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THE DEMOCRAT Is your best and most eco nomical medium of advertis ing With more than MOO paid-up. cash ?ubscription*. your message goes to 13.000 people, on the universally used basi* of five readers to each rubacrlbar WATAUGA DEMOCRAT An Independent Weekly Newspaper ? Established in the Year 1888. VOL. Lix, NO. 33 _ BOONE. WATAUqft COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1947 IMPORTANT The date on jrour _ label ibowi the date subscription will expire, al the date your paper win be stopped unless sooner I od. The Democrat la i tag itrirtly on a ca .vance basis. 5 CENTS A COPY JAMES M'NEH DIES IN CRASH OF CARGO PLANE( Former Appalachian College Student and Husband of Boone Woman, Dies With, Four Others in Inferno of Wrecked Airliner at Char leston, S. C. Capt. James McNeil, former Appalachian College student, and husband of the former Miss Jean Wilson of Boone, was killed, to gether with four others, when their cargo plane, a DC-3 type ship, owned by Intercontinental Airways, crashed and burned at Charleston, S. C. last Wednesday night. The big ship was bound for Miami, Fla., from Newark, N. J. All the occupants of the ill- 1 fated airplane were burned al most beyond recognition, ii was said. Four of the victims of the crash were employees of the air lines, while the fifth was tenta tively identified as Stewardess Doree Wynn. The identified dead: Capt. Thomas A. Austin, pilot, San Fernando, Calif.; Capt. James McNeil, Dania, Fla.; First Officer Elmer J. Kortman, Westfield. N. 1 J.; and Stewardess Maria Olga Bodmer, New York City. The big airliner, flying in a drizzle which made visibility, poor, crashed and burst into flames in a suburban section about three miles northwest of the Charleston airport. Only four minutes earlier the plane had established contact with the air jx>rt control tower in Charleston.! Funeral services for Capt. Mc Neil, who was known by many Boone people, were conducted in Lumberton last Saturday, andj interment was in the home neigh- 1 borhood. The family had been re-J aiding in Dania, Fla. ASSEMBLY FACES SPENDING TASK Legislature Gets Down to Busi ness Entrusted With More Than Any Assembly in History Raleigh, Jan. 7. ? A heavily predominate Democratic party caucused tonight on the eve of the opening of the 1947 general' assembly, aware that into its hands had been entrusted thej task of spending more money than any North Carolina legists 1 ture in history. While there was an atmosphere of party harmony, there also was evident a feeling of tension over controversial measures sure to nit the hoppers. Republicans ? two in the senate and 13 in the house ? took a back seat, but were expected to pledge their loyalty to the duly elected officers. Rep. Tom Pearsall of Nash county, whose name already is being mentioned as a potential gubernatorial candidate, was nominated unanimously as speaker. That had been generally expected since Rep. F. E. Wallace of Lenoir county withdrew last summer and pledged his support to Pearsall. Senator Joe Blythe of Mecklen burg, whose name has been pro tected into the governor's race the next time the job goes to the west, was named president pro team of the senate WAR CEMETERIES Members of the American Sat tle Monuments Commission are. planning a personal inspection of sites for permanent cemeteries for American war dead in I foreign lands. According to Sena-j tor Bamet R. Maybank, of South Carolina, a member of the Com mission, the War Department; plans to establish cemeteries fori the heroes of World War II in ? Northwest Europe, Italy, North Africa, Puerto Rico, Juneau,' Oahu and the Philippines. A, chapel will be built in each cemetery, as was done after! World War I the Senator said. Of the 20 most serious fires in this country since 1900, none burned on a Friday the 13th. Local Men Take Assembly Seats Wade E. Brown, above. Demo crat, elected to the State Senate from this district, and below, S. C. Eggers, Republican, Watauga's representative in the House, are in Raleigh for the opening of the Legislature today Both men were present for their respective party caucuses Tuesday evening. Com mittee assignments will be made today, and Governor Cherry will deliver his message to the Legislature Thursday. DIES IN CR ASH OF AUTOMOBILE Mrs. Lester Hollar Dies From In juries Sustained When Car Leaves Highway Mrs. Lester D. Hollar of Bluw ng Rock, died in the local hos-j jitnl Saturday afternoon from in ;uries sustained Wednesday night of last week, when the automo bile in which she was riding with her husband, left Highway ,421 near the M C Hollar farm, [three miles east of Boone State Patrolman C. M. Jones, who investigated the accident, states that Mr, HoBar is being charged with reckless driving and operating a vehicle while under the influence of intoxi cants The body of Mrs. Hollar was taken to Boston, Mass.. for uneral and interment. Lions Entertained by Twin Tail Twisters The Lions club meeting Tues day evening was featured by en tertainment by the organization's twin tail-twisters, Howard and Raleigh Cottrell. The meeting was kept in a constant uproar by the stunts pulled on different mem bers. Ladies night will be observed at the meeting to be held Tues day evening January 21 RADIO TO RUSSIA The official radio voice of the United States will begin speak ing Russian on or about January 15, according to State Depart ment officials. This will be in line with the Department's plan for *a far-reaching information program, designed to penetrate Soviet censorship and go directly to the Russian people , Mild Winter Compared With Year Ago, Says Local Weather Analyst Watauga county is experienc ing its mildest winter in many years, there having been relative ly few frees, only one trace of snow and a couple of sleets, and W H. Smith, who records the whims of the elements in Boone, revealg that a year ago the city had been visited by 21 separate snows. The following comparative data for October, November and December of 1945 and 1946, is I given the Democrat by Mr. Smith: The first frost in 1945 came October 4th, and the first snow on the 14th. The low average temperature for October ' was 26 degrees and the high age 64 degrees. In 1946 the first freeze oc on October 1st. The low average October temperature was 38 de- ' grees and the high average 67 decreet. i In November 1945 there were seven snows, while in November 1 1946 there were none. In 1945 the low average November tempera- : ture was 22 decrees and the high average 62; November 1946 thei low average was 34 and the high 58 i December 1945 brought thir teen scperate snows, while in : December 1946 there was one very light snow on the 21st. The i low average temperature in Dec ember 1945 was 14 degrees, high 21 degrees. In December 1946 the low average temperature was 26 : degrees, and the nigh average 45 degrees. BURLEY PRICES HIT SEASON'S HIGH MONDAY \ * First Sale of Year Brings Average Price of $44.60: Re ceipts Heavy _ as Auctions Move into Last Stages: Plenty of Room on Local Floors Tobacco commanded the high est prices of the season in the first sale of the New Year held it the Farmers Warehouse on Monday, when Mr. C. C. Taylor reports the sale of 266.458 pounds of burley for $119,346 or an average of $44.60. Besides estab lishing a season's record on the ?ocal market, information is that the price commanded was ahead if many of the other markets on the burley belt. At the Mountain Burley Ware house No. 1, there was a full sale Tuesday and Mr. R. C. Coleman states that prices prevailing were very much higher than was the case during the pre-holiday sales. Sales are proceeding this morn ing on the floors of No. 2 Ware house where there is a full sale on the baskets, and Mr. Coleman believes that the high prices of Tuesday will prevail. Today sales are being conduct ed on the floors of Mountain Burley Warehouse No. 2, where there is a full sale of choice weed. On Thursday the auctions will re turn to the Farmers Warehouse; Friday, Mountain Burley No. 1; Monday, Mountain Burley No. 2: Tuesday, Farmers Warehouse; Wednesday. Mountain Burley No. 1: Thursday. Mountain Burley No. 2; Friday, Farmers Ware house. All warehousemen state that there is plenty of room to unload on the floors of the Boone mar-i ket, and that there will be the Iminimum of waiting to get a sale. Following the favorable grading weather of last week, receipts are continuing heavy, and with the improvement in prices, ware house crews expect to have a busy time for the next few weeks. 'Basketball Starts Season January 15j In making preparations for the opening of the conference basket ball season against Elon College here on January 15th, the athletic department at Appalachian Statr Teachers College nas been faced with the very grave problem of seating facilities for the students! ;ind other supporters who may] wish to see the games this season. Because of inadequate space, this problem has always been acute, but is worse this season because' of the increased enrollment at the college. Coach Flucie Stewart urges that those who plan to attend the games come as early as con venient to assure themselves a seat. Tickets will be sold at the gate as long as the seating spaces permit. All tickets this season will be seventy-five cents. The athletic department is anxious to do everything possible to handle the supporters of its teams in the best possible man ner, and any suggestions to bet ter the present plan will be ap preciated. News Briefs Greek Premier say6 U. S has promised "immediate" relief. Chinese demand that U. S. marines go. Check shows GOP gains highest in the East in last election. U. S. reports small-farm plan succeeding in irrigated areas. Salter tells scientists the world can grow enough food for all. 1946 traffic deaths put at 54, 000. an increase of 5,000 over 1945. Commodity index registers a rise of 30.9 per cent in year. Rising production is forecast for durable goods in 1947. Agriculture Dept. asks ICC in quiry of motor carrier rates. American rubber industry set new high marks during 1946 Army. Notre Dame elevens to suspend relations after 1947. Commission plans tour to se lect permanent war cemeteries. Hoover of the FBI reports a drastic rise in crimes by women. Divorced have good chance in new marriages, a study shows Zale selected "fighter of the year" by The Ring magazine U. S. Army forces in Japan to curtail luxury procurement. United States prepares to pay Cierman prisoners $200,000,000 Vandenberg backs Baruch on vetoless atom punishsment Labor Department reports gains in employment of veterans. Educator says baby talk is na tional trait among our people. Best meat supply since 1911 iSpjaredicted for 1947. ^Undernourishment growing space in Germany, survey finds. U. S. gains in making our zone in Geimany pay itg own way. State Department to release secrets of the "Big Three." Anderson assails prediction sugar curb? will be lifted soon. Cost of clothing In 1946 is es timated at $125 a person. Revenue freight increases by 21.6 per cent in nation. Toys termed good If they ans wer need in child's life. WOUNDED VETERAN RECEIVES HIS AUTOMOBILE Pete Coffey, right, student at Appalachian State Teachers College, is shown receiving from Joe Williams of the Harrison Motor Co., his 1946 Plymouth automobile, to which he was entitled by congressional action, as a result of having lost a leg in the European theatre of the last war. The new automobile is especially designed for the uye o! the injured man. Photo by Palmer Blair. FRANK CARROLL DIES ON FRIDAY Prominenl Boone Farmer Expire! From Hearl Attack; Funeral i Ritei Saturday B. Frank Carre II, t>6 years old. resident of RFD 2, died at the local hospital Friday afternoon. Mr. Carroll was taken to the hospital two weeks ago, following a heart attack, from which he re covered. A second attack proved fatal. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fairview Methodist Church, where the deceased had been a member for more than 50 years. Dr. J. G. Barden conducted the rites and interment was in the nearby cemetery. Two sons and one daughter survive Lester Carroll. Dean Carroll. Boone; Mrs. C. F. Womble, Kannapolis, N. C One brother, C E. Carroll of Boone, survives, and two sisters. Mrs. Zora Taylor, and Mrs C. M. Watson. Boone Mr. Carroll was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John Carroll, and was reared in Watauga county. After spending ten years in Mullen. Idaho, Mr. Carroll returned to Watauga in 1914, and has resided here since. He was one of the county's most progressive far mers, and his place was a model of advanced agricultural prac tices. He was a just and honor lable man and held in the highest jregard by all of his acquaint ances. P. W. Hamlett Dies Dies in Morganton Morganton, Jan. 6. ? Funeral services were fconducted at the iFirst Baptist church here today for Peter Wilkinson Hamlett, six ty-five, a former missonary to China, who died late Friday in a ilocal hospital of a heart ailment, i Officiating at the rites were Rev. John McCready and Rev. J. A. Bower. Burial was in Forest Hill cemetery. Survivors are the vidowt the former Miss Uettie Spainhour of Morganton ; a son, P. W. Hamlett, | Jr., of Chicagp;. a daughter, Mrs. Lettie Rodgers of Greensboro; a igrandchild, and several brothers and sisters. The Hamletts. who served as missionaries to China for more than 30 years, were interned at Ithe time of the Pearl Harbor at tack in Wusih, China, and return led to this country in August of 1943 abroad the repatriation ship Gripsholm. Mr Hamlett's health jdeclined suddenly several months 'g? __ ? I Local Holsbein Sets Production Recordj Brattleboro, Vt. Dec. 30. ? A [registered Holstein-Friesian cow in the dairy herd owned by Appa lachian State Teachers College, Boone, has recently completed a 361-day production record in ad vanced registry test of 538 pounds of butUrfat and 15,302 pounds of milk, the Holstein-Friesian As sociation of America announces. This is more than 3 times the production of the average dairy cow in this nation. Her official name is Smith Haven Beulah Pietje 2267283. She was milked 2 times and was 9 years 3 months of age when she began her test period. Her sire is Downhamdale Findemc Pietje 118489 CHB Testing was supervised by iNorth Carolina State College of lagriculture and engineering in cooperation with the Holjtein iFriesian Association of. America. t Resigns JAMES F BYRNES JAMES BYRNES QUITS CABINET Seneral Marshall is Named b\ President as Secretary of State Succeeding Carolinian Washington, Jan. 8 ? James K Byrnes resigned last night as sec | retary of state and President Truman chose as his successor :he man who guided American military fortunes in the war ? Gen. George C. Marshall Byrnes declared the doctors had warned him he must "slow down" and that he couldn't slow down in the job of secretary of state. Marshall, army chiel of staff in ihe war, is presently ending u presidential mission to China. The announcement ot his se lection to tht? cabinet came at al most ihe exact hour, 7:15 p. in. Eastern Standard time, that Mar shall left for home by plane from Nanking The Pennsylvania-born, Virgi nia-edueated Marshall takes over the job of helping make peace secure at a time when Republi cans have taken over congress. In the army tradition, he has shown no political connections. This was not believed 10 be the reason for the change, how ever. The senate, which rules i... Mly on foreign relations, al ready had shown a disposition to follow Byrnes' policies Congressional leaders were swift to heap praise on both men when the news reached Capitol Hill. Republicans and Demo crate alike joined in. The change in the top diplo matic post was a surprise. It has been known that Byrnes had grown tired some months ago, but the 67-year-old South Carolinian looked u> be in very good health lately. Wildlife Club to Hold Business Meet A business meeting (or the Watauga county Wildlife Club is announced by President W. R. Richardson for Thursday night, January 9. at 7:00 p. m. at the Junior and Masonic Hall. The ck-er stocking program and other business matters will be discus sed Everyone is invited to at tend. LEWD-LEASE In hi? twenty-third report on Lend -Lease, President Truman in formed Congress that 70 per cent of this tumon's lend-lease aid amounting to $50,692,000,000 en Sept. 30, has been marked paid. STILL SEIZED IN PARKWAY AREA Federal Officers Assisted by Pa trolman Jones and Sheriff Watson in Raid I Officers from the alcohol tax unit, aided by Highway Patrol man Jones and Sheriff Watson, ^destroyed a 150-gallon steam dis 'tillery near the Parkway in Ashe 'county last week. | Eleven gallons of whiskey was destroyed, together with five ''tanks filled with mash. Sacks lof sugar which had contained 1, 1200 pounds of sugar were found Sat the illicit plant. Mr. Jones states that if the iraiding Pary had reached the 'scene a little earlier, the opera tors would likely have been ap Iprehcnded Chicago Artists to Appear at College In Lyceum Series The third number in the lvceum artist series presented by Appalachian State Teachers Col lege will be given on Sunday afternoon January 19th. at 2:3u This is a trio presenting chamber music. The distinguished artists come to us from Chicago, sponsor ed by Harry Culbertison Incor porated. They are Myron Carlisle, baritone: Nancy Carr, soprano; Hendrix DeBoer, tenor and uianist This promises to be one of the finest numbers on the artist course this season. The students and the citizen" of the town and surrounding county-side are cor dially invited to come out and enjoy this program. SALVAGE Th< Army Quartermaster Corps, patching up everything from typewriters to tubas, has salvaged and returned to stock piles equipment worth nearly $150,000,000 since the end of the war. Clothing and textiles make up 87 per cent of the salvaged material. Sees industry set for record production in 1947 WATAUGA GETS LARGESHAREOF . POLIO RECEIPTS Eighteen Hundred Dollars Has Been Kept in County From Polio Campaigns; Na tional Foundation Sends H 881 in Addition to Tr??t Polio Victims ' Referring to the benefits Wat auga county people have receiv ed from the infantile paralyna campaigns which have been con ducted over the nation for several years, Mr. R. E. Agle, chairman of the cuiT' m campaign for luncte, states ttiut the local share of the money collected here since 1942 is . $1,891.54. During the same period, however, it is re vealed, a number of Watauga children were afflicted with in antile paralysis and the expenses of the local chapter were $8, 712.67, simply meaning that the National Foundation has advanc ed the local chapter the sum of $4,881. This does not institute a .oan, but the National Foundation suggests that the money be re paid if and when the chapter is iinancially able. Citing one specific case of polio in Watauga. Mr. Agle states that a four-year-old child in the Charlotte hospital from Watauga county has been treated for about two years at a cost of $5,800. Since 1938 there have been 32 cases of infantile paralysis re ported in Watauga. Thus, it will readily be seen, that contributions to the March of Dimes constitute a contribu lon to the welfare of our own lo cal children, and Mr. Agle asks that thse who have not contri buted to this fund do so at once. The Contributor* Herman Cone $ 25.00 (Name omitted last week) Previously reported 136.17 Belk- White Co 25.00 G. K. Moose 10.00 Farmers Hardware 25.00 Hunt's Dept. Store 15.00 Carl Teague 1.00 Dr. Robert King 5.00 Boone Woodwork Shop 5.00 Boone Candy Co. 1.00 Wilcox Drug Co. 10.00 Brendell's Garage .50 A. P Walsh 2.00 Edmisten Furniture Co. 5.00 Watauga Hardware Co. 10.00 IS. G Tugman 1.00 Boone Tire & Bgn. Store 10.00 'Watauga Democrat 10.00 Total $285.67 i uuai i (RECEIPTS GAIN ! AT POST OFFICE Income at Boone Poiiofiice Show* Gain for Firtt Time Since 1945 The receipts durinR the Decem ber 1946 quarter at the Boone postoffice were $7,706.75, or a gain ; of $303.57 over the correspond 1 ing period in the year 1945, Post - rnuster John E. Brown, Jr. says. This is the first time un increase hus been noted since September 1945 The volume of mail handled . during the holidays was in excess , of that handled during the last J Christmas season, it is said, but the number of pieces of mail can \ not be disclosed. It was stated , however that city carriers deliver ; ed more than a ton of mail daily j during the week immediately preceding Christmas day I Treasury speeds up GI termi nal leave payments. Highlights oi President Truman's Message On the State oi the Union Washington, Jan. 6. ? Here is a| summary of President Truman's recommendations ? on home and foreign affairs ? to congress1 today HOME AFFAIRS First ? Better relations between management and labor. 1. Congress should pass laws to prevent jurisdictional strikes ? strikes caused by a fight between two unions. 2. Laws to prevent "unjustifi ed'' secondary boycotts, but not s<*condary boycotts necessary for a union's welfare. I This is an example of a secon dary boycott: Union workers strike against Jones because of alleged "unfair" labor dealings. Other members of that union, working for Smith who buys Jones' goods, refuse to handle Jones' goods. 3. Laws to prevent either labor or management from using force i to settle a dispute about a con- ! tract once it has gone into effect. (An example of force by man- < ugemcnt would be closing down a i plant, and by a union it would be a strike.) Mr. Truman said that, in such a : dispute, both siden should be able i to submit it to an arbitrator. 4. To make workers more se cure, more people should be brought under sot: nil security, and there should be: better hous ing, a national health program, and a "fair" minimum wage. All these would require laws. 5. Congress should set up a commission to investigate the en tire field of labor-management re lations. Its job would be to: a. Suggest ways of preventing strikes in such important {Subtle utilities as coal, oil, telephone, transportation. b. Suggest the best way of car rying out collective bargaining to keep strikes to a minimum. c. Try to find the underlying causes of labor-management dis putes. This would mean a long range study. Mr. Truman said the commis sion should make its first report not later than March 15, 1947. ' Second ? Holding down busi ness monopolies and encouraging private enterprise. 1. Anti-trust laws will be vig orously enforced to discourage flinnt firms from monopolizing an ndustry. 2. The government should help new business by research pro grams, government lending, and building up Industrie* in areas lacking them. (Continued on page 8)
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