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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
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A horse named Marriage won a race ^rr
Monday. Marriage has been losing a race ^ja]
with Divorce for several years.
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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 . ^
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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
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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.
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THE STATE PORT I
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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.
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' 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.
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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
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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.
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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
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for aviation mechanics right after c
graduating from high school two 11
years ago. Finishing with the |
course in mechanics, he enlisted i j
3 in the Army as a cadet with the j ^
' object of becoming a pilot. He is g
only 20 yea's old and is probably {
f one of the youngest instructors in {
i flying in the Army.
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HUGH D. MERCER, of Bolivia, s
' is in the Aviation corps and is ?
) somewhere in the war zone aboard a
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State Port.
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Southport, N. C.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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