U DECEMBER 81, 6 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER l. Lewis Is Voied Top News .-IM.. Pff Mompmnn fit ICMfc AGB TlUtEE $! SectiwiJ poll Also ,Rvrnes, ford, O'Neill, gd Williams tfRRV bowm Lgfeatuies wine. Uulities of 1946 ana rhi,.h thev will be or "" Uis and cuanc 1"' .. H the .Ml Kcpuui"-"" . Lj, administration poi fot the ip- the Ford industrial a?irl his Ho)i' aim b-o-i and his bat. These by member news- ..... .jnnll.'ll noli Irs in " Ljatrtl I'rcss. i . unll'l lilt' UUiaiaim- 1946 in labor and the Unalil.v ol me yea.. lop man in ioic.ku -iB politics. Ford in in- Inmunt llft t( in em 1 sports. Jut Lewis via j nrm leadership ,oi Mine Workers brought mblic attention in Janu-. I,e fd his union back ,FL and became a vice L the organization. In aligned himself against Lh he hud tormeci ana national prominence in s. a was also emphasized i walkouts, one in April to in November. Both Ues involved drastic of American reconver- i Joblessness extended the mine pits to indus- pding on coal lor con tortion. In each instance. nt for American homes, private buildings was strike was ended when government took over Us. The second began declared the union fth the government void. of contempt of court. fined $10,000 and his (0,000 in an unpreced m. He ordered the min li work while the con Mi was being appealed. HERE and THERE (Continued From Page Two) ntM to parents in shaping the lives of American ctl lens-to be -should have heen overlooked in the econ omic changes which have marked the lasi few years. ,. would ,,,, to lead a procession and carrv a banner asking more p;i tor uu.H, loigollen ones m Hi,, lives ol our children We t,vl sure that everv right thinking pel son in this coun trv leels a sense ol shame over the tact Hun i he salaries in 25 slates in the I nited States are less than the total compensation received by a pnv ate in the armv hile thev have cverv cans,, and we suppose right we hate to see the teachers resoil to strikes. To our lliiiiking it is beneath Hie dignilv ol iheir profession. Instead lot's trv to wet the public so .Housed that we will win better pa.v tor them without tins method It s lim,- now lor each (Continued From Page Two) accepting life as they find if when thev make use of commercial amusements. Thev are not responsible for the opening of the movies, the inven tion and purchase of I he lirst au tomobiles, the dine-aiul-dance re tan: ants, the madhouses I! we as parents object to what thev do in their spare lime, then whv don't we train them to find enjoyment ,n activities which uc consider more worth while' ask the Bureau. "Whv don't we clean up our one ol Us who is interested to Cot in touch with our legislators. We promise you everv elVort. in vour behall but please don t strike, is nor plea to I be teachers communities and promote the de velopment of adequate and whole some public recreational facili ties0 After all, a lot of parents do not use their leisure time to much better advantage, it is pointed out. Relatively few people have had much leisure until fairly recently. People were in the habit of work ing so hard and so long they did not know w hat to do when they j were not working j During the war years most of us were under constant pressure,, and leisure tune seemed virtually, forgotten. Now once again, the Bureau says, many adults find j themselves at a loss to make use of their spare lime, with or with out money. I An important fact for parents! to concede is that as their chil-j dren grow older they will want to spend more and more time doing things with youngsters their own age. They should have enough, "privacy from an interested fam-1 Patrolman Fred Harper Added to Haywood Force Fred Harper, a native af Ruther ford county, who- was comniasiened last week wOn th State Hlgkway Patrol, has hem assigned to duty In Haywood county. . Patrolman Harper will work with Cpt. E. W. Jones duriag his 60-day training period in Haywood, after which he will receive a regular as signment. He completed a basic training school at Chapel HiH. and was made a member of the Datrol i, 0 vr.ruiunj l IMHCI511 411 WHICH Governor Cherry wis the principal speaker. ily" not to seek all their social contacts away from home. The 83-page pamphlet dwells at length and realistically with other subjects such a physical growth tnd development, attitudes toward j sax, mental develupnienl, a social , conduct, the importance of friends ; and boy and girl relations. U. S. Turns Over Airfield to Egypt CAIRO (API The United States has given the $2,000,000 Payne Field, reportedly largest and most modern in all Africa and the Middle East, to King Farouk. The Stars and Stripes was low ered after S. Pinkney Tuck, U. S. Ambassador, and Ahmed Attia Pasha, Egyptian Delanse Minister, spoke, and the Egyptian Standard was raised. The gift airdrome was renamed Farouk I Field. Tt had originally been named for Col. John H. Payne of Austin, Texas, whorje plane went down in flames while he led an attack on the Ro manian oil fields at Ploesti. A near-by American supply depot named Uuckstep was sold to Egypt. Despite important recent gains in the fight against tuberculosis more than 50,000 people die of the disease in the United States every year. JOHN L. LEWIS Byrns' Leading Roles Almost continuous conferences during the year among representa tives of great and small nations threw Byrnes into prominence as the spokesman fur a bi-partisan American viewpoint. His leader ship was further emphasized when Henry Wallace, as secretary of commerce, voiced conflicting views in a political speech. The inci dent resulted in Wallace leaving the cabinet and a restatement of the American program by Byrnes. Tat't continued his vigorous op position to administration policies throughout the year. He was one of the leaders in the battle to cur tail the price control activities of AND IN A HURRY! a firecracker. on expression. M a soldering Pat's a fact! A spelling progress telephone con- "! are soldered flier-putting into the Tele- Company's pro- to improve rne folks are in the thick of things, striving to give Quickly as humanly possible the kind of service fwt. Installing equipment for more and better tele- Krvice is a time-consuming, complicated job. Miles 8 must be laced into switchboards. Millions of Pt connections soldered, each in its precise place. F of electrical relays set up. Cables laid. Poles erected. Krung. And sometimes a whole new building wcted. j" work ovtr 0ur s,ogan. And that's exactly what we are doin& as we can gef the materials and then install the penf. . ttOr.Dtee I Li..f r.NRTH CAROLINA during 1946, the Tel- any other time in history. 52,000 miles of ex Cnge wire, 4,200 miles of long distance cir- for 1 'ovv tcicpnones were aaaea. 3 and lone fftrii .f-t vfA L e made and the number of employees in- j5 pe,. cent you Tk1 service grows, so does its value to Dor 's because you can reach so many forv Pk- Each new day brings you more your telephone dollar. A bargain . . . and how.' till TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY OPA. He advocated a firm govern ment policy toward labor in sev eral instances, although he specific ally opposed a federal ban on strikes. He has been a candidate for the Republican nomination for Presi dent in the past and was again mentioned during the year as a 1948 possibility, liepuhlican vic tories in November stressed Tall s importance. Ford Wins Without l.imeliKhl Ford. 29-year-old grandsoh ol Henry Ford, was less promi nently in the public eye than other personalities selected by the edi tors, but the Ford industries were obviously a major factor in Ameri can reconversion ell'orts Youn;1 Ford had assumed direction ol those industries in l!)4f. His as sumption of power was marked In the dropping of many men who had previously held key positions in the business. In l!l4(i. Ford was con solidating his position of leader ship and was cited by the .lunior Chamber of Commerce as out standing among the young men of the country. "The Iceman Cometh,'' Kugene O'Neill's new play, was produced for the first time on Broadway in 1946. although it was written in 1939. It was the fust O'Neill plav since 1934 and the author, return ing to live in his native New York promised a number of additional productions. Set in a low tvpe saloon before World W ar I the new play deals with the illusions and self deceptions of its characters in the shadow of death. Capital Letters Bailey: "I Want to he Governor. Yes, I am seriously consideini" making the race." Since 1 hat lime there has heen a great deal of writing and talk ing about Morton's gubernatorial candidacy. Put this down: He will no more run for Governor than you will lb was very much upset because Oov Cherry did not appoint him in stead of Umstead. and he made the statement when he was angry, and has probably regretted it sev eral times since. HARD TIME Gov. Cherry's sidekicks had a lerrifieallv hard time of it over in W. B Umstead s office in Durham last week The Durham-Chapel Hill crowd, some times known as the "Orange Coun ty boys," were urging him not to take the appointment to the Senate and Cherry's stalwarts were pulling in the other direction. He was in the middle and sweating. Umstead wanted to be Governor, too. He had been in Washington as Con gressman for six years under a Democratic administration, and he knew it would be different this time. , Also, he knew the race would be hard against Broughton in 1948. So nobodv knew until two hours before the announcement was marie who would be the next Senator, not even Umstead. There was general rejoicing when he finally agreed to take the place. DOESN'T FIT This doesn't fit in with Brighton's plan to employ ... -- 1ml rno of IlIS a pub.ic.iy agem. . . ln nmrl IHCI SSHIIII- Closest lrienus .-.am . , that he had some doubts that , would oppose umsieau ,,i u , hitierlv fought bat- l W III " ' tie . and money, monu.v, You may be sure that Senator Umstead received all kinds of prom ses ot assistance - -fore He accepted the appointment. very day JMB It d 51 JU v J S E appy New Year We extend to you our sincere Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year. The Champion Paper and Fibre Co. Canton Division Canton, N. C. INCORPORATID ITSE THE CLASSIFIED ADS

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