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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
gineers and bureau of reelamatio*;
and a revision of federal personnel
policies.
The oil industry is planning all-
out opposition to the administration
proposal to “seal up some tax loop-
Thursday, March 22, 1951
West Clinton
Woman's Club Meats
The Woman’s club held its regu-
As Washington Sees It...
THE NATIONAL SCENE
i holes” in the present tax laws. As
Special To The Chronicle. ^ nQW> ^ oi j companies are per- lar meeting at the community
Washington, March 20.—With on- m jtted a depletion allowance for tax! building Tuesday evening,
ly about 150 of the 300 recommen-! purposes of 27 1-2 per cent under The president, Mrs. J. V. Lowe,
dations of the original commission ^e theory that if a driller gets a called' the club to order. Mrs.
on organization of the executive ^ry hole he loses all he put into it. Claud Trammell gave the devotion
branch T>f the government, common- j administration proposes to slash after which Mrs. J. E. Land led
ly known as the Hoover comm is-' ^g depletion allowance to 15 per in prayer.
sion. enacted into law, legislation cent j Dr Baldwin, assisted by Mrs. j
Appearing before tax committees Gary, of the Laurens County Health 1
this week one representative of the department was the guest speaker.
defense,
legislation all are
was introduced in the house recent
ly to create another Hoover commis
sion to ' kee P down unwarranted | said ^the nation needed'A picture was shown, “Going
increases in staftfs under the pious; reserV g of 5,000,000 barrels of oil Home,” which showed the import-
umbrella of national defense. and ^ ^ tax revenue for sale^ce of chest x-rays, one a year
of the oil would greatly s outweigh f° r the safety of each individual
tax gains resulting in slash of the j from spreading tuberculosis,
depletion allowance. He said tooj Plans were! made for Children’s
that if the allowance was cut, the' night to held at Academy street
price of oil must go up. The two! school April 17. The teachers will
statements don’t jibe. This obser-: have charge of this program,
ver remarked that if the oil com-1 A salad course was served by the
panies did not explore for new oil 1 hostesses, Mrs. J. V. Lowe, Mrs.
they wouldn’t have anything to sell, 1 Nene Workman. Mrs. Joe Terry and
but if they go out and find some-; Mrs. Clinton West.
thing to sell, they’ve got to be paid
ijtojfe—Alma Spillers.
“Grandmother’s Polka,” by Helen
i Cramm—Pat Dav.enport and Don-
naree Cauble.
“From All This World,” by Lew
Coby—Buddy Yarbrough.
“Ducks On the Pond,” by Ber
nice Frost—Ruth Trammell.
“The Camel Train,” by William
Baines—Mrs. Chris Davenport and
Mrs. J. E. Land.
After the program refreshments
were served by Loraine Patterson,
Martha Joan Reeder and Genell
Carley.
Mrs. Chris Davenport, reporter.
Sponsors of the
Republicans.
The citizens committee for the
Hoover report, a continuing commit
tee formed to lobby for enactment
of all the recommendations for the
Hoover commission, says that $2 bil
lion has been saved annually
through adoption of the 150 meas
ures passed by the 81st congress.
The committee maintaiqs that if the
other 150 recommendations were Q f the 0 il
enacted the saving would be anoth
er $5 billion.
The break between the Truman
Music Club Holds Meet
On Monday evening at 7 o’clock
. . .. , , , . the monthly meeting of the Shu-
adnunistration and heads of labor,. .. v . , , * , ,,
In accomplishing half the com- organizat ions over the poUcy i ^mmuni^rhouse The dub was
mission program the congress did j Charles £. WHson, boss of the mobi- ’ orde r bv the oresident
it in two ways: about a half through j nation effort, is chief subject of yarbroueh' h P d *’
approval of 26 reorganization plans [ political discussion here. There are
submitted by President Truman and ■ two schools of thought—one is that
the other half through enactment of t he President has definitely decided
21 pieces of legislation of its own.! not to be a candidate in 1952 and ^ r , lll ^ T . T
The most important, according to. t h a t he will back Wilson and let the SJg Afte^a brief bus£
the committee, include the military | chips fa n wh ere they may. Anoth- £2 sTs^on the program wa turn-
umftcation act; the reorganization er is that he is waiting until flar- pd^vmr to MiS J^du^Fr^ni oro
act of 1949, streamlining 17 major, ing tempers of i ab * leaders c00 i ed over t0 ^ Jackie Franks * P r °-
lipencies; creation of the general ort and eventually he will recognize
Labor’s demands, which would
mean that Wilson is on the skids.
Buddy Yarbrough
A motion was made apd carried (
to name the club Shubert’s Music
club after the great musician, Franz 1
Shubert, who was the topic of the
services administration, combining
four agencies to handle federal pur
chasing, storage, inventory control, j
records, management and building
operations; reorganization of the la
bor department and the moderniza
tion of the federal budgeting and
accounting system.
Expected to be enacted this year! "Maids, cooks, and other house
is the measure, recommended by i hold workers whose job now en-
the President, to reorganize the re- them t° Old Age and Surviv-
construction finance corporation; i ors Insurance protection, will need
Household Workers
Need Account Cord
approved by house committee giving
the President authority to transfer
authority and functions of one
agency to another to eliminate dup-
gram chairman.
The life of Chopin was the study
of the evening under the direction
of Miss Donuaree Cauble.
The following program was rend
ered:
A paper on Chopin by Miss Cau
ble.
“Time Flies, by W. P. Mero.
“Chopin’s Minuet Waltz”—Lo
raine Patterson.
“The Maiden’s Wish, by Chopin—
Genell Carley.
“On Tiptoe, by Walter Rolfe—
Catherine Dunaway.
“At Pierrott’s Door,” by Felton
-Buddy Yarbrough and Mrs. J. E.
a measure passed by the senate and' account number cards, according to
Martha Pressly, manager of the
Greenwood Social Security Office.
Covered by the new law are do- Land.
i mestics who work in one home on j "Dorothy, by Seymore Smith
Ixation and overlapping of effort at least 24 days and earn as much ■ J a ( ^ k *® Franks.
and to meet the needs of the mobi- as $50 in a calendar quarter. A Ram at Night, by Louise Dit-
lization program maid, for example, who works two Jcnhane^—Ann Middleton and Mar-
Within the next few days 20 pro- da y a week for ° ne «n? lo ye r . ** ^Memories g of Soring” bv Bert
posals of the citizens committee will covered if her cash pay is as much ^ ntbony p at Davenport.
t* introduced in the house and sen- JS W0 per calendar quarter. i “Kitten Kapers,” by Charlotte
ate to implement those not yet en- "Applications for Social Security Beissert Marlene DeYoung.
acted These include elimination of Cards, or for dpulicates of lost cards • Bells at Twilight,” by Walter
politics in naming of postmasters; may be obtained at our office, in
complete overhaul of the agricultu- the Post Office building or at any
ral department; reorganization of Post Office,” Miss Pressly stated
veterans administration; unification
of all federal hospital and medical
facilities to insure utilization of
scarce medical personnel; merger of
Those who have not done so should
apply for cards at once. The cur
rent quarter will end on March 31,
and every domestic worker should
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Morning Show*—1$ A. M.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Matinee—4 P. M.
Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Night Show*—6:30 and t:St
Every Night
Admission 40c (33c plus 7c tax)
Children ander l2-9c
Thur.-Fri. March 22-23
Rocky Mountain
With Errol Flynn
In Color *
Saturday March 24
Hoe Down
With Eddie Arnold
Mon.-Tues. March 26-27
The Groom Wore
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Joan Davis, Ginger Rogers
Jack Carson
Wednesday March 28
Undercover
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NOTICE TO TRUCK DEALERS
Bids will be received until 12:00
o’clock noon, April 2, on the follow
ing:
One 2-ton truck, 84” cab to axle,
8:25-10 ply dual rear tires, 7:50-10
ply front tires, dug! rear axle, 2
speed, booster brakes. Truck to be
used with black-top distributor.
Bids shall be sealed, add deposited
with the County Supervisor on or
before April 2.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Laurens County Board of
Commissioners
By: Bennie B. Blakely,
Supervisor. 2t-cb-29
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Loveliest memento of all—a corsage, bouquet or pot
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on
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her especially, our messenger will deliver her favorite
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DELIVERIES EASTER MORNING IF DESIRED
We Telegraph Flowers Anywhere
Eastside Greenhouse
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