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MORR ABOU1 Woiu (Continues (Na Pill 1) of January, took KLM, which U the Royal Dutch Airline, - from New York to Xmeterdam. and arrived there in 14 houra after I left New ? York. With all the comforts you here today, you don't even realise that you are going over the ocean; and with all the eating and drink ing, you don't have much time to sleep. Leaving Waynesville. we had pretty good weather; but when I ar rived In Holland. I got my flrst taste of European winter weather. I did not remember any more what winter is, since we are fortunate here in having such mild winters. But, I can tell you that in Swltrer land I could not even go out of the hotel on account of. the cold. It was about 22* below aero Centigrade, which means about 10* below Fahrenheit, and I thought very often of.how comfortable we llfh with our oil heating and good .liv ing standards, as compared with the conditions over there. RLwt of the people still have stoves In their rooms and have to beat each room individually, and not very well, even then. But, I didn't want to talk about the weather, but want to talk about Austria's liberation from the Com munists. ydu all know that Austria was occupied by the four big pow ers since the end of the war. I have been In Austria many times In the last few years and have ob served the Occupation Forces hand ling their affairs in Austria. Anatrlaaa Unfriendly At Pint In the beginning, the Austrian people were not very friendly with any of the occupation forces, but gradually they became very friend ly. especially wtth the forces from the Western Hemisphere; and you 4 could see many American and Eng llah soldiers invited to the homes of many of the Austrian people. As a consequence, many of the young soldiers were engaged to girls over seas and brought them back to their home country. The Austrian people realised that the Marshall Plan and all the finan cial assistance of the Western Pow ers helped them in building back their bombed homes and industries; and slowly you could see that a real friendship was beginning to eslst between the Austrian people and the American and Allied forces. Quite different was the picture In the territory occupied by thej Russians. Nothing was done, noth ing was rebuilt, and | few of the good homes which were not bomb ed during the war were occupied by Ruaslan forces. People could not say what they wanted, lived in dbhstant fear of being transferred to Russia for saying something wrong, there was no free speech, and no free press. The Western Poweri tried In vain to Induce Russia tp free Aus tria. and most of the people in Aus tria believed that the Russians would stay forever. Ask Ne Contribution In the last few years of their oc cuptlon, the American forces did not ask for any contribution for their Army. But, the Austrlans had to pay Russia for all the require ments of their entire occupation force. However, even more Important, the Russians took over all at the oil Helds In Austria, shipped tne oil to Russia, and did not oven pay any thing for It. you can imagine that Austria was not able to recover financially; and only the Marshall Plan and our financial assistance helped them to overcome this situ ation. In the Russian-occupied terri tory, the Communists had their own retail stores and would not buy anything from Austrian stores. They even Imported and exported without paying any duties or taxes. Suddenly, last summer, wtth the shift ln Russian policy, the Austri an Chancellor was Invited to come to Moscow. There they came to an agreement that Russia would withdraw from Austria, and fur thermore return to Austria all their oil fields and refineries and all the factories in Russian hands at the time. Although the Austrlans had Jo pay a big price for It. they were happy to learn that their country would be finally free. , The Americans were so surpris ed when they heard all this that they could hardly believe it?and from all the building which was going on in the American-occupied territory, you could see that they really had no idea of what was go ing to happen Finally, In the Fall, all occupation forces left, and Aus tria ems again a free country Austria was thankful for the as sistance and help which they had received; and even ln the Russian *?"?? the population w?e 100% democratic, and the Communists did not even get 2% of all the votes. Opera Hew Rebuilt . P*p,d,y to bulld. And. since It was alwavs known as a land of music and cul ture. they started first with the Opera House, which la the largest and finest In the world. In Novem ber, they opened the doors for the first time; and thousands of visit ors from all over the world came to uZ ,h.t* .^'"Uful building and listen to the beautiful music of the Opera. When I arrived in Austria the end of January. I could really .ee a change In the attitude of the pop ,illation, and I could realise what I freedom mean* to a country. Peo ple all happy and laughing, and generally In a good mood. If we hear today about Ruaaia'i shift to a new attitude, I assure you that their nice words are only "eyewash". Believe me, people who lived under the Russian Occupation can tell you what Communism is. We hear so much toda$ about tht new shift in Russian policy ? of their friendship to the Mediter ranean and Asian countries?and of their willingness to assist these countries in rebuilding their economy. Sometimes even our Allies, such as France, tell us that the Ameri can people are too pessimistic and too reluctant to recognize changes In Russia. In my humble opinion, these are not symptoms of deep and important changes. It is Jhst a change of policy, because Russia realises that In this Atomic Age. they cannot start a new war and are trying now to persuade the still free countries to switch over to their policy by promising them help with material and money. This is Just a copy of our Marshall Plan, and may play Into the hands of the Socialists, which they believe they can easily persuade to be against the U.S.A. Our Foreign Aid program helps h lot to make friends, but some times the money which these countries get is not invested in the right way. People overseas do not realize well enough the fact that it is Just as Important to raise the living standard of the working people as it is to invest the money in Industries and other enterprises. The annual Investment here in this country |n automobiles ? house?and appliances has been as great in recent years as it has been In investment by business in new plants and machines. Consumer Credit Vllal Consumer Credit is a very Im portant factor in this country; and what the people overseas do not have as yet is the facility of credit for use by the consumer. I believe that the United States should make it a point to see that our money is used more for this purpose and not only for industrial- investment. It would help to raise the living standard of all the people In over seas countries, and that is what is Important to prevent the people from getting Communistic ideas.' I am not a politician, but I ean repeat that I do not believe that the Russian policy has changed fundamentally. Just ask Austria's neighbor*, Czechoslovakia, and thay will tell you that wherever Bour geois resistance is encountered, violence is still obligatory. There was a Joke going around in Vienna when the Russians left Viennese Lanark at Russians Two Russian soldiers met on the street ln Vienna, and one said to the other; "We are leaving in the next few days to go back home and live ?gain in our huts, and the nice days will then be over. Let's celebrate tomorrow night and have a nice dinner in one of the Austrian res taurants." The other fellow asked: But how can we? We have no money.'* The first soldier explained "I stole a watch a few days ago. and I think I can get about 30 to 40 schillings for It. And what about you?" "Well," the friend replied, *nhe only thing which I posess U a pic ture of Stalin." The first soldier explained that the picture wouldn't do him much good In that country, since no one would be willing to pay him very much for a picture of Stalin. However, they decided to meet again In the next evening and see what they could work out When they met. the soldier with the watch explained that he got 40 schillings foe it and asked what his friend had been able to get. "You know that 1 only had a pic ture of Stalin," the friend replied. "So^ I took It to ? buiy itreet cor ner, and wrote underneath, One Spitting?One Schilling and 1 have ao much money that we can celebrate for Ave days!" This very well expresses the feel ing that the Austrian people have for the Communists. Besides Austria, I visited France. Switzerland and Spain on this trip. I do not have to say much about France?everybody knows that it is the country for good living and entertainment, but it is also very expensive, and you have to take a lot of dollars to stay very long there. Spain Meat Inexpensive Quite different is Spain. We gen erally have a very wrong impres sion about this country. The people In Barcelona and Madrid are well dressed and make a good living. You don't see anything of a dic tatorship. People can do and live as they wish. Prices there, compar ed with our standards, are terribly cheap. I brought a menu and a wine card along, and just want to tell you a few of the prices: Fish Dinner (Haddock or Sole) between 30c and 60c. Pork Loin, 50c Sirloan Steak with Potatoes, 80c. Still cheaper is the wine: You can buy V4 bottle of wine for from 6c to 30c for the very Anest bottle. So, next time any of you plan a trip to Europe, stay a little longer in Spain and enjoy yourself. England has made a 100% recov ery. and the people there are hard working and happy. Due to the extremely cold weath er, I had to take it easier and could < not do as much business as usual. | so. therefore. I had more time to , make up my attendance at the ? Rotary meetings and had many oc- < casions to talk privately with j Rotary members in Austria and i Switzerland. You all know that We have an i Exchange Student Program, which i brings us some studeifls from over- , seas to this country, while some of c our boys and girts go overseas. < This is sponsored by Rotary Inter- ( national in Chicago, but the idea of enabling a youth from another | country to spend a few weeks in i their own community has a great i attraction for many Rotary clubs. As a member of the International | Committee In this club. I was al- t ways thinking that It would be very ] interesting to sponsor the travel of i a local youth to a community in i another country, where he or she i would be under the care and InAu- i ence of Rotary. Student Exchange Suggested | I talked this over with many | members of the different Rotary cluba, and I could see that the clubs 1 would be highly cooperative to help i us in exchanging students at an 1 astonishingly small expense to the < clubs concerned. The entire cost < of traveling back and forth for a I 10 weeks' visit comes to about >280 i or >300. which has to be paid by i the youth himself. And, since thev can live in the home of a Rotarlan 1 during the entire stay, the coat to i the club would be limited to Inci dentals, such as pocket money. Furthermore, you will And that when such an experience is offered, the Rotary Hub can easily And a ' local youth eager to pay for his own travel. All the club has to do Is to correspond with another club and sponsor a boy or girl for a 10 weeks' visit to the USA, and vice versa. I believe that it would cre ate a deep and lasting impression in the youth himself, and tlhA he' *ould become better informed and insured by the idea. The commun ity he visits learns more from him about his country, and he would :arry back to the people of his own country a first-hand message of good will. I saw in the paper the other day :hat Moscow urges Harvard Uni versity to send some students over there, and they, in turn, some here. The headlines from Washington are ,n conflict, since it is feared that [his is only propaganda. I am not tiere to say what we should or should no^do, but I believe that it would be wiser for our universities to send their boys to Allied coun tries, where they can learn more ibout friendship and good will than they will in any Russian or Satel ite country. If anyone from our club would * interested in sending their boy >r girl overseas. I will be glad to >rtng you In contact with friends if mine from other Rotary cluba iverseas and would be glad to write to these friends. I am sure that this would help our club also to win sew friends. All in all. I can only assure you hat we all can be happy to be nembers of this wonderful Rotary ;lub. and If any one of you has the opportunity of goiiig overseas, tou will realise this more and more ?nd will see'that Rotary is really 'International". v TOP MAN ABOUND THE COUBTHOU8E Thurs day was this Charlotte steeplejack, |tvln| the flaspole on the courthouse lawn a fresh coat of alumlrum paint. Notin* The Mountaineer pho tofraphar at work, the steeplejack called down: "Come on bp here; you'll get a much better pic 'ture." Episcopal Building Fund Reaches 84 Per Cent Of Goal In Whirlwind Campaign I The building fund of Grace Episcopal Church roomed within $12,000 of its $75,000 goal as pledges were received during the past week to bring the total to $63,000. The sum represents the result of the canvass of residents and was pledged by 73 families within two weeks. Some $13,000 in cash has been received and plans are to start the new building in early fall. 1 MOKE ABOUT Board oi Elections (Continued from Page 1) Mrs. Hobart Hardin. Beavrrdam No. 2?Joe Mease, John Chapman, Troy Ford, Mrs. Mae West. Beaverdam No. 3?Mrs. Logan White, Ruffner Jones, W. L. Goolsby, Harry Hughes. Beaverdam No. 4?Mrs. Wade Rhea, Mrs. Tom Hipps, Mrs. Vin cent Worley, Mrs. Mark Swain. Beaverdam No. 5 ? Fred Wil liams. Edwin Hyatt, Bill Battison. Mac Byers. Beaverdam No. S ? Mrs. Don Scroggs, V. k. Byers, Paul Bum garner, Frank Campbell. Beaverdam No. 7?Mrs. Carolyn Plemmons, Girt wood Smathets, William Kyle, H. C. Crumley, Jr. Big Creek?Mac Caldwell, Mrs. Jack Redman, Crow Hopkins. Hol 11s Sutton. Cecil?Mrs. Howard Medford, Paul Woody, Lamer Warren, Clyde Caldwell. Clyde?Mrs. Sara Brown, Massle Osborne, Marguerite Welch, Gil mer Carver. Crabtree?Gay Bradshaw, Her shell Rogers, R. M. Hawkins, Sr., Vinson Davis. East Fork?West A. Pless, Rex L. Pless, Morris Trull, Mrs. Ruth Butler. Hare!wood?Mrs. R. W. Craw ford. Cecil Mauney, O. V. Cagle, Rudolph Carswell. Lake Junaluska ? Mrs. Grover Leatherwood, Paul Sutton, Tom Fincher, Andy Moody. Jonathan Creek ? Mrs. Kate Kennedy, Larry Sutton, Davis A. I Boyd, Brown r8ss. Fines Creek No. 1?R A. Jus tice, Roy Rogers, Henry Haynes. Joe Rathbone. Fines Creek No. 2?Hugh Rath bone. Floyd Green, John Ftncher. Ivy Hill ? Albert Siler, Hub Plott, Rufus Finger. D. J. Boyd. Iron Duff ? Clinton McElroy, V. R. Davis, Andy Ferguson, Cash Medford. Pigeon?Mrs. Edith Edwards, Ed Justice, Mrs. Burt Cagle, James Edwards. Center Pigeon, W. I. Mease. Mrs. Glenn Able, Mrs. Homer Galloway, Sfc-s: J. R Queen. Saunook. Mrs. Mary Shook. C. L. Rabb, Edwin Caldwell, Roy Stephens. Center Waynesville?Mrs. Jack Coin, Mrs. Roy Campbell, R. B. Barker, Edwin Russell. South Waynesville?Mrs. W. A. Hyatt, Lawson Mehaffey, Hilda Luther. James Hardin Howell. East Waynesville?Hartey Fran cis, L. Z. Messer, Frank Ledford Boone Swayngim. West Waynesville ? Mrs. Shu ford Howell. C. C. Walker, Zack Massey. Mrs. Edna Rogers. White Oak?-kfrs. Roe Ledford. Gaylor Baldwin, Jack Bramlett. France Teague. MOB! ABOUT Patrolmen (CtnliMtd fTM Pax* 1) breaking and entering and larceny. Williams and Armstrong escap ed from the Stanly County jail March 11 and later were picked n? In South Carolina and lodged In the jail in Anderson. On Saturday night, March 31, the two men join ed five other men ? Including Lollia ? In sawing their way to freedom. Two of the seven es capees were picked up a short time lawr. Two others still re-, main at large. After escaping from the Ander son jail, Williams, Armstrong, and Lollia first broke into a garage In that city and stole a Chevrolet and a number of tools and auto ac cessories. Later they abandoned the Chevrolet and stole a 1953 Mercury at Chlldersburg, Ala. When apprehended by the high way patrolmen, the three men were heading for Greensboro. Cpl. Smith said that the trio's car yielded ode of the largest col lections of stolen goods he has ever seen, Including large quan tities of tools and auto accessories, food, drinks, clothing, a .22 rifle, razors, knives, and other items. Despite their arsenal, the escaped convicts made no attempt to re sist arrest. The Haywood officers took the three men-first to Cherokee Coun ty jail at Murphy, went on their fishing trip as planned, and then brought the escapees to the Hay wood County Jail, where they are now being held. They will remain here until an investigation into their activities has been completed. MORE ABOUT Sub-Station (Contlnaed from Pace 1) of the major chain stores in the South! The market's assets, he pointed out, are owned by 124 stockholders ?mostly farmers and buyers?and the organisation is governed by a board of directors. Mr. Cronkhite emphasized that "Farmers Market should not be considered as a Hendersonville market, but as a Western North Carolina market ? operated to serve the entire mountain region." He said that the market has been open six days a week from June until early fall, with daily sales at 2, 4, and 6 p.m. "This year however, we hope to be* in business until Christmas If we have a good apple crop," he added. Asked about any frost damage to fruits caused by frost the latter part of March, Mr. Cronkhitp said that there has been no noticeable damage to apples thus far, and/ added that damage to peaches in' South Carolina and Georgia has not been as great as first believ ed." He predicted that "1956 will be one of the best fruit and vegetable seasons in a number of years barring another severe frost." - The market manager said that he was pleased to hear that Hay wood residents are increasing the county's production of strawber ries. and plan to produce a greater amount of other fruits and vege tables. In thinking of marketing pro duce this summer, Mr. Cronkhite said, growers should strive for high quality and give careful at tention to attractive packaging. Expert Mockery COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? The mockingbird imitates other birds so well that only electronic analy sis can tell the difference, say two ornithologists at Ohio State Uni versity. And the mockingbird mimics an individual bird, not just the general pattern of another species' song, study indicates. The investigators, Profs. Donald J. Borror and Carl R. Reecc, use ' sn audiospectrograph to measure the rhythm, loudness and pitch of 'ape-recorded bird songs. Analyzing a mockingbird imitat ing a Carolina Wren, they found one pattern was virtually identical to that of a wren recorded near by 10 days earlier. SPECIAL VISITOR in Wajmesrtlle High elec tronics cIuhs last week was J. T. Winn, equip ment manager at the Charlotte office of the Am erican Telephone and Telegraph Corp., who came ? "' <1 ?? " ? 1 ' 1I," here to interview students for employment with ATdtT. Here Mr. Winn talks with WTHS stu dents Freddie NorrU, Billy Slake, and HUliard Arrington. (Mountaineer Photo). PIECE GOODS WEEK (A?L) at RAY'S ? V ? ' Featuring An Abundance Of Materials To Help You IT'S SO VERY EASY AT RAY'S TO EVERYTHING FOR YOUR SEWING NEEDS ? Stripes, checks, polka dots ? All-over flower prints ? Tiny and large geometries ? Wallpaper flower prints % /? ? All solid colors * ? Piques, Pimas, Ginghams ? Broadcloth, Chambray ? Many polished surfaces ? No-iron Crinkle cottons ? Satin and Taffeta cottons f ? More fashion for your money ? when you "sew your own" with cotton. Cotton's a natur al ? in a million moods for sports, dress-up, lounging, business. We've bolts and - bolts of wonderful cottons to whirl you through a summer ful of cool days and nights and constant compliments! Come, choose your cottons and call your fashion! Discontinued Group QUADRIGA 80 Square PRINTS 49c Values 39c Lovely Assortment SHEER COTTONS 49c Values 44c Right For Spring Special Asst. RAYON FABRICS 40c yd Values to 79c FREE APRIL 9 THRU 14 With Each Dress Pattern Bought ? A CROWN DRESS ZIPPER The best that you can buy CROWN ZIPPERS ARE GUARANTEED TROUBLE FREE . ? . - *a<? is .. - i jQEAj^V A ' ?^^?ilfc-'^BN 1" J kl ^ '.
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