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UIMMtimtIII111 n III1111f t ??<??????????????????? Tlhc Faramlle ^ntcrpiiBc?[ VOLUME THUTT-ONE MBHVUU PITT COUNTT?l?U?rii, CABOLINA, ^ NUMBER EIGHTEEN ?? ? 1 ' * ' 1 1 '????< " I ?" )* I..... .??? 1 " , 1 . . Senate Votes to Assist Dependents? of Stitdiers : Would Esse Financial ? Burdens Of Drafted Men Washington, Sept. 18.?Seeking .to . ease the financial hardens of men ^.drafted for military training, * the jl Senate wrote into the excess tax bill today broad authority for the i President to establish allowances for i dependents. He also would be empowered to . establish an insurance system for the men and make modifications in the present social security regulations . for their benefit. It acted while the War Depart .ment, waiting for President Roose velt to sign executive orders estab lishing the machinery, rules and regulations for conscription, report - ed that numerous states were an nouncing progress on preparations. Jot their part in the draft. Many governors, it was said, have . been selecting men for the local . draft boards and arranging for regu lar election officials to handle the gigantic task of registering 16,500, 000 eligible young men on October 16. The provisions adopted by the Senate were purposely vague, so ? that Senate and House conferees may work out more explicit language later on. They were adopted as a substitute for an amendment by Sen ator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) designed | to .continue old-age pension and un employment credits for draftees and national guardsmen. called into ac tive service. The outlay for dependents is ex pected to be comparatively small at the start inasmuch as the general policy is not to draft men with de pendent relatives at presentj but to place them in a deferred classifica tion. However, they may be drafted later. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt just back from attending the funeral, of Speaker Bankhead at Jasper, Ala., prepared to sign tomorrow the first of a series of executive orders gov erning the administration of the draft, and the enrollment, classifi cation and selection of conscripts. In addition, he is expected to ap point a director of the draft within a few days. Probabilities point to- j ward Lieutenant Colonel Lewis B. Herahey for the job. At present he: is executive officer of the point Army-Navy committee which has spent 14 years perfecting plans for OMBcription. , Preparations- of the War Depart ment, it was said, have progressed to a point at which money still to be appropriated had been tentatively allocated to the states for the print ing of forms incident to the registra tion. The money actually is included in & 12,000,000,000 appropriation bill now pending before a House com mittee. It waa announced, too, that the de partment shortly would order some 300 additional National Guard offi , cers to active duty as advisors to state officials in connection with the draft, with two or three each assign ed to the smaller states, and as many i; as ten to the more populous states. They are not to serve on the draft i boards. The latter are to consist entirely of civilians selected by the governors and recommended to the President for those posts. VOLUNTARY New York, Sept. 18.?First steps toward voluntary mobilisation of in dustry for national defense were tak en today when key executives from "cveral hundred manufacturing plants in the New York region gathered here. conclave, sponsored by the i National Association of Manufactur ers, (jjscnssed current defense legisla tion^ taxes, newest defense develop ments, .and war conditions in Europe. "Some industrialists as far back sis two yeazs-ago saw the nes^ fox stronger national defense coming," I said William B. Warner, president oi MrCall Corporation, and an N. A, It director, yrho presided. "A year ago many concerns began active production- of defense jtsmt [on what wee* caUsd *tesf or 'educa tional' orders. Wo know eilsgnWi defense ronnii es mobilization of ma ft ?ttaa?a*VM se men, and today*! t "Win oryiaiiarinn of nearby pkn1 facilities for fcxrwration with thi ? ttfcrtmNMas. undjaMmlTm largest sin I wet ? StrMR'Aii Snl Not Rmbtd'Ytt m * \ ? British" Royah Air Force v StUt Staods As Barrier *To Nazi invaders . . ? '-I Washington, Sepfc,*18.->?A dreod&l moonlight sonata >? of German bomb attack battered Lopdop as the fourth month of the Battle of Britain open ed. How many civilian livee were, tost in that deluge of destruction,! which descended on the greet*sprawl-; ing city for nearly ten hours, canj only be conjectured. Yet there are circumstances swr-' rounding the fight for air, mastery1 that are definitely heatening* fori Britishers, whatever the London' casualties. The prompt repulse by' Royal Air Force fighters * of Ned planes which sought to make a fol low-up flight to London in the, day-' time emphasizes Prime > Minister1 Winston Churchill's contention that daylight mastery of the air is thej "cruz" of the batle. i Without that German invasion of England would be a desperate ven ture, even with assurances of., a prolonged spell of favorable weath er for a channel crossing. There can be no such assurances at this season of the year. The neaiygale that swept the channel ..September 17, served notice of that, , Neutral eye-witnesses, at, posts of vantage on Britain's channel coast reported that the *Nazi -follow-up daylight flights, estimated to in clude 300 or more planes, was more heavily escorted by . German fighter ships than any previous thrust at England. Yet, it,was. quickly turned short of London. Whether its mission was. bombing or observa tion ' of damage done in the pro longed night raids which preceded it, the British fighters retained day time air ^mastery. Loss Ratios. ** And if British figures on air losses ratios during the last (hree months are anywhere near accuracy, day-, light air mastery _ over England appears farther from Germany's grasp today than it was. June 18, when the Battle of? Britain began with the surrender of Frances Churchill has given the British pub-, {lie and the world his word that they, are accurate. He has stated that) ! German plane casualties during the J three months have run three-to-onq | to British lossewmd German ail} . personnel losses six-to-one. fair Mil-Hoi Linstock Slaw Raleigh, Sept 19. ? North Caro lina's 84th State Fair, to be held at Raleigh, October 8-12, will offer livestock owners $7,790 in i prize money in furtherance of the exposition's theme "to balance crops with livestock, consistent with sound land use," Dr. J. S. Dorton, Manager, announced today. Poultry pzedneera will be offered nAKKr,n*l jnwifiiiimi totaling $2J60. The livestock department is divid ed into four aectfana beef cattle and sheep, dairy cattle, swine and draft bonnes?with well known State Col lege Extension sad State Department of Agriculture specialists as directors. Livestock entries wiU not be accept ed after October 6. One of the outstanding features of ** 1940 exposition will be the annual parade of linstock in fiwnt of the grandstsnd; beginning at 2 p. im, Friday/October 10. p^nhntls i wffi be led in a single line past the h qiiadstsiri and as jmb animal psab si in review, the name of the owpqac* f the name of the animal and the class award will be annoa^ced. With 4-H Club and Vocational f Agriculture students entsrisr i jjfcstotk cppipetitioByithft . at choice animals will probably U y the largest an# most oatsUading lb , its history ^ \ dieate. _ ,. _ _ _ entertainment" is W3(F* L AtwaadJBs' Hell Srfrcrsj AAA - auto races; A.^^motesg^racss! ^ Hybrid nn ? bring gwwii on 25,* Sites Totals On FarmviHs Rlarkei : Prices Continue At Re cent Levels; Tips Pre *i dominate In.Offerings jof Week n Mora than 1,474,644 pounls of to bacco has been disposed of on the Parmville market this week, bring ing/np the total poundage auctionel here since the opening of the cur rant neason to 4,778,214, the receipts to $754,297.55, and the season's aver age. to $16.00. -.Tobacconists say that prices con tinue at recent levels with .tips, pre dominating in the offerings, and with very few good primings and lugs showing,up aa yet. .According to the U. S. Agricul ture, 12. of the 14 Eastern Carolina markets reporting had gross sales for the week ending September 18 of 28,791,580 pounds at an average of 16.05 cents per pound. ' Farmville welcomes every tobacco farmer, and every grower is guaran teed highest prices, and courteous treatment on this friendly market. Pitt County Health Report For August I , The chief . activities of the Pitt County Health Department for the month of August consisted of ma ternal and--Infant Welfare Clinics, V. D. Clinics, school sanitation, dairy, cafe, and meat market inspec tions. The contagious disease situation throughout the County for August of this year is decidedly better than for August of last year; for example, in August of last year we had four cases of scarlet fever against two for this yea^, eight cases of whooping cough against none for this year, and eleven ciises of tuberculosis against five for this year. j . In the matter of tuberculosis, we find that in the first months of last year, this is, for January 1st, to September -1st, we had 47 cases re ported against 34 cases for the first j 8 months of this year, or a decrease of 88- percent We hope that these case report rigures represent a true picture of the actual incidents of the disease in our County. If they do represent a true picture of the tuber culosis situation, it should be a greet satisfaction to the physicians of the County to know that with their fine cooperation, it appears we are mak ing progress in our fight agaimtl tuberculosis. > In connection with this report, I am pleased to inform you that Dr. P. P. McCain, Supt., of the North Caro lina Sanitorium, has agreed to give us a one week tuberculosis clinic, be ginning December 2nd. Please keep j this in ttrfnd and make this clinic of maximum use to you and your pa tients. The maternal and Infant clinics, continue to grow. The total attend ance for babies and mothers in- Au gust of last year was 127, while for August of this year it was 236, or an 80 percent increase. The biggest maternal and infant welfare clinic in the history of the work in Pitt Coun ty was held in the Health Department Offices in Greenville Monday, August 26th, when we had 93 patients. The growth of this work must also be a source of pride to^the clinic physi cians for it is the careful, competent, and patient work of these physicians, mora than any other factor, which is responsible for the remarkable grow th of these clinics. The V. D. Clinic attendance con tinuss to drop. For July the attend ance was 1786, while the attendance tor August was 1502. Work in tobac co is a probable factor in this de The Scate-Oounty Orthopaedic cHp le held every first Friday in the ! Wtfbth at the Health Department Of , fices and conducted by Dri.Hugh A, Thompson, continues to run at .full .rapacity. The work of this-dinic is one of | the outstanding health ser vices rendered the poor patients not < only in Pitt County but several of the adfcMa* Counties as walL jjf As Ipgards thedsiry situation in p Pit* County, I am aura you will hemj With tytsrrat and with satisfaction ttat, seeorthw to ? rwnt survey of the Federal Government, all Pitt l^m^dairiaa^ara ^ri^ grade A, jFaderal Government reports that thi WMMMA ?SmmmMMmmwwmm By HUGO S. SIMS (Washington Gorreapandsnt) .... _ ? v ? REVIEWING THE CAMPAIGN WILLKIE STARTS SLOWLY. RUNS HIS OWN CAMPAIGN. SPEAKS OUT ON DEFENSE. , OUTLINES HIS POLICIES. , OUTCOME UNCERTAIN. >? With less than two months to go before the voters of the United States go to the polls in the 1940 Presiden tial election, there is a natural tend ency everywhere to assess the cam paign up to this time. The writer of this weekly column, which is. published in newspapers of every political complexion in the United States, has no desire to take the side of either candidate. Natur ally, it is impossible to please all readers and all editors. Consequent ly, he does not make the effort. An objective study of the development of the campaign up to this time re veals some interesting facts and, for what they are worth, they should be recorded. ' ' ) . The reader should understand that this estimate of the campaign is written before Mr. Willkie began what he considers his campaign. It is written before there is much op portunity to appraise the efforts of the President's radio talk of last week. Consequently observations and comments which are made are based upon signs which have appear ed before the middle of September.. Following his nomination at Phil adelphia, Mr. WiUkie took an extend ed vacation and while he was un doubtedly proceeding with necessary conferences and lining up certain fac tions in his support, he had few oc casions to . make the news. In fact, he busied himself "whipping into shape" the organization, consulting with party leaders and dissentient Democrats, and; no doubt, preparing himself mentally and physically 'for the campaign ahead. Early in September, there appear ed indications that the campaign was not going along as smoothly as many Republican leaders had hoped. Party spokesmen referred ? to "crossed wires" and outlined plans to develop proper liasion work in order to pre vent undue emphasis upon differences of opinion between the nominee and some members of the party. A con ference at Rushville, Indiana, is said to have smoothed out these wrinkles and spokesmen of the party, bouyed by the Maine election, appeared to regain much of their optimism. I Mr. Willkie, it is plain, intends to be the master of his own campaign. Despite advices from many quarters, he does not hesitate to, speak his views upon important issues. His views, in their entirety, it is plain, do not suit all members of the Republi can Party. Just the same, Mr/ Will kie feels certain that the Republican opposition to President Roosevelt has no alternative but to support him and this, he ^believes, permit him to be himself, reveal his views and di rect not only the campaign, but the issues upon which his candidacy makes its appeal to the people of-the United States. Readers should also take cogni zance of the fact that Mr. Willkie has carefully, refrained, for the most part, from aU adverse criticism otthe foreign policy of the President. While it is true he vigorously criti cized'the method of handling'the.de stroyers-bases swap with Great Brit ain, he also took positive stand in favor of selective service and against postponing the effectiveness of the draft law as well as the Senate pro vision,, generally referred to as the conscription of induftry. The positions takes, by i the -candi date on thee# issues were in opposi tion to Republican members of . Con gress, who Tqtod. lA tp 8 against die draft bill in the Senate and 112 to against it in the House. On tHe Fisl Amendment to postpone the effective operation of the draft law: spcty days which Mr. Willkie opposed, there were 140 Republicans in the House : in favor of the Amendment and onh ' 28 against it V TT , -I, ; - j; the Senate bill, referred to asjfl* conscription of industry, was sup to & ; f - -- i 1 . 1? ? ^ nnl^^l-.,. J I ? . for Mutton . ???? j Government Loan To rfitt ^Qii^ growers Is 9.85 forlVIiddling: 15-16 .- r i I ? I The government loan approaches I so nearly the m&rketprice <qf cotton i that aU" indications ppint to a large percentage of the* ; State crop going I into the Joan, M. G. (Mann, .general I manager of , the Npjrth; Carolina Cot I ton. Growers \Co-operative Asaocia I tion, said today on the basis ofa sur vey Just completed "There is no hope for the fanner who sells now ever to get anything else from his cotton," Mr. Mann said, I "but the farmer-who takes the loan I will be in position to profit from any rise in the market?and in preseht conditions anything may happen." j I , Mr. Mann pointed , out that the loan this year is again figured on the basis of gradeandstaple location. The loan for middling 15-16 iB 9.85 for Pitt county growers, while prem , iums for better grades and staples increase this to a high of 15.50 for strict middling inch and one-quarter. The Cotton Association, Mr. Mann said,., has placed its facilities at the service of growers in helping them get. the loan with the least possible delay or trouble. I ? He announced that the Association has arranged to make its own ad vances of 7% cents a pound to grow ers immediately upon delivery of the I cotton to any of its official, ware houses or receiving agents, and then the difference between this and the j full government loan wftl be mailed to the grower as soon as the cotton' I has been classed. I The following warehouses and re ceiving agents have been appointed in Pitt County by the Association: Farmville Bonded Warehouse; Farm ville; R. L. Moore, Ayden; G. W. Bethel Bonded Warehouse, Bethel; Lane, Jr., Fountain; Pitt Co. FCX J Service, Greenville; C. E. Gardner, I Grifton; Stokes and Co-ngleton, Stokes; and A. W. Ange, Winterville. I The grower who gets his govern I ment loan through the Cotton As sociation also will receive the ad vantage of the "Re-Purchase Pool" plan in marketing his crop. SHOULD BE FIRST Washington, Sept. 18?Mrs. Frank lin D. Roosevelt said today that when, and if, married men are drafted for military service, her own four sons shfould be called in preference to men whose families are entirely depend ent upon them for support. Her sons' families, she said at a press conference, "would not strave" whereas less fortunate families might be disrupted. All of her boys?John, Franklin, Jr., Elliott and James are within the draft's 21 to 35 age bracket. Like 16,000,000 other 'men, they will register on national regis tration day October 16. Mrs. Roosevelt urged that local . draft boards, still to be selected, be. chosen with great care so that every draftee's civil rights will be protected. She pointed oat that responsible ad ministration officials have pledged j, that existing social gains will bp \ maintained and that civil liberties, will be preserved. Lsj. J Excessive Rains Mar Cotton Seed Quality Heavy rains about-the middle of August and frequent showers since - then have caused considerable dam age to open and cracked cotton bolls,, according to P; H. Kime, agronomist ? of State College Experiment Station. As a result, it is anticipated that seed from the first* picking will be ' of poor quality in the southern an# ; eastern parte' of the State. Seed 1 from -bolls whleh have been open for -"several days will germinate poorly. ' Where the bolte cracked, the damage has-been much worse. Kinre recommends that Where cot - ton ffe - badly damaged the crop be ' picked over as soon as it is dry - enough. Afler ginning the -seed > should be sold to thq oil mill, since 1 the-risk of their germinating proper i ly is toe great. > If the farmer wishes to save * seed, he should wait until bolls are ' produced that are not weather-dam > aged. Handling seed cotton after it f leaves the. field Is also important * Gere exercised in harvesting* and i a large acreage ct thiaywr's crop | is eligible for certification by the i North Carolina Crop Improvement t Association. explained that Britain's Fliers attack Italians Bombs Dropped Over Wide Area In Africa; ; Italians Establish New t ?? * Base Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 18. ? British airmen heavily attacked Fascist des ert troops at Sidi Barrani, 6 miles inside the Egyptian frontier today, military headquarters announced. The British aerial counter-attack extended from that newly-won Ital ian base clear along the Mediterra nean coast into Libya, it was said officially. .Singled out especially for bom bardment were heavy artillery and other equipment which the Fascists had moved into Sidi Barrani. . Italian planes lifted to meet the British, but were ineffective in the series of raids, the British said. The British said the Italians were busy attempting to get their cannon into position when bombs rained among them. At least ten fires were stared in attacks on Italian transports at Buq buq further west, the second city the Italians occupied in the Egyptian of fensive. At Begazi, Libya, about 350 miles west of Sidi Barrani, the British said Italy's biggest military airdrome in North Africa went up in flames after British, fliers swept down upon that point. The fires could be seen 70 miles away, it was said. In other Mediterranean operations the R. A. F. announced fotir planes were shot down, two of which ? were Junkers participating in an attack on the British sea hase at Malta. The Egyptian government, which, still has not declared war on Italy, watched the developing, desert war closely. Her Premier declared him WHO KNOWS? 1. When did the United States acquire the Louisiana territory? 2. The mother of what prominent British leader was an American? 3. King Carol, of Rumania, recent ly abdicated. When did he become King? 4. Where is the Great Smoky Mountains National Park? 5. Wh^n was the first TV A dam constructed? 6. What change will take place in the "work vJeek" next month? 7. What language is spoken in Switzerland ? . 8. What is the name of the cal endar now in general use? 9. What is the meaning of "quid pro quo"? 10. Did National Guardsmen par ticipate in the 1916 expedition into Mexico to suppress Pancho Villa? (See "The Answers" on page 4) fair Will Show Burning of City ? Raleigh, Sept.- 19. -r A sweeping river of larva, flowing from a giant volcano erupting to destroy a huge city will be depicted in the fireworks display, entitled "The Earthquake," to be presented nightly at the State Fair at Raleigh, October 8 through 12, Manager J. S. Dorton, announced today. ' The fireworks display will be seen following the grandstand perform ances, .which include nine thrilling acts and a colorful revue presented -under the direction of George Hjcmid of New1 York City. "The Earthquake" setting will be 200 feet long and 80 feet high, and in addition special set-pieces from three sections of the field will be seen in three-ring circus fashion with hun dreds' of bombshells being fired con tinuously from the start of the dis play to the grand finale. - One of the most spectaclar scenes of the display will be the destruction of ? city, eomtd effects and the rumb ling of the larva stream being hiahed with the firing of huge bombs from the field. 1 The fireworks forth* 1940 exposi tion wiH be presented by Tony Vitale of New Castle, Pa., who last year offered, "The Men From Mars." "Based on the oompBments we Tony"8Vitale*beUeVe his dis plays will be in keeping with the un usual entertainment program, this Nazi Atr turners Stopped Again By British Fighters r ?????^ Defense So Effective Not One Bomb Fell.On London Yesterday; New British Air De fense Weapon Report ed; Nazi Channel Tar gets Bombed Heavily Again London, Sept. 18.?Hurling back five massive waves of Nazi raiders totalling nearly 600 planes, the Royal Air Force completely crushed Reich Marshal Herman Goeririg's effort to blast a path to London yesterday, the Air Ministry reported. So complete was the victory of the R. A. F., in blazing air battles, it was said, that not a single bomb fell on London from dawn to dusk despite eight air raid alarms?the first bombless day of Germany's 12 day aerial siege. But the more than 15 bombless hours for London ended shortly be fore midnight when the Ndzi raid ers, in the eighth attack since dawn, smashed through a ring of murderous anti-aircraft fire from several directions and began scat tering bombs. Terrific bomb explosions shook London's fashionable and already battered West End at midnight and the slamming barrage of hundreds of anti-aircraft guns was ferocious. Both high explosives and incen diaries smashed upon the West End which had beei? blasted heavily ir> attack of nine" hours and 53 minutes, the previous night's record-breaking In the northwest part of Londc,. three bombs crashed into a . large block of apartments, demolishing a house and broke gar mains of the area. New Weapon. The air expert of the Evening Standard reported that London has found "a new defense against the bomber" and suggested that the new mysterious weapon was so simple that scarcely anyone would think of it The weapon has not been develop ed on a large scale, he ?aid, but is being used to "defend small, vital sites." t | < The Air Ministry, in an unusually worded statement, chided Reich Mar shal Goering for the failure of Wed nesday's repeated mass assaults in which at least 46 German planes were shot down against the loss of only nine British fighters and four pilots. "If Goering hoped to make the path to London easier, he was dis appointed," the Air Ministry said. "In attacks beginning at 9:30 a. m., when the third London alarm of the day was given, and continuing until dkrkness, the Germans tried vainly to wear down our fighter de fenses," is was stated. "Each wave, whether bombers or fighters, was met by Hurricanes and Spitfires ready to harass and de stroy the enemy. "It was just when Goering's air effort was the strongest that our [pilots won their biggest successes. | "All five "attacks followed the same course, crossing the Kentish coast be tween Dungenes and North Foreland. About 100 Nazi fighters staged the [first mass raid at 9:30 a. m., it was said, followed by a second attack shortly before noon "when five groups of bombers and fighters cross ed the Kentish coast, but only one of their formation was able to reach the London area; the others were all .turned back." DRAMATICS CLUB - The Farmville high school Drama tics Club met on Thursday for a re organization of this group. Plans for the coming year were, discussed and the following staff officers were elected: ' ?'? Bobby Rouse, president; John Par ker, vice president; Dorothy Lewis, secretary and treasurer. ' The following committees were ap pointed at this time: publicity, Doro thy Clarke, Boots Thomas, Alice Har per Parker; costume, Dorothy Lewis, Frances Howard, Loretta Holloman; make up,. Mary Frances Greene, Rachel Dixon, Cornelia Knott; stage, To'mmy Lang, Lester Earl Turnage, N Bill Carr, John Parker, Bill Raxberry^ and Tyson Taylor. Tktf Dramatics Club, now a member of the North Carolina Dramatics As sociation, M planning to enter the District Contest, to be held Novem ber 1?, and to present a Christinas Pageant. - Members of the Club at this time pledged their efforts to make this the best year in the Ma