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! SEI4, TOUR tOBACTO I I — IN FAJtMVILLE — | Reap the Greatest Benefits • '" ■*- <KI American Blood Transfusion Prevented Death of No. 1 Jap War Criminal; Act Worries Jap Emperor TOK YO—According to the American Press, American science and a gift of blood from a Pennsylvania sergeant late Wednesday appeared to have thwarted Hideki Tojo's sucidal attempt to avoid trial as a war criminal along with 39 other persons now being rounded up in Japan. The bald little onetime dictator who directed the Pearl Harbor attack but whose pistol bullet missed his own heart Tuesday, rallied strongly after the transfusion of whole blood and injections of penicillin. Doctors, who had said he had a better-than-even chance to live, declared his condition now was "very satisfactory," Tojo, himself, wa» string enough- to thank them and to tell a Japanese government representative, T. Suguki, who visited him' at the American evacuation hospital in Yokohama, that he appreciated the care he was getting. The blood donation came from Sgt. John A. Archinal, a veteran of New Guinea and the Philippines, -who said, "I'm doing this so he can get his just dues and suffer fpr the 17 months he made me spend in New Guinea." Macs Personal Physician General MacArthur's personal physician, Col. Roger Egeberg, South Euclid, Ohio, rushed to Tojo's bedside to join in the fight for his life. J t. Gem. Robert L. Eichelberger, commander of Eighth Army occupation forces, said that the best possible nursing care had been ordered, adding, "we want the Japanese government to know that." Eichelberger said Tojo shot himself with a U. S. Army Air Corps pilot's pistol. The number of the colt automatic, 535330, was too high for prewar issue, the general said. He rer ported that Tojo, asked where he obtained the gun, had replied "from 'the Japanese War Department." "I believe the pistol was taken from an American aviator shot down during the war," Eichelberger concluded. He ha$ the pistol, together with the Hara Kiri knife and unsheathed ceremonial sword found near Tojo. U. S. Nurses Help Pour nurses arrived from the 42nd General Hospital, University of Maryland unit; Lt. Elisabeth Guraby, Salisbury, M<L; Lt Birdie Gorsuch, Baltimore; Lt. Elizabeth NunneJess, Washington, N. C., and Lt. Rebecca Schmidt, Long Green, M<L, who re* marked: "I didn't think we would come to this, after forty months overseas." To jo said he fired his hasty pistol shot Tuesday as American ware rimes investigators pounded at his door because he "did not want to stand' before the victor to be tried." Three of the 39 others that General MacArthur ordered detained had been taken into custody allready. They were Jorge Vargas, puppet Philippines ambassador to Japan; Mark Lewis Streeter, an American who was captured at Wake Island by the Japanese and was accused of later making propaganda broadcasts for them from a prison camp; and Col. Josef Alfred MsisMger, police attache at the German embassy. High among the others wanted is Gen Massaharu Homrna, held responsible for the horrible "death march" on Baton. As the 61-year-old Tojo lived on, although not yet out of danger, the Tokyo newspaper "Mainichi" said bluntly: "The general masses clamored for his death." Wednesday, Tojo was sufficiently conscious to mumble "thank you" in English for a glass of water—to spurn an offer of breakfast with coffaa Lt Col. James Peery, Taxwell, Va., 'coal and they an faced with the prospect of supplying other necessities; in Japaiv despite the inevitable hard times ahead, the people must 'rehabilitate themselves without hope of assistance. MacArthur said the defeat of Japan's A<my was the most crushing in history, but that this has been overlooked generally in reports of {military disintegration stressing nav' al and air triumphs. He declared that food for Japan's armies would h*ve run out in six months and that there was not sufficient war industry left in the Tokyo area to build a musket MacArthur declined to indulge in speculation on the future of the Em| peror but left the impression he hoped Hirohito would display democratic lliberatism. He made it cigar, however, that occupation forces would not tamper with the religious faith of the Japanese in their emperor. The machine!? of occupation rolled smoothly with plans called for occupational landings of Army divisions in extreme North Honshu and in Hokkaido within the next two weeks, but Associated Press Correspondent John G rover reported an uneasy situation in Korea. Grover said Japanese police were seising Korean property without authority of the Americans.. Farmville's Post-War Planning Board Meets On Tuesday night, Septal 1th, the Post-W*r Planning Board for the Farmville Community met to complete organization and appoint committees to -investigate proposed projects, which have been designated as definitely important to Post-War plans. John B. Lewis acted as temporary chairman, prior to the election of officers. These include R. A. Joyner, chairman, Jack Lewis, vice chairman, and Mrs. Jesse Moye, secretary. Members of the Board are Miss Annie Perkins, representing the Woman's Club, Mrs.^Jesse Moye, the Junior Woman's Club, R. A Joyner, Rotary Club, B. F. Lewis, Kiwanis Club, Mrs. J. W. Parker, U. D. C., Mrs. J. O. Pollard, D. A. R^, J. W. Joyner, American Legion, Mrs. J. W. Joyner, American Legion Auxiliary, M. G. Thome, Chamber of Commerce and Merchants Association, J. H. Moore, P. T. A., A. C. Monk, Jr., Tobacco Board of Trade, E. S. Coatee, Ministerial Association, H. B. Sugg, Colored Population; John B. Lewis, the Legal Advisor. Projects suggested are 'more adequate Hotel and Bus Station facilities, parking area, Postoffice Building, Library, street and sidewalk paving, playground, cemetery, and better school facilities for the Colored Citizenship, Hospital, Airport, and mora suitable eating places. / Committees appointed Tuesday were Community Building, Mrs. Jesse W. Moye, Miss Annie Perkins, J. H. Moore; Hospital, John B. Lewis, A C. Monk, Jr., F. M. Davis, Jr.; Hotel, Jack Lewis, Mrs. J, W. Parker, Coy Monk; Bus Station, Mrs. J. W. Jowner, Mis. J. O. Pollard, John Lewis; Airport, J. W. Joyner and others to be named , Colored playground and cemetery, H. B. Sugg. These are asked to investigate possibilities of I said projects, cost, etc., and report at the next meeting which is scheduled for September 26. i ' - RECUPERATING t John„ Suggs, AS, USN, who wu critically'injured in an automobile accident between Farmville and Joyr ner! Cross Roads, in July, arrived last Saturday from the Naval Hospital, Gamp Lejeune, to spend ten days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs? M. L. Suggs, near Walstonburg. Friends will be .glad to know that he is able to be up and around some. He will return to fhs hospital for further treatment .' ' * ONErMAN CONTROL ——•" *;■ Washington, Sept 12. — One-man supervision of surplus property disposal was approve* today by Congress. It was one of the first piece* of legislation asked by President Truman after be took office. *'•>• The Senate took less than five rainutee to stanip its okay by voice vote on a measure, already passed by ft.. Un„co i1 tunmM a# 4|m tiwHouse, trsrferang P«w« oftte present wiTw'TntuiMf surplus propto a single administra Jr. To Be Sponsored By the Local Kiwanis Club 1*6 entire program of the Kiwanis meeting on Monday evening, under the direction of Jim Joyner, was given over to the ground work of organiaing a "junior Safety Patrol" for Farmville. The Mayor stated the Board of Directors of the Kiwanis Glob had, at a special meeting, drawn up tentative plans and unanimously approved the program which he outlined to the elub. The chairman then4 presented the Chief of Police of Goldsboro, a mem-1 her of the Kiwanis Club of that city, under who's supervision a most successful Safety ttUrol has operated for the past ten yean. Chief Harris explained the entire procedure of organizatfcn and operation of the system. He stated that they had a patrol of twenty boys, with groups alternating about three times a year. The beys chosen are of high character and of a nature to accept respoasibility. No "Monkey-business" is ever permitted and absenteeism without advance notice automatically discharges the offender. The Chief said that the elub furnishes uniforms for the boys, consisting ©f « police cap, cross belts, badges, red flag and other necessary equipment such as storm coats, hats und boots, and tha* recently the town if Goldsboro had bought new rain coats for the patrol company, Every boy in the outfit, he stated, a Sfreat pride in his position and in his equipment. In closing he that In ten yean of operation, not a single accident had occured where the patrol operated. C. W. Twiford, nrincina.1 of the Goldsboro Schools,, and a Rotarian, *ho waa also present highly praised the excellent job that has been accomplished in that city and said that if the local Kiwauus Club accompliahad nothing else this year, this one andeavor would weJl justify its ex- ' istence. _J- H- Moore, superintendent of the Farmville Schools, brought the final spoech of the evening and in his reiiarks welcomed with enthusiasm the opportunity to have the system installed here, saying that with the ichool ever increasing in enrollment »nd the old and sometimes uncontrollable care operating, we could look for accidents unless something I >f this type is quickly put into opera.ion. Mr. Moore offered hi* services unlimited and said that the sooner he Patrdl Training School is started ind the Junior Police on their poste, the better every one will feel. Chief! C" T. Lucas, who has strongly en-1 iorsed the undertaking, was scheduled to take part on the Monday ivening program but was unexpectJdly called out of town. Members of the local Safety Patrol Company will be picked from the seventh grade up. Several prospective Junior Patrolmen, John Jeyler Albritton, Zeb Whiteauret and Cedric Davis were guests ®f the club and seemed anxious to ret started. Other visitors included Ben Vernon and Bev. C. B. MashDarn. InvestigratiorTOpened In Death of Soldier «•"'? I'.' '-■f "Xlr ^ Pfc. Emil P. Fountaine Found Fatally Wounded In Car At Farmville 7* %. Greenville, Sept. 10. — Pfc. Emil Fountaine, about 32, of the Army, stationed at Halleran General hospital, Staten Island, N. Y., who was found in his car on the outskirts of Farmville earls today with a bullet wound in his head, died before medical aid could be secured. Pitt County Coroner Griffin H. Rouse said' an inquest Will be held after Further investigation. The coroner said Walter Stocks, a farmer on the way to feed his hogs Monday morning, heard sounds like snoring- in a parked Car an Greenville-Farmville highway. When returning to his house he saw blood flowing from the car investigated. -He found the soldier on the back seat mortally wounded. Stocks notified Farmville lip*. Sheriff Rue! W. Tyson and officers from Seymour Field, Goldsboro, assisting " Halloran- General t messasre requested that the be s«t in caro of the USO in " iiater j> *""*- I Friends ute To zen At Sunday friend, ritoB for *525 Marion Davis, Sr., M, 6m of thai pioneer merchants Of this community j and the oldest citaen of the town, were held from the home on Church! o'clock. Mr. Darts, who had been in failing: health for the past wruil years, succumbed Saturday morning to a critical il lasss of twe days 4mar tion. Services were conducted by Elder J. B. Roberts, pastor of Dam arm Primitive Baptist Church, of which Mr. Davis was a faithful attendant The minister read the 23rd Psalm and paid tribal* "to 41m faith and confidence of His sheep who knew the voice of tha Good Shepherd." A quartet composed of Elbert C. Holmes, diaries F. Baueem, J. R. Shearin and Waltar G. Shipperd, of Snow Hill, sans "Never Grow Old," "Home, Sweet Home" and "How Fhtn K Foundation" at the home, and Bock >f Ages" at the graveside. Interment was made in the Davis plot in Forest Hill cemetery beneath i large and handsome floral tribute. Active pallbearers-were Frank K. ind Lewis W. Allen, A. C. Monk, Jr., uid J. Y. Monk, Jr., J. Irvin Morgan, Jr., James R. Lang, Richard D. Harris, Robert Lee Smith and Henry D. Johnson. Floral bearers were young women, members of the Wednesday and Lamrad Clubs. The death of Mr. Davis was received with profound sorrow by the an tire citizenship of Farmville, not >nly in the sense of the loss of a personal friend and a leading citieen but ih bringing as it did the contusion of the final chapter in the ife history of the three Davis brothers, Robert Lang, John R. and Francis Marion, who have been prominently identified with the development of igriculture, general merchandising ind the hanking business of this section of the State since the early eighties. Their ancestral tine has >een .traced back to Oelonial days ' ind the family is descended from ' jioneer settlers of North Carolina. ' - j Mr. Davis was born February 26, 1861, the son of Benjamin Archibald ind his wife, Elisabeth Jane Lang Davis. The life of his father was ■atfrificed to the cause of the. Confederacy in the War Between the States when Francis was a small boy. As a youth, Mr. Davis attended the Farmville Institute and aided in tiling the land of the Davis homestead tear Farmville for several years srior to accepting a position as cterk ( n the store of his brother, the late Robert Lang Davis, in 1888. Ten yean later, Mr. Davis and an>ther brother, the late John R. Davis, purchased respective iuterests in the nercantile business of their brother, vhich m succeeafcBfc operated for In his quiet, conservative, yet effective way, Mr. Davis was active in, ill phases of the upbuilding and development at the business life of Farmville. Aside from his Imsia ictivitiee, he was interested In theT :ivic and moral progress of the com-1 nunity and his yean of senrice »wn treasurer and as alderman, were] marked by fidelity and efficient performance of duty. #aS 4- ' I On the ptiid day of June, 1908,1 Mr. Davis wa* married* to Miss Lucy [ Evora Bryant, a member of a prominent family of the Saratoga vicinity, i» Wilson county, who survives him. Mr. and Mrs. Davis became the parents of five children: Miss Virginia Elizabeth Davis, and Mr*. W. Alex Allen, of Fanriville; Mrs. Charles M. 1 Griffin, of Wilse*; Cpfc~Hobert Lang[ Davis, Amy Air Corps, bor, and Dr. Francis M Jr., who died bi early manhood. Surviving also aw three grandchildren, Francis Millard Griffin, pf Wikon, and William Alexander, ,111., Prances Marian Allen, of Ewo nieces and three nephews—Mrs. j L. B. Johnson, of Columbia, S. C„ and Farmville; Miss Mamie E. Davis, of Farravflle; Lang DiSvis, of Orlaada, Fla.; Frank and George W. Davis, of ' - J5>i. ■*■[ m r armvine. ] Following the death of his brothers, the mercantile business was disposed of sad "Mr. Frank," as he was familiarly known by hundreds «t friends m every walk of life, turned bigs to * 16 of its "critical Hstsui with lower qualifications for artistMi men than for office**. The Army baa lftefcattsai Hi ili**wgn wgram twice so flfr thts month, tut the over-all pnoframs of Jhe armed services hare tarn tosta* sever* criticism aleng the hone front. The Senate Military Affairs Ooumittee, mindful of the thouaanda of angry letters from home that hav* some to bo til hewaee' of Oongreas opened hearings today Into the merits aad defects of At several programs for diadiatgtay (Tf«T veterans and sending them bade to nvilian life. Hie challenge to the Amy watt made during prolonged questioning »f Undersecretary of Wjrr Robert P. Patterson. It came from Sao. Edwin C. Johnson, (D-Colo.) ranking nember of the uunmiWli "There is no question but that he Army has dene a magnificent job in carrying- en the war," he toU Patterson. "It reeialns to be seen whether you can do as good a job >n demobilization." But the tall, dignified Patterson lefended both the Army's program kind Us results. He said the Army ucpects to rtieehssga 6,000,000 men >y next July 1. He admitted seme nistakes have been made, but be promised that the over-all job vould be "fair and jast," "At the ead of the war we had apDroxiipatWy *>500,000 men," Pnttea»on said. "We expect to be dowfc » 2,600,000 by next July 1. red to m an iidimwainr feOomiof ft period of inatraaHiM at the Minecraft IMnisf Cuter of the Atlantic Fleet at Utile Creek, V*. At this school Craft had ^eriai C., has been anxwanced by the 4Std (Winged Victory) Division at Camp LeCroix on Luxon. Private Cobb, on combat patrol, met with a Jap aiftbmh and be and i comrade wen forced to withdraw quickly. In the turning confusion, the two became sepurtad from the remainder at the patrol, ami his badly letalvd a ftmahot wound fat the leg; fiactatfav It. Cbbb, aHhongh wounded in the ana, elected to stay Marshal Sugiyama, Military jJEZ ti Emperor Kills Himself; banding of Terroristic Society and Arrest of Seven of Its Leaders; Pearl Harbor Nary Chief Taken In Custody . political theorist who <*m wee imported a mriekk; and Praf. Genehi party of Americans haaM by ICaJ. Paul Kraua, U. & counted inteibranoe officer who arnjetad To Jo. Ha did not twist and made no attaaqpt to follow Tojo*» wrampia Bat the motor convoy which took the arreeting party to his homo included aa unbalance, Jost hi case. ipondent and William B. of the United Press, Keith of the Chicago Times and lined op in front at Shiome In the Attn district of Southern Tokyo at 4:90 p. m. Shimada's wife, dressed in a groy Idmona, knelt on a mat to greet as. Smflhtgly, she asked for Knas'i credentials. She went into the beck of the house and retained to inform as that the Admiral would be ready in 16 minntas. The Krans ssnt Us Nisei the IS minutes was up, to orJer the Admiral to pn At 4:50 p. m. Khimsda. in • but new green uniform, still Med from the taflor'a box. Into the foyer. - j; INFORMATION WANTED Tfea party who picked up a aarvtoe man tn or naar Farmville, N. C., Mcnlajr moraine, Sefrfwnber 10, batwaaw 5:30 and 7:S0 A. ML, to requ<wt«d to Mataet tha Polio* Department to Parm villa, N. (X at one*. % Description WWte man wearing a Merchant Marina uniform. color, blue; email, slender buUt; might, ippwxlmateiy 186 pouaia; bei«kl ibout flta feat five to aaam town Wl; aUgktty atooped.
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