Revolutionary
Impulses To Be
Felt In Europe!
Washington. Some informed dip
lomats are coining to the belief thai
revolutionary impulses are now boil
ins "P 'n Europe are almost certain
to touch and change every country !
on the* continent.
Moreover, there is becoming ap
parent among these officials a con
v idtion that American policy must
be to allow these revolutionary for
ces to run their natural courses and
to bring about whatever changes
may be more or less inevitable any
way, without outside interference.
This policy el non-interference is
applied equally to British policy as
it has recently been manifested in
Italy and Grcece and to Commun
ism insofar as it may operate as an
arm of Russian foreign policy.
Briefly, it may be said that Wash
ington hopes that America's great
European allies will refrafh from
seeking to control the affairs of the
smaller countries of Europe, will al
low new forces to come into play
and then through the medium of the
United Nations will seek to so org
anize world peace that those forces
may contribute to securing it.
The pattern of change is already
apparent in Greece, Italy and Bel
gium. It is present but less appar
ent in France because General Chas.
tie Gaule has been extremely sensi
tive to the demands and aspirations
of tomer resistance leaders and oth
ers. These men who lived throug the !
period of German occupation came j
out with a determination that the i
Europe of the future shall be differ- i
ent in many respects from the Eu- j
rope of the past.
Officials here say that neither the
United States; the British, the Rus
sians nor the aggressive but very
small minorities within any of the
liberated countries should be per
mitted to interfere with their de
velopment.
While these processes are going on
in the countries which have known
wnr during the last five years, there
is considerable speculation here ov
er what may happen in the neutral
countries. Spain, Portugal, Switzer
land and Sweden.
The theory is that they may have
to undergo some changes themselves
at least in top governmental person
nel, during coming months, in order
to adjust, to the new Europe in which
they will find themselves. Such
changes may be least in Sweden but
may reach the proportion ot a rev
olution in Spain.
Miss Barnett is Listed
In College Who's Who
KISS ROYSTKR BARNETT '
Miss Royster Bamett, daughter of i
Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Barnett, of Boone, j
who will receive her B.S. degree |
from Appalachian State Teachers j
College in December , is among those :
students who will be listed ir. the
1944-45 issue of 'Who's Who Among
Students in American Universities
and Colleges. This book will be- re
leased in April.
This publication is published
through the co-operation of over 60C
American universities and colleges.
It is the only means of national
recognition for graduates which is
devoid of politics, fees and dues.
Several students i'rom accredited
colleges are selected each year, by
an unprejudiced committee, for their
biographies to appear in "Who's
Who." These books are placed in
the hands of hundreds of companies
and others who annually recruit
outstanding students for employ
ment.
Miss Barnett is a member of Fu
ture Teachers of America Club at
Appalachian, member of the College
Chorus, nnd was president of the
A Cappelia Choir.
Following her graduation, Miss
Hnrr.ctt will join the faculty of the
city schools at Newton, where she
will teach history and miisic.
Production of meat, poultry and
eggs in North Carolina increased
from 410 million pound? in the 1925
20 period to 690 million pounds last
year.
Machine guns used by Americans
in World War 1 were developed by
John M. Browning, of Utah.
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WASTED
ui Wood and Tanbark
WILKES EXTRACT WORKS
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North Willoesboro, N. C.
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Bennie Guzzles Up
A Christmas Parole
Ncwoiu ? It looks as if Benuiel
Austin, 17, of Albemarle, won't getj
in on thai Christmas holiday the ?
Governor has promised to prisoners I
whose terms are slated to expire just]
after the Yuletide holiday.
Bennie isn't classified as an es-j
capee, exactly ? just a '"drunkee," |
police explained. Seems that Bennie
who was serving ? year for robbery, j
was working at the edge of town as [
waterboy for a convict gang at work.
Police said he found some white li
quor, sampled it heavily, arid was
wandering along the highway when
the officers picked him up. Bwmie
parsed out at the jail, but was not
wearing prison clothes and the po
lice didn't realize he was on the road
gang. But bis shoes sort of looked
like the prison model, so they check
ed all the prison camps in this vi
cinity and finally discovered who he
was.
Police said Bonnie probably would
not be released when his term is up
December 28.
Senate Gives Approval
To War Powers Act
The Senate has voted to continue j
the administration's broad war em- 1
ergency authority through 1945 andj
has passed without change the ex- !
tension of the second war powers {
act, which had been given house |
approval.
Senate approval wits by a voice
\^te. The bill now goes to the White
House.
The act is the legislative corner
stone of the war production board's
authority over the nation's war-time
economy, and carries the govern
ment's powers to impose rationing,
it also gives President Roosevelt
authority for the war food adminis
tration and various other emergency
agencies.
Enactment of the measure war, an- j
other step in the drive of the 78th j
Congress to finish up "must" legis
lation and quit for the Christmas
holidays.
U. S. Population
Is About 138,100,874
Total population of the United
States, including of course those ser
ving in the armed forces overseas, is
138,100,374, as of July 1. the census
bureau estimates.
In the four years and three months
since the 1910 census, the population
increased by more than 6,400,000, al
most three-fourths as much as the
number added in the full decade be
tween 193Q and 1940.
The bureau said the more rapid
rise since 1940 was due to two fac
tors:
An increase in the excess of births
over deaths.
Greater excess of immigration ov
er emigration.
The number of births had begun
to decline by the end of 1943 but ev
en in the middle of 1944 it was still
well above the pre-war level. The
bureau said:
"It seems inevitable that the birth
rate will continue to decline sud
that the number of deaths will in
crease as the war proceeds, with the
resuit that the natural increase will
shrink, considerably."
I.ouisiana is popularly known as
the "Pelican State."
EVERYONE LIKES FLOWERS
at Christmas time. They bring a note of cheer that seems to magnify the
holiday spirit. So, for more happiness, give flowers. We will have a large
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