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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
President and Dewey Each See A Victory In Final
Speeches; Truman Calls COP Campaign "A Fake
Littleton Negro Girl Jailed
On Concealed Birth Count

Doris Burwell, 16, Littleton'
Negro girl, was jailed here late
last night on a charge of feloni-
ously concealing the birth Of
child, after district Solicitor Err
nest R. Tyler had advised local
officers to hold her under a $5,-
900 bond on the charge.
The young Negro girl, accord
ing to investigating officers, ad-
mitted giving birth unattended
Wednesday evening about six
o'clock to a child which she said
was illegitimate. She told offic-
ers the child lived only about
two hours after it was born and
said after it had died she wrap
ped it up, carried it to a privy
at the rear of her home near
Littleton and dropped the in
fant's body into the privy.
Officers said she was seen
carrying a package toward the
outdoor toilet on Wednesday
evening.
Last night deputy sheriff E. L.
Crawley of Littleton was told
an infants body was in the
privy. He notified Coroner Ru-
fus Britton of his finding and
the infants body was retrieved.
1t was that of a male infant
weighing about eight pounds,
and officers said it would be
impossible to determine wheth-
er or not the child was still,
alive when it was placed in the
privy.
The girl was examined by
Littleton and Roanoke Rapids
doctors and found to be in good
physical condition.
Solicitor Tyler was called
shortly before midnight at his
home in Roxobel by Halifax
County officers and told Of their
findings, and he advised them
| to place the girl under arrest
and set a bond at $4,000 on the
charge of concealing the birth
from authorities.
Officers were still conducting
an investigation of the case to
day.
The solicitor told the local of
ficers he did not deem an in
quest necessary.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
Superior Court
Concludes Trial
Docket Friday

Halifax, October 30,-Working
until after dark to complete the
trial docket, Judge Chester Nor
ris completed a weeks criminal
court in Halifax Superior Court
here Friday evening.
The court was adjourned short
ly after six O'Clock on Friday
following a prolonged hearing of
the case of S. E. Warren, charg-
ed with driving while drunk and
reckless driving. After hearing
all the evidence in the case, the
jury returned a verdict of ac-
ouittal in Warren's favor.
Leon C. Gilliland, Roanoke Ra
ids youth, was placed on pro-
baton for five years under a
which was suspended under the
terms of the probation. Court
authodities said here today that
Gilliland entered a plea of guilty
of larceny after he had been
charged with breaking and en-
tering and larceny.
A number of criminal actions
which were originally slated for
trial in the weeks criminal
court were continued on the
docket until the November mix
ed term of court, which is sche-
duled to be held here on Nov
emher 20, with Judge R. Hunt
Parker of Roanoke Rapids as
presiding jurist.
Court officials said at one time
it was expected that the court
would be forced into Saturday
morning session in order to COM
plete the trial docket. A two
day recess was taken by Judge
Morris from Tuesday afternoon
until Friday morning because o1
business in Dare County which
claimed his attention.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31

New York, Oct. 30-P)-
North Carolina, Michigan and
Notre Dame-the big three OF
l94a college football-subdued
stubborn rivals today and add
|led to their gridiron regulations.
Charlie Justice, North Caro-
lina's great back, manufactured
two touchdowns as his mates
sidetracked an aroused Tennes-
see outfit, IA to 7, in the game
that got most attention.
1t was Emil Jitko who was
the hero as Notre Dame pulver-
lied willing Navy crew, Al to
Z, for the South Bend Irish
teams Oath game without de-
yfeat. It was Navy's 1lth straight
defeat.
But it was lady luck to whom
Illinois fans point as the cul-
prit in Illinois % to 20 loss to
Michigan. Dixie Eddleman, the
Olympic athlete in the losers
lineup, dashed "a yards for an
1 apparent touchdown only to
Fhaws4it called back for rules
u io1 .lSon. Minutes later Mich
igan pass was ruled complete on
khe Illinois one-foot line for in
reference.
Thus the big tree came
rough. But so did nearly all
t.-eir brethren, in day almost
devoid Of upsets.
Georgia Tech spotted an alert
Duke team an early touchdown
and then turned loose bevy OF
speedy backs who built up a
10 to z victory. Georgia belted
Alamaba, IS to 0, for the Tides
worst defeat in =. years. ar
my permitted Virginia Tech to
score but spilled the Southern
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
Dewey Pledges
swimming" Of
World Peace

New York, Oct. 80 - (AP) -
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey closed
his campaign for the presidency
tonight with a pledge that win
ming world peace ''is the cause
closest to our hearts"
Expressing confidence he will
win Tuesdays election, the Re-
publican nominee said in an ad-
dress prepared for delivery in
Madison Square Garden at $50
P. M. EST and for broadcast
(NBC) nationally:
This is the eve Of victory"
The New York governor
swung hard at the administra-
ton of his Democratic opponent,
President Truman.
"It has been divided against
itself for so long" Dewey de-
clared, that it has forgotten
the meaning of unity, and it
never did know the meaning of
teamwork or competency"
He said the Democratic Par
ty has resorted to desperate
tactics" because it is "splintered
and divided" and its own house
is at the point of collapse" He
added:
"By its shifts in policy our
friends at the council tables for
peace are left stunned and the
work for peace is paralyzed.x
Xxx
''The time has come to bring
these tragedies to an end"
Then, he said, I'VE want our
sons and daughters to be able
to plan their futures and live
their lives without this over.
shadowing threat of another
war.
THAT is the cause that lie:
closest to our hearts tonight
That is the cause above al
other causes to which our mex
national administration will be
dedicated"
Dewey pledged to wage thu
peace patiently and firmly will
intense labor and a new devo
ton"
He promised to enlist TO
this momentous task Ameri
cans of the highest order o
competence and added:
eve will follow strong, clea
policies. The world will ono
again know. where we stant
and it will be the same ever.
day. We shall be all out OF
the side of human freedom"
1--WE will work for peace
through the United Nations ane
~ every honorable means
wherever the peace is threat
sned."
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
Dog Makes Mystery
Trip From Norway

Dunellen N. j., Oct. t.30-(AP)
The two-year-old shepherd
collie Johan Jacobsen left be-
hind in Oslo, Norway, has come
home to Dunelien, N. j., and
nobody is quite sure how.
The dog was found wandering
on Long Island, N. Y, Sunday
and was traced to Jacobsen by
a collar tag which bore his
name and home town.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
Truman Wraps
Up Campaign
in st. Louis

St. Louis, Oct. 30 - (AP) -
Shouting above the roar Of
wild cheering crowd in his home
state tonight, President Truman
said he is ION the road to vic
tory" despite all the efforts Of
character assassins" to ruin hiS
standing with the people. u
1t was a fighting, free-swing-
ing talk in which he virtually
threw away remarks he had pre-
pared in advance for delivery,
and it embraced attacks on
what he called the Mccormick
Patterson saboteurs" who he
said conducted a Smear CAM
paign" against him.
This Smear campaign" he
said, started in the Mccormick
Patterson newspapers imme-
diately after he submitted his
first 21-point domestic program
to Congress in the fall of 1945.
He called the campaign "vile"
and said the newspapers writ
ers took it up and wrote criti-
cisms of him, not because they
believed them "but because
they were paid to do it."
! The President was interrupt
ted repeatedly throughout his
address by roars of approval
from upward of 1880 persons
in Kiel Auditorium.
They shouted pour it on Har-
ry" as he went down the line
with his attacks on the Repub-
lican-controlled 80th Congress.
This time he called it a do
nothing idiot Congress"
AS he poured it on" waves
Of yells, whistling and screams
Of encouragement swept over
the packed assembly which well
coined him home from a two
months campaign covering
more than 270 speeches, in ad-
dition to more than 70 speeches
made in a pre-convention tour
in June.
Mr.. Truman said he still IA
vors his 21-point program and
that 'Im still for Franklin D.
Roosevelt's New Deal"
"of all fake campaigns" he
said, "this campaign is the tops
insofar as the Republican candi.
date for president is concerned"
He said Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey won't talk about the is
sues "but he did let his foot
slip when he endorsed that
good-for-nothing 8Oth Congress. "
The reason he couldn't get
the Taft -Ellender- Wagner Bill
passed, Mr.. Truman said, was
because the real estate lobby
was at the rat-hole and would
not let it pass"
Showers were falling as the
Presidents special train pulled
into st. Louis, but they stopped
short while later. The streets
from the station to the audito-
rum were lined with cheering
crowds despite the wet weather.
Mr.. Truman took off his hat
and waved and grinned at
them.
He got an ovation lasting well
over five minutes when he en-
tered the hall, and his intro
duction by Gov. Phil M. Dom
nelly set off another roar of
applsause.
The President waved his
arms for order, reminded the
crowd his speech was being
broadcast.
He set off an outburst Of
"boos" when he denounced the
| Taft-Hartley act. He set off
another when he said his pro-
posed national health program
had been described as Social
lied medicine"
He talked sarcastically Of
those who earlier in the cam
paign sang, "the Democrats
can't win"
He said 80 percent of the
newspapers went along with
the tune-that they were against
him.
He said he had made four
previous campaigns in Missouri
and never had a metropolitan
. paper for him, "and I licked
them every time"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31

various polling places on Tues
day to cast their ballots in the
1913 General Election will be
bnffonted by SO names and foul
amendments on the four ballots
they will receive when they &c
in to cast their votes.
The bewildering array of ma
mes will be one of the largest
states of candidates to appear
on local ballots in number of
years. They range from a
choice among four party can
didates for President and Vice
President down to county Off
cials for the voters own coun-
ty.
For the first time in long
time the Presidential ballot will
carry the names Of four sets of
candidates. In addition to the
Democratic and Republican par
ties, the the States Rights De
mocratic and the Progressive
parties will appear on North
Cardinals ballots for the first
time in history. Both the latter
parties won. right to appear
on North Carolina votes after
litigation.
The state ticket for this
years election has three parties,
the Democratic, the Republican
and the Progr essive on it. The
ticket bears the names of all the
recognized candidates for North
Carolina offices.
Heading the ticket are the
names of J. Melville Broughton,
John A. Wilkinson and William
T. Brown, all candidates for the
U. S. Senate. Candidates for
Governor are w Kerr Scott,
George M. Prltchard and Mary
Price. For Lieutenant Govern
or the candidates are H. P. Tay
lor, Kyle Hayes and Kenneth
Harris. For Secretary of State
only two candidates, Thad Eure,
Democrat, and James V. Dock
cry, Republican, appear on the
ballot.
Other races appear between
Democrat Henry L. Bridges and
Republican M. " Hickman for
State Auditor; Democrat Bran
don P. Hodges and Republican
Ben L. Spence; Harry McMull-
an, Democrat, Herbert F. Sea-
well, Jr., Republican, and c. o.
Pearson, Progressive, are seek
ing the Attorney General post;
Buford T. Henderson, Republi-
can, is opposing Clyde A. Erwin,
Democrat, for Superintendent OF
Public Instruction; D. S. Col
trane, Democrat (short term),
L. Y. BaIentine, Democrat IRE
gular term), Watt H. Gragg,
Republican, and John w. Stubbs,
Progressive, are running % I
Commissioner of Agriculture,
William P. Hodges, Democrat,
is opposed by Deems H. Clifton,
Republican, for Commissioner
of Insurance; Forrest H. Shu-
ford, Democrat, will be opposed
by M. X. Harrill, Republican,
as Commissioner of Labor; and
Sam ]. Erwin, Jr., Democrat
will be opposed by Republican
Robert H. Mcneil for AS
sociate Justice of the State Su
preme Court.
!. The S ond Congressional
District offers a race be-
tween incumbent Democrat Johr
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
Sunday May Be
A Cloudy Day
BY The Associated Press

The forecast for Sunday for
the Carolinas was partly cloudy
and not much change in tenn
perature. &
The weatherman also said the
current spell of mild weather
apparently would continue for
at least the next two days.
There were no prospects for
rain, either.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31
Weather

North Carolina - Fair to
partly cloudy and mild SUM-
day and Monday. not quite
50 cool Sunday night.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31

Home this weekend after hav-
ing gone for thirteen years is
Carlton Shell. Carlton e t
Roanoke Rapids in 1885 to make
his home in Charleston, S. C.,
and has not been back until
yesterday when he left he
was unmarried and connected
with the mills here. Now
he has three children and has a
grocery business of his own. :.
Mr.. Shell said he just wanted
to see how the city had pro-
still here, and he was surprised
to see how the city had pro
gressed in so many ways 80.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31

Just to let Vance Stewart
know thai the Yellow Jax fans
think he played nice game
Friday night and there wasn't
a one there that didn't want to
help him when he kept getting
hurt-there was a most concern
ed look on everyone's face :. {.
and another persons efforts
which were appreciated were
/ those of Ann Grizzard. -. f
, she doesn't have sore throat
today it's a miracle -.
It's nice to see Richard Lynch
getting about without his
crutches, again Richard was
hurt earlier in the season, and
has just recently discarded his
crutches. ....
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31

Roanoke
RonnbIings

Some of the students which
Carolina is minus this weekend
are Richard Allsbrook, Kenneth
Tilley, James Bridgeman, Frank
Hawley ...... Clifton Buddy"
Braswell is visiting his mother
this weekend, also. He's a
student at Washington, D. c.. i.
Attending the Homecoming
exercises at Wake Forest yester-
day, was Margaret Ann Ingram
If for some reason or another
there is noticed a slight decrease
in the population of Florence,
S. c.. the obvious reason is
that all the people there heard
that Lola Gates, Bill Pace, Jr.,
Walter Shearin, Jr., Margaret
Outland and Jean Kidd were
looming to spend the day today
so they left town.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-31

Something new has been added
that something new is q po-
liceman to the police force of
RoanokeRoanoke Rapids. he
is w. T. Bill Story, of Roanoke
Park Bill has been on the
force about a week now and
appears to be doing fine.
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two classif1cations; ID Spirituals,
Jubilee, Camp-meeting.. (2) Folk
Songs, Semi Classics, popular.
Commencing in early fall, a
series of preliminary elimination
concerts will be held in churches
and auditoriums throughout the
south, southwest, to be spon-
sored by churches, schools, re-
hgious, educational, fraternal or
CARNATIONS, civic, cultural and
welfare groups, with the entire
profits to be retained by them
for local charity and welfare
work.
Quartettes, trios and other
choral groups desiring to COM
pete for the prize awards, or,
ministers, churches, religious fra
ternal and other similar organi-
cations wishing to sponsor festi-
val concerts in their city are in
vited to communicate with the
National Music Festival Society,
48 West 48th st., New York City.
No entry fees or other assess
ments are to be made.
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w. Z. CARTER POST
AUXILIARY NOTES

The first picnic of the Post
and Auxiliary which was held
Monday, July 5 at Crescent Park,
R. L, was a success. The chair
man and co-chairman, Mrs. Ber-
nice Mayors, did a splendid job.
They also wish to apologize for
the late start which was caused
by unforeseen circumstances. The
ride to the Park was most en-
joyable. The Chief Of Police
complimented the group on their
orderly conduct and hoped they
would come again. Little Ed
ward, 6 year old grandson of Mrs.
Rose Brightman got lost and was
found in Providence late in the
evening.
The next meeting Of the Aux
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iliary will be at the Everett
School of the 4th Friday in July.
Please let all members be pres
emf and pay their dues for the
year.
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C0lorfuI Wedding
On The Cape
By BILLIE
Guardian STAFF Correspondent

Guardian Staff Correspondent
MAsHPEE, Mass, Sunday, July
Miss Marian Bush, daughter
OF Mrs. Mabel Bush Haynes, was
married in a colorful ceremony
to Cedric Black, youngest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Black of
Laurel st. The bride was lovely
In her mothers wedding gown of
oyster white velvet with veil of
Illusion. Attending her as matron
Of honor was Mrs. Ethel Black,
wife Of Mr.. Harold Black, gowned
in orchid taffeta with matching
hat of orchid net with long or
child gloves. Miss ogden Black,
sister of the groom, served as
bridesmaid and wore pale blue
taffeta with matching hat of
blue net and blue gloves. Each
of the attendants carried old
fashioned nose gays. Acting as
flower girl was little Norma,
grand-child Of Freddie Bates, in
yellow organdy with net hat and
carrying a basket Of rose petals.
After the ceremony a reception
followd on the Bush lawn with
many friends there to congratu-
late the groom and felicitate the
bride and wish the young couple
a long and happy life. The we'd
ding collation. was also served
on the lawn. A few of those seen
In the company were: Mrs. Alice
Stewart, Mrs. Celia Seals, Mrs.
Anna Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cooper and daughter, Mrs. Lloyd
Marshall, Mrs. Carrie Bates, Mr..
and Mrs. AL Mofit.
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Public Library
Summer Rules

Now that vacation time is here
everyone is imbued with the idea
of doing everything in leisurely
manner, even reading. To make
this possible, the Boston Pub
lie Library has extended it's
readers privilege for the summer
as follows;
At the discretion of the officer
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than two of them fiction, may
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of June through September and
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Books loaned for summer read
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stances require their return. This
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100000
FOR SINGERS

NEW YoRK-Vocal quartettes,
trios, choral and other singing
groups, unattached or affiliated
with churches, schools, religious
and fraternal organizations are
invited to participate in the 1948-
1s49 National Music Festival to
be held in New York's Madison
Square Garden Awards totaling
$4,000 will be distributed among
the final prize-winning groups of
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SAUGUs - Sgt. Clarence N.
Richardson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles C. Richardson, II Osprey
Road, Saugus, serves as company
clerk with the Company E Quar-
termaster Corps in Kobe, japan.
Kobe is used by the occupation
forces as a supply base for all
southern. Japan. Sgt. Richard
son entered the army in January
is46. He arrived in Kobe in
June 1947.
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SPRINGFIELD - siSgt. Ken
meth Thompson, IA Ivy Court,
has recently been assigned to
the nth Engineer Combat Com
pany at Camp Gifu, Japan, a
part Of the 25th Infantry (Tropic
Lightning) Division. Sgt. Thornp-
son entered the Army in July,
1912, received his basic training
at Camp Wheeler, Ga, and de-
parted for overseas duty on Au-
gust 1916. Before entering the
service he attended Buckingham
High School.
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knockout blow FoRo full
Of gagdm nsraim uyde
nedaht o menwhhdo Vocng
Sheriff. formerly
2cn dpnk
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in City ehmeNe
wmd N % H,cone daily
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Army News

WOBURN - Pvt. Theodore r.
Plunkett of is Everett Street,
Woburn, is serving as third
trumpeter in the Kobe band in
Kobe, Japan. Since arriving In
Kobe in Feb. 1s48, Pvt. Plunkett
has been seeing many interest
ing sights such as the old ORR
entail way of travelling, the rick
shaw, the Japanese fat bottom
fishing boat and the Japanese
traditional kimona. He entered
the army June 1s47. Before that
he had attended Woburn High
School.
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VETERANS
WORLD War II

9oth men and women who served
! any OF the armed services ia
9orld War u ore entitled to puE-
aase as O home; single, one, two,
,rved at least 90 doys and have
! honorable discharge and ore
working you can qualify. Any in-
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