TVA „ To Knep Own Books Washington, Dec. 10- m — The Tcnnesec Valley Authority won Its fight to handle tts own wotiey. President Truman has signed the Byid-Butler. bill which gives TVA alotie, of numerous government Agencies affected, the right to decide how much revenue to keep and how much to turn back to the U. S. Treasury. Isoprene is a petroleum hydro carbon used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber. Snakes ordinarily use their venom apparatus as a defensive weapon only. Biggest Holiday Rush on Long Distance I I I J f Long Distance will be busier than ever this Christmas. So please do not make any but eessary calls on December 24 and 25. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED t m Medium Priced Cigars Coming Back NEW YORK, Dec. 10—(A>)—Pop ular brands of medium-priced ci ! gars soon may be in fair supply again, industry reports indicate. Gradual return of cigar maker: into factories, and discontinuance of government buying for ship ment abroad, the cigar institute of America said, resulted in an Oc tober distribution 24 1-2 percent above that of the previous year. The total of tax-paid withdraw als for the month was 513,000,000 domestic and Cuban cigars, high est for any month since Decem ber, 1942. If the labor trend continues fa vorable, the1 institute said, short ages in medium-priced cigars will be eased. Work To Start Soon On New Rayon Plant ASHEVILLE, Dec. 10— (TP)—Con struction of the Old Fort Division Rayon plant of the Clearwater Manufacturing Company, Clear water, S. C., was slated today to start shortly after Jan. 1. Six associates of Asheville, archi tects and engineers, announced yes terday that the building contract had been awarded to a Greenville, S. C-, construction firm. 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Afternoon Dailies CONTRACTS — Chairman Sandy Graham of the state highway and public works commission reports a high batting average in contracts awarded on basis of bids opened November 27. Of the 23 projects in volved, 19 have o e e n confirmiy, three have been definitely reject ed and one is still under considera tion. Re j e c t e d 0 i d s were for oridges on which the cost was be lieved too high. The 19 contracts awarded call for expenditure of more than two and a half million dollars. BRIDGES—There are compara tively few bridge builders in the state in relation to number of firms prepared to do ordinary grading and road building and competi tive bidding was not so keen. On all projects major bridges and culverts are let in separate con tracts from the road work. * * * * PROBATION — November was a record month for the state proba tion system. Harris Sample, direc tor, reports that 215 persons were placed on probation, the first time since the system was inau gurated ir 137 that the number in any one month has gone above two hundred. During the month 99 probationers were discharged, leaving a net gain of 116. « * * * SOLDIERS — Sample did not have the data broken down suf ficiently to say how many of the November recruits were ex-service men, but said the number was small. Attorney General Harry McMullan discussing the antici pated upswung in crime said that surveys made by competent agen cies after the last war showed a big increase in criminal activity but indicated that former service personnel was responsible for only a small part of it. TICKETS—Notice has been given by the utilities commission to all oassenger bus companies and union bus stations that they are required to refund money paid for tickets in cases where the ticket pur chaser elects not to ride a bus if he cannot get a seat. Custom has been for local agents to refer such claims to the home office of the company, a procedure that often delayed refund several weeks. Un der the new ruling (Rule 19 in the adopted rules for operation of union bus stations) the customer can obtain immediate refund from the same agent who sold him the ticket. If baggage was checked on the ticket, the bus agent is per mitted to deduct an allowed amount for baggage transfer. The commission has had numerous complaints from passengers who purchased tickets and then were unable to get on a bus and could not get their ticket money back without a lot of red tape. OVERLOAD—The commission is enforcing the rule limiting bus loads to fifty per cent above seat ing capacity, and officials voice the hope that by mid-spring suf ficient facilities will be available to justify limiting loads to the number of seats available. This overload rule is ri’ot enforced rig idly, considerable discretion being left with the driver as to the number of standing passengers he can safely handle. • • • • SANITATION'—John Armstrong, supervising inspector for the utili ties commission, said he was also enforcing regulations requiring passenger bus companies to keep stations clean and warm and busses cleaned up. Even though the bus company does not own the station the responsibility for sanitation and comfort of passengers is placed upon the holder of the bus franchise. * * * t BURDENED _ — Travel demands impose heavy' burdens upon the bus and rail lines and Armstrong said enforcement of all rules would take into account the convenience of the public. Busses will be al lowed to carry one' or two pas sengers above the load limit rather than leave them standing on the road, and consideration is given to the difficulty of getting repair work done on stations. On the whole, howrever, the sanitation and load limit rules will be more rig idly enforced than has been the case during the war years. Parent-Teacher Group Advocates Military Training KANSAS CITY, Dec. 10—