THE EAGLE
Published Every Thursday in the interest of Cherryville
• and surrounding Community._ .
’ Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 16th. 1906,
; in the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C., under the Act of
Congress March 3rd, 1879._____
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THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1944
THE CAR-NU-HOW
The third publication of the Car-Nu-How, published th.S
month and dedicated to the Boss, Carl A. Kudisill earned a
very attractive Lithographed cover, which to our way ot think
ing was a great improvement to the publication. The co e
wi especially beautiful and attractive as it shows several ot
the scenic spots of the three industrial plants. The inside covet
carried a full size page cut of Mr. Kudisill and the outside cai
ried cuts of the Carlton Yarn Mills with its beautiful lawns
and shrubbery, the Nu-Wuy .Spinning Company and in the cen
ter of the page was the General Offices, located at the Carlton
mill. Scenes of the Howell Manufacting Company with its spa
cious lawns and trees and the three beautiful club houses, Carl
ton, Howell and Nu-Wuy, topped off in the center with a cone
of Yftrn
The inside gives much news and comments from the boys in
service and also the activities of the plants which ,s very inter
esting news to boys and girls who have gone out from these
plants into the service of their country, .
The Editors, Mrs. Victor Stroupe and K. F. Smith and then
staff of workers deserve much praise and are to he congratu
lated upon their efiorts.
LIFE SPAN
The expression “the first hundred years are the hardest is
getting closer and closer to being an actuality, according to
life insurance statistics. The life span, it seems, is approach
ing the century mark by leaps and bounds and, il it continues
at the present rale, by the year *>44 practically everybody
will live to be 100.
The statistics show that where the average life '-pan was
49 years in 1900 (the average taking- into' consideration babies
.that die at birth), the normal length of life today is about ho
>e*Thjs information may be cheering to those who want to have
an extra 20 years added to their lives, but the statistics are
most important as a yardstick for measuring the accomplish
ments of medicine, of science and of accident prevention work.
They show, beyond question, that great strides have been
made in these fields since the beginning of, the century and
should be inspiring to those who are endeavoring to provide us
with still better health and safety in the future.
miracle homes
There has been so much talk about the Miiacle Home
of the future, that a lot of us are beginning to wonder it it
would be impractical, immediately after the war to consider
building an ordinary home when one that runs by push but
tons and can be built for a song may be just around the comer.
But a recent survey of the building trade indicates that the
miracle home, like the miracle automobile of the future will
be a matter of gradual development-each year’s model will
be a slight improvement on the previous one.
Furthermore, the improvements that do come along wi u
one that can be added to old homes as well as new
Among the things which we can look for soon after the w
-which might not be considered of the miracle variety-are
larger windows and wider use of glass for better lighting, more
built-in storage space, better designed kuebens. built-in furni
ture and improved landscaping. That is as much as the budd
ing trade is ready to promise now.
CANADA COULD LEARN FROM U. S.
A News report in the New York Times tells of the Canadian
government's successful effort to secure legislation permitting
it to “expropriate” the electrical and gas distribution system
of the privately owned Montreal Light, Meat and Power Com
pany. The private company paid approximately $7,500,000 in
taxes annually. Under public ownership, the company will be
tax exempt. According to the Times, the seven and a halt
million dollars tax bill will be “shifted from electricity consu
smer to the taxpayers as a whole."
The people of Canada could profit from experiments with
socialized industry in the United States. Our government has
for years followed a policy of competing with its citizens in
business in the guise of furthering the “general welfare.” Some
Americans encouraged the construction of great government >
hydro-electric projects to be operated in subsidized competi- \
tion with the private electric companies. They believed that
government competition would be confined to electric power,
and they could reap the temporary benefits of government
spending in their communities. They are being disillusioned.
Local politicians who encouraged the government in its lavish
business ventures, are having their eyes opened. The Federal
government has moved into fields of endeavor heretofore re
served to the private citizen. Tax exempt government enter
prise is displacing taxable private enterprise, under which local
governments rely for existence.
The Cleveland Chamber of Commerce, for instance, estimates
that homes and apartments owned by the Cleveland Metropolitan
Housing Authority would, if assessed at 60 per cent, yield the
city and county $540,000 in revenue. The authority offers
$16,000 “in lieu” of taxes.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, another government housing project is
locally assessed at $.125,000, a fraction of its cost. The city
has been trying for five years to collect at the rate of $9,000
annually. An “in lieu” settlement of -966 was offered by the
government. .__ ____i .... y
A Mother’s Prave >:i Mother’s Dav
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TOWN and FARM
- in WARTIME * i
Prepared by OFFICE OF WAR INFORMATION
REMINDERS
MEATS, r A l'S — Red stamps
tnrougn Q.x good inucnmieiy.
pltUtLSSrM tUOUts — liiue
damps .a?> tnrougn Q& good llidel
sluAK—Sugar stamps JO and
, i, earn goou rot o pounus m
leunueiy,
sugar stamp 40 good lor live
lounus oi canning sugar tnrougn
euruary next ycai,
uxouLhvr,—in iT East Coast
tales .A_y coupons good tnrougu
nay 6. .A-iU coupon oecomes good
nay , anu remains good tnrougu
August a. m slaies outside me
nasi toast area, .A-ll coupon,
juuu tdioUgn uone 4t.
riLt Uiii — neriods 4 and 5
•oupous, good tnrougn .August oi
011UH1C3 — .ahpu.ae stamps i
did u, good inuenniieiy.
>ome Vegetables mow r*oint Free
tomatoes, coin, asparagus,
leets, lealy greens, spinacu, tducK
■ye peas anu guromizo deans,date
leen auued to me poiui-iree list
it processed toous tnrougn June
,0, me Unice ot Price .iiiiumis
lation lias announced, mints nave
jeen reuuceu oil spagneiii sauce;
uups, grape anil tomato jams and
>res/iies; apple, grape, miiu amt
Jluni jellies; baners jetties and
run butters, Points nave been tii—
ireased on cranberries and cian
lerry sauce; tomato juice m targe
mummers canned or bottled uiy
'arieti.es ot beans (exclusive of
oy, biacKeye aim garbanzosj ; to
nuio catsup and emu sauce; rasp
terry anu strawberry jams and
deserves. KeilUCtloiiS were made
d move out last year’s stocks bc
ore new supplies are available ill
(real volume.
Butter Point Value Reduced
l be ration point value ol cream
■ry butler lias been reduced lium
lb to \Z red points a pound, the
)PA has announced. Margarine
las been lowered lrom l> lo 'l
joints per pound. The new values
tie effective through Juice ■‘1,1944
this reduction was made possible
jy seasonally increased produc
Lumber Industry Needs Men
More than bb.UUO men are now
leeded for lumheimg and puip
.vood jobs before next tall it the
1944 requirements are to Lie met,
recording to a statement from the
War Manpower Commission. Ef
forts will he made to switch from
farm labor to the woods as the
larvest season closes and to re
;ruit other seasonal workers. Lum
ber tocks are at an all-time low,
ind the estimated 1944 minimum
requirements of .‘15,500,000,000
board feet must be met almost en
tirely from the 1944 output.
Barn.Barnyard Equipment Quotas
Through the Barn and Barn
yard Equipment Industry Advis
ory committee, WPB has been ad
vised that"despite some shortages
in the available supply, 1944 pro
duction quotas of barn and barn
[ yard equipment will lie realized.
Seasonal Increases In Poultry
Consumers will pay an average
of two-thirds of a cent more a
■pound for poultry over a period
of one year under an OPA ruling'
providing for seasonal increases
in prices of chickens and other
fowl. The new prices will continue
through June of this year, and
from January through June of
next year. From July through De
cember of this year the ceiling
prices will revert to the unadjus
ted base prices as listed in Table
A of the Poultry Regulation. Pre
miums to the producers, which
will be passed on at till levels of
distribution, range from a low of
a half-cent a pound in January to
a high of 2.2 cents a pound inMay
Child-Care Service Available
The Office of War Information
reports that approximately 20
million dollars for extensive child
care services will be available du
ring the fiscal year 1943 to meet
the needs of working women and
children. The Federal Works Ag
ency is now linancing the follow
ing services in connection with
nursery schols or child care cen
ters; information centers for par
ents, health cae, a visiting teach
er service to work closely with
parents oil needs of children en
portation of children between
their homes and the centers. Com
munities where women with chil
dren under two years are needed
for war work now may apply to
FWA for funds to establish group
.care for these children.
To Reduce Hog Price*
Ceiling prices on hogs weighing
I more than 240 pounds live weight
| w ill he reduced 75 cents per hun
1 di'ed weight >n and after May 15,
' 19 11. the OPA said. The action
! is designed to discourage the use
of corn and other essential grains
| in bringing hogs up to heavy, un
economical weights.
Sell Corn to Government
Farmers in the surplus-produc
ing counties of the corn belt are
urged by the War Depart intuit,the
War Production Board, and the
War Food Administration to sell
corn to the government to assure
| continued production of critical
' war materials, the Department of
Agriculture announced. The ap
peal is for corn not required for
the farmers’ own needs or the
j 120,090.000 pounds of cheddar
I cheese for the quarter ending in
June, WFA says.-OPA announces
needs of feeders in their own
communities.
ROUND-UP
Civilians have been allocated
that 10,000 new passenger auto
mobiles and 12,000 new adults’
bicycles will be available for eligi
ble applicants in May More than
41,000 wives and infants were
given medical and hospital care in
March under the Blmergency Ma
ternity and Infant-Care program,
according to the Department of
Labor Dairy owners will find it
easier to purchase water heaters
as a result of a WPB action re
moving restrictions from sales of
direct hand fired (solid fuel) hot
water heaters of the following
types: bucket-a-day stoves, dome
type water heaters, and service
water and tank heaters there was
no net change in the average cost
of living essentials between Feb
ruary 15 and Match 15 because
lower food prices balanced higher
costs of spring clothing, household
equipment, and set vices, the La*
bor Department reports . _ Pot
type burners may now be purch
ased by consumers without a pre
ference rating, WPB says, but, in
the case of new installations, au
thorization for delivery of fuel
oil must be obtained from PAW
before purchase can be made
According to WFA, of an estimat
ed 4,000,000 extra farm workers
needed this year, it is expected
that about 1,200,000 will be boys
and girls under 18 years of age
and about 800,000 will be women
VOTE FOR
D. REID WALLACE
For House Of Representa
tives
Subject To Democratic
Primary May 27, 1944
Your Vote Will Be
Appreciated
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Cherryville, N. C.
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THE EAGLE
LETTER BOX
Dear Editor of The Eagle;
When we came to Cherryville
to make our home, I was surprised
to find a town of its size without
free mail delivery ■ service.
Personally I like it that way.
Living as we do only a block Horn
the post office, 1 enjoy the red ca
tion of going three times a day.
or whenever it suits my conveni
ence. for my mail; and I like the
fellowship of the post-office lobby.
It is interesting and beneficial to
rub shoulders there with friends
and neighbors. It is such a good
opportunity for cultivation of a
wholesome democracy in meeting
and greeting all the various ele
ments of the town’s population.
For the city as a whole, how
ever, free delivery service is more
convenient and economical, both
as to time and energy.
My first duty and privilege in
coming as a minister of the gospel
was to get acquainted \vith the
families of my parish. This I found
t0 be a large order, due to the ab
sence of street markers and house
numbers. 1 would have to make in
quiry as to the general location of
a certain home. On reaching the
neighborhood it would be necessa
ry to get more explicit direc
before finding the particular 1
I was looking for. It probably
me three times as long, without
exaggeration, to make this initial
survey as it would have taken had
there been the facilities requisite
for city mail service.
Sincerely,
J. WALT Kit COBB,
Presbyterian Minister.
Two new markets tor limits and
vegetables will be established this
year in the Mitchell county area,
reports Hasten Meacham, Exten
sion Marketing Specialist of .VC.
State College.
From where I sit... 61/ Joe Marsh
r
Morale is a Lot
of little things
You hear a lot of talk about mo
rale these days ... but have you
found many people who knew
exactly what "morale" was?
Well, I was thumbing through
my scrap book the other day,
and I came on this verse I’d like
to pass on to you ...
If. the lift yon fet freiu • friendly
A brand new hat In a jaunty style...
A letter from home that the post
man bring....
Morale la a lot of little things.
Isn’t it so? Morale just a lot of
little things. A flower in your
button hole, a word of greeting,
an occasional refreshing glass of
beer with friends.
Prom where 1 sit, if we take
rare to preserve these little
friendly things that boost mo
rale, we’ll he doing a lot to help
our country in its time of crisis.
And we'll boost morale among
our soldiers at the front, too. be
cause it’s these "important little
tilings" that they look forward
to returning to.
• 1f44, IRtWINO INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, North Caroli
Bd««r M. Rain, Rtate Director, 606-607 Insurance Bldg
na Committee
Rcileifrh, N. C.
7?Su/flcri
savedd/v/ie..
I’m bugs on
cars.
I’d hardly think I’m a real American if I didn’t
always hanker after the latest thing in auto
mobiles. Most everyone feels the same—wanting
a new car. So even with Peace, is some new car
with my number on it coming right off the
assembly line? Who knows? I’m well off, though
—still riding handsome—because I kept thinking
of all the different oils to help a car. And I
noticed ad after ad agreeing that your engine
always forms acids inside... Risky... Bad danger
of corrosion. But a statiop man showed me a can
of Conoco N** motor oil, and it said that a
modem synthetic in Conoco furnishes the
working parts with oil-plating—like a special
surfacing to resist the acids; not letting them
easily eat metal away. So you needn’t fret too
much for a new car, when a switch to Conoco Nf*
oil will safely oil-plate your engine right now.
Let the future car improvements try beating that!
CONOCO
N
MOTOR OIL