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PAGE TWO The State Port Pilot Southport, N. C. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editor (On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.) Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, at the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under the J Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, March 29, 1944 Deserved Commendation An official connected with the USO stated this week that among the many who have cooperated in the good work that the organization is doing, none is more worthy of commendation for their efforts than Captain James B. Church. According to all reports, Captain Church holds the USO as being next on the list to his house of worship, in being entitled to consideration and support. He is not devoting himself to the organization for the personal entertainment he gets there, far from it. He goes to work for the comfort and entertainment of the service men for whom the USO was created. ? ? ? - ? <11 Plain Speaking Mr. Churchill Sunday afternoon Mr. Winston Churchill, who stood almost alone in seeing ultimate victory during the darkest days in England, spoke over all British and American networks. In the course of his remarks he gave vent to expressions that some people may term more forceful than elegant. He declared that the guts of the German army had been largely torn out by Russian Valor and Generalship, adding that the British and American forces may win over the Japanese sooner than was expected. That Mr. Churchill was optimistic during the former dark days in England is no reason for one to assume he is overly optimistic in his expressions of last Sunday. Three years ago when the heart was being bombed out of London he believed that England would survive and win, but not without "blood, sweat and tears." Speaking, Sunday, of the critics who revile the British and American govern-ments as being composed of a set cx rlnwHWs and muddlers. Mr. Churchill said: "This country (England) should not forget that the administration brought the British Empire out of the jaws of death, back from the gates of hell, while all the world wondered." We Agree And Disagree It may be because we have a natural inclination to look on the bright side of Wrings. Also we have a lot of confidence in our farmers, they always pull through in a pinch. The bad start that is attending this year's farming operations as a result of prolonged rains will be overcome, and so will be much of the labor shortage. Our farmers will pull through somehow this year, make a wonderful crop and then look back and grin at all the worries they had in the spring. Last spring there was very little rain to hinder the preparation of farm land, Knf +Vio oifnotinn wae rtrpffv hfirl WV?V WAV iMWVi W.l/uwv.v.i " ~ and folks were gloomy. However, they settled down to what had to be done. They adjusted themselves and did well. This year the labor shortage is still more pronounced and a source of real worry. Added to that has been continued rains. The limited supply of labor has had to stand by, helpless and unable to do much toward starting the"' several months of unprecedented effort that must be put forth this year. We agree with our farmer friends that things look bad. At the same time we disagree with them; the rains will be over before they realize it and everything will be adjusted to go forward despite labor problems. To those who work, the harvest will come this year, just as it has always come. Lesson At Cassino Perhaps in the ruins of Cassino an object lesson is being taught exponents of modern air power concerning the effectiveness of air power in forcing the capitulation of a people. In what was called the greatest piece of concentrated bombing of the war, Cassino was so completely destroyed that not a building was left standing. If air power ever did its worst, it did it at Cassino. When the smoke lifted and the city at the foot of Mt. Cassino t * came again clearly into view, there was nothing but rubble and ruin where h city once stood. The blow was timed with the opening of a new ground offensive aimed at breaking the stalemate on the Cassino front. When the bombs stopped falling, the infantry moved expecting to find little opposition. But on the contrary, the new offensive to take Cassino is just as bitter as the one which failed before the saturation bombing, and at this writing the siege of the city has entered its 50th day and still the Fifth Army has not ousted the enemy. How did the enemy stand that type of bombing without being blown into eternity? Speculation would say that they burrowed underground where the bombs couldn't get them and when the bombing ceased came out like so many rats to keep up the fight. Roosevelt once chided Hitler for having failed to put a roof over his fortress. Now it's Hitler's turn to chide the Allies for having failed to produce bombs that would reach the underground basement of his fortress. If such bombing as Cassino under?rv.,irin'^ wrest that storied city VY Cllt VVUtvtM v - from the enemy's control, that in itself should provide the answer to whether air power alone can win this war. Obviously, all of Germany cannot be bombed as Cassino was.. Austere Reminder With hot lava as ammunition and an open volcano as a cannon mouth, Mt. Vesuvius, restless, implacable, and awesome, has joined the warring elements to demonstrate that war in Nature's way of making it is still the superior to anything that man can invent. Reminiscent of ancient days when the City of Pompeii became the victim of Vesuvius' wrath, recent days have seen the swallowing up of villages by molten weapons from Nature's armament in a manner befitting the anger of the gods. It is one of those awesome spectacles which leaves man conscious of his own inferiority in the face of the eternal elements. Fomented somewhere, somehow in the bowels of the earth by natural disturbances inexplicable to the human mind, the erupting lava of Mt. Vesuvius has been a spectacle to temper the vanity of men from the eternal ages past. It is one of Nature's austere reminders that man is linked with the infinite and that in the presence of the infinite he is infinitesimal. Pulpwood Vital To Red Cross Unless there is a continual flow of pulpwood into the mills, the American Red Cross Will be severely handicapped in its far flung missions of mercy among Allied service men overseas. The Red Cross drive this month and the Victory Pulpwood Campaign have a similar objective: to help American fighting men wherever they may be. Pulpwood does its part by protecting their equipment, medical supplies, and food in transit to the battlefront. More than 2500 medical items are packed in paper. Pulpwood makes the surgical dressings and supplies the blood plasma containers which Red Cross field men use in saving the lives and easing ? -? i-t the pam ot the wounaea. Every box of food, candy, and tobacco that goes to American prisoners of war in enemy territory is packed in paper-board made of pulpwood. And so is the welcome Christmas package which went to our fighting men by the thousands last year. Many of us cannot give the service men the personal attention that they get from the Red Cross. Our job is on the Home Front. But we can make their tasks easier, their lots more comfortable. We may indirectly save their lives. Pulpwood is one of our mediums. Contribute generously to the Red Cross and cut pulpwood for American fighting men everywhere. We cannot rise simply by demanding a higher place, or by assuming qualities we do not really possess. If we rise to the top, it must be by honestly and patiently earning our place. Egyptian rulers, as evidence of their greatness, built useless pyramids; Americans built skyscrapers they did not need. Were one to ask the old oak the secret of its success, and the tree were given a tongue to answer the question, the answer of the old gnarled veteran would be, "Indirection, the meeting of basic conditions fundamental to life." That is the message of the trees. i THE STATE PORT P1I New Unit May Be Adopted [Movement Under Way To Abolish Old Unit Of Measuring Pulpwood And ; Returning To Original , Measure i 1 If present plans for the meas- , urement of pulpwood are adopted, , the establishing unit of 160 cubic ] feet in the sale of this wood will , be abolished and the original cord j measure of 128 cubic feet will be | used, C. D. Baucom, of the State | Department of Agriculture , Weights and Measures division, , said recently. ( "The committee set up to study s the measurement of pulpwood ( sold in North Carolina has un- ^ animously agreed that one stand- ( ard of measure should be estab- j lished, and one only?and that j this standard should be the cord? t 128 cubic feet; and that all meas- r urement. regardless of the length a of size of the wood, should be s converted into the cord or a frac- e tion thereof," declared Baucom. r He said that the committee, i committee, composed of repre- t sentatives of pulp manufacture's, t forestry experts, farmers, and i weights and measures officials, is s of the opinion that "the term, y "unit," as used in measuring pulp- j wood is ambiguous and unstable in dimensions." j The committee has drawn up g an amendment to Weights and c Measures Regulation No. 14 and li has instructed Baucom to rewrite j this rule for subsequent submls- t sion to the State Board of Ag- t rlculture for formal adoption, ac- p cording to Baucom. i! He declared that details for e converting wood too long or too \ 1 heavy to stack were also included | e In the committee's recommenda- e tlons. p 1 Small Grain Crop \ Is Looking Fine I ___ v Crop Has Been Staging j? Wonderful Comeback c During Past Few Weeks p And Prospects Are Now c Excellent ii f County Agent J. E. Dodson says n that the Brunswick small grain e crop continues with the remark- jj able comeback which started a c month ago after the crops had t, suffered heavily from the abnorm- b al rains and severe cold weather. A like report came in this week t from Joe Ramsauer of the Pleas- t ant Oaks Plantation on the River Road. The plantation grows a large acreage in small grain and 0 it is said to be looking except- " ionally well now. The small grain on the Garand ? Chain Farms in North West town- g ship is also said to be exceptionally good. This concern operates t States. In this county they lease farms throughout the United g the Gaylord and other lands in North West and are making a v specialty of growing small grain. KILLED FOX WITH BUS Among the dozen or more reports of mad foxes being killed during the past week was one wherein a school bus was used as the instrument of execution. The bus belonged to the Leland school. It was in the vicinity of Winnabow when the driver. Jack Wells, saw the fox cutting up in the road just ahead of him. He bore down on it with his vehicle. Another mad fox was shot the next day at almost the same place, Bud Robinson being the executioner in this instance. WASHINGTON LETTER WASHINGTON, March 29. ? Congress is determined to take a recess or two weeks or more. The . House will finish most of its major appropriation bills for the next fiscal year. Only an unexpected development will prevent closing down the law-making fac- . tory about April first. Already a goodly number are absent on vari- ' ous pretexts which could be summarized as "political preserva- < tion." Hot primary fights are requiring the presence of those legislators seeking retention of their jobs. Many pending measures which the sponsors consider vital are kept bottled up in pre- . liamentary pigeon-hqles until the , Easter vacation is ended. The de- . cision to shut down the Capitol Hill machinery early in the t spring is well-calculated. Legisla- . tors would not dare leave town for a holiday once the European in- j vasion is actually underway. Many legislators anxious to return to their home districts are chafing under the uncertainties of c the week's program. A message 1 from the President regarding the v highly controversial soldier vote bill momentarily due is keeping 1 the restless solons chained to , their office duties. If tt is vetoed, j the leaders have the problem of mustering a heavy voting strength to over-ride White House 8 disapproval. Because of political 1 repercussions, the Congressmen 8 are trying to ascertain just what 8 the governors of their respective |( states telegraphed in response to j' X)T, SOUTHPORT, N. C. a recent White House poll of gubrnatorial sentiment. The Chief Executive can hold up his statement on the ballot bill until Friday. In the meantime, he is delaying definite plans for a recess. With the manpower situation increasingly grave, the struggle for a. workable solution continues in government circles. The armed sendees are calling for able-bodied men in large monthly quotas. It las been charged that many solliers and sailors are not being efficiently utilized. Assurances lave been given Congressional committees that the armed servces have set up special procdures :o check on efficiency of utiliza;ion and to reduce or eliminate nilitary installations that are 10 longer fully useful. A Senate committee recently stated the success or failure of such policies can be evaluated only after the var, when the conclusions reached will be largely academic. They eel that a blank check on mancower had to be given to the miliary because the secrecy that iecessarily enshrouds military trategy makes it undesirable to icrutinize the accuracy of the estimated requirements. Despite ecommendations of the Army and Javy for national service legislaion, Congress shows no inclinaion to go along with their ideas, t is an explosive home-front isue which may not come to a lead until the effects of the lending invasion is felt here. With shortages of certain food terns noted in many grocery tores, people often wonder what hances we have to produce in irger quantities. The Bureau of Lgricultural Economics supplied he House Appropriations Commitee with an estimate. . The food iroduction in the United States n 1943 is about 30 percent highr than it was on the averaere in 935 to 1939. It is more than has ver been done before. The govrnment experts figure our proslects like this: In the period from 935 to 1939 we produced food in his country for 130,000,000 peole. In 1945 we produced food for 70,000,000 people. Then they took . good look ahead and we said if hey had 10 more years under the . hip and spur of war they could iroduce enough food for 380,000,00 people at the 1943 level of ivilian food consumption. In genral, the conclusion was that this ould be done in aCout 10 years f the necessary labor, machinery, ertilizer, and other supplies were nade available. In general the xperts say that in 2 more years, E everything were available, we ould increase production enough o feed 220,000,000 people. On the asis on which we are consumig now, which is somewhere beween what we were accustomed o and strictly a rationed basis. Insurance companies, banks and thers with substantial investaents in farm property are careully watching the effect of war onditions on values. Developments a the farm real estate market ince the beginning of the present irar are strikingly similar to hose which occurred between 1914 nd 1918. Farm real estate valu s have advanced 25 percent since farch 1, 1939, which compares nth a 25 percent increase during he period between 1914 and 918. From these data it is found hat actual sales prices have inTeased 10 percent or more in nost of the important agriculural areas of the United States luring the past year. In some areas sales prices on arm real estate are up over 30 lercent in past 12 months. The lasic cause for these substantial ises in sales prices of farm real state is the sharp increase in arm income. The estimated years' cash farm income of American armers reached an all-time high f 19.9 billion dollars during 1943. t would be also be significant if he average size of mortgages ecorded continued to increase as t has up through the thrid quarer of 1943. Both of these trends iccurred in World Wdr I and vere clear indications that rising alues were being financed with iberal credit. ri. anrro Tc MJo W/UUllgV JLO 1TIUUV In Farm Gasoline Ration, Says OPA 'R" Gasoline Coupons Not To Be Valid At Retailing Station After April 1 RALEIGH, March 27. ? Based >n a test which was successful in Georgia and Florida in February, 'R" gasoline coupons issued to 'armers, boat owners and other >ff-highway users over the naion will not be valid at any reail filling station to purchase jasoline after April 1, the Raeigh district Office of Price Adninistration announced this week. This means that after April 1 >nly non-highway users who buy heir gasoline at bulk plants or vho have it delivered into storage anks on their own premises will lse the "R" coupons, while those vho get their gasoline at filling itations will use the one-gallon *E" coupon. The plan, which is designed to leal off one large source of black narket gasoline, has been approv!d by OPA's advisory committee :rom the oil industry, gasoline lealers and farm cooperatives ifter a survey of the test in f* Florida and Georgia. Because farmers cannot alway: estimate their needs exactly in ad vance, many of them have foum themselves with more coupon: than they can use and "R" coup jons have been showing up evei ' at city stations. This, OPA says has uncaustionably contributed t< illegal drains on the limited civil iar supply of gasoline, j There will be no change in thi j buying habits of non-highway 1 users. OPA explained. Those whi have been accustomed to buying their gas at filling stations will con tinue to do so, and will simply usi "E" coupons instead of "R". Hold ers of "R" coupons can exchange these for equivalent value of thei j local war price and rationing boards after demonstrating thei need for "E" coupons. To facilitate endorsement o: coupons, farmers are now permit ted to make a single endorsemen on the face of any unit or blocl of "R" or "E" coupons turnec over to the dealer for a single j purchase. Endorsement, in pencil or pen i consist merely of writing the pur j chaser's name and address jusl j once. Watch For Mold In Tobacco Bed Plants. Warns ' Recent Weather Conditions Have Been Favorable For Tobacco Blue Mold, Garris Says Recent weather conditions havt been favorable for the development of tobacco blue mold and I growers should be on the watch for this disease in their plant beds, particulraly in the Southeastern counties, warns Howard j Garriss, Extension plant pathologist at State College. He points out that spray ti atments should begin before the disease make its appearance, it | they are to effective. They are preventive measures. On the othjer hand, the gas treatment with P. D. B. can be begun when the blue mold appears in the bed because it is a "curative" treatment The supply of heavy muslir cloth needed in the gas treatmeni is definitely short. "Certain substitutes such as tarpaulins, bed ticking, or closely woven cottor sacks may have to be used this year. Growers should not trj | doubling regular plant bed canj vas to substitute for the heavj I cover, as unsatisfactory contro will result," Garriss says. He warns against "quack' i n cctLineuio xur uiue inuiu cuiiLrui jonly tried and tested materials should be used. The idea that blue mold can be controlled bj moth balls is erroneous, according to the pathologist. He reports that "the gas coming from motli balls is not known to have sufficient toxic effect on the blue mole 'germ' to kill it or slow up its growth." He suggests that growers w~it< | the Agricultural Editor, State college, Raleigh, for a free copy ol U. S. D. A. Bulletin AWI-77, entitled "Tobacco Blue Mold Con trol." HOG CHOLERA Hog cholera outbreaks in the U S. last year, as reported, wen about one-fourth greater than ir 1942. Veterinarians attribute this increase to the fact that then were more hogs on farms. BEEF CATTLE The cash income from beefani mals last year was more thar from all of our cotton and wheal combined, and it is usually mon than the cash income from hogs statisticians report. f* !! TEW X )( !! We Haw || TENNI I NICE Y< !! mui x I > | .... The Ix good mule for a i! sure to see our i ||| TERMS: Ca jx I Seth ] I'! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29 [JZGWWL i CARL I ;i f BROUGHT rue e'GUTH \ . !? ) AIPFCPCS tocuglanO , 4i ANOTUe TWTt-FTH !0 , fi, sis miP* )<l| A. .I !effect that the p9 Number Of Hogs ^tdhs ^,.^;;; ^ H ii i?fx i n? ,that the ft,st" Has Lttect Ull jcattle sale spon 4 be held in Demopolis. AlidBH > r?uln Morlfpt Carolina bro > Lailie lHaIIVvlion March 29. H. sai.l thatatr^^B I -C TT C 1 t-.-.t i . j VL IO nciciuiu "Ulis wouifj b" j ' Livestock Marketing Spec- at this auction, which:; ialist Sees No Reason, supervised by th H ' However, For Discour- Hereford Breeders Associate O agement Among Farmers Among the bulls to he ' jbe many from H.:i f , i r . RALEIGH, Mrch 27.?The great this state- u H I;" ' H| ' number of hogs now being mar- I- Case, both lea ' keted has "necessarily affected work in North Carolina, are : ' the cattle market to some extent, j selecting the animals Pr - but this situation will undoubted-1 sa'e' which is expected to av.yH ' ly be relieved within the next few i hundreds of the outstu- . 1 weeks," according to T. L. Gwyn/tle mrn 1,1 th'-' South. ' livestock marketing specialist in? 10 Gwyn. Sfflf with the State Department of Ag- ? H> riculture, FREEZER I.OihIK S . ,, A freezer locker plant is - "[ see no reason for chscourage- fo,. Elk... , ; me,lt a on* P;odu<*rs', forf cat" Perkins, assistant countv asei^Bl ! tle can ra,sed P??fi*?Wy at pre- ^ gtate c ^ . H sent prices, and these prices are ^ 1; likely to hold for some time," said ; H ' Gwyn. He added with emphasis 'jthat "there is now no surplus of, llj beef or of live cattle." T^T T^/^TTlTr1 H-d 'I Gwyn pointed out that last, [h | pj , |j j\)( BL fall there was some forced liquid' ation of cattle in certain sections _ _ . _.??,? v?\Tria 7^^ Rjj ' where drought conditions existed YY/L< I I } l\( 1 Pi 1 and where the feed shortage for- W s?' *?' - Li ' vj ' | ced some stock men to reduce _ __ ?? ggj 'I their herds. ;i Weld all Kinds 01 B "With the exception of a few FARM MACHINERY 8f| I congested markets where these Qr Anythill" You Want R| conditions prevailed, there has " 9 3 , been no serious decline in prices WELDED Hr. of finished beef or of the better B r ' grades of replacement cattle." ALL GRADt.b OF IRON 9, J It is Gwyn's opinion that with H i " the rising costs of feed and labor % i a* 1, 1 ' any further Government regula- lYlEUllSBV R1 ' tions would tend to raise rather ' Q| ' than lower price levels to produc- BOLIVIA, N. C. | To illustrate a sttaement ot the Rg 'R|TIiV|V?Tad * fJ ijR RRff I Pepsi-Cola Companu, Long Island Citu. AN ! 1 Franchise Bottler:?Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., of WHmlngt* JESSEE MULES I iRi kind that will please anyone wanting a II iny purpose. Ages 3 to 5 years old. II mules before trading or purchasing. II sh or Time to Please Purchaser jl L. Smith & Co. jl WHITEVILLE jl
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