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? ' - ' Bi ' ? ? ' ? " . .i t 1 ? 11 ^' ' 1 1 ? ?'."' ' ^ ^ ^ ^' VOLUXB THIRTY-ONE FABMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, EBIDAY.JANUABY 81, 1941 NUMBER THIRTY-SEVEN ? ' ? "... i ?: ? ?? : . il?J. ? -, : : ' " .. 1 1 . 1 J .1 Li! JfjU'J Presidenttyituptrst TUt Over Lend-Lease Proposal < House Committee Re fuses To Ban Use of American Warships as Copvoys; Stimson Sees British Victory If Isles Survive Spring Crisis; Cites Axis Strain Washington, Jan. 29. ? President. Roosevelt today won his first victory in the fight ofer the administration's British, aid bill when the House For- I eign Affairs Committee rejected an amendment which would have harmed use of United- States warships to convoy war materials abroad. The committee approved instead an amendment stating that the bill should not be construed as authoriz ing use of convoys. This would have no legislative force because the President's power to make what ever use he desires of the nation's military and naval might stems from the Constitution. Mr. Roosevelt was opposed to lim iting this authority, but he made it plain at recent press conferences that the government was not even considering the use of convoys which he described as a hazardous undertaking. The committee adopted three other amendments today and reject ed 15. Those accepted, reportedly with the President's approval, would limit the life of the legislation to June 30, 1943; would require Mr. Roosevelt to file reports with Con gress every 90 days on transactions made, and would specify that the Chief Executive consult with rank ing Army and Navy leaders before * sending war materials abroad. The anti-convoy amendment was sponsored by Representative Karl Mundt, R, S. D., who plans to offer it from the floor. His substitute bill, which would have set up a fund of $2,000,000,000 to be used for loans or outright gifts to friendly foreign powers, also was rejected. Also killed were Republican amendments which would have ex cluded Russia as a possible benefi ciary under the lend-lease program; prevented the disposition of any ves sels of the Navy to a belligerent na tion without the consent of Congress; denied the use of American ports for repairing or outfitting of warships of a belligerent nation; excluded ag gressor nations from benefits under the legislation; required the Comp troller General to keep a record of transactions and report them to Con gress, and required certification by military and naval officials that ex ported articles were not essential tc the national defense. RATIONING Duplin, Jan. 29.?Prime Minister Eamon De Valera tonight ordered drastic rationing of tea and gaso line and urgently warned the Irish people to "prepare for the worst as regards all supplies coming to us from abroad." De Valera's broadcast came only 24 hours after the Eire government, using its emergency powers, ordered a strict censorship on ail information sent abroad by newspaper correspon dents dealing with the war, the state of Eire's vital supplies and the in ternal situation. Hereafter, the Prime Minister told the people of neutral Eire, gasoline will be available only to doctors clergymen, and those engaged in essential services, at least for the time-being. DOG SHOOTS MASTER Okkhosre City, Okla.?While giv ing his bint dog a lesson in pointing John Johnson rested the butt of hi shotgun on the ground. The dog excited by a bird, leaped into the ai and came down on a branch. Tb preach came down on Hie gun's trig ger and Johnson came down with i severely wounded shoulder. r . - ' 1 -'H' , Nine Pitt Yo?ths Off To CCC Caroi s ' Greenville, Jan. 29. ? Nine man Pitt county youths left We the first ' of tide week for earottmeut in the Civihsn Conservation Corp* ? 01 ? ? -S ? BI ? Bit el fa i ^ ?M Mew rtoi hitm, computing' tnis coun ty's -quote for the first quarter a 19Se ?ne we^ in a*S*. aeera or so youths who- left hen ** wr ywme <*uv ow ' earlier fids mouth. ''% Theeo who left this weak won Jamas Frank Crawford of Green ftTj )IcOow<8i2) O'X ^"yy0ynr{^ 14L:. -Kmjti I I I II n, Htiadreds JUM Final Harvey WMjasTirnigi Final Rites For Silver Spring Bank Presi dent, Native of Fann ville, Held Here ITiurs day Afternoon Funeral rites for Harvey William Turnage, 46, president of the Subur ban National Bank, of Silver Spring and Takoma Park, MA, were held here at two o'clock, Thursday after noon, in the Christian Church, in which he had retained his member ship since early boyhood Services were conducted by Rev. C. B. Mash burn, the pastor, and Dr. Perry Case,' of Atlantic Christian College, Wilson. A choir, composed of Mrs. J. W. Joyner, Mrs. J. S. Gates, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Holmes and Elbeit C. 1 Holmes sang, In The Hour of Trial, Sometime We'll Understand, and My Faith Looks Up To Thee at the church service, and In The Sweet Bye and Bye at the graveside. Mrs. Arthur F. Joyner was accompanist and in charge of the music. Inter ment was made in the family plot in Forest Hill cemetery beneath a handsome floral tribute. A message received by relatives and friends here Tuesday, advised that Mr. Turnage,. a native son of Farmville and a member of promi nent Pitt county families, passed away at one thirty o'clock that after noon at Walter Reed hospital, after ail ? extended illness. A brief service was held for Mr. Turnage at the Warner Pumphrey funeral home, Silver Spring, on Wed nesday morning. His body, accom panied by members of the family, and officials of his bank, arrived here Wednesday night and was car ried to the home of his mother, Mrs. W- J. Turnage. Mr. Turnage, held in high esteem here, was borti May 2, 1894, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Turnage. He was graduated from Farmville high school and attended Trinity College, ' now Duke University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. After leaving college he was employ ed as teller and clerk at the Bank pf ' Farmville. During the World War, he served > overseas and was with the Army of Occupation in Germany after the .Armistice. He later became associat ed with the A. C. Monk Tobacco (Jo. and served as their representative in Belgium and Holland for two years, with headquarters at Brussels and Rotterdam. Returning to the United States in 1923, he became connected with the Citizens Bank, later becoming vice president of the Page Trust Com pany, of Albemarle. Before going to Washington, D. C., in 1934, he was connected with the Federal Land Bank, in charge of collections for North and South Carolina. Mr. Turnage became president of the Suburban National Bank, with offices in Silver Spring and Takoma Park, Md., in July 1938, after the merger of the Silver Spring National Bank, of which he was executive vice president, and the Takoma Park Bank. He resided at 108 Hilltop Road, Silver Spring. - " ? ? ? ? * ? M 1_ surviving are ma wiuow, luniiuiiy Mi* Mable Galloway, of Greenville, a son, Harvey, Jr., and a daughter, Betty Lou. Also surviving; are his mother, Mrs. W. J. Turnage and .two brothers, Colonel Allen H. Turnage, cozhmander of the United Stat* Ma rine forces in North China, stationed at Peiping, and William J. Turnage, of Farmville. Active pallbearers were: Arthur F. Joyner, Charlie Cloninger and Herbert Bonner, of Washington, D. C.; Neai HoImeSd, and George T. Day, ofr Silver .Spring, MA;- Matt Long, of Greenville; Dr. Jim Senter and Joe Klutz, of Albemarle. Honorary: John T. Thome, T. C. and B. 0. Turnage, John D. and Mark S. Dixon, Lester Turnage, Dr. W. M. Willis, R. L. Rollins, J. W. Bashewy^ J. M. StansQl, S. A. Roebuck, D. F., R. 0., James R., B. L and T W Lang, J M .Whelen, R. R. Newton, John B. and B. M. Lewis, Dr. C C. Joyner, John T. Bynum, G. A. Rouse, B. E. Belcher, T E., R. A. end C. H. Joy ner, George W. rnd F/M. Dpwis, 8r., ^ B. O. Taylor, DeWitt Allen, J.^ ^BL ,|1U*W CBu WftlwT v? vOB69t W iMHty* I . V . ? , - ? jk m -it?' vj? . ' ' ' " . '?! v/'Y; - . _ ? J: The New Baptist Church Which Was Opened for Service on Sunday, January 26 : . FarnwiUe Baptist Church Using Their New Building * ? ? ,?????^4? -V Three Inspiring Ser- j vices Held Sunday with Hundreds In Attend ance - Sunday, January 26th marked the opening- of the beautiful new Bap- j tist church building: which had been j [ under construction since March of i J last year. j It was the last of March when workmen began to remove the old frame building* which had served the | congregation through thirty-one j . years of growth and development, j i and to make room on the well locat-' j ed lot at Wilson and Greene streets I for the new structure. Through the recent months the community has thrilled with the con gregation, as gradually, day by day , and week by week the new building took shape. Now that it is finished the pastor and congregation feel that it belongs not only to the faithful membership, whose untiring efforts and generous gifts made it possible; but to the community at large, Farmville's "skyline" .is truly grac ed by its tall white spire, which bears its silent but majestic witness to that One which is high above the humble ways of man. To each paseer-by it stands as a reminder of that which the poet John Oxenham must have had m mind when he said: "To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way, And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low; And in between on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth The way his soul shall go." It was with a visibly deep sense of reverence and expectancy that the congregation assembled at each of the three worship services of the opening day. Each service was well attended, and there were many visi tors from both far and near. At the eleven o'clock hour of wor ship, Dr. I. G. Greer, an able and greatly beloved layman, spoke with great appropriateness on the theme, i "What Mean These Stones?" ?? m. .ct In the afternoon, tne iormer pas tors of the church were recognized and honored.. Rev. Jesse McCarter, the first pastor the church had, was present and gave a few of the high lights connected with the humble be ginnings of the' local church, a third of m. century. Rev. J. K. Henderson, alto a for. mer pastor-of the church, spoke briefly of the meaning of the new building in the present hour. And Hwiaifc.jfr PuneeSi^ho third of the former pastors who found it possi ble to attend the opening services, likewise made some helpful remarks pertaining "especially, to the future, j Following the reading of a few 'letters from some of the former pas tors, members and friends of the I church, who with one accord sent their sincere greetings and regretted their inability to be present; the service was taken over- by Hr. Pat Akkmnan and his accomplished choir from the Kennedy Home near Kins ton. The program of fine music given by this choir,was one of the features of the day. ? Tha day's activities were brought helpful an? inspiring message -da " . V I Bible by the church, as an expression of their deep felt gratitude for the superb services rendered the church by this good chairman. Other mem bers of the committee, who worked faithfully and untiringly in this connection were; Miss AnAie Perkins, treasurer, C. A. Tyson, W. J. Ras berry, C. L. Beaman and M. P. Mc Connell. The pastor, Rev. Mr. Ford ham" was an ex officio member of this committee. ... Throughout the day the services were enhanced by the music of the local choir. Each member of this outstanding musical group deserved the congratulations of all. The pastor, Rev. Buford B. Ford ham, who presided at each of the three meetings, requests .that the gratitude of the church be extended to all who helped make these ser vices a success. And especially does this apply to the local pastors, and their good people Who omitted their own services to be with their friends of the Baptist Church on this great opening day. II. S, Borrowieg Powers To Bo Exhausted Soon Secretary Morgenthau Urges Extension Of Debt Limit Washington, Jail. 29.? Secretary Morgenthau said today, the Treasury would run out of borrowing powers in four months and appealed for an increase in the federal debt limit from 49 billion dollars to 65 billion dollars. Testifying in support of a bill to make the increase, the Treasury head told the House Ways and Means Committee that his Depart ment had plans for the sale of "se curities attractive to all classes ol investors?to satisfy the overwhelm ing desire on the part of nearly every man, woman and- child to make some direct and tangible contribution to the national defense." Although not describing these se curities in detail, ., he said the bit would permit the Treasury to is sue small .. denomination saving! bonds and savings certificates, ai ? j wen as uie regular tyyt; ^ ^u.. ties. Treasury officials previously I had indicated consideration of -*5 ?bonds and 25 cent, saving- stamps. I On January 1, Morgenthau said I the treasury had used" up all hut 1*897,000,000 of its 45 bollion dollar ?general borrowing powers and all I but *2,764,000 of its special defense 1 borrowing authority. I "These combined balances (of ? borrowing authority)/' he continu led, '?leave the Treasury with bor I rowing authority sufficient only foi I the next \foor months and even, in that period we would be greatly** stricted - kT our financing opera | tions." I Morgenthau said the debt limit increase was neceeritated by th? *29/500,000,000 defense program out j lined in President Roosevelt's re sent'budget. He . made no mentioc however, of, additional borrowin [Congress passed the sdministre i tion's bill for aid in Britain. GIVE 800 DINNERS AWAY ? ?? ? - ?" .? ' ^ ^. VIl'L i, i?ti ' ll. ' V. _ , Tar Heels Laanch Drive For Mere Defense Funds * ? Washington, Jan. 29.? Launching a united effort for greater participa tion by North Carolina in the na tional defense program, the Tar Heel Congressional delegation today set a goal of $650,000,000 as the State's equitable share in current defense expenditures ? contrasting sharply with reported awards to date total ing less than $50,000,000. The meeting disclosed that there are excellent prospects for early ap proval of a huge Marine Corps base in Onslow, Carteret, Pamlico, and Craven counties; a $5,000,000 Naval dirigible base in the general vicinity of Edenton; a Naval repair station at an unselected site, and several developments for constructing both deep and shallow water boats. In addition, plans were mapped to sedure a large munitions plant in the Western mountains, to improve the State's airport system, to de velop the State's coal, lorn, tin, man ganese, and lumber resources, and to bring every facility the State has to offer to the attention of proper de fense officials. t "North Carolina stands to get a great deal more than now appears evident," Senator Jostah W. Bailey stated after the meeting. The conference, "Which lasted near ly two hours, was attended by all but five members of the delegation, and by J. T. Anderson and Ralph Dunaway, representing Governor Broughtan and the State Department of Conservation and Development Senator Bailey opened the meet ing by pointing out that many other states were securing a larger share of defense funds than North Caro lina. He stressed that there waa no! desire to play "pork barrel" politics with national defense, but added that the State had many legitimate facili ties which can be used profitably. | Bailey expressed the conviction , that the united efforts of the entire delegation in collaboration with the State Department of Conservation ) and Development could vastly im-" prove the State's cunwt position hi the defense picture. The current pro gram calls for edpenditures approxi ' mating 25 billion- dollars. North ' Carolina has cme-fortieth of the na tion's population; and with her wide variety of resources, should receive at least that proportion of the funds or a minimum of $650,000,000. ^ : 1 . 111 AVERAGE > Vv ? ? ' I.? Washington, Jim, 29,-*The average American i? 28.9 yews old, the ?en su8 'Bureau reported today after .studying a five per cent sample of the 1940 census. The figure showed that the popu lation Is growing older. In 1940 the average American was -yean older than in 1930, and 6 years older than in 1900. Men continued to predominate, but the bureau found that the margin of males .over female* was declining. Some day, it was arid, women would outnumber the men kt America, as they do ? Europe and other areas oil older civilisation. There were 101.1 males for every I 100 female* in 1940. Ten years agel I there were 102.5 males per 100 f* ?-i I f Whites constituted 89.8 per cent of the population in 1940, exactly the same percentage as.in 1930. Among whites, the average age of both males and females was 29.4 years. Among non-whites, the malsi averaged 25.4 ygrs and femMMipl How Westminister CMrCmnTgts ?? Since 1921, Westerminister Choir, appearing in Greenville on Thursday evening,' February 27 at 8:00 in Wright Memorial Auditorium, E. C. T. C., has occupied an increasingly noteworthy place in American musi cal life. Indeed, for the past several i years it has held the status of an established tradition and institution: .which has won the critical acclaim of such men as JDamxosch, Stokowski, Barbirolli, and Toscanini. But, in regarding Westminister Choir as the accepted artistic trimuph which it is, audiences sometimes lose sight of the fact that it is a comparatively young organization with an origin no less fascinating and m ma tic than its pres ent touring experiences* In the early years of the last de cade a volunteer church choir in Day ton, Ohio singing at the Westminis ter Presbyterian Church, began to ex tract a city-wide fame which such organizations rarely attain. '.Soon this reputation became regional as well as local, and the civic leaders began to point to this musical group and to its young conductor, John Fin ley Williamson, with almost as much pride as they pointed to the-National Cash Register Company or the home of the Wright Brothers, for example. '? J-*-- /???i-?- Waidul wnen me uhutb jiuwuci.; w?v^a?v?..v. far enough beyond its home town to induce one ? of New York's leading concert managers of the day to book a professional tour of several weeks' duration, not only was a distinct pre cedent established ? Church choirs weren't considered concert attractions in those days; it was usually bad enough to have to endure them in the regular Sunday services!?but also the foundation was laid for a fame which has since grown to national and international proportions in the musical world. It must not be thought that in or ganizing his choir, young Mr. Wil liamson had any idea of making it a concert attraction. That he intended to make it the best Church choir pos sible we may be sure?but not be cause hed had amy hope of gaining personal fame; simply because, as the son of a minister, he had certain very definite ideas' about what con stituted worship and what the func tion of music in worship was. He felt that too many Church services were dead and ineffectual because they offered insufficient opportuni ties'for the congregation to take part in the act of worship; too much was done for them, there was too littie for them to do themselveis. Mr. Wil liamson held two truths to be as self evident as those pointed out in our famous Declaration; first, that the musical part of a worship service gave one of the best opportunities for participation by the congregation, and second, that music had -mere power to create- mood and arouse emotion?and ' consequently to stimu late the spirit of worship and epitom ize the point of the sermon?than all the words of preaching or Scripture, however well-chosen they might be. These principles guided liamson in all he did with his volun II teer choir at the Westminister Church 1 in Dayton, and because of his sin ? cerity and devotion to his task he I found himself in much the same posi I tion as the. famous mouse-trap man? I the world was literally clamoring for I a chancer to see and hear the superior I product he had created. I Since its initial tour in the winter I of 1921, Westminister Choir has sung I in all part of the United States and I in Canada as well as in moat of the I countries of Europe. In 1986, when I it made its second European tour, it I was-specially invited by the Soviet I government to come as ambassadors I of good will to bring the Bussian peo I pie typical examples of what Ameri I ca considered musically excellent. I The founding of Westminister I ;Ghoir School in 1926 eame as a insult I of requests from {ministers all over I the country who had heard the choir I in concert, for individuals trained to I carry on in their Churches musical I programs similar in spirit to that I which Mr. Williamson carried on in I the Westminister Church. Hence, in I September . of that year, a dream I which he had hM& v.cherished became One further thing needs to beaaidB concerning the history-of Westminis ter Choir. Without the support and! ; cooperation of individuals far-sight ? ed enough to foresee! the importance of its function in Amertan musical I and cultural life, many of the activi-1 , ties of Westminister Choir might have i been impossible. Chief amo^su^l r helped to make orgamzatior Italy Warns u.s.ut Aid To Britain i Declares Conduct May Involve Nation In War; Official M o u t hpfcce Bluntly Asserts Neu trality Being Violated; GreekInvasion May Have B e e n Stalled; Britain Steps Up De fenses For Attempted Invasion According to the Associate Press Premier Mussolini's, socalled mouth piece declared bluntly today that the United States policy of aiding Britain was a violation of neutrali \ ty likely to involve the United States in war. The spokesman, Fascist Editor Virginio Gayda, warned that "legi timate reaction" by the Rome-Ber lin Axis might plunge the United States into the conflict. The United States, he said, should not believe she can continue to help Britain "without finding some un forseen and quite unpleasant reac tion at the end of the path." Inklings appeared that Greece's counter-invasion into Albinia may have Stalled under increasing Italian, pressure. . Since the capture of Klisura in central Albania on January 10, the Greek communiques have noted only the repelling of fierce Italian coun ter-attacks?without a single no table advance. Again today a Greek government spokesman said two Fascist attacks , near Klisura had been driven back with the Greeks inflicting "heavy losses." Premier Mussolini's high com mand, however, asserted tha? the Italians had seized "an important position" from the Greeks, along with the capture of prisoners and arms. Britain ?stepped up her defense with twin measures to meet the threat of a grand slam German in vasion, which informed sources in Washington predicted would come in April or May?with 36,000 Nazi warplanes to lead the assault. King George, VI, issued a royal proclamation ordering men aged IS to 19 and 37 to -40 to register for military service. At the same time, the government moved toward the drafting of women into .vital war industries to hasten the production of armG and munitions. Washington sources credited tbe German air force with a four-to one advantage over the Royal Air Force in the heralded invasion at tempt in the spring, declaring that the Germans could put 18,000 bomb ers and fighters in the air with an other 18,000 in reserve. ' Strong British - motorized units were reported to have swept so far south and west of Italian-held Dema that they weife menacing the remainder of General Rodolfo Gra ziani's eastern Libyan army?now concentrated in Derna and Ben gasi. British general headquarters at Cairo reported increasing pres sure on Derna. With the British already con trolling 100,000 square miles of Ital ian terri tory -in Libya, news came ' yesterday of development of a-new front in the war threatening Pre mier Mussolini's African empire. The new thrust?launched in the wastes of tb8 Libyan desert?was reported to be the work of a "Free French" camel corps which fought its way more than 200. miles into southwestern Libya from Chad, French Equatorial Africa. Bad weather again curtailed the croBS-channel operations of the German arid the British air forces lpst night * . . ACL Taxes Swell ? Pitt Tax Coffers Greenville, Jan. 29.?Tax coffers in Pitt county were more than $21," 000 better off tovViy as a result of payment of its 1940 taxes by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. C. A. Robertson, local agent of the railroad today, turned over to the * courity tax offices checks totalling , $19,076.18 and to the city tax' de- ' '. partmemt $397.67 to cover county and city of Greenville taxes. In ad dition to the payments made here there were payments to Fountain, FarmviHe, Bethel, Winteiville, Ay den ! abd Grifton for the company property owned in those towns. The total payments covering the county taxes and *11 the towns in the county were estimated by Bob ertsdn to run between $21,000 and $2^d00. . iZ_ ; ; ? _.