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'Gather round y masters of the
Christmas dinner table. Uncle Sam
will teach, you a lesson: .-,
- The government has issued an of
ficial bulletin on the 'proper tech
nique for carving the Christmas tur
key, ; '
The bulletin' rules on such impor
tant problems as whether the fa
ther should' stand or sit while do
ing the honors and the position of the
turkey on the platter. All you have
to do is read this," and carving the
festive bird will be a lead-pipe cinch.
"The turkey rides on the platter
back down," ' says the bureau of
home economics. ."The first prob-
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lem is father's: Should he stand or
it while carving?"
There are two schools of thought
on this subject, and the government
grants father his constitutional
rights to do as he pleases. But it
is suggested, after deliberation, that
a short person had best stand and a
tall person should sit for the most
effective work. Are you short or
tall?
The next problem, says the bulle
tin, is the point of attack. It is
here that many a head of a house,
the bureau believes, has lost the
Christmas spirit through ignorance
or awkwardness or just plain stub
bornness. Only a few simple rules need be
followed. The most important, of
course, is to keep the bird on the
platter, because it's rather difficult
to work on the floor. Also, the bu-
reau estimates, a bird on the plat
ter is worth, two on the tablecloth.
', 'First," tHe bureau satd .""remove
the leg from the body by grasping
it in your left hand (but wfyat if
you're left handed?) and cutting
straight down to the hip joint. Re
move the wings and the other leg.
"Then place the fork squarely
across the breastbone toward the
end of the keel, to anchor the bird
while you carve the breast in slices;
using a slightly sawing motion."
If you don't like the shape of your
turkey, or the distribution of dark
and white meat, well why not have
your wife carve in the first place?
Christmas Hymns
Ring From Depths
Of Michigan Mine
ISHPEMING, MICH. "Silent
Night, Holy Night" drifts mysteri
ously up the pitch-black Morris mine
shafts here. Down below, 1,500 feet
underground, 200 grimy-faced work
men pause let the world's most
uniqu Christmas party, an annual
event held at the Inland Steel com
pany's iron mint here.
Finn and Austrian, Swede and
Englishman, Italian and Irishman,
these helmtted giants of the earth
join- lustily in Christmas hymns as
elevators carry them to $a ,500-
' Genial Jim Fowler, 1 garbed at
Santa Claus, give Elmer Wear a,
one of the miner, a. folding'rvle
at remembrance yo : six-inch
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loofc level where their party is held.
"Genial Jim" Fowler , 225-pound
4imher boss, strides forth in a Santa
Glaus (ostume and takes his place
at the brightly Jighted tree, i Like
children, around a tree at home, the
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miners stand eager ana expectant,
. ''' Gifts p'e rib-tickling reminders of
V errors t-ring the year.' Last year,
" Jot example, the mine carpenter was
p ' 'l givn a rule inspired by a six-inch
. eriyf raa fw mutoths earlier, , Y
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ABOUT THIS COLUMN
CONSIDERING' AIRPLANES
OME MISUNDERSTANDING
DEFENSE-MINDED
In preparing a column of this type,
for publication in hundreds ol news
papers throughout the United States,
the writer seeks always to present
an accurate report as to facts, a true
picture of the- current scene, and,
when discussing probabilities, to base
conclusions upon an intelligent analy
sis of available information.
It is not always possible to have
complete knowledge of existing facts,
but this does not justify the substi
tution of imagination for an effort
to determine the facts. It is equally
difficult to comprehend the changing
trends and variable factors at any
given time, but this does not warrant
an estimate of a situation based upon
prejudice or partisanship. Nor should
predictions as to what is likely to oc
cur be used as propaganda to pro
mote such developments, although
the writer can give an honest opin
ion based upon a careful study of in
formation available.
We make this introduction in or
der to discuss the recent decision of
private aircraft interests to turn
over to the National Defense Advis
ory Commission an undisclosed num
ber of new airplane engines ?.hich
newspaper" writers assert will mean a
greatly expedited delivery of com-fall
bat planes for both the Army
and Navy, as well as Great Britain."
A Government official explains that a
spirit of cooperation was manifested
by scheduled airlines which agreed to
give up some new engines, recently
delivered to them, and to release
during 1941, approximately $7,500,-
000 worth of equipment which the
airlines had planned to use in ex
panding their services.
The point in this story is that
when the Government, in the latter
rait of November, indicated an un
willingness to permit commercial air
lines to expand at the expense of
the national defense program, cer
tain spokesmen of the airplane in
dustry immediately denied that the
production of commercial transport
planes would interfere with the de
fense program and some even as
serted that to cease work would
"hinder rather than help the 'speed
of production" of warplanes for the
United States and Great Britain.
They talked about the disorganiza-
1 io'i of their plants but insisted that
the cancellation of commercial trans
ports would be an Outright economic
waste without speeding delivery dates
for airplanes under construction for
military purposes.
At the time, we found it somewhat
difficult to reconcile the statements of
aircraft leaders with the unwilling
ness of Government officials to per
mit the expansion of commercial air
lines. Consequently, we were much
interested in the announcement that
a number of engines, already manu
factured for commercial airlines,
would be turned over to the Govern
ment and that this delivery would
enable the United States to increase
materially its warplane aid to Great
Britain in a short time. Moreover,
the relinquishment of $7,500,000
worth of airplane equipment, the
great bulk of which is airplane en
gines, will furnish many hundreds of
airplanes engines, whose limited pro
duction is probably the greatest ob
stacle to an increase in the produc
tion of fighting planes.
In this connection, it should be re
membered that when the United
States agreed to deliver some "flying
fortress" type of planes to Great
Britain,-the British released to this
country enough engines to supply a
number of large planes which' had
been completed but were not being
used because no engines were avail
able. Apparently, there is a short
age of engines and, consequently, the
commercial airlines, by surrendering
engines on hand, were able to speed
up the delivery of warplanes and,
by relinquishing claims on orders for
1941, make available additional
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planes next year at an earlier date.
The incident, we 'think, ilrastrates
the difficulty of understanding some
or the things that happen in the
modern world. One does not have to,
and should hot, - conclude ,.that the
spokesmen of the aircraft industry
were intentionally . misleading. ' The
chances are that they were referring
particularly to the construction of
aircraft bodies without ' taking into
consideration the shortage: of en
gines. Some of them, however, de
nied that, engines for commercial use
would be suitable for military work,
or that the cessation of commercial
expansion would expedite the deliv
ery of military-type planes.
Public Works expenditures, accord
ing to President Roosevelt, will be
cut to the bone in the next budget,
except those directly connected with
the defense program. Belief that
next Spring should see a great num
ber of unemployed at work under the
defense program, the Chief Executive
pointed out that the large expendi
tures necessary for this
purpose j
makes it necessary for the Govern
ment to economize somewhere.
Mr. Roosevelt says he is establish
ing a strict rule that' will shelve
many types of programs hitherto
financed by the Federal budget in
cluding river and harbor improve
ments, highway construction, public
land acquisition, additions to nation'
forests and projects of a similar
nature. Of course, projects under
way will be completed and the Gov
ernment will carry out its contract
ed obligations. Relief expenditures
will be cut in proportion to the em
ployment provided by the . defense
work.
Extension of ?10Q,000,000 credit to
the Chiang Kai-shek Government of
China by the United States was an
nounced, significantly, on the day
that Japan made its "Peace Pact"
with the puppet Chinese Government
established by Japanese bayonets at
Nanking. FThe timing of the loan is
important, demonstrating the inten
tion of this Government to support
the Chungking Government"- in its
continued resistance to Japanese ag
gression. Readers can recall that when
Tokyo announced the adherence of
Japan to the Rome-Berlin Axis, pro
claiming a treaty plainly designed to
overawe the United States, if possi
ble, this country answered the im
plied threat by promptly notifying its
nationals to get out of the Far East.
Tliis step was a surprising revela
tion to the Japanese but we doubt if
it had any more effect than the loan
recently arranged for China.
There is every indication that the
Government is keeping itself closejy
informed as to the actual needs of
Great Britain, with the view of sup
plying them as promptly as possible.
Undoubtedly, the study is being made
by Government officials and includes
a thorough review of the financial
resources available to the British
Empire. Also under discussion is the
release of merchant tonnage to off
set losses from German submarine
activities. Whether the transfer of
additional over-age destroyers is be
ing considered is uncertain and im
mediate attention will probably be
given to the shipping situation be
cause the U. S. Maritime Commis
sion has more than sixty vessels laid
up which would be available for al
most immediate use if arrangements
are made to transfer them to Great
Britain.
The President last' week boarded
the cruiser Tuscaloosa for a two
weeks' cruise, during whieh he will
observe fleet exercises and probably
visit one or, more of the island (bases
recently acquired from the Bntfsft.
Before leaving, Mr. Roosevelt poitot
ej out that by the use of planeir, he
could . return to Washington ' at any
time for an emergency. fThe cruiser
carried two single-motored Curtlss
patrol planes which could be used,
but, in ease of necessity, huge naval
patrol planes could reach the Presi
dent, wherever he is, without much
difficulty. f
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N. t5.r FRIDAY, DECEMBER IS, '1940
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Future Fsrmrs Fete
v Seventy members! of the-Perquim-"
ans. Chapter of Future- .Farmers of
America held their annual Father
Son, banquet at the high school on
Thursday evening of last week, y
' Among the guests for the occasion
were E. N. Meekins of Raleigh, dis
trict agriculture supervisor, the Per
quimans board of county commission
ers, members of-the. board of educa
tion, Superintendent ' F. T. Johnson,
W. C. Chappell, of Belvidere, and
visiting agriculture teachers, I. C.
Yagel of Moyock, M. J. Chappell of
Poplar Branch, S. L. Lowery of Cen
tral, C. O, Myers of Chowan and J.
L. Tunnell of Weeksville.
The opening ceremony was handled
by officers of the local chapter,, Edr
ward Jordan, president; Thomas Rog-
erson, vice president; mil ton joroan
secretary; Robert L. Stevenson, treas
urer; Edward Wilder, reporter, and
G. C. Buck, advisor.
Daryl Hurdle extended a welcome,
with the resnonse beinsr made by W.
E. Dail, of the board of education.
pose of the organization of Future
Farmers of America and Thomas
Lamb spoke on its development. Nor
man Godfrey told of the present
National and State scope of the F.
F. A., and the meaning and signifi
cance of the F. F. A. emblem was
given by Gordon Winslow.
An amusing rope stunt was staged
by Henry Miller and Wayland Whita.
The F. F. A. motto was given by
Elmer Lassiter. Edward Miller ex
plained the operation of the organiza
tion; Adrian Smith told how many
grades or degrees of membership
there fwere, and Quincy Riddick out
lined the activities of the chapter.
The final stunt was by Matt Spiv
ey, Joe Nowell, Thomas Fleetwood
and Morris Griffin.
Music for the occasion was by
Doris Miller and Olive Layden, piano
and comet, and the Perquimans
Rounders string band.
"Have you had any experience as'
a chauffeur?"
"Well, I can show you the re
ceipts for the fines I've paid."
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' The joy and singing how associat
ed with Christmas was ' once for
bidden, by ultra-pious churchmen of
Puritan'' ' England. Their disciples
who founded New England carried
the same repressions for many gen-'
erations.
In the middle ages Christmas be
came the greatest of festivals, cele
brated with fetes, nativity plays and
general jollity. Many of our rollick
ing carols date back te this gay pe
riod of yule rejoicing. - ' ,
Such pomp and merriment
marked the Christmas of Shake
speare's England,1 when a 12-day-festive
period wa? observed.-; Work
was abandoned and young and old
gave themselves over to' merry
making. The Puritans frowned upon the
pleasures of the season, however,
so hi 1644 Parliament prohibited any
festivities and orderrd the day kept
as a fast.
BLAST KILLS RARE FISH
Newark, N. J. Wlliam Forshaw,
36-jrear-oId proprietor of the Vails
burgh Aquarium, was slightly injured
when the gas stove on which he was
heating water in the basement of his
store, exploded. His greatest loss,
however, from the explosion was that
of 6,000 fish, many of them of fare
tropical species, which were destroy
ed by the blast.
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