mr~_? CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12,1940 . ^ . NUMBER THIRTY-SIX ' " ~ ' - - -f 1 j | r T~ ?. ? ' 1 ' ', ? . , . ' . . . ,.- . ' " i Says Tobacco Farmers j S&nous Tear "Extremely Serious Sit uation" Seen by Hut son; Less Than Half of Crop Needed Raleigh, Jan. 10.?J. B. Hutson, as sistant administrator of the federal AAA, said today that flue-cured to bacco growers faced "an extremely serious" situation for ?MQ. "We actually need leas than half * crop of flue cured tobacco this year," advised Hutson, as he spoke to county agents sod farm extension , service representatives. Hutson said It would be difficult to market "at reasonable prices the 600,000,000 to 675,000,000 pounds al lotted for production this year. Asked about the probable average , price for 1940 tobacco, he replied "I personally believe and fear it will be nearer 12 cents than 25 cents." He told the farm agents to "urge your growers to participate in the , conservation program, play safe and , plant about 10 per cent less than the , tobacco acreage allotment, quality for the maximum payment under the conservation program and grow food , and feed exops they need for the people living on the farm." , "The 1930 crop of fluc-cured tobac- , co is turning out to be over 1400,- , 000,000 pounds," said Hutson, "which , is more than 10,000*000 pounds above 3 the estimated production at the time the marketing quotas were determin ed. If we had known then what we know sow the reduction in avreage , would have been nearer 36 per cent than the 20 per cent growers voted , to make." M Farm Families Need To Grow Own Food i Farm families probably will have j a higher net income 12 1940 than I they had in 1939, says Miss Pauline , Gordon, home management specialist off the State College Extension Ser vice But, unless they produce their own food the increased income will be overcome by higher costs of pur chased materials, she added. In an outlook for farm family liv- , ing in North Carolina, Miss Gordon said: "Total receipts for marketing of farm products are expected to - increase due to improvement in in dustrial activities and in consumer incomes. Income from government payments will probably be about the same. Non-farm earnings of fami ly members may increase, with great er opportunities for employment. But, despite the improvement in eco nomic conditions, a large percentage Of the farm families of North Caro lina will be faced in 1940 with the problem of stretching incomes of fees than $500 to provide for all their household needs." ? Turning to the subject of "The Family*! Food," the Extension specialist declared: "Costs of pro ducing food for household use in - Crosse less than do retail food prices, hence farm families can offset a rise ; ia the cent of their food by planning to produce a larger than usual share of their'total food supplies. Such plans, if made with nutritional as wuD as goals in mind, may returns in the form of im ^certain important ^^^Knfiiig^ milk is greatest, ^ irt-L. ,:.?i bLIIcK OX f?i" wipTiE , .2*711 Hill AAtcaMt 1 lllllrntfVVVVIVV Longer Control ' Tobacco Committee Head SaysFarmers __ - ......... ?i Fayor Program OfT Longer P&foii k '1 ^ Roxboro, Jan. 9.?Tobacco grow-1 ers throughout the flue-cured belts j tare becoming exceedingly anxious j to see this development of a three bo five-year program of aep-ad-j justment, in the opinion of Claude I T. Hall, Person County grower, andf r-h airman of the Tobacco Growers'| Advisory Committee, who has 'jnat! returned from a tour of inspection j in the State. "Growers are thoroughly aware I of this fact that if we an to re- p ceive the greatest benefit end re-1 turn from their sacrifice in acres, I we must have a program for morel than one year," said Mr. Hall in a j prepared statement - --V* *? ( Continuing, Mr. Hall said, "it is evident that buyers will not pay as] good an average where there is an j uncertainty as to the atse* off each [ succeeding crop". He added' that I the psogram as it no w exists is harder j to administer because of the newt growers taking up the increase hi acres, by reason of increase in con sumption. "Recognizing these advantages and disadvantages, I have sounded out | the feeling and the judgment of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federa tion, the North Carolina Department] of Agriculture, the members of the North Carolina Grange, the Tobacco Growers' Advisory Committee, the State AAA committees and several congressmen, and above all the grow ers themselves, and the feeling of all is that it is to the best interest of all concerned to join with us and Can-1 gress to amend the present bill sol that we may have a chance to vote for a longer period of crop suijust- J menf, said Mr. HnlL con-lnt Pitt Welfare Checks For Month Sent Out ? Checks have been mailed out by the Pitt county welfare department, representing regular monthly .old age assistance, dependent children and payments to Confederate vet erans' widows. Checks were sent to seven Con federate widows in the county, the total amounting to $166. There are lao Civil war veterans living in-the county. A total of 607 old age nasi stance checks were mailed, the total be ing *4^77. One hundred and fifty-one aid to dependent ^ children checks were, matted, totalling f 1,929 and repre senting payments to 360 children; I Seeks to Keep Within Bulge ? n t t ? 7'^ [Steering Committee So Advised By President Hooe^^fbld members of the Boost 1? >11-| ?> m, j | ? mi iMiLLif 1 ? it 4A uentocnrac oieeriiig committee tooty that Congress should stay within his ?I * , ? ,i; 5p*scixic2aij vfiftv cue jrresiuQXiw'^iXuci t. j ^ ?- ^V'7/?i7u"aT':lSg''' y-v^: i State Board of Agri I < culture Abo to Spot ; sor Labels lor QuaHt^ Farm Products mkr - ?? Raleigh, Jan. 11. ? Adoption of pitta* fo |W communities tion -in esteMishing |ndiii| and may- j centers and to adopt a label; Iter designate quality farm pvodoaii featured the final qt a two-day ses sion of tit* State Board of Agricul ture here yesterday. $ Continuing a discussion of a pro posed Colosseum far exhibition of HvMtock and poultry at the St*?t Fairgrounds, the board unanimous* j Iy endorsed the project which was presented- by a representative of pwjBrneda Associations of the State and urged the Governor and Coun cil of State to give "every consid eration to this proposal." Authorising rtb*-State Department of Agriculture to cooperate with local wvumfMif* in j establishing agricultural marketing tenters, the board- adopted a-^plan- of procedure" providing, that the need for centers be determined on-the basis, of (1) lo cal requests and representation; (Si) production - statistics - and buying agent* available; and ($) surveys, and recommendations of the Federal- 1 State ?r*egeach agencies. The # partment was authorised to fljp-! nish general supervision had <#r : tification of grades ami standards for the markets and to v ^vmpu daily marketing information. v ?j: j Seeking to prevent the use of mis- j leading terms in advertisements pf baby ^ chicks, and hatching agjgh] grades and terminology of the N?- j tional Poultry Improvement Fpn were adopted arid use of the tmaif "AA", "AAA" and "similar 1st ters or figures" were forbidden; Jn describing baby chides and hatch ing OggB. BKr-.r-.awv {*. - The board, in approving an offi cial state label ferfenn ..horticul tural crops and animal products, voted that use of the label should be optional. "First Colony Emblem WED Mexico City.?Because of a State Department ruiling thatmen diplomatic posts may not manyj.citi are serving, Norman Christiansen re signed his post as American vice I consul hem in order to. .marry Mexil can Senorita Amalia Viesca, whose I family is one of the oldest in Mexico. I wjbtO ? . Court . I- rtnfiaw l * Tf| 1 QftO'28$ ??. ^ 'I I ? AmIIIIIMB B &B~^II ' ^ ?" *Jr ' ' :jp'^^p|py| Board of Directors and S^l^Slwd lie thirty-fifth annual meeting of tbe^Btockhelders of the Bank of Farm ville waa hrfd mtbodbrectors room Thursday afternoon* with A.C. Monk, president, presiding. L. E.Walston, cashier, submitted his report, which revealed the opera tfons and; earnings and showed that the bank had had the best year in its history. Brief remarks in commendation of the officers, directors and employees were made by several of the stock holders, and appreciation was express ed by various officials. The entire board of directors vgun Ja Thorne, Geo. W. Davis, J. B. Lewis, C. L. Hardy, \V. A. Pollard, Wi A. Allen, J. 0. Pollard and T. C. Tumageil Immediately following the sto#?l holders meeting the board of directors met and reelected all officers and! A. C Monk, president; j. I. Morgan, J, M. Stansffi, asalsteiA qjjhier, C. C. Simpson and C. A. Lilly, tollers; Charles Rasberry, Miss Gereldint and Ifisa.Bv* Mae. Turnage, bookJ jmsmsrw -I and haa . developed into a banking of more .thad; #! million dollars, and to tip enviable pos|^ tf>iiig:one of the outtap^l ing financial institutions in tij? State. Relief Needs In fill CM ' .v. Applications Almost As Numerous As Those Of ~"T932'ii'L? fV:a T"tiix' .'lv. ' JL T. Futrel], pitt County welfare tfflcer, declared today tJ?t appUca .tions for, someform of relief or ser. vice was almost aa numerous now as in 1982 and long lines formed out side his offices on ty? third floor of the court house Would substantiate the statement-, I He dpelajeed that his offipea were flooded each day with people, both white and cciored, seeking some of aid,. work or. otherwise, and added, "they are not . just coming up her* withontany justified claims". He stated that "they, especially the rural people,, are forced, to. seek relief from some place," Many, he said, are without food or Nothing*, even for the children, and-added that In numer ous instances children were being kept out of school because of lack of clothing to wear. In discussing the situation, the welfare officer, quoted the phrase "half of the' world does not*now how the other half lives," Many of those seeking relief were said to be-share-croppeis, farm la lorers, with a few.factory workers wko have poor wodt records. Mr. Futrell declared claims for need of wlief were investigated in each dsse and pmcticaHy ?wrery one ? was found 'to be true, -p.; -V. tp;v. . - The welfare officer observed, how ever, that the same situation Wfi reported in surrounding counties. AID FOB NORWAY Soviet Russian invasion of Finland ^Officiate wmpared rtXi'.: ?_ vti; ?-,; ....v....- j.r -..,,,t-.h.,.. 1 p^^. manSwtared '.[Finland . _*!?, ??_ ? . Observers Declare 6er Sy BetweenhR ?Se| o j * I* T?rz , :. Budapest, Jan. fc?Foreign observ ers .tonight assarted that the deften- < s#*?* *>.? ; week-end conference nt Venice prob- ^ aUy wpddcompfel Geimany to make , an unwilling choice between con- ? tinned lii?ndship wi% these $j?o e powers and her accords with Soviet ( Russia. I u While reports indicated the alliance j provided for .Italy to come to the \ aid of Hungary in the event of an ip- ; vasion by either Germany or Russia, ( informed source said it was directed j mainly against Rustoa. ' ( Foreign Minister Count Iatvan } Ccaky hurried directly from the sta- ( tion today to premier Count Pal ( Teleki and his ministers to report on toe negotiations with Italian For= i eign hfinister Count Galeazzo Ciena. ( Afterward, Teipto and Qoky went ( to the jmlace for an audience with Hungaty'e regent, Admiral Nicholas - Hfflrfthy, Informed sources paid heth ? Horithy and the cabinet welcomed the reported alliance. Observers closely watched Benin, wherpAdolf Hitter ww said to be , consulting htegdvisere on bow to , reconcile Russian friendship and ] Naif ties with Hungary-and Italy. 1 Should Hitler decide to sign a defi nite military alliance with Russia, competent circles in Budapest said be j probably could not avoid an open r, Wiwith Hwjwr wl ItAly. s The newspaper Magyar Neprnet de- j , "Before the German-Soviet game j Fpr ihatsbehasthe support of ilun* , "In case of a German-Spviert mlU- \ ? and Hungary j would face a oompletely new ntua- ] tion which might force them m their , own invests to take a definite poai- . ? ?r . .r-iTX . . ? rr~. I tion. ? ? ? Authoritive sources said the ( Italian and Hungarian foreign min- j latere had agreed to offer to help i Romonte against a. possible Russian j j invasion ip return **..* settlement .3 of Hungary's demands on Rttea^higte , Transylvania?which was Hungarian before the World War. Ciano was .j said to have urged Hungary not to seek a settlement of this issue by ' j These sources said King1 Carol of Rumania would be. pressed for a j definite reply to this offer. In Roihe, the Fascist press pub fished reports that Rumanian For eign Minister Grigore Gafeneu might come to Rome, presumably to dis cuss the,; prospect during the orfmiual session be which the Bui A. Karsnak, Gretenvilie town Berville; B. A, Tripp, Bethel; E. Burroughs, Betfcei; S. J. Jenkins, ?nville; R. E. Parker, Beboir; Bailey, Fountain; J. H. Whit , Greenville; T. R. Allen, Ayden; I '."Wiainright, Farmville; Arthur ? Bethel; D. C. Bamhill, Caro J. S. Manning, Ayden, M. B. I Beg, Swift Creek; J, B. Chancey,< >lus; K L. Stokes, Greenville; I Flowers, Farmville; J. W. Jo nes, - liams, Ayden; Daniel A. Evans, i Greenville;^ Charlie Jones, Swift - Creek; J. b. Cannon,.Swift Creek; H. r J Greenville; W< Wwis, Jn, Grew i VammviIIAI T.. V Damviitdl ' 1 TV jfc ?' * ' YY /l ? \ ? I L j Tm ... A ? ffAffKttff.. fioy PVlllTlfjlin' I >? 1 ? ? ? ?t1 /V yy - g ? I ? ?ri-' "i r--'r J rmnTWAvr SSll?; ?-'. " J'ui^^SS^Trfiv nsj. . -" London.?British raid S/lt and im Dortant ? ^mchor&ffci giut&jtb f ? 1 ???* *? u*? ? ? '? - - ? ij? 1 in North Sea air battle in drive against revitalized Nazi sea attacks; report one British and two German fighters denied; Germans say three )f nine British craft shot down over Helgoland. Helsinki,?Finns say third Russian iivision trapped;. Red Army driven back across front at four points; 200 Russians killed, 40 taken prisoners m central front ^ Bucharest?Rumania ready to set tie lotig-%tgndIng differences with Hungary but says, territorial cession rat; diplomats predict agreement tbon on Italian-backed 'plan to shelve territorial dispute until European war mds. ^aris,-*Ai? activity resumes on Front with clearing weath er I wttBoiy. patrol clashes on north on flank, i v ? ? ? * . 1 . ?" time And Phosphate Available Under AAA Farmers are again offered the opportunity to obtain ground agricul tural limestone and triple superphos phate through grants of aid under the Agricultural Conservation Pro jrain, announces "E. Y. Floyd, State AAA executive officer of State Col lege. The materials will be deliver ed iinmediately and the cost deducted From the 1940 payment. Cooperators in the AAA program may assign up to 90 percent of their soil building payment for this purpose. - Floyd said that some AAA com mittees are taking orders for lime ind phosphate at the same time that growers sign- applications for 1939 payments in many areas. "In fact," be reported, "orders for lime-already have been received from several coun ties, including Wilkes, Yadkin. Or ange, Durham, Nash and Columhus. Under the 1940 pnogram, the appli cation of 1,600 pounds of- 'ground limestone, or its equivalent, to farm land will earn for the grower $1.60 in soil building payment. If the lime Is applied to peanut, flue-cured to bacco, or commercial vegetable land at least 1,000 pounds per acre, must be applied for credit. Likewise, $1.50 can "he earned by applying 100 pounds of triple super phosphate In connection with the seed ing of green manure crops in orch ards, perennial or biennial legumes, perennial grasses, winter legumes, lespedeza, crotalaria, annual ryer gress, or permanent pasture. No credit is allowed if phosphate is used on soil depleting crops. The same credit is allowed for the application of 800 pounds of 16 per cent muriate of potash with the same basic slag, or 150 pounds of'50 per cent superphosphate, 500 pounds of restrictions. ? . B?l Gratis ^ ^ _______ ______ Raleigh, Jan. 10.?Some 25,000 Tar Heel children will get about , a dollar apiece more in grants to dependent children than in previous months, as I a result in the Federal government's assuming a greater percentage of the total paid them. Perhaps two or three thousand of these beneficiaries In figures, based on the Division of Public Assistance's quotas for Jan uary, 24,255 children are expected to get an average of $7.01 each; against actual grants of. $6M each to 20,740 I ? public welfare, pointed o& that this month's grants wffl, therefore, ap proximately reach the department's pendent chi.dren. ,The family average has been 42.65 children; and so in January the av^'w^lw^.88 dui to the fact th^ British Airplanes Soat Over Germany la Re prisal jfcr Attacks By Shipping mt ^ - X; *'!*" .***.1 '1 '* London, Jari/lO?The British air force today bombed Germany's Self goland Bay baaea in reprisal for ma chine-gunning and bombing-attacks on. merchant ships daring, the last 48 hours which sunk at least eeven shipe and damaged 10 others. The Air Ministry announced that Royal Air Force planes before dawn bombed near the Island of Sylt, be lieved to be a main base for Ger man- saaplanes laying mines and at tacking merchant shipping, and that either British or German bomkia had fallen on nearby Danish territory. One British plane was lost'ih bat tling German-planes during'the at tack, the Air Ministry said in con tradiction of a German annbmtee ment that three of nine British bombers had been shot down ever Helgoland Bay early this morning. ' The Air Ministry said one Gar man Messerschmidt fighter was seen to crash at Sea and that another made a forced landing in Denmark while all but one of the British planes returned safely. - (The German high command, tdh ihg of German planes outnumbered more than tare to ohe, said the three British planes shot down were new Bristol-Blenheim Bombers.) ?' Meanwhile, planes presumed to be German were signted off the Thames estuhry, east of London, and British fighting planes sped out to Bed while the fire of anti-aircraft guns was heard. The* British planes failed to make contact with the raiders. Danish dispatches said 40 or more British and German planes ware involved in the air ' battles around Sylt, which began in the early morning and continued until nearly darkness. The British attack appeared to be centered on Hindenburg Dam, a narrow breakwater and roadway between German Jutland vand>Ithe ' Island of Sylt. All railroad traffic over the dam was suspended during the fighting. From the Danish aids of the bor der anti-aircraft fire was heard throughout the tniy until 4 p. m. ? T Twb more British steamers were added during the day to the'toll of ships sunk by air attacks off the Brit ish coasts. ; , The steamer Oak Grove of 1,985 tons, survivor of two bombing attacks .'\?J during the Spanish dvfl war, Was, . ;| sunk with a loss of sevend lhrei, in- " eluding the captain And radio opera- V I tor, when two German planes-bomb ed and machine-gunned it in the North Sea yesterday. The 1,013-ton British steamer Up minister also'was bombed from the air and sunk in the North Sea yes terday with the probable loss of three %l lives, including the captain; Ten survivors, two of whom were injur- j?l ed, were landed at East Coast, "port ^.j today and told of being machine-gun ned by a Nasi plane while they* were rowing' away from" the' sinkihg ghip in lifeboat* " ^ vlr'r Danish-German frontier, said three JBritish air attacks on German North Sea bases were made daring the morning and that the attacks were resumed at 2 p. m., when heavy sx plosions ^were heard. One e? th* *t plosions was particularly heavy, in dicating thatJ a bomb might have struck the ffiwdfttAtwcr Dam: break* ?' water causeway _ . i Eyewitness aocounts received from :* Esbjerk, Denmark, varied but sev- v erdl claimed British bombs, struck'the - Hindenburg Dam. One account said agjgjnsiieteg struck it in&apid suceesmon&r > Aati- k aircraft Are ana neavyi expiOBions were heard as late.a* 7 p. m., and one German fighter, irarswd by two laadedifrto**. ^ ?? In addition to the SyH bombing, Dj^h