North Carolina Newspapers

, 18, 1947 , ......mi- .in:, Sarin i""' V- commission . s in--" rated .... . cuin .1.... ttiip ior t" In oi n"Rr I"- fc,ror sam. lt that the m-w . most in government- as kter Jt'lV ' ami inianu Findlay would St Ibds Frum Tin- HERMAN loiidsidf Inn IVitb You XTFK tidee d Dream INATRA fee (it it ik In Your I'.ye t KING Ina Kiss You bllOIIF- Ls Mr IVIirii Ik Mr ft JONES- il!Ml( ' II A i: I . illf Here (was rythiiis lolto IllOKSrv- lOOtif Darlin' JBROTIIKKS !GER.I. kVOFRSON I m The Atomic Away HAWKINS Marry W Ml s i pniliinati,,,, ra- radios f and batteries f'iuiii-d with luipmei'it RADIO 24x24-24 24x16-24 3 Over 1 WrV To Appoint I Group Shortly Treasury Broadens Debt Retirement of Low Interest Bills WASHINGTON 'AIM The Treasury has broadened its federal debt retirement program to redeem in cash some of its 90-day 's per cent bills, lowest interest rate sc. curities the Government issues i Secretary Snyder announced thai i $200,000,000 of' a $1 .:)(). 000. (100 is- ! SUe of these bills maturing April' 17 will be paid oil' in cash Then $1,100,000,000 in new !)0 day '' per cent bills will he issued to relinanci; , the rest. of For years, maturing 90-day hills i 'have been refinanced each we-k! by issuance of new bills equal in 'amount to the bills maturing, so 1 1 hat no cash payment has been in I volved. There are indications in well informed quarters that the Treas ury probably will continue pnymi; off $200,000,000 of the approxinial e ; v $1,300,000,000 in these bills ma luring each week from April 17 to June :it). 'That would mean ret ii einenl by ihe end of this fiscal year ef $2, 200,000,000 of these bill s which currently make up a little more than $17,000,000,000 of the $257 .175.000.000 Federal debt It is on these bills that pressure for an increase in interest rates paid by the government has been hardest. Mr. Snyder said, however, that retirement of the bills has no re lalion to Treasury policy with re spect to interest rates and that no change in policy presently is con templated. Mr. Snyder said there are no higher-interest securities maturing: until June 1, when a $2.77r.0()0,000 issue of 7 tit hs per cent eerlilicales of indebtedness falls due. Meanwhile, with current fiscal operations keeping the budget in balance and providing a surplus, the Treasury has "an ample cash balance" $5. 102. 000. 000 t use in retirement of hills, Snvdi-r said. 'Thus far. the 'Treasury has re tired $22,000,000,000 of the Federal debt since it initiated March I. I'Mli. a program of paying off hiwh-er-iiiterest obligations with idle, cash built up by earlier borrow ine.s Ike Says U. S. To Help Only Similar Countries ATLANTA.. Ga. (P) Cm Dwight n. Eisenltoni' says this country as a matter of practical curity is "ready to help any na tion in the world thai wants our help" provided they arc willing lo practice our form of government or a similar one. His customary grin missing as he made an Army Day speech, the chief of staff also observed that "we trust only governments that have the power centered in the people. We do not trusl countries that have power centered in mhiio military leader, dictator or oligar chy." The general emphasized be was speaking only as a professional mil itary man trusted with the nation's security. be retained, the Governor said ; that. "I have received many coin- ; plinicnts on bis work." The com-1 missioner who will direct opera- ; lion of the new agency will be so- lected by the new Wildlife He-; sources commission, but a recoin- mendation from the Governor I would carry great weight. Separation of the Division of Game and Inland fisheries from the State Department of C onser vation and Development was au thorized by the 1947 General As sembly after an energetic cam paign had been waged by the Noi l h Carolina Wildlife Federation The New Wildlife Resources com mission law divides the state into 'tine districts, with a member to he appointed from each district. See Us For widows 20 14 Wers Supply ;2-83 At n Co. At The Depot YAVKRE SALESMANSHIP A le'" .! nit merchant sinking tfood uray horse found what he '. anted i,i ihe country fair. After i areful examination of the animal J'"1 a d' session of its good points, the merchant inquired. ' What's the '".k-bottoni price you will take for tie horse'" 'One thousand dollars." sfaid the 'a liner. T. Hive you em. hundred dot. lai--." cuuiii.M'td the merchant. 'The farmer silently considered ! otter, then leplied. "We-el-1, it's '' '"'l k uf a ''"lie down-but I'll take it ' " When the deal had been consum mated. the merchant demanded. "Why in the world did you ask '"e thousand dollars for this horse v. you were willing to take one .'lOndred ' Well, :nd the fanner, "I guess I have sized you up wrong, friend. I thought yen might wam , on thousand id liar horse." NO HOKSE SENSE iUtiE MttH TNtttC WA3 A rtK H A farmer was plowing a field with "' li"i se. bi:t lie kept yelling: "Gid I 'P. .lack' (oddap. Jerrv! Giddap l.'.i-ev!" Finally someone standing near a-kid, "Why does your horse have lluee nanus'1" 'The I. oilier replied. "I put blind ei s en linn and yell three names o he'll think he has two other horses helping him." Old ClOl ill. Ill ll.i hits Hang On y Say, I haven't seen around fur the last few re is he'.' He doesn't boUier tn Old VCal .irs. Win Another c. one around here any more. He's i u li now, you know. Old Crony Ye don't say. Got rich awfully quick, didn't he0 Another -Quick'.' I'll say. He toe-ai'l sw in a golf club without first spitting on his hands. Neat Retort A pretty girl was speeding through trailic. She soon found her self stopped by a policeman. "Look here!" growled the officer, "wbere's the fire?" "Why si Id you care" she coun tered. "Ynu'ie no fireman. And you ungbt to he able to keep busy at your own job!" Afler which she drove off. That's a Promise! 'The w ife of the town bum received a note that read: "Leave $1,000 un der the cottonvvood tree in Park Mii;ii'e Tuesday night, or we'll kid nap vour husband and vou'll never see him again." She answered promptly: "I haven't got any $1,000. and I'm count mg on you boys to keep your l-ionuse." Poor Timing Gabby was invited for dinner In Ihe evening. Ashed later if he had a good time he answered: "If the oysters had been as cold as the soup, and the soup as warm as the wine, and the win as old as the chicken, and the chicken as yuiing as the maid boy would I have had a wonderful time!" RADIO TIME A ruffled schoolteacher demanded of a bright-eyed 10-year-old how long he had studied his poorly recited lesson. "Well," drawled the little boy, "I studied from 'Blondie' until 10 o'clock news." Proving Her Point "My dear, you just can't trust any body these days! Why even my next door neighbor passed oft a phony dime on me this morning!" "May I see it?" I asked. "tih. 1 got rid of it." she replied. "I save it to the neighbor on the other side of me when she wanted change." Home Made Rains "You always look so neat Who docs your laundry?" "Nobody. I tear the buttons the shirts myself." oft Purely Irrational Father What reason have you for marrying my daughter? Suitor No reason at. all. I'm in love with her. Ilia Literature Librarian Now, sir, just what sort of books interest you? Aleck My check book and my wife's cook book. Empty Hours Old I.'rtd; I never take cocktails, Youn Sophisticate Gracious, n-hst do you do between 5 and 7? Although the U. S. census esti mates show a 9,500,000 increase in U. S. population between 1940 and 1947, the number of youths be tween 10 and 20 years old declined by 2,000,000 in the same period. THE WAYNES SIDE STOP ' W1 8 fr ,s -''-v.. i'J..v. it." Oll'icer Finest K Pressley of the Charlotte police department, who is now presenting his lamoiis dog safety show to all the school children in North Carolina under the sponsorship of the North Carolina Slate Automobile Association, announces thai his .Junior Traflic Safety Club has swelled its membership in this stale to more than 100 000 have pasted his si ill' t ralTir Club. Woman Painter Calls New York World Art Center AP New sfcal ill es Siv Holme, young Swedish-horn modern painter, has just returned to America from a I hive months' visit in Paris 1 where she gave a one-man show' with the firm belief that New York is now Ihe ail ecu ter of the world "There is nioi" searching for new things here now than on thi ol her side. she says. There I UOI.lMi:: saw nothing particularly ing in art exhibits 'Tin themselves were uiibapn kept saying 'France is lo ever, I saw some work o artists that promised nun future. It was forming, in a few years id peace I 'a i ill crest -arlisis Mii-v :" iiow- pi iv ale i in the I 'ei baps 's could regain her place as lb, leatlc idcr ill art: hut right now New y in k leads war bad The war "It may be that the soine(hiiiK to do with it. brought sonic of the artists of I the old world lo America and they mingled Willi lho-e of the new world. In any case Ameri can artists are doin some won derfully fresh and interesting work." Miss Holme, who studied and worked in Paris before the war. exhibited at Ihe Salon d Aulonne from 1937 to l!f!!l and was a mem ber of the Salon des Independents. In 19,17 she married Aladar Farkas. Hungarian writer, who sometimes signs his work Oscar li.i.v . When the Germans invaded T rance I hey left Paris for Donlogne in the un occupied one and lived in an old mill until 1941. when thov came lo New York. Farkas is now an Ameri can citizen and Miss Holme has taken her (irsl citizenship papers. Her first wartime show of mod ern colorful canvases was opened last fall in the liistitui To sin in Paris under the pal i image of la ik Boheman. Swedish France Her next will open al the I GaNery. 32 l-ae! ' York As she talked of Holme made swill ambassador In one man show erlha Schaeter 7! h SI . New uuk Miss bi s on a paper before kindled with her and her blue eves the 1 1 u 1 1 1 thai always ' SIV 1 1 0 1 . M I : : Modernist. SCARCE ITEMS AT CAGLE'S FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Philco Kreecr ( best Radios Record Players. Floor and Table Models l leitric-Batlery and Portable Models Ice Refrigerators lawn Mowers Hot Plates Innerspring Mallresses Premier Vacuum Cleaners with all attachments Klectric Water Heaters Pressure Cookers Automatic Irons Odd t hesis of Oiawers Electric Broom Sweepers Floor Cnvei in:;s Venetian Blinds, all metal Paints of all kinds. EASY TERMS WE DELIVER Cagle Furniture Co., Clyde, N. C. VILLE MOUNTAINEER Junior Safety Club Tops 100,000 Members jj. .-i - mtmmm VTOi iVS " -H s. Me estimates that alctv eani i nat ion by the end of 1947 moi' than 200 000 ho and will have become members of his .linno OTC Will Allow Tourist Homes Free Rent Reins W ASHINGTON lAl" - 'The i MViiv of Temporary Controls has revised its rent regulations to al low tourist homes to qualify for decontrol of transient rooms. The agency also announced that small hotels with at least 15 liv in:.' units may be classified as "transient". As such, their oper ators may apply for decontrol of transient room rates. The minimum moil foi these hotels previously was 2f living units. All with less I nan that were classed as residen tial hotels, OTC said, and their liansienl rooms could not he de control led. j In a third action. OTC autboi- ied hotel operators to use the 1 number of rooms set aside lor permanent guests on Dee. 31, 1940. 'as the number to be retained for such use under rent ceilings: pre v iousIv hotels wen- required to set aside lor perniifnent guests the I number of rooms used for that pin pose when their establishments ! were brought under rent ceilings 1 by OI'A. ! - -',.. " " ' i Polos And Soviet Sign ! 2H Million Trade Pact LONDON Exchange of goods woilh $28,000,000 is provided for in a commercial agreement signed ' between Poland and the Soviet Military Administration of the Soviet one of Germany. Itadio Warsaw reported. Poland will export coal and coke for synthetic rubber, synthetic "as oline. chemicals anil industrial ma rhino parls. glows I here when she speaks of modern art. She groped her way lo modern art from Ihe clean-cut classical paths of portrait painting and her i i'.o look terrible bumps while she did it. she says. Her first exhibited paintings in a students' show at Gavle, Sweden, where she attended college and art school, brought eight orders for portraits and as the years passed her reputation lor portraits of good likeness grew "I thought 1 was fairly won derful," she said with a smile breaking through her earnest ness. "Then I decided to study in Paris. Soon after I came, they showed me a drawing of the sculptor Rodin and I thought 'I could do a hundred times bel ter!' Rut in time t found out! "1 came lo modern art through the old masters. Studying them I saw that they had used archi tectural principles in constructing their paintings. I began to use architectural principles in mine My work led me to a different expression of those principles not the detail used by the Ranais sancc painters, but simpler bolder figures to reflect the hard, brutal, modern limes. In modern paint - I ing if the work is well done, you ican'l lake away anything without changing the painting. To lake out anything is like taking a pillar from a house." ''St-.i.5 I i 9K and r;irl Tr.ilVir : . ill afel v Brazil Will Take Over U. S. Built Airplane Bases Hit) DF .1 NI Ih'i I I ' ' The liiaili.ill government announced loday that all air liases in Ihazil built and manned hv tin- I Hiled Stales during Ihe war had been turned over lo ISrail Foreign Minister Ihuil Frr- uandes said in a siao-mcnl lli.n "Hra.il receives the b just pride, not onlv as a of possible cooper.il ion i I lire and in I he ilel on- e o and ileinoeracv but al-.,. mis remembrance-, ol lb ration that Hi. nil cave i cent glorious pa I Fernandes issued In. alter the Intted Stales nolilied linn that Hie nn s wild ih-iiienl Hie Hi nierii a s priel eollabo Ihe li- si .0 einenl i-nihassv m.iindcr ol I" vv ho had in. mil en. Hire Army Air Forces liaine.l Brazilians of Ihe liases had n liuned I, Uniled Slates I lu lu 1900 an automobile I lie cost about $3.i and would run about 2 -000 miles, while in I Will s lire cost aboul $8 and would run alioul 20, OOil miles Slack S 4 t'S ' ' !; (s n1 G o Mrs. Tilletl Sees Truman As Logical Party Candidate C'AAPFL 1111. 1.- i API Hresi di'iit Truman is the "very likely choice tor the Democratic Presi dential nominee in 194ii and a Dem ocratic victory depends on an "ex pected record turn-out of voters," j Mrs. Charles W Tillelt of Cbar lolte. vice-chairman of (he . ii.ur al Democratic Conunittee. said in I an address here Saturday ; Mrs Tillett, who spoke i ham Memorial under the j of the University's YW'C ; Democratic strength is m tira auspiees 'A said shown when there is a sieable vote. We are now working inward having (10.000 000 voters registered for the 1948 election. The sialic, more con servative vote, which is already registered, accounted for the lie publican victory last fall, along with a gencia! apalhy on the pari of all voters Many potential Dem ocratic voles lie 111 the unregistered voters." Speaking on "Women in Poli lies, Mrs Tillett emphasized thai ' the smal lest politicians now real ize thai al least fid per cent of ihe voting .strength lests with the Wo men. "fbe number ol women who have held important posts in Ihe govern ment may seem small but actually d is large and encouraging in view of the fact I hat women have had the vole for onlv 2fi years." she said "Women have a place in poli tics and they should start at the county or precinct level. Then, if they like, they may go on the big i'er posls " She cited the careers of a number of Congi esswomcn. Mis Tillelt. who plans a speak ing lour through Northeastern stales soon, said that President Truman has gained Ihe support of most of the country's power ful Democratic leaders and will "very likely ' win Ihe 194M nomin ation Al one lime Mexican law for bade shipment of col I on seed .ml of the country, but importers in the United Stales discovered I here was no law preventing the slull'ing of dolls with cotton seed and shipping the dolls, so col I on seeds were imported in that way Jeep Demonstration Joint Roger's Farm, ('raiilrce, Friday, April IS Jack MrCracken Farm, Kethel, Snhmlay, Apvil HI All Day Affair Sponsored It Sims Pless Motor Co. mm ttotis! Sale Starts Friday 1 ' Dresses Pcrired Nationally 7.98 Dresses Pcriecd Nationally 9.98 Dresses Pcriced Nationally 10.98- Dresses Priced Nalionally 12.98 One group specially selected brand new cot tons, regularly 6.98 and up, now 3.99 FAlifc THKtJS (f irst section Tomato Blight Preventatives Several materials are recom mended lo control late hitght among tomato plant i. Either sprays or dusts can be prepared. Sprays, although more diffi-'idt to prepare, gen-raJly give be, tee result!) and are ehvaver to i se, although dusts give good resui's if properly used. l cuiuiueiuletl materials are tri t a copper sulphate, conipound-A cupper, yellow euprocida. 4-3-50. Bordeaux spray, or 20-80 ropper linie dust. DireelMins for prepar ing the sprays and dusts may be obtained al the eounly agent's of fice The average dining ear carries about 2.4t0 picer of table and kilchenware. 3 out of 4 Fires Start Here OUGANIZF. your limne and tmr luinily hoc b com I ml these major lire inenai es. 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