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PAGE TWO ?THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor nUred u second-due matter April 26, 1628, at OM Poat Office at Southport, N. c., under the act of March 3, 1878. Subscription Rates ONZ THAR *1-50 EX MONTHS 1.00 rHRU MONTHS .75 NATIONAL OJITORIALKlAL^k-ASSOCIATION " ' _ IK Wednesday, October 22, 1941 Did A Good Job When members of the crew of Oak 'Island Coast Guard Station brought in -i that run-away barrage balloon a couple of weeks ago they not only afforded one of the most spectacular waterfront scenes eVer enacted at Southport, but they completed a difficult and daring recovery of valuable government property. , We had an opportunity last week to talk to an army officer who is in position to know what he is talking about, and ire said that this rescue should reflect much favorable credit to the local coast guard station and its personnel. He pointed out that not only was it unusual that the coast guardsmen were able to locate the stray bag 12 miles off-shore, but they were successful in an extremely hazard' * l I ous task when the stin-innaiea uag w?? towed here without being damaged and without capsizing the rescue boat. We hope that this remarkable recovery will be called to the attention of the .proper authorities in order that the men of Oak Island may receive the official recognition which they deserve. 11 .. Signal Honor 1st Lt. R. I. Mintz has been appointed Judge Advocate of Camp Davis, a post of high honor which reposes the greatest possible trust in his integrity and implies the high regard his superior officers have for his legal ability. Lt. Mintz was called from his law prac; tice at Southport to active duty in the army. This development means that he will have an opportunity to gain invalu,able training in his profession while rendering a patriotic service to his country. ,t . Not Hereditary ii'uDr. Kendall Emerson has written a very informative article on the causes of tuberculosis, in a late issue of Life and Health magazine. He endeavors to anpWer some of the leading questions which often remain a mystery to the average 'person. *'No matter how poor, run down, malnourished, overworked, or badly housed may be, you will not have tuberculoses unless the germ gains entrance to your fcody," he says. "It is the tubercale bacillus alone that causes tuberculosis, and the only way to prevent the disease from cdeveloping is to eradicate these germs vfrom the world. "Tuberculosis is eminently a family dirsease. Obviously the reason for this is i that tuberculosis, being an infectious disease, is most likely to pass from one ,member of the family to others with ^hom he is in intimate contact. iMi.rj :::: i"The old belief that tuberculosis 'runs in families 'and is hereditary has long Since been exploded. If we look on the ;&?rm of tuberculosis as the seed and the human lungs as the soil, we may say that .the soil varies in its fertility for the growth of the germ from parson to per I Son. Thus there may be some family lack ability to inhibit this growth or to kill off even a small number of invaders. The lesson from this is that those in whose .families tuberculosis has been prevalent for some generations are under special obligation to watch their-health and to avoid contact with known cases of the disease." .. . Dr. Emerson points out that keeping physically fit is important in combating tuberculosis, and that being run down opens channels for the entrance of disease, precisely as the holes in worn-out shoes allow moisture to enter. If you suffer from "that tired feeling" have other symptoms indicating a physical maladjustment, see your doctor at once. It is to the credit of the medical profession that it is as much interested ir preventing disease, as it is in effecting cures when disease has been contracted. ???? "Oil Shortage" Backfires id . so-called "oil shortage" scare 01 1 gj?gggl the Eastern seaboard, promoted for rea sons hard to understand, has vanishec like a morning mist. According to a con gressional committee investigation, ther< is no serious shortage in the foreseeable future. The productive capacity of the Ameri can oil industry is more than adequate to meet today's enormous military de mand, as well as the normal civilian de mand. A transportation problem wai created by the transfer of tankers tc Great Britain. That problem is now being met by moving oil by rail, even though the cost to the industry is higher; by the construction of additional pipelines, and in many cases, by using coal instead oi oil in industrial operations. This country produces more than 6C per cent of all the oil in the world. II produces oils of a quality unequaled elsewhere. Friendly cooperation with industry as dislocation problems arise, due to defense needs, will do more to solve them than autocratic, punitive action. | Shears And Paste WHY PRICES HAVE ADVANCED (New York Times) There has been no lack of urgent warnings from Administration spokesmen of the imminent dangers of inflation. But in nearly all these warnings inflation has been treated as though it were some natural calamity like a hurricane. The Administration wants the power to nail down certain sections of the price structure, but it resolutely ignores the primary causes of the storm and its own responsibility for them. This weakness of the Government's position is clearly brought out in the study of prices just published by the Brookings Institution. The Institution makes these points: 1. The rise of more than 20 per cent in wholesale prices in the past two years has been chiefly due to higher agricultural prices and higher hourly wage rates. 2. The rise of agricultural prices has been chiefly due to Government policies and not to conditions of supply and demand. 3. The effect of these policies is cumulative, leading to higher living costs which result in wage increases, which, in turn, affect all costs. The real income of the farmers, the Brookings Institution calculates, has increased about 30 per cent, while real wages in manufacturing are up about 23 per cent. These are the primary factors in the price advances, yet the official price-control bill is not focused on these factors. It is focused on control of subsequent stages in the price movement after these basic influences shave already forced costs upward. As a consequence, the Institution concludes, the bill as it stands can have only a limited effect. In this judgment Marriner S. Eccles, head of the Federal Reserve System, apparently concurs. He told the House Banking Committee yesterday that the United States could escape runaway inflation without heavier +nVaa or?rl como form of nontrol over Wfltres lOAta t*?v? ?v?iv ?v>m> ? - -- o and farm prices. With that advice virtually all independent experts will agree. If the Administration persists in ignoring the two prime causes of recent price rises?higher wages and higher farm prices?it will stand accused of lacking either the desire or the political courage really to control inflation. BRITISH POLICY UNDER FIRE (Charlotte Observer.) It is clear that Prime Minister Churchill is being placed in a rather delicate defensive position by the rising clamor in his country in behalf of a more aggressive offensive against Germany. The press is vigorous in its demands that while the Nazis have called practically all of their military forces into the drive against Russia, in order to conquer that country before winter, England should strike with all of its might against the weakened western areas. That, of course, quite obviously would be the strategy for Churchill and his military advisers to follow. If there were any assurance that such an expedition would meet wth measurable military successes. On the other hand, the perils In the path of such tactics are not imaginary. They are dreadfully real and grim. England remembers with agonizing heartaches the disaster at Dunkirk and to attempt to land an invading force in the German-occupied coasts of the Channel is fraught with grave possibilities of setbacks of similar oattastrophic dimensions. | Churchill is no defender of the slt^atM L policy. He is virile, militant and resolute and r one may feel sure that he would be decidedly of a mind to make the gamble if his military advisers gave him any encouragement. He does find himself, nevertheless, in a position that may become more and more prel carious. THE STATE PORT F i The * : FISHERMEN \ BY BILL KF7.IAH i ! ' Our good friend, Col. T. A., Dodge, of Jersey City, N. J? is, a very democratic sort of person. | He got acquainted with Southport and Bald Head Island a few years ago and since then it has been * a sacred ritual that he should come here each fall for several days of mingling with fisherfolk and -friends. He was here last week and we were so much on the go that we missed seeing him during his few days stay, something we regret. A consistent reader of this Just Among The Fishermen stuff, -Colonel Dodge ; sends us a clipping of one of ; Edgar A. Guest's poems, which we are appending below RETURN FROM FISHING By Edgar A. .Guest "Ah, said the Bishop, "Though Friday's tomorrow, We won't have to beg i Or to steal or to 'borrow. .We've bass to the top Of our largest pails. We've fish for the table. The Lord never falls!" "Oh", said the General, As glum as an owl, '"Tis I will be eating The fruit of the fowl. 'Tis eggs I'll be taking for dinner at night. I fished until sundown With never a bite." "Ah", said the .Bishop, "My hospital priest Caught seven or eight beauties For Friday night's feast. The newspaper fellow Took nine from the bay. And all save yourself Think we had a good day. "So grumble you not That your fortune .was >111. We came home with a lot Every skillet to fill; We'd enough for the meal When a fast time prevaiLs. Which is proof, If you've faith, That the Lord never fails!" * * ? The whole year has been producing changes and oddities in fishing. Many fish that had never been here before were here; one or .two other kinds that had been numerous are practically non-existent for the first time. A current oddity is that the spots that are being token by commercial fishermen weigh two, and sometime three times what such fish have weighed hi years .past. They ABA. AkAMt AA W:.W A A ?LaA ?IC HIIUUI iU 1)1^ i?s SI1UU. ? Along with other workers, who have benefitted by the National Defense work, the shrimp fishermen have been doing pretty well this fall. The prospects are that they will do even better before the winter is over. For this it is a little hard to know just whom to thank. The National defense activity probably is responsible for the high prices, at the same time some one should give credit to the good Lord for sending the shrimp back. ? * We forgot on the .different times when they told us how many they caught. Besides, as'we did not have time 'to check up on what they claimed, we are not sure it would have mattered so much. All we know is that we have a feeling of pretty good assurance that Postmaster Wilbur Dosher has ended his annual two weeks of fishing at Southport, and that it was a pretty good two weeks. Postmaster JL T. Tasked and George Wortham were the constant fishing companions of the Wilmington postmaster. * High Pointers here a day or two ago did fairly well, at least they were pleased. They got six barracuda, 3 dolphin and a lot of blues and blackfish. These last were taken during a short time of bottom fishing on the banks. Those in the party were John R. Peacock, A. H. Holton, Geo. T. and Carl S. Wood and John B. Spencer. * * * Tommie Willis and other youngstars .who hang out around the pilot dock have become qude .proficient in catching sharks this summer and fall. Almost any day .When they think some visitors may he around to see and admire 'their catch they capture and tie some good sized shark to a piling. * Local fishermen who have been missing the traditional run of mullets are having no harder luck than other such fisherman all ?ILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. SOUTHPORT 7 SCHOOL NEWS . HALLOWE'EN PARTS' The horhe economics department | j is planning a Hallowe'en carnival " for the purpose of raising funds to redecorate their department. 1 The main event is to be a series i of stunts -which will be given in t the school .auditorium. Each grade will be asked to present a r stunt. The Carnival will again be J j held in the gymnasium. The I c crowning of the King and Queen! r of popularity will climax the evening. There will be a fish pond, hot dog stand, chamber of horrors, c bingo, and many other attractions, c The admission charges and date i will be announced later. BASKETBALL |* Basketball in Brunswick county Jr this year will really be basket-! t ball. Witi\ every team in the | { county fighting for top honors in! the tournament to be held in the j Waccamaw gymnasium, one j I should heally see some action. i There will be medals for the free 1 j throw champion; the best player; best athlete ;and one for sportsmanship. Last year very nice medals were given to deserving . contestants. S School spirit and competitive'e spirit in Brunswick county were 'e one hundred percent better last j P year than ever before. There are hopes that they Will be even bet- n ter this year. CHAPEL PROGRAM Students of the 4th grade will a present the following chapel pro- c gram on Wednesday, October 29: c Kone. "Under the Red White f and Blue", class; reading, "I Love j America", Lander Hickman; scrip- a ture, Psalm 121, Rebecca Mc- j Raoken; prayer, "Peace", Cather- ^ ine McRacken; "A Patriotic ^ Creed", Frank Plaxco; song, "Ourjc Flag", class; play, "Toni and the along the coast. We have seen no 0 reports of these fish showing up anywhere above us. This seems to be one of the first years on 1 record when there has been pract- a ically none of these fish. c I One of t is in ha and bast pooE He.ca ' T . opinio: Freedoi get righ the Pres I Newspap portaotii; American example y< actually ie, boy?any 1 - NOT EXflC We had a nice letter last week from S. V. Buss, iouthport boy now sailing: on an Atlantic Refining Jo. tanker, telling us how much he enjoys seeing [he Pilot every week. Thanks, S. V., and good uck . . . Charlie McKeithan, who operates a reail fish market on the Church dock, has a homenade scaling contraption that he ought to have latented. It's nothing mora than three beer bottle :aps tacked on a paddle, rough side out ,and they eally make the scales fly. Looks like overconfidence is the only thing that :an possibly stop Duke this season. When they lefeated Colgate 27-14 Saturday they whipped a ;ood football team, as tough as any remaining on ler schedule . . . Carolina took a trouncing from fulane, 52-6, for about the worst beating in modirn times for a Tar Heel team ... State College >layed a fine defensive game against a strong Vake Forest eleven Saturday night and held the leacons to 7-0. . . . Davidson, with several leadng members of her small squad out with injuries, ost to V. P. I. Kay Kyser talked over the loud speaker for a few minutes during the half at the State-Wake Itar Spangled Banner", charact- der the direction rs: Toni, Billie Barber; his moth- This play is I r, Aletta Glover: Francis Scott acts including a Cey, John Newton. and five girls. It Song, the Star Spangled Ban- vide an evening ter", school. ment. MAKING CIRCUS SECOND We, the Special Primary Folk, The children .re enjoying making a little cir- Grade are doing us in our,rooom. Our sand table j work. In this i ontains a little tent, ticket of- especially stud' ice, etc. We are making' .our an- Music. They are ma Is such as elephants, monkeys i tive health and nd others from clay. These an- j Several songs he mals will have cages. We will j ed. The favorite lave a parade when complete. Morning". Here Ve have learned much about cir- "Good Morning, us life and different animals. We It is a bright su ire going to stage a circus for .Good morning, G iur chapel program. How do you do PLAN PLAY ORGAN!'/ The play "Professor, How .Could The high schc foul" has been chosen by the on Monday mor thletic association as their play period for the p if the season. It-will be given un- izing the variou I1I^ ^^ he swellest things < the fact that any kid wi his jeans can go out a: od press and a bucket < start a real, honeet-lo-goodnes* iment! Further, he can say v i a senator? Boost his own cam * n disagree with anything or anybody us.*You can say a lot of important thin| m of the Press,'and make them sound r t down to the nub of it?this is a perfect a * x ? really^means. . So, when you read abou eriWeek, remember that it isn't just or Jf*- ' - "V A * X'X't i?sjbe^whole idea of newspapers ? .way of life that's really important ou could possibly find, to show how far-r< ** * * r" * |r T_would.be the^all-important truth that, boy?can'publish a newspaper,.and say The State 1 WEDNESDAY, QCTORfd.. B TLY NEWS I Forest game Saturday night before CtT"i>Hpl of State, President Kitchen, of Wake other notables took over. "Here, here "I don't know what I'm doing. With & honest-to-goodness professors standing are best thing for a phony professor t0 do ^ "Bp the air." . . . Bing Crosby. Eob Hope Lamour are together again in The Zanzibar," comedy attraction Friday and JR) day at the Amuzu. Harry Aldridge ,a wrestling followers ought to get a Spe, out of this show, because there's a tr^^B* the gentle art of grunt and g,0an tfcascream. Mrs. Helen Bragaw has a fox terrier do8 ' was the only pup born in her litter. j named "Solo." Time marched on for ahou*, I and "Solo" became a mother of one r,Jfl they named this one "Encore." ... And schl^E 1 of dogs, Bill Styron's big pointer. Patsy , i couple of pups that really ought to hav, j size if they survive the trials of pvippyhood 'Sj; I is their pop, and Patsy is bigger than he it ^B of Miss Butler, year. A gitdhTph^ii^i^JjJjB i farce in three club will be under the directTH cast of five boys Miss Bolton, the coach promises to pro- g'r's- The glee club will of keen enjoy- 'ei' ''J' M'sa Butler. Mrs. will nave Charge of the jrarj|1 GKADK group. A new club is beJj of the Second ganized this year under thr * very interesting Qf the Pen and Ink Club fc -lass room they Stephenson will be the 5^ ied Health and for this club, making attrac-1 These clubs will meet music booklets, each week during activity pe, ive been compos- thus giving the students a be 'is called "Good the extra-curricula activities are the words: which they seem most Good Morning, ' inshiny day. MOTHER ILL IX TAtlM ood Morning, ! e. F. Middleton, presidet! to-day?" . the Carolina Lands, Inc. sri E CLUBS j active figure in aiding to bs iol students met about the development of Brc ning at activity wick county, was called to Tu urpose of organ- pa. Fla.. this week bv the sei s clubs for this illness of his mother. - M ji about America ith a little money nd buy a seconded discarded type 5 newspaper in his own /hat he thinks. Lam iidate? Sure, why not/ ', and actually "publish his gs about Freedom of Speech, nighty fancy, but?when you example of what Freedom of t the fact that this is National j ? re newspaper^itself that's imrnd the parMhey play in the r.iand the plainest, simplest eaching Freedom of the Press in^the good^okLU.S. A.,'y<>ur what he thinks., Port Pilot 1
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