: Review Of State, National And World News During The Past Week
SENATORS TOLD SHIP
GOODS TO RUSSIA
Washington — State Depart
ment officials, it was learned,
have informed Senators the Unit
ed States must ship 'Russia some
$25,000,000 worth of goods order
ed originally under lend-lease or
violate “agreements made in
At the same time Chester Lane,
lend-lease administrator under
the State Department, vigorously
denied that officials used "subter
fuge” to get around a deadline
£of last Dec. 31 fixed by Congress
”on such lend-lease shipments.
The State Department’s view
was made public by Chairman
Bridges (R-NH) of the Senate
Appropriations Committee. It had
heard Comptroller General Lind
say C. Warren testify that the
shipments to Russia, as well as
China, Brazil, France, Belgium,
The Netherlands and Australia,
were prohibited by Congress.
During the squabble, Senators
learned from Lane that Russia
had ignored four consecutive re
quests for a final settlement of
some $11,260,000,000 worth of
wartime lend-lease aid. All other
nations who received aid have ne
gotiated settlements.
HOOVER TO MAKE
STUDY IN BERLIN
Berlin—Herbert Hoover and
his party of experts studying food
conditions in Germany, Austria
and Italy arrived at Tempelhof
Airdrome by plane from Rome.
Hoover was met by General
Lucius Clay, Deputy American
Military Governor. Data collect
ed on Hoover’s three-nation sur
vey was to be co-ordinated here,
t The former President of the
F United States, investigating food
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN _
RETURNS FROM MO.
Washington — President Tru
man landed at National Airport
at 7 p. m. (e.s.t.) Sunday night,
returning from the bedside of his
injured mother in Grandview,
Mo. , J
The President, visably pleased
over his mother’s progress toward
re^ovSry.^saicrhe left her in good
spirits and in no pain.
The injury has been quite a
shock to her, Mr. Truman said1,
but he added that she is no cry
baby.
He arranged before he left to
get frequent telephone reports on
her progress.
The mother, Mrs. Martha E.
Truman, 94, suffered a fractured
hip Thursday night, her third
such injury.
The President flew to Grand
view early Saturday to see her.
His “Sacred Cow” plane took off
on the return flight at 3:12 p. m.
(e.s.t.) Sunday, making the run
in three hours and 48 minutes.
RECORD NUMBER DIES
IN AIRPLANE CRASHES
Nearly lour score lives were
lost in week-end air tragedies
throughout the world—a series of
accidents which brought to more
than 400 the number of interna
tional plane travelers killed in
the last seven months and mark
ed by the greatest single disaster
in the history of commercial nav
igation.
The accidents Saturday and
Sunday extended from the Tyr
rhenian Sea, off Italy, to the
United States, and to South
America where 54 persons died
in the crash of a plane against a
Colombian cliff — the greatest
number of persons ever killed
aboard a single commercial ship.
Three persons died, including
Col. Ear'e L. Johnson, national
commander of the Civil Air Pa
trol, in the U. S. crash and 17
others perished as a Savoia-M:»r
chetti transport owned by the
needs in Europe for President
> Truman, was in Vienna before
going to Rome.
In Rome, Hoover saw Pope
Pius XII, Premier Alcide de Gas
peri, Foreign Minister Carlo
Sforza and Provisional President
Enrico De Nichdla.
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Auction Sale
Saturday, March 1
1M) O’clock
at my mm
4% Miles S*fth of Sparta
on gravel road 2% miles West of Glade'Valley
Will SeU
61 acres of land, more or less. About 40 acres of Fanning
Land. Plenty of Meadow and Bottom Land. 5-acre*
Orchard.
Good Six-Room House
With plenty of good outside buildings
Boiling spring in back yard.
10 head of cattle, consisting of three-milk cows;
2 with calves; 1 heifer to be fresh, others erne
year old V
1 good 6-year old horse with man and ladies’ saddle
7 a Dusneis com
250 bushels Irish Potatoes
8 hay stacks
1 good ’40-model Chevrolet Master Deluxe Coupe
• 1 ’34 Standard Chevrolet car, good condition
5 hogs -
One Blacksmith outfit with post drill
One good pair Fairbanks floor scales with weights up
to 900 lbs.
One good cased-in com shelter with fly wheel
All my farming tools
One good home comfort range
3 dressers, 1 large antique with marble top
1 china closet, 5 beds, spring and mattresses
1 studio couch
2 chests of drawers
1 large cedar chest, 1 buffet
1 Zenith radio
4000 ft of lumber
All other things too numerous to mention.
Terms Made Known On Day of Sale
We S. Brooks
SPARTA, N. C.
HAIRCUTS FOR A PENNY!
BRUSH YOUR TEETH, COMB YOUR HAIR! — These by-words your
Creek Wfr Relief Association supervisor teaches the youth of Greece.
A million children eat a warm, noonday meal at GWRA feeding centers,
thousands of orphans are given foster homes.’ $6.60 supports an
orphan one month; $2.00 feeds a school child one month. Pennies can
save Greece’s children today—your son’s neighbor of tomorrow. Rush
your pennies to Greek War Relief’s 1947 Campaign, 221 West 57th
Street, New York 19, N. Y.
Budget Fight Is Highlight
Of U. S. Congress This Week
Washington—A huge question
mark was raised ahead of the
G. O. P. 20 per cent tax slashing
program yesterday as Senator
Knowland (R.-Calif.) announced
he will offer a resolution requir
ing a $3,000,000,000 payment on
the debt before any taxes are
cut.
Simultaneously, however,
Chairman Knutson (R.-Minn.) of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee went on the radio to vofte
confidence the tax-framing group
will approve this week his House
bill No. 1 for a 20 per cent cut
"across the board.”
Indications appeared that the
Senate on Wednesday will vote
to limit to $4,500,000,000 .Jthe slash
in President Truman’s $37,S00,
000,000. budget for the year start
ing July 1, overturning the $8,
000,000,000 cut voted Friday by
the 102-member House-Senate
Budgetary Committee.
.JvUUWIcfXlU iwiu . IG^UtVCIS
will offer an amendment to the;
budget ceiling resolution calling
for a payment “of at least. $3,000,
000,000” on the debt out of any
savings.
With the $1,500,000,000 revenue
anticipated from continuation of
high wartime excise levies, which
Mr. Truman did not count on ini
his estimates, Knowland said
there should be “somewhere be
tween Ml,900.000,OpQ an*l $3,000,
000,000, for tax reduction” after
the debt payment.
‘1 /tever have believed taxes
could be cut as much as 20 per
cent,” the Californian said. “I do
not propose to foreclose tax re
lief, but we must establish a sink
ing fund policy for debt retire
ment.
“We now have this staggering
debt of around $260,000,000,000
that threatens the solvency of the
Government. It is incumbent on
the Congress to start reducing this
debt. Three billion dollars a year
is certainly a minimum.”
Italian Air Ministry crashed on a
flight from Rome to Cairo.
“Farm Mechanization” is the
title of a recently reprinted bul
letin ready for distribution by
the N. C. Experiment Station.
Mrs. J. K. Taylor
* Succumbs In S. G
Funeral service for Mrs. J. K.
Taylor, of Furches, who died in
Charleston, S. C. on Wednesday
after a brief illness, was held at
the Cranberry church in Allegh
any county at 12 o’clock noon
Friday. ^
She is survived by her husband,
six sons, F. TJ. Taylor, Dr. G. F.
Taylor, W. R. Taylor, all of Char
leston, S. C.; E. L. Taylor, of Mt.
Airyr D. L. Taylor, Kingstree, S.
C.; C. B. Taylor, of Florida; and
three daughters, Mrs. Walter F.
Beilt, of Roanoke, Wp.; Mrs. R R
Dougltis.' of Charleston, S. C., arid'
Mrs. Woodrow White, of States
ville. s
Mrs. Taylor was a sister Of Dr.
L. L. Long, of West Jefferson.
Pine Swamp News
Mrs. A. "R. "Richardson is im
proving from a recent illness.
Miss Mildred Caudill vent "Fri
day night with Miss Reba Choate.
Mr- end Mrs. Cary Brown and
Mr. R. N. Holloway visited Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Holloway, Sun
day.
Mrs. Lee Joines is ill at her
home here.
Miss Pauline Wyatt spent one
night last week with her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wyatt.
Mrs. R. J. Wagoner and Misses
Lillie Holloway and Virginia
Wagoner spent the week end with
relatives in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Sadie Billings, Misses
Dorise Billines and Lou Evans
and Messrs. Don Edwards, Ben
Harris and Dale McGrady visited
Miss Ruth Crouse Sunday.
Misses Naomi and Helen An
drews visited Miss Grace Harris
Sunday.
Miss Myrtle Evans spent Sun
day afternoon with Mrs. J. M.,
Brown.
Miss Thelma Estep and Mr. j
James Estep visited Miss Virginia
Brooks and Alvin Brooks Sun-t
day.
Miss Lorene Edwards, of High
FOR SALE
36 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED IN WOLF BRANCH.
SECTION NEAR W. S. BROOK’S HOME
Will Be Sold On
Saturday, March 1
at 10:00 o’clock
Land includes 6 acres of timber, some meadow and
pastur late. Good building site. On bus, mail and milk
route. Near school.
MUST BE SOLD MARCH 1
■ see - ^
Mrs. Ardie Rash i
SPARTA, N. C.
The Everyday
Counselor
Rev. Herbert Spaugh, D. D.
“No precious gem has ever been
polished without friction. Success
has never been attained without
reverses.” This little motto on the
wall of the office of a business
friend captured my attention the
other day. It is a good one for all
of us to remember, especially
when we are in trouble.
The diamond, which we con
sider our most precious jewel, is
a very hard stone. Before it takes
its place in a ring or in expensive
jewelry, it has been ground and
polished many times by the lapi
dary.
There should be deep signi
ficance in the fact that the dia
mond is the accepted stone for
the engagement ring. Its sym
bolism should never be forgotten
by men and women who marry.
It should remind us that marriage
only grows into rich companion
ship and happiness as a result of
daily polishing by the difficult
circumstances which always arise
in marriage.
A happy marriage does not
come easily. It comes as a results
of constant adjustment due to
the pressure of change and ac
commodation. No two people,
reared in different environments,
can expect to adjust themselves
easily to one anotner. me rising
divorce rate and the increasing
number of broken homes is sad
indication of the fact that men
and women do not understand
the true nature of marriage.
. The nearest we come to per
fection in marriage is a perfect
wHlUngness to give and take. We
must learn to adjust ourselves
to one another, and above all to
the will and guidance of Almighty
God.
No marriage can be truly suc
cessful unless it is God-centered,
because we live in a God-centered
universe. The God-centered home
is the onl^ truly hapfry home.
Selfish desire has no place there,
Point, spent a-few days last week
with her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
Carl Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Holloway,
of North Wilkesboro, spent Sat
urday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Greene.
Mr. Dale Greene visited his
sister, Mrs. Zelma Poole, of Ga
lax, during the week end.
Mr. Mitchell Smith, of Low
Gap, visited Mr. Letcher Brown
this week end.
The Time
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equipment.
NOW when,genuine “J-M”
Rock Wool is still available
at low cost.
NOW when high taxes and
living costs make fuel sav
ings mighty important.
NOW when you can again
have 86 months to pay with.
no down payment.
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write or phono today.
J. D. SHIELDS
Supervising Engineer
Winston-Salem, N. C.
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Sparta, N. C.
Sager Interlocking
Metal Weatherstrip
except as a polishing agent.
It is as a man’s and woman’s
desires are polished by the fric
tion of the one against the other,
and against the hard circum
stances of life, that the true
beauty of a happy marriage
emerges. This polishing produces
adjustments and cooperation
which brings out the true beauty
of personality. Let every wife
remember that, as she looks at
the engagement ring on her
finger, and let every husband re
call it as he gazes upon that
symbol which he presented to
the woman of his choice.
Work With Insects
Increased By War
The atomic bomb is not the
only scientific development that
was accelerated by the wartime
emergency. From the entomolo
gists’ standpoint, considerable
scientific progress was also made.
I James T. Conner, Jr., Extension
entomologist at State College,
points to the development of DDT
as an example of this work, and
other insecticides which will re
move the menace of still more
common insect pests may well be
anticipated.
For instance, during the war,
louse-borne typhus was one of *
the most dreaded diseases. Ento
mologists rose to the occasion and
brought out a powder known as
MYL louse powder which an
swered the need at first. They
then devised .a quick, convenient
and effective method for delous
ing individual uniforms with
methyl bromide. The use of DDT
followed this, as it was found
still more effective.
A similar progression was fol
lowed with the control of “scrub
typhus,” a mite-borne disease of
the South Pacific. The insect
carrying this disease is a close
relative of the common chigger.
Insecticide after insecticide was
used in this treatment, each one
progressively better than its pre
decessor. Finally an emulsion
was developed which, by dipping
clothing into it, would give mite
protection, even after the garment
had been laundered.
The final page of the war record
of these entomologists was writ
ten when they discovered that
dipping garments into benzyl
benzoate rendered them mite re
pellent even after five launder
ings.
With the development of this
superior material, Conner says,
work to control the common chig
ger has received added weapons,
and it too may soon fall victim,
to scientific skill.
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Furniture Values
living Room Suites $35 up
A GOOD ASSORTMENT TO CHOOSE FROM
Big Assortment of Tables, including end tables
and bedside tables.
BEDROOM SUITES, Priced at-$60.00 and up
DINING ROOM SUITES, at ..$40.00 up
BREAKFAST ROOM SUITES_$20.00 up
CHINA CABINETS ---—„-.$15.00 up
ODD CHESTS AT_.—$6.00 up
CH)D DRESSERS —..-_—--$6.00 and up
IRON BEDS AND SPRINGS-.--$8.00 up
KITCHEN CABINETS _$15.00 up
Kitchen Sinks
24" KITCHEN SINKS...$12.00
24" FLAT SINKS AT..-_$6.00
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Used
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