\ *jb?
. The plant is kenaf. who* phy??
cal properties III I hr nearly M
ot Jite?? uses ml aHow It W M
spon or woven on J?te machinery
MtttHilkMMa in cute ' iftdiciW
Ourt' the biggest obstacles to t*naff
DV ia in / fctrV ?- ???%
a
Mareh, TV A Tells
(Bath rainfall and runoW were de
bate* in March k4e TWMm
UUnr, TV A reported recently.
Runoff? the amount of waterftat'l
itlclw tba streams and i turwlrt
? baa Men u^utualy kiW.fOr the
ffrst three months of the year. '
/Rainfall over the Valley . averaged
fc# fnehes, eomj?art*l witlf ? 66-year
?w* !<* March <# S.J7 inohf*. .
f Runoff measured ZJfl inchea at
Oattaaoaga. ?whw*1 with a M*eh
#*a**iof $.#?*?* Por giefttst
three months of the year it ine?4r
' m '*.? hdM at Cb?ta?boga, 3:63
Aches below the long ranee a*?r
age of 10.12 inches.
At Reirtucky Dam runoff measur
t2H inches, consadersftly under
month's average of 3.81 Inches:
4 Tor the period J4nuaw-M?rch
itinoff there was 6.65 inches, com
red with the bag ranfle average
10.27 inches.
.. TVA will bold another of its pDot
flant demonstrations this yenr^to
acquaint the iertiMzer inftfrh^wttk
ks recent developments hi fertilizer
production technology. The ill muii
stration will be held June Ml at
fee Muscle Shoals laboratories near
Sheffield, Ala.
As in the demonstration.- of t#o
years ago. which was attended by
about 400 representatives of the
fertilizer industry from 34 states,
Hawaii (then a territory), Puerto
Rico, and 4 foreign countries, the
program will consist of a series of
pilot -plant runs preceded by short
discussion periods. Subjects to be
i discussed and illustrated include the
production of liquid fertilisers, the
granulation of high-nitrogen aid Of
nitrogen grades, and some factors
affecting loss of nitrogen-- during
granulation. O general r^aiyqg.gf.
TVA's fertilizer research and d*v*f
opmeajt program also will , fee , M*
santed. Tours of the laboratories
and manufacturing facilities will. be
arranged.
J*. Jo*, ' ?W wMa.'.
ftuw. or in# Mpiscus cannatotous
?fi.. ten* fas' *ftt> MM by Asians
Utttt ' tt fMf ? ? -*
anc a niiu-sfis ror wwnn mpnrM
yean, but U4 ieoiAilercial Import
ance was M<i*<yU*du?tll ipid-19th
CMtorylt has bm grown in India,
1?18,
in Cubit. tt w?'lf?Kg|ced to tbe
W to
?trairt(S^iuto wiUW ftoui JdM
prie?s after tSe dtv?i# of India
mod Pakistan, tadwttireak of the
Korean War, led tile United States
to classify kenaf as a strategic
raattrial. This added impetus to its
development. , t.
Some idea of. kenaf s potential
market can be found in the fact
that the Ufeited States imports
$100,000,000 worth of Jute and jute
manufactures annually.
Kenaf can be used either as a
coarse ribbon or a refined fiber.
The ribbons are Ttnygor and cheap-,
er than Jote, but tougher hi tex
ture and app(?raitce. It is expected
that keaaTi major use wiH be in
the manufacture of tmie coveriogs
fee cotton. wool and febaeeo, and
backing for carpets and linoleum.
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It terns used tm brht? Mp t**i ~
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When Hi* brake Mt fai the rtltoft tf < MWM
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wmM kMi m toto toteffcfto M
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Hayes vllle
rr i, ? ' i
j fctf pawts tmh their cWJAw:
^ ?f "*** thy God. lo^
^ '??art lij ft bar ud mother
*""Br
*">?* aad npM thy teacher.
Yountnm poiseMing thl? attl
"?e tenant teachers asuallr learn
y? *y* *** t- *????. #rtn-|
^ *rt(l>fh>iii Stau
aebaol at Boom. m. C.
the teacher does a better!
'?atrmton. ??* pMacfeal ega
*?**? Wfcfn thane nc no barriers,
of tapwtodge flows'
smoothly and freely. .
*ha Plants reaBy wanting to help
Juwor cal.', do belter by the youth
thancultWatinT within hip, , hlfh
**a?ni'atfd respect for the teach jib
y**810"' ? ?Vi?es Howell, who's
**? a principal ^ twentymo,
Wars.
Studehts harboring feelings of dis
frMpW tor school superiors ate as
Mhdicapped in the learning wtocess
?a oa# verging on blindness. Teach
?? in!* 1? "*eb "** ^
<wt too often the youngsters' shields
, ?ntagonJsm prevent their seeing
those trying to help them.
Principal . Howell contend that
fathers and mothers best instill pro
PW attitude*' within offspring by
aetting example themselves. Parents
dWuM hold the teaching profession
n'in in esteem and show it.
And on occasion should a parent
"?tok a teacher has erred, the mat
ter ^oiild be discussed directly with
hhw. not the child. In fact, the ehUd
should never know the teacher's act
j ion was even questioned.
Good teachers, like everyone else.
J *?1 praise and recognition. Howell
believes. The majority are under
Paid and too often their contacts!
*th parents are limited to those
complaining about Juniors low
grades or poor conduct.
The father or mother who drops
oy the class to render an unexpected
pat-on-the-back" for the teacher's
One Job of penetrating algebra
through Johnny's skull does nearly
aa much for the educator as a pay
raise.
? . Underneath the teacher's thick
cru* ?* academic skin are feelings
aa tender as the incoming first-grad
er ?? Respect and consideration fcr
~*n "re quired for him to do his
best job.
Although many schools have rules
prohibiting pupils' giving presents!
I n?..1t*lCh?rS' Princ'Pal Howell see
little -harm in parents encouraging
youngsters to show their gratitede
by bringing Wacber an apple or bo?.
?Wet of flowers if it's done out of
love and not for favor.
Bnt the finest present that em be
IPven the classroom educator, says
jfowell. is a kind word here and
(Cctltor's net: Readers having
Wations conceding education are
^te '.SCHOOL Am)
mP ?.. Appalachian State
iWhers College, Boone. N. C
1 7 , ' i r- . ,
Macfclalstir*
Wdlittfi '
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Laughing Gas, Moth Balls
Among Many Coal Product
The pro sate lump of coal is a
? veritable treasure cheat yielding
* seem taffy endless variety of
product!.
The Germans even made ersatz
butter from coal during World War
11, and a scientist predicted re
cently that synthetic food will be
come a major by-product of coal.
Other products derived in whole
or part from coal include aspirin,
phonograph records, laughing gas.
the flavoring in most vanilla ice
cream, perfume, embalming fluid,
laxative*, synthetic vitamins, dyes
TNT, moth balls, indelible pencils,
day pigeons. paint, synthetic rubb
er, saccharin, and fingernail polish.
This is just a sampling. There are
believed to be more than 200,000
chemical by-products of bituminous
coal, the National Geographic
Society says.
Relatively few, however, are
marketed commercially.
The multitude of substances are
part of the rich yield from coking
ovens, which release the "buried
sunshine" in coal. When coal is
heated to high temperatures in the
absence of air, the solid residue
1s carbon-rich coke, essential in
producing steel.
The Mses produced in the cok
ing process are equally important.
In recent years special plants have
been built to distill and process
chemicals from the gases. Coke is
simply the by-product.
One of the most versatile of the
some 350 compounds derived from
the coking process is coal tar. A
young English chemist, W. H. Per
il in. made a synthetic mauve dye
from coal tar in Itiaii, giving Eng
land its "mauve decade'' and
opening the way for a vast syn
thetic chemical industry.
Coal tar, a sticky, foul-smelling
substance, can be treated to pru
duce many products, including the
delicate |>ei'fume ijceuts of now
mown hay and orange blossoms.
Almost 25 tons of violets once were
required to make a single ounct
of natural oil? a process now dupli
cated easily in the laboratory.
Coal tar also is used to make
DDT, sulfa drugs, photographic
developers, weed killers, refriger
ants. road paving, detergents, car
bon electrodes, and antiseptics.
Other gases drawn off and treat
ed after coking produce an array
of substances, including plastics
like nylon and the flexible resin
polyethylene. When drained of
much of their chemical wealth, the
gases can be burned as fuel.
Although chemicals are import
ant, coal is mainly used for fuel
in the United Stotes. Slightly more
than half of all electric power in
the United States is generated from
that source. The steel industry is
the next largest consumer.
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BLAIRS VILLI:. GEORGIA
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Analysis
2-12-12 Warehouse $38.00 Ton
4-12-12 Warehouse $40.00 Ton
Am. Nitrate-Warehouse . . $80.00 Ton
Nitrate of Soda-Warehouse $6550 Ton
14-0-14 Warehouse $60.00 Ton
0-14-14 Warehouse $38.00 Ton
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PART OF HOMBS FOB REFUGEES
400 Square Miles Tarned Into Rice Farms
U. S. Aid Working To Resettle Red Refugees i
U.. S. dollars and technical know
how arc turning a former waste
land into a prosperous agricultural
communiU fur hundreds of thou
sands of refugees trcin Communist
held North Viet Nam.
The resettlement project is tak- 1
lilt; place in the delta country of!
South Viet Nam known as Caison.
Here, in two sections totaling about j
4U(I square miles, more than -WO.OUO
settlers are hard at work expanding
the area's two principal businesses? i
fishing and rice farming.
What's so remarkable about the
program to government officials is
that just three years ago this now
rich land was as poor as the masses
cf refugees driven from their homes
by the Keds.
Unoccupied since lis owners fled
ihe Japanese In World War 11. the
kind was overgrown with tall, wild
gruss which many people believed
would prove impossible to clear
?way. The area's canals had become
clogged with sediment and debris.
As pan of its world-wide program |
to aid underdeveloped countries, j
Uncle Sam's International Coopera
tion Administration rushed machines
and technicians to Caison.
Ninety tractors worked as long as j
16 hours a day uprooting the tough |
grsssy blanket to make the land suit
able fin rice farming. Workers, in
cluding the reltiL.ees. stalled clear
ins tlx* canals and constructing
houses along their banks.
Nnw the once-t'rttmlale area is dot
ted with homes and stores. Schools
ami medical dispensaries also have
been erected. And the fishing and
rice farming enterprises have prov
ed so successful that Caison's resi
dents are starting to supply these
product* for export.
Funds lor li.e project have come
out of the 87 million dollars which -
Uncle Sam provided from 1954-56.
for Viet Nam redevelopment.
15 Organization*
Got Licenses
During March
During the month of March
licenses were granted by the State
Board of Public Welfare to 15 or
ganizations to conduct fun-raising
campaigns through public solicita
tions for the support of their pro
grams, it was announced by Dr.
Ellen Winston, Commissioner.
Licenses were granted to twelve
organizations which have held
licenses for previous solicitation
periods. These organizations are:
Alumni Association, School of Social
Work, University of North Caro
lina; American War Mothers, North
Carolina State Chapter; Chowan
College; Duke University; Florence
Crittenton Home: Grace Hartley
Memorial Hospital; Huckleberry
Mountain Workshop-Camp; National
Multiple Scleroses Society; North
Carolina Child Evangelism Fellow
ship; Second Sight? Guide Dog
Foundation for the Blind; Wake For
est College; aqd .Young Men's Chris
tian Association of the Carolinas;
Interstate Association.
Children's Village, Muscular Dys
trophy Association of the Carolinas,
and Shaw University are three or
ganizations which were licensed for
the first time to solicit in North
Carclina.
The amount which the fifteen or
ganizations Mill seek from the pub
lic in North Carolina during the
year will bo approximately $16,
332,431.
New Operating Technique Promised Aid i
For Persons Suffering Blatter Trouble i
A new surgical technique to
create an artificial urinary bladder
within the body has been reported
by the Veterans Administration.
Devised by Dr. Charles L. Rey
nolds of the Dallas, Tex., VA hospi
tal the operation uses a segment
of small intestine as a bladder for
patients with cancer or other dis
ease necessitating bladder remov
al. 1
This new bladder made of small
intestine, conveys urine to the out
side through the normal channel in i
the normal manner, with full con- i
trol of urination.
The procedure has been perform
ed by Dr. Reynolds twice. <
The first patient, a 38-year-old
veteran, volunteered for the oper
ation at the Dallas VA Hospital
18 months ago, after suffering
more than 10 years with a bladder
diseased by a precancerous lesion.
The surgery was successful and
the man's postoperative condition
has been good. Dr. Reynolds said.
The second operation, also at the
Dallas VA hospital, was performed
on a veteran last December. Dr. i
Reynolds said all indications are
that it also will prove successful,
although not enough time has elap- I
sed to permit a definite conclusion. . ;
The new technique involves re
moving the bladder completely.
Then a segment of the small in- I
testine, about 8 to 10 inches long, |
is cut out and left loosely attach
ed to blood supply within the body.
The bowel is rejoined. ?
Then the segment is swung down
in the abdomen and attached to
the urethra at about a mid-way
point in an approximate T-shape ?
and one end of the segment U ,
closed. The ureters, or tubes from '
the kidney, are then attached to
the segment. The open end of the
segment is attached to the skin to
drain outside the body. This is tha
first stage of the operation.
About five to six weeks later, the
open end of the segment is tied off
and the artificial bladder is then
enclosed in the body.
FARM QUESTIONS
Keep farm machinery in top oper
ating condition with a good preven- *
tative maintenance program.
Adequate forage and feed anp keys ?
to success in livestock farming.
Select top quality chicks no mat-'
ter what kind of poultry operation
you plan.
On the farm disease prevention If
less costly than the disease.
1
g. steadiest stance !
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Wheels are five inches farther apart. TTiia widens the
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