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Thus adver tising shows another of Its manifold facets—shows Itself as an aid toward caking all our business relationships ■ore secure and pleasant. sttsttsststtttti The Fishing Industry of New England, Founded by Basques in 1500, Is Oldest And One of Most Colorful in U. S. Today A typical scene on the piers at Gloucester, Mass., at the turn of the century showing mackerel ready for shipment. By ELMO SCOTT WATSON (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) T HEY say that in this machine age there is little romance and ad venture in modern business. Yet, amid many of the na tion’s great industries which have lost much of their “col or” through mechanization, there is one that is still large ly hand-operated and in which the individuality of those who follow that trade remains in tact. That is the great New England fishing industry. It is probably the oldest contin uously operated industry in the United States today for it goes back nearly 450 years to that sum mer day about the year 1500 when a small group of Basque fisher men set out from a little coastal town in France in their small fishing boat. They had little luck on their usual fishing grounds and as the days went by ventured far ther and farther away from wa ters they knew. However, even in new waters lines and nets were still drawn up empty. This was their livelihood and it was neces sary that they find a fishing ground which would yield them a full boatload before they re turned home. They continued their search for more lucrative fishing waters and after many weeks they came to a strange coast where trees were green and flowers were bloom ing. They set their nets and cast their lines and in an almost un believably short time the boat was filled. They set sail for home and upon their arrival regaled their fellow fishermen with sto ries of their astounding luck in waters “on the other side of the sea." Thus was born an industry which was to play its important role in the colonization and devel opment of the New World and to provide the archives of New Eng land with many historic sea sagas. As an indication of the poten tial wealth of the early New Eng land fishing industry, Gosnold, first navigator on the coast, caught so many cod that one voy age of six months yielded him 2,100 pounds in money. Where upon he remarked, “What sport doth yield a more pleasing con tent and less hurt or charge than angling with a hook crossing the sweet air from isle to isle, over the silent sterse of a calm sea." Doughty Capt. John Smith of Virginia paid tribute to the indus try with these words, “Let not the meanness of the word ‘fish’ dis-- taste you, for it will afford as good gold as the wines of Guiana and Potassie with less hazard and charge and more certainty and facility.” By 1504 the Basques were fish ing regularly along the New Eng land coast. As word spread among other fishermen of the Old World of this fabulous fishing ground, the adventurous Basques were joined by men of other na tions. When the explorer Verra- zano landed south of the Pisca- taqua river near Boston he found fisheries carried on by French, Basques and Portuguese. Historic records of Massachu setts show that by 1615 there were 400 French and Portuguese and 200 English sails along the coast of New England. In 1623 a fish ing vessel attempting to land at a settlement on the Maine coast was unable to complete the land ing and “the master thought it good to pass into Massachusetts Bay." He left 14 men and re turned to his home port in Spain. Next year the same vessel re turned and left 32 men. Thus * was established the village of Gloucester where much of the early history of the Massachu setts fishing industry was to be written. By 1639 fish had become a medium of exchange and were being used as money. It was also due to fishing that all the arts of navigation flourished. In this same year the General Court of Massachusetts recognized the contributions its fishermen were making to the development of the New world by relieving them of military duty. In 1643 the citizens of the then small village of Boston held a celebration and the whole citizen ship turned out to pay honor to the launching of the “Trial," first vessel to be built in that city. Designed to carry on trade be- Iween the Old and New worlds, the “Trial” was forerunner of a long line of clipper ships which made colorful history for another century or so. Loaded with a cargo of salted and smoked fish, the “Trial" set sail for Balboa and Malaga. On her return trip she brought wine, fruit, oil, iron, and wool. At the beginning of the Eight eenth century New England was beginning its trade with the West Indies. Clipper ships took car goes of fish to the Indies and there exchanged them for sugar, molasses or rum. These prod ucts in turn were taken to Africa and exchanged for slaves which were sold to the Southern colonies or exchanged for tobacco. Fish for Appeasement. Meanwhile, Massachusetts was branching out in other directions. The first state in the colonies to Miss Reba Onigman has the distinction of being the only wom an fish commission merchant in the world. She operates at the Boston Fish pier. have a mint, it coined what be came known as the “pine tree" shilling pieces in 1652. Where upon Charles II of England be came displeased because he was not given a share of the profits. Massachusetts promptly sent ap peasement in the form of “ten barrels of cranberries, two hogs heads of samp and 3,000 codfish." At the beginning of the Eight eenth century cod fishing was in a prosperous condition. The an nual production was about 330,000 quintals and the value of the fish exported was about $700,000, there being 400 fishing vessels of about 50 tons each in Massachu setts alone. By 1731 more than 7,000 men were employed in the New England fisheries. A re port of the Massachusetts fish eries made in 1837 shows what strides the industry was making. The total value of the cod and mackerel caught that year amounted to $3,208,866 and the number of vessels engaged in fish ing was 12,290, while the number of men employed had risen to 16,722. Today, the New England fishing industry has reached such propor tions that the annual catches amount to 670,000,000 pounds in round figures with a value of $20,000,000. -Products manufac tured from the catch amount to an additional $24,000,000. Cen ter of this great activity is Bos ton where the “Stock Exchange” of the New England industry has headquarters and where the great fish plants pack, ice and ship mil lions of fresh fish annually. Activity at the Boston fish pier gets under way officially at seven o’clock in the morning when the auction opens. In a huge un adorned room with its ceiling run ning up the four stories of the building, the auctioneers stand on a railed platform in the center. Around the platform cluster the buyers and it is they who decide the fortunes of the “farmers of the sea.” For, the prices they bid for the catch determine the earnings of the men manning the fishing boats, who operate on shares. Heroes of the Pier. Many of these men are direct descendants of the Basque, Por tuguese and Spanish sailors who first made their way to the “other side of the sea” in the Sixteenth century. Many still live in the same sturdy houses of wood and stone built by their earlier ances tors. There is keen rivalry among them for fishing honors of the year. The crew of the boat that chalks up the biggest catch become the glamour boys of the Boston fishing world and are ac corded the same admiration and popular homage as a big league baseball star or a college football hero. They live well, these men who take the ever-present dangers of the sea in their daily stride, and they live with the carefree gaiety of those to whom physical haz ards are all in the day’s work. Oddly enough, they eat little fish. Steak is a favorite meat, with plenty of vegetables and fruits, and woe to the cook whose pies emerge from the oven with-other than a crisp flaky crust. When auction of the catches has been concluded the work of un loading the boats begins. Each boat on its trip out takes on a load of shaved ice in which to pack the fish as soon as caught. This method brings the catch into port as fresh as it came from the nets. Unloaded in huge bas kets and transferred to carts, the fish are rushed into big pack ing and distribution plants. Here they are made ready for millions who, until modern methods of mass merchandising took fresh fish 1,500 miles inland, had little opportunity to enjoy seafood ex cept in a smoked, salted or canned state. This method of dis tribution has also removed fish from the status of a “Friday only” food item and now many families far away from the sea- coast enjoy fresh fish several times a week. Meet Blue-Eyed Reba. Exploring the activities on the fish pier you may be surprised to find a slender, blue-eyed woman in the thick of the auction or in specting a basket load of fish swinging onto the pier from a boat, for in such an atmosphere one does not ordinarily expect to find a woman. She is Reba Onig man, who is in her eighth year as the only woman fish commission merchant in the world. Miss Onigman will tell you that she is “in a business that stinks.” How ever, she will add in the next breath that “there’s romance in the fish business,” and she would not “give it up for the world.” Miss Onigman’s daily schedule might dismay a good many less hardy women. She is up at five- thirty o’clock and down on the pier by six. From then on she is “just one of the men.” She sells her fish at the auction, inspects the catches that come in on con signment for her and operates in a quietly business-like fashion that has won her the respect of the weather-beaten men with whom she deals. Winter finds her clad in high rubber boots and a Sou’wester. In summer she looks as dainty and fresh as though she were just starting off for some purely social feminine activity. Her blouse is crisply fresh and more likely than not a blue bow is tucked away in curly black hair lightly frosted with premature gray. Another colorful personality whom you may meet in a morn ing’s round of the fish pier is the commission merchant who start ed off merely peddling a few packages of fish from door to door. Then he persuaded a cap tain or two to let him handle a day’s catch. Today, he is one of the wealthy men of the indus try. Thus, the fish industry goes. Fortunes are frequently made within the space of a few short months. The men who are its keystones—the sturdy simple fish ermen who still speak the lan guage of their Portuguese, French and Spanish forefathers — still lead lives filled with the color and adventure which are the heritage of those who “farm the sea.” The boats set forth with the early tide and slip back into port at sunset or dawn. The great industry which served as a foundation for this country’s ear liest trading continues to flourish and to provide the nation with one of its most important sources of food. By VIRGINIA VALE (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) E VER hear of a slen- dang? Well, neither has practically everybody else. Betty Field has, for in Para mount’s “Victory” she’s in vading Dorothy Lamour’s territory and wearing one. It’s a sort of glorified sarong, and the first day after the first batch of photos showing the lady in it was released the studio received 27 requests for the gar ment. * Fred Allen and Jack Benny are supposed to be the battlers in “Love Thy Neighbor," but it seems to be Mary Martin, their co-star, who is really the vic tim. The famous feudists battle with words. As for Mary, her schedule includes being caught up on a derrick hook in a scene on a dock, being tossed into the ocean and having to swim with all her clothes on, being nearly strangled by Benny in one scene and manhandled by Allen in another. jlll! Mary Martin She does two dance routines, one of which involves a lot of struggling, and another shot finds her rolling around the back end of a' wildly driven cab. Nice work for a girl who can keep audiences happy just by singing! * working in “Second Chorus” witl Fred Astaire and Paulette God dard, had not yet acquired a car. Nevertheless a sign on a fence at General Service studios carried the warning, “This place re- . served for Mr. Meredith.” That vacant space, amid the cars belonging to other stars, was too much for Mis Goddard. So she filled the vacanc; with a brand new motor scootei decorated with ribbons and eqnippei with a bottle of iodine, just in cas of accident. —*— Burgess Meredit] It’s been quite a while since Brenda Marshall couldn’t have any dress that she wanted, but the suc cess that made that possible also stood in her way the other day when she fell in love with a frock and then couldn’t have it. The dress was designed for her to wear in Warner Brothers’ “East of the River," and she liked it so much that she wanted to have it copied for her own wardrobe. But the pro duction office turned thumbs down. The reason was that she is a target for cameras wherever she goes. The dress might be copied by fash- tion bootleggers, and the style wouldn’t be new when the picture is released. *— If the war news in your daily paper and on the radio means a lot to you you’ll certainly want to see the new March of Time, “On For eign Newsfronts." It shows how U. S. newsmen are covering the big gest news story in modern history— tells how men like H. V. Kalten- born were forced to leave Germany. It records the story of this first year of World War II from the viewpoint of the men who report it to the American people, and shows why the United States today is the last stronghold of a free press, and its citizens the best informed in the world. * Apparently people who earn their livings by appearing in public just can’t help being superstitious—even athletes are susceptible, as Babe Ruth used to prove when he never went out to left field or returned without kicking second base on the way. Burns and Allen are no exception. Burns never approaches the micro phone without touching his left toe to the bottom of Artie Shaw’s music stand. Grade always sits on the right side of the stage and has two chairs, one to sit on and the other for her script. This latter chair is always turned so that its back is to the audience. She’s never missed this arrangement in seven years, and judging by her success it must be a good one. rK Dinah Shore, lately with the Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin street, that solemnly spoofing swing program, and with the Re- vuers, will be on the new Eddie Can tor program that starts in October. A bachelor of arts from Vanderbilt university, she’s taken her singing seriously since she was ten—now she’s cashing in on her persever ance. A lot of people don’t want to hear “Orchids of Remembrance" again unless she sings it, because of the way she did it recently on West inghouse’s “Musical Americana." Loquacious Conductor Aimed to Make Self Clear “Fare, please! Fare!" 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