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PITT AND GREENE E M. C.
MEMBERS TO MEET HERE IN
_4tfc ANNUAL-SESSIWI JUNE 6
Meeting To Be Held In
City Hall at 2 ©'Clock
Saturday Afternoon
The Fourth Annual Meeting of the
Pitt and Greene Electric Membership
Corporation will be bald in the City
Ball in Fhraville on Saturday afternoon,
June 6th, at 2:00 o'clock.
David T. Harris, co-op. superintendent,
will present the annual report,
telling *of the mugress made by the
organisation during the year.
R. A. Joynsr, operating manager
and treasurer, will render a detailed
statement of the financial condition
at the close of the fiscal year, allowing
receipts sad disbursements.
The Board of Directors and operating
personnel will he present to enlighten
members on any matter wished
to be explained.
War Savings Bond
Sales Are Good Here
Affording to L. E. Walstan, cashier
of The Bank at Farmville, there has
been sold through the bank here as
of June 1st, a total of $219,500.00- in
War Savings Bonds. *2,975.00 of this
sum was sold during the month of
May. This does not include what has
been sold through the local postoffice
or other agencies.
Farmville people have always done
their part in worthy undertaking and
can be relied upon to pmnrhaoe their
part and more of Uncle Sam's Savings
Bond during this great crisis.
RECKITX HONOR AWARDS
The following honor awards were
presented at the commencement program
at the High School on Friday
evening by J. I. Morgan, a member
of the school board:
Moat improvement in Mathematics,
won by Cariey Ann Johnson, given
by Mrs. J. Y. Monk, in honor of her
mother, Mrs. Annie Lang.
Attendance, won by Miss Russell
Ward's room, given by Mm. Frank
Davie, Sr_*5m
Most improvement in eighth grade
English, won by L. D. Braxton, given
by the Farmville Literary Club.
Most interest shown in Spanish,
won by Lais Jones, given by J. L
Morgan, Sr.—*10.00 U. S. Saving
Bond.
lftp. Haywood Smith gave the fol1
owing priass:
Most improvement in piano, Agnes
Qdnerty.
hi Technique in
Qm An
Exchange Basis
Virtually at> M
right for lira • • •
Appreciative Audience
Hears Victory Concert
, The American Victory Choir of
North Carolina, under the direction
of its talented conductor, Lewis Sidney
Bullock, waa heard hen in an
arousing Victory Concert last Tuesday
night in the Fartnville High
School auditorium.
The choir rendered inspiring patriotic
songs, beautiful negro spirituals,
religious works, and fanciful
American folk songs.
11m enthusiastic andtonee ■s«msd
to particularly like "Water Boy," in
which Jimmie Kannan «f Goidsboro,
tenor, sang the solo, and "0T Man
River," with a bass sofo §y Prt JfcLawhorn
of Washington. The alto
solo in "Beautiful Savior" waa song
by Miaa Margaret Long of Goidsboro,
and Miss Helen Rouse of Fannville
sang the soprano solo in "Song of
Mary."
The members at this uaiqos choir
are selected singers from fifteen
cities and towns in North Craolina.
Commissioned by Governor Bnoogbton
as Official Ambassadors of Music
and Good Will, this choir will represent
North Carolina in nine other
states when they leave June 7th for
a Northern Victory tour.
Air Observation Post
For Week of Jnne 8th
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Menday Night—8 P. M. to 8 A. M.
Henry Smith—Herbert Hart
Service Station.
Tuesday Night—8 P. M to 8 A. M.
J. 0. Pollard—C. A. Tyson.
Service Station.
Wednesday Night, 8 P. M. to • A. M.
Geo. Menk—M. V. Jones.
Service Station.
Thnrsday Night, 8 P. M. to 8 A. M.
Frank Allen—J. Y. Monk, Jr.
Service Station.
Friday Night—« P. M. to 8 A. M.
C. S. Hotchkisa—F. W. Satterthwsita
Service Station.
Saturday Night—8 P. M. to t A. M.
Arthur F. Joyner—S. A. Roebuck.
Service Station.
Sunday Night—8 P. M. to 8 A. M.
T. L. Albritton—R. D. Rouse.
Service Station.
A. W. Bobbitt In charge of this list
POPULAR
The opening of the second quarter
of 1942 finds U. & canned foods enjoying
wide popularity among British
consumers, with.meat products
holding fiast place.
FDR Praise!
Mexico's Act
President Extends Wekj
come To Mexico As
Fighting Ally
Washington, June 2nd. — Prudent
Roosevelt described Mexico's declaration
of war against the Axis today
as • "characteristically resolute and
virile" response to unprovoked attach.
To Be Unnecessary
Washington, June 3.—Enthusiastic
American airmen, hailing Britain's
masslwu boating attacks en Germany
aa a demonstration of the true meaning
ot aerial warfkre, predicted today
that the growing might of BritishAmerican
air forces could reduce the
Nasis to virtual military mpotence
without the opening of a second front
on the continent.
The flfcjiing devastation dropped
on Cologne and Eaam, these experts
Mid, wore only the preliminary to
a of ntratrginsl bombing
which could cripple the German war
machine without the aid of l«tf
Military men holding more traditional
concepts of warfare did not
go nearly so far in their appraisal of
results, although they agreed that
attachment of soma Immediate objectives
by the use of air power alone
was entirety feasible. Mainly, these
1. Some relief of pressure on the
Russian front by diverting Luftwaffe
strength to the protection of Industrial
dtiee.
2. Destruction of industrial centos,
such as the great gun works at
Essen and the metal plants at Cologne,
so ae to make it increasingly
difficult for the Nasis to replace
their front line war machines.
Beyond theee objectives, theories ai
to bow to conquer Germany are split
between those who claim that American
and British air point can do the
whole job and the more traditional
strategists who se« it aa an undertaking
for cooperating air and ground
forces.
The airmen argue that it tne jod
is left to them the ground foreea
need move in again* little more than
nominal resistance. This weakening
of the enemy, they aay, can be achieved
by strategical bombing which they
described aa an entirely new method
of attack that the Germane only approached
hi their —nit on England
in the fall and winter of 1940-41.
Aa authoritatively described the
method work* Mm thia:
Suppose t ia decided to interrupt
enemy production of heavy bombers.
Planta in which bomber parte are
made and assembled are plotted and
the most vulnerable point in the construction
prnt sas ia determined. Perhaps
it ia found that only four
phants make under carriages. These
are selected for attuk. either
damaged or destroyed.
Since bombers cannot fly without
landing gear the enemy must
either repair or rebuild the plants
before his production Unas can roll
again. Similarly devastating raids
may be concentrated on oil raflnaries,
storage tanks and warehouses,
"hiPltag centers and railway yards.
"Prima Mtnirter Winston Churchill's
calm unfolding of planes to intensify
thaw hi the
ahead gives M «tna aa to how many
thousands of planes the British have
in restive. ' • i
Still to be-heard from in Germany
are the American air forces benig
concentrated in Britain. Several applanations
wen suggested hero as
j to why they ha*e not made their appearance
hi action so far.
First of these, was that the British,
with many a aeon to settle, must
■ Under Secretary of War Patterson
reported the President's goal at 66,000
planes In IMS will be surpassed
"by a substantial margin," and tank
and munition production sA keeping
pace with schedules. He said army
ordnance monthly deliveries an 458
times as great as two years ago.
The WPB said production of new
machine tools is 72 percent above
last year.
The House psssed and returned to
the Senate legOation setting up a
smaller war plants corporation which
make loans to small firms to enable
them to obtain war contracts.
The Commerce Department issued
suggested procedures for establishing
bnstnsas war-time clinics to aid
local business men in working out
anient problems of dislocation and
changes in their businesses.
Amy Iftiiwlw and Training.
Chief of 8taff Marshall announced
there will be nearly 4,500,000 soldiers
under anna by the end of 1942
rather than 3^00,000 as originally
planned at the start at the war. During
the past four weeks alone the
army strength has bean increased by
800,000 men, he said. The Civil
Aeronautics Administration called
for TOunteers to be trained as glider
pilots in the Astiiy Air Sfetees. The
glider training is spin to men 18 to
85 holding pilot licenses of private
grade or higher, to graduates of the
CAA program and to pUots completing
200 or mora glider flights.
The War Department said medical
students who have completed advanced
ROTC courses and have been accepted
as matriculants in an approved
school of medicine will be commis;
sioned Second Lieutenants and placed
on a deferred doty status. TTie
Senate completed congressional ac
"I want to see everyone of them
personally and to thank them for
the great effort they made for ma.
All that was done for me-was done
through friendship, which makea it.
aO the more dear to me And it la
fomething to make me strive the
more to do my level beat, and I pledge
to every county and every section my
whole-hearted efforts in their behalf."
:
Congressman Bonner praised the
great help given him by the newspapers,
which in most cases were
favorable to his candidacy, and the
others, with few exceptions, were
neutral. He alao mentioned the great
value of the country newspapers as
a medium for contacting the voters.
"I have found for a fact that people
read their home newspapers," said
Mr. Banner.
WAR IN CHINA
Chugtdng,. June S.—The fate of the
| important rail line center of Chuhsien
hung precariously in the balance tonight
as Japanese troops, in some
places leas than 10 miles from the
city limits, threw in reinforcements
in an attemp to close in from three
sides upon a fiercely-resisting Chinese
garrison.
Capture of Chursien, in Western
Checking province 46 miles southwest
of the Japanese-occupied provincial
capital of Kinhwa, would cut
another segment from the 200-mile
central section of the HangchowNanchang
trunk line. The invaders
already hold both terminals.
(The Tdkyo radio broadcast Domei
dispatches datelined "from the
suburbs of Chuhaien" saying the city
was aflame from bomfcing and that
tTaapnese troops had crossed a river
three mile from the city limits.)
INVOLVED IN THIS WAR
MUST GO "ALL OUT" 1
The Very Young and
The Very Old Will
Have To Work To Releave
Others For Vital
Jobs { 15 ;;
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New York, Jane 2.—Emphasising
th« point that only "tot* effort"
win win Um war, Jonathan Daniels,
assistant director of the Office of
Civilian Defense, warned here yesterday
that "a system of day nurseries
on a scale nerer before contemplated"
may be *r America
to care for children whose mothers
are called to work in airplane
factories.
Mr. Camels, who is in charge of
civilian jpobilization for the OCD,
_ _ __
awry; the fall import of the revolution
that the rubber shortage is going
to create in the transportation
field; how desperately volunteer
nurses may be needed when the majority
of idoctom and nurses are called
into military service; whet housing
shortages and food rationing are
all about,* And just why it may be
necessary for women to leave their
home and babies aad go into industry.
He wants to take all theee "platitudes,"
and make them become "living,
breathing facts" to everybody
in the land. «<-"• •
"We had a wrong idea of total
war*," the North Carolina editor said.
"Fieople thpught of it a. total danger.'
It wt that exactly. It's rtotal
effort* " f .:iV
IfTWs total W and 'total effort1
stttff isnt something we've imported
from Europe. Americans did it
back in frontier days, in the caravans
moving West, when every man, woman
and child entered into the community
effort to stay alive and Vrtn.
We were 'total war' folks a long
time before this man Hitler came
along, and I believe we'll be the mum
i a long time after he's gotoe."
1 It may be necessary shortly, Mr.
Daniels said, for OCD to call "for a
flood of volunteers" to concvery
city and town in the
if the g - mment should
a program. That will
An Uncle
born Dr. Hans Helmut Gros admitted
in a purported confession read at hie
Federal court trial that he vu employed
at $200 a month, plus a 20r
000-mark bonus, aa a German Intelligence
Agent with the rank of captain.
But lie declared he never worked
very hard at the job.
Dr. Gros said in the confession that
the recently wounded Rekihard Heydrlch,
No. 2 man at the German Gestapo,
and his former schoolmate in
SaxonJa, had instructed him to:
"Organise sabotage, the blowing up
of ships, industrial plants and such
things.
"Take photographs of harbors and
military objectives.
"Furnish information on persons
who might be contacted to create
strikes."
He said an uncle, Maj. Hans Bebert
of the German Military Intelligence,
who got him the job, asked him to.
"Contact John L. Lewis, leader of
the CIO, and Harry Bridges, Padfffc
coast labor leader, to asoertain their
attitude on labor problems and their
political philosophies and to attempt
to make them useful to Germany, tf
possible.
"To represent the Military Intelligence
of Germany in cooperation with
the Japanese Intelligence department
on the west coast"
But he had no intention of doing
any of these things, Dr. Gros said,
and sent only newspaper clippings
about strikes, unemploymtnt, and. airplane
production information sach as
would be available through German
newspapers and magnaine*.
Dr. Gros, his wife, nances, SI, and
Albrecht Rudolf Curt Renter, 66, German
born Beverly Hills art dealer,
are charged with failure to register
as German agents sad conspHng to
transmit to Germany information
concerning national defense preparations.'
Mrs; Qros said te a purported statement
read in court that before they
were married Dr. Groe told her she
could earn $200 a month for one to
five hour's work a week clipping articles
about U. S. military and naval
affairs, airplane production, ship sailings
and compiling lists of key defense
positions in California.
"Helmut asked me to become a
German agent," * quotation from her
dairy read. "I did not accept"
EXPERTS SEARCH
FOR TUBER MOTH
Raleigh, June 4.—North Carolina
haa been designated by the federal
government aa one at the 16 states
to make a survey to determine the
extent of the damage done by the
"petato *»»w moth," the larwte of
which haa caused serious -vmnmif
Iocs to Irish potato farmers in gome
sections of the Nacufe, C. H. Bamwn,
chief of the entomology cttviakn of
the State Departmeat of Agriculture,
reported todajC: '< > **};
dirt*m'» EUn*i *d Dr.
Navy Says First A
Fired A Few
houses, Bat Caused
Serious Damage _
Casualties; No Details
Yet as to Second Raid
On Alsatian Island
Base
Washington, June 3. —
planes struck twice today at IMM
States military and naval bases at
Dutch Harbor, Alaska, the Nary
rairafiin^ I j.ut juli*
reveaieo wnigm.
The attacks occurred six hoars
apart—one at 12 noon (KWT) sod
the other at ft 9. in. (KWT.) - - I
Four bombers and about IS eecorting
fighters p&rticipsted in th©
first attack, which inflicted no serious
damage and caused ttm casualties.
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The Navy said a "few warebousea
were set on fire" In the initial
thrust—the first time in history that
North American proper has been attacked
by air.
There were no details on the second
attack.
In the absence of details on the
second today, it was speculated that
the first raid was a "feeler" and
that the second was an attack in
force. 0
The presence of fighter planes suggested
that they came from an aircraft
carrier, since Dutch £ arbor til
more than 1,400 miles from the
nearest Japanese islands—far beyond
the flying range of fighter
planes.
The carrier—if one was involved—
conceivably approached within striking
range of Dutch Harbor
in the fog which frequently
that area.
There was no information whether
any of the attacking planes were
shot down. '
Wsrs Prepared.
A West Coast dispatch quoted a
high Navy official as saying that the
initial attack "was not a surprise"
and that the defenders "were prepared
to meet it"
The successive thrusts broke the
ominous calm which prevailed in
the Pacific war area since last
month's battle of the Coral Sea.
The fact that the Japanese struck
twice within such a short time at
Dutch Harbor — most formidable
American bastion on the Aleutian
Island chain which stretches 1,500
miles across the North Pacific—
suggested that this might be the prelude
ot a Nipponese attempt to
knock out American bases in Alsska
constitute a vital threat to any
Japanese move into Siberia. A
knockout try would be calculated to
remove the danger of |r flanking
Mow should the Japanese attempt a
thrust iqso Soviet territory.
The raids alsot were viewed as reprisals
for th« April 18 American
air attack on Tokyo and other Japanese
centers—raids which conceivably
could be expanded to reach the
United States mainland.
The assaults may have been directed
against Dutch Heritor on M
the theory the American attack on
Tokyo originated from there. But
the starting point of the April 18
blow against Japan is one of this
country^ best-kept secrets of the