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Interested Citizens Are
Asked To Lend Their
I _ Cooperation To These
Much Needed Improve
ments
Members of th Fannville Rotary
Club, iir their regular weekly meet
ing, Tuesday evening, heard far
reaching suggestions for various ?
town improvements. These sugges
tions enumerated by S. A. Joyner, j
Chairman of Botary'g Community .
Service Committee, ladnde: street ^
paving, water mains, storm sewers,
additional fire-fighting equipment,
and a whiteway.
An unofficial estimate of the total j
cost of such improvements was set
at $90,000, about $37,000 of which,
would have to be financed by th? _
town and citizens.
Street improvements would include
the-paving of dirt streets-contacting
hard surface streets, eliminating the
occasional treating of such streets to
keep dust down, to a minimum.
Streets affected by this tentative
program are: Greene, Waverly, Bel
cher and Pine streets " extension,
Home avenue, Walnut, Barrett,
Fields, and others.
It was pointed out that the town
of Farmville is now relying upon a
single antiquated piece of machinery "
to protect more than $3,000,000 worth
of property from fire, the present
fire engine is 23 yean old and can (
hardly be depended o>n entirely for j
the protection needed. A new truck j
and a new fire barn were included in j
the suggested proposal. A
The City Fathers-have these pro- -<
posals under consideration and Invite i
helpful criticism and suggestions ;
from interested citizens.
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Farm News;
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AGRICULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS ]
FOR JULY i
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(By Bureau of Agricultural
Economics) ]
1. rvmtinmng good consumer, buy- :
ing power for farm products. - ;1
2.\ Spring pig crop larger than
had been expected last fall; feed-hog <
price ratio favors increased produc- 1
tion. 1
3. Production fats and oils may <
be largest on record; price outlook 1
is good. 1
4. Milk production prices and in- ]
come at new highs for season. <
5. Cottoar mill consumption high- <
est on record; export outlook poor; j
prices upped by higher commodity 1
loans.
6. Market supplies at vegetables
increasing; prices higher this sum
mer than last. . 3
7. Feed grains plentiful for use ]
- in food-far-defense program.
8.' Winter wheat going to market; 1
prices, income to growers highest in 1
years.
9. 1941 lamb crop may be largest
on meord; consumer demand good; i
prices lambs and wool above parity. <
10. Cattle slaughter to increase
this year; prices continue above pan- ;
ity.
1L Mid-season estimates indicate
slightly larger snpply of fruits this 1
ifc Farm flocks expawRag; pro- ;
dnction poultry and eggs to increase.
? -18^ Farm income far 1941 forecast
at 10.7 billions; highest since 1929. :
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MORALE-HIGH ?
London, July ML ? An informed
source said tonight ""that the "British
mission to Moscow had reported the
morale of the Russian air fbrcerfeigh
and its fliers holding their own in
the vast struggle with the Luftwaffe.
Soviet pilots have shown no re
luctance to tackle the besstHthd Nazis
can send at them, according to this
information, and haveartackedfierce
ty and successfully.
A high British scmroe described the
Russian air arm today as-a pdwerftjl
fighting force, very much' intact, and
said Soviet fighter^ plahes had done
welL '
One Russian request through the
British mission, this source said, has
been for more fighter plahes.
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Praise for-Work
Da Marine Base
Navy Secretary Pays
Flying: Visit to Marine
Bases in Eastern Part
of State
Jacksonville, July 16. ? Secretary
uf- the Navy Frank Knox, making
a flying trip of inspection to what
is rapidly becoming the nation's
jreatest Marine corps training cen
ter, pronounced the work "well done,"
dined on Southern fried chicken
without restrictions of knife and fork,
and wound up his stay with a pre
view of Marine coastal maneuvers,
which are scheduled to open tomor
row.
I The visit of President Roosevelt's I
Rut-spoken Cabinet member started
Rut in Washington as entirely in-1
Rormal, and was 90 handled at New!
Rem, where his plane landed, and at I
Riew River Sparine barracks here,!
Rhere he made a leisurely tour with
Rut fanfare of the temporary camp.j
Rhere was not even enough cannon
Randy here to give Colonel Knox the!
?L9-grm salutes to which he is en-1
The city of New Bern, which is 1
Rlose by the Cherry Point site fori
Rhe new $15,000,000 marine air base,
Rent "all out," however, to wel-1
Rome the highest dignitary visiting
Rhere in years. At the rain-swept!
Rnunicipal airport with Mrfybr Say!
Henderson to welcome the Navy's
Rhief was almost the entire roster!
Rf city officials and civic leaders, J
In well as Craven County commis-1
sioners.
Colonel Knox's new twin-motored
Rfavy transport plane made the trip!
Ifrom the Capital in an hour and a I
Ralf, landing at 10 a. m., at New]
kern's new $125,000 airport, which J
Lt&l is under construction. The!
?anding was made during^ a tem-l
pwry halt in a driving shower that
sent the welcoming ectamittee and I
some 300 others scurrying to their
lean for shelter.
"I've been impressed very far or-1
lably with the progress shown tfasr
far," Secretary Knox said of
rush to build ^ Naval and- Marine 1
after his tour here that work at]
New River was v fhtty abrest of
BIRD NOTES I
At tne t>inl UiuD meeting on o&t-J
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Upon mm city
London Claims Heavy
f; Damage Done In Day
I Mght Attack on*"Rot
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London, July 17.?The blasting of
''many ships," including one German
vessel of more than 15,000 tons, in a
daylight attack on the Nazi-occupied
Dutch , port of Rotterdam by a big
fleet of Blehheim bombers was de
scribed in an Air Ministry communi
que at midnight. . T
The Air Ministry's account of the
latest daylight assault in Britain's
intensified aerial offensive said that
"several squadrons" of Blenheims
carried out the "highly successful"
Rotterdam attack Wednesday after
noon.
The size of the attacking air fleet
was revealed in the Air Ministry's
disclosure that four British bombers
had been lost, two of which had
been seen to hurl bombs on their
targets.
The attack was "pressed home
with great daring," it was stated,
and preliminary reports reveal that
direct bomb hits Were scored on
"many ships, including one vessel of
over 15,000 tons and a number of
others between 2,000 and 10,000
tons."
Also blasted by the British bombs
were warehouses and stores at Rot
terdam, it was added.
The Air Ministry said the Dutch
people waved a "wild welcome" to
the Blenheims flying across the fields
of Holland on the" way to attack
Rotterdam.
I WHO KNOWS?
1. How far is it from Leningrad
to the Ural mountains?
2. What is meant by the sugges
tion that Russia may suffer another
Tannenberg ?
3. How much did the U. S. spend
for defense in the year ending June
30th?
4. ' How many stations are "tele
casting in the United' States?
5. Ir Stalin the real name of the
Soviet premier ?
6. Can you recite the pledge of
'allegiance to the American flag?
7. How many marriages took
place in the United States in 1940?
8. When did the U. S. Govern
ment haye its last balance-budget
year?
9. Who is the glider champion
of the United States?
10. What is Europe's longest river?
(See The Answer* da Page 2).
BASKETFUL
The United States Department of
Agriculture bought an aggregate 13,
810,2^0 pounds of frozen eggs dur
ing the week ending July 5.
PREFERENCE
Emergency preference ratings for
13,000 tons of sheet steel to be used
in construction of -grain bins for
farmers have been assured in the
face of increased need for grain
storage space.
1"
Democracy suffers more from its'
loudmouthed friends than from its
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ATLANTIC PATROL.
BASED ON ICELAND.
MAr LEAD TO CLASH.
The occupation of Iceland, togeth
er with orders issued by the Presi
dent to American-naval forces to
"take all necessary steps" to insure
safety of communicationes between
the United States and strategic out
posts, seems to -indicate that the
Government is following the policy
enunciated by Secretary Knox, who
recently told the Governors' Confer
ence that the time had come to use
our Navy to clear the Atlantic of the
German menace.
Secretary Knox pointed to our
pledge to deliver material to Great
Britain and insisted that the time
had come to fulfill our obligations.
He argued that while Hitler is as
saulting Stalin, this country <^an clear
the Atlantic and deliver, is safety,
weapons our factories are producing,
which will make certain the ultimate
defeat of Nazi Germany.
It should not be overlooked that
the waters around Iceland have been
declared a war zone by German pro
clamation. Neither should we for
get that authorized German spokes
men have insisted that German naval
and aerial forces will sink all ships
attempting to carry supplies to Great
Britain. Thus, the policy of this
country to give all necessary assist
ance to the British and the German ;
declaration to sink such cargoes
comes to a focus around the waters
of Iceland.
The occupation of this island, some';
700 miles from Great Britain and
800 miles from . Norway,' together
with naval action to insure safety of
communications with continental
America, will probably greatly de
crease the burden the British Fleet
? ?*. ? 4'
is now carrying. Certainly, if <jcargo
vessels can leave the United States
and travel the 2,900 miles to Iceland
under the protection of American na
val patrols, the British will be able
to concentrate their effective forces
on-the last leg of the dangerous trip,
which wiH give increased protection
to convoys bouni for the British
Isles.
'
? In connection with the extension
of the American naval patrol, onei
notes that an' increasing number of
newspapers columnist* are taking it
for granted that there has been an
extensive reinforcement df the Navy
in the Atlantic. Presumably, some
ships have been transferred from the
Pacific Fleet in order to ^strengthen
the Atlantic Fleet There is little
chance that the Pacific has been re
duced to a degree to invite Japanese
aggression in the Southern Pacific,
bat the widened patrol of the Atlan
tic will probably increase the like
hood of a??i?sh between our naval
vessels and German warships.
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ANTICIPATE TAXES. .
BUY NEW NOTES.
SAVE AND HELP.
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l^The rale^o^d^nse bomte^ancj
I hanks and other institutions, hut]
I the Treasury Department will in
I augurate a plan, on the first of next
I j month, to permit taxpayers to meet
I j the "unprecedented" 1942p; tax bill
I through systematic savings over al
I period of months.
' ?_
I Recognizing that 'Shine citizens
I might hesitate to invest in defense
bonds or stamps-because ot their ex
pectation that the tax increases of
I next year w01 require all available
I funds, the Secretary of the Treasury
j has announced a "lay-away" plan
Ipating notes from federal Reserve
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Washington, July 16. ? Congres
sional .leaders <K&osed late today
that they were -working on sweeping
price-firing legislation and that
Pkekteni; Roosevelt would make pub
lic the details probably' next week. '
This definite word came from Sen
ator Barkley (D.-Ky.) and Represen
tative McCormack D.-lfass.) the ma
jority leaders, after a lengthly con
ference in the office of Viee Presi- 3
dent Wallace, in which Leon Hen
derson, Price Administrator, Wallace
and Speaker Rayburn also partici
pate^ . . x ' * I
Barkley and McCormack said that
all forma of price stabilization, in
cluding wages, salaries and rents,
were discussed; but warned report
ers against "getting out on a limb
until we have a Mil drafted."
They ,said identical billa would be. 1
introduced in the Senate and- House,
possibly with an accompanying mes
sage from the President. The legis
lation, ' they reported, will embrace
"over-all powers" and will not deal
with specific commodities or articles.
A base period will be used for
price-fixing, they reported, but the
plan will not entail the selection of '
a certain date to freeze all pricea at ;
that level.
Barkley said that existing Federal '
agencies probably would administer
the program, noting that Henderson
had conferred with President Roose
velt about the legislation.
Henderson now is serving as hefcd
of thP Office of Frice Administration
and Civilian Supply known aa OPACS
and' has ordered price ceilings on a
number of articles involved in the
defense program. Two assistants
accompanied him at the unannounced 1
parley with Congressional leaders.
Farm Opposition.
Earlier, Senator Bankhead (D-Ala)
served notice that the powerful farm 1
bloc would register "strenuous and '
determined opposition" to any at
tempt to peg prices of major farm (
crops at or below present levels.
He . announced that he would lead 1
a fight against any attempt to fix
a maximum price on cotton below '
20 cents a pound. Such a figure '
would, he well above recent market ;
levels of about 15 cents and nearly 1
double market averages of recent '
depression years.
The Senate Military Committee 1
called on the War and Navy Qepart- 5
ments and the Office of Emergency 1
Management today to 'draft an ac- 1
ceptable property seizure bill after a
version sponsored by the White House 1
had been itemed "too broad" by
Chairman Reynolds (D--N. C.) and '
others.
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TOjmTMNNEWiT
Mrs. G. W. Lane spent the week
end with relatives in Garner.
! 'Mr. and Mrs. KV Engta* Harold
and Guy Eagles spent Sunday in Red
Oak with Mr. and Mrs. W. R. WiU
liams.
P. D. Turnagie and son, Davis*;
rift Moaeley attended the Preaby*
teriftn' Young People's Conference at
Peace College recently^:
Mrs. J, N. .Fountain and sons,
J4pe* Barker and John, Jr., visited
relatives in. Lumberton recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Carter. Smith of
Washington spent the week end with
Mrs. J. W. Redidc
Mr. and Mrs.. M . Horton and chil
Featherstone family Reunion ki Rox
boro, Sunday.
Daphne Owens Yelverton is}
visitiiig Mrs. William Walker in
Washington.. - -3
nimbi# to reveal the whereabout* of
Goering, but assumed that he . will
make an appearance in the near fu
ture "in connection with some offi
cial actlv$tp?" Reports that he would {
make a speech could not be confirm- :
ed. ? 1
The Moscow radio circulated '
ports that the No. 2 Nad and ap- \
parent successor to/Adolf Hitler has
been in disgrace after a disagree- <
ment with Hitler over the Russian
campaign and had been placed in a
concentration camp. . >
Japin In Throes ?
Of Cabinet Crisis i
.
Nation at Cross-Roadsl
of Foreign Policy; !
Army and Navy May h
Become Dominant V
Tokyo, July 17.?An official an-j<
nouncement said today that the 1
Konoke government had resigned en If
bloc to make way "for strengthening! <
of the domestic structure," and ' it I
was indicated that a war cabineth
dominated by army and navy lead-1 <
ers would be formed to re-examine M
thoroughly Japanese foreign policy. I <
Responsible British .quarters in I
London saw the imminent threat oft
a large-scale Japanese thrust into I <
the Netherlands East Indies or J:
French Indo-China as a result of J i
the resignation of the Japanese If
cabinet. M
Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoke 14
submitted the resignations to Em-14
peror Hirohito as a (Umax to the J
crisis precipitated by the outbreak IJ
of war between Japan's two friends, I ]
Russia and Germany, and increasing J1
demand from the army and navy for I'
a centralis, yf nationalistic govern- j
went. , f If
Membership o^ the nr 7 cabinet h
ovill reveal whether Japan will em- [4
bark on new military adventures, inh
support of her Axis ties under the! 1
tri-partite pact, or whether she willl
swing to a course of. more cautious!]
policies. Since army andinavy lead- 1
an admittedly favor carrying out h
Japan's program of expansion in n
the Far East, a predominance of
military leaders in the new cabinetji
would appear to foreshadow support I f
of the Axis. o.s: ,Ji
Hirohito accepted the resignations j.<
st his Summer residence at Hayamah
and instructed Konoye to sdminis
ter state affairs Until further notice, h
Afterthe cabinet resignation, Jap- h
anese newstfajiers predicted that the 1
Rdsso-German war would reach "a|<
precipitous stage" eariy in Septem- >
her, and demanded that meanwhile
Japan "do something," emphasizing f
the necessity of a solution of the <i
China affair and promotion of the 1
southward movement toward Thai- i
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Leningrad Threatened
i MoecowyJuly 17.?Germany's Ar
mored troops now hive reached the
Smolenak area 90 milee east of bat
tle-scarred Vitebsk and 230 miles
from-Moscow on the road to the So
riet capital, the Soviet Information
Bureau announced today.
This was the lint time th|it the
Russians have mentioned Smolensk,
and this would appear to be the
most serious threat yet to Russian
Metises on the central front pro
tecting the capital. Smolensk is an
Important nil and communicationg
center and already has been bombed
heavily by Nasi planes.
At the same time, the Soviets
mid a German tenk battalion re
treating from Rogachev on the
Dnepr River to the south had been
surrounded and destroyed. 1
The Germans apparently have
heen hurled -hade from the Dnepr
SO milee to the Boruisk sector, when
heavy fighting was reported Still go
ing. on.
Mention of Pskov, 160 miles south
>f Leningrad, as another important
jattle area indicated that Red troops
itill wore holding np the German
irive on Leningrad from the South.
On the southern front,'Red troops
sere reported still resisting < the
Sermans at Novograd-Volynski, 180
nilea west of the Ukraine capital
>f Kiev.
In Ukraine.
It was in this wen thnt the Rus
sians yesterday claimed the counter
attacking Red amy had kept Ger
man infantry from catching up to
mpport advance Nam mechanized
inits, which apparently had swept
mmnd Novograd-Volynaki in the
ittempt to leach Kiev.
The Soviet communique said toe
Red air force again bombed the
Rumanian oil center of Floesti, and
fce Rumanian porta of Sufctf* and
rulcea. . I
Successful- attacks on German mo
torized units and Nazi pUmes on the
rround abo were reported} the Red
lirmen particularly concentrating on
sfari troop concentrations gathered
to cw?B Russian rivers. -
The Red counter-offensive in the
Kbgachev area, which roughly is 160
niles southwest of Smolensk} first
vas; reported by the Soviet news
japer Izvestia. -
Should the Germans be success- ?
Ml in the Smolensk area,: they would
threaten the rear of these Red forces
lighting along the southern course
>f the Dnepr river in the Rogachev
leqtor. ? (
? While official information on the ?
progress of the Soviet defense was
lomewhst n^eager during yesterday,
here Was an appearance of rising
sonfidence among the Russians.
Not So Rapid. > ?
This whs based on the fact that ?
he- - second German offensive was
wt moving so. rapidly as-did the
Srst against'the newlyacquirea So- ;
riet buffer areas. ....
Evacuation of women and children
from the capital-Was slackened. ?
. The high wmnand's lacdrifc war
I
iot at all fc their offensive toward
iiev in the Ukraine and toward
If urmansk in the Ttr north.
German drives aimed at Lenin- .%?
trad from the Pricov-Porkhov^area
-150 to 175 miles Southwest of that
lT?1v!i - - r^-man invaders indefi
lWdTfe London by the
Soviet umhssem^^IvBn