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?,:; .? , _OOU?iTT, A* v ?' V NUMBER SIXTEEN
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VI B m Till ?B ~-, Ur M B ^L * '; 'B ? ? T-'',.-*'
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I Bidding Coatwws
? Stroar On Fanmtflle
I Tobacco Market; All
? Day Sales At Wate
I hnilflffl anil XMF SflMS
xlvUUJVD ^
I ing of Baskets Very
Satisfactory^
I The four FarmviHe WBrehoaaes are
? daily paying the higher averages in
M years to fernerf from ?T score of
coaatkft, who sell on. this market, ac
cording1 to B. A. Fields, sales saper
I visor.
A comparison of figures reveal
I that a total of 2^80,420 pownd* were
I sold last season at around $17, and a
total of 3?89,988 pounds sold for the
same number of days this season at
around $27.
The advance in the pries range,
? which marked sales on opening day,
I has held strong throughout these
I ancceeding days, and farmers are
I well phased with their a^les. Sur-H
I veys in the warehouses show very jl
few tags being turned.
A large amount of common tips I
I showed up in offerings of this week, I
I but the quality of tobacco in general I
I was legaided as fair with some rope- I
I rior grades on the-floors each day. ? M
The new sales system inaugural- I
ed this season, which makes it poesi- I
hie for both warehouse firms- to have I
a first ssle beginning at nine o'clock I
and continuing throughout the day I
I every day, bee proven very success- I
I tul, giving as it does to the grower, I
I the assursnce of a sale at either I
house on the day he brings his tobac- I
co to market.
Sales breese along at a satisfac- I
tory dip too now that the wider I
? spacing of baskets has been put into I
I operation bare; a space of 20 inches I
I is left between each row and 10 inch- I
es between baskets in the row. This I
I was done for the purpose of giving fl
buyers a better opportunity to see I
and inspect each basket before it is I
? sold, sad farmerB as well as tobacco- I
I nists believe that it is the moat sat- I
I iafactory of any floor plan devised I
I for obtaining better prices for every I
M grade. ? I
I CRISIS COMING? I
Singapore, Sept. 3.?A fully motor- I
ised and equipped Indian army jpoar I
tingent arrived at Singapore today I
to bolster. Britain Malayan foreea on I
I an alert basis under a warning by I
I Governor Sir Shenton Thomas that I
I a crisis was coining. I
Rushed from India on several fl
I transports, the contingent included I
seasoned Moslem riflemen, veterans I
of the Northwest frontier campaigns, I
I Indian signalmen and a British artil- ?
I lary unit equipped with tractor- I
I drawn guns. I
Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert I
I Brooke-Popham, commander of Brit- I
iah Par Eastern forces, saw tike
troops debarks, ready to go into ae- I
? tk>n. They added te the Singapore I
army already swollen by frequent I
I arrivals of Australian troops.
Sir Shenton warned that "Japan!
I is coming steadily nearer" and said I
British officials (fid not Ibaow how ?
I much longer the war cound behaptM
I from the Par East
I Clink For Cripples jfl
I To Be Held FridayH
I The State Ozthopedis dmic will be!
I hdd Friday in Greenvfile frm 12:8(H|
I to 4 p. m.
? This chnie takes sll types
I ?ny*i not required; that patients be
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7, ' ^|ui ititei far Muna I
Wiffiam S. fficks Jr,
Yale Stadent, Was
Guest Speaker At
Wednesday Morning
The F&naville graded school open
ed Wednesday with an enrollment of
Ss S to Superintendent J.
H. Moore, which showed an lutJi*
in the high school end a slight <te
crease in the elementary school in
eompaziaon with the enrollment of
opening day of last year.
William S. Hicks Jr., of Raleigh,
student at Yale Divinity School, was
the featured speaker at the opening
exercises, at which Supt. Moora pre
sided. Mr. Hicks was introduced by
Mayor George W. Davis. John T.
Thome, of the County Board of Edu
cation spoke briefly at this time. A
program of vocal selections was giv-.
en by Helen Rouse and^ Arthar F I
Joyner, with ^accompani i oy Mrs. 1
Haywood Smith. A large namber of
parents and guests were in attend
ance.
Rev. Marvin Y. Self and Rev. H. j
M. Wilson conducted the devotional
period jointly. * Supt. Moore present
ed the faculty members and welcom-1
ed them in behalf of the school and
community.
Pin-point history of France, since I
the Armistice: Gave up to GermanyI
in-the Near East, gave up to Japan
in the Far East and fought the Brit
ish in Syria.
wax Troubles
I Date Far Back
lokL Receipt Shows Levy
On Crops In Civil
? War.
c Greenville, Sept 2?.While Con- J
gress is hard at work seeking new
sources of revenue with which tol
carry on its defense and aid-to-Brit-j
ain programs, evidence that the
South had its money-raising troubles j
fcgyk in the 60*8 has bean uncoveredl
in a "tax in kind" racefct uncovered!
by L. R. Whkbard of Stokes. I
> The receipt is for 221-^ bushefcrof j
fair quality wheat and was issued to j
Jfn. R. C. Crandall, by W R. WHch
ard, fsiifcer of L. R. Whidiarf. The
receipt jto rigaad by Jolnu|fag, as
sessor, third tax district? 0# North
Carolina. It is dated- October 19,|
1864. * |
The receipt explains that the goy-J
emment was entitled to the levy ml
accordance with a* act ?to lay
for the common defense and carry on*
the government of the GonflriSate
The forai has-a column to lM ttel
'ttbTfe? W ^^hy Age of the
document, addttra to whea^^te
j hun^^red dollsra for
I !*2ncnAt*f!!ltlAft
? , 2 p fliilvilyi luUvll
I * C3n RUuCMwS Presi
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BP-' - - '^tvIlltlllttCC
Ti|fi fllimlti s
^K. ? jfeyw Mil -' ItlTIl^
sociation of American Railroads, es
that ww enough equipment to move
?from six to eight million barrels of
? Pelley appeared at the commit-j
bility of using tank cars to help]
increase the flow of oil to the East,
?supplies since water-route deliveries
I were curtailed after the transfer of
la number of sea-going tankers to
I The railroad man said that de-l
?spite the general increase in the
?transportation of 63 production, the!
?use of rail tank cars for that pur-1
IpoM had declined in recent years,]
land hence a surplus of care wasl
Pelley said that information as toj
?the number of tank cars available ]
could have beea} produced earlier had |
anyone indicated'that it was needed]
In this connection, he expressed]
?surprise at the testimony of Bahjhl
?k. Davies, acting petroleum eoordi
Inator, who told the committee last
nite information I have continual; I
Pelley said he had never received I
any request from Davies for any II
linformation, although he told Davies H
in June that he would be glad to I
cooperate in furnishing such date. I
I Before Pelley submitted his state- I
?scribed the enforced curtailment of I
"glaring example of bureaucratic
committee to find "some rational
?plan to assure fbel oil and gasoline I
?to northeasternere this Winter.
' ' ?
'
? It wont be long now before con
servative newspapers, in this coon- I
Bring to the Hon. Joseph Stalin. I
pariey.??:- ~ 5 ? j- > .'??ins i^a
I
P' W* R I
.assesses' nay awes w , s
I^TiL rui
lyi* " t-tJr ' 1116 ^.y ?
? Ivfftffcfft
1I
r IT w|Wir511
m
w vm
I i lunditm fno I
red. There-we the reports that the]
lewe^lend supjjes
to compete with o^ trad^
The idea hdilhd l?j
to create suspicio^between the Unit-l
ed SUt^^ Grea^Britata. Jome!
Lin" * fashion that hardly permita 'i^l
| futation through aetual facta wttton|I|
reva^v informatiott that may be
| Anyway, the people of this country J
might as well uwfcwtimd the nature |
I of the propaganda campaign now un
I derway to discredit an aid to the na
tions fighting against ag^^i^o^|
ling an effective arsenal of democra-l
I when we go further and point out!
I that, the" declared policy of the Unit-I
ed States, as approved by Congress)
and, the Chief Executive in an effort
to avoid actual, participation in al
shooting war, is being undermined by |
a determined faction' that does not J
IISSZ seek internal division of
lour people in the face of a terrible J
danger that may later engulf thia I
hemisp I
It is one thing for the opponents 1
of the President's foreign policy to
Rlambast it when it is in the formula
tive stagej or before it lp* been ap-1
I proved-by Congress, but it' is quite al
| different proposition for Americans
I to undermine the prestige aT Jtlufr j
I with foreign affairs. I
Obviously, the President, under]
the Constitution, is entitled to dir&t I
our foreign affairs. His course has
the approval of a majority of Con
I gress and, we feel sure, a majority ?
of the people of I
A ruthless mwority, whether ritfrtj
or wrong, sincere or not, d&s not)
I h^ve the righ^to ilodc tha right^tftl
the'majority to rule and to represent!
the natton k, Nation with otto na
<""aL
I
jnakm and bad" feeling ag?il?t
powers
ler and his German regime. Never-' I
theleas, loyal Ame^ns
at?mv *rr?e nmw A
i ARMY AHIp LHlJVAt:'?'>. ~.sr.f,^1
CALLS JA* AIV o MqBIMIJjw:yfc-r.
Announcement that an American 1
| ^ leave. ^^^^1
, , tn .MniS Mihrfance to I
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Kaff. i^-'ri i >i j )L'i" >& ^ jgg:yi-U*%B
ih^V fi5tiffiijg ?fr^jr'^T; J*X"J - * $&%&?**? '& ?*? xt^-r" -'yr^
Sftvs Eitippc'pnpv TfP" I
I ?j ^ " '? ;vi^jT^V_ . fI
I 4?.; i^Si A 3s5fi *, " ? '<&' '<W-- ' '- 7 ?':-""' ? ?' I
live tfUij Ovllu ^;jWM
I^ ^^ ^
Itiye Mason. He had been associated l
with Knott's warehouses here for the
nfiW681^ fating which period I
I l||Hl wdlrknUj. ser- I
I too won for _Um . ktmtarf. of
friends, Who will mourn his passing.
mLSle2S to^JI
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Han- (I
| son,. ^ Marion
Shirley, of Raleigh, a sister, Mrs.!
Ada Gay and a brother, Fred L.J
P Shirley, both of WalBtonburg. f
Nation in sweet potato produiWinI
1 WO. reportfi the State Department I
When one reads the scandal'pub-1
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? ; 'V*Wy| Ij/vO trsr ? 13 q 1 ?W&*' AttlAM I
-Th.o?tJ*^?t foor-motonodl
J . LENINGRAD
i'T%_ "? 1- _1_ - HR I
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I 4 iPifityfti WTAIII! : ' gr? h
iwralts at the' "approaches" to beseig- I
I ed Leningrad, where a &vtat ?tt*k I
I under personal command ot Marshal ?
I Klementi Vorqshilov was said to hare ?
hurled the Nazis back three miles. ?
The battle for Russia's second city I
I and magnificent former Czarist capi- I
smashing ba<ik; at, the Germans be- I
lyoud its barricaded suburbs while |
I Russian counter-attacks spread Along I
I the entire 1,800-mile, front from the ?
I On the central front west of Mos- I
I cow a Russian counter-drive that has I
I been sweeping westward for l6 days ?
Iwas said in official accounts to have I
I driven the Germans back 32 miles,
I recaptured 22 villages and inflicted I
huge casualties on the enemy.
I Today's Soviet high command com- ?
?raumque describing "stubborn fight- I
?ing" all along the front throughout I
?Wednesday said that the Luftwaffe I
?was hurling great fleets of bombers
?st the defense rings around Leuin- I
?grad ip 811 effort to blast open a
I "At the approaches to Leningrad
?soviet fliers keep on successfully , ?
?smashing the enemy aircraft," the ?
?high command said. "About 70 I
?enemy planes taking cover in the I
?clouds raided a large aixdbme and I
?were met by our fighters; In the I
?course of the air battle which en
Isued, ll pf the fascist planes were ?
On Monday, it was stated, 39 Ger- ^ ?
?man planes were brought down in ?
Iground, against the loss of 27 Rus- I
th against' tired and decimated Ger
tive or striking telling blows'on all I
? ?Fierce fighting was reporffid rag- ?
?ing on the Leningrad, Smolensk- ?
?Gomel, and lower Dnieper river I
?fronts as well as on the Arctic coast I
around Murmansk, Russia's ice- ?
FlL these lashing attacks, $? was I
?said, the Russians are throwing ?
?masses at infantry, motorized units, I
?tanks,' planes and even warships* it I
I An "immense' air battle" was re
ported to hpvebeefcwaged Ovwr an \ ?
?ing more than 100 bombers in strug- ?
?gle, and resulting in a Soviet victory I
? aided by Russian warships and coai- ?
I Today's high command communi- I
?que provided evidence of ?*e ferocity [ 1 >?
?of the struggle under way every- ?
B^?e|dong the key sectors of the ?
d ra I
tanks, 20 trucks and many other I
I vehicles. . ? :>53( vr.---: .!%>?
1 ^ "Th^^roriS&iBiiitoS' ^^fcetribcd1'' an
1 ooTtin<y Tiitni qmniicn nloufi^ tL flWRHltW **'1
Iui6u^roaa 4yixn ouiiuxbp oi kcii h*
destroyed two tanks and a fuel car I
I after wiuclx Kussinn**-Brtuicry
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