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PAGE TWO \ "THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. G. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY , JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor ' Bntared u second-claaa matter April 20, 1028, at ta* Foat Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1870. * Subscription Rates ONE TEAR *1.60 SIX MONTHS LOO THREE MONTHS .7# NATIONAL DrFORIAL_ Jfl4|,WjS50CIATI0N ID IT Wednesday, May 13, 1942 The Germans claim they'll win in the long run?well, they seem to have won the run out of Russia so far. Job Well Done Too much cannot be said about the fine job performed last week during registration of consumers for War Ration Book No. 1 by the teachers of the county and other volunteers. Early reports indicate that the same efficiency has attended the gasoline registration daring the first two days. We have found that the idea still persists in the minds of many of our citizens that the Ration Board and the teachers were drawing big pay for this work. Not one cent was paid, either directly or indirectly, to anyone who worked on the sugar registration. All travel and other necessary expenses were paid by the persons who did the work, and in the case of the teachers, they remained over for a week after their school had closed and paid extra board in order to give their services to their country in one of the measures deemed necessary in connection with the war effort. Price Control The new price control bill has an uuusual distinction: It pleases no one. It is a complicated hodgepodge of conflicting points of view, and most economists are exceedingly doubtful of its ability to really hold down prices. In the light of this, a report recently made by a sub-committee of the Retailers' Advisory Committee is of great interest. It observed that there is no such thing as a good price control plan and that, when price control becomes necessary as a result of scarcity, the only fair method is to apply a cost-plus system. It then cited four policies adopted many months ago by the nation's organized retailers, chain and independent alike, designed to safeguard the consumers' interest in these unpredictable times. 1. The retailers have discouraged speculation which could have caused serious and unjustified price increases. 2. Inventories have been kept on a reasonable basis. 3. Prices have been based on the cost of goods, and not on a replacement system. 4. When increased sales made it possible, merchants have absorbed increased costs out of their own profits. That accounts for the fact that many large retail systems are doing a greatly increased business?but are showing little if any increase in net profits. The results of these policies are clear. In the food field, for example, the price paid farmers has increased 56.2 per cent since June, 1939, and wholesale food prices have risen 31.5 per cent. Yet retail prices have risen only 19.2 per cent. The future of legislative price control is shrouded in mystery. In the meantime, the consumers of America owe a vote of thanks to the thousands of far-sighted retailers who are battling price inflation with all the weapons they possess. * Geared To The Times I One of the biggest war jobs is that of I the medical profession. Many thousands of doctors have been called into army service. Other thousands are giving a considerable part of their working time to governmental bodies of a military and quasi-military nature. In most cases, this involves a financial loss for the doctor. But you don't hear him complain. He realizes the responsibility that is his, and he means to discharge it, irrespective of his own individual welfare. War also makes the task of guarding civilian health far harder. Millions of men will work long hours at arduous jobs. A considerable proportion of these men are leaving office positions which involved no particular physical strain, to ????? 1 B take industrial work where muscle and stamina are required. Many of them will be exposed to the inclement weather, and to extremes of heat and cold. On top of that, plans are being made to enlist women by the thousands for certain industrial operations which once belonged exclusively in the male province. Keeping these legions of people healthy under the rigors of war conditions, is a mighty difficult undertaking. The American system of private medicine will show the stuff it is made of. That system has given us the highest general level of health in the world. It has permitted every doctor to go as far as his abilities and ambitions allow. It is geared to the onerous demands of these discordant times. A Hard Job Becomes Harder War and defense make the job of the banker?which is hard in any period? indefinitely harder. T* woiiid take manv naares to chronicle all the duties that fall on banking in this emergency. Here, for instance, is a partial list of what banks, large and small, are doing now : financing war production; selling government securities; handling payrolls for war industries; providing banking facilities for service men and civilian employes of war plants; furnishing vast amounts of cash for paying enlisted men; advising customers on government contracts; working with the government in freezing foreign funds; cooperating in consumer credit control; helping to maintain confidence, prevent hoarding and encourage orderly security and money markets. Every one of those jobs is necessary. Every one of them requires the highest degree of knowledge and competence on the banker's part. All of them must be handled swiftly and efficiently, without delay or confusion. RonVino- ie tViP ha nlchnrtp of war indus try and peace industry alike. Today it is showing the fine stuff it is made of. I Shears And Paste ??at OUR STATE FORESTS There is hope for the forests of South Carolina. Until a comparatively short time ago . they were subjected to vandalism that cost the state large losses every year. They were given little protection from fire and many thousands of trees were destroyed or permanently dwarfed. Sawmills were permitted to cut indiscriminately and young growth suffered along with larger trees. The coming of pulpwood enterprises to the state opened the way for further destruction , of forests, but the managements, realizing that reckless cutting would endanger their source of supply of raw material, encouraged selective cutting. Southeastern states have suffered tremendous loss in past years because there were no laws to control the cutting of timber. Virgin forests of yellow pine were destroyed and prime pine lumber waa shipped to many parts of the world at prices that were ridiculously low. Governments of European countries centuries ago valued their forests and enacted laws for their protection. France, Germany, Belgium and other countries imported southern pine lumber in order to save their trees. Selective cutting was ordered in France and Germany long before the Napoleonic wars. Great forests, now hundreds of years old, an- ( nually yield their | crops of timber. ThB South Carolina forestry department has not only been working for the conservation of our forests, but also to reforest denuded tracts. The planting of young trees during the past decades has been encouraging and it is expected to increase. Forests are 1 of value for the crops of wood they yield and also for the prevention of soil erosion and droughts.?Spartanburg Herald. LOOKING FORWARD TO A GOOD BOOK To look forward to a good book from Cecil Brown, one to place by the side of Shirer's, is a consolation left to collectors of a shelf that might well bear the general label, "Now It May Be Old." It should be grim, vivid, packed with adventure. The man who was persona non grata at Rome, saw Malaya and Singapore from the inside, went down with the Repulse has a story to tell.?Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal. DEPENDING ON VIEW POINT Hitler's mustache, Mussolini's jaw and Hirohito's teeth may be funny, but not funny enough until their owners are inspected from outside iron bars.?Lynchburg .(Va.) News. THE STATE PORT F THE HOME: FRONT Steel is the raw material of victory, steel is perhaps the most important single material in modern warfare. All the tanks and the howitzers and the ma-1 chine guns that will drive the Axis from Europe and Asia are j epitomized in that one word? steel. Most Americans know this well j and probably weren't surprised when the War Production Board ' last week took steps to remove steel from civilian life and divert it almost entirely to war r oduc- j tion. But the order which halts the use of iron and steel in the1 manufacture of more than 400 j major commodities contains some j real surprises for the Home; Front, at that. One of these surprises is to discover the vast amounts of vit- j al steel which went into the' manufacture of very little things ?of such things, for instance, as toilet articles?manicure scissors and nail files and nippers and cuticle pushers, hair pins and bobby pins and tweezers and gadgets for squeezing blacKheads. Altogether the items on the above list consumed 1,815 tons of steel in 1941, enough to have j made more than 170 big 155 mm. 1 guns. The 110,000 pounds of steel' which went into blackhead squeez- j ers alone would have made four i such big guns. Many Items To Disappear tttnni-. ?4 l ??_i ;__ 1 wr-oa aitftfi uruer is su uiasiii; i and far-reaching that as time passes it will work major changes in our way of life. Scores of things we had come to accept as essential to our standard of living no longer will be made after a 90-day tapering off period and gradually will disappear from dealers' shelves. The business man will find his1 surroundings changed by the choking off of office machinery of all kinds, advertising novelties, letter shutes. openers and trays, lockers and telephone booths. The housewife will be unable to buy new book-ends, teapots, cutlery, bread boxes, butter knives and cake cutters. The glamour girl will have to hold on to her present lipstick holders and compacts, the athlete will look in vain for new sporting goods. Only two metals, the order specifies, may be used as substitutes for iron and steel?and these are gold and silver. This shows how vital to the war effort are steel and its workaday cousins and how unimportant ..the so-called "precious metals" ? traditional tokens of romance and finance. OPA Urges Patience The Office of Price Administration urges us to be parent with our retail storekeeper o in the next few months, while the new price ceiling is going into effect. OPA points out that "the | regulations impose many novel and difficult burdens on retailers and their supplies" and that "the long-run success of the program requires the complete cooperation of the consumer." A threepoint guide to shoppers? 1. Before July 1 educate yourself as to how the prices rules work but don't try to be a pricepoliceman. 2. After July 1, report established violations to war price and rationing boards. 3. For the duration, remember that you have a personal obligation to buy at or below the ceiling price and the plan won't work unless you make it work. The price ceiling will not hold down the cost of liv'ng unless its companion regulations, the roof-on-rents, .is made effective. OPA charged last week that some landlords in unspecified defense rental areas "are undertaking to | evict tenants ti regain possession of their properties" in the hope of evading the order: "We cannot and will not telerate wholesale evictions of war workers," Price Administrator Leon A. Henderson declared. "We will not permit the- war production program to be sabotaged by a few landlords who have the mistaken notion that they can somehow wiggle outside of the essential wartime program." A lesser-known aspect of the conservation drive is *he use of reclaimed rubber for rubber heels. Postmen and policemen of Washington. D. C., have volunteered to act as walking laboratories to test heels made of scrap rubber. On the results of their findings will depend whether millions of pedestrians j get a durable reclaimed rubber heel. American women will not be brought into the war effort on a compulsory, nation-wide basis? (hair *1*111 Vin 4? -' ? wacjr wiu i jrz aiiuwcu tu Sign Up voluntarily as the need arises. Federal Security Administrator Paul V. Mcjfutt is chairman of the new War Manpower Commission. He reports that l,i '0,000 women are already registered with the U. S. Employment Service and predicts that as many as 4,000,000 women will be engaged on war work wihin two years. That is, one out of every five war, workers will be a woman. "War Ration Book No. 1" is now a prized possession in almost every American home. On the first day alone 27,312,063 persons 1L0T, SOUTHPORT, N. C. WASHINGTON LETTER WASHINGTON, May 14. ? Significantly featured in the formal instructions to gasoline rationing boards, which start operations in 17 Eastern states this week, is the official warning "remember at all times that the whole idea of rationing is new to the American people." These few words carry implications which officialdom and professional observers of public opinion cannot gauge accurately. It reveals to the thousands of rationing agents that Federal officials are definitely on the anxious bench awaiting the reaction of the citizens in all walks of life to a "regimented existence in wartime. The enforcement officials are, of course, hopeful that the public will accept rationing in the spirit of war sacrifice and let it go at that. In fact, the preface to the official gasoline regulations contains excerpts from President Roosevelt's speeches on the sacrifice theme. The practical politicians, particularly those who must go before the electorate this summer and fall, are not optimistic to the point of assuming that the average has been psychologically attuned to accept any and all restrictions solely on a patriotic motivation. Many office-holders, who owe their positions directly to the voters in their districts, frankly admit an avalanche of embarrassing questions follow the imposition of drastic strictures on ordinary modes of living. In the end, the net result is a long political casualty list which may change the complexion of the present Con ?? ---i-ll?i 0,1_ gress. iviuuuicu puu^ico ui ??.?ministrative officers augur ill for the legislators who clothed them with vast power. The sea battles in the Pacific, with the ups and downs of victories and reverses in other areas, are calcu.ated to have a helpful effect on the acceptance of governmental restraints. So much emphasis has been placed on socalled 'transportation bottlenecks' that mail from constituents is already slanted on the inquiring mood of the people. Folks in states now covered by gasoline rationing which bids fair to place millions of carS in storage for the duration want to know the whys and wherefores. The letters reveal they can understand the unusual strain on rail transport due to shipping war supplies and the increase demand for tank cars to replace the ocean-going tankers sunk along the Atlantic coast. One recurring question has to do with the real causes which delayed installation of pipe-lines from oil fields to consuming centers. Those more directly affected by tire rationing pertinently raised points about the failure of government agencies to penniL laigei SLUcnpjies vi vuai raw materials. Add to these the trend of recent primaries showing a disposition to oust the "ins" from their high office and you have a rough idea of the worries of the lawmakers as rationing with many inequalities has its early tests. Within a few weeks the housewife will be obliged to take cognizance of government restrictions on metals for civilian use. Orders have been issued by the War Production Board to prohibit the manufacture of 400 articles containing steel and iron and over 100 products of copper, brass and bronze. Many items of common use in households will no longer be manufactured after June. In the meantime, the Office of Defense Transportation has called a halt to more than one delivery by motor vehicles of groceries, hardware, milk, newspapers and other articles which have heretofore been brought to the doorsteps at call. The idea is to conserve rubber tires. The conservation plan may go to the exwere registered for their weekly allotment of sugar and the balance of the population on the following two days?thanks to the voluntarv efforts of the nation's school teachers. OPA advises you to guard the book zealously?it may entitle you to other commodities later. The Bureau of Industiial Conservation has seized 200 junked cars in an automobile graveyard in the Washington; D. C., metropolitan area because the owner refused a fair offer to sell . . . They reaped more than 150 tons of metal for war weapons. WPB suspended a division of General Motors Corporation for three months for violation of priority regulations on the grounds that it used quantities of chrome steel and aluminum in the manufacture of decorating automobile parts . . . And three Puerto Rican rum distillers have been penalized on charges that they continued to distill rum from molasses after Jan. 15. Motorists in 17 Eastern States and the District of Colombia are warned not to hoard gasoline to beat rationing ... It is not only unpatriotic but it may lead to a serious fire . . . Electric ranges for house use now held by manufacturers, distributors and retailers may not be sold . . . They are being saved for new defense housing . . . Passenger travel on the nation's railways must be cut down and luxury equipment reduced or eliminated, says the Office of Defense Transportation. N \J IxflCTLY HI Southport Friday I seen previous pe m to selling a J probably takes gai of a buggy. Dr. j other kid in town, the horses, Dr. | tables to feed hi hear now that kind of certificate is going to own The town turne eeks . . . John-1 its most recent br Friday when he plowed into a fire ificate necessary suffered serious in defense job he car escaped with learned that he ; close to twenty ad known about; turned off, just lo rise to him was J of citizens to viev girl. And to top j streets. It was th< :hat straightened j movies. Brother CI . ad of being 19,! which tried to giv *20 -years-of age. j A "wrestling ro Service office to j Friday night, wit red him for the; Strangler White 1 j in a dog-eat-dog of thrill artists,' A1 Massey, profes sight at Legion One of the swelles have heard this| Monday and Tuesc those who have ] End In Havana" i Marines Need Men 17 To 30! I' 1 Unmarried Men Between 1 j These Ages In Great De-1' j mand In The U. S. Ma-11 rines; Must Have 7th ' I Grade Education 1, RALEIGH. ? With the United I [ States Marine Corps rapidly ex-1' panding since the outbreak otj, r==Ttii The hoi'ae trader who came to i had a field day, for in additic couple of saddle nags he disposed Fergus and Ormand Leggett got ; Daniel got the buggy. And we there's a little boy in town wno 1 a new pony within a couple of w jnie Simmons had a big surprise went over to secure a birth cert to meet the requirements for a j was seeking. In the first place he ' was one of a set of twins?he h that before. But a complete surp the fact that he was listed as a things off, no sooner had he got t .'out than he discovered that inst< as he had thought, he actually is | He rushed over to the Selective , | see what to do-and they registe j draft. "The Death Dodgers," a group open their 1912 season Friday i Stadium in Wilmington, and we show is highly recommended by tent of taking over tires and other equipment from non-essential ] users if a bill now pending in ' Congress is passed. Even railroad ! travel may be allotted by government permit within a few weeks. So great is the need for adequate shelter for millions of war workers that the government has | virtually stopped its extensive j slum-clearing projects including re-housing for low-income families. A total of 175 of these projects have been transferred to the exclusive use of war workers for the duration. Later they will probably be turned over to the original social objective. Prefabrication methods are being used to provide these living quarters. The Federal Public Housing Authority reported in addition to the converted projects, the Government is currently working on 1285.605 Victory homes for war workers, of which 103,254 are ocj cupied or ready for occupancy, I 56.660 are under construction, and ! the rest are in the planning stage. | it is stated that the demand for I lumber has reached a point wherein the Army may take over the stocks of many retail iumber yards despite the fact that it would paralyze local private construction. J. R. Overten of Pactelus in Pitt County keeps his laying 1 flock in good shape by culling out non-layers, selling them, and using the proceeds to buy good pullets. BSfllSi 3 V gk ^ 9 a?' (Cli Enclosed please scription to The Sta paper to the followi City or Town is ZtoimL&St. .**A i war the need for stin more men j j is being sought. At the present | j the Marine Corps is in need of j I men between the ages of 17 and 30 who are not marired. Though at one time those en- j tering the Marine Corps had to have a high school education onJly a 7th grade grammar school I education is sufficient for enlist! ment in the Marine Corps. Those' ( I who as yet have not reach- j j ed their twenty-first birthday j will have to secure the consent j j of their parents and have this i, ! witnessed by a notary public. Pa- j, I rents' consent forms can be se- i; j cured from any MaVine Corps Re- j' cruiting Station located in Ashe-1 ville, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, j and Raleigh. 1 Upon being found physically j qualified the enlisted men will ' be sent to the Marine Corps training station at Parris Island, i S. C. for a six weeks recruit i j training period. Upon the com- i pletion of this training the Ma- i Irine will be given tne oonortunity I to select the type of work that t p This Coupon and Mail Toda i find one dollar ($1.00) in i te Port Pilot to January 1, 19 ng address: Pw.F.D. No Box i WEDNESDAY, May,, H rformances . . . riiiiT^J^B dening more snrinuiy t> And if he grows rnMjjfc m 3 father he's ent ; of merit. [ d out Sunday aftoir.nnn ?+ H| lde, the formoi Vera hydrant. Both ear !h. J^K juries, but the occupants c.f only shattered n< : , p minutes before tin ,t(., . H| ng enough for a g ,ly v the geyser which i, ... e kind of thing you m,. . HB lristian le<l the haief. e the busted hydrant Firs-. >? h| yal" is billed for '''i iiiir. hJH n Cowboy Lutrall. Barto HiH xnd Chiel Saunoolu H| contest. Appi't:. tsional boxer, v. ill ;t attractions of ti.. lay to the Amuzti s shown in technii H ae would like to . Marine Corps. M o . . schools are lorat-i . fa., and it is In will be able to leat: ful trade that will : to the Marine Corps and t,B jnllsted man upon h trom the Marine Coips. -ators. aviation me< .vorkers, and other will be taught to the ; ire greatly needed by tins b jf the service. H Three Trainmen 1 Killed In Wrecll Boiler Of A. C. L. Locomol tive Explodes Near Baigl bridge, Ga. BAINBRIDCE. Ga. - Thvfl trainmen were killed and ss.-iH si soldiers were injured, r.nr.e r?H lieved seriously, eailv when a boiler explode I on or.e^| two locomotives pull;: e an .uH lantic Coast Line train, i ::H several coaches. H The accident occurred aho^| four miles west of H tracks paralleling the r Ala., highway. The injure brought to two hospita - here, H Dr. Gordon Chason. one of awners of the Riverside boK-tiH said "between six an n diers" were admitted. He sai^J none was seriously hurt that military officials t H ;o release any name. H ? ly) payment for a sul>43. Please mail my
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