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Broughton | Principal
Nominee Bonner and
lieutenant Governor
Nominee Harris Ap
pear on Program I
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Greenville, Oct. 22.?National and
State Democratic administrations
wean highly praised Monday night
aa Pitt county men and women of the
pparty gathered at the court house
for their party rally and heard talks
by J. M. Bnoughton, governor-nomi
nee; Herbert C. Bonner, congress
man-nominee; R. L. Harris, lieuten
ant governor-nominee and local coun
ty leaders.
Mr. Brooghton devoted the first
part of his talk to wit, humor and
a heart-to-heart talk to the crowd
that filled the mam floor of the
court room and overflowed into the
balconies.
Be expressed appreciation at the
vote he received in Pitt county, re
calling that the last primary was
the first time Pitt county had ever
given a majority to the ultimate
winner in a gubernatorial contest
since the primary system was adopt
ed. "I am happy to be die medium
thxought which you good folks in
Pitt county got together," he de
clared.
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The next governor praisea me j
high erv"w>2 bud) which paraded to >
the court ouse and played in the'
auditoriuji while the crowd was
waiting for the program to start
He said he hoped the band would
be in Raleigh to play fcr the in-,
augural ceremonies in January.
He also praised retiring Congress
man Warren and said he had a
worthy successor in Mr. Bonner.
Mr. Bzoughton noted that a '*vrge
part of the audience was made up
of women and said he was glad to
see such a situation. He recalled
that 46 per cent of the vote accord
ed Governor Hoey four years ago
was cast by women. The speaker
then hailed the administration of
Governor Hoey as one of the most
brilliant in history.
He predicted an overwhelming
democratic majority at the polls two
weeks from .today, saying he ex
pected the largest majority in the
history of the state, "because the
people believe in the party."
Mr. Broughton evoked a long
round of applause when he declar
ed "it is my purpose to lend every
encouragement to the expansion of
East Carolina Teachers College,"
which institution he described as a
major link in the state's educational
system.
The "Democrats-for-Willkie" clubs
brought only scant mention from
the nominee, who declared of them
"we are not disturbed."
Mr. Broughton hailed the Roose
velt administration for lending every
aid short of war to Britain in her
stncgte with the totaliarian coun
tries and added "we are going to be ]
able to send more aid overseas to
help our brothers in their struggle."
Be added he referred to material aid,
not manpower.
Aa to the third term issue, the
spedcar asserted that the makers of
the United States constitution con
sidered tike issue, but wiser counsel
prevwfrtd the adoption of a limit
on the terms a president may: serve
leaving the question to be derided
by tiie people. At this point Mr.
Broughton declared that it was bet*
tar to have a first dass man for a
thud term than a third class maa
for a first term.
Mr, Broughton told Ua listeners
"yon know the record ol the party"
and said ha would not bother to re
? rite it. He said the lepaMfenn par
ty had nothing to offer and added
the members never referred to their
last GOP president and governor
of tham president Hoover and Gov
The gubernatorial nominee's taut
fwmniie had never freed such peri
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TS& OOflfllffllffl )llTl fCT thf
Mexico City, Oct. 25.-?The govern
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exportation of mamiay tafetomoimt
to at'tobufD on (hit Taiuafci? ww
material to Japan. .. ? Vv-^ ^
The restrictions were said to
"freeae" |200,0OO worth of mercury
now awaiting dupmext to Japan at
Manzanilk>, a Pecific poet. '
A Japanese order for an additional
, 1200,000 worth of memory was said
to have been mtfiiffed by the restric
tions.
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I Among the foiha who have our
sympathy are the innocent souls who
order from mod catalogs and took
for crops like the pictures.
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Attorney Is Held
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Oo Kidnap Ctiarp
Ed Parker of Goldsboro
Is Charged With
Threatening Greenville
Couple
Greenville, OeL 28.?State High
way Patrolmen today arrested Ed
Parker, Goldsboro attorney, alleged
8ports lottery operator in various
East Carolina counties, and candidate
for State Senate from Wayne coun
ty several years ego, on charges of
kidnapping and threatening wjth a
pistol D. R. Peacock and his wife of
Greenville.
Patrolman W. W. Massengil and
C. L. Teague took Parker jn custody
on a warrant drawn by Peacodc.
Peacock had the warrant drawn
Monday and the arrest was made
after officers received a tip Parker
would come to Greenville today.
Peacock was said by officers to
have been one of Parker's agents J
until a year ago when the pair had
Officers said
Parker picked up Peacock send his
wife last Friday night, ostensibly to I
take.them home, bat drove out on
a dirt mad off the Bethel highway
instead. Parker allegedly pulled a I
gun on Peacock with one hand and
slapped him with the other. Mrs.
Peacock was ill at the time of the
incident and still is under the care
of the family physician.
Officers quoted-Peacock as saying
Parker "threatened my life" in a
telephone conversation Monday aft
ernoon. The warrant was drawn
after the threat, officers said.
I It was said by the officers that the
| loss of heavy bets through alleged
gambling operations in and around
Greenville led to the incident. Tbepj
said Parker blamed Peacockr ~
QUICK PEACE? |
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London, Oct. 23.?Diplomatic sour-1
ces reported today that the Japanese,j
pleased by the ease with which they
virtually had taken over French indo
China, had offend new and easier
terms for a quiciT peace to the Chin- j
ese leader, Chiang Kai-Shek.
I Five provinces in North China to
form an .autonomous state under
Chinese soverinty, bat Japan to have
fall economic control.
: Recognition by Chma of the inde
pendence of Hanchookuo.
I* Japanese concessions to be estab
lished in ail Chinese port?^g-;&
A report abo was current daring
the day that Japan was seeking a new
formula for peaceful relations with
Britain and that Sir Robert Leslie
Craigie, British ambassador to Tokyo,
had held important conversations on
the subject at the time Britain re
opened the Burma Road to the trans
port of arms to Chita. Unofficial
soorcsa said it waa iBidwissJ lie-was
told that Japan's new with
Germaay and Italy had an uiqmblisht
ty to"dst?B^iP!^te^5?at amd?
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I Washington;- Oct' 22.?Next Tin*'
day at po<m Dhcle Sam wfil start
drawing the Selective Service num
bers which wffl pot <he pm m,oto
young Amr.'rfotoB in uniform by'next
June and millions more during the
ensuing lour years.
The historic drawing in the na
tion's first peace-time conscription
program is expected to take a dosen
hours or more. When It is finished
each of the w?w who reg
istered will knew the eider in which
he is subject to call lor a year's
service in the army.
The big glass jar from which
X -J TTJnw il^n fl i-iaminh n ... r?h?ri
won a war urazx iucwPCTI wore
drawn will be used once again and
following tim, precedent of 1917. Sec
retary of War Stimson, ? blindfolded
will pull out toe first number.
Plans , for the draft drawing were
! completed Monday at a conference
between President Roosevelt and
Selective Service Director Dykstra.
At first Dykstra announced that toe
chief executive would pick the first
member, hut later he said Mr. Roose
velt wished the Secretary of War to
have that; honor.
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The President, however, wiu do
present at the opening ceremony
and will deliver ah address before
the actual lottery drawing begins.
Between now end next Tuesday
each of the men who registered will
be assigned a number by his local
draft "hoard* The numbers so as
signed are serial numbers and are
not expected to run higher than
7,500 for; any one local board ana.
The seqoense in which then num
bers are drawn in the October 29
lottery will determine the order
numbers that is the numbers des
ignating the numerical order in
which registrants are subject to
calL
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AGC Htm Ml|
November 1 ami 2
j A large representation of former
students of Atlantic Christian Col
lage is expected to be on hand Fri
day and Saturday, November 1 and 2,
for the annual Homecoming activities.
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ixit program das Man icngrnfcncu
and made more attractive again this
year, as it was last year when the
new Howard Chapel was dedicated to
its triple-fold use?music, drama lad
religion. This year the program will
begin Friday nigh* with a concert
for the students and returning
Alumni by Mr. Herbert A. Bird, tal
ented North Carolina violinist, and
will continue through Saturday eve
ning, vrhen a program will be pre
sented Jointly by the music and dra
matic departments.
Saturday morning at eleven o'clock
the general* assembly will be held in
Howard Chapel. At this time, the
Reverend John Barclay of Wilson
will speak and the Glee Club, under
the direction of Ftofoasor John Wins
ten Fontaine, will sing. This meet
ing will be conducted by Russell Roe
buck, alumni secretary, p:
? Following the senend mmmahb.
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ThLyear the 1MB, 1985, and 1830
classes hew planned programs and
large attendum?1 At 12:80, the
i which time the resndar business ses*
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.open for inspection, end from 4.*00
recital ,by Mr. RMf?V Boebuck and
i?wwMH V"lf .1 r" ~ ? J ? ll? -
the production of two plays by the
{Draraatie Club, tsdst the direction of
teTiv u^t^?^3r
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l&UTICS AS USUAL.
WILLKfiPS CAMPAIGN.
DANGER IN PAR EAST. |
;fU. S* MUST ACT. ^- X- . %
BASES EVERYWHERE^
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The political campaign has about
reached the stage where'one can ex
pect to hear anything. Ill-adviaed
partisans wfll any things and do
things which should be left unsaid
apd undone,- Nevertheless, every
campaign & marred by unfortunate
incidents, but very rarely de they
wcerdse any great influence upon the
outcome of tha ejection.
Americans generally, Without re
gard to party lines, disapprove the
throwing of potatoes, tomatoes and
other objects at candidates. They
regret that some opponents of Mr.
Wflflde have seen fit to stoop to
these tactics. Certainly, they have
not injured the Republican nominee
and if their arte have any influence
at all, the net result would be favorfe.
ble to Mr Willkie.
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While the consensus of poUs indilrl
cates that the President has a lead ?t|
this time, the campaign will wail
serious between now and Novembarl
6. Roth sides will present reasons
to explain suddenly increased
strength and the election, in spite of
the polls, will remain uncertain until
the votes are counted.
Mr. Willkie has waged a strenuous
campaign. > Despite his endorsement
of many Npw Deal policies and his
general agreement with the Presi
dent's foreiga policy, the Repobliean
nominee has attempted to convince
the voters that ha represents a dif
ferent philosophy tn domestic if
fairs and Is Best equipped to handle
the foreign problems which confront
this country. How effective his cam
paign has been it a matter e# doubt,
With opinions being determined large
ly by political affiliations.
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The situation confronting the Unit
ed States in the Par East will not
stand still The Japanese may be
depended upon to continue their
steady encroachment upon the rights
of other nations. This will compel
the United States to determine upon
the policy to be followed, whether to
siit idle and stand upon protests al
ready penned, or to implement our
objections' to Japan's "new order" by
?action designed to prevent its success.
The re-opening of the Burma Road
last week produced no ilmcdiato
repercussions, but there is no indi
cation whatever that the Japanese
have abandoned their program. Fac
ed with this fact, the United States
must acquiesce or take some steps
which will effectively halt the Japan
ese advance.
Embargoes upon the shipment of
pWti?a) aviation gasoline and scrap
metals do not exhaust the possibili
ties to be found in economic weapons.
Prohibition of all exports -to Japan
add a ban upon all imports is not be
yond early expectation. In fact, there
is considerable official opinion in
favor of this drastic embargo.
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iw mgmy-aaveTOBea pftcu wtwwn
Tokyo, Rome ahd Berlin, which was
designed - to frighten the United
States, has abeelutoly failed of its
purpose. The President's recent
Speech affirmed in a very positive
mann** the intention of this country
to etiflftBtte its potieys, including in
creased assistance to Great Britain
and continued resistance to Japanese
<3fam>an* * fa
vxnrmany,? n tDOOg&t) oopM wK
the threat of twuWe with Japto in
tii? Par East would festrict the flow
of to Greet Britain, bbt
thdre fa no tie* 'Ihfa will
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rbv Ifr Willkte, This was efftetivt
by Tokyo's notice of abrogmfcion of
*1011' four-powetff convention for
the protection of for seels in c?*;
tain areas of the Pacific.
Officials Ion* here known o?||*
pan's dissatisfaction with -tike agree*
ment, but the sudden notice of ter
mination . without prior discussion
] was regarded as another sign of
g-"d ? . a f - - l.iiiil ? nln ?> ii i.li/1 ? ink?f Jftiii'*" V' '
tension between tne countries. ?,
Like the commercial treaty of
r the same year which the United
States abrogated after Japan's at
tack on China, the fur sealing con
vention requires one jeKfV ; notice
for termination,
The Tokyo inrwuncfment said pro
poaals for revistona would be sub.
mitted.
Secretary Bull said the notice had
net yet heed received here and thai
there had been no official advance
intimation that Japan contemplated
such action.
In 1926, howene, Japan raised the
dtostion of revision, but after long
discussions, no action was taken. ^1
Other parties to the agreement!
ware Greet'Britain end Russia. It J
bound them to prevent the kilting,'
rapturing 6r pursuit of fur seals hi
the waters of the North Pacific.
At the time of the 1986 discus
sions, Japan contended that seals
wbre menacing fisheries in Japan
ese water* the United States Bu
reau at Fisheries held there was no
evidence that seals from the Alas
kan herds were frequenting Japanese
waters,
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VCRBr HSpgcu) VI we iigngncs
question h?vr been sources of fric
tion between the United Stales and
Japan in recent years.
The activities of-Japanese fishing
vessels in the Alaskan salmon fields
led to an American protest in 1988.
Japan gave assurances that measures
would, be taken to end the operations.
Secretary Hull declined toi com
ment on other phases of Far.Eastern
affairs today, including Tokyo press
assertions that unless ther Nether
lands Bast Indies complied with Ja
panese requests for oil supplies, "we
must resort to armed fortes and make
them comply."
At Ms press conference Hull re
ferred only to his previous state
ments on the East Indies, in one of
which he declared that "interven
yk>n of their domestic affaire of the
Netherlands Indies or any situation
of their status quo by other than
peaceful processes would be prejqdi
cial to the cause of stability, peace
and security not only fax the region of
the Netherlands Indies, but in the
entire Pacific area,"
Good Awage
On Market Here
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Season's Figures High
er Than Last Season
;
Sales on the Farmville tobacco
mdrket yesterday, aeoevding to Sales
Supervisor B. A. Fields, brought of
ferings for the week to 1475,396,
which brought $227,788.42 and an
average of $19.38. , .
Up to date, the market has sold
13,639,472 pounds for $2,801,447.88,
and u average of $19.21, which com
peted with the average of a year ago
: fa around $2 per hundred!, weight
higher, although wound a fourth
; more tobacco had beqU solW?M&j^*
j 'today's sales are heavy aid prices
me decl?w* to1 be as strong a# those
of the firitfhf the-week, though a de
cline in offerings ems noticed.' To
bsiconists state that there fa |till
much demand on the Karmville to*
baoco market for good leaf antf bet
tar tcbaccos are better than at any:
time this year.
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7 New Orleans, Oct. 23. ? Michael
John Caffie, 29, charged with fafling
to register here under the Selective
Service Act on October 16, was sen
tenced today by Federal Judge Ad
rian J. Caillouet to score three yetrs
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Crffie w?lW??d to be to firrt
ntan sentenced under the act
Be waa technically charged with
violatingvthe act by failing to regis
ter At the time of his arrest, Caffie
told United States Commissioner R.
H. Carter, Sr., that "there was noth
ing in America worth fighting for."
Today, hi open-rpourt, Caffie de
clared. 1 don't think that undar the
Preamble to tliA QnndKriotii the |
government hw the tight to deprive
me of my right of free Ubnty."
MIS Man
Dies Mar Crash
William L. Whitehurst
Injured PataUy While
Vacationing in Florida
Greenville, Oct. 23.?William L.
Whitehurst, 23, died at Jackson Me
morial Hospital in Miami, Fla., at
6:25 a. m., Wednesday of head in
juries sustained ih an automobile
accident Monday afternoon in Miami.
' Funeral services will be conducted
at Jarvia Memorial Methodist Church
Friday morning- at 11 o'clock by his
pdator, the Rev. T. McM. Chant.
Burial will be in Cherry Hill ceme
tery, ? )
Mr. Whitehurst ? was graduated
from Greenville High School in 1935.
He then attended East Carolina
Teachers College and later became
affiliated with Carolina Coach Com
pany. He was stationed in -Burling
ton, Chapel. Hill, GreenBboto, Rocky
Mount and Dhrham. At the time of
his death he had been serving as tick
et agent, in the Union station in Dur
ham. He was a member of the Meth
odist Church in Greenville.
Surviving ere his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. A. Whitehurst of Greenville,
three brothers, Albert, Donald and
Bynum J. Whitehurst; five sisters,
Ethel, Marjorie, Isabella, Marie, and .
Linda, all of Greenville; his paternal i
grandmother, Mrs. Lula Whitehurst
of Whitehurst; and his maternal ,
grandfather, W. C. Wiliett of New
Bern.
To Celebrate Opening
New Section of U. S.
^Highway Nft 264
Ceremonies for the opening of the
paved highway from Zebulon to
Wake Forest, completing U.'S. 264
from Engelhard on Pamlico Sound
to central North Carolina at; Durham
will be held in Zebulon Friday^ after
noon, November 1, at 2:00 o'clock. .
Much importance is-attached to the
opening of this highway in that it is
the first time that the Sound section
of Eastern Carolina has been directly
fonnected with the Piedmont section.
Mayor P. tf). Midgett, Jr., of En
gelhard, and Mayor W. F. Carr, of
Durham, will dip the; ribbon opening
the highway to travei.
There wiD he short speeches, music
by tw*5 or morebands, and a general
good time. Members of the State
Highway Commission, and especially
}Hr. T> Boddie Ward, Commissioner of
Fourth D^vhrion, who had.this
highway completed, and other cele
breties wfll be pscojpifipd.
< .Mayors and Chambejs of Com?: I
merce in cities along the route are ac
tive in making this route, known to
the traveling public. The Mayora'
Committee sponsoring the ceremony
is composed of the following heads of
City Governments; Avon Prfvett,
Zebulon; George W. Davis, FarmviHe;
& R. f'Brown, SaratM^ Ralph
Hodees. Washington: Jade Soain,
GreeBvi|tef.>W. M. Darnel, Wilson; W.
F. Carr, Durham; A. F. Davis, Wake
FoW*t
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famto P?tato' 00111 bMad' , 0C'
I^TnriiSffr T ' h tain mlmA dfred
{10c* sweet potato pie Be.
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London, Oct. 28.?A great victory
in a aix-weeks-loog aerial counter
offensive that smashed a fall-dressed
German attempt at invasion was
claimed officially by the British to
day and put down as one more his
toric defense of these islands.
Through Rs news service, the Air
Ministry told the story?how British
bombers had doggedly , ridden 'J* air
over a 2,000-mile Nazi front, alter
nately attacking and observing, until
the German invasion fleet had been
dispersed at last eni German inva
sion springboards bad beat wrecked.
from Narvik, Norway, to Bordeaux,'
far to the south in France.
It was the first such sweeping
success yet claimed against the. peril
that long has lain across the chan
nel, and it was accompanied by these
other declarations intended to show
that the Royal Air Force was de
veloping quietly into an instrument
of destiny for Britain:.
British Claims.
1. A claim, also made by the Air
Ministry, that a fifth of all tin
Nazis' productive capacity for war
had been affected by British bombs -
which night upon night have fallen
from the far interior of Germany
to the German-held French coast
line.
2. The statement of Captain Hargd
Balfour, the Air Undersecretary,
that the position achieved by the
air arm, however unspectacular it
might seem, was "one of the great
victories of the war."
Meanwhile, German warp lanes
made a quick, momentarily; heavy
stab at London tonight, but it taper
ed off before midnight into the
lightest'attack of the last 17 nights.
The outer defenses, and a heavy
rain over the channel, appeared to
have turned back the main"" Nad
throats. . .
The Bound of exploding bombs
could be heard in the city, but from
afar, and the flashes of the anti
aircraft goas nose over the distant
horizon. J
This relative quiet was in sharp *?
contrast to the early evening when .
buildings shuddered for a time
under the impact of frequent bombs. ?
Direct Hit.
The attack succeeded a day of
comparative lull in which, however,
one direct hit demolished part of a.
department store turned into an
air raid shelter and took an esti
mated toll of 25 lives.
Eleven dead had been taken from
the ruined -part of the building, but
altogether 25 persons were believed
to have been trapped when an oil
bomb and a broken gas main com
bined to sweep the ruins with flames.
Most of the dead were employes'
who had lost their homes in other
bombings.
Despite the disaster, the atom
opened up for business in an un
damaged section of the budding.
London had but one alarm , during
the day, and it lasted only a few
minutes without any German planes
having reached the city. Stray Ger
man planes also were reported daring
the day over western England
The government said a4 Nary
small" number of casualties and only
slight damage resulted.
The same thick fog, made black
er by smoke pouring from London's
chimney pots, whidt reduced Lon
don's Tuesday night raids to mere
sporadic affairs, apparently kept
most of the Gqrman Luftwaffe earth
bound.
Four persons were killed in Lon
don last night, however, and in one
Midlaad Xowb the Germans made
a two-hour haid with some casualties^
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WHO KNOWS?
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' 1. Is the us* of snuff dying out?
|jg2. How large is a propeller on a
battleship?
3. Does a spider exorcise intelli
gence in making -jt w&t *1?&: ' I
4. What Hohenrollern dream hits
American gunboat Ftnsy?
8 .How t.u.ny Americans will vote
vember 5?
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