Freshness Explained Simple Test For Egg An egg is a sealed package ot fin< food when it is laid by the hen. I is the only product that Nature give us that is sealed without the toucl of human hands. "However," poins out T. T. Brown extension poultryman of N. C. Stat< College, "eggs that bring a premiurr on the market are those that the consumer desires ? eggs that ar< fresh, large, clean, uniform in sizi and color, and sound in shell. Mos consumers will buy the more pleas ing-looking product, but their con tinued purchases depend upon tht actual interior quality of the eggs." The State College man suggests i simple home method of determininj if eggs are fresh. "Place eggs in s pan of water," he says, "and the gooc ones will rest flat on the bottom ol the vessel; those that have lost som< of their quality will stand on end 2 YEARSi OLD | Downed in Dog Fight i Whitney Straight, former New > York millionaire aociety racing I driver, ia reported to have landed I hie crippled Spitfire plane in France r after being downed by a German plane over the English Channel The RAF pilot was returning t? Britain after a patrol flight. and very poor ones will rise some what. Those that rise are older or poorly kept." Brown explained that an egg does not have an nir cell when it is laid | by the hen. As it cools, the water, evaporates from it and the two shell j membranes at the large end of the egg separate and form an air cell. \ In hot weather, moisture is drawn ' from the egg. just as water is drawn I from the soil and from all vegeta tion. The depth of the air cell is a measure yf quality in eggs. "It is beyond the ability of man to improve the quality of an egg." de clared Brown, "hut it is within his ability to maintain that quality through to the consumer. Ortc of the most important steps is rapid cooling of eggs. Eggs, when laid, are about at the body temperature of the hen, which is 106 degrees. They must be cooled rapidly to about 68 degrees to keep fresh." 4 ? The cost of containers, boxes, lab els and other packaging materials constitutes about 22 per.cent of the facti.ry valin- nf p:irh? ?>f II -K r.m. ned and preserved fruit and vege i table industries. WE ARE ALL PIONEERS TV7E start out in life?in business with no knowledge of our ffite. Only our destination exists?happi ness, through financial security. Gain your destination by establishing a savings account which will grow in proportion to your earnings. Branch Banking & Trust Co. "THE SAFE EXECUTOR" WILLI A M STON, N. C. Member FederalDepotfl Insurance Corporation WNYOUR HOME t MONTHLY PAYMENTS LIKE RENT?Lei us explain our plan to you Silk Production in a Bronx Basement For years John Ousta of the Bronx, N. Y.^has campaigned for an American silk industry, declaring the. United States did not have to depend on Japan for its supply. IhrTias hiVn producing tlVeiyaluod fabric' in the basement of his home. These pietures show steps in the silk j>r- iv>-. Top, left, is a pile of -silkworm eggs contrasted for size with a paper clip. Ousta has a million eggs I.red for next year's crop. Top, right, hatched worms feed oft mulberry leaves in Ousta's hack yard. They're kept in trays from birth until ready to spin cocoons. Bottom, left, Ousta looks over the silk odeo-ms, which under.: ? a dry ing process for about a month before they are unraveled. Bottom, right, the cocoons are n led into-spools. Keeling is the most expensive step, involving'labor t ? ' and te dious work. And They Do It for Fun! Shoes Important To I Vest Mit-tlav Sohlier Fort Bragg No equipment worn !? !>y a soldier is more important than I his shoos, and this vital fact has boon kopt well in mind at tho supply warehouse of tho Keception Center | at Fort 11111!11' There i.-. no single:act m tho equip i ping of tho individual soldi' t for ac ! tnal "fiejd service that can do moid to lift him above tho-plis iral lian (iicap: that have hampered the fight ing men in all previous wars than that ot seeing to it that the soldier has exactly the size of shoe ; his feet ?should wear. Fitting til.- scUg.Uves to tho exact jsi/o they need is painstakingly done One of tho most accurate instru merits available for fitting shoes is U-.''d holi' the shoo nieasnr ing device The shoe size determined, the . hoe i-s tlion tried on a.-, a double j eth ? K. i'ftfMi the s^iectee is directed to lift a bucket of Sand which weighs ! 40 pounds This allows the loot to he h tod under Hie same pro, aire that it would he subjected to under ac tun! fi< Id conditions. After the foivgoing tost, a good fit i assured However, when the so h i too (onu s to the fitting room w in io a final check of all clothing is made, another device is used to make : absolutely sure that tho ,- lioes ale correctly fitted. The selectee is load ed with a 40 pound pack. lie then t mounts a platform .where "the" shoes News of the |)?y Ntwirctl I'hoto Amateur matadors have their day in the Spanish "town of I'ompona. Once a year a bull is turned loose in the main plaza of the town, and from then on it's every man for himself. One of 111? ? i1 ^ . background), but the bull has been lured away by coat-swinging toreadors. Cars Of 1942 Will Present Problems Curs for '42 undoubtedly will have less aluminum, nickel, zinc and oth er vital defense materials than their predecessors, and of course there'll be fewer new ones. Materials just i have to be saved for actual defense i use. At the same time, adequate j transportation has to be provided for' defense workers, and to maintain civilian transit and food-delivery fa cilities. Reduction in over-all weight might be a solution to this two-edged problem. Spends Week-end Here Mrs Julia D. Johnson, of Raleigh, visited relatives here last weekend. a big fl K FROM U-Sj' AMERICA S BIGGEST NICKEL'S WORTH Authorized Bottler: (Name of Local Bottler to be inserted ha^^^MBTTr Retail Prices Vlmost Sure To (*() Higher Retail prices, which have been held fairly well In check through the "war period" up i" reedtUly, an- al most sure to show much mnT< abrupt rises between now and autumn - and thereafter. The June index of living costs available at the RC; be-j ginning at 4A ami. running up t< 15KK | that makes further i rises unavoidable is that, up to now, I stores have been selling merchandise acquired when wholesale prices I were lower; but stocks in this cate gory are now being rapidly used up -and they have to be replaced, of .. e, by gaedi that come in at a Thi especially true ni the fuo.d, clothing and house fum t >hing ? lira It's a moot question I whetl - r tin price control legislation row being formulated can halt this advance to any noticeable extent. Retail trade circles think it can't. Ev i n snmc "one-price" clothing stores, always reluctant to disturb estab ill lied prices.- have been forced to aini"un