""" ?-^ ?. '#4# A ? f "jm* putMialmi t II They Are Constantly Invitin?:| V H A Ij O ffllVl I |P IvH F ftf flffSfi I Not"! iLr.1 I : ?mm,n.^f..nf.: ' ;' ?? "' "'?? ? _J ; ? ""'" L? ? FABMYILL& PITT COtHtTY, NOBTH CABOUKA. FRIDAY. JANUARY ,, W, ^ j ? . NAVY'S PROGRAM SHOWS PROGRESS ,,, Knox Declares Every Effort Bans Made To Reach Qoal of Two Ocean Navy Washington, Jan. 15.?The Navy Department has launched an all-out effort to speed construction of a two ocean fleet, Secretary Frank Knox hevealed today. ? > He said most of the nation s Navy yards have gone on a six-day, 48 ' hour week and some have started on a three-shift system that is being extended "as rapidly as possible" to virtually all yards. He added that in some instances yards may work two 10-hour shifts to permit over hauling'- of machinery, but that in. all cases workers are paid overtime for work in excess of 40 hours?the basic workweek. A-.. .. Knox emphasized that everything possible is being done to speed up construction in all yards. , Simultaneously, Rear Admiral gftmnol M. dobinson, Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Ships, told the House naval affairs committee that s the shipbuilding program has been stepped up to a pace that will see 151 destroyers turned out in the next three years instead of the suheduled 100. - V The committee, considering meas ures to expand and equip the two ocean Navy, swiftly approved a bill authorizing a $300,000,000 expendi ture for better' fleet anti-aircraft de fenses. It then heard a request for im mediate authority and funds to build 280 "urgently needed" submarine chasers, minesweepers and motor torpedo boats capable of operating with the fleet or as escort vessels anywhere. Robinson told the committee that most of these small boats could be built this year on the Great Lakes, with some of the construction work going to small New England ship yards and the Gulf Coast. . committee did not take final action on the Navy's revest for $315,000,000 for shipbuilding and $194,000,000 for. ordnance. In connection with ordnance, Rear Admiral W. R. Furlong of the Navy's Ordnance Bureau told the commit tee that among the reasons addi tional facilities were needed were: British pleas for more guns to arm their merchant ships. 2?The United States Navy's de sire to have an ample supply of guns to arm 1,816 American merchant ships immediately if this country should enter the war. Robinson revealed for- the first time that by 1946 Ignited States naval power, including combat vessels, sweepers and auxiliaries, would total 1398 craft. He said the Navy now bag 782 ships, including 322 major combat vessels. Another 716 ships are building, including 639 major combat units, ind the Navy has re ^tod authority to build 400 small boats?submarine cbassers, mine sweepers and torpedo boats. Knox said the speed-up in navy yards is being worked out in co operation with Sidney Hillman, co director of the Office of Production Management. _ H$ told a press conference that some difficulty has been encountered organizing three shifts because of the necessity of training foremen and other supervising officers to handle the third eight-hour trick. Action on the bill to provide mow adequate fleet - anti-aircraft defense* came after Robinson and Admiral Furlong gave the committee theii views on the ability of warships tc withstand aerial attacks. Robinson testified that the dive bomber is a very real threat to war ships. He saidno one has been abb to devise protection against then for destroyers because the necessarj extra armament would be too heavy. IS MADE CORPORAL Mr W Mr* R. h 8eceiv ed news this week of the prcmotioi at their only son, William Nelsoi Fulford^P^to in the ssrvieeoniy fcor months. Corporal Fulford is stattoned t Fort Jackson, S. C., nA m a membe j a u? wss graduated frot which time no accidents of any km Corporal Foiford, who is 6 ft 1 Wm And gurSHMM his wii t*d n*aiM Mm ? ? ft? wiim? W11T1 ^ i - MJBG ? gtl" ?OUwto? ' ~ - "C?-jT ... DANGER ? . . New York, Jan. 15.?A movement is under way to impress upon all Japanese at ?ome and abroad, par ticularly. those living in the United States and British territory, the mounting danger of a Pacific con flict becailse of the increasing hoe tility of the "British-American alii- , ance" to Nippon, the Japanese Domei / news agency said tonight in a broad cast ' ,, ? The movement was launched by ? the National Service Association* ac cording to the broadcast and will be started with a series of lectures in Tokyo beginning January 18 featur ing speeches by officers of the Jap anese army and navy. Other meetings will be held throughout the country. Nationalists in Japan long have been agitating for a return of Jap anese residents of the United States and possessions in "retaliation" for the action of the State Department in summoning home American resi dents of Japan and the Japanese controlled areas in China. 37th Annual Meet Held By Bank of Farmville The 37th annual meeting of the Bank of Farmville was held Thurs day in the directors room of the banking house. J. I. Morgan, vice president, presided. Reports showed ' that assets of the bank were in ex cellent condition. s L. E. Walston, cashier, made a re-" port giving total assets of the bank to be $1,289,274.18, with deposits of $1,116,038.90. He stated that the year just concluded had been among the most successful nr the bank's his I tory. The report also revealed that the capital stock was listed at $50, I 000.00, the bank's investments in U. S., N. C., county and municipal bonds to be $342,009.08, 'and that a 12 per cent dividend was paid to all stock holders. The casheir's and other .officers were commended by the stockhold ers for their efforts and appreciation j of their services was expressed by individual members. The present board of. directors were unanimously reelected as fol lows: A. C. Monk, J. I. Morgan, John T. Thome, George W. Davis, John B. Lewis, C. L. Hardy, W. A. Allen, W( A. Pollard, J. 0. Pollard, T. C. Turn age. Immediately following the stock holders meeting the board of directors met and reelected their officers: A. C. Monk, president; J. I. Morgan, vice president; L. E. Walston, cashier; J. M. Stansill, assistant cashier. . Missing Man's Body Is Found In Swamp . . .. ? j Greenville, Jan. 15.?A coroner's jury today returned a verdict that Edgar Ayers, 31, of Carolina .Town ship, whose body was found yester day in Tranter's Creek Swamp near Gainer's bridge, died of exposure , and a heart ailment. ? * - / ' . Ayers had been missing since Sun day. Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Pitt i County health officer,, and Dr. J. L. ' Wmstead, chief surgeon at Pitt Gen . eral Hospital, examined the body, > but found no sign of foul play. The body was found by Jimmie r Moseley of Carolina Township. ABC i officers of Beaufort and Martin coun 1 ties located two illicit liquor dis ? tilleries while trying to rm down ? clues of possible foul play. There had been reports that Ayers - on Sunday had been in a fight with - some men who were thought to have ? been making whiskey: i . Funeral services were conducted r Wednesday at Rose of Sharon Free Will Baptist Church by the Rev. J. M. Perry, Christian minister of Rob ersonville. Burial was in the Terry family cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Louise Wynn Ayerl; his mother, Mrs. 1 Martha Wynn of "Martin County; two ? brothers, Marvin and Lloyd Ayers, both of Mactini County, and a sister, 1 Mrs. Holly Williams of the home. r LUNCH ROOMMENU ? JANUARY i ?:? a Monday?Collards; sweet potatoes, 5 smoked park, navy beans, corn bread, a 10c; Plain cake with chocolate sauce, d ^Tiimil., |M| W wia ^ s toe and carrots, baked yama, apple n cabbage salad, corn bread, 10c; But 1 Wedhaeeday?Collards. MM mm - _ " " w - I ? " "T a potatoes, bacon. com inRiBr. miMmm TtirilHig Fijlit h London Skies R. A. F, Fighters Tackle Nazi Raiders; Nazi May Try To Reach North Africa \ London, Jan. 16.?London bad a minor bedtone. blitz air raid just be fore midnight and early today?the first air attack after dark since Sun day/but the show put on by the Ger man bombers and challenging British night fighters surpassed any previous midnight performance over the feapi tal. A few insignificant fires flared briefly. The. real show for which thousands poured into the streets to see was the smoky vapor patterns woven upon the crystal clear heavens by the raiders and toe darting cir cling, machine-gunning fighters. The raid began at an unusually late hour for attacks on London and the rattle of machine-gun fire over head indicated the fighters Were in action. The "all-dear" sounded during the early morning hours. Shortly before the air alarm in the capital, gunfire burst out over one London district , Before London was attacked, raid ing Nazi planes were in flight over other areas of England. Three bombs were dropped at one midlands town, falling in a cemetery and recreation grounds and causing no casualties. ? As toe hostile planes droned high over the midlands, toe force of anti aircraft fire appeared to make them fly in circles in an .effort to avc-.d being hit. .^ J Two East Anglian towns reported raiders also. Earlier, the British surmounted snow and mist for attacks on Nazi bases in German-occupied Norway. In the only continental operations I reported by the Air Ministry, fliers of the coastal command were said to have scored direct hits on the air base at Mandal, on Norway's Scag gerak coastline, and Forus, airdrome for the west Norwegian port of Stavanger. ? 7 ' ' ? J One plane also scored two direct hits on a motorship in Stavanger roads, the communique continued, and another bombed an important railway bridge. , The British said weather made ob servation of the effects 'difficult, but fires were seen in the woods adja cent to the Mandal airdrome. All aircraft returned safely, the ministry said. The usual attacks on the in vasion" ports of German-occupied Prance and on Germany proper were prevented by snow and mist. The weather also brought com parative peace to the British Isles. Only a few German planes came |over yesterday,, two dropping 16 bombs on a southeastern villege |without .casualties, oro machine I gunning a Scottish town and others appearing over East Angtia, - The developing German aerial of fensive in toe Mediterranean is in tended to cut. a way through the British navy for transport of Nazi jtoafIB to the aid of the hard-pressed Italians in North Africa, Britisr military informants said. The attack by Nad dive-bombers on a British naval flotilla Januars 10 was described as the first majoi incident in this campaign-1-* cam paign which is recognized to hold potential danger to toe British, bu< SLich inspected here to faU The aircrafe carrier Illustrious and thk cruiser Southampton were dam aged January 10._ i The Germans, said an infqpiet source, must operate from shift" bases on the. island of Sicilj while the R A. F. is flying iron well protected and well equippet . Too, he added, toe Nazi dive bombers have only a limited rang* and, operating from My, an able to attack the British flee* onlj when it is in that range. The Germans, he said, "will them selves be open to repeated attack on toeir airdromes. Our air su periority is;ao well established ii those regions that ho influx o German planes could wreat it fron M x |. ?" - T" Farmer Is Fined $10 For Effing of Meow ? Snow Bill, Jan. M?MngWate K D. llewbom TueKky' fined J?? co?. ** and coats after he admitted jcwmg ? cow Moose, Mar Walatonburf sevra s. k ? iiniAiir AffS w ' ' * ? ' ' ' By HUGO & SIMS (Washington Correspondent) three fleets on paper. many new ships coming. huge defense budget. actual spending small. the debt and taxes. > arsenal fob democracy. four great essentials. new defense leaders* < | a call to all citizens. Reorganization of the United States^ Navy into three fleet?, effective Feb ruary 1st, may not affect the distri bution of the more than 800 war ves [ sels now in service, but it will mean something- in the distribution of the units when the Navy is doubled by the addition of nearly 400 units now building. With the main fleet in the Pacific, stationed at Hawaii, the Navy has maintained a patrol force of 125 ves sels in the Atlantic and an Asiatic squadron in the Far East, in the Phil1 | lipines. and China. The battleships are at Honolulu, with the exception of two or three in the Atlantic. In the Far East are some new cruisers, destroyers, submarines and gunboats. The ships being built for the Navy will more than double the combatant units of every type, except subma rines. The 17 battleships, 12 aircraft carriers, 48 cruisers, 170 destroyers and 82 submarines will represent an addition that is equal to any existing navy in the world today. In fact, when completed, they will be equnl to the Japanese navy as .it exists plus all units known to be under con struction. The President's budget * message followed expectations, proposing ex penditures of $17,485,049,000 in the year beginning the first day of next July. About two-thirds of the total is for defense, with from two to five additional billions likely to be re quested for all-out assistance to the fighting democracies. The expendi tures will result it is estimated, in a deficit of more than $9,000,000,000, thus increasing the public debt to' an all-time peak of more than $58,000, 000,000, ? .? In connection with national de fense the President pointed out that expenditures during the last six months amounted to about $1,750, 000,000. This is a small sum com pared with the huge appropriations already made by Congress. Actual expenditures, however, will increase sharply during the next half-ydbr period, being estimated at nearly five ' billion dollars. This will bring us to the beginning of the 1942 fiscal year, ? during which such expenditures will ' leap to nearly 11 billion dollars. The President recounted the de 1 fence program, including appropria tions, authorizations and recommend ' dations, covering the period from ' June, 1940, and including estimates ' ?pr the fiscal ypar that wiU ^d June 1 39, 1942, showing a total of $28,480, ' 000,000. The Army gets $13,704, [ 000,000, the Navy $11^87,000,000, in dustrial expansion requires $1,902, 1 000,000 and other defense activities ' takes up $1,2$7J)00,000. ' f ' ' ; In discussing the national debt the Chief Executive pointed cut that na k tional income had increased more ; than 30 billion j&ollatt above the de pression depth and that, in the name ' period, wnmal charges increased by only 400 nudum dollars, He declared that the bonds ' of the United States are the "safest 1 securities in the wprid" and that | "oar tax byrdw. U? etill 1 compared to that of most other . paopfc* _ 8 Mr. Roosevelt opposes a pay-as ' you-go basis for defense expend1 - r turn, although -admitting that there was no agreement on how -much fhftnM be borrowed. He believes that 1 ?he drastic and restrictive taxes that " would ha M^wsary to finance a pay ] I as-you-go defense program would in Mterfere with the full use of 1 eral consumption which, he thtaks, is inadvisable "as long as ufinsed ctp*r city is available and as km* as idle labor can be employed." " ? - r ; .< a . > iV 5 ThaPwetdeat'. State of gave otteWattev a derway and generally V d cause of the nations fighting aggros , / I * ? ^. l.dt, AnTbMlflf-BlfiRtI j of? i? warning ATe?ST Speed Records - London, Jan. 16.?United Statds-, made bomhere have achieved a break fast-to- teatime schedule and set a new translantic record in delivery flights to England, it was disclosed today. The pre-war record for transatlan tic flights between Newfoundland and the British Ides was set by the Cambrai, Imperial Airways flying boat, In ^ptember, 1987, when die flew -from Botwood to Foynefl, Ire land, in 10 hours and 38 minutes. "That mark has been broken time and again," said an authoritative aviation source, in partial disclosure of speed achieved in the ferrying which. the British hope will bring hundreds of pUmes by mid-sumiper. This source would not, however, divulge the new record nor say who holds it (It is about 2,000 miles from New foundland to Britain, the Shortest route from North America. Modern bombers, under favorable conditions, could fly that distance in well under 10 hours.) Captain Pat Eves of British Air ways, who was flying airliners over India before the war, is one of the latest to achieve the breakfast-to tea time schedule. Eves, 31, said he was bothered only by the "terrific cold" In disclosing that fliers who break fasted in North America had toft the same day in England, . the British gave no close hint of the elapsed time, since breakfast could be any time before dawn and teatime from 3:30 to 6:00. * . '? . It is to be noted, however, that a flyer en' route to* England from New foundland would "lose" four and one-half hours between the time zones. It is understood that some of the machines ? limited to long-range bombers ? have been piloted by Americans and Canadians, all volun teers. A school for training transatlantic pilots, it is understood authorita tively, has been opened in Canada. One of the most important phases of instruction is the take-off with heavy fuel loads| . The planes thus being delivered are said to be Lockheed Hudsons* Boeing 17's Lockheed Vega Ven turas and Consolidated flying boats, Air experts are talking of the pos sibility that the larger bombers might be loaded with wingless fuse lages of small fighting planes, for delivery to England^ This has been done over shorter distances by Italians reinforcing their aviation in Africa. BARKER' DfiUGHTS STUDENTS WITH TALK ON FORESTRY mm ? I W. J. Barker, assistant State For*, ester, delighted the student body 0f the Farmville school with his lecture on Tuesday. The program, feafcu* tag Mr. mm W conservation department of the Gard en Club, Mr. Barker stressed the fact that forest* vitally affect the yvee of hu man beings, providing as they do food and shelter and helping to prevent windstorms and droughts, The speaker showed samples of many articles made from wood; tile, insulation for homes, crates, cedar for lining closets, keg heads, shut tles from ddgwood, used In ootton mills, oombe, material from which houses may be constructed without the use of nails, paper milk bottles made in Plymouth, postal cards, made in Canton, turpentine, camphor, card table legs and cloth, made in North Carolina and from North Carolina, wood. . After pointing out tha value of for ests he ahewAd Moving pic*?* ing of yanng jflne growths.' Meets Here January 23 Banquet yr '* '??jfj/j'.'i ^ * '* :t\ , Raleigh. 16. - The Htaetam Carolina Chamber of Commerce wiu iwld5 its mid-winter .burin*. con ference at Sir Walter Hotel Here on Thursday night, January 28; vnfc members of-"the General Assembly as guests, at a dinner, president John "sDMkte for the oeeutan rOl be Dies Committee on Un-American of the General Assembly. ?"7". . "J Wftr ot for the XJni i ? rsBS? " "? \ -'I'* - '*-? ? WANT GLASS . Washington, Jam. 15.?Administra tion leaders wane reported today to have urged Senator Glass (D.-Va.), gppporter of. President Roosevelt's program for Aiding- Britain, to accept a pl^ce in drafting the administration measure, probably will be added to the committee in a day or so to fill the two vacancies. ' Glass said of the reports merely that he *had told friends he would serve on the committee if elected. He said he wanted it understood, how ever, that, he was not an applicant for the place. & The 83-year-old Virginian is chair man of the Appropriations Commit 'tee, which wot'Id be called on to con sider funds for financing the British aid program once the pending author ization legislation was approved. Farnnrille Teams Keep Winning Despite Sickness .4 ' - **?* j Locals To Play Stokes at School Gym Tonight, Friday, Jan. 17 ; Despite absence due to flu and bad colds, both the boys and girls basket ball teams were victorious in both games in double headers with' Grimes land and Fountain. The teams divid ed a twin bill with Pactolus, the home boys being victorious on Mon day night In the first double header with Grimes!and, the girls took their '< second victory with a score of 24-17. Lillian Harris.led the scoring with 14 points, but she was well assisted by Doney Joneg and Rosa Reid Russell. Although Bill Rasberry and Lester Turnage were unable to pipy, the bqys won easily 24-6. The surprise of the game was the fiixe defensive work of Bill Carr, substitute guard. R. ?2. Braxton led the scoring with 9 points, but he was closely followed by -Bobby Rouse with 8 and Paul Parker with 6 points. The two games on Monday night 1 with Pactolus were two of the lo ./est scoring games yet seen. The girls lost the opener 12-3. Rose Reid Rus sell accounted for Farmville's only /ield goal. Paul Parker was the only absentee in the final game, but Rasberry and Turnage were still not in top condi tion. The home boys failed to score in the first half for the first time in years, However, the boys got under th@ way quickly in the second half and tied the ball game up at 3-3. In the laa^ quartern, foul shot and three field goals hy' Rouse put the home boys ahead for keeps. The final score was 10-8, Wednesday night saw the teanis brintfKenWfrom Fountain two more victories. It was the first game in a week that all the boys were dressed. BiU Rasberry and Bobby Rouse were still on the sick list. The girls played tfyeir best game of the season and avenged an earUer defeat by taking a 19-1 victory. The Farmvllle girls played rings around the horns team. Doney Jones and Rosa Reid Russell showed a type of ball that couldn't be beak They broke! up passes and shot goals as they never had before. They were aided continuously by a bunch of fast stepping guards headed by Jane Greene. ' The boys' game was a toss up all the way. ^either team had more that a three point advantage the whole game. The lead, see-sawed back and forth. The final score was 25-22. in favor of Farmmville. It was the first loss in the laat. five starts for the Fountain boys and the fifth a^aight win for the local hqyB. Paul Parker, star forward, led tike scoring with 11. Lester Turnige was runner up for scoring honors with 8 points. i7-: T 7:80 in ttn BWnlte High School Gym. The boys' game should be one of the beat games of ? the season, because reports say thai the Stokes' team , is one of the best in the county. The home boys should be I ing for their sixth straight win. ^ j I ^ ^ I To Invoke Law of Defense |lm|, - State Department Chief First Witness Td Ap* pear Before Commit tee Considering The President's Lend-Lease Measure "l Washington, Jan. 15.?Summoning the nation to "invoke the law of self* defense before it is too late," Secre tary of State Hall urged upon Con gress today the enactment of legis lation for unlimited supplies of war materials- to Britain and other na tions battling a "world movement of conquest" . Hull testified before the House Foreign Affairs committee in sup port of President Roosevelt's lease elnd bill. In a statement of about 3,500 words, he said that if the Atlantic ocean fell "into German control" it would "offer little or no assurance of security.'? "Were Britain defeated and were she to lose command of the seas," he said, "Germany could easily cross the Atlantic, especially the South Atlantic, unless we were ready and able to do what Britain is doing now." Pointedly he asserted that Ger many, Japan and Italy had made unmistakably clear ' their intentions to "repudiate and destroy the very foundations of a civilized world * under law" and to conquer and es tablish "tyrranical rules over their victims." When Hull finished the state ment, committee members turned to questioning him . and Rep. Luther A. Johnson (D.-Tex.) asked whether a section of the President's lease-lend bill providing for repair, of belliger ent vessels such as those of Britain in United States ports violated inter national law. "Nothing but a realistic view of current developments can be regard- / ed as a sane view," Hull replied. ' "The question is whether, in the face of a universally recognized movement of force to invade and conquer, peaceful nutions shall wait c ' until the invader crosses their boundary lines ? or whether they shall recognize that this Is a world movement of conquest and invoke the law of self defense before it is too late." Secretary Hull told the House For- ? eign Affairs committee today that "control of the high seas by law abiding nations is the key to the security of the Western Hemisphere. The State Department chief ap-_ peared before the committee, as the first witness on ^President Roosevelt's bill for aiding Britain and 'other na tions "fighting aggression" by lend ing or leasing them war materials ranging froin bullets to battleships. ? Hull described the measure as one which would "make it possible for us to allocate our resources in ways calculated to provide for the security of this nation and of its continent." Above all, he declared, "it will do all of these things in the speediest possible manner - and, overwhelm ingly, speed is our greatest need tor day."- .????.; . Secretary Hull asserted that "the v proposed so-called new order" in the Pacific means the domination of one country to the exclusion of the interests of other nations. * ? The Secretary of State declared that "such a program for the sub jugation and exploitation" of so many people by one nation was of "great concern" to the entire world. Nevertheless, he said, the United States has tried to show Japan that her beBt interests would be in friendly relations with this country. Hull 'said he was placing before the committee "the facts" of the dangers which he said, confronted Hie Western Hemisphere and "there?! fore this, cohntry." ??;?? *1 WHO KNOWS? . -1. Hqw does Democratic strength in the new Congress compare with representation before the 1940 dec? tions? * ; ? ? 2, Who is Arthur B. Purvis? tj 3.. What ir. the present strength of the Army? 4. What ia the' current monthly .production, of the': 'American ah* , - ;?raft industry? : > 5