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V VIIURBR TWRMTY.VINE
VOL. TWENTY-FIVE ftUtHTOLB. TOT COHHTf, NORTH cmOUKA. FMPAY. WOTEMmi ^ 1B? ?
Italians Claim Victory
In First Battle of War
? ? ? ? ? I LI ? -
Say Aerial Attaek Left
2,000 Ethiopians Dead
In Area South Of
Makale
- - -iv A
Asmara, Eritrea, .Nov. iy. ? .**.
fierce, pitched battle between Italian
pilots and Ethiopian land forces was
described today by jubilant Fascists,
who estimated the enemy dead at
about 2,000.
Military experts said it was the
greatest air engagement since the
World War, the most important bat
tle of the current campaign, and one
of the strangest of modern times.
A force of more than 15,000 Ethi
opians concentrated in a narrow val
ley south of Makale was routed, it
was officially announced. After the
righting, bodies of hundreds of tribes
men were scattered on the field,)
pilots reported. !
The Ethiopians, employing rifles
and anti-aircraft guns, fought des
perately. When some of the Italian
bombers dived as low as 100 feet,
the Ethiopian gunners, perched on
crags, actually shot down one of the
planes.
-4-1*nf
Ha..ed as among U1C UVl VVH -v? .
the engagement were Premier Mus-'
solini's two sons, Bruuno and \it
torio, and his son-in-law, Count
(laleazzo Ciano.
Ciano had to return to Makale
when his oil tank was hit by a bul-|
let and another plane was forced
to descend. Bruno's plan': was
struck seven times and Vittorio's
nine. One Italian mechanic was j
seriously wounded. j
A 20-plane squadron attacked the)
huge encampment of Ethiopians yes
terday just beyond the farthest
Italian southern outpost. The odd
battle, belien^d almost unprece
dented between air and land forces,
lasted for two hours.
"We saw the Ethiopians scatter
fast, but we got hundreds of thera
before they could take shelter; prob
ably we get more than 1,000 of
them," said Ciano. (Official Italian
reports estimated the dead at around
2,000.)
1 on q v
Every Fascist plane stuim
erage of* a dozen hits, despite the
severe enemy fire, official reports
said. The squadron was command
ed by Gen. Aimone.
Count Ciano said of the engage
ment:
"Baron Ostini. piloting the Num
ber five plane, returned to Asmara
with his mechanic suffering from a
fractured leg.
"The mechanic, however, scrib
bled notes to me on bloody cards
such as, "they got me, but we got
a huge number of them,' and 'long
live the isperata (desperate) squad
ron,' which he asked Ostini to give
to me.
"Throughout the return flight,
Ostini's relief pilot held a finger
in a bullet hole in the gas tank.
"We found each plane of the 20
had ten or 15 bullet holes."
A mechanic, Sergeant Birago, al
though shot.m the leg while work
ing a machine gun, which became
jammed, climbed to the upper ma
chine gun post and continued firing
until Ostini ordered him to descend.
He will be proposed for a medal of
honor. >
Ciano 9aid his ship was struck by
three anti-aircraft shells and 36 ma
chine gun and rifle bullets.
Roosevelt Stand
Pleases Mexican
Cenkeros Voices "Sat
isfaction;'9 Fish to Seek
Recall of Ambassador
(Mexico City, No^. 19.?JoseAngeT
Ceniceros, acting- secretary of foreign
relations, said today the ' Mexican
_ government "sees* with satisfaction*'
I President Roosevelt's statement that
I the United States will not interfere
I with the domestic affairs of other
I nations.
Commenting on Mr. Roosevelt's
letter to Martin H. Carmody, su
I preme knight of the Knights of Col
I ambus, concerning the religious
I situation, Cenicerous said:
"The Mdriran government has
long been, scqosinted with the policy
of non-intenrentioji followed by the
government of President Roosevelt
and sees wftfe aatis&etioa this near
reiteration of that policy."
Church officials here have declined
to comment on the letter. Similarly,
no comment was forthcoming from
Son Messes
Slaying Father
Edward Stanley, Aged
Farmer of Jones Coun
ty, Shot To Death In
Bed by Own Son
New Bern, Nov. 19.?Edward Stan-j
ley, prominent Jones county farmer,
almost 80 years old, was shot tol
death last night as he lay asleep inl
his bed at his home three miles from
Trenton. His son, Herbert Stanley,!
55, confessed to the shooting, and
his second wife, Mrs. Edward Stan-I
?ley, about 55, confessed to the com
plicity. Both are being held without!
privilege of bond in the jail at Kins
ton.
Inquest into the murder was held]
today and the coroner's jury ordered
both the son and his stepmother held
without bail for the next Jones Coun
ty grand jury which will be summon-]
ed next April unless a special term
of court is called next month.
The son is unmarried, and the]
I three members of the family lived ]
together at the farm place, without]
other relatives. At first the son]
and his stepmother claimed that they]
shot the aged man in self-defense,]
but later, when it was shown that
the victim was killed while in bed, ]
the son asserted that he shot the]
father in order to prevent being kiH-1
ed himself the next day. Domestic]
friction is said to have caused the]
trouble. [
a awl -farmer re-1
jjeaui mi UK ?
suited instantly from a shotgun
would in the head. The son ad
mitted firing the shot, and the step
mother said she knew about the
planned murder but waited on the
back porch while it was being com
mitted. Though it took place be
fore 8 p. m. they did not notify
neighbors until 11 p. m. TTien offi
cers were called and took charge
of the case.
Some investigators said they were
told by the prisoners that the shoot
ing was planned by them some time
ago, and postponed from time to time,
because Stanley gave them only $f2
from the year's crop money, but
Sheriff J. W. Creagh said Herbert
told him he planned to marry his
stepmother after removing the old j
man.
Call For New Bids j
On School Projects
Greenville, Nov, 19.?A re-letting
of contracts for the construction of
Public Works Administration proj
ects at several Pitt County schools
will be held Friday, November 29.
Bids for the projects were re
ceived last week, but each of the
bids called for "the expenditure for
much more money than is available
for the work.
A PWA grant of $106,893 has been
made by the Federal givernment and
this will represent 45 per cent of the
total cost of the projects. The re
mainder of the money is to be furn
ished by the county.
The projects include work on 14
Negro and white schools in the coun
ty
Alternate plans.are to be submit
ted along with the original ones for
the second letting, and if the bids
for the original plans are not low
enough to be financed with the funds
available, the alternate plans will be
carried out.
It was explained, however, tha?
none of the schools included-itf" the
original plans would be left out, but
that reductions in the type of work
? at some of them would be made.
CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE
BEGINS IMMEDIATELY
AFTER THANKSGIVING
The tuberculosis death rate has
been greatly reduced during the past
few years but the disease continues
to be a grim reaper of those between
the ages of 15 and 44. When you
buy Christmas Seals you are helping
to suppress the great white plague
which is a menace to every family in
our nation. Christmas Seals are the
symbol of a health campaign that is
steadily conquering tuberculosis
Buy all you can.
THANKSGIVING GREETINGS
TO SEPTUAGENARIAN!!
' ?
May God in extending our man}
rheriahed days of Life add to oui
ohysical, oar mental and oar spiri
tnal strength; faith, hope and abilit}
to be reconciled, with God; ever}
Cigarette Taxes
Seen Increase
Gain of Nearly 20 Per
Cent Shown in October?
Tobacco Averages
Drop
Washington, Nov. 19. ? Continued
large gains in the manufacture of
cigarettes are shown in the Inter
nal Revenue collections for October,
made public today by the Bureau
of Internal Revenue.
Taxes were paid in October on
12,710,000,000 cigarettes, an increase
of nearly 20 per cent over the same
month in 1934*
I For the first four months of the
present fiscal year, eanding October
31, tax collections from the cigarette
stamp tax amounted to $145,796",-1
905.44, an increase of 10 per cent
over the $132,535,680.08 collected in
the same four months last year.
The October figures, however,
showed almost twice as much in
crease and had the pace of $28,132,
908.90 been maintained for the four
months, tax collections for that
period would have amounted to
$152,000,000 or ten million more
than actual receipts.
*
Averages wwh. .
j The AAA today announced that I
leaf tobacco prices for last week
were well below the averages of the
week before, but the average for
the entire crop to date was in
creased from 20.85 cents to 20.87
cents. Prices are expected to con
tinue to fall slightly from now on,
but 672,786,765 pounds of the crop
have now been sold, leaving only
113,000,000 pounds yet to be soli
Farmers have so far received $140,
327,373.22 for the 1935 crop as com
pared with 151,793,000 for the entire
1934 crop, thus assuring a 1935 re
j turn well above that of 1934, with
jthe indications now that the excess
will be more than $10,000,000.
Last week total sales amounted
to 41,613,113 pounds at an average
of 21.15 cents as compared with an
average of 22.70 cents for the pre
ceding week.
In the eastern North Carolina belt,
the average last week was 20.08
cents, as compared with 22.35 the
preceding week, the average for
the season to date dropping from
21.39 to 21.31 cents.
In the middle belt last week the
average was 21.32 cents as compared
with 23.17 the week before and
the average for the season to date
dropped from 22.05 cents to 21.97
cents.
On the old belt last week, how
ever, the average remained station
ary, last weeks' average of 22.04
cents being precisely the same as
the average for the season to date
at the end of the preceding week
and comparing that figure at its low
levels*
Mais Moating
Held In Interest
Of Golf Course
Organization Formed
And Officers Elected;
Gfeorge W. Davis Made
President
With Farmville's golf cprrse proj
ect approved by the WPA, and a
strong organization perfected at the
mass meeting, held in this connection
, rFriday evening, and presided over
by Mayor Lewis, the reality of this
recreational facility for residents of
this community seems almost as
sured.
George W. Davis was elected presi
dent of the organization, Mrs. J. M.
Hobgood, vice president and C. A.
Lilly, secretary and treasurer.
Reports from the three teams, ap
pointed at this time to solicit stock
holders, are very encouraging, ac
, cording to president Davis, and the
number required to start the ball roll
ing, is expected to be completed in
short order.
, Stockholders will pledge themselves
to one hundred doUars each, to be
on easy terms.
FARMVI1XRJD^R|EATSv
SOUTH EDGECOMBE
"
On Friday, November 15, Farm
; ville Red Devils defeated the South
Edgecombe team 32-6. Judy starred
r for Farm ville with a record of four
- touchdowns behind Oglesby's brillant
? blocking. Oglesby also made one
v touchdown. C. Modlin and Elbert
71 Moye starred in the line.
| Friday, November 22, Farmville
) J will meet the undefeated Dunn team
I on. the local field. The game will be
'called at 3:30. |Admission will Be
Tyson-May Reunion
Here November 29
To Meet In Methodist
Church; Good Program
Being Arranged
Preparations are now underway
for another successful annual Tyson
May Reunion, which will be held
on Friday, November 29, in the local
Methodist churchi ' ' ~
Mrs. S. C. Carroll, of Winterville,
will preside and reports will be giv
en by Miss Tabitha DeVisconti,
genealogical chairman, and Mrs. Hen
rietta M. Williamson, head of the
Memorial committee. Rev. J. N.
Bynum, of Roanoke Rapids, is vice
president and Mrs. fid Nash Warren
is secretary and treasurer.
The main speaker of the occasion
has not been announced as yet but
Mayor John B. Lewis has pledged
the Reunion's program committee an
interesting speaker, who is convers
ant on current national and world af
fairs. The music will be in charge
of Mrs. Mary M. Patterson. A
basket lunch will be served at the
noon hour.
Invitations have been sent out, but
if for any reason any relative or
friends of the two families does not
receive one, the Reunion invites them
through the coluumns of this paper.
Christian Church 1
Burns Mortgage
AN APPRECIATION
? by ?
C. B. Mashbum
I
Although the day was dreary with
out, there was warmth and gladness
within the Christian church last Sun
day morning. Every face wore a
broad smile and every heart was
overflowing with joy. The reason:
a great victory had been won after
hard work and great sacrifice on the
part of the membership.
Some six years ago the churcii
needed repairing. Five thousand dol
lars was borrowed for this work.
Then came the years of depression.
During this time only the interest
could tj j met, but things took a bet
ter turn in 1934, and so the member
ship set its heart on paying this debt
About half of it was paid in 1934.
The remainder was paid this fall, and
last Sunday morning the mortgage
was burned while every heart thrilled
with ectasy and thanksgiving.
After morning worship Mrs. Lizzie
Flanagan and M. L. Moye came for
ward, and while Mrs. Flanagan held
the paper Mr, Moye applied the
match. While the symbol of our
indebtedness was being reduced to
ashes, the congregation stood and
sang, with the spirit, "Praise God
From Whom All Blessings Flow."
Your minister would like to pay
j this tribute to the loyalty, devotion
jand sacrificial spirit manifested in
the noble endeavor to raise this
money. No more faithful and gener
ous people are to be found. The
whole church is cooperative and
friendly, the Board is harmonious
and forward looking, and the Wom
en's Council is the most energetic
and faithful group of women in any
church, I wish to express the sincere
feeling of my heart towards you, and
it is this?I am glad to serve so noble
a people.
With this debt removed from our
shoulders, the buoyant spirit within
the church, the harmony and cooper
ative spirit in all departments, we
confidently look forward to greater
things* in the days to come. "We
thank God and take courage."
MRS. WALKER HOSTESS
AT SERIES OP PARTIES
Mrs. Judd Walker delightfully en
tertained members of the Wednes
day Afternoon Club thia week and
guests for four tables in the after
noon and additional friends for the
same number of tables in the eve
ning.'
Autumn flowers and foliage made
a charming background for the
tables, which bore appointments sug
gestive of the Thanksgiving season.
Prises of novel ash trays and a mani
cure set were won by Miss Elisabeth
Davis, Mrs. Neal Howard and Mrs.
R. A. Parker.
A delicious sweet course with salt
ed nuts was served at each event by
the hostess*
V
REMEMBER THE D. A. K.
TOURNAMENT !
'
.
Remember the date, Friday, 22.
Remember the time, 2:30 and 8:00 p.
m. Remember the place, Mrs. W. M.
Willi*' home. Remember the event,
D. A. R., Bridge Tournament Call
Mrs. Z. M. Whitehurst for reserva
President Faces
Budget Problems
Roosevelt Leaves For
Warm Springs With
Mass of Figures; Visit
ed by Justices
Washington, Nov. 20.?A work- j
trunk filled with figures on the 19371
budget accompanied President Roose-1
velt tonight as he headed South for J
his annual Thanksgiving visit to I
Warm Springs, Ga.
In the first 141 days of the 19361
fiscal year, his administration has I
averaged a daily expenditure of $11,-1
226,891 more than income. I
How to reduce this steadily mount-1
ing federal debt, an increasingly I
prominent target for criticism by I
Republicans and business leaders,
was one of the major problems con-|
fronting the'Chief Executive. I
Before leaving the White House I
to board his special train, Mr.j
Roosevelt confronted with several!
aides, including Secretary Ickes and!
Marry L. Hopkins, Works Progress I
Administrator.
They discussed the $4,880,000,0001
relief-employment campaign. While I
this program is scheduled to end I
next June 30, Mr. Roosevelt reiter-l
a ted yesterday that the federal gov-|
eminent will not permit people to
starve.
Dao+c T? Tnrinntrv.
*>? m .
At Boulder Dam, however, the
President recently said the princi
pal responsibility for providing jobs
hereafter rests with private in
dustry.
Relief recommendations for 'e
next budget are being reserved
until the last minute ^o determine
how private industry is taking up
the employment slack. ?
Since July 1, the government has
paid out $1,648,516,872 for what it
terms general expenditures and $1,
332,071,110 assigned to recovery and
relief. It has taken in $1,397,585,
336.
The receipts, however, are ex
pected by treasury officials to pick
up markedly when income taxes
reflecting improved business condi
tions of this year come rolling in
next spring. The lag in processing
taxes, which have brought in only
$57,328,049 since July 1 compared
with $216,713,769 in the same period
a year ago, also may be overcome
if the Supreme Court upholds their
validity. ?gs
Mr. Roosevelt has announced that
there will be no request for new
tax legislation at the coming session
of Congress unless the processing
levies are outlawed, but he has pro
posed a conference with a view to
ward revamping federal, state and
municipal taxes in the following
year]
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Justices can.
The Supreme Court justices, led
by Chief Justice Hughes, were re
ceived by Mr. Roosevelt late this
afternoon. It was the annual cour
tesy call, usually made on the day
the court convenes for Its new term,
but delayed this year because of the
President's Western trip and fishing
cruise.
But while relief expenditures and
the processing tax question remain
in abeyance, Mr. Roosevelt has ash
ed Daniel W. Bell, acting director
of the budget, and Chairman Bucha
nan (D-Tex.), of the House appro
priations committee, to meet with
him in Wprm Springs Monday to
go over the budget requests for
regular departments of the govern
ment
v. These must be ready soon. Three
appropriations # sub-committees .be
gin executive hearings - December
2 to draft bills for early submission
to Congress.
Considerable interest has been
attached to the speech the President
will make November 29 at a home
coming celebration to be given him
at Atlanta.
The address will be on the home
ground of Governor Talmadge, a
severe administration critic, and
some observers have suggested it
may signalize a formal opening of
the President's campaign for re
nomination and reelection. J
Mr. Roosevelt will remain in I
Warm Springs until he goes to CKi-j
cago December 9 to address the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
He will stop off at South Bend, Ind.,
that afternoon on his return to
Washington to attend a special con
vocation at Notre Dame University.
Name Advisory Board
For Farmer Exchange
Greenville, Nov. 19.?Members of
the advisory board for the Pitt
County Farmers Cooperative Ex
change to serve during the coming
year were announced yesterday by
officials of the organisation. : ^
The new members, E. R. Bradley,
W. L. Nobles, J. V. Taylor, J. C.
Parker,, D. T. McLawhora, Blaney
Sumrell and R, L. Little,
Stall Will Get
CampFor Woman
Young Women To Be
Given Opportunity for
Recreation and Train
ing
Raleigh, Nov. 21.?Establishment
of a camp?or camps?for unemploy
ed young women in North Carolina,
corresponding to the CCC camps for
men, is assured by a grant of $7,000
made to the Emergency Relief Ad
ministration yesterday by Harry L.
Hopkins, federal administrator.
The camp will be established and
supervised by the office of C. E.
Mcintosh, State director of the Na
tional Youth Administration. Plans
for the camp have not been formu
lated definitely, Mr. Mcintosh said
yesterday.
Presumably, the camp?or camps
?will be similar to the three main
tained in the State during the
summer. Camps were set up at
Brevard College and Neuse Forest
for white women and one at Brick
School, near Rocky Mount, for Ne
gro women.
Annmvimntplv 275 women were
"?rr* ?0
sent to the camps for periods rang
ing' from four to six weeks. Those
selected were chosen according to
the relief ? loads of the various
counties. At the camps, the wom
en engaged in recreational activi
ties, heard lectures of hygeine ana
other subjects, and received ele
mentary instruction In homemak
ing.
The purpose of such camps is not
only to relieve the burden of
stricken families but also to train
the young women in habits their
thoughts which will benefit their
homes and their communities when
they return, Mr. Mcintosh explain
ed. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
other women leaders have endorsed
such camps.
Tentatively, it is planned, the
cw lp?or camps?to be established
for women will take young women
from relief families and keep them
about two months and then take
another group.
FUNERAL CLARENCE TUliWel<l>
?
Funeral services for Clarence Tug
well, highly esteemed man of this
county, and a resident of Fountain,
who died in a Rocky Mount hospital
Friday morning, after a long illness,
were; held from his home Saturday
afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, by Rev. C.
B. Mashburn, Christian pastor of
Farmville and Rev. Leslie Newman,
Baptist minister, of Bethel. Inter
ment was made in the Fountain ceme
tery.
Mr. Tugwell is survived by his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Tugwell? of
the Fountain section, his wife, form
erly Miss. Louise Proctor, a small
son, Clarence, Jr., three brothers, J.
R., Jr., Fountain, Willie, Greensboro,
Lei and Tugwell, of Raleigh and two
sisters, Mrs. Bennie Phillips and Mrs.
Sam Flanagan, of near Fountain.
Pall bearers were: Active; Cecil
Lilly, Willie Turnage, Jno. D. Dixon,
Will Moore; honorary, Mack Smith,
Dr. Beasley, A. D. Gardner, Joe
Gardner, J. H. Paylor, Pinky Dilda,
Mr. Blue, Herman Owens, Standi
Dilda, Cecil Dixon, Dr. Willis, Jno.
Barrett, Abe Carraway, Ben Carra
way, Alton Bobbitt, B. 0. Taylor, W.
E. Forbes, Joe Brock, Hugh Barret^
Earnest Gainor, Clifton Corbitt, Arch
Flanagan, D. F. Lang, J. Y. Monk,
B. M. Lewis, Harry Lang, B. 0.
Turnage, Garland Holden, Rosco
Fields, R. H. Knott, J. M. Hobgood,
R. A. Joyner, R. J. Wainwright, J.
T. Thome, J. W. Parker, R. A. Park
er, R. L. Davis, L T. Pieree and J.
H. Bynum.
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CONTRACT CLiUH fAKTX
An enjoyable social affair this week
waa the club party of Tuesday after
noon, at which Mrs. M. V. Horton
was hcsteac.. entertaining members of
the Contract Club and other friends
for seven tables, the prize, a double
deck of cards, offered for the former,
being won by Mrs. G. S. Vought, and
the one. for visitors, a relish dish, by
Mrs. Henrietta M. Williamson,
Fried Oysters, a congealed salad,
pickles, hot rools, coffee and pecan
delight were served at the conclusion
of the games. Special guests were;
Mrs. W. C. Askew, Mrs. Bert McCul
lom, Mrs. E. C. Beaman, Mrs. Alton
W. Bobbitt, Mrs. Ben Vernon, Mrs.
W. M. Willis, Mrs. J. Y. Monk, Mm
Henrietta- M. Williamson, Mrs. & A.
Parker, Mrs. Harry Ling, Mrs. J. M.
Christman, Mrs. M. 1{. Veasey, Mm
S. A. Roebuck, Mrs; D. R. Morgan,
Mrs. Grover H. Webb. Mrs, G. BL
Holden,Mrs. P. E. Jones, Mrs. W.E.
Joyner, Mrs. Robert Lee Smith, and
Mm Plato Monk.
Season's Poundage Uoai
Is Passed This Wepk
?
Prices Some Better than
IParity; Offerings To
Ital More than Twenty
I Eight Million Pounds
-i Predictions of twenty-seven mil
lion pounds of tobacco to be sold on
the Farmville market this season,
have already been passed and sales
today, Thursday, will pat the pound
age offerings over the 28,000,000
mark, totals through Wednesday ag
gregating 27,591,578 pounds, which
have brought growers $6,034,838.69
and an average of $21.87 per hun
dredweight for the market, which
keeps the season's average above tha
parity point.
Figures for the week's operations
through Wednesday are 665,782
pounds which have been sold for tha
sum of $124,784.81, at an average of
$18.71. '
A report from the Federal-State
crop reporting service reported on
Thursday that 68 per cent of the
State's crop of tobacco had already
been sold but these figures are far
below the percentage sold in the Belt,
which is estimated at 90 per cent,
and which will practically be near the
98 per cent mark when the market
closes for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Opening Of Funeral
Home Well Attended
The formal opening' of the beauti
ful new two story Funeral Home,
branch of the Farmville Furniture
Co., has been well attended this
week, more than five hundred visitors
| ^
registering the first two evenings,
for inspection of the establishment,
which was recently completed and
equipped to fill a long felt need in
the community.
1. Hi. joyner, secretary-treasurer
and general manager of the Farm
ville Furniture Co., and members of
the staff have cordially received the
visitors each evening and shown them
around the interior of the Home, in
which are contained a spacious re
ception room, office of the directors
and mortician, John D. Gates and
Charles S. Edwards, a slumber room,
display, preparation, storage, sup
ply and rest rooms, all connected and
situated on the first floor, the second
floor being used by the leading fur
niture firm of Eastern Carolina, as
display space for home furnishings.
Other hundreds of friends are ex
pected to visit the Home Thursday
and Friday evenings, and to take ad
vantage of the opportunity of seeing
this creditable addition to the de
pendable and satisfactory service,
which has given to this firm the en
viable reputation it bears.
President Will
Address Bureau
Plans For Great Con
vention of Farmers at
Chicago Taken Final
Form
nU i/in rv/i XT Atf Tllo A mA1*t^QH
VXlllCLgUy 11VV. 4JM, IW rtmwivui*
Farm Bureau Federation today com
pleted preliminary arrangements for
what it expects will be its greatest
convention crowd?some 25,000 per
sons who will hear President Roose
velt address it.
Decision of the President to speak
before the organization's initial ses
sions, Dec. 7, led to selection of the
International Amphitheatre at the
Chicago stockyards for the event
It will mark the second time a
President has personally spoken be
fore their organization, bureau of
ficials said. But on the previous
occasion when President Coolidge
came here, his audience was only
a limited number of leaders of the
bureaus. It was accommodated in
the ballroom of a downtown hoteh
The stockyards auditorium has a
capacity of about 15,000 persons.
Bureau officials, however, have ob
tained permission f *om its man
agers to open all ante rooms for
use ? of the huge throng they ex
pect The overflow halls will hear
the Chief Executive through a pub
lic address system.
The PreniHpnt'n listpnem will in
chide officials of the 36 states farm
bureau federations affiliated with
the -general group and representa
tives from nearly all /the 1,800 coun
ty bureaus.
The three-day convention wiil re
View the entire AAA program?
which its leaders have endorsed in
numerous statements ? the farm
credit situation, TVA, possibly the
Canadian reciprocity treaty and
other matters vital to the agricul
tural interests of the nation.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry
Wallace has said he would attend
and a number of notable speakers
will follow the President to the
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