+ + Patronise Our Advertisers, For * t They Are Constantly Inviting t | Ton To Trade With Them. t + ? The Farmville Enterprise ???*???? ?>? ? 1- 1- I- . . . ? . . - ???tmmmt^Mi^MMMmbm^ YQLUME TWENTY-NINE FARMVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH SI, 1939 NUMBER FORTY-SEYEN ? ' ? ? _ 1 _ ? 1 " ? . 1 " i ?? Peace Reigns in Spain As Madrid's Surrender Ends Bloody Civil War - ? ? Million Half - Starved Madrilenos In Joyful Frenzy as Franco Oc cupies Capital City. Madrid, March 28. ? Nearly 1,000, 000 half-starved survivors of the most' terrible siege of modern times danced and embraced victorious Na tionalist troops in Madrid's streets tonight in clebration of the city's surrender and the end of the long Spanish civil war. Nearly three years of Spain's "Lit tle World War," which had threaten ed to engulf all Europe, was at its end. All that remained for Gener alissimo Francisco Franco's National ists was to mop up a wedge-shaped area extending east and south to the Mediterranean coast. Valencia, Alicante, Jaen, Almeria, and other republican cities had yet to surrender formally and uncondition ally, but resistance there, as in Mad rid, was shattered and the war-weary people wanted peace, whatever the price. Their leaders were fleeing, seeking haven abroad. Their soldiers were surrendering by the thousands. Miaja Flees. Gneral Jose Miaja, who stalled Franco's African Moors at the gates of Madrid on a cold November day in 1936 and who proclaimed that the capital would be "the tomb of Fas cism," had fled to the coast when the Nationalists marched in triumphant ly. ? * ? tt.I Miaja was reportea irom vaieiicioi to have ordered all republican sol diers to "surrender and avoid useless bloodshed." The order applied to the 20th army defending the Mediterran ean coastal sector. Franco, who was at a field head quarters near Gnadarrama about 20 miles north of Madrid, prepared to serve a new ultimatum on the remain der of the republican zone. It was reported that Miaja might be rescued from Valencia by a British warship. The first of 200,000 Nationalist troops marched into Madrid's shell rutted streets at 11 a. m., with Italian Blackshirts well in their van, to find the destitute city blanketed with white flags. Streets resounded to shout of "Viva Franco; Arriba Es panna!" Scrawny hands were stretched out in the unfamiliar Fascist salute. Then they clutched at the arms of Fran cisco's soldiers with pitiful cries of "pan!" (bread). Not a single shot was fired in the unconditional surrender which ended Madrid's 872 days of merciless siege. Siege of Terror. Days and nights had been cram med with terror. Bombing planes and siege guns laid waste to more than one-third of the city. Its once beau tiful boulevards were splattered with the blood of men, women and chil dren. Morale, so heroic in the days when Madrid threw up barricades in the streets with the cry of "No Passaran" collapsed in the grip of privation, then actual starvation. Tonight the people of Madrid were mad in their joy over deliverance from the terror. Singing bands of men and women tore down the barbed wire ahrrfcades in the outlying streets with their bare hands. For the first time in nearly three years, Madrid's streets wre lighted brightly tonight No longer was there the dread waiting for the drone of raiding bombing planes. "Not a drop of blood was spilled in the oecopatibn," the radio said. Franco's generals in Madrid, or ganising the city for his triumphal arrival with the.main body of his troops, broadcast over Madrid that foil pardon would, he extended to ail republican soldiers not guilty of ? ? . * .* ? 1_ A.1-- ' ? "*? JOKtOg ID tav HTMIA. I Thaw were many poUtical leaden, neatly extremists, who had bean un able to tMp and they wen in Workshops, factories and offices I fleas d as the Nationalists marched workers massed to greet Fran-1 Tim hoisting of jke white flags, I If if? T*mk Jji ? mm m ? mS-i ' f HBnt - TK)il(!6 fygn ^7Vi|pgaa/j any. !S ww . ~m- ^l-> _- % ' . _ . RaHB^ IB - flMNNM fMHj p! liw" >??? ?? ? ? ?? ? Severe Filing BagiBgjn China Both Sides Reported Heavy Losses as Japa nese Seek to Capture Wuning. Shanghai, March 28. ? Japanese and Chinese troops were reported to day to be in a heavy battle for Wun ing, central China town 65 miles northwest of Nanchang, which Japa nese reported occupying yesterday. Japanese dispatches said Chinese entrenched at Wuning were resisting stiffly a mechanized onslaught by the [invaders. Both sides told of suffer |ing heavy casualties. Occupation of Nanchang, Japanese said, was "complete." However, Chi nese military headquarters did not admit loss of the city which for months had been a major central China air base. Besides the engagement at Wun ing, Japanese said their troops were driving from Nanchang in an . at tempt to open a way to Changsha, Hunan Province capital 220 miles to the southwest. On the central front, it was stated, "several divisions" of Chinese were trapped northwest of Nanchang, and 30,000 were encircled directly to the North on the railway to Kjukiang. They added that the present Japa nese drive from the Yangtze River into the interior meant limited Japa nese strength was being spread over a wider area, lengthening lines against which Chinese and guerillas might ooperate. Foreign observers, however, said Japanese occupation of Nanchang would require re-outing of Chinese guerilla supply lines and trade routes since Nanchang had been a local point for distribution of supplies. Open House Held At Local School Last Thursday, March 28, all the parents and friends of the pupils in the local schools were invited to visit the classrooms while the school was holding its regular session. At 3 o'clock the same day the Parent Teachers Association held its regular meeting. The meeting was called to order by its president, Mrs. D. R. Morgan. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and stood ap proved as read. The devotion was lead by the Rev. D. A. Clarke, who read a poem and said a prayer. It was then announced that Miss Ward's room had had the best attendance for { the past month with an average of 98.3 per cent Miss Lewis's room had the largest number of parents present. The program had a double feature. The first part of the program was presented by Miss Paschal!1* pupils, the sixth grade. They first sung a few health songs and then presented a play illustrating the things that were necessary for good health. Mrs. Morgan then presented the main speaker of the afternoon, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood. Mrs. Hobgood opened her talk by saying that the five chief in stitutions of the modern world were the family, school, church, industrial order, and state. She then went on to discuss the family in greater de tail, mentioning the various members and the part each one should play. The next meeting of the P. T. A. will be the last one of the year and everyone is urged to watch closely for the date and to be sure to attend. Soviets Omitted I From New Grasp Britain Said To Be Seek ing Military Pact with France, Poland and Rumania. London, March 29. ? Two" Ixmdon newspapers asserted this morning that Great Britain is planning a mili tary anti-aggressor alliance to "stop Hitler" and that the proposed bloc woold not include Russia. The assertions followed by a few hours Prime Minister Neville Cham berlain's revelation in Parliament that British proposals seeking to curb Nazi expansion contained con crete measures and went much fur ther than consultations. The Daily Mail's diplomatic cor respondent said Britain and France are planning a military alliance to include Rumania and Poland. The alliance also would act if Holland or Switzerland were 'attacked. The Mail said that Russia is not being sought at present "as a partner in the contemplated alliance," but that Russia and other nations may be in vited to join later. The Daily Mirror's political cor respondent said that Chamberlain is planning an anti-aggression alliahce I of Britain, France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, and, if they agree, Poland and Rumania also. "Russia is not included," the Mirror stated. "London and Paris at present are pressing Poland and Rumania to guarantee each other's frontiers and, if they agree, well-informed persons say that British assistance will take the form of (1) a fast output of arms and munitions, (2) a powerful navy capable of completely blockading Germany by sea, (3) a formidable air force to operate wherever it is required and (4) a small mobile me chanized expeditionary force. "When the new policy becomes known/ all parties will be staggered to discover that Russia is not includ ed in the alliance. Already the gov ernment" is facing mutiny." In his statements in Parliament, Chamberlain did not say that a mili tary alliance was contemplated and refused to give details of the nego tiations in progress. Previously it had been understood that Britain planned a declaration by the four powers that they would con sult an action to be taken in the event of future aggression, but Po land balked at joining in such a dec laration without strong military guarantees of British. French and Russian support if Germany should attack her. Lettuce Improves ^ r The" lettuce crop of southeastern Carolina, hard hit by cold and rain, has improved greatly in recent weeks, reports J. P. Herring, veteran farm agent in that territory, Mr, Herring says the growers re-seat as far as plants were available but that these late plants will have a hard time ma turing quality heads. The crop of garden peas was almost wiped out, he said. WHO KNOWS ? 1. ?How many college students are in the U. S.? 2. What is the average monthly pension for blind persons? 3. Do many people collect postage stamps? ?: 4. Can a rainbow be seen in the western sky in thp afternoon? 5. How many Catholics are there in the world? 6. Where did chess originate? 7. Can Texas divide itself into four States 8. What is the oldest Parliament on the world? 9. How long does it take electrici ty to travel around the world? 10. What kind of time does Mexi co use? I (See The Answers oh Page 6.) i, r.M.n i V"V . i p . i i , Federation Leader Urges Boycott of Hitler Goods Washington, March 88. ?? President William Green of the American Fed eration of "Labor tonight appealed to all dtixena of the United States to Join in an ironclad boycott of Ger man-made goods. Green, in an address over a broad casting network under auspices of the American Council Against Nazi prop ' ?/vem?mtswt SUfflnlTii prOwcSvcu UMaUwv uQo ajjucl ation of Austria by Adolf Hitler and WA i,_ w _ _ t t XgLJil - - " , ? ,? i ? -T-l" this march of a ruthless dictator and the establishment of autocratic and dictatorial control upon people who possess all the capacities for self government and the exercise of de Grem^^attito^Mr^ki Ameri I + ! ' ? - - ___ ^/Ol. (Hago S. Sims, Washington Corres pondent) LARGER AND MODERN ARMY IS PLANNED TO GUARD NATION IN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. Thursday of next week, April 6th, has been dsignated by the President as Army Day. In accordance with a concurrent resolution, passed by the Seventy-Fifth "Congress, the Chief Executive has invited the Governors of all States to issue similar procla mations and has ordered military units everywhere to assist civic bod ies in observance of the day. Army Day, 1939, comes with the nation devoting more attention and larger funds to the improvement of its Army than ever before in time of peace. While the Navy has always been relied upon to protect this'coun try in an emergency and to defend it against invasion until military forces could be adequately prepared to meet any emergency, recent events In the world have convinced military and political leaders in this country that the United States requires a larger, more modern and better trained army. Accordingly, plans are underway to give this country one of the best equipped armies in the world and to have behind it an organized industry, geared to shift quickly into war-time production, supplemented by plans to have as many as one million soldiers under arms within about three months of "M-day," which is "mob ilization day," National defense measures are re ceiving prompt consideration by the present Congress, which is providing huge sums for the Army. The ap propriation bill for the fiscal year 1940 will be the largest since the war and is expected to run around $520, 000,000. More than $350,000,000 will be provided for expansion of the Air Corps and some $116,000,000 is ex pected to be available for the pur chase of modern equipment. In addition, there will be sums for improvement of the defenses in the Panama Canal Zone, for the defense of Hawaii and the Coasts, probably for the construction of a third set of locks at Panama and abut 134,000,000 for educational orders to industrial plants in order to train them for mass scale production in event of war. The Regular Army will be stepped up. to 220,000 officers and men, as compared to 180,000 today. This, with tl^e National Guard of about 210,000 men, will comprise the im mediately available military force of the nation. Behind it will be a "pro tective mobilization force" of 730,000, including the 430,000 already men tioned and some 270,000 replace ments. With the money provided for equipment, there will be purchased anti-tank guns, tanks, gas masks, semi-automatic rifles and other mod ern equipment to provide these sol diers with the best-existing weapons. Particular attention will be paid to critical or "hard-to-manufacture" items for anti-aircraft regiments. The Air Defense Dili will provide ?for expansion of the Army Air Corps ?to 6,000 planes, by July 1941, as com Itrasted with the approximately 1,700 I planes on hand today. These will be Igiven the necessary equipment, bombs Ibases and barracks. Some 43 new I squadrons will be organized by the IXir Corps. This will be built up to 14,668 regular and reserve officers land 44,537 enlisted men. Production I I capacity of the aviation industry will | I be increased to approximately 12,000 I planes a year. Roughly, the Air | I Corps will be almost quadrupled. The third set of locks for the Pana- V Ima Canal is intended to be far larger 1 I than the present locks and will be! llargely limited to naval use. The! I locks will be situated some distance! Ifrom the present ones in order to! I avoid hazards from air attacks and! I sabotage. While this project has not I I yet been approved by Congress, it Is | I expected that it will won out over the I proposed Mlcaraguan or Mexican! I I ' Rriefly, the nation is modernizing I ? its Army and practically putting the I Air Corps on a war footing in time I I of peace. Industry is being prepared for instant full-wale production in I Ian emergency. Plainly, these steps' I reveal the opinion of military experts I that any war in which this country! I will be engaged will be a "to tali tar-11 ian war." That is to say, they expect it to require the enlistment; of the! full strength of the.nation^ boith in I manpower and in industry,i^ . | This ia the military picture in the I United States today. All of the items menti^djwve^ m>t yet been A Warning From Germany to Poland May Be Prelude to De mands Upon Warsaw; Nazi Envoy Visits CoL Beck. Berlin, March 28. ? The German foreign office tonight semi-officially served a blunt warning upon Poland that unless the "vital rights" of the German minority there are respected, developments may be "harmful to the Polish nation itself." The warning, giving formal status to Nazi pressure against Poland in what some quarters regarded as a prelude to possible demands regard ing Danzig and the Polish Corridor, was made by the foreign office organ "Diplomatische Politikal Korrespon denz." It followed Nazi accusations of the "deplorable mistreatment" of Ger man men and women in the Brora berg secition of the Polish Corridor and an announcement in Warsaw that "baby bonds" would be floated among the people to raise $228,000,000 for air force and anti-aircraft expansion. The foreign office organ, using phrases that were familiar in the Nazi campaigns preceding Germany's absorption of Austria, the Sudenten land and Czecho-Slovakia, said that "anti-German acts" in Poland must be regarded as deplorable despite the Reich's desire to live in peace with the Poles. If they continue, Poland was told, they might bring consequences "as deplorable for the future harmonious development of the European era as they would indeed be harmful to the Polish nation itself." > 1 - Diplomatische Politikal Korrespon denz continued: ??? ?? * % i * s "II little notice nas oeen tauen 01 these recent incidents by the Ger man press, certainly nobody will as sume from this that they have been overlooked here or that they are not of interest to us. "The reason for this German moderation was much more a desire and hope that such wanderings from the patch were only a temporary wave of Chauvinism, which soon would be forced to retreat. "Unfortunately, Germany's expec tations have not been fulfilled up to today." It was explained that Germany had felt that a strong Poland, with whom she could live in peace, was an important factor, in the peaceful de velopment of Europe. The post-war treaty of Versailles sliced a strip from, Germany and gave it to Poland as a corridor to the Bal tic, thus isolating German East Prus sia from the Reich. It also establish ed Danzig as a free city. MID-DAY MEETINGS ANNOUNCED The Minister's Union of Farmville, announce a series of mid-day Pre Easter services to be held Tuesday through Friday of the week immed iately preceeding Easter. Beginning April 4th this four day series of meetings will be held in the local theatre at 11 o'cloock each morning. The services will be brief and en riched by musical numbers, by mem bers of the various cooperating churches. A different clergyman will be in charge each day. It is hoped that a large number of our business meh and their employees, and, of course, as many others who can, will attend these conveniently lo cated sessions. Together let us seek to prepare ourselves for the spiritual enrichment of the Easter season! - , v Free Limestone. H. B. Ditmore of Madison County recently purchased a carload of lime stone which cost him $1.62 a, ton and said* the Triple-A would pay him $1.50 a ton as a soil improving prac tice. The limestone will,be used to renovate an old pasture. Wide Area Swept By Forest Blaze 2,000 Acres of Woodland Near Wilson Burned; Loss Estimated Up In Thousands. Wilson, March 27. ? Whipped by a high wind, flames ripped through some 2,000 acres of wood land in Gardner's township yesterday after noon and did untold damage to tim ber in one of the largest forest fires this section has had in a long time. The fire is believed to have been started by a match tossed into the parched underbrush by someone at a Negro church meeting. Although ho official estimate could be had of the damage to the forest land by the fire today some thought that it would probably run up as high as $5,000 or $7,500. Fodder on some farms also was destroyed. Deputy Sheriff J. A. Driver, on whose land a patch of 100 acres of woods was destroyed, said that his loss alone was about $1,000. Woodland on over 20 farms in the section was damaged by the fire. Today County Fire Warden L. W. Morris said that the fire was almost out, though logs were still smoulder ing in a number of places. Hundreds of firefighters worked with Morris and his brigade yester day in putting out the.fire. The fire fighters were hindered by the high wind and the large number of curious automobiles who came to see the blaze. Plan To Attend Closing Session Cooking School Women of this community are tak ing the opportunity offered them by the Farmville Furniture Co., to add to their knowledge of electric cook ery in the Cooking School being con ducted by Mrs. Marian Little, General Electric's own home economist. Mrs. Little gave her pupils new recipes, new ideas for entertaining and short cuts in home cooking yes terday afternoon, Thursday, and they are eagerly awaiting the hour of 3:00 today for her closing instruc tions. Refreshments and free gifts are special features of the Cooking School, and gifts for those attending the School today are listed as fol lows^ Full Fashioned Hose, Anchor Store; basket groceries, Carrie Grocery; 1 year subscription Enterprise, Rouse Printery; Universal Electric Iron, Farmville Water and Light Depart ment; picture, Farmville Furniture Co.; full fashioned hose, N. Thomas; groceries, Morris and Williford; Win nie Mae wash frock, Belk-Tyler; cleaning service, Farmville Laundry; permanent wave, Vogue Beauty Sa lon; box handkerchiefs. Dupree's De partment Store; pottea plant, Farm-, ville Flower Shop; pair hose, Rose's 5c and 10c Store; manicure, Vanitie Boxe; groceries, Pender's; electric kettle, Farmville Furniture Co.; 5 gallons Esso gasoline, Briley's Ser vice Station. . ' - Plan to attend this afternoon and learn more about, the economy, clean- ( liness and real' pleasure experienced in Electric Cookery. Bankruptcies Bankruptcies among American farmers numbered 1,799 in the 1987 38 fiscal year, a decrease of 27 per cent under the same period a year previous. - r - Blue Mold Outbreak Not Bad, Says Shaw I Raleigh, March' 29. ? There has! I been no general outbreak of blue mold] in Eastern North Carolina; the dread disease of tobacco plants did not ap pear this year any earlier than us ual; and there is a good preventive and cure for bine mold, as well as a treatment which will reduce injury. That is the report of Dr. Luther Shaw, plant pathologist of the State College Extension Service, on the current blue mold situation whieh has alarmed many tobacco grower*. :- ?'> ?/? I -* -, r. iA'jf. \ ' ' -* Start Upon Huge Ships ? Says Uncle Sam to Build Two 45,000 Ton Battle ships as Answer to Ja pan. Washington, March 28. ? Presi dent Roosevelt disclosed today his recommendation for construction of two 45,000 ton battleships in a bid for world naval leadership is a par tial reply to Japan's refusal to reveal whether she is building war vessels larger than treaty limits. His remark was made at a press conference a few hours after it was learned that he had approved plans for the building of the super-dread naughts as part of the vast naval ex pansion program authorized last _ year. Funds for starting construc tion of the two vessels will be con tained in the regular Navy Depart- . ment budget being drafted by a House sub-committee. In response to a question, the Presi dent said that the Japanese govern ment's refusal to verify or deny re ports that two or three Japanese warships are being built in violation of the 35,000-ton limit of the defunct Washington treaty was one of sev eral reasons for his action. He declined, however, to state the reasons for supporting construc tion^ of the two vessels, which would be the largest warships ever set afloat. Monster Guns. Certainty of the super-dreadnaught construction immediately revived re ports that the ships may be mounted with 18-inch guns, probably the dead liest sea weapons ever devised. It was admitted privately that the matter is being given favorable consideration by naval experts. The Japanese warships reportedly under construction are said to be in the vicinity of 40,000 tons and equip ped with the giant guns. Great Bri tain already has laid the keels of two 40,000. tonners and is believed also to be considering use of super guns. Disclosure of Mr. Roosevelt's * sup port of giant ships highlight national defense and foreign affairs develop ments. Of considerable importance, However, was his meeting with Fer nando de Los Rios, ambassador of Loyalist Spain, who, has been render ed virtually a man without a coun try because of Madrid's .falL ;.v The president . met with De Los Rios at the latter's request, osten sibly for a discussion of the Span ish refugee question. The envoy" made the appointment yesterday, prior to Madrid's capitulation. Emerg ing from the meeting he said he would remain as ambassador here for the present . . - c {; , ' . Choral Groip Pleases Audience Music lovers of the community turning out for the A Capella Choir, Fri. evening, had nothing but praise and favorable comment for the splen- ? did concert presented by a choral group, composed of students of Geor gia State College for Women and Georgia Military College, Milledge ville, Ga., under the direction of Max Noah, head of the music department at the Georgia State. The good ensemble form of the sixty voices and the artistic interpre tation of che well, balanced program under -tfye capable direction of Mr. Noah, tnade it A concert that would ' be eagerly anticipated by this com munity as an annual event. The college boys and girls were graciously entertained in private homes here and in addition enjoyed open house at the Major May 'Chap ter House after the concert, and a Brunswick stew luncheon in the Ro tary dining room before leaving the next day. It was mainly through the efforts of Mrs. John D. Holmes, president of the sponsoring organization, the Wo man's Club, and a former resident of Milledgeville, that her home town college students received such a cor dial welcome, but the folks here went captivated by the boys and girls themselves before their departure and the warm hospitality extended was genuine. Miss Nellie Butler, attractive sis ter of Mrs. Holmes, who was a mem ber of the school faculty last year, And who has visited in Farmville from time to time, is a member of thc^ v choral group. vVwUfll |||jj,,. 00 000"" fifctilik J>ljl#fjiii" "?iVrfa'ii