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Market, Reports Best
Crop in Many Years in
This Imme&ate See-1
tion
Opening dates for the 1941 nates
on each at the tobacco marketing
belts throogbout the South were
announced last Friday kg the fetes
committee at the association's an
nual meeting held at Virginia Beach,
Va.
The opening day for each ba?t was
advanced eight days from the 1946
opening except the Georgia-Florida
belt, whose opening date was ad
vanced three days.
The full Hat of the opening dates: <
Georgia-Florida Belt, August 5. '?<?
North Carolina - South Carolina
Border Belt, August 12.
Eastern North Carolina New Bright |
Belt, August 26.
North Carolina Middle Belt, Sep-,
tember 9.
North Carolina Old Belt, Septem
ber 16 .
According-, to R. A. Fields, sales I
supervisor of the FsrmviUe Tobacco
Market, prospects in this immediate
section are beter than he has known
in years.
Mr. Fields reports many farmers
have been putting in their first
primings this week, with a few hav
ing already killed out with excellent
cures.
Mr. Fields states that unless some
think unforseen happens, the crop in
Eastern Carolina, and especially
within a radious of 15 miles of
Farmville, will be the finest produc
ed in many years.
I Farmers Have Equity
In Stored Loan Cotton
I
? . Farmers who stored cotton, under
I government loan in 1988, 1989, or
I 1940 still hold an -equity on cotton
I which has been kept in storage and
they may stand to receive more than
the original loan for the cotton, it is
I announced by G. Tom Scott of Jofcn
I ston Comity, Chairman of tile State
I AAA- Committee.
Prevailing market prices bow are
I several cents a pound higher than
I the loan rates for any of the past
three years, and- if the Commodity
Credit Corporation, bolder of the
loan cotton, shonid find it necessary II
I to market some of the stored lint tall
keep domestic prices from rising too I
I high, farmers who stored the cotton II
on loan would share in the proceeds H
I of the sale on the basis of the dif-i
name betwoen. the aele price and I
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man for Power Haute
Is Arrested In New
Jersey ^ j
New York, July 2.?Federal agents!
today made their 33rd arrest in a
counter-espionage cleanup started
Monday by taking into ctutody Wil
liam Gustav Kaercher, 45, of West-1
wood, N. J., on a cha?.*ge of oaa-j
Bpiracy to violate the Federal code. |
Kaercher, described' as being of J
German nativity but e naturalised
United States citizen, was employed!
by tiie American Gas and Electric I
Company, as a draftsman for power}
plants.
Kaercher pleaded innocent and two I
others arrested earlier?Adolf Henry!
Walischewsky, a steward aboard the}
liner Uruguay, and Conradm Otto!
Dold, a steward of the Excalibur?j
pleaded guilty to charges -of trans- j
mitting information coaceraiag the)
United States to a foreign power. j
Benee Nezenen, 36, a clipper stew
ard, at the same time changed his
plea of innocent to guilty.
All four were held m $25,000 bail, j
Of the 33 arrested, 10 have plead
ed guilty, 18 pleaded innocent, and!
five are being held for arraign-!
ment.
A Federal grand jury yesterday
began an inquiry into the suspected}
espionage.
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I Patrols Used Ir
I
(sticks By Statement!
I Regarding Nazi Seal
I Menace
I Washington, July 2. ? Secretary I
I Knox flatly stated today that' no
I American vends on Attentie patrols
?had engaged in convoying, had be-1
? come involved in combat* had Buffer-1
led any Ion of lite in their crews orl
? The question of patrol was rained!
at a press conference at which- the!
aJZt I
aoout cnticisnf? n Congress og Jua l
demand this week that the United
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man: To Announce
Committee f| Appoint
ments Soon
r Greenville, dSjtF .!> ? Edwin' A.
Wayne, of Raleigh, secretary of the
North Chfolitta Bankers Association,
told defense saving? staff members
of the city and connty in an address
here last Friday morning that "more
than a'billion dollars a month, of one
dollar out of every eight of the na
tional income is needed to perpetuate
the defense program."
He based this assumption on ob
servations he has made in- his recent
travels from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, and conferences with officials
of the Treasury Department in
Washington. He Baiid that $400,
000,000 in new defense securities
were sold in May, the first month of
existence of the government's educa
tional program to stimulate interest
in the sale of defense bonds and
defease savings stamps.
II All of lis ami fly an au-ptauc,
I command a battleship, or operate a
I task, but then is a definite part for
lot to play in the nation's efforts to
[protect oar political freedom, pre
Iserve the purchasing and spending
power of tomorrow, and to convert a
I hundred million Americans to' say
hny government'," said Wayne.
I The speaker ?pmphariifrd the neces
sity of keeping America economically
free and preserving -the American
system of free enterprise, which ex
ists on the basis of working, produc
ing and saving.
I L. E. Walston, of Farmville and
IW. H. Woolard, of Grepnville, chair
men of the county and city staffs,
respectfully, trill announce commit
tee appointments in the immediate
future.
Mayor B. B. 'Sugg, honorary chair
Iman of the city staff, who addressed
the session briefly, declared: "We*ve
got to stop just singing,<|jod Bless.
do something about it. A joo is
facing us and we most do -iti irre
spective of sacrifice" 1
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| RUSSIAN RELUCTANT ALLIES. J
Not long ago, the United States,]
like the British, regarded the Rus
sians .as almost equal enemies with]
Germany. Now: that Hitler has'at-j
tacked the Soviet, which is engaged]
in a desperate battle against Nasi !
armies, the two democracies find]
themselves on the "same team" with]
Russia Naturally, there will be]
strains and stresses until the new]
Conditions adjusts itself.
I
[I So fur tbo ^ujjL-|B
cerned, our policy has been announc- {
ed by Sumner Welles, Acting Secre
tary of State, speaking for the Preai-J
dent Mir. Welles made it plain ttat!
between a Communistic dictatorship]
and a Nazi dictatorship, the people of]
this country make no distinction anjfHM
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Communism ana mcuau w wU
demned as "intolerable" but never
theless emphasized that the greatest
task facing the world, including the
I United states, is the defeat of Hit
I ler's attempt at world conquest. Mr. [
Welles asserted that the "trfeacher-1
ous attack upon Russia" disclosed
the real purpose of Germany to ac-l
quire complete world domination. I
Determined to resist the Nazi plan!
for "universal conquest, for the]
cruel and brutal enslavement of aUl
peoples, and for the ultimate de
struction of the remaining ,free de-j
mocracies," which Hitler is desper-l
ately attempting to carry out, the]
United . Statee takes a realistic posi-J
tion, accepting *Jany defense against]
Hitlerism, and nBying of the forcesj
opposing Hitlerism, from whatever]
source these forces, may. spring," that]
will hasten the downfall of Germany I
and therefore "redown t> ihe benefit
of our own defense' and security."
, The attitude of the British and]
American Government* are identical,
it appears, in regardHmg Hitler as
the main threat to world peace and ]
security. Consequently, there will be]
cooperation will Russia in
I Qyj msibilitv to i^&C6 much doDond*
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London, July 3.-R. A. F.'s Eagle
Squadron, all American volunteers,
downed three German planes and
damaged two others -today in its first
big "outing"?a doop daylight drif| 1
cwpr northern fridge as far as Lille. I
British - maimed planes partici
pating in the same extended, air I
offensive over German-held terri
tory were credited officially with
bagging 15 additional German craft
while the British asknowledged loss
of two bombers and eight fighters.
It was learned that two of the Brit
ish fighter losses were caused by a
collision." It was not stated whether I
any of theEagies was killed.
^Escorted Bombers I
The Eagles got into action as tney
escorted a strong bomber formation.
About 60 Messerschmitt 109s at
tacked them and a series of twisting
dogfights developed, continuing un
til the bombers had completed their
mission and headed back home.
One .veteran British flier said the
l&aglesr air battles reminded him of
"the old Dimkerque days."
The ? youngest, of the Eagles,
tackling two Germans, was caught
by a burst of bullets which madly
?damaged his plane. He hung on the
tail" of one of the Germans, how
ever and shot off the Messerschmitt's
ailerons.
As a. wing crumpled arid the
cockpit hood blew off, the German
bailed out. ? The Eagle climbed back
to rejoin his squadron.
The American bag in today's fight,
the |?c4^1rge-scale| engagement
over-occupied territory which
the Eagle Squadron has taken part,
almost evened the score of ibtir
.American pilots lost thus far In toe
war. Much of the righting was near
smoky French factory town of Lille,
in? sides where American aces of
the Lafayette Escadrille fought the
Kaiser's air force 26 years, ago.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
At the request of the Trea^iiry
tare of interest and servicetomany
readers, who are buying or Will buy
Defense Savings Bonds and .Stamps.
This will be called the Defense Bond
Quiz, and Btart in next week's issue, t
The questions will be chosen from, t
among those asked by most Bond and e
Stamp buyers. The answers will tell j
what the new Defense Savings Pro
gram means to the individual and jj
to the Natfon^l^fJ
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Traffic Accidents Con- <
I tinue to Claim a Large '
Percent of the Grown-;
Ups
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Raleigh. ? From January first, 1
through May, this, year, there were
34,444 babies born in North Carolina, <
which was just 1,973 in excess of the s
number born during the correspond-V'
ing period of 1940, the State Board i
of Health reports. 1
?? Furthermore, bjrths during that 1
period exceeded the 14,424 deaths in
the State by 20,020. # f
I Maternal deaths were snown to ne, "
on the decrease, there having been
I only 161 during the first Ave months
of 1941, as compared with 188 for ??
the same period last year, a decrease '
of 27.
pTBut the mounting toll of deaths
j'from preventable accidents also 1
I comes in for consideration. ;
From January through May, vital
I statistics figures show, 709 persons 1
in North Carolina were accidentally ;
killed, ?s compared with 643 for the
I same period a year ago?an incfease
of 166. Most of these deaths result
ed from traffic accidents.
There were, during the period of
the compilation, 104 few& deaths
from pneumonia than occurred a year
Up to Junp 1, there had been o dy *8
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Berlin, July 2.?TheGerman Amy :
ohight ^proclaimed a: virtual slagh- fp
er of the Russian armies trapped -
iast of Bialystok, announcing' a com
pete ? victory with "unbelievable
haos" overtaking the remnants of
06,000 Red soldiers." >
"Because of the stubborn Soviet j 1
iussian defense and the embittered
ittempts to* break out" of the Ger
nan-laidtrap, said the high cdm
ftand, "the bloody losses of the
snemy exceed the number of prison
ire by several times.".
There was no authiized interpre
ation of the communique, but some
nformed quarters believed ita ref
jrence to the event as of "worid I
listorical proportions" possibly ' 'I
neant that the backbone of the
vhole Red Army is considered
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German dispatches said the trap
sed Red soldiers; tried four times to
peak out, but failed each time. -1
A total of 160,000 Russian prison
ers has been taken on all fronts
rince the beginning of the war a
veek ago last Sunday, the army
stated. Of these, 100,000 were said to
(iave been counted so far in the
Bialystok trap.
German losses, on the other hand,
'in all are gratifyingly small," a
jommunique said.
I The slashing- of the encircled Bus
si an s between Bialystok (in north- ^ \
I jentral oW Poland) and Minsk, who
were -defending the highway to Mos- *
I cow;, has resulted in a; decision of
history-making proportions, in the
I words of the high command y
The fate of these troops, trapped
quickly in huge, numbers in a typi- >
cal Blit kreg maneuver, had been a
matter of keen speculation for days.
The fate of Minsk Itself remained M
obscure, with the high command not
mentioning earlier German claims
thai it had fallen. (The Russians 5 . :l
admitted Nazi peiletratfoi) beyond
^Idgh, July WNorth Caiolma
of Agriculture, repoitedtoday.
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