North Carolina Newspapers

: : " ?????!? II I ? ... ?!.. .. I.I ?? I. I. *???? wm ?????? ?) I I i II > ? Mil I ????!?? 1940N. C* fUaeed Crop iHalf That for Last Ymar 458^0,OOO-Pfcwtd YieW Indicated; Hoey and 6rou^htc?i For Three Year Control Raleigh, July 11.?North Carolina flue-cured tobacco growers have cut their crop almost in half, as com pared with last year, the State and Federal Departments of Agriculture announced yesterday in the first to bacco yield forecast of the season. The report indicated an acreage of 602,000, a production of 458,540,000 pounds, and a yield-per-acre of 9131 pounds. Last year the State's flue cured acreage was 865,000, the pro duction was 803,030,000 pounds, and the yield per acre was 939 pounds. In Good Condition The tobacco crop was described as generally in good condition on July 1.1 Rains were "badly needed" in the new bright and border belts, however. Other belts reported favorable weath- I er conditions. The 1939 crop, largest in the State's history, was raised without crop control restrictions. This year's crop was controlled by federal quo tas. Governor Hoey predicted last night that if flue-cured tobacco fanners voted for three-year crop control in a referendum July 20 they would be come "more prosperous and inde-1 pendent" than ever before. In a broadcast speech, the Gover nor said he knew that farmers did I not like regulation and control, and that he sympathized with their I views, but that tobacco would bring -*? nnt ass the crop si&rvttuuu >?...%-? were restricted. Rejection of control, he declared, would be "suicida.." If farmers vote for control, and then develop a well-balanced pro gram of crop rotation and diversifi cation?using land taken out of to bacco production to grow feed for livestock?"'North Carolina will be come indeed and truth a well-bal anced commonwealth and a self sustaining people," -said Hoey. .... Broughton For Control North Carolina's bankers can per form a great public service by ad vising the tobacco growers in their communities to vote for the three year control plan, J. M. Broughton, Democratic nominee for governor, told the North Carolina Bankers Con ference at Chapel Hill yesterday. "To vote for the three-year plan is merely the part of wisdom," he ad monished. Commissioner of Agriculture W. Kerr Scott and the State Board of Agriculture and a resolution ap-1 proved yesterday unanimously en- j dorsed three-year tobacco control and urged farmers to vote favorably on the program July 20. "Tobacco growers are facing a crisis due to the loss of markets brought about by war" conditions prevailing in foreign countries and the present surplus of flue-cured leaf is a threat to the price stability of the market*" Commissioner Scott as serted "In this present crisis, we believe that it is imperative that growers approve the proposed three year--AAA control program." Mrs. L 6, Gteptr I Baried Wednesday Greenville. ? Mrs. Mary Smith Cooper, wife of Lewis G. Cooper, practicing attorney of Greenville and former Judge of Pitt county cort I t died at her home 706 Evans street! ? j Tuesday morning at 7 o'clock. I Funeral services were conducted I i Wecfeesday afternoon at 3 o'clock all the home, with her pastor, Eev. W ? A. Ryan, paster of Eighth Strafll I , church, ia charge, aafiutiiiii by Bevfl Worth Wicker, rector of St. Paul'.' Episcopal church. Burial was ii I Greenwood cemetery. I I Active pallbearers were Dr. N. E , Ward, Dr. J. B. Hawes, Charles O'H Horne, N. O Warren, C. A. Bower ? J. S. Ficklen, J. B. James and E. B Among the honorary pallbearer were members of the Eighth Stree I Christian Church, members of til I Pitt Great* Bar Association, com t hnnsfi employees^- an I other friends of the family. Mrs. Cooper waa born in FarmviH May 17,18*1, the daughter of Kobei I Ls* Smth. ^tkltie^Tnn I Street Christian church circleJf^ She is survived by hsr hoshaxs v wood Cooper, 17; and Miss Ma Smith Cooper, 10; her father, R. ? OaHJU* vi UtT&llYIilCy OJsfi ITOt Washington FarntHcws AGRICULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS | FOR JULY . * ? . * (By Bureau of Agricultural Economics) 1. War cuts exports and imports of many farm products. 2. Consumer buying power in creasing, upped by industrial activity. 3. Heavy marketings of, potato^ this month, shipments of truck crops increasing, prices down. , 4. Cotton mill activity higher thip summer than last; growers face bad export situation. ? * ? 5. Hog slaughter: decreasing, othr. er livestock increasing; smaller pig. crop this year. 6. Milk flowing in heavy volume, demand for dairy products increased, prices higher. it 7. U. S. wheat supply, 1,000,000, 000 bushels; same as last year; Eu ropean supply smaller. 8. Loss of foreign markets affects fats, oils and oilseeds. 9. Good demand for wool, prices, higher this summer. A; j 10. Farm income higher in first, six months of 1940. ell. Production of eggs declining, prices about same as last year. 12. Feed grains ample for live-, stock needs next fall and winter. .,, ? 13. Fruit crops smaller, enough for domestic needs. ,j FARM PROSPECTS IMPROVE; ? INCOME UP; SUPPLY FOOD, . FEED, FIBERS ARE AMPLE , 1 The National Defense Program has brightened the domestic demand prospects for farm products. In-1 creased industrial production should I mean larger consumer incomes dur-1 ing the last half of this year. This j in turn would be reflected in a j stronger consumer demand for meats, dairy products, poultry products, fruits and vegetables, according, "to the Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics. Cash Incomes Increases . i Bureau reports that prices of prin' cipal farm products except pork are slightly higher this summer than last. - Farm cash income increases seasonally this month, will increase more through October. Total for the first six months of 1940 was higher than in 1939, may be higher in last half of year also. The Government inde* of purchasing power of farm products currently is about 75 per cent of the pre-World War base of 100 per cent. Exports Reduced United States exports of agricul tural products have been reduced sharply in recent months. The total, excluding cotton and pork, was small er during the first nine-months of the European War than in the like period a year earlier. Prospects for an immediate increase in exports are not good. Meanwhile, new crops are being made in the . United States, arid the total supply of food, feed, and fibers is more. than enough for do mestic needs. Whist Supply Preliminary indications are that the United States will have about 1 billion bushels of wheat this year. Allowing for pormal domestic dis appearance, the supply for export and carry-over would tothl more than 300 million bushela. These figure* are about the same as in 1939. The supply outside the United States will 1 be 100 million to 200 million bushel) > smaller than in 1939, due largely t< I ? crop damage in Europe.. Feed Grains I The supply of feed ?crains4n thi ' United States, slightly smaller thi) * year than last, will be more thai * ample for livestock needs. A .smalle: * corn crop is indicated, but there is i 5 large carry-over of corn, aad^largi 1 crops of other feeds are in prospect Slaughter supplies of hogs are de * dining seasonally, other livestock hi k creasing. The spring pig crop wa ?? smaller this year than last, prospect * are for a smaller fall pig crop also. Ojttog Oatlaok * Cotton growers, soon to havest * new crop, face an unfavorable es e port situation. Principal strengthei ? mg factor is the prospect forimprw d ed domestic business conditions dtt ing the last half of this year. D< * msstic cotton mill activities, has Ja ft greased some from the low point-) ?- late May, and currently is at a higi if er rate than it ^as last aumme ?r Prices of cotton h*v* been about J m pec cent higher thin summer tin Shiest. :fm Fata aad Oils i; Hffmt in prices of expo S- fats and nils: oilseed Oj rjr seeds reflect the loss of foreign ms L. kets. United States imports of c? ** JSTiSiSSv been cat fi ia a surplus in some lines or ecuoie fata, and a deficit in certain indus a trial oils,-notably quick-Jathering oils > for soap and tfcfr-dryjgg oils. 3 , i- v-Dairy Products Milk is flowing in unusually heavy ? Afft siiniini nn IM .If.,? Au f volume this summer in. kftponse tp h good pasturage and supplement*] i- feeding induced by the higher price#, in as compared with a year ago, for mityi ?- and batter, exclusive of relief dff r, tribution, ia slightly higher thgn,,f La year ago; the dsmand for eyapongt^i in milk has increased,, but the dftnyuy Sii'jlYauL-ln.-ui ' ' jit liaa n re yroauction ox eggs^aaej oecupec if for July porbabf aggregating abou t- S billion <m as contrasted witl qf FoAmmT 1 * ? ,-1 .1 I ... 1 ? I ? ? ? 1 ? ^ohiliTftAllntmnnh aUUIUZD ftwmliHHo ?? ' k '. ' ? ?- . < - ...Tobacco allotments (will not be rer* duced in 1941 and the Government will, protect prices of this year's crop *afr -or* slightly1 above the 1969-price j level* if"throe yeaarquotae are ap- $ ?proved'in the floe-cured referendum 5 on July 20, says E. Y. Floyd/ AAA : executive officer of N. C; State Col1-, ^ lege. . . j 1 . "On the other hand," Floyd declar-I, ed, "if three-year quotas are rejected i; and the one-year qdota plan is con-1 tinned through 1941, farin allotments F for neat- year will be 10 coite less] than the < 1946 allotments and the j Government will notbe able to PW7.L tact, prices at the level' established L last year." / K o Commenting on what he termed L "the; most serious market situation 11 evec faced by tobacco growers," the L 'AAA.executive said! "Stocks of flue- 1 cured tobacco in this oountry are now | 60<i million pounds larger than a year < ago. e^There is now growing around I. 740,000 acres of < floe-cured tobacco. I With average yields, this wiU result I in a crop of around 650 .milliopL pounds. I, i' "Domestic manufacturers probably ( will not want to buy over 40Q million I ] pounds this season, in view of their , large purchases lash season and with [, domestic. consumption still under 400 I, million pounds annually. ; I, "At the,present time, there.is lit tie demand from the. export trade. If all the orders for the export tra^e ( that will be on the market at the , opening of the buying, season were , added up, they probably would I. amount to between 100 and 160 mil- ( lion pounds. ,1; "This, means, therefore, that the , buyers will probably not- Want more L than 500 to 650 million pounds from r the 1940 crop of tobacco. Tais would leave between 100 and 160 million pounds for which there will be no | , buyers except at extremely low prices. The Government is prepared to make loans to remove this surplus from the regular channels of, trade. These loans will be dependant upon I approval of quotas. This, is the only way growers have of protecting I prices -of their 19b0 crop of tobacco." I Miss Davis Speaks MeMist Women ? ' ' k * ? t Miss Zoanna Davis, deaconess, and head of the student, work, relating to Mathodiat girls at E. C. T. C;, was guest-speaker-at the meeting; of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Meahodist Church, Monday afternoon. Miss Davis made a timely and en lightening talk on the subject of "Methodist Advance." Misa Bettie Joyner presided and Mra. Pearl John ston led the devotional exercises. $ After adjournment delicious , re freshments were served in the Love lace room by the executive hoard of the Society, including: Miss Bettie Joyner, president; Mrs. Bertha Gardner, vice president; Mrs. S. Ac Garris, rerording \ secretary; Mrs. L. P. Thomas, corresponding secretary; Mra. T.-W.,Lang, treasur er; Mrs. E. B. Hodge, Mission Study . chairman; Mrs. Charles Moxingo, So cial .Service chairman; Misa Mary "Friar Rouse, Young Peopled chair ; man; Mn. Pearl Johnston, World . Outlook and Publicity chairman; Mrs. [ B. 0. Turnage, Baby. Division chqir ( man; Mrs. T. E. Joyner, local chair , man; Bin. R. H. Knott and Mrs. Wil I lard Teal, Orphanage chairmen. , In a business session the Society voted to-make Brenda Adelaide, the infant daughter of Mra. Edgar J Barrett, a Crcile chairman, & life f- member of the Baby Division. ,. k _ ! MATTRESSES r / 1 s- %. i Approximately 400 low-income a farm families of Craven County aip ? expected to file applications under - the Federal-State mattress-making ? program, reports Paul M. Cox, assjstr s ant farm agent i , " ' - !. " ? i: i '? in 4 l , Br HUGO & SIMS v::-V"v i ^ {yifllrtiijfm' Cftiiiiumdiii 0 CAMPAIGN ISSUES AHMAD., f WMXKBPS VIEjVS OUTLINED. CONVENTION AVFTERMATH. ..-NAZI IN SOUTH AMERICA. (THREE NATIONS AFFECTED. AIRPLANE: MOTORS. i OUR PLANE CAPACITY. fWLL P. D. R. ACCEPT? ii THIRD PARTY DISCUSSED. { U. S. NAVAL EXPANSION. < The issues -of the 1940 presidential ?arapaign will depend^ in part, upon! tho action- taken by theDenwcratici Convention, both in selecting a nomi nee and in framing1 a platform, but they will alee depend upon the declar-1 itions of the Republican nominee,! Wendell Willkie, as. be goes through! die country, -waging his v.piomi?ed j 'crusading, aggressive,, fighting cam-1 oaign." The utility executive, in the few I weeks before his nomination, made! i number-of-speeches in various parts I >f the country and from them one I learned something of his attitude to-j wand public questions. His general attack ia upon the New Deal as a I threat to freedom - through the in-1 :reaae of the-powers of Government Mr. Willkie urges .modification of I existing tax laws, -a-strict curb op regulatory agencies and a better at titude' on the part of government to ward business. He has not advocat ed the. wholesale? repeal' of all New Deal reform* -Ur regard to our for-J eign policy, Mr. ..Willkie expresses sympathy for the German-conquered! and German-threatened, but opposes J intervention in Europe's war. He is J for national defense as a protection against war. Following the selection of Sen ator Charles L. McNary, of Oregon, for second place on the Republican ticket, the Convention adjourned. The leading parti cipahts, tired out by the strenuous meeting, sought rest in Bhort vacations. It will be a few weeks before the full results of the Convention become apparent. Generally speaking, the unsuccess ful contestants rallied promptly to the support of the nominee who had gained convention strength from the support given him by Alfred M. Landon, the Party's candidate in 1936. Mr. Hoover went fishing without comment. Some rumors of a com plete reorganization of the national committee have been heard and, de spite Willkie's popularity in - some sections, political observers will watch closely for any evidence of luke-warm support of the formey Democrat who waa unanimously se lected to lead the Republican Party. " The situation in. South' -America continues to be .threatening,.. with Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil par-: ticularly threatened by the work of Fifth Column agents and totalitarian agitators. Recent discovery of the Nazi plot to seize Uruguay and the disclusures in the sensational investi gation of Nasi activities in that coun try) emphasizes the reality of tfie dangers which.eriat in these coiui tries. Prompt action by the (Uruguayan authorities* together with equally enorgctio action -on the pari of Brazil, succeeded in thwarting the Nazi plot, lp Uruguay tte) Army continues to guard railroad stationer telegraph of fices, lighthouses,, ports and. auto mobile zoads to, frontier points. Tile people are flocking ta recruiting sta ticms and enrolling for-voluntary mil itary service. It recently revealed, thab Uru guay vas' greatly assisted by Brazil in handling 'the difficult situation in connection wkhthe Nazi plans. Civi lian troopst were 'mobilized in. the South and the report is that Brazil promised S to^terone if .an. armed U^ton^zattempted Jto tnake Uruguay a//Germanoolony. ? ' ' 1 In Argentina and Uruguay, the newspapers and fcroadtfasting atationi are under.strict control, but .there is some complaint that the Natridfttsdsl organisations are permitted .to pan tinue their anti-democmtic propagan da., Brazil has established strict > rules against newspaper criticism^ ' Nasi activities in other South Ameri ' can countries. Host observers be f. Beve thatg Souths 'American ocwntrw) I are in more danger from internal dis 1 turbances than from outside > diva sions, and doubb whether the- Govern ment his taken (fifritigsti I actions to cope with the siteatiofi " N Cotton farmers benefit directly from good ginning, but the ginner must obtain a reasonable profit for his services if he expects to continue an adequate service to his patrons, says J. C. Ferguson, Extension gin ning specialist of Stdte College. , Care in picking and handling cot- , ton before it reaches the gin is just . as important as care in the actual ; ginning operation. The ginner can render his best service only when his j patrons cooperate with him in bring- ? ing cotton to the gin that is reason,- , ably clean and in proper condition , for ginning. ' Ferguson said the swing toward improved cotton varieties has result- , ed in more care of the seed at the .? gin. Various methods of handling., seed have been ? devised, with- the most common- being the blow , pipe vacuum syBtem and the belt syBtem underneath the tfn stands. A> modern gin plant, the special ist pointed out, should include such features as a conditioner or drier, a. pure seed handling system, adequate , cleaning and extracting machinery, economical fans, separators and pip ing, and a good baling prpas. .In the 1989 ginning season, ap proximately 1,100 out of 11384 gins . in the United States operated driers, of which 22 were in North Carolina. From reports furnished by ginners operating these driers, it was found that in North Carolina the average ' improvement made on damp or wet , cottons amounted to $4 a bale,-while the fuel cost averaged less than 20 , cents a bale. There is still plenty of room frr improvement in this-Stdte> Ferguson said, pointing out thatfrom the. many bales, of?rough--cotton-ginned last year, it is evident .that some ginners are negligent in the care and opera tion of their plants. -. Atlanta Cotton Office Reports Many Requests For Forms Requests for application forms on which to file, for free Government classing of 1940 cotton have come to the Atlanta office of the Agricul tural Marketing- Service v from 661 group representatives and members, it was reported today by Joe H. Mc Lure, who is in charge of the cotton, classing office in this area. t. - The several cotton offices of the Service report a total of more than 2,000 requests for application, which is more than twice the number of groups approved for the free) classing and market news service last year., "The -large number of. requests for. applications already received/' Mr. McLure said, "indicates that even more ootton improvement associa tions, want their 1940 cotton classed than was the case last season. This increased interest makes it especially important that applications be filed not later than early July to.facilitate approval of the -forms and delivery of supplies to each group representa tive before his first cotton is picked." Of tba,-applications already filed, U0 had beqnvapproved to Jyne 24 compared with 98 approvals reported to June 24 last year. "Considering the latnesa of the present season and tibf; need-for.replanting dn many sec tions," said Mr.-McLure,' "group rep resentatives appear to be making an effortto get their applications in ?early." ... V ? Applicationsfrom organized cot ton improvement groups in the At lanta area o$ requests for application forms may be 'sent to the Atlanta of fice of the Agricultural Marketing Service, Room 601, 441 West.Peach tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia. Forms must be .- filled in and- filed/before August 1 for Georgia^*-Alabama, South Carolina, and .Florida and not later thaa.August 16 for. Nort|t Carolina and< Virginia. .jj?a?? 1 WHa KNOWS ? ' ? 1. How many war planes are ,b^ I ing- produced in this country now?k j I 2. A What European nations hqlji ?r territory in this hemisphere which ? may lie vital to the defense 'of this I . 8j ;What= modem-nation has the | iL .What taxpayers are required ,to H- file-income tax returns? ? H . 6. What was the size of the (J. S, ; Army'when- Henry L. Stfatson ' Secretary of War under Prcridagl I b?. EUROPEAN SUMMARY ! ???????mm?? i i ii i ii i |f London ? British and German) planer in biggest air battle of war over Britain's, channel coast; British' '' claim 14 Nad; plane*, shot down^j admiralty says* Italian fleet put tp.. _ flight in mediterranean. V Berlin?Germane claim 29 British planes shot down in past 24 hours; German planes sink British ^cruiser ? and four merchant ships in ? DoverU straits, and damage- another cruiser j. and.three othaevesselsjHitler oon- ^ fen with Italian and; Hungarian lead,- a ers?planning "new order" in? Ball^- a ans and.peaceful settlement of Bur, n mania's quarrel with Hungary and ? Bulgaria. ;, Rome?Italian high command Sayp a Italian fleet sinks two British war- f, ships and heavily damage i several a others in< clash in Ionian sea, sending a the British fleeing; Italians admit losing a destroyer and a submarine. ?l Bucharest ? Rumania withdraws p from.the League of Nations. < , 0 Zurich'? France ; votes out demo- . cratic rule, but the nation will de- q termine by plebiscite whether the na tion is to have a new totalitarian did1- , tatorship. ? ; ? S ? FOUNTAIN NEWS ~\! (Bjr MBS. M. D. TELVEBTOtO . ' ' a C f Misses Nina Estelle Yelverton and Garolyn Redick spent the week end r in .Wake Forest, - Miss Elizabeth Smith visited ? friends; in Burgaw during the week end. t . , Mrs. G. E; Trevathan, Mrs. J. -L. ? Dozier, Mrs. Robert Mercer, .Mrs., Hardy Johnson, Mrs. G. W. Lane and ? Mrs. E. B. Beasley were ; bridge guests of Mrs. M. E. Lane 4n Pine topB Wednesday. '. Mr. and Mrs.. Leslie Newman were 11 guests during the week end of Mr. ? and Mrs. Bruce Eagles. : They left Monday for New Bern where Mr. Newman has accepted a position as * chaplain of the C. C. C. Camps of 6 that, district. ... Dr. R. Li .Eagles* was among the * successful applicants to recently pads 1 the State Dental Board examination and secure lieense to practice Dentis try in this State. .He was graduated c from Richmond Dental College and ? passed the Virginia State examina- c tion in June. ? - V " '' 'v 1 . Mrs. W. R. Harris, Mrs. A. C. Gay, c Mrs. J. A. Mercer, Mrs. G. E. Theva- 1 than, Mrs E. B. Beasiey and Mrs. R. '1 A. Fountain were luncheon guests Thursday of Mrs. B. L. Stokes in * Robersonville. J. R. TUGWELL J. R. Tygwell, 77, died suddenly at < his home in Fountain Friday., Funeral < services were conducted -Sunday at :3 ' p. m. at the late; home , by the Rev. i H. M. Wilson, assisted by the Rev. J C. B. Mashburn; both of Farmville. 1 Interment was in Fountain cemetery, i Surviving are his -widow, Mrs. Mattie Lee Tugwell; three sons, W. D. Tug- I well, of Aberdeen, J.' R,*; Tugwell, Jr., j of Fountain, and L. S. Tugwell, of 1 New York City; two daughters, Mrs. i B. L. Phillips, of Fountain; Mrs. S. ( i M. Flana^aV 'of Farmville, and one. half-sister, Mrs, Watt- Parker, Of i Farmville. !' ' i -J ? ? . . ? ? t ? ' Nazi Aircraft Siialfiawft hi Coastal Raid 1 ! . Ten"' Planes Jteported Lost In Battle Over England; Fighter Pi lots Circle Raiders j j London, July 10. ?r- Ten German planes were reported shot down &is afternoon in a great air battle ovier" England's southern ? coast and the English chjumel, involving nearly 160 planes. ' * ' |j An air. raid warden at a south ! eastern English port said two forma tions, each, nearly 60 strong, attach ed a convoy of small ships and he. be^ lieved one ship wag sunk. "I saw three bombers go down in > less than two minutes as the British' ? fighter pilots maneuvered to encircle the Nazis," he declared. The warden was authority for the estimate of the force*.involved and > German planes destroyed. .i The^warden said that in a cpllossal 1 dive-bombing assault the Germans enveloped the- shipsin. a. cloud of andre,' - j ? - AntiMdhaaffc guna' aelped the fighting; planes break'; up fhje raid and smoke poured from several of the raiders retaeatid toward f British arcountn of another -phase panied by fighting plane*, kept in clone-formation until swift British fighters aplit them up. Than they the aottth eoaat of Britain when dent; Net Be4J?ed for Aggression; Boose M<fn Nat Be. Sent To take Part In European Wars -Washington, July 10. l-w, President bosevelt. asked Coyness to ? author 5e an additional 14,848471,957 for efense today in a^ special message 8aerting that "we will not use our rms in a war-of aggression; .v/e will ot send our men to take part in luropean -wars." Mr. Roosevelt's request brought to pproximately $10,000,000,000. the mds and contract authorizations sked this session for land, sea and ir armaments. Specifically, Mr. ..Roosevelt today equeated $2461,441,957 in cash ap ropriations and?$2,686,730/100 of ontract authorizations. "The principal lesson of the war p to the present time--is that par ial defense is inadequate defense," ir. Roosevelt declared. "So great a sum means sacrifice. !o large a program means hard rork?the participation of the whole ountry in. the total defense of the ountry. This nation through sacri ice and work and unity proposes to emain free." The president outlined the gov rnment's "immediate objectives" as ollows: 1. "To carry forward the naval xpansion program . designed to mild up the navy to meet any pos ible combination of hostile naval orces." 2.. "To oomplete the total. equip nent for a land force ,pf approxi mately 1,200,000 men, though, of ourse, this total of menwould not ?a in the army in time of peace." 3. "To procure reserve stocks of anks, guns, artillery, ammunition, to, for another 800,000 men, or a otal of 2,000,000 men if a mobiliza ion.of- such a force should become ? C lecessary." 4. "To provide for manufacturing facilities, public and , private, nec issary to produce critical,,items of squipment required for a laud-force >f. 2,OO0gt)pO men and to produce the irdinace .items required for the air- ? :raft. program of the army_ and lavy?guns, arms, armor, bomb lights and ammunition." 5. "Procurement of .15,000. addi ;ional planes for the army with nec issary spare engines, armament and' he most modern equipment." 4>lio4< r,A?nr?aha TX751G uiav, vviigj*.v?jv ?f%M jonsidering. enactment of- a system )f "selective training*' to develop 'the neeessaty man-power to oper ite this material and man-power to Full army non-combat?_ needs," Mr. Roosevelt commented ? but without specifying what {dan he favored: "In this way we can make certain that when this modern material be comes available it will be placed in the hands of troops trained, season ed and, ready and that replacement material can be guaranteed." At one point Mr. Roosevelt de clared: "We fully- understand the threat of the new. enslavement in tvhich men may not*speak, may,not listen, may not think. As these threats become more numerous and their dire . meaning more clear it deepens the determination of the American people to meet them with wholly .adequate .defense. v "We have seen nation after na tion, some of them, weakened by treachery from within, succumb to the force of the .aggressor. We see . great nations still, gallantly JIghting against aggression, encouraged by high hope of, ultimate victory. . "That we are opposed to war is known not only to every American, but to every government in the J ?? world. We will pot use our arms in A war aggression; we will not send* our men .to take part in Euro pean ware." A T?~?~?: Chamber of Commerce aiid Merchants tb Meet 1' r-':~ >'? " t ? ' ' > V*" 1 ? * . 9 I ..... . ? # r ? Theannualmeetingof the Farm ville Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants -Association wiH be held to- ' night, Friday, at 7:00 o'clock, at the municipal swimming pool. A barbe cue supper will be served, and presi dent T. E. Joyner urges that.every member attend.. The election; of offi- . o&b wiH be amohg tte business mat ters to be brought before.the organi zation <at thia'time. ;:T- .? ;? ? v ; . \