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Thursday, March 13th. 1941 THE BEAUFORT NEWS BEAUFORT N. C. WINCHELL (Continued from page 1) about Andre Mvjrois.' the writer, who is currently warning Americans to remember the fate of France . . . The new resident acnt of the Com rnys, a perfect Milquetoast in his teaching job. His own Red col leagues in the same college aren't even hep to hm. Pearson and Ailen's taMe-turning on Congressman Sweeney of Ohio, who is suing them in every state. He has lost 3 out of 3 ahcady. in cluding the case of his home state. P. & A. have filed against him. charging "abuse of judicial process'' und ask $500,000 . . . The legend that Virginio Gayda was beaten up near Rome by two heroes who escaped. Mood: 'Ooray for the H'English: Cliff Edwards told it over on the "Knock out" set at Warners. Two British ers met after a long separation and compared notes about their adven tures. "I've been drivin' ambu lances, puttin' out fires, h'all sorts of things," said the first. "What 'ave you been doin'?" "I was at Dunkirk," said the other. "Gawd," gasped the first, "Dun kirk? It musta been tumble!" "It was 'orrible." was the retort, "rained every day!" Our Ho-Hum Dep't: AH the Os cars for the best film acting went to players who impersonated charac ters from best selling novels and hit plays. Meaning that they had some life before they were screened. But those statues they give the ac tors are big ones and they cast shadows that black out the authors who merely wrote the prize-winning roles. Observations: The N. Y. Times points out the difference between the Germans of 1914-18 8nd the Nazis of today. Von Papen, "runner of Hitler's dirty errands" in Turkey, showed a movie depicting the Nazis' cruelties to the conquered peoples. In the last war, the Times recalls, the Germans tried to lie out of their atrocities. Now they glory in them. Imagine! Paramount recently paid Moss Hart and associates al most $200,000 for the film rights to "Lady in the Dark," the hit show Hart penned while under the care of a psychoanalyst. It is assumed that he will now take out a big policy insuring him self against feetting well. Served Him Right: One of those bores who begins his anesthetic with: "You don't remember, do you?" was properly stifled by a fed-up victim with: "No, ain't I lucky?" ! by Mat I ','mii'm,""mmjL'";vK':mn'v-' M OUR DEMOCRACY DEMOCRACY DdT (O ROM THE BEoiNWING OUR. WCNStN rOLKS HAVE SHARED - RESPONSIBILITY -S WITH THE MEN. Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page 1) Newport Boy Makes Pine Burr Society izain:;.s. 'if" INCOLNS MOTHER. PUT HIM ON THE PATH OF SERVICE TO HIS CCUNTZV. :A T GEOUGE WASHINGTON'S SIDE IN WINTER QUARTERS AT DREADFUL VALLEY FORGE WAS MRS. WASHINGTON, IT THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICA'S DEMOCRACY HAS BEEN AND IS THC AMERICAN SCHOOL TEACHER. F THEMSELVES AND BV THEMSELVES, A HOST OF WOMEN HAVE ADVANCED OUR. SCIENCE , ARTS AND LETTERS, ANP OUR. HUMANITIES Form sf Criticism: At the play premiere the other intermission time one of the critics' wives was telling Richard Watts, who hated it, that she and her husband were hav ing fun, "Whatcha doing," intoned Watts, "holding hands?" New Yorchids: "Meet John Doe," which the previewers insist will be another feather in his Capra . . . Hugo Storm's book, "Seven Lean Hounds" . . . The editorial cartoons . of H. H. Bergman in the Springfield (Mass.) Union big-city stuff . . , Quentin Reynolds' exciting book, "The Wounded Don't Cry," whicii father'd the "Dunkirk" quip that led a recent colyum. In Fewer Words: Eumito has double-crossed hs henchmen over here again. Many Americans came tack from Spain to deny the Fas cists and Nazis were helping Fran co. Now Old Baldy sends Spain, a bill, itemizing the cost of every .Fascist retreat! Of All Thngs: Cussing has been outlawed among the soldiers at Fort Devens, Mass. "Watch your Ian- guage, the men were told. "You're in the Army, not 'What Price Gloiy?'." Secretay, Mrs. Hilda Gillikin serv ed in her place. The dtvotiona) pait of the meeting was led by Mrs. Heady, After reports from chairman of the different committees were giv en, the roll was called for attend ance of parents to see to whom the banner belonged. Again the first five grades won by an o mvhe'.ni ing majority. The children of these grades have done a big work during the year in securing attend ance and they were proud to boasl, of 100 per cent membership en rollment of their parents. When the business pare of the meeting was over Smyrna gave a program. This was a dramatiza tion from life of Lovers from Ear ly School days to "That Hair of Silver Gray." Some of the selec tions dramatized were Seh o Days, lr.e yuarrel, Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Down By the Old Garden Gate, Here Comes The Bride, The Sweetest Stciy Ever Told, Home Swoet Home, Silver Threads Among the Gold, and Memories. Every character play ed an excellent part. They had splendid singing and f-vjry one s-eemed to enjoy the tvenj .g". T'1 j . , L.-i.ess junntr notice is given, the last meeting wiil be hud Tues day evening, April hth. At -h s time Williston will give a roogram Come! Let's make this last :h best meeting of the year. encyclopedia is adapted for gram mar grade work and is recommend ed by the Library Department of North Carolina for Elementary Schools, we courv en to preface c.ose giv yes an.l to SMYRNA SCHOOL NEWS The Smyrna Consolidated P. T. A. held its regular monthly meet ing Tuesday evening, March 4th at 7:30 o'clock in the school audito rium. In spite of weather condi tions, there was a splendid attend ance. The meeting was called to order by the President Mrs. Hugh Pake, and in the absence of the Be Quick To Treat i: Bronchitis Chron'e bronchitis may develop if , your cough, chest cold, or acute bron ; chltis is not treated and you cannot afford to take a chance with any medi- cine less potent than Creomulsion 1 which goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed J bronchial mucous membranes. I Creomulsion blends beechwood j creosote by special process with other ; time tested medicines for coughs. It contains no narcotics. " No matter how many medicines you have tried, tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulsion with the understanding you must like the way it quickly allays the cough, per mitting rest and sleep, or you are to have your money back. (Adv.) Social Studies Game Grades 1-5 In cur grades after studying -vJJJe Jn i-ar Away Lands u'iiiauzeu scenes in thoj A child is chos a scene wmje other child.-cn tr,e;r eyes. When a signal is r:i me cnudren open their 'ue-r cans upon a child r s v nat try he is vising. Perhaps the pupil who is rl,-amut;,. mg is eating with chop sticks. The cmer child has hr ..... ... ... V, S1prTb,ab!y "Are you'in Chi-na- 1 he actor will -..o t am m China." J ' Some of the scenes dramatized are such as gathering palm kear nels .n Belgian Congo, r'imbing mountoms of Switzerland, riding on a camel, Sahara Desert, etc. JS3 ,d?' an aid in the Mcial studies, this activity core ates with language and stimulates the pupils imagination. Junior Cla., New, . -umur I8ss presented a mock congressional fEJn t- day afternoon March 4. Hm-; chapel period. The suhWt i . i ... . - - " . onwnemer "to chew or not to chew" gum. The progren, proved very mieresiing since the teachers nave been trying to ban "mim irom the vocabulary ' of Smvrna mgn fccnooi. The' Juniors are studying jour nalism in connection with their English. They are planning to matce a newspaper of their own and if possible to visit the news office of the Beaufort News. Eloise Nelson, Reporter Each school participating for the reward had to file a report show ing outstanding work in general improvements that has been ac complished ; projects which are now underway and those which are ex pected to be completed by the end "f the current year. Newport School is very fortunate in receiv ing this set of encyclopedias for mey were much needed in th? school. They are now being used daily by the grammar grades. Much credit is due to the Local School Board, the Parent Teacher's Association, and the Faculty and student body in helping to organize and carry out a school progra.i that was armrovpd hv ti. Roebuck and Company, aid as a result being awarded this set of en cyclopedias. The Sixth Grade The sixth grade pupils have fin ished the first half of the Zaner Eloser Writing Course and haw mailed the following children's siuviments of penmanship to th. company for certificates: Fay Ilaskett. Aiiere Garner, Vincent Rhue. Florence Winberry, Maxine Eiiiotte, Minnie Jane Robert. Fhrir.e Whalley. Ira Thomas Gib- Lie, .vjuvm west. Leonard Gould. Leor,a Gould, and Jean Garner. Tne sixth grade had a weinnt.r roast on Thursday, March 6, in honor of those having birthdays in February and March. The ehii. drtn took picnic lunches also TV, .... , l : i , i ;iaiiig oirinaays were: jecn Garner, Ailene Garner, Flor ence ninoerry, Louis Hibbs, and Mather Slaughter. Jean Garner, Reporter FORDIGN Pr5'iP.tOAI. Postmaster General Frai.k Walk er said nothing in his report to con gress, but he has quietly taken steps to plug up the inflow of foreign prcpaganda via first-clpss mail. Festal officials were able to seize and burn 15 tons ef ills gal litera ture under the auliu rity thsit per rr,;ts inspection of second and third tUst matter v.ithcut a f arch war rant. First-class mail, hew-ever, is itr.n.une fr :n din ct invcdtlprtirn. can be i xtiruiiH'd i,i:',.v rn n rc.tr:.-!! wan , -lit. th ;s a iah. ri, i.s (.r, . ceirit;. But ti.;....it to i .-...... si mat'er thiit was t, v:-i'i;cr four..-1 a way to yimpl.fy thf y-b. From the seized material were obtained the names of hundreds cf persons in all parts of the country who apparent ly are on Nazi. Fascist and Japanese propaganda lists. Henceforth, under an order quiet ly issued by Walker, all foreign mail addressed to these individuals will be subject to a search warrant exam ination, and if found illegal will bt destroyed. Note Walker wants congress te ree;uire that both the senders and re ceivers of foreign propaganda regis ter their names. A considerable portion of the literature seized ad vocated violent overthrow of the government. Vice President Henry Wallace has engaged a Spanish-speaking secre tary to help him practice his Span ish. Wallace wanted someone who would be available at any moment in the office, in the restaurant, in the handball court So he turned down a handsome feminine appli cant from the Mexican embassy, took a man instead. ORATOR VANDENBERG Genial Sen. Arthur Vandenberg is one of the most effective orators in the senate. His mind is alert, and he has a command of phrases that makes the galleries lean forward to hear him. When he had delivered his major efTort against the lease-lend bill, he retired to the cloak room, lit a cigar, and leaned back in an upholstered chair. One of his colleagues con gratulated him on the speech. With a mischievous twinkle, Van denberg replied: "I could have de livered just as strong a speech on the other side." Senatorial loungers looked up, and Vandenberg added: "I could recite 50 unanswerable reasons why the bill should be passed." encouraging to public health work ers," Dr. Reynolds said. "They indicate that parents not only arv availing themselves of information necessary to bring the prevalence of this disease down but are nui- f"e ti.de iiii oram eion into lice." prac- The e State Health Officer cmreei :nat With the adv strides made bby cine mere is no . U 1 ":'u. not t:e front-; in thv and pot v;-!!t:'.b; re advance preventive medi- reason why there success .Jong ail ''iir on cor.trollali!" a st s. "A ' there will be as our people continue to become more health consciou -'iiCi realize what golden opportuni ties art theirs," he concluded. Difficult Eo, J.-e of construction work a' ho;ly R:dj;f, Craven County farm ers are having increasing difficul ty i nloe-ating tenants and ,aborer to carry or. their farming- opera, tio ns. SEND HIM OR H..R THE NEW j JULIAN BELL of Newport, pic tured above, and E. G. Gicbs of Morehead City, were initiated into the Pine Burr Society at State Co! lege in Raleigh w'lere they are stu dents, a few days ago. Pine Burr is a local honorary orgar.izatio-i which endeavors to instill in State College students a desire for high er standards in scholarship and the development of leadership in ail organizations of the campus. Bel! and Gbbs were two of eleven stu dents initiated mto the Only Kelvinator has if society Senior GirU Entertained i he girls of the senior class were entertained at a delightful luncheon last Friday in the Foods Laboratory by members of the Eighth Grade Home Economic Class. A three course meal, consisting of vegetable soup, chicken salad, rolls fcnd chocolate pie was served. Artis Garner, Reporter NEWPORT cnhewsol A Britannica Junior Encyclope dia set was a gift of the Public Re lations Department of Sears Roe buck and Company to the Newport School. The Sears Roebuck and Company offered a limited number of these encyclopedia sets to the schools of North Carolina. This Seniors Present Play The play, "The Girl In The Fur Coat", will be presented Friday night, March 14. at 8:00 o'clock in the Newport Auditorium. Harvey Garner, as Bob Lee, the hero, and Marjorie Garner, as Nan Nacroft, the heroine, play their parts well, The play is very entertaining and the entire cast has done its very best to give an excellent per formance. TENANT FARMERS The President is not losing sight of domestic problems in the welter of foreign affairs and recently kept his very precise undersecretary of state, Sumner Welles, waiting an hour while be threshed out a farm relief problem. Representatives John Tolan of California and John Sparkman of Alabama had called to protest against a $25,000,000 cut in farm rehabilitation loans, a cut made by the budget bureau in the agricul ture department appropriation. The conference was supposed to last 15 minutes, but Roosevelt for got all about the time, became com pletely engrossed in the "economic shock" to Be felt by tenant farmers and migrants after defense spend ing has tapered off. Meanwhile Welles cooled his heels in an outer office. f many tne two congressmen emerged. They were tearr.i.-g about the President's promise to have the farm relief cut restored. .u um,:ia iioiii preventable ace- dents in 19-10, when these totaiei l,53o, compared with 1,481 the previous year. "These and deaths from preventable and controllable diseases add unnecessarily to our death rate," Dr. Reynolds pointed out, "and it would be unfair to at tribute them to unhealthful cohai tions, as each one represents a mis take or negligence somewhere. North Carolina's total rate from all causes last year was 9.0," he con tinued."Subtract the 1,535 deaths Irom preventable accidents from the grand total, and this gives us a death rate of only 8.6, to suy noth ing of the reduction that would be reflected if our people would avail themselves of all the means at their disposal for the control and elimi nation of preventablea diseases. "7 n - i If Moist E,;C : h1 us Am. N , 1 1 f COOLING COILSintlic ) NWALLSf T MERRY-GO-ROUND Able young Rep. Charley Halleck of Indiana, who nominated Wendell Willkie at Philadelphia, broke with him on the lend-lease bill, voting against it. Minnesota's husky Gov. Harold Stassen is finding no support among friends of District Attorney Tom Dewey for his presidential ambi tions. They claim Stassen had com- mitted himself to Dewey before the Philadelphia convention, and nurse a grudge because of his flop to Willkie. VITAL STATISTICS Causes of Death and Rate In North Carolina During 1940 Heart t.rouhl was thp leadine cause of HpntVi in Worth Carolina in 1940, claiming approximately one person out of every six of the o-2,iy4 lor whom dpath c?r- tificates were filed with thp State Board of Health, or a total of 5,451, with a rate of per 100.000 population. compared with 1,780 in 1914, the first year of registration, when the rate was 74.4. less than one-half of what it was for the year recently ended ror many years tubeculosis was no 1 cause of death in this state, but that now ranks eighth, while heart diseases continue to maintain a firm first, year after year. Pneumonia deaths last vear to taled 2,041, with a rate of 57.1 compared with 100.5 in 1914. As late as 1936 the rate was 93.7; by 1938 it had dropped to 77.7, and in 1939 it was 59.5. "While the death rate from this dangerous disease is declinine to a very gratifying degree, with the discovery of new methods of treat ment, which have been amazingly successful, this does not minimize the importance of early diagnosis, for the earlier pneumonia is diag nosed the more successful its treat ment and the more quickly it yields," said Dr. Carl V. Reynolds. State Health Officer who added this warning: "Do not assume that any 'comon cold' is harmless: call your doctor and let him makp the determination, for a cold might easily result in pneumonia throue-h neglect." Accidental Death Increasing There was a noticeable increase "As to diphtheria, while deaths from this preventable disease aie on the decline, the rate having fallen from 15.8 in 1814 to 3.3 i;-. 19-10, and while we have a compul sory immunization law with which the public ought to be familiar by this time, the responsibility, in the last analysis, is a moral and not : legal one and rests with parents. The Law of Love "When all parents reach the point where they love their chil dren well enough to have' them im munized, deaths from diptneria hi North Carolina, which last year to taled 119, will become as rare as deaths from smallpox, of which there l.as not been one sinee 1932. The number of deaths from pel lagra, a disease attributed to nu tritional deficiencies, was 169 in 19-1'J, compared with 209 the pre vious year, which brought the rate within a single year down fiom ".!! to 4.7. In 1914 it was 23.6; by i.'-ie. it had cropped to 10.3, an as late as 1938 it was 7.3. "The State Beard of Health, i, cooperation with other governmen tal and educational agencies, now is engaged in a very defininte pro gram designed to make a scientific study of the nutritional deficien cies of our people," Dr. Revnolc explained, with reference to direct efforts now aimed at the control of pellagra and other dietary dis eases, with a view to their ultimata elimination. "This work has pio- gressed to a very gratifying gree" he added. Helping Mother, Babies i ne vital statistics report for 1940, prepared under the direction of Dr.R. T. Stimpson, shows there were 80,971 births in North Caro lina, compared with 78,957 in 1939 the rate having risen from 22.3 t 22.7 for this period. ine mlant mortality rate fe from 59.1 to 56.3, but the materna death rate rose from 5.0 to 5.3 However, this problem is being vig orously attacked by the Board of Health's Division of Preventive Median, of which Dr. George M Cooper, Assistant State Health of. ficer, is the Director, through the operation of nearly 200 maternity and infancy clinics and the estab lishment of two professorships at tne Jscnool of Public Health at the University of North Carolina and at Duke University. Dr. A. W, AiaKepiece, obstetrician, and Dr. Robert B. Lawson, pediatrician, aireaay are helping to train work ers. Tuberculosis Trend Downward The death rate from tuberculo sis m 1940, which was 49.9, as com pared with 51.3 the previous vear and 139.3 in 1914, continued its downward trend while there was a decided decrease in the number of deaths from diarrhea and enterri- tis among children under two years old. In 1940 thehe were 500 of these infant deaths, compared with 666 in 1939, while the rate in a sin gle year fell from 18.8 to 14.0. In 1914 it was 81.2, and as late as 1938 it was 29.2. The toll from this infantile disease is heaviest during the summer months. 'The declines noted above are A revolutionary NEW KIND of refriger ator giving the MOIST cold that prevents foods from drying out-keeps them fresher, longer! A marvelous new feature-the giant "Cold-mist" Freshener with two glass doors, provides SUPER-moist storage that keeps vegetables garden-fresh behind glass! Other new features too, including glass Other 6 cu.fl. 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