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PAGE 2 THE STATE PORT PILOT [* Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY t< JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor n Entered as aecond-claas matter April 20, 1028, at ? UK Poet Office at Southport, N. C, under a the act of March 3, 1870. S Subscription Rates ON? TEAK $1.60 IX MONTHS 1.00 S THREE MONTHS - .76 j y NATIONAL 6DITORIAL- l (M| ^..ASSOCIATION 1 u Xi 111 ir Wednesday, November 18. 1942 It used to be considered polite enough w for a fellow to take a lady by the arm asjw I H of income tax, this year are going to have it to pay. Added to the fact that they have more money, there is also the lowering of the personal exemptions allowed the taxpayer. For instance, a single person who had Ian income $600 or more will be subject to tax next March. Many farmers, along with the rest of us, have more money now than we will probably have when March polls around. Unless we all, farmers included, begin to make some provision to take care of those tax obligations, the chance is that1 they walked along. Lately we have no-|u ticed some fellows holding their ladyjol companions by the arm on the other side. P( I : tii Times aren't what they used to be; and C( what's more, thev never were. hi i th A mighty poor way to spell the word m 'patriotism' is to start- it with a dollarmark, G' ei A man with a form to be filled usually st takes it to a man who has less time to hi spare than, he does. ^ Public Opinion se se TiIIE registration of serial numbers of; SP tires, together with the beginning of mileage rationing, appears designed to!^.' put some teeth into the rationing program as it affects gasoline and rubber. But there will never be a set of rules 011 and regulations devised that will beat ^ the power of public opinion in keeping down the number of hoarders and those C,? who flagrently violate the laws by which ^ their fellows are bonnd. This is no encouragement for wholesale ^ tattle-taling, but it is a reminder that the person in your community who wantonly ^ misused his gasoline and tires now not . only is diminishing the ability of our gov- \n ernment to keep necessary travel going, ^ % but also seriously threatens the best interests of our war effort. .'1 >io)i vinous Letters N( Mil. Price Furpless, chairman of the Selective Service Board, has asked that we have something to say in the pa- , per about people who send in letters to , members of that body, and fail to sign them. j As we understand it from Mr. Furpless, , ? none of these letters have been abusive, , -rind anonymous letters sometimes are; but they have a sneaking, underhanded ' . flavor that reminds one of people who ' , strike in the dark. There is one rule common to all busi- 1 hesses: They are thrown into the waste * paper basket. Many times the information contained in them, if signed by a responsible individual, would be of considerable value; but ' an unsigned effort is wasted. Time To Re Thinking About That Income Tax MARCH 15th, to most of us, seems a long, long time away. And since it's human nature to procrastinate, most of us are content to let that date just remain something in the distant future. But March 15th is coming, just as surely as the sun rises and sets. And unless we begin now, not only thinking but actually preparing to take care of their income tax obligations, some of us are going to be caught short handed. One thing is sure. Income tax is going to be high this year. This war is not costing millions, but billions of dollars. President Roosevelt predicted the other night that 100 billions would be the cost of the war next year. These billions must be paid by somebody. Taxation is the only method the government has of raising the funds. [Tobacco has sold high in Columbus county this season?higher than since 1919. Therefore, a lot of farmers who have never before had to think in terms , . *" ' THE STA 'elll be caught short-handed. Therefore, we think it behooves us all > begin now to lay away something to ike care of the income tax which we are II going to have to pay next March, otherwise, embarrassment and considerble difficulty may result, because Uncle am is going to collect this tax, whether r why. 'tate Should Adopt \conomy As Watchword T has become increasingly .apparent , that the pruning knife of economy lust be applied to non-war expenditures i all branches of our government from ideral right on down to the municipal. What people have not yet conceived, e believe, is the tremendous burden this ar is imposing upon their shoulders in lis war of survival for the democracies T the world. It is going to be all most sople can do to meet their tax obligaons when the federal income tax be>mes due in March, and in truth, we ive our doubts about some folks meeting iem unless they begin to make arrangeents now for it. We are terribly afraid that the State overnment will think the increased fedal taxation is a sort of green light for ate spending,' and will continue to pile gher> the burden already on the heads our people in North Carolina. Every county in North Carolina should nd their representatives to the 1943 ssion of the General Assembly with ecific instructions as to this important atter?representatives should have inructions to cut to the very bone every t of state spending:. All unnecessary ending: must be eliminated, and that at ice. What we need now is some relief from e burden heretofore imposed by state,! unty and municipal governments in orr to help us to meet the federal war xes. Let us hope that the members of the '43 General Assembly will have no lalms about what their constituents ant in regard to appliance of the prung knife, and for any who have any nibts, the taxpayers should at once see it that they are properly informed. Shears And Paste | 3T GUILTY (New York Times) When the Dies committee submits a list of nore than 1,100 Federal employes for investigation by the F. B. I. as possible members or affiliates of subversive organizations and the F\ B. I. finds only two of this number, plus thirty-six reported from other sources, stiffi:iently involved to merit dismissal from GovI ?rnment service, it is clear that there is a lifference of opinion as to the nature of evidence. The fact that the episode has led to 1 quarrel between Representative Dies and attorney General Biddlo should not be allowed to obscure the basic issue. It was agreed that forty-seven organizations ivere subversive, though this charge would be denied by many members of those organizations. The question was to what extent the 1,100 named by the Dies committee and about 2,300 named by other agencies or persons were connected with the forty-seven organizations or with their "fronts." Neither the F. B. I nor the Interdepartmental Committee on Investigations nor Mr. Biddle could find such a connection, except in a minute percentage of cases. Most of the complaints, Mr. Biddle contends, "never should have been submitted for investigation in the first instance." The Interdepartmental Committee, under the chairmanship of Edwin D. Dickinson, special assistant to the Attorney General, went farther in denouncing what it described as "the futility and harmful character of a broad personnel inquiry." It is not very difficult to determine what happened in most of these instances. The Communists, probably to a greater extent than the Bundists or Fascists, did set up "front" organizations which had no Communist origin and the majority of whose members never were Communists. Being disciplined and unscrupulous, they often managed to control such organizations for long or short periods of time. They were then in a position to exploit those non-Communists who were deceived by a liberal "front." The lesson for a great many liberals, especially those who are inclined toward sentimentality, is never to sign anything or join anything until they know who is behind it, and why. To Mr. Dies the signers and joiners remain under suspicion. If Mr. Biddle or the Interdepartmental Committee were alone involved on tbe other side, Mr. Dies might be on firmer ground. But no one charges the F. B. I., which sustains the Biddle argument, with being inept or tender-minded. The Federal service, in Short, is not demonstrably "infiltrated" with disloyalty. Perhaps this conclusion is worth the $100,000 the investigation cost. lTE port pilot, southpc THE HOME FRONT EDITOR'S VOTE: We think that the front page artiele on Mileage Rationing is one of the most important that we have seen on this subject. Since it Is so long, and since we are also printing a long article on Coffee Rationing, we are not running our regular weekly column of The Home Front, hut are using the space for these other | timely stories. MILEAGE TO BE RATIONED UNDER LATEST PROGRAM (Continued From Page 1) of the community the chief con-, sicleration in rationing tires. No new passenger type tires made from synthetic rubber may be reasonably anticipated for at least two years. "Also in the new plan 'car pooling' and 'ride sharing' arj rangements are going to be in| sisted upon wherever they can | be made. Furthermore, an applicant for passenger car tires must show that his remaining five j passenger type tires per vehicle i have been properly registered with his local board and that | they have been inspected periodically. In general this inspection fneans. once during every four calendar months for "A" ration holders and once during every two calendar months for "B" and "C" ration holders, as the new i regulations require. Moreover, he I must show that his need for tire I sendee is not due to his abuse | and neglect of the tires he has. 'The 'idle purchase plan', which applies to passenger type tires I only, require the surrender of all I such tires, regardless of condi- j tion, over five per vehicle prior to the granting after November 22 of any gasoline or tire ration to such vehicle owner. The tires shall be donated or sold through I the Railway Express Agency, I (not the American Railway I Express) to the Defense Supplies j Corporation, a government agen-i ! cy. or if'such tires are not usI able, they may be donated or sold I as scrap through a junk dealer. "The plan is voluntary until j November 22. Used tiro transfers [ were frozen on October 1, which means that shifting around of tires between two owners, even! though in the same family, or a donation of a tire to a friend since I ! that date, are all illegal transac-1 | tions. Used tires may now be I transferred only to (he Defease I Supplies Corporation or if un| usable, to a scrap dealer." On and after November '22 no J passenger car owner may be granted a new or renewal gasoline ration or any tire ration unless he has registered his car's! five remaining tires, and should j not have surrendered his idle tires and registered his remaining tires; by December 12 his local board shall recall his ration and suspend | it until he has completed this registration in accordance with the regulations. It is to be remembered that the Railway Express Agency on receiving a call will come for and deliver idle tires to one of the selected warehouses and give the owner a receipt, which will entitle the seller, should he sell rather than donate his tires, to the ceiling price, recently raised, for his tire. Size and condition of the tire will determine the price. Tubes may be sold or donated, but they do not have to be surrendered. Under these regulations the following are not required to turn in tires: (1) Persons owning commercial vehicles only (but a person owning a passenger vehicle and a commercial vehicle must surrender all over five passenger type tires per vehicle): (2) Persons owning off-the-road equipment only: (3) Federal, state, local or foreign governments: (4) Dealers reporting passenger type tires on OPA Form R-17; and (5) Manufacturers reporting passenger type tires to the War Production Board, Mr. Hofler said it is to be noted also that if a car's rear wheels use a tire size which will not fit the front wheels, the owner may retain one spdre of each size. in me new mileage rationing the local boards are given additional power in applying penalties. For example, a person found guilty of driving at a greater speed than 35 miles an hour may be denied both gasoline and tire rations. If the board receives a record for a court conviction of speeding, whether in the or some other state, it need not give the offender a hearing but may recall his ration book, a case of a complaint of speeding the board may give the alleged offender a hearing, and if it should find he was in fact guilty of .the charge it may revoke and cancel his ration. After November 9, these penatty provisions will be applied by the boards and in the meantime the State Office of Price Administration Will act upon such complaints, Mr. Hofler stressed. "Both gasoline and tire rations," he said, "may also be revoked by local boards after hearing whenever a person uses a | ration for any purpose other than I that for which it was granted. In i - 3RT, N. C. addition suspension orders may j be enforced against violators, and criminal prosecution may be invoked in falgrant vases of riola: tion. Person discovered having in ' their possession loose rationing coupons will be dealth with sumI marily. | "For a false statement in any i application the penalty may be , as such as a fine of $10,000 and a prison term of ten years or both. Fof a violationof a regulation the fine may he the same but the prison term may not pxceed one year. "In other words, there are sufficient teeth in the new regulations to insure public compliance with them. The OPA must zealously guard the home economic front in order that the battle front may be adejuately sustain-) ed, and if it cannot do so through persuasion and cooperation it may 'have to resort to its criminal I sanctions. j "Passenger car owners who j hold basic rations, or 'A' gasoline ration books, may register their five remaining tires per vehicle at any time prior to making any application between November 22 and December 12 for a supplemental gasoline ration or for a tire ration. Holders of fleet rations must also make a similar ! registration, even though they hold no 'A' ration book. In other words, all holders of 'A', 'B' or 'C' rations must register their tires with their local boards. Forms for such registration may be obtained from filling stations, garages, automobile dealers, or from local boards. The forms when completed may be mailed or presented to the proper local board, and the registrant will receive a part of the form as his receipt. This receipt, which will be the owner's tire inspection record, must be exhibited when applying in the future for gasoline or tire rations. "Owners of commercial vehicles who have received an ODT Certificate of War Necessity must ap ply for future rations on or before November 22, or as soon thereafter as such Certificate has been received. Of course, no commercial vehicle may obtain any gasoline in exchange for coupons after the expiration date of its current ration. "Automobile owners in the Eastern area which is already subject to gasoline rationing shoujtl pay no attention to the provisions for the new regulations requiring registration at schoolhouse sites for basic rations on November 12, 13, and 14, for this registration is designed for gasoline users in the previously unrationed area only. "Eligibility for supplemental B' and 'C' rations is much the same in the mileage regulations as that set out in the current gasoline regulations, with the notable exception that no 'C ration will be granted for any travel for selling services for commodities. All sales promotional work must be done with a 'B' ration of 470 miles of occupational driving per month. "Motorcycle owners are not required to surrender spare tires, and provisic has been made to permit them to receive obsolete type tiies. In most respects the regulations affecting motorcycles have been changed very little. "Eligibility classification for truck tires remains substantially unchanged. The possession of an ODT certificate of war necessity does not necessarily means that the applicant is eligible for tires. Eligibility must be established under the Office of Price Administration regulations. "The new mileage rationing program is an organized effort to cope with the serious problem of a rubber shortage. Speeds must be held below 35 miles per hour. Group - riding plans must be employed. Tires must be inspected i regularly and every conservation measure must be used. Passenger cars are to be euipped with tires because they are essential to the ; nation's transportation but they must be used only for essential purposes." OPEN FORUM A column dedicated to opinion* ot the public. A mouthpiece for the slews and observations of our friends and readers, for which we tccept no responsibility. Contributions to this column must not exceed three hundred words. OPEN FORUM U. S. C. G. Training Station Croton, Conn. Oct. 28, 1942 Dear Editor: Just a few lines from an old Southport boy. When one gets away from ho'me he kind of misses the old home town and the many friends there. The folks elsewhere treat us' fine, but I think each fellow who leaves home to go in the service leaves with the idea in mind that he is going to do his level best to help win this war, so that he can return home and resume a life he would like to have led before those European and Asiatic tyrants thrust war upon us. Our home folk too should bear in mind the words "Semper Paratus" motto of an organization I am proud to be a member of The United States Coast Guard. If all of us are "Always Ready" for any eventuality I feel the war is partly won. We of the Coast Guard will do our share and more toward winning this conflict, along with the others the Army, ' Marine Corps, and the Navy (which we are a vital part of) the "home Folk" backing us | -N01 Doc Hiatt telis us that Jack, handling pointer, made away with cones one night recently when a determined to find out if he re: to his capacity. The sailors fina didn't .... Mrs. O D. Robinson dition to the list of local wrestlir day night of this week Stanley f try to unmask the la test, mystery Scarlet. There was general approval of orchestra that played for the Arm: and already there is a movement the same bunch of boys back. 5 to see it made a monthly feature had such a good time at the Do here la.st Thanksgiving that w( wouldn't be a good idea to have year on that date. The white citizens in Southport happy as were members of his o when they learned that Rev. J. B. returned as pastor of St. James Church for another year . . . W we cannot fail in the great task before us. So accept rationing with a smile, and conserve scarce materials and you will be doing your part toward winning: this war. Victory and peace?we look forward toward both. Yours Sincerely, W. T. FULLWOOD. JR. Apprentic Seaman U. S. C. G. Huntin' 'N Fishin' By JOEL MOORE, JR. We would like to correct a i mistake that occured in this column about a month ago. We said there was quite an abundance of squirrels this year. That was entirely a mistake. In fact it MERF E\ ? It's going to be make your gift a sul to friends and relatr serving their country than the home towr know and love . . . . Only $1.50 a ye your own) for $ THE SI W1 1 EXACTLY Nf the town's pan- complaint about t fifteen ice cream rules to observe?a bunch of sailors of them?but we'd illy had a limit a bullet; and we'd lly quit; Jack tions than Nasi ru is the latest ad- We keep hearing lg fans. On Fri- and we hope our into is going to j more, we hope th? man, the Purple ! more Chesapeak B growing list of th the Camp Davis Mr. Rob Thompsoi Istice Day dance, ceived pups from on foot to have Thompson started lany would like -sandy." . . . Everybody If rumors that 1 n Grimes' dance per pound are tri * wonder if it u -u- wild turkey huntin another one this J and winter ... Or ; were about as necti?n with the wn congregation 'ant' ^eic 'as' w'e Howell had been who allowed the u A. M. E. Zion special showing for e hear a lot of school. Tom Morga is rather hard to find any at all. * * * 11 The rock fish have been break- f ing in Walden Creek. W'e haven't' heard any report of any one landing any yet. Fishing at the trus- ^ sel also seems to have stopped.1 The only good fish that we have j seen lately were caught outside, j * * * Some hunters like the sport of j shooting doves. The season will open the first of December. We have noticed quite a few of them in the nearby corn fields. If you have enough shells left, then you will be able to get some good sport shots. # # * It is still a little warm fori ducks to be showing up good, g JO ME AND OVERSE, a jolly 1943 for everyone 01 bscriptidn to THE STATE POl ves?and especially to men an far from home ! There's no m i paper to greet them with n ar?or three subscripti 13.00! Send * Gi[' i Subscription rf j* ^ state Port i ) rATE PORT Southport, N. C. - . * - * EDNSSDAY NQVjp iwsT^ he form^ to he nd there does SPem to . '' * th" m . fom ?J'2' ,h" that there art pienty ff information is rPliablf ?y are near at hand . if ay retrievers were a,idea f at breed here las, ^ i and Preston Bryant each a brepder in P,J; something when he otJ turkeys are soiling for 4|) ie. then hunters may ?LVwpi ? a profitable pastime th 1 ie of the nicest gestures ? ^ showing of "Variety wvf ek was by Mr Prico ^ " se of the Amuzu theatre fw the students of Southport n operated the machine 'reserve your sheds. They, ;et here before lorg. 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