THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
FRIDAY.
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THE MOUNTAINEER
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Sweetened Common Sense
We presume the writer in The Christian
Science .Monitor had the cored figures, when
he .said, "It is a little hard to take the fact
of o'.iS. 10 -I.252 pounds of suar and molasses
used during 1 1 1 for liquor inanu fact uring',
when countless tons of fruit went to waste,
because pf lack of sugar . . ."
It is hard to understand how those in
chargi' f rationing sugar expect housewives
to do much canning on an allotment of 10
pounds of sugar per person even if the 10
pounds were available at the time fruit and
berries were in season.
Perhaps the recent increase in sugar prices
will tend to relieve the situation if those in
charge of rationing will apply a little common
sense at the same time.
Welcome N. C. Press
It has been ten years since the North Caro
lina Press Association held their last meeting
here and sixty-three years since you first met
at the old Haywood White Sulphur Springs
Hotel. You also held your annual meeting
with us in 1899 and again in 1921.
From your first visit Waynesville has liked
to boast of its prestige of being "one of those
towns where the North Carolina Press has
held its meetings." We have liked our asso
ciation with you.
We recall your expressed approval of our
brand of hospitality as evidenced in the issues
of your papers following your meetings here.
Y'ou wrote with enthusiasm of your stay
with us.
You have grown in number and in power
since those early days of the '80's for the
editors of North Carolina have kept pace w ith
the great progress of our state and the com
munities you have served. You have broad
ened your field of effort and have loaned your
papers to the upbuilding of your home towns
and counties.
We take extra satisfaction in welcoming
an editor on a vacation for only another
editor knows how much members of the
press need a rest from their labors. We hope
that you completely put aside your cares and
worries and that you forget such things as
newsprint and other shortages.
We promise you that there will be no
evidence of rationing or shortages at the
barbecue. In fact, we are taking keen de
light in serving you Eastern Carolinians a
dish for which you are famous.. We are glad
to show you that up here in these hills e
also know how to roast a pig and a steer with
that appetizing crispness and seasoning that
makes it so delectable that one wants to eat
on long after all reason has told you that you
have had enough.
We are happy to have you with us and wish
that your stay would be days instead of
hours. We hope that each one of you will
want to come back and will not wait until the
next press meeting to visit us. While one of
the state's leading summer resorts (pardon
our addmitting the fact) we operate the year
round and you will be welcome at any season
of the year.
Negro Philosophy
"De good Lawd sends me troubles,
An' I'se got to wuk 'em out;
Eut I looks around an' sees
There's troubles all about.
Then, when I sees MY troubles
I jes' looks up and grin
An' thanks the Lawd above
For all de troubles I ain't in."
Selected.
Good Example
"EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE TRAGEDY"
Chief of Police Woodard of Hazelwood is
starting a traffic safety campaign in his com
munity. We congratulate him, for every
movement toward safety on our highways is
a gesture toward saving someone from either
death or injury.
Through education as well as experience
in driving is the greatest means of slowing
down the rushing public, which seems to have
no time to regard rides and regulations and
apparently has as little consideration for
ttieir own safety as that of others. i
No Third Test
i
We are relieved that there will be no third;
test at this time of the Atomic bond) and
perhaps it will be indefinitely postponed..1
The reason for the President's unexpected
decision was said to be based on recommen
dations of the joint Chiefs of Staff, and Sec
retaries of War and Navy as well as the
President's commission on evaluation of tests.
It was further explained that information
obtained from last July's two tests and the
three wartime explosions wen: such that the
third or deep water test was not justified.
Another hint has come from Dr. .1. II.
Push, of the Federation of American Scien
tists, an organization of scientists who had a
vital role in the development of the terrifying
weapon that "such an operation at this time
would appear to other nations like a flexing
of our military muscles and would tend to
increase international distrust.''
if we put ourselvis in the place of other
nations we can readily imagine the effect.
Suppose some country in Europe was making
such tests of anything as deadly as the
Atomic bomb, and we knew about it, we
would immediately become suspicious of their
intentions.
Then the cost and destructive results of
tile test are not exactly popular with the pub
lic at this time here ill our own country.
It has been announced that the third test
would cost $::.",0l)0,n()0.
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VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What do you prefer to have for
', Sunday dinner?
Edna MeCraeken Just any
thing an) body else wants to cook.
I i ied chicken is all right."
Mrs. Kinsey Palmer "A Steak."
Glenn A. Boyd ' I like to have
;i he preacher come to take dinner
wiih me -and then him no' eonie."
j Bud Blalork "Fried chicken and
pi-avy. rice, green peas and eream
' ci! potatoes."
! Mrs. Edith V. Alley "If I have
to li it myself: a big hunk of ooun
tiv 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 with sliced pineapple,
i ieil hot. and all that Hoes with
it."
HERE and THERE
HILDA WAY f.WYN
Drunken Driving Should
Mean A Jail Sentence
Several weeks ago The Mountaineer point
ed out that in most instances., persons found
guilty of driving while drunk were given a
fine of S."i0, and had their driver's license re
voked. We advocated a mandatory jail sen
tence in addition to the fine would be more
effective than the present sentences.
We are happy to see another newspaper
has taken up the idea, and is advocating jail
sentences. The Anderson (S. C.) Independ
ent, minces no words in a recent editorial,
"Drunken Driving Should Mean a .Jail Sen
tence." "The average automobile aecidint in An
derson county is looked upon too often as one
of those una oidable things, like tornadoes
and eart hquakes.
"These are legally known as "acts of timl."
"Put auto accidents are really nothing of
the kind.
"1'sually they are the direct product of one
or more circumstances, including intoxica
tion, poor vision, faulty brakes or tires, lack
of proper lights, excessive speed, showing off,
and other humanly-produced factors.
"Pad weather, of course, can t be Jielped.
The simple offset to this is to avoid driving
in bad weather.
"One of the most alarming trends in South
Carolina is the increase in drunken driving.
"The State Highway Department reports
that almost 2,000 persons have had their
licenses suspended during the first six months
of the year for driving while drunk.
"This was an increase of nearly :)'() over
the same period last year.
"The trend is also apparent in this county
and in the city, where seldom does the day or
night pass when one or more drunken drivers
aren't booked.
"Highway deaths continue to be a major
problem, and the death roll is becoming al
most terrifying to those who care to stop and
think things over.
"It is the duty of citizens to take every
possible step to slow down the wholesale
stampede into the jaws of death.
"It is also the responsibility rf citizens to
support the officers of the law-who are con
scientiously cracking down on the drunken
driving menace.
"Even they may not accomplish much until
such time as the law provides mandatory jail
sentences for repeat offenders among drunk
en drivers."
The comm", of liie Nul l h Caro
lina I '.'c- . in tow n 1 mke tor a few
hours m iiies ..-k memories of the
last meet iie-; here of the group in1
I heir .aniaial n ten years ago. i
There are old timers w ho c.'in re-1
call I he meoling hack in .Inly,'
lilllT We haw an idea (if he
i m, i. -x ami v.e are hoping t hat he
will i, I ! j .i t Mr. .losi ai'uis Daniels
,11 lie I iie (ink eiliioi v ho attend
ed thai His! mooting. II. A Lon
don was pre-idout of the press
then. The -erond meeting here was I
in ltd!) v. Ih V ('. Moud. president
and then again in 1921 when they
me here I. T Hurley headed the
Association. Ten sears ago in 1936
Clover lirill of Clinton was presi
dent. ('. ('. Council, of the Herald
Sun papers of Durham was elect
ed president al the s ssion here
Willi W. Curtis Huss vice president.
At the meeting in the following
ear in Idizalxl Ii City, Mr. Huss
va elected president.
the
and
Hack to the HK!(i meel The edi
tors seemed to have a gland tune
and the tow n really pnl the 1 1 1 1 1 1
pot in the big pot to make their
stay something to write
about. The biggest hump
Croat Depression was pas
business was picking up. We ;e!t
that "the worst was over." We
read and heard that things were
slopping up along military lines in
Germany, but why should we
bother. I.et 'em work out their
own salvation over there. We had
tried to help them out back in
1917 and make the world safe for
democracy and we had done our
part. We intended to ignore l he
rumbling of war. We even read
that they were mobilizing the wom
en and children in Germany, and
putting everybody in uniforms. A
crazy guy named Hitler was stir
ring up all of Europe, but here
in America we were safe from hi'
ambitions. Let 'em fight il out in
Ototide WASH I NGT0N
Washington's Police lady
Views Delinquent Problem
Club-Teen Idea May Help
Solve Serious Situation
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON Something is being done, on a national basis,
about the .sweeping increase in juvenile delinquency, always an
aftermath of war.
Behind ihe "Delinquency" meeting called in October here in
Washington by the department of justice, is a new idea. Rather, a
collection of new ideas and concepts from all parts of ttic country
about the entire problem of wayward boys and girls.
It is told well by the No. 1 policewoman of Washington. D C.
LJ T thousands of children in the nation's capital
? .ffh"7 Capt' Rhoda MilIiken Is "the police lady " She is
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Capt. Milhken
Tip to Housewives : "Don't take down your
living room curtains for laundering this Fall
unless you like to chat with people who are
looking for a vacant apartment. Boston
Globe.
It is said there is neither air nor water on
the moon. But song writer's never mention
the disagreeable things. Greensboro (Ga.)
Herald-Journal.
hidden in her feminine handhae
This "police lady" is not hardboilcd
egg, as might be expected, but she can be firm.
it laKes nrmness, with justice, to handle the more
than seven thousand delinauencv eases Hi.it i-,n
to the Woman's Bureau pvorv v.,nr . , ....
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tlon's capital.
As a beginning, Captain Milhken would stop
the use of the words "juvenile delinquents."
"So many dire stories have been written and
told about JD's that the idea of hcmniinp
juvenile delinquent has become glamorized and
desirable. Coys and girls are intrigued to become that awful thing
their teachers and parents rant about. They even form juvenile
delinquent clubs as a defiant gesture." said this policewoman
She is often asked. "What other name can you call them?"
"Why call them anything?" Is her quick retort, adding "You
don't call grown-ups 'adult delinquents.'" To her. they are merely
boys and girls with special problems.
The town itself creates some of the problems. Washington is no
exception Not a factory town with a payroll of minors the capital
has the biggest industry in the world in the federal government
itself.
During the war. errand boys and girls were paid as high as
$1,600 a year, more money than maybe either parent had ever
reeeid. Those parents asked for room and board money but when
they tried to take more money the children rehelled. Some left
home. Other 18-year-old lads, with new money in pocket, strutted
around night clubs and beer joints.
Many of delinquent cases come from a lack of definite program
of activities to keep the youngster busy. They come from not find
ing an answer when the high school boy or girl asks. "What ran I
do tonight? I have seen all the movies."
Policewoman Milhken has found two answers. One is exemplified
in a public "hangout." The Club-Teen, just opened in Washington.
It's a model of what could be set up in every town in the United
States. A "drop-in" place where there are young books, yoling
music and young people. At night there's always a dance A soft
drinks and ice cream counter is a good substitute for the corner
drugstore The Club-Teen belongs to them. Chaperones don't seem
to chaperone A council of parents finds special treats. Recently.
Radio Singer Lanny Ross appeared and sang his heart out for the
youngsters The autograph collectors were thrilled
If Captain Milhken had her way about It. there would be a Club
Teen in every part of town in every city in the United States
But to her. even a Club-Teen is no substitute for the neighbor
hood hangout run (not obviously I by the parents in the neighbor
hoodmaybe in the big recreation rooms in one of the homes where
Jive music can be screeched and there is always something to do.
It would be a place where boys and girls can have a good time
together In the natural (and protective) atmosphere.
The meeting m Washington in October will Wring together the
lnnm;ntr. II.. k. t . -. C , . ..
luf-iiiiiiiia tin me auujcci in juvenile delinquency.
Right now, some 500 men and women of 13 fed
eral agencies are paving the way for the conference
by pooling their information and trying to discover
what problems are the most pressing. Housing, for
example, is important. Juvenile court nr im.ni,i
Already studies have been made of county jails, foster homes, deten
tion homes and correctional schools over the country. Existing facili
ties are considered "far from satisfactory."
Many delegations come to Washington, but none with a greater
objective than "to make all of the country a better place for youmr
people to live" ' 1 ' '6
Federal
Agencies
Cooperate
I heir own back yards, was our
mot t o.
Ii may iie only ten years by the
calendar since the N. C. editors
met here, but counted by events il
seems years and years ago. We
wager that if you asked any of
i hem. if they answered before they
counted back, they might be tempt
ed to say 20 years ago for so
much water has gone under Hie
bridge since that peaceful July of
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ALONG BROAD
Bv
Walter Winch
Editor." Note: While Win
ehell is on vaeattion. Jac k Din
is acting as guest columnist.
MISCELLANKOUS MIDGTTS ,
The Windsors will return t s,
America next winter. The Kmer, , l
bores them. Their villa is still ii,
mined and they have to tread nai !
row paths, marked out for them.
The Robert Youngs, New Yorker
who entertained Kddie and Wall' .
at Newport last sui liner, are abroad
and have visited hem. Young, a
business tycoon, has offered Hi,
duke a post with one of nis com
panies. . . It is unlikely that com
merce will attract Windsor: even
more unlikely that his i'amih
which controls his income, would
sanction it Odds are that lie
buy a house in Palm Beach, win "i
he and his duchess hae inaii
friends. . . "Doc" Hidden, who w.,
Fifi WideiM-r Wichficld's second
husband, is believed to be Wind
sor's undercover financial ag mi m
New York. Contacted at eupon.
he refused to discuss his absolu
tions with royalty.
The Duke family is in the ininir
business. And Doris is active in
person. The tobacco millions an
helping finance 1 iidependenl Am.
ists. Inc., which includes in its rosi
er, Cary Grant, Kosalind Ha -"M
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We recall that the late Arnold
Cammerer, director of National
Parks was the main speaker on the
opening night held ill the court,
bouse. We westerners, as always,
were trying to sell the East on our
scenic beauties and enlighten them
about the Great Smoky National
I' arl; Our representative, the late
John F, Cabe, welcomed the visi
"i -i and told a simple mountain
joke I hat went over big. Mr. Cam
merer made a fine speerh about
Ihe park and told of its future
developments (which alas have not
all come true). Mrs. McCulloch,
of Klizabel htow n, responded to the
welcome. Charles Ray was also on
Ihe program, giving a gracious ex
pression of "howdy do" to the
guests.
Capital Letfc
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
I1Y SEPT. 2R-The Gl 1); ino
ierals have set September 211 as the
final date for the organization
the county committees throughout
j the state. Al that time, they hope
to announce a full slate of old -cers.
Candidates, it is presumed,
will come some time later.
On Setpember 21, at 2:.'1(), the
policy and planning committee and
i the finance and organization group
; will meet to see how things are
moving along.
You remember that 40 carloads
o: editors, some of (hem driven
by the town's best looking girls
made the trip to New Found Gap.
The visitors had been warned that
in the mountains, even in July,
they had better prepare for cool
weathor. Tho women all took
wraps, hut the weather man turned
up the heat, and between us, it
was Hist as hot as they would have
felt had they been baekhome in
the "lowlands." In fact it was very
embarrassing to the hosts after all
I lie promises of delightful moun
tain breezes.
Then you recall the banquet at
ic. Gordon Hotel the dining
(Continued on Pago Threei
HAD PRESS- -With few excep
tions, the GI Democrats have been
burdened with what is known in
newspaper parlance as a "bad
press." They have been the object
of sly digs, and some of these
writings have come from (he ling
ers of good veterans.
Although this corner seems to be
definitely in the minority on the
mailer, il still holds liial the GI
Domoi rats, or some offspring, will
pretty well control things in ilia
1 !)-! primar) .
It seems now that what the Gil) S
need most is a good press agent
They have two or three in their
own ranks if they would ju t let
them loose. Yes, a press agent
-and more enlisted men, are
NEEDED.
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For the very Successful
Opening on Tuesday.
We deeply appreciate
your interest and the
many deposits made
with us.
WE ARE AT YOUR
SERVICE, ALWAYS
First State Ban
HAZELWOOD