davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Toys

IVY"
s-s5.s5 Lionel" Chemistry Sets,
$2.47
2-s15.95 Swing Horse on stand,
as Is S1.S8
1-$47.5o Pool Table, floor sample,
S29.95
1-S1e.5O Upholstered Rocker,
floor samples ~ $685.
2-$s.s5 Toy Chest, natural finish,
S5.8S
a-s1o.s5 An-Metal Wagon, floor
sample S'.oS
1-s2s.s5 Roll Top Desk and
Chair, maple finished - sl6.95
S-$3.95 Floor Style Bowling
Alleys, as is ------------$l $l.9S
1-$15.s5 TO- Front Wheel Velo-
cipede, floor sample --- $S.95
1-s15.95 Doll Coach, floor sample.
1895
sass Pedal Bikes, floor sam
1-s1s.ss Pedal Wagon, floor
sample ------------- $IH.'o
-s2.49 Metal Wheel Barrows.
AZ IL $1.49
k-ss,75 Pedal Bikes with rear
step 1898
l-$14.95 20" Front Wheel Vel0-
cipede 1898
1-sI6,95 IL" Front Wheel Vel0-
ctnede S9.95
1-S22.95 Chain Drive Trike,
1885
Kann's+Fourth Floor
Evening star., 1949-01-20
HundbUqs

$500 Handbags, fabrics and
feathers -----$3.o0"
z5-$5.Oo Black Faille Fitted
Cocktail Bags -$3.49"
15-S7.95 Handbags, leather and
fabric $3.95"
6-S5.95 and S7.95 Gold Kid
Bags $3.95"
4E$7.95 Black Persian Cloth
Muff Bags -$ 1895
10-$10.50 and $3.50 Genuine
Corde Bags, navy -----S6.S8"
1-$10.50 Grey Snake Bag $685.
3-$17.50 Black and Red Calf
Shoulder Strap Bags $685.
2-S1250 Navy and Red Morocco
Leather Shoulder Bags, $4.95*
l2-S1O.50 Black and Brown
Broadcloth Bags $6.95*
1-$13.5O Green Calfskin Bag,
$6.S5"
6-Sl9.50 Black and Brown Calf
skin Bags $ $10.50s
4-S15.OO Black and Brown Calf
skin Bags -- $7.95
'Plus s0ao tar
Kann's-Street Floor
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Lamps

eS5.s5 Brass Vanity Lamps,
$1.98
a-sa4.ss Brass Planted Lamps,
$14.98
S-s5s.SS Chinese Table Lamps.
S399S
l-sSs.9S Glass and Silver Table
Lamps S39.9S
l2-s14.9s Hand Tailored Shades.
ivory and blue. II ---- $500
a-S4s.9s Onyx Floor Lamp Bases,
$29.9S
Kann's-Third Floor
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China

lO-$1.95 Baby Plates ---- $l.00
s-Sl.S8 Glass Flower Bowls.
S1.eO
-S1.49 Bowl Sets, 3-piece- S9c
12-S1.98 Tea Pots $1.0O
9-$1.19 Individual Open Salt
Sets, 8-piece Soe
3-S9.98 Metal Cocktail Shakers.
$4.8S
l0-$1. 90 Snacks Sets, 2-piece- 5sc
14-$l.75 Refrigerator Bottles, 75c
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Notions

1O-S3.9S Floral Chintz Jumbo
Garment Bags s-------$1.OO
$3.50 Glamor Lite Perfume Oil
I0O-5Oc Keystone Dress Shields,
dark colors s-----3 prs. 75c
3O-S1.9S Floral Chintz Suit Bags.
AZ" ----H.0O
1850 Carter Belts, brocade and
rayon satin, small Csc
3O-S1.98 Riddles Plastic Fabric
Garment Bags 75c
5O-$1.00 House Aprons, bib style,
$50
5O-$l.00 Brassieres, rayon satin
and cotton $50
4O-59c Bust Forms ms15c
40-69c and 89c Lamp Shade
5OO-15c Nell Fulton Hair Curriers',
2 for 15c
Kann's-Street Floor
Art Goods
39-19c to 29c Stamped Scarfs
and Doilies loo
14-S1.39 Stamped Baby Blank
ets $50
12-S1.98 to $8.98 Finished EN-
broidered Model 9Sc to $4.49
1880 Stamped Crib Spread, 4Sc
l-$12.98 Hassock, damaged, $6.49
Kann's-Fourth Floor
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ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
KITCHEN EQUIPMENT

4-sll so Wall Corner Shelves $j.95
l-s42 IS Bose cebinet WOOD II" inoeum top 81 .95
'-s.1'o too ''O"s'o~" Dow ~.o"." s. .95
ten WV $685.
2-s3s 90 Red peod Formieo Tep 3o"----$l5.9j
$50 40 R.d Linen Formico Top 4s"$249 95
l-S37.o5 StsinIess Steel Top, 49, 1S----------$ly.y5
says stoiniess Steel Top, -$lj.95
i-ss4s5 Bose End Cabinet $500
z-Sz8s5 Bose End Cabinet
Evening star., 1949-01-20

GAS RANGES
7-sI4ss5 Detroit Jewel Cos Ronses $685.
1-Sl7se5 Detroit Jewel Cos Ronss. $l19.05
l-sz3se5 Universal Gss Renss (de Iuxe),
Sl69.95
1-sss.ss Apartment Size Cos Ronss'. S69.95
Evening star., 1949-01-20

Mahogany finish ----SZoS.So
1-s595OO Console Teevsion with 52-sq-in screen,
AMIN Radio record player and storage compart.
ment for records S4oO.OO
1-s5495 50 Walnut finished CredenZa-type Console
1ee''S'0n' Will f'4''- W. '>A0' A''N '' s4z5.o
1-s3650O Consolette Televison with 52-square inch
picture Finished in beautiful lined oak. -S3OO.OO
2-s18995 Table Model Televison. Has 7-inch screen
hnme % 49, -.-------- S129.95
Evening star., 1949-01-20
Famous Make
FLOOR SAMPLE RADIOS

1-s2s9s s5 Famous Make Console Rado-Phonograph
finished in blonde mahogany AMFM reception, auto
matte record changer. Roomy record storage COM
partment. SlSS.So
1-s29995 Famous Make Console Rado-Phonograph
with automatic ord-changer Plays regular and
long playing records. AMIN reception walnut M
1-s269 95 Famous Make Console Radio with AMEN
bands and automatic record player. ------S 1S9.95
1-$169 e5 Console Radio-Phonograph with automauc
record player. ------------------------- ---SI54oo
-$2se5 Table Model Radios, ivory or walnut nt
2-s7495 Table Model Radios in wood cabinets AM.
FM receptions. .--------------------------
s-s22e5 Table Model Radios with tubes bes-----S15.95
s-s24e5 Table Model Radios with tubes---S175O
HEATERS
500 .s5 puo-Therm Oil Space Heoters s-----S59.95
I-sls5zo coIemon Console Space Heater with Blower.
$3.50
l-s23oe5 coroore Cos Heoter- 800
'->'''''0 e'e"'" u" "''@' "'''S' '0' ''"' S74.s5
Kann's Appliance store-8th and D SITS. NV
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
NOTICE

North Carolina
Mcdowell County
In the Superior Court
J. L. Nichols, Administrator C. T.
A. of the Estate of Ebert C. Co.
forth, deceased,
Petitioner
Frank Labon Goforth, a widower;
Logan C. Goforth and wife, Media
Goforth; Grover C. Goforth and
wife, Fay Goforth; Rebecca Lee
Goforth, a single woman; Margaret
Goforth, a single woman; Mrs. Ber-
tina Goforth Merrila and husband
Arthur Merrilla; Ben Goforth and
wife, Blanche Goforth; Mrs Ella
Goforth Parker and husband. E. W.
Parker; Mrs. Seiena Goforth Con-
ner, a widow; John w. Goforth and
wife, Estelle Goforth; Bonnie Beal,
a minor: Lethat Beal. single wo-
man, individually; and Letha Beal
as guardian of Bonnie Beal, minor,
Respondents
The defendant Fay Goforth will
take notice that a special proceed
ing entitled as above has been COM
IN the Superior Court OF
Mcdowell County, North Carolina,
by the petitioner as administrator
of Ebert C. Goforth, deceased, to
sell the real estate Of the deceased,
or so much thereof as may be ne
cessary for the payment of the
debts of the deceased.
And said defendant will further
take notice that she is required to
appear at the office of the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Mcdowell
County, in his office in the court
house in Marion, North Carolina,
and answer or demur to the petition
filed in said proceeding, within ten
days. after the 7th day of Septem-
ber, 1949, or petitioner will apply
to the court for the relief demand
ed in said petition.
This 18th day of August, 1949.
S. D. MARTIN,
Clerk of Superior Court.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
|STATE COLLEGE
HINTS TO FARM
IH0MEMAKERS
By RUTH CURRENT
State Home Demonstration Agent

A clean kitchen range looks and
also cooks better than one allow
ed to gather grease, spilled food,
dust or rust, household equipment
specialists say. For full, even, eff
cient heat cleanliness is important.
Reflecting surfaces must be kept
shining to do their job of throwing
out heat. A clean range also helps
keep the kitchen clean and free of
unnecessary smoke and odors.
Some general hints on cleaning
methods are:
Wipe up spills and spatters
promptly with dry cloth or paper.
Acid foods may eat into enamel sur
faces if left on. Other foods, espec-
tally grease, may scorch on until
they are difficult to remove except
by strenuous securing, likely to be
hard on the surface. Grease comes
off most easily when fresh and hot,
Metal and porcelain surfaces need
frequent washing with cloth.
moistened in warm suds of mild
soap or detergent, but this should
be done only after the stove cools.
A wet cloth on hot stove is haz-
ard 70 hands and may crack enam-
el Many good housekeepers make
an after-the-diShes habit of wash
ing the stove. Go easy on water, the
specialists say, so that it does not
drip or run down sides or into
burners. leaving streaks or rust.
Charred particles on burners or
heating units, or in the bottom of
the oven may be brushed out after
the stove cools.
Ovens often are neglected in
cleaning because they are closed
and out of sight. Yet a dirty oven
may smoke when heated so that
food cooked in it takes on an un-
pleasant taste. Diluted ammonia
helps remove scorched-on grease in
ovens. Apply with a cloth. Scour
lightly with very fine steel wool or
fine securing powder. Leaving the
oven open to cool helps keep it
clean and fresh and prevents rust
ing from closed-in steam.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
NOTICE

North Carolina
Mcdowell County
In The Superior Court
DONNIE 3. GIBBS AND WIFE
JESSICA GIBBS,
RUFUS I. REID. SOLE HEIR OF
JOHN H. REID, DECEASED.
The defendant, Rufus T. Reid,
will take notice that an action en-
titled as above has been commenced
against him in the Superior Court
of Mcdowell County, North Caro-
lima, and that the purpose of said
action is to have the plaintiffs, Don
ME B. Gibbs and wife. JeSSiea Gibbs,
declared to be the owners of eer~
tain property located in Old Fort
Township, Mcdowell County. North
Carolina, and to remove the cloud
from said title caused by the ad-
verse claim of defendant therein,
which said land is known and deS~
cribed as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron pipe in
the Northern margin of Maple
Street, said iron pipe being AT the
Southeastern corner of the Presby-
CClIdI VudllSC lot, anu A3isAhtIAS
thence from said beginning point
N 81 deg. 03 min. W 264.01 feet
to a locust hub; thence N So E 1913
feet to a stake; thence S 80 deg.
28 min. E 264 feet, more or less, to
a stake in the Northern margin Of
Maple Street; thence S 5S west "a
long and with the Northern margin
of Maple Street 1922 feet to the
point of Beginning, which said lot
of land is also known and described
as Lot No. 2 in Block D Of Colyers
Map of Town of Old Fort, which is
recorded in Map Book l, at page
129 A-C, of Mcdowell County Deed
and Map Records.
And said defendants will further
take notice that he is required to
appear at the office of the Clerk Of
the Superior Court of Mcdowell
County, North Carolina, and answer
or demur to the complaint in said
action within twenty days after the
5th day of September, 1949, or the
plaintiff will apply to the court for
the relief demanded in said COM
plant.
This the 4th day of August, 1949.
S. D. MARTIN,
Clerk Superior Court.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
CONSERVATION
NEWS
BY L. B. HAIRR

A number Of Mcdowell county
farmers including Harold Dysart,
|. 3. Burnette and, l. D. Blumen-
thai, are making plans to build fish
ponds this fall.
Lloyd Killian Of Nebo, route l,
recently filed an application for
fish, through the Catawba Soil Con-
servation District, to stock his pond.
c. C. Woody of Greenlee COM
munity reports that the drainage
bitches he had built on his farm last
fall are working fine. Mr.. Woody
says this area was planted in corn
last spring and it has made good
growth. He plans to seed this area
in grass and clover for hay.
''It may do no good to lock the
barn door after the horse has been
stolen; but it does pay to prevent
further soil loss, even if most Of
the soil has been washed away
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
NOTICE OF SALE
NORTH CAROLINA
I. C0IINTY

Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain chat
tel mortgage executed by John F..
Hyatt, w. C. Hyatt, and Henry R.
Hyatt, dated the 9th day of March,
1949, and recorded in chattel mort
gage book 49 at page 165, in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds for
Mcdowell County, North Carolina,
default having been made in the pay
ment of the Indebtedness thereby
secured and said chattel mortgage,
being by it's terms due and subject
to foreclosure, the undersigned
mortgage will offer for sale at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash at the place of business of
the Pitt Implement Company at the
junction of North Main Street and
U. S. highway number 70 in the
town of Marion, North Carolina, at
1900 O'Clock, noon, on Tuesday
the 30th Of August, 1949, the fol-
lowing articles of personal proper
ty:
1 John Deere M Tractor, Serial
! Number 28794.
1 John Deere M 5 Tool Bar
| (Spring- tooth Cultivator).
1 John Deere 80 Snow Plow.
This 9th day of August, 1949.
Ray E. Pitts,
| trading and doing business as
Pitts Implement Co., Marion,
North Carolina.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
NOTICE OF RESALE
OF LAND

Under and by virtue of an order
of resale dated August Is, 1949, of
the Superior Court Of Mcdowell
County, North Carolina, made in
that certain special proceeding
therein pending entitled: Viola
Hunter Taylor and husband Albert
j. Taylor; Florence Hunter Craig
and husband; Charles R. Craig,
Petitioners, VS.. Katherine Hunter
Brown, a widow, John Harvey Hun
ter, Jr., and wife, Joy Hunter;
Irene Hunter Creech and husband
Grover Creech, Jr.; Charles T. Hun
ter and wife, Winifred Hunter; Ka-
therine Hunter Cooper and hus-
band, Garnet Cooper; Mildred Hun
ter Davis and husband, Earl F. Da-
Wis; William Robert Hunter and
wife, Ida CARRIER Hunter; Charlie
Mae Gibson and husband, William
W. Gibson; Katherine Norris and
husband, Johnnie Norris, Jr.; Fran
ces Conley, a single woman; Nettie
Powell Hunter, a widow; and the
Unknown and Unnamed Heirs at
Law of Charles Joseph Hunter, de-
ceased, Defendants, the undersign-
y,
the 3rd day of September, 1949, at
1900 O'Clock, noon, at the Court
house door of Mcdowell County,
North Carolina, offer for resale to
the highest bidder for cash that GER
tain tract of land lying and being
in Nebo Township, Mcdowell Coun-
ty, North Carolina, and more par
ticularly described as follows:
BEGINNING on a small black
oak in w. G.. Hobbs line and runs
North 1874 poles to a large red oak;
thence North 80 deg. West 12O
poles to stake in the Murphy line
thence South 1874 poles to W. c.
Hobbs corner; thence South 80 deg
East 120 poles to the beginning
and being the same tract of land
as described and conveyed in that
certain deed dated January II
1889, by James H. Atkins and wife
Mary Atkins, to Charles J. Hunter
which deed is recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds fo7
Mcdowell County, North Carolina
in deed book II at page 141, tx
which reference is made for fur
ther description, said tract of Ian,
OlSO DCHlS IL do CIC oHdi1CS
seph Hunter home place in Nebt
Township, Mcdowell County, Nort]
Carolina. Excepting and reserving
however, from the above describes
tract of land that certain six-acr
tract of land within the above de
scribed boundary conveyed b.
Charles j. Hunter and wife, to {
L. Hicks, by deed dated Novembe
19, 1921, which deed is recorded i
said deed registry in deed book 6
at page 564, to which reference
also made.
Said sale will be made subject t
confirmation by the Court, and
ten per cent deposit will be require
on all bids received.
This 18th day of August, 1949.
WILLIAM C. CHAMBERS,
Commissioner.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18

Ben Norris, Watauga county
All Club boy, consigned the top
ram in the sixth annual Purebred
Ram Sale held at Boone recently.
The animal brought $3.50, accord
ing to L. L. Case, in charge of ami
NAL husbandry extension at State,
College.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18
State Farm News

A Barred Plymouth Rock hen at
North Carolina State College Poul-
try Farm near Raleigh has laid
1929 eggs since she first came into
production.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18

Southern pine beetles are now ac-
tive in many timber tracts through
out North Carolina, according to J.
c. Jones Of the State College Ex-
tension Service.
Marion progress., 1949-08-18

Buy U. S. Savings bonds.
Evening star., 1949-02-24

The sharp memory for faces OF
1t. Col. Walter o. Ulrey, head OF
the Volunteers of America here
yesterday led to the arrest of a
rape suspect.
Police here are holding a 49,
year-old itinerant suspected OF an
attack February 4 on Miss Ann
Adams, 70, caretaker of the Volun-
teers of America home in Cumber-
land, Md. He is booked for inves-
tigation pending further informa-
ton from Cumberland police.
Col. Ulrey said the suspect
walked into his Office at 924 New
York avenue NV. yesterday after
noon and asked for job as a cook.
II recognized him Immediately" !"
said Col. Ulrey. II first met him
about Is years ago when he was a
prisoner and I was chaplain at
the prison in Louisville. KY"
Col. Ulrey said he had obtained
a picture of the suspect from
Evening star., 1949-02-24
) Women Caught in Raid ,
One Believed English sWife

Three women. one identified by
police as the wife Of Tommy Eng
lish, former member Of the old
"Blackface Gang" were to appear
in Municipal Court today on
charges resulting from a vice squad
raid on an apartment in the 1400
block of R street NV.
Jean Steed. 80, identified by 1t.
Roy E. Blick, head of the vice
squad, as the wife of English, was
charged with vagrancy and oper-
ating a disorderly house. Helen
zantini, 81, of the 1900 block of
M street NV, and Elizabeth Hazel
Hansley, 80, of the 1900 block of
Massachusetts, avenue NV, were
charged with vagrancy.
Police said they had the apart
ment under surveillance for a
week. A detective learned the
password to gain admission last
night and then let in other men,
bers Of the raid group. police
reproted. 1t. Blick said Jean
Steed did not identify herself as
English's wife.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Welfare Official Remembers
Assault Suspect After IS Years

Cumberland police. 1t was lying
on his desk when the man came
in, he said, and he covered it with
a piece of paper.
Then I told him the kitchen
was open and to go get a meal
AS soon as he left I called police, u
he explained.
Col. Ulrey is head of the well
fare organization in the District,
Maryland and Delaware.
Evening star., 1949-02-24
Ross Rests After Operation
For Growth on Forearm

Charles G. Ross, press secre-
tary to President Truman. is
resting at Walter Reed Hospital
after an operation yesterday for
a minor growth on his right fore
arm.
The surgery was performed by
Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham,
White House physician.
Mr.. Ross is expected back at
his desk within a week.
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Claims Payment

Continued from Page One)
442nd Regimental Combat Team.
The great majority of the Japan
ese, of which you are one, proved
themselves equally Trustworthy
and devoted to this country.
1T is indeed a great pleasure
for me to have small part In the
carrying out Of the provisions OF
this Act for the repayment to the
japanese people for some Of their
los Sos"
Acknowledging JACL's participa-
ton in the claims program, Jacobs
added, I'm happy to have JACI
representatives present at this &C.
casion. JACL was largely responsible
for and took prominent part in
causing the Act to be passed by
Congress. Since the opening of this
office in Los Angeles. the JACL
has fully cooperated with me in our
efforts to start the machinery ne
cessary to adjudicate claims. 1t has
been a decided aid to us to have
representatives of the Japanese who
are aware of the complex problems
involved in carrying out the pro-
visions and intent of this act
Dr. Roy M. Nishikawa, chairman
of the Pacific Southwest Districi
Council, commended the local claims
office. Jacobs and his staff for the
understanding they have given tc
the human relations aspects as well
as the legal technicalities of the
adjudication program. Tats Kushi-
da. Los Angeles JACL regional dir
,ctor, joined Nishikawa in assuring
the claims office of continued CO.
operation.
Il, too wish to thank the JACL
organization and its leaders for their
fine efforts in making possible the
passage of the claims BILL" added
Tokimasa.
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velopments I'm the American pro-
gram, particularly as it related to
the Los Angeles field office.
Problems concerning local attor-
neys were raised and discussed by
the group.
Since the government claims pro-
gram is unprecedented and since
those attorneys filing claims are in
better position to interpret the
law and suggest administrative pro-
cedureS that will insure the evacuee-
claimant more liberal claims, Masa-
Okla suggested that the attorneys
present form special committee
to cooperate in the National JACL
program to present memoranda to
the Department of Justice on every
controversial aspect of the law.
Masaoka pointed out that the
Nisei and other attorneys in Los
Angeles had agreed to similar sug-
gestion and that attorneys through
out the nation. working together to
prepare such memoranda, would
render real service to the commu-
nifty as we'll as to their own claim
ants.
JACL as the principal sponsor
of the evacuation claims law passed
last year by Congress, will coordi-
nate this cooperative program from
Washington.
Attorneys Thomas Masuda, Jiro
Yamaguchi, George Kita, Wiley HI
guchi, Harold Gordon, and Richard
Hikawa of Chicago and Charles Ia
tsuda of Minneapolis agreed to CO.
operate. Other interested attorneys
will be asked to join the program.
Richard Akagi, Midwest Regional
Representative, was named tempo
rary chairman of the Chicago COM
mittee.
Others in attendance included
Noboru Honda chairman of the
Chicago Chapter evacuation claims
committee and a member of the
National JACL Board, Shigeo Wa
,amatsu, Chicago Chapter presi-
dent. and Ken Yoshihara and Mike
Hagiwara of the Business Service
Associates.
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Action Counts

torate itself is charged with respon.
gibility.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-24

8 am. and 1890 a.m.-Low Mass.
Bencdiction will be held following
1890 Mass
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-12-24
BELLAMIS TO SHOW
JAPANESE MOVIE

The Bellamis will sponsor a Jap
anese movie from 7:30 pm. Satur-
day, Dec. "a, in the Seattle Budd-
hist auditorium.
Tickets at dollar apiece may be
purchased from Bellami members
or at the door.
Committee members are as fol-
lows: refreshments, Irene Fulfil and
Yone Kanda; usherettes, Hannah
Umino, Julia Hikida, Dorothy IVA
saki, Toni Yoshioka, Yoshiko Nj
shimura and Gloria Osawa; tickets,
Jean F'ujii, Junko Watanabe and
'roshiko Tanaka; door. Terry Shi-
momura, Katherine Hamano, Flu
mike Uyda. Keiko Nakamura and
Marian Urakawa; and publicity,
Nobi Takahashi. Taxa Takenaga.
June Wtanabe and Jean Go.
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We Americans gre busy people
We've been busy for long time
It's in our traditions. And it's in our
blood. This urge to be up and at it
this itch to get things done -
has had a lot to do with the spec
tacular accomplishments of this free
nation. Because our appetite for &C
complishing has always been sharp
and because America has frowned
on anything that would dull initia-
tive and independent action, We are
today the richest, the freest, the
choicest land on earth.
May 1t always be So However, am
sometimes concerned deeply about
our success. lest our preoccupation
with the doing and achieving and
living of all this success might be
making us blind to the wherefore
of it all Granted that the majority
of Americans recognize freedom of
individual opportunity as the big
factor that has made this way of
life of ours possible, just what are
we doing about it? Are we doing
what we can to preserve 1t?
Doing Our Part
That, in the idiom of the day. is
the $64-question! 1t is plain as day
that America can go, in the next
generation, just where Americas
citizens want America to go. Will
it be toward socialism and economic
slavery. the road to totaltarianism
and loss of all freedoms guaranteed
in the Constitution and lower
standard of living? Or will it be in
the direction of even higher stand
ards OF living, greater personal lib
erty, and more individual oppor-
tunity?
l suspect it will take more than
Just wishing. to follow the latter
route toward an even greater Ameri-
can destiny. AS citizens, we'd better
get busy! As to civic duty and res
possibility, we have great tradi-
tons which We cannot afford to
throw overheard. Deep in the truth
that led to the founding of this
nation lies the principle that each
citizen has duty to do his part
We depend upon a citizen militia
We have no ruling class, but elect
leaders from the citizenry. The cleo