Newspapers / Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / Feb. 9, 1939, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
PAGE TWO The Week in Washington A BKSUMK OF GOVERNMENTAL. HAPPENINGS IN THE NATIONAL. CAPITAL Washington, Fteb. S?While there are many questions to come before this congress on which there will be sharp differences between the administration fosces and the already wellorganized coalition opposition, there is a great mass of work ahead on which there will be litUe or m> controversy. To do all that must be done before this first session of the 76th congress adjourns probably will keep senators and representatives busy until well past midsummer, though wme of the tilings which must be attended to call for action before then. There is a great list of laws which expire by the limitations written into them, some of which must be renewed this spring if the purposes for which they were enacted are to be continued For example, the authority of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make loans to states and municipalities to aid in financing projects under local laws expires 011 March 20, this year. Since this is generally regarded as I one of the soundest phases of gov- j eminent financing there is little I doubt that the authority will be re- j newed for another year or more, but congress will have to act quickly. At the end of June the Reconstruction Finance Corporatoin itself goes out of business unless congress re- , news its charter by that tune. On the same date the Federal Re- ! serve system loses its authority to i issue Federal Reserve notes against . government bonds, unless congress acts. Other Powers Expire At the end of the federa 1 fiscal year, which is June 30. other powers and authorities which expire by , limitation include that of the F.H.A to insure rehabilitation loans, and . the guarantee by government of F.H.A. debentures; the authority of the U. S. Housing Administration to issue 500 millions of bonds; and the j existence of the Federal Seivlce Com- j WJnditiPS <>vrTVT*-<mon Afore imDorian!. zhSLi ariy . xvicfcgvjYiig LS uit: vjcev-ssiiy lvir tv.t: ses- \ sion of congress to enact a new r nue law or reaffirm the present one so far as it refers to taxes on corporations; for the law passed last year specifies that the corporation income taxes for which it. provided shall not Apply to any corporate fisca 1 year ending after December 31, 1939. The whole tax question is likely to take up a great deal of the time of congress. It will be easier to handle, in one respect, since for the first time In 60 years all of the federal tax laws ha,ve been codified, indexed, classified and printed in a single volume. Record of Laws The other day a bill which no member has ever read passed both houses of congress without an opposing vote. DON'T FORGET . .. EWhen you see those good j shows this week-end to stop j next door and get one of those delicious Cherry Sundaes for j only 10c I APPALACHIAN ! SANDWICH SHOP i JOHNNY YOUNT, Manager i 1 Carolina 1 *our Nyal Sen CUT-RAT Prescriptions Phone 47 *'ut Greyhc KnoxvIUe BCS TTIKMTNAI. Whiston-S Mior.e 4S Boone, N. C. Ncw Together As "The C< Gary Cooper and Merle Oberoit art .Samuel Goldtwyn's rom.uitic corned supported by Walter Brennan <>f * This outstanding bit is now shown Vj It was about the longest bili ever j passed by congress, running more than 500 printed pages. It was the federal tax code, which now sets forth in legal form precisely what the tax laws are, so that members considering changes in the laws can refer to a particular page and section of the code and every other member will know just what it is all about. Expert lawyers employed by congress and the treasury and the department of justice worked out the; ?ode and checked it and recheckod it. so il may be taken as a complete and accurate compendium of all legislation now in force on the subject of taxes. The opposition forces in congress are showing their strength by opposing some of the President's appoint uyiiu-. pff-.ABfStft--, >. _ - 1 Over Antlio Tike holiest "battle far bet ween \ liSVr - :.'^'d I over the President's appointment oi Thomas R. AmLie, former repres t-n tative from the first Wisconsin district. as a member of the interstate commerce commission. Mr. Amlie served in congress as a member of the Progressive party. The Republicans carried Wisconsin last fall, and defeated Mr. Amlie for senator. The vacancy on the interstate commerce commission is caused by the death of a Republican member of that bi-partisan board. There is considerable resentment in congress over the selection of a Progressive to replace a Republican, but i the fire was fanned into flames when the legislature of Wisconsin, by an almost unanimous vote, adopted a resolution protesting to the President against the Amlie appointment, and requesting the Wisconsin senators to oppose his confirmation. Charges that Mr. Amlie is a communist sympathizer have been openly made on the floor of congress. One of the widely-heralded measures which is not likely to get through j this congress is the Pat man anti- j chain store law. Well-informed members of both houses are expressing doubt that it will even get out of committee. yOUR $$ IF i WILL^| GO JMpREAD FAR THE ADS | Pharmacy rice Drug Store E DRUGS ; a Specialty Boone, Sf. C. J N DREDS OF CITIES per doQar. more pleasure per trip?that's mud's bin reductions mean to you t pte Redsccd O no-Way Far**. $2-80 Abingdon $1.20 ialem 1.95 Miami 14.10 on 6.70 Myrtle Beach.. .135 k 9.95 Greensboro 2.45 5 1.50 Jefferson 65c WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVj ?wboy and the Lady" k oo-etarred for the first- time in y. "The Ceftvfjoy and the Lady," 'Kentucky/' and Fuuy Knight. ?g at. the Appalachian Theatre. VALLE CRUCIS HONOR ROLI Following is the perfect attendand and honor roll of the YalJe Cruel public school for the fifth month: Perfect Attendance First grade: Earl Spencer Town send. Charlie Joe Cole. Katy Sue Far thing. Wilma Hicks. Joyce James Reba Townsend. Second grade: Masto.n BenUey, Howell Cook, Olas Yates, Ftazil JamOfj, Frances To.vnsend. Third grade: Jack thinner. Kennetl Herman. Howard Love. Fred Husk Pansy Husk. Dare Story, Henry Law ranee. Freddie Michael. Fourth grade: Evelyn Clark, Wayn< Clark. Traitt Coffey. Ruth Coleman Ray Dollar, Edna Dee Hodges. Eud< Hodges, Ductile Hodges. Mary Shull Clyde Story, Jeanne Tester. Ra: Townsend. 3-1 . Fifth ersde: Owe)' Brewer, Henri v.auw.:.v, &asa& js&SWcs, Russell Hodges. Edward Tesier, Ton Town send. Johnny Yates, Kowan Yates. Sixth grade: Gertrude COffc> Katherinc- HSarrell, Anne Lou James Jeanne Shull, Demise Townsend, Rub: Reece, Edith Dawrance, Wilbu Brewer, Hildreth Davis, Fred Eggerc James Herman, Frank Mast, Georg Townsend. Ecventh grade: Fred Bentlej Carl Clark, William Herman, Georg Hollars. Henry Dawrance , H. W Most. Jr., Ernest Howe, Henry Tes ter, Mary Hazel Farthing, Blanch vn y XjdwralitL^ UQU LJJVl Chloe Story, Margaret Taylor. Honor Roll First grade: Katy Sue Farthing Dale Brewer, Beatrice Townsem Earl Townsend, Jean Herman, Wilm Hicks, Alfred Townsend, Ear Teams. Second grade: Mastoi, Bentlej I Howell Cook. Olas Yates. Fran' James, Third grade: Dorothy Townsent Wanda Yates. Howard Love, Pats Teams. Dare Story, Henry Lawranc* Floyd Townseno. Freddie Michael. Fourth grade: Mary Shull, Evely Clark, Wayne Clark. Esther McGuiri Ruth Coleman, Clyde Story. Fifth grade: Dena Multba. Sixth grade: Jeanne Shull, Rub Reece, Frank Mast, Wilbur Brewer. Seventh grade: Mary Hazel Farth ing, H. W. Mast, Jr. MONTH OF FEBUARY HAS MANY RED LETTER' DAY: A peek at the calendar show's tha i February has more ''red letter days I than any other month in the year. One of the most important of tb special days was the second of ti month, last Thursday, which wa Groundhog Day. The prop.hets sa that on that date, the weather ft the whole of February and half < March is determined by the antic of the groundhog. St. Valentine's Day, which falla c February 14, has an important plat on the calendar, too. On this da; hoys and girls and men and mait exchange greetings which on an other date might be considered tc bold. Bashful beans have no hesit! tion in saying it with hearts an flowers, because the only name the need give is 'Tour Valentine." The other special occasions in Fel ruary are birthdays. Kdison ws born on February 11, and the nej NEW RIVER DAIRY GRADE A PURE RAW MILK Our ililk Is handled strictly under state sanitary regulations. It is pure and wholesome. Phone 130-J Boone ERY THURSDAY?BOONE, N. C. SCHOOL LUNCH ROOMS PROVING VALUABLE HELP By RUBY EUI,IS The seven WPA-sponsored school | lunch Thorns in Watauga county are I doing much to improve the health and i morale of underprivileged school | children in the county, officials here I say. In addition to the seven WFA lunch t-ooms there is a NYA lunch room, which is also operated under the supervision of Mrs. Ruth Isaacs ami Mrs. Alice Robblns. Children entitled to free lunches are carefully selected and tickets arc distributed to them so that their fellow students will not know that there is a distinction bet.wren those who are able to pay and those who are not. The average lunch consists of a hot plate lunch, cocoa and dessert. This may he compared with the case of one child, whose lunch box revealed a small piece of corn bread and a small jar of blackberries. A number of underprivileged children were weighed before going on -t-H.i fwm ltlll r*h lie* 1 n/1 hfivrt hiB*n , weighed at intervals since. The comi paralive figures show a steady gain in weight for all of them. Comparison of the "hefore-and-aftcr" grades also shows a steady improvement in school work. Tnis not only holds good with the underprivileged chldren. but shows up as well in tests r of those who, although not underprivilege, eat hot lunches at the. a htr.eh rooms instead of bringing cold e lunches with them. c In one of the schools, a teacher cited the case of two boys who attended school at irregular intervals only during the days before the lunch room was inaugurated, but had not missed a day sir.ee the beginning of the service. The lunch rooms in the county are sponsored by the board of education, v the community clubs and the parcntteacher associations. Twenty-seven 1 people are employed in the project, ' including some student waiters who pay for their lunches by their services. The barter system, incident" ally, is used by some children who '? cannot pay cash for their lunches but who can provide raw material. GOSSG PLACES 4 are _ be*r"rr ' ! -1'ieS g||> -atslhsf fWVt a year. ?. jar moru r-?p'i acceleration * thai, was recorded in all the years prior to the depression. Nearly a million and a half farm homes are ' now using electricity. * day, the 12th, is the birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln. The lost ' important date of the month is Febr' raary 22. the birthday of the first President of the United States. J George Washington. r. Mf; a aSkI bBHHHV JH BT A w A Br A W A A MBL Wt jfoq?KgcamMfci^Si SB Hp gglHHS ie y flj . and a >! B peopie everyv ?i I "CHEVROLET' Chevrolet outsells all otl rolet out-values all otl verdict of discerning bn the country, and it wil too, when you weigh thi features Chevrolet is c features?important fi features like Vacuum ( in-Head Engine, New " Visibility, Perfected Ki System f, and Tiptoe-M tures available nowht jlwaJmbU on a HUH V *4 J 1 I ft HiuU Harrisoi CATTLE INCOME < Ten years ago, Jeter P. Ramsey oi ] Madison county, bought two three- 1 month-old, purebred Hereford heifers for $30 a bead. These heifers have dropped six bulls and two heifer calves since that time. The bull 1 | calves were sold for $60 each and the I two heifers are now worth $100 3 EX'^^ Thursday, Friday a Ladies' first quality 2-threati fashioned fi9c hose. Heel | OE 3 pairs f? | Belk-W hit* M S P?E. ? 9 1/ flHf JB ! s r?f choicu"! c#f' ' / r lets because Chev- / * aers! That's the / yers in all parts of / j 1 be your verdict, e many extra-value iffering. Modern ? saturea?exclusive Jearsbift*, Valve- a o~?w s-w, v*t Observation Car" tee-Action Biding extremely low pi [atic Clutch?fea- gives so much for i sre else at such ?"Chevrolet's th< 0 madeli at titfkj extra cott. * Available am Matter Ire fa ii Chevrolet C hoove, n. c. FEBRUARY 9, 1939 < Mich. "This was one of the beet J laying investments I ever made," llr. Ramsey said. Of 70.000,000 acres of land suitable 'or agricultural development in the irovinoe of Alberta, Canada, only :8,000.000 actually arc cultivated. / h / / // / //' (/ ? K SPECIAL! ind Saturday Only I and 3-thread, 45-gage, full I within a heel. Special? a | ?C | j or $2.00 1 J : Company g j ?Uge ""*'539 i / ices! Only Chevrolet >o little, and that is why : Choice!" tw n?Mi amir. mmmwbbI Company o'
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Feb. 9, 1939, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75