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Conference In Wash
ington Results in Call
ing: of Election for
Date^Between Sept. 30
I es Will Net Reopen
UntO Chip Control
Referendum Is Held
Washington, Sept. 14.-?-A definite
program was mapped here today to
meet the present crisis in the fine*
cured tobacco belt, the keystone of
which will be a referendum among
growers sometime between September I
SO and October 7 on invoking produc- I
tion quotas for 1940.
A half hundred tobacco fanners,!
warehousemen and business men met j
with Department of Agriculture of.
ficials in an all-day session and the
flue-cured tobacco situation, made
acute by a billion pound crop and!
large British buyers withdrawing j
from the market, was expected from
every angle,
Appeal To Britain. J
In addition to agrsexajt on a time
for a referendum, while the depart
ment immediately adopted, the ex-1
act date to be announced later, the!
flue-cured group recommended that
the AAA use every resource of the j
government in meeting the tobacco
price situation brought about by the j
cessation of British purchases; that!
tike government request the British I
government to encourage its nationals j
to resume purchase of tobacco in the j
United States; that-the growers vote j
to adept a 1940 production control j
program; that the market reopen on
the same day and that audi opening
be bald as soon as possible but not |
before the referendum is held.
II With J. B. Hutson, head o# the
AAA southern region, presiding, the
group lost little tune in getting down
to business. Not en*4ii the flue
cured conference adopt resolutions
dealing #wfth tile particular problem
at hand,* but one icpilntian dealt with
the international situation. It urged
repeal of the arms embargo and
eoiea approval of President Roose
vetfs neutrality program.
The Department met the conference
action with action. Before the group
adjourned yesterday afternoon it had
announced a refereadoBi . would be
called and the State Department also
I bad been contacted with the view of
to the British
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government ttuvugn oipiomitic cir
Secretary at Agricslture Henry A.
I Wajlaca, who attended the tobacco
I S?d^rm^*w^^Shich^ese
inteeested in the flue-cured tobacco
predsetinn were dealing with the
prohkaa and let it be known that the
BriWi cogtfeHM to stay out of tho t
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tokiw jn(i9S& muM tod grow oft J
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FORREST G. SHEARIN I
w tin - -if Y* A ?lff V
who recently received his second ap
pointment as field representative for
a territory embracing' thirty-four
Eastern Carolina counties. He is a
resident of Scotland Neck.
District Mettiepf
Jr.O. U. A. M.Tole
Held in HooMm
Farmville Council To
Sponsor Basket Ball
Team With P. K Ewell
As Manager
Forrest G. Shearin, field secretary
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, while visiting Farmville
today announced that a District
meeting of District No. 17, compris
ing th counties of Wilson, Wayne,
Greene, Lenoir and Ktt would be ?
held in Hookerton Thursday, October
5th. ' . .
Speakers for the District meeting '
will be N. Stanley Gaither, State
Councillor and Gurney P. Hood,
treasurer of the state council.
The Farmville Council No. 141,
with John Hifi Paylor as Councillor,
and J. R. Shearin secretary, is mov
ing forward and steadily increasing
in membership. Among the recent [
activities of the local council is the
sponsorship of a basketball team un- ?
der the management of E. K. Ewell
with regular scheduled games to
start in the near' future. Serving
on the committee with Manager
Ewell will .be J. R. Shearin and Made
Carraway. x
The lochl council will pat on m ?
memoersmp onve m p6 dw rururc
and Field Secretary F. G. Sheaffn''
will return with interestinl moving
picture* of the Junior Order Home
in Lexington.
NEW STOVE CAUSES DEATH S
Jersey City, N. J. ? la modern
wtfaig her Mm Weimaa, 80,
a new"gag stove. During- the eootin*
of her first meal on the stove, water
to a pen >ed boiled over ?*?4 extin
buiahed the gas flame. When feund
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Estimated 12,000 to 15,
?i^Be OatofWmS li
Wilson, Sept 14.?Between 12,000 I
and 18,000 Negro stemmers in East
ern Carolina will be pot o?t of work I
this week and next because of the
dosing1 of the tobacco markets, ac- J
cording to an estimate made here to-1
day by R. A. Walworth, field su
fice in Raleigh, who was on a check
op tour of the markets.
Today he Tiaited Rocky Mount and
Wilson and was in Greenville tonight
He is to go to Kinston and several
other towns tomorrow.
In Rocky Mount, Wadsworth said,
between 1,200 and 1,500 stemmers
will be released by factories, and id
Wilson, an estimated total at 2,679
will be released by the first of next
week. i
Wadsworth said, however, that aj
great majority of these workers I
probably will be put back to work
when the markets open.
The field supervisor said that off
all fiie workers bong released, only
"between 10 and 15 per cent are I
eligible for unemployment compen
sation insurance and between 85 atijjHM
90 pr cent of them drew their confell
pensation for last year In fanuaty jl
or February of this year.
Wadsworth explained that this
vprald put the vast majority of the
unemployed workers back on the wel
fare agencies in their communities.
He explained that m order to draw L
any compensation this year, * work
er must have made at least $180 in
1988 and that as a majority of those
in 1988 eligible for compensation In
fiiia way had drawn their mopey al
ready, 90 par cent of those out of I
work now will not beeligible fori
payments until January, 1940. .. J I
PMpiTHlte:
E.C.T.C. AddfBSS
?Noted Writer and Lec
turer to Appear in
I Greenville September
I 30th
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Greenville, Sept. 14.?Dr. Williapi
Lyon Phelps, writer, lecturer end pro
fessor emritus of Yak, will speak
at East Teachers' College I
September 80, at 8:80 o'clock, in thai 1
Robert 8. Wright Building.
Four decades of stpdent instruction
has not only, made leaders of those
who^hqi access to his enviable tute
lagC but has developed his ova po
tentialities to the .that he can
extract the ultimate ounce of hnmor
out of every situation. His subject
here will be "The Romance of Science
and tfae Truth of Fiction"
During Dr. Phelps' early yean of
teaming, toe study ox literature was
and his de
parture from the existing college cur
riculum caused critics t<^ b^and his
action as exlrp'pe radical
ism. His undergraduate class organiz
ed in 1885 to study the modem novel
was subjected to criticism, but the
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BtoerBattle Foreseen
to^^-Season Talk
Washington, Sept 14.?-President
Roose ve|| called a special session of
#n^ ? m i i ? I ? J n I ^ ftMl n t n -M 01 ? ? f. flI n ^ il ji| ? ?
congress for beptemoer zi yeateraay i
and thereby gave the signal for a
tense and hitter strugglnover his
proposal that the present embargo on
anna "shipments to Europe's belliger
ents be abolished.
Simnltaneooaly, the Chief Execu
tive invited the leaders to both par
ties to an extraordinary conference
at the White House on September 20.
This invitatkm apparently was in line
with his announced effort to obtain
"national unity" in the situation re
sulting fTom Europe's war.
A short time after the special Ses
sion call went out, James &. Farley
conferred with the President and then
?-in talking to reporters?supported
the Chief Executive's plea that poli
tics be adjourned.
Van Nuys Changes.
"I don't think the peoplte are in
terested in politics at the moment", !
said Farley.
It became apparent toaay uure nr.
Roosevelt probably would command
majority support in the Senate For
eign Relations Committee, where the
opening skirmishes of the neutrality
revision battle will be fought This
came about through an announcement
frotn Senator Van Nuys (D.Ind.) that
ha would vote to repeal the embargo
aid substitute a "cash and carry"
system of arms sales, if proper safe
guards ware provided. A few months
ago the committee divided, 12 to il*,
against proceeding with the legisla
tion, with Van Nuys opposing the ad
ministration at that time. / :
Many assumed, meanwhile, that the
President was counting upon the sup
port of a majority of the Senate
as welL It was known that before
calling the specjal session, the ad
ministration engaged in numerous
preliminary discussions to test sen
timent. It was generally believed
that Mr. Roosevelt would not have
issued his proclamation unless he felt
sure of his position. A few days ago,
in'fact, one of the administration's
most determined opponents on the
embargo issue, Senator Borah (R.
Idaho), expressed such a belief.
Embargo Hurts AMsa.0^
While there is much more to the
neutrality issue than the embargo it
became obvious long ago that that
would be the nub and principal talk
ing point of the controversy, v
Administration men Insist that the
embargo as such is essentially unneu
tral;. in that through it this nation,
deprives Great Britain of the advan
tage to he gained ftom its huge fteet
and control of the seas.
They contend, too, that it is in
consistent to embargo actual war im
plements?guns, % ammunition, air
planes and the like?and yet freely
permit the sale of the raw materials
from wfcfck the instruments of death
can be manufactured.
It is freely conceded that if the
embargo is lifted, Britain's sea power
wiH see to it that only England and
her aflfef have access to American
made arms.
From this, the opponents of me
peal draw their principal counter ar
gument. To make American arms
available to Great B^tain by charg
ing the law at this stage would, they
assert, be an-.net unfriendly to Ger
would be an act of such potentialities
they add, that the eventual entry of
berg (R.-Mich.) puts It, you cant
hrip one ride in a war without be
Pikilrffi the Mubswco Hi8
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$5,000,000 Allotted In
(? State Si as Brought
I Service to Many
[ Farms ; |
I Washington, Sept. 14.?The Rural J
I Electrification Administration said
I today that North Carolina had 50,-1
680 electrified farms on Jane 80,1
1 1939?slightly less than 19 per cent |
I of all the farms in the State?as com- j
I pared with 32,000 in 1987, around 28,
000 in 1986, and only 11,600 in 1935, |
I when the REA began operation. I
REA allotments in North Carolina
I have totaled 85,090,350 for 21 proj-1
j-ects?17 cooperatives, three private
I utilities, ami one municipality, a |
I statement said. It said theee projects !
I served 19,763 users along 4,658.5 !
miles of lines.
Of these 'funds 84,875,460 were I
I used for construction of lines, |198,-1
j 000 allotted as' loans to projects to!
I be re-lent to members to fiatliee.wir- j
I ing and plumbing, and 825,000 for one j
I generating plantL I
! Group plomUng bids, the REA |
I said, have enabled about 19 percent I
I of the REA-financed electrified j
I farms to install water pressure sys-1
I terns complete with kitchen rink, wa-1
ter and drainage piping and disposal.
Half of these farms aIda have in-1
[stalled complete bathrooms. Around !
[ 70 per cent of the REA-financed elec-1
| trified farms have installed radios
[ and around 60 per cent have electric j
j irons.
| Approximately 25 > per cent hsvef
[ electric refrigerators and about ten [
[per emit, washing machines, the re- [
J port said - . [
The REA said two of the smalle^j
[ projects in the nation wipe in North
| Carolina?on islands.; They are the
| Ocracoke Power and Light Company,
| a private utility, serving .168 persons [
along 8.5 miles of lines, , and the
Harker's Island Electric Membership [
[ Corporation, a cooperative serving
[ 185 members along 4 miles of lines. [
[ Allotment of 826,000" was made[
[for a generating plant to Ocractdolw
j bland, there bring no other source |
J of pbwer available.
Rev. John Barclay In
Series of Meetings at
The Christian Church
The Rev. John Barclay, pastor
First Christian church, Wilson* will
begin a series of evangelistic ser
vices at the Christian church, Octo
ber 1, and continue for eight or ten
days. Rev. Mr. Barclay is well \
known; throughout Eastern North
Carolina, is a good speakei- and fear
less crusader in the cause of Christ.
He has recently returned from a
visit to Europe, visiting Russia and
tha British Isles.
The public is cordially invited to
hear this gifted speaker and share
with the congregation the fine mes
sages he will bring.
?'.* WASP CAUSES t'ALL
V Greeusburg, Pa. ? While cleaning
the windows on the second floor of
the high school, a wasp bothered
James Simmerman, the panitor,
greatly. Leaning out to strike the
wasp, he lost , his balancte and fell,
suffering a brain concussion.
GASbLINE TRUCK CAUSES FIRE
Pittsburgh, Pa. ? The exploskm
of a gasoline tpick carrying 3,000
gallons, which had stopped at a traf
fic light and burst into flames, set
fire to a business Mode and destrojg I
ed two homes, causing damage esti
mated at more than $120,000. ^
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Pi EDIMH?EAN^1
SUMMARY
London Chamberlain expresses
BritishJErench determination ; to
make war "until menace of Hitler
lam" is removed; telle Parliament
French troops have began advance
Successfully and German shipping has
been swept from seas; admits "some
what severe" BIrtish merchsntship
losses; Dolce of Windsor takes war
appointment
Washington President Roose
velt calls Congress to special Session
September 21 on neutrality legisla
tion; Ambassador Biddle reports Ger
,man bombs fell within 800 yards of
embassy in unprotected Polish village.
Berlin ? German high command
says Warsaw is surrounded and Pol
ish resistance wiped out on one of
three capital fronts. ,
London ? Government believes
Germany might try to establish sea
and air bases in South America; Bri
tish bombing will depend on what
Reich does with planes against un
fortified Polish cities.
Paris ? Daladier forms new war
cabinet, communique says French ad
vanced on Western front
Budapest ? Polish officials includ
ing vice premier and finance minister
reported to have fled into Rumania.
Geneva ? Britain, France and Aus
tralia tall League of Nations World
Court arbitration clause no longer
valid as regards their war with Ger
many.
Rome ? Italy will make her own
decision on war role and will define
it gradually, says authoritative com
mentator. ^
Shanghai ? Japan reported ' in
creasing pressure on British and
French to withdraw armed forces
from China.
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Farm* Tobacco
Market Salea End
For The Holiday
Sales on the Farmville market on
Monday of this week brohgfat the
season's total tobacco poundage up
to 10,144,442 as compared with 6,
622,778 ^pounds for the first fifteen
days of th 1888 season.
This gratifying increase reflects
two things in particular: First, that
the Farmville market began at the
Top in price averages, and has main
tained the Top prices for each grade
every day to the eloee for the HoH
dae; Second, that the Warehousemen
and their respective forces have been
on the jobN at ail times manifesting
that same friendly interest in each
farmer's welfare, for which our
warehousemen are widely known.
Jest when the markets will be re
opened is yet unknown-by .those very
close to the situation.' It is hoped,
however, by those in authority that
the markets will be able to open
within the next several weeks, after
they have had sufficient time to
work out a solution that will be bene
ficial to all concerned.
Farmers are advised to keep
cheerful, and see their tobaoeo
. I ? ?? ? " wiiipuuv.
is kept in-g good dry "tate, so that
when yod are able to place it upon
tiie floors after the holiday, it will
not be damaged.
|! When; flis farmville market re
opens, the master, sale card will -be
followed as before,? ^ ? -v''. V
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(telegram from ^bassador Anthony
dated Se bfif Vi ^
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>f ft girl fiude hut inwhich 12 girls
vere killed."
It was recalled here that President
Roosevelt immediately on the out
break of the German-Polish hoatiU
fos, addressed an appeal to all likely
St^eiiepftrt
wr^ng*f^ a^pXh^Tw^re
thr wtoy ^ ^^^ locftU^^^ end
name. The telegram described ft
bombinsr raid by'German planes in
-it.I '.HtfW'.JiW-'tfflgg'V' ?'
Surrounding' W& r saw
Polish General Staff Reports
Two German Divisions De
cisively Defeated' in Fieree
Battle; Escape Narrowed from
? Polish Capital As Germans
<? Steel* Around^Warsaw"in
? the East, Bat Stubborn Poles
Holding Capital Apparently
^IfeFighttogte' Off Invading
' Hordes; Warsaw Hibi Re
ports Germans Thrown Ftar
Back' from Capital; Communi
que Admits Genmma Driving
Deep Into East; Polish Plates
Reported Dswted in Rossis
Paris, Thursday,. Sept 14.?The
Polish general staff announced early
today by radio that its armies had
"decisively defeated* two German di
visions in a fierce battle and had re
pulsed all enemy attacks on besieged
Warsaw and the southern city of
Lwow.
. The general staff announcement
admitted, however, that the Germans
were drawing a steel ring around
Warsaw to the east It appeared that
only a narrow lane of escape was
left for-die defenders of Warsaw?
along die road r to Lublin and Lwow
to the southeast
(The German high command an- \
nounced that thisroadto -the south
east had bean cot between Lublin and
Lwow at Tomaszew and Raws Rueka,
about 60 milea north, of Lwow. This
would indicate that the only escape
from Warsaw lay. along the road to
Lublin and then eastward toward the
Soviet Russian bonier.)
General staff communique No. IS
announced by Warsaw radio, said that
two Nasi divisions?between 26,000
and 80,000 troops?woe defeated in
the Kutno-Lowicz sector 60 miles
west of Warsaw. , ' '
The Warsaw radio bad announced
earlier that the Germans had been
thrown "far back from Warsaw" and
were being driven in retreat before a..
series of swift counter-blows west and
southwest of the capital.
The Poles reported that, they had
taken the initiative, 12 days after the -
Nazi invasion began and after 250,000
of theirtroops broke the jaws at a
German trap west of the Vistula to
turn the tables on the invaders.
Take Nazi Prisoners.
Today's -radio communique aaid
that in the "fierce fighting" in the ' ?
Kutno-Lowicz sector north of Lodz
where the trap was broken 1,000 Ger
man prisoners were taken, as well as
12 guns and stores of ammunition.
Just outside Warsaw to the north
west, die communique said, "A strong
enemy attack on the Modlin-Zegrze
sector had been repulsed." ' '
The communique admitted, how-,
ever, that the Germans striking down
from the Lomza and Ostrow khz sec
i ton northeast of Warsaw had driven
deep behind the capital to the east.
"Our troops were compelled to
withdraw from. Kahiszyn and Siedlce
in the face of overwhelming enemy .
foreee," the general staff said.
Kaluszyn is 30 miles directly east
of Warsaw and Siedlce is 60 miles
east of thecapital. -
Thte Germans were understood to
be along the Warsaw-Lubin-Lwow
road,and tail line to the west, there-'
by providing only a narrow corridor
ont of Warsaw toward the southeast
in the direction of the Romanian $or-.
den ;/ Jr*';;
The Warsaw cornmuniqque early
today said that "onr garrison at 1/teow ;;
defeated an attempt by a German
motorized armored column to pene
trate into the dty;w
Violent Bomb Attack
The Warsaw radio added that fifty
German bombing Planes attacked the
city Wednesday in 'a* extraordinarily
violent raid, which killed more than > -
60 civilians, including 15 women and
ehildren- '? T-? &?; '. ?1 V ''
-Thirty-one of the Gdrman ptirtsa,^;,' "
were said to have been brought down
by Polish d**<m<tA and anti- -
a, ? ? ? ?? m 11 * ? a -
aircraft g^sn .' - .? ? '?
- Poland's first volunteer division of ^
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