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f PAGE FOUR TSeconaSecflonT" THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER American G. Is Pairalling German Border Are Having Tough Job 90 Per Cent Of Teen-agers With No Combat Experience; Few Speak German PASSAU. Germany With 320, 000 civilians and 160 miles of mountainous border country to watch, the 800 men of the Ameri can 51st Constabulary Squadron stationed here have a lull-lime job. However, the problem oi' Ameri can military control for even tais small z'inal segment is mole com plex than that. Ninety per cent oi the constabulary troopers are vir tual teen-afi'is who have never been in combat, are in Kurope for the first time and cannot speak the laiifcuaKc of tins country. The 51st Squadron has the southeast corner of the American 2one of Germany as its responsibil ity. Czechoslovakia lies to the east and Kussian and American-occu- QUICK RELIEF FROM Symptoms of Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS due to EXCESS ACID Free BookTells of KomeTreatment that Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing Over two million bottlosof thoWILLARD j THK ATM k T have Uvii Mil J W ivli.'dif symptoms of distress ai-isiiiB from Stomach and Duodenal Ulcers due to Excess Acid Poor Digestion, Sour or Upset Stomach, Casslness, Heartburn, Sleeplessness, etc., due to Excess Actd. Sold on ladiivs' tr i.-.i1 Ask for "Willard s Message" uictl full) explains tuis trt-.ai mum at AIcKay's Pharmacy Curtis Drus Store Smith's Drug Store pied Austria to the south, athwart I the wooded Danube River valley where it disappears behind the "Iron Curtain". The great inland rive-- port of Passau is itself a sizable problem. With a normal population of 25.000 Passau now shelters 64.000 persons. Strulliug jts streets any day are Hungarians. Czechs. Poles, Yugo slavs. Sudeten Germans. Levantines j land representatives of virtually j every nationality of Central Km- I i ope. j .This polyglot city is a gateway j to the American zone from Kus- i I sian-dominated Eastern Europe. A!- ! though there is little official traf fic up or clown the Danube, nar cotics, political agents, contraband and black-market supplies move in and out and every one. including the Americans, are well aware of this traffic. Without the complete co-opera- ; Wop oi ih,. Jeiman border, .'and. 'uaoi, eutoii'5 v.".d city polite ' tei iv. as w e!l as American ( ui'iiu r-inU'llit,ence agents. the ."Im Squadron uoo'd hard'ty be ..b:e to luiiUiiiii. In i !:.! cont..nl patiois lhiout,!iout the country -ndv.' in jeeps, the troopers usually .tie acicimp.iiiird by an KiutlKh--i i ;iki Ciei .iian polii'eman. Other Germans are stationed at various i border points and make imie- : pendent or joint patrols with the iiiencan troopers (,t ile 0IL, li'ontier, j Americans Stand Bv Book Week Observed In County School PTA Groups, County Library, School Libraries and Book Store Observe Annual Event PUT PALESTINE ISSUE TO U. N. By arrangement uith military government authorities, the Ger man land -lad governments have I National Book Week, with its theme of "Rooks Are Bridges," is to be observed throughout the county schools, in The Book Store, and in the County Library, accord ing to Miss Margaret Johnston, county librarian. The dates of the annual event are from November 10th through the 16th. Special exhibits. P.-T.A. and rlnh programs are being planned on children's books. The public is be ing invited to visit the schools and their libraries and the Haywood County Library to see some of the new books available, many of which may be bought at The Book Store here. At the Public Library headquar ters there will be a special exhibit (f the I.ois Lenski original illustra tions from her new book, "Blue Kidse Billy." The new books for children will be on display all week in order that borrowers from all over the county may see the books and leave requests. Special lists for parents and book j marks will be distributed. On i Thursday at 5:00 o'clock the boys and girls are invited to a radio party at the County Library to hear ' ..,1 I . I. : I. t - .. I i" Him i saw u on Mulberry ., m j I - j ILiirtic du - -at EGYPTIAN DELEGATE iohammed Hussein Heykal Pasha (right) dis cusses with Dr. H. B. BaoW Bey, counselor of the Supreme Administra tive Court, the explosive spKch Pasha later made before the U.N. Assembly. In Flushing Meadows,"-,- Y. Indirectly presenting the Pales tine issue to the U. N.. the Egyptian Relegate declared that the world refugee problem could only be solved Jty sending displaced persons back to the countries where they had previously resided. (International) Floor Sanding and Finishing George McCracken Co. WaynesviLIe, X. C. Phone 369.j Barkr's r4 APPLES For GGQUG - - Including O Grimes Golden Delirious O Winter Banana O Stayman Winesap O Stark's Delicious O Rome Beauty ock Apple Service Station At Barber's Orchard Highway 19-23 established a special police school in Munich. There Germans with politically clean records are train ed to work with American troops. Kvery month a number of English- peaking German policemen are uraduati'd to serve with the zone constabulary. While visiting one border point, where the American and Russian posts are separated by a shallow trout stream, twelve illegal border erossers were handed over to the Russians. The complete negotia tion; were handled by a German policeman and the Russian ser--'':'". vvhih' two youthful non GeniUi'i and non-Russian speak ing American troopers stood by not quile aware of what was go ing on. , Several nights previously two : other troopers who were supposed to be on miard were asleep in their modern little concrete bunkhouse wlien the Russians sneaked over and stole their blankets. That is: the type of replacements which tlie eonstabularv lias In work ( these days, Class 4 and 5 men. j There are other handicaps un ; der which this and other constabu ! lar.v squadrons must operate. For ! example, to patrol an area of about 2 000 square miles, as well as to maintain its own supply network 'the squadron has 151 vehicles, of Ahull only fifU'en are new The est have been through the war Ulul are almost wrecks in nnerl -.(' constant repair. No Weasels" Available j ro cover the rugged country ; al.ng the C.ech and Russian froii j tiers this winter the squadron ex jPet'terl to have "weasels" (tracked : seout, n- cars). I ,his area the snow sometimes is nine feet deep f.owcver, word was received that there are not enough "weasels" for i all constabulary units. EO the 51st ' Squadron plans to tearh it i. ers to ski in the hope that an effec- l"c "onuer patrol can be main-i The 51st Squadron seems to have everything under control, and its uniformed troopers, with special distinguishing insignia, look im pressive to German civilians How p'er, under the surface in this live- afiuun OI IhP llnmtK v.n. ' there are forc.s at work which ' "Pe ine attention of the youth ful soldiers of the American Army of Occupation. U. S. Priest Says Russia Keeps War Plants Going NEW BEDFORD, Mass. An American Catholic priest who pass ed thirteen ears in Moscow charg ed that the Russians are working their war plants three shifts a dav ... while Russian representatives at the United Nations conference shout for disarmament." i The Reverend Leopold Braun, I who returned to the United States I early this year, made the charge 1 while speaking last night at a meet ing of the Knights of Columbus. He : released portions of his talk for publication today. Father Braun declared also that: "General Winter" and American Lend-l.ease not the Russians heat t!it. German eastern armies, and thai American Red Cross sup plies, contributed for the relief of impoverished Russian people, were , going instead to "fatten the secret po! ice". "Don't talk to me about Russian! strategy." the priest declared ThP ! Germans were not beaten by the j Hussions they were frozen and famished. Four months after Rus sia and Germany went to war, the Russian armies were beaten. They were saved only by 'General Win ter' and an avalanche of Lend Lease supplies." Carnegie Medals Awarded to 32 PITTSBURGH Heroism of 32 persons in 18 states and Canada was recognized here by the Carne gie Hero Fund Commission. The Commission awarded each of the 32 the Carnegie Hero Bronze Medal, granted one a S300 annual pension, and in 23 of the cases made cash awards totaling $8,750 for schooling, home purchase, and other purposes. Four of the heroes lost their lives. Five women were included among the 32 receiving the honor. The acts of heroism raneed from that of an Illinois schoolboy who rescued two girls from being killed by stamped.ng cattle to a South ! Carolina farme." who saved another farmer caught in a well cave-in. The Commission u'oes not name the individuals receiving the money awards. The Massachusetts reCiVients were John Tufo of 12 Bungalow Road, Boston, who saved A mil..' McLean from burning at West Rox- ) thur Bellmore of 138 Fisher Street, Attleboro, who rscued George R.' Briggs from drowning in Attleboro on Dec. 13, 1945. WE SOLICIT YOUR INQUIRIES FOR Construction, Industrial And Logging Equipment Distributors For Nationally Known Manufacturers International Crawler Tractors, Industrial Wheel Type Tractors, Industrial and Marine Engines, Jaeger Compressors, Mixers, Pumps and Paving Equip ment . . . Heil Scrapers, Cable-Dozers, etc., Euclid Hauling Equipment XT il i ot i . oil orinwesi onoveis, cranes, Uraghnes, Galion Graders. Rol'-r .., Dump Bodies, Bucyrus-Erie BullgraderB, Scrapers, Cedar Rapid- L. phalt Plants nd Crushers, Rogers Low Bed Trailers, FWD Tru.:., Elgin Sweepers, Refuse-Getters, Disston Chain Saws, Lowther C-3aws, Sawmills, Carco Logging Winches, American Preformed Cable. We also handle many other lines of popular equipment as well as an adequate stock of parts and supplies and are prepared to take care of any rebuilding or repair job you might have Large or Small.. north Carolina Equipment Co: ; Street," by Dr. Seuss. The Waynesville high school un ! der the direction of Mrs. Jimmy B. Neal. librarian, and through the cooperation of the Art department and the faculty plan to have ex-j lubits, book talks, and a factultv' tea. I On Monday the Lois Lenski il lustrations will be shown at the1 high school. Miss Johnston, county j librarian, is scheduled to talk at j the high school faculty tea on Mon day and to the Waynesville Book i club on Wednesday. Mrs. Neal will address the Hazelwood P. - T. A. meeting on Monday evening. j At the Bethel and Hazelwood schools special exhibits have been' planned by Miss Margaret Boyd and Miss Lou Belle Boyd. The students from the Spring dale school have been scheduled to visit the library in two groups on Tuesday and Friday. Other teachers and groups may arrange a convenient time to visit the Coun ty Library during the weeTc, it has been anounced by Miss Johnston. Man Killed Carrying Insurance Application NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. Louis H. Burrows, thirtv-four. of 5fi North Oxford street, Brooklyn, professor of clinical chemistry, Franklin School of Science and Arts, Phila delphia, who was killed recently in an automobile collision on the super-highway outside New Bruns wick, had in his pocket a filled out application for a $10,000 life insurance policy, clipped from an advertisement in "The Philadelphia Inquirer." Burrows, who was married and had a child, was picked up in Cam den by First Lieutenant Daniel Shapiro, twenty-four, who was motoring from his nost in Edt?e- water, Del., to his home at 766 eastern Parkway, Brooklyn. 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Lump-sum settlement mav be designated only by the insured vet eran, Dut regardless ot tne option he selects, his beneficiary may choose another providing payments over a longer perio3. Other op tions now included are monthly installments for 3 to 20 years, life time payments with 120 monthly instalments certain, and refund life income with face value certain. Added to the original permanent plans available (ordinary, 20-pay and 30-pay life), are 20-year en dowment, endowment at age 60 and endowment at age 65. The veteran may convert to two or more of these permanent plans if he de sires, although endowment plans cannot De included if premiums are being waived because of dis ability. A less publicized liberalization is the provision that any veteran who had active service between Octo ber 8, 1940, and September 2. 1945 is eligible for National Service Life Insurance upon a showing of good health. Service-connected disabil ities or less than total degree are not disqualifying. Under, the old law, the veteran who did not take ouf a National Service Life Insur-I section of the Champs Fk-n Franklin D. Roosevelt Avenue merly was named the i V Rond-Pont des Champs ElySs ance policy while in service conM not apply after he had returned civilian life. turned to The previous advantages of v tional Service Life, such as prem" turn waiver for disability and ah sence of restrictions on travel Z main in effect. Reinstatement of" lapsed policies has been facilitated v, J f'eviuusry nave been lmahlo in .:.,..- ... "till JrviceUfelnaneLSvS UonXf V6teranS Admi"-a-Guy C. Riggs, contact represen tative with the Veterans Adminis tration, wiH be in .Waynesville a, tne u. s. E. S. office each Thurs day from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p for the purpose of explaining t0 veterans and their dependents their rights under the various laws. TP. "Oman T. t,IEw voeJ : Kan ij "in am U;""-tii11( (In Whirl tOUI'M 0fU in en r.,,.,i - ul in ;M m T0 NEGLECT StJ fled 2Hi!ly Relieve head coIdTS !!!! 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