PACE TWO
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Southport, N. C. i
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Wednesday, April 15, 1912
Then again, a guy doesn't have to hang
out a For Rent sign for you to know he's j
empty-headed.
Just because a man has spots on his
vest is no sign he's riding any gravy
train. j
The only way some people could be
square shooters would be to use an angled
shotgun.
College boys have to be reticent and j
truthful. They can't possibly do any talk-;
ing through their hats.
Sobering Influence
We thought that a very thorough job j
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held been clone 01 aoverusmji me
training school meeting scheduled for last '
Friday night, so we were as badly disap- :
pointed as anyone else when only four J
men showed up. 1
Nothing daunted. Clias. M. Trott and.
Rev. Cecil Alligood, whose job it is to j;
teach the required subjects to the volun-jj
teer members of the various defense or-1j
ganizations, announced that classes would (
begin Monday night in the high school. |.
They did, and there was a very good
I attendance. Of course, those present included
a majority of teen-age youngsters: ?
but they are the lads who will be able to! I
last longer and do better than some of the' |
older men. I j
We don't know what brought about the ,
increase in interest, unless it was the re-1
curving rumors heard over the week-end ]
of another torpedoing nearby. It seems 1
' that there's nothing like having the war1!
close home to bring out the people; and!]
the tragedy of it is that when the war | <
comes close enough to frighten all of the; <
slackers into the fold there will be a h
critical need for ready-trained workers. 1
Election Friday
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There's a lot in the paper today about
the primary and general election, but of' 1
greater practical interest to the majority j'
of our readers is the AAA election to be i
held at seventeen points in Brunswick;'
County on Friday evening.
The management of the farm program '
is of great importance to citizens of our
county, and farming is going to play a ;
big part in deciding the outcome of this
war. Because of these facts we urge our
t" farmer friends to give serious consideration
to their job of selecting intelligent,
\J industrious and honest men to take char'
ge of their organization under the new
community set-up. j
Are You The Innocent
Dupe Of Adolf Hitler?
Are you the innocent dupe of Adolf
Hitler? A great many people are, without
realizing it, helping the cause of Hitler,
Mussolini and Tojo by repeating the
lies which emanate from Berlin's Propaganda
Ministry.
Hitler has boasted that "America will
be an inside job." His lying mongrels are
doing their utmost to help him make good
that boast, and a great many good, loyal
Americans are being influenced by the
poisonous propaganda which comes from
Di\ Goebbels.
Don't ever expect the propaganda
which emanates from Berlin to be marked t
and labeled. It will have no poison label
on it?there will be no skull and cross
bones to warn you that it's dangerous.
; Quite the contrary, it will be cleverly disguised,
as far as a lie can be disguised in
the cloak of truth.
Hitler and his cohort's perhaps have no
hope for an immediate conquest of America,
but they are already relying on Tro
jan Horse methods to weaken our war
effort.
Tactic No. 1 of the Nazis in this propa
ganda campaign blared at the United
t States via powerful shortwave radio stations,
and by repeating the same lie over
I and over again by their agents in this
country, is to set the people of tlfts counS
?^mi??aw
try against our greatest ally and friend]
in this fight for the preservation of civilization.
They have slyly told us that we
are fighting Britain's war for them, and
in every possible way tried to set us]
against England and England against us.
Just a few short months ago, they were
blaring away telling the Britons that they
were fighting America's war.
Lie No. 2, which is being repeated time
and time again, right here in Columbus!
county, if you will, is that we'd better]
watch, lest the big Russian Bear overrun
the world and convert the peoples of all
nations to Communism. Eveiy true American
knows that America's help to Russia
is purely a defensive action, designed and
planned to keep the Nazis engaged in
Russia. Should the Russian campaign collapse,
the Nazis would be free to unleash
an all-out attack against Britain, and
we'd be next on the list.
We quote from a pamphlet entitled:
"Footprints of the Trojan Horse:"
"Liberty is not only a heritage, but a
fresh conquest for each generation."
"No man or group of men can confuse,
divide and conquer America if we are
united in purpose. The traitors of demo-,
cracy, who seek to stir up panic and internal
strife by setting neighbor against!
neighbor, group against group, religion,
against religion, cannot disrupt a nation'
united in its democratic faith.
"Trojan Horses cannot graze where
democracy is vigilant and verile.
"The vigilance of free men must detect
and disarm the propaganda used to undermine
America, 110 matter how cleverly
spread. We may hear this propaganda
quoted, and innocently so, by our very
neighbors. It is not possible for the average
person, unaided by a force of detectives,
to determine how widely this pro-j
paganda has spread out fan like from an
alien source before reaching him through;
i friendly one. However plausible it may
sound, and through whatever friendly
channel it may come to us, we must recognize
that this propaganda has originated
in groups alien to America, and;
must ourselves refute and repudiate it.
"VIRILE AMERICANS WILL NOT BE
SUCKERS. As Abraham Lincoln said:
You may fool all of the people some of
:he time; you can even fool some of the
people all of the time;.but you can't fool
ill of the people all of the time.
"Outstanding business men, church
eaders of all faiths, and labor leaders in
he United Stales are doing their utmost
to prevent the American people from
osing their civil rights, freedom of worship,
labor rights and system of private
enterprise through this vicious play on
prejudices by alien interests. They seek
o save us from a folly that will mean the
loss of self respecting life, real liberty,
and all chance for the pursuit of happiness.
"Each of us is called to join this volunteer
army to defend America from within.
The first line of defense of our country
is in our own individual thoughts and actions.
As we stand together with mutal
respect for each other's rights for a united
nation of men and women devoted to
liberty, we shall build here a people so
strong that no power on earth will be
able to destroy us. It is for us to be resolute
in spirit against all the madness of
tyranny in our contemporary world. This
is the mission of America."
| Shears And Paste
SERENE EDISON
Patience in his work and an unfailing eonfi
dence in the ultimate success of his great experiments
kept Thomas A. Edison singularly
free from worry.
Once an associate had to report to the inventor,
in rapid succession, three failures of
experiments which involved enormous expenditures
of money and labor. At each report the
inventor only smiled sympathetically and went
on with his work.
Finally, the associate, worn and worried
f
from his failures, dried out, "Why don't you
worry about it, Mr. Edison?"
"Why should I?" replied the inventor, with
a grin. "You are worrying enough for the two
of us."?Christian Science Monitor.
WISHFUL THINKING
Civilians who believe the artificial rubber
program will provide the nation with tires are
probably victims of wishful thinking. Best
guess is that there will be no civilian rubber
whatsoever for the duration of the war?all
that can be made or produced will be needed
for military purposes.
It is forecast that 35 per cent of America's
cars will be off the roads in a year?and
that two-thirds will be through in two or
three years.?Davenport, Iowa DemocratLeader.
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Strange, indeed, is the obses- t
sion of some Americans that!
we're going to win this war simply
because of our superiority in <
natural resources anil industrial j
capacity. WE'RE GOING TO|(
j WIN THE WAR! But we're go-1,
ing to win it not simply because |j
of our superior natural resources .
and industrial capacity. Victory (
will conic eventually because of:,
our intelligent use of those jj
things. 'j
It is the determination of the i
War Production Board to use j
these things intelligently that lies I]
behind its action in slicing away i
at civilian manufacture. This ne-j
cessarily precedes the funneling I
of vastly increasing quantities of j t
materials into war production. I
Reflecting this unbcniling dc- ,
termination of the WPB are two ' J
orders, one prohibiting the further
use of iron and steel in a long j
list of products and the other f
calling for a halt to all construe- j
tion not essential to the war pur- ,
pose. Those two orders call for i (
sacrifice. But let us keep always ,
in mind that sacrifice alone will
not win the war. It is not just1 j
doing without something which ' ,j
will vanquish our enemies: rather (
victory will come as a result of J
positive, aggressive action?botli I
on the honre front and on tile i
fighting front.
We are now producing weapons j{
for our arnted forces and for our
allies at the rate of some 30',
billion dollar s a year. It's not,
enough, of course, but it's three I
times what we were doing last!
year?and our pace is accelerat- ^
ing. Let Hitler and Hirohito and j
Mussolini think that over! c
Three Problems Face I*. S.
The most important problem ,
we face on the Home Front to- j
day is that of production, but f
there are three other problems to i r
be solved if we are to get production
to the fullest. These pro- j ^
blems are (1) shortages of materials
vital to the war effort:;
(2) inflation, which means that'
prices are getting higher andj
higher and that unless something
is done we won't get our full
value in planes and weapons and
ships for our money; and (3) j
transportation.
Transportation, both for passengers
and freight, is going to j
become more difficult every day. |
Because of the increasing de- i
mands on the railroads, the Of-1
fice of Defense Transportation!
has asked government agencies1C
and private businesses to order
only the transportation they know i
they can use . '. and also that re-' J
servations be made and tickets i
purchased well ahead of time.
The problems of motor trans- t
portation increase also. The Offi- <j
ce of Price Administration warns a
that there's no guarantee that j
recapping material will be avail- i
able even for the tires of defense y
workers . . . and that "national f
interest and not the convenience ?
of the war worker" is the gov- t|
erning factor in allocating such
material. If you drive to work, v
pool the use of your car with a
that of a neighbor or follow a
worker?tires will last twice as j
long. tl
OPA Fights Inflation t
The OPA is combating inflation
and the rising cost of liv- ?
ing. and this fight must be won
if we are to defeat the Axis. t
Within the past few days, the 0
OPA has added many articles? t
including 44 electrical appliances n
?to a long list of things over (1
which it has set maximum prices. h
The OPA has just opened seven
new branch offices, and more are
to be opened as the need becomes
apparent.
In Los Angeles a tire dealer I j.
has been indicted for violating
rationing regulations, this being
the first case of its kind on the
Pacific Coast . . . And the City
of Toledo. Ohio, lost in a court c
ruling that municipalities must (i
conform to OPA price maximums c
The city was selling street railway
\rack scrap.
Cigarettes Feel Pinch
WPB has ordered cigarette
manufacturers to stop wrapping c
cigarettes in lead foil after Mav
1, regardless of how much lead
foil they may have on hand. 11
Lead, let it not be forgotten, is n
the raw material for bullets, and
tetraethyl lead goes into the 11
making of hightcst gasoline used
in a 400-mile an hour fighting
plane.
And since lead is one of the c
things we need in great quanti- S
ties, it is one of the metals we
must watch for especially as we c
push the "Salvage-for-Victory" C
Campaign. This time of spring v
housecleaning is a good time to
collect any scrap metal, old rub- n
ber, rags or paper you have *
around your home. Give your
waste to a charitable organiza- n
tion, or sell it to a scrap dealer, b
WPB is counting on it to help
build the tanks, planes, ships and n
guns America needs. J<
Clothing Affected c
The need for conservation of
materials has- reached into the c
field of women's styles?but not G
with the same result as in the c
case of men's clothing. About the
only parallel between the rulings V
affecting men and those affect- A
ing women is that there will be
no cuffs on women's slacks?-as c!
there will be no cuffs on men's s
I LOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
:rcu?ers . . . Otherwise, the ef-1 m
ect was to save material and at,
he same time avoid any drastic
ind arbitrary interference with
:ty]e. WPB'S effort was to strike j _
in average and then to move
vithin that average to effect
savings. It won't affect clothes n<
or this spring and summer any- ct
vay. since most of them are al- j],
eady made. .
Named On Committee
Twelve men identified with the j $1
Southern hardwood lumber in- j f0
lustry have been invited by the j M
Dffice of Price Administration to,
serve on an industry advisory J si
ommittee to cooperate with OPA "c
n studies of the price situation
oncoming the industry. Included |
imong the 12 are: W. M. Camp. ; la
Pamp Manufacturing Company. f0
Marion, S. C.: J. W. Foreman,
foreman-Blades Lumber Comjany,
Elizabeth City, N. C., and! (jt
-I. C. Parrish, Richmond Cedar I
Yolks. Norfolk, V'a. 1111
Buy Coal Now j F:
OPA warns that you'd better | as
ruy your coal for next winter
low or soon . . . we may not be j
ible to spare transportation space j lo;
lext fall to get it from the mines j bs
. . The jewelry industry has tin- j
il May 15 to use uji what silver
>r gold-plated copper it has in th
nventory and no more copper
ifter that . . . The supply of ad- eh
lit bicycles has been "frozen." |
ind bicycles will be made avail-! m<
ible to war workers first and to Mi
ither civilians afterwards . . . j vis
Phe Red Cross will collect those.
:uffs cut from trousers and will w
ealize a profit on their sale toljt,
vool processers . . . With the j
adio industry converting 100 per m{
ent to war work, RCA turned yj,
iver the last product of itS Cam-1
len plant to the Warm Springs *m;
foundation . . . The War Pro-'M|
luction Drive proceeds apace j m,
rith more than 300 major comtanies
now fully participating
ind several steel makers report-1rp!
ng all-time records broken . . . j
Several firms have been penalized I
or violating aluminum priorities as:
titer June 30, tin may be used
o can only a limited variety of 0,1
ondensed soups . . . OPA has
uled that mini and snow tires, no
rith heavy rubber lugs and trea- (1,11
Is. can't be replaced by new sum-1ou
ner tires but must stay on the j
ims until worn out. !nu
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OPEN FORUM ?
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A column dedicated to opinions of
the public. A mouthpiece for the
views and observations of our Wil
friends and readers, for which wo
tccept no responsibility. ContrlbuJons
to this column must not J ;
exceed three hundred words. j j
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)PEN FORUM ???????)(
April 13. 1942 ) (
Sill tor, ) (
tate Port Pilot, ) (
lear Sir: j (
I wish to express my apprecia- j j
ion for the services rendered me j |
luring my confinement a month j (
go in the Dosher Memorial Hos- ) !
iltal. I also wish to say that this ) (
nstitution is the finest thing I !
Srunswick county has ever had ) (
or its people. We should have I (
nore love and respect for our 1 (
ioctors and nurses now than ever 1) i
efore. because of the chaos this I!
rorld of ours is in. We should j'!
sk the question; Do our doctors j! j
nd nurses ever feel out of sort?
lecause whether they do or don't j _
here is no limit to the many' I
hings great or small for them to 5
0 for someone else in pain or I
eeding some service.
Again thanks to my doctor. I
he nurses, the Red Cross and the I,
ther workers for the many I
hings they did for me, and re- I
lember there is a star shining | J
1 Heaven for each of these mem- 11
Tn.~:.. i:4-4i? ,u?,i? ...sti !
CJ?. I lll'll 11L11C UCTUB Will 1ICVC1
e forgotten by me.
H Thanks.
Mrs. Margaret Evans Holden
IEPUBLICANS WILL
ENTER RACE WITH
COMPLETE TICKET
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ongressional convention; and the
elegates to the congressional
onvention were elected alternates
o the state convention.
The perfecting of precinct oranizations,
resulted as follows.
Hood Creek: Baine Skipper,
hairman, Newman Willetts, Marin
Skipper.
Leland. Thurman Skipper, chairian,
Issac Sessoms, Dexter Rayor.
Towncreek: D. S. Lewis, chairman,
F. C. Rabon. J. H. Mills.
Bolivia: C. M. Knox, chairman,
,. W. Willetts, S. A. Potter.
Southport: J. J. Loughlin,
hairman, C. M. Trott, E. H.
imith.
Mosquito: Elwood Clemmons,
hairman, J. O. Smith, Dunbar
llemmons, Mrs. Jessie Clemmons,
ice-chairman.
Supply: H. L. Clemmons, chairlan,
Edgar Holden, W. J. Sellers,
frs. Ennis Long, vice-chairman.
Secession: Herman Gray, chairlan,
J. C. Robinson, Skiley Kiry
Shallotte: R. H. Gray, chairlan,
W. L. Cheers, H. F. Milliken,
Irs. McKenley Hewett, vicehairman.
Frying Pan: J. West Stanley,
hairman, J. W. Hewett, E. V.
lore, Mrs. J. W. Stanley, vicehairman.
Grissettown. Alard Grissett, M.
V. Grissett, H. A. Mintz, Mrs.
ignes Hussey, vice-chairman.
Shingle tree: Thomas L. Long,
hairman, Leon Norris, S. J. Wilon,
Mrs. J. R. Sommersette, vicc\
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We didn't know that there was i
>ss being: conducted in this count;
her day we opened a letter from
e enclosing: a check he had receh
lying: company in St. Louis. Th
.50, and he had endorsed it and
r a new subscription to The Pil
iller fans may gather round, ft
low at the Amuzu Monday an
iun Valley Serenade." That's th
hich "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," tl
r railroad ballad since "Casey Jc
r its record run.
Several persons in the crowd i
iring the Republican Convention '
mbling report coming from tl
nally one man rolled his eyes
ked: "Here them guns, fellows?"
oked up from his duties as convei
ng enough to calm their fear. "Tl
id to you," said he, "but it souni
me. That noise is coming from
e river where they're loading a st
airman. p
Longwood: P. A. Hughes, chair- tl
in, George D, Smith, Luther it
rKeithan, Mrs. W. R. Jenrette,
;e-chairman. t;
Ash: W. R. Babson, chairman, A
A. SmitFl, W. A. Coleman, 0
rs. Lonnie Evans, vice-chairman. c;
Waccamaw: F. D, Inman, chairin.
J. L. Babson, E. A. Evans, n
rs. L. C. Babson, vice-chairman, ft
Exum: J. M. Bennett, chair-!k
m. O. H. Pruitt, H. G. Brady, a
rs. B. R. Bennett, vice-chair- t<
in. w
The following platform was
id and adopted: ci
"We, the Republican voters of o]
unswick County in convention ei
sembled at Supply, April 9, a,
12, have met at a time when \\
r country is in a terrible war ri
it we the American people did
t start, but which our people bi
ist now see through to a victor- c<
s end. c)
This is a time when patriotism pi
ist control our every motive, n<
d when mere partisanship tl
juld be avoided by all, and es- it
cially by all officers in authorfrom
the President through a:
me noiaer 01 me must nuniuie p.
blic trust.
We recognize this to be a time D
ten all our people, regardless of tb
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f now, but the j Wrestling fans \
Thurston Lit- Champion Jim Lc
eel from a^ fur Friday night. His
e amount was I Hill, and in the s
sent it along | meri who once gat
ot . . . Glenn | f0I". his title. Vilm
>r the feature; had ft letter the o
d Tuesday is'Millan from Port,
e movie from j lieutenant-colonel,
he most popu-; The other (lay
ines, took off I front door of the
( ed look around thi
,vere disturbed "There ain't nowh
rhursday by a! he muttered, as t
ie southwest.; in the front door
omniously and j who has been goin
Charlie Trott other day that wl
rition secretary it over with as
iat may sound section where the
is plenty good j engine room?and
down there in select as their f;
eel barge with j ship.
olitical parties should rally to i
he support of the Government in 11
:s hour of peril. jl
"We therefore declare our loyal- j i
Y to our state and nation, to our
.merican institutions and to all 1
fficers in authority in the exer- ]
ise of their rightful duties.
"We salute the valor of the 1
len in the army, navy, and air :
)rce of our country and pledge 1
lyalty and support to all persons
nd agencies that strive to bring
) a successful end this horrible (
ar that our America may live. .
"We demand of our county offiials
a marked reduction in the
berating cost of our county govrnment,
made necessary by the '
dded war cost and less income, j 1
fe pledge reforms that will give i (
tlief. 1
"There is no prospect this will j
? done by those in control of |
>unty affairs because they are J
lief beneficiaries of the high:,
ly, full pay system, me people
eed relief now, and our party is i
le only agency that will produce
here in our county.
"To these ends we respectfully
sk support of the voters to our
irty and its nominees."
on't let it run out. You need
te paper?the paper needs you. 11
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vill have a chance to see \y. B
mdos in action at Thali:m j. B
opponent will be Sailor 5,. B
upporting cast will be K;iy ^ B
e Londos one of his clos- ,1, ^ B
er will meet Ed White . . I
ther day from Mis. W. F y I
a Rico. Her husband i> - H
we saw a stranger go in s
local postoffice, take a I I
; storm lobby and go out I
ere in there to mail no >. I
le dropped his mail in - B
. . . One Brunswick coun'y , fl
g to sea on a tanker tol i cj.^ B
hen he went aft to eat |
quickly as possible. Th u;
galley is located, and .-,i, .,
it Ls the latter that th? 9.,
ivorite target when sinki-tMrs.
S. B. Northrop, oi
tioro, is visiting her gra: .
ter, Mrs. Robert Mark
iveek.
Mrs. Carmen Kellerma; ,,
Bellwood, Penna., is visiting jr.,
Robert Jones.
Mrs. Dora McDowell vs?>
friends in Wilmington an> p, .
Sunday and Monday, retirsj.
tome Monday.
MEDICAL PATIENJ
Jack Dosher, of Southp 6
tered Dosher Memorial H
Monday for medical atter.;,SURtilCAL
Charles Meger, of Will :
vas a patient at Dosher MHospital
Sunday through T>.
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