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Evening star., 1961-07-13

STORE FIXTURES
Seven 4 and 8 #. glass floor display
cases: 8 floor display counters
with 4 shelves each. Must be dis
posed of at once. Call ia. 2-160S.
SWIM POOL, like new, port. 18-ft.,
$40: bunk beds, S15; dresser, So:
bassinet. WE. 5-5452.
TAPE RECORDERS-Bargains in
blank tape. (Ask for our discount
sheet). Come, see US for the larg-
est selection Of pre-fecorded music
on tape at 30so off list. SAXI-
TONE TAPE SALES Oiv. Of Com
mission Electronics), 1776 Colum-
bia I'd. NV. NO. 7-2135.
TIRE SALE-Full recaps, S6.95 for
any size exch. ALL-SERVICE TIRE
CO., 1924 Ga. ave. RA. 6-9S50.
Tv, recond.; low as S2G .95; guar !;
II in. to 26 in. MILLER'S, 4407
Benning rd. ne. LU. 2-5137.
Tvs, USED-CLEARANCE SALE
S19-S29-S49-S59
All reconditioned. Guaranteed parts
and labor up to / year.
BLAIR'S Tvs locations
Geotn. 2416 Wis. Ave. FE. 3-444o
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TVS FOR RENT
Evening star., 1961-07-13
OFFICE FURNITURE
From a Nationwide
Organization
I'm CoIa N0vu

Refinished, genuine walnut execu-
up; conference desks, bookcases
conference tables in all sizes,
S39. up: credenzas, sectional
bookcases, pull-up leather arm
and swivel chairs. $3.50 up;
steel desks In al descriptions, SIS
up; fireproof 4-draWer filing cabi-
nets, storage cabinets, 2-draWeI
and 4-draRer full-suspension files
in all descriptions; sofas in leath-
err. steel map cabinets ip all sizes
S74.60 up; storage cabinets
$40 so up. This Is truly an out.
standing offering Of fine mer.
ehandise. Many other items toe
numerous to mention.
If you want the best in good used
office furniture, come in and SEE
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APTs. FURNIsHED-VA.

APTg.-One of Ar
lington's most beautiful apt. bldgs.
Q bedrms., nicely furn.; pvt. en-
trance; air conditioner permitted.
Nr. bus Close In. S140 incl. utils.
IA. 5-1654.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26

rectors Of the Virginia Dark
Fired Tobacco Marketing As
ISOLATION now have urged to-
bacco farmers to make use of
the new law. They point out that
it offers opportunity to grow
ers with small acreage allot-
ments.
The Association also hopes
that the plan will put back into
production a good part Of the es-
timated LOO allotted acre S
which are not now being planted
in the l6-county area served by
the Association.
Prince Edward county's allot-
ment situation is pretty well
typical of that for the whole
area. The county's average in
dividual farm allotment for dark
fired leaf is one and half acres
For flue-cured tobacco the aver
age farm has tWo-acre allot-
ment.
On farms with allotments
smaller than the average. some
growers had concluded that il
was not economically sound tc
produce tobacco on such limited
acreage The idle land situation
had been further complicated by
J the short farm labor supply, the
f. Continued on Page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Fire Destroys
Cumberland Home

CUMBERLAND. Sept. 25-Fire
completely destroyed the home
of Monroe Brooks, Negro, in
Cumberland county early Mon
day morning.
The Cumberland Fire Depart
ment was called at 2.45 am. The
frame structure with asbestos
siding was too far gone to be
saved when the department ar
rived.
Brooks, his wife and two chill
dren were in the house, but es-
capped unframed. They were
awakened just in time by the
crying of an infant daughter. All
furnishings were destroyed.
The house was owned by U. s.
Booker. 1t was partially covered
by insurance.
Cause of the fire was undeter,
mined though observers said II
sounded like something exploded
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
NatiOnaINe,us Summary
By H. v. LANCASTER, JR.
. US S. POLICY ON BERLIN SEEN AS FLEXIBLE,
CONGRESS To ADJOJ1RN a MARSHALL NOMINATE
} MARSHALL NOMINATED

rotary of State Rusk met with
Soviet Foreign Minister GromykO
last week to see if there is some
basis for negotiations on Berlin.
Meanwhile dispatches from Ber-
lin Friday night said American
officials are telling West German
authorities they must recognize
the East German communist re-
gime as a fact of life. They
spoke of the possibility Of allow
ing East Germany to share con-
troll over access to Berlin; if this
view should become official, it
would mark a radical change in
U. S. policy Subsequent dis
patches denied that these views
had been expressed.
i
CONGRESS neared final ad-
journment of its 1861 session Sat-
urday. but last-minute Wrangling
extended the session into this
week. The Senate had most of
the remaining blu sine with
three important appropriation
bills to consider. One was the
controversial foreign aid meas
ure, another a 394billion-dollar
public works bill for rivers, har-
bors, and land reclamation, and
the third a billion-dollar catch
all measure with supplemental
money for federal agencies. A
bill granting tax relief to Dupont
which must divest itself Of the
% per cent of GIN stock it now
owns, was also pending.
THE ONLY SURVIVOR of the
airplane crash which killed UN
Secretary Dag Hammarskjold a
week ago died Saturday. Harold
M. Julien. an American and UN
security guard, succumbed from
burns and injuries at the hos
pital in Ndola, Northern Rho
desia. Investigators had hoped he
would recover sufficiently to help
them determine the cause of the
crash; he was kept under heavy
ISOLATION because Of his severe
burns. Julien had been quoted as
saying he heard several ex-
plosions before the crash. but in
spections Of the wreckage have
so far failed to reveal evidence
of sabotage.
MONGI SLIM, Tunisian dele
gate to the United Nations. was
elected president of the UN Gen.
eral Assembly last week. He sue
ceeds Frederick H. Boland, Of
Continued % pags y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26

Under the new law, grower
may lease UP to five acres from
another farmer, or farmers. and
transfer the growing operations
to his own farm. The owner of
implanted acreage may make
his own arrangements direct
with a grower who is prepared
TO take over more tobacco pro-
ducing land.
On Trial Basis
The legislation will be on
trial basis for the next two
crops. Leases arranged for the
1862 producing year may be re-
neWed for 1868. At the end of the
second year permanent legiSla-
ton can be written if the plan
proves satisfactory.
The officials and board of di-
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
County TotoI: s5,341,ooo
County Toto s5,341,ooo
Survey Shows 1O,OOO-Mile-A-Year
Driver Has Annual Cost OF S1.2O3

Prince Edward County couples
who made vacation motor trips
this summer spent. if they were
average, about $29 a day while
on the road, according to the
American Automobile Associa-
ton.
This is based on driving 300
miles a day. 1t includes 81 for
car operation. S1O.50 for meals
and snacks, $3.50 for overnight
lodging and 81 for tolls and mis-
cellaneous expenses.
But before the trip, the eau
tious driver will have his car
checked over. And that is when
he will get to wondering How
much do ! spend a year to run
it?"
Yearly Costs
VI lIlUSt CdI UWHCIS Iiidt 10 d
difficult question It means com
bining all the variable-type ex-
penditures, such as gas. oil and
service charges. with the fixed
costs, such as insurance, taxes
and depreciation.
The AAA has up with current
facts and figures for the average
car owner. It follows a survey of
such costs in various parts Of the
country for a standard-size car in
the popular price field.
For normal operation at 10000
miles a year, the cost is 1907 in
fixed charges plus 3.96 cents 9
J. mile, . total q tl,2m.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
True Value Gain
For Past Year
About $5oO,00O

Real tate assessments IN
Prince Edward county increased
$lO0.750 during the past year.
and now total an all-time high
of $6,456,51O. according to the
final tabulations as shown in the
new land books prepared by the
Commissioner of Revenue, w. j.
ellis, Jr.
Calculated on the basis of true
values, real estate resources OF
the county rose by slightly more
than $500, 600 during the year.
The county assesses real proper
ty at approximately one-fifth Of
reasonable market worth.
The new land books are the
assessment figures used by
Treasurer j. w. Wilson, Jr.. in
calculating real estate taxes US
ing the 1861 levy of $3.50 per 500
of assessed valuation. Farmville
residents have a $40 levy, be-
cause Of some direct appropria-
tons to county operating costs
from town taxes levied by the
Town Council.
Tax Income
The new real estate asses
ments will produce $223, 1893 in
tax revenue for the county, ac-
cording to the Commissioners
records. The gain in taxable real
estate would represent a proper
tomato gain in tax income. ex-
cept that supervisors reduced
the 1861 levy by so cents over
that for 1860.
The "a rate last year produced
$251. 46O in real estate taxes,
while the $3.50 rate this year
will bring in 1928, 1879 even
though the real estate resources
have grown in the past IL
months by a half million dol
lars.
The real estate growth was
registered in all six magisterial
districts and in the Farmville
Corporation, with the greatest
increase in assessments being
the $64, 76O made in Farmville
District, which surrounds the
town.
New Totals
The breakdown shows the fol-
lowing increases, that figure be-
ing followed by the new assess
ment total for 1861:
Buffalo District. up $500 to
$3.50 1863; Farmville District, up
$64, 76O to $1,115,51O; Hampden
District, up 1920 to $3.50 $50:
Leigh District, up $3.50 to $372,-
600; Lockett District, up $14.5
to 1851 800; Prospect District,
W $5.770 to $656 $40.
Within the Town of Farmville,
the past years assessment in.
crease was $500 to the new
total of s2.777, 1870.
The total real estate assess
ment of $6.456, $40 is spread as
follows: Farmville Corporation.
81, TIT 800; the six county dis
tricts. $3.50. 450, and mineral
lands in Buffalo District, S29, ITO.
BY Races
As between the races. the
Continued on page "
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Noel Named
Rural Carrier

Winston O. Noel has been ap-
pointed rural carrier for Route
2, Farmville. assistant postmas-
ter VIM H. CrenshaW has an
nounced. Noel replaces John
Hickman, who retired this sum-
mer.
Aubrey Morrissett was ap-
pointed regular clerk to fill the
position in the post office va
Gated by Noel. George H. Jar
rett has accepted a position as
substitute clerk. and will fill the
position formerly held by Nor
risett.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Riding Tourney
Proceeds Marked
For Swim Pool

Invitations to riders through
out Virginia are being issued by
the Farmville Lions Club in
anticipation of the fifth state
championship jousting tourna-
ment here on Saturday. Oct. z.
The competition will be held
as in the past on the grounds at
Longwood Estate beginning at l
pm. A parade through downtown
Farmville to the riding site will
be held at noon.
The Lions Club will devote pro-
ceeds from the annual event to
reduction of the debt remaining
on the community swimming
pool constructed in 1858. The club
directed construction of the pool
and conducted the initial finan-
cial campaign to finance it.
Lions c. H. Dowdy, Jr.. j. H.
Forbes and 0. Wayne Harper
are committee leaders for the
October 7 championship event.
Last year. 18-year-old Douglas
Eubank, Of Pleasant View Farm
near Amherst, won the title here
on his third tourney win for the
1860 season. Last years compe'
tition drew q riders, and that
number is expected to be ex-
ceeded this year.
The sponsors are presently
planning a program similar to
Continued on page u
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Charlotte Fair
Set October 6

The 18th annual Charlotte
County Fair is scheduled for
October 6 on the grounds at
Randolph Henry High School.
The fair is sponsored by the
county Ruritan Club.
Fair exhibits are limited TO
All and Future Farmers of
America, home economics
and Future H0memakers of
America students and COM
mercial firms.
The 9 am, opening Of the
grounds will be followed by
livestock Judging at 10 am,
a style show and a dog show
al 1870 pm, and the NIGHT
time feature, the football
game be tw e en- Randolph
Henry High and Amherts in
the Ruritan bowl contest.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Caplin To Speak
Here October 5

Mortimer M. Caplin. U. S. Com
missioner of Internal Revenue.
will speak October S at Longwood
Colleges first cOnvOcatiOn.
The convocation, beginning at
l pm. in Jarman Hall will be at
tended by 1.136 students, the col
lege's highest enrolment.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26

Applied to Prince Edward
County and to the 4.44O passen-
ger cars in use there, the annual
expenditure locally is an esdmat-
ed s5,341, 900.
$2.21 Daily
Every day throughout the year,
whether a car is used or not,
its owner incurs q bill for 1921.
the AAA reports. This is for de-
probation, insurance and license
fees.
The variable charges for gas.
oil, tires and mathematician
enter the picture. They depend
upon the amount of driving done
The combined cost is II cents a
mile at the l0,0OO-a-year rate.
Those who go 10000 miles paw
relatively less. Because the fixed
charges stay the same. the cost
drops to 81 cents a mile.
Operation at 5000 miles a year.
however. is much more expen-
sive. It looms to 20 cents mile.
the bulk of + in fixed charges.
Compact cars take less to main
tain. states the AAA. The domes-
tic ones are $248 cheaper and the
foreign one. $536. The figures are
for l0.000-mile operation.
The amount Of auto travel con-
tinues to grow and gas stations
in Prince Edward County have
been benef1ting by it. Their gross
receipts last year reache d
81. 665.000 as against the previous
years $l,55s, 900.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Weekend Football
Game Results

Emporia 81, P. E. Academy 6
Park View "a. Victoria 0
Blackstone 80. Cumberland z
Ran. Henry IL, Buckingham 0
Brunswick IL. Crewe 7
Powhatan 81, Amelia 0
Patrick Henry 26, Midlothian 0
Altavista Is, Appomattox 7
W&L 7. H-SC 6
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26

ner will receive a 81 900 college
scholarship and a silver bowl
given by the American Tobacco
Company. She will be crowned
by George V. Allen, president OF
the Tobacco Institute and form
er diplomat: John Forsythe,
television star of Bachelor
Father" and Tobacco Festival
officials.
The princesses represent areas
growing, marketing or manu-,
Continued on page y
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
D CONGRESS TO ADJOURN

U. 5. POLICY on Berlin and
Germany is unchanged accord
ing to diplomatic officials. but
they hint it may become more
flexible if Khrushchev shows a
Willingness to compromise. Sec
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26

The festival, under way
since Saturday. will gain in
attractiveness by way of the ar
rival Of % princesses Wednesday
morning. Also, adding glamor
to the week long festivities are
" hostess candidates.
Grand Prize
Processes in the contest for
Queen of Tobaccoland" are
judged for beauty. figure, talent,
and general manner. The win
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
2-Yeor TrioI plon
2-Yeor TrioI Plan
Growers Urged To Take Advantage
OF New Acreage Leasing Rights

The allotment BILL which acreage
within through signed
law by President Kennedy.
The law stemming from the Mathews Bill
be effective for the 1862 and 1868
kinds leaf
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Farm Queen

Farm Queen
Already assured Of an OPP
pOrtunity to ride in the To-
baccO Festival Parade is
Miss Gladys Audrey Gill, Of
MannbOro, Amelia county.
She was selected Virginia's
farm queen at the official
opening of the State Fair last
week. A LOngwOOd College
student, she shipped a rib
bon to open the 1861 fair.
Miss State Fair, a separate
competitive event, was held
Sunday with Miss Celia Gray
Carter, Miss Five County
Fair, coming in a runner-up.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-09-26
Real Estate Assessments
Here jump To $6,456,5l0
The Misses Amelia, Charlotte, Farmvile
Three Seek TObuccOIUnd Title

The Farmvle area contribute princesses the
Tobaccoland competition the 18th National
Tobacco Festival in Richmond this week.
They 10 Leslie Andrews Miss Farmvlle Lois Blanken
ship, Amelia; and Bernardne Pettus Miss Charlotte
~,,,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
$4,000 Sought
By sec for
Transit Agency
By A Star staff Writer

RICHMOND. Sept. 15-An
appropriation of $50, 900 for the
next two years as Virginia S
share of operating the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area Tran
sit Commission was requested
Wednesday by the State Cor
poration Commission.
Chairman H. Lester Hooker
explained to Gov. Almond and
his Budget Advisory Committee
the sum of $4,000 for each of
the next two years represents
about q per cent of the total
cost of operating the transit
agency.
The ALLEGATION is based on
population in the area. The
transit commission includes the
District Of Columbia and the
Metropolitan Area Of Maryland.
The item was included in a
total request for $40 million
for maintenance and operating
the sec over the next two
years. This would be a 10 per
cent increase over appropria-
lions for the current biennium
Gov. Almond and his advisers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Were Red Orbiters Artificial, Too?

ton on vibration, accelera-
ton and temperature in the
capsule. This. of course, was
not pre-recorded but was
provided simultaneously by
scientific instruments.
A special color-mofie cam
era. automatically operated,
was placed in one of the
portfolios to photograph the
view. Another camera was
pointed through a periscope.
and a third snapped shots Of
readings on the instrument
panels.
In addition, there were
some devices aboard which
can be operated either auto
matically or by a human
astronaut. Thus, the space
craft turned itself into the
proper position in orbit when
it first reached outer space.
Also, the on-board timing
mechanism was geared to
trigger the retro rockets
which slowed the capsule
after completing its orbit and
sent it into a planned target
area in the Atlantic Ocean
near Bermuda. The capsule,
with all the scientific instru-
ments in it intact, was re-
covered.
Just before the flight. the
information chief at Cape
Canaveral said: ITS sup
posed to do everything a man
could do" Apparently the
artificial astronaut did just
that.
What does it all prove? 1t
demonstrates that manned
and unnamed flights around
the world are feasible. But
there is still no proof that
either Gagarin or Titov did
it. Indeed, there Is a suspicion
that they were trained to
come down in a parachute at
a given spot and that neither
one really had circled the
earth. The suspicion arises
from the strange things they
were quoted afterwards as
saying which do not stand
up on a scientific basis -
such as the claim of Titov
that he was able to distin-
guish plowed from unplowed
fields at a distance of 100
miles up in the air.
(copyright, 1851
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
POTOMAC FEVER
By FLETCHER KNEBEL

Kennedy Khrushchev move cautiously toward ncgotia
tons in the shadow of the H-bomb Mutual theme This
things bigger than both of us"
Republicans will send Paul Revere" groups around the
country What life The way the worlds going you're lucky
get good nights sleep seven-and now the Re-
publicans are coming around to ruin that
Women it isn't fair The Government spends millions
to send mechanical around the not cent
put man who's mechanical around the house.
There's irritation the card economy People
for the old days when they dealt cas-and then got 30 days
to discover they didn't have any
The the weather getting worse is that all the
people who used to just talk about have started tnkerine
with it.
Progress note Marshal Yeremenko of Russia says the last
started with tanks and ended with A-bomb The next
will start with the Abomband end with the bow and arrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
Crisis Duty
Service Plans
Reported Set

The Army and Air Force have
completed contingency plans to
send as many as six additional
divisions plus supporting air
strength. to Europeby Christ
mas, the authoritative Army,
Navy, Air Force Journal re-
ported today.
Whether any or all Of the
units actually will 60 will de-
pend upon future decisions by
the administration. The serv-
ices were merely told to be
ready. the story said.
Four of the divisions would
be regular Army and two Ma
tional Guard. The Air Force
would use up to % guard and
reserve fighter squadrons plus
air supporting units already
alerted.
At the same time, the Defense
Department has prepared a
standby order which would
send all military families home
from Europe, the Journal re-
ported.
10000 in Previous Order
The Pentagon already has
announced that 10000 men in
small Army units will be sent
to Europe to fill out the 7th
Army. If the new plans are
carried out, another $4,000
ground soldiers and as many
as 23,600 airmen could go.
The Army plan is reported
to earmark the I'd Infantry
and I'd Armored Divisions for
movement first. These divi-
sions now are being converted
from training to combat units.
The second movement would
include two regular and two
Guard divisions. The Regulars
would be the 1st Infantry and
4th Infantry Divisions-also be-
ing converted into combat units
and the guardsrnen probably
would be from the 49th Armored
Division in Texas and the 32d
Infantry Division in Wiscon-
sin.
Only last week, the Army
put $4,000 Reserves and Ma
tional Guardsmen on priority
status for possible sarvice dur
ing the Berlin crisis. The 49th
Armored and the 32d Infan-
try were among four guard
divisions placed in this status.
Each of the six divisions in
volved in the contingency plans
would have number of sup
porting units. The Army also
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-09-15
COP. Gets Big Boost
FromMichiqonV Victory 7

figure on the States political
landscape for some time but
previously had declined to align
himself formally with the Re-
publicans. The organization he
created and headed. Citizens
for Michigan. spearheaded the
nonpartisan drive for calling a
constitutional convention to
overhaul the States outdated
charter.
ROmney Believed Ready
Now, some Michigan obServ-
ers believe, the American. Mo-
tors president. fresh from his,
precedent breaking profit-1
sharing agreement with the
United Auto Workers, is ready
to take the plunge into the
political stream.
He is being prominently
mentioned as a prospect for
chairman of the convention
and also as a possibility for
the governorship in 1862. Some
Michigan Republicans, how
ever, believe Mr.. Romney has
his eyes on higher things, such
as the 1864 vice presidential
nomination. d,
Whatever his ultimate ambi-
ton. the convention that be-
gins next month will give him
his best opportunity so far, to
display his political and man
agerial SkillS, to the voters.
Meantime, the Republicans
are seeking ways to exploit
their breakthrough in Tues
days election. Their total Of
SO delegates includes 81 VIM
ners from districts which sent
Democrats to the legislature
last November. For the first
time in recent years, the Re-
publicans cracked such Demo-
cratic strongholds as Detroit
and Flint. ENC
Michigan Democrats pointed
out, and Mr.. Van Peursem con-
coded. that rhe significNrce
of the election is tempered by
the fact that fewer than U.s.
per cent of the States voters
turned out on the stormy elec-
ton day.
Nonethele Gov. John
Swanson, Democrat, had
camuaigned hard for election
of Democratic delegates and
the Unexpectedly severe defeat
reflected no credit on the
Wanted Democratic labor or
ganization which had won
seven straight gubernatorial
races. ,- ~, >,