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Washington Notes fats" and oils Increased supDlies of fats and oils in this country are resulting _in decreased prices, according to "the Department of Agriculture, which declared that the produc tion of lard during the first six months of this year is estimated to exceed by 200,000,000 pounds the 700,000,000 produced during the same period of 1946. The sit uation abroad, however, remains critical and quantities of mate rials normally used in making soap are still being diverted to human consumption. PENSIONS Starting on September 1, 208, 000 Civil and Spanish-American war veterans and their depend ents will get a twenty per cent pension increase. The increases will cost the Government $29, 000,000 for the first year but the additional expense will decline rapidly thereafter as deaths oc cur. Pensions now average about $100 a month for Civil War vet erans and S75 for Spanish-Amer ican War veterans. Death com pensation to the dependents av erages more than $40 a month. ARMY 'COPTER A new five-passenger helicop ter, which can rise vertically 450 feet a minute, operate at a top speed of 105 miles an hour, has a cruising speed of 90 miles an hour, and can climb to 13-000 feet, is being tested for use by the Army Air Forces. It was built by the Bell Aircraft Corporation. HOME BUILDING Private contractors began work on 80,000 new homes in July, breaking records of twenty years standing, according to the Bu reau of Labor Statistics. The number approached the all-time high of 1925 and exceeded the June total by 28,000,000 and the July, 1946 number by 17,400. HOME COST In the first seven months of 1947, 441,000 home-units have been started, costing an estimat AT CARROLL'S FOOD CENTER In East Boone SPECIALS Jewel Shortening, 4 lbs $1.14 Sugar, any amount, lb 9V2c Round Steak, lb 64c Pork Chops, lb 59c Hickory Packing Bacon, lb. . 63c Blue Ribbon Hog Ration .... $4.75 16% Tuxedo Dairy Feed . . . $4.00 Fresh Vegetables and a Complete Line of Groceries HIDDENITE, POLAR BEAR and RED BAND FLOUR . . . TUXEDO FEEDS Delivery Service in Boone TELEPHONE 250-J Call us for courteous, dependable service ed $2,500, 0008*00. This compares with a little more than $1,500, 000,000 during the same period of 1946. SURrLUS About $15,000,000 worth of sur plus telephone and telegraph equipment has been placed on sale by the War Assets Admini stration. The sales are being held at the Army General Depot at Ogden, Utah, and the War Assets warehouse in Philadelphia. BUILDING PERMITS Building permits issued in July were slightly higher than the level reached in June and were sharply above that of July last year. The July total for 215 cities was $281,705,850 compared with $208,578,599 in June and $213, 467,921 a year ago. * COST OF -LIVING Latest Bureau of Labor Statis tics show that prices on every day items people buy today are five per cent higher than in 1920, the boom year following World War I ? and the end is not yet in sight. The peak was reached in June, latest month tabulated, when the consumers price index hit 157 over the' 1935-39 average, or eight index points higher than the 149 recorded in June, 1920. POLIO SPURTS The recent sharp rise in the incidence of infantile paralysis cases, following a quiet summer, with increases noted in 32 states, is still below the average for the lowest year since 1942. The U. S. Public Health Service reported a total of 2,664 cases up through the week of August 16, compared with 8,841 for the comparable period in 1946 and 1,505 cases in 1942. CORN Bad crop weather cut the pro spective corn crop to the lowest level since the severe drought year of 1936, according to the Agriculture Department, which predicts a decline from the ex pected 2,770,000 bushels on July 15 to 2,437,000,000 bushels by August 15. The Government's original corn goal was 3,000,000, 000 bushels. The crop last year set a record of 3,287,000,000 bush els. MEAT PROSPECTS Since this year's corn crop largely determines the size of the nation's meat supply in 1948, De partment of Agriculture officials are predicting smaller meat supply, at much higher prices, than at the present time. CONSTRUCTION Total construction activity, in cluding highway and street build ing and publicly-financed edu cational facilities, represented an outlay of $1,300,000,000 in July, or 16 per cent above the corre sponding month of 1946. For the first seven months of 1947, total construction expenditures had amounted to $7,500,000,000, com pared with $5,800,000,000 for the same period in 1946. ^PONTIA? A fine car made finer ? - .. v T * h A Product of Gm+r*l Motor t Above all...its a ^ood Many of Pontiac's most important qualities are so obvious that you can icadtly see them for yourself. You can see, for instance, that Pontiac stands alone for distinctive beauty. You can see the luxury and quality of its Fisher bodies. You can take the wheel for half an hour ? and learn what a matchless performer it is. But the greatest Pontiac quality of all is known only to its owners. For, above everything else, Pontiac is a GOOD car ? and its greate^virtue is its extraordinary dependability. The thrill of the first month of Pontiac ownership j lasts and lasts. In fact, the longer you own a Pontiac, the happier you'll be with your invest ment. So make your next car a Pontiac ? a good car through and through! DUE TO OUR UNFILLED ORDERS ON HAND, yom may experience utme delay in getting a new Pontiac. Place year order now to avoid further delay. In the mean time, let us keep your present car operating at top efficiency. Always Drive Carefully Barnett Motor Company EAST MAIN STREET BOONE, N. C. DODGER DUO Jackie Robinson (left), Brooklyn Dodgers first baseman, who was the first negro to play major league ball, welcomes teammate Dan Bankhead, who became the first negro pitcher to make the grade. Bankhead took a shelling from the Pirates in his debut, but he contributed a home run to the Brooklyn attack. Grain Feed Shortage May Cause Milk Prices to Increase What will happen when the full impact of the shortest U. S. c<*n crop since 1936 hits North Caro lina's 20,000 commercial dairy men is a matter of conjecture. But J. A. Arey, in charge of dairying for the State College ex tension service said this week that this scarcity of corn and its influence on feed prices, coupled with extremely high labor costs, 'will cut the flow of milk to major outlets at a time of year when local production is "already too low to meet the demand." He said that many dairymen may be forced to stand by while decreas es in milk production s!iarply af fect the price of milk to the con sumer. "Corn should be the backbone on any dairy ration," the specia list said, adding that the price of this ingredient largely determines the price of mixed dairy feeds. "With the price of dairy feed al ready at an all-time high, and getting higher, because of pro spects for a short corn crop, this state's dairymen who are already operating on a close margin will be seriously handicapped." Mr. Arey said this may even lead to dispersal of some herds. Very few North Carolina dairy farmers grow enough grain feed for their own requirements, Mr. Arey pointed out. Thus a corn crop nearly one-fourth short of last year's production will strike this 65-million-dollar-a-year in dustry a serious blow, he said. As an emergency measure to offset this critical grain shortage, Mr. Arey urges that a large crop of temporary grazing be seeded early this fall, "with plenty of good grazing." he said, "a fairly good production of milk can be secured on a limited grain ra tion." RISES TO MUSIC Fort Worth, Tex. ? Edra Zoell Austin can rise in the morning to the tunc of "Tale of the Vienna! Woods" played by her 75 year old alarm clock. 0-he says that the 10 minutes of m^sic is fine, but getting up is bad business re-| gardless of the method. GUN -TWIRLER SHOT Van Nuys, Cal. ? While brag ging about his gun-twirling abili ty to a friend over the telephone. Robert Ravis, 2i-yearold truck driver, had the unpleasant exper ience of having the gun go off, the bullet stricking him in the stomach. He will recover, how ever. Living costs up 20 percent in thirty-four cities in fifteen months. ATHLETES FOOT GERM KILL IT* FOR 35c. IN ONE HOUR If not pleased vour monev back Ask anv druggist for this STRONG fungi cide TE-OL. Made with 90'", alcohol, It PENETRATES Reaches and kills MORE germs ON CONTACT" Today at Boone Drug Company. Dacus RADIO Shop EXPERT RADIO REPAIRING, ALL MAKES 24 YEARS EXPERIENCE 217 E. Main St. Phonal IB [j <3C/) I DR. L. E. WELLMAN Optometrist MOUNTAIN CITY, TENN. Office Days: Tuesdays. Wednes | days, Thursdays, 9 a. m. tc 4 p. m. 6-20-ti Try filSMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on genuine BISMAREX and refuse other so-called Anti acid P&wders, recommended to be "Just as good." BISMA REX is sold in Watauga county at Boone Drug Co. Th? REXALL Stort* , O y E O W! IF V YOUR \ RADIO SOl/NOS SOME THING LIKE THfS... ..SEEUS-WE CAN REMEDY THE TROUB.'I COMPLETE REPAIR SERVICE All Makes Horn* and Car Seta Phonog. aphx Electrical Appliances PICKUP AND DELIVERY Radio Electric Co. Bui Terminal Bldg. Phone 240-W Boone. N. C. 100-l^ile Eastern Championship Race Set for Wilkes Track North Wilkesboro ? The 100 mile eastern championship stock rrar race will be held at the North Wilkesboro speedway Sunday, September 14, Bill France, presi dent of the National champion ship stock car racing circuit, an nounced this week. The event will number 160 laps around the five-eighths of a mile dirt track, labeled as the fastest of its kind in America. Time trials will be held Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday, and the track will be conditioned for the big race on Saturday. In addition, a 20-lap consolation will be held Sunday afternoon prior to the championship feature. The fastest 26 cars in the time trials and the first four in the consola tion will be eligible for the main event, first of its kind ever to be held in the South. Total prize money will be $4,350, largest purse ever offered in the Carolinas. First place in the feature alone will be worth $1,700 to the winner. United States officer testifies Germans wore our uniforms. Boone Flower Shop Cut Flowers, Corsages and Funeral Designs. GIFT ITEMS Phocta 2I4-J E. King StrMt Attention, Veterans We are giving a special discount on all Furniture to Vet erans for the next thirty days, and especially invite them to inspect our large displays of home furnishings. Special in Living Room Suites We have a number of Living Room* Suites which are slightly soiled, but otherwise perfect, which we are offer ing our customers at . . . Very Special Prices UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC COOK STAVES Burgess Antique Shop
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