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1===^ ?- - ?? " ? ===i Briton Asserts Economic Grip Strangling Germany fr ?? IMI,I ? I 1 Economic Chief Says Reich Now in State of Want That She Faced in 1916. London, Jan. 17.?Britain's govern ment informed the nation today that its warime stranglehold on Germany's food and commerce already had re duced the Reich to the gnawing want of 1916. Sharp-faced Ronald H. Cross, 43 year-old Minister of Economic War fare, before the House of Commons, drew a grim picture of German pri vation as a result of four-and-a-half months of British economic blitzkrieg. ' Then, in a matter-of-fact tones, he said: v" i "We look forward to the day when we shall so strangle Germany's eco- ] nomic life that she can no longer sus tain her war effort." Simultaneously, the spiritual head , of the Church of England, Dr. Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canter- ' bury, rejected a high churchman's ; pela that "if thine enemy hunger, feed him." * \ The Bishop of Birmingham, Div Er nest Williams Barnes, had presented a motion in the House of Bishops of the church, urging that free importa tion of foodsuffs into Germany be . permitted by the British blockade The Archbishop replied sternly that members of he government had in formed him there was no way to dis- j tinguish what raw foodstuffs would , be used exclusively for feeding of the j hungry and what might go, at least < indirectly, into the producion of { monitions. He said he shared Dr. Barnes' horror of war, but: "I cannot j feel that it is a greater evil than j would have come upon the world if ( we had allowed the present rulers ( of Germany to have their way." Withdrew Motion j Dr. Barnes withdrew the motion, . remarking that the House of Bishops j was divided by practical considera tions rather than by moral funda- , mentals. Cross, in Commons, asserted that Britain's sharp economic attack, . starting with the beginning of this j war rather than later, as it did in the World War, had reduced the German "Lebensraum" (living space) to the area ringed by the bayonets of her own troops. Thus, in four and a half months, he said, it had placed Hitler Germany in the position occupied by ^ the Kaiser's empire after two years of World War. 1 "Contraband control was easy," he 1 asserted, reviewing Britain's efforts 1 to build a financial wall between Germany's 80 millions and the world's food supplies and sinews of war. It has been 0088* job to marshal the empire's resources in a "new | technique" of fighting on all fronts. | Today he described "preemption," or the purchase of goods to prevent German purchase, as a heartening phase of the economic war. "Conditions of life in Germany are strained," he said. "Rationing is already in existence for clothing and soap. "The of Berlin are shivering for lack of coaL I "Requirements of export trade are i given priority over the home mar- < ket because, without export trade, ] Germany would blockade herself. ?Th. fenua*?? tefl.I hut our net is drawn very tightly." ? ?' ? I AAA Offers Payment For a Home Garden ? Fanners of North Carolina are of fered the opportunity to earn a con servation payment hi 1940 by jplant ing a heme garden, announce* E. Y. fFloyd, "AAA exeenthre officer pf $LB0, is offered for the planting of | ?tate College. One unit of credit, or a garden consisting of not less than one-tenth of aa acre per person. Tn fmgmnML ffflwtiimiyr thm ten ^ ***** i lice to qualify for the payment. k Floyd said that the requirements A are that tfce garden be adequately: i a i . j ^ ...it protected from pomtry m livestock, that good enteral methods be ?fol lowed, and that proper steps be tak 1**: ?"**? Tf UlXOvSf SwC^W iX/vawOvO^ OOm XlvlU t 3W*w6(iK ? '? __ a a A .-111, 11 . .? I __ - - ^ ! - . , , I IMMINENT? Brussels, Jan. 17.?New rumors of "imminent developments" in Bel gium's relations with her belligerent neighbors spread tonight, including assertions by usually-reliable, but un official quarters that a German at tack had been scheduled for-today or tomorrow. These quarters said the emergency military measures taken by Belgium and Holland last week-end were baaed upon diplomatic and military informa tion of a probable Nazi blow. All of these rumors and reports met with the calm silence of official quarters and there was no indication what the "imminent" developments might be, should they occur. However, Belgium continued to take military precautions along the fron tier with Germany. Amsterdam, Thursday, Jan. 17.? rhe state of emergency proclaimed in parts of The Netherlands recent ly was extended last night by special royal decree to sections of the Dutch roast in the provinces of southern Holland and Zeeland. Farmville To Have President's Birthday Bail, Monday, Jan. 29 Preliminary plans to raise funds for the victims of infantile paralysis, vill include a President's Birthday jail in the new steam heated High School gymnasium in Farmville Mon lay night, January 19. An Eastern Carolina orchestra will , ye secured for the occasion and danc ng will be from ten 'till two. Spec ators tickets will also be sold for the jccasion. Although definite arrangements iave not been completed, and a price idmission will not exceed $1.25 per fixed for dancers, it is assured the .?ouple. Spectators tickets will prob ibly range from 25c to 50c per per son. The local committee in charge' of he "March of Dimes" invites the pub ic generally to join in this great rause to aid suffering humanity. Sponsored by Junior Woman's Club ind interest friends. STOPS The U. S. Agriculture Department las stopped paying subsidies on nost wheat exports in view of pros pects for a short crop this year and ?elatively favorable domestic prices. Roosevelt expects $3,000,000,000 ieficit in Federal budget. tagging Prim Seen For 1940 ? Tobacco Drop The infant tobacco crop, now be ginning , its first growth in plant >eds, is expected to find a rough re ception when it finally readies ware K-'ise floors next fall, believes J. B. Hutson, assistant administrator of he Triple-A. v, f >;.Kf>} Its preceding brother, the 1939 mop, turned out to be the largest on record, totaling 1,100,000,000 pounds rf flue-cured leaf. It was larger than 1937'g record crop by one-fourth ind is 325,000,000 pounds more than will be used during the current year. This means, Hutson explained, that world socks will be 325,000,000 Lieeter at the beginning of the next marketing season at the begin f11 On ton of fthat, prosont indica tions are that exports wiH be ap proximately lBO^XhOOO pounds less than usu^^a efftet, this situation United States next July 1 will be MApfutlhw TTtnmn raid wwl flCLtf&Ujr f AVUoUU VUUy WB fltvU 1 .? -wl - - ^ ><"?' ? ,< ?; -? tobacco this year. Aceorfing to our _ _ ? - || 1 , . , - - - ' ?. .... ? 1 Ecenomy Fords Win Ciroi DaiiiiiI win rtrsi Kouna In House Battle Vote Down Effort to Add 22MiIlionsTp Fluid for New Postof | fice Buildings. Washington, aJn.17.?The economy drive in Congress survived its first major test today when the House noisily shouted down a Democratic attempt to write a $22,000,000 "pork" item into the $1,100,000,000 independ ent offices appropriation bill. Virutally all Republicans and most Democrats voted against the proposal sponsored by Representative James O'Connor (D.-Mont), which would have increased the appropriation for Federal buildings and postoffices from $15,000,000 to $37,000,000. There was no record vote. Even O'Connor^ argument?a po tent one in an election year?that constituents would regard Congress men as derelict in their duty if they did not vote funds for poaoffice con struction, did not dent the economy front Chairman Clifton A. Wood rum (D.-Va.) of the appropriations committee, in charge of the measure, contended that "this is not the time for such a program and, anyway, ye havent got the money." He was so encouraged by the ob vious strength displayed by economy forces that he predicted the entire $94,492,166 slashed from budget es timates for independent offices dur ing the fiscal year beginning July 1 would bring to nearly $102,000,000 economies made by the House so far j this session. The most serious threat to the In dependent offices bill lies in a right led by Chairman Schuyler Otis Bland (D.-Va.) of the merchant marine and. fisheries committee, to restore $76, 000,000 cut from the Maritime Com mission in budget He told the House today that the entire $200,000,000 recommended in the budget was need ed for national defense and promotion of foreign commerce. Merchant Marine, -? "This is not a question that inter ests only the East, it is one the South and Midwest should be concerned with," he said. "When the war is over, unless we hai% an adequate merchant marine, we will again be under the domination of foreign pow ers as far as rates are concerned." Support for the proposed reduction is. coming chiefly from Midwestern Congressmen and others who question the need of expanding merchant ma rine construction at a time when many commercial ships have been beached to avoid incidents which might involve the United States in the European war. Meantime, the economy shqe pinch ed Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt. He discussed with President Roosevelt the $58,000*000 budget cut in tlie appropriation for the Civilian Conservation Corps which would eliminate 273 camps. McNutt is getting protests from localities which fear their camps will be abol ished. ? S ? ? s *?? -J 1.1 i-_ The House cOhsittHLUUU 01 UW WJ dependent offices bill had a political, finge which no one sought to disguise. Republicans, led by Representative John Taber of New Turk, ranking minority member of the appropria tions committee, bitterly denounced two federal agencies under the Presi dent which were denied^ajppropria tions as "destructive outfits." & They, are the Natural Resources Wd ?d tte Offk. of Oovormnret Reports which formerly was the Na tional Emergency Council. Both were created fcy executive order apd; had appropriations 6f $2,116,000 ea^ marked for them by the Budget Bu reau. These grants were denied by the appropriations committee on the who knows ? in the summeat, ^; jjjtf-j J "'dt'- ' uMxti.. ur. lji ??.)? ^8jj. L J ^^ ^^ P6C&D16 ul6'I |. /' ^ I I TT ^ ? ? .# I tS; - ' <7 i 1 1" ? ? ? " M .In. , L >??-> ,......? By HUGO S. SIMS ' (Washington Correspondent) CONGRESS FACES 1940 WAR AFFECTS AFFAIRS DOMESTIC ISSUE QUIET BUDGET IS NO SURPRISE GUAM RAISES A QUESTION FARM AID WILL STAND t ANTI-LYNCHING BILL FDR FILLS THE COURT ' . The third session of the Seventy Sixth Congress is slowly proceeding, With most members acutely conscious that 1940 is an election year. While serious domestic issues require at tention, the impact of foreign com plications is being felt in Washing ton where national defense becomes a paramount issue, with excellent prospects of exceeding the vast out lay suggested by the President. The foreign affairs of the United Statec will be in the limelight and public attention will be focused upon two outstanding areas of the. world where American rights axe affected. No serious complication is expected in Europe unless developments in dicate that Germany is about to win the war. The possibility of a Ger man victory is the spectre behind the feverish preparation of this country for its defense. If Great Britain and France are defeated, no one knowB just where this country will stand nor what Germany, Italy, Rus sia and Japan might attempt Hav ing adopted an isolationist policy in regard, to world affairs, the United States must be prepared to stand alone in whatever kind of world there may be when the European War neds. Domestic issues are, for the pres-1 ent, relegated to the background. The reciprocal trade treaty program, sponsored by Secretary Hull and warmly defended by the President, will occasion" a bitter fight. While this is a domestic policy in a way, it is nonetheless intedtwined with our foreign policy. Those who favor the Hull program, including the President, hail it as pointing the way to the world toward peaceful com merce, while those who oppose it in this country denounce it as injuri ous to the business interests of the people of the United States. The budget message of the Presi dent contained nothing surerisinff. ?? ???? * ^ ??? ff < 1 pTTTflO _ ? ~ ? v - S, T T TTTTp W even in regards to the estimated def icit of more than two billion dollars for the- fiscal year which will end June 80, 1941. While the Presi dent recommended that Congress raise nearly a half billion dollars in new taxes, there is considerable doubt whether this will be attempt ed. The general opinion ia that congressment will avoid new ta*w on the eve of the election and that the Government will be permitted to go along without any change in the statutory debt limit. If necessary, it is argued, thte newly-elected Con gress can face the issde next Jan uary. mm?mmmm ? Themuch-discussed fortification ?arouse debate. Naval experts, ,in I teres ted in future war-time strategy, do not htesitate to WW that the !?? ?land be made impregnable. Opposl ?that fortification of the Island would! ?offend Japan. ^Whete ther^will nieeubors of,* Gongress sdli sda I ?the fortification of Guam as an ag-J | the fact that the United States sur- J Iqpently abrognted. In return for jj^J ? i 1 ? j ____ I The President s recommendation j , a, "n- ?'?' -. i i, -* ? V'. i I ? ? - . " ' I ter of Sweden1*Creates Uproar in > Parliament With Can for Dispajtit of Troops to Aland Islands. "? ' . 1 .v . .. ? " Stockholm, Jan. 17.?A demand by former Foreign Minister . Richard J. Sandler that Sweden send troops to Finland's Aland Islands and give "real help" to the Fiims in resisting the Russian invasion today created a fu rore in the Swedish Riksdag. Sandler resigned as foreign minis ter last March when the government , refused to adopt "certain immediate ! measures" which he proposed for pro tection of the Aland Archipelago ly ing at the . entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Sweden and Finland. The strategic islands are. Finnish, by League -nf Nations grant, but are populated largely by Swedes, Sandler assailed Swedens entire neutrality policy, said that "Swedish national feelings have suffered one of the worst degradations and that the government refused to protect its interests against the spread of Bol shevism, Jill statement ooiore rvnwntiH today, taking the deputies by sur prise, was cheered ^loudly, but Pre-' mier Per Albin Hansson refused to support the demand. Armed Help "The Swedish government should have dispatched armed forces to the Aland Islands in order to better se cure their neutrality, Sandler said "It is not y?tr too late to do some thing, The last word has not yet been said. "If the Bed Army in this war should defeat Finland, this would mean the complete Bolshevization of Finland with the consequence that the Fin nish race must take refuge in Swe den and Norway, "Heal Swedish help to Finland would be the most effective limita tion of the danger that Swefcn may be drawn into the great war. Of the Aland Islands, which in Rus sian hands would place Soviet boinb ing planes only a half-hour away from Stockholm, Sandler said that their fate "must be considered to be a symptom of a condition which will bring still further consequences, oonsider the Aland* ? reality of such importance that I was unable to hold my post as foreign minister in the face of the opposition of my former colleagues, he aaid. Broadly assailing the Swedish gov ernments neutrality policy, Sandler said that "when certain incidents oc curred, Sweden was not prepared to ride her stake. 4-H Clubs Set God Of 55,000 Members II Harrell, 4-H Club leader at I lollege, has announced that an J lent goal of 55,000 farm boys I Is has been set for 1940. I I g the year just closed, slight I than 49,000 were enrolled In Karollna clubs. The organi-1 Istrotched from- sea-coast to I I attaint, wd rural south re I Instruction - and guidance in lubs. This figure included lite and negro members, liining the program for 1940,1 assistant dub leader, have arm and home agents, the liseops, to plan the year care that an ever greater interest lalran in projects and in the! Iga they^ have suggested e local adult kadaratbe used : laring tfta worf^piafikcal wit on whom depends the I or failure w an individual I cases, local Jead#? art.} I to the county seat Ahera iergo a training period to , Pj| , ?f II Likewise, the leaders advised niof6 i 1X* * X I . Hdenaki.?Death-dealing cold hit* Red army invaders, grounds bombers; Finns reported driving toward new victory in Arctic. Rome. ? Fascist party secretary tells Italians they "may face neces sity1' of fighting at any moment; fails to name possible enemy. London.?Britain says blockade has reduced Germans to near-starvation of 1916; Allied, neutral shipping losses continue. Washington. ? Garner; reported joining opposition 'to further Finnish loan on grounds of possible conflict with neutrality. B. & L Association Stowing Progress ? ? The $1,822,000 in loans made by the building-, savings and loan associa tions of North Carolina during De cember, exceeded those of November by $000,090, it was stated today by Wheeler Martin of Williamston, president. of the North, Carolina Building and Loan League. He said most of this increase was in the loans for the construction of new homes of which 360 were made, to the amount of $819,000, represent ing an increase of 46 per cent over November figures. More people also purchased homes through these home financing institutions during Decem ber when 217 of this type of loan were made aggregating $324,000. In addition, 128 loans were refinanced, amounting to, $296,000, on the month ly amortization plan of the building, savings and loan associations, and the balance of 326, to the amount of $883, 000 were for repairs, reconditioning, and other miscellaneous purposes, ac cording to Martin. FARMVILLE BOY MAKING GOOD AT CAROLINA According to a news report from Chapel Hill, Jule Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith, of this city, is making good in the sports world at Carolina. In a game Wednesday night be tween Carolina and Guilford, Carolina Used all three of its teams, and youn^r Smith, a sophomore, scored 12 points the highest of any player in the game. Two Liveateek Events, Seed Show Scheduled . ____ I Much interest is being shown in Kn the annual meeting and seed ex Bpoaition of the North Carolina Crop Bmprovemept Association, three ?events which are scheduled in the ?mot two months. The first of these ?will be the seed exposition at Green I ville on February 1 and 2. Then 1*81 follow the first consignment I sale of purebred swine bytbe newly organized N. C. Swine Breeders As sociation at Rocky Mount, February ?16 and 17. The annual Eastern Car olina Fat Stock Show, featuring both ?held at Rocky Mount March 14 and | Dr. Gordon K. Middleton and A. F charge ^ SUt?Goll8g^ wed show, re^^at^sp^haa air th^e [ The consignment sals will include ing breeds: Duroc, O. L C.,' Poland !? siuTQi anfl nampanire. urccuCTs i pMvii tftAV 1 RiamWaiitkvrtirttea ^ ? Russia's War Machine Finnish Statement Claims New Successes Against Red Army On * the Frigid SaDa Front; Report Says Russians In General Retreat Helsinki, Jan. 17.?Pitiless death dealing cold laid a glacial hand on Russia's war machine tonight, but the Finns reported that their troops were driving toward a new victory near Salla above the Arctic Circle. Phenomenal 54-degree below aero temperatures (Fahrenheit) restrain ed the Russian air force, which has been raining death and destruction on Finnish towns, and apparently immobilized Russian ground forces which have been attacking on the Karelian Isthmu*. Temperatures werte so low that touching a piece of metal with a hare hand raised immediate blisters. Movement of tanks And armored cars was hazardous even if no shots were fired. Front line trips fcy correspondents were called off by the Finns because of the danger of freezing to death. Clad in their warmest Arctic cloth ing and calling upon their unusual resistance to low temperatures the Finns were reported driving Soviet troops hack in the Sella region. The army communique said only that "our troops are fighting suc cessfully in the direction of Sails" near the eastern border of Finland, but other Finnish sources said de velopments in the Salla region raised hopes of further successes. Cut Supply Lines Two days ago reports from Salla sqid tho Finns had cut Russian sup ply lines, leaving the Soviet troops without sufficient food to carry through their winter campaign. The Red Army was reported to have dug itself in behind heavy for tifications, while bombing planes at tempted to drop'provisions from the air. ? The Finnish communique said the Finns routed an enemy1 company northeast of Lake Ladoga yesterday killing 70 Russians' and capturing two tanks. .Finnish dispatches reported certain foreign governments had asked for price quotations on captured Russian tanks., Foreign general staffs were , said to be interested in dissecting-' the Soviet products to see what new developments they might contain. Military observers estimated that the Finns have captured or destroyed 600 Russian tanks since the war started. Finnish airplanes carried out bomb ing raids on enemy columns and con centration camps yesterday and shot down one Russian plane, the com munique reported. In Helsinki, a Swedish police chief reported maps showing, detailed routes from a Russian airfield south west of Leningrad to points in Sweden and Norway had been found on cap tured Soviet airmen. Police Chief Ernst'Fbntell of Gote berg, Sweden, wild has been studying Finnish air raid precautions, said the maps had bean found on airmen foroed down at Turku. "This looks like evidence they ex pect to do some bombing In Norway and Sweden," FontoU said. ' ' GENERAL SOVIET RETREAT NEAR SALLA IS REPORTED- * Copenhagen, aJn. 18.?A gentaral Russian retreat from the Salia sector of Finland, involving 40,000 treops, was reported early today In patches to the Copenhagen newspaper Ber- ' liiiskl Tidende. ^ 1 The dispatches,, from the newspa per's correspondent on the northern front, said the Btuwiansapparently ? had given np hopes of holding the for th^pnteilfe the^ld^ Jot offensive from that sector, which is in the hiWer Arctic Circle, but last night . dispatch from Ou|ItonUh army m Lapland paid a smaD-acal*' s .tuck h^ 400 Bouta tre*. hrf B?v
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