?r*o?T??T++*?+f ? j???! * ??>>?>> !P*tn*i? Oar Adrntian, For | lltjr Ar? C-artiatiy Invitiaf | YWfrVnfeWHkflna. | ?j ?nnflflfr.iiiujuimi t SELL BUT ani BANK | ? IN ? * if ' tAjBviUM . | ' ? I .? .^sfc?-? London and Paris Witt Direct Sharp Warnings To Axis Leaders Today Both Prime Minister Chamberlain and P*e> mier Dalsdier to Talk Plainly to Rome and Berlin. London, April 12. ? A declaration designed tt> forestall further German Italian expansion toward the Darda nelles and still leave the way open ] for appeasement of Italy was under preparation tonight by Prime * Min ister Chamberlain for delivery tomor row to an extraordinary parliamen tary session. Edouard Daladier, the French pre mier, was ready to back up the Brit ish stand with blunt words of his own in a parallel declaration tomorrow. . The air, land and sea forces of Britain matched those of her every ready French ally in rising to the new slogan, "We've Got To Be Pre pared," which flames -from every other London billboard. Warplanes sped over the east coast of Britain in all-night patrol?and . extraordinary precaution against any . "lightning, thrust." Anti-aircraft units were swollen well past full peace-time strength. One hundred and twenty British war ships churned the Mediterranean, most of them at or near the island of . Malta. Forty French naval vessels were said to be on active duty in the Mediterranean. Chamberlain, in Parliament tomor row, is expected to give a provision al guarantee of Greek-Turkish in- , dependence. "Unfriendly Act." He was reported authoritatively to , have decided to Bay that Britain would consider any action threaten ing the independence of these two * countries as an "unfriendly act" against Britain. 1 Some diplomats thought the Pre- ^ mier also might give a flat military guanurte to Greece. Chamberlain is expected to con demn the Italian invasion of Albania < (whose national assembly today of- * fered the crown of Zog to the Italian 1 king, Vittorio Emanuele), but to ! give Mussolini another chance to * prove peaceful intentions in the Bal kans and the Mediterranean. * This policy was condemned in some 1 quarters as a retreat to the Munich 5 appeasement policy and was said to I hafre been determined upon despite * opposition of some members of the f cabinet, who wanted the Prime Min ister to make a clean break with Mus- s solini. 1 Three Reasons. One distinguished intimate of the 1 Prime Minister said Chamberlain had f three Masons for refusing to do this: 1. Chamberlain believes that, if war starts, Mussolini can be won over 1 or' ptosuaded to remain neutral ( (tRaHgli- Chamberlain is said to ad- ' mit thb'price wouM be high.) 2. Cb*mberlain behoves the alter- 1 natives to appeasement are "war or economic chaos." 3. Mussolini has given fresh as surances that the Italian troops will be wfttuteawn soon from Spain and his invasion of Albania will not be Hie (keek government today ac Tb* faction in the i sM^iMmMiinl to fnrtfmr efforts to coneSh^'lf^ ji i iMrtil'rf'Miekniid of trade.' ?%? _ t; WIS' M106Q 1QTCG. f ? '* E ' ???? ? ? .1 London and Athens Join 1 Bete sive Agreement Britain Reported Given Use of Greek Harbors In Return for Armed Aid. Athens, April 11. ? Greece was reported tonight to have entered into i specific understanding with Great Britain, offering the unrestricted use >f her harbors by the British fleet in return for definite concessions from London. The entente was said to have left Greece free of any obligation to go x> Britain's aid in case of an attack >n the United Kingdom. She will, lowever, collaborate as a British ally n case Greek tterritory is threatened >r war breaks out in the Mediter ranean area, it was said. In return for Greek friendship and ;he commitment to shelter British varships in her many fine harbors, 3ritain was said to have agreed to rupply Greece with 300 airplanes, nostly pursuit ships, as well as an mspecified number of anti-aircraft runs and 1,000,000 gas masks. Britain presumably would under ake to deliver the war material as toon as possible. Reports reaching Athens indicated hat Italy was making a tremendous effort to render her already strong josition in the Adriatic impregnable o aerial attack. Her conquest of Albania gave her control of both (idea of the sea which is only 45 nilea across in places. Italians Prepare. Informants said Italy had dispatch id about 3,000 technicians and spec al workers to the Albanian port of falona during the past three days to peed the construction of new forti ications. Some 250 heavy guns, reputed to ie from the German Krupp works, ire being shipped to Valona, it was aid, and the entire Valona bay re gion is being armed with special at ention to the 20-year-old Fort Res tasseno which dominates the bay. Other reports said that the Otranto itraits on the Italian side of the Ad iatic were being reinforced with leavy altillery for a distance 18 1-2 niles north and south of the narrow sst point of the straits. The ports indicated that the new talian artillery emplacements will be tble to dominate the narrow entrance >f the Adriatic completely, not only >ottling up the small Jugoslav fleet, rot dosing the sea to any foreign t&vy. N: ? -d-:. - ~ 1-53 V - <1 I I ' ? I ? Sofia, April 11. ? The Bulgarian government tonight dissolved the Evma^ppdrted Nifional Socialist IParty for *feafr petice said aril a fclot to changTBulgaria's form of frfrsfryt / , \ I ,r fttifflSMV tft' Mil* W ? WiUWW W Wtt tinne in curr^^^fca. on the 0 j fcanizationf although ipybeal' gAAip^ l Emu ? V * V. Mifi ?? Lil , J Mpr mil mm Draws Hundreds vjfp' PJj-U1 It More Than 100 Schools Send Delegations To East Carolina Teach ers College. Greenville, April 11. ? Brought to the college campus by "High School Day" between 2,600 and 2^800 high school seniors, teachers, fathers and mothers from the whole of Eastern North Carolina, observeboth work and play at East Carolina Teachers College today. More than 39 counties and more than 100 schools were represented. Wilson County, which brought the largest delegation last year, again led in number, with 450 present; and Pitt County came second, with near ly 350. The Plymouth High School band, in blue and white uniforms, led the parade through the campus to the auditorium for the program of the morning, at which President Leon Meadows welcomed the guests and spoke to them of the privileges and responsibilities of the man and wo man with a college education. The various county groups, marked by placards and badges, responded to roll call at this program. After a barbecue luncheon, the high school boys and girls scattered throughout the campus, visiting the buildings which housed the work of particular interest to them, and studying exhibits of class work in many departments. To keep traffic in order, a squad of 25 college boys under the direction of a faculty member kept the lines moving or directed cars where to park. The City of Greenville co-op erated by furnishing two local police men and a motorcycle officer, and seven members of the highway pa trol helped handle the hundreds of cars. The afternoon was closed by vari ous forms of entertainment JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET Upholding the tradition in the Farmville high school of the Junior Senior banquet serving always as a charming introduction of its annual commencement events was the 193d banquet held oh Friday evening in the dining room' of the' Davis Hotel. Table defcofatfons "ofr&h'tapers and red1 and white* tulips and: the other appointments effectively carried both the chosen colors and floral motif of the graduating class, and the ices were molded in the same design. J. H. Moore, superintendent, offer ed thanks. The welcoming address was given by Arthur Joyner, Jr., president of the Juniors and toast master, and the response was made by Ernest Lee Quinn, Senior presi dent. Pauline Farmer, president of one section of the Junior class, gave j a toast to the Seniors with )gpe Knott i responding. Some observations in re-, lation to the high school faculty were j made by Douglas Kemp, to which j Miss Mary Alice Beaman, English j teacher, made a witty response. Serving as special entertaining fea- j tures of the banquet program, which was under the capable direction of| Miss Russell Ward, were vocal se lections by Bill Hope, Dorothy and Geraldine* Skinner, Arthur Joyner, Jr., and Graydon Liles, and a tap dance by Lulu Benson, who imper sonated a musical note. Miss Mil dred Vann and Mrs. Daisy H. Smith swere accompanist*? \ Following the banquet the students amended a lovely party given by Mrs. J. 0. Pollard and Mrs. Arthur F. Joy ner, grade mothers of the Junior cliss. The affair was held in the [jjjS? A. B. Chapter House, in which |Pe Senior colors and flower were wain used with charming effect, par ticularly in decorations of the colonial iwM enjoyed, during the d iced #n?it juices, cooV fers were served. of the Senior class are: uise & Andrews, Rachel 11 or nett, Blanche Lorane Bry ? Virginia Cobb, Frances ?....1.?y (Hugo S. 4||,||fiuiifton Corres pondent.) THIS OdUNT#^ rs srtrcH NEa4 GAN. : 1*he foreign policies of the tfnitei" ' ... . . J FuflvJa . . ., ii States are far removed from those 'that existed wfieiPfEe fighting begaA i in ?&%$& in'l&i! U^'t^occaaj-} ion, President Wilson made Mir plei jfor neutrality, "ikfeet'as well as in 1 n*me," jmJijfcejr uptoth# pgrtftW 1 |tion of thfe United'Stat* Jnthe strugf ] gle, he made vahapt efforts to bring I he thotignt^ might aajdsc. conflicting claims in Europe^ on a basis which i would lead to permanent peace. i Today, in the United States, therd < is no neutrality' in spirit in regarcl to affairs in Europe/The overwhelm! 1 ing sdntim for the i Navy, but forthe Air Corps and the < Army, as well/ v; < i _ * Under the ' present Administra- I tion, the poliej? of isolation, of dis- i interested netifralrfr between warring nations ajwfthe determination to keep 1 out of foreign^difficTm^s is dead as ' a dodo. Consa^u 'of-;ta afarming * situation ili Europe, whejre Germany 1 and Italy haVe acquirfedihe whiphand > over the dembcracie^aftd follow na- 1 tional polices evidently jjbsi^hed for ' war, the people of tiie'thrited States < seem to sense a th&ifrtd the wefll- : being of this hemisphere, Ther/i? general acqufescepeet; ij? the belief that if Great Britidi<*jdJ; nance are defeated, it wiUoftly be^jjsestion of , time beforaHhe United Stales is con historic pbsltioh ori s!de of the : Atlantic. * ?A? ?' " ' The testimony of foriflfer Secretary of State^Hgnry| ^L^Stimg^ lations, MuSgfct^tJie'' jdea. This former Republican official urged that : the United States ssssrt tiy right to J name and bo^feaft-'the .tjUraMMflr wl a foreign war* Iwl danger-jj out Situation approaching stetf byT step," he said, "I woultoH'waif until H it between us and safety before taking]] ' . I J - " s in per Change ^ftfSoysj of Attriek by DfcrtrOfcra eUSl ? ? ?? .AWfil JUL7-J3MW*iot Hit- i ^WM- x*V*w&mi& by a* fcfermhd E Nasi source tonight as .cbeit?(k eon* t winced that GreatBriiain and France J ?? jfefittlBenging expanding . ..~ ... . i; i be , Ss^sffr tees of Poland's independent jwd re-J ports that Britain was planning a J, 3i^ar- .P/ffi"??, to ,?&??* and other 1 iS* qae>5f .|UTing EWfe^ j the | theI, Italian occupeScm of Albania because ] thereby he[ ^din^ 11 j writory and conceSS^^from j ^Ce-)^?JUy ,n.o,U, ' h jelief that in J^e .poping monthsf 1$%??# .that .nMghtjj ??Y$fi active apned; intei^njaop .by W Britain and France, hut said that ap-1 ? wahension pwaiied* ift WgirBartte ' ttr Frwdr fltftishj if faf observed' hdR, ytoH'nJftea.^ measinesd, tJ^t'Prawfe? DtlQUer oft franco has ba?r ?Jadifiiously quiet,"]1! ne Nazi propaganda pOncy, which j b'therto has bWff teffiasiiing the]! ^ggth of Germany possible ene-v . The in^iu^l^M]r^trpn^tii of the' ^ |ome-Benin axis ntow is stressed in ' , rast to previous* 1 A** &to j ind how ^T^fen^dvancU^Se < suae or-Em4p?rfi ;peafce and "okab- ' ishing order" hjr occupying the" ter- j Un.^1 4111" ' iccess to Doth Hitler^and Field Mar uxepted theory Badbeoi thJTthe ! tfflfer w&'&m b^'p^on? the ? nook eertiiflfi BHtfflfi' Ad Mnce vould bi to catch up' iir irmnants tod'the ^d&ItfUrofcrwot&jw* the poSMSh1 of Geftnanr and ??* -j- jv|: . I TtaTUfblJWL* OKtlfflt ffilLi lAfL { fc^^^Md^dmwrk^WajKa^ B3s?.T; XH^rsffilttr Mft&ttgj heflrnot l>nly for fe)R39Bf/^dtVd!}o fflithe Bmrpoaa of dijcpriM prospecK for ?, - - v t . ' ? Knest rappera possible; aadfljan e^M^TW???i pl?riiPin#rf the ptKh Isiiich 'the church has made tl^pgh Bijf Mi bel&xwat Eanfstep ive ?Rfe&> Germany an ute Ewrtept jpessagetw .hftt this report :oufa not be confirmed. jtqlgmria. generally is In the same when,, both, seta ^combatfm^ were seeking hey aid inci she awaitedjthe highest.bidder-? ift^W .Tcase.-.. Bulgaria's WMfe tendency., ^n CemianX ind-t?p apparent.^impossibility 0 mmeS^te aid from, Prance end Britain in case of war appear, to be endwg.bST Twm^eral beliirf ifthat Bulgaria ^ decis^n, ehould one become necessary. Bulgarians. de nanding cession of south Dobruja by Sea and minorJtfi^j?mtoyi$s from "S&OTWU* feawr *"> bftspfai^ted^thrpopgh . pressure M. west^ni powers, it was b^ieyed that Eralgara could be counted upon at ftt AfflA. ,?*!? ?b^ ?ould, be| eppuMly difficult to brio* ca~4,ju ^' blood-stained land g^$fa$edonj? ms?j? K ^jplai^most Uli *-*" ?L\ * J?Mf * in. Belgrade^pl^ i^?^U^1up^J^0 t^a^ the Or MM! Backs To MM Peace |s>provalof tjL^LS6tW^wnrfrf^r "^^UU r"?^jra& ly.' gff i; ^ _ ? .' . 'V f ^ I soiku befcrkTlv?too lat?. v ' I Building Activities - end MiW As Bttild - ing And Improvement . ' ? . Farmvjlle, moving forward in leaps and bounds, has been a veritable bee hive for the past few months wttfe dts extensive. huilding activities, installa tionu of additional ecpipment .at the water .and light plant and vast im provements along sanitary tinea which are being carried on. in a pro gram involving an expenditure of more than $800,000. Contracts let in September by the Town of Farmville as the result of . a VQte?by the citizens on. a bond issue of. $99,000 and. supplemented by a grant of $79,774 by the Federal gov ernment, have been progressing as follQWB:... ..a ti . * The installation of a .800 KWH Diesal Engine with generator and all auxiliary equipments including switch? board at a price of $62,508,.which has been completed and accepted by the town. an4 PWA officials. j,^ . v The erection flf a 300,000 gallon elevated steel tank at a cost of $80, 890 has been completed and accepted by the Town .and PWA officials, . ^The building of a foundation, for .%? new "water tank^and changes m the light plant building and founda tion for new engine at a cost of $14, 242. . Water and sewer extensions. into tfte colored section ana others un served prior to .t^jia .tame, Tfria work w noy^pre gressingpatisfacijoriiy and; completion will be sooner than once efpasted. c _ : makea a <&*M m?* trac* &*<>**? contractors $171,280,^ 0)j^v o?er cpsf f as .followB; engineering $$0^ 468.68, printing^ bonds $96.00, bond 4tori?ys. $153.76, intejfc|t on.JW* 000 bonds to April 1. 1089/tl^HhOO, or a total; cost of the entire project,, including interest when ; completed wilL be $183,918.11. Of this amount the, federal Government ,wfil pap. jjjlll > ?|gfcj? ? financed by the town of Farmviile of $104,144.11; of this were sold which nette leaving a balance, to be financed from thfe1 year's appropriations of $4, 866.77, which has .already foeen de posited to the Construction Fund Ahr * 1 ? Awde .from Federal .aid pipjecffl the 7*own of'Farmviile has spen?$g^g'/ 000 during the prat twelve mppfo in th'd" following permanent improve Th^ cons^uction of ImHbff sewer age disposal tank; water and light dndril)Ut|oh' lines; water supply of m wells; real est&'" . tft'd ndw water tanfc, and two new weiis thh latter having, a cap^ty'of . 6$ "gallons.per minute, which in sures ah adequate water supply. In vieW - nent improvements it is gratifying to 'v'5r,<': : During i;he past year permits fatal-,. fng ^l2^,000 fhr building of homes and private enterprises were issued , by the town. A school bond- issuance; of $45#0, Wether with a PWA grant of $36, 000 are being used, in the construction Of anj Agricultural and Manual Art?. Building nnd Gymnasium, and a , g*g* ^r^preg.a^ool ind the heat reported as progressing / rapidly. ^ whidi