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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 31. 194
More Butter
There will be 2U0. 000,000 more pounds of
butter for iamilv dinner tables in 1947 than
was to be had this year and by June, 1947,
the wholesale priee will dr..; - . ound 1)0 cents
per pound, was predicted at a recent meeting
in Chicago of the American Butter Institute.
The "pipe line" f production still hindered
by reconversion problems as are other in
dustries will be in better working order then,
it was explained, and by June, it was pointed
out, that farm pastures will be lush and buj
f;er quantities of milk and cream will be
corning to the creameries.
One reason that the price of butter didn't
drop drastically with the complete lifting of
the OPA controls just prior to the November
elections, the butter people claim is that
November and December are the low points
ol the year lor the production of milk.
Another reason they give is that the Gov
ernment subsidy to the farmers has been
discontinued and the butter makers have
perforce, had to add it to the cost of butter.
It is argued that in the price of butter to the
consumer that he merely pays in the addi
tional cost of the butter what he formerly
paid in taxes to cover the subsidy.
On the other hand butter makers claim that
butter prices today are not high compared to
the price of other foods, when it takes 10
quarts of whole or grade A milk to make
one pound of butter.
At any rate we will keep the matter in
mind and look forward to that ..() cent drop
in butter by next June, and incidentally to
that time again when you can enjoy pancakes
or waffle.; with that old-time use of plenty
of melted butter.
An Appeal
A couple of weeks ago Governor Cherry
called upon the citizens of North Carolina to
give their personal support to a nationwide
campaign to stop accidents during the Christ
mas holiday season. He pointed out that
traffic accidents during the first nine months
of this year were .30 per cent higher than in
the same period last year.
The Governor's appeal might well be in
corporated in our New Year's resolutions for
they will be just as timely during every day
of the coming year as they are during this
Christmas holiday season.
"If each of you citizens would make a per
sonal vow to take no chances that would
result in accident, the holiday season would
be a truly joyous one in every home in our
state," in part said the Governor.
"That may seem a wish incapable of ful
fillment, but accidents can be stopped. It
takes only a little forethought, a little com
mon sense, and courtesy. Each person must
realize that an accident can happen to him
and refuse to take the chance that will cause
it," further pointed out Governor Cherry.
Occupation de Luxe
(BEjDEVIL ISLAND
Eat Then Suffer
Don't keep an appointment with a dentist
on an empty stomach, advises Dr. Sidney
Tarachow, psychiatrist, at a recent dental
meeting in New. York. He stated that being
hungry, increases physical tension and pain
perception. He also recommended jokes and
light, banter, between, the dentist and his as
sistant to get the patient's mind off that
aching tooth. " f
i Sounds plausible, for we don't know of
" anything that might be tackled, on an empty
stomach, which, might be at its best except a
1 good full meal.
mere has oeen constderaDie clamor lor a;
full-scale, bang-up Senate investigation of
the American occupation of Germany, com
plete with political fanfare and international
rumblings. The report of the Senate War i
Investigating Committee on conditions in the;
United States zone has been suppressed, but
Senator Owen Brewster is determined to re
open the issue with sweeping publicity when
he becomes committee chairman in January.;
We are opposed to any political exploita- i
lion of this serious problem, especially if it
will lend itself to a demand to bring the1
troops home before theii job is done. But!
th( gravity of the charges i'i the suppressed
report cannot be ignored. Any first-hand
witness can corroborate some of these
charges.
The widespread misconduct charged against
United Stales army officers and men has
implications for American prestige in the
difficult future. In the nature of things, the
officers must lake a larger share of the blame,
particularly since poorly trained and indoc
trinated troops are now being sent as re
placements. The report charges lhat a number of high-
ranking, army officers are involved in gross j
Mack-marketing operations. There is no
question but that many of them lesser fry!
as well as brass are living with scandalous i
ostentation and luxury, with an absence of:
moral standards apparent both to the occu- i
pied people and their own troops. There is;
no disguising the hard fact that excessive1
drinking at all levels of the army is causing;
Americans to be regarded by many Euro-1
peans as a nation of drunkards.
The cause and remedy lie deeper than is
likely to be uncovered by any Senate investi
gation. Partly, at least, they point to the fact
that America has not yet grown up to the
recognition that her responsibilities to the
peace ate no less imperative than to the war.
Meanwhile, the publicized difficulties of occu-
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VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What would you like to, see. take
place in 1947?
TUESDAY, DECEMBER
Mrs. Louise Caldwell "I would
like to see the income tux cut
down."
David Hyatt "I'd like to see
most of all the country settle dawn
to normal, with high production of
goods and strikes eliminated so
prices can come down tp where
they, should be."
Capital Letted
y IHUMPSQN CREENWOOD
WHEN HE HEARD - J. m. 1 Rr,.i...
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Broushton. who Is rpsarrlcH a . i... .. '
a n-ian n,,,.,,
candidate for the U. S. Senate in i work,. Nardil
1948, Umstead or no Umstead, was! his ,, . ' e"Juh'ki(V
in St. Louis on the Farm Bureau a f-,... . He has
Miss S. A. Jones "I'd like to see
i centrally located park and rec
reation center in Waynesville for
our people and the visitors,"
HERE and THERE
H.v
HILDA WAY GWYN
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down Main Street Friday
was like watching a sud-
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pation should cause some slight hesitation in i .,w. joillK bv w am ,en
those irresponsible enthusiasts who want to;. cut stores and noting their com-
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that are not yet convinced of the superiority
of the American way of life. - - Christian
Science Monitor.
of old, into three parts; the first
cycle devoted to preparation lor
the forthcoming holidays; the sec
ond to indulge in the rest from
work; and the third period to be
devoted entirely to recovery and
the readjustment to the idea of
starting to work all over again. We
decided it was not a bad idea, for
if there is anything in this world
exhausting to a person, who has a
job, more than a vacation, wi
haven't found it. For most of us
try to crowd in everything we have
thought of doing since the last
holiday and it is far more tiring
than our regular work.
shocked at the absence of any
ign of Christmas. In I$urnette's Christmas F.ve, after our house-
ale l lie- tree and all l lie trimmings
mormn
den ehangc in Time taking place
as clerks and shop managers were
redecorating their windows try
ing to get Christmas out of their
hair. We thought of our own liv
ing room hack home with its bits
of gay Christmas ribbon and paper
scattered about -even though we
had been making an effort since
the first gift was unwrapped to get
rid ot the stuff, l'assing the Post
Sebe Bryson "I would like to
see everything adjusted hack to
normal again."
VY'ilma McCrapken Gordon
"Prosperity. More industry around
Waynesville, with more people
working. I'd like to see the end
of these strikes that cause so much
unemployment."
'wen- still up and we hope they
leave them so until the New Year
s issued in as most of us do in
! our homes for they lend atmos
j .ihere to Christmas meals- but of
lumse Ml MM' IIIIS III ISl IIIU.S IS
WJn n.ni .-,l oi dm (7.ll,,;,r : I deli ii it elv a dead issue for mer-
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hold was bedded down, we took
time out before going to sleep to
ending even
Movie Pests
pests listed by a writer recently, some of
which we are all no doubt alergic to when!
we attend the showing of some special pic
ture and want the foil benefit of the acting
and scenery:
"The six-foot plus giant, who always moves,
in to take the seat directly in front of you.
occupied by a shorty when you arrived.
"The love-birds who put their two heads
together completely blot out the screen for!
those behind them, and who don't seem toj
know that a couple who plan to use movie!
seats for a parlor sofa should sit in the back
row.
"The giggling girls who go to the movies in ;
threes or fours, and start to gossip whenever
they find the picture boring.
"The small child for whom no baby sitter
was available and who must bo husehd con
tinually during ihe performance.
"The fellow who has seen the movie be-;
fore, and who in an effort to impress his date
his clairvoyance, lets everybody within ear-;
shot in on what is going to happen next.
"The seat-changers who are forever im-1
proving their lot by moving whenever they i
see a vacant seat they imagine is better than j
the one they occupy. j
"Then there is always the woman, with a'
crazy hat who maybe did not comb her hair!
and is using it as a cover all to hide her!
carelessness and therefore cannot remove."
handiM- now looks toward Spring.
follow our routine of
j though, wo knew we should find
solace and rest in sleep -we read
I an Editorial which had a special
j message for us all. It pointed out
j lhat most of us make a mistake not
to carry Christmas over as Chrisl-
I iias should remind us that the
We heard an interesting (lis-j Christian world should practice its
eussion during the past week about I principles the year around for no
holidays h.v people who work "reg- j matter how the traditions have
ularly" so understand what it's all I come to overlay the Christmas sea
about the group agreed I hat a va- j son with cold commercialism or
eat ion should be divided, like Gaul pagan paraphernalia, the perfect
gift of the New Born Babe shines
through and touches the most in
diflrent heart. We have all learned
that the simple story of Jesus'
words and works still have the
power to stir the heart that the
most glamorous materialism lacks.
Love can still conquer hate. If the
good will which burns with our
Christmas fires could outlast the
vear, what a perfect world we
would have. When we consider the
oroblems facing us daily not only
as individuals, but also in terms ot
brotherhood among the nations of
this earth, we realize what might
be accomplished if we would only
arry Christmas over. It would no
loubt help to substitute the Gold
en rule in the great game of ppli
.ical power with which the nations
are now trying to win peace.
train returning from California ! much as i m'arM
when he heard of J. W. Bailey's ins to e i ., 1 "rler
death from a boy who had a port- e
able radio. i oPnr),,, . -
He tried to get a plane out of that i,.i,'.. . "''"stJ
St. Louis for Raleigh, but there ! secretary ul " ' G"
was a heavy fog and generally with v u Wu'kett
muggy weather, and he could get campaign '.. Ml'art i
no assurance as to when the plane as 'i'" M" ,0 '
might leave. Broughton mieht ' u-kh... s "'' J
nave come in oy air anyway, but the
Mrs. Broughton dissuaded him from
doing so.
When the train reached Louis
ville, Ky., Sunday, he considered
chartering a plane, but found that
the funeral was to be at 3:30 thai
afternoon, and he decided
couldn't make it. He finally
rived home Tuesday.
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ADULTS PROVIDE
TEEN-AGER IDEAS
U. S. BUREAU SAYS
By JANE EADS
is WASHINGTON
Dixie Coal Operators See
long Wage Tiff With Lewis
52-20 Payments
One of the plans provided by the govern
ment for the assistance of returning veterans
guaranteed $20 a week for fifty-two weeks
in the event that the veteran was unable to
secure employment.
Up to the present time more than six mil
lion veterans have filed such claims. Slightly
Jess than one million are now receiving the
payments and there has been much comment
throughout the nation about the 52-20 clubs.
It is interesting to observe that in Puerto
Rico, 86.2 per cent of the veteran population
has filed claims. Among the states, West
Virginia, with 65.5 per cent is tops, but in
Massachuseets, Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, In
diana, Kentucky, .Tennessee and Missouri
more than half of the veterans have put in
requests.
The states with the lowest percentages
were Nebraska, Nevada, and Wyoming, with
figures between 20 and 25 per cent. In Hawaii,
by the waythe requests for enemployment
pay came from only 5.5 per cent of the
.veterans.
Hope for No Early Release
Of Government Mine Control
Special to Central Press
WASHfNGTON-Government sources claim 'southern coal opera-'
tors do not want their mines released any early date from federal
control. .u.i i
The reason g.ven is that the "south" anticipates a long and bitter
v-ige'ontract h' eVntUaMy' 0Ver ternis cf a new mine
Northern operators ultimately are expected to reach an agreement'
with the union along the lines of the government-'
UMW contract. J
i he southern mine owners are staunchly op
posed, however, to its provisions covering union
ization of foremen, a uniform industrv-ww .,r..
code and the royalty on coal for the miners''
welfare program.
During the war the southern producers held
out many months longer than the northern opera- '
tors on acceptance of a contract negotiated by
former Interior Secretary Harold Ickes and Lewis
Their mines continued under government control
and kept working.
Apparently thev h
John I. lewis ance. ' r l"c ,e"u-
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DEMOCRATS, who will have a strong minority voice m the SOt't
Confess, intend to fight Republican proposals for a 20 per cent
ineome tax cut and to demand that any surplus revenues he u .1
to reduce the huge war debt.
The two top Democratic leaders on taxation and appr,,.r
nheady have pledged their party to this program.
Hep. Clarence Cannon (D) of Missouri, who will i
rninonty member of the House appropriations committer
COP tax cut proposal would be "inadvlsabie" anil Umi
should be reduced at the rate of five billion dollars a v .
Rep. Hobcrt L. Doughton (D) of North Carolina,
ranking minority member of the tax-voting ways :,n.'
mittee, asks "when will the debt be reduced" if the
start paying it off in this time of record high nati .. .
. A FULL-FLEDGED BATTLE is under way be'tvw. :
can Airways and a bloc of domestic airline over i'U:,
to gam a. network of domestic routes in continent;.! I
The debate is going on before the Civil Aeror.:. i :
Washington, with attorneys for both sides slugging r, i.
contests.
An attorney for one of the opposing alrhntv; as!,.
Pan Am s proposed better" service to international
American meant the "provision of Spanish speakin;;
or two Spanish magazines and the serving of chill y. ,
The Pan Am official who had scored what he eidl. , ,
nirlines failure to hold planes for a short period to
convenience International connections, replied:
"I could ask for no better example of the attltudi
of domestic airlines than the tone of your question
particularly the iIur on the end."
A STORY GOING THE ROUNDS In Germany was relate.:, i
Senate war Investigating committee by.. Maj. Gen. O. I h o.
head of the Civilian AJTairs Division of the American Military
Government,
He said that the story goes that when the Big Four divided up
Germany for occupation purposes, the Russians got the part with
the food, the British and French got the manufacturing and mining
facilities and the United States, got the scenery, the skiing and the
yodelers. '-. . .
If you have not read during the
ush of the past weeks, the .story
if "My most unforgettable charac
ter," in the January issue of Head
r's Digest, by Anne Morrow
Lindbergh, we advise you to do so
for the story will linger among
vonr "unforgettables" not alone
tor the extraordinary subject of
which she writes, but also her
.-harming manner of expressing
lersclf. She writes of a man who
was adviser to many in working
out their difficulties and how of
'.cn problems instead of being
solved were "dissolved" in his
presence. Now to us that is one of
the highest compliments one could
pay another. For so often we get
all twisted up in our reasoning
processes and someone can iron
out our 'roubles and give us a
balanced viewpoint, which we have
lost and give us a kind of "emo
tional, intellectual and spiritual
buoyancy that lifts us out of our
selvesand gives us that new start
that we all need at times.
uie same sind
bulletin was writien I'd
reau in um bv D,
Thorn, director of (he ID
, lor Child Guidance of
in A pirlMPTiAM i ; i. . r.-
vvioimenwi L.iveiy as icon- nmcc men some hri
agers arev u. unnciren s Bureau oi a million copies have
manages to keep in step with them, by parents, the liureau
In keeping tab on what makes
them tick, the Children's Bureau. One of the chief cumpi;
tnrougn tnc years has endeavored today concern the adolc
10 neip parents to give tneir chil- oi leisure time. Many ad
dren affectionate guidance into that, in general, their c-W
adulthood." : to go "tearing around,"
Mow in view ol increased knowl-, tnc entertainment offers
edge" of teen-age children, thojniercial places of amuj
Bureau has brought about a re-anything they milii p
vised edition of its widely-followed, themselves,
pamphlet, "Guiding the Adoles-i Apparently not loo
ccni. the Children's liureau li
Ihe- liureau contends, however, the pamphlet that, aflrl
that the principles underlying the ! adolescents of today at
guidance ot adolescent children' (Continued on Page
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IN KEAN CASTING as far as her general fe,
FOR OLD MUSICAL ! antic style of dancing, si
' general nonsense, and fa
NEW YORK This is what has ; wcnt about muttering InJ
come to be known in theatrical , jn Sardi's as lie lirej
inner circle as the "Keanesl" story , methods he hoped wo
in .own. i hack to his tortured mint!
When Betty Garrett's sensation-; of the girl he so vaguelJ
al performance in "Call Me Mister" Suddenly in Hie middH
called the Hollywood brass to her i thing entirely uneonni
dressing room with contracts. Pro- jumped up, shouting oui
ducers Melvyn Douelas and Mer- i single word: "Kean.
man Levin started looking about' His companions thougl
for some likely comedienne to I tarily that lie was showm
ffillo.i; in (hr hiiiHcnmn 1 n lenl el ! I v eccentric adlninillOn
' onc has higher regard for ! u-n,i-.ic r it au,, nQ..r,i oni ..vor ihev were disci
tne teaching profession than we " Levin, reached back injto his wasn't that at all, bid
cio. we think it is a disgrace to , mpmorv for fl n.imr. he assnriatrtrf name of the elusive ct
this nation that those who come, with a voting iadv's personal hit who had plavcd
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