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Annual Meeting Con
vening in Farraville's
New Baptist. Church
Attracted 1,000 Dele
gates and Visitors
With ideal weather prevailing
throughout, the annual meeting of
the Roanoke Baptist Assoqation,
which convened Tuesday far a two J
day session in the new Farmville
Baptist Church, was concluded Wed
nesday afternoon with an inspiration
al address by Rev. George D. Bea
ton, of Lynchburg, Va., whose mes
sage carried a strong appeal to
churchmen to be worthy w of the
Church. Around 1,200 delegates and
visitors were in attendance during
the two days of the meeting.
The Church A Light. -
Bringing up for review present
conditions, Rev. Mr. Heaton pointed
to the Church as the one group that
could offer a word of hope to, a
world bewilded by tension and con
flict. "We .cannot turn to education,
commerce or science for a light to
point the way out of this chaotic
darkness," the speaker said, "for
they are responsible in great part
for these very conditions; only the
Church can lend a ray of light to
guide the nations through this seem
ingly impenetrable darkness."
"Black out every institution autur
ed by the Church and you would be
appalled by the destitution result
ing," he declared. "Democracy
didn't give us the Church, the world
received Democracy from the free
dom-loving people in the Church,
who were ready to die for religious
liberty. ? There were 7,000 who never
bowed the knee to Baal in Bibical
times and there are thousands today
V ? l A- xl.. S?.1
? Wno fioia lb Uie 1 Hi 111 01 U1W1 ItUlBlJ.
I In them lies the hope of tfie world."
I In concluding- his address the min
I ister tokl a true story relating to a
I lonely sheep herder in Montana, who,
I cut off from the world except by 11
I radio and an old violin that spoke to [
him in muted tones each day, wrote
to a radio station thousands of miles
away to sound the A note that he.'I
might tune his instrument
"God sounded the A note for the I
world in Christ Jesus," the speaker I
declared," a note that can take away I
all discord and put rich harmony into I
life. Help the Church to sound the I
A note in these times of panic and j I
tumult that the harmonious melody I
of peace may resound throughout all JI
the world and to Heaven's very I
I gates."
Meeting Plans Changed.
In the course of the business ses-11
I si<m, presided over by Moderator I
I John T. Coley, of Rocky Mount, Wed-11
I nesday, the Association voted to hold I
I the first day's sessions of tike next II
I annual meeting in Spring Hope and] I
I those of the seeond day in Williams- JI
I ton, as a try-out plan to balance the I
I attendance. Rev. B. B. Fordham, I
I pastor of the FsrmviHe church, was I
chosen to deliver the annuel sermon I
I at the next meeting.
Notable among speakers on- Wed- I
I nesday were:
Dr. L G. Greer, superintendent of I
the Thomagville Home; Rev. Smith I
I Hagaman, superintendent of the Bap- I
I tiat Hospital, Winston-Salem; Mrs. I
E. B. Beaaley, of Fountain, who pre- I
seated the woman's work; Re*. F. W. I
I Haynie, of Salisbury, who spoke on I
? the subject, "Give Ye Them To Eat"; ?
I Rev. Ross Cadle, of Enfield, whs I
I pointed out the fact that "Christians I
I Are On The Spot"; Rev. H. M. John- I
? son, of Bethel, with an address on ?
M "The Happy Christian"; Mrs. R. L. ?
I Councilman, of Stony Creek, who ?
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mightiest of weapons, and the inven
tion of the printing press as being
the greatest of all inventions. Rev.
J. W. Kincheloe of the First Church,
Rocky Mount, spoke on "Faith as the
Christian's Weapon."
The annual sermon was preached
by Gordon L. Price of Roanoke Rap
ids, who chose as his theme, "The
Kingdom of God is Within You."
Reassembling after lunch, a me
morial service was conducted by
Rev. Hugh A. Ellis, pastor of the
First Church, Wilson, following j
which Cale K. Burgess of Raleigh,
spoke on "The Christian's Relation
ship to Strong Drink." M. A. Hug
gins of Raleigh, secretary of the
State Baptist Convention, spoke on
"The Gospel as Good News."
In the election of officers, the
only change was made in the elec
tion of George W. Davis of Farmville,
as vice moderator.
Special musical selections were
rendered at -the sessions each day
by the Farmville and Scotland Neck
choirs and by John Lawrence, soloist, I
Mrs. Arthur F. Joyner is the organ
ist. *
Play Presented
Featuring the evening session
Tuesday was a play "Bread Cast up
on the Waters," written by John E.
Lawrence, Sate secretary of the Bap
tist Training Union and presented
by Baptist students of East Carolina
Teachers College, under the direction
of Miss Mary Lee Ernest, student
secretary. Mr. Lawrence and Mr.
Ernest also spoke on youth at this
time.
Addresses as outlined by the as
sociation's program committee, have
brought together recognized scholars
and outstanding men and women in
various fields of service throughout
the State, and subjects of immediate
concern and interest to all Christian
peoples were under discussion.
Religious freedom has different
meanings in different countries.
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Food W2Q Win
The War And
Write The Peace
If every fanner will grow his
own food and feed in 1942, be' will
not have to bay as macb, and
more will be available to strength
en America's defense forces, and
the Armies of our friends across
T *
the sea.
Prepare to do your part in the
"Food for Fieedom" campaign.
Ask your County Agent how you
can help, and be ready to pledge
your support when your AAA
committeeman come to call.
Martha Cobb Weds
John C. Wood, Jr.
Couple to Make Home
In Lynnhaven, Va.
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In a ceremony, characterized by,
beauty and simplicity, Miss Martha
Cobb, of Farmeflle and Portsmouth,
Va., became the bride of John Clay
ton Wood, Jr., of Ocean Park, Lynn
haven, Va., Saturday afternoon, Oc
tober II, at 4:80 in Emmanuel Episco
pal Church, Kempsville, Va.
Rev. Norman EL Taylor, Archdea
con of the Diocese, officiated, using
in the ceremony a ring- made from
the bride's mother's wedding ring.
Palms and ferns were arranged as
a background for the artistic chinch
decorations of white chrysanthemums
?Twi
Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. G. B.
Bryant, organist, rendered a program
of SUfary's," -Ave Marie," and "I
Love You Truly.* The traditional
ing the eerem^y VBHa was softly
played.
The "bride entered the with
her brother, Joseph Knight Cobb, Jr,
of Portsmouth, by whom she was
pver.^in maniage.by^g*rot4
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Washington, Oct 15.?North Caro
lina woman can look forward to fill
ing more and more jobs ill defense !
industries, according to Paul V. Mc
Nutt, Federal Security Administra
tor.
In approximately 1,900 different !
occupations required in 21 key de- {
fense industries, only 881 definite
ly are unsuitable for women, accord
ing t--. a study released by MeNutb
Though not at present hired for such
work, the survey showed that .women f
could be employed successfully in ]
most of the other defense occupa
tions. s
The study was made aa part of the \
effort to promote employment of
.women workers in defense plants
where shortages of male labor al- ,
ready have been reported. It coyer- ,
ed the airplane, ship-building and -
machinery, as well aa a number of j
other heavy production industries. <
Forty-seven defense occupations 1
already are filled customarily by \
women exclusively, or either men
and women, the survey revealed.
Nearly 1,200 wtere occupants in which ,
the degree of physical strength re- ?
quired and the conditions under which 1
the work is carried on present no ^
barrier to the employment of women. i
More than half the occupations in .
this group were of a kind in which }
women could be placed immediately
or with a brief training period, the
bureau said. .
Though considerable training would
be required in 531 occupations, the
breaking np of some of the jobs into '
their single-skill component parts
would make possible the immediate
employment of women, it was said. ^
Among the fields offering many ^
potential jobs for women are the
manufacture and assembly of parts
for motors,, radios, recoding instru- ?
ments and airplane guages. New '
machinery makes it possible to em- *
ploy women in the manufacture of *
heavy shells and other types of mu- '
nitions. In the ship and boat build- 1
ing industries, wbmen were listed as *
acceptable for employment as boiler
makers' helpers, draftsmen, machin
ists' helpen, blue-print-machine op
erators and flash welders.
In the aircraft industry, occupa- i
tions suitable for women included J
metal fabrication, bench-and-stain- 1
less steel assembly, painting, cover- J
ing, heat-treating, fuselage assembly 1
and welding.' 1
Entrants In Contest
For 'Popularity' In i
"Bubbling Over" Show J
1
Following is the list of the attrac- (
tive young ladies who have been en- 1
tend in the Popularity Contest for {
tile show, "Bubbling Over": ,
Misses Cornelia Knott, Ann Jones, '
Frances Howard, Doney Jones, Alice (
Harper Parker, Helen Rouse, Hazel
Spell, Agnes Quineriy, Wilma Stan
sill, Lios Jones, Dorothy Jones, Iris *
Dupree, Jean Beckman, Mary Eliza- (
beth Barrett, Edna Ruth Ivey, Jane '
TuraagvHary Leah Thome, Johnsie "
Moore, Mary Elizabeth Carr, Dorothy *
"kawles, Etta Frances Harper, Hilda '
Perry, Carly Ann Johnson, Frances 1
Lewis, Grace Lewis, .Frances Blount,; ^
Mary Anne Townsend, Letha Hollo- j
man, Jane Dale, Lucille Allen, Vesta
Drake, Myrtle Nichols, Boss Reid 1
Russell, Mary Ellen KittreU, Lillian
Harris, Gen Easley, Margaret Bynum, ,
Nell Taylor Beaman, Rosebud Aber- *
nathy, Alma Grey Lilly, Dorothy Mo- ]
zingo, Mary Ruth Bailey, Janie Kemp,
Gladys Quinn, Flora Johnson, Betty '
Ana Rawles, Alice Freuler, Lillian 1
If your favorite is hot listed here, 1
please enter her at once. ?|p7G: 1
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WHO KNOWS?
'"'- 1. How many German people are
under Nazi domimtion?
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U. S. NEWS FOR EUROPE ^
BREAKS NAZI MONOPOLY. <%
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f The United States is attempting to
broadcast news to the various coun
tries of Europe in order to counteract
the propaganda of the Axis news
monopoly.
. Germany's rigid control of all news
reports and the Nazis ruthless sup
pression of all other sources of in
formation give Hitler a decided ad
vantage in the propaganda campaign
now raging.
The people of conquered, countries
ire permitted to- secure information
iesigned to assist Hitler's purposes,
fhe severest penalty is inflicted upon
individuals listening to foreign broad
:asts and every effort is made to
prevent the distribution of unbiased
views in Europe.
Now, under the' leadership of Col.
William J. Donovan, coordinator of
information, the United States is
ising short-wave radio to break into
the Axis news monopoly- m Europe
and, also, to counteract Germany's
propaganda campaign in Latin Amer
ca. \
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Col. Donovan is in charge of the
broadcasts to Eprope and Nelson
Rockefeller, coordinator of Inters
American Affairs, directs informa
tion activities in Latin America. Both
igencies operate under the State
supervision which outlines the policy
to be followed in each major coun
ay ?
The purpose of the broadcasts will
>e to present facts. Little time will
>e wasted - on entertainment but
jvery effort will be made to give
istesers in foreign countries accur
ite information that cannot be ob
tained at home.
JAPS MARKING TIME
U. S. STANDING FIRM.
There has been little improvement
n Japanese-American relations, fcince
Prince Konoye sent his letter to
Presidest Roosevelt, indicating that
fapanese statesmen understood that
i crisis would develop immediately
ml ess Japan called a halt to her
unbitious program in the Far East.
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While the Japanese have been rel
itively quiet for the past few weeks,
hare is every indication that Tokyo
lopes to secure concessions through
iiplomatic efforts. There <U[ .little
?eason to believe that Japan' has.
iltered her fusdamental plans for a
'New Order" or" that the United
States has been fooled by diplomatic
ieclarations from Tokyo.
The economic sanctions against
Fapan continue in force and, un
krabtedly, the effect upon Japanese
?conomy is becoming- serious. Hie
Vmerican military mission to China
s openly attempting to assist the
Chinese in their desperate defense
igainst Japanese invaders. British,
American and Dutch officials in the
I ?ar East continue to-meet with regu
I arity to discuss the threatening
jroblems of the Far East.
Neither the United States nor
Fapan has given ground insofar as
lational policies are concerned.
ITxe threatened clash is a direct re
mit of the head-on collision of these
policies. Until one nation, or the
>ther, yields decisively, the pjeace of
the .Pacific will be precarious, de
pending probably upon the outcome
rf the gigantic struggle between
Germany and Russia. ^ } I
I -The United States insists upon
the policy of the "Open Door" in
China which merely asserts that all
uilou shall have equal commercial
^htam Hartae
recopiize Japanese conquests or to
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1b Games,. *?
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Camden, SL 0., Oct 15.?Three Ut
ter battles raged today in simulated
warfare throughout the 10,000 square
mile maneuver area of the First
Army in the Carolinas.
In- the western sector, Major Gen
eral Charles F. Thompson's blue First
Corps, in a strong position east and
southest of Chester, &. C., was hold
ing off the attack of a theoretically
much superior Bed Army, advancing
| eastward from the Broad River,
r Delaying Action .
In the central sector, the Red 29th
Dvision was putting up a stubborn
delaying action against the pursuing
Blue 28th, argmented in theory only
by the 44th. Major General Lloyd'
R. Fredelhall, Second Corps com
mander supervised.
To the east, in North Carolina's
sandhills country, the 26th and the
44th, representing the Blue defend
ing force, sought by a southward J
march to -outflank a simulated in
vader from abroad, occupying a line 1
running north and south through ? I
point just to the we3t of Hoffman,
N. C. The operation was carried out
under the directorship of Major Gen- ;
eral Truesdell, Sixth Corps command
er.
The army reminded that these
field maneuvers 05 not wan or lost
by the opposing forces and that
training is; the sole objective.
"No pide wins," said Colonel Mel- '
vin G. Faris, chief of the tactical
section at public relations head- 1
quarters in outlining the day's de
velopments. "The umpires make-the
decisions. The operations of the
weaker, side, in fact, may have been 1
the better conducted."
15th District Held
I 16th Meet Friday
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Bills. C. C. Hilton Elected To
Succeed Mrs. John B. Joyner
As President; Farmville Jun
ior Women Take Attendance!.
? Honors
The 16th District of the North Car- [
olina Federation of Women's Clubs J,
Wllliamston on Friday, with Mrs. J
John B. Joyher, of Farmville, His-L
trict president, presiding. Mrs. A; Q.
Bffeebuck, also of Farmville, is Dis- j
?trict secretary. Mrs. J. M. Hobgood,
of Farmville, Federation chairman of
Hps Sally Southhll. Cotton Loan Fuhd,
responded to the cordial welcome ex-J
tended by Mrs. E. F. Cunningham,
president of the hostess club. - n
The register revea)ed that there
were 217 women present, which was
regarded as above the average at- j
tendance. The attendance prize was!
won by the- Powersville Club for thel
second time, with the Farmville,
Woman's .Club driven second place. I,
The Farmville Junior Woman's Club h
took *tHe attendance honors.for then
Junior Clubs. :
Mrs. John B. Joyner, the retiring <
prescient, presided and gave a splen- ?
did* report of the District's activities j;
during the past year. Reports from I
the various clubs revealed that great j .
progress had .been made timer hern
leade||hip.-t
Chief among the speakers oh the i
'jptognam for the day wtere Mrs. P. ?.n
Rankin, of Mt Gileatf, the Federation :
president, and Mrs. Clarence Beasley,!
of Colerain, second vice president. r
\ Miss Tabitha M. DeVisconti, wpll
known Farmville club woman gave [,
the report of the nominating com-J
mittee, which resulted in the election J
of Mrs. C. C. Hilton, at Greenville,
as^^dem, Ers^ D. Perry,^ of l
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Roman's Club October
2M and 24th.
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| Adults and children alike, of Farm
ville and community, ere awaiting
with great anticipation the arrival of
October 28 and 24, for those dates
circled in red on ftomville's enter
tainment calendar, are scheduled to
bring the gay, musical comedy hit,
"Bubbling Over" to the stage of the
high school, auditorium. The curtain
will go up at 8:18. .
Miss Jayne Flasher, director of
"Bubbling Over", arrived from Co
lumbus, Ohio, on Monday of this
week, to assist the local Junior Wo
man's Club in presenting this much
heralded pky, and has been busy for
several days choosing the cast from
Farmville's best talent and training
for the three choruses a bevy of beau
tiful girls, who will dazzle the audi
ence with the gorgeous costumes and
song and dances in the military, pep
BqUad and wake up numbers.
Miss Flasher was educated in the
Miami and Ohio State Universities,
and Has had experience in summer
stock in. Erie, Buffalo, and witb the
Little Theatre group at Denver* arid
comes from the Empire Producing
Co., of Kansas City, Mo., highly rec
ommended as a director.
The strands of. color and sparkle in
this play are woven about the experi
ences of twb college boys who devise
a novel scheme to finish their courses
on money earned without work. The
love interest is furnished by Prof.
Washington Wellington Watts, and
Miss Jane Lively, who are reunited
after 25 years of separation as a re
sult of the boys' work.
There is plenty of sparkle and fun,
music and dancing and a great treat
is promised to all who attend. Among
the cast are to be found such talented
local actors, and actresses as . Miss
Nellie Butler, Mrs. Mine Carraway,
Lyman Bass, Billy Willie, John D.
Holmes, Wade Drake and R. E. Brax
ton, and a number of others who will
doubtless measure up to Miss Flash
er's fondest expectations in picking
a grand cut.
"Come and bring the whole family,"
is the invitation being extended by
the Junior Woman's Club, for this is
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a show everyone will enjoy. Attention
is called to the page advertisement of
this gay, musical comedy, which is to
be found in this issue.
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Anti-Am e r i c a n Atti
tude in Japan Flaring
Again; Vital Decisions
Hinted
v3$cyo, Oct 15.?Authoritative
Japanese agencies spread a blanket
of gloom tonight over prospects for
K new lease on Japanese-American
?friendship, and the leaders of the
empire held a series of consultations
which hinted at decisions of great
importance, i **
Domei, the news ogancy with close
government connections, quoted, au
thoritative persons as doubting that
the United States really is trying to
maintain ^aace in the Pacific, and is
warning; "Japan is in danger of:
falling into a trafc' set by America.^
Both Domei and the influential
newspaper Asahi dealt pessimistic
ally with, the trend of 49-day-old
conversations" begun in Washington
with delivery of a message from i
Premier Prince Bmoye to President
Roosi velt. Domei said the "hostile
killing the negotiations; Asahi attd
ruptea prcs*
sure in the Orient fti>m the United
States. ??
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NEAR
From ^est and North
west; Red Army Organ
Says "Moscow Is in
Danger'; Hasisgay
Advance Continuing
Moscow, Oct. 15.?The hour of
supreme crisis in the battle for: Mos
cow was acknowledged bp the Rus
sians tonight, for the Germans were
beating downward from northwest of
the city in migk)y assaults imperil
ing the Red line along the upper
Volga River, and stilt were uncheck
ed in a second powerful offensive
from the west.
Ins the northwest about Kalinin,
95 miles above the capital, the in
vaders struck with tanks, armored
cars, planes and infantry spear
headed by parachutists dropping
behind the Russian formations; and
while a force of these latter was jtvj
declared annililated, it was admitted
that isolated Nazis alients were be
ing extended. I
To the west, from ths theater of
Vyazma, which itself is 125 miles
from Moscow, even greater German
forces were pounding forward in
the most terrible fighting of all the
war-r-advandng, said the official So
viet army organ Red Star, "only
across the heaps of their own J I
dead."
The, situation, the paper added
plainly, was now "more serious than
at any time . . . Moscow is in dan
ger!" .
/ At Any Cost.
Too, it urged the Red troops to
hold on to their guns at any cost,
saying:
"Lost arras?lost honor. You must
follow the iron-clad rale?guard your
arms better than your very life . . .
This is decisive, especially now when
the enemy has hurled against us all
the reserves of his equipment and :>.l
when British-American aid is only
beginning to develop."
The Soviet press urged a people's
defense of Moscow?such as has help
ed in holding Leningrad so long?and
appealed that not a square yard of
the city be abandoned.
Tonight the capital remained calm,
although people, not required Yor the "I
defense of the city still were leaving.
The black tomb of NicofeiLenio, one
of the founders of Bolshevism, was
closed. (It was not stated whether . ^
this had any direct connection with *
Moscow's military peril.)
Said the government newspaper:
"from behind every stone on the
approaches to Moscow the enemy
must be met with fire and steel,
every factory must become ar
senal working arms for the defend
ers. Every man must learn' to ban- I
dl* a gun." _ .
; ? , Amy Challenge.
Challenged the army organ Bed
Star: ' J
"The enemy never wjll enter Mos
cow. He will choke on his own
blood. The defense of the city
must grow not daily, but hourly? .
making it Impregnable."
Just how the Germans had prog
ressed in the drive from the west /J
was not known Here; but as far' as 1
could be learned, they had not yet
reached Borodino* 70 miles west of ,?
the capital, where Napoleon fought
his last great battle short of Mos
cow in 1812. I
i An authoritiVe source in Lea- I
don said, however, that fighting was
heavy around Mozhaisk, J10 miles
beyond Borodino and within 60 miles I
of MoscoW, although the Germans
apparently had not yet cr^ptared the.
town.:-'1
I As to the, situation above Moscow, >v
he declared it was possible that the
Nazis had occupied Bzhev, which is .
125 miiee northwest of the capital, ?{'
and advanced on to the east. , ?? I
? The British news agency , Routers
reported that in the far north?e
theater now overshadowed^' by they
greatjSti^le^for I
halted, suffering'm the process hbavy
Snow and rain were said to be
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