FIGHT ON POLIO
TO BE CONTINUED
Pietideni's Birthday itr 12ih Con
?jxciitiir Y?mt Dedicated to Fighl
Against Infantile Paxaly-sis
Dedicating nts birthday for the,
I2li> consecutive year to (he Sight
against infantile paralysis. Presi
dent RmwiU. :rs a letter relcasljfl
Friday, declared that the Sight
against thjis. vicious dtse&e enemy:
is a fight to thvr finish anfi the]
lemt: an- unconditional surrender.' " j
""Not, until have removed the
shadow of the Crip filer from the fu
ture of every child ear. we furl the j
flag of battle arid stiii the trumpets
r>f attack." the President said.
His letter written to Basil O'Con
nor, president of the National Foun- .
dation for Infantile Paralysis, ap- j
proved the tatter's -fullest for een- ?
tering the 191- fund raising appeal ?
of the National Foundation around
the celebration of Mr. Roosevelt's !
next birthday January 30, 1345. The :
period for the fund-raising appeai ;
and march of dimes to the White I
House vvill be Jan. 14-33. Mr. O'Con- j
r.ov announced
Pointing out that the 1944 epi-j
dernic was the second largos' in the ;
history of the disease in the United
Slates. Mr O'Connor wrote the '
President that the voluntary contri- 1
buttons of the American people had j
made it possible for the Nation?.! '
Foundation to put the largest polio
lighting army in history into the j
field to battle it.
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TIME FLIES
Beilinghom. Wash. ? Frank Slater
?vent downtown to see a show Lat
er. like Rip Van Winkle, hi came
home to find hi>. family gone, the
'.own changed.
Thirty-five years had eiap.-ed, Sla
ter explained since he n-.et a friend
and accompanied hen ' .i Portland.
Oregi.e.. to become ;? merchant sea
itian.
New Sky Giants
Get Final Tests
: Glimpses through military secie
? cy at new sky giants bigger than
; the H-29 Superfortress now pouring
, destruction on Japan. have been
; flivee the public.
Testimony of officials recently be
j lore the house appropriations c on>
j rmttee disclosed that secret tests of
! the air monsters are under ? ay.
Among them is the 3-2fi. desefib
f ed as the largest airplane that has
; been attempted in this country,
j Dr. George W. Lewis. director nl
. aeronautical research of the Nation
| at Advisory Committee for Aeronau
| tics, mentioned briefly in his testi
mony made public todav, work on
the B-36, 8-35 and the B-12. Details
of sire and prospective performance j
vvcro not disclosed.
The house appropriations com
mittee, incidentally, has reported out
its final spending measure of this
session. $415,324,712 bill providing
supplemental funds for miscellane
ous agencies. More than half of the
appropriation. S286.620.S82, will go
tu the navy, whose officers disclos
ed the experimental work now un- j
dor way on the new superbombeis. '
New funds voted by Congress this !
year, after exported uassage of the '
latest measure, will approximate ?
S8S.000.000.000.
Brenner Pass Likely
Has Been Closed
Aihed inteligence officers in Rome j
say they are reasonably certain
(hat the Brenner pass rail line from
Germany to Italy ha? been sealed
off for nearly a month.
Bombing attacks some weeks ago
were credited with halting military
traffic on the famous route through
the Alps, and the Allied officers say
they believe subsequent bombings
have kept the pass closed. No trains
from Germany have beer- able to'
reach Verona in Italy since early j
November. t
Construction Begins
On Lenoir Airport
I -r*TxfPf
Follow iixri the recent announce
ment of a contract awarded to Kiker
[ and Younl and the town boards of
i I.enoir and Morganton for the com
' pit- turn of one runway at the airport,
i to Do one-half mile in length and
varying in width from 330 feet to
| ! 65 feel, work was stalled on the
j project last week by a crew of
l Kiker and Younl engineers.
It is expected that within 60 days
? ?r a" ih. completion of the con
tract. the airport will meet the
specifications for class one airport
which is the smallest airport in the
CAA classification, providing for
landing strips from 1.800 io 2.700
: '.eel wide.
However, with the recummenda
. tions tor airport projects in North
! Carolina to be included ir. the gi
I cantic airport program proposed by
the government, the Lenoir-Morgan -
'.on airport has been recommended
by the CAA for an appropriation of
$660,000. which when available will
provide sufficient funds to bring the
Lenoir-Morgatiton airport from class
I to class 3. Under class 3 specifica
tions the runways must be 3,500 to
4,500 fee! in length with a width
of 5'X) feet.
Some o! tlie best Irxsh potatoes
for America are apparently some of
the best for China too, soy agricul
tural officials, who have rested 52
American varieties of potatoes in
several parts of China.
GOLDEN
GUERNSEY
Grade A Raw MiSk
Nsw River Dairy j
PHONE 130 .1 BOCNE. N. C. |
Ms- yrjy ;
Because You Helped Give Them
A Merry Christmas
. . , Thank You!
Did you say you don t know this family? Maybe not.
But you helped give them a Merry Christmas just the
same! How? Well, here's the story.
You're looking at one of this country's 20,000,000 fami
lies who are living on a fixed income. When prices rise,
it just means they buy less, that is all. And if loyal
Americans like you hadn't co-operated to their utmost to
keep prices down, why, people like these wouldn't be
able to even make ends meet by this time. So you see,
simply by obeying rationing regulations, refusing to pay
above ceiling prices- arid putting your surplus money into
War Bonds . . . just by being a good citizen ? you've
helped Americans all over the country to celebrate their
Christmas in fine American style. And so. we say, thanks
to you ? our customers.
Full Line of Fruiis, Vegetables and Nuts
For Dependable Quality . . . For Fair Pricing . . .
For Courteous Service
Dixie Home Stores
T. Milton Greer, Manager
N, ,
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A Cordial Welcome to
Barley Growers
Of Watauga and
Other Counties
TP
J?[ OBACCO season is here again and we deem it a
pleasure to welcome our many farmer friends back to
Boone, and to the fine market which has been established
here, and which is such a fine thing for all the farmers of
this area.
At the same time, we are glad to see Mr. Coleman, our
warehouseman, and all the members of his staff back in
the community, and we are glad to be able to offer farm
ers and warehousemen alike all the facilities of a strong
banking institution.
For the convenience of burley growers- we have arranged
to be open for cashing tobacco checks only, for 30 min
utes after banking hours each day, and in order to further
serve those selling their crops here, we have arranged
with the Farmers Hardware & Supply Co. and the Boone
Drug Company to cash these checks for us when we are
closed.
We will appreciate the business of all the growers of this
area, and promise them the best banking service possible
at all times.
Northwestern Bask
; ? BOONE, N.C.
Member Deposit Insurance Corporation