Both Britain And France How Face Desperate Crises | Germans and Japanese Arc1 Competing With Them In World Tr'tule e — Washington. D. C.—Both Bn- ; tain and France arc facing e'es- ; perate crises, the outcome of | which may affect every U. S. tax- \ payer directly, and it is consider- j ed vital by some Administration! officials that the American public i know the score on the present in ternational situation. In Great; Britain the crisis is one of export-1 ing goods. Germany and Japan, $lold rivals on world trade routes before the war, are moving in on the British market. At a time when the British are l*0*0*0********** just embarking on an expensive rearmament program. British ex porters find Japanese textile ex porters who can produce goods cheaper, than the British can in Lancashire, moving rapidly ir.to the post-war British markets. They see Jap machinery being sold in South America, and many other signs of the changing times. It is mair.ly because of this re nt .ved Japanese production that Bt itain wants mcieascct Jap trade •Vri-th Rod and t,f maintain trade with China herself. Germany too is fast reviving af ter the recent defeat. German goods are steadily offering Bri tish exporters serious competition. This situation combined with in flation higher prices, and little in flation thus far in England, which means lingenng low prices, is pos ing a major economic crisis. The British must pay inflated, increas ed prices for raw materials out side England, to manufacture goods from while selling the goods ! ANTIBIOTICS & B-12 - mixed with AU MARTIN FEEDS. The Proiii Comes from the Feed. No mailer how wonderful the stoek, no mat ter how wonderful the weather, your profits at the end of the year won’t be any better than the feed you give. SO, make this a BANNER YEAR by ordering our tested, seientifieally blended mix, geared to meet your every need. Martin Feed Mills Frederic March obstinately rejects schoolteacher Nancy Davis* sug gestion that his son, Bobby Hyatt, needs glasses in a scene from “It's a Big Country,” attraction at the Viccar Theatre Thursday and Fri day. Stressing the pride and loyalty ot Americans of varied extrac the unusual picture is unfolded in eight episodes, with many ol M-G-M s top personalities in starring roles. at their still low price ceilings. The result is an unfavorable trade balance, which as everyone knows is the life and death struggle of j the British—a struggle they havej been enduring longer than any! other people. For France the crisis is just as dangerous. In Indo-China the French are pouring out a billion I dollars a year, which is a ti e- , mendous item in that country's budget. Losses sustained by the 40 million Frenchmen in that war^ have equaled in number of those sustained by the U. S. in Korea, Thus the relative cost is higher! in manpower. The Communists are strong in France, though held down and their continued insis tence that the Indo-China fight-j ing be stopped is having some ef fect. In addition tin' French also are' just now embarking on their re-1 armament program, and this is! causing inflation and hardship on! the taxpayers. It has already caus-' ed one government to fall and may defeat others. The crisis is real and pressing, and the war in Indo-China discouraging and heartbreaking. It may not be long before the French want active U. I S. assistance in Indo-China. They \ are now considering a truce. Thus! the country's two major European ! allies are hard pressed at the mo ment in the fight against Com munism. Under these circum stances, State Department, mili tary and other Administration of ficials want the public to know why U. S. aid is needed and want the public to understand why it is being continued. The accepted school of thought —- that President Harry Truman would not run again this year is being increasingly questioned these days, and the opinion of some newspapermen in Washing ton is that the President would be strongly vrvYrpn-ii' to make'the'' race again if he thought Ohio’s Senator Bob Taft was going to get the Republican nomination. This is based on a clear piece of It takes a smaller share ot your wages to buy residence telephone service today than it did 10 years ago . . . Tin* price you pay for residence telephone nervier today actually taken a niualler percentage of your wages than in 19T2. Telephone rates have increased much lens than the other things you buy and telephone rates have not inereased nearly as much as the prices the tele phone company pays for the material, labor and equip inent necessary to expand its service and keep it good. The Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company has petitioned the North Carolina Utilities Commission for an increase in rates. The Company must have an increase in rales if it is to continue to provide a depend able and growing telephone system capable of meeting the service needs of Eastern North Carolina. Carolina Telephone And Telegraph Co. 'Guard Changing1 MUCH POMP and circumstance at tends the present day “changing of the guards" ceremony in Vienna when the Russians and oilier oc cupation units turn over policing of the inner city. In this photo, U. S. Brig. Oen. William T. Fitts graciously shakes hands with Red Gen. A. A. Poreyko as they cx changed'duties. (Intimotional > political strategy, which the Tru man circle thoroughly understand, and which goes like this: II General Dwight D. Eisenhow er gets the Republican nomina- 1 tion, he will be a hard man to beat, but more than that, he will certainly carry paits of the South against the President. Since the Pi esident s entry into the politic- ! a! race will mean a Southern split, j possibly mol , serious this year | than in iO-lfl, the Prc sident can on ly win in li),r>2 if he can win out side the South. Against Eisen hower his chances of doing this Garden Time In Eastern Carolina The new seed catalogs are now coming out in all their glory giv ing due n'tier th d r'.'Hon time i« just around the corner. It you | haven't received your favorite I «.atal-'g vei, be suie t . r, i for it ! at once Old varieties, new vane- | , tie::, hybrids, and novelties a;-. porti aved in such clowing terms I ar.d iliustratiens that the inwisipa- • lion of every gardner is stirred to a point where he begins to dream of the super garden that he will, have next season. If you have any seeds left over : from last year that you intend to plant this year, they should be j tested for germination before planting time. The seed laboratory of the N. C. Department of Agri culture, Raleigh, will test them fret1 of charge for you can do it yourself at home. Small seeds may be placed between moistened are slim; the Democrats will need the solid South to have a chance of defeating Ike. But against Taft, Mr. Truman thinks he stands a good chance in the rest of the country, out side the South. 1 he could split the South, carry half of it while Taft or a third candidate carried half, li<' would nullify its block vote importance, and then the race would be decided in the non Southern states. Mr. Truman could probably come close to splitting the South, and if lie could beat Taft in the rest of the country, could be elected President for what would amount to a third term. Talt's campaign managers are eager that Mr. Truman be the nominee against the Ohioan. They would welcome a Truman - Taft | race in 1952. . The final plans of the President may hinge in great measure on tlie outcome of the Republican nomination campaign. Despite some opinion to the contrary, and although nineteen! months have elapsed since the Ko rean fighting began, the country is still not mass-producing a new medium or heavy tank, and it looks as if it will be a year before it is. The mediums which have been produced were built on old hulls, existing at the outbreak of war in Korea. No heavies were re made, however, and no new, mod ern mediums or heavies have yet come into mass production. The T-41, Walker Bulldog, a light tank, is now being mass pro duced. 1 blotters and put on a dinner plate I with another plate inverted over | t. These should be kept at room emperature. For lar e seeds such ! is beans or corn, wet paper towels 1 arc better than blotting paper, j The viability of most vegetable seeds can be determined in from one to two wt-cks. The new catalogs are listing a number of new varieties and no velties that are worthy of trial by home gardners Contender. Tnpcrop and vCatTe' are hew va rieties aiio novelties that are wor thy of trial by home gardners. Contender, Topcrop and Wade are new varieties of snapbeans; Sal ad Bowl, a new variety of leaf lettuce; Rio Sweet, a mildew-re sistan' cantaloupe; Peerless, a large seeded lima which will set a aoou crop in all portions oi North Carolina; Congo, a new wa-’ termelon of excellent quality; j New Hampshire Midget, a new icebox watermelon; Wando, a heat-resistant garden pea; Santee,, a downy mildew resistant cucum ber; and a number of hybrid to matoes which may or may not be as good as the standard varieties that you have been growing. * * i Roosevelt Pastor ; Going Tu Butner Raleigh—Rev. Alban Richey, a former pastor of the late Pros ident Roosevelt's home church at I Hvdc Park, and current rector of! St. Jude’s Episcopal Church in Monroe City, Missouri, has been appointed chaplain of the Butner Alcoholic Center, it was announc ed today by S. K Proctor, execu tive director of the N. C. Alcohol ic Rehabilitation Program. Bringing with him a wealth of experience in both pastoral and personnel work, Rev Riehey be came interested in the North Car olina Program through John 8. Ruggles, Southern Pines insur-i ance executive and chairman of the ARP alcoholic committee. He will assume his duties' at the ARP Center in March. The new Butner chaplain comes to the ARP Center as a man and a counselor strongly interested in j alcoholism as an illness and the 1 alcoholic as a sick person worth ! helping. ARP Director Proctor welcomes Richey to the Program staff as “another member of the State's alcoholic rehabilitation and edu cation team that is gaining na tional recognition for its treat ment program and public infor mation service." Artificially Bred Stock Improving Does artificial breeding give good results'.’ A Union County farmer, Brad ley Reid of Route 3, Waxhaw, has i an answer to that question. According to T C B'acoen, : dairy specialist for the State Col- j F; pay ■ taw rw« a erode (Tiiernsey heifer that.re-..i sultcvi fio-Tii • artificial ‘OTeculiig to the registered Guernsey bull Beechwood Ruler She was in turn bred artificial- ! ly and freshened at exactly two years of age. In 305 days on twice daily milking, she produced 3, 350 pounds of milk and 377 pounds of butterfat. “This is truly outstanding pro- j duction for a first calf heifer and represents almost twice the total amount of milk produced by the average cow in North Carolina," comments Blacock. Another dairyman, Gordon Baker «f Catawba County, has two Guernsey heifers from arti ficial breeding that recently freshened, both with heifer calves The first heifer to freshen, sired —Cl —— ■ ~ .:r.r-^s=:ra=gf» by Elmcrest Peter Grey, is pro ducing more than 28 pounds of milk a day, while the other heifer, su p'I by Priscilla's Fashion Duke, is averaging more than 24 pounds of milk per day. 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