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THE CHRISTMAS STORY
FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
degree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrus was governor
of Syria)
And all went tct be taxed, every one unto his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
' Nazareth into the city of David.
Which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house
J and lineage of David).
To be taxed with Mary, his espoused wife, being great
- with child.
Afld so it was while they were there, the days were
- accomplished that she should be delivered.
Arid she brought forth her first son, and wrapped him in
' swaddling clothes.
AiSd laid him in a manger; because there was no room
for them in the inn.
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in
the field,
Keeping watch over their flock by night.
And 10, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the
glory of the
Lord shown round about them; and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not; for behold, I
bring you
Good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people, j
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
Which is Christ the Lord.
And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe
Wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
Heavenly host praising God and saying,
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST, AND ON EARTH
' GOOD WILL TOWARD MEN.
■2. . Luke 11: 1-4
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A Christmas Sentiment
«f By CHARLES ROSS I
TThe greatest miracle of time is radiating influence from
zrcradle in Bethlehem ever broadening through nineteen
centuries.
£This Babe began His career from no pedestal of family
fame. His parents were humble people, for whom no guest
chamber was provided, but were forced to find shelter
aypong the beasts of burden. The circumstances of His
birth even cast suspicion upon His legitimacy.
-He shared the glamour of no conquering race, for the
gsory of Solomon had departed, and He shared the fate
ofc a subdued remnant of a subject race, ruled by the vassals
cit a foreign power. There had already developed a racial
prejudice toward the Jew that has dogged the footsteps
ot that scattered people in their wanderings through every
country upon the globe. But worse still, He was misunder
stood, reviled, and crucified .even hy His own people, and
His only friends a handful of fisher-folk.
Today the whole world counts time by a calendar that
marks His birth, and even unbelievers date affairs by
Anno Domini.
?His only writing was with His fingers in the sand, but
tjie world’s greatest literature is filled with quotations and
paraphases of His sayings, and finds a place of permanence
ohly in proportion as it draws inspiration from His teach
ings. He left no musical compositions, but the greatest of
aft musical compositions are those that give expression to
tlje Christian hope and aspirations of men. His only build
ing was in the simple carpentry of the village of Nazateth,
tfit architecture has achieved its greatest triumphs in
the temples and cathedrals erected for His worship*
•He founded no institutions, but the lengthening shadow
qf His influence is studded with hospitals and orphanages,
where men and women minister in His name.
organized no public charities, but no Community
Chest or Red Cross drive, or other manifestation of the
fsagrance of man’s humanity to man, but in its last analy
st rests upon the appeal “Inasmuch as you have done it
unto one of the least of these, you have done it unto me.”
"In the cataclysm of war that envelopes the earth today
we who fight and pray far the preservation of the demo
cratic conception of government, pin our faith to the
qjerhal verity of His teaching in the brotherhood of man,
and confidently lot* forward to that new order, which
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These Days
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The National Broadcasting Comp
any's brigntest star used to be
Arturo Toscanini, universally ack
nowledged as Hie worlds greatest
symphonic conductor. Toscanini is
not conducting this year. The ex
cuse is that he is not well. The truth
is that his program has been
shifted to 10 o’clock on Monday
nights; that inappropriate facilities
have been provided for his orchestra,
and that he refuses to play.
At 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoons,
for as many years as can be re
membered, the New York Philhar
monic was carried by t£e Columbia
Broadcasting System. It was car
ried “live.” Now it is a recorded
program, carried at 1 P. M., two
hours before the actual concert.
A recorded symphony is not a live
program. If Cdlumbia can carry
the program recorded at 1 p. m.,
it can carry it live at 3 p. m.
The American Broadcasting Com
pany still carries the Metropolitan
Opera, which is sponsored b»»the
Texas Company. All hail, Texas
oil!
Sundays used to be devoted to
fine programs on radio. This year
music of quality has been disappear
ing, except on those stations which
make a specialty of recorded music
Radio is a peculiar business. Its
revenue comes not from those who
listen but advertisers, euphemistic
ally called sponsors. As the networks
and stations do not own the vehicle
of transmission, the air waves, they
are dependent upon the actual
owner, the government of the
United States, for their licenses.
These may be renewed or withdrawn
without any regard to the invest
ment of private enterprises In the
business.
To satisfy the owner of the air
I waves, whose agent is the .Federal
| Commission the networks and
'the local stations are requested to,,
[ provide a ratio of programs which
are in the public interest. No pro
vision is made as to when such pro
grams are to appear. It is in this
category that religious, educational
and many musical programs appear.
The radio netwqrks divide their
programs into three categories:
1. Sponsored; 2. Co-operative; 3.
Sustaining.
The sponsored programs earn the
money. They are controlled by
advertising agencies. They are given
the best time, no matter what the
merit of Che program may be. Some
times they are without merit but
are vehicles to attract attention to
the “commercial.’'
An American newspaper’s best
space is the first page. That is
never for sale to advertisers. Nor is
the editorial page. In radio, it is
different. The best time goes to
the highest bidder.
The cb-operative programs in
volve a different process.. The net
work offers the program on the
assumption that it may be |f Value,
but IS' currently, for one reason or
another, not acceptable to the ad
vertising agencies. Often these pro
grams are in excellent taste. The
local stations carry them free of
charge, or if they can get* a local
advertiser, they split the fee three
ways, among the local station, the
network and the talent.
These programs are miserably
handled by many local stations,
which push them around all- over
the schedule. A program will be
running lor a year and building a
following. Then a local optician or
a loon shark wants the time (which
is usually at a low price) and the
station sells It to him, possibly with
recorded hill-billy songs, thus avoid
ing both network and talent charges.
To continue the fiction of public
service, the co-operative programs
may be shunted to after midnight,
the station expecting no listeners
but maintaining a record to
to the FOG when called upon.
The sustaining programs are
usually those far which neither
network nor stations will accept
avenue, such as religious programs,
speeches hy distinguished citizens
and So on. J
Television has completely upset
the radio business because it costs
too much and the companies are in
THE DAttT RECORD DUNN. N. C..
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“Good heavens! It’s by far the THICKEST fog I’ve ever
experienced!”
Frederick L.
OTHMAN
WASHINGTON—Any lady who]
owns an electric refrigerator with
a magnetic door should treat it
tenderly; she has a collector's
item such as no neighbor can ach
ieve.
This isn’t important, maybe
but in a small way it is historic
The magnetic refrigerator door is
the first item in the civilian evon
omy to disappear in this is-it-or
isn’t World War 111. Makes kind
of an interesting tale, too.
You know about Charles E
Wilson, the industrialist who was
appointed the other day by Pres
ident Truman as Defense Pro
duction Chief. He’s also head of
the General Electric Co. So:
Way back last spring some of
his associates were telling me off
the-record and in deepest secrecy
that the firm was about to hit the'
market with a refrigerator tha*
hjad no latch on the door. ; In
stead, it would contain a spial'
Alnico magnet, which would hold
the door shut.
The idea seemed to be that the
latch is about the only thing that
ever wears out on a modern re
frigerator. Furthermore it costs
around 65 cents to build and in
stall. The magnet, said they
was permanent and it never would
get out of order. And also it cos*
around a dime. Fifty-five cents
per box, particularly when it made
the merchandise better, was no
unimportant saving.
Making the change took time
The * engineers had to figure out
England is not so cold and rainy
as many believe. The average daily
duration of bright suhshine in six
to seven hours in summer and four
to five hours in winter. The differ
ence between the average daily tem
peratures in the coldest and war
mest months is only 25 degrees. The
average total rainfall in London is
25 inches a year.
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) the details; the production men
had to get in a stock of magnets
and the advertising agents had tc
figure out the best way to tell th'
housewives of this improvement.
Well, sir, the first ads appeared
in the magazines and the news
papers and the first samples of
the magnetic boxes reached the
dealers. Then, blooie!
It turned out that the Army
needed small permanent magnets
in all sorts of device?, including
radar sets, loud-speakers and
other items much too secret to
talk about. Simultaneously it
developed that Alcino magnet
depend on Cobalt as their princi
pal ingredient and the only sure
source of that is a single firm in
South Africa.
The government slapped down
hard on the use of cobalt*in civ
ilian goods and there was Wilson’s
General Electric Co. badly *1 need
of magnets for war use. Tt'had
nearly enough.
Then somebody thought of those
thousands upon thousands of re
frigerators with magnetic lids In
the warehouses and the produc
tion lines. All these doors were
taken apart and the magnets re
moved at an expense my man re
fused to estimate. Then the boil
ers in the old latch department
were fired up again and each door
got an old fashioned closer-upper
Only a few magnetic refriger
ators ever did reach the public
no telling when they’ll be avail
able again, No telling, either
what next will leave the market
After all, Wilson—who first war
hit by the war emergency—har
got to help make the decisions.
He’s an able man and his regula
tions undoubtedly will be the bes‘
possible; he’s as anxious as any
body else to get this war'business
over' with so he can go back to
making magnetic doors.
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SELLING FOR THE BLIND —A sale of handiwork made by blind citizens of this
area began yesterday morning at Motor Credit Company on West Cumberland
Street and will continue through today. Citizens have an oppodtunity to purchase
some outstanding Christmas gifts and to help the visually handi-capped at the same *
time. In this picture, Mrs. Hattie Faircloth, .right, is shown selling William V. Size
more, head of Motor Credit Company, a Christmas poinsettia. Looking on is Mrs.
Cox, a representative of the State Association for the Blind. Dunn Lions sponsor this
work here. (Record Staff Photo by T- M. Stewart.)
Men anid Maids, and Stuff
Unless Darryl Zanuck relents, Tyrone Power will be yanked
from the London version of /‘Mr. Roberts,” next month. Mr. Z.
wants his star for the remake "of “Berkeley Square.” . . . Mike
and Fleur Cowles planed west for the wedding of her sister, Mildred
Fenton, to William Goetz (not of movie clan). . . . Mister Whis
kers, via U. S. Att’y Irving Saypol, expects to wrap up the case against
draft-dodger Serge Rubinstein, in February (delay has been in get
ting a deposition from Manila). . . . Royal Canadian planes which
have been flying from Seattle to Japan, will fly straight to Korea
for evacuation work, if needed (Canadian destroyers did a magnifi
cent job in protecting the withdrawal of UN personnel from Chin
nampo, despite unlighted buoys, shifting mudbanks, shoals and mine
fields. Three Canadian ships, one U. S. and one Australian destroyed
the port facilities, after the evacuation).
Garbo dating George Schlee. . . . Ex-Holy Cross cage star,
Bob Cousy, and lovely Marie Ritterbusch honeymooning
Bolivia decorating Gen. Carlos P. Romulo and Heart Fund chair
man William Zeckendorf at the Waldorf, Thursday. . .?*!? BarUira
.Sue Marx of the toy clan, to wed. Eatl Hubbard, .- . , jftgpnv
getting new shoulder patches. . . ’. War crises (jutting short The
Leland Hayward European trip . . . Shipwreck Kelly still on the
sick list. . . . Have Leonora Corbett and Baron Van Zuylen iced?
. . . Howard Hughes personally supervising the most minute
details of Faith Domergue’s trip to N.Y. . . Billy Daniels will
open at the Mocambo in ten days. . . . John Gielgud living in
Bea Lillie’s flat, while she’s in London. . . , Don Meade’s rein
statement confirmed this column’s tip.
Italian Consul GeneraVs wife, Sigpora. Mazio, expecting Sir
Stork. . . . Joe Curran, NMU prexy, feuding with Norman Thom
as over Curran’s anti-Red program. . . . Irene Rich’s husband,
George H. Clifford at Doctor’s Hospital. . . . Marcella Cassidy,
daughter-of turf’s Marshall Cassidy, and Frank Kilroe, ass’t. handi
capper to Jack B. Campbell, will marry this' spring. . . Jerry
Geisler, West Coast lawyer, in town. . . . Bdtty Impellitteri, the
Mayor’s missus startles committee meetings by jotting down notes
in shorthand. . ... The Jack Fryes to Nevada., . . . War jitters
keeping angels away from new shows'. ..." Jarmila Novotna’s
first Met appearance Jan. 4. . . . Bobby Adler of the Times clan
and Bob Hirschberg a twosome. . . . Vogue profiling Margaret
Phelan. . . . Despite overwork, Milton Berle doing Christmas
show for U. S. Marine-Hospital, Ellis Island. - ‘ ' (
by Bob * Hope
Movies Alaskan style.
Going to. the movies must be exciting in Bethel, Alaska, where
theatre owners accept-fish and furs as the price of admission.
Picture a small boy with a minnow rushftig to get to the movies
before the prices change. -1 -
And when a -customer gives the girl at the box office a bear skin
she says* "Haven’t you got anything smaller? I can’t make change.”
Lobby concessions must be interesting, too. They probably sell
peanuts, popcorn, and blubber.
Salmon heading upstream to ‘spawn have to be cautious., Thev
may end up in a downtown movie.
k 1,068 the girl at the ticket window if they
have had a good day, she replies, “Not bad. But you should have
seen the ones that gothway.’’ . e
. sir, when Alaskan movie owners say they’re doing a whale
of a business, they mean just that.
FIERY TEMPER
MINNEAPOLIS (UP) _ Frang
Varques was arrested after he ad
mitted tossing lighted matches at
his wife. One of toe matches set
Are to a bed and toe fire depart
ment had to be called to put it out.
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, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Jemigan are
to vist Mr. Jemigan’s sister hi Ral
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VISIT FATHER
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith and baby
of Greensboro, and Dr. and Mrs.
Bill Bingham and children of Lex-/
lngton are here visiting their father,
Dewey Whlttenton and Mr. and;
Mrs. Charles Whlttenton and son. j
RETURNS HOME
Captain George Franklin Blalock,
returned to his home here yesterday*
after spending several months e's
Fort Sill, Oklahoma taking specif*
training. v •
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with upstairs. Located on 207 &
Washington St. Good residential
section. Call Roland Btewart at
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Land' surveying, terracing, city lot*
house plans, building layout, cob
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