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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
c. M. Wright Hospitalized After
Being Found Injured on Street

c. M. Wright, 36, a recently
discharged veteran of the US.
Marine Corps, was admitted to
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
last night shortly before $3.50 suf-
fering from a compound frac-
ture of his left leg and cuts on
his face which were obtained
in some manner not known to
hospital authorities or local po-
lice.
Wright was found lying in the
street on Jefferson street a short
distance from Patterson Mills
clinic early last night by two
young boys, who summoned
taxicab to take the injured man
to the hospital.
Elmer Ross, cab driver, was
sent to pick up Wright who in
sisted on being taken to his home
on Washington street instead of
the hospital in spite of his in
juries. At the Wright home
his sister sent him on to the
hospital, Ross said.
He was taken to the operating
room where his leg was treated
and he was found to be weak
from loss of blood.
Hospital officials said the in
jured man did not know how he
was hurt, and the police officers
who sought to investigate the
accident we given no infor-
nation.
Ross, the cab driver, said he
asked Wright how he was hurt
and happened to be lying in the
street and said the man would
not say.
His mother, Mrs. Bernice
Wright, with whom he has made
his home at 240 Washington
street, said her son received a
medical discharge from the Ma
rine Corps about 60 days ago
after a long period of hospitali-
cation. She SAID he had served
in the Marines over II years be-
/ fore he was discharged.
At the HOSPITAL last night a
private nurse was assigned to
the case and the man was said
to be in critical condition from
his injuries.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Truman Announces Military Budget Of "A Billion Dollars For
Eext Fiscal Year And Orders Vigorous Reserve Training Plan

Washington, Oct. is -(P-
President Truman annouced TO-
day $14,40O,OOo,OOO military
spending budget for next fiscal
year-an increase of more than
$4,000, 100000 over this year-and
ordered vigorous" program to
build up and train military re-
serve units.
But he emphasized that his
moves were not caused by anv
worsening of the world situa-
ton. In fact. he said, world
tension has eased slightly and
there has been some improve
ment in the Russian attitude
He said the Russians are better
about talking things over.
The fact that U. N. talks are
still going on, he said, is in it
self some reason for optimism.
The presidents remarks were
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

components of the armed forces,
including the organized reserves.
Forrestal in turn gave them to
the Secretaries of the Army,
Navy and Air departments and
asked that they give him their
views on November l.
Mr.. Humans instructions to
Forrestal included the order to
assign ian active, capable, high
ranking officer" to head the re-
serve program in each depart
ment. Whether this meant he
was ordering Forrestal to sup
plant the three men already in
those jobs was not clear.
Some of the first COMPRESSION
al reaction to Mr.. Humans an
nouncement was not favorable.
Chairman Quincy RS. Dak) Of
thte Senate Armed Services COM
mittee said that congress would
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

have to appropriate funds to
implement any such order, then
added that Il can't see any good
coming out of the order"
The specific suggestions the
president made to Secretary For
restal included:
l. Assignments of an active,
cajable, high ranking officer to
head the reserve program in
each department.
2. The assignment of an ade-
quate number of young and Wig
orous officers as instructors and
administrative officers in pro-
grams of reserve training.
8. Increase attention on the
part of all general staff divi-
sions to planning and directing
reserve activities.
4. Training programs which
will hold the interest of reserv-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Local Boy Sent
To Raleigh for
Polio Diagnosis

DR.. Robert F. Young, Hall
fax County Health officer, re-
ported here yesterday that 10
year-old Roanoke Rapids boy
had been sent to Rex Hospital
in Raleigh as suspected" vic
tim of poliomyelitis.
DR.. Young said that DR.. Tom
Taylor, had called him in on
the case and after a study of
boy sent to Raleigh for a final
diagnosis.
The health officer said, there
is no cause for alarm among
the people of Halifax County
We have only one confirmed
case of polio in the county and
the normal incidence rate for
this county if four cases."
Young said that there is no
epidemic of polio in the county
and no"special restrictions are
contemplated on school children.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Several Local
Boys to Study
For Ministry

The Reverend Gordon L. Price
pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Roanoke Rapids re-
ports that the following
local boys have recently dedi-
Gated their lives to the ministry.
Daniel Jolly, who has already
been called by the Baptist
Church of CASTOR; Alvin Pitt.
who is now attending the South
ern Baptist Seminary in Louis
vile, Kentucky; Daniel jolly q
student at Wake Forest College
Charles Neal, who plans to go
to Baylor University, Waco
Texas, and Drewry Ferguson a
student in the local school sys-
tenn. n
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

lists and will maintain and i'm
prove the military skills they
acquired by active service in
the armed forces. a
S. More adequate training
facilities and equipment, in
Guiding active cooperation among
all the services in the effective
utilization of existing buildings.
by proceeding promptly to
utilize every practicable resource
of the services" Mr.. Truman
told Forrestal, sit should be pos8
sible with a minimum of delay,
to organize all reserve compo-
nents units required for the
training of individuals in the
active reserves in such a way
as to give the balance necessary
to our national defense in its,
broadest concept" ~
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
One Child Dies
Of Diphtheria,
Six Other Cases

DR.. Robert F. Young, Halifax
County Health officer, reported
yesterday that one child had died
of diphtheria in Halifax County
in the past week and that there
are six other cases in the county.
DR.. Young SAID there are three
cases at Scotland Neck, three at
Enfield and the death occurred
at Littleton.
The health officer said that in
none of the cases had the chill
dren been given adequate imm-
limitation against the disease.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

Raleigh, Oct. 16-(AP)-The
highest general tobacco price
average in the history of the
flue-cured Carolinas border belt
was set during the 1913 selling
season, the US. and NC. de-
nounced today.
The seasons gross sales, the
258, 351, 189 pounds for an aver
age of $50.41 per hundred. This
topped last years average by
$8.47 and exceeded the previous
record high by 88 cents estab-
ished in 1916.
All prices moved up in COM
comparison with last years
advances ranged from 1925 to
S12, with most gains amounting
to Sc to $40. The larger gains
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Roanoke
RonbIings
BY PAT NANTZ

Miss Jesse Helen Belche, Jour-
nalism teacher at the local hlgh
School announcement that the
students who had subscribed for
a '4s Ro-Rap, on or before Mon
day, would be feted at a social.
1t will take place on Monday al
ternoon at 2:40 O'Clock, IN the
high school gym. there Will De
music for dancing-and a plea
SAINT time is expected for those
who attend. The annual stall
set 500 subscriptions as their
goal for this year. Here's mop
ing they realize their wish'''
Home from his duties on a
thirty day leave is Mccoy CARY
McCoy has served eighteen mon
this in the Navy, and will report
back to his ship. He does not
expect to return home again I'M
til after two and one half years
then his time in the Navy Will
be up.
Also home or leave is Alan
Collins-Alan, who is serving III
the Army, is '48 graduate OF
the Roanoke Rapids High ochooi'
Reapa Morgan was honoreu
last night at a birthday party,
given by her family...she was
celebrating her sixteenth Dlrth-
day.. .Reapa entertained quite d
few of her friends and the occa-
sion was enjoyed by ALL
/Orchids go to the Roanoke ma
lids band and director, George
BAIRD the cheerleaders, the ma
jorettes, and the drum-maJoret'e,
Shirley Stewart. for such NICE
show at the game on FRIDAY
night. many comments ha es
been heard about how much
their performance was enloye a.
it added to the interest OF the
yame ;. especially since our team
was unfortunate enough 10 lose
Nv a 1870 score ..and the cheer
eaders are especially to be com,
imented on the wonder1ui
7ay they carried out our Coiol
,ay.. the attendance at the ga,
ne was better than it has oeeh
he whole season...thanks 10
their ADVERTISING. q
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Border Belt Has Hig hest Tobacco
Price Average in History in 1913

age. Clinton announced it would
close for sales Friday, Oct. %.
On the Middle Belt, this mark
ed the first week of the season.
on which there has been a de-
cided lower trend.
Gross sales on the Middle
Belt for the week totaled 1882,
245 pounds averaging $51.57, for
a drop of 10 cents over the pre-
vious week. Seasons sales
reached 112,259,0 49 pounds for
a return of $51.28 per hundred.
On the Old Belt, decreases
ranged so cents to 81, with most
grades off ST to So. Red Leaf
suffered the greatest losses.
Leaf and smoking leaf made up
about rs per cent of the market
ings.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

occurred in instances, for
smoking leaf, cutters, and Tugs.
Non-descript and lower quality
leaf grades showed the smallest
increases.
Prices and demand on the
three other flue-cured belts now
operating in North Carolina de-
clined this week compared with
last. On the Eastern Carolina
Belt, declines during the ninth
week of sales averaged from
so cents to Sc, but mostly ranged
in the ST to So bracket. Losses
were most prevalent in leaf. The
weeks gross sales totaled 49,
45,846 pounds averaging $53.49,
off S1.81 from last week. The
seasons sales mounted to 343,
1928, 023 pounds for a $49.64 aver
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Halifax Chapter
Of UNC Alumni to
Meet in Weldon

Weldon.-Moving pictures of
the Carolina-Georgia football
game will feature a supper
meeting of the Halifax chapter
of the University Of North Caro-
lima Alumni Association Wednes-
day evening at $3.50 at the Lee
gion Center, Weldon.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Firemen Put Out
Grass Blaze

A grass. fire in the 900 block
of Raleigh street was reported
bv local fireman here Friday al
ternoon.
A.53 and a truck was dispatched
to the scene and assistant chief
G. B. Camp said the firemen
cruised around without disco
vering the fire, before someone
in the vicinity showed them
where a field Of grass had burn
cd without causing any damage.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
brouqh+on Will Address Warren
County Democrats Mondov Niaht

Warrenfon. SENATOR orni-
nee J. Melville Broughton will
speak at a meeting of War
rem County Democrats at the
Warrenton court house Mon
day night at 1880. it was an
nounced today by Joe Ellis.
president of the Warren Coun-
tY Young Democrats Club.
The meeting will be a coun-
ty-wide rally of all Democrats.
and the former Governor will
probably be introduced by
Congressman John Kerr of
Warrenton.
The Democrats rally was
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

called by the Young Demo-
Gratis for the purpose of arous-
ing political interest in the
November general election.
Other officers of the Young
Democrats are Graham King,
first vice-president: Howell
Sized. second vice-president:
and w. r. Drake. secretary
treasurer. Men. 5ers of the exc.
cutive committee are Leon
Knight. Mrs. Mary P. Pippen.
Mrs. T. J. Harrington. Amos
Capps. Allen Kimball. Page
Parkinson and Mrs. Anna But
Ter.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Weather

North .arolina-Some cooler
in north and west porti1et
Sunday. Light showers ever
west and north porticas Bun-
day. s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
0'HARRA BUS II MES QUIT

ANCHORAGE - The OHarra Bus Lines today were out of busi- ness, Forrest Hysom, receiver an- nounced. Tax bills amounting to s2O6,000 and the continued opera ton of the buses at loss forced him to take the fleet off the road, Hysom said.
 Tysom, in declaring the opera ton of the bus line as hopeless, :" said that the cloak of debt, plus considerable weekly losses in op- erating routes between Ft. Rich ardson, Gulkana and Anchorage, made it impossible to make a go of it.
 Hysom, by court order, was ap- pointed receiver of the line in mid-August. He immediately drop ped the bus routes to Fairbanks, Valdez and to Whitehorse, on the Alaska Highway. They only lost money for the company" he de- clared.
 The O'Harra Bus Lines operated the largest fleet of buses in the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03

Despite all the upsets the election brought, men have retained their overwhelming dominance of num- bers in Congress. Only none women one of them a Senator were elected Women made an even lower mark in the Eigthtieth Congress in which there were seven of their sex in the House. The Seventy-ninth Congress had Representatives, three having been appointed to fill unexpred terms of their hus- bands In this Congress women hold about IT per cent of the seats well below feminine membership in legislative bodies of other nations. In the new Indian Constitutional Assembly women occupy 5 per cent of the seats.
 True woman Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith, crashed the Senate and she the first of her sex to do so without having been given foot in the door by means of an appointment. She is rated first rate choice. And two women Representatives, Judge Reva Beck Bosone, Democrat, of Utah, and Mrs. Cecil M Harden, Republican, of Indiana, a school teacher who won in hard fight, will bring the same high ability to the House. will the five women members who reelected together with Mrs Chase Going Woodhouse, member of the Seventy ninth Congress At least this is their reputation
 The question remains: Why in country 1T which constitute the majority of eligible voters where they control the purchasing power, and arc dominant in the home, church, cultural and soca life. do they express such a weak voice in making the Federal laws? Why in such critical times thes viewpoints and special talents?
 One reason so few women run for Congress that they have difficulty than in getting
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
Shoppers Paradise
CWhitehorse Starr


 Quoting from The Ottawa Journal That ques- tonnare which is being submitted by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics to 5000 Canadian families in effcrt to find out to the last mpertnent detail what they do with their money has 864 questions in a document of 22 printed pages. The project is called Confidential survey of family expenditures" for the 12 months September l. 1947, to August B. 1948.
 The Government. through the Bureau investi- gators want to know what each family spent on food, beer and other alcoholic drinks greeting cards mousetraps end ink, It asks for the value of food raised and consumed by each family-n detail
 Our benevolent government would like to know too how much the family spent in those 12 months on postage stamps, starch insecticides, furniture clothing, gasoline and oil, taxes and host of other items. It asks for the amount of spending money given to youngsters of the household
 It may be that governments do this sort of thing when they have more money than they know what to do with Certainly it is hard to believe that the survey any useful purpose. The Govern ment through the income tax returns knows every thing it has any right to know about wages and what we do with them If it is important that it know what spend ink, for example, or mems hats an inquiry of a few manufacturers would provide the answer, and not for a small percentage of our people but for all of them.
 The questionnaire is official snooping gone wild Perhaps next shall have the Bureau of Statistics pryng into the sexual behavior of the average Can- adian-and coming up with best seller.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03

Hastily he added: An atom bomb could destroy one ship. But the others would be saved by dis tance, and would readily leave any contaminated area. It would not be a profitable target for the bomb.'
 Admiral Radf ,ra also made this strange arguments ITO anyone familiar with the realities of under sea warfare. an overseas airbase on land is more vulnerable to submar- ines than are carriers"
 Note-When Secretary for Air Symington fired a letter to Eber- stadt, protesting against the Navy's testimony, his letter leak ed out to the press Angrily, For restal announced that he would Investigate the leak. But, after checking code numbers on the let ter and tracking down who had handled it, the leak was narrow ed down to only one possible source: The Navy itself
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
FORREsTAL FEUDING

If James V. Forrestal is still Secretary of National Defense next January, Democratic Senators plan to give him an even more intense going over than the Republicans regarding pickering between the Navy and Air Force.
 They point out that Congress specifically passed the unification bill to prevent this pickering and that Forrestal, former boss of the Navy, was made boss of both. Yet now he can't control the Admirals who lobbied to put him in the top defense job.
 Two secret military conferences at Key West and Newport, R. T., were held to prevent this picker ing and to decide the all-important question of whether Navy planes or Air Force planes shall lead the air assault in case of war. Never theless, the old feud was reopened recently before a secret session of Ferdinand Eberstadt's committee, set up by Herbert Hoover to study military reorganization.
 Eberstadt, who was maneuyering to be Dewey's Secretary of De- fense, let Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air John Nicholas Brown give a long argument on why Navy planes, not Army planes should head the next war offense- even though this was twice decid- ed before at Key West and New port.
 We have heen asked by your chairman to discuss whether the Air Force should absorb Naval av- iation," began MT. Brown in the secret hearings.
 This was an unusual remark since no one ever made such 2 recommendation Eberstadt, { close friend of Forrestals and 6 great Navy fan, knew better. NeV- ertheless he listened eagerly al Brown continued to tell why the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03

money to finance their campaigns. Also some of the best qualified women reco from the rough and tumble of electioneerng. An greater deterrent is the cold shoulder that organization leaders turn on them especially in districts where parties strongly entrenched Women experienced in running for office say they seldom meet prejudice from the voter or from the voter-but rather from the sachems, major and minor, of the party. Probably all these obstacles would be swept aside by American women if they became faced with and aroused which dire realities confront their sex most other countries.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
20 YEARS AGO TIT FIFE EMPIRE
DECEMBER 3, 1928

3, 1928
 A. Inc Paace Theatre Desire starring Mae Murray ~ conway Teare few sequences o the nm were techncolor
 pces were being held Moose children tree program attend the paeee be;no held on Tuesday afternoons after school
 The basketball to be played m the new @ oioo
 woe scheduled for the following The JIIgh quintet was to play against the Alumni five
 ~ Dow Charles C. Personeus President of the Juneau Ministerial Association Young was and the Rev. Harry R. Alen Secretary.
 Tn the nterlodge telegraphic the mems team Of the E lodge by 36 while the Anchorage ladies the fourth on White Durene Olson Man. no Men were Barragar Metcalf Bavard and Radde Skating the young people on the pond below cevanth Street and also on Mendenhal Glacier Lake. Weather: 26; low, 21 cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
AIR ADMIRAL EXPLAINS

Brown then introduced Vice Ad- niral A. w. Raaford, vice chief of Naval Operations, who has long spearheaded Navy propaganda that the airplane carrier is the best means of dropping the atomic bomb.
 Members of the Air Force of the United States" said Radford, argue that we can win a Russian war quickly and completely by the application of single military force-long-range bombing by ato- mic weapons. An examination of the geography, matched against known technical limitations of present-day aircraft, leads to some thing more than reasonable doubt of our abilities to carry out such a program.
 We agree with Air Force spokes- men that sustained bombing of targets in Russia could be carried out only from bases on the peril meter Of Europe and Asia. This requires at battle for bases, which must be seized or occupied and se- cured before mass bombing can be launched"
 Radford then gave the Navy's plan for carrying war to the en- emmy; Naval air power is essen tial to meet known enemy capa- bilities of today and tomorrow. Its mobile carriers attack the points or origin of enemy long-range | oonlDers, those same aircraft can strike enemy submarine pens, build ing yards and operating bases"
 There is nothing small about a last carrier task force group" Rad ford declared Tt is difficult to
 tsualize, even to imagine the size of such d group"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
COYOTES SMART OPERATORS, SAY
 WEST GENTLEMEN

DENVER-tR- Western cattle men and sheepmen, who have req son to hate him, will admit that ol' Brer Coyote is plenty smart.
 As any visitor to Yellowstone national park in northwestern Wyo- ming knows, no wild animal may be shot once it's inside the park bundaries. The coyote, say the stockmen, is hep to this. They contend that hundreds of them stay in the park while eating is good. then, come winter, move out to prey upon the stock growers lambs and calves.
 The Federal Fish & Wildlife Ser- vice listened to the ranchemens com plaints and decided to see how right they were, Since then, says weldon B. Robinson, biologist in the Denver office of the service, 3lo coyotes in and near Yellow stone have been trapped, ear-tag- ged and released. 90 lar, % oA these tags have been turned in by hunters killing the coyotes outside the park. One of them was shot 115 miles airline distant from the reservation, others have wandered as far as 50 miles before catching a bullet.
 Robinson insists the coyote, while cunning and futive, is no coward. Cornered, he'll put up a terrific fight. Hungry coyotes, Robinson said, often go far out of their weight class to tackle an antlered deer or elk, only to be slashed or trampled to death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03

Navy was more important than the
 Air Force.
 Tn outlining it's view on this natter he said, the Navy wish s to make it clear that it dis
 likes being placed in the position Of making individusus comparisons with g sister service.
 The desire for some cheap and rapid way to bring an enemy to submission is old, but always fresh because it is so appealing. Ger tainly I do not think we should exclude the possibility of 1t. Neith- CT should it be forgotten that there are senior officers of all ser- vices who doubt its feasibility. They doubt thae bombers can range over thousands of miles of defended Soviet territory to destroy targets Of which the exact location is not 6nown =.
 Vast oceans must be made safe, and surmounted, and footholds won on the far shores. The enemy's air forces must be met and oyer the seas and ad jacent shores before that is pos sible. That is Naval warfare, oi which the principal striking weapon IS Naval aviation"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
MODERN ETIQUETTE kygRrRrA By LEE

O. When an engagement broken young return all letters?
 he receives the
 difference between a formal greeting and informal greeting when meeting friend?
 greeting you do?" Good morning greeting Hello"
 O. cutting table?
 Only absolutely impossible with the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-03
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS MISUSED: Do not Four will parake h the race' Say, COMPETE in the race"
 OFTEN MIsPRoNoUNCED: savory. HAVE
 NdISSPELLED: Bully LILY Pulley; LLEY
 Dupiciy deception falsehood, Assimilation
 times and it yours.' Let Today "There and exgency where un ming may be supplied by prudence''-Ia Bruyere.