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I <4 THE CHRONICLE Strives To Be A Clean Newspaper, Complete Newsy and Reliable Clmton If You Don't Read THE CHRONICLE You Don't Get the New* Volume LI I Clinton, S. C, Thursday, February 8, 1951 Number 6 A Regular Chronicle Feature Don’t Get Excited About War and Quit Job Now Washington, D. C., Feb. 2—During the last war many young men gave up their Jobs, or closed out their bus- inesses, before it was necessary. I said at the time they were making a big mistake. Filling stations, for which a good 000 more people in the United States. This means not only 10,000,000 po tential customers but your chance of being drafted is proportionately less. The national income is now almost double what it was at the beginning of World War II. People now have better health, better education and better wages. Don’t look back to what happened before World War trade had been i U. Forget those days and recognize built up, were sold you are living in an entirely differ- in the early 1940’s ent age. for one-half their) Although manufacturing is passing value or less. In into bigger units, this is not true of fact, I then often said in this column that “closed fill ing stations are the best real estate merchandising and service business es. There are more successful inde pendent merchants today than ever; •in thi expenditures budget of that year. Despite this upswing in govern ment spending, the bureau of the •budget analysis shows that in 130 different appropriation items there was a cut of about $5.7 billion below amounts approved by the congress for the same purposes in fascil year 1951. Some defense items were cut below the 1951 budget, including about $13 billion for veterans ben efits. Generally speaking, the congress men generally approved the Presi dent’s plan to enact a tax bill to raise some $1<5 billign more in new taxes on a pay-as-we-go basis. There is a new battle underway on Capitol Hill on whether to retain the single-package omnibus appropria tion bill or to return to the old mul tiple measure system of financing the government each year. Congressman Clarence Cannon, of Missouri, chair man of the house appropriations com mittee, who helped pioneer the om nibus bill, is staunchly committed tolgers by attaching a small paper nap- retain the present plan A” * A n V 'home 'kin holder high enough on the wall to keep away from the youngsters Race letters in the holder as soon as they arrive. Small lampshades that are of no use as such can be converted into at tractive hat racks that don’t tip read ily if you’ll cover them with odds and ends of wallpaper or remnants If you save good satin ribbons from packages, press them and wind material around cardboard rolls, pm the ends ^ water jn the refr j gerator( replace securely and store. Then they’ll be empty trays in the freezing unit, as good as new when you want to pull out just far enough to re-fill RECIPE OF THE WEEK Meat Loaf 2 pounds ground chuck 1-2 pound bologna, chopped fine 1 tablespoon grated onion 1 cup moist cracker crumbs 1 egg 1 teaspoon salt 1-2 cup catchup Dash of pepper Mix together chuck and boio*n> Add all remaining ingrediants and. form into loaf. Bake in a moderate (350 degrees F.) oven for 1 and >oe- fourth hours, basting occasionally use them again. Those who like to do needlepoint can keep their yarns straight easily by attaching small screw eyes on a light wood coat hanger. Draw the fom a long spouted teapot or kettle. Construct some narrow shelves be tween the wide shelves in your linen closet, and use these for easy access to small items such as hand towels. skeins of wool, cut needle length pillow cases and wash cloths, through the screw eyes. Print the A freshly laundered, but outworn color guide numbers over each screw, blanket will enable you to get more and the commercial number on the comfort from a mattress. It may be m LIQUID OR TABLETS GIVES FAST .RELIEF whan COLO MISERIES STRIKE other side. Keep letters away from small fin- folded and used in place of a quilted bed pad. SI BSCRIBE TO THE ( HRONICLI “The Paper Evrvrybody Reads’* investment which a person could while attempts to make chains of dry make.’’ Well, the fact is that these cleansing, beauty ,and specialty shops gas stations now are selling at three have failed. Therefore, don’t get or four times what those panic- panicky and sell out your business stricken G. I. men sold them for ten (just because of war threats, labor years ago. The same applied to oth er businesses which could well have troubles or competition. Remember that for every one who gets scared war comes; and much could happen in the meantime. Congress has not even passed the compulsory military training bill. Because President Con- ant of Harvard has written a scary article on military training for ALL 18-26 years old in a national maga zine is no reason why a young man should suddenly change his life plans by giving up college or a good Job. Beside*, even if he is inducted for two years, these years will go very quickly. If you doubt this. Just look back two years. BeMnew Very Diffceeat May Conditions are very different now than in 1640. Inhere are now 10,000,- but of debt. Final Advice Whatever you do or don’t do, take up some systematic study to enable you to do better work for yourself or your employer. Write tonight to your State university for a list of its Extension courses. Some of these courses are truly “gold mines." Pick out one or more and “dig in’* at once. They will not only help you in forg ing ahead here at home but will go a long way to prevent you from be ing used as cannon fodder abroad. been carried on by some relative or and sells out, there is so much more | friend. So don’t do something foolish opportunity for those who stick. Only now! j v don’t borow money to do so. Keep But then there was a real war on; but no World War III exists today. It may be many years before such a Nothing Bettor Than Good Food, Says Ohio Man If • man isn’t able to oat the foods be likes he’s in mighty • o r r y shape — imagine going through life without being able to enjoy e fine big platter of bacon end eggs. That is the way Joseph N. Da- null ot, $414 E 5th Street, Day- ton. Ohio, used to be, but since he has been taking HADA- COL ha says he feels just fine and is able to enjoy lota and lots of fine foods. Mr. Da- millet found that taking HADACOL helped his svatem overcome a deficient of Vitamins B., B* Niacin and Don. Here is Mr. Demi Hot’s state ment: “My first bottle of HAD ACOL convinced me that HAD ACOL was what I needed for the gas on my stomach at nights. I ■« As Washington Sees It... THE NATKINAl SCENE aaaexxxxxxrcoaaaaaaaattaoacx Special to The Chronicle. Washington, Feb. 8—The senate ■nail business committee says that ■nail business in the nation is fight- 'ing for its life, that inflation already has killed many small firms, and that government had better see to it that the survivors get a fair share of defense contracts. As a result of several days of tes-| timony. Senator John Sparkman of Alabama and Congressman Wright Patman of Texas, chairman, respec tively. of the senate and house small business committees, introduced identical bills calling for setup of a I small defense plants corporation with Keep food on my atom- after the first bottle could not ache, but I was going great. Now I eat bacon and eggs, and other foods that never would stay with me. I also can sleep well at nights. Thanks to HADACOL. I will never be without it. and can recommend it to all who suffer with the above ailments that I had. I know because I have suffered for quite some time.’* • i960. The LeBlanc Corporation "V i' SAY GOODBYE TO MOTORING WORRY There is peace of mind and an end to worry when you have dependable Au tomobile Liability Insur ance following an acci dent. Don’t jeopardize your finances by being without protection. S. W. Sumerel AETNA-IZFR Jacobs Bldg. Tele. 80 a revolving loan fund of $500,000,- 000 and a five-member board with more positive authority than was giv en the similar smaller war plants , coroporation during World War II. I The bill would give the corporation 1 power to assure small business a {fair share of business from prime government contractors and at the same time give the corporation pow er to make contracts with the gov ernment and sublet to small busi nesses. After more than a year of inves tigation, the department of agricul ture Is expected to announce some major reorganization plans to more efficiently and effectively give serv ice to the American fanners. Chief among the reorganization plans, which began when Albert Loveland was under-secretary, and which have been carried on since his resignation by Under-secretary Clarence J. Me Cormick, is a merging of some of the teshnical services performed by pro duction and marketing administra tion in soil conservation, and the soil conservation, and the soil conserva tion service itself, with the aim of eliminating some of the overlapping functions at the county level between the two departments. The plan fol lows somewhat, but not wholly some of the recommendations of the Hoo ver report. There is a move underway in con nection with price controls, to revive some of the provisions of the Steagall law affecting prices farmers get for their commodities .The Steagall amendments guaranteed to the far mer, if he was called upon to in crease his crops, a price protection for two years the war ended. Approximately 70 percent of Pres ident Truman’s 71 billion dollar bud get will be spent for purposes of mil itary service and international secur ity in 1952. This would leave spend ing for all other government pro jects, including non-defense items, permanent and indefinite appropria tions, mostly interest on the nation al debt, public assistance grants, vet erans service and other fixed and continuing charges at $19,064,000,000, compared to $20466,000,000 for the current fiscal year. 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