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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

fax County Health department
in taking care of needy cases in
and around Roanoke Rapids.
The Boy Scouts in this area
will receive $4,000 from tine
campaign funds collected, and
the Girl Scouts will be allotted
$4,000. Funds of $3.50 eaca nave
been set up in the announced
budget to take care of the
School Book and Lunch Fund for
buying books and daily lunches
for underprivileged school chill
dren and for the administrative
budget for the Communist Chest.
Other budget items include
| $3.50 for the Roanoke Rapids pu-
bile library, $3.50 for the local
Recreation Commission and 5000
for campaign expenses.
A Is per cent shrinkage IS
allowed in the annual budget to
allow for uncollected pledges
! and other matters. This added to
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

IN the headline department came
such team accomplishments as
Yale's % to 10 conquest of
Brown; Michigan's tight squeeze
before defeating Michigan State,
10 to Z; Georgia Techs 10 to 0
triumph over Vanderbilt; In
diana's easy time with Wis
consin. IS to Z; and Of Tulane's
upset OF Alabama, 81 to IA. =
Purdue lived up to every bit
of the claim that they would be
the toughest team on the Notre
Dame schedule. The Climax
ers piled up 10 first downs to 10
for the Irish; gained 294 yards to
223 for the winners.
In administering Texas one OF
its worst defeats, Justice passed
for two touchdowns and scored
two himself.
Michigan's Rose Bowl rem
nants had to pull all stops to
down Michigan State before the
largest crowd ever to see a
game at East Lansing. The fray
marked the dedication of the
spartans' remodeled stadium.
On the intersectional front,
Minnesota shook off its shackles
for three touchdowns in the fin
al period to down Washington,
20 to 0. Southern Methodist con.
WINGED Pittsburgh that all that
had been written about Doak
Walker was true, 80 to IA; and
California eased past Navy, 81
to 7.
In the east Army again
thwarted Villanova, % to o, for
the fifteenth time in 16 games;
Columbia trounced Rutgers, a.
to 8, despite Frank Burns pass
ing and Cornell found New York
University easy, AZ to 6.
Two conversions gave Iowa i
IA to IL verdict over Marquetts
! and Nehraska 1avell19 ISna
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Local Youth
Hurt; Charged
With Car Theft

A wild ride in stolen auto
mobile Friday night ended a.
bruptly and grievously for Ell
dred Strickland, Roanoke Rapids
youth.
Strickland is a patient in the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital under
technical arrest for the alleged
larceny of an automobile from
a lot on Tenth street, and is suf-
fering from severe Commissions
and possible internal injuries, it
was reported by hospital au-
thorities last night.
Chief of Roanoke Rapids po-
lice T. ]. Davis said last night
that Strickland has been charged
formally with larceny of an
automobile and will face the
charges as soon as he is released
from the hospital. The chief
said a report of the stealing of
four-door Buick sedan was re-
ceived at police headquarters
last night at about the same time
Strickland was brought into the
local hospital following a wreck
near CASTOR.
The chief said some boys from
CASTOR said that Strickland had
offered to take them for ride
and had driven as fast as loo
miles per hour to the Virginia
state line. On returning tc
Camps store, the boys got an
automobile, followed Strickland
and pulled him out of the
wrecked car after he had rur
off the highway and turned ovel
near CASTOR.
Davis said the car was almos'
a total wreck.
At the hospital it was report
ed that the youths condition wa
good, and the hospital authori
ties said they do not think hi
injuries are serious.
The automobile was takel
from the lot of the Halifax Autt
Finance Company.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Unamerican Activities Groups
Report Will "Shock the Nation"

Washington, Sept. 25-( AP)An
official close to the House I'm
american Activities Committee
said today its forthcoming re
port on atomic espionage twill
shock the public"
1t will state, the official de
clared that President Roose
welt and Truman and Attorney
General Tom C. Clark chad all
the facts" on a Russian spy ring
that got atomic bomb secrets
but did nothing about it.
The official, who declined use
of his name, said the report will
assert that Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr..
Truman and Clark knew that
"Soviet agents in a complete
professional spy ring, working
with amateurs" successfully OBJ
tanned American Atomic secrets
"It was a complete omission, p"
the official said.
Earlier, Rep. Vail CR-ILL), a
member of the committee,
said the report will assert that
some scientists working with the
super-secret Manhattan Atomic
Bomb Projects at the University
of Chicago made attempts to
steal atom secrets.
He told reporters: 1--WE are in
clined to believe they were sue
cessful."
Vail also said that a separate
phase of the committees a
tonic espionage inquiry
underway since mid June-had
revealed that some atomic mat
erial had been stolen from the
Manhattan Project and sent to
Russia.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Johnny Strickland Grabs Most
Honors in Lion Fiddlers' Contest

johnson, first; Johnny Strick-
land, second; and Johnny Stok-
esberry. Guitar solos-Stanley
johnson, first; Johnny Strick-
land, second; Red and Gene, and
Evelyn and M. c. Driver. Group
singing-Cherokee Boys, first;
Johnny Strickland and Carolyn,
second; the Tarheel Pioneers,
Rosa Lee Phillips, Luther Allen
and Johnny Stokesberry; and
Shorty Martin and Skinny New
some. Vocal solo-Rosa Lee Phil
lips, first; Johnny Stokesberry,
second; Lawrence Emory; Gil
bert Newsome; Luther Allen;
and Doll Baby, one of the Chero-
kee Boys. Clog dancing-Gilbert
Newsom, first; Johnny .,trick-
land, second, Mandolin solo
Wallace Joyner, first; Stanley
johnson, second; Johnny Stok-
esberry, third.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

A goal of $14,375 for the an
nual Red Feather campaign
which will run October 21-30,
for the Roanoke Rapids Com
munity Chest was announced to-
day by Rev. John M. Walker,
Jr., who has been appointed to
head the 1948 drive.
The budget, including the
drive goal, was set in meet
ing of the Board of Trustees of
the Community Chest, however
it was not approved by the cam
paign committee until committee
members met few days ago,
The largest item on the Com
munity Chest Budget is $4,000,
which has been approved as the
amount to be given by the Chest
to the Associated Charities or
ganization which works IN con.
junction with the Halifax Coun-
lty Welfare Department and Hall
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Choo.Choo Justice and Obscure
Irish Guard Grab Limelight in
Nations Top Cridiron Contests

New York, Sept. 25-(AP)-
An obscure guard and a famed
halfback grabbed the headlines
today as college football burst
into the sports picture alongside
the torrid baseball races.
The obscure guard is Steve
Oracko of Notre Dame, whose
angling 23-yard field goal after
missing three conversion at :
tempts gave the Irish a, % to q
victory over upstart Purdue.
The famed halfback is Charlie
(Choo Choo) Justice of Mort h
Carolina, whose teammates toy.
ed with Texas, "a to z. T h G
Tar Heels scored three Of the
first four times they got the ball.
Right beside those two players
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

Little Johnny Strickland, VINO
took top honors in the Lions
Club Festivals Talent Night
Show here Thursday night, add
ed luster to his fame by walk
ing off with a first place and
three seconds in the Fiddlers'
Convention on Friday night.
The 1O-year-old local perform
err led the prize-winning string
band in one Of the competitions,
then added second-place honors
in the fiddle solo, guitar solo
and group-singing division. The
family was kept well up in the
running when Johnny's father,
John Strickland, took a second
place in the clog dancing COM
petition.
The six-day festival closed here
last night with a highly sue
cessful concert by the prize win
ners in the Fiddlers' Convention
competition.
Stanley johnson made II a
close race for honors of the eve
ming Friday by falling first-place
prizes in the fiddle, and guitar
contests and coming in second in
the mandolin competition.
Most of the contestants put in
a return engagement at the Fes-
tival grounds last night by play
ing to slightly-chilly but ap-
preciative audience some Of the
numbers that have earned them
their regulations as prize-win-
ners. The Festival wound up as
it had started-with a high note,
and tired Lions and highly-en-
tertained natives took themsel-
yes off to bed content to wait
until another Festival rolls a,
round.
Prize winners in Friday nights
Fiddlers' Convention were the
following: in string band COM
petition-Little Johnny Strick-
land and his string band, first
Rosa Lee Phillips and her
Greensville County Ramblers
second; the Cherokee Boys and
Wallace Jones and Lawrence
Emory. Fiddle solos-Stanley
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Russian
Asks Ban
On 4 Bomb

Paris, Sept. 25-(AP)-Russ-
las fiery Andrea Y. Vishinsky
today urged the five great pow
ers to scrap third of their land
sea and air forces and demand
ed a ban on the atomic bomb
The Soviet deputy foreign
minister told the United Nations
general assembly in a rapid-fire
5O-minute speech that group
of leaders in the Western bloc
are mapping an atomic war a.
gainst Russia. He blasted the
United States as leading wild
ornaments race" and seeking
to dominate the world.
Western power delegates par
ticularly those of the United
States, tagged his speech "olc
stuff" British Minister Of State
Hector Mcneil called it warm
ed-over hash"
For the second year the for
mer Soviet prosecutor singled
out defense Secretary James V
Forrestal in his vehement attack
against the West. He said Forr'
estal is leader in the group Of
men laying 'flashily coloreo
plans" for using the atomic
bomb to destroy such Soviet
cities as Moscow, Leningrad
Kiev Kharkov and Odessa.
The general feeling of dele
gates, expressed to newsmen
was that Vishinsky's policy
speech to the 58-Nation Assem-
bly, was merely a warmedovel
version of the Arms Limitation
demand put forward in the l94t
assembly by foreign minister V
M. Molotov and Vishinsky's oWr
attack of last year on what HI
called war-mongers.
eve feel keen disappointmn
that Vishinsky failed to NEE
Secretary of State MARSHALL
calm, conciliatory speech o
last Thursday" an American
official said. ellis address wa
essentially an attack on the VI
program over the past two year
We didn't hear a single wort
favorable to the U.N."
Vishinsky called on the assem-
bly, to set up within the frame
work of The Security Council
an international control body t
carry out reduction Of arma
ments and armed forces of tn
United States, Russia, Britiar
France and China. His propose
one-third slash would be put j
to effect within one year.
Delegates Immediately note
that the phrase "within til
framework of the Security Cou
, Gil" would give Russia a vet
on the control body's decision!
Russia previously proposed sue
an arrangement for an internwa
tional atomic control commissio
: and it was opposed by the othe
four great powers.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Soviet Demands
Full Control of
Berlin Transport

London, Sunday, Sept. 26-(AP)
Russia demanded today in a
statement broadcast from Mos
COW control by the Soviet com
manded of all transport from
Berlin to the Western zones OF
Germany.
The radio account was dis
patch from the official news
agency Tass which said the state
ment was authorized. The Russ
ians commended the United States
Britain and France had violated
the Potsdam decisions by intro
ducing a reformed currency in
to Western Berlin.
This, the lass Statement said
forced Russia to blockade Ber-
lin in late June ito safeguard
the interests of the German pop
ulation and protect the eco.
nomic life of the Soviet zone.
The Russians commended the Wes-
tern powers were attempting tc
secure control of all Germany,
including the Eastern Zone Rus
STA occupies.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Work Slated
To Begin On
Weldon Road

Preliminary preparations for
the widening Of the Roanoke
Rapids-Weldon highway were
started along the road Friday,
with the arrival Of number of
pieces of concrete culvert mater
ial and the placing along the
highway of a lot of "Men Work
ing" signs.
Officials of the Ed. Cline Con-
struction Company of Raleigh,
which recently was awarded a
contract for the project which
calls for the widening of the four
mile stretch of U. S. highway
1853 by adding four feet on each
side of the present 16-foot high
way. said they expect to begin
work on the project in a little
over a week.
The construction company,
which has done quite a bit of
work in this area, is finishing
the erection of plant for max
ing plant-mlx black top sur
face mixture described as being
far superior to the ordinary ma
cadam surfacing. The plant for
making this surface mix will be
put up in a sand pit at Garys-
burg. In addition y the high
way work to be undertaken, the
company said it has a contract
for paving about SIX miles Of
city streets in Roanoke Rapids
and will use the plant as its
source of material for the street
job.
A bid of SOL. 23O was submitted
as low bid by the Cline Corn
pany on a project calling for i X
widening of the Weldon-Roapoke
Rapids, the paving of four blocks
Of state-maintained streets in the
business section of Roanoke Rap
ids and paving of about two miles
Of highway near Enfield.
The State Highway Com
mission approved the bid
made by Cline on July 20.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

Foreign Minister Robert Schus
man was to be Marshalps din.
ner guest tonight and it was "as~
sumed" the two men would dis
cuss the note, a French foreign
ministry spokesman said.
However, Lewis Douglas, U. S.
Ambassador to Britain, and Sir
William Strang, British Foreign
Office expert on German affairs,
called at the French foreign Of
flee for conference on the Eek
pert" level.
They are members Of the big
three London Committee" which
has been studying the negotia-
tons over Berlin for months.
American and French sources
confirmed that Marshall, SchL-
man and British Foreign Secre-
tary Ernest Bevin had been
scheduled to meet at $50 p. m,
Q2:30 p. m. Eastern Standard
Time) but that the conference
was called off shortly before it
was scheduled to begin.
Informants from all three
western powers said there would
be no statement tonight or any
disclosure on the contents of the
Soviet note. Earlier the U. S.
embassy said it had planned to
hold a news conference or issue
a statement.
The western powers last We'd
nesday in identical notes to the
Kremlin asked the Soviet Union
point-blank whether it will rec
ognized the principle Of four
power rule in Berlin.
Members of the American,
French and British delegations
were surprised over the speed of
the reply. They had not ex-
pected to hear from Moscow be-
fore early next week.
The western powers had re-
stated their intention to supply
the western sectors of Berlin by
the air lift all winter if neces-
sary. They asked the Kremlin
to join them in writing details
Of a directive to the respective
military commanders in Ger
many for solving the currency
issue.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Allen Resigns
As Head Of
Warren Schools

Norlina, September 25-J Ed
ward Allen, Superintendent of
Warren County Schools, submit
ted his resignation as Superinten
dent because of chs inability to
perform the duties of his Of
flee to ill health, Harry Wal
ker, chairman of the Warren
County Board of Education said
here tonight.
Walker said Aliens resigna :
ton was brought by messenger
to him on Friday afternoon, fol-
lowing which he said he called a
special Board meeting to con-
slider the matter. He said the
Board met Friday night and vot-
ed to accept the resignation.
The chairman said there were
no definite plans discussed by
the Board of Education to ap-
point a successor to the superin-
tendent's post, however he added
that the members had expressed
need to do something about
filling job permanently at a
later date.
He expressed satisfaction with
the work of w. o. Reed, prin.
cipal of the Norlina High School,
who was appointed last week ION
a purely temporary basis" tc
handle the duties of the superin
tendent's office while Allen re
manned ill. Walker said there
had been no action on the par
of the board either to appoint
Reed on a permanent basis o.
to seek someone for the job.
A telephone call to Superinten
dent Aliens home tonight wa:
made and the information wa!
given that Allen had returned tt
his home from Duke Hospita
but was in bed ill and unabl,
to answer the telephone.
The former school head wa
served with a capias in the hos
pital Wednesday, after a Warner
County Grand Jury had returned
"a true bills of indictment agains
him on charges of embezzle
ment of $24,327.75, false pretense
and 80 forgery charges. A cash
bond of $4,000 was posted fol
him Immediately after the bill:
were returned.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Cute Little Easter Chick
Becomes Tough Rooster

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (U.P)-
There is no need for a watchdog
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benson Sayre.
They have an Easter chick, one
of those pinkish-colored little fell
lows, which has grown up into a
big white rooster.
The Savers call him Biddie.
But he'll fight anything and
anybody. The other day "stran
ger" came to the house. Biddie
tc-e into him with beak and
spurs.
1t turned out to be Sayre's
boss.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Fresh Water Tapped
On Bottom of the Sea

OLYMPIA, Wash. (U.P.)-
Workmen driving concrete pill
ings at the Port of Olympia are
drinking pure water piped dir
ectly from the bA.tom of the bay
The Cotton piles have a pipe
down the center through which
water is sluiced to cut away
mud at the bottom. One piling
was set in place and few days
later was found to have pure
water flowing out at the top of
the pipe.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
linked

CHICAGO (U.P.)-Bus com :
pany officials have decided to
skip No. 10 when the next group
of vehicles is ready for public
service. Of the 81 shiny new
buses recently introduced to city
streets, No. 10 was the first to
meet with disaster. 1t crashed
through an iron frnce and dug
up a garden.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
KinStOn Recorder
Refuses to Convict
On Inspection Law

Kinston, Sept. 25-(AP) Re
corder Albert Cowper has re-
fused to convict a motorist who
failed to have his car inspected
before a deadline fixed by the
Motor Vehicles Department.
The inspection law passed by
the General Assembly set Jan. l.,
1949, as the deadline. The Motor
Vehicles Department, trying to
speed up the car tests, set earli-
err headlines for specified mod
els.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
SoWiets Answer To Western Powers Note Not DSc|o!
Bio Three Ministers Study
Reply to Demand for Clear
Cut Statement on Berlin

Paris, Sept. 25-(AP)-Russia tonight answered the
Western Powers demand for clear cut statement the
Berlin crisis
The French Foreign Ministry Immediately called q
hudde of the Western Powers foreign ministers to con-
slider the reply but said later the meeting had been called
off No reason given but it believed of the
ministers wanted more time to study Moscows note
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
The Weather

North Carolina - Clear to
partly cloudy and continued
cool Sunday.
The Arizona post., 1948-01-16
WHAT'S GOING On
January


8Busnes and Professional Hadassah Party
auditorium, m.
Sunday Evening Forum Howard Pyle radio
tanity Communism, University Methodist Church. pm
-BBG (members to be notified of place.
19-Jewish Reading Circle home Nathan Finley 4h pm
-YPHA regular meeting Anshei Israel pm.
Bna Birth Installation Dinner Hungarian Restaurant
Speedway, z pm.
20-Center Night Juniors Anshe Israel pm
2Temple EanuE Ell Ssehood Uniongram Mrs Charles
Alter 721 N Martin 2
Center Night Seniors Anshei Israel, 7:30 pm
22-ZOA meeting, Anshe Israel pm.
B and Hadassah lecture series phone 4612M for place.
24-Sisterhood Anshe Israel Card Party Anshei Israel
25Sunday Evening Forum Kathryn Tuney Garen writer and
lecturer The Bible Living School
-IZFA (members to be informed of place.
26-Jewish Reading Circle, home Nathan Finley, pm
Bna Birth Women Installation Pioneer Ballroom M
27Pioneer Women of America Installation Room
pm
Center Night Juniors Anshei Israeli pm
28-Center Night Seniors, Anshei Israel 7:3O pm
February
1-YPHA Dinner for members, Palomino Club, pm.
3-Sisterhood Temple Emanu- meeting Temple 2 pm
Center Night, Juniors Anshei Israel, pm.
4-Center Night, Seniors, Anshei Israel, 7:3O pm
The Arizona post., 1948-01-16
FREE LOAN ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS

Applications for loans for any
legitimate purpose including med
ical expense, without interest up
to $3.50, may be made upon ap-
plying to the Loan secretary, Dav-
id Batavia, at the Schulz on
Thursday evenings between Z and
$3.50 pm.
While loans have been made,
the Board believes there are per-
sons in the community who need
a sum to tide them over in busi-
ness or have some unexpected ex-
pense who yet hesitate to apply
not being sure they are eligible.
There are no eligibility require
ments other than the loan is to be
put to good use. And because the
organization is new, some may
not know of its existence.
The Arizona post., 1948-01-16
on the Record
By Nathan Ziprin
DINNER NOTES

The guests at the dinner given
in honor of DR.. Abba Hillel Sill
yer. on the eve of his departure for
Palestine were treated to a mix
ture of light and serious talks. .
When Israel Rokach, the Mayor of
Tel Aviv, stepped on the dais the
women in the audience were
heard gasping at the beauty of the
First Lady of the all-Jewish city
Rokach was reluctant to ad-
dress the audience, pleading ex-
haustion from the trip and the
ceremonies at City Hall, where
he was received by Mayor o.
Dwyer. DR.. Emanuel Neu-
mann, who presided, refused to
press Rokach, but appealed to him
to deliver "an addressele" at least
-. Rokach responded with what
he called a real address. d.
When Neumann called on Sena-
tor Joseph c. O'Mahoney, the
Wyoming Senator precipitated an
outburst of applause when he be-
gan with saying he would only
deliver IAN addressele" DR..
Silver himself added to the merri-
ment of the occasion when he said
that when he runs short in an ar
gument with his wife he will
summon the people who paid tri-
butte to him to testify to his nice
qualities.
HERE AND THERE
Eliahu Epstein, the brilliant
head of the Washington office of
the Jewish Agency, is slated to
be the first Ambassador of the
Jewish state in Washington. E.
His wife is one of Palestine's great
beauties .. Both are popular in
Washington circles . BY Febru-
ary 1st port area is to be placed
at the disposal of the Jews, ac-
cording to the U.N decision E.
From then all immigration will
be legal Zionist lie ers s
thought it advisable to await this
date.
MANIPULATIONS
British MP. Richard Crossman,
The Arizona post., 1948-01-16

who was member of the Anglo
American Inquiry Commission,
makes some pretty blunt charges
against the State Department. For
one thing, says Crossman, the
State Department sabotaged pro-
posals for an international police
force for Palestine because it
would Offend the Arabs"
That the State Department was
only lukewarm in support of par
tition, despite the instructions of
President Truman and Secretary
Marshall, was shown in the COM
ments of a high State Department
official who advised the Jews
that 'since you've won, it would
be smart for you now to forget
partition and try to reach an un-
derstanding with the Arabs
The Arizona post., 1948-01-16
HAGANAH PLEDGES

'1t is most urgent that money
on Haganah pledges be turned
in Immediately in order that
important work can go on"
urges Sidney Weissberger of
ZOA.
National has just made an
urgent appeal for these funds.
Those who have not paid their
pledges are asked to do so at
once. Checks should be made
payable to the order of Jewish
Agency for Palestine and mail
ed Immediately to Sam Salt, 81
S. 9th Avenue.