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SUSAN THAYlft
EMPRESS IN NEW ENGLAND
It's a far cry from the pomp and
ceremony of "Schonbrunn," the great
castle outside of Vienna where the
Austrian emperor and his family
spent the summer, to that simple
white house on a New England vil
lage street where Zita, the last em
press of that ill-fated country, and
seven of her eight children have
found refuge.
Even the small, twelfth-century
castle in the Flemish village of
Steenockerzell, twelve miles from
Brussels where this family of Royal
exiles have been living since 1929,
smacked of the elegance which used
to surround the Hapsburgs wherever
they went. There was a moat sur
rounding the castle and a drawbridge
which was not lowered until a visi
tor's credentials had satisfied the re
tainer who stood guard at the medie
val bridge.
But up in Royalston, Massachu
setts, only a low, white fence of
wooden palings separates the last of
WALLACE SAYS M IS AfiD MUST BE
ENTIRELY NON-POLITICAL IN WORK
the great Hapsburg families from
the wordd. And the Empress Zita
expects her younger children to at
tend American universities this fall!
That will be better than private tu
tors, she believes. It is important
for them to know the people of this
country and how they live.
And what will the young refugees,
who have lived in precarious exile
all their dives, think of a country
where people say what they please
no matter if they are disagreed with
. . . where newspapers report both
sides of a controversy . . . where
young people follow their own in
clinations in choosing a career?
Had they been born 25 years
earlier, being Hapsburgs they would
have had unusual privileges, honor,
wealth. But never would they have
had such liberty as will be theirs in
America where Freedom rests on a
tripod of representative democracy,
civil and religious liberties and free
enterprise-; where the individual is
more important than the state.
SIGN PINE
Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Berry man and
children, Audrey and D. H., Jr., vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Tom Perry, in
Rocky Hock, Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Perry and
daughter, Mary Etta, of Edenton;
Mr. and Mrs. Spurgeon Boyce, of
Durham, and Mrs. C. A. Spivey, of
Ryland, visited in the home of A. T.
Perry Sunday afternoon and even
ing. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Ward and little
son, Lloyd Neil, visited her mother
Mrs. Dora White, at Ryland, Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Berryman and
son, Thomas Daughtrey, went to
Nags Head Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Nixon, of
Rocky Hock; Mrs. Lamar Benton
and little daughter, Loretta, of Trot
ville, were guests in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. Blanchard Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Vera Newby Perry was the
week-end guest of Miss Freda Hobbs,
at Center Hill.
Miss Marjorine Berryman went to
Ocean View, Va., Sunday.
Linwood Parker and sister, Miss
Ethelene . ParBef, v - of Beulahville,
are guests of their aunt, Mrs. Annie
Blanchard.
grade applicants must not have pass
ed their thirty-fifth birthday; for the
other grades they must not have
passed their fifty-fifth birthday.
Full information as to the require
ments for these examinations, and
application forms, may be obtained
from C. T. Skinner, secretary of the
Board of U. S. Civil Service Exami
ners, at the post office or custom
house in this city, or from the Secre
tary of the Board of U. S. Civil Ser
vice Examiners, at any first- or
second-class post office.
New AAA Speed
Records Established
On Salt Beds
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Audrey Berryman, of Sign
Pine, was hostess at a delightful
party on Wednesday evening, Aug.
7., when she entertained a number
of the younger set in honor of hei
fifteenth birthday. Games and
contests provided much merriment
The guests were served ice cream
and cake in the dining room. Those
. pieacui. were: wiiuie jnee spivey,
J ! Marjorine Berryman, Dorothy Berry
' man, Euna Mae Blanchard, Sinnie
Mae Parks, Mae Twine, Lois Davis,
oeuuui oiancnara, neien ttiancnard,
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w Virginia lwine, fiances Cooeland.
t m r . j f v. ivmooui
snaeii noons, itfiri Wiggins, Han
ford Spivey, Thomas Daughtrey Ber-
ryman, Sanford Stallings, Mavor
Berryman, L. E. Twine, Jr., Horace
. Parks, D. H. Berryman, Hunter
BUanchard and Donald Spivey.
Civil Service
, Examinations
Driving a rear-engined, four-wheel
drive racing car which was built to
use exactly the same kind of gaso
line and oil that can be purchased at
highway service stations, George
Barringer established thirty new In
ternational and American Class "D"
speed records on the famous Bonne
ville Salt Beds in Utah.
Flashing around the circular ten-
mile course at speeds up to 158.4
miles per hour! Barringer finished
his 500-mle dash in slightly under
three and one-half hours at an aver
age speed of 142.9 miles per hour.
Among the 14 International Class
"D" and 16 American Class "D" re-'
cords broken, all of which have been
confirmed by the Contest Board of
the American Automobile Associa
tion, some were lifted as high as
31 m. p. h. above the previous re
cords. Barringer is a Texas driver who
has finished "in the money" two
years at Indianapolis.
Gulf No-Nox gasoline and Gulf
pride Oil were used in the stream
lined, six-cylinder Miller Special
Secretary Wallace recently issued
the following statement:
"Charges that the farm programs
and those who work in them will be
or can be used as a sort of poli
tical machine in the coming election
reveal an amazing ignorance of the
manner in which the programs are
carried on.
"For example, in the case of the
AAA, by far the largest and most
extensive of the various programs,
regulations governing payments un
der the program for the 1940 crop
year were drafted months ago. The
extent of the individual farmers'
participation in the program deter
mines the size of his check. Nothing
that the Secretary of Agriculture
does now can affect the amount of
that paymept.
"Further the Triple-A farm pro
grams are administered in the coun
ties by farmer committeemen, elect
ed by their fellow farmers. These
men are not in the employ of the
Federal government; their limited
expenses are paid by their neighbor
farmers, and many of them serve at
a real sacrifice.
"Some of the committeemen are
Democrats, some Republicans, and
some members of other parties or
members of no party. These farmers
would. and should vigorously resent
any attempt to use them or the pro
grams for political purposes.
"Any one with a real interest in
the welfare of agriculture would not
try to use the programs and their
farmer-administrators for partisan
political purposes. From the very
first we have had strong and rigid
reflations for the protection of the
programs against political activity.
"We have realized that this was
necessary in order to safeguard the
interests of farmers and to make
the programs truly national. Any
Sound Tfy6LS
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
political activity on the part of the
committees has been prohibited and
committeemen cannot be committee
men and at the same time be mem
bers of party committees or engaged
in partisan activity.
"But even if party enthusiasts had
wanted to get the programs into
partisan political activity, attempts
to force county and community com
mitteemen, farmers themselves and
elected by farmers, into organized
politics would be bad politics and
could result in nothing but political
set-backs for those making the at
tempts. Obviously the best way to
get and keep farm support is to plan
and operate non-partisan programs
that are for the benefit of all agri
culture. We have tned to operate
on that principle.
"Under any leadership that might
be established, the considerations
that I have mentioned would be de
termining with respect to the conduct
of the farm programs. The fact
that I am a vice-presidential nominee
will, quite naturally, reinforce the
care that has been exercised in the
past. It is obvious that the entire
Department and myself will have to
guard every action. There - is no
way in which this need for care
could be circumvented by sublety; we
could not be subtle in dealing with
seven million farmers."
"It is my hope that there will be
an end to these loose charges of
political activity, or prospective po-
uucai activity, Dy iarmer-committee- -3"t'ri-t
men who are directing the Triple-A
and other programs of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. These charges
constitute a reflection upon the in
tegrity of thousands upon thousands
of able and honest men, men who
have tried to operate national pro
grams for agriculture from the
standpoint of the national welfare."
AIRPLANES V4WE
MADE BETTER
Than oo mi5
THAT IN AVIATION HWS
When a-
SWIMMER OR. S55"s- X"
RUNNER. BREAKS A SPEED RECORD
we read t-hat on the sport pae
&TNHEN SOME RECKLESS MOTORIST
TURNS THE HIGHWAY INTO A SPEO
NAYWE OFTEN FIND TAT IN THE
OBITUARY COLUMN.
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John Zone W
USED To
Heehe is
National Safatv Council
which set the new record. The car
was built to use pump gasoline and
automotive lubricants . . . but to
compete with the foreign and domes
tic cars entered in the annual In
dianapolis 50-Mile Race which use
highly "doped" and alcohol-blend
fuels.
Barringer's 500 miles at 142.9
miles per hour is welfl above the
117.2 m. p. h. record which is the
fastest 500 miles ever driven at In
dianapolis (established by Floyd
Roberts in 1938).
to have been best man, was not injured.
Realization Comes Too Late
Mrs. Peck When you married me,
you deliberately deceived me.
Henry In what way, dear?
Mrs. Peck You told me you were
well off.
Henry WeM, I was well off. In
fact, I didn't realize myself how well
off I really was.
KILLED EN ROUTE TO WEDDING
Ogdensburg, N. Y. When the au
tomobile in which he was riding to
his wedding crashed into a culvert,
Edward Sayer, of Syracuse, met
death instead of his intended bride.
The driver of the car, Charles Cun
ningham, also of Syracuse, who was
Buy Now and Save!
Everything Reduced
Below Cost
1 RACK SILK
DRESSES
98c each
WHILE THDY LAST
We Must Make Room
For Our New Fall
Merchandise
GOODWIN'S
DRESS SHOPPE
HERTFORD, N. C.
twister Farmer:
W2 HAVE A GUARANTEED
Electric Fence
From $7.95 to $20.00
Why not solve your Fall pasture problem
now by fencing in that pea patch or corn
field? We have the supplies for you.
Wire - Knobs - Batteries - Wire Clips
WE DO
COMMERCIAL JOB PRINTING
We Have Just Received New Shipments of
Barbed Wire and Field Fencing
Hertford Hardware & Supply Co.
"Trade Here and Bank the Difference"
HERTFORD, N. C.
fae7s utafs happsmed to Gulf Gasolines
The United States 'Civil-. Service
Commission has announced, open
competitive examination. , for the
positions listed below, Application
- win be rated as received at the Com-
. mission's VVashington officd. until
J further notice.- The salaries given
,in each case are subject to a retire
. ment deduction of . 8 percent.
Inspector, powder and explosives,
; $2,300 a year; also senior,, $2,600 a
, year; associate, $2,000 a year; assist
, ant, $1,800 a year; and junior, $1,620
a year. Employment is in the. Ord
nance Department of the " War' De
- ' parlment. Applicants must have bad
at least 18 semester hours' study in
' organic chemistry ;in ' a recognized
.college; or university. Additional ex
perience may, be substituted for part
of this requirement,. For aJL grades
"cept junior inspector applicants
st have had experience in analyti
work in a ijhemical laboratory, or
ection of, powder and ' explosives,
licants must not have,, passed
t fifty-fifth birthday. ' , ,
ipector, ship,, construction, also
yi inspector, $2,000 and $2,600 s
r respectively; Optional branch'
i . are hulls, mechanical, electrical.
Inspector, engineering materials, al
so senior inspector, $2,000 and $2,600
a year respectively. Optional branch'
- s are hulls, mechanical; electrical,
d radio. Joidor-..v)nstp,eiigl
ring materials,".f.$l,620l a .4 year.
; ployment in these positions is in
a Navy Department foi fluty in the
" J wherever ' assigned,, -' Applicants
. t have had inspections! exper-
jura ?pproprit3 forthe grade and
: Clonal branch. ; For the junior
There is a scientific test, employed by
us and by many of our competitors, that
is used to determine the arid-knock value
of a motor fuel According to that test,
the 'figure above represents the old
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finest gasolines in America! , !
But look at the NEW GOOD GULF! This
is a fair comparative measurement of the
tremendous improvement in this great
gasoline-GOODGULFhas been so great
ly improved that it now surpasses North
Carolina specifications for premium fuel
...yet costs yon tat one penny more I
An equally sensational improvement has
been made in GULF MO-NOX. This
figure shows the rating of the old NO
NOX, then one of the super-fuels of its
day and KNOCKPROOF under all nor.
mal driving conditions.
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ft&gMfer fuels!'
033 CUtf 3 Of ms EXCEED ttgSUNA SPfSfflUTOS FOI fKESSN FOEU !
NOW look at the NEW N0-N0X! Tremen
dously better than even the old NO
NOX, it by far exceeds North Carolina
specifications for premium fuels.Why not
try a tankful of this super gasoline today?
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