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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Chinese War
Moves Nearer
To Marking
BY The Associated Press

Chinese government forces
battled Communists last Night
in open warfare over a large
area northwest of Marking.
The center Of fighting shifted
from Suchow, 211 miles from the
Chinese capital, to Suhsien, As
miles south of Suchow.
In Paris the United Nations
general assembly formally con-
demned three Balkan nations,
Albania, Bulgaria and Yugosla-
via, for aiding Greek Communist
guerillas. The vote was At to 6,
with only the Russian bloc vot.
ing no.
Steel-helmeted troops of the
new military government kept
order in Caracas, Venezuela, as
the army leaders who overthrew
Romulo Gallegos Wednesday at
tempted to restore normal con-
ditions.
A report from a secret radio
station supporting the deposed
president said that there were
clashes between civilians and
troops in Maracaibo and Cara
cas-. The dispatch came from
neighboring Colombia.
Communist leaders officially
called off the French coal strike
which had crippled industry for
month. The government said
30 to 90 per cent of the men
have been back at work for
several weeks. About 5000, 900
tons of coal were lost during the
strike, United States experts es-
timated.
In Berlin, Soviet authorities or
dered a sharp reduction in elec-
trio power consumption in the
Russian zone. Western authori-
ties said this was due to the
western allies counter blockade
which deprived the Russian Sec
tor of needed coal from the ruhr.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Truman Is
Consistent

Chicago. Nov. 27-(P)-Polls
may come and polls may go.
but Hesry S. Truman didn't
think any more of them in
1914 than he does in ls4s.
A Chicago marketing re-
search firm. Ben Gaffin and
Associates. today made pub
lie a letter written to one Of
its staff members by President
Truman when he was a MEM
Der of the U. s. Senate. The
letter. dated September Fl.
1914. was in response to 4
questionnaire on political polls.
II read:
Replying to your question
naire regarding polls. I am not
familiar with them. don't
know anything about them.
and have no opinion on them
except that most Of them are
inaccurate.
Sincerely yours.
(Signed) Harry S. Truman.
U.S.S."
Leonard Rosenstein. chief
statistician for the Illinois Poll.
a survey conducted by Gaffin
and Associates and dealing
only with Illinois. said. I'VE
keep the letter around for
laughs.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

by hand; otherwise, they'd come
to life again. Eighty hours a
week I did that; he paid me
$3.50 a week. The old Skinflint.
Well, l had the same admirin'
feelin' toward Mason that Sonny
has toward Uncle Loudmouth j..
Every time Mason told people
off, which he did every time
he went to town-to hear him
tell it thought him so brave
I wouldn't have been surprized
to see a telegram from the White
House pleading with him to ac-
cept the Congressional Medal of
Honor.
I got wise to Old Man Mason
when 1 heard him boast; "When
l want to spit, 1 spit; and it
don't make no difference whose
floor it is. I spit"
Get the point, SOM" ask
ed.
"Guess I do, Gramp. Loud
mouth spits, too; only he spits
with words. But it is still spit
ting"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
New Auto Tags
Go On Sale
Wednesday

Raleigh. Nov. 27-(R)-North
Carolina will put its ls4s
motor vehicle license plates on
sale next Wednesday.
The State Department of
Motor Vehicles said the tags
will be sold at its office here
and at So branch offices
throughout the state.
The new plates. which the
department said already have
been distributed to the
branches. will have black let
ters on an orange background.
L. c. Rosser. motor vehicles
commissioner. estimated that
plates for probably 100000
vehicles will be issued during
ls4s. Already. he added. reg
istrafions in the state total
sss.oo0. 49,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Madame Chang
To Arrive In
u. S. Next Week

Washington, Nov. ~ --(AP)--
The state department announced
tonight that the American gov
ernment would furnish official
transportation to M d m e
Chang Kai-Shek, China's fir
lady, on her visit to the United
States beginning next week.
The announcement said that
the wife of Generalissimo Chi :
ang Kai-Shek will leave Shang-
hal tomorrow and arrive here
next Wednesday.
She is expected while here to
make an appeal for greatly in
creased American aid to the ma
tionalist government of China in
its fight with the communists.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Navy Spoils Army's Chances
OF Perfect Season as Bowl
Promoters Snap up Contestants

running providing most of the
fireworks.
Clemson, the Southern Con-
ference titleholder, had to come
from behind in the last seven
piinutes to nose Auburn, 7-6, in
the mud and complete its sea-
son with nine straight victor
les.
Notre Dame, meanwhile, piled
up its biggest score of the year
in flattening Washington, 46-0.
with Southern California still to
be met, the Irish boosted their
consecutive victories to 81, a
Notre Dame record.
In the Southwest Conference,
where Southern Methodist al
ready had clinched the title
the closing weekend wound up
in rash of ties, started Thurs
day when Texas and Texas A.
and M. played to a 14-14 dead
lock.
The Methodists came from be-
hind with a minute and Al Sec
onds left today to tie Texas
Christian, TT, on the throwing
arm of C.l johnson. Immediate
ly after the game, it was an
nounced that SMU would play
Oregon's Pacific Coast confer
ence co-champions in the Cot
ton Bowl on New Years Day.
Baylor and Rice also played
to TT tie but Baylor earned
a bid to the Dixie Bowl at Bir-
mingham, Ala, where it will
meet Wake Forest Of the South
ern Conference Jan. 1.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

New York, Nov. 27-P)-
Winless Navy spoiled Army's bid
for a perfect season with a 2l-2l
tie today but Notre Dame con
tinued undefeated as the last
big football Saturday of the year
found the bowl promoters snap
ping up the best available tai
enti for New Years Day.
There were several surprises
but. the No. l eyebrow llftsr
was the moral victory for a
! Navy team that hadn't woi a
game since early in the ls4
season and entered ths service
classic a three-touchfdwn under
dog.
Oklahoma, tn Big Seven
champion, sutiued good
Oklahoma A. sld M. club, 1915,
on a rain-soakd field and i'm
-.lediattaly accepted an invita-
ton to play IN the Sugar Bowl
at New Orleans Jan. l.
} The opponents for the once
beaten Sooners will be the un-
defeated but once-tied Tar Heels
of North Carolina, who closed
their season with 34-12 tri-
umph over Virginia as the great
Charlie Justice scored two
touchdowns on runs of 80 and
Al yards and passed for two
others.
Georgia wrapped up the
Southeastern Conference cham
\ pionship by squeezing past
Georgia Tech, 21-13, with john
ny Rauch's passes and Joe Geri's
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28

of Wilson, will offer a course
designed for workers in the
young peoples division.
Workers in the adult Bible
teaching division will receive in
struction from DR.. Joseph M.
Getty, professor at Assembly
Training School. I
A general course of methods
in visual education will be under
the direction of DIR. Fon Scho-
field of the Department of Visual
Education of the Baptist Foreign
Mission Board of Richmond, Va.
On Wednesday evening follow
ing the final session of the inter-
denominational school there win
be held social hour for all par
Elephants with refreshments. The
Rev. John M. Walker, Jr., is the
pastor of the host church and
Rudolph Williams is chairman Of
the hospitality committee of
which George Pappendick, Mrs.
Jarvis Taylor, Mrs. ]. U. Vaughn
and Miss Josie Moore are also
members.
Chairman of the steering and
program committee for the
school is the Rev. w. r. Stew
ems, pastor Of Rosemary Metho-
dist Church of Roanoke Rapids.
Sunday School teachers and
Bible class leaders from all
churches in the two towns. re-,
gardless of denominations repre-
sented, have been invited by the
ministers to attend the classes
in order to improve the quality
Of work being carried on in the
Sunday Schools in the area.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Interdenominational Sunday School
Training Course Begins Tomorrow
At First Presbyterian Church Here

All Sunday School teachers and
leaders in the Roanoke Rapids
and Weldon churches will parti-
cipate in an interdenominational
leadership training school at the
First Presbyterian Church or
three days starting tomorrow.
The school has been arranged
through the Weldon and Roanoke
Rapids Ministerial Associations
and will feature four courses by
leading teachers.
Classes will start each evening,
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes :
day, at 7:30 and will consist of
two 45-minute periods each ev-
ening.
Roland johnson, general sup :
erintendent of the Rosemary
Baptist Sunday School of Roam
oke Rapids, has been elected
general chairman for the school.
Edwin Akers of Roanoke Rap
ids will serve as secretary and
Mrs. w. E. Selden of Weldon is
treasurer for the three-day ses-
sion.
Sunday School workers enroll
ed in the school have been urged
to be present at the First Pres
byterian Church, where all class
es will be held, promptly at 7:30
tomorrow evening.
One of the courses to be offer
ed will be for workers in the
Children's Division. It will b e
taught by Mrs. W. r. Reed, dir
ector of children's work. in the
Virginia Conference.
The Rev. r. w. Bradshaw, pas
tor of the First Methodist Church
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
J. Edward Allen Charged With Embezz|ing
$20,3H in County Funds in More Warrants
New Charges
Made Against
Ex-SchOOl Head

Warrenton, Nov. 27.--War-
rants charging former superin-
tendent of Warren County school
J. Edward Allen with embezzle-
ment of $2O,372.s5 in county
funds and the forgery of 126
checks were served on Allen
here today, and cash bond
Of $4,000 was posted.
Warren County Sheriff Roy v.
Shearin said here this evening
the warrants had been served,
however he said he did not
know who had served the for
mer school head with the war
rants but said he had been in
formed they were served and
bond was posted.
Special Agent James W. Po-
well of the State Bureau Of In
vestigation swore out the war
rants on Friday after Powell
had consulted with district Soil
citor Ernest R. Tyler and Rich
ard Urquhart of the firm of
Williams and Urquhart, certified
public accountants.
The auditing firm has been
conducting an audit of the books
of the Warren County Board of
Education on court order
drawn by Judge R. Hunt Park
er, who was presiding at
term of Superior Court in War
renton at the time Allen was
indicted on warrants charging
embezzlement, false pretense mad
forgery in the September term
of court.
Information from here today
indicated that the new warrants
had been drawn after the audit
had indicated Allen had forged
l26 checks with the name of
County Board of Education
Chairman Harry Walker of Nor
lima. The checks are alleged to
have been drawn by the for
mer superintendent for such list
ed purposes as repairing build
ings and buying equipment.
The charges of embezzlement
and forgery on the warrants
served today are in addition to
the warrants served in Septem-
Der in which Allen was charged
with the embezzlement of $24,-
327.75 in State school funds. Be-
tween the two embezzlement
charges the former school head
is charged with the embezzle-
ment of $44,700.60 in State and
Warren County school funds
over a ten-year period. Tyler
said there had been uncovered
by the auditors total of appro-
ximately $4,000 in disburse-
ments which are not backed by
proper invoices.
At the time the first warrants
were drawn, the 61-year-old
superintendent was a patient in
Duke Hospital, where the war
rants were served on him. At
that time cash bond amount
ing to $4,000 was posted pend
ing the trial of the case in
Superior Court, the next term of
which is scheduled to start on
january II, 1949, before Judge
Walter ]. Bone of Nashville.
A short time after Allen was
first indicted he resigned as sup
erintenden. of Warren County
schools after having served in
that capacity since 1919.
Allen today was reported to
be at his home here, where the
warrants were served.
Special Agent Powell was one
of the inve -tigating officers in
the first case, having given tes-
timony before the Grand Jury
which returned true bill" find
ings to the first warrants.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Correct
Number

In Fridays Herald an article
concerning the State Highway
Patrol radio station in Halifax
contained an error in the
number of the telephone at the
patrol barracks.
The correct number of the
radio station at the patrol bar
racks Is Halifax 67l. and all
who need any assistance from
members of the patrol are
asked TO call this number in
order to get in touch with
patrolmen in this area as soon
rs possible.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Judge Parker To Convene cou q
Monday: II Criminal Cases Are
Listed On Docket For Heorinq

Halifax Twelve criminal cases
will be docketed for trial here
Monday morning, when Judge R.
Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rapids
convenes the twoweeks' Novem-
ber mixed term of Halifax
County Superior Court.
Court officials said here the
first four days of the two-week
criminal and civil court are
scheduled for the trial of crimi-
nal actions on the docket and it
is expected that the cases for
trial will be disposed of by
Thursday afternoon.
On Friday a number of pend
ing divorce actions will be heard
as part of the civil term and the
week of December 6 will be turn
ed over to civil proceedings.
Five of the cases for trial are
appeals of judgments in the
recorders court and all are for
driving drunk cases. Those who
have entered appeals to the Su-
perior Court on the charges are
E. M. Burnett, Howard Sistaire,
]. E. Wilmington, Theron H. Ed
monds and Milton Massey.
Three Roanoke Rapids youths,
L. E. Draper, Eldred Strickland
and Richard Gilliland, will face
charges of assault and larceny
of an automobile in a case where
the three were charged with hav-
ing hit Cleveland Harris of En-
poria over the head late on the
night of November 6 and having
taken Harris automobile. In
Mayors court the three waived
a preliminary hearing and were
bound over to Superior Court.
Both Draper and Strickland
were placed on probation under
sentences for larceny by Judge
Chester Morris here in October
/ Claude Barnes, Roanoke Rap
ids man, will face a charge o1
larceny of an airplane here this
week in case which was bound
over, from recorders court
Barnes, who is alleged to have
taken a PEPPER Cub training plane
belonging to w. B. Copenhaver,
local airport operator, from the
the Roanoke Rapids airport on
September 81. Barnes, a licens-
ed pilot, crashed in dense pine
thine thicket near the Aurelian
Springs Roanoke Rapids high
way a short time after the plane
was taken from the field. In an
earlier trial before Judge
Charles r. Daniel Barnes was
fined for reckless operation of an
airplane and operating the plane
while under the influence of in
toxicants.
Doris Burwell, a Littleton Ne
gro girl, will face a charge of
illegally concealing the birth of a
baby. She was charged with fel-
ony on orders of district Solici-
tor Ernest R. Tyler after county
coroner Rufus Britton had found
the body of male infant in a
privy behind the girls home
when an investigation was made
by the coroner after complaint
had been lodged by neighbors.
Lawrence R. McPhail will be
tried for breaking and entering
and larceny. McPhail, a minor,
is being tried in the case
which court officials said was
transferred from juvenile court.
Casper Clanton is charged with
the larceny of an automobile,
reckless driving and driving
drunk; Millard Cooke will be
tried on charge of fraud; and
Thomas o. Griffith is scheduled
to face charges of abandonment
and non-support and assault.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Study Of Presidential Vote
In California Is Requested
Bv COP No+ionoI Committee
San Francisco, Nov. 27-(AP)

San Francisco, Nov. 27--(AP)
"A study of the California presi-
Dental ballot at the precinct le-
vel was asked of Republican
county chairman today to deter
mine if there is a basis for a
vote recount. r.
The study was requested s9y
National Committeeman McInty.
re Fairies, who informed a meet
ing of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee it had been ask
ed in a letter from the Republi-
can National Chairman, Hugh
Scott, Jr. 81
Fairies said similar requests
had been made on COP party
officials in Ohio and Illinois, al
though leaders there said they
had not received them.
In Chicago, however, Illinois
COP chairman Paul c. Rosen-
quist said he would meet with
state central committee men,
bers to discuss the situation and
probably look into possible need
for a review.
Fairies said he understood a
review Of the Nov. votes in
which President Truman carried
California, Ohio and Illinois by
small margins, was to deter
mine "If the results were in ac-
cord with the vote"
1t seemed unlikely, however,
California Republican leaders
would demand a recount al
though Fairies com m n ted:
"Our faces would be red if we
found we had the wrong presi-
dent"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Flue-Cured Sales
Continue Dr0n

Raleigh, Nov. 27-(AP)-Vol :
ume and sales prices continued
to decline this week on the flue-
cured Tobacco markets still
operating in North Carolina.
The sales season ended We'd
nesday for the eastern North
Carolina belt, and will end next
Friday on the middle belt.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
He Didn't Give A
HOOt for a TOOt

Atlanta, -(AP)-Aaron E
Richards, q, apparently doesn't
give a hoot for toot.
Police early today found Rich
ards sitting calmly in his stalled
automobile on railroad cross
ing. Six trains were held up,
Richards, said police, just ig-
nored the angry whistles.
He was booked on a charge oi
public drunkenness.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
ROANOKE RAMbLINGS
By PAT NANTZ

Bobbie Fisher, '48 graduate of
the local high school, is visiting
with her mother, Mrs. Cassie
Fisher Bobbie is a freshman
at Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Reaves
and small son, Bruce, of Alex
andria, Virginia, are visiting
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Afford Reaves and Mr.. and Mrs.
r. I. Riggan
Congratulations are in order
for Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Green, who are the proud par
ents of a son 49,. and to Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Caravan, o
whom was born a daughter Fri
day morning
The many friends of Mrs.
Rives Manning will be interest
ed to know that she has been
confined to her bed, because OF
bronchitis
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Taylor has
as their guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Allen, former residents
Of this city The Aliens are
now from Springsdale, Massa :
chusetts Mr.. Allen is a grad
uate of the Roanoke Rapids High
School and of State College =.
Mrs. Allen is the former Miss
jamie Lee Maddrey Of Littleton
=. they plan to visit with their
many friends here until Christ
mas -.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Supreme Court Approves Action
Of Weldon's Paying Police Chiefs
Expenses to FBI Training School
Nisbet Says
Court More
Realistic Now
By Lynn Nisbet

Raleigh, Nov, 27 - Mr.. Dool-
4 ey is generally credited with the
wise quip that Judges read the
election returns" Whether in =
fluenced by election returns or
some other sentiment, the courts
have been showing a more real
istic, as contrasted with purely
legalistlc, approach to solution of
problems presented to them.
The North Carolina supreme
court this week decided speci-
fically that the commissioners of
the Town Of Weldon were acting
within scope of their clear auth
ority in paying the salary and
expenses of their police chief
while attending an FBI police
training school two years ago.
The fact that Chief Justice Sta
cy, Associate Justices Denny and
Winborne dissented from the ma
jority opinion written by Justice
= Erwin with approval of Justices
Devin, Seawell and Barnhill, in
dicates there is "law" on both
sides. These three deci :
sions are not very satisfactory,
but majority prevails and until
reversed fixes the Interpretation
of the statutes.
Main question involved in the
Weldon case, which becomes
controlling for other municipal
tiles and counties in the state,
! was whether special training Of
a police officer is a necessary
expense" properly chargeable to
general tax fund revenue.
Those protesting the practice
contended that the individual Of
ficer rather than the community
derived major benefit and thus
was violation of the constitution
al prohibition against personal
emoluments from public funds.
1t was argued in support of this
contention that the officer was
under no permanent contract or
obligation to stay on the local
job, and might by reason of the
public financed training, get
better job somewhere else. In
that event the taxpayers of We'll
don would have been socked with
the bill for the individual train
ing that Injured only to the part
icular officer and his subsequent
. employees. Three eminent jud-
ges found merit in that conten-
ton.
Four just as eminent judges
concluded that the duty Of the
municipality to provide compe-
tent police service outweighed
the purely legal technicalities
and justified the expenditure. In
the instant case it was shown
that Police Chief Kitchin had
continued on the job after get
ting the training, and so the 9TH
er argument was in this parti-
cular situation academic.
Justice Erwin's writing of the
majority opinion is repleted with
legal phrases, but typical home
ly vphraseology carries more
punch. The justice declares that
"poets may be born, but police
men must be made" Again:
Both letter and spirit of these
laws Chose dealing with muni-
. cipal responsibility to citizens J
reveal that a city or town can
not convert a neophyte into
policeman in the true sense of
the word by the simple expe-
dient of investing him with
badge, a billy, a firearm and a
uniform.
The court was dealing with
specific conditions Of the Weldon
incident and the decision does
not necessarily mean that any
} town under other conditions may
divert public money to individual
training.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
More Rain
lis Forecast

BY The Associated Press. ....
The forecast promised more
rain and little change in temper
atures for North Carolina and
South Carolina today Sunday.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-28
Weather

North Carolina - M ostlY
cloudy. little change in tenn
peratufe. rain Sunday.
Evening star., 1948-08-24
National Net Doubles BottIinq
Gets 7orrid in Second Round

| today by playing Guy Jackson and
I. Burke Wilkinson of England, as
the top-Seeded homebreds; Cardinal
Mulloy of Miami and Bill Talbert of
New York, winners in 1912 and 1945
take on Longwood members RAY
Nasher and Ed Serves.
Women in Keen Matches.
Because Of its smaller, but more
balanced field, todays competition
IN the women's division probably
will provide most of the excitement
for the gallery.
Miss Brough and Mrs. dupont are
bracketed with Nancy Morrison OF
West Palm Beach, Fla, and Dorothy
Head of Alameda, Calf, and Miss
Cannon and Mrs. Hilton with Mrs
Eleanor Cushingham of Beverly
Hills, Calf, and Mrs. Louise Snow
1saacs OF Bakersfield, Calf.
The second-seeded Dorothy Hart
OF Miami and Mrs. Patricia Canning
Todd of La Jolla, Calf. will make
their bows in second rounder
against Mrs. Cissy Madden Leach OF
South Africa and Barbara Clements
of WestWood, Mass, and the for
mer's opposite numbers in the for
eign seedlings, Mrs. Magda Rurac OF
Romania and Gertrude Moran OF
Santa Monica, Calf, will meet Vir-
ginia Boyer of Newton, Mass, and
Lois Ladd of Winchester, Mass.