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Tobacco In Florida-Georgia Belt Estimated At 18-19 Cents Average ilenitersmt ilatltj Bispatrfr ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA .—_ •KVKSTH YEAR HENDERSON, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 8, 1940 " " tiVE ,1 ■ e Day t... frayer .:ii Roosevelt t>ay Aside for aiis to Fray for vous, Enduring Among All Na <AP> I'res d»- Sunday. .. day <>; prayer ■ i \ t y ereed and ..!d a^k U.>d "to . . ■ i t>« the troubled . i nd" ' |«';ur." avivd'sm day brings >tg , Mil li■ saster :i i proeinnatii«n. y i'i«:i>c!t>us oi tin • ii "it I- seetuiy that ; >r I' >dbles-ing nd it-r the estab • .• pennant Mt ... dat"d y sterday ' day -aid in part: j iii-rii.'i'ie of indi : i government! Tin1 consent j : - from the time of i • •ur republic been tted to tach . ucceed-: ■ > <■: this gen- , ■! the task of pre-1 : -:::itt UU it t.. the now engaged in a. fortify that heritage.j : dutic s in the fain- i have endeavored] • •utbiviik and the} ar.d \v have raised international in • ( in> and as lovers are humbly sym "• • • who ;ii" facing nds aero - the seas, j ceeeoing day brings ring and disaster | t i spt ciaily conscious r and our deper;- 1 • merciful guidance, j n•usetou-ness in our' y tiiat w should at • • p. ay AlmightyI ng our country • : ' -I. rit-nt •>!' a hist, •••• at tong all the 1 v c A ' 4. .^«iL rs r ace - : .,>* V i* li^l til Labson Says Silver ng Program Must i u-ure of Other -us Uncertain. i;o(,i.U \\ KAISSON - ;'' !•>. Publishers Financial I'urnu. I nr. ... Auu. If Ger- | war. America's gi indu-try i- in for a ! . <• a I |>f« >-, »erity ol :i ;It■:ifi> 1 on foreign " -mot ljc;<iu ti> COH • " h i;c mines can la.-t ten years have h. but with Ger • u. in world mar .i.; i ii . Iclding ahead S: • zinc, and : !».• the .-ilver peo '. tougher >pot. c<iti'.en.-u» nl' opinion ••• <• W"! tii wnom I have 'fx ining country. iHi':ithit .aslie I«>« — ; iri mining securi k.->. ('topic arc i u<»ins* to over: t ;>:•!■ cut despite .. Stocks of the .ft is are very - :i11 outstrip >f; and prices of me nu; the weakest of the war boom '.(( ! last Septem •• tin* "Future price ' n metals are ' • km-.- :i the price x Her Vulnerable. an especially vulncr W- are slill buying • • t',' '••ori'l i.riee and •:i!I «114 of dollar: T'«\-.surv -•r th<- :ii- ;-il <>;i \.jc Scveu) O. K. Training Bill I 6 Senator Morris Sheppard (ri^rht), of Texas, chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Committee, dis cusses with Senator Robert Rey nolds, of North Carolina, commit tee member, the Burke-Wadsworth compulsory military training bill, which the committee passed by a vote of 1 (Central Press) Roosevelt Accepts Resignation of Post master General, Ef fective August 31. Hyde Park. Aug. <°>.—(AP)—Pros-! ident Rooseveit accepted the resigna-' ti«»n of J-mies A. Farley as postmas ter general today. It is effective August I. The President said their I !:;end hip would alway continue, i Mr. I«.ios»-< e|t dictated a. letter to I Farley shortly before a scheduled' eonfen nee with Secretaries Wallace! ■ rid Hook in in which he said he' accepted 'he >esisnation with "realj regret." w lied Farley success in private busine.-- and praised his ad-, ministration of the Post Office. "All of us in the administration." I the President wrote, "will miss voir deepiv: we count on seeing you often, i I especially count on this al ter ail oi" j our years ot close personal assoeia-j Our friendship will always con-' titu.e." Among report of Farley's future activitie.- i. one that he would head j a syndicate in purchasing the .Yew York Yankee baseball property. | Farley, a political ally of the Chief I/ecutive of many years standing,' said i'i hi letter of resignation. dat-J ed ye<t« rday. that he. too. felt sincere' re.t;ret at taking the step, and listed! a- •ompli' hments ot the postufl'ice! department. Frozen French Funds May Go On War Debts Washington. Aug. I!.—(AP)—Sec retary Morgentliau disclosed today tfiat the l:!iited States was consider ing the possibility of taking war debt payments out of frozen French funds in this country. Morgenthau also disclosed that ; Firitish veterans of the "Flanders Pocket" are helping adapt American i military tank to modern war dcvel- j opmeuts. When the sunject of war debts i was raised at his press conference. ' the Trea ■ ;ry chief said that before French funds are released he wants to see "what happens to American in vestment and debts over there." i The Treasury head had referred many time to the possibility of off- j netting American business and other 1 looses in the invaded European! countries against tiie funds of those l countries being held here. Frame alone owes this country about f)4.f)OO.OU().(»OI) from the last war. Asked whether the freezing rcg-; illations un posed upon the funds be 'onein*: to invader! nations arid their people-- also applied to Germany. Mo- Menthau replied: -v.,. ;.i»v amount .if money can be cnt >> Clermanv and there is noth j..,i (.,,«( fj t .?>(•:i* ,t ff'< sillv. bid ..., ...., . . ... r, ;•<- rS-'vinv ."id cannot do anything about its funds." Bids Said To Be Over imperial Buyers at Valdosia; No Evi dence of Federal Bol stering of Prices; Bulk of Leaf Bringing 18 to 22 Cents. Birvcrs of ciirarctte type tobac co cheered crowTs the bright leaf belt today by bid ding around 18 and !9 cents average for first offerings in the Georgia-Florida market centers. J'irlv reports from the 17 mar kets in the belt indicated bids were running slightly higher than those lor the opening day of l»st year, when the average was 15 to 18 cents. Anions bidders at Valdosta were representative- of the Imperial To- ! baceo Co.. bis English firm th.it nor- j mallv takes a large percentage of the cigarette type leaf, but it could not ! be determined what was to be done [ with the stocks they were buying. I There was no evidence of direct j price bolstering by the Federal gov- ; eminent although the AAA has pledged assistance it the price fails below a lf> cent average. Some leaf sol.', for as low as 41 cents a pound while better quality j baskets reached 34 cents. The bulk; appeared to be concentrated in the j 111 to 22 cents range, however, and j from Live Oak, Fla.. came reports of: growers' speeding additional leaf to the sales centers upon hearing the i MMtre <•!' orices. i Georgia markets generally were! less congested than last season, the j farmers heeding pleas to withhold) their tobacco and work l'or a morel orderly auction. Statesboro reported a noonday j average near 19 cents with bidding ranging between 10 1-2 and 30 cents. Blackshear reported the first 23.000 pounds soid for 18.44 cents average, j lh» range running between 7 and 28 * cents. Prices at Ilahira ranged between 7 iaid 32 cents with the bulk moving at 22 and 23 cents. A morning sales average of 18.97 ! was reported at Baxley, ranging be tween '» and 28 cents. Moultrie sales ranged from a low of 4 1-2 cents to a high of 27 cents with most selling around 10 to 18 cents. At Valdosta the first row of bas- J kets sold from a low of 6 cents to a high of 25 cents with the sales mov- i .ng r;:pidlv. Warehouseman H. P. Foxhall said, the first row price range in the j Statesboro market was 10 1-2 to 25 : cents. At Ilahira the sales supervisor j said prices ranged from 8 3-4 to 26 on the first row. Editor Iiobert Herring, of the Tif- j (Contnued on Page Seven..' WINDSORS ARRIVE Hamilton. Bermuda. Aug. P.—(AP) —The American export liner Ex calibur, bearing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, anchored off i this port early this afternoon. SPECIAL TERMS OF COURT FOR WILSON Raleigh, Aug. o.— (AP)—Cover- ( imr Hoey ordered two special one- ' week terms of criminal court for | Wilson county today, directing that .fudge Henry A. Grady preside over a term starting October 21 and that Judge N. A. Sinclair preside over a ] term November 18. Senate Votes On Calling Of NationalGuard Washington. Aug. 8.—(AP)—The! Senate agreed today to vote by 4 p. I m. (EST) on legislation for calling; out the National Guard and Officers j and Enlisted Reserve for training. Both advocates and opponents pre- • dieted pa-sage. Disposal of the Guard bill will clear the way for debate on the Burke - Wadsworth compulsory training bill, which could be taken up immediate ly. The House military committee postponed a session <>n the compul [•rv measure today. Chairman May, D: i" cr;;t. Kentucky. explaining iu 'i n ; rt'ier consideration would ! ■< riven to it until the Senate had acted. Italy and Britain Battle for Suez Life Line What may prove one oi' the decisive campaigns of the war, the Battle for the Suez Canal, is on. Nearly 250,000 Fascist troops have been hurled into the drive fur control of Britain's life line to India and the Far East. London claims victory in the first phase of desert warfare along the Libyan-Egyptian frontier, but warns that 'some Italian successes" must be expected. Arrows indicate drives launched by Italy's legions. (Central I'rcss) Teacher Pay Debated Storm Blows i itself Out At Least One Dead and Ten Injured as Hurricane Hits Louis iana-Texas Coact. Poll Arthur. Tex.. Aug. }I.—(Al')j —A tropical hurricane blew itself | out in hind today after killing a' ienst j one person, injuring ten ane • ing properly in the S bine- area of Texas and Louisiana. Scores were niaronne;! • V.~-tv>'lej winds roared inln Texas from 1 no east and struck Porl Arthur. Orange and Beaumont. Houses were unroofed, tree* up rooted and advertising .-igns sent, whirling through the air. Six personsj were injured at Port /Vfilmr and1 three at Beaumont, where damage to windows and snnll h-dM" was! widespread. None of ihe injur* rl wasj reported hurt seriousiv. Officially. damage w > t d a I Port Arthur at SW'i.ofo. .»«m r.-on! County Agent J. F. Cnmh said dam - age to the rice crop in that section i may reach $50(1.000. The center of 1he storm passed in-j land between Sabine Pas*; : n-1 Porl Arthur and winds at the peal; regis tered more than 80 miles an hour. BRITISH CAST'A.I.TIIS London. A;ur. 8.—TV!—Two hundred and fKtv-ricrM civilians • were killed and 321 inj-'red seri ously during air raids on Britain ] during the month of Ju!v. it w:i°. reported today in a written an swer to a House of commons question. GERMANS REPORT bKl I li)H LUijiitSi Berlin. Aug. 8.—(AP) -The Her-1 man Mrh command mv'- ii'H i>i ;i ' special bulletin today that ?1 P.r:t ish planes had been «dv>t down and 12 ships totaling 55.000 tons had been sunk today. In addition, the high command •aid. a tanker of fl.OOM l-.ps and two sleamcrs totaling 9 nun tons were sunk by speed boats last night. (l)wih$Ji FOR NORTH CAROLINA. Considerable cloudiness to night and Friday, occasional showers in t-ast portion. Britain Is Held Responsible For Feeding Europe Berlin. Aug. 8.—(AIM—Britain | is responsible for feeding: (lie pop j i*!i(ions in eou-Uries occulted by (iernuuj troops. beeau.se she is responsible for their entering the u u ai'aitisl Germany. Dienst vis Deub ehland. authoritative com mentary. observe a today. Tlic article s;'id it was written in reply to British press assertions j that Germany was responsible for i the (are and feeding of persons in ( the occupied areas and that .\doli j Hitler had declared "the feeding of F.nropc is assured." "Hitler spoke not of an assured j I'uropean but of an assured CJer i man vuppl.v." Dienst aus Dcutsch | land said. Children May Find Haven In United States Washington, Any. <1.— (AP)— 'I'll Il'nise immijjndion com mi ttc •jiccdily approved today a Mib-com miller compromise bill t«• provide temporaiy haven in the United State (Coritnned on Page Seven.) Increases Expected Indications Are That About 406,000 Will Be Allocated in New Schedules. Raleigh. Aug. 8.—(AP) — The State Board of Kduc.ition ;mri the School Commission worked in joint sf sion today on new pay schedules . lor .superintendents, principals ;md teachers with indieations that about S4fifi,000 wol.1!'' I»e allocated. I Governor Hooy informed the school comini: sion that SJ't),tllll> il " saved on its operations la.-t fiscal year would be made available for use this school year and commis sion members said that "cutting cor . ners" had saved $l2'i.<)00 for use loi pay raises in addition to $2')(),l)ltli ap propriated. I One commission member said it | appeared that the pay of all super j in!«ndents would b< adjusted "with none getting a cut." In teaeheis ■chedules. he -aid, the plan was t«» rai e the pay of white teacher, with eight years of experi ence by .S2 or .S'< a month, others to - remain at about the same level. . The pay ol Negro teachers with - "A" certificates, however, would be i yContinued on Page Seveni 11,429,000-Bale Cotton Crop Forecast For 1940 V.'a )iingl«»n. An'*. SI.—(AP)— The Agrir 11! 1:1 • in: til ioneasJ In; '•■'•icniiV c'lttnii M'ij) inday a> 11.429. 00(1 bales i.l jO'l-p .unci- gins.- weight. biiM-r! mi Align' crop conditions. I'ro;liictii>n v.; i - 11.<>17.000 lj--i lr-. Jii.-i year iici ivi fi 13.547.OOD in tht- ten yr.tr- l!)lM)-3f>. The forecast wax ba.^cd on the area in cultivation July 1 k-< the ten ye:r average abandonn ert iroin na tural can. "s. fir king 24.fi.'(i.OflO : r":' 1.;>rV« -1- Hid "!l 111" Condition t) (•••■ 11 i i'l A OgU -t 1 . * 'Pit nriir- :- •••• ■" Mnl ilVii. f'.iv.t « '! V" '• * ' ;• C • :.,w| 71 11 . : v '" <• iVl!" t ' l'23/l0') year, and the ten-year aver ig= v. a* 31 23a.OfO acres. The indiealed yield of 1 in? cotton per acre is 221.'.' pounds:. compared with 2'.'~.'J pound- last year and l'j!'.l pounds the ten-year average. Ginning. from ihi- year's crop to A: igu.-1 I wen- i f ported by the cen -u. bureau to have totaled M<i<> running bales, compared with 137. 2")4 bales a year ago and 157.8G.) bales two years ago. The forecast for area in cultiva tors July 1. less the ten-year average ndoii'iieni. condition of the crop • r. A if»n t i. indicated "ere yi"!d •.rsd J'tifi pi"';:ei on Ind" t'd !roin •Vor;i"--i 1 eo! d:tirir,s '>v ' '* • in cluded North Carolina, 222,00-.. ;j4, 342 and ooo.OOO. Equality In Empire Is British Offer "Free and Equal Part nership" in the British Commonwealth Would Be Given India in Exchange for Wealth and Man power, fRv Til" Associated Press.) Britain 1 • it! today l»»r further help In>ni Irifl!;i" fabled wealth and vast manpower as Italy menaced the em pire's Mi (iiu n ane.m - Suez caiuil - thai India's .'Ilia.ouo.poo people. over lied sea life litr and the royal air Iiu re heat oi l a powerful na/.i air attaei; on I.nglhh channel shipp ng. "Free and equal p:n tner: hip" in the British commouvcallh was Bri tain's olh r to the Indian people. The Briti.h said tin nazis lost at least nine planes and the British thein.-e!\e: two as air fighting raged ov< r the channel and the southeast ern coast of Knjjl.and for an Hour, fill in;, tin :,ir with the '-oar of cannon and chatter ol machine Runs. The announcement on the Indian situation, mailt siim itaneousiy in common, aid the house ol lords and m India said Jin eminent was willing to let Indian. "devise the framework ol a, new constitution" at the i nd in iln war m the hope tii.il hid!..' .,T).IH.'I'.irM) people over coming their own differences, would at I.im .i: *.iin "i»« t't<. and equality within the British .maiouwealth" of natioi Britain her-eli. the stale incut said, was uir.viikng to under take "fundamental constitutional is sues" at this time. The British account of the air ha^ tile said at lea t a!' (e. rn.an bombers and a large mm m i oi escorts took part against only a dozen British lighting plan . Sometimes they woopi d down to within 1.000 feet of lh» •rooitop. or i a. At other times ti.e plan-s vanished high in the cloud . By a!. I'y.iig India': claims. Bri tain \ • ! • • :ii • i po. ition to mar shal o\ i ; i t i111' iit, forces to crush I'.alian • ;pai a ii in the Meditei i am • ■ •. ari'.ii ii ug t'i the British view. With •' i|i in threatening io ex pand oat!..'! at 'i Ital> .ccking to rule o'.er ti.e Mir Ii-iii world. India's into;e.-1 in a ia iti. ii \ ictory has be come inert a uigly keener. In A!ri«M. ii .nan !c Id the port of Zeila. . eiz< d in a slioi I march from French Si aiaiiiaud and aimed a drive aero.' Briti h Somali land. The Brili. ii . i I ma . ed Libyan troops have not \ pi - a acrii. the Iron tier into the v.e. t ivivptian desert. In Fraiiee. the new supreme court wa. called to it: f . t . (ssion today at Rioin with its number one job a lengthy, lar-reaching investigation to lixe the bias ■ fur Fiance's war bluii ders aim tu pum. !i it- guilty. Columns Moving Into Br i tish Somaliland Halt After Capture of Two Towns. Cairo. Au«. <"• i AP)- -The Ital ian r-ulumns driving into Hritish .Sonialiland iV'iir Ktliiopia halted ;jft»•.» !!.' ii < ■ i>" ' I Oi'dwi-iriii .*il)d }bn v< ;i Hi*itJ.-:h ('Krnini'niquc -aid today. Ail" 11 t-'ift- mV('!* Ih'I'O towns, i:: "he v« '< rn {>.;rt of iho ;jrotcctora:e. 'showed little move nt' ht." ■ < iiqu" imported. I* rc;j i.'i fonVn'.ird niovmcnt nf Italian f< rce . particularly "motoriz ed 'inn ijofi." i;t tli»- Libyan-Kgyp tian I- !'1': I'-^i'in. 'th«- \vi->'-vri 'li cit" t!i< lirMi.-h '•:•.[>'( t a large -c?»!».• kali; i oM'n-.v !i'irt!y. Italian armies in Libya, fearing ir icat.■ in (:i the Mrili. h naval oloH:ad»* and -ri v..1|: dwindling water ;i'id war -'::jjj]if . ;ji*• exp"*l cd to I:.unci; a grand offensive by tnid-A n*K. ' in .ill rjtl«•• ■ |<t to «•:»!' UrlUirn" ,.•>!« i, the north - r-m Alri'.-an roaM. IFa in K ■ ■ . '[ occupation •>'. '/.> V. w t: • . ' '• ,> in If' ir ■ •..; <nt ' '- ■ r; ;• < • : < • {>»>>■;«tc? f'ri ' h '* 'I F, i . . ! :f i ..'it'l I':l ::: E;;«t Africa. Its success would vv !y r< ... < • • 2.50(1 nul'. - ' t ? :>■> . • * fji.If cl Aden t'j ..:e Inui^n oc. ...
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