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Local Market Topped
Big Five in Price Aver
ages
Everything was in readiness on
Tuesday morning for the re-opening
of the Farmville Tobacco Market
with each of the five warehouses
filled to their capacity for a day's
sale. This week has brought more
of a rush of tobacco to the market
than at any time in its history, so
the older tobacconists state.
The sales, which statred at 9 A. M.
Tuesday morning, brought to a close
a "sales holiday" that began in mid
September when the Imperial Tobac
co Company withdrew its buyers,
shortly after the outbreak of the
European war.
Two sets of buyers will be on.
hand and remain throughout the re
mainder of the selling season with
the market selling on a basis of six
hours per day at present.
Farmers are advised not to rush
their tobacco on the markets and to
grade closely and to keep the tobacco
in a dry condition.
The Farmville market sold Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week 1,514,358 ;
pounds for 5236,457.54 at an average ,
of 515.61. The market had sold for
the season through Wednesday of
this week, 11,658,800 pounds lor $1.
686,601.51.
Below is a comparative scale of
the five large markets of the East
ern Belt at the close of the Holiday,
September 12th.
Pounds " Avg.
FARMVILLE 10,144.442 14.29
Rocky Mount 19,207328 1331
Wilson 27341306 13.93
Greenville 22366-394 13.88
Kinston 18,047,020 13.31
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Five 'Streamlined' Di
visions and Auxiliary
Corps to Get Mass
Training
Washington, Oct. 12.?Moves to
put into active service several field
artillery regiments of the Begnar
Army which have existed chiefly on
paper were disclosed today by War
Department orders. -
More than 30 officers have been
transferred from other units this
week-to service, with, the 36th Reg-i
ntent at Fort Bragg, N. C., the 80th
ifc-Fbrt Lewis, Washington, and the
19th and 21st at Fort Knox, Ky.
Effective October ISA,, four offi
cers were ordered transferred from
the 83rd Regiment, there from the
4th, and five from the 17th, all at
Fort Bragg and lurnignfiri to the 36th
Field Artillery, headquarters
The 36th, now partly active, will
be a part of the 13th Field Artillery
Brigade, which in torn is a component
of corps troops for the new 4th
Corps. The regiment is armed with
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Washington, Oct. 11??Representa
_ . ? ,. ^
election of local tobacco quota-fixing
committees there would be no voting
discrimination against growers who
failed to cooperate this year. " -g
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ttey will be eligible to Tote || com
p&^thiT^ . ^^eliSbie to
Cooley was
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With this year's soil conservation
^ 5onr*ooopersiiv^ growers
' -'in# to_ nWj-aJ -,>,v,rr,i?+A*yw??" * &OS
e*?e?? cunua,w9i11isew^e* w,
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Sub Searched
Off II, S, Coast
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Craft Reported Seen 200
Miles Off Route of
Iriquous
Portland, Me. ? Persistent reports
that U. S. Navy and Coaat Guard
craft were searching by sea and air '
for a submarine sighted off this ?
coast Monday approximately 200, i
miles off the normal course of the, 1
"threatened" refugee Bhip Iriquois
were met with silence today by all '
official sources.
Arthur Greenleaf, Maine's commis
sioner of sea and shore fisheries, an
nounced he saw the submarine moving '
at high speed on a course that would *
take the craft in the general direction !
of the European ship lane.
Navy and coast guard officials both 1
in this state and in Boston declined. 1
to confirm or deny reports that a '
wide search was being made for the 1
submarine. ~ *
While five miles off Portland
lightship on coastal patrol, Greenleaf 1
said he and two wardens saw the !
submarine within 50 yards of their 1
motor cruiser yesterday, start to 1
circle the patrol boat and then speed. 1
off to the southeast. _ \
Portsmouth, N. H., navy yard, of- J
ficials said no American undersea
craft was near the position given *
which is 13 miles south of Portland. \
Twice before since the war began 4
fishermen have reported unidentified *
submarints off the main course. ?
I \
Washington, Oct. 10.?The White 1
House said today that, navy patrols *
had observed an un-American sub- *
marine yesterday about 20 miles west y
of Key West, Fla.
Stephen. Early, a presidential secre- c
tary, said it was possible it was the 1
same boat which was reported Sat- 1
urday 15 miles off Miami, Fla. 1
The submarine, Early added, was
comparatively small. Also seen in 1
the same vicinity, he said, were two J
non-American tankers. *
He declined to say, however, 1
whether the submarineand the/tank- c
ers were of the same nationality. 1
"This information is still in the c
process of being checked," Early de- 1
clared. 1
He made that statement when ask
ed whether other governments and
American shipping had been notified j
of the presence of the submarine.
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STIU. IN WINTERVILLK 1
TOWNSHIP DESTROYED (
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Members of the Pitt county ABC
force sod of the sheriffs office this ?*
week located and destroyed a fifty- *
gallon capacity steam liquor distill- 1
ery in Winterv&te township, f^ j -
?- The stOi was not in operation and !
no one was at the site when officers i
arrived. The still and 100 gallons -of ~
beer were destroyed* jt
? Officers described the plant as Be- 1
. in* a- erode affair. W j
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? Selling is the difference between t
profit and loss. I
sLV- 1 ?**?'?. .t
452|600 BIIIqs<
111,928,000 Bate Fore, j
Condition of Crop Oct.
1; 12,380,000 Bales
ForescastMonthAgo '
Washington ? The agricHltare de
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partment rorecasr tms years cotton
crop ms 11,928,000 bates of 600 pounds
'.ras the third estimate of the season.
It eompred with 12,380,OOQ bajg |
Vslciip ago Pro*
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Son of Champ Clark Aa^j
sails Roosevelt Policies
an4 Assistant war.
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I^Washingty>n, Oct. 11.?Senator
Bennett. C. Clark (D., Mo,), tonigl^
bitterly assailed President Roosevelt*
war policies and duurged during de
bate ,on. tlie neutrality. revision bill
that Assistant Secretary of War
Louis Johnson has made "moronic,
idotic and unpatriotic" remarks de
liberately intended to inflame the
American people.
One of the leaders of the isolation
ists bloc who served as an officer in
the World War, Clark said that the
state of limited national emergency
recently proclaimed Jsy. the President
is 'no such thing*. He contended,
that the Chief Executive can exercise
roder it all the power of a national
emergency without consulting Con
gress.
Some of. the exercises of those,
powers, under executive orders, he
said 'nave not "been precisely reas
suring," He cited the first order
lullifying^ dvil service laws, and
regulations of the United States re
garding "preparedness and neutral
fcv"
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He described as lar more lmpprumi
han this the executive order trans:
'erring control of thf Panama Canal
lone from the governor of the xone
o the Arnjy. Examination of the
itatute under which the transfer
eas made, Clark contended, shows
hat this, authority is vested in tee
President only when the United
States is engaged1 in war or when a
var is imminent
"The order therefore amounts to a
:ertificate by the President either
hat a state of war exists in which
ve are engaged or that war is ini
nihent," he said.
His attack on Johnson was one of
he most vitriolic made in recent
reazg in the Senate on a member of
he "Little Cabinet". He listed the
Assistant Secretary among a group of
tffkials "who, only by reason of
heir position, carry certain weight
>f authority" and make "irresponsi
ve statements calculated to alangi
ind inflame our people."
AttaekB Johnson. "ryg ,
Citing a speech made by Johnson
>efore aconvention in White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va., to the effect that
he American Army today is as vul
lerable to the mechanised legions of
Jermany as was the Polish army,
Hark said:
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"In my judgment, no more miotic,
noronic, unpatriotic remark ever has
>een made by a man in high public
position ... To compare the situation
)i the United States . . . with the
dtuation in Poland ... is an attempt
o alarm and excite our people, which
-to my mind?is beneath contempt"
?He protested that Johnson has been
lying around th country in ahArmy
dane for years "preaching the in
ivitabflity of war and the certainty
>f our being drawn in, and d#ving
lorrific pictures with grisly prophe
u*d our own tend laid waste." He
iccused Johnson of going outsidel
No lttBs "reprehenmble" to is
the effort of the War Department "to
the^na^ wi^minded by prep
plans are already^far m
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Washington, Oct 11.?A wide-eyed
crowd at the Dies committee hearing
heard General Waiter G. Krivitsky
testify today that 'undoubtedly' there
ware Russian secret agents in the
United States Amy and Na?y.^-<<:
Krivitsky, who identified himself
aa a former high offidal-of the So
viet military intelligence system, also
depressed belief that Stalin and Hit- j
ler had been exchanging military in- j
formation since the Russo-German
non-agression pact was signed.
Such information as was obtained j
in this country, he assumed, there-1
fore .would be available to Berlin as
well as -Moscow.
Krivitsky, a short, wiry indivdual
with a lined, grim .fade, said these
assertions were not based on personal
knowledge, but on: his 17 years'ex
perience in the- Russian military in
telligence, topped by two years as
chief of intelligence for Western: Eu
rope, including Germany. His offi
cial connection with Russia ended,
ha declared, in December, 1987, when
he broke with Stalin over the purge
of that year,
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Testifying m nussia wrougn an
interpreter, Boris Shub, Krivitsky de
clared that 35,000 member* of the
Russian Red Army officer*' corps
were "destroyed by Stalin in 1937,
that 300,000 or 400,000 other persons
were exiled or imprisoned and: ^mil
lions" intended in concentration
e*mpe.
He also testified that:
(1) Communist party Man in
Germany* Poland and Hungary were
recalled to Moscow, and shot, despite
the fact that they were not citizens
of ? ? v
(2) Stalin is the "absolute" head
of the Communist, party in the Uni
ted States rather than Earl Browder,
the American general secretary, al
though both hold the same title in
their respective countries ?
(8) Stalin could not have accom
plished the gren' purge" of 1986-87
without "moral support" from other
countries because so many elements
were against him in his own coun
try.
(4) The Ogpu (Russian secret po
lice) spies not only on foreign gov
ernment and on Soviet diplomats?
"froa^ ambassadors to the lowest em
bassy officials"?but on citizens of
ethe^ land^who express displeasure
With' Moscow.
(5) The Ogpu kidnaps and mur
ders persons, some of them non-Rus
sians, on foreign soiL
SIS?
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Eight KIM
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Monthly Report of Pa
trol Headquarters Is
sued
were killed in highway accidents in
'Eastern NorthCarolina during Sep
a total ^0^8 accidents in September,
compared with 66 the preceding
?A tot?l of m>m.t? m
by the combined force stationed in
Eastern Carolina. Of this number
compared witk 43 drunken driviaj?
cases in August
Of the^?W^684 defendant
8flPtc|PCM totaling ci^ht# yssrs
thf In^diti^fi^ ?
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Sdeatirti^D^
ed His OwaTtti^ing
Machine Cites Possibil
1. My
Cleveland, Oct U?Dirth "ray."
may strike down millions of human
beinga if the European war continues^
Dr. Antonio Longaria, wealthy
Cleveland scientist, reported last
night
Dr. Longaria said he perfected a
death-ray apparatus in. 1088 and kill
ed pigeons on the wing at. four miles.
Tjtpi- he destroyed the machine be
cause' of its inherent danger.
"It's quite possible. that someone
may stumble across the particular
electric wave. I used," said Dr. Lon
goria, who in 1936 sold a welding
process described as "impossible" by
others for a reputed $6,000,000.
"I found it accidentally myself,
and I certainly am not; proud of
that discovery."
"The machine killed small animals,
and it could loll human, beings just
as easily. The 'ray* lies in one of
the unexplored frequency hands . in
the' vicinity of the X-ray. It kills
painlesslyy without burning, by chang
ing! the blood to a useless substance?
as light changes sliver salts in photo
graphy.
"But I don* like to talk about it,
because it could wreck civilization.
Ill have nothing to do with it. My
hands wilt be-dean.
Dr. ! Longaria first demonstrated
Kb ray while working in California
on a colored motion picture process?
which subsequently he sold to the in
dustry. He took his apparatus to
the top of a building there and
demonstrated , to a group of selected
scientists that it could kill rabbits
even when the animals were encased
in a thick-walled aluminum case.
Gave Demanstratien.
Later,- after he had returned to
Cleveland, Dr. Longoria took a group
tof fellow inventor* ,to the top of hi*
apartment-laboratory.
Giving them jUl.field glasses, the
little doctor released several marked
Pigeons and directed the inventors to
-watch them. He then prepared to
giye what he. said would be.hia laat
demonatratipn of hia fatal rays. ]
"I waited until the-pigeons--were,
out of sight of the unaided eye," the
Spanish scientist said. "Then I di
rected my apparatus toward the
birds and caught one in the cross
hairs of the telescope, which was
aligned with the ray. It plummeted
to the ground?killed instantly. I
killed the iotheiL-bixds_ the sawe wayi
anduwhen the .experiment was over,,
took ,my apparatus apart. I could
?StepMe such a machine again,Jmt T
never shall. I have no drawings?
the plans are in my head alone.?
r Dr. Longaria's earlier work includ
ed the development of telephone cir
cuit!'making possible my measured
frequencies 27 different coil verna
tions, simultaneously over one pair of
wires, and a process by which water
may be purified electrically.
"My inventions have brought me
wealth,?, he said. "I am interested
now only in doing something to
civilization?which Seems to be going
backward instead of ahead.. ,My weld
ing ray now is an egpbiish^'iuc
cess, and my medical work shown
great progress.
f "Never again will I assaqfcle.a
death ray?for anyone."
In his laboratory?a vast, converted,
brick residence atop a cliff overiook
ing Lake Erie?the 50-year-old Sden
tM worn ?witn live assistants on an
electrical treatment for ^cancer. He
is a doctor of medicine, and holdi
two other degrees. He said-other
physicians have not accepted his
theory of c^ treatinenti^^ ; \
Brilcv, sonr leadtif; Stachel Hawkins, i
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librarian * 2& arsrarat) Cobb * i
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L OOWlTHlttOC
EUROPEAN
' '
Berlin ? German naval observers
claim Germany controls North sea;
air ministry orders new large scale
operations against blockading Brit
ish fleet
London ? Britain annonnces trade
agreement with Russia; important
political results looked for; govern
ment discloses that 158,000 British
soldiers now in Fiance.
F Moscow ?. Northern Europe states
reported urging Britain and .tori*
to make peace with Germany so
Germany can help check-Russian ex
pansion; Finnish delegation arrives
for negotiations.
Helsinki ? Finns prepare to de?
fend country against any Russian
move at domination; civilians evacu
ated from Helsinki and Viipuri;
military tneaaoxes taken. ~
Paris ? German army and air
force presmrs reported increasing on
Western Front between Rhine and
Moselle livers.
New. York ? "Threatened" Ameri
can liner Iroquois enters New York
harbor safely with United States
naval convoy.
Washington ? Senator Clark <D.
Mo.) in neutrality debate, accuses
President Roosevelt of assuming un
limited emergency powers; Senator
Burke (D.-Neb.) urges repeal of arms
embargo to protect United States
from ^tierism.^^
Tobacco Holiday Wind
pWas Not Totally HI
|p ??
While tobacco markets have been
closed, Wilson County home demon-'
stratum club women have made good
use i&their leisure time, reports Miss
Lois Rainwater, home agent of the
State College Extension Service.
For instance, Mrs. Bob Beamon of
the Evansville Club made good use
of her time by removing all paint
from a handsome walnut dresser over
100 years old. Tkeh she refmished
ft to bring opt the grain and beauty
of the wood. The grandmother in
the home, now over 80, said the4 dress?
er is now prettier than it was-when
Bhe and her husband bought it sec
ond-hand.
'Something Wrong'
New Brighton, Pa., Oct. 11.?Af
night. for two weeks under the drawn
shades of an old Stone house across
from the Borough Park, neighbbrs
called Health Officer Fred Myers.
Mrs. Louise Elizabeth Strobridge,
86, met him at the door and led him
into the living room. There, seated
upright in a chair before a table
on which lay an open book was the
body of her hustand, L. Roggan
Strobridge,a tax assessor and former
manufacturer. ^ >'
Doctors said he did two weeks ago,
apparently of a heart - attack*'' %
"I thought there was something
wrongs Mrs. Strobridga. said. "He
wouldi&-taOt ta metf';
?:
Tobacco prices rose more s|
rropeni-d. I
Finland* and- Sweden
|Would Lcok to. Gjtnr-:
many to Halt Randan
Expansion in Baltic
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Moscow, Oct ll.r-NervouB North
ern European states were reported
unoffiically last night to be looking to
Germany-r-if die could be released
from her war in the west?to aid
them in halting Soviet Russia's
bloodless military and diplomatic
conquests.
These powers were described as
urging Britain and France to end
hostilities against Germany, believing
that if Germany were at peace with
the Western powers, she could pre
vent Russia from dominating East
ern Europe.
Finland, whose delegation arrived
here today for talks with Soviet lead
era, and Sweden were reported to;be
especially anxious over the turn of
events in the Baltic and hopeful that
Stance, and Britlin could see their
way to an early pteace.
(The British foreign office, declined
last night to comment on the report
that Sweden and Finland were urging
peace.) ??
Obviously refusing to be hurried
as those of other Baltic states, the
Finnish delegation did nbt go to the
Kremlin tonight, but will go there
tomorrow.
The delegation bad been expected
to start the talks yesterday afternoon
or last night The delegation will
seek to find out just what the V. S.
S. K. wants of Finland and then go
back to Helsinki to report to the
The arrival of the Finnish delega
tion, headed by Dr. Juho Kusti Paa
sikivi, one-time premier and now,
minister to Sweden, came on the heels
of the announcement of a Soviet pact
with Lithuania. * ; ,
This, added to previous accords
with Estonia and Latvia, completed
transformation of these three small
Baltic states into a virtual Soviet
M . 1 . ? ? ?? t ri
protectorate.
Vilna Returned. - . *
The- Lithuania pact provided for
the return to Lithuania of her his
toric capital Wilno (Vilna) and the
Wilno region; seized October 9, 1920,
by the<rebel" Polish General Lucjan
Zeligowski.
In exchange,- however, the Soviets
got the right to place an undetermin
ed number of troops in the province;
which foreign, observers expected to
be placed along -the new frontier"
with Germany.
In the bargains Russia- drove with
the three small Baltic states, she
gained points for the garrisoning of
thousands of troops, bases for war
ships and warplanes, and trade-?ad.
transport concessions.
The Finnish delegation arrived in
Moscow at * time Soviet troops were
massed on Finland's- border and Rus
sian men, warplanes and warships
were concentrate** eunwnere in toe
regiom^jV-;^-: ?:?!? kM ?> -
There was every indication, tint,
the Flpaias were refusing to he rinit^i.
ed into any pact; especially if it in
volves territorial conceosioas. > ?
?i; (In Helsinki, ? civiKan esndna was
under way. TheEinnish government
was said to be taking every -preaw- I
tion to meet any situation which
plight develop if Poasikivi were con
fronted with ?demands which, i the
rams-jmignc regaru as impairment
of their sovereignty.) j f:j ?
It was believed in foreign dreles
Hy on the backing of ?wsdsn.r While
pared to grant certain conw&oniii
if worst cornea to worst lhe^ WW- I
believed ready to fight ,
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Washington, - Oct. *-11?President ^
reports that Germany had commercial ?
ocean yew^B^^aipaMie^lantin^
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HfiWHOEWHUSll hg nnd yfilnfpd fn fh* ?$
Preakfentthe^ following inrfdt *
Shortly before t^^tewdtjofJ^e
aGermaaahip captain who unloaded
three 68-ton locomotives at Bahia.