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Senate Approves Plan To
Increase Old'Age Pensions
Connally Amendment
Providing ftir Two-fw^
One Formula Passed?
43 to 35; Less Wealthy
States Will Receive
Benefit
Washington, July 12.?Responding
to a plea for larger federal contribu
tions to enable the less wealthy states
to provide a more adequate pension,
the Senate this afternoon, by a vote
of 43 to 36, wrote into the social
security bill the Connally amendment
* providing a two-for-one matching
formula on old age assistance pay
ments up to
The amendment, which was adopt
ed after spirited debate, had the sup
port of 38 Democrats, three Republi
cans, one Progressive and one Farm
Laborite. It was opposed by 16
Democrats, 18 Republicans and one
Independent
Only three Southern Senators,
Byrd and Glass of Virginia and
Bailey of North Carolina, were re
corded against the amendment Sen
ator Bailey was absent and did not
vote, but had a live pair in opposi
tion to the amendment Senator
Reynolds voted for the amendment
While the new formula applies to
all the states, the old people in need
in Southern states will benefit most
from the change because pensions
there are much below a subsistence
leveL In North Carolina the average
pension is now 18.36. Under the Con
Bally amendment the average will be
raised to $14.04 without the state put
ting up any additional money.
With pensions above 315, the dol
lar-for-dollar formula will apply.
The amendment, ascepted a proviso
offered by Senator Joe O'Mahoney,
Wyoming Democrat, which prohibits
any state from receiving if it re
duces the average amount of pen
sion it is now paying. This was put
in to prevent any state from accept
ing the larger federal contribution
and then reducing its own payment
The Senate is expected to pass the
social security amendments bill to
merrow and the measure will go to
conference where the Connally
amendment will be is dispute Chair
man Robert L. Doughton of the ways
and means committee will head * the
House conferees, and his attitude to
ward the two for one matching
amendment may determine the ac
tion of the conference.
The North Carolina House member
this afternoon declined to comment
on the Senate action in adopting the
ConaaBy amendment and would not
express his own personal view to
ward the change. At one time he in
dicated he wofcld support a two-for
one matching formula up to |15 in
order to liberalize pension payments
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in tha puw staim
A proposal similar to the Comudly
amendment failed of adoption by the
ways and means committee when it
was considering the social security
chafes by a single vote margin.
One of the reasons which caused
Senator'James P. Byrnes to abandon
-his amendment to help the poorer
states by providing variable federal
contributions for old-age pensions
according to the ratio of e state's per
capita income to the nations! aver
age was the strong support for the
Ctoutaiy proposal in the ways and
mpflnq mmmrfrtdiEtr:'->???'3
Hie jpisa amendment would
ham helped only the poorer states*
The CepnaDy applies to
aft the states and can aot be made
a sectional is*e& a* could have the
Itonua amendment, if the House con
ferees take it hack to the Hence for
accept tha Connally amendment the
note to the House will atpae on the
jfrpHsTi of tiw conference report!
T# His Career.
RmmnR Picks
Nwtesislat
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Three of She Clerks Au
thorized Under Reor
ganization P r o g r am
Appointed
Washington, July 12. ? Pra?l^j|
Roosevelt today named three of deal
six White House assistant* authoris
ed under the government reorganise*
tion bill, raising the number of .saen
in his recretariat to nine.
The appointees, men whom Mr,
Roosevelt said must have a**paask>n.
for anonimity," are Lauchhn Carrie
of Maryland, Federal Reserve Board
economist; William H. McReyndWa
of Michigan, chief clerk of the
Treasury Department, and James H.
Rowe, Jr.", of Montana, assistant to
White House Secretary Edwin p..';
Watson.
Each, with the exception of Mc
Reynolds, will receive $10,000 an
nually and will serve at the pleasure
of the President, since the appoint
ments do not require Senate con-,
firmation. McReynolds is under civil
Hervifff and will retain that status
so as to protect his retirement priv
ileges. . ,
Other members of the secretariat
in addition to Watson are Stephen
T. Early, the President's press rela
tions liaison, and Marvm T. He
Intjrre who is detached temporarily
because of illness.
The White House did not indicate
when Mr. Roosevelt* will name the
remaining three secretaries. In
originally proposing the positions to
Congress he stressed that the burden
of official duties falling upon the
executive was so complex that it4
was impossible for him to maintain
adequate contact with the legislative
agencies.
Makes Statement
Regarding R. E.
Secretary of Agriculture Henry ?A.
Wallace today issued the following
statement;
The transfer of the Rural Electri
fication Administration to the De
partment of Agriculture' effective on
July 1st, is a step of the utmost sig
nificance both for the-Department
and for the Federal rural electrifica
tion program. It holds promise of ?
widening the usefulness of electric
service for farmers. The that
the farmers of this country are en
titled to rural electrification now has
wide In the four yours
since Ff A was set up, an. activity
which had been allowed to stagnate
for years, partly through lack of lead
ership, has become a living, growing ;
thing. Electric service has been^made
available through efforts of Govern
ment and by the utilities, to more
farm people than in the three decade*)
since rural electrification had its be
ginnings in the United States esjly
in the century. The resources of tips
Department will be thrown behind
the RE A program in order to further
rural electrification and, With audJn -
part through rural electrification; the
other farm programs.
Farmers have discovered that ele?r,
trie service can be brought within
reach and they are determined to
get it It is my
raws
ward with the same yigor as^ under
the hhderabiP of Mr. Carmody and
thhataff
adntinistrftfaa^WWhi^t^
Department of Agrictitur<,^EAwiB
for self-hgoi
of farm drudgery, airf^ proride^ie
farmer .with n*w
40th Anniver
?til III nlllltlUI
^.SsfiwsiS
nfversary on July 16. We a*? to
at a free barbecue dinner on thi?j
coming Sunday at one o'clock. Pol-j
-lowing the free barbecue dinner a
?most interesting program will top*
on in the Orphanage auditorium by
the children of the Home. Oto to
?tited guests will be shown over the
campus and through the cottages by
three hundred eed ten children. It is j
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the sincere wish of Superintendent
it Cf Tin ??? ffcof of 1 ?? ^ - Qnmtow
A. o. narnes vnav av wurw ouinBfj
School Superintendent, The Presi-J
dents of Men's Bible Classes and the
Church Lay Leader from every local
Church in the Rooky Mount Diiijqm
will honor the Orphanage with their!
presence. A big time is in store fori
those who visit the Methodist Or-1
phanage next Sunday.?A. S. Barnes,!
Superintendent I
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Wallace Considers |
I Crop States
Bis Job Ahead Ip Solv
ing a Larger Surplus
From /39 Crops.
Washington.?The largest tobaccol
crop on record and a corn crop far!
above normal threatened Tuesday to!
shoulder Secretary Wallace with new!
surplus problems as he embarked on I
a $928,000,000 program designed to!
help solve old ones.
A forecast by the federal crop re-1
porting board raised the possibility!
of unmarketable supplies of com aai]
tobacco.
A record surplus (tf 14,$50j$Q0 j
bales at cotton has toan Wallace's
biggest worry for months. Also of
concern have been large supplies of
wheat, rice, dairy products and fruits.
On his recommendation, Congress
voted an unprecedented Sum of $203,-!
000,000 to finance the disposal of aj
portion of these surpluses. Some of
the money will be used to distribute
commodities among, the nation's re
lief families. The remainder will be]
used to offipet losses in selling some
of the products to foreign buyers at
entente prices.
The remaining $726,000,000 will be
divided among farmers who curtail |
their planting operations.
Factors responsible Tor the large
com and tobacco forecasts included]
unusually favorable weather in June,]
a sharp increase to plantings of high
yielding hybrid corn, and a big ex-j
paifiion in tobacco acreage.
Officials said that if the August
report indicates a corn crop of around
2,570,790,000 bushels - the amount
forecast?the supp^ft for the eoming
season might necessitate special gov
ernmental action to prevent unduly
depressed prices. There is an esti
mated surplus of betwesn 400,000,
000 and 450,000,000 bushels from p?- ?
vious years.
The governmental action might
take the form of marketing quotas*
If approved by two-thirds of the corn
belt farmers votingin a, referendum,
store1 their
or pay a penalty tax of 10 cents a
The tobacco .crop w.**?*-*
1,?64,MW00 powh, compared with
te,*rar?M| crep.g* H3<M00.000
borne harvest ' time, prices
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ployeto think the world af him does!
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in the City Ha^^^.a
? TWmeeting was called for the
purpose of hearing reports fiwm.thy
riawdent secretary and treasurer as
to the work accomplished during the
first year of operation, and for the
election of a board of dirfofeffs for
the ensuing yearp
The President in his aanarka em
?Mtlirl the fact that we had not
accomplished all that we had hoped
to daring the first year, but we had
at least found our way around and
felt sure that our second year would
bring forth better results in many
ways.
The Secretary in his report showed
that we had a membership of sixty
five, and'all in good standing. He
also stated that wMle the Trade and
Credit report work had been some
what disappointing in volumn for'
the first year, it did indicate that J
most of our people are trading at ;
home on a credit basis and, hot seek
ing credit from out-of-town firms. 1
His report also showed that the or. i
ganization had spent several hundred
dollars in advertising the advantages 1
which Farmville has to offer from '
every point of view. ;
B&The Treasurer in his report showed ?
the financial status of the organisa
tion to be in a heattfcy state, with a 1
baijtwe on hand in the amount of '
$UW7.
Short talks were made by every j
one present manifesting their interest
in the organization and pledging their
cooperation for the ensuing year, ? :
The President appointed the follwo
ing as a nominating committee to
elect a board of directors for the *
ensuing year: J. I. Morgan, Jr., B.
LeRoy Rollins and T. E. Joyner, Jr.;
and this committee presented ta the
meeting the following names who
mm unanimous otartrf: G? W.
DavSs, Marvin Lindsay, T. E. Joyner,
John B. Lewis, S. A. Garris, L. E.
Walston, *W. B: Willis, B. 0. Lang,
Franf-Williams, Hal Winders audi
K O. Pollard. ;
The Board of Directorsmet Thurs- V
day afternoon and elected the follow- <
ing as officers; j
T. E. Joyner, president; Marvin <
Lindsay, vice-president; Wesley R.
Willis, acting secretary, and S. A.
Garris, treasurer.
Large Leaf Crop
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Pflffiftftt Fftf M fi.
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Estimate Near 2 Million i
bacco CropjOver 1938 ,
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A North Carolina tobacco crop of
TOWOflO pou^to j
flue-cured cigarette leaf accounting J
Estimates, based on July 1 oondi
tions, was for a record crop of
p^ndi SJmoa
1,602^00 acres, and a 10-yfor;acreege
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indi^^ ^18 gfo*
v&vHUM* .tew (??:.??
Spanish Frontier), July 11. ? Refu
ml,,.. itinJilhii l_iA iPal,,',., . olrt*
M broughT?
These refugees, mostly Leftist ene
Franco's regime, declared open dash
OuUn Andalusia and C6te!onm. B*
groups, both supporters of Franco in
the civil war.
The refugees' stories could not be
confirmed either through independ
ent or Spanish nationalist sources. <
(Dispatches direct from Madrid and
Barcelona made no reference to, any
friction.) i! 1
Telephoned # advices from Zara
goza to Madrid said that "comitate
narmalcy" prevailed at Zaragoza, 5
Official sources said nothing unusual
had occurred at Bilbao or S^ntandar,
on the Bay of Biscay coast
Dispatches from' Hendaye, France%J'
several days ago told of similar
clashes between Royalists and Span- ,
ish Fascist frictions, ip Navarre and ;
Guipuzcoa . province in which, they
Mid, at least one mam was killed.
The leftist refugees, who crossed ;
the border despite a heavy Nation
alist guard, said strong police meas- 1
oros j iad been taken before the 1
arrival, in Spain Monday of Italian
Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo
Ciano but th*t they had failed to
stop the clashes.
Tension was siph, they said, that
?ii nation-wide . conflict of the red- '
t>ereted Carlists against the blue
iissension among Franco's followers
fvere other reports, also from oppon
ents of fte nationalist regime, that :
republican sympathiser were turning?
>n their conquerors with sabotage and
night attacks. ^
Bodies of four civil guards were
reported found at Mataro, near Bar-. I
celona, while many were said to have
?een killed in fighting inside Bar
lelona.
At Hendaye, rumors were heard
:hat Spanish Nationalist police had
rounded up all those "suspected of '
Leftist tendencies" in Irun and San
3ebastian, dose to the French fron- (
tier. Hundreds were said to be under
'preventive arrest,"
This was said to have been in
preparation for visits to the border j
rone by Franco tonight and by Italian ,
Foreign . Minister Count , piano to- ,
morrow.
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Rthe clear-west .service
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Noticing friends, customers, pub
ic in general that the Clear-West
Service located in the Sheppard Hall, ,
Farmville, is operated by Mrs. Oppie a
L West, formerly of Wilson. '" j
Pisy a visit to the hall, which was 3
the former clinic hall, and let Mrs.
West give you a free figure analysis
for a Nubone foundation. Mrs. West 1
Is an expert fitter, holding a high ,
jrade diploma, and has been afc-ttrli
janizer for several years.
Surgical fitting service is a spec
ialty, give it a trial- In 'addition to (
fitting foundations, Mrs. West is a \
mm Drh[ M
Ta ni i _ g _
lafftwciaos
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Stat* To Provide Anti
^pMHticMedicine To
Raleigh, July 12.?As a further
atepria Nprth Carolina's anti-syphi
lis campaign, the State Board ,<of
Hei^^ojnces that doctors en
tain from lJ^hfSdS^Sp^S^ts"
S-SSHH
blanks must be used, and hi counties
without local health units the drugs
iriay be obtained direct frfltolShe
state board.
Arsenical drags will be distributed
ony in individual dose packages ex
cept where previous arrangements
for larger quantities are made by the
doctor.
J? the course of a usual conversa
tion today Dr. J. C. Knox, head of the
division of epidemiology of the health
department, stated that surveys in
dicate about ten per cent of the popu
lation of the state affected by syphi
lis. Sixty per cent of this number,
or about six per cent of the ehtira
population, comes within the mar
riageable ages.
^requires no imagination," said
Dr. Knox, "to see that'this situation
presents a most serious problem and
makes careful observance of the new
physical tests law for marriage of the
greatest importance to this and to
the next generation."
Dr. Knox confirmed the opinion
voiced by Dr. Tom Long, wty.^jKSp
member of the State Senate sponsor
ed the marriage test law, that its ef
fectiveness .depends largely upon full
^operation of the medical profes
sion.
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Heavy Storm
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Damages Pitt
b-.-. .
Greenville, July 11.?A survey to
day revealed that a devastating hail,
wind and rain storm which struck
the Pactolus community of Pitt
bounty yesterdayafternoon did dam
sge estimated by residents of the
section to range at $100,000.
An estimated; 8,000 acn$ of farm
ing land, including 1,000 acres of to
LiiG storm, Q6ScnD6u Dy one ifliiucr
as being the worst we've had in
Pitt County this year."
Pellets of hail peppered tobacco
and other plants on nearly every
farm in the Pactolus section, accord
ing to reportSlppK an average of
LOO acres of tobacco being damaged
an the farms of T. G. Basnight, J;
A. Tripp, fl. H. Tripp and Joe Dan
iels, Negro, the largest farms in the
Pactolus community.
No serious damage by wind was
reported, except fpr two or three
tobacco barns that wieze overturned.
An undetermined number of trees
were uprooted in various parts of the
Pactolus community.
One Pactolus resident said the
storm struck in the heart of the com
numt, and sprawl for .? radius of
ffrg-iniles. \ i ^ ;j-|
Livestock prices declined sharply
during. thi^ontb 4ndmk Joiifi 45,
?u s.igntly, reports trie v?; & Buresu
>f Agricultural Ecoiomics. ^
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Ittf his statement to Common# oik
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he added "that, clearer^^tmop
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Japanese T en s L>o
Grows _
fgsTpS
along the Chin* coast tonight in
anticipation of new incidents in |j?)e
eerie* which have created serious
British-Japanese tension.
The 1,376-ton destroyer Diamond
was en route to Tsingtao, where
British officials professed to fear
farther demonstration! like that of
Monday in which the British con
British Hosgkos, and
Shanghai Bank buildiag wezv stoned
and damaged.
Britons said the demonstration, by
men in Chinese garb, was iapdns^kij
inspired. The' consul protested to
the Japanese authorities, who have
been masters; of Ifeingtao, chief
Shantung province port, ainee Its
capture January 10, 1938.
Today British consular officials
notified Japanese authorities that
iMp had infijfci^qn^ that ulnijfifr.
demonstrations weie being prepared
for Friday an4: Sasnsday and asked <
for Japanese military |dwltjk)n.
The notification said the Japanese
would be "held responsible for
damages."
'The British took similar precau- V;]
tions before Monday's attack, but
Japanese military patrols ypngmS.
the march on tiie consulate and mM^?
ng)move to intervene.
British officials notified their Na
tionals to avoid Tsingtao, one of
China's most popular summed aKV
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The 996-ton escort vessel Lowes
tost, which hurried to Tingtao after
Monday's dpniftnitnitiftng, loft for
an undisclosed destination.
The 1,046-ton escort vessel Sand
wich was due tomorrow at Tientsin,
where the Japanese army's block- '?*. J
ade of the British and French con
cession, marked by rising bitterness
and renewed stripping of Britons at
the barriers, entered its fifth week.
Britain and Japan have ?owl
to seek a settlement of their Ti^Hff^.j
sin dispute at a conference in Tokyy^j
but its opening'has been delayed.
Japanese army spokesman in Chb?L|j3
and .Japan have declared the? had .
I ItdTilii ? ?? svf * Iiatll ?ni l saTf ' isilifs^F^ '
utti6 nop68 or s- geraemem;- wiuCh -
.they said must be based on Britten.,
agreement to "cooperate" with Ja~
pan's program for establishment of
"a new order in East Asia." "
The difficulties of Britain's posi
tion was . emphasized by Chinese dis
patches from Chungking quoting
H. H. Kung, the Chinese premier, as
rdtiftu-ing "every conceesion or
quiescence Britain makee to Japan
will be regarded by the" Chinese
government as an unfriendly act"
Kung expressed hope, however,
that the Tokyo talks would be con
rihed to the Tientsin deadlock and
avoia general principles. n?
quoted as saying China would nego
tiate for peace with Japan only after
all Japanese troops were withdrawn
from China.
Tientsin Britons lacked warship
protection tonight for the first'time
since early in the blockade, since
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The Captain Thomas Smith Camp
Na 17, United Spanish War VeUpsns,
in Goldsboro. All members are re
quested to attend.
At the last meeting held here tfafe*
expecting some more additions Sun
day. "United we ptend, divided wf
fan. Ail for one and one for all."
J S. M. Pollard, Commander.
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