^ r ]jt?^'5 j All prinnjt-! gram crops ^ I ; 1* x. ? tltiai^ 1 llnMlvBTIHl vIMItejppHHPSIaUjr 30IIWI Thurmond Arnold, Assistant U- k AHewey-General, asserts that "in fast vn hampered hy thefsar of ex materiais" and that "the general at titude of dominant American buai M ? ?? f^i-r f?4-? n-?? n ht n ^ mb? i?Traj afEr-pnxxucura, ancr lay in production. opAJg|fgK? Voting it Hyde Park, N. Y., on November 4th, in s local election, the Pieddent, when asked his occu pation, replied, "Parmer." ARMY PAY The proposal to raise the Trttniipum baee pay of Amy enlisted men to ?42.00 a month has been endorsed by Secretary of War Stimson. STRIKES Strikes during the first fifteen months of tits rearmament program have caused the loss of 24,284,981 man-days of defense effort, accord ing to the Labor Department It is pointed out, however, that American workmen, an a whole, stack to their jobs, with the lees of less than one half ? of one ppr cent of working time because of strikes. Daring the first five months of fins year, there were 1,699 strikes, involving 1,116, 079 workers. . SUBS WORK AT NIGHT Declaring that submarines do most of their hunting at night, on the sur face, where they can use their own guns, Secretary Knox insists that they have "no love for ships with gens on their decks." He says the U-Boats are "extremely vulnerable to guns on other ships." NAVAL BASES The Navy Department has an- , nouneed that Iceland will be a naval ( operation base with Bear Admiral James L. Caughman, Commander. Other navaT operating bases are lo cated at Newport, B. L; Newfound land; Norfolk, Via.; Bermuda; Guan tanamo Bay, Cuba; San Diego and San Pedro California; San Franciaco; Balboa, C. Z.; and Hawaii A simi lar base will be Mtabfrdted shortly 1 at Trinidad. I AID TO BUSSIA Having formally proclaimed the , defense of ffrmsis vital to the de- ' fense of the United States, President ?' Roosevelt extended a T esnr ' credit of ?1,000,000,000 to R. Stet- } tmins, Jr., Lease-Lend Administra tor, to arrange for the transfer of ' war supplies to Russia as quickly as ( SELL YOUR JUNK The spectacular features of last Summer's aftrniftmm drive will be ab sent from the general scrap cam paign, wftfcfe wM he * year-apocait" affair and wffl cover >?arap paper, iron, steel, copper, lead, sine, oettm ? WiStoT^nodaSj^Director^Geii- \ eral of tSe OPM, says that the plan is to collect the scrap throfegh tSe lJ -? regular trade rhamtalg sod boose- [] bolder* are wpteud is save ma-h terials and adl them to junk dealers, h "although they may do so if they ' **?* i _ -i. , "iNEQum^Mr | Referring to inflation as a "moat j inequitable form g|f taxation," the tfcraary tax legislation. Earlier* the , toy oftLfiw^^Morgmdhao!5'*" L J] sTTv yvP LSftlvw JUjLu udft? w-?Dp.'CrZl | 1 w ay t ? i j l The stabilization agreement is the latest government device for prevent* ing strikes on defease projects. And tile Shi Mego strike was a violation m 0 i|i.,, ? t?ij? n?? h ., fay iiiay. ox xm worsen agreement win tne government I Government officials pot a great deal of faith in the stabilization ed his faith in laborers working un der a stabilization agreement when he explained his position in the Cur ?* e*a ? V.,' - >;:-j In the Carrier raw, Wiiiwum, ad vised other government officials not to give a Detroit construction con tract to the lowest bidder. His main reason for this was that although, the low ladder was r? ?i"A- " will, ax any Tune, proviae aivotner ex ? -? -%y"' ?' '.v'-' " '? ~ " ? ;. ? . Ill iN6no01 [ '-?"?? .-.MB , ;; -? ':r '?>'. ? ''ttKr V tJti&n. ? V; . VlSlt^u ?jjs? rj TT iPTiPlNflTI lYuipnt, ly;. Mrs. Moilie DiHa Owvii^bies H lite. Mollie Dilda Owens, daughter anna. Dilda, died at her home near Funeral services were conducted from the home Sunday . afternoon. The Kev. C. J. Harris, pastor of the Free Will Baptist church, of Green ville, officiated. Burial followed in the Dilda cemetery near the home jlace. - . v:, 1 Mrs. Owens is survived by her husband, George P. Owens,, six daughters, Mrs. J. W. Bearhan, Wals tonburg, Mrs. Bay Smith, Durham, Mrs. C. F. Abrams, Macclesfield, Mrs. Peggy Thompson, Greensboro, Mrs. John Timberlake, Greenville, and Miss Alma Owens of the home; three sons, W. F. Owens, Greenville, J. R. Owens, Greenville, and W. B. Owens, of Fort Bragg. A sister, Mrs. Allie Phillips, Fountain, a half sister, Mrs. Robert McArthur, of Bell Arthur; three brothers, J. L. Dilda, Ben Dilda and Jonas Dilda, of Fountain; two half brothers, I Standi Dilda, Washington, and Ruel Dilda, of Fountain. * THE ANSWERS ?? 1. Always Ready. 2. Moscow. 3. 1,525 ships; more than 9,000, 000 gross tons. I 4. November, 1939. 5. The first ten amendments to the Constitution. || 6. Underground burial galleries df the early Christians of Borne. ft Council. ; 8. Yes, to those in the Air Corps and submarine service. 9. Josephus Daniels who, in the World War, was the President's su perior in the Navy Department. 10. Yes; by a vote of his own house. U WILL DEC. 24TH BE YOU* Lucky Day? It Might be if yoa get 'some of oar trade receipts . early. Cafi at. oar store for fall piertiealars. New Hudson and other: Valuable Prizes to be given away. FARMVILLE FURNITURE CO. : , ' r " ^ " m..^ . ~i i ; Ill ~ ? *?- ? **TT || I BS ?l ? ? ..?^' ? ? 1 4?^"t1I nx j? ? ? if* H ^E."^ :. . trfMMBK fc3jjj^y?TX#. _ v'VXX" %&&? r? V ?'*-** '.i"?,'r 4't.''.sV 5"