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THE STATE PORT PILOT
' Southport, N. G.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY
JAMES M. HARPER, JR., Editor
otared ae aecond-claaa matter April 20, 1928,
the Poet Office at Southport, N. C., under
the act of March 3. 1879.
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NATIONAL DITORIAL_
|Q4| WJSSOOAJJON
Wednesday, July 7, 1943
Best advice we've heard for the Victory
Gardener is "weed 'em and reap."
About the biggest difference in reverie
and malice is that in one you remember
the good things that have happened
and in the other you remember the
bad.
The USO Club
MR. James I. Muffley, new director of
the USO Club at Southport, has
made an appeal for the aid of the responsible
citizens of this community in trying
to fulfill the finest purpose of this organization.
He needs the cooperation and moral
support for which he is asking, and if our
people really have the best interest of the
service men at heart, this help will be
cheerfully given.
Fourth Of July
TIRE Fourth of July passed off in Southport
just as any other day, and even
on Monday, the official holiday, there
was little to distinguish it as the birthday
of our nation.
We are glad to learn that at the Section
Base there was a joyous observance,
for there the officers and men engaged
in a field day and capped off the occasion
with a baseball game and barbecue.
Still more interesting to us is news that
the new commanding officer believes in
events of this kind as morale builders;
and that he is a friendly fellow and a
genial host.
From what we hear he is sure to be
warmly welcomed into this community.
Dim-Out
*-?<")T'TTTPORT neonle. in fact, all coastal
^ residents of Brunswick county, are
going to have the war brought closer
home to them from now on as dim-out regulations
are to be rigidly enforced.
It isn't for us to decide why it is so important
to place emphasis upon this precaution
at this time; it isn't for us to
worry about the compliance of other
places, either nearby or distant; our only
problem is to see that our job of cutting
out glare and loom is complete.
We have two choices: We may cooperate
with Civilian Defense authorities and
do this voluntarily; or we may hang back
and make it necessary for army authorities
to force us to comply.
We strongly recommend the former
course.
Pleasure Last
y ^iTRICTLY non-essential travel on trains
O and buses must be eliminated and
vacation travel must be rigidly limited.
The Office of Defense Transportation directs
this earnest warning to everyone,
and adds that it is impractical to apply
a system of travel priorities. Therefore, it
is up to the individual. He can either assert
his "privilege" to visit Aunt Hattie
and possibly deprive a man of a trip
home on furlough?after months of service?or
forego the visit in favor of the
service man, or the civilian on war business.
The same seat cannot render double
service. The public must see that the wai
comes first.
Organized troop movements by rail are
proceeding at the rate of over 2,000,00C
men a month. They require the constant
service of over one-half of all Pullmar
sleeping cars and of nearly one-fourth
(over 3,000) of all day coaches.
Soldiers make an average of eight mov
es by railroad between induction and env
I barkation for service overseas. It takes
356 passenger cars, as well as 82 baggag<
cars and over 900 freight cars, made uj
in 65 trains, to move an infantry divisior
of 15,000 men and their equipment
Movement of an armored division and its
vehicles requires 75 trains of from 28 t(
45 cars each. Furlough travel on regularly
scheduled passenger trains equals appro
1 ximately the volume of organized troo]
travel. Both are to increase substantially
during the months immediately ahead. No
new railroad passenger cars or locomo
toves, and no new inter-city buses, are being
constructed.
These are a few of the reasons why
\ civilians are being asked to limit their
traveling activities. It is no sacrifice to
limit your traveling to necessity if it helps
your boy get home on furlough or speeds
q freight on which his very life may de5
pend.
Will Not Forget
IT is often said that war is harder for
those who remain " behind than for
. those who go. Millions are now experiencing
the sleepless nights, the ceaseless wor"
ry of remaining at home while others go
to war. No small source of concern over
loved ones in the service is the fear that
they may not receive proper medical care.
This can be dispensed with. The men in
military service are receiving the best
that medical science can give them.
In reviewing the military medical record
of the first year after Pearl Harbor,
the American Medical Journal says:
"During the year the only serious incident
from a medical point of view was the
jaundice associated with inoculation
against yellow fever. The first week of
February, 1943, found atypical pneumonia
and meningitis most prominent of
the infectious diseases but even these
were scattered with a few cases here and
there and only a score or slightly more of
cases of either in the few camps most
seriously affected .... Since January,
1941, and up to now, excluding battle
casualties, the death rate has been the
lowest in the historv of our Armv. Dnrino
World War I, 1 patient of each 3 with |
meningitis died; now only 1 in 20 dies, j
Prompt diagnosis, efficient care and sul-i
fonamides have made the difference."
The American public owes a debt of
gratitude to the medical men that it will
never be able to fully repay. The countless
thousands of men who will return
after the war, thanks to the skill of doctors
serying in the front lines, will not
forget that debt.
It's funny how those spring dreams of
your victory garden fade in the reality of
summer heat and weeds.
Some people seem to have the idea
that keeping fit, the last word is spelled
with an A.
Shears And Paste
QUO VADIS, AMERICA?
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(Montgomery Advertiser)
When serious-minded men?as Congressmen
are supposed to be?can, in war time, find no
better employment in the National Capital
than playing indecently at politics; or when
average American workingmen, with sons
maybe on the fighting fronts?men indispensable
in their particular jobs?cease cutting or
digging or hammering and begin to mouth
about "rights," putting some union boss' patter
about "rtot worKing without a contract"
ahead of their previously pledged duty to job
and country, there seems a helluva sight the
matter with something that America apparently
stands for. What comfort Hitler, Hirohito,
and company must get out of the spectacle
of an America playing at war as her democracy
plays at work!
Unless run-of-the-mill politicians and run-ofthe-mill
citizens speedily change their course,
they may be held accountable' for all-too-certain
catastrophe. Such persons would do well
to remember that it is usually much easier to
acquire inglorious reputations than to live such
stigmata down.
SELLS OUT BUT DOES NOT STAY BOUGHT
i (Chicago Daily News.)
Whatever the outcome, Franco, of Spain,
! strikes one as a type who, after the big game,
would stroll out of the stadium - wearing the
i winning colors.
MAKING THE PUNISHMENT
i FIT THE CRIME
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; (Labor.)
( Here is a verdict we can all applaud. Sitting
j in a Washington (D.C.) court, Justice Matthew
F. McGuire sentenced Anna May Swift
to the penitentiary for from 40 months to 10
years for violating the White Slave Act.
"The court and the world can look with pity
on a prostitute, who plies her trade upon the
public highway, but when you get a woman,
who is not a prostitute herself, but who commercializes
sexual debauchery merely for
profit, I think she is not entitled to one single
iota of mercy from this court."
The testimony indicated that the Swift woman
came of a good family, is a college graduate,
but had been in the white slave busi"
ness j for more than 20 ^ears.
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~ THE STATE PORT
personal:
Chief Warrant Officer W.
Styron, .Mrs. Styron and Di
are spending a 10-day leav
Southport.
Ensign David Watson left I
day for Norfolk after speni
several days here with his
ther, Mrs. George Y. Watson
fAra. Hannah Reece spent
week-end here with friends.
Mrs. Chas. M. Trott and
have returned home followin
30-day vacation with relative!
Maryland.
Pomphrette Swain, of Nori
IVa., has been spending the
few days here with relatives.
Mrs. J. H. Cannon and
niece, Lillian Cannon, who t
been residing here for the j
year moved Saturday to Supf
Mrs. Hattie Tharp and
grand-daughter, Gloria Lee
wett, have returned home f
Kinston, where they have 1
visiting relatives.
Pvt. Archie R. Potter of i
mour Johnson Field, Goldsb
spent Sunday here with Mrs. (
H. Ruark and Mr. and Mrs.
bert A. Livingston.
Mrs. A. L. Brown has retui
home from Smithfield where
has been visiting her daugh
Mrs. John Dail.
Charles Holladay of Sumter
C., spent Sunday here with
sister, Mrs. Fred Smith.
Mrs. L. P. Munford and dau
ter, Marilyn, left Tuesday
Two Harbors, Minn., where t
will spend several months v
Mrs. Munford's mother-in-1
I Mrs. Geo. Munford.
Cadet Billy Bragaw, of the :
vy Air Forces, in training
| Chapel Hill for the past tt
months, will spend this weekat
his home here. He reports
some new field on Monday
continue his training.
Attorney aria jvirs. rt. u. u\
son, of High Point, have b
spending their vacation here.
Miss Miriam Bullard, of Ch
bourn, a teacher in the Southp
school last session, visited frie
here Sunday. She is now an
surance adjuster, stationed
Richmond.
Lt. (j. g.) W. S. Wells
been transferred from the east
some point on the Pacific coa
USO NEWS
The motion picture for Thi
day night night is "Sullivi
Travels" featuring Joel McC
and Veronica Lake. The time
eighty-thirty and civilians are
vited. On Sunday evening at r
"No Hands on the Clock" will
shown. On Sunday evening ci
ians are respectfully requested :
urged to give the servicemen ;
their families the limited num
of seats available. This restn
can be made a part of the war
fort. Give the boys from he
a chance.
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On Friday evening the wot
of Southport met at the U. S.
Club and considered the ser
they may render to the boys
the service. The ladies volunti
ed for whatever service they
give, and committees will be fo
ed to carry through the progr
Among those present were: ^
dames E. H. Smith, B. P. Fii
G. Y. Watson, W. G. Butler,
E. Pinner, R. S. Harrison, V\
ren Hood, J. W. Ruark, M.
Hood, C. C. Cramner, C. C. C
non, A. W. Clark, Elsket
George, Lizzie Gilbert, M
Weeks, E. J. Prevatte, Ja:
Harper, C. Ed Taylor and J.
Thompson.
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The U. S. O. Club Commi
of Management met and ele<
the following officers: Chairn
Capt. J. B. Church; vice-ch
man, Rev. Russell Harrison; i
retary, Rev, Cecil Alligood. Ot
.members of the committee
Charles Trott, L. T. Yaskell, C:
John Erickson and James , Har
Messrs. Erickson, Trott, Ha
son and Church attended
meeting of the women volunti
on Friday evening.
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The regular Wednesday ever
dance will be given on Wednes
evening and the Camp Davis
chestra will furnish the music,
* *
Jack Hickman, fireman f
class at the Fort Caswell Sta
Base, rendered a fine ser
Thursday and Sunday evenings
operating the motion picture ]
jector. Tom Morgan was on di
The services of these spier
service men is greatly ap]
ciated. Tom Morgan is a stan
LjlSj
Pepsi-Cola Compai
Franchise Bottler: J
PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C.
at the U. S. O. Club. He makes
"! the posters, runs the projector
)and is trustworthy in many useful
and practical services. Morgan
has the U. S. O. staff worried, as
L he has taken his examination for
ckie the officers' Candidate School at
, New London, Conn.
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fl0n. Lieutenant Barto announces that
ding he nay be able to secure the
mo. band of the 144th Infantry Regiment
for a concert at the U. S.
the O. Club soon. When the date is
definitely decided upon it will be
son posted on the City Bulletin Board,
g a Lt. Barton and his men are very
3 in popular at the Club, and justly so,
for they are a well disciplined,
W. fine group of soldiers. ,
past ? * *
Last week magazines, books,
her games writing materials were dislave
tributed to the service men patipast
ents at the hospital. The women
?ly. volunteers will have a committee
her to brighten the hours at the hosHe
pital by reading to the men, writrom
ing letters and helping in other
>een activities. The men in the hospital
are not forgotten.
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oro, The departure- of the buoy ten3eo.
der is regretted. The officers and
Hu- crew made an important places
I for themselves in the U. S. O.
ned Club.
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iter, The Bible Class of C. Ed Taylor
gave time Sunday to hear
, S. about the U. S. O. program and
his offer to help in whatever way
they can. They will be very useigh
ful. Several members have already
for rendered important services,
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vith The U. S. O. appreciates very
aw, much the cooperation of the Naval
Section Base in making availNa
able the movie projector while the
at j machine of the U. S. O. is being
iree j overhauled.
end I
Large Still.Is
Found In County
iclt
een Special Officer Waynsie Evans
of Waccamaw township captured
iad- a hundred-pound bag of sugar
>ort and a 60 - gallon copper still this
nds week.
in- Although small, the still is
at said to have been the best taken
by the officers in several years,
has "lire officer made the raid unasto
sisted. No arrests were made,
st.
uairt L/uuouii, own ui mi. aitu
Mrs. J. E. Dodson, is spending a
few days with his parents. He is
in the Army Air Corps.
furlough
?j.ea Corp. Charles M. Taylor is vis|
js iting his mother, Mrs. Edwin
in- Taylor, for a few days at her
line home at Winnabow.
be .
Vil- patient
and Mrs. Grace D. Jones, chief
and clerk of the War Ration, Board
her in Southport, entered Dosher
lint Memorial Hospital as a medical
of- patient Saturday.
>me
july quota
The Series Bond quota for
nen Brunswick county for the month
O. of July is $16,230.00, according to
rice r. f. Plaxco, who last week as'
in sumed the duties of chairman of
ser- the War Savings Staff for the
can county.
rm
am. a woman clerk at war producles
tion drive headquarters has develch,
loped a method of processing
j. workers' production suggestions
far- which saves 4,992 man-hours per
year and 364,000 sheets of paper.
e?Ul~
c. Dim-Out Regulations
ary! Discussed Wednesday
meg (Continued From Page One)
w generally. Should anyone desire
information and lack a copy of
these rules, he or she can obtain
ttee it by applying to the po3t offices
ted or *? off'c'als of the Civilian De^an
fense organizations.
airsec.
SAW THE LAST
her OF AFRIKA KORPS
are (Continued from page 1)
apt tore the surrender. With Musper
solini and Hitler, safe in their
rrj. guarded retreats, ordering the
the troops to fight to the last man,
;ers the commander slipped out to
join his boss and save Jiis own
hide. Rommel is now reported in
ling France, making frantic efforts to
day prepare for the invasion that
or_ may now be but a short time
off.
irst "WORK OR FIGHT"
tion MEETING MONDAY
vice (Continued from page I)
i by some-one who is acquainted with
aro- conditions throughout the state to
Lity. address the meeting here Monday,
idid The Governor has asked for a reare
port of this meeting, so let's
dby make it a good one."
iy, Long Island City, N. Y.
. W. Jackson Beverage Co.
| -NO
Month~after month you can
the "March of Time" in its i
this area at the Amuzu Theatri
Robert Jones, who has been bu
the coast of Brunswick lately,
those rainy days last week a I
the creek in the rain to find 01
els of these shell fish his wife
Best story of the week regan
to be turned down by the arm
ence Crapon. He said that a o
inducted, over his emphatic pro
fit for duty. Finally arriving a
ter, he was told that he woul
still thought that he should
they took him in and showed
that man over there putting p
ket? Well, he's blind. You stand
when he gets it full." ... VI
Wade is in -North Africa. He's i
Robert McRackan had the fi
SHRIMP SEASON
NOW BEGINNING
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boatmen until the market hi
been tested, it is said that a goc
price is assured.
The boatmen believe that tl
voliimn of the catches to tl
boat will steadily increase. Thf
also say that other boats will 1
here in a few days. Reports hai
it that the boats from Southpo
at Rockville and Georgetown ai
making fair catches this wee!
Even if that is the case the!
boats will be heading homewai
just as soon as they learn ths
the local waters have starte
their production.
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SUPPLY MAN DIES
IN CHARLEST01
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S. C. Reynolds of Supply.
Hinson was a well-known resii
ent of the Supply communit;
having been the operator of
service station there for severs
years before beginning work t
government projects.
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HAVING YOU
DINE WITH US !
at
W. R U S S
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SHALLOTTE, N. C.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 19*^^
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depend upon seeing ! melons we have seen this year in totp
earliest release in His brother, Thompson, normally a ! t. ||
e in Southport . . . grower, didn't plant any this year for m . Hj
ying mussels along The wrestling faithful were back on thr >, r, Bj|
says that one of (jay night at Thalian Hall to welcome (i
man came down to their old friend. Cowboy Lutrell. 3
at how many bush- Ever so often we hear threats from t'. ?
had dug that day. that the men ought to be pressed into B
ding how hard it is t,)e sut-grica.l dressing work room. Well 9
y came from Clar- y0U'n promise to keep up the same i , 9
ne-armed man was > saticn after your outfit goes co-ed w< 9
test that he wasn t, can pr0misc you a good crowd . . . "Ti 9
t an induction cen-, Trail," featuring James Craig, is a glr 9
Id fit right in. He tern and plays tonight and tomorrow at :v. Ibe
culled out, but Amuzu. 9
him his job. "See The Noifolk blanch of the Soutlip Aiarr- El
otatoes in the bas- Association held a home town sessioi H
Lthere and tell him week-end. with Hannah Reece, David W |
e hear that Stacy Bill and Josephine Styron here ... A g ,
n the Coast Guard, for a dance came and went last week , H
rst load of water- lack of enthusiasm. Too bad. 1
Tobacco I
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set You can't hope.to do your best with your to. <4
"dj bacco crop if your tobacco barn and other ciirin? iji
equipment isn't in good shape. . . . WE HAVE? J
TOBACCO FLUES, TWINE ... I
LANTERNS . . . THERMOMETERS I
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