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PAGE TWO THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER. JR., Edijor IMiml as second-class ?t>? April 20, 1028, at the Fojt Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1870. Subscription Rates ONE TSAR 11.80 IX MONTHS 1.00 I THREE MONTHS .76 NATIONAL EDITORIAL. fc Will W ASSOCIATION \ "Wednesday, May 6, 1942 Then an Englishman can slap an "A" around more.than a child learning the alphabet. Be sure of one thing. If you keep an ear close enough to the ground, you'll get a little dirt. ( The armchair strategist can tell you how to occupy the enemy's country, but doesn't know how to occupy his own time. f Isn't it a pity that we Americans don't bellyache only when we've eaten green apples? Is it Treating The Fanner Right? America today is a unified nation with but a single thought?a thought which ' may be expressed by a single seven-letI ter word: VICTORY. We're resolved to go all out for victory?there'll be no quib bling or haggling over the methods by : which this end is achieved. We must depend upon our leaders to map the course, and then it's up to the American people i to follow. Our great and beloved President, the j man who has given so much of himself to ;j America, holds the esteem and the con. fidence of the nation as a whole. We may depend upon him to lead us. ' But even in these times of stress and i strain, when the proverbial knocking of | the government should be kept down to the minimum, we here in Columbus coun, ty have thus far not been able to understand just one thing. Now mind you, it won't stand in the way of our doing j even-thing we can for the war effort? no sir, but we would like to understand j it a little more clearly. We cannot see why one class in this I country, such as the farmers, should ap parenily be discriminated against. As the situation stands, farmers ai*e doing everything they can to help win the war?they're growing the crops asked i oy the government to be grown?they're ' * j ?- *? T? fi planting peanuts anu sujucoua xvi wu. I short, the farmers are behind the governI ment in the victory drive 100 per cent. President Roosevelt has held out long | and hard for the 40-hour week for labor. ! The Vinson bill which would have elimi<i nated the 40-hour week today is as dead Bas a door-nail. It was largely on the strong recommendation of the President that the hour law was kept in force. i Now, that maintenance of the 40-hour I i, week does not mean that workers in the ' * factories which are making the imple, Werrts of war will not work more than 40 hours out of every week?what it does mean is that for every hour above the 40-hour week that a worker is on the job, he'll get time-and-half-time for the extra. ; Then again, we are left to consider the enormous profits which capital is making out of the war contracts. In all fairness, if capital is to make a great deal of profit, it's nothing but right that the men | who work at the machines should have % a share in some of the "take." Now, on top of all this "protection" for . capital and labor, comes the government and "freezes" farm prices at not more ! than 110 per cent of parity. Well now, parity does not imply that the farmer, on this price level, is going to be able to make any great amount of profit. What we cannot understand is why I the farmer, who certainly occupies one of the first lines of defense in this war, should not be extended benefits commensurate with those offered to capital j and labor. The Yanks Has Gone The President's indefinite "several hun; dred thousands" is specific enough to let the American people and the Axis enemy know that with efficiency, safety and disJ patch a tremendous force of soldiers, saili ~ " ~H , - States have been transported to the battlefronts, comments the Charlotte Observer on Friday. "Publication of news of troop movements" the Observer continues "stands al the head of the list of items which musl be denied the public in the form of information." "It is a studiously guarded secret and out of the obvious nature of the case must be so considered. "But the President goes far enough tc let the American people know that ever within the few weeks that this nation ha; been actually at war, there has been s powerful movement of fighting phalanxes moved across the continents and the waters of the world. "And to these 'several hundred thousands' who have been sent, as Mr. Roosevelt said, to the. far distant fronts of this global war, to the Arctic cold, to the equatorial heat, to the jungles of the Pacific, to the isles of the seas, will be added other "several hundred thousands,' on and on to whatever number may be required to do the job that must be done, and THE JOB WHICH AMERICA MUST DO. " ** * 1 ? ? ? U /\*vi n /tin "We snouia never as sva^-ai-uumc vi?ilians think upon such matters without being reproached from within that here in our own homes and in our respective places of employment, on our streets, sleeping in our beds, enjoying comfort and convenience and safety and security, we are doing so little to make our contribution to the greatest enterprise to which the spirit of free men have ever been summoned." We Can Help In This Way The government is thus far asking so little of many of us in this war, that it certainly behooves us to comply with what it has asked to the very best of our ability. We'll have to give up some of the pure luxuries of life?we'll get along on a little less sugar, we'll be called upon maybe to watch for airplanes. Our automobiles will have to stay in the garage more, we won't be able to get any new tires. Yet all this is so little compared to what many persons have given up for the freedom for which America is fighting today. Now, along comes the government and asks that we invest at least 10 per cent of our earnings in War Bonds and Stamps. This obligation which we owe to our country could not even be classed in the catagory with sacrifice?in this instance, the government is simply asking us to invest our savings in securities which are as safe as the country itself. The government is thereby asking us to put something away for the proverbial "rainy day," in the process lending our government the money with which to buy the tanks and guns and planes which the ngnting man neeos lor me ultimate victory. This is so little to ask of us that it is the least we can do to comply, and invest every dollar, every dime and nickel we can spare in War Bonds and Stamps ?insurance against the kind of tyranny which has now overrun Europe and Asi^. | Shears And Paste FUTURE BURDEN-BEARERS The birth rate took a jump in 1941. We got 2% million bundles from heaven to help us pay the national debt.?New Yorker. A NAME FOR THE WAR (The State Magazine) President Roosevelt, in an interview with newsmen, recently said he would like for someone to think up a word which would fit the present war. "World War" and "War for Democracy" were in common use during the last war, so we don't want those expressions in connection with the present conflict. In a speech last week, the President referred to the war as the "War of Survival." That's not bad, but somehow or other we doubt whether it will stick. Let's diagnose the situation just a little: Who started this war? Who is responsible for the destruction of lives and property? Who wants to take our rights away from us? Who is determined upon the destruction of all those things which we have been taught to cherish? Who puts himself higher than any spiritual authority ? Of course you know the answer. Why not, therefore, just call it "Hitler's War" and let it go at that? i THE STATE PORT I THE HOME ; FRONT Uncle Sam paid a bill of 31 billion dollars in the first World War to crush German imperialism > and drive Kaiser Wilhelm into exile. Thirteen and a half billions of j that, it has been estimated, was wasted on swollen prices?never I went to hold a line or storm a , trench. That was inflation old > style. I Already in this war advancing prices have padded the bill by 35 ' billions, or more than the total . cost of the last one. And at the rate they were mounting they would have increased the cost by two - and - a - half billions every . month that went by. two-and-ahalf billions which would have ' bought 25,000 pursuit planes, 35,! 000 medium tanks or 1,500,000 , heavy machine guns. And the cost of living was mounting steadily, ! too. Such a situation obviously callj ed for action. Last week's order from the Office of Price Adminis| tration throwing virtually all prices and rents?with specified exceptions?under a ceiling for the duration was that action. The HIGH COST of Living no longer was a vague threat?it had be! | come grim reality. As Price Ad| ministrator Leon Henderson com merited: "This measure is one which the ; American people know to be necessary ... It is' after a11 th citizen's charter of security against rising living costs ami it will be so recognized. Therefore, X know every citizen will look upon this program as his own and will do his part to make it work. Touches Lives Of All The General Maximum Price Regulation is the most drastic, the most far-reaching stop ever taken to control the American economy. It touches the lives of almost every manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, consumer, landlord and ten1 ant. 4. . . The price order means that retailer who may have restocked his shelves at high rates must | seek relief from the wholesale! and so on down the line to the I seller of basic materials. This is , what the trade calls "rolling back the squeeze." If the "squeeze cannot be "rolled back" voluntaryily the OPA stands ready to step 10 The Regulation is expected to mobilize our economic resources for victory just as the Selective Service Act mobilized our manpower. The Selective Service Act , brought forth relatively few evaders and the price order is counted on to receive similar support. , But there are teeth in the law for those who try to dodge it. Penalties for willful violation include fines of not more than S5,000 or one year prison terms or both, civil suits for triple damages and loss of the seller's license for 12 months. Fullest Support Needed The rent-fixing order is equally important to the war effort. It affects rents in 301 "defense rental areas housing 76,000,000 in addition to 21 areas previously designated. It reaches into every state except North Dakota and! Idaho and extends into Puerto Rico. It touches enormous cities such as Metropolitan New York, | with a population of 8,706,000, j and such small communities as King County, Va. with 5,431 souls. The order does not have the immediate effect of law, it should i be noted, as does the price-control I regulation. OPA is giving State and local officials 6 days to "cut back" rents to the level obtaining on dates which vary according to locality. After that, if the necessary adjustments have not been made, OPA will take things in its own hands. "A program as vast as this," said Mr. Henderson, "will need] the fullest public support and we . knew that we shall have the i backing of all landlords who have j not attempted to take advantage , of abnormal conditions." President Calls It "Privilege" | In the final analysis, as the j President pointed out in his last fireside talk, we should consider it a "privilege"?not a "sacrifice" to obniilr'ii* +V?J? 11 1 Mtvmwca uiio oiuctii uuruen ior victory. Business men will recognize the importance of these two weapons for the war on the Home Front. They know that their sons and nephews in the war theatres must be furnished the tools of destruction at the lowest possible cost. They know the j dangers of runaway prices from the memories of post-war America I and post-war Europe. They know that civilian security and morale must ke kept intact. They know the futility of winning the war across the seas and losing it across the counters. They know we must have total mobilization j for total war. McNutt Hits Nail On Head Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt, chairman of the new Manpower Commission, hit the mobilization nail on the head in a recent speech at a "Buy a ] Bomber Show" sponsored by the St. Paul Trades and Labor Asscm-1 bly: "We must translate our war production goal into terms of labor needs," he said. "Despite all the shifting requirements of a mobile world-wide war, we must try to map out in our Manpower1 4 PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. | general staff exactly when and [where workers will be needed." "AIM Cosmetics At Enemy" [ The War Production Board has [urged American women to aim 'their lipstick containers at the [enemy. That is, they are asked to save the bottles, jars and tubes in which they buy beauty aids and fill them over and over aagin. No shortage of glamour is anticipated ? but metal containers are something else. Here's why this lis important: It is estimated that [three to five million pounds of [plastics, 25,000 tons of steel, 2,I250 tons of copper qnd 550 tons i of zinc were used in the cosmetic j industry last year. Gas Cards Go Out 1 WPB has withdrawn priority [assistance from a New York City I concern and prohibited it from dealing in cellaphone for one j month because it violated the .cellophane limitation order . . . j The ration cards by which 10,000,i 000 motorists in 17 Eastern [States and the District of Columibia will buy their gasoline after May 15 are now being sent to the rationers. They are five in number and are designated "A", "B11." and "X" to be distributed in 'accordance with the driver's need for fuel . . . Production and sale of civilian helmets have been restricted to an official agency of the United States or one of the United Nations to prevent waste of critical materials and halt manufacture of inferior helmets. , Fifteen hundreds tons of steel would be required to make 1,000,000 helmets, as well as large quantities of leather and lining materials . . . Even the Kentucky Derby feels the sting of war. OPA asked hotel men in Louisville, Ky? | not to increase their rates for war workers living there during | Derby week . . . OPA has placed la ceiling on motor fuel prices at [service stations throughout the ! country except in the 17 Eastern .States and this District of Columbia where rationing is going I'nto effect . . . Known to the in! |dustry as "high wine," beverage alcohol from 10 to 189 proof has , been brought under allocation conhe Jh,6 WPB to supplement j the alcohol supply. state college hixts for farm home.makers By RFTH CURRENT fate Home Demonstration Agent ! Fw thufty nreal planning, there still no better beginning than and ?bre' .T"' U J'?U buy flou'" bread Th > emich^ "our and (bread. The cost may be somewhat (higher, but for the sake of health one should pay the difference. like?aThe?eC "e.nnChed" f,cur ,ool{ ', ' ,The hind made by addin" itamins and minerals looks and tastes i,kt> the whjte f)our have been used to. The kind made i by special nulling i* slightly darkI ^ou do not have to change your recipes when using "enriched" flour. ^n How is "enriched" flour made? In three ways: ill By special methods of milling wheat, which save (the recommended amounts of the Ivitamins and minerals; (2) Bv adding to plain white flour the | recommended amounts of vitamins ltahei.mine!?1S; By combining these methods, saving part and adding the rest. * * * Handle gently such garments as girdles, foundation garments garters, and suspenders. Stretch them as little as possible when you wash them. Use mild ,-oap and warm water and rinse many Gmes to get all the soap out Dry in a cool, well-ventilated & ray f,'?m heat and sunOther vTr tIry a girdIe or any other rubber garment on the radiator or over the stove. Tears or worn places in garments made with rubber thread should be mended or darned as soon as possible, before the rent gets too big. When you dam try not to cut the rubber thread with your needle. And don't use a very fine thread, which may cut the S of '?\MWayS a,,0W * darn or patch" ^ a" a ! p?FLTRYMEiTwAR\iH" against negligence ,.,>,ThlS is the season of the year *hen a small amount of negligence may prove costly to the Improper management of the k ?r, "* .hSr'r1 ?r iaying n?cks " it tne flock is well cared for, the poultryman can expect a satisfactory margin of profit from his eggs in a few more weeks. This will necessitate careful culling, a job that should be done each week. Hens that go broody should be banded with a spirolet and placed in a broody coop. Such a coop should have a wire bottom and should be suspended at least two to three feet above the floor to permit free air circulation under and around the hens. , If broody hens are confined to such a coop at the first signs of broodiness and both mash and grain kept before them, they will not usually require more than five to six days to come back into production. If allowed to remain on a nest several days be4 1 -NQ1 Although there is unquestionable going on now in this county than grown-ups, the most unique mode wheel vehicles is owned by Rev. It is an English bike and has speeds. Another unusual feature is j ?one for the front wheel and on J are located on either handlebar . ! fans and the wrestling fans both I inning at the bill scheduled for | Thalian Hall. Chief Little Beaver I go 10 rounds with Tiny Taylor, v ! minary event Barto Hill and Bit ! tussel two out of three falls. Latest talk about softball is t j men and-boys?will gather up a | the Oak Island ten one afternoon | There has been no definite respo | feeler about '.he tennis courts, been several signs of interest s may turn out to be another big fore confinement, it may require weeks to break the broody tendency. Brown also advised poultrymen to open laying houses at the back and ends so as to give the flock plenty of ventilation during the i summer season. If the birds are | not kept cool and comfortable, (feed consumption will drop and I so will egg production. > In case the birds stop eating to a' noticeable extent a wet mash at noon will stimulate greater feed consumption and hold egg production more steady through the hot weather. (frame gardex halts vegetable failures The answer to frequent failures I in the production of green and I leafv vegetables for the familyj table during hot summer months and during drought periods may lie on a frame garden, says H. R. Niswonger, Extension horticulturist of N. C. State College. The largest number of failures generally occurs in Eastern North Carolina, although there are some such instances in the Piedmont and even in the mountain counties. Since the recent dry period has delayed the planting of many vegetables and hindered those already planted from coming up, Niswonger said farm families might give serious consideration to the use of a frame garden for supplying vegetables for the S family. A frame resembles a cold frame, [ except that it is much longer and t not as wide. The usual width is! four to five feet and the length j around 20 feet. For a large fam- j ily two such gardens might be! m I (Cli| Enclosed please scription to The Stat paper to the followir ] City or Town i " - V tmtlyni f more bicycling hereabouts, i ever before by The increased t >1 of these two- long-felt need, an Walter Pavey. defense workers a three forward get to the shipya that the brakes hear that Frank e of the back? Memphis, Tenn., f . . The boxing is employed in an will have their man. Friday night at ^Ve continue to will attempt to j qUauty?of tl vhile in a preli-; gouthport this sei 'ber McCoy will jplot that Blu styl by a house that v hat Southport? crutchfield, of Wh team and play (jay that there w this week . . . water fishing in nse to a recent stocked independei but there have j there are a lot of hown, and this j looking for somec year for tennis ;in the pants. YOUR SI z? necessary to insure a sufficient 1 supply. ' To have green and leafy vegetables for the family table in j July and August, the seed of such 1 kinds as snap and bush lima , beans, beets, New Zealand spinach, i Swis chard, mustard, tomatoes, I 1.0 > This Coupon and Mail Toda find one dollar ($1.00) in i e Port Pilot to January 1, 19 lg address: Ft.F.D. No Box. I wmmmmmmmmmmmmi i - WEDNESDAY, MAY* in ius schedule is an ar,s-.;>r I d it will serve the intere,.M .11 along the route who - t 11 rd for work each day . B M and Jean Niernsee have BltW or St. Louis, Mo., v. here r,. I WW r<i airplane factory He's a ? be amazed at the number-^., he gardens being cultivated ,^K| ason. Our latest discovery ;. ^^Bl| on is utilizing, formerly cc,v,,. vas recently moved . . . c^. liteville, was telling us the BMp as no closed season tor BfJ? private ponds that hah at of state aid. If that ? . ^^B ! local anglers who'll l?> 3tQt. >ne to give them a ^ ^^B CTOR L'ert Ip^l From Loi Aniela : I DIM ind leaf lettuce may Im June. L h? For a fall and early winter sr-^^H ply. vegetables such as beets csr^^H rots, winter spinach, kale, Clze^^ftl labbage, radish, and leaf lett; W may be planted in Au?uj: " September. ol % y) |y< layment for a sub- W 43. Please mail my ? -1