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
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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
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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.
The projected plant will finish
rayon yam, performing the dyeing
and bleaching operations attend
ant to finishing raw yarn.
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for
Jewelry ... a lovely gift for the one you
love ... a gift long remembered and
cherished through the years. Make
this Christmas live forever with gifts
that keep on giving. Shop now and
select from our full stocks.
Gold Filled
LOCKETS
Federal Tax Included
$6.60 - $14.40
LADIES’
CLUSTERS
RED RUBY STONES
$38.40
LADIES’
DIAMONDS
YELLOV.' GOLD FILLED
$26.40-$115.20
LADIES’ & GENTS
WEDDING
BANDS
$7.20 to $21.60
MEN’S LEATHER
WATCH BANDS
$1.00 to $2.50
MEN’S ASSORTED
RINGS
IUK GOLD FILLED
$15.60 to $24.00
IDENTIFICATION
BRACELETS
In STERLING
$3.00 to $14.40
BRIDAL SETS
YELLOW GOLD
FILLED
$50.00 to $145.00
DELTAH PEARL
NECKLACES
AND
CHOKERS
$6.75 to $7.00
LADIES’
Sterling Silver
Charm Bracelets
$2.60
MEN'S EXPANSION
YELLOW GOLD FILLED
WATCH BANDS
$5.00 to $11.50
Men’s and
Women’s
WRIST
WATCHES
Ladies’ Birthstone
RINGS
Federal Tax Included
$10.20
DINNER RINGS
WITH
1 TO 5 STONES
$16.75 to $84.00
Ladies’ Watch
BANDS
Yellow and Pink Gold
$2.00 to $6.00
BILLFOLDS
ALL COLORS
$1.50 to $14.00
WATCH CHAINS
FELLOW GOLD
FILLED
$6.60 to $11.40
WATCH
and
JEWELRY
REPAIRING
«*ST GRAHAM STREET
lew
DAVIS
Diamonds
— Jewelry
OPPOSITE CITY HALL
Around
Capitol
Square
Daily Star Bureau
Asso. 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.
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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.
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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— </P) —
Advocating the continuation of the
Selective Service Act, the board
of Managers of the National Con
gress of Parents and Teachers con
cluded their conference here.
Charging that the May-Gurney
bill for compulsory military train
ing was “inadequate,” the confer
ence favored an amendment to the
Selective Service Act setting the
period of service at fifteen months
instead of 12.
The Army Engineers have per
fected a four-pound water puri
fication unit capable of produc
ing a half gallon a minute.
Cuba, with an area of 44,164
square mile^ is larger than all the
! other West Indian islands com
[ bined.
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CAPTURED!—Maureen O’Hara portrays a proud noblewoman captured
by a pirate captain, played by co-star Paul Henreid in RKO Radio’s
thrilling Technicolor romance, “The Spanish Main,” currently showing
i at the State Theatre. Walter Slezak shares stellar honors as the merciless
governor of New’ Graneda to whom the lovely heroine is betrothed.
COTTON LETTER
Cotton prices advanced sharply
again this week to a new 20-year
high. Market demand was strong
and offerings of strict low middling
and better grades in the medium
staples continued comparatively
small in volume. Premiums on
grades better than middling in
creased during November and dis
counts on the lower grades widen
ed. A national 1946 goal of 20,
000,000 acres was recommended
this week by the Department of
Agriculture. The final goal for
cotton will be announced around
the first of the year. Picking and
ginning continue to be hampered
i by rain and cold weather partic
ularly in the central and eastern
sections of the belt..
Prices for middling 15-16 inch
in the ten markets averaged 24.39
cents per pound on Thursday, De
cember 6. 24.12 in the preceding
week and 21.42 a year ago. A
new 20-year high, of 24.48 was es
tablished on Tuesday, December 4.
Friday's market lor 15-16 inch
averaged 24.45. This is well above
both the government purchase price
for December of 22.46 cents and
the sales price of 23.62 cents for
middling 15-16 inch at the ten
markets. The average premtum on
strict middling 15-16 inch in the
ten markets increased from 29
points in October to 34 points in
November. The discounts for strict
low middling widened from 128 to
138 points; low middling from 398
to 439; strict good ordinary from
606 to 656; and good ordinary from
711 to 782. Discounts for middling
15-16 inch widened from an aver
age of 288 in October to 298
points in November and 7-8 infch
from 146 to 153. Staple premiums
strengthened a little for middling
1 inch but weakened for the long
er lengths. The premium for mid
dling 1 1-8 inch in Memphis av
eraged 337 points in November
against 426 in October and an
average of 457 for the 1944-45 sear
son.
I Mrs. J. M Young Dies
At Forest City
I FOREST CITY — Mrs. J. M.
Young, 82, died Saturday at her
home at 4 o'clock. Funeral serv
ices will be held Tuesday after
noon at 3 o’clock and interment
I will be held at the Pleasant Grove
j Methodist church.
| Mrs. Young is survived by three
daughters, Mrs. Joe Harden of
| Forest City, Mrs. B. Z. Bedford
'of Lancaster. S. C., and Miss Sudie
j Young of Forest City; two sons,.
Lee Young of Forest City and
Myles Young of Washington, Ga.
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Brothers Injured
When Tree Falls
NEWTON—David Leatherman of
Newton, Route 2, sustained a
broken neck and a probable frac
ture of the skull, and his brother.
Clyde, of Vale. Route 2, a frac
tured skull and probably a broken
neck, when a tree fell on them
while they were chopping wood
Thursday. The condition of each
man was described as serious at
the local hospital, although satis
factory with slight improvement
shown today.
A Three Days’
Cough is Your
i Danger Signal
Creomulslon relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender. In
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulslon with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
If you don't want
soap shortages
to get worse...
Save More Used -Arts/
F .
YOUR country’s supply of
industrial fats is so low
that the government itself has
to decide just how much can
be released to make soap...and
how much for other peacetime
goods. If you let up on sav
ing used fats, our supplies will
go still lower, and the amount
allowed for soaps may have
to be cut accordingly. If that
happens, you will find even
less soap on dealers’ shelves!
Don’t be fooled just
because you can now
buy butter, shortening
and lard without points.
Industrial fats are still
very scarce. Keep sav
ing used fats and help
speed greater supplies
of soaps. Turn yours in
and get a pound.
Your used fata are an
important part of the
fats that go to make
soaps. Any falling-off in
your saving of kitchen
fats may cut down the
soap supply to your
dealer...and available
to you!
Where there’s fat, there’s soap
Keep Saving Used Fats — Help Prevent Soap Shortages
— SHELBY DAILY STAR ADS PAY —
YOU FOLKS SEEM TO
BE PROSPERING..SO I'M
GOING TO CHARGE
YOU EXTRA/
Would this be fair?
Can you imagine your milkman, grocer, bar
ber or tailor charging you extra just because
you were able to pay more than some people?
Of course you can’t. And what a state of con
fusion everything would soon be in if people
tried to operate that way.
Suppose the people GM workers trade with
told them, "We know you make more than
most industrial workers, so we’re going to
charge you more for everything!”
Yet this is exactly the principle UAW-CIO
leaders are trying to establish in their wage
demands on General Motors.
To be logical, union leaders should also say
to a company that is losing money, "You’re
having a hard time making both ends meet,
so we’re suggesting a cut in wages.”
Can you imagine any union leader ever making
such an offer? Of course, you can’t.
GENERAL MOTORS
"More and Better Things for More People”