By HUGO S. SIMS
(Washington Correspondent)
SYMPATHY FOR FINLAND
RUSSIANS DENOUNCED
DESTROYERS REPAIRED
WALLACE AND HULL SPEAK
LOOKING TO CONGRESS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
THE ANTI-TRUST LAWS
JAPAN AND THE U. S.
Russia's attack upon Finland pro
duced much sympathy for the smaller
Baltic power in this country. The
President moved immediately to ex
tend available assistance to the
Finns, evidently planning to ask
Congress in January to return the
December installment on the old war
debt. Former President Hoover call
ed for the prompt recall of the Ameri
can Ambassador from Moscow and
other speakers took turns denouncing
the Russians and expressing their
friendship for Finland.
The breaking off of diplomatic re
lations, it is said, was considered by
the Administration but not effected
for the simple reason that informa
tion is difficult to obtain from Rus
sia and it was considered best to keep
an American representative in Mos
cow. It was thought that, in some
future emergency, he might be able
to render some service for peace.
Considerable discussion followed
revelations that a number of destroy
ers were in need of alterations. Af
ter some delay, the Navy gave out
the information that 36 of the new
vessels were altered at a net cost of
$230,884. These figures include cred
it for a saving due to alterations on
16 destroyers, ranging from $4,000
to $12,000 per vessel. Increased costs
on other ships, however, ranged 3s
high as $41,000.
Secretary Wallace and Secretary
Hull took occasion last week to make
addresses at the annual meeting of
the Farm Bureau Federation in de
fense of their respective politics. Mr.
Wallace proclaimed the virtues of
the AA and Mr. Hull stoutly defend
ed the reciprocal trading program, as
serting that it was beneficial to agri
culture. These cabinet members ap
parently represent the first move of
the Administration to meet constant
ly "growing criticism of its program
in the farm areas of the West.
Speculation as to the length of
the approaching Congressional ses
sion can be discounted by the simple
truth that nobody knows what will
develop. Internal questions are not
apt to prolong the session but the
developments that occur across the
Atlantic may make a difference.
Naturally, 1940 being a campaign
year, the Congressman will want to
get home early enough to take up
the defense of their records and the
President, it is thought, would not
mind the absence of Congress.
Suggestions continue to be heard
that the Presidential campaign next
year get off to a delayed start The
idea has met with approval on the
part of some Democrats and Repub
licans although it is too early to de
termine whether the subject will
prove to be anything more than dis
cussion. The Republicans, it is said,
prefer to hold their convention last
but the Democrats, if they delay
their own, may force the Republicans
to go ahead or else have a very short
campaign.
The campaign of Thurman Arnold
to enforce the anti-trust laws runs
afoul of the contention, often advan
ced by labor, that unions are exempt
The recent decision of a lower court
in regards to the milk cases indicates
that no exemption applies to farmers.
These decisions, it should be noted,
merely relate to unlawful acts and
do not restrict the right of labor or
agriculture to continue legal prac
tices.
The race for the Republican nomi
nation brought out Tom Dewey in a
formal announcement last week,
which was followed by a statement
listing the names of twelve close ad
visers, with whom he is in "almost
daily conference" Included in the
gxoup are: John Foster Dulles, Mrs.
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms, Ar
thur T. Vanderbilt, CoL Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., Elliott V. Bell and
others. Mr. Dewey laughed and
shook his head at the remark that the
twelve might be a "train trust."
On the Democratic aide there is
no development of starting signifi
cance and probably none will be
forthcoming until Mr. Roosevelt's in
tentions are made clearer. There is
a good deal of sparring for position
by those who are willing* to go after
the nomination, but none of them as
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WALSTONBURG I
NEWS
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Craft are spend*
ing a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Thomas of Snow Hill.
Mrs. Floyd Sutton and Mrs. Joe
Little of Farmville, spent Sunday
with Mrs. W. I. Shackleford.
Mrs. J. H. Wheeler and Mrs. C. I.
Beaman were Farmville visitors on
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gardner, Mrs.
Louise Croom and Mrs. Tryphenia
McKeel attended the funeral of Mr.
Rufus Mann of Morehead City Mon
day.
MRS. C. T. HICKS HOSTESS
The December meeting of the Wo
man's Club was held with MrSy, C.
T. Hicks at her home Wednesday af
ternoon. Decorations were suggest
ive of the Christmas season.
The business meeting was presided
over by the president, Mrs. D. D.
Fields.
Mrs. Irvin Minchew and Mrs. Paul
Craft were welcomed in the club.
Mrs. Albert Bundy, as program
leader, gave a poem, "A New Legend
of Christmas."
The hostess served a salad course
and Russian tea.
HONOR ROLL
Second Grade?Mattie Dail, Ray
i Hardison, J. T. Holloman, Mercil
I Harrell, Dick Tugwell, Mary Blair
Shirley, Renol Wooten, Ray Bailey,
Wallace Craft, Johnny Holloman,
Henry Wheeler, Arleta Wainwright.
[ Third Grade?Evelyn Craft, Em
ma Jean Riddick, Jimmie Beaman,
Billie Norville, Joyce Rouse, Zelda
Wainwright, Evelyn Fields, William
Walston, J. C. Parker, Dorothy Mur
phy, Myrtle Hardison.
Fourth Grade?Wilbur Gold Bak
er, Thomas Dail, Billie Hardison,
Carl Hinson, Jarvis Holloman, Billie
Marlowe, Phillip Shirley, Frances
Shirley, Minnie Mae Tugwell, James
Holloman.
Fifth Grade?H. I. Herring, Sam
Lewis Jenkins, Margaret Fields, Ola
Grace Gardner.
Sixth Grade?Luther Whitley, Jane
Margaret Hinnant, Maggie Lee |
Stepps, Edna Earl Holloman, Nina'
Ruth Tugwell, Hattie Mae Beaman, i
Christine Parker, Lula Mae Baker,'
Eleanor Shelton.
Seventh Grade ? Jackson Butts,;
Elisha Beaman, Virginia Hinson,
George Beaman, Helen Beaman.
Eighth Grade?Richard Cannady,
Christine Strickland, Geraldine Joy
ner, Annie Walston.
Ninth Grade?Kirby Craft, Milton
Tugwell, Etta Virginia Beaman, Ir
ma Rae Tyndall, Truett Lang, Wil
liam Whitley, Annie Ruth Speight.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS
The Woman's Missionary Society i
of the Christian Church met in the |
home of Mrs. A. J. Craft Tuesday j
afternoon.
The Business meeting was press
ed over by the President, Mrs. A. j.
Craft.
Mrs. I. F. Smith, as program
leader, presented a most impressive
| and interesting program, using as the
subject: "The World's Need For A
Real Christmas". Christmas Carols
were sung by all. Mrs. Ruby Burch
sang a solo, "0 Little Town of Beth
J tehem."
The hostess served a frozen salad
to the following. Mrs. W. E. Lang,
Mrs. R. F. Gay, Mrs. Estelle Bailey,
Mrs. J. B. Hinson, Mis. I. F. Smith,
Mr3. Paul Craft, Miss Ruby Burch,
and Miss Lillian. Corbett
MISSES MOORE AND SHIRLEY
JOINT HOSTESSES
Misses Gladys Moore and Christine
Shirley delightfully entertained thai
members of their Sunday" School
Class at the home of the former on
Wednesday evening.
Games and contests were enjoyed.
Miss Margaret McKinney, Miss
Grace Dildy and Jonn D. Hobgood
were winners of the contests and
were given prizes.
The hostesses served a salad
course to the following: Misses Alyce
Gain, Katura Moore, Evelyn Gold
Gay, Jane Marlowe, Dorothy Dildy,
Grace Dildy, Virginia Dildy, Virginia
Moye, Dorothy Gardner, Margaret
McKinney, Nora- Lee* "Dawson.
Messrs. Allen Thacker, William Yei
verton, John D. Hobgood, Carter
Smith, Horace Moore, Tommy Batfnes,
Alvin Cobb, Walter Cobb, Donald
Hinson, Truett Lang and Linwood
Shelton.
Sea Disaster
Wakkanai, Japan, Dec. 14. ? The
blizzard-blinded wrecking of the
Bo?fan steamer Indigirka off Hoc
kaido, northernmost of Japan's main
islands, was feared today to hay*
cost the lives of more-than 700 Rus
sians, many of them women and.chil
dren.
The heavily laden vessel, built' in
the United Stat? 19 yean ago and
sold to Russia in 1Q8& was ope?ting
in. the Soviet fishing sendee ,*hen,
a^% Hwent aground yesterday off the
perilous Hokkaido
Akoard were ahaut 1,109 persons,
fishesmen and th<# wtves^. and.
children and a crew of 39.
11- Japanese sh^Hto&fe Mir*
reached port todag urith 89f surviv
ors wfcouknew nothing Of the -fate of
their 11mm dsj^y ! I
It waa feared the rest had drowned
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Library News
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During the Holiday Season set!1
apart a small portion of your time for
reading. Be sure to visit the Public
Library where you may secure, free
of charge, many of the best current
books.
The following new books will be
ready for circulation Monday, Decern- j
ber 11th.
Adult Books.
The Country Lawyer, Partridge; I
Christ in Concrete, Donato; Christ
mas Holiday, Maugham; Escape, ?
Vance; Next to My Heart, Helen Top
ping Miller; Stranger Within the I
Gates, Hill; White Magic, Baldwin; I
Young Cosima, Richardson; Lost Sun
rise, Norris; Uncle Fred in Spring
time, Wodenhouse; The Sister of An
gels, Goudge; Our Erme, Alice Hegan
Rice; Tarzan, The Magnificent, Bur
roughs; Pappy, Carew.
Juvenile Books.
Sarah Faith Anderson, Elira Gar
ner; Flight of the Silver Bird, Car
roll; Chester, Bracker; Varsity Jim,
Brooks; Flicha, Richa, Dicka, Linder
man; Friendly Little Jonathan, Ray
an; Nicodemus and The Gang, Ho
gan; The Four Funny Men, Hogan;
Present for Aunty, Brock; A Christ
mas Story, Pritchard; Porkey, Lock- i
hart; Chips and Little Chips, Free
man.
THE ANSWERS
1. Since. 1917.
2. Iron.
S. Yes; in the latter part of the
war.
4. Bessarabia.
5. The House Committee on Un
American Activities.
[ 6. An American submarine.
7. $45,000,000,000.
8. June 12, 1940.
9. In 1215.
10. Estimate: From 5,000 to 10,
000.
DEER IN BEAUTY SHOP
Rochester, N. Y. ? Two apparent
ly curious deer crashed through the
plate glass window of a beauty shop,
frightening an operator and a custo
mer almost to death and then turn
ed around and crashed through an
other window, rejoining two other
deer. The quartet headed for the
woods without causing further dam-1
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NOTICE TO; CREDITORS
Having qualified as Administrator
of the estate of F. G. Dupree, Sr.,
deceased, late of Pitt County, Nor^h
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said/deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at Farmville, N. C., on
or before the 10th day of November,
1940, or this, notice win be pleaded
in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will:
pleia^d mtida *mrTvd,'w*,? payment.
This the 8th day of November, I
1939.
F. G. Dupree, Jr., Administra-j
tor of estate of F. G. Dupree,
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Shoppers to call and see our line of
Toys and useful gifts before buy
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FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONSl
Pot Plants. Cat Flowers. Corsages
and Funeral Designs. Say "It" with
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WE BUY 30YA BEANS AND PAY
Top Prices. Lewis & Lang, Bank
of Farmville Bldg* Farmville, N.
C. N17tf-c i
WANTED ? ONE THOUSAND
customers like Mr. J. A. Randolph
of Selma, N. C. Mr. Randolph
bought a Curer in 19S7, made a
trip to our Plant November 15th,
1939, bought two sets Curere which
were installed December 5th, 1939.
Made a special trip to our plant
and paid for the Curers December
7, 1939. His tobacco curing worries
are over for the 1940 season. Make
your plans to buy a Florence-Mayo
Nuway Curer early 1 Dec. 8.
AUTO OWNERS-If your car wont
start, phone 311-6, Mr. John Bar*
rett, at the Western Auto Associate
Store. Starter, generator and
battery work a specialty.
NOTICE OP EE-SALE
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By virtue of the power pt sale con
tained in $at. certain Judgment
entered at the March Term 1989 of
the Pitt County Superior Court, in
an action entitled "R. T. Martin, ad
ministrator of Mrs. Annie M. Joyner,
deceased, against Mry. Zula Norman
and others," the undersigned com
missioner, will on Monday, Decem
ber 18th, 1989, at 12 o'clock, Noon,
in front of the courthouse, in the
City of Greenville, North Carolina,
sell, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following, des
cribed tract or parcel of land, td-wifc:
Situate/lying and being in Pitt
County, North Carolina, and being
one-half of the lands lying on the
North side of Black Swamp, begin
ning at a sycamore tree on the run
of Black Swamp; and running with
George E. Moore and others' line
North 80 1-2 E. 120 poles to a stake,
on the avenue leading to the Parker
place; thence with Geo. E. Moore and
others' line to a stake, on Falkland
Public Road; thence with said Road
to another stake in W. S. E. Smith's
line; thence North 87 West with
W, S. E. Smith and Geo. E. Moore's
line to a stake in the old Turner
Bynum line; thence with the old Tur
ner Bynum line South of some old
marked black-gums, on the run of
Mill-pond branch; thence down tne
various courses of the said mill
pond branch to a marked sweet
gum, a marker corner; thence South
34 3-4 W. 18 poles and 12 links to
a small pine, a corner; thence South
28 8-4 W. 88 poles and 10 links to a
sweet gum; thence South 83 1-2 E.
8 poles and 86 links to a water oak;
thence South 99 E. 12 poles to a
large sweet gum, on the West ai^e
of the Falkland Public Road; thence
with said Road to the run of Fox
Branch; thence down said Fox
Branch to the run of black swamp;
thence down the run of black swamp
to the beginning. Containing 220
acres, more or less. Book U-9, page
606.
This sale will be made subject to a
lease that expires in 1945, at a rent
al value of $850.00 per year.
Said sale will be made subject to
the confirmation of the court, and
the last and highest bidder will be
required to deposit with said com
missioner 10 per cent of the bid,
and upon failure to make said deposit |
a re-sale will be immediately made.
' This December 1st, 1939.
R. T. MARTIN,
Commissioner.
Dec. 8?Swks.
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HPHERE'S A DIVIDING LINE
* in motoring, too. Go in and
look over the new 1940 Pontiac
Silver Steaks,and there'll be no
?topping you ream crossing over
to tfae luxury ride. For into there
?tanning new 194Q.csrs, Pontiac
designers and engineers have put
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me rYifa blVic* extra -- cofnion*
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flljl features, extra performance
and extra distinction to makeyoor -
motor car a fnxmd possession.
Even if the 1940; ,Bo?tU? cost ?
lot more, they'd mill be worth it.
But they don't?only a trifle more
than the lowest-priced cars bnilt. <
Put them on your "Mjng list."
You'll wonder why you've waited
terms to suit your pitrt*
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so long to cross the line from
utility to luxury. That's hoar
good they are: Why not step over
the line and buy. a 1940 Pontile?
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