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CMPLOYMENT is increased I t BY 509,000 LAST MONTH Washington, Dec. 5. ? The number of Americans regularly employed rose by 509,600 in No vember. Reporting this today, the Census Bureau said unem ployment declined 167,000. ^Secretary of Commerce Sa? yer commei commented, "The Job pic ture in November was perhaps more favorable than at any prev ious \ime this year." The Census Bureau explained that the drop in 'unemployment was smaller than the rise in em payment because of "an increase n%the number of seasonal work er?" looking for jobs." The bureau's report showed employment totaled 59,510,000 in November, compared with 59,001,000 in October and 59, 893,000 for November, 1948. The number of jobless was listed as 3,409,000 in Novem ber, compared with 3,576,000 in October and 1,821,000 in No vember, 1948. Under the bureau's statistical methods, anyone who has a regular job is counted as employ ed whether or not he is working at his job. Coal miners on strike, for instance, are counted as em ployed." Nonfarm employment jumped 350,000 in November, reflect the pickup in factory opera s which had been slowed in ctober by effects of the steel nd coal strikes. Nonfarm employment at a total of 51,640,000, was "back to the 1949 high recorded in the late Summer months," the bu reau said. It was, however, nearly 300, 000 below November, 1948, Just as unemployment was close to double the figure of a year ago. Farm employment itself scored a gain of 168,000 in November, a month when the number of farm workers usually declines. "Good weather in the early part of November in most areas permitted completion of harvest ing operations which last month had been delayed by heavy rains,*' the bureau reported. State College Answers Many Farm Question QUESTION : What is the pur pose of smoking meat? ANSWER: The purpose of smoking is to add flavor as well as to give a more desirable ap pearance to the meat. Smoking al so improves the keeping qualities of meat. The procedure that is generally recommended for smoking meat is as follows: After the meat has b?en removed from the^ brine or dry cure it should be soaked in cold water for several hours, scrubbed with a clean stiff brush and then hung to dry over night in the smoke house. Care should be taken to prevent the cuts of meat from touching since this will cause streaking. It is poss ible to smoke meats by either of two methods. It may be smoked 24 to 48 hours at a temperature of approximately 125 to 135 de grees P. This will give a light mahogany colored smoke. If the meat is to be stored for summer use it is generally more satis factory, however, to smoke it at a temperature of 80 to 100 de grees P., at intervals of approxi mately 5 to 10 days, over a period of several weeks. After the meat is smoked many people like to season it heavily with black pep per. QUESTION: Is it all right to can meat in half gallon or larger ] jars? ANSWER: Meat should not be canned in any jar larger than a quart. Pints are even better than quarts. It takes so long to pro cess meat packed in half gallon jars that some meat is over cook ed while there may be "cold spots" within a jar. In these "Cold spots" spoilage bacteria may sur vive. QUESTION: How can I recog- | nize fowl pox in my laying flock? ANSWER: External pox is rec ognized in the early stages by the appearance of blister-like nod ules on the exposed surface of the | body, particularly the comb and wattles. These areas later develop into hard scabs. The internal type of infection, sometimes called wet pox, forms white to yellowish patches or false membranes in the region of the mouth. When these patches are removed a raw bleeding surface is exposed. Mor tality is usually not high, but egg production may be markedly de creased. o Broiler chick placements in the Chatham and Wilkes commercial broiler-producing areas during the week ending November 26 declined by about 12,000 birds. Placements in the Chatham area totaled 220,000 while the Wilkes area reported a total of 107,000. Byrnes Challenged To Lead New Party ? \ Washington.?Americans for , Democratic Action challenged, James P.* Byrnes today to accept! leadership of a new conservative political alignment of Republi cans and Southern Democrats. The challenge was made in a letter to Byrnes from the A mericans for Democratic Action's director, former Representative Charles M. La Follette, who de scribed Byrnes as "a logical choice for the job." La Follette is a former member of Congress from Indiana. The group usually is in sym pathy with the New Deal wing of the Democratic party. La Follette's letter came on the heels of a week-end proposal by Senator John W. Bricker (R Ohio) that Republicans and con serva'ive Southern Democrats unite in a new party. Byrnes, former Senator, Supreme Court ;u^tice, war mobilizer and Sec retary of State, was Brlcker's choice as leader. La Follette wrote: "As a Republican who quit his party to work for liberalism, I address this letter to you as a Democrat who has left his party to work for conservatism." He said there was "a .very rea' kinship" between many North ern Republicans and many Southern Democrats. "A great number of Renubli ~<>n party leaders are in reality 'Northern men of Southern prin ciples'," ^he said. "Scratch a Pixiecrat apd you will find p Nor hern or Eastern s^eci >.1 i terest. Dixiecrats fume at pro-| r-osals for guaranteeing civil' rights. Many Northern Chambers of Commerce have an equal dis taste for FEPC." Urging that the coalition in Congress be "formalized," La Follette said Byrnes was the logical man for leadership be cause he was "a man of great public stature who has left no doubt where he really stands." Bricker's proposal meantime met with a cool reception from Senator Owen Brewster (R-Me),j chairman of the Republican Sen-1 atorial Campaign Committee. t He told reporters that dis-j agreement with President Tru man's program already has cut cross regional and party lines until there is "a great deal of realignment going on." But he doubted if a new par ty was in prospect, noting that American history shows it is dif i ->ult to form them. He believed there would be "a gradual re alignment of voting groups" with the Republicans gaining new strength in the South. Trade At Home and Save! World peanut production is ex pected to establish* a new record in 1949, according to preliminary in formation available to the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. To tal output is forecast at 11,460,000 short tons of unshelled nuts, about 20 per cent above the prewar av erage of 9,550,000 short tons. The expansion over 1943 is attributed to the sharp increase in India, the i world's largest peanut producer. , A per acre yield of 111 buahela is forecast for the 1949 sweet potato crop in North Carolina. Leo's Electric Shop* Phone 557-J NORTH WILKESBORO, N. <V 511 5th Street QUCSTfON : ^ OjkaCT^Crt^. CeloteX ROCKWOOL QhAuOfiXwu. Nothing .really! if Because Celotex Rock Wool pays for itself in fuel savings ... in only a few seasonal What a difference in eass fort, too! Your home wiH be cozily warmer in winter ... and 8* to 15* cooler on I the hottest summer day. -^r ? Remember, you insulate only once/ It pays to fee the job done right.by your Registered Celotex Appli cator. r Jtn mvsr amd tsTimm PARAMOUNT Insulation co. Phone 183 / w "Take a Business Course" ? 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