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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
Truman Apparently Determined
To Hold MiIi+ory Expenditures
To Lowest Figure That Is Safe

Icy Mr.. Truman has to worry
simultaneously about the cook
stove for your kitchen and the
combat tank for France.
If he has to make too many
tanks to rearm France or for
the American army, there might
not be enough steel left to make
cookstoves. Then he would
face the question: should he re-
duce the number of tanks or the
number Of cookstovesr And il
there are too few stoves, who
gets them?
Mr.. Truman and his council Of
economic advisers, headed by
DR.. Edwin 6. Nourse, have fig
ured out that II total Army,
Navy and Air Force appropria-
tions are held to 415, ,D00, ,000, 900
next session the natipn-svsn
with the burden Of Eurcpean 70.
covery can scape controls.
Nourse has said TINT IN ~
crease Of three to 6ae ht3lien
dollars would king - - neGd
for . coxnplete eonslnungR yn1ieGp
ing svsesna. - = - eoUs
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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
CarOlinas Claim
Oldest and Youngest
In 81st Congress

Washington, Dec. 80 -(AP)-
The Caroinas claim both the old
est and youngest members of the
81st Congress convening next
year.
Rep. Robert L. Doughton ID
NC) at IS is the oldest.
Rep.-Elect Hugo Sims, Jr. 3D.
SCI at q is the youngest.
Doughton is entering his Goth
consecutive term in the house.
Sims, like Doughton, served in
hsi state legislature before COM
ing to Congress.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
Freeze Tonight
Is Predicted
By he Associated Press

Rain ended in the Carolinas
today, clearing the way for a
fair and cold New Years eve.
Freezing temperatures were
predicted for tonight. The fore
cast was for 28 to 80 degrees in
the northwest portion of South
Carolina, % to 26 in the North
Carolina mountains, 26 to 80 in
Piedmont North Carolina and
80 to "a on the coast.
The year will be ushered out
with fair and cold weather to.
morrow, the forecast said.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
Bank Of Aulander
Robbed OfSOne
$4,000 -$35,0OO

Aulander. Dec. 80 (AP)-
Thieves broke into the Aulan-
der Branch Of the Band Of
Ahoskie here last night an d
used an automobile wrecker to
haul off large safe contain
ng between $4,000 and $34, 900
nearly all the money the
bank had on hand.
w. B. Copeland, cashier o I
the home bank at Ahoskie, re-
ported that the robbers appar-
emily entered the bank by a
rear door and then used 4 stoI-
en- automobile w1ecker to haul
the safe out the front door.
The robbery was discovered
Copeland said, when C. b.
Bell found the door of the safe
lying in the middle of Aulan-
der's main street. Sheriff's OF
ficers and FBI agents were
summoned to the scene.
The safe door was found a.
bout $50 am, and Copeland
said 1t was believed the rob-
berry occurred about 3 4. m. A
woman who lived nearby said
she heard lots of noise" down
town about that time...
Copeland said the robbers
the combina ton of I
the banks vault but did not
succeed in entering 1t. The
vault, however, contained
mostly records and some sill
yer coin. Most of the banks
cash was in the stolen safe, he
said.
The bank was amply COW
cred by insurance, Copeland
added, and the robbery will
cause "no loss to the bank"
The iron safe which was
stolen measured about four
feet by three feet and was
mighty heavy, Copeland
said. He added that in addi-
ton to the door discovered In
the street the safe had an In
ner door Just as strong as
the outer door or stronger"
The bank Is located ON the
Main street Of Aulander, a
town Of approximately 1,500
which serves 4 tobacco, pea.
nut and cotton farming area.
Preliminary investi-
CATION showed that a wreckinE
truck with derrick owned by
Charles H. Jenkins, an auto
mobile dealer, had been stol-
en-, and q woman living near
the bank said she heard q
rumbling noise about 3 O'Clock
this morning.
The robbery was discover
ed two hours later by 4 pass
erby on his way to work at a
sawmill and the police and
federal Bureau Of Investiga
tion were notified.
r. L. Wilson, cashier of the
bank, which is branch of the
Bank Of Ahoskle, said the
vault contained about SIS, 900.
There was no informa ton
today as to the direction tax
en- by the robbers when they
drove away.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
States Highway
Fatalities Decrease

Raleigh, Dec. 30-(AP)H-igh-
way fatalitesi in North Carolina
are about 13 percent fewer than
in 1947.
The 1948 toll had reachd 726
last Tuesday, compared with a
total of 1886 for all of last year,
according to Motor Vehicles
Commissioner Landon C. Ros-
ser.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

Last year there were permits
issued for construction of 104 re-
sidences in Roanoke Rapids ),
with 48 permits issued in 1913
and 4 in 1916. Permits are for
building within the corporate Ii
mits alone, and it is estimated
there were over 200 homes con-
structed in sections just outside
the corporate limits during the
same three-year period since the
last war year of 1945.
An indication of the growth of
the city can be gained from the
figures showing both residential
and industrial expansion. In the
past twelve months the 4s per-
mits issued by the city for re-
sidential construction and expan-
sion totaled 1888, ,Oe5, which was
slightly higher than the 1946 fl
cures of $345, 900. Permits n
cluded the building of n W
homes, the renovation of d
homes into apartment and the
construction of additions to
homes and apartments already
existing.
Suburban Development
Figures are available only for
construction proposed or con
tracted within the city, however
estimates on home construction
and the development Of subur-
ban sections inside the metropo-
Titan district of the city during
the past year run well past the
$500, 900 mark, and in several of
the developments - Roamoke
Park, Belmont, South Rosemary
and others-the number Of new
homes which have been put up
since the war ended il estimat-
ed at well over 200.
And despite the growth of re-
sidential construction the avail
ability Of houses in the city re-
mains as acute as ever an indi-
cation that Roanoke Rapids is
still bursting at the seams
with new residents.
Industrial Building
1t was industry, however,
which supplied the big boost and
put the building permits in the
three-million-dollar class, in that
of the total amount of permits
issued, a total of $2,662, 160 went
to industrial and non-residential
One Roanoke Rapids company
the Halifax Paper Company,
Inc, accounted for the biggest
items on the list by securing per-
mits in April for the construc-
ton of a recovery building at an
estimated cost of 81, ,325, 500 and
work on the pulp mill Of the
plant at cost of $599, ,5S5 for a
total of $1,9l4,535. Another con-
structlon boost OF $610,000 was
provided in February, when the
Rosemary Manufacturing Com
pany secured a permit for re-
roofing two Of its plants at a
cost of $3.50, 1000 and an adition
to the finishing plant at a cost
Of $3.50, 900.
The two companies accounted
for nearly two and one-half mill
lion dollars of the record year,
however other industrial expan-
sion and renovation accounted
Tor another hundred thousand
dollars in building. Business in
the city build new stores and re-
novated their old ones to ad to
the record.
Continuous Growth Seen
Comparative figures in build
ing for a three-year period in
dicate that construction has been
On the upgrade since the war
was concluded. In 1946 non-re-
Continued on Page Ten)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
Patterson Overseer
Ill In Hospital

Paul B. Thompson, overseer
at Patterson Mills. is patient
in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
Mr.. Thompson is suffering from
pneumonia.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

hand in the weave department.
j. Clayton Matthews moves up
to a second hand in the weave
department from a job as loom
fixer.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
1913 Building Permit Figures Total Record $3Mlion Here
400 New Homes Built In City ).
Last Three Years, Huge Industrial
Expansion Accounts For Record

400
Rapids during the first three postwa 198 figures
building indicate the city hit
three million dollars in permits ssueddurng year.
Issuance of totalng
cly during December ran the building permit total $o5325 for
tne alme residential building
sued during l948 indicated from the
hen postwar home construction reached the
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
Banks To Close
New Years DaY

All of the Roanoke Rapids
banks will be closed New Years
Day, January l, 1949, bank Of
ficials announced today.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30
ROANOKE RAMBLINGS
BY PAT NANTZ
By PAT NANTZ

1t was reported this morning
that Mrs. c. E. Pierce and Mrs.
T. o. Wilson were elected to
serve as secretary and treasurer
of the local art club, which is
growing steadily in membership
they decided, at the meeting
last evening, to name the club,
The Roanoke Rapids Art Group.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy Pittman,
Reapa Morgan and Billy Nixon
spent the day in Richmond, yies-
terday and repeatedly had an en-
joyable time.
Mrs. Joyce Tanner was con-
fined to her bed yesterday with
the flu. She will remain there
for about seven days and has ex-
pressed her desire for visitors
who are not too afraid of catch
ing the flu. ).
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Bunch
had as their holiday guests,
Miss Elizabeth Faison of Ports
mouth; while Mr.. and Mrs. S. ].
Bounds guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bounds and son,
Freeman Of Richmond, Vir-
gina...
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Cantor of
Madison street have returned to
their home here, after having
spent two weeks in New York
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

Marion Weathers and Betsy
Hodges left today to return to
their home in Tarboro. they
have been visiting with friends
here since Monday. =.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-30

City visiting with Mr.. Cantor's
parents, DR.. and Mrs. G. G
Cantor. while there, they also
visited with Mr.. Cantor's broth.
er, Jerry, who is a college stu
dent there. :.
Friends of Mrs. Lille w,
Brown of Jefferson street will
be interested to know that she
did not remain in the hospital
after having been treated for
burns yesterday. The burns
resulted when Mrs. Brown at
tempted to remove a kettle
of boiling water from the stove,
when it began to boil over.
the burns occurred mostly Oh her
arms and hands. :.
Harry Lee Holiday, Jr., two
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Lee Holiday of 2O8 Jack
son street, was taken to the
local hospital Monday and un-
derwent an appendectomy on
the same day. He is reported
to be in much better condition
now. and is anxiously waiting
to return to his home to see his
little friends. =.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
BY Lewis T. Atehison
~ 3 d UUy'
(Signed) MIKE PALM" "

lts u poy.
(signedD MIKE PALM"
And for the benefit of those
who miss the announcement on
the restaurant door, Papa Mike
is there in person to tell the GUS
toners all about the newest ad-
dition to the Palm household.
"They call him Shoulders at
the hospital" he told us, popping
of two vest buttons. weighs
6 pounds and he's all shoulders.
BY golly, he looks like he'll be q
great quarterback"
His physique may give the
youngster a good start in his
fathers footsteps, but men who
know football will tell you he'll
have to be good, real good, to
rate comparison with his old
man.
Mike is giving up his berth as
backf1eld coach Of the New York
Giants this season to spend more
time with the family and the
business. He's been part of the
gridiron scene now since the
early 1920s and fun is fun, but
there comes a time when mans
got to concentrate a little more
on feathering the nest and Mike
thinks that time is here for him.
i've got no complaint to make
against the Giants" he hastened
to add. Every year since I re-
joined them in 1941 they've given
me a raise without asking, and
working with Steve (Owen) was a
real pleasure. We had played
together on the Giants, you
know, and he was q honey run
ming interference on reverse
plays. I followed him so closely
he used to swear he caught cold
from me breathing down his
neck. but he was like a friendly
policeman to me-"
Mike, at 164 pounds, was one Of
the smallest men to play pro
football, but he wound up being
one of the best blockers in the
National League. Last year he
convinced George Franck, one of
the Giants better ball carriers,
that blocking can be fun and
made q good interferer out Of
him.
Palm was one Of those ath-
letes who did everything well.
In o scholastic track meet at
Penn State, he won three firsts
and as many second places to
clinch runnerup honors for
Philipsburg High School. A
photographer. wanting a team
picture, wasted half an hour
waiting for the rest of the squad
when only Mike reported.
His track ability won Palm a
scholarship OF Penn State. but
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Dub BowIers Meet
In Tourney Sunday
By Ben McAIwee

The city's so-called dub" bowlers
will come into their own when the
Goth annual Bill Wood tournament,
Washington's original handicap
eent, y held Sunday at Lucky
Strike.
Only men and women pinspillers
with less than 10 averages are
eligible to compete in the seven
game test. Contestants may enter
at any time from 2 until 10 pm.
The winner will receive 500.
Entrance fee Is IS. Three-fifth
handicaps will be based on a scratch
of 100.
Already the winner Of 50 games
against IA losses. Northeast Temple
pinettes. in making runaway of
the Ladies Minor District League
flag chase, are well on their way to
pale the brilliant won and lost
record of King Pin women's quint
in winning the major circuits title
in 1941 with 81 wins and 19 losses.
The King Pin record for losing
only 10 games was one less than the
mark Of the title-winning Rosslyns
in 1887.
With the two highest averages
rollers in the minor loop in Toni
Rowe with 1905 for 66 games and
Ann Carlson with 10759, its little
wonder the Templates boast a 49,
game lead over King Pin.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
By Rod Thomos

The Brookland bowling plant
where Karl Gochenour holds forth
as manager, for the second straight
year won top honors among the 30
odd bowling establishments rustling
entries in The Stars annual tourna-
ment, according to figures an
nounced today. But this time Brook
land scored triple victory. Its
total of 1859 was the highest at any
plant; Its 59.7 average per maple
way was the best and its Walter
Lambert was the individual leader
in signing entrants with a score of
925.
Gochenour and Lambert each re-
ceived the certificate of commenda-
ton of the Bowlers' Victory Legion,
to which the event was dedicated
for the fourth year, and a $25 Saw
ings Bond.
Colonial Village, where Russell
Diehl was the guiding spirit, ran
second in total entries, but was
nosed out in average per drive by
King Pin, managed by Hokie Smith,
45.6 to AT. It was Smiths first
season as the King Pin pilot and he
nearly doubled the entry Of 1947 at
that establishment. In doing so
he scored a triumph quite as graft
flying as that of Gochenour.
Needed by General Manager
John w. (BiD Wood, the staffs of
the King Pin, Lucky Strike and
Hi-Skor engaged In a family scrap
that was a lulu. King Pin finished
Evening star., 1948-03-02

Mike, who, at II, had been the
youngest top-kick in the World
War, had to keep busy and went
out for football. Hugo Bezdek
watched him dropkick, pass, run
and quarterback and decided he
was fair ball player-good
enough to play regularly for him.
The left halfback was q fellow
by the name of Harry Wilson,
Lighthouse Harry" who won
all-America honors at State,
then went to West Point to
harass Navy few years. Wilson
and Palm were roommates and
Mike thinks Harry was one of
the greatest broken-field run
nerS of all time.
HE wasn't particularly fast"
Mike recalled, but once he got
loose he was harder to catch than
a butterfly. I always thought he
and Tuffy Leemans were pretty
much alike"
Palm did the punting for Penn
State, "but I wasn't so hot" he
confessed. "If we had to kick
around midfield I usually tried a
dropkick. I got as much dis
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Middle Atlantic, District
Golf Bodies Call Elections.

The twice-postponed meeting Of
the Middle Atlantic Golf Associa-
ton will be held Saturday. March g.
at 8 o'clock at the Congressional
Country Club, Secretary DR.. r. A.
Keilty announced.
Several important matters, In ad-
dition to the election of officers
and selection of tournament dates,
are coming up for consideration and
the secretary Is particularly anxious
to have a quorum present. Edgar
Lucas of Baltimore G. G.. is slated
for the presidency, which means the
championship will go to
Baltimore G. G.
The annual election meeting Of
the District Golf Association will be
held Monday, March Is, at Colum-
bia Country Club, home club Of in
coming President Martin r. Nc
Carthy.
Evening star., 1948-03-02

third in the general standings with
1895; Lucky Strike was fourth with
1904 and Hi-Skor fifth with LOTS.
George Burns of the Lucky Strike,
with 676 sales, ran second to Lam
bert in a go-get- 'em effort to retain
the laurels he won last year.
At a luncheon meeting of Metro
politan Bowling Operators Asso-
citation yesterday at the Mayflower
Hotel, checks of the prize winners
we're turned over for distribution to
the proprietors or managers of the
plants where the awards were won.
They totaled more than $4,000.
There were 16,048 entries and LOTS
awards.
Following are the standings Of the
establishments based on total en-
tries: Brookland, 1859; Colonial
Village, 1,431; King Pin, 1,09e;
Lucky Strike, 1884; Hi-Skor, LOTS;
Greenway Bowl. 935; Clarendon,
922; Chevy Chase Ice Palace, 754;
Anacostia Spillway, 564; Fort Davis,
521; Hyattsville Recreation, 499;
Bethesda Bowling Center, AT; Penn
Recreation, 436; Rosslyn, 424; Ar
lington, al; Lafayette, 40; Ia
koma, 369; Silver Spring, 347; Kalo-
rama, 1928; Columbia, 325; Petworth,
300; Arcadia, 277; Mount Rainier,
241; Northeast Temple, 2o2; Alex
andria, 1877; GPO, 1874; University,
145; Boulevard, 116; Almas Temple,
90; Hiser's Bethesda, 10; Laurel
(Md) Bowlaway, IS; Hyattsville
Arcade, IS; Y. M. G. A., IS; Queen
Pin, 20 and Arlington Farms, 13.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Ortenzi Leaves
Ring to Become
Student Coach

Carlo Ortenzi, twice Eastern in
tercollegiate 175-pound champion
for Western Maryland, has put
aside the gloves this year, although
he has a year of eligibility remain
ing and will lead the Green Terror
boxers against American University
Saturday night as student coach.
The Western Maryland match is
the first of three straight home
matches for the Eagles, who pre-
viously fought only one match at
home in the history of the school.
Georgetown on March 13 and
Lock Haven State Teachers March
10 follow the Green Terrors into the
A. u. gym.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Better Boxing Purses
Are Seen for Gaddis,
Victor Over Pueci

Nineteen forty-eight is a nice
bright new year, so far, for Red
Gaddis, young colored District
featherweight. Last year as a pre-
liminary fighter he hardly made a
ripple. He won two short bouts
over fellows you never heard Of, had
two draws and got chilled twice.
But comes 194s and here's a new
Gaddis.
It's four wins in a row now for
Red. Nothing sensational, but he's
coming along nicely. Good for main
events at Turner's Arena and now
in line for a bout against Jimmy
Cooper, another local boy making
good, after beating frankie Pucci of
Toronto last night. AS Cooper Is a
good drawing card, anybody fight
ing him gets nice payday.
It was Red all the way last night
in what was supposed to be the best
of three eight-heaters on the Tur-
ner's Arena card. Pucci's infighting
tactics didn't bother him and in re-
turn Red staggered frankie fire.
quently with a good left hook. There
we're no knockdowns, but Reds
margin over Pucci was greater than
Cooper's when he edged Pucci re-
Gently.
The other scheduled eights didn't
go that far. Bee Bee Washington
came back as light heavyweight.
He hit Irish Joe O'Connen of Balti-
more about ninety million times
and finally won fifth-round TKO.
Sonny Boy Bum, District welter,
put George Neubeck, Baltimore, on
the floor so hard in the third the
referee didn't even bother to count.
Surprise winner Of the evening
was Toby Reid. Knocked out three
times In a row here, Reid, q light
heavyweight, showed q reversal OF
form by chilling Jesse James, also
local, in a seconds Of the first
round. James hit the deck three
times in those AZ seconds. May be
a record. The opening four went to
Kid Willie over Bobby Suma.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
New Leaf on Family Tree Takes Palm Off Grid
Former ans Coach Wos Master Posser Dokeke at Penn Sote

tance that way and there was
always the chance Of scoring
8 points"
That was the theory behind a
47-yard dropkick he booted
against Gettysburg College one
season. He kicked one 50 yards
against York in a pro game later,
but his biggest thrill, perhaps,
was the day a kick took a bad
bounce and rolled out on. the
6-inch line.
Mixes finest passing perform
ance was staged at Penn's ex-
pense in 1928 when the Nittany
Lions were Al underdogs, but
upset the big Quaker eleven by
a $50 count. Palm completed
13 consecutive passes that after
noon. The 14th was tipped by
Hap" Frank. a State end, be-
fore falling into Wilson's out
stretched hands. Franks mere
touching the ball nullified the
throw.
Mike first went with the
Giants in 1925 while he was as
sisting Lou Little at Georgetown.
While working at the Hilltop he
played with Shenandoah in the
Hard Coal League" and when
Georgetown's season was over
helped the Giants wind up their
campaign. Later he joined Dick
Harlow at Harvard and he's now
toying with a couple of offers to
return to the college game.
Speaking of Harvard reminded
him Of Yves Fesler, who was on
the Crimson staff at the time.
And If I ever saw an all-around
athlete who could have been a
star in any sport, Fesler was the
one," Mike said. IT think he
was the the closest thing to
Dutch Clark in football we've
had since Dutch quit. He was
one Of those boys who can play
any instrument in the band and
think, too. He could have played
big league baseball had he want
ed to try, but Yves just wanted
to coach and never did take q
crack at pro sports. It's shame,
because he would have left some
thing for the boys to remember
him BY"
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

NEW YORK, Mar. Jimmy Car
away, in the 118-pound class, and
Featherweight frankie Stellato
paced five Washington boys in to-
days second round of the New York
Golden Gloves tournament here at
Ridgewood Grove Sporting Club.
Leon Daughtry and Roland Ran
dali also won for the Washington
team, while Dave Primrose drew a
first-round bye. The only losers were
Charles Habron and Keith King,
while Eugene Mcintyre forfeited
his bout.
With more than half its battlers
remaining, the District still had
team title hopes, although Pitts
burgh, Huntington, w. Va, and
Hampstead, N. Y, had seven winners
and New York six.
One Of the New York fayorites,
Maurice Fredericks, was eliminated
by Caraway in one Of the best bouts
of the first round. A vicious right
to the jaw by Caraway in the sec
ond round was the telling punch.
Stellato eliminated Mario zullo Of
Lowell, Mass. Daughtry scored the
only knockout Of the Washington