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MAKE FAKMVIIXirtOUR SHOPPING HEADQUARTERS TOUR BUSINESS WANTED 1 mtm torn musics *>e v.. n<> ^ Clothing Is Vitally Necessary) To C?hat Epidemics la Eu ro*, China and the Philip pines According to Cabled Ad vices from Belief Workers In AO Liberated Areas The nation-wide clothing drive for overseas relief is being conducted oh behalf of UNKRA (the United Na tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad ministration), from January 7 to 31st. President Truman said the campaign is imperative end called upon Henry J. Kaiser, West Coast industrialist, to be its national chairman. Cities, the reports state, have been suffering serious epidemics of pul monary tuberculosis, hacillary dysen tery, typhoid fever, diphtheria, pneu moaia, scabies and various skin di cauaed by exposure and mal nutrition. In France where the war left two million people homeless, the infant rate has climbed to 7b percent of the rountry's birth rate. The bombed nut people of Holland are living in : hick en runs apd leaky shacks, and ire suffering from skin ailments. From Greece come letters telling of thousands. living in mountahi caves. | One such letter says: "For twenty :hree months we did not see the sun. Now we have come back to the vil lage but it has been burnt from one md to the other. We have built some shacks from trees. The women are practically naked. They are asham ed to walk around out doors. The Tien wear loin cloths made of burlap. We have no clothes. We don't know what it means any more to wear shoes. The only help we ask is for. shoes and clothing to cover our nak sdneest" A cablegram from China stated: 'Bed-ridden and helpless - persons j laving no change of garments suf-1 Ter dysentery, cholera and similar in- ( fectious diseases with the result they are lying in indescribable Filth which is likely to reiafectthem uvd to contaminate others. The sick,' lelpless and even weD persons often ire drenched and have no dry cloth - np ' i-r"-JT!' < "The cold weather adds the threat >f gangrene and deaths from expee 3re. Finally, the serious need for ?lothing extends to normally self sufficient classes, particularly white ?llar, educational Aid governmental employees whose income has fallen sharply below living cost. These troupe have long since sold needed slothing as well as other possessions ?o secure funds for food." ? From Caecholovakia, where the winters are severe, a relief worker reports that children have to pool their clothes. To permit one child o go out two must remain in bed. The vice-Lord-Mayor of- Prague had >nly one dress to wear. The wife of a university profes sor writes from Belgium, "Wbeuj /ou speak of Ordinary Things in /our packages you do not realise >ur absolute lack' ? of Ordinary rhings, and that even .a common landkerchiaf is a gift of Importance WHS. There has not beto one single hfam sent to us that has not given ioy and made us feel grateful and touched. The children are happier Sritb a .pair of shoes or sdeks or a pretety colored sweater than with ollypops!" * * Americans contributed sunicient j clothing', shoes and b^ing in thf nation-wide clothing dritw in April, the . United National Clothing Col lection, to aid 26,000,00? people In Europe,.China and the Philippinec. Supplementing the U. S. contribu tions, the people at Canada, Ans tndja and New Zealand hwo given approximately 20 million pounds of uaejl doling; for overseas relief. BufcUNBRA UNBRA reports that million# of other war victims are suffering dying from lnek of elothes. meet these foe be sUped overseas pnomp IMiimr RITES HELD FOR MBS. FLORENCE OtIRSfiRVJCE MEN Li- wA Mrs. S. A. Watinnjfe. of Vkticia Arsenal, "CaHf., are gueste Af el en Watkins their mother, Mis. Helen Herton. They weis aaemufMuued here by Mrs. Hortoo, whp hau l extended mil to them in C Lt Watkine served in the States Army 41 months tod follow ing his terminal _ lapse wiH receive his discharge and return 4a his for mer position with the Bursas ef Public Roads, ?*4 -??1 ? ^ 1 f . ?? i s^yw jj ?* 1 Technician Fourth Grade Riohaai W. Jackson, husband of Mrs. Vv'Bs Jackson, Routs & Wrdatenbusg, ? son of Mrs. M. D. Jackson Routs 2, Farm vide, last on do4* with the? 616th Ordnance CsinpHj on Ian is on his way to tits United States for diwJuu jis In the Army since December IMS, Jackson has been overseas since August 1943: He wean -the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon and the Vic tory Medal. Pfc. Robert Curry, sen of J. M. Curry, was discharged from the Unit ed States Army this week, after serv ing 3 yean sad it snaths in the armed farces. He spent 26 months overseas, serving in Frglawd, North ern France, Holland, Belgium,:.* land, Germany and Scotland add WW*, the air offensive in other parts of Europe. _ Private Cunry wears the Eaoat Campaign Medal with three Bronze Service Stars, the Good Conduct and Victory Medals mid the Presidential Citation Ribbon. Staff Sergeant Robert J. Joyner, grandson of W. T. Joyner, Farmville, Route 1, is eligible for discharge with 69 points, litis has been an nounced from Japan by Major Gen eral H. F. Kramer's 97th Infantry Division. ^ 3 ' k. 54 *> A soldier since Jaauazy, .1938, S/Sgt Joyner was with the 52nd and 71st Coast Artillery Regiments be fore being assigned to the Anti-Air craft Artillery at Camp Wallace, Texas. Then after 16 moths assign ed to the Fort-Logan, Colorado, Re ception Center,'he joined the 97th Infantry Division at the time oif"!t8 activation in February, 1943. Since that data hp has been first with Ser vice Company and then with Cannon Company, both in &e 386th Infantry Regiment. --:UY As a Mess Sergeant in Gannon Company, ha earned the Combat Ih fantrymah Badge Jn the battles of the Itahs Pbeket sad in Czechoslova kia, before the deployment of the 97th Infantry EHvWoin to Japta at the end of the European Wan TO ?-?t? ?? ' ^ Sgrt Taylor E. Barrow, of the 16th OtemicaL Maintenance. Gompeny, was released fnw|, the: United States Army at Fort Bragy, December 31, 1M&- " 31, 1943, and received his basic trsin inaeadc^Warf^atB^ood ?til, Maryland, ant Fort Ord, Calif. He served 23 months in the on Guadalcanal and He ween the Victory Medal, {Medal, American Tfcje Ribboee* anBthe f Service Award. Saturday from the , family here. lire. Rome. ?M the iipu/jHfe of the Army Nurses Corps, wfcp ins released from service recently. ? of Here. IMbteU/IOe f4t mer Miss Dora DeGnce Rountres, 'or the past .;?> ?> <? tnn. fj. J?5t r Plana forth# in tfcefMfct against infantile paady *" ?ihowed forward today withe tid pomtment of J. H. Moore and X? R. T. WitHams, co-chairmen of the TBe TocaT cdiittpalgto.' wWch open! L _ I tin National Foundation far Inftei tile Paralysis for funds to continue the fight against poliomyelitis. "AH people hare come to know Oar tfat National #oteaiatten Ur hafteitfla Paralyatr.il a neceeaary and- invalua ble force in oar national life, said M*. Moore- "We-knowiwWBffectivB it Iiiii In?I in piiliildn nf pnttii. in n aiding medical CMM and treatment Iam ?"-?1T in i I I .mTi -/ I ia Ml illtifrlMliri m poiiomyenHB {Muaiwi ' npnpH of age, race, cdeed er Mar. at the drrr . - i *_ _ ,< ' * I WMwiUS Uiali mUCft va w?av knowledge of- the disease and its treatment reunite from scientific re search made posaiSte ly the Na tional Foemdattdn. pam sare that everyone will cwitrilmta avan gener ously this year than ewer before." Pitt Ouray's quota- Is the Step* as last peart Wfcaal flMSd was raised. As la former yean, one half of MT money collected ia this county will remain here to finance the hospitalization, care and treat ment of local sufferers. The- other half goes to headquarters of the yajtionat Jonadstion and is asa# f6r continuing raaaanth, education I and emergency aid ia epidemics in the nation As in the past, the theaters and merchants have pledgeed their full support to the appeal. March at Dimes coin collection borne will be placed at convenient spots tteoagh out the county, givh^T every Ameri can an opjnrtanit? to join in one of the greatest humanitarian crusades of aiidisa -tiamsr the-fight again poliomyelitis, the great crippler. BASKETBALL Farmvflle defeats Stan tons burg high school m a doable header Mon * <f night Farmville girls won by a to 18.* Killibrew with 11 its, followed by Moore with 6, with 5 eat dimes f com* the scoring for Fanavillgfj Moeley and Yelverton play air-tight'game at guard. Tyson] Corbett came in for some neat] Omaha deftejeeu. I ?it was high for the visitors] With 12 polite. / jj ?, Farmv | Farmville beys Won a thriller by mmttSgrn - to 2f orer " ' ' the count of 29 to 27 orer the heavier and more experienced visitors. Ens sell end Roebuck led the scoring at L for FagmVillo. Cams way and up to tils however, he Corbet* with ten points was beet] for the vfritors. All the visiting beys "*?"? an excellept .game of basket^ Br"'..' * F&rmviH* boys by a count of 481 pipped the visitors .fairly even ^terjhs until the last minutes. Phelps of the visitors] 12 points was best on the of The entire Washington team of basket Ward also turned the basket; it... fouled out] ended.] the defense for i Jackie Willis after rs-| a severe cold reri HWory Is As 9.-Govamor ? that North CarolIn* ? ji3#s??**" th* community and; ?Wjf. mctioft .?? Slate U served by nut ' and declared that "we #?*<** entering upon the highway construction period istory of the State." illlrillM fe? WW1OT h??k the governor said ** mwonifcg to tetimate. by | Chairman A. H. Graham of the Highway and Public^ Works iission, expend! tores on the highway program for the next three J?*? will total approximately fXOO, 1000,000. ' " ?" -r u? ******>" few -M, "that necessary to finance this program m? either on' "totting1 with a reserve of top ?jU?0jK)0 in the % or U? sight through I tevenuas and federal ai ?oO and renovation of our high system without increasing *?"t ?f Ot^penny or borrowing a stogie dol I ^fe todL. occasion to re?etopha|jtei the necessity of improving fann to-market roads. I see it," Cherry said, "the] I farm-to-market road is about as im IPpr^nf to the city dweller aa. to the fhnndk extent, the cities] a*?d towns depend upon the ; areas surrounding them. The |shd ton rural artas are mter-ei j tht; fbrming an economic unit. ... wa '"*"'*?* that our rural p"|J? taken out of the mud by the improve-1 mept- of farm-to-market market roads; we arh, not only doing some- J (thing for those who Use teres eoun-| i-tT. but a great deal for the city and town people as well." j He commented that the wd welfare of North Carolina are tetepaiably tied up with send ' lin pwatmtS and declared that the system must be developed to I Pwtat where conveying pessen by mote bus and goods by mo-, *?ck to hay place to thn State to possible, t? the point where sur fMced roads will carry the pay loads from our factories, shops and farms down to, the temiirigls of railroads |?nd other transportation lines." .Cheny told the ^jobbure that pctzol^wn mdu^Jry hjui nkyed 6~- important pare to the history ?f Carolina add- that it to ex 1 > future of ti* Sttta. He also * to the^great pare the petro mdustry, had fa winning; res War just "eoatributsrf he ?*?. contributed as ranch as amy other or to the defeat of the the Harp* family, in Peggy, 4-H dub cartons because they receive of 5 cents a derwn and FMjBplliM of Bouts < KJmtcm^visitad a dis trict poultry short course at New Ben, leaned bow to caadle eggs un der the direction of vice specialists from State College, to pat in practice P. J. Koonee, Jr., assisted farm agent in Lmsir County, says that Mr. and Mrs. tag about.MOO a year clear profit from candling the eggs frem 600 to 600 Whiffe Leghorns. An egg candl time is saved bjjPsving pe pie come direct to the ftfrm for ej *8. Ig^f-'4 ygj? 4 f igri ** and R. D. Hank, a T. Lank, Ha Moye, Jade Lawk, Fn " Hubert Joyner and Zeb board of director*. He Incoming officers I and inMwaaali'8 talks te their pr offices. Viaiton for the ei Hines and Flank Jonea of tha GoJda boro KiwanlS Newly elected officers of thf local Kiwmnis Club assumed their dutiw at the regular meeting, Monday aw liter, which was presided over by Charlie Hotchkiss. Alex Alls* wio* paeddwL read ai peintments of tha standing commit tees for Hie near year and chairmen, accepted with pledgee to serwa to the beat of their ability. Jaka Hielda, program leads* in troduced B. L. Dawk superintendent of firnnae county achools, who rave a constructive and comprehensive talk on the subject, "Planning For Tha Future." Prank Allan, the newly appointed program chairman, announced that the program next week will be under the direction of Elbert Holmes. Taylor Harrow, of Greensboro, was a special guest at this time. Stale College Hints For . Farm Homemakers * ^ I n. a state colore. Brooms washed in medium soapy water, rineod, and thoroughly dried, Kill keep in g^od condition and the mire will not rust Are you getting your money's worth in cleaning: powder and eoap? Are you putting enough soap in your wishing machine to got the clothes clean and sparkling, but not more than is needed? Home management specialists say it takes about two inches of standing suds to get a load o? clothes dean in ' chine. A lit of experimenting with the."measuring cup will how much soap it takes to make two igahes of sods. . , Every home laundress knows soap makes suds mom quickly if tyfg shaved, grated or pulverised. If your retail store is ottt of Pfrdders, you from fans of laundry soap, which is generally easier- to find. the soap is well dried, cut it k.te pieces and run it through the-meal grihdar. Let it dry wall, th? pul verise. You may wish to use a grist er or daar mttar to make flakes or thrifty wa* ?udl "hft over bits of bar. soap. TKe whipping quality of cream de its age sad its "richnesa" or butterfat content Freely ed cream does not wMp Weft' ft dy separat n at least 4 *to stted and chill at , The w! typing quality im if it stands 24 hours. Chasm qld by dairies for whipping have Efficient ^vdpg wbenj^Wo* If cream is to be kspt'Sftbr.'wftlp. teg, keep it iw the coldfewt part of he -refrigerator. '? cream to wty* ?te * OB the stye ?* the whip. farm homo to furn "SV J. Y. Laaak at tout flva * sggg^JJJt ?-'V... ? ,JL> *' C&- V'i-. ????! sa* neat en the list with five you* in service. ? fa* Ugh Charles miut employsd by the tin* atmtmbm 4Ub Mm* he had formerly served this concern m funeral director and mortician, andl Id now on hie eld Job as manager of the Farmville Funeral Home. R. L. Joyner, who was employed by I The Famvifle Furniture Company a last inducted into the amy, is backj again in the capacity of | pad ool lector, and is inviting all of I hip-ftfandraad former customers to] come, in to see Mja oJpf Joyjwv Jt, spent four yeam ip the U. S. Navy and is back at his old poet as assistant manager. Eli's many friends in this and surround ing communities are happy to wel-1 come him bade from the Pacific| Anas. At present he is purehaein furniture at the Show in Chicago. Sam Lewis to hot a button man, but is well known to a bpat of friends in Pitt, Greens, end Wilson counties. Sam is hack on* his old Job as man and collector, ready to serve his customers as bast he c*& HCnry M. Skinner is b*k again with The Farmville Furniture Com pany as salwnubi Henry went into service while' living in Aydan, where he was manager of the Qufam-Mflier Furniture stonf An old employee at TKr FStrmville Furniture Company, Hvry IrgM tohb-bndt home and is amdonr to see Wwfbrmar fticnik Another ex-service man on The :ssa .. ?a .4. as' ^ ?a . ?. y? d ?itr*n nl nff f wlllVulg ftUnKUW v<mii>injrg wiu S- WW i J WW. l ff n coward jjtock, iormeny awipw to the Army gun crew on the Queen Mary, thirty-two Atlantic crossings on- this huge ship. The Farmville Furniture Company | is- justly proud of fta and' the dthtsnS of BamaviUe surrounding communitdee wannly welcome these men Hudc to their homes seal families and former ae Aad by the way, if there see say ' you ex-G. I.'s around that get aaanma wearing, civias, drop around f (The Sbumville Furniture Com aryis store sndi you'll find he. ean talk STATE COLLEGE ANSWERS TIMELY FARM QUESTIONS! I QUEfrnON: Ho* an I ray miik~ profits ? ANSWER: Mm Amy that pw rive your cows piSty of l??l pasture end reuafeae* a*d add Soda aceondinr to each ossrii ability to prodocft. Accurate records of ?< sre needed. Build mmJ niram ii gooQ peunc seed suDDiemesntal Daaturee. Gat hMS cow* to better boJ#, I taction helps .to loner of * gsllorf of milk. QUESTION: Should' I ifcy poultry flock at the present r it iii l . *3 ? r m lAii li._i _ *]L |* n pwcwt or tm pooitry giviwi tite is ? greet fate "No" Prof. eo as to >llow no loaf* in the pens. Caa y& |fit* ] f'? ? lf:? marketing quota tor ??> 1*M of flue-cured tobacco. This increase was offers* be primarily to provide tobacco for export Flue-cured Wbatco b need largely in the nutiufaeture Jr cigarettes. The increase will be made etttaHn thsough * ? per cerit addition to ewhr growaKe acreage allotment tor 1946 as determined taxi announced provisions 01 tne mettfg program for Ite 1946 croja The allotahttbr wffl total l^SOjOOO am, fawtmHng this general increase and praifeoaiy'antbtofatd' iutieaas in tome individual allotments. The near total compares with last year's allotment of l,lf0,660 acres. Anderson said the new allotment should provide a crop of about fr* 300,006,000 pounds compared with last year's Crop of 1,176,666,600 Favorable Outlook. Anderson aid that countries which could not import American flue-cured tobacco during the war had exhausted their stocks. Other countries which continued to obtain supplies were forced he tald, to reduce their stocks far below nor mal Wvels. Hence, a fhvorable ex port outlook for floe-cured tobacco. "Fondle countries,"1 the secretary said, "desire Hue-cured tobacco both for immediate use and Co rebuild seriously - depleted stocks. WMft' -* ?-a ^s. ai -i sf-j t i ? .# xLljk " BUDstaiitiai quantities en tlus type of tobacco will go abroad from the IMS crop, an extremely large. *?" mod remains unfilled said will n? main unfilled until 1946 and snhaO qoent crops can be shipped." Anderson Mdd it is estimated that stocks of flue-cured tobacco held on July 1, 1646, in foreign countries and in this country for export used to be increased by approximately <60,000,006 pounds to restore normal ' \ % JL. Anderson said there also appears to be a need far some stocks of tobacco held by manufacturers.' AT THE BOTABY CLUB ,/ |WaKar Jones was program chair man at the Rotary meeting, Tuesday evening, and presented Botarian John M. ICewborn, the speaker. Dr. Newborn spake very fluently concerning the postwar needs of the community, outlining the many facili ties which the town and community can now enjoy. He praised the fore sighted citizens of other days for I making this possible. Among the 1 recreation iScflitiee pointed out were the golf course, the swmmjag pool, playgrounds, school ball park and club house. Dr. Mewbora stressed the dins need of supervised and ex panded recreational facili ' and tha need c the youth of the Dr. Mewborn challenged the thiak imd training provided for the youth of today will mfluenfte the adult of tomorrow; a town's tarn' ten of its boyB and girls. The attendance pr*xe **ge W. Davis. Speci^ggjiiiE were; Dr. E. W, oimes, Taylor Barrow, of Gnsna Lt Robert D, Rouse, Jr., and visiting Rotarians of Tarboro. * llillSi NEGRO BOY KILLED g fegro hey ed i instant struck I
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