THE EAGLE
Published Every -Thursday ia the interest of Cherryvills
a ad surrounding Community.
Entered as Second Class Mail matter August 1006,
is the Post Office at Cherryville, N. C., ander the Act of
Oongreea March 3rd, 1879.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1945
CHERRYVILLE’S DECORATIONS PRETTY
The Town of Cherryville and the Merchants are to be
congratulated on the pretty Christmas decorations. The
towns electricians are especially to be commended on the
fine job they did in making the vacant lot next to the city
hall one of the most attractive spots in town. The Christ
mas tree with the gayly Christmas lights makes a very at
tractive scene. Also the town did a good deed when they
had the side walk relaid in fiont of this spot, so th£ women
and children could get by without springing their ankles.
The merchants have the most attractive window dis
plays they have ever had. maybe it is because we have not
been accustomed to seeing Christmas lights in so long, un
til it looks unusually good to the eye. If you haven't got
the Christmas spirit yet, we believe if you will come to
Cherryville and after visiting the stores and seeing oui
pretty lighted streets you will feel more like celebrating
Again, we congratulate the merchants on what they are
doing for themselves as well as for the town.
MEANWHILE, NO HOMES
Should rent control be continued on newly constructed
homes?
The National Association of Real Estate Boards says
that builders will delay construction of rental homes un
til the restrictions are eliminated. Chester Bowles, head
of the OPA, says that elimination of restrictions would
permit builders to exploit the housing shortage to the hilt.
There the matter stands—and meanwhile almost 3.000.
000 new families, temporarily doubling up with other
families, are unable to find homes.
It would seem as if an immediate answer could be
reached. Clearly, Mr. Bowles is right in realizing that
some builders would seek excessive profits if the restric
tions were all dropped. But just as clear is the fact that
no man is going to invest his money in building unless he
can expect a fair profit.
WE DON’T LIKE SECRETS
If Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley’s resignation blasts re
sult in an investigation of American foreign policy and
diplomatic personnel, many will herald his barbs as .well
aimed.
Following his resignation as ambassador to China, the
doughty general said that he hoped he wouldn’t be push
ed too far “because I know the names, the numbers and
the places where we have supported ideologies that are
in conflict with those we asked our men to fight and to
die for.”
For years now there have been charges of “secret diplo
macy. But during the war. for security reasons, the
public was more forbearing.
Now, however, the air should be cleared.
If General Hurley can support his charges tha* our for
eign policies have not been in keeping with our ideals, he
.will be doing the American public a service by taking’the
stand before a congressional committee. And if the State
department Can stand up under investigatory fire, it is
that much more to be commended.
BUY VICTORY BONDS NOW
As the Christmas season approaches and we are think
ins in terms of ‘‘Peace on earth good will toward men,”
Jet us be so thankful that we have peace that we will in
vest more liberally than ever before in our government, in
Victory Ronds.
For while war has ceased we must pay for the main
tenance ot peace, good will toward men. Never in history
has there been such an opportunity as this to invest in
peace. Never in our day have individuals, as a whole, had
such a privilege as everyone has today of helping to pay
for peace and at the same time invest in the safest secur
ity in the world, the United States Government.
Christmas shoppers should remember, too, that when
they fail to find what they really want in the way of big
gifts, that a bond is acceptable to every member of the
family. Employers should aiso think of this.
For the maintenance of “Peace on earth good will tow
ard men’’ invest in the gift of gifts, Victory Bonds, NOW.
VALLEY OF LEAST RESISTANCE
The mountain brooklet did not dig gullies in a day_it
took hundreds of years. The paths of the rivers wending
toward the sea were made in the valley of least resistance.
Socialism is paving the way for ultimate control via so
called “liberal” legislation supported by quasi-socialist
democrats (and Republicans).who don’t seem to care a
long which road they are leading us, as long as it is the
highway marked "political expedience.” And, instead of
the people doing something about it, we slumber like the
proverbial here while the tortoise of socialism lumbers on
ward to win the race.—Fustis (Fla.) Lake Region.
‘So Little Time’
OH PEAR- l! HOW WILL. I EVER. <f£T
thbough Christmas 9 ™""
\V/E SfARC6.LV begun’shopping
StORES SO CROWDED CANT FIND WHAT
\ WANT-~'~* SHOULD WAVE MAILED UVCLE
CAV'jf PACKAGE LAST WEEK*w DlCK
WILL NOT HELP ANV-rfcV‘' BARBARAS NO
HELP EITHER-^- DEAD AuD JANE ACT LIKE
PienOShaven’t mailed our. Christmas
CARDS VET-*'*-'-' MUST Fl* UP THE SPARE
Room FoR. /MOTHER And DAP-vw Bridge
Club’s holiPav party here next weeic^
MV FEET APE WORN OuT-v~- I'm TlRED All
OVER £o MAWV TUIMCS TO DO AND
i? L>TTie Time To 3>o THEM ///
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BEHIND THE SCENES
. m AMERICAN BUSINESS j*
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NEW YORK, Dec. 10.—The
housing problem, especially lot
returning veterans, started old as
an inconvenience, expanded into
an economic question and now
threatens to become a political
crisis. Little attention was paid
to the problem while the little Try
were battling with it, but now
that the top drawer people lac.
similar situations, things are be
ginning to pop. Pressure on Wash
mgton is bunding up in municipal
ities throughout the country. May
or Rodgers of lpiilas is in Was
ington demanding
ol New York. (. idea
Detroit and west eo
voicing their concern
ter is becoming a
problem in Congres
sion boss Snyder is
plan to put pi ioi Mo
tion materials with h
meat houses gettiim
theaters and bank in
while, estimates au t
ihe nation can usi 1,200,000 more
urban dwelling- units, while 1,
900,000 more will lie needed by
the end of 1946. The wartime
boom in marriages and births has
been a factor, while upgrading of
people who moved out of slum
areas to higher priced quarters
has been another.
Officials
i, ( levelaild
. d the mai
lt eco nver
od construc
;,e and apart
lie nod over
lings. .Wean
mu i lglit now
VERSATILE 0 LO T H E S PIN S -
Mr. Del Webb, who is co-owner
of the New York Yankees base
ball team, recently went into the
clothespin business, but like his
Yankees, his clothespins are not
run-of-the-mill variety. They are
made of aluminum ami look like
those hobby pins with which wo
men keep their hair in place. How
ever, they are larger and come m
assorted colors. Called Holly
wood Pin-ups, they are perma
nently colored red, silver, bint
and green by a process called al
umilite, leveloped by the Alumi
num ■ Company of America. Mr.
Webb thinks that when the pins
are not busy holding clothes on
the line they may double as bur
ettes fod daughter's hair, or as
money-clips for Dad’* pocket
They might also lie used to clip
the blankets in bain's 'crib, oi
slipped over a clothes hanger to
hold a dress or a pair of pants.
Mr. Webh is enthusiastic about
the whole thing. He estimates
that approimately 2,526.600 lbs.
of aluminum may tie used in the
making of 50 million pins next
year. He proudly points out
that that was the amount of alum
inum which was required for the
production of 140 Flying For
tresses.
THINGS TO COME—A ti-a.n*
parent liquid finish for linoleum.
It is both acid and water resis
tant and one coat is said to last
six months .... A new corklike
plastic for lining bottle caps. It
mky get wanted relief
Cardul is a liquid medicine which
many women say has brought relief
from the cramp-Uke agony and ner
qgus strain or functional perlodlo
•Omrtm. Here's how It may help:
1 Taken like a tonic.
It should stimulate
appetite, aid diges
tion,* thus help build re
sistance for the “time"
to come,
2 Started 3 days be
fore "your time”, it
should help relieve
pain due to purely func
Try Cardul. If It helps, you’d
be glad you did. )
is similar to other platics except
tor a chemical process that forms
innumerable small bubbles which
;irc frozen m place when the
plastic solidities . . . Powdered,
soapless cleaner which makes it
possible to shampoo carpets with
out removing them from the floor.
A new airplane lacquer which as.
,suies improved safety m air
I plane operation by. reducing tire
I hazards on painted surfaces. It
can be applied to fabric-covered
surfaces and interior decorative
areas .... Bread wrappers will
be mould proof with a new finish
applied to coated or waxed paper
finishes .... Many top secret
instruments and devices that
helped bring victory in the air
will he revealed at the National
Aircraft Show in Cleveland Jan
narv 11 to 20 .... A new cellt.
lose snone'e is being introduced
by duPont to hold kitchen soap
scraps . . . . L llipop m de it
home. One of the candy compan
ies is offering a kit which in- 1
cludjes materials, flavoring ex- ’
| tracts, sticks and waxpaper.
ABOUT THOSE TIKES—Tall, !
slim, scholarly looking John 1.. 1
Collyer, president of the B. F.
Uoodrieh Company, stepped ott
a trans-Atlantic plane the other
day to tell New York reporters
'.-■.test development., in the world
lubber situation. Just back from
the international rubber confer
ence in London, he predicted r
would he the end of 1946 “be
fore you can buy the tire you
want, when and where you want
it.” Reporters, conscious of the
$700 million investment made in
tfhe nation's synthetic rubber
plants laafKl about comprt,'A>n
hdtwteen our synthetil j’uK'ier
and the natural produce which
-hould begin to come out of lib
a ed Far Eastern countries >n
near future. About two-thirds'
' " Hu* rubber to he used in Amer- j
•' next year, Mr. Collyer ans- j
weied, will of necessity be syn
detic. Out and out competition
t,’tween natural and synthetic i
v ill begin in 1947, he estimated, i
m
NOT AFRAID TO ADMIT ERROR
At St. Louis, Mo., lives R. M. Walton, a man who
done something very few people in the world are willing
to do.
What is that most unusual feat? Why, to admit he wai
wrong! Sounds easy, but how many people do it?
One day Mr. Walton was sitting at his desk when his
telephone rang and a voice said, ' Mr. G - wants to
see you.” He knew something was wrong.
Trouble.
He had three perfectly good reasons why the work had
not been finished.
Mr. Walton knew that any one of these was suf
ficient reason for the delay in the work. But as
the elevator shot up, he began to think of the situa
tion from the viewpoint of Mr. G-. He knew that
Mr. G-did not want alibis even if they were gold
mounted. Right then and there he made a wise de
cision; he would not tos; any alibis into Mi*. G——*s
lap. He would admit frankly and honestly that the
fault was his and that he was wrong. He might ba
fired, but he would admit he was wrong.
Mr. Walton said he was to blame. Mr. G-glared.
But Mr. Walton explained the full situation; he said he
knew the importance of the figures and wanted to give
them careful scruity and not rush them through with
routine work. Finally Mr. G- asked when the work
could be finished without an undue rush and Mr. Walton
told him. They talked more freelv. The upshot of it
was that Mr. G-told Mr. Walton not to rush it, but to
take his time and do a good job.
He gave these statistics: worH
rubber consumption next year |
1,a00,000 tons of which 000,000 [
tons will he natural rubber. In
the prewar years 1930-41, the
world consumed an average ot
1,100,000 tons.
BITS O’ Bl’SIXKSS—Bigges'j
merger in the textile held in re- ,
cent years is that just announced
for Ceianese t’orp. and Tulo/e :
Rayon t'oi p. The fonner, one ot j
the three largest producers m
the rayon held makes about hat; i
the nation’* acetate type rayon. J
Tubize, a smaller Company mal
es both acetate and viscoe typ
rayon airlines will need ahoi.
$500 million in the next live year. ;
for new equipment 1
slaughter at Chicago tiebled !■
week and price slipped 75 certs
a hundred weight. Backers at
tributed heavy receipts to far
mers’ fears of a strike brewing
in the packing industry I’r.ec
distortions cu>h the supply ef
butter as demand rises. Pro
duction in Minnesota, Iowa and
Wisconsin is 1’0 p<*r cent In low 1
that of a year ago. Crcanmry mm
say f)PA ceilings which leplncc I
competitive buying in guiding th I
flow of cream to piovesso s <li
criminate against butter J
Chain store and mail order sails
in October were e.ght per cent
over a yeai ago.
USE EAGLE ADS
NEW DRUBS...
They may not be in
the Dictionary...
but You'll find them
on our Shelves
One of the factors that haa
made our establishment Pre
scription Headquarters is the
fact that your Physician
knows that he can count on
ns to stock the newest Spe
cialty, or the unusual drug
that is rarely prescribed. For
careful compounding, pre
cisely as the doctor directs,
bring us your prescriptions.
iOUSER DRUG Co.
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From out of the skies . . . derived from th*
high-octane fuels that put the power in airpower
. . . your Conoco N-tane brings you that sens*
of riding the wind—in quiet!. . .
— You'll have to strain to hear a ping
— You'll be using the gears for spine-tingling
get-away—and for little else
— you 11 be overwhelmed with mileage
You 11 know that the hardest Winter no longer
means hard-starting gasoline
Only the swift wartime progress founded on
foremost pre-war brainwork, can assure you of
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with stepped-up power that's quieted down!
Try it for excitement! Continental Oil Co.
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