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though there had been a general
belief that the organized reserve
would be called first and the in
active reserve only as a last re-
sort.
The report pointed out that
as Of April / there was a totaI
of 650,212 enlisted men. The num-
Der Of reserves now on duty rep.
lresents "a per cent of the total re-
serve strength.
Must Depend on Requirements.
The subcommittee, while urging
rapid release Of men called ur
against their will, said it recog.
nized the discharge must depend
on requirements.
Recently all the military serv.
ices have announced release plan.
for some reservists and the sub.
committee said it intended tt
watch the program closely.
THE military services shoulc
treat these schedules as con.
tracts and every effort should b.
made to keep the terms of thu
proposed release" the report said
The subcommittee found much
fault with the services for moi
keeping up-to-date, records or
reserves to show whether a man
when called. could serve without
undue hardship.
More fundamental, it said, wa
failure of the military leaders t.
lprovide a better way to deal with
the contingency OF partial mo.
bilization such as that undertaken
when the Korean conflict came.
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the Jersey Greek pumping station
of the Kansas City, Kans., sewage
system out of commission, edding
to the city's health problems
Three more deaths today
brought the toll of the flood in
Missouri and Kansas to II.
st. Louis Bridge Closed.
At Glasgow. Mo-, the last bridge
between Kansas City and st. Louis
was closed to traffic.
At Washington, the White House
said Maj. Gen. Pick, chief of the
Army Engineers, had estimated
there were 100000 persons dis
placed by the floods in the two
States.
A spokesman for Gen. Pick said
at Kansas City that by displaced"
the General meant not only
homeless, but those persons
stranded on trains. unable to get
to their accustomed business
places or follow their normal
activities The Red Cross has
estimated there are 10000 per-
sons homeless in the two-State
area.
Gen. Pick said losses in the
flood would exceed $500 million.
This exceeds the highest previous
destruction, figured dollarwise,
which was $481 million in the
Ohio and Mississippi River floods
of 1884, The inflated dollar now
makes the cost figure of the pre-
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lily industrialized Armourdale dis
trict, site of three major packing
plants and two soap factories,
among other industries. is deep
under water, as is the low lying
portion of the Argentine district
This is the location of the great
transfer yards and q ops of the
Santa Fe Railroad.
Wichita, Kan, which had been
warned to prepare for a devastat-
ling flood of the Little Arkansas
River for two days. apparently was
spared. River forecasters saio
driftwood upstream had cloggeo
the stream sufficiently to slow
down the torrent to the point that
the river could handle it.
The situation still was critical
on other Kansas streams, including
the Neosho. Marais Des Cygnes
and smaller rivers.
Chanute and lola on the NeoShc
were flooded badly. one-third oil
lola being under water. and more
than rs blocks Of Chanute.
| A spokesman for the Army Engi-
neers said this river would not
be back in its banks before August
Meanwhile. flood warnings were
going up downstream on the Mis-.
souri, River. and volunteers begar
the job of bolstering bikes which
have just withstood two heavy
floods. The situation was expected
to remain critical all the way tt
st. Louis for long time.
| The weather forecast for the
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Ukraine Reds Admit
Nationalist Mistakes
BY the Associated Press

MOSCOW. July 14.-Pravda re-
ported today the Communist Gen.
trail Committee in the Soviet
Ukraine is campaigning to over
come Bourgeois nationalist in
fiuences in education, the arts
and literature.
The Communist Party paper
published a Ukraine decree de-
claring the committee recognized
its own serious mistakes and indi-
eating corrective measures are
being taken.
The confession of fault came
after Pravda published two art
icles criticizing trends exhibited
at Q Today festival of Ukrainian
art in Moscow.
Pravda said the verses of
Ukralnian poet v. Sosyura in
Love the Ukraine" could have
been written by an enemy of the
Ukrainian people; they did not
distinguish between the old op.
pressed Ukraine and the con-
temporary Socialist Ukraine.
Also under attack were tho
words of an opera written by
Wanda Wassilewska and her hus-
band, Alexander Korneichuk, 9
former foreign minister of the
Ukraine.
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two States provides a cheerful
|note-clear weather with only a
few scattered showers over the
brightly today, but many Kansas
Citians couldn't see it. The haze
from the fire obscured the sun
shine.
Topeka Flood Ebbs.
Some of the 10000 persons
made homeless by the record food
ing of 400 blocks in Topeka. Kan
Isas, capital city began the heart
breaking journey back to their
homes today.
Police reported hundreds of per-
sons were returning to the lesser
flooded sections of East Topeka
and the Oakland district in the
northeast part of the city.
Mayor Kenneth Wilke placed
an $50 PM. curfew on the two
districts. National Guard and
civilian police patrols were ordered
to prevent persons from moving
around in the two areas.
Police reported two arrests for
looting.
For most of the families driven
from their Topeka homes. there
was a long wait ahead. They are
being sheltered in churches.
schools and private homes.
| River 3 Miles Wide.
About two-thirds of the area
within the Topeka city limits es-
capped the floodwaters. This area
included the main business dis
ttrict in which the capitol is To-
Gated. The Kansas River was
close to three miles wide in some
areas where the measurement be-
tween its bikes averages only 300
yards.
/ The Kaw (KanSaS) was slowly
going down after reaching crest
of 32.5 feet Friday morning at
Manhattan, Kans.
About rs per cent of the Man
haitian was flooded at the worst.
Today the inundated area had
contracted to about so per cent
lof the total area. oi
/ A few persons had returned
Ito their homes.
! Manhattan's Mayor z. r. Hook
said:
4 "As the waters recede, persons
who can walk to their homes will
he allowed to go back, but they
lido so at their own risk If their
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sent flood higher than it would
have been in 1887.
The flood situation still was bao
in Kansas, but the Kansas City
area was hit hardest.
Citizens were instructed to boi
all water and in many sections
were ordered to restrict its use tc
human consumption. Typhoid i'm
munization stations were set ur
in several districts.
The water supply in Kansa:
City. Mo-, had diminished to q
trickle in some areas. 1t was cut
first by the flooding of the Turkey
Greek pumping station which nor
mally handles two-thirds of the
volume. and then still further as
firemen fought blaze that dev-
astated two square blocks at Roa-
noke road and Southwest boule-
ward in the flood area. Much oil
the f1re-fighting water supply
however, was being pumped from
the flood itself.
New Blasts Erupt.
New explosions spread the fire
this morning, "a hours after q
blast touched it off and the un-
usual quiet in the metropolis was
shattered by sirens through the
morning as more and more fire
companies were called in an effort
to stem the blaze. Firemen sale
damage from the fire might ex-
coed 100000.
Ten firemen have been injured
fighting the blaze.
The known death toll for the
two States from the flood rose to
IA as sightseer drowned in the
Missouri River flood water. Nc
one can say how many may be
missing as persons so reported
often appear later at refugee sta
tons.
Even though the crest from the
Kansas River had passed into the
Missouri there was little relief i'm.
mediately for upstream cities
Junction City. Kan, was the only
exception. There the water hae
receded sufficiently for some
people to return to their home.
and start cleaning up.
At Great Bend, Kan, the Ar.
kansas River preached it's dikes
early today flooding 100 blocks
about a third of the city. Five
hundred persons were evacuated.
Other excavations were ordered
at Abilene. Kan, on the Smoky
Hill River, and Glen Elder ant
Asherville on the same river
Three hundred of Glen Elders 54s
residents were evacuated, and al
of Asherville's $50.
Traffic Is Blocked.
Despite the bright picture al
Junction City, Gen. Pick predicted
it would be two weeks before ths
Kansas River was back in it
banks. Local forecasters were NOR,
pessimistic. They said sit woult
be a long time"
Meanwhile, all cross countr,
travel by highway and train i!
blocked in Kansas. Coast to coas
traffic can move through Omahs
and Denver, or over the southern
route via Memphis or New Or
leans.
The huge terminal yards at thu
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Kansas City Union Station, where
normally around $50 trains arrive
and depart daily were silent today
The tracks usually used by arriv-
ing and departing trains served as
storage yards for locomotives
refugees from flooded roundhouses.
A Scant half dozen trains used
the station yesterday. and fewer
today
Airport Evacuated.
Kansas City's Municipal Airport
the Nations only airport located
in the heart of a city-was evacu-
ated' and through air traffic was
using the Grandview Airport south
of the city. i.
The Municipal Airport is To-
Gated north of the Missouri River.
directly across the river from the
mouth of the Kansas. The port
still is dry. but the evacuation was
ordered because the Hannibal
Bridge which provides direct &C
cess from downtown Kansas City
was damaged by drifting barges,
making the bridge unusuable.
A sand boil and back water from
sewers let some water into the
Fairfax district, directly west
across the Missouri River from
the Municipal Airport and in the
northwest portion of Kansas City,
Kas., workers appeared to be max
ing winning fight there.
North Kansas City. which has a
population of only 5000, is the
site of much heavy industry and
many warehouses. as well as the
Wabash Railroad wards and
roundhouse.
Kansas City, Missouri's rich cen
trail industrial district. the city's
Oldest and most congested. has
been under water since yesterday
The stock yards and livestock ex-
change building are among the
many high value installations here
The water reaches 20 feet in some
places, including the famed Ameri-
can Royal Arena.
The central industrial district
was scene Of Kansas City's great
est fire. "a years ago. Several
blocks were wiped out then.
In Kansas City, Kan. the heav-
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AttIee Sends Truman
Sympathy Message
On Flood Disaster

Prime Minister Clement
Attlee of Great Britain to-
day sent President Truman a
message Of sympathy on the
Kansas River flood, the Brit
ish Information Service here
said.
II have read with concern
Of the floods which have &C.
CURED in Kansas and in the
western part of your own
State of Missouri and wish
to express my lively sympa-
thy both with you and the
people of those States in this
disaster" the message read.
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Duek-BiIIed PIotypuses
Demand Diet of Worms

Two shy, duck-billed platypuses
which arrived Unexpectedly in
Perth. australia, by air, en- route
to a national park, were put up
overnight in a private 4'ouse.
Water, grass and earth were
given them, but they hid behind
the brickwork of an old chimney
When taken to the park they still
refused to eat and the park board
now is advel Using for worms
very scarce In Western Australia
to make them happy again
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Quick House Action
Forecast For Relief
OF Flood Region
BY the As.oeieied Pres.

President Truman officially de-
creed yesterday that nood-strick-
en- Kansas and Missouri are dis
aster areas" and the Federal
Government acted to rush multi
million dollar relief.
BY designating the flooded sec
tions as disaster areas, the Presi-
dent invoked a Federal law al
lowing Government agencies to
take emergency steps. For ex-
ample, the Army can send cots
and tents from its stores.
The President put Raymond M.
Foley, Federal Housing Admins
traitor. in charge of all Federal
aid. In a letter to Foley, the
President called the flood havoc
unprecedented"
A SIS million emergency ap-
preparation won quick approval
from a House subcommittee. This
is in addition to the sums already
available.
Quick Action Forecast.
Chairman Cannon, Democrat of
Missouri, of the House Appro-
priations Committee said his
group would take it up tomorrow
morning and be ready for the
House to act when it meets at
noon.
The money would be a grant to
President Humans disaster re-
lief fund. Mr.. Truman asked for
it. and speedily. after hearing
from the chief of Army Engineers
that this was much the worst
flood in the history of the area"
Such relief bills usually go through
fast.
Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick of the
engineers reported to Mr.. Truman
from Kansas City that the flood
has displaced 500, 900 people and
damages easily exceed $500 mil
lion"
Representative Cannon said his
committee expects the money to
be used to feed, shelter and clothe
refugees, restore communications
and transportation facilities, re-
place houses on their foundations
and other rehabilitation and to
take sanitary measures against
the danger of pestilence.
Congressman from Missouri,
Kansas. Nebraska and Oklahoma
testified at the unusual Saturday
session of the appropriations sub
committee. They said damage
would run to about 81 billion.
viii Supply Food.
Mr.. Truman also asked Secre-
tary of Agriculture Brannan to see
that necessary food is available
and to provide loans and other
help for farmers to help get them
started again when the flood
waters recede."
Brannan promised help mot
only to farmers but to all others
who can be aided by our facilities"
The Department offered surplus
food stocks to the Kansas Depart
ment of Welfare. Some supplies of
dried eggs. dried skim milk, beans
and probably cheese are already in
the State.
Disaster loans to farmers are
available through the farmers
home administration of the Agri-
culture Department. Department.
records show also that about H.
900 Kansas farmers are covered by
Federal Crop Insurance; at least
5000 Of these are reported to have
been flooded. In general, the in
surance protects a farmer up to the
amount he spent to produce the
1851 crop.
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homes have not been inspected.
Very tight security measures have
been put into force and only
those with permits signed by the
Mayor will be allowed in any
flood area"
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Argentine living costs have
slipped slightly, but are still 3.23
times 1943 levels.
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because of old age and infirmity
and to veterans of both World
Wars because of total and per-
manent disability which may not
have any connection with their
service.
Dependents of deceased vet
eran also may be eligible for
pension, under certain conditions,
even though the veterans death
had no connection with his service
in the Armed Forces.
Service retirement pay may be
granted to officers and enlisted
men leaving the active service in
the Armed Forces after having
served not less than 20 years o.,
it may be awarded under certain
conditions because of a disability
incurred or aggravated while on
active duty.
Q-I am in the Marine Corps Re-
serve, and l draw a disability
compensation payment every
month from the VA. What hap
pens to it when I'm recalled to
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AFFECTING
WAR
VETERANS
information and Answers
To Questions by the
Veterans A Administration

A veteran who is drawing COM
pensation or retirement pay is not
receiving a pension, although
there is a widespread misconcep-
ton that these terms are synony-
nous.
Actually Uncle Sam draws a
fine line of distinction where these
benefits are concerned.
Disability compensation is a
monthly payment made by the Vet
Grams Administration to an eligible
veteran because of an injury or
illness incurred in or aggravated
by service in the Armed Forces.
Another compensation payment
generally confused with pension is
that for death compensation,
which may be paid to the depen-
dents of a man who died in SER
vice or who died as result of a
service-connected disability after
returning to civilian life.
On the other hand, pension pay
ments are made to Civil War and
Spanish-American War veterans
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HOARD
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IS
recommended this as economical.
Amounts Appropriated
The funds tentatively appro-
priated for the projects are: Cape
Hatteras Consolidated School,
$4,000; Manteo Consolidated
School, 5000; Kitty Hawk, $780,
600; Roanoke Colored, $4,000;
Wanchese and Manns Harbor, each
$4,000. These appropriations were
made by the state building Com
mittee in their acceptance of a
program made by the majority of
the Dare County Board of Educa-
ton on March 1st, 1850, and ac-
cepted by the State Board that
month.
This program was made in lieu
of the original one recommended
by the state survey committee
which eliminated from the school
system the Wanchese School, the
Stumpy Point School, the Coling-
ton School and the Kitty Hawk
High School, along with the total
consolidation of the south banks
into the Cape Hatteras CONSOLE
dated School. The members of the
board advocating the present pro-
gram felt that Dare County was
not yet ready for the more dras-
tic consolidation.
Delay
Delay in starting the building
during the summer and fall of 1850
was due largely to the opposition
of the present chairman of the
Dare Board to the newer program.
The original program definitely
located the south banks school at
Buxton, with practically the en-
tire building fund to be spent on
an 10 room school building. An
attempt to let the contract was
made before any land location had
been established in the Buxton
community. Finally the Buxton
community arranged to extend the
present school lot and have the
necessary extensive grading over
swamps done to provide space for
the school. In the meantime, un-
limited acreage had been offered
as a gift on the ridge north of
the Avon community and in the
center of the territory to be served
by the school. Extensive planting
of Australian pine is being done
for this area. The majority of
the Dare Board voted in favor of
this location early in 1850. 1t is
apparent now that the entire build
ing program will move forward,
Other matters coming up before
the board were an appeal from
the Principal of the. Manteo
School for protection of the GYM
nasium from damage by out of
school users; the inside painting
of the Colington School with a
report from the elementary school
supervisor, Mrs. D. E. Evans, of
work being done in the schools;
and acceptance of the auditing re-
port of the county schools.
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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE
AT BUXTON CHURCH

With the singing of lovely
Christmas carols, the Buxton
Methodist Church opened Christ
mas Eve services. Rev. Powels-
land, pastor of the Buxton Pente-
costal Church, led in prayer. After
the choir rendered their songs, the
children put on a program. Santa
Claus welcomed the small girls
and boys.
C. P. Gray, supt. of the Sunday
School, directed the program and
later gave out bags filled with
oranges, apples and candies to the
U. s. Coast Guard and Loran Sta
ton of Buxton, and to every fam
lily and their guests. This was 6
gift from the Methodist Sunday
School and has been custom for
many, many years.
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cows head, including the horngl
through which . pole was run,
with blankets thrown over the
pole and two men underneath pro-
viding the walking power for the
monster. Another man rode the
beast, giving orders which "Old
Buck" obeyed, such as "Caper,
Buck" upon which order "Buck"
would caper from one place to
another, the bell around his neck
ringing merrily. Hilarity reigned
during the evening, the fife and
drum being present to furnish
music for the occasion.
According to "Uncle Eb" Mid
gett, one of the old-time residents
of Rodanthe, who now lives in
Manteo, the fifers in those days
were excellent, and made their
own flies from reeds grown close
to their homes. One of the most
famous of the fifers was John
| Thomas Payne, while B. S. Payne
was for years the outstanding
drummer. The drums were also
made at home, sheep being kill
ed and the hide tanned for use
in making the instrument.
Seasons Sports
In former days all the men and
boys of the community got to-
gether for weeks before the
Christmas season and played ball,
that being one of the favorite
sports connected with the season.
Another favorite sport was shoot
ing the bulls eye,. the winner Of
which contest was rewarded with
a chicken, duck or other similar
prize.
These sports were for the men
Eand took place during the day,
Isbut the sport in which both boys
land girls took part and from
(which they derived immense en-
| joyinent was the neighborhood
"candy bilin'." A number of peo-
pie would get together and boil
either molasses or sugar candy
and the fun that ensued from the
pulling would be hard to describe,
to say nothing of the games they
played while the candy was cool
ing.
While many things have chang
ed at Rodanthe in the past few
years, Old Christmas will be cell
ebrated this year much as in for
mer years.
The original reason for observ-
ing Old Christmas or Epiphany
was in order to commemorate ~
the baptism of Jesus; (2) the Wis
it of the Wise Men to Bethlehem;
and (3) the Miracle at Cana, be-
cause in the first Jesus sonship
to God was manifested to the
world; in the second he was man
Tested as King to the Gentiles;
and in the third his power to per-
form miracles "a divine preroga-
tive) was shown. The feast at this
time is more ancient than Christ
mas and is technically more i'm
portant, ranking after Easter and
Whitsunday.
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active duty?
A-Rensions, compensation and
retirement payments to former
servicenten may not be paid If
veterans are recalled to active
duty. If you are called back, be
sure to notify VA Immediately,
otherwise you will receive an over
payment that must be repaid.
Q-My husband, a World War !
veteran, to whom / had been mar
ried for five years, recently passed
away. / have not remarked. Would
/ be eligible for VA pension.
A-No. Among requirements for
death pensions is this: a widow
must have been married to the
veteran before December ID, 1914,
or for ten or more years before
death.
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DARE vFW POST GRATEFUL
FOR PUBLIC COOPERATION

Dare County Post $3.50, Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars, wishes ito
announce through these columns
that their recently completed
"Toys for Needy Children" cam
paign was a great success. GAL
thought it was impossible to get
something to every child in the
county, we do know that over one
hundred received gifts of toys,
candy, fruits and nuts" said
V.F.W. Commander Curtis P.
Lewis. ~ So
"To the good people of Dare
County who contributed toys,
money, ETC., should go much Of
the credit for the success Of the
program. The local merchants
who contributed candy, fruit and
nuts come in for their share of the
credit too.
"Post No. 9959, V.F.W., wishes
to thank every one of these peo-
pie, individually and collectively,
for their indispensable assistance
in helping give these needy chill
dren a little more Christmas
cheer than they would have re-
ceived otherwise"
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