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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
SIMS
BY Hugo s. Sims

Farmer Justice Owen j. Ro-
berts takes a somewhat pes
simistic view of the work of
the United Nations and seems
to think that the United States
has wasted SIS, 200, 000,0 900 on
assistance to Europe in the pase
three years.
The views of Mr.. Roberts
should be considered in connec-
ton with his ardent advocacy
OF a Federal Union. He wants
the United States to challenge
the people of Western Europe
to form a great union, first for
defense and second to demon
strate that the people of the
world can live together in amity.
Mr.. Roberts is somewhat Sc
we're in his criticism of the Unit
ed Nations, which, he asserts,
has failed. When the Charter
was signed, three years ago,
"the world heaved a sigh of
relief" according to the justice,
believing that it promised peace
in our time. Teday, he asserts,
"our pople stand disillusioned,
distraught and disheartened at
the impotence OF the agency they
joined in creating"
In his reference to the aid
that has been sent to Europe
by the United States, the formr
Justice is severely critical. He
says, it has led to dispute
and disagreement" that it has
and that the SIS, 100000 900 has
been poured down the sewer."
Taking up the criticism of the
Justice, now Dean of the Law
School at the University of Penn
sylvania, we call attention to
the fact that, when the United
Nations began, very few people
expected it to bring into being
a perfect world. There was a
hope that the cooperation of the
great powers would enable the
instrumentality to serve the in
terests of peace and progress
in the world.
There is no reason to believe
that if the delegates in San
Francisco had formed a Fed
eral Union, it would have done
a better job than the United
Nations. Certainly, a Fede "a,
Union, formed with Russia as
a part, would. have faced the
same disruptive arguments and
the same threatened aggress on.
The only difference between the
Union, as advocated by the
Judge and the U. N. o.
ganization, is to be found in the
expectation that the Union would
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Hugo S. Sims Says Mr.. Justice
Roberts Is Off The Beam About ERP

have had the force of arms to
handle the Russian situation
more vigorously. This. however,
would not have brought peace
in our time"
Reserring to the suggestion
that the $4,000, 100000 which
this country has spent on aid
to Europe in the past three years
has ben wasted, it should be
pointed out that this conclusion
depends upon what one expected
to receive for the money. With
millions of people facing death
from starvation in Europe and
with the economy of the Cont
nent shattered as a result of
the devastation of war, it was
imperative for some funds to be
available to relieve the people
and to rehabilitate the economy
of the Continent.
The expenditure of the money
was not expected to change the
nature of human beings or to
reformetht governments of Eur
ope. 1t was hoped to relieve
human suffering and to assist
the nations to get back on
peacetime economy. That the
funds have saved many lives we
believe is a fact and that the
money has tended to stabilize
conditions on the Continent, we
think, is well established.
The fallacy in Mr.. Roberts
argument, it seems to us, is his
assumption that the creation of
a Federal Union, instead of the
United Nations Organization at
San Francisco, would have some
what guaranteed the peace of
the world and promoted the
prosperity of its pe)o!n. Thi: IS
an assumption that is difficult
to accept. The !trdgs'. Ia U1;on,
in its early days at least,
would find great difficulty in
policing the world and as much
difficulty in persuading the peo-
pie to cooperate economically. II
the Union attempted to accom-
plish these objectives through
the use Of power, it would sig
nally fail to maintain peace and
it would probably destroy the
hope of permanent cooperation.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
BY JAMES MARROW

Washington, - up - Russia
by taking completely opposite
stands, has now blocked action
on two of the biggest issues in
the world: The atomic bomb
and the Berlin blockade.
In both cases the result is the
same: Obstruction. By con-
tradicting herself, Russia has
made this much plain: / +
there's going to be any ball
game at all, it mas to be played
Russia's way.
Take the case of the bomb -
The U. N. long ago set up
an atomic energy commission to
find ways of outlawing the
atomic bomb and being sure no
nation could make it.
The commission finally reco-
mmended this:
First, set up U. N. control,
with U. N. investigators free to
go into any country to see that
Alo ollC Wdo AllCdtlIl6.
After the controls were work.
ing, the United States would get
rid of its bombs and no nation
would have any.
Nothing doing, the Russians
said. They wanted tn U. S. to
destroy its bombs before the 9TH
er nations set up the controls or
talke d about them.
Now take the case of the Ber-
lin Blockade -
A group of SIX nations not
mixed up in that dispute sug-
gested in te U. N. that Russia
lift the Berlin blockade so the
U. S. Britain and France could
send supplies in by train to feed
their troops in Berlin and Ger
mans living there.
Then, said the six nations, as
soon as the blockade was
lifted, Russia, the U. S. Britain
and France could begin talking
about all their Berlin problems.
No, said Russia, vetoing the
idea. Russia said it will not
lift the blockade before the Ber-
lin talks get under way.
So Russia dished out the medi-
cine it wanted the U. N. and
the U. S. to take on the bomb;
but when the U. N. askd Russia
to take the same medicine .on
Berlin, Russia said no.
On Sunday, tine third anniver-
sary of the birth of the U. N.
Secretary of State Marshall said
the greatest blight on the record
of the U. N. is the "Obstruct-
i've attitude" OF certain nations.
He didn't mention Russia by
name. Theirs no doubt he
meant Russia. That country now
has used the veto 28 times in the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
YOUR america pay by Day IN PICTURES
Tuow Adom

OCTOBER ~ is Navy Day because it is
birthday of Theodore Roosevelt, who
is regarded as father of the modern
American Navy Under the influence
Of the great A. T. Mahan, author of the
classic Influence Of Sea Po,uer on His
tory, ct. R." became an advocate Of a
U. S. Navy second to none before he
entered the White House.
AS Chief Executive, he pushed up
building Of the fleet and sent it round
the world under Admiral Robert
Evans, with whom he's shown at right
Making plea for the Navy in 1901,
he begot famous phrase; Speak
softly and carry a big stick-you will
60 far. If the American nation will
speak softly and yet build, and keep at
the highest pitch and training, a
thoroughly efficient Navy, the Monroe
Doctrine will 90 far"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Same Motive

Some of the Arabs to take marriage serious
if we to judge from reports of blood feud which
recently occurred in Shafa Amr.
News reports say that the feud arose between two
Arab Christian families which disagreed upon the
wedding terms of marriage between the boy of one
family and al girl of another. When sixty men on
each side started fighting, troops called out to
separate the different families.
Apparently the argument was not so much about
This is the same motive which accounts for some of
the dirty linen that is washed in public in connection
with American divorce suits.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Bombed Constable Escapes

II H4DERABAD CITY, (U.P.)-
Residents of nearby Kulali claim
that one of their police constabl-
es is the luckiest man in the
village. AS he lay asleep on the
village railroad platform, he was
struck by one-pound dyna-
mite filled bomb which someone
hurled from a passing train. The
bomb did not explode.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Habit Is Strong

BOSTON (U.P,)-John Tur-
ner seemingly can't stay away
from the law. First he was
sentenced to a reformatory on a
burglary charge. Then he got
out on parole. Six days after
the end of his parole he was
back again. The charge was
burglary.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Lot of Mincemeat

SOUTH ROYALT0N, Vt.
UP)-Mrs. L. D. Mcintosh,
great-grandmother is busy
making four and a half tons of
mincemeat. She has made
that amount annually for so
years, selling 1t throughout the
country.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Sheriff in Bad With Law

GROVETON, N. H. (U.P.)-
Sheriff Alonzo N. La Bonte, con-
victed of drunken driving in
an accident involving a truck
and his car, was ordered in
court to pay a $50 fine and $l5.22
costs. He indicated he would
appeal.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
Loon Gets Hooked

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (U.P.)-
Cliff Miller has a fish-bird story
to tell. While fishing for pike
on Dallas Lake, Miller hooked
on to good one. After 20
minute bate he began to take
in line and brought up a full
grown loon.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-27
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DAILY BIBLE QUOTATION

"And If he refuse to hear even the church.
let him be to thee as the heather and the publ
can" Matt. 18, ~
This months Daily Bible Quotations are sug-
gested by Father Peter M. Denges, Pastor of st.
Johns Catholic Church in Roanoke Rapids
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Notice TO Anglers: New
Scoofernoopers Lure Bass

GREENWOOD, S. C. - The day
may come when a fisherman will
remark to his companion, You'd
better change the record, the bass
aren't hitting that one."
If it does, the credit would go to
Alex Woodle, Greenwood's fishing
jeweler, who has developed a noise
making lure that has proved popu-
lar with the local fish and fisher
men.
Woodle has long worked on the
theory that fish we're attracted by
certain noises. He made expert
ments in which he tried to incor-
porate noise-making qualities into
his bats. 81.
One of his first efforts contained
the works of a watch. 1t caught
fish, but it proved too expensive
and too. disposed to break down.
Now he has devised a hollow
metal box that amplifies the sound
of turning propellers on the bait.
He calls it the scooterpooper. 1t
makes a distinct whirring sound as
it is retrieved, attracting all the
bass within hearing distance.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Many Wild Weeds
Provide Ample Food
In Dire Emergencies

ORLANDO, FLA. So far as
Nibokawa, the Wise Woodsman, is
concerned, you can forget the high
price Of food in Florida-if you
want to go back to nature.
Nibokawa is the name the In
dams give naturalist and educator
Oliver Perry Medsger, 78, whose
writings, teachings and studies have
made him nationally known among
scientists.
One Of his books is Edible Wild
Plants" and from it you learn that
many weeds you thought only a nui-
sance can save you from starving.
The May apple he recommends
highly.
It isn't a fruit or flower, leaf or
root. It's just a growth found on
the wild honeysuckle and yet
Medsger says it is delicious raw or
in salad, spiced or picked.
There are the wild sweet potato;
nut grass; and fruits Of the cult
waited palms. But he discourages
use Of the excellent palmetto bud
because it kills the tree.
He says young bracken shoots
can be cooked and dressed like
asparagus, as can the tender shoots
Of pokeweed, chickweed, sorrel and
milkweed.
The milkweed, he says, is another
aIl-purpose edible. Its shoots can be
used for greens, the unripe pods
eaten like okra, and a coarse brown
sugar may be made from the
flowers.
Medsger says the Indians would
have died without arrowroot which
is common in the swamps. He
also names a wide variety of wild
fruits and berries and says:
IF worst comes to worst, we can
always eat grass. All the grasses
are perfectly wholesome and nutri-
tious."
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Reporter in Russ Garb
Tests Army's Security

ALSO CANYON, CALF. - A
self-styled Russian army colonel
seized as he watched maneuvers Of
United States naval and marine
units, was identified as a reporter
planted by his newspaper ito test
security precautions at the war
games.
The San Diego Journal said the
man, who first identified himself to
military police as a Russian army
officer, was John d'Alfonso.
Brig. Gen. Omar T. Pfieffer, chief
Of staff of the Camp Pendleton
marine barracks, said the reporter
would be turned over to the FBI
because he had no credentials and
was wearing the uniform of a for
eign government.
Wearing a Russian uniform rent
ed from a costume shop, D'Alfonso
was picked up as he watched the
large-scale maneuvers from a can-
yon side reserved for civilian spec
tators.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Podunk-Yes, There Is Such
A ToWn-Wanfs Recognition

PODUNK, MASS. - Residents Of
Podunk have determined to let the
world know that there really is such
a community and that it is a nice
place to live and has modern i'm
provements.
Because photographers have ig-
nored Podunk and newspaper men
nave banded the name about in a
jocular manner, folks here have de-
cided to speak up.
President Robert S. Wakeman, of
the Podunk community club, report
ed that plans being made to
invite photographers and newspa-
permen to a sightseeing tour and a
dinner.
They'll have to travel five miles
south of East Brookfeld among the
wooded Worcester county hills.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
u. S. Survey Reveals
Continued Prosperity
For Farm Families

WASHINGTON.-The department
Of agriculture predicted continuing
improvements for rural family liv-
ing due to increased incomes of
recent years.
Reporting for the first time on
the outlook in different parts of
the country, the department noted
among farm families:
In the MISUNDERSTANDING high,
bonds not cashed generally; new
auto purchases slow, enough
liquid assets for home improve
ments.
In the South-A far greater va
riety of foods being consumed at
the farm table than IL years ago;
also more prepared foods used.
In the West - Except for fruit
raisers, incomes high, prospects for
continuing high incomes good be-
aus Of increasing population,
home improvements widespread.
Ruth c. Freeman, University of
llllilOlo oPCSldlloL LII llOlllc dCCOullIo,
who made the Midwest study, said
that rural family living has been
greatly enhanced" in recent years.
1.-The opportunity for choice in
connection with family living pur-
chases has given the homemaker
a different outlook on life," she
said.
"A feeling Of security has been
developed through the family's
accumulated savings, payment OF
debts, and prospect of some sta
oility Of income through farm price
supports"
in 1947 a typical farm family
spent two and a half times as much
as they did the year before on
household equipment, the most
commonly purchased items being
vacuum cleaners, washing ma
chimes, stoves, refrigerators, and
home freezer lockers.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Brown Thrush Has Narrow
Escapes in Noisy CITY

ATLANTA, GA.-City life was
just too much for this unhappy,
confused brown thrush.
The bird got caught in a whirl
OF traffic on busy Forsyth street.
Fluttering d e automobiles
and trolleys, it caused a traffic
jam. Horns blared and tires
screamed.
Cheating death by inches, the
bird finally reached the side
walk. Dignifed businessmen
skittered about trying to catch
the elusive thrush in their hats.
It darted into a hotel lobby,
avoiding capture until it dropped
from exhaustion.
Its captor put the bird in a box
and said that he would take it
back to the country.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Causes of Tobacco Fires

Tobacco barn fires in North
Carolina last year destroyed 1888
barns containing 535, 1927 sticks of
tobacco at a loss to growers Of
more than one million dollars.
Falling sticks and leaves was list
ed as the main cause Of the fires,
with building materials too close to
flues or heater running a close Sec
ond. Other cause listed include:
o%ver-fring, defective f1ues and fur
mace, carelessness, defective wir-
ing, improper installation Of cur
ing units, flooding Of oil, explosions
and lack Of operating experience.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Eccentric RecIuse Wills
Greta Carlo Big Tax Bill

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MICH
Film Actress Greta Carlo will real
ize little if anything from an estate
willed to her by an eccentric re-
cluse, it appears.
A final account filed in probate
court here Of the American assets
Of the late Edgar Dome, Allegan
county farmer, revealed 81, 119 with
claims and taxes of $4,000 due.
approximately SIG, 999 in assets in
England also probably will be
wiped out by inheritance taxes,
court officials believe.
Spokesman for Miss Carlo said
that whatever proceeds accrued
from the estate Of the 76-year-old
Dome, who had never seen the
actress, would 60 to charity.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15

DCSCO " ~ IlIoC WCIG SIOWH III
the early 1900s by farmers whose sons grew
to manhood in the 1920s. Today many of
their sons, the third generation, are farmers.
Meanwhile, sugar communities have grown
in population, thanks in no small measure to
the sugar beet. With growth has come
change-new business, new management,
new clerks-new faces On the streets.
1t is mutually helpful for the older folks to
tell the sugar beet story to those who may
not know 1.-THE rivalry between towns to
secure factories, the benefits that came with
them; how the beet crop became the back
log of irrigated farming, how it offered more
profitable opportunities than other crops for
field workers to become land owners, how the
beet brought in livestock feeding and created
markets for feed crops for which there had
been little demand previously.
Throughout Great Western territory it is
also important for everybody to know why
it is to his personal advantage, whatever bust
ness he may be in, to insist on CIV Pure
Sugar in preference to outside sugar. The
reason is simple: the more the farmer gets
for his beets, the better off everybody is,
because there's more money in the commun-
ity.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Bafhtubs Are on Way Out
As Showers Gain Popularity

CLEVELAND. - The s;t-and-soak
method of bathing is slowly soin-
ing the old wooden tub in front of
the kitchen stove as a thing of the
past, a survey Of observers on the
postwar bathing scene shows.
Blame it on the war, they said.
The tub is going down the drain
to make way for the shower.
During the war, people got &C.
customed to taking Showers"
Charles Jauch, secretary Of the
Cleveland Builders Exchange, said.
There were no tubs on dread
naughts or in barracks for the men
in service. Priorities made it diff
cult for civilians to get tubs.
People learned to prefer the
speed and eficiehcy Of showers"
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Why Canned Fruits Spoil

Some Of the things which may
contribute to the spoilage of home
canned foods are: Poor products
or good products badly handled;
use of imperfect jars or rubbers;
processing too short a time or at
too low a temperature to kill the
organisms that cause spoilage;
water which stops boiling while
processing; pressure gauge of can
ner not accurate; %inverting jars
while they are still warm; storing
jars while warm and in too hot a
place and failure to sterilize jars
that have held spoiled foods.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
Tattoo on Dogs
Leg Simp|ifies
Identification

los ANGELES.-At least 0Uu,-
600 heartaches a year will be
saved dog lovers when "~identacod-
ing'-tatooing a dogs license num-
Der permanently on its leg-be-
comes a national practice.
The dog tattooing idea first was
introduced in the K-9 corps, for
positive identification of the canine
rockies. 1t was first used on a
civilian basis by H. Graham Conan,
internationally known horseman
and dog authority, in 1885, in a
private dog club he organized in
Los Angeles.
The idea received additional i'm
petus when the national dog record
bureau, a nonprofit corporation. was
started. with Conan as president
and James Schermerhorn Jr., for
mer Detroit newspaperman, as vice.
president.
Since its inception, the idea has
received wide acclaim and accept
ance from law enforcement agen-
cies and ~anticruelty societies all
over the nation, Conan claims. Ac-
cording to Alexander Tilley, general
manager of the Los Angeles SPCA,
and southern California humane
society, identacoding will have
wider applications than tattooing
Of pedigreed and valuable pets.
Dogs Are Highly Priced
Many a mutt is so highly priced
by a family, they would not consent
to sell it for all the tea in China;
yet a week is the longest such a
mutt will live in a pound. After
that, if unclaimed, it is gassed to
make room for more hapless little
waits.
"Out of 20 dogs we get at the
SHELTER" Tilley says, "only one is
caught with a license tag. Out Of
10 dogs, three may be claimed by
owners. Out of the 16 remaining,
another four may find new owners.
The remaining IL are destroyed.
Multiply this number by the number
Of cities, hamlets and counties, and
you get an appalling death toll"
Ti1ley estimates that so 1000 dogs
are destroyed yearly in New York
and Is, 900 in Los Angeles alone. He
thinks that 500, 900 is a conservative
figure for the number Of ~unfortu-
pets which die in the gas
every year.
Tags Are Missing
Another argument in favor Of dog
tattooing, Tilley says, r dog own
ers themselves. "In the II years Of
our SPCA work." he says, most
Of them simply would not be edu-
Gated to keeping the dogs license
tag on him all the time. And usu-
ally it is the time when the license
tag is off that the pet gets lost"
During the war, when the tags
were made of soybean plastic, the
dogs used to eat their tags like
biscuits, and when caught without
identification were just so much
closer to the gas chamber.
TO prevent dog records from be-
ing destroyed in a fire or any other
catastrophe, the master micro
ilmed files are kept in a bank vault
in Los Angeles and New York. At
roopoar+ +ba oroopi1o4ion &c Cd
lninistered from Los Angeles for
the western region; from Kansas
for the central region; and
New York for the eastern
Other offices are being Ii
censed daily and there is even talk
Of the organization going i~nterna-
Iional within a year, with offices in
all principal cities of the world.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15

Slim Hartman took his missus
duck hunting the other day. And
after five hours of sitting in a
swamp, she'd had enough! Going
home, Slim reminded her good
naturally of the time she'd taken
him to a woman novelist's lecture,
and insisted that he sit it out.
So now the missus and Slim have
an understanding. No more duck
hunting for her-no more lectures
for him. They decided each to has
otvn taste.
It's because they can agree to
disagree like that, I think, that
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15

Copyright, 1913. United States Brewers Foundation
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
From where | sit 90. by Joe Marsh
The MissUs Ducks" Out
ddpNt1ement

Slim and the missus get on so we'll
content to stay home nights to-
gether, enjoying one another's
company over a glass of beer and a
game of chess.
From where / sit, we cant all
enjoy the same things-but we can
share those little pleasures that
we do enjOy-a glass of beer, a
game of chess, some music on the
radio and live-and-let-live when
it comes to the others.
& M~As
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
States of Many Flags

States OF Many Flags
Ten flags have flown over Louisi-
ana since fernando de Soto claimed
the territory for Spain in 1541. Texas
has flown six flags, including its
own. After revolving from Mexico
in 1886, Texas became first a re-
public and then part of the United
States in 1845, and it is the only
state authorized to subdivide into
separate states whenever it wishes.
Laurel outlook., 1948-12-15
DOT Sprays

DOT solutions may be sprayed
lightly on wool clothes without in
juring the fabric.