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HEW LOW COST HOUSE NAY BE BOON TO UHITED STATES Washington. ? The Foreign Buildings Operation* unit in the Stat* Department has finally solved the problem of high-cost . housing, and thlt small unit in the department ? one of few not 1 under political attack ? may be I doing something that will soon affect every home' builder in the country. What the FBO group has done is this- After yean of studies and experinventf, foreign service rep resentatives of this government are about to be quartered in $30. 000.00 house* ? the finest avail able in many foreign locations ? and the government is payirfg only $16,000.00 for the house and furnishings! FBO has designed. at helped design, the house and furniture, bought both, and shipped the whole thing over seas ? for (18,000.00. While the houses are rented to foreign service personnel only, instead of paying $30,000.00 or more, the State Department is paying only $18,000.00. And this amount is not dolors sent abroad but a use of credit, or foreign currency owed the U. S.! Well Furnished The house has three bedrooms, bath, living and dining room combined (24 by 12 ft.) a long porch, kitchen furnished with range, refrigerator, etc., car port, ample closets, furnace, blinds, and all furniture ? some 20 chairs and stools and a sofa, plus five beds, lamps, rugs, fixtures, and everything else. This house, all the furniture, and appliances, shipped overseas and erected, is costing Uncle Sam a little over $14,000 in some cases! Unbelievable? It sounds so today. But the FBO has just let a contract for 50 of these houses. Cost per unit ? $6,800.00. They are pre-cut houses, but Ed ward H. Sims, Washington news paper correspondent, was shown an exact model this week in the State Department, and the house is every bit as attractive as many priced at $20,000.00 Leland W. King, Associate Chief of FBO, says the house represents years of research. "We've finally got a house that licks the old high-cost, slow-mo tion problems," he said. "We contracted with a firm in New York for the furnishings. Th*y ?ent representatives to Europe and bought up most of that ? with money foreign governments owed Us. The hard furniture pieces come from Germany, the lighter pieces from France and some of the fixtures from Italy." All furniture and fixtures cost $2,300.00, delivered in Europe. Add that to the cost of the house, delivered in New Orleans, of $6, 800.00, and the total becomes $9,100.00. Construction and freight overseas run the $9,100.00 to about $14,000.00. But the pos sibilities for use in the U. S. A. ? the house without furnishings ? bought in quantities of fifty or more, make an $8,500.00 house, built, possible, and adding land and heavier freight for longeT Hauls, $10,000.00 houses of this type probable. House* on Way "More th?n half of our first 50 are on the seas to foreign posts now," King says. "We usually have the land at these outposts, lo that isn't much expense. King explain* that the FBO sifted 14 domestic and foreign bids before contracting for this one. He says these houses are not on the open market now, but might be in the future. Right now they are going to such posts as Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Saigon, French Indo China, Madras, India, and other spots. However, it shouldn't be too long, King thinks, before such homes are offered on the U. S. market for well under $10,000.00. They might usher in the prefab ricated era. m vuoptm PRINTING ENLARGING Palmer's Photo Shop 104 Dopot Si. ? Boom. H. C. PHONE MS B ?REMEMBER? Rulona Q?t Scrvie* Is * ECONOMICAL! VTEICHA. AUSTRIA ? V. 8. mi liary Policeman Cpl. Paul J. Gre un. el Hocheriar, N. Y.. wai willed by tommy-gun firing Ita lian (oldieri (May 4) whila on patrol duty with aaMhn MP la Intarnational Sector oi Vienna. Tha (hooting occurred on a main ?hopping ..(treat ..when Groeea (ought to queatloa two Rutsian (oldiert carrying automatic guju. An inreatigatlon U planned. Broadcast on Family Week The dramatic story of a family of boys reared in the atmosphere of a mining town saloon who came to be leaders in church and community activities is one of the series of six broadcasts sche duled for National Family Week (May 6-13) on station WATA at 8:45 a. m. which began Monday, May 7 th. Each of the six broad casts uses the dramatic flashback method to tell the story of an American family that has found the way t6 real achievement by making use of spiritual re sources. Each broadcast conclud es with the testimony of a mem ber of the family in his or her own words made available by tape recording. This series will be heard in approximately one thousand communities in the United States and Canada as a part of the na tion wide observance of Nation al Family Week. Sponsored na tionally by various church, edu cational, and welfare organiza tions, the local observance is promoted by many organizations that are concerned with parent child relationships, family life and child welfare, including churches, church organizations, schools, civic clubs, and social service agencies. Time for the broadcast is made available by the local radio sattion WATA as a public service. LoS Angeles ? For good reason, Charles E. Stine thinks he will be able to duck his recent draft call. Born during the days of the Civil War, Stine is 88. Rem Oddities IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE Villa Rica. Oa.? Mrs. BUI Barry lost h?r wrist wntch one morning and that night she circamrd it was in a parking area. Sure enough, the next morning, she found it where she had dreamed it was. BOYS SAVE S GIRLS Minneapolis. Minn. ? Karen Lotterer and Jean Anderson, both i, were playing near their tuxnes. Boards covering an old cistern gave way and they plung ed out of sight. William E. Don ahue. 13-year-okl newsboy, heard their screams and shout ed to John Logorio. 12, nearby. While John held William's legs, William reached down into the cistern and hauled both girls to safety before police and a fire department rescue squad arriv al -J? i TOO MUCH FOB COUPLE Lima, Ohio ? Some would-be robbers backed a coupe to the curb and loaded into its trunk a 1,000-pound safe stolen from a super-market. But the coupe and the safe ? unopened ? were found right there the next morn ing. The car's rear bumper had locked over, the curlj. The safe contained more than $2,000. BULLET IN BODY 21 YEARS Baltimore, Md. ? Sergt. Sam uel J. Monkhouse recently had a bullet removed from his body, which had been there for twenty one years, when Monkhouse, then a young patrolman, was shot in a gun fight with a safe cracker on October 14, 1930. The bullet lodged in a muscular tis sue in the heart and doctors decided to leave it there. Recent ly, it worked out of the heart muscle and into the right shoul der blade, from where it was re* moved. IN INSTALLMENTS London, England ? Mrs. Amy Elizabeth Oakes, 38-year-old wife of a truck driver, recently gave birth to a 4-pound, 12 ounce daughter on March 4th and, two days later, two other babies, both boys, arrived. One weighed 5 pounds 3 ounces and the other 5 pounds 2 ounces. DOC SAVES FAMILY Coventry, R. I. ? Not so long ago, John Auriemma tried to give his pet dog. Rags, away be cause the pup barked too much.. However, he's glad he didn't get any takers because Rags barked loudly enough to awaken the Auriemmas recently and they escaped with their four children from their blazing Quonset hut home. ALL AT HOME Central Falls, R. I. ? Mrs. Olympe Mornssette, 90, has 100 descendants, everyone of whom live in this city. They can have a gathering of the "clan" on 30 minutes' notice. General Motors pays its pres ident $628,300 in 1950. JUST THE PAINT FOR PORCHES AND STEPS, WOOD OR CEMENT FLORH1DE 1 A00S?AS77#<? CO?OK 70 m tvooo. c&te/vr mo V MMTi&fM FIOOB5 Renew your floors with Florhide ? the tough, elastic, wru-ntmaat Floor Enamel. Withstand* pounding, ?cuffing feet. Ute aa ? cure (or shabby floor*. ( Easy to apply, clean* readily, retala* its ' original gloss. fMf ? "Cilif Pywinlti fgf flu Honn* iMefcfet. FARMERS HARDWARE & SUPPLY COMPANY KOREA ? These young innocent* el war are among the only civil ians toft hi beleagured Seoul as that South Korean capital is again threatened by the Chinese Communist forces. Their homes broken up. they roam the streets In search of mother or father. NEW COMBAT RATION HAS MEAT, FRUIT, ETC. FOR FIVE By EDWARD H. SIMS Washington ? The Army has gone snazy over combat food ra tions tor small units separated from main bodies of troops ? of all people! Maybe the higher brass figur ed troops separated from their headquarters and main units needed better food to compensate for a feeling of insecurity. What ever the reason, the 27-pound 5-in-l is the nuts. The 5-ln-l does just what it sounds capable of doing. It feeds five combat men for a day. Here's what the Army says the packs contain: sliced bacon, beef and graw< ham, hamburgers, ham and eggs, frankfurters, pork and gravy, beef roast, spaghetti and meat balls, ham with candied sweet potatoes, cheese spread with smoked meat, pork sausage links, and two fish items ? tuna and sal mon. Believe? It's true. Those are the Army's meat items in the 5-in-l. Another improvement over old Army rations is the addition of fruit to present day combat ra tions. Where as in the last war combat soldier*, got no fruit, to day they get: fruit cocktail, halved peaches, halved apricots, figs, kodota or cherries, and slic ed pineapple. And also in the pack are: sponges for washing, paper, soap, towels, water-puri fication tablets and luxury items such as candios and chewing gum plus ? 20 cigarettes per man (whith is wonderful advertising WF*1obeee? companies by the way, who will point to the "necessity" of smoking). Quite a difference from the old combat rations, eh? In fact, it's a wonder every small unit in combat isn't getting separated from the main body somehow. Let's see now, where is that re cruiting station around here . . . A total of 145,407 projects were completed by North Carolina 4 H Club members last year. BRIEF NEWS Winter wheat yield expected to be under 700.000, 0(J0 bushels. 1950 reported banner year for banks in F. D. I. C. system. Poll shows Senators almost divided on Par Eastern strategy. Manpower exodus worries farmers: crisis seen by mid-1952. Nearly 100 per cent of U. S. farm home* are electrified. Russia's "squeeze-play" on manganese for U. S. has failed. F. B. I. ready to seize 14,000 Reds in a war with Russia. Farm prices decline in April for second month in row. Senate finance group approves reciprocal trade extension. Furniture inventories back up as buying rush ceases. McCloy warns Germans of perils if they do not aid defense. Israel apologizes for Syria bombing before U. N. Council. MARITAL MIXUP Seattle, Wash. ? Home on a 30-day furlough from Alaska, Pfc. James D Christensen, 19, fell in love with and married his step-sister, Edith Miller. His marriage to Edith makes his step-father his father-in-law and his mother also his mother-in law. PIT If DEVELOPED Arc rlLlTl 8 EXP. ROLL d3 Overnight Service WfeSTBROOK PHOTO TODD. K. c. Try BISMAREX for Acid Indigestion. Insist on genuine BISMAREX and refuse other so-called Anti acid Powders, recommend ed to be "just as good" BISMAREX is sold in Watauga county at BOONE DRUG CO. Tha REX ALL Stor> LOCAL REALTY VALUES GRILL AND SANDWICH SHOP? located near College. Do ing good business. This business consists of all stock and equipment. 7 room house, bath, with 3 room private apartment and bath. Conveniently located to College and high school trade. This business will pay (or iUelf within three years. Terms ? Vi down, balance to be arranged. Don't overlook this investment. Come to Boone and put your children in school and pay your way. $8,500. NEW 6-ROOM HOUSE? bath, three bedrooms, hard wood floors, full sized basement, lot 100 ft. x ISO ft., located on Hillside Drive. Term* to be arranged. $8,900. SEVENTY-FIVE ACRI FARM (40 acres cleared land with good 7 room house, juit remodeled. New ga rage, good barn, and other outbuildings. 9-10 tobacco base. Located 3 miles from Boone on hard top road. $4,500. FOUR FOOM HOUSE, bath, 14 lota, city water. Lo cated H mile from Boone. Loan can be arranged. MAIN STREET ? Good six room brick house, bath, new furn ace. 77 ft. frontage on 'Main Street. Priced to sell. $4,500. THIRTY-EIGHT ACRE FARM, new 5 room house, new barn. Located at Fosco. N. C. $4,800 NEW 5-FOOM HOUSE, bath, full sited basement, city water. Located just outside of city limits on th? Blowing Rock highway, Boone, N. C. Loan can be ar ranged. THREE BUILDINGS. 6-Room house, 5 room garage apart ment. 3 room cottage. 1 acre land. Very desirable prop erty for investment. H mile west of Boone. APARTMENT HOUSE ? located near college. Priced to sell. Terms. $8,500 NEW 2-FAMTLY APARTMENT HOUSE. Private en trance. private baths. Located near College. A good investment. Monthly reiftal $80.00. Better than 10% investment GOOD 9-ROOM HOUSE? bath, basement, lot 110x200 feet. Located in Moretz Addition. A good investment. NEW SIX ROOM HOUSE? bath, full sized basement, hard wood floor*, lot ion ft. X 140 ft. Conveniently located to college. Price $7,500. Terms can be arranged. $#,500. A' GOOD S-ROOM STONF HOUSE. Steam heat bath. 3 room apartment with bath, hardwood floor*, plas tered walls. % acre land. GRADE A DAIRY FARM located near Deep cfap, N. C., On highway 491. Seven miles east of Boone. 7 room house, grade A dairv bam, large feeding barn. silo, all farm machinery 2 hor?e*. 150 acre* of land. G. I. loan can be assumed. Price $12,000. DXSTRABLI LOTS for sale. Also the bast in business Iota, list Yoor Prevai l ji with Us for ? Quirk Sib Tri-Counfy Really Company - E. F. COS, Manager PHONE SM-W BOONS. N. C. 117 MAIN STUB* MYSTERY WOMAN DIES Chicago ? When u factory worker, known a* Mivs Marie Amen, dropped dead recently in the (hop where she worked as a candy wrapper. Investigators learned she really was Mia Marie O. Andersen. 61 -year-old spinster lawyer and one-time brilliant assistant in th? Slate's attorney's office. She lived alone in a huge seventeen-room dila pidated residence since her mother died in 1M4. The house lacked heat, water and electri city. If the tobacco grower gave away the tobacco in a 20-cent pack of cigarette*, the girl be hind the counter would atlll ask for IT cents to pay for the pur chase. CARD or THANKS Words cannot express our gratitude to our many friends and neighbors lor their many deeds of kindness shown us dur ing the illness and death of our dear father, H. C. Beaeh. We are grateful to thoae sending flow ers, food and words of consola tion. We especially thank the singers ? The Beach family. DON'T COUGH Your Head Off! Atk for Mentho-Mulaion If it fail* to stop your cough due to colds, ask for your money back. BOONE DRUG CO. The REXALL Store SOMEONE AS DtftP AS MO H " . L . I Ww " 'GLADYS... 17 jewels. 10K natural or white gold Ailed. l *52" CONVINIINT PATMINTI LYNN... IT jtwtU. 14K natural or white fold. *7150 B. W. STALLINGS Your Favorite Jeweler here's where ' has her day Sunday, May 13 th Make Mother Happy on Her Day with a Gift from BELK'S f ???-? ? - WE SUGGEST: ?51 GAUGE NYLON HOSE ?BAGS ?COSTUME JEWELRY ? YARD GOODS for a new drcsf ?SHOES ?GLOVES ?READY-MADE DRESSES ?HATS ?LINGERIE OF ALL KINDS , ?BLOUSES You will see many other useful gifts that will be useful and apreciated among our large assortment of Merchandise ..Belte JHHK Boone, North Carolina
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