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Interesting Feature
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Officials of the Pitt and Greene
Electric Membership Corporation and
the bmtBeea mm id Itanaville are
completing arrangements for the 3rd
annuel meeting of this group here ,00
Saturday, Jane 7.
Members and consumers, number
ing 1001, have been notified regard
ing the meeting, which will open at
10:00 o'clock Saturday morning, in
tiie school gymnasium, with J. Lee
TtJgweH presiding. A Marge attend
ance is anticipated.
Representatives of the SEA office
in Washington, will address the group
and Mies Marian Weinetl, also of
Washington, will give a demonstra
tion relating to the use of electric
appliances
The Farmvilie Chamber of Com
merce and Merchants Association
have arranged to have ice water and
lemonade available and will have ex
hibits of electrical appliances on the
floor.
A male quartet will render selec
tions and Bcwen's string band has
been secured also for dm entertain
ment of those in attendance.
R. A. Joyner, operating manager,
will tell the corporation of its finan
cial condition and note the 80 mile
extension of lines during the year,
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which orrngs tne qhv to ato mura
of high tension Km serving the co
operative. The number of consumers
baa increased from 686 to 967. The
operating manager will also bring
observations of improvements in the
operation of affairs, including:
The numbering of the corporation's
3449 poles for convenience of mem
bos and linemen, which enables the
operating department to render more
speedy and efficient service; .
A meter reading card system, which
permits the members to read, their
own meters by the use of a self-ad
dressed, postage-paM meter-reading
card. This baa proved to be a great
success and the members; have ex- j
prosed themselves as pleased with
this method and with the opportunity
of saaisthig in ? mora economical
opotion of the cooperative. ?
There was avafoMe, as of January
1st of this year, $25,054.70 to be used
receipts for electrical energy deliv
^Irtr'Set?SJ9plL Aetata*
cMfrottt ? ATvi (^pcrfttjoiu WAS
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1T* alu^Malliiir/ *' ? . I
jji montHir
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-- -iTrj'Jh nuLg ^ Jggifl >""? ? /t -rt ?h ' 1
Br y..' ji i /^i i',*f;^, vy?-jgake> <2/ /'rfgr?^T^f1 A j
Pender's Store; pair of towels, N."
Cannon; $3.00 pair of shoes, J. H.
Harris; electric fan, The Turnage Co.;
set of minag bowls, Dupree's Dept.
Store; $3.00 in trade, BeBc-Tyler Co.;
3 chrome plated electric toasters, S
electric hot p?at?, 6 electric irons;
compliments YOUR CO-OP; 1 Man
ning-Bowman electric beating pad, 2
Manning-Bowman t&Btrie irons, com
pliments if Graybar Electric, Rich
% XT
mond, Va.
Tickets for the barbecue dinner
may be obtained by membccn "and
their families or immediate Mends,
at 25c each, at the time of. registra
tion.
HUPimUM
Offnilliins
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State Authority to Meet
Today on Question of
Defense Area Needs
Raleigh, Jane 4.?Federal REA
officials announced yesterday that
$2,000,000 in government loans
at??{loklA a* miwol- alaafyi.
WUUiU UV aTOUWMO V? AIU?U
fication in North Carolina during
the 1941-42 fiscal year, as part of
the defense program.
W. P. Coppinger, regional loans
supervisor for the agency, said he .
would meet here this morning with
State officials, representatives of
BEA cooperatives and others to dis
cuss expenditure of tfee funds.
The ' State Band Electrification
Authority, instructed by Governor
Broughton to cooperate in every '
way possible with the federal pro
gram, will meet this afternoon.
. Coppinger said the Marine corps
base and flying headquarters now;
being established in tidewater North
Carolina were typical of defense
projects which the BEA was serv
ing. t ?
Thirty-four North Carolina bor
rowers?30 cooperative^. one muni
cipality and three private utilities? \
have received BEA allotments to- .
taling $10,864,000 as of March 31.
These funds provided far the" con
struction of 10,822 miles of rural
lines for 41,942 farm families atf$;
other rural customers.
to the natk^ defense"
anaSwJ I
sod tiie OPM. '*'?'?
1^5. r? r ? *^w- '?- sISs ?t
V^m^opomd bill stated that the]
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I aiul considered ?? an additional grant |
F-^PV v'fc * *' ?"', T'.'t ' ' ?*."''--"?>?; ?J'
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Washington, June 4v~riealJwtt
Roosevelf,- tomght^yeportedly^ .-?*>1
formed legislative leaders that he
"draft property" "law which already
the hottest Sffltl BCSB1QT)
kind of character" of property for
S?eWarfl^^?wt.^^^lrSi
It was. understood that the Presi
dent passed the word to the Capitol
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today that he had not ff^tf|T-v>ap<<;
proved the bilV thaS ha m caught
off guard by the War Department
actions, and that he waa agreeable
to softening the hanh provisions of
the far-reaching measuiaC; ? '
Be waa safi^ to have taken this
position informed that
the legislation was being condemned
by Administration supportenas well
as Republicans.
The. President was exceedingly
vague' about the blfl when- question
ed about its scope at his press
conference. Be said he had not read
the measure* btit indicated that he
had approved its terms in principle.
He said it was intended to give the
government unquestionable authori
ty to insure deliveries of defense
orders.
> He. would not say whether he fait
that permanent requisition of prop
erty was essential to the success, of '
the rearmament program. &. -^'v^ ;;
No Reynolds Comment.
^ ChaiiT^^I^bert R Beynolds, JX, :
Hon of his displeasure. Chairman
Andrew J. May, D., Ky., of the
Hauae Military Affairs Committee
introduced it. "by request."
t> ? fcftf ' .I i?j; tlAiirt'll i ^Hfniia&i^
ivefiioras peraurantxy naa cnucizeu
dwrt"^^ to
through fot^ y^ of
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Crooiuiboro, M^ftg Wp^y Ftncttcc
Caroikis ml Iw1
2ix riome AcoiioiBicfc }ir,..4?cr'i
t\jLi 'ii - - ^ ? ?itiv"'^'
lAfi lvi?
Srt^s^^ySS^J * '">?" ,-"'J **y[vt" ^ 'l^i',?v"! ?-? ? *-' ??
mers'^Kdaot have and have not had
:zt?r?5r~-"
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timeintttor^^?ftrm?l?guariwi
UNMfc^rfty pric^? JWt.E?^ A.
O'Neill, president the American
Farm Borean Federation says that
end ?f A twant#
that m 1941, the farmers will receive
? Before rignfaiff the 1)111, thePreai
jjent pointed out that wbfcn it became
iayment, plus arcash bou conserva
tor no circumstances the sum I
ndj
ponsible for the'Loan Law agree
ing, in jettict, that the "broad inten
sion is that parity payments should
ivoid a price above parity when add
ed to the load the eoU conserva
1 The 1942 national wheat acreage:
iBotment has been set at 55,000,000
ttf,t,000,000::hcteft.ft)m 19?!S?
Department of A|Beulture says the
reduction la. intended to ai& farmers
in meeting the problem of export
market losses, and mounting surpfo*.
k Ittli
W% call attention mwk-. matter
tecdttse wo; think Hk'important ibr
the^people of the.J^iitifr States, as
dete
STotherS^^ 00
The acreage allotment is adjusted,
each year so thatj*rith the prospec
tive carry-over, it .will provide wheat
m m,? T i i]r ~?r^
r^wrd to cotton
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mer. Obviously, with A sup**
aj irtAll'.-u' m* a?W -it. , ? kkitll 1
v":Tt^> . ?' : -i '( .?
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1m i.if* t> -',a-.w ?lili"t i|A ri;^ Afc.
l"j| |i ^" j^if|
dlaJa vmIi to carry on betwm
ijg?lSK M
arc^dy to Mriko "mother iKrts
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mwIW' WWW' Umvk Off* XOF MSIuvUJKIiB
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ot* editor, $sk> Gay** often ft
for' premier Mussolini
In^ViAy.^ef of State Petain
called an urgent cat met meeting
alert' temifcm ^ ^ fivBt since
AMf iptta". conquering legioM
|^, fat?.tfel<t
trolled Beirut Mo charged that the
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Authorized Naa q?aR?i itt Ber
BUm with- imuHNOl'' siciBficance. said
< ^ -?- 1W >_ .1 n- 'i?-1Lf-~*n id a,la-y d li
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t> ' ^lA. 'ifci rtt' |i?>J11 iu^ OA11W1Q _ '? J
MjPt BOOflCro^i *0000- IJWC6S S&lflfl
jnm so omwed.- to the miniiaum
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Washington, D. C? Juno S.-Tho
?Gut of the seventh ywr of ti| F<#lfe"Si
erai ::rur&^aect?flcatiott ^TOfpeva.
finds approximately two million of: '
ccnitnii scsadOfot jSmmc service nc3r~ .?*^ ??, v j
,'yf. ' ? 'i *'-'' .v:
iw?-aie oepanwnt 01 Agnetiiur%vfe^
sssistjsaa:
tktt Administration on May IS, 1935,r
BEA-fmaneed power line* alone jbavd ;;,: A
taken *fcriricit? to more than half*;r : ?
mflHon farm, Dming'jeMwme period ?-?'
jBPBTnyJf-'.' tviqCT.'' 1 'j O V41W jgfi ^.hii ;
private utilities, Irjgely stimulated by '> -
the REA jjuogram, have connected :. ; 1
about as many additional farm*
Harrjf Slattery^ EEA Administra
tor, points out that during the past
a^arts-Sis-.
to Strengthen nationaTdefense. "REA
i^to^p^elby, J^Mfppt^
largest Amy j?unp in the United ? ?? . J
States, in record an at a sub* r *
W*al oaring to the Government,"
he said, "Other Amy camps have
b*eA:torved less dramatically but no ; V ;
less beneficially. Electricity has been
mads availabfte to hundreds of small :.*V.
factories and mines producing essen
tial defense materials?ramrods, gun
powder, airplane carburetors, and rin
aabar?to mention four of more
than 100 kind* of industrial estab
lishments on REA lines. Meanwha*^.\
by connecting' hundreds of thousands
of additional farms-and by advising
farmers in the selection and opera
tion of -productive electrical equip
ment, the REA has helped to insure % v
an adequate- supply of food and fiber
in the event of. an all-out defense
effort which would .draw heavily; on
farm manpowerr4i'?s>|^- '?
^C^immediato /.feportnh^r^nil ;
cal helpPand inc?Ls<^ eMdencyTn
prodiicin^ food' dta which emphasis J
hap recently been placed. These foods
include poultry and- eggs, milk and ?'?? '-'?v.
its products, and 'pox^fHfetric Unas ? .
make potiible electrical chick brood
milk coolers and electric brooders
for the pigs." C r
Durfng its six years of operation, . f
the MIA has alk>tted^CT^15,12i to
ka. These funds provide for the con
otter rural consumers. Bjr.XSanb'JJl^v
sir
wltt 726,065 eomieefed consumers.
In this canoectiom, the D<swrtment
electrified fMfflghf the^nited^tra
on 19a(^wttMted .
. m ? T I f j' A. ' ' ' ^ ,
and schools*
.tt Att ?? ~jrt. A f iX, tt - ,
w y eona red
prise -to get out of the red. Yet, to
*^0 T**jWyWjWv*| <U vl t'-f Ulj ft UliU uUmU
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balanced by advance payment? total