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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Nations Big Four Of Crids
Comes Through Again Unscathed

New York, Oct. 23-(AP)-
Michigan, Notre Dame, North
Carolina and Army came through
with their expected football vic
tories today but what happened
to Indiana, Columbia, Holy Cross
and Mississippi State
Michigan stormed to its 10Th
straight triumph by smothering
Minnesota, 27 to IA although the
Gophers held the lead in the Sec
ond quarter and then again In
the third.
Notre Dame, held to a minus
seven yards via the air, ground
out a 27 to IL verdict over an
Iowa team that moved 201 yards
by passes. The game was the
23rd since the Irish suffered
their last defeat.
Army, displaying a new out
side-inside combination that
brought back memories of the
Blanchard-Davis combine of re-
cent years, downed Cornell, 27
to 6, in a battle of unbeaten
teams.
Charlie Justice scored one
touchdown personally and passed
for two more as North Carolina
romped to its 18th victory in a
row, this one at the expense Of
Louisiana State by 34-7
score.
But it was Pittsburgh, Colgate,
Princeton and Alabama that
furnished the days surprises.
For the first time in 10 years
the Pitt Panthers have victory
string of three, pushing over In
diana, 81 to IA, on a 63-yard
play engineered in the closing
seconds by the passing combina-
ton of Louis Ceconi and Jim
Robinson.
Ed Salem's 15-yard field goal
in the second quarter gave Ala
bama a 10 to 7 margin over
highly favored Mississippi State.
A similar boot of "a yards by
Frank Reichel, a substitute CEN
ter, brought Princeton a 16 to IA
edge over Columbia.
Colgate ruined Holy Cross's
celebration for DR.. William Os-
manski, new coach, by taking
a IA to 13 contest.
There were other surprises
through out the nation but none
equal that foursome.
Some of the minor upsets
found St. Bonaventure, little up
state New York College, spilling
William and Mary, and 6; IL
linois tackled another defeat on
Puredue's record 10 to 6;
Stanford losing to Southern Cali
fornia by only one point, 7 to 6;
and Vanderbilt crushing Yale,
IS to 0.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24

eve can do no more for this
section right now than we al
ready have done because there
is no more money. We've spent
every dime" Evans said.
The district commissioner dis
played maps of the IA counties
in the First District and told the
crowd, II can prove that the
heaviest concentration of funds
in the district is being spent
right on the spot where we are
tonight"
He said the highway now in
the process Of construction be-
tween Aureian Springs and
Roanoke Rapids is more than
half completed and said a con-
tract for the road from AureIan
Springs to Brinkleyville is to be
let by the State Highway Com
mission on Tuesday. He admitted
that the maintenance of the un-
paved roads in the section had
been badly hampered and said
the roads were in terrible con-
dition, but he said he had done
all he could possibly do with
the funds he had available and
the men and machinery he could
get for needed work.
George A. Thorne, vocational
agriculture teacher and instruc-
tor for a veterans farm training
class which had originally gen.
Grated the mass movement for
improved roads, served as chair
man at the meeting.
After the two-hour meeting
was nearly completed Thorne
declared, We're going to have
other meetings. We're not whip
ped by a long way Maybe
we haven't put our finger on
the right man, but there's some
body responsible and, believe
me, we're going to find him!"
Discussion at times during the
meeting which had been called
by Thorne and a committee he
headed to bring before the pub
lie the plight of the community
became slightly heated and at
other times quite general. Thor
ne was appointed chairman of a
large delegation which was ap-
pointed at a similar meeting here
last Monday night. He and other
members Of his delegation work.
ed through County Commission
er Meade H. Mitchell in inviting
the highway authorities to the
meeting.
Three sectional highway maps
with paved roads drawn in red
were posted on a bulletin board
in the auditorium in front Of
the audience and repeated refer
ence was made to large blank
area in the center of which is
Aurelian Springs.
At one time during the dis
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Littleton Negro
Gets Skull Broken
By Unknown Means

Robert Harrington, Littleton
Negro, was admitted to the Roa-
noke Rapids Hospital last night
suffering from . fractured skull
when hit with a bottle.
According to hospital person
mel, Harrington was brought in
with a deep cut over his right
eye and his skull fractured into
the sinus chamber. His condition
was described as mot serious
His attending physician said the
cut required six stitches.
Harrington said at the hospi-
tai he was hit with a bottle by a
man whom he did not know for
no apparent reason. He said he
was minding his own business
when he was hit and said he
was knocked unconscious by the
blow.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
u. S.-Canada
Said Planning
New Alliance

Paris, Oct. 23-(AP) - Top
American Sources said today that
soon after the United States cleo
tions the U. S. and Canada will
draft a sweeping North Allan
tic Alliance for full military aid
to the five-nation Western Euro
pean Union.
Foreign Ministers Of the five
nation alliance - France, Brit
ain, Belgium, the Netherlands
and Luxembourg-win meet
here Monday and Tuesday.
Reliable informants said they
will discuss the North Atlantic
Alliance and also another step
for binding more firmly the non
communist nations of Western
Europe-the early convocation
of a Western European parlia-
ment.
Reports in French circles said
Britain finally had given hel
approval for calling together
such a parliament.
One undetermined factor in
the North Atlantic Alliance is
the reaction it will stir up in
the next u. S. Congress. How
ever, the general approach by
American planners has been on
a bipartisan basis with Repub-
licans and Democratic policy
leaders taking part.
The European parliament en-
ters into this aspect of the stu
alton. 1t is felt the U. Soon
gress would more readily ap-
prove funSs for the contemplat-
ed military aid if further signs
of European unity, such as the
calling of a parliament, make
their appearance.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24

Halifax-Superior Court Judge
Chester Morris will convene a
one week criminal session OF
Halifax County Superior Court
here Monday morning.
Docketed for hearing during
the term are a total of q cases
One murder case, that Of Geor.
ge Terry, Northampton Negro,
is slated for hearing during the
session.
Several drunken driving cases,
assault cases, a non-support
case and several larceny and
breaking and entering cases are
slated to be heard.
Judge Morris will make his
charge to the jury about 10 am.
Monday, court attaches reported
yeaterday.
Terry is charged with having
murdered Gordon B. Miles, 2C
year old Weldon youth on Sep.
tember II, during an argument
over some whiskey.
+ Miles was fatally wounded
when, according to investigating
officers Terry allegedly slashed
him across the throat with q
pocket knife.
Other cases docketed include
James D. Ruffin, crime against
nature; Johnnie Tyson, break
ing and entering; Frank Pulley
crime against nature; S. E. War
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
This Man Says
Nyack Most Honest

Nyack N. Y, Oct. 23-(AP)-
Nyack, says Murray Kerchman,
sis the most honest town in the
world"
Storekeeper Kerchman lost $40
n loose bills on Windy Main
street yestrday. Without much
hope, he reported his loss to po-
lice with these results:
Barber Otto Leukroth brought
in $35 he found fluttering around
the doorway of his shop. Joyce
Keesler handed police $40 she'd
picked up on Main Street. Still
later, Mrs. Cornelia Mahan walk
d into headquarters with the
last of the $40.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Mild Weather
To Continue
BY The Associated Press

Continued mild weather was
the prospect for the Carolinas
Sunday.
The forecast was for fair and
slightly warmer in both states.
A minimum temperature of az
was expected during the night.
SATURDAYS maximum temper
atures in North Carolina were
Ralei i e6, GREENSBORO IS,
Chafloste 65, Cape Hatteras 68,
tElizA zAbeth City 70, Wilmington 73,
New Bern SO, Cherry Point 81,
Rocky Mount go, Asheville SO,
Hickory CO., Winston-Salem 66,
and Lumberton II.
In South Carolina:
Spartanburg IS, Charleston 70.
',lumbia SO, Anderson 81, Myr-
Beach 70. Greenville 65, and
,rence 70.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Put Somebody in
That Vacant Room

Do you have a room Tor
rent?
Many people are looking for
rooms these days. If you have
an extra room or rooms that
you are not using. why not
find some good tenants
through 4 Herald Want Ad. A
For Rent sign on your door
speaks to an extremely limited
audience. but IN ad in the
Herald will put you in touch
with hundreds Of people.
Certainly in that audience
you will find customers for al
most anything you may have
to offer.
Ifs easy to use classifisdsl
Try Il and see.
Just Phone R-32e or R-Ss2l
Or write Us = line.
Ruth Cooper.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Sweet Potato Looks
Like An Ice Cream
Cone, Grown Here

Another strange garden oddi-
ty was brought to the Daily
Herald Office yesterday after.
noon.
This time it was Z sweet po-
tato. But what 4 sweet potato.
A guess At its weight Is that It
weighs more than = pound.
But the weight Of the potato
isn't 50 unusual. It's the shape
Of ths potato. e
II looks like IN ice cream
cone. complete with Ice cream
and al on top of 1t.
The potato was grown on =
lot on Aoanoks Avenue. which
c. w. Hawthorne. who lives 1t
llolh Roanoke avenue. gar.
dens.
Hawthorne said he took the
potato into his house and his
wife said why. u looks like
IN ice cream conc" 4 does.
too.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Charlotte Observer
Will Back Dewey

Charlotte, Oct. 23-(AP)-The
Charlotte Observer announced
tonight its support of Gov. Tho
bas E. Dewey for President,
thereby departing from its "tra
ditional independent democratic
policy"
The Observer endorsed Pres
idnt franklin D. Roosevelt for
a second term but with six
definite reservations critical of
his labor policies and waste and
extravaganza of his bureaucrat-
ic government
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
District Commissioner
Says Little Can Be Done
On Area Roads At Present
BY BILL DAVEY

Aurelian Springs-The residents of the Aurelian
Springs section of Halifax County want roads, There is
no doubt that they want and need them.
About 300 residents of the Aureian Springs
muny and representatives from Roanoke Rapids, Little
ton, Weldon Enfield and other communities gathered in
the Aurelan Springs High School auditorium here Friday
night to what they could do toward getting better
maintenance of dirt roads and construction of aweather
roads.
They told there is nothing they can do right
except to have patience and then to holler loud
and holler early to the new administration"
First District Highway Commissioners Merrill j. Evans
of Ahoskie accompanied by First District Engineer T. j.
McKim and c. F. Gore of Weldon division highway engi
appeared before the and explained that there
section of Halifax County any other section of the First
Division
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24

DR.. Young has donated to the
church for the building.
DR.. A. ]. Hobbs, district su-
perintendent, and DR.. c. M.
Grant of Rocky Mount, will Of
ficiate at the cornerstone laying.
Ministers from all churches in
the surrounding area have been
invited to attend the ceremonies
and the members of the building
committee, the board of trustees
and all church members are urg-
ed to be present for the corner
stone laying.
In the event that the weather
is bad, the Rev. Mr.. Petty, said
that services would be held in the
Episcopal Church here.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Cornerstone of New Methodist
Church at Halifax Will Be Laid
With Ceremonies Thursday at 2:3O

Halifax-The Rev. D. A. Petty,
pastor of the Halifax Methodist
Church, announced today that
the cornerstone for the Meth
odist Church here would be laid
next Thursday afternoon at 2:30
pm.
The laying of the cornerstone
will mark the beginning of the
building of a new structure to
replace the one which burned
some 18 months ago.
The pastor said that the SER
vices would be held on the
grounds of the new site, the DR..
Robert F.. Young property, which
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Truman Charges Dewey "Insulting"
American People; Calls Opponent
Man of "Gall" in Pittsburgh Address
ECI0's MURRAY
Backs TrumQn
For President

4 Pittsburgh, Oct. 23-(AP) -
II President Truman said tonight
n Republican Nominee Thomas E
4Dewey is a man of "gall' who
i is insulting the American voter
with "double talk" or "crafty
4 silence"
A Speaking in the same hall
q where Dewey talked ten days
Il ago, Mr.. Truman said his rivals
n promises ran from the "pecul-
n lar" to the fantastic"
N A crowd that packed Hunt
harmony to capacity and over
q flowed outside whooped it up
'8or a president who said:
"This soft talk and double talk
q this combination of crafty sill
ence and resounding misrepres
3entation is an insult to the in
i telligence of the American vot-
2er. 1t proceeds upon the assump-
n ton that you can fool all the
4 people - or enough of them -
i all the time"
4 C. /. o. President Philip Muir
Say warmed the crowd up with
IA speech pledging "our fighting
4 support" to fighting president
d Murray shouted that Dewey is
4 sin love with the birds and bees
and flowers.
Mr.. Truman rode from the
railroad station to the armory
Through tens Of thousands Of peo-
Pile strung over some is miles
of streets. They turned out wav-
ing red torches and beating pans
|mnd garage canlids.
Inside the hall, a frenzied roar
went up as the chief executive
walked in, an ear-to-ear grin on
his faaIsig:nas ms and l1Saoa flags broke Seas
4competed with premature hallow
n cen noisemakers.
Police Lieutenant Arthur Bak-
er estimated $1,000 people cram
med into the armory and 1900
listened over loud speakers out
side.
I The Chief Executive said that
this was about his 230th politi-
cal meeting of the campaign and
"I'm still going strong and IN
still be going strong at midnight
on Nov. l."
The crowd booed when he
mentioned the Taft-Hartley law.
But he got, a. big laugh with
his stabs at doctor" Dewey
who he said tells his patient:
"You shouldn't think about issue
y Dewey, he said. has set MN
self up as a kind Of doctor
with a Magic cure for all Ihe
ills of mankind"
He pictured his rival as pres
cribing a major operation-tak-
ing out the works" and putting
in a Republican administrator
for a patient who never felt
stronger, never had more money
and never had a brighter future.
There wasn't much ABOUT
(Dhat the Democrats say they
will do if they keep the White
House and regain control OF Con-
gress. The president put that into
talks today at Johnston, Scran-
ton, and Wilkes Barre, Pa. he
listed:
Repeal of the Taft-Hartley Ia
bor law, changes in the displac-
ed persons act, initiation controls
housing, a 75-cent minimum
hourly wage, aid to education.
- The Chief Executive had
spent the day campaigning from
one end of Pennsylvania to the
other for the states 35 elec-
toral votes.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Heavy Larceny

Superior, Wis. (U.P.)-Arthur
Gonser, IS, and Wahred Salen,
SO, were arrested for stealing six
man hole covers weighing ESQ
pounds each.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Weather

North carolina-Fair and
not much change In tenn
psgatsayo Sundpy.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24
Roanoke
RannbIings
BY PAT NANTz

The Roanoke Rapids High
School Band, majorettes, drum
majorette, flag carriers and di-
rector, George Baird, were in
vited to the Emporia Lawrence
vile game played at Emporia
Friday. The Emporia High
School students were celebrating
Homecoming day and ask
ed our band to represent them
at the affair. The band march
ed at 4 o'clock on Main street,
starting at the Armory, and 60
ing all the way through En-
poria, then back to the Armory
where they adjourned. During
the half of the ball game they
performed in behalf of Emporia.
After the game a dance was
given and the band was in
vited to attend they repre-
sented Emporia at game in
a similar way last year.
1t stands to reason that Ted
Speight just isn't as young as
he used to be. After refereeing
a football game at Greenville
between Greenville and Kinston,
Ted was on his way to the locker
rooms. To get there he had to
jump over some scaffolding-
you guessed it, he didn't quite
make it. The scaffolding broke
and Ted is now nursing a badly
sprained ankle. Here's hoping he
is up soon and won't try to do
any more jumping around in the
future.
1t is reported the Roanoke
Rapids Yellow Jackets played a
good game at New Bern Friday
night. Maybe their luck has
changed, because they won by
a score of 1871 If only they
will keep thai luck until another
home game.
When in need of a toast, but
being able to think of nothing to
say, the famed writer, Charles
Dickens, would always say,
Here's to us all-God bless us
everyone. -" He must have been
an optimist. :.
A would-be chicken farmer
had some diffic Ilty with her
flock and wrote the following
letter to the Department Of Ag-
riculture:, "Someting is wrong
with my chickens. Every morn
ing whe-. came out I find two
or three lying on the ground,
cold and stiff, with their feet in
the air. Can you tell me what is
the matter?" To which the DE
partment answered with this
short letter, Dear Madam. Your
chickens are dead. :"
Visiting here with her parents
over the week end is Ellen Pow
ers. She is a student at Wom-
ans College of North Carolina.
Ellen is majoring in English and
history.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24

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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24

Visiting here with her parents
over the week END is Ellen Pow
ers. She is a student at Wom-
ans College of North Carolina.
Ellen is majoring in English and
history.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-24

ic government.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Clark Asks High Court
Rule on Gulf TideIands
BY the Assoeioted Press

Attorney General Clark today
brought actions in the Supreme
Court to obtain Federal Jurisdiction
over the oil-rich tidelands of the
coasts of Texas and Louisiana.
Mr.. Clark asked the court to apply
to these coastal lands the same find
ing Of Federal paramount" interest
which the court gave to the United
States in the California tidelands
case, decided in June, 1947.
The petitions to the Supreme
Cenrt took two forms.
The Attorney General first asked
the court for permission to bring
the suits against Texas and Louisi-
ana as original actions in the high
est court. These requests were ac-
companied by copies of the pro-
posed suits in which the Attorney
General requested a declaration Of
primary Federal rights over the
lands, minerals and other things
underlying the Gulf of Mexico adj
jacent to the coasts, seaward Of
low water mark"
The actions, as in the Cafiforr, il
case, proposed to exempt bays, riv-
ers, lagoons and other inland wa
ters from any Federal claim.
The suits carry out the announced
Of the Justice Department 4
to establish Federal Jurisdictions
over the so-called tidelands when9
oil is produced from under-wat
wells.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Quentin Roosevelt Feared Dead
In Crash Reported Fatal to 80
Theodore RooseveIt's
Grandson on Business
Trip From Shanghai
BY the Associated Press

SHANGHAI, Dec. 21.-Quentin
Roosevelt, grandson of President
Theodore Roosevelt, was feared to-
day to have been aboard a Chinese
airliner which crashed off Hong
Kong with possible loss of SO per-
sons aboard.
Mr.. Roosevelt is vice president
Of the Chinese National Airlines
Corp. Aviation circles here said he
had left for Hong Kong on a busi-
ness trip this morning. They added
that there was do doubt that he was
on the plane. although two other
CNAC planes left at about the same
time for Hong Kong.
The CNAC C-54 crashed on Bafalt
Island, 10 miles from Hong Kong.
Mrs. Roosevelt and their three
young daughters are in Shanghai.
Mr.. Roosevelt, 29-year- -old son OF
the late Brig. Gen. Theodore Roose-
welt, Jr., has been in China about
one year on his present job.
Mr.. Roosevelt is a decorated veter-
an of the North African campaign,
where he was wounded in World
War II.
Previously he had spent many
Evening star., 1948-12-21
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-The two
international relations organiza-
tions which have figured in the
State Department espionage case
both received funds from the
fortune of Andrew Carnegie,
Steelmaker.
The Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace was founded in
1911 with capital of $10,000,000.
Its president is Alger Hiss, in
dicted last week for perjury to con-
ceal evidence of espionage, a charge
to which he pleaded innocent. Mr..
Hiss was given leave of absence by
the endowment's board December
13, but his $20,000-a-year pay was
continued.
The Institute of International
Education was founded in 1919. The
Carnegie Corp, the Rockefeller
Foundation and the Federal Gov
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Late News
Bulletins
u. S. Hits Revolutions

The United States warned
today that the use of force to
overthrow governments Is "in-
creasingly a danger to all the
countries of this hemisphere"
The warning came in a State
Department statement ex-
pressing growing concern"
over the recent series of revo-
lutions in Latin America.
Earlier story on Page A-3D
Boost in Pig Crop Seen
The Agriculture Department
today forecast that next
springs pig crop will be 10 per
cent larger than the 194S
spring crop. The indicated in
crease is Z per cent smaller
than the goal the Secretary Of
Agriculture had recommended
in q move to enlarge meat
supplies and bring about lower
prices.
Evening star., 1948-12-21

mated from Madden, third larges
city in Java and scene of the Com.
munist uprising put down by the
republic in September. The broad.
cast indicated the city still is ir
Republican hands.
Or. Soebandrio, official repre-
sentative of the republic in Brit
ain, said in London that Repub-
lican fighters would resort to
guerrilla warfare. He told a news
conference he expects the Dutch
to occupy the large towns of the
republic, but he doubted that
they could maintain order
throughout the republic.
Condemnation of the new
Dutch police action" in the re-
public came from many capitals.
In Rangoon. Burma, Premier
Thakin Nu urged an immediate
conference of all Asiatic countries
to consider aid to the Indonesian
Republicans. He urged Asiatics
to rally to the republics support,
declaring Burma would be only
too glad" to play whatever part
she cam
Jogjakarta Loss Denied.
A Dutch Army spokesman deniee
a report from Indonesian sources
in Paris that Jogjakarta had beer
Irecaptured by the Republicans.
(The Indonesian Office in Sing
1See INDONESIA. Page A-5)