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I Dedu-ed To Be Better
Than Expected |Ppj
Auction markets of the Carolinas
flue-cured border belts swung into
were reported unofficially ranging:'
- from as- to 28 cents ft pound. *||
The nine South Carotins markets
in the belt averaged about 15 cents
last season, while the seven North
Carolina markets averaged 15.14
cents. The Georgia-Florida markets
first to open in the country, averaged
2&06 cents last week.
Y First reports said fanners general
ly appeared pleased with prices and
a number of points reported not a :
single grower dissatisfied with pay
ments he received during the first
hoar's sale.
The Tabor City, N. C., market op
ened with brisk bidding and good 1
prices for domestic types with the 4
export comp&nines buying little..TW 4
first 3,590 pounds soil there brought 1
an average of 22-6 cents. Prices 1
anged from four to 38 cents. There
was s considerable quanity of good j
smoking tobacco in the 20-30 cents i
range, but much common leaf in the i
six to 10 cents class. There was an <
unusual scarcity of middle grades in i
the "teens" price class st Tabor H
City. i '
At Wbiteville, N. C., the average 4
paid for the better than expected <
quality offerings on the first 20 rows
was 26.85 cents. The prices there i
ranged from four to 37 cents and I
. more than one million pounds were 1
no the floors. ' -
Sales Supervisor Lawson Jordan i
of MlLlins, largest market in the i
belt, reported that the 31,688 pounds
sold during the first 20 minutes of t
auctioneering there, brought an av- <
erage of 26.49 cents. 1
The top price paid, _Lawson said r
was 50 cents for extra good quality 1
leaf. A total of 1,800,000 pounds, was i
offered at Mullins.
At Conway, where 750,000 pounds j
were offered, the average price paid 1
during the first five minutes of the i
auctioneering was 27-1-2 cents. All 1
Conway warehouses were full with 1
weed described as "very good" qual- 1
ity and the prices ran as high as
45 cents.
At Trmmonsville, Sales Supervisor
J. P. Hawkins said the offerings
were of good quality domestic
smoking types and indicated that (
the first day's average would be -
around 28 cents.
The first hour on the Loris mar- t
ket saw 25,000 pounds sold for an }
average of 27.70 , cents. Offerings {
were fair in quality, but light in
weight. With 450,000 pounds on the
floors, sales were blocked.
At Kiagstree, prices for the first
two rows ran from two to 27 cents ,
and the indicated average was 25
cents. The medium to good quality
offerings totaled 175JOOO pounds ' ?:j
The first, row of. the 300,000 tot' \
400,000 pounds offered at Pampheo
brought prices which average frpm
30 to 30 1-2 cents.
The quality there waa described
aa fair. . .. -
Prices during the first hour's Mies
in Darlington, wore around 300,000
pounds were on the floors, the prices ,
ranged from six to 36 cents.
Prices during the first hour's sale
on the Chadboum, N. CL? market J
indicated the average there would be
between 25 and 28 cents. The better
grades were selling about one^hmUJ
v higher then last year, CWferings^were J J
between 225,000 and 280fl00 pounds,!?
Approximately 1,000#X) pounds of j
tobacco, described as better than fimfei,
offend opening day last yesar wias onr
the Xumbezton market and the un-i
official indicated avenge ww 25
I"
CPptSi fj
Official U. S. government figures on|!
the trading there during the first!
hour?80,738 pounds sold, f22^,53!
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Washington, Aug. 13.?By the hair
tine margin of a single vote, a tumul
tous House gave its approval last
sight to an 18-months extension of
lervice for the amy's rank and file.
Tempers frayed by the rough and
tumble debate of a 10-hour session,
the representatives bunt into a roar
when Speaker Rayburn ended the
iramatic suspense of the final roll
all with the announcement that the
egislation had abeen approved by
record vote of 203 to 202..
Thus, the House joined the Senate
n approving the War Department's
nsistent request that Congress au
horize selectees, national guardsmen
md reserve amy components be kept
n training for a total of 30 months
nstead of 12 and that it remove the
100,000 maximum on the number of
iraftees that may be in service ai
me time.
Final congressional action by the
week-end on a compromise between
he almost identical Sehate and
Souse bills was expected on all aidea
?but the unusually close House vote
?aised several questions of proced
ure.
The normal course would send the
measure to conference with each
chamber being reqnired to vote: oh
he compromise version. That would
nean that the administration would
lave to run the risk of being defeated
n the House.
Senator Barkley, of Kentucky, the
najonty leader, expressed the hope
hat the Senate might accept the
ninor House changes in its original
rill, thereby permitting it to go to
;he President without any further 11
iouse consideration.
^Representatives of . the world's I
Bess" in the njo^e for an intemation-11
Bl wheat pool for post-war' use. 11
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Bo&ed by millions of fighfoqy men;
Brail, Russia has provided the men. I
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rita. the Farmvilie Masons os hosts I
J^SmdjSaster^^r.Chi*R EHrifcefB
ind^nad^' be*
I eluded a number from "Rocky Mount, I
?sfew Berns district D6putyl
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A. (X jfftnjr and ComnBnv '? was elac!-!
?* of the Slftduhcftr To-1
o+irm I
Donaldson wa|r= reelected secretary I
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S*a**'^oS- J
bood." with the Axis by Bstag
Martinique and other French pos
sessions in-the Western Hemisphere,
i The.. German-dominated news
papers in Baris, quoted information
from . Stockholm, alleged '-that ftrl? 1
tain and jfiie United States are
"nearly agreed" on a bread program
of coimtering^France's move toward 1
fuller colloboration with Adolf Hitler
The British and Americans, ac
cording to ?'this unconfirmed - report
Will take- "immediate militaj^- and >
political measures" in both V* At
lantic and Pacific if Fn&* acta id
conflict with the Axis, including:
1. A joint occupation of Free
town on the West African coast just
south of strategic Dakar to 4pttt pres
ure" on the French.
2. Ocupation by United States
forces of all French possessions in
the Western Hemisphere.
3. A break in American-French
diplomatic relations add Uniteg
States recognition of Gcfaehd Charles
De Gaulle's "Free French" regime.
Severe financial sanctions against :
France in event diplomatic relations :
with Vichy are broken off.
The Paris press, inflaming French- 1
American relations with a deluge -1
of bitter accusations, asserted that i
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain's ;
radio address Tuesday evWdng ?]
marked an essential turning point in i
the French national revolution" and i
called it a sharp rebuff to the United 1
States. 1
Diplomats in Vich/ found nothing <
in *the 85-year-old Marshal' speech, <
1 P.rio V.d J
^Huvwciei)?Mf HUllB^BnWRlw
?contentions that it cousituted a warn
ling to the United States. To the con
Btrary, they said, it was intended as
an appeal .to American opinion for
?"understanding and sympathy."
Petaxn's speech was re-broadcast
tonight to France, and the overseas
?Empire, compelling postponement of
a radjo address which Vice-Premier ,
?Admiral Jean Francois Darian was ;
?to have delivered at 7 p. m. to the ]
French armed forces. ?:%{??? '' $ '?
Darian to Speak
Darian,, given supreme authority
[over the armed forces and overseas
?France, making him the strongest
?French leader since Napoleon, wlH
speak Thursday evening. .'1 Si
It was agreed today that Petain's
speech, revealing that Admiral Dar- :1
lan is carrying Francs "toward whole
hearted collaboration with Germany,: '
is the most important of any made
since the collopee of France because <
of -the unusual frankness with which 1
Petain told "of the serious situation
withinr France and the split existing
in public opinion. j
?MPptsun, brought into >|he opeat|h 1
situation of rampant discouragement ]
and distrust of his Vichy government,
both in unoccupied and?'Nazi-held
IW ? ?
Darian was busy today, establish
ing his new national defense minis- ^
gSffiW Mm ?nr;?W'|
ti<?u**to set up a oouncil of political, h I
j^cetprhich,^ before ^:Oet$ter - l&> I
will hand-pick various former French
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rirritv A*mi ii^drTirndpricfl . oil ' ? ?o?
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trality Act, shipments could be made 1
only across the Pacific and It teas 1
tacitly admitted by officals that any ,1
attempt by |ap|h^|?^yU Fat -j
Amencaa vessels wotddte met i
dor Oumansky. Mr. Oumapsky's re- '
ply noted that the community of in- 1
terest- <g naticnwfc^efeaise" and an* J
serted tlu^ Germany's' attaA^njQtt ]
Russia' "wail a threat. Ho the security 1
"a"a-'
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The two nations* in cooperating for 1
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to the Soviet armies u?on the same
unlimited basis which now applies to
the British. No lease-lend question
is involved because the Soviet will
continue to pay cash for articles pur
chased as long as Russian fumfe are
available. i
aiding farm fajuues.
SEVEN YEARS OF FSA. '
&MUTAT10N PAYS, : j
Seven years ago, the Govenmient ?
rf the United States, through the J
Farm Security Administration, un- J
iertook the rehabilitation of needy
farm families. The purpose uf the
program was to help farm families!
in or near relief get a new start onL
the . land and ebahle them to become | ?
ELnpparting, tax-paying crtuew.. l<
s: saspsw? ri
the receSISpSt of C.; Di Baldwin,
FSA administrator, who pojnta out
that more-than 900,000 farm families,
?h.;?liW-n<^.g?t adwu^ned^g I
decent rates from other aources, I
iEBfagS^M
The Director points out that the c
program means economy for the Gov- j
n?i The entire east, including t
Em, and adreMatrethre e*p?n*4, <?
[s about '?72jD0'^!?*<?* IW family- pi
sr fSsrsSo ^*
per cent' and repwaenta <
an SiCt^sed:i^me'^o?m%rou|f^ M
i
ipcn?nrvxi ^ ^
rClWWllwWV* ,-k- wgfl j
worth of home >wp93g
tun nf* th?.TuTu^
moment our tfforji to^creaafgfo ]
?nremption;:c of ,, Y^ricad^.cotto* \
P?4^::x#erv^^'?n# ;:
^1 :redouble these effort* ? ,
"Dunng the parity penod, 1909 to
014, the .consumption^ ?f American
:otton f av^BgedjX! nearly-S^S,500,000; *
bales. We must, reach at. least this
evel of consumption .p4? i
ty income. We must go far beyond
t if jnisare to achieve reft prosperi- I
^jMpCottoii Bel^ I
"The only way we can hope to i
?each the parity consumption mark
a through a Continuation of the pro- >
^ :
search, efforts tj> retain foreign man.: s
lets, and resistance to Aiscriminatory
egislatloii^-,which the cotton industry1 i
las carried on for the past two years.
?*<*?? will avail us little .
o have psrity prices if cotton con
npnption Is cut down. . A parity
nice means nothing unless we can
iell a sufficient number at pounds of i
>ur product at that price to insure 1
u a living wage and a decant return
'or our efforts.
"That the -cotton industry's
pram to secure increased consump
ion is aim,?d in the right direction is
&ved '%-the Ratifying r?te
vhich have been achieved thus far. t
t-Mln'nf almnnf. S KOn OOO halea in
' S crop cotton .
A ]
Sng called upon to contribute thd*. 1
Prorata share toward a *
,f ft?do$*tfe ;conBumptiott dig- ?
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pp^SSsrii'
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jf tflA mOSt Ottvptft**"**^p . ? . JmSj
r-''. '?'' .ti.1 a-,rn'_ j ?1.nlnCATTl A VC^TSvSD*?? I
tacked Berlli JiMV^y last nigld ami
unloaded*Sia^losives sod incendiary
TJ*^" ? doia'other-?"?a?"?M
iUl jTBwf German capital,/! London
Air Ministry- communique stated,
large Irres wnlcn were started were
iiicreMih^, w&r hold when -<w?.
The British bombers lutf as their
main edition to Berlin,
Kaaaove* and "iSiiSrtiM
mament works at Essen being the
main objective. Much damage was
lone, thd'iiSs itonistry said.
The German cities of Stettin, Kiel,
Bremen and Cologne, among others,
ilso were attacked in this nightfall
io-daylight raid which ranked with
he heaviest of the war.
Outside the Reich proper, the Brit
ish air metn struck at shipping harbors
ind airdromes in German-occupied
Norway and pounded airdromes in
he .occupied Netherlands and docks
it LeHarwrta Frmnee. '1/
The British declared they lost 13
>ombers in the big attack.
Urn Germans came back today with
he first daylight raid on England in
i long time, bombing a northest coast
own and killing three persons and
hjuring seven. It was indicated the
rictims were civilians.
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WHO KNOWS?
?
1. Where arevthe headquarters of
he U: S. Air Defense Command?
2. Wh#is Thte Minch? V :
3. In what country did the polka
T? iaarrs -
6. What are the denominations of
he Series/A^ti* anticipation notesf
7. ^Iffas aircraft production in the.
J. S. doubled, tripled or quadrupled
n the past year? ? * ?
8.. Are the harvests in Europe this
rear better or worse than, last year?
9. i When did1 President Roosevelt
nake his famous "quarantine''
10. How strong is the U. S.'Army
Australian ^War^ Cabi
iwift-brrfjhift: developments ihdicat
tsllsisiB
1, In'London, authoritati^wttt-.
"$mted
States: amP Great Britian had been
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"a few days ago" of Smolenakf^W
j; gateway to Moacow^^ revealed^
Nazi's wide-swinging attempt to en- ?|f|
circle Leingriad.
Although the Bed Army on the
J central front" evacuated Smolensk
after more than three weeks of day
| and night battle, the high command
r said that heavy fighting still rages
in the vicinity of this railroad and
indfcttfcd city 230 milee west of
> Moscow;^ -; ? ||& ?$?. % ;V I
(The German' higbcommand an- ?
nounced the capture of Smolensk on
July 16, nearly a month ago, and
since then has placed the iKazi ad
vance considerably east of the dty
along the main highway to Moscow
where "battles of entrapment" are
aaid to be underway).
After reporting . a suden lull ,\
throughout Tuesday and Tuesday
night over* the entire 1,800-mile-long
front, the' Bed Army communique
told of -mew outbreaks ' of. fighting
reaching from 'Lake Ladoga above
. Leningrad down to the Ukraine be
tween Kiev and the Black Sea port
of Odessa.
The German forces on the northern A
front were revealed in the commu
nique to have struck eastward to the .
vicinity of the important railroad
renter of Staraya kusca, near the -
southern shores of Lake Ilmen and
180 miles south of Leningrad.
Leningrad Front *
? Staraya Rassa is 40 miles east of
Soltsy, last reported as the scene of
fighting on the southern arc of the
German's attempted encirclement of
nuwever, omraya iraaw is no
nearer Leningrad than Solsty, and it
appeared that the Germans were
piking along the railroad that runs
eastward from Pskov through Por
kov and Staraya Russa in an effort
to slice the important Moscow-Len
ingrad railroad.
The east-west railroad through
Straya Russa joins railroad through
Leningrad line about 90 miles east of
Straya Bain*. ?v;\'
The communique told of a renew
al of fighting in the Kexholm area on
the northwestern. shore of Lake
Ladoga, 70 miles north of. Leningrad,
where German and Finnish forces
apparently have Wn unable to make - *
any real progress for a week on the
northern arc of the Leningrad"pin
cer" attack. .
Fighting also was ? said to have
been renewed in the Belaya-Tser
kov sector, 46 miles southwest of ^ .
Kiev, but there was ho mention* a?
the Uman sector nd4way ;Jbetween
Kiev and Odessa where > strong Ger
man tones have bem.'ijtempting to
split and wipe out Marshal Semyon
Budenny's'.Ukranian forces.
A Russian submarine in the Arc
tic was said to have torpedoed and
Jirepumal# sui* ai' Ib/JOO-tontGer
man oil tanker.
&#or. the. fifth night since the Ger
man Luftwaffe began its air at
tacks on Mobcow on July 22 the
Soviet capital was entirely up.
torpedoed fetta Battle, tin Utft
oommand reported that Soviet war
ships and piknea of the Baltic&ledl;
destroyed four Nazi torpedo boats
and ."several transports" with " heavy
**k to t^rman Iffe fa ?n attack a V
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Sllie Russian air force, continuing
M (3ann^-^| f'|
Z6r And infantry columiiB ajid y. v.?:
destroying 43 permhn planes against
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