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Roosevelt Talks to Nevada Group; Speeds to Coast - ? ? mi ?? mum ? ??? Crowd at Carim Inter rupts the Presidentialf Speech to Applaud Pat McCarran. Aboard President Roosevelt's Train | En Route to San Francisco, July 18*?-l? A station crowd at Carlxn, Nevada, h interrupted a talk by President Rooee-J, velt today to applaud Senator Path McCarran (IX, Nevada), a bitter foeL of some New Deal legislative propos-L i lite rreeifinnt was accompanied to j the rear platfonn of bis special train! ' by Albert Kflliard, opposing McCar- L ran of renomination. Hilliard has L pledged fall support to the admin-L istratkw. McCarran, who had board-j, ed the train at Ogden, Utah, came! onto the platform after Mr. Roose-L velt had started speaking. fj "Hello, Pat," someone called, andlj a round of applause rippled through j the crowd. The President, smiling, I stopped speaking momentarily and u shook hands with McCarran. L McCarran thereafter joined fre-L quently with the crowd in applaud^ 11 ing Mr. Roosevelt's statements that t water should be pat to its best pos-jc sable use for the benefit of residents v of Nevada and the nation as a whole, t Before the platform appearance, L McCarran hqd told reporters that b*L thought Mr. Roosevelt's cross-coun- j f try tour had made no change in po-U litical sentiment. McCarran was one r f of the Senators who fought Mr.L Roosevelt's court reorganisation hill g last year, and he voted against the j government reorganisation plan. X To Caiuornia 5 Leaving Carlin, the President sped ? onward toward California where he t piawiMwi to apeak at the San Fran- { cisco exposition grounds tomorrow; ( and, perhaps, say a good word or two for flatter William Gibbs Mc- . Adoo, one of his staunch supporters. I The Iheakfcnt told his Carlin sta- I tion andiaace that he thought the country was getting more "water conscious." Better use of water in Ne vada, he said, should make it pos sible for the state to support a larger . population. ?? "We u Washington are not for getting year state and your prob- . Jems," he said. The Pieaidsat left the rear plat- * form before the tram palled out, tel- ? ling his listeners that Tve got some a work to do." This consisted, he ex- 1 plained, of getting in touch with ^ Washington officials by telephone. * After Mr. Booeevelt embarks for his Pacific cruise at San Diego Sat- v urday, he ssaerterl, he would be "in 1 five-minute touch with Washington by * telephone." J He aaid it was naesasnry that he * keep doaa communication with the ( capital kacsaae of the numerous "problems all over the country and ' also the problem of foreign affairs."" 0 i McCarpsa, who told newsmen that' * his opposition to snch major admin- J iatratkm proposals as the court and parently wfes helping rather than ' nation, obeerved: " sentiment any." As to Oklahoma j Senator Elmer Thomas beat a field , of three, MeCarran ^ventured the j had giro Senator^Alben j for * Mid' -kop?f to ta&| KSB&MS. "*]|?| WI|C?v #j Jaj.^|?J?l - 11 Two-Thirds Cotton Yield May Result Cool nfefcts and excessive rain dur ing the past month map react in a rotton yield for the State of only wo-thirds normal, Mr. John T. rhorne of Farmvilla, commented here ?day upon his return from Raleigh share he attended a board meeting if tiie North Carolina Cotton Grow srs Cooperative Association and dis :ussed crop conditions with other nembera of the board from all sec tions of the State. "All of our directors are cotton lumen sod the general view-point Expressed in regard to crop condi ions and expected yield was pesai nistic," Mr. Thorne said. The meeting attnded by Mr. Thorne vas the first the directors have held n the Cotton Associations new home, ocated at 121 East Davie Street, in ialeigh. "The steady growth of the coopera ive movement in North Carolina had osde our former quartern inadequate o serve our needs," commented Mr. [home, in pointing out that the new >oilding provides approximately 30, 00 feet of floor space as compared rith only 17,000 in the former quart ers. The building is located near he city market where farmers con gregate and will be-more convenient or members than the former quar ers. The four-story brick building is wned by the Cotton Association and fives the cooperative movement in forth Carolina permanent quarters, n addition to the Cotton Assoda ion, the building also provides of ice space for the Farmus Coopera ive Exchange, the Carolina Qo-opera or Publishing Company and the Cooperative Insurance Companies. French Tike Pre cautions Against Insurgent Drive Eendaye, France (At the Spanish frontier), July 13. ? Reports that Spanish Insurgents planned a drive Jong the French border to match be costal campaign against Valencia nought quick action today from the faneh general staff. French border anti-craft defenaee rare strengthened on reports that nsuxgents, with the aid of Italian roope, were being concentrated for i push to cut government Spain off ram France. On the Valencia front, Insurgent ieneralisshmo Francisco Franco was aid to have massed an army of 200,-1 00 men for an offensive against that rovecnment seaport. General Jose iiajp brought his government forces tp to 250,009 to meet the drive. Government dispatches said Miaja tad hahed lnsurgent drives on Segor ie, 85 miles northwest of Valencia, nd on Sagunio, strategic highway paction 16 miles to the northeast A bird insurgent force was locked with pverament troops in the Espadan fountains, about 16 miles north of. he Teruel-Sagunto highway. Franco apparently was holding his iaad in preparation for a grand of fensive. ' ~ t . j va J4>. ^^ Observers saw the hand of Italian Premier Mussolini in the reported reparations for the Insurgent north ern drive. Such a campaign, they jointed out, would serve three puri 2. Gav^ ltaliin ".tjpoops vataatd* Oiowledge> of France's southern ap jjl^ Put Italian troops at a spot 'la, ? kjv _ rLiJ MJn;on vioS^in^i cptton-claaeing agrvi<?^fo| ural Economics, stud J. A. ShankJin, tajdnl|*ctiv^ measures to improve IT ^ * I . ' '?' _ A t'' . _ ?? ?*_1 ? V ? -?T . _, _ ?. v. Nazi Press Takes Shot At America y&gg Blames "Pan-American Idealism" for Ger many's Trade Break WithBrariP? - Berlin, July 13.?Brazil's "depen dence upon the United States' Pan American idealism" was blamed by the controlled German press today for Germany's suspension of pur chases from thfi?n It was announced that since the Bank of Brazil ceased on June 80 to buy so-called compensation or bar ter marks available from German's transactions with Brazil, Germany would buy coffee, tobacco, rubber, ?I"g' """"" TRADE EXPERTS EXPRESS' SURPRISE AT SUSPENSION Washington, July 18. ? Interna tional trade experts professed sur prise today at Germany's reported: suspension of purchases from Brazil. . While State Department officials refrained from comment pending of ficial confirmation of the action,'con jecture was rife in diplomatic quar- { tecs over the possible outcome of Oh commercial war between the two countries. One close observer said Brazil's principal difficulty for the present, 1 at least, would be to find a market 1 I for her cotton, but declared the Ger- 1 [man move may be the "leeaer of two : evils for BraziL" He said it was probable that the ? two countries would reach a compro- ' mise, but Germany would recognize Braail's demands before renewing the . trade agreement between "the two countries which expired about a year 1 ago. 1 These demands, he said, were for 1 a voice in. determining what items would be included on the list open to purchase by Brazil on 'the blocked : compensation mark basis, and a voice 1 in determining the Ask 1 mark dis count rate in Brazil. Beth these conditions, be declared, >J Germany has heretofore refused to ' admit. He pointed out Brazil's con- 1 tention that the Ask 1 mark is con- 1 vertiWe into Brazilian milreis as well 1 as into German reichmarks. 1 Sooner or later, he said, the pres- ; ent issue had to be faced. After at tempting to straddle the fence be- - tween the German and American in- 1 ternational trade policies for several ( years, Brazil was rapidly being forced 1 into a position where she had to 1 choose between than. * ? . - * - < IlWarns Farmers About I L Quack-Cure Peddlers; "If a slick-tongued salesman comes ? round and tries to sell you a 'sure cure' for aleeping sickness in horses, send him on his way before ha has . a chance to get any of your money," . Dr. C. D. Grinnells, veterinarian at the N. C. Agricultysal' Experiment , Station, warns-Tar Heel farmers. Last year's outbreak bf this fatal | disease in horses, and the approach ' | of the 1938 season for another out- ? break, have encouraged peddlers at , nostrums to attempt to cash in on the | situation oyer a wide area. The disease is limited almost eh tWy > j&m ho^ Tta .ymp- : toms are at a nervous type as shown by the mental condition of affected animals, abnormal movements, and paralysis. These symptoms are often preceded by a marked depresssion in the animal's spirits. The animal at flr<MI, then gnxtolly nation, ajrf animal shorn any signs of disease. [fled sryap, ? rir^btmce sample rep-j I ^ *,- ' r I i , I L A*y* fltonlft ' MD^fiTbu' Or \ ? uM>" nSLad'-'^aSllB ft principal -Chinese munitions routt. | ?? ? "? ^ 1 ?J*?'* (FKHH& tv^TVSBB omlh^ Chinese. nitBt& r Two r Bptrsuit snip* - over uisxowi ? ' I ? ? II ? : I ? iV 'niViiS?" ? ' i r ? ^ ,m~ riHffwl I;.;* , '? t. yjM&' % K% lg|g? V ?,'$ I ftL!?_ L threw % bilk of his last reserves into a laid, water and air offensive against large Japanese forces driving toward China's provisional capital in fitaaskoaf and claimed a series of spec tacular victories. Seven or more Japanese warships were damaged in aerial bombings on the Japanese fleet in the Yangtse river below Kfaltiakg, the Chinese ?aid, and United Press correspond* ents confirmed that at least one Jap Shanghai with her stern partly blown out I In South China, the Kwantung pro vincial government asserted that Chinese forces had reoccupied most of Namoa Island, off Swatow, which was seised by Japanese bluejackets last month. Chinese forces, too, still were hold- ; ing the waterfront of Kiuhiang, a Icey city inr Hankow's southeastern defenses, and were battering the Jap anese armies around Hukow?Just east of Kiutigng across the entrance ?- ?i*a? oar ?.<?!?*< Despite toe vigor or tne vmnese . counter - attacks, however, foreign ! Military attaches here and in Han- | kow believed that the Wu-Han cities (Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyang)? traditional military heart of China? j soon would fall to the encircling Jap- , anese forces. Then, it was believed, the Japanese would halt their military operations for a time and mrwe a new "peace irive,?\. mMi|t ' Foreign consul* general in Shang hai tow The United Hw that thay had reports that the Japanese were considering new international agree-. ments with regard to China and would suggest a "modernization" of the present nine-power treaty which if supposed to assure China's territorial Integrity. fa It was pointed out that guarded : Japanese statements- doting, the past week haw* emphasized that General Chiang Kai-Shek soon "will he re- 1 iuced to ' the status of a mere pro vincial war lord" and that Japan may ' consider that he has been sufficiently 'crushed" when he is ousted from the - 5Vu-Han area. ?? i provinces north of th? Yellow JBver ! Which always have been her real mili tary objective. ; . Haooeppy Island I In claiming the reoccupation of 1 Namoa Island, the Kwantung proviso i ional government in Canton said that Chinese guerrillas landed '?Ofep5-[ land Honda^ night, taking advan-|: tags of withdrawal of part of the S?ni?s&F5Ss; ^ ?;[ y ?mcia" A Japanese army spokesman re veated ant the Chinese invasion of Shanai province stsrtiogithree months ago had been more successful timn duced to eating cats and (logs to avoid southeast Shanai In the Yellow river, iMay Execution ^for Weigh, JulTIT- Without hav ing served a day of a six months sentence imposed in Pitt County for operating a tourist camp foy illegal purposes, Media Teel, convicted last November, has received a parole from Governor Hoey, it was learned late yesterday, and will continue his free dom, granted by a . stay of execution |& sentence. , ? Clemency for convicted men who have not begun to serve their sen tences is rare, parole officials ad mitted yesterday, but in the case of Teel, two judges and a; solicitor con cerned with the case urged parole. Judge Henry A. Grady ordered cap ias .for Teel withheld, pending fur ther Investigation of his case. > Teel was owner of a tourist camp against which the charges were brought, and since, that time accord ing to Trial Solicitor D. M. Clark, has dismantled the cabins on .his prop erty and made legal steps to prevent any resumption of such business on the former location. JEach- member of the trial jury and seven. State wit nesses also recommended the action, the parole order stated. Three other paroles were an nounced yesterday and 20 appeals Cor clemency were denied. Paroled were Willie Toweott, Negro sentencedLto 10 to 16 years from Washington county far. # con viction in 1981 of second'degree mur der; Kills Williams, serving two to three years jdnca October front (Co lumbus County for involuntary mfen slaugfcter; and Ernest Colling, sent up from Mecklenburg County in No vember for 15 months for larceny. Our fltjj&Ii |||ii To Maates (By Florence-Lewis) | We left FannviUe dmut five o'clock on Friday morning, July 8th. Our. first stop of importance was in Eden ton, the second oldest town in North Carolina. The places of interest in thiB place axe St. Paul's Church, erected in 1736, Cupola Hquse, eroded in 1756, and the Court House erected in 1767. We visited St. Paul's Church. The Rector of the church gave us some Interesting history concerning some jf the oldest people who are buried in this chmetery surrounding the entered ckureh nil ? visited both the wain auditorium and Lhe balcony which Has a fery ancient touting organ. We then registered iuid proceeded on our journey. The next stop wqp at Kill Devil Hid near Kitty Hawk. On this hill to the Wriglt Memorial which was ^ thi/i hill that Wilbuip and Or iVright experimented with their before putting an engine in it, the foot of the hill they made their first successful flight ; A diet of our company climbed the monument After- reaching Manteb, we went to the Court House where we were finished some of the partj^went bade to Kitty Hawk to go In bathing, ? j t 1 ? i '? , ? - I X/&Bv wOlouy^ f wfl<? given Co g - tBtirej KvUil (tppiVCloviVc SUQlvUvvi Xv Wviliu i on on? trip to Manfceo. Tnharnntei I UDfluCO ufuD n^e jjy| Reduction of Ten Per Cent Shown; Condition "Thin And Oght" North Carolina farmers mil har vest 638,400,000 . pounds of tobacco this season, a reduction of 10 per cent compared to 1936, the July 1 crop, report released yesterday by the State Department at Agriculture re vealed. r Basing' his Information or State Federal reports, W. H. Rhodes, de partment's chief statistician, said the ; tobacco acreage in cultivation July 1 "is estimated at 684yMP seres which is fix per cent less than that harvest- 1 ed last year, whife the indicated yield ' per acre at 849 ponnds is only 36 ' pounds below the 1987 average." ' Acreage yields per acre and pro duction estimates by belts compared 1 to last year were reported es follows: ? Old Belt (Type 11)--249,000 acres, 1 reduced 6 per cent, indicated yield 1 per acre 800 pounds, name as last 3 year, production 199,200,000, a five ' per cent decrease. 1 New Bright Belt (Type 12)~?0r * 000 acres compared to 330,000 last year; indicated yield per acre, 876 1 pounds compared to 926 last year; < production 271,250,000 or 11 per cent j below last year. < ?tUnrt i Rimlmn Rplt /7vna 181?- I 66,000 acres compared with 78,000 1 last year; indicated yield per acre,!! 900 pound* compared to 986 last year, I < production 19,400,000 pounds, a de crease of 17 per cent from last year. M Barley ? Tic Barley crop in the 3 mountain counties was estimated atjl 8,550,000 pounds compared with 8,-P 775,000 last year with an indicated ' yield of 760' pounds compared withM 776 in 1937. The 9,000 acree. re-H ?ported in cultivation is the same as H the 1937 harfeAt. , |l With the indicated production be- i kg realised; Tar Heel fflwya will j ] produce their fourtit largest tobae- N ?co crop. Last year's record crop to- . taled 595,530,000 pounds. 1 ?*?The development of the 1988 to bacco crop has been subjected to i variable weather conditions," Rhodes M reported. "Plants got off to a slow h start after planting; however, stands are* generally good.' By Jane 1 much , ?t toe OTP to the Itortem and practically all k the Old Belt i WM at a stage of development en tirely dependent upon favorable The almost continuous June\raks reduce'd the prospective yield aver age considerably and tobacco onUghtr sandy land k low areas and fields P was badly drowned and the growth P ou^f these soils and to tfanding P the month. These conditions were P particularly true 1n many of the ' ? ?CTCSToto Bright Belt J counties indicate conditions in. this SC'S-sSS; the crop had more chance of recovery ? after July 1." j Rhodes said that "much of the eastern counties' crop was being har- I 5Ww?3U? toe cto, to-cere out thin and light" ' "Improved cultural practices aided 1 sMto^; "Spotted^hwl j TTflW tftiiwtr Qffifpfl La<] KftlftfllSw) during .the World War? r 5. How flag tlid'.v BetrandSncfll riAiwrA O fliA I 1 IuHRHVMWV ? 7# Tg rhfliyfl any joy tbM rvfnl'-vCfiiiS ..{~i rCUHE? I Wilson, July 18^-Esstern North 'Carolina tobacco market, definitely will open on August 26, the data set by the United States Tobaeeo Asso ciation and protested by the Eastern Carolina Warehousemen's Associa tion, it was learned here today. Efforts to persuade the tobaeeo as sociation to alter its stand apparently have fiiled and, although he would not comment otherwise on the iftna tion, J. J. Gibbons of Wilson, {tossi mhted that the August 26 date ia now fired. George L. Wainwright, execu tive secretary of the sssodatioiifeon finsed f , 3 It is understood that repre?dta tives from the eastern markets wire unable to secure any concessions from the sales committee of the U. S. To bacco Association oh the matter of earlier dates. 1 Recently in Farmville representa tives of the various warehouses in Eastern Carolina met and attempted to formulate a plan whereby they might try to get an earlier opening for their markets.-' Most of the ware housemen in the section were dis pleased at the dates set by the na tional association. Out of the Farmville meeting came the plan to confer with J. B. Ficklen if Greenville, president of the U. S. Association and with the asotburs . df the sales committee of the body ind to talk over with them poaittfli ties for another hearing before the national; association sales committee in the matter of dates. It is understood, from authorita tive source*, that this effort failed. Earlier this year the Eastern Cfero ina Warehouse Association met in . (Cinston and passed a resolution for warded to the U. & Tobacco Aauocia tion asking the association not to set foe tobacco opening dates for Eastern Carolina later than two weaks After foe border and South Carolina open ings. The association in White Sul phur Springs set the opening dates in the Border and South Carolina for August 4 and the opening dates here for August 25. The majority of the warehousemen it the meetfatg in Farmville seemed to feel that the opening here in these sections should be on Augus? l& TadtlSm % ?' ? ?? ? ' ' Town authorities were gratified to receive a message this week announc ng a FWA grant of $79,77400 to Farmviile to be used for power, wa ast and sewerage improvements here. The announcement of a bond flec tion on August 16, for issuance of *99,000.00 in bonds to be used in W function with the government grant iriU be found in this issue. The money will be used to service the white and colored sections of the fry* provements as yet, and Which is WHidtac the future health of cttfeens iere. The purchase of an nd<fitional engine for the power plant will also be made possible by the grant if the bond election is successful. City Clerk B. A. Joyner'stated to be given to citizens In ordegthat they may attend ~ f. Iff - > . ?? -??k PB. lowm dsutlsts O# IB# Sabe^to^iA K-^/,* *"?r?"*m?mmm^0'!r^m'*?a '?. is*"" A *j'-rc n ^. pnTt kmpti - trty M a xrY??mMt> 1/68 Moines* ml wno& ? * -jBSgB .-it*^?to'*lr- ?? JnBK'Wi > % wji-t:,:^; */xwws tl S :?jg
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