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WORLD CRISIS APPROACHING .
WAR HANGS IN BALANCE
THE ECONOMY: . .
NEW CAES COMING
DEFENSE SPENDING UP
. YTwsfyington A somber world crisis,
putting U, S. policies , at the cross
roads, is quietly approaching In both
Europe and the Far East. The Com
munisms have won the first round
getting France to scuttle the Euro
pean Defense Treaty organization this
country has been pushing for two-and-a-half
years. - : .'.
Now the Red effort is to keep Asian
countries from joining in an effective
defensive alliance against Chinese ag
gression in Asia. The usual peace
propaganda conceals the. Communist
purpose to keep Asia weak and di
videdbut Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles was well aware of the
Communist intent at Manila,
jry and Mr. and llrs, J. E. Jones of .to the shower. The bride opened and
Hertford; Mr. and Mrs. George Spruill, gratefully acknowledged each? gift
I Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lane and Mr. and From the bride's cake Anne Lane
.Mrs. William Spruill and sons of drew the ring, Ruth Ayscue the thim
Edenton; Mr. and Mrs. George Spruill ble, Annie Lou Lane the heart, and
and children and Mr. and Mm Robert iBettie Lou White the wish-bone.
I Spruill and daughter of Roper; Mr. The cake was then cut by the bride
and Mrs. Irving Spruill and children j and served by the hostesses to the
of" Laurel, Md.; Mr. and Mrs. Tim i guests with mints, nuts cookies and
Gregory and son Timmy of Fentress, punch.
Va. Mrs.' Beatrice H. Harris, Mrs.
No Borrowing
- 'Tour nearest neighbor is
miles
away?" '
"Yes, out here,
his garden tools, they automatically
when a man buysl become his own."
Irving Stobbs, Miss Jane Stobbs and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hayman and sons
of Norfolk, Va.$ Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
Mercer and children of St Brides,
Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Landing.
Billy Landing, Mrs. Cassie H. Saw
yer, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee and
children of Greenville.
LIBRARY NEWS
New books in the Perquimans Coun
ty Library this week are: "The Se
duction of the Innocent", a book that
should be read by every person who
is interested in the young people of
today. This is a carefully done study,
and report on the influence of comic
books on children and young people;
marriage lor Three" by Seifert;
The Moscow strategy seems to be to-. "J8? b Stone; "Madness
in the Spring Denniston are better
than average, novels. Then there is
one new western "The Red Sombrero."
Three juvenile books are: Pet Pa-
keep Germany Unarmed and split into
zones, and toskeep Asia divided and
Japan unarmed. , If this succeeds, U.
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blows, for the U. S. defense against fde'how,to f " . and en
Communism Is based on the assistance. w stt8mted ? different
of a strong Germany and Japantra
ditional enemies of Russia.
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unanceiior A.onraa Aaenauer 01
West Germany is being outspoken
about France's Pierre-Mendes-France
these days, and is by-passing Paris in
an effort to win sovereignty. At the
same time he is telling Washington
and London that Mendes-France .can
not be counted on to retain power,
that he does not have a real majori
ty behind him and that the extreme
Nationalists and Communists were re
sponsible for his knifing of the EDU
treaty organization. '
If London and Washington buy Ad
enauer's plan, they will okay the re1
arming of West : Germany without
French approval. But this ; might
shake the solidarity of what has been
commonly called the Big Three west
ern allies.
In Japan the public is being fed a
steady dose of Communist lies that
the United States is seeking to rearm
Japan to fight Communism, to fight'
America's battle in an aggressive
scheme against Russia and China.
Since the Japanese were enemies of
the United States just ten short years
ago, and killing our soldiers, - this
propaganda sometimes plays on old
sentiments and takes effect
Japanese officials are well aware of
considerable sentiment in Japan
against rearming (just as has been
built up in Germany by the Reds) and
the test is whether the United States
can win the Japanese people over to
a strong defense in 'time despite the
big Conununist driyeto scare the Japs
away fromftjuch-a course., .
It could be that the success or fail
ure of the effort to rearm Germany
and Japan holds the key to peace in
the next ten years. A Japan and Ger
many rearmed would hold Russia's
hand, but divided a"nd weak, they could
temp the, Communists before they
complete their build up of their force,
especially in China, with the economic
and manpower mobilization they are
now concentrating on. ;
Car-makers are hoping to give the
nation's economy a boost in the arm
with new and highly powerful 1955
cars which will begin hitting the ad
vertising pages next month. The offi
cial, sales figure for 1954 is proving
disappointing and those who had said
the industry would sell. 5.5 million cars
this year were too optimistic it is
now certain. -:;;v : ': , ' '
The figure- is more likely to be just
over 5 million maybe as high is 5.2
million, but not up to 1953 totals. In
dustry spokesman are hoping the new
lines will prove so popular, sales in
1955 will surpass the 1954-model fig
ure by at least a tiiird of a million
units.
The new luxury cars next year are
expected to have horsepower ratings
up to 250 horsepower and above, and
even ' the Big Three, in the , lowel
priced field, may have ratings up to
and above 150. I.n addition to more
power there will be more body style
;. changes this year than n some years.
If this doesn't stir up consumer inter,
est the , industry will have to cut
prices, and if that happens; someone
wont survive the next three years.
.Defense snending is being stepped
up to pick business uo a bit as fall
approaches., The Administration
some weeks, ago urged departments
spend monev faster to spur business,
and this added to the prospect that
defense spending might have to be in
creasedmight help ' create an upturn
by November. 7-: v"-.-.-.--.-:.w
The only trouble with such a policy
is that a reaction could result next
year if defense annropriations arent
increased. If the Republicans should
ride to victory on v business1 upturn
thiaf fall, which petered out in a few
months, the Toter might register1 his
disgust in 1958. But right now, all
eyes are on 1954. The big drive is to
get business , perking up in the next
sixty days,
BRIDGE CLUB MEETS
Mrs. Francis Nixon entertained her
bridge club Thursday night at her
home. Those playing were Mesdames
W. E. Drake, Vivian Mathews, Wil
liam Cole, Jarvis Ward, J. W. Dillon,
Henry Stokes, Charles Murray, El
don Winslow, J. L. Harris, W. E. Har
rison, Misses Dorcas Knowles and
Miss Ruth Tucker. The high score
prize went to Mrs. Drake; also she
was presented a going-away gift and
the floating prize, was awarded Miss
Knowles. A sweet course was -served.
Unlimited Recruiting:
Now In Coast Guard ii
The Coast Guard has announced that
its recruiting quota in the Fifth Dis
trict is now unlimited. All young men
I between the ages of 17 and 26, or ex-
servicemen, are urged to take advan
tage of this opportunity to launch an
'exeitinsr career in the United States
ways of life "Crab and Roan" is a Coast Guard.
new horse story; and "The Nameless For many months the Coast Guard
Cat" is an interesting story of a big recruitim? quotas have been very lim-
black cat ' jted, and for extended periods recruit-
ling was stopped altogether. As a re-
. . MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER suit, many people have the idea that
,. .ft is quite impossible to get into the
Mrs. Willie Lane and Mrs. William j Coast Guard. In contrast unlimited
Moore were Joint hostesses at a mis- quotas have just been assigned to re
cellaneous shower Monday night at cruiting offices in this district by
uie juunters' .Lodge near Burgess, com- Coast Guard Headquarters,
pnmentary to Mrs. Edgar Ray White. '
The lodge was tastefully decorated
with summer cut flowers and green.
Contests and games were enjoyed with
Mrs. William White, Mrs. Reuben'
Stallings, Mrs. Josiah Proctor, Mrs.
Dan Berry, Mrs. Colon Jackson and
Miss Annie Lou Lane winning the
prizes. ' . . .-
About 62 gifts were brought or sent
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IIOTLL REUNION
The Howell 'f ami! Lad tliuir annual
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