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Britain Subparts France
In Mediterranean Defense
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^Bl^arisAnnounces Thi
London Is Hedged to
Give Both Moral and
I Military Aid If War
Results from Italian
Demands.
Paris, Dee. 13. ? The Foreign Of
fice spokesman tonight announced
I that Great Britain was pledged to
give both military and morel support
to France if war should result from
I Italy's still unofficial territorial de
I mands in the Mediterranean and
I North Africa.
I The Foreign Office announcement
I was made shortly after Foreign Min
I ister George Bonnet conferred with
British Ambassador Sir Eric Phipps
regarding Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain's statement in the Brit
ish House of Commons Monday.
Bonnet asked for an amplification
of Chamberlain's statement in Com
mons that Britain has no treaty 06
ligations to go to France's aid in
I event of an attack by Italy.
Phipps was understood to have as
I sured Bonnet that although tech
I nically there is no military alliance
I between London and Paris, any Ital
I iar. attempt to upset the "status 400"
B in the Mediterranean by acquiring
I Tunisia would sl^ce the lifeline of the
British Empire.
Therefore, he said, Britain is just
ss determined as France to resist any
Mediterranean aggression by Italy,!
and this Involves s promise of mili- I
tary as well as moral support.
British sources said Phipps explain- ?
I ed that Franco-British relations were ?
so close and the interests of the two I
nations so interdependent that there I
was no need of a formal agreement I
I covering all eventualities. /
In a move expected to alleviate I
I somewhat the Italo-French tension, I
I the French-controlled Suez Canal I
I Company is preparing to reduce its H
I canal tolls by foinr and one-sixth par I
I cent effective Thursday, it was learn- I
I ed.
The tolls will be reduced from six I
British shillings ($1.50) s ton to five I
shillings, nine pence ($1.43).
It was explained that the reduction I
was s normal one, decided upon aev- I
I era] nights Sgo o# the basis of the I
I company's ability to provide cheaper I
I service and had "nothing whatever to I
I do" with the Italian demands.
The coat of Suez Canal passage baa I
I been a sore point with Italy, parti- I
I eulariy since the Ethiopian war. fl
I France and Britain get the profits 1
I .and Ylrgino Gayda, editor of thai
Italian Giornale dl talis, which often II
? speaks for Presrier Benito MussoBai, ?
came out last waek-*ad with a flip 1
I dim? 11 it that Italy be gfaea a sharei I
I ^Brit^Tji^*S^t half of the Sots I
I tolls, France about 14 par cent and |l
? My about 18 per cent. M
The French government had Seaa]
concerned with Chamberlain's state-! I
BfraaSpt in the Houee of Commons Mon- fl
day until Phipps ampttfifed it attl
I ' Mpversation with Bonnet.
Mtaia'a only pledge to France is
I to 1,1 ** Fmidl nof4?":
ed out t^FreSi sad British ia
Kftatests hi the MedHwraasea overlap
French detarmination to keep the ,
I ? Sicilian thannelopon; 0'WS^&41
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Double KiHing On Farm
of F. M. Davis, Jr.
Tuesday morning about nine o'clock
Bloke Pollen and Pred Holle were
shot in the bead with a 22 rifle and
stabbed in the heart with a large
knife. Eye witnesses to the killing
say that death was instant They
also state that they had no chance
whatever to escape the killer.
The killer made a successful get
away bat is thought to be some where
in the neighborhood
Mr. PuBen and Mr. Holle had made
many friends since coming to oar
city, who regret very mueh their
passing away.
Mr. Pollen and Holle have been on
display at Davis Supply Co.'s Store
since Sept 1.
Mr. Pullen's duty was to eat all
the corn and Pig and Hog Chow he
could, trying to see how much weight
he could gain.
He gained 210 pounds in 104 days
at feed cost of $4.41 per 100 pounds
gain.
Mr. HoUe's duty was to eat all the
corn and shipstuff he could and gain
as much weight .as. he- fc>uld. He
[gained 63 pounds in 64 days at feed
cost of $8.00 per 100 pound gain. The
last 40 days of his life he was fed
all the corn and Pig and Hog Chow
he could eat and made a gain of 59
pounds at feed cost of $6.78 per 100
pounds. /
The remains were taken to the
home of Mr. Davie where they were
promptly accorded ell -honor due such
fine hogs.
Berries For Hie Birds
It is a fortunate tiling for gar
deners in America that we can grow
so many trees and shrubs which pro
duce berries both beautiful and useful
as food to birde.- Berries in the gar
den are an absolute guarantee of the
presence of birds. Sometimes., when
there are very few birds in the im
mediate vidnity, it takes a season for
them to discover such natural food;
but they are sure to come eventually.
The ordinary planting of trees and
shrubs around our houses and gar
dens includes many items of bird
diet However, there is seldom
enough food to supply the de
mand every day in the year, unless
we plan to have it sat A During the
migrations, in spring and fall, flocks
may swoop down and dean up a
whole tree or shrub in an hour or so;
snd there is more than enough
on the place, permanent residents
like the mockingbirds and cardinals
will be forced to move out to the
.country, in order to exist at SB. >
S it la. this eery rituatioxrwhich ex
plains the total lade of any perma
immt birds in certain towns, wharf
food is adequate, are full of them the
year around.
Now is tile time, daring the fall
and winter planting season, to SB
in the gaps in your calendar of food
for the birds. You can easily make
a Hat of the plants oe yonr lot, ac
cording to the season in which their
gwit ripens, and plant something to
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main excuse for speaking.
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I {Entire German Dipto
R matic Staff at London
I Boycotts Speeeh of
I Premier.
I London, Dec. 13. ? The German
| ambassador, Naxlnewspaperaen and
1} Chancellor Adolf Hftter'a personal en
I voy tonight boycotted * dinner speech
? by Prime Minister Neville Chamber
? lain in a "rebuff" which held the poe
| sibilitiea of a serious diplomatic in
? cident. _
The entire Nam diplomatic staff
a jwsi-ahaat-lfr German, cowtspoislnifs
? refused to attend the dinner of the i
| Foreign Prosa Association after learn
? jng- font the Prime Minister would
? deplore the "vitapemtion" of German -
? press attack* on British statesmen.
I Chamberlain's 600 listeners inter- J
? rupted him for four minutes with loud
? applause when he made his reference
I to the German- peeks.
| It washehevwdthet Ambasaador '
? Herbert von DisdCWn and the other*
? consulted with -the German govern
Iment in Berlin brfofre deciding to
? boycott the speech i
| Gottfrid Aschman of the German
I foreign office in Berlin had come to
I London especially for the speech, in
Idicating the importance which Hitler
[attached to it.
I The Germans explained privately
I that although they had no objections
I to whatever Chamberlain might say
I about Gennahy in the House of Com
Imons, they regarded his statements
? before Naxi newspapermen who were '
? his hosts as "bad taste." \
fjhiy Reaction. 1
I The boycott, apparently without J
?parallel in British diplomatic history,
? seemd certain to lead to public re
? sentment against* slight to the head
|of the British government and jsrob
|ably complaints i* Germany against i
?his attempts to "lecture" the Gesr- <
?man press. ^
? There was speculation that a re- <
[newel of the Anglo-German press i
[war might result and further jeopar- 4
| dize Chamberlain's policy of appease- 4
[meat. J
[ Chamberlain altered only one word 4
[in his entire speech after thw-boy- 4
|cott was tevealed. He changed the 4
?word "tone" to "attitude" in aettvi- 4
| ties of the German press.
As a matter of facV Chambsriabv 4
?devoted ~only a few -of"-his~ remarks 4
?to Germany, although he "depiorrir
[in one case did not scruple"JftS m
j
I statesmen," referring to former 4
I The Gerinan newspaper Lokal As-. 4
Izeiger last Friday described Baldwin 4
Inow Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, as a 4
I g^SSririn also said, in defend* 1
ling his appeasement negotiations 4
|with th* totalitarians, that the dk- 4
I tatorshipe some day may disappear 4
| from Europe. i 4
I The Prime llinlster asserted that [
? Britain is smiag so heavily that she
I will be influenced only by "reason, 4
|and not by force" in seeking to em* J
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l^^gg J
f IU611V ^yX MPmBtfufP-' ^ J
[College. Aacres )l
[with untreated seed was ld& pound. 4
laev acre.
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CH8ISTMAS TREES
(Apologise toJoyceKilmer)
[ hope that I shall never see
k child without a Chris tmaaTree.
k young fir tree, from, fow* glen,
Symbol of peace, gdod will to mta.
k In# Whose slender, pointing spire
Leade human thoughts to pure desire.
[t speaks -of useful, peaceful life, ,
Away from worldly, bitter strife.
k simple child of snow and rain,
rhe hope of Cfcriit; surcease from
forests are burned by fools, you see,
3ut God gave the child his Christmas
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iarnor heard from
Democratic hari-kari
?tepubucajr hopefuls
datch latin-america
lggressors united
I The President returning to Waah*!
I ogton foom Warm Springs, G*. pro
claimed ahe virtues of liberalism,
fcnne notice that the New Deal would I
n the American way of life) including J
?apitaliam. Declaring .that we are I
?rtvonly the "largest and most
?owerful democracy," but one to
?rhieh other democracies look to lead-j
?rahip. Mr. Roosevelt said thft, what I
his country Spaa, or fall* to do, in
?ha next few years would have a far
I neater influence upon the history of
?h* human race than meet people I
I So, apparently, from a firsthand I
?ource, we have on inkling of the!
lldministratkm course when Congress J
?osvenir next month; That will be
?haed, geBerally, at the same objac
?foes, regardless of methods-end tac*ll
onvSCted mfcthe^Sor^that*be I
?rsea are necessary,to the welfare 1
?iid eohtinaance of the American ?
?yutem. He is not likely to tarn I
?way from a fight, even with his own I
Word comes from Texas that the I
ltizens of tli^it State ai^e boostiA^ t^ie
void that MrJ Garner will have noth
jffort to luunttdnir^^
not, aurpe
jT -v i-- ??"ic"'"* ~ w
i m
l ^ ^ n^jtj be to '
Jresidentfa program. And whether
*j?7 ^pgogram^^noVftJs ?
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AlllBriPHflWs
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'mv:
?!?, D?. 14. - WPA Jffl a.
reuez wvmn.w
*r?gB9?2ttiL*h:
.sIm^ 68AWU. persons,
thahigbeirt number J**r on relief
roll. We, before De* ?. Mjgjti
gsanjaisg.
finance will w*k nigbtsaad through
next Sunday to speed up the pay
WPfc ;"' : & OA .
Postmasters over the State also
will cooperate In clearing J^WPA
checks through the normal Christmas
?>h, e?*?c
necessary. The bulk of the checks
will be distributed between Decem
to ?P*W itei
monthly payments by* December 31.
. The early payment wfll mean that I
S to WPA -relief clients in De
cember ditbtirsemest wrill amount to
tton than tBWtfc wttk ^.odo of1* I
going out the week before Christmas.
!!W2sssk?
steady dimb from the low of 19,000
in October, 1997. The high record
prior to that was 45,036 in February,
1088.
North Carolina is the only Souft
ern State which has suffered no prun
W of tto WPA rolls so far, but plans
are now being worked out for reliev
ifc* WPA uf the influx of farm ciienta
whocam*bntonto* toelast year.
State (Given Share
Of Funds From PWA
-
genii; a (tatement from the PWA
Phdtttag that^North CaroHna hasto
ceivedalmoBt 2.5 per cent of all PWA
monies aUimd for nonfederal pro
Jtotn Wdir the 1998 PWA appro
bation.
The State has tpprtodmattly 2.5
per cent of toe population of toe
ebuntry. '? ''' ;1 '/l' ,
The statement, which is signed by
H. A. day, asdstant administrator,
follows:
"Of 0^,000000 avkflahie un
der the current PWA act fo non
fadirar allotments-: at thir time the
Public Works Administration has
NbiS"^etol
of loan, for 158 projects with a total
totbnatod-saW*^ ;rt* /
gro^h. ^ilight fbr
The common reasons for failure are
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lating material; <6^
test part of
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"^"prtafon' 19th
the Farmville Chamber of Commerce
indoor ?H outdoor decorations of
homes, store and grounds are .now
. The list of prises to be awarded
December 19 is as follows:
Best dressed window ? 1st prize
$10, second $6; best store interior, in
eluding displays,.; lighting .rffoets,
decorations ? 1st prize, $1.50, sec
ond, $8*0; Exterior home lighting
display, lifting on trees, bushes,
poach displays, decoratings ? 1st
prize $7.50, second $2.60; Interior
home display, lighting and decora
tion* and schemes ? 1st prize $7.50,
second price $2*0; Outdoor tre?
lighted ? lat price $^50,~ second
prise $1.00; Best decorated and light
ed interior tepee?lit price $2.50, sec
ond prize, $1.00.
Interior decorators desiring to en
ter the contest will please phone|
460-1, Chamber of Commerce office,
as the committee will only judge the
homes ?f those requesting it.
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Miss DeVisconti
Conducts Seal Sale
Here Again This Year
:..T' ' si.'ix jUu."w \i .
It was announced through the Rtt
County Seal Sale Chairman, Dr. N.
Thomas Enhett, some time ago that
Miss Tabitha DeViseonti-has again
accepted the Seal Sale Chhirmanahip
for Farmville. Miss DeVisconti has
done such excellent work in the past
Seal Sales that Dr. Emnett has stated
that he considers himself very for
trinate fn being aWe to again secure
Miss DeVisconti's services.
? The Seal Sale in Pit* County is"
carried oh -under the auspices of the
Pitt County Tuberculosis Association,
J. H. Waldrop, Greenville banker,
President Mr. Waldrop states that
early diagnosis is essential to the
control of tuberculosis and that" if
funds lure secured from the
Seal Stig the Superintendent of the
State Banitorium, Dr. P. P. McCain,
uftth the cooperation of the Pitt
County He^ Department Will
tuberculin test" all high school boys
and girls of the county and X-ray
those who give a positive tuberculin
reaction. Vr. Waldrop further states
that since it is during the high school
age that tubercular infection usually
begins, it is at this age that we must
find it if wri art ever to control it
Miss DeVisconti states that the
fch6ufcg>Mte8d tiariugh Seal Sales in
PiftftViU* had increased frtai year to
year, and expresses the hope that the
support this year will be even aoore
generous than that of thepreviotts
years. Sfcetfwiiheg to call attention to
the'lUfetthat bonds in denominations
bjpgSTflO, and $26 are now on sale
arid Mating that the major portion of
tin^funds raised always came from
titt sate of bonds.
. .y'"n' iTi'ji ni'i" f n i I
The wilt of the' people may be er
roneous and unwise hut it is what
makes a democracy live.
Large D^ay Awaits
^ ? * .
Mrs. T. E. Joyner and Miss Myrtle
Sutton, who recently opened? up,
te-the-minate flower shop .on Main
street in Parmville, announce^ th&r
prepardness to fill your orders for
WHO KNOWS ?
i uqw tnniiv orrmn asiQ
For
1 ? ?
Hundreds of colored light*, inter
spercing the thousands of yards of
combined with two huge stars and
numbers of lighted Christmas trees
pn the sidewalks, provide for the holi
hays here a gay scan# and vie with
decorations of last year, said to be
the most beautiful of any previous
season.
Santa dans arHved ' ^om the
frozen North Friday night and was
warmly greeted by Mayor Davis,
other town officials, the high, school
band and practically every child in
the community.
Decorations of various kinds and
Yuln#de scenes are to be found in
the shop windows, where samples 'of . I
the' large stocks of Christinas gifts
are effectively arranged.
I The merchants and Gftjf' Fathers
have cooperated splendidly in prob
and when the 'dbfathiia trees inside
and outdoors are - illuminated, the
esndle-lit wreaths begin to glow in
the windows and the streets -to re
sound with the joyous shouts of tin
children,v citizens will forget for the
time being their disappointments of
the pist year, the foreboding future
and all Will live -again in the hope
of reviving the spirit of "Peace on
Earth, Good Will to Men."
FarmvliielowDsliip
Aided By Ssal Sals I
In connection with the Christmas
Seal Saie: campaign, Miss Elizabeth
Skinner, Pitt County publicity chatty .'<?> I
man, released the following facts to
day:
With reference to th? .proportion
of the funds retained locally and thd^l
ways in which these funds are used I
in the control, of tuberculosis, she
calls attention to the fact that not
only 75 per cent of theactualfunda
raised is retained locally,"but a large
part of the funds sent to the State
and National . Tuberculosis Assoda- I
tions is returned to the communltjr
ill the form of Seals, Seal Sale sup^
plies and annual tuberculosis clinic*
The clinics are held every spring fit . I
Grenvilleu Farmville and Ayden and
are conducted by a state.specialist in^fl
tuberculosis at no cost to thfe com
munity. Tfaii mearih thdt practically
85 cents out of every dollar raised,
is used at home in the control of
tuberculosis. ' I
'" She also revealed some Uf the ;*?ys .
in which the money is used in Pitt
County. Among the cases cared for
in Farmville township during the fl
past year and ways are: ;, I
Providing milk for 6 cases of tu
berculosis unable to do. so themselves;
one patient fleuroAdoped; milk'for .
children in tuberculous homes; twen
ty-six X-rayed\for diagnosis; Pneu
mothorax treatments (compressing,
the lung with afc thus giving the. I
of children: Free sputum cups; Burf r J
cottages, 8; transportation to and
from the .liudtor&m, one'; bath robd
imd slfppera m^rided foY one.
"Jtn reciting these' control measures,
Miss Skinned said she felt sure that ;
they would make a strong appeal fo.
all citizens interested in the Welfare
of the community. -. .r ' .
JOHN .
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itarboro. ? John W. Perkins, 68,
died MondajS&orning at 7:80 o'clock ??
In Edgecombe General Hospital here 'I
tsse^ ? Mrs- II1 B. Rauterberg
ington, D. C.i Mrik Fraiddfax Eicker
sons.. W. Lb of Farmville, N. Lsof.,.;.'
J. W. Perkins, Jr., of Wendell, v .'
jms dekA he wasfinahda^ iscretory