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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24

She was startled when someone
stood at her shoulder suddenly.
Of the brightness that Clarabelle's
presence had blighted, and she got
to thinking about a trip that 20
years ago had been scheduled for
tomorrow. Memory Of the tryst had
come to her with the approach Of
another New Year, but she had not
planned to enact 4 promise that
years Of separation had cast into
youths frivolous dreaming, disap-
pointments and temperamental
pride. Yet. seeing Clarabelle and
remembering what she'd said about
her somehow filed har with unex-
pected sentiment.
She had nowhere to 60 on New
Years day. and thought Of the trip
suddenly became enhancing. 1t
would be emotionally uplifting to
60 back to the old haunts. and no
one would know Of her foolish iv.
ing Just for 4 day among memories
Of a past that through her own
foolhardy pride, had led her into
her present state Of lonely maiden
hood.
"lf anything ever separates u.s."
Lance had said that night long ago.
"it'd be fun just to meet again. sort
Of q tryst affair, 20 years hence.
Maybe in Park Rendezvous where
we first met. :"
They'd talked like that often, then
laughed-hecaus they knew they'd
never separate. Someday they'd
marry. But they didn't marry. Too
soon a trivial misunderstanding had
risen between them. and she'd had
too much pride to admit that she'd
keen a little wrong. too.
1t was almost noon when Amy
rea ached the Park Rendezvous at
Obane on New Years day. She'd
! have lunch. she decided. then visit
about town. But already she was
sensing regret for having made the
trip. You couldn't live in the past
even for a day without returning to
the present with greater pain How
well she knew it now!
She was startled when someone
stood at her shoulder suddenly.
Hello" he said.
Amy's heart huttered in recog,
nizing his voice. She looked up.
"Why. Lancet" 1t was all she
could manage.
He sat by her at the table and
covered her hand with his,
Looks like we both remem-
bered," he said. chuckline happily
But, you married. Lance.
heard" She couldn't help saying
It
That was false news, DEAR" he
said. "Do you think-but you sure
" know nowl l tried to hnd you
Amy, but l lost all trace Of you.
Amy laughed and her cheeks col
ored. ~ wouldn't have come to
day." she said wistfully. but fo
q person named Clarabelle. ..
"Clarabeue?"
Amy nodded. "It's a queer lit
story, Lance" she said. and II
she wondered with little Gloath
what Clarabelle, and all Of Do
van for that matter. would III
when they heardl
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
\ ;1H@:EI!\S
k7SE Nn!SHs
.

THE clock has had the privilege
L Of striking midnight and being
the first to announce the arrival OF
the New Year for only about six CEN
turtles. Before that, man measured
the hours in several different ways.
Primitive man measured the
length Of a day by the moving
shadows which reflected the. suns
daily course across the heavens.
The first timepiece was probably
pole and stone-the pole to cast
shadow and the stone to mark
! where the shadow fell when the sun
, was highest
As man became more accus-
toned to regulating his activities
according to specific intervals Of
time. he devised the "water-thief."
the hourglass. and finally the me-
| chanical clock.
Even the simplest "water-thief
measured time accurately because
a regular interval Of time passed
between the moment 1t was hlleo
and the moment 1t became empty
and this interval could be timed by
the sun.
The hourglass was better than
the '.water-thief'' because 1t was
cheaper. It would not freeze or spill
and 1t did not require reflling.
Real mechanically operated d
| clocks were not constructed until
the thirteenth century. The word
"clock" has been derived from the
French "cloche." which means bell.
and probably owes its connection
with timekeeping to the custom oi
ringing bells to announce the pass
| ing Of the hours.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24
Christmas Quiz

How much do you and your tami.
ly really know about Christmas?
Try this one on them when there's a
lun in the fun. Both children and
adults will enjoy matching wits and
everybody will learn something
more about Christmas.
l. The Christmas custom Of kiss
ing under the mistletoe started in
(a) Norway. (b) Russia. tc) Hol-
land. L.,
2. The story Of the birth Of jesus
Is described in which two books Of
the New Testament (a) St. John,
(b) St. Matthew. (c) St. Luke. (d}
St. Mark? !
8. The national Christmas tree Of
America is located in (a) Indiana
.(b) New York. (c) Washington,
ID. c.. (d) California.
4. Who wrote ''The Night Before
Christmas? (a) Longfellow. (b)
Guest. (c) Moore?
S. There is only one town in the
world named Santa Claus. 1t is To-
Gated in (a) Holland. (b) England.
(c) Indiana.
6. Tuberculosis Christmas seals
originated in (a) America. Cb) Ger.
many. (c) Denmark.
z. The custom Of hanging holly
In the window on Christmas was
Originally started (a) to keep
witches away. (b) decorate the win
dow tc) as an invitation to passers-
'by to come in.
! 9. Christmas boxes for the poor
originated in (a) France In 1887, (b)
ancient Rome. f., A.aeli~a' III IToo.
8. The children Of what country
get Christmas gifts from a kindly
old witch by the name Of Befano
instead Of from Santa Claus? (a)
Russia, (b) China. (c) France. (d
Italy.
10. The word ''Noel'' means (a)
new. (b) holiday. (c) born.
Christmas Quizz Answers:
1. &C
2 BIC Ia
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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24

Singer Paul Robson gradual
ed from Rutgers College with
one of the highest scholastic a.
verages in the colleges history,
in addition to being a five-letter
man in athletics.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24

Earliest mention of the legen-
Diary Robin Hood occurs in the
later part of the 14th Century,
in the second edition TO Piers
Plowman.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-24

One of the most famous rings
in the world is the papal "ring
of the Fisherman, and has been
known to exist as the personal
signet ring of the pope since
1865.
The open seas are not exactly
the same level all over the
world.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
; Seized at Charles Town
In Bogus Note Roundup

Three men, believed by Secret
Service agents to be connected with
large-scale counterfeit ring. we're
arrested in Charles Town, w. Va,
yesterday after an alleged attempt
to pass bogus $40 bills at the race
track there.
A Secret Service official here
said the trio was seized by West
Virginia State police in connection
with an attempt to sell the counter
felt currency to track official.
None of the bills actually was
passed, but some of them were pro-
duced at betting windows, 1t was
said. Thirteen bogus $40 bills were
seized from two of the men and
the third was said to have been
present when the passing attempt
was made. according to the Secret
Service official.
The notes we're said to be of the
same description as these seized
about 10 days ago in the arrest of
another counterfeit suspect in Balti-
more, the official said. All four of
the men are from the New York
area, he added.
A warning was issued by the Sec
ret Service recently about flood
of bogus $40 and $40 bills now ap-
pearing In the East.
Evening star., 1948-12-19

storm with the same enthusiasm
as the ski-waxers.
William A. Xanten, head of the
Refuse Division, is happy about the
timing of the thing, however, be-
cause he will not have to battle
with heavy, work-bound traffic this
morning.
He said his department mad been
making plans for the snowfall since
early yesterday, when chains were
ordered for all snow-removal and
sanding vehicles. Fifty per cent
of the sanding crew were ordered in
advance TO report for duty at am.
Mr.. xanten said he did not expect
to need the snowplow teams in view
of the light fall predicted, but the
men and equipment would be stand
ing by Just in case.
In addition to the snow storms in
Georgia and Mississippi. the As
sociated Press reported that storm
centering in Iowa moved across
the north central States yesterday
spreading a layer of snow over six
States. Indianapolis had 8 inches.
The storm continued its move
eastward and Federal forecasters
predicted it would bring rain and
snow to Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and New York today.
Elsewhere throughout the country
the weather generally was fair.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
BY the Assoeioied Press

ELLISVILLE, Miss, Dec. ia
23-year-old Navy veteran was un-
der conviction today for miscegena-
ton, and District Attorney Paul
Swartzfager said he believed it was
the first in the States history.
The nriscegenation law, which
stems from the State Constitution
of 1890, forbids marriage or cohabi-
tation between white persons and
those with one-eighth or more Me-
gro or Mongolian blood.
Davis Knight, who served in the
Navy as a white man and married q
white girl, was convicted under the
law last night and sentenced to five
years in the State Penitentiary. He
filed notice of appeal today.
Principal point at issue was the
ancestry Of Mr.. Knights great
grandmother, a woman known as
Rachel who lived on the plantation
of Capt. Newt Knight, a colorful
figure in Mississippi history.
The State contended Rachel was
Negro. Several witnesses testified
she and her offspring were known
as Negroes. The defense produced
witnesses who said they believed she
was Cherokee Indian.
Defense Attorney Quitman Ross
said his appeal would attack testi-
mony regarding "the reputation OF
people as being Negroes" without
clarifying the amount of Negro
blood.
Witnesses included s9-year-old
Evening star., 1948-12-19
BY the Associated Press

BATAVIA, Java, Sunday, Dec.
19-The Republic of Indonesia
said Dutch airplanes bombed
Jogjakarta, the Republican capt.
tai, today. Jogjakarta is in South
Central Java about 200 miles
east of Batavia.
The Republican government, in an
official radio statement, said
Dutch invasion of Indonesian terri
tory began at dawn. 1t described
the action as "dastardly" and said
it was comparable to the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor
A radio calling itself the Voice
of Free Indonesia" said a Dutch
attack on the island of Sumatra
had started. The Republicans con-
troll most of the territory on the
large island northwest of Java.
The Indonesian radio announce
#ment said Dutch amphibious forces
had made landing on the North
central coast of Java. 1t said Dutch
planes, including two-engine B-25
medium bombers, were still attack
ing Jogjakarta and an airfield more
than four hours after the military
action began. The broadcast Ge-
scribed the Dutch action as viola
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Cox Retirement
Due in Shif # Of
Guard Control
Col. W. H. Abendroft
Mentioned, Truman
Ready for Transfer
By William J. WheutIey

The District National Guard Is
expected to get a new command
ing general early in January, it
was learned last night.
President Truman, a White
House source revealed, has ap-
proved the final draft of an
executive order transferring
control of the District Guard,
now vested in him, to the Ma
tional Guard Bureau.
This carries with it, it was pointed
out, authority to name a successor
to Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, now in
command of the guard.
Gen. Cox has passed the retire.
ment age of 64, but the statute al
lows him to continue in Office until
his successor is appointed and takes
the oath. Hence, it will not be
necessary for Gen. Cox to resign to
effect the change.
Col William H. Aberdroft, So,
former Idaho Adjutant General and
now on duty as resident member Of
the General Staff Committee on
National Guard Policy, Is being con-
Isidered as a successor to Gen. Cox,
it was learned. Col. Abendroft held
Evening star., 1948-12-19
10 Rutland ,
Scheduled 10 Retire
In 1850, Is Sought
Midwestern Health Officer
Considered, but Mason
Refuses to Reveal Name

A successor is being sought for
Health Officer George C. Ruh-
land, who is scheduled to retire
early in 1850, Commissioner Guy
Mason revealed last night.
This raises to four the number
of high positions in the Health De-
partment for which Mr.. Mason must
find men.
The post of Alcoholic Clinic Di-
rector still is vacant. nearly a year
after Congress appropriated funds
for the experiment. Mr.. Mason also
is looking for qualified physicians
to fill the jobs now held by DR..
Alvin R. Sweeney, superintendent
of Gallinger Hospital, and DR.. p S.
Rossiter, Gallinger chief of staff.
Both men are on a retired basis,
DR.. RoSsiter a former Navy ad-
miral and DR.. Sweeney a former
United States Public Health Serv-
ice physician.
Disclosure that Commissioner
Mason already has a candidate
under consideration for DR.. Ruh-
lands post indicates that his term
of service will NOT be extended past
the March l, 1860, retirement date.
Mr.. Mason said he is considering
the health Office of Middle West
State but refused to name the man
lSee RUTLAND. Page A-5l
Evening star., 1948-12-19
picture on Page A-5.)
BY the Associated Press

EVARTS, KY, Dec. lS.-This coal
mining towns fifth police chief in
five months was charged today with
killing q man already under indict-
ment for the murder of a former
chief.
Judge w. j. r. Howard of Harlan
County swore to murder warrant
charging Isachar Combs. 28-year-
old police chief and veteran of
six years Army service, with killing
Bryan Middleton, 48, restaurant
operator.
Chief Combs was released under
S. 900 bond and returned to his
duties as the chief law enforcement
officer of this mountain town OF
1000 inhabitants.
Patrolman Lewis Deaton, 80, Chief
Combs assistant, was in Harlan
hospital with a bullet wound in
the hip which he suffered during
an exchange of gunfire last night
with Mr.. Middleton.
The gun fight. which Mr.. Deaton
said resulted when he and Chef
Combs tried to serve a warrant
on MIR. Middleton. started In the
Evening star., 1948-12-19
City Prepares for Pinch Snow
Due to Turn to Rain in Afternoon
Two Storms Converging on Washington
To Drop Temperature to 80 Degrees

Washington prepared itself
last night for a predicted two
inch snow.
The Weather Bureaus official pre-
diction said snow would start fall
ing about am. and that 1t would
be from one to three inches. 1t
leaned unofficially to two-inch fall.
AS the word went out, residents
of the city prepared to make the
most of the first visible touch of
winter and city officials were equally
busy preparing to make the least
of it by keeping the streets clear.
Those who are looking forward to
something along the line of winter
sports were advised by the forecaster
not to waste any time about it. He
felt sure that the snow would change
to rain sometime this afternoon.
Unless he is all wrong. 1t will not
mean a white Christmas.
The forecaster said the tempera-
ture was expected to drop TO about
80 degrees. He said the chance
that the storm would miss the city
was small. Two snowstorms-one in
Georgia and another in Mississippi
were converging on Washington at
about 40 miles per hour, he said.
Meanwhile, the men responsible
for keeping the city's streets clear
were not looking forward to the
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Red Demand 10 French
For Village Reported
Earlier Story on Page A-13.)
By the Associated PrSsS

BERLIN, Sunday, Dec. 19.-The
British-licensed newspaper Telegraf
said today Gen. Alexander G. Ko-
tisov, Soviet commandant, requested
the French commander last night
to evacuate the village of Stolpe,
In the French sector of Berlin.
The report could not be confirmed
officially Immediately.
Teiegraf said Gen. Kotikov's re-
quest was addressed to Gen. Jean
Ganeval, the French commandant.
Stolpe was originally part of the
Russian occupation zone but was
incorporated in the French sector
OF Berlin by agreement between
French and Soviet military authori-
ties in 1945.
The reported Russian request was
regarded here, If true, as retaliatory
action for demolition by French en-
gineers Thursday of Soviet-con-
trolled Berlin radio towers.
The two towers, located in the
French sector, at Tegel Airfield
were blown up because they con.
stituted danger to airlift planes
q French statement said.
The Russian protest Friday sale
the Soviet command had met the
French halfway and given them 9
piece of land, including the village
of Stolpe. to build the airfield al
Stolpe. It adaed the French hac
accepted the land.
Therefore, the Soviet command
asserted, the building of the air
field at Tegel was contradictory te
the decision of the co-ordinatine
committee and to the French Soviet
protocol on the matter.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Veteran Accused as Octoroon
jailed for MARRYING as White

Tom Knight, son of Capt. Newt
Knight, who seeded" from Mis-
sissippi during the Civil War and
founded the free state of Jones"
in Jones County.
Tom Knight testified Davis
Knights grandfather was a son of
Rachel, and that Rachel was known
as a Negro.
Mr.. SWartzfager said State Su-
preme Court records show no indi-
cation of any previous conviction
under the miscegenation law. The
maximum penalty under the statute
is 10 years.
He added that no charges were
planned against Davis Knights wife,
who married him in April, 1916, un-
der the impression he was all OF
white blood. The district attorney
said his Navy discharge papers listed
him as white.
George Ethridge, assistant at
torney general, said at the State
capitol in Jackson that a mis-
cegenation conviction automatically
voids the marriage, and that any
children resulting from the union
are illegitimate.
The present law carries out pro-
vision of the State Constitution of
1890. Mr.. Ross said a law of the
same type had existed before that,
since the end Of reconstruction. The
present law does not prohibit the
marriage of white persons with
members of colored races other than
Negro or Mongoloid.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Committee Was Unfair
To Condor, Nixon Says
BY the Associatsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 18.-A member
of the House Un-American Activi-
ties Committee said tonight the COM
mittee had made mistakes and de-
served criticism, particularly in the
handling of the case involving DR..
Edward Condor, head of the Ma
tional Bureau of Standards. He
termed the committees handling of
the Condor case unfair"
The committee member, Repre-
sentative Nixon, Republican, of Cali
fornia, made the statement while
being interviewed over the Ameri-
can Broadcasting Co. by Bert An
drews.
A subcommittee of the House
group last March / described DR..
Condor as "one of the weakest links
in our atomic security"
DR.. Condor insisted on his loyalty
and demanded hearing which the
comittee has not yet granted. In
July DR.. Condor was cleared of the
charges by the Atomic Energy Com
mission.
In answer to questions from Mr..
Andrews, Mr.. Nixon tonight said:
"Ill admit the committee has
made mistakes and deserves criti-
cisms."
Asked to name one of the mis-
takes, the California Congressman
said:
Sure, I'll name one I believe the
handling of the case involving DR..
Edward Condor was unfair"
Mr.. Nixon then added:
IT firmly believe that DR.. Condor
should have been heard by the
committee before any statement
about him was made public. re-
gret that he has ne. hsen heard
by the committee-and think he
should be heard row.'
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Police Chief, Fifth in 5 Months,
Kills Ex-Chiefs Accused SLAYER

presence OF many spectators. They
fled.
Mr.. Middleton was indicted sew
eral weeks ago on charge of mur-
der in connection with the Staying
of E. j. Baumgardner September IA.
Mr.. Baumgardner also was police
chief at the time.
Mayor Elihu Bailey expressed the
a hope that I. I'VE don't have any more
Evarts' rapid turnover in police
chiefs started last August 9. Albert
Smith resigned and was replaced by
Mr.. Baumgardner.
Several days after Mr. Baumgard-
ner's death, H. T. Collier took the
job. His assistant, Orville Brock,
was shot and wounded from ambush
on the night of october 10. Mr..
Collier resigned the next day. ex-
planning he didn't want to get shot
in the back"
George Sellers became police chief
No. 4, but he too resigned November
II. His resignation followed his
arrest in nearby Harlan on charge
of drunkenness.
Chief Combs, who came here
from nearby Breathitt County. took
over as chief No. 5 q few days after
Sellers resigned.
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Is Die, a. Injured
As Buses Crash, Burn
On Icy Utah Highway
Flames Devour Wreckoqe,
Hompering Inquiry; Third
Cor Reported Involved
AY The Associnfed press

DELE, Utah, Dec. 49, - The
flaming crash of two Burlington
railways buses on a snoW-bor-
dered highway in desolate West
ern Utah killed 13 persons today
and injured a. others.
Bodies of u victims were taken
from the burning wreckage. An
other disd at a hospital several
hours later.
Identification of the. victims, many
of the bodies charred beyond recog-
milton, was difficult. Hours after
the crash some remained unfden-
titled.
Burlington officials said the east
bound bus carried the driver and 81
passengers. Eighteen and a driver
were aboard the westbound pus
Some were hurt only slightly.
Some Identified.
Officers said late tonight these
victims have been identified:
Daniel w. Eggers, Salt Lake City,
driver of the eastbound bus.
Sherry Ann Cook. II, daughter Of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cook, Gold Hill,
Utah.
Mrs. Inez Magionos, about go,
Elko, New.
The accident occurred about 1920
pm. (MST) on straight stretch of
windswept United States Highway
40, six miles west Of Dele and IS
miles west of Salt Lake City.
State Highway Trooper John F.
Ross of Ogden, assigned to assist in
the investigation, said the burned
wreckage of the two buses was so
intermingled it was difficult to de-
termine just what happened.
He and County Attorney A.
Pharis johnson said they had infor-
ma.lon from two witnesses that a
third car was involved, but escaped
damage.
Three of Dead Women.
Both officers said the witnesses
told them the westbound hus started
to pass the car, skidded. then COL
lided with the eastbound bus.
Officers said three of the dead
were women, two quite young. The
other nine were men.
The II shrouded bodies alongside
the highway had been burned, some
to a crisp. Sheriff C. A. Hymas said
Identification would be difficult.
He added that identification tags
were found on some of the bodies,
Seq RIIS CPASH paoe A-31
Evening star., 1948-12-19
Canada Orders Deportation
OF Civil Rights Official
ey the Associoted Press

TORONTO, Dec. 18-William L.
Patterson, executive secretary of the
Civil Rights Congress of America,
today was ordered deported from
Canada.
The deportation order Was issued
by a three-man board of inquiry of
the Canadian immigration Depart
ment. 1t said:
He believes in and advocates the
overthrow by force or violence of
the government of Canada and of
constituted law and authority, and
he disbelieves jim and is opposed to
organized government and advo-
Gates and teaches the unlawful
destruction of property"
Mr.. Patterson said he would leave
Toronto tonight for the United
States.
II have been accused of being a
member of subversive organization
in the United States he said. THE
organization is not subversive and
has never been proved so in a court
of law"
Mr.. Patterson, a Chicago Negro,
was refused permission to address
a public meeting here Wednesday.