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I jjtaltember 26> 1946 i!' ■ JBgj ?. ‘ y , ■»- -.Ttv 't, ■■ .■? i x 9 ..tf^-i' 1 >?V. «. „ -- I OPERA HOUSE . . . Historic old Central City (Colo.) opera ■^ l0 ( ' hu j|t during the mining boom, is open again this summer after ' wartime blackout. Metropolitan Opera stars in Mozart's Ul Abduction From the Seraglio” and Ven'i's ‘‘La Traviata” are LADIES COATS Rice’s Quality Store PHONE 2312 1C MOUNTAIN ! CNCE AGENCY | NSURANCE and BONDS j Leading Stock Companies * Greene Building B MOUNTAIN, N. C. ike : TOO! • wedding s, Orchids, Roses, and Other iate Flowers Available ave A PHONE No. 5038 •s For All Occasions Call j THE FLORIST lougherty Sts. Black Mountain SPACE HEATERS j ting Fan And Foot Switch § ent - Electric Hot Plates t [ Electric Broilers j ctric And Steam Radiators J it of Small Radios Now In j OIL DISTRIBUTOR I Black Mountain, Montreat and I Listen to WNC A Mon. Wed, and Fri. at 11 :30 a.m. i Viverette Radio And Supply Co. j Black Mountain, N. C. 4952 j i-KA« BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS Tips Are Smaller ;■ As Prices Increase Postwar Public Is Tighter; With Handouts. | | NEW YORK. Waiters, bell- j hops, bootblacks, hack drivers , anl other service workers who rely } largely on tips for income say the postwar public is tighter fisted with its handouts. The warborn spending spree turned up two-bit gratuities for a ‘ job which now nets only a dime. Officials of hotel and restaurant employees unions said persons who : pay more for meals than during the war are taking out their resent ment on waiters by tipping less. One union official estimated a 20 per cent decline in tipping in mid •dle-class restaurants. Barkeeps who jovially give you ja drink ‘‘on the house” are merely encouraging tips, said a spokesman for the bartenders union. To dis courage the free drink practice, the bartenders have been granted wage increases. In many midtown hotels bellhops lamented the passing of the war time high tip. One characterized to day’s tippers as a parade of dimes. The passing of the peak in tip ping also grieves the bootblacks. Typical was the case of a Grand bootblack who said tips which averaged $3 to $4 daily in wartime had declined to $1 to $2. And the barbers are taking it on the chin while taking it off the top. “Prices go up, tips go down,” said a union official. But things aren’t rough all over. In many high-class hostelries the patrons keep laying it on the line at wartime rates. Night club tipping maintains its general level, although an employee at Billy Rose’s Diamond Horseshoe estimated that the ante is down there from the war peak of 22 per cent of the bill to 18 per cent. Aunt Lizzie Dies at 115; Had 9 Husbands SAPULPA, OKLA.—Aunt Liz zie Devers, who celebrated her 115th birthday anniversary two months ago without making her usual birthday statement that “I ain’t never going to die,” was found dead in her home here re cently. Aunt Lizzie had been dead for several hours when found on the floor near her bed by a neigh ' bor. Mrs. Devers was born in Rome. Ga., on May 1, 1831, anl while still a child was brought across the dread “Trail of Tears” to Arkansas. She always described herself as of Irish and Seminole Indian descent. The last of her nine husbands died shortly be fore she moved to Sapulpa in 1914 or 1915. Foreign Relief Cost 536 Millions in Three Months WASHINGTON. The United States provided 536 million dollars in relief aid to other countries dur ing the first three months of this year: The commerce department re ported that 454 million dollars was in the form of civilian relief sup plies, 2 million in relief services and 80 millions in cash. Europe got more than three fourths of the total. Os the supplies furnished, food con stituted 62 per cent and clothing, textiles and footwear 15 per cent. The U. S. government’s over-all expenditures on foreign relief and rehabilitation from July 1, 1940, through March 31 this year totaled $2,305,000,000, of which $2,125,000,- 000, was in supplies. Italy drew the greatest amount of relief-aid. getting since July 1, 1940, ■supplies valued at 570 million dol lars. The Balkans got 430 million, France 225 million, Belgium and the Netherlands 140 million each, Czechoslovakia 85 million, Russia 60 million and Germany and Austria together got 100 million, the depart ment estimated. Russian Zone in Reich To Boost Food Rations BERLlN.—Russian military gov ernment announced an increase in food rations in the Russian occupa tion zone in Germany for persons regarded as non-essential to indus try. Children, non-workers and white j collar workers receive an additional | 1.76 ounces of bread daily and 53 ounces of potatoes monthly. Labor ers and children also will receive an increase of about 10 ounces monthly in other foodstuffs and the remainder of the population five ounces. The present calory levels in the Russian zone were not announced. Gasoline Ration Hike Is Ordered in Britain j LONDON. Emanuel Shinwell, I minister of fuel and power, told commons that the basic gasoline ration would be increased 50 per cent because of purchases enabled by the loan from the United States. This wiM allow pleasure cars to be driven aDout 270 miles a month in stead of the present 180 miles. He said a “rather more generous al- , lowance” would be made for indus trial users. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS Treason Trials " Not New in War Connecticut Native Hanged In 1777 for Joining Enemy Forces. HARTFORD, CONN. Treason trials and the judgment that the one j convicted shall die by hanging are | not new in wartime in this country, j 1 Connecticut had a treason trial in I Revolutionary war days and it re sulted in the sentencing of a man to be hanged in Hartford. The man was Moses Dunbar of Waterbury, caught by patriot leaders as a Tory and used, according to “Anderson’s History of Waterbury,” as an ob ject lesson to others who might have too strong a leaning toward Great Britain’s German king, George 111. Dunbar joined the Church of Eng land as a young man despite objec tions by his father and held to that faith until his death, says the Hartford Courant. In the war he found he could not, without violat ing his principles, fight against Eng land. He went to Long Island, was offered a commission in Gen. Sir William Howe’s army and ac cepted. When he returned to Wa terbury to arrange for transfer of his wife and family to Long Island he was arrested, tried and ordered to be hanged. Document Found in 1880. In 1880, in an old house in Har winton, Conn., a document was found bearing the signature of Moses Dunbar and believed to be his last written words before he went to the scaffold. The first part of the document was addressed to his children, exorting them to re member their Creator, hold fast to their religion and “Love the Sa vior wherever you may be.” Proceeding with his statement to the world at large, Dunbar’s docu ment says he was born in Walling ford, Conn., and married in Farm ington, Conn., to Phebe Jearman. “From the time that the present unhappy misunderstanding be tween Great Britain and the colo nies began, I freely confess,” the document relates, “I could never reconcile my opinion to the neces sity or lawfulness of taking up arms against Great Britain. “Having spoken somewhat freely on the subject, I was attacked by a mob of about 40 men, very much abused, my life threatened and very nearly taken away, by which mob I was obliged to sign a paper contain ing falsehoods. May 20, 1776, my wife deceased, in full hope of future happiness. “The winter preceding this trial has been a time of distress with us. I had now concluded to enter ing into a voluntary confinement within the limits of my farm, and taaking proposals of that nature, when I was carried before the com- and by them ordered to suf fer imprisonment during their pleasure, not exceeding five months. Found Guilty of Treason. i “When I had remained there about 14 days, the authority of New Ha ven dismissed me. Finding my life uneasy and as I had reason to ap prehend, in great danger, I thought St my safest method to flee to Long Island, which I accordingly did. ' “But having a desire to see my friends and children and being un der engagement of marriage with her who is my wife, I returned and was married. Having a mind to re move my wife and family to Long Island as a place of safety, I went there a second time, to prepare mat ters accordingly. When there I ac cepted a captain’s warrant for the king’s service in Colonel Fanning’s regiment. “I was tried in Hartford on Thursday, January 23. 1777, for high treason against the State of Con necticut. I was adjudged guilty, and on the Saturday following was brought to the bar of the court and received sentence of death. “The time of my suffering was afterwards fixed to be the 19th day of March, 1777—which tremendous and awful day now draws near.” Jet-Propelled Fighter Passes Dogfight Tests LONDON.—British air sources in London said their new jet-propelled fighter, a guinea pig plane with swept-back wings resembling those of a swallow, had passed its mock dogfight tests with a Mosquito im pressively. Named by the De Havilland com pany, its manufacturers, as the D.H. 108, "The Swallow” is equipped with a De Havilland gob lin turbo-jet engine, developing 12,000 horsepower. It has neither tail plane nor ele vators. Company officials said the ailerons at the wing tip performed the functions of elevators and were known as elevons. Plans for Two Luxury | Liners Are Abandoned WASHINGTON. The maritime commission abandoned, at Presi | dent Truman’s request, immedi ate plans to spend $34,800,000 for construction of two luxury liners to operate between this country and South America. Reconversion Director Steelman j advised the commission the Presi dent wanted the construction I awards held up for at least a year. See Cancer Help In Powerful Beam New Tool That Science Has Long Waited. URBANA, ILL. A 22,000-volt free electron beam which can be used to “penetrate the core of an atom and study the nucleus in a way never before possible,” has been produced at the University of Illinois. The beam is described by the sci entists as a “new tool for which atomic and medical scientists have long waited.” It comes from the university’s 22,000,000-volt betatron which had been used previously only to pro duce high voltage X-rays. Entirely new ways, the scientists added, to: Study the inside of the atom; study the behavior of elec trons; create artificially radio active substances and attack deep seated cancer. Theoretical calculations indicate that the beam might disclose im portant advantages over X-rays in the treatment of deep-seated cancer. The scientists said, however, that three to five years of further study might be required before such a powerful force can be turned on a living human being for tests on pa tients. The scientists point out that arti ficial radioactivity is not new but that its creation by electrons with such a powerful energy is. Whether the two are different is another question they now hope to answer. Fourth of Animals In Atom Test Killed BIKINI LAGOON.—Nearly 25 per cent of the animals placed aboard ships in the first atomic bomb test were killed outright or died later from exposure to lethal rays, a member of Vice Admiral Blandy’s staff revealed. In addition, many of the ani mals still living are critically ill. Capt. R. H. Dreager said it would be months before the full story of what happened to the animals could be told. He said the animals suffered "no real pain.” Studies have disclosed, he con tinued, that if the ships had been j manned by crews, most of the seamen would have survived and would have been handling ships ready for action. _ Button-Stealing Butler Forgiven, Buttles Again LONDON. Through the chill; , stately halls of ancient Warwick j castle, Thomas George Cook went , about his buttling duties with a clear conscience. Police had writ ten finis to the mystery of who stole the jeweled buttons off the Earl of Warwick’s vest. Cook is an excellent butler, but a poor judge of horseflesh. He had “borrowed” the platinum and dia mond buttons to defray the costs i of a disastrous day at the track. But the earl, whose ancestors made and unmade kings of Eng land, is a man who values a good butler above a set of waistcoat but tons. Despite the earl’s forgiveness, however, a magistrate’s court said the fine and costs would total $76.40. When the buttons were stolen, the earl was in Africa shooting lions. He said he hadn’t worn that par ticular vest for 10 or 12 years. “I’m afraid this is not the first time Cook has had racing trouble.” the earl confided. “I’ve always stumped up and he has always paid back.” Test New Type Radar in Flight Over the Pole EDMONTON, ALTA.—A B-29 Su perfortress with a pressurized cab in recently made a flight of more than 5,000 miles from Edmonton over the north geographic pole and back, first such flight in history origi nating on Canadian soil, it was learned. No details were released officially by United States army air force headquarters here, but it was be lieved the flight byway of Fair banks, Alaska, was made for instru ment testing purposes, particularly the Loran device, which is similar | to radar, and to gather data cm weather conditions in the polar re gions. The B-29 was one of three Loran j monitoring aircraft which have been based in Edmonton for some time. Carrying a crew of 12, the plane stopped at Fairbanks for re fueling and then went over the pole and returned to Fairbanks in ap proximately 23 hours. Later the B -29 returned to its base here. Rhapsody Orchestration Now in Congress’ Library WASHINGTON. - Ferde Grofe, composer and orchestra leader, presented the original manuscript of his piano-orchestra version of the “Rhapsody in Blue" to the Library of Congress. I The orchestration of the famou composition by Georpe Gf-rshw was written by Composer Gio)< New York in 1934 SARG’S RESTAURANT "Service Is Our Motto" DO NOT BLAME US You’ve only yourself to blame when you write a big check for car repairs. Regular chflck-up eliminates unnecessary expenditures. O Jurcrvice will keep your car in first class conditi' on keep your bills down. Drive in today and Jet give you the details. , Moore Bros, Pure Oil St [atm WORLD WAR II VETERAN. j Across From Theatre — A i BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. iii¥iini¥*ii¥i¥iirisrilii ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Sets Os Dinner Ware^ PYREX Baking And Cooking Utensils ENAMELED KITCHEN See Our Sturdy And Very Handy Laundry Baskets LAMP SHADES CEDAR CHURNS STOVE PIPE Black Mountain Hardware Co. PHONE 3481 JBI*B«BBBBa8«MBEIUBBBeBBBBBBBBBBBBBBIlll ■■ ~ „ ' ~ “Teacher, if I send my dresses to the FRENCH BROAD CLEANERS Will I be as pretty as you?” ' Page Seven
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