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mills. it is still owned by the Army.
 The plan is to barter the cot ton goods and give the Army ere dit against a S3O0-million appro- priation, allotted for buying up cer- tain scarce materials.
 The surplus of cotton goods in Japan is estimated at one-third the total shipment from America equivalent to the goods produced from 100000 bales of raw cotton
 Members of the unofficial Sen ate cotton committee pushing this program are Knowland of Califor- mia. and Rem of Missouri, Repub- licans; George of Georgia, May bank of South Carolina, Spark man of Alabama. and Eastlanc of Mississippi Democrats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
BETTY MCCORMICK ON
 OFFICIAL INSPECTION

Mrs. Betty Mccormick, National Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Veterans of For eign Wars. left yesterday for Ketchikan via Alaska Coastal, on one of the many visits required of her office.
 Mrs. Mccormick will eventually visit all the Auxiliaries in Alaska She has made her visit to the local Auxiliary in Juneau.
 On the present trip she visited Ketchikan Auxiliary at the month ly meeting held last night, and on her return will stop at Peters burg for the official call there.
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breakdown of vital veterans func- tions, including disability pay ments.
 Well, why hasn't the agency asked Congress for deficiency appropriation?" inquired the Presl- dent. That's the usual proced- ure."
 "They can't replied McCor- mack, because the House Appro- priations Committee eXacted a promise from VA officials that they wouldn't ask for deficiency fund at the time the Committee approved the agency's regular ap- propriation for this fiscal year"
 For years it has been customary for executive departments of the Government which run short of money to come back to Congress later in the year for deficiency appropriations, but the COP Con- gress has served notice that de ficit' grants would not be voted Having long been familiar with this practice as a Senator, the President exploded.
 i've never heard of such a thing" he said ''The Committee had no authority to do that"
 Truman instructed an aide to tell Budget Director James E.. Webb to notify the VA to put in" a deficiency request at once. wen have a showdown on this" remarked Truman, crisply. Its carrying economy a little too far" Note-Dropping Veterans Admin istration personnel, including nur- ses and doctors in the middle of the year, means that they are almost impossible to hire back again when more money is voted the next year.
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TRUMAN ON COMMODITIES

On the day before President Truman held his press conference
 on commodity prices, White House Assistant Clark Clifford rushed over to the Council of Economic Advisers and requested a detailed
 analysis of the market break.
 "The President wants to read it to the press" he informed Chair man Edwin c. Nourse.
 Nourse worked his staff over
 time preparing the statement, but
 is still wondering why it wasn't
 publicized. Inside fact is that when Clifford placed the report
 on the Presidents desk, Truman
 informed him in a nettled voice that he could do his own talking to the press.
 Other White House aides, incl dentally, adviser Truman against reading the economic statement. The newspaper boys. they said, might get the idea that he was not qualified to talk for himself and had to rely on experts. So the President briefed himself
 thoroughly on the contents of the
 contents of the Councils report,
 then gave the press his commodity
 views
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
Daily Lessons in English v %s. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN Do All the people respond ed Omit OF.
 OFTEN Refugee Pronounce ref-ue as in USE E as in syllable and not on the first as sc often heard
 OFTEN MIssPEII manfuness; L. Manfuly two 
 sYNoNYS Deout pous religious everen holy gody spiritual
 WORD STUDY: three times and IS yours Let us each day Todays word MoTIvATE to provide mpe What were the causes Mh deeds?"
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JUBsLANT COP

News that Henry Wallace's can didate, Leo Isacson, stole a Con- gressional seat away from the Democratic machine in the Bronx reached one jubilant group of G. o. P. Congressmen while holding an -the-record round table dis cussion. Massachusetts John Hes elton announced the New York re- suits.
 Here's some welcome news for the Republican Party" he grinned.
 Speaker Joe Martin was so as- founded, he asked to have the an- nouncement read again, After thoroughly digesting it, he predict ed it would force President Tru- man to shift to the left
 T don't think Wallace will come back into the Democratic fold" the Speaker added, unless Truman is replaced on the ticket. And there is no chance for that"
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esting facts showing that military leaders are talking through their brass hats when they deny they the using public funds to pro- pagandize for peacetime conscrip- tion.
 There are only $50 trainees at the Army's Universal Military Training Camp at Fort Knox, Ky, during a six-month cycle. Yet every week the Army publishes 5000 copies of the camp news paper, UNIT. Pioneer" Of these 1000 copies are distributed at Ft. Knox. while the remaining 4,000 are mailed throughout the country
 Unlike the typical camp news paper. devoted to local news items of interest to soldiers on the post the Pioneer" is filled with articles extolling the benefits of compul- sorry training Of American youth
 The Congressional Committed has also discovered that no other Army enterprise has received as much publicity from Army public relations as the effort to sell JIM T. to the people. In the last year more than 75,000 UNIT pamphlets have been published plus 9,15o mimeographed articles and more than 30,000 other publi- cations.
 The paper cost of this propa- ganda blizzard alone amounted tc $5,218, Congressional investigators have learned.
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JAP COTTON DEAL

A mountain of cotton-one mill lion bales-has been shipped to Japan by the U. s. Army, and the industrious Japansese have woven every stitch of it into tex tiles. As a result, the Japanese textile market is flooded and the U. s. Army in Japan is stuck with vast surplus.
 To save this surplus from mil dewing in Japanese warehouses, cotton minded U. s. Senators are urging the Army to trade the apanese-manufa cloth to other Asiatic countries in return for rubber, oil, chrome and other strategic materials. Although the cloth was produced in Japanese
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA ps LEE

O. In case father mother and no she send her wedding mvaos A. she invitations these would have be MT John Brown request the of fyourp their marriage, etc
 When circumstances a a whom he has should he the 
 is thing Merely ask the drlVef to fare, add a little more with tip.
 o served from the table or from the Kitchen? A Soup served only from the kitchen
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Insurance Agent
 Tells of Switch To Lighter Calvert

"I'm a moderate man, says Chas. s. Geary, in sur ance agent, of l26 North Locust St. CentraIia, III.
 That s why l switched to Cal vert. It makes such a light yet tasty highball. ]"
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Nnas. o' OtAry OOdSI IU COdSU, thousands like MT. Geary have switched to Calvert because they've found it uniformly lighter, smoother, nilder. Thousands have learned that it tdstcs better in highball. cocktail, or r"neat."
 Calvert Reserve, choice blended whiskey, S6.S proof. The straight whiskies in this product ere five years or more old, 359o straight whiskey, 65 e grain neutfaispirits. It is a product of Calvert Distillers Corporation, New York, N. Y.
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ing" he snorted, it (the Marshall Plan) will cost us $60 billion and we will be broke. Then we might as well turn the country
 over to Russia" + West Virgin ia's Senator Harley Kilgore, long time champion of CTS, is working on a plan for a supreme court for the armed services-in order to bring fairer court martials. Any CT could appeal his court martial sentence to this supreme court.
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CUTTING THE VETERANS

President Truman hit the cell ing the other day when Rep. John Mccormack of Massachusetts, the Democratic whip. informed him that the Veterans Administration faced another sizeable personnel cut due to lack of operating funds. Dropping this personnel. McCor- mack warned, would mean a
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and seems to have the support of great many people who have elected him time after time, while others have gone down to defeat
 To us that's good indication of Walkers chances for reelection. He has never used his seat in the Legislature to seek the patronage of political job or for personal gain and seems to have better-than- average record of service
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

Talking to friends the other day, Speaker Joe Martin confided his real views on the Marshall Plan. If we keep on the way we're go-
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T I D F T A B l. E FEBRUARY 25

In early Roman days. the color yellow was used only for dyeing bridal garments. x
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The Washington
 Merry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One)
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LOOK and LEARN A C. GORDON


 Alaska acquired by the U s. rom what country, paid for it? Who followed President of the U S.? electricity to Kill man! hich compulsory education? g. conceded be the greatest noise producers?
 ANSWERS: | In 1867 from Russia fol $7,2OoOo0 H
 
 in 1852. g. The lion bull elk wolf elephant.
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Gov George A. Parks reelected President of the orca Society at meeting of the organization held the prev
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
County Veterans Receive
Forestry Training

Veterans of Dickinson County
enrolled in the Veterans on the
Farm Training Program" recent
ly received instruction in forest
ry. A forester of the state forest
service cooperating with F. T..
Colley and c. D. Baker, agricul-
ture instructors of the veterans,
led the discussion
Among the topics discussed
were tree growth, Importance of
protecting forest stands from
fire and grazing, cutting prac-
tees in even and uneven forest
stands, measurement of logs and
standing trees, and Virginia's
forestry assistance to forest land
owners.
A forestry plot has been estab
lished on forest land owned by
Charley Chase. This plot will be
used by the veteran class to OBJ
tain practice in the use of cruis-
er's stick as a means of estimat-
ing the board foot volume of
standing trees. The plot will
serve also to demonstrate those
trees which should be removed
and those trees which should be
left in a hardwood forest stand.
The meeting, which was held
at the Clintwood high school, was
attended by j. w. Rose, forest
warden of Dickinson County.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
Breaks Leg On Way
To Sisters Funeral

Lit Hopson, 70-year-old citi-
zen Of the Skeetrock section, was
severely injured late last week
when he unthoughtedly walked
out of the back door of John
Branham's dwelling and over a
cliff, falling several feet, break
ing his leg above the knee and
severely bruising him about the
head and body. He is now confin
ed to the hospital here,
Hopson was arranging to start
to Wise to attend the funeral and
burial of a sister, Mrs. NJ airy
Hash. The man who was to take
him had gone for his car, while
Hopson waited at the Branham
home. When he came with the
car he brought the aged man to
the hospital instead of taking
him to the funeral.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
TWO INJURED IN
BUS WRECK
NEAR BADEN

The Pound bus, running from
Pound to Clintwood and return,
was wrecked Wednesday morn
ing a short distance this side of
Red Onion Gap, injuring h e
driver, Elmer Heaberlin, and
Aunt London Stanley.
Mrs. Stanley was brought to
the hospital here, while the driv
err was taken to the Norton hos
pital.
According to information, the
bus was coming merrily along,
the good-natured driver was
maybe telling his passengers the
latest story, when suddenly one
of the wheels came off, the
brakes failed to hold and the bus
went over the high embankment
for some distance, injuring the
two and nearly wrecking the bus.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
NUMBER FORTY-TWO
GRAND JURY
INDICTS TWO ON
MURDER CHARGES

The March term of Dickinson
circuit court convened here Mon
day, with Judge Frank w. Smith
of Grundy presiding.
A special grand jury composed
of the following citizens was call
ed: C. c. Childress, J. M. stan
ley, I. S. Gillian and Glenn John
son. C. C. Childress was made
foreman.
At the end of the day the grand
jury finished and reported the
following indictments:
Tilda Mullins, shooting into a
dwelling house.
Waites Stanley, manufacturing
ardent spirits (whiskey>.
Anvil Mullins, manning
Jesse Hill, murder
Garland Ashby, manning
Next, it appearing to the court
that another deputy sheriff was
needed in Ervinton district, Del
mar Rasnick, a former deputy,
was appointed and directed to
give bond before the clerk.
In the suit of Maggie Colley
against Carter Crabtree, admin
istrator of the estate of the late
Vanburen Crabtree, the plaintiff
was directed to file bill of par
ticulars for the information of
the defendant. This was done and
the case came to trial before a
jury, which after hearing much
evidence pro and con, returned a
verdict in favor of the defendant,
Carter Crabtree.
Numerous civil actions were
called and passed over until an
other date. This week will prob
ably be consumed in the trial
of civil actions. Next week will
come the criminal cases, the most
important being that of jesse
Hill, charged with the Staying of
his wife; and Jack Kinney, charg
ed with shooting and killing
Rose boy on Mcclure.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
SEVENTEEN GAS PUMPS
IN COUNTY FOUND
INCORRECT BY INSPECTOR

A recent test of gas pumps at
filling stations in Dickinson
County by w. L. Gray, an inspec
tor of the Division of Markets of
the department of agriculture
shows the following results: A
total of Sc gas pumps were found
in use and tested; II of these
were found incorrect or failed to
meet standard requirements.
Those pumps found to be
correct were approved n d
sealed with a white sticker, in
dicating to the purchaser that
these pumps were tested and ap-
proved by the inspector. On all
electric meter pumps the inspec-
tor sealed the adjusting mechan
ism to prevent tampering by un-
authorized persons. The public is
urged to look for the white seal
on gas pumps when buying gaso
line as the presence of the seal
is their best insurance against
inaccurate measure. All pumps
found to measure inaccurately
or have mechanical defects of
such a nature as to lead to mac
curate measure or facilitate the
preparation of fraud were tag
ged with red condemned for
repairs" tag, indicating to the
customer that the pumps were
not in an approved condition
when tested. All such pumps are
required to be repaired and COR
rcted at once if continued in use.
In connection with the test
ing of gas pumps, the grease
measuring devices used in filling
transmission and differentials
of automobiles were also tested.
Grease measuring devices that do
not measure correctly are con-
demned in the same manner as
gas pumps. However, the approx
ell stickers are not applied to
grease measuring devices that
are found to measure correctly
but the correcting apparatus on
such devices is sealed in such a
way that the measure cannot be
altered without first destroying
or mutilating the seal.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
HONOR ROLL

Mrs. Fannie Crabtree, teacher
at Darwin, reports the following
honor roll for February, based
on perfect attendance and good
work for the month:
Third Grade
Mona Sue Stanley
Charles Stanley
Second Grade
Shirley Dotson
Norma Kay Horton
Gabe Hughes, Jr.
Benny Vanover
First Grade
Kyle Beverly
Bobby Trivitt
Paul Max Wallen
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
ION To Richmond" Is
Battle Cry of The
Champions

MCCLURE, March 10-"On to
Richmond, famous battle cry of
the Union army, could well be
applied to Eryinton High boys,
Dickinson County's crack basket
ball team.
After defeating D. M. H. S.
for the county championship,
they moved on to Emory and
Henry College court to defeat
Shawsville High for a shot at
the regional championship.
At 200, Saturday, March 9th,
the fancy stepping five of Err
vinton made that ball come alive
to STAY Fries, Va, the last barri-
cade on the road to Richmond.
The regular coach, Sidney
Stanley, was assisted by that
preachin', teachin' basket ball
fan and principal of Ervinton Hi,
c. E. Reedy. Between the two,
they had the boys working in a
harmony that was out Of this
world.
These youngsters are playing a
brand of ball that is hard to beat
in their class. All in Ervinton dis
trict are proud of our basket ball
team and know that all the coun
ty is behind these boys who will
represent us to our eastern neigh
bors. Let's all pull from the side
lines.
The probable lineup to cap
ture the state championship in
class c basket ball Friday, March
18th, will be:
Bobby Stanley . F
Charles Slagle . - F
Jim Clevinger . -. c
(See next coluzn)
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
MRS TINA BELLE STEELE

Mrs. Tina Belle Steele, 70, died
at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Bill Martin, near Blowing
Rock. Sunday.
Burial was in the family GEM
etery near Honaker Tuesday.
Mrs. Steele was visiting her
daughter for a few days when
stricken by complications due to
advanced age. She was a native
of Russell county.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11

w. r. Robinson, good citizen of
the Foxtown section, was in Mon
day to renew his subscription to
The Herald.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11
RONNIE FLEMING

Infant Ronnie Fleming, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Zoel Fleming of
Clintwood, born March 7th, died
the same day.
Burial was on March 9th at
Haysi cemetery, with Elmer
Poore in charge of arrangements.
Billy Waterson . C
Harold Riddle .. c.
Subs-Jim Slagle, Owens, Long
and Vance.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1948-03-11

R. B. Kerr, of Knoxville, and
Roley Rose of Rt. /, were in Mon
day to subscribe for The Herald.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1948-09-23
ALETHEIA MEETS
TUESDAY EVENING

Aletheia Society met Tuesday
evening at the home of the re-
tiring president, Mrs. John Craig,
with n members present. Mrs.
Craig was assisted by Mrs. Rich
ard Engard and Mrs. John Baker.
The meeting was presided over
by Mrs. Joe Lentz, the new pres
ident. A treasurers report was
given by Mrs. Walter Otte jr.,
and other committee chairmen
were called on to give reports.
The program chairman, Mrs. War
rem Widner announced that the
next meeting would be Hal
loWe'en Masked Ball at the Leg
ion Memorial building, October
%. Mrs. Fred Johnson is in charge
of that committee. Mrs. George
Morelock gave the report of the
Ways and Means committee, Mrs.
Charles Splitter reported on the
Good Will committee while Mrs.
John Sharrer reported on plans
for the Rummage Sale.
Preceding the business meet
ing the program was given. Mrs.
VIM. Faulkner for her news top
les, read items on Polio and the
United Nations. Mrs. Robert
Graham showed the picture "The
Country Doctor" and told little
about the life of a country doctor
about the turn of the century.
Mrs. H. E. Stricken then introduc-
ed the guest speaker, DR.. May
Zaugg. DR.. Zaugg told of the ex-
periences of a girl medic. She
traced the woman in medicine
from the pioneering DR.. Elizabeth
Blackwell down to the present
time, explaining that girl who
chooses medicine still has many
things to consider. She brought
in some of her own experiences
in medical school and on the
whole gave very interesting and
entertaining talk which was ap-
preciated by all the members.
A social hour and refreshments
served by the three hostesses,
completed the meeting.
III III III
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
A number of friends and rela-
tives gathered at the home of
Merle L. Wood, Saturday, Sept
ember 18, for. a weiner roast
honoring his birthday.
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excellent health and is manager
of children's department in one
of California's leading stores.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weldon E. Shaw
had as Sunday dinner guests. Mr..
and Mrs. Clement Inskeep, of
Pasadena, Calf.
Mrs. Charles Scott and Mrs.
Lynn Light and daughter, Pam
my, of Columbus, spent Wednes-
day in Delaware, and witnessed
the Little Brown jug. Mr.. Scott
is at Delaware this week with
Ginny Hanover, owned by Thurm
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Mrs. Guy L. Green was shop
ping in Delaware, Saturday morn
Ing and enjoyed the Past Matron's
dinner party at the home of DR..
and Mrs. w. c. Williams, of Sun
bury.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Nash, former
ly of Redwood, now living in
Santa Ana, Calf, are the proud
parents of as on, Michael Jay,
born Sept IL, at Community hos
pital. Both are doing fine.
Mrs. Goldie Nash, who left
Redwood, and now residing in
Santa Ana, Calf, is enjoying
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p. T. "A. HOLDS
FIRST MEETING

One hundred and twenty-five
teachers, mothers and fathers, and
interested friends met at the
School auditorium Monday even
ing for the opening meeting OF
the Parent Teachers Association
Mrs. Charles Ferris, newly elect
ed president, conducted the bus
inesS session, assisted by her Sec
retary, Mrs. Edward Skillman.
Following the welcome, given
by Rev. Rodger Sillars, the regu-
lar order of business proceeded
The membership drive has been
launched in the school, Mrs. Fred
Easton, chairman, announced
Prizes will be given to the pupils
having the highest number of new
members, and to the grade having
the highest number.
A home talent play Light
Eternal, sponsored by the PTA,
was announced by Cecil Riser,
chairman of the finance commit
tee. Mr.. Riser said the play would
be presented in the auditorium
on Thursday, Oct 81. He also an
nounced a Health Conference to
be held Oct. IA in the school. Due
to these activities in October,
there will be no regular PTA
meeting next month. Mrs. Ferris
announced.
The new teachers were then in
troduced by Superintendent H. w.
Carr as follows: Mrs. Robert
Wheeler, Mrs. Ralph Beck, Miss
Thelma Longberry, Miss Joyce
Foster, Mrs. John Stricken, Mrs.
Hugh Diem, Mr.. Robert Lewis,
and Mrs. Hal Warrington, Mr..
Carr's secretary. Each grade was
then called and as the teacher
stood up all parents having a
child in that grade was asked to
stand.
The meeting was then turned
over to the program chairman,
Mrs. Eugene Herd, who introduc-
ed the speaker, Miss Gracia Hold
er, from Australia.
Miss Holder, who has addressed
PTA groups and school children
in 46 of the United States, spoke
amusingly and Interestingly on
the land down under. She told
of her interests in social reform,
in the educational program of her
native land and in increasing the
friendliness of the two countries.
She is especially interested in the
several international organiza-
tions which touch Australia and
the USA. These are the Scout
movement, the Red Cross, the
w. c. I. U. and the P. T. A.
She then showed two movies
depicting life in Australia, one in
color and one black and white.
These were both highly interest
ing, the technicolor one being the
second color film ever made in
her country.
Following her talk, the group
adjourned to the basement rec
reation room, where refreshments
were served and a social hour
held.
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presided at the tea table. Music
was furnished by an orchestra
composed of Miss Helen DeVoss,
Miss Louella Kay Staley and Miss
Rose Mary Avery, accompanied
at the piano by Miss Jennie Sher-
wood.
The committee chairmen were
Mrs. Beriah Edwards, church dec
Grating and Mrs. Angus MacIvor,
service.