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PAGE 2 The state port pilot Southport, N. C. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor fettered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at v fee Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the act of March 3. 1879. ? 1 ' Subscription Rates ONE TEAR 81.60 DC MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS .76 NATIONAL EDITORIAL|fM| W ASSOCIATION Wednesday, June 9, 1913 His Fourth Year HITLER is now heading into his fourth year of war. As the bombs rain down on the cities over which he boasted no hostile plane would ever fly, he must realize, as the German people are beginning to realize, that he is at the furthermost point from winning than he has ever been. His boasts of secret weapons and invincible men have both fallen. He and his armies no longer inspire the world terror that helped them to sweep over country after country inree jeais There was a time, at the fall of France anlfthe ensuing Dunkirk, when his armies might have swept on and on. He had ] things in his grasp then. He was at his nearest point to winning, the nearest he will ever come, lie passed up his bets then and the winning tide turned against him. In his first year at gambling he won all. He is beginning his fourth by losing every major chance. His winning streak is gone, never to return. ?? ?? Miss Them . . . But? THERE is 110 question that parents, other relatives and friends miss the boys who are in service. One can state emphatically that the boys are missed, i whether they are just in the training camps or already overseas. lu spite of missing the boys, there are a lot of proud parents who glory in the fact that their sons are gone. There was no choice. The war had to be fought and won. Worrying would do no good. It is our guess that there are a lot of young men in the overseas service whose 1 lives are made easier by the knowledge that their folks back home are not worried about them. They can better do the 1 task they were seiit to do. can better de* fend themselves and increase their chances of returning home if their minds are untroubled by the thought that loved on as at home are worrying. Has He Sons ? nnHERE has been nothing in the chroni.i' cles about John L. Lewis to indicate that he has a family, especially sons who may be in service. It may be taken for granted that he has none. No other supposition can be arrived at when it is considered that he has deliberately permit ted, if not connived, against the vital dei fenses of his country by calling the coal [ strikes. In any other country Lewis would be led out by a firing squad and shot. < _ Time To Clean House ^ "lOVERNMENT seizure of the coal VJ mines is the culmination of class legislation administered by class conscious ! political agencies. If present labor laws are not amended and henceforth administered with an eye to justice rather than social prejudice, government seizure of private activity will be neither temporary nor confined to the coal industry. One-sided legislation such as the Wagj ner Act developed racketeers who, aided by politicians seeking the voting power of organized labor, threaten destruction of individual liberty and socialization of productive enterprise. No longer can the public afford to sit idly by while powerful agencies of government favor one group over another, merely because it is good political strategy to do so. We have seen the result of that kind of favoritism. Hiding within the framework of our government are officials who will attempt to use the emergency to make coal a permanently socialized industry. Just such "emergencies" have led to the destruction of free societies throughout the world. The coal mine operators have become mere puppet managers of their own properties, and the miners have lost their freedom of action. No wonder the people are rebelling against class legislation such as S i the Wagner Act and the Guffey Coal Act [ which grant special privileges to powerful groups. Plain, Sensible Talk A National oil shortage will be inevit- ? able within two years, and responsi- [ bility for it can be placed squarely upon i the OPA and the Federal Treasury, says r Walter S. Ilallanan, member of the Pe- < troleum Industry War Council, unless 1 present trends are immediately reversed. ? He asserted that the nation is producing It and consuming five times as much oil ash is being discovered, and that the only |1 remedy is price adjustment which will 1 stimulate wildcatting and restore thous- g ands of stripper wells to production. i "It is no time to be concerned about ? ruffled feelings of some government bu- g reaucrats, or to be fearful of reprisals a from Washington," said Mr. Hallanan. !' "This is a down-to-earth problem and it cannot be discussed in terminology of the o stratosphere.JI may use such an earthy * word as 'money.' I know that the starry- ii eved dreamers in Washington regard this r as a sordid term but they have not yet j desived any synthetic substitute which o can be used by oil men to pay lease rent- d als, drilling costs and increased taxes." ' He added that Congressmen, public of- 1 ficials of oil producing states, Federal 4 government committees and "every other s disinterested individual or body" has t warned of the impending oil shortage and e has urged an immediate price correction. a ? F Shears And Paste |; t LEARNING TO LIVE I ???? S (Stanley News & Press) 4 The death of no other man in civilian me i s in the past year has shocked the American c people more than that of Edsel B. Ford last week. While his illustrious father had overshadowed him in the news stories which affected the huge motor company, the fact that one of the world's wealthiest men had a son who had taken over most of the responsibilities of the enterprise was a source of gratification to citizens of the nation, as it should be when a son follows in the footsteps of a father who has a record of splendid service to his fellowmen. Edsel Ford" died at the age of 49 in a period when the nation needs his services more than at any other time during his life. His father is 79 and still more or less active. Under normal circumstances, Henry Ford would have died first, and Edsel would have been head of the firm in name and fact. But Edsel Ford had not learned the lesson that his father knows so well?how to live. The cause of his death was stomach ulcers, a condition undoubtedly aggravated by strain, over-work and a failure to take proper care of himself. Although under a physican's care, Mr. Ford continued to work from 12 to 16 hours a day, refusing to follow the advice of those who knew what was bound to happen. In these days when there is a premium on initiative, brains, experience and training, men and women owe it to themselves as well as to their fellowmen to learn to live. Proper care of the body and mind, rest, recreation, and those practices which are conducive to a " l?~?v4U ?" Vncililfn nanaooamr me OI nunual leugui ate auouiuiv iiv^LDcat j Edsel Ford is not the only useful man who I has died too early, and he will not be the last one. But his early death should be a lesson to other useful men who still have to learn how to live. HEAVY FLANK MOVE f (New York Times.) One of the great if's of history is the Gallipoli expedition in the first world war. If the British had succeeded in forcing the Dardanelles, if Turkey had been forced out of the war on the side of Germany, above all, if war supplies had reached an exhausted Russia, it would have been a very different world from what it became after 1918. But the British armies were bled white in vain at Gallipoli and the Dardenelles remained closed and Russia two years later collapsed and went out of the war. Desperately needed war material in 1915-16 failed to reach a beleaguered Russia a couple of thousand miles from England by way of the Mediterranean. Useful war material is now entering Russia from America 17,000 miles SLway via Iran. This must easily be the most elaborate flank movement in military history. SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT (Greenville News.) The Sermon on the Mount has been radioed by the Vatican to- the German people. It should sound somewhat different from the sermons they they have been getting from the moun. tains around Berchtesgaden. DT, SOUTHPORT, N. C. dividuals rather than banks. The | ~ public does not realize that the April sales' drive only raised about 3 billion dollars from, individuals, partnerships, and person- _ al trust accounts, including 400 million dollars obtained from approximately 26 million individuals s through regular and continuous a payroll educations. . Ration Reminder * y BLUE STAMPS (For processed foods) j Blue Stamps K, L. M, continue good through July 7. t COFFEE Stamp No. 24 (1 lb.) is good through June 30. RED STAMPS v (For meats, etc.) Red Stamps J, K. L, good through June 30. n FUEL OIL Period 5 coupons valid in all a zones until September 30. u SHOES No. 17 Stamp in War Ration 1 Book One good for one pair le through June 15. Stamp No. 18 ? (1 pair) will become valid June Ti 16. ai HOW TO GET FARM b; SUPPLIES Ci In a move to help farmers q, secure badly needed supplies of j3( rationed commodities, the War Production Board has cut red tape, and now makes it possible p< " a ? *-? />Vifnin nuflr 1iD Qf he program, to be shared equaly, 6 per cent by the worker and 5 per cent by the employer. Raising the need for points to jualify for the purchase of beef md other foodstuffs has awaken:d many people to the gravity of he farm problem. City and suburban dwellers cultivating gardens for the first time have a new appreciation of the weather and its influence on agricultural producton. Discouraged by prolonged rains the volunteer crop raisers, Formerly indifferent, now favor increased aid to the regular farmers. As consumers, they display interest in the farm labor force md farm machinery. Federal crop agencies report that increased production with less labor calls Tor the fullest use of all farm labor-saving machines and equipment. With more tractor and tractor machines in 1943 than ever before and with the farm labor force in 1943 the smallest in years, evidently many farmers with tractors and tractor equipment will find it advantageous to exchange the use of their tractors and heavy-duty tractor equipment with other nearby farmers for labor and team work. The policy of milltay deferment for farm workers is gradually decreasing the labor shortage. It is generally conceded that if the War Labor Board yields on demands of unions for marked increases in wages the entire stabilization program will be endangered and inflationary tendencies given a relatively free hand. The Treasury and other agencies want to reach the swollen pocketbooks. Another war loan drive will concentrate on selling bonds to in THE STATE PORT PHj WASHINGTON i LETTER -s-frsHS. ind inltia imminent Al-; ff^TSSSJS -Trx rrsri &?srsrJ? iroad discretionary' powers onth I idministrative branch so that, hese agencies should work out heir own salvation. However, s clear that the solons will leave atmne rear guard of investigatfe of ^?ps"he mere presence of these^n^d protobly ^l have a restrain"g effect on the performances of he Federal agencies. There are, of course, a few dds and ends of legislation to ,-hip into laws before ,, recess Uppermost this ween ? some iom of an anti-strike Measure which at its best, will be patchwork of compromises.! rrespective of the final outcome f the coal strike, the legislators are not return to their home disricts without doing something to urb further labor disturbances. -he coal crisis is so strongly in erwoven with politics that homeward bound Senators and Repre entatives are hard pressed to hink up satiesfactory answers to xplain their part to questioning nd skeptical constituents. Introduction of bills in the Senate and House . containing nany features of the Bevendge iroposal. known in England a cradle-to-the-grave" security, has irovoked widespread discussion, -he theories back of the leg.s aSSTKS S-SiS' tacking and may eventually become a "hot" political issue. Open ipproval is given by the two maj,rtrade unions which provu es a ,int of the pressure behind the ^tension of the social security -mp hill has features calcuat"d to^vin the support of service nen and other powerful groups. *ore than fifteen million perions, such as domestics, farm help ,nd self-employed, now exclnd^d rom the benefits of social sc urity would be brought under the j ent bv the legislative prposal. It s hard for observers to discern ill the motives inspiring the prestation of such a sweeping ilan at this time. An attempt is made to distinguish the new program from the 2nglish scheme in that it is claimed the measure does not in:lude such Beveridge features as irovision for workmen's compenation, grants on marriage and >irth of children, children's allowince, dental care, nursing, or nedicines in the home. In other vords, the legislative sponsors leny it has the broad socializing icope advocated by the British iconomist. Someone has figured mt that one idea is to utilize the lending bill as an anti-inflation :ontrol by drawing over fivd bilons yearly in contributions from imployers and employees. It has lost-war adjustment angles which vould set up unemployment relief luring the transition to peace, loupled with the Treasury's plea 'or workers to increase deduc;ions for war bond purchases from 10 to 25 per cent and the pay-asrou-earn tax bill, extracting 20 >er cent of each person's earnings, :he trio of deductions is expected :o lessen the citizens' purchasing lower and halt inflation. The lat:st security plan levies a 12 per ?ent tax nn navrnllo tr? fmonno lor larmers lu uum?i> --- ? scarce items simply by giving w their dealer a simple form certifying that the supplies desir- ' ed are needed for operation of P( a farm. w The order is in line with m WPB's program to extend all c< possible aid to farmers, and in while it does not mean that a a, farmer will be able to secure ' everything he might want, it does mean that he stands a far better chance than he has had 01 recently, for manufacturers have been instructed to get into deal- la ers hands as soon as possible v all stocks of the commodities 5( named. Si Whenever a farmer orders farm supplies on the list from a dealer who has them in stock, the dealer must fill the order if T the farmer gives him a signed ei certificate as follows: m "I certify to the War Pro- e< duction Board that I am a L farmer and that the supplies 0| covered by this order are needed ^ now and will be used for the operation of a farm." However, if a farmer wants to use a certificate to buy more ' than $25 worth at one time of any item on the list, he must first get his certificate approved in writing by the County Farm Rationing Committee. WPB emphasized that the certificate is not a WPB form, but may be supplied by the dealer or simply written out by the farmer himself. Under the terms of the order, a farmer is defined as "a person who engages in farming as a business, by raising crops, livestock, bees or poultry." A person who just raises food or other agricultural products entirely for his own or family use can not secure supplies in this manner. BUTTER PRICE REDUCED A reduction of five to six cents a pound in the retail price of butter will go into effect Thursday, June 10. Hie OPA intends to effect the roll-back with a minimum of financial loss to the dairy industry, from the farm through the retailer. With the subsidy paid to them by the Government, buyers of butterfat will get as much for their butter as before, and will be expected to continue to pay going prices to farmers. "Butter shall include butter manufacf 11 t-A/1 Kir a Tafmar nn Vita fa ?-rv-i iui vu lJ J u xai iiivi wii 0 from milk produced on his farm" according to an amendment to Maximum Price Regulation No. 289 under which maximum prices were established for creamery butter. GO FISHING WITHOUT GAS It's okay with Mr. Ickes if the State's ardent fishermen continue their sport, but, he says, "We still think it's a good idea for them to fish when they can and where they can without extra gasoline." Gasoline fdr fishing trips won't be available, no matter how productive of food the sport may be. DON'T WRITE "ROUND ROBINS" Writing soldiers "round robins," or news letters, and inviting composite replies by the group is inadvisable, the War Department has warned North Carolinians. Replies tend to become anthologies of military information, and a custom that arose from innocent motives becomes a security hazard. Farm Market Summary Shipments of southern vegetables again increased, with waning Florida movement of some crops offset by the approaching peak in other States, according to the Food Distribution Administration's weekly report. Increased loadings included more Florida watermelons; Alabama green corn; LOOK Your BEST ! . . . Keep Cleaned And Pressed ! SOUTHPORT CLEANERS SOUTHPORT, N. C. - MOT Harry Robinson takes the gasolii eriously. The other day he was ii nd someone yelled for him to sta If you want to see me, Buddie, ome on up here," Harry replied acking up you're wasting gas, ou're going somewhere that you' . . . "For Me And My Gal," sta Hid and George Murphy will be raction tonight and tomorrow at :eep up the 10-day record for toj We got a letter the other day f ,'ho is in the Navy and is static elling about going to a baseball oon recently with Carey Reece, nd Roy McKeithan. Sounds like nion, because we remember whe he same baseball team with thr iws .... Incidentally, we hear snnessee cabbage; Georgia onions id okra; cucumbers from Alaima, Florida, Georgia, and South arolina. Hie small peach crop in eorgia and South Carolina has ;gun to move. First Mississippi ] imatoes of the season were shipid. Trends were downward on ime of the more plentiful items. rFA extended its bean purchase ogram to the Carolinas to sup>rt -prices and prevent possible aste of the large crop ready for j arket. Potatoes remained at j til.'nrr lni-olc \lfith HPTTlftnH PVCe^d- I l.H.g , g supplies in all producing are- [ s. Florida celery shippers are, inding up the most successful I ;ar, in a financial way, ever receded . Increased movement of spring i mbs in Tennessee, Kentucky, and' irginia caused prices to drop 25- j )c, and closing tops ranged fromj 15.50-15.75. Hog markets went j irough the week with practically! j change despite liberal receipts, op prices in the Southern Region ided from $13.50-14.25. Cattle! larkets remained slow and tend- j 1 downward at Nashville and! ouisville, where best slaughter j ,'ferings brought $15.50. Appoint-] lent was announced during the eek of War Meat Board memLoo] Li i if y( date, make p Governm mailing list b subscribers. 1 off some nan renewals are . OX* .m : " ?'--.f The S "Yoi SOUTHPOR' WEDNI EXfl TLY K fie shortage very two or three cr i his automobile the Navy and C ip and back up. Major R. I. M you'll have to pelgonally aequ, 1. "When you're ^ heroeg of u because then Qver TokyoR ve already been b{& Ajr Ba9C _ rring Judy Garbecause we hav the feature atbut Harry Jam< : the Amuzu to , better job than )-notch hits. rom Bill Styron, shoes' med at Norfolk. Hcw times h have reached th game one afterDavid Watson ft"" the "hits tl a Southpoit re- standby, which n we played on the fountain . . ee of those fel- less talking is that they have Wednesday nigt bers to facilitate operation of thi nation's wartime meat program. Egg receipts continued to de crease seasonally, and at som< points were barely sufficient foi trade needs. Consequently, prices were firm to slightly higher. Livt poultry receipts are still below requirements although fryers anc broilers are fairly plentiful al I SFASONAL 1\ This is the grovvi when insects and hi your crop. Protect them witl terials that we can f RGAL1 General I\ Supph k At 1 ABI >ur subscription is lans to renew imm ent regulations re ie restricted to pa fence, it will be ne les from our mail received at once. r>3 Itate Por ur County Newspa r, - - - . __ I not paid up to ediately. quire that our lid-in-advance icessary to cut ing list unless t Pilot iper" - N.C. f SPAY, JUNE 9, 1943 EWS - 1 acking good baseball teams a!v,,; Joast Guard personnel around ly..." [intz had an opportunity to bee: ainted with Lt. Davenport, one ie Collier's article: "Thirty Sor^nfter the latter was sen; to Cr,i-;w. . . We don't know whether it ; e forgot how Glenn Miller ;s' band seems to us to be ti?;ni? ? he did at first of fillintr Millo, ave changed. Drug stove p. '.?5S e point where they go in n- i ie spot" drink instead of th has become very, very se ,-<> 3, , . We think that more iv: about all that the Same v Knit cigarette show need?. ; most markets. Quotation at ceiling levels. - The feed situataion show > tie improvement despite it , .movement of new ci-op s it-, oaats. fairly liberal ree- Ms government feed wheat, t'-i i : . ! ing of restrictions on sir;. ' of soybean meal into the s t I and improved pastures Tl> = t still a serious shortage ot con;ierchandisf ing season, the time igs are trying to take 1 insecticides and maurnish you. :oway lerchandise V, N. G. I four P.I.
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