Brands Are
que* Ion* the pub
nU> aika about ga*
the Mtioa'* oil iaduatry
The qucrt |ftnt dc&|
determine* n>fflini
there art to many
CitoiiiM. monoDoly
the future of oil at af
bj atomic energy, and
"myths about a 100-mile per xallon
carburetor."
"Local competition determine*
ttaaoline price*, ' said Mr. BatU
"The Individual dealer'* gaaoline
price* tend to stabilise at a point
where margin of profit and vol
ume of sale* strike the moat fav
orable balance." He pointed out
that this process and the fluidity
of consumer buying habits pro
duce small but distinct variations
in local and nation-wide gasoline
price* "In the Boone area," he
*aid. "there it a price spread of
three cents a gallon. Price* may
vary up to eight cents per gallon
nation-wide."
As to whether the many brand*
of gaaoline are "all Jhe unite,"
Mr. Batts said. "DeAitoly not.
Each company makes different
gasolines."
On the question of monopoly,
Mr. BatU pointed out that there
are some 42,000 oil companies In
this country, plus about 200,000
service stations operated by soma
190,000 separate and cApeting
CODMIM. H# hntM that mono
poly "could never luve built to
day'a American oil iadutUf.
la retard to atomic energy'*
effect on the oil buatnean, Mr.
BatU Mid that ~pm*r nveda are
Crowing ft auch a rata that atomic
energy will bo a welcome 'eupp le
nient to other energy aourcea for
count lata year* to com*."
"Pro?ed V. 8. oil wwrwi today,
deapiie tbe entire conaumption of
fifty year* of peace a ad war, are
more than too timae the total
amount blown to eclat In ltOO,"
ho aaid. "And petroleum extrac
tion from oil ahalea, now practical
but coatly, would yield throe
time* the MJ billion bamli at
our preaent proved roaacvoa.**
Mr. BatU aaid that rcporta of the
oil induatry'a auppreaaing fuel-Hav
ing devicei auch aa a "100-mile
per-galion carburetor" crop up
perennially. "No auch carburetor
baa ever boon patented, or even
atood up to Intensive Invalidation,"
ho aaid. He addod that "patent*
can't bo kept aecret," ainct any
one can obtain coploa of any pat
ent granted by the U. 8. Patent
Office.
The Oil Induatry Information
Committee repreoontetive, who la
aaloa agent of Eaao Standard Oil
Co., her* at Boone, baaed hi*
atatementa on Information juat la
aued by the OlIC, which la ?pon
aored by the American Petroleum
iMtitute.
Washington Report
LUNG CANCER. Senator W.
Kerr Scott this week called for
? million-dollar tobacco reaeareb
program to help acientiata deter
mine If there la a connection be
tween amoklng and lung cancer.
Scott introduced a resolution In
the Senate directing the Depart
ment of Agriculture to map out an
aggreaaive program of baaic re
search covering all phaaei of to
bacco production, marketing and
conaumption.
The Squire of Haw River aaid
"untold milliona" of dollars are
now being spent in medical re
search to determine whether or
not amoklng causes lung cancer.
"But," be added. "I was aatound
ed to learn how woefully lacking
we are in knowledge of the chem
ical components of tobacco and
tobacco smoke? the sert of bask
knowledge that I a absolutely es
sential both ot medical research
aa well aa to agricultural research
aimed at producing better tobacco
at lower costs."
UNKNOWNS. Scott said many
of the chemical components and
properties of tobacco have never
been separated and Identified by
research acientiata.
"It ia the kind of knowledge
we muat have if we ever expect
to determine the relationahtp, If
there la any at all, between smok
ing and health," he aaid.
Scott alao pointed out that the
Federal government collects over
? billion and a half dollara each
year In tobacco tax, "but the Fed
eral government apenda only a
paltry 600 thouaand dollara in to
bacco research each year. That
GARDEN TIME
By ROBERT SCHMIDT
Arc you getting tired of running
the cultivator and wielding the hoe
in your garden in a toeing battle
with weedi and graaa? Why not
UN a mulch?
It la surprising how few garden
er* make use of mulches as an aid
in the conservation of moisture
and the control of weed*. A mulch
may be any material such as hay.
straw, strawy manure, leaves, leaf
mold, pest, sawdust, pine straw or
paper which can be put down on
the ground around plants for the
purpose of conserving moisture
during the hot, dry summer weath
er. At the same time It will keep
down moat of the weeds. I recent
ly read of one girdener who col
lected all the cardboard boxes he
could get st the store, flattened
them out, and put them on the
(round around his plants as a
mulch and the results were ex
Many vegetables, flower*, small
fruit* and shrubs are good subjects
for mulching. Tomatoes, peppers,
eggplant* and cucumber* may be
mulched with straw, leave* or pap
per. Attleai. camellia* and blue
berries which desire an acid aoil
may be mulched with aawdust, leaf
mold or peat Red raspberrl*
dewberries and grapea may be
matched with straw or strawy
the mulch should be
the soil has been
well moistened by rain or Irriga
tion If fertiliser is necessary it al- 1
so should be applied before the !
i* laid down.
wUI find^jtha^tnMnall far |
lavwt-l
ment by Uncle Sara compared to
his income from the tobacco in
dustry," he said
"We ought to at least double
oar tobacco research program in
an effort to gat at the answers to
the questions now facing the en
tire induatry," he said.
FARMERS. Not only would in
creased research help answer many
medical questions, Scott said, "but
It would help manufacturers and
growers alike In producing better
quality leaf at lower costs."
Most of the tobacco research in
past years has been guided toward
fighting diseases and producing
higher yields and quality.
Vary little reaearch money haa
been spent on more efficient pro
duction, msrketlng and Utilization
methods in recent years.
RANGE. Scott's reaotuUon calls
for extensive work to be done in
leaf quality investigations, tobacco
diseaaes, insect control, application
of Insecticides, curing equipment
and techniques, and mechanised
production. ?
Per capita consumption of tobac
ct> among persons over 18 years
of age haa reached a point of ever
13 pounds ?f tobacco each year?
which amounts to 6,290 cigarettes.
For this reason, Scott aaid be
wanted "very thorough studies"
made to determine the pattern ef
tobacco consumption and smoking
habita.
Household Hints
For Homemakers
THE MORE YOU KNOW? the
easier will be the Job of cleaning
bard surface floors. Know the
characteristics of the floor surface
material. Keep the floors clean.
Use water, soap and detergent
sparingly on hard surface floors.
Remove spots quickly. Use floor
sealers correctly. Avoid Using oil
on floor surfaces. Use the right
floor cleaner. Choose the right
floor was and use it correctly
Maintain a good floor finish.
USE ELECTRIC FLOOR
POLISHER ? Polishing floors by
hand is long and tedious, and the
homemaker finds it burdensome
even though she appreciates the
beauty and longevity that wax adds
to her floors. The answer is an
electric floor polisher The electri
city rather than the homemaker,
furnishes the power.
An electric floor polisher saves
time and energy? and money by
saving the flooring. Electrically
polished floor* have greater
beauty. Power polishing gives
greater sheen and reveals all the
design of the grain or material.
MOTHS? Moth larvae feed at
dirt and grease in fabric. The pri
mary rule of moth prevention is
to make sure garments and blank
ets are clean before storing, using
soap and water washing where pos
sible Store ale an items ip sealed
bags or package*.
SPECULATION
A bipartisan majority of the
Senate Banking and Currency Com
mittee joined in a report that there
had been an "increase in unhealthy
speculative developments in the
stock market since the Fall of
l?54." A Republican minority of
fow Senators countered, however,
study " actually waa a "studied at
tempt to disturb Ik* economy."
Telephone Cable To Be
Laid On Bottom Of Sea
R '/ ' .WGZ IP W
Laying of the vofM'i flnt trans
oceanic telephone cable? to (pan
the Atlantic between Newfound
land aatf Scotland ? la to begin
June 2*. it va* announced hem
last week hrH.IL Inabinet, man
ager of Southern Bell Telephone
Company.
The tranaatlantie voiceways are
to be extended MO mile* west
ward from Newfoundland to the
eastern tip of Nova Scotia via an
other subinaiiff cable, and from
there to the United State* over
? 73-mile radio relay system.
The project la a Joint undertak
ing of American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, the British
Peat Office and Canadian Over
aeaa Telecommunication Corpora
tion and will coat about $40,000.
000. Serrtea will be established
late In 1108
Mr. Inabinet quoted Henry T.
Kllllngsworth, vice-president of A
A. ft T. In charge of the long lines
department, assaying the first ca->
bi? of a twin cablc system would
be apun out acreae 2.000 mile*
of ocean bottom by tumnv'i end.
Summer it the only time the At
lantic la calm enough to permit
?adi an undertaking. Laying oper
ation* will itart at Clarenville,
Newfoundland, and be completed
at Oba, wbieh ia on the weet roast
of Scotland about 00 milas from
Glasgow. The second cable ia to
be laid from Scotland to Newfound
land in the tu miner of 19M
The new cable aystem will great
ly improve the telephone icrviee
between the United Statei and
Great Britain. This service was in
augurated in 1027 and la handled
entirely by radiotelephone.
The tranaatlantic cables and the
Newfoundland-Nova Scotia cable
will be laid by HMT8 Monarch.
The ship Is now loading the first
segment of deep-sea cable at the
Simplex Wire and CaMe Company
at Newington, N. H.
Says Dan'l Wouldn't
Know His Campgrounds
uaniei Boone, wno aia ? 101 01
camping In the North Carolina
mountain* back In the 1860'?,
would be very much lurpriaed If
he could come back and see what
haa happened to lome of hit old
campgrounds.
Accessibility, aa well as climate
and scenery, has nude North Caro
Development Corp.
Making Plans
For New Industry
Raleigh, June ft? Capus Waynick,
director of Gov. ifodgee' small in
dustries development plan, aays
that a business development credit
corporation will "play an import
ant role" in helping develop North
Carolina.
Plana (or the corporation, Way
nick stated, are well under way.
The development corporation, de
signed to provide venture capital
(or new iaMatriea, was authorised
by the recent General Assembly
at the request of Hodge*.
Waynicift a former U. 8. Ambas
sador to Nicaragua and Colombia,
said the business development
credit corporation is only one facet
of the plan. The enabling act pro
vides (or the formation o( a Mock
company and authorises commer
cial banks, insurance companies,
building and loan association! and
other (inancial institutions to be
come members as well as stock
holders. ?
"The corporation will not accept
deposit*, " said Waynick. "It will
pool loan (unde paid in by (inan
cial inatltutlons which choose to
become members and by the tale
of atock. Loans will be made to
buaineea enterpriaes which are tin
able to secure credit from other
sources and for reasons connected
with their small aiae, a lack of cus
tomary collateral or newnei* of the
buslneas."
Plana (or setting up this develop
ment corporation with headquar
ters in Raleigh are now in their
(inal stages. It wiU have 100,000
shares of $10 par value common
stock and will begin making loans
after $100,000 is paid in
Moths Attack
Stored Clothes
Arc you putting away winter
clothe? ? If so. have the woolen
artlclea cleaned and then spray
thoroughly to moth-proof them.
Thia way you will be able to face
summer with the aaaurance that
your clothes will be undamaged
when autumn arrivaa.
Actually, moths do damage the
year round. It la only In the lar
vae, or worm stage that they are
actually destructive. However, the
adult moths are the ones you muat
destroy to lay the culprlta to reat
The adult motha lay egga in the
nap of clothing, ruga and furniture
upholstering, ruga and furniture
uphoiataring. Even in the cracks
of floors Thia la especially tru( if
some eat fur or dog's hair has
caught there.
The egga hatch in four to eight
daya in the auaaaaer., During cool
er weather, it usually takea from
three to four weeks.
Effective moth-proofing should
be applied directly to the article.
Bead the directions on the liquid
to be applied. You will find that
vartom artlclea take Varying
Hand-spraying will do very well
far clothing. However, upholstery,
ni? aid blanketa ahoeld be pow
er-ep rayed. Thia type ap raying will
pmtnti more duply ud fin be
una ine summer camp cipiuii m
the Southeast. By family ear, rail
road, bus and plane, tome 6,000
boy* and girl* from almoit every
state in the Union converge on
North Carolina camps from June
through August. Destination for
the majority is the Blue Ridge and
Great Smoky Mountain area, where
there is the largest concentration
of privately-owned camps. There
are other camps ? both privately
and organizationally owned ? acreas
the state, and two of the larger
one* are on the Atlantic coast.
North Carolina camp* make up
between 60 and 75 per cent of the
membership in the Southeastern
Region of the American Camping
Association. There are over 40
camp*, within a 100-mile radius of
Aaheville, largest city "in North
Carolina's mountain vacationland.
Two new camp* for girls are open
ing thia year.
All North Carolina camps meet
the exacting standard* of the State
Board of Health. Mo*t belong to
the American Camping Aaaocla
tion, and must alto meet that or
ganization's standard* on person
Ml, program, admissions, health
and sirfety, and sanitation.
Mountain camp* have access to
wild* roes* areas like the Groat
Smoky Mountains National Park
and Pisgah atid Nantahala Nation
al Forests.
Variety among the camps makes
it possible for parents to select a
camp which suit* the individual
needs or taite* of their ion* and
daughters.
A new information bulletin list
ing principal camp* in North Car
olina ia available free on request
to the Department of Conaervatkm
and Development, Raleigh, N. C.
Shorts Topic On
Summer Days
The coming warm summer day*
are making conversation pieces of
shorts of all kinds. Short shorts
seem to have taken a back-seat in
favor of the newer Bermuda and
Jamaicas. These new shorts end
Just a couple of inches above the
knee and can be torn many more
places than the old favorite short
shorts.
There are a number of new
shorts designed in stripes, reminis
cent of the diplomat's striped
pants. These are particularly news
worthy this season. The stripes,
ning down the body line, tend to
slenderize.
Styles in denim and other cot
tons like twills and poplin are po
pular. They are easy to care for
and cool to wear. In khaki color,
black, charcoal, gray, royal blue,
and the pale pastels that can be
teamed with plain or print blouses,
the short picture la very exciting.
The cool halter top is much in
demand. The newest design is the
tuxedo-type and is especially ef
fective when worn with diploma ts
iaapired shorts. ' ,
Batiste dresses 'and separates
are always lovely and cool look
ing. .They are usually inlaid with
lace and tucked and are approiate
for morning or evening wear.
There are designs in batiste for
all ages. The younger act will ap
preciate the circles of floating
skirt and puffed sleeves. The more
mature will enjoy the straight
skirt design, with lace and tucks
inlaid as trim.
Batiste is especially lovely in the
summertime bloom of color, in
such shades aa pink, lemon, blue,
lilac, or beige.
One charming design was a
dress-alike outfit for mother and
daughter. The dresses were equal
ly flattering to both.
The cotton forecast puts the
prospective production for the
1M4 Tar Heel crap at 400^0
Slow Down An
Civic Leader Urges
ve,
Raleigh. ? Miwicipal official* iariory you at* to eauie you fraat in
hundreds of North Carolina town*
and cities arc doiag everything
they can to aolve the state'! ser
ious traffic safety problem, bat
they must have more public sup
port to do tha Job. Mrs. Davetta
Steed, executice director of the
N. C. League of Municipalities,
said this week.?
Speaking in behalf of municipal
officials throughout the state, Mil.
Steed urged everyone to partici
pate in the current campaign of
the Governors Traffic Safety Coun
cil to make North Carolina the
Number One state in motor vehicle
safety.
"All the efforts of all the munf
elpal officials will come to naught
without increased public consci
ousness of the facts that traffic
safety la a personal matter," ahe
declared.
"Keep remembering this. Keep
it with you always in your daily
life ao that aafe driving and pe
destrian protection will become
more than mere slogana in a cam
paign to keep you among the liv
ing.
"I am sure that you consider
yourself a very vital part of the
town or city in which you live. 1
am sure that when you think of
your town or city that you think
of it in terms of the happiness and
welfare of yourself and your fam
ily, yoqr neighbors and friends.
Yet, you are not thinking of one
of ita most important problems,
that is the problem of traffic safe
ty. When you are aafe it ia very
easy to exclude yourself from such
effort, but actually you are not
excluded when every effort on the
part of your municipal officials
and the State Highway Patrol is
to promote and protect your per
sonal welfare."
Mrs.* Steed continued, "I hope
you will begin to think in these
terms so that safe driving and that
safety aa a pedestrian will not nec
essarily be only slogans in a cam
paign but will become a way of
life for you and members of your
family. Municipal officiala are very
conscious of the traffic problem
and are doing what they can with
in the realm of reason to promote
safety devices They can do only
so much ? the rest depends entirely
upon you. ? ? ,, ? J
' Modern means of catfaollinft
traffic and protecting pedostn^og,
are not diabolical schemes to de
convenience, nor are they encroach
ments on your personal right*; ei
ther, they are means whereby your
city officials strive to protect you
aad your family. Without your
cooperation, these means are
worthless. Bales are easily made
and more eaaily broken, But In
breaking these rules, you do so
St the risk of somaone's life? per
haps even your owjL"
(Summer Schools
Abound It) N. C.
Twenty-one summer schools in
North Carolina's Variety Vacation
land offer courses ranging from
fishing to other fine arts.
The summer courses, some oper
sted in vacation areas by univer
sities and colleges In mid-state,
are found both in the mountains
and one the coast. The fishing
institutes for ihstance. One is held
in the Great Smokies and the oth
er reaches out to the Gulf Stream
off Cape Lookout. They are oper
ated by the Extension Division of
North Carolina State College. They
lead to no degree.
On the other fund, Appalachian
State Teachers College and West*
ern Carolina College offer courses
leading to a Master's Degree Mu
sic is the major at Transylvania
Music Camp, Brevard. Art, photo
graphy and handicrafts are taught
at several centers, while the Vag
abond School of the Drama, Flat
Rock, is operated in conjunction
with a fall-fledged summer reper
tory thefctre.
An inforpiation bulletin listing
the vacationland summer schools
is available free from the Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop*
men? Raleigh, rtorth Carolina.
ANTI TRUST SUITS
The Justice Department has fil
ed an anti-trust suit against six
major publishing and advertising
associations, charging violations in
the placing of national advertising
in newspapers and magazines. The
complaint charges s conspiracy in
restraint of interstate commerce,
alleging that the various associa
tions had agreed upon uniform
Brattices in e<xutaci*>n with the
?iacM? of national advertising in
p-iiited media. Several of the press
units hsve denied violations.
in coal mine* have
111 men daring tfip Ant
three month* of IMS, nth store
than in the similar period of 1984.
The fatality mte for the first ?ar
tor of t)u* year WW 1.8# for each
the 1M4 period
?i
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Choose here for YOUR particular DAD. The
more particular he is, the better he will
like yout selection !
Safety Razors 98c to $1.50
Electric Shavers
Norelco ? Remington ? Sunbeam ? Shaveftiaster
Schick M ? Custom Shick
Cigarette Lighters
Zippo ? Ronton ? Ronaon Maximus
Pen and Pencil Sets
By Sheaffer
? *
Jr. * ? ; x
Men's Toiletries Sejs
King's Men ? Old Spice ? Seaforth
Hallmark Greeting Cards
AND MANY OTHER ITEMS FOR* DAD
Carolina Pharmacy
AMERICA GOES FOR
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and How It: goes for you I
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(Xdsmobile i* going over *o big thi* year with every
body! Now'* the right time Cor yon to drive a "Rocket"
Oldsmobile! See a* for a generous appraisal! Remember,
there'* a "Rocket" for every pocket! ? |
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