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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Mrs. Murray
Is Hostess AT
Bridge Party

Mrs. f. Cotter Murray enter
tanned with four tables of bridge
Tuesday evening at her home on
Jackson Street.
The house was lovely through
out with Christmas decorations,
of silver, evergreen, candles and
floral arrangements.
The players found tallies and
party matches at their tables
carrying out the Christmas idea.
After several progressions,
Mrs. George Harden was found
to hold high score and Mrs. Ed
Shaw second high. Both were
awarded prizes by the hostess
which were Yuletide gifts.
A salad course with stuffed
dates, sailed nuts and coffee was
served to the following;
Mesdames Kirkwood Adams,
Rives Manning, Fred Kroncke
Rex Carter, George Harden,
Berkeley Grizzard, E d Shaw
Bernard Allsbrook, Ted Speigilt,
Lloyd Sandlin, Frank Neal, Tom
mie Merritt, Frank Meacl7am
Lunsford Grew, d. f. Bennett
and George Hayes, Jr.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
About The City

Mrs. Murray said the artist
had never seen magnolia but
painted the picture from small
advertisement he had once seen
and with descriptions by her. 1t
is astonishing how perfect the
reproduction is, the magnolia
petals even look Waxy like the
real ones.
The lilac picture is one of
gorgeous mass of lilacs which
one could almost smell as they
looked as though they had just
been gathered after a spring
rain.
Mrs. w. G. Lynch had h e r
name called this week over the
radio program Dinner Win :
ner". put on by one of the pack
ing companies, which broadcasts
from Richmond at 5:45 p. m.
The Richmond a dio station
called her Monday evening and
had 8 h e been at home and
named one thing she had for
dinner that evening she would
have received an enormous bas-
ket of groceries bette" luck
next time Mrs. Lynch.
Lloyd Sandlin was telling me
what these new Christmas decor
atoms which look like snow are
made of. There is a snowman
in Griffins Drug window made
of it. It is plastic material, called
florafoam, and is light as fea-
ther.
Lloyd says it lends itself to any
design one wishes to carve out
of it and m kes beautiful
wreaths, table decorations and
what not for Christmas. This
was the material he used to de-
corate the tables at the Lions
Club Tuesday evening.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10

to the World, Mrs S. r. Mot
zno led the devotionals and Mrs.
w. D. Holoman and Mrs. Whit
ley gave short talks.
The hostesses assisted by Mrs.
Motzno and Mrs. Bob Hamilton,
served fruit cake with whipped
cream and coffee.
Christmas gifts were ex-
changed among members and
cheer baskets were placed under
the tree for shut-ins.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Members Of WSCS
Hear Mrs. Stevens
And See Films

Mrs. w. R. Stevens read an
inspiring Christmas Story a n d
Miss Viola Glover showed movie
slides of how Christmas is cele-
brated in various parts of the
world at the Woman's Society
of Christian Service at their reg
ular meeting Monday evening at
the Rosemary Methodist Church.
Miss Elizabeth Lang led the
deVotions and rendered appro :
pirate music for Mrs. Stevens
reading.
Mrs. Lillian Kinker, president,
presided at a business session.
Plans were made to make a Wis
it to the County Home to hold
a Christmas program and dis
tribute gifts on December goth
as is customary each year.
A fter routine business matters
were disposed of the members
held a Christmas party and ex-
changed gifts.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Scarboro Circle
Meets At Home
Of Mrs. Griffin

Woodland - Mesdames N. E.
Griffin and Erie Whitley were
hostesses to the Charlie Scar
boro Circle of the Woodland Bap-
tist Church in the home. of Mrs.
Griffin, on Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Dare Griffin was pro-
gram chairman.
Following opening song Joy
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
By Sue Woodall

Dy QUO tUuudli
Congratulations to Ruth Ma
haffey, wi twelve year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D. L.
Mahaffey. who won an iron as
prize this week for sending in
jingle for one of the good
neighbor programs which comes
on early in the morning on the
Mutual hook-up over WCBT. %
Miss Ruth Transou, one of the
hostesses when the Weldon Roam
oke Rapids Music Club met re-
Gently with Mrs. w. A. China,
reported the meeting was one OF
their best this season.
Guests of Mrs. E. Cotter Muir
ray at her parties this week re-
marked about the two beautiful
oil paintings in her home one
of lilacs and the other of mag,
nolias. Mrs. Murray told me q
friend of hers and DR.. Murray s
painted them for her when they
were in Germany in 1916.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10

or., and second high by Mrs.
Leon Madry. Mrs j. Q. Hofler
Won the bingo prize.
A salad course was served by
the hostess to the following
Mesdames Leon Madry, Collins
Cuthrell, R. E. Shervette, Jr.,
Robert lvey, W. B. Burchette,
Harold Burrows, J. @. Hotter
X w. Baugham, D. B. Barnes,
Max Meyer, Sr., Otto Meyer
Ofiie Baines, J. W. Lewis, Joe
Norman, Elmer Cuthrell anc
Herman Futrell.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Christmas Musical Program Is
Given At First Methodist WSCS
Meeting On Tuesday Night

A lovely Christmas Musical
program, under the direction of
Mrs. w. A. China, was presented
by candle light in the First Meth
odist Church when the Women's S
Society of Christian Service met
on Tuesday evening Of this week
for their December meeting.
Don Hall related the Miracle
of the Great Messiah by Han
del. after which bass Aria was
sung by Mr., Joe Parker of the
local school music department
Miss Alberta Swain, soloist then
sang Gounod's "Ava Maria"
Mrs. ]. A. Fleetwood, violinist
of Conway, Mrs. Kenneth Stokes
of the Severn School Music De-
partment, accompanist, Alvin
Hockaday, violinist, Mrs. D o n
Hall, a former member of the
Norfolk Symphony, cellist, Mrs.
W. A. China, violinist composing
the String Ensemble, with Mrs,
Forrest Rook at the organ gave
several Chri S t m mum
bers. Group singing of Christmas
carols acompaniecd by the en-
semble closed the program.
Mrs. J. F. Herbert conducted
the worship service preceding
the program.
Mrs. D. L. Wheeler, president,
presided and during the business
session Honorary Life Member
ships were presented. Each year
the general society presents an
adult membership to an out
standing person in the church.
This year, this honor went to
Mrs. W. P. Vaughan who was a
charter member in the mission
ary work of the church. The So
ciety was given an attendance
award at zone meeting in the
fall, this was converted into
baby life membership and was
presented to the youngest baby
in til e organization, Thomas
Russell Daniel, little son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Daniel, Jr. and
nephew of Miss Estelle Daniel.
The Senior Circle du t
life membership was presented
to Mrs. Laura Robinson by Mrs,
J. w. Harrell. The Viola Grant
Collier Circle Junior life mem
bership was presented to little
Miss Janet Ray by Mrs. George
Wood. The Mamie Smoot Circle
baby life membership was pre-
sented to the youngest grand
child of Mrs. M. D. Collier who
is a member of the circle, Bruce
Collier Helms, by Mrs. Edwin
Akers. The Mary Nelson Circle
baby life membership was pre-
sented to Linda Faye Hux, little
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. A. A.
Hux, by Mrs. Jack Erwin. The
Sallie Lou McKinnon Circle jun
ior life membership was pre- =
sented to little Miss Chris Col
lier, by Mrs. j. M. Sewer.
Mrs. Henry w. Maddrey, Sec
retary of promotion of the Rocky
Mount District. special guest
was recognized and welcomed
by Mrs. Wheeler,
After the meeting social
hour was enjoyed and refresh
ments of sandwiches, individual
cakes, cookies, candies and nuts
carrying out the Christmas col
ors and motif were served with
Russian tea by the fellowship
committee with Mrs. Heath Lee
as chairman,
For this occasion of inspiration
and beauty. the church was ar
tistically decorated throughout
carrying out The Christmas
theme. On the altar in an ar
rangement of greenery and ber-
ries a lighted cross and open
Bible was placed. Five candles
burned on each side in Christ
mas Star holders. In the two
entrances of the church attrac-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Woodland Circles
Will Hold Annual
Christmas PARTY

Woodland-The Woodland Cir
Gle of the Women's Society of
Christian Service of the Wood
land Methodist Church will be
host to the George Circle at their
annual Christmas party at the
Community Building Fri d y
night, December 10, at o'clock
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Mrs. Burgwvn Is
Hostess To The
Contract Club

Woodland-Mrs. w. H. S. Bur-
gWyn was hostess to the Contract
Bridge Club at her home Friday
evening.
Mrs. Mary Griffin was high
score winner.
The hostess was assisted i n
serving a salad course by Mrs.
W. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr and Miss
Marion Jenkins.
Miss Roberta Ridley and Mrs.
w. H. S. Burgwyn, Jr we're club
guests.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10
Mrs. Cuthrell
Is Hostess To
Her Bridge Club

Enfield - Mrs. j. H. Cuthrel
entertained at bridge at her
home on Friday evening, The
Christmas motif was carried out
in all decorations throughout the
home.
When the game was finished,
Mrs. Collins Cuthrell won high
score prize, and a guest prize
was won by Mrs. Max Never
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10

Detroit Lion Quarterback
Clyde LeForce, in three seasons
of college football at Tulsa, scor-
ed in all but one of the q games
played by the Golden Hurricanes.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10

The regular routine of clerkly
business i'll suited the literary
tastes and the wayward habits
of Charles Lamb.
Once, at the India House, a
superior said to him, 81 have
remarked, Mr.. Lamb, that you
come very LATE to the office" :"
eyes, SIR" replied the wit !,
"but you must remember that
l go away EARLY"
The oddness of the excuse 81
fenced the reprover.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-10

Footballs longest run was
chalked up by Wyllys Terry of
Yale in l884-115 yards The
field at the time was 10 yards
long
Evening star., 1948-11-09

This, according to some observers,
will tend to increase the troubles
Of the shaky and ever changing
French cabinets.
The victory of the De Gaulle
forces is taken as an indication
that his strength is growing and
in the political-economic crisis
which many expect to occur before
the end of the year, De Gaulle may
emerge as the man of the hour.
Deep-seated Troubles.
Conditions in France, however,
are so disturbed and the people so
divided that, while it is conceded
the country may have a De Gaulle
government within the next weeks,
it is questionable whether it will
be able to bring real order in the
country.
Frances troubles are not only
economic and political. They are
deep seated and have been ex-
pressed by modest workman in the
typically French manner: The
Germans have destroyed stones and
bricks in Britain but in France they
have destroyed the soul"
The great weakness of the country
according to political observers who
have studied the situation on the
spot, is that the great middle class
which always has been the stabiliz-
ing element, is now by way of disap-
pearing. 1t is being ground between
the two great classes: The upper
represented by the group of new
war-rich profiteers, black mar
keteers and other individuals who
have taken advantage of unsettled
conditions and built for themselves
fortunes through ill-gotten gains,
and the farmers, who are better off
than ever before and who dispose
Of their produce at abnormally high
prices in the black market.
There still is little butter, milk and
other dairy products available at
regular prices for the middle-class
families although government sta
Evening star., 1948-11-09
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. Ala


to get out of the tub until the hol-
landaise sauce Is passed to you.
When you dab yourself with the
sauce and are told that you could
pass for a lobster, then it is all right
to step out and ask someone to
dry you of.
Gets as Far rs the Door.
AS I said earlier, have gotten as
far as the door Of the bathroom,
but haven't quite managed enough
courage to 60 in. Suppose all the
gentlemen were engaged in soaping
one another and ] couldn't find a
fellow traveller to help me? What
would 7 do? Bow low, and ask
Madame Butterfly over in the corner
for help? Not me. I'll keep travel
ing in Japan until I find an old
fashioned tub with lion claw feet,
door that locks, and where Ill be
able to soap the back end of the
tub and slide down into the water
alone.
Bathing is not the only part OF
Japanese hotels that differs from
ours. Be sure to bring along your
bedroom slippers because you take
off your shoes when you go in and
wear the slippers down the corridors
When you enter your room you kick
off the slippers and go barefooted
There are no bedsteads, either
When you are ready to retire maid
rolls your bedding out on the floor
Evening star., 1948-11-09
This Changing World
De Gaulle Seen Unable to Bring Order
To France Even If He Heads Cabinet

tistics show that France has more
cattle on its farms than in 1898.
The workers are in a lesser pre-
dicament because they can obtain
through their own co-operatives
assisted by the. government, some
OF these vital products. This Is
especially true in the case of those
who are either members or afiliates
of the Communist Party. But the
middle classes, officials. professors
clerks, lawyers, doctors, shopkeepers
and people living on the meagel
yield Of their past investments
are in desperate plight and are
gradually being squeezed out.
Political and social conditions in
France will call for an eventual
showdown by force. And there is
little If any fight left in the
bourgeoisie to be Of any value to the
man on a white horse.
Communists Still Strong.
1t is an open secret that If Presi-
dent Vincent Auriol is compelled to
Gail on Gen. De Gaulle to form Q
government, the head of Free
France will have to face a civil war
before he establishes his authority
The Communists, headed by Maurice
Thorez, while losing battles at the
polls where the vote is secret and
the timid souls can vote without
fear of retaliation, are still force
with which any French government
must reckon.
The Communists control the ma
jority of the General Confederation
of Labor and have demonstrated
that they can order strikes any day
they want and their orders will be
ebeyed. The fact that the strikes
have heretofore lasted only a limited
time is regarded by wishful thinkers
as a victory for. the government.
In fact, they were stopped only after
they achieved their objective of
further crippling the courtry's re-
covery. According to all available
information, the Communist leaders,
acting on orders from Moscow, are
determined to have showdown on
a large scale should DeGaulle be
entrusted with the reins of the
government.
The French leader can count, so
at least he thinks, on the police and
the armed forces. But whether
these alone will be able to meet the
situation for any length Of time,
particularly II q strike is ordered
and is backed by the militant forces
OF the Communists, headed by the
former naval offlcer, Andre Marty.
Is a question which only the future
will decide.
Last Sundays victory of Gen. de
Gaulle shows unquestionably that
many French voters have had
enough and would welcome a chance
for a more stable and energetic ad-
ministration. But it Is questionable,
IN the event that DeGaulle is asked
to form cabinet, whether such q
victory alone would be sufficient.
Evening star., 1948-11-09

War, as chairman and by prodigious
effort did the major financing of
the campaign. The President, ap-
preciating that they were striving
in cause already labelled lost, kept
in close and sympathetic touch with
them. He therefore knows better
than most Presidents the true score
of his indebtedness to the point
where it is quite useless for johnny
come-latelys to crowd into the pho
tographs now being taken.
To an unusual degree, the Truman
financiers had to bear down on
personalities. With other sources
frozen, they had to depend on peo-
pie they themselves knew, on high
level appointees on whom they felt
the party had some claim, on DEM
ocrats whose affluence stemmed
largely from political connections.
Heavy Burden on Loyal.
This was sometimes touchy going;
sometimes it placed on the loyal an
unduly heavy burden. Now that a
gentle rain of checks from the con-
trite and the second-guessers has
begun to soften the arid contours of
the Democratic debt, the finance
committee is working harder than
ever.
1t is still raising money and has
set itself a goal sufficient to put
everybody's hands back In their own
pockets and relieve the President
and national committee of worry.
It's ambition is to finance a COM
prehensive budget which with the
on-Jeferson Day dinners will
carry the party up to the next
campaign and give it a proper staff.
Meanwhile, the record shows that
as one wit wired Mrs. India Ed
wards, women's division chairman: !:
Never was so much owed to so
few"
Here Is the Score.
The score compiled from various
Democratic sources:
George Allen, the Presidents
storytelling friend whom he put
on the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration board, is now in private
business with directorships linking
him to some of the foremost corpor-
ations in America. Mr.. Allen told
the committee he'd raise money for
the congressional campaigns. Ac-
tually 1t got from him between So, 900
and $4,000. His principal boss
Victor Emanuel, the utilities tycoon
gave the Democrats nothing and
curtly informed a committee ennis
sary that he was a Republican.
The South helped after all. With
aid and advice from L. w. Robert
jr., former national committee treas
urer, Southern Senators and lead.
ers were quietly contacted and the
suggestion put that they could be
useful if they would. With the ex-
ception of Senator Eastland of Mis-
sissippi, they were polite and CO.
operative and real results flowed
forth at crucial moments. This Is
deeply appreciated, as it is realized
these Southerners had a problem a.
home in the rampant Dixiecrats. Il
is major reason why there will
be no reprisals in the Eighty-first
Congress.
National Defense Secretary For.
restal, a Democrat, told committee
spokesman he was too busy to talk
Evening star., 1948-11-09
On the Other Hand
Election Upsets Hoover Program
For Reorganizins Government

can way Of life and he would be
happy to see it rooted out. His
feeling is largely shared by the pre-
dominantly conservative commission
members and staff experts. AS the
essentials Of the coming report have
gradually taken shape 1t has become
clear that its recommendations will
include considerable curbing Of the
Federal powers asserted and respon-
sibilities accepted during the past
l6 years. One observer within the
commission has remarked that the
majority of the members are un-
dertaking to repeal the New Deal.
Members who can be called hber-
ais have resisted this tendency.
They sought through a period Of
months to have the commissions
work confined to efficiency and
economy" arguing that any change
Of functions was something for
Congress alone to consider. They
were overruled.
Alarmed Labor Leaders.
On one occasion when 1t was pro-
tested that the majority view, fol-
lowed to its logical conclusion, would
mean that the Commission could
recommend the rewriting of all the
laws enacted since the First Cong
ress, Representative Brown, who is
a member Of the commission, agreed
that this Is so. He knew 1t was so,
he said, because he wrote the reso-
luton creating the commission.
There has been little publicity
concerning the Commissions cogi-
tations, but enough has leaked out
to alarm labor leaders. They are
convinced that labor's gains Of re-
cent years are In great danger, par
ticularly in the matter Of social well
fare. They see q disposition on the
part OF Mr.. Hoover to substitute the
dole for social security. They are
preparing to fight the report when it
comes before the Eighty-flrst Cong
ress, in which they expect to have
some influence.
In this fight they will have the
benefit Of a carefully prepared mi
nority report, signed by at least two
members. Dean G. Acheson, former
Under Secretary Of State, and James
H. Rowe, jr., former Administra-
tive Assistant to the President. d.
tcopyrisht 1s4s Globe syndicate).
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Truman Owes Victory
To Farm Vote, Study
OF Returns Reveals
Electoral Vote by States
Fails to Show Mandate
For Toft Act Repeal
By David Laurence

President Truman owes his elec-
ton to the farm vote-and not the
labor vote. Examination of the re-
turns from those districts where sup
porters Of the Taft-Hartley law were
elected or defeated, aS the case may
be, reveals that, despite gains made
by the Democrats in seats for the
House of Representatives, Gov
Dewey captured the electoral votes
in industrial States.
Likewise, it shows that the re-
mainder of the Taft-Hartley Act
supporters were in predominantly
agricultural States where the labor
vote in the districts affected has In
most instances never been con-
trolling factor.
Not a single Democrat who had
voted for the Taft Hartley law was
defeated, whereas three Republi-
cans who voted against the law, and
were thus on labor's side, failed OF
re-election-one in New York State
one In tbe State Of Washington and
one in Wisconsin.
Count on House Seats.
In the States with the big elec-
toral votes-the industrial States
carried by Gov. Dewey, the Republi-
cans lost a who had voted for the
Taft-Hartley Act. Many of these
Republicans were in districts nor
mally Democratic which had gone
over to the Republican Party in No
vember, 1s46, by a narrow margin
Out Of the GA Republican men,
bers who lost their seats and who
voted for the Taft-Hartley Act
there were 81 in the Dewey States
and 81 in the Truman States in the
West and North.
The electoral votes of these Tru-
man States were not enough to win
the election for Mr.. Truman with
out the regular Democratic States In
the South and the States carried by
Gov. Thurmond. For virtually all
the Democratic members of the
House of Representatives who were
reelected from the South had voted
for the Taft-Hartley Act.
The 81 congressional seats which
the Republicans lost in the Truman
States were spread out over the ag-
ricultural States, and it will be
noted that with one or two excep-
tions, the majority of the delega-
tion to the House from each State
were supporters of the Taft-H Hartley
Act with few exceptions.
Box Score Of Results.
The box score of results based
solely on how the Hartley Act
supporters Jared In the States car.
ried bv Truman is as follows.
Evening star., 1948-11-09

Thus it will be seen that out of all
the States whose electoral votes MIR
Truman carried, there are only three
States where the majority of the
Taft-Hartley Act supporters in the
respective delegations of those States
were defeated. When 1t can be
shown that the congressional sup
porters of the Hartley Act
elected outnumbered the members
defeated in 18 States in the West
and North carried by Mr.. Truman
1t certainly cannot be persuasively
argued that the labor vote won the
election for Mr.. Truman in those 1e
western and northern States.
Iowa is Case in Point.
The big vote that was gotten out
In districts where the labor unions
organized the precincts developed
largely in the industrial States
where Gov. Dewey won the electora,
votes. Certainly Iowa, which re.
elected all its supporters Of the Taft.
Hartley law and yet gave its elec.
toral vote to Mr.. Truman, is a case
in point.
1t was the drop-off Of the Repub.
Hcan vote in the farm States carried
by Mr.. Truman which turned the
election. This, incidentally, explain,
one reason why the polls on the gen.
eral election as well as prophecies BY
campaign managers went wrong
the farm areas are hard to canvass
because Of the distance between
farms and the uncertainty as tc
what proportion of the vote will &c
10 the polls If the weather is in
clement.
AS for the Taft Hartley Act repeal
or modification, there certainly 6
nothing conclusive in the election
returns to show that the ma joritv OF
the people have given Congress q
mandate on this question.
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Evening star., 1948-11-09

slips you a wooden pillow, and says
goodnight. When you get up in the
morning the bedding is taken away
and your bedroom becomes O combi-
nation sitting room and dining room.
You get pillow to sit on, and that
| is all.
I'd tell you more, but it has started
raining and am going out to stand
In the rain, hoping that 1t will wash
few Of these cinders of my neck
and face.
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