PAGE FOUR THE STATE PORT PILOT eith Southport, N. G. pea - hea PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY pije JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor sho Entered aa aecond-claaa matter April 20, 1820, at tka Poat Office at Southport, N. C., under ? the act of March 3, 1879. ing Subscript on Ratea ?0IT uNE TEAR 11.60 lnsl UX MONTHS 1.00 mili rHREE MONTHS .76 une taki NATIONAL EDITORIAL. hltp S1t poii rec? Wednesday, September 23, 1932 yea mei A horse named Marriage won a race ^rr Monday. Marriage has been losing a race ^ja] with Divorce for several years. ?"?? ~~ arei Let 'Em Get Even mer firsl MEMBERS of War Price and Rationing bab Boards receive no pay for their ser- chil vices in this connection, and this means sifie that many board members are making nor considerable business and personal sacri- sifie fice in helping with this work. cert Not only are the hours long and irre- ? ? gular and the duties exacting and fre- ded quently unpleasant, but there are some how instances where conscientious nn,vIF.? tions on the part of board members* have the resulted in making business enemies of * applicants for tires, gasoline or sugar, as cons the case might be. Y These, of course, have been exceptions trail and not the rule; but it does emphasize P'ac the fact that rationing board members emP are on the spot. When an applicant comes war in and gets what he asks for, he's very the happy about the whole thing and he 11 thinks that rationing is a good thing and Pas* that everybody ought to cooperate. But, reac let this same man come back and be turn-1 ?t ^ ed down for a perfectly good reason, and ciust his attitude toward rationing is radical- that ly changed. He's against the whole busi- 'n J' liess and probably believes that he is the c'us victim of rank discrimination. in?> We know that these fellows are doing T the best they know how, and we know cont that they are never going to be paid, on ' either in the coin of the realm nor in pub- tnfli lie appreciation, for the work they've in? done. So we've devised a plan that will avai allow them to wind up on a high note of beer popularity. tent For their sake we appeal to the higher ic>' authorities to allow rationing to continue mo(^ beyond its period of need; to allow the becj program to continue until the various cos^ shortages have been relieved and there i are four tires (and a spare) for every "ie" car; the equivalent of a "C" gasoline 10 book (plus a drum full for the garage); e then let all the needs of all the appli- con] cants be filled. Folks who have hated them out loud for months will be singing res 1 the praises of rationing board members; and all of the sins of conscientious service will be forgiven these men. Pooling Operations . ^ or c THERE has been a serious shortage of labor on the farms of this county this com season, and the discomforting thing about p it is that the -situation probably will get ^ worse before it gets better. * -phe Which means that the farmers must do ^jaj> some serious planning if they hope to car- kusj ry on their farming operations on any- or ^ thing, like the scale to which they are ac- wor customed. * es ^ With the growing demand of defense ano( jobs, plus the ever-encroaching grasp of ness the draft, it occurs to us that well orga- busj nized cooperative labor plans between ]00j^ the farmers might be an answer to the f problem. dus1 Crops being as they are, and seasons war arriving everywhere at the same time as the they do, we realize that there will be jj some difficulties to work out in any pro- gUe, gram of this kind. But if two men can do gre; as much in one day on a certain job as mav one man could accomplish in three days, ture then it is obvious enough that the thing for for them to do is to work together and or save an extra day's labor for both of jn(j, them. ent( There are many jobs on the average moi farm of this section where this is true, tun and if neighbors will help each other Am with their work program this fall and gajj winter, we believe that much may be f done in the way of counteracting the in- ary convenience of the farm labor shortage, torj 7 tion Draft Outlook / mai a n: GREAT changes have taken place in out this country since Pearl Harbor, eve New and unprecedented economic con- of < trols have been imposed. A considerable wh< proportion ?of the nation's manpower has seq lav J. - .t . .* Ill I er entered military service or left ce industry for war industry. Very vy increases in taxation have been apd to industries and individuals. In rt, we have definitely moved in the iction of a "total war economy." ut, as many authorities are now pointout, this is only the beginning?and a iparatively small beginning at that, de the next year, unless the world itary situation changes radically and xpectedly, the adjustments that will e place in American life will be abso ly revolutionary. 'he manpower situation is a case in it. High selective service officials have >ntly said flatly that within about a r, the great majority of able-bodied 1 under 45 and over 18 will be in the ay, the Navy, the Coast Guard or the rines. Already the nation's reserve of men is about exhausted and in many is draft boards are calling married i without children into service. By the t of the year, many boards will proly begin calling married men with dren. Men who were previously clas:d as 1-B (that is, handicapped by miphysical disabilities) are being reclas(d into 1-A and inducted. It is believed ain that, directly after the elections, ot before, the draft law will be extento include 18 and 19 year olds. That, ever, will not increase the 1-A class > ;,vV,+ ho nnticiDated, for greauy as uugm. - , reason that a considerable percentage he youngsters have enlisted with the ;ent of their parents. /ar industry has been told to start ning draft-exempt people to take the :e of physically-fit technicians now iloyed. That means that a big share of production will fall in the future on shoulders of women, of men physicalinfit for military service, and on men draft age. That will require great ijustments, and an immense expansion ocational"training facilities. War inry executives, in this connection, say women have done surprisingly well obs that were once considered the exive prerogatives of men, such as weldwiring, pipe-fitting, etc. he new and strict "anti-inflation" rols which the President announced Labor Day have long been expected.) ition comes when consumer purchaspower exceeds the volume of goods lable?and that is precisely what has 1 happening to an ever-increasing exin this country. Past OPA price*pol was not adequate oecause many comities were exempt from control, and luse wages, farm prices and other s continued to rise merrily. Excess jhasing power led to the establisht of a growing "black market," which legged prescribed or scarce goods to highest bidder. Many economists are rinced that inflation cannot be pre;ed unless the most stringent kind of raints are placed upon wages and sals?and, in addition, w.age-earners in low-income as well as the higher-ine brackets are taxed to the limit. 3011 after the first of the year, widead commodity rationing is to be exed. In most warring countries, a food lothing ration coupor. is far more deble than mere money, and that may e to pass here. he future of what is called "non-esial" business is shrouded in mystery, official list of "critical" and "essen' industries is brief, and involves only nesses which produce war materials iasic civilian supplies and services. The st blow is falling upon small businessvhich were unable for one reason or :her to adapt themselves to war busi; or secure tvar orders. Thousands of nesses have closed their doors, and it ;s like a great many more will have ollow suit in the future. The small-in;ry problem is one of the worst that has produced, and no one, despite all talk, has appeared with a solution. ow far taxation will go is any man's ss. Some influential members of Con-, is are alarmed at what pending taxes r do to the American industrial struci?the proposed excess-profits taxes, instance, might make it impossible next to impossible for some big war istries to keep on operating as private irprises. There is no question but what e and more legislators are reluctantly ling to the sales tax as one way out. 1 the enforced savings idea is also ling headway. hese are but a few of the revolutioninfluences now at work. Never in hisr has war demanded so much of a nai's money, resources, energies and ipower. From an economic as well as lilitary point of view, this war is withprecedent. It is swiftly reaching into ry home, and directly touching the life svery citizen. It is a rash man indeed j will forecast what the ultimate conuences will be. . ... THE STATE PORT I I ' 1 THE HOME FRONT We've been "only ankle-deep' in war. But we're wading in, geting deeper as we plunge into a racing tide of scarcities through which we must fight our war tc victory. And our strength againsl swirling currents is the strength which lies in control ? control of scarce manpower, raw materials, fuel to run war plants and heat-homes, control of foods made scarce by the enormous need for food of our allies and our own armed forces. Our latest attack on scarcity comes from two directions ? further control over distribution of scarce goods and products in the form of rationing, and a new offensive against high costs ? in part created by scarcity ? I through extension of control over prices and wages. Scarcity of fuel oil in the East and Midwest, caused by our tanker losses in the Atlantic and the need to send tankers to far parts of the earth, has led to fuel oil rationing in 30 Eastern and Midwest states and the District of Columbia. GASOLINE RATIONING TO SAVE RUBBER Gasoline rationing, in prospect for the entire country, serves a less direct but most vital purpose ?the saving of rubber. Every nay, oy unnecessary anu iaoi inlying', we have been wasting enough rubber to rebuild 200,000 tires. A good deal of rubber has been saved because rationing limited use of gasoline by motorists in 17 Eastern states. But we cannot save rubber in one state and not j in another. Not only would that be unfair, it would not save enough rubber. There's no shortage of oil and gasoline in the Southwest ? far from it ? but the country's tires are wearing out at a rate eight times faster than they are being replaced. It will take the Office of Price Administration a few weeks to work out a nation-wide rationing program, in j the meantime patriotic drivers everywhere will ration themselves ?stop unnecessary driving ? keep speeds down to 35 miles an hour. Quantities of rubber and gasoline will be saved because the over the operation of all comI mercial vehicles in the country. Reduction of the number of taxicabs operating in New York City and curtailing use of those that remain will save 428 million tire miles, 15,000 new tires and the same number of recaps, and 10 million gallons of gasoline. Chemical Fertilizers Placed Under Nation-Wide Control Chemical fertilizers that contain nitrogen, needed for vital war manufacture, have been placed under nation-wide control. Delivery of superphosphate contc'ning more than 18 percent phosphoric acid is also forbidden. Fertilizers must come in bags weighing at least 100 pounds, except for bags of 80 pounds and up already in manufacturers stocks. The drums of war are today's steel drums. Steel shipping drums have been banned for use in packing some 200 food, chemical and petroleum products, from cement to tar. In place of steel drums containers may be of wood, fiber [or glass. The order is expected to ] save 100,000 tons of steel annually Production of metal doors, metal door frames and metal shutters for both civilian and military use has been halted. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized, to ration farm machinery and equipment. Steel wire, used in binding certain paper and wood containers, is banned. The serious shortage in track materials will make better track maintenance a necessity for railroads and loci transit companies. All these savings leave the steel industry far .short of its main requirment ? iron and steel scrap. The goal set for the last six month^ of 1942 requires a monthly average of 2,833,000 tons of scrap. July's shipments fell short of the average by 15 percent. Among the states. North Dakota led by shipping 26.7 percent of its quota, Oklahoma was lowest with 7.2 percent. Trained Nurses Desperately Needed Thousands of women will be needed as part of the ground force at commercial airports . . . Railroads, local transit companies, all the ware industries are shorthanded. Trained nurses and nursing assistants are desperately needed . . . Labor-Management Committees reached a total of 1,303 in August, with the largest increase in thq machine - tool industry ... In California a Committee proposed that workers spend Sundays harvesting fruit that would otherwise spoil. They did. . . Liberty ship builders are beating all shipbuilding records, they are now turning them out in so short a time as 50 days . . . The "standsit seat," now being tested on Washington. D. C., Transit Lines, is an effort to meet wartime crowding on trolleys and buses. "Standsits" are spaced 18 inches apart . . . Ceiling price of apple butter has been raised 10 percent, and jams, jellies and preserves will be high MLOT, SOUTHPORT. N. C. , er . . . Following its policy of cracking down on chiselers who cheapen products and claim they are the same grade, OPA has ordered stricter of beef and veal . . . Green tea drinkers are go| ing to learn to like black tea or go without. Green tea comes from enemy-occupied area . . . War expenses of the U. S. for last month > topped the five billion dollars . mark. More than 10 percent of l our total war expenditures are i for our Allies under Lend-Lease, i but they're returning this aid in countless ways, building naval 1 bases and airports, supplying our 1 troops abroad. "We are not doing enough," 1 said the President, and he added, 1 "in this war it is kill or be kill1 ed." In this "toughest war of all I time" we are going to have to get down to brass tacks ? and ' turn the brass tacks into bombs and bullets, i To an extent we have been doi! ing this, but now the need is ' terribly urgent and materials scarce. Now we must have war goods in greater volume than ever ' ? and in a shorter time. Our enemies don't wait. Steel mills, eating up almost five million tons of scrap metal a month, are running on almost a i day-to-day basis. We are danger! ously short of copper, tin, and I other non-ferrous metals. That's why our school children ?30 million of them?are being enlisted to comb our homes, backyards, and farmyyards for scrap to feed the steel giants. That's why our kitchens must shower down old tin cans by the million so that we can reach our goal of 3,000 tons of household tin a year recovered in 17 new "detinning" j plants. That's why we must save waste fats and greases, turn in the half billion pounds we have! I been asked to salvage. These fats I i would help make enough bombs | to cripple the German war machine, or enough explosives to fire j 1,250,000 anti-aircraft shells. Last year our production of all wire coat hangers, if made into military barbed wire, would have | girdled the earth six and one-half times. We shall not be making wire hangers this year, j Labor Problem Still Paramount To do all that we must do to stop the Axis horders, merely to get enough skilled workers and fighting men for this gigantic job, is going to be a tough business for all of us. In 116 of 160 critical war production areas there are serious labor shortages, and in all these areas there are shortages of some kinds of skilled workers. Employment in the automotive industry, now making weapons, has passed the 800,000 mark ? but not until it absorbs another 600,000 workers will the industry have reached peak production. There'll be almost five j million women in war industries by the end of this year, More millions of them will be needed by 1943, not only in war plants but in the fields. Small towns and larger cities lacking war industries are losing their young men to the Armed forces, their boys, women, and older men to war work in nearby or distant industrial areas. These towns are shorthanded, and yet it is just such communities that are turning in thousands of pounds of scrap metals and rubber. Farmers Biding High Farmers, on the whole, haven't found the going tough so far ? except for the shortage of labor. They're buying more goods and making more property improvements than at any time since the unlucky boom days of the last war. Yet that very fact should give them pause. Inflated war prices not only handicap the whole war program, but endanger-postwar security. With tobacco, wool, and all meats bringing prices far above parity, producers might well recall the tragic slump which followed the last war-created "prosperity." Government Cracks Down On Sabotage Of Price Control In its unending battle against the Fifth Column threat of inflation, of high living costs, the Government is cracking down on sabotage of price control, illegal trading (the "black markets"), rent gougers in war - boom towns, dishonest grading of meats, other wartime trickery. Some manufacturers hid price increases by cheapening products and skimping on measurements, claiming their diluted goods are the same as those they nold before. Penalties and restraining orders are the Government's answer to such slippery practices, but the most effective answer comes from, the consumer who refuses to deal with backsliding mer,chants or with gasoline and tire bootleggers. As Price Administrator Henderson says, "The time of our tolerance is past." More Products Taken Out Of General Circulation As we cut deeper into the war economy, unexpected values are attached to the commonest products and by-products?corn cobs and oat hulls, (sources of solvent known as furfurol), plastics, drugs, and dyes. Some of these must be reserved strictly for war uses, others have been brought into balanced distribution among civilian and military users. Thus, the total supply of cotton linters. used in making explosives and other war goods, has been brought under distribution control, along with all refrigerator ears, barges and towboats ? and the entire I meat industry except retailers. i | -NO ' In driving; from Shallotte to S afternoon it would have been anybody to discover any slackl because of rationing?or anythi one seat-cover cowboy whip his ( wheels?possibly to save wear other two?in making a neat tu; of a Saturday audience; a half-di couldn't stand the 40-miles-per h leading, and came gushing past whipped by to make a pass of tl we had just vetoed as too dan try. They've all probably been b< 'ng boards since then with tearcompliance. Among products recently take: out of general circulation ar portable electric fans, overhea traveling cranes, anti-freeze mix tures, quick-drying paints, caffein (which goes into the cola drinks) agave fiber (for wrapping twine) Western fir logs and hemlock air craft logs. Building lumber is so scare that we shall be using bricks ant tile for even temporary struc tures. Brushes, except for wa uses or public health, must no contain more than 55 percent pij and hog bristles. Cigarettes wil be dryer ? their moistenin; agent, glycol, going to cool mili tary engines. With The^|| Colors JOHN CARL LUDLUM, o Shallotte, was in the 252 Coas Artillery, a part of the Nation al Guard, when it was called t< duty two years ago. He was sen to Fort Screven, Ga., and follow ing training there and at othei points he is now on the island o: Aruba in the Dutch West Indies He now has the rank of Corporal Mr. Ludlum is the son of Mr and Mrs. J. J. Ludlum, of Shal lotte. ? ? TEDDY LEWIS, of Southport is now Instructor-Sergeant Lewii in the aviation corps of the Army Receiving his wings, as a ful fledged pilot at Valdosta, Ga. last week, he was immediately made an instructor in flying anc was sent to Maxwell Field, Ala. for three weeks of special train ing before beginning his dutiei as instnictor. Sergeant Lewis, whc is the son of Mrs. Brady Lewis of Southport, entered a schoo [ ? i $1 I! If If if Better t it it it || the news on K II FARM PRO! If If || REPORTS tl If it II during the cc It II The if | "YOUR f ( t ! f t t f ! ! ( I L u, WmiUlilUltKKIili WJ T EXACTLY NE outhport Saturday i County Auditor mighty hard for in the last World ng up of traffic at the courthouse ng else. We saw dogflies have jus :ar around on two duction program and tear on the horse shay caved rn for the benefit tried to find out Men restless souls trot with a bugg; our pace we were die. . And one fellow Thomas Russ t tie car ahead that had run over and gerous for us to one of the finest ifore their ration- Sheriff F. L. Le jerking stories of and has one of th saw in operation ' ; . . M JA 1 r''- : i - - -V / - SPNESDAY, SEPT. 23f ic| Is^J R. C. St. George was an enjl{, War . . Henry Mitchell, , was an army sergeant . .. The I t about sabotaged the milk ptj locally . . . The wonderful or*. 1 in Friday when Billie Bragaw I whether his mare, Hilda, couVll \f as well as she docs under sadold us last week that somebodj killed his pet Boston Bull. Itvty specimens we ever saw .., g,. wis has turned chicken fancier, re neatest poultry plants you ever right here in town. SS85SP k of all those guys back home ut tires r rnce being reported sunk or bady damaged. These reports, howiver, came from the enemy, and lave never been confirmed. It is inderstood that young Mercer is i Pilot but we have no informsion as to the rating he holds or he name of his parents. * LEONARD DAVIS, son of Mr, ind Mrs. David M. Davis, of Southport, enlisted in the Naval iviation corps last week and retorted for duty at Norfolk Monlay. OXXKHIK XKXMW il ! I! I! RE | w I I I ! ! ) miss any of j i MATTERS, I id SCHOOL every week *3 Pilot tfER" ,