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reus rmnjuuiAjys wm&m.x, Hertford, . c, jtkluay, MARCH 14, lMi PAGE THREE LOOKING AT By Hugo S. Sims, Wsjnington Correspondent JAPAN'S BATTLESHIPS INCOME TAXES DUE ' ' PRfifiRESS ON DEFENSE LEASE-LEND REFLECTION S FACTS ABOUT THE BASES DEBATE DELAYS CONGRESS 'AIRPLANES AND ENGINES As the Senate last week continued its wrangle over the Lease-Lend bill, a review of congressional per formances, as Congress entered its third month, showed that only thret major bills have been enacted, in cluding one raising the public deot limit to $65,000,000,000 and eliminat ing tax-exempt securities, another appropriating $313,500,000 to con- i oaa oVinfl onA a thin) , iraruet iv vtugv omi, to provide $176,000,000 for Army Clothing. The House, having finished its consideration of the Lease-Lend Bill several weeks before, has passed a "11,415,991,838 appropriation for in dependent agencies, another $1,146, S94.496 for the Treasury-Postoffice Bupply bill, authorizing $245,228,500 for navy public works, including some construction on sites leased from Britain and work at Samoa and Guam; passed a bill to permit the Federal Housing Administration to insure $100,000,000 of mortgages for defense housing; and a supplemental aTWropriation of $1,375,277,202 for Army housing and expanded work at naval bases, also including those on British, island possessions m the At lantic and on Samoa and Guam in the Pacific. Considerable interest has been aroused by the new issue of Jane Fighting Ships, which has just been published in London. The volume is considered an authority on navai matters. It reveals that Japan ano Germany are busy expanding then navies, with some emphasis upon bat tleships. According to Jane's, the Japanese launched three 40,000-tobattleshipi-last year and have two more undei construction. In addition, th rei pocket battleships of around 15,00u tons have been launched and a fourth is under construction. The new Ger man 35,000-ton battleship, Bismarck, probably ready for service and a .siter-slup, the Von Turpitz, will bs ready for action next year. This authoritative naval publica tion estimates that at least forty .capital ships are being constructed, iLr ordered, and that with the excep "tiojj of the four Japanese pocket bat tleships; all are to be of at leasi 35,000 tons, with at least half . ol 40,600 tons or more displacement. If the report of the Japanese bat tleship program is correct, it appear that Japan will have in the near fu ture fourteen or fifteen battleships ia addition to the pocket battleships mentioned. In view of the fact that the United States has' only twelve battleships in the Pacific, it will be parent that the completion of the ashington and the North Carolina within the next few months, will do no more than equalize the fleets ol the United States and Japan. If next year, however, the United urates is able to commission the foui '.. other 35,000-ton battle'snips now un der construction, this country wiil Iiava o Maonnokla aiinAfnnt-ifv nVfi Japan in battleships. This week, millions of Americaim will discover that it costs money u. y ffrdbare a nation for national defense, ' ilthouch it must be admitted, the average taxpayer can expect addi- ' tional burdens in the years to come. With Saturday the deadline for filing ... jdncome tax returns, the average per- won is interested in a few changes which Congress made in the law. 5) Personal exemptions were reduced from $2,500 to $2,000 for heads oi , families, and from $1,000 to $800 foi ! single persons. In addition, Con gress added a ten per cent, "defenst tax" to all income taxes. This meant - .T that if your tax figured $20, you ado an additional $2 for the defense tax. We have several times, in this column, pointed out that much pro gress is being made on the national defense program. While there ha : been a period of delay, due to the necessity of constructing new plants, large-scale production of war neces nfau in juttnireH dnrinir 1041 This ' 'does not mean, however, that the .. vu&wu uwwo vail uwiu w wan iw .time in preparing for complete de fense. In the training of an Army and the manufacture of supplies ana equipment, everything should proceed For eedslTbatroi7! 4 ; ' Let us supply you with your needs in t Flower, Held and Garden Seeds.- We have a completed assortment' of-Jill types 'of : ' CABBAGE PLANTS U SEED POTATOES U !:rtfcrd lloftSo I tmif.nAf WASHINGTON as rapidly as possible because the nation faces an unknown factor, the matter of time. No one knows what might happen in the war in Europe and no one knows when the United States may be called upon to protect itself. Debate on the Lease-Lend Bill has been, in our opinion, somewhat wild eyed, especially on the part of oppon ents. Frankly, we see no basis for the allegation that the measure win "establish a dictatorship" in this country, or that it will undermine the ' fundamental liberties of thu American people. That it imple ments a new national policy, making the United States the "arsenal for the democracies" is undoubtedly true. This represents a tremendous shift of position on the part of the Unitea States but it seems to be in accoro with majority public opinion. The accusation that the passage of the Lease-Lend Bill will automatical ly put the United States into the war is somewhat far-fetched. Undoubt edly, the United States will face some risk in carrying out its determiiuv tion to arm Great Britain, Greece, China, and possibly other nations that are engaged in defending them selves from aggression. It is a mat ter of argument, however, whether these risks are greater than the risks that this country will assume through inaction. Considerable difference 01 opinion exists on the subject ana everyone is entitled to his own con clusion. We might suggest, in connection with the Lease-Lend Bill debate, that the reader should secure a copj of the legislative proposal and read it carefully. The scope of the bill is set forth in understandable term? and while some matters are left to the discretion of the President, the intent of Congress is readily appar ent. Of course, those Americans who distrust the President are ada mantly opposed to giving him any powers Whatsoever. However, in the present state ot world conditions, it seems inevitable that a democracy, in order to assert its rights, must provide its elected officials with sufficient power to deal with the dictator-led states. Four Cabinet officers, Secretaries Hull, Morgenthau, Stimson and Knox, are expected to administer the pro curement program in the cooperative rearmament effort of the United States and Great Britain and to act as advisors in connection with eco nomic cooperation with England, which will probably be greatly ex tended. The Cabinet group will be, in a degree, a "ministry of defense, ' with the Office of Production Man agement, the Knudsen-iHillman or ganization, charged with the job of producing the materials needed. The President is expected to head the set-up, keeping a constant hand on the organization and its work. The Anglo-American destroyer base deal of last Summer provides that the United States can assume military control and conduct military operations in any part of the terri tory affected if necessary for the protection of the new American bases. This seems to mean that in the event of an emergency, the United States can instantly take over the British possessions in the Atlan tic, Caribbean and ISouth America. Moreover, it is pointed out that the agreement permits the United States to acquire additional defense areas on a similar ninety-nine-year lease arrangement, if desired, and that American naval authorities are given the right to use waters near the bases and to use highways ano exisiting naval facilities in the terri tories on the same basis as British authorities. . Besides, Chairman Carl Vinson, of the House Naval Affairs Committee, points out that the cost of all pri vate land to be purchased by this Government will be about $2,000,000. The bases will cover 63,772 acres, with 12,392 acres being under navai jurisdiction and 61,380 acres in the control of the Army. Mr. Vinson's revelation was made in reply to critics of the deal who at tempted to establish that the British had been unfair with the United States. He points out that under the agreement, this country can, if neces sary, control the operation of ships and aircraft within the areas leased, control all communications from and to the United States bases, install armaments, nets, bombs, and similar devices in areas leased and establish G SirIy Coriijo n t r . . Bale-To-An-Acre Counties Named Raleigh, March 12. A dozen bale-to-an-acre cotton counties were re ported today in a final cotton veview issued by the State Department o Agriculture. The banner counties, reporting production of a bale or more to the acre, are: Camden, Chowan, Cleve land, Currituck, Gates, Hertford Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank Perquimans, Pitt and Wilson. North Carolina's 1940 cotton croj was valued at $35,150,000, or abou 61 per cent above 1939. Adding the value of cotton seed estimated at $7,370,000, to the value of cotton lint, the total value of last year's croy was placed at $42,520, 000 and given the rank of number 2 among the State's cash crops, reports W. T. Wesson, junior statistician of the Department. The 1940 cotton yield of 425 pounds per acre eclipsed the 1911 all time record by 83 pounds, while pro duction totaled 740,000 bales from 833,000 acres. "Production was about 62 per cent above 1939 and 12 per cent above the 10-year (1929-1938) average," Wesson added. "The 1940 produc tion increase was due mainly to the large increase in acreage and yields throughout the eastern part of the State. "For the 41 coastal counties, tho average per acre yield last season was 447 pounds of lint compared with only 235 pounds in 1939. Yie1.! increases were accompanied by an increased acreage of 73,675, resulting in a 126 per cent larger production in coastal counties compared with 1939." In the United States last year cot ton production totaled 12,686,000 bales compared with 11.817,000 for the 10-year (1929-1938) average. its own military police and import free from all duties, imposts, excises, tolls, customs or any other assess ments, all apparatus necessary to es tablishing the base. At the end of the 99-year period, all improvements may be removed. The airplane program seems to be getting along, with indications that output will jump fast within the nex, few months. In 1940, the aircraft industry almost doubled its flooi space, from 12,000,000 to 22,500,000 square feet, and made arrangements to double it again. Employees in creased from 60,000 to 160,000. The result of this expansion will be re flected in coming months and while the output of planes has barely ex ceeded 1,000 a month, there is reason to expect much faster production in the future. CIRCLE NO. SIX MEETS Circle Number Six of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Hertford baptist Church met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Tom Cox with Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Edna Eley as hostesses. Mrs. Clara Gibbs had the program in charge and was assisted by Mrs. Jim Bass and Miss Blanch? Butler. The new leader, Mrs. Mark Gregory, made an interesting talk, after which the meeting was dismiss ed by Mrs. Gibbs. During the social hour, the host esses served a delicious fruit salad with cookies. The next meeting of the circle will be held at the home of Mrs. Fred Chalk with Mrs. Carl Perry as assisting hostess. CROSS ROADS NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Melton Bateman and daughter, of Ryland, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Bateman. Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Bateman and children visited them in the after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Bateman spent Sunday afternoon in Edenton with Mrs. Bateman's mother, Mrs. Hurdle. Miss Marian Fiske spent the week-end with her mother at Moyock. Miss May Belle Edwards went to her home at Whaleyville, Va., for the week-end. Mrs. J. D. Hobbs and Hallett TT 11 1 s r 1 w T noDDS visitea jur. ana jars, isaaci Jordan, Jr., Friday afternoon. Mrs. J. D. Hobbs, Hallett and John Hobbs visited Mrs. E. L. Winslow and Mrs. Herbert Dale Sunday af ternoon. Tyree Buck, of Wintervllle, spent the week-end .ith his wife at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrh. . L. Winslow. Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Dale, of Edenton, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Dale, Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. Edna Asbell visitea Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hollowell, Br., Sunday evening. "Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott visited friends in Colerain Sunday afternoon. George E. Goodwin, who has been sick with flii, is able to be out. Mrs. W. T.' Craft, who . has been very ill with (pneumonia, is now much better, v , Mrs. W. D. Welch, Sr., is visiting Mrs. Thomas Jackson, at Weeks villa.' ,s -Mr, and Mrs.,H. : C Sullivan; ..of Hertford) Mr an IFrahcia Hicks and soiv ol Edenton; Mr. ana Mrs. Rob Brans and danthter visited ternoon. Miss Louise Wilson spent- the week-end with Mrs. Z. W. Evans. Mrs. W. D. Welch, Sr., and Mrs. Drew Welch visited Mrs. Belle W. Parker Saturday evening. C. W. Blanchard, of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with his family. Mrs. Lindsay Evans, who has been quite sick, is now able to be out. Mrs. A. S. Bush and Mrs. E. N. Elliott visited Mrs. E. L. Winslow, Mrs. B. W. Evans and Mrs. Lindsay Evans Saturday evening. Mrs. E. L. Winslow, who was cri tically ill for several days, is now much improved. She dispensed with the services of her nurse Saturday evening. Mrs. Carroll Byrum spent the week-end in Norfolk, Vs., with her sister, Mrs. J. R. Parker. C. P. Palmer has returned from his home at Kilmarnock, Va., to spend the fishing season with Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Elliott made a business trip to Norfolk, Va., Fri day. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Waff, of South Norfolk, Va.; Misses Hettie and Doris Waff and Eva Mae Perry, of Edenton; Marvin Berryman, D. C. Forehand and Ralph Jordan were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hughes Bunch Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jordan, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and chil dren spent Sunday with Mr. ano Mrs. Harvey Brady, at Langley Field, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hollowell, of Greenhall, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hollowell. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Welch, Jr., of Washington, N. C, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Leary and Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Welch, Sr., during the week end. Carlyle Hollowell, of Fort Jack son, S. C, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hollowell. Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Hobbs and children, of Hobbsville, visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hollowell Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Hollowell and son spent Saturday afternoon and evening with Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Leary, Sr., in Rocky Hock. Mrs. Cameron Boyce, of Center Hill, Mrs. Kay Carter and son, ot Richmond, Va., visited Mrs. C. J. Hollowell Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Copeland and children and Mrs. Herman Copelanu visited Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Bate man Sunday evening. Edward Hollowell, of Van Vleet, Miss., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hollowell. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Hollowell and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hollowell Sunday afternoon. Misses Mary La France and Dor othy Merrick, of Long Beach, Calif., students at Westminster Choir School, and Paul and William John ston, of Washington, Penn., students at Princeton Seminary, are accom panying Miss Marguerite Etta Evans home for the spring holidays and are expected to arrive Friday night. I A distinguished, ultra-fashionable addition to the Chevrolet line for '41 featuring a swank new Fleetline Body by Fisher . . . 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