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Brief Review Of Slate, National And World News During The Past Week ALUMINUM COMPANY RELEASES PATENTS Washington — The aluminum Company of America has grant ed the Government free use of its aluminum patents, and thus has “cleared the way for competition” in the industry, the Surplus Prop erty Administration announced. Surplus Property Administrator W. Stuart Symington announced the agreement with ALCOA and the leasing by Reynolds Metal Company, largest bf ALCOA’s competitors, of two Government owned plants in Arkansas. The leases were made possible by ALCOA release of patents, he said. The agreement gave Syming ton victory in a running battle be tween him and ALCOA. It reach ed its climax with his charge that the company was obstructing dis posal of Government plants by clinginig to its patents. He said the company at that time was trying to get the more desirable Government plants for itself and “thus increase and sol idity its own monopolistic posi tion.” WAR CRIMINAL TRIALS TO LAST UNTIL JUNE Nuernberg — The war crimes trial will last at least until June 15, and sentences on the 21 Ger man defendants in custody may not be carried out before July 15, well informed quarters said this week. When the International Military Tribunal resumes its sessions, American and British prosecutors will present cases against 10 more individual defendants. This job is expected to run through today. Then the French and Russians are to begin their cases. INCREASE SHOWN IN N. C. MINERALS NOW Raleigh—Dr. Jasper L. Stuck ley, State geologist, said in a speech here last week that “there are excellent prospects for the early development of industries in both metalic and nonmetalic minerals in North Carolina.” He spoke at a meeting of the local farm hands chib. Dt. Stuckey said the St. 4. again may turn out sponge iron after a mining lapse of 62 years if tests now being conducted by the U. S. Bureau of Mines in Cherokee county are favorable. SUB-ZERO WEATHER STRIKES AT MIDWEST Chicago—Sub-zero cold chil led residents of six Middle West ern States Sunday, but modera tion was developing to the West. Government weather forecast ers described the frigid snap as normal January weather for the regions affected but said it might be more noticeable than usual be cause of the “extremely mild” weather so far this month. Readings of 27 below at Pem bina, N. D.; 23 below at Bemidji, Minn.; 13 below at Park Falls, Wis. and below zero in some of Iowa, South Dakota and Michi gan were reported to the Chica go Weather Bureau. JAPAN WILL HOLD ELECTION IN MARCH - » Tokyo — Allied headquarters has authorized the Japanese Gov ernment to hold its general elec tions any time after March 15 to choose a new House of Repre ! sentatives. The Cabinet is expected to pro claim the election date about Feb. 15. Dr. Wataru Narashahi, new Secretary of the reorganized Cab inet, said the elections probably will be held in April. The directive from General MacArthur’s headquarters order ed the Government to take every precaution to ensure “free, fair and undisturbed” elections and to educate the people on the new election laws passed by the last session of the Old Diet in Decem ber. “It is of the greatest importance that every step possible be taken looking toward a free, untram meled expression of the people’s will,” the Allied directive said. The State for years has produc ed 40 per cent of the nation’s feldspar and 60 per cent of its i kaolin, both minerals used in the production of china and enamel, he said. Recent discoveries lead geologists to believe “there is 15 to 20 million dollars worth of tungsten ready to be mined in [the vicinity of Townsville, Vance county, Dr. Stuckey added. Mt. Zion News * By MRS. S. E. SMITH* Staff Correspondent Mr. and Mrs. Bill Caldwell have returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Allen, after spend Food Values at Smithey’s This Week! Pilot Knob Coffee 3 lb. pkg 67c Gibbs’ i Pork & Beans 30 oz. can 16c Health Club 24 oz. can No. 2 can Baking Powder 19c Apple Sauce no. 2 can 18c CORN WHOLE KERNEL White—-No. 2 can JOIW THE MARCH Of DIMES THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS Smithey’s Store * “The Place For Bargains” Sparta, N. Carolina For millions of Americans, Franklin D. Roosevelt, who re used to accept defeat from infantile paralysis, symbolized the nation’s fight against the Great Crippler organized and directed by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which the late President founded. The above poster was prepared by the Nation al Foundation for its 1946 March of Dimes, January 14-31. i Nation-wide Telephone Strike Has Been Delayed 30 Days Washington — The Executive Board of the National Federation of Telephone Workers issued a national strike call Sunday night must be carried out under the 30 but directed that the walkout day strike notice provision of the Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act. This delays the strike for at least 30 days and. barring unfor seen developments, removes the threat of immediate Federal sei zure of the telephone system. At the onset the union had in dicated the strike would take ef fect as quickly as subsidiary unions could express their desires. Later a union spokesman said that “on advice of counsel, the executive board decided to adhere strictly to the provisions of the Smith-Connally Act and have di rected their 48-member unions to file 30-day strike notices” as re quired by law. ru lllC same UUIV lit ouiu officers of the Association of Communications Equipra ent Workers, an N.F.TW. affiliate, had been asked to ‘‘defer their strike (against the Western Elec tric Co.) withdraw their pickets and turn the issue in dispute over to the N.F.W.T. for settlement.” If the ACEW agreed, the basis for the series of telephone strikes slowly paralyzing communications would be removed. Members of affiliated unions have refused to cross A.C.E.W. picket lines, with the result that telephone service throughout most of the country has been disrupted or threatened. The N.F.T.W. action came as a complete surprise. In issuing the strike call, Pres ident Joseph A. Beirne of the N. F.T.W. had left the strike date open and said it would be up to the nation’s 250.000 telephone workers to decide when they would quit. He also had said, however, that they probably would not strike against the Government in event of Federal seizure A source close to the White House viewed the strike call as a ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs George Allen, of Hiddenite. Mrs. Caldwell will be remembered as Miss Faye Cox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Cox, of Piney Creek, before her marriage in December. Miss Logene Pugh returned to Bel Air, Md., where she is em ployed, last week. Mrs. D. J. Grubb and little granddaughter, of Nathan’s Creek, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Grubb. George Allen and sons, of Hid denite, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Allen. Ben Williams, of Peden, visited S. E. Smith, Friday. The Rocky Ridge Home Dem onstration club will meet Janu ary 21 at 1:00 p. m. instead of on January 28, as previously plan: ned, at the home of Mrs. Salmon Smith. All members are request ed to be present at this meeting. strategic maneuver aimed to halt ing the current strikes and requir ing all unions to conform with the requirements of the Smith-Con r.ally Act, thus giving any stop page legal standing. The N.F.T.W. action, if obeyed by its member unions, will re move a major threat to the na tion’s well-being. Long distance service already had been disrupt ed by refusal of long lines work ers to cross picket lines. The N.F.T W.’s order means that picket lines must be' with IT OPA REPORTS RAISED PRICES ON CLOTHING Washington—The OPA said this week, some manufacturers are withholding men’s and boy’s tailored clothes from the market as the result of an erroneous re- I port that a general price increase j is contemplated. Spiking the report, Price Ad ministrator Chester Bowles said OPA does plan a new order deal ing-with prices but it will not pro vide a general hike on suits, over coats and similar garrfients. The new regulation, Bowles added in a statement, will be de signed to remove certain inequi ties in the present price structure and “to provide a better check rein on inflationary pressures.” “The effect of the new regula tion,” Bowles said, “will be to stabilize the August, 1945, man-1 ufacturers’ level of prices. Any i increase beyond that point would ! be inconsistent with the stabiliza- j tion program. HIGHWAY TRAFFIC IS SHOWING INCREASE Raleigh—North Carolina’s post war highway traffic volume has increased already to within 11 per cent of the volume recorded during 1940, the last prewar year, the State Highway and Public Works Commission said. James M. Burch, engineer of statistics and planning, said that weather conditions hindered traf fic during December, probably preventing the volume to reach the normal peak established in 11940. The State’s traffic volume is j recorded by means of 20 electric drawn and that all telephone .service should return to normal j quickly. | President Truman stood ready , to seize the telephone system. Such action had been recommend ed by Secretary of Labor Lewis B. Schwellenbach and legal arrange i ments had been made, j The walkout was called in sup | port of a demand for a $2 a day pay increase and the strikes al ready in progress by affiliated unions in Washington, D. C., Kearny, N. J., and by the Asso ciation of Communication Equip ment Workers at exchanges across the nation. --e" traffic recorders located .r ; no State and operated _s ua*ly. They1 have been in use for eight years. In previous months, Burch said, starting with V-J Day in August, rural highway traffic had been 25, 19 16 and 10 per cent lower. Auction Sale TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, AT 10 O’CLOCK at my home, two miles northwest of SPARTA, I will offer for sale to the highest bidder, all my household and kitchen furniture, including: REFRIGERATOR HOME COMFORT RANGE LIVING ROOM SUITE Many other things too numerous to mention. Terms made known on day of sale. AUCTIONEER: ROSCOE COLLINS Mrs. Verdie Shores *?£3' Wor^1"'* fo BrM„. »»££ <%> llounqModtfW *ftene>ltls! MODERN WAY TO RELIEVE DISTRESS OF CHILDREN'S COLDS Has Special Penetrating-Stimulating Action Penetrates into upper bronchial tubes with its special medicinal vapors Stimulates chest and back sur faces like a nice, warming poultice Warming, soothing Vicks VapoRub is the be-'t known home remedy you can use to reiie. eries of chest colds. Rub it well on thro;.. . and back at bedtime. Its special peneti ..ig stimulating action starts right to work—and keeps on working for hours—to t bring grand relief. Invit^s rest- IWf\d ful sleep, too. Try it tonight. VapoRub V___— Boone W ar ehouse Floors Are Cleared ! i R. C. Coleman, manager of Mt. Burley Tobacco Warehouses Nos. 1 & 2, is pleased to announce that the floors are cleared and farmers can sell tobac co the day it is brought in. Prices Were The Best Monday They Had Been Since The Holidays. Farmers, Keep Your Tobacco Dry, If Possible. We Pay Highest Market Prices. Mt. Burley Warehouse Nos. 1 & 2 at Boone, N. C.
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