January Floods Reveal
Strength of Red Cross
Aid Given 1,062,000 Persons
Through Set-Up
by Agency
The elasticity1 and scope of Red Cross
disaster work is shown in a recent re
port on Red Cross relief measures dur
ing the unparalleled Ohio-Mississippi
Valley flood of this year.
At the height of the emergency Red
Cross relief offices were established in
182 inundated counties and in 146 coun
ties where refugees were cared for, the
report stated. Eight regional head
quarters offices controlled the 32S coun
ty offices, and were in turn supervised
by the National Red Cross in Washing
ton, D. C.
A statistical summary of persons
aided by the organization indicates
that the floods constituted the greatest
peace-time emergency ever faced by
the nation. The Red Cross gave some
form of assistance to 1,062,000 men, wo
men and children. From January to
August hundreds of trained workers
helped by thousands of volunteers ad
ministered to the sufferers.
A Red Ctoss rescue fleet of 5400
boats was organised, according to the
report. Emergency hospitals estab
lished totaled 300 and 3600 nurses were
assigned to flood duty. In more than
1,000 refugee centers the victims of
the flood were sheltered, clothed and
fed. Through the Red Cross medical
health program and the work of public
health agencies sickness was kept te
normal for the time of year In all
inundated areas.
Because of its disaster experience
the Red Cross was directed by the
President of the United States, who is
also president of the Red Cross, to co
ordinate the effort of all federal flood
relief groups. Government and Red
Cross officials met daily at the Red
Cross headquarters building in Wash
ington to plan relief measures and pre
vent duplication of effort.
"We were fortunate in having 56
years of disaster relief experience to
call upon in meeting the emergency,"
Admiral Gary T. Grayson, chairman of
the Red Cress, said. ,
It was found that 97,000 families
composed of 436,000 persons had to J
have their resources supplemented or
an entirely new start provided by th#,
Red Cross, the report stated. Red Cross
emergency and rehabilitation assist
ance was as follows: -rescue, trans-}
portation and shelter for 62,000 fam-t
ilies; food, clothing and other mainte
nance for 193,000 families; building and .
repair for 27,000 families; household
goods for 90,000 families; medical,
nursing and sanitation help for 15,000
families; agricultural rehabilitation for
10,000 families; other occupational aid
for 3,000 families and other types of (
relief for 4,000 families.
"Credit for this largest peace-time ?
relief operation in the history of the!
nation must go to the American people !
who contributed a Red Cross relief
fund of more than 825,000,000," Admiral
Grayson said.
During the year the Red Cross gave
aid to the victims of 105 other dis
asters in 36 states, Alaska and the
District of Columbia. The Red Cro3?
financed the majority of these relief
operations from money contributed
through memberships during the an
nual Roll Call last November, since it is
only in case of large scale disasters
that a national drive for relief funds is
made.
This year the Roll Call is from No
vember 11th to the 25th. The Red Cross
seeks a greater membership to meet
Its disaster relief and other service
obligations during 1938.
Last year Red Cross Chapters gave
vital help to 120,000 needy families.
Red Cross Replaces Farm
Family Losses
The Red Cross gave agricultural
rehabilitation to 10,116 farm fam
1 ilies following the severe eastern ;
floods of last winter. Types of aid
included feed, seed, livestock, farm
tools and machinery and other items
essential to agricultural productiv
ity. More than $599,000 was ex
pended by the organization to meet
these requirements.
In addition to occupational as
sistance, rural families hard hit by
the flood waters were rescued,
clothed, fed and sheltered by the
Red Cross. Where It was necessary
the Red Cross repaired and re
built out-buildings, barns and other
structures. Medical and nursing
care were provided and homes re
furnished.
Red Cross agricultural rehabilita
tion benefited nearly three times as
many families as received all other
types of Red Cross occupational re
habilitation combined.
Labor's advocacy of the Red Cross
program is attested by recent state
ments from William Green, president
of the American Federation of Labor
and John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
"Red Cross aims and purposes are
highly commendable and deserving of
ths support of all classes of people,"
said Mr. Green.
"The activities and service of the
American Red Cross satisfy a great
need of the people, and I strongly urge
that it receive the unqualified support
of aS during its annual Roll Call for
members," Mr. Lewis said.
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barn in which to store his hay Jaco
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foreign policy would be pure guess
work and emphasized that he him
self did not know what it might be.
However, various organizations "for
peace" are insisting that the Neutral
ity Act be enforced and some Con
gressional criticism even goes so far
as to suggest that the President ;<
should be impeached for his failure to
apply the act to the "war" in China.
Senator Key Pittman, of Nevada,
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Re
lations Committee, who put through
the Senate a mandatory bill that was
far more rigid in its limitations on
these exercises of Presidential dis
creation than the composure measure
finally passed, does not think it ad
visable for the President to cooperate
with foreign governments to enforce
peace but agrees that, when such ac
tion is taken under a treaty to which
the United States is a party the
Neutrality act is not a hindrance.
Two weeks ago in this column we
reported that President Roosevelt was
undoubtedly determine to balance the
budget during the next fiscal year,
I which begins July 1st. The convic
j tion of those in a position to know
is that henceforth practically every
legislative proposal is to be judged
! so far as the President is concerned,
by its effect upon the budget. The
Chief Executive is against new taxes
and knows that continued and pro
longed expenditures above income
cannot be. This view is reflected in
' speeches of administrative aides and
' should have a reassuring effect upon
business, industrial and financial
j leaders.
i Meanwhile the budget statement for
j the current fiscal year, released last
! week, reveal a probable deficit of (
?695.000,000, not including $200,000,
000 to be used in debt retirement ser
vice. This is $277,000,000 more than
predicted in the April estimate and ,
; $732,00,000 above January figures.
Compared to last year's deficit ? of
$2,811^18,000 and the $4,763,841,000
of the year before the estimate is ,
not discouraging. However, the Pres
dent points out that unforseen costs
of $600,000,000 would have caused a 1
much higher deficit except for $208,
000,000 in "administrative savings"
and $115,000,000 in savings in the ,
Old Age Reserve Account.
The statement showed that Con- i
gress appropriated $214,000,000 more :
than the budget estimate, including
the New Railroad Retirement Act
$40,000,000 to continue reduced land
bank loans, $36,000,000 for refunds 1
of Social Security Taxes and $25,000
000, to extend PWA for two years, i
Other unexpected items include $130,- ;
000,000 to Commodity Credit Corpor
ation for cotton and other loans and
a drop of $256,000,000 in expected :
revenues.
Tax receipts which were estimated :
at $7,293,000,000 have been reduced
to an expected $6,650,000,000, which
will be about $1,300,000,000 more than
in the preceding year. Expenditures
will be $656,000,000 less than the
$7,550,000,000 of the last year, after
excluding bonus payments. General
expenditures will be $156,000,000 as
compared last year, but relief costs
will be $1,139,000,000 less than in
the 1937 fiscal year which ended
June 30th.
Speaking as "the Republican stan
dard-bearer" in the last campaign
former Governor Alfred M. Landon,
went on the air last week to discuss
"certain questions of the day." His
address created considerable surprise
among Republican leaders, busy with
their plans for the meeting of the
National Committee at Chicago on
November 5th. That the Kansan and
his friends have been irked by the
activities of Chairman John D, Ham
ilton and Herbert Hoover has been
known for some time and that he
disapproves of the mid-term conven
tion, which they seek to promote, is on
the record. In fact, Mr. Landon and
Senator Borah seem to agree that
such a meeting possesses the posibil
ity of great harm to the party.
There was talk that the former
candidate for President was attempt
ing to rally Congressional opposition
to the mid-term convention and that
he also groomed John R. McCarl, the
former Comptroller General of the
United States, as a possible successor
to Mr. Hamilton, whose leadership has
not been satisfactory to the Kansas
Group. However, the chances of dis
pleasing the National Chairman are
slim. Governor Land^n's address while
discussing national issues, brings into
the open a widely discordant rift in
the inner circles of the Republican
party and illustrates what has been
previously pointed out in this column,
' that while the Democrats have their
troubles the same is true of their op
ponents.
EXPLOSION HURTS BOYS
New York.?Five boys, huddled
around a five gallon paint pail in
a which they were'roasting potatoes,
b were badly injured When the pail sud
d denly exploded. Police are convinced
3 that the can had originally contained
* benzine the fumes of which caused
the explosion.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virture of the power
of sale contained in that certain mort
gage executed by John Henry Dunn
and wife Pennie Dunn to John Hill
Paylor, Mortgagee, under date Febru
ary 15th, 1937, of record in Book Y-15
at page 200 of the Pitt County Regis
try, default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness therein
described, the undersigned mortgagee
will sell for CASH, subject to tax,
before the courthouse door in the
Town of Greenville, North Carolina,
on Monday, November 22nd, 1937 at
12 o'clock Noon, the following des
cribed real estate:
Lying and being in the Town of
Farmville, County of Pitt and State
of North Carolina, and described as
follows:?Being lot Number eleven
(11) of what is known as the Wash
ington Heights property, as shown
in a survey made by W. L. Jewell,
Civiil Engneer, which map is duly
recorded in the Registry of Pitt
County in Book of Maps, No. One at
page 179, to which map reference is
hereby made for a better description,
and is a part of the lands described
in deed from B. S. Sheppard and
wife Sue May Sheppard to the Farm
ville Insurance and Realty Company
and by the Farmville Insurance and
Realty Company to the Farmville
Land Company under date December,
4th 1923, by the Farmville Land Com
pany and T. C. Turnage, Trustee to
John Henry Dunn, which deed is duly
recorded in Book V-14 at page 343,
less a small portion sold of to Mon
roe Cameron.
This the 20th day of October, 1937.
JOHN HILL PAYLOR,
Mortgagee.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virture of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed by Sadie L. Moore
to J. M. Horton, Trustee, under date
December 31st 1931, of record in
Book C-19 at page 432 of the Pitt
County Registry, default having been
made in the payment of the indebted
ness therein desribed, the undersigned
trustee will sell for CASH, subject
to tax, before the courthouse door in
the Town of Greenville, North Caro
lina, on Monday, November 22nd 1937,
at 12 o'clock Noon, the following de
scribed real estate:'
That certain tract of parcel of land
in Fountain, Pitt County, North Caro
lina, beginning at a stake comer of
Eason and Wilson Streets and running
in a northerly direction with the
said Eason Street 100 feet to J. R.
Owens line; thence with said J. R.
Owens line in a westerly directoon
60 feet to stake in J. R. Owens line;
thence said J. R. Owens line in a
Southerly direction 100 feet to Wilson
Street, thnce with said Wilson Street
in an Easterly direction 50 feet to the
beginning. Being lot conveyed to W.
C. Moore by J. R. Owens.
This the 20th day of October 1937.
J. M. HORTON, Trustee.
Johhn Hill Paylor, Attorney.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virture of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed by Bettie F. Joy
ner, (unmarried) to John Hill Pay
lor, Trustee, under date September
26th 1931, of record in Book C-19 at
page 203 of the Pitt County Registry
default having been made in the pay
ment of the indebtedness therein de
scribed, the undersigned trustee will
sell for CASH before the Courthouse
door in the Town of Greenville, North
Caroiiina, on Monday, November 22nd
1937 at 12 o'clock Noon, the following
descibed real estate:
Lots Numbers 157, 158 and 159,1
179, 180, 181 of what is known as
Lincoln Park in the Town of Farm
ville, Pitt County, North Carolina, as
surveyed and mapped by Jarvis B.
Harding, Civil Engineer, which map
is recorded in Map Book One page
45 of the Pitt County Registry. Refer
ence is made to deeds S-ll page 66,
and deed from J. H. Darden and wife
Sarah G. Darden, dated December
29th 1919, recorded Book E-14 page
136, being the same lots described
therein less those two certain lots,
one sold to Lula Sampson Gorham,
and the other to Charles Johnson.
This the 13th day of October 1937.
JOHN HILL PAYLOR, Trustee.
SUBSCRIBE to THE ENTERPRISE
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND F0R DRAINAGE ASSESSMENTS
PITT COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1.
Under and pursuant to that Special Act passed by the General Assem
bly of North Carolina, relative to Pitt County Drainage District No. 1, the
undersigned Tax Collector will, on Monday, the 1st day of November 1987,
offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder before the courthouse door in
Greenville, North Carolina, at 12:00 o'clock Noon, the lands hereinafter
described, for the unpaid drainage assessments due as set opposite said
acreage:
Name Address Acre3 / Amount
Mrs. W. R. Bergeron, et al, Farmville, N. C., 114 |151.09
Mrs. J. T. Bundy, Farmville, N. C., 117 121.88
A. J. Craft, Walstonburg, N. C., 82 ' . ? 15.15
Mrs. Helen Horton, * Farmville, N. C., 142 184.07
Mrs. M. V. Horton, Farmville, N. C? 111 98.42
J. R. Lewis, Farmville, N. C., 182 88.20
Mrs. J. R. Lewis, Walstonburg, N. C., 54 67.88
This the 6th day of October 1937.
H. L. ANDREWS, Tax Collector.
John B. Lewis, Atty. 4-wks
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