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PAGE TWO Published By RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY At 311 East Canary Street NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS F. CLARK CO., INC. 285-217 E. 42nd St., New York 11, N. T. Branch Offices In Ever; Major City SUBSCRIPTION RATES •BY CABBIES: 2# cents per week; $8.50 per year in advance; $5 ter six months; IS for three months , IN TOWNS NOT SEBVED BY CABBIER AND ON BUBAL ROUTES INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: $6.00 per year; $3.50 ter she months; $2 for three months OUT-OF-STATE: $6.50 per year In advance; $5 for six months. $3 *« ■ far three months Entered as second-class matter in the Post Office in Dunn, N. C., under the laws of Congress, Act of March 3, 1879. Every afternoon, Monday through Friday A. H. Harper The death of A. H. Harper came as a blow to his great host of friends throughout the Dunn-Erwin section and beyond and also comes as a great loss to this community. An employee of Erwin xvlills for the past 47 years, during which time he served for 19 years as Chief of Police Mr. Harper had made an outstanding record in his chosen fields ;”He had also made a splendid record as a leader in the Masonic Lodge, the Junior Order, his church and as a public-spirited citizen who was always ready and eager to do anything he could for his community and his fellow man. Few people have as many friends as A. H. Harper enjoyed. He was held in high esteem and affection by all Vho knew him. He was a gentleman of the old school who lived by the Golden Rule. Our community is poorer indeed because of the pass ing of this valuable citizen. State Control Several times recently we have noticed articles in the papers about rows and squabbles over the location of School houses. finfe of the most recent instances was in neighboring Sansseh County. The Sampson Independent reports that “The matter of > consolidating the Garland-Taylors • Bridge-Ingold high schools and erection of a new building to house the schools has been argued for several mbhths.” . The State Board of Education has approved the Smith Hfll site for the location of the controversial Taylor’s Bndge-Ingold school and has allowed. Garland to keep its scjjgol for the time being. • But the matter is still unsettled and the wrangling stpTgoes on. Former friends have become bitter enemies and thsre is plenty of heat and passion in the row. ; Under the new set-up, since State money is involved, the State Board of Education has the final say-so. This is Respite the fact that all the money the State possesses stUhcome from citizens of the various counties. - The point we’re making is that counties are giving up-more and more of their-power to a centralized State government, just as the States have already been robbed of their power by the Federal Government. •>Usually, there is the lure of State money or Federal Injpnpy. And, all too often, citizens forget the never-chang inig fact that you just don’t get something for nothing. a community gets anything from the State • )vemment (even though they paid the money ; easuries originally), there is always the nec- i rrendering some freedom or say-so. rtime a private citizen gets something from i ent to put in one pocket, the government us- 1 . way of taking it out erf the other pocket. , he things which disturbs us most about pres- i Tnment is the centralization of pow*>r in the i all forget the fact that government is not j inductive. Governments merely tax and drain ] ngs of the individual. Under the tax system, < snt does take from some and give to others. t ■ing situation—arose last 1 >as City floods. The gov- ! flood victims. There was j e task was left up to the i lizations. icer flooded in Italy and, * lent plenty of money to ♦ he situation. i oney for our own citizens r Jlenty of tax money for J nen have been sounding j d pleading for the return yet have not been loud j show some concern over \ es as opposed to so much ‘ Frederick OTHMAN SiMMrt IWOTON.—Last I saw of ■Pi friend. Blake McVeigh, he ■P'i comportment of a Penn- Wrania RaOrokd ear. arguing with DKpHOO over who got the lower MfK*-The kangaroo used a kick KM teeth for a persuader. Mc tm doors down the car Mc- Veigh had a female kangaroo (suf -222? Uo ma he * d cold ' in sn toTwas *tM kangaroos fmsruking on a life of ease in tlary from Australia, inviting me 1 to meet Miss Loretta North, A us- ( tralia's prettiest and her two pals ( with die pouches. I met Miss North; she said she t was hungry. I met the ambassa- , dor, whp nearly stumbled over a j kangaroo asleep in the center at the drawing-room rug. I also met < McVeigh of the 20th Century-Fox Film Corp., who long ago in never- ( never land was my friend and < neighbor. He was a worried man t and pallid. His chore, said he, was , to chaperone the chaperones, the , kangaroos, and Miss North to 32 j cities in the next 36 days. This, j he said, was to advertise an epic j of the silver screen entitled sim ply: “Kangaroo.” ] thJhfcj was j By THE ATOM'S THE THING In all the excitement over the trivial, little notice has been taken of the fket that the Atomic Energy Commission Is minus a comrnis soiner and that there seems to be no anxiety to appoint a successor to Sumner T. Pike, r who resigned. Mr. Pike was regarded as a Repub lican—an affiliation which is so variously used these days that Its use is often subject to controversy The commission is supposed to be headed by five commissioners, but now has only four: Gordon Dean, chaifman; Henry D. Smyth, scientist, Thomas E. Murray, engi neer; T. Keith Glennan, scientist. This commission possesses vast power over all atomic matters, for peace or for war. The commission ers are important because all deci sions have to be unanimous, which, in the present circumstances, is very good. There is also a joint Congression al committee to watch what the commission does. This committee is presided over by Senator Brien McMahon, who seems to have familiarised himself with the sub ject beyond the general capacity of most laymen. The top Republi can of this committee is Bourke B. Hickenlooper, a very devoted Senator who studies deeply. In fact, on the Republican and Democratic sides, this committee, consisting of Senators and representatives, is exceptionally ably manned. Sumner Pike was on the com mission ostensibly as a business man; his departure leaves that body without such specific repre sentation. although Thomas E. Murray has been more experienced and successful In that field than most. As the commission engages in vast enterprises,. .many of which it operates ; by contract with in dustrial finds, it Is sound to have members of it with substantial In dustrial ‘ experience. * ' ' ’ It appears, as one delves into this problem from the outside— and one is always far on the out side because of the secret nature of this commission’s work—that many of the scientists are emo tionally disturbed by the atom bomb. Those who were closest to its discovery are perhaps most hor rified by the consequences of their research. Now that the Russians have the bomb, due entirely to be trayal of our secret by British sci entists, there seems to be a feeling among these American wiefatists that the humanitarian, purpose ot their endeavor has failed. By that they mean that peace has not been attained by the threat of possessing the bomb. On the other hand, no matter wjiat Russia does, and we know ■ little enough about that, the more bombs that are stockpiled, the safer we are. For some time, tales have been going the rounds that the fissionable material becomes ob solescent, dies, and that therefore stockpiling is a waste of money. 1 have run this rumor down and am certain that there Is no founda tion whatsoever to it. The carrier, made of metal, may deteriorate, but the essential elements are perms- 1 nently fhced and can forever be used for peace as for war. From 1 that standpoint, should peace ever 1 come to us, we shall be able to ; take the plutonium out of the bombs or wherever it may be ! stored, and we shall be able to use ■ it for power or for such other peaceful purpoms as we come to 1 know more about that. 1 The suggestion of some scientists that because a few have Men sc- * cased of Communism, many scien tists will not work for the Atomic j Energy Commission, is bunk. That reminds me of the movie publicists and lawyers who denounce any sc- 1 cusation against Communists in . that industry, lest innocent men also suffer. Actually, most American scien tists are anti-Communist and the 1 few who got themselves enmeshed in that conspiracy ought to M ashamed of themselves, ought to confess and sin no more. Young American scientists despise the thieves who stole our atomic bomb and despise even more their non or anti-communist associates who cover up for the Communists on the theory that “We scientists must stand together " The Atomic Energy Commission requires keen and courageous lead ership. Its peril lies in its essen tial secrecy. Behind that cloak of ten hide incompetence, inefficiency and even cowardice. Yet, secrecy is necessary at this stage when We are at war with Soviet Russia, Boviet China and Korea. Scientists like to avoid secrecy on the academic theory of the uni versality of knowledge- We may; return to that some day and the scientists may again M enabled to read learned monographs before learned societies on abstruse sub jects. Meanwhile, we have to re main secretive. ;■> The younger scientists, who have had experience neither with wg&gs&s, juoymeni Tney can oo tneir won ISC DAILY MGORD, DUNN. IV. OL MISTER BREGER 7 mSSPWn imKPSfi M u HaMh 1 I |rw IIK 7 j ” AtSr+C r V ** HHE f \ff j - Ik “Strange—it’s SUPPOSED to be a rabbit!” a e*. uttsiwsroT «l«iW-60-ROUND b »t BtlW MAttOtt WASHINGTON.—One unpleasant shadow lurking over the Churchill- Truman conversations, is that American taxpayers are to- be call ed upon to pick up the tab foi the closing down t: Abadan oil refinery. While this has not been spelled out in so many words during the Churchill visit. It remains a fact that the U. S. government has been euchred Into a position where it is going to pay for British mistakes in Iran and the closing of an oil refinery which produced 20 per gent of all refined products out side the U. S. A. No real steps tot solve this situa tion have been tgken during the Prime Minister's visit. .. • .. Meanwhile, though the American people do not realise it, the United States is helping supply to the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company 500,000 barrels of refined oil products daily in order to make up for the loss at Abadan. Meanwhile also, dollars are be ing drained out of Britain at the rate of $600,000,000 annually to pay far this oil. Reports from London have told of the alarming exit of Jlritish dollar reserves in the last few months, but they have not fully explained the reason for this increased drain. Chief reason for the 'increase is the shutdown of the Abadjan refinery. Prevtsudy- theeU sold by s the Anglo-Iranian Company owned and operated by the British gov ernment -» represented important revenue for Britain. But, with the refinery closed. Anglo-Iranian has .had to buy 300.000 barrels of oil daily from the Caribbean and the United States, plus 200,000 barrels from other sources. This has to he paid for in dollars. American companies have form ed r foreign petroleum supply committee, under the sponsorship of the State Department and the Interior Department, to step in and make up the Iranian oil defi cit. This means that we are not (ally drawing on our own oil re serves, despite a' national policy $o discourage exports, but simul taneously we are put in the posi tion of soon having to make up Britain's cash reserves now being exhausted because of the Anglo- Iranian oil' crisis. There are two other tragic as pects to the British-Iranian dis pute: No. I—The Abadan shutdown could have been prevented had the Btate Department taken the advice of justice William O. Douglas who visited Iran two years ago and clearly warned what was going to happen. No. 2—Premier Mossadegh and Iran are being driven into the arms of Soviet Russia. Mossadegh happens to be a long and courageous battler against CUTIES •..-B JLs | I Ar, /I 9 m IjPSI-™ 1 [ !T im /iff >*r ymm Vx/ I 1 MSm ~ * ■ XH bBBM w IK gtinitn—t a rfi hi 111 j |I!J mgm| f< 111 f /f l E lull H n ■» q. ; \ n Hi. $ snap course, s]] right. The teacher is mnmtns - n it Communism and Russian influ - ehce. It was he who blocked con t flrmation of the 1949 treaty be - tween Iran and Russia giving the >r Soviet power to expoit oil in north il ern Iran. It was he also who threw out the Russian puppet-rulers of j Azerbaijan. e But steady efforts by the British t to starve out Iran have gradually 1 driven Mossadegh and the Iranian t people toward the Russians. Simul s taneously, the economic crisis has il increased U. S. aid to Iran, r Thus the American taxpayer gets - the hairy end of the lollypop all the way round: (1) By losing more. . American oil; (21 By bailing out e Britain’s dwindling dollar reserves; <)) By bolstering Iran's economy, j • These are some of- the things j which were not solved during the 5 Churchill visit perhaps because 0 there was too much delicacy on „ the part of some diplomats. ’ RITA HAYWORTH'S PRINCE Aly Khan, the playboy Mohara - medan prince who is still legally e married to Rita Hayworth, shock y ed so many orthodox Mohammedans i during a recent visit in Buenos f Aires that he cut short his stay in t the Argentine capital after three t days and hustled to near-by Mon s tevideo. r On his first night jn B. A., the • high-flying Aly and a party of 23 friends pVactically took ovet a i small, exclusive supper c(ub, where I they danced and tossed off liberal ■ quantities of champagne spiked t with cognac until after 4 a. m. > To the large Moslem colony In i Argentina, most 'of whom are I Syrians or Lebanese and strict ob > servers of their faith, this was a i double transgression. Not only did I I the prince, whose the Aga Khßi. is spiritual leader of a large feet of Mohammedans, consume • forbidden alcoholic drinks, but his i revel took place on a Saturday, : the Moslem Sabbath. * Bo many unfavorable comments on this eseappde reached the ears ; of Aly Khan during the next 48 hours that, on Monday, he abrupt ly canceled plans for a visit to several northern Argentine cities, which have large Mohammedan settlements, and left for Uruguay that evening. EISENHOWER SMEARS The smear which President Tru man predicted for his friend Dwight Eisenhower has already started—in Maine and California. In the latter state, the yi-called “Partisan Republicans,” who do not otherwise identify themselves, are circulating copies of a scur rilous sheet accusing Elsenhower of being a stooge for Stalin. Here are some typical smear quotes; “The Communist Party did not officially support EUenhower for the Presidency, but gave him a (Continued On -Page Four) ■ • Wjilfpr Winchell In New York Momentous political events are also intense personal dramas. They have elements of tragedy and hu mor. There are plots and counter plots. . . . The diverse factors sur rounding White Houei aspirants are the stuff of history. And it is always fascinating to detect seemingly insignificant quirks of fate that play vital roles in major events. History’s tapestry is com posed of many tangled threads. Timing is a crucial factor In a presidential contest. It can be dis astrous for a candidate to announce his Intentions too late or too soon. A veteran politico was once quer ied: “When is the right time to start a presidentjal campaign?”... He grinned: “The day after a presidential election." Numerous contenders for the highest office aie motivated by patriotic impulses. Some are driven by rampant egomania or lust for power. And there have been party hacks who secured nominations due | to the support of potent political [ machines. Horace Greeley was a giant in ’ politics as well as journalism. It , isq,’t generally known that he was one of the Republican Party's founders. . . . Greeley had no in | tention of running for President until foes accused him of that 1 ambition. Tire accusation gave him | the idea. ’ He conducted a vigorous and in telligent campaign. But the deci ' sion to run was the most tragic 1 blunder of Greeley’s notable ca : reer. His health was shattered by the arduous campaigning, and his spirit was broken by his defeat. . . . Weary and discouraged he died | several weeks after the election. Greeley's most important polltl -1 cal act was a behind-the-scenes maneuver prior to the 1860 elec tion. ... A political leader named William Seward and Greeley were bitter enemies. Seward’s nomina - tlon seemed assured until Greeley • arrived at the convention and went 1 into action. He pressured delegates into changing their minds. The re i suit was thay switched to another candidate—Abe Lincoln. It is traditional for leaders to 1 publicly express reluctance to seek the ‘presidency until the decisive moment arrives. Some are sincere. But the purpose is generally psy chological: It is an attempt to con vince voters that their candidacy was inspired by public support rather than personal ambition. W. H. Taft was a reluctant can didate. ... He declared: “I should like to occupy myself with some thing more attractive than a presi dential campaign or dodging office seekers in the White House. There could hardly be a weaker candi date than I would be. The horrors of a presidental campaign and the political troubles that come to the successful candidate rob the office of the slightest attraction for me.” P.S.: Taft’s ambitious family changed his mind. When Charles Evans Hughes was publicly discussed as a White House possibility he firmly objected. His determination against run ning was so strong that at one time he threatened to sue a State for nominating him! But he ran— , and was an also-ran. General Sherman’s historic state- , ment: “I will not accept if nomi- • nated, or serve If elected,” is fre- | quently used as a model of abso lute rejection. But the fact is Sher mfcn had White House aspirations, i He removed himself from the race ■ because his brother was also a I contender and the General refused ■ to compete with him. Harding was not eager to run t for President His name was scarce- c ly mentioned in that respect be- i fore the 1920 convention. He en- t tered the Ohio presidential pri- c mary solely for the purpose of ] gaining prestige in his campaign t for re-election to the Senate. A deadlocked convention made r Harding the dark horse candidate. 1 The political bosses chose him as t their standard-bearer for this in- a credible reason: They believed he ] LOOKED like a President. j t Among marathon - runners in c presidential races was William Jen- h ntngs Bryan. He was a three-time b loser. So was Henry Clay, who coin- o ed the classic: “I’d rather be right ci than President.” That statement I was not inspired by any krfty con- % cepts. It was pure sour grapes.... n A newspaperman once informed it Brykn he was appalled by the many d politicos gripped by presidential c . fever. "It’s a political sickness,” he u jroaned. “ Bryan cracked “And what a Qattering disease!” The greatest obstacle a candi late ever faced and surmounted d vas the shocker that rocked the b Md fathered an illegitimate child, wi irculation of the jingte“’Ma, ma, v'*To . : • -y ■ 1 '.A - ? '• | FRIDAY AFtEftNOON, JANUARY 18, 1988 mu Hie Wsery Clink PKf( By DR. GEORGE W. CRANE h* If naive didn't give yen the meat attractive nose or month in the world,, don’t sit around gloomily and revel in your mis ery. Add a few psychological as s seta to your personality and, you f can thns offset your physical ■ drawbacks. Take a lesson from the tight rope walker, moreover, ■ If you wish to be happy and pop > ular. t t CABE C-347: Eugene P., aged 22, f is worried ,over a common male r problem. "Dr. Crane, I’ve always had thick black hair,” he began moodily, “but ( for the past year it has begun to ' - grow thin around the temples. : “I’m afraid I am going to be . baldheaded before I am 30 years -old. * > “It has me so worried that I . am embarrassed when in a crowd, i As - ' a result, I have been dropping out of social affairs. “I am afraid girls will not want i date with me. Isn’t it terrible for ! a person's life to be ruined so ’ early?” | ÜBE PERSPECTIVE ‘ Eugene’s life isn’t ruined, but he [ te like thousands of other young j men and women who magnify 1 minor flaws until they make moun tains out of holehills. Every day I receive letters from \ many of you readers who think • your chances of marriage and hap -1 piness are ruined just because you 1 have premature baldness or a big ; nose or a large mouth or breasts ; that are too large or too small or ; unequal In size. 1 Others are frantic because their skin is blanching in spots as iu the condition called citiligo (leu koderma). Some women say they feel like committing suicide because they have flat chests or big ankles or 1 pipe stem legs or cross-eyes or excessive hair on their upper lip. Others Imagine they are ruined for life because their sexual organs are small or they .have lost a gland by operation. The size of sex organs has little to do with marital success. GET WISE TO FACTS An attractive personality is the sum total of hundreds of merits or > I# America's Foremost Personal Affairs Counselor AFTER EXPERIENCE WITH SEVERAL PSYCHIATRISTS. WOMAN THINKS THEY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD DEAR MARY HAWORTH: 1 am a woman of 49, married 27 years, with no children. In 1945 I had a severe nervous breakdown and was Interviewed and pushed around by several psychiatrists in the follow ing year. Finally I met one psy chiatrist who had enough insight to get to the cause of my trouble in a few months. But still I have recurrent spells of depression ev ery so often, for one reason or another. I wish you would tell me why psychiatrists never offer construc tive advice on how to overcome a, neurotic condition, once they have diagnosed it. Long ago I stopped going to them—except once in a great while—because when I ask help, they only focus my attention on the very worst features of my character, thus driving me to more Work, when I am already doing my best. Then when I get so low that I am seriously considering suicide, they say that I have accepted my self as I am, therefore nothing can be done. Consequently I feel I’ve wasted the money spent on them. I thought the aim of psychiatrist therapy was to help people find a tolerable way of life, not to tear down one’s confidence to a point where there is nothing left; and then say there Is nothing they can do. Surely that is wrong. Did I hit* on very poor doctors; or -are they all the same? How do I learn to love my neighbor, or myzelf, when all my life I have lived in fear of my own impulses, and my neighbor’s too; and also In fear of Ood? Admitted ly I am afraid of rejection and punishment; but also I am afraid tt> let people get close to me, be cause I have had to carry some hateful dependent person on my baqk all my life. I am more afraid of that than of being rejected. 1 can’t seem to escape it, nor can I accept the necessity for it I would like to do some leaning myself occasionally: but if I try it with my husband we both go down, as he leans hard. I am completely confused about every thing. Have you a word of ad tice? R. B. ASTUTE AFPRAIBAL DEAIf destructive psychiatry is quite as* (Continued On Pact Few) 1 » . * virtues. You can have dozens of liabili ties but if you sihiply cultivate enough new charms to offset them, then you still may rate at par, You can be a charming girl who has many suitow and scores of friends of both sexes, even if you have had a leg amputated or a breast surgically removed. So stop worrying about your pug nose or freckles, or your large mouth or skinny legs. Naturally, you would like to have physical perfection but it is a rare Individual who is 100 per cent per fect and beautiful. ' If you radiate sunshine and merriment; if yon look for virtues in those around you and form the habit of paying three sincere com pliments per day, then you can offset your physical flaws, TIGHT ROPE TECHNIQUE When a tight rope artist prances out in the light of the audience, he does not look at his feet, for then he obtains a distorted per spective. As a result, he will over magnify his tendency to fall to the right and ahen overcompensate Lto the left with the consequent likelihood of falling on left side. No. lie looks into the Wings o( the theater, as far away as possi ble, and thus obtains a truer per spective. Little deviations from the rertical thus do not become dis torted. All of us need to focus on God and the eternal verities of life. Then we will stop becoming so intensely egotistical and selfish that we restrict our thoughts and waking attention to such trivial things as a nose or breast or hairy upper lip. Actually, Eugene’s baldness is as much as asset as a liability, for it makes him look older. This is usually a financial and social blessing to’ a young man. Send for my “TESTS FOR SWEETHEARTS”, enclosing a dime and return stamped envelope. ' You will then find that girls do not stress a man’s hair or physique in listing the things they admire most in a prospective husband. And it Is "personality” in a girl which wins her a husband. irresponsible) psychiatry, as prac ticed by some who haven’t enough common sense or experience of life to really help their clientele, and who harass them with pretentious guesswork instead. There can be no doubt you’ve hit On some very poor doctors in the psychiatric field; but the fact that you encountered one good one in the critical first, year of your breakdown means that the law-of averages was on your side. It is an old saying that "Good men are hard to find"—true in any sphere cf endeavor; so you may be grate ful for this lucky break. - J Now, as to what good psychiatry should give, I think it’s fair to expect a reasonable amount of help in throwing off mental illness, or correcting neurotic misconcepts. or in establishing emotional balance.' The function of psychiatric therapy is to aid the patient in becoming : more rational, self-reliant and ade quately effective In dealing with his real circumstances. And every' set of circumstances embraces its, own flock of problems or irritants, of course. Life is never free of trials and perplexities. The necessity to struggler one way or another, and *o learn and adapt to changing circumstances—or yield to deleat, and despair—is an experience wp* don’t escape until we finally -die. FIND TRUE FRIENDS :• IN .PRAYER GROUPS However, you must understand that psychiatry can’t make, a silk purse of a sow's ear. It cannot upgrade the caliber of the indi-! vidual. At best it can make him acquainted with the reality of him self, as versus his self-damning or grandiose illusions, apd thus indi- } rectly prime him to meet his life problems in a practical way. Only : in critical cases, ter the duration of a special emergency, do psy chiatrists or analysts permit a pa tient to become, “dependent” —in the sense of leanhw on the spe cialists for "advice ,8H what to do.” As you've had psychiatric help in examining the roots of your misery, 1 the next step towards curing emo-»! tional depression is to rejoin the ' human race, figuratively speaking. The basic remedy for your neuro sis will be found in Christian fel-. lcvship, in tiie social climate of Inclusively klndilneas and concern ” fpr neighbor to be found in certain * SgJSS;