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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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the sweater after it’s washed.
Sweaters are washed best before
they're too soiled, and one sweater
at a time. Remove fancy buttons or
trimmings.
Test the water for Its lukewarm
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wrist. If you can’t feel the water,
the temperature Is correct. Squeeze
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Sparerlbs with Anplesauce
(Serves 6)
1 onion, sliced
14 cup melted fat
4 cups sauerkraut
1 bay leaf
2 cloves
3 pounds spareribs, cut in 6
pieces
2 cups water
1 cup applesauce
Saute onion in melted fat unto
soft but not brown. Add to sauer
kraut. Spread half of sauerkraut
in bottom of greased casserole;
place spareribs on top; sprinkle
with salt, pepper and a little
flour. 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.
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