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PAGE TWO ? "THE STATE PORT PILOT i s ^ Southport, N. C. PUBUSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor \ bate red as second-class matter April 29, 1928, at tho Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR J1.60 SIX MONTHS 1.00 i THREE MONTHS .78 NATIONAL EDITORIAL? (MI ASSOCIATION Wednesday, July 9, 1941 A vow to take nothing' off of anybody may be honesty or pseudo-bravery. Funny thing, but when you roast your neighbor over the coals, he isn't the one who gets burned. If you think your job is hard, what about that of the radio news commentators since the Russians got in the war. Some columnists can't spell?what's more apparently can't smell either. About Bankruptcy / , The following appeared in the "Under The Dome" column in The News and Obkerver on the morning of July 4, and gives an unbiased opinion of a local situation ijbout which a lot of half-truths have been told in recent weeks: "The Federal bankruptcy suit of Bruns- ' Syick County, scheduled for hearing in Elizabeth Citv August 12, is not as bad . ,is it sounds, according to State Treasur- \ or, Charles M. Jolinston, head of the Local Government Commission. There was ^ A time when Brunswick, with a total tax- , ,nble property valuation of little over , 9(1,000,000 owed $2,155,^00 in outstand- , ing bonds and interest. J "The Local Government Commission recognized the bankrupt state of the county, got creditors together and agreed j to exchange old bonds for new ones of j longer maturity and lower interest. The , county levied a $1 debt retirement tax, ( 40 cents of which met interest payments j and the remainder established a sinking } > fund for buying in bonds. , "Cooperative creditors exchanged old ] pprds, some bearing 6 per cent, interest, | for new ones bearing 1 to 4 per cent, in- ] terest, and $1,819,000 of the total debt | was thus extended. Trouble arose when the Catholic Order of Foresters and the ^ Women's Catholic Order of Foresters de- , dined to exchange their bonds and ob- , tained judgments. ] "Believing in the policy of all creditors J sharing' aloke. the Local Government i 'Commission advised the pending suit Which, if successful, will provide for the two defendants to make the same ex..diange as other bondholders. Federal bankruptcy laws permit the use of such litessure upon recalcitrant creditors Where two-thirds of them have agreed Upon the refunding policy. "In fact, Brunswick is further from bankruptcy than it has been since the refunding began. Many creditors are selling for 40 cents on the dollar and getting ipuid from the growing sinking fund." In Prospect We woudn't be surprised if the devel J opment of Southport as a place of residence for Camp Davis officers dates from July 4, 1941, for conspicuous among the holiday visitors here were officers and their ladies from that post. As a matter of fact, the ice already has been broken. Last week a loenl ladv rented her vacant house to a man who is i a chaplain at Camp Davis, and it is al- ) most a certainty that others will follow < on his account. t There's nothing more logical than that ' Southport will become the home of many ] of these men as soon as this community ; has been discovered. The fact that we are situated some sixty-odd miles from the j c?mp is no serious obstacle, for most of ] the men are able to be away from their i tldties rarely except on week-ends. 1 That leads squarely to a comparison ' ' of living conditions in quiet, peaceful and unerowded Southport with those of a < \yilmington that is suffering acute growing pains. We think that all we need do is get our people to provide furnished accommodations for the officers and their ; families, and we'll soon have many of them for our permanent residents. ,!it' ?_ Germany And Russia inn; ___ As one news commentator put it, Stalin is' the last and most impressive example ? Kw t \ of the utter folly of trying to appease the , one-time Viennese house painter who has become master of a continent. The Russi- , ans, obviously afraid, did everything in j their power to mollify the Nazis. They! signed a non-aggression and collabora-j tion pact. They agreed to deliver to Ger-j many considerable quantities of vital raw materials. According to reliable writers, they permitted German technicians to I come into Russian industry in an attempt to speed up production and transport. They did nothing to prevent any of Hitler's territorial acquisitions. But all this ( was not enough. And the oft-given warnings of Winston Churchill at last came , true?when Hitler was ready he struck , at Russia, despite the pact, despite all ; pledges of friendship. i Hitler's spoken reasons for war against 1 the Soviet are his usual ones?he claim- J ed that Russia had not lived up to her < agreements, that Russian agents were i seeking the downfall of the Reich, and 1 that he was simply acting to save Europe from the blight of Communism. No one , believes that these reasons amount to i more than an easy alibi for the wanton 1 breakage of another treaty. Russia has in abundance what Hitler most sirely lacks?grain, tt> feed the German people; oil, to propel the German war machine. And, on top of that, if Russia could be destroyed as a military power, Hitler would no longer have to fear attack from the East. He could then concentrate all of his weapons for the final assault on the British Isles. It is clear to anyone that Hitler has taken a gigantic gamble. Russia, as Napolean found out, has been the graveyard of empire before. It is a vast land, and much of it is geographically and climatically unfriendly. In the Little Corporal's phrase, "Empires die of indigestion." And Russia is the biggest bite that any conqueror could attempt. Hitler cer tainly must have felt there was 110 other solution to his problems before deciding to give the marching order to his legions along the 1,500-mile front that extends from Narvik to the Carpathians. From the military point of view, you 0 :an find about any opinion on the quali- 3 ty of the Russian army, you want. Russia , ?ives out few figures concerning the Red v army. However, it is generally believed v ;hat at least 12,000,000 men have been * ?ivem military training and that, fully mobilized, her regular army, plus reserves, would total 5,000,000 or more. Esfcinfi mates place her air force at 9,000 plan&',!fl :hough there is doubt as to their quality. It is known that she has gigantic quantises of tanks, motorized artillery and at her mechanical arms, but, again, many ;hink them of poor quality by comparison with the Nazis' tools of destruction. Of ill the nations, Russia and this country ire the nearest to being self-sustaining, so f far as resources are concerned. However, Russian industry has been notoriously in- a efficient, and so she cannot make the b ~ F ,.rLAi ~T iiusl ui w licit sue possesses. s Even so, she is a tremendous antagon- a st for any power. And it is known that 0 luring the last year Stalin has been workng feverishly to overhaul his forces. The norale-destroying political commissars <vho were stationed with army units and vho had the power to overrule commandng officers, have been largely abolished, in truth, the Russian army has been ren-ganized much on the lines of capitalist irmies. The pooi- Soviet transportation system nay delay full mobilization for a month jr more. But as time wears on, and if Hitler is not able to defeat Russia in a lurry, the Germans should find this campaign the most difficult they have attempted. Mr. Churchill's finely-phrased speech if June 22 was of exceptional interest. No ! statesman has been more anti-communist q ?he has fought the Soviet idea for 25 h ?rears. He said he would take nothing ? sack that he has said before. But, he v said, the one aim of British policy now is o .1 -? i. ,ne complete destruction of Nazism. ^ rherefore, he added, England, regards a Russia as an ally, and will give her all c possible aid. u That is likely to be the attitude of our ? government, though it may not be ex- 0 pressed so frankly. Washington doesn't e trust Moscow, and high officials have f said lately that defense strikes were 1 jommunist-inspired. However, Mr. Roose- ? velt's policy, like Mr. Churchill's is the overthrow of Hitlerism. In that endeavor, any ally is welcomed, especially so powerful a one as Russia. If Hitler subdaes Russia, he will have all he needs?the blockade will no longer be important, and he will have taken a long step toward mastery of Asia as well as Europe. If Hitler loses in Russia, he will be finished. The fate of much of the world may be decided in the wheat fields of the "Ukraine, and the oil lands of the Carpathians. . THE STATE PORT PIL< AThTg 31' FISHERMEN !i BY BIM. KEZlAft I n ; q [a Although we have to be very j F conservative in the use of stuff e in this column, we have some a outside coniiections that have fre- ^ quently earned us charges of be- > ing an A. No. 1 liar, in ' our c treatment of matter for hunting 11 and fishing editors. In fact we | oave been frequently paired up e .vith Roy Osborne of the Texasjir State Game and Fish Commis-1 c sion. This was a teaming up that ' moved President J. Hammond1 Brown of the Outdoor Writers ja Association to swear that he! vould bet on us every time. We 0 seem to have gotten quite a repu:ation?such as it is?among the u Dutdoor Writers. * * ? a But, now comes John Derr, sports editor of The Greens- i" boro Daily News. John was the narator of a fishing story P last week, the setting being at the Orton Plantation pond. He deposed and alleged that a Guilford county man caught a v bass on a jitterburg plug on ^ the said pond. The fish tore h lose from the jitterbug, and t( kerplunked against a cypress j 1 T *" Vvnnlr ihtft fho | Kliee. At IJUUIItCU UOV.A JHWU I water and the fisherman, reel- c< ing in the plug, hooked it again P' just back of the dorsel fin. n At this juncture a fish hawk j 11 pounced on the struggling bass |a and the stern hooks of the jit- ; c" terbug caught it by the left je( wing. The sportsman caught |11 both fish and hawk, the hawk being exhausted, was laid in the bottom of the boat and nj while the sportsman was not looking it revived, grabbed the c|, bass and flew away with it. j,, * * * i It A party from Warsaw came 0, lut tops with a Gulf Stream atch this past week. They got j ;8 large amberjack, dolphin, bar- j pj acuda and albacore. The largest tj. veighed 32 pounds. The party _ ,-as composed of G. D. Bennett, | 3. F. Strickland, J. T. Gresham ind Wayne Jordan. * * * One of the most epochical fishing and get-to-gether par^Seacjigif the year will be pulled off at Manteo next week when a large number of the sports writers of northern and eastern newspapers will assemble for the meeting of the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Churchill Bragaw and possibly the writer may attend. # # * The 4th was a poor day for ishing, with almost a gale blowng. In spite of that Southport .nd Fort Caswell had a great nany people fishing and crabiing from the boat docks. They eemed to enjoy thmeslves anil . few made nice catches. Camp >avis furnished a large number f these amateur fishermen. * * * For one of the holidays we had a group of army officers, all young First Lieutenant's, and their equally young wives in charge for most of the day. They had quite a time catching crabs and it was no unusual thing to see a First Lieutenant in your Uncle Sam's Army flat on his stomach netting a crab for the madam. The party was made up of Lieut, and Mrs. Paul P. Sant, Lieut, and Mrs. Conway Micelle, Lieut, and Mrs. R. H. Hutchinson, Lieut, and Mrs. A. B. Pugh. It is quite possible that some of these folks will become residents of Southport soon. ? ? ? Our good friend Bob Wilson of "he Washington Times-Herald is j uite pleased at the prospects for | lue fishing this year. TTie prosects are largely founded on reort from Southport and elsewhere all down the coast, telling f plenty of the fish. For five ears the blues have been scarce, his year, so far as Southport nd the lower North Carolina ost is concerned, they are unsually numerous and of large ize. The "coast of Maryland, New ersey, etc., should have plenty f them soon. J. Hammond trown of The Baltimore News ost and Don N. Carpenter of "he Washington Daily News have lso been much pleased at the eports of the blues. * * For the past week the local menhaden boats have had to range almost to Georgetown in quest of fish. Down there they made pretty good catches and it is encouraging to have them report that the fish are not only fairly numerous, they are moving along up the coast, with each day apparently bringing them nearer to Southport. A few days more and the boats will not have to go far from Southport, according to Captain John Eriksen. )T. SOUTHPORT, N. C. This Week In ... . DEFENSE ^? i President Roosevelt told his ress conference he still hopes j he U. S. can stay out of the j . orld conflict. His statement was lade in answer to a reporter's uestion if changing internation-i 1 situations had caused the , 'resident to alter his belief, statd in 1939, that the U. S. could i nd would stay out of the war. j1 Navy Secretary Knox told his i ress conference reports that lavy vessels were engaged in onvoy duty were "absolutely un-' 1 ue," and said reports that the 1 lavy had lost lives, material and , quipment or had been involved i any encounter with belligerent raft, were "most decidedly" not rue. . j OPM Director Knudsen issued :. statement urging greater de;nse efforts and said "nothing. ' ould be further from the truth',' 5 nan that Russia's entry into the j ar had averted danger to this auntry, Mr. Knudsen said "we re in somewhat better shape 1 tan we were last Summer but! < 'e need the spark of enthusiasm ( -yes, of patriotism?to carry the rogram forward faster." .... DITtiCTi VRIVOP i HU IU Ik I ? ...... , CHIN A | < Acting Secretary of State belles announced Russian re-. uests to buy strategic materials j ad been received and brought > the attention of the proper ^ overnment officials. Mr. Welles , Iso said the U. S. has under c msideration a plan to relax ex- J ort restrictions on Russian comlerce to permit the flow of war( laterials to that country. He also T nnounced U. S. and North Afriin French officials have arrang- ? i a plan calling for continuous * lovement of two ships carrying r ia, sugar and other food to j; If either had had a fishing c ier, the good crowds that went > Long Beach and Fort Caswell jring the holidays would have S :en increased by many hundreds. S . was absolutely too rough for g itside fishing by boat, but the li sh were biting good wherever \ ley could be reached. A fishing t ier at our beaches is something C lat is badly needed. j It vm X*k ? -af mf: * ok m f w #9Hf L ?L -^fy/Jr-Mm ] i| A\j|Bb 1 19 THIS MESSAGE T i ' , V | - NOT EXflC We think the management passed . up a svyell | opportunity for advertising and good will when j he failed to announce that Joe Leighton's Sunday afternoon concert several times during the dance the night before as a free attraction. His place couldn't hold the people that would have come had they known about the engagement, and you can't make us believe that the profit On the stuff sold over the counter and out of the kitchen wouldn't have been a lot more than the smallchange admission that was charged. You'll never see that much good will go for that price again. "When they sound like that in the day time,"] said Dr. Fergus Sunday afternoon, "they're bound to be good." He was talking about the Leighton orchestra, of course, and what he said just about sums up what everybody else around herre thinks. '< With a replacement for Blake on the electric j guitar, another vocalist, and the addition of one i more good sax we cant see what's to keep that 1 outfit from getting great ... All in all, we doubt j if the people of SoUtftpoht eVer had more fun : packed into one holiday week-end. "The Ramparts We Watch," a documentary film, is the feature attraction Friday and Saturiay at the Amuzu. It has a Strong historical flavor that keeps it educational as well as enter- | amine . . . Frank Niernsee, who with his wife is ' spending several days here with his mother, is still the tennis stylist; and there has Ween a rebirth of interest in playing since he came. . kfrica, and two carrying strate- year. Gen. Marshi ;ic materials to the U. S. ditions have chai President Roosevelt suspended extent that a "gt luties on British Burma vessels ergency" exists o eaching the U. S., to aid the character than th low of supplies to China over The War Depar he Burma Road. Treasury Sec- it will promote it etary Morgenthau extended "basis of merit ir China's 550,000,000 credit here for ity and permit i .nother year. Assistant Commerce Regular Army ir iecretary Hinckley asked com- are qualified fo nercial airlines for 1 i transport order to weed ou ilanes to meet "emergency de- to take advantt ense requirements of the dem- training, icracies." AI ARMY The War Depa In his bi-annual report to the contracts totahr iecretary of War, Army Chief of $478,000,000 for itaff Marshall urged that Con- and parts. The ;ress pass legislation permitting its aircraft sp ise of armed forces outside the Meigs, will go to Vestern Hemisphere and permit- fer on productioi ing holding selectees, National Gen. Arnold, CI luardsmen and Reserve Officers Air Forces, lowe;i a the service for more than one for pilots of hei , .11 ?m ,m * \ Tvni71 L unn jL / ASH Mmmm The new * Ui J||Mi Savings Bond* KfflKt of us a way to building the dc ^PI* IS PUBLISHED BY US iN THE INTERES HESTATEPOR ? ,,WEDflESDAY. Hiiv.B TLY NEWS I One thing that impresses us go over to Fcfrt Caswell is the beautif./Hs which the grounds are kept. YVe ! they do it with no larger number or S than they use oveT there . . . . a rr.a- .', 1 hadn't seen in over :!5 years FurpleSs last week. The visitor wM th. Wj dealer who sold him material for the (. ' .ja of the Onslow county courthouse for contractor in 1904. g McDonald Gilliken, the lad whose 7. I | ran two weeks ago, is a driving Camp Blamring, Fla. He has receive,, ... 11 his promotion to rank of sergeant .. ?," J be a large loss in Brunswick county's <-vB 1 crop of small grain. Farmers who didnt wheat, barley and oats cut before the tl," 1 are still watching them take a beating weather. j 1 Most amlHtiOus farming venture we (J j this year was When Wrent Mintz decidecj | SOlidate the assets of a half-stand of jj used two men with spades to take up ing plant ana considerable dirt and r.lac, S 4 down in the place of a missing hill ,H| new crop of Jitterbugs we get the grca^ I 1 opt of watching Brother Christian. Hen a top hand at that racket, though, b^BI makes the mistake of keeping time | music. 5 ill said that con- that fliers with 750 hourTSHj aged to such an air experience could ave national em- ships to be built at s xll if a more severe 500 a month. The Air F^H| e public realizes, announced experimentatw U tment announced glider training for its ?<^H[ s officers on the SELECITtl SERlKlH J istead of senior- More than 750.000 melt re-enlistment for reached 21 since Selective len only if they registration last October/|d r pro/mdtidn in' tered for service this t those not able throughout the nation ige of further RooSsvelt ordered 900.iy/|>j inducted into the Armya|| R tees now in service first irtmenf awarded j year of training. | . lg more than) Pending final action In I ^ planes, engines , gress on legislation defern>;|_j OPM announced j who Were 28 on July 1 or leciaiist, Merrill Selective Service Directcr^ftg England to cpn- shey ordered temporary a methods. ment of this age group fr|l lief of the Army advised local boards to red requirements istrants with one or ir.?iHI avy bombers so (oontlnued on page fo.-H > ENSEI iUY I [ARE IN I ERICA I . f . I i :\ nited States Defense! > and Stamps give all I ? take a direct part in I Senses of our country. I is is the American way I provide the billions I ded so urgently forB ional Defense. I nited States V. I use savings! S and STAMPS I T OF NATIONAL DEFENSE 11 T PILOT J BOW
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