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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
New Berlin
PIon May
Get Try

Paris, Nov. 30 -(AP) "A new
plan for mediation of the Berlin
crisis, devised by a man who
wouldn't give up, appears as
sured of big four trial.
Diplomatic progress on this
plan was reported here today ev-
en- as German Communists mas
sed their strength for an apparnt
attempt to seize political control
of all Berlin.
Juan A. Bramuglia, Argentine
foreign minister and retiring
president of the United Nations
security council, is the author.
The plan calls for neutral
commission Of experts to handle
the technical and procedural pha-
ses of the East-West conflict over
dual currency and the Russian
land blockade.
The United States, Britain
France and Russia would assigr
their own representatives tt
stand by in Paris for 80 days te
give whatever aid the expert
mission might require.
The plan appears intended to
save face for all.
Bramuglia had been seeking,
and failing, to bring the big four
together ever since the security
council voted oct. S to air the
charge of the United States, Bri-
tain and France that the Russian
blockade was a threat to peace.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Reds EncircIe
100000 Troops
OF NatiOnalists

Nanking, Nov. 80 lap A
Chinese Communist maneuver
which has trapped nearly 140,-
900 national troops today threat
ened a showdown for command
of the road to Nanking.
Shortly after Chinese Press
dispatches reported the entire 12-
tn army was trapped, the U. S..
Embassy announced Naval plan
es will start Thursday evacuat-
ing 100 American dependents Of
Embassy and consular attaches
from Central China.
They will be flown to Manila
from Marking and Shanghai. The
embassy said this was in line
with its previous warnings to A
mericans in Central China "to
move to areas OF greater safe
ty.
Chang Kai-Shek's 18th army
was reported hemmed in by the
Reds only 145 miles northwest
of Nanking, the national capital,
and 81 miles south of Suchow,
which has been the key to the
Central China battle front.
Orders have gone out to the
$50, 000-man garrison at Suchow
to march to the rescue. So far
it has shown no disposition to
do so. 1t may prefer to stay
where it is, with strong fixed de-
FENCES, plenty of food and mum.
tions.
Beyond the encircled 18th Ar.
my there is little to halt the
Red drive short of the Yangtze
River bank opposite Nanking.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
English Teacher Finds
Americans Rush Around
Haze Little Time to Relax

here in America. The people
are so wonderful" she aid,
Mary is a great ambassador
from this country. She came to
tea her first week in Manches-
ter in September, l947, l met
her and we discussed how one
goes about getting an appoint
ment as an exchange teacher.
She told me how to write up
the forms, and within a month
was accepted. Then in May
l948 l was notified definitely
where l would be placed /.
in Raleigh"
Mary is the one you should
interview" continued Miss AL
len, "she was presented to the
Queen, was guest of Church
ill, attended Parliament had an
audience with Pope Plus XII"
Miss Allen continued on the
subject of her hostess, Miss Mary
B. Cannon, Il am guest here of
Mary for Thanksgiving" She
went on to say how kind Miss
Cannon and her friends had
been and how pleasant they had
made her stay, and added, I'VE
of course do not celebrate
Thanksgiving, but l am glad of
this opportunity to have time to
relax, as you see l am in a
hurry going and coming as ev-
eryone else is"
Il surely like North Carolina" )"
offered Miss Allen, Mr.. Saunders
and his associates in the Educa-
ton Department in Raleigh have
been so kind and helpful to me.
They found me a lovely place
to live with Mr. and Mrs. York
of Logan Court in Raleigh. Mrs.
York has been like mother to
me and I feel like a member
of the family. When I was COM
ing over on the boat, the sea
was so rough, I fell from the
ladder coming from my bunk
and sprained my right wrist
and Mrs. York really did many
little helpful things that meant
so much to me-"
She added, Il guess you know
that North Carolina has the
first exchange librarian to 60
abroad, Miss Virginia William
son from Princeton, she will go
to Leeds and is sailing on the
Brittanic in December, which is
the boat l sailed from Liverpool
on"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
"MeaneSt" Thief
Candidate Offered

w. L. Moody, Roanoke Rapids
resident, today offered a new
candidate for the "meanest
thief" title.
He said he recently went to the
grave of his son in Cedarwood
cemetery to take fresh flowers
and found that some person or
persons had desecrated the grave
by pulling up numbe of
flowers planted there.
Moody said several azaleas had
been pulled up by the roots, add
ing that other flowers had been
partially pulled and trampled in
what he described as a peace
of senseless destruction" He
said he noticed other graves near
by seemed also to have been dis
turbed by intruders.
If person wants to get flow
ers that badly, l wish he would
come to me and ask for them and
l would buy HIM some, but I
certainly was angered by what
/ found" Moody said.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
BY Sue Woodall

"A difference I have noticed
since being here in the United
States is that everyone is in a
hurry either coming or going
somewhere and they do not
seem to have time to relax as
we do in England" Miss Elsie
Allen, exchange teacher from
Manchester England to Raleigh
said, Saturday. She was spend
ing the Thanksgiving holidays
here with Misses Mary B. and
Sara Cannon and their sister,
Mrs. Edward Ford, Jr.
Il am of course doing the
same thing as today is the first
moment l have had to spare
and l am addressing my Christ
mas cards." continued the
charming Miss Allen.
l asked her if she saw so
much difference in school rou-
tine here and in England and
she said "Oh my yes! In Eng
land we have tea in the mid
die of the morning session of
school and take time out in the
afternoon session for tea. The
staff or what you call the fac
ulty here, has tea and the chill
dren milk, then recess follows" +"
Then Miss Allen began to ex-
press her appreciation for such
a wonderful country as ours.
'"The school rooms are different
too. Here I have a lovely room
at Fred A. Olds School in Raj
cigh with new blue walls, vene-
tian blinds, new modern light
ing, and central heating and ]
have only thirty children
whereas l have SO in England"
DO you see any difference in
food" l asked. And the enthus-
iastic Miss Allen responded "Yes
the coffee. Our coffee is white
and here it is black or dark.
You percolate it and we heat
the milk and while it is boiling
sprinkle two spoonsful of cof-
fee over the boiling milk, let
it cook for a few minutes and
pour through a sieve. At least
that is the way l like it. An
other way the English fix coffee
is to heat a pan of milk and
a pan of water boiled with cof-
fee and pour them together"
do you eat about the same
things we do here?" l asked.
"Yes," Miss Allen smiled, ''but
it is cheaper in England than
here, although we are still ra-
toned. We get one ounce OF
bacon, one egg and two pints OF
milk per week"
Miss Allen returned then again
to how kind people were to her
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Soviet-Backed
Reds Establish
Berlin Council

Berlin, Nov. 30 lap Rus
sian-backed Berlin Communists
established separate city gov
ernment today in opposition to
the elected anti-communist ad-
ministration.
The communists made virtu-
ally complete the political divi-
sion between eastern and west.
ern Berlin.
A new anti-communist govern
ment to administer the western
sectors of the city--ocupied by
the United States, Britain and
France--will be chosen in cleo
tions Sunday.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
New Fire Truck
Ordered For
Town OF Jackson

Jackson - Mayor E. B. Grant
has announced that an order for
new fire truck for the town of
Jackson has been placed with a
Roanoke, Virginia, firm follow
ing action by the Jackson Board
of Alderman.
The mayor said the truck will
cost approximately $1,000 and
the cost will be met within three
years by issuing tax anticipation
notes or bonds. Water rents for
the town will be increased to a
minimum of $3.50 per month in
stead of the present $500 mini
mum. He said no additional tax
increase is anticipated.
The decision to purchase the
new truck followed a recent towr
meeting in which the opinion was
expressed by the majority o
those present that the town badl,
needs new fire-fighting equip
ment.
The Board Of Alderman or.
dered a one and one-half tor
tuck with long wheelbase,
mounted on the chassis of pop
ular-make vehicle. The truck
will be equipped with a $50
gallon booster tank, but hose
will have to be purchased separ-
ately. c. Johnson, representative
of the Roanoke firm, accepted
the towns order.
The truck ordered is especially
designed for small cities and
suburban areas, and is similar
to one recently purchased by the
farmers in the Scotland Neck
area and given the town for fight
ing fires in rural communities
The town of Rich Square has an
earlier model of the same make
truck ordered.
The mayor said under the con-
tract $50 working days will be
required to build the truck,
making delivery possible in a.
bout twelve months from the
time of purchase.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Pay Of Tar Heel
Workers Increases

Raleigh, Nov. 80 -(AP) -
Weekly pay of some 10000 Tar
Heel manufacturing workers rose
nearly two per cent to an average
of S41.58 during October, The
State Department of Labor re-
ported today.
The average for non-manufac-
turing workers also rose about
two per cent to an average of
$36.35. The department reported,
making the average for all indus
tries S4O.78 a week end the aver
age hourly pay Slightly more
than $1.04.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

At Roanoke Mills Company,
No. l mill in Roanoke Rapids,
Jimmy Sears, assistant superin-
tendent, reported that the Roa-
noke had reached a point of So
feet on the company's special
meter. Sears said this was equl-
valent to SO feet 10 inches in
Weldon.
Shearin said the river was
seven and one-half feet above
flood stage of 81 feet at Weldon
and that the crest of the river
was not expected before Thurs
day night. He predicted crest
of AZ feet at Weldon
The river was reported to be
out of its banks and inundating
farm lands beyond Roanoke
Rapids and throughout several
other portions of the county. In
some fields along the river
there were reported to be many
stacks of unharvested peanuts
and the damage to that crop.
Various estimates of the
amount of land which would be
inundated if the river crests at
40 feet at Weldon were heard.
One of them was that $4,000
acres of land in Halifax County
would be covered by the floo1
waters.
Sears said that the river
would have to reach 67 feet on
the mills meter before it reach
ed the basement of the COM
pany's die house at Roanoke
Number One. He added that
the company had so arranged
the die house that the motors
therein could be removed in the
ent of a flood.
Sears said that engineers who
had prepared the measuring in
strument for the mills estimat-
ed that it would take 80 hours
for the crest of flood in
ClarkSVllle 10 reaCn hoanoke
Number one,
Waters of the Roanoke were
reported covering the Old jack
son road near Weldon and were
reported over the Gut Bridge.
The impending flood recalled
to mind of many residents of
the area the 1910 flood of the
Roanoke River which caused a
million dollars damage to the
area.
The 1910 inundation caused
the shutdown of Roanoke
Number One and extensive dam
age to the Virginia Electric Pow
er Company sub-station as well
as much damage to farm lands
of the surrounding area.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

Police Chief T. ]. Davis, in
an informal talk to a group Of
Rosemary Baptist Church young
people Sunday night, said Dur
ing the period from June until
September the police department
did not receive call involving
a crime by a juvenile"
Chief Davis, who explained
the workings OF the Roanoke
Rapids police department, attri-
buted this fact to the work Of
the Fairgrounds and their direc-
tors during the summer months.
He told the group that the
chief duty of the local police de-
partment is to protect the peo-
pie of Roanoke Rapids and
make the city safe place in
which to live.
Davi-. who is chairman Of the
local recreation commission,
pointed out that eight days af-
ter school started in September,
the police department had re-
ceived five calls in which ju-
veniles were involved.
He declared, Il don't know
what the answer to the juven-
lie problem, is but in my career
as a police officer / have never
had a Boy Scout or a regular
Sunday School attendant to be
arrested"
He suggested that possibly a
sentence to attend church and
Sunday School regularly might
help solve the problem
Broken homes are mostly re-
sponsible for juvenile delin-
quency, which is really parental
delinquency" Davis added.
Davis told one touching story
of a little boy whom the de:
partment took under its wing
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Davis Tells Young People
Juvenile Delinquency Here
Down During Summer Months

last year and of the splendid
results of their understanding
and kindness. This child, who
had been guilty of few minor
misdemeanors and who admitted
that he had never had anyone
put an arm around his shoulders
and express any concern whatso-
ever for him, has been a model
boy for the past two years. Even
though he doesn't live here any
more, Davis keeps in touch with
him and gets a post card from
him every week or so.
He explained, the police de-
partment in Roanoke Rapids op-
crates in shifts with four Of
ficers on the streets and one in
the office at all times. On week.
ends they work in double shifts.
Crime is definitely on the
increase in North Carolina" said
Chief Bavis.
However, there have been
fewer arrests in Roanoke Rap
ids over a period of time, than
in any other town in North
Carolina. In the last two years
there have been 2,056 arrests in
Roanoke Rapids and one-fifth of
this number was a result of
drunkenness" he added.
He said that 95 per cent of
the cases handled locally are di-
rectly from whiskey, beer or
wine.
The training union met after
the. regular church services Sum
day night at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Pappendick on
Monroe Street and Is. young peo-
Pile heard Chief. Davis make his
remarks, Refreshments were
served At the conclusion Of the
meeting
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Boyd Wins Northampton
Corn Production Contest

fourth. M. T. Revelle. Conway.
82.5 bushels; fifth. B. D.
Stephenson. Pendleton. s1.7
bushels.
For the All Club members
Marcus Little. Seaboard club.
was second with 93.7 bushels;
third. Robert G. Mulder Of
Woodland. SO bushels: fourth.
Merrell Gay of Seaboard. 84.4
bushels.
Jameson said samples of the
corn produced by the farmers
and by the All Club boys who
entered the contests were sent
to the State College Agricul-
tural Extension laboratories
for a check on moisture con-
tent and other factors to de-
termine the winners.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

Thousands of Roanoke Rapid
sites are demanding to know
how l stand on the parking me-
ter question. Should the meters
be kept or should they be
thrown out? The town is split
exactly $3.50. How 1 stand may
decide. I'm so sought after be-
cause control the Octagenarian
vote, which should not be con-
fused with the Vegetarian vote
controlled by the Washington
Street crowd.
can not remain quiet any
longer. Shoot, if you must, this
old grey head, you PrudenS and
Gibsons, but l shall now take
my stand.
I'm going to take the same
stand as did a famous candidate
for sheriff of Halifax county
back in '88.
The big issu. in '88 all over
the state of North Carolina, but
especially in Halifax county was
the squirrel law. In every coun-
ty, the voters wanted to know:
Would the sheriff enforce the
squirrel law or would he look
the other way?
When Henry Edwards from
down Tillery way told his
friends he planned to run for
sheriff, they all cried: "Oh, no
you can't. Everybody will want
to know how you stand on the
squirrel law. If you're for it.
you lose all the votes of those
against. If you're against, you
lose all the votes of those ir
favor. Whichever side you take
you'll lose the election. We
won't let you run"
But Henry had wanted to bt
sheriff ever since he was a boy
ever since. the time he saw
Sheriff Abner Williams chase
the revenooers, right across ths
state line and all the way t
Emporia. He told them he, Alb
ner Williams, was the Law il
Halifax county. He wouldn't le
them even come back for theil
nightshirts and warm under
wear. Hearing about 1t. Presi
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

dent Grant told the revenooers
to stay out of Halifax county
or the War Between the States
might start all over again and
the Federals might not be so
lucky next time. l need hardly
tell III that Abner was the sire
OF all the goshornery Williamses
now living in Halifax and North
ampton counties. (The non-gosh-
ornery Williamses hereabouts
either stem from Abner's gentle
brothers Ethelbert and Percival
or are from entir different
branches of the Williams fam
ily9
Having dreamed all his life
about chasing revenooers the
way Abner did, Henry Edwards
had to run for sheriff. He in
vited all the voters in the county
to a barbecue; then having had
coupl, swigs too many, he got
up and made a speech. He was
right in the midst of telling
what he would do to the whole
Union army if it came into
Halifax county when Smiling
Jack" Hines stood up to heckle
him. "But, Henry, how do you
stand on the squirrel law?"
Don't answer that question,
Henry!" commanded his wife.
Whatever you say will be your
ruination."
But Henry was like all
Henrys. He was Casper Milque-
toast at home; but put him up
in front of a crowd and the
actor in lin came out. Even his
wife couldn't stop him from
talking.
So Henry cried out: Brother
Hines. you're a ringworm from
Ringwood. But l welcome your
question. ''m glad to tell one
and all how l stand on the squir-
rel law. Here's it and let the
feathers fly. Halt of my friends
are for the squirrel law and
half of my friends are against
and Pm for my friends"
Now all you good little chill
dren understand how Old Father
Roanoke stands on the parking
lmeter question.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

Jackson.-P. H. jameson.
Northampton County Agent.
has announced that E. M.
Boyd. who lives in the Mt.
Carmel section near Ssaboard.
is the first-plaes winner in the
county corn production contest
for ls4e with IVA bushels for
an acre.
In first place for All Club
members for the county was
Bobby Little Of the Ssaboard
club. who produced ll2.A
bushels for an acre.
Second high yield for
Northampton County was reg
istsred by Perry Lee Collier Of
Woodland with 1885 bushels
per acre: third. r. A. Chap
psll. Potseasi. s7.3 bushels;
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Barnes Given Prison Term
On Airp|ane Theft Charges

Halifax - One Roanoke Rap
ids man was sentenced to ! 8
months to two years on charge
of unauthorized taking of an air.
plane and three youths entered
pleas to the larceny of an auto
mobile in the Superior Court ses-
sion which started here yester-
day with Judge R. Hunt Parker,
resident district judge, presid :
ing. -a+
Judge Parker sentenced
Claude L. Barnes, Roanoke Rap
ids man, to 18 months to two
years in States prison to work
under the State Highway a n d
Public Works Commission after
Barnes had entered plea of
guilty to the unauthorized taking
of an airplane from the local
airport in September.
w. B. Copenhaver, owner Of
the Piper Cub training plane, tes-
titled that the plane had been
taken from the field without per-
mission and was later found de-
molished in a dense woods near
Roanoke Rapids. The airport op-
orator said his primary interest
was in recovering damages to
the airplane, however Judge Par
ker imposed the sentence.
L. E. Draper, Eldred Strick-
land and Richard Gilliland,
charged with assaulting Cleve :
land Harris and the larceny Of
his automobile, entered pleas OF
guilty to the larceny of an auto
mobile. The pleas were accepted
by the State, but through noon
today Judge Parker had passed
no sentence in the case.
Draper and Strickland were
placed on probation in the Octo-
ber criminal term of Superior
Court by Judge Chester Morris
after Draper had pleaded guilty
to a larceny count and Strick-
land had pleaded guilty of the
larceny of an automobile. Sen
tence in the latest case was ex-
pected some time this afternoon.
Doris Burwell, Littleton Negro
girl, charged with the illegal con-
cealment of the birth of child,
entered a plea of guilty to the
count, however sentence was not
passed on her. The charge grew
out of an investigation made by
Coroner Rufus Britton and coun-
ty officers and the subsequent
finding of the body of an infant
in privy behind the Burwell
home.
Judge Parker yesterday SEN
fenced Lawrence R. McPhail, 15-
year-old Negro youth, on two
separate counts of breaking and
entering and larceny. In each
case a one-year term was hand
ed down by the judge, with the
sentences due to run consecutive
ly.
A mol pros was also taken by
the court yesterday in case in
which Jesse Coley and Tom Co.
ley were charged with larceny.
Most of this mornings session
was taken up with the trial of
Milton Massey, who had taken
an appeal from recorders court
on a charge of operating motor
vehicle while under the influence
of alcohol.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Hollister Negroes
Arrested For Hunting
Birds Out OF Season

Hollister - District Game Pro-
tector c. M. Petit of Enfield re-
ported today that fines and costs
had been levied against three
Hollister Negroes who were ar
rested for hunting birds out Of
season.
Pettitt said Magistrate T. c,
Qualls Of Hollister fined McKea-
yer Garner $3.50 on two counts
of hunting out Of season and hunt
ing without a license and said
Andrew Richardson and Horace
Hedgepeth were each fined $l9.95
for out-of-season hunting.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Roanoke River Is Fl. Above Flood Stage At Weldon
Assistant Halifax Agent
G.. B. DeLOatche Resigns

charge Of boys work with the
Halifax County All Clubs and
has worked in the adult farm
program.
Davis said no replacement
has been selected yet to take
the Assistant County Agents
post. however he said he ex-
pects the post to be filled
soon. possibly by the first of
January.
The County Agent said w.
p. Farrior. county livestock
Assistant Agent. will take over
DeLoatche's All Club duties
temporarily until a replace
ment is found for the job.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30

Halifax.-CountY Agent w.
o. Davis said today G. B.
DeLoatchs. Assistant County
Agent for Halifax County. has
resigned effective December l.
and will leave here TO accept
a position with the Farmers
Mutual Exchange in Durham.
DeLoatche. a graduate of N.
c. State College and a vet
eran Of four years service
with the Navy during World
War II. came to Halifax
County in January. ls47. In
his capacity as Assistant Coun-
tY Agent he has been in
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
To 38 Feet
Town Near
ty House.

through parts of Weldon this
ing waters of the Roanoke River,
.ial weather foecaster for Weldon,
reached level of 38 and one-half
virtually all of the farm land in
nd to cause water to begin rising
y and covering some of the land
:uilding.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
Weather

North Carolina-Fair and
not much temperature change
today and tonight: Wednesday.
fair and warmer.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
CHINESE SAID
ABANDONING SUcHoW

Nanking. Nov. 30-(P)-us-
ually reliable sources said to-
day that Chinese government
troops have begun the ahan-
doument Of Suehew.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-30
River Up
Flooding
Comm

Rabbits wer,
morning to escap'
which L. M. Sheal
reported at II a.
feet, enough to ir
the Mush Island S
near the old fish .
back of the Comm