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:: They Are Constantly ferritin* | |1^ ^ ? ?~^P^ ' 1^ll^Ert Not A Small Town Any Morel | ;; You T? TRADE With Thenu JL AJLV* JE ?*? *K* ? *?*?# . . -T gg^R-^i's^Swy ? ? i ? ? i-u _. "' VOLUME TMRTT-TWO Knox Serves Stern Warning! ?Sfec*" ? I Upon Subversive ? I Says Groups and Indi viduals Using Labor Unions To Hinder De fense Will Be Treated as 'Enemies'; Aviation Plant Back to Normal; More Strikes Settled Washington, June 11.?Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox today stern ly warned that the government henceforth will treat "as enemies of the country" all persons using activi ties in labor unions as a cloak "to attack American liberty and free dom." He charged before a group of avia tion representatives that there is a "small, but very active minority" de termined to thwart the national de fense program. He described the strike at the Inglewood, Calif., plant of the North American Aviation Corp., which was broken by the Army on orders of President Roosevelt, as "one of the most serious threats to | the objectives we have ahead." "The challenge these subversive and Communistic elements have flung in our teeth for months has been accepted!" he exclaimed. Knox's blast was another invita tion by the administration to labor unions to purge left-wing elements reportedly responsible for most of the recent strikes in defense indus tries. The C. I. 0. is taking steps in this direction. Richard T. Frank ensteen, national aircraft director of the C. I. O.'s United Automobile Workers, said today that the U. A. W. local at the North American Aviation plant would be reorgan-. ized and "irresponsible" officials re moved. No Action. As the administration made known in unmistakable terms that it will not tolerate "outlaw" or "quickie" strikes, the Senate again failed to act on legislation to empower the President to take over, lease or operate defense plants when pro duction is threatened, impeded or stopped by labor disputes. Members wrangled all day over an amendment by Senator Harry F. Byrd (D.-Va.), which would have placed the Senate on record as con demning all strikes in defense indus tries as contrary to public policy. Upon complaints that the proposal was too drastic, Byrd modified it to affect strikes or lockouts in which, either side to the dispute refuses to recognize and accept mediation. The Virginia Senator yielded this point, but he refused to accede to leadership pleas that he permit a prior vote on" the anti-strike meas-1 ure, sponsored by Senator Tom Con nally (D.-Texas), and a separate vote on his proposal afterward. The chamber was deadlocked over pro cedure when it recessed for the day.. J Brings Results. The President's stiffer policy to ward labor was bringing prompt re sults. The North American plant was reported operating with 100 per cent effectiveness. Strikes at the Bohn Aluminum and Brspr Corp., plant si Detroit, Mich* and the Cleveland, O., plant of the Alum inum Company of America, which seriously threatened aircraft pro duction, were settled. V Production will be resumed t? monw at two plants of the Detroit Steel Products Co., struck or May 7 v by the United Automobile Workers. I The ttecutive board, of the A. F. L. I machinists' union meets here tomor I row to1 craieidcr the President's <te I mand that they aid a strike at 11 I shipyards in the Shu Francisco ana. Mr. Booaereit said that Harvey Brown; pnstdaut of the union, had promised ha* be would ask the council to call off the strike. To I encourage such a decision, flsiartnr I Connally, acting chairman of the I Senate committee investigating na tional defease, turned over to selec I these strikers to dsSariniim whethec they have been granted draft de Tlus step was in tine with the pokey. Tboee defense workers grant ed deferment beeaure their skill k imatisl to preparedness production will be reif swiff id for immofiati service is the draft Army If Mom strike pm '?*? "?'xS- - " T ' D AIAJAA [viUimAMi! nn/fmivrIDGriHBCBS - Farmville friends of Miss Eva! Leon* Taylor will be interested in recent news received by the Farm- J ville Baptist Church in a letter by i her "on a belligerent boat, travelling I in blackout and in danger at all! times," while on her way to join the Sudan Interior Mission at Jos, Ni- j geria, West Africa. One could well* believe that Miss! Taylor's letter was a chapter torn! from a book of fiction, were it not I for the fact that "truth is often J stranger than fiction." The writer turns the pages of her I life's history back to early childhood,! when as a girl of 11 years she "walk- I ed down the aisle of the Farmvillej baptist Church and gave my hand to I the evangelist, thus signifying that I was giving'my heart to the Saviour." I SI ; continues, "Mr. John W.J Holmes guarded the early years of J my Christian life as carefully as a j mother would have done, and every I member of the Church took a person al interest in me. My sight was brought back from almost total blind-1 ness to the point where I could at I least get along in normal work." Following her mother's death thej little girl was practically adopted I by the Church here and by the E. F. I Gainor family, with whom she re- J sided, and she writes of her love for J the Church and of the sacred memo ries centered about it as well as j around those who-befriended her. After finishing high school at West Philadelphia High, she was re- j minded of her childhood call-to serve | the Lord when she was converted, I and though her application Jiad been placed in a state teacher's college, she decided to tenter Eastern Baptist I Theological Seminary and work her way through. She was garduated in 1935 with a degree, and as she said, J "still snot knowing where the Lord was leading. First He led me to aj doctor, who operated on my crossed { eyes at no cost to me." i'ftree weeKS later sne entereu nurses training at Northeastern Hos pital, from which she was graduated in 1938. She afterwards secured a position and rented an apartment, since she had always longed for a home, but the urge to be a mission ary persisted and she gave up her work ten months later to take up a course of study at the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, "without fluids," she states, but was enabled to finish ; the first term and earned her way the second term by working in a Catholie hispital. While at Moody she applied to the Sudan Interion Mission and was passed by the Chicago committee. She then went to New York and later to Monterey, Mass., to serve a month of probation with the mission. Due to illness she was forced to reftiw to Philadelphia, and undergo an operation, for which, as die writes, "I had no money, but our Father always has a way and so I was provided for." Soon afterwards she was advised of her acceptance for the Sudan Mission and two weeks latr received a message from the Mission that an unknown person had sent $600 to the Mission for her passage. Her friends contributed to wards her outfit and at least she set forth to answer the call to serve in West Africa. Her support of $86 a month has not been pledged. The first year she will be stationed at language school at Jos and after that will be assigned to . a ? Jeper colony among the lepers of Nlgerig, West Africa. ^ She concludes her inspiring letter witn on ptragijjjpfcv I "If at any time jw w^ld US* I further information concerning' the [work of the Mission, write tQ Rev. A. H R Holm, Sudan Interior Mission, 166 {Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. % I I would be tied to hear from any of [at home will be my only contact with (the United State* Pray for me that II may keep close to Him who has GodfvL STyo^^Tcau^ ' ? f ^ [read of her experience^ ! ~ DR. JOHN CL GLENN, pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, who ? will conduct series of revival service* at the Meth odist Church for week of June 15-22. Illness Is Fatal For AL Paylor Prominent Laurinburg Man Hold Unique Sun day School Attendance Record Laurinburg, June 10.?James Les ter Pay lor, banker, prominent citi zen and possessor of one of the most unusual records for perfect Sunday school attendance in the two Caro linas, died here today following six months of serious illness. . Funeral services will be fyeld at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon at the home on South Main Street here, with burial to follow in the local cemetery. He was a deacon in the First Pres-1 byterian Church and had an offi cial record of perfect attendance at1 Sunday school for 32 years. The first break in this record came January 26, 1941,. when failing health forced him into a hospital. In a determined effort to keep his record, Mr. Paylor, who was six feet tall, had a man carry him from his home for several weeks. He would ride to the church and then the same man, his nephew, would carry him to his Sunday school class: During the 82 years, which ended last November, he was frequently away from heme, sometimes on the other side of the continent. Assist ant secretary of the Laurinburg Presbyterian Sunday school, D. C. McNeill has in his record many certificates from Sunday school of ficials in other states attesting that J. Lester Paylor attended church school in some other State on a cer tain day and thus was the record kept unbroken. He was a Mason and a Shriner. A son of Mrs. J. M. Paylor, for merly Miss Betty Hill, of Anson County, and the late Captain Paylor, native of near Gibsonville, Guilford County, he is survived by his mother; his wife, formerly Miss Myrtle Hyde of IauxrfeRrarg, Miss.; two sisters, Mrs. D. T. McDonald and Mrs. C. H. Stahl, both of Laurinburg, and two brothers, J. H. Paylor, a Farmville lawyer and W. C. Paylor, manager of a local book store. LOCAL RBD COBSS. KNITTING DIVISION ASKS FOB ASSISTANCE Era. J. W. Joyner, chairman of the knitting1 department o? the local Bed I Cross, is sending oat an urgent ap I peal to Farmville women to help with it. 1, '1 if.. rt, ? tne quota ox knitting garments re ceived recently from headquarters. I of every woman in Farmville, who I can knit or is willing to learn, is needed. The call is urgent and 11 is hoped that the women here will re spond promptly. For tether inform I nation, ;materials and instructions f *. M | FARMVILLE BOYS ABE 1 | W- UNIVERSITY GRADUATES : ^0 Paul E. Jones, son of Dr. and Mrs P. E. Jones and James H. Darden son of Mrs. J. H. Darden, and the '! late Mr. Darden, were among tlx I graduates at the University of Nortl I fft . B I J I D J ^ ^ ' II The Methodist reviyiri series will Sunday momingy June 15, according! to an announcement by the pastor, Rev. M. Y. Self, who- has also an nounced the acceptance of Dr.^ohn C. dam, .pastor- of the Edeaiton Street Methodist Church, Raleigh, of tite Farmville congregation's invita tion to be the. preacher, and of the ; coning of Rev. Holland R. Wilkinson, ' evangelistic singer, of Richmond, ? Vs., to take charge of the song ser vice. The Rev. Mr. Wilkinson is a soloist of note and an experienced . director. Many radio listeners are 1 already acquainted with him as he , conducts the Sunshine i Hour over WRVA, Richmond, three- times each week. The^ series of service^ will be held twice daily, through Sunday, June 22, at 9:00 in the morning and 8:00 in the evening. The congregation has been preparing for the meeting I for some time and a splendid season ; of fellowship and worship is antici pated. The public is cordially invited to attend ell of the services; , !? I Reports of Nazi Preesure of Soviet RusarfbvM; London Says Hitler Massing Troops All Along Front; Nazi Mo tives Debated London, June 12.~An authorita tive British statement issued today envisaged the possibility of a Ger man attack upon Russia and claimed that Nazi troops were being massed on a big scale all along the Soviet Frontier. The British Press Association cir culated the statement, describing it as "authorized," soon after reliable' sources said Soviet Ambassador Ivan U. Maiaky had assured Britain that j Russia was refraining from any I new military, political or economic ties with Germany. "The possibility of a German at tack on Russia is visualised, and there now is no doubt that Hitler is massing troops on a big scale all along the Russian Frontier," the statement said. Tor n long time rumors have been heard throughout the world that German forces were moving toward Soviet territory, but these stories first were received with a good deal of skepticism, as it was thought that some ulterior motive on the part of German propagand ists might be behind their dissemi nation. "Reports reaching London show that in many centers abroad there is speculation whether these^ move ments of Gemaa troops are a pre lude to German demands of "a nature which the Soviets would not be pre pared to concede. - Envoys - Returning. - "Sir Stafford Crippa, British am bassador to Moscow, in his coining talks with Foreign Secretary An thony Eden may throw new light on the situation." ? -W7V..- _ ruu..-.- jP.^.*W.tl,yLV; J'tf Bulgwian newspapers at -So? said that new g German - Russian agreement "cut a more solid basis" might be announced soon. & The foreign office announced last night that Sir Stafford had arrived in London for a brief visit at the' request of Eden, was Eden to whom the Soviet ambassador here was said reliaHy to have given as surance that Moscow was hot con ducting negotiations. Cripps was summoned home by k attitude ^toward Germany^ con? r quests in souteastem Euro*>nd .the situation in ths Nc&r Ebs^ cIosg REV. HOLLAim-R. eviflige&tic singer, ofil Richmond; Va .. who will direct the boh* service atTthe Methodist revival, to be held **>? i6'22- I rrtuwttt Meet June 19th Annual Session To Be Held At Greenville Country Club Greenville. The twenty-fourth annual meeting of the Eastern Caro lina Tobacco Warehouse Association will be held at the Greenville Coun try Club on Thursday of next week. The meeting'is scheduled to get un der way at 11 o'clock. Luncheon will be served at' the.club. The organisation was established on September 25, 1918, when a group of Eastern Carolina warehousemen, realizing the advantages to he de rived through cooperation, met and set up the association for the pur pose of -promoting profitable culti vation and economical marketing of tobacco in the state.- The late J. N. Gorman of- Greenville - was: among the directors elected to serve the organization during Its . first year of existence. -B. B. Sugg, member of ope of the oldest warehouse firms in the state, is the present president of the association. J. R. Brooks of Kins ton is expected to be elevated to the presidency from the office of vice president at the meeting next week. .R. C. Rankin, ssales super visor of tho Greenville market,' is secretary-treasurer. Present directors are: ,W. Z. Mor ton, Green vile; Herman Laws, Kins ton; Hr W. Anderson, Wilson; I. M. Little, Robersonville; N. L. Per kins, Smithfiled; H. I. Johnson, Yarboro; L. R. Bell, Goldsboro; Garland Hodges, Washington; J. C. Carlton, Farraville; Jimmie Taylor, Wflliamstonr and H. P. Foxall of-1 Rocky Mount. With the expected elevation of Hr. Brooks to the presidency, JKins ton also is slated to be chosen as the scene of the 1942 meeting. i ' . ?>? ^ | MUSIC TO FEATURE FLAG DAT MEETING SATURDAY Mrs. A- W. MjeLe*h,ofLumb?r ton, formerly-Miss Serene Turnage, of Farmville, "who is well known throughout the State aa * gifted and brilliant pianist, .will appear on the Flag Day program of the Major Benjamin May Chapter, D. A. R., at the meeting, Saturday, which will bring to a cloBe activities of this group until October, ? v: *iV :? MrS. McLean will present the fol lowing program: Aoccata in D-major, by Bach; !Sonata, Op.81 a, by Beethoven; Noc turne, Op. 2VN*'2> Waltai, Opwr70, No. 1, Scherzo, Op. 38, by Chopin; Etude in D flat major. (Uii Sospiro), by Liszt; Reflets dans l'eau, by De ^^Sgfe^Blut Waltz,- hf: Strauss 1 Hughes. :?| I ' Hostesses at this meeting, will be Mrs. T. E. Joyner, Mrs. R. H/Knott, Mrs. W. T. Whitmore and Mrs. C. E. Moore. G^^boM^^rthei^ruMte ehiov I - , # InnriiifsiT - a - j 1 f mfis ii^l it 'ntp r\? TVT? TVSVjq p; " ~ ' I Pffhe third annual meeting of the fcitt and Greene Electric Member ship Corporation,. which mis'\vheld here Saturday with J. Lee TugweU presiding; waa reputed as the best attended and most successful of any held "by this group, and members and visitors, p numbering approximately 400, were enthusiastic over the pro gram presented- by representatives .of the RBA, Mias Marian Weinell, of Washington, D. C., B. A. Joyner, operating manager, David T. Harris; maintenance superintendent, John B. Lewis and other officials of the Cor poration. Mayor George W. Davis welcomed the assemblage, i Mrs. J. W. Joyner was soloist and led in the singing of "God Bless America-" - Bowen's string band and a quartet rendered selections. Ex pressions of appreciation for the co operative spirit exhibited by the REA in Washington, the Corporation members, directors board, operating personnel and members were offered by all of the speakers on the pro gram. The barbecue dinner was served in a commendable manner and helped to make the day's outing more en joyable^v"--'I Prizes were as follows: K Charlie Tyndall, R. 1, Hookerton, grand prize?G. E. washing machine, given by the Corporation; C. E. Case, Fountain, water glasses and wire rack?Boise's 5c & 10c Store; J. D. Cox, Stantcnsburgy electric fan Western Associate Auto Store; R. J. Heath, Farmville, electric iron?Cen tre Hardware Co.; Mrs. Rosa Dilda, ; Fountain, box candy?Blackwood's \ Wholesale Co.; C. A. Dawson, Stan tonsburg, carton light bulbs,; Micelle Elecric Co.; Will Gay, Walstonburg, 13-Way lamp, Farmville Furniture"1 Co.; Will Barrett; Snow Hill, bag poultry feed?Davis Supply. Co.; E. j B. Edwards, Fountain, elective toast er?City Drug Co.; Drew D. Sugg,; I Snow Hill, toilet articles?Wheless i Drug Co.; Mrs. J. C. Smith, Fouiitain, $2.00 dry goods tiwle?D. F. & R. 0. Lang; F. E. Albritton, Snow Hill. $1 In'trade?Williams Grocery Co.; Mrs, B. F. Weaver, Farmville, basket of groceries?Pender's Store; Mrs. S. V; Parrish, Stantonsburg, pair towels? hi. Cannon; Lucy Mae Speight, Wals tonburg, $3 pair shoes?J. H. Harris; A. J. Ellis, Farmville, electric fan?^ Turnage Co.; J. R. Dildy, Walston burg, mixing bowl?Dupree's Depart ment Store; Sally Maude Atkinson, Greenville, $2 in trade?BeOc-Tyler; Sidney Ham, Snow Hill, electric toaster?Co-Op; Mrs, Floyd Strick land, Farmville, electric toaster?Co Op.; E. T. Murphrey, Stantonsburg, electrie toaster, Co-Op.; J. E. Jones, Fountain, hot plate, Co-Op.; BL L. Barrow, SiwdrjHill, hot plate?Co Op.; J. P. HflvSnow Hill, hot plate? Co-Op.; Mrs. J. H. Bynum, Farm ville, electric iron?Co-Op*; Roy C. Jones, Snow HiH, electric iron?Go Op.; Mrs. A; C. Carraway, Farmville, eectric iron?Co-Op.; Jf. E. Uzzell, Stantonsburg, electric iron?Co-Op.; Mrs. Roland Stocks, Snow Hill, elec tric iron?Co-Op.; Mrs. Henrietta Mozingo, Farmville, electric iron? Co-Op.; Mrs. J. L. Pittman, Farm ville, electric iron?^Graybar Electric Co.; Charlie Crawford, r^tantons burg, electric iron?Graybar Elec tric Co. If . ,/ ?I. _ ? 1 1 ? :. II Junes Thorite read an article re I outstanding, accom ii vary pleasing to the ear. ' I ' ' 'rr j PEACHES gy a r,' ? Ol ^ ?;. 1 s',1-"..'' ' '??':"?? ' ?'? : '-X ?' .::?': 'y'}''; '+Z^--+:;1fe;V;.yv.- ' ? 1>;' 'rrXfL: tie Expected at Beirut; Royal Air, Force Aids Drive 7- ? 'J "? ? fT???.?>>?:?} '? \ * x Cairo, June 11.-?The German , Luftwaffe was reported withdraw ing- planes, pilots, and ground crews from Syria tonight aa British im-,v periai and Free French columns, sup ported strongly by warships and planes, drove closer to Damascus and Beirut despite strong French resist ance..-^ - A Jerusalem dispatch to London said , that a French cruiser and de stroyer bombarded, from 500-yard range, Austrian forces pushing up the Lebanese coast upon Saida and Beirut on Tuesday. British artillery 'returned the warship's fire in a four and-a-half-hour duel until British warships appeared. The French cruiser and destroyer fled behind a smokescreen. I The German radio, , heard by NBC, reported % naval battle - between British and French warships off the Lebanese coast, perhaps a reference to the chase of the French vessels re ported from Jerusalem. British military quarters reported the British-Free French advance as within 10 miles of Damascus and barely 22 miles from Beirut. General , I Sir Archibald Wavell'B Middle East command, in its communique today, told of "continued satisfactory prog? ress." Stiff Resistance. French defense forces were ad mitted to be patting up "considers- ? ble resistance" to the drive on S&ida and Beirut and also against two columns closing in on Damascus from the south and southwest Nothing was available here re garding another strong invading force pushing up the Euphrates val ley from Iraq in a 300-mile thrust , against . Aleppo and Northern Syria. Outside Damascus, the French r were reported to be making a strong stand at Kissoue on the Damasius Ammen railroad! about 10 miles sopth of the Syrian Capital. There were indications that the French would make their big stand - before Beirut, in the vicinity of . S&ida, in an effort to protect the ' ports of Tripoli and, Latakia tq the north, to which any German or Italian aid probably would be sent. Air i"orce Busy. A Royal- Air Force communique tonight said thatBritish bombers again had attacked Palmyra air port in Syria, scoring direct hits on hangers, and that other British - squardons "continued to 'give full support to the advance of our land troops." Rhodes, Italian Dodecanese island only about 300 miles from the Syrian coast and now a vital base for the Luftwaffe, was said to have been bombed heavily again by the' R. A. F. Tuesday night as w&l as Monday night. There were two air-raid alarms Tuesday in Haifa, Britain's naval* air base on the Palestine coast just south of Lebanon, and one raiding plane (the Germans have reported the attack) was shot down. ^ ? r. ? . '? '?; ENTERTAINS FRIENDS AT HOUSE PARTY ? V. .. ?/ n'- ?' - . * v..' ' I Miss Anne Jones is entertaining the following friends dlring the week end at_ a house party at Greenco Chmpi on the Pamlico river. Miss Novella Horton, Capps, of Washington, D. C7 Miss. Frances ] .' I Howard, Miss Agnes Virginia Quin erly, Miss Lauretta HoUoman, Bobby Rouse, Tftmrny Lang, Cabot . Monk, Bill Pollard and SillCarr,' Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Jones and Betsy Willis Jones, parents and cfs ter of the hostess, Dr, and Mrs. W. M. Willis and rity Jackie, Will leave : with the gay party Friday morning. ? '. i ? June Meeting of the directors fcere ~officere were. Bruce Guntfir- of Fuou&y Sphbsb* , j vice-president; M. G. Maim of.'Ral 11 eigh, secretary and general mana I vieory committor composeB or w* .