TTHE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1955.
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Vashington Buainess officials
continue. to brighten their forecasts
for the year 1955, and there is gen
erally an ifpsurga of optimally in
tho business WorlJ tgday, fvefc (tar
p.ming that of November and De
cember, 'The,, most accepted.,, ver
sion of prospetfe ,i that they -are
good for ft period lasting well 'into
is: - r .' .
Although every earlier estimate
for J 955 'cautioned the public that
this year would not be a boom year,
or even a Spectacular one forecasts
rurrently being made agree that
pales records should set an all-time
high and that profits also be at a
high. .
Construction is expected to'ton-
? tinue at a fast clip While consumer
i buying expands. . By raises coming
( for the mlhtary services, for. gov-
ernment civil . service Workers and
for postal workers will all have an
effecton buying power. In addi
tion, labor is expected to win pay
raises., in a number of fields.
; -. With unemployment not expected
.to rise above. 1954 levels, and with
inventories, in; many fields lower
tb,an" last year this 'time, the ex
pectation is or a larger volume of
mah.ufachirers''orders. So far this
jrearthis'Tias been tnie in the auto
motive trade.' ,. .
This rosy business picture is one
reason- the stock market has stead
ily advanced indecent months'. The
advance hasj continued until it sur
prised evdnjeeasoned experts. It
has advanced until some stocks are
Costing quite a lot in, proportion to
,-. ie dividends they pay.
;., Yet the market continues to rise.
-An long as business is Rood, and
it will probably be good for a cou
plo of years or eighteen months, at
least, these stocks may stay up at
th&htgh levels', but sooner or later
some of them will probably settle
down tp tnwe. .normal prices, j '
: tf tjhereadjustment comes sud
"donly,,t!lire' ceW be a- rapid level-
off in market prices and much pro-
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1. vrrU'll'.'JivKtV , tJ'v.f'ngnT .misi,
,1 ;?f4jMtt;,.IhJs!;bne':woi-d.of
aSioji Seems to be lacking. Just
ways-mean it is the time to,btjy
Stocks v , , ::, . , ;
The present, a time when stocks
have-been rising for years", and
whenbuying has forced some is
sues to surprising levels, could or
could not be a good time to invest
in stocks, despite the prospect of a
very good business year and . the
improbability of any serious de
pression.
v The worst-kept secret in Wash
ington at about this time is usual-
lv some executive committee testl
monjte with tap$ol lpfcatudiiK'
up agaiii "But the worn-kept se
cret right now is the little budget
balahcing.txlMimife, iifyhTys fcurgftig'
back andforfh 'between- several
high Administration officials.
The idea of at leasp&Kpuip
was to paint a blacVpic&tve to the
84th Congress .''in he 'f feU'" of bal
anced' budgets,1 i' Thdn, after the
Democrats had raised a sizeable
crop' of cane, the . Administration
would up and produce a balanced
budget. ,. ,
i And the year would be of course
AD 1956 the year, by chance,
of the presential election. That
would put the voters in the right
frame of mind for voting the right
way, according to this theory, which
ii getting a pretty good play in
Washington at present. . ,
The only trouble with this plan
is the mere existence of a Dembr
cratin Congress. . The . Democrats
might just spend enough money in
the next two years to keep the butt-
get unbalanced. Of course, Presi
dent Eisenhower could use his veto.
but. on many Bills he would think
twice , before sending them back,
lor ne coum get something worse
and he could also receive credit for
killing them if they did not return
to the White House.
While the French are more eager
than ever to arrange a Big Four
meeting in Paris, the British and
American government have grown
rather cool to tne idea in the last
six weeks. . :
Premier Mendes-France ' would
So!tl:rs' Favorite
Drinlt Is Reveled
SEOUL The soldier's , favorite
drink, Hollywood notwithstanding,
is water. ' .'
Statistics show that the U. S.
Army's 24th Infantry Division men
use more than 3,000,000 (M) gal
Ions of purified water each month.
There is Plenty of water in the
area where Hhe Tare Leaf division
is located, but the troops won't
touch a drop of it until the Third
Engineer Combat Battalion fa
purified it Battalion water points
supply more than 100 tank trucks
daily from 7 A. M., until 8 P. M.
Water usually is taken from deep
wells rather than from running
streams which are likely to be pol
luted. It is pumped through sets
it filters consisting of metal tubes
:oated with silicon powder which
eliminates up to 90 per cent of the
bacteria, '- -.' . .
." Next, the water enters a tank to
which six to ten parts of chlorine
per 1,000,000 (M) gallons of water
is added. Thirty minutes later, the
water, safe for drinking, may be
dispensed.
Civil Service
Jobs Available v
Big Vha!s Shoot Gives U. S. Soldiers
Chance To Brush Up On Marksmanship
KEFLAVIK, IeelanoV-The Unit-i government, 60 armed soldiers
ed States Army has come to the boarded small . fishing vessels to
aid of the North Atlantic herring.
Sharpshooting Army ,. infantry
men are being called upon to level
their deadly M-j. rifles in defense
of these watery inhabitants off the
western coast of Iceland. '
At the invitation of the Icelandic
shoot killer whales that had been
playing havoc with the herring
catch of local fishermen. Iceland
ers claim the whales destroy them
selves by attacking each other af
ter the bullets wound them.
The killer whales average from
one to four tons in weight, and 15
to 30 feet in length. Recently large
schools of these whales tore
through fishing nets to get at the
herring catch. Needless to say,
this wast not appreciated by the
fishermen. - . , ., .
According to Icelandic fishermen,
the 1954 season has seen the great
est onslaught by the kilter whales
in a score of years. Many of the
fishermen are hopeful that the
menace of the whales will drop off
with the , cold weather. They say
the "killers" do liot operate on the
surface of the water in extreme
. .A Civil Service Examination for
the 'positions of Helper, - Aircraft
Electrician; Helper, Aircraft Me
chanic General; Helper, Metalsmith
Aviation; Helper, Radio Mechanic;
$9.28 to $10.08 per diem; Electri
cian (Aircraft); $14.24 to $15.36
per' diem; Aircraft Instrument Me
chanic; $14.24 to $15.36 per diem;
Auto Mechanic (Body and Fender);
$13.44 to $14.56 per diem; Paint-i
er (To fill positions of "Painter
(Brush)" and "Painter (Spray)";
$13.04 to $14.16 per diem; Radio
Mechanic; $14.24 to $15.36 per di
em; (Males Only), for indefinite
appointment at the U. S. Naval Air
like to have, the Big Four meeting Facility, Weeksville, Elizabeth City,
bfiMise busine'stf appears- headed
tt P good cycle Hhafdoey not al
in Paris in May. But Mr. Eisen
howe,r has his doubts whether the
French are really a big fourth, and
also whether they can deal realisti
cally with the Reds. " The British
are likewise concerned about the
possibility that the French will fa
vor a deal with Russia, . ; i .
' The question is asked what the.
Allies have to gain from the Reds,
now that West Germany is appar
ently headed for rearmament.
Public Siale
I will offer for sale'at public auction, for
fiash, at the' home of the late C. F. Reed,
stwo mneswest oi tiemora, on January zz,
1955, at 10 o'clock A. M., all my household
' and kitchen furniture and numerous other
chattels , , ' ;
1 '-': Mrs. C. F. Reed "
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N. C, and Aircraft Repair Supply
Base, U. S. Coast Guard, Eliza
beth City, N. C, is now open, it
was stated today by Edgar Fields,
Civil Service Information Renre-
sentative at the local post office.
The examination is being held by
the Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, ;Fif th Naval District,
and applications wijl be accepted by
thq Executive Secretary, Board of
U. - S.': Civil Service Examiners
FiflhNaval District, U. S. Naval
Base?-Norfolk ll, Virginia, until
the needs of the service have been
met.
; No 'written test is required for
this examination. Applicants will
be rated on the basis of their ex
perience and training as described
in their applications.
Complete information and appli
cation forms may be obtained fron
Mr. FieldSj Civil Service Informs'
tion Representative at the local
post office.
Music is well Miid to be the
speech of angels. Thos. Carlyle.
... True delicacy, as true generosity,
is more wounded by ap act of of
fence from itself, than to itself.
, Lord Greville.
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Clea
ranee
Sale
of
Appliances New And Old
;' .; i-; JFor Limited Time Only ,,. ,"'
- includino the following brands: Z1'
MAGIC CHEF AND CALORIC GAS GANGES
CROSLEY ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS
BUY ANT WATER HEATERS ) MAYTAG WASHERS
r " ' HERE ARE A FEW OF THE MANY SPECIALS OFFERED:
NEW MAGIC CHEF GAS RANGE 6l Q7 CH
Was $179.50. TOWJ - D 1 O 9 tUV
I CALORIC! AUTOMATIC GAS RANGE H ft Q Q
V. i $2 19.95. NOW... fj) 1 U U V D
CROSBY URIGERATQfck; g j yggg
,a3 $199
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"D. ELECTJ1IC RAlGE J4tsJ
, coau;tion. NOW.': ... .U : I JI V,
. UZZD TtNIVFnSAL GAS RANGjE, ...... ,; .' ';
' I , r condL.:n. N -., T r uiJ r WY-.r)-
SPIN-DRIER WASHER S29 95
". CASH OR TERMS AS DESIRED " ' . .
$47.50
S49.00
-n in
Ji
er Gcal Company,
. ,N;:TTb PEiQUIMANS HIGH SQIOOL,
cold weather.
In any event, local fishermen
claim straight shooting infant,- -men
accounted for more than 100
whales in a single mission'.
TRY A WEEKLY CLASSIFIED
'The pig that is being slaughter
ed as I write this line Will leflve
the world better than it found it.
s 7 George Moore.
The march of the human mind Is
slow. hdmund Rurke.'
Pod- tiSi
PLANNING TO PAINT
YOUR WAGON
OR TRACTOR,
Why not protect "and
renew them with ATHEY'S
durable, high quality
finish
first ABI-Hew Tractor in its Class since the Wo
See CHARLIE UMPHLETT At
Hertford Motor Company
BE SURE TO USE thec.m.atkl,: ..i;ca.
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HERTFORD, N. C.
WAGON & IMPLEMENT
HERTFORD HARDWARE & SUPPLY CO.
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PHONE 3461 -:- HFRTFORD, N. C.
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Hertford, N. C.
Hertfolrd,N.C
Phone 2151
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