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ixander Writes Girard Case elf-explanatory. Of eourae. you mjt nee thii in any way you deem i M'^rijH, HUGH ALEXANDER. Member of Congresa SiCbHK) h dear Mr. President: The decision of the Department f Defence to surrender Service lan William 8. Girard for trial i the Japanese Court* eomea as shock to my constituents and me Specially Is this true since this eeision overules the United States i 'ar Eastern Commander and the American Representative on the oint United StatefrJapanese C om •ittee which considered the case.! ■hese two representatives who .ave firsthand information as to the ftitwvtioa and art charged with the reipoDfibility of racem fneodations ha Meh ease*, have at> parently bma pwed over and » • j» .f, pThis will bava the affect, m u> opinio*, of further reducing the prut lie of American soldiers and citizens scattered throughout the No wonder, with decisions Mich a* this. dw mothers of the boys la our military set vice are alarm ed, dismayed and bewildered In the knowledge that their soai are tent oversees and are subjected to the Jurisdiction of foreign tri bunals, as Serviceman Girard has been, while carrying out his orders and his duty in the service of his country. I hope, Mr. President, before it i is toe late, that you will recon sider your approval of the decision of the Department of Defense in; setting a precedent which provides for trials by foreign courts of [ American servicemen while per forming the duties sasigned to them. Respectfully, HUGH ALEXANDER, M. C. tew Adults Are Taking jPolio Vaccinations By DR. MARY B. H. M1CHAL, District Health Officcr) So far, few persons over 20 can of age are taking advantage if the poliomyelitis vaccine which • available. Those absolutely un >ble to pay for this vaccine may [et it at the Health Department it the regular polio clinic time, teld each Wedneaday between the Aura of 8:30 and 11 a. m «.-With Increasing numbers well protected in the age group under SO years, last year there was a (narked Increase in the pe>«entage t>f cases of polio with paralysis in lbose over 20 years of age. | Between the years 19S0 and IBM ■n average of 10.6*% of the cases1 occurred in person* over 20 year* of age; in ISM, 14.8%; and in IBM, 21% in thi* age group. The percentage of deaths ia even more significant, aa in I860 to IBM twhich included an epidemic year in North Carolina) 28% of the deatha were in persona over 20 years of age. In ISM, when there was no epi demic In North Carolina, 9.1% and in IBM, 44.4% of deaths from poliomyelitis occurred in persons over 20 years of age. There ia still time to get two dosea before this season's peak. It is distressing to face the season when polio may occur by too little protection too late! (Washington News WASHINGTON, D. C. — Prcsi lent Eisenhower's health cauaed luite a flip in recent day* and the itock market reacted with a ncr i'oga spasm completely unjustified >y the news. Even if the Presi lent suffers another heart attack, flf la incapacitated—which every one hopes will not be the caae— there ia really no reason for the jitters on Wall Street. The Prealdent'a term laat until Into 1M1 and under the system of government in the United State* the adminlatration cannot (o out of office before that date. Even if the President were Incapacitated, policies of the government would remain about the aame and buai neaa would be relatively unaffect ed. Thia I* true bccauie the Vice Preiident ia a loyal supporter if both the foreign and domestic poli cies of the Eisenhower Adminis tration. In some cases in U. S. his tory the Vice President has been something of a counterbalance on the presidential ticket and in these instances the Vice Presi dent's philosophy has differed radically with those of the Chief Executive. President kooscvcii naa one and pouibly two V)c« Presidents who might have run thr show dif ferently had he been suddenly call ed upon to take over the reigns of administration. But Preaident Tru man. who was called upon, carried on the Roosevelt tradition pretty loyally after an initial tendency toward the more conservtstive. Mr. Nixon is certainly not' one who would change the direction of the government should he be call ed upon to take over. The Vice President is solidly behind the Ei senhower program and is on re cord in support of it. down the line. Therefore, the President's recent illness, or future events, should not.eauae a ripple in thr economic picture. , It will be January, 1M1, before any radical change in government takes place, and it may not take place then. So the future, for busi ness appraisals is about as certain as it could be for the next three and a half years The ease of William Girard is a hot one because emotions are mixed up with treatiea, a former enemy nation and a court system of which the American know very little. The Illinois soldier killed a Japanese woman accidentally and the President, who had to make the final decision, la said ready to stick by hit decision to let the Japanese courts try the American At auke, in the Presidents mind, is the honoring of a 1963 agreement with the Japanese Moreover, dunce* aMmtlwt the GI will be treated as leniently by the Japanese courts as he would by a U. S. military court martial. The U. 8. military court would be under very great pressure If it tried Girard, because any verdict that was a victory to Girard would do great damage to U. S. relations In Japan. And despite the fact that they were our enemies in World War II, they are now our beat bet as our strong ally in Aaia. Jananeae courts, moreover, have been very lenient in dealing with Americana tried in receat years. They tried hundreds of them and found most of the accused inno cent. The Jspsnese court, if it retains Jurisdiction, would be un der pressure, to aome extent to demonstrate fairness to Girard, after the furor raised, in the United States, and the soldier might come off better in this court than he would in a military one. Whatever happens, the Presi dent is on the spot and will be damned by those who think that no America should be tried by a foreign court. It should be re membered, though, that Japan is now a sovereign nation, and that our forces are staying there fin der an agreement with, and an invitation from, the Japanese Government. Just as Americans would expect to try a Japanese soldier who kill ed an American womaft in this country a great many Japanese feel thst their court system la fair and that they have the right, un der the agreement of IMS, to try Girard. It's one of those cases in which the President can't win. It'a just a question of how much he will lose Peach Prospects Appear Good RALEIGH — Production of I, 300.000 buiheU of peaehea In North Carolina ia indicated by re port! from growera aa of June 1. The current forecaat releaaed through the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service ia 100,000 buah ela below production indicated on May 1, but thia year'a crop would •till be the largest since 1082 when 1,000,000 buahela were pro duced. Limited harveat of early matur ing varieties waa under way at the end of May For (he United Slate*, produc tion of all peaches ia foreeaaf at 71.306.1100 buahela compared with 60.8W.000 buahela produced in ibm. . MmWJ. vj Tobacco Measurement ^formation Released Reported we now la the field determining Bui ley tobacco par forme not Cooperation of Burlap (rowan is whMmg tkaw report - an la being greatly appreciated It i* the intention of the depart ment It do ii accurate a Job as possible, u the future of the to bacco program largely depends upon lite kind of performance Job that b done. All tobacco on the farm includ ing tobacco for borne uae (Bull Pace, Homeepuo, etc.) mu»t be meaaured and will be included In the acreage for the farm. Excess acreage noticea ire bow being prepared for mailing and will be mailed promptly from now on until performance i« complet ed. Any producer whose farm it in excess of his allotment must file for i remeaaurement of the acre age or the disposition of excess acreage within 10 days from the date of mailing In order to re ceive price support loans on all the tobacco harvested on the farm. Marketings of excess tobacco will be subject to a penalty of 48 cents per pounds. Disposition of all excess tobacco will be ude aa soon u poaaibta after performance la completed Diapoaition of excess acreage shall be nude in continuous areaa of utiiform length and width which will eaailjr compute. Area* con nected with a one-row width do not qualify. Areaa of 0.01 acre to 0.(10 acta ahall be in one place, and areaa above DM acre shall be diapoaed of in area* of 0.01 acre, or larger. The coat of diapoaition la $4.00 per farm which will be paid at the time the request ia filed at the county office. A producer requeat ing re mea surement of the measured acre age muat deposit M00 with the county office manager, which amount will be refunded only if the producer ia found within hla allotment, or reduces the farm acreage five-tenths (.09) acre, or the acreage ia claimed too amall and the remeaaurement Increases the total farm acreage aa much aa five-tenths (0.5) acre. Only one remeaaurement will be allowed. Diapoaition may be made at the time of remeaaurement at 91.00 per tenth, or fractional part thereof. Appalachia Synod To Meet At Banner Elk Barter Elk. — The Appalachia Synod will hold 1U annual llen'a Conference at Pinnacle Inn (Leea McRae College). Banner Elk, June 21, 22, and 23, according to an announcement nude thia week by Ned Startxel, preaident of the Men'* Council, Chattanooga. Tenn. Dr. Price H. Gwynn, dean. Flora McDonald College, will be the min later consultant. Dr. S. J. Patter son will represent the General As sembly's Men's Work and J. E. Dewa, a member of the Aaaerably'a Men'a Council, will repreaent the laymen themaelvea. A feature of the conference la a 79 voice Men'i Chorus under the direction of Paul 0. Hudson. The conference will begin noon Friday, June 21, with pre-confer ence meetings. Dr. R. A. Brown, minister to Lynn Gardens Pres byterian Church, Kingsport, Tenn., will lead the pre-conference prayer band. The regiatration committee, un der the chairmanship of C. E.' Worlcy, Asheville. will meet at 1:00 j p. m. Other members of the com-! mittee are H. C. Harris, Bristol, Tenn.; Trox Montgomery, Johnson City, Tenn.; and Hn. Jack Hyatt of the Lees-McRae College Staff. At 2:00 p. m. the Conference Service Committee, the Newt Bu reau members, and the confer ence photographers will get their instructions from the conference chairman, Dr. Ivan B. Stafford, Men of the Synod vice-president At 2:30 p. m. a meeting of Sy nod's Men's Council, Holston Pres bytery Men's Council, the confer ence consultants and other leaders will be held in the Priscilla White Room of the College Administra tive Center. One new feature of the confer erence this year is the Fellowship groups. The leaders for these groups, those who will lead the vesper services, and the Sunday School teachers will meet for pray er and discussion of their share in the program at 4:00 p. m. At 4:49, Mr. Hudson wlil hold the first re hearsal of the Men's Chorus. Reg istration begins at 2:00 p. m. Thailand Native To Visit College A visitor to the Appalachian State Teachen college campus from June 24 through 28th will be Miss Dusdi Namwongse from Bangkok, Thailand. She is spon sored by the Technical Training Section, Division of International Education of the United States Office of Education. Miss Dusdi la a teacher of social studies in the Pranakorn Teacher Training School at Bangkok. She is in America studying for one ! year in social studies in tcacher | training. She la a graduate of the ! Hajini School, Traim Udom, and holda the A. B. Degree from Chu lalongkorn University at Bangkok. She studied last year at George i Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville, Tennessee. The Pranakorn Teacher Training School, which employs Miss Dusdi, admits students at the eleventh 1 grade level for a two-year course preparatory to elementary school teaching. At Appalachian, official hostess will be Dr. Iaabel Jones, head of the division of primary education in the department of education. Dr. Jones saya that Miss Dusdi will visit college classes in the field of elementary education and will participate in class discussions, and she will visit and observe at the Appalachian Elementary School. Aaaistlng Dr. Jones in her hosten duties with Miss Dusdi, will be Mrs. Grace Council! and Mrs. Olympia Kitchen, both mem bers of the department of educa tion faculty at the college in the field of elementary education. When Miss Dusdi returns to Thailand, she will be assigned to the Pisnuloka Teacher Training School, which ia one of the nine rural provincial schools for the training of elementary teachers. Letters to the Editor Dear Mr. River* am) Staff: The Boone Jaycee* would like to expreaa appreciation for all the very fine publicity you made available for our recent Beauty Pageant. We feel that you went out of your way to give us excellent (coverage on thia event Again we would like to expreaa our thanka. JIM WINKLER, President Boone Junior Chamber of Commerce 1 Although I have been away from North Carolina for many yean I am glad that Twvetale ia back in the mountalna with a run of her own. I have many happy memories of Tweetaie, one of the happieal be ing of the ride from Minneapolis to Boone. I liked everything about it—the curve*, the sight of the engine chug-chugging ahead and the freight cart creeping along be hind; the brief run down to Pine ota through the flats where the Ivy buahea grew like • shiny leaved carpet; by the barren look ing bill near Sbulla Milla where hugfc grey rocks gave to the land scape an air of denotation; aero** the river whose surface mirrored in autumn the peaceful perfection of the high blue sky and the multi colored wounWin*. K' . A But most of all did I enjoy the latter part of the trip made at evening, when the trees were bare, while the sun let, and the atari appeared, and dusk settled into ni(ht. Then It was that the grace ful pattern of the trees, and the outline of the rugged mountains against the sky etrhed themselves in indelible beauty on my mind. A far-called welcome to Tweet sie, and a word of commendation to Mr. Grover C. Robbina Jr. and his associates. Hay success and delight attend your run. LUCY COOPER BILLINGS NEW WINDSOR, MD. DhPONT-G. M. DECISION The effects. of the Supreme Court ruling that du Pont's owner ship of the largest single block of General Motors stock violated the 1914 Clayton Act has caused other large corporations, owning blocks of stock or controlling interests in the stocks of others to consider their position aa to the ruling. General Motors Is the third larg est corporation in the United States, being topped only by Um Bell Telephone System and Jer sey Standard Oil. DuPont to fourth. ttloMom-end rot of tomatoes Is made worse by an irregular water &&&' I' • i- %/ it. • 1 Harris i Resigns Chamber Position (Continued Irom rf nun, their yew i» "** 0t the calendar "d the™—•» d«',Biu —r1 in to period, J -«-« «* * WB. IO CW^W manager until the rtoae « .ear It i* now oeteeaary lot »® JHender my r»ign«Uo« a. man. ger ofthe Chamber rf Comme^! effective aa aooo after July ' " wactical but not Uter than Sep timber II. 1931 -A little more than 9 year* , u n , retired. 1 <•< elected tec-1 Te«™ Ctomber of Com-1 merce without idea of giving 8 or 10 hour* a week SrSKX •>« developed to a Jit where the Uat few y«£ Thave liven aome 90 to 70£« , week and now otfcw prevenu my giving ih.t amount of time. I wUl, if y~ wiah. continue caaual «"pervi«ion; on an expend ba.la until aome other arrangement can be made "My firat auggeation would he. if Horn in the Weat ia to continue and I hope that it la. that a combi nation be worked out \ date the manager of the Chambe of Commerce and the ! director of the Horn auch adjuatmenta aa aecretartai S. m- «—• be nude aa neceaaary. U a 8^ member,hip campaign were in ducted each year I am aatiafied could be financed. ••Second auggeaUon la that a ae pa rate fund for advertiaing Boone and Watauga County ought, to be worked out and in my Judge ment the town of Boone a^com miaaionera of Watauga County ought to develop aome acheme for advertiaing. Blowing Bock has a apecific tax for that purpoae. | "If an arrangement can not be nude with the Horn it * ooaaible that there might be «j young lawyer or other man who would like to undertake the work on a limited «Uryb»»i« Or laat, but not leaat. a good in telligent aecretary could take over the work and handle it if c0"™'* tees will accept their reaponaibility | when appointed and carry through on them. -Some phaae. of our work have been very gratifying I came promotion of mdwtry for thia community waa very definitely oppoaed by a conaiderable porUon of theBoard, on the baai. that thia waa a tourlat and college towri and they didn't want induatry. I thmk every iBteUigent c tizen ho^W; now recognizee that we must Mve a balanced community and indua try i* an eMcntial part. "Nine years ago both organiza tion were very inadequately fi nanced and almoat no money was available for «nythtng During the laat nine year* interest baa been built up and espenditudes have been ae carefully controlled that both the Chamber of Commerce and Merchant* Aaaoclation divis ion* now have a viable bank bal ance. I sincerely hope that con dition can be maintained and im proved. "The Watauga Centennial eele bration with the presentation of the Echo* of the Blue Ridge, which led to the development of Horn tn the West, haa tremendously Im proved the tourist situation. "The two major plants now establiahed in Boone have added tremendously to our economy and retail salea are now more than double what they were 9 years ago. "The Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association have been vital agencies in bringing about these important improvements. "Stanley A. Harria" Mrs. Herman Has Fatal Attack Mrs. Junie Hollars Herman, 96, of Route 1, Vilas was found lying dead in the doorway of the wood house about 3:49 on Tuesday, June 11. She had apparently died from a heart attack. Mrs. Hlrman was the widow of the late Mr. Martin L. Herman. Funeral services were held on Friday, June 14, at 2:00 at the Holy Croas Episcopal Church at Valle Crucis. Burial was in the church cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Winters conducted the service. Mrs. Herman was a native and life-long resident of this county. The survivors are four sons, John and George K. of Vilas, Ed ward of Romulus, Mich., snd Wil liam of Charlotte; four daughters, Mrs. A. W. Wright of Canppings, Md., Mrs. Cannon Ward of Vilas, Mrs. Jack Johnson of Spreduh, Ohio, and Mrs. Sanford Owns of Washington, D. C.\ one sister, Mrs. Mettie Brown of the state of Maryland; three half brothers, William, Luther and Forest Town send of Valle Crucis; and three half sisters, Mrs. Lula Straupe of Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Margaret Mc Kinney of Little Switzerland and Mrs. Belle Hodges of Valle Crucis. Red China has warned that the stationing of United States guided missiles on Formosa will not shake its intention to "liberate" the Nationalist Chinese island. College Trustees In Spring Meet (CoatimMd from page om.) meat and «alarles; scholarships; The Li viol Endowment Fund; and other matter* involving the ad ministration of the college. It waa expected that all mem ber* of the Board would he pres ent for the meeting. They include: William J. Conrad of Winston-Sa lem, chairman; B. C. Brock of Mockxville. vice chairman; Mr*. Eunice Mooae of Tayloraville; Fred N. Colvard of Jefferson; J. R. Hi* of North Wilketboro; L. A. Dyaart of Lenoir; Mr*. Harry B. Cald well of.Greenaboro; S. P. Jone* of Statesvllle; and W. W. Mast of Valle Crucis. The member* of the Board of Trustee*, Mrs. Dougla* Redmond, secretary to the Board, the mem bers of the Board of Trustees of the Endowment Fund, the officers of the administration of the col lege have been invited to be luncheon guests of Or. *nd Mrs. Plemmons in the new home for the president. Enrollment Record Continued from page am (Imps of the session will enroll during the second ten. Included will be workshops in alcohol and dUoholiam, audio-viaual, children'! literature, guidance, library sci ence, English, music education, and student teaching. A course to be taught during the entire second term, and dairying either three or six quarter hours of credit, is a workshop in the living (oik arts oI the Appalachian Mountain people. It will be under the Joint guidance of Cratls Williams, professor of English, Mia Beulah Campbell, specialist in children's literature, and Richard Chase, famous author and folklorist. Many of Appalachian's regular year faculty are teaching in the summer session. In addition, there has been assembled a very cosmo politian faculty from every section of the country and representing some of the finest educational in stitutions who are teaching as visiting members of the faculty.
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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