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THE STATE PORT PILOT
Southport, N. C.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Edifcor
Qtared aa aecond-claaa matter April 20, 1928, at
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the act of March 3, 1879.
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL[n^WJSSOCIATION
A.
Wednesday, June 11, 1941
By the time a man develops a true
thirst for knowledge he usually spends
so much time in its quest that he doesn't
get to try out what he has learned.
You aren't ever going to be able to
stop people from talking about other
people, so about the best thing to do is to
try to get them to spend as much time
. talking about the good that's in their
neighbor as the bad.
There are two reasons for staying in a '
rut: One is because you can't get out;
the other because you are afraid to get)1
; out. I1
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Dodging The Dentist '
Well, we've been to the dentist again; '
so now (feeling very sanctimonious) we 1
". 4- .... a/Mi-n of tho tvnpwriter to tell '
?>lb HO VI U?? 11 b vitv vt. j- ?
others to do what we should have done
long ago?but put off for the very same i
Reasons that you and you and you are
putting it off.
We made some pretty important dis- A
coveries during our most recent series of *
visits to our friend, the doctor of dental ^
surgery. One of them is that your worst r
moments in a dentist's office are spent A
in the ante-room and not in the chair.
Another is that it is possible for a man c
to practice this profession and still have
consideration for human suffering. And ^
another is that a can of toothpowder? ^
judiciously applied?will save the pound
I of a drill. '
And one more thing: There's really
something to all this stuff about brush 1
your teeth twice a day and see your dentist
twice a year. You'll soon learn that
the best money you ever spent will be to 11
have him tell you that you don't need a s
thing. V
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About Rabies f
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The horrible death of a baby suffering .
from hydrophobia last week in Wilming- 11
ton is no cause for hysteria with regard 0
to dogs, but it is a very real reason why j2
each dog owner in the county should be .
doubly sure that his pet has been innocu- J
lated against this dread disease.
As is always the case where there is a ^
human element involved, there are resi- ^
dents of the county who have managed s
to evade the law requiring that they have jj
their dogs vaccinated. As a result, they 0
have managed to save the fifty-cent fee. c
But one case like the one in Wilming- c
ton where an innocent child was sacri- ^
iiced because somebody didn't have his
dog made safe is enough to drive all s
slackers to cover. e
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Friendly Publisher . a
On several occasions Carl Goerch, t
either in print or over the radio, has said d
that when he is able to retire he'd rather
come live in South port than to live in r
any other place in North Carolina. j
Now inasmuch as Mr. Goerch probably ?
travels over this state more than any s
other businessman we know, his judgment
of a peaceful, pleasant place to live *
is good enough for us.
But not content with this endorsement %
of Southport, the publisher of The State r
Magazine has given invaluable publicity
to this section and its citizens through his j
publication, and we believe it is safe to (
say that no other town in North Carolina j
receives more consistantly favorable no- T
tice from him.
That is fine for us, because The State ,
Magazine goes into the offices and homes j
of the important people of our state. .
,
Defense Jobs t
In its characteristic straight-forward j
manner The Charlotte News places the
challenge of the United Service Organizations
before the public: 1
"Take a soldier walking aimlessly on
I the streets of this city, multiply him by a
million or so, add three or four hundred
thousand sailors and some regiments of
El , v.
Marines, give them all nothing much to
do in their spare time, but allow for the
solicitous exploitation of that spare time
by prostitutes of all races, the proprietors
of clip joints, booze parlors and other low
people?and you've got a real problem
on your hands.
"Nobody, we take it, is so out of touch
with young men as they are today and always
have been to hope that groups ot
them, many away from home for the
first time, subject to unaccustomed restrictions
on their liberties and wanting
to crowd all possible experiences into
their off hours?nobody, we say, can
reasonably expect these soldiers to be
content with merely killing time and
watching crowds of strangers.
"On the contrary, they have got to
have something to do, without a doubt
are going to find something to do. That
much is certain. -The practical question is
whether it will be something wholesome
(it still has got to be enjoyable) or vicious
and damaging to their personality.
"The responsibility of providing the
facilities for recreation, falls upon the
American people, for whose protection
these soldiers and sailors and Marines
have been called into service. To shirk
that responsibility would be worse than
sin exhibition of ingratitude.
"Fortunately, a way offers by which
the American people as a whole may
Fulfill in part their obligations to the
nen in camps and cantonments all over
she country.
"The United Service Organizations
lave set out to raise $10,500,000 nationally,
and have assigned to Brunswick
tounty a quota of $100.00.
By Comparison
People of the United States are aghast
vhen they hear of hundreds of people in
England being killed by bombing attack
Tom the Germans. It's a safe bet that
nore people died in the United States by
holence over the Memorial Day weekmd
than fell victims to the German blitz
>n the British Isles.
Some 450 persons in the United States
vere killed during We latter part of the
veek in highway accidents.
These are facts which are as astonishng
as they are dreadful.
3uy Defense Bonds
When President Roosevelt the oQier
light proclaimed in the United States a
tate of unlimited national emergency, it
ras no dramatic gesture on the part of
he chief executive to stimulate the imginations
of a hundred and thirty milion
people.
President Roosevelt took this far reading
step because America faces such a
risis that such action was deemed neessary.
That America must arm to the
eeth is no longer 3 political theory subect
to debate in Washington?it is a
tark reality which every citizen of the
Jnited States must face.
Even the defeatists such as Lindbergh,
Vheeler and Nye agree upon the neces
ity of the United States making itself
nvulnerable to attack. With the full coperation
of the American public, that
an become an accomplished fact?we
an become in actuality the "arsenal of
lemocracy."
But America cannot become the "arenal
of Democracy" by American citizens
simply reaffirming their faith in the
lemocratic principles, or by speeches
bout liberty and freedom.
Our citizens now are being called upon
0 make sacrifices, to work, to "do or
lie" for democracy.
Right now, 1,300,000 boys and young
nen have given up their personal life to
oin the armed forces of the United
States. More are being inducted into the
ervice daily.
To put the tools of modern warfare at
he disposal of these men will take mon;y?lots
of Money. Uncle Sam today
vants your dollars for national defense?
lot as a gift, but as a loan.
Moreover, Uncle Sam promises to pay
rou handsomely for your investment?A
lefense savings bond costing you $18.75
low, the United States government pronises
to redeem in 1951 for $25.00.
In this gigantic loan program by private
citizens to the United States, there
s a place for everybody. For as little as
1 few cents, defense savings stamps may
ae purchased, so every citizens may paricipate.
Uncle Sam needs your dollars for deEense!
It must be hard on the German peoples'
tonsils?having to swallow so much tripe.
Then Dumb Dora also thought breaking
in a new car meant knocking out a
window with a sledge hammer.
THE STATE PORT PI)
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FISHERMEN
BY BIl.t. KEZIAH
Twice during the week we have
had to pass the buck to Boh
Thompson in Asheville or to
Charley Parker in Raleigh. We
don't mind supplying all inquiring
sportsmen with all the information
we know about the
fishing at Southport and along
the lower North Carolina coast;
But when they begin to ask us
about the fishing in Western
North Carolina or in Albemarle
Sound, we have to feel that they
j are getting out of our latitude
and longitude.
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A resume of the Gulf Stream
fishing for the past seven days
shows that 30 amberjack have
been caught, the fish running
up to as much as 34-poUnds
in weight; 24 barracuda, running
up to 34-pounds, and 27
dolphin with the biggest weighing
18-pounds. A whole lot of
other fish were, of course, taken
by the parties bringing in the
above. A bad factor, preventing
a better showing, was that this
week-end, like nearly all others
this season, was marked by
bad weather. Saturdays and
Sundays see more parties here {
than on any other day. Likewise,
these days also see the
worst weather of the week.
* * Catches
of blue fish and mackI
owl inst offshore are daily grow
ing better and with the prospects
brightening up all of the
time. Shrimp, a big attraction
to all sorts of fish, are showing
up more numerously. Schools of
menhaden are also showing up.
and are contributing to attract
game fish into the local waters
where the anglers may get in
their work. A little bit of hot
weather and both Spanish mackerel
and blues will be swarming
thickly just offshore. And we
seem to be having the hot weather
now.
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A few of the Gulf Stream
fishing parties here the past
week were not contacted and
their places of residence not
learned. This lack of information
is still more marked in
the case of the parties who
went just offshore. A check-up
on the parties contacted shows
that two bunches came from
Charlotte, two from Camp
Davis, 3 from Salisbury, 2
from Wilmington, one from
High Point, one from WinstonSalem,
2 from Lenoir, 2 from
Burlington, two from Raleigh
and one from Smithfield. Several
out-of-state cities were also
represented in addition to
the above.
* * *
Although Southport is much
better equipped for Gulf Stream
fishing parties than was the case
last year, a week or ten days
from now and favorable weather
will reveal a need for twice as
many craft as we now have. In
addition to the regular groups of
sportsmen who come here each
season, this year will see a big
influx of sportsmen from northern
and eastern points. National
defense work in this area will
also create a great demand for
boats, especially on week-ends
when the men are not working.
It will be at such times that the
supply of boats will be inadequate
for the calls that are made.
* * *
We doubt if any place on the
North Carolina coast has its
sports fishing business anywhere
as well set to go places
as Southport has. We have the
fish and are finding more and
more of them. Added to that
are conscientious boat skippers
and other interests that give
real attention to the sportsmen.
We have some boatmen who
look upon it as a personal
disgrace if they bring a party
back to port without a good
catch of fish. It is very seldom,
and then only during abnormal
weather conditions, that a fishing
party meets with disappointment
if they know their
boatmen, or are guided by those
who do and who are also looking
after the interests of the
visitors.
* * *
It has never been the general
practice to form pick-up parties,
taking everybody who had the
price and crowding the often uncongenial
crowd off for what
turns out to be nothing more
than a boisterous boat ride. Boat
rides can be taken almost anywhere
if there is a pond of water.
Neither our best fishing guides
or the chamber of commerce are
interested in just boat rides, unless
it is distinctly understood
that such is all that a party
wants. The folks who wish to
fish, those who are bent on having
real sport and bringing in
what they go out after, are usually
people who know that a
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This Week In ... .
DEFENSE
Dr. Will Alexander of the
CjPM, speaking in Atlantic City,
1 said defense industries Will need
j 4,000,000 more workers by January.
He said, as examples, the
San Diego, San Francisco and
Vallejo areas of California will
need, 31,000; Detroit, 66,000 to
88,000; Philadelphia, 70,000;
northern New Jersey, 30,000; Dailas
and Fort,Worth, 17,200; and
Wichita, 7,Odo". He aSked employers
not to discriminate against
persons with necessary skills because
of race, religion or cbtor.
Labor Secretary Perkins reported
324,000 workers will be
needed in the shipbuilding industry,
408,000 in aircraft, 201,0O0
in machine tools and ordhhtlte,
and 384-,O00 in other defense industries.
She said the greatest
Single need is for 138,00(5 skilled
machinists' and 139,000 Seilll-skilled
assemblers'.
War Secretary Stlmsdh announced
that skilled workers ifi
the Army will be released; it required
in key clvllidn Jobs; Upon
the request Of former emplbyers.
Sidney Hlllman, OPM Associate
Director General; again appealed
to all unemployed, dll persons
not in defense industries, and all
persons who can do more highly
skilled work than required by
their present job, to register-at
local public employment offices
so they may be trained and placed
in defense work.
PRICES
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
food prices Increased' for
the sixth consecutive month and
are now about 6.5 percent above
last November. Prices of all foods
moved upward but the latest increase
resulted from advances in
prices for dairy products, fresh
fruits, vegetables, pork and lamb,
the Bureau said.
The Department of Justice announced
Federal Grand Juries in
San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia,
Hartford, Denver, Dubeque
and Washington have indicated
300 firms and individuals in
a nation-wide drive to prevent
unwarranted increases in food
costs. ' a J H
AGRICULTURE
Agriculture Secretary Wickard
asked for a one-third increase in
Cheddar cheese production and
a one-foprth increase in evaporated
milk. He said an increase
in total milk production, asked
several weeks ago,, has been
made, but the milk supply must
increase in areas surrounding
cheese and evaporated milk
plants. He said prices would be
supported by Government purchases
for lease-lend activities.
PRIORITIES
The OPM added cooper, cork
and steel to vital defense materials
under priority control to
give defense needs and essential
civilian needs first call1 on the
materials.
L. Edward Scriveh, Assistant
Priorities Director, speaking in
Chicago, said "you can walk
through any large retail store to
day and see all around you commonplace
objects?stoves, toasters,
vacuum cleaners, typewriters;
cameras, tools, and lots of Other
things?which cannot escape being
hit by the demands of the
defense program."
CONSUMERS
The Office of Price Administrator
and Civilian SUpply suggested
that local consumer groups
aid the defnse program by establishing
local marltet radio news
service, analyzing price riBes, and
establishing consumer information
centers to advise on buying prob- i
lems and check, grading and labeling
of consumer goods.
PROSPECT FCE OIL .A*D
POWER SHORTAGE
Secretary of Interior Ickes, Defense
Petroleum Coordinator, said
a temporary restriction on the
use of gasoline and oil on the
East coast may become necessary
because of the shortage of
tinker transportation. He said a
proposed $70,000,000 pipe line
from Texas to ease the situation
would require 12 to 15 months
to build";
The Federal Power Commission
began a series of Conferences
with electric utilities officials regarding
rapidly expanding decrowd
never catches fish. It Is
the parties composed of four to
six persons that get what they
go after, and larger numbers to
a boat are never encouraged.
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Our best boatmen are not
the least interested in the forming
of a party to go fishing.
With them the rule is to make
up your oWn party and if it
it not congenial it is none of
their fault. "We are not pinging
in the seasicks, the drunks
or the kant&nkerous on you.
"It's your party, you should
know better than wfe do whom
you want tb have along. We
can simply do the best we can
with what the day brings us
in either man or weather." To
this the most they can add is
to frankly tell you that boats
with a large ctowd aboard seldom
get many fish or have an
interesting time.
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No news could have been more welcome
that Joe Leighton and his swell orchestra
scheduled for a return engagement. It's tt
tomorrow night at Long Beach, and if this d
is half as much fun as the last it will be a
success. We commented last week on this gr<
virtuosity and this is to re-emphasize it . .
little practice by the dancers on the Latin Ar
can rythms will help a lot towards having a
crowd on the floor when the band plays in
'Souse American Way.' , , ,
Johnnie Slmmohs, formerly a soda jerker 1
has secured a job ih Norfolk and It's our
that He Wilt Be entertaining the Virginia Gc
jGlbv^S When '42 rolls around. Johnnie she
loth of class ih the lkst Wilmington and Char
tourneysi . . t
MOVIES: Bihg Crosby, Mary Martin, C
Levant and Basil Rattibone are all in "RY1
ON THE RIVER," playing Here Monday at
Amuzu. Blng and Mary sing some swell tt
and as uBual, Basil Rathbone does the crcx
work. This is the first glimpse local patrons
have of Levant, also a radio comic . ... W,
counted ihore than thirty new automobiles
feriSe rteedfc for power, aggrav- vessels for
abed by a dbought in the mid- mission atk
Atlkiitlc and Southern areas, of 28 mercl
President Roosevelt asked Con- Army and
gress fbr $283,000,000 to complete ordered Atl
the Great Laftes-St. Lawrence line ship op
seaway ind power project to per- able 30 per
mit oceah-going vessels to reach between (
the Great Lakes dnd make avail- inf* 375,000
aisife an additional 2,200,000 horse 000 ton em
power of electric energy. | '"r
HOlIf DEFENSE Navy Sec
New York's Mayor LaGuardia. ] ed competit
Director of the Office of Civilian out to speei
Defense, reported it will take at awards to
least a year to obtain equipment and the fa;
to protect the nation's cities during
bombing raids. He said it Navy Sec
would cost about $43,000 each to ed the laui
equip the permanent fire comp- ton battlesh
anies in the country, and in many months ahei
places auxiliary fire companies fie hoped t
would" be needed. ready for s
FOREIGN AFFAIRS though thii
Secretary of State Hull, said year after
French-German collaboration said the N;
threatens serioualy' tb alter far exceed'
French relations with the United armor the'
States. The President told his ship Bisma
press conference rumors of Ger- nounced tHi
man-English peace discussions acquired fr<
were Nazi-inspired and not ttue. now availat
SHIPS ttons and v
President Roosevelt authorized ished within
the U. S. Maritime Commission A
to take over foreign ships in U. rne war
S. Ports. The Commission an- ed high sch
rtounced it has arranged with sufficient ed
Britain for American ships to fleers may f
take over services from Canada for training
And the U. S. to Australia and between 19
iTew Zealand to relieve Engltsh preference.
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1CTLY NEWS- |
than town that have been purchased
were months. If auto factories are change
> be the manufacture of planes, Southport !
ance caught empty handed . . . Henry
real sports reporter,' has started writing a ^ ?
wp's that appears in many papers. His in;l|
. .A from Mussolini to the Duce of Crotia"
nert- gem. The main thing worrying Benito 3.' J
big is that Hitler's parole board .vdl p^ U
the- option ... 7
David Watson, who won 6 and lost > > 1
here, as a meitiber of the tennis team at Ec-pH
Bet spring", is certainly the most improved 11
ilden Southport this summer. Looks like he tr l J
>wed played the lads for their clothes, heca.,1 !
lotte time he takes to the court its in a
shorts ana sweatsrurt ensemble . -V^^H
,scar turlng- to predict that Southport people ir.I ]
TIM to be very much pleased with the J \
the of long Beach Pavilion this summer I *'
mes, Editor's Note:?Budding Genius OBrier I olied
Ibid the corrier stone for this column, M \
will one day last week for Harriet Doar. of the^H i
re>ve lottfe News. Modesty forbade his making
I in He also wrote today's column. 5
war work. Tfle Com-jtually 20 per cent ofus"* i
> announced purchases may be enlisted men who rfl?
hant ships for use as trained to flv and g^^^^
Navy auxiliaries' and rating of flight sergeant fl antic
and Gulf Coast pay of $108 to $207 Per .oS \
erators to make avail- depending on length of s,r9 '
cent of their tonnage The War Department
10 to 70 vessels; total- nounced Army Air Corps r^|
tons?for the 2,200,- tion cadets now receive the S .
ergency shipping pool pay and allowances as
nd operations. Marine flyers and receive ?
bonus for each year or fti^l ?
retary Knox announc- Qf a year Qf acUw ;
ions would be worked $10 000 in jnsuranC(, I
i building of ships by SELECTIVE SERVICE H
the fastest workers Selfectlve service Deputy
*est shipyards. tor Her3pey askeJ Congmil
" ? approve legislation authc^H,
retary Knox announc- deferment
of all men 27 or^| j
rching of the , - 0i(j |aat October
,ip South Da o a v Headquarters amended regufl
td of schedule. He said t revjew fjf
ho worahin wniild h<? r
ervice by January al-1 any time prior 10 wducuB
9 normally takes a DEFENSE HNA\(l\iB
launching;. Mr. Knox .u ?, ?udget Bureau ^
avy's 35.000-ton ships Federal deficit for
in power, guns and ret year woul(i be ST-tT
sunken German war- ess than Prev'ousiy estiir.ate^H
rck. The Navy an- caU8e of the hiSher tax rfl
it all Atlantic bases tions and cuts in non-defens^B
>m Great Britain are Penditures. i J
ile for limited opera- ? 1
rill be completely fin- . TONSII.ECTO.Mt
r a year Hilda May Sellers of
(KmV AIR bow underwent an operafaM
Department announc- removal of her tonsils at OiH
ool graduates without Memorial Hospital Monday |
lucation to become of- ?
mlist in the Air Corps FOR si'ROERV I
as pilots. Applicants Prince O'Brien entered
and 22 will receive Memorial Hospital Tuesday tH
The Army said even- surgical attention. X
PIVC I
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entire summer i
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Led with new I
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expect to pa; for months I
; is on the up. Buy now I