NEWS-TIMES OFFICE 804 AremMl St Morehead City Phone 6-4175 CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES _?? Eight Paget Color Comic* 40th YEAk, NO. 82. THREE SECTIONS EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1951 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Home Teams to Battle for Mullet Bucket Tonight fcRIME IN AMERICA THE NEWS-TIMES Exclusively Brings | Its Readers Eye-Opening Facts * ' Officers Clap One of Four ' Escapees in Jail David Barnes, Leader of Newport Prison Break, Picked up ai Pactolus David C. Barnes, leader of a four-man escape from a Newport prison road gang Monday, was captured Wednesday night at Fac tious in Pitt county. Search for the other three escapees, Willis Moore, Charlie Moore, and Robert Chase was continuing yesterday, and Barnes was taken to central prison, Raleigh. Barnes, an honor grader, and his t(lree companions made the break at noon Monday as they were clear ing right-of-way on the Adams creek road eight miles from high way 101 near Long cre^k. Pick-Up Recovered Recovered shartly before noon yesterday on the Cahoque road, about 15 miles from Newport, was the second of two trucks the quar tet used in their escapc. It was a 1950 pick-up which was later aban doned when the prisoners appro priated for their own use a car. The car, with the shotgun taken from Harry Simmons, guard of the 12-man road gang, was recovered Tuesday at Duffy field in New Bfern. A tire had gone flat. Barnes, 25, sentenced in Pitt Cbunty in May 1950 on a larceny charge, effected the escapc by 'overpowering and disarming Sim ? mons. Simmons said he was walk ing along the road with Barnes off to the aide. Suddenly Barnes seized him around the waist, grabbed his pistol and ordered him to throw his ihotgun down. Simmons did and the honor grader picked the gun up, only to find it unloaded. He tflen ordered 'Simmons to throw down his shells. Simmons obeyed and Barnes then ltaded the gun. Three More Join With the guard disarmed, the three others joined in the escape attempt. . They tied Simmons and gang foreman George Wetherington to two trees and then turned their attention to a nearby state high way truck. Its driver, Sonny Long, 1 was ordered in the back of the iruck. The eight other prisoners were ordered to climb in also. "Then, with Barnes at the wheel, the truck was started down the road. Four miles away, the truck was abandoned and the driver released. The eight prisoners begged the escapees to let them go too; they vere released alto and soon after ward guards found them sitting -be aide the road waiting for someone to come for them. Barnes and his companions next hailed a Harlowe Negro driving a 1990 model pick-up truck. They threatened his life and took the struck. The truck was then abandoned 4n the Cahoque road, near the J pater, and an automobile stolen, t was reported that the four were last seen in the car near James City, across the Trent river from New Bern. Road blocks set up in the area Monday failed to net the officers' prey. Willis Moore, 18. was serving three years and six months for as 'sault. A New Bern boy. he was convicted in Craven county Jan. 8. Charlie Moore, 25. of New Bern, was serving terms totaling 30 months for assault with a deadly weapon. He was convicted in Sep tember 1950, and had attempted to escape three days after reaching ,? prison. Chase, 25, was sentenced in Pitt county last March 31 to a two-year term for assault with a deadly .^papon. He lived on a Greenville ?rural route. v All three were A graders. The Newport camp has only colored prisoners who are serving time for crimes other than felonies. Pdfct DtpvtaMl Wa faniiti JUbrat Fukiif The More head City police depart ment announced today that resi iidents must refrain from parking on ? the side walks along the east and .* treat aides of MoreheacLCity graded school. (I Unless this warning Is observed, fthe department said, citations will 0? given violators. II.. A r. -j?,,,. Starting Tuesday, THE NEWS-TIMES brings you Sen. Estes Kefauver's sensational book, Crime in America. THE* NEWS-TIMES is the only paper in eastern North Carolina to obtain this startling and eye-opening compila tion of facts on organized crime in the United States ? in big cities and small. If you are not getting yctur NEWS-TIMES either by mail 4 Superior Court To Open Monday Grand Jury Will Consider Nine Cases; Judge Will Be 0- K. Nimocks, Jr. The October one-week term of 1 superior court will open Monday in Beaufort. Nine cases are scheduled to go before the grand jury. Docketed for Monday and Tuesday are criminal cases and divorces and civil cases will be heard when those are concluded, according to the calendar released this week. The presiding judge will be Q. K. Nimocks, jr. Grand jury cases are the follow ing: H. L. (Bert) Clark, fornica tion and adultery and carnal knpwledge of a female; Williaita A. Boyd, breaking and entering and larceny; H. M. Clark, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kiH; J. D. Arnold, Earl Johnson, and Levi Lilly, breaking, entering and larceny; J. D. Arnold. Will Gillikin, and Earl Joyner, break ing, dntering, and larceny; and J. D. Arnold, breaking, entering, and larceny. Criminal Docket Scheduled Monday are the fol lowing: Nehemiah and Levi Wil liams, breaking, entering and lar ceny; Nancy Moore, Lillian Chad 1 wick, Alice Davis, fornication and adultery; Alton Robert Blanding, John A. Wetherington, jr., and William Franklin Lindsay, drunk en driving. William Bell, drunk and resist See COURT, Page 6 ?or carrier, reserve your copy through the coming weeks at your favorite newsstand. Crime in America is the com plete story written by the man who pioneered the recent Senate inves tigation. The committee hearings disclosed such amazing information on crime throughout the country that the American people scarcely could believe what they had heard. And now, with the full, docu mented story prepared for news paper use. THE NEWS-TIMES is proud to offer it to its readers. In the course of the 18 install ments, the whole seemingly fan tastic story of high political cor ruption, of the dope combine, gambling, white slavery, and every other conceivable form of vice will be unfolded. Here are the testimonies of men. relating sordid stories of the Mafia, Murder, inc., and the Crime Syndi cate. The amazing evidence pre sented is irrefutable. That this evidence and the whole story of the investigation need be brought to the people of America's small towns, as well as its large cities, is beyond any goubt. Senator Kefauver's investigation has been called the greatest crime hunt in history. This series names and digs into the corruption in gov ernment with no respect or conces sion to political parties. NEWS TIMES readers will be astonished at the sensational findings. Crime in America is a call to the American people to smash the vi cious crime element which is sap ping the morals, vitality, health, and wealth of our nation. With Tuesday's edition the first installment of Crime in America will appear in THE NEWS-TIMES. Look for this amazing story and continue it weekly through the 18 revealing installments. Marine Flyer Tells PTA offline Months 9 Combat in Korean War N. L Walker Heads Beanlort Bed Cross N. L. Walker, Beaufort, has been appointed chairman of the Beaufort Red Cross chapter. He succeeds the Rev. W. I,. Martin, former rector of St Paul's Epis copal church. Walker announced today that there will be a meeting of all Red Cross workers, from Beau fort to Atlantic, at 7:31 Wednes day night at the parish house. The Beaufort chapter includes Beaufort and the eastern part of the county. At this meeting directors will be elected and plans for the year outlined. The Red Cross drive will take place In March. Also to be considered will be the proposal to place a Red Cross exhibit at the county fair, Oct. 22-27. Couple Receive Jail Sentences Dorothy Hester, Morehead City, was sentenced to a year in prison by Judge Lambert Morris in record ers' court Tuesday and Charles JacVson was sentenced to six months on the roads. Both were charged with fornication and adul tery and possession of non tax paid whiskey. Allen Garner was found guilty on a charge of careless and reck less driving and ordered to pay $25 and costs. He appealed the case, however, and his bond was placed at >100. Jesse Dolfred Lefler, charged with drunken driving, pleaded guilty and paid >100 and costs. E. H. Dunn, charged with passing a bad check, was ordered to pay court coats and make good the check. Pleads Guilty Virgil Lee Brinkley pleaded guil ty to driving while drunk and with out an operator's license. He paid *100 and coats. The case against John Tyson, sr., charged with as saulting his wife and children, was dismissed Malicious prosecution was ruled 'in the cases of William Godette See COUPLE, Page ( . ? The close air support of Marine lighter planes has greatly bene fited the United Nations ground forces battling in Korea, First Lt. Stanley J. Osserman told the More head City PTA Monday night. "Sometimes it was necessary," Osserman said, "to risk killing some of our own troops in order to prevent the Communists from annihilating our entire Army re treating last winter from frozen Chongju on the Yalu river." The young officer was intro duced by William B. Chalk. PTA program chairman, who informed the audience that Osserman has re ceived the Distinguished Flying Crosa for participating in the de fense of the Pusan perimeter Au gust-September, 1950. The lieu tenant, Chalk added, was awarded the Air Medal with five gold clusters, and is due to receive an other DFC. After nine months of combat in Korea. Osserman. a na tive of Pennsylvania, returned td Cherry Point and is living in More head City with his wife. The Marine arrived in Korea in late summed of 1950. a pilot with the First Marine Division Air arm. At that time, he continued, the only two operating air fields in South Korea were being used by the Air Force, thus he was sta tioned on a carrier off shore. In those days, he .went on. when the Reds were only 30 miles from Pusan. the Marine airmen would take off two or three times a day, being up as long as three to five hours on each sortie. Island Blasted During the pre-invasion bom bardment of Inchon, the officer stated, the Marine planes plastered See FLYER, Page C Ude Table Tide* at Beaufort Bar HIGH LOW 6:20 p.m. 5:55 a.m. FMday, Oct. 12 12:12 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 6:45 a.m. 7:06 p.m. 12:32 a.m. 1:05 p.m. Sunday, Oct 14 7:31 a.m. 7:48 p.m. 1:14 a.m. 1:52 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15 8:13 a.m. 8:28 p.m. * 1:54 a.m. 2:35 p.m. 8:54 a.m. 9:07 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1( . 2:32 a.m. 3:1< p.m. Morehead Cily Receives $28,000 from Race Track ' Morehead City's dividend from the Carolina Racing association this year amounts to $28,000, an increase of $10,000 over the amount received in 1950. The town has budgeted its race track dividend this year. The fund has been earmarked for ex penditure on streets and in other municipal operations. Part of the fund is reserved for ex penses incurred by the More head City Race Track commis sion. Received through track opera tion in 1948 was $25,000 and in 1949 $33,000. Fuel Terminals v Revises Proposal On Island Pier Objections by the State Ports authority and the Marine Corps has led to revision, by the Aviation Fuel Terminals, inc., of its ap plication to build an oil terminal and doc* at the west side of In let island. According to Col. R. C. Brown, U. S. Army, district engipeer, Wil mington, 'the applicant has now submitted revised plans for the proposed pier and dredging. These show the pier fronting on a line between the northeast corner of the turning basin, near black buoy "41" and the intersection of the north eastern limits of tangents "B" and "C," near red buoy "18." The near est breasting dolphin will be ap proximately 280 feet shoreward of the eastern edge of the turning basin. The centerline of the pier will be approximately 1,200 feet south of the northeast corner of the turning basin. The pier will be constructed of steel piling and will be 492 feet \ long, 19 feet wide with a 695-foot 1 tec at the end. The urea in front I of the pier will be dredged to a ' depth of 80 feet at mean low water and tne area behind the tee will be dredged to a depth of 15 feet at mean low water. Approximately 360,000 cubic yards are to be dred ged and deposited on shore above the high water line on property owned by the applicant. Plans showing the proposed work may be seen at the Wilmington office and at the post office at Morehead City. Persons or firms objecting to the revised proposal should notify Colonel Brown by Wednesday, Oct. 24, 1951. The State Ports authority object ed to the original proposal by Avia tion Fuels on the basis that the fuel terminal plan encroached on proposed turning basin dredging operations. The Marine Corps ob jected on the basis that the termi nal proposal will present an ob stacle to their LST landing instal lation on the west side of Inlet is land. Agassiz Retails i From Chesapeake The Coast Guard cutter Agassiz docked Tuesday at Morehead City Port terminal, concluding its trip from Chesapeake bay where it took part in the President's Regatta, Sept. 23. "Our duty was to patrol the wa ters," said the cutter's new com mander, Charles R. King, lieuten ant J. g. "We were there Sept. 20 24, then we headed south for More head City, with' some stops along the way.,, Lt. King, a native of Wilming ton, joined the cutter Sept. 5, re lieving Warrant Officer F. A. Gran tham. King arrived here with his wife and 14-year old son from Mi ami and are living in a home on Inlet island. When interviewed by THE NEWS-TIMES Wednesday. King said, "This is the coldest day I have seen since 1945 in New Eng land." For the past six years, King has been stationed in delightfully warm climates: Hawaii, California, and Florida. Life on the Agassiz, according to several of the crew, is very plea sant. The cutter haa 29 enlisted personnel and three officers, lt is 125 feet long and weighs 400 tons. It will leave Morehead City in a few days to go on a seven-day pat rol between the Chesapeake and Cape Hatteras. Then the Agassiz will steam back to port terminal for a 14-day rest. The cutter is under Norfolk jur isdiction and oporataa independent ly of the Port Macon Coast Guard station. ? ? + Officers Probe .j Hardware Store Entry,- Newport Rifles, Radios, Merchandise Valued at $400-5600 Taken Early Tuesday Sheriff C. G. Holland and depu ties were continuing yesterday in vestigation of the burglary early Tuesday morning at Allen and Bell Hardware store. Newport. The store was entered some time be tween midnight Monday and 7:45 a.m. Tuesday morning and stock valued between $400 and $600 re moved. The sheriff said good finger prints have been obtained. Taken from the store was a Winchester rifle, Mossburg rifle, two radios (one with clock) pocket knives, cartridges, cigarettes and shotgun shells. Stancil Bell, part owner of the store, said other items are undoubt edly missing, but their absence will not come to light except day by day. The store is in the process of being remodeled. Entry was gained through a rear door which had just been installed Monday. The molding was taken off the door, glass removed, and several locks forced to gain access to the store. The office was wreck ed in a search for money. Records were thrown on the floor and things left in a m^ss. Bell said there was no money in the place The burglar or burglars also attempted to enter Hibbs' Soda shop next door to the hardware store. They removed the glass but were unsuccessful in entering be cause the door also had bars across it. Bell said they carry no theft insurance. The store was entered about 10 months ago but most of the stolen items were recovered. Investigation? and Arrests in the case were handled by Marin? au thorities at Cherry Point. ? Chairman Reports On Sale of Plants The results of the Junior Woman's club flower sale thus far has been fairly satisfactory, Mrs Kugene Roelofs, chairman of the ways and means committee, report ed yesterday. Orders will be ac cepted by club members no later than 1 p.m. today, since the sale which started Oct. 4. was scheduled to run only one week. Persons wishing to - i?e hardy perennials, bul' ,es from the Junior Wc ? Pilings for the new bridge, from Morehead City to Atlantic Beach, are being driven in Bogue sound, according to John L. Humphrey, county superintendent of roads. Reports from Raleigh recently said that the steel shortage would de lay many highway projects. Al though slow delivery may hamper work here, highway officials say that the steel has already been pro cured for the bridge. The Atlantic Beach bridge, which the new structure will replace, re cently received treatment of asphalt and gravel. Rain has stowed down work on the Mundine road which runs from the Nine-foot road near Newport into Havelock at Trader's store. The road, a distance of nine miles, is being graded. Half of the road is in Carteret county and half in Craven. Superintendent Humphrey stated that work will be resumed on the Crab Point road which extends from the intersection of highways 70 and 24, west of Morehead City, through Crab Point to the Blair farm. Length' of the road is 6.2 miles. > Hum Days oi Bain Follow Tomporatwo Drop Carteret county temperatures took a downward dive over the weekend, from a high of 90 Friday to a minimum of 63 degrees early Monday morning. The drop was followed by three days of rain, Monday through Wednesday, to talling 2.16 inches. Temperatures, as recorded by SUmey Davis, Morehead City, the county weather observer, were as follows: Max. Min. Friday I. BO 67 Saturday 87 71 Sunday 85 75 Monday 78 63 Tuesday 68 58 Wednesday ?4 58 The Beaufort Sea Dogs will be out tonight ? weather permitting ? to regain the mullet bucket they saw Morehead City carry away last Thanksgiving after the latter toppled them 21-12. Game time is 8 p.m. at the Beaufort ball park. Should it be raining tonight, how ever, the game cannot be played because only a third of the field lights are water proof. . Probably Play Monday Although no definite arrange ments have been made for this eventuality, it is expected that the game would be played Monday night. Oct. 15, so as not to inter fere with either team's scheduled games next Friday. The mullet bucket is the most valuable trophy either team can hope to win. Morehead. therefore, will be fighting just as hard to keep it as Beaufort will to get it. If the Sea Dogs defeat Morehead City, the mullet bucket will pass for the first time across the cause way to stay unchallenged until the two teams meet for their second tussle, Thanksgiving day. The J)rize in question is an unpre tentious looking, galvanized con tainer with the words "Mullet See TEAMS, Page 3 Coast Guard Finds No Trace of M The Coast Guard's unsuccessful search for the 22 foot skiff in which John Holt and Hoke Matthews lost their lives last Thursday was dis continued Monday night. According to information re from THE NEWS-TIMES corres pondent on Ocracoke, Holt and Matthews, whose bodies were found several days later in Core Sound, left Portsmouth early Thursday morning, prior to the departure of the Ocracoke mailboat which passes Portsmouth lsla?au about 4 1 a.m. " Since Mrs. Holt and Mrs. Mat thews were not expecting their hus bands before Friday, they did not become concerned until Friday afternoon. Then they phoned the Coast Guard at Fort Macon and Capt. Henry Peele at the Ocracoke station was contacted. He sent a boat to Portsmouth to inquire about the men and it was learned that they had left the day before. On Sunday the Atlantic lifeboat station located Matthews' body near Drum inlet and on Mon day, Benjamin E. Spencer, Ocra coke shrimper discovered Holt's body bloating near Royal shoals while he was lowering his shrimp trawl. He notified the Ocracoke station and a boat was sent to pick up the body and take it to Atlantic. Funeral services for Matthews were conducted Monday morning in Ocean View cemetery, Beaufort, and rites for Holt took place Tues day afternoon in Bay View ceme tery, Morehead City. Scoot Fund Hits Halfway Nark Dr. S. W. Hatcher, in charge of the Boy Scout fund campaign in Morehcad City, today announced that more than half of the ll.SOO county goal has been achieved. To date $800 has been collected in Morehead City. Beaufort's cam paign. in charge of the Rotary club, is still in progress. Because of the ilness of N. F; Eure, James Davi? was named Tuesday night at Rot ary club to supervise colectiona this week. Rotarians have been divided into teams in order to facilitate the collecting. Persons wishing to make contributions, who have not been contacted by a solicitor, should contact Davis at the First Citizens Band and Trust co., Front at., Beau fort. Dr. Hatcher stated that thii year's drive has been more success ful than any previous one, from $300 to $400 more is anticipated. Beanlort Rotarians H mi Talk by Weather Observer E. Stamey Davis, weather ob server for Carteret county, told Beaufort Rotarians Tuesday night at the Inlet inn that meterological data aids farms through the United States. He cited in particular, how Carteret farmers can benefit from the service. Rotarians. sponsors of a Beau fort Boy Scout troop, made plana to solicit funds in the Boy Scout fund campaign. . Leslie Moore, Beaufort, was a guest.