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PAGE FOUR " THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Bute red u econd-c'^M matter April 26, 1628, at tfcs Po?t Office at South port, N. C., under the act of March 3. 1879. Subscription Rates uNB YEAR J1.5C SIX MONTHS 1.00 rHREE MONTHS .78 NATIONAL 6DITORIAL_ IS tMsiSOy/^ Wednesday, December 4, 1940 Church Pledging Once more Hamlet's soliloquy has been pressed into strange sendee, but this time for a noble cause. We found the following lines in the St. Phillips Episcopal church bulletin, liked them, and are passing them along for the pleasure of our readers: "To pledge or not to pledge?that is the question "Whether 'tis nobler in a man "To take the Gospel free and let another foot the bill, ' 1 "Or sign a pledge and pay lowaru Church expense. "To give, to pay?aye, there's the rub, to PAY, "When on the free pew plan, a man may have "A sitting free and take the Gospel, too: "As though he paid, and none be ought the wiser "Save the finance committee, who? "Most honorable of gentlemen?can keep a secret! "To err is human, and human too, to buy "At cheapest rate. I'll take the Gospel so. "For others do the same?a common rule. "I'm wise. I'll wait, not work. I'll pray, not pay. "And let the other fellow foot the bills. "And so I'll get the Gospel free, you see!" ?Quoted. Trend Of War The Axis' spokesman continues to boast of the dreadful doom that is about to befall Britain and all other powers which dare to oppose German-Italian-Japanese ambitions to create a pew and revolutionarv "world order." But in much of the present boasting there is a hollow and discordant note. For it is a plain fact that today the dictators are winning most of their battles on paper instead of the field of action. The war, in other words, is not going well, from the Nazi-Fascist point of view. Germany has apparently abandoned hope of invading England?a move which, according to Hitler's original calendar, was to have been completed months ago. Her air attacks go on, and they do much damage. But there is no evidence to indicate that the plane can win a war or break the morale of a proud and determined people. In the meantime, English plane production, buttressed by imports from i this country, moves steadily forward toward the day when Britain will be Germany's equal in the air. Nazi raiders and submarines have sunk an immense amount of British shipping. But Britain's merchant marine is still vast, and is being added to almost daily. And new British warships, including one or two 35,000 ton super-dreadnaughts, have lately been commissioned. Greatest fiasco has been that of Italy. One expert recently observed that Germany alone is stronger than Germany and Italy together, and that may very well be true?Italy is one of the least self-contained nations, and Hitler must keep supplying her with materials which he could use to advantage at home. On top of that, the military experts are shaking their heads in amazement over what they regard as the almost incredible stupidity of Mussolini's much-bemedaled general staff The invasion of small, poorly-armed Greece is a vivid example. Italy attempted to use blitzkrieg tactics in a rugged, mountainous country in which there are few roads, and she started in the worst possible season. It was inevitable that her losses would be tremendous. No authority believes that Greece can hold out indefinitely, but Italy's victory will be won at great cost, in prestige no less than in men and material. And in the meantime, England has been able to establish air and naval bases on the Greek islands which are of immense importance in cementing her hold on the Mediterranean. I The British air attack which disabled three Italian battleships and a number of lesser craft is, if English reports of the ' action are true, one of the major victor- 1 ies of this war. It means that the Italian I fleet has lost close to half its effective- ' j ness so far as the surface vessels ara con- ( ! cemed. And that, in turn, means that Britain can now release ships from the Mediterranean to other places where they are badly needed for purposes of convoy, ^ | and to hunt down and engage the Gerj man raiders which are operating in the i mid-Atlantic. Watch Africa now?the next show- j down will probably come there. More * and more of French Africa has disavowed ^ the German-dominated Vichy government h and is throwing in with the "free Fren-" ch" cause led by General De Gaulle. j Mysterious General Weygand is now in f Africa. He was sent there by the Vichy authorities to hold the colonies. But reports leak out that Weygand may have an entirely different plan in mind?that he may join De Gaulle or, at least, keep . the part of Africa he controls out of an alliance of any kind with Germany. If he does that, it will be a blow to the Axis, which must conquer Africa as a main jj step in its program for destroying the life f line of the British Empire. j Also watch the Far East. There is quiet on the surface there at the moment, but there is turbulence underneath. Japan has been withdrawing great quantities of troops from China. Some fear she will "L1?? '** n orroinof TTvon^li TllHn- c US0 llltilll 111 <l iuiaj' a?c?iiioi/ a ivi?v<4 * ??? China and the Dutch East Indies?or, if 1 worst comes to worst, against the Philli- v ppines. Ray of hope is provided by Far Eastern experts who insist that Japan knows she is far too weak to provoke us into war, and that she will back down if we maintain a strong and unyielding policy. Heading, For Trouble It cannot be successfully denied that the vast defense program upon which the United States Government has within the past twelve months embarked has resulted in a definite form in inflation. This definite form of inflation seems destined to work a hardship upon the peoples of the country who are not directly connected with industry. Skilled craftsmen are being paid handsomely for their contribution to th? defense program. Materials which have gone into the construction of armaments have risen to almost unheard of peaks. The kindred industrial boom has also lent itself, most admirably to the increase in prices. All the while, people who have been ; working along at their same type of en| deavor, are receiving the same compensation which they have received for ~ ? ' " " ii.nf nnnaa ova I years, aiiu laimeis in ovmc uiawiivco oit j receiving considerably less for their pro- 1 duce than they did before the conflict in a Europe cut off much of the United States' export trade. This inflationary reaction to the defense program, has therefore, resulted in a vital decrease in the wage of the general run of worker, and a decrease in the buying power of the farmer. The predicament of the farmer is certainly less fortunate than other class in the country?what he has to buy has advanced in price almost kaleidoscopically, while what he has to sell has diminished in value px-actically in the same proportion. Back in the early days of the World War, one heard much of the High Cost of Living?H.C.L. it was alphabetically dubbSd in those days. It would seem that the United States government could profit from its unfortunate experience over two decades ago, and make an honest ! V?+ A T n 1 1 n VA/I11?MAM AM i h rt <M | cnuii/ uu xuicoiaii cv xctuiicnuc Ul tuc in-j flationary boom which came as result and the aftermath of the World War, by at least attempting to make the price of what the general run of people have to buy more commensurate with the price of the things which they have to sell, or with the wages and salaries they receive. People who get into scrapes, by the same token, must have a lot of close shaves. The Nazis are reputedly trying to bore from within, but they're succeeding in being only bores from without. The thing about arguing with yourself is that you win the argument any way you fix. If they're really dyed-in-the-wool party i members, the losers in an election won't , look sheepish. Getting a bee in their bonnet has more than once caused some people to have a . swelled head. THE STATE PORT PI Why We Should ' Protect Our Forests From Fire > BILLY BOBBINS Wood is the most widely used >roduct of the soil and as yet is he most practical and economical material for all types of conitruction. Wood, in its widely di/ersified forms, is a basis for learly all types of construction, such as clothing, paper, exploiives for war purposes, material 'or the construction of furniture Billie Bobbins, member of the senior class at Bolivia high school, won first prize in his school contest last year with today's essay. He is the son - of Mr. and j. Mrs. .Martin . B. Bobbins of f JS ! Funs ton. H e ^ sip ] has had first ffiR",-.. ft hand knowlt W& 4 ? edge of the ' ; damage caus. ed from for- [ est fires. J Writing Is ; 1 one of his favorite things to do, but when he finishes school he'd like to be a lawyer. ind homes. It might safely be aid that the modern world is milt upon a foundation of wood. StoD and think? In how many rays do our forests affect your ivery-day life? In the morning vhen you wake you find that rou are lying upon a wooden bed. rhe large beautiful home on the lill and the little bungalow at he bottom are both built from he same economical and useful naterial, this product of our forests. Your rayon pajamas are a iroduct of the forest. You walk hrough a wooden door, and if rou live in the country, to an ipen log fire. Maybe there is a leerskin rug, which comes from he forest, in front of the fireilace. The chair that you sit in s also a product of the forests, 'he brush which you use to irush your hair is manufactured rom a by-product of the wood ndustry. You sit down in a wooden chair o eat your breakfast at a woodin table. At school you write upon paper nade from wood with a pencil :onstructed chiefly of wood. Our extbooks, newspapers, magazines ind desks are all wood products. The very food we eat is afected by the forests in that the orest preserves our fields from lestructive soil erosion, therefore irovidlng a better quality of vegtable foods for our tables. Wood is a very essential elenent in modern warfare. The exilosives that go into the making if bombs, torpedoes, and bullets vould be harmless without the :ellulose that goes into the makng of them, which comes from he forests. Our forests are a protection igainst the destruction caused by levastating floods as common in ounties lacking in this most vallable of all resources. Forests irevent erosion of the soil, which s the enemy of farmers in secions where forests have been deitroyed by fire or the unscruplous freed of former lumber barons >r where the forests have been ;ut to proviut? mure xui igriculture. The beginning of the lecline of China is synonymous vith the disappearance of Chinese orests. The immediate and careess destruction of our forests, vhile it may not immediately afect us, will in future years cause l decline in the prosperity of >ur rich and beautiful country, fenerations to come will know :he ill effects of this wanton destruction of our forests. We owe t to ourselves and to our pos:erity to conserve this natural resource in order that our glorious lemocracy may remain the bcauiful and prosperous country that ve know and love today. The first and still most imsortant use of wood is as a ma:erial for the construction of lomes. Its substitutes, steel and 3rick are still out of range of he average person's income. L<arge and beautiful homes are juilt from this economical and seemingly inexhaustable supply. K home built of wood has many idvantages over stone and brick lomes. In winter brick houses ire cold and hard to heat, while :he wooden house heats quickly ind easily. In the summer brick louses become hot and sultry and iving in them becomes more nisery than pleasure, while the wooden house remains cool, is jasily ventilated and is a source )f pleasure and contentment. Wood is the light economical material from which useful furniture of artistic design and surpassing beauty is constructed, rhe beautiful artistic grand piano cases are products of our hard tvood forests overlaid with mafiogany. The wood for such purposes must be of unsurpassed juality and unblemished by the ravages of forest fires. The solid wood from our hardwood forests Is an essential part of such furniture. The rare mahogany is laid over this economical base. Without this economical material I v [LOT. SOUTHPORT. N. C WASHINGTON = LETTER . WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.?Per- th haps the lure of spending: the holidays at home at the taxpayers' expense may do more to tw bring about an adjournment of tr. Congress than all the political persuaders. An adjournment is mi necessary for our legislators to ne collect the 20 cents a mile travel f0 expense allowed each member. The leaders are practically help- a less in selling the boys the idea of an early vacation solely on an the grounds that no important legislative business will be tran- a sacted. The amount collectible for re those living in places remote from to the nation's capital is sizeable though they may actually find it 1 inconvenient to make the trip pc and remain in their Washington g0 quarters. ( ... Sharp clashes of policy between the executive and legislative tic branches of our government have th been strinkingly evidenced lately 20 The current hotbed of contention represented in the head-on collision between the so-called Dies Committee, a special House group sil investigating alien influences, and de the Department of Justice reach- ^ I ed down into the White House. There is little Mr. Roosevelt can ev | do to stop the legislator's probe w; which was created by a House resolution some years ago. An- j Br other sore spot is the growing' sio sentiment in the Senate and I Co House for legislation which will ' slo put an end to the frequency of ing strikes in vital defense plants.; agi Unless these outbreaks are quick- fai ly and definitely curbed it seems Th likely that the President cannot the stand out against public demand ! jol for restrictions on organized la-'t,a hnr This action would Drove I tt,, deeply embarrassing for it would ^ strike at many basic social re- gg| forms of the New Deal on behalf of trade uniohs. . The battle royal in legislative n halls this week over the Walter- th Logan bill, designed to limit the activities of bureaucracy by per- ful mitting appeals to the courts, is ., another touchy subject. The vari- ^ ous Federal agencies are hopeful that they can muster enough mo strength to defeat the plan either gQ[ by a Presidential veto or holding sufficient vote to prevent Con- ( gress overriding White House disapproval. |-,0 The ballyhoo about the desper- tQ ate financial condition of the ^ as a basis for the rare mahogany ecl such beautiful furniture would be Sr( unobtainable by any but the most has wealthy of persons. All of furni-' ture used for practical purposes is built of the solid wood so hoi plentiful in our expansive forests. m'] When the average person goes kir into the forests he never thinks tin of the destruction he may cause AP by a little carelessness or dis- ma regard of the rules of forestry. ma He doesn't think when he care- hrs lessly tosses off his cigarette butt hei that be might be starting just i poi such a fire as the one which de- a?' stroyed so many lives and mil- P?' lions of dollars worth of property thi somewhere in the West. 23 is thousand acres of forests were ? destroyed and over one hundred persons were made homeless besides those who were killed by the fire. Forest fires cause much fhorc damage than appears on the surface. Besides the irreparable destruction done to timber by forest fires, the killing of young growth and damage done to old trees, wild game is destroyed by the thousands, all by the forest fire demon. Destroy this natural habitat of wild animals and vnn will hr? sides destroying the beautiful scenery and a source of income, I have destroyed the last retreat H of wild game in America. Indi- I rectly the destruction of our for- 1 ests will affect our food supply, i Where forests have been destroy- I ed the land erodes, floods, come, | and the land is rendered unfit S for any types of cultivation. How may we conserve our for- B ests ? fl To conserve our agricultural re- B sources we* must first conserve If our forests by protecting them I from the ravages of forest fires. | II How may we protect them? By simply obeying a few set rules in our trips to the forests. You aren't likely to start a forest fire if you observe them. First, if_ you smoke, never do so while traveling through the woods. If you must smoke, stop in some clear place, void of any inflammable material. When you have finished smoking, stamp out the ashes on mineral soil, not on leaves or needles. Always be sure that your match is out before you throw it away. It is from such carelessness that we have so many forest fires. Second, when you are camp- I ing, always clear away all in- W flammable material within a radius of five feet before building the fire. The fire should be in a hole dug in the center of the cleared spot. Keep?it small. When one goes to break camp, he should make sure that there are no smouldering embers. Always carry a bucket and an axe along when you go camping. Third, never burn brush hear woods on a windy day because sparks are easily carried by the wind to inflammable material. Obey these rules and help to conserve our forests so that our country will remain the rich and beatiful country that it is today. i - i; V* , * \ - NOT EM Two developments of the early bird season are at quail are hard to find?and hard to hit . . . ouldn't it be nice to have a dance down here be'een now and Christmas? With a good orchesl. Could be, judging from the manner in which oney was raised for the Dean Hudson dance that ver did materialize. Even if we had to settle r somewhat less than the Dean, a dance is a nee?and it's been a long time in between. PIGSKIN CURTAIN: Duke and Pitt, Davidson d the Citadel put the 1940 season to bed Satury, with victory going to each of the Tar Heel presentatives. Duke played a whale of a game stop the mighty Pitt Panther 12-7. Incidentally, jke scored every possible way to gain her 12 ints. Touchdown, point after touchdown, field al and safety. Davidson still is a mighty good tie team, and demonstrated this to the satisfac>n of many Brunswick county fans who saw em play in Wilmington Saturday. They won -6, but next year a rejuvenated Citadel outfit ay make it another story. They may be de-emphasizing football at Univery of Pittsburgh, but they've done nothing to -emphasize the band. One hundred forty pieces was, and a squadron of musical perfection if we er heard one. Marching double-step, the band is a beauty to behold; and the music that pouritish is not making the impres-: better coordinal ' nvnootoH 'variolic OTnilTVQ n wmun its apunouio ca^vwu. (?*.??? 0.v_rw. ngressional feeling is to go however, wheth w 'about modifying or repeal- can do much ; the statutory prohibitions change, as it ainst loans to nations in * de- responsibility o lit of debts to this country. . e small band of isolationists in ecu ve' i Senate are remaining on the The Departmi i in readiness to wage a long replaced the ro' ttle against the proposal on I al committees ii : theory it will be another step leged vloiations vard our involvement in war. tion laws. The nator George, of Georgia, the whenever it fin v chairman of the Senate For- may resent the n Relations Committee, is not executive brand man to follow the dictates of Ostensibly the i White House because he is will probe casi s of the Senators who successly emerged from the Roosevelt claimed campai jrge" two years ago. Chair- the Hatch and n George will not be hostile to Acts. Experienc s State Department but only grinning over t ire cautious than his predeces- Attorney-Genera , the late Senator Key Pitt- in& an inquiry ji. (Grand Jury int Officials in charge of the pre- violations. It "edness program are jittery as Jackson in his ngress considers a resolution strue the restr provide a joint committee to on a inuertu um ;p Congress currently inform- tions placed hir on all expenditures in the pro- The Hatch law ;ss of the defense program. It penditures, but i been anticipated that the le- strain the ele< lative body would do some- ties of Feder ng of this sort because they The election of d the purse strings. The Ad- to be conducted nistration forces do not take of these two m? idly to the proposition at this I "pernicious pol le as they feel that the House j particularly tho propriations Committee will I ing to excessivi ke diligent inquiries into the1 political commit tter when the administrative 1 and organizatio; inch of the government comes I tributions and 'ore it for more money. Re- j tures for the pi :ts of dissension in the defense I ing or attempti encies as to which body has j election of canc ver and authority is trickling keen interest ough to Congress. Sentiment grand jury prot growing in legislative halls for week. WEDNESDAY, DECEMflrp s ] ^ B Sly newsi ed forth filled the giant Duke stadium""]^ K touchdown roar . . . Frank Rabon at Winn,^' K says that parties with which he hunted this H have killed a total of 23-deer. (These were H weeks figures, and probably have been increase I Get him to tell you sometime about the w0um ' H buck they caught and tied to a tree. S Referring to Rev. Charlie Phillips in The p-,, K two weeks ago reminds us that one of the lea I ' laymen in this district of the Methodist Co>v H ence told us several weeks ago that Mr. Chart; B was one of the most sought-for preachers in Hj area . . . Rev. E. M. Hall, former pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, moved this year from Kenij H to Grifton. ' H Ann Sothern deserts her Mazie role Mont fl and Tuesday to be "Dulcy" in the picture of u, I same name. Its the feature at the Amuzu ?5 New employees at local places: Gene 0Brier I Ruarks'; Sarah Creech at Watson's; Evelyn ghlin at Specialty Shop (although this one jjS. exactly a scoop.) The following in place of Mary hand a Lu^ Lamb;? Mussolini had some troops Who made a gallant show, And everywhere there were no Greeks These troops could safely go! Lion between the , LOST?Somewhere between tilt is doubtful, 'dials of our radio, the time and er Congress itself ' date of two corking good radio to bring about a shows: Horace Heidt's "Pot o is primarily the,Gold" show and the Gangbustert f the Chief Ex- jshow which used to play on Saturday night. Can some fan enent of Justice has lighten us? utine Congression a investigating al- WE CONSIDER?Sunday, Tutsot Federal elec- clay and Friday nights the best legislative group, for solid radio entertainment ds time to work, There's Hardly a minute during intrusion of the aformentioned evenings that h in their affairs. :there jsn-t something really good Attorney-General .... t , , . ?s where it is 1,1 the form of entertamment forthcoming from your loudgners overstepped speaker. Corrupt Practices ed politicians are OUR ORCHIDS to radio perhe spectacle of formers go to Frank Munn for .1 Jackson order- his beautiful voice, Jean Dickinby a Federal son ditto on the same show; o these alleged Professor Jerry Colono and Brenseems that Mr. da and Cobina on the Bob Hope anxiety to con- show; To Wayne King for his ictive Hatch Act soft, soothing music; To Richard is before the elec- Crooks for his contribution to the nself in hotwater. "Voice of Firestone program'; is aimed at ex- To Lucille Manners for her liltprimarily to re- ing melodies; to Mary Eastman rtioneeriner activi- and Bill Perry for making Sat al office-holders, urday evening more enjoyable: 1940 was the first To those who make up the "WalI under provisions tz Time" show for brightening up sasures prohibiting the 9:00 o'clock sport on Friday litical activities," evening; To the Hour of Charm'j se features relat- lovely all-girl orchestra which : expenditures by manages to keep us awake until :tees, associations, 10:30 on Sunday evenings: To ns accepting con- Paul Sullivan for going on the making expendi- air now at 6:30 instead of 11irpose of influenc- that being too late to wait up. ng to influence iidates. Therefore, THERE, RADIO FANS check attaches to the this against the list of your favo:eedings here this rites and see how well they tally UP? \ ' \ if 0 I 4- VCk' C0^1- I \ I -> ""' fl oH
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