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Brief Review Os State, National And World News During The Past Week
WAR DEPARTMENTS TO
EIGHT ARMY DECREASE
Washington—The war depart
ment is preparing to fight any at
tempt by an economy-minded con
gress to cut the army below 1,070,
000 men without a corresponding
reduction in occupation respon
sibilities, it was disclosed.
This decision figured promi
. nently in a detailed outline of the
army’s legislative program given
privately to a session of the na
tional'council of the reserve of
ficers association.
The reserves were told by Sec
retary of War Patterson that the
regular army already is “stretch
ed so thin that we really have no
striking force left?’ Other officials
noted that in Europe there re
main only one division and the
38,000-man constabulary force in
Germany in contrast with Russia’s
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Margaret O’BRIEN
Marjorie MAIN
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Sensational Drama of the
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“GOD’S COUNTRY”
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Starring
Robert LOWERY
Helen GILBERT
Buster KEATON
Plus Last Chapter
“King of the Forest Rangers”
and Cartoon
Owl Show
SATURDAY NIGHT 19:36
“SINGING ON THE
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KenOurtfe
Guy Kibbee
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Tuesday Bowfin Day
“THEY MADE ME
A KILLER”
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Barbara BRITTON
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THURSDAY (ONLY)
BARBARA STANWYCK
KAN HEUN
Uioberti SCOTTISH
Plus Late* News
Don Hanks, Stargills
TAYLOR SENT BY PRES.
TO MIDDLE EAST AGAIN
Washington President Tru
man sent Myron C. Taylor back
tcfthe Vatican for important new
peace discussions and bolstered
American diplomatic representa
tion in the troubled Middle East
today in twin moves to far-reach
ing significance.
Taylor left by plane last night
for Paris on the first leg of his
jbUrhey. A White House announ-
Therit was issued today, saying that
Mr. Truman had directed him to
“continue his mission in behalf
of peace.”
The statement said Taylor’s new
mission will be “of short duration,
not exceeding thirty days.” This
prompted speculation whether
this country is about to end its
nearly seven-year-old represent
ation to the Vatican or possibly
send another delegate. Some dip
lomatic authorities believe this
was not necessarily so, however,
acknowledged 40 divisions.
Meanwhile, with the national
guard and organized reserves in
only the first stages on reorgani
zation, the army at the moment is
“woefully short” of forces ade
quate to meet an emergency, of
ficials contended.
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PITTSBURGH HARD HIT
BY SOFT COAL STRIKE
Pittsburgh—The soft coal walk
out bit deeply into steel pro
duction today as 87 blast and open
hearth furnaces were shut down
to conserve fuel by four of the
nation’s largest steelmakers.
Some firms were staggering
work schedules but no complete
layoffs have been reported yet.
Carnegie-Illinois • Steel Corp.,
biggest U. S. Steel subsidiary,
banked seven of its 27 huge blast
ovens in the Pittsburgh district?
Two of the seven were closed for
repairs and will not be reopened
until normal coal production re
sumes, a company spokesman
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ECLIPSE SEEN BY
MANY ON SUNDAY
New York—The moon passed
between the sun and the earth
Sunday, bringing a partial solar
eclipse for more than three hours
and revealing a large number of
sun spots, one of them much larg
er than the earth itself.
Clouds spoiled the show part of
the time for observers in the
and reported Taylor wants to be
back in America by Christmas.
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Buihlings Destroyed By Fire
On ASTC Campus Saturday
Boone—Two buildings on the
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege campus, one of them the first
building constructed for the old
Watauga Academy, were destroy
ed by fire early Saturday at a
loss that may reach $200,000.
Dr. B. B. Dougherty, president
of the college and founder of the
old Watauga Academy out of
which the college grew, wept* as
he watched flames consume the
47-year-old structure, which he
helped to erect.
The fire was discovered by a
night watchman at 2 a. m. and
northeast part of the nation, in
cluding Augusta, Me., where the
phenomenon reached 64 per cent
of totality, the largest degree vis
ible in the United States.
It reached its top of 78 per cent
at Greenland, near the Artic
Circle.
The shadow of the moon began
to edge across the face of the sun
at 10:52 a.m. (EST), reached the
height of the partial eclipse at
12:26 p.m. and was gone at 1:59
p. m.
quickly spread to the art building.
Firemen were summoned from
Boone and Blowing Rock. Their
work prevented flames spreading
to the adjoining home economics
building and Watauga General
Hospital.
Students, aroused from bed by
the fire, gathered around the area
and watched as flames consumed
the two structures and destroyed
band instruments for both the col
lege and high school, which had
been purchased last fall. The old
academy building had been used
by the music department in re
cent years.
All equipment in both build
ings was destroyed. Miss Cath
erine Smith, art teacher, said
some of her personal property,
including paintings owned by her
grandfather, were destroyed in
the conflagration. Other teach
ers in both the art and music de
partments lost personal property.
College officials said two build
ings were insured, but could not
say whether the loss would be
completely covered. The origin
of the fire had not been deter-
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mined Saturday night. ably not be as great as $200,000.
The loss could not be accurate- were unable
ly estimated by college officials Mv Ust what steps
last night They said a check *° .
of records would have to be made, would be taken to replace the two
but said the damage would prob- structures.
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