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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-16
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Congressman Advises Butcher Ignore Unfo Unus Ruinss Churchill and Roosevelt Expected Discuss zn dFron Fonce Allies Now Hoven More Bomber Strength Fewer Uboo U Wa chiefs Have Always Vented Strike Heart of Enemy
  called Minneapolis today Monday Mnnea AndrSe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-16
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises at 7:58 D. m. (war time). Sun rises at SOP a. m. sets at 7.50 D. m. (War time). Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-16
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Second
 Anniversary Of Atlantic Charter
BY PETER EDISON

BY PETEK EDISON
 Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
 It is just two years, almost to the day, since President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, meeting on a battleship, announced the At lantic Charter. The current Roose- welt Churchill conference is, there
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

grounds Identification contest is
Lloyd L. Harper, Jr., IS, of Spring
Hope. Lois G. Summers, of Hunt
ersville, is reserve state winner. All
Awards are provided by Mrs. Charles
R. Walgreen, Chicago horticultural
enthusiast. Among Harper's
Iandscaping achievements the boy
painted his house, built wide back
door steps, graded field on side
# house to improve vision from
highway, and set out 3 shade trees.
He also kept grass cut, weeds down
md pruned shrubs and evergreens
,ften, tore down wire fence and had
torch box filled with petunias.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
CATTLE PRICES
T0BEADJUSTED
OPA Will Adjust Them
For State And Other
Parts OF Country

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Dec. So. P. A. orders controlling
slaughter cattle prices at Chicago,
which went into effect on Decem-
Der 1, will be adjusted later for
North Carolina and other sections,
says L. I. Case, Extension Animal
Husbandman at State College.
Case said that the graduated
scale of prices, based on Chicago,
does not mean that certain grade
Of steers cannot sell above the linn
it stated but that the given range
in price must apply to average
over months period.
For example, choice cattle
prices may go above or below the
SIG to SIG price range, Chicago
basis, on some days of the month :,
Case said. Good steers. heifers,
COWS and stays are listed at $14.25
with medium animals at SIP to
S13 and the common grade at
$40 to Sill"
The purpose of the graduated
scale of prices is to encourage the
feeding of cattle up to top weights
| to produce maximum meat but to
discourage feeding to choice or
prime finish, according to Case.
He suggested that in the Food
For Freedom fight farmers should
90 ahead producing beef but should
produce it lust as economically as
possible, that, the culling OF o1-type
and poor producers is always In
order, regardless of whether cat
lie prices are high or low.
1.-THE progressive cattle man will
reduce his herd in line with his
feed supplies and give his animals
4 adequate feed, without wasting
any. Case commented.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
Let's Have Christmas Will Be
Demonstration Club Meet Topic

A discussion lesson sheet entitl-
ed Lets Have Christmas will be
used as the topic for all Deem
Der meetings of home demonstra-
ton clubs this month instead of
the regular demonstrations. The
IA clubs are using this in connec-
ton with their annual Christmas
party which varies with the diff
ferent clubs.
Miss Ann Mason, home demon
stration agent, will act as leader
at the various club meetings with
this as her TOPIC. Miss Mason
briefly reviewed the five-point plan
of this lesson on her Friday morn
ing broadcast. Following are a
few of the outstanding points of
this war time Christmas plan.
Many ask how we can have a
Merry Christmas" with so much
anxiety and fear, but we need the
Christmas spirit more than ever,
Miss Mason reminded her mem
bers. We should be glad we are in
America and help others to for
get the suffering and rejoice for our
blessings.
Evergreens, red berries, and
pine cones will help give your
home a festive appearance and cost
no money The cherry Christmas
tree should {. be the center of de-
corarions and can be made CHEEKY
with strands of popcorn, balls of
red, blue and green, paper angels,
balls from gourd, and colorful
packa ges. In the top of the tree
put big white star and call it
he Star of Bethlehem-and give
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
Seed Demonstrations
Placed With Growers
In 2 Close Counties

COLLEGE STATION, Raleigh,
Dec. Shine Observation-Disclosures
demonstrations, using yellow cup
rocide and spergon, have been
placed with commercial growers
of lettuce in Fender and New
Hanover counties, reports Howard
r. Garriss, Extension plant path
o)ogist at State College.
These field demonstrations are
based on the work Of Don Ellis of
the North Carolina Experiment
Station, who has repeatedly shown
that the treatment of lettuce seed
will prevent feed decay and the
dying Of very young seedlings be-
fore the emerge from the ground,
resulting in large increases in
stands.
Garriss particularly points out
that the seed treatment does not
control the 'damping OFF, of seed
lings after they emerge from the
ground.
"These successful seed treat
ments should mean a substantial
saving to lettuce growers, particul-
arly in the cost of seed, since it is
a general practice to plant 2 to 8
times the recommended rate of
seeds to insure good stands of let
tuce' GarrisS saws.
In the demonstration both yellow
cuprocide and spergon will be u.s.
ed in treating the seed, and por-
tlons OF the seed beds will be
planted with untreated seed so
that fair comparison can be made
OF the results obtained from seed
treatment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
FARM MACHINER1
PUBLICITY IS n
Unduly Optimistic p;etn.
Assailed By Farm ''
Equipment Groun

Representatives of 27 stat,
regional units affiliated wis, q
National Retail Far Equipmen. i, !,
soclatlon went on record a, ~ y
National Food Producing Fo. .
ment conference held in cb. wy
last week as being opposed ~ w. y
Unnecessary and unduly optini, =.
publicity being given out Nv 81, 81
government agencies on tbo =, l'
iir IL, !y situation for the ,',a
ing year. Quite recently new. w. d.
leases covering the new ratia S
regulations have indicated avg ~.
many items of farm COM TG Ia:
VIII be available in gre estg.a'''
creased quantities in S- tbo -. !.
near future. ''e Veq
Although there is an inns.
allotment in farm macbiner ,''''''
shortage OF raw material VIII; i, y A
lay their manufacture Some a. U
Dealers are urged BY Npr,,
President Carl A. NordJnn ,I !,
Auburn, Nebraska, to immed i'a :
contact their farmer custo las.
and determine the quantiti t,'a !.
repair p; parts needed in 1914 |' y"
The farmer will get some =,
dltional machinery. bnt ''' ss.' az.
not count on it too much AZ ,s' ,ss
army needs the crank shafts o "s
burators, and other essential n. oa'
The representatives Of the p. Az
lated associations stress that a a,,'
sent machinery be repaired s sni
reconditioned so that there - , "aa
be no deficiency in 1914 food r nr,
duction. ''''
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
CROP REPORTS
ARE BIG SECRET
No One Allowed To Enter
While Yearly Forecast
Being Prepared
BY THOMPSON GREENWOOD,
EDITOR


N. C. Department of Agriculture
RALEIGH. Dec. 5-R-The well
armed guard was stubborn, but
pleasant-"you will not be allowed
to enter without special pass, and
is required to gain
entrance. Once inside-why, even
the President himself could not
get out until the official crop re-
port being worked on is released. "
Frank Parker. chief of the statis-
tics division of the state depart
ment of agriculture and member
of the United States Department
of Agriculture federal crop report
ing board in Washington for the
past % years, had served inside the
rooms on hundreds of crop re-
ports, but last week was the first
time he had ever observed the op-
erations just outside the entrance
to the crop reporting headquarters.
For several minutes the we'll
dressed business man pleaded with
the guard-Whose name approprl-
ately enough is Land-to be allow
ed to speak to a member of the
crop reporting board. The obsti-
nate guard finally broke down:
Listen, Mister he began {.
All doors and windows are kept
locked while the monthly crop re-
port is being drawn up-au phones
and other means of communica-
ton with the outside world are cut
off while the estimates from 48
states are being studied and COM
piled.
No one is allowed to leave the
reporting headquarters on the day
Of the final figures On crop pros
poets are made-unless he is SER
iously ill-and then the patient is
accompanied by a guard.
Spectators would give thous-
ards of dollars to obtain prospec-
tive yield figures on cotton, tobac-
co, corn, and wheat before others
in the trade received the informa
ticn. II the farmer did not have
these data, he would in all prob
ability-the man who grows the
stuff and owns it-would in all
likelihood have least control over
the price being paid for it.
The monthly crop report is re-
leased to the four corners of the
world simultaneously the wire
services-on the radio-via tele-
phone and telegram, by daily and
weekly newspapers and by people
throughout the land. 1t spreads like
wiidfire. And the crossroads farmer
knows as much about crop pros
poets in his own state and in the
nation as does the smooth specu-
lator. Since the producer has first
possession of the farm products,
he has first say so in what he shall
receive. for them.
And so that's the way it is,
Mister.
Frank Parker found that Dan w.
Land, the hard-boiled guard, fully
appreciates the farmers viewpoint
in the matter, for Land is from
Missouri-was a farmer there until
February, 1887. when he began
guarding facts for the farmers at
the crop reporting bureau doors
in Washington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

gether are nice and well received.
You will be amazed at the clever
results that can be workd out with
a few sheets of construction paper
and Christmas seals.
Christmas should be a communi-
ty affair as well as a family af-
fair. If your family cannot be to-
gether, share Christmas with your
neighbors and help to spread the
Christmas spirit. Everyone needs
companionship this year; see that
no one is neglected. A neighbor-
mood party, community carol sing,
or pageant telling the Christmas
story, will help to bring a new and
deeper meaning to all.
Keep Christmas SIMPLE" Miss
Mason suggests, ''but keep it we
must"
Carolina Beach club held their
Christmas party and discussion
Thursday morning with noon
victory luncheon.
SOuth wilmington Will nave tnelI
meeting Monday afternoon, Dec. 6
Other clubs and dates are: Mason.
boro. Dec. Z; Kure's Beach, Dec
g; Castle Hayne, Dec. 8; Winter
Park, Dec. 10; Wrightsboro, (din
ner for their husbands Friday
night; Dec. 10; Middle Sound, Dec.
10; East Wilmington, (annual par
~ for husbands in the evening"
Dec. 16; Audubon, (annual hus'
bands party in the evening", Dec.
20: Myrtle Grove, morning of Dec.
16; and Gordon Road, Dec. 81.
Murrysville will sponsor com
munity Christmas party at 500
p. m. December II.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
County 4-H Clubs
Schedule Announced

A leaflet entitled Living With
Your Family is the topic of dis
cussion for all All clubs of New
Hanover county this month. This
topic is divided into four parts;
namely, You Are You, Your Fami-
ly, Giving to Your Family, Shar-
ing with Your Family, and Learn
How at Home.
Members of the club will dis
c"ss these various topics and ways
in which they may better their
homes by them.
The All meetings and their sche-
.dule for December are: Winter
Park and Wrightsboro. December
1; Myrtle Grove, senior club,
(evening meeting), Dec. 9; Myr-
tie Grove, junior club, Dec. 2, with
their leader, Katherine Piner, Myr-
tie Grove, junior club. Dec. 8,
with their leader. Orville Robin
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

thanks for its good to the world.
Gifts are means of showing
the people we love that we appre-
eiate them; therefore. we should
not omit gifts this year regardless
of how small or inexpensive be-
cause it is the thought and not the
gift that counts. Give useful gifts
such as butter, choice sweet pota-
toes, or rolls OF sausage if you
live in the country. Bonds and
stamps are excellent gifts.
Christmas is not time for bart
CT of gifts. We should rot exchange
gifts, but show Cur love.
Christmas dinner should be a
family affair and not too elabor-
ate. II each member of the family
helped some way it would be more
Of family affair and not so much
work for the mother. One may set
the table, another decorate the
room, another fix bowls of fruit
and flowers. Small flavors to
mark each place at the table
could be made from red birthday
candies stuck in a marshmalow,
gum drops, or Christmas trees or
bells cut from stiff colored paper.
A few quiet dinner games will help
make the dinner a merry occa-
sion.
This year make your Christmas
dinner one to remember and
above all things remember it is
CHRISTMAS day and we should
start our meal with thanks.
If it is too far to drop in on
friends Christmas Day, write them
a Christmas note. Christmas cards
which the family have made to-
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
CALCUTTA is BOMBED

CALCUTTA. India. Dec. 5-g-
japanese planes, maxim g their
first daylight raid on Calcutta
scattered bombs in the area TO.
day, causing few fires Which
were quickly extinguished and
causing some casualties.
The raiders flew 50 high they
could be seen only for brief
glimpses. There have been sere,
previous raids on Calcutta. bg
all were at night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
COTTON FUTURES
FLUCTUATED MUCH
Closing Quotations Were
15c Per Bale Higher
And Also Lower

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5R-
Cotton futures were irregular here
during the past week with price.
fluctuating over a fairly wide
range. Closing quotations satur
day were is a bale above to IL
a bale below the close of the prev.
1ous week.
trading was active and the mar.
ket was easily moved up or down
as the news favored one side or
the other.
There was much selling on the
circulation Of small December no.
tees and when traders attempted
to discount peace rumors, but
there was an equal amount of
buying when the rumors turned
out to be phony.
Prices were forced to new lows
Tor the season early in the week
but when March sold down to
1901 cents a pound and July to
1857 new buying commenced and
vt increased when the market
acted as if it were sold out.
For a while there was selling
from second hand spot holders
who had neglected to hedge their
cotton on the theory they had
sufficient protection in the shape
of the government loan. This be-
lated hedging came at time
when the market was least able
to take it.
A buying wave resulted from
Secretary of State Cordell Hull S
warning to the country that all
the peace talk was coming from
German propagandists and that
its sole objective was to slow
down the country's war effort by
making people overconfident. The
effect of this warning was height
ened by the savage counterattacks
which the Germans loosened on
the Russian front around the mid
die of the week.
There was increased interest. In
bureau day, which will be Wednes-
day when the government will is
sue its annual crop estimate. This
report assumes to really count
the crop and will not merely be
an indicated crop affair. During
the period there were two crop
estimates, one for 1925, 900 bales
and another for 11,415,00O. The
government guess on November
l was II Az, 1000.
Commodity Credit Corporation
announced that loans on 1943 cot
ton through November q amount
ed to 1,941, GOT bales against 1,O71,-
1896 last year, indicating that 247,-
2o0 bales went into the loan dur
ing the week against 1902 the
preceding week.
Spot sales continued small am.
ounting to $4,000 bales against co.
1874 last year.
The range of future prices for
the week follow:
Dec ...... 1915 1903 10. 35b193. 6b
Jan ....... :. =. :. '. 10. 32b19. 32b
Mich ...... 1915 1901 1882 1888
May ...... 1926 1875 1911 1914
T1v 10 no 10 S7 10 90 10 "a
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
Bombers Pound Rhodes

CAIRO, Dec. 5-RAMiddle-E ast
based bombers pounded Rhodes
harbor last night, and fighters
sweeping over German-occupied
Cos in the Dodecanese yesterday
destroyed two enemy planes and
set launch afire, it was announc-
ed today.
During the last week, fighters
and bonbers struck at coastal YES
sells heading for German-held Ae-
gean islands, probably sinking at
least three, the communicate add
ed. One Allied plane was lost in
all operations. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

in 1943 to be less than similar
wages were in 1912.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06
NO BETTER PRICES

hALElGH, Dec. 5.-Hugh Mar
TN, marketing specialist with the
State Department of Agriculture,
declared yesterday that producers
OF pecans this year will receive no
better prices for the paper shell
pecans-the Schyls-than for the
regular hard shell varieties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

son; Masonboro. Junior club. d.
10, with Doris Fales as leader
and the county Christnas party
Dec 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

The U. S. has 461, 900, 900 acres
OF replenisning commercial for
ests.
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-12-06

by the state club Office as North
Cardinals winner in the 1913 ma
tional All meat animal contest. As
a reward, the boy receives 17-jewel
gold watch from Thomas E. Wilson,
Chicago. :. The youths outstand-
ing record of growing and fattening
farm animals according to wartime
demands was achieved in four years
of club work, during which he han
died 10 steers and acres of crops.
The boy won $71.54 in cash prizes
on his livestock exhibits, which
brought his total income from all
projects to $z,180.64.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
RESOLUTION IS APPROVED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-(AP) The senate voted overwhelm- ing approval of the Connally postwar resolution favoring the establishment of general inter national organization of power to prevent aggression, and to pre- serve peace in the world.
 The vote was 85 to 5, and beat ing down a series of amendments the Senate passed the double barrelled resolution incorporat- ing a portion of the Moscow four power agreement in the historical action which marked a new high tide in sentiment of international cooperation.
 The passage came after 10 days of debates.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
A.J.LANDSTROM ]. DIED RECENTLY

Andrew J. Landstron, 72, long
 inc resident of Alaska and re- tired Alaska Railroad enploye. 6ed at BIS o'clock last night ia local hospital after sn illness tf two days.
 A native of Sweden, Mir. Landstrom came to Alaska in the gold rush days and staked claims at Nome. He had mined there 1r IA years when he met and married Elizabeth Johnston They made their home in Nome rptil 1917 when they came to Anchorage. =. j Mir. Johnson was employed in the automobile repair business here until 1921 when he went to work for the Alaska Railroad. He was employed there as me chanic and in 1886 retired to take over the management of the Landstron apartments on Third
 venue.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
FEDERATED CHURCH

Sunday
 N:45-11:45 a. m Sunday school. Adult Bible Class.
 7:45-1:45 p. m. Worship Ser vice. Choir-prayer-sermofl.
 500 1000 D. m. Social Hour and refreshments.
 Tuesday - 7;30-8:3o. D. m. Fellowship Prayer Hour.
 Thursday
 .7:30-e:00 D. m. Choir rehearsal.
 S:O0-1o:oo p. m. Hobby clubs, share your hobby with others.
 Everyday
 The social room is open to any group or individual who wishes to use 1t at any time. 'Ping-pone table, piano, reading table, and other equipment x there for you Az .s:. 4At all times@the pastor of the church is always ready and willing to help you in any way. Feel free to call on him at any
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
WEEKLY SERMONETTE
CHRIST CONQUERED DEATH
By E. A. Annabel, s. ).

isn't II strange how people lear deatny No matter now strong a man may be, no matter how cour- ageous, the thought ot oeath IS not pleasant. Most o1 us flno It so unpleasant we just retuse to think about II al all, though we know so well that tor every one ot us II Is the one certain thing in our lives.
 Certainly, for B years Christ tried to teach us that death IS but the beglnnlng ot something far better than anything we have ever known. >,Hls whole lie was spent in telling us that tfls world and everything lt contains are merely temporary possessions with which we are to learn the use of the eternal things He has for us. It is just as a get ot model carpenter tools gwen g youngster in order that he may learn to use the real ones, z
 And, though we all know the promises of Christ about an eter- nity of happiness, yet somehow or other, we shy away from the thoughts about that eternity which we must enter through an unpleasant door called death.
 Our lives have seen a constant procession of Acorpses, these o, our acqusintapces,. our ,.. friends our relatives, yet Ne, resolute1y put aside the thought that some day we are tol be the chief objec. of interest at funeral.
 I wonder if our avoidance of the thought of our death isn't an unwilling admission that just perhaps our lives haven't been of the kind that will meet with the approval of Christ, when we meet Him who alone conquered death.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
SCORE .OF@HIT]S IN RECENT BOMB RAIDS

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 5.-(AP) ) Swiss dispatches gave these f gures of Allied bombings in Germany: ? There are now eight million bomb victims homeless in Ger many.
 152,000. persons were, killed in he Hamburg bombings, 42,00O c ed in the attacks on Kassel.
 5000 were killed and l2,0oO rnade homeless in the RAF attack "Wednesday night on Duessel- dorf.
 How the figures were obtain ed was not explained in dis patches from the, Swedish pa pers.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05

The Nugget, $1.50 per month
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
PAGE THREE

MT. Landstrom was 8 member
 [ the Pioneer Lodge while liv- g n Nome and belonged to the Elks lodge in this city for 22 years.
 Besides h.s widow, he is sur Tlved by two daughters, Jean, who is attending school in Se- a.tle, Evelyn of Anchorage, and one son, Frank, who is stationed T Alaska in the army and will return here soon.
 Remains are in the Anchorage Funeral Parlors pending funeral arrangements.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
vICTOR-.vANCE-vICTORY

Two Native families near
 Gethel have gone in for Vic
 tory" in a big way, the brothers Victor and Vance Samuel hav- ing thirteen children between them. The six children in Vic tors family are Virl, Vina, Va die, Viola, Virgil and Virlen; the seven in Vance's fanihl Van, Vera, Vandel, Varnel, Vernon Vester and Violet.-(Alaska Weekly).
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05

sl;d American troops were fight ing in the, outskirts of Venafro.
 The Fifth Army followed up the Eighth armys capture of Els neria, the other highway hub in the demolished line, by smash ing through German positions to reach the vicinity of Garigliano yer, 80 miles south of Rome.
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
COLEMANS AT
 HARPER. WASH.

MT. and Mrs. G. r. Coleman, who lived for many years in the Nome area, now own the store and postoffice at Harper, Wash ington about 16 miles out from Bremerton. Their home is . veritable museum Of Alaska sou venirs and they gladly welcome anyone from the North for visi concerning the golden days which are so precious to all who are fortunate enough to have en. joyed it's charm.-( Alaska Weekly).ws
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
HENRY JOSEPH
 LALLEY

ACCOUNTING, INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL SECURITY
 Inquire At Nugget Office
The Nome nugget., 1943-11-05
CHURCHES
I.AvTN1A WALLACE YOUNG

AANINlA WALLACE YOUNG
 Mission
 Minister and Director-C. ". spt Erickson
 Sunday, October 31.
 f1:W a. .m.-Church school. = 11:OO q. m. Junior church. 6:30 D .m-Youth meeting Slides will be shown. 700 D. m. Evening Worship. Monday, 800 p. m. Mems Club at Kahzim.
 Tuesday, 800 p. m.-Youth Eel lowship Group at Kahzin. Wednesday, 500 p. m.-Re1ig- ious Council.
 Thursday, 7:15 p. m Prayer service.
 Thursday, 8:3o D. m. Choir re- hearsal.
 Receiving from God brings the privilege of sharing with others!"