VAto PayNSLI
Dividend in March
Paul W. Crayton, officer in
charge of the New Bern VA of
fice, announced that the Veteran?
Administration would pay a divi
dend commencing in March 19S2,
to approximately 5.000,000 holders
of National Service Life Insurance,
and announced plans for consoli
dating six of the VA district offices
handling insurance and death
claims into two offices, located at
Fort Snelling, Minn., and Denver,
Colo.
Under terms of the Public Law
36 of the i)2nd Congress, policy
holders who wish to receive their
1952 dividend in cash will have to
notify VA. If such notice is not
given, the dividend will be used by
VA to pay the premiums becoming
due after the dividend is payable,
if the policy holder fails to pay
such premiums.
VA will mail a special form to
all eligible policy holders which
they may Vise to request cash pay
ment of the dividend if they wish.
However, any type of written re
quest for payment of the dividend
will be acceptable, provided it con
tains the full name and address of
the veteran, together with his in
surance numbers.
VA officials estimate that consol
idation of the six district offices
will result in a net annual savings
of approximately $2,483,160 after
the first year of operation. The
first year's savings will be partial
ly offset by the one-time costs of
moving personnel and records, al
terations of needed space, etc.
Present district offices at Seattle
and Chicago are to be moved to
Fort Snelling, and those at Oak
land, Calif., and St. Louis, Mo.,
will be moved to Denver. The con
solidations are scheduled to start
? about Feb. 10 and be completed in
early March.
Crayton said the 1952 regular di
vidend Is payable to policy holders
whose policies were in force under
premium - paying conditions for
three months or longer between
the 1951 and 1952 anniversary
dates of the policies. The same
dividend rates that were used in
computing the special three-year
1951 dividend will apply to the
1952 dividend.
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Marine Corps Reactivates
Third Air Wing Friday
This Week Is
'Peanut Week'
"Peanut Week" will be observed
next week, Feb. 3 through 9, Wil
bur Garner, Newport, distributor
for 'Tom's Toasted Peanuts," an
nounced today.
The producer of Tom's products,
The Tom Huston Peanut co? ? Co
lumbus, Ga? has already entered
its second quarter century. It cele
brated its 25th anniversary in April
1950. Production b#gan in April
1925 in Columbus, Ga., with only
three employees and the first and
only product was a 5-cent bag of
blanched, salted, Spanish peanuts.
Today the modern plant of the
company occupies more than a city
block.
Being distributed by Garner this
week throughout Carteret county
are free samples of peanuts, also
booklets describing Tom's opera
tions and first quarter century of
growth.
Today Tom's turns out over 100
varieties of candy, packaged crack
ers, and peanut products. A fleet
of 1,500 trucks carries the delica
cies to retailers in 36 states.
In this county Garner, who has
distributed Tom's products for the
past 15 years, serves 200 retailers.
Garner, who is married to the for
mer Eloise Elliott of Newport, ex
pressed in an interview yesterday
his thanks to all his customers for
their business during the past de
cade and a half.
Italy Needs Wheat
Rome.? (AP) ? Italy will have to
import 180,000 tons of wheat to
meet the nation's requirements in
1952, according to year-end esti
mates. The major part, 110,000
tons, is expected to come from
Italy's quota under the Interna
tional Wheat agreement. Other
likely sources given in a recently
published survey include: 20,000
tons from Russia, and 40,000 tons
from Argentina.
* Cherry Point.? The-Third Marine
Aircraft Wing was commissioned
Friday at the Marine Corps Air
station, Cherry Point.
Upon reactivation, the new wing
became a part of Aircraft, Fleet
Marine Force. Atlantic, and like
the Second Marine Aircraft wing,
is under command of Major Gen
eral Thomas J. Cushman, who led
the first Marine air units in the
Korean fighting.
The new wing, commanded by
Colonel Walter L. Bayler, of Leba
non. Pa., presently consists of ad
ministrative squadrons only, al
though tactical squadrons will be
formed as soon as practicable. It
is expected that the wing will be
moved to Miami, Fla., as .soon as
facilities become adequate.
The Naval Air station at Miami
will, on Feb. 15 become the Marine
Corps Air station and will eventual
ly house the major portion of the
Third wing. The new air station,
to be commanded by Colonel
Thomas G. Gnnis, of Kenton. Ohio,
requires extensive rehabilitation of
facilities before tactical units can
be based there, the Marine Corps
stated. It is expected that the first
tactical squadrons of the new wing
will not move to Miami for several
months.
Five Men Speak
At Talkers' Club
Five men spoke Wednesday at
the meeting of Toastmasters 935 at
staff NCO club. Cherry Point. They
were T/Sgt. J. B. Moore. M/Sgt.
W. C. Cooper. M/Sgt. W. H. Foster,
Cdr. J. W. Cline, USN. exchange
speaker from club 296. Officers
Toastmasters club, and Maj. G. H.
Brown, USMC.
Their topics included "Man's In
humane Treatment of Dogs," a life
history, "A Tip on Techniques."
"It Costs Money," and "Do Away
with the Politburo."
M/Sgt. S. R. Clapsadl was table
topic chairman and the topic for
discussion was "Headlines, Sub
Titles and Pictures Clipped from
Newspapers."
Chairman of the meeting was
M/Sgt. E. J. Lappart, toastmaster
was R. W. Davis, HMC, general
evaluator was T/Sgt. J. Gormley,
and critics were M/Sgt. A. A.
Aalto, M/Sgt. R. T. Larson. M/Sgt.
H. L. Genco, Sergeant Clapsadl, and
M/Sgt. W. W. Rose.
Scientists are not certain why
birds migrate in fall and spring,
although one theory is that ch&ftffH
in the amount of daylight is the
"triooor "
When you lift your telephone think about what it represent*. You
only *ee the instrument itseff, but think of the wire, the cable, the intri
cate switches, and all the other items it takes to let you call anywhere,
anytime.
Everything which goes ihto providing you service has increased in
price much more than your telephone rates. And now you can call
more people and more people can call you.
Your telephone company has asked for, and needs, an increase in
rates. This increase is needed to keep service good and to provide more
of it . ^ ?
You ean't have good service without a financially sound Telephone
Company.
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New Aero-Willys
Makes Big Hit
C. T. Cannon, president of Ihe
Newport Tractor and Equipment
eo., Newport, reported today that
introduction here of the long-await
ed Aero Willys six-passenger sedan
on Jan. 18 resulted in more sales
in the first four da?s of public dis
play than in any comparable period
in the history of this concern.
Cannon saicl public interest in
the new aerodynamically-designcd
car, capable in overdrive at JO
miles an hour of doing yp to 35
miles per goilon Using regular gas,
is greater even than the curiosity
shown when the famous wartime
Jeep was converted by Willys Over
land into a civilian model and pub
licly introduced in the fall of 1945.
He estimated that 1.000 persons
visited the Newport Tractor's show
rooms Friday through Monday.
In addition to the orders receiv
ed, there were many requests tor
demonstrations which will be given
as soon as possible. In this connec
tion Cannon cited a statement by
Ward M. Canaday. president of
Willys-Overland, who said: "The
company's present allocation of
metal for passenger cars is far
short of the amount that will be
needed to meet dealers' require
ments for the Aero Willys this
year.'"
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MORFIIEAl) CITY, N. C.
Vic Vet says
VETERANS! IF YOU USED ANY^
PART OR AIL OF YOUR GI LOAN
BENEFIT BEFORE APRIL 20, 1450,
YOU NOW MAY BE ENTITLED
ID AN ADOffiONAL GUARANTY
FOR 61 HOME LOANS UNDER
A NEW LAW j.
Council-Manager City
Governments on Increase
New York. ? (AP) ? Seventy
three communities and counties
adopted the council-manager form
of government in 1951, the National
Municipal league has announced.
The plan was in effect or ioon
to be in 1.07B places. Largest city
to adopt the plan last year was San
Antonio. Tex., where the voters ap
proved it by a 2-to-l majaritv.
Two states have permitted then
cities to adopt (he council-manager
plan, the league reported. Rhode
Island did so hy a constitutional
amendment and Illinois hy an en
abling act of the state legislature.
The "red shift," which is a dif
ference in the spectroscope :>f light
from distant stars as compared
with light from nearby sources, in
dicates the universe is exploding,
with the stars traveling away from
each other at great speeds.
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