THURSDAY, DECEMBER
T4 Paul BladcweTl
Arrives Alter Thfcfe
Years Iri Europe
T4 Paul laclcwell, son of. Mr.
and Mrs. R .M. Bltfckwell, has been
discharged from, the service. He
entered the armed forces in May,
1942, and was Inducted at Fort
Jackson and from there sent to
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
Md. Before being ent overseas he
was given further training at Camp
BLanding, Fla.
Technician Blackwell served in
the European theater for three
years, with one year and 10 months
in England. He was later on duty
In France, Belgium, Holland and
Germany. He was attached to the
Technical Ordnance for procuring
and investigating enemy arms.
At the time Be entered the serv
ice he was employed by the Cham
pion Paper and Fibre company.
Technician Blackwell was mar
ried September 19 to Miss Pamela
B'"cVburn. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Blackburn, of Blake
down Worcester, England. As soon
as the wIvps of the American
armed forces are given passage to
America Mrs. Blackwell will join
her husband here.
Capital Letters
By THOMPSON GltkENWOOli
AGIN' Arc snotvS
WASHINGTON The aircraft in
dustry Is- not enthusiastic over
early revival of air shows. Too
busy with reconversion. As of now,
no members of the Aircraft Indus
tries Association all big manufac
turers) will join In the big Cleve
land show scheduled Tdr January.
PRESIDENT HARRY TRU
MAN'S HONEYMOON is not only
over in Washington, jt's all but
forgotten anion? many loyal North
Carolina Demo -rats. They aren't
saying much about it publicly
around Raleigh, but in private
conversation they are expressing
keen disappointment at the way he
is handling (or not handling) the
many problems which have been
thrust upon the nation during the
past three months.
Strangely enough, this change in
feeling concerning President Tru
man came at about the time he
turned down the visit to North
Carolina. However, his failure to
come to Statesville and Raleigh
apparently had little, if anything,
to do with the switch in sentiment.
The State Democrats seem to feel
that Truman is fumbling the ball.
They tell you that while the prob
lems of strikes, the atomic bomb,
the continuation of the draft, the
occupation of Germany and Japan
were hanging fire, President Tru
man was hundreds of miles from
Washington spitting in the Mlssi
s)ppi River and telling somebody
at a counyt fair that all be needed
was a good drink of whiskey.
Three monins ago they felt that
Truman could carry the Democrats
into power again In 1948-, but now
they are not at all sure about it.
Many North Carolina conservatives
who cursed Roosevelt for his high
minded methods now feel that
what we need in. Washington is a
man like Roosevelt.
It's a long time until election,
but unless Truman and his cabi
net show miore jiower and more
governmental "know hoW," this ad
ministration stands a good chance
of going down As the weakest since
the Hardir,g-CooHdge days.
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pearls Watch Bands and Chains
Watches China
Silver Ware
LINDSAY WARREN (the last of
the Mohicans) must, have liked the
reception he received in Raleigh
on his first trip, for he was back
again last Week-end. But if he, Is
really interested In running for
governor, he would do well to go
further west than Raleigh. Your
State Capital Das an eastern out
look and an eastern complexion,
and Warren is father well known
in this bailiwick. But there are
thousands and thousands of voters
who Jive, West of Raleigh fcljo never
heard of, Mr.. Warren, before he
became Comptroller General and
few of thenVhive ever Seen him or
heard him sneak. t
What Vai-ren "sTlpuM (riember
(we areall tncljrid.to forget ft too
frequently) Is that the Votes are In
the western cotfntfesj
Guilford irfpuWjx alobc casts rrtore
votes ftan thfe entire-'congressional
district Which. Mr. Warren repre
sented In Washington.
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(JEWELERS SINCE 1863)
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8 Church Street
Opposite Masonic Temple
Telephone 514
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EVERYBODY IS GOING CRAZY
ABOUT THE COTTON PICKER,
Governor .Cherry and some other
high muckety-mucks going down
to Red Springs to look it over last
Saturday.
However, a machine Is being
perfected down In Lenoir county
which will prime your tobacco for
you. Now, no questions about how
it tells when the tobacco Is ripe
enough for pulling. What you do is
take a glance down the row and
decide about the number of leaver
you want to pome off of each stalk.
Alonzo Edwards, big tobacco
farmer, representative in the Leg
islature from Green county, and f
truthful man, revealed last week
that this machine is about ready
for a patent.
Two or three tarms In Eastern
North Carolina last summer Used
a new tobacco tying apparatus
which is being developed,
This business of Working be
comes more unpopular every day
THE STATE TOBACCO ADVIS
ORY COUNCIL committee, to be
appointed by the Governor, if
scheduled to hold its first meeting
in January. Operating within the
State Department of Agriculture-,
it hopes to begin work with a
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merits as per our last week's ad.
We Will bd open till 10 o'clock evenings foHhe coh-1
venience bf our customers . . . by appoihirhenVdnly.
We have attained the service of Miss Rubf Lee for the
Holidays which will mean lots to 'our good work and
night appbihimehts. S
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$20.00 ZOTOS MACHINELESS PERMANENT., $12.50 g
15.00 NESTEL CREAM WAVE PERMANENT .v. ..$10.d0 fe
110.00 LIFE OIL -PERMANENT 7.50 g
$ 8.50 CREAM OIL PERMANENT 6.50 fc
'$ 7.50 PADOL MACHINELESS PERMANENT 1 5.00 3
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ODEfING THE CAIL FOR A SEVEN-DAV "flash" strike to demonstrate "their determination to obtain collective
bargaining", members of the United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (ClO) are shown left
S3 they picketed the Montgomery Ward Co. plant in Chicago while, at right, Sewell Avery; the company s
president, is pictured arrives at his office alter the strike bcan. (Internqtiortal Soundptioto)
Snap Shots Of The
HUMAN SIDE OF LIFE
-I5y-
FRANCES GILBERT FRAZ1ER
Boy meets girl. Same old bro
mide, but this time it's different.
It always is.
Tony Sargent was head of his
department; he also was 24, tall,
fine looking and the focal point for
four pairs of adoring eyes located
in the four beautiful roiffed head:;
if icmiitine eo-workevs.
Then Sally Hale joined the force
and there were five pairs of eyes.
Sally was small, dainty, cute and
ambitious. She strained her pay
envelope until it cracked at the
seams so it would cover a room at
the fashionable Hotel Rivoli near
by. Sally believed firmly in en
vironment and decided, wisely, that
address is a great asset.
The days rolled into weeks and
to make a change for business rea
sons, and as, you are a friend of
Mr. Sargent's, we are reserving
the room for you." When Sally
condescended to return to this
mundane sphere, her day dreams
took possession of her. She could
see long evenings before the open
fire in the lounge with Tony cosily
at her side; the closeness of the
ride to and from the office in
Tony's sporty roadster where they
could chat without being inter
rupted by eyes filled with mayhem
intentions. The dreams went on
to the wedding march amidst beau
tifully decorated church soleinities,
and Tony still by her side.
She moved at noon and came
back a liyle late so only caught a
" ; ..Ti, .... i. . ...
Sally became, like Tony, an object ; '
oyajtu uit i cut uiil i uiUII ."U 3111."
of eye strain. But four pairs
of eyes were directed at Sally with
malice aforethought for Sally had
onipletely outrun the others in
her race for Tony, and the others
lid not take kindly to the idea. No
?avilt could be found, either, with
tally's work for she dh! it thor
oughly both occupationally and
emotionally.
Tony lived at the exclusive Guest
House of Mrs. Liddoll, some 20
blocks over on the avenue, and
when, one Sunday, he took Sally
'here for dinner there was but one
'hought uppermost in Sally's mind.
Her new address would he The
Guest House. There were two
rocks in her path that assumed the j
irooortions of mountains. The!
tariff, at The Guest House, Sally '
found by adroit questioning, would
out the pay envelope on the re
tired list; and only when some one
Save up a room was there a va
cancy. Suddenly out of a very blue sky,
tt happened. She got a raise, put in
m .Application at The Guest House
md then to make this world a most
beautiful place to live in. she re
ceived a telephone call.
"MLss Hale, this is Mrs. Liddell.
We find that one of our guests has
budget of around $25,000.
Despite the fact that J. M.
Broughton remarked at a recent
meeting of the council that any
'alk of tobacco bowl games and
that sort of thing is nothing short
-T fantastic, this very thing will
'Ikeiy be considered at one of the
ToUncll meetings to be held next
spring.
j!T6u may be interested in kn'ow
frig 'tKat the Sugar Bowl event in
'Veto Orleans began with a total
of $10,000 subscribed by 10 Lou
isiana citizens. The money was re
turned on the first game, and the
investment turned out to be one of
the most profitable in the sports
picture In the country.
didn't get a chance to tell him of
! the surprise awaiting him. But that
i suited her perfectly and the more
i she thought of -it, the better she
j liked the idea.
She caught a taxi . . . twenty
blocks is a hefty walk at any time
: . . . and hurried to her new room.
1 All the time she was dressing in
, her best, she smiled cheerfully of
how those four pairs of eyes would
bulge out when their owners heard
! she was at The Guest House in
: such close proximity to Tony. And
proximity was a weapon that Sally
j knew well how to handle. Remem-
her, we told you Sally was ambi
tious.
Sally, slowly and in the most
approved manner, descended the
wide staircase visualizing Tony's
surprise when he saw her. But
Tony was nowhere to be seen and
his delay put the first drop of
lemon juice in Sally's nectar. Din
ner through and still no Tony:
Sally's surprise had turned to ashes
In her throat and the day dreams
were turning a wee bit sour.
Mrs. Liddell, the perfect hostess,
came over to greet Sally as she
came out of the dining room.
"We're so glad to have you with us,
Miss Hale," she said in her most
charming manner, "but so sorry
Mr. Sargent isn't here to welcome
you too. You see, he moved today
to the Hotel Rivoli."
W. E. HORNER OF SANFORD
NT JOHN LANG of Carthage are
thinking about running for con-
res against Congressman L. L.
Btirgln. Naturally, they don't want
to run against him if they can help
It, preferring, of course, for him
to resign and leave the place open
t6 the best man.
You do hear now and then that
Congressman Burgln Is tiring of
itongtess ... but on the other hand
there are reports that Mrs. RnrtrtVi
lijtes Delng a Congressman's wife,
which is understandable, and
would like .for the husband to re
main right where he is.
tt. HEfiVES NOLAND, Wayiies
ville member bf trip fttnta ftnarrl
bf Agriculture, got a good laugh
om of Governor Cherry in Raleigh
the tithe nterht when he tntd n
bit "bf collegiate description . of
the tfovernpr in the old Trinity
uoiiege yearuooK. Under Cherry's
picture he was described as a law-
Ver 'of the told school who was des
tined to go places "If the natural 1
leaf just holds out long enough."
.Meantime, Cherry; now gone
places, sat listening to Noland and
puffing and chewing a big black
cigar.
housing Issue
WASHINGTON Look for sev
eral moves In congress next year
(an election year) to do something
about emergency homes for veter
ans. The question Is expected to
provide campaign ammunition for
congressional candidates who are
veterans.
The national housing administra
tion estimates that by the end of
next year 3.240,000 families will
have to move in with somebody
else and says a large proportion
will be veterans.
Kent S. Ketner,S ic,
Home On Leave
Kent S. Ketner, Seaman first
claws, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D.
Ketner ,of Jonathan Creek, has ar
rived home for a leave of 21 days.
He will report to San Pedro, Calif.,
on December 7th for his next as
signment of duty.
Seaman Ketner entered the ser
vice on May 17, 1944 and took his
boot training at Camp Peary, Va.,
and from there was sent to Nor
folk, Va., for further training. From
the latter he was transferred to
Newport, R. I.
He was assigned to the USS At
lanta and served on the ship for
one year. At the tilrie he entered
the navy as a Volunteer he was a
member of the senior class of the
local high school.
The USS Atlanti is the fourth
ship of the U. S. Navy to be named
for the city of Atlanta, and , the
second one so named to take part
in World War 11. When the public
spirited citizens of Atlanta heard
of the loss of the third Atlanta they
saw "Red, White and 'blue," or
ianlzed a War Bond drive, and iri
!ess than 60 days they, with the
other loyal Geoglans raised over
$63,000,000 to build a new Atlanta.
The ship was assigned to a Fast
Carrier Task Force In Admiral
Spruonce's Fifth Fleet, and liter
to Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet.
On the. nfght of. July 17, 195,
the Atlanta arid other ships were
present at the bombardment of the
heavily industrialized ara of Hit
achi, Honshu, arid the foito Air
field area, barely 60 miles' from
Tokyo. When the range had clos
ed, the Atlanta opened fire on elec
tronic installations ashore and thus
became the first light cruiser to
bombard the Japanese home is
lands. The Atlanta took part In a sweep
across the entrance of Sagani
Nada. the bay into which Tokyo
Bay opens. The main objective
was Japanese shipping. Since
August 15, the ship has continued
to be a part of the great Third
Fleet.
Canton Man oh Catoctin
When Chinese Ffred
Jack II. Haynes, BM, son of
Mrs. Ralph Hayries, of Canton, was
aboard vice Admiral Daniel v.
Barbeyls flagship, the USS Catoc
tin. at Hulutao Harbor, Manchuria
on October 17, when the Chinese
Communis soldiers fired ph it,
according to word received by his
mother.
Lt. General Lou She Hal,
Hulutao commander, who later
came aboard the Catoctfrt, apolo
gized to vice Admiral Daniel E.
Barbey for the Incident, according
to young Haynes. He Kaid the Wen
were "just poor soldiers who were
not well informed," and expressed
pleasure in the fact that WO Ameri
cans were wounded.
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