestra would play and sand wiches and soft drinks only would b^ sf rvtd. so that parents might briftg their children for the after noon. The American Legion was spon soring a carnival at the Beaufort fair grounds. AYCOCK BROWN'S Covering The Waterfront Oregon Inlet, N. C. ? There were fish of some kind and in plen ty, off Oregon Inlet Sunday a week ago. This was proven by great flocks of sea gannets flying over the area. The gannets had paused here during the week on their northward migratory flights to breeding grounds in the St. Law rence River valley or beyond. These magnificent "solan geese" of the ancients had come in from the Con tinental Shelf offshore to do some fish|ng and between the Inlet and upper Nags Head, 12 miles to the northward there must have been thousands of the white sea fowl with their black wing tips. The Ocracokers and Core-sound ers who brought a fleet of fishing craft in to Manteo on Saturday to await an opportunity to set nets off Oregon Inlet on Monday and for the next several days, were hoping the gannets were fishing for croak ers. That is the species they are hoping to catch in their nets. Many a resident of the Roanoke Island Nags Head region had hopes that channel bass were involved in some way with the attractions beneath the water's surface that had brought the gannets close inshore. The residents referred to are guides who bring anglers to Ore gon inlet to troll for channel bass when the big run begins. The res idents too, are the operators of hotels, motor courts, tackle stores and others who cater to the sports fishermen. According to their theory, the channel bass run, If as tronomical calculations have any thing to do with it, should begin this week. That is< because the full moon is supposed to have some effect on the tides which make the arrive! of the copper colored fighters coincide. The full moon comes on, March 23. Except for the late mid-April arrival last year, the channel bass during the past three seasons have arrived during late March ? the 30th in 1949 a?d on the 23rd in 1948. Raymond R. Camp, outdoor ed itor of New York Times picked up one of these columns about Ore gon inlet channel bass and astron omy during late February. An outstanding authority on all kinds of fishing in all parts of the world and along the North Carolina coast in particular, he said: "After a aeries of astronomi calculations, an examination of the undersides of stones, and a check on the color of the seaweed, the Nags Head fishing prophets have come forth with the prediction that off Oregon Inlet on or about March 23. "Last year's prediction should have warned the Nags Headers against going out on this kind of a limb, but apparently they are con vinced that the law of average will prevent them from getting a lot of wind and weather during the same period for two years in succession. They back up their rather loose theory by some sound logic, for excellent hauls of puppy drum (small bass) have been made re cently. Also they emphasize, the full moon will make the tides just right for fishing on March 23. "Although the early run usually provides fairly good surf casting at Ocracoke and Hatteras, the bass normally are schooled up off Ore gon Inlet during the first part of the season, available only for the boat fishermen. The first catch taken last year was a 45-pounder, landed on April 18, following a long 'spell' of high winds and rough water. "Monty of boats will be availa ble (or the early fislttng, and there will be enough hotels open to ac commodate the anglers. Those who dislike trolling may cruise along outside the inlet and cast to schools when they are located. The gannets made a pretty pic ture against the gray skies and an easterly breeze here at Ore gon Inlet, a few hours before this column was written. There' were fish of some kind ill the waters, or those birds wouldn't have been lingering around. They would have been headed northward towards their breeding grounds. Whenev er the fish were croakers or her ring, channel bass or menhaden, will probably be proved during the current week by the croaker fish ermen from down the banks, or the iportsfishing fleet based. at Wan chese or in the roadside canal at the Roanoke Island end of the Nags Head bridge. Words To Remember "There is a single reason why about one man out of a hundred becomes a business leader ? he is willing to assume responsibility." ?Owen D. Young. "Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the beat antidote (or anxiety and depreaslon. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It Is the direct route 'o serenity and contentment"? Gren GORDON C. WILLIS. JR. ^ Meet Your News-Times Carrier Boy ? THEY MAKE NEWS STAMPS By SYD KROMSII BERMUDA is sponsoring a world wide stamp design competition. The contest, which ends June 30, is open to everyone. Ten designs are re quired and contestants may submit as many designs as they wish. The winner will receive a seven day Bermuda holiday with all ex penses paid, including round trip transportation from New York, ac comodations in one of Bermuda's finest hotels, meals and a sight seeing trip around the islands. Each design must contain a head of King George VI and the symbol of the crown. Six of the ten issues are to con tain as .their main features the following: the Bermuda dinghy, the Longtail bird, an example of Bermuda architecture, the Perot stamp, Bermudq Easter Lily, and the ship Sea Venture. The four remaining designs must contain as their main features sub jects of historical or traditional significance io Bermuda. Designs must be complete ex cept for the postage and value tablets. The dimension should be not exceed 8 inches by 13 inches. Entries should be addressed to the Colonial Secretary, Hamilton, Bermuda, and marked "Entry for Stamp Competition." Additional information may be obtained by writing to the Co lonial Secretary at Hamilton. URUGUAY has honored the 4th World Championship Rugby mat ches held in Montivideo with two new stamps, re-i ports the New* York stamp co. The 3 - eentavo green and 7 - c blue show the same design. De picted is a foot kicking a ball. On the player's stock ings are woven (tTOK'WtoCUAVj ("piiP'niy ijsvss ' the flags of many of the compet ing nations. RUSSIA has issued a special set of two stamps paying tribute to the 50th anniversary of the first issue of the Bolshevik newspaper, Iskra. The 40 kopek red and gray shows the papers, Iskra and Prav da. The two newspapers, a ban ner with superimposed portraits of Lenin and Stalin, founders of the publications, are seen on the 1 ruble gray and red adhesive. YUGOSLAVIA has announced its 1951 philatelic program. Its postal department will issue at least eight sets of stamps. The first set on the agenda is a seven value group to mark the 10th an niversary of the insurrection of the Yugoslav people against Nazi occupation. TO COMMEMORATE the 400th anniversary of the founding of the city of La Paz, ' Bolivia has issued a new set of 20 stamps. Ten are for airmail and ten for regular postage. Various his torical sites and emblems appear on the stamps. The dates 1548-1948 appear on each stamp making the entire issue a few years late in arriving on the philatelic scene. PANAMA has issued a postal tax stamp of 1 cent denomination. The proceeds from the sale of these stamps go to the National Physical Education fund. Pictured on the adhesive is a flag-bedecked athlet ic stadium. The colors are red and black. FARABI, the ancient Arabian philosopher, again appears on a nmu ctnmn Tkii MMMIMMMMNMHMM time a likeness of Farabi is on a new issue from Iran. The stamps are 50-dinar pink and 2.50 rials blue. The occas ion is the 1,000th anniversary of Farabi's death. A few months ago Farabi was duly honored by a four-stamp set is sued by Turkey. TO HONOR the centenary of the death of Gen. San Martin, Peru will issue a set of eight air mail stamps. The designs will show various scenes from the general's campaign for liberation in the 19th century. ' ALTHOUGH the U. S. Post Of fice Department has not announ ced any specific plans for issuing commemorative stamps this year, four stamps seem assured of beinq sent to the presses. They are as follows: Final Encampment of United Confederate Veterans, 100th anniversary of the Settle ment of Nevada. Anniversary of the Statehood of Colorado, and the Annlverwry of the American Gordon C. Willis, jr., 14, not on ly ranks as a first-class NEWS TIMES carrier boy, he also holds Star rank in the Boy Scouts and lacks only two badges to become Life Scout. He's the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon C. Willis, GOO Bridges St., Morehead City, and is a member of Boy Scout troop No. 130, Floyd Chadwick, Scoutmaster. Gordon Is also one of the troop's patrol leaders. He's a member of Mrs. Robert Taylor's eighth grade at Morehead City school and plays the corner in the senior band. r Building model ships and air planes is his hobby and he's work ing on a model of the USS Augus ta at present. He's a member of the First Baptist church, Morehead City, and a member of the young people's group. Royal Ambassa dors. Part of his earnings on THE NEWS TIMES routfe' are set aside to give to the church. Gordon started carrying papers for THE NEWS-TIMES in Decern ber and covers 10th to 12th atreeti t from the waterfrant to Arendell street. He delivers his papers by bike, frequently accompanied by his dog, Chubby. ON THE HOUSE BY DAVID G. BAREUTHER So many new houses were built last year, giving so many families ^ their first acquaintance with the behavior of a house, that the villain of condensation succeeded in stealing the show during the winter from that veteran trouper, dehydration. While a million or so new homes have been sweating out their first , winter with steamy windows and damp walls, several million older dwellings fairly sing "How Dry I am," with every piece of furniture joining in the chorus. Many home owners annoyed by puddles under windows a year ago are mystified to find their homes so dry this season they are worried that chairs may fall apart. Mrs. W. P. H. of Glen Allen, Va., sums up this experience. "Our house is 14 months old," she says. "Last winter we had con- ? densation problems, but this year it's the reverse." She says the lack of moisture in the air is "interfering with breathing at night and is causing dry skin and dry hair." FOR COMFORT you have to strike a happy medium between dry and humid air. Both can raise hob with your house, your disposition and your health. Air that is too dry can hasten a piano's loss of pitch, loosen joints nf furniture chrinlr lnmhpr until cracks open in woodwork and even parch membranes to the point of causing what the doctors call epis* taxis? plain, ordinary nosebleed. The only way to combat all of this is to evaporate enough water to maintain the proper amount of relative humidity indoors. This can be tricky business. Winter air holds so much less moisture than summer air that when you let it into the house and heat it, it develops a raven ous thirst. Heating engineers say that when the temperature is 32 de- * grees outdoors you may have to evaporate as much as a gallon of water per day for each room to maintain comfort. This would be six gallons a day for an average house. Whether you need that much moisture depends on how you live. Identical houses with identical heating plants can show a variation from excessive moisture to extreme dryness because of the difference in family habits. , USUALLY normal cooking, bathing, laundry, potted plants and other customary containers of water provide enough moisture ? and some times too much. On the other hand, a neighbor who has become con densation conscious, opens the windows and closes the bathroom door after every shower, uses a hooded ventilating fan over the kitchen 1 range every time t(ie tea kettle is on, has no growing plants and sends out the laundry and diapers ? this person may have to keep water pans on the back of every radiator and buy electric steam makers at , the hardware store. You can measure the humidity in your house with a psychrometer or hygrometer in Uie same way you measure the temperature with a thermometer.' TTIE PSYCHROMETER comprises two thermometers, one with a wet bulb and the other with a dry bulb. An accompanying table lists the dry thermometer reading up one side and the difference in readings between the dry and wet thermometers across the top. The intersec tion of the two lines gives the moisture content of the air in relative J humidity. For example, if the dry reading shows the temperature of the house to be 75 and the wet reading is 99, the humidity is only 24%, which is too low when it is zero to 10 above outdoors. THE HYGROMETER registers humidity through the expansion and contraction of a, filament of human hair. These instruments can activate furnace humidifiers similar to the way theromstats operate. The type of fuel you use has virtually nothing to do with dehydra tion. Unvented natural gas may be an exception, creating moisture in ' the ajr. The type of heating plant has more bearing on it. Warm air is usually easier to humidify,. but one large manufacturer of warm air plants has discontinued humidifiers because they were so commonly over-used. Radiators, steam or hot water, and radiant heat usually call for aux iliary evaporation if normal household moisture is inadequate. * It all boils down pretty much to an individunl problem. Smile Awhile Mother (to small sop on way to a party): "Now, dear, what are you going to do when you've had enough to eat?" Small Son: "Come home." Firit of alt perhaps, you should look out lor your tongue? it's a You might shun the companion, but a boy or a politician usually aski (or about five times the lee way he expects to fat Doctors say there are a million women in this country who are overweight. These, of course, are just round figures. If others don't start worrying
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