\nother Templeof Ancient Egypt
Found in Nile Delta Excavations,
By SAM SOUKI
United Press Staff Correspondent
Cairo ? The remains of yet
another ancient temple have been
found by Prof. Charles Montet
of the Univeisity of Strasbourg
and chief of the archeological
mission at Tanis in the Egyptian
Delta a
The unearthing of the remains
v.as completely unexpected, ac
cording to the report issued by
the Egyptian government depart
ment of antiquities under whose
allspices Prof. Montet is working
the Tanis excavations.
? f The temple is believed to have
been built in honor of the god
Horus. It is 187 feet long and 141
wide, but vandals during the cen
turies have ransacked and des
troyed what might have been
priceless objects. Roofs, walls
and columns have disappeared.
Under the cornerstone, small
plates of gold, silver, bronze, and
aemi-precious stones were found.
Two of those hoard* were found
completely intact as they had
been left 3,000 or more years ago,
while there was evidence ol
three more hoards.
Montet and his staff scrutinized
every object, every scrap in the
remains in the hope of finding a
qlue leading to the discovery of
the date of the temple and by
Whom it was built. They searched
in vain, and unless the land
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Ask For
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If it fails to stop your cough
due to colds, ask for your
your money back.
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The REXALL Store
?yields further secrets, the mys
tery will remain.
Montet has been working on
the Tanis area for 15 years. He
started in 1929 with a theory
that somewhere in the Nile Delta
near Lake Menzaleh there should
be the remains of a great ancient
Egyptian civilization. It was only
in 1939 that he finally discovered
the first signs that were to prove
him right.
With the war further investiga
tion had to stop, but he was back
again in 1944 and to the present
moment he has not ceased yearly
producing new and priceless dis
coveries from the extensive area
he* is digging.
Yonahlossee Theatre
To Open June 2nd
The Yonahlossee Theatre in
Blowing Rock will reopen for
the summer season on Monday,
June 2.
Only the best available fea
tures will be shown at the Yon
ahlossee and. with few except
ions. tV ere will be daily changes
of program. Regular programs of
advertising will appear each
week in the Watauga Democrat.
The theatre is being put in
readiness at this time with cer
tain improvements being made
in anticipation of a good season.
NOT THE CUSTOM
Kuln, N. D. ? After living in
Sweden for twenty years , Dr.
Frank P. Tolleei^ stopping at a
hotel in a large American city
on his way to his former home,
put his shoes outside his hotel
door before retiring, expecting
to find them the next morning
shined. That may have been the
custom in Europe ? but not in
America. Some one stole the
shoes, instead. i
Poultry is one of the easiest,
most healthful and profitable
crops that can be produced on a
farm.
Washington Notes
SAFETY CAMPAIGN
A campaign has been started
by the government to keep
Ainericans from killing them
selves with the thousands of war
trophies brought back from for
eign battlefields. Kxiept for the
application of a law requiring
registration of machine guns and
other automatic weaptM, the
campaign will be on a voluntary
and education basis. War souve
nirs with which Americans have
been maimed or killed include
hand grenades, land mines and
shells.
MORTGAGE INSURANCE
Applications for mortgage in
surance hit- a new record high
of 52,950 dwelling units during
April, according to the Federal
Housing Administration. The to
tal included 39,186 new home ap
plications, a post-war record.
FOOD
While there have been increas
es in the size of food crops in
some countries, these increases
have been of/set by the reduc
tions in others and in general the
severe winter and poor crop
weather in Western Europe has
caused the department of agri
culture to predict that the amount
of food for world consumption
this coming production year will
be "little, if any, larger."
While both the national income
and the national turn-out of ser
vices and finished goods rose to
record heights during the first
three months of this year, there
is evidence that the boom is
slacking, according to the de
partment of commerce. The "total
output of final goods and serv
ices in the country at market
prices" went up to annual rate of
$209,000,000,000. National income
reached a record total in the
first quarter of this year at the
annual rate of $180,500,000,000, an
increase of $3,000, 000, 000 over the
fourth quarter of 1946.
TAX CASES
The bureau of internal revenue
won two-thirds of the cases in
the tax court during 1945 and
1946 in which it charged fraud
We Arc Cooperating
With The
Government's
Request
to Reduce Prices, and Until July 1 , Almost All
Merchandise Will Be Sold at
10 to 20% Reduction
This will include such items as Harness, Horse Collars,
all Enamelware, Presto Cookers, Aluminum Roasters,
Electric Heaters, Hot Plates, Electric Table Lamps, Briar
Axes, Step-on Cans, 6-foot Aluminum Step Ladders.
Chopping Hoes $1.10
Plant Setters, were $5.00, now. . $3.65
Rubber-like Matting, Lawn Swings, Oriole Brand Grass
Seed at cost in bag lots; all Lugigage in the store; Window
Shades, Silverware, Chicken Friers, Bun Warmers, Gar
den Hose, Fruit Juicers, Curtain Rods, Baby Walkers,
Table Lamps, Ekco Pressure Cookers.
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Watauga Hardware, Inc.
"The Friendly Store"
against income tax payers, ac
cording to J P. Wenchel, chief
counsel o f tl.e bureau. Out of
21 decisions rendered. 14 wen
favorable to the bureau andl
seven were against. ^
VETERANS' VACATIONS
War veterans attending school
under the GI bill wil! not be al
lowed to use unemployment al
lowances as summer vacation pay
between terms, according to the
Veterans Administration. Only
veteyns actively seeking and
willing to take any available
work may accept the allowance.
Even then, the veteran is not eli
igible for unemployment pay dur
ing any pei lod for winch the
subsistence allowances under the
education and training provisions
of the GI bill are received.
* PRESIDENT
President Truman is planning
a trip to Canada and hopes to
make a tour of the Pacific North
west and Alaska, this summer,
provided congress adjourns as
tentatively scheduled on July 31.
FREIGHT RATES
In a 7-to2 decision, the United
States Supreme court upheld the
contention of the South and
West that their industrial devel
opment has been retarded by
railroad freight rates generally
favoring the North and East. The
court ordered a blanket correc
tion.
BUSINESS FAILURES
Commercial and industrial,
failures in the first week of Mayj
rose to 98, the highest total for
any week since March. 1943, and
four times the 23 failures report-|
ed for the corresponding period
lof 1946.
HOME MORTGAGES
There is a mortgage debt- of
$24,600,000,000 on A m er i c a n
homes, the biggest in history,
according to the Federal Homej
Loan Bank administration, which)
said the sum was 15 per centl
greater than the previous peak
in 1930. The housing shortage,)
resulting often in forced pur
chases and the revival of large
scale home building after the
lifting of building restrictions
contributed to the rise.
PRAISED TOO SOON
Wadderson, England ? Pleased'
that the members of the fire
company were so efficient at
keeping their equipment in order,
the chief decided to buy a drink
for them all as a reward. While
the chief was at a local pub, fire
broke out in the fire station and
destroyed all the equipment.
There is no substitute for milk.
It is not possible to raise a child,
calf, pig or any other mammal
without it.
State College Hints
For Homemakert
1
Flour and feed bags ha\e long i
been used by thrifty rural house
wives for making house dresses, 1
aprons, and children's clothes, i
bedspreads, draperies, luncheon'
cloths and towels. The first step
in using one of these bags is to ?
remove the black printed Alters
that |p>eled it, and textile specia
lists of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture list the following
directions:
1. Scrub bags with hot water
and laundry soap. This often re
moves nearly all the ink. The
rest usually disappears if bags are
boiled in soapy water for half
and hour and rinsed. A chlorine
bleach may be used to take out
the last traces of black.
2. Wet a bar of laundry soap
and rub on the dry bag until it
is entirely covered with a thick
layer of soap. Roll up the bag and
let it' stand several hours. Then
wash and boil if necessary. ?
3. Soak the bag in kerosene
overnight. Then wash ? first in
lukewarm water, then in soapy
water, and rinse thoroughly.
4. Cover the black print with I
lard or soft petroleum jelly, rub
bing the grease into the fabric
thoroughly. Leave overnight to
loosen the black, then wash in
soapy lukewarm water and rinse.
5. Boil bags In water with
sodium hydrosulphite or other
dye removers, which may be
purchased at drug stores. Follow
directions given on the package.
Rinse well.
SUPER-MOUSE TRAP
GLORIFIED
Toledo? The Toledo Museum I
of Art put on exhibition the
Black Cat Hole Choker Model
Plastic Mouse Trap in its show
of the Society of Industrial De
signers. The museum said this
probably is the first exhibited in
an art museum.
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MAYOR TAKES IT EASY |
Lebanon. Ind. ? The mayor's of
fice in the Lebanon city hall was
turned into quarters for a per
manent army recruiting office
when it was found the mayor
nad not used his office for several
rears. I
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? tufty work on antiques. Everything guaran
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Have nice line of tapestries and velours.
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
Effective at once, the price of our cement blocks
will be reduced $15.00 per thousand.
GRAY STONE BLOCK COMPANY
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