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HMMMmMMMMttttMttttt ItllMttttfrttttJltttltfllMII ' THIRTY TWO FAIMTIIiH PUT COUNTY NORTH CAR0I3NA, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1941 ' NUMBER TWENTY RIGHT State Fire Marshall, Sherwood Brockwell Addresses Mass Meeting Prominent Firemen From Other Sections Present; Citizens Unanimously Endorse Movement For New Equipment and Im provements A Mass Meeting was held at the City Hall Tuesday evening, Novem ber 25, that the citizens of Farmville might be informed and have, an op portunity to express their opinion on certain improvements proposed for the Town, namely: The entertainment of petitions for paving sections of the following streets: Home A verm-, Waverly, Church, Greene, Walnut, Barrett, fields, Turnage and Pine Streets; the purchase of additional. fire fighting equipment and fire bam which is deemed necessary for the protection of property,- the City's only fire truck being twenty-three years old. Each, of the above projects was discussed at length and it was unanimously voted that the City Fa thers proceed immediately with the necessary course to carry them through. Mayor George W. Davis presided at the meeting, first extending a welcome to the citizens who had come out to participate in the meet ing, and to distinguished visitors. Mayor Davie then called on City Clerk, Richard A. Joyner, who is also President of the North Carolina State firemen's Association, to recognize the visitors of the evening and to introduce the speaker. The folio win ar visitors were recognized: W. E. Holland, Fire Chief of Fort|| Bragg; Private Rosso, Fort Bragg Fire Department; W. R. Butts, Chief H Fire Department, Raleigh; J. S. ? Gray, Fire Chief, Kinston; Chief of Police Canady, Kinston; M- C. Lassi- ? tar, Fire Chief, Snow Hill, George ? Gardner, Fire Chief, Greenville; A. T. Lancaster, Fire Chief,'Wilson; T.I I R. Bissette of the Fire Department, ? Wilson. ? Lieutenant Kenlon Brockwell, who 11 is the youngest Fire Marshall in the ? Army, and who is Post Fire Mar- JI ?K?11 of the largest Fire Department ? in the Worid, this being located at ? Fort Bragg, was called on by Mr. ? Joyner to make a few remarks prior IH to the introduction of his- fatSer, Mr. Sherwood Brockwell, the speaker of ? the evening. Lieut. Brockwell said H he came to be with us last eve- I ning that he might listen and learn ? and not be beard, though he passed ? on to us some interesting data within ? a few minutes time, informing us ? there were 70,000 livee to be I ? protected from fire at Fort Bragg, J thus necessitating having proper 11 equipment There are ten fire star j I tions at Fort Bragg; 14 trades; and, I 140 firemen. He says their slogan is II "Put out the fire before it starts byjfl inspection, if possible, and as quickly ? as possible after it starts." He add- ? ed that they have not lost a single ? building by fire at Fort Bragg dor-IB ing.the past rtirw mewthe All firejH trucks in the army are being painted I olive drab to eliminate chances of ? detection from the sky we were-told. ? Mr. ahmwood Brockwell, State ? Fire Marshall for the past 27 yean, ? and recently appointed State Coonfa nator of Defease, was introduced by I Mr. Joyner to bring to us a timely I address- on the National Fire Defense I as it effects our community. I I Mr. Brockwell began by telling us I I the first Mass Meeting thst he I I ever addressed was in Farmville in I I 1916; incidentally, during the second I I year of the lest war. He Immedistn- I ly informed ue that "I will not be I I fiie Hhsi annd Brockwell of Ngtt I tonight ide - invariably I I 8pends the firet^five jit^^gf *n I I SteSii? ? Qy^^npflfi ME ?MDM IM 1 State tkb put wwif hB?j more to get prepared, aad today not one Firp Department in North Caro lina is prepared. Sometime ago, there were 328 fires raging in the City of London one night as a result of boating attacks and the water works of the City Mown to pseeea; hence of no aid in helping the fire men. We dont want to be in a like position." Mr. Brockwell so realistidy de scribed the various poisonous gases which are used in warfare and with which we are likely to be confronted in the future. An effort baa been begun to try to develop a FSre Ser vice and a Police Service that .will know, how to distinguish between these different poisonous gaees so , that civilians will be safer; so that when people walk out of houses, churches, etc., that they will be able to protect them from any gas that might be around. "There is a need ' of larger Fire Departments to pro- , teet the people; also, larger Police Departments," stated Mr. Brockwell. "Fire Service for the next six months is going to cooperate strongly be cause 'Knowledge is Power,' and the < more we know what to expect ;andj the more we know what the other p crowd will use against us, the -safer (, we will be," he said, adding "There 1 are bombs that will dig into the j earth as much as seven feet and ( wreck the water forks; hence, worn- < en, as well as men, are going to be . taught to use certain methods of pro- j tection when others ordinarily known ( fail." "Once more I call your attention ^ to the score of Duke 55?State 6. State College with a sneak play ] scored on one of the greatest teams i in football in this country; so may I , remind you that there is always a j chance of a sneak play coming ] through no matter how well prepar- , ed our army or navy ig. The ques- , tion today ie "What must we do?'and the answer is 'We must be prepared' , should that sneak play come!" ' Mr. Brockwell left with us a most . fitting illustration of our present ( situation. "Picture a beautiful wom an as a symbol of the America you all love," he said. "Let her be ar rayed in a sealskin coat. and silk : gown, this representing our navy 1 and army; let her head be adorned * with a gorgeous hat which has feath- ' ere extending into the air, and let this represent our army air corps; ( then place this beautiful woman in 1 all her fine attire in a lovely ball- 1 room and leave her standing there barefooted. I ask you, rWhat would ? she look like?' What would Civilian { Defense be if your twto emergency 1 departments, Fixe and Police, were ' not prepared? May we be ready j from equipment standpoint, as well as from heart and soul standpoint to combat forces should the sneak pl^y ' come through." ^ In conclusion Mr. Brockwell said, ' "It is not stretching the imagination ^ too far to think that what is done for your Fire and Police Depart- y menta for the next 18 months might depend on your democracy for the * next 1800 years." j a . mti rv j I ' I Fatheis and Merchant I Agree^On ^Christmas j 11 ?"??? > ? Favoring a holiday season with . the oanal ilx in sfbnn mid gay light rang, which give to the .town an air bration of CfcriS^ the City6 Fsth ers sad Merchants Association have J to, and thooghitla difficulfto^ diet what may bring there will be no blackout- at this time. A ? - - - * a |lai>ii?ri ? dM6i I _ ^ ^ I mm tha best ever staged her* in connection with this event, Mer , , , - .n - >w fjw tkju u!__t? || - -"VV ' ^ . j| " jP' jk~ '' ''' ' wf ww? ? ww v ww ? ww ? mi ? ? Reunion Meeting Fea tured By Addresses Struggled 'i I " ? t * ? I A feast of good tilings for the body, mind and soul was enjoyed by descendants of the Tysons and Mays, who held their 21st reonion meet here Friday in a spirit of true Thanksgiving that they are living in a land in which family life is pro-1 moted and developed to the highest degree, and in a Democracy where administration heads are aware of the shadow of impending peril are bending every effort to safeguard civil liberties, religious freedom and. the happy homes- of its citizens. i Hon. Marvin K. Blount, of Green-' ville, in bis address, "The Family As A Source of Democracy and Civiliza tion," and Miss Hattie Parrott, of Raleigh, who conducted a round table - discussion under the subject of "Ty-. sons and Mays of Yesteryears I Today," emphasized the fact '? Eh the veins of this assemblage of, descendants there flowed the blood' of pioneer Americans, who struggled for liberty, freedom, tolerance jmd the right of every man to the pusuit af happiness, and expressed hope and faith in the ultimate triumph of these Principles throughout the world. The Major Benjamin May Chapter Rouse served as the convention hall Cor the reunion, and was an appropri ate assembly ground, located as it - is on the lands of Msjor May bis good wife, Mary Tyson, whose union in marriage served as a bond, which was renewed in the reunion or ganization of the two families perfected at a celebration held by descendants in observance of the I60th wedding .anniversary of this maple some ten years ago. Dr. Matthew Lee Carr, of La Grange, presided and addressed the reunion. The welcoming speech was made by Charles Tucker, of Warren ?oo, who also conducted an impres sive memorial service. Rev. C. B. Washburn gave the invocation. An drew Joyner, Sr., of Rocky Mount, ind Mrs. B. T. Cox, of Wintervflle, ipoke briefly.' Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, the re union's genealogist, made an inter- ; sating report and introduced new somfcrs. J. H. Moore, superintendent rf the Farm ville graded school, pre sented Mr. Blount, the speaker of die occasion. Giving a delightful hit of variety end fine balance to the program were meal duets by Mrs. Dink James and Wias Agnes Fullilove, of Greenville, 1 whose accompaniment was played by > Hiss (km Shindler, also of Green rille, and a group of solo selections \ by Miss Nellie Butler, who was ac- j mmpanied by Mrs. M. V. Jones. William a Tyson, of Raleigh, who ' served the reunion as president jta its early yean will head the organi sation again this year, Andrew Joy Mr, Jr., of Greensboro, was moved ?p to the position of fxmt vice presi dent and Miss Nancy Flanagan, of ' Ballard* community, a grand daugh- ' ter of the laja Grigg Tyson, a founder rf tha reunion, was .elected as second ? I rice president Mrs. Joel Moye, of Parmville, will serve the organization MPtin^thia ye^ir as; secretary and The reunion meeting was conclud ed with the singing of "Faith of Our Fathers" by the entire assemblage. A basket lunch was enjoyed hi the hempst roonr of the Chapter House st noon. ? ? ' V USING At - mid-September level*, retail food coats were 110.8 per cent of the 1*36-89 average, the ; high# level Bince January, 1931, reports the U. . ISOLATION ABANDONS), 6-YEAR POLICY ENDS. U. S. IN THE WORLD. j' ???r? ?" When Congress gave its approval to the repeal of sections of the Neutrality Act, whfch j prohibited American ships from .going into bel ligerent waters and the arming of American merchant ships, it f ended the isolationist sycle of foreign policy which has been symbolic of the Unit ed States for at least the past six years. ? ???. The original Neutrality Act was passed in 1935, signed by President Roosevelt on August 81st, and sur rendered,, in effect, our traditional insistence upon freedom of the seas. It appeared to serve notice upon the world that the United States would not take sides in any conflict be tween aggressor and non-aggressor nations. At the time, Fascist Italy was about to launch her long-expect ed invasion of Ethiopia. 1 The Neutrality Act was applied to ' both sides in the conflict in Italy and Ethiopia and in the Spanish civil war. It wis not applied to the Sino Japanese conflict. The United States made its first retreat from the isolationist policy shortly after Germany launched her blitzkrieg against Poland. A special session of Congress revised the Neu trality Act, replacing the embargo on arms shipments ttf belligerents by a cash-and-carry rule. The law was tightened in some other respects, de signed to keep the nation 'out of j foreign war," by prohibiting loahs to belligerents, banning the aiming of merchantmen and barring ships from belligerent ports and combat zones." v . This whs the situation until March of this year when Congress passed the. Lease-Lend Law. This Act, which makes the United States the "Arsenal of Democracy" against ag gression nullified the cash-and-carry provisions of the Neltraiity Act and 1 the ban on loans became meaning less. Subsequently, another question ,< arose. What was the use, it was ) asked, of providing supplies to the 1 anti-aggressor'nations if We intended 1 to sit idly by while Germany's U boats sank the ships bound for Brit ain with the goods that we produced? 1 i. ? , i. Hitler's warning that every ship : bound for Britain would be torpedoed if it came within the sights of his U-boats produced incidents in which ' American merchantmen and war ves- ? sels were attacked. Consequently, 1 last Spring, a naval patrol was estab lished and in September orders were , given to shoot Axis raiders on sight < The patrol seemed to have some ef- , feet on U-boat operations in the At- . lantic and its activity is credited < with a major part in the reduction ? of ship losses during the' past, three ] months. " v" v ?. ??* ? .. ? ??t "4 ? ? V 1 Continuing the national policy of j siding the British, the President re- . quested Congress, on October 9th, to 1 repeal the baa on the arming of ) merchantmen. He did not ask Cou j grass for immediate passage of afa 1 amendment' to permit American ves- .1 sels to go into combat zones sad into .1 belligerent ports. . The House au thorized the arming of merchantmen i by an unexpected majority and Jhe : Senate added a provision to permit 1 our ships to go intof belligerent 1 ' ? 1 Thus, the nation which attempted to isolate itself from the wars of Europe, conduM"?t :fert that its safety is threatened by events that happen across the ocean. Conse quently, it decides to permit its ves sels of trade to go into any waters of the world and throws the protection of its warships around them. From country will be extenJ^^^^ccora pany our ships wherever they hap ? ? : " ?' ' v ? M. r'^f.V''*i No announcements have been made! A ill Iiu?Jt ?. ll/arflllins L..1 51, ' I 4 '? ' " '11 __ mta I f 4 ^1' a ^ ^ ^ | - , J U ? A * S ? ?" w ffl AillH lii IIV%ft"iT IIii ww MM 111 *w Two Columns Joined for Decisive Struggle in Rezegh Area; More .Tanks Hurled Into Pray; Rome. Says Am?ri<ran Observers ' andlWar Co#-espond ents Captured by Axis ckiro, Egypt, Nov. 26?Imperial British troops formed a junction in heavy strength tonight in the Rezegh ? mi' end moved forward for e do* cisive battle for Libya.. ? 1fca Axis forces in that red and critical zone had been weakened by the earlier deployment of a German column eastward across the Egyptian frontier near Sidt Omax^-an unsuc cessful counter-offensive of diversion^ as the British command described it, in which a third of the column's tank j strength was Bmashed before it ^ reached the border. . Moreover, the German commander, Gen. Erwin Rommel, faced a strong new concentration of British tanks heretofore held in reserve?an indi cation tiiat. the initial 'great tank . clashes had left the British far from J apejit in that arm?and was himself urijwrtty tryihg to hting up ] meats for the supreme test. The British juncture in the main theater of Reaegh was effected by ' the arrival,, to merge with the main Britich armored infantry and South African infantry concentrations, of the New Zealand troops which had bcatan their w)ey forward near the 1 Mediterranean coast line after over- t running Gambut. I Advancing Steadily 1 Just above Rezegh, the men of t the British Tobruk garrison were c advancing steadily eastward, it was t officially, announced, for the render- \ voua. . 1 Far to the . south of all this action, J the British left wing had crossed * more two-thirds of the desert toward the Gulf >of Suie, and ? 1 British bombing raid on the Aadfl.? airdrome of Agedabia^ near the. j coast suggested that this force had1 f decided to attempt a full inarch to 4 the sen to cut off northern Libya r and sever the coastal routes to west ern Libya. J It was about Rezegh, however, i that the great struggle was devel-j? oping?perhaps a final struggle, al-, ? though there were indications that j* It might be" sometime in unfolding^ j , Axis forces in this theater w?re|i not encircled to the extent that they 1 * tad been four or five day* ago, hav- j t ing, improved their situation by , ? series of fierce counterattadejj^ Position Favorable I But a British military spokesman ? Keclared that this had little bearing t on the situation now. Since the sole I British objective was the distraction I a Axis armies, he added, the British . I position wtos as favorable as it ever ? Who.' Official wont tW the British now I vere deploying tanks not previously i In action suggested that General Sir \ Alan Cunningham was even more strongly armored timo he I*"* ap- . peared first to be, but while optirn sm prevailed at imperial headquar- ; tare, the* strength of the Germans and Italians was npt being depreci ated- ?%.';iI .7 "iV r I "We have a fair idea of what re mains of the German -forces and the ] indications are tbat/joat as hard- a acfBp lies iiIimuI as has nSken place n .the past four or five days," said the military spokesman. - The Germans, it appeared, were prepared to fall bade upon Derna I to the pest with whatever can be : I salvaged if they lose in the approach- | ing showdown.- ?l Besapitulating the ".performance of American-made bankm^an informed 1 source said- that in some & of the 5 bearirat fighting yet outs snd casualties to poniofiiiftl tji^n ^ uted to their irreater O ^ yX 'Ill I Smviftl fir I ? PETAIN BALKING? New York, Nov. 26.?Reliable re ports received in New York tonight suggested the possibility of a hitch in Qerman-French negotiations, with Marshal Petain of Prance holding out againpt outright membership in the Axis., |^p ; ^ * These reports coming from well informed neutral sources, seemed to be supported by the failure of lead ers of the two countries to meet the middle of this week, as had been ex pected. Potato's reported resistance to German bids was said to- be based largely on recent war developments from the various fronts. His chief rations were listed as these: 1. The Italians agtrin have press sd their aspirations for French terri tory in recent talks with tile Ger mans. 2. The French have received re Jorts that German losses in Russia ire extremely heavy, although not is great as the Russians claim. The Russians have said the Germans have suffered more than 6,000,000 aasual ;ies. 8. Uncertainty of the righting in - Vorth Africa. This was coupled with ?eports that the Germans noyr have to large troop pcmcentrationa in Bul garia, leading the French to believe hat the Aids will be unable to de velop a pincers movement against he Suez Oanal this Winter. . . ( rhirty-Fifth Seal Sale Is launched In County ??? J. H. Walrirop, president of the *itt County Tuberculosis Associa- 1 ion, has announced through Miss fabitha Devisconti, the local Chair- ; nan of the Christmas Seal Sale, that he Sale is now on. and requests that ' itizens lend themselves and their neans to the campaign for funds rith which the dreaded tuberculosis nay be fought and a trail blazed to ^ lew frontiers in the effort being 1 oade for its eradication. What is the need? This question n the minds of hundreds of citizens 1 it this time is answered by die Tu- ' >erculosis Association with actual Igures: 1940, January to November, i >0 new cases; 1941, same period, 81 1 tew cases, or a 100 per cent , increase. 1 How is the Seal Sale money being tsed? It is used for an early diag- 'J losis by free Xray to all poor per ons, (Last year the Fund furnished ] >79 free Xrays), prevention educa ion, frtfe clinics, tests, etc. _ , What per cent of the money stays n Pitt County? 75 per cent stays } n the county, 20 per cent being sent 1 o the State Association land 5 per ent to the National Tuberculosis 1 Association. v The first step in thrtsontro! of tu- ; lerculosis it diagnosis and the spend- 1 ng of money for early diagnosis'is ^ toth humane and economiic. i ' t The people of the conquered na- 1 ions of Europe have a good idea of 1 rhat Hitler's new order means. i m ' ?* -I iernansMe New icrS %?r?#>pitauf Germans Claim Good Progress '2 '? ' 'r London, Nov. 26.?Powerful Ger oan forces Have acieved a new break- j irough southeast of Moscow and lave turned north in the opening 1 ihases of a developing hattle of en- - irclement, official Soviet advices ac- 1 nowledged tonight 1 The break-through ww in the Italinogorek sector *20 mfiea south- < iast of Moscow, and east of the ! lard-contested town .of Tula. The 3 Annans/using tanks, planes and in- A entry, advanced to- tike- outskirts of i town identified in the Soviet die. < latches only as "V," but which may roll have been Venev. 40 miles north rest of Stalinogorsk and a little 1 nore t.bwT? ioo miles southeast of i doscow. .1 Said to Be Blunt Reiter ation of Hull's Sfcte irient of Principles; Ob servers at Capital Fear Document Leaves Lit tle Hope for Japanese American Understand ing ??? Washington, Nov. 26.?The United States tonight handed Japan a blunt statement of policy which informed - quarters said virtually aided all chance of an'agreement between the two countries on explosive Far East ern issues. A last-minlte switch, reportedly resulting from a Chinese, appeal to the White House, swung the United States from an anticipated program of conciliation toward Japan to one of firm reiteration of long-standing American policies. In effect, the statement said that Japan must withdraw all her troops from China and cease support of the Wang Ching-Wei regime in Nanking as an essential preliminary to any agreement with the United States. The statement?tendered to Jap anese Ambassador Saburo Kurusu and Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura by Secretary of State Cordell Hull was in' the nature of a settlement formula, but instead of meeting Jap anese demands for American con cessions-, it restated Hull's historic 1937 declaration of principles sup porting Or following policies: ? Inviolability of territorial in-, tegrity and sovereignty. 2. Equality of commercial oppor tunity. 8. Noninterference in the internal affairs of other nations. 4.. Noninterferense with the status quo except as it might be altered through peaceful means. Hull, himself, presented the for mula to the Japanese diplomatic team during a 75-minute conference at the State Department Neither of the emissaries had any immediate comment The Japanese embasy said merely that the situ- ^ ation was too delicate for. discussion. The State Department gave no ex planation, of the proposal. Presenta tion of' the formula marked the first concrete development in the peace or-war talks which . have been/ in progress since November 17.. Whether further .conversations are held presumably depends upon Tokyo's reaction. ThmIiii* Point ? - A lUUUlf A U*U Thug, tonight may have marked a naming' point in Japanese-American " relations. Before offering: the plan, Hull had inferred for tyro days with British Ambassador Lord Halifax, Chinese Ambassador Dr. Hu Shin, Australian dimeter Richard G. Casey and Dutch Minister Alexander Loudon?rapre entives of the so-called ABCli pew its which Japan is accusing: as mem bra of a conspiracy of "encircle nent." Hull's action tonight placed the text?and perhaps decisive?move squarely up to Japan, which had re quested the conversations. Unless a mutually acceptable ar ?angement can be devised, Japan's snly alternative apparently is to re afeat or fight. ?' w Both aides have made it plain hey do not want war, but each has srepared for eventualities. 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