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PAGE FOUR THE STATE PORT PILOT Southport, N. C. . PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor Cntered u second-class matter April 28, 1628, at tto Poet Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3, 1870. Subscription Rates ONE TEAR $1.80 nx MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .78 NATIONAL DITORIAU Wednesday, October 7, 1942 When a guy lias proved his mettle, then let him turn it over to the salvage drive. The only way some fellows could be air-minded would be for air to be where their brain oughtta be. Hitler and Hirohito would like for us to keep all the scrap metal and not turn " - -l1?? "rt !*?? > Ill J UI Simile: As dead as yesterday's map of the- world. We're all out for scrap. We'd even like to see those handlebar mustaches thrown into the scrap heap. Then if somebody's iron will has been broken, why shouldn't it be scrapped too ? TRUTH ABOUT JAPAN I Before Pearl Harbor, the feeling was generally held in this country that Japan , was a third-rate military power which could be soundly defeated in a matter of weeks or months. Alleged experts had long written that Japan's military equipment was inferior, that her navy was in no "way a match for ours, and that she was on the verge of economic collapse, Since December 7, we have learned how tragically wrong those experts were. Japanese planes and ships are excellent in both design and construction. Japanese army striking power is very great, and her generals know the art of warfare. The individual Japanese soldter is crafty, brave, cruel, fearless of death, and fanatically ^determined on victory. Up to recently, the bulk of the Amerv ican people also held another theory concerning Japan. They believed that the majority of the Japanese people were pacific and desirous of peace, and that the nation was thrust into war by a handful of warlords who controlled the Japanese army, navy and civil government. Once Japanese forces were given sharp set-backs by the United Natiorfe, many reasoned, the warlords would lose face at home and the present military government would be replaced by a popular government which would sue for peace. That is a heartening theory?but, unfortunately, men who are in the best position to understand the Japanese character have small faith in it. Ambassador Grew, who represented the United States in Tokyo for ten years, and who recently returned to this country as part of the exchange of diplomats between belligerents, has made a number of extremely interesting speeches and state/ mehts on the subject. Mr. Grew says, in essence, that Japanese leaders have completely "sold" the Japanese people on this war. Anti-British and anti-American propaganda has been an official Japanese activity for many years, and has been carefully nurtured by the controlled Jap press and radio. The unspeakable treatment given captilred United Nations soldiers by the Japanese in Hong Kong and elsewhere, is the direct reflection of that propaganda. The ordinary Japanese trooper reflects the point of view of the I nnmmnn U ~ wiuiiivii j/\,vpiv v-?x ycvptiu ?liu lie I?5 rta cruel and fanatical as his leaders. The civilian population of Japan has accepted, apparently willingly, sacrifices which are almost incredible. In Japan everything is '.ioned. The clothing and the food available for civilians is qualitatively and quantitatively bad?every-] thing must ffo to the army and navy. The masses of the people eke out an existence on rations which would cause swift starvation in most countries. But they' don't complain. They are convinced that the price is well worth paying for the "glorious destiny" which their Samurai leaders have promised. They work tremendously long hours, and they have little relaxation and no luxuries. Prices have gone up while wages have remained stationary. Yet they look forward with cohfidence and longing to the day when the United States and Britain will be n THE ST crushed, and Jap leaders will dictate harsh peace terms in conquered Washington and London. In the view of some realists, the Jap may, in the long run, prove to be a tougher nut than the German. In the last war, Germany cracked fast once she began to suffer severe defeats. The Teutonic fanaticism is hardly on the same scale as that of the Oriental with his implicit faith that death in battle will be followed by an eternity in the happiest and most abundant of heavens. The Japanese people, these authorities argue, will never accept defeat, or ask for peace. They will go on fighting?and increase their barbaric practices?to the very end. Therefore, the only way to beat Japan is to scourge her at home. It is important that we take the territories she has conquered, with their rich resources?but it wili not prove decisive. The Japanese islands are roughly about the size of the single state of Montana.! Inside some 1,500,000 square miles are all the Japanese centers of population, all the Japanese factories, all the Japanese facilities of production and transport and distribution. Due to her lack of codl, she has attained an extraordinarily high degree of electrification, and the bulk of her industries are powered from a series of hydro-electric installations in the mountains. Before she can be crushed, it is likely that it will be necessary to knock out these installations, and make her industrially impotent. And that will require air raids on an unprecedented scale. It is generally believed that her - - ? ? 1 ?I defenses against raids, in ner vuai iact-: orv areas, are very good. The Solomon Island action marked the start of our offensive in the Pacific. Before that, we were almost entirely engaged in defensive operations. How long it will be before we can take the offensive on a major scale, either in the Pacific or in Europe, is a question that can only be answered by tHe High Command,? and when the time comes, it will speak with deeds, not words. It is a gigantic undertaking, and it will be long and. arduous. Fire Prevention Week THIS is Fire Prevention Week. The tremendous toll of life and property which fire takes in America every year is staggering. Much of it could be avoided by a carefully laid campaign to prevent it. Fire hazards can be reduced to a minimum. , Right now every protection should be thrown around the property on the home !--1J -1 I-Ua ilrdt* front, serious lire couia uisiupc mc wai effort in places. This is something which can be battled on the home front, arid this is the week when there should be some serious thought given to the protection of our life and property in this country. In this county, thousands of dollars worth of timber go up in flames every year because of the carelessness of someone. Hunters are urged to be especially careful when they are traversing the woodlands, and campers are warned to see that all campfires are out before they are left. The timber resources in this country have been heavily taxed because of thfe war effort, with the result that there is an actual shortage of wood. The least we can do how is to protect the timber wfe have, and also to give the young timbejgrowth a chance to reach the stage of maturity. I 1 Shears And Paste J THE NEGRO AND THE WAR (Hie Pittsburgh Courier) (A LEADING U. S. NEGRO NEWSPAPER) A lot of loose talk can be overheard among Negroes to the effect that it makes no difference to colored people who wins the war. \ Not only does such talk make for disunity and impair the war effort, but it happens to be nonsense. What we call Negro progress wUl most certainly be ended in case the Axis wins, and every Negro who has managed to lift his head above the mired mass will be ruthlessly shoved down. Every colored citizen with a municipal, State or Federal job will lose it. Every college for the education of Negro youth will be closed and colored students will be barred from white colleges. Every Negro who now is able to vote will be disfranchised. All Negroes may lose their citizenship, an act that would require but the stroke of 'a pen. I ATE PORT PILOT, SOUTH! THE HOME FRONT A captured Nazi document tells how; Hitler plans to run his bloodstained "Greater German Empire" -?by means of an army of secret police, always on the job. Japanese ambition to share a conquered wbrfd with Germany isn't any secret, it's even symbolized on new Jap postage stamps. To be sure, these aspirations have had some rude shocks lately ? the splendid stand of the Russians once more threatens Nazi aggressors with stalemate and approaching winter, Nazi General Rommel still is stalled, in the African Desert, the far-extended Jap flanks have been dealt blows by U. S. forces in the Solomons, Austral iahs in New Guinea, Americans and Canadians at Kiska in the Aleutians. fetit if we are to defeat the savage purpose of our enemies, if I We are to grind them into the illist, we all must do more, and in a hurry. Our war output is ii'uge?lh August munitions alone Were produced in a volume more than three and one half times that November 1941 ? but the plain fact is that over-all production in August lagged about 14 percent behind forecasts. MUST RATION SCARCE GOODS The siphohln'g of vast stores of materials to war uses, together With loss of our sources of many raw materials, points the fact that we face a return to "depression" living standards ? but with the difference that whereas in 1932 millions of us lacked buying power although goods were plentiful, today the situation is reversed. Today excess buying power must be drained off, scarce goods divided up or rationed. Fuel oil is not scarce but the means of transporting it ? thanks to Nazi subs ? are at a premium. Petroleum supplies and terminal facilities on the Atlantic Seaboard have been pooled, but still there will be only about twothirds of the normal supply this Winter for the 30 states in which fuel oil has been rationed. This means tightening up heat leaks, saving fuel, changing over to coal wherever possible. The cost of changing from oil to coal may be shared by tenant and landlord, if the tenant agrees. MEAT SUPPLY TO FALL SHORT We aren't short of meats, in fact we'll have the largest supply in history this year, but it will fall short of unrestricted demand by mofe than six billion pounds. Our fighting men must have the meat they need, as must our Lease-Lend Allies. The rest of us ?although there's more money to spend for food ? must share the 17 Vz billion pounds which will remain by voluntarily limiting our weekly meat diet to 2% poUnds per person, until about February, when a meat rationing program will be ready. Actually this allowance is about as much as we have averaged for ten years. Controls and restrictions, brought oh by war needs and shortages, extend from hairpins to casket handles. Women in 1943 will have to make out with onefoUrth of the bobpins or hairpins thai, thia 1 M?v/j uocu uuo ;cai auu ucuausc of the nee(ls of the armed forces and Lend-Lease, housewives and other civilians will get only about two-thirds of the 1942 pack of canned' fruits and vegetables, 90 percent of fats and oils that go into shortening, mayonnaise and salad dressing, 80 percent of the liormal amount of paints, varnishes, lacquers, and 70 percent of Lineleum, oilcloth and other coated fabrics. RfcTAIL 'FRIES' TO GO Customers of retail stores will find many of the merchandising "inducements" and "frills" missing from store services, pick-up and delivery services will be cut to the bone, and free samples ? they are one form of waste ? Will be few. Refrigerated display cases for food stores are out Of production, only those already in stock may be sold. The lumber shortage this year is four to six billion board feet, next year we'll need 39 billion feet as ACAlnst: Averao-p nrnHnrtfnn nf less than 25 billion. Manufacturers of concrete, clay, and gypsum products are being rallied to produce substitutes for wooden products, wherever possible. Aimed at rising living costs are price ceilings for soybean, corn, and peanut oils, for the new Victory line of waterproof rubber footwear, reusable iron and steel pipe, and a number of services? textile printing, storage and terminal, automobile repair, maintenance, and rebuilding. Personals Mrs. J. H. Cannon had as her guests for the week-end her brother, Sam Banks, and Miss Lucj Margaret Lennon, of Wilmington Mrs. Lillie Williams has returned horde from Wilmington where she has been visiting hei cousins, Misses Etta and Carrie Craig, for the past month. Miss Susie Sellers, who has >ORT, W. C. been employed in the farm agent's < office in Supply for the past few 1 months, has accepted a position 1 with Sears Roebuck and Co. in 1 Wilmington. ! | Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Aldridge 1 and son, Lee, of Wilmington, Spent 1 j Sunday here with Mrs. Lee. Aid- 1 iridge" . I Friends of Mrs. Lee Aldridge 1 11 are glad to learn that she is re- ' , | covering from her illness and Was j 1> able to return home from Dosher ] : | Memorial Hospital, where she has . jbeen a patient for the past two I week. ? Mr. and Mrs. 3. F. Howard, of i Wilmington, spent Sunday here with Mrs. Howard's mother, Mrs. Neils Jorgensen. Lawrence Willing, of Charleston, S. C., spent the week-end here with relatives. I NEWS T BRIEFS ,i I h ? *1 i WRONG IMPRESSION The J. L. Moore, Jr., whose | name appeared itj the Recorder's court write-up of last week was i not from Southport. oOo NEW NURSE | Miss Dorothy RldgeWay, R. N., 1 of Sumter, S. C? is a new member of the nursing staff at Dosher Memorial Hospital. oOo MEDICAL PATIENT Mrs. James Piner, of Southport, is a medical patient at Dosher I Memorial Hospital. | -oOo SURGICAL PATIENT Mrs. Samuel Caison entered Dosher Memorial Hospital Tuesday for treatment. oOo PATIENT Miss Dula Smith, of Ash, was j a medical patent at Dosher Memorial Hospital Friday through j Tuesday. : OOo TONSILS REMOVED Roy Ciemmons, of Bolivia, un derwent an operation for removal of his tonsils Friday at Dosher Memorial Hospital. 0O0 FOR SURGERY Mrs. A. L. Long-, of Southport, entered Dosher Memorial Hospital as a surgical patient Thursday. 0O0 FOR TREATMENT Mrs. C. E. Lamb, of Southport, was a medical patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital Thursday and Friday. 0O0 HOSPITAL PATIENT 1 Green Lewis, of Bolivia, was a 1 | patient at Dosher Memorial Hos- J ! pital Thursday through Saturday. . 0O0 MEDICAL ATTENTION J. W. Cumbee, of Winnabow, was a medical patient at DoSher Memorial Hospital Wednesday j through Thursday of last week. 0O0 LEAVES HOSPITAL Mrs. Charles Aldridge, of Southport, was discharged as a patient at Dosher Memorial Hospital Thursday. GEORGE E. STANLEY So his time came and George finally passed on. His passing away was as quiet and unassuming as the even tenor of his life had been. There was nothing in the daily newspaper to let his friends know. He just passed on out. In fact he was not widely known. Only a few knew George. But let it be said truly that he ; was a great man in many respects. His word was as good as his bond. He, never turned his back on a friend. He would go the "second mile" to do his full Dogwood Wanted FOR INFORMATION \VRITE JOS. D. COX & SONS, Inc. HIGHPOINT, N. C. n r*tr cima ur dua a/b SOUTHPORT, N. C. ?pBfM ! R on TIRES! I Here s a sensational tire liner for old worn jj tires ... for thin tires ... for cracked ] tires... for tires that have beeh run flat, j The Cotton Blossom CllCli-O-l INTO 1 ? ? * ' PATENT APPLIED FOR Protects inner tube / ~pzr ? against sharp rocks, j glass, nails and tacks! p*1! I Cush-O-tiner contains no rubber ... a 100% ) American invehtien to I help keep American corrassussou j automobiles on the road. \ - j Moderately priced!..., $2.75 j Quickly Instilled While You Well ! BRAXTON'S WHITEVILLE % iuty by anyone that came his Way 'or help. He raise a big family, vas always a poor man in the possession of property, but was rich in fellowship and kindly interest in his fellow man. As a iitizen he was a patriot, standing jp for what he felt was right and J'roper. I am glad that they jroUght his body back home and placed it to rest in his old home :ounty that he loved, the county le had servefl so long as an humale, God-fearing, honorable citisen. C. ED. TAYLOR >t With The|jj| Colors iVITH THE COLORS B.v BILL KEZIAH Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Hughes, of ash, have three sons in service, two in the Navy and one in thel army. None of the young men las so far been sent overseas. | THOMAS ALLEN HtTGHES is| n the Army since early in the | ANE OF FINE W Man i Just Received new s! load of Tennessee mi nr-?nPT t an in I ! YO j $i 4 v?. Better th the news on I FARM PROG | REPORTS thi : i | during the coi The: "YOUR I WEDNE ye&r. Hfe is stationed at Charles-! ton, S. C., at the present time. DREXTER W. ttTGHES enlisted in thk Navy in 1941 and is serving at Norfolk, Va. ROBERT C. HEGHES enlisted in the Navy this year and is at Norfolk. j Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Walton, of Shallotte, have two sons who have been keeping together in the army for over three years, and are still together. SGT. E. T. WALTON and CPL. WILLIE WALTON enlisted in the Army early in 1939. They have I served three years in the Panama j Canal Zone and have just recently been transferred back to New Orleans. * # BOATSWAIN MATE T. H. WATTS is now in the Naval hospital at Brooklyn, N. Y. He is suffering from a recrurrance of old trouble of boils on his neck, i * CARL H. HOLDEN, son of Mr.} and Mrs. A. V. Holden, of Supply, j is in the Army Aviation school! at Memphis, Tenn., he is taking I the course in airplane mechanics. I wshipI 'ORK STOCK ... IN( ;s and M & |Ks/V>' VyT 1 , a ,y JP hipment of Fine Mares and lies by time this paper is off L. SMITH & WHITEVILLE U CAN SPA .50 NO lan you cap afford t RATIONING, TAX ;ram, church a at you will receive ning year in... State Port COUNTY NEWSP Southport, N. C. sitkitmcMKKmcintKKKK SPAY, OCTOBER 7, ,<^1 ECGENE \\ sPEN(TR^B Mr. and Mrs. M. C SperV H Southport. is now a Chief P>,^H Officer aboard a warship Pacific. He has i r. serving .H the Navy for about three Ves? H * R. I. MINT/ of Deeds and well 1: ting attorney of Southport. ia Captain Mir.tr from the rank of first Lieutenm^B was made last weel As a tenant. Captain Mintz served the Reserve Officers Corpe -.H some years befor, being called -H active service a year igo in the Air Corps and is station^! at the Air Bas. TOWN < RF.I K ID1ST I Minister: Walter Pavy. 7 - H parsonage, Leland N'. C H Sunday, October 11th Church^l school 10:"0 a. m. BOLIVIA Church school 10 3< a. m, pub-H He worship 1:15 a Sermon; I "Wanted A Faith!" H SHII.OH H Church school 3:00 p m. Public! worship 4:00 p. m. H /TENT ll 1L11 1 ELUDING [ules K# will have fresh car the press. Z COtiimx *? *x< I! II ll II RE !! II II II II w II II II II o miss any of || ii ii 11 ma a P MAI 1 LIU, i! ii nd SCHOOL || II every week ii ii ii ii ii ii ii Pilot l! ii ii li I! APER" J ***************
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