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CARTERET COUNTY NEWS-TEttES, EEAUTCST AND JZQZZZZAB CITT.XC.
TUESDAY, MAY IV IMS
A Nut Can Cause Trouble
lit the Air Corps, Army
r. By Tom Reedy
MUNICH (AP) If only peo
ple would know that a cap-screw
is a "bolt hexagon head" the
'j 1 Autobahns in Germany
Wouldn't be full of side panels that
ust fell off.
2 Fenders on Army six by-Bix-trucks
wouldn't rattle so much.
3 Colonels would be happy
ttstead of chewing out majors and
captains.
4 Majors and captains would
be happy instead of chewing out
Seutenants and sergeants.
The capscrcw crisis has turned
p in the U.S. Army ordinance and
top laughing. It ain't funny,
j If there is one thing an Army
truck needs, it is a capscrcw. If
there is one thing (he Army has
in Germany, it is capscrews seven
hundred thousand of them to be
piore or less exact.
If there is one thing a truck out-
Young Beauty
fit can't lay its hands on, it is a
capscrcw. So, panels fall off trucks
Fenders fall off. Soon everything
rattles. Soon sergeants holler. Lie
utenants holler at them. Captains
holler at the lieutenants and so it
goes on.
To start at the wginning, the
army busted its way through the
war using capscrews like mad
There never was a shortage. A cha
racter would say "I need a cap
screw" and he got it.
Then redcmploymcnt set in. Ser
geants who knew capscrews and
what they were for went home.
Ordnance depots started running
out of sergeants.
Air corps men were brought in.
Capscrews? They never heard of
them. In the air corps you call
them "bolt hexagon heads."
So the "nomenclature" was
changed. In the depots out in the
field, when a fender was loose you
asked for a "bolt hexagon head."
When the supply of "capscrews"
was exhausted, the depot asked
Headquarters for "bolt hexagon
heads."
At Headquarters, men looked up
the records and found there were
no bolt hexagon heads in stock.
And so they notified the depots.
Meantime capscrews at Head
quarters piled up.
A couple of oldtime ordnance
men wrote letters about it. They
got back notice that when a man
wants a capscrew, he ought to ask
for one.
. The depot men have done every
thing but write letters to the edi
tor. All they want is bolt hexagon
heads.
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Glcnda Lee Willis, 6, du!i"litcr
of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Willis,
Stacy, was winner of a recent
beauty contest sponsored at Stu
cy school. Through the contest
$25 was raised for the benefit of
the school.
'Reindeer King
Seeks Sea Wall
For City Of Nome
By Jane Eads
WASHINGTON (AP) Carl
Lomen, who went to Alaska in HMK)
to seek gold and later became the
"reindeer king," is here to ask
Congress to do something tor the
city of Nome. Nome, he says, is in
danger of being washed away by
the heavy seas and even the Ted
cral building, which houses the
U.S. Signal Corps, is no longer
safe. He's plugging for a sea wall.
"We're America's closest town to
Siberia," he says, adding that it
is "within six minutes reach of a
Russian' jet plane."
The seu. he says, menaces the
The Headquarters men haven't a buildings, which are all built along
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haVe capscrews
Color Blindness Can'i
Be Cured, Navy Declares
NEW YORK (AP) A Navy
study warns persons who were
born color blind not to waste their
money on so-called cures.
After 75 years of experiments,
"no type of treatment or training
has proved to be of real value,"
says Lt. Cmdr. Dean Farnsworth
in the Sight-Saving Review. The
review is published by the Nation
al Society for the Prevention of
Blindness.
There are at least 6,000,000
males in the United States who
' are complclly or partially color
blind, Farnsworth said, and a
smaller number of women.
The Navy, which uses many
kinds of colored signals, had to
reject any color-blind man. So the
Nvy vs keenly interested in
whether the color-blindness can be
corrected. Numerous kinds of
treatment or training have been
advertised or attempted.
Farnsworth said a survey show
ed that the best authorities on
color vision emphatically believe
that persons born with' color blind
ness cannot be cured "by the use
of diet, medicine, training, or other
treatment now known to science."
AP Newsfcatures
California scenery is setting a
style in glass houses that is '
spreading over the country. This
Plan (i 1, designed liy Richard
J. Nrudj, UW) Silverhike ISIvd.,
I.os Angeles 26, Calif., covers
about I .(Kill square feet exclusive
of twocur garage. At the top
is a front view of the bouse at
the end of u dead end street. At
the light is a rear corner of the
living room.
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SHANGHAI (AP) China's 29-year-old
movie industry is at its
lowest ebb in history and "this in
itself is quite an achievement."
The quotation is that of a U.S.
educated Chinese movie distribu
tor, who says '.'Chinese movies nev
er were known for their quality."
The ebb, he adds, applies to
quality of production, direction,,
acting, settings, scripts and any
thing else- found around a movie
lot.
.
He and the few independent pro
ducers who are left blame every
thing on government controls, high
costs and the undeveloped tastes
of most of the Chinese movie-going
public.
China's Hollywood has largely
come under state control since the
end of the war. Officials of the
Central Motion Picture Service,
the government-controlled studio
combine, admits there's room for
improvement.
Indeed there is, replies one dis
tributor. He thinks they might
well begin their improvement by
working over the scripts.
It's impossible to single out one
particular theme from the hodge
podge of ideas that go into each
Chinese movie, he says.
"You go to see a musical and
if the director has restrained
himself you'll find murder, mys
tery, sex and politics thrown in for
good measure.
"If the director hasn't restrain
ed himself, you may also find a
long declamation against the Chi
nese communists and scenes from
World War II."
Chemist Points Out Importance
Oi Lignin, Chemical Found In Wood
The Irish Airlines has announ
ced that its first flight from Shan
non to Boston and Shannon to New
York has been postponed for at
least a month. However, covers
sent by philatelists for this flight
will still be honored and will be
held until the new date. Collectors
1 in the United States wishing spe-
' cially prepared westbound covers
should send 50 cents a cover to
Philatelic Manager, Irish Airlines,
33 East 50th St., New York 22,
'N. Y. Regular eastbound covers
may be ent to New York or Bos-
ton post offices.
because the sea is frozen. What
they're fighting against is the next
storm. The storms usually come in
lute September or October.
Mr. Lomen got interested in the
reindeer industry shortly after he
went to Alaska. The first reindeer
has been brought into the country
from Siberia to provide fqod for
the Eskimos, and Laplanders were
sent from Norway to take care of
the reindeer. Mr. Lomen and some
of his brothers bought the mother
slock for then: herd from the Lap
landers, built it up to 250,000 head.
In 1934 they sent 24,000 carcasses
of reindeer meat to the States. The
deer provided leather, also, and
fur and canned dogfood.
After some $2,500,000 had been
invested in the business, and he
had given 26 years to its direction,
Mr. Lomen says the family finally
sold out to the government for
something like $275,000. He doesn't
like the way the government has
handled the herds.
"Governmental agencies wished
for and secured control of the
herds, through purchase of white
and Lap ownership, without huving
experienced personnel to manage,"
he says. The herds, he adds, were
decimated by wolves and allowed
to deteriiorate. The remnants of
the herds, he says, will now re
quire a generation to build back to
the peak reached during the 1930s.
The men started with 3,000
breeding deer and 400 draft and
meat animals and delivered 2.382.
Only 10 percent of the original
stock remained. Ninety percent
were born on the trail. Mr. Lomen
believes this was the greatest
movement 'of livestock in the his
tory of the world.
With Mr. Lomen in Washington
is his attractive wife, daughter of
the late Senator Andrew Volstead,
father of the Volstead Act. They
will observe their 20th wedding an
niversary this fall. The Lomens
live in Nome during the summer.
lie University of Alaharrgj a
half of every tree is maftf pj
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. ( AP) If
you happen to have a tree arouid.
yuu are right next to a gold mine.
All yuu have to do is figure out
a way to use lignin.
You never heard of lignin?
Well, says Dr. George D. Palm
er, professor, of organic chemistry
at lli
bout
lignin.
Dr. Palmer says, "lignin is a
chemical present in wood. He fig
ures that about 35,000,000 tons of
it go to waste every year in the
form of agriculture and sawmill
discards and sawdust. .
Goes to Waste
In addition, he reports,' another
2,500,000 tons go to waste in pulp
and paper mills where it is cither
burned as fuel or run into
streams and rivers as disposal.
When it comes to the subject of
lignin, Dr. Palmer asks why we
can't figure out a way to use lignin
much as some manufacturers use
coal and petroleum as a source
material for other chemicals with
which to make plastics, drugs,
dyes, perfumes, synthetic rubber
and a host of other items.
In addition to providing a whole
new field of enterprise, Dr. Palm
er says use of lignin "would give
much greater dollar return to the
farmer who now gets no dollars
for about half his lice."
Dr. Palmer also says the chem
ical structure of lignin is akin to
coal in that both are composed
of benzene and benzol.
Parasiies on Poultry
Indicate Unthrifliness
They also have an apartment in
Seattle, Wash. Bnt they arc always
on the go. Mr. Lomen says they've
never settled long enough any
where to open all their wedding
presents. He is now in the barge
business in Alaska, collects stamps
and books on the Arctic.
COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh
Presence of parasites on poultry
usually does not mean mortality
in poultry but it does mean un
thrifUness, lack of .growth and lack
M performance in layers, accord
ing to Professor R. S. Dearstyne,
head of the poultry department at
Slate College.
Despite precautions, lice and
mite infestations may occur and
the problerp of heavy infestation
with these parasites can be solved
only by a constant check by the
poultryman, Professor Dearstyne
said.
The flock owner should handle
several birds in the flock each
week and examine the vent for the
presence of lice, the poultry specia
list said. Once each month, he con
tinued, several perch poles should
be detached and the underside of
the se examined for mites.
When infestations are determin
ed in the early stages, effective
treatments are readily available
and the use of these should save
the poultryman a great deal of
money, Professor Dearstyne concluded.
America's Uncle Sams
Help Germany's Weddings
One of the best assets a German
especially a marriageable wom
an can have these days is rela
Uves in the United States, "The
good uncle in America" has be
come a famed figure despite in
cessant propaganda in the Russian
controlled press which attempts to
portray America as greedy and mo
nopolistic.
Perhaps the biggest factor inthe
"good uncle's" repiitMMi Hfrie
flow of parcel post gift relief pack
ages. These come in at the rate
of about 1,500,000 per month, ex
clusive of tens of thousands of
CARE food packages. Also thou
sands of tons of food are purchas
ed with American and British tax
monies. (
Recently the "good uncle" has
aoDeared in marriage offers ad
vertisements. Husband-- seeking
women list with their charms and
assets "have relatives in the Uni
ted States."
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A "PEACE PLATE" F03 TODAY
Sam KJUvUt SawMtatl SmtUfitacJ
TUESDAY PEACE PLATE
Plentiful canned foods, Including
aome of the lower trades of canned
vegetables, are economy newt that
will appeal to the thrifty housewife.
And it's economy news that pro
vides for just as good nutrition and
for fine eating, with a special touch
in cooking.
Tuesday's Peace PIato sugges
tions feature Spanish Snap Beans
for excellent use of Grade C snap
beans, plus a pumpkin pie dessert
that takes advantage of our large
stocks of canned pumpkin. For the
housewife skilled in buymanship la
both grade-wise find supply-wiste.
And it is smart, planning and true
home economy to buy foods when
ti:ey are plentiful Ob the market.
Tho homemaker needs no econom
ics textbook to tell her that prices
go down as supplies go up.
Especially good supplies of lower
grade eannerf snap beans cut and
French style, the latter cut length
wise are on the market now, food
specialists tell us. Whole beans and
the Grade A cut beans remain high
in price because they are not so
plentiful.
The Grade C beans mean no low
er nutritional value and no less
care in the canning process, the
specialists say. They simply are
not as tender or as delicate in
flavor. But good cooks can over
come these minor disadvantages,
SPANISH SNAP BEANS
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Cut tho onions la thin sllcoa and fry
until golden brown In tho dripping!. AdoV,
beans, tomatoes and aeasonlngs. &utf :
Into (relied baking dish, prlnkle with
crumbf and bake ln'ti moderate area.
(3601") for 10 minutes.
MENU SUGGESTION: With the Span
ish Snap Beam, serve cottage cheeaeh
seasoned with chives, hashed brown pa,
tatoes, and cole slaw made ol crisp new1 ,
cabbage, to complete the main course.
And for dessert, try the pumi
ior nutritional balance ana
pie
A set of eight Belgian semi
postals for the benefit of Achel
Abbey and the Chevremont Basi
lica has been received by Leon
Monosson. Four arc dedicated to
the Achel Abbey and four to the
Chevromont Basilica. The sets
have identical denominations but
different designs and colors.
eating.
FOOD TIPS: In any meal which
leaves out meat. It's a good idea'
to use protein-rich foods to Oil out
the menu. That's why the cottage
cheese and the pie are especially ,
wise- with this Spanish Snap Bean'
dish. The eggs and milk in the'
pie, of course, furnish added pro-'
tein. i
Bacon or other drippings used in
the main dish of snap beans is an
old favorite with Southerners. M
you are not familiar with the ap
petizing flavor they add to beans,'
it's one you may enjoy. i;
Food specialists say that Grade
A canned green beans would be
first choice for serving if you usa.
no seasonings Dther than salt, pep
per and table fat. Grade C beans
are good buys for such dishes as
today's Peace Plate where other,
vegetables or meat lend flavor. 1
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times, 1 franc 35 plus 1 franc 33,'
3 franc 15 plus 2 franc 85, and 10
franc plus 10 frnnc.
The volume of trading on the
New York Stock Exchange droo
ped from 363,700.000 in 1946 to
The i 253,600,000 in 1947.
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Morehead City police officer.
Edmond Willis and Herbert Grif
fin, shot a mad dog on Shackle
ford avenue between 17th and 18th
streets af 12:45 yesterday after
noon. The dog was captured at
the Adern Willis house.
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RODA THEATRE
ATLANTIC BEACH
Brings To This Section A Series 01
"Treasure Chest Nights"
BcamnKE Wednesday, may 19
The first 01 Thus Series WiD. Be-.
eRocla Ghost9
?? Who Is The iioda Ghost ??
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The ghost will ,be a person from Carteret County and he
will be on the stage each Treasure Chest Night. The person
who names him will' receive the contents of the Treasure Chest
Th contents of the chest grow each week until the GHOST Is
named. On (he first night the Treasure Chest will, contain
$25.00 cash and one household electrical appliance.
Registration Cards will be given at the Roda Theatre be
. ginning Wednesday, May 12th. You can register only once. On
Treasure Chest Night a card will be drawn. The Master of
Ceremonies "Charlie Markey" will give one sentence or Jingle,
saying something that will describe the GHOST and tome new,
flue wiU be added each Wednesday night untU the GHOST Is
named. The person who's name is drawn will give only one
answer to the question. The question will be:
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BRANDON P. HODGES
OF ASHEYILLE
CANDIDATE FOR
STATE TREASURER
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DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
MAY 29, 1948
Brandon Hodges has the support of his homefolkl or the office of
State Treasurer. The Buncombe County Bar Association unanimously
endorsed him . , Democratic Chairman Robert Williams said the Demo
cratic party "could offer no person better qualified to fill this important
office."..The Ashevile Times said editorially that "Mr. Hodges has out
standrng qualifications for this highly important office." . . Asheville's
Mayor Clarence E. Morgan described him as a "man of outstanding abil
ity." . . Philip Woollcott, past president North Carolina Bankers Associa
tion, said, "Mr. Hodges is well qualified for the office of State Treasurer
by character, education, experience and business ability." "
Brandon Hodges Is a native of Asheville educated at University
of North Carolina and Wake Forest college . . an outstanding member of
the Asheville bar since 1926 . Buncombe county attorney for 10 years
. member of the 1 943 and 1 945 State Senate . . chairman of Approprla-'
tions committee In 1945 session . . chairman of N. C Advisory Budget
commission 1945-46, and legislative counsel to the Governor during the
' 1947 session of the General Assembly .
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