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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
Railroads Slipped During 80,
But DIG In for Comeback Fight

needed to re-make agricultural
areas into industrial ones.
The Association of American
Railroads estimated that net in
come for Glass railroads (those
with operating revenues of 81
million a year or morel dropped
80 per cent to $3.50 million CONF
pared with $875 million last year.
The rate of return on the 1855
billion of net property invest
ment slumped to 8 per cent from
the 4.18 per cent in.1953.
Net Income Drops.
Gross operating revenues Of
the railroads dropped to $9.4 bill
lion or IL per cent below the
record 1858 figure. Operating
expenses. however, were cut only
8 per cent.
Freight traffic was Of 10 per
cent to 545 billion ton-miles.
Passenger traffic fell z per cent
to 29.4 billion miles.
For the first time in seven
years the railroads spent less
than 81 billion on capital inn
,provements. The 1854 figure was
$500 million. 36 per cent lower
than last year.
Fewer Freight Cars.
The American Railway Car
Institute reported that about
%, 900 freight cars were built for
Glass / roads as against 1000
retirements. This reduced own
ership to 1,745,000 cars. exclu-
sive OF $4,000 cars owned by re-
frigerator lines controlled by
Glass ] roads.
Perhaps the years most sig
nificant development was the
actual placing of an order for
q low-slung. lightweight train by
the Rock Island Railroad. The
Chesapeake & Ohio had plugged
the idea for years.
Despite its sad music. the In
dustry seemed here to- stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
By Ed Morse
Associoted Press finnnciol Wriier

NEW YORK, Jan. The Ma.
tion's railroads slipped finan-
cialiy in 1854. but by years end
had dug in for a fighting come
back in 1865.
One rail spokesman called 1854
"a year of warning for the rail-
roads" The industry's tradi-
tional protests against too-rigid
regulation, the tax squeeze on
revenues, and against subsidies
to competing forms of transport
tation grew louder.
While the railroads were sing
ing the blues, ambitious men
backed by smart money won
proxy fights for control Of some
Of these supposedly woebegone
properties.
Robert r. Young made his
tory by ending the ancient Mor-
gan Vanderbilt rule over the
New York Central. Other oppo-
sition groups captured the New
York, New Haven g. Hartford
and the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis.
CarIoadings Decline.
Carloadings, the bread and :
butter figure of the industry, fell
IL per cent to a total Of SO, 740,-
600 from 38,302, 1852 in 1858.
A big factor in the discrepancy
was heavy industry's huge inven-
tory correction. This pushed
down steel production and. con-
sequently, depressed the big
profit making departments OF
the railroads - haulage OF ore
and coal for the steel mills. The
railroads had to reckon. too. with
the steadily rising tide Of COM
petition from other forms Of
transportation.
The steel showdown was hard
blow especially for railroads serv-
ing the East, Midwest and bor-,
der States. The lanlsy grain car
riers farther West and North as
well as the sprawli1fg systems
carrying Pacific Coast speciality
crops had brighter earning pic
lures than their Eastern broth
.ers. The Southern systems, too,
we're somewhat better off as they
continued to haul heavy goods
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02

HOLLYWOOD. Jan. 1.-Proits
were many and ulcers were few
in hollywood. 1854. It was the best
year financially since the record
crosses Of 1916.
variety's headline for December
/ was: s2oth-Fox 3s-week net up
400 per cent And it was a head
line that needed only a name
change 10 at the other major
studios. Only RKo. wholly owned
BY Howard Hughes. missed out in
the boom,
But there were some growls too,
mostly from exhibitors who cried
that the studios were concentrate
ing toe much on quality and not
enough on quantity. 1nese cries
came from the smaller neighbor-
hood houses which couldn't hold
q program q week or two like the
big first-run theaters.
The technical revolution con-
tinued and one new process.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
Gas Utilities Report
Healthy Advances in
Users and Revenues
81 ne A.soeiossd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. /. The
Natural gas industry went on ex-
banding at a healthy pace dur
ing 1854.
Gas utilities added 10000 new
customers and spent 81 billion
Of new construction. Records
were set in gross revenues and in
the volume Of gas sold.
Gas men saw another big year
ahead. They planned to spend
81 billion on expansion again in
1855.
r. M. Banks, president Of the
American Gas Association. put it
this way: There is every rea-
son to believe that the gas in
dustry will 60 on to establish
new records"
"The industry looks for a big
ger share in residential. indus
trial and commercial markets In
!. 1856" said Mr.. Banks. who also
heads Southern California Gas
Co., Los Angeles. ST is alert to
its competition and is ready and
eager to meet it,"
Two Rulings Cited.
Two developments in Wash
ington during the year had big
impact on segments Of the nat
ural gas business and its con-
sumers. The Supreme Court
gave the Federal Power Com
mission control over independent
producers who sell gas In inter-
state commerce. Also the FPC,
after extended hearings, gave the
nod to Pacific Northwest Pipe
lire Corp. Of Texas to supply
natural gas to the rich Pacific
Northwest market.
At the year end. gas utilities
served about % million custom
ers. and natural gas accounted
for 95 per cent of all utility gas
sold. In addition, Z million GUS
TONERS used liuuified petroleum
gas in areas not reached by
utility mains.
There was another surge In
uses of natural gas for house
heating customers bringing the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
4! %
Buying or Selling = Home

Our listingS Of Homes for Sale are COM
plete and varied. They include every
price range and nearly every desirable
community. We have Is skilled sales
persons ready to dispose of your present
house at a good price as promptly as pos
sible. Use whichever Walker g. Dunlop
location is most convenient.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02

Financing or Refinancing
Our Mortgage Loan Department finances
or refinances residential, commercial, In
dustrial, and large-Scale realty projects
in Metropolitan Washington, Baltimore,
and throughout the East. We represent
many large institutional investors who
have ample funds at your disposal. h
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-01-02
FOR REAL ESTATE &
MORTGAGE BANKING

This is a good area to live and work in, isn't it?
We hope to have part in making 1t even better
with each new year. To that end, we are re-
solved--as 1855 gets under way-to Guido If we
can our own long record of helpfulness to the
Home Owners Home Seekers, Builders, and
Investors who need any Of our various services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15
JULIET JONES
DUD DUDLEY
THE BERRYS
BY FRANK COLBY

st. Louis: Will you please dis
cuss the two spellings theatre
and "theater" and help US
architects to determine which is
the better American usage? Most
architects and architects pub
locations use the form theatre.
F. r. l..
A. The word evolved thus;
Greek theatron, Latin theatrum
French theatre. The French
word is pronounced: tay-AH-
truth. the truth" being barely
audible.
Now. centuries ago theatre
and scores of other French
words ending in re entered
English, words such as fibre
metre, centre, ordre, calibre
capre (plant). gendre, lustre
oftre, diametre. However, the
French pronunciations were toe
difficult for the Anglo-Saxor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15
A WORD TO THE WISE

tongues of the English. They
Anglicized the pronunciation of
the words, saying FY-ber, in
stead of FEE-bruh. MEE-ter
instead of MEH-truh, SEN-te
lnSteat sab (N) -truh, KALI
i-ber ill., of ka-LEE- bruh,
etc. And, course, the pro-
nunciation of theatre became
tTHEE-uh-ter instead of the
French tay-AH-truh. Mote
Avoid the dialectal pronuncia-
ton "thee-AY-ter").
When Noah Webster brought
out his American Dictionary, he
changed the spelling Of many
Iof the re words to -er in order
that the spelling would COR
respond with the pronunciation
thus: Fiber, meter, center, order,
Icaliber. caper. gender, luster
offer, etc.
Later, following the precedent
set by Webster. the -er spelling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15
became customary in American

~SSoAhS SAoVOAAAoAJ al 1AAiACA ASuAi
usage; but the re spelling still
prevails in British usage.
Now we see that "theater"
conforms with standard Amer
lean. Also, it is noteworthy that
"theater" is the only spelling
sanctioned by the United States
Government Printing Office Style
Book, which is the guide book
for all Government printing,
such as the Congressional Rec
ord and all documents, records,
and publications.
A few re words have not
been changed like acre. lucre,
nacre, massacre and orge. Here
is the reason: If the words were
spelled acer, lucer, nacer, mas
sacer, oyer, they would suggest
RECOMMENDATIONS like "ay-ser, lu-
ser, nay-ser, massa ser. oh-jer,"
for &c" before re" usually has
the sound of 49," and "g" before
re" usually has the sound of o.
distributed by Mcknight Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15
DoodIes to JuiI

LANSING, Mich. up. - A
young burglar doodled his way
into Jail while ransacking q
Lansing Office. Among his loot
was a fountain pen with which
he doodled his name on an office
scratch pad. Police ran down
the name in the city directory.
The boy confessed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15
ANSWER TO
OUR PRESIDENTS

Woodrow Wilson was Pres
idert when the Canal was
opened, August Is, 1914.
2--Mrs. Warren G. Harding
was born in Marion, Ohio, Au-
gust Is, 1860. the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Amos o. King.
3-This historic declaration by
President F.. D. Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill was
made public IA years ago yester-
day, on August IA, 1941, a few
months before our entry into
the war.
Questions on Previous Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-15

Tomorrow: Playing on Shore
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AT THE BEACH,
Collecting Shells

Nearly lives by go the beach
There wade in the water dig the sand
The boy in the picture is making collection of shells
holding of the conch type ear
you will hear what sounds like the of the sea-
Besides the conch shells the boy which
is round fiat disc marked with star long spiral shell
star fish and callop shell that makes good scoop He has
brought with him rubber life ring sweater shown at the top
Here's how have fun without to the beach
Just paste this picture h heavy paper color with
Cut out the pieces carefully heavy black lines
Fold the strip OF sand and the side forward
sit up on the beach among his Shells
Also slip the rubber ring his shoulder or put on
his sweater by folding Tab back of the neck and Tab
over his at B.
lVioles Moore Higgins: atureD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-19

Genuine cotton Hempel argyies In wide
variety Of colorful diamonds. stock up at
this low one-day saleI sizes 10 to 10.
Kann,s--Street Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-19

washable sport shirts with long sleeves In
many new fall colors. Collars and Tapped
pockets are stitched for extra good looks.
All famous make s, M. L sizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-19

Firm 2-py Rayon-Dacron sheen gabardines and rayon
fannels in the group Solid colors Of charcoal gray
brown, green, blue, also light and medium tones.
Pleated fronts, Upper closures bartacked seams at
points of strain Sizes % to AZ in the group.
Rann's-and Floor. Washington; street Floor. Arlington
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-19

Specially purchased for this great one
day sale! Styled with crew neck,
breast pocket and boxer waist trousers.
In assorted patterns. Sanforized. Sizes
4 to 16.
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Mems 2.95 Washable
Wool Slipper Socks
1.6o

All wool tops In solid colors and assorted
fancy designs. Complete with genuine
leather soles for easy comfort. Fully wash
able. 8, M, L sizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-10-19

Solid color maroon or navy rayon gabar-
dine robes with contrasting piping. Fully
cut wrap model with shawl collar and
3 pockets. Ideal for year-'round use.
s, M, !, Sizes
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aas
Original Price Tag
On EUery Suit
30.88
FLANNELS WoRSTEDS
sHETLANDs sHARKsKINs

Not odds and ends, but brand-new suits
in the seasons newest colors, styles
and finest fabrics. Solids, self-weaves,
herringbones, diagonals, tick-weaves
and others. Charcoals and medium to
light shades in the group. Single
breasteds with 2 or 3-button fronts,
flap pockets and natural trim look.
Regs., shorts, longs, stouts.
Kann,,-and ri, washington; Street Fl. ArinOtos
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
Drums Florist
Leased By Grooms

Announcement was made today
that Luke GroomS has leased
the Drums Florist business, N.
Academy ST., formerly operated
in conju=on with Drums Fun
eral HoI
Mr.. Grooms, who has had nine
years of experience as florist
and who has been employed by
Drums Funeral Home & Florist
as an embalmer and floral de-
signer, resides ON DogWood Drive.
He is married and has two sons,
Allen and Nathan. He is a mem
Der of the First Baptist church,
Masonic lodge, V. F. w, and is
president of the Lincolnton Lions
Club.
Drums Florist will continue to
operate. under Mr.. Grooms man
agement, in the same location and
will adhere to the policies eX-
ercised in the past of using quail
ity flowers and merchandise.
The florist staff consists of
Mrs. Ruth Grooms. Mrs. Alma
Dellinger. Mrs. E. F. Drum, Mrs,
Florence Proctor and Mrs. T. V.
Lineberger.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
Trucks dump"
Lumber In Odd
Hwy. Accident

with lumber and following be-
hind the lead truck. applied
brakes to avoid hitting the scat
tered lumber. This caused the
truck to skid about SO feet and
overturn with its lumber load.
Prisoners from the Lincoln
county camp were utilized to
clear the lumber from the high
way, roadside and adjacent areas.
This turned out to be quite a
task, full day being required
to get it accomplished. John
Lynch was the driver of the sec
ond truck. Pierce Bradley of
Marion was reported as the own
er of the trucks, which were
hauling lumber to High Point
when the accident happened.
OTHER SMASHUPS
Other motor accidents or COL
lisions investigated by Highway
Trooper Smart included the fol-
lowing as he listed the details:
At 7 a. m. Friday, a Chevrolet
one and one-half ton truck,
operated by Joseph Wall of Lin
colnton, Route l, was travelling
West on highway 81. AS he at
tempted to make a left turn off
CONTINUED OH page eight)
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
Lineo|nton> Lincoln County Are
Among Cities> Counties Featured
In New North Carolina Guidebook

both briefly and at length in sew
eral road tours are Southern Pines,
PinehurSt. Sanford. Carthage. Alb
erGeen. GaStonia, ASheboro, Abe
marie, Morganton, LincOlntOn, Mt.
Holly. KannapoliS, Concord, Try
on and others.
ED. Note. Mrs. Joseph Gra-
ham of Forest Home, Lincoln
county. well known historian
and author of many historical
articles on LincOlntOn and Lin
coin county, supplied material on
Lincoln county for the North
Carolina Guide. Her cOntribu-
ton tc the book is acknowledged
in the preface.)
The editorial advisory board of
THE NORTH CAROLINA GUIDE,
chosen to represent various Sec
tions and interests of the State,
include John Harden of Burling-
ton Mills, Hugh Morton OF Will
mington and Grandfather Noun
tain. Donald P. Anderson of North
Carolina State College, Christie
pher Crittenden of the State De-
partment of Archives and History,
Hugh T. Lefler of the University
of North Carolina, and George M.
Stephens of ASheville.
Divided into sections, folkways
ano folklore, natural setting, his
tory. architecture, cities and tours,
the book contains many pictures
and much new information about
the Tar Heel State. THE NORTH
CAROLINA GUIDE. edited by
Blackwell P. Robinson of High
Point College and sponsored by
the North Carolina Department of
Conservation and Development,
will be published on April 90 by
the University of North Carolina
Press.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07

A series of Vehicular accidents,
one of them an odd one, we're in
vestigated in the Lincoln county
area over the week end.
Two lumber trucks were in
volved in an oddity that occurred
around a. m. Friday. inveStigat-
ing Highway Patrolman Bob
Smart reported. at the intersec-
ton of highways 81 and $50
(WeSt) Riverside service station
area.
A lumber loaded 1855 Inter-
national truck, operated by
Ernest Chambers of Marion, went
out of control when brakes were
applied on the curve, and went
sideways down the road for a
distance of about 399 feet; scat
tering lumber alongside the high
way when the chains holding the
heavy material broke. Another '55
International truck, also loaded
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
Howard's Business
School Opens Here
On Thursday Night

Howard's Business College of
Shelby vii open a business school
in Lincolnton. beginning Thurs
day night, March 10th. A large
number have enrolled to attend
the school.
The school will be located in
the Garrison BurriS building,
E. Sycamore st. and CourtSquare,
This will be a night school only,
with classes each Monday and
Thursday nights from 6:l0 to
9:10 p. m. Courses being offer
ed include speedwriting, short
hand, dictation and transcript
ton Gregg review class. begin
ming and advanced typeWriting.
bookkeeping, business math, fill
ing. spelling, business English and
correspondence. All courses are
completed in four months. This
is an extension school and all stu
dents start on opening date; no
one accepted after that date. Tui-
ton is payable when school opens.
HONEYCUTT MANAGER
Howard w. Honeycutt, Boone
native, will be the manager and
one of the instructors of the
school opening here Thursday
night. Other experienced instruc-
tors also compose the teaching
staff for the local school. Mr.
Howard is an official and instruc-
tor of Howard's Business Col
lege in Shelby. He is a graduate
of Appalachian State Teachers
College, member of the First Bap-
tist Church, Shelby. and men,
ber of the OptimiSt, American
Veterans organization. ElkS club,
V. F. w. and American Legion.
He is married and has one son,
age 2.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07

teach Basic Methodist Beliefs.
Texts to be used are This We
Believe (booklet) Methodism Has
a Message Kern. This course is
for the genral membership of the
church and church school.
Committee cbairmen for the
school include the following:
c. w. Kirby, District Superin-
tendent: J. w. BraxtOn, Direc-
tor of School; J. L. Rayle, Pro-
motion: G. L. GOOdSOn, Trea-
surer: Mrs. Frances Nantz,
Textbooks.
PASTORS CHURCHES
Pastors and their respective
churches of the Lincoln county
area participating in the school
are: R. S. Cody, Lowesville; j.
w. Braxton, First, Lincolnton; S.
B. Johnson. Rhyme Heights; w.
E. Rufty. Lincoln Circuit; N. L.
Oliver, Asbury; J. l.. Rayle. Boyer
City; Jack Cooke, Cherryville;
William Pheagen, Mays Chapel;
T. G. Highfall, Pisgah High
Shoals; Jesse johnson. Bess Cha
pei Bethlehem; w. C. Crum-
NETT, Grouse; J. B. Fritzgerald.
Rock Springs; J. NJ. Brandon,
Jr., Terrell; G. G. Adams, Mai
den: Bruce Norwood, Bethel =
Crowell Memorial; Edgar Kale,
North Brook.
Persons from other churches
and other denominations are in
vited to attend.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
Decision Is Expected Soon
Over Primary Or Convention

Iincolnton officials are eX-
pected to decide this week - or
certainly early next week - Whe-
ther party primaries OF party con-
ventionS shall be the manner OF
selecting candidates for mayor,
aldermen and the school board.
Rep. David Clark, home from
Raleigh for the weekend. ventur-
ed the above opinion, adding
that any bill to establish such
procedure will have to be intro
Guced in the Legislature quickly,
OF else wait two years for intro
auction.
Rep. Clark said that he has
noted no change in the senti-
ment being expressed to him in
regard to the matter. The great
majority Of the expressions have,
and are continuing to be, in
favor OF the primary system, he
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
Editorial in The CASTOR Citizen,

We congratulate The Lincoln Times
and the people of Lincolnton who are
working to do away with the towns con-
vention system of nominating candidates
for the town board.
We have long been of the opinion
that national political parties have no
place in municipal elections. Each can
didate should stand on his own merits
without benefit of party label.
Is it difficult to see that many out
standing candidates could be denied the
privilege of running for public office in
their home towns if they did not stand in
we'll with the party powers.
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07

Piedmont North Carolina is
elaborately described and pictured
in THE NORTH CAROLINA
GUIDE. to be published by The
University of North Carolina Press
on April %.
Much space is given to the
s. ;cthern Piedmont with its gently
rolling farmlandS interSpersed
with pine and oak forests, it's tex
tile and other manufacturing CEN
ters and its famous resorts and
orchards in the Sandhills region.
Individual chapters devote much
space to Charlotte and Salisbury.
A short history of their founding
and development is included and
many points of interest are de-
scr;bed in detail with number OF
illustrations. The exact location OF
each point of interest is given to-
Idether with information as to
whether it may be visited. A map
of the street layout of the two
cities is included.
In addition to the tours in and
around these two cities, other
places mentioned and described
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07

field" l announced.
He glanced back down at his
work. What makes you think
it's a lithium field?" he asked.
1T looks like lithium field"
l said.
He got up from the desk. He
was about SiX-fOOt-twO, and
looked like a well-trained boxer.
He carried two hundred and
thirty muscular pounds across
the little office toward me.
braced myself, hoping that
would not set off a chain reac-
ton as ! bounced across the ore
pile outside the door.
Surprisingly enough. he extend
cd his hand. / have miSjudged
him, l thought. See" l told my
self "he wants to shake hands
Or" l added, hes a wrestler ra-
ther than a boxer and wants to
start from the referees hold"
McCLURE'S THE NAME
"My name is Mcclure" he said
! told him J was glad to meet
The Lincoln times., 1955-03-07
BY Robe MCCLELLAN

There were two doors to the
little office at the Hoover Muir
ply mine near Grouse. The sign
on the door in the right side
CONSTRUCTION" l ignored it. The
one on the left said Geological
department" l entered it.
GEOLOGIST-WHAT HE WAS
A young man who looked like
Joe College on a hunting trip left
as l came in. He was Juggling a
stack of diversified books, wearing
a pair of engineers boots and a
look like the one which graced the
face of Christopher Columbus the
morning the guy in the crows
nest yelled Land Ho." He was
carrying biologists compass.
And a biologists hammer. He
was obviously eeologist,
The man behind the big desk
was obviously his boss. He had a
look of leadership about him. He
glanced up from his work.
6! have found l;thium