Why We Should By R. Flake Shaw, Exec. Sec. N. C. Fmr» Bureau. 1. Ia 1988, the tobacco farmers were broke. We had no program. In 1933, an atempt was made to produce and market tobacco m an orderly maimer. Since that time, except for one year (1939), we have bad some kind of a tobacco program supported by quotas either on acres or pounds and price support. In a ten-year period, the income of/tobacco growers was advanced from approximately 36 milium to 309 million dollars. Statistics will also show that similar gains were made in food and feed crops and living conditions were improved in a like manner throughout the tobacco producing states, much of which was made possible by the extra income from this crop. 2. In compliance with the renuest of many of the leading tobacco farmers who pioneered with the quota provisions of the law when it was an unpopular issue and had to be sold and proved to many of our leaders, Congress has seen fit to grant a special i>rivflege to this group by the passage of a Joint Resolution No. 144. The responsibility rests with the tobacco grower to reaffirm his faith in the quota provisions of the tobacco act. This is considered the most important of quotas on all other crops except tobacco, and unless a large percent of our tobacco growers go out and express their approval in this referendum, in my opinion, Congress next year will fail to give us the privilege, of voting for quotas in 1945. 3. The f ood and h eed ttogram is Item No. 1 in our defense program. I realize that the tobacco farmers of North Carolina are as patriotic as any other group in the nation, but if we sell our 1943 tobacco crop fe production — the figures will be released later this week — has been only a ljttle better than May. June laggards are expected tor include heavy tracks, certain types of ammunition, some types of aircraft. Ahead of schedule probably will be tanks, artillery, small arms, "equipment for the enjpjieers and the quartermaster.. • ,• Merchant shipping most likely will be shown to kave been up to June schedules although behujji M8$ in which all records for ship deliveries were broken. On July 20, Charles E. Wilson, WPBV executive Vice chairfnan said the aircraft industry should produce 8,600 planes in July but probably wouldn't. Immediately Navy Secretary Knox blamed this anticipated failure on oonrplacency which he said robbed the workers of their will to produce." Already we are feeling the effects of over-optimism about the war's end, he said. But shortly after Wilson and Knox made their statements Monday, a high WPB spokesman gave these ex Troops Take Enna, Cutting Off Large Numbers of Axis Troops Wliile Otjlers Flee Toward Messina; British Now Nearing Catania * f "C ' Allied Headquarters in North Africa, July 21—Enna, defense prop of Central Sicily, has been captured by American and Canadian troop*, it was announced today, forcing a general withdrawal of Axis forces from the central and western areas of the island. For all tactical ' purposes, half of Sicily is now m Allied hands. Enna's capture left the Axis commanders with but one east-west highway along the north coast, and an eastward movement of all troops was observed. It appeared that a general withdrawal to the northeastern tip of Sicily has begun. Last Stand Near. There, in the Messina area, the last stand and perhaps evacuation presumably would be staged. British Eighth Army troops closing in upon Catania, key to eastern Sicily, have shattered still another desperate' German counter-attack with "very heavy casualties" and continued to squeeze in upon the seaport The fall of Enna threw the whole Axis communication system in Sicily in jeopardy, and quick collapse of resistance in the west and central areas was threatened. (Rome announced Enna had been evacuated). r c The town controls the mam highway and railroad lines routing east and west across the mountainous island, and it thus cuts the German defenders of Can tan la off from contact with Italian forces in the west. Italians Retreating. , These Italian troops have been yilding ground rapidly and surrendering in huge numbers. Most of the German troops apparently are concentrated in the Catania area, battling desperately to hold the Eighth Army from seaing off the entire east Mast of Sicily by plunging through Catania up toward Messina. With Enna's fall, 'the only contact between Catania and western Sicily is by a single, roundabout road from Palermo and Terminion on the north coast down around Mount Etna through Paterno, or by a still longer way along the coast to Messina and io\fn the coastal road through Taormina. Paterno itself is reported already threatened by British troops, and the entire Messina-Catania coastal road is vulnerable to Aerial and sea bombatdnumt. The American and Canadian troops had thrown a powerful pincers upon the town by advancing from Caitanissetta, taken by the U. S. Seventh Army Units, and from Piazza Armenia, which fell to the Canadians. Enna is 34 miles north of Gela, and lies 30 miles below the north coast of Sicily. It is some 45 miles west of Catania. ''' The Americans and Canadians drove on deeper into the island after B> *-11 ' OP PEARL HARBOR At DANIEL a Mm. Let* Bray, of 21« Belcher St, mother of Muter Sgt, H»ywood K. Bray, Jr., has recently received a clipping from "The Augusta Chronicle" which, carries a picture of her son together with sfct other veterans of the Ja» sneak attack en Peart Harbor, December 7, 1941—tall noncommissioned officers—who wen on duty at airfields in Hawaii that neverto-be forgotten Sunday. They are now stationed at Daniel Field. ( The news story states: % "All of these 'Peart Harbor nay' veterans wear the Asiatic-Pacific Medal, American Defense Medal Mid Good Conduct M*!al,'with Bray wearing the American Theatre of Operations Medal in addition . . . They're not inclined to talk much about that day. "Over at Hickman Field, Bray was busy U his task of getting guns and ammunition to the men and making bombe available to all planes. The Rising Son insignia of the Jap dive bombers that fateful day will probably be the last thing these men will ever forget.*? The Chronicle states .that grim recollections of the day are reflected on the faces of these men in the picture which shows a side view of the veterans standing in line. ROBERT G. BARRETT, JR, PROMOTED TO CORPORALl Guantanamo Bey, Cuba, July 21.— Robert G. Barrett, Jr., U. •& Marine from 208 Belcher street, Farmville, North Carolina, has been promoted to corporal. Corporal Barrett, son of Mr. and I Mrs. Robert G. Barrett, Sr., of Farm-1 vilie, enlisted in, June, 1940. He was a movie operator before enlisting and served at Indian Head, Md., Quantico, Va., and New River, N. C., before being assigned bete. He is a graduate of the Farmville high school. Ed Note: We are in receipt of an interesting photo of CpL Barrett sent In by the Public Relations Section of the 17. 5. Marine Corps, showing Barrett giving a bath to the Leatherneck mascot at Guantamamo Bay. The dog is a white Spitx and both man and dog look very happy ever the procedure. Mrs. Minnie Little Died Early Sunday Mrs. Minnie Case Little, «l, died at tier home near Bruce at 8:60 Saturday morning: after * two-day illness. Funeral amices were held at the home at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon. The Rev. L. B. Manning, Free Will Baptist minister of near Farmville officiated. Burial was m the Famville cemetery; Mra. Little waa bom and^reared in the Faraville community, the daughter of the late Jolm F. and Mary Bundy Case. She married J. H. Littie in 1910. Surviving are her husband; four daughters, l#rs. Howard Garris of near Brace, Mrs. Melvin Graim of Moscow, July 21.—Fighting along the Russian front spread to the southern Dooets and Miua river aectors yesterday aa Bad Army troops recaptured town after town in their drive to encircle the Germane at Orel on the central front, the Russian* reported today. . Russian armiea thus were on the move en front extending soma 400 miles south from Orel to a point southwest of Voroshilovgrad, where the Soviet midnight communique ■aid Russian forces had crossed the Ifiua river, improving their poai Hea.iest fighting still raged, however, in the vicinity of Orel, where the Soviet army was closing in around the German supply base. Advances of from four to six miles were reported during the day's fighting which saw the Germans hurt ten futile counterattacks in an effort to halt the Russian advance. Among the towns captured by the was Mtsenak, 81 miles northeest of Orel. The same Russian column was reported pushing on to the west The Red Amy force operating directly east of Orel mesnwhile, the bulletin said, captured 20 villages in the day's fighting, including the railway station town -of Voroshilov. Or the southern flank a Soviet force took the city at Malo Arkhangelsk, 89 miles .from Orel, the communique said. (A Reuters dispatch from Moscow said today that the Red Army bad reached Ermolaeva, which it located at less than seven miles east Oral.) illeiESIjr ; stubborn resistance all along the line, tin war bulletin declared Nasi counter attacks were launched constantly. Red Amy men routed one only to have the Germans reform their shattered task units and infantry for another, the communique sail Russians reported the desperate the same heavy leas of life and armored equipment which has marked the battle on the central front since its beginning1 16 days age. The Russians also reported action at the southern end of the Kursk salient in the vicinity of Bel (Today's German communique acknowledged that Nasi forces were! Mgaged in "fierce battles of defeases," especially east jwd north , jf Orel. It said that Russian attacks south of Orel ware "bloodily repulsed" and that 188 Soviet tanks were destroyed during the day. Sonet attempts lines on the Mmm river and in the middl* Donets were declared to have] Allied Headquarters in the Southwest Pacific, July 21. — American bombeni were credited Wednesday with sinking a cruiser and two destroyer* of a Japanese convoy attempting vainly to ran the Allied aw and air blockade around the Mg Munda airbaae in the Solomons. 1 A force at three light cruisers, six destroyers and two transports, undoubtedly seeking to aid the hard pressed garrison at Kuala, was spotted by CataHna flying boats -i n,. . ' » —* i- - i_ i snortiy alter mwiigni iwiday m i Vella Gulf just wast of Kolombangara Island. '' 1 The Catalinas followed the convoy until strong formations of Liberators, Mitchells aad Avenger bombers arrived with bombs which blasted at least three, warships to the bottom and aaut the remainder fleeing or limping northward. A third destroyer was Hated as probably sunk, and a transport snd tajrf on Mtm ia of vital icaport nd (Md crop* hn u wail aa ia be a taw (fancy to iraaaaa tafcaecn Farmers To Vote On Tobacco Qaotas •' •