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GreHirille to Stage
EducitiBBilMeettag
Dr. Justin Mffler and
Mrs. J. L. Henderson
Wm Be The iPrind|>al
Speakers
Dr. Justin Miller, Dean of the
School of Law, Duke University, who
is to be the chief speaker in a meet
ing in th Greenville High School An- J
di tori am on April 3, at eight o'clock
to study the child of today and to
morrow, is a man of nation-wide con
tacts and broad learning.
Born in California, Dr. Miller is
an honor graduate Stanford Univer
sity, with A. B. and J. D. degrees.
In additien, Dean Miller has a suc
cessful record of law practice in Cal
ifornia, and a notable career as pro
fessor of law at the University of
Oregon, University of Minnesota and
the University of California.
At preeent he is Dean of the Law
School, Duke University, and he
serves as chairman of numberless im
portant committees; as President of
the North Carolina Conference of
Social Service; Chairman of Council
on the Emergency in Education;
Dean, North Carolina Institute of In
ternational Relations; Vice-Chair
man of Division 11 of Delinquents
and Correction of National Probation
Association and Member, Executive
Committee^ National Crime Commis
si mi; Dr. Miller is in close touch with
conditions in the State, Educational
and SociaL ~ * ' "
Dr Miller's articles appear in a long
h'rt of magazines, and he is known
as a brilliant and thought provoking
speaker. His reputation as a speak
er is expected to draw numbers of
pffapie from over the county.
Mrs. < . L. Henderson, President of
State Congress of Parent Teacher
Association whose name will be rec
ognised by every member of this as
sociation, will be the speaker at the
afternoon meeting.
While the regular speaking pro
gram will begin at eight #jg|pek,-there
will be a musical -p/Sgram starting
at 7:30, featured by the Glee Club of
the large Consolidated Schools, of
Pitt County- arid ~Greenville 'High1
SchooL ??
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Apply Now For
I Yoor Form Pro
ductlon Loans
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Farmers Anticipating:
1 Asking: for Crop Pro
duction Louis are Re
: quested to Make Appli
; cation as Soon as Pos
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. Columbia, S. C., March 29.-?Make
yoor applications for production
loans now, advices Ernest Graham,
President of the Production Credit
Corporation of Columbia. v.
In amplifying his statement, Mr.
Graham explained that the entire
Third District of the Farm Credit
Administration covering North Caro
lina, South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida is served by a network of 110
Production Credit Associations! These
associations make loans for the pro
duction of general agricultural crops,
livestock or poultry.
"All we ask," said Mr. Graham, is
that farmers apply to their local as
sociations promptly. We have1 com
petent representatives located near
every fanner in this district who are
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prepared to handle applications wiin
dispatch. We have added extra help
in every office where it is required
and the Intermediate Credit Bank is
working on two shifts in order that
notes endorsed by local associations
and submitted for discount may be
acted upon within a minimum period
of time.
"In addition to extra help and a
double shift in the Federal Intermedi
ate Credit Bank a traveling field
force has been organized which moves
from association to association to
straighten out any difficulties and
prevent the accumulation of any
backlog in applications.
"We realize that the time when
farmers need production credit is
upon us and we are prepared to give
them service. Applications are com
ing in at) the rate of about 500 daily,
but as now organized we can take
care of 1000 or more.
"Production Credit Associations as
now set up in the Third District can
recommend notes for discount with
the Intermediate Credit Bank up to
approximately $25,000.00 " assuring
worthy fanners ample credit for
their production needs."
Teachers Endorse
GouNdSaleTai
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Resolutions Committee
Endorsed the Governor
Even Before His
Speech^
Raleigh, March E8.?The now al
most two years old Fountain-Ehring
haus primary- fight '?rai Jbigptik-all
'?ever agaHr here kst week -whan ithe
North Carolina Education Associa
tion -was meeting '-here, <-%ith former
Lieutenant Governor R? T. Fountain
of Rocky Mount and *his friends
seeking So get the committee ?n re^
solutions not to endorse eUthMpiffcii
administration of govm
haus or the sales tax,4ti
from reliable aource*?-teil?$Klny;'
member of the reso4atfwlB-> "comatiN
tee was overheajd -to -tell -? mtettwil1
fellow teacher
ant Governor
"suggested" that it would be better
if thai resolutions-nomnifttee did dot
mention -eithw- the ^administration
tax, it ltia#i>h?ned^>frflniJioreliBhle
sources-today. *
II WKen theddtnttttteTTteale its Te
Ijfrort, before the militant and sti&ihg
If speech made Ehring
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I uovernor EnnnffillH lor tn? exiorts
|lfte had madeto senate a- longer
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Newfielief Plan
Different Programs For
Cities and Rural Areas
To Succeed CWA On
April 1
Raleigh, March 29.?Major changes
to result from transition of the
CWA program?which dies next Sat
urday?to the new federal relief pro
gram were outlined yesterday in a
conference between Alan Johnstone,
regional relief director, and members
of the staff of State relief headquart
ers. ' J
Perhaps- the most far-reaching
change is to be this: In the future
all persons must secure work on
federal-projects on the basis of need
alone. It was not necessary that a
person be actually needy to secure
CWA employment.
The new program is to be divided
into two parts?one for urban areas
containing popqlaWcm of 5,000 or
more, the other for rural areas. ' In
urban areas, "work relief^ "projects,
similar to CWA projects,'"will be
carried on. In rural anas, the whole
idea of the pianola to maim fami
lies self-sustaining by aiding them
in securing means whereUy they ^rOl
be able to care for themselves, i
There is a strongly-marked :trend
in the new prognto-away from'the
dole offered under the old relief
system which the CWA program sup
planted last November. Under that
old system, persons worked for 'as
little as 10 cents an hour. ' The
work most of then did was not
worth that much and the payments,
in fact, amounted to little other than
a dole.
Wages under the new set-up can
not be less than 30 cents an hour.
Wages for skilled labor will be the
prevailing ate in any community?
in North Carolina 76 cents an 'hour
maximum. Those rates were made
effective in this state March 2.
It also was brought out plainly
yesterday that there 'would be no
"leaf-raking" projects under the new
relief program -as there were ttnder
the old. It was recognized, under the
old system, that the relief workers
were engaged < in projects which
amounted to tittle or nothing.
A list of sixsuggested* fields of
work for urban- amtr under the: new
set-up, as suggested -yesterday; fol
lows:
Suggested Projects
1?Planning projects, to give work
to engineers, statisticians, econo
mists, architects, ^ industrial engi
neers, home planners, f interviewers,
field and office workers,
2?Public property projects Such'
projects will not include street
cleaning, garbage - >?oll*thm;*' park
maintenance andsuck Ttems~a3 nor-1
mally are imsvided Tor in local gov-1
eminent budgets. Suggested .projects
an?. TiniisuwHWtn Uinl uonstroetion
of ^ iwMiiMi afrafca.
gsnm-Wrfiih-preserin, luiesrtdiiil
facilttleereufoiestntk^ Ismhrufrlmi
and erosioir control.' ?
8?Housing. 0 Remodeling^smd w
ptiruf hoilses in lieu -of renNtorte
lief families.
4?Production and distribution of
goods needed by unemployed^ per
sons, suefc'-as taewbtg rooms nbd'ihe
growing and pfrestrviflg of food.
?15?Public ^telfsrV health tec
Wreatien worfc Projects sapping
?[service to private hospitals, private
?pfe^ ^and other non-goranniefttal
K-,5?PnfrHc-uihartiwt *gte*zatere
llgmrlr Included'Jibe nuchas adult
K^ draxmtic sctivitihs, library and
[piaiili work," community informa
{tion centers, and .scientific, economic
|j$?n with established eyovernmental
II .Under the ratal-plan, the first ob
|f?oUs of all persons-who > can support
[themselves from other-aources. Case
Itaoenlr tit alhjwttoem-fa rural areas
I^U bB' oloscd as of April 1 and all
| with " become self
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1 fiojH nnfn R11/*n ftflfWifli . ?
Hmmt? m.< approved by State th&q*
All Future Land
Bank Loans to Be
| Made In Bonds
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Odv;JMyer$ of the Farm <
Credit Administration,
States theseBonds will
Be An Attractive In
vestmeivt -and'as Mark
etable as AitjrGOverir- J
ment Bonds i
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D. B. Oglssby, secretary-treasurer
of the Farmvilie National Farm Loan 1
Association, received w&rd today from
Wm. L Myers; 'Governor of the Farm <j
Credit 'Administration, Washington, ;
D. C? that FedemJ land banka loans ?
and land bank eommissidner'g loans 1
will he made iii the future through
the Federal land bank in bonds of
the Federal Farm Mortgage Corpora
tion, which bonds are guaranteed by
the United States Government both
as to principal and interest, whidh
will be at the rate of 9 1/4 per cent
per aniram-fbr the bonds to be issued
at this time. These bonds will take
the places of the cash distribution in '
the disbursement of the unclosed
loans previously approved by the Fed
eral landbanka.
I The toads of the Federal rannj
Mortgage-Corporation, according to
the statement by Governor Myers,
will have behind them not only the
unconditional guarantee of the Fed- ,
end Government as to both principal
and interest, and the capital of the
Federal' Firm Mortgage Corporation
I amounting to about $200,000,000, but
also the consolidated bonds of the
Federal ism! banks issued - in ex
change .fbrithe bends of the Federal
Farm Mortgage Corporation and the '
mortgage accepted by the lend bank j
commissioner as secretary for loans.
Governor Myers assured Secretary
Ogieaby that the Federal Farm Mort
gage Corporation bonds will be an
attractive investment. "They will .be i
as readily marketable as bonds of the
United States Government and they
will be quoted in all of the principal
markets," he continued. "Holders
who have to dispose of these bonds
should not sell them without ascer- ;
tidning their real market value."
The Government particularly stress
ed the fact that country bankers pro- \
j bably will be large investors in these
j securities since the creditors of far- "
I mere who are being refinanced may
not all be in'the position where they
can hold the bonds so acquired and
will find it necessary to sell them.
Secretary Ogieaby states that these
bonds, which will be tendered to far
mers' creditors in payment of the
refinanced indebtedness, are "exempt
from all Federal, State, municipal and
local taxation, except surtaxes and
estate, inheritance and gift taxes.
They are lawful security for fifteen
day borrowings by member banks of .
the Federal Reserve system. They
are also lawful investments for all
trusts, public and fiduciary funds of
which the deposit or investment is un
der the authority or control of the
I Government The payments of the
interest on these bpnds and the repay
ment of their principal* ars'gufcnn'-f
teed by the United States, 'which
means tha? if the Federal Farm Mort- ;
gage Corporation should ever be on- <
able to meet the payments on the 1
bonds, the Treasury will assume such 1
payments.
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"inese ik/iius wiu i>e issueu uiu?j ?
nominations of $100, $600 and $1,000.
However, amounts less than $100 will
be distributed in cash. For example,
a loan of $065 would be made in a
$600 bond; four $100 bonds and the
rest in cash. In addition, to provide
for certain debts, such as taxes which
cannot' be paid in bonds, cash cover
ing "the required annnpitr will re pro
vided.
"Loans which have been applied
for and approved, but on which the
cash has not been paid out, as well
as; those approved by the bank in the
fsfenfe; wQl be financed on the above
baittK' This arrangement in no way
distnsbs or alters the other provi
sions of the loans. The interest rate
on-ass loans will continue to be 4ft
per cent, for thft emergency period
when made through a national farm
Uan ?imitation 5 per cent, when
made directly by the bank."
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C^kfcrateBirthdays *
IOf Three In Family
I Sunday, Iflu-ch 26th,; was a day of
celebration in the Carr famfly
Qreene"ibtotr^#^mbenr tiV*
family met at the horn^ of ^ C. R
Dinger Fails Don
Uniforms to Free 3
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< Indinapolia, March 28.?A frustrat
ed plan oi John Dillinger to free -
three -members of his gang- from
Lima; (Ohio) Jail by disguising gang
sters as National Guardsmen "was re
vealed today by Capt. Matt Leach of
the- Indiana State Police.
The three - men'-whom Dillinger
planned to liberate 'are Charles
Makley, Sussell Clark and Harry
Pierpont, all convicted at Lima on
charges of killing rSheriff Jesse
Sarber.
Discussing the plot, Leach said:
"From information which came to
us, we have learned that Dillinger
actually made an effort to free the
three men. The plan called for'eight
gangsters dressed in Army uniforms
to pose as Ohio National Guardsmen.
"Another gangster was to dress as
a lieutenant. The plans were to have
the gangsters enter Lima at night
and hide until just before court ad
journed in the afternoon. Then they
were to present fake credentials pur
ported to have been signed by the
Ohio Governor and ask for the cus
tody of the prisoners on the pretext
they were to move them temporarily
because of a raid scare.
"Dillinger did not go to Lima him
self, but sent John Hamilton and Joe
Burns, two henchmen, there. They
reported the plan was impracticable."
Leach said the scheme failed be
cause of the tip he received and pass
ed on to General Bush, in commi nd
of Guardsmen protecting the jail, and
because Dillinger could not muster
enough .men to carry the plan
through.
Greenville Rotary
Club To be Host To
Inter-City Meeting
The program of the Inter-City
Meeting of the Rotary Clubs of
Farmville, Washington, Ayden and
Greenville on Monday, April 9th, at
6:80 at the Rotary Building in Green
ville is as follows:
Group Leader?Bill Smith, Farm
ville.
Presiding?
Song?Bill Lee, Leading, Green
ville.
Invocation-?Billie Branson, Ayden.
Dinner
Welcome Address?Carl Adams,
Greenville.
Respond?Presidents?Bob Boyd,
Farmville?Snodie Edwards, Ayden?
Frank Cox, Washington.
Short Talk?Governor Roscoe Mc
Millon, Red Springs.
10 Minutes of , Songs?Led by Ed
Harding with hii Accordion, Wash
ington.
Introduction ? Tom Sikes, High
Point.
Prizes?By Yoe Walker, Green
ville.
? John C. Anderson, Wake county
agent, distributed 650 cotton option
checks for $25,000 during the past
two weeks. Over 2,500 tobacco con
tracts have also been signed.
Mail Roll Iter
SaysRe WUI
"Spill Works"
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Isaac Costner, Held In
Charlotte* Says He In
tends toTell All' On
Charlotte, March 29.?An admitted
jarticipant in the $105,000 mail track
?obbery last November, Isaac Cost
ner, promised today to "spill the
works" about his Chicago Touhy [
{tag pals when he is brought totorialJ
"Fin going to tell everything be
cause I couldn't heat the any
ways," said the jiMlo^phTcal "and I
oouacious gangster.
Costner ""was brought here last
night to await trial at 'die April term
nf federal court Without waiting I
for his trial Costner started'in ; to
give what he said were the "inside I
'acts" about the mail irobbery here. {ffl
Manufacturers Ask
Greater Cut Than the
Tobacca Farmers Do
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Opposing Camps De
nounce Each OtherBut
Favor 50 P. C. Lower
Tobacco Tax
Washington, March 28.?Opposing
cigarette manufacturers today had
their say before the sub-committee
of the Ways and Means Committee
considering reductions in cigarette
taxes, and 'while having harsh things
to say about each other, agreed in
requesting a greater reduction in
the>'tax than was asked yesterday
by farmers, who urged that the tax
be reduced from $3 to $2 per 1,000
cigarettes.
Both the "Big Four" companies
making so-called standard brands
which retail at from 12 to 15 cents
a pack, and the 10-cent manufac
turers agreed that a flat reduction,
to be effective in increasing returns
to the farmer, should be 50 per cent.,
which would make the tax $1.80 per
1,000. This proposal found much
favor with the sub-committee.
This tax, it was agreed by manu
facturers on both sides, would en
able the so-called "standard brands"
to retail at 10 cents and enable the
present ten cent brands to retail at
two for 15 cents, with no diminution
of present profits. *
It was also agreed by manufac
turers on both sides of the tax ques
tion that such retail profits would
greatly increase volume of business
and so justify considerably higher
prices to the farmer for his tobacco.
It was further argued that the in
creased consumption would very
argely offset the decreased revenue
to the government
But the most significant thing
about today's hearing was the ap
parent favor with which the pro
posal was received by the sub-com
mittee.
There now appears to be a very
strong chance that the 40 per cent
reduction will be approved by the
sub-committee.
But approval by the Congress is
something else. The matter will be
tested out further before the Senate
finance committee on Friday. That
committee has already received from
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau a recommendation that
the tax for 10 cent manufacturers Be
reduced to $2.70.
The 10 cent manufacturers, in
agreeing today with the estimate of
larger manufacturers as to the
amount of tax reduction which
should be made to be effective in
raising prices to the farmers, did
not by any means withdraw their
demand for a differential in price,
altnrough they said they would also
welcome the horizontal cut.
Every package of 20 cigarettes
now carries a tax of six cents. The
present price of the large manufac
turers,- after trade discounts is 10.76
cents a pack, including the tax. The
proposed cut would remove 2T.4 cents
of the tax, leaving the net price 8.36.
Junius Parker of New York, repre
senting all the big companies and
numerous small ones, said that tne
manufactaurera would probably fur
ther reduce the price to 8.2 a pack, -
making it profitable to sell at 10
cents. He said increased tolume
would absorb this difference and also
justify higher prices to the farmer.
The 10 'cent manufacturers were
represented by three spokermen to
day, the principal 1 one being ? Co).
Wood F. Ax ton, of Louisville, Ky?
head of tha Axbon-Fisher Company,
who was instrumental in having -the
American- Tobacco Company dis
solved in 1911 and who has been in
the business for 85 years.
"If the tax is reduced 30 cents on
1000 cigarettes or 10 cents on a pound
of tobacco, I can and will pay the
farmers 28 cents a pound for their
tobacco," declared Colonel Axton. -
"The big companies now obtain ex
actly 40 cents a pound more farm
d*1 -wdght'Tor their cigarettes than
I do and yet they pay very little -
if anything more for tobacco and
the small purchafces the 10-cent com
pany made when they entered the
field-in 1932 Increased the--return to
the fanner 50 per cent, although
there wm? a bigger surplus in -1982
than in 1981," he declared.
NOTICE OF MEETING
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The Farmville Ministerial Union is
egpetted to me* at tla^-Methodist
Chureh Monday morning, April 2nd.
at terf'o'efock.' \\ =:'|
.?f Wake County.
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