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! page 4 ' The State Port Pilot j Southport, N. G. - Published Every Wednesday JAMES M. HARPER, JR Edit (On Leave of Absence, In U. S. N. R.) . Entered as second-class matter April 20, 1928, the Post Office at Southport, N. C., under t . Act of J arch 3, 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATES one year $1.5 six months l.< Three months ' Wednesday, August 23, 1944 Post-War Planning The State and National Governments cities, towns and communities are do ing much praiseworthy planning foi ithe benefit of the returning soldier; Avhen the war ends. For the most part ,the outline of these plans indicates f wholehearted effort to aid the return ing men. It appeal's to us that one good plar ivhich would apply everywhere would Jbe to let the boys return, find out what they personally wish to do, and then exercise every possible effort toward aiding them to attain their desires Those boys will know far better when they return what they want to do than we can know for them. Brunswick county has some wonder; ful farming opportunities. It has many thousands of acres of fine unused farm lands, a long growing season for crops j and a wonderful cdimate to assist these K,-x ol tr\ thp WOvkei'S crups auu uc ucuvuvuu vw while they are being grown. Thousands of returning soldiers will be interested in farming. This county and this section of the state could plan for nothing better than to attract atention to and make available their farm lands to the boys returning from overseas. General Pat ton? The world was shocked last winter and thousands called for the scalp of General George S. Patton when he made the mistake, which he admitted, of slapping a soldier in his command. The thousands were disappointed. The War Department deplored the action of General Patton. At the same time his superiors realized that he was a top-ranking soldier, that the country needed him. General Patton continued as a soldier, but undoubtedly and in the dog house. He disappeared from press releases and no one knew where he was. 1 ?/ Last week many Americans glowed with pride when it was revealed that the United States Third Army was under the command of Major-General George S. Patton. With the revealing of the name of the commander it was understood for the first time how the hard-driven 3rd Army had been able to make its immortal sweep across France. Old "Blood and Guts" was leading it. Major-General Patton is out of the dog house. Getting Their Reward The marketing of the 1944 crop o1 tobacco is now in full swing. Farmer: everyw'here appear to be pleased wit! the size and quality of the crop thej produced this year. They are likewise apparently satisfied with the prices the crop is bringing. This year there ha: been less dissatisfaction than ever be fore with the price that the farmer i: paid for the weed. Made under the enormous difficult; of labor and implement shortage, ane the excessive rains that forced a lab start, this year's crop called for thi hardest labor that has ever been ex pended by the workers available in thi production of a tobacco crop. We be lieve that few will dispute the clain that the average farmer has had t work twice as hard this year as eve before. The tobacco growers deserve th good crop and the good price that it i nowr bringing on the markets. The fanfolks have made good on the horn front while their relatives and friend were overseas or engaged in defens work. They deserve the reward ths they are now getting. No Time For Incompetence Another cut in the octane rating c gasoline has been made. This mean that your car will knock a little loude on hills and hard pulls. The better ga: oline has gone overseas to fight th A war. American oil companies are supplying the bulk of the oil for the Allies, i . It is due to no fault of the oil indus- J _ try that theie is an oil shortage at ; home. It is a miracle that the shortage _ has not been greater. The industry or could most certainly get more oil in I this country with a little more steel ~ and manpower, and if independent he producers and wildcatters were not dis! couraged in their hunt for oil by arbi? trarily low prices. 50 No one resents oil shortages and low)0 er octane rating imposed by war neces- j T5 sity. But they do resent any national ? j oil policy or price fixing that prevents or discourages companies from seeking new oil reserves which would increase production. Wanted: High School Students \ r This coming year Uncle Sam will need boys and girls of high school age t* for the most important job in the world ?important both for themselves and for their country. He will need them to prepare to serve in a thousand ways I anywhere from a year or two to eight ; or ten years from now. He needs them L to go to high school. ' Just before the war the high-school population of the United States reach1 ed an all-time high of 7,244,000. Since 1 then it has dropped by a round million. If this decline continues education in this country is going into a tailspin just when we need educated young people most. 1 All sorts of reasons, good, bad and middling, are given for the falling-off. 1 Young folks want to feel their oats by earning money; they want to be of service; they are lured by thoughtless employers; they want to contribute to the family upkeep; they are afraid they can't get jobs later if they don't take them now; they aren't sure that education is what it is cracked up to be. It's hard to blame them. Youth is experimental. It finds it hard to take the long view. But their elders ought to labor with them. They ought to be made to see that time invested in study now will pay the richest sort of dividends in usefulness to their country, in helpfulness fo their families, in the happiness that comes from possessing' knowledge and skill. Maybe there are cases where the money a boy or girl can earn is really needed by parents. Even in such cases it is possible to keep a little study going, an evening course or two, anything to keep the eager young mind from stagnating at the yery age when it learns most easily. When the school bells ring this fall they ought to sound like bugles. We need these students just as truly as we need soldiers, sailors, and marines. i Security 1 alks The four-power security conference opening today in Washington at which representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Russia and China will conduct preliminary conversations on the formation of a world security organization is all the more significant in : the light of breath-taking events in Europe. Events on the battlefield are suggesting that the need for an early T security organization of world powers , is an imminent imperative. Collapsing * German arms presage total victory in I Europe before the leaves of autumn ' fall. 5 To have arrived at the broad outline of the type of world security organiza*' tion desirable before victory will have 1 paved the way for filling in the con2 crete details with relatively little loss B of time after the war. It is important, too, that agreement be reached now e regarding specific details of the Allied occupation of enemy territory after the 11 war. President Roosevelt says that the 0 fact of the occupation is settled ber tween the Allies but that details such as what territory shall be occupied by e each have not been worked out as yet. s One of the first matters on the agenda 11 of the conference beginning today e might well have to do with just that. Is e Before the war the United States lt consumed $100,000,000 worth of Scotch' whiskey annually. Those are the kind of figures Scotsmen as well as the Americans got a kick out of. ?f Weeding the lawn, according to a is physical culture teacher, is one of the ir healthiest of exercises. Zadok Dumpopf 3- says he prefers to continue enjoying e his ease and feeble muscles. N V THE STATE PORT PILOT, Returned Prise Conditions In ( - *" Conditions in American and British officers' prison camps in Germany are qpite good from the standpoint of comfort, educational and recreational facilities and health and morale-sustaining activities, according to a firsthand report received from a repatriated United States Army Air Forces officer. The officer, Lieutenant Robert 1 M. Janson, 28-year-old Flying! Fortress navigator, parachuted out over Northern Germany, r fracturing his back and paraly- ! zing his right leg, and came back to the United States on the S. S. Gripsholm after spending seven months in four hospitals throughout Germany and staying some time at "he main Air Force Offi cer's Camp, Stalag Luft 3, locat- 1 ed near Sagan, Germany. In an interview given the National War Fund and the United War Fund of North Carolina, Lt. Janson described prison camp life | in detail Officers are imprisoned in specie.l camps, and after roll call at 10 a. m. they are left to their own devices, and the Germans do not bother anyone within the enclosures, he said. Morale among the men, some of whom have been prisoners for more than a year and must re- '1 main until the end of the war, is ' unusually good, and the officers 1 are taking advantage of all op- i portunities to keep themselves i? 1 perfect health, indulging in all 1 forms of outdoor sport. Lt. Jan- 1 son reported. Many of the men' plan to stay in the Army after , the war, and are hard at work ] preparing for stiff examinations ] they must take in order to qualify | for the regular Army. Classes in j mathematics, history and lan- ( guages have been organized, and I some of the men are taking pre- i scribed courses from London Uni- ' versity. ; j There is a small reference I library and a good reading library I where books may be checked out, ' ; A T'V.^v mn^Aritv rsf . Uie UlllVCI saiu. J. lie Iiiajuni.jr VI t the reading matter was supplied 1 through the War Prisoners Aid. I He reported that the men's I clothing is adequate. The Ger- ] mans, he declared, are adhering fairly well to the Geneva Conven-1 tion prohibition of the confiscat- ' ing of uniforms, and adequate ' supplies of regular clothing are 1 on hand and are issued by American supply officers. Besides the German issue of two blankets,j each man gets either a Red Cross 1 blanket or an Army blanket. ( * The camp, which consists of < four compounds?barbed wire enclosures with barracks?two Brit-' ish and two American, each con-' taining about 800 men, is organ-, ized internally on a military basis. The prisoners have their own commanding officers, and everything is run along much the same lines as an American Ar-; my camp. Complaints, questions and requests are routed to- the German commanding officer i through the camp's own officers. I A Swiss medical board visits the camp two or three times a year j to see any prisoner who wishes to apply for repatriation because of wounds, sickness or the necessity of special medical care. Mail from home comes through quite regularly once a prisoner | arrives at his permanent camp. The Germans have a staff of 60 censors working daily on mail and parcels. Packages are opened before the recipient in camp, and a receipt is given him for anything liictl is uuiiuucaiea. Through the War Prisoners Aid, Lt. Janson said, equipment for softiiall, basketball and football has been provided. In addition to Ihe football field, baseball diamond and basketball court, there is a haf-mile perimeter track. A. large skating rink has been constructed, but when Lt. Janson left it had not been cold enough to freeze it. Besides sports and library facilities, there are several phonographs in camp and a supply of records sent through the War Prisoners Aid. One compound boasts ?. 14-piece band, with the men making their own musical arrangements. There is a theatre, where shows are produced. HINTS TO HOME-MAKERS > By RUTH CURRENT X. C. STATE COLLEGE 1 As a vitamin C rich food, tomatoes are among the best One good-sized, vine-ripened tomato will give you about half yourj day's quota of vitamin C, as well as a generous amount of vitamin A. To get the most good from tomatoes, eat them raw and fresh. But remember, they hold a large share of their vitamins even when cooked or canned. Greens from fall gardens can: do much to help the family build up a vitamin A supply for winter health. Eating plentifully of green and yellow vegetables this, fall is good winter health insurance for everyone. BREEDING Calves of beef cattle should be dropped in the Spring, not all1 through the year. - akr.. : , SOUTHPORT, N. C. >ner Describes1 merman Camp Thinning Wooded j Land Profitable I Forester Avers Thinning and selective cutting Df woodlands can provide farmers j with extra cash income, spread labor requirements on the farm, and improve future timber crops, | says Extension Farm Forester Donald F. Traylor of the State College Extension Service. "Growers can profitably follow a program carried out by Brady Rogers of Wadesboro, Rt. 1, who cut 11.600 board feet of saw logs and 100 cords of pulpwood, with the help of two neighbors, from his 12-acre loblolly pine woodland," notes Traylor. The logging, sawing, and hauling of the sawlogs was contract- i ed for at $15 per thousand board feet. Rogers reserved 3,600 board feet of lumber to build a garage and got ten cords of slab material for fuel wood. The cutting operation on the 12 acres was completed in 19 clays. After paying himself and his neighbors $3.60 a day, Rogers' net return from the lumber and pulpwood was $38.24 per acre. The pulpwood was sold in the woods, unraeked, for $4.88 per :ord. ALLIED FORCES MOVE FARTHER INTO FRANCE 1 Continued E"r< m Page One) many, the week's war news from che Pacific has ranked proportionately encouraging with that vhirh has come out of Europe, rhe Japanese have been steadily pushed back and apparently know that they face utimate destruction or unconditional surrender, rhe Allied forces in the Pacific are steadily carrying the war to the Japs. The fall of the already tottering Germany will hasten the overwhelming of Japan. CHICKENS North Carolina hatcheries prodiced 23 per cent less chickens 'rom December through June than last year. ELECTRICITY Be sure the hands and feet ire dry when handling electrical equipment, and don't stand on a lamp spot. WARE I ' ' Raymond Crutchfield Grad I *r > To weigh as better and sell b( bouse floor spac< FIRST SAL] Cri RAYMOND & Gi ,4 Captain Bowmer ! ??? "J Buys Two Boats needs for woo 1 ' Capt. H. T. Bowner, who sold lis small sport fishing- boat somelime ago, has bought a 40 foot TIRES :raft from Ed Willis of Beaufort. He will be ready to handle fish- VULCAN ng parties with this boat in a :ew days. In addition to the above boat,' Let us Captain Bowner, with an eye to ncreased sport fishing next year, j las purchased another boat from j ^ j 1. A. Arnold of Southport. ThisJ aa ' joat will not be available until mrly spring. j I You Should A TT7/1 TT i\w<xy jlvw i ? > ,o,'si9tit w^* I >0U*fn ^wTe' & tgSSSr^ >y<wi y WACCAM/ BANK AND TRUST CO) ? 1 ?TTr?Lir u i inr HOUSE WI l1... Is Happy to serve yc 1 Farmer, and wants to 1 more farmers in selling | CROP OF TOBACC I And We Can With Your e Your Tol Bigger Pi near 300-Bbs. as possible. ;tter... and in doing this \* e to take care of your neighl E THURS- 2^d SAL1 iitchfield War VITHER GRUTCHFIELD, WEDNESDAY, Alien*, ^ B ging presents the growing stock for r=!5Sa*^^^K f supplying war /Hi d and .maintaining uirements- W "tobeT"" ' B GROCERIES ? FRESH FISH K IZING, AUTO PARTS AND REpATPe ICE FOR SALE * p You With Your Tire Application Bri 8 us Your Certificates 'n? DELL B L A N T 0 N V SUPPLY, N. C. H jjymijy mii i pi1 iiiinii hi ip ^ ii ii Y b Store K an liars Too! B 0ve ? r bo^t/t^esu/ IW liv, MY w l IELD ilTE VILLE serve;. , I their .' Gaither Crutchfield 9 bacco In II les I Four tobacco will look II re will have more ware- I bor's tobacco. 11 ^WEDNESDAY I ehouse I BUCK WALL, Auctioneer 11 11
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