Asheville Citizen-Times from Asheville, North Carolina • Page 9

9 A ASHEV1LLE CITIZEN-TIMES, ASHEVILLE. N. C. Sunday. September 26, 1948 Drawing Steadily Nearer Red -De Gaullist Fight Is Nearing By PRESTON' FOSTER imany "militant" Communists there PARIS, Sept.

25. UP) The ulti-jare in France; that is. those ready mate clash of Communists and dejto go into the shambles to do or Gaullists draws steadily nearer in die for what their leaders tell them France. lis the good of the Communist par- A wavering coalition of Centrist! tar. Figures of 200,000 to 400.000 are parties gained a reprieve by but they are unofficial and ellol tteZ nuiney not be even approximately over when to hold local elections.

IacTt1j SURVEY ill With the reprieve there was a ter-or charge pohce declaredj new wave oi opuimau the de Gaullists on the other battle of the two extremes might be und had ft mUitant group of 15i. postponed. Some hoped it might be Most observers thought that Diocitea a VPrv smBii estimate. Nobody accuses the de Gaullists tirnism in France have grown constants smaller in recent months as of organizing for sabotage in the coalition after coalition of Centrist! of the Comrmmists. Jjk GREAT SMOKY MT5.

frs0VECRtZK XL-' NATIONAL PARK yo-k-JicJcr! parties fell on the Dasic issue De Gaulle is strictly a French-wages and prices. mani not an internationalist. But Each new government has prom- his spokesmen admitted that bodies ised to stop price increases and to; of "militants" had been organized tax those classes which have es-in all parts of France to prevent caped their share of taxation. Most Communists or others from break-asree that those who have gotten ing up their political meetings, off easy on the tax front are thei Police sources know that the small merchants and business men! Communists have lots of arms hid-and the great body of den away, but nobody expects the The forgotten man in France has'de Gaullists to depend on hidden been the wage- earner. He has taken arms.

If a civil war comes, the such a beating in recent months; great expectation is that de Gaulle that he is near desperation will have bulk of the army on He respects neither his union boss his side. nor the government. In this troubled pool both Com Dog Wai munists and de Gaullists have found good fishing. Probably most Americans and a great many Frenchmen want the middle government to succeed because they are afraid of what might come with failure. It is for that reason that many Frenchmen have annroved DostDonine anv kind of ls Raging In Siam is now beinp conducted by a party from the state highway and public works communion over a 22-mile sectior between Cove Creek and the state line Highway 284 from Cove Creek to the Tennessee line is an unimproved grave' road wilh steep curves.

(Staff map by George E. Colt.) 1 SITE OK THE PRELIMINARY Sl'RVEV for a highway along Pigeon river in Haywood county is indicated on this map. The survey 5 1 I mm. elections. They feel certain that two cen-! BANGKOK If! Siam's capital ter parties, the -Socialists and Cath- has been going to the dogs, oiic Popular Republicans, could Stray dogs roam the streets by hundreds and until just recently a easily oe wipea out.

carefree and. Most of the voters who once sup-. a UD could i ported these two groups would Buddhism is Siam's national to General Charles de Gaulle and reiiKi0r, and Buddhists have an his followers. A few Socialists would aVersion to taking life in any form, go to the Communists. Some Com- The dogs didn't feel quite the munists probably would go to de same way about humans.

They Gaulle as well, but the end result weren't averse to nipping a passer-would be that two parties bitterly, by or making off with somebody's opposed would stand France to face PIr if le nnd ioT The government. Perhaps neither, would have a majority in the na- decjded to take action and f0Und tional assembly and would have tojtself rignt in tne middie of what bid for support of surviving rem-can only De called a dog fight, nants of other parties. i a law was proposed authorizing But the ereat thing feared is that poisoning of stray dogs. The as-these two rival political groups sembly voted it down on religious mi2ht clash not oniv in the as-; grounds. semblv but in outrleht civil war.

I Then a proposal was introduced that aU dogs must be registered norT vivcd r.nsr.r lnnVincr snutVi frnm ft noint near Hot Springs. A highway only to Frenchmen but to all west era powers. France is the continen i thf Pir.Fft rivkr r.OROE as tt. nnnears looking north from Walters dam of the Carolina Power and made to wear identification tags. Opponents met that one with logic slightly baffling to the non-Oriental mind.

They said if the 'and Light company at Waterville lake. The proposed highway from Cove Creek to the Tennessee state along this route would be built along the river bank at left, on the opposite side from he raUroad tracks. It would cross the river just around the bend in the background, near a point where the railroad crctoseF to the opposite side. (Photo from Elliot Lyman Fisher.) tal keystone of the western bloc opposed to Russia. If France should would follow the route of an abandoned logging ranroaa aiong uie icugc no nlc w.

dogs were registered then, if a dog line he Involved in civil war it would did any damage, it would be pos-! photograph (Staff photo by Robert F. oampDeii, jrji Tin tio wTint( fabric of the west- -siblp to trace his owner and the! I p.praion 'owner might have to pay for the Are At Odds On Asheville-Knoxville Road damage. The owner woman iiKe Observers in Europe nuiru lo that, they argued, so it wouldn Mr. Graham told The citizen- .,..1 hp nf hPfnrP the nrnhahle odors from the French Broad may.west of the highway maKe it aim significant maneuvers of the past to the dogs. Tn Ttnlv a npo; mihtancv was l-ontinued rom Page One ine assemDiy noaaea sagciy iuiu pronounced oy me wmmuiiw turned thumbs down on the reg- cult to build a wide highway.

I Times that money is not now aan-A comparison of distances adds able for building either road to little to the case for either road, i Knoxville and added that tnu A preliminary map in Mr. Brown-' commission will not attempt to different story. Following Mr. i cost can be determined. All who are not be as bad, but it is ceiy Goode's resignation last December, concerned with the project agree one of the most heavily polluted D.

Reeves Noland of Waynesville jono one thing: That the cost of I rivers in the state. ishow that an average of 1,330 ve- liioiftc a Aqm nacc nupr hicrhwau 2ri- Ty. in rrance. tne communist Nation pian ty. which has been quiet on the; with hllncrv canines skulking w.nn Marshall anri Walnut.

wa annnintPH inth division hich-' either road would De measured in aou muira i.i TJiiTonn river mg's office shows that the distance Iunds Jtor xne nexl question of holding new elections. through tne streets in ever increas- and 920 vehicles travel between Hot OOSLHCIUa. vii m- rnur it would be necessary to ce Springs and the Tennessee line ev ll January, un mouou 01 M. o- rropoiicnia u.e rweun alo, a rock iedge ery day. land uie survey was uiucicu uu road argue uiau cuiiipieuuu ui mo rfom at Feb.

26. 1948. and got under way West Ashevtlle bridge and the pro- tn.e Many of these vehicles are trucks suddenly turned about lace. Nowjng numbers tne Bangkok city they demand elections. In health department finally moved that is a step toward the showdown.

i into the controversy. France was scheduled to have; It said lt just wanted to do the elections in October for flocks of dogs a favor because so many of local officials, one group of whom them were undernourished and suf-would help choose the upper house ifering from little disease, such as which carry freight over Western in June. jected improvement of highway l9. TZrern7 from Asheville to Knoxville by the commission. Marshall-Hot Springs route is 112 The attitude of the new t.tale ad-miles, the same distance as by the ministration is an important factor Pigeon river Foothills parkway to consider.

A cardinal point in road via Clyde, Cove Creek, Water-Mr gcott's campaign was emphasis ville, Cosby, and Gatlinburg. on what he called "school bus Mr. Walker, who supports the i roads" the secondary road system. French Broad route, says that one has sajd whether Mr. Scott North Carolina's only major link Mr Noiand said the Pigeon river, 23 from Pole creek near Candler the remainder of the 12 miles from tVm with the rich Tennessee valley.

A survey took precedence over the, to Lake Junaluska would give Ashe new highway would enable thiSFrench Broad route primarily be-jville fast route to Knoxville via'. thP sit of an nf trip national narltampnt. the hvHrnnhnhio Rn trip ripnortmpnt. 1 rminril of the B-rmblic. The elec- hirPri Vpp teams of doe catchers.

I cause Tennessee offlciaU had snownjthe new road. road build- plans to cut primary lPurlal more interest in meetincr the former vital but team Those who oppose it cite the ob One man on each three-man tions themselves were not nect Knoxville with ports on the abandoned logging railroad, once operated by the Boyce Hardwood company. Locating a road through the town road following the river wouia not be materially shorter than the present highway 25-70. An important point must be con route. Senator Kenneth McKellar jectionable odors in the river from uiaijwas given a.

ncu ncs iu iuii.ii auaj Tennessee' and Mississippi rivers members of the assembly knew tha the election drift would show clear memDers oi tne assemDiy kiicw waste matter produced by the dogs in it. A second man on each i Tenn.) has been leading the movement for a Foothills parkway and the Gulf of Mexico. ing to a minimum. Also, an official expression of interest must be obtained from the incoming administration in Tennessee. Obviously, there would be nr.

ncp in pither state's building a sidered, however, in connection! of Marshall presents a problem Champion Paper and Fibre com Surveys show that more and more thp Rmokv Moun- pany. Mr. Graham mentioned this 'along the French Broad route. 'With the 112-mile estimated dis tourists are coming to Western Natlonai park link of this tance via Pigeon river, nis esu- as a real disadvantage of any Pig- There, a steep bluff to the east and eon river road. On the other hand, I railroad tracks immediately to the North Carolina from the Midwest.

mate contemplates tne puiiomg jn an inter-state highway un- less the other state is committed to parkway would connect Gatlinburg and Cosby and join a proposed Tennessee highway following the Pigeon river from the state line to Newport, according to Mr. Noland. Mr. Noland said M. O.

Allen, Clyde to Cove Creek. If this link is not built, some six miles would be added to the distance from Asheville to Knoxville. Although some of these motorists drive through the Smoky Mountains National park on the Chero-kee-Gatlinburg route, a considerable number use the more direct highway 25-70. Thp fpripral anvprnmpnt hoc rpr- BANKER do its share. And, of course, tne U.

S- Public Roads administration must be convinced of the sound-of anv state plans before fed- GOTHAM even in these local elections. jteam is to feed dogs poisoned meat. The Socialists were most in dan- i There's a little health department tier and wanted them postponed un-. optimism in the assignment of the til next spring when, thev hope.jthird man he's to spend all his things mav be better. Thev got i tune lifting dead dogs onto a cart, their wav.

They not only got their I Since the dogs aren't registered, wav about elections, but thev a little difficult to draw tne their way about wage Increases. fme soclal between stray and Rightist elements in the middle 0f, non-stray dogs. The department got the road government wanted to Ground that one by telling the dog stop wage increases so they could hers not to catch any dogs i "which look well fed or prosperous." work at price stabilization. obviously are JJtr! of But the Socialists, in bitter con- the canine white collar class, the test with the Communists for the department helpfully explained. Navy Tests To Be Given December 1 1 highway commissioner during the AMED BE I MAY ognized the need for a first-rate aamuusarauuu ui auimer wv.

uui-highwav link between Asheville andidn Browning, was particularly m-Knoxviile. The route is included interested in meeting a North Caro-both the "strategic highway net-na road along Pigeon river. Mr. work" envisioned in the defense Browning is now the Democratic highway act of 1941 and the "na-j nominee for governor, and if he tional interstate highway is elected, Mr. Allen is expected to labor vote, forced a wage increase! DEFENSE HEAD of 15 per cent.

It was not enough COURT GIVES BOY WASHINGTON. Sept. 25. tl The, navy announced today aptitude tests will be given Dec. 11 to candidates for 2,300 college scholar- 17 YEARS TO PAY to meet increased costs of living, and it was accompanied by in- of the 1944 federal-aid highway be highway commissioner or hold Tl.J 1.

11.. 1 euerai aia is ior Lms sunie uLiiri ijiiiucuwhi vnic, Present plans do not call for such eraj aid js assured. a short cut. but Mr. Noland and Mr.

Baise sav it "might be built" As for the ate future of after the Pigeon river road is the French Broad route. Mr. Until a short cut is ing said the order for a survey built, all traffic on the would "stands with the same force as -e have to go through Deltwood. dale it was issued nls The future of anv Asheville- order is rescinded by the highway Knoxville highway is clouded by a P' elrly spring, commission expires in May. Unless, If and when the French Broad there is an upset in the Novenfber river survey is made, the engineers election, W.

Kerr Scott will be gov- will be able to compare data on ernor at that time. Presumably, he, the two routes and reach a verdict will appoint an entirely new com- as to "the most suitable road. Then, mission. only then, will the opportunity Whether Mr. Noland hopes to tie exist for taking the Asheville-Knox-up available highway funds for ville highway out of the realm of construction of a Pigeon river road politics and putting it into the some time next year is not realm of highway engineering.

A PENALTY OF $3r: as for other approved primary lOni-rllnnnrl TTii! ships under the naval reserve of- ficers training progrt as subwav fares, that hit the work- BURY, England. WPFour If During the term of John A. Inside Track Applications for the tests must man hardest. 01(1 Stephen Jones has 17 years to Goode of Asheville as 10th division Dewey Wins It was on that basis of give and save up i to pay a judgment. that trip nrpspnt onvprnmpnt of i The obligation grew oat of an' highway commissioner (May, 1945, cording to Mr.

Noland. Mr. Noland is frank to admit, that Haywood county has a selfish interest in backing the Pigeon river route. "Due to the afct that Haywood county is the only county in North Carolina that borders a state line and does not have a graded road to the state line, the people feel like they have been discriminated against, especially when counties to January, 1948), the French Broad river survey was authorized by the commission. On Aug.

8, 1945, Chair be submitted by Nov. 15. Male high school seniors and graduates between the ages of 17 and 21 may apply. Forms are available at most high schools and colleges and naval recruiting stations. Candidates who pass the aptitude tests will be interviewed and Henri Queuille managed to weather incident involving a stone about the attack until he could get the' the size of a peach and the glass assembly to take a vacation.

Even frame of a green house. The coun- nnnrt Viplrf Rtpnhpn anri trip man A. H. Graham of the highway WASHINGTON (CP Front runner for the choice post of Defense secretary if Thomas E. Dewey is elected president currently is Ferdinand Eberstadt, New York banker who has done several important jobs for the government given physical examinations, after America naa iu si.ep lo uiuickc -j -r commission directed Gettv some 70,000,000,000 francs of Euro-1 stone were responsible for iwSnchW bating' engineer npan recovery monev to eive the smashed pane of glass.

crowning, ciiiei locaiing engineer pean recoery money to give uic the commission, to make the wavering center rank a snot in the Then the law took a curious. arm. twist The action, it was held was: "vav engineers went so far How long this shaky governmen-; against Stephen, not his father obtain bcopies af a survey have as high as three roads and which scholarships will be awarded to the highest ranking group on a state quota basis. Selected candidates will be given one-fourth as much tax as and done them well. pay Davs the state' earner taiK cenierea arounu ncu- Haywood county lig question.

loicpucn. cu. "'ithe Southern Railway system when it. Communists; collected from a legal infant, so; bl contemolated While watching ttLUl ILUWH1U 1V1U1 Llll Ul rClllI.JlVttll- ia. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, and Harold E.

Stas-sen. It has been established, however, that all would be barred from he said. Perhaps a clue as the reason for quick action on the Pigeon river survey is found in Mr. Noland's reply to the question, "When will the French and de Gaullists began looking to me greennuuse mm nns iu aong the bank of the the future. tne Doy is Deioie ne According Mr.

Brown-There is no known figure of how collect. ing, little use was made of this sur i Pigeon river road be the post by reason of having participated in the legislation which created the department of defense, He said: "I don't know. But I do vey because, as he put it, railway surveys are not always suitable for know when it would have been built as recent soldierSi a four-year college course with the government paying the costs of books, tuition and other ordinary fees and $50 a month living allowance. The student may select his school and his courses within certain limits. After graduation he must serve two years of active duty as a commissioned officer in the navy or marine corps before deciding whether to become a reserve officer or seek a permanent commission.

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commission, cite a number of rea-; uemocrauc guueiiiaiunai nun.ma-War sons why the French Broad survey jtion had been elected was not made as ordered. Woik on the road would have Becomes E(ISU ih- next vear. Johnson promised m. -i mm mink i 1111 1 I Iflf i mm I As Ozark Lake Dries Up age of engineers threw all surveys that publicly here (in Waynesville i behind schedule during the war during the campaign." and the months immediately fol-i Mr. Noland emphasized that ho ARCADIA.

Mo. UP Fish are hv tho sackful at Lake lis not opposed to the French Broad Ozark vacation lowing the war. Mr. Baise said Tennessee high-'route, which he thinks should be The Fiery Cross, in America the sign of the Ku Klux Klan, was anciently a signal sent around the Scottish clans in the Highlands summoning them to assemble for battle. It was symbolic of lire and sword and consisted of a cross, the ends of which had been dipped hi (c.

u. s. pat. err way officials were not, interested in; part of a national defense road Tne lake is running dry fast be-meeting the French Broad route I system. A need exists for bothicause 0j a icaky dam and drought, and building the necessary five! routes, he believes, but admittedly More than half of the three-mile miles of new construction on the he is concerned with pushing the ari ificinl pond is nothing but mud BRIDGE HANDS Continued Until Dec.

31st. Pigeon river road at this time. nrt middles. the blood of an animal slain for the 1 purpose. Fish were always plentiful here, but they are so crowed in the remaining portions of the water that they can be caught almost by hand.

north side of the river between the state line and Wolf Creek bridge, where the present highway crosses the river. As authority for this lack of intreest, he quotes Walter Brooks, Tennessee's chief highway engineer. Comparative information on the two routes is so meager at present that highway engineers will not express a definite preference for one route over the other. They prefer On the other hand. John C.

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lllcat Doubles UeainS him "we'll meet you with a The cost factor certainly merits new YORK 'UP) Deaths along the French Broad route. careful consideration, but no intel- doubled here during a late August And finally, Mr. Graham con-jligent estimate can be made until heat wave. Dr. Harry S.

Mustard, tended that "Mr. Goode put in so surveys are completed. A decision commissioner of health, reported, manv. survey requests during his! must also be reached on the width; For the week of Aug. 28 to Sept.

3, term" as commissioner that we were of the road, maximum grade, mini- average for the four perceding unable to carry out all of them." 'mum sight distance on curves, and weeks' was 1,300..