Reduction in Age Limit
Set By The Committee
" ? ? - ?
Men From 21 To 31 Oitlj
To Be Required Tc
Register; Sen. Jo si
Lee Offers Change
Washington, July 31.-r-The Senate
t Military committee amended the
Burke-W adsworth complusory mili
tary training bill today to require
the registration only of men from
21 to 31 years, instead of those be
tween 18 and 64.
The Senate group acted while the
House Military committee was hear
ing from Secretary of War Stimson
testimony that a "prudent trustee"
of the nation's defenses must realize
that Great Britain might be con
kuered in 30 days and that Japan is
in sympathy with Italy and Ger
many.
Stimson gave his full support to
the Burke-Wadsworth bill and also
sent word to the Senate committee
that the War department endorsed
it, and that the Budget Bureau had
passed it
Two Senators, Thomas (R.-Idaho)
and Smathers (D.-N. J.), emerged
from a closed session oI the Senate
committed to say that the registra
tion age limit amendment was ap
proved unanimously.
Smathers said the change was
suggested by Senator Lee (D.-Okla.)
and seconded by Senator Bridges
(R.-N. H.). Final committee action
on the ibill will be taken tomorrow,
Smathers said. It is expected to be
approved.
Supporters of the measure esti
mated that the age alteration would
reduce from 42,000,000 to about 12,
000,000 the number of men to be
registered. . v
Army officials had said previously
that while those from 18 to 64 were
to be registered, only men between
21 and 45 would be subject to selec
tive draft for military service. The
great majority of those called, these
officials had said, would be in the
21 to 31 group.
The youngest and oldest groups
were to be used to form home guard
units under the original provisions
of the bill, but Smathers said this
had been eliminated entirely from
the measure.
Bonner Seeking
Warren's Place
Congressman's Aide
Has Strong Backing;
Pitt Democrats Want
Primary
Washington, July 31.?Herbert C.
Bonner, lifelong friend of Represent
ative Lindsay Warren and his secre
tary since he entered Congress, to
day announced his candidacy to suc
ceed Warren as First District Repre
sentative.
? Decision on a successor to Warren
who will resign on October 1 to be
come Comptroller General, rests in
the hands of the 14-member Demo
cratic First Congressional District
Committee, of which Bonner is
chairman and member from Beau
fort County.
Strong Support.
Tonight Bonner had the support
of 12 members of the district com
mittee, which has the power, upon
resignation of Representative War
ren, to select a nominee or to call
for a primary. From Pitt County
came a call for a primary and re
quests for the other counties of the
district to press for a primary.
The objection was lodged at a
meeting in Farmville of the Pitt
County Democratic Executive Com
mittee and about 50 other leading
Democrats of the county. The meet
ing took the position that since Beau
fort County has furnished the dis
trict's representative for 38 consec
utive years-?John H. Small of Beau
fort was representative for 22 years
before Warren took office?voters of
the district should be allowed to
select the nominee. The meeting
instructed the county's member of
the district committee?W. I. Bis
sette of Grifton?to convey the
county's sentiment to the committee.
District committee members who
had pledged support to Bonner are
Mrs. O. B. Reynolds of Camdeo
County, John Graham of Chowan
Dudley Bagisy of Currituck, Roy
Davis of Dare, W. 0. Crump df Gates
Louis Daniel of Hertford, M. A. Mat
thews of fiyde, A. EL James of Mar
"? ?: ?/V-??
Shortly after aanouern* his can
dfcdaey this afternoons Bonner tefl
for North Carolina to confer wit!
triet.
f| EUROPEAN
*1 SUMMARY
' London.?Fierce air battle along
British southeast coast; home defense
planes fight off Nasi raiders attack
ing: British convoy; German sea raid
' er in South Atlantic damages alight
* ly British armed cruiser Alcantara,
lulls two sailors and wounds seven
ethers before being struck by shell
' and escaping; Air Ministry said at.
least 240 Nasi planes shot down dur
ing July; British planes raid objec
tives in Germany France and Low
Countries; Italian supply ship and
two Italian planes reportedly shot
down in clash with British in East
ern Mediterranean Sunday and Mon
day; unconfirmed reports reach Lou- j
don that Adolf Hitler has informed
Finland she can expect no German
aid against possible further Russian
demands; British destroyer Delight,
20th lost since start of war, sunk by
air attack.
Berlin.?Labor Front Leader Dr.
Robert Ley cautions German people
that Britain's powers of resistance
are great and Germany must be pre
pared for "hard fight" to conquer
British Isles; German bombers at
tack British ports of Plymouth and
Swansea and aircraft factory at Fil
ton. 1 < >
Rome.?Authoritative Fascist' Edi
tor Virginio Gayda says Itak?-Ger
man assault on British will be slow
"wearing down" process rather than
spectacular blitzkrieg.
Farmville Plans To ,
Go On Air Thursday
The Farmville Chamber of- Com
merce and Merchants Association
will put on a thirty minute radio
program over station W.G.T.C. at
3:30 P. M. on Thursday, August 8th.
The Greenville Broadcasting Com
pany has donated this time to the
Town of Farmville to use as we see
fit in telling the world about our
community.
The advertising -committee of the
Chamber of Commerce is now making
? plans for the program, but would Kke
any suggestions concerning talent or
program material.
Etfward D. Heath
Succuirtbs To Stroke
Final rites for Edward D. Heath,
59, who died at his' home near Farm
ville, early Saturday morning, were
conducted Sunday afternoon by Rev.
C. B. Mashburn, and burial took place
in Forest Hill cemetery here.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Pennie Vick Heath, four children,
Verna Mae, Adelle, James and Eddie
Heath; five sisters, Mrs. Ida May and
Mrs. Johnnie Wooten, of Farmville;
Mrs. Charles McLawhan, of Stan
tons burg; Mrs. J. D. Vandiford, of
Ayden; Mrs. 0. P. Pollard, of Green
ville, and two brothers, Blaney and
Kinsey Heath, of Farmville,
Too much opinion and too little
fact produces error. ^ *.
Baa Plated On
Exports of Aria
Hwjasolhe
Shipments Limited Out
side of This Hemis
phere
Washington, July 31.?The admin
istration today banned exports of
aviation gasoline to all nations ex
cept those of the Weston Hemis
phere.
American-owned aviation firms
operating outside the hauoisribere,
however, still'will be able to get the
fUeL ? ' ?? .
Stephdh Early, presidential secre
tary, told reporters that Col. S. L.
Maxwell, admmtoptar of export
control, had recommended and* the
President had approved' this an
nouncement:
"In the interest of the national
defense the export of aviation gaso
line is being limited to nations ff the
' "n?H gnffrtKp* is required elaewhere
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0 II ? A I i ?? l? i { f. n n /kid A VMae({iMkTWi\tXm>
for the operations of Amertcenrt>wn
i ed companies.
Early said ha did m whether
; the United States had ba? exporting
aviation gasoline to England. The
administration recently stopped two
' oil tankers bound for Sjain.
U T in Lm
Cect T. DUUR
Last Rites Held For
; Wilson Tobacconist on
Toe*day
j Cecil Thomas Dixon, 89, of Wil
son, tobacco buyer for the Imperial
Tobacco Company, a native of .this
section and a former citizen of Farm*
viBe, was laid to rest here in the
family plot at Forest Hill cemetery,
Tuesday afternoon.
Pinal rites were conducted at three
thirty o'clock for the highly eatoem
tobacconist at his home on North
Bynum Street, Wilson, by a former
rector, Rev. J. R. Rouptree, rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Farm
ville, with the >Rev. C. B. Mashburn,
pastor of the Christian Church assist
ing. There was a large concourse of
friends in attendance.
A quartet, composed of Mrs. J. W.
Joyner, Mr. and Mrs. John" D. Holmes
E. C. Holmes rendered "0 Love That
Wilt Not Let Me Go," "Sometime
Well Understand," and "What a
Friend We Have In Jesus."i Inter
ment was made beneath a large and
handsome floral tribute.
Active pallbearers were; J. L. Far
mer, J. M. Horton, T. S. Hall, C. B.
'Cunningham, Jr., R. C. Thornton and
B. C. Barbee.
Honorary pallbearers were; T. C.
Turnage, E. C. Beaman, J. W. Joy
ner, J. L. Shackleford, J. M. Standi,
B. S; Sheppard, M. E. Dixon, W.
Leslie Smith, A. W. Bobbitt, B. O.
Turnage, J. Y. Monk; George W.
Davis, Zeb Whitehurst, R. H. Knott,
J. H. Harris, J. W. Moore, J. T. Wind
ham, B. 0. Taylor, W. J. Turnage,
Robert L. Smith, P. E. Jones, A. C.
Monk/William Johnson, Pat Ruffin
and Dr. D. S. Morrill, all of Farm
ville; W. N. Harrell, W. D. Hackney,
Doug Hackney, Charlie Harper, Plato
Monk, J. W. McAden, Wade Gardner,
R. R. Brunson, Bob Hearst, D. L. Col
lins, E. C. Powell, J. P. Button, Fred
Bullington, B. C. Guririn, P. B. Moore,
J. M. Fitzgerald, Fred Connor, Hor
ace Watson, J. W. Wiggins, Jr., J. G.
Houson, K. C. Moore, Jr., H. L. Flem
ing, Jr., R. A. Stamper, A. B. Futrell,
W. W. Kimball, J. E. Petway, Harry
Walls, Charles Griffin, J. T. Barnes,
V. G. Kibler, J. O. Lovelace, Jr., Jim
my Barnes, Dr. Badie'T. Clark, and
Dr. E. L. Strickland, all of Wilson;
Dr. H. L. Large, of Rocky Mount and
Rupert Cowan, of Williamston, N. C.
Flower bearers were; Mesdames R.
R. Brunson, Wade Gardner T. S. Hall,
J. W. McAden, Frank Porter, E. T.
Barnes, Jr., Jim Hayes, R. W. King,
S. S. Layrenee, Ed Woodard, R. A.
Thompson, T. J. Hackney, Harry Wil
lis, Charles Griffin, Plato Monk, Tom
Moore, Jim Dempsey, John Farmer,
Charles Hussey, Fred* Shumate, E. B.
Crowe, H. L. Wataon, J. 0. Lovelace,
Jr., Robert Blauvelt, Harry Wells,
Hubert Taylor, B. C. Barbee, Misses
Reid and Fannie Daniel. - ?
Mr. Dixon was the son of the late
J. Thomas Dixon and Mrs.v Lula ?
Smith Dixon, descendants of promi- (
nent Greene and Pitt county families. ,
His genial nature and warm cordiali- 1
ty had won many friends for him <
and he was well known and held in
high regard by a wide circle of
friends. He had been in the employ
of the Imperial Tobacco Company 20
years, with 1-5 years spent on the
Farmville market He was a mem
ber of St Timothy's Episcopal
Church, in Wilson. 1
Mr. Dixon is survived by his widow, ?
Mrs. Cornelia Parsons Dixon, and
a daughter, Daisy Barnhardt Dixon; ,
three brothers, Hubert and John D. -
Dixon, of Farmville; Edward S. Dix- :
dn, of Wilson; three sisters, Mrs. j
Leuise D. Harris, of Farmville; Mrs.
J. Knott Proctor, of Greenville, and
MrS. Walter L. Hartman, of Ral- i
eigh.
David J. Wells
Buried Tuesday
? .V I
Funeral services for David Jack
son Weils, 68, who died Sunday eve
ning at the home of- hi? son, D. E.
Wells, near Farmyille, were held
from the honie at three o'clock, Tues- 1
day, and interment was made jn the
family cemetery near Enfield. Death :
followed an illness' of several weeks. 1
He was .a member of the Baptist
Church.
Surviving are five, daughters, Mrs,
H. R. Davenport, Mrs, L. it Turner,
Mrs. 6, F. and Mrs.; C. H. Capps, all
of Faraivffle; Mrs. T. V. (Weil, of
Warrentoh; four sons, D. E., Elmer,
and Fate Wells, of Farnwillej Claude
Wells, of Warrejiton; a sister, Mrs.
Eattie Welis, of Roanoke Rapids; two
brothers, George, of Clinton, and
Horton Wells, of Miami, Via. JJ \
? i . i pur I II ? ? II I.
INCREASE
'
Increases in wage rates paid per
month and per day to hired farm
labor, both with and without "board,
j. i
V .11 i ? mi" ? 'f ? r'l'i ?)? ? .1, |' ? in ? ,1 ?'?
By HUGO S. SIMS
(Watitaftm Correspondent)
against third term.
WILKIE WELCOMES SUPPORT.
DEBfocRATs Discount it.
meeting at havana.
hull outlines plan.
u. s. will pat for gains.
part of our defense.
? Following this nomination of Presi
dent Roosevelt for a third term, there
have been a number of declarations
by Democrats in support of Wendell
Wiilde and- the Republican Party on
the ground of opposition to a third
term. It ia too early to guage ac
curately the strength of the tendency
which, so far at least, seems to be
pronounced among the Democrats
who have been fighting the President
for years. Whether the movement
will spread to include move than the
anti-New Deal faction in the in
teresting political question now.'
Prompt action was taken by Mr.
Wilkie to take advantage of the dis
affection among the Democrats. The
Republican nominee named four ad
versaries of the President as a com
mittee to organize a national inde
pendent movement to support his
campaign. The organizing quartet
includes Lewis W. Douglas, president
of the Mutual Life Insurance Cim
pany and former director of the
Budget; John W. Hanes, former Un
der-Secretary of the Treasury; Allen
Valentine, president of the University
of Rochester; and Mrs.. Roberta
Campbell Lawson, of Tulsa, Okla.*
president of the- General Federation
of Women's Clubs. {
Mr. Wilkie reports a flood of tele
grams and a growing resentment,
within the Democrat party and among
indepent voters against the .third
term candidacy. He' will leave the
details of the independent organiza
tion of anti-New-Deal Democrats' to
the committee, but it may be taken
for granted that when he delivers
his acceptance speech at Elwood, In
diana, the afternoon of Saturday,
August 17^th,the Republican naminee
will make some appeal to the dissat
isfied Democrats.
1 ' %
Democratic leaders profess no con
cern over the reaction of the country
to the third term nomination,- declar
ing that the declarations against Mr.
Roosevelt come from Democrats who
have bitterly opposed his program
for. years. Pointedly, they say that
Senator Burke ,of Nebraska, was re
jected by the Democratic voters of
Nebraska in the party primary sev-.
oral months before he decided to quit
the party. The same observation,
they assert, applies to most of those
who are now offering their Bupport
to the Republican ticket. In fact, It
would not be surprising if other con
servative Democratic senators should
decline to support the Party ticket.
They have bushwacked the President's
program in the past and something
like a "sit-down" strike on - their
part has been anticipated. (
The conference of the' foreign fljin- .j
isters of the twenty-one American ,
Republics, which got underway at
Havana last, week, is generally con- ,
sidered to be the most importaht in 1
the long history of Pan-Americanism. ,
Naturally, the United States, with ;
one-half of the population and a lit- (
lie more than one-fourth of the area,
must take the lead and assume the ]
major burden of any political, mill- 1
tary or economic defenses which may ,
be set up against the totalitarian (
Areata.
Unfortunately, the Latin-American (
Republics realize, that they, are deal- ,
Ing with an Administration facing a ,
hard political contest and will be (
Bomewhat reluctant to enter into hard j
and fast engagements with a govern
ment which may be defeated in the .
Pall.
/ 1 . *
Secretary of State Cordell Hull j
outlined the program of . this coun
try to deal with the problems arising j
from the European War. He advocat- ;
ed a "collective* trusteeship by the
twenty-one Republics over European
possessions in the New World, strong
ly, condemned subversive activities in
(his hemisphere by European coun- j
tries, recommended "decisive reme- (
dial action and outlined a plan of *
economic ..cooperation, constructed j
around these four points:
(1) Expansion of the activities of
fte Inter-American Financial apd
Economic Advisory committee which
has established an Inter-American 1
Bank end Inter-American Develop- :
ment Commission and is studying :
projects is regard to American mari- j
kets for vital products.
(2) Temporary atfeangsfaests for
or^irly^MMdceUng pfAe surpluses^
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~l gnl?w<Iw xP> ??tfF 1/
imrasttHi rtn sii
Fascist Press Says Axis
To Wage Slow War;
Germans Also Hint
Delay
Rome, July 31.?Suggesting that
any attempted invasion of the British
Isles has been postponed, the Fascist
press asserted today that Britain,
will be subject to methodical pound
ing until she is battered and groggy
"like an old prizefighter."
Constant aerial attacks and a
"starvation blockade" will be used
to wear down .British resistance
rather than any spectacular blitz
krieg at this time, it was.stated by
Vjrginio Gayda, authoritive editor
of the Giorhale Dltalia and by the
Gazete Del Fopolo of Turin.
The statements that a slow "wear- .
ing down" method of attack is neces
sary came as a sharp surprise' to the
Italian people, who generally had I
believed the blitzkrieg against Brit
ain was imminent?perhaps a matter
of only a few days.
'Derisive Moment'
Gayda said that any "spectacular"
assault such as crushed France in
six weeks must be ruled out and
the Ga^etta Del Popolo spoke in the
same vein, saying that Germany and
Italy will wait for the: "decisive mo
ment" before attempting to deal a ^
knockout blow. .
- Gayda explained that "the condi- ^
tions of the warfare are- not ex- (
actly the same as those of the war f
against France.";. . I
? "This difference is due," he said,
"not so much to the fact of Britain .
being an island, well defended, as by ^
the fact that the empire which t
branches out over the world parti- ^
cipates with imposing and active ?
forces in England's offense and de
\y . ?
fenste.' jl
"The war against England there
fore cannot. ? be lightning and as ^
spectacular as that agaist France." ^
The fate reserved for the British ^
people is. death either from bombs ^
or. starvation, said the Gazetta Del ^
Popolo.
"The method being used is to
weaken and irritate the enemy and ^
then deliver the final blow when ^
the enemy is. no longer capable of ^
receiving it standing up but bent on ^
her knees like an old prizefighter g
who, after being battered about the ^
ring, is about to be kayoed and li- ^
quidated once ^apd for alL"
There was no indication as to
whether this "final blow" might be g
postponed, until after this summer,
but Gayda" made it clear that it ?
would not come until Britain is con- .
sidered too weak to resist it. q
The Italian press in general has ^
been giving front-page prominence ^
to dispatches from San Sobastian, t
Spain, alleging that the British Isles _
have begun to suffer from food and j:
fuel shortages. 0
. " t
Foreigner Is Held P
I By Pitt Officials
Greenville, July 81.?County offi- a
rials today had on theif hands a man
believed to be a refugee from the Eu- I
ropean war, but how and when he I
arrived in this section was unknown.
About 7 o'clock members of the
sheriff's department were called to
Winterville to investigate the activi
ties of a man who later gave his I
name as Joe Kissel, about 36 years
,ld. , 1
The man said he was Polish and
lad been driven frpm Berlin. When <j
the officers arrived he was sitting
)n he ^ depot platform eating a cu
:umber. N
He was brought to the county jail
md questioned. He was .tble to
apeak only broken English ana T>r.
C. F. Keuzenkamp, who speaks sev
eral languages fluently, was asked to
Interrogate the itinerant. ? .
Dr. Keuzenkamp, after talking to
the man in three foreign languages, ?
In addition to English, declared the
foreigner appeared to be Polish, but
Jiat he was mentally deranged.
lite man is being detained by of- ?
facials pending a further diBdsion on "
what disposition-to make of the case. ^
: NEAT
n
??
Morris Yoder, Lincolnton, Route 2, u
believes, like many other Lincoln tJ
County farmers, that, the appearance a
of the fkrmstead is part of a well- jj
balanced farm program.
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SMitl.I.RR ti
' e
i
Slaughter supplies of "hogs sub- ?
stantiaily smaller than in the cur- o
rent marketing, year are indicated V
for the 1940-41 marketing year be- s
ginning October1, reports the U. S.
Bureau of Agriaultual Economics. P
?- o
The June l estimate of total farm a
Ask Faults For
2-0cean Navy;
' ]
Huge Sum Recommend-(
ed By House Commit- \
tee - <
C
Washington, July 31,?The House
Appropriation committee "recommend- 1
id today the spending of nearly five *
jillion more dollars to start a "two- *
>cean" navy and equip an army which 1
night number 2,000,000 men on com- *
>at status. . 1
The huge expenditures ? exactly
54,963,151,957 ? which President 1
Roosevelt said was necessary to give 4
;he nation "total defense,' would 1
>ring -the session's appropriations (
ind contract authorization^ for the *
irmy and navy to the record-break- (
ng votal of $10,040,225,543. t
Of the pending- bill's total, $2,234,- I
91,957 would be provided in di
?ect appropriations and the balance 1
>f $2,728,960,000 in contract authori- 1
ations* for which Congress would 1
lave to provide the cash later. 3
While the committee emphasized c
hat much of the equipment to be. 1
?ought with the new money would 3
lot be obtainable for months to i
ome, it asserted that approval of c
he program at this time would en
ible production procurement agon
ies of the government to plan their t
pork efficiently. f
"Peaceful programs mean piece
seal preparation," the committee t
aid, "which id neither sound pre- t.
?aredness in an emergency nor good f
iusiness procedure." , ; - f
Specific details as to the number s
f tanks, gunb and other weapons g
/hich would be procured under the n
itw program were kept secret, but h
he committee recommended ap- d
roval of the Budget Bureau's re- f
[uest for 14,394 airplanes of vari- c
us types of which 4,028 would go
o the navy, giving that service ap
iroximately 6,000 serviceable planes.
W i '
I ?
Even the "average man" thinks he b
3 above average. . ?
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J&LAssociations,
Put Six Millions In
tew Hemes In state -
??.. c
12,000,000 Increase Over a
Similar Period Last ti
Year ? 2,959 N e w
Homes Biiilt This Year I
v i i J{ .
A two million dollar increase in
ome loans the first six months of j,
940 over a. similar period in 1939
ras reported by ;R H. Gregory, Jr., i,
f Rocky Mount, President of the
forth Caroliha Building and Loan
league. ;
The past four months' have been
fie best loan months, ending in June,
i the hjBtory of the building and D
tan and Federal savings and loan ti
Bsociations it was declared by Mr. e
fregory, who saicL that each of these c
lonths exceeded June of 1939 wfrich fj
p to that time had been considered
tie best mpnth in the history of the
ssociations. Reports from the as- ?
odations indicate that during , the
int six months of this year more y
tian 8,500 home loans were made,, si
jtailing $14,319,000, A greater per- t;
eutsge than ever before of the fupds A
dvanced went into the constructkm
f new homes which amounted to ap
roximately "$6,000,000, for the con
truction of- 2,959 homes. '
A total of 1.743 homes were also b
urchased through loans of $2,972,: t;
00 made by these home financing in- r
titutions. The balance of the ?
mount loaned was for. repairs, Tff- t
onditioning, refinancing through Uhe ft
uitding and loan, and otfcfar miscel-J
REP. LINDSAY WARREN
, .
Tar Heel Congressman
Accedes T* President's
Wishes; Takes Over
October 1
1 -
" Washington, July 31.?North Caro
lina lost one of the ableet and most
effective legislators it ever has sent
to Congress today as Representative
Lindsay Warren accepted President
Roosevelt's call to become Comptroll
er General of the United States, a
position he twice had declined.
While messages of congratulations
flooded into the office of the First
District Congressman from colleagues
from North Carolina and other sec
tions of the country, regret rather
than rejoicing reigned on Capitol Hill
as the realization spread that War
ren's abilities would be lost to Con
gress.
Effective Oct. 1st.
Lindsay Warren, himself, almost
shared this attitude, for he is deeply
ievoted to his work as a legislator.
He announced that he could con
tinue as Congressman from the first
District until October 1st. On that ,
lay he will take over his new job,'
>ut not yntil then will he relinquish
the work he has carried forward
throughout his 16 years in 'the House .
>f Representatives.
Rumors were revived recently that
Warren had been offered the impor
nat post as Comptroller General, but
>ecause he had firmly declined the
ippointment on two previous occasi
ons, there was no expectation that
le would accept this time.
Word that President Roosevelt fin
illy had prevailed upon him to take
>ver the increasingly vital functions'
is Comptroller General ? was given
>ut at the White House this morning
>y Secretary Stephen Early. Warren
?nfirmed the announcement a short
irne later in a statement "to the
>eople of the First District."
President Roosevelt will send the
Warren nomination toghe Senate to
norrow. Speedy confirmation is cer- -
ain. The appointment is for a 15
,*ear period and removal is- possible
?nly by Senatorial impeachment The ?
josition now carries a salary of
>10,000 per year, but it is planned to
ncrease this sum at the next session
>f congress. , . -
Warren's Statement
In his statement " to the people of
he first District," Warren said in
?art: /" ' . '
"The President' has today nopiina
ed me for Comptroller General of.
he United States and I have accepted,
eeling that it is a high call for
urther public service,1 and that I
hould comply with his. repuest. I
;ive up my work in Congresa with
ouch reluctance. and with a heavy
eart, I would have liked to have
tiscussed this matter with many
Wends, but after all it was a de
ision for me alone to make."
i ? .
WHO KNOWS 7
1. What is the shortest distance
etween Cuba and the United States?
2. When will the next Fareeident
f the United States be inaugurated?
3. How old. is, Wendell WiUue? *
4. Where and how long is the
lurma Road?
* a
5. What European Government re
ently broke off diplomatic relations
nth a South American republic be
ause of objections to its govern
lent? * ? "
6. What United States Senator re
ently gave a party to 20,000 boys
nd girls? .
7. Name the last French King and
be time of his reign?
8. What are two defensive posts
laintained at Pearl Harbor, , in
tawaii? 4 .
9. How does the population of the
1. S. compare with that of the other
epublice in this hemisphare?
10. When was the British Isles
ist successfully invaded?
(See "The Answers" on Page 8)
NORTHWARD '
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Hie harvest of commercial and
market garden vegetable crops con-i
inues to move northward, and heavi
r supplies of fresh vegetables are
oming into large consuming center*
rom nearby areas. - '
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POTATOES
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Much improvement was mads this
ear in thehandling, packaging, and
hipping to market of Pamlico Coun
ts Irish potato crop, reports Farm
igenfc A. T. Jackson.
S ' . ? ' '? ? " r? . . V?'? ??* <
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DROP
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Present indfcarions am that the to
acoo yield per wra in Bladen Goun
f will fall Wor that of last year,
eports Bk -WflBama, asai*ant
arm agent of the Stats CoHege Ex