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Concerning your statement [TIME, Dec. 9] re Carnegie that she did not carry one ounce of magnetic material in her hull or aboard of her I may draw your attention to the fact that although it was possible to construct the ship out of nonmagnetic material it yet was not possible to keep all magnetic material from aboard her. All canned goods carried by the Carnegie carried a certain amount of magnetism in the cans in which they were preserved and for this reason these goods were carried in the after part of the ship while the earth inductor with which the earth's magnetic forces were measured was carried forward as far away from the stern as conditions permitted. It may interest your readers to know that the anchors carried were made of bronze and the anchor cable was very heavy Manila hawser. All stoves in galley as well as cooking utensils were of nonmagnetic material.
F. JAN SEN
Los Angeles, Cal.
Immoral Oregonian
Sirs:
In the reading room of the public library I noticed the sign, "Because someone is continually stealing TIME, it must be kept at the desk. Ask for it." There is free publicity for you. For several years I have known you are a genius but I never realized you would drive a person to such moral laxity.
ELIZABETH TOBIN
Portland, Ore.
Let Portland's TIME-stealer mend his ways, subscribe.—ED.
Wingshooting, Cont.
Sirs:
Duck Hunters attention: Issue of Dec. 2, p. 6.
"If the hunted thing is in the middle of the picture it is killed." (Correct)
In all due respect to W. R. Slaughter; very few expert field shots lead birds but the gun is aimed directly at the object in flight, firing as the barrel is moving with the bird.
Limited bags are due because the tendency is to stop the barrel when the trigger is pressed.
LANE FALK, M.D.
Eureka, Cal.
"Me & My Shadow"
Your recent comments on Cuba's President Machado have been very interesting.
There is a yarn making the rounds here on how a hilarious sailor strolled down a street in Guantanamo City singing "Me and My Shadow." He was arrested and spent a night in the Hotel De Callaboose. The police, it seems, thought he was making fun of Machado.
G.I.
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Deeper Hole
Sirs:
In TIME, Dec. 9, p. 61, under Science, you say "The deepest man-made hole in the world is in Orange County, Cal., 8,201 feet deep."
At Texon, Tex., the Group One Oil Corp., had drilled an oil well to 8,525 feet when I left that vicinity last fall. The well came in on low production but, to the amazement of oil men, volume both of gas and oil began to mount soon after, increasing markedly each 24-hour period. Oil was of such high gravity it was said to be fit for use for fuel for automobiles without refining.
BRANDON B. WOOLLEY
New Orleans, La.
Not the Kaiser
Sirs: