^ |*? ???*????>? ?M , ???? >??????^ VOLUME TWENTY-NINE FABMVILL^ PITT QOUNlT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 1TO9 NUMBER FORTY-ONE - - * - j 1 > . ? '. ,: , ii. '?: Bill To Increase Nation's Def ense Passed By House lii i ? i n ? ? 11 ? Jim ? ? i ? i ? Provides Third of a Bil lion-for More Planes and More Army Offi cers; Panama Canal, Also Would Get Atten tion Washington, Feb. 15.?The Hou* approved a huge $356,000,000 seg ment program today after rearma ment debate which produced dramatic warnings that present world condi tions hold grave dangers for Ameri ca and charges that the United States is treading the road to war. By the one-sided vote of 367 to 15, it passed a bill which would add 3,050 warplanes to the Army Air Corps, strengthen the defenses of the Panama Canal, increase the enlisted strength of the Army Air Corps by 24,000 men, add 2,060 offi cers to the Army, and enable it to buy $23,750,000 worth war material from American industry to educate it in the production of such sup plies. A little earlier, the House naval committee approved a bill authoriz ing an expenditure of $68,000,000 for new naval air bases, including a faraway Pacific outpost on the Is land of Guam. A move to strike the Guam base from the measure was beaten, 14 to 5. Elsewhere in town the subject of defense bobbed up. The Navy received a low bid of $11,695,000 for each of two new 6,000-ton light cruisers, submitted by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Cor poration of Quincy, Mass., as com pared with tender of $12,950,000 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry dock Company of Kearny, N. J., the only other bidder. After a long, secret session, the Senate military committee an nounced that it would make public tomorrow part of the testimony taken today from high officials con cerning the plane sales to France. During the negotiations for these sales United States officials gave sympathetic cooperation to France. Circumstances surrounding the deals led to charges and denials on Capi tol Hill that this country was be coming entagled abroad. Senator Clark (D-Mo.) indicated that there would be little of interest in the military committee record to be made public tomorrow. "There is nothing in the record worth a damn," he said. "The wit nesses all insisted on talking off the records." The witnesses were: Admiral Wil liam D. Leachy, Chief of Naval Oper ations; Maj. Gen. H. H. Arnold, Chief of the Army Air Corps; Louis John son, Assistant Secretary of War, and Capt. Sydney M. Kraus, Naval of ficer attached to the Treasury Pro curement Division. Senator Bridges (R. N. H.) said tW, at his behest, the committee agreed to call Hugh Wilson, ambassa dor to Germany who is now in this country, as a witness later. Bridges said he considered it only right to do this, since Joseph P. Ken nedy and William C. Gullitt, envoys to Great Britain and France, respect ively, had told their stories to the committee some weeks ago. Kennedy and Bullitt were understood to have painted .a dark picture of the pros pects of peace ia^Europe and to hav( spoken pessimistically of the strength of the democracies there. Bridges said he had a "suspicion" that WltHS1* views did not coincide with these of Kennedy and Bullitt. But major interest centered upon the House and its discussion of de fensive needs and foreign affairs. The daehrtoa of s Republican caucus to hack the defense bill, except on one point, had eliminated virtually all partiaian politics from the con-j trovmjt * Heat one "point, however, devel oped a bested dispute. The bill railed for the acquisition of the piaass within two years. The RepatUean viewpoint was that the tlnwjsai pee bill tn timid the ob etdcBeeace of a large section of the Tie Hiiililiiiiiw stifling together, muajUsed 13d votes for the longer period, hut there were 183 votes (D-TfcX.), the Draocraric lesderftook the floor) snd won sound after round of applaueie fro? both aid? on the want America to be prepared to HKiDa a* " Unemployment Get Over 8 Millions Employers Have Paid 20 Millions In Taxes Since Program Began. Raleigh, Feb. 14. ? In the little more than a year that payments have been made by the Unemployment Compensation Commission, nearly 39,000,000 has been paid on claims, it was revealed yesterday. Levies for unemployment compen sation paid by employers from 1936 through February 8 of this year to talled $20,265,026.43, Chairman Chas. G. Powell announced last year and so far this year, the fund increased about $1,700,000 during the period. On February 8, the last date on which figures were available for both receipts and disbursements, the fund had a balance of $11,718,621.36 to its credit. Since the unemployment in surance tax was levied in 1936, the State fund was levied in 1936, the State fund has received $284,991.39 interest on its balance with the United States Treasury in Washing ton. Initial claims for benefits increased 95 per cent in the first five weeks of 1939 over the corresponding period last year?or from 4,440 a week to 8,654, compilations at the State of fice show. Weekly continued claims averaged 27,145 a week for the last five weeks in 1938 and 37,778 a week for the first five weeks in 1939. A sharp spurt in claims at the be ginning of the new year was explain ed by Commissioner Powell as due to the fact that numbers of claimants drew benefits for the maximum of 16 weeks last year and still had credits available at the beginning of the second benefit year. Seasonal unemployment following the Christ mas holidays also was credited with the sharp rise in jobless claims. Blue Grass Pasture W. L. Overcash of Kannapolis, Rt. 1, unwittingly started a blue grass pasture on his farm two years ago by covering eroded places in the pasture with a coating of barnyard manure. He liked the blue grass so well that he has seeded 200 pounds of seed on an adjoining nine acres. He says blue grass and manure seem to go well together in pasture building. Warren Denies He's Candidate Congressman, Here Onl Park Mission, Indi cates He'd Stick To Congress. Congressman Lindsay C. Warren, who was here yesterday in the inter est of a proposed bill for State co operation in Cape Hatteras Seashore, which will become a national park upon acquisition of the necessary acreage, flatly denied that he has any intention of becoming a candidate for Governor in 1940. "Of course, I would like to be Gov ernor; who would not," declared Mr. Warren, who has been frequently mentioned as a prospective candidate in 1940. "It is the geratest thing that could come to any North Carolinian and there is a wonderful opportunity for constructive service," he continued. "However, I have s mortgage on my. | home and three children to educate. For Oat reason-1 have never given the matter a real serious thought, nor have I thought about any position other than the .one I now hold from the people of the First Congressional [District" Mr. Wftrren, who has previously declined to make any statement on. the subject, repeated the substance of the above to scores who inquired privately concerning his intentions while he was here yesterday. Mr. Warren conferred with R. Bruce Etheridge, Director of the De partment ot Conservation and De velopment ? concerning the bill to create a North Carolina Cape Hat tans Seashore Commission, which vrill be introduced in the General As sembly by Senator D. B.. Fearing of Dare. ? - The bill calls for a commission of nine, to be composed of the Dine-. | ! r ! s ? c%?. A. ? * 1 Tsr Heat Aviator Wins Amy Honors Maj. Caleb Haynes Gets Cross For Mercy Flight To Chilean Earthquake Area. Washington, Feb. 14. ? Before a glittering audience composed of high ranking diplomatic and War Depart ment officials, Major Caleb Haynes of Mount Airy, N. C., today received from the hands of Secretary of War Woodring the Distinguished Flying Cross, his reward for leadership of the emergency flight of food and sup plies to victims of the recent Chilean earthquake. The North Carolina officer arrived from Santiago, Chile, aboard the Ar my transport plane he commanded, at Langley Field, Va., after an aerial review and ceremonies in honor of Haynes and the ten officers and en listed men making up the crew of the transport, the group flew to Wash intgon. Among those who witnessed the award were Charge d'Affairs Hun eeus of the Chilean embassy, First Secretary Pereira, Air Attach Sara sua, Norman Armour, American am bassador to Chile, Dewitt C. Smith, vice-chaiman of the American Red Cross, General Malin Craig, chief of staff, and other ranking War Depart ment officials. Took Medicine to Chile. The flight for which the decoration is to be awarded was made at the request of the American Red Cross in order to place without delhy in those areas of Chile devested by the recent earthquake urgently needed vaccines and other medical supplies. MILLEDGEVILLE COLLEGE CHOIR IS UNIQUE IN GEORGIA'S CHORAL GROUP The Milledgeville College Choir, which will appear here in a concert of the world's finest music on Friday, March 24, at Perkins Hall under the auspices of the Woman's Club has established a reputation in its short existence for being unique among the choral groups of the state. The singing is done entirely without in strumental support and depends for its superb effect upon the perfect blending Of all the voices in the choir. The- Milledgeville College Choir has the distinction of being the only A Cappella choir in this section of the South. An accompaniment cov ers up defects, but a cappella music is singing "in the bare," so to speak, and is good or bad according to thd individuals and the training. Intensive training ia necessary. There must be great accuracy of at tack, perfect release of phrases, and delicate shadings. The intonation, vowel sounds and harmony must be perfect. Several hours a week are spent in reading, memorizing, and rehearsing the-program which is made up en tirely of sacred music. ? This is one means of revealing the beauty jof sScred music to-thoao^who have felt that tWs type of ^jnusic could not be made entertaining. i ?- ^ - 7 Cotton Varieties Recommended In N. C. Seven varieties of cotton are recommended for. use in North Caro lina, under various conditions, in a publication perpared for general dis tribution by representatives of the State College Extension Service, the N. C. Agricultural Experiment Sta tion at State College, and the Depart ment^ Agriculture. They aret Goker 100 for all areas, Mexican and'Farm Relief for the Up per Coastal Plain and Piedmont areas, Carolina Foster for the heavier soils of the lower Coastal Pfatiw-lkd Dixie Triumph, Clevewilt and Etwttco Dix ie for planting .;on all lands von which wilt disease has caused* substantial losses on the common susceptible varieties. The publication also contains other valuable information on standardiza tion, seed, aoils, preparation of land, fertflixers and their application, lime, planting, rate of seeding, .chopping, cultivation and care of p^jpta, har vesting, handling, ginning storage, In connec tion with the production of eotien. It ia available for free- distribu tion to interested growers upon re quest to tpe Agricultural Editor at State College, Raleigh, for Extension Circular No. 234, "Approved Practice The circular points out that the beat pliufting'dsiejnin; the Coastal Plain from April |0 to 80, de HRMRMS BjRBW (Hugo S. Sims,? Washington Corres pondent.) TVA BUYS OUT; RIVAL. BUSINESS ENCOURAGED. INSURANCE INQUIRY. COMPANIES GROW LARGER SOME STATISTICS. ; ' Closely following its smashing vic tory in the Supreme Court, the Ten nessee Valley Authority agreed to purchase all Tennessee electrical properties of the Commonwealth and Southern Corporation for a price of $78,600,000. This compares with a previous offer of only $65,000,000 from the TVA and a counter-offer from the Corporation to sell at about $86,000,000. The difference in what the "Government first offered and what it later agreed to pay is explain ed by the apparent acceptance of principles of valuation that it would not agree to in the beginning. TVA negotiations at one time flat ly refused to make any allowances for investments other than that in actual J property or the value of a going business and insisted on drastic re , ductions on the basis of deterioration of electric generating and transmis sion equipment. While the end of the six-year-old feud comes about through major con cessions on the part of TVA negotia tors, which, have wide implications in similar settlements of the future, the agreement was concluded after the decision of the Supreme Court which left the utility company prac tically at the mercy of the Govern ment. The "peace" is hailed in many quarters as a major trade boom to follow new expansion programs by the public utility industry. In fact, Wendell L. Wilkie, president -of The Commonwealth and Southern Corpo ration, who voiced pessimism just a few weeks ago, now predicts that the settlement will stimulate not less than one pillion dollar capital outlay a year for the next three or four years, i \ ? When the TVA was created in 1933, it took over from the War Depart ment the great Wilson Dam in Ala bama. It was intended to re-make the Tennessee River Valley area through the construction of a group of d^ns which would conserve its Water and control floods. Incidently it would have to sell the hydro-electric power generated in connection with the dams. It built the Norris Dam, on the Clinch River, n >rth of Knox ville; the Wheeler Dan, in Alabama, and the Pickwick Landing Dam, near the v Tennessee-Mississippi and Ala bama state lines. . It is pushing the Completion of three other dams, has started work on a fourth and is getting ready to begin a fifth. When the dams are completed, the TVA will have a power capacity of 1,400,000 kilowatts. While the figures have been the sub ject of considerable, dispute, J. A. Krug, now, in charge of the program, estimates that when: the ten dams are in operation and the power' output has been taken by the communities in the area affected, the TVA will have an annual 'income of $20000,000 from power and that more than $3,000,000 will remain from power revenue an nually after all direct and allocated power costs have been deducted. With 64,000,000 Americans insured by one of the country's legal reserve life insurance companies, considerable interest will be taken in the inquiry which is under way by the monopolies j investigating committee. It is point-1 ed out" that the companies? in the I United States have sixty per cent of! all. life-insurance, in effect in the j worfd and that the legal reserve com- i panies have assets of more* than $27$- j , |000>Q00. Chairman William O. Douglas, of the;S. E. C., in opening the testimony, carefully pointed Ojit that the inquiry policy-holders that nothing would be developed jeopardize the protection which t^^expect frorh their inaur cnose in vfl6 x oik region alo ? j. - J - . 1~,w ? ? , " "...illHmySPr zr ???!+? ATDiiTiri TThilft/falnMa Q fi nfl1l Charter Changes To Bo Disclosed Greenville Mass Meet ing To Talk Over Pro posal For New Form of Government ___________ ? ? ? *? * ? Greenville, Feb. 14. ? Local resi dents will express their views on pro posed changes in the city government at a mass meeting in the Pitt County courthouse Friday night. Mayor M. K. Blount, who called the. meeting, explained that the changes under proposal would be. ironed for those in attendance. The session then will be converted to an open forum. Adoption of a city manager form of government and establishment -of a planning commission and a park commission are listed aomng the pro posed changes. Bills drawn for amending the city charter and pro viding for the proposals will be ex plained at the Friday night session. Among those expected to attend will be State Senator Arthur B. Corey and Pitt County's State Representa tive, J. C. Moore." Mayor M. K. Blount and the local aldermanic body are sponsoring tlje meeting for the purpose of not only explaining the proposal to the public, but to learn the sentiment of the public. - Jurors Find No Evidence To Act Upon in Flogging I % Goldsboro, Feb. 14. ? The Wayne County grand jury today adjourned a special session for investigation of the flogging of two Negro prisoners and announced that there *was no evidence on which it could act The grand jury met for about an hour at the call of Graves J. Smith, foreman, to investigate the abduction and flogging last Thursday of Floyd Edwards and Kirby Baldwin, who were held in the Goldsboro jail on charges of assault Smith said that the jury decided to adjourn until fur -iher evidence can be presented. No date for a second session was set. The two Negroes were not able to attend the inquiry. Dr. George Ben ton, Goldsboro physician, had visited,, them at their homes Monday, and said it would be better not to require their appearance. City Detective, L. 0. Rhodes described their condition as "painful." The investigation was held in se cret, and a large crowd which had gathered at the courthouse dwindled after it was learned that the inquiry would not be public. The jury ad journed at 3:16.' The Negroes were taken from the., jail early Thursday morning. Police man Walter Gurley, who was acting desk sergeant, said that two unmask ed white men, strangers to him eame to the jail and demanded that the prisoners be turned over to them. At gun point, Gurley said, the men forced him to release Edwards and Baldwin. Another man joined the first two, Gurley said, and he could hear the voices of others who were waiting outside the jail in a car. There were five men in the band. ? The Negroes told officers that they were taken about. 10 miles from Goldsboro, forced to lie down on a ditch bank, and flogged with limbs and switches from saplings, x Baldwin and Edwards were in jail in connection with an assault on Mayor JV H. Hill and Kirby Wells, grocer, a week ago last Saturday. ? # Witnesses were summoned before the grand jury in this order: Dr. Ben ton; Detective Rhodes, who is con ducting the. city's investigation; Chief of Police E. J. Tew; Officer Gurley; D. S. Scott and M. C. Hoover, officers of the State Bureau of In vestigation; and Sheriff Paul Gar rison. WHO KNOWS? ' ! ' ? ? - | ;1. What is the cost of a. modern, dfestroyer? -?' <.V- _ 2. How many persons get hunting licenses in a year? , 3. Do insects instinctively know when winter is over? v 4. What percentage' of the nation's 5^18 ?*T . ra. fund, W ? tend^Mie activitwe of th. Dies, com 6, Is Germany, in serums economic 7. U the ice receding in the polar -bought ixi this country ? ? +J? L/aU o w**v UfS witiycitcu W voo I 'I ^| Farmville High Defeats Bathl Despite an almost constant down-1 pour of rain a fairly large crowd! gathered in Fountain's warehouse] last Thursday.night to see the boys! gain their fifteenth triumph of the j year. Due to the floor being wet] and slippery because of the leaks in] [the roof the game was a very slow] one. The final score of the game | was 16-11 with the home town boys | on the long end. Robert Pierce, a] senior, was the high scorer of the game. He . made three field goals I and four foul shots for a total of ten points. Because of the unfavorable] weather the. referees failed to put in j an appearance and Supt J. H. Moore] and Mr. Elbert Coats of the local | faculty were called on to officiate] the game which they did in a very] efficient manner. In the preliminary ,game last Thursday night the local girls drop ped a close battle to their older and ] more experienced opponents. Doro thy Clarke led the scoring for Farm ville with a total of seven points, I Oliye Taylor was second with three, and Frances Carraway followed with two. On the following evening both teams traveled to Winterville. Al though both teams were unsuccess ful. they both put up a very fine fight The boys lost out in the final minute of the game. The final score was 12-10 to give Farmville only its second defeat of the season in almost twenty games. .The scoring honors were equally divided among all the members of the team. An interest ing feature in both games played last week was the appearance of two new boys on the varsity line-up. They are Douglas Kemp and Bobby Rouse. Douglas is a junior and Bobby is a sophmore. [? Tonight the Farmville, teams will meet the Ayden teams in a return I double-header at Fountain's ware house. This game has been' long awaited for as Ayden was the first team to defeat Farmville this year. The first game will start at 7:30. Spreading Increasing international commerce and auto and airplane travel are in troducing new tree diseases which imperil American wildlife as well as , the trees themselves. Caffs* Backing Teacher Raise Appropriations Chair men Differ; Finance Action Delays Report To Floor. ? ? ? i The co-chairmen of the joint ap propriations committee are on oppo- 1 site sides of the question of appro- i priations for public schools, inclnd- ' ing the ninth pay increment for : teachers, it was revealed yesterday ? as the committee voted by a 30-24 ' margin not to grant teachers another i hearing in the request for salary 1 restorations. Despite the vote against another 1 hearing, however, the committee ] agreed to defer until today action on i whether to give public schools the i Advisory Budget Com'missiou recom- < mendation which includes the incre ment of $5 a month for teachers who have worked nine or more years, or whether to stick to the reduced ap propriation voted tentatively last week. At this time, the committee reduced the two-year appropriation, for schools. As the appropriations group, wres tled with the school question, the fi nance committee further reduced revenue estimated by the budget com mission for .1989-1941. Yesterday's cuts in revenue brought the total re duction* by the financs committee to $1,800,000 for the two years, leaving the biennial budget as it now stands approximately $1,800,000 out of bal ance. . If the appropriations commit ktee should vpte today to restore the budget recommendation for schools, the out-of-balance total will beStised to more, thin $2,000,000. Yesterday's action in the finance committee caused leaders of that bodj^to turn ; definitely pessimistic about chances of reporting; the bill to the floor any time in the near fu ture. One of the most ^ powerful members of the committee said the best he could see at time ia that the biil will not reach the,floor for 10 days and that there 4. a strong m8y ^ r^P0*^^" now/* Small Increase Won By Teachers In Budget Ballot Committee Vote Would Mean Average Pay Raise of $1 a Month For Teachers Raleigh, Feb. 16.?North Carolina's