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I PAGE FOUR | THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Ed&or Bntered as second-claw matter April 20, 1928, at ths Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription Rates ONE YEAR 11.60 BIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .78 v NATIONAL6DITORIAL-. in/l W ASSOCIATION lull I Wednesday, September 80, 1942 Simile: As dangerous as staring at a man with a shiner. How old is forty? It's the age when a man wishes he had the insurance he didn't take out at 20. Kate Smith's salary reportedly runs up ' in!n ,-i nice figure, which is more than you can say for her. j Doing Good Work' | ?^0 far as we are able to learn, the I ^ Brunswick County Chapter of the | American Red Cross is sponsoring a lot I of mighty worthwhile work these days. 5 In operation for several months, and I still going strong, the corps of nurses aids I has Been a godsend to the Dosher MemoI rial Hospital, where the first class really j had their baptism under fire. | Numerous classes have been taught in | Firstj Aid, and considerable progress has || been!made in spreading this teaching I over the county. I Bight now, the hottest project is makj ing surgical dressings, and well it might ; be i^ the county quota is to be met by i the volunteer workers. There is every rea: son in the world for this community to | feel proud of the manner in which the I ladies have responded to the challenge of this trork, and they are really doing a j fine job. I Sc rqp Metal v^rfC'VE heard the call to salvage so ofWjten now that we've become a little confused about it all; but it looks like this . drive to round up scrap metal is the real thing. up know that the Ill ? I II V lllOV f?"VV> " ~ steel imills wouldn't be yelling wolf if therej were no \\Oi"; and we don't believe that {the big publishers of our nation wouljl lead the public up a blind alley in seardh of scrap if there weren't an acute need (for it. Sojwe're calling upon everyone of our loyaljjcitizens, young and old, to pitch in and let's make this a thorough clean-up in Brunswick. It's something we don't needj and something that our steel mills do nled; let's let 'em have it. Sel it or give it. but do it this week. Painting Up restrictions as they are on maW] terials for new building and repair, it sefcns to us that this is a fine time for farmers to consider the problem of protecting their property by painting. So? far as we now know, there is no restrjfction on the sale of paint for use on 7 or about the home. Nothing can do more to infcrove the appearance of a place, nor moref to preserve a building against the onslaught of weather. Sofwith some of the surplus cash from this fear's crop, how about beautifying and protecting your property. f'arfUp Y"l7r? don't think that it is bad policy tc W*admit that there probably is more monJy in circulation in Brunswick county this fell than ever before in history. It 8s no secret that there probably is less h> buy than there has been in several yearft past. RWjj hope that we are not being un dulyl pessimistic when we remind oui read jp that the period following this pronfses hard times. Al? of which points to the good sens* of paying our bills as we go now, ant usin? what surplus cash we can get t< pay |ny of our old debts so we can fac< whatever comes without the burden o: debt? Aad what to do with the money that': left ojver? Buy War Bonds ! Fanhi Labor Situation T1JR government of the United States, ii its well-founded effort to forestall th< / , 4calamity of inflation, should not overlook the farm labor situation if it expects the farms of the country to continue to produce the crop to feed the population of our country and our Allies. * Farmers have had hard enough time getting labor to sow, cultivate and reap their crops during peacetime, what with such agencies as the WPA and others offering better wages than in many instances a farmer was able to pay, but now with the coming of the war, and its attendant demand for manpower, the difficulty of the farmers has been multiplied sevei-al times again. ? When the OPA goes about the business of fixing a ceiling on farm prices, some provision should be made to take care of the increased farm labor costs. A farm hand can no more be hired now at the wage levels in effect, say two years ago, than he could fly to the moon. Costs of producing a crop have been considerably increased during the past several months ?we must not forget that fact. We all know that the constant pyramiding of living costs can result in but one thing?inflation. But at the same time we do not want to render the farmer in a helpless and hopeless situation where fte would be impotent to fill the role which has been assigned to him in this war. Therefore, we cannot fail herewith to point out some of the dangers which may come from too low a ceiling on farm prices?one not cuiuiiicnisuiabc mm w&v> i wages which are being paid defense workers. The farming group of people in this 1 country can be counted on to perform ; their patriotic duty as best they can with the means at hand. But it is, in our opinion, a wise step to give the farmer the means whereby he may continue to produce the things which are so necessary in this war. Selfishness And Greed Must Be Exterminated T! HE OPA will be unable, we are told, to set up the necessary machinery to begin rationing meat until after the first of the year. Nevertheless, we are going to be given 21 per cent less meat to eat during the next three months. This situation can, if selfishness and greed which has characterized so many j of our people in the past, result in the ' greedy getting more than their share of the meat available, and those who want to do the right thing getting less than their share. In short, we are going, for the next three months while the rationing program is being established, to have a sort of "honor system" whereby people will be on their honor not to buy more than their allotted 21/2 pounds of meat per week per person. Those people who have no honor will simply go ahead and buy all the meat they can or want, and deprive some other people of their just share. Those who want to cooperate may, if this sort of thing happens, get less than their allotment. We cannot help but think of the announcement during the past week of the sinking of the destroyer Jarvis with all hands lost. The men who went down on that boat in the performance of their duty to their country, gave their all for freej dom. Yet back home, we are still quibbling over-non-essentials, still kicking about the fact that we can't get everything we used to, and have the general attitude that "the other fellow got his, so, by golly, I'll get mine." Morgan Beattv, NBC news analyst, very aptly put it Thursday by saying: "The men on the Jarvis did not complain that the men on Hawaii were not having to do anything, or that the soldiers back 1 home weren't having as much to do as ; they?they saw their duty foursquare and ' did it, and in doing it gave their all." It would seem that many of us back s home still have a lot to learn with regard 1 to the seriousness of this war situation. We are in for trying days ahead, and - there's no letritimafp VOflOAn fft KaIiavta _ _ ivMOVtl VV WC1ICVC p that we will be able to go along on our p peaceful way without suffering the discomforts which war inevitably brings. a ? ? 1 If he's in tune with the times it doesn't ) necessarily mean he has to jive talk all i the time. f _ Note on Capital punishment: Georgia s has decided to rid itself of a pair of red galluses. We'll be economizing on cotton goods only when the moths have to go on a [i rationed diet. e ; i - ' THE STATE PORT PI -1 THE HOME FRONT ! Total war has a gigantic and | unappeasable appetite for goods, services, and manpower. Scarcely j had we entered the fight for j | freedom when this vast hunger I began to change our lives. Within | one month after Pearl Harbor we had begun to take control over our stocks some goods and raw materials, and to limit civilian use of others. By 'degrees, shortages developed in a hundred directions, many of which we had not anticipated. Control took a variety of forms, only one I of which we called rationing, I though actually every type of control that divides available sup-' I ply in order to make it go as I far as possible is a kind of raI tioning. EFFECTIVE RATIONING DRYLANDS COOPERATION There are two sorts of ration- j ing. One works only through re- j strictive orders, with penalties for those who violate them. The' other succeeds because we voluntarily limit our consumption of) critical goods and our use of) critical services. Both are necessary. But the voluntary method stems from our tradition of free cooperation, and? is as import-1 ant to our victory drive at home j as is morale to an army in the J field. It also is the hard way, it | calls for extraordinary self discipline. The rationing of fuel oil in the East and Middle West will be a test of our abilify to take discomforts, and a test of' our desire to work together patriotically, too. The plan sets allowj ances on the basis of average temperatures in four climate i 1 mnM Tt is a fair nlan. a demo-' cratic plan, but its success depends finally on the individual, on his attentidh to practical heating details and his real desire to make "short rations" go as far as possible, for the good of all. RATIONED COMMODITIES .ARE DIVERSE Nationwide control?the rationing principle?has been extended to such unlike products as cryolite?used in manufacturing aluminum?corundum. Licensing control now covers distributors of woodpulp, newsprint and other paper products and dealers selling used machine tools or second hand machines or parts. Owners of used construction equipment must register their machinery, in order to release new equipment for war work. And owners and users of cold storage space have been warned of the heavy demand for refrigerated space. FREIGHT BURDEN FALLS ON TRUCKING INDUSTRY There's more movement of fresh foodstuffs these days than ever before. To maintain this movement?so vital to the war effort?requires the closest interlocking of storage facilities with transportation. Transportation facilities of all kinds?freight and passenger? are strained to the utmost, and it's apparent that the truckingindustry must carry a larger share of the freight burden. There still is far too much week-end travel by car, bus, railroads. The country's 90,000 school buses are coming under supervision in regard to their use and distribution. WOOD BECOMES CRITICAL WAR MATERIAL What is known as "concentration of industry" to assure that every plant we can spare is busy on war work has spread to the furniture industry. This industry probably will follow the same plan recently put into effect in the manufacture of bicycles?a few plants, known as "nucleus! plants", will continue to operate, concentrating all civilian furniture manufacture in a limited number of factories. The War Production Board, to save time and materials, has limited the number of types and sizes of saws, axes, hatchets, adzes, light hammers, and for all kinds of electric lights and electric lamps which may be manufactured. In a country that has been producing around 25 billion board : feet of lumber annually, wood has become a critical material. Great quantities of lumber have been used to build cantonments. Ship construction has drawn heavily on supply. Special kinds of wood are needed for aircraft, timbers for vessels, gunstocks and the like. MANPOWER TO BE APPLIED WHERE NEEDED MOST Part of the reason for the shortage Of wood lies in annthr>r shortage?the shortage of manpower to cut and process lumber, and manpower shortages are everywhere, everywhere grow more critical. We not only are desperately short of "front line" war workers?those with special skills? but by the end of 1943 we shall need about 18 million workers of all kinds, partly to replace the millions of men who will be called into service, although chiefly for war production expansion. This means that more women will be employed?by the millions. It means that at least five million persons who are not now working at anything will have to go to work. It means that our \ [LOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. manpower, in time," must?in one way or another?be "rationed," that is, applied where it is needed most. To some extent that already is being done. SCRAP CAMPAIGN GETS NEW IMP- TS Unless the scrap and salvage campaign goes into high gear this Autumn, the country's blast furnaces will be forced to cut! j down production. Housewives are | getting a list of more than 100 household items heeded ' for the national scrap pile. Worn or used silk hosiery is so valuable in making bags for smokeless powder that ceiling prices have been raised so as to stimulate carload lot sales. Price increases also' have been allowed for New England cordwood and canned fruit and berries, while maximum prices were fixed over raw furs and skins, cement, and knitted underwear last week. With The^ Colors (By W. B. KEZIAH) Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Jenrette, natives of this county, but residents, of Durham, until recently when they moved back to Southport, have just cause to be proud of the two stalwart sons and two | sons-in-law whom they have given to oversea service. SGT. ELLIS JENRETTE is with the 1st-Fighter Group in England. He enlisted in the army last November, just a month before \ Pearl Harbor. ' ' 1 CORPORAL DUFKEE RETTE is with the fighting 36th Field Artillery in England. He has been in the service for three years. * * ? MASTER SERGEANT YV'M. C. KRUSHAS, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Jenrette, has been in the United States Air Corps for 20 years. He is with the Headquarters Fighter Group, in other j words, he is flying for McArthur ] in Australia. * * ? PIASTER SERGEANT MELVIN CAUDILL, another son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Jenrette, has been in the United States Air Corps for 12 years. He is now with a Fighter Squadron, somewhere in England. It is understood that he has recently visited Germany and occupied countries ? aboard a bomber. * * WESLEY HOLDEN. This week the War Department notified Mrs. Wesley Holden, of Southport, that her husband was seriously injured in the fighting in the Solomon Islands. He has been in the Navy for three years and was at Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December. When pounded, it is understood that he was serving as a member of a gun crew aboard a small transport. * * * JOHN HERBERT JENRETTE. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Jenrette, of Ash, have been notified that their son, John Herbert Jenrette, was wounded in recent engagements. He has been in the Navy about three years. The notification from the War Department was to the effect that the young sailor was now getting along nicely in the Naval Hospital at Pearl Harbor. # * * LIEUT. CHURCHILL BRAGAW, the former manager of Orton Plantation, has just completed a three month's training period at a camp in Georgia, and is now awaiting assignment to other duties. He spent the weekend here, having been called home by the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Helen G. Bragaw. ? ? PRIVATE DAN WALKER, son of Mrs. W. H. Walker, of Southport, has completed a training period at Fort Bragg and is now at a camp at New Orleans. * * * ===^Soi D. Y. McGee, farmer of the Le in town Monday and was telling remember back when he was a He was nine years old when the States ended, and he says that Confederate and Union armies . Williams rode his saddle horse t Sunday. That's what we call < the tire and gas rationing progra E. F. Middleton, who does a travel about this section, says th cuts a long, green staff and puts his car. Before the summer ends, ways gets a chance to kill a : year he failed to make his usua when he recently came across a the river road he had to stand he the reptile made his escape into . . . . Jim Londos, one of the all-ti wrestling game, will meet Milo feature attraction at Thalian Ha 1 RESOLUTION "The passing of John D. Bellamy of Wilmington, last week, when our term of Superior Court was in session, removes from life's arena not only one of the most distinguished lawyers in this south-eastern part of North Carolina but the one who had practiced longer at the Brunswick County Bar than any'member of the profession. "Born in Wilmington in 1854, graduated from Davidson College in 1873, and from the University of Virginia in 1875, receiving the Bachelor of Laws degree, he became the County Attorney for Brunswick County that year. Since that time he had seldom missed attending the terms of Superior Court held in Brunswick County, except during the period of time when he was a member of Congress. Last Monday morning he even expressed a purpose to attend the recent session, and after adverted to the fact that he never missed a session of court in Brunswick, and always maintained a live interest in public as well as legal masters in the county. 'THEREFORE, t|l- members of the Brunswick Couity Bar Association, in call mee'.ing assembled pass the following resolutions: "FIRST: That Ue count it a privilege to have had the contact with one so learned in the law as was Horn able John D. Bellamy. "SECOND: Tbit we pay tribute to his memp-y, and recognize the indebtedness the legal profession has to one liat has practiced at this local ban. "THIRD: Thai we extend sympathy to the fanily, two of which sons are memiers of the legal profession in aoive practice. "FOURTH: ?hat with the approval of the Jfcnorable J. .1 Rnr. ney, resident jidge of the Eighth II II II 11 II I! II Y0 I $1 I Better ti . t I i! tbe news on i II ! I || FARM PRO( I ( ! / || REPORTS th I )! I ( / 1 || during the ca II The |; I |i "YOUR ! li I! I a )i I! I I Hi !!' f*KKXX*KKK)CX*iilitXK i MAJOR DONALD VVHELPLEV of the Chinese Air Corps, known as the Fighting Tigers, was a visitor here Sunday from his home at Carolina Beach. He only recently got back to the U. S. after a year with the American Volunteer Group in China. Although a full fledged Major in the Chinese Air Qorps. Major Whelpley is only 23 years-old. * * * LIEUT.-COL. IVAN L. BENNETT, son of H. I. Bennett, of Ash, is serving with the Army as Chaplain somewhere in Australia. Colonel Bennett entered the Army during the first world war and has since seen service as a Chaplain all over the United States. He is a brother of Mrs. Ernest Parker, of Shallotte. (NOTE: All North Carolina newspapers are cooperating in the drive for scrap metal, which our country needs to back up our boys who are in overseas service. The drive starts Thursday, October 1st, and continues through October 21st. For this and the state daily papers we are intensely interested in getting stories of meritious cooperation done by citizens of Brunswick county collecting scrap. Write and mail us the story of any person helping in a way that is calculated to entourage others.?W. B. KEZIAH.) WE nun land section, was | Friday night, us that he could J Fred McMurrai boy in Virginia. I and lassie with mv Between the Ton.n/, which pla he saw both the Amuzu Tj,,, Mr- Bennie the week makes , 0 Sunday School tQ do for dlvera,? cooperating with ter So far as we k lot of business _ , , . I S. Army Chaplau lat each year he ... , cific, holds the h 1 in the back of . wick county nati\ he says, he alrattlesnake. This v,ron&' wed like the marsh hen hi i preparation, so giant rattler on the westward, a ilpleSsly by while ^*? hear tell tfi i the underbrush t0 b'te J- El ime greats of the expert at cruisin Steinborn in the with a set of car 11 in Wilmington n'ce models from | Judicial District, that a copy of r i these resolutions be spread on I , I record of our Superior Court by j (the Clerk. ' "This September 28th. 1942. jc "C. ED. TAYLOR, Dean 11 "E. J. Prevatte, Sec. < i SHEEPSKINS ; It requires 12 shearlings, or' ^ sheepskins, to outfit an Army 1, pilot, reports the U. S. Depart- ^ ment of Agriculture. Brazil leads all other South American countries in textile ' production. 11 FALL CD We have a fine and Winter clothing r I tion. Our advice to yoi and make selections family. G- W- KIRB Supply, *1(*MXXXXXKMMXXXXX* a V CAN SPA] .50 NO ian you can afford tc RATIONING, TAX iRAM, CHURCH ai at you will receive ming year in... Oi-i. omie rori COUNTY NEWSPi N Southport, N. C. i DNESDAY, SEPT. ^ | iWS- 1 1 and Mary Martin are % i,{ I the leading roles in "New York I iys tonight and tomorrow at th. B crisp, cool weal us wonder what people ;ir,. ^ B in around here this : ill ind v> B now, Lt.-Col. Ivan 1. .. I i stationed in the southwest p. H ighest commission < . B re now on active duty, if we are B to know about : m . .1 anting this year was i?ne up b I territory scorned it: other yen. I lat the black drum arc beginning I iwood (Ikeyi Cox not only i, ? I g dogwoori, he is a handy ma? E ving tools, and has ... I his favorite hardwood. I J. H. Payne. assistanTixten. I don farm agent in A .... I tays that L F. Ai lersor I ither 4-H Club boys I >ride in raising pure-bred duct. I >ns than in raisings scrubs I Transportation in Sofia, Bui-1 ;aria. has become so inadequate E hat many people must walk over fl 'ive miles to and from work. I New Zealand's war expenditures E text year will be 60 pi i cent of I ts national income. I 3THING I assortment of Fall I eady for your sclcc- | i is to come in early | for your entire Y & SONS . N. G. **************** 1 * i I RE | i * i w | ) miss any of { I I MATTERS, | id SCHOOL j \ ! every week * ! 9 i i * Pilot I * VPER" |
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