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THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON A Smom a t Ctorwnwtal Hn f ' i to Um HKtad Cwdfl Washington, Sept. 3 ? With their recess cut short by the sudden end of the war and the urgent need for legislation to deal with reconver sion problems, congressmen have returned to Washington to find Sur real vital measures ready for their immediate action. President Truman has urged that the so-called "full employment" bill be taken up first This bill would increase unemployment compensa tion to a maximum of $35 per week fbr tt weeks, Pull hearings were held on this bill before Labor Day, since the committee members re turned to Washington immediately after the Jap surrender to get the bill ready. , Although the measure is expect ed to pass, since it has the full back ing of the President, there will be considerable opposition to it among members of congress who fear that it will encourage shiftlessness and unwillingness to accept work on the part of many unskilled workers. ? As evidence of this attitude, it was pointed out at the hearings that thousands of men, dismissed from war factories, are showing more in terest in getting unemployment in surance than in getting jobs. In the New York area, as an example, it was reported that the number of Jobs available was three times as great as the number of men seeking work. Yet long lines of men were applying for unemployment compensation and were refusing jobs which did not meet the wartime standards they had set for themselves. Four other problems which are expected to be a ted upon at an early date are: (1> reorganization of the machinery for handling the dis posal of billions of dollars worth of surplus property; (2) a measure to give the President authority to re organize and cut the costs of opera tion of the federal government; (3) a new tax program, which will prob ably include a reduction in personal income tax for 1946; (4) the Wagner Murray-Dingbell bill for the exten sion of social security. ? ? ? The end of government controls over manufacturing and distribution of goods have been coming thick MALARIA 1 CHECKED IN 7 DAYS WITH \ LIQUID for \J MS MS MS MALARIAL SYMPTOMS Taks only as directed Potsdam Terms Again Agreed To By Jap Leaders The Potsdam ultimatum, to whoae term* the Japanese bowed at the surrender ceremonies in Tokyo bay Sunday, calls for the elimination "for all time" of the authority and influence of those who led Japan into the war and stern Justice for war criminal*. Others of the terms laid down by President Truman and Prime Min ister Clement Attlee of Britain call for: ? Occupation of Japanese territory until the allies feel the peace of the world is assured; Limitation o 4 Japanese sovereign ty to the main Japanese islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shiko ku and a few minor islands, strip ping Japan of all her conquests; Complete disarmament of Japa nese armed forces; Removal by the Japanese of all obstacles to a revival of freedom of speech, religion and thought. and fast so that now there are very few controls left which might inter fere with peacetime production. Manufacturers are now free to make, in unlimited quantities, prac tically all of the things consumers want most ? things like refrigerators, automobiles, tires, radios, machin ery, electrical appliances, batteries, film, washing machines, etc. It is just a matter now of the time it will take to reconvert to full production. It is not expected that automobiles, for example, will be available on a large scale this year, but radios and smaller items will soon be in the stores again. And nylon stockings will be back before Christmas. As for rationing, that should be pretty well over by the end of the year, although price ceilings will continue, for the protection of the people, until there are no scarcities which might stimulate the activities of black marketeers. Meat points are being reduced and it is possible, as the supply of meat increases, that prices may also fall. Tires for farm implements already are ration free and this may apply to all tires by the end of the year. Gasoline prices are expected to be reduced slightly with in a short time. ? ? ? Lend-lease operations, which are estimated to have amounted to over $41,000,000,000, have now been call ed off. From now on any foreign country will have to pay for goods it gets from us. Recently released figures show that in 1944, British farmers had 3,230,000 acres in wheat, an increase of 82.9 per cent over 1939. U? fcrjlrt! THEY COST YOU IBS n if/t / //// /< 1/ VITAMIN t ? - X w. w 9 *<> onuc, sToni PRODUCTS f BOONE DRUG COMPANY 1 BOONE, N. C. ' PROTECT YOUR FAMILY by becoming a member of REINS-STUREHVANT BURIAL ASSOCIATION TELEPHONE 24 . . . BOONE, N. C. A 25^ cent fee is charged upon joining, after which the follow ing dues are in effect: Quarterly Yearly One to Ten Years 10 .40 Two to Twenty-nine Years 20 .80 Thirty to Fifty Years 40 1.60 Fifty to Sixty-five Years 60 2.4. $ 50.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 Wanted To Buy Dogwood Timber Attention, Farmers and Loggers! We need dogwood sticks and poles 4% inches and up top diameter for shuttles to weave cloth to make CI VILIAN CLOTHES FOR OUR BOYS RETURNING HOME from the war fronts *for UNIFORMS and EQUIPMENT FOR BOYS WHO MUST REMAIN ON OCCUPATIONAL DUTY in various parts of the world and for export to liberated Europe. Highest cash prices paid for any quantity delivered to our mills at DOLLAR SERVICE STATION, WEST JEFFERSON, N. C. ,and at BROADWAY AND EAST MAIN STREET, JOHNSON CITY, TENN., or we send our trucks to haul and pay cash alongside roads. For specifications and price call at mills of write MEDGEHTRA LIMITED ASHEVILLE, N. C. VALUE OF RED ' POINTS SLASHED Effective last Sunday, ml points go further. Virtually all meats, all cheeses, creamery butter and mar garine require- fewer points. Canned milk no longer require any. The reductions announced by OP A, average 28 per cent for meats, 25 per cent for butter, '0 per cent for chctse.* The average point cost of meat is the lowest since the acute short age developed last March. Butter at 12 points, down 4, wl'' .urt the fewest since May, 1944. Margarine drops from 14 to 12 points. Despite the Improved meat sup ply, Administrator Chester Bowles ?aid the end of rationing is not yet in sight. "Because supplies continue to be tight in many places over the coun try," Bowles said, "meat rationing will continue. It is impossible to tell how long this situation will pre vail, but as long as it does, meat buying by points must continue so that all may get their fair share. To this end, we will keep up the vigorous enforcement of all-out meat regulation." Steaks and roasts will cost 2 to 3 points, less a pound; hamburger, 3 points less; lambs and veal, 1 to 3 points less; pork steaks, chops and roasts, 1 to 2 points less; bacon, for those who can find it, 2 points less; spareribs, 3 points less. Nearly all meats with a current 3-point value will be reduced 1 point Only in fats and oils is the sup ply situation tighter than in August, Bowles said. Rayhill News Mr. and Mrs. J. Earl Miller, of Marion, Indiana, who have been spending the past ten days with "Mayor" and Mrs. Davis, of Rayhill, returned home on Friday. This is their third trip to this section and are delighted with it. Mrs. Miller is' a sister of the "mayor." Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Burland, of St. Petersburg, Fla., will arrive Thursday of this week to spend two weeks at the "Katsmeow" cottage. Rayhill home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis, who have spent the past month at their home in Rayhill, left for their home in St. Petersburg, Fla., last Monday. They plan to return early next sum mer, when they will hold their an nual party, which they discontinued during the war, and also hold the election for "mayor" which has been postponed since 1942. COUNTY-WIDE HOME DEMONSTHTION MEETING TO BE HELD SEPT. 8TH On Saturday, September 8, there will be a county-wide home demon stration meeting in the First Baptist Church in Boone. The meeting will begin promptly at 10:30 a. m. Miss Ruth Current, state home de monstration agent, will be here and will make a short talk. With her will be two South American girls who are observing home demonstra tion work in North Carolina. Miss Anna C. Rowe, district home agent, will also be present, along with Mrs. Frances C. Wagoner, who will dis cuss curb markets, and Miss Doris Whitesides, who will talk on neigh borhood leaders. Each club woman is urged to be present and to bring a picnic lunch. Everyone who is interested in home demonstration work is invited to attend. Fmmm to ream MOUTHY FEMALE (MmHm Talc!) falls E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com ma la famous to relieve not only nthly pain but alto aooompanylng nervous, tired, hlgbstrung feellnse ? when due to functional periodic dis turbances. Taken regularly ? It helps build up resistance against such dis tress. Ptnktiam'a Compound helpt na ture/ Follow label directions. Tr$ Ut GOLDEN GUERNSEY Pasteurised and Raw Milk NEW RIVER DAIRY Phone 130-J Boone, N. C. l honi r?oiit cough , > 1 ? Ml'lST*. I' IT Mil"; ???,.? t .jT ~ s * ? ? t . - - mo*. ? . - 75 BOONE DRUG CO. _ BOONE, N. C. President Calls On the Nation to Preserve Peace Washington, Sept. 2 ? President Truman tonight called V-J day a time for great rejoicing and for solemn contemplation. In a broadcast message on the oc casion directed primarily to the American armed forces scattered across the earth, Mr. Truman said: "With the destructive force of war removed from the world we can turn now to the grave task of pre serving the peace which you gallant men and women have won. "it is a task which requires our Most urgent attention. It is one in which we must collaborate "with our allies and the other nations of the world. "They are as determined as we are that war must be abolished from the earth, if the earth, as we know it, is to remain. Oivilization cannot survive another total war." It was Mr. Truman's second radio talk within 24 hours. Saturday night, when word of the formal ca pitulation of the surrender 6f the Japanese had been transmitted to the mainland, he proclaimed Sunday as V-J day. VET IS ENTITLED TO HI 8 OLD JOB. COURT DECREES NEW YORK? A World War II veteran is entitled to the job he held before entering service, Fed eral Judge Matthew T. Abruzzo has ruled, even though his rehiring may necessitate dismissal of a worker" whose seniority is greater. "Any day there was work, the veteran was entitled to preference," Bruzzo said in directing that Abra ham Fishgold, 28, a welder, be re hired by Sullivan Dry Dock Com pany, of Brooklyn. James R. Hartley James R. Hartley, two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Gray Hartley, of Boone, died on Monday, Aug. 27, fepm a sudden illness. Funeral serv ices were conducted Wednesday at 2 o'clock from the Three Forks Bap tist Church, by Rev. Raymond Hen drix and Rev. W. D. Ashley, and in terment was in the Ray cemetery. The bereaved parents, a brother and two sisters survive: Billie, Joan and Ruby Lee Hartley. Active pallbearers were: Joe Ed m is ten, Carson Eller, Bobby Wine barger, Howard Winebarger, Jackie Hartley and Kdd Hayes. The flower ?irls wen: Va Lester Carroll, Mrs. Elsie Carroll: Mary^jee Edmis ten, Mrs. Ruby Brown, Misaeft-Mae Greene, Anna Mae Carroll, Enid Carroll, Reba Greene, Mary Louise Burros arner, Betty Edmisten, Nancy Shull, Dela Shull, Peggy Brown, Jane Hartley and Jamie Greene. Wanted ai Once Two barbers. Attractive ot ^ fen^Apply in Person, x .?'nerman C. Haire 'City Barber Shop West Jefferson, N. C. | SQUARE DANCE I High School ?*? , Blowing RocW } / Friday, September 7 | V 9 to 12 o'clock Admission $1.00 per couple | The people of the Boone and Blowing | Rock sections are cordially invited We join with the millions oi our own country and those oi other lands in thanks to Almighty God for the . return of peace to the world With victory an accomplished fact- you have won the right to tell your favorite filling station operator to "Fill her up!" And once more you can say, "Let's drive to Boone and do our shopping." While Belle's have missed very much you who could not visit our store during the long months of the war, we rea lize that it was through the effort and denials of you and thousands of other goodAmericans that the great victory was won. We shall be glad to welcome you back, and want ybu to know that every effort to provide a greater and better service to our customers is being made. Production is rapidly swingingi^to civilian requirements, and already many new items are appearing on our shelves and many more will be received shortly. ? Your suggestions as to how we can better serve you will be extremely helpful and are earnestly solicited. Belk -White Company Boone, North Carolina
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