Nearly 2,000,000
Disabled Veterans
Nearly three-fourths of all dis
ahleil veterans on Veterans Ad
ministration disability rolls are
drawing their mouthy checks be
cause of general medical and sur
gical disabilities.
This fact was disclosed in a VA
analysis of the nearly 2,000,000
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' disabled veteran;, on VA's rolls j
jar of .Tv.no 30. 1050.
I;, addition to the 73 per cent !
with general medical disabilities.
! the analysis revealed another 23
; per cent of the veterans with neu
I rnpsychiatric conditions and the
remaining -1 per cent with tuber
j cnlosis.
Forty-two per cent of the vet
j erairs in the general medical and
: surgical category, the study show
ed, had disabilities involving
joints, muscles and tendons.
The analysis compared the de
- tree of disability of veterans of
World War II. World War I and
the regular establishment -all of
whom are entitled to compensa
tion for service-connected disabil
! ities.
About six out of every ton
World War II veterans on the rolls j
had disabilities rated at 20 per
j cent or less: five out of ten World
War I veterans were in the 20
per cent-or-undor class, and only
four out of ten members of the
| regular establishment were in that
category.
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Furniture Since 1914
Open Friday Evening '!iI 9:00
Marines Selling
Up Equipment on
The Main Street
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(Continued from page one)
ed floats are in the making and
there’ll be special units spaced
for nine bands, including the
Farm Life Rhythm band which
will travel on a special float be
ing prepared by the Farm Life
Ruritan Club. One of the bands.
Washington, will be unable to
participate since the director,
Howard Worthly, is ill, A1 Sweat!
said last night. Other bands tak
ing part in the parade are, Eliza
beth Citv, Edenton, Plymouth, 1
,1. Clemmons Colored High School
Hand of Roper, Scotland Neck.
Tarhoro and Williamslon, white
and colored. The twelve princess
es arc to ride in convertibilcs with
special chauffeurs.
The parade is to enter Main
at Watts move west on Main and
turn into Washington, continuing
to the warehouses.
Should unfavorable weather
prevail it is possible the parade
will be delayed until Thursday,
but Governor Scott will speak in
the warehouse. If the weather is
favorable, then the festival will
move according to announced
schedule with Governor Scott
speaking on a special platform at
the corner of Main and Smithwick
Streets at 2:45 o’clock. The Chief
Executive will have something
timely to say, and since the visit
will be his first official one to
this immediate section it is be
loved that a large crowd will hear
him with interest
Following a short breathing
kpell the festival ball and coran a
tion will be held in the Planters
Warehouse tomorrow night. The
crowning of the festival queen
will climax the event at 10:110
o'clock. The twelve princesses
will be dinner guests of the Boost
ers at 6:00 o'clock in the George
Reynolds Hotel that evening, and
each is to be awarded a special
trophy. Prizes, valued at about
$150 and including a Coply Crea
lions dinner ring furnished by
Muse Jewelry Campany and a
Kingsdown mattress furnished bv
Woolarri Furniture Company, will
be given to the queen of the fes
tival.
It was announced that J Law
rence Peele will participate in the
fun revue between 1:00 and 2:00
o'clock as an independent, that he
has a heap of surprises. Director
Gene Rice, it was learned, will
have a heap of surprises for his
bevy of clowns to unfold for the
merriment of the crowds
Narvil Package
Firm Made Last
Baskets Friday
(Continued from page one)
than 100.000 baskets on hand, ot
possibly enough to meet local de
mand for a few months, that ttu
local stocks can be supplement*
by the company’s other plants in
Maryland and Virginia.
Lawn Mower Hits
Auto In Street
-'h
Memphis, Tenn. — Lehaman
Barnes was charged with being
a hit-and-run lawn mower, when
the power mower, operated by
Barnes, slipped off a curb, and
struck an automobile halted by a
red light. Barnes was charged by
police with reckless driving, leav
ing the scene of an accident and
having no driver’s license.
$1.85
pint
The Straight Whiskayt i« Nth pra4
I wet art 2 yaart at mart aid;
I 30% Straight Whiskey, 70 % Grata
J Ntulral Spirits; 20% Straight Whit
I kay 2 yaars «U, S % Straight Whitkay
i 4 ytart old, 5 % Straight Whitkay
! i yaars old. ti praaf.
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•‘Saboteur,” Alfred Hitchcock's moot significant screen achievement,
•tan Priscilla Lane ami Hubert Cummings (R). The timely story steal*
tiiili the drama of one man's conflict nilh fifth-column agent*.
Thursday and Friday, October l!)-20, at the Marco Theatre.
Big Increase In
Old Age Benefits
In August 2,9(10,000 persons
drewx monthly benofit chocks
amounting to $61,(190,000 How
over, checks going out during
| the first week in October totaled
$111,950,000 and beneficiaries
passed the 3,000,000 mark, due
to the 1950 amendments to the
Social Security Act which was
signed b,v President Truman on
August 23,
PREPARE FOR WINTER
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Three-Year-Old
Is Cigar Smoker
Rlacksvilli', VV Va Arliss Al !
Ion Rockwell is only time years
old 1'ul lio ll take a good cigar
insto.nl of a randy bar any timo
The little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Arliss L. Rock wo II smokos three
or four cigars a day. His folks
have given up trying to make his
quit using tobacco. _
Arliss, who was throe years old
last Jan 1 I, is well into his second
year as a smoker.
The lad smokes a pipe now and
then. Hut lie doesn't like ciga
rettes. When lie gets a cigarette,
he crumbles it into a pipe and
smokes the tobacco that way
Arliss. senior, said his son be
gan to smoko shortly after he
learned to walk and as soon as
he could reach ashtrays and get
discarded cigar butt^
"I once tried to break him of
the habit by giving him a strong
Italian cigar. But he smoked it
down to within a half-inch with
no ill effects.
“As a matter of fact he v/ar,
never ill from smoking not
even the first time he picked up
a boring cigar butt and smoked
it."
The child's mothoi recalls the
morning her soil got out of hod
before she was up and smoked a
cigar before breakfast Not even
that fazed him.
Arliss is husky, has a good up
petite and lots of energy He is
about average for his age in
weight and height.
His parents have two other
children, Charlotte I.ea, 7, and
Honna Sue. Neither lias shown
-any desire to smoke
Pours Molasses
Into Oil Tank
Olnf-x III Just before leaving
fun work, Charlie Butler grabbed
a .in:', m In: garage and [mured
the eon tv nl Idle tie; oil tank The
jug runt,aini-il molasses, however,
instead of oil. Arriving home, he
took the truck to a garage for a
"molasst s” change
Now Is The Time
to go to
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STARTING THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 19, 1950
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