The .beet safety rule in hand
ling balls is -to handle them as
little as possible, says Da-rid S.
Weaver, head of Agricultural En
gineering department, State Col
Gas has more than 21,000 In
dustrlal uses, such as vulcaniz
ing, welding, refining lead and
silver, pressing clothes and pas
teurizing milk, according to the
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
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Wilkes Man Given
Parole By Cherry
? Raleigh, March 31. ? Eight
prisoners, Including two convict
ed of second degree murder and
one convicted of manslaughter,
were paroled today by Governor
Cherry.
Those freed:
Ernest Wilson, sentenced in
April 1939, to 30 years for mur
der in the second degree; Dewitt
Francis, sentenced in Ashe in
April, 1945, to 10 to 12 years for
murder in the second degree;
Dr. M. P. Wichard, sentenced in
Cherokee last August to two to
three years for manslaughter;
and
George Peebles, sentenced in
Wake last October to 12 months
for using motor vehicle without
consent; G. O. Brandon, sentenc
ed in person last October to 1 1-2
to three years for embezzlement;
Luther Johnson, sentenced in
Caldwell last September to 18
months for assault on a female;
James Tyndall, sentenced in Dup
lin last February to 12 months
for forgery; and James Church,
sentenced in Wilkes in August,
1945, to three to five years for
housebreaknig, larceny and re
ceiving.
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Hecla Hurls Rock
At Nosy Airplane
Reykjavik, Iceland, March 31.
?Molten rocks shooting 1,000
feet into the air from a new
opening in erupting Mt. Hecla to
day hit a light observation plane
flying sightseers over its belch
ing craters. ?
The plane limped back to its
strip, five miles away, its fuse
lage torn and dented. None was
injured.
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In medieval England on Maun
dy Thursday, the Thursday be
fore Easter, the king was requit
ed to wash the feet of as many
poor men as he was years old,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
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Reinstate Vets
Insurance With
No Examination
The veteran who has oonverted
lis National Service Life Insur
ince to a permanent plan, as ?well
is the veteran with the original
erm NSLI, may continue to re
nstate his lapsed policy withonl
aking a physical examination, 11
ras pointed ont today by the
forth Wilkesbono Veterans Ad
oinistration Contact Office.
Recent Congressional legisla
ion, VA explained, extended the
Leadline for such reinstatement
iy a ''comparative health state
nent" from February 1 to Au
gust 1. Some veterans are ap
?arently not aware that the ex
ension applies to converted
fSLI policies as well as term in
urance.
The only difference in rein
itatlng permanent plans of in
urance from/ reinstating term
nsurance is that all past due
iremiums, plus interest, must b(
taid to reinstate a lapsed con
erted or permanent plan policy
nterest is at the rate of 4 pea
ent since August 1, 1946 and I
ter cent prior to that date.
In the case of term insurance
inly two premiums need accom
(any the "Comparative healtl
tatement." One of these is tc
ray for the first month after de
ault?the period of grace?
Luring which the insured wai
overed although no payment
tad been made. The other is tc
over the premium month ii
irhich the payment is made.
?A "comparative health state
uent," it was explained, is simp
y a statement by the veterai
hat he is in as good health oi
he date of application for re
nstatement as on the day hit
nsurance lapsed. Regardless o
he length of time the insurance
las been in a lapsed state, th<
tomparative health statemen
nay be used?-provided the vet
-ran acts before August *1.
House Votes Down
Co-Operathre Tax
Raleigh, March 31.?Repre
sentative Henry C. Fisher's modi
fied co-operative tax proposal,
was still objectionable enough to
precipitate long and warm de
bate which was climaxed with de
feat of the substitute measure
on second reading in the house
late today.
Even those speaking against
the Buncombe man's bill agreed
that the co-operative tax situa
tion should be carefully analyz
ed by experts, and suggestion
was made that such study be un
dertaken by the Department of
rax Research. A resolution call
ing for a study and recommenda
tions to the 1949 General As
sembly may be introduced before
sine die adjournment.
The committee- substitute beat
en today was a much less radical
proposal than Fisher's original
co-op bill which brought approx
imately 5,000 farmers to Ra
leigh for puiblic hearing. Propon
ent of the substitute claimed that
it was designed solely to tax the
co-operatives more equitably.
They argued that the new meas
ure would not hurt the ''pure"
co-ops.
The Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation has discontinued pay
ment of 1946 crop cotton loss
claims under the crop insurance
program.
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Red Stubbornness
Mosoow, March 81.?Secretary
of State Marshall blasted at Rus
sia's uncompromising stand on
German reparations tonight and
warned that the United States
opposes "polices which will con
tinue German yas a congested
slum."
In his bluntest speech to the
Council of Foreign Ministers,
Marshall said the four powers
could never reach agreements
"on the basis of an ultimatum."
He added that the United States
"categorically rejects" the Rus
sian stand that "acceptance of
reparations from current produc
tion is an absolute condition of
economic unity."
Russian Foreign Minister V.
M. Molotov, whose proposals also
were attacked by British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bavin, made no
concessions on reparations, but
expressed hope that differences
among the four powers could be
reconciled.
In referring to the Potsdam
agreement and discussions here
on reparations, Marshall told
Molotev: v
"It looks very much to us as
though the Soviet Union is try
ing to sell the same horse twice."
Molotov replied: "We did not
approach this problem of repara
tions from a point of view of
merchants, but we do not want
other merchants selling our
horse at a low price without our
consent."
Molotov made other similarly
biting replies to some of Mar
shall's points, but his general
tone was described as mild in
comparison with some of his
previous speeches.
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Hit Sawdust Trail
East Liverpool, Ohio.?Judge
Frank E. Grosshans dismissed
charges against four habitual
drunks after the quartet heeded
his order and delivered lectures
on the evils of drink to 30 grade
school children visiting the coun
ty jail.
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