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THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON A llseum# of Sortnuninl Hap pening* In th* National Capital n ? n n w ii h 11 i) ? n n-n-ir-ii? ? The agricultural appropriation bill likely will be the last such bill approved by both houses of the congress. In the meantime, in farm circles here there is talk of a farm revolt from the tradition al ranks of the GOP. Fact is that the hQuw vote on the appropria tion was the closest in this ses sion and at one time only six GOP votes kept the bill from being sent back to the commit tee. Of the 174 votes for recom mitment only 12 were republican and five of those were from the Iowa delegation. So the vote, 180, to 174 against recommitment, was decided almost entirely on party lines. The only real republican op position made to the farm cuts was voiced by Representative Clifford Hope of Kansas, chair man of the house agricultural committee. He declared that the appropriations committee by its slashes of some 341 millions of dollars in the department funds was "taking away the initiative of his committee" and partly through Hope's efforts, 40 mil lion dollars was returned to the agricultural program. It is ex pected that the senate, as a re sult of the vigorous opposition of the farm leadership will restore at least partially some of the funds eliminated by the house, particularly the soil conserva tion and school lunch appropria tions and likely some of the cuts from the rural electrical admini stration. As a result of the conference of farm leaders, bankers and others interested in the farm land credit field, held at the instance of President Truman early in June, it is expected that a program, probably voluntary in nature and intended to curb the further in crease of farm land prices, will be adopted by lenders. This pro gram is expected to advise customers to hold on to their savings; provide for higher cash payments on sales involving a farm mortgage; hold down GI investment to prevent assump tion of over-loaning on farm valuation; provide more lenient methods for acquisition of farm equipment to increase income; discourage pure speculation in farm lands and encourage farmers to buy on valuations based on normal earning power of land and to demand larger installments of payments while farm income is high. It is believed if lenders adopt this program it will tend to tighten credit and pull fann Honeycuti Real Estate Company LICENSED DEALERS Office in Boone ? 117'/i Eait Main Street Phone 3-W Of ice in Mountain City located in the Blackburn Building Next to the Newi Office. Phone 86 LIST YOUR PROPERTY WITH US FOR A QUICK SALE Must have salesman with car. See us for a real opportunity. 6-room brick house, lights, water, complete bath, hardwood floors, large basement. 11-inch wall with 2-inch dead air space. Garage, lot 100x128, woodhouse, lumber house, V\ acre of garden. Located on Queen Street. 8-room house, stone front, lights, water, complete bath, hard wood floors, built-in cabinets, full size basement, furnace heat. 2 miles on Wilkesboro road. Possession at once. 6-room house, complete bath, lights, water, basement, 3-4 acre of land, cherry and apple trees, barn. Located on Pine St. 6-room house, complete bath, basement, garage; lot 75x282. Located on Pine St. 7 room house in 2 apartments. One 3-room, wired for elae tric stove. Complete bath. One 4-room apartment, wired for electric stove. Complete bath. Located on Queen St. 6-room brick house, hardwood floors, complete bath, built in cabinets, large basement. One acre of land. One mile west of Boone 6-room house, 12x26, 3 3-4 acres of land, 7-10 acre tobacco base. Barn, chicken house. $900 down, balance like rent. Located at Zionville. 6-room brick house, hardwood floors, built-in cabinets, large basement, lot 75x152. Now vacant. Good terms. 6-roorn house, about 100,000 feet timber of all kinds; 6 acres of corn. 2 1-3 acres of beans, potatoes. Located at Zionville. 6-room house, barn, chicken house, springhouse, 56 acres of land. Located on Brownwood road. Small down payment. 5-room house, 35 to 40 acres of land, water, lights, barn chicken house, 'i down. Located on Brownwood road. About 5 acres of land with mill house, hammer mill, grist mill, buckwheat roller, with living quarters. Priced right to sell quick. 5-room brick house, bathroom, hardwood floors, water, lights, lot 50x150. Located on Blowing Rock road. 4-room house, lot 75x100. Located at Blowing Rock. See Your Friendly Real Estate Dealer Today To continue your love story . ? ? live happily ever after with So many brides before you have made the same vow: nothing but the first-rate for your brand new home. Come in and marvel at the lovely International Sterling patterns . . . (he wealth of exquisite detail, the truly inspired designs. And isn't it good news that International Sterling pricrs havdb not been raised? a Lovclv Enchantress pattern illus trated costs $22.03 tor sit piece place settipe. Many u'Jieti froin which to clio is.-. O Stallings Jewelers land prices downward. Fifty-two congressmen have signed a petition to force some action of the joint house-senate economic committee on the Presi dent's economic report to the con gress, as provided by the full employment act of 1946. The President's report was filed with the congress by the President last January but no action has been taken although the law re qires it. That the power of the house appropriations committee could wreck the foreign policy of the nation is seen in the fact that al though both houses of congress have passed, and the president has signed, the 400 million dollar loan to Greece and Turkey which is now a national policy, no ap propriation has been made to provide the money. Congressman Taber of New York, chairman of the house appropriations com mittee says he's going to have a good look at the 400 million dol lars to see if it is really needed before the house makes the ap propriation. Sen. Carl Hatch of New Mexico recently questioned the right of a house committee to ''veto" or nullify an action ap proved by both houses qpd the President. At any rate, the Taber committee is assuming the right. ^Communism is the big bugaboo here in Washington, both in gov ernment and out. Arguments run pro and con over the Truman plan for screening government workers through the FBI at a cost of some 25 million dollars, and other advanced plans which will cost from 37 million dollars up. On the bill to outlaw the communist party, the proponents declare the communist party is subversive, that it promotes the overthrow of our form of govern ment and our way of life and that its primary allegiance is to a foreign power. Those against the bill declare that the American |concept of democracy is to allow free choice in the election of of ficials from any political party and that the best way to outlaw communism is to make dem ocracy work better, here anc abroad, Buying Power Up, Survey Reveals Chicago ? The money Dad has left after he pays the bills is growing less, but it's still more than he had last year. The Investors Syndicate has de cided that buying power is swel ling after a consairur survey on how revenue compares with liv ing costs. The money left over is called "real income." The report said the consumer has $1.02 for every dollar he had after paying living costs a year ago. However, he had $1.06 two months ago. Carrying the comparison fur ther, the syndicate said the aver age family in March, 1947, had a real income of $1.24. It had saved $1.00 a year ago but paid bills av eraging 22 cents less than this year. COINCIDENCE San Francisco, Calif. ? When the loudspeaker at the Rotary International Convention asked Lyle Brown to report at the sec retary's office, two men showed up. Both were Lyle Brown, both were with the telephone com pany. They were Lyle Brown. San Francisco district manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. and Lyle Brown. Sedalia. Mo., district manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. NOTICE I have sold the business known as Hollars Food Center to I T. Barnett and I will not be responsible for any debts of said firm after June 5. 1947 I.Iro C. Hollar. This June 9, 1947 . 6-12-3C nuts* .V * -- . ? . ,?? v 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. Th# 'REXALL Store COMPLETE Repair Service Radios - Phonographs Electrical Appliances. Pick-up and DalWarr ^?rrice Radio Electric Co. Phone 240-W Bui Terminal Bldg. Boon* I' Food Preservation is Theme of the Week Home Food Preservation Week will be observed June 22-28, ac cording to an announcement from Miss Kuby Scholz, food con servation specialists for the State College extension service. This week has been set aside to focus the attention of home makers on the value of home food preservation and to en courage improvement of the nutritive value and variety of meals they serve. The present outlook points to an abundant supply of home and commercially grown fruits and vegetables for home and com munity canning centers. Miss Scholz said, adding that the sup plies not needed for present con sumption should be preserved for use in the winter months when fresh produce will be less plenti ful and normally higher in price. 'This should be an important week to thousands of North Car olina home-makers," the specia list declared, "because food sup plies become too low in many homes during the winter months to provide well balanced meals. Preserving food during the time it is plentiful will not only sup plement supplies for individual families, but will also conserve food which might otherwise go to waste." Homemakers who do not have adequate canning facilities in their homes should make use of the community food canning centers; however, arrangements for the use of community centers should be made well in advance of actual canning. DEATH NO MYSTERY Seattle, Wash. ? The mystery! surrounding the death of Roly! Poly, the seal at the woodland Park, was cleared up when an autopsy of the seal's stomach re vealed more than 100 copper pen nies, 3 nickels, 85 aluminum plastic and brass tax tokens, 1 ^rass lapel insigne of the Army's 2nd Infantry Division, 2 tiny pieces of steel and a miscellane ous collection of metal washers and buttons. The rate of patient turnover in veterans' hospitals has risen to a monthly average of more than 45 per cent because of improved medical care. ROME CANDLE MAKERS ARE NEVER IDLE ? ? ? ? - p Vatican City ? There's at least one industry in Italy that doesn't know the meaning of the word 'depression." It's the candle busi ness. Candle factories in Rome ? most of them hundreds of years old ? have been doing a rushing busi ness in connection with the re cent series of beatifications and canonizations at the Vatican, where 14,000 candles are burned every time a new saint is ele vated. Candle-makers were compel led to work day and night in pre paration for the last Candlemas holiday, when the faithful tradi tionally present decorated cand les to dignitaries of the church. From the Pope himself down to the village priest, all are remem-i bered with candle on Candlemas is a five-pound one which, how ever, is never used. It is strung up on one side of the papal bed room. Pope Pius XII has eight candles in his bedroom, one for every year of his pontificate. At each canonization ceremony the Pontiff receives from the pos tulators of the new saint cause two huge candles weighing 60 pounds each. These are later do nated by the Pontiff to the poorer churches of Rome which, in turn, send them back to the factories which made them. There they are melted down into smaller -sized candles for everyday use. Candles are in great demand For High Quality CLEANING at Lowest Prices Bring your clothes to the HI-LAND CLEANERS Main St. Boone all the year around for regulari Iceremonies in St. Peters ana Homes 500 other churches, and for special gifts to the Pope dur ing the year. In the recent canonization cere mony of the Swiss national here, Nicholas de Flue, more than $5,000 was spent for candles. USES GLOVES FOR BANK New York ? Mrs. Sarah Tenner has found an even safer place for her money than the top of her stocking. She stuffed $1,410 in bills into the fingers of her black gloves and carried them in her handbag. When three boys snatched the bag, they apparently threw it away after a superficial search. The bag, o-? taining the gloves and the money, was found by police in a park. Stromberg Carlson Air King RADIOS . Electrical Appliances Phonograph Records Radio Electric Co. Phone 240-W Bus Terminal Bldg. Boon* ON STAGE IN PERSON COMING SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 8 P. M. COURTHOUSE, BOONE, N. C. STANLEY BROTHERS Carter and Ralph, and the CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS, from Radio Station .WCYB, Bristol, Tenn, featuring PEE-WEE LAMBERT, mandolin high tenor and blues singer; RAY LAMBERT, bass fiddler and singer; ELSIE KEITH, fiddler and composer of the Black Moun tain blues; Clinch Mountain Quartet, sing ers of old-time hymns; COUSIN WINE SAP, nit-wit of all nit-wits. A Good Clean Show For All the Family When it's a genuine FORD PART When you need now parts for your Ford, here's one way to make sure they'll ft right, work right and last longer. Mal>e sure they're genuine Ford parts. And the place to get them is "back home ' at your Ford dealer's. Here, you'll get parts just like the ones that came new in your Ford, and you' save money on this 4-way Ford service 1. Ford-trained Mechanics X Genuine Ford Parts 3. Ford-approved Methods Cpecial Ford Equipment Immediate Service ? Easy Terms Winkler Motor Co." Boone, N. C. Telephone 69
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