VOLUME THIRTY-ONE ^ PADIF1LL& PITT COUWTT, NOnB CAROLINA, FRIDAT, JUNE 7, 1940 NUMBER THREE
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Record Number Graduates
Receive Diploma at Finals
Seniors Honored at
Many Affairs During
Week; Marjorie Lee
Parker Won Honor of
Being Best All-Round
Senior
The Farmville High School's
graduating exercises on Fri
day evening brought to a close the
first nine-month term here since
1931, and one recorded as being the
most successful of any in the his
tory of the shool, due in large meas
ure to the increased educational and
recreational facilities. Another new
record in graduates?38? was made.
J. H. Moore is the superintendent.
State Superintendent Clyde A.
Erwin was the principal speaker at
the graduation exercises. Marjorie
Lee Parker, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Parker, was valedic
torian, and William Carter Pollard,
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son of Mr. and Mrs. J. u. ronara,
was the salutatorian.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Pest all-round senior, Marjorie Lee
Parker, given by Rotary Club; high
est average chemistry, Dorothy Lew
is, by J. E. K. Young; mathematics,
Don Bryant, by Mrs. J. Y. Monk;
English, Nellie Letch worth, by
Fannville Literary Club; best at
tendance room, Miss Rusfeell Ward's
room, by Mrs. Prank M. Davis; P.
T. A. prizes, Miss Margaret Lewis,
third grade, and Miss Verona Lee
Joyner, home economics class; music
prizes most improvement, Lilla Gay
nor, technique, Agnes Quinerly;
sight reading, Betsy Willis Jones,
by Mrs. Haywood Smith, teacher;
most improvement, Ruth Parker;
second place, Carolee McConnell, by
Mrs. Daisy H. Smith, teacher.
Diplomas were delivered by Dr.
Paul E. Jones, seventh grade certifi
cates by J. I. Morgan, the P.-T. A.
prize by the president, Mrs. Claude
L. Barrett, and other prizes by Supt.
J. H. Moore.
After the exercises the grade
mothers of the Senior Class, Mrs. J.
O. Pollard, Mrs. Arthur F. Joyner,
Mrs. W. M. Willis and Mrs. D. E.
Qgtesby entertianed the group with
refreshments and dancing at Jake's
Place and a midnight show, Pin
nochio, at the Paramount Theatre.
The management served the seniors
with additional refreshments during
the show.
The senior play, "June in Janu
ary," given on Thursday night, was
directed by Miss Ellen Lyles.
Following the play the Seniors and
special friends enjoyed an hour of
dancing in the Chapter House at the
invitation of the D. A. R. Chapter,
and on Thursday evening of the week
before, they were special guests at
the May dance of the Mayfair Club.
FARMVILLE GIRLS
? FINISH AT E. C. T. C.
Greenville.?Three Farmville girls
were graduated today from East
Carolina Teachers College in the
thirty-first annual commencement
The Farmville Seniors receiving
the A. B. degree were Ursula Carr,
Virginia Carraway and Anna Wini
fred Jones.
I Other Pitt County Seniors reeeiv
I ing their diplomas were: Robert G.
I Brewer, Mary Lou Butner, N. Har
I vey Deal, Lon Nichols Dupree, Helen
I Flanagan, Edith C. Forrest, Ethel
Gaston, Frances Harris, R. Geraldine
Harris, Dorothy Hollar, Alton r|
Johnston, Booster Tex Lindsay, Mrsl
Annie A. Sellers and Herbert Ml
Wilkerson, all of Greenville; M&xicl
Broadwell of Winterville; Joyce I
Elaine Hill and Lucille Johnson, botll
of Ayden; Margaret Ann Jackson anJ
Stanley Scarborough of Griftonl
I Lindsay Whiehard of Stokes; Evelytl
Clark of Grimesland, and Thomas JI
I Masks, Margaret W. Moore, PaulinJ
I & Johnson and Rosa Lee Tripp, all
I oi 1HH
I. IS GRADUATE ROM I
BREVARD COLLEGII
Brevard.?Thomas Clark, son ofl
Mrs. D. A. Clarke, of Farmville, wa I
the more than one hundred senior I
I to graduate ta Brevard College, Wedl
neoday morning. May 29. The grad I
nation program in the college audi I
tartmn dosed the week's eommeiSB
praa made by Dr. R Trimble, De&i I
w ._i. n.__ * 1 -
xoof umc HI own ocuve i
Pierce, Jr., have returned from Borne,
Ga., after attending the finals in
which Robert was graduated cum
laude.
Young Pierce was an outstanding
student ih athletics as well as in his
scholastic work, being a member of
the Varsity basketball team, the ten
nis team; a member of the Honor
Society, the "Gabberwork" literary
staff; a member of the Darlingtonian
staff, the Glee Club and secretary of
the Campus Club, a student organi
zation.
Charles Blount Quinerly and L. B.
Johnson, who are students at Darl
ington, also, have returned to their
I respective homes here for the sum
mer vacation months.
86th ANNIVERSARY OF
MRS. AARON P. TURNAGE
The 86th birthday of Mrs. Aaron
P. Turnage was observed by her
"children with a family dinner at her
home on Sunday. Flowers and gifts
were in evidence everywhere and it
was a happy day for this family
group, which consisted of:
Mrs. Aaron P. Turnage, J. R. Turn
age and Walter Warren, of Durham,
Mrs. M. L. Turnage and children,
Mark L. Jr., and Edna Mae, David
Turnage, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Speight,
of Greenville; Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Turnage, of Richmond, Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Turnage, of Washington;
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Turnage and chil
dren, Evelyn and A. C. of Farmville;
Dr. M. L. Carr and Miss Fields, of
La Grange.
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TO RESIDE HERE
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Rev. Wilbur Bennett and family
moved this week from Edwards, and
are living at 208 S. Main St. Mr.
Bennett serves the churches at Wals
tonburg, Macclesfield, Mount Pleas
ant and Jamesville. We welcome i
them to our town.
FOUNTAIN NEWS
(By felRS. M. D. TELVEBTON)
Miss Betsey Fountain is visiting
relatives in Greenville.
Mis. Fred Parnell and daughter
Margaret Rose of Bethel spent a
few days recently with Mrs. J. W.
Redick.
Edgar Case returned home Thurs
day from State College. Wayman
Sasser of Wilson was his guest dur
ing the week-end.
Mrs. J. W. Redick and daughter
Miss Carolyn Redick are visiting
relatives in Bethel.
Mrs. J. L. Dozier spent several
days recently with her sister Mrs.
Ralph Crawford in Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Eagles and sons
L. P. and Guy attended the guraduat
ing exercises of Dr. R. L. Eagles al
Richmond Tuesday evening. They
were accompanied home on Wednes
day by Mrs. R. L. Eagles and daught
er Jane.
Mr. and Mrs. William Walker of
Washington visited Mrs. W. D. Ow
ens during the week-end.
Walter House of Tarboro is visit
ing Guy Eagles.
Miss Lois Adkins of Starke, Flori
da, John A. Guy, his mother Mrs.
Guy, and sister Miss Mirriam Guy of
Hampton, Florida, visited relatives' in
Fountain during the week-end.
Mrs. Martha Corey and sons Hugh
and Judie Corey of Rocky Mount at
tended Mrs. Washington Smith's
1 birthday dinner Sunday.
Miss Lillian Price of Charlotte and
Miss Ruth Wright of Raleigh visited
' Miss Hazel Owens this week.
Birth Announcement
""Mr. and Mrs. Glen Newton are re
I eeiving congratulations on the birth
of a daughter, Eleanor Glen on Mon
' day, June 3, in Tarboro Hospital.
1 Birthday Celebration
* Mrs. Washington Smith celebrated
| her 86th birthday Sunday at hei
home near Fountain. Her guestf
were her children, grandchildren, ant
friends. A barbecue picnic dinnei
was enjoyed during the noon hour
Mrs. Smith was presented witl
j many beautiful gifts.
Newman-Eagles
B In a simple hot impressive cere
. mony in the Fountain Baptist churcl
I- Thursday morning, June 6, at H
j. o'clock KM* Lee Eagles was marrie*
? to Leslie Newman with the Rev. B
? L. Wilson officiating,
i, The ceremony was perormed be
y fore an altar banked with palmi
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Farmers ii Raleigh
T
John T. Thome, of Farmylfle,
Among Newly Elected Direct
ors for Both Cooperative Or
ganizations
Two hundred Pitt County farmers
were among the delegates who at
tended the annual joint meeting of
the North Carolina Cotton Growers
Cooperative Association and the
Farmers Cooperative Exchange in
Raleigh Wednesday and heard Con
gressman Graham Barden of New
Bern declare that what the country
needs is a minimum of federal con
trol and a maximum of cooperation
on the part of farmers.
To the assemblage that overflowed
into the balconies of the Memorial
Auditorium, Barden declared that
"control as an emergency measure
has been necessary, even though
there is something in us that revolts
against too much control as a gen
eral proposition."
Delegation to the meeting, repre
senting most of the counties in both
North and South Carolina, were wel
comed by Governor-elect J. M.
Broughton, a charter member of the
Cotton Association. The meeting
opened with a concert by the Raleigh
High School Band and was called to
order by M. G. Mann, general man
ager of the two co-operatives. John
T. Thome of Farmville pronounced
the invocation.
Barden, who has sought modifica
tion of the Wage and Hour Laws,
called for equal consideration of the
rights of farmers and industrial
workers, "Neither the farmer nor I," |
he said, "want to lower the worker's i
wages, but each increase in wages
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should not be deducted irom me
farmer. A floor to protect the in
dustrial worker or any other worker
is 0. K., but for God's sake don't put
the farmer under the floor."
Agriculture is in for another rap
because of the war, he told the dele
gates. "Increases in prices reach ag
riculture last and always leave them
with the hardest debts to pay. A
proposed additional tax on tobacco to
help finance the national defense pro
gram would also add to the farm
er's tax burden, although agriculture
has always shown its willingness to
bear an equitable load."
In his annual message to the mem-;
bers and patrons of the two co-oper
atives, General Manager Mann re
ported a highly successful year for
the organization which did a com
bined volume of over $6,000,000 dur
ing the past year.
Despite an extremely short crop
[both last year and the year before,
Mr. Mann said tljat cotton deliveries
had held up well and that the Asso
fciation has sold approximately nine
out of every ten bales of cotton on
which it had quoted a price under the
I "Re-Purchease Poole" plan. Under
this plan, Mr. Mann explained, the
farmer, if he is offered more on the
outside may take his cotton back and
sell it elsewhere.
"The Association," Mr. Mann said,
"has made*it possible through the
lltepurchase Pool' for the first time
in ? the history of cotton selling in
North Carolina for the farmer to
know as much about his cotton as
the man who is buying it."
' Tracing briefly the record of the
Association, Mr. Mann told the mem
bers: "You can- look back with justi
Ifiable^fride upon 18 years of service
Ito yourselves in the co-operative
markeeting of cotton. During this
[time your organization, through good
years and bad, has average handling
more than 87,000 bales annually, or
more than 11 percent of all the cot
, ton produced within the border of th?
I State.
Daring the program now director)
? for both co-operatives were inducte<
I into office. Member of the nev
I boards are: Cotton~ Association?L
? Brace Gunter of Fuquay Springs, W
? W. Andrews of Goldsboro, A. V. Cobl
I of Windsor, J. T. Thome of Farm
I ville, Edward Purdie'vaf"' Dunn, H
I- Silvertson of Autryville, E. J. Trout
ft man of Statesville, B. C. Mayo o
ft Tarboro, W. Henry Liles of Wades
ft boro George L. Pate of Rayham an
ft CoL John W. Harrelson; and FCX
I W. W. Engies of Macclesfield, Dud
ft ey Bagiey of Raleigh, J. T. Albritto
ft of Calypso, S. E. BoaweU of Sun
- Greensboro, H. Sivertsen, J. B. Pal
? ride of Washington, J. C. Barber e
P?H. B. Ashley of Red Springs, and Di
'?? J Frank P. Graham of the Universit
y of North Carolina and Dr. Jane ?
jiffof the Jidyuorv c
n| the two onranisataions who were'ml
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' By HUGO S. SIMS
(Washington Gerrwpoadeat)
WAR SHOCKS AMEBKOL
SENTIMENT CHANGING.
HELP FOR THt ALLIES.
THE GUNS ON HAND.
OUR AIRPLANE STRENGTH.
HOW THE NAVY GROWS.
HOW THE ARMY SPENT
FUNDS.
MONEY FOR CROP LOANS.
GREW ADVISES JAPANESE.
The impart of event in Europe
have shattered American complacen-1
cy and awakened the people of this
country to the desperate need for
energetic action looking toward the
defense of the United States.
Coincident with the startling sue-J
cess of Hitler's invasion, the confi
dence of Americans generally in the
success of the Allied nations deteri
orated. For the first time in many!
years, the people of this country bd-1
gan to visualise the world conditions
which will result in the event of a j
'German triumph. Along with this
realization came a complete under
standing of the reliance heretofore
placed upon the navies of Great Brit
ain and France in regard to protect- j
ing the Atlantic Ocean.
The President's fireside chat to the
nation, calling attention to the seri
ous state of world affairs and urg
ing an immense appropriation for in
! creased national defense was met by I
an almost unanimous assent every
where. In fart, the general com
ment was that the amount requested
was not as large as expected, but
the probability is that additional re
quests, to be made to Congress, will
largely increase the expenditures for
national defense in the coming fis
cal year.
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By non-partisan voces, uie ovuaw
and the House rushed legislation de
signed to put into effect immediate
ly the bulk of the President's recom
mendations. The state of the pub
lic mind can be accurately seen when
one observes that the Senate twice
voted enormous appropriation bills
for defense without a single dissent
ing vote and the House, in measures
affecting the expansion o the Navy,
Recorded only one. (Ussenter.
Throughout the United States
there has developed a keen interest
in the possible presence of "Fifth
Columnists." Not tfnly has the Fed
era Government dfevoted attention to
the activities of spies and saboteurs,
but state and municipal governments
have taken action designed to pre
vent alien residents from interfer
ring with the defense of the United
States. Almost overnight sentiment
in the country has shifted away from
a policy of isolation and, while it is
too eary to say that the majority of
our people are insisting upon prompt
assistance to the Allies, ''short of
war," there is a definite trend in that
direction. If the Germany Army in
France, following amazing success in
The Netherlands and Belgium, deliv
ers a ferocious attack upon the
French and there is anything like
a kind of collapse of resistance on
the part of Great Britain and France,
there will probably arise renewed de
mands in this country for prompt
action to give succor to the hard
pressed Allies. -
It is practically impossible to give
accurate and definite figures as to
the state of the national defense. The
citizens of the Republic have read of
authorizations and appropriations
, bill, of plans for fixture air annsdas
, and enlarged fighting forces, but
considerable confusion exists in the
| popular mind. Without being able
1 to guarantee th accuracy of the fig
ures, we give below some idea of fixe
| existing' strength of the United
States in respect to the armed fore
r es of the nation.
Anti-aircraft: guns, 164 on hand:
900 ordered.
Anti-tank guns, 300-400 on hand;
' 1,000 ordered.
" Scout cart, 500 on hand; unknown
r number ordered.
' 15-MM Howitzers} a handful oz
1 hand and 800-400 ordered.*
Field Artillery,. 5,000 war-time 75's
' about 1,000 moderhited and 1,200 tc
1 he modernized.
;; ?Wd Artillery (hoary), a few ex
perimental guns with an unknowi
hut email quantity ordered.
Army aircraft, 2,422 on hand,' witi
8,128 ordered. This includes 851
r training, 903 miscellaneous, such iu
^ 1^, .'J;
HJ The Army luui About 17*000 Guer
Records Reveal That
Imports Are Far Bm
low Option Agreement|
Raleigh.?Leas than a million!
pounds of tobacco have been movedl
from the 175 million pounds of the!
1989 crop held under the purchase!
and loan arrangement for the British j
trade, W. G. Finn, director of th? j
AAA East Central Division, report']
ed.yesterday to F. V. Floyd, AAA J
executive officer at State College. .
The British opinion on this tobac-1
co extends unti July 1, 1941. Forth-1
er developments concerning the Britr ]
ish interests wan noted in the in
crease of import duty on tobacco go-1
ing to Britain, the third time in a
year. It now represents a tax of I
about 18 cents per package of 29 cig- J
arettes. In 1938-39, British imports I
of American flue-cured tobacco were
more than one-third of the entire!
19381 crop.
Although the lower grades of to-1
bacco from the 1939 crop have been]
rather fully absorbed by the trade,
partly because of the short Chinese]
crop, a large quantity of the better
grades has not yet been moved, and
the surplus from the huge 1939 and
earlier crops is the largest on rec
ord, government figures indicate.
- A reduction of more than 30 per
cent from the record area of 69,0001
acres harvested last year is expected
in the Canadian flue-cured tobacco
acreage in 1940. Last year the .Ca
nadian crop amounted to 82,625,000
pounds, as compared with 78,
174,000 pounds the preceding year.
Of the huge ls39 crop, Canada ex
ported 30,000,000 pounds to other
parte of the British Empire.
Declare War on The
Fly and Mosquito
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The Mayor and Board of Commis
sioners in a regular session on Tues
day night, passed1 a resolution ex-1
pressing the sincere appreciation for
the very hearty and liberal support
given in the recent "Clean-Up" and
"Rat Campaign." No such noted
success ould have been obtained ex
cept with' the splendid assistance
rendered by the citizens of Farm
ville.
In view of the success in the past
undertatltingB it was unanimously
voted to Undertake a Fly and Mos
quito Campaign and further ? solicit
the cooperation of all citizens of
FarmviHe and the surrounding com
munity. *
This can only be accomplished by
eah individual appointing himself as
a committee of one to see that < all
premises both at home and vacant
ots, including those in the business
district, stable yards, and warehouse
property be cleared of grass, weeds
and rubbish where mosquitoes hiber-j
nateiand flies breed; removing from]
all premises and lots any tin cans, j
utensils or other items where water'
could become stagnant and thereby |
be turned into a breeding place for
moss ui toe a... All house gutters or
drains unless cleaned out and so ele
vated as to properly drain becomes
an ideal for mosquito breeding.
With each individual cooperating j
as suggested above it is felt that the
campaign will be highly successful.
R. A. Joyner, city clerk, said today
that the. campaign merited, a help
ing hand from every citizen,'as there
are no pest* which affects each in
dividual as theily and mosquito.
VACATION. BIBLE SCHOOL OF
. BAPTISTS STARTS MONDAY
;
The Vacation Bible School, of the
Baptist Churth, will be held in the
gym, and will begin Monday morning,
June 10, at 8:80 o'clock, with Miss
Annie Perkins in charge. There will
be no fees and every child frow; 6
years up, who is not attending other
Vacation Bible Schools, is cordially
invited to enroll. _ ?
New Seed Law
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? Washington, Jane 5.?President
I Roossvelt today* allowed to become
I law without his signature a bill
? (SS6S0) to prohibit the export of to
I bacco seed except for experimental
? purposes.
I The bill wan indentieal with ?
? measure passed by Congress last
? year, but vetoed b# the President. -
I It . -was introduced by 'Senatas
I Byrri (D-Va.) and piloted through the
i House by Keprsaaiftativea Burch
I (D-Va.), Kerr. (D-N.C.), Flannagan
i (D-Va.), and other tobacco belt leatf
> Supporters contended it was nee
I essary Dp put a halt te furthest*
I eign production of domestic type
I Cross ambulances and moto^p
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YOUNG PEOPLE TO HOLD
SPECIAL SERVICESUNDAY
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The young people of the Christian
Church will held a Panel Discussion
Sunday night at eight o'clock at the
Church. They were to hare this ?
service last Sunday evening, hut post
poned it on account of the school >
The subject will bo: "Why The (
Church Support Conference."
Those taking part will include:
MisS Lauretta Holloman, Bill Pol
lard/ Hume Paschal, Alice Taylor, .
Lester Turaage, Bobby Rouse/ Mavis (
Leggefct and Mrs. R. D. Rouse.
The Daily Vacation Bible School
will begin at the Christian'Church j
at 8:30 Monday morning, June 10th,
and will ran for one week. All chil- (
dren from 4 to 12 years are eligible.
Mrs. Ted L. Albritton will be su- !
pervisor this year, and will be as
sisted by a fine group of teachers ?,
and helpera.
NOTICE D. A. R. MEMBERS!.
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The FLAY DAY meeting of the 1
Major Benjamin May Chapter, D. A. ?'
R., will be held in the Chapter House (
Saturday afternoon, June 8, at three
o'clock, with Mrs. C. T. Dixon and '
Mrs. Hugh Sheppard, of Wilson, and '
Mrs* J. L. Shackleford as joint hos
tesses.
Rev. Worth Wicker of Greenville, i
a World War veteran, and an officer
of the National Guard,- will speak on '
patriotism and world conditions at 1
this meeting. Rev Mr. Wicker is well '
informed on current nffaiiB and situ
ations ahd will doubtless make an 1
address, which will excite the interest
of his hearers, and result in their
thinking more deeply and intelligent
ly on present conditions. ' '
This will be the last meeting of 1
the present Chapter year, and all
members are urged to attend.
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Germans Boast
Of BigSuccess
Declare Hitler's Soldiers
Will March into Paris
Within Two Weeks;
Claim* Brea&Through
58 Miles from Paris
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> Berlin, June 6.?A smashing Ger
man offensive against the heart of
France has broken the Weygand line
in several places, a high* command
communique claimed, tonight while
Nazis jubilantly boasted that "Hit
ler's troops will be in Paris within
two weeks."
.. Barely 18 hours after the start of
their furious assault along the curv
ing Allied line stretching 120 mjlesj
from the English Channel to the
Ailette Canal north of -Soisons, the
Germans claimed to be sweeping
southward toward "the open road to
Paris."
General is Proud
j The high command issued a pe
dal communique, blared by radio to
the German people, reporting the
smashing of the hurriedly-built Wey
gand line of defenses at ' several
points along the Somme and Aisne
river*. ? , /,
rt? PranoTil
n uoi. II uuiei
II tisch, commander-ih-chief of the
I German Army, isstied an order of
I the day to his troops, saving-: "Sol
I diersl I am proud of you."
I The Germans, attacking in mass-II
I ed wave of infantry supported by |
I tanks,; dive-bombers and artillery, j
I said by the high command to have I
I broken the so-caBed > Weygand line I
I between Abbeville cm the channel!
I coast and Bam, 88 -nifles east of I
I Amiens, as well as along the Aisne-1
? Ooise Ganal (the Ailette Canal) be-. I
I tween Laon and Solssons.
I Th Germans were striking, accord-1
I ing to Ugh Nazi informants, with the I
I aim of "totally annihilating" France I
I before turning against the' British I
I |sles for the 'last blow" of the war.. I
I The present offensive?or-perhaps
I, one to follow Jt-rwM lwiMf France I
I to her knees, pnd "eJimimtehar from I
I, the W agaihst Germany," Nazis
boasted. . j JJTeek
Then, With undivided forcea 'andI
L without theAJisk^f a. counter-attack
{ on toe continent, Germany will beat I
j Britain into submission in the same I
[ msnnbr,;they< expained. I
I' Perhaps' wittd*,* week or "a forte ?
night at toe outgiffer German troopbl
will be marching down toe Champirl
Elysees hi Paris, many ardent Nadpl
t Pto^ctod. I
Alzsadyv 4t was^aasarted. in Berlin, I
toe French am i fading alone be
! cause*: as tha offidal DNB agency
the 'last Englishman" has I
The only totogti<,tost worries us I
Great German Offens
ive Launched on Main
Front With Paris As
Objective
Pari*, Jane 5.?German armored
columns which broke into the main
French front on the Somme as the
spear-points of a great offensive
were declared tonight to have been
mtrapped in a new system of de
fense created by Gene real issi mo Max
ime Weygannd for the supreme stand
to save Paris.
Not one of the tanks, military dis
patches said, got all the way through
the network of defenses.
At the same time, authorized sourc
es asserted that the savage new Nazi
offensive had been checked general
ly all along the battle line.
Frenchmen, they added, were hold
ing firm against machines.
Three-Headed Driye
' The Nazi tanks advanced through
open spaces in the French defenses
only to meet successive French "sup
port points" like field fortifications
of a new design.
The first points, armed with ma
chine guns, were erected on the banks
of numerous canals and streams lin
ing the battle area. Back of them v
were gun nests at cross roads in the
fortified villages and on. the hills.
Then, military informants said, the
line ended in deep woods where any
German units which succeeded in
breaking througs to those points.
were slowed down and finally halt
ed by guns hidden in the shadows.
The German offensive spread in
the three main sectors of Amiens,
Peronne and Laon, and the Nazis
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strove to drive converging spear
heads toward Paris.
It was there that the new system
of Generalissimo Weygand was put
into action for the first time. The
Magi net theory of fixed fortified
positions was dropped and defense
designed to ahsorbe and break up
tank attacks gradually was employed.
In contrast to the first days of
earlier German armored column as
saults on the Meuse and in Flanders,
the French said, the opening of the
Somme battle yielded them no great
gains.
Back to Middle Ages
French military dispatches said (,
virtually all of Weygand's support
points held out during the day and
that no tanks succeeded in completely
cutting through the rear of the deep
defense system. .
French military closed in behind
the entrapped mechanized united to *
counter-attack from the rear.
These new defenses were com
pared by military authorities to those
of the Middle Ages when archers
protected themselves behind stag-_
gered lines of posts against charges
of .armor-clad aalvary and overcame
the enemy with their arrows.'
FARMVILLJE BOY SCOUTS
ATTENDING WORLD'S FAIR
Dana Rucker, Bob Paylor and C. L.,
Ivey, Jr., of Farmville Troop No. 26,
were among the 80 Boy Soouts who
left Wilson Sunday afternoon by train
for a ten day visit to the New York's
World Fair. They were joined in
Rocky Mount and West Virginia by
80 others, making up a total of 160
scouts, and the miaiber premitted to
attend the Boy Scouts World Fair
Camp of 1940, at one time.
While there they will have the
opportunity to viBit all the buildings
on the Fair grounds; will cover the
tours to act a3 orderlies for special
groups who visit the Fair and partici
pate in all impressive cereruonies in
the Court of Peace as well as get as
aides for Fair officials. They will
return June 12th. '
WHO KNOWS?
1. Is Eire assisting in the defense
of the British Empire? <
2. How" high are the cliffs of Dov
er?
3. Who is Chief, of Staff of the * ?*
U. S. Army?
'4. Who Is Chief of Naval Opera
tions? ?
?6.' Is President Roosevelt assurc-d .
of the Democratic nomination?
6. What is-a helicopter.
.% What is a Danxerdivision?
8. What wastheaizeof the U. S.
Amy that went overseas - in ; the
World War?
& What is the fighting plane
strength of the-U. S. today f
10. Did General Marine Weygand
see service during the World Wair?
(See The Answers'' on Page Fear)
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