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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
FSA FAMILIES MAKE
RECORD IN COUNTY
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as well, we recommend the use of
the pressure cooker for canning
all non-acid vegetables and
meats" she added. Forty-five
FSA families own pressure cook
ers. Each year demonstrations
are held with new families on the
program and with those having
some special canning problem.
Families owning pressure cookers
were taught how to care, clean,
and store them when not in use.
During the spring months two
group meetings were held on
gardens with the discussion cent
ering 6na r e 4 ii 81 insects, plant
and pfepar ration Of Sol
before planting. '''''a 1s''','.'1 =.
Four group meetings were held
on First Aid and Horne Nursing.
this time and with the cooper
alton of Miss Helen Ghormley,
County Health Nurse, demonstra-
tons were given in making beds
for a sick person, giving bed
baths, and in applying First Aid
in case of accident.
During the month of July and
August eight group meetings were
held on food preparation, meal
planning, and preparing meals
for the sick and for children.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
HEALTH

Realizing that a healthy, strong
family has a better chance to sue
coed than sick one, FSA places
much emphasis on its health pro-
gram. Those wishing to secure
loans for having dental plates
made, removal of tonsils, and
having glasses fitted may do so.
The hospital insurance program
which has been in effect in the
county for several years insures
the families against having to pay
large hospital bills. Fifty-six
families are carrying the hospital
insurance policy which allows
each family member as much as
thirty days stay in a hospital
with $3.50 a day being paid on
room and board. Thirty-three
families are carrying the medical
service policy which pays for sur
gerry and for setting bones.
A number of families, both the
adults and children, participated
in the health clinics held by the
county nurse during the year
receiving immunizations for ty-
phoid, small pox, and diphtheria.
Through the cooperation of the
Welfare and Health Departments,
an eye clinic was held in the fall
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Azure For Cancer?

- A major step in the hunt for the cause
of cancer has been taken in the develop
ment of Carbon Is" "a rare material found
to have great value in bioche1nical research
work. &"t s<
: The Sun Oil Company has announced
plans for construction of two plants to pro-
duce Carbon Is in comparatively substan-
tial quantities, and states, "1n biochemlcal
research, Carbon Is is used as tracer IN
probing the secrets of the fundamental pro-
cesses that occur in all living things as well
as netabolic disease processes, OF when
cancer. diabetes hardening of the arteries,
and so-called heart trouble are examples.
Indistinguishable chemically from ordinary
carbon, Carbon 13 is absorbed in living
tissue and undergoes the same metabollc
process as does ordinary carbon. But where
ordinary carbon cannot be traced as IL
passes through these intricate chemical re-
actions which are the process OF life Itself,
Carbon IS can be detected by the use OF an
electrical instrument and 1dentltled
with specific bodily functions"
Up to now, the total world production
of Carbon Is has been at the rate OF less
than one-half ounce per year. The new
plants will be instrumental in increasing
world supplies five hundred to thousand
times.
While the layman is hopelessly Devil
dered by the mysteries Of science, he can
grasp the basic nature of such discoveries
as Carbon 49, He knows that the tireless
probing and Investigation in laboratories
all over the nation by thousands Of un-
known scientists, may one day save his life.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
]. E. BRADSHAW ISs -x
GIVEN, SERVICE AWARD

H.
| James lEdt bradshaw, man:
ager"cf the KrafGl Cheese plant
here, was among the more TRAN
five hundred employees who
were recently awarded citations
in recognition of long and meri-
torious service with Kraft Foods
company. MIR. Bradshaw receiv-
ed the 15-year award.
The service award consists OF
a gold pin with a star for each
five years of service, starting
with ten years. A special service
certificate goes to each award re-
cipient. ~.
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SERIES OF FARM safsksss Il
i MEETINGS ARE HELD

lContinued from
Monday, Feb. IL, TOO p. M,
HeIton school, Sturgillsssrc4
Tuesday, Feb. H. 7.60 A n.
Elhland school lunchroona. Todd.
Wednesday, Feb. l3s 30oS III:
Presbyterian church, Graham.
Friday. Feb. Is, TOO p. ma,
1Eelhodist church. Baldwin
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
Bower J. Noodle
Flies From Tokyo

Pfc Bower James Woodie, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Woodie,
of Glendale Springs flew home
from Tokyo this week for a 30
day furlough.
A paratrooper, Woodie reported
that he flew from Tokyo to Ham
ilton Field, Calf, in four days in
a 35-pasenger C-54.
His mother has been ill for some
time and it was for this reason he
was given a 30-day leave.
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w. J. HOTEL UNDER
NEW MANAGEMENT

: I. The WestJ efferson hotel is now
operating under the management
of MIR. and Mrs. P. IN. Hodges,
formerly of Charlotte. Mrs.
Hodges stated that plans had been
Made to redecorate, refurnish and
repaint the hotel as soon as pos
sible.
axMr. and Mrs. Hodges recently
moved here from Charlotte and
had built a home in the Smeth.
port section.
"a The hotel was formerly oper-
ated by E. w. Sapp and w. r
Rotten.
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''PfzzsTuRE E1MpR6 'vEMiEzNlrss

|. About soqs6f' to 9O% of. FsA
borrowers in Ashe County rare
cooperating with AAA and are
using all of the phosphate and
lime they can get. Most of this
material goes on pastures.
The pastures in general\ are
getting better each year. There
are some pastures where the graz
ing has been tripled during the
last five years.
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SCOUTS OBSERVE s
Seth ANNIVERSARY

Continued from RagesM E
be observed by the Methddiss and
Presbyterian churches of Jeffer-
SON on Sunday, FebaiA0sss6kexen
ID. m. The service will be in the
Presbyterian .church an
Scouts will participa an q
leadership of both pastors.
The public is urged YtSs aAend
and it is especially hepeh that
9hesparents of the ScoutS WiAths
PRESENT suoy ezot
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
IMPROVING ORCHARDS

Very little has been done to
orchards. The freeze in February
of 1915 killed all Of the fruit in
the county. A few families have
planted some new fruit trees dur
ing the past year. Those not hav-
ing orchards of sufficient size to
produce adequate fruit are en-
couraged to set out additional
trees each year. Many Of the
families have strawberries, rasp-
berries and blackberries to sup
plement their larger fruits. 80.
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CHURCH SERVICE
SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

: The schedule for the services at
the. Buffalo Baptist church were
announced this week as follows:
Sunday School, 1000 a. m;
BTU, $3.50 p. m. Church service,
every third Sunday.
=. The public is cordially invited,
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07
INCREASE IN FEED

. FSA borrowers in Ashe county
increased their feed largely by
using more and better fertilizers.
About Z out Of 10 used soda as a
side dressing on corn. Many
state that their yields were dou-
bled by the use of soda.
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OVERALL EXECUTIVE
DIES IN HIGH POINT

c. c. Garrett, secretary and
treasurer of the High Point Over
all company died last week sud-
denly after brief illness of a
few hours. He was well known in
this area, having visited here.
Q. A. Duncan, of West Jeffer-
son, who travels for the company
attended the funeral service in
High Point, on Friday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

TRIED IN MAYORS COURT
Joe Price, charged with public
drunkenness, was fined $40 and
costs in Mayors Court, here Mon
day, by Mayor c. o. Parsons: ~
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punishment for i misde,neanor
4efore a Justice Of the Peace.
Maximum punishment for such
violations IS $50 fine or 80 days.
gatrolmen pointed out. M
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Brooks. ,
Mr.. Clyde Blevins was a visit
or at the home of Mrs. T. A.
Jones, Monday evening. AZ
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

Cpl. j. III. Garv0y has returned
to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, af-
ter spending a ten-day furlough
at home. Cpl. Garvey will be
eligible this month.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

Cpl. Lee s. Edwards is. station
ed In Chabua, India, where he is
doing clerical work in head
quarters there.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

Pfc. Hugh Baldwin, son Of MIR.
and Mrs. Alonzo Baldwin, Of
West Jefferson, is now stationed
at Keesler Field, Miss. He enter
ed the service in November, l945.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1946-02-07

at which time glasses were fitted
for those needing them.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Up to Each One of Us

10 the Editor Of Tns Star:
Heartiest ngratulations on your edi-
torial Peace ana Man." which ap-
peared In The Star October I.
You rightly say: "But the problem
of ending war and tyranny goes even
deeper = 1t involves the mental
attitude of man, his measurement Of
his own worth and meaning, his own
purpose and ultimate destiny"
We In America and all our allies
worked hard to win World War II. But
what guarantee have We that 1t will
be the last conflict?
Beyond shadow Of any doubt, today's
challenge is to work for and win an
equitable and enduring peace. Yet We
are all too prone as individuals to leave
this tremendous task to statesmen and
politicians. Is it not high time We, As
thinking individuals, co-operated by
growing daily in character stature?
DR.. Frederick Kettner, noted writer
and educator, has said: I'VE cannot
have better world without better hu-
man beings" This, then is our chal-
lenge. BY becoming more open-minded,
problem minded and future minded, We
can become clearer, more biosophical
individuals and so help to bring dy-
manic democracy to q world sorely be-
set by the confusion that follows war.
It all is up to each one Of us!
BLANCHE FRIEND.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Political OmenS in New York
By Rdym ond MoIey

Dewey himself tried once to break down
q similar public conviction regarding
the plodding Gov. Lehman. And he
failed. Mead will probably likewise fail.
For Dewey's most telling argument is:
Does Senator Mead propose to bring
Washington's type of administration to
Albany? What has Washington got
that we haven't got, except confusion
and ineptitude?" This is hard to an
swer, and Mead is no miracle worker
He Is an attractive man chiefly distin-
guished by undertaking adherence to the
late President Roosevelt. Meads cam
paign is an appeal in the name Of the
honored dead-in the name of Al Smith
and of Franklin Roosevelt. But, as
friend in California said Of the Rogers
Knowland fight there. ut is hard to
beat a man with memory"
The senatorial contest is between a
man who is not yet known and man
who is almost forgotten. Assembly
Leader Irving M. Ives is the Republican
candidate. Ex-Gov. Herbert n. Lehman,
late of UNRRA, is the Democratic
candidate. Here, as in the governorship
contest, the candidate faces q sharp
question: Are you for Wallace or for
Truman in foreign affairs?" Lehman
can only try to reconcile the two, and
that is something they couldn't do for
themselves. But he must have the very
considerable wallace following in New
York City, which is active and which
has powerful newspaper and magazine
support.
Not many congressional seats are at
issue. All but six Of the a districts
seem safe beyond peradventure. These
six are evenly divided between the
parties A big sweep for Dewey might
net the Republicans two seats.
A Gallup poll confirms the heavy
betting odds for Dewey. In this poll
those voters who had made up their
minds two weeks ago preferred Dewey
by almost three to two There is nothing
in the picture to indicate that DR.. CAL
lup is wrong. But the heavy registra-
ton, as indicated above, is puzzling
factor in any prediction.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Just Compensation

A persuasive case for constitu-
tional government in time of war as
we'll as in time of peace has been
made out by the United States Court
of Claims in it's decision that the
Government may not legally use its
wartime powers to seize meat-or
presumably any private property
without paying the full replacement
price to the owner. The courts four
to-nothing finding in favor of a
Philadelphia packer was as clear cut
as the wording of the constitutional
prohibition on which Judge Samuel
E. Whitaker based his ruling in be-
half of the tribunal That prohibi
ton is contained In the final phrase
of Article v: nor shall private prop
erty be taken for public use without
just compensation"
John J. Felin and Company, Inc,
contended that the Government vio-
lated that provision when. during
the war, it seized 225 1000 pounds of
the firms, pork products over the
companys protest and sought to pay
the company the ceiling price on
the meat. The packer pointed out
that this offer was less than the
cost of the meat and more than
$4,000 below the cost of replacing 1t
at the then prevailing livestock
prices, which were not under OPA
control.
The Government argued that since
the packer would have sold the pork
in question to private customers at
ceiling prices, he incurred no greater
loss by selling" it to the Govern
ment than to his regular customers.
The court properly countered this
argument with the reminder that
the firm did not sell the meat to
the United States-it was deprived
of it against its will; and that it
suffered q double loss-that involved
in surrendering the meat at less
than cost and the additional loss
involved in replacing the seizure at
a cost more than $1,000 above the
sum allowed by the Government.
1t is not surprising, in view of the
far-reaching implications of the de-
cision, that the Department of Jus
tice should move to carry the case
to the Supreme Court. Much OF the
dressed meat requisitioned during
the war was paid for at prices be-
low cost OF replacement. To what
extent other packers may be able
to take advantage OF the ruling will
depend, apparently. on their ability
to show, as did the Felin Company,
that their property was requisitioned
over their protest, not bought" and
that they received less than Gust
compensation" namely, less than
replacement cost. # they can make
such a showing, the Court of Claims
sas evidenced its readiness to in
Joke the Constitution in their be-
Evening star., 1946-10-11
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

that moment. being with revolutionary
France.
Our foreign policy is exactly what
Washington warned against, in not
dissimilar situation. 1t is not based on
an affirmative American concept OF a
free world in which the United States
can live, for this historic moment, as
prima inter pares, but on grand
alliance Of the Big Three who must
maintain unity" or 60 to war.
It Is this basic concept that needs
vigorous criticism, for 1t is unrealistic
in historical perspective, immoral in
American conscience, and Is demobiliz-
ing our very characters.
The Big Three neither own the world
nor represent majority Of its inhabi-
tants. Their combined populations are
hardly more than that Of Europe. Their
"one world" is a figment of Imagination.
Even Mr.. Wallace cannot describe the
lineaments of that "one world" Ger
tainly 1t would be well If the differences
in culture and political concepts could
be harmonized between the U. 8. S. r.
and the west, but neither Mr.. Wallace
nor anybody else can do more than voice
q pious wish. Unfortunately, as Mrs.
Roosevelt admits one can seldom argue
with those who believe they have the
key to Inevitable" historic developments
though history exists to demonstrate
its whimsicality more than any master
plan.
We are in a state OF hypnosis about
the U. S. 8. r., in which stopping"
them, or "co-operating" with them Is ali
we can think Of think 1t would be
well to ignore them. The role Of America
is neither to smirk nor to bark, but to
"raise banner to which the wise and
the just can repair; to emerge before
the world as the voice Of reason, hui
manity and liberty; to cooperate in no
arrangements that we would not under
similar circumstances accept for our
selves; to remember that corruption
never has been compulsory; and to take
the lead fearlessly, anticipating no at
tack from the U. S. s. r., or any other
nation, as long as, confident and pure
in our faith. we attract by 1t the de-
spairing peoples of this earth.
The concept that peace" can only be
achieved by unity" between great
powers is the concept of Munich. 1t
leads inexorably to q situation where,
while mounting pious ideals, no one lifts
a finger for his neighbor, lest the peace
of the powers" be endangered. In the
NAV of that peace" states and peoples
are ground to bits until the earth means
and groans. and out of the He'll thus
created spring anarchy and mad vio-
lences Of despair, giving way to mon
strous brass-eyed despotisms of inor-
ganic order imposed on and, by violence.
exploited by the most ruthless. and f.
nally erupting into war, regarded less as
a catastrophe than a relief.
fReleased by the Bell Syndicate, fncb
Evening star., 1946-10-11

Something is happening in New York
politics, and nobody knows what to
make of 1t. In what was expected to be
an apathetic year, 4 tremendous regis
tration Is under way. That doesn't
usually happen in of years. In 1910
and 1914. about s,500,oo0 voters turned
out In 1s42, there were ONLY 4.000, 900.
But In the first two days Of the current
registration, the figure in New York
City ran 10 per cent above 1912. In
short. II this big registration continues,
nearly as many people will vote this
year as in q presidential election. Re-
turned veterans do not account for the
difference. Certainly, the PAC is not
more efncient. It Is not due to wild
enthusiasm over candidates.
Ordinarily, q large registration In New
York b q Democratic omen. That Is
why this development is not conducive
to Republican overconfdence. But it
may also be due to anger over meat.
Wallace and Palestine. That Is what
scares Democratic leaders.
Aside from this registration uncer-
tainty, 1t seems clear that Gov. Dewey
Is q definite favorite to beat Senator
James M. Mead. The Dewey strength
this year has been cumulative. A year
ago, his reelection was not regarded as
sure The Upstate Republican organi-
zation Is not what it used to be. New
York City had just restored Tamlnany
rule by a tremendous majority. Labor
and left-wing elements were strong.
But in the past six months there has
s>Ay
q realization that Dewey has been an
efficient Governor. This conviction has
come from no spectacular showings such
as his previous career as district at
torney permitted. 1t is based upon many
evidences Of hard and continuous appI-
cation to prosaic state affairs. Gov.
Dewey engenders confidence rather than
emotional attachment The typical
street reaction is: Dewey? Haven't
heard much about him, but guess he's
been doing a good job in Albany" 1t
is going to be very hard for Candidate
Mead to break down this attitude.
Evening star., 1946-10-11

where for centuries they have care
fully left hedges. bushes and bands
of trees between fields. It Is all a
part of the new pattern that Is
evolving on the American landscape,
where contours and terracing are
replacing the straight burrows and
mathematically exact lines that were
the farmers pride of years past. 1t
is to be hoped that our civic authori-
ties who have shorn the roadsides
during bird-nesting seasons will CO.
operate along those stretches where
safety does not compel clean right
of way. And 1t is reasonably Ger
tain that farm lads who have had
to NOV brush along the fences will
be delighted with the new phi
losophy.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Carson Case Justice

Attorney General Clark has acted
wisely In deciding to let grand
jury pass on the culpability or
innocence of persons named in
testimony before the Senate War
Investigating Committee as having
been involved. to some degree or
another, in the amazing and de-
pressing Carson case. Evidence Of
questionable relations between the
Carson munitions interests and
persons highly placed in Washing
ton was spread on the committee
record during the sensational hear
ings. Some of this evidence has
been answered on or off the COM
mittee record and some has not
been answered at all. Representative
May, who. as chairman of the House
Military Affairs Committee, brought
pressure on the Army in behalf of
the Garssons at a time when he was
shown to have had business deal
ings with them, never has appeared
in response to a committee sub
poena The public is still confused
and dismayed by what has been said
or left unsaid in this affair.
It is only fair to the public and
to those whose names have been
brought into the case in an un-
savory way to have the whole matter
examined by grand jury, with a
view to clearing the innocent and
bringing charges against any one
who may have violated the law. The
grand Jury will be in the fortunate
position of having before it not only
the revelations of the Senate COM
mittee but a report of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, which was
ordered by the Attorney General to
inquire into the case. The FBI has
a habit of making thoroughgoing
Investigations without regard to
political or other considerations
than those OF seeing that justice
prevails.
Any innocent person whose name
has been banded unfairly in the
Carson hearings should welcome
such an investigation, since 1t
affords an effective means of clear
ing himself in the eyes of the public.
And even those against whom the
grand jury might bring an indict-
ment will have full opportunity to
answer the charges in open court.
This is the orderly and just way of
adding the final chapter to the dis
turbing wartime success story of the
extraordinary Carson brothers.