VOL. TWENTr-PTVE mt p^tt, ^.swUty ?*?, jttr* ** m?^S^ ? ? - *,????.;. .>?? ,_ ; ... ' , _ ? fH ~ ~^ ?> Adherence ToNRA Cod Nationwide Movement To Reassure Employes Follows Court's Invali dation of Blue Eagle Enforcement Machin ery ? New York, May 28.?Business and industrial Madera throughout the na tion strove tonight to reassure them selves and their employees that the NRA standard of hours, wages and fair trade practices would be con tinued voluntarily. As threats of strikes and price wars began to nimble against a confused economic horizon, a far flung movement got under way to dispel any fears that turmoil would result from yesterday's Supreme Court decision. Declaring the moment had come for the American business man to prove his good faith, Harper Sibley, newly-elected president of the United States Chamber of Com merce, called upon all the employ ers within the chamber's purview "to make no immediate changes in hour or wage schedules." "I am confident," he said, "that this will be the policy of American business." * ?? . lam. Tiirougnoui ice country ullc imjv employers began falling in line and the National Association of Manu facturers announced late in the aft ernoon that nearly 200 "o* the larg est manufacturers" ih the nation had informed their workers that no immediate changes in hours, wages or working conditions need be fear ed. Among the firms that said they expected to maintain the status quo were such representative organiza tions as the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, General Foods Corpora tion, Chrysler Corporation, the Du Pont Company, and Eastman Kodak Company. . The Tidewaaer Oil Company and the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey announced five per cent wage increases. On the other side of the picture, there were threats of a nationwide soft coal strike unless special legis lation is passed by Congress before June 17 and an outbreak of price cutting by New York and Boston retailers. One large department store and several independent tobacco shops in New York slashed the price of cigarettes from 14 to 11 cents and there was a wave of price-cutting in retail liquor stores. Feverish meetings went forward in other fields as code authorities and business executives sought to appraise the situation. George A. Sloan, who played a leading part in drafting the first NRA textile code, said it was in conceivable that industrial leaders would permit the gams under the codes to be lost. "Sober reflection on the progress I made toward industrial recovery I and the restoration of confidence I will dictate that there- can be no I turning back at this time," asserted the former head of the Cotton Tex tile Institute, who is now chairman of the Consumers' Goods Industries Committee, added: "I know of no code of fair com petition which was imposed upon industry. Strictly, in most in stances, they were initiated by in dustry, which welcomed the gov ernment's cooperation in economic [I rehabilitation. "Imperfections in the law have been discovered and experience offfl I the past two years has demonstrat- I ed weakenesses in some of the codes. II I "But the fact remains that 3,000,- jl 000 workers were re-employed, the I work week was" shortened and! I wages were increased- Moreover, I I eut-throat competition In many I I highly-competitive industries effect I I on prices and wages, has been! checked or minimised. I "It is inconceivable," he declared,] I "that industry generally will now! I return to mthlses mia^paliriisi arm I abolish the higher standards set up I I for the protectee of industry, in-1 I dnriilsl workers and the general] I pahlii I I "Until the full effect of the 8u~| I preme Court's decision is known andfl I a nu..nd(S8 has been determined,I shouM jyard ^it as an obligation^ I ' made. ' "Only in this w*v ^ we insure I nil?MII trrwarrt nHimhkd netifmal recovery." ? ? i mm m I * ? 5 -- '^1 a*. ? 4m, ' % Washington tomorrow. Textile workers were urged by Thomas F. McMahon, president of the United Textile Workers of America, to "fight" against any at tempt to deprive them of advantages won under the code. McMahon said in Providence, R. L, that the Supreme Court "has declared war." Arthur Besae, president of the National Association of Wool Manu facturers, telegraphed an appeal for continuance of NRA standards to woolen mills and sales agents. The National Automohile deal ers' Association sped plans for a voluntary trade agreement to re place the code under which its mem bers operated. F. W. A Vesper, president of the association, said in St. Louis that automobile dealers were prepared to carry on with or without the help of NRA "to see that the major principles laid down by NRA are preserved." Summer Bible School June 3rd The Farmville Summer Bible School will open on Monday morning, in Perkins Hall, June 3rd, at nine o'clock. All children and young peo ple of the town and community who have passed their third birthday are eligible A partial registration was held at the various Sabbath Schools last Sunday, at which time 165 pros pective pupils signed the lists of names. Those in charge feel cer tain that there will be sufficient ad ditions to reach a total of two hun dred or more. Further registration will be made on opening morning. A nominal fee of twenty cents per pupil will be requested. This will assist the participating churches to take care of the expense of literature and materials. Each pupil will be given a regulation report card at the close of the school. On this card will be a record of work done and honors won. 4i -I? ukivj a nniv At UJB UUbcOT JTC MW., - j I will be given at the community I swimming pool for thoae pupils who I shall have attained an attendance I record showing not more than two I excused absences for the school I term of two weeks. Each pupil will I bring a basket but free tickets will I be given those eligible for an boors' I swim, and drinks will be furnished I by the members of the faeultyv I An unusually strong faculty has I been assembled from the membership ? of the churches of the town. Prac I tically all members of the faculty I were present, with the various min listers, at ah enthusiastic meeting on I Thursday afternoon at which time I plans were completed for the open ling of the school The list of toach ers is as follows: Misses Nannie ? SmitK Eva Mae Turnage, Mary Louise Rnmley, Margaret Lewis, Rachel Monk, Annie Perkins, Eliza beth Lang, Mm Robert Rouse, Mm IN. W. Wiggins, Mm & R. Shsarin, Mrs. John Lewis, Mm JdaM. Mew bora, Mm Grady Smith, Mm J. M. Hobgood, Mm Zeb Whitefaorst, Mias (Rev. H. M, Wilson, Rev. L. B. Eh j needed o^^sehoS I urged to cooperate with those in 11908^ m*8 ! exception of Saturday and Sunday^ I- ?. V*-?- v' S - JyXv '' ' 1" i Dr. Leon Renfroe Meadows, who will be inaugurated as - president of East Carolina Teachers College on Saturday morning, June 1. Kttereeu Spsils Quins BirtMay Callander, Ont, May 28.?The Dionne quintuplets celebrated their firs birthday anniversary today against a background of itrange strife, punctuated by a blast against the "state rule" of his babies by Oiiva Dionne. "They ask me to come to church for mass," the bitter father said, "so that they can take pictures of me and make money for their own pockets." The first quintuplets in recorded history to reach the age of one year, the five famed Dionne sisters them selves had little part in the cele bration attending the anniversary. Thatv was "because their physician, Dr. A. R. Dafoe, insisted that their rigid schedule be not disarranged. They named the occasion, how ever, by adding one ounce to their collective weight, the total being 84 pounds, 6 1-2 ounces against 10 pounds, 2 1-2 ounces the day they were born. Father Dionne and his wife were conspicuously absent this morning from the solemn high mass held in the little church at Corbell, and they declined also to have any part in the birthday celebration at the hospital. ? Diorme also had been asked to attend a meeting this morning of the babies' guardians-at-law?Min ister of Welfare Croll, Judge J. A. Valin and Dr. Dafoe?but he de clined to be present "They only want to make money out of the babies," he said today. The present value of the babies' estate is estimated at $165,000, ac cumulated from sale of exclusive picture rights, endorsements and the I like. ? I A dinner was held in North Bay tonight for Dr. Dafoe, the little : Sctoch physician who has cared for the babies since the hour of their birth. .A feature of the dinner was a broadcast, brought to the dining room by loud-speakers, at which the doctor was able to listen to his own voice. The broadcast, which was inter national, was partly be electrical reproduction, having been recorded j in advance. The appearance here of David Croll, the government minister, who is chief guardian of the babies, acted as a bellows to the smoulder ing fire of the mild-mannered Dionne's resentment, and he de livered himself of one of the bit terest complaints he has yet made against government guardianship. He said that he had been offered gifts in an effort to appease his wrath against persons taking pic tures of his babies, and told of his refusals. "I told them," he said, "that if I wanted a radio I could buy it my self." Local Sportsmen Talk Golf Course - - ^Ror Farmville An interesting subject being dis cussed by many of oar local sports men now-a-days is that of a 9-hole Golf coarse for Famville, and with a little effort on the; part of some one to start an organization for this purpose, we fed fere success- may be obtained. Every business man needs some kind of recreation to keep that old human Amine of his in trim, and we know of nothing bet ter than a few rounds of Golf?an inexpensive game that will famish the necessary exercise ifi prevent that old wornout tired feeling we take to bed with as occasianally, . Think seriously along this line and should a committee call on you for your membership, be ready to aay yen This vill not only be a good thing for FannviBe, fast may mean years of active service added to your own life?Let's have a Golf Course. ' ON GRUISE TO ^MEXICO ??? J. Irvipg Morgan, Jr., of Farm ville, left New York May 2Sth, in the Grace liner Santa Frihla, -on a cruise to Ifsxatlan, Mexico. He wfll visit enroute Columbia, Panama, El Salvador, \aad Guatemala. ? ;'wer com mission unprecedented authority over rates and regulation of public utilities. A storm of protests went in to Senators and Representatives against the measure and for a while it was making front pages almost daily. But of recent weeks little has been heard of it Many individ uals using electric power or having much of their life's saving in public utihtieas stocks have expressed great concern over the net effect of pas sage of the bill. The Interstate Commerce Commission hasn't help-, ed North Carolina freight rates or owners or railroad stocks. HOWL COMING??In some Ral eigh quarters there is a feeling that the folks who live along secondary roads are going to holler when they realize that increased diversion of highway funds is going to hurt their chances of getting to town. These people remained patiently silent while, their gasoline tax money was; being spent on the State primary highway system with the promise that when the concrete was poured from county seat to county seat the dirt roads would be improved with the same money. Now that the pri mary system is near completion will these country people (the back-bone of the State's social and econimic life) be willing to see their road money go for-other purposes? Many answem to that question are decid edly in the negative. WHICH ONE??There is some thing in the nature of a foregone ?conclusion in political circles that either State Senators Carl L. Bailey ?of Washington; W. G. Clark of Edge ?combe; or W. P. Horton of Chatham, ?will oppose Paul D. Grady of John ?ston, for Lieutenant Governor. AH Ithree men have large personal fol llowings and a movement is on to Iget the boys to settle on one man. I Any one of the Jrio could reasonably be expected to give Senator Grady la run for his money in the primary next spring. FOUNTAIN?^Former Lieutenant Governor R. T. 'Fountain claims he is In excellent campaign fettle theajs days and'-to totting no grass, grow under his feet- ih his, efforts to un horse SenatorJosiah WilUam B|H Still Wtter frbirf his defeat by. .Gov ernor Efednghaus in 1982, Fountain has been actively campaigning for several months although the primary a yen? in the offering. The Sen ior Senator, it is said, remains uxx perturbel aRd not even the Fountain his opposition td -immediate payment of the soldiers'" bonus. Even his I severest critics, should give Bailey Defer Action On ! f- ?" ??"?" ' ? ? * KflftiMr QftiaUn LlqllOr tlBCllufl Pitt Commiggioiieria To Becide on Mutter At Regular Meeting Greenville, May 29.?The Pitt Comity board of commissioners at a called meeting "here this morning for. the poxpoae of deciding wheth er to call an election for Pitt Comi ty to vote for the legalized sale of whiskey deferred action until their regular monthly meeting on next Monday morning, June 3. Approximately 490 persons were in attendance at the meeting and so great was the crowd that Judge M. V. Barnhill who was holding a term of civil court here, adjourned court in favor of the meeting. In stead of meeting in the county com missioners room the meeting was held in the courthouse and the large auditorium was filled to capacity. Those proposing that the election be held for the county were Wil liam S. Tyson, attorney, who pre sented to the board a petition of Pitt County citizens bearing more than 2,000 names which he said was the voice of the people calling upon the board to call an election; Senator Arthur B. Corey, who in the final minutes of the Legisla ture had Pitt County placed on the list with the other 17 counties; Rep resentative John Hill Paylor who declared that he was a "dry" from the bottom of his heart, but believed that the board of commissioners should call an election for the pur pose of permitting the people to de cide for or against the sale of liquor, Judge Albion Dunn, who declared that prohibition was a failure and earnestly called upon the commis sioners to call an election; Sam Worthington who presented a peti tion from the local post of the American Legion asking the com missioners to call an election. Oppo nents of the call included pastors of two local churches, Dr. G. R. Combs, pastor of the Jarvis Memo rial Methodist Church, who gave the audience a word picture of the curse of drink, and Rev. A. W. Fleischmann, pastor of the Memo rial Baptist Church, Wyatt Brown also spoke for the dry forces. Reports from growers in Bertie County indicate that stands of cot *ton are poor due to heavy and con stant rains last September when the crop was maturing. ' Administration to Try To Preserve NRA Plan Upon Voluntary Basis - ? ? ill Would Call Upon Bad ness and industry To Draw Up Own Agree ments for Self-Govern ment * 1 Washington, May 28.?The New Deal will try to erect on the rains of NBA another framework of regu lations within which business can operate. The outline of this structure, still vague and blurred tonight, calls for the voluntary co-operation, of business men. Instead of the gov* eminent imposing codes, the busi ness men themselves would draw up the arrangements ? and submit them So/&e Fpderal Trade Com mission for approval. Senator Gerald P. Nye, R., N. D., put lawyers to work .studying the plan, and administration leaders were said to regard it favorably. Many of the things that were embraced in NRX?Minimum wages maximum hours, a ban on child laboiwweuld .be included in this proposal. Lawyers believe there is nothing in the Supreme Court de cision that forbids codes; the court siinply said it Was illegal for the: Congress to authorize the President to promulgate codea ; v. ^ All over Washington tonight legal experts, Congressmen and labor leaders sought'some formula for continuing NBA without running afoul of .'the;/Supreme Court's, edict against government code-making. Majority leader Joseph T. Robin son/stated the administration's atti tude when he arose in the Senate today-and saidtlf "The court's decision has impair ed, but not .destroyed NBA. It J* entirely possible for Congress .-#?/ redraft .the act in ^ cciurtfs ruling." ^ ^'//d . . Jeft - Aa uulvafra Sftltictllill ET thl"OU?ll IwHtfiitioB in Coiurrcss* * App&rsnt* I .,"^v* ' r*T"'- ' - /V,. ? & yvS7y^'* l ' . ? \ Doughton, of the House Ways ami Means committee ? harried from conference to conference. United Press dispatches indicated the country was ealmi The board of directors of the National Asso ciation of Manufacturers called upon industry to "cooperate to the fullest extent to prevent any sag during the period of readjustment." ;'*We urge every tirade and indus trial association," the statement con tinued; "to take immediate steps within its sphere to stabilise wages, hours, working conditions and com-1 petetive practices on a voluntary Jbaaia. Let us demonstrate our sin cerity and our capacity for rational I self-government in industry." President Roosevelt dropped every thing to cosuNBtrate on Hie NBA situation Among the persons conferring with him were Harrison, Deoghtas, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor; and John L. Lewis, president off the United Mine Workers. Donald R. Richberg, NBA chair man who appealed last night to the tcautry to '"maintain the gains" made under the recovery agency, spent most of the day-with Attronay I General Homer S. Cummings and Solicitor General Stanley Reed. None of them would discuss plans. The White House was ?ient "Washington certainly is in a fog today," chuckled Bertrand Snell, Republican leader of the House, and that about summed up the situation; The House met and adjobrned in 20 minutes. Two things that were rumors ffm I terday became certainties, today. One was that the Federal Alcohol Con trol Administration had lost its au thority over the liquor business. It nzercised its power through codes. The. only authority the Federal gov ernment has over the . liquor business tonight is the taxing power of the Treasury. Liquor can tab advertised and can be placed in any kind of j Hon. Patt H. Neff, ex-governor of Texas and president of Baylor University, Waco, Texas, who will deliver the chief address at the in auguration of Dr. L. R. Meadows as president of East Carolina Teachers College, on Saturday morning, June 1, at 10:30 o'clock, Rasberry Gets $25,000 Verdict Greene County Man Al lowed That Amount for Injuries; Ford Com pany Appeals New Bern, May 28.?One of the largest verdicts ever handed down here in an automobile damage suit, was rendered late today in Federal Court when E, A. Rasberry of Greene County, was granted $25,000 by a jury in his suit for $76,000 against the Ford Motor Company and Fred A. King of Norfolk. Judge L M. Meekina overruled a motion of the defendants to set aside this ver dict, and they gave notice of appeal to the Circuit Court. Mr. Rasberry, prominent farmer and state representative from near Snow Hill, former county sheriff, had his left arm so badly mangled in an automobile accident that am putation was necessrry, as well as blood transfusions and other treat ment. The accident occurred late last September 7, on Route 40, be tween Elm City and Wilson. \ ??. ' h.'" - ." _; - * " Benny Goodman and His Radio Orchestra To Frrnish the Music - One of the chief events in Eastern Carolina daring this season is the beauty contest and ball which is to be given in Farmville tonight, May 31st The Junior Womdfi's Clab of Farmville and Associate Woman's Clubs of Eastern Carolina are spon soring this event and all indications are that it will be a huge success. Plans are being made to take care of all the dancers in this part of the State. Elaborate decorations are being used which will be a set ting for North Carolina's prettiest girls. Governor Ehringhaus has been asked to crown the Queen. The judges will be lieutenant Gov ernor Graham, Senator Rivers John son, Senator W. G. Clark, Sr., W. B. Lea and Miss Helen Ward. Queens and sponsors have been selected and elaborate entertain ment has been planned for the event The Queens will be pre sented at 9 o'clock and the judges will decide Eastern Carolina's most beautiful girl. The ball will follow immediately after the judges decision. Dancing will continue until 3 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Fenner have been asked to lead the opening figure. Music will be furnished by Benny Goodman's N. B. C. orchestra, in cluding Helen Ward and Patricia Burgen of cinema and radio fame. Queens, sponsors and chape rones from the following cities are expect ed to attend: , Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Ayden. Goldsboro, Mt Olive, Faison, Clin ton, Warsaw, Pikeville, Stantonsburg, Fremont, Elm (Sty, Roanoke Rapids, Spring Hope, Nashville, Snow Hill, LaGrange, Williamston, Bethel, Greenville, Kinston, Wilson, Scot land Neck, Pinetops, Aulander, Ahoskie, Weldon, Morehead City, Windsor, Robersonville, Wendell, Zebulon, Enfield, Manteo, Claypso, Dunn, Tarboro, Smithfield, Selma, Washington and Garner. Money Available To Refinance Hones Owners in Distress May File Applications For Loans Within Next 30 Days Raleigh, May 29.?Following up the President's action in signing the amendment to the Home Owners' Loan Corporation act which will per mit the corporation to accept new loan applications, a statement re ceived from Washington by the Ral eigh office yesterday that new ap plications would be accepted from home owners who are clearly in dis tress and are threatened with loss of their homes through foreclosure. John H. Fahey, chairman of the corporation board, explained that such applications will be accepted for a period of 30 days. The corpora tions suspended acceptance of new applications last November when the funds in hand appeared to be suf ficient to handle only those appli cations already on file. Action of the Congress in grant ing new funds, will, it is estimated, care for all those throughout the nation who are eligible under terms of the new law and the rules of the corporation. Mr. Fahey explained that tests of eligibility of HOLC applicants who have applied in the past will in gen eral continue in full force under the new legislation. Ordinary farm property is not eligible unless the applicants draws his main livelihood from non-farm occupations, and no applicant will be granted a loan if such refinanc ing is intended only to protect a bank loan or other business obliga tion. Edith Teel, is to be Farmville's queen, with .Mrs. Ted Albritton, Mrs. J. G. Spencer, Eva Mae Turnage, Mary Louise Rumley, Nan Moore, Hazel Monk, Rachel Monk, Venice Lang Jones, Mrs. Julian Rumley, Mrs. John Mewborne, Miss Elidabeth Fields, Mrs. Judd Walker, Miss Mary Friar Rouse, Mrs. Mac Carraway, as sponsors, and Mr. and Mis. J. Y. Monk, H. N. Howard, A. C. Menk, p. E. Oglesby, R. A- Fields, B. 0. Turnage, Dr. And Mrs. P. E. Jones, aa chaperones. -> - . FARMVILLE MAN READS NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Memphis, Temu, May 29.?J. I. Morgan, of Farmville, N. C., today was elected president of the Nation Cottonseed Products Association at the dosing session of tfcjr!8&th annual convention* T-.H. Gregory, rrtiA*