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Page Two THE PILOT, Southern Pines, North Carolina Friday, March 16, 1945. THE PILOT PUBLISHED EACH FRIDAY BY THE PILOT, INCORPORATEP SOUTHERN PINES, NORTH CAROLINA 1941 JAMES BOYD Publisher 1944 MRS. JAMES BOYD .... PUBLISHER DAN S. RAY .... GENERAL MANAGER BESSIE CAMERON SMITH . - - EDITOR 'EDITH P. HASSELL - . SOCIETY EDITOR CHARLES MACAU LEY - - - CITY EDITOR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS HELEN K. BUTLER WALLACE IRWIN •staff SGT. CARL G. THOMPSON. JR. •SGT. JAMES E. PATE •pvt. DANIEL S. RAY. Ill SUBSCRIPTION RATES ONE YEAR . . . $3.00 SIX MONTHS .... $1.50 THREE MONTHS .... .75 ENTERED AT THE POSTOFFICE AT SOU. THERN PINES, N. C., AS SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. LITTLE MEN OF CHINA In the motion picture “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” Chinese vil lagers are shown carrying the in jured crew of an American bomb er to Free China and safety after a crash landing on the Chinese coast. Many of the sixty-four men who returned to America through China after the Doolittle raid re ceived such help. Chinese peas ants repeatedly have rescued American aviators forced down in Japanese-occupied territory, and this is going on today as it has for years. The efforts of the Chinese along this line are well known, but the terrible price these little people of China pay as a result of their courage and generosity rarely is stressed. It is the policy of the Japanese in many of fhe areas they control to exterminate every living thing, even the pigs and chickens, in a village which aids guerrillas or which helps Ameri can airmen. After the Tokyo raid the Japanese slaugl;itered men, women and children, including the youngest infants in regions where they knew or suspected that American flyers had been cared for by the Chinese inhabi tants. For good measure they mur dered any missionaries they en countered, regardless of nation ality. This fact makes “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” a heartbreaking pic ture 'for any one who knows Cl(ina and knows the story of the aftermath of the first American raid on Japan’s capital.. The Chinese who gave cigarettes to Captain Ted W. Lawson and his companions probably is dead now. It is likely that he died after bestial torture, but he may have been casually killed, along witht a hundred others. The charming children who peered through the windows of the house where Captain Lawson took re fuge also are dead. Their bodies were ripped with bayonets or their skulls bashed in with the butts of rifles. The poor peasants who gave cloth shoes and a paper umbrella to the Americans are buried under grave mounds in their fields. They lost their lives because, they helped men who were friends of their country. In dispatches from China there is not much written about these little people—the friendly and honest and generous peasants and market-town people who make up the bulk of China’s population. There is such a volume of news involving important military and political figures and their poli cies, which have a reaction throughout the world, that not much can be told of the valor and merit of the ordinary men among China’s swarming millions. For this reason there is danger that we may forget, while considering controversies over the virtues and faults of Kuomintang and Com munist leaders, that the little man of China is a superior human be ing and that his sacrifices in al most eight years of war have brought him pain and sorrow and death beyond the capacity of hu man minds to measure. —New York Herald Tribune every week; only because of the heat we get tin cans.” “That’s a good idea. Where do you get them?” “We get them from the Nut Shop on the corner.” “I didn’t know they sold cans.” “They don’t sell them, but they save them for us and lots of other people that’s got boys in the Pacific. We buy a can of nuts to send. He’s awful fond of nuts, specially them pistach nuts. They sell us the nuts and then they’ll throw in a few tin cans.” “That’s nice, isn’t it?” “Sure. Well, they have no boys themselves and so they help out this way. Tin cans make a lot of difference. He says it’s terrible the way the packages get there sometimes. I always do ours up with another box inside labelled too in case the outer one gets broken up. I sent him a pair of shoes yesterday. His mother and I are small, but he’s big and he has the biggest feet and in the heat down there he has an awful time getting shoes that are com fortable. So I got him these shoes that are kind of soft. I painted his name and address on the sole of each one. In red paint. And then I tied a label on each shoe, and then I tied the two shoes to gether and I passed the string of another label through the eye lets of both shoes. And then I put them in a box and labelled it and bound it with this wide adhesive tape. And I put that box .inside another and labelled that. I wouldn’t want him not to get those shoes.” / “I guess he surely will.” “You never know. They got so much mail to handle. Once he didn’t get any for a long time and when finally it caught up with him there were twenty-two boxes and ninety letters. It took him three days to get them all opened and read.” “Do you hear from him ofteif?” “Well, the letters come in bunches, too. But he writes every day. And such letters. I tell his mother he’s getting to be an au thor. How he told about the land ing at Leyte was like a magazine story. I don’t know where he learned all those words. Only he’s done so much reading in the Navy. And we send him a book every week, the latest book out. He reads it and then he passes it round. Sometimes the officers bor row it too. There are a lot of high up officers on his ship. I tell his mother he knows so much he’ll be going to college maybe when he gets back.” “That is something to look for ward to.” “Yes, but she don’t much. She says she don’t dare to look for ward. Her hair has turned grey since he went. Sometimes I wish they hadn’t never invented the radio. She listens to it all day long. And then that voice will come: “Invasion!” “The fleet is shelling the beaches again,” of some place out thdre. And then she says: “Well now we know where he is again. . . . Well, I hope your boxes get there all right.” “I hope yours do, too.” —KLB future world wars, a world organi zation shall be formed. “(COMMENT ONE: The Pro posals realize this point.) “TWO, that this world organ ization shall in the beginning consist of the United Nations and such neutral countries as may be admitted by them. “(COMMENT TWO: The pro posals realize this point.) “THREE, that the Axis powers, their allies and their sympathi zers, Shall have the status of ter ritories on probation until the world organization shall admit them to membership. , “(COMMENT THREE: -rhe Pro posals are not entirely clear on this point. It seems, for instance, to be an open question whether Spain under Franco will be con- sidiered eligible.) “FOUR, that no member nation may at any time or for any rea son, secede from the world or ganization. “(COMMENT FOUR: The Pro posals are directly opposed to this point, since they not only make no mention of secession, but even provide for suspension or expulsion of a member nation.) Local Legislation Following is a digest of all local legislation introduced or acted upon by the General Assembly during the week ending March 10 affecting Moore County or any of its towns. HB 272—Introduced by Currie, February 7 (Veterans’ service offi cer): Mar. 5, received by Senate and sent to Counties, Cities & Towns; Mar. 6 ,reported favorably by Senate Committee; Mar. 7, passed 2nd & 3rd readings in Senate; Mar. 8, ratified. HB 528—Introduced by Currie, February 22 (Robbins extension): Mar. 6, reported favorably by Sen ate Committee on (jounties, Cities & Towns; Mar. 7, passed 2nd reading in Senate; Mar. 8, passed 3rd reading in Senate; Mar. 9, rat ified. HB 744—Introduced by Currie, March 6: ‘To amend Chapter 330 of the Session Laws of 1943 re lating to the compensation of the clerk of the Superior Court and the register of deeds of Moore County.” (Would amend Chapter 330, Sesfeion Laws of 1943 to au- “FIVE, that each member na-’thorize the commissioners to ex Sand Box Being Filled Weekly BY WALLACE IRWIN OVERSEAS BOXES Coming out of the Five and Ten with two cardboard overseas boxes under her arm the lady hailed a taxi. The driver might have been Jewish or perhaps Ital ian or Greek. He was very dark and elderly and sat hunched be hind the wheel, but he drove with the usual taximan’s lack of in hibitions. At the first red light he looked back. “You ain’t sendin’ those to the Pacific, are you?” “Not this time. These go to France.” “Or even Germany, I guess maybe.” “May be, by the time they get there.” “We’re sendin’ to the Pacific. He’s in the invasion fleet. He was in them all, from the start; just finished up with Leyte and now this Iwo Jima. His mother says whenever she hears “inva sion” on the radio then she knows where he is. We send him a box How about a screen play to em balm the life and works of John L. Lewis? Title: “Ajsenic and Old Louse.” But maybe Hollywood wants this title for a biography of Henry Cabot Lodge, the Kiss of Death man. It’s refreshing to know that a C. I. O. meeting, representing 600,000 workers, said in a red hot resolution,' “A strike in the mines of America is a weapon made in Germany to stab our fighting men in the back.” Those fighting men have crossed the Rhine, by the way. Another good sign: Hood Valley, Oregon, has returned the names of Japanese- American soldiers to its, roll of honor. Did the scolding in last week’s Sand Box-do all that? Let’s pretend. Recently I expressed the wish that some patriotic news-syndi cate would serialize a brief and simple outline bf our Three Power agreements. Well, the Pledge for Peace Com mittee' hasn’t quite answered my prayer, but they have sent out their opinion in a one-sheet folder entitled “A Test for Dumbarton Oaks.” They’ve compressed their idea for a sound peace into 8 terse paragraphs; and they’ve run a parallel column commenting on the Dumbarton version of these 8 points. This Committee seems to represent good will and a variety of political faiths. Among its 56 members are such contrasts as Van Wyck Brooks, Dale Carnegie, Struthers Burt, H. V. Kaltenborn, Cornelia Otis Skinner, Albert Einstein, Ray Stannard Baker and CJeorge Fielding Elliott. Here is the Committee’s 8 point Peace Pledge and (in parentheses) their comments on parallel Dum barton Oaks proposals: “ONE, that to save myself, my children, and my fellow beings from inevitable destruction in tion of the world organization shall give up forever the sove reign right to commit acts of war against other nations. “(COMMENT FIVE: The Pro posals do not touch this point ex plicitly, but tacitly they support it. Their provisions amount to this, that no nation will be per mitted to fight a war if the Secur ity Council votes against it. The question is, by what voting pro cedure will the Council’s deci sions be ' made? Since that ques tion has not yet been answered, this vital point is still undeter mined.) “SIX, that the authority of the world organization shall be made effective and irresistible by the establishment of an interna tional police force. “(COMMENT SIX: The Propos als do not realize this point. They provide that units of the armed forces of the member- nations are to be placed at the disposal of the Security Council upon demand, but no penalty is provided for any nation which might choose to ignore such a demand. Thus the authority of the world organ ization actually rests, in each case, upon the acquiescence of the member nations which are called upon to support the Council’s de cision by active assistance; and an authority so limited may or may not be ‘effective and irresis tible.’) “SEVEN, that a primary goal of the world organization shall be the gradual abolition of eco nomic and political imperialism throughout the world. “(COMMENT SEVEN: The Pro posals touch this point only tan gentially, by way of the arrange ments for the Economic and Social Council and in the description of certain functions and powers of the General Assembly. In effect, only recommendations can be made; positive action leading to the ‘abolition of economic and po litical imperialism’ can be taken only if and when such action is decided upon by the Security Council as necessary to preserve the peace.) “EIGHT, that it shall be the first duty of the world organiza tion not merely to destroy the military power of the Germans and Japanese, but to formulate and carry into execution what ever measures may be deemed necessary to prevent them from preparing for a third world war of conquest. “(COMMENT EIGHT: The Pro posals do not touch this point. They leave the problem of postwar treatment of the Germans and the Japanese to other agencies.)” The leaflet adds, “On the whole the (Dumbarton Oaks) Proposals may be regarded by the optimist as a hopeful step, and a long one, to the goal of the Pledge, or by the pessimist as a hash of cynical compromises from which no good can come. . . At the least it can be said that the pessimist is not the man to lead the fight for peace.” ‘ If you want to sign the Pledge for Peace, or to make comments which you think may strengthen- it, write to The Pledge for Peace Committee, 122 East 42nd Street, New York 17, N. Y. pend such sums as they deem nec essary for clerical assistance in the offices of the clerk and the register of deeds, and to set sal ary of the register of deeds at not less than $2,500 nor more than $3,000, all fees and commissions to be turned in to the general fund. The 1943 Act, as thus amended, would not take effect until the first Monday in December, 1950.) To Salaries & Fees. Mar. 8, report ed favorably by House Commit tee; Mar. 8, passed 2nd & 3rd readings in House; Mar. 9, re ceived by Senate and sent to Sal aries & Fees. HB 745—Introduced by Currie, March 6: “To amend Chapter 658 of the Sessions Laws of 1943 rel ative to holding a special election on the question of the further operation of liquor stores at Sou thern Pines and Pinehurst in Moore County.” (Would amend Chapter to provide that the elec tion shall not be held before the month of June, 1947 “in order that the citizens of Moore County who are absent and in the armed services and entitled to partici pate in such election will have an opportunity to vote.”) To Finance. HB 746—Introduced by Currie, March 6: “To amend Chapter 33 of the Private Laws of the Extra Session of 1924 relating to the name of the Randolph and Cum berland Railway Company, and to the issuance of bonds by the Town of Carthage.” (Would change name to Moore Central Railway Company and extend time within which town commis sioners may call an election for the purpose of submitting the question of issuing bonds for the purchase of the railroad to “within two years from me first day of February, 1945.”) To Finance. Mar. 7, reported favorably by House Committee; Mar. 8. passed 2nd reading in House; Mar. 9, passed 3rd reading in House; Mar. 10, received by Senate and sent to Finance. HB 774—Introduced by Currie, March 7: “To Authorize the Town of Pinebluff, Moore County, North Carolina to sell town real estate at private sale.” (Would authorize sale of property acquired by tax foreclosure at private sale, whether title is vested in name of town or in name of trustee for the town. Where property is owned in the name of the town, the deed must be signed by the mayor and the clerk; but where it is held in the name of a trustee, the trustee may convey without signature of mayor or clerk.) To Judiciary No. 2. Mar. 8, reported favorably by House Committee; Mar 8, passed, 2nd & 3rd readings in House; Mar. 9, received by Senate and sent to Finance; Mar. 10, reported favorably by Senate Committee. HB 775—Introduced by Currie, March 7: “To authorize the gov erning authority pf the Town of Aberdeen, Moore ' County, to ad just delinquent taxes.” (As title indicates.) Mar. 3, reported fav orably by House Committee; Mar. 8, Passed 2nd & 3rd readings; Mar. 9, received by Senate, sent , to Finance; Mar. 10, reported fav orably by Senate Com. HB 864—Introduced by Currie, March 9: “To amend H. B. 275 of the Session of the General As sembly of 1945 to the end that the provisions of said bill shall be ap plicable to the Town of Aberdeen in Moore County.” (As title indi cates.) To Finance. Sanatoriurh were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Stewart Friaay. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Douglas spent Sunday in Burlington with their son. Mrs. Joe Rarden, Miss Ruth Rarden, Mrs. Tredwell and Mrs. Odell Combs spent Wednesday in Fayetteville. Mrs. William Lampley of Mon roe is a guest this week in the home of Mrs. J. R. Lampley. Miss Sadie Stewart of Charlotte is visiting her father, D. M. Stew art. Mrs. Andy Alcroft and son were weekend guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mills of Sou thern Pines. Friends of C. C. Baker will be glad to know he is improving af ter undergoing an operation for appendicitis at Moore County Hospital. Mrs. Clay Parker .returned home Monday after spending sev eral days in Rockingham. , Dr. and Mrs. Alex Stump and daughter of Red Springs spent the weekend in town. Mrs. Wesley Dalrymple and Joe Rarden spent Saturday in Rock ingham. WORDS ARE WEAPONS USE THEM WISELY I tuxiuuxttitutstttmttttttntittxtittmtuxxnatnt PINEBLUFF After completing a three, weeks’ furlough at his home here, Cpl. Cadwa'llader Benedict left for a redistribution center at Miami, Fla. Mrs. - Benedict accompanied him for a two weeks’ stay. Miss Mary Deland returned to her home in New York Saturday after spending a two weeks’ va cation here. William Sharpe of Raleigh was a guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Suttonfield Thursday. Mrs. Everett Ussery and chil dren were weekend guests in Cor- dovia. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Gaston of Go Fishin* for I Food and Fun | Check up on what you need—then come on over and fill in from our ample supply of all kinds f. of fishing aids. t| Hardware and Electric Co. SOUTHERN PINES, N. C. i I Government House Rum WHITE OR GOLD LABEL 86 Proof 4/5 Quart »3.S0 Retail Imported by W. A. Taylor & Company New York City CIVILIANS AT WAR The Government needs and asks its citizens in this 171st week ■ of the war to: 1. Take advantage of mild days by conserving fuel. Future allot ments may be lower. 2. Donate magazines, books and games to your local Red Cross. They will be appreciated by the boys in veterans hospitals, i | 3. Cancel all pjans for pleasure ' ■ travel. Demands for Fhillman cars | J to move military casualties are' I five timfes greater than six months i | ago. I Our duty is clear ... we must keep the Red Cross at the side of oqr fighting men and our wound ed heroes. We must help the Red Cross in its vital job of sending food aqd medicine' to war prison ers . . . aiding the iU and lonely overseas . . . collecting life-giving blood plasmk. SltVIS I I I I I IMPORTID tlL I I BACARDI IMPORTS, ! ■ RUM • S9 PROi iQf a Dine and Dance AT THE vil.i_.age: inn f Music Corporation of America Presenting MarieTrotter and KayNcQuade Harp and Piano Accordion Music For Dancing Nightly Dinner Served From 6 P. M. Dancing After 9 P. 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