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THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON A Rtiume of Government Hap penings in the National Capital *r-^t? ir-gafcrc5?^fap-it~tt" It appears that Senator Harley M. Kilgore (D-W. Va). is heir ap parent to the chairmanship of the Senate War Investigating com mittee, which has already provid ed the springboard for two sena tors into better jobs. Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri was chairman of the committee until He jumped into the presidency, and Senator James M. Meade of New York succeeded him as chairman and now has become the Democratic nominee for governor of New York and has tendered his resig nation as the committee chair man. Senator Kilgore already has had some experience as an in vestigator. having been chairman of the committe on War Mobili zation investigating monopolies and international cartels. There was a light far into the night in the offices of the Wage Stabilization Board. Will they capitulate or will they stand pat? There was a victorious gleam in the eyes of many Washingtonians and selfconscious squaring of the shoulders when the Board stood pat and refused to take dictation from the bosses of the Maritime unions. At least here is one gov ernmental agency which has some intestinal fortitude> ? they held the line in the face of overwhelming pressure from the labor front, strike or no strike, they preserved the wage stabilization structure. And within a few hours the worst maritime strike in history was settled with a new wage labor policy ruling handed down by reconversion director John Steel man with White House approval. Whether this ruling preserves wage stabilization remains to be seen, but the net effect is that the ship owners can pay any increased wages they desire to workers so long as they absorb the increase and do not pass it along to con sumers or the public in increased rates. And this ruling may set a new pattern whereby private in dustry can deal directly with labor without going before the Wage Stabilization Board. The workers got their increase, ship owners approved, and absorbed the increase. So far. so good Blue Ridge Music Co. Opposite Buick Garage New and Used Phonograph Records for Sale 1-24-tfc ? Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on genuine BISMAREX and refuse other so-called Anti acid Powders, recommended to be "just as good." BISMA REX is sold in Watauga county at Boone Drug Co. The REXALL Store On the heels of these paralyz ing strikes comes the announce ment by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, recently named chairman ott President Truman's advisory committee under the new full employment bill, that he is "ap prehensive" of a depression. Dr. Nourse is not one of those opti mists that bclives things will work themselves out if left alone. With present tendency toward higher prices and higher wages being upped toward inflation; with the recent gyrations of the stock market giving a foretaste of what may happen to commo dity prices if existing inflationary pressures are not controlled ? things are following the pattern which resulted in the boom and bust eras after the last war. Dr. Nourse and his committee are working on plans, obviously, which seek to prevent inflation and the bust period which usu ally follows and instead, provide for continued full employment and full production which is the intent or the so-called full-em- 1 ployment bill. 'TREAT !,;;V All kinds of war criminals to day are facing the People's Court in France, but the penalties being handed out pale in comparsion with those ordered in the year 1830 The full terror of the People's Court and its edicts during one of th? most perilous periods of French history is fully depicted in dramatic fashion in PRC'c "The Wife of Monte Cristo," coming to the Appalachian Thea tre October 7. That legendary hero of fiction, the Count of Monte Cristo. finds himself again on the side of the downtrodden and oppressed in "The Wife of Monte Cristo," which features the adventures of the beautiful woman he married. In the film, Paris is ravaged by the plague. There are three part ners in a vile scheme to bring in to Paris certain medicines that not only do not cure the plague but causes blindness and other deformities. These men, portrayed by John Loder as De Villefort, the perfect of police, Charles Din qle and Fritz Kortner. are frus trated in their heartless plans by Monte Cristo. But the Count, portrayed by Martin Kosleck, had been wound ed in the hand, so that he dared not show himself in Paris until jit had healed, else he would have [been inentified as the heroic fig lure known as "The Avenger," who thwarts their schemes. His beautiful young wife, Haydee. played by Lenore Aubert, dis guises herself as "The Avenger" and carries on the work of the Count. One by one the three partners are hunted by Monte Cristo's wife and loyal followers, but not without great danger for Haydee. When she finally is placed in a dungeon and later rescued in thrilling fashion by the count, the picture reaches a nigh climax. The paving stones on the porch at Mount Vernon were imported from England by George Wash ington. SAY, M0THER1 Do you need a PIANO for the little daughter? . . . We have it! Yes, we have plenty of the things you can get any where else and our share of the SHORT ITEMS, TOO! VALLE CRUCIS COMPANY Valle Crucis, N. C. HIGH QUALITY CINDER BLOCKS Available in any quantity for immediate delivery by our trucks or yours. 4"x8"xl6" Steam Cured 6"x8"xl6" Aged in Our 8"x8"xl6" Yard 12"x8"xl6" Also Cinder Lintels made to order. Call or write for prices. o ElizabethtoirCinder Block, Inc. S. Sycamore St. Elizabethton, Tenn. PHONE 864 F. D. QUERY. Mgr. BOY SCOUT NEWS I > The Boy Scout Troops 41 and 109 distinguished themselves by winning the highest awards in Scout camping at the council camporee held at Hanging Rock Park last week-end. Two pa trols form No. 41 and one patrol irom No. 109 who had won the highest awards in the district camporee were entitled to enter the council camporee, and con tinued their excellent record by winning the highest awards tlu;re_ ^"h "patrols from Troop 41 were the Lion patrol led by Bill Greer, and the Hound patrol led by Mickey Casey. The Woodpecker patrol from Troop 109 led by Bill Miller, was the third patrol. The other boys who accompanied these patrols and who were awarded the medal for their suc cess in camping are Bobby Mo retz. Bill Moretz, Keith Mocetz, Owen Wilson, Hal Vannoy, Ar chie Dean Lyons, Roscoe Brown, Jr., H. M. Moretz, Jr., Glenn W. Wilcov. Mack Elrod and Dale Hodges. Resides the three patrols, two patrols from Cove Creek attend ed and one of these patrols also won a blue pennant. This gave tour out of five patrols from this county the highest awards in Scout camping. The Boone Lions Club, which sponsors the Boy Scout Troops in Boone, hired and paid for a truck to take the boys to the camporee. The boys were accompanied by Mr. Wey, Mr. Phillips and. Mr. Horton. As early as 1543. Ambrose Pare adopted the pressure method for inducing anesthesia ? by pressure applied to a nerve trunk or artery. COVE CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS The lunch room ls serving good nourishing meals and the num of children fed daily is increas ing. Mr. BuchQan by way of en couraging the children to drink milk, qtfers chocolate milk once a weel?or those who drink their milk regularly. The assembly program was given Friday morning by Mrs. Bingham's fifth grade children. The program was varied and in teresting. Parents and friends are invited to attend our programs throughout the year, which con sist of activites the children have carried out In their classes. As a special incentive to first graders on rainy noons, Mrs. Henson, primary art teacher, in vites all those who have learned to read one pre-primer and count to one hundred, to come to her room for finger painting. Our art classes are doing some nice clay modeling under the supervision of Mrs. Modlin and Mrs. Henson. The Grammar Grades have organized their art and music classes which meet at regular periods. There is a rhythm Dand for Mrs. Mast's third grade, tonette band for the fourth grade and classes of singing and music appreciation for all. A program of Health Educa tion will be sponsored by the school and activities will be car ried on depicting different phases of that subject. The primary music depart ment is starting off with singing games, marching, and with songs from the state adopted music text books. New Zealand's manufacturing industries employ about 20 per cent of the total population. Local Cannery is Temporarily Closed The Boone community cannery, located in the vocational shop building at Appalachian high school, is being closed until late October or early November. A notice of the opening will be sent ouAt that time along with schedule of canning days. It is necessary to close the can nery at this time because such a small amount of fruit and vege tables is being brought to the cannery. When the plant opens again it will be open especially for can ning meats. However, if there are any fruits and vegetables avail able at that time an effort will be made to can them. It will be appreciated if patrons of the can nery will notify their neighbors of the location of the plant and the days it will be open. ANSWERS 1. Springfield. 2. Ten. 3. In 1820. 4. Coal. 5. September 24th, 1946. 6. The Boston Red Sox. 7. The Huey P. Long bridge at New Orleans ? 3,524 feet. 8. Florida. 9. Estimated $530,000 10. Wednesday. SHOES Shoe production is at record levels with 500,000,000 pairs like ly for this year. Total jobs in industry are set at 39,828,000. ANNOUNCEMEMT I wish to thank the people who supported me in the recent Republican Convention for County Commissioner. Although I did not win I am still a Republican and am 100 per cent be hind the Republican ticket. ? ? ELMER G. MILLER. HEAT witu WOOD WOOD BURNER ? ENJOY 24-HOUR CONTROLLED HEAT ? BUILD BUT ONE FIRE A SEASON? No Fires to Build On Cold Mornings ? REMOVE ASHES ON AVERAGE OF ONLY 3 TIMES MONTHLY In tilt on the Downdroft ASHLEY ? it's PATENTED. This thermostolk colly controlled wood burning heater to vet Hp to 50% and more M fuel costs, writ* many Ashley users. Clean, lest soot and dirt. Over 3,500 retailed ill one city ond trading orea ? truly a sensation. Nov in our 16th year. See your local Ashley dealer today or writ* for his name. ASHLEY AUTOMATIC WOOD STOVE COMPANY Columbia, S. C. "I would like to tell you why Increased Rates on Telephones are Necessary" Today, more than ever before, North Carolina needs ade quate, dependable telephone service, and It is our purpose to provide it. We are now furnishing more service to North Carolinians than at any other time in our history. I Both local and long distance calls have reached an all time high for this state and more and more people want tele phones. Since the first of the year, we have installed 36,000 new telephones. But we still have 23,000 orders on hand. Our study of the state's growth indicates that the demand for more service from present as well as new customers will continue to increase. In order to keep up, we must enlarge our facilities and hire more people, regardless of the fact that construction costs and wages have risen tremendously. The cost" of erecting buildings la up 76 to 100 per cent. The cost of providing telephone facilities is up 45 to 60 per cent, and telephone materials 16 to 25 per cent. Total payroll costs have increased 196 per cent since 194L Wages in North Carolina have been raised $2,811,415 within the past 12 months. This was in keeping with national poli cies and trends and to assure competent personnel to provide adequate service. We now have 4,300 Southern Bell people in North Carolina. Wages account for about two-thirds of our operating costs. Although the cost of everything we do to provide service keeps going up, your teUphon* rat e* haw remained un changed lor many yean. Because of this, the amount of money we are paying out la increasing faster than the amount we are taking in, despite a record volume of busi ness. Since 1941, the costs of providing service in North Carolina have climbed 102 per cent, while revenues hsve increased only 76 per cent. The rapid advance of costs in comparison with re'^noea has caused our rate of earnings to go down. In 1941, the Company was earning 5.56 per cent on the amount of money I o Invested In the state. Today our earning; rate is only 2.71 per cent. This rate reflects the latest wage increases and does not Include any possible tax refund that may be avail able this year only on 1944 federal income taxes. Southern BeU't earnings are today the lowest tn history. Nevertheless, the Company is going ahead with a huge expansion program. We are preparing to spend about $40, 000,000 in the next five years1 on construction work to im prove and expand telephone service in North Carolina. We must proceed with this construction work, despite high costs, in order to meet demands for service. We need improved earnings if we are to meet the increased costs of providing service, and if we are to obtain, on reason able terms, the capital funds necessary to improve and expand our service. That is the reason we have asked authority to raise rates on business telephones and to charge 5 cents more on most long distance calls within the state. Current costs indicate a need for greater increases in rates than we are asking. But we hope our operating experience under the new rates will prove them sufficient Since resi dence local charges are to remain unchanged, the increased Income under the new rates would amount to only 7 per cent of our total North Carolina revenues. In face of the continu ously rising costs of providing service, this is moderate. The State of North Carolina is now in a period of its greatest growth and expansion, a growth that will bring the ?tat# more prosperity than it has ever known. Good and effective telephone service is essential to this progress and ths Telephone Company must be in a position to supply it. We believe, therefore, that our request for increased rates It sound and In the public interest. CwtMtMkUHCV 0 SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPAN^^ INCORPORATED 1 ? NO BUSINESS CAN GIVE ADEQUATE SERVICE WITHOUT ADEQUATE EARNINGS 0
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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