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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Pirates w allop
Cincy, 10 to g

Pittsburgh. Sept, Is - (AP)-
The Pittsburgh Pirates hoped
on three Cincinnati hurlers for
20 hits today as they walloped
the Reds Is to 6 before a chill
ed crowd of 7,766.
Rookie Bob Chesnes scattered
10 hits in notching his l4th VIC
tory of the season against i've
losses. Jim Blackburn, who re-
lieved Howard Fox in the third,
was the loser.
The Reds scored three runs
in the third to take a orief 81
lead but the Pirates came back
with one in their half OF the
inning and put the game on Ice
with a five-run blast in the
fourth. They scored three llore
in the sixth, four in the seventh
and two in the eighth.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Giants Defeat Braves. 3 TO z; ~
Spoil Chance Of cIinching Flag 'sF

BOSTON, Sept. 25-(AP)-
The New York Giants today
spoiled Boston's chances of cline
hing the National League Flag
before 1877 fana
However, The St. Louis Cardi
nails also lost so the Braves are
better off than they were before
the game. One more victory
and the tribe can win its first
pennant since 1914. The Braves
and Cards both have seven
games left to play.
The Braves wasted scoring OPP
portunitles today and errors pre-
ceded the scoring of the second
and third Giant runs. Johnny
Sain, making his 10th start in
SO days, suffered his 18th defeat.
He has won % games.
1t was tough defeat for Sain
whose great pitching in the
last few weeks was a major
factor in the Tribe climbing we'll
and ahead of the rest of the
league.
The Braves had three men on
base with none out in the seven
and were able to score only
one run. In the ninth they a
gain loaded the bases with none
out and were held scoreless.
The only untainted run given
up by the big Boston right hand
er was scored in the first inning
by lucky Jack Lohrke who open
ed the game by slashing a two
Dagger between Bob Elliott and
third base.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Who We're Those Miracle Braves?
1913 Beantowners Prove They Are
just As Remarkable As Those of 1914

NEW YORk-Who were those
Miracle Braves of 1914? With
the prospect Of the Boston
Braves playing their first World
Series in "a years that question
is getting a big play these days.
BY coming from last place in
mid-July of 1914 the Miracle
Braves won the pennant. They
finished with "a victories and
SO losses for a .614 mark under
Manager George Stallings.
The ls4s Braves haven't
done quite as we'll. AT one
period in July they had an
sight-eams lead. But they
blew this and at a later date
trailsd Brooklyn by Ia games.
The Miracle Braves won their
pennant largely on pitching.
They certainly didn't have any
hitting to talk about. Left fielder
Joe Connolly led the club dur
ing the National League race
that year with .3Ub.
But their pitching was excel
lent with Dick Rudolph and Bill
James accounting for So wins.
Rudolph had 27. Their No. 3
hurler, George Tyler, had is de-
cisions against IA setbacks..
Catcher Hank Gowdy, now a
New York Giant coach, hit but
.243 in ia games but in the
Worlds Series that fall old
Hankus, first player to enlist
during World War l, batted .545
against some pretty fair pitchers
Chief Bender, Eddie Plank.
Bullet Joe Bush and Bob Shaw
key of the Athletics.
The Braves, with Charley
Schmidt on first, Johnny Evers
on second, Rabbit Maranvills at
short and Charley Deal on third,
turned in sparkling performances
in the four-game Series sweep
against the AS and their 100000
infield of Stuffy McInnis, Eddie
Collins, Jack Barry and Frank
(Home RUM Baker. Such an in
field today would be worth one
million dollars.
However, it was the pitching
that carried the Miracle Braves
to the flax. And again, 81 years
later, the feats of Lefty Wa: rem
SPAIN and Johnny Saln have
proved invaluable to Billy South
worth and his collection Of rock
les and battered oldsters.
Sain and SPAIN have been the
workhorses of 1948 major league
ball. They cannot match tae to-
tai victories of Rudolph and ia
mes but they have been work
ing out Of turn since late Au-
gust.
At stage when the race still
had two weeks to run, Sam
pitched out of schedule seven
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Kramer Beats
Yankees ] to 2

New York, Sept 25-(AP)-
Handsome Jack Kramer eased
the first place traffic jam in the
American League today when he
elbowed New York out of a triple
tie with TO victory that gave
the Boston Red Sox half the
leadership with Cleveland.
The 3o-year-old righthand.
er was in complete charge most
of the way. Not ball was hit
to the outfield until the six
tn and only seven ventured into
foreign territory during an after
noon of heartbreak for 65,6O7
Yankee customers.
Jack allowed only seven hits,
struck out six and passed four
as he pitched his methodical way
down the Yankee batting order.
A grey-haired old golfer named
Waliy Moses, who celebrates his
37th birthday in a couple of
weeks, continued his chosen role
of Yankee-baiter with two hits
and three runs, one his second
homer of the season. 1t came
Off Bob Porterfield shortly after
he replaced starter and loser AL
lie Reynolds in the sixth.
Apparently the shock of reach
ing first place yesterday for the
first time since opening day was
too much for the home side. The
Yanks quickly chilled the big
crowd that helped set a new
Yankee stadium season record Of
2,342, 45l by yielding two gift runs
in the first inning.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

times. On six occasions he had
only two days rest. During one
week the wheel of chance, a
quirk in the schedule and some
rain, gave Sain five days rest.
He won that game, beating Pitts
burgh, 81. Three days later he
beat Chicago, 1913.
During a 22-day period he
worked in eight games, win
ming six, four of them in sue
cession. In two Of his losing
games the final week in August
his teammates gave him only
one run. Thus he lost 81 and
10 games within four days.
One of his big wins was 40
over Brooklyn.
SPAIN, too, has had it when
the Braves needed it. Durin., the
final month drive he appeared
in seven games in 20 days. win.
ming six. Once he pitched with
only two days rest and on three
occasions had three days in
which to relax for anothe. mo-
ney effort. One of his victories
was a 20 shutout agains: the
Cardinals.
In his next three starts his
mates collected a total of only
five runs yet he won two of
these games, 81, one of them in
IA innings. He lost the other,
81.
Rudolph and James may have
allowed the AS only six runs in
the 1914 Series sweep but Sain
and SPAIN figure to be real
tough, too.
That the le4s Braves have
done things the hard way is all
the more noteworthy when you
consider their rockies, injuries
and illness.
Four rockies, Pitchers Bob Ho-
que and Vernon Bickford, Short
stop Alvin Dark and Outfielder
Clint Conatser, all have come
through for the Beantowners.
Dark, especially, has been a
big lift for a club that was last
in double plays in l947.
The injury to Second Base
man Eddie Stanky almost cost
them the pennant but Sibby Sis
Il filled in nobly In the out
field, Jim Russell was forced to
call it a season as far back as
July due to a heart ailnent.
And the Braves are finishing
the season with only four out
fielders. Why even the Miracle
Braves had six.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Sailor En- Route

Norfolk, Va.-Leonard R. Muir
ray, radioman third class, USN,
of 902 Henry street Roanoke Rap
ids is scheduled to arrive here
on October after a six-month S
cruise in Northern European wa
tiers aboard the destroyer U S S
Willard Keith.
During the European cruise
the 2,200-ton destroyer visited
many ports in England, Scotland,
Germany, France and the Low
lands.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Weldon Jaycees
Will Sponsor
Minstrel Show

Weldon-The Weldon Junior
Chamber of Commerce will spon-
sor an old-fashioned minstrel in
the Weldon High School gynna-
SUM on Friday, October 90, Ii
was announced today by Wick
Draper, president Of the local
club.
Draper said that the proceeds
from the minstrel, detans of
which will be announced later,
will go to the high school ath-
letic association to be used in
making repairs and carrying out
remodelling work on the athletic
field.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
Chicubs Down
Cards. 3 to 2

Chicago, Sept. 24-(AP)-Ral-
lying for three runs in the last
of the ninth the Chicago Cubs
today drove the St, Louis Car
dinals back into tie with
Brooklyn for second place as
they defeated the Redbirds to
2. Doyle Lade Won his fifth game
while HOWE Pollet, who had a
two hit shutout going INTO the
ninth, was the loser.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

All women except one priest
ess were forbidden to enter the
enclosure at the ancient Greek
Olympic games.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
F1ay Detroit As Bosox Keep Pace 10 Stay Tied

Fire each year kills 1000 chill
dren under five-ten times az
many children as die from infan
tile paralysis.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

An electrical robot has been
created to warn loading dock
crane operators floads that
might cause the crane to tip
oyer.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

Cotton supplies more than
three-fourths of all fiber con =
sumption in the United States,
with wool and expanding rayon
consumption accounting fcor most
of the remaining fourth.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York 3, Boston 2
Pittsburgh l6, Cincinnati 6
Chicago 3, St. Louis 2
Brooklyn at Philadelphia
might
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Boston 7, New York 2
Cleveland 9, Detroit 3
Chicago at St. Louis (night
(Only games scheduled).
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

John Fitch first ran a boat
powered by steam on a pond
near Davisvills, Pa, in 1875, and
later on the Delaware River.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26

Why satisfied with ordinary oil heater when you
can get NORGE. Stop at Gibsons these stoves
YOU will soon understand why many prefer NORGE
heaters =. why they 80 easy fr>i you'll see
utilize every drop Of fuel al Norge heaters
are beautiful look at tool
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-26
RAY = TEMP

MODEL DRH-37
A smartly designed heater for
smaller areas. 80 inches high.
20 inches wide. HHa inches
deep: rated at $1,000 BTU.
per hour. Steel cabinet is
finished in baked enamel.
Heat selector. vaporizing oil
burner, Sure Flo" oil tank
with strainer filler cap. con-
stant-level oil metering valve.
automatic chimney draft reg.
ulaior. Approved by Under.
writer's Laboratories. For !
TO 3 rooms. rs gallons Fuel
Oil Free with this Heater.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

40c Fletcher's Cdstorid Regular 49,. .28c
e0c Fleets Phospho-Sodd Regular :. Sac
75c Squibb Mineral Oil, Pint. ....... .6sc
75c Emo Ehervescent Salt .......... SIC
75c Bellons Tdblets. zoos. .59c
60c Pepto- -Bismol. Ounces ........57c
Csc Bisodol Powder. 3-ounces. ...... .59c
Sl.25 S.SS. Hedlth Tonic .......... CSC
Sl.00 Ironized Yeast Toblets. ...... .69c
60c Futher Johns Medicine ....... .45c
60c Pertussin for Coughs ..........5 Sic
Milburn Cold Capsules, l2's. ....... .35c
CSC vicks vupo-Rub Sdlve ........ .2sc
Soc Pineoleum Liquid .............3 .39c
Evening star., 1948-11-05

Preparations Luggage Bfods.
and Jewelr subject to 2o tax under Federal Internal
effective April 1914 Alarm Clocks retailing at
than $500 Watches retailing at not more
than ss5 90 subject to 1919 tax all others taxed 2o9
Evening star., 1948-11-05

New ron alkaline shampoo
that fathers bountifully TO
cleanse thoroughly and give
your hair lovely, lustrous
lights. 30 easy to rinse out.
too.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

Prices slightly Maryland Virginia Stores
few items which under State Contract Laws Right
served limit quantities.
Evening star., 1948-06-27
The Sunday hesih Mess.i..
34-Acre Job Of HousecIeanine
Is Nightly Chore at Pentagon
BY EMILY TOWE

THE LIGHTS THAT CLEAN intermittent
= ly each night from one section Of the
Pentagon and then another are Illuminating
the most expansive "house-cleaning Job
under one roof in the world.
Three times as large ~ the Empire State
Building, the Pentagon and adjacent grounds
have been described a. - acres Of clean
liness." Even clerical workers who may Joke
or grippe about other phases Of this singular
building admit that the shining halls,
polished furniture and general tidiness are
above the criticism Of fastidious housewife
After most Pentagon workers have left for
the day. 400 charwomen and men start their
nightly rounds to clean TN miles of corri-
dors and s.5oo!Ooo square feet of concentrated
Office space. They empty ash trays. dust
$4,000 desks and collect 10 tons Of waste
paper daily. and on q regular schedule tackle
$1,000 light fixtures and 1000 venetian blinds
Daily services equivalent to the full-time
work of two men are devoted to scraping up
chewing gum dropped casually by day en-
ployes. Other details of house cleaning range
from polishing the glass of battle-scene
paintings to directing insecticide against
reaches.
bers of the char force have won a reputation
ava AAOACCty NAAOuHAAOut Nlc OUl1Ol1H. a O1IlC
lost on the floor by a clerical worker may
be on top of his desk the next morning.
Recently laborer turned in a wallet with
$4,000 In negotiable bonds. and ladies' room
cleaner restored a $500 diamond ring to its
owner. Many times sums over 500 have
been returned to the losers.
The small army of laborers leaves the
equipment room promptly at pm, laden
down with mops, brooms. dust cloths and
power-driven machines. Bufnng machines
are passed every day over the asphalt tile
corridors. Scrubbing machines are driven
along the concourse, which resembles the
main street Of a small town, with lines of
stores on both Sides
Some workers are assigned to zones. each
being responsible for a nightly average of
$1,000 square feet Of general cleaning. Some
work only on steps, others do nothing but
operate vacuum machines, stiN others are
limited to collecting trash. Men are assigned
to tasks requiring ladders.
The work is carried on under the Public
Buildings Administration, Federal Works
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
0'rd sleuths Renew Quest
Or Strange Alaskan Bird

io detectives are getting set for
''0'ier try at solving the mystery
'l'a' mas been leading luckless scjan-
e.s's such long chase is the Bristle-
'''4sneo Curlew, tie or,v North
american bird whose nestjoo n,aoo
and fledgling young have never vet
oeen found or described
The latest expedition to on s,o,,+,
iiis Tor the haunts of the elusive bird
~ Alaska is sponsored by the Ma
.iollal geographic society in coni,,nc-
lion Wlth Cornell university and the
<1rcCc institute of North America
This member of the curlew family
IS long-range commuter. Its hah;tat
most OF the year is the South Sea Ts-
lands IN latitudes as far south az
southern Peru and northern Chile
ct toward the end of each sprinq #
wings thousands of miles northward
TO the remote Businesses of rugged
Alaska to nest and raise it's brood
only when the young are full grown
usually sometime in August-does
tne family depart from it's sub-Arctic
Mdeoue to return to semi-tronical
isles above and below the equator.
The Bristle-thighed Curlew Is 80
called because Of the heightened
shafts OF some of it's flank feathers
which project from its sides like
Drlstles or stiff hairs. The adult bird
Is between 16 and 1S inches long
with variegated brown plumage. It
has very short whistling call, and
1t feeds mostly on mollusks, crus-
taceans and other shore-flats life.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
Grass An Effective Tool
For Reducing Wind Erosion

One of the greatest uses for grass
IS in erosion control r. G. Hill. ex-
tension soil conservationist at Michi-
gan State college, points out that
when land is abandoned, nature gen
orally soon covers it with a protective
green covering.
Grass, including legumes, is ar eff
fective tool for reducing wind and
water erosion. Crops such as rye or
rye grass and sweet clover may be
used as a cover crop in cultivated
fields They will aid in reducing ero-
sion, may be ploWed under as a green
manure crop, or pc~-:bly as early
spring pasture. Cover crop as an ero-
sion control measure In orchards are
effectively used by a majority of
growers.
Grass mixtures are also being used
effectively in establishing sod water
ways. Such waterways, undisturbed
by cultivation, slow down the speed
of water and give added protection to
the waterway with roots and top
growth. This method Of walking"
water off the land will save many
fields from severe gullying. After
water is controlled on a watershed,
old gullies may be worked up, leveled,
fertilized and reseeded.
Land too steep for cultivated crops
without severe soil losses may bring
a return to the operator by properly
growing and harvesting a good le-
guIne. Strip cropping rotation, wheth-
er for wind or water erosion control,
usually include a year or more Of
high quality grass or legume.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
Pickering Lights

Fam electric wiring may meet
underwriters recuiren' ents and pass
all code inspections yet still be in
adequate. y sure sion of less il a
circuit, according to \. v Krewatch,
extension agricultural engineer at the
University of Maryland, is a flicker
ing of lights when the milking ma
chine starts, when the pump operates,
Or when the dairy refrigerator is on.
The answer may be more circuits
with separate lines to pump, COM
pres8or or milking machine, or in
stallation Of heavier wire in present
circuits. Installing separate circuits
and possibly the Encouragement of
the yard wiring is the better choice.
According to KreWatch, there is a
real fire hazard in metallic-sheathed
cable which has rustcd and has be-
come encrusted with WhiteWash. This
is especially so if connections are
loose. Binding post connections in
switch Or fuse boxes may get loose
from building vibrations or may cor
rode because of too much moisture.
causing high resistance spots.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
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Chicago Doctor Describes
Facial Paralysis Repair

Several technics for the surgical re-
pair of facial paralysis are described
by Paul w. Greeley, M. D, Chicaeo
in the "Archives Of Surgery" puh.
Iished by the American Medical os
sociation.
Facial paralysis may result from
injury to the seventh, or facial nor,,e
This nerve may be damaged in sevar.
al ways including skull fracture. br1-
let wounds injury from a mastoid on.
Grafton, or tumors on the nerve.
According to DR.. Greeley, the best
method of repair involves surgery OF
the injured nerve, with the intention
0. permitting the face to gain motion
again This may include the sewine
together of the ends of the lacerated
nerve trunk or the grating of part of
one nerve to another to fill in a gap
if the injury has made one
The uniting of one nerve to an
other, which has been used several
times in the treatment of facial pa
raIysis, is undesirable, the report
saws, because "the associated move
nents involved in trying to move
the facial muscles are awkward and
frequently more conspicuous than the
original facial paralysis"
When nerve surgery cannot be un-
dertaken, the article says that "the
simplest and most satisfactory plas-
tic surgical correction is obtained by
supporting the paralyzed face with
strips of autogenous fascia lata "a
fibrous tissue surrounding the muse
les of the thigh)."
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
Too Few Circuits in Home
May Cause Loss of Power

Most families economize on cleo
t,icity by being careful to turn off
lights, but many do not realize that
overlooking circuits, using appli-
ances unsuited to wiring, or investing
N second-rate cords also cause waste,
says Louisiana State university ex-
tensionist.
Too few circuits ana too small
wires cause dim or Pickering lights
and slow down appliances. This
means less light, heat or power for
the money spent on electricity, and
also greater depreciation of equip
ment.
The way to avoid such waste is to
provide adequate circuits and large
enough wires when electricity is in
stalled in building or remodelir~ =,
home. The average si::-Toon ho.:.e
generally needs one to two circuits
for the basement, four to six for the
first floor, and two to four for the
second floor. Adequate circuits should
be installed to take care of present
and also future equipment. 1t costs
far less to put these in when the
house is built than to install them
later.
Wherever possible long circuits
should be avoided to prevent loss of
electric energy. With No. IA wire, the
outlets should be not more than 25
feet from a fuse box or panel board;
with No. II wire, not more than 35
feet. If circuits must Be longer in a
large house, fuse boxes or circuit
breaker panels should be installed on
each floor, supplied by feeder wires,
preferably Of No. s size, from the
service entrance box.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
In Search of Strange Creatures

Bermuda Expedition is joint en-
terprise of Chicago Natural History
museum and the Bermuda Biological
Hf2tion for Research at st. Georges
West, Burma. 1t will do its work
from new oceanographic vessel, the
"Caryn," provided to the expedition
by the Woods Hole (Mass.) Oceano-
graphic Institution. The "Caryn" is
98-foot ketch-rigged yacht with aux
iliary power. DR.. Fritz Haas, curator
of lower invertebrates at Chicago Ma
tural History museum, Is leader OF
the expedition. The expedition, haul
ing trawl nets at great depths in the
open ocean, and dredging the sea bot
tom a mile beneath the surface, ex-
poets to obtain some Of the strangest
creatures known to science and hopes
to discover a number Of new species
not yet known.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28
When Buying Dresses

How we'll a wash dress washes and
ircns depends on hc7 it is made as
WI IS on the fabric, clothing spe-
cialists remind women who are buy
ing or making summer dresses. To
stand up under frequent laundering a
dress must be sturdily made, yet its
seams and other finishes should be
flat and lightweight for easy ironing.
Look for simple lines, the specialists
advise, and for strong. but not heavy
finishes, for flat fastenings and simp-
lie sturdy trim. Dresses Of simple de-
sign usually wear and launder best.
The fancier the trim and the more in
tricate the cut, the more time the
dress will take on the ironing BOARD
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

It's time, in summer, to get the
heating plant ready for next winter.
A good cleaning Is the first step. Th1s
might be called "summerizing' the
heating plant because one OF the oo-
jects is to prevent summer corrosion
due to the mixture Of condensation
and the acid in ashes and soot' Inc
next step is careful inspection TO see
if any repair parts are needed. Inc
sooner this is done, the more time
there Is to get these parts oeIo,e or,
they are needed on the first clnly
day.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

Graduate Marion High School
and Mars Hill College. En-
ployed three years McPar
Hosiery Mill, and three years
Commercial Credit Company.
Now partner and general
manager Parker Hosiery Mill
of Old Fort.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

Native of Mcdowell County.
For twenty-one years worked
for Mcdowell Hardware Com
pany. Served in United States
Army from 1902 to 1905.
Now employed McCall-Burgin
Hardware Company of Ma
rion.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

Graduate Marion High School.
World War II veteran. Mem
Der American Legion and
Board of Aldermen Town of
Marion. Associated with faith
er in business at Rowe's Mark
ct in Marion.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

Native of Mcdowell County.
Graduate of Old Fort High
School. World War II veter-
an. Now operator Hughes
Department Store of Old Fort,
and active in the civic affairs
of the community.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

Native Of Mcdowell County.
Graduate State College in In
dustrial Engineering. For IL
years local agent Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company. Now
general manager McPar Hos
iery Mill of Marion.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

A small advertisement in our col
umns often returns large dividends.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

For many years superintend-
ent Marion Manufacturing
Company, and active in relig-
ious, civic, and business af-
fairs. Now prominent farmer
of Clenwood section.
Marion progress., 1948-10-28

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