Washington, Oct 19.—According1 to John H. Hightower of the Associated Press, the possibility of victory in Europe tUs year will very likely 1m decided bythe speed with which Allied armies cu lm to their own.use the two great strategic keya to Hitler's fortress Germany—the Dutch port Full use af the unloading facilities of Antwerp could solve much of the western front supply problem and support a crushing thrust into the Reich over the shortest, best route, to Berlin. K Antwerp is in Allied hands but enemy gun* Still dominate its approaches, barring the way to shi*-1 ping-k Clearing those approaches is conceded by military taen here to be one of the top-priority jobs on the western front. Uakas they are cleared very soon it appears highly improbable that the Allies can muster full strength n(r.^.rf- the enemy's vulnerable points tor multiple heavy blows this fall. This would sharply limit what appear* to he the grand strategy for a 1944 victory in Etafupe—final twin offensives bf the Russians in the east and the Anglo-American-Allied forces in the west before winter closes in. To this grand strategy many of the present operations are contributing only indirectly to that they (1) maintain pressure en the enemy, (2) continue to wear down his forces, (3) deprive him of the moral support of his satellites and (4) straighten lines, especially on the Soriet front, for the grand push. TTie main trend of Russian front events and their significance in the broad picture of the war—often obscure—can now be reported on high authority as haying developed in this manner; The ftp*"*" summer campaign the Anglo-American invasion of Normandy and contributed much to its success. The campaign reached its most advanced point in the suburbs of Warsaw at the end of July. The Germans had determined to hold the city and counterattacks drove the Russians out Subsequently toward the middle of September the Russians made another limited try in the Warsaw area and •jthi they suffered a sdbickt or as some authorities now call it, "a mild defeat". Thus they were stalled on the central front as their high command apparently had realised from the time of the July reverse, and required much reorganization and sup^ ply of forces, which presumably is still going on. Meanwhile they undertook their cleanup campaigns in the Baltic and B.iir»» areas. In those it is frankly recognised by officials here that Soviet military interest in maintaining some kind of pressure on the Germans coincided with Soviet political interest*, especially in the Balkans. The Balkan campaign, which has been advanced at relatively light cost, became one of opportunity as firrtRomania, then Bulgaria and finally Hungary fell from the Hitler fringe like overripe apples. These events pot the emphasis on political rather pan military measures and prompted_ many inquiries here as to whether the Russians had suddenly put aside their hope" of heating Hitler this year to concentrate on establishing their power in the 1 Should File Request* with Emf •* ploy»ent Service & [| Employers of 26 or leu can expert some relief in employment ceiling* already established by the War Manpower Commission, stated P. B. PolIjpfc-Area Director of the War Manpower commission. increase in employment ceilings can be allowed at the discretion of the Area Director for employers who have shows good faith in abiding by the Stabilisation Program and keeping within the ceilings established oh July 1, 1944. In addition to allowing alight Increases in ceilings, the Area Director allow the employer to disregard the restrictions of the 18% replacement , All merchant, or other . of 26 workers or leas i requests for addition*] 1 ea aunn^ trie manti» 01 iNovemDeri and December with ' Employment Servici the ana hi which their ments aze located. wiH be acted upon by the Manager of 1 the office and forwarded to the Areaj Director for approval. The Area Director may allow employers to replace workers wh^arel habitually absent or workers reJ ed under protest if the records substantiated. Employers of 26 workers or less an allowed the same replacements for school teachers, students, wives of service men. Selective Service withdrawals and Veteran* of World War II that employers of more than] 26 workers are allowed, Mated Mr-I poiiock. For further information call at I your local U. S. Employment Service! office on the second floor pf the Cltl-1 sens Bank Building. Mim Cox Wfll Speak Here Sunday Morning At Episcopal Church - ^ Miss Venetia Cox, of Winterville, a missionary of the Episcopal Church, who was a former instructor in St. Hilda's School, Wuchang, China, will speak at 11:00 o'clock, Sunday, in the IomI Episcopal Church. Miss Cox has only been in the States about a year and has firsthand information regarding conditions in China. Everyone in the community is cordially invited to hear her speak at this Um& .. ,< ■ *3*8 Miss Cox will be the guest of Editor and Mrs. G. Alex Rouse and her Farmville friends are invited to call during the afternoon. h ^ ■ Some Grades Shaw Advances, While Others Decline: Sales Heavy Prices were somewhat unsteady on. tobacco markets of North Carolina and Virginia M sales rammed Wedholiday, according' to reports from the War Food Administration. The markets were closed en extra day this week in an effort to clear congestion in redrying plants. J" Prices were slightly higher on the North Carolina Eastern Belt markets with a majority of grades steady to $2.00 per hondred higher than JWjSi ages for last Friday. A fevf grades, however, showed declines of $1.00 per hundred. . Prices continued steady on the Middle Belt at last Friday's level for most medium to better grades, while averages for lower fuajities fluctuated. Offerings were reported of a better quality than sold last Friday . Turnage, U8MC, of Earmville, N* C., comEarine Division (left), being- presented with taps from sections of Um> American Flag of Qoam prior to the Jap invasion, December, r i tvf Imml aiuiV mIIIamm — J —■ I. gr ILa faiu i nm i or two sucn piuowe made djt toe Jape from md Naval garrison. It waa recovered in • MW coast artillery. U Colonel Sylvester Sidney, Ohio, commander of an amphibian 4 the pfllow, is making the presentation •; - .yglCTjflS&yfcj An office of the United Stat*. Employment Service at the War Manpower Commiaaion waa opened in the aid Cititens Bank Building' in Farmnfle, Monday, October 16. The office will sarv« aa an outpost of the Greenville office, and Mra. Frances B. Hanreil will aerve aa IntervieweMn-Charge. The office will be tfbdir the supervision of the Gnenvffle office of which Mrs. J. B. Spilmiii ia the nem manager. • V The office in Farmville will aerve the employer* and workers of the town and immediate vicinity. Farmville haa bee* served on an itinerant haaia for the peat few years, and F. E. Brooke, Interviewer in the Greenville office, haa ihade daily tripe to Farmville during-the past two years during the mouths of September thru January for the purpose of serving seasonal industries such as tahaeeo warehouses, tobacco processing plants and fertilizer and cotton oil operations. plfe . . , ; — Ask Continuance Of Leaf Control Raleigh, Oct 16.—Carl T. Hicks at Walstonburg, chairman of the Tobacbo Committee of the Farm JBureeu Federation, said aft an executive meeting of the committee here today, "we are in favor of maintaining marketing quotes as they are set up now, tod enforcing them, to the letter of the l»w." the fiat time are their ability to work N. C Bankers To Aid [ Reconversion Period LI.! Mpi 'Ike bankers of Worth Carolina at their special meeting in Raleigh on Thursday, October 12, heartily endorsed the nationwide movement of the American Bankers Association to place ample bank credit at the disposal of business during the reconversion period. - „J.' Mr. L. E. Walston, Cashier of the Bank of Perm villa, who attended the meeting, stated that a large and representative group oi bankers attended the meeting to hear ABA leaders exlain the details of the program. J. N. Coburn ef Whitoviile, State President of the Bankers Association, presided at the meeting. The speakers included Robert M. Hanes of WlnstaB-8alem, who is ehabwan of the ABA Post War Small Business Credit Commission, H. H. Augustine of Richmond, a member of the Commission, and Walter 1. French and r^GwarQ liiwr Qf0ftKf wn|in or the ABX in New York. "While serving the credit needs of small business has always been the chief activity of banks, stated Mr. Walston, "it is realised that special needs will develop during the postwar period and new types at loan service* must be developed to meet some of these requirements. P "The bankers are determined that every competent businessman who has need of credit for a sound and constructive purpose shall find it available through his local community bank. It is expected that banks will aggressively seek loan business and merchandise their credit services. "This does not mean that banks expect to make unsound loans or to; extend credit where the beet interests of the borrower will not be served, but through this movement we do expect to seethat all proper needs are met. . . "If banking resources in any