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Page Two Ik Chapel Hill Weekly LOUIS GRAVES Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year * f* Kistrrrt a* tramt-ctmm mmttrt Fanraary ft IBS* «3 u» tuKUifw mi Cmmim. Bik Nor** Gamix*. oaner tu ma a! Marcit L. il7*. The Air Terminal IVoWern A fourth major Airport, the Teterboro. ha* been acquired by the Port Authority for the New York City area. Across the Hud son river in New Jersey, it is closer to the hear, of the city than any of the other three ( Newark. La Guardia. and Idle wild ). The newspapers give the car-riding time from Teterboro to Times Square as 25 minutes. Airplane travelers, reading this, are led U reflect again upon the disproportionate time they spend in ground travel when they make a trip by air Many an airpon is harder to get to from the nearest city than Teter boro is. The terminal problem is an old one. The railroads were struggling with it long before airplane.- came into existence; and still earlier, no doubt, the stage coach lines were troubled bv getting the spaces they need ed in crowded*cities. The time taken in getihg to and from an airport (often pro longed by the nece-sitv of drh - ing through congested streets) seerru- even longer than it is be cause it i> thought of in 'corn par j.-on with the short time in Vvhi<: i ; To tig clistaii> *-s are" Co> ered in the air. An hour to get to a train that will take 20 hour-* to get you to Boston is not ex cessive, bqt you feel it is aome hovi unfair to have to spend an hour t® f«t W tut aaport Jrom which you can go'tovagbat, 700, mile* away, in Ism than five! hours. A Chapel Hill man who was met by his wife at the Raleigh- Durham airport the other day asked her when she had left home. When she told him 'he thought a moment and then said; “That was just about the time our plane left Washing- Urn.” May Ire the air terminal prob lem will be solved, in a few years, by helicopter .service be tween cities and airports. When you get out of your plane at Iji Guardia you will board a heli copU-r w'hich will let you down, after a flight of about five min utes, on the roof of a hotel or an office building in the heart of New York City. Or, if you are coming this way, the helicopter will bring you from the Raleigh- Durham airport tea landing on Fetzer field or maybe on the- r<>of of Strowd's garage. When Winter Comes Drew' Pearson writes of the reply of an MP sergeant when an humble assistant hornet hi ng or-other in the Pentagon build ing asked al*out the chance of reserving a certain parking space opposite the main en trance. “That space,’* replied the MP, “is reserved for the Secretary of the Army. Your chance of getting it, sir, is about as easy as taking a banana away from Gargantua.” But alas! when winter comes! If the opinion polls are right, it looks very much as if that excellent parking apace at the Pentagon will belong to some wretched Republican while Kenneth is hunting around for a parking •pace in Raleigh. The Comics The comics! There is noth ing quite like them for a young ster who is looking for a good t dose of unadulterated and un-1 censored crime, horror, and sex. For the muvies the Johnston of fice attempts to keep things in line. For the radio there is the Federal Communications Com mission.. But for the comics it is a wide-open field. A short while ago. that guar dian angel of America’s demo crat k heritage. Little Orphan Annie, was a witness to one of the- mast brutal bits of murder bn record. A friend of Annie's, an enormous creature from India named Punjab, disposed of one of Annie’s enemies by merely grabbing the luckless fellow 's- head and yanking it off. Little Annie didn't blink an eye! She just carefully skirted the pool of blood on the pave ment. smiled innocently, and went her merry way. With that obstacle removed, she was once again free to continue her. holy crusade for humane and right eous causes. As iof Punjab, he went scot-free. After all, how can even the cops catch a guy w ho walks through brick walls .and disappears into thin air? A quick glance over Junior’s .-boulder some morning, espe cially on Sunday when the large, colored sections appear, will give anyone a good picture of what is being seen and read day in and day out by millions of youngsters. Hollywood has a rule against any woman’s show ing too much bosom, but that doesn't bother tfae comics. Quite regularly, in such strips a.- Cap lab-. Kasy, I.iJ Abner, and Terrv and the Pirates, there is a dis ; lay to mak<- even “healthy” . Jane Russell look like a depart ment-store dummy. And it seems ’hat the “New I/xik,” so popular these days, has not yet made its impact upon the comics. In the funny paper.-, the girls invar iably keep finding their skirts flying MrOqnd in an area well * above the Vri'T-level. But, it may be asked, why worry about the youngsters? The available statistics, or esti mates, indicate that many more adults than young people read the comics. An article in the Ra leigh News and Observer says that grown-up men buy most of the 35,000 copies of comic books w'hich are pumped into the capi tal city every week. Maybe the older generation is' just bored with life. Maybe it needs the escape that the comics provide. Quite possibly, the spine-tingling scream of Tar zari as. he swings through the trees, or the .suave nonchalance with which Dick- Tracy plug crooks full of holes, has away of taking the American man’s mind off the dull work at the office or th» dull wife who waits at home. But enough of all this! 'Jin afternoon n< w.f-boy just passed the hbuse. p i got to scoot ou to the yard and get the paper, else my folks will beat me to it. Then it w< n d is- supper time before l’d find out about the latest exploit of Joe Palooka and Fearless Fosdick. Sam Summerlin. Another l<min k “Spiral'’ “Many distnbutors of home-deliv ered fresh milk m North Carolina am ;operating in tin red and, to survive economically, must soon raise prices,"! 1,. L. Kay, executive vice-president of the North Carolina Hairy Prod ucts Association announces. He says j operation costs, including the price paid producers for raw milk, have been on a rising spiral for many; months, “and distributors have been i caught between constantly increasing costs and a static retail price.” . *— The Crook foundry Anniversary Mis* Rachel Crook is celebrating today the anniversary of the opening of her self-service laundry by giving every one of her regular customers a free washing of u clothes. THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY Veterans Informedjdbout Their Housing Rights The Rent Control bffkfjjiere’ gave out this week information for veterans about their rights under the federal housing law. First, they are reminded that the 1948 law provides that all new residential construction, w hether or not financed through federal loans, must be made available to veterans ahead of anybody else, It must be held for GO dav> after completion while it is offered for sale or rent to veterans or their families. Second, veterans are told that, if they have complaints to make, about overcharging, inferior material.- used by a contractor, or any other matters, they should come, without delay, to the Rent Control office on the second flooT"of the Henninger building. Their complaints will be attended to promptly. Mrs. Recie Andrews Tells of Trip to Hawaii “I got on the plane at the Ra leigh-Durham airport about 6 o’clock one evening' and landed at Honolulu at .-ix the next eve ning," said Mrs. Retie Andrews yesterday in telling of her re cent vacation trip. Mrs. Andrews spent seven weeks in Honolulu with ; heru daughter, Mrs. Bert Gross, whose husband is head of rodent control for the Hawaiian go\- ernmeat. "I traveled on one of those big Dr-6'.-." she said. "We flew at 20.000 feet most of the way. It wa- a calmer ride than I’ve ever had on a train. Most of the time, it felt just as if I were sitting in my own iiving room, it was so smooth.” Mr-. Andrews was impressed witi. the flowers in Hawaii. When she got off the plane her friends put so many leis (wreaths) around her neck that ; she “nearly suffocated.” She brought back many beau- i tiful specimens of flowers. (Jr- 1 chids grow wild on bushes and Orange County Training School Announcement The Orange County Training School will open Monday morn ing, September 13. Grades 1 through 8 will report to the audi torium at 8:30 for assignments. Grades 9 through 12 will report to the auditorium at 9:15. School will dismiss at one o’clotk on Monday. A full day’s sckedule will be observed on Tuesday, September 14. Students should be prifiared to pay book fees the first tay of school. Due to the high cthst of supplies, supplementary read ers’ fee will be $1.50 this year. The Totten*’ 25th Annivermry Mr. and Mrs. 11. it. Totten jivited friend* last Sunday to meet t)»- out going neighbors, the Moncriefffi and the incoming Huddles. It also turned out to he the Tottens’ twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. The Kroadfoot* Have Twix* Twins, a girl and boy, wentWn! to Mr. and Mrs. Winston Droplfoot day before yesterday,. Wedi May,: August 25, in Duke hospital. ’I heir! names me Bonnie, and Malcolm Cov ington. ■- ■■■■—■■ ■i ■ ■ ■■ - 4 Urban Children More Advanced Te*o, given to North school children indicate that Urban children as a group are nioif ad vanced in subject matter than ure j rural children, the office of the jf tale i ! Education Commission reports. The result* of the tests gisfii in j I the schools in nine counties and ! citie* in various sections of k'orth j Carolina are incorporated in re port of the Commission's committee |on the instructional program yhich ! is headed by Theo Dalton of Owens boro. The committee reports that the present offering! of too many schools ara confined within too small a :om* pas* and thinks the offerings and services of the schools should b) ex tended. * Every veteran interested in housing should read carefully, to make himself thoroughly famil iar with, the veterans' prefer ence section of the new housing and rent law. Copies of the law are obtainable at the Rent Con trol office. The preference section does not apply to persons who are building homes for themselves but only to those who put up buildings for sale or rent. All such buildings must be adver tised m such a manner that vet erans will have-first chance to buy or rent them. In ease of a complaint, any builder or building agent who doev> not make a settlement satis factory to the Rent Control au thorities will be prosecuted in a federal court. can be bought in the florist shops fur Ten cents apiece. Besides the orchids, she brought home sev eral- leis, including one made from carnations and another of white ginger. "I he climate makes every body lazy,” said Mrs. Andrews. “All you want to do is just sit around, or go fishing or swim ming. Most people don’t even wear shoes around the house. “There are almost no full blooded Hawaiian* left. It .is probably true that Hawaii really the ‘melting pot’ of the world. However, English is the language that is used almost ex < iasi ve iy. Except once r tai rioc casions the people dress just as we do here in this country. One week out of every month, though, all the men wear their traditional highly colored and florid shirts. When they have feasts the women dress up in their ‘Muu Muu’s,’ which look like gaily decorated Mother Hubbards.” Thu high .school flat fee will be the same a.s last session—$3.00. Beginners must be six years of age on or before October 1, 1948 to be eligible to enter school. Birth certificates are re quired before the children may be enrolled as beginners. All new students from other schools should report to. the I school office for registration Thursday and Friday, Septem ber 9th and 10th, respectively, between 10 and 12 o'clock. C. A. McDougle, Principal. Joe Burl Linker L» Be Married Joe Burton Linker, Jr., oldest fob of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Linker, will be married to Miss Mary Jane Auld in Greenville, S. ( ~ Tuesday, September 7. Linda Diane Tripp A daughter was born to Mr. and Mis. K. D. Tripp of Carrboro Friday, August 6, in Watts hospital. She is named Linda Diane. I niversity Student* at Boone Four students from Chapel iiill and one from Hillsboro are representing Orange county in the summer ses- 1 sion at Appalachian State Teachers college at Boone. They are Miss Elise Khyne, Miss Elizabeth Thomas, Miss Margaret Kalp and Miss Cora Paul [Bomar, all of Chapel Hill, and Julian |W. Carr of. Hillsboro. Misses Kalp land Bomar are enrolled in the trained ; librarian’s workshop, taking special work in Library Science. Six Months’ Accident Record A bulletin from the N. C. depart ment of motor vehicles says that “death was tfte travel companion for 308 persons on North Carolina streets and highways during the first six months of 19489* This was an 18 per cent decrease in fatalities from the same period last year. H. W. Odum's Tested Dam From a bulletin of the American Jersey Cattle Club: “The registered Jersey cow. Victor Louise Oxfordess 1081637, owned by Howard W. Odum of Chapel Hill, N. C., is announced from the Club offices in Columbus, Ohio, as a tested dam having three offspring with official production records. Thi« cow, through her descen dants, should do much toward improv ing production among the dairy cattle of Orange county.” The Bull’s Head Bookshop University Library, West Door, Ground Floor j r Autographed copies of Betty Smith s new novel— •» “TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER” ■ ■■ WILLIAMSBURG COMES TO CHAPE HILL The prized pieces of furniture seen at Williamsburg: are now obtainable at White hall. We also handle their hand-blown glass. WHITEHALL SHOP 307 E. Franklin St. Comfortable Rooms at Moderate Rates THE BROCKWELL GUEST ROOMS 103' 2 East Franklin Chapel Hill, N. C. Operated by Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Graham That SMOOTH “New Look” Look pretty in our new hair cut—the neatest, newest styling ever to lift your spirit. NINE MORE DAYS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR AUGUST SPECIALS! —* THE BEAUTY BOX 311 W. Franklin St. Tel. 9062 1 " 1 :... " UUU WHY TAKE A CHANCE on giving yourself a permanent at home when you can get a guaranteed permanent wave, given by expert operators, for as little as $5? We Specialize in Hair Styling, Hair Cutting, and Marcelling Bissell's Beauty Nook > Operators: Mrs. Marley Mrs. Bissell Plenty of Parking Space Private Entrance Open Evenings by Appointment 127 W. Rosemary Street Telephone 6961 "•wa* ' modern firt-tub# boiler with built-in automatic firing unit Efficient heat tram mission and automatic borne heating. Treat small water volume make this your family to perfect freedom Iron Fireman highly responsive, from basement drudgery I Automatic controls hold home jso g our fret survey, warmth exactly where you want ' * 7 it, regardless of outdoor weather. Choose the automatic fuel you prefer—coal or oil. Convert now to boo Fireman BENNETTi& BLOCKSIDGE Phone 6161 * Friday, August 27, 1948 Trained in Amphibious Warfare Stanley Cohen And Sabastian C. Sommer recently received seven days’ indoctrination in amphibious warfare, a type of combat frequently referred to as the bridge between sea and land warfare. This training was part of a Naval KOTC summer cruise. The i two Chapel Hill boys arrived at the Naval Amphibious Base at Coronado, California, after having completed ■ five weeks' training in naval aviation ion board an aircraft carrier.
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