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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER FRIDAY Arcnr r PAGE TWO (Sectd Section) THE MOUNTAINEER Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Assoc kite Kditor W. Curtis Huss and Marion T. Iiridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY AND SERVICE MEN One Year W 00 Six Months NORTH CAROLINA One Year Six Months $4 00 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $- r'n Six Months 2.!i0 t!nlm4 .il llx- ..ffi. at e.,tr, V I'.. a, s,..,,,,,) Class Stall Mill". .18 rr.yr.i.l it. !. r In'' VI f Mil. I, .'. l-7'l. Novmlr lit. 19 11. Ol.ilil.ny intern, f-Mlul ...i ,f all li,,no-i ,. i-i.(. 1 1 ,i 1 1 . ii n-1 . 1 f. i 1 . f 1 1 ull ..I ..,, .ii-.l I,.,. I n.l- I -i .!. . -.n. lh.,1 -. I In- ' I. :lk"' I ("I' ' (!. NATIONAL EDITORIAL &f ASSOCIATION IOdU W?ISS ASSOC lATIOpTj) FRIDAY. Al (il ST HI. l'llti Unfinished Business With the dosing of the T'.tlh Congress, ami looking forward to convening of the soth Congress, we are rather filled with sympathy for the solons when they start hack to their jobs in Washington Their desks are going to he piled high with headaches. They left a bushel-full of "hot potatoes" from the 79th session which will not get cold during the fall months, hut may be hotter than ever when they get at them again. They left a lot of unfinished business, which often is much more perplexing than new business, and certainly more annoying. While time may iron out some of the current issues of l!tlf, there will be a lot of new ones which will gain momentum as time gos on. There is also the possibility of a change in the political viewpoint of Congress which will add color and conflict to the next session of Congress. We feel sure of one thing the New Deal agencies will be in the spotlrght as opposed to the trend toward government curtailment of expenses. Then we could name dozens of problems such as housing. Social Security measures, national health insurance, anil flinging its elects over all the country the labor agitations. We don't envy the members of the 1917 session of Congress too much unfinished and new business. A Diagnosis In the newsgram section of a recent issue of United States News we read an interesting summary of present conditions that perhaps is a pretty fair diagnosis of some of our cur rent symptoms, excerpts of which follow: "The strange thing about the present sit uation is the underlying pessimism in the midst of an unprecedented peacetime boom. "Output of goods is at a record level with peacetime. "Incomes of individuals, even with over time cuts, are near a record. "Profits are rising for most industries. "Yet the dominant attitude is one of pes simism, of uncertainty and some frustation. Surface signs all suggest a ground for un precedented optimism "Trouble lies in the distortions, in the lack of the balance that prevails in a period of real stability and of relatively sustained pros perity. "What has happened to create a distorted situation is this: "Efficiency of workers is little higher than it was back in prewar. "Wage rates per hour, however, are about 80 per cent higher. "Industry is paying about fiO per cent more for the same amount of work. "Those are some of the unbalanced situa tions, and another is that raw materials used by industry cost double the pre-war price. "Other examples noted of lack of balance were: "Prices received by farmers are 122 per Cent above pre-war. "Costs of building are 80 per cent higher. "While rents are barely 4 per cent above pre-war. "Some sort of balance must be restored before things are running smoothly, it was further pointed out." The Big Four, it seems, now consist of three Great Powers and one Veto Power. Sf. Louis Post Dislpatch. Which Is The Better Policy? SCOTT'S SCRAP BOOK America seems to be approaching a crime wave. It seems to follow wars, v. ith : roots intertwined with other social ii!.-. Th: onrush of delinquency and crime of''e:-s defi nite responsibilities to the press of the na tion. Which is the better policy to put tin- .-. ft peddle on the harrowing details or to publi cize them to the world? We are told th.V the criminal is a super egotist. I 'cima j i,i" his crime gives him inspiration to go or better, it has been pointed out. On the other hand heralding and "Xploit ing in elaborat" details, the crime . offer !':" power of suggestion to those who are on : !a borderline of becoming criminals. Then there is the responsibility of the press to keep the public informed oil 'A hat i taking place. The press is expected dvays to lie on the side of law and order, anil through its written pages to take a definite stand. We Wonder if it IS better to put the brakes on the graphic details, than to pnUiei.o the lives of criminals. Why is it thai bad nev, -makes more interesting reading I ban ",H,. news to the general run. of the public V By R.J.SCOTT -SCQAPS- r All JAPANESE. FlS-INt; VILLAGE', KE?P A. LOOKOUf iif a. shore, -fo SPof ScriooLS cf nsit 41 OfFPRlN(; CF A PHtA.SA.M-f COCK A.W0 A CdlCKtM IS CALLED A PEZO "ftf. NArflOM AL VI&1 BRHAiM IS MORE "WAH 24 O YAS 1 -1 II ' WtU'T' MARiKE ANIMALS USETHE. PRINCIPLE 6F1tE SMOKE SCREXK? CUlTLE-mK,S$UID AM OCTOPUS IKE V.2 ROCKET FIRED IM NtW MtXl0 CARRIED 5 IONS OF FUEL HERE and THERE A Serious Problem The Town of Waynesville is facing a -iTimi, problem. We have reference tn the trail'".' condit ions on Alain si reet . They have reached a serious stage when something mu -I be done. At times recently .Main street ha offered a picture of a solid ma-s of l ue. i ." motor cars parked on either side, with a two way lane in the middle, one car aftir anot her. The time has come when some plan tens! be worked out to afford more adequate park ing facilities in the shopping district than wv have at present in order that tralli" ma, move with greater ease on the main thor ough fare. This is a problem that will not decrens" with time, but will steadly increase, so I ha1 it should be faced now and some plans worked out to relieve the situation. We do not pre tend to be traffic experts, but we take t!"' opportunity to call attention to the town of ficials of t his crit ical problem, whiih should be worked out before another summer. Next year there will be more cars, with the new ones gradually coming on the market. So this is a problem which calls for action and not one which time may haphazardly work out. By HILDA WAY GWYN i I M I The Atomic Year I The first year of the atomic a.v has been far too brief for this country and the rest of the world to grasp the realities of the ncv, era. We are told by t he aul ilorit ies who ha, e information which we the people, do me as yet know or perhaps at this stave would understand, that this first anniversary of the atomic bomb should be an oiv.isjon ',, celebrate but that it should be a soul-searching time on the part of the American people. After one year of the atomic ai'V we stdi do not have the bomb under cont tail and dan georus illusions, such as the feeling ih.ai tUU country can maintain its headstart in bomb making are wide-spread. We are told that "unless we inform our selves and keep ourselves informed we wi? drift into either unreasoning ar or paralys ing apathy. Our own destruction will be oer fate if we do." One prominent psychologist has .summed up our reactions to the atomic aire since Hiro shima was bombed on August . us fol lows: Many of us have felt vaguely that we were on the verge of something import ant, strange and dangerous. A few urged m by an adult fear of atomic bomb, have at tempted to neutralize its danger by working for international control of atomic energy and freedom from war. But others lacking the necessary informa tion and program of action and hearing onlv about the military use of atomic Ynergy and the need for "secrecy have reacted with hysteria, wishful thinking, floundering or in complete failure to see the danger." 1 These reactions seem to us natural for we do not as a whole understand, and it will be impossible for sometime, for those of us out side scientific circles to grasp the full poten tialities of the atomic age in which we have' just been initiated- We do know that it lias ushered in a "new age" and we know not what the future years will bring. We are also conscious of the fact that it has brought home in greater force the hor ror and terror of another war. Let us hope tbat it will bring at last that longed for state of affairs when intelligence can overrule the savage instinct to fight it out rather than discuss it out. As to its civilian developments few of those outside scientific world have as yet grasped. We have not yet recovered from its uses as demonstrated as a means of combat to think in this first year of its shocking possibilities, what it might mean if harnessed for the good of mankind. V.c 1 1 -, -1 Mildred Crawford I.e. I n Mam tree! Tuesday morninc! lid iii i1 1 aiu how many mujjjcs- i lie -in hi made in days none ' In'- ii e ; i lu - i n'liinn, c asked ii a h" I' a a coin mil tn write h. i - ....Id !' lake as her text i ii'1 in i an- .--it ' :rne back spoil-1 1 1 ' i . i -' ' la he a coed people , ..ii 1 1 i 'el i lace in be. but have an i in' are . . a pi I v hat a u undcr- II 1 1 ll I i u e lie ' ll!e 's in which , We lliiiif-'M the mal- r , .a I' ' v p.'i-.-i-il on and , . "a a i.i I a e her ieus wil h : 1 1 ' i lice Mine, for a person e it ,i 1 1 1 ,1' : nee to conic ... I. an! I. I as Mr-. I .(. We i e a i.e u ii Ii her I lial I bis is a i in o i l !m re and how coi'dinl I. a i lial In r e n part irnlar kind I dial charm is also reflected i Hie i an lc iliat Mildred meets. 'I'l l . I inic nl I he car we arc all acaliori and ', isitnr minded," so ' . ic e1 i'h Mitri cd a recent re- . , ', nil h the ( 'oinineri'c de .. i nee1 i.i a-lniudnn on vara- ii ; i . Si inie el i be fact s revealed ci c a 1 1 I Mirei i -iin.;. Did you , la 1 i . 1 1 iiie.l men like In Co off ' e I hcin-cl v i bid iinmi'ii like to 'u in ic l'" ic ,ec plenty of men? I..! el in. n i i k e to spend lleir acal him lam' ins1 and fishing, and i.ik en' I bei': - in I he roueh Hut nel mi Hie cirls. I hey want com-Inrl-: llvv wail Mile luxuries, m.i.n "l 1 1 ii n i Dial I hey don't (Jet il liuni" ll ni u Inch any woman rep. -I i regardless of her a::c understand, such hlllc one such a pick-up1. - - School teachers arc he the "world's l'"d Most people e not Ira miles away from home, is the niosl popular ', ai The longer vacations people I at the more inclined I hey are to rti far from home. There " people vacalioniiia the c.e i'r ever know 11 before in n' ; according to the report T'e million workers will ! v ied a and if their incomes keep no. I ' will spend Slh.llOUimii.diio. Y, you read it correct h. billion--, n mere millions'. These :ii I nie; vacationists do not include dot in lawyers, business mi i. and wi.ism who do not work. We cei : en should have a good season lie with such a traveler.: pubic .e. ' Commerce Department reports We read t his week I hat covered the "h'ounlain c at the I'niversily of (,'alil lies in the measure of I line. To prove il I hey toe of sick folks, who in the years of age and on the They gave (hem ulenlv of dieted them and taurhl proper posture. In II; c pi only the pounds slipped b years fame off Ion and jerts of the experimei themselves yoiiu.'.er in I o: r a he : k a e ":nic la I I'M I Un -n i Oi l' , . I'll the a t - 'lis rein idle' side '(!-'' I 11- WASHIN GTON Touh Luck, Tourists! Alcan Highway Closed Facilities Too Slight For Expected TiofoC J. A. 1 Krug Special to Central Press ,VAfI IIXGTON' If pictures of the beauties of the north l.avc a ! yi.r muni on taking- a trip over the war-built Alaska hiulc ay, for;,. U! The sccnory is waiting, but the road is not w illing. Althon;;h current repair and extension Is being pushed as rapidly as pes.Mblc. it is not expected that it can be used extensively by toiaia's before the summer of 1947. Secretary of the Interior J. A Krug was informed of this official status of the road by Director Edwin G. Arnold, of the department's division of territories and island possessions. There already is some travel over the Alaska hi cli ,'a r ' rrtiiff' rfQa,la on, I Ah.l,. ,t tTS1 "'t"""J W.6.. v..,s. Lm- 1Lj . 1 t road is not open to tourist travel in genet al he 's Wiii cause of the lack of facilities such as filling sta tions, repair shops and eating and sleeping accom modations. Arnold said. It is evnect.sl tin' tiu, i fM route will be ready for increasing tourist trawl If in 1QJ7 Alaska Is an Ideal vacation land. Only lack of adequate transportation prevents it from be ing more fully exploited. From a tourist view point, the country offers every delight. The highway winds through forests and outs through scenic mountain ranges. Both the Unite 1 States and Canada have set aside a strip of land on each side of the route for the control of its development. The Alc.in, as the road was then known, was started in 1S42 by Army :u;;:u -ers, w ho smashed ahead with a pioneer read. They were followed by contractors of the Public Roads Administration who widened and paved it Critics and skeptics said it couldnT be done. To build a road throu.'th the wilderness of British Columbia, the Yukon and eastern Alaska was unthinkable. But they overlooked the ability and re sourn fuliics.? of Army engineers and American and Canadian con trictois. At the incredible rate of eight miles per day, thry built an li o-n.de double lane route across the northwest wilderness. They threw up more than 200 timber bridges, and placed same 0.000 culverts. Many of the larger bridges have since been replactJ by permanent steel structures. Toe A'aska highway starts at Dawson creek, British Columbia. It crce s ivace river, nearly 2.000 feet wide, passes through Fort St. John and Fort Nelson, the latter an old trading post. At Fort Nelson the road turns west, following river valleys. It crosses the Rockies at an elevation of 4,210 feet. This is the highest point on the highway. ' Continuing north, it enters YuXon territory at Watson lake, and reaches Whitehorse, principal city of the Yukon. Still following liver valleys, it crosses the Alaska border and winds on into Hiz Delta. 6 The highway ends here, although the traveler who is continuing on. must use the Richardson highway which runs from Vaidez to Fairbanks. Fairbanks is 88 miles northwest from Big Delta. Eoth the Alaska highway and the Richardsom highway were sub jected to extraordinarily heavy traffic during the war, and will re quire extensive repair work. The Alaska Road commission, a unit of the department of interior already has started repair and construction work which must be done during the summer months, to d put the territory's 2,800-odd miles of roads in good KePa" condition. Already Two new roads, for which Congress has initially Started appropriated $1,360,000, will be built to supplement existing highways and open more of Alaska to tourists and pro vide farmers with an access to markets. Much work remains to be done on existing roads In reducine excessive grades and curves and In replacing inadequate bridces For this reason, tourist travel Is not encouraged. VOICE ALONG BROAD OF THE PEOPLE since :he Army aid N'avv scien tist ,ee jacc icliiu lh.it travel ho le i en the earth and monii will be ;ie sil l.- se-.eril years from now. !,:,;,! you like In he one of the ii- t ,n i.'.d.c ihc trip' WlterWinch IMitiir's Note: While Wim In II is on vacation. Jack I. ait js se: Ainu as jgucst columnist. l!- a ! (Hit in:; '.Morale': V have heen looking into an. an. I n:e ' ii" awards . . . r. , . it ail I he I b.neands of I liein meritoi ions - which is an absurd 1 la pot 'it -i . I Ins system adds up a I ,, SI'ill. aaa.liilll scandal, liascd on ., la'"i II..1 such hooey boosted tl,, M K(. -V ' I'.Ui'.MH.r - 'Tdjucikers' morale, it cost probalih il,,. Hedl oi ll. lull I .'a'.i.oow man oouis 111 war-plan! - can lo I da s for oficers, di a ion of t raiisporlat ion facilities ,; a la of eas. plus some of the Imai. osl-pove; cd hangoers ever ep ri eiii ed by men in uniform. I A rniy-n.n y iirw'l these plants i,, I e,":i(i; 1 1; WIA1II, Tililbr.oV i el, -hi atioirs. Some turned : 1 1 : 1 i.e. a! 1 1 li oai down here into ueek-'ong drunks, w ith whis key and hanipagiio suppers. Mn. porled ciiti i'taiiier.s and parts- guU ai riving di private cars and charier- a. ed planes. All this was legally de- dm I tide tor income lax purpose-: e i a. n". ."a V' ii'.; inM prodiici ion rn-i, n and valid accounting in coniraet I! i enceol iat ion. (lliicers W(ne 'lssi.iied. ollen ri li.e.eiiic: ianidreds and thousands n ol mile t '.Ui'iu several weeks on a i job. all .ar covernnient ia.v ami a; liov; !;! (i', i:N I'm ok e n at la . e I'm perfect l sal isiied i i wis i: Tiii;oi: - ". . i ' a,ol, t cai e lo go. I'l WM.V ' t ili'.l i II I, No. I ..I.;, I:, i ii.: to make I hat trip. 1 : i,-r I., -t.e on ihy land." Letters To The Editor l ;i v i;s A lot. no i- ij,, , , I;, ;' "! k l ii'iiiil a I; "iirli . ir.:-;'. JUS, I'ae 1 1 : 1 1 1 ai peer: ! a let'i-r the oilier da V l!-n! lev. eili'or of n on i'la . Herald, ami , ' ' , (' s -ooi.'ted I la ii a s i i i v ai, I, lie -aid: a- -, ' i !, i . in.-. l:c. ol d e p'ai c II, ae sp. nl : : 'an! on jo' ed u a s'.v !!, a d lm in The Ii . ' ii o ! I lie best vt k- Capital Letts By THOMPSON GREENWOOD ;l ,. :,! .: pio "' I ', a; a , liaaill 1 a : : tor i tic al:; I ICC I ' i sella- 'a d on I'a "" Kigisl i I VICT: I'I'I'.S. -He may have got l ine Si I j into l lie bailie too late, (nil 0 imp- ' iiaieen; :: a I I: oiler Lindsay Warren is winning t"i Mr-. v,t I I c oraaie attention through his at- oulv i,o. ,r,-n l lai 'is. on w ar prot iteering This is rejni !,,,. , ,, I li'i iiile I'tiii, but if he can go ST 1 h. i , ,, . ( 'oia eaied on l'a"" lagut i la.M.eiic in Washington, it may T ll mi ; he!: lam with gubernatorial a-Ma - null, e , ;.,i : ,,,; -ail and venl i...ck to their job-,, i in", in . '. come primary time in a lien ih, x had Iboiivlil themselves; l!H7 He i.s also being mentioned: 'In! IIS ;rM,, no oia in eope with llicir prob-:,'is a pos.slilc running mate for ' alreaih !u-a, si,,, , !i oiind- Ida' a perfect pic-1 Truman next time Since much of iiexi l.ee-'.iii;:. ; i 'i re .a la-aiing Kai her Time, so : 1 Ies ment 'oil comes from his home- oui ,. ' !ia , , inii.e ol lis on the plump side bad i folks in Washington, N. C, ymi t n es ha, ,,: ;ur h, t"er '-'."I our .'imniunil ion re-ub ! ini"bt lake it w ith a grain or two the Vh Hm! M !.' !: II, .11 1. ' of the liillce." of sail .... Thai a -i.rfaist - - - e llui! : The billowing was recent!'.-, )Mr. A(i.l Nf Meant ime. t hi- "I sm , ace ii- b a Cold Slar Moiber.ij.. v;,, d, the C.reenshoro Daily "' M .hose sot lies buried somcw here 1AVS s.,j, editorially last week in ' Hi." I oi l lie i'aiil'na She carried t Ii" j ,,comi ng Warren's assistant , Dud-1 ll:n ao. in unii her and Irom il she re-i ,.N Karley , hack to private life al ..-.:( coinloil as one can M,,nck 'Currituck County': where V i:ss i il under-land: I looked frin ii ni w i ndow '.ii I in t 'a alar lap sno al anchor !'! cone a (, olden Slar. 1 I-- lamp -a i in liis w indmv Ii I ' nnlo no feet ! '' Ii ic .id i are wail ing I aid e l',o sh;, meet. M ,,, of Hope so precious I ' !! iin . (oilden Slar ;i s i i , i 1 , i : n c i sorrow I i. ' . d one. losi in war." Covernnieiil and public services j lr uoiilil reallv he if they did not have "ll!l1' Sl"l( '"" a gi oiip of men and women lik" '' rai-c "f Juit limlli'v l'..i"lev within them is mil . d' :a ll , im i: p. asanl to think upon -." I!a ; lll!il"l I ' be "Me ai Sr;.(i0(.0(i0,on0 Lindsay Warren M" barm s thai SH.dOO.OOO.OOO in Mari- , time Conim. and War Shipping ' 1 '"' '''; " : Ad.:iil funds are improperly ae- 'cut ii'"o' eo I for. On Feb. 25. I!M a ' bi nak.iiL lei in. ai committee was named h 'lie vif-:: the Scaaie lo investigate "the mat- a' ,. .! ... ,,,!,: ,.f II,,. ,l,.r,.b:illl M.i. ( '. oi: ioocI -.n "7 Aid Gauld Be 1aul Robbers Get $7,500.00 From Aged Storekeeper t.s'oi'v it) an Atlanta Newspaper ol' Monday) Two armed lumdils yestenhiy held tip ;i 75-yenr-iiM t eaire.'i.'i storekeeper and rohlied him of $7,r00 in ' ash. Tlie victim had the money hidden in his I' sh'eei;i and stated to oUicers. "I have never he ii' in li.aiiks." The money represe-nted the life saving.-s of the olil niitn." Jinzeiis of familiar in stances are reported each tiaaith. Whylie careless or foolish with your ." .:,. V I b.posjt it in t hi-j -. i ': 'laek today where it v :'! i'c protected from 1 1' a s. from fire of any . Ii' i hazard, and where ail deposits up to .So. CHI a''o protected and iruar .aa; ed hy tile V. S. Cov- lamient Seeks $1,900 In Cash For Ashes of Greenbad (Story in an Atlanta i.c-v-i A Georprian is in :yf treasury experts cat' : " ' ' : litmdle of ashes as pa' ' 11 ;v'' st roved hy fire yestn'!a . ! !'' ,L . i:,' ..f ., ii.. il'gia I' i n ' e savn k ' " was com .il : ! :u' pletely t!esfr,.e.i by It's Better to Be Safe Than Sorry THE First National Ba ORGANIZED 1902 Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Member Fedora" H