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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, ' HERTFORD, N. C FRIDAY. AUGUST 8C, 1940 PAGE THREr EH I 1 r OBJ. I01K DEFENSE IDEA WOULD FREEZE IIERil HITLER'S COI'QUESTS Admits It's a Cock-eyed Idea, But Not Beyond The Range of Respon sibility Almost every conceiveable plan has been forwardded to Army and Navy headquarters for national defense against the day when Herr Hitler may attempt to move in on America. Not the screwiest proposal is one from General Hugh Johnson who would freeze Hitler to death before he has a chance to do more than lay in a supply of heavy underwear and fur coats. The General's suggestion, crazy as it sounds, is probably no more fan tastic than the first prophecy that some day man would fly, and cruise under water in a giant steel fish. The feat General Johnson has in mind would give Canada the climate of the French Riviera and at the same time send the temperature tumbling in Europe. Johnson isn't crazy, no crazier than were Wilbur and Orville Wright. He's recognized as one of the nation's outstanding authorities on national defense. General Johnson says we might build a great dam or jetty down in the narrow passage between the Ba hamas and Florida and deflect the course of the Gulf Stream up along the shores of Canada . . . thereby putting Hitlers conquests on ice. Ever since I was a kid," "If this particular method is, by any chance, remotely available, it would never be used. Even Herr Hitler could not risk the glaciation of half a continent." The General ended by sayiffg, "As I re-read what I have written, it seems to grotesque to submit, and yet I have heard competent engineers toying with this Jules Vernes fan tasy. It certainly is not impossible. In today's frantic search for wea pons that may be used against us, I wonder what a commission of expert hydrau&ic engineers would say of this one for our defense. Maybe they would just say, 'page Orson Welles'!" plentiful and cheap and when pigs are generally scarce. But obviously everyone cannot achieve this at the same time. Drought-resistant corn would permit the farmer to plant enough for his needs and eliminate the temptation to overpflant as insur ance against poor crop conditions. Hewhd perfects such a strain de serves a monument. I' PEANUT REPORT Y. W. A. MEETS WITH MISS HELEN DAVIS The Mattie Norman White Y. W. A. of Woodville Baptist Church held its regular meeting Friday evening with Miss Helen Davis. Miss Beulah Bogue presided and the meeting was opened by singing the hymn "The1 Old Rugged Cross," after which the' Twenty-third Psalm was repeated by, all as the devotional. In the ab- sence of Miss Operzine Cook, Miss Bogue called the roll and read the I minutes of the previous meeting. A short business session was held. Instead of a program, a most in teresting letter was read from Mrs Philip White (Mattie Macon Nor man) for whom the Society was nam ed, and a letter was read by Mrs. writes1 A- Brav from Miss Grace Stribling, another missionary to China. "In the Garden" was sung and Mrs. Bray dismissed the group with prayer. The hostess served dainty sand wiches and bottled drinks. Those present were: Mrs. J. A. Bray, leader; Misses Mary Burgess Layden, Eunice Lane, Beulah Bogue, Laura Lane, Helen Davis and Mrs. W. H. Sherlock. The group wll meet again on Fri day after the third Sunday in Sep tember wjth Miss Juanita White. General Johnson, "I have been told Awater radiator system that is heQd ianroir fwiw mnn t " "j iivui uiuai, vi vur duftvru coast by a cold .wall of Arctic wa ters. It is out there just the same, from 40 to 200 miles seaward. You can actually see it and know it from the encircling warmth when you enter it. "It veers across the Atlantic Ocean and is partly responsible for the mild, warm climate of the south coast of England and also of Spain, France, Ireland and Scotland. "The Gulf Stream itself is not very great, but it carries a lot of tropical water with it at least on the surface. It goes through a nar-l Two items in the news, taken to- iuw yaavage ueiween we uanamaB i K-ner, are iuceiy to arouse a ques and Florida. Could any kind of en-1 tion in the mind of the reader. Be gineering works divert its flow?" cause of a shortage of rainfall in the The plausibility of such a scheme corn belt of .the United States, the would have to be worked out through , Department of Agriculture probably - Peanut producers and millers are greatly disturbed regarding the ex tent to which the growing crop has been damaged by recent continuous heavy rains and the high waters oi the rivers. It is reported that all rivers flowing through the Virginia North Carolina peanut belt are the highest of recent record, with thous ans of acres und.er water. While no official estimate has been made re garding the extent of the damage, early estimates made by local lead ers in the peanut industry range from 15 to 25 percent damage. The purchase of farmers' stock continues in good volume. Prices are barely steady to slightly weaker. Prevailing prices, delivery point basis, can be quoted, per lb., as fol lows: Virginians, Jumbos, best 4c, few 4 3-8c, medium 4-4 l-8c; Bunch, best 3c, few 3.85c, medium 3 -3 5-8c; shelling stock, best 3 3-8-3 5-8c. medium 3 1-8-3 c. Spanish farm ers' stock nominally 85c per 30-lb. bushel. Demand for shelled and cleaned Virginias has recently been light, with the trade buying only for im mediate needs, awaiting publication of the price schedule in the 1940 Diversion Program. The market is barely steady to slightly weaker- and prices for most grades are a trifle below last week's. es. ..Felt hats should be brushed well' and aired, but never exposed to sun-. lighChefore storing.' i When' slightly discolored . lace is stored, home economists recommend sprinkling magnesia lightly on the. lace and wrapping it in blue paper to restore the original whiteness of the! fabric. Bathing suits should be washed before storing in order to remove all dirt and salt, which serve to de cay the material. Since skirt lengths change each season, it is a good idea to take out the hems of dresses before" washing or cleaning. The washing or clean ing will help to remove the mark made in the fabric when it was turn ed up. Next season the skirt length can easiiy be adjsted and the frock will look fresh. This is especially helpful for children's clothes because they grow so fast from season to season. from the home garden. "Put out sets of the Silver Skin variety, and for green onions for next winter and spring set out the multipling variety. After thinning out plants to be used for green onions, the remaining plants will revelop into mature on ions," he says. Niswonger recommends that straw berry plants be fertilized in Eastern North Carolina in early September and in the mountain and northern piedmont area during late September or early October. "For all regious, apply eight to ten pounds of a 5-8-6 fertilized per 100 feet of row. Put one third of the fertilizer on each side of the row and the other third on top. Develop a thin matted row of plants with the plant bed 18 inch es wide, and the runner plants spaced a hoe-width apart. After the 18-inch row is filled with the spaced plants, remove all surplus runner plants around October 1 to 15," the Ex tension specialist said. "THE TABLE TALKS" NEW SERIAL STORY For adventure, thrills and romance don't miss "The Table Talks," excit ing new serial. Begins in the Sep tember 8th issue of The American Weekly the big magazine distributed with the Baltimore American On Sale at AH Newsstands 11 Corn And The Farm Problem experiment with a miniature model of the Atlantic Ocean to play with. But first somebody would have to find out why the Gulf Stream, acts like it does. "A lot of unknown quantities are in the equation," he said. "But there have been many well- informed speclautions on this possi bility," the General went on. "No- will not put to a referendum the question of a marketing quota on corn. In other words, the crop seems unlikely to exceed the normal; in deed, probably will be considerably below it. That is the first item. The second is the story of how Edward and Mildred Doubet of Illinois have received $20,000 for a few ears of a drought and insect-resistant corn, to body ever dared or wanted to go ; developing which they have devoted very far with them because, in spite of our winter and rough weather, we were getting along well enough, and it is unthinkable to meditate on turning Southern Europe kilo a La . brador by a few clever engineering works off the Florida coast. i "It may not be so unthinkable to - morrow if our interventionists are correct, Mr. Hitler may soon have converted his cradle of our civiliza- Jtion into an abomination and threat -J? en us with a similar fate. He may have seized the British Navy and enough French, British, Dutch, Dan . ' ish, Swedish, Norwegian and Belgium ' , building capacity to make it hopeless for us to compete. Since he hesi - tates at no methods of destruction, .'' however devastating, why should we? years of effort. The question that may be asked is: Why do the Department of Agricul ture, the State experiment stations, and individuals like the Doubets and Henry A. Wallace himself be fore he became Secretary of Agri culture continue to experiment with drought-resistant corn when yeai after year, barring crop failure, the United States has such a corn sur plus that the Government must take it over? The whole farm problem in a large part of the United States revolves about the matter of having enough corn to feed the hogs or having enough hogs to eat the corn. The ideal situation for the individual is to haVe a big pig crop when corn is Villi If atl I.1MI lE Iff UK 111 '? Specialist Gives Hints On Storage Of Clothing Fall is not far away, and Miss Willie N. Hunter, Extnsion clothing specialist of N. C. State College, offers her annual hints on storage of summer clothing. She prefaces her suggestions with this statement: "Grooming of clothing, that is, keep ing clothes clean, free from dust, dirt, and odors, and keeping clothing in good repair, is as important as grooming of the person." Here are Miss Hunter's hints for storage of summer clothing: All washable clothes should be thorough ly washed arjd mended before stor ing. Cottons and linens should be laundered and stored unstarched be cause starch left in the fabric foi long periods will cause deterioration All stains should be removed be cause the substance causing the stain often will injure the fabric. Make repairs before storing the clothing so that it can be used as soon as it is unpacked next spring Tissue paper will help keep the ma terial free from wrinkles. Summer hats will retain their shape until next year if they are placed on a cone-shaped stand made out of card board before putting them into box- Gardening Becomes Year-Round Project No lonirer is cardeninar considered exclusively a summer enterprise, n. R. Niswonger, horticulturist of the N. C. State College Extension Ser vice, points out that it is possible to have fresh vegetables from the home garden on a year-round basis in North Carolina. "During September and October, there are many vegetables which may be planted," Niswonger says. "These include winter spinach of the Long standing and Bloomsdale varieties, kale, Southern Giant Curled mus tard, Purple Top Globe turips, and Seven Top turnip greens. "Beets and carrots planted the first of September in Eastern Caro lina should, mature before freezing weather. Cabbage plants of the Charleston Wakefield variety usually will produce heads about Christmas time in the East if planted around September 1. This variety of cab bage will stand a lot of cola weather." The horticulturist also recommends green onions as a winter delicacy NEW FALL HATS ARE HERE "Swagger Felts Indispensables to you r wardrobe . . . dashing swag ger felts. New high crowns with scalloped or stitched brims. Black, football . shades. i L Smart Berets" JoJIi 7 srv ; t. ,.'! " ' ' BRING IN TOUR OLD TIRES TOY! IF r ' mnmr MM rUflllMI Tfl flOIVff It 1 I fit I HE BUMU tnuoon iinwik n G& THEY'RE WORTH MONEY TO US! -m.'-A lim trmmnc for rV--w . in miud your car with tht extra blowout and Vitf; itx golden opportunity jrou Ncn Watung to equip your car witn ine extra a tkid protection of looser wear ins libt liihr, ill 7v Ni-r '""iL, fmOOTH TOES HUE BANGHwUS! LET US SAFCTY-CHECX CIS TIMES TODAlfl i-' SEE OUR NEW FALL DRESSES ARRIVING ALMOST DAILY O New Styles -O New Colors ii $iisto:Hi. Stunning off-face Berets in felt ... so becoming! Black, colors. $1.00 -$1.98 -$2.75 MRS. 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