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. re tan k HOTTSKR _Editor and Publisher MRS. CREOLA HOUSER (Local and Society Editor) Telephones Office, 2101 — Resilence, 2691 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in Advance One year_11.60 Six months _ -86 Four months- .60 Ttiree months - .60 n—wI MvrtUim* t*pr*..«*^* ftMESICAH P«SS flsSOtlATIOI New York • Chicooo ■ Oefroi* • PhilocWoU* 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. TTie Time To 3>o THEM /// --- v hbki^ BEHIND THE SCENES . m AMERICAN BUSINESS j* .__1 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
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