FACE 2
THE STATE PORT PILOT 7;
Southport, N. C. j
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY m
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor jm
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the act of March 3, 1879. n.
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Wednesday, March 2.">, 1942 ^
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It should be easy for most politicians re:
to learn to ride a bicycle ,they've strad- of
died the fence so long. toj
There's the fellow who it's reported l on
took his money out of his safe to fill it
with sugar. j ^
Navy Relief Society
. . 1SP'
A county-wide campaign is 111 progress Nr(.
in Brunswick to raise the sum of seven- ^
hundred fifty dollars for the Navy Re- yit
Jief Society. AVe not only have contribut- sin
ed to- the cause, we have given consider- wj
able publicity to this movement: but we ]jsj
confess that this was done without our an
knowing too much what it is all about. te(
Convinced that at least a portion of! pei
this ignorance is shared with us by ajdit
good many of our readers, we have avail- vol
ed ourselves of the opportunity to brush (
up on the facts concerning this charitable
organization, and we pass them along for j
what they are worth. ,
The Navy Relief Society is the emer- ^
gencv fund which up to Pearl Harbor ^
was .supported in full by the officers and
men In the Navy through voluntary an- ;tfi'
nual jcontributions. The funds contributed is
are iked to cover the emergency period 1110
between the death of Navy Personnel and ??'
the ame the government funds become W1
available, usually six months. This money. ed
is us^cl to keep the children in school and 'fo
to asMst the widow to pay the emergency | ,
doctor's bill. The Red Cross organization
usually investigates the case and reports'
to the Navy Relief Society, thereby obviating
any conflict between the two orga-i rp
nizatjons. The Red Cross, as you remem- 1
ber, jp an organization which renders as-; Pi
sistaifce in cases of disaster to communi-;
ties, while the Navy Relief Society renders
<4sistance to individual families. ^ a
President Roosevelt is honorary presi-l"'1
dent If the Navy Relief Society, and Ad-.his
miraf H. R. Stark, Chief of Naval Opera-, vio
*' ?j. rri._ j..:? ?^ ....j be
lions* is president, ine unve gut unuci-:
way i New York recently with Secretary C01
Knox and other high Navy officials'aa
speal ng on behalf of the drive.
So rids to us like a worthy cause, and I crfi
we 1 pe our people will be generous in wit
their response. po<
Am her Step Toward !th?
Ult\ nate Victory iso
the
Th War Production Board has taken na
an ii portant step in the conservation of1 mi
our etal supplies by prohibiting the is- vei
suaiufl of new metal plates except to go sai
on lijfw automobiles or to replace lost
ones.# thus saving approximately 20,000
tons 4j>f sheet metal stamped for use on ,
X 1 or
motoj vehicles.
Tli plan whereby a small metal date op
tai) will be used on the old plates should an
semjthe purpose, and at the same time *
this inetal which has formerly been de- 11 ^
vote<f to the manufacture of license plates ^
can yp into tanks, guns and ships for the
protection of America and all of that for
whicl it stands. . |na
* ;Ur
A Ktnelv Warning pli
* 1 foi
Tl* warning of Dr. 1. G. Greer, Superintendent
of the Mills Home Orphanage )0
in Tjjpmasville that the general public be
oil!tie lookout for persons who are so-1""
licitiffig magazine subscriptions on the 1
pretext that they have been students in I
the Mills Home or that they are working:
in tljl magazine business to further their'Ml
education, should be taken to heart by
the general public in North Carolina.
Dfij Greer states that he has dozens of I
letters from all parts of the state and! 1
fromjjjas far away as Missouri stating that! l
som^Jboy or girl who claims that they ]
are formerly from the Mills Home, has i
called on them for magazine subscrip- <
tions^on the pretense of being an orphan. ]
Thfcre is no more noble attribute than! I
a sympathetic understanding for those <
whofnay be less fortunate than we, and i
there* is nothing more dastardly than the <
wilful and wanton exploitation or abuse1 *
. r ''
n justice In Advertising
The Wilmington Morning Star rises u
righteous indignation at the announci
ent recently attributed to J. L. Horni
airman of the advertising committee c
e Department of Conservation, that th
oney now available for advertisin
wtli Carolina's tourist and vacation a
fictions will be spent exclusively for th
pstern section of the state and that th
astal region will go unexploited in th
mmer campaign.
"Somebody" continues the Star "It
>vious, has sold somebody else a bill c
iods. Or else somebody has bought
g in a poke. For the S7i>,000 or $80
which is now in a fund to advertis
is state's recreational advantages an
sources is of statewide origin, made u
taxpayers' money, without geographh
pographic or hydrographic distinctio
all sections contributing equally with
s favor or discrimination.
"IIow is it then" asks the Star "Thn
r. Home and E. Gerry Eastman, pres
nt of the Eastman-Scott Advertisin,
encv, through which this tax money i
ent, figure that the western section o
irth Carolina, the mountain region, th
eat Smokies and their surrounding tei
ory are more entitled to the benefits o
urner advertising than the coastal are;
th its magnificent beaches and estab
lied resorts annually visited by thous
ds of vacationists? How can it be coun
1 reasonable by those responsible to th
ople of North Carolina for the expen
ure of their advertising1 funds to de
;e the whole fund to one section only
"The inconsistency of the position tak
by Mr. Home and Mr. Eastman, as re
cted in the News & Observer's articf
t Sunday, is to be found in the declare
n that although it is not expected tha
rth Carolina will benefit greatly fron
vertisements in summer publications, i
hoped that "when peace abides onci
re, North Carolina will not be the for
;ten state for tourists and sportsmen
iv should the mountains be remember
and the coastal resorts become tin
rgotten' spot?
'Why does Mr. Home lift up his eye
the hills and turn his back on thi
ist?"
his Foray Will
-ore A Boomerang
/ ?????
Hie shelling of an oil refinery on th<
lifornia coastline Monday night evei
ile President Roosevelt was makinj
epochal address to the nation, ob
iusly by a Japanese submarine, shouh
obvious proof to the people of tin
itinental United States that "it cai
DDen here."
There seems to be little doubt that th<
ifty Nipponese synchronized the attacl
th the address of the president pur
sely.
As has been pointed out, this will b<
: indubitable signal for the die-hart
lationist group of this country to raisi
;ir clamor again for the recall of ou:
vy to home ports, the keeping of ou;
litary forces at home, and like the pro
rbial ostrich, bury our heads in th<
id.
But if we are any judge of the effec
s will have, as far as the country a
ge is concerned, it will be precisely th<
posite from what the nasty Nipponesi
ticipated. It will throw a bombshell in
the complacency into which this coun
has unhappily lapsed during the pas
o months, after the first shock of Pear
irbor had died away.
This not only indicates that the Axi:
tions want to attack the continenta
iited States, but are apparently layinf
ins actually to do it.
Therefore, the little foray off the Cali
rnia coastline may after all prove i
omerang for the Japs.
Shears And Paste
EETS WITH APPROVAL
(New York Times)
The pledge not to resort to strikes during
:he war made on behalf of organized labor
oy William Green, president of the American
federation of Labor, and Philip Murray, chairnan
of the Congress of Industrial Organizations,
following their conference with the
President yesterday, will meet with approval
throughout the nation. In time of war it beoomes
necessary, in order to preserve the
freedom of the nation, for men to relinquish
or retain the exercise of some of their cheer
ished rights. The right to strike is clearly
one of these.
4. . . ,
THE STATE PORT P
The i
? FISHERMEN f
BY BILL 1TEZIAH
ft x
, !t
p| The freshwater season closes.1
i next Wednesday to allow 40 days c
for the fish to spawn. The season j ^
n will reopen on .May 10th. So far P
L" there has apparently been no;'
great amount of fishing, or any
extraordinary luck: this has c
.t been due to higher water in most 1
j_ of the fishing spots.
| The reopening of the season in ! t
^ May should bring some good '
s fishing. Hgh water all during the
f | winter and spring has been per- ,
e mitting the fish to get plenty of L
food and grow fat. In marked | .
*" contrast to tlie rather lean fish c
I taken before the season closed !,
a last year, sportsmen have been \
reporting this years catches as c
being fat fish.
Although he has little time for v
i- it, Commander S. It. Haskell at h
g Fort Caswell is a great devotee il
of fishing. So far he has not h
l" been able to leave his work this 1'
-iyear, but he is hoping that he't
> I can break away for a couple of 0
hours some afternoon this week
.} and go with us. As a matter of
I fact, we have tentative arrange- I
I A.a._ 4Ul^ nftnennm. i ^
DlflHS HI I.IK- tin^ uiiciiiwii. j
e Lieut. Commander Hasselton is '
- also greatly interested in fishing, j '
^ without the time to gratify his
interest. He is originally from1
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Missouri, but he believes we have v
t some good fishing around here t
a and is hankering to try it. His v
ambition to go fishing is shared 0
by his wife. p
Ensign Rafth also has fishing v
ambitions; as has Lieutenant Hinjfon.
Lie?it. Rafth is married and v
"(from the looks of his wife he v
J was a darned good picker. If he 3
| and Lieut. Commander Hasselton b
5 j can't keep their fishing appoint-jd
j ments with us, we shan't have jo
the least objections to taking 3
their wives instead. j t
Lieut. Hinton is a Greensboro ' h
boy and he tells us that one of J
the biggest bankers up there in ja
Guilford county told him to look!s
us ur and go fishing with us if 8
j he ever got the chance. He also c
tells us that our Greensboro 1
1 friend, Charlie Farrell, is crazy
f to come down for a few days of
. fishing. Charlie had better grat- c
j ify his craziness this week for
the freshwater season ends next |
- week and the salt water fishiner ?
-* I
1 question is not yet satisfactorily f
answered. i,
It begins to look os if the mat- t
2 ter of parties of college girls a
. coming for an outing on Bald a
Head island is not going to be so o
hot this year. Heretofore the girls a
have been coming and giving us
3 our annual headaches during Feb- P
' ruary, March and April. So far v
' none of them have written lis a j;1
2 request to get out the frying pan,11
[. or to inquire if there was a ikjs- j:
,i sibilit.v of their seeing the four
1 ghosts on the island.
Being a sort of voluntary help-1 (i
2 er to all sorts of visiting fishing J s
parties in the past has made us j a
rather resourceful, and able to J
t meet almost any situation that j
j. arises. It has been no uncommon | y
thing for a lot of absent minded | ?
- college professors to come down; o
2 and go fishing, leaving their J s
. wives in our care for the day. b
We have even had to look after P
and change babies on occasion, h
t This year we hope they will leave S
] the babies at home, but we can '
handle them if necessary.
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s GRISSETT TOWN NEWS '
,. Mrs. J. W. Somersett and son, 1
' Odell were visitors in Wilmington c
Sunday.
Mrs. Agnes Hussey and daughI
ter, Connie were visiting friends
in Wilmington during the week- _
end.
Mrs. Agnes Hussey is doing
nicely with a cake sale each Saturday
to collect money for the ?
Navy Relief. a
Mrs. Nick Mintz and Miss a
Edith Mintz were visiting in Wil- ?
mington for the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Parker were
visitors in Whitevilie last week. r
g
Young White Girl 1
To Reformatory \
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Mabel Simmons, young white g
girl of this county, was sent to
the State Training School for g
delinquent girls at Samarcand g
Monday following a hearing be- ^
fore Clerk of Court Sam T. Ben- 0
nett. s
t
From the gossip page of a v
western paper: "Miss Beulah, a c
Batesville belle of 20 summers, is c
visiting her twin brother, aged t
32" I
I LOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
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THE HOME I
FRONT I
Just what did it mean to mo-1
.orists of the eastern states and,
>f the Pacific Northwest when it J
vas announced last week that >
jasoline rationing would begin I
soon ? Most of them accepted the I
iituation realistically when gaso-1
ine deliveries to filing stations j
vere curtailed 20 per cent and i
vhen the Office of Price Adminstration
froze retail gasoline pii-1
:es at their level of March 13.
\nd there was little surprise
vhen these moves were followed
>y the disclosure that rationing
vould begin in about six weeks.
.Vliy this calmness on the part
>f the average motorist when it:
vas obvious that these moves |
vould have a direct effect upon
lis everyday life ?
Well, the issuance of ration '
:ards to motorists will mean
heir enrollment in a new conservation
corps ... at a time when <
anker sinkings have reduced the |
tasoline supply in the areas af- j
ected and when war needs are i<
lemanding more and more of this!
necious fuel. This new rationing1
novo drives home anew to many!;
Vmericans the basic truth that '
cnservation and wise use of our
escurces must go hand in hand
vith production and fighting in
mr country's victory program.
Did you hear any motorist any- 1
there mumbling because he'll
lave to get along with less gaso- j
ine? If so, just ask him which j
le had lather see: rationing for ,
lis own automobile or for the
anks, planes and armored cars
f America's armed forces. i
TO ISSUE GAS COUPONS
The rationing will be accom- j
anied by a rigid coupon system,
ccording to Petroleum Coordi- ,
lator Harold Ickes. He declined
ist week to say just how much
he gallonage of the average::
motorist might be cut, but he |j
iade the point that individuals ;
,-ould be classified according to
heir needs. The actual rationing
ill begin as soon as the millions j
f cards can be printed, which
ircbably will be in about six |!
reeks.
Price ceilings fixed by the OP A j1
. ere for a 60-day period, after |'
rhich there may be changes. 11
rleanwhile. filling stations are '
eing required by the War Pro- 1
uction Board to confine their i
perations to 72 hours a week,
lany stations are complying with |1
he order by remaining open 12 j1
lours a day. six days a week, j1
oel Dean, industrial engineer j'
ml assistant professor at the;'
chool of business of the Univer- 1
ity of Chicago will serve as 1
hief of gasoline rationing for
he OPA.
Urges Pooling Deliveries
Films seeking to adjust local
elivery services as a means of '
onserving tracks, tires and other :
quipment and materials will be
ssisted by the umce ot ueiense
transportation. Proposed plans
or pooling deliveries and curtailng
services may be submitted to
he ODT for consideration and
pproval. The ODT will submit
11 such plans to the Department j
f Justice for clearance under the
nti-trust laws.
Mounting demands upon all
assenger transportation facilities
. ill make "travel as usual" more
nd more difficult during the
nonths to come, predicts Joseph
5. Eastman, director of Defense
'transportation. Although he ex- j
tressed sympathy with the need |
or vacations and recreation, he i
eclared that non-essential travel i
hottld be limited by voluntary!
ction.
Parleys Boost Production
Labor and management repreentatives,
meeting last week in
lew York and Boston in the first
f 31 regional parleys, gave full
upport to the production drive
egun recently by the WPB. Reresentatives
from Virginia plants
lolding prime contracts for war'
oods attended a conference in
ialtimore March 20, while those j
rom North and South Carolina ;
ttended (or will attend) a conerence
in Atlanta March 23.
Sounding again tne keynote of
he drive, Donald M. Nelson,
hairman of the War Production
Soard, declared in a radio adIress
to the nation last week j
hat although plane production
as mounted 50 per cent since
'earl Harbor there is no ground
or "false complacency."
"We are nowhere near our
oals," he said. "We need more
nd forever more . . . weapons,
nd we need them now. We have
;ot to realize the value of time."
Voted For War
In the three months after the
'earl Harbor attack, the United
itates made available for the war
ffort more money than in the
8 preceding months. From June,
940, until the Jap attack, funds
otaled $64,329,000,000. From Deember
7 through March 5, $72,03,000,000.
Production of communication
quipment needed by the military
ervices is expected to exceed
1125,000,000 a month by the end
if the year. Meanwhile, WPB is
eeking to hasten conversion of
he typewriter industry to war
vork . . . and has ordered the
liscontinuance, effective April 30.
if the manufacture of popular
ype vending machines which dis>ense
beverages, cigarettes, food.
. -NO1
The concensus of opinion folic
ball game Thursday night 6et
Coast Guard team and Southport
the boys just waited too long
Local fans would have gotten a
seeing those teams play several
season . . . And that leads to tl
four-team softball league ought 1
fun and recreation for Southp<
With a team from the Section B
Coast Guard, a high school team
things ought to hum at a merr
months. The school boys have c
more than willing.
Southport fight fans want to
nothing. For the past two weeks
we know of have gone begging 1
sey was staging boxing bouts ins
matches in Thalian Hall, Will
never any trouble of that kind
and groan boys put on their act
candy, nuts and chewing gum.
Jalopies Pequisitioned
For the first time putting inti
effect its previously announce!
plan for dealing with "recalcitr
ant" operators of automobili
graveyards, the Bureau of Indus
trial Conservation requisitione<
the entire stock of wrecked jalo
pies on a lot near Valparasio, In
diana. The owner, Frank Schu
mak, had twice rejected offer
described as fair.
Is the washerwoman cominj
back into her own? At any rate
the WPB has ordered productioi
of domestic laundiy equipmen
discontinued soon so the entiri
capacity 01 me inuus?.*y may u<
devoted to war production. Thi
Includes washing: machines an<
ironers.
In Florida, they're even moving
trick dogs and clowns out o
winter quarters of a circus t<
make room for an arms plant
Machines from several factorie:
have been moved into the quart
?rs, and the community is all se
for war work.
Gets Huge Stock Of Tools
President Roosevelt has signei
i bill authorizing acquisition bj
the Navy of .$100,000,000 wortl
af tools, equipment and facilities
needed in the production of or
:lnance material, munitions an<
armor . . . Plans for the military
highway to Alaska are being
speeded. . . . There has been es
tablished under Coast Guarc
Commandant Waesche a systen
of special precautions for pro
Lection of harbor installation;
throughout the United States .
The WPB approved constructioi
of an additional 350,000 dwelling
units for workers in war indus
tries . . . House Speaker Raybun
told a press conference that 01
March 17 there were betweei
7,000,000 and 7,500,000 men a
work in war industries and fewe
than 100 persons on strike.
Bolivia W. M. U.
Plans Progran
The W. M. U. of Bolivia Bap
tist church will close its week o
prayer Sunday, March 29th, at 1
P. M. by giving a program.
The public is invited.
Advei
jesday, March % .1
EV.'S 1
trend of this
orts thus fat i
ve any tennis H
r civilians it wil
ind that the til
nt" has
, many years, and J . . S
irity that is ( ...
wo get tv.j H
-
lesday . .
night with Dock
were there M
vd of curious y-..,^H
5 his apparent joy in
or a moment we though.-.
so wrapi e
spent in the
ing to ask
' Wards Farm Neil
Rev. H .
regular morning and evte^H
pointments .^B
day, pleaching bp.
Accompanied
' membership, he held a
' service at the home o:' A.ki^B
'.during the aftei oob y: H
|is still sufiV:. H
of a strokm
Mr.
imons. who have :-s?s.^B
.Myrtle Beach foi tone Oh jl
led into the neighMmi S
'week. A daushter
WEDfi
r EXACTLY N
iwingr the basket- we change the
ween the Navy- been strictly sp
; All-Stars is that if there's to 1:
to get together, this summer b\
big kick out of home courts; s
I times during a shape is now.
le thought that a "Charlie's Au
to afford a lot of stage for many
jrt this summer, enjoys a popul;
ase, one from the duration. The t
and a town team ious feature at
yr clip for several ! Monday and Ti
irganized and are jail the other
and while we
see wrestling or up with a crov
free tickets that pressed us waj
jecause Bert Cau- jailer again. F>
stead of wrestling might become
Tiington. There's about his time
when the grunt | that he was go
; . . . And before j night there.
; ' OPEN FORUM
A column dedicated to opinion! ot
the public. A mouthpiece for the
views and observations of our
friend! and readers. for which we
1 , tccept no responsibility. Contributions
to thle column must not
exceed three hundred words.
5 To The Editor.
State Port Pilot,
? Southport, N. C. .
* Dear Sir:
J j This writer is more interested
I in good men holding office than
^ j in politics, as the word is com*
j monly interpreted. However, it
j I seems that business is picking
I up, politically speaking, if the
j announcements in that direction
'! are any guide.
| I have no acquaintance with
5 Mr. McLamb, who announced his
" candidacy for the House of Representative
in the Pilot for
t March 11th, but he doesn't hesitate
to come out in the open
! with his statements. His referj
j ences regarding location of the
(Welfare Department will doubt^
j less remind many of the heated
s controversy and election in years
_ j gone by in regard to changing
j } the county sedt to some other
f ! location. Someone suggested put,
| ting the court house on wheels,
I I presumably so that it could be
1! rolled about from place to place,
i This might be a solution to any
- argument concerning the location
s of the Welfare Department?put
. it on wheels and give it a reguII
lar schedule throughout the
X' county?a day here and a day
-1 there.
11 After the county seat con1
troversy referred to was settled,
* ,a prominent citizen of Southport
. mflHo a rpmarlr thp pffprf that
: if a change had been voted in.
| Smithville Township was intending
to become a county of itself.
A general impression seems to
11 exist at Southport that it is
overshadowed by Wilmington.
- Some portions of Brunswick apf
parently feel that they are over8'
shadowed by Southport. This
j brings to mind an expression
read somewhere or other to the
iising:
Expec
Accef
Belie\
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" -- S.'-;
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j- 3 j
cox. of Wilmington
| during: the week.
L M - J- E- Gilbert
daughter, Annie u >
jdith College. Rr.>i?h o-' J
land Saturday.
1 M,s- fannie Spencer has bB
seriously ill. but at last sccafl
was a little better
to hear 'S
Mr. and Mrs. Alva Wa:i^|
young son. of Wiinnngtor. aaJH
panied Mr. War j
Dorothy .H
day. H
Mi', and Mrs \v h N'afl
and small daughters. hiiH
Jane, of Favvttevhy, JB
week-en. w:th Mrs
rents. Mr.
Miss Mary McLellar. rjfl
Mr. and Mrs. 0.
during the week. I
Mr. and Mrs Duncar.
recently heard f.orr. therr
Lassiter. much to their n'A H
jit was th
months. He is in the U S
val Service, and before biH
transferred, was at or.f trrH
the ill-fated Houston. H
Farm wages as of iast lH
were 160 per cer.t of tire rttsH
H
effect that a hawk might
down and pick up a chick 'V
minute or- two before hat I'M
lowed a helpless anglewora^H
j Bolivia. X. C I
March 21. 3942 H
:ted I
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