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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 $3,000,000 worth of property from fire, the present fire engine is 23 yean old and can ( hardly be depended o>n entirely for j the protection needed. A new truck j and a new fire barn were included in j the suggested proposal. A The City Fathers-have these pro- -< posals under consideration and Invite i helpful criticism and suggestions ; from interested citizens. ??______ 1 Washington Farm News; ? AGRICULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS ] FOR JULY i ? < (By Bureau of Agricultural Economics) ] 1. rvmtinmng good consumer, buy- : ing power for farm products. - ;1 2.\ Spring pig crop larger than had been expected last fall; feed-hog < price ratio favors increased produc- 1 tion. 1 3. Production fats and oils may < be largest on record; price outlook 1 is good. 1 4. Milk production prices and in- ] come at new highs for season. < 5. Cottoar mill consumption high- < est on record; export outlook poor; j prices upped by higher commodity 1 loans. 6. Market supplies at vegetables increasing; prices higher this sum mer than last. . 3 7. Feed grains plentiful for use ] - in food-far-defense program. 8.' Winter wheat going to market; 1 prices, income to growers highest in 1 years. 9. 1941 lamb crop may be largest on meord; consumer demand good; i prices lambs and wool above parity. < 10. Cattle slaughter to increase this year; prices continue above pan- ; ity. 1L Mid-season estimates indicate slightly larger snpply of fruits this 1 ifc Farm flocks expawRag; pro- ; dnction poultry and eggs to increase. ? -18^ Farm income far 1941 forecast at 10.7 billions; highest since 1929. : ? ' ^ TTlliljl i: ?$ To Grow More Hogs pa* " vT^tah swine specialist * the N. C. State ? .. os ixii'atnn Pfvyerlf-rt CftTT (jfll Vnr^K CtmHitft ftptttfi IOf laXXCT I nto aa % t*l JK gHCQltfJr BaytUWdUU Xvl w W I'-'Vv > 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. biwrBffsFrfffgti 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 tr ' ] 1 ?i 1 -it ? ? i. ? I ' I B#RiAvMrid I n-.- nu|AL Hg|ai> Upon mm city London Claims Heavy f; Damage Done In Day I Mght Attack on*"Rot !? teraamy ||y?| ? 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 MKIM' V-*. ' niwucVt ? ? ' ? 1 .iii.. i >1 L ^ ? ?. * 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. . ? ? ANTICIPATE TAXES. . BUY NEW NOTES. SAVE AND HELP. .... -s - 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 r , , ^ ^ I ! A ,,hII ?/B>B PflRM|*' *'"""* F!? -?' - - . ? Aw^^F wF .gjgs*.?'.* K&ilftIIs jl' I^lirfjVvJH!i?? J! IIIIJr ? 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. < T/ 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 find tad French Indo-Chfna. j ? ?}yr~-r "in 'y .r' i I Asfred * ' directly to the NatiomO^J^enee k p j. f v <y ,? 1 College! dsHHk service* I? rtntJ \b If rie ii ? * ''A U 0fft nn]j if?o|i' ar fnfl home* oi As^n* f * ? ? ? .. ; ???-: ,'j" '(a ? 1 ' ? bm ^*- ?'__ ^ fecto^Gemans'ljay 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