North Carolina Newspapers

v^/L.-^..-.V^<;-? ^^-.v,.. -iaE.?, - Jmn-mm- - - Other Fast German Troops Reported Sta tioned Near Border In Southern Hungary; Peace Hopes Declared Slighter Despite Croat Serb Agreement Belgrade, April 3* ? Formidable concentrations of German motorized blitzkrieg onitz were reported in diplomatic messages early today to be stationed in Rumania just across the frontier from the Yugoslav town of Bela Crykva. That border point is leas than 60 miles from Belgrade and is near the Danube River. The report caused alarm in the capital because it would be one of the logical points from which the Germans might launch an attack on Belgrade itself. Other diplomatic dispatches said fast German divisions were massing near Szeged, in southern Hungary across from Yugoslavia. * Factions Agree. Ai though a new Serb-Croat under standing was reported to have been reached, consolidating the Yugo slavian internal situation, the chances of war were seen by diplomats as greater than ever. This was notwithstanding attempts of the Italians to stave it off by what the diplomats called feeble maneu vering. *? The Italians were said to be at tempting to get Premier General Dusan Simovic to go to Borne and seek Premier Mussolini's "aid" to ward appeasing Adolf Hitler. This, said circles close to the gov ernment, General Simovic refuses to do. The Italian desire to stave off war here was seen by some diplomats as prompted by Fascist fear that the Yugoslavs would inwade^ northern Albinia immediately and with the Greeks sweep Muaolinfs forces into the Atlantic. "Boomerang" Mines. That the Yugoslavs already have taken defense measures in the Adriatic was revealed when secritiy sown Yugoslav mines sank two Yugoslav passenger liners in the Adriatic as the ships sped toward home ports in fear of war with the Axis. The vessels were the 1,293-ton Karadjodje and the 1,726-ton Pres tolcmaslednik Fetra. They went down in the Bay of Obrovac, 23 miles east and north of the Italian city of Zarm, which is on the Dal matian shore. All crewmen were saved. -? - - - ? % a t ? TBemmSgappBeBB^TIH^IIHF I carried oat within the week. I Foe the second time in 24 hoars ? the Eritiah press and radio cam I paigns, reminiscent of those launched I by Germany before " the, attack on I Poland which began the war, brought I a brief and firm government -denial ? of charges of "atrocities." I The communique simply said "all I man minority are without founda ? two." ? < A statwnmtf that- the Crokt-Serb I ipieetloin had been settled was made by Dr. August Kosutic, iinhnary ofl ? the Croat leader, Vladimir MacekJ ? although' reports -from Zagreb, 1M I many are sHwv , Dr. Kosutie, pre ? paring te?go to Zagreb to confeJ ? with Macek, said the Croat leaded ? would come to Belgj^^dter. -j I towns'*without n Tllt^ai GmJ ? Simovie add an perns who left ? their pctiument homes for th< I iiwifliMt? VnnU Kh nantPtifljg tJ ? rriinin I TL ' .? - . * * a w-.l* A? I I T Kg fo manest house. Gfrh* further poiat to a declare Qflu ny Ww viV*l l?W?r I ? vW - . ' * *. I ? < smm Wntifr -nlflSI^.' dff llHfcCHBr-JHlBSB I ? q|ku piaDM ? .OK uB?BsCivd6U ISimvII Tobacco Picture roBBCbo nuiu it! Hat Slaanf Nh - Possible Export Gain and Rising Domestic Consumption the Only Bright Spots : ; Washington, April 1.-?A generally gloomy picture for the North Caro lina tobacco grower is pointed'by the Department of Agriculture to day in its annual Spring analysis of the tobacco outlook, even though some bright spots are ihjeeted into the scene. Chief among the encouraging as pects are the probability that ex ports to Britain may increase grad ually under the stimulus of the lease-lend bill, and the rising do mestic consumption which may bring tax-paid withdrawals of cig arettes to 190 billion by the end of the fiscal year July 1. On the other hand, the depart ment estimates that fine-cured stocks on July* 1 will total about V 441 million pounds. This takes into account tobacco that will be held by the Commodity Credit Corporation through direct purchase for Britiatf interests or through loans to do mestic export dealers. If CCC hold ings are not included, the July 1 stocks are expected to be between 200 and 300 million pounds above the 1935-39 level Little hope is held that sizeable to bacco shipments to Britain may be gin in the near future. The depart ment analyzes this situation thusly: British Outlook. "The passage of the lease-lend act is expected' to facilitate exports of tobacco to the United Kingdom, either directly under the provisions of the act or indurectly by enabling the British to release dollar ex change for the purchase of United States tobacco. It is expected that exports, especially of flue-cured to the United Kingdom, will show some improvement, depending part ly upon the availability of shipping space. "At present, large -shipments to the United Kingdom are impossible, since shipping space is being requisi tioned for war material. Future shipments will depend largely upon the extent that tobacco exports are facilitated by the lease-lend act, either directly under the provisions of the act or indirectly by enabling the British to release dollar ex change for the purchase of tobacco. "So kmg as hostilities continue it is to be expected that British in terests will ship only sufficient leaf to maintain stocks for immediate consumption. In spite of some de struction of tobaceo in storage by hostilities, these appears to be no serious urgency for immediate shipment As storage supplies in the United Kingdom are diminish ed, it is to be expected, lam every that British interests will arrange for shipments sufficiently large to at least meet minimum require ments." ? . ? .. ? ? I ^ ^ years. (ippftrtmoit I A - tftin ?? --' -- 1 1 : I wQK wXO xMU lfJCu UQ PMIi n,iBr I trxportatioiL l -i ? . ? 1AOfl _ * " I AW' KflTwf Milff*}) "J C fjftit- A];) l j v|j ? ? '? , . J. - . ' r^ML^iP'-*> '*\-V **??^2IJTj HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN BY BUYING EASTER SEAL SALE STAMPS Dr. R. B. Raney, Chief Surgeon for Crippled Children at Duke Hospital and Lincoln Hospital in Durham, en dorses the Seal Sale for Crippled Children. A letter to K. T. Futrell, Secretary of the Pitt Cotmty League for Crippled Children, is givbn below: DUKE HOSPITAL Durham, N. C. Department of Surgery March 31, 1941 i Mr. K. T. Futrell Supt Public Welfare Greenville, N. C..' Dear Mr. Futrell: It is a pleasure for me to give unqualified endorsement to the East er Seal Sale Campaign for Crippled [Children. 'The funds raised by the [ sale of these seals are tremendously important in the work with the com munity's crippled children as they are used for phases of this work for which financial support from other | sources is not- available. The Seal < | Sale Campaign is, I think, equally ^important in another respect It I serves to focus public interest on the care of bur indigent crippled chil dren. Without such public support it would be quite impossible to carry on arid to expand our medical pro gram for lessening the handicap of I North Carolina's indigent crippled children. | With many thanks for the constant help and cooperation of yoqr depart ment in this work, I am Sincerely yours, ? RBB/EF R. B. Bftdey, M. D. Some reports from the several communities in Pitt County indicate thafc-muck interest i* being, taken in the Sale of ifealSvfor tibe Crippled Chfldrm in the County. It is the intention of tfce'Pitt Couxr^y Conunit (tee touring to the attenkm of every fhealhy normal child in the ^County cripppM ana aerecuve ^caiiaiwi wno - y*J{:jjt. Js_". ,, j- n-. i,..., f_. nt (need their *uppo|fe,my buying and l[ using the ffinrftr Seal Sale Stamps, L ^^?,'n 'J?' ? , j:,.j.-.'i: 'Vi"* ''?"]? 'T ?*" * they signify their interest and sup port^to jTthis time StMdrea teom Pitt restive heatih wok; done, limy are Ifiinic for crippled cniiumn n&iu at ' F - . I pi^u pfji ][o pyt yi tar v trw jjj t*16 vOUUCy, J _ 'x'.''5??-' ijospivwi sisted of buying braces special built ! shoes, X-mys, crutches, artificial ! limbs, and for transportation to and from hospitals and to and from clinics. Among the leaders in the State who are endorsing and assisting ;,in this program is CQrde Erwin, State Supt of Public Instructions; Mrs. J, M. Broughton, wife of the Governor; Mrs. Doyle Alley, President of .the State Congress of Parents and Teach ers; Jade Edwards, President of. the North Carolina High School Student Council Congress/ Greenville youth; BUI . Friday, President of the Federa tion of College Students; President Frank Graham of the University of North Carolina; President James E. Shepard, North Carolina College for Negroes; State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson; Haywood Duke, President of the North Carotins Hotel Associas tion; John A. Lang, State Adminis trator of the National .Youth Admin istration and many others. The Pitt County Committee feel as the Easter Season approaches that every child and citizen Of Pitt County will purchase one or more of these penny stamps and place it on a letter," thereby giving evidenoe of their in terest in the crippled children of Pitt County. v \ v .V..- ? ? ? . C. v. ? ?. i ? " Rom Sop Joint a Action Against ' fliifrf th<>v surveyed thf> whole world possibility attempt &t ? ;p^^ssr^"Tsr .g-^r buropean Axis pww8> Wqhs ^ ?i MflrSSo^^'0j*|4ft(iiflffl,tion o ?j ~ j? * ? ' iwl . | servers still wore sk6ptiCw fts to {how jtor Wftrffffnlfft hftd t^I eo fined'^ BUP B I-1 f(\vi a^ Ttfilv fimH rini*mn**^ ?' ??BM0?ioint flrtifffl ^^AIJjACE REIilKV^Bt ,' j Great Britain and establishing a new Jays to pass the 17^000^)00,000 ^pr propriation bitt? to manufacture *M procure goods of man? kinds for k The House voted 387 to 56 in favor of the measure and the Senate 67 to 9. The appxopriaitioin hill was the) largest ever passed in peace-time his tory of the United States. "-?' ?? ' '?<?'? ?';? ???'.*?*.? .-itM v;" 'i Senators who opposed the Lease Lend BillT but were supporting' the appropriation measure, explained I that they felt constrained to provide I the money necessary to carry oat the | policy established by the majority of Congress. Against the bill were re corded Democrats, Clark of Idaho, Clark of Missouri, Wheeler of Mon tana; five Republicans; Butler, Lan ger, Nye, Shipstead and Thomas of Idaho; one Progressive; La Follettft Senator Johnson of California and Senator Wiley were paired against ?the bill. - . Interesting In the discussion, and a sign of things to come, was the statement of Senator Connelly that the Finance Committee would, bring in a-tax, bill which "is probably going to jerk some people out of their boots." Naturally, the immense ex penditures of the nation' under the ffofwnaft program and the lease-lend policy: will take a r gMrtt-dead of money and a considerable portion 'at ] it must be raised hy taxation, -i}. ? r William S. Knudsen, Director General of the OPM, was asked whether tide, defense administration could judiciously use the $7,000,000, 000 appropriated for the purposes concentrated in the lend-lease bilL He pointed out that when this sum! is-transferred into -man-hours "if is not so much." Hp reminded tbt Senators that he had Ha?&ed $1,800, '000,000 a year in one industry?fa one firm and-that when spread out "the appropriation does not amount to anything?I mean quantitatively,? $ve per cant of the materials to be purchased under the lease-lend pro gram would bfr weapon# ^and muni tions which could be used in our own Amy and *Navy, and only five per cent of the purchase would be weap ons of purely BritiBh typer As finally approved, the Lease* Lendjippropmtioil ^rovidestj' |Str I ~ ^ I wm&rnmBm^g 80,000 and 40,000 Italian soldiers, the beaten remnants of the Fascist Army hn Eritrea, jure fleeing1 south vnri tamrd Addijf^AbabaJ Ethopian capital, as faptras they opi*, British military ywuri^fiiid tonight.;'; "'i-?k. The only major poh* left under the Italian flag in Italy1? oldest col ony is Masaaua, Red Sea port, and that city was described as an the brink of capitulation. ' C The Fascists reported leaving Eri trea, plus approximately 60,000 oth er Italian troope virtually isolated in Ethiopia, ace all the Italian troope left to fight East Africa. Amid intimations that the white flag of Fascist surrender might soon float over all Eritrea,' the British Army and Navy teamed up to put the aqqeedNP " Three Ships So*. The Navy announced the sinking of an Italian destroyer and capture of a 8,188-ton German merchantman in the Bed ?ea at Mawwamy and the Btnfcfng of an Italian submarine a tanker 'in the Mediterranean. Amy sources pictured 60,600 Ital ians as virtually isolated in the wilds of Ethiopia and another 40,000 hemmed in between the Eritrean mountains and the British-do minat Ked Sea. In the Libyan desert of which Africa, British and German advance units sparred inconslusiveiy. Hastening to clear up the remain der of East Africa before the rains oome, the British, announced at Khartoum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, that their advance on Asmara, the Eritrean capital, was met Tuesday by Italian emissaries bearing a white flag. I ?t The Italians said resistance had ceased and asked that Asmara be considered an open town, the com munique said, adding: "It is not known yet whether the order to cease fire refers only to Asmara or to the whole of Eritrea... Thus, without opposition from the so-called "impregnable" Fort Bat : dissera, the British took over As mara, a city of nearly 100,000 popu lation, Italians. The Fascist troops who withdrew themnnd tfc.survivorB of the bitter battle of Gheren?40,000 in all were said to have fled south and wrtfawd." T. B. Clinic To Be Held Here April 7-8 I bttfi 1 - X??? ?'' j'iA ?# <I/8eSt-i The annual State-Pitt- County Tuberculosis Cliniq thfc year will-run two weeks, from April 7th through April 18th, it was announced today by to^Thoajas Ennett, Pitt Coun-; ty Health Officer. Ttoe fixit two days, Monday April ttii, ami faeaday, April 8th, will be held in Farmville at the Town Ha^ I ?mtirmtoir until the last weekfai May. has caused C. W. E. "Pittman, farm I JWPr^ rt, ?? , t^:iiasv ye*r,mr. n|> ei in the Chadboam vc univUS county. 0,000 ia tsis ? W&l* I I |fY- '? / ? ''I jty. --' -' '''? V ^HIKi^n!i:^HnB8 j^^bwBliiHIVffllB88 -|pth- U..&;>Ameri??ns % Rdeased;^Nazfe Give Washington, April 2. ? Germany and Italy lodged new protests today gainst United States seizure of 30 Asis ships concurrent indications that dictator and fo'fl country soon may be embroiled in an economic war of reprisal Dispatches from abroad ia& eated that the oath was being cleared in both Germany and Italy for retaliatory measures. Reliable sources said m Berlin after four Americans had been arrested for questioning and relas ed?that Nazi counter-action to the ship seizures will be announc ed tomorrow. One report circulated was that American property may be confiscated. Observers here believed that if this happens, the United States would retaliate by freezing millions of dollars of German investments in this country. Similar action would be taken against Italy if she adopted kindred tactics. The struggle would involve mil lions. The United States has direct ' investments in-Germany of $228, 000,000,' holdings of $166,000,000 in German bonds and $25,000^000 in short-term paper. Its investments in Italy consist of $70,000,000 in di rect holdings and $78,000,000 in Italian bonds.?. Germany has $100,060,000 invest ed in American stocks and bonds and $9,000,090 in short-term paper. Italy's holdings m America con sist of $222,000,000 in 'stocks and bonds, $12,000,000 in v&rect invest ments and $22,000,000 in zsrl estate, mortgages, etc," ^ No Direct Threats. There wen no direct threats from Italy,- but the newspaper la Stampa of Turin said regarding the ship seizures that Italians "would not forget the knife in the back from Roosevelt and his blow against Italy at one of the hardest moments of the struggle." There was no immediate indica tion, according to; Berlin dispatches, that the arrest of the four Ameri cans, long 'residents in Germany, was in reprisal for the protective seizure-of twoGerman ships. The State Department had not receiv-- T ed official reports on the incident early tonight, and withheld com ment When the. new Italo-German pro tests arrived, department officials ' were in the process of drafting a rejection to earlier Axis- demands that the two German and 28 Italian' ships and their crews be released. 1 Nazi Protest - ^ The German embassy tonight made public itB find note of protest, signed by Charge d'Affeiree Hans Thomson. He contended that the seizures con stituted a violation of the treaty of friendship and commerce between the two governments signed on De cember 8, 1928, and amended on Mm 8, 198K [%'; iTpIe -c protested 7^'most urgently" I against the American action and in sisted npon immediate Please of the tanker Pauline Friedriek, seized in the port of Boston, and lie motor ship Arauca, . taken over at Port Everglades, Fla. Ha, also demanded the immediate release of the crews of the two vessels; permission for them to re the American which vai koistid I axo , This pro | UOV6QUZ16D6 23XCelllgenC? AgBllTfi vO** J mve&tigutioif of the Acts of sabotage $ I boats were quoted aa saying they