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* m > mhiimihk >??<?? h ???<? -^; i ??????! 1 ? i ii*hmVm?H? ??l >??' i '- ^ Till 11| m??|mi V> ? ??>! ? : ? i , 11 fjgftiiifi ' miwitu pw com i^mi (^pi, ^mww thjbi^^ 11 Farm Block Rises In Angry Protest Against Economy i m i ii in nil? ii "ii immm' ?' a ^*p3c*..9s .ht jexi .? ? . . [ | Contends That Slashing: Agricuture Bill by 125 Millions Is Going: Too Far Washington, Jan. 81. ? Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace to day sparked a House revolt against the proposed 51 per cent cut in the farm appropriation bill by warning tbope "attempting to scuttle the item program" that they are invit ing reprisals at the polls in Novem ?3j ber. *r.t Simultaneously, the Senate appro priations committee balked against the $50,000,000 slash made by the House in the independent offices supply bill and restored $39,000,000 which had been shorn from the Maritime Commission's construction fund. The current economy movement, which has as its objective the gen eral desire of the legislators to avoid imposing new taxes in an election year, meets its first severe test tomorrow when the House be gins voting on the agriculture bill. Efforts to restore some of the $129, 530,263 sliced out of the measure wffl'begin soon after the chamber convenes at noon. Before the legislation gather, the farm bloc leaden will meet in the office of Representative Ferguson (D.-Tex.) to plot their attack on the measure. Chairman Marvin Jones (D.-Tex.) of the House agriculture committee and one of the movers of this group, is expected to lead a fight for restoration of the $25, 066.000 farm tenancy program killed by the appropriations committee. "We are wilimg to taxe our snare of the cuts," he said, "but to cut us 51 per cent and other services five per cent just doesn't seem fair." He drew loud applause from the members when he protested that by approving' the proposed farm reduc tions, the House would "drive a dagger into the heart of agricul tural" He questioned whether the appropriations group had not ex ceeded its authority in eliminating completely some farm service hither to approved by the Congress. Wallace's warning was uttered at a press conference in which he re viewed the entire agricultural situa tion in the light of the proposed economies. He said the farmers "ought to be put on their guard" that "a few Congressmen are try ing to Seattle the farm program." If the legislators adjourn with out adopting a program to protect the fanners, he mod, the question he would ask this farmers before the November elections would be: "Which way are you most likely to be taken eare of in 1941." "Da you think the farmers will it out on the administration j or on Republicans if the cuts go through?" a reporter was asked. "That is one reason I'm talking now/Vhe snapped. He branded the proposed cuts as "most dangerously threatening" and saht they would "impair the income of/a large part of our population which is already at a great disad vantage.",: He renewed his request for. parity payments to the amount - of $225,000,000 which the appropria tiooe committee scrapped. Thegrawe who prodncee the test yields and higteit quality of straw berate on a given acreage is the one who controls diseases snefe as scorch sod leafspo^says Dr. Lmher Stew, : College. Spate treatments wffl con % tool these diseases and increase the S?A- m- At. * - ? t. .t.t psonii nan ttn Derry crop, ne son ed. Dr. Stew neoamsnds either the 4-4-60 Bordeaux mixture or the Cop. rodde "MY" spray for the control of strawberry leafapot and scoch. The I f!Th^ya ^?r* eeeeon Dogma. xnlptete (bine stone) and four pounds lon& of spray will W reqnired for -4 application on one-tenth of an acre of strawberries, depending on tftenmnfl* riram -r SpTppOe .4.. ? J. H. Manning: Is Appointed . Named to Fill Unexpir ed Register of Deeds Term Greenville, Jan. 31.?J. H. Manning today was named Register of Deeds of Pitt County to fill the unexpired term of J. C. Gaskins, who died Mon day morning. Mr. Manning had been deputy since January 1, 1914, or for 26 years and one month. Chairman J. N. Williams called the Board of County Coeamiesioners into special session to fill the office after at first having planned to wait until the regular monthly meeting Monday to fill the post. Asked before making the appoint ment if he had many applications, Mr. Williams replied, "probably not more than 20", adding that several were "good men." Mr. Manning will hold the office by appointment until December of this year, at which time the four year term for which Mr. Gaskins was elected without opposition will expire. Speculation on who would enter the May primary for the post al ready was heard about the city to day. BELL ARTHUR GROUP TO PRESENT PLAY AT SCHOOL FRIDAY ? The Methodist Church of Bell Ar thur is presenting a play, "Deacon Dubbs" on Friday night, February 2, at seventy-thirty o'clock. The play will be staged in the auditorium of the Arthur High SchooL The admis sion charge will be 10c for children, and 20c for adults. The entire cast has been selected from the Bell Arthur community. Leading roles are taken by Mrs. W. L. White, playing the part of Miss Philipena Popover, and James Wilk erson, taking the role of Deacon Dubbs. LATHAM'S CORN LEADS Fourteen varieties of corn tested on the farm of Peter Spencer near Seaboard in Northampton County shaws Latham's Double in the lead with an acre yield of 46.5 bushels. Cocke's Prolific ranked second with a yield of 40.4 bushels. INSURANCE . One out of every four farmers who insured their 1939 wheat pro duction under the Federal "all-risk" insurance program has ? received an indemnity to make up for unvoidable crop loss. QUALITY Harvest of the 1939 crop brought in grain of the best quality in many years, the Agricultural Marketing Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, reports. ' ? 11 WALSTONBURG NEWS Mr. and Mrs. A- J. Craft visited friends in Wintervilk; Sunday; Mrs, Estelle Bailey spent Friday in Farmsffle. Marshall Benson of State College spent the week end at his home here. Mr. e?d Mrs. W. Sari Lang spent Thursday night with relatives in Greenville. Mr. and Mrs. Ray West were dinner Sunday. obt raotner, laxrs* wju Bnacunordi Saturday. Mr. Wiley Bildy of Dillon, S. C; visited his sister, Mm Jmm Gay, home here. We are glad to note that he is improving. to^Mrs. C. T. Hieks and Mr^ ? _ j *. Health T i tor for Greene County spent some! time h*w Tevday. I Charles and Don Bay, spent several'' days last week visiting Mrs. Ada 1 ^s. near Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Lewis have re turned alter a few days visit with j Mrs. lysis' parents, Mr, and Mrs. ?? R. C. B?rtoD, ?? (JhfdboWD. B- Members of the school facul-. : ty axe back to resume their school j I jlfiricnda. will regret to learn that J hiT^aehM^ H honJf ^tto ^ MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS ? I ^ ^ ^ r * ] Statute Late 3 Positon falls to Finnish Troops Finland's Army Chief Says Nation's Chosen Defense Lines Not Crossed I ~ | Helsinki, Jan. 31.?Finnish troops tonight completed the enrilclement ; of trapped Russian divisions in the j Kitela sector northeast of Lake Lo doga by capturing the ststegic town ; of Pitkaranta, front observers report- j ed, and threw back Red army attacks ; "everywhere" along the same front ] Only their numerically inferior i forces are keeping the Finns from i polishing off the trapped Russians, ^ said the account of the capture of i Pitkaranta, which is about 20 miles from the Russian border and one 1 of the Soviet's early objectives in j the war. i (But in Paris today, Finland's < Minister, Dr. Harri Holma, warned ( that the Finnish army "is condemned to death" unless it receives sufficient ] help quickly.) * 1 The nightly Finnish communique ] said that Red army attacks north- ] east of Lake Ladoga had been i thrown back with the loss of nine i tanks. ] Observers, expanding this offi- ( cial bulletin, said the Finns were ] waiting for the trapped Russians ] to run oat of ammunition before ] trying to administer a coup de ] grace. The Soviet soldiers were I reported to have been without food j for more than a week. ? ] New Russian attacks on the Kare- ( Han. Isthmus were repulsed, the ( Finnish high command said, with a loss of "about 60 killed." The at- ] tacks were concentrated at Taipale. c Other sectors were quiet. < The Finns reported a slackening t in Russian air attacks. t Finnish anti-aircraft and fighting planes shot down rive enemy planes, c the high command declared, and t carried "out several reconnaissance I and bombing raids." (1 I* FINLAND'S COMMANDER 1 SAYS LINES NOT CROSSED Somewhere in Finland, Jan, 31.? 1 General Hugo Oesterman, command- j 1 er-in-chief of Finland's army, de-1 c clared today that Russian troops had !1 failed to advance at any point be- 11 yond defense lines chosen by the ' ( Finns immediately after the out- jr oreak of war two months ago. ; 2 The general, receiving foreign cor- i respondents at his field headquar- 1 tars, paid tribute to his soldiers I and said the entire nation had rea son to be proud of their achieve- t ments. * ' ? ri- I FARMVILLE WINS DOUBLE * HEADED OVER PACTOLUS Farmvi lie High School basketball { team* took a double victory Tuesday night over Pactolua on the locals floor. QUve Taylor Jed the girbL -with* twelve points in a victory of 28-11, Carson led the visitors with five points. The local boys won a hard pressed victory by the count of 26-28. Al- < though pressed hard they wfere never > behind from the* start, bougies Kemp was the leader in the Farm jviHe attack with eight points. Trip lied Pactolua with five points. ? ' COWS 1 i. ? ? ."? w ? * " ?? . | Dairy cows which receive an ade- 4 iquate ration and have a warm^place to bed down can bettor withstand t exposure to cold weather during the day, it has been found by experiments . contacted by the U. S. Department . in Prominent Pitt County Man Dies After Illness of Three Weeks ) _____ Greenville.?Jacob Claude Gaskins, 66, Pitt county Register of Deeds fdr the past 28 yeairs sad one of the most wddely known men in the county, died of a heart attack at 6:80 o'clock Monday morning at his home on East 1 Eighth Street. ' Funeral services were conducted at ; St Paul's Episcopal church Tuesday ' afternoon at 8 o'clock by the rector, Rev. Worth Wicker. Interment foi- ' lowed in Greenwood cemetery. Burial rites were conducted by Grifton Ma- * tonice Lodge No. 248, of which he nras e member. Members of the lodge vere pallbearers. ? J 1..J.J j Honorary pauownn loammi . xt Masons of the county, county of ficials and court house employees, members of the Greenville Rotary . :lub and members of the local lodge , )f the Knights of Pythias. Jacob Claude Gaskins was born i iear Grifton on February 23, 1873, j the son of the late Charles P. and . Louvenia Holton Gaskins. In 1900 le was married to Miss Emma Keene, vho, with four sons and eight daugh- c ters, survive. The four sons are:!"' 3ogan, J. Redd, Claude and Charles r Saalrinn; the daugh;en, Mrs. J. H. |; Proelich and Mrs. W. ,D. Ridge of ;!j ligh Point, Mrs. Joseph M. Dresback, lbs. E. C. Wilkerson and Misses Hel en, Naomi, Eugenia and Anne Gas dns. Other survivors include eight pandchildren and< three brothers, J. \ 0. Gaskins of Winterville, C. H. 1 Gaskins of St. Petersburg, Fla., and |e ). W. Gaskins of Charlotte. |. Mr. Gaskins probably knew more j Pitt county men, women and chil-}. lren than any other person in the j. ?ounty and numbered his friends in) ^ he hundreds, from all sections of he county. He was elected Register of Deeds if Pitt county in 1916 and took over c he duties of that office in Decern- c >er of that year. Had he lived to " lave completed the present four rear term in December he would iave held the offive for 24 years. He was an active member of St. . 'sul's Episcopal Church and a mem >er of the vestry. He was a member f if the Grifton Maeonic lodge and i dso of York RitA Masonic bodies here, j* Je was a charter member of thejf Greenville Rotary Club and never! nissed a weekly meeting in the club's i ? !0 years of existence until Ms recent i llness prevented him from attending. ? Ie was a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Gaskins had been ill for about * hree weeks, but was believed to have * teen better just prior to his death, j Ie had been home a week following ^ reatment at Duke Hospital. j Jap sppnn i I Assails Proposed j I II, SJmbargi Spokesman Says Mean-1 ures Would Be Serious s Affront J Tokyo, Jan. 81,?Passage of the 1 Ifttman proposal to give the Presi- t Eof the United States discretion* 8 power to apply an embargo J net Japan would be a "serious c if front," the foreign office spokes- 1 nan declared today,t a "Termination of the trade treaty ? Itself is regarded in many sections 6 >f this country as an unpleasant r tnd regrettable incident," said the * spokesman of the treaty which ex- f fired January 26. I "Should congress follow with an unbargo bill?even though it only potentially authorizes an embargo? [ am frank to say it would be re tarded by the Japanese people as a J serious affront. "Fortunately, I understand three A influential senators on the Foreign j Relations committee are opposed to < Pi toman's bill on the grounds it is jl rash snd unnecessary at this junc- : ture." ; . - ] Apparently referring to reeervar j dons expressed by Senators Wag- : uer (D-NY.), Nye (R-ND.) and 1 Wheeler (D-Mont), the spokesman . ukted: 1 "I believe they recognize Japan's efforts to ameliorate the situation * In China and elsewhere."! ?=r ; _ | - ? i " y- , . I i setting j,0M seedSg pii^TtSs ? dcr6 on unused xwius tnis . wntcn | A '_i i _? _j t n I President t^fitti Successful Ball Floor Show Featured; Enjoyable Social Ereht Held Here Monday Eming'' ? ' As a finale to the campaign, wag ed by the Junior Woman's Club fcna during the past two weeks to secure Funds to combat Infantile Paralysis, was the President's Birthday Ball, held on Monday evening, in the dew school gym. Music was furnished For the occasion by Brookes Fryer's >rehestra. This was the first time FarmvBle ? tiad attempted to hold a Ball of Its /ery own in this connection, having loined hitherto in the county Ball, leld annually in Greenville. The program of events was fea :ured with a floor show in wh^ Jota 3. Holmes impersonated the President m a flreside chat; Miss Geraldine Gardner, as Mrs, Roosevelt, uid read her column, "My Day^ ;E1 >ert Holmes, Charlea Baacom, and N. Guy, as Parley, Garner and Harry 9opldns were assisted by "the presi lent" in rendering quiartet selections; i Vnn Ogtesby represented the. Statue >1 Liberty and Harry Albritton took he part of Uncle Sam. Dr. P. E? Tones was master of ceremonies and Krs. Daisy H. Smith was accompanist 'or the floor show. Hoover Taft, county chairman of } he Birthday Ball committee and nembers of his committee, Daye i Koaier and Ramsey Potts, we're pres- i int and spoke briefly. A Jitter Bug contest was won by ] Kiss Elsie Carraway and Arthur foyner, Jr., who received hosiery ? lelk-Tyler Co., and a tie clasp from < r. H. Harris, as awards for their 1 iveiy capers. . ? ] Mrs. J. Leroy Parker, president of j he Junior Woman's Club, and her ] ommittees worked untiringly for i lays prior to the Ball, and are to be i ongratulated on their activities and or the fine community pride mani- ] ested by the entire membership in ] his undertaking. ] The sum of $68.36 was cleared 1 rom the March of Dimes campaign i md the Ball, with the amount ssnt J n the personal greeting cards to the ] (resident being a matter of conjee; < Firms which gave their active co- < penation to the Junior Woman's ? Hub in connection with the placing ] f coin boxes and with the Birthdajr 1 Jail included: 1 City Drug Co,; Wheless Drug Co., 1 aty Cafe, Penders, Farmville Furni ore Co., Moore's Filling Station, ? louse Printery,' J. H. Harri^ Bsdk- < 'yler, Rollins, Cleaners and Dyers, i Villiams Grocery and Market, Col- ' nial Ice Co., Rose's 6c and 10c 1 (tore, Farmville Flower Shop, Black- < rood's, D. F. A R. 0. Lang, and the 1 rarmville Fire and Police Depart- 1 nenta. r Individuals, other than club mem-1 iers, who lent their effort* towards; < firing- the Ball a success were; Eli i oyner, Jr., H. M. Winders, Charles. 1 leyer, Bud Fisher, J. H. Moore, Mrs, < Kac Carraway, Mrs. J. H, Paylor, ] Irs. J. 0. Pollard, Mrs, G. M, Hoiden, , idger Barrett, Memtt Moorv Mrs. . W. Holmes, B. M. Lewis, Mrs. R. I Scott, Frances Howard, ? Arthur I oyner, Jr? Dr. M. & A. fyson, Miss Edna Robinson, C. S.|j Jotchkiss, and those taking part in n be floor show, whose names have jready been mentioned. L rift Mln Awl, PeftW room wta ilng ft* flirt JwlM. ?** oy?rt ?k"> living flirt Urt, < , the high school, with ft. wmljtfa i picture from Rose's 6c and 10c J, tore. < I ? ? !? WHO KNOWS?- i ??3i? i ? ' 1. When was the Sxnoot-Hawley ?riff ant passed? 2. How many Republic ppresan- ' ?three' are members of the Ways and 1 Ifeans committee? 8. Can scienc* explain why some wpnlar vote for London and Boose- 1 'elt in 1936 ? 4 lorwn* tT.__ OJii.IwMt 1 leport uarry iniu{GS). W6Sv voist VITAMIN A iRmripl Roine, Jan. 81. The newspaper L'Awenfaw said todarthat I Jnli TTMn^B r? Aaoiz aitieri renuuru yostmiy on the Russian-Geruan pact afforded a ed by Italians to be "a pact with the DeviL" (Hitler said that "through cen turies, Germany and Russia trdie friends?why1 not now?" He chad Great Bhitaic's futile anxiety for an understanding with Russia and Mdd Germany's pact with the Soviet made her "safe from the rear.") it} Hitler's declaration that Italy add Germany still were good friends; the newspaper said, represented ohly a simple rsasssrtton at known faeta. ? However, the newspaper contended Soviet Russia will continue to be ?'re ligiously, socially and politically 'Pub lic Enemy. Noy 1' of Christian civiliza tion" in Stalin's eyep; and that opin ion of her always will be held ''by^Wa principals who fought and won the crusade in Spain. ... In thia,. Itwr baa not rhangpri Mil remains the Mediterranean i?ole of the worid anti Communism." Consumption Of Pork And Apples Promoted Eat more potfc, cook it with ap ples. .This is a call from Nortii Carolina farmers as they unite in promotional campaigns to increase the ^onsnmpi tion of these two important foods produced in this; State. C. L. Ballance, chairman of tin executive committee of the North Carolina Cooperative livestock Mar keting Associations sponsored by the Extension Service, is,directing:- the National Economy Pork. Sale cam paign ih the State. It will be divided Into two periods?February 1 to; 10, and February 29 to March 9. , "It so happens that the "Apples? For Health" event also will take place at the same time as the first period of the pork sale campaign, rat this is fortunate since both are frequently included in the same nenu," said Mr. Ballance, who is a prominent swine grower of Bobeeon bounty. H. W. Taylor, Extension swine spe cialist of State College, is actively supporting the pork sale, and he points out that it will be especially rateable this year when the 1999 pig crop of 84,000,000 hogs goes on he market T "The . North Carolina hog crop is ronauming over two bflHoir pounds )f feed annually, which is no small tem to agriculture in this State," raylor declared. "Cash sales from iogs in North Carolina are exeesded >nly, by cash sales from tobecoo, cot son and: cottonseed; and' milk; there fore, the price of piork is of considera te importance to us." Mr. Ballance wid that dvic clubs, i :afeterias, hotels, and restaurants ire being asked to serve at least two pork, luncheons ,during the two peri )ds designated for National Economy Pork Sate. I Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Johnson and family spot-Sunday with relatives n Louisburg. Miss Lina Mae Edwards, a student Dwight Johnson, a student of Ed SrullliC Inrtt^ ? .t torn, ft, the WMk ?d. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Powell and laughter, Margaret Row, of Bethel ft ?^rtoywlth ** *?1 HamcJt. Little Miis Martha Hardy Johnson laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hardy John son is recuperating from a recent afr if A. C. C * and Miss Naomi Bundy if Greenville, were at homa.with thsir nothw,Mr?J.T.d3hind^*atorM? Mf end. ? ? ime/it home witjLeir paints, Mr. tod G. W; Jefferson during the WMk end. ATTENM~BANQCBT J. M. Horto^caahier of Hie lina wag^siseusafldnt the meeting. ( -? ?!* . I T liji Stft ?jj| A - ? ' 9 ' ^ A*? ?i London* Jan. 81.?Neville Chamber lain told Americans tonight that their war-withered trade with England will prosper if they wait until "thatime comae to tarn once more from war to. peace," and gave Adolph Hitler jibe for jibe, definance for deflahna . "We are prepared for air raids if they should come," was theansww to the man who lastnight jeered at "Old, Mr. Chamberlain and his Bible" Md,'threatened England and. France with a taste of "the fight tithy asked for." i He reviewed the "prodigious re sults" of the British war effort? more than 1,250,000 men under arms, airplane construction stepped up to ai point seven times greater than 1986-86, orders for supplies totaling nearly 1808,000,000, doubled and soma cases quardrtpled gun production, had shell output more rapid than that of 1914. . ... ?i! - i*Vno neutral, be Mid, "feel* it self threatened by this enormous ac cumulation of power." At <&' same time, the British Prime Minister, speaking at a lunch eon at a London hotel, did his best to placate Europe's disturbed little neutrals, some of whom have ex pressed resentment at a broadcast suggested bjr Winston Churchill that their only hope lies in "united ac tion" with rite Allies. To Japan, he voiced his "distress" that the Oriental power should be angry over British war methods. ' 1 "Wa have in the past been the largest customer of the United States for k their agricultural produce," Chamberlain said. "As soon as the war began, we were compelled to curtail our import of things which were not essential to us that we may concentrate >:our dollar resources upon purchases from the United States of'those enormous masses of munitions and equipment wUeb it is necessary for us to have in order to carry on the struggle. ! Not Indifferent. "But let nobody, suppose that we want to use the measures that we have t*hen for any purpose other than prosecution of the war, ' nor that we are indifferent to lossifs which neutrals may thereby sustain. Then, praising the British-Ameri can trade; agreement of max* than a year ago and its "mosfc-favored-na? tion". prindpltj he went on: v "One of oar foremost aims in the future, will be the restoration of in ternational trade, which seems to us t0 wSfSt^ hest opportunities for restoring in turn the standard of living and consuming power of na tions. That is the policy we have in mind when the time comes to torn ohce more from war to peace." DsNnd....ye Washington dispatches simoltan eouslydSecHbed an assurance by Secretary of State Hall that "every effort" woold be made to modify the British embargo on tobacco . imports from the United States. Chamberlain's speech began with, a sharp thrust & the sedrccy which sunwhded Hitler's Sportspalast speech last night It included, also, the first announcement that a Cer man ? submarine which ' 'yesterday ?' tried to a&ck a convoy had been sunk by-fWtteh planes and 'Warships. ' A' snfteeqnnit dis closed that the sutatarhft was de stroyed only after it had sunk the 6,063-ton British steamer Vaclite in the convoy. The Vudite's crew -ras rescued by an Italian ship. The . U-boat waa sunk by a bomb from, a flying boat after' it Had been crippWh by depth ohhr^ from the c<u?Wt warship escorts A French statement at the . same time said only 16 oat of mora than. ?,800 Allied or neutral ships travel ing in such convoys had been lost op to JouhiTU while the Allied nounced that the Almiralty, effective * 1 ? /- ? - v ' AVM.? _tv wmoprofw, would tEi6 over tu mer* ^hreST^D^ctor Shipping. I'.'f ? J. ''^ ??-ibcUNT FOB .TilCHyy|A . <;>, ? J ******* V 7 y ' ? -^7;
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