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Empire Tobacco Iuter-I
est Understood To Be
Conferring With Gov
eminent Officials On .
Possibility of Relaxing <
Embargo Against Im? i
port Of American To- [
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London, Feb. 21.?British Empire (
tobacco interests were understood re- ?
liably today to be conferring- with I
the government on the question of c
resuming buying of American leaf *
tobacco, halted last September 8 to t
conserve foreign exchange. a
Unofficial reports persisted that e
the government was likely to relax v
the ban on United States tobacco at r
least to the extent of a percentage
of the pre-war imports. a
Dwindling reserves of American i
leaf and increased consumption?- 1
resulting from war boomed employ
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British workers?are expected by
the trade to result eventually in
higher prices for cigarettes.
Prices have been boosted twice al
ready since the start of the war.
The Financial Times, commenting ^
editorially on the annual meeting of *
the Imperial Tobacco company, said *
it was fortunate that the company v
had sufficient reserves of Virginia 4
tobacco to last some time. a
Bat it added that "at the same
time, tiie inadequacy of alternative 1<
sources of supply means that the ^
company can not remain independ- ii
ent of the American market for *
long."
Empire-produced tobacco and the i
government's purchases from Tnr- *
key were said to be insufficient to f
offset the lack of American leaf. P
British manufacturers, informed C
sources said, had only about two t
years of Virginia tobacco reserves f
on hand when American buying was
stopped.
HELP FOR FINNS 6
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London, Feb. 21.?Finnish Minister
G. A. Gripeaberg appealed today to *
Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax
to speed British aid to Finland in
view of the situation on the Manner- .
heim Line. V 1
Halifax replied by outlining aid
Britian already has dispatched, which
included 144 warplanes.
Halifax said. Britian had dispatched ,
to Finland 120 fighter planes and 24
bombers, of which between 40 and 50 c
already had reached Finland, The
otherCare, en route.
Hilif^|p Hated other British war '
materials, sent to Finland as inched- j
ing 150 anti-tank rifles with umni- r
nition, 10,000 anti-tank mines,. 50,000
hand grenades, 25 hoeritzers, 100 ma- "
chine ganwwilb ammunition, 25 anti
aircraft gens with ammunition, a con- ,
siderable quantity of small arms, 30 *
field guns, four six-ton tanks, 12 six- *
" inch guns with ammunition, 10 three
inch IBbrtaa with ammunition, respi
ratorefgas matin), gas depontamina- c
tion equipment, tents, clothing and
field ? . ' .1 \
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Funeral scivhsa for Mrs. Emma
Frances Kanney, 61, wife of John H.
Nanney, wnpe conducted from her
home near Fhrmville Sunday after
noon at two#kk>dc by Bey: Chester
PeD, Free Will Baptistniinister. In
terment was made in the cemetery
here.
The death of Mrs. Keaney occurred
on Saturday morning at'eight o'clock
as the result of kidney complications, I
She was formerly Miss Emma .
Frances Bundy, daughter of the late
^Baptist Church for Oa past- forty <
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Federal Agency Aids
Tenant To Buy Farm
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Lester A. Clarke, tenant farmer,
>f Route Four, Greenville, has re
:eived notice that his application
!or a loan to buy a farm has been
ipproved by the Farm Security Ad
ninistration, subject to satisfactory
atle.
Robert L. Edwards, . Assistant
bounty Supervisor of the Farm
Security Administration, Greenville,
Las instructed Mr. Clarke to exter
ise the option he holds on the 94
icre farm he purposes to buy and
o have the seller prepare the neces
ary papers. A check will be pass
d in payment for the property
/hen satisfactory title has been fur
lished by the present owner.
Another tenant farmer for whom
, loan has recently been approved
n tins county is Willie Ray Mc
<awhorn, Route One, Ayden.
L-H Calendar For
Year Is Announced
Dates of events important on tie
forth Carolina 4-H Chib calendar
or 1940 have been announced by L.
I Harrill, State 4-H leader of the
Intension Service. The list begins
rith the period from April 27 to May
, which has been designated as Boys'
nd Girls' Week.
Harrill has called upon the 4-H
jaders in the counties to co-operate
rith civic clubs and other organiza
ions in presenting programs on 4-H
rork during that week.
Leaders' schools will be held dur
ag the month of May. The first
rill be at the Millstone 4-H camp
rom May 7 to 11, the next at a
lace yet to be selected for Eastern
Carolina from May 14 to 18, and the
hird at the Swannanoa 4-H camp
rom May 21 to 24. ? , ;
The State Older Youth Conference,
or Service Club members, will be
eld at N. C. State College June 4
0 8. The National 4-H Club camp
a Washington, D. C., will be from
une 12 to 19. North Carolina will
end a delegation of two boys and
wo girls.
The No. 1 evefit of the year no the
-H calendar is next on the list. It
1 the annual 4-H Club Short Course
o be held at State College July 22
7. Following this will be the State
Wildlife Conservation Conference, to
e held at a camp not yet chosen,
rom August 27 to 31.
The State 4-H Dress Keview at
Kate College is set for October -4,
nd the N. C. State Fair in Raleigh
rill be held October 8 te 12. The
National Dairy Show is scheduled
)etober 12 to 18i and the State con
eat at the short comae will deter
aine the North Carolina repneeehtor
iVfeS.. '' ^
Concluding the calendar are the
National 4-H Achievement Day radio
>rogram on November 2, and the ui
ernational Livestock Show and; Na
ional Club Coggwss W Chicago De
ember 1 to 8. *
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The baseball fan is beginning to
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In Loulstna
fteat Polls
Attorney^S^am ^Jon^
Otteipon Slate Defeat
mm ifce InnorMt and bitterest dec*
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By HUGO & SIMS
(Washington Correspondent) ?
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THE REPUBLICAN ATTACK.
"NEW DEAL FAILURE?
FOREIGN RELATIONS QUIET.
ra us
NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.
"EXPANSION* NOT SHIPS.
SOME NAVAL HISTORY.
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Recent Republican oratory indi f
categ very plainly the line of attack
to be followed during the presidential
campaign.- The party's appeal to-the
people will be based upon criticism
of the New Deal, with its over-cen
tralized authority in toe hands of the
Federal Government and the allega
tion that, despite this and toe ex
penditure of huge sums in pump
priming the plight of the unemploy
ed, the farmer and the nation is
about as bad, or Woroe, than it was
seven years ago.
From now on, the Republicans will
not be hampered by' Democratic
strategy to postpone debate on this
issues of the day. Uncertainty as to ,|
when the Democrats will meet will
not deter Republican speakers from "
lambasting the record of the New
Deal Silence on the part of the
President as to his intentions will
not preclude acceptance of his chal
lenged make tho results of his Ad
ministration the issue. , Regardless J
of whether the Democrats nominate
a New Dealer or a Conservative, the
essential Republican strategy will be
to hammer along the same lines,
stressing the incompetence of the
Democrats and their unfitness to
govern this country.
The Republicans will turn their
guns upon the deficit-spending the
ory, assail the continued line of un
balanced budgets and insist that a \
victory for their party will decrease
interference with business which,
freed from restrictions and fears, will
take the lead in restoring a perma
nent prosperity to the nation.
This, it seems, will be the strategy
of the Republican leaders, so far as
domestic issues are concerned. Upon
foreign relations, there seems to be
no present crystalization of position
and the attitude of the Republican
party awaits clarification in respect
to the President's foreign policies.
With international affairs in the
present state of cocftarion, with on
man knowing what the next month
will produce, it is difficult for oppo
nents of the Administration to peifc
:
events and the course Of the cam
paign will definitely outline positions
on foreign affairs.
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the date of the convention to be fixed
has named a candidate and framed!* ,
plat form. Meanwhile, the President
will vigorously defend his Administra
tion and attempt to convince the coun
try as a whole that his Adatinistm
tion has made significant progife^s
I in meeting the problems of this na
The reader may take it for grant
ed that Mih Roosevelt is more inter
ested in perpetuating th*. Naw Deal
reforms than in promoting tile strt
Chief Executive is not .^jr sincere
in his belief that have
been made forward, but equally sin
cere hi the opinion th&fjuh nation
wih^k^a amoM^s^bad^ardtf
WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, ia order
to form a more perfect Union, establish justice^ insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of
liberty, to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and estab
lish this Constitution for the United States of America.
1/jA'i ?; I 'fill * ? 0"'Tj\ ' Vj jhrfl ' ' i*"' ' i y \ ' 4- : ?-* ?' 1
Those words are the Preamble to the Constitution of the
United States, whose first signer was George -Washington,
President In great wisdom and with true courage Me led the
American people to freedom. With continued wisdom and
courage he served as their President. That the destiny of our
nation was best furthered-by his leadership, none can deny,
and it is in recognition of the importance of his birthday?
Feburary 22nd, 1732? that this message today appears*
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School Lunch loom
Gets fionnm lid
Total of $97 Raised In
Cash; Others Help In
Movement To Provide i
Pood For Needy Chil-!
dren i
? i
Contributions have been constant
ly swelling the fund for providing '
lunches for undernourished school
children since the movement got un- 1
derway and the lunch room, which 1
has been sorely needed here for some 1
time, was opened in the school build-;1
ing on February 9, as a result of the
combined efforts of , the Parent- ;
Teacher Association and the WPA.
In addition to the funds made avail- 1
able from regular sources, it is neces
sary for the Parent-Teacher Associa- j1
tion to raise $3.50 daily in order to i1
provide food for the hundred children1
the organization hopes to serve, and ,1
who will go hungry unless means '
are forthcoming. Donations of any "
amount of money or food of any
kind trill be gratefully received by
the committee ip. charge.
Mrs. Claude L. Barrett, president
of the Parent-Teacher Association,; ?
and her committee today expressed'.
gratification at the response of cit- ,
izens and organizations called upon ,
for aid, and for the interest being j
taken in the project by the public \
In general. Parents are requested to
cooperate by allowing their children ,
to patronize the lunch room, as the j
paid'lunches will help establish the j
M project^^p^^^j?^n^| ]
have notbeen solicited for fttnds as),
yetf Those malting coqfclbtitipn* to;';
can Legion Auxiliary, $10; Rotary
Club, $14.75; Junior Woman's Club, ,
$14; Merry Matrons, $4:50; Literary
smMBgSB
Co.; paint for kitchen and dining j
shoulder, Mrs. B. 0. Taylor;' K bu.
meal, Fxrmville S^a Food Market As
Mill; 500 luiMb ro<nn-^tib>Mds, The
Joyner and Adeline Edwards are the'
^^2,. ^^^ii^'*k^i^iifiHi?3Sfcia
Bi>' -^H^tittft ? w>r tm *WA6X dW^.y'ti?4^ot^yiinki*ilf,:i I
pimento san^^s W ? J
j
:. Sftlmnn i^ivmpttAA QA^Afy) flftlflfi i
Til; V. ". i >-i lEv^iTjiy^Tt^j^rw
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Orthopedic Clinie T<f
Be Held Friday Mar.
1st, In Greenville
We wish to remind our readers of
the State Orthopedic Clinic to be held j
nest Friday, March 1st, in Greenville
from 12:80 to 4 p. m..
This Clinic takes all types ?f crip
ples, both white and colored, free of
charge who are unable to afford pri
vate treatments. It is desired,
though not quired, that patients be
referred by a physician or the Wel
fare Officer, and that the patient j
bring such note to the Clinic..
The Clinic is set up to serve espe-1
dally the Counties of Beaufort, Car
teret, Pamlico, Pitt and Tyrell, though
patients from other Counties who de
sire to come may do so. '
The Clinic is conducted by Dr. Hugh'
A. Thompson, orthopaedist, Raleigh,
North Carolina. This Clinic has been
running for something over three
years and is now serving a large
Dumber of cripples, adults as well as
children, in this area.
The Pitt County Health Depart
ment Offices arelbcsted at the corner
if Third rfnd Greene Streets, Green
ville, North Carolina*
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LIBRARY NEWS
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Mrs. F. M. .Davis, Sr., recently
placed on the Southern Literature
shelf of the Farmville Library, a
complete set of the library of South
ern Literature, which contains much
information relative to Southern
writers' and their works.
The Library is indebted to the
Junior Woman's Club for the follow
ing books for children:
Franlrie; Chips sad Little Chips;
Keafie; Peanut Butter SUde; Little
Elephant's Picnic; Mr.Scrunch; Ben
md Me; What About Willie; Rufie
Bad A Monkey; Macaroni; Cock a
Deedle Do; Joan of Arc; A Year of
Promise.,
dflrtr new juvenile book* now on
the circulating list are:
Circus Shoes; Mule Twins; One
3tring Fiddle; The Land of Willianw
Tell: Pets Are Fun; Minnie. The
Mermaid; Pilgrims Progress; It Hap
pened in England; Ju-Ju; Rumpus
^
through Saturday from 12:30 to E:30
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>.v Witt r^lfi Wife T ? ? ?ly^C ''-j^)" |
*"n '""??' 9 ** ?*?? woywi
this country to p^y |
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EUROPEAN
| SUMMARY 1
Stockholm.?Russian planes -^omb
and fire Papala, Sutadish town near ,
Finnish border; Sweden protects to
Moscow; incident threatens revival of
Swedish movement for intervention
in Finland. . j
Helsinki.?Russians batter eastern f
end Pt: Mannerheim Line after posh* o
ing Finns back on western terminus t
in double offensive; Finns say invad- T
ers, numbering 80,000 and 35,000, lose -
heavily. ,
London.?Six neutral vessels add- fl
ed to victims of sea warfare; Britain j
arming fishing boats with anti-air- ?
craft guns to counter Nasi air raids; .
R. A. F.v scouts Helgoland Bight. '
Bucharest?Rumania bows to Al- ^
lied eoonomic pressure, bans ship- j,
raent of high test gasoline and avia
tion oil to Germany. Germany chal- t
lenges Rumanian ban, demands full r
oil quotas.
Istanbul?Russia calls home hun
dreds of Soviet technical experts; ^
German experts already gone. ^
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HOEY TO AID DRIVE ;
Governor Clyde B. Hoey will serve i
as a member of the State committee
of Fighting Fonda for Finlard, Ine., v
a group seeking contributiois with r
which the Baltic republic cam buy t
sorely needed military eqiiqiment, c
announced George Watts Hill, of I
Durham, chairman for North Caio- v
lina, recently.
Strutters Burt of Southern Pir.es, I
author, is State vice-chairman.
Other members of the committee
announced by Mr. Hill are: j
Miss Beatrice Cobb, publisher of jj
The Morganton Herald; Peter Brown j
Ruffin, Wilmington Business man;
Dorsey Pruden, Edenton attorney; ?
Kemp D. Battle, Rocky Mount attor- (
ney; Carl Goerch of Raleigh; Julian 0
Miller, editor of The Charlotte Ob- .?
server; W. T. Couch of Chapel Hill, e
director of the University of North r
Carolina Press; Robert M. Hanes of c
Winston-Salem, president of the A- t
merican Bankers Association; L. P.
McLendon, Grednsboro attorney, and j
Hiden Ramsey, general manager of j
the Asheville Citizen-Times. 0
SEARCH 0
A search for new and extended i,
uses for animal fats and poultry
products and by-products will: be in- /
eluded in the initial work' of the t
U. S. Department of Agriculture re- t
gional laboratories. I
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FRUIT SUPPLIES t
The U. S. Bureau of Agricultural o
Economics has predicted that reduced
export demand would make domestic
fresh fruit supplies as large in the v
first half of 1940 as in the same
period in 19S& ? ?
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Education is not complete if all $
that the student gets is a trained
mind.' * * i
n.j..
Senatorial Body \
? f* : ?' ?' - m^ *
Again Postpones ?
Action On Japan i
?
The Foreign Relations *
?
^ I
Senate ?oreip; Relations ^Committee a
have again ahied away from the ex- c
ifSHSTSEii'
co^^^d' th^embai^V.ls <
? ?hi'iiMattlthin linav^ 1 ^ t ^ ^
flUfl HIS ttSfllovwIIvj uOX1U fliftlillllOn* t!^,t V
aecirativ? aboofc, what Hanibeck said. ! a
ft. flAvj|v; n^tinJll^hTI nnfk^ol
I Qo ttCUH'v, yqII jT>t -U| vvIUSvv'ravel: WlvIl'I
Sweden Makes Protest
Of Little Border Town
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rhree Thousand Inhabi
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tants of Pajala Escape
Harm, But Half Of
Town Is Burned By
"^alders.
Stockholm, Feb. 22nd. ? Swooping
lussian planes today bombed and
ired the little Swedish border town
if Pajala, an incident that threatened
o rekindle the fiery Swedish move
ment for intervention in Finland.
Although all of Pajala's 3,000 reei
lents escaped death and the shower
f 184 bombs was believed aimed at
rinnish territory just six miles away,
leutral observers expressed the opin
on that Swedish "Activists" now
rould reopen their drive to help
inland "bo vigorously that any other
telp is unnecessary."
Townspeople estimated that 84 of
he bombs from the heavily laden
aiders were explosive, the remaining
00 incendiary. The fact that there
rere no casualties was credited to a
imely warning flashed from the bon
ier and by the heroic work of a girl
felephone operator who stuck to her
K)St.
Most of the lethal load was dropped
a the center of town.
Among the demolished buildings
/ere an apartment house and a
dill from which workers just had
ime to flee. Bombs rained about a
hurch in which terroized townsfolks
Lad huddled, shattering many of its
windows.
The weather was clear and the
lombers flew as low as 8,000 feet
Orders Protest
The Swedish government ordered
ts envoys to Moscow to make an
mmsdiate and vigorous protest at the
Kremlin.
Weight was added to the theory
hat there would be a resurgence of
he "Activist" movement by the chief
f the Swedish Finland committee,
ust back from Finland. He announc
d tonight that an agreement had been
?eached with Finland whereby the
Swedish committee' would intensify
he recruiting of Swedish volunteers.
The bombing, which set half of
*ajala afire, had terror-stricken in
labitants either racing to the fields
r crouching ntugbly in their homes.
It was the second Russian violation
f Swedish neutrality and the occas
m of a second protest.
On January 18, Russia apoligized
or violating Swedish territory,; al
hough in her admission die failed
o specify the bombing of^ Relinks
sknd in the Gulf of Bothnia four
ays previously.7 Ten missiles, iden
ified as the Red army's fell mostly
n off-shore ice.
More Violent.
Today's incident was much more
iolent
There was but brief warning of
he seven crushing bombers from
he village of Kengia, closer to Hie
Innish border.
As some of Pajala's terrified popu
ition took refuge in the church, ast
ral bombs 'exploded within 100 feet.
The church was unhit, but ah old
tospitaT, from which patients had
>een moved only recently to a near
uilding, was demolished with three 7
ther structures.
A direct hit was scofed on a school
?ymnmrinm, but the bomb, 'although
Eot* - 1?
ised of the approaching raiders from
he border, she stuck to her switch
h^d^S^fA^bSlS^'lS
arts away did not Wtaervi' her. ^
I'l r. '? i . i V li'- ' i'i ft .
argo proposals under consideration
cbmnwre* on ternary 28, but is at
tggoriieads on what course to take.
ay 'i&t SrSro" ?tonunatee*' ttfll , '??
lark time uhtti it is established '
whether Grtat Britain has negotiate'. %
owing various aspects of thrftfr
sste*?feituation. MB
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