PAGE 2 " The State Port Pilot \ Southport, N. G. Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Editoi (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 th< Act of March 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS 1.00 THREE MONTHS 75 Wednesday, June 14, 1944 Distance Will Lessen The Russian armies at Lwow are 500 air miles from Berlin; General Clark's 5th Army of American and British forces i? 737 miles from the German capital and in Normandy, France, last week, the greatest and most highly powered army of British and American soldiers took foothold 615 miles from Berlin. These are relatively short distances in this age of rapid transportation. The Allies are now nearer to Berlin than they were at any time before Armistice Day on November 11, 1918. The distance from Lwow, Rome and Le Harve must seem appallingly short to the few Germans who can think of themselves without promptings from the Hitler Goebels combination. There is an old saying "All roads lead to Rome". Before the year is out there will be a much traveled read from Rome to Berlin,- another from Le Havre to Berlin and a third from Lvvow to Berlin. The travel may be slow for the next few weeks, but it will be one way until the end of the road is reached and the flags of the three greatest countries are hoisted over Berlin. Liberation Has Begun The liberation of Europe has begun and while sons, brothers and husbands are overseas fighting for that liberty, } and our own, there has come a clear call for the American people at home to back them up by buying war bonds. It is a call that few who have the means and a clear undertaking can re sist. Those boys are fighting for us as ^ much as they are fighting for the libe, ration of Europe. United States War Bonds are the best investment in the United States today. We owe it to ourselves to make such investments and, far more, we owe it to the men who are in service, fighting our battles for us. In all previous war bonds sales Brunswick has gone over the top. This time let us do it in a hurrv. If vou have not bought yours yet do it this week, while the men in the service are having their hardest hours. Thousands are being killed or disabled and we can and should back them by buying bonds. No Other Course Open In ordering the County Attorney to foreclose all property on which taxes have not been paid for five years, the Board of Commissioners of Brunswick followed the only course left open to ! them. The debts of the county must be paid and current obligations must also be met. There is no fairness in taking tax money from those who will pay and letting go those who won't. The only i fair thing to do is to have all share the burden. A lot of the tax money that is now due the county became due simply because those who owe taxes failed to pay in the belief that neither previous Boards of Commissioners or this one would do anything to force payment. So long as they could get away with it they were content. We think that before any delinquent tax payer starts out to criticize the commissioners for ordering tax foreclosures, he should first talk over the matter with some of his neighbors who have been paying theirs. Get the viewpoint of the man who has been paying. Progress In The Medical Profession It will be welcome news to hundreds of thousands of fathers and mothers whose sons are in service in tropical countries to read the statement of Rear Admiral Luther Sheldon, Jr., Assistant -Chief of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, to the effect that "the danger of tropical diseases for our armed forces has been overcome to- a large extent." The Navy medical officers feel that they "have the problem licked." % Admiral Sheldon said that he was not now at liberty to give details on the conquest of the tropical diseases, but . to medical men who have heard his statement on the subject, it meant the . equivalent of a major victory on the r battlefield. t'j( The Railroads Of Tomorrow The Association of American Rail| roads has released an interesting report i ov the railroads of tomorrow. It is bas1 ecf on facts, not dreams. It says in part: "The railroad of today is, and the railroad of tomorrow will be, essentially a machine for the mass production of transportation with minimum expenditure! of labor and power, and with maximum efficiency. "... The track of the future will be made of better and tougher steel. It will have fewer joints ... It will be safer track and . . . make possible higher speeds ... it will enable a given unit of power to pull heavier trains. "... Cars will be made of lighter weight, high-tensile metals, not so much for the purpose of increasing the speed | of trains as of decreasing dead weight ... so that a given unit of power may perform a greater amount of transportation work. These cars will have improved draft gear . . . trucks . . . and brakes to permit smoother handling . . . "The locomite power of the future will be varied, depending on needs in particular situations . . . There will be a greatly accelerated use of Diesel power in road passenger and freight sen-ice, and even more in switching. There may be steam-turbine or gas-tur bine locomotives; or . . . There may be locomotives using the power of atomic explosion, but for a long while to come the bulk of the service will be accomplished by steam engines. In horsepower per axle, per pound of fuel, and especially in performance ability at speeds above forty miles per hour, the steam engine has shown startling development. "... On the passenger side, the line of development will be enlargement of the air-conditioned, streamlined era which was well underway when interrupted by war. There will be new types of all-room Pullman cars so arranged that rooms may be sold at not much more than the present price of a lower berth. There will be other sleeping cars designed to sell space at prices well below the present rate. The forerunners of both types of cars are in existence now ... In general, railroad passenger service will stress spaciousness, comfort and smartness rather than great increase in speed. About Buying Bonds The same good reasons exists for buying war bonds that have always existed. They are good investments. They provide financial nest eggs. They give to the individual a definite part in victory. They create a feeling of independence. They help to prevent price inflation. mi . i j. n?? j iney aia in controlling taxes. But now, more than ever, the purchase of bonds provides emotional outlet for patriotism. If there is any American whose heart did not beat with both pride and anxiety when the electrifying news was flashed around the world that Allied troops were, storming Hitler's Atlantic Wall on the beaches of Normandy, then go mark him down as unworthy of his noble heritage. And if support of Allied fighting men must be measured in terms of sound financial investment, good interest, financial nest eggs, and the like, then patriotism ends with security for one's pocketbook. We kid ourselves when we speak of sacrifice in connection with buying War Bonds. The only sacrifice entailed is the sacrifice imposed upon the beachhead men when we fail to buy them, them. This crucial hour of world hfstory is no time to reason about good financial returns from an investment in bonds. The attitude of patriotism is that which impels a man to say, "Yes, I'll buy bonds. I'll buy them even if I have no promise of ever receiving one penny interest. I'll buy them even if I know in advance that they are an outright gift instead of a sound investment." Even that wouldn't be sufficient appreciation for the sacrifices of the men who are taking the hell of war in stride, many of them giving their lives this very moment. % THE STATE POH An Editorial Last night a boy died. He was just like any other average American boy. tousled-haired, blue-eyed, with a spontaneous smile and friendliness that made him the attraction of any company. The other day he was at home and didn't know what it meant to be living in a world where killing was the principal art. He went to his work eaeh day with a spring in his step that meant certain success for him. He was alert, ambitious, keen. His neighbors said, "You needn't worry about him. He'll make his way." He had dreamed his dreams. One day he would have a business of his own and would know the deep inner content of coming through a wicket gate at night into a place called home. There would be peace there, the peace of independence, of companionship, of children playing around on the floor, of inner confidence that all was well. And best of all, he had built up an honor that was like a fortress. There was nothing small about his life or about his dreams. Handed down to him from the training of honorable parents was a heritage of honor which would never be besmirched. He was reared that way. To him character was a citadel in which he would live without interruption come what may. He was the life of parties in the neighborhood. His boy friends loved him because of his staunch, easy, natural friendship. Girl friends admired because they saw in him something they wanted in a man. Don't be misled. He wasn't perfect, nor scarcely did he aspire to be. He was an ordinary boy, facing ordinary temptations, with ordinary ambitions, and genuinely in love with folks and life. But he died last night. He died without knowing how he died. Like a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, it was 'blackout' for him. In company with comrades of battle, he had stormed the beachhead just as dawn had began to paint the eastern horizon with a glow of mixed gold and grey. During the night he had crossed the channel geared for battle. He hadn't said much. But his thoughts had overwhelmed him. This was it, the thing training had pointed for months on end. A nostalgic sweep of emotions seized him. He thought of a familiar street, and more familiar faces. Countless pictures of home raced in like torrents, ? the rose bush in the garden in full bloom when he left, the comfortable chair in the living room where he had spent many contented hours deep in the pages of a book, school days and school friends, the office force who had wished him good luck and Godspeed the day he left, the pride and heartbreak of a mother when she stood there and watched him leave carrying with him her hopes and his. And there was Skip, the dog, whose sky had fallen in when he had left. Even when the dim coastline of a fortessed continent began to silhouette against the horizon and he knew that zero hour was at hand, nostalgia still had him in its grips. He went in with the first wave. Afraid? Well, he was human and no amount of tough training could make a man entirely calm when he knew that his chances of coming through were not balanced in his favor. He hit the beach running amid the rattle of machine gun and the explosions of mortar fire. And then it happened. His gun dropped to the ground. He staggered. He crumpled and died. That was the end for him. The war was over without his knowing what had happened. Maybe that was your boy. It could have been. It was some mother's boy, some mother who would have gladly given her life if through that sacrifice she might have seen him spared to realize the dreams which he had nurtured so fondly. Listen folks! That isn't an imaginary story. That is happening this very moment on beachheads, in jungles, along sea-lanes, in skies around the world. And they are looking homeward for support. Looking to Southport and Brunswick county for what it takes to put an end to this killing. They are saying, "Buddy, buy an extra bond. It won't hurt you and it'll help us tremendously. We'll do the fighting and the dying. All we ask of you is to do the buying." Citizens of Southport and Brunswick county; Today is D-Day for you. The Fifth War Loan drive is now underway. Back the attack. Buy more than before. I COMBINES Combine schls are now being held in the Piedmont section of North Carolina under" the direction of Joe Blickle, Extension engineer. :T PILOT, SOUTHPORT, N. C NOT EXflC Bill Finch, young son of Mr. ta and Mrs. Pearce Cranmer, is an a enterprising young man. Lest ii week he set up a stand beside S Watson's Drug Store, which his, b father operates, and sold sherbet t I at a nickel a cup. He painted a t big sign advertising "Sherbet" fori sale and we understand that he g made $5.00 in cme day. Besides !c , having an eye for business, Bill (. apparently has a head for man- g agement. He succeeded in getting ^ other boys to do the work forij him and he didn't have to stay ! at his place of business unless he.L wanted to see how things were progressing. L Lawyer Dwight McEwen has a1 well equipped shop in the rear of i his office building where he 1 spends many pleasant hours 1 i making various things. Besides 9 j toys of all descriptions, Mr. Mc- \c i Ewen has made lamps, cabinets, ic' j and a number of other things, j ? j This is a hobby which keeps him 11 occupied at night when his of- j' I fice work is done and he says t j that it is a joy to him to keep I ! busy in this way. j c j Kenneth "Sonny" Kinsler can | r I be seen daily riding his newly'c WASHINGTON? LETTER |i !? WASHINGTON, June 14. ?18 Necessarily forced to play second 1 fiddle to the war, politicians are i1 striving to hold even a portion of s the public's attention on their do- i'' ings at the Chicago nominating conventions. They cannot afford i t iu aiiuw uie ucvciupiucui. an indifferent attitude in their bids g for the voters' support. Resigned 0 i as they are to a subordinate role, s their current plans call for whoop- e ing it up at the Windy City to o claim a fair share of the news o I coverage and radio time for their ii party's candidates. They are work-, ?. ing longer and faster to wind up ] a vital legislative matters before t next week's recess. Already a j vanguard of Republicans are in Chicago for pre-convention con-' ferences and transportation space I from here and New York is at a i premium. Working against time! is traceable to a desire of Con- j gress to override possible Presi- j dential vetoes of bills, like the O. P. A. extension measure. Both parties are not settled as to the wisdom of an all-summer recess tl I as compared with a month's ab- p jsence for the two conventions, is The fact is the rank and file of t< lawmakers cannot gauge the sentiments of their constitutents y as to whether it is best to stay, h here during the height of the in-jo vasion or go home for electioner- ] tl ing purposes. |u Congress itself was brought t< face to face with military opera- j p tions in the consideration of theo Army appropriation bill. The! House has not pinched the purse (ti strings. They proceeded to make|b the money available with the h contention that there is no war- j si rant for some current assumptions ' d that the war with Germany will [si terminate before the end of the|t< present calendar year. As our; i( armies advance, the money will g be provided for giving aid to i v civilians in recaptured areas while I occupied by pur military forces | fl and before such forces move onltl and safely can turn over such si responsibility to the United Na- h tions Relief and Rehabilitation. K Administration. It is officially ? stated by December 31, 1944, ap- 1< proximately 5,000,000 will be overseas and 2.7 million will remain w within the United States. The i 1 movement overseas will continue' T at a high rate during 1945. |e The legislators realize they have j ti the backing of public opinion in their grants of funds for war purposes. They are, however, tak- jv ing precautions to halt unwise ex-!s< penditures by military and naval |? men. Main objection to the use of ,s' blank checks by the military is d the use within the continental " United States. They are willing, to allow the military commanders | in actual theatres of war to spend 0 as the situation warrants. Freq-1' uently it is a military necessity '* that we feed the population be- 0 hind our own lines. News dispatches that the invasion forces were furnished with French currency J provoked interest on Capitol Hill as to the Army's policy. The occupation troops use two kinds of currency namely, "Spearhead" and "occupation" ? employed by 'r the United States forces in mili- ? tary operations. This distinctive h C'.ark was adopted partly for ^ curity reasons to permit the isola- v tion of the currency if it fell into v the area of dollar currency al- w ready in the hands of the enemy, 0: and partly to facilitate its entry into the United States by freeing io: it from present restrictions on a ordinary United States currency. |t! Contrary to wishful thinking,' ? Lt. General McNarney, Deputy 10 Chief of Staff, has emphasized to jt( the lawmakers that if the war d ended tomorrow we could not immediately reduce the size of the Army. There is the question of transporting the men back to the * United States and discharging u them, which will all take time, a minimum of probably 3 months before there would be any reduc- ' TLY NEWScquired pony. It is a white on nd he has a wonderful time rid rig him . . . Captain Charli Iwan is working hard to get hi oat painted and ready to go i he water on the coming hig ide. We heard from Mrs. Rudolpl landers the other day. She an ,'ommander Sanders and the tw ioys are living near San Diegc She enclosed a picture taken i 'ia Juana, Mexico, of Billy an ohn in a donkey cart with For est Meiere perched astride th lonkey. Billy had his arm in ling, having broken it just th lay after school closed. We stopped by Ash postoffic he other day and saw Mrs. Mar 3. Smith about whom we wrot ome time ago. She tells us tha ur write-up about her man lescendants in the Waccamai Ichool was correct but not com ilete. It seems we didn't hav hem all in. The correct informs ion, up to the time we talked t Irs. Smith, is that she has eleve hildren, forty three grandchild en. and twenty-nine great grand hildren. ion in the strength of the Arm; It is evident from the voluntar C!M?PV Hillmar ai utivv J lead of the C. I. O.'s Political Ac ion Committee, before a Senat lommittee \his week that the 01 :anized labor vote plays an impoi ant part in partisan calculations lie House had previously side tepped a measure which woul iave forced a roll call vote o abor amendments to the Pric Control Act. It is also reporte hat word has been passed dow he line to procurement agencies t 0 slow about cut-back procedure n war contracts. These conver ions or shut-downs of war mat rial production put thousands ou f work or require transfers t ther vital industries. The resul 3 that many employees canno ualify within the legal time limi s a resident voter?and there i he rub. Neely Warns Invasion Is Not Victor) Invasion is not victory but on I; he prelude to realization of th eace to which most of the work t looking forward "and the roa< 1 that peace is long and rough. This was the comment mad esterday by Lt. Cmdr. C. B leely of Raleigh, officer in chargi f recruiting and induction fo he Navy in North Carolina, ii rging young women of the stat > join the WAVES and "do you art in hastening the conclusioi f this war." "Many persons now are prom a minimize the scope of the wa ecause the long-awaited invaaioi as started, "Commander Neel; lid. "Nothing could be mor< amaging to the war effort. I till is, and will be for a long timi 5 come, the duty of every Amer :an to put forth his and he reatest efforts to bring abou ictory and peace. "Hundreds of men now on thi ighting fronts are there becaus hey were released from thei aore posts by young women whi ave donned the uniform of thi favy. Yet thousands of younj 'omen are urgently needed to re ;ase more men for combat duty. "The invasion, as was expected 'ill take a heavy toll of life hose who fall must be replaced hat is possible only through th nlistment of women who wil ike over jobs now confining mei ? shore duty. "The Navy is asking for mor /AVES . . . Bluejackets them lives are asking for WAVES ii rder that sailors might be as gned to ships. It is the patriotii uty of every young eligible wo ian whn nan fr\ Ky* ?* ? wv uc in unirorm oin the WAVES NOW.". Navy Recruiter G. W. Stewar f the Wilmington station, will bi 1 Whiteville, N. C. on Monday ti iterview women between the agei f 20 and 36 who are interestei l the WAVES. It ate Veterinarian Issues Warning RALEIGH, June 12.?A warn ig against the "promiscuous usi f calfhood vaccination in farn erds of cattle" has been issuet y Dr. William Moore, Stati eterinarian. He said the use o accine against Bang's diseas< 'ill tend to delay the eradicatioi f this disease. "A herd test is JJie only meani f determining infection in a here nd identifying '. eservoirs of thi isease. Calfhood vaccination t nly an adjunct to this, and to th< ther national measures directe( jward total eradication of Bang'i isease." FOOD With less labor available oi irms and in processing plants re need to continue to exert everj ffort to produce food to capa ity, say N. C. State College Ex snsion specialists. ' wrnNESDAY, JUNE 7, m, Wmfil m ? "" . j T**-* ^?"? y\~r ? t i.\ A ?*?~ - riiiiiiicii 1 xiiiucnng m > ;; Meat Production Controlled!1 _ 77 ?r,? !ders has disappeared. Tick wl d Greenwood Says North Car- has been eliminated in this Stat! I n olina Has Not Failed Ser- North Carolina has been declarelB 0 vice Men And Women In a modified accredited area wrr.^B d Production Of Meat For regard to Bang's disease. Bovi-';B 11 Military And Lend-Lease tuberculosis is no longer a ir.er.-l 0 Needs !ace to cattle grown in this seoB s ;tion of the Nation. Hog ch<%aH By Thompson Greenwood, Editor has been brought under effective N. C. Department of Agriculture control. H . t RALEIGH, June 11.? (AP) ? | At the present time. aecordi??^B '[ 0 This State has not failed its 365,- ; to Dr. Tyler, there are 135 veter- B 11000 service men and women in jnarians in this State standir; B 11 the production of meat for mili- watch over the cattle industry ari B 4 tary and lend-lease needs. ! the dairy industry. In his opinion B 3 Due to the close cooperation there is no chance of a recurn-r.. between the Veterinary division 04 44le ?'d obstacles faceil hv pr> Bl , .. , , , , ? ducers of meat and mill;. Govern- H/* of the N. C. Department of Ag- . , - . ^B . ,. , . ? ? -7 ment veterinarians inspect tfce nculture, virtually all the animals . ? meat supplies moving from thn diseases which hindered meat g{aje (0 far-flung battle lir.es B production in the critical days of H I the last war and the Civil Warl ^ als0 are 0,1 tho n,Plt on tte B I have been brought under control,"?rter lines of the t0 ^ B J according to Dr. N. B. Tyler, De- vent diseased cattle from brinsir.g partment veterinarian. new diseases from foreign lands. He said that at one time during Over 25 of this State's outstar.d- H f i the Civil War, for example, hog ing veterinarians are now in the H e I cholera swept through the land armeci services. When America B ' | like wildfire, carrying with it troop9 were making their last * millions of pounds of meat need- stani-| on Bataan and were force! H "ied at the front. Tick fever was to eat water buffalos and mon- H e, making huge inroads on the cat- l(0ys or starve, Army veterinar- H 1 tie herds. Clanders so reduced the jans inspected these foods to as c horse population in some areas certain [f they were healthful. r j that the army found it difficult to j At c LeJune. where many T.obtain suitable animals for its war (]o?s arr trai?e,i. veterinar r I nC?(!St' ? . . , inns are in charge of their health r| "At times meat for the troops'0vpr 3000 vcterinar|ans are at Vwas drastically restricted because j , ' rticipating in the war. (hogs and cattle had been killed by y 1 ' s these disease outbreaks in such .. . M r 'numbers that adequate meat sup- r O'flltZPI', I'PPil H 1 plies were unobtainable," asserted Q/il/?v I nri'POSf I f Dr. Tyler. 6 He recalled that during the June 1"-A repnr I closing days of the Civil War RALEIGH, J ^ H } leaders of the veterinary profes- from th0 ' ''' , j . ,, I - sion took steps to set up a na- Agriculture says tha a total d r tion-wide organization which 1.374.23 < tons o < H II could adopt planned veterinary a&ld^n ^MavTl'^t * I measures to cope with the live- * th? i. 5 stock diseases which were at that cJ|eas? of ' 8 '"j1" c< ' ^ ' B e time tearing at the heart of the 774.975 tons sold in th : S r cattle industry of the United iod a year ag0' . . > States Feed tonnage sold from July i. H ? 1943 to May 31 was 818.247. or H The World War production of 19 cent above the 687.524 for meat was great, but tick fever lhe peri0(i last year. still took its yearly toll, and H Bang's disease was a menace to WOODLANDS I livestock health. Farm woo(ilots offer an excel Since those days, however, the jent source of supplementary in serious diseases have one by one come Good management of wood been attacked and wiped out or i0t?i jn conjunction with general brought under control. Today, j farming, pays fine dividends, say hoof and mouth disease has been i forestry experts. H banished from this country. Glan- ; H W. B. & S. BUS LINES. Inc. | I Southport, N. C. BUS SCHEDULES s Effective June 16, 1944 3 SOUTHPORT TO WILMINGTON 9 i Monday - Saturday LEAVE ARRIVE Read Down Read Up AM AM AM PM PM AM I'M PM |MI , 5:15 7:00 9:00 4:00 0:00 Sou f li port 8:30 3:00 5:30 7 Jj 5:45 7:30 9:30 4:30 0:30 Supply 8:00 2:35 5:00 < 11 . ; . fi:00 7:45 9:15 4:45 6:45 Bolivia 7:45 2:20 4:45 T"i! 0:15 8:00 10:00 5:00 7:00 Wlanahow 7:30 2:05 4:20 < 7 0:25 8:15 10:15 5:15 7:15 l.naval* 7:15 1:50 4:15 0 ' n fi:4? 8:30 10:30 5:30 7:30 Wilmington 7:00 1:35 4:00 l>-" ' t SUNDAY 84 IIKDUI.E 3 7:30 10:45 4:15 0:00 Sonlhport 10:25 3:00 7:45 11 f 8:00 U:15 1:15 0 30 Supply 9:55 2:30 7:15 8:15 11:30 5:00 6:15 Bolivia 9:40 2:15 7:00 10:40 e 8:30 11:45 5:15 7:00 Wlanahow 9:25 2:00 0:15 W:.j 8:40 11:55 5:25 7:10 I.aarale 9:15 1:50 6:35 0 I ' 8:55 12:10 3:40 7:25 Wilmington 9:00 1:35 0:20 10:"" 3 SOUTH PtIRT TO WHITEVII.TE j I;?5 ? Southport 0:40 Supply 0:10 8 8:20 Slmllotte 5:55 ~ 8:50 A,h, P0Kt office 5:25 3 9:10 Old Dork 5:05 8 ?:-o New Rranftwlrk 4:50 j 9:45 f Whltrrllle 4:30 3 SOUTH POET TO SHIPYARD J:"? 1:30 9:30 Southport 9:00 5:25 1:25 ?:2? 1:55 9:55 Mill trrrk 8:35 5:00 11:50 2:05 10:15 Winnahow 8:15 4:40 11:35 0:0" 2:20 10:30 Bnntale 8:00 4:25 11:20 , 6:30 2:50 11:00 Shipyard 7:25 3:53 11:55 I, SHALIjOTTE TO SniPYAKD r 4 :(45 1:15 Shallntte ' 5:35 1:30 f:J? LeJJ Supply 5:20 1:15 " 0:20 1:50 DnUvIa 5:00 12:55 - 2:10 Wlanahow 4:40 12:35 2-30 UantnJe 4:25 12:20 0:30 3:00 Shipyard 3:55 11:55 ? /