W CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TIMES >?< 42nd YEAR, NO. 79. THREE SFPTIONR EIGHTEEN PAGES MOREHEAD CITY AND BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1953 PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS Local Stevedores Unaffected By Northern Port Strike Wave The Morchead City local of the* International Longshoreman's As sociation will probably not be af fected by the strike in northern ports, Leroy Guthrie, president, said yesterday. When contract negotiations fell through, the union called a strike at midnight Wednesday. At noon Thursday, the White House an nounced that President Eisenhow er would seek an Injunction under the "Taft-Hartley act to keep the stevedores at work. The strike affected ports between Portland, Me., and Norfolk, Va. "We've already signed our con tracts so there's no reason at all for us to strike," Mr. Guthrie said. The local union is a part of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast dis trict of the association and there contract negotiations were com pleted in recent weeks. Mr. Guthrie revealed that steve dores will receive several raises depending on the type of cargo be ing discharged. These raises go up to 7 'i cents per hour for certain goods and types of work. The waterfront strike centers in New York City where the docks closed down immediately after the strike was called. The con tract negotiations are complicated by the fact that the American Fed eration of Labor at its convention Sept. 22, expelled the I. L. A. from its membership and set up a rival stevedore and longshoreman union. Mr. Guthrie reported that Frank Yeager, president of the southern district, has called a special con vention for Oct. 12 in New Orleans to discuss the future relation of this district with the A. F. L. and the I. L. A. The Morehead City local will hold its regular monthly meeting next Thursday night at which time del egates to the special convention will be chosen. Mr. Guthrie said. Referring to the possibility that ships headed for strike-bound ports might be sent to Morchead City, Mr. Guthrie said that "unless the union orders us not to, we'll un load any ship that comes into the Morehead City port." During the 1951 strike in north ern ports, ships were regularly di verted to South Atlantic ports where they were discharged with out labor difficulties. Many of the ships were unloaded at the Charles ton port. The A. F. L. expulsion order grew out of charges of corruption and racket domination centering on the New York and New Jersey docks. No similar charges have ever been made for most of the ports in the South Atlantic region The strike, if it is not halted by an injunction, is expected to cost $1,500,000 per day and affect 800,000 people in New York alone. The I. L. A. claims about 40,000 members in New York and about 20,000 members elsewhere. Three of the New York locals with more than 2.000 members have already bolted to join the new A. F. L. or ganization which bears the same name as the old one. Patrolmen Help On 'Wolfpack' Carteret County's state highway patrolmen are participating in the patrol's "saturation" patrolling plan. Under this plan, patrolmen literally saturate stretches of heav ily-traveled highway. A patrol man is stationed every six to ten miles and covers that same area, back and forth, (or 12 hours of the day. Patrolman R H. Brown worked in Onslow County over the week end On Saturday he traveled a total of 375 miles over the same 10 miles of highway and on Sunday 314 miles. He made eight arrests, two for drunken driving. Patrolman W. E. Pickard worked in Craven County and during his stint of "wolfpack'' patrolling made 12 arrests. Patrolman Pickard commented that this saturation plan has worked in Indiana. North Carolina's Motor Vehicles Commissioner, Edward Scheidt, re ports that he was pleased with the work of the patrolmen. They trtok to Highway 17 at 6 o'clock Friday night and were stationed every 10 miles from Elizabeth City to the South Carolina line. The wreck total for the weekend was held to six, resulting in only two injuries. Patrolmen made a total of 348 arrests. During the same weekend last year one person was killed on that particular stretch of highway. Com missioner Scheidt said that by the oretically saving one life, the heavy patrolling more than paid for the effort put fortji by the patroluwo. Home Demonstration Club Miss Martha Barnett, home dem onstration agent, has announced one meeting for Monday. The Mer rimon club meets with Mrs. Jim Stallings at 2:30 p.m. Came Warden Arrests Manv Huntina Violators / - George Bryan, Newport, has been charged with allowing dogs to chase deer during closcd season, Leroy Mcintosh, county game war den, reported this week. Bryan was apprehended Friday and will be given a hearing Tuesday before L. W. Hassell, Beaufort justice of the peace. J. C. Jones, Newport, charged With having an improper plug in his gun, was arrested Saturday. Mr. Mcintosh said that he was scheduled to be given a hearing before A. L. Wilson, Newport jus tice of the peace. Six arrests for alleged violation of hunting laws were made Thurs day, Sept. 24. C. D. Garner, Crab Point, is charged with hunting without a license, taking marsh hens from a motor boat, using a gun that holds more than three shells and possessing a green heron. The arrest was made on the Newport River. Garner was given a hearing before Earl Mason, Beaufort justice of the peace, and paid fines totalling $20 and court eosts amounting to $13. Alex Roberts, Morehead City, was given a hearing before Mr. Mason and was found guilty of taking and possessing shore birds during closed season. He paid $10 fine and costs. Mr. Mcintosh explains that shore birds may not be hunted in any season. , Bonnie Rice, Morehead City, was apprehended on the same charge. but was freed when he agreed to testify in behalf of the game war den. Ten dollars and costs were levied on Wiil Canada. Morehead City, for taking marsh hens from a power boat and possessing a green heron. He was arrested on Newport River. A. J. Willis, Morehead City, was apprehended on Newport River and charged with taking and pos sessing mink during closed sea sons. He paid $10 fine and $6.50 costs before Mr. Mason. Guy Willis, Morehead City, was charged with the same offense but was released when he agreed to testify on behalf of the game warden. Two arrests were made Wednes day, Sept. 23. Harvey Turner, Pink Hill, is charged with hunting with a gun that holds more than three shells. Turner was scheduled to be given a hearing before Mr. Mason this week but the case was contin ued for two weeks. Cecil Peterson, Beaufort, was ap prehended in Lennoxville marshes and charged with having an im proper plug in his gun. He was ordered to pay $10 and costs. Arrested Saturday, Sept. 19, and given hearings before Mr, Mason, were the following: Alton Bryan. Newport, shotgun holding more than three shells, $5 and costs. Sidney E. Manning, Havelock, no See HUNTERS, Page 2 Brush Burners Must Get Permits Says Forester Stale Forester Fred H. ClaridgtH today called attention to the new state law covering brush burning as he urged all persons to be "ex tremely careful" in handling fire in or near any wooded areas. The brush burning law. v. it ich was rather sharply revised by the 1953 General Assembly, becomes effective October 1 and is in effect until June 1. The new law makes it unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to start or cause to be started any fire or ignite any material in any woodlands under the protection of the Department of Conservation and Development's forest service, or within 500 feet of any such pro tected area, during the hours be tween midnight and 4 p.m. without first securing a permit. Permits may be obtained from the state forester or any person authorized by a county forester or ranger to issue them. They are given without any charge. Penalty for violation of the brush burning act is a fine up to $50 or imprison ment up to 30 days. This section of the new law docs not apply to any fires started or caused to be started within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling bouse. In other words no permits are re quired for this type of burning. No permits arc required for brush burning between 4 p.m. and 12 midnight under the new law, Mr. Claridge said, as winds, which have a tendency to spread brush fires, are not as gusty as they usual ly are during other hours. He cau tioned. however, that care must be exercised at all times to prevent what might be disastrous forest fires as a result of carelessness on the part of brush burners. A Urge percentage of forest fires is caused annually by careless brush burners, the state forester said. E. M. Foreman, Carteret County forester, has announced that all dis ' trict fire wardens can issue the permits. They are J. G. Taylor at Bogue, Neil Chadwick of Newport, route 2. Adie McCabe of Wildwood, Roland Salter at Bcttie, O. G. Pigott at Gloucester. Robert King at the Open Grounds, and C. A. Johnson at Harkers Island. The permits may also be obtain ed at Kuhn's Corner near Stella, Mrs. Lester Hall at Broad Creek, Mrs. Edwards at the Newport Drug Store, the Sinclair station in Mans field, Carteret Hardware Company Id Beaufort, the county ?heriif'i office. Leroy Macintosh, county game protector, Everett Merril in Beaufort, Charlie Bell and Carlisle Taylor at Harlowe, Dewey Hardisty at North River, the Otway . fire tower, Headen Willis at Smyrna, and the Post Offices in Davis, Sea Level, and Stacy. Burglars Apprehended Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter said that the men who broke into Fred's Sinclair Service SUtion, Camp Glenn, the night of Sept IS, are Marines stationed at Cherry Point. Investigator Joe Collins, Cherry Point, said that the men are also involved in other burglaries com mitted hi eastern North Carolina recently. Morehead Club Plans Project The Morehead City Jaycees are considering sponsoring a project to. benefit the Damon Runyan Can cer Fund. At the regular Monday night meeting of the club, the members discussed the possibility of selling house number markers to be set in lawns. The markers are about 12 inches high and 14 inches wide with metal frames, and most of the profits will go to the cancer re search fund. The numbers are made of a phos phorescent material and can be easily seen at night. P. H. Geer Jr., president of Jthe club, reported that the markers will probably sell fo^ $3 apiece. They have wire supports to be pushed into the lawn. The Damon Runyan Cancer FuHd was set up several years ago as a memorial to Damon Runyan, one of the nation's most popular writ ers. Walter Winchell, well known columnist, heads the fund. It was also reported at the meet ing that the club has now sold 58 $100 bonds for the new lights and additions at the Camp Glenn Ath letic field. The Jaycees are trying to sell 80 of the bonds. The bonds bear 3 per cent and will be re tired in a five-year period. With Ronald Mason of the Beau fort club, Mr. Geer attended the Junior Chamber of Commerce In stitute in Washington, D. C , last weekend. Eight eastern states were represented at the meeting. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy of Wisconsin addressed the club mem bers. National officers and other leading members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce organization attended. Paper Week Begins; Plant Open to Visitors An Informed Press for an In formed People is the theme of National Newspaper Week which opened yesterday. In observance of the week, school pupils and others interest ed in newspaper publishing are invited to visit THE NEWS TIMES plant Tuesday and Friday of next week. If possible, teach ers in charge of groups who wish to go through the plant should notify THE NEWS-TIMES office at least a half an hour in ad vance. THE NEWS TIMES is located on Arendell street, Morehead City, next to the Carolina Power and Light Company. 81 Will Serve At County Polls Chairman of Elections Board Releases Names Of Officials Eighty-one registrars, judges and pollholders will serve at polls throughout the county tomorrow. North Carolinians will decide to morrow whether to borrow $72 mil lion to build schools and mental hospitals. F. R. Seeley, chairman of the County Board of Elections, said that the burden on the board was considerably lightened this year | ? all but two of those asked to be judges accepted the assignment. Serving at the polls in each pre cinct are the following: Ports mouth, John R. Willis, Dorothy Mae Salter. Nora Dixon: Cedar Island, J. B. Goodwin. J. W. Good win, and Hazel Goodwin. Atlantic, Clayton Fulcher. J. W. Mason, Dennis Robinson; Sea Level, Alvah B. Taylor, Herbert Salter. Mrs. Earl Hamilton; Stacy, Earl Fulcher, Hedrick H. Salter, Romain Gaskill; Davis, Mrs. Alvin Davis. Corbett Davis and one other yet to be appointed by the regis trar. Williston, Mrs. Ruby Willis. Mrs. Fannie G. Davis, Jesse Piner; Smyrna, Mrs. Bertie Simpson, George Hancock, Mrs. D. V. W&ie; Marshallbcrg. I. W. Moore, Fred UtHikin, Mum AJnia Unrfe Harkers Island, Charltl William Hancock, Minnie Evelyn 'iiiy lor. Mrs. Telford Willis; Straits, I^on Chadwick. Mrs. W. D. f'hadwick, D. A. Jarvis; Otway. Mrs. Myrtle Gillikin, A. B. Lewis. Iredell Law rence. JBettip. Cleveland Gillikin, Theo dore Willis. Harvey Lawrence; Merrimon. Peter Carraway, W. L. Cannon. Guy W. Carraway; Har lowe, Lionel Conner, Mrs. J. R. Bali, B. A. Oglesby. , Wire Grass, M. M. Eubanks, Mrs. Addie Norris, W. Z. Merrill; Beau fort, Frank L. King, John D. Brooks. George G. Woolard; More head Precinct No. 2, Bruce Good win, Mrsv Retha King, Mrs. Frank E. Cahoon. Morehead Precinct No. 1, W. A. Willis, James B.' Willis, E. C. Guth rie; Salter Path, George W. Smith. Ed Nixon, Joe Zajac; Wildwood. C. Addison McCabe, Albert E. Mur doch, W. B. Taylor; Newport, Pren tice Garner, Y. Z. Simmons, Chris tine G. Carroll. Broad Creek, Norman Guthrie. Arendell Guthrie, Asa Dixon; Bogue, Mrs. Essie Smith, Mrs. O. B. Arthur, D. A. Taylor; Cedar Point, John A. Weeks, John S. Jones, John Guthrie. Peletier, Sam Meadows. N. Worth Watson, W. D. Norris; Stella. J. C. Barker, L. W. Pelletier, and A. L. Norris. Cable, Box Burn Ti e meter box and cable on the exhibit building at the Legion fair grounds, Beaufort, caught fire at 7 o'clock Wednesday night. The blow-out was believed to be due to power overload. Damage was re ported slight. . . _ I Voters Ballot Saturday On State Bond Issues Folks See Phillips' Fire from Causeway Hundreds of Beaufort and More head City residents lined the cause way Monday night to watch the Phillips fish factory fire on the island in Newport River. Folks thought at first that the "northern lights" were dancing awfully close until they saw flames' shoot up. No one seems to know how the fire started. The owners of the factory, H. O., Jasper, and Llew ellyn Phillips of Morehead City, said that there was no one on the island at the time, not even a care taker. The loss, estimated at more than $100,000 is partially covered by insurance, according to Llew ellyn Phillips. The sky was still aglow at 9 p.m. The fire was detected, evidently from the mainland, about 6:30 p.m. A crew from Fort Macon Coast Guard station with an inch and a half portable water pump was the only fire fighting equipment avail able for use against the blaze. They said it had gained too mueh headway for their apparatus to be of much value. Mr. Phillips said a fire fighting system was available for use when the plant was in oper ation. It was closed down and was not scheduled to reopen until the men hrden season this fall. Mr. Phillips made no definite commitment as to whether the plant would be re built. In addition to the main fish processing plant, a dining room, employees' living quarters, and a foreman's dwelling were destroyed A dock, an elevator for unloading fish, and several smaller buildings were undamaged by the flames. The island on which the factory was located is owned by the Phil lips brothers. Beaufort Marine Gets Suspended Road Term CP&L Announces New Cable Plans Construction is scheduled to start Oct. 15 on the new submarine cable crossing from Morehead City to At lantic Beach at the new bridge, George B. Stovall, district manager for the Carolina Power and Light Company. annoui\ped this week. The cable and overhead line by {ho ol?l brWpe vrMl be remove-*. Mr. Stovall reported that contrac trxs have submitted their bids but no contract has been awarded by the utility company. Approximately 650 feet o i sub marine cable will be used at the draw of the new bridge and the rest of the crossing will be over head lines with a clearance of 25 feet above mean high water. The underwater cable will be buried at a depth of approximately 10 feet below the bottom of the sound. The cost of the project will be approximately $75,000. Mr. Stovall revealed that the submarine cable will be a 25,000 volt line and its cost is nearly $16 per foot. This new cable will enable the company to expand its services on the beach as demand grows without overload ing or building new lines. Eventu ally the firm plans to put in a sec ond cable for emergency use. The Army Corps of Engineers of fice in Wilmington has announced that plans for the project are on display at the Post Office in More head City. Any person having an objection to the work from the standpoint of navigation should communicate with the engineers. Objections will not be received after Oct. 9. Service to the beach will be con tinued through the old cable until the new one is completed. The company's plans call for the re moval of the old cable after the completion of the new line. Gun Recovered Deputy Sheriff Hugh Salter lost his gun over the weekend. Sheriff C. G. Holland said it was found Monday morning in one of the sher iff's department cars. What Can Ya' Lose? All! (Editor's Note: A statistician em ployed In Carteret County visited the Carteret County "Fair" Wed nesday night. Following a night's close observation o( the games of chance, he wrote the following article). Pick a man at random. Blindfold him. Place him at any open spot on the midway at the Carteret County fair. Tell him to walk in any direction until he comes to the first ride, show or game of chance. The probability is about one-half that he will end up at a game of chance. What is the probability of winning if he chooses to participate in a game of chance? For the many wheel and dice games at the fair, the chances of winning are easily determined by means of inductive reasoning based on the mathematics of probability. Let us look at one of the dice games where the participant al ways rolls the dice. U be beta that he wiU roll a sev en and happens to make that point, the houae pays him three times as mucn money as ne Dei. Likewise, if be bets that lpiii roll under a seven, that ia, anything from 2 to 6, and he rolls thul, the bouse pays him as much aa he bet. The same procedure takes place (or rolling anything over a 7. Now there are 3d different ways in which the numbcra on a pair of dice can come up. Out of these 38 ways. ? 7 can be rolled in 6 ways. Hence, the probability of rolling a 7 is one in Mx. For the participant to have an even chancc of winning, the house would pay in the order of 5 to 1 rtther than 3 to 1. As it stands, the odda against the participant are 5 to l Further, there are IS oat of M ways Hi which a number undtr 1 can be rolled. In an evea game, the house would pay in the order of 11 to IS rather than even money If the par ticipant made hia bet The lame adds prevail for rolliig a number greater than 7. The liklihMd of winding in this particattr dice game reati with the kouaa. The wheel game consists of a needle spun over a wheel sectioned into 40 parts. Red tabs are placed in about 8 of the sections. Bet a dollar, give the needle a spin, and if the point of it conies to rest on one of th*. red tabs, the participant receives ten dollars. With S red tabs on the ^rheel, the chances of The needle coming to rest on one of them is 1 in 5. Under the laws of probability (and introducing no bias), If the wheel is played five times, there is a good chance of winning once, in such a case. $5 would get the participant $10. and the house would ultimately go broke. That the laws of probability evidently do not prevail is evidenced by the fact that the wheel operating game seems quite profitable to the op erators. Lot's look into the wheel game further. The hem gets a sucker on the hook. The operator says, i "Look, tips* ar** eight red tabs on the wheel. I'm going to put < 8m GAJUUNG, Pa(e t William Glass, a Marine living in Beaufort, was plaeed under a three month suspended sentence in Beau fort Recorder's Court Tuesday afternoon, fie was ordered to pay a $50 fine and costs of two actions against him. In one he was charged with as saulting his wife and in the other he was charged with carrying a concealed razor and appearing in public drunk. Glass pleaded guilty to being drunk but ?ot guilty to carrying a concealed weapon. Chief Testifies Thf U nf