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At til* request of Cor gress the
Washington police recently1 drew
b comparison with eight other
citias at aimilar population. Col
lier* Mid.
"In major crime* reported to
the TBI tor the fiscal year 1*49
Washington lad the field with
11.334." The article pointed out
that the eight other cities aver
aged 10,730 crimes reported about
Half the Washington total . Jj
Chief troubles the article
Sei' ol alum*. It sa!4 fi to 3)
(ate th? District at Columbia
lituation could clean it up bjr eli
ninatinf "the infecious sinks
where crime is bred' often Witt
Vof? ItfiStft&s:
arly by special time-consuming
le tails for parades and "VIP"s"
-very im peasant persons. Often,
he article reported, seven patrol
nen in one precinct covers beati
lormally assigned to It men.
"They may be fewer than 100
oot patrolman for the entin 08
qua re miles atWasttington." it
win ted to thfetyia tffifjSyS^
>a re back for one mile down a
asSayr" "?
The magarine DM not ccttttefnn
lave their eyes opened to the
crious situation.
'Perhaps it would help if Pfflsi
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m* FRANCES DELL 831
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Too many horn* makers take
particular pain* to make Ifheir
dining tables look lovely -only
when company is onmin* for
dinner. Sine* our personal fami
lies are the most important peo
ple in our Uvea, this i* a bit hard
?? understand. *
. Families appreciate having the
itMnlufpe table looking attrac
tive just as muctwund perhaps
nnore, than outsiders.
The most inexpensive clothi
dent Truman, who ha* been in
viting all American* to Washing
ton'* sesquicentennial festivities,
would propose jtut one addition
al light-seeing tour," Collier's
"?Sir Americans might like
lust a tlimpse at such unbilled
attractions a* Temperance Court,
Want TWr
Tweetaic"!
H oB ... -F I
Johnson City, Ttnn. ? Thel
people of Western North Cwolma]
would like to trade "iweetaie*
a chugging little narrow-gauge
mountain (fain, lor a modem
highway leading to East Tennes
see. KroffT "'TeludlBm.
Belmont Wintoriit poatmafter
at Klk Park, N. C., spoke up in
iavor of the highway at an Inter
itave Commerce Commission
hearing here last week.
East Tennessee and We
North Carolin* Transport
Company, operator of the ?
mi lo- long railroad from Johnson
City to Cranbenfc *. C, seeks
to abandon the 22.63-mile oar
Section between
..and Cranberry.
lb-?Wfc I
Johnson City is a<
PHi5 itsi
once hauled vacation
ists and excursionists through
the picturesque Tennessee and
North Caiolina mountains, but
service vfu abandon -
the company
?ays it's losing m<**f on Mi
ed long ago and
freight business. The company
wants ICC permisiion to aban
doned the narrow-gauge line,
and remove the trades.
winters testified last week
that he understood Tennessee
and North Carolina will co-op
erate in building a highway over
Uia present mountainous road
bed if the line is abandoned. And
the people of the Carolina moun
tain* would much prefer the
Highway to Tweetsie, said Win
ter*, , ? ? I
"That would be better in|
these days," he said.
During the past season1 4-H
Club members in 14 mountain
bounties of North Carolina set
dut a total of 287,425 tree seed
lings. The seedlings were provid
ed by the pulpwood industry ofj
the State.
Farm families can make sum
it er living safer and more en
joyable by taking time out to do
a number of odd jobs around the i
farm before the arrival of hot f
weather, lay agricultural engine- -
ers of the State CdUege Excen- ?
sion Service. B Jjf
Anto-freeze solutions' should _
be drained from tractor. ?rUck,L
and automobile radiator*, fioihtsl
outH.lt Ellis, in charge of e* - I
tension agricultural engineerute-fl
iFor but service, be say., a radia H
is very satisfactory. jft* A badly
corroded cooling system A Wm
mervial radiator cleaning calm
pound is recommended. After
cleaning, an anti-rust cotnpound
should be added
Ellis says if openings in the
foundation (curtain) wall under
the bouse were plugged up last
fall, they should be opened now.
Ventilation and light are need
ed, under the house in tort weath
er to discourage termites.
POther "hot weather hits" of
fered by Ellis:
Repair screens.
Check ventilation in -laying
houses.
See that there is adequate
shade in the hog lot
Extend water system to pro
vide plenty of water for live
stock.
Takf salt tablets in extremely
hot weather"
Kill off poison ivy and poison
oak by spraying with weed kil
ler. Don't burn these plant* ?
susceptible persons may be
poisoned by the smoke.
Complete that spring cleanup!
^TT" ? ? m
giPftijPfi children start going
pflyflpat aid kit along on
iicnics and other outing*.
Practice sale living. fflS
The number of forest fires in
he United States increased ap
roximately 11 per cent during
949, but the total acreage bum
id was less than that swept by
ire in 1948.
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WHAT RESPONSIBLE
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ABOUT
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SENATOR
FRANK P. GRAHAM
THE LATE FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Appointed Frank Graham Chairman Ad
ob Economic Security. Said Roosevelt: "The woi-jt of this Council and
mendation made by me to the Congress and the adopttoh by the Cdfl$-ess
Act of 1933."
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LOYALTY . . . Senator Clyde ft. Hoey:
"He (Senator Graham) is as loyal it any American who walks this earth."
ABILITY . . . General Geo. C. Marshall:
"The work Frank Graham did in Indonesia for United Nations was a diplomatic miracle."
CHARACTER . Senator Wayne Morse:
"Frank Graham is the most Christ-like man I know." ^ -
STATESMAN . . . Senator Charles Tobey:
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"Frank Graham's Senate speech on the Atlantic Pact was the greatest I have ever heard in the U. S.
\
Senate.'
WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT . . . Mrs. W. T. Boat:
"I think this famous quotation can be
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in wn
? level of the age
IDVLOMACY . . . Mrs. O. Max Gardner:
ich they live
mss
te applied to
until all me
Frank Graham: There
men stand on higher ground.'
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