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Brief Review Of Slate, National And World News During The Past Week PRESIDENT’S SPEECH TOUR IS ANNOUNCED Washington — President Tru-i man's first election year cross -j country itinerary was whipped into a final shape with the se lection of Casper, Wyo., as a substitute speaking point for the; more remote Kortes Dam. j The President will speak at, Casper the morning of May 9i on a nine-day trip starting May 7 that will take him across 16 states between here and the Northwest Pacific Coast. There will be eight set speech es in all and more than 50 rear platform appearances from his special train. The other major talks are at Lincoln, Neb., May 8; Pendleton, Ore., May 10; Grand Coulee Dam. Washington. May 11; Bu tte. Mont.. May 12; Fargo. N. D., May 13; Madison, Wis., May 14. and Chicago. May 15. TRAVEL TAX CUT IS APPROVED BY SOLONS Washinton — The House Ways and Means Comnrttee voted ten tatively to cut Federal excise taxes on travel, telephone and telegraph bills and night club checks to the tune of $376,000, 000. It brought to a total of $967, 000,000 the cuts approved' by the committee in two weeks of slashing — far in excess of what President Truman recommended when he agreed in January that the time has come to reduce Federal excise (sales) taxes from their wartime peak. Mr. Truman threatened to veto any tax bill that reduces Federal revcr' o by a great amount. Th cuts voted today and the amount of money they would save taxpayers annually includ ed: Travel — Reduce the 15 per cent tax on railroad, bus and airplane tickets to 10 per cent — $75,000,000. THRILLING Jewelry Gifts FOR GRADUATES Strands of Pearls Watches For Boys and Girls Pen and Pencil Sets Rings and many other use I ful jewelry gifts CAN BE FOUND. At . s ' WILES Jewelry West Jefferson, N. C. FIGHTING FOB LIFE . . . Nurse Celia Stallings of Presbyterian hospital, Chicago, illustrates length of tiny Margaret Hinds, pre mature daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hinds. Fourteen days after birth, baby’s weight dropped to 24 ounces. Now Margaret is a husky 30 ounces and winning fight for life. Unemployment Drops Below Four Million Mark In April Washington, — Unetmploymen tfeil well below ttye 4.0ffl.000 mark for April for the first time in 1950 as the long - awaited spring business revival opened up 600.000 new jobs in industry. Employment figures released today by the census bureau were NEW WING ON BAPTIST HOSPITAL PLANNED Winston - Salem — Authori ties of Baptist Hospital here said today construction of a new south wing would proceed as originally planned despite the decision of the Baptist State Convention in Charlotte Thurs day to reject Government funds that would have paid a large portion of the cost. ‘I asked everyone I could in Charlotte whether we were to proceed with the construction.” R;d Holmes, hospital adminis trator. said today, “and I got the same answer on all sides: Go ahead.” Other hospital authorities con tacted here agreed that erection of the 150-bed wing will proceed! as already planned, in spite of! the fact that Baptists of North! Carolina must raise the money! to nay for much of it themselves. T:e*mpc ration freight — Reduce the 3 per cent tax to 1 1-2 per cent — §165.000.000. Communications — Cut the 15 j per cent tax on local residential •elephone bills to 10 per cent. Reduce the 25 per cent rate on long distance and radio tele phone bills to 20 per cent. Reduce the 25 per cent- rate on domestic telegrams, cablegrams and radiograms to 10 per cent. Reduce the rate on leased wires from 25 per cent to 20 per cent— SI 17.000.000. Night clubs — Cut the 20 pen cent tax levied on drink andj rood checks in cabarets, r o o fj gardens and similar night spots j to 10 per cent — $19,000,000. hailed by secretary of commerce Charles Sawyer as “welcome” and even greater - than - expect ed come - back from the winter slump which has kept an aver age of 4.200,000 workers jobless so far this year. April unemployment was esti mated’ at 3.515,000 — a decline of 12 per cent from the March figure of 4,123,000. The total number of jobs in both farms and' factories rose to 58.668.000, a gain of 1,117,000 ov er March and the highest em ployment level in five months. Government economists were pleased particularly with the rise in factory employment. They spotted one disquieting trend in the otherwise cheering job picture: An unmistakea'ble increase in chronic unemploy ment. Of the total unemployed, the bureau estimated that 1.200. 000 — or about one third — have been out of work for four months or longer. Last year at this time, per sons who had been unemployed for long periods accounted for less than one-fifth of the jobless total. Sawyer said it is “noteworthy” that job figures are "back to the levels existing before the mid - winter curtailment in activity.” 2 AMERICANS ARE KILLED IN JAVA Jakarta. Java — Two Ameri cans delving for information on Indonesian life — a university professor and a magazine cor respondent — were shot to death Thursday on a jeep trip in West Java. The victims were Professor Raymond Kennedy. 43. a Yale sociologist, and Robert Dayle, 30, a Time and Life writer. Kennedy was studying the im pact of Western civilization on native culture. Doyle was after For Mother Mother’s Day Is Sun., May 14 She deserves the nicest gift you can afford, and you will find a large selection here so reasonably priced that you will want to buy several things for mother. • Gloves * Scarfs * Handkerchiefs • Gowns * Slips * Hose • Coats * Hats • Dresses • Gift Linens Of All Kinds We have just received a large shipment of summer dresses and hats mother will love. Frazier’s Stores WEST JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA Disabled War Veterans Are Urged To File Claims Early; "More than 300 disabled war veterans who are unemployed because O'f their disabilities have been aided in filing claims since March list.” declared Jim Cald well. director cf the N. C. Vet e:ans Commission, in expressing pleasure over the rapid progress of their special drive which the Commission and the Counity Vet erans Service Officers and the Post Service Officers of the var ious veterans organization® are making to inform and assist eli gible veterans of both World Wars who are totally and per manently disabled from causes which cannot be proven to be due to service. I “Splendid progress is being made in all section® of the State, in this Statewide concentrated effort to locate and help such1 disabled and aged veterans to j properly file and develop their claims.” accordign to Caldwell. Those disabled veterans meet ing all requirements may receive payments of $60 monthly from the Veterans Administration if and when their claims are ap proved by that agency. However. Caldwell poirted out. annual in come exceeding $1,000 (or $2,500 with wife or dependent child)| would) prevent entitlement. County veterans service offi-; cere and district officers of the j N. C. Veterans Commission will be glad to give further informa1 tioni to interested veterans, or assist ini the preparation of a story on feelings of the com mon people after four months of independence from the Dutch. They were waylaid and slain j near Tamo, in a beautiful moun tain country dotted with rice paddies and tea and rubber es-j tates, by a band of four or five, men reported by villagers to | have been in uniform of some^ sort. 4-H Church Sun. Will Be Observed North Carolina’s more than 123,000 4-H Club members will use the theme “For a Better Rural Community” in their an nual observance of 4-H Church Sunday on May 14, according to L. R. Harrill, 4-H leader for the State College Extension Service. A suggested program outline prepared by the Rev. Garland Hendrix, pastor of Olive Chapel Baptist Church of Wake County, will be used by many of the clubs. This includes special mu sic, Scripture reading and prayer by 4-H members, and a talk by the pastor or four five-minute talks by club members on the factors which make a better com munity. In many churches, 4-H boys and girls will assist with the program by serving as ushers or song leaders, decorating the au ditorium with flowers, reciting poems, taking up the offering, or welcoming members of the con gregation. The club members will dress in uniform and sit in a body at many of the services. Harrill said 4-H Church Sun day is observed throughout the nation to emphasize the meaning of Christianity in rural life. The program is designed, he said, to re-emphasize the importance of spiritual growth and develop ment in the life of the individual, the community, the state, and the world, and to keep alive the interest of rural youth in the program^ of the church. “In the observance of 4-H Church Sunday,” he asserted, “it is not our purpose to use the church as a means for pro claims of those who are eligible. Caldwell said. SPECIAL SERVICE AT VALLEY HOME CHURCH The Red Teague Trio of Win-( -j rooting interest in 4-H Club work, but rather to help every j 4-H Club boy and girl to seek, out the truths of life, to co-' operate in the program of the^ church, and to help broaden the( influence of the Christian churchy in the community.” ston Salem, will render special songs at the Valley Home Bap tist church on Sunday night. May 14 at 7:30 p. m., when Rev. Gor~ don Crump, of Lenoir, will brinig the message. Everyone is cordially invited to this special service to hear Rev. 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