Asserts Reds Would Plunge V. S. into War < Dies Witness Says Par ty Aiming at Civil Strife; Efforts Aimed At CIO Unions Washington, April 26. ? Erra Chase, who said he had been an or ganizer for the Communist party at Los Angeles, told the Dies committee today that the party intended to plunge the country into civil war by calling a general strike in basic in dustries. The witness identified what he said were minutes of the Los Angeels county Communist party convention in March, 1937. These, he said, showed that the con vention had adopted resolutions di recting that Communists organize a "progressive caucus" in the Los An geles Central Labor Council and that Communist units be formed, especi ally in CIO organizations. The main idea of the party, Chase was to rallv the entire popu lation of Los Angeles behind the trade union movement and particular ly behind CIO organization efforts in basic industries like automobiles, steel, aircraft construction, rubber and communications. Asked the purpose of this policy, he said: "The Communist party is an organ ization having a revolutionary intent. "It's purpose is to take over this form of government and install one of its own. Its interests in basic industries is that through union or ganizations it can control them and be in a position to call a general strike." Fred M. Howe, who said he had been ."kicked out of office" in a marine radio union, told the Dies committee Wednesday that "high of ficials" of the American Communica tions Association (CIO) were Com munists who planned to help set up a Soviet system in this country in the event of war. JUS UCSLIilWl UllAU uc uou iA?v" a man named Stano, whom he iden tified as a Communist, in the radio room of the yacht Sea Cloud, owned by Joseph E. Davis, former United States ambassador to Belgium and Russia Davis was ambassador to Belgium at the time, Howe said, and "Stano" was in a position to handle and copy radiograms sent to and from the yacht. Howe charged that the internation al executive board of the American Communications Association had used a "goon squad" to oust him forcibly as an official of Local 2 of the Am erican Radio Telegraphers Associa tion. Chairman Praised For TB Seal Work Greenville, April 25.?The success of Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, Pitt coun ty health officer, in conducting Tu berculosis seal sales is attracting at tention not only in the state, but on a national scale. The March news letter of the State Tuberculosis association contained a paragraph commending the work of the local chairman in selling $860 worth of health bonds, described the work as "excellent" and requested Dr. Ennett to explain to others how he carried on the program. The health officer has complied with the request by writing an article for the bulletin. A few days ago, Mrs. Florence Breed, field adviser of the National Tuberculosis Association, called on Dr. Ettnett and interviewed him re garding his 193d campaign, in which seals in the amount of $1,860,53 were sold as compared with sales of $1, 112.60 in 1938. As a result of this interview Dr. Ennett was placed on the National Consultation Service, the first Tar Heel to win this honor. The health officer has been in vited to speak at various meetings in the state and explain how the pro gram is conducted in Pitt county. On Monday of this week Dr. En nett was named on the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Tu berculosis Association. The meeting was held in Winston-Salem and the local man had no advance knowledge that he was being considered as ar officer of the organization ODD FACTS ______ Andy Martin, popular traffic offi cer and member of the Farmvilh Police Department states that he anc R. L Fulford are owners of a bin dog,.Sport, who will probably tx claimed by Kinston when that citj finds that Sport catches rats am acta, as police officer for small chick ens when Marauder Hawk makea hi appearance. We thfnk Andy has instilled somi of Ms own protective instincts am wOHngneu to serve in his canim friend. - - ??+ ? $[?? ' | There comes a time in the life o wlitu ox* sli6^ -? i' V-'.V'*T '?'?Se&W:5Sw Treasury Moves Te Balk Gnrinaas ?h 1 ? Asks Congress for Pow er to Prevent Nazis from Grabbingr Wealth in America Washington, April 25.?Working with unaccustomed speed, the Sen ate and House banking committees today approved legislation empower ing President Roosevelt to prevent Germany from getting possession of any wealth in this country as a result of its invasions abroad. The President has already acted to "freeze" the American holdings of Norway and Denmark and to prevent their withdrawal from this country without special license. However, New York bankers had raised the question whether he had sufficient authority to require licenses for transactions in foreign-owned secur ities. ~ ~ At- - m TVjT^* secretary 01 me imaouiy luvigcu- . thau laid before the House banking committee this morning legislation to j clear up this question. The commit-1 tee spent about an hour listening to { explanations by Morgenthau and his aides, and then broke up with Chair man Steagall (D.-Ala.) announcing unanimous committee approval of the measure. Democratic Leader Ray burn of Texas told reporters later that he would seek unanimous con sent to call the bill up in the House tomorrow. Morgenthau and his aides then walked across to the Senate side of the Capitol, where Chairman Wag ner (D.-N.Y.) hastily called a meet ing of the Senate banking committee. In a 30-minute session, the commit tee. approved the bill unanimously, and Wagner said he would ask Sen ate action on it tomorrow. Wagner then filed a committee re port saying the legislation was made necessary by "certain questions" which had arisen in connection with the President's executive order of April 10 "freezing" the Norwegian and Danish investments. The report said that a "few lawyers for banking institutions" had raised the question whether Congress had given tfie rresiaent aumonvy w regu late transactions in foreign-owned stock when it voted legislation in 1933 aimed at preventing domestic hoarding. "The committee ib convinced that doubts of this character should be immediately removed by a clarifying amendment," the report said. "Not only is the authority to regu late transactions in stock and other securities essential to the system of control already in force, but it may be of even greater importance if it becomes necessary to extend such control to property of other countries which to an even greater extent is in the form of stock and securities." Back Home Willi - Gold-Laden Ship U. S. Skipper Describes Nazi Invasion of Nor way; Walked in Unmo lested New York, April 25.?A hard-bit ten skipper, back in the safety of American waters, disclosed today that he fled the port of Trondheim, Norway, with a fortune of $4,500,000 in Swedish-owned gold hidden in the ' hold of his ship, the 4,955-ton Ameri can freighter Moremacsea, after the Germans had captured the port. The skipper was Captain William McHale, who served with the British mine-sweeping forces in the World war and was four times decorated for , bravery. Captain McHale revealed that a skeleton force of about 600 Germans seized Trondheim in a pre-dawn mid ! on April 9, "and walked in unmolest * ed." ?' - - <4 The German invaders, fie saia, landed from the battle cruiser Von Hipper and from three destroyers, seizing the strategic Norwegian port at 6 a. m. "The people appeared to be stun i ned", the obtain said. "They offered I no resistance. There were no Norwe i gian soldiers in sight." ) Captain McHale said the German r troops, as they went ashore, carried I machine guns and thousands of box - es, apparently containing machine i gun ammunition. One German plane roared over s head as the troops landed. 1 Captain McHale brought his shij 9. into New York harbor-after a peril ous voyage through the mine-infeetec NortKS?. f t: ' h A ner pension hill is^hghre^tfai Aid ef United States Not Need ed,WjM Hints Satisfied That Powers Now Arrayed Against Germany Are Amply Sufficient London, April 25.?Arthur Green wood, deputy leader of the Labor op position, Wednesday told the Nation al Defense Public Interest Committee that "even the United States is now piling up expenditure on armaments not because she is directly threatened but because nobody knows how far the war will extend." "Before this struggle is over many neutrals will be with us in the fight," Greenwood said: The Scandinavian invasion proved, Greenwood said, "that Corporal Hit ler could never have been a sailor." "Hitler has embarked on a foolish, short-sighted adventure", Greenwood oontinued, "which is bringing very visibly nearer the end?though the struggle is going to be a long one? a war which might have been a stal mate war for a very long time. "I am not one of. those who would plead with neutral powera to join us. I am satisfied that the powers ar rayed on our side against Germany are amply sufficient.". D, A. R.'s of State To Convene Wilson North Carolinians Take Prominent Part in Nar tional Congress; Sev eral From Farmville in Attendance Wilson will entertain the 41st an nual conference of the North Caro lina Daughters of the American Rev olution, with all the D. A. R. chap ters of the first district cooperating as hostesses next March, it was decid ed at the recent meeting of North Carolina Daughters during the annu al Continental Congress in Washing ton. About 100 North Carolinians at tended the national sessions. Mrs. Eugene N. Davis, Raleigh, retiring state regent, was elected a vice presi dent general. Mrs. W. H. Belk, Charlotte, ended a term as a vice president general, but served in her capacity as national chaplain of the Children of the American Revolution and will appear on the next national D. A. R. ticket as a candidate for the post of national chaplain. Mrs, J. S. Silversteen, Brevard, was installed as the new state regent; with Miss Gertrude Carraway, New Bern, state vice regent; and Miss Gil bert Morris, Asheville, state corres ponding secretary. Other officers are still retained in their respective posi tions. Junior Daughters also took promi nent parts in Washington. Mrs. Hay l wood Bobbins, Charlotte, a page at the Congress, was elected a national vice president of the Junior Assem bly; and Miss Margaret Gilliam, Charotte, was renamed editor of Echoes, the Junior Magazine. The North Carolinians tiei; for the first prize offered for the greatest num ber of new Junior groups organized during the year. Two prizes were awarded the North Carolina D. A. R. for the greatest number of Junior American Citizens, and honorable mention was given the state in many lines of vaired committee work. Besides the regular business meet ing in the North. Carolina room, furnished as a colonial dining room, in Manorial Continental Hall, the North Carolinians enjoyed their an nual luncheon in the Chinese Room of the Mayflower hotel About 170 guests attended, including Mrs. Hen ry M. Robert, Jr., president general and practically all the national offi cers. Mrs. Davis presided over the program. Mrs. C. Wayne Spencer, Wilmington, acted as luncheon com mittee chairman.. Decorations were red roses and long leaf pine, and fa vors included North Carolina silh > hose, sewing thread and a small boz of crackers, cakes and salted pea nuts, all put up in the state. Many North Carolinians had'oam mittee assignments for the congress -MWW. Mrs. O. Mas i Gardner, WHmingion and Shelby I Warn; Mrs. Edwin C. Gregory Mi^r^hrtKmsr Mrs. Steward i Camden Pratt, New York and Win 1 ston-Salem, platform; Mwl Josfeh W Bailey, Washington and Raleigh, Mrs ? Robert H, McNeill;Washington, Mrs R. E. Ridenhour, Concord and Wash ^ and^m O. Spemw, Win ) ^co^mitt?; Jtos: E^A^&aMh . niwee also Attended irom norm . SoUna. Sewral members of the Major r Benjamin May chapter of R?rmville, f WW 16Attendance, " I ? By HUGO S. SIMS (Washington Correspondent) PER CAPITA INCOME FARM WAGE RATES PRAISES TRADE PROGRAM BILLIONS FOR DEFENSE NAVY BUILDS SHIPS JAPAN STEADS A MARCH AIR POWER NOT ENOUGH Per capita income payments to in dividuals in the United States in 1938 amounted to seventy-six per cent of those received in the boom year of 1929. The-Department of Commerce says that income payments range from 8205 in Mississippi to $822 in New York and average $615 for the nation as a whole. While 1938 is the latest year for which these figures are available on a state basis, preliminary records in dicate that improvement has been made in 1938 and 1939. The $516 figure for 1938 compares with $679 in 1929 and $376 in 1933. Salaries and wages were the most important type of payment in every state, accounting for almost three fifths of total inome payments for the naiton, Labor income from Gov ernment sources provided more than seven per cent of the total income payments. Entre-preneurial with drawals?income of .those self-em ployed?accounted for a little more than one-sixth of the total income | payments and slightly less than one ' sixth appeared in the form of capital returns?dividends, interest and net rent and royalties. In connection with these figures, it is interesting to note th. t the Depar men of Agriculure reports that farm wage rates are higher this spring than they have beer since 1981, Per sons working on farms on April 1st numbered 9,797,000. This is about 168,000 less than on the same date last year and the decrease is explain ed by increased mechanization of ag riculture and migration of farm la bor to industrial areas. . The average rate of farm wages was 124 on April 1st as compared with the 1910-14 level and is three points above April 1st, 1939. Pres ent wage rates on a monthly basis, without board averages $36.41 and day rates, without board, $1.55. *? I In giving his approval to the meas ure extending the Reciprocal Trade [Program for three years,,President I Roosevelt said that the extended : hearings and exhaustive debate should leave no room for doubt that the pro gra mhas brought "demonstrable ben efits to our nation as a whole and to every interest directly concerned and has not inflicted injury on any group of producers." There are twenty-two agreements in effect, although some of them, such as the pact with Czech oslovakia and Poland, do not exist. Negotiation is now underway with Belgium and Chile. Praising the procedure employed in negotiations, the President pointed out that it in cluded participation by he State, Com merce, Agriculture and Treasury de partments as well as the Tariff Com mission. Interest in national defense mount ed rapidly as news of Germany's at tack upon Norway affected public opinion in this country. Although the House has already approved a $1, 750,778,532- appropriation for the Army and Navy during the fiscal year beginning July 1, there is every indication that this huge sum will be increased by additional appropria I *.*?.!,<, Wnwi n/Hournment. ilVllO k/v>?w?v> _ Chief interest for the present cen ters in the Navy. The House has approved a supply bill for the ex penses of the Navy during the coming fiscal year, which totaled around 1966,000,000 and with minor cuts of ? around $2,000,000 the bill has Men approved by the Senate Appropria t tions Committee. i The measure provides funds to start construction on. two battleships ; of 45,000 tons $ach, two cruisers, one : aircraft carrier, eight destroyers, six ? submarines and several smaller craft. This construction is in addition to six battleships underway, two others un , der contract, two aircraft carriers, : six light cruisers, fifteen submarines, , thirty destroyers and varioui auxili ! anes. ? ] Readers should understand that the ? appropriation bill referred to in the . above paragraph provides the mon ? ey for operating the Navy and the ? constructionmentioned- In addition* ? there is pending in the Senate, a ? House-approved authorization bill to , (Continued on page six) Charming Wit Spoke at Young Demo crats' Meeting Held in Greenville On Monday Evening Incidentally, United States Senator Josh Lee is a philosopher and a hu morist. Some sidelights on the Ok lahoma solon who spoke at the Young Democrats' meeting in Greenville on Monday reveal the sparkling wit of the man whose father was born in North Carolina, his mother in South Cnmlinn And in Alabama. Ha stud ied law in Tennessee and settled in Oklahoma. He grew up on a ranch as a cowboy. A male cow once ran over him, knocking out his senses and some teeth. He had the teeth put pack, he told the Democrats. He graduated in law and never practiced it, but had always made an honest living. He taught in the University of Oklahoma until the students were old enough to vote, then ran for of fice. He was elected. Since he has been in public life Senator Lee said he has been im pressed by "what the Democrats have ? ? ?t ?_ j J 1 x iL . done I or tms country, ana wnat uit, Republicans have done to it." He agrees with Thomas Jefferson that "the least governed people are the best governed, . providing there is enough government for the needs of, the time. The Oklahoma senator's experienc es are myriad. On a train he ordered a fruit salad. It had in it Florida grapefruit, California orange, Wis consin cherries, Cuban bananas and PotoRican pineapple. He ordered the salad in Tennessee and paid for it in Arkansas. He discussed relativity and said "everything is valued in its relation to' something else," Little things make a big difference some times. He said if Wally Simpson's nose had been half an inch longer history would have been changed. With a twinkle in his eye, Senator Lee said the sunflower is the emblem of the Republican party. The char acteristic of the sunflower is to face the east in the morning, the west in TUA oA?ot/ir rcu>o11pH UID OYClUllgi AUO uwiiMwv* m. i that daring the Last part of President Hoover's administration when mil lions of jobless people were hungry all the Grand Old Party offered him to eat was the Constitution, while the country was about .six inches from revolution. He credited Roose velt with rescuing the "forgotten man." Senator Lee's philosophy is quaint. He said the school man makes his bed' and lies in it. The politician makes his bunk and lies out of it. The Democratic Oklahoma sena tor was talking.to a Democratic audi ence in Greenville. The audience was with him from the beginning. | He was frequently applauded. > I School calendar APRIL AND HAT By J. H. Moore, Superintendent, Farmville School. April 26 ? 8:00 "o'clock ? Junior Senior Banquet May 23?Piano Recital. May 24?Primary Operetta. May 26?Baccalaurette Sermon. May 30?Senior Play. May 81 ? Graduation Exercises, Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Superin tendent of Public Instruction will be the speaker. J All exercises will begin at 8:00 o'clock in the evening. . Patrons and friends of the school are cordially invited to attend. ?< Returns True Rill % In Slaying Sunday Greenville, April 26.?A true bill of indictment of murder against Ben nie Harrell, in connection with the slaying of Hubeirt Harrington near . Greenville Sunday' afternoon, was returned by the Pitt County grand jury late yesterday afternoon. The grand, jury spent much of the day investigating the fatal shooting, which occurred in a field about two 'miles from the city limits off the Greenville-Washington highway about 6 o'clock Sunday afternoon. The shooting and fighting is alleged to have taken place when a group of men who live north of Hie Tar River allegedly invaded a poker game being played by a group of men who live in the section where the shooting oc curred. Six of the alleged participants are scheduled to be given a preliminary bearing in Magistrate H. h. Jenkins' court Saturday mornings on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. DAMAGED 4- ? lie past winter did an extensive amount of damage to such semi-hardy perennials in Lincoln county as loses, crepe "myrtles, and crepe jasmines, reports Assistant Farm Agent J. W. . .......... Store To Begin Taking Wednesday Afternoon, May 8 ?. . The Farmville Chamber of Oommeree and Merchants Associa tion, makea^ the following an nouncement, following a recent in quiry in which a large majority at the firms here expressed pre ference for this date: - 'The merchants and business men will begin closing their stores ] for the Spring and Summer months, at noon, otn Wednesday, May 8th." Democrats of Georgia Urge . Arter Terra Convention Delegates Urge Roosevelt Run; Slate Is Solid for Third Term f Atlanta, Ga., April 25.?Georgia's Democratic Executive Committee to day elected to the party's national convenion 72 delegates who promptly urged President Roosevelt to run for a third term. By naming the delegation itself, the committee ignored appeals for a presidential preference primary, one of which came from a group embrac ing advocates of Vice President Gar ner and outspoken anti-new dealers. Committing themselves to support Mr. Roosevelt should seek re-elect ion, the delegates empoweerd Gov ernor E. D. Rivers to cast Georgia's 24 votes for them at Chicago as a unit and "as directed." As .Georgia's Democratic national committeeman, Rivers presented to the delegation a resolution of allegi ance to the President which said "it would seem as unwise to deprive our selves of the asset of bur army and navy or air force as to deprive this nation of ^he asset of Franklin D. Roosevelt" ? ; * "We know ishA^President is not a candidate for re-nomination," said the resolution. "We know he will not accept that nomination if it be tender ed unless it should come under such circumstances as to make it an im peritive duty." COTTON GINNING REPORT M. V. Horton, Special Agent for the Government Bureau of the Cen sus, states that 2525 bales of cotton were ginned in Pitt County from the crop of 1939 as compared with 3557 bales for the crop of 1938 Parent-Teacher Assoeiathui Meet Play Presented by Dra matic Club; Eight Hun dred In Attendance c " Farmville Parent-Teacher Associa tion held its monthly meeting Thurs day evening, - April 18 with an at tendance of 800. The meeting was called to order by the * president and minutes read by the secretary.. Rev. H. M. Wil son, pastor of th Presbyterian church lead in the .devotional exercises after which' Miss Margaret Lewis add* Mrs. L.- P. Thomas conducted the room roll call which was won by Miss Lewis' third grade u room. Miss Camille Staton reported that Miss Russell Ward's tenth grade room won the attendance last month with a percentage of 99.5. Mrs. Garland "Holden, Mrs. Frank Davis, Jr., and Mrs. Ted Albritton were elected to the nominating-committee to nomi nate officers for the comifig school year. ? _ The high school Dramatic Club un der the direction of Miss Dorcas Harding, English and French teacher in the high school presented "Mama's Baby Boy," a comedy in three acts to ? large and appreciative audience. The players; Douglas Kemp,. Mavis Leggete, Aileen Flanagan, Bobby Rouse, Frances Carraway, Geraldine Skinner, Marjorie Parker, Dofothy Skinner, Agnes Quineriy, Boots Thomas and J. K. Cobb, won ap plause and commendation' for the splendid manner in which they pre sented their .parts. Upon - adjournment, Mrs. Claude Barrett and Mrs, J. 3. Scott invited the group to the lunch room where refreshments were served to about three hundred. ;r.-* v ?/' v.% ?'r.*?' ? ?' ' '?*, * Allied Troops i Norway Forced From Position By Increased Enemy Pressure ? ? i r Allies Admit Loss of Area; German Troops Reported to Be Driving Along Swedish Fron tier in Apparent Effort To Reach Trondheim With Reinforcements London, April 26.?The allied forc es in Norway have been compelled by "increased enemy pressure" to with draw from the position previously held near Lillehammer, north of Oslo, a war office communique said today. Stockholm, April 26.?Under a pro tective aerial barrage, German troops pushed tward Roros on the Glom men river near the Swedish frontier today in an apparent effort to reach Trondheim with new reinforcement*. This column was hurrying by forc ed marches toward the vital west coast sector, where a major battle for the Trondheim region apparently was developing steadily. Berlin, April 25.?The German air force, resuming its raids on British naval units along the coast of Nor way, sank a British mine sweeper, set a destroyed afire and hit two trans ports with heavy bombs, DNB, the official German news agency report ed. The agency asserted that concen tration of "the remaining units of the Norwegian main army" were raid ed in the Domas area southeast of Trondheim and troops routed by the planes' diving attacks. German bombers also wecr report ed to have destroyed five Norwegian pursuit planes at a base in central Norway. Berlin, April 25.?German troops, pushing1 along parallel railroad lines north of Oslo, have reached Tynset and iRngebu, in long strides beyond their former outposts, DNB, offacal German news agency, reported today. Tynset is about 150 miles north of Oslo on the railroad along the Swed ish frontier and Ringebu is about 110 miles from the German-occupied Norwegian capital. (Ringebu is 30 miles beyond Lille hammer, pivotal point in the fight for control of Oslo's gates which alli ed forces had been reported to have reached). DNB also said German .soldiers were sealing Steinkjer on the Norwe gian west coast against a British at tempt to advance south on Trondheim by occupying strategic passes and roajls.* Allied resistance, DNB declared, was "without plan." On the far northern front, it re ported, British ships again subjected Narvik to "very active" shelling, while strong allied forces engaged Nazi troops 19 miles to the northeast in fighting which still is in progress. Scout Patrol Leaders And Points Won At District Camporee The following record-was made by the local Boy Scout Troop at the District Camporee field in Kinston during the past week-end: Wolf Patrol: Eight boys won 853 points out of a possible 900. C. L. Ivey, leader, Howard Kittrell, assist ant, Cecil Lilley, Jr., Joe Gregory, Charles Shackleford, Donald WaLston, Harry Davis, Marvin Horton. Panther Patrol: Eight boyB won 843 points out of 900. Billy Waters, leader, Clarence Kittrell, assistant, Ralph Ramey, Billy Jones, Milton Ciark, Itufus Skinner, Bill Carr, Dan Rucker. Eagle Patrol: Eight boys with 782 points out of 900. Bob Paylor, lead er, Milton Williamson, assistant, Frank Baucom, Bobbie Smith, Charles Carr, A. C. Turnage, Johnnie Allen, iBlly Gregory. This Patrol is com posed of ail new boys and much credit is due them for this record. C. L. Ivey, assistant Scoutmaster, stated today that each one of the Pa trols deserves a great deal of credit for the fine spirit and enthusiasm shown and for the record made in the Scouting activities. I WHO KNOWS ? I 1. How close does Denmark come to Sweden? 2. What was the original member ship of the House of Representatives? 3. Are alien residents counted In distributing congressional seats? : t 4. How old is Chief Justice ' - Hughes? 5. What is a fjord J 6. What is meant by the Iron Gate? 7. When did Norway declare its independence of Sweden? 8. What products aid Great Brit ain get from Denmark? 8. Who invested the typewriter? 10. How many nations have lost their -iridependehoe-since 1938? - (See The Answers