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PERQUIMANS WEEKLY, HERTFORD, N. C, FRIDAT, MARCH 28, 1M1
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WASHINGTON.
By HUGO S. SIMS
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- NATIONAL ART GALLERY
, .GIFTS TO THE PUBLIC
' WHAT COMES AFTER
$7440,000,000 IN AID
DEFENSE SPENDING
TO LAST FOR TWO YEARS
FACING ACTUAL PERIL
COTTON IT: IfP. PLANimHEIi5 BUSINESS
Last week President Roosevelt ac
( , 'cepted in the name of the American
people the National Gallery of Art,
- Mie $16,000,000 structure provided
fc by the generous gift of the late An-
l- ' drew W. Mellon. The National Art
V'!. -Gallery was thrown open to the pub
. lie to inspect the 504 paintings and
forty-four sculptural works already
Roused.
4L In addition to providing the build
' Jpg the former Secretary of the
.'Treasury presented t'he nation with
ids valuable collection of 126 i aint-
ings and 25 sculptural works, includ- j
ig admirable examples of Italian,
Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, and Eng
lish schools from the Thirteenth !
through the Nineteenth centuries. 'Io;
this great collection has been added
the 375 paintings and 15 sculptural
works presented by Samuel H. Kresa,
which is almost exclusively of the
Italian school.
I We call attention to the National
Callery of Art because it represents,
in the words of Paul Mellon, son of
the donor, a joint, enterprise of the
Government and of magnanimous
citizens. This is very true and the
munificence of the gift to the public
should be appreciated. It typifies a
generous spirit which has repeatedly
manifested itself in this country
' where many wealthy citizens have
left valuable gifts for the benefit of
the public generally.
We think attention should be call
ed to the modesty of Mr. Mellon,
who stipulated that the Gallery
should not bear his name. His idea
was that other wealthy Americans
would add their collections to his and
thus give the national capital an
unexcelled collection of old masters.
' That this hope will bear fruit is seen
' in the gift of Mr. Kress and the
promised gift of Joseph E. Widener,
whose collection is very valuable.
Jhe National Art Gallery is a
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tion Arenue. More than 800 car-
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Farm people of North Carolina and other Southern states are
preparing to "wear a part of the cotton surplus." liy voluntarily
reducing their cotton acreage in 1C41, faiT.ioi.-i will each receive as
niu.'n as $25 worth of cotton stamps which they can exchange at re
tail stores for cotton goods. Where a sign similar to the one pic
tured above is displayed, it will be found that the business man as
well as the farmer is benefitting fiom the Supplementary Cotton
i ro; ram. Deta.ls of the plan may be learned from county farm and
home agents of the State College Extension Service, or from county
and community AAA committeemen.
loads of Tennessee marble went into tional economy" during the period of
its erection. It is in the Jefferson
ian manner, but the musty atmos
phere associated with old museums
is conspicuously absent. The exterior
marble shades from pink to white
from the base upward.
Visitors to the national capital
are welcome to the Galleries but they
can also visit other exhibitions, not
ably paintings at the Corcoran Art
Gallery, prints at the Library of
Congress, and treasures from the
East at Freer.
Although the defense program is
barely getting into its stride, offi
cials are already seeking means to
maintain "a strong and healthy na-
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JUST RECEIVED NEIY LOT
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Wide Range of Sizea
Satisfactory Rebuildinsr of Shoes
Promptly Done
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Griffffin Stibe: Polishes
adjustments which will follow the
present emergency. The National
Resources Planning Board recom
mends immediate inauguration of
surveys, investigations and prepara
tions of engineering plans and spec
ifications for selected projects which
would constitute a six-year program
of "reservoir" construction work.
Out of this program, Congress and
the Administration could select ac
tivities in amounts and times appro
priate to the needs of the nation.
Passage of the $7,000,000,000
Lease-Lend appropriation seems vir
tually assured. Many members oi
Congress, who opposed the Lease
Lend Bill, now take the position that
it has become national policy which
should be supported to whatever ex
tent necessary. Certainly, passage
of such an appropriation bill gives
ample notice to the world that this
country understands the magnitude
of its task. While a smaller appro
priation would have been sufficient
to cover immediate needs, most of
the congressional leaders considered
it advisable to make the appropria
tion immediately for its effect upon
the nations of the world.
There is little to be gained by re
printing the Budget Bureau's esti
mates, giving details as to the spend
ing of the $7,000,000,000 involved in
the Lease Lend fund. When one
realizes that this is to be super-imposed
upon the $32,000,000,000 na
tional defense program, it becomes
clear that details as to the number
of this or that to be provided be
comes inconsequential. The im
mense funds involved means the util
ization of practically every resource
in the production defense items.
A recent analysis oi the defense
program, as it stands today, exclu
sive of the Lease-Lend expenditures,
shows probable appropriations of
$32,000,00u,000 for the present ano
next fiscal year. Of this total, the
Army gets $15,942,700, the Navy
$13,764,500,000, other defense agen
cies $1,942,500,000, and supplemental
purposes $350,300,000. The spend
ing, it should be noted, will spread
beyond t'he end of the present fiscal
year 1941-42, which comes to a close
June 30, 1942.
While it is impossible to be exact
in estimates as to spending for the
present fiscal year, it is generally
presumed that something more than
$6,000,000,000 will be spent. The
Army will use $3,845,700,000 and the
Navy '$2,136,300,000. When the year
ends next June 30, there will be un
expended balances of nearly $5,000,
000,000 for the Array and about two
and a half billion for the Navy.
While there is no reason for the
average American to become hyster
ical, it should - be apparent to all
citizens, from the above figures, that
officials charged with the responsibil
ity of directing the destinies of this
country, re convinced that it is in
serious peril. No other situation
would justify such enormous expenditures.
Participation In
Farm Program Was
88 Per Cent Last Year
North Carolina had a larger par
ticipation in the Agricultural Con
servation Program in 1940 than in
any previous year, according to an
announcement by E. Y. Floyd, AAA
executive officer of State College,
and G. T. Scott, Johnston County
farmer who heads the State AAA
Committee.
About 7,030,000 acres or 88 per
cent of North Carolina's 7,990,000
acres of Cropland, was covered by
farms in the 1940 program, as com
pared with 63 percent in 1939. The
previous high mark was 83 percent
in 1938.
Both Floyd and Scott predicted
that at Iea.st 90 percent, and possi
bly as much as 05 percent, of the
cropland in the State will be cover
ed by participation in the 1941 pro-
cram. !
"The iiuTi'.-ised participation,"
Floyd said, "is to a larpe extent the
result of farmrrs' oforls to deal
with the serious marketing emer
gency for tobacco, and it reflects
increased iiti'iv-;t in soil conservation
during the past year. Preliminary!
figures show important increases;
over all previous years in the use of
lime and phosphate, in acreages
planted to winter rover crops, and
in the seedings of other soil-building
legumes and grasses. Approximate
ly 17 million feet of terracing vm
completed, which was also a record."
North Carolina farmers partici
pating in the 1940 program earned
78.5 percent of their maximum soil- j
building payment, as compared with
60 percent in 1936, the first year of
the Agricultural Conservation Pro-'
gram.
"We farmers," Chairman Scott'
declared, "have found that higher !
farm income and improved fertility j
of our soils are real benefits that
have resulted from the greater pai
ticipation in the Farm Program."
BETHEL CLUB MEETS Proctor gave two contests with Mrs.
The Bethel Home Demonstration I Reuben iStallings and Mrs. Ernest
Club met Friday afternoon at the I Lo winning the prizes.
1. , F HT K 4 rri ft- . l r I ox-
t A , T I The hostesses served painty
The mooting U,Q 0n 1 j,.,' i freshments to
the president and the members sang
"It's a Good Time To Get Together."
Miss Gertie Chappell gave a demon
stration on spring fashions with sev
eral club members taking part.
Miss Frances Maness gave an in
teresting demonstration on Curtains ' pell. Evelvn Long. Blanche Good-
and Draperies. I win, Eunice Long, Madge Long and
During the social hour Mrs. L. A. I Jayne Griffin.
re-
the following: Mes-
dames L. A. Proctor, Reuben Etail
ings, S. M. Long, R. F. ftamn, E.
L. Goodwin, Ennis Phillips, Ernesl
Long, Leroy Goodwin, W. P. Long,
J. J. Phillips and Joe White, and
Misses Frances Maness, Gertie Chap-
Harmony At Last
"The Nextdors seem to get along
better lately." '
"Yes; they have something in
common at last; they have both de
termined to get a divorce."
Officers of Hickory, N. C, are
seeking a man charged with biting
his girl friend on the nose.
MUny
They're Biting
NOW!
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Four-fifths of the metals now pro
duced in Peru are from American
owned mines.
BARGE CAPTAIN'S DAUGHTER
BECOMES A COUNTESS
, Disclosing how a modern Cinder
ella'a beauty and good behavior' at
tracted the attention of .'a nobleman
who immediately ; fell in love with
hen. One of many, illustrated arti
cles in thi ' April 6th issue of
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