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♦ ♦ > T i \ ■** r Thursday, September 28, 1950 Ford Quality Queen Dark-haired Helen Meyer, 25, of Staten Island, N. Y., has been chosen by Ford Motor Company employes as the 1950 Ford Quality Queen. She’s 5'8" tall, a perfect size 12 and says her No. 1 Job b to keep'house for her husband, Herbert, a Marine veteran, who works in the Metuchen, N. J., Lincoln-Mercury assembly plant Only hourly employes or members of their families were eli gible for the contest As Washington Sees It... THE NATIONAL SCENE Special to The Chronicle. Washington, Sept. 26—The old line office-holders have won out in the various governmental agencies on the question of whether or not they or an entirely new agency would have charge of rationing and controls un der the new law just handed Pres ident Truman by the congress. The President had announced that it was his plan for the existing ag encies of government, such as agri culture, treasury, commerce and la bor, to take over the functions in their own field which were practiced by OPA during the last war. Mr. Truman found much opposi tion to his theory, however, from within the ranks of his official fam ily on the theory it was bad politics These leaders reasoned they and their departments likely would be here af ter the need for controls was over and they would inherit the ill-feel ings and gripes which controls neces sarily cause in the consuming public. The President, therefore, has an nounced he will create an entirely new agency to stabilize prices and wages to be known as the economic stabilization agency, headed by a di rector of price stabilization and with a wage stabilization board set up within the agency. Particular opposition was voiced within the department of agriculture over the President’s original plan on the theory the department which also conducts the price support program, would be conducting the price con trol program which would leave it open to much criticism. In the meantime, pending set-up of the new agency, such allocations and controls as are necessary immed iately will be operated by the old- time agencies under orders of the President. President Truman likely will ig nore the sentiment of the congress on the (Franco loan provision of the omnibus appropriations measure. The President considers the Franco loan to Spain merely an authoriza tion, but he does not consider him self bound to make the $62,500,000- 000 loan, since he does not believe it would be in the best interest of this nation’s foreign policy in Eu rope. A White House statement in con nection with the loan said: “Spain is not, and has not been foreclosed from borrowing money from this government. Money will be loaned to Spain whenever mutually advan tageous arrangements can be made with respect to security, terms of repayment, purposes for which the money is to be spent and ‘other ap propriate factors, and whenever such loans will serve the interests of the United States in the conduct of for eign relations.” AlSo the President denounced as “unwise and dangerous" another provision of the appropriations bill which requires that the executive branch, and not congress, curtail its spending by cqtting off$550,000,000 in expenditures from the $36 billion dollar total. Actually what the congress did re presents a failure by the congress itself to exercise its proper function and proper responsibility for enact ing appropriations to conduct the government’s business. The mere fact that congress approved such a proposal involving an arbitrary cut of such size indicates or is equivalent t a confesion that it does not trust its own appropriations committee to do a good Job of budget revision. It will be remembered that the original Inotion by Senators Bridges and Byrd called for an across-the- board cut of $550,000,000. As it was finally passed, the motion was soft ened to give the budget bureau some leeway or some discrimina tion in making the cuts. Said Mr. _j Truman: ' “This is an unwise and dangerous departure from proper budgetary practice. The congress itself should set the precise amounts of money to be spent. - “When I make a mistake, I try to National Known Garden Lecturer To Appear In Laurens Mrs. Ruth Kistner, of Glendale, N. Y., will give a lecture entitled: “Flower Arrangements for Your American Home,” October 3 at 10:30 a.m. in the community hall at Lau-j rens, under the sponsorship of the. Azalea Garden club of that city. Mrs. Kistner is a blue ribbon and tricolor winner at the International Flower show held each year in New, York. She has given countless lec tures to garden clubs, women’s clubs and civic groups in 46 of the 48 states. Mrs. Kistner has written articles on gardening and flower arrange ment for nationally-known papers and magazines as well as her book on flower arrangement done in col laboration with Gladys Taber of the Ladies Home Journal. In addition to her lectures and writing, Mrs. Kistner has decorated many homes of note for social func tions. Among them was the home of Mrs. Charles Cannon of Blowing Rock, N. C., when she entertained 1000 members o fthe Society for the Preservation of Antiques in that state. She has also decorated for the Duchess of Windsor and Princess Elizabeth. She gave lectures to gar den clubs in England while abroad. Mrs. Kistner’s classes in flower ar rangement and her judging school under the national council of state garden clubs, have brought her to many states and cities and her flow er clinic is well known along the At lantic seaboard. She is regarded as an expert on 1 the history of flower arrangement in America during the 18th century. Mrs. Kistner is also noted as a color expert and her color combinations are found in chintz and drapery mate rial. She did 16 designs for a leading chintz manufacturer. Members of the garden clubs of Laurens and those of the surround ing areas as well as all flowe? lovers are looking forward to Mrs. Kist ner’s lecture, it was stated by Mrs. J. P. Faria, Azalea club president. Citizens Federal Announces $10,000 Insurance Coverage The Citizens Federal Savings and Loan Association of this city an nounces that, effective immediately, federal insurance coverage will be provided on all savings accounts up to $10,000. The previous maximum coverage was $5,000. B. Hubert Boyd, president of the Association, said the increased cov erage follows the signing into law by President Truman of legislation boosting insurance protection for as sociations with savings accounts in sured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance corporation. “Our association will bear all the cost of protection for our customers,” said president Boyd, “and the new law affords us the opportunity of securing a further safeguard for the funds of our savers.” He pointed out that the increased insurance coverage applies equally to all accounts held by an individual, two persons with right of survivor ship, trusteeships, partnerships and corporations. President Boyd said that last year his institution paid $2,100.60 to the insurance corporation for this pro tection for savers. Across the coun try as a whole, nearly $11,000,000 was paid by savings associations in pre miums to the FSLIC. As of June 30, J950, there were insured savings Associations all over rnjNCHRONICLE the country with total savings of the public of $10,754,000,000. This amount represents about 80 per cpnt of all savings held by these institutions, both insured and uninsured. At present, approximately 93 per cent of all savings held by insured institutions are included in accounts under $5,000 and are already cover ed. Wth the increased coverage, this total will rise immediately to 98 per cent. w It is expected that the number of persons with savings accounts over $5,000 will rise steadily as the public becomes more and more familiar with provisions of the new law. age tree —■ South Carolina Per Capita Income Shows High Increase Columbia, Sept. 25.—Per capita income in South Carolina increased 212.3 per cent in the 20 years be tween 1929 and 1949 and crease was the highest in the Federal reports on income state research, planning and de- recently received and analyzed by the velopment board, show the nation’s increase to be 95.6 per cent and that of the Southeast as 156.4 per cent, the highset of any geographical di vision in the country. L. W. Bishop, director of the de velopment board, however, pointed out that South Carolina’s per capita income was still one of the lowest, being only about 60 per cent of the BIG SCALE WARMUP . . . with a tennis rneqnet fear feet long, Andreina Drnbear, national women’s champ from Caracas, Ven ezuela, has little trouble hitting the ball at Forest Hills, N. Y. national average. He predicted that' the recent industrial development in the state would continue to in crease the South Carolina figures. He said that the state now ranked 45th—ahead of Mississippi Alabama and Arkansas. USE T-4-L FOR ATHLETE’S FOOT BECAUSE— It has greater PENETRATION Power. With 90% undiluted alco hol base, it carries the active medi cation DEEPLY, to kill the germ on contact Get happy relief IN ONE HOUR or your 40c back at any drug store. McGee's Drug Store. Dr. Fred E. 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Add bay leaf and cloves, cover with remaining sauerkraut and water. Cover pan and cook in a moderate (350’F.) oven for 1 hour or until spareribs are tender. Remove ribs when done. Mix applesauce into sauerkraut, return to oven until heated through. Serve mound of apple- sauerkraut topped with spare ribs. the sweater through the water, working quickly and gently. Dry flat in an airy place. Sweaters don't stand for soaking, vigorous rubbing, twisting or wring ing, up and down dousing or drying near heat or in the sun. Keep the sweater under the water while washing. Even in taking from the water, lift from below so the weight of the water does not pull it from shape. If you’re in a hard water area, use softened water or a detergent for washing. Soap in hard water gets locked in the knit and is very difficult to remove., A soft hand brush dipped into mild suds is good pre-washing treatment for sweater necklines and soil on long sleeve cuffs. School Group To Hold First Fall Meeting The first regular monthly meet ing of the Florida Street school P. T. A. will be held Tuesday evening, October 3rd, at 7:30 o’clock in the school auditorium. All members and those who wish to become members are invited to be present. Mrs. James S. Gray is president of the organization for the coming year. correct it.” Then smiling, Presi dent Harry Truman stood before more than 200 amazed members of the U. S. marine members of the U.S. marine corps league in con vention at the Statler hotel and made his apology for the now famous re mark concerning the marines. Use Our CONVENIENT LAY- AWAY 1 Come in and see our complete line of toys for your boy and girl while our stock is complete. Be wise — SHOP EARLY. Due to world conditions, we will not be able to replace these toys at present prices. Come In, Lay-Away Your Needs Now! cox Home & Auto Supply 201 N. Broad Street Phone 112 v