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European Needs Traced
In SfeW Dopt. Studies
WSWGTON The 17-volume
State Department's study op the
preirqt economic and political situ
atiofl In the Euopean countries
participating fci the Marshall aid
Wtam I based oo cwwtfete files
on each country.
A thumbnail review of what this
opus has to say about each coun
try follows:
Austria: Austria's economy to
day is one of the most depressed
in turope. me Ptu-ue,,, u. uu-
paiion nu cm'P'W'B au!- "
the occupying powers aggravate
the situation. Occupation costs eat
up a third of its budget
Austria
can only become a self-supporting
nation with an acceptable standard
of living if there is a satisfactory
treaty and if recovery takes place
in other European countries.
The Austrian Government has
stood firm against Communist at
tacks and against Soviet interfer
ence in internal administration ami
with the applicaion of Austrian lav..
But as long as the Soviet Union
keeps up its present economic foot
ball in the eastern zone, the Aus
trian Government is incapable of
exploiting fully its industrial ami
agricultural resources.
At present Austria needs food
and raw materials from the West
ern Hemisphere. It can export
some nitrogen, timber, and fin
ished steel. It should be able later
to export electric power, petroleum,
textiles, and chemicals.
Belflum: Belgium's stable middle-of-the-road
Government, backed
by its hard working and essentially
conservative population, has
achieved increasingly effective
measures of recovery. It lias had
considerable success in its efforts
to halt inflation, but finds the prob
lem a troublesome, politically deli- I
cate, and constantly recurring prob- !
lem. It has had notable success in !
holding wages stable, but much less '
success in its effurts to reduce
prices.
Communist influence is larger ,
than before the war. but its has
declined steadily from a peak I
reached shortly alter liberation.
Belgium's recovery should he aid
ed by the recently formed Bene
lux customs union, eliminating tar
iff harriers. The country's eco
nomic troubles arise chiefly from
lack tf coal and from inability to
convert sterling receipts into dol
lars. Denmark: Denmark's principal
problem of recovery is the high !
cost and low level of agricultural
production, a situation stemming
largely from economic conditions
beyond the country's control. It
needs increased imports of feeds,
fertilizers, fuel, and other raw
materials, but lacks hard currency
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Thursday, Friday, January 29-30
!"Red Stallion"
(In Technicolor)
Starring
ROBERT PAIGE and TED DONALDSON
Saturday, January 3)
"Twilight On The Rio
, Grande"
Starring
GENE AUTRY
Late Show
"Mysterious Mx. Valentine
Starring
LYNDA STERLING and WILLIAM HENRY
Sunday, February 1
Stairway To Heaven
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Starring
DAVID NIVENj KIM HUNTER and RAYMOND MASSEY
Mondajr, Tuesday, February 2-3
"Foxes Of Harrow"
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reserves with which to buy them.
If it is to again export large
amounts of bacon, butter, eggs
and cheese to its neighbors a
business that accounted for its high
living standard, it must obtain im
ports. Politically the country ii stable,
with the major parties firmly
anti-Communist. But the recently
formed Cabinet faces the same
economic problems that contribut-
(q downfa f jts predeces-
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' ,
i ranee I the key to de-
1 mocracy in weaicm nuiuc.
the Communists know it. rne is-
sue there, then, is: Can the French
economy be wrecked to the point
where chaos and civil strife will
permit the imposition of a Com
munist dictatorship or ill democ
racy survive and be reinforced in
western Europe.'
At the moment Gen. Charles de
Gaulle holds something of a veto
over the composition and policies
of the French Government. But
with a difficult winter ahead, he
apparently prefers not to take
power. Also until the Communists
strength really is broken, many
wavering deputies hesitate to up
set a centrist coalition.
Production is the key to France's
recovery. Foreign aid. though vital
j even in the first year of ERP
would account fur less than 5 per
cent of the country's own produc
tion and industrial activity.
France also must check infla
, tion. The Monuet Plan estimates
I on the capacity of the French pub
j lie for saving and investment have
had to be revised downward. The
! country's 'main import needs from
jlhe Western Hemisphere are fats
land oils, cotton, coal, farming nui
I chinery. and cereals,
i Greece: Greece's recovery prob
. lems are greatly aggravated by
guerrilla warfare. The Communists,
with outside help, arc working to
perpetuate economic chaos and
! poverty in their struggle for con
trol. If the guerrilla movement can
be reduced and internal order es
tablished, the economic recovery
program of the Greek Government
and the aid extended by the United
States should provide the basis for
minimum reconstrutcion. But if the
guerrilla movement is merely con
tained, a subsistence level only may
he obtainable.
There are greater reservations
about
the recovery program for
Greece than for any other country !
For Greece has a problem of im-1
mediate security without which a
stable economy is completely be
yond reach. Also Greece is not in
a position to contribute substanti
ally to the roeovery of other CEEC
countries. In fact Greece's recov-
tey riU sorely' 1aV behind that of
other countries, requiring outside
help and contributing little in re-
turn. Under the most favorable
conditions, the country's living
, standard will be low and can be
considered tolerable only in rela
I tion to the country's past. Its great
1 est needs are for bread grains, sug-
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CAREENING CAR
JUMPING THt ROAD at a turn, an out-ol-control ear Is shown after tt
smashed through the glassed-in porch oi Mrs. Erma Hodge's hoin bj
Prophetsville, 111., and tor through the parlor wall- A piano was pushed,
across the room and Mrs- Hodge, who was asleep in an adjoining roon
was injured when her bed. was roefced, the impact The driver. Jim
Brady, and Cyril Wassenhove, wer seriously hurt. (InteTaatMWWll
Hollywood
Film Shop
HOLLYWOOD (UP l Tele
vision has turned Cesar Romero's
home into a kindergarten.
The actor bought a television set
i so his invalid lather, 75-year-old
Cesar .lulio Romero, could be en
tertained. He has a long story of
troubles that began then.
I "My father pan't get near the
' television set," Romero said.
"There have been more kids in my
house than in school."
A nephew and a niece, seven-year-old
Bob a.n.d four-year-old
Holly Hope, live with Romero. The
television set for them is an all
day trip to the movies.
"Every kid in the neighborhood
haunts the house waiting for the
show to go on." Romero said. "They
never play outdoors any more. My
mother bakes cookies constantly to
keep them fed. The neighbors get
mad because they can't get their
kids home for dinner. When I
come home from the studio I cAVi't
Pud any place to sit down in my
,ir. d;iiry products, farm machinery.
Iceland: With fish and fish pro
ducts constituting 90 per cent of
Iceland's exports, the country's re
covery depends to u large extent
AM rtj'sWtoiug ,tt& f aimer-markets
for fish and fish oils. Iceland also
faces the necessity of counteracting
domestic inflation to adjust pro
duct ion costs downward.
The 'country's Communists are
strong only because they control
the central trade-union organiza
tion, thus wielding influence out of
proportion to their voting strength,
which is about oni-liHh of the dec-
torate. j
Ireland: Ireland can contribute j
to Europe's economic recovery by j
substantially increasing its ex
ports of agricultural products, par
ticularly to Britain, to which its
economy is closely linked. But it I
needs feedstuffs. fertilizers, and
equipment, also coal and manu
factured items; t6 do this.
The country also faces difficulty
because of inability to convert
sterling receipts into dollars and
so pay for its needs from America.
Politically the country is stable.
Recently, however, inflation and
agricultural troubles have in
creased the strength of the new
opposition, the Republican Party.
'THEATRE OF TOMORROW" TODAY
till
"Theatre of Comfort and Courtesy"
SHOW TIME
DAILY 5:45 Through U
SAT. 11 Through 11
SUN. 2-4 And 8:30
THVRSJiAY AND FRIDAY
, Follow The Leader
With The EAST SIDE KIDS
SATURDAY
Gun Fighting JOHNNY McBROWN
in
GHOST RIDER
SUNDAY and MONDAY
It's Fun With '
JEAN ARTHUR GEORGE BRENT
in .
MORE THAN A
SECRETARY
THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER - -v-v . --r-
WRECKS HOUSE
by PATKIC1A CLARY
United Press Staff Correspondent
own front room."
Problem Switched
The problem used to be to keep
the children off the streets, Romero
said wryly. Now it is how to get
I hem out of the house.
The television set also brings its
own problems of misbehavior, he
added.
"When we discovered a vast
array of loot, from knives to ex
pensive dolls, we found that Bobby
and Holly were charging admis
sion to look at our television set.
"We had a terrible time finding
out who paid for admission with
what so we could return the toys.
The kids either didn't remember
or didn't want to remember, de
pending on how much they wanted
to keep the 'tickets.'
"I had to give them a lecture on
the duties of a host and hostess,
point out that I didn't charge ad
mission to my parties and insist
that they behave like ladies and
gentlemen or else."
Dad Likes Company
"Or else what?" bridled Betty
Grablc. to whom he told the story
on the set of 20th Century-Fox's
"This Is the Moment."
Or else they wouldn't be allowed
to look at the broadcasts with my
dad, for which t bought the qet
in the first place." Romero said.
"Then I found out Dad liked them
around so much he let them look
anyway and sent them to their
room when I was due to come
home."
ROY ROGERS
Hoy Rogers, king of the cowboys,
and Trigger, the smartest horse in
pictures, have taken a third mem
ber on their team.
He's Spur, an ash-white, whip
smart police dog, to be known
henceforth as "king of the cow
dogs." "Stands on his head and crawls
on his belly like a rep-tile," Rogers
proclaimed in a sideshow barker
drawl as he put Spur through his
tricks on the set of Republic's
"Under California Stars."
Spur hasn't learned many tricks
in the month Rogers has had him,
and ho won't be "Under California
Stars ". He makes his screen debut
as part of the regular Rogers cast
in their next Republic western.
"We're -VKoing to start him off
i
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Parents Study
Course Will Be
Held At Bethel ;
Tfc Ifclhel Parent-Tewaef A
.clatitn Will hqfc) il nul Parent
fdujatlofl studx counse 04 Wesa-,
Feb. 3, wfth an all day program.
It will begin at 11 a. m. in the high
school auditorium.
Subject of the aourse is 'T?du
eatiap fjr Hf BCtwWe Pfupfnthood,"
with an interesting program to be
presented. Speakers are, Mrs. f .
ju$y; Mrs. Hcwwd. Hrysr.f,
county health nurse; Miss M?rg;,ret
Johmtwv county libxajrwn; nd
Mrs, Mfdvin Twftar 4 Brysftft ( ity,
dirwtor of P.-T A Ustrtet No, '.
Th jurwjuTf rhjfthw band ni
(he elementary glee dub. voder the
direction oJ Mrs. 4ohj Carver, will
give several numbers. Lunch w(ll
be served in the school cafeteria:
AU parents are cordially invited
to attend. Mrs. W. P. Whitesi.de
and Mrs. Ralph Kelly are in charge
of arranjeinents., and Mrs. James
Edwards president o the p.vt.a.
Local Boy Scouts
Given Swimming
Lessons At Canton
Agroup e Boy Scouts from here
took swimming instructions at the
Canton MX". pool Wednesday night
under the supervision of their
sewt ieder.
Tbe stdun leaders were Paul Mc
fUrey. scoutmaster of troop 9; Ru-
fus Carswell of the Hazetwood
troop, Marion T- Bridges, and
George "Ma" Kimball
The scouts were Bruce Lantz,
Robert Massie, Kenneth Stiles,
Tommy Gibson, Stanford Massie,
Carlton Davis, Winburn Davis,
Charles Messer, Aaron Gibson,
Richard Parham, Johnny Heinz,
Phil Shelton.
Donald Cogdill, John Calhoun,
Joe Howell, Johnny Patterson,
Charles Alley and Charles Bridges.
After their swimming instruc
tions, the boys played basketball
against Canton troop 16.
Lj&rgq Crowd Hears
Speaker On "Soils"
More than 200 persons, including
a large number of veteran farmer
trainees, attended the meeting on
Tuesday night at the courthouse to
hear Dr. Ivan Miles, director of
the soils testing division of N. C.
Department of Agriculture, speak
on the subject of "soils."
Dr. Miles emphasized the value
of testing ground to determine
which crops it is best suited for
and the fertilizer which will best
add to its productiveness.
DEATHS
W. J. (BEN) SPENCE
Funeral services for W. J. (Ben)
Spence, 63, veteran employe of the
Champion Paper and Fibre com
pany who djed Wednesday in an
Asheville hospital, were held at
3:30 p. m., Thursday in Central
Methodist church of Canton.
The Rev. C. W. Kirby officiated
and burial was in Bon-A-Venture
cemetery.
Active pallbearers were C. N.
Wright, M. P. McKennish, C. L.
Cole, J. A. Medford, J. M. Pless and
T. R. Thompson. Honorary pallbear
ers were members of the Champion
Old Timers club, of which Mr.
Spence was. a charter member.
A storage tub operator in the ex
tract department, Mr. Spence en
tered the employ of the company on
July 1, .1908.
Surviving are1 the' nvWow, Mrst
lataleVthlbeveea son. Mi-
nephews.
Wells funeral home was in charge
of arrangements.
HOW TO GROW MORE WOOL
ADELAIDE, Australia (UP) The
rate oi wool production of sheep
can be affected by as much as 250
per cent by variations in the nu
tritive qualities of pastures, ac
cording to investigations of the
Australian Council for Scientific
apt) Industrial Research. Early
experiments showed that one to
two ounces of protein supplement
per sheep per clay resulted in the
production of entra wool.
Petrpleum is produced in 26
states of the United States.
Hind o easy," Hgers confided.
"Yqu'U lst see Itfm U through
the picture followin' Trigger and
me around.
Baby Needed Now
"Instead of telling folks who he
is, we want 'em to write in and
ask."
The djOg leaves Rogers lacking
only eri movie ingredient for sure
box office success a baby. .
"Well, maybe when my boy gets
a little older , he grinned- "Let's
see, we could make him Jane's
brother and. have him kidnaped by
the bandits."
Jane lreee' Is the current lead
ing lady with whom Rogers shakes
hands while he hugs his horse. She .
and Dale Ivans, the ex-leading
lady wham Rogers married New
Year's eve, have found plenty in
common.
Nlether oi us ever has a thing
to wear," Miss Frazee said, "except
riding britches. '
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HILDEGAKDE'S BEGIN
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take his concert appearances on the
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ried; thej loved it, turned out in
gimoxous mobs, heaved all sorts
tf parties for him
Now he
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