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PAGE SIX Wns Jltrurd DUNN, N. C. WMW Kr RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY At 111 Boat Chut 8 tract NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS F. CLARK CO., INC. 288-111 B. 4M St.. New Terk If. N. T. Itrs—> Office* In Ererj Majer City SUBSCRIPTION RATES IT CARRIER’ M cent* per week; f&M per yew In advaa.**- m tar atz newt In; $3 for three —,k --n TOWNS NOT SERVED BT CARRIER AND ON RUBAI. ROUTES INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: Rtt ear year; RN for *b month*; 12 for three awatka •»OT-Or-STATE: SAM per year In sdvaaes; I* far eta aiaftt «* far three month* Entered as second-class matter in the Post Office in Dunn, ts C., under the laws of Congress, Act of March 3,187 ft Every afternoon, Monday through Friday. Freedom Made This Possible , Dr. Gunnar Gundersen of La Crosse, Wisconsin made this memorable statement in a paper read to a conference of the American Hospital Association: “Freedom has made this country strong. Its accomplishments, during its less than two centuries are the marvel of the modern world. Freedom has created the modern hospitals of today. They have, in large measure, grown and developed on a free, voluntary basis. Freedom has seen our voluntary hospital and medical care programs develop at a rate of speed and to a size believed to be beyond achievement, and the end is not yet in sight. Freedom has seen the development of medical science and medical practice in this country, which is second to none. Freedom has made all this possi ble without compulsion, without government enactment, without police action, and without licensure. . . .If you and I can hold fast to freedom the future has nothing to fear.” All the details and controversies to one side, here is the strongest possible argument against socialized medi cine, government domination of medicine, or any variant thereof. It is a case where the record speaks for itself. In no other major power has there been such improvement in the health standards of the people. In no other is so vast a wealth of medical service available measured either in terms of quality or terms of quantity. In no other have so many people voluntarily insured themselves against illness and accident the number is now past the 100,000,000 mark. And in no other does the future hold so much promise for still greater achievement. Well Deserved Recognition Governor John S. Fine of Pennsylvania recently de clared that the “welfare and security of the nation depend upon the maintenance of a healthy domestic fuels indus try.” He then announced that he has asked chief execu tives of 15 other coal-producing states to confer with him and discuss a number of important problems the ooal industry now faces. He offered an agenda which includes: more favorable tax policies with reference to higher depletion allowances and better treatment of depreciation and exploration costs; encouragement of coal use in state and public buildings; encouragement of basic research in the state universities for new uses and applications of coal; of young men in these universities for careers as fining en gineers and related jobs; greater state cooperation in deal ing with mine water problems; and a study of soil recla mation and conservation problems which are implicit in strip mining. The fact that the governor of one of our principal in dustrial states is so greatly concerned with the welfare of coal is in itself a good indication of how important the industry is. We must have an energetic and progressive coal industry—every sign points to an expanding need for coal in the future. Yet coal has been a near-profitless en terprise at a time when most other industries have been doing well. No industry can render maximum service, and build properly for the long-range future, when that is the case. Harmon W. Nichols ' WASHINGTON 118 Lindsay j Warren would have made some . Body a good editor. He knows how to cut out unnecessary words. When he wrote his chief. President ' Eisenhower to say that his doctors J advised him to retire he wrote a I short note. The chief was moved (to accept, with regret, in a note many words longer. Warren ywas allowed to step Sawn as comptroller eeneral of the United States after 13 years service and is leaving shortly from Wash ington to go back to Washington, H. C., his home. “Alter 30 years in the capital,'’ he told me. “as a congressman and as head of the General Ac counting Office, I think I deserve a rest. I want to sit and think Ear a time and then I want to do a little fishing.” ; Lindsay Warren leaves his foot prints. He is proud of the fact that his office has become recognized Os non-political under his regime. Cbder him it has been responsible <*Hy to the Congress and even Sfßealdents could not order him L Warren was appointed for a 15- Mar term by the late Franklin D ■■j Roosevelt. He grabbed the nation'r. { purse strings on Nov. 1. 1940 '.I Since then he has counted every dollar of spending close to 750 WUon through World War H. the conflict in Korea and in peacetime. This is more money than was spent |k the history of the United States j thiier his regime, the GAO, nut go&ly has paid its way. but has gianf profit. Collections from 1941 to date total over 915 million, most of which had gone out of the Treasury illegally and which War ren and his staff smoked out. That amount is twice what It has cost Warren to run his own shop. Warren, who was wearing a win ter suit, with vest, on the 80-degree day I talked with him, is as down to earth as his own dress. He has pulled no punches in his attacks on what he considered In justices in government contracts. He once charged that some of the representatives of the government were “dishing out and giving away the property and money of the United States with reckless aban don. . . the greatest device ever in vented for pumping out the Treas ury." • Warren appeared before a Senate expenditures committee on the Re organization Act of 1945 and shock ed everybody around with the remark: “Any bureau can put up a case. . . Congress can set up a bureau for the edification of the three blind mice or for the re habilitation of Humpty Dumpty, and within a year those who head them can come In with glowing accounts of their work." At another hearing before a Sen ate subcommittee on ethics In gov i eminent, the salty old fellow from North Carolina remarked that “a few rotten apples may not contami nate the whole barrel, but they certainly smell it up." tsfics?!?;. These Days By SoJtohky HOW CAN THEY BE WRONG 1 saw .an article in the London “Daily Mirror,” which has an enor mous circulation. The headline reads: “The Appalling Failure of Ei senhower.” The story is by John Waiters and of him his newspaper says: “This dispatch on the present sickening crisis in America reached the 'Mirror' last night. It is from John Walters, who has represented this newspaper in the States for many years. Because of America’s world significance today, special prominence is given to his message." The story opens with this para graph: "America is unhappy, bewildered and frightened because of the ap palling failure of the self-proclaim ed crusader she elected President." Os course, no American_ will re cognize the diagnosis. We have our troubles, our quarrels, our sensa tions and our absurdities, but no one who lives here will agree that we are particularly unhappy or bewildered or frightened. In fact, a fair criticism might be that we are too gay, too fun-loving in the face of serious crises. I walk along Broadway in New York and I see about a million faces on their way to play at something. Are they unhappy? Not while they have Jingle* money in their pock ets. Are they bewildered? If any thing, they are bewildered by our friends becoming neutral after we helped them so much. All the agencies of government have tried to frighten the American, people. They have published map 6 and charts and photographs show ing them exactly how they are go ing to be killed by the H-bomb. Has there been an evacuation of the big cities? Not so anyone would no tice it. In fact, in our tenement we are all signing-two year leases at this moment. This Is the kind of peo ple who do not scare readily. If the H-bomb came along, some speculator would probably put up grandstands and hope to make_ an honest dollar. Now. as to Eisenhower’s “appal ling failure," it just is too early to Judee whether he is successful, a middling, or a failing President. Americans judge such conditions differently from others. If on the whole everybody works and earns a Uvlne and taxes do not vo anv hivher. Americans would sav that Elsenhower is a fairly sur cesful President in tough times. If our sons are not sent to fight in foreign countries, we would say he is a verv successful President In troubled times. If he gets Into trou ble with Congress but puts over the essentials of his legislative pro eram, this country is likely to forget some of the political ineptitudes of his Administration. Americans maybe are not as good as the British because thev do not take their politics as seriously as the British do. No American real ly expect* his President to be a su perman. Perhaps that is whv Ike's golf score evokes such Interest, and on how Mamie came to marry Ike the newsDapers publish a serial and what they have done since then. I am sure that more Ameri cans read such a serial than read the President’s speeches, which are no different from anv other Presi dent’s speeches, usually dull dxceot when he speaks extemporaneously. Then this President has wit and humor. * This business about being a cru sader never meant anything much. It'came from the title of a book. Nobody ever expected any kind of a crusade because the last crusader. Carry Nation, eot to be a bit of a bore.' Besides, what is there to cru sade about? The next auotatton I shall vlve von from John Walters is this: “And bis fellow crusaders have thrown off their fine election di*- srraee, reveallne themselves as sold iers of slick, political opportunism and arrogant capitalism.” I do not know what he means by “slick political opportunism,” un less it* be that a PresMent of the United States is limited In his authority bv the Constitution and that he has to get along with Con gress or the nation stands still. Ours Is a government of compro mises and llways has been. No President can quite lead Congress, as Mr. Roosevelt learned when he tried to pack the courts or to purge his opponents. President Elsenhower face* very serious problems and difficulties which he can only meet ■with Congressional cooperation. As to “arrogant capitalism." I must , leave that where it stands. The United States Is a capitalistic country. The American people be lieve in private enterprise. If Wal ters has been around, he ought to know that, tunes of the football team at the University of North Carolina. ROtotat r. Keller, Jf°Nqrth of w bid In for leave-off on Mon day No Brin* with thk boss " ma tMU.t aeco&u. item, n. a MISTER BREGEP —”—^ “You can’t miss it—it’s a 1948 dark green, two-door sedan, light gray and red plaid upholstery, white wall tires, license number H 477319 ...” Lillington News* FOUR NEW CUB SCOUTS GIVEN WELCOME BY LILLINGTON PACK Four new Cub Scouts, officially known as "Bob Cats" were welcom ed into the Lillington Pack on Fri day night at candlelight ceremon ies’ conducted at the Community Center. They were: Dickie Jackson, Rick y Fox, Gerald Stewart, and Terry Leonard. Cub Scout Master R. B. Leonard presided and was assisted by A. R. Taylor, assistant master. Parents of the new Cubs were pre sent and stood with the boys dur ing the impressive ceremony. In addition to the initiation cer emony, a court of awards also was held. The Wolfe badge, for which nine year old Cubs are eligible on passing the requirements, was’pre sented to Norwood Hudson and Bobby McDonald. One silver arrow to add to the Wolf badge was awarded to Sammv Byrd, Corky Norwood. Robert Ward Winstoq, Beattie Leonard, and Ken neth Sexton. The Bear badge, reserved for Cubs who already have attained the Wolf badge and are past nine years of age. went to Richard Brad sher. The same Cub Scout also received one gold arrow and one silver arrow to add to his badge. Joe Davis, ten years of age. was presented the Lion Badge. Members of Den One, led by Mrs. Paul McDonald, provided the pro gram for the monthly pack meet ing, composed of Cubs, den mothers, parents, and adult committee spon sors. Cubs presented an original patriotic skit on the American flag, written and arranged by Robert Ward Winston, den chief. Air den members participated. PLAN CIRCUS At the business session parents and leaders made plans for tho Cub Scout Circus, long an annual event in Lillington. to be staged out-of-doors on Friday May 28. Exact site to be used for the show will be announced later. Scout Master Leonard named a variety of committees to assist with the circus which will feature origi nal acts to be presented by the Cute themselves. Mrs. G. M. Nor wood, Jr. was named in charge Os acts for the ring. Joe Gourlay was appointed ring master, and George Jannette and Eddie Davis were placed in charge of the lemonade and hot dog concessions. The Scoutmaster informed parents that In June, Lillington Cute will be hosts to other Cub packs in Harnett County. In honor of the event, plans are now being drafted to make a supervised tour of Ft. Bragg. The Lillington Scouts, n turn, will return the visits some time during July and August.. An annual picnic is also on the sum mer schedule. CUBES P v \ : m §Sail fljj ‘ “Dear Diary— out last night with Elmer. Another blank , In an effort to acquaint mothers with the work of the Cubs, a re gular program on visitatisn is un derway. A different mother is in vited weekly to attend her son’s den meeting. Visiting parents were invited to inspect a pictorial display, ’’The Story of Oil" a project of Den Three, led by Mrs. R. B. Leonard. Cubs had labelled and painted a view of a typical American village showing its many uses of oil. This same den also showed as a sample of its craft work, ice cream cartons, converted to waste baskets. At present Lillington Cubs have three den mothers, Mrs. Leonard. Mrs. McDonald and Mrs. John Womble. W. H. Byrd is chairman of the pack committee, and Howard Watkins institutional representa tive on the pack committee. The Lillington Methodist Church is the sponsoring agency for the Cubs in the county seat. TO OXFORD Lillington Methodists sent their pastor. Rev. E. C. Shoaf Mrs. Ed. Moore and J. H. Taylor as dele gates to the Raleigh District Con ference which met last Wednesday at the First Methodist Church :n Oxford. STUDY COURSE .. Members of the Woman's Socie ty of Christian Service of the Lill ington Methodist Church attended a study course last Tuesday night at the church. Rev. E. C. Shoaf. the pastor, taught a course on La tin American People In the U. S. A. Mrs. H. G. Aiken, new president, arranged the study course to coin cide with the society’s regular monthly meeting. WEEK END GUEST Miss Edith Noel of Oxford, stu dent at Campbell College, spent last Sunday here as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Newton. IN HOSPITAL . Mrs. R. M. Phillips of Lilling ton underwent an operation on Thursday at Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill. Mrs. Phillips Is the wife of the pastor of the Summer -1 ville and Cedar Rock Presbyterian churches near Lillington. She is a : former resident of Erwin. I HOME FROM ALASKA Wadsworth Matthews, son of Mr. I and Mrs. P. W. Matthews, has re . turned home following three and i a half months service in the Army. > His last assignment tor the past i year was in Prince Wales, Alaska. ■ The Lillington man plans to re enter college In the Fall. + The + WORRY CLINIC By Dr. George W. Crane “Suspense” can be created Just as scientifically as you would build a garage. It has four basis rules. So study this Case Record clooely and then paste It In your scrapbook. If you want to enter Prize Contests, too, then send for the bulletin below. Case K-386: Marlene J., aged 20, is the journalism student whom I. mentioned yesterday. She wants to know the psychological H|vßs of suspense. These laws are of great value to salesmen and public speakers, 'as well as to you students of writing. Suspense is simply the observer’s expectancy that a suggested act will occur, coupled with uncertainty as , to the actual outcome. If a toddled walks over to pat the head of a coiled rattlesnake, we experienced adults are under the strain of suspense. For we know the fatal nature of snake venom. But if we came from Mars and . had never seen a. snake before, there would be little or no suspense. WHAT IS SUSPENSE? There are thus 4 factors that are 1 indispensible for suspense. (1) We must have previous habits with re ! ference to the situation. ■ (2) Suggestions or acts that can i set off these previous habits. . (3) The actual operation of these . suggestions. ! (4) The possibility that the ruture i action may not occur. ■ Now let me illustrate how these , apply. Suppose we are viewing a movie in which the villian decides ■ to get rid of the hero by dropping . some poison pills in the hero’s bot i tie of aspirin tablets. l Later, when the hero has a head l ache, he shakes out a white tablet • and swallows It. But the hero is calm ■ and devoid of suspense. For factor No. 3 is lacking in his i case, since the suggestion of poison not operating in his mind. We mem bers of the audience, however, are in a dither for the hazardous sug gestion is certainlv working on us. SUSPENSE DEMANDS DOUBT ; Suspense also requires uncertain ’ ty. If all the tablets In that bottle ' had been poison, and if we knew the ’ hero was on a desert island by him -1 self, then his swallowing of the poison pill would mean sure death. But doubt has been Instilled In several ways. First, not all the tab . lets were poison. Some were ordin ■ ary aspirin, so maybe he would I miss the poison pill . And if he did swallow it, we know . that doctors and hospitals are close so he might get his stomach pump . ed In time to be saved. But he might not be saved even . then, so we teeter In uncertainty, • and this is what we mean by the strain of suspense. Moreover, there are degrees of sus pense. based on how near the au . thor is shooting at the bull's-eye ; of our basic human interests. [ For example. If a rqbin Is hop nlng near a flshworm about to gob ble the latter. It causes little sus pense in us. For worms are not close . enough to human shape to permit ! us to Identify ourselves with them. l Suppose, however, that a tiger is , stalking a dog. Our interest Increas i es and so does our suspense, for , does are more akin to human beings. , And If that dog is our family pet, then our suspense Quadruples. But even so It is neglielble compar ed to the way we would feel If that tleer were about to spring Upon our own child! j So it is necessary to employ* the 4 factors for arousing suspense, and i then combine them with the dis cussion yesterday about hitting the l bull's- eve of human Interest. The closer the author strtekes , home, the faster suspense develops and the more Intense It becomes. Whether vnu are a Sunday school teacher, telling dramatic religious narratives to children, or a plav wrieht or author, these rules are basic to your success. And for a fuller account of this tonic, send for mv bulletin “How to Write Salable Copy”, enclosing a stamped returfi envekroe, plus a dime. It also has a section on Prise Contesting. Permits Issued Durina Aoril Although new end repair con struction work in Dunn last month hit 344.350. it was a light month Building Inspector John E. Norris stated this week. As usuui. new buildings lead the list with 141.750. Repairs last month totaled *2,800. All of the new buildings wore homes with the exception of one warehouse constructed by H. P. Johnson on 8. Clinton Avenue at a coat of 13.508. Others building during April In- Ellis Avenue. °Bass. dwelUngjn tW* TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 4, 1934, Walter Winehell * IN NEW YORK + Hottest Scandal in ljown The James A. Mlchenen (he sath’d “South Pacific,” “Saysoara,” etc.) have parted. When his Wife greeted him- at the airport (on his return from Toklo) she revealed plans for abrogation. Frances Langford (Mrs. Jon Hall) planning a flash from Fla.? o Joan Crawford’s "Secret Love” Is Chas. Baron, a rich Ch.cagoan. If Sen. McCarthy's Roy Cohn quits Gov’t prosecution of Reds, hls next outlet may be a syndicated colyum. June Haver la furious with Joan Fontaine, quoted by newspapers as the source for the “secret merger" with F. Mac Murray. Dick Haymes’ dentist will be hls next headache. Did “Pat" Korman (the show-girl) quietly settle the Papatemii.y lawsuit against a recent Versailles comic for *2,500? Wo. Zeckendorf, Jr. (son of the realty tycoon), and Constance Frye reportedly cancelled April 4th wedding plans. Returned his ring. Babette Holmes (the yeast heiress) testing a tr.al sep? Candy heir Geo. Schrafft returned from Palm Beach ahead of ' sched to ogle pretty Carolyn Phillips, Frank Hunter’s Used-to Beeby. Intimates of a famed Hollywood couple (here) fear they may be hounded Into a double tragedy. They have “considered" suicide. Barbara Hutton’s friend, tennistar Baron von Cramm, reported "joining" her here, can’t! He's on a permanent list of undesirables. A New Jersey politico (dept, store owner) plans a suit against “21,“ alleging he was physically .ejected midnight, March 25th. The Barbizon Hotel (for ladies) has a “Be Careful" list —for naive newcomer tenants. Lists over 200 wolves-about-town. The names would amaze ya. The dossiers (on the Romeoafs) reveal how they op erate, their “lines,” etc. Susan Caabot’s reported pltty-pat for M. Brando has gone limp. She rendezvous at Major’s Cabin with Iran’s Prince Kaxe Kashanl. Anne Baxter, the star, sez she loves to eat pickles in bed because they make her dream. (Mr. Heinz, meet Annie and hide your cigais.) Celeste Holm, a click at The Btatter (Washington), made a bigger hit with R. J. M. of the Italian Embassy. The new badge worn by the Lavendearie Set is a purple Horn burg. A top Broadway star paid $5,000 to a party-gal after she threatened a suit —'for conduct unbecoming a customer. John Crosby ( the radio-teevy inspector, reviewed the “CoL Humph rey Flack” comedy series on Mar. 26th. He waste of CoL Flack’s predi lection for quoting Socrates “in the original Latin.” But John. Soe was Greek. (Eeeek!) One of the newer starlets visiting N. Y. has glrl-pals agog. So shocking are the tattoo marks around ho- hips. Duncan Mac Martin, the Canadian Zilllonalre, reportedly contriy uted over SIOO,OOO to the Cuban casinos. | By America’s Foremost T' Personal Affairs Counselor V What About Marriage Between Deserted Wife And Neighbor Whose Spouse Abandoned Him? DEAR MARY HAWORTH: When my husband left me nine years ago tor another woman, the couple next door helped me to conquer despon dency. During my ordeal I came to love them both as the kindest, most generous, most “Christian” people. However, Ellen wasn't happy with Steve and often said she envied my freedom—which to me was a bur den; and divorce filled me with a sense of failure. Repeatedly I told her she was foolish to envy me; that she had many advantages and shouldn’t consider giving up a good home with a husband who was real ly a nice man—even If a bit stub born, opinionated and domineering. Suddenly Ellen left home, taking her two elder children with her after thoughtfully hiring a compe tent housekeeper to look after the younger ones. Two yean ago she re married and now lives on the West Coast. She writes that she is very happy, and her two children are devoted to her new husband. FIRST WIFE WONT MIND Meantime Steve has been a good neighbor to us, and the soul of generosity to my boys. Last week to my utmost surprise he suggested that we marry. My sons were de lighted When I told them, as they hare lons considered him their proxy-father. I telephoned Ellen to tell her of Steve’s offer. She was very thrilled and indicated she hop ed we would marry, as she feels we are suited to each other. Steve promises me a free hand says he loves me and the boys and only wants to take care of us. Yet I hesitate to marry him. First be cause I wouldn’t feel I was his wife, having identified him as Ellen’s husband for so long. Second, I shrink from the gossip in our small town, where everyone has long pre dicted we would marry. They’ve been moat friendly hut I can’t bear the “I told you teV that would dwelling on E. Edgertpn, $5.750.~ Repair* were made by H. C. glater, 8. Elm, $300; Mr. J. A. Bags, E. Divine, $000; and W. M. Bryan, W. Cumberland. S2OO. thaewnt. greet our wedding announcement. In these circumstances should’M marry him? I am 45, and he Is 40 years of age. DJI. ! - ■'■ WHY PLAINTIFF'- * , GUILT FEELINGS DEAR DJt: the foil story, here ’ cut in half, suggests to me that you . have a guilty conscience about mar rying Steve—as If you had-broken i up homes and taken him from hls 1 wife; On the surface, this may sound absurd. You and the friendly com munity may paint out that Ellen I left him of her own violation some years ago against your urging It certainly looks as If you and > Stave’ had been rejected by your respective partners. But things are n’t always as they seem. I can believe that you’ve never : consciously connived to capture Steve’s heart or to become his wife. However, the drift events—be : ginning as far back as your hus band's desertion—may amount, in a ; sense, to answer prayer, from the viewpoint of Steve's unconscious de sires—and yours. In the aftermath of your hus band's departure, when you were leaning on Ellen and Steve for help, and she was glorifying your “free dom,” and implying that life with Steve was leaden, maybe she was vaguely trying to head off e tri angle; Maybe she felt that Steve had you In mind, and that you weren't unaware or indifferent. SELF-DECEIVING EXCUSES GIVEN Possibly your very advices to El len, to stay with Bteve, were so phrased as to compliment him and put her in a subtly unfavorable light in presumably objectively three-way discourse. In short, may be for years you’ve had a deeply repressed unrecognised wish to be Steve's wife —a feeling he caught intuitively. Thus perhaps your suf fering was more imagined than real when your marriage oollapaed and your disinterest in “other men’’ since then may have been due to the subjective conviction that Btave was waiting, over the fence. If you don't love Steve, or If you distrust hls temperament so double reel psychological obstacle . Daily Record.
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