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Hundreds of F
Voted Here Thursday
On Control Program
Vote Expected To Be
Over whelmingly in
Favor of Quota; Local
Market to Open Tues
day; Tobacco Ware
houses Have Largre
Break Already
Tobacco growers assembled here by
the hundreds today to rote in the belt
wide referendum of government con
trol for the 1940 flue-cured tobacco
crop, and though figures are not
available as we go to press, it is be
lieved that only a few votes were
cast here against the prognam.
FARMVILLE TOWNSHIP
HAS ONE BLACK SHEEP
As we go to press late Thursday
afternoon It has been reported that {
the vote on the Tobacco Control I
Act in FARMVILLE township was I
572 far control and 1 against. This I
of eoarse did not inclode the rotes J
placed in envelopes to be sent to I
county headquarters for verifies- I
tioa as to their legality. |j
Widespread cooperation of all agri
cultural agencies, warehousemen,
bankers and business men was ob
served throughout the State in aid
ing the recent educational campaign
to explain to growers the need for
government action to sustain prices
in the current crises, and the need
for restricted marketing next year
to reduce the large surplus of to
bacco which has piled up.
Farmville township and Pitt coun- I
ty voted for control last year, and
it is believed that an overwhelming
vote has been cast for it today ?
Thursday.
Growers were fully informed, it is
believed, regarding the present gov
ernment program for marketing of
the tobacco crop. Some changes
have been made from the 1938 pro
gram, one of which allows the farm
er to market ail the tobacco which
is grown on the allotted acreage,
and also the penalty of ten cents per I
pound for each pound of tobacco
marketed which exceeds the quota set
by the government.
The allotments for the individual
fanner will be set, it is understood,
according to the acreage, labor and
time recorded in compliance records
during the past past five yean.
The Farmville market, together
with other markets in the belt, will
reopen Tuesday, and tobacco ia al
ready pouring in for the first sale
after the holiday.
Overproduction is believed to be
the cause for the low prices prevail
ing prior to the dosing of the mar
kets. The withdrawal of British
buyers from the American markets
has made it compulsory that the
farmers be helped in remedying the
appalling situation which confronts
this entire section.
I MARKETING UAftlW
? MUST BE USEU
? -
Cotton rrmrtfting card* are ze
I quired to bo used in all cotton grow
era and they most bo presented to I
I ginnern and buyers at tfco tins cot-J
I ton at ginned or sold, it was an-j
? nounced Thursday by E. T. Floyd,
I AAA executive officer of State CW-I
lege.
I The maxksting cards axe now]
? available in ths offices of the county 1
I farm agate, except in a tew eases!
wnere l&rmcrs owpuuKnl iflfflr J
necessary to zecbod^ their farms,
? Floyd stated. ' M/1
I G&omh buyers ynfrjcct to I
I a penalty if they do not make progj
I tihe cotton csibs gg- r^^ivod ^^Ifr! \
I the Ajricultarml Adjustment Act tbe I
I Trip* A official declared. AH I
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Germans Beaten
In Tank Battle
* vft,
Driven From Strategic
f: Forest Under Deader
Fire From French
: Tanks
With the Preach Army on Ger
man Soil, Oct. 5.?The Germans were
driven from strategic Borg Forest
yesterray in a battle of tanks on the
eastern slopes of the Moselle River
where several of the steel monsters
were wrecked and their crews killed I
in point blank shelling.
For several hours the tanks bat
tled each other at close range with
out supporting troops or protecting I
planes, hammering away with the
guns of their revolving turrets un
til one tank after another fell out
of the battle with its armored plates I
split open and its crew dead.
The battle, in which French tanks
attacked and Nazi tanks lumbered in
to the forest to meet them, carried
the Fernch through and beyond the
forest a few miles inside Germany
in the Moselle Valley.
French Mop Up
Front line dispatches said the Ger
mans were cleared from the east bank
of the Moselle in an important tri
angle formed by the Luxembourg
border, the town of Borg and the
German customs town of Perl at J
the tip of the salient. The advance
relieved the German menace to the
French west wing at the extreme
northern edge of the Bhme-MoeeHe
front.
French infantry followed up the
talk assault after the Germans had
been cleared from rite forest and
quickly consolidated the newly-won
positions, mopping up mine-infested
slopes and entering several villages
said to have been hastily evacuated
by the German retreat.
The attack cm Borg Forest, a pure
ly local operation, was part of the I
- ? ? *? ? * J
strategy of Genera* Juaance uustave
Garaelin of straightening out the!
French advance line and digging in
before the Germans can unleash any
full-farce blow. ?
As result of yesterday's advance,
French officers said, there is little
chance of a surprise enemy drive
down the Moselle, a natural corridor
into the rich French province of
Lorraine.
By a series of what appear to be:
carefully-coordinated operations pro
ceeding simultaneously at a score of,
? - *- * - -* v . - - - a- - *
points, uoe rTpncp arc ortmg^ on
bit-by-bit chunks of German terri
tory between the Sasr and Luxem
bourg frontier to add to the 88,000
acres of German territory which the
French has been occupied in
the first month of the war.
At least 60 villages lie within the
conquered zone but 100 or more Ger
man towns and villages have been
*-TfTr*rf just ahead-'ef the French
Artillery Duel
On the Saarhruecken front Josf
north of the French lines in the,
S?t?tm*iid in recent
?VAWMiNiuvue ? mnm "" ' *' '? 1
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days and deagned to prevent a fron-1
tal assault on Saarbruecken, its I I
many bridges, great railroad yards i|
and industrial plants.
In the Saarbruecken defenses the
Germans were said have used only
steel barriers taken from nearby in
dustrial plants because there was
I not time for concrete to dry. The
steel cupolos of the Nazi defense ]
I works hide eight-inch guns and how- <
f itzers, protected by a wide ring of 1
garbed wire entanglements and tank <
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11 IvBZI fBRiPWI
France Wants Perma
nent Peace, Premier
Says m Backing' Great
Britain
Paris, Oct 5.?Geramn peace man- J
euvers were spurned yesterday by J
Premier Edeaasd Daladier fas a hear-1
ing of the Chamber of Deputiejn,
j Foreign Relations Committee, it was I
| announced tonight I
Officially endorsing the stand off
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain I
of Great Britain, the French premier |
i who also is minister of war and for-1i
' eign affairs, was said in ah official I <
committee communique to have "ex- Ji
plained the reasons why we have an])
imperious duty to pursue in the most I <
fraternal solidarity with our British I ?
allies, which the war imposes on us."] i
"France no longer wishes to live]
in the state of insecurity of these j 1
past yeans," the communique asserted, j <
"France refuses to bow to violence j <
and the fait accompli." j1
(The French announcement follow-11
ed the assertion of Viscount Halifax, I <
British foreign secretary, before the]
House of Commons that neither 11
threats nor assurances of "the pres-1 <
ent German government" would in-11
fluence the British in their prosecu-jl
tion of the war.) <
"What France wants," the commit- J <
tee announced, "is not a truce be-1 c
tween aggression but permanent I t
peace guaranteeing in an absolute II
manner its national security within i
the framework of the security of all']
nations." h
Daladier told the committee that J i
France's peace .aims are to create a h
state of security in Europe permit- j ]
ting heonrsMe conditions in the peace 11
era. j 1
Tracing the wart origins, the Pre- j 1
mier promised to publish a "yellow f
book" containing all the documents 1
involved. ] c
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SERIES OF MEETINGS !
TO CLOSE SUNDAY.
' ? ' ? ?
A great deal of interest is being 1
manifested in the series of meetings
being ooxducted at the Christian ?
Church this week, by Bey. John Bar
clay, pastor of the Wilson Christian .
Church, the services being well at- :
tended and the inspirations sermons!
wefl received. J
Having1 consecrated bis life to
emulation of his Master's example of 1
compassion and service to humanity,
Rev. Mr. Barclay speaks with great
power and magnetism, and his d&Hy '
messages have been uplifting and j
helpful to the entire community.
The meetings will continue through *
Sunday, according to the pastor, Rev. 1
?Cr B. Mashburn. Charles F. Baucom
is in charge of the fine song ser- j
vice, which has been featured with .
special selections by Mm Harper 1
Holliday, soloist, of WHson.
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I o^? r# A IK m_lf_
I ikm
I %?* i
L^y., '^1^^ f
I AQRIPI^ wosy. 1
I Within the next two or three days, J
I centers of the Allies' which Hitler is i
Ij^^^aske before the Reich- <
Nazi leaders said this speech would}
be "one last concrete peace proposal," |;
with the alternative of a merciless]
war to the finish, with Britpin and
Prance bearing sole responsibility I
for the etm^pie^^'%:..
Ihnap
It was evident in Berlin that Hit- ]
ller wants peace, but that he has notf
the least intention of restoring Po
land as a sovereign nation and that
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MitcheH Farris and W.
H. Fisher of Farmville
Arrested Monday
on Charges of Alleged 5
Extortion Against
Nassif Cannon
i ?
Mitchell Farris, manager of the i
Anchor Store, ami W. H. Fisher, .'
manager of Rose's 6c am) 10c Store,
>f Fhrmville, were arrested Monday i
night by members of the Federal j
Bureau of Investigation, on charges j
)f an alleged extortion plot against
Nassif Camion, manager of N. Can- '
(ion's Department Store in FarmviWe. j
According to' reports, Cannon al- j
egedly received an unsigned letter t
luring the past week, which demand
id $500 with the alternative that the j
vriter of the letter would expose his i
Knowledge of recent bankrupt pro- I
:eedings ? j
The unsigned letter allegedly de- i
nanded that the requested money be t
lelivered to a bridge located about a 1
nile from Farmville on the Fountain i
lighway.
? Upon receiving the alleged letter,
Gannon notified the Federal Bureau t
>f Investigation in Charlotte, which i
lent G-Men to conduct an investiga- ]
don into the validity of the de--i
nands. <
In investigating, a private Farm- \
rille citizen was detailed by the FBI
igents to deliver the package at tbe 1
described time mad to the designated J
dace as allegedly demanded in the
etter to Cannon. Meanwhile, the G- j
den, assisted by the Farmville po- f
ice surrounded the bridge after cov- ]
fling the highway in each direction '
rom the designated bridge with con- <
sealed cars and armed men.
About thirty mimites after the t
lockage had been delivered to the \
jrescribed bridge, a car bearing two
nen allegedly passed the bridge at a (
ilow rate of speed several times and j
vas finally brought to a stop. t
It was said that one of the oc- t
supants of the car allegedly emerged t
'rom the auto, and by means of a f
lashlight, located the package which, j
tad been planted on tbe bridge. With t
his alleged occurence, the officers <
vho had bean concealed- about the <
nidge commenced firing while the {
wir fled in the auto. (
The firing served as a signal to
he men who had been stationed j
dong the highway, and after a- <
ihort time, the fleeing car was over-. \
aken. The capture allegedly reveal
)d the identity of the pair as FarriS;
i relative of Cannon, and Fisher. j
It is alleged that Fu'ris assumed I ^
ill responsibility for the letter wheh ,
. d been sent to Cannon, exonerate j
ng Fisher. ]
At the present, Farris has. been ,
?eleased under a bond of $500.
| Greenville, Oct 4?Lovers of music !
;elebrities in any field have a treat j
Bn store for them next- Monday night,
October 9, when Donald Dickson, the J
poung Metropolitan Opera Star and I
special singer on the Chase and
I Sanborn Sunday night radio hour, j
?H& give a concert at East Carolina I
Teachers College here.
Surprisingly enough, Dickson islJ
less than since bo} begato J
in earnest; to train his voice, and :
aly aeuen years sinoe he made hit ?
first public appearance. Yet in that ?*
time he has won his spurs, in oper* j
XbTCci^ti0Lth^r8
roice known to jnillions through hie J
appearance on' the popular Sunday "
night radio hour. > ~ ?J fl
P This year he is making his first <
real eoncert tour. Whfle he is on
tour, his subtttitute en the radio hour
l^N^nEd^^om IwfollowedjM :
rival line
rivalling. ^ ^ ^ ^
By Nazis
Washington, Oct. 4.?The momen
tous Senate debate as to whether re
peal of the arms embargo would lead
this country into war or keep it out
produced these opinions today:
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan:
The arms embargo is an "indispen
sable symbol" of non-involvement in
Europe1! war.
Senator Connally (D-Tex): "Keep
ing the embargo is helping Hitler,
Stalin and all the others spreading
fire and the sword through Europe."
Senator La Follette (Prog.-Wis.):
'Once we have taken sides through
action by our government in order to
nake aims available to England and
to get us into the war."
Senator Johnson (D-Colo.): "If-the
American people will accept the great
sacrifice called for in the Pittman
nil (the administration's measure to
repeal the embargo and require that
ill goods sold to warding nations1 be
(hipped in non-American vessels), a
ong and lasting peace will be the
reward."
Packed Galleries .
Senator Tobey(R-N. Ef.)V"By ex
pensive debate on the arms embargo
?epeal section of the bill we are hold
ng up passage of those sections de
signed to keep our ships out of the
langer zones. We must put first
hings first"
Vandenberg, Connally and Tobey
aliped before packed galleries In the
Senate, the others over the radio.
La Follette said those advocating
?epeal of the ban against arms sales
x> warring nations were "risking a
ittle plunge into war, partly, for the
fool^ gold' it will bring, partly be
cause thtey are willing to take .rides."
|*But you cannot take rides and
hen pull back," he added. "That was
he-lesson of the last war for us."
pftie Wisconsin Senator referred to:
3reat Britain and France as "these
mrtners who will soon be asking us
o join them in another waltz of death
utd destruction," and said these:
Kjuntries had helped to strangle ev-'
ary effort toward democracy In Ger-;
nany and thus became "the illegi
i.nate parents of Nariism." He men- '
ioned their conduct concerning Ethi
ipia, Czechoslovakia and Poland and!
?id it was not a record to inBpixeij
ronfidence and trust.
Connally gave the packed Senate |
galleries a taste of desk-pounding oni-;]
pry in support of the administnH
ion's neutrality revision bill.
Vital Question.
Taking the floor after congratulate
ng the Texan on his address, Van
ienberg cloely followed his prepared;
nanuscript. The subject before tite
Senate was a "desperately vital" one,
le said, and be wanted to make no
mpremediated observations.
Senators Nye (R-N.D.) and Over
?n (D-La.) ,opponnts of repeal, and!
3chwellenbach (D-Wash.), an advo
?te of repeal, were scheduled to
jontinae the discussion on the Senate
Toor today. Many Senator predicted;
it would take two or three week* at
last to foch a vote. ^Evfen tt the
Senate passes the bill then, further
Souse action will be required to make
Alitor... I
Carmody returns 5,0Q0 PWA applic
ations to permit local bodies to fl-i
arnce the pfojecte. |
" TbeYD^ta^n^iBrS ??
A Harri- 1
%C/vla.4VV*?s ClAmAfnfrnm, r^ftwlAn D
- flw. *<
Hook, president of the
IftHtm ibiytvMf ? ikiBiaM'^ifliiilMK fctfl
J?/ malting
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Berlin ? Hitler summons Reich
stag fee Friday neon to hear new de
claration of policy; expected to put
war or peace issue up to Britain
Riga ? Russian-Latvian pact re
ported concluded giving Russia mora
air antf naval bases on Baltic. ; ^
Paris ? Premier Daladier declares
France will fight until victory in
war for "durable peace" with "secur
ity for all nations." ^ ^ v
* Rome ? Italy announces that "un
der present circumstances" she will
refrain from peace initiatives.
London ? Peace issue occupies
Parliament; Foreign Secretary Lord
Halifax says government would ex
amine "peace" proposals "with
care" and "measure them against
principles for which we have taken
up arms."
Moscow ? Russia may make pro
posals to Afghanistan to piish influ
ence to middle East; continues nego
tiations covering Atitic and Near
East
Stockholm German navy seizes
Sweiah freighters, oils bound for the
United States.
INTER ? CLUB
TOURNAMENT
ENDS IN TIE
I" ' r''"**""' "-"Sv' . vA' a
M- . ?
The Lindsay-Lilley golf teams are*
deadlocked in a 19-19 point tie. After!
carefully feeling out what every
member of both teams wanted to do,
It was decided by both captains that
the majority of the players had rath
er repky their matches than to let
Itetand as is.
In view of,this fact, Sunday, Octo
ber 8th has been decided on as the
day to replay the match.
Any people that are members of
the dub add did not* play last time
and would like to play in the play-off
may register at the Golf Shop and
will be chosen by one tide or the
other by the opposing captains.
Tar Heels Ordered
To Air Duty In Navy
Washington, Oct. 4.?The Nhvy to
day rtnrigimtod 88 navah aviators to
* oomiation as ensigns M the Naval
Reserve and ordered them to active
duty with the fleet.
The group, home addresses and as
signments included: Charles H. King,
Greenville, N. C.?Scouting squadron
42, "El- S. S. Ranger; David A. Ratley,
Red Springs, N. C.?Aviation unit,
U. S. S. San Francisco; Robert W..
Robbing, High Point, N. CL?Patrol
Squadron 88, Coco Solo, C. Z.
The department also announced!
that John G. Bower, Jr., of Lexing-;
ton, N. C., was among a group oC
Class A ensigns, U. S. Naval Re
serves, designated as naval aviators;
and ordered t* active duty With the
aircraft squadron of the fleet Bow
ers was ordered to the U. S. S. Wasp.
? iffcNITTING TEACHER
Falls City, Neb. ? For five days
a week, Mrs. Raymond Dunn, of Shu
bert, gods to the schoolhouse and
knita from 8:30 a. m. to 2 p. m.
SheSl the regularly elected teacher,
but these Are-no pupils to teach.
? ?j
Fuehrer May Decide
Not to Enter Warsaw
ill
Victory Parade; Ger
many Befteves British
Populace Doesn^t Want
ar
Berlin, Oct 5.?Adolf Hitler list
night summoned hie Bnirhfltsj; for a
meeting Friday noon to hear a new
German declaration of policy in the
European war.
Speculation centered on the possi
bility whether Hitler in one of Ida
stirring addresses would disclose any
new chance to end the conflict
The German point of view remain- ,
ed that the action in Poland is ended
and that action in the West has never
started.
Indications late last night were
that Hitler would decide not to go to
Warsaw today for a triumphant pa
rade of German troops into the Polish
capital. -
Guessing Hazardous
The need for giv&fr titer closest
attention to the latest international
developments which might have a
bearing. Qn his Reichstag declaration
was said to be tire impelling reason
for a:decision to stay in Berlin.
While Hitler will talk to the
Reichstag, his remarks will be intend
ed for the whole world. In official
circles it was emphasised that guess
ing what he may say waa "hazard
ous and a disservice to euerjOMw"
Neutral observers, however, looked
for no great departure from the fre
quently asserted German statement
that "Germany is ready either for
peace or war" and that responsibility
for the decision is up to Great Brit
!7.# / ?* ') ? ? ??-j ? ?
am.
There were increasing indications
that Germany regarded neither
f>iime Minister Chamberlain's address
yesterday nor Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax's comment today as
"conservative." j
(Chamberlain said "mere assur
ance" from Germany were not
enough and Lord Halifax asserted
Britain would examine any peace pro
posals "with care and we shall meas
ure them against the principles for.
which-we have taken up arms.")
DNB, German official news;serried,
observed that Lord Halifax "stirred
up the pastil but had "nothing con -
crete" to offer concerning the future.
"Cold Reception"
The semi-official Deutsche Diplo
matisch - Politische Korrespondenz,
which usually reflects Foreign Of-* *
flee opinion, anmrtfld that British
arming of merchant ships was "a
transparent effort to continue the war
under all circumstances." r-V'-''
The commentary said thai Premier
Mussolini's speech September 28 and
.German Ambe?ai>r Joachim von
Ribbentrop's declaration in Moscow
September 28 offered foundation for
dyamwiug peace ^rhieh received *
coid reception in Britain and i^ance.
It observed that the possibility of
the United .State becoming involved
in the war. bad diminished ?"the past
few- dayfci^. I
The call for the Reichstag meet
ing said merely that it was for the
purpose of hearing a government de- :
deration.
Political drdes said they did not
expect Hitter to repeat tike peace pro
posals made in the German-Soviet
Russian statement from Moscow last
week,*a$ they were considered iraffld- ??'.
Intiy dtat, but they did believe Der
FkhJI would assert against that
Britain could have peace or war *9 *
she desires, that Germany would pre-' <*]
?ffir peace, but i* teidy to continue .
the wax\ : v&l
sjf Hitler also was expected in times
circles to reassert that the new or- J
der in the East, forged by
man and Russian armies in Poland,
woold not be staged.^ nilBA
ister Chamberlain's statement in the
Hitter-,to
etas* his tenor of ? ??..> Bsfcfcsta*
Eye^Disease Prevalent
schools were inspected true morning
me neaita oincer requests i*?t
f fc ? Ir v* * tTa
ram If M a . jj-jj |i?
of oth hildren. Also that hands