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Pikes Continue ..Very
Strong On Georgia
ters; Bulk ofTobacco
At Most Places Declar
ed To Be Moving At
About 23-Cent Level
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Valdosta, Ga-, August 7.?Bright
leaf tobacco price* continued strong
in the Georgia-Florida, aoctaoa mar
kets today, with indications of wren
better price averages than the 22-26
emits range established in the first
sales.
At Moultrie, Sales Supervisor C.
E. Isom pointed out the average of
22.35 cents established yesterday
when 519,002 pounds arid for |116,
012.79 was a gain of almost five
cents a pound over the opening' day
average of 17.59 in 1940.
Bulk of second day sales In Pel
ham were moving around . 25 cents,
warehousemen said, a little better
than the opening average of 23 cents
set on 251,094 pounds which sold for
357,695.17.
Robert Herring said so much leaf
was on hand at .Tifton for opening
day that it would take two and a
half days to sell it all. There the
price range equalled the 23.36 of
yesterday, when 698,856 pounds sole
for 3162,575.98.
At Nashville, Sales Supervise]
Frank Park, Jr., reported a rang*
up to 36 cents, with most second
day baskets going around 27 cents
At Bavley, Warehouseman Barne
reported the bulk of sales aroun*
26 cents, with the top there toda;
at 37 cents.
Stations Closed,
But No Gas Saved ?c
A welter of sectional reports, in ^
the absence of any official judgment
as to the success or failure of the ^
eastern seaboard's fijst gasoline cur- }
few last night, appeared today to boil s
dowr. to these points: ^
1. Virtually all service stations I
from Maine to Florida (except for
half of New York's independents)
complied with Petroleum Coordina- '
tor HonU L. Iekes' request to close
from 7 p au, to 7 ?. m, daily as &
national defense measure to conserve
gasoline.
2. The day time sales of gasoline
everywhere along the eastern sea
board exceeded the total volume of
an average August Sunday's day
. times sales f
? 3. Traffic was just as heavy and
in many places heavier than usual
during the after-dark hours:
In New York City the chain sta
' tions closed promptly at 7 p. m-, but
about half of the independents which
constitute 50 per cent of the city's
H
Farm Price of Cotton Is
Not Retail Price Factor'
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The improved farm prices of cot
ton in the past several months may
not be ccraridered determining
tore in the relatively increased prices
of finished eotton goods, says E. Y.
Floyd, AAA executive officer at
State College. * .'v vr ?
"Rather," Floyd reports, ""the in
Tismi 'spread' of profit to the cot
respcxwible for the rapid increase in
v ? ' the price ?f cotton pcodneto.
"While the fsrm price of cotton
?? moving up three cento a pound
flk<v mimmon^ amaa M f
h I
?vi.'':.v ?? piitttw price Mf cottcn under
? the AAA loan program. The guanas
? *??* JPJJA aP"? wttl
TewBSBieN Proud
.Ifivmr's Flpptinn
UUjHul o Liuu I lull
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R. A. Joyner Sleeted To
Office of President of
firemen's Association
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Mayor Davis' telegram to Editor
G. A. Rouse, Wednesday, brought
news that R. A. Joyner, Flannville'S
highly esteemed City Clerk and the
Fire Department's Assistant Chief,
had been elected to the presidency of
the North Carolina Firemen's Asso
ciation at the annual convention be
ing held in Asheville this week, suc
ceeding- Donald Shufontf, of Hickory.
Fellow townsmen and members of
the fire department, gathered on the
streets and expressed pleasure at
, this recognition by the State organi
. zation of Mr. Joyner's ability and
. service in the past years, and are
awaiting his return to offer con
r gratulations.
t Mr. Joyner; who has sowed the
i Association as vice president during
> the past year, as a member of the
' auditing committee, as statistician
( and in various offices and capacities
since becoming a member in 1920, is
r well qualified for this position and
? doubtless render a signal service to
- the organization as its head. v .
- The new president has served the
3 local firemei as Assistant Chief foi
1 many years and has given an enthus
f iastic interest and efficient service
to the department throughout this
I period.
To the East Carolina riremens
x 1
organization he-has i .ndered a great
tervice also, being a past president, '
ice president and secretary and
xeasurer.
Mr. Joyner has been City Clerk
.'or the past 16 years and been con
lected with the munipical offices
lince 1920. He is a member of the
Methodist Board of Stewards and
Superintendent of the Sunday School.
Representing Farmviile at the
State meet this week were Mr. and
Mrs. Joyner and their youngest son,
John Russell, Chief Haywood Smith
and Mrs. Smith, Mayor George W.
Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Eason
and son, Norris Lee, Ed Nash 'War
ren, Curtis Flanagan, Loyd. Smith
and Edgar Barrett.
PAI.N S
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Paints made with synthetic resins
as a base instead of the customary
linseed oil may make good fire-re-'
tarding coastings for wood, says the I
U. S. Forest Service.
Marketing Regu- I
lations For To
bacco Annoynced
The Change Sets Up A
Different Method Of
'Handling Nwi-Ware
house Sales of Both
Leaf-Scrap Tohaceo
Raleigh, August Ftoe-cured to
I bacco marketing isolations for. tht
1941-42 marketing year hare beet
indi
?cate only one major change from
I last year's regulations, it was an
nounced today, by David T^Hoose,
j^ly the same as teat year. ?
[xZZtol ?t a W
j house which ,ie to be ptepar
rsard.
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940 ^
Greenville, August 7.?The Pitt ?
County Board of Commissmnert, in J
regular session.' this week, formally
adopted the 1941-42 budget, calling
for estimated expenditures of $422,
838.80, compared with a 1940-41 bud
get of $480487.61, and actual ex
penditures in the fast fiscal year of
$468,900.07.
The commissioners voted to re
tain the old tax rate of 70 cents on
the $100 valuation, hut this was
made possible only through the fact
that the bond debt service for this
year is much lighter than last year
and is considerably smaller than it
I ^will b$ next year.
I The county ended the year with
the budget, as a whole, balanced,
although $100,000 had been antici
pated from the ABC board, whereas
only $8$,000 was received due to de
creased sales and accompanying
profits.
I '. With a budget calling for expen
ditures of $480437.61 and actual ex
, penditures of $468,900.07, a total of
, $497,211.99 was collected d\iring the
past fiscal year. Of this total reve
f nue, $256,60041 was from tax Col
. lections, $85,000 from the ABC
board and the balance from'county
k fees and state and federal aid for
| such departments as social security
or pensions, the health office and
. I school. maintenance. Tax collections
fvere approximately $32,000 in ex
cess of budget estimates.
With the ABC board having
yielded only $85,000 last year, the ^
county reduced the estimate for the c
current year to that amount This g
move necessitated the levyinjg of g
four cents for the Health Deport- g
mifent, which last year was main- ^
tained without any aid from/ tax
receipts. The ten cent figure levied J
last year for the maintenance of f
schools was retained for the new }
year, but the 10 cents levy for pen- (
siona was increased 11% cents. A
levy of 50 cents waaY required for
bonds and interest last year, but
only 44% emits was found necessary
for the new year, which shows a drop
in debt service requirements from
$223,430 to $151,952^0. 1
i This year, as last, the general fund !
will be maintained from fees and
-ABC funds. TheCountyHomei* be
ing maintained from the sale of pro
duce and' ABC fund* while outside
poor and relief?strictly a county
cqaritablp? problem?will be main
taJied entirely from ABC fund* the
same situation that applied last year.
As pointed out before, a levy waa
required for the Health Department
this year, while in 1940-41 it was
operated without any tax funds, the
county hamng prodded.lis part out
of ABC fund* with the remainder of
the cost s>i operation coming from
state.and federal funds. ;~Y;
A breakdown of the 70 cents tax
rate for last flseal year and the
f current year follows: - ? ?, ;
1940-41 - 1941-42
' 0 'm ?General Fund? 0
fO -Poor and Belief- 0
0 ?County-Home? 0
0 ?Health Department? 4
? 10 11#
# 50 ?Debt Service- 44^
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SCT^ Aettwl ;;
i10R.2ttio $ 98,494.14 $110*309.80
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? Comity UQIJI?j. - -r
r Prtriy flrtd Relief?** I
l|- ?Penaion. Fund? ^ ^|
jzSMZMZZ!
fivft gallons of gasoline a week. It <j
is known that the whole matter of
rationing has been under serious con- t
sideration and that;-stringent regu- (
lations will be necessary in Septem- 3
*
It should be imderatobd that the !
restrictions a?tdtte,to reduced trans- {
portation fatuities and not to a c
shortage of oil jpoducts. On March
15th, there were 846 tankers of 2,000 ,
gross tons or over, under U. S. regis- j
try. In May, 50 tankers were trans- <
ferred to British use, which reduced 1
the potential supply by 200,000 bar- ]
reb of oil a day. \
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The transfer of 150 additional <
tankers is underway. The effect of <
these transfers is clearly seen when ,
we recall that tankers have ipreto- ,
fore applied more than" ninety per
cent, of the oil consumed on the At
lantic Seaboard.
?
While it is possible that the Paci
fic Northwest may be affected by
the shortage of tankers, no other
parts of the United States will suf
fer serious difficulties, in connection
with oil produks. 1
The East Geast usually consumes
aore than one-third oj* the motor
uel used -in the United States And
lose to fifty per cent, of kerospe
rnd other fuel oil. To relieve the
ftuation, the industry has under con
lideration the construction of pipe
ines which wOl,require more than a
rear to complete. Consequently, re
lictions upon the use of oil products
ire necessary. According to prelimi
lary reports, filling stations will he
dosed at least twelve hours daily.
DEFENSE CONTRACTS.
KjflFTY BILLIONS IN.
An "analysis >of recent appropria
tions and contract authorizations for
defense purposes made by the Bu
reau of Research and Statistics of
tifce Office of -Production Manage
ment, shows that $50,785,000,000
have been allotted to the defense ef
fort.
The break-down for commitments
of the United States and Great Bfifc
ain in this country showB that the
money is being expended -as follows:
Airplanes, $11,967,000,000.
Naval vessels, merchant ships and
transportation equipment, $8,483,
$pogooor ,.y
Guns and ammunition, $8,081,000,
000.
Industarial facilities, - $5,530,090,
SPI m
Posts, Depots an&-other non-indus
trial construction, $435*000,000.
Other equipment, $4,000,000^.4
Miscellaneous items, $8,881,000,.
000.
? NSW TAXES TO PAX. 2
The newrtax JriH, under-considers
dm in p/moTMi in to orovide abou
' * additi to
Celt by nearly everybody.
mf^ for defense necessitate sonn
East. Europe and Africa.
^ fte ffii
6<l Ststes bp0'iDBfiiDniiig to comprg
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iVAMCMBni &T\ J^wT******&ww*k.' '.'Cl^#j- i*i,i'l~"-^ "''
HMBIW
d early today striking tow^Mos-i
ow, jC?mngra4-Ipd Kiev following!
1
i falling ifWMttef losing mere
ban 4,000,000 menrin the past 46
Eager to halt an admitted outcrop
I
Jerman people, the high pommand ;
resterday proclaimed.:,? Ijnal^tory; 1
n the bitter battle ofSmotenfkand
H>U of staggering Russian losses,
estimated by Nari spokesmen dSJ
1,000,000 dead and more than 1,000,
>00 othet e^es^gpSp I
Yesterday's high command an
louncemen^p^military Spokesman
)f June 4, 1940, marking the end of
;he Battle of Flanders and followed I
LS days later by the oomplet* col- I
;apaj of France. -,y;y .
The high command told of the; I
capture of 895,000 Soviet prisoners, I
310,000 of them in the savage three
ind a half-week battle of Smolensk-1
st the gatewdy to Moscow.
During the night, the radio blared
the victory claims and morning
newspapers carried bold headlines
telling of "the merciless shattering
of the Soviet arihies" in what waa
called the second stage, of the battles
against Bolshevism.
But both the press and radio, re-1
pasting over and over the ekum that I
tte^ggd_gg^haa lost* 4,000,Q(jp orj
more men- in the most savage uguu
ing ever known, were completely
silent regaining the German losses.
The 'picture of the German vic
tory drive was contained in the first
detailed communiques issued . by
Adolf Hitler's high command since
the end of the first week of the
fighting. Actually, the communi
ques revealed ?o gains that had not
already been claimed in the daily
communiques or the- reports of the
DNB official .news agency.
B&^teutral observers professed to
find ah explanation fbritoday's an
nouncements in a preface to; the
four extraordinary communiques m
which the high oommand admitted
that its week-long silence had re-\
suited in false ideas and rumjtfs
among" the German people as well
as abroad.
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FIGHTING IN LENINGRAD
I : ? 5 . : REGION GROWS ??BCE
I " Moscow, .Afjgfc '.'I. ^ Mentioning
for the first time, in. days the Ger
man-Finnish attempt to smash into
Leningrad from the north across
the Karelian Isthumas, Soviet Bua
sia reported early today that the
against the..Invaders 'fat the Kaki
salmi sector, about 7fr. miles north
of .Leningrad.
THe same report/ issued by th?
Soviet Information" Bureau, told oi
? the Nazi advance.
A l iiriffid 'to WETD tu0ir CiuiuTWi 11
m t viioot fh?
dl "Asia? flw ? i
I A' .' Ar*--1 _?" '^K*".'* ".;*?
ed States, it has
unfroien millions of dollars jyorth
of Soviet outers u this country and
presumably the flow of American
supplies td the fighting: Russians id*
k*1* : I
3 Amo unts fjjtnd details were undis
closed-}, diii -the ground .tf?by.';:. wiere- ?
raiUtgp secrets, but officials indi
cated they constituted an impor
tant beginning. v
9|jH ootf; the.4 forma* pledge
this week to grant unlimited licenses
and priority assistance, on Rus
sian orders, "upon the principles
applicable to the orders of coun
tries struggling against aggression,"
government authorized the ex
port of large amounts of materials
long on order in this country. Ml
How they were moving to Russia
also was unrevealed, but the United
States has promised "favorable con-1
sideration" to- Russian requests for
the extension of available American
shipping facilities, presumably fpr.
trtmsport across the Pacific to Vladi
A * ^ -*
TO8tofc
In addition, Russia was said, to
hqye eight , to 10 vessels normally
operating between American porta]
and Vladivostok.
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WHO KNOWS?
'
Ranh Bayt' I
2. How. much is tne reaerai w?- ,
ernment expected to spend in this i
?$*?!, year? j
3. When does the fiscal year of
the Federal Government end? \
.4. Whtfd?,the letter
on a sailor's uniform? ..c ?? - \
?gfc What is the difference between i
typhoon, a typical cyclone, and a hur
6. About how many automobiles
Jf$re produced in the U. & last ear?
j ??' W^ch is xlosest 'to Japan;5 1
Singapore, French Indo-China, the
Netherlands East , Indies, or the
9. What do the Japanese mean
whm they ahoat "Zamtai"?
10. gow many soldiers were killed
in the World War?
I . Fayetteville,~Auyust 6. - A *un
}. battle aboard a private bus operating
betwe*Jjw*tteyi|le ;W&Eo#mg*
; early t&ay left s white military po
i't liceman and a .Negro soldier. ,df|d
r jdhdufnotha^ .white miUtarpjpolice
. The dead :
? grafts, 20,
Prfvite Ned taB, M of jftfc
I ' "ftl?"T i
I *-1" ''?; '>'?b*J ilki -"' ? ? ilgw-1*}*^ * ? . V *
! -' klAl -_^^' '?' j .'i.v '" ? "mix ?'" * **' ,'?' ; s
f rain from, 4x*tonieiitiMt ^ ofik> ? thd
-vkit-jiM rrf "' .Li?'" 1 ~ ,
i snooting.
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Unlike their action in ^Annnnfipg
Jj ^n.. r *V.V - " " *v -^ '- I " ." ' W9 ,- !^r>. *_
Jipan's move into Fftmeh Indo-China
after it a^jifc-but an accomplished ?/
fact, the two Western powers de
fined theirshuri ^'Thail^ ^ ..
there still appeared a chance of re- -
The policy^ declarations in Wash
ington and London gave emphasis
sisting there to Japanese demands,
to American and British military re
inforcements in the Fer East and
other indications that a. defense of
Thailand was deemed necessary to
protect vital interests and territory
of the .United States, Britain and the
Netherlands in the South Pacific. ,
The increasing concern of the
American government over. Japan's
intentions- was expressed by Secre- *.;?
tary of State Hull in in informal
statement-' whicfi >tmphasixed a
nruivu riiiiniwiiMjii ??> u. an ?
Japanese move into Thailand would
further threaten and endanger Amer
ican .interests and security. ;^1
Almost simultaneously in London, Jfl
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden A"j
told the House of Commons that I
"anything which threatened the in
tegrity or security of Thailand would
be of immediate interest to Britain."
Eden mentioned especially the ..'I
Al 1 *- anii HWlntrnl
?IIraw* W kuueayviv BW* ;
Jut the British had notified Jepan
formally of its attitude. ?'
-Both Eden and Hull, however, left
unanswered the ''question whether
the United States and Britain, fol
lowing up their application of strong
economic . sanctions against Japan,
to the fate of French Indo-China.
Iplhdefinmg the American attitude
regarding Thailand, Hull drew chief
ly from the statement of Sumner
Welles, then Acting Secretary, of
State, in^ denouncing the Japanese
move in Indo-China on July 24.
Welles declared .that step clearly ; .
was undertaken "because of the esti
mated value to Japan of baav in that
region .primarily for purposes of
further, and more obvious movements
of conquest in adjacent areas."
Stressing the- threat to sources of
vital, defense materials such as rub?
ber, tin and oil, Welles said the
Japanese; steps "indanger $he safety
of other areas of the Pacific, includ
ing the Philippines Islands," ami that
they "bear directly upon the vital
(problem of our national security."
Eqgpl Force.
All that. Welles said about the
Indo-China move and its threat to
this country's interests, Hull empha
sised, applied with equal force to
any similar action in Thailand.
Hull also: dted: his onjm statement,
before the Bfoppf foreiazt com
mittee last January during consider
ation of the lease-lend bill,-in which
? asserted:
, "It has been clear throughout that
start by broad ambitious .riUuni
for establishing herself in a dmni
nant position in the entire region of
the p||ipsp^: ?/1
"Her leaders have openly declared
achieve and J
namuun uiav poaiuon T?y^ppprro
nnt and thua to. mate themselves
ion of the we?iifc As adpnsequence, . r
they, would have arbitrary control
."*?*?*.
MpdP'New Order" in the Pacific
;iiw' ... ,, t ' i ': >'TiTr'??.! . . 'm ?
hUy, employnw^t of. ^r^soiW^ of
the area concerned for the benefit
? *?' * 9 " i '?*'~v''* ~ ^ "? ' * ^
of that country and to the ultimate
Improverishments of. other parte of
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