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mi ii u-?M>-?ra=iqgaCT=B=g Washington Notes RETAIL PRICES Retail prices during June reach-j fd a twenty-five-year high level and are expected to rise more during the last six months of the1 year, with or without price con trol, the Department of Labor predicts. During the first six months of 1046, clothing rose al DON'T COUGH Your Head Off! Ask For Mentho-Mulsion If it (ails to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your your money back. Boone Drug Co. Th? REXALL Star* I Watch Repairing With a more satisfactory sup ply of materials of late, we are pleased to offer our patrons a \?atch repair service compar able to that given in the pre war years. We have added another man to our staff, and all or ders are delivered within a minimum length of time. Our 22 years of experience in this community is your guar antee of good service and honest workmanship. WALKER'S Jewelry Store WILL C. WALKER Oppoiiie Postoffic* most 5 per cent; food, 3 per cent;| house furinshings, about 4 per cent; miscellaneous goods and services, more than 1 per cent. WHEAT Recent development? indicate that the United States will har vest an aggregate wheat crop of 11,025,000,000 bushels or more, and possibly 50,000,000 in excess ol that figure, depending on weath her conditions in the Spring Wheat Belt during the next few weeks. Yields of winter wheat have been running so far in ex cess of expectat.ons that brokers expect a Department of Agricul ture estimate to be issued on July 10 to show around 50,000,000 more than the 775,000,000 bushels indicated on June 1st. GOODS Manufactures throughout the United States shipped nearly $10,000,000,000 worth of goods during May and built up their in ventories by about $100,000,000 |for a total of abut $16,900,000,000, according to the Department of Commerce. FATS AND orLS The outlooks for 'he supply cf tats and oils for tl<e 1946-47 sea son is not particularly promising, and shortdges are expected to continue for at loast another! year. MARINES IN CHINA About 20.000 U. S. Marines willj stay in China for the pufposp of; guarding supply lines from coal -I producing areas to the great coastal cities, ;<n essential service that should continue, according! to an announcement by Dean) Acheson, Acting Secretary of State. i SPARE STAMP NO. 10 Spare Stamp No. 10, good for five pounds of sugar strictly for canning purposes, will be valid until October 31st. This is the second special sugar ration stamp for home canning. POXT1AC MOTOIt f /IItS BARNETT MOTOR COMPANY Main and Blowing Rock Road Boone. N. C. Make this investment in ex tra-mileage, safety and ser vice today . . . make your original tire in vestment pay ex tra dividends. IMC OU? BUDGET MAN USE OUR BUDGET PLAN Swoiiord's TIRE STORE Boom. N. C. Phon* 225- J Degnan Suspect William Heirens, 17, Chicago's No. 1 suspect in the kidnap-kill ing of little Suzanne Degnan, is shown as he appeared in police showup. Evelyn Peterson, for mer army nurse, tentatively iden tified Heirens as the man who assaulted her during a burglary attempt in her apartment last October. UNEMPLOYMENT Although 600,000 veterans en tered the labor market during June, the number of unemployed persons in the United States was the same as in May ? around 2, 300,000, according to the U. S.j Employment Service. REFEREES IN BANKRUPTCY Federal referees in bankruptcy I cases have been placed on a fix ed salary basis, instead of on a) fee system, under terms of a measure recently signed by Presi-| dent Truman. Under it, the re ferees, who are appointed by Federal district judges, 'will be paid from $3,000 to $10,000 year ly for a term of not more than six years, the cost to be borne by1 the estates involved. BUTTER The Agriculture Department1 has announced that, starting on July 1st, civilians will get every pound of butter produced in the United States. It ended its mili tary set-aside order on creamery butter on July 1 and it is expect ed the the set-aside on cheddar cheese will be abandoned after August 31st. LOST TIME The time lost through strikes from January through May ofi this year totaled 81,700,00 man days. For all of 1945, the figure? was 38.025,000. "IMPRESSIVE FLOW OF GOODS" "Widespread publicity" of la bor disputes and shortages of| materials have concealed the "im prcssivc flow of goods" in the first four months of this year, ac cording to Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Commerce. Factory shipments from January through April were 10 per cent greater in physical volume and 40 per cent higher in dollar value than ship ments in the saine period in pre-| ?var 1941, declared Mr. Wallace, who added that deliveries this year totaled .lbout $3!). 000, 000, iOOO, part of which could be |tracea to higher prices.. EVAPORATED MILK A ten per cent reduction in Government buying will make more evaporated milk available for home use in July, according to the Department of Agricul ture. OPA officials meet all over' .country, plan stand-by basis. CARBON COPY \ Angus Macintosh received a letter from his rich Aunt Agnes asking him to send his twin boys to her for a holiday, as she had never seen them. She enclosed a five-pound note to cover the cost of their journey. \ A few days later a bonnie ? faced lad presented himself at her home and gave her a letter. | it read: young Donald, one of the twins.' The other is exactly the same.". CATTLE OVERSEAS In the first year of operations, the livestock program of th^ UNRHA has sent overseas mbore than 100,000 dairy and draft ani-| mals. Work animals already sent total 83,000, with dairy cattle at least 20,000. Before the UNRRA program ends in Europe at the close of this year, some 200,000 more head of livestock will have been shipped, according to Direc tor-General F. H. La Guardia. Truman names McNutt first Ambassador to Philippines. GOOD TODAY Laboratory Checked dav in and ? day out for Safety, Purity, Flavor A COBLE .Qualiii/ (\rnfic/f. </ , ' ^ Milk M I DR. H. E. HALLER OF LENOIR, N. C. now located in rooms over the Western Auto Associate Store Complete Eye Examinations, Fitting, Adjusting and Repairing Glasses Will make Examinations On One Wednesday and Have Glasses On the Next Wednesday Wednesday of Each Week After 5:00 by Appointment Only BOONE, N. C. ? ? Hours 8:00 to 5:00 NOTICE! o The Management tif HI - LAND DRY CLEANERS wishes to take this opportunity to express our apprecia tion to all of our customers for the privilege to have serv ed each one in the past. It has been our aim to give the best of service at the lowest cost to you. We wish to continue to give you the same high quality cleaning service in the future. If we are to do so, due to increased cost of production, it becojnes necessary for us to increase some of our prices as follows: Old Price New Price Men's and Ladies' Suits 40c 50c Dresses, plain 35c 50c Dresses, pleated 35c 60c Skirts, plain 25c 25c Skirts, pleated 25c 35c Pants 25c 25c Shirts 25c 25c Sweaters 25c 25c Overcoats, heavy 50c 60c Overcoats, light 50c 50c These prices effective July 15 OUR MOTTO: "Satisfied Customers" Hi-Land Dry Cleaners COME GET IT! ...Two Nissen Wagons ...Fruit Jars, Caps and Rings ...Slickers and Rain Hals ...Grindstones, Files and Emory Stones Everybody needs a good Fire Extinguisher in the home. What about a Hot Air Furnace and Stoker for this winter? SPECIAL, while they last, a lew Electric Irons Rooiing, Barb Wire, Nails, Plaster and Sewer Pipe are all scarce, but we are still trying! Farmers Harc|ware and Supply Company
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