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First Groups Sent Oat
By Two Boards In Pitt
Greenville, Now. 13.?The two local
Draft boards base seat out their
first group of qpsstian tires, board
number one spending out the first
batch of 50 and heard number two
sending out the lid of questions to
to registrants who have volunteered.
Registrants are to fill out and re
turn the queetiouairee within five
daps. Persons desiring aid in filling
- out the qoeetiouairee may secure
help from any member or associate
of the Advisory boards set up in the
two districts, names of which have
been printed in The Reflector.
After the qoasttenaires are re
turned to the local Draft boards
registrants will be placed in their
proper clssaificetkm.
Order numbers have been deter
mined for registrants in both boards
and have been placed on the bulletin
boards in the court house.
The first list of 50 registrants in
the order in which they will be sub
ject to call and to whom question-!
aires have been sent by board num
ber one follows:.
Charles William Minton, Bethel.
Woodrow Smith, Fountain.
Alex CuthreH, Jr., Ayden.
Wyatt Moca jab Williams, Greenville.
Charles Wallace Bourne, Jr., Green
ville.
Jease Perdiner Williams, Greenville,
(CoL)
Harvey Evans, Greenville.
Arthur Ted, Jr., Greenville, (CoL)
Jamee Arthur Mitchell, Greenville,
(CoL)
Joseph Paul Davis, Falkland.
Lemuel Lofton, Greenville, (CoL)
Charles Veal Nichols, Bell Arthur.
John Junior Williams,' Greenville,
(CoL)
LeLand Baker, Farmville.
William Gus Little, Fountain.
John William Joyner, Bell Arthur.
Herbert Robinson, Jr., Farmville.
Bee Hunter Conley, Greenville.
Roy Clinton Whitahurst, Roberson
villn . - .
Clayton Carney, Bethel, (Col.)
Floyd Allen Nobles, Greenville.
Warren Bobart Morgan, Washington.
William Gorham, Falkland, (Col.)
Zebulon Andrew Little, Greenville.
William EdwardAMtmem, Jr., Green
ville;
Oliver Melton MeLawhorn, Green
ville.
Jesse James Wilson, Greenville,
(CoL)
Jessie Richard Langhlnghouse, Green
ville.
Wihner Charlie Warren, Stokes.
James Henry Daxden, Farmville.
James Oscar Hales, Greenville.
? Auras Little, WlUUlUUJll, IUWm
? Taft Robert, Gieaaville, (Col.)
Dsvid Harris, Parmele.
I Safaner Ayers, Fountain.
James Edwards, Farmville, (Col.)
James Beverly Cougieton, Jr., Stokes.
I John William Aadaraim, WinterviBa.
Thomas Edwin Barahfll, Greenville. II
- James Edgar Laagley, Stokes. H
I Henry Caswell Brawn, Greenville.
Jamas Frank Parker, Jr., Falkland. 1
Hitman Leroy Hardison, Greenville, H
I (C?L) I
Walter Aagnsta Bedford, Farmville. I
? Trojr Marion Harris, Fountain.
? Henry Owen Lovk, Farmville.
Frank Junior Barnes, Greenville,
I (CoL> :.'j I
Lonis Harden, Jr., Farmville, (Col) I
Hubert Clay Bagiiiar, Farmville. I
I 3mam (CoL) I
William Lew/ Baas, John Flsnarfl
gan Tyson, E-2; William Thad Car-1
raway, R~2; James Paris Surrett,!
William Brace Gardner, R-2.
Grant Green, Charlie Willie Jonas,!
I,,1*' fTiarfj# V'tim Tawiv Flnvri MtlifiM/l
v i in* sra ? w pi"O; * *vJ*i mmn H
I Tyson, Nelson Midgett, Moses Ruvfl
I rett, Jr., Ernest CaDett Johnson, Gar
? HaM Brown, Jr., R-2; Oliver Rohan!
Johnson. I
H' Vntw^^raa ijy-'
I wjuw; VJWTC: im?vhpki(i iiay, ?
? I Clarence Earl Matttewe, R-l. 'I
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Farmvillfi Tobacco
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Market To Close
Wed. Nor. 20th
.
Season's Sales To Date
Over Sixteen Million
-Pounds, With Average
of II&78 a Hundred
The Farmville Tobacco Market will
close the 1940 season after sales next
Wednesday, November 20, according'
to a decision reached by the Tobaccco
Board of Trade in spedal meeting
Thursday morning.
With the mIm of yesterday the
market went over the sixteen million
pound marie, an estimate set by some
at tite beginning of the season. Total
sales to date are $16,064,788 pounds
that sold for $3,018,262, with an offic
ial average of $18.78.
In setting the closing date of the
market, the Tobecco Board of Trade
believes this will give the tobacco
growers of this territory sufficient
time to sell the remainder of this
year's crop, R. A. Fields, sales super
visor, stated yesterday afternoon.
LUNCH ROOM MENU
NOVEMBER 18-22
' "
Monday?String beans with bacon,
creamed potatoes, scalloped apples,
corn bread, 10c; pecan pie, 5c.
Tuesdays?Meat balls with gravy,
rice, stewed tjomatoee, biscuit, 10c;
chocolate pie, 5c.
Wednesday ? Salmon croquettes,
pork and beans, baked sweet potatoes,
biscuit, 10c; caramel pie, 5c.
Thursday?Bnmsyrick stew, slaw,
pickles, potato salad, ' biscuit, 10c;
peach shortcake, 5c. , .]
Friday?Macaroni and cheese, tur
nip salad, turnips, pickles, corn bread,
10c; raisin nut muffins, 5c.
If you are sure that Hitler and
Mussolini, plus the little brown bro
thers, have no designs against this
country then you might wonder why.
the United States wants an army, a
navy or an air force.
Uncle Sam May I
Exctiaage Bombers
Far Aif Engines
I Washington, Nov. 18.?A trade to]
?Great Britain of giant long-xangej
bombeia for warplane engines was
I reported today to ba one of several
I new administration measure fast
I taking shape to reinforce British air I
? T rh" ? - . T? S? ?
?might. rj:' 1
H ? J
RflfSft of a bomb sight mechanism I
?long guarded jealously by the Army I
land Navy also was nid by autborita-1
I tive sources to be under considers-' I
?torn* although there was no official I
?confirmation of recurring reports I
? had agreed to permit Great Britain
? to obtain toe eights. It was hinted I
authoritatively that only one ox
I two audi mechanisms' developed sn
ored in the lefts* negotiations.
? Application of President Booso
Hj vetfs rule-of-thumb policy, under
I Tb..f4.1 j I ? ? .???*. - a.'.- ? wa
! with cnfun on approximately a oo
SkSiMI to! ori*l
I J- .Aeiltiteil #hiw ifalfsiani nsaif ? I
j it acneaniM ior aeuvery nan nwota*
I A ti n ? ? ' ?ilil ?!? Aam
la reporte<|: ptnn to train :.joiots ior
I Britain and in this country; I
The reports said that 1^000^ men
l I j.... f i ..HkM fi
I I AiWMlfifitol mtit4amy Tlvfiidr WOQlC
?' f I
j w_ " n y f I
London, Nov. 14.?The air minis
try Baid today that reports reaching
London indicated that (fcnnany^s
'gnat northern port of Hamburg is
fuing economic ruin as a result of
the smashing effects of constant Bof
al Air Force bombing attacks.
The ministry said that damage to
the industries and shipping of Ham
*- - J^Haa m. ? ftAm AmA
burg dailp becomes more senous
and more and: more industries lure
Pfbg transferred to eastern cities
and occupied Poland."
The ministry reported growing un
employment and discontent among
the workers of the dty.
"Each new week swells tha rank*
of the workless," the ministry said,
"adding to depression and discon
tent The docks no longer bustle
with rich trade. The burnt out sheila
at warehouses tell the tale of Ham
burg's ruin."
The ministry said that its reports ;
indicated ?hat damage was confined
almost entirely to the docks and in
dustrial districts of the dty and that
residential anas hardly had been af
fected by the British bombing.
| The huge Blcmb Voss naval ship
yards on the island of Watershof?
the biggest in Germany?have been ?
I badly damaged, the ministry said.
Many ships under construction have
been smashed.
"At one period five submarines out
ofthe 80 then in building at the Ham
burg yards were damaged beyond
repair." the ministry claimed.
"Across the Elbe the biggest vege
table oil works in Germany, stands
blackened and gutted," it said.
Lost Rites Held For
William T. Twiford
.
I
I Funeral rites for William Thomas
Twiford, 57, well known Fannville
citizen, wro died in a Greenville hos
pital early Friday morning after an
illness of several weeks, were con
ducted at 2:80 Saturday afternoon
from the FkrmviUe Funeral Home by
Bev. J. R. Rountree, rector of Em
manuel Episcopal Church. Interment
was made in Hollywood cemetery.
A quartet, oomposed at Mrs. J. W.
Joyner, Mrs. John D. Holmes, C. F.
Baucom and E. C. Holmes asng,.
"How Firm A Foundation," "Mv
Faith Looks Up To 1W and "Abide
With Me."
Mr. Twiford, a native of Dans cou&l
mr, was the son of the 14U 1U. Inu
Mrs. Benjamin Twiford. He had
been a faithful member of the Fsrm
ville Fire Department for a number
?y years, and was a communicant of
the Episcopal Church.
He ie survived by hi* widow, Mrs.
Katie Wataon Twiford, two pdstere,
?Kirs. C. H. Barber, of Edenton, and
Mrs. Ella Bray, of Elisabeth City,
and three brothers, Augustus, Eugene
sod Henry Twiford, all of Norfolk,
Vs.
Active pallbearers were: B. E.
Belcher, J. K. Cobb, C. Hubert Joy
ner, R. T. Martin, Haywood Smith
and G. E. Ballew.
Honorary: T. C. Turnage, J. H.
Harris, J. W. Joyner, Dr. B. T. Wil
liams, Dr. J. M. Mewborn, Dr. C. C.
Joyner, Dr. W. M. Willie, A. J.
I [Greene, Carlton Carr, J. C. CoiWtt,
George Windham, Sam Braxton, G.
& Williams, 1* H. Godwin, Leyd, D.
G. and G. K. Smith, M. L., M. L., Jr.,
hand Lynn Eason, Lath Morris*,-J. W.
and B. M. Hardy, M. W. Rollins, a
M. Shirley, E. J. Barrett, R. L.
Spivey, W. D. Wooten, C. H. Flana
gan, Ed Nash Warren, H. ML Skin
ner, Arthur Gay, Harvey Winsteed
and B. A. Joyner.
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NO^PfSJISM^10^
NEUTRALITY ABANDONED. I
THE RISK OP WA*
? BRITISH RESISTANCE*. I
The reasonable presumption in
view at the re-election of Ftesidant I
Roosevelt, is that the attention of
the people of this country, during
the next year or so, will be directed
to problems connected with interna
tional affairs.
Domestic issues have receded some
what to the background. This is not
due solely to the declaration of the
President that the era of reform is
over, hot also to the fact that Mr.
WilUde, as the Republican candidate
for President, pointedly accepted as
"national policies" most of the basic
reforms of the past few years.
??*... ' ' - - ?
L The Republican nominee endorsed
the policy of providing farmers with
la fair abase of the national income,
the right of labor its free choice, the
floor wages and the limit to hours of
labor and social security, including
old-age pensions, care for the unem
ployed. Federal relief, care for the
?||ed? the sick, the physically handi
?CSped and the blind.
The attitude taken by Mr. WillkW
during the campaign does not mean
that these reforms will not face at
tack m the future. There will be
ultra-conservative groups within both
parties ready to sabotage them at
any opportunity. 11
Mr. Willlde's position, however, in
dicates that opponents of these poli
cies have lost their battle. Moreover,
his stand will undoubtedly have con
siderable influence upon the Repub
lican Party, as a whole, which will
hardly commit the Party to an at
titude which the leader is opposed to.
Insofar as the issues in the recent
political campaign related to foreign
affairs, is should be noted that, in
| this field, the position taken by the
j Republican nominee as closely all
lied to that espoused by President
Roosevelt Mr. WiWde endorsed
greater- assistance to Great Britein,
the extension of aid to Chin* and^l
policy of firmness, without. appeaf$?9
meat, to the dictator-aggressor na
tions.
\
I Consequently, it may beeasectecT
without say form of political partner
?ship, tiiat the foreign'policy of the
lof the vast majority of the people of
?this country,
I Of coum, in thia connection, there !
lis a smell minority, scattered through <
I both parties,, which opuses the fqf- I
eign policy of the United States and |
which seemingly, tends to^snpportam <
tered advocates. of "isolation" are j
I still alive in the Republic, the policy v
of isolation has been officially dnop
pod by the leaders of both parties.'
Por many years, after the World
? War, the United States waa flmly
neStfr^ ^rvdl^df tae'lmw
I which < might produce a conflict
between other powers. This policy
also ireloded drastic regulations de
signed,to prevent the United Stages,
or its citizens, from becoming involv
ed in the exigencies of an emergency
lest the trade of this country become
involved into assistance to one side ]
or another; there were statutes to)
prevent such a development |
nounccs Animftl ' Roll
;!?*& s?tt,cw?i?. of a?
local milt of the American Bed Qpm
baa announced that .the Annual Roll
Call Drive willbe made hare on Wed
nesday, November 20, by the follow
ing volunteer workers:
M? 1W U AMtto^J^Jteiea
R. Len^Mre Tommy Ryon, Mm. A.
C. Mohk, Jtn ** H. Neal Howard,
Mre. J. W. Joynar, Mrs. & A- G?
ri^Mm R. A. Barker, Mm
Jbnee, Mm. Cherry. Raalv. The
colored aection will be auperviaad by
H. B. Sugg.
The American Red Crow is an ta
tegral part of your community; your
own people form its membenhip;
Red Cross-eervicea are performed for
them, touching' their Uvea In bnhdreda
of way* Itp 8,700 Cbapten and their
tegrating forces 1st looae by natural
catastrophes, against aWtneaa and
accidental death and injury. Thie
war goea on every dey and night, of
the year, with absolute impartiality,
without regard for race, creed or
color.
Effort* of the American Red Croea
to alleviate the suffering of Innocent
victims of the European war have
assumed the spotlight of public at
tention in recent months.. Millions of
ddllars worth of food, medieinee,
warm clothes, ambulances, meflcal
and hospital mrffUec have been.sent
abroad, and ate now performing
miracles of mercy in Finland, Nor
way, Hoflwd, Luxembourg, Poind,
Fiance and England. This material
evidence d* America's compassion hss
been made poeaible through the spon
taneous contribution .of thousands
upon thousands of" Americans to the
the Red Crom War Relief Fund,
Rut the millions of dollaro collected
in that special drive are being used
solely for war relief. None of tin
money is or will be used for the nor;
mal Red Crosa program and expendi
tures. The latter must be met ai
usual from the membenhip dollars
paid to local Chepten during tin
annual Roll Oall, November 11 to 80.
Just as the services- of the Red
Cross are available to everyone re
gardlese of station in life, so is Its
membership open to every mah end
woman to the country, the rich and
the poor, the mighty and the humble
can all cult tribute in some way oi
another to the program of this n*
tional end humanitarian cause.
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B_The many friends of Itar. D A.
Clarke regret that hla four yean
lervice aa pistor of the Farmville
Methodist Chtuxh have come to ft
Then four yean have been
ttnuous advance has been made in
every organisation in the local church.
rTbs Chmth baa made many tat
She present pastor and his gained in
i ^Tr ii . * .
numerical j^rsD^vu adci vouiusiioww
signal serwie^^^^^^^^^B
?$h* community joins with his con*
gregation here in commending Urn to
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Farm liovs utiGFCd fEast?
n 11 ^IsafV ? ' i .
H './j'la. dillaTKK b-Tr^j*J1 JBCtt* fiaUlrKS
an4?K^7^^^Nac?lK^hip
and tin others aus-year scholarship,
p .. y p TTxii"rni Ut*t* i-TT
? __ < . ? ' ?. .. : ' . ' ? %V^
carry the scholarship awards is D* ?
agn^it.-fc ? ... ? y"
VIBIIHIIV " IWwl? ? 9 ' WW
[ EarthquakT^tiinain
fwBteSlwWl Ws*
tricts Hit Hardest ?
I Hundredalosj Lfrw
I OMAVaibaaAI PC hi. J? f ,, \Tft mm 4 A
I ,*Ulfnlnl?| WOV? ll^
I Thousands of homeless pleaded for j
I food and clothing today m officials
sougw to oduuvv Eccurat? ?stiniat?s
I of dead and injured and damage in i
I Rumania's moat devastating earth
I quake In more than a century. < # I
I The government sent building ma
terial and army tents to the stricken
I ami end neighboring Balkan na
I tien> contributed to relief funds. -
I Early, unofficial estimates bad
IplscecLthe death toll at nearly 1,000,
I but today said the best
I estimate was 400 dead, 800 were in
jured.
Reports indicated that fWmpfaWj
I Poleeti, Busan and Foecani, in the
I oil hed been hit '' I
NO EVIDENCE
I Washington, Nov. 18.?A Federal
Bureau of Investigation official said
I tonight no evidence had been
found to indicate that cabotage wee
I an mi M mm1 ?. f n ? --. ..4 ? n J n ? .* ^1* .. ..
I responnoie iot yesteroajrs tnree en
I ploekxns In the Hast or for other re
I cent incidents throughout the ooun
I The three Masts occurred within
I KA II fill ist a^ * ini - m 1,1 ? ? III mmmmm il
I on minutes, ouv tns onicuu expressed j
I the view that this merely was a coin
I cutanea.
I The production speed-up in con
I nection with natloiftl defense, he said,
I was almost certain to increase in
I dustrial accidents. He reasoned that
I mgn pressure ana xaugue from extra
i I hours of work increased tension; that
II faster work meant less caution, end
, I that e rush of new employes increas
i J ox xamuiarty. -
Chamber of Com
rr<:?rr
marcs nun For
Christmas Season
The Board of Wrector* of the
FV-Trnvflle Chamber of Commerce and
Aaraatkm in regular
monthly seaaion on Tdeeday night,
laid rlanM for and Appointed commit
tee* to provide street decorations for
Chriatmas and to arrange content*
for the best decorated home. end
Hons during fts kn
Committee* are as follow*; -
Decoratibn: G. A. Rouse, Ru**eil
Miielle, W. A. McAdams.
Ftaeneo: Boderick Harris, & It
Vindon, John B, Lewis, L. E. Wris
fcn.'
? Sang Cta. Pri Erin Committee;
EUJoyner, Jr. J. LJJorgen, Jr., C
W, Blackwood, W. H. Fieher.
It wa* decided-to request all the
etorea^to have their stores decorated
for Christmas shoppers by December
A resolution was adopted to re
quest the Town Board of Commission
ere to lnftrtlg^S^.^ y^
bflity of installing* a white way ha
the four main blocks of the Town*
S. A. Garria. Pre*$*t, suggeatwj
a school for employee* to met one oa
sufi SST/JS
srsrsr.s ??=
the planat length and decided tog^
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pQnnnnr\ H\II iWI/VI7
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|?? Whit the total expend!
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Half cgf Italian ^Oapital
* Ships Disabled by Brit
ish Bombers at Taran
to; Part of Italian Con
voy Sent to Bottom?
Churchill Says Entire
Sea War Picture Al
tered /
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London, Nov. 13.?The British an
nounced today that their bombers
had left half of Italy's elusive battle
ships crippled and reeling in Musso
lini's main naval base at Taranto, and
claimed that the blow bad altered
decisively the balance of Mediter
ranean naval power.
"This glorio is episode," Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill told at ex
ultant Bouse of f-cmmons, will, how
ever, leave its impression "on the
naval situation- in every quarter of
the globe."
The Admiralty said photographic
evidence showed that two battleships
were lying part way under water,
one of them beuhed; that a third
"probably" was severely damaged; J ,
that two cruisers were leaning tipsfly *
in the inner harbor of Taranto and
that the sterns of two fleet auxiliary
vessels were submerged.
London naval circles, doubting that
British bombs alone could have
wrought such damage against the
battleships because of their armor,
suggest that torpedo planes took
part in the attack.
Torpedo pkuies swoop close to the
water on a line toward their targets
to drop their torpedoes/Once in the
water, these operate nmoTttke sub
marine torpedoes.
- More in the traditional style of
naval'warfare was the reported sink
ing of an Italian destroyer of Valona,
Albania, Monday night, as announced
by the British Admiralty.
A communique said the attack was
delivered the night of November 11
12 when a squadron of patrol along
the main line of. Italian communica
tions with Albania, in the Strait of
Otranto, intercepted- the convoy. .
Two Italian destroyers sought to
shield the-supply ships, but one was
sunk outright and two others were
"seriously' fired and "almost cer
tainly sunk," while the fourth; -es
caped behind a smoke screen, ac
cording to the Admiralty. lfe>th de
stroyers escaped,; but one was dam
aged. The British acknowledged no
casualties or damage.
Almost'as though reflecting these
reports of naval victories, the Brit
ish government announced extension
of tire blockade to include Syria,
French West Africa, Liberia, Portu
guese Gains, Madagascar ,T,f* Re
\ onion Island.
Blockade vessels were ordered to
halt ships at sea zones, off these ter
ritories, on three sides of Africa, un
less the vessels have navicerts, or cer
tificate of prior inspection and ap
proval of their cargoes by the British.
The biggest end newest of the bat
tleships reported crippled in the
bombardment at Taranto, the Ad
miralty said, one of the -8$,000
ton Littorio class. She "is badly down
by the bows, her forecastle la under
toiler and she;had a heavy list at
starboard," the communique related.
II BQMBSIGHTS
I Washington, Ndv. 18.?An out
I moded, but highly affective type of
I airplane bombsight has been released
II to Gnat Britain by the United States
I land already is in British hands, it was
I [disclosed today.
I r It was emphasised that the bomb
I sight is not the highly-publicized and
I IscaUously-guarded secret device now
I luaed by United States Army and '
i Navy planes.
K ^The news appeared to clear up
It confusion stemming from recurrent
reports that the secret sight would
Kibe or had been released to the British.
I Army and Navy ofBcefa have felt
I that too great a risk might be in
_ I volved if the seq^ device were made
(available at ft1** time. Their chW
I (fear is that it woul^fall into Ger
I rLj. ,i liaw^e
Well-informed sources said that
I the released sight, though net as ac
^ female as the secret device, i? highly
(effective end incorporates many of
* I consider it mow effective than sights
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