Says New Instructions!
Given Atlantic Patrol;
In Ireland, Scotland
Washington, July 9.?Secretary of
the Navy Frank Knox implied today
dent Roosevelt, the United States
Atlantic patrol may have to shoot to
proteet ssalaneu and outposts con
sidered vital to the safety of the
Western Hemisphere.
These strategic outposts embrace
an area stretching from Iceland oc
cupied by Naval forces on Monday,
to Trfnidsd, one x& the Atlantic
bases acquired recently by this
country from the British.
Knox revealed at a press confer
ence that Mr.* Roosevelt had issued
new instructions to the . Navy since
the occupation of Iceland on Mon
day. The original orders called only
for report of hostile craft in West
ern Hemisphere waters, he said.
New instructions since have been
issued by the President and they
go beyond the initial orders.
Knox quoted from the President's
message to Congress announcing' the
occupation ' of the sub-Arctic island
in which Mr. Roosevelt stated that
the Navy had instructions to take
all necessary measures to keep open
the North Atlantic sealanes.
"There is no room for doubt of
what may be done," Knox said, "but
J leave the interpretations to you."
In a speech in New England last
week, Knox advocated use of the
Navy to "sweep the German menace
from the seas."
? When asked today if the Presi
dent's new policy goes beyond mere
reports of the presense of hostile
craft in hemispheric waters, he re
pjlied:
"Yes, I should say that it does."
Simultaneous with his press con
ference, Wendell L. Willfcie said
after a luncheon conference with
the President that the United States
should establish xbases in Northern
Ireland or Northern Scotland "if it
is necessary."
He emphasised that he was speak
ing on his own responsibility and
gave no intimation that Mr. Roose
velt had inspired his suggestion. He
would not comment on his meeting
w$h the President beyond saying
the entire international situation had |
been explored, including the Rosso
German war and the occupation of
Iceland.
Strong supporter of the Presi
dent's foreign policy, Willkie said
the protection of Iceland was the
first in a series of similar steps that
should be taken to safeguard the
Westers Hemisphere.
"If it i? necessary to occupy bases
in Northern Ireland or even in North
ern Scotland, I would be in favor of
that," he said.
He n?etted that 10 to 15 par cent
of American aid to Britain is going
to the bottom of the
"Either our aid to Britain should
be made effective or we should with
hold aid altogether," he baited.
Today', wan the third meeting be
tween the two men who cloaked in
the 1940 Presidential campaign.
solved to see England through and
they win support the PreaMent in
to make aid to Britain effective,
at least to the extent- of senng that
aid is delivered safely," Willkie de
clared. -
"I think the people are awaiting
leadership from the President. They
d? not want the President to fol
low than?they want to follow the
Presides!."
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Orders on Knox's Desk,
Announcement of Ma
rine Site is Ekpected
Soon I
Washington, July 9.?Selection off
Cherry Point on the south side of I
tiie Neuse River 9# the site for the!
proposed $14,990,000 Marine avis- J
tion base will be announced within!
tile next day or so, it was learned!
reliably tonight. I
Orders deciding the long . con-1
troversy regarding the relative
merits of Cherry Point and Wilkin-1
son Point on the north aide of the!
river in favor of the former have!
been placed on the desk of Secre- J
tary of Navy Frank Knox and need I
only his signature to become final,!
it was learned.
Representative Graham Barden,
who has maintained close contact I
with the progress of the surveys!
of both sites and who visited both
areas last week with several mar
rine corps officials, said tonight he
was not able to comment, but indi
cated that an announcement might
be forthcoming shortly. He would
neither confirm nor deny that the
Cherry Point site had been chosen.
Meanwhile, the House sent to
conference today the bill authoriz
ing the establishment of dirigible
bases at Elizabeth City, South Wey
mouth, Mass., and Moffett Field,
Calif. The actnon was taken after
the House refused to concur in the
Senate's rejection of its 'amendment
requiring work at the proposed
bases to be done by the lowest bid
der. I
An exceedingly rare legisiawvc
situation is created by this move,
because appropriation totaling |6,
500,000 for each of the three bases
already have been approved, even
through the authorization' bill is not
yet law.
Representative Herbert Bonner
expressed belief that the points of
disagreement would, be ironed out
quickly and that final approval
would be given to the project.
Greenville College To
Be Host To P.-T. A,
| Greenville, July 9.?A Parent
Teacher Institute for the eastern dis
trict of North Carolina, sponsored
by the State Congress of Parents
and Teachers and East Cazoiiiia
I Teachers College will be held at East
; Carolina Teachers College, July 14. .
I .Mrs. E. N. Howell, field represen
tative of the State Congress of Pa
rents and Teachers, will speak at the
morning session on the aims and
purposes of the Parent-Teacher work.
This will be followed by group dis
cussions. Mrs. Howell is scheduled
for individual" conferences. The Aft
ernoon session will be devoted to a
discussion of a general nature touch
ing en various phases of Parent
Teacher problems. * . C
The morning session will be held
at 10 o'clock m Room 500 of the
Education building sad Mrs. Howell's
conferences will be in Room 100 of
the came building. The afternoon
session will' be held at 2 o'clock in
the first floor auditorium of the.
Classroom building.
AH officials and members of JjVj
rent-Teacher associations in the east-1
em district of 4farth Carolina are
invited to attend as this is a gen
eral meeting.
The Russian Cathedral quartet will
colorful program of Russian
religious and folk songs at 8 o'clock
in the evening of July 14.
WHO KNOWS?
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U. S. Official Transmits
t Armistice Reque s t;
British Crack Beirut
Vichy, July 9.?France caked Brit
ain today for an end to the melan
choly, month-old Syrian war, in or-J
der to halt "grievous bloodshed in a
combat daily more unequal."
The lfaench High Commissioner
of Syria, General Henri Dentz, sub
mitted the request for an armistice
through Cornelius Van H. Engert,
United States Consul General at
Beirut, a communique announced.
Late dispatches from the Syrian
front ^ said fighting still was going,
on, with British troops attacking
the inner defenses of Beirut itself.
It was reported that Britain's
terms already had been received and
telephoned from Vichy to Vice-ftpfe I
mier Admiral Jean Darlan, who is
inPkris.
"For more than a month, troops
of the Levant have engaged in a
fierce straggle to affirm France's
will to assure the defence of terri
tories entrusted to her protection,"
the communique said.
"Despite all its efforts, the gov
ernment has found it impossible to
send to these (Levant) troops, in
sufficient numbers, the reinforce
ments it had prepared to enable
them to oontinue the struggle.
"Thus, desirous of not prolonging
a particularly grievous bloodshed in
a combat daily more unequal and of
cutting short sufferings which the
war inflicts upon the peoples of Sy
ria and Lebanon, considering the
honor of their arms to be safe, the
government has decided to author
ize General Dentz to ask the imme
diate silencing of-arms.
"A step was taken to this effect
yesterday at Beirut. through the in
termediary of the tlhited States
Consul General."
In London, Prime Minister Church
Ill announced receipt. of the re
quest in the. British House of Com
mons, but said that pending con
clusion of an armistice, "military
operations must,-of course, oontinue
without abatement." He disclosed
that frpm 1,000 to 1,500 British and
empire troops had been killed or
wounded m the campaign.
"French sources in London pre
dicted that Syria and Lebanon would
be placed under Free French occu
pational rule, with General Georges
Catroux as temporary governor.
Catroux is commander of Free
French forces in the Middle East and
formerly was governor of French
Indo-China.
Although Vichy forces were able
to slow the British attackers in
early stages of the war, the British
drives gained momentum in. the
last few days and the French posi
tions became precarious.
Tells How To Make
Good Hay Crops
t A hay crop should yield at least
a ton per acre and three* tons per
acre are possible in North Carolina,
says E. C. Blair, Extension Service
agronomist ait N. C. State College.
Here are some of the rules for
good jproduction set out by the spe
cialist:
All hay crops respond to a fertile
soil. They take large quantities of
plant food from the soil. The non
legumes get all their food from thin
source. Legumes, if inoculated, can
draw about two-thirds of the needed :
nitrogen from the air,, the other
third necessarily coming from the
mill ? ??? - ? ? ?. .? "j
I plant food and lime in the soil not
only results in bigger yields but also
! hay contafew more protei^ritamins
land minefil matter ^than the same
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CRITICS ATTACK HIM. I
SAYS '"USE NAVY NOW." 1
Secretary ,of the Navy Knox speak-r
ing before ihe annual Conference of r
Governors, recently declared,' "The j1
time to use our Navy is at hand,"!
and insisted, "We can irfsure, be-j
yond a shadow of doubt, the deftat of '
that pagan for*e and insure a victory 11
for a Christian civilization." I
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The Naval Secretary, formerly the I
publisher, considered the clash be-j.
iween the German and Russian ar-r
mies a "God-given chance to de
termine the outcome of this world!
wide struggle," recounted the pledget!
of the President that supplies would 1
be delivered to the British and in
sisted that "now is the time to ful
fill that pledge." !
The outspoken demand of the Sec- ;
rectary was immediately denounced
by some congressmen and Senator |,
Wheeler, Democrat of Montana, one ,
of the Isolationist leaders, said Mr. L
Knox should resign or he [thrown out I ?
of office. Certainly, the Secretary
of the Navy was engage^ in . soma ?
frank speaking. He was advocating I,
the aggressive execution of the na- [ ?
tional policy declared by the passage \
of the Lease-Lend Act. i
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While there may be many to dis
agree with the wisdom of his advice, ]
the Secretary of the Navy, as a mem- <
her of the Cabinet, wears no muzzle \
and has as much right to express his
views as any Isolationist Senator. '
To speak out in open fashion, advo- ;
eating a national policy, is the right i
of any Government official. This j
should not be confused with action i
which violates the lsw of the land. i
The Secretary of the Navy has a
foil right to express his views, re
gardless of the displeasure of his
critics, but he has no right to take
official acts in violation of the laws
of this country. So far we have not
heard of any overt acts on the -part ,
of the Secretary of the nation which ,
have been in violation of law.
I HELPING RUSSIA.
NAZI FORCE 'AND PERIL. '
ft) WHIP GERMANY.
There is some danger that the an- ;
tipathy of some Americans to com
munism will lead them into the
great error of attempting to pre
vent the United States from giving <
prbmpt assistance to the Soviet
Army now engaged in a desperate
struggle withr the Nazi Army.
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To understand the situation, the
American citizen should recall that
Hitler has undertaken the subjuga
tion of all. of Euroope and, in the
opinion of intelligent observers,, plans
the conquest of the world. Regard
less of one's detestation of the ideals
of Nazi Germany, or of Soviet Rus
sia, it is obvious that the menace to
the peace of the world, in the past
few years, has been Germany, not
Russia.
?
Despite the furore that has been '
observed in this country about the
Bunds and Reds, there is little in?
dication that 'either Germany or Rus
sia wete making startling headway
in advancing their ideas in the Unitr ?
ed States, the Nazi system, backed
by the German military forces, is
dangerous; the Red revolution, back
'mocracy* ~ ^Vhether" ^he^' foes ^)f ^Hit
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if Hitler is defeated, the United
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Reykjavik, Iceland, July 9y?Amer
ican troops were busy unloading
equipment today after disembarking
from the -biggest convoy ever to
reach the shores , of Iceland. ; - "
:,Qnly a few Americans, in smart
looking uniforms, yet had been seen
on the streets of Reykjavik, how
ever.
The capital remained calm, with
die people watching events with
interest and understanding.
The islanders had been surprised
Monday, however, when the big con
voy of American ships arrived off
the coast some hours _ before a Lon
don radiocast disclosed that the
United States had taken over pro
tection of Iceland.
R&ater, Premier Herman N. Jonas
son in a raidocast," explained the de
velopment to the ''people and read
the messages exchanged by him and
President Roosevelt.
The Americans are especially pick
ed men, well-trained, who have
served in many parts of the world
and who are used to serving in
foreign stations.
Icelandic business men looked
forward to increased trade as a re
sult of American occupation arid?
welcomed the prospect of important
economic relations with the United
States. Icelands ships now will have
a protected route to American ports.
There was little newspaper com
ment on American occupation. Typi
cal was that of the Socialist news
paper, Althydubladdid, which said:
"We trust that the Americans, not
less than - the British, will keep the
promises give ub, a defenseless na
tion, while- their forces here may.
aid in complete vietory for liberty
and . justice in the great struggle
doW going on."
ItrSE OF OOTTON
I ORDER STAMPS IN
STORES EXPLAINED
What products may stores sell for
Cotton Stamps when they make their
debut in Pitt County under the Sup
plementary Cotton1 Program of the
United States Department of 'Agri
culture? How will merchants re
deem the stamps they have taken in
trade? These and other fuestiona of
interest to local merchants and farm
ers who will participate in the prao
gram beginning in July are answered
by Mr. O. P. Matthews, Chairman of
Pitt County Cotton Industry Com
mittee, in a aeries of articles part
ing today ' in the Farmville Enter
prise. \ -V I
Products Exchangeable For 1 I
Cotton Stamps.
He said that "any new cotton prod
uct made entirely from hew cotton
that has been grown, processed, and
manufactured in the United States
may be exchanged for Cotton Stamps.
Naturally, many such products vtf&l
have bindings, buttons, or other fast
eners as well as findingB and trim
mings, which are not made qf-cotton.
But these* he pointed out, are not a
part of the fabric and therefore are
not a determining factor.
On the other hand merchants can
|jM$ exchange any article for Cotton
Stamps in which any materiaP other
tham-tOO% American grown,.process
ed, arid manufactured cotton fonnapfl
part of the' fabric structure, For
example goods made from cotton fi
bers mixed with synthetic fiber, wool,,
silk, ootton llhters, or non-spinable
waste could not be exchanged for
stamps." -
~How Merchants Can .Chech -vh
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He added that "any merchant who
was doubtful, whether merchandise he
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Boeing Bomber Declar
ed Better Than British
Ships; R.A.F. Contin
An Airfield Somewhere in Eng
land; July 9.?British test pilots said
today, after rigid tryouts at altitudes
ranging up to 39,000 feet, that Amer
ican-made four-motored Boeing (B
17C) bombers are "definitely better"
than the British Stirling and Halifax
planes of comparable size.
. They also praised without reser
vation the American-made Douglas
(DB7) two-motored night fighter as
the "heaviest armed fighter in the
world" and one of the fastest big
planes ever made. It has a speed of
around 360 miles an hour.
Landing fields and runways of
this huge Ministry of Aircraft pro
duction station are sprinkled thick
ly with scores of American aircraft
newly arrived and- ready for the
battle for mastery of European skies.
From the center of the field visit
ing correspondents could look in
any direction and see tens of Boe
ing and Martin bombers, Douglas
night fighters and dive bombers,
and Vought Sikorsky dive bomb
era.
One test pilot disclosed that a
"very large number" of four-mo
tored California-made consolidated
bombers are in England.
In the neighborhood of the field
are miles of hangers, repair; shops
'and test sheds from which came the
mighty roar of American engines.
British and American technicians in
scores of shops were carrying out
tests on Allison, Pratt and Whitney
and Wright engines.
R. L. JEFFERSON PASSES AT
HIS HOME IN FOUNTAIN
Funeral services for R. L. Jeffer
son, 68, porminent and highly es
teemed Fountain citizen, -were held
from the home Tuesday afternoon at
four o'clock by Rev. ;R. L. Wilson,
pastor of the Fountain - Baptist
Church, Rev. A. G. Courtney, of the
Presbyterian Church, and Elder J. B.
Roberts, of the Farmville Primitive
Baptist Church. Interment was made
in the Fountain cemetery.
Mr. Jefferson's death occurred ear
ly Monday morning following, an ill
ness of several months duration! He
whs the son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Jefferson.
Mr. Jefferson was a pioneer, citi
zen of Fountain, a prominent pier
chant and farmer and was well
known throughout this Section of the
State. He .was actively identified
with the incorporation of Fountain
as a town and in community affairs
since.
Surviving ars a daughter, Miss
Helen Brown Jefferson, of Fountain,
four sons, R. D., of Fort Jackson, S.
C., Graham, of Baltimore, Roy Lwig
and Dawson Jefferson, of Fountain,
and a brother, George W. JefferBon,
of Fountain.
Active pallbearers were R. A.
Fountain^. Sr.*. J, M. Horton, J. A.
Mercer,J&W- Smith, H. F. Owens
and J. L. Peele. ' i
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| Ho Ton Enow About
The CottonStftfnp Plan?
Thia.week the first of ^.OOO.QOO
I in cotton stamps were distributed to
cotton farmers in more than 70 North
Carolina counties, .It is the AAA's
way of paying farmers' for coopera
tion in the program to reduce 1941
cotton acreage so as to reduce the
tremendous surplus of the crop in
this country. >
Now that stamps are going out to
farmers who may exchange the sym
bols for all-American cotton goods,
E. Y. Floyd, state AAA executive
officer at State College offered an
swers to th6 following questions.put
by farmers:
stamps? fie can use them in any
cooperating retail store or mail or
Uar house in exchange fop new prod
ucts made entirely in the United
J States and bntirely of U. S.- cotton.
termh^^^n1nrSneteefed ^
i leruumiig cutton proaucvo. .?
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Moscow Claims Defend
ers Holding Off Drives
On Leningrad, Moscow
And The Ukraine;
! Spokesman Says Initi
al Nazi Attack Failed
Moscow, July 10.?Big German
tank and mechanised forces are
smacking anew kt the Russian lines
in three main areas, the Red Army
announced today, and the Russian
defenders are holding off offensive
drives directed at Leningrad, Moscow
and the Ukraien.
The fighting still was raging as
the Soviet Information Bureau issued
its early morning communique. At
several points the Russians were en
gaged in counter attack?
Shortly before issuance of the
communique, Vice-Commissar for
Foreign Affairs S. A. Lozovsky de
clared that Germany had failed to
crush the Soviet defenses despite
a highly secret opening offensive
of the war which employed 10,000
tanks, admittedly caught the Rus
sians unawares and destroyed sev
eral hundred Russian planes.
Situation at Glsoce.
Here is the situation at a glance
as pictured by the communique;
-In the Ostrov sector the Russians
are "engaged in stubbon battles,
pounding back the advance of su
[ perior enemy forces" near the Lat
vian border. The Germans here
are trying to drive northeastward in
[the direction of Leningrad.
.In the Polotsk sector, 160 miles
south of Ostrov and in the general
path of an eastward drive toward
Moscow, the Germans renewed
their -offensive Wednesday morn
ing and ran into Russian "deadly
artillery and machine-gun fire"
?and "decisive counter-attacks." The
Germans were reported suffering
heavy losses in fighting which
continued on into today at a fierce
tempo.
In the Novograd Volynski sector,
near Zhitomir and the Stalin Line,
and in the path of a German smash
eastward toward Kiev, capital of the
Ukraine, fierce fightiiig continued
throughout Wednesday, with large
German motorized and mechanized
forces taking part. .
The Russians announced also that
they carried out successful counter
attacks in the Lepel sector at the * " .1
head of the Berezina river, alio on
the way to Moscow for the Ger
mans.
Holding Positions.
"In the other sectors," said the
communique, "our troops are fights
ing stubbornly and maintaining their
positions."
The. Red air force was' reported
f active, bombing Constanta, Ru
manian $lack Sea port, and other
Rumanian 'objectives, including^ the
oil fields at Ploesti.
Wednesday the Russians claimed
that they were driving the Ger
mans back along the central front
before Moscow and said that they
had annihilated two Nazi motor- ?
ized regiments. But they acknowl;
edged that the Germans had opened
a second powerful smash toward
Leningrad.
This thrust to the northeast to
ward the Soviet Union's second city
-?moving roughly paralleel with
another operating further ta the -I
north in the Vicinity of Ostrov?
reached the area of Sebeth, near
the Latvian frontier some 80 miles
northeast of Dvinsk.
German tank and motorized col
umns struck there in strong force,
the Soviet command announced,
and the area was swept by con
tinuing and still inconclusive fight
ing.
At the Red center, the defenders
were declared holding the upper y^l
hand all along the line.
Near Lepel, aside from the de- v\
struction of two German regiments,
four heavy artillery batteries, and
many anti-tank guns, the , soviet
forces reported they had routed
the invaders, who left hundreds
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