There Were 15,783,142
Pounds Sold Here For
an Average of $90.97 a
Hundred
The Farmviile tobacco market [
closed its 1941 season following sales
os Friday, October 31st, asd accord
ing- to Sales Supervisor R. A. Fields,
it was the most successful aosson ex
perienced in many years.
From the 15,783,142 pounds sold on
the local market, farmers of this sec
tion received a total sum of $4?88,
479.64, or an averape of $30.97 per
hundred pounds, or $12JJ8 a hundred
more than last year.
Last season's sales were 16^80,
352.32 pounds that sold for $3,044,
352.32, or an averape of $18.69.
Chamber of Commerce
Holds Business Session
At the meeting of the Board of
Directors of the FarmviBe Chamber
of Commerce on Wednesday night,
November 5th, it was suggested that
Farmviile should have a flour mill
and a feed mill. It was the belief
that one would pay good in Farmviile
_ and would also stimulate the raising
of wheat, other grains, and also
poultry and livestock in the immedi
ate trade area of Farmviile. If any
business man in or around Farmviile
is interested in trying to work out
something it is hoped that they will
contact the officials of the Chamber
of Commerce and see what can be
done immediately.
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A resolution was aoupieu -rc^uca*
ing Hem. E. G. Flanagan, commission
er of the State Highway and Public
Works Commission, to have the road
widened to a width of twenty feet,
from Farmville to Wilson.
The matter of Christmas decora
tions was discussed and it was decid
ed to cooperate with the other towns
in this section and to follow in line
with their efforts.
S. A. Garris, Fannville's ? repre
sentative on the Board of Directors
of the State Merchants Association,
reported on the recent meeting of
that board which he attended in Ral
eigh.
The folllowing resolution has been
passed by the Town of Farmville and
Directors of the Chamber of Com
merce aari Merchants Association:
. Resolution
Whereas U. & Highway No. 264
leading from Farmville to Wilson has
the width of only sixteen (16) feet;
and whereas said Highway is one of
the main traffic arteries of Eastern
North Carolina; and whereas it would
be a much safer and more delightful j
highway on which to drive a car or
truck if same was widened to a width
of twenty (20) feet
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE
SOLVED that the Mayor and the
Board of Commissioners of the Town
of Farmville do hereby request Hon.
E. G. Flanagan, Commissioner of the
State Highway and PuhKc Works
Commission to put his influence and
efforts to as immediate widening of
the aforesaid road.
CHINA HELPS
New York; Nov. 5.?Roundabout
reports from unidentified sources
were received in New York tonight
& the effect that Chinese troops are
going to the aid of Russia against
the German invaders.
The Morocco radio said the Chinese
would send 40 ftO# troops to Roam,
ajwrting its information came from
China dispatches wfrich said the gen
eral commanding1 the Chinese 18th
army had made the derision to send
WP
: Later the Svrisft rwfio, sSS^SS
? by NBC, identified the 18th Army ae
I consisting of Cbint&o riu?^<i|i^!?ti
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MAYOR DAVIS
ASKS OBSERVANCE
Monday, November 10th, marks
the 166th Anniversary of the found
ing of the United States Marine
Corpse which is the oldest branch of
the Nation's military services. In the
ranka-mf the Marine Corps thousands
of sons of North. Carolina have serf*
ed with honor and distinction. It is
for this reason that I have taken oc
casion to give public expression of
appreciation for the contribution of
this valiant Corps for the develop
ment and security of the Nation it
has served both in war sad in peace.
The Marine Corps was established
by an Act of the Continental Con
gress on November 10, 1775, and thej
record of its achievements since that
date presents an illustrious chapter
in oar history.
North Carolina is particularly
interested in this event Many of oar i
sons have served with distinction in
the ranks of the Marine Corps in past
years. Furthermore, there has been
established in the State this year a
Marine Base in Onslow County, at]
which thousands of' Marines are al
ready stationed and in training, and
many thousands more yet to come.
In connection with this Marine Base
also there is being constructed at
Cherry Point in Carteret County the
base for thh air arm of the Marine
Corps. The prospect Is that within a
few yean the Marine Base and its
air arm will constitute the greatest
Marine Base in the United States.
It is my hope.that the people of
Farmville and out state will make
due observance of this anniversary.
I particularly request that there will
be a display of the flag of our coun
try on November 10th, in grateful
recognition of the splendid service
of these soldiers of the sea through,
all the years of its history.
And, furthermore, I do call upon
all the men of this vicinity between
the ages of 17 and 30 without de
pendants, physically fit for military
service and with no military obliga
tions to enlist in the United States
Marines that this old and honorable
corps may fill its legal quota of
trained young fighting men, defend
ers of American Democracy that to
day faces its greatest menace since
the founding of our Republic.
? George W. Davis,
Mayor of Farmville.
Latest Figures
On United States
t f: ?' ?:
Defense Program
Defense Production En
leouraging But Nation
Iffias Long Way To Go
For Real Security
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(By H. S. Sim* Jr.)
Although the people of Great
Britain and Canada are spending 50
per cent of their income for national
defease, we of the United State* an
correctly spending only 15 per cent
of our total income to arm ourselves
and to arm those fighting aggres
sion. By the ?sd of 1942 we will
probably be (pending a little ovpi
one-fourth of our income for national
defense. ; r
\ ?> This year, it* has been eatimatei
that we will-produce 8 billion dollar!
t in defense goods which is over fit*
t sTeSSed^t^U t^l^a^S
i times aa large as it was this year.
1 a "^Md,
duced 1450 latMO,
I the wl construction progmn in
I 1941 was the addition of two power
? fid battleships, the Washington and
? the North Carolina, to the fleet The
I South Dakota and Massachusetts,
? launched ?'l^ijilj
? > Here is the* strength of nor mvy
B today: battleships, 17; aircraft car
I ( riers, 6; cruisers, 87; ^destroyers,
I 171; submarines,
I r ? t tr i .in,,
I tj rooty wo are puiinmg 15 battle
tiers, 193 deetr^^ subma
mi*hmru*l MimIawu} ' 1- alJ'
I S2^n ?bat^n
. ym:WBkpi0 nuipmjpnon or iH&d cousr^)
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Washington, Nov. 5.?Administra
tion leaden have decided ^to hold
Congress in owrvcm indefinitely be
kan relations, informed sources said
today.
The decision came- as a surprise,
***f??Tifh m some House leaders had
talked previously of knocking off
legislative work for the balance of
the year, as soon as the neutrality
and price control measures were out
of the way.
Short Recess
Influential Democratic legislators
who asked that their names be
withheld, said that under present
plass there would be nothing more
than three-day recesses for either
the Senate or House in the near
future.
The disclosure was made as the
Japanese government - announced
that Saburo Kurusu, former Japan
ese ambassador to Germany, was
flying to Washington as a special
envoy in an effort to work out an
understanding with the. United
States.
a aawrtwwl th*
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situation as "very serious" and in
dicated they thought it was showing
no sign of improvement.
Referring to Kunlsu's forthcoming
visit, one.Senator commented: .
"Well just sit here and see what
he has to say." .>. v?
Chairman Bloom (D-NY) of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee,
while making no mention of the in
ternational' situation, was emphatic
in his declaration that Congress
one of a group of legislators who
should "stay on the job." Bloom was
conferred with President Roosevelt
earlier in the day on neutrality law.
revision. - t <
Critical Situation
"The country is looking to this
Congress," Bloom said. "The Whole
world ie looking to it."
Rep. Luther Johnson (D-Tex),l
ranking majority member of the
committee, asserted:
"With the situation as critical as
it is, Congress should not get very
far away." . ^ r
Ever since the start of the current
European war in 19S9, Republicans
in Congress have opposed extended
recesses on the ground that the peo
ple wanted their representatives here
to guard against the nation being led
into war.
The special envoy from Japan isi
the nufe- who a year ego signed the
tri-partite Axis pact on behalf of his
country. He is .coming to "explain
the Japanese situation to United
States leaden." v" ^ !
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(Washington Correspondent)
ATTA^S^ON U.^S. SfflPS
IN THE SOUTH ATLANTIC.
; ^The first ten American merchant
Panama; and' foui|!8ying the' Stem;
and Stripes.' It migiitrW for
American citizens to. consider the
location of the- attacks upon these
American ships. p
Of tfaais?r ahh^i)yiii9 ^
lean flag-, one .struck a mine and
sank in Australian watenrin Novem
ber 1940. - Another wa*: torpedoed
Slid shelled in the South Atlantic in
Hair, 1841. ^Thesthird attacked
from the air and in the Gulf of Suez
on September bth. The fourth was
sunk by a torpedo off the coast of
Africa on October 19th.
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Of the six ships flying the'flag of
Panama, four were owned by the
United States Maritime Commission
and two by the Standard Oil Com
pany. One of the Standard Oil tank
ers was torpedoed off the coast of
Africa and the other in the South!
Atlantic. Four ?? Maritime Commie*
sion vessels came to grief in waters
off Iceland, the last being sunk five'
hundred miles south of the Island. 1
Er ?' ?? s ? .*?
(The pattern of attacks indicates a
widespread offensive against ship
ping being conducted by Germany.
Not one of the vessels was destroyed,
in belligerent waters of the war
zones, as proclaimed by the Presi
dent. Every ship had a right to
where it Was destroyed, under We
ternational Law, and the ships flying
the American flag were proceeding ill
accordance with our law.
I! '
j Eliminating the ship which struck
a mine in Australian waters we ob
serve that the three ships destroyed
while flying the American flag went
[ down in the South Atlantic, the Gulf
of Suez, and off the coast of Africa.
I Regardless of their cargoes, or their
I destinations, it is obvious that no
j self-respecting nation can permit
I another natfen to sink its ships with
impunity.
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F.D.R. FOR LA GUARDIA
AGAINST TAMMY MAN
An interesting situation has de
veloped in the City of New York
where Mayor Fiorella La Guardia,
seeing re-election, is opposed by
District Attorney William O'Dwyer,
who is running as a Democrat.
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President Roosevelt baa given his
unqualified support to Mayor La
Guardia, expressing the opinion that
he has given New York "the most
honest" and, ^in the President's opin
ion, "the most efficiest municipal
government," within Mr. Roosevelt's
recollection.
The President's action was not en
ehUrely unexpected and Democratic
leaders in the metropolitan city 1aawe
long known that Mr. Roosevelt has
little love for the .Tammany organi
zation. In fact, the President came
into political promWSnce as a young
state senator in blocking the election
of a Tammany candidate to the Unit
ed States Senate.
In spite of thfe President's endorse
ment, the Democratic candidate is be
ing supported by^ Edward J. Flynn
National Chairman of the Democratic
Party, and has-^-endorsements ?i
Governor Lehman, Senator Wagnei
and other pronUhmtt;Dfccn^ i
/ '.Vfj- 'it-i--V
J Labor policies of the United Stetei
istration stand. The GaUap pod in
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j tionai defense. ^
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I- ? -^k"- ?? -? r- -a-':- . I
? ? a # 3T'% ''Tall *
' XjlUU a * "<(-/? j y jp ^y p ni
start work immediately on. a gigantic
tax program wWM^trouId yield ah
estimated $4,800,000,000 through stUl
rtrL'c.r.sL'
from payrolls%:employei^l?l? 1
A member of the Houee Ways and
Means Committee said the Treasury
proposed a 15 per cent rate'for the
new at-the-source - income to*- He
said the levy would not be applied
on the total wage or salary, however;
instead, normal personal income tax
exemptions would be deducted before
The proposed income taxes would
become effective January^;!, 1*48. 1
They would not be retroactive, thus
applying only to 1M2 incomfe. The
Social Security payroll tax Increases
become effective whenever they are
enacted.
The program, as revealed by Con
gressional sources, calls for:
J, The at-the-source income, or
withholding tax. Its yield was esti
mated at from $2^00^000,000 to $3,
000,000,OOO, depending on the rate
finally adopted. 1
?. XXlipUtUUUU Ql.a t 1<V1 Miu> (n.;
roll tax on employees, to be with
held and paid by employers, for the
Social Security system's unemploy
ment compensation fond. This would
bring- in $460,000,000.
3. A 1 per cent increase in pay
roll taxes on both employers and
employes for the old-age pension
fond. The tax now .is 1 per cent ?
on each; the program would raise
the rate to 2 per cent.on. each. The
yield was estimated.- ** $900,000,000.
The program wap . /presented in
formally to the House Ways and
Means Committee by Secretary of
the Treasury Hoary Morgenthau,
Jr., and Assistant Secretary John
L. Sullivan. It name aa.a complete
surprise inasmuch as Morgenthau,
only a few days ago, said he thought
?but itas not sure?that' his recom
mendations would nt '; be ready-before
January 1.
Disclosure of the huge program
came from Congressional, sources,
who said its yield was estimated at
from- $4300,000,000 to $6,000^)00,000.
They said the $4,800,000,000 figure
appeared to be a fair medium.
Morganthau declined comment ex
cept to confirm that he had visited
the Capital. He said Chairman Rob
ert L. Doughton, D., N. C.,_ of the
Ways and . Means Committee, had
nmtea mm vy n coinerencc. xo ae
ternrfne. whether a new "bill should
be passed to become effective Janu
ary 1. "V-: V -, ? ? .. .*> > * "v5? > I
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BIRD CLUB
P "} J' ?1;
Claude Tyson read about the white
> breasted Nuthatch Its gray blue
color is almost the shade of the uni
form of the Confederacy. It has a
glossy black cap. It can run up and
down the trunk of trees in almost
every wnce^ble^positten wh?r|ft
htfnts for insects under and upon the
bark. It digs out the eggs and larvae
of insects that hike here for the win
- ter months. The nest is located in h
1 hole in v a tree or stump and lined
1 with feathers and lea** The mate
"and female take turns sitting on the
? N?l Howua
wiutt its wnite tsir ftppr^ci&tos brcsd
I i crumbs an<K chicken feed?he rarely
?M WliKlOw TQCOulg Bufiu*
conducted from Holy Innocents Epis
copal church,of which he had been a
life long member, Sunday afternoon
at 8:30 ?4 o'clock withjltev.
Hughes, rector, officiating. Com
mitmant rites followed in Elmwood
Active pallbearers were: P. B.
Roberts, Jcel Carroll, M. C. Miles,
J. M. Hughes, R. B. Crpwder, R. F.
Floral tributes were many and
beautiful, attesting the high esteem
in which he was held by his host of
friends.
Mr. Swain was born February 8;
1882, at "Castalia" the ancestral
home of the Youngs. He was the son
of Whithiel Rhodes Swain and
Mary Catherine Young. He was the
last of his generation <A the Youngs
and ol the Swains. He was a prom
inent farmer in Vance county*, his
home, "Pinecrest" on the Dabney
road, being a center of activity in
his community. He had been in de
clining health for the past two
years, having been confined to his
bed for eight months. In spite of his
very great suffering, he retained his
keen interest in thingB and people to
the very last. He was devoted to
his. church and its interests; at the
time of his death he was its oldest
member in point of years of member
ship. ,''t\
Mr, Swain in survived by bis wife,
Mrs. Ada .TyBon Swain, a son, Thom
as Tyson Swain, of Raleigh; and a
daughter, Miss Mary Catherine
Swain, of this city.
Among the out of town friends
and relatives attending the funeral
rites are the following: Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Taylor,. Frank Ward, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Shins, Mr. and Mrs. R.
B. Crowder, Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Creech, Mrs. George Wynne, all of
Musses Pearl Ray, Mariotte Credit,
Evelyn McPheterg and Catherine
Lee, of Wake Forest; Mrs. T. C. Bea
man, Mrs. Lucy Rasberry, Misses
Gladys and Mary Barrow- and Seth
Barrow of Farmville; Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Creech, Clayton; Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Lumpkin, of Norfolk, Va.
E. C. Swing1 and Miss Annie Follfr
Young of Asheboro; Mr. and Mn.
Turner Bonn, Mr. and Mrs. Jesst
Wewiger, Mr. and Mrs. C. DaughL
ridge, -and Mrs. Lizzie Bragg, all of
Rocky Mount; Mrs. A. B. Perry,
Louisburg; J. P. Tyler, Richmond,
|Va, Miss Ethel Tyler, Durham.
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Raleigh, Nov. 6.?Gains by more
'than a million and jfchree quarters,
$1,772,456.73 to l^&tiatical, are an
nounced by Revenue Commissioner
[ Allen J. Maxwell^ the upping ovist
tax exemptions for table foods, is
IJ astounded as the approximate w&lfaft
dollars gain on those it^fos in the?
I^at^vear'raised 105 WS^ For
r,j^ fVtyf 9 ? ^ rj^ V .
! $5 024 539 57 knd ?4 0521 aiTSL
I yW)V4i*|W</?va uuu: :yx|vT*#e :f; ,
I year collection* mounted to $1,8*V ,
II I7S.32 compared with $768,728.7lMi
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I I llnl PwlOQ Ippv jrvSTt ? vCwDvT lBCOnw
? 1 fcfix coiiectiojis were coifw^fr'
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I nSTMl wwfk . ffl OC Occ 171 ,'amW i?l"llll irtl I Allll
If j. . ' ' . . 11 J. oi can
II mi* t.fift IlSCfll ? VB8F tOuUtvA'' Jliuv ri* ?
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&i)Mught m-JS21S.756.58 duHbij? Ottib- :i
J,D0* |auSt> 7?6M?f Ifflfltt XHwIjH^p&ftfl^CO llCKS** >? ?;
,?ions motmted . to 9H?729?03 coin
CI " G'' ?/- -
boxes acd^Digsing
pyazw iceport iN?w ope
cess in Crimean Posh
^rtloscow, .^ojr. &?The German ^
drive on -Moscow has been stopped
dead everywhere and in at least one
area of the Donets basin the Nazis
are in retreat, 'leaving behind them
heaps of dead and many guns," the
Russians announced officially tonight
in a broadcast.
The Germans now are burying
their huge tanks for use as pillboxes
to counter a big Red counter-drive,
the Moscow radio saidi.'Trenches also
are being dug for Nazi infantrymen,
it added.
Twd-Dtoy Red Attack
This development followed a big .. _
two-day Soviet land and air attack
which it was said destroyed 176 Nazi
tanks,-26 field guns, a long supply
convoy of 850 ammunition and infan
try trucks, and 30 tank truckB, the
Soviets said.
At Tula, 100 miles south of Mos
cow, the Russians said the fighting
was continuing, tooP-"hut the enemy,
is not fighting with the same qrdor
as when he began the offensive.*?
The official radio announcement
summed up the military situation
thns:
Three days ago a big Red counter
offensive began on the right flank,
presumably in the Kalinin area 95
miles northwest of Moscow, after
stopping a German drive which left
hundreds of Nazi dead on the field.
The Red tank forces then destroyed
15 Nazi tanks and cut through the
German ranks to mow down 800 more
Nasis in one engagement and 600 in
another. .
Nazis- "Mauled"
In the Maloyarosavets sector, 65
miles southwest of the capital where
the German drive now has been halt
j ed for a month, the Russians claimed
to have 'severely mauled" a number
of German divisions.
Smashing 67 German tanks m the
Mozhaisk area, 57 miles west of
Moscow, during last night's opera
tions, the Nazis were said to have
gone on the defensive and the Ros
?sians recaptured a village where
heaps of Germans lay in the
.streets. ... >. ???: ?
Tim 68th and 69th German regi- "
mente were declared to have suf
fered severely in the Volokolamsk
'area.
Twenty-seven German airplanes
were shot down near Moscow it- '
self during the day.
German losses in the Donets basin
fighting for to the south during the
first two days of November totaled
260 GOrman trucks, 14 tahks^ 16 field
guns, 10 anti-tank guns and two tank
trucks. This was scored by Red air
men alone, the .Russians said.
The Russians ware silent about ;?
the Grima fighting,' but the Ger
man attempts completely to endicle - I
Leningrad in the northwest?.'had fail
ed aad that Red troops were counter
attacking on all approaches to that
besieged city. I
NAZIS REPORT COLUMNS I
HAVE REACHED BLACK SEA
Bhrlint, Nov. 5.?German armies
were reported tonight to have driven
spearhead&through the last Crimean - .
defense line to the. Black Sea and to
a point only 31 miles from Moscow,
but at other points on vast Rosaian
plains they were digging in to en
Russia's defense line through the 9
Yaila mountains along the southeast,
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and commentators said the Red