NMS ME COMPLETE FN PITT AM GREECE E.C.M. MEET Corporation Group Of ficials, Town and Busi ness Firms Arrange Fine Program For En tertainment of Mem bers July 1 Arrangements for providing a worthwhile and entertaining pro gram for members of the Pitt and Greene Electric Membership Corpor ation at their second annual meeting, to be held here Monday, July 1, have been completed by the officials, town and business men, and all is in readi ness for their reception. An address from an official of the Rural Electrification Administration < office in Washington will feature the r program, and the business session I will be made up of reports of the i phenominal progress of the Corpora- i tion, given by the various officers, ] directors and committees. The elec- i tion of seven directors will be in or der and the question of setting - the first Saturday in July as a perma nent date for the annual meeting will be considered. The meeting, li which is to be held in the high school gym, will be called to order by the president, J. Lee Tugwell, at ten o'clock. This meeting will also serve as a celebration of the recent completion of several new extensions aggregat ing around 75 miles of new line in bringing electric current to approxi mately 300 farm families for the first time. These extensions bring the total allotment sum to $225,200 with which approximately 250 miles of rural electric lines have been con-1 structed. The Farmville Chamber of Com merce and Merchants Association are arranging to provide ice water and lemonade at the meeting and dis plays of electric appliances. The electric Home and Farm Authority, in conjunction with the Cooperative and the Town of Farmville, has made | available loan funds to all farmers for the purchase of electric appli ances, which are repaid over a period of years with the light bills. A barbecue dinner will be served at the swimming pool following the meeting. UCC Figures Are Released A Total of 3,263 Pitt County Workers Are Covered by Act Raleigh, June 24.?Payrolls were about $31,000,000 greater in 1939 than in 1938 for about 8,500 employ ers in the state who were subject to and came under the provisions of the N. C. Unemployment Compen sation Lew, the approximate figures being $373,000,000 in 1938 and $407, 000,000 in 1939, Charles G. Powell, commission chairman reports. The employer contributions, the 2.7 per cent tax on payrolls, amount ed to $10,131,314 in 1938, as com pared with $10,975,999 in 1939, re flecting better operations. Unemployment Compensation, or jobless benefits amounted to $8, 159,368 in 1939, the first year of pay ments, and dropped to $4,256,864 in . 1939. yT";;!/?; ? .. . North Carolina had 8,416 employ ers subject to the UC law in ' th? year 1939, and in the same yem 449397 workers were protected bj the law. Application for work in the 51 Employment Service Division officei in the state and at about 125 "ser vice points" and about 150 "spo points" visited by representative fmm these offices, numbered 307, ,954 in 1938, as compared with 331, 161 in 1939, while placements o jobs numbered 89,694 in 1938, in I creasing- to 197,521 in 1939. Pitt county, a breakdown of tfel I state figures shows, had 196 employ , era subject to the law and 3,2?| workers proctected by it in the yea I 1939. I I Payrolls of employers subject J I the law and paid on employees prl I tec ted by ths law, amounted to 5a 560,270 in 19S3, as compared? wil I $2,728,119 far 1939, while contribi I tions paid by the liable employe; I sf Pitt couaty amounted to $68,6! in 196* as eompmed with $73,634 - ? ^ _ . ^ 1 A 0 . ?, m ? rt?jn ? m 1009 QQIHhHB jb+FJLE? Ut XfftHy ?Qy I i,T-' 009 * i ftsft men who were ayahMt defense pi 70th Birthday Of Mrs. Dora N. Kiel It OhttfflH) I Children Entertain At Dinner; Relatives and Friends Call During Day To Offer Felicita tions Mrs. Dora Horton Keel was honor ed on her 70th birthday Sunday, when her daughters, Mrs. Madeline Horton Rountree and Mrs. Frank Capps, of Washington, D. C., and her son, M. V. Horton, and daughter-in law, Mrs. Horton, entertained at a dinner at her home. Mrs. Lula Forbes and Mrs. Ellen Hill, who had already passed the three score and ten milestone, and whose birthdays fall op this same I date, were honored guests also. The I trio have been friends since girlhood and have often celebrated their' an niversaries together. Mrs. Keel and Mrs. Forbes are cousins. Many beautiful gifts, including flowers and candy, for each of the "young ladies" were arranged at one end of a long table, spread under one of the fine old oaks on the grounds of the Horton Apartment House, which is a landmark of the town and rich in tradition and early history of the county and community. Con structed more than 90 years ago to house the Pitt County Female In stitute, it was later called the Farm- j ville Academy, then the Horton Hotel when Mrs. Keel and her first hus band, Moses Tyson Horton, became owners and managers. After the death of her second husband, Thomas E. Keel, it was converted into an ?t,+ iimia. hr Mrs. Keel and dy200,000|l citizens to the list of income tax payers and by raising the rates on in come, profits, excise, gift and inheri- I tance taxes. The money will be used to help finance the defense program authorized by Congress. . r The treasury calculated that the law would increase anticipated fed- L eral revenue in the 1941 fiscal year, which begins Monday, from $5,652, 300,000 (not counting social security funds, which aie now outside the bud get) to $6,467,600,000. An extra $994,300,000 was expected to be rais- j ed in each of the following four! years. . I Largest Since 1920. Next year's revenue, if realized, will be the largest since 1920, when peak collections were made on World War taxes, and the 1942 fiscal year may set a new income record of ap proximately $7,000,000,000. Officials estimated that 2,200,000 persons would pay federal income taxes for the first time because of reduction of personal exemptions for heads of families from $2,500 to $2,000 and for single persons from $1,000 to $800. This lowering of ex emptions also will result in increas ing the payments of those now tax- J ed. To facilitate the defense program, the act authorized the treasury to borrow immediately against the five-year proceeds of the measure. Sale of $4,000,000,000 of "national de fense notes" was authorized and the national debt limit was increased from $45,000,000,000 to $49,000,000, 000. While the federal debt now is ?49 018 209.181. resrular federal ex penditures had been expected to ex haust the old debt limit within the next year, without provision for the extraordinary defense expenditures. Effective dates of the tax increases vary. The income tax provisions apply -to incomes earned during the 1940 calendar year, and will be pay able March 15, 1941. Increased excise taxes, such as those on liquor and cigarettes,, will become effective at 12:01 a. m., Monday, July 1. The heaviest of the new tax bills will fall upon income tax payers. I^iey are expected to pay $319,000, 000 in the next fiscal year and $580, 000,000 in the following four years in addition to their payments under former income tax rates. Another series of changes boosts the surtax rates on persons having net income of between $6,000 and $100,000. Under this provision, the surtax (which is in addition to the four per cent "normal" income tax) , was increased'from 5 to 6 per cent on net incomes of between $6,000 and $8,000. These increases range upward to a boost of from 55 to 56 per cent on. net incomes between ! $90,000 and $100,000. The tax on amusements will ap t. ply henceforth to admissions of 20 . cents and more,-instead of 40 cents as at ^present, but the rate of one . cent for every 10 cents or fraction thereof is unchanged. An extra one per cent added to each bracket of the corporation tax, raising the rate for concerns, with income of more than $25,000 from 18 per cent to 19 per cent Then on top of all old and new income tax provisions, a 10 per cenl super tax was added. Thus, if s ? citizens' income tax bill comes tc I $100, the super tax increases it U ' *110. [> - LIBRARY NOTES 0 Miss Annie Tyer, librarian an nounces that hoars of opening th< Parmville Public Library daring th< summer will be 1:30 to 6:30 each day n New books placed on the shelve >r the past few days include: ** A Southerner Discovers New Eng land?Jonathan Daniek; The Morn Ing Is Near Us?Susan Glaspell; Th Bird in the Tree?Elizabeth Goudge r" Trees of Heaven?Jesse Stuart; Mor ?" Stately Mansions?Pauline B. Fletci fk er; Red Lanterns on Si Michaels *? Thornwell Jacobs; Bethel Merriday >* Sinclair Lewis. . Patrons will be glad to learn thi k* there is-now a copy of "Rebecca" b A* Du Marurier in the library. Stores To Close For Holiday on July 4th ?__ - The Farmville Chamber Of Com merce and Merchants' Association announces the closing of the stores1 here in observance of the national I holiday, Jujy 4th. Attention is called to the fact J that the steresj will elose as usual on Wednesday afternoon, prior to the 4th, which falls on Thursday. . I Splendid Suprl GivenRed Gross Goal of "$400 by The Fourth" Expected To Be Reached by Chairman Joyner and Work ers; Donations Total $202.15; Canvassers Began Intensive Drive Thursday , Officials and workers in the ranks of the American Red Cross Relief Fund campafign now in full swing here, report splendid cooperation and ah enthusiastic response given by citizens,' who have contributed gen erously of "their means and given their time when requested. A total I of $202.15 was reported early Thurs day afternoon, this sum being volun teer contributions. A town wide canvass got underway Thursday morning, with the follow ing groups working designated areas: Group 1?Miss Hazel Bass, Mrs. Irvin Morgan, Jr., Miss Mary Friar Rouse. Grpup 2?Mrs. J. Leroy Parker, Mrs. James Lang, Mrs. John D. Holmes. Group 3?Mrs. M. V. Horton, Mrs. Robert Lee Smith, Miss Vernice Lang Jones. ? I Group 4?Mrs. Mac Garraway, Mrs. John B. Lewis, Miss Elsie Carraway. Mrs. Ed Sykes. /~<_i?a ?it R Suecr. direc-1 | VUluxcu auc mv?i ?? . ?-cj-cj i tor. . Adopting the slogan "$400 by the Fourth" Red Cross chairman Eli Joy ner, Jr., and his executive committee began promotion of the campaign last week, appointing Miss Mae Joy ner as publicity director and Mrs. G. A. Jones in charge of the solicitation headquarters, located at Wheless' Drug Store. Mrs. J. Leroy Parker, president of the Junior Woman's Club and members of her organiza-, tion have worked untiringly since the campaign opened on June 18. Miss Mae Joyner and Mrs. Frances Spencer are heading a group promot ing a Bridge Benefit Tournament on Friday afternoon and evenihg of this week, and report a fine response be ing given their efforts. The Major Benjamin May Chapter, D. A. R., has tendered the use of the Chapter House for this purpose, and around fifty tables have been reserved. The sewing division, which will be located in one of the Davis stores on Wilson street, will go into action Monday with Mrs. R. S. Soott in charge. The Boy Scouts and their Scoutmaster C. ? L. Ivey, have been busy this week putting the building in readiness for this phase of Red Cross activity and a number of sew ing machines and other equipment have been loaned in this connection. Farmville's garment quota is list ed as follows: ?? ? ?_ Five men's sweaters; o women a sweaters, and or, black shawls; 10 children's sweaters; 5 women's dress es; 5 girl's dresses; 2 layettes; 20 hospital bed shirts; 10 convalescent robes; 10 operating gowns. 1 Yarn for the sweaters and shawls r . will be furnished by National Head ' quarters, withput charge, prcvidec ( Chapters agree to produce at theii expense the assigned quotas or then equipment in garments listed as per missible items on the quota sheet Chapters will be expected to pur chase locally from the 15 per ceir of the War Relief Fund which thej 3 collect, the yarn for all knitted itemi B except sweaters and shawls. i-fl ^ Donors of $1 or more since thi last published list are: Bank of Farmville $10; J. Y. Monl $10; John B. Lewis $10; America) e Legion $10; Dr. Paul E. Jones $5 Mr .and Mrs. R. S. Scott $5; Mis g Elizabeth Davis $5; John T. Thorn $5; E. B. Hodge $5; George W. Davi _ $5; Merry Matrons $5; Eli Joynei Jr. $2; Miss Annie Perkins $2; L. I Walston $2; Mrs. J. H. Harris $2 lt Contributing $1?Miaa Mae Joyne )y Mrs. J. W. Parker, A. Friend, Mr W. Leslie Smith,'J. M. Wheless, Mil - Geraldine Gardner, W. Alex Alio ie W. A. McAdaras, C. J. B. Gayle, Mr th R. A. Joyner, L. T. Pierce, Ed Nai J. Warren, R. T. Mont Dte 1 " ' : ? 4 s- LEMON-GREENE - in } Mr. and Mrs. W. Leslie Smith ? ?s. nounce the marriage of their daug g- ter, Elizabeth Yarona Greene he Richard Thomas -Lemon, on Frida 00 "m* and imme< Japs Move To Grab Domination Of Tin Far But Speeds Up Efforts To Oust Western Powers Prom Par East and Take Over Complete Control Aod now Japan slips into the pic ture of the European war in a big way, taking advantage of the wide open situation growing out'of Hit ler's attempt to dismember the Brit ish empire. With France smashed and British influence in the Orient tremendously weakened by the Nazi holocaust, Nip pon is undertaking wide-spread oper ations which patently are calculated to give her domination of the Far' East and the self-sufficiency she has been seeking. This, means a forceful reiteration of the "Monroe Doctrine" which Japan guardedly gave to the world in 1934?eastern Asia for the Asiat ics. It involves control of great apd rich territories belonging to Britain and the defeated nations of France and the Netherlands. May Boost World Power. In other words, Japan is speeding up her efforts to oust the Western powers from the Far East and take over complete control herself. We may be on the verge of wit nessing a tremendous increase in the power and world prestige of the Japanese empire. It is a historic moment which should not be lost sight of bechuse of the distractions of Europe. In view of all this it is quite nat ural that there should be widespread speculation as to the -destination of the main United States fleet which slipped mysteriously, away from Hawaii and is churning up the Pa cific without any indication of whether it is sailing north, south, east or west. It may easily be pro ceeding to the Atlantic but anyway, the fact that there should be so much speculation as to whether it might possibly be heading for the Far East, is a fair mark of Ameri ca's great interest in that part of the world. s Proceed Boldly/ The Japanese are proceeding bold ly and with a strong hand,, as is necessary if they are to take full ad vantage of their new-found free dom from interference by European powers. Informed sources in Tokyo say Nippon may attempt to declare pro tectorates over French Indo-China and the Dutch East Indies. An unconfirmed report from Hongkong Wednesday , morning in dicated that Japanese troops had invaded French Indo-China anil that fighting was proceeding Whether there is any truth- in this Japanese forces haVe been operat ing . near the border of Indo-China in order to stop the shipment ol military supplies to the Chinest through French territory. Little Britain Can Do. ' ?x 1 x Japan also is understood to iiav< demanded that Britain agree to th< stationing of Japanese inspectors ii Burma to stop the traffic in, armi with China through this * "bad door." Another reported demand is tha the British crown colony of Hong kong stop its old and rich tradi with China, and Japanese arme< forces have appeared west of thi ' possession. ~ ^Hongkong is the dis tributing port Of the whole world fo ' southern China. And the Nipponese are said to b ' insisting that British interests* in eluding military forces, be with ' drawn from the international settle ment in Shanghai. Any ope of these demands ^ in noi 7 mal times would constitute fightin 5 talk, but so far as one can see thei is little England can do about i 6 now. Germany and Italy are a Britain wants to tackle at the m< k ment. . a -? ? -? ; COUNTY HEALTH s OFFICES ABE OPEN ON e WED. AFTERNOON S ' .d ' V .. j if. For the informatidn of the publi 3. Dr. Ennett, the County Health Off !; cer, calls attention to the fact thi r, .the Health Department Offices ~ b. Greenville are open on Wednesdi is afternoons. a, Not only is Wednesday afteriKX a. a venereal disease clinic period, but ih also a time when vaccination for t phoid fever, diphtheria, etc, is dow ; Vaccinations are also donp gtytW day mornings, and the Qrdenvi venereal disease clinic is open a- Saturday morning from 8:30 to 11 :J CHOLERA y, A hog cholera epidehiic, caused ^ animals brought in from outHrf^' Ford Refuses To Attsoi(t Hots Plane Production Stands Pat On Offer Te Produce Plaits For De fense Purposes, But For the United States Only ? ? ''" ? Washington.?Plans for faster ex pansion of the air force and simul taneous aid to Britain struck a snag Wednesday in the collapse of nego tiations with Henry Ford for mass production of ; aircraft motors. Ford, who has said he could turn 9 ' out 1,000 complete planes daily, re fuses ?to manufacture any engines for Great Britain, the National De fense Commission announced, and this stand forced abandonment of arrangements for a point U. S. British order. William S. Knudsen of the De fense Commission, who' disclosed this Tuesday night, said that "coopera tion * in the production of this im portant military equipment will be' sought elsewhere." This statement gave rise to belief that services of other automobile manufacturers might be enlisted. It was recalled that when Ford made his "thousand-planes-a-day" predic tion, Knudsen, then heard of Gen eral Motors, "guessed" that General Motors could do likewise. Ford said at Detroit Tuesday night that he stood pa? on his offer ; to produce motors and ? planes for defense purposes, but o"hly for the United States government. On the other hand, Kriudsen has asserted that the joint Anglo-Ameri can character of the motor order was "made plain" to Ford's son, Edsel, the president of Ford Motor Company. Edsel Ford confirmed the arrangement as satisfactory, Knudsen declared. The cancelled negotiations with the Ford company were reported to have involved 9,000 engines?3,000 for the United States and 6,000 for Britain. A $43,000,00Q appropriation was hurried through Congress to pay for this country's jorder, and until Tuesday night the contract "agree ment was believed near, MISS BASS IN WEDDING . \ - ' Miss Hazel Bass was a bridesmaid i at the wedding of Miss Peggy Perry, ? of Colerain, and James Laerteo Pitt i man, of Scotland Neck, solemnized 1 in the Colerain Baptist Church Sat . nrday evening. , Miss Bass wore a gown of shell ? pink marquisette over taffeta, fash l ioned with a very full colonial skirt. ? She carried a colonial nosegay of ? blue delphenium, yellow roses and white gypsophilia, centered with pink . rosebuds. Her quaint small hat of matching pink net had a center of ! matching rosebuds. IMitfttai Called Ml To Weed Would Make Possible a Repetition of P i a n Adopted Last Year foi Benefit of Tobaccd 4 Washington, June 27.?Legislation to increase by $500,000,000 the bor rowing power of the commoditj Credit Corporation was cited bj marketing experts Wednesday a.< one possible favorable factor in an otherwise generally gloomy tobaccJ outlook for the 1940-41 season. I The bill was passed by the Sehatl last week,' but was Choked off in thl rush in the House preceding the refl House tobacco bloc leaders and del partment marketing experts agree' that the legislation would make pos jslble a repetition of the plan adoptl ed last "year under wfaieh British im porters, in normal times largest tali era of United States exports, wer advanced credits to take their nornul is share of domestic production. : | 7- Seek To Thwart Ban. In fact, officials of the Agricvten| r_ Adjustment Administration said, pn le liminary negotiations already well on underway toward such a scheme. JO. ,? By working otft such h plan, was explained, domestic products could escape the full force of tl 1 ? II ?? ?' I 1,1 ' Britain Cheered By News Warships Ready To Fight ? London Hears French Fleet Has Steamed to North African Ports; More German Air Raids Bold British Attack on Nazi Coast London, June 27. ? Britons were cheered today by reports from Gib raltar that powerful units of the French fleet?perhaps the greater part of it?have steamed to North African porta for a "fight to the finish" despite the Petain govern ment's armistic. They received the news sis they fought off another*of the German ' p re-dawn raids fast becoming a nightly circumstance of British life. The raids, from southeastern Eng land to northern Scotlsmd, were the sixth in nine Spanish sources from Algeciras, near Gibraltar, confirmed' that the French, fleet had left Gibraltar for Casablanca and Algiers, in French North Africa. At Gibraltar unconfirmed reports also wek heard that General Nogues had ordered immediate arrest of Edouard Daladier, former Premier of France, who went to Casablanca . to confer with him. V C* Daladier was replaced by Paul Reynaud as Premier and later was replaced also as defense minister by ? Reynaud, who strongly criticized the situation at the war ministry. Official circles in London also , heard that Charles Corbin, French ? Ambassador in London, had sent his resignation to the Petain govern ment. Meet Raiders. The new German air raid found . ~ British ground and air forces ready and waiting. Anti-aircraft guns barked back at the raiders and Jittle British fighter planes roared' up to mee^ bombers picked out by searchlights. The fast little crafts were seen chasing some of the German planes , back to sea. Raiders screened behind "heavy clouds where searchliyhts failed to penetrate dropped several bombs in northeast Sngland. Flares dropped by the planes start ?1 ~~>1 wlnVh wprc ouieklv CU ocvciat au v??iwv*. ...? - ^? w extinguished by air raid precautions workers. Guarded official accounts of an : audacious British [raid on Germah . held i?ositions along the continental coastline were taken in' some quar- / : ters as suggesting the start of a " campaign of harrassment to prevent ^ the Nazis from using certain coast ' basies for invasion of England. ^ The British announcement said heavily-armed shock troops, support ed by fleet and Royal Air. Force units, stormed German positions at L undisclosed points along the coast. They landed men who came away r with "much useful information," an r official announcement said. i The success of the foray, which i took place yesterday, was attributed u > by military observers to its element * '* ? of surprise. * 3 * These sources said significantly, 8 However, that "farther" raids might - be equally successful. 'The party," said one naval ob r server, ."may have attacked one of d the numerous submarine bases which - the Germans have constructed in ?r Belgium, as we did during^ the last f war." In an extraordinary World War e attack on Zeebrugge, the Belgian d port which ^had been in Geriian r hands since early in the conflict, British Admiral Sir Bfrgep Kepes * had two old ccment-fRled British J- cruisers sunk to block the eaCaal re connecting Zeebraggb and Brugen? a canal through which hastily pot it together German submarines had >n been swarming out to sea against ' * the Allies. ce The coastal attacks made in this * new war were described only brief ie ly by the Ministry of Information.