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PAGE TWO The State Port Pilot Southport, N. C. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor (On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.) Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, April 12, 1944 His Memory A Thing Of Beauty Among' the number of fine tributes which have been made to Captain Henry Churchill Bragaw, who was killed in action in Italy on January 22, the following lead editorial from Outdoors Unlimited, official organ of the Outdoor Writ el's Association of America, is fittingly reproduced here. The tribute was written by J. Hammond Brown of the Baltimore News-Post, president of the Outdoor Writers Association : "News has just been received that Captain Henry Churchill Bragaw met his death on an Italian battlefield late in January. To those of you who have made one of the treks down to the southern part of the North Carolina coast and met him there, the news will come as a shock. "It is hard to visualize Churchill as a soldier, but he must have been a good one, for twice was he given promotion on the battlefield for gallantry in action. "I remember him as a smiling youngster, he was just twenty-eight at the time of his death, with pruning shears in hand, pottering around amid the great profusion of blossoms on the great Orion Plantation, just outside of Southport. He was a nationally known horticulturist despite his age and one of the last conversations I had with him, just before Pearl Harbor, was about some experiments he was carrying on. Indicating a row of small shrubs, he remarked: "It will not be long now, before I will have fixed this pink gardenia and given a new flower to tjie world." "He was an ardent student of birdlife and was also a herpetologist of some note. Wildlife photography was also one of his hobbies and he was a frequent contributor to the press on outdoor topics. And now he has given evidence that he was a fine patriot and a good soldier. Our North Carolina trips will not be the same without him." An Impressive Experience Those who ventured out in the quiet of the dawn on Easter to attend the sunrise service at the Section Base at Caswell had an experience which will remain in their memory for a long time. They will long think of the impressiveness and solemnity of the occasion when they paused in the midst of a war-conscious existence to worship with the officers and men and to remember with them the Risen Christ. They will remember also the kindness of Commander Campbell, who sprit hnsps nvpr tn KnntVinnrt tn ormKlo them to attend the services. They will \ remember, too, the fellowship of the breakfast hour when they were guests of the base. This made Easter happier" for many of them. Pulpwood Bag Saves Starving Troops Every now and then there comes out of the combat zones a story of pulpwood's role in the war that means more to most of us than a carload of statistics on the uses of pulpwood for military purposes. Such a story was buried in a recent dispatch on the heroic stand of a small band of Allied troops on Hangman's Hill, just above embattled Cassino. For nine days and nights this brave band, separated from the main Allied force, fought off Nazis while their comrades tried vainly to supply them with food, water, and supplies. But strong winds blew supply parachutes into enemy territory. The valiant soldiers were near starvation when one day a plane dropped two paper-mache gasoline tanks loaded with rations directly on their camp. Inside were enough K-ration units to give two to every three men. As a result the men survived and a few days later were evacuated. - - - ' made of pulpwood, but the K-rations were packed in pulpwood-made packets. Pulpwood has gone to war, but its function often is to save lives rather than to destroy them. Fire Facts The Jap attack on Pearl Harbor was a military disaster for this country. And yet losses in material were confined to a few hundred planes and com- j paratively few ships. If Pearl Harbor was a disaster, no words could possibly describe an enemy blitz that destroyed 27,618 medium tanks, 207,112 seventy-five mm. guns, 98 heavy cruisers and 6,183 heavy bombers. But in the years between 1918 and 1939 property to the tune of $8,285,000,000 was destroyed in the United States by fire. These billions would have been sufficient to building the above fighting force. This country has been prodigally careless with fire. Too few people realise that fires can start without the application of flame. Spontaneous ig- 1 nition is a phenomenon that occurs in oily cloths, mops or waste and paint- ; stained rags or clothing. Chemical re- i action causes the material to heat up until actual fire bursts forth. Common ; household dusts, both from waste ma- , terial and food, may explode with terrific force. When either flour or dust 1 from vacuum cleaners is thrown loose- \ ly into an incinerator or furnace, so < that a cloud forms, a violent explosion may take place as soon as the dust , reaches fire. i Another prime cause of fire is the J ordinary match. Smokers strike 6,000 j matches every second. Too many toss them away carelessly, not realizing ' that fire kills more persons in the United States each year than our country , lost "killed in action" during the first ' year of the war. The annual death 1 toll from fire approximates 10,000 lives i annually. i These are a few of the facts about fire that everyone should know. The New American Navy I Opportunity and responsibility, but no cause for complacency, may be read ' between the lines of the address James ] V. Forrestal, Undersecretary of the 1 Navyi delivered to the Bond Club in j New York Monday. Mr. Forrestal said ' the United States will possess at the 1 end of this year a naval air and sea i armada equal to the naval strength of i the rest of the world. 1 Mr. Forrestal wisely refuses to regard this Navy as a reason for Ameri- < can aloofness from the rest of the 1 world, however. He seems to regard it j as a possible support for a world as- i sociation of nations. That is realistic. ' Not even the Navy which Americans j have now built up might do more than ] postpone another war a few years un- I less the United States took part in or- ( ganizing peace under law. < The existence of this tremendous na- j val power should help Americans to ( rid themselves of fear that they will be ' in some way deprived of their proper ; influence by joining with other nations , to maintain peace. The American fac- i tor is enormous in the eyes of other | nations. It is usually the American him- . self who underrates the ability of his i nation to hold its own in world councils. The war potential is the peace potential. If the new American Navy convinces the average American of his : nation's ability to make the most of i the opportunities and responsibilities which await it in the post-war world, that Navy's power and usefulness will exceed any measurements which can be stated in tonnages of ships or number of plaftes.?Christian Science Mon- 1 itor.) When a hen cackles she's calling attention to a freshly laid egg. When a rooster crows he's calling attention to himself. According to scientists the intrinsic value of a human body is about one dollar, but they have never discovered anyone who wants to buy one. If a price level is ever established it will be on a plateau. Buyers once did business over the counter. Now they do it over the ceiling. ^ Seeing ourselves as others see us doesn't mean much, for others scarcely give us a glance. / THE STATE PORT PILC WASHINGTON LETTER WASHINGTON. April 12.?Con gress has returned to the job Small groups go into huddles ii the cloak-room to exchange view; on current problems as reflecte: in the reactions they asceitaine: during their trips back home fo the Easter recess. First-hand con tact with local political henchmei and representative groups of con stituents often changes a legisla tor's own conception of policy ii public affairs. Two top most top ics in private conversations an the Willkie withdrawal from thi Republican Presidential nomina tion contest and the Supremi Court opinion in the Texas cas> relating to the eligibility of Ne groes to participate in party pti maries. It is a little too early t< do more than weigh the potential! ties in these matters. It is expect ed that both subjects will figun prominently in the Congression al debates during the next few weeks. A number of legislator: are still away on what is quaintlj described as "absent on officia business." The business happen: to be that of obtaining a re-nomi nation in several primaries du: this month and next. High on the" calendars for Con gressional action are proposals tr settle in a piece-meal fashion the various urgent manower prob lems. Returning lawmakers wer< told that feeling among relative: or friends of men in the armec services is running at fever heal of indignation. Sentiment is ap> parently not full bloom for a na tional service act compelling al civilians to take jobs in vital in iustries. It has reached a stage however, where the pressure oi opinion calls for some program tc utilize the services of men class! fied as 4-F. Many solons do nol want to go so far as authorizing formation of labor battalion: which would assign men to vita war jobs in lieu of active militarj service. There are several manpowei questions which must be solved The trade unions are watching this manpower controversy witl keen interest. They want to know whether these physically handicapped individuals should be required to serve at Army pay alongside of workers who earn and are paid established wage scales ir accordance with their skill anc ability to produce. The split between various government agencies over a solution to these questions may force Congress to take a hand. One thing seems certain The draft boards will take appropriate cognizance of what Selective Sen-ice Director Hershey describes as "many who have usee their classification in 4-F to quit work or work in jobs not contributing to the winning of this war [f they do not volunteer as replacements for drafted men ther the government must tap this great pool of manpower by compulsory methods. It is just rank speculatior which characterizes the chatter or Capital Hill as to the implications if Wendell Willkie's withdrawal from the Republican Presidential nomination race. Naturally, the biggest development in the political world, the candidate's retirement after a fiasco in Wisconsin primaries, is a favorite subject foi gab fests among the politicians rhere are assorted versions as tc its significance on the aspirations bf other Republican contenders ind on Democratic campaign strategy. What Mr. Willkie will 3o as an individual is something xiltSnU T U _ 11 n /-i n i i ?viuin uuLuers li 11* li, yj. f. leadership Cliques are raising the isolation and non-isolation issues be:ause Willkie made a referenct to it in his retirement statement Dthers want more attention demoted to domestic matters. Obviously, the resolutions committee at the G. O. P.'s Chicago convention will be a badly harassec group. Hearings will be resumed or the Emergency Price Control Act which expires June 30. The unpopularity of these controls witl" many people has provoked a demand for revision along the lines of restraints on' these officials The Administration is fighting desperately to stave off the proposed tampering with the law They claim that the operations oi the O. P. A. has stablilized the national economy and extensior of the authority without changing the language will help prevent inflation. The trouble has beer found in the conflicts among O P. A. interpretations of the sta tute. In an effort to persuade Congress to refrain from amendmerts, Economic Stabilizer Vinsor asserted "if the Congress, by re strictive amendments to our stabi lization law, should seek by f statutory straitjacket to correc eveiy injustice, we could not longer hold the line." What the folks back home think of price control will probably influence the Congressional attitude. Though the war has upset the trend, the Census Bureau's analy sis of internal migration withii the continental U. S. during the five pre-war years shows oui folks are restless in many locali ties. In the period between 1935 1940, one eighth of the popula tion migrated at least from one county to another. The figures di not reveal the causes for moving around. The great bulk of thi population or 86.9 per cent stayei >T, SOUTHPORT, N. C. "Zip The Lip' A Success : ; ? i Slogan Adopted By Arm; a To Help Citizens Not T< J Divulge Information Tha I Would Help Enemy I r Success i FORT BRAGG.?"Zip the Lip - ?a catch phrase that rivals an - even surpasses in popularity man; II well established commercial slog -1 ans?is today associated with th J' fact that loose talk costs lives - by thousands of soldiers station -1 ed at Fort Bragg and by thou J, sands who have trained at oth J er Army posts. "' Placed in wide circulation b; " the Security Educational Adviso ' of the Military Intelligenc i Branch at Post Headquarters *1 "Zip the Lip"?together wit! i many other security slogans an J programs developed here to safe 1' guard military information and t 5 elimate loose talk about militar; ' matters?is kept constantly be ' fore service men and civilians b; ' use of the radio, press, theaters ; schools, transportation services training 'films, motion pictur trailers, chapalins' services, book lets, civic and church organiza > tions, posters, calendars, stampe ; material, outdoor signs and othe media. ' Inaugurated here at the larges 5 of Army posts on November 11 I 1942 by Brigadier General Johi t T. Kennedy, Commanding Gen eral of Fort Bragg, the securit; educational program was placei ' under the direction of Captaii Edgar R. Rankin, who had servei . in civilian life as head of the de f partment of school relations o ) (the University of North Carolins Extension Division at Chapel Hill E! Captain Rankin launched thi security educational campaign 01 the assumption that the Army to day is made up for the most par | of men and women who in thei | recent civilian life were not ac j customed to giving much advanc I thought to the safeguarding o 'military information. They wen accustomed in many cases ti "talking first and thinking after wards." The Fort Bragg plan o Security Education was adoptei to reverse thise procedure. "The continuous security educa tional campaign at Fort Bragg i designed?through the widest pos sible use of the fields of visioi and sound?to cause military am civilian personnel, "to think befor j they talk," stated Captain Ran I kin. Qardeners Will Be Granted Gas Rations By OP^ Growers Of Victory Gard ens To Get Special Ra tions If Certain Require ments Met, Says Johnsoi RALEIGH, April 10?Victor , gardeners will again be grantei special gasoline rations to trave to and from their places this sum mer, Theodore S. Johnson, distric j director of the Raleigh Office o | Price Administration, announced. i Cno/iiol (VAflAlino ol1otv?nntt? ill t ui-itv-iai gawiuic auunncius uj ;! to 300 miles during the growin] )| season may be granted for vie i; tory garden travel, provided th 11 following conditions are met: 1. A regularly cultivated are: . of at least 1,500 square feet is de . voted to the production of vegeta . bles, and the labor of the appli > cant is necessary to the cultiva .'tion. 2. A ridesharing arrangement i ' made to travel back and forth t< " | the garden, if such kn arrange I ment is possible. In cses when 1 the ride sharing involved the us of more than one car, all applica 1 tions for the special rations mus be presented to the board at thi same time and the total ratio: 1 issued for all cars in the grou] may not exceed 300 miles. 1 3. No alternative means o transportation is available. ' 4. The garden is near enougl to the applicant's year-round horn so that he can visit the garde: f about twice a week during th period when planting, cultivatinj 1 and harvesting must be done f without needing more gasolim ' than for the 300 miles provide: 1 by his special ration together witl whatever mileage is available ii ' his basic "A" ration. ! The 300 mile ceiling?the sam " as last year's?was adopted afte 1 consultation with the Departmen " of Agriculture. i within the county. Rural-nomfarn t areas had the largest proportioi t of migrants, with 16.5 per cent ; as compared with 11.1 per cent ii > urban areas. These rural non-farn ; areas under census definitions ar the villages under 2,500 popula i tion as all other communitie; - above this level are classified a i "urban." Migrants composed onl; s 8.4 per cent of the population it r cities of 100,00 or more, wherea - this percentage for all other urbai . areas was 13.8. This pre-war stud; . showed folks in large towns am i cities stayed. Most of those mov j ing took up residence within thi r same state and this was parti e culraly true for farmers and farm i workers. " Campaign Is : At Fort Bragg ;|WAC Now Offers ! Variety Of Jobs ? Women Now Enlisting In jjl The WAC May Choose y One Of 239 Assignments J States Lt. Lenzer, WAC e | Recruiter i.: .1 Members of the Women's Armj (.; Corps are today handling vital - nerve centers of communications . for the Army Air Forces, Armj y Ground Forces and Army Service r Force, according to WAC Recruit' e er Lt. Lenzer, of Wilmington i, who pointed out that this import' h ant mission is but one of the 23f ij Army classifications in which . WACs are presented listed. 0 "Under a new directive," staty ed WAC Recruiter Lt. Lenzei - "women enlisting in the Corps y now have the privilege of choosi, ing which one of these 239 assign, i, ments they prefer. If qualified e they may be so assigned. Womer - enlisting today also have addition al choices? they may select that d branch of the Service they prefei r ?Air Forces, Ground Forces oi Service Forces?and serve at theii t choice of Army stations within \ the Service Command in which 1 they enlist." WAC Recruiter Margaret Leny zer said women were needed in 1 the Air Forces to fill administrai tive and technical jobs, in the 3 vjruunu r urues cu serve m a variety 6f noncombatant assignf[ments, and in the Service Forces * | for placement in the Signal Corps I.! Medical Corps, Transportatior e Corps, Ordnance Department anc li other services. -| * t GETS DOZEN FOXES r Rod Sellers, of the Mill Creel - section, has killed an even dozer e foxes within the past few days f according to Deputy Sheriff Shere iff H. L. Willetts. The foxes were 3 not mad. f FARM VALUE i j Those who plan -to buy farms 'now while land prices are on the - increase should keep in mind thai s the true measure of a farrn's -1 value is the incorfie it will returr 3 [ in crops and livestock. Preseni 3 | prices for these things will adjusi e - themselves after the war, but thai -' farm debt will remain.. SORGO A new sorgo cane from Etho pia may have possibilities foi j sugar production, say USDA officials. It will be tested in th< Southern States and in the Cana Zone. L SEEDS There is an acute shortage ol - most of the important legume anc - grass seeds. Any farmer who car -jproduce these seeds is sure to be i able to make a profit from theii sale. The need is great for haj y and pasture for the increasec i livestock population and manj 1 farmers are harvesting crops thai - should be left to produce seeds. t! f I WTT fa e i M^Hp| 5 ^MtaHpfehj ! S 1 WHITE V1L * CHADB0U1 ir FAIRM0N1 MS WEDNESDAY, APRli^u r ^ ^?H ; I - NOT EXACTLY NEM Thompson McRackan, out on , mal, owing to the da- Bi?* i Walden's Creek, has about three 1 spillway having ish-: i acres of very pretty cabbage that eral months ago. Scarcity will soon be heading up . . Speak-jbor has prevented the irg of crops, the Pleasant Oaks'repairs . . . r, . 1 Plantation on the River Road, busy folks may be in ?,. 1 [ above Orton, is said to have farming territory ar .-lil seme of the finest grain fields in^otte a Saturday BB ' the county. The Ramsauer's, out there will convinc: father and son. go in heavily for that the town is in a . Bfl ; grain . . . The residence of a ing territory. R 1 colored family at Marsh Branch j Although he is now bust M Sj 1 was destroyed by fire this week. jng with one of Bfl The name of the occupants and firms in Norfolk. Attorr B OM ! the amount o ftheir loss has not. Butler Thompson, just coa!! II ! been learned. I resist coming here this r?.^^fl ' [ Closed season on fresh water i for a visit with his family ^ $1 ' fishing is now on. Only places in two days of fishing l-f - .Biunswick county where tresn SPason clow.] o [Jwater fish may now be caught is jufifre Henrv L Stevens V ,on a portion of Brunsw ick River holding court here, iin t?-l" and on Lockwoods Folly River. . K I I. , .. ... . ? * _ Clifton Moore, who assists : 1 I below the bridge at Supply. You ' , .. . E ' 1 ' term when it ha: ? can resume your- fresh water . . . E rm .... . ?. ? inal. are both adept a: ; fishing anywhere after May 20th .. . ' ^BmI .I "j on their fingers. I"? 1 . . . . Our neighbors over at the ... . , .. . J J i ? ? ... ? J Included in the sbartaBdi Section Base are looking forward . . , ... , . , . ., . , ... added to the mailing lut of 1 to a new high in entertainments , . .. . . 13 tl i .. . .. paper during th next Monday. April l.th, when .. la t ? ? , ... . .seven persons named Ferry Crew No. 1 will present a L. I J| t ... . , ... , , Now, can vou guess v.t.;: a'H Minstrel with a cast of about 60 la people . . . Another interesting,0^ cou"t.v they live Ln ..Mj3 bit of news from over at the ! e demand for firewooi feu . Base is that the men have com-|'en ?" and ': > "1 jB p pleted the work of constructing a as another definite I a ,that spring* is 1. splendid new soft ball diamond. I KB li Daught Tripp, of Shallotte, and,unusual to SPP (!o*wnod f^BS I: Supply remarked Saturday thatjkil,ed by fl-ost bu! 5 I \ there were still plenty of big fish !ed in P,nctir:dlv ' ' H to be caught without breaking Biunswick county ( the closed season laws, below the We've heard about sy.i-' 1 J I bridge at Supply . . . The use of (tires and synthetic Pr,' : :i ::BI j saddle paths for horseback rid- last Saturday ^B ,.lng, near Southport. is unpopular Brunswick has something B just now as the riders do not the synthetic line -synthetic r fancy having a mad fox sneak [mcrs. We understand that ?-' a I up behind and bite the horse on man Stanalaml and G-re r.-I i r'the leg. jare farmers of the snttfs^B tj The waters in Orton Pond are type. Herman explains j about three feet lower than nor- j "We're not quite the real -41 I ? mmm I ebeh i If you want to borrow W in confidence, at reason- |1 Hp able cost, without red II tape?apply |j LE TABOR CITY ROSEHIL1. 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