New Substances
Used To Prevenf
Summer Mildew
New help against summer
dampness in households and the
damage that goes with it—mold,
mildew, mustiness, rust, moir
ture stains, swollen wood, and
loosened glue in furniture—is on
the market this year in the form
of non-drip moisture-absorbers
or desiccants, according to Miss
Ruth Current, home demonstra
tion agent for the State College
Extension Service.
Quoting home economists of
the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, Miss Current said silica
^ gels and other substances, deve
^ loped during the war to keep
the contents of packing cases
dry, are now for sale in re
tail stores.
The advantages of the new
products over calcium chloride,
which has been used for many
years against dampness, are that
they do not become liquid and
drip as they take in moisture,
and they can be dried out and
A used again, Miss Current said.
When they have taken up all the
moisture they can absorb, they
change color, as an indication
that they need to be dried out
or replenished.
Pound îor pound, they prob
ably do not take up quite as
much moisture as calcium chlor
r
ide does, but they are far more
convenient and easy to use. They
do not need to be placed over
containers that will hold liquid
and not corrode, as calciuri
chloride does. Instead they may
be used anywhere- in or out ol
a container. They may be strewn
on closet floors or shelves or
enclosed in trunks, bureau
drawers or clothes bags.
The label on the package gives
directions as to the quantity and
method of use.
Manners Slip,
French Told
PARIS (U.P.)—It's a sad state
of affairs when Frenchmen have
to be reminded one never kiss
es the hand of a lady in the
street, and never, neved blows
one's nose during a meal.
That's the opinion of the
weekly newspaper, Franco Dim
anche, which r. idly admits that
French manners aren't what
they used to be.
"The equisite politeness for
which the Frenchman used to ue
famous abroad is noth'nsj more
than a memory now," the paper
moans, in pubhdhing a list of
don'ts for well-bied citizens.
Some of the taboos
Never offer jewels to a mar
ried woman without first net
ring her husbnad's approval.
In drinking, keep your eyes
on the bottom of your glass and
never on your neighbor-:
ι
.Well,1 lady — in borne washing, it's
lhard to put your finger on the TOTAL
jcosc. You can't limit it to just your
■original investment. You can't stop
jwith the cost of clcctricity and supplies.
You're not even through when you
£gure in your time and inconvenience.
Any way you look at it, it's a tiresome,
tedious, week-after-week job. So, re
member, all things considered, our ser
vice may actually cost less than you
pay now. Why don't you try it once .„
and find out?
Can R-Sftt-l
HALIFAX .
LAUNDRY, INC
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j People, Spots In The News
i "IS FOURTH HOMER in one
game, a feat accomplished by
|v only four others in baseball his
tory, pat Seerey, Chicago White
Sox outfielder, crosses the plate
in a game with the Athletics.
J Wide VVorldjJJps V·
SEPTEMBER MORN,
miniature, is this familiar i
pose, by three-year-old |
Elizabeth Ford, of Larch
mont, Ν. Y.
TENDEROMETER' is this device
which tests tenderness of peas.
J. A. Stewart, right, vice president
of American Can Company, ex
plains the operation to Canadian
Consul H. D. Scully.
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OLYMPIC BATTLEGROUND—Wembley Stadium in London
is almost ready for the world's fastest humans. Λ
Don't dunk your break in your
coffee, blow on your so'.ρ or
blow your nose during a meal.
It is bad taste to brinv flowers
to your hostess. One gives the
impression of wanting to pay
one's check in advance.
When entertaining a writer,
never leave one of his books ly
ing around uncut.
A married couple invited out
should 'abstain from all conju
gal effusion under a roof that is
not their own."
And, of course, kissing hands
on the street is definitely out.
Whether the lady wears gloves
or ndt has no bearing.
The newspaper warns that the
rules don't apply to "well
brought-up persons."
"They don't buy etiquette
books, and besides, a well-bred
person blows his nose before it
runs down sadly into his soup "
North Carolina's percentage
of draft rejections was the high
est in the nation. Over 37 per
cent of white men and 53 per
cent of Negro men were turn
ed down as unfit for military
service.
CARD OF THANKS
I want to extend my sincere
thanks to my friends and neigh
bors and the nurses and doc
tors who were so kind and
thoughtful during the illness and
death of my wife. I appreciate
your every effort and deed.
J. E. KING.
Stolen Typewriters
Finance GI Fun
FRANKFURT, Germany (U.P.)
—There's more money for Euro
pean smugglers in typewriters
than in dope today, according to
U. S. military police.
Five hundred army type
writerâ are missing.
Many of the typewriters have
been taken by GI's and civilians
looking for a way to finance a
cheap holiday in Parisian pleas
ure palaces, a U. S. police au
thority said.
Recently agents were tipped
that an American courier slip
ped away to Paris carrying dope
in his diplomatic pouch. Agents
trailed him. When they opened
the pouch they found two cal
culating machines, presumably
for sale to Paris dealers.
"Worthy more than narcotics,
anyway." one authority said.
Calculating machines sell al
most as readily as typewriters to
dealers who advertise in Parisian
papers for used office mach
inery.
Recently, a GI from Germany
was picked up on the French
frontier, he was carrying 14
typewriters.
"He could have played a lot
in Paris with them," a police
authority said.
Ex-Navy Pilot Puts
Bible Tales On Air
New look outside! New outlook inside!
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1319 ROANOKE AVENUE ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
MINNEAPOLIS ( U. P. )— A
'6-year-old former Navy pilot is
•sing radio and the mails to
each Bible lessons to children
η isolated areas in the midwest
ar west Alaska and China.
The gospel pioneer is Robert
E. Lee. He started his drama
tizations of Bible stories locally
last winter and now transcribes
the programs for broadcast ov
er nearly 30 stations. The out
ets include towns and villages
f Wisconsin, Minnesota, and
vest to the coast and in Alaska
and China.
The most popular of the off
rings on the "Children's Cl:a
>el" have been the stories of
Jonah and the whale and Noah
md the Ark, Lee said.
Students who appear in the
programs are from the Univer
sity of Minnesota and St. Olaf
and Luther Colleges here.
Another phase of Lee's work
is a Sunday-school - by - mail
course. An estimated 2,000
: youngsters have enroled in the
mail course.
The work is under the general
supervision of the parish educa
tion department of the Evange
lical Lutheran Church.
Robin With Broken
Wing Learns To Climb
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (U.P.)—
Oscar the robin broke a wing
and faced the problem of how
to get up in his tree lime re
treat without flying.
Benard Kehose found the wou
nded bird fluttering around his
lawn. With the help of Kehoes,
who fashioned a small ladder fo
the bird, Oscar learned to hop
from one rung to the next.
The robin used the ladder to
get up in the tree until his
broken wing mended and let him
fly again.
Commonwealth Pier in Boston
Harbor is 1,200 feet long, 400 feet
wide and provides berths for five
βΟΟ-foot vessels at a time.
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U. S. Loses Heavily
On War-Time Land
MINNEAPOLIS ( U. P. )
The federal government has
sloughed off more war-time pos
sessions. This time it's 250,00C
acres of farm land.
The War Assets Administra
tion says more than half of th(
444,981 acres bought by the gov
ernment during World War II
have been re-sold as surplus tc
the former o\yners.
The government paid $15,861,
721 for the land. Former owners
bought it back for $10,035,359
Other buyers include veterans
who paid $1,697-851 for 41.719
acres. That land cost the govern
ment $2,794,067, WAA officials
said.
State and local governments
took 53,126 acres bought by the
national government for $5,516,
001, at a cpst of $926,902.
Overall fecovery figures show
that the federal government col
lected about 52 per cent of its
original purchase price from the
land sales WAA officials added.
That represents $34 per acre.
Eric Johnston urges "partner
ship capitalism" for world aid.
Too Much Baby Sitting
Said Harmful To Girls
MINNEAPOLIS (U.P.)—Don't
let your daughter do too much
baby sitting.
That's the advice of Dr. Har
old B. Hanson, Minneapolis pub
lic school psychiatrist. He said
an increasing number of emo
tional breakdowns in high school
and junior high school-age girls
can be traced to baby-sitting and
other outside activities.
Hanson said girls who mind
babies too often tend to be "push
ed into adulthood" too soon and
become over-stimulated emotion !
ally.
Firemen Get Service
SUPERIOR, Wis. (U.P.)—Fire
men wish all their fire-fighting
was as easy as this one. A
boxcar filled with lime caught
fire in the railroad yard. While
firemen waited, a switch engi
ne hauled the blazing boxcar fi
ve blocks to the fire fighters.
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