PAGE TWO jjllttf Jtailn ~sXttaxb DUNN, !Tc. Published By RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY Mfr* At 311 East Canary Street SENSATIONAL advertising representative THOMAS F. CLARK CO., INC. J 204-217 E. 42nd St, New York 17, N. Y. •fcr.iiity Ntach Offioes la Every Major City subscription rates CARRIER: 20 cents per week; $8.50 per year in advance; IS *''' " for six months; $3 for three months SSn TOWNS NOT SERVED BY CARRIER AND ON RURAL g—- ROUTES INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: $6.00 per year; $3.50 for six months; $2 for three months |«w4HJ9-OF-STATE: $0.50 per year in advance; $5 for six months. $3 „ for three months lEwtcred as second-class matter in the Post Office in Dunn, g&X., under the laws of Congress, Act of March 3, 1879. * EJJT*’ Every afternoon, Monday through Friday uke Railroad And The Town There was a day not so many years ago when almost every community in the United States was working to get connection. Wherever a railroad went, it made busi ness.. It spent a great deal of time and money to locate in dustries along its line because industries meant greater WVeloment and increased freight and passenger revenues.' ..That policy was followed by the railroads from the At lantic to the Pacific and from Canada to the Gulf. It Was a framework of steel on which the strength of otir nation was built. ’’"New modes of transportation have been developed but nothing has taken the place of the railroads. The publjc, however, has become so used to rail transportation mat the novelty of it long ago disappeared and its im porJAnde to a city or town has been largely forgotten be cause the railroad station is there when you need it, just like, air or water. - “'-Too few people realize that rail lines today are work ing’ just as persistently to locate employing industries Along their tracks as they were twenty-five and fifty years age. Attractive advertising is now used to present the ad vantages of different sections of the country for madV fjipturing, processing, packing, distribution, warehousing, ,i»c,'j,The railroads are still pioneers and a town without a i railroad lacks advantages which no other form of trans ■poltation can give it. It is just good business for our country to advocate and work for conditions which will encourage the rail roads in their continuous development of new industries payrolls in the vast territory which they serve. The welfare of the raij lines and communities is inseparable, and- policies which hurt either, hurt both. , ( Another Fruit Os Socialism s- Recording to an AP dispatch from London, Britain recruiting jobless Italians td help relieve the man ’power shortage in her cbal mines. Over a thousand of ClKese imported workers ate pow uh Britain, and marly wanted. t ‘-■f" This is one more of the fruits of Britain’s socializft tiMft.Qf coal. When the Labor government took over the names, the workers were sold on the idea that utopia was just around the comer. Disillusionment came swiftly. The miners found that they had traded a boss with whom they could bargain for a dictatorial bureaucracy which worked on a “take it or leave it” basis. The prom ised improvement in working conditions and living standards never materialized—if anything, they deter iorated. The.result has been a wave of job-quitting and absenteeism, and coal production has suffered alarm ingly. The American miners, by contrast, work for free enterprises. There has been many a bitter battle between labor and management but, regardless of that, the econ omic condition of the miners is infinitely superior to their equivalents in Britain or any other country. Our 400,000 soft coal miners average some $2.25 an hour. Their base scale is about sl6 a day. And, in addition, the Amer ican miner is the beneficiary of liberal health and wel fare plans, a generous annuity system, and has paid va-. cations. The record shows beyond argument that ip social ist and - communist countries the worker always takes a beating. Only in a free economy is labor strong and well {laid. I .MW ■- » .111 'HHWIIIII IXIWPMMUWWIWH Frederick OTHMAN illllli . ..I I. !H»I JI .UW .',IIU I, |II||I>X||IIFWIMWWSHW - WASHINGTON My subject V*. today is bafflegab, which is a fine • new word for an-old, capital evil. v What brings this up is kn offi ?. ctal order that toy conscientious - spy at the Pentagon sneaked out of the files; on it* margin he scrib fojjled: “The war ain’t over yet." It 6/sure ain't. With no further intro- let's look at this memoran hum for. HI “The Assistant Secretaries oi I Defense; the Actant to the Sec- I ItttfaSSST tte JfeSrtftpW °' f e*pSite," Mr-' P&The forth be / U»W applies to the processing of i "A The purpose of the aWjVe i procedure is to correct the present < practice wherein ‘expedite/ 'Ur- 1 gent’ and ‘rush’ tags are attached to more than one-half the outgo- , ing correspondence. As a result Os ' this practice, it is manifestly ito- ( possible to expedite effectively that , correspondence deserving of spec- 1 ial handling. ’ J . “For the Secretary of Defense i “(Signed) Marshall S Carter. i “Brig. Gen.. U. S. A.. Director.” i This, indicates once again that war is hell. Even, as I was think- i ing about it, Mike DiSalle, We 1 OPS director, was handing-* * old en plaque to Milton Smith, the *t- i sistant general counsel of the U. i S. Chamber of Commerce, for coin ing his magnificent new word, bat- : flegab. -1 It develops that Smith wrote, a i piece f«r the Chamber saying that gobbledegook wu a described the English language as written by the local bureaucrat* i The Bellingham (Wash ' Herald ' told in an editorial that the gin who thought up bafflegab deserved , | ° n Kßalle. the lonesome Fedai# IT LOOKS LIKE A REAL FIGHT There are those who deprecate "the divisions that arise from poli ticking. They bespeak unity. Yet. it is characteristic of our society that every child ought to aspjre to the Presidency and some men do. The keener the public interest, the more violent and sincere the campaign, the more numerous "the aspirants, the better it is for the country. Let excitement reign add the truth come outl Now there are ample Republican and Democratic aspirants to have some real hot excitement oyer per . onalities and issues during the process oi eiunination prior to. the final ballot at the convention. Even among the Democrats, there are several hopeful ones, and should President Truman, on April 29, an nounce his departure from glqty, which I cannot believe will happen, there will be many more. It would really do this nation good to haVe a dozen candidates in each party, all of them telling what they thihk and know about each other. The emergence of Senator Esse* Kefauver, as a candidate, is diffi cult to understand. Except for his abortive investigation of gambling, so competently dramatized and televised, he has hardly any record of outstanding achievement in tpe Senate. Nevertheless, he has made himself a popular figure via tele vision, and his languid manner somehow does give the appearance of substance. He looks like a para gon of virtue, more the New Eng land reformer than the Tennessee politician—that is, on television, Whether his candidacy is real istic depends entirely upon the purposes of President Truman, rylwy if on April 29, he decides to con tinue, the convention of his party will have no way of stopping him. Kefauver then might be a Vice- Presidential candidate, If Truman t will have him. In the South, there is a firm desire to live without Truman as Psesi4ent. Yet, Southerners who are more Republican in their out look than some Republican Sena tors, nevertheless could not join in such a coalition as Senator Karl Mundt proposed, nor whl they ac tually vote against the Democratic Pajjy when the time comes for a showdown .in the voting .booth. Habit with them fs more potent than self-interest, which is not an unusual human trait, as anyone who studies the peregrinations of the human soul knows. It. has been suggested in the South, and I understand that such a plan has actually been proposed by Governor Allan Shivers of Tex as, that a Democrat run for the Presidency whose object would "be to defeat Truman and .yet not be elected himself. In a word, such a candidate would be a- tom pole, to draw off the curse from votihg Republican. Thus, Truman would lose the Southern states, which would mean his defeat; yet the Southerners would npt cast their ballots for the party of Llndbln. Such a plan, might make the election a stalemate, throw it into Congress in accordance with the Constitution and delay decision for months. But It would defeat Tru man. < n»e' South always presents this psychological problem. In the 1940, 1944 and 1948 campaigns, hopes were elevated among Republicans that sooner or later away would be found to form a Republican- Southern Democratic coalition but nothing serious ever came of It. A group that called themselves Jeffersonian Democrats came Into existence for this purpose, but they achieved nothing. The Dtxle crats of 1948 did not aid in tile election of a Republican, although no Democrat was ever more offen sive to Southerners than Harry Truman To those who are not Southern ers, the continuance of post-civil War psychology is dtffßult to Un derstand in view of the changing economic conditions ip the Sctufh. Yet, it is a continuing fact in American affairs and must he taken seriously, particularly" as some states in the South and Southwest ace increasing in population, and therefore fn representation in Cpp gre*s and in toe political conven- The current popularity of Oen do much good in other parts of the country. - r The realistic fa* Is that nam*s do count lor more than principles *»*to*> n • £ 1R DAILY RECORD, DUNN. H. CL s? —- Ml „ m : ~r— ■ - I ’"* r i—■ irr MISTER BREGER Brit wm a. Juu ” M a .Vs-n Bmrnu C s 3j> i '-' zß [ ••V * y *r M ’ s SyndKsto. Inc., World rifi t» rtorrv*L “Not so fast! ... Look out for those trees! ... Watch ( your turns!... You’re raising too much dust!... (etc., ( •/ «*•>” ; a qU WSUMSIdHI *MEft#Y-fiOROUMD ty »»»W MAHOR ■ WASHINGTON. The vehem- i ence of the undercover “Truman- 1 ite” drive to stop Kefauver Is ill- I ustrated by the way wires were 1 pulled backstage among Dempcratic < leaders in Ohio. Ohio primary law requires dele- i gates to be pledged both to a first i and second choice. Originally, 1 therefore, Murray Lincoln, states- ! manlike head of the Ohio Farm i Bureau, was offered the No. 2 spot l on the Kefauver ticket. But Lin- 1 coin declined when pressure was brought from Washington. He was 1 told he would have to resign his advisory post on the State Depart ment’s Point 4 program; so Lin- ' coin said no. Following this, anti-Kefauver strategists in Ohio conceived the idea of volunteering a top Demo crat for the Kefauver ticket, then ; having him suddenly send a tele gram to the Ohio Secretary of ' State on Feb. 6, the filing day, say ing he was unable to go alons with ; some qf the Kefauver delegates ; and therefore pulling his name off - the ticket. This would have left the Senator , from Tennessee high *nd dry. It > would have invalidated all Kefauver 1 ;' petitions and taken him ouV of the 1 Ohio primary altogether. Also it ' would have made him look like a 1 rank amateur not in a class with ‘ partv professionals. ! However, Tim Hogan, Kefauver's 1 Ohio manager, got wind of this sly ; i strategy, and after a hupied coh- ‘ ference with Congjessman Wayne Hays, it was to take hp chances. Instead of a big shot as ! No. 2 on the Kefauver ticket, the : name of Marie Harrington Krim of • Martins Ferry, Ohio, was inserted : So Ohio Democrats, when they 1 vote in the primary, will cast their i ballots tor Kefauver and a lady ' i vho, while completely unknown, happens to be the personal secre tary to Congressman Hays and can be trusted. i Note—Opposition to Kefauver in Ohio came from the "TrumaniUs , ’ ' —those around Truman who pass ionately want him to run again rather than the President him • self. Actually the President has . expressed friendly sentiments to i ward the Tennessee Senator, even gave him suggestions during their recent talk on how to conduct his campaign. Among other things, he suggested that not much was tp be gained by featuring Kefauver's victory oyer the Crump machine, > also warned him to avoid early 1 contacts with scaly people, said that his geographical location, Tennessee, meant that he should win the sup? 1 port of the South. MILITARY WASTE - The full Scandal hasn’t bees: told, hut three a a air bases in French Morocco have suddenly been 1 abandoned to the middle of con- CUtfES * K - i! in null rim structiori. Over one million dollars had already been spent on the three bases when suddenly the Pentagon changed its mind and decided not to build them. The Senate Preparedness Com mittee is quietly investigating who is responsible for this expensive boner. One report is that the air strips weren’t built on solid ground and sank into the sand; another re port Is that the rainy season flooded out at least one base. Chairman Lyndon Johnson, Texas Democrat, has demanded a full report. STALIN GETS "MAD If we get discouraged over gov ernment waste and efficiency here at home, it might pay to look at an official report from Moscow that Marshall Stalin has secretly visited Russian shipyards In the Baltic to find out what’s holding up his plan to build a powerful fleet of super-battleships. American observers report that Stalin was furious at the excuses his Admirals have been giving for Russia’s failure to turn out a single new battleship since 1939. Therefore, accompained iby 200 secret police, he personally. Inspect ed the Naval installations where throw 50,#80-t*n battlcsnlps nh un der construction. The inefficiency and blunders he saw, especially at Odynia, infuriated him even more, and Stalin has now ordered a com plete purge of the Russian admirals responsible. TRUMAN’S NEAR COURT MARTIAL The nation's Commander-In - Chief, Harry S. Truman, is Just a little proud of the Uttte-known fact that he was once almost court martialed. The story cairfe out the other day when Congressman Dan Flood of Pennsylvania called with other colleagues at the White House. “Tell them about the -time I came to the rescue of an artillery unit from your home town of Wllkes- Barre during the first World War,” Truman suggested to Flood during their talk. ‘"ltiat’s right,” said Flood. “I was too young to be there, but Wilkes- Barre vets who fought in that action still talk about It. They were pin ned down by German artillery after crossing a rivbr to France and It looked like they were done for.” The Pennsylvanian went on to relate how Truman, then a Field Artillery Captain, swung his outfit over In the nick of time and “knocked hell out of the Germ ans.” “You’re still a hero in my home town,* added Flood. “I guess that’s one battle you’ll never forget.” “Indeed I won’t forget it,” em phasized the President “I was al most court-martialed. My com? mandlng officer was furious at mg for firing out of my sector without (Ctmttnqed On Rage Three) Waited Winehell In kggL New York 3* THE BROADWAY LIGHTS Curtain T«to«: U*V it from the drama w*s*|ev " th The we*k’» SW example, was another revival to h season crowded #*»•■’ * The latest is “Come of Age,” star ring Judith Auderson. The critics greeted her with a fervent hugbut several snubbed Ut* pl * y ’ ,*| c William HawUtos’ salute; A tri umph for Miss Anders*) and ev eryone else connected R»b the Se duction.” . . • Thing* were more exciting beyond Broadway’s bor ders. Boston serenaded Otis Skinner’s one-woman show, “Paris ’98.” ... “A Month of Sun days,” a »ong-and-dancer, perished in Phila S. N. Rehrman’S CWU edy, “Jane.” was hissed and kicked by H V no^’ B ’Tolas V2tSto£ who noicfl* »• **** ties, but requires drastic changes if it ts to make the grade on Hroad waf.” The word drastic is the shew * 'toughest hurdle. . . . Two upcom ing dramas deal with the Mor mons. One is Robert B. Sherwood’s “The Better Angels,” the other “The Peaceable Kingdom.” . . • Equity revealed that the average annual income for stage actors last year was only $790. .In brief: Show Business Has More Clouds Than Stars. In the Wings; The Sardi’s Set were talking shop, as usual. . . . Elizabeth Bergner’s "animation" was some of it. . . . It is her style of thesping. ... On stage (and off) La Bergner’s hands, expres sion and body are in motion at all times. . . . Once she told Beatrice Lillie: “I’m going to sit for my portrait today what’ll I wear?” . “A strait-jacket,” chuckled Lillie. . . . Wilson Mizner. whose insults are still quoted, tossed one at a creditor to whom he was deeply in hock- ... The aggrieved man said: “Bill, you owe me an apology!” . . “Okay,” was the re tort, “put In on my tab!” The Cinemagielans: “Cry, the Be loved Country,” the critics declar ed is a poignant film about racial pMtjjjems. . . . “Raiders of Toma hawk Ock” is a oowbwjr-reihAln ema which stars Chief Hokum. . . . “Weekend with Father” presents a pleasant romantic confection. . . . Patricia Neal is the top marsh mallow. . . . “Woman in the Dark” has your old buddy, the jewel ban dit, proving that boredom doesn’t pay. . . . Submarine Command” offers a generally exciting back slap for the underseas heroes. Wm. Holden handles the periscope. Pret ty Nancy Olson Is the torpedo. The Aristocrats: The "Meet the Presg” sharpshooters turned in a deft job of riddling Sen. Taft, whose snide cracks at Eisenhower are sure vote-getters for Ike. . . . Wally Cox’s sly palaver on tqevy is amus ing. .. . Skips the gag files and concentrates on sprightly character sketches. . . . The trouble with Bos ton Blackie’s gumshoeing heroics on Channel 4 is that the script in variably has more cliches than clues. . . . Joan McCracken’s empt ing Improves the “Claudia” dram* series. Cote as a dimple. . . . The voice that Jane Froman poured into songs on Berle’s bazaar was 1 pure honey. . . .'Best insomnia cure in town Is WNBT’s “Mary Kay,” who really puts people into a coma with pure com. . . . Har po’s slick pantomine proved you don’t need stale quips to get laughs. . . . “Dragnet” on teevy offers taut and tingly thrillers. The scripts have a realistic wallop instead of the usual bing-bang-blah. Twinkling with the Star*: Only Ethel Barrymore has hew a star longer than Grace George, current ly delighting playgoers via “The Constant Wife.” . . . Sheila Bond, who clicked as a top dancer in “Street Scene” and “Make Mine Manhattan.” is up toe the second lead in Inland Hayward's “Wish You Were Here.” A role without even a time-step. . . . “The Inn* Watch,” Anthony Farrell’s next production, (gill rehearse from 2 to 10 p. at. Instead of toe usual 1« to 8 schedule. The star. Wultor Abet prefers those hours. . . . “Gertie,” wfafeß Is due at the Plym- SPAXMJSSJK ers, but the playtog of Glynl. Johns i* reported so deßgbtful she may S; 'C vmm sbA* afternoon, jAnuArV so, itii The Wwry (hie BH By DR. GEORGE W. CHANT CASC c-a« Mn l »*«* «. Is kn industrious midwestern farm er. “Dr. Crane, l\ e works l)ard but he doesn’t accomplish a great deal," a friend informed me. “Like most farmers, he is up at dawn and constantly on the move. But he wastes a great deal of time because he doesn’t have a program mapped out in advance. “Don’t you think tpost of us could Improve our output If we’d only write down a list of jobs we wish to accomplish each week?" ' ™ • USE AN AGENDA Yes, that Is an excellent sugges tion. I follow it myself, and Mrs. Crane does likewise. She has a blackboard in the kitchen whereon she writes the things she wants to get done the next day. If we are planning to drive down to the farm for the week end, then she' l ! also list the items that are to be packed. Thus, we leave fewer things behind than otherwise would he the case. In fact, the night before our departure she keeps a little note book and pencil at the head of the bed so she can jot down the ideas that flit through her mind relative to the. trip. CHART YOUR WORK It is difficult to think of every? thing in a crisis. A person may ■ even start running around in cir cles at such a moment. This “running around” may look . like work but it Is largely wasted ! motion. It Is far w|ser to plan one’s. . activities in advance so there will i be a minimum of futllf effort. . If I make an "agenda" or list ! of duties I wish to perform during . the week, I accomplish far more ! than if I aimlessly attempt to 5 tackle the problems that catch my By America's Foremost Personal Affairs Counselor , 8,11 W || ||„l ; GIRL, 18. SHUDDERS TO RECALL HER FIRST DATE. AT 13; IT WAS AN APPALLING SOCIAL I FLOP QWING TO HER ANXI ETY. DEAR MARY HAWORTH: I am ’ 18 years old and very unhappy. I haven’t had many dates because when I am asked out I become , so anxious that I wind up a ner ' voue wreck before the evening is 1 over. Does this mean that I am ; afraid of boys? And do you think ; you can help me? I shudder whenever I think of I my first date. I was 13 years old ' at. the time. I was Invited to a party, and wqs very happy about " it. Mother bought me a new dress, ’ and my date—Ray—was to call for ’ me at 7:30 o’clock. I was very * nervous all day, and as time tick ' ed on 8 o'clock came, and no Ray. ; I was working myself into a frenzy ; at 8:15 when he appeared; and | finally were were off. I was in a state of suspense ! about this date from the first; and ' Ray's being late made matters ’ worse. Halfway through the party ’ I became ill just from nerves, and had to be token ham*. I was ' never asked out by that boy again. ' Recently I met someone very nice, wham I Ilk? very much—l’U call him Dick. When he agke TP get a saving slant on wM»+ change and love relationships, you