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TERRIFIC CHILEAN EARTHQUAKE
TAKES ENORMOUS TOLL OF LIFE
Estimates of Dead Run H
as High as 10,000; Dis- ?
aster Details Meagre. ?
Santiago, Chile, Jaiu.25. ? The I
rich agricultural and coal mining I
of louth-centrml Chile tonight ?
lay devested by an earthquake that ?
^rSiitPaf^al? reporting 8^)00 I
ZLa in Chilian and Concepcion alone., ?
The government officially estimat- ?
ed the deaths in Chilian, one of the I
I hit hardest by the disaster, at ?
5,000. Other estimates set the figure I
at 10,00 or higher. ?
I Naval authorities received a tele- ?
?ram from the a&niral in command ?
at the naval base at Talcahuano, the
I point of Concepcion, which said:
?Three thousand dead in Concep- ?
cson."
I Officials feared the death toll ?
would mount considerably when re- ?
ports were received from all parts of
I the stricken area. . I
The pilot of a special national air
lines plane which the government ?
I fcshhri to survey the earthquake ?
area reported that Chilian, a city of ?
40,000 inhabitants 320 miles south of ?
I gantiago, was "completely wrecked." ?
He, estimated that approximately 10,
000 pttw"* were killed there. I
I Concepcion's population is 80,000. H
SSTLryVunitS Press staff ?
correspondent who flew from Santi- ?
I ago to Chilian, reported a tentative ?
I estimate of 10,000 dead there.
Frightful Scenes.
He repostedftsaenea of frightful de- 1
I vmstation ? the decapitated body of ?
a* girl erased by ? door, a man dig- ?
gjng in the ruins for boards to make ?
I ajcoffm for his wife, only one build- ?
{mg on the main square, ?
factors working under the handicap ?
I ot inadequate supplies, dazed per- ?
sons wandering aimlessly among the ?
I law was proclaimed in the I
devasted area to prevent looting, and ?
I S^^Lge was ?dd to be ?
heavy, with several town* in the nch ?
region "wiped out by the quake that ?
rocked Ihe-entire seacoaat and a con- I
I tW?inland area last midnight. ?
Foreign Minister Abraham Ortega, ?
president of the council ^ of I
I ministers, signed a decree putting ?
the str***1* region under control of I
the army and navy, while President I
ppdro Aguirre Cerd* left by special ?
I to direct relief measures. ?
I P. T. A. I
m^? ?
I On Friday, January 2D, at 3:80 p. ?
m? the Farmville Parent-Teacher ?
I Association held its regular meeting. I
The imelrtant lbs. D. B. Morgan, ?
?n d Following the minutes of ?
I On Detiinihfir iiieedina thn P? ? A I
I Clarke of the Farmville Methodist I
I Churah, conducted the devotional ex- I
I , |in Since there was no business, ?
I tba president asked for the room at- ?
] iV report, whkh was given by ?
Miss CanUDe Staton, who announced |
I thai Miss Edna Robinson's fifth ?
rrada Ml with ninety-nine per cent
I In tfr*roora roll cull, Mies Margaret I
? jRBT ? ? a a Mn'MWAW ?
? Lewies third grade wa? winner. ?
I Mr. J. B. Moore, principal, then in- ?
txodnced the speaker, the Rev. D- B. I
I Fordham, psutar JfitrmaraBe I
? ? funAujiKfl| (HJgCB.Vw* MIWi eHr vw^v i
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Farmville Tun
WinsTwo More
Play E.C.T.C. Saturday H
By virtue of two triumphs over ?
I two of the best high school teams inM
Ipitfc County Coadi Harrell's boys ran*
I their string of victories up to nine*
Istraight last week. On Wednesday ?
Inight they decisively whipped a J
I team from Arthur by the score of B
129-12. Last Friday night, in a game ?
I that was hard fought all the way,fl
I they nosed out the powerful team*
Ifrom Winterville High School by the*
close score of 10-6. ?
I This week on Tusday night the I
?boys dropped a hard fought contest to I
la powerful team from Ayden High 11
?school on their court. Although the ?
?return game with Ayden was- ache-1
?duled to have been played here last I
?Wednesday it ha* been postponed to I
la laU**r date and should prove to be I
E very interesting one and will have 1
|rrm/-Vt to do in determining which ?
E.nr. will be the favorite one to win I
Ithe county tournament in the spring. I
The girls team won their fourth B
Eame of the season on Tuesday night |
Bwhen they avenged the boy's defeat ?
Iby soundly beating the Ayden girls I
Ky the high score of 24rll* The for
I wards, including Frances Carraway, ||
?olive Taylor, and Dorothy Clark, |
I showed some very fine team work and ?
Endividual talent when they ran up ?
Khis high score. I
I Tonight, Friday, the boys and girls ?
I teams both meet Ghicod in a double* ?
I header, which is to be played in ?
?Farmville. Saturday night the boys IB
Beam will engage the Junior Varsity ?
?team of the Eastern Carolina Teach- ?
?ers College in a preliminary game IB
?before the E. a T. C. Varsity plays ?
KS\C.T.U. After tonight the next home B
| game for Farmville will be next |
| Tuesday when Grifton will be here. II
Khere will be both a boys game and ?
E girts game played at Fountain's 1
I warehouse night and the first ||
I game will stsart at 7:30 p. m.
? Attention of the community is I
I again called to the opening service ?
Kf the Mission, to be held in Emman- ?
KpI Episcopal Church on Sunday 1
Evening, January 29, and to daily IB
(services through Friday, 2:30 and ?
Ef-30 P. M., and a cordial invitation II
?la ng**" extended to every one by J
Khe rector, Rev. J. B. Bountree, to at- ?
ItemL II
' Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector of fl
St. James, Wilmington, wiU speak
En the evening on the following sob* II
jects: "The Worlds
IstoLS^^od'^ ttm '&f* the |
? World," "Something For Every- fl
I body." > " MJE
^E^Widely .k^owh
E. eneetad to bring timely, helpful
lld bk meseagtS^to his co#E
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"The actual destruction of rata isl
necessary as a temporary means of I
stopping their depredations, but mod-B
em construction and sanitation are I
the weapons that must be relied uponB
to gain permanent relief" says MissB
Tabitha DeVisconti, chairman of the!
rat elimination campaignt to befl
waged here by the-Woman's Club. I
Mies DeVisconti also stated thatB
the town authorities had pledgedl
their cooperation and that the en-?
thuaiasm, with which the project1 has!
been received by citizens here, has I
been a source of real encouragement ?
to her committee.
Suggestions in United States Ag-I
ricultural Bulletin No. 1638, for sup-1
pressing thi* pest include the deposit* I
ing of garbage in rat-proof contain-1
I era or garbage cans until destroyed!
I by incineration or disponl in such aB
I manner which will avoid the poeai-1
I bility of its providing food for rats; B
? Containers should have covers not!
I easily removed by dogs and other I
I animals; Regulations should be enact- B
led to prohibit the accumulation of I
I trash, refuse or waste matter of any B
I kind on either public or private prem- fl
lises, and should provide adequate I
I means for collecting and disposing of I
I all waste. *
I Consideration should also be given B
I to the sewer system. Although most B
I modern sewers do not offer opportu-1
Inity for the unrestricted breeding of I
I rats, there are many still in use that B
I furnish harbors for Urge numbers of B
I these pasts in sections of some cities. I
I Rats are unable to jibxq> 8 feet ver-B
I tically or to climb smooth surfaces ?
land it is most important that thai
I corner catch basin, storm sewer or I
? street drainage opening should beB
? modeled to provide this rat prbofing. fl
I Another place that should receive B
I attention is the city dumping ground, B
?which frequently serves as an incu-l
Ibator for rats, and a system put into ?
?effect that will insure the destruc-B
Btion, removal dk Wfequste covering of fl
BaB food for rats.
I Probably nothing so nearly reflects ?
? the sanitary conditions of a city as fl
I the number of rats, that it harbors,fl
? for the rat population is usually in B
I inverse ratioto the degree of sanita-fl
Ition msfnts1^! and citizens srefl
?urged to eooperutewrith the city force!
I in keeping prmises clean.
| Eight Causes Given I
I -
I Use of defective equipment or
I carelessness causes most of the fires
?which destroy hundreds of farm
I homes in North Carolina every year,
?says David 6. Weaver, agricultural
| engineer of the State College Exten
Ision Service.
I He lists sight specific causes for
?the majority of fires in homes: (X)
I poorly constructed or defective flues
? and chimneys;, <2J inflammable roof
line material wkich?f ignites when
I spaxp^s <m it; (8) Mfbtaing; (4)
I spontaneous combustion; (8) carslsss
I use of smoking materials; (6) im
Inrooer handling of kerosene and
I gasoline;^} defective stoves sad
? hazard by going from room to room
I ? with a paper and pencil and check
lover the kibove mentioned items. The
? kitchen, the basement, storerooms,
lattice closets and stsairways offer
? the greatest problems, for f is there
Ith
?mj^pkvention; "Do the members of
| ypst family have lu&its-whieh are
I conductive to-feed fire tontrolf .Do
i tbsr .-use .keroseae - or gasoline ^ in
^ j, - aeealaoo
I myr cifciw
about stacking conditions? Are the
? t'isiiuii rittrh apwt
toSJS-'SwA
' mAta the children aflowid
| w*?"41 - ~ 7 .
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I S5 ^ ironipg
board?
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(H?r> a. stM. WMtoftM cm?
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NEW FIGHT ON TARIFF
LOOMING; FOBS ATTACK
- HULL TRAM-PACTS
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While the people of the Un^[
Stater concentrate their attention
upon preparsdmas- think of the]
outbreak of aetUak warfare, they are
overlooking thr existence of a sterol
straggle that has been going on in
the field of international economics I
for a number of years.
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The economic warfare is waged)
with different weapons but it is just I
about as deadly, in the long run, to
the well-being of the people of any
nation. Practically every nation seeks
to obtain economic advantages over)
other nations-by erecting tariffs; ai-J
tybWAfeg quotas, trade-restrictions,
exchange-regulations and currency
manipulations. It is a conflict based
upon the belief that one nation can
prosper only at the expense of anoth-. I
er nation.
The most persistent efforts to
bring order into the chaitic tangle of
world trader har been the rsdpwfcail
trade program of the United States* I
fathered and pushed by. the dignified L
Cordell Hull, Secretary of State. Mr. I
Hun is firm in the faith that one of]
the best way* to settle the ills of the]
world is to promote international
trade upon terms of compkrative J
equality. Fir* this reason, the trade
treaties mads by the United States
are not exclusive. They do not work
to the disadvantage of other nations
but provide that reductions and con
cessions apply to *11 nations,
j_ i -| r ?
The idea Is to begin the gradual
reduction of tariffa and the steady!
removal of restrictions that hamper
world commerce. This could not bo
accomplished by cgreements which
limit benefits to the nations con
Icerned. Imagine, for example* th?
United States with a trade policy
that required separate agreemento.
and different tariff rates with each
country in the world. Imagine then,.
that every nation in the world had al
similar set-up and you will get a faint |
idea of the tangled confusion which
would result in world commerce. I
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Let It be admitted that the UnitedJ
States is interested in reviving],
world commerce because of a beUef
that it will prove an economic benefit
to the United States, This will be
accomplished by facilitating the swap
of American goods and services for
the goods and services of other na
tions. It will not be done by se&ah
lv attempting to swap American
goods and servioes exclusively for
gold, ?
This nation noW has so much gold
that it is a glut on the market. For
eign countries have so little that they
are unable to buy American goods
and services to thefullest extent be
cause of an inability to settle fW
purchases in gold. Tariffs and
aimilar trade restrictions prevent for
eign people from settling for pur
chases in this country by sending its
goo* or services.
As Congress gets underway, it is
very
various protected industries .aal7 a*
serting that the trade treaties are
ruining . theus." Already, ^SeCTeti^
upTn scuttling
i An interesting development occu*|!
red early this month whertttil. Frank
1 Jlr i
Referring to the comDlaint of far
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^As so cfations^a k e
1938 Waaa Banner Year
%<? Theae Institutions
In North Carolina.
The year 1938 was a banner one
for the building, savings and loan as
sociations of North Carolina and the
prospects are bright for continued
farther business expansion during
1939; it was stated today by Martfo
F. Gaudin, Executive Secretary 6f
the North Carolina Building and Loan
League. This forecast was based
upon advance reports received from
associations in. different parts of- the
State. A substantial gain in assets
will be shown by practically all of
the associations indicating the full
confidence of the investing public
Money hah been pouring into the
building, savings and loan institutiona
SO fast that in many places, it has
been rather difficult to secure suffi
cient amount or loans to take carp of
it
Mr. Gaudian pointed out that the
building, savings and loan associa
tions have played an extremely im
portant part in the up-building of the
communities in North Carolina. The
millions of dollars loaned by these
institutibnfl goes through the local
to craftsmen, building sup
ply dealers, insurance, house furnish
ing industries, laborers, and all other
businesses that depend upon home
construction, , '
More than one-third of the home
loans made by the building, savings
and loan associations went into, the
construction of new home#, adding
greatly to the taxable value# for the
citiea uud counties, it waa stated by
Mr. Gaudin. In addition to the new
construction loans, these home fi
nancing institutions also provide
money for those who are looking for
funds for other purposes, such as re
pairs to their present homes, pay
ments of city and county taxes, pur
chase of homes- and for many other
home owner expenditures. The funds
for these loans have been contributed
by thousands of shareholders WW*
have saved in small amounts, mostly
on weekly or monthly installment
P The J^gue Secretary stated that
building, savings and loan leaders
throughout the State are quite opti
mistic over the prospects for 1939.
They look for even greater activity
in the purchase and construction of
small homes, based upon the large
number qf inquiries they k*ve re
ceived and the interest which is be
ing displayed.by people m acquiring
their own hemes. A major part of
this new construction will be built by i
funds advanced by building, savings
and loan associations who have al
ways emphasized the importance of
small owner-occupied homes and have
financed as high as 75 per cent of
the small homes , in North Carolina
communiUw, their'onrfge 1?? **"
ing approximately $t,600. .
He further predicted that conetmc
tion work in 1M? .will eurpaee W??
providing coeta of building materials
i?d of labor are pot advnruwd too
much,
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American Policy
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Charges Uncle Sam Of
Making Deal with Brit
ain to Support Chinese.
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Washington, Jan. 25. ? Senator
Robert R. Reynolds delivered in the
Senate' today the most bitter of his
many recent attacks on President
Roosevelt's foreign policy; and
the open charge that during Anthony
Eden's recent visit to the United
States, the State Department mads a
"deal" with Great Britain to pull her
chestnuts out of the fire in the
Orient.
While coming closer to a direct at
tack on President Roosevelt than in
any of his previous speeches, the
junior North Carolina Senator took
away any personal sting by such ref
erences as "our great and beloved
leader and may God bless and pre
serve him." Reynolds, however, did
not spare the Chief Executive's poli
cy to check the onward march of
totalitarian governments in Europe;
and with the vigor that has marked
his many North Carolina political
campaigns, he lambasted the State
Department
Hitler and Uncle Sam,
Following up his point that the
United States should concentrate pn
improving conditions at home, Rey
nolds said "Hitler is doing what we
should be doing. He is looking out
for the people of Germany. J3ut
Uncle Sam has been running all over
the world attending to other people's
business.
"1 want the old man to come home
to his nephews and nieces," he con-j
tinued. "He has been away too long1
and w??rhiss him."
"We have broken off relatibns with;
Germany," he continued, "for what!
reason 1 do not know. We have the!
more pustification for breaking off
relations with' Mexico, a nation that
has stolen millions of dollars' worth
of our oil properties. It we are go
ing to sever diplomatic relations with
Germany, we might as well sever re
lations with every other country in
the world."
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Needed
Shifts to high analysis fertilizers
are creating a need for more exact
labeling, including the content of the
secondary elements in the mixtures,
say U. S: Department of Agriculture
chemists.
Transferred
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Soil Conservation Service head
quarters for the Southeast, originally
at Spartanburg S. C., have been
transferred to Atlanta, Ga. States
in the Southeast area are: North ahd
South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia;
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.
'
Promotion Of
FuH itfiytecals
Individuals and Clubs
Join Local Chairman in
Move To Raise $200.00
| For Paralysis Fight I
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Local .activities in promoting the
fight"against infantile papalyqis and
sponsoring the President'* "Birthday
Ball, tb be held in Greenville; Mon
day night, are in full tilt and chair
man Eli Joyner, Jf;, reports that the
a whSehearted *^0^
A delightful floor show will fea
ture tiierby^CTty
r'nnnlA fWW* frr\ri% -
Of Aiding The County
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In connection with the President's
Birthday Ball to be held on Monday
Jght, January 30th, Eli Joyner, Jr?
g*?>ville Chairman, requested a
statement from Dr. N. Thomaa En
nett, Pitt County Health Officer,-at
to the necessity for this charity
event.
Dr. Ennet States that the prime ob
jective of the President's' Birthday
Ball is to raise funds to treat poor
children who have been crippled by
infantile paralysis but that the funds '
are also used locally, in the treatment
of all types of cripples. For example:
it is used for paralysis doe to injury
at birth; bow legs; knock knees; far
club foot; tuberculosis of the hip or
spine; deformities following an acci
dent, like breaking an arm or a leg;
for deformity of the limbs on ac
count of bums, etc.
The State-Pitt Orthopedic Clinic of
Greenville was opened in July, 1986,
under the sponsorship of the Green
ville Rotary Club. This Clinic not
only cares for the cripples of Pitt
County but also draws children from
Carteret, Pamlico, Hyde, and Beau
fort Counties as well.
The State provides hospitalisation
for poor cripples but the Pitt Couhty
cripples have to look to the" Pitt
County President's Ball Fund for
crutches, special shoes, braces,
other special appliances. Of cotxrtt,
the funds raised in Pitt Cotmtjr ate
not used for crippliee from othaf >
counties.
The Clinic is held every first Fri
day afternoon in the Pitt County'
Health Department offf&S, by Dr.
Hugh A. Thompson, OthopecDc Spec
ialist, of Raleigh.
The first Clinic in July, 1986, had
an attendance of 7 patients; at pres
ent the average attendance, monthly,
is between 25 and-30. The largest -
number for any one patients.
This Clinic is open to both white' and
colored and there is no charge for an
examination, irrespective of tfa'aiitial
condition. Treatment or such apjpH-'
ances are given only to thbsS unable
to provide it for themselvS.'
Dr. Enhett expressed; the opinion
that the Greenville Clinic had been
responsible .-for straightening many
twisted and deformed limbs of Pitt .
Coupty children enabling' them to run
and play, a pririlege denied, them
prior to the coming of the
bringing joy and sunshine into these '
little lives.
He urged the citizens at large to
wholeheartedly support the B&rBkdiy
Ball in order that this noble*, work
might continue without interruption.
He concluded with vthis * quotation, -
"In as much as you have done it un
to one. of the least of these ye. have
a&vdone unto me."
*? Copper For Lettuce
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Spraying lettuce beds with red
copper oxide has given excellent eon- .
trol of the "damping off* disease on
New Hanover truck-farms. Corfu*
also has been secure** through the
use of semisan but little control was
given by a zinc oxide solution. A. J.
Janieki reports that his plants would
have been almost totally destroyed
but for the spraying with red oxide
of coraar:
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Health
Although mortality rates have de
creased more rapidly in urban than in
rural areas since 1900, rural males
subject to mortality comttt&m* of I960
had a greater expectation of life at ,
all ages over one year than did ur- ?
ban males in 1930.
Optioned
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More than 1,000,000 acres of tub
marginal land were hold uadtr op- fe
the Bankhead -Jones Farm Tenant
ses and forests and to supplt^nl'
Cfo+n nnJ 1^1
otner r ccierfU, hitoj &Qu ioch oiilfl*
uxes-to improvi'land use. MmgM
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3. Do American-owned vessels
pay Panama Canal tolls?
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