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Page Two THE PILOT PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY B* THE PILOT. INCORPORATED SOUTHERN PINES. NORTH CAROLINA JAMES BOYD - • PUBLISHER DAN S. RAY • - • GENERAL MANAOER BESSIE CAMERON SMITH - • • EDITOR CHARLES MACAULEY - * CITY EDITOR MARY BAXTER • ■ - - SOCIETY EDITOR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS HELEN K BUTLER WALLACE IRWIN G. THOMPSON, JR., JAMES E. PATE SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR •IX MONTHS '- S0 THREE MONTHS ------ -7S ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOUTH ERN PINES, N. C.. AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS - - - WHAT CAN I DO? The following essay, one of the finest articles of its kind that has come to our attention, was written by an American soldier and was the prize winner in a contest open to both British and American soldiers. It ap peared under the above title in an army paper published in Lon don. We quote: "I'm strictly a G- I. Joe. patiently working and longing for the day that this war is over and the lights go on in Times Square and in Pic-! adilly Circus. "There will come a day when all G- I. Joes will be returning home to their Josephines, back to the bust ling city, or the quiet spot in the country; back to Bangor, Me. or Bellaire, Ohio, or Burbank, Calif. "After this war we'll probably say that we have had more than our share. Just like the boys of 'l7, we'll j say. "God keep us from another one." "Mere wishes and soft words will not be enough. Isolationism will be | just a memory after this war, what; with airplanes, radio and television • Ui|ity between countries will be necessary for us to survive, just as unity among the states is necessary for the United States to survive. "We shall have to enlarge our thinking and to revise our geogra- j phy books- We shall have to know the countries of the world as we now know our states. We shall have to get along with the British, just as the North Carolinans get along with the South Carolinans, the Ohioans with the West Virginians "For in unity with the British, and j other countries as well, there will I be strength and the force to prevent j another war- The sooner this reali zation comes to all o* us, the more substantial will be our plans for, lasting peace. "As for what I can do to achieve j this aim, I know that I am going to appoint myself as a committee of one (and this I urge every other Amer ican in this country to do) to main- ; tain and expand my relations with | the British. "No matter how you may fee! , about the British, or whether you criticize this and that about them this one convincing fact remains: "In the final analysis, and taking all things into consideration, the British are far kinder to us than we are to them "This has been demonstrated to me on numerous occasions. Once, in . a Midlands town in the dark of early morning, a work-bound villager walked three blocks out of his way j to direct me to a railway station > during the blackout. In London, I asked a British soldier walking in the opposite direction to tell me where a certain hotel was- He did better than that. Over my protests he turned about and walked me to the hotel and pointed to the door- These were several instances in which "You Cawn't miss it" were true, for in each case I was taken to the very door of the establishment I was seeking. "Another time I was on a train from Liverpool to London when one Englishman gave me his morning paper as he left the train at the first stop. I protested that he had not read it. but he simply said, "You have a long way to go, and nothing to read." With that he was gone, but he left behind a grateful and respectful Yank "l am a newspaper reporter, and I expect to tell what readers I have about the British. In fact, I started doing these things long ago- It's not a case of waiting until the war is over it's a matter of starting now! "I, as an American citizen with a hand in the control of our govern ment, am going to advocate anything that will enable the English to know us better or vice versa "l am going to urge internationa' snorts, and more of them; interna tiona! good-will visits; internationa. tudy- I am going to propose, or get lehind the first man who does, a ystem whereby thousands of Eng ish students can come to America or a year of study while thousands of ours go to England. "This will accompl.sn wonders, jven now, Americans who have met Air Sorce men in training in he United States rave about what grand boys they are and how fine t is that they have come to Amer ca to know us a bit better- God :rant that the Yanks over here are 'eaving as favorable an impression with the folks that we meet here. "I am going to argue with anyone 'vho runs down the British, because i I think he is wrong. Sure, the British i alk "tunny" to us- They have words i snd expressions that we never heard • of; but until we reached England . hey had never heard some of our own "funny" talk, such as "put it •n the cuff," "I'll take a raincheck on it," and even "candy". "My angle is this- If all of us sit io.vn and realize, calmly and sanely . just what we're up against in getting i lasting peace, then we'll want to maintain good relations everywhere. 1 And we might as well start working ; on that resolve right now. "There are and have been, hun dreds of thousands of Yanks here- Every single one of them is an am bassador. and when he returns home he can do a lot of good by simply telling the truth—how well we were treated "He can go home and gripe about not getting candy at the shops, or j about eating too much mutton, or not having ice cream; but he should realize that he is being unfair and harsh if he does that. And he is not thinking "England is only seven minutes away from the nearest German bombers. England has been battered, and has proven that she can take it i and dish it out. as well. "America loves that quality in everybody. The English have it. So do we, | "The English eagerly want to get j along with us. We really want to get j along with them. So let's start- Not tomorrow, or even when the war's over, but NOW. "United, after this war England and America can keep any country in the world from getting war j ambitious. That means lasting peace, and that is why we are here, and it s why we are not through with our job when we get home." GRAINS OF SAND Negroes are asking to be allowed j n professional baseball. ! The magnates say there is no rule j keeping them out— i A phony answer. Bettei teli them they aren't wel come and why. The problem of the negro in base ; ball won't be easy to solve— Especially when the club is trav elling. I * But until it is solved— We can't quite claim the game is | ,he national pastime. ; Someday it will be solved. And baseball will have negroes— And some of them will equal Jesse ; Owens, the Midnight Express, and Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber— In skill and popularity. Nelson Hyde, former editor of j this information sheet but now hold j ing forth on the staff of the Even ing Bulletin, Philadelphia, writes THE PILOT: | "I expect to be down for a couple ;of days at Christmas time, so will | see you. | "I want to find out if Wallace Ir i win is paid $2.50 in real cash money— | "Or in a credit on Dorn's or Patch's. Things have changed, so I don't know about these things. On Monday, December 13th, 13 cases were tried in Moore County Recorder's Court. It's no wonder practically all were found guilty and fined. PLEASE STAY HOME. URGES ODT Civilians are urgently requested by the Office of Defense Transpor tation to give up all pleasure trips on trains or intercity buses from December 17 through January 10. Joseph B- Eastman, ODT director, requested civilians to defer even necessary travel, wherever possible, until after January 10. Because of supply limitations, few extra trains can be operated over the holidays. l Unless civilians stay home, accomo dations for furlough and essential i war business travel cannot be as-' sured. THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina ; The Public Speaking i JTo the Editor: * f I don't like letters, but they are i I the only means of comment on so i . I many-sided a subject as "Army In t vasion" without causing an imrned- Jiate interruption, argument or fight, t | As one who tried, and gave up, I ; | feel able to remark with understand . ! ing and impersonal feeling on con jjditions arising with the great num e! ber of soldier dependents arriving T every day in this small town. We feel a wish to welcome them, 1 j: we are sorry that the town does not » offer them accommodations accord ! ing to their neeeds and desires, we | s j sympathize very much with them j I for wanting to be with their hus- j 11 bands, we stand aside in grocery r I stores to let a stranger in town be' t! taken care of. We send less to clean- j { j ers because of the tremendous extra i amount put on two small establish- 1 t ments, that used to care for us well and comfortably. We reduce our ■ , ] laundry, not to burden the small 3 1 business that was ample for our re- 1 quirements. We are glad to take i , milk every other day and half the' amount we need because so many more people must be served by the • same source of supply. | 1 We are asked to open our extra 1 100 m space to let people have homes. ]• The amount of rent asked barely,' covers expenses of giving the use : of our personal things and the extra ' cost of each added person in a house. 1 ' Damages are not paid for and extra privileges are asked and given. I ; It is war time and we must help, I ' but is help all one way? j 1 ' j lhe expressions are neard often, • | "you don t understand" ana "we, in 11 I tne army ana relerences made to 11 ' j "you'' and "us" as two opposite l 1 1 ! gi oups. 1 wondor it these people do ' 1 I I not know that we have our boys at ' |iar olt places and many at the iront,! ! j tnat makes us anxious to give to 1 those still here all the comiort we ' I I can. ,1 j The town is crowded, and de- ' I manas are insistent tor service a.u 1 ! places to live and eat. The prices 1 asked by restaurants and for rooms' ;is small for what is ex- j' pected and available. Now I mere seems to be agitation to 1 lower the amount that can be asked' 1 xor a room or apartment. But tne 11 test of each extra person in a house ( ' is barely covered aiready and some- 1 ' ■ I times more than tne amount paid— | and the house owners' expenses j have risen but army pay is not re '• auced. I' | borne people would like to know j * j what advantage to the town it will I 1 , be to lower the rents and let a great- j' er number of people come in;—and ' where will they eat? and how will their needs be supplied? The one way to remedy the over- j crowding is to make the cost of a room to live in higher, so that few er people will travel to towns with out facilities to care for them and so reduce the dining room conges «: J:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::*.::::::;.' j] Christmas I i I Many items usually given will not he K * r s: obtainable this year But I | 1 There will he 110 shortage of hooks, jj j Books as presents last longer, cost less and give j; i pleasure io more people. We, have a very good ji ; stock. Please shop early. j 5 Bibles Adventure ji | Poetry j! j 1 New Testaments 011 The War jl I - Travel ■ 1 * « : Prayer Hooks (look Books h 1 Fiction | ~ Religious Books Mysteries | J Biography I I Dictionaries Westerns | The (lassies and Books for Children of all ages. I - : 8 f 1 Lots of the new and many of the best J ! Old Books. j , ' Ask for our new catalogue. j • HAYES' | SANDHILLS BOOK SHOP 1 SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. tion, the over work of laundry and cleaners and grocers, to say :iothin{ of maternity wards and A. B. Cs. If families must come to where the : men are training, it should be under ■ army regulation and allowance, and • no family should move without per- ; mission, when suitable accomoda tions are guaranteed either in gov- : ernment run hotels or apartment j houses for army use. But if some one should prefer living in a private home and can afford that luxury then let them arrange such, according to what is at hand. And so eliminate the j conditions meeting poor uninformed j discouraged people arriving in a J small country town with no olace to go—as well as letting up on the ' uncertain, crowded and hazardous | train rides. A personal aspect comes up, when comparison is made of the renters' ability to pay for what they get in relation to the kind of place where they are willing to live, and the cost of upkeep and desirability of the place that is offered to rent. But when those whose homes are | "Invaded" ask the lowest possible amount that will cover extra cost | of having increased number of peo ple living in their house, see these | same people out-laying money for large amounts of liquor, cokes and j 'smokes, clothes and gasoline, all of: which are restricted or denied Sou- 1 thern Pines people because they are j "not in the army"—the home people . are inclined to reserve their hospi- j tality for family and personal friends only. But in reality, our own boys are much more "in the army" than these j who are still at home, though we 1 enjoy none of the special privileges that our overnight visitors have So why is it necessary or even ' advisable to take from him who hath I not and give to hiin who already! hath—and make it impossible for the j people with a home and no money to j entertain visitors who want a home and csn and are willing to pay for ; value received. Signed— Anna B. Prizer j P. S. 1 - In Charlotte, last week, I paid '•• three dollars and thirty cents "or I•« a dirty room, the like of which peo- j |: Die don't have ?n their houses, with •• less comfort Jnd no privileges and •: the government is asking these peo- Sj pie to have two people in a room « for eight dollars and fifty cents for j :i a week—What? When really two I!j people paying fifteen dollars a week, 1 •• $1 a day per person—road house jli prices—barely covers cost, without 1 overhead up keep, or damages and j ji repairs contingent to owning aj Ij house. ! jj I Ti Do your /CM+M\ C'liriMnias Chop- IWjpy ping t-arly 1 —- - 111 [lnflow Tweeds I j (iustom Tailoring by Our Regular Staff | Ample Selection of Virgin Wool Tweeds READY-TO-WEAR MODELS I Hats Bags Accessories Plant and Sales Room MIDLAND ROAD Halfway between Pinehurst and Southern Pines Telephones: Southern Pines 5812 Pinehurst 4832 CLOSED THURSDAY AFTERNOONS TRADI-MARK Bottled under authority of The Coco-Colo Company by COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO., ABERDEEN, N. C. Sunrise Theatre SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. Shows Nightly at 7:30 and 9:15 P. M. :: Matinee Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 i: Saturday, Dec. 18 i? This is a new picture. We won't know the name or who •; is the Star player until Saturday. Sunday, Dec. 19 :: Warner Baxter and Margaret Lindsay in "CRIME DOCTOR" 1! :: Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 20, 21 Lum and Abner in :i "SO THIS IS WASHINGTON" Wednesday, Dec 22 Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake in "IT'S A GREAT LIFE" Thursday and Friday, Dec. 23, 24 Edward G. Robinson and Marguerite Chapman in "DESTROYER" Highland Pines Inn I East Massachusetts Avenue WEYMOUTH HEIGHTS Fall and Winter Season Excellent Food and Service AMPLE PARKING SPACE W. E. FLYNN, Manager j Southern Pines, N. C. ;j PROMPT MODERATE DRY CLEANING SERVICE \/ALET y D. C. JENSEN Telephone 5651 Southern Pines I j funeral AMBULANCE SERVICE SOUTHERN PINES. N. C. TELEPHONE 8111 A. B. PATTERSON. MGR. Plumbing and Heating Services L. V. O'Callaghan Telephone 5341 Southern Plnee Friday, December 17, 1943.
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