?y. ^ ^ witii for-!
rlllSm ^SS^ the
fleet ""rV~- ;^j
' .?_f y:rr ships. ?
The Shipping Bond woxmd up the
World War with 2,S1? ships of which,
about, 2.0QO had been sold, scrapped,
lost at sea ctr written off in one way
or another. The Maritime Gouimia
< sion had about 107 cargo ships on
hand last year. Fifty of these have
, been sold and the chances era that
the rest will probably be disposed of
to Great Britain.
CONSTRUCTION ?
Private construction in 1940 is
estimated to be ibout 19^000^)00,
This is the largest figure sines 1930
aad represents an Increase of two
and one-half per cent, over 1939. Of
the total, $2,050,000,000 represents
residential building.
WACTKWAl^^gS
Announcement by Presides*
that he will seek early Senate ap
proval at a treaty with Canada tp
complete the Great %ataa?-S^L?W
renee Seaway and power project, as
duetion, indicates that this vexatious
question will probably lead to another
prolonged battle.
WARSHIPS
The Navy, it is pointed out, is re
ceiving new fighting ships at the rats
of one every twelve days. The N?rt
tional Defense Advisory Commission
says that ship production is being,
stepped up and the forty-month build
ing period for a cruiser has been cut
by ope-eighth, submarines are being
prodooed in twenty-four instead of
thirty months, and destroyers are be
ing completed three months ahead of
schedule. While a new ship every
twelve days looks like fast work, it
should be remembered that die Navy
[_3EST^ MintiirI iV 1 nnrta
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^;rmff|!?* ADA a iv, * omd -llll
mYIMR|UN oiH/AI/vilbi2j '? '
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representee on tne. i?7)u current
\ytm\vly -TJP"v ^ma ^
*f|> ni.iio|> Tjaptak OTwt ,~> Q||
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firrsm iTItTV traveling wnrougn
Jawary lrt teT D^eibw Ut, 4,646
ocean-going veesels pass#Through
the Canal as compared with 5,489 in
the corresponding period of 1939.
special defense fund of $200,000,000
at the disposal of tile President. Twv
thirds of the fond has,.been spent,
it is said, and the President plans to ,
request an iWdfBbri* appropriation.
Included in recent allocafions" were
scsk
new Atlantic bases received sfrom
Great Britain in trade for fifty old
Navy destroyers. Another allocation :
rv tfi . n
although Congress later appropriated
regular fund? for these purposes.
Economists of il? Apartment of
Xgricultnfe estimate that the nation
?] - ri(.>r^.i.ii ii?' V VP.' .n ??n tviv-i inn+ft.1
al defense program, nov?, projected,
wdl involve an expenditure of $35,
000,000,000 in" thenext five years.
Thepeak outlay will tie in 1P42, when
$9,000,000,000 will be spent. The
esthnaieis based upon the iwsump
Son that the United States will not
' ,uyLro< .V '" 1 ' ? %? V'*&'?'*>?1" ' '
become directly involved in war.
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FOUNTAE^NEWS
(ly.Mm M. P. YBLYEBTOJO
Miss 'Ann Marie Jefferson is visit
ing relatives in Washington, D. C.
Mrs. F. L. Eagles spent Wednes
day in Raleigh with Mrs. R. L.
Eagles.
James Lane Jefferson is spend
ing the weekend in Morehead City
rflth Jesse Staten a class mate of
Campbell Colleger
"?Mfcifc W. E. Lang and aim, Tru
ett Lang, of Waistonburg, spent Sun
day with Mr. and Ms. F. L. Eagles.
Students HOmeTor Holidays A
Students home for the Christmas
holidays are, Hisses Hazel, Eloise
and Jean Owens, Mary Emma and
Helen Brown Jefferson and Maude
Emily Smith, of E.C.T.C., Miss Lina1
Mae Edwards, of Atlantic Christian
College; James. Lane Jefferson, of*!
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Campbel College; Edgar Case and
Franklin Lewis, of N. C. State Col
lege; Miss Fxna Estelle Yelverton,
of Meerdith; Ferebee Beasly and
Diftglet Johnson, of U.N.C.; Frank
Owens and William Eagles, of Duke
University; Gibbs Johnson, of Max
ton j Earl Trevathan, of Fork Union;
'and Carol Yelverton, of W.C.U.N.C.
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Entertains Coffee Club.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Trevathan
entertained the Couple Club at
bridge Wednesday evening.
Attractive decorations sugestive of
the hoild&y season were used
throUghuot the home.
High score prizes were awarded
to L. f Eagles and Mrs. J. A. Mer
cer. -
The hostess served egg -nog with
fruit cake and salted nuts,
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THE ANSWERS
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1. Marshal Petro Badoglio, re
cently retired.
8. Best opinion; about one-half.
8. It'la generally so regarded.
i September 12-13,1847.
5. Twenty-one guns. "
6. The son of a Union veteran,
who lost a leg in the Batttebf Kene
I saw Mountain,'the Judge was named
in lienor of the battle.
7. The former are German diver
bombers; the latter are British dive
bombers.
8. No meaning; the letters are
*??' e is n/JimuMft i?iiil!/.* A
used solely because of their simplicity
?three .dots, three dashes, three dots.
~9. Special Committee to Investi
gate Un-Aineriesn Activities.
10. Siam and Persia, respectively.
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SEQUOIA
J. Lyman Stewart, of Norton, a
Jackson Comity farmer, says the new j
Irish potato variety Sequoia is
smoother, the vines stay green much !
longer, and yields are 40 to 50 per- <
cent better than other varieties.
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One Utf that hasn't worked: ? the
Neutrality Act
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DEFENSE
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'Experts now believe that National
defense orders awarded up to No
vember 1 will result in the employ
ment of 4,000,000 persons in this
coufitry by the middle of 1941.
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- You can understand the British
problem by remembering that when
the World War ended there .were 59
British, capital ships; when the pret
end war-began there were 15.
" Debate; "Resolved, That the World
Qwes-.More to Guinea Pigfe Than
Guinea Pigs Owe the World."
to)? ?-Hi' nun
REDUCED
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. Present indications are that hog
slaughter will be reduced materially
in the first quarter of 1941, accord
ing to the U. S. Bureau of A^rfctl
tural Economics.
1
-Nobody knftws what the next twelve
months hold in store for the people
of th* .Untied states, but it is safe
to assume that there sacrifice
ahead for every loyal American.
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The football coaches can now begin
to work ofo. the alumni and secure
their jobs for the next season.
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