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1111111 n 1111 r if 11 tn ?rt rtntr IMiiMMM>MUMlHM>M>?4 -:' - .- ? ' f 1.1 H'<hl IIM l? M ?M ? 11 M 11113 ? ,? >A*?OTt?M amw /vmtotv vmmr ^ittfttM. yftffiAY 4HtIr NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN ^ 1 *?*? wtA^mif*M*iw^| ' w i Vn/Unrt| AWIA WVflvMl'^A? ^wWAij *AI?U< **> *"A ' ' - ~ WZZF-. " '* i "" " ^ ^ ^ New York, April 9?The first bat tleship commissioned by the United States Navy in 18 yearn took its place as a "ship of the tins* Wednes day in sober bet colorful ceremonies aboard the new 35,000 ton North Carolina at the Brooklyn Nary Yard. I the qnJurter^eA"afl the $70,000,000 ship, attended by 1,500 speeiaQy-in 1 vited guests headed by Secretary of the Nary Knox, were held under war-time 'restrictions with special police, marines and sailors on guard. "We are foreshadowing- with this ship," Secretary Know said in a brief address, "the greatest nary the world has ever seen." \ Guarantee of Peace. He added, however, that this great fleet was net dedicated to war "bat as the best possible guarantee of our peeceand security." I The American people, ha said, are devoted to the eeose of peace, and peace for the United States may on ly be secured through adequate de fer ae." The U. S. S. Seattle, receiving ship, fired a 19-gun salute as Sec retary Knox arrived. Admiral Har old Stark, chief of naval operations and Gov J. Melville Bxoughton, of North Carolina, spoke briefly. The North Carolina is the first of 17 dreadnaughta ordered in the na tion's speeding program to build the mightest naval power in the world. The ship's company of 1,000 of ficers. and men stood at attention on the quarter-deck during the ceremonies, under a clear bright sky. Breughtaa Speaks. ? 9 ?. - J. A.IJ SVam Governor .bioagnton nuo that "we give you a name and a tradition . . . we endow this ship with traditions and ideals which have made North Carolina one of the great states of the American union." v "We will carry on at the home j front, while you man your ship" he told them, recalling1 North Caro lina's place in the nation's his tory as the site of the first Eiglish settlement, as one of the original 13 states, and as the home of men who have distinguished them selves at times of national crisis. Secretary Knox said the North Carolina symbolized "American gen ius, American skill and American pa triotism" and was a sample of what these three elements working to gether can produce. Admiral Stark recalled the com missioning of the West Virginia, in 1923 and contrasted world con ditions then and now. We con gratulated the ship's company on the "opportunity that is poors to weld this vessel into a fighting unit" Largest In Navy. Until her sister ship the Wash ington is commissioned in Phil adelphia next month, tile North Carolina will be iae largest and most formidable ship in the U. S. Navy. Her nine Id-inch guns, a score of smaller broadside guns and anti aircraft weapons and her stream lined superstructare sheared bad to effect gwatm mobility for tin air guns presented such an odt contrast to a nearby; cruiser thai one observer mid the cruiser look* "like a skyscraper." The first battleship to be com missioned by the-Navy in Id yean the North Carolina was laid dowr in October, 1937, aat- launched las hma mrttuTft offieLVndl^OO dar the command of Captain Olaf If *nd w Tllftnfc juiny Mjmiilfr tfja :mmm _ ? . _ ? - _ : _ . -m^jl xmamS*Vi?iTi ?tlaitif ? Axis SMprMmiiil Bj*?ltans ? Mexico City, April 9. ~ Mearicar, the Mexican Merchant Marine colore on two German mi If Italian freig* ten, in token of the first expropria tion of Axis -vessels m the western hemisphere. ?,/ The merchantmen were seined last week in the harbors of Tampico and Veracruz. " ' Mexican crews were assembled to man the ships in Mexican coast wise and international trade under a decree of cxprepi'iatiBn issued on Tuesday night by President Manuel Avila Camirhn, His order said the urgent need of i a Mexican mereb?*nt marine in a wartime paucity of shipping space brought on the expropriation, but that compensation for the vessel! would be arranged after file end of the European struggle. Responsible sources said one item figuring in the post-war settlement was $12,000,000 owed by Germany and Italy for petroleum shipments from Mexico. President A vila Gamacho ordered Finance Minister Eduardo Snares to "determine the indemnity for" each ship, giving the owner the oppor tunity to intervene provided in our laws." His order came a day after Mexi co's flat rejection of Axis demands j for the immediate surrender of the seized ships. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT I THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Beginning Sunday, April 20 then will be a series of services held at the Parmville Presbyterian Church. In these services the pastor will be assisted by Rev. James E. Cook, of Hopewell, Va. Mr. Cook is a good Gospel preacher, and has had much experience in evangelistic work. The public is cordially invited to attend these services. . -I In preparation for these services there will be four prayer meetings held in different parts af the town on Wednesday evening, April 16th. They will be held in the. following homes: Dr. C. C. Joyner's, Mr. C. P. Baucom's, Mr. G. E. Beckman's and the Presbyterian Manse. These ser vices are expected to begin at 7:80 Wednesday evening. H. M. Wilson, Pastor. Pitt Farmers Urged Must Sign Fans Bui To Receive 1941 Pay ; ments ? > Payments to farmer* under tin I 1941 Agricultural Conservation pro ^ gnam will not be made unless i I "farm plan" for the farm is signet ^ [before April 16, according to m . announcement from the; count; , agent's office in Greenville today. I y Farm plana which have ant bees t signed will be taken by the town rfvip AAA committeemen on Than - day, Friday and Saturday, April 1C - 11 and 12, to a central place fc L each township so that they can b a signed by the farm operators Be i I >? v*M70uQS^ K y? ?v'yy | ^ ' '. ? |g . V r y; -j, . * ^3 <r?* ' * ? ? .'V?t I rirtiiitoin niiMUlfla Ou an t ruumwit iiiimiiiu^ ^y u 1 ? JW. ' UtojiiAliin TAIA p* "**cSliMfe^'* r': ? "" '' '? ?'1 "? ? ll ^^<way to -' f < -. ' '>-^. '*i"l. ?? -.X ?? ^-'V* "- - ^ V- : ? ,-Zj ''' "^'-V-; ? *'"' V-.M EiiS*",t ? /r JSkm'EfMMJ. ;.'.^'^H ??*" ~t/~ ?--'^T'yiv'/*2i Wjl^ ?^-?'-j-, /*?{"? B?>~T~* 'S. iSST.' <^H seme note in wmctt it oompiiea wicn I ^ [of AtadmkAlberto Lais, th*5rffcm l Natal Attache her* M The fert ofthe Stat? Department I' tuwomieameBt: !'?''? ? ?" ? \ ';: | "By note of April 8> 1W1, theSec-l1 retary nf Klitl iSltflVlil fllli TTim ill [ ItaliaW-Ambasaador that ? AAmnjll Alberto Lais, Naval Atfcachahof then Royal Italian Embassy, was persona 1 requested that the Royal Italian got- J' ernment withdza^ him immediately J: from the United States. "The Seoatary of State has now J been informed by the Boyal Italian |' Ambassador in a note dated April 8 that Admiral Lais had ceased from I his functions and will leave this! country without delay. ^ "In the same nete, the Boyal Itat^i l <?t? Ambassador attitad^'that I William C. Bentley, Assistant Mili-11 tary Attache and Assistant Military Attache fbr Air of the United States Embassy in Rome is persona non! grata to the Boyal Italian govern- J ment, and requested that he be with-l drawn immediately from Italy," FARMVILLE LOSES TO BOTH TARBORO AND ROCKY MOUNT In the third match of the Earf Carolina Golf Association played on the Coarse of the Farmville Country Club, local golfers lost to Tarboro by a score of 22, to 42 and to Rocky Mount 18rto 33. The Farmville boys showed some improvement however, and have high hope* of taking some of the matches I yet to be played ere the tournament is over. The two lowest scores for Rocky Mount was brought n by Hicks 74 and Gravdey 76; for' Tar boro, Jack Kirk 72, Harvey Ward, Jr., 74; for Farmville H. H. Bradham 77, J. C. Taylor 78, Rex Hodges 79 and W. & Royster 79. K ? The next match will be played by Farmvfll(6 Kinston and Tarboro, at Tarboro, Wednesday, April 16. ? ? ?? t ? " OBSERVES BIRTHDAY I: Betsy Moxziss, lovely young daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lath Morriss, en tertained 25 friends on Thursday in L observance of her 12th birthday. Games were played, in the garden where weenies were later cooked over 1 coals in the out door fireplace end ii inea rl n.fill .I r WWW Witt wcfiNnM ; ': GBMjfeJwere afterwards invited into the dining room to eat the huge I birthday cake, which in a setting of i mixed spring flowers, graced the 3 Mskr ri 4* table.' ?> 29 i * **?'? ? cr- ' ; * ..?wwn-' -.l t ' % TAPKB, - r A FederaTprogram to encourage the use of low-quality new cotton In & the meanfartnre of high-grade writ-' r lug paper has been announced by th* - Surplus Marketing Administration^ I, ' ^ i V> 11W&3 i*liijHIAI ? Ull * Uot vl I it i '^S&lT. ? JmIj rl| ? ?>? '?*? " . C. 'W' f' ? ?. ? ?-' ' ^T{ .*}j .'.'?? ' ? ?Jy" ? ?./?,' " *? I l L'">- - S3* m \- ' ? "? ?'' ft (bases in Paznlioo Oinlin eotm I Vance Baise said yesterday, ? J ? flt probably ^Fntjay, an tie widininj !??... I i . .it * - -^- ?.?*? ?.Tnj'. . ... I JtABOR Ojy' THSi $POT. ? I ft? rffi!/V - * ^ ^iV art^iiNvU m,!,. ?, ?>??*,&!v' ?''-;'- ? '.'^ ; ?' .'. i. ':^_J> Q'_i -,? V*iW ( jgg%\yj ^?"*y. ^UK xJKAv'iKM I wr ftTSSy?S^w Suli^ at* inflicting upon the defense pr?. nam. "This much is apparent-'re ??<*> of th. m.poSty' of k;::: .'?:?;/?? ? . ;., . v viv ? The prospect of new strikes is no* 1 relished by the public. This should fc^^.p?nhii^^lo_labolP^|eaders, who stand- to lose public sympathy unleefcf ? they "?*?nii* to present their cans 1 American. ~r That the txvaflftfOf publi city is against labor, as news of ne*' I tie-ups reach the people without I much explanation of the seasons be hind the 1 walk-out is apparent We are not ready to condemn labor I generally because of the deiayB that hiwe occurred. Undoubtedly labor leaders , have made- mistakes and vie* This is admittedly true but, ih.il the main, we retain confidence in the good judgment of laborers who will ootlet the iatiott^down. The trouble naturally. arises when workmen know that industry is cash ing' In on the defense program. This it seems, is inevitable as there ia no dear way to "take the profit oat of mpr." Consequently, workmen argue that they should aharo in the profits and while the argument has reason, any attempt to implement it puts la bor the burden of taking; the offen sive which upsets the' status quo and leads many, people to believe that Ppldr is alone to blame for all strikes. ?? The seizure of Italian, Danish ad|| German ships in America harbors, folowed by similar action fat other Latin-American countries^* 'reveals evidence of sabotage on the part of the Axis crews. Undoubtedly, the men on German and. Italian ships had orders to wreck the vital parts j of . their vessels and this Is ainster in that it implies a decision by the own ers to destroy their ships/rather than let them serve the needs of the de mocracies. lo The United States, in seizing the ' i>l ? ? it aj! ? nr_i -1. _u . 1 n i ? n 1 vossws, acted under ample legal au thority. ;-Tha4*ct that many of the ships^jvere damaged is proof that de lay in taking the drastic action would have permitted further destruction. That Germany and Italy will not like the seizure of their vessels the infeamsot or prosecution of their sailors, goes without The action of the United States is based upon the simple necessity of ! oar action ii -to be bu&aohl, npoi what wffl help daftat pie totalitarlar Berlin and Borne are of no conse I popJir.intweet2 the United Stsfel ^I today ir centered largely. :upon in U I I r?.^lhlrmA''i ip:_l,A 1 iff^gl ? temau0HHir crucs nous. 'fiurni year ^ ii " i ? * ' 1 bfljM Aoslic ro8oh^D^?.. *1 _ _ 4 , < VjT ? v-JV\ | ?"^rr*T7* .: I ftbivttd kgnrA imniMflttl th^mNrfVf *?'? rvjv, ? Bl-ijlffit>i* i jpfr.I i* w*i\ i* id i n'' ...tjSgL-??. '*^"a '-^Pir^1 '35pi*^1ki/*>:;' Stephen Early, presidential press veeatifl^had not yet^been de i^l!!l?'Vf d>.? * ?. unucr vonos ox tdb ig3S0~IcTiq duit^ i He said he preferred not to dis close the names of the cotters, but said they were built from 1928 to No commercial f ships or naval craft are involved in the deal, Eto* I ly said. Presumably, he added, the I cutters will be turned over to Brit ish crews on this ride of the'Atlantic, 11 as was done in the case of 50 destroy era released to Britain in exchange for defense base sites. Britain's vital fbcees used for mainJ taining her trans-Atlantic supply lines, but whether additional armed I craft will be transferred bo England 'was not indicated. ' Britain has paid that she is badly in need of ships The cutters are armed, but Early said he-thought they'had little more them. He said he- doubted that ad on the s^^^^re the transfer. I Puppet Slow Now Appearing In Pitt ??? The Puppet show sponsored by the State Division of Oral Hygiene, Dr. ?. A. Branch, Director, and by the Pitt County Health Department is now appearing in the . Pitt Coun ty sphools. The' show ifl cleverly conducted by John Morgfcn and Iftts Catharine Mallory. . The show began in the county Monday and will continue throng Friday, The Puppet show is Oral Hygiene Education through entertainment, and according to Dr. Ennett, the Health officer, it is a most effective way of teaching the children good dental care. Thja program supplements the oral hygiene work now being car ried on in the county schools "by Dr. A. D. Underwood. It is understood that the program has the warm endorsement of Dr. , Pau& Fitzgerald, secretary and den tal' menilwr of tMK-Pitt ;jpounty Board of Health and of all the other dentists of Pitt County. > y I ' ' '? 1 ? T' ' ;:>??' " '-jVBt wwm U . Tests conducted at the Ohio Ex ; periment Station in X9$? and 194C ? showedpihat-.jbaby chick mortalitj ' rates wens considerably ttwer when '? sun lamDS-4vere used as a substitute I *0* 9* S?^1$S I Greenville a (received today ^ McGiut^ ?|State W**? iWmlBipvrivwif Tf+9v .'" ;T? I oil the project op ^ Nnjt'''i'? -'r rf*"* N" J-^ffl33S^RSc3*!liF :"JC/ISIllYliGL 1J51111510*$* I i%r j>0eC6*" tures end fired row- upon rovf.'of I Kiel?M*ri*d as "even more impressive" than that'ldf,j;ttie' preceding i;;nigh? was I coupled with other attacks by pow erful R. A. -F. formations on Brem erhaven,-JEm^ea^and };Rotterdam. :f; I Wt At the same time, the Luftwaffe pounded >'Coventryrin Britain's ht* |.. -1.. |1 Wiltateila *|1_ iL. f ? ? ? austral Midlands, wltn toe Heaviest I onslaught since the devastating fire and borhb raid of last November .14. Many casualties were inflicted at Coventry and buildings erected since the last big attack woe levelled. - JThe Air Ministry said that &18, where many of Adolf Hitler's: sub marines are turned out.-wsm caught by % B; A.-^tfven baftw it could recover from the shock" of the pre ceding night.- It was the 37th said of the war on this important Nazi "High explosives began to shat ter buildings in the dockyards and the town at the very start," the Air Ministry reported uutrogn its news stovice. The next wave of bombers, it went on, found, both banks at the; south end of the estuary "already 1 outlined by angry fires" and fur- i ther bombs spread the flames in all directions. A large factory ail the north end of the-naval dock-1 yard was mid to have blown up. - - ???? " ?? - ? ? -m I ' SURPLUS I The U. S. Department of Agricul ture has aimounced the purchase of I appiertmately $10,000,000 worth of I surplus food epmuMxtitfca during the [period of March 15 through March ?P-;; There are still people who believe that a course in college will mai&i] Imto into something which he is not |p Two iredtt of rift J Jurors to serve during the twijfl crirt^a court convening I in GreenviUr^art^onda#; morning have been' <&*#?.' and^'released^joi I publication. Thirty-six men WW tb. ** o, I ^^4^ JI FamvSS j Nichols, / Bbavw D&niy -, I Aydfittj ML vuicou, rrc . . WW B BVBillV BillVMf| Mtt IB tfb *? ,-,. L _ i" ,,,,i ? .f.i, T (,.1.1 j FT! WrTHTl17rllKJmigVHl IHUalX' wnirji HllCcil Greece in half ^?^'SjOonik*.^: ?? still ere holding "impregnable line#,-: deep in Eastern .Macedonia* the high ?iirttniiiaiiarf- 'igi*1ktMI?.WAii aw Jt> 4~f% *t^i9 1 ' i' 5 ?**?'. mmmRnn jiTiTiiiiTTirPn gfljiy WMlri-^n >* . - !ff Reinforced *?JWtiah air squadrons blasting at the Nazi "panzer" forces." 24 hours a day, were said to be sup porting a "hold-or-die" Greek Stand I in new positions west of fallen Sir lonika?: ifflreece's second^dtjrf and'.- v.". great Aegean port which the Ger mans occupiedyesterday. Yugoslav forces meanwhile were said officially to have stormed across the Drih river into the interior of Italian Albania against the Psadst,. army and to be battling the Ger- __ mans in rugged mountain passes 20 miles north ofSkolpje along the Var dar, already fallen to the Nasis. The Greek high command's an nouncement that the isolated Greeks in eastern Macedonia are atfll bat tling the Gorman tide near the Bul garian frontier dispute a German high'command claim (hat the Greek forcee there, hopelessly entrapped, had "thrown -down their arms and capitulated." Salonika Falk. Today's Greek war communique confirming the fall of Salonika after the collapse of the Yugoslav Vardar Valley army on the Greeks-' left flsnk, said: "German motorized forces which entered through the Vardar Valley and wer? checked up to r Tuesday hight in this. Eflkia region (23 miles due north of Salonika):continued their attack, on Satanlta and entered the town. -ew> xl? Jli^U lit "t/esptw MIC UUUVilUV yvaiHVUS u* which our troops in eastern Mace donia found themselves because of this, they did not waver in their . resistance on fibs frontiers and kept our. lines impregnate, according' to the latest reports Wednesday afternoon. . - I *? "On the Albanian front local en emy (Italian) attacks were repulsed with heavy losses for the attack ers." A communique of the Ministry of Home Security said that German' planes were dropping1 magnetic mines at various points along the coasts of' Greece. Magnetic mines 1 ~ previously had been dropped on Monday, it was said. Piraeus Bombed. : - I German planes sweeping over the Athens region - in four waves dur ing the night hourt. bombed Piraeus, the port of Athehs previously bom- . I ; barded on several occasions by the : Italians, but ^ without either casu- I altiee or damage,'" the Ministry of Public Security said. ; A Greek radio broadcast heard by CBS in New York said that mors than 400,000 "perfectly organised" - I Italian troops on the Greek front \ are awaiting the arrival of the . German Panxer forces in Albania and-arc regaining from any im- I ? portant attacks until the Germane ? " into- .1 ' The Greek radio, asserting timt ? the Greeks will fight on "until final J - ' yictorpL said that pamptteta drop " pad bjr;|tennan plaaiaa., and .(Calling ? on the -Grcpks to lay down their ? arms haii%nly stirred Greek "in disrnation.-i because this- is an insult I ? to our tradition." ?"??M ' Fresh formations of British bomb ? era ware flung into the Battle of ? the Balkans, hammering tha Ger ? . ||yi|y ' lOJXCH _ ??kjl riia VAf ?> tier 6Mt ox o&ionuMi km w*? v^j ^ SQII" VCUlUvU , y *lfc of SftlA?lVtt: f^rwyng ikie hills, * , Wwv* . * -?'??? ? , u. r? i'xaitii' i}2 "vtHifa/-?>