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THM WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
A Bmiiith of Gorernmanl H?p
pfilngi in tha National CapilaJ
Sen. James E. Murray, Mon
tana, picked a time during de
bate on the approval of the no
mination of Gordon Clapp as
head of TVA to introduce hi*
1947 version of the Missouri Val
ley Authoritj^bill, modeled after
the lines of TVA.
In discussing his new bill.
Senator Murray declared that it
is constructed upon the experi
ence gained from the extensive
heariivgs and the numerous dis
cussions and events which have
transpired in the ten Missouri
valley states since he introduced
the original Missouri Valley
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Authority bill in 1944. He further
declared that the piecemeal and
ill-conceived plan under which
the army engineers and thp bur
eau of reclamation had been
working for the past two years
had resulted "in utter failure and
repudiation of the present piece
meal method of treating the pro
blems of the Missouri River Val
ley."
Introduction of the measure
was the signal for the private
power lobby to start the same
pressure tactics which kept the
194S version of the bill bottled
up in committee. That the power
lobby has not been inactive i>
seen in the report of the house
appropriations committee on the
department of interior budgets
where the public power division
was all but eliminated, appro
priations for reclamation proj
ects slashed some 47 percent and
a provision set up whereby in
terest charges must be included
in public power costs to consum
ers thereby raising the price to
consumers.
One of the measures which
claimed the spotlight in the con
gress during the more or less un
interesting debate on the senate
labor measure which goes on and
on, is that, in spite of the Presi
dent's appeal for lower prices, the
senators and representatives of
the wool growing states have just
about put over a proposition
which prices American wool out
of the market but at the same
time forces the consumer tax
payers to pay for a tremendous
subsidy and also to pay a $38,000,
000 loss on the commodity credit
corporation sale of surplus wool.
It's one of those arbitrary and
artificial scarcity measures which
bring about price jumping, where
by the CCC pays the wool grow
ers a support pric6 of 42 cents a
pound for uncleaned domestic
wool which makes it come out in
fabrics at $1.20 a pound. At the
same time foreign wool, after
paying 34 cents jj pound tariff,
can be sold at 10 to 12 cents a
pound under domestic wool so in
its wool operations CCC has
built up a surplus of some 400.
000,000 pounds which it is bound
to hold off the market creating
the artificial scarcity and it is
not permitted to dispose of the
wool at below the so-called parity
price. Despite this it has dispos
ed of some wool taking a 38 mil
lion dollar loss on it which the
taxpayers must pay.
And in addition, the house ag
ricultural committee has added
this to the confusion ? it says
that the secretary of agriculture
shall, whenever he finds proper
cause, levy an additional import
fee on foreign wool despite the
already heavy tariff. He would
do this whenever he finds that
imported wools interfere with
Idomestic wool price support pro
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YOUR THI-COUNTY
Health Department
By DR. ROBERT R. KING, JR.
^-^^^Dutricl^jiealth Ofhcer^^
As these articles have recently
been rather impersonal 1 think
it would be well to give you a
few news facts about the person
nel of the Health Department.
Dr. King has just attended the
State Medical Society meeting as
a delegate of the Ashe- Watauga
Medical Society. Two weeks ago
Mr. Wade E. Eller, who has been
district sanitarian for the past
three years attended the southern
section of the American Public
Health Association which met in
Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Jack D.
Cobb, after three months train
ing in a school of Public Health
Sanitation at Savannah, Ga and
a months field training in Bun
comb and Catawba counties, has
joined the Staff as Assistant
District Sanitarian. It is planned
that Mr. Cobb will start his
work in the eating establish
ments of Ashe and Alleghany
counties while Mr. Eller will re
tain supervision of the milk pro
gram. They will divide other
work between them as the op
portur.it 7 developes.
In spite of every effort nurses
have not been obtained for Ashe
and Alleghany counties since the
resignation of Mrs. McNeill and
Miss Gambiil in October 1946.
Mrs. Clawson, public health
nurse for Watauga county, is
spending part of her time in 'the
other counties until a nurse can
be found for them. The clerks
carry on their work in the three
district offices and assist in con
ducting clinics and school exami
nations.
On May 23 there will be a
meeting at Lake Lure, N. C. of
the public health workers in the
western part of North Carolina.
These meetings are designated
for the instruction of public
health workers in the latest and
best methods of doing their jobs
and for the purpose of getting
acquainted.
ONE WAY TO DO IT
Fort Myers, Fla. ? Although
they had secured their marriage
license, Mary Louise Sheffield
and William Frank Arthur, wait
ress and waiter at a restaurant,
couldn't get time off to get mar
ried. When Judge Hiram Bryant
walked into the restaurant for
lunch, however, they had a
bright idea. They asked him to
marry them. He did. with the
proprietor of the cafc gi 'ng the
bride awa> rnd the customers
serving as witnesses.
gram.
This would add to the cost of
wool and at the same time is in
contradiction of our established
reciprocal trade practices. Thus
the so-called "wool boys" are
setting up an embargo on foreign
wool, fixing their own domestic
wool prices at prices no one can
pay and making the taxpayers of
the country pay the cost. Whether
this wool gathering bill will pass
remains to be seen.
In the meantime, the senate
civil service committee is hold
ing up confirmation of several
thousand patronage jobs, includ
ing 2,000 postmasters, pending
an investigation of political acti
vities in the postoffice depart
ment.
It appears that both Republican
and Democratic congressional
policy on farm produce prices will
be to support the attitude of Sec.
Anderson of the department of
agriculture, to the effect that the
government support prices are
not responsible for the high cur
rent food prices. On the contrary,
Secretary Anderson says price
support has actually held off
higher food prices by encourag
ing farmers to produce at new
all-time record rates. Only four
farm products are getting direct
government price support at this
time ? wool, dry milk, potatoes
and turkeys. But approximately
two thirds of the farm crops are
entitled to support and this floor
under these crops will remain un
til 1949 when the guarantee ex
pires unless congress renews
them in the meantime.
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BOONE. N. C.
R. A. Rufty, Mgr.
To Demonstrate
Sheep Shearing
Monday, May 19
A sheep shearing school
will be held on the (arm of B.
W. Farthing on Lo>ver Cove
Creek, next Monday, May 19, it
is announced by Leland I. Case,
in charge of animal husbandry
for the State College extension
service. ?
A similar school will be held
on May 19 at the Lester Eller
farm in Ashe county, and on May
21 the Edwin Duncan farm in
Allt^hany county.
It is also announced that a
special shearing contest for 4-H 1
Club boys will be held May 22 at
the Mountain Experiment Station
at Laurel Springs.
"It is to be understood that
these are schools," Mr. Case
pointed out, "and not demonstra
tions." He explained that while'
the schools are open to both youth 1
and adult farfhers, particular at
tention will be paid to 4-H Club
boys who plan to do custon\
shearing. The boys may attend
all three schools and enter the
contest on the fourth day.
E. A. Warner, a representative1
of the Sullivan Corporation, Chi-|
ca?o, will conduct the schools
and contest. He will instruct the;
students in the proper method of
shearing and tying the fleece
with paper twine, along with the
correct use and care of shearing
equipment.
GOVERNOR WARREN
DECLINES TO RUN
FOR PRESIDENCY
Washington ? Gov. Earl Warren
of California, said Saturday he
was not a candidate for the Re
publican presidential nomination
and that he did not expect to be
one in 1948.
Warren, who declined the GOP
vice-presidential nomination in
1944, told a press conference he
was not a candidate for "any oth
er office than I hold at present',"
he said. This position would
hold next year ? presidential elec
tion year.
Soviet Union sought to camou
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Americans spent $8,700,000,000
for alcoholic drinks last year.
Military necessity leads argu
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breakfasts if we homemakers would get more variety into
our morning menus. So how about serving a different kind of
fruit or cereal, or eggs fixed a new way tomorrow morning?
Bet your family will sit up and take notice . . . and "seconds 'I
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Some like them hot and some like
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Q. Are white eggs or brown eggs
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determines the color.
Q. Should eggs be washed before |
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Q. Why are A&P EGGS always j
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MIGHT BEGINNER
Syrups from canned fruits are rich"
in healthful vitamins and miner
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to drink them till I hit on the
idea of combining them with tangy
A&P GRAPEFRUIT JUICE. It
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syrups need . . . ana extra vitamin
C as well. I always keep a few
cans of this refreshing grapefruit
juice in my refrigerator, along
with a jar into which I pour all
left-over fruit syrups.
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cook 1 minute and
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