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Evening star., 1948-11-14
Women 'sGroupGives S
Check for S1,917
To Cancer Clinic

A group of 80 women volunteer
workers last night presented officials
of the Warwick Memorial Cancer
Clinic with a check for $1,9l7 for
the training of special laboratory
Etechnician for the clinic.
DR.. Calvin T. Klopp, director Of
the clinic, said the funds will be
used to send a technician next
month to a Public Health Service
school at Hot Springs, Ark. for a
course in the study Of cancer cells.
Mrs. George Nordlinger, admins
trative chairman of the Warwick
voluntary staff, said the money was
raised entirely by private solicita-
tions by the 80 workers, all members
OF q special committee Of the Ma
tional Council of Jewish Women.
The volunteers, she said, give an
average of six hours a week to serve
as clerks, nurses aides and recep-
tionistS in the clinic.
The clinic, at 1889 H street NV,
Is for the diagnosis of patients
mostly referred by private doctors
who have cancer symptoms.
One of the most important tests
Evening star., 1948-11-14

for cancer in its early stages, DR..
Klopp explained, is the microscopic
examination of secretions from the
body, using a special staining tech
nique which makes the cancer cells
easily seen. Other tests are made
after detection of these cells.
1t Is this work for which the new
technician will be trained, DR.. Klopp
said. Lack of a technician to assist
the clinics cytologist, DR.. Lois
Platt, in the examinations has
really handicapped u.s." he added.
The money raised by the volunteers
will cover the technicians' travelling
expenses and salary during the
three e-month course, which will be
given free by the Public Health
Service.
Also present at the ceremony were
DR.. Walter A. Bloedorn. dean Of the
George Washington Medical School,
and Ernest Edinger, executive direc-
tor of the Washington district Of the
American Cancer Society.
Evening star., 1948-11-14

tracked to Halifax when the Brit
ish ship put in there to avoid the
dock workers strike along the
United States east coast.
The Palau will leave the Nova
Scotian port on November II. On
its arrival in New York, the Kitty
Hawk" will be loaded aboard Navy
vans and transported here to take
honor position in the Smithsonian
Institution.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
|. % = THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
s-~~
Kitty Hawk 10 Be Returned
To U. 5. by Aircraft Carrier
By the Assoeiotsd Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
The rickety little airplane which
made the worlds first successful
passenger flight will return home to
America aboard a majestic aircraft
carrier.
The Wright brothers historic
Kitty Hawk" will be carried on the
last leg of its trip from England by
the carrier Palau, the Navy has an
nounced.
Originally scheduled to arrive in
New York Friday aboard the liner
Mauritania, the plane was side
Evening star., 1948-11-14
TuyIor Busin Bids Sought

The Potomac River Naval Com
mand announced yesterday that it
was accepting sealed bids for the
painting and construction Of air
markers atop the basin building at
the David Taylor Model Basin, Car
derock, Md.
Evening star., 1948-11-14
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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Hurricane Moves Across Inland
Florida Towards Citrus Belt

Miami, Fla, Sept. 22-(AP)-
A drenching hurricane with its
100-mile-an-hour winds still in
tact, moved over Lake Okeecno-
bee in South Central Florida to-
day and aimed for the states
rich citrus belt.
Two persons have died ard
many have suffered minor injur-
les IN the big storm which blast
ed the Florida Key with lG0
mile gusts early yesterday ana
pounced on Miami last night
Heavy gales and rain still lat
tered the Keys and Miami to-
day.
The center of the storm is ex-
pected to pass into the Atlantic
about 6 o'clock (ES1) tonight In
the vicinity of Melbourne, l60
miles north of Miami and over
Merritts Island, just northeast Of
Melbourne, about 8 or 8 p. M,
the weather bureau said.
The hurricane eye passed close
to the sugar-cane growing region
at lewiston on the Lake shore
about 7 a. mi.
Lake Okeechobee is the second
largest fresh water Lake entirely
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Trial Delayed When
Juror Gets Drunk

Warrenton, Sept. % - c. R.
Hathcock of Warren County is
in Jail today. He was in court
yesterday as juror. He will be
freed tomorrow.
Hathcock was empanelled with
II other jurors shortly before
the noon recess yesterday to
here evidence in the case of Will
lie M. Workman, Negro, charged
in the Superior Court with man.
slaughter in the death of Miss
Evelyn Bolton.
Since no evidence was present
ed in the case prior to the noon
recess, Judge R. Hunt Parker
dismissed the jury for lunch.
Judge Parker said that when
court re-convened Hathcock was
under the influence of alcohol
and "at 4:10 p. m. he is still
half drunk"
The judge held Hathcock in
contempt of court and termed
his behavior "disorderly, con-
temptuous and insolent.
Parker said Hathcock had adj
mitted having 1.-TWO large drinks
of whiskey" at the lunch recess,
and ordered him confined for 4a
hours "to be released at Ais p.
m. on Thursday, September %. "
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22

within the United States. A
great hurricane in 1929 caused it
to overflow its banks and ctr own
about $500 laborers engaged in
planting vegetables in the win
Communications still were out
ter salad bowl" of the nation.
today with Key West, where
President Truman has his Little
White House." Everglades city,
70 miles west of Miami, and
lewiston.
A Red Cross survey showed
$500 persons stayed last night
in Miami's shelters. The shelters
were stocked with enough food
Ito feed $4,000 persons for two.
days.
! Between 700 and / 900 refugees
from Highlands County in the
central part of the state found
haven in the little citrus town VI
Sebring.
t'orecasters said the hUfricsDel
will pass very near Clewistpn
and over the eastern rim u Lake
Okeechopee" as it moves north-
ward toward Daytonu Bcach. ri
is expected to pass into the At
lantic early tonight.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Probable Cause
In Murder Found
Against Terry

Halifax, Sept. % - George
Terry, Northampton County Ne
gro, was bound over to Superior
Court under a $4,000 bond on
probable cause of murder in the
second degree in preliminary
hearing before Judge Charles
R. Daniel here yesterday
Terry is charged with the
knife Staying of Gordon Bryant
Miles, 20, of near Weldon follow
ing an argument near Weldon on
the night of September II.
He was held without bond
pending the preliminary hearing
in Halifax County recorders
court yesterday. The hearing
was slated for last weeks court,
however, it was continued for a
week.
Terry, who worked near We'll
don for time under the alias of
George Hudson, was arrested on
the morning following the STAY
ing of Miles at the home of his
grandmother near Gumberry in
Nos/ ampton County. Sheriff H.
A. House of Halifax County said
the Negro had admitted the slay-
ing.
Judge Daniels sat as commit
ting magistrate in yesterday
hearing.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
|J.Edward Allen, Warren School Head,
Indicted On Charges 0fEmbeZz|ement

bezzled State school funds in the
amount of $24,327.75 on October
The checks in question
made out to the teachers and
80, 1889. The alleged forged
pay checks to Negro school
TEACHERS who were not at the
time teaching in the Warren
County schols and who dld not
receive any of the money dated
at far back as October 10, 1889,
and the most recent was dated
March 25, 1947.
The false pretense indictment
charged that 81. Edward Al
len did falsely pretend that a
school in North Carolina known
as Young School was being op-
Grated from September 81, 1916
until May q, 1947; that one Ann
lie Ruth Fortson was teacher;
that 10 children attended Young
School and that Annie Ruth Fort
son was entitled to receive and
did receive from the State of
North Carolina as a teacher for
the time a salary of $l,666.78.
Whereas in truth and in fact
said Young School was not open
and not operating at any time
from September 27, 1916 until
May 81, 1947; that Annie Ruth
Fortson was not a teacher at
the time and did not teach at
said school that no other per
son taught at said school and
neither Annie Ruth Fortson nor
any other teacher was entitled
to salary, there being no school
in operation at Young School
and that said Annie Ruth Fort
son received no salary as teach
er for said school"
The 80 forgery indictments
charge that Allen "did willingly
and falsely max, forge and
counterfeit and did willingly as
sent to the falsely making, for
ging and counterfeiting" of 80
checks payable to Negro teach
ers who were not teaching at
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
1898 Register In Halifax County
Under Second Selective Service Act

days after their 18th birthday
and register for selective SER
vice.
Taylor listed the number Of
registrants at the various re-
gistration centrs as follows:
Roanoke Rapids, LASS; We'll
don, BIG; Halifax. 327; Enfield
So; Scotland Neck SGT; Little
ton 1886 and Aurelian Springs
II.
The draft board chairman
expressed the appreciation of
the board members to all per-
sons who helped with the regis
tration.
He added that the question
raires on which the classified
ton of the men would b based
were being mailed out and
that some had been returned.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22

the time the checks were writ
tn.
were allegedly endorsed by the
teachers and re-endorsed by Al
len. 1t is on the original endorse
ment that the forging was charg
ed.
State Bureau of Investigation
who aided in the investigation
of the case, said yesterday that
the handwriting experts of the
same person on all the checks
but did not know who had done
the actual endorsing OF the
checks.
Powell and S. B. I. agent Jim
Durham testified before t h g
Grand Jury yesterday. Also
testifying were Auditor c. B.
Douglas of tn estate Board OF
Education and Paul Reid Con-
troller, of the State Board OF
Education. i>lnnie B. Williams,
aged Negro former school teach
er, whose name appeared on 10
of the allegedly forged checks,
and Eliza Vivian Robinson, an
other of the Negro former
teacher, also testified before
the Grand Jury in the course Of
the hearings.
The total of the forged checks
amounted to S., lat 48, however
this amount is included in the
total of the embezzlement
charge, the investigators said.
This morning Harry Walker,
chairman of the Warren County
Board of Education, could not
De reached at his home in Nor
lima, however J. A. Rocker of
Warrenton, member q tn q
Board, said he has had no noti-
fication of any called meeting
of the Board of Education in
view of yesterdays develop
ments.
Allen is still officially t h
Warren County Superintendent
of Schools.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
DR.. Lide Speaks
At Mission Meet
Here Tonight

DIR. Frank P. Lide, who has
served the Baptist Church as a
missionary to China will be the
principal speaker this evening
on the Week of Missions being
conducted this week at Rose
mary Baptist Church as an as
ISOLATION wide series of the Roa-
noke Baptist Association,
At last nights meeting, DR.. j.
C. Powell, missionary to Africa
replaced DR.. James Ray, secre-
tary of the State Baptist Train
ing Union, on the program Rev
FELIX Arnold of Enfield was
uest soloist and the devotional
erlod was led by the Adult De
,artment of the Sunday school.
The Rosemary Baptist Church
S host church to seven churches
Zen the Roanoke Rapids area dur
g this week.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22

ternoon a check in the amount
of $4,000 was posted with Ellis
by c. P. Allen, Jr., a nephew
of the superintendent.
Julius Banzet said he, his
brother Frank, and State Re =
preventative John Kerr, Jr., will
defend Allen, however he declin
ed to say whether or not they
had been retained for that pur-
pose before the charges were
formally lodged.
Court was re-convened a t
$50 yesterday by Judge Parker
so he could sign in open court
an order impounding "all re =
cords pertaining to and dealing
with the transactions of the de-
PENDANT with the Citizens Bank
Bank and Trust Company of
Raleigh, the Citizens Bank and
Henderson and the Bank of Hall
fax, Litterton, and the records
of the County Board of Educa-
ton pertaining to the financial
transactions of the defendant. :"
Judge Parker said he will
sign today an order for an audit
of the books of the Board of
Education by an approval audit
ing firm. The firm of Williams
and Urquhart, Raleigh, was sug-
gested by Tyler, however the
order was left unsigned until
some definite firm could be
found to take the job.
Tyler said he does not expect
the case to come to trial at the
present term of Superior Court
because the action was initiated
through the Grand Jsy, how
ever he said he is ready to
try it now The next term
of Warren County Superior
Court will be held in January,
and according to the North Caro-
lima court calendar Judge Wal
ter j. Bone is scheduled to pre-
side.
Bills of indictment charge that
the County Superintendent EN-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Western Powers
Give Soviet
Week On Berlin

Paris, Sept. % - (AP)-The
Western Powers gave the Soviet
Union anothear week today to
come to an agreemnt on the
Berlin situation before they IKE
the isue to the United Nations,
well informed French sources
said.
AS the United Nations General
Assembly began organizing it
self for the autumn session, the
foreign ministers of the United
States, Great Britain and France
agreed on a general outlines of
a note that may be sent to Mos
COW sometime this week, these
sources said.
Top-ranking diplomatic and
military advisers of the three
western nations will meet again
to study the text of the message
to Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.
Molotov, the sources said.
They described the message
as proposing a four-power direc-
tive to the military commanders
IN Germany concerning the cru
cial question of Berlin's cur
rency.
U. S. Secretary of State George
C. Marshall, British Foreign
Secretary Ernest Bevin and
French Foreign Minister Robert
Schuman have scheduled another
meeting for sometime next week
whein, presumably they would
have the reply from Moscow.
London, Sept. % -(AP)-
The United States, Britain and
France are in absolute agree
ment" on a policy to be pursued
jointly if the Moscow talks ovel
Berlin fail, Foreign Secretary
Ernest Bevin declared :oday.
Referring to talks at the
Kremlin between ENJOYS of the
Western powers and the Russian
leaders, Prime Minister Stair
and Foreign Minister Molotov
Bevin told an expectant House
of Commons.
Il have to disappoint you. The
stage is not yet reached which
makes it possible to make {
release"
ave are in close consultation
we are still working it out
and shall be continuing cur con.
sultation in Paris during the
coming week.
There have been rumors Of
disagreement over our Ber]jr
policy, but also as to the policy
we will jointly pursue if that
fails"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Police Seeking Local Man
For Theft Of An Airplane
Seven OF Eight Columbia Bank
Robbers Have Been Captured

, he had served as lookout for the
seven men who entered the rank
with guns flourishins, lined up
the five bank employees and
three cmustomers including one
blind man, scooped up the cash
and fled to their car waiting
outside.
The getaway car broke down
at Creswell and the bandits were
forced to take to the woods after
dividing the money as the quick
ly organized army of law en-.
forcement officers including
county, State Highway Patrol,
SBI, and FBI men, augmented
by civilians, began closing N,
while a helicopter from Eliza
beth City Coast Guard station
circled overhead to check on the
fleeing men.
The car, a 1913 Hudson, was
stolen in Virginia several days
ago. Local residents recalled hav-
ing seen it in Columbia both on
Saturday and Monday when six
negroese and one white man Wis
tied several business establish
ments.
Cashier Marshall A. Matthews
said the bandits entered the
bank about Ills O'Clock and
that the white man believed to
have been Morrison, ordered ne
and Phillip L. Spruill, 4 blind
man, to "hit the floor or de"
Matthews said he cbeycd the
command after explaining that
Spruill was blind. The latter was
permitted to sit in his chair
while negro stood guard,
Two other bandits ordered
bookkeepers Zelda Parisher and
Beulah Twiddy out of the room
in which they were working and
to lie down behind counter
behind which Tellers Billie
Swain and Milver Davis had
been herded. Another bandit
guarded the customers in the
lobby while two men scooped
up the money from a vault and
the cash drawers.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22

George N. Taylor, chairman
of the Halifax County Selective
Service Board, announced to-
day that a total of 1888 young
Halifax County men had regis
tered at the seven draft regis
tration centers in the county.
The time limit on registra-
ton expired on Saturday, Tay-
lor added.
State selective service head
quarters had estimated that
1850 Halifax men would have
been registered under the sec
ond peacetime selective SER
vice act.
Youths who become IL years
of age are required to report
to the draft board in Halifax
at the courthouse within Is
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22

Warrenton, Sept. 22-J. Ed
ward Allen, Superintendent of
Warren County Schools since 49,
10, was under SIS, 1000 bond to-
day following the finding of "a
true bills of indictment against
him here late yeaterday after
noon on charges of embezzle :
ment of S24,327.75, false pretense
and forgery of 80 salary checks.
A capias instanter ordered
written by Superior Court Judge
r. Hunt Parker after the grand
jury had returned its findings
IN open court was served on AL
len last night in Duke Hospital,
Durham. He has been a patient
at the hospital since last We'd
nesday.
The capias was served by
Sheriff E. G. Belvin of Durham
County, who was accompanied
by Warren County Deputy
Sheriff R. D. Chewing and at
torney Julius Banzet of Warren
ton, who said he will defend
the veteran school man in the
case.
The bills of indictment against
Allen were returned to Judge
Parker by grand jury foreman
j. T. White at Alb yesterday
afternoon, after the grand jury
had received them from District
Solicitor Ernest r. Tyler
shortly after IL o'clock. Judge
Parker had the findings entered
in the records of the Superior
Court and ordered Clerk of
Court Joe N. Ellis to issue in
stanter suppoenas for the arrest
of Allen. He further orderd
that bond of $4,000 be set in
the embezzlement charge and
bond of $1,000 set on the other
counts. Surely for the bonds
was left to the approval of Ellis.
A few minutes before the
court was recessed for the af-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Inspection Lane
In Scotland Neck

Scotland Neck, September %.
Mechanical Inspection Lane
No. "a for Halifax, Northampton
and BERTHE counties set up shop
here this morning, whese it will
remain until Sunday for the con-
venlence of motorists in this
area who have not yet had their
automobiles inspected. AL who
have not had their cars through
the lane as yet are urged to do
so while the lane is here.
The lanes schedule after 1t
leaves Scotland Neck is as fol-
lows: September 1890 at Fitch
Square, October rs at Ailander,
October ITO at Windsor.
1t is slated to return to Roa-
noke Rapids on October l2.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22

Columbia, N. c., Sept. o.
(AP)-A but one of thle eight
men who participated in the
$68, 200 robbery Of the East Laro-
lima Bank of Columbia Jester
day have been apprehcnded, tine
FBI said today.
The eighth was believed hem
med up in a nearby swamp.
Two Norfolk, Va, negroes
were arrested shortly before
dawn. Special Agent Charles W.
Brown identified them as VII
liam Henry Ward and Milton
Gray. Brown said Ward had ST.
90 IN his pockets, but Brown di-
recting the search from Char
lotte, did not know whether
Gary had any money on his per-
med up in a nearby swamp.
son.
Neither Ward nor Gary resist
ed, Brown said.
Thus far, $59,567 has been re-
covered.
Original estimates gave the
banks loss as approximately
$50,O00. But the figure gradually
rose employees concluded an
inventory that was delayed
pending the taking of finger
prints.
One negro was critically
wounded when he ran from
blood hounds and pursuers.
Christopher C. Ward was shot
through the back and wounded
critically nearly Woody station
when he failed to heed the call
to surrender--from a convict trus-
ty who was leading a pack of
blood hounds rushed mere from
the Williamson prison CAM:
The pistol bullet entered the ne
gro's back and lodged in his in
testlnes and he was taken to
the Columbia hospital where he
is gwen little chance to recover.
On Wards body was found
$4,263 part of the approximately
$4,000 recovered by officers.
The shooting occurred about
7 p. m. and within a short time
Jesse Byrum of Wilson, Willie
Melkins of Washington, ana
Henry Ward of Greensboro, sll
negroes, were captured without
any display of opposition near
the area where the trio was
picked up officers found a Navy
upper bag packed with money
and two pistols.
Early in the afternoon, Har-
ny Everett Morrison, Norfolk
white man, was taken into Gus
tody in Creswell and admitted,
according to officials, that ne
led the daring hoidup. Aubrey
Whit Harrington, native Of <;res-
we'll but recently living n Nor
folk, was also picked up and Of
ficers expressed the opinion that
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Four Persons
Killed By Arabs

Tel Aviv, Israel, Sept. % -
(AP)-Jewish military authori-
ties announced Arabs ambushed
and killed four persons in a
United Nations convoy at Jeru-
salem today.
No United Nations personnel
was hurt, the announcement
said, but one of those killed was
described as 'an American en-
gineer who came here recently
as a technical adviser" His
name was not disclosed.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
Supreme Court
Gets Weldon
Expense Case

Raleigh, Sept. % -(AP)-Is it
necessary expensN" for local
governments to send their law
enforcement officers to school?
That's a question brought be-
fore the State Supreme Court in
case on appeal from Halifax
County.
The action was brought by
George c. Green, a Weldon tax
payer, against Mayor ]. T. Mad
drey and Town Commissioners
Walker Campbell, w. A. Pierce,
c. r. Turner, and Pierce john
son. --..
Green asks that the officials
be required to return to town
treasurer 81, paid as salary
and expenses while Police Chief
P. R. Kitchin attended the FBI's
National Academy in 1916. The
sum includes $675 for three
months salary and $425 expen.
ses. Green's suit contends that
the expenditure was illegel.
Records in the case show
that the commissioners declined
to comply with request from
Green that the money be re-
turned to the treasury. The de.
PENDANTS contend that the exc
penditure was necessary in that
it enabled Kitchin to become
more efficient officer.
The attorney generals office
and the institute OF government
describe the case as the first
court test of a nationally accepts
ed program for training law en-
forcement officers.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-22
New Christian
Church Parsonage
Is Dedicated

A new parsonage at the First
Christian Church was dedicated
Sunday afternoon in a formal
dedication ceremony conducted
by the pastor, the Rev. John L.
Langston, who was assisted by
the Rev. Edmond Berkiey, Rec
tor of All-Saints' Episcopal
Church and the Rev. B. Marshall
Whlte-Hurst, pastor of Rose
mary Baptist Church.
A number of members of lhe
congregation of the church were
on hand for the dedication On
the recently-completed building
which was built at a cost Of ap-
proximately $4,000.
The ceremony was carried out
with symbolic corn, wine and
oil, and it was pointed out that
the acquisition of a parsonage
as great contribution to the
spiritual life of the church.