The meeting opened with prayai
by Rev. E. CL Chamblee, pester o!
the Farmville Baptist Church. J. W.
Joyner, Meyer Pro Tem of the Town
of Farmville, extended e hearty welcome
to ell preeent after which all
Rotarians were recognised and Levi
Waist on, President of the Club, spefce
• few Words of appreciation in their
behalf. J. E. Jones, Secretary of the
Ayden Fire Department, responded to
thy address of welcome for the Firemen
of the district. ~
A roll call of Departments present
and a report of the Association was
presented by C, H. Flanagan, Secretary
and Trarfprer. Officers of the
State Firemen'" Association were presented
in the following order: Ed.
Johnson, Treasurer; John L. Killer,
Secretary; Freak Bennett, Vice President,
end Charles Burkett, President
Ail. tfces*. men stressed the sermianeaa
of their work and the great responsiHlity
being placed upon the
■hnnMers of, the Firemen of North
Carolina, Vice President Bennett favored
the audience with his version of
"Shortening Bread" and "Summertime?
and lei in the singing of nnm
Pl/Sgt Joseph D. Joyner, son of
R. A. Joyner, of Ffcreavflle, was present
for the masting and following a
motion made by Sherwood Bnockwell,
of Raleigh, was made an honorary
member of the Association. .
Haywood Smith, Chief at the Farmville
Five Department, intndduced
"Big Boy" King, of Roenoke Rapids,
wh* spoke W»fly.
The speaker of the evening, William
R Hodges, Insurance Commissioner,
of Bsleigh, talked at length' on the
invited to attend an info
meeting tonight, April 14,
o'ck^k, in the Municipal £
Greei ville, when FORR1
L; Revival Services will- begin at Umt
Methodist Church on Sunday evenipg,
at eight o'clock and will continue
through Sunday, April 88nL Rev. F.
W. Paschal], preacher, and Rev. John
M. Permar, singer ?or this special
series of meetings, will arrive in time
for the initial service.
There will be a service each morning
at ten o'clock and each evening
at eight o'clock, except Saturday evening.
Rev. Paschal!, * strong, practical
and helpful preacher, and Rev.
Permar, who is most successful in
getting the congregation to sing,
were here for the meeting in April
of last year and the services rendered
were so satisfactory that the membership
wasted them to return this
The public is cordially invited to
attend all the services.
POULTRY PRICES
Washington, April 12.—The Office
of Price Administration expects to
aaaonnce in the next few days a*
averag» increase at about two cents
a pound in ceiling' price* for ali live
and dressed poultry sold during the
rest of this month and through May
and June, a spokesman Mid tonightEffective
at producer through retail
levels, the proposed hikes already
have been approved by Stabilization
Director Fred M. Vinson. Details of
the new schedule have not bean, completed
by OPA, but present plans call
for a boost of eas and eight-tenths
cents a pound in April, two and tuntenths
cents in Hay and one cent in
June. *.££'?■ iv
The -higher ceilings result from an
meat is necessary to meet increased
costs Of the thre*>mouth peak production
period. Beginning July 1,
ceilings now in effect will be restored,
the spokesman said. -'-fjteR*.:
Sticking year neck out may- |jk
you into trouble but sticking your
Wed-in the mad wont get you out
of it;
Blast Aircraft Factories
Near Vienna And
Other Targets Whfle
Planes From England
ble pitMi in which to bring op our]
children to hanoy normal adulthood,"
declared Chester I* JneH, regional
of the Eastern North Carolina USO
Area Council at a meeting here WedSlevca
communitiee were rejpre- i
sented at the area meeting tut the
purpoae of diseasing ways in vrbich
communitiee can inherit and utilize j
certain USO volunteer programs, ,
fond raising leadership, and physi- i
cal facilities for after-the-war com- '
ipunity recreation and social pur- i
poses. Representatives attended
from Wil*m, SmithfieW, Goidsboro, I
Kinston, New Bern, Greenville, Tar- .
boro, Rocky Mount, Waahington, i
Williams ton and Fannville. i
Mrs. J. Melville Broughton, vice '
chairman of the State USO Committee,
congratulated the group on .
its long-range planning, intense j
interest in community recreation. J
Nat Peat-War Agency.
Snali wiatad out that the titan
outlined at this meeting was not
to be interpreted «■ a way for USO
to continue operating in communities
after the*war, for USO has
withdrawn and will oontinae to .
withdraw from communities as rap- .
idly as the armed forces ara withdrawn
from ramps.
Dail Holderness of the Tarboro 1
USO Committee expressed the pur- .
pose of the plan as "the desire to 1
preserve values ' growing eat of 1
war stimulation." : ■]
"Plans for recreation."
Alexander Mcintosh of USO National '
Hsadqnartws stated, "are regarded :
by National USO with keen inter- '
USD's withdrawal thrcnghont the
nation."
Dr. Harold D. Meyer, executive
director of N. C. Recreation Committee,
spoke of the teen-age problem
and advocated wider use of
schools as community centers.
c£ %232?
clared, "T%e greatest thing we are
going to inherit is the fine group of
USO vohmteen."
' Stewart Woodard of Central,
PSA representative, praised the dtizena
of-the Stete. "North Carolina,"
he sdi "has bee* *m- of the best 1
hosts t^sofcitera in^tMJpnion."
Plans for area community chests
shot from the skies, and many
ttmUm to b»*
lesiguated April ol each y«ur u
'Cancer Control Monti" to »|i public
ittention to the fact that cancer is
lie second highest cause of Heath in
his country. Hie Women's Field
Uimy 0# the American Society for
he Control of Cancer is now seeking
enlistments to )>elj> carry on its Work.
Each April we aw reminded by a
pedal campaign of the Woman's
leM Amy of the American Society
or tbe Control of CSucer that thi»
isease ie the,second higheet (mm
f death la this oountry, but that
rom half to two-thW* ot the one
undred and siriy-three thousand an
ient that op to December 23, 1948,
fan death on ail (Ntr battle-fronts,
staled 32,017—leas than one-fifth of
tie (jfnthi fauifpd by csocsr I
i a ■ingle year. .* ■. '.i&i i,
"Treated- in time, cancer can be,
ared" is the slogan under which the
(Toman's Field Amy wiH endeavor
> teach every one throughout the
ation the early signs of cancer, to
tie end that we shall zealise the
SSre i
isease strike ns.
In furtherance of this effect I herey
designate the month of April as
Cancer Control Month" in Farm- *
ille, and urge all channels of inforis
ti on t» the public to lend their ,
ipport aa a matter of public welire.
MAYOR GEORGE W. DAVIS.
:
Unless there is a continual flow of
ulpwood into the mills, the American
Ad Cross will be severely handteaped
in its far flung: missions of
lercy among1 Allied service^ men
The Red Grass drive this month and
»e Victory Pulpwood Campaign have
similar objective: to help American
fitting men wherever they nvay be.
Ulpwood does ilj^^^by protect
The Hardest part of the advance
trough North Binu now is behind
he Chinese, the said, «»i
i*e slogan of the treses la "Mylttyina
is May."
United States Air Force traasports
ure flying around the clock supplyng
S til well's fonas with food and
unmuaitioB, while fighter-bom ben
Black Market Gw
Washington, April 12.—Black i
est operations threaten to upset
LMi' » l; jiliiff,
mure cmiurn gMoune <wrap
Hognun, Interior Secretory iskei
•l«rer today in appealing for
. Allied Headquarters,' Southwest
Pacific, ApriT 18v—Escorted heavy
naval air mtiiiti upon H>mi
Bay with a 230-ton bombing the mat
day, causing considerable damage at
that Japanese baa* on the nort&saat
coast of New Guinea.
b Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in announcing
ai* latest aaid Vlao
that heavy bomber, bombed Nomoi
island sWCTSst of Truk in the Carolines
and tJao hit Wewak on New
Guinea and badly-shattered Rabaal,
New Britain.
p Wewak and nearby Boram took a
69-ton bombing centered 00 fuel
dumps and aati-aircraft installations. \
Ten Japanese barge* were destroyed
north of Dagua in the Wewak sector.
Rabaul's Tobera airstrip and supply
areas at Talili Bay were plastered
with 30 tons of bombs.
A lone Japanese plane bombed
American positions at Saidor on the
nor.h coast of New Guinea, but destroyed
only a few tents. One man
was wounded.
The new raid on the enemy's Hsnaa
Pay supply base wu carried out in
midday while the tragst still smoked
from the pverotas day's sea and air
pounding in which destroyers boldly
moved in to pour steel ashore in coordination
with a 227-ton aerial
Hansa Bay is midway between the
important enemy bases of Wewak
and Madang. ft is about 100 miles
northwest of Madang, upbn which
American and Australian troops are
tonrergtag.
On this ground front, Australian
patrols several days ago puAed to
within a half mils of Bogadjim,
which is 20 miles south of Madang.
Sk« 4 nsm'n 4.nt>rn«u)
as orner a ussie uniis pusneo GOwlra
»
?s
Units ^Take Scores of
Towns In Romania
London, April H—The German
communique today told of f.tffe retreat®
in the in>mi mmi northern
Crimes, where and Mo