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PAGE TWO (Second Section) THE WAYNESVlttlE MOUNTAINEER i THE MOUNTAINEER Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat of Haywood County HT. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor W. Curtis Rusg and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY One Out Of Six HAYWOOD COUNTY AND SERVICE MEN One Year 53.00 Six Months 1.75 NORTH CAROLINA One Year Six Months $4.00 2.25 OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA One Year $4.50 Six Months 2.50 i'late M..u Mittr-r. j vtfue at WuDfsi!te, X. C. as Second v J under tiie At of Mrch i, Ol it-.urj tiofioe, re'Uitipiis of resjeT. rani of thanks, ana 11 r.oiicvs i'f ei.tertaiiinient fur pr.-fit, will be charged for at the rule oV ! r .ir.d a 1 .if ints .er u rd. NATIONAL 6DITORIAI f ASSOCIATION Milt sHonb Carolina i-V TUESDAY. DECEMBER 17. 1946 Fire Hazards It is .'ratifying to observe that towns and cities all over the nation are taking warning from the Atlanta holocaust and are sending out their building and electrical inspectors to make detailed surveys, with an idea of reach ing every public property owner in their re spective areas. T .Henry Gaddy, building inspector and Newman McElroy. electrical inspector, have completed a survey, which has revealed some startling and alarming conditions which exist :ight here in our own midt, which offer fire hazards of potential tragedies. We were disappointed that the inspectors did not meet with a 100 per cent cooperation m their findings, for it is hard to understand how anyone with the terrors of the burning f the Wmecoff, who would not deeply appre ciate this survey and inspection of their property. Conditions in the school buildings come very close to hundreds of homes in the com munity, and we feel sure that the county board of education will immediately make good their promise to make the proper instal lations of required fire escapes and correct ;he wiring. We note with interest that the colored school was found in good condition and order and that the teachers, students and patrons have great pride in their building. It was likewise disappointing to learn of the destruction of the property :n the motion picture theater. It is hard to understand how a person who visits a place of entertainment for pleasure would have to add this touch of destruction in order to get their money's worth, which is evidently the way they feel. While public places come under the sur vey, the fact that defective wiring was found in so many cases should sound a warning to owners of private residences to have their buildings checked at once f jv any careless work which may have been done on their structures. Neglect of these things is only courting disaster and while most people may feel that The legislative program of the North Caro lina Municipalities as outlined here by leaders in the state at their meeting on Wednesday, if carried through to a reality would mean more than most of us can take in at a first consideration. Towns and communities in the state have been rapidly growing during the past few years, and there are many improvements needed on the streets and roads leading into the towns. The proposed reallocation of the six cent gas tax, which would turn over one cent to the communities and the remaining five, instead of the six to the state highway department, would relieve much of the strain on the smaller communities in the post-war improvements which are needed. The distribution of these funds, as we understand would be made on the basis of population, which would be the only fair way, and would eliminate any contention over the allocations. While the state would not have any author ity to dictate what streets or roads needed attention, a strict accounting of the use of the money would have to be given to the state. More and more are people moving on the outskirts of towns and beyond city limits and there is a pressing need for building up of these outlying streets as well as those in the center of communities. The Municipal League has on its fighting clothes and is getting well organized to put utMuitr uic xjcncicti isstriuuiv uien views, so jjo vou we trust that they are successful in gaining j spirit? their one cent out of the six gasoline tax fund. "NEW STAR ON BROADWAY" 11; Ml 1 i " r,f&3&jh$ -.asp VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Would you approve the next Congress passing Legislation per mitting a broader use of federal injunctions in settlement of labor strikes? J. E. Barr "Yes, I think 1 would approve such legislation. 4M-ir iBja i -" - - 'a ' - " 4 I oi- Mrs. Edith Alley "I would ao prove something in legislation that worked. s) HERE and THERE By HILDA WAY GWYN Ed Sims "I think we have suf ficient legislation if it is interpret eu correctly and put in lorce. Carroll V. Bell I would ao prove such legislation to a certain extent. Harold Massie "I would aD prove such legislation and I think it should be passed. Chas. D. Ketner "I do not ap prove of centralized power either in government or organizations and would not approve any leeis lation giving too much power to either. The 4-H Clubs have the Christmas It is such an elusive- thing. We have it as yet only in the abstract, but we have always liked Christmas. We know from the past that something will happen between now and the 25th that will give us that very special feeling that secret .joy that sings in one's heart and makes the day some thing sweet to remember and more wonderful to experience. If it fails this year, then indeed shall we know that we have lost some thing during the year, that is very precious we may appear no differ ent to others, but in our heart we will miss that feeling. It is a fun ny thing how the spirit comes. Sometimes it has been the face of a little child, expectantly gazing at Having learned to have a high opinion of the membership of the 4-H clubs from our own Haywood county boys and girls, we always stop to read any reference to the group whether local, state or national. We noted recently that one thousand of these members from farms all over America held their 25th annual 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. We were deeply impressed by the subjects some toy often it has been a fam- under discussion at the meeting. Their pro gram was built around "Building Citizenship in a world community." One of their groups suggested that the United Nations should be a required study in every school. Another urged a world police force. These young people reflect the times and they are keeping up with what is happening. Considering the number of their brothers who left the farms to fight for the world peace it is not surprising that they should have this broader vision of a world outlook. Busy Month North Carolina's highway patrolmen are reported to have traveled 549,543 miles and spent 55,800 hours on duty during the month of November, according to Patrol Com mander H. J. Hatcher. They investigated accidents in which 53 persons were killed and 398 injured. Ver dicts of guilty were obtained in 3,071 cases brought by the patrol, and 200 defendants were acquitted. Sentences in the cases total 145 years, fines totaled $77,642 and costs were $31,731. Ar rests during the month totaled 3,523, of which 310 were for drunken driving. Property valued at $45,842 was returned to its owners. Yet people have been known to say "they just have a good time riding around." The figures would indicate that while they ride they are not idle. iliar song, sometimes it has been something sad. that twisted in our hearts sometimes it has been something tender and sweet but the signal to "take Christmas" has never failed us yet. We are wait ing as we know many of you are but it will come. the legislature. She will bring her entire family to Raleigh for the duration of th.. 1947 session. Her family includes a husband, and a son and a daughter, ages six and three. Now that's our idea of woman entering politics just car lying her family along. But we will admit that in most cases it would not be an easy task to uproot your family and take them along. In the first place most husbands are not movable and the next reason, houses are rare finds in Raleigh or elsewhere for rent. had the choice room in the hotel. No one can accuse Senator R. S. Ferguson, of Taylorsville, the lone woman member of the General As sembly about neglecting home duties for politics. Despite the overcrowded conditions in Raleigh, she has found herself a house in which to live while she serves in , she says she feels Mrs. F. G. Rippetoe who recently visited in Louisville. Ky., has changed her ideas completely of the room she had in a hotel there. She could not take it in at first a room with a private bath in a first class hotel in a fair size city priced at only $2.00. She did not quite understand, but was grateful then when she was ushered in the room that night she spied a red globe sending forth its light above the large glass window in the tran som with a sign "This way to the fire escape". She had a panicky feeling that someone in the night might be entering her room rush ing to the fire escape, despite it's lock and key. But no one came and she fell asleep and rested well. Bust since she has been home, with the tragic news of the WinecofT now that she WASHIMGTOW Which reminds us, we never thought so much of the looks of fire escapes on the front of the IJotftJ Lefaine, though located !.bove the upstairs gallery it was not objectionabie. but now it is beautiful and we know that it gives the guests a good safe and com fortable feeling for right there it is in full view ready for use just in case, you krow. It is a pity more hotels do not have them. By request we are repeating the "Quick Chocolate Fudge" recipe we ran in this column a short time ago which does not call for any sugar . . . "Melt two packages (7 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate in ton ot double boiler. Add one 15 ounce can sweetened condensed milk and stir until well blended. Remove from heat. Add one teaspoon van illa, and if desired one cud of chopped nuts. Pour into Dan lined with waxed paper. When thorough ly cnmea cut into squares." It is well worth your trouble and will satisfy anyone's sweet tooth. One of the best things w havp read in sometime is what Lord Moran, Winston Churchill's doctor, who is president of the British Rov. al College of Physicians, and auth or of "The Anatomy of Courage" wrote aner selecting a quotation from President Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor speech of December 9, 1941, for the fifth anniversary of Pearl narDor. said Lord Moran 'Twice in my lifetime I have seen boys grow to men, only to be consumed by war, and I have come (Continued on Page Six) WHAT TIIE NAMES OF PULLMAN CARS SIGNIFY AND WHY By JANE EADS WASHINGTON Remember the names on the doors as you slam and sway out of one Pullman car into another? Why that name? you wonder as you stumble out of Mt. Ida and lurch into Jeeabel, or the like, as the train roars around a curve. The first car was named back in 1865. It was called the "Pioneer." It was completed in time to be us ed in the funeral train that bce the body of Abe Lincoln from Chi cago to Springfield, Illinois. Some of the early sleeping cars were given letters, A, B, C and so on. Since there are only 26 letters, that source soon was exhausted and numbers were resorted to. This system was soon abandoned because the numbers conflirtf.,1 with railroad car numbers. Finally, during the '70s it was decided that each car should h,. given an honest-to-goodness Chris tian name. Pullman officials appointed u committee on nomenclature The names they selected were tn indi cate different types of accommoda tions. Parlor cars would bear femininp names or be christened after birds h ""MTvatin I "(! tor ,, A n ""lid on tt"r ." 'Jl Pari " mmh-i fur ... nenl in ti ' Ther, u ' ' ''Sm f San c'T sail, Gertnu ,. v. si,.,, :r xdii. ,"".u ",r J'i W)Wal;,v . . lJaask thai Ulr1 as roi-,1 r; 'e ",u'1 " I I'l'llCh I,, l' on iH. (j,J()rs Th" auv.nt oi uie stream-lined ii-,,.. a's to nam, pujma3 lions peculiar , .,! through whu-h the tra ' " iriManee. the C "uui tia.-, ,-ars (J yiuraeierisUe nan IJollar" and "Snow. uv OI l.s AnReles Ir cars named --l-itin- i nose Howl.- Th(1 Chj( Chief streamliners named for Indian ehi, great southwest oayaatoh and "Taa keeping ears for Alaham:, i iuua Mirhigan. Wake m oun. i-resiaent Hoosevli tooert K. Lee and Q luel J)UKE AND DUCHESS OF WINDSOR MAKE THE CLUB CIRCUIT NEW YORK The Duke and Duchess of Windsor have been tak en nicely into Broadway's whirl without undue concern for the bob bies assigned to watch their roval nibs ... No one bothers them much; even the daffy autograph finds are a little awed and don't knock them about in quest of a signature as thev will do at the drop of a hint that a Hollywood star is around. Ginny Davis, daughter of Meyer Davis, the millionaire bandleader. suit the cast of "Call Me Mister" and now is singing at the smart Corsair Club on the Champs Ely see in Paris . . . Bob HoDe's broth er George has been offered a big pay envelope by pictures after his recent radio writing established that Bob isn't the only entertain ment hope in the Hope home. Trying out their new act in Buf-, falo's Town Casino, Olsen and Johnson pulled a timely gag by presenting each customer a lump of coal . . . The daffy duo opens in ! Nicky Blair's Carnival Years . . . Eddie Kr he'll do a Broadway shj winds up present eoii . . . Milton Berk- is wn deal to present Maxie if and Benny Baker in a! revival of "The Gorili flock of gags injected up to date, that is if tl up to date, which is pro! . . . Mimi Benzell of the tan Opera is the latest iJ shift to musical comedj nese Nightingale," whic London before trying Bi Phricimac f(ou el,, City Music Hall. "The had seats reserved as faj a year ago by so many theatrical planners that ii impossible now to buv ducats for the presents It seems a little sacrile ticket scalpers should q get the precious movie hq boards, selling them for $10 a pair. Cute coiffure paradox of the Music Hall: a Ch Continued on Page their homes are in good condition, could find that they are daily living under hazardous Rorrtinrr Frrf her Time conditions. Circus Talent We see where John Ringling North of Sarasota, Fla., vice president of Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus has gone by plane to Lisbon, Portugal, on the first leg of a two and a half months talent search. The circus executive statea that he hoped to get enough acts for "an entirely new show." Now we like new things, but we hope they don't change the circus routine, for its tradi tional features have outlasted many Nova tions in other shows, and we believe will continue to attract the whole family. Children born today to wae earning par ents can look forward to eighteen more years of life than did their parents unless some body vetoes this life expectancy by scattering a few atomic bombs around, according to statisticians of a large insurance company. It is the job of the company to keep abreast of such things and they have revealed figures showing that between 1911 and 1945 the ex pectation of life at birth has risen from forty six years and eight months to sixty-five years among industrial policyholders. Credit in this goes to the men of medicine and science who have learned to control the infectious diseases, with just such programs as are now being put across here in Hay wood county by the county health depart ment by the doctors and public health nurses. Explosions Warn Us Recent newspapers have contained accounts of several explosions, involving the loss of life, including that of a boiler in a Michigan schoplhouse which killed one pupil and in jured at least eighteen. We do not know whether these explosions have been caused, in part, by prolonged use of worn-out equipment, but the occurrences ining boards, which must be set up to pass on suggest that those who are responsible for all officer appointments. It U timated that boilers have them inspected and tested as a North Carolina's quota of 11,600 National safety factor. Guard troops will Include nearly S00 officers. Shortages We are so accustomed to shortages that none should surprise us, but we did not ex pect to find that a shortage of medical offi cers is proving an impediment to reorganiza tion of the National Quard of the state Ad j .-Gen J. Van MetU is 'needing some medical officers for places of officers exam pi Cordell Hull Cordell Hull Fools' Medicos j FormerJSecrefaryJf Stctfel Second Time in Two Years Reported No Longer Bedfast J Special to Central Press! WASHINGTON-Former Secretary . StatelCordell iHull" hu tooled them again. Given up as lost when he suffered a stroke on the eve of his75thl birthday, the rugged Tennesson fought it through. He not only is1 still alive, but he is up and about his rooms a little each day Those' who have seen him say he looks .remarkably kwell. considering- his' experience. " "6" Wiatis not generally known" is" that' thhTwas the"-second-time Wl suuesman nas fooled the doctors f & '.ii Ttl frlJ foil rC 1 CkA A i 1. V1 J""- oerore uie elections, he was given up by them. This was when the public was told simply that Hull had gone to the hos pital for a routine checkup.' - - - Actually, he had suffered TaT rare T malady1 brought on by exhaustion. With great fatigue it causes a lung to collapse. This happened to Hull Rarely do victims survive. it. i. But the hardv Tennesseean did. ' The public was'not" told because "anelection campaign was on.' and it was feared that the opposition would capitalize on the threatened loss of the chief exponent of President Roosevelt's foreign policy the chief campaign issue f " INDUSTRY SOURCES say that Christmas 'toys' are'plentlful prohibitive. PriCeS fmanPlaythingS!wi,laS; Many toys, which disappeared during the"warl because of. ma-." terials shortages, are appearing on the counters. Toy train manufacturers, for instance, have an ample variety and supply. Rubber for tires and other accessories is now available in quantity. Such items as wagons and bicycles will be high priced because of the price increases on steel. t More gifts of wood will be offered for sale this year although' prices have increased above the average because of soaring lumber and labor costs. ' No shortage of dolls is anticipated.' The selection is greater than' in several years and so is the price range. But If parents dont like! high-priced dolls they'll still have a choice among numerous. types in lower-priced ranges. ' One factor in the Christmas toy situation is the absence of such' war-like ttems as machine guns, tanks, pursuit planes and the like.j Santa Claus is back on a peace-time basis., . RALPH FLANDERS, the new Republican' senator rrom Vermont.' has prepared a modest biography for inclusion in the next Congres sional directory. But his friends think what he does , not tell in his four-line account would make a head- Vermont's lined success story. The new senator was a member of a family so Senator Up poor that his own father was "bound out" as a boy From Ronkt to farmers in need of help and who could feed and house him each winter. Flanders himself left school after only eight years because, he says, his family needed the money he could earn. . His father eventually borrowed $100 so that the new lawmaker could become machinist apprentice. Flanders learned from ma chines Instead of books. Now Flanders holds an armful of honorary university degrees and has luxurious Capitol Hill office. But, hit friends say, he never has forgotten what It la like to work, or to be Imngryjr ' .. FINANCE YOUR CAR Mm mm through THE FIRST STATE BAI The officers of The First State Bank invite you to discuss your financial needs with them. Arrangements can easily be made for completely financing your car, home or business at at (na tive interest rates. There are a lot of "extra charges" you can save by gettinq your loans here. Stop in and let's talk it over. THE First State Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation HAZELWOOD
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