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The police official had to agree.
He now shuts his eyes to all evi-
dence of Soviet espionage in his
district.
lean cite dozens of similar cases.
l don't mean by this to imply that
most Iranian officials have sue
crmbed to such Soviet tactics.
Many honest, sincere statesmen in
Iran have valiantly resisted Soviet
bribes and threats. Many have
given in to them though.
3oiAa Three 10 the calculated
disruption Of the IrGssiGs. ecOv.-
O'ssy. This was my speciality, and
lean tell you what the instructions
to the Embassy staff were.
Ambassador Sadchikov told us
outright that it was our job to do
everything we possibly could to
create economic turmoil in Iran,
He said that we were to try to
bankrupt the government and the
people, and to make everyone dis
satisfied with the way things were
going.
One of the things we did was to
corner the Iranian sugar market.
Through go-betweens, the Soviet
Trade Mission bought up $4,000
tons of sugar, a huge proportion
of'the total Iranian supply, and
ordered it held off the market.
Soon there was no sugar to be had
IN any of the stores.
The mission held that sugar off
the market for weeks. It wouldn't
Evening star., 1953-04-19

You, too, win love BLUE BONNET
MaFgarine's delicate, sunny-sweet
favor! BLUE BONNET makes bread,
toast, hot rolls, and vegetables taste
better than ever!
You'll appreciate BLUE BOaslaEr's
nutrition. Unlike most other mar
garinea, BLUE BONNET contains hofk
Vitamins A and D-as much year
round Vitamin A and D a YOU get
in the high-priced spread for bread!
Yet BLUE BONNET Margarine
costs Iess than half o much q the
high-pEiced spread. So put on BLUE
BONNET and Be sMse az 'sall S.
Flavor, Nutrition, EconOm-ee!
Evening star., 1953-04-19

That afternoon he started dump
ing Soviet holdings on the stock
market. All prices plummeted and
thousands of Iranians lost their
every penny.
But the most crippling blow the
Soviet dealt the Iranian economy
was the campaign it waged to
wreck the country's oil industry.
can disclose here, for the first time.
that the Soviet played a pivotal
role in the naturalization of the
Abadan oil refinery, the biggest in
the world, and the custer of the
British company which owned it.
I myself was present the day
this campaign was planned. back
in 1913.
Itwas the Kremlin 3 idea. Mos
COW says that we must do every
thing in our power to chase the
British out Of Abadan, " Ambassa-
dor Sadchikov said and he went on
to explain why.
I've OoA1s
lIE reasons he gave were these:
Chasing the British out of Abadan
would serve the Soviet Union in
two ways. One, it would deprive
the British of oil they desperately
needed. Second, it would do great,
lasting damage to Iran, which
didn't have the technicians to
operate the refinery herself.
The campaign Sadchikov drew
up to accomplish this was a devil
ishly clever one. 1t provided for
our propagandists to stir up bad
feeling against the British among
the people. Then it called for our
Continued OF next page
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deep. Each layer should be thor
oughly wet down and a small
amount of a fertilizer high in nj
trogen sprinkled over the leaves.
A complete fertilizer such as a
6-8-6 or 1913 can be used, or sui
plate of ammonia, or nitrate of
soda will be satisfactory.
Along with the fertilizer, each
layer of leaves may be covered
with about an inch of garden soil.
When the pile of leaves has been
built up to the desired height, it
is covered with a thin layer of
soil and allowed to stand for
eight to twelve months. During
this time it must be kept wet.
The result will be leafmold
which is a valuable supplement
to most garden soils. Leafmold
is usually very acid in reaction
and unless you are using it
around acid loving plants, lime
should be added.
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linked together by network of
high voltage transmission lines
and interconnections are main
tanned with neighboring utilities
for the exchange of power.
Vepco has spent $219,000,000 on
new construction in the past six
years to keep abreast of the
growth in its service area and
present plans call for another
$200,000,000 over the next five
years for new generating plants,
transmission lines, and other IA
cilities.
Here in North Carolina, work
is under way on $4,000, 900
dam and hydro station on the
Roanoke river at Roanoke Rap
ids. This development is schedul-
ed for completion in 1856 and will
add about 100000 kilowatts of
power to the Vepco system. APP
plication has been made by Yep
CO to the Federal Power Com
mission for permission to con-
struct a similar development at
CASTOR, eight miles upstream.
The generating capacity of the
company has doubled in the past
five years and at the present
time, new generating units are
being added at two of its steam
plants, Postum Point, located
near Quantico, Va, and the Ports
mouth, Va. plant.
A large portion of the COM
pany's growth is due to the in
crease in the number of residen-
tial customers and their extern
sive use of electrical appliances
in the home. The average resi-
Dental customer now uses twice
as much electricity as he did ten
years ago. Farm customers, too,
are turning more and more to
electricity for time and labor
saving assistance.
In 1852, Vepco's total electric
revenue amounted to $76,500, 900.
Of this amount. nearly $4,000, 900
was paid out in taxes to Federal,
state and local governments.
Vepco has stockholders in every
state in the Union.
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some other fellows like them to
join," said Heber Wilkinson.
eff we 60 to making too many
changes and too many rules,
we'll soon have no Club, said
Pres. White. First thing you
know some of you'll be wanting
the women to join this club"
well, there are some of them
who could qualify, according to
what some other women say
about them," said Jesse Taylor.
Thorne Paul said he thought
it would be a good idea to table
the subject until a night when
more members were present.
cts time to go home anyway"
he said.
'Hold on" said Louis Dillon,
81 thought you wanted me and
Ben Harris to tell you about the
Wild Honey Bees"
Fellows it's too late" let's put
it off until next meeting night
and maybe we'll have more
, people to hear about the Honey
bees and the Birds" said Charles
Smith, the well-known painting
man.
"Yah, yah, yah," said Shorty
Willis from across the street.
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With the coming of frost the
deciduous trees will begin to lose
their leaves. This often presents
a problem for the home owner,
both in town and country, who
wants to have a neat yard, lawn
and garden. The usual impulse is
to rake up the leaves and burn
them or to rake them into the
street and have the city trucks
cart them away.
But, as deficient as our soils
are in organic matter burning
leaves is a wasteful procedure.
1t is true, of course, that the
leaves must be raked off of the
lawn grass-especially newly
planted grass-or they will
smother the grass. The thing to
do is to rake the leaves and make
leaf compost. Pile and rot them
so that they can be spread on
the garden and incorporated with
the soil or used as a mulch
around Enthusiastically aza-
leas. Leaves are difficult to rot
if they are just raked up into
. large pile. The compost should
be built up in layers about foot
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-10-23
LARGER POWER
SUPPLY SERVES
BELHAVEN AREA
Customers May Now Rely On
362 Million Dollar Sys-
tenn

The Virginia Electric and Pow
er Company, which recently ex.
tended electric service to the Bel
haven area, and is soon to serve
the Engelhard system supplying
Hyde County, now provides cleo
| tricity for some 100000 customers
in Virginia West Virginia and
North Carolina. Nineteen coun-
ties in Northeastern North Caro-
lima are within the company's
service area.
The headquarters for Vepco's
operations in North Carolina is
at Williamson, where Ray H
Goodman is vice president in
charge of the Southern division
and A. L. Jameson is manager OF
the Albemarle district. The com
pany also has offices at Roanoke
Rapids, Ahoskie and Elizabeth
City. About $50 of Vepco's 5000
employees are located in North
Carolina.
Now one of the largest electric
utilities in the country, Vepco
has experienced a steady and
substantial growth since its for
nation in 1909 when a number
of small transportation and cleo
trio companies merged to form
the Virginia Railway and Power
Company At the time, the street
railway transportation business
in Richmond and Petersburg, and
a connecting interurban line, &C
counted for the largest portion
the property of the Norfolk and
of the company's income. The
company subsequently purchased
Portsmouth Traction Company in
1911. (The name of the company
was changed to Virginia Electric
and Power Company in 1929
There were only GLIB electric
customers then and the company
had a generating capacity of Fl
1875 kilowatts. Total assets were
$24, SAL ,470. In the intervening
years, the number of customer:
has increased a hundredfold; gen
Grating capacity is now over {
million kilowatts, and the com
pany's assets have climbed tt
1862, 100000. Its. service area /!
J far flung from Hinton, Yves
Virginia, east to Alexandria anc
from Alexandria south into NORTH
Carolina.
To furnish the power needed
to meet the requirements of it
customers, Vepco has eight larg'
steam generating stations located
near its load centers around thu
system. The ones built Sine
World War II are equipped t.
burn either coal or heavy oil
Additional capacity is provided
by sixteen hydro plants. All o
Vepco's generating stations ae
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-10-23
BELHAVEN LIARS CLUB
NOW SEASONED WITH
VINEGAR AND HONEY

All is not milk and honey now,
nor is it the unusually beatific
climate that prevails when the
fellows of the Belhaven Liars
Club foregather in Jesse Taylor's
filling station. Somebody has
poured vinegar in the milk of
human kindness. Liberal potions
of honey have been dispensed but
not yet has harmony run the
bowl over; it is absent from the
tune. There is a rift in the lutte,
as the musically-minded might
say, or perhaps as some of the
older club members would pre-
fer to say, a lifting of the root,
for it looks like this sturdy old
tree is about to fall unless some
thing more soothing than crank
case oil dribbles on these
troubled waters.
The trouble came up because
of Jack Riddick's wife. Never
was nicer fellow, and most
likely his wife is nice too. 1t just
seems she objected to Jack be-
ing a member of and spending
so much of his time in any group
known by the ignoble cognomen
borne by this club. She feared it
would hurt Jacks standing in
the community, even though his
reputation is as clean as if
Jack Leigh had dry cleaned it.
But anyway, that's how woman
is.
Now Thorne Paul the Secre-
tary, thinks this club is wonder
full thing, and he would go to
ANY length to pour oil on the
troubled waters, or vice-versa as
the occasion might require. So
he lay awake three nights, and
came up with a proposal that the
club name be changed to the
"Ananias Club" Right off the
bat several members said they
favored it too. Some of them had
the same trouble at home.
''Yessir," one of 'em says: eff it
will keep the old lady off my
neck I favor it too"
''Now hold on a minute, said
Louis Dillon. 'That's good way
to get into trouble. Let's proceed
with caution. You should always
look before you leak. We've got
to keep the respect of folks. Now
who is this Ananias anyway? ]
amt seen where Ike has appoint
ed him to any office, nor turned
him out of one. He must be q
mere nobody. Come to the fack
truth, he might be a liar hisself.'
"Just what I say too," chime6
in Ben Harris. Everybody is this
county, and Hyde County know:
all about us, and they know we
never done nobody wrong VIVA
difference is it if you're hung fol
a sheep instead of a lamb? You're
just as dead anyway, so we nigh
as well be the real thing"
eve had to be real, ones, or we
couldn't have qualified for mem
bership," said President Harole
White. "But this is not the meet
ing for bringing up importan
matters. This is the night we wa!
going to hear about the wilc
honey-bees, and maybe the birds
We don't want to have trouble il
the club. If we go changing
names, we're liable to spit hel
open from center to circumfer
ence."
"But we want to get some new
members, and'it might help If we
change the name. We might have
chance to get Wash Battman OF
Jake Chesson or Milton Gum OF
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Infantile paralysis appears in
all parts of the world, even in the
tropics and the frigid zones.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1953-10-23

When flatterers meet, the devil
goes to dinner. John Ray
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with electric service, leaving
493,675 without this service.
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AS of June, this year, there
were 4,888, AGO Tilted States farms
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Mt.Zion
En- Route Home


Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morgan. of
York, Pa. called on the NJ. K
Davises en- route from Charleston,
S. C., 20 York
Mrs. McAllister and Carolyn
were week end visitors of Mr.. and
Mrs Norman Putney
Mrs. Richard Bryant is not very
we'll.
M. K Davis was sick, two days
last week
Visits Sister
Wyatt Davis, of New jersey, is
visiting his sister and brother
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton
Martin. Last Saturday night. he
gave the neighborhood friends his
usual party. which was thorough
~ enjoyed. Those present were
Bryant Anderson, Mi and Mrs.
Willie ChlldreSs. and June. Gran
vile Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Free
man Childress and baby, Mr. and
Mrs Tommie Hudgens and Caro-
lyn and Mildred. and two grand
sons and Mr.. and Mrs. M. K.
Davis and Ray.
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advisor. chaperoned the group.
Senior Science Club


The Senior Science Club held
its first meeting October 26 and
elected the following officers:
Jimmie Charlton, president.
Howard Shipp. vice president, and
Anne Johnson, secretary.
Other members OF the club are
Rowlett Bruce, Allan Shepherd,
James Dixon, Richard White.
Jasper Maxey. Lyle Ransom, c. c.
Shumaker and Sue Gillian. Each
member Of the club has his own
science project. as well as con-
tributing to the club project.
Play Presented
The Dramatic Glass presented
a play. The Old Peabody Pew"
on October %. The comedy, by
humorous script. we'll portrayed
by the cast. which kept the
Kate Douglas Virgins, had a
audience laughing and interested
In the cast were Aubrey Forbes.
Joyce Bryant, Joyce Rafferty,
Junive Wee Jones. Ann Wooten.
Ressie Adcock. Arlene Oliver and
Billy Reed Talbert. Arlene Oliver.
as Nancy Wentworth. played the
part of the spinster, who waited
10 years for her romance, capably,
and Ann Wooten as Lobelia Brew
ster who thinks little of the male
sex. kept the audience amused
with comments on men in general
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Nuckols

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schwartz. Of
Salem. were week end visitors 1T
Marshall Place
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Schwartz
and Mrs. W. L. and j. NJ. Mosely
We're business visitors in Dillwyn.
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mollohan
were visitors Of their parents, sew
eral days lately. Mr., Mollohan is
much better after having trouble
with his knee
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Francis West
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Schwartz in their home Gravel
HILL Saturday night
Visits Home
Herman Springer was week
end visitor in his home here.
Callers in Mrs. Ed Coles home,
Sunday. We're Mr.. and Mrs.
Schwartz. Miss Mary Mosely, Of
Richmond, spent the week in the
same home.
Visitors during the week end at
Cherry Hill" included the Mollo-
hans, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Jen-
kins, of Cumberland. Mr.. and Mrs.
M. K. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Mosely and Jane Dudley, Mr.. and
Mrs. Red Mcmillan and Lynda
and Mrs w. D. Walker and niece.
Toby Jeanne Walker
In Hospital
w D. Walker is now at Uni
versity Hospital. after spending
Sunday in his home here Mrs.
Walker is staying at Charlottes-
vile to be with him. Their many
friends called during the day to
see him and Mrs. Walker before
they returned to the hospital.
Sunday night
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Wheelock.
of Jonesboro, Tenn, their son,
Nils, and his wife and two chill
dren visited him at the hospital
10 be with their daughter and
n-in-law. MI. and Mrs w. D.
Walker.
Mrs. j. c, Davidson and Mrs.
Robinson were callers at Cherry
Hill Farm this week
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and che in particular.
YEA Sessions

and che in particular
YEA Sessions
o. P. Sadler. president Of Dist
lict J Of the Virginia Education
Association. attended the YEAS
annual convention last week in
Richmond Our principal. N. H.
Hurt. and r. r. Shotberger also
attended the sessions in Richmond
Mrs. John Spencer substituted for
Mr.. Sadler. who was away four
days attending the many board
and convention sessions. Miss
Elizabeth Forbes was also dele
gate from the Buckingham Educa-
ton Association
National FILA Week
Buckingham Central High is
celebrating National FILA Week
now The school chapter earlier
had accepted the National Goal
of Activities for Future Home
makers Week and is now leading
other students in these events,
They include a Go To Church
program, Sunday: a publicity day,
Monday, with members wearing
FILA colors and preparing a
special bulletin board exhibit A
school assembly program, Tuesday
with the Rev Mr.. Wrenn speak
ing Wednesday, tea for eighth
graders and the faculty: Thurs
day. visits with sick and shut ms
in the community.
Friday, was to be observed as
Families Together night, with
recreational activity planned to
include the entire family Wind
up Saturday was to emphasize
| services in the home.
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600 oOD 900 legal limits it dares
approach. according to Treasury
spokesman who announced that
the new borrowing must be got out
Of the way by the end of this
month or early November to make
Way for refinancing on December
/ Of / Sl0.500. 900 900 900 matur-
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A few from this neighborhO0d
attended the Halloween party Civ
en- by the Civic League at the Ma
sonic Hall, Saturday night
The M, K. Davises called on Nh
and Mrs. Mcmillan and Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Davidson Other
guests of the Dayidsons we're MI
and Mrs. Charlie MoseIy. Jane
Dudley and MI and Mrs Red Nc
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It's fact. homemakers Electric ranges
cook SO clean you could put on your best
white gloves, rub your fingers across the
surface heating units, and never get a
smudge on your gloves!
Think what such clean cooking will
mean to you think of the hours
saved and the drudgery eliminated =.
no more securing and scrubbing . no
more blackened pots and pans Even
spills just burn away . surface units
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Mrs. Johnny Phillips. Luther
Anderson, Mrs. Terrill Fuqua.
Malcolm Hitter and Mrs. M. x.
Davis motored to Culpeper last
Friday. to attend Harvest Day
at the Baptist Home for the Aged
Mt. Zion visitors were delight
ed to see Miss Maude Case. from
this neighborhoOd.
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clean themselves Drip trays, bake and
broil units are easily removed for occa-
slonal cleaning porcelain surfaces
wipe clean quick n easyl
You'll be proud Of your clean range,
your clean kitchen, your clean utensils
:. and how you'll love the way accu-
rately measured, automatically controlled
electric heat gives your family better meals
with less time and work Switch to ELEC-
TRIO cooking now,
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Members OF the Senior class are
due back tonight Friday after
their big dayl That. OF course,
means they've been on the annual
class trip-this time to Washing
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ton and vicinity.
They left Thursday morning
very early for the tour and sight
seeing adventure in the Nations
capital Miss Garrett Senior
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MILAN
Mrs Preston Merit was 4 Rich /
mond visitor, Saturday.
The frontiersman., 1953-04-23
BOY SCOUT NEWS

There are some vacancies in the Alaskan Councils delegation of 76 who will attend the ,3rd National Jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America, to be held in southern California during July. The spaces yet to be filled are open to boys who are at least 1912 years old, who can reach first class scout rank by June IA and who, with their par ents, can provide the expenses of the trip. They must also meet physical and social standards.
 The Alaskan contingent will as- semble in Seattle on June 16, with most of the scouts flying there from the Territory. From Seattle the group will spend four weeks in a tour of the II Western states, stopping at principal points of interest.
 Among interesting highlights of this part of their tour are: Grand Coulee Dam, Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Salt Lake City, Denver, the Grand Canyon and Mexico. Sight seeing at San Diego, Hollywood and Los Angeles will bring them to the site of the mammoth gath ering of 10000 boys from all over America.
 Supervising the expedition will be scout executive Maurice Powers of Anchorage, assisted by four Scoutmasters from Anchor age, Fairbanks and Juneau.
 Total cost of the trip is expect ed to be about $500 per scout, with special uniforms and spend ing money not included in this amount.
 Several parents and friends were present at the annual Boy Scout inspection and review held in United Protestant Church base ment April 21.
 Hawk Patrol received the high est rating with 83.43 points, out of a possible 100. The five highest individual ratings for scouts-in- uniform went to William Vim mer, Neil Hermon, Gordon Akale- stad, John Mears, Bradley h. man and Roger Brager, the lat ter two tied. Johnny Maze re- ceived the highest rating for
The frontiersman., 1953-04-23
LUTHERAN CHURCH OFFICIALS PLAN
 PALMER VISIT

Two officials of the Northwest District of the Lutheran Church will be in Palmer this weekend.
 Rev. Carl Bensene from Seattle president of the NV district will be accompanied by Rev. Amos Schmidt, executive secretary, from Portland.
 Special services will be held in St. Johns Lutheran Church this Sunday, when Rev. Schmidt will be guest speaker at the II am. service. The Teen-Age choir will present special members.
 A pot luck dinner is planned for the evening for all members and friends of the congregation, scheduled to start at 6:30 pm. in the church basement.
 Following the dinner, an eve ming service will be held at 7:30 at which time Rev. Bensene will be guest speaker.
 The officials are in Alaska to