CAPITAL REPORTER
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was mere chance, the radioman
said, that a Republican happened
to be the one who released the
letter to the press.
There will be more cussing
(and explaining, no doubt) about
the matter come 1954 when Mr.
Smith seeks to stay in Washing-!
ton.
Speaking of MacArthur, a
Raleigh bookshop had volumes of
a biography of the general on
display, with no price tag in
sight. Flanking Mac Arthur’s
book were copies of General Ei
senhower’s “Crusade in Europe,”
prominently marked “was, $5 now
only $1.98.”
That raised the immediate ques
tion of the price of the Mac
Arthur tome, and an Inquiry re
sulted in the answer, $2.
I pass this incidental intelli
gence along for whatever you I
want to make of it. A recount
ing has brought these various
comments: “So MacArthur isn’t
worth but two cents more than
an old book about Eisenhower; I
wouldn’t give you two cents for
all generals: Wonder what the
MacArthur book will be selling
for a year from now; and a very
brilliant, “so what.”
Another bookstore displayed
MacArthur’s address to Congress j
for a half-buck along with these:
titles—“Washington Confidential,” j
“Lincoln Finds a General” and;
“The New Popular History of
the World.”
The Council of State still hasn’t
done anything about ‘that boost
in the amount the Motor Vehicles
Department could spend for cars
from $1,500 to $1,600. Council
members got the idea cars
couldn't be bought for less than i
$1,500, now want to talk to Col.
Landon Rosser about his request..
The Colonel hasn’t been in town
bn the days the Council of State
met for the last couple of weeks,'
though. Maybe they’ll get around
to it one of these days. Mean
while the order for 50 Pontiacs
for Highway Patrol brass is being
help up pending further Council
action.
The 1951 General Assembly j
was the most expensive in the
State’s history. By the time all
the bills are in, it will total at
least $480,000, according to fig
ures from the office of Auditor
Henry Bridges. This puts it well
above the 1949 session’s $341,
000, and would beat it without
the raise given legislators by
some $10,000. It’s more than
double the amount spent in Re
construction year 1869—something
ov.-r 1202.000 — when they were
suposed to he throwing their
money around.
engineer shortages
BOOST NON-FARM
JOB OPENINGS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Accel
erated demand for mechanical and
electrical engineers and other
professional, technical, and skilled
workers needed in thd advance
ment of the defense program has
substantially increased the num
ber of non-farm job openings
which could not be filled in the
communities where they origi
nated, the Labor Department’s
Bureau of Employment Security
announced.
Bureau Director Robert C.
Goodwin reported to Secretary of
Labor Maurice J. Tobin that as
of March 27 the State employ
ment services had reported a to
tal of 50,000 unfilled job openings
for workers in professional, man
agerial, skilled, service, clerical
and sales, semi-skilled, and un
skilled fields.
Goodwin said the needed work
ers were being sought through
the labor clearance facilities of
the United States Employment
Service and the 1J500 local of
fices of the State employment
services.
“Currently the most serious oc
cupational shortages are in the
engineering field.” Goodwin said.
“Under the labor clearance acti
vity operated by the USES and
affiliated State employment serv
ices, employer job orders which
cannot be filled in the communi
ties where they originate are
placed in clearance with other
local offices in an effort to ‘re
cruit needed workers from out
side localities. Current report"
indicate widespread shortages of
engineers with some three-fourths
of the States showing unfilled
openings for 1,736 mechanical
and 1,317 electrical engineefs. Al
together, 4,272 engineers are be
ing recruited through clearance
facilities.”
The State reports showed in
creased demands for stenograph
ers and typists and vocational
training teachers. In the skilled
field, the heaviest demands were
for machinists, tool and die mak
ers, machine-tool operators, sheet
metal workers, electricians, skilled
aircraft assembly workers, air
plane and auto mechanics and re
pairmen.
In the semi-skilled field the
bulk of the openings were for
lumbermen, raftsmen, and wood
choppers.
Oren Biggers
Produce Co., Inc.
Wholesale
FRUITS. VEGETABLES
AND EGGS
409 Morehead Avenue
GREENSBORO. N. C.
Compliments
NEW METHOD LAUNDRY
Dial 8864
862*64*66 South Elm St.
Greensboro, N. C.
GREETINGS
H. 0. BARNES, INC.
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
P. O. Box 2408
GREENSBORO. N. C.
FEBRUARY FACTORY LAY
OFFS AT POSTWAR LOW
FOR THE MONTH
WASHINGTON. D. C. — Fac
tory lay-offs dropped from 10 per
1,000 employees in January to 7
per 7.000 in February 1951, reach
i ing the lowest rate for February |
■ since World War II, according to
■ preliminary estimates by the U.
| S. Labor Department's Bureau of
i Labor Statistics.
Factory hiring, at a rate of I
46 per 1,000 employees, stayed at!
about the same high level as in!
; January, after allowance is made
for the fewer working days in!
February. Hiring exceeded the
, combined total of lay-offs, quits, ■
and other separations particular
ly in the aircraft, machinery, and
j other metal-working industries,
j I.ay-offs in durable goods man-'
j ufactuing, including the metal- j
I working industries where defense
j production is concentrated, dropped
! to 6 per 1,000 employees in Feb- ■
| ruary, or about half the January!
| rate. This was the lowest lay- j
| off rate for any February since,
1943, when employment in these
industries wa» nearing a wartime
peak.
In nondurable goods plants,
both hiring and lay-offs remained
substantially unchanged between
January and February.
The rate at which factory
workers were quitting their jobs
in February, 21 per 1,000 employ-'
ees. was unchanged from the pre
ceding month. Since February,
1950, the quit rate has doubled
but still does not exceed the Feb
ruary, 1948, level and remains
substantially below the wartime
rate.
CHARLOTTE TYPO$
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Craft, retiring secretary; H. P. |
j Oam'ker, and W. R. Cashwell. j
A. M. Jones and Mr. Primm
I will represent the union at the
| International Typographical Un
1 ion convention in Atlanta, Aug. j
; 18-25 and Claude L. Albea, F. R.
Vita and A. M. Jones will repre-,
sent the union at the State Fed-1
oration of Labor convention in!
Asheville in August. Mr. Albea,!
Mr. Craft and Mr. Vita were!
named delegates to the Central j
Labor Union and Mr. Albea, H.'
L. Beatty, Mr. Carriker, W. J. j
Boger, and Mr. Farris were
elected delegates to the Allied
Printing Trades Council.
Chapels participating in the j
election were The News, The Ob
server, the Herald-Press, Inc.,
Carolina Linotyping Co. and
Stalls' Printing Co.
The Charlotte union voted to
invite the Virginia-Carolina Typo
grahic Conference to hold its 1952
Silver Anniversary convention
here.
New York. — Glass Bottle
Blowers Association (AFL) is
giving away a 20-page record
book for bowlers. In addition to
space for recording 120 games, It
contains information for begin
ners, and a page of accurately de
fined bowling terms. A free copy
of the book can be obtained by
sending a stamped, self-afldressed
envelope to the association, 12
South 12th Street, Philadelphia
7, Pa.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATOR
Having qualified as executrix of
the estate of Adger Clinton
Boyce, late of Mecklenburg Coun
ty, North Carolina, this is to noti
fy all person having claims
against said estate to present
theqi, duly verified, to the under
signed at her residence on East
36th Street, at the railroad,
North Charlotte, North Carolina,
on or before the 17th day of May,
1952, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immedi
ate settlement with the under
signed.
This the 17th day of May, 1951.
BERTIE DUKES BOYCE,
Executrix
(6-17, 24, 31; 6-7, 14, 21-c. )
North Carolina Equipment
Company
CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL AND
LOGGING EQUIPMENT
CONTRACTORS' AND MUNICIPAL SUPPLIES
INTERNATIONAL DIESEL POWER
RALEIGH — WILMINGTON — GUILFORD
CHARLOTTE — ASHEVILLE
Fm Indigestion, Sour Stomach and Gaa, Take
NA-CO TABLETS
MONET BACK GUARANTEE
SELWYN CUT RATE DRUG STORE
NEXT TO POST OPTICE
• • ♦
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Compliments
BEESON HARDWARE CO.
high point, n. c.
State Capital Life
Insurance Co.
Home Office
2620 Hillsboro Street
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
PURITAN FINISHING MILLS *
BURLINGTON, N. C.
Some of The Things We
' Lend Money on
Dian nds Silverware
Watcl.<se Shot Gun*
Jewelry Rifles
Mer’s Clothing Pistoli
Tools Trunks
Adding Marhines
All Business Strielly Confidential. When in Need
of Money We Never Fail You.
See as for bargain in diamonds, watches, jewelry, clothing, etc.
RELIABLE LOAN CO.
201 EAST TRADE STREET
Bags
Suit Cases
Musical Instruments
Kodaks
Typewriters
LEXINGTON TELEPHONE COMPANY
LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE SERVICE
AUTOMATIC SYSTEM
East Second Are. LEXINGTON N. C.
SERVING THE SOUTH
WITH GREATER
FOOD VALUES!
Shop And Sm At The
Sifn Of The CS Rooster
Colonial
Stores
STANDARD CINDER BLOCK CO.
Manufacturers of
CINDER CONCRETE PRODUCTS
North McDowell St. Phone 2-2168
RALEIGH, N. C.
,.-'V
GRANNIS AND SLOAN
Incorporated
e
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
e
FAYETTEVILLE. N. C.
Occidental Lite
Insurance Company
HOME OFFICE?
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RALEIGH. NORTH CAROLINA
SYKES FOUNDRY & MACHINE COMPANY
IRON, BRASS. BRONZE AND
ALUMINUM CASTINGS ,
GEAR WORK AND UCKERIN END WINDING
Maple Avenue Extension Phone 17®
BURLINGTON, N. C.
—■ --■ _
Modern Chevrolet Co.
SALES — SERVICE
800 W. Fourth St. Phone 2-2551
WINSTON-SALIM, N. C
DR f/VK
Thomasville Coca Cola Bottling Co.
THOMASVILU. N. C.
Thrift Is An Important Element of Good Citizenship
HIGH POINT SAVINGS AND
TRUST COMPANY
Serving Since 1905
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
HIGH POINT, N. C.
HIGH POINT BENDING & CHAIR CO.'
Manufacturers af
OFFICE CHAIRS — SCHOOL CHAIRS
Siler City, N. C
GUILFORD HOSIERY MILLS, IIC.
Manufacturers of
FINE H O SIE BY
High Point, North Carolina
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