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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
DEATHS
Miss Betty Woodruff

Miss Betty Woodruff died yes
terday morning at the Roanoke
Rapids hospital after a inger-
ing illness.
Funeral services were conduc-
ted this afternoon at 2:30 p. m.
at the Lebanon Church in North
ampton County by the Rev. M.
w. Vaughan.
Burial was in the family Gem
etery in Northampton County.
Miss Woodruff was survived
by four brothers: Clyde of
Garysburg; Bernard Of Roanoke
Rapids; Walter of Castor and
Percy Woodruff of Raleigh;
three sisters: Mrs. Lena Glenn
ons of Roanoke Rapids Star
Route; Mrs. Bernice Carpenter
of Triplett, Va, and Mrs. Mary
Jordan of CASTOR, besides sever
al nieces and nephews.
George-Mrs. Rob Boone, 81
died in a Suffolk hospital Sat
urday morning at 400 o'clock
Mrs. Boone had been in il
health for a long time and hac
been critically i'll for several
days before her death.
/ Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 3:0(
o'clock from Ashley's Grove
Baptist Church with the R e v
Mr.. league in charge.
Mrs. Boone is survived by hel
husband, one daughter, Betsy
and her father 2. W. Storey, o
the home, and her aunt Mrs
w. J. Parker of George.
Davis w. Perry
Scotland Neck-Davis Wrigh
Perry, infant son of Emerson W
and Mrs. Hazel Peele Perry
died at his home on North Mali
Street early Sunday morning
The baby was two and a hal
months old and was found deat
in his bed, death being due t
natural causes. The funeral wa
held Monday at o'clock witt
the Rev. w. D. Morris Of tn
Baptist Church in charge an
interment was in the Baptis
cemetary. Surviving are his pa
rents and brother, Emerso
|. l Perry Jr. all of the home.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Weldon Baptist
W.M.U. Holds
Regular Meet

Weldon.-The Woman's Mis-
sionary Union of the Weldon
Baptist Church held its regular
general meeting on Monday
night, November 9th in the We'll
don Baptist Church, with Mrs.
N. ]. Shepherd, president presid-
ing.
A short but impressive devo-
tional was led by Mrs. M. H.
Mitchell after which the study,
"China, Japan and Hawaii" was
given in very impressive man.
ner by Mesdames c. r. Daniel,
S. w. Neal and c. r. Daniel.
This study pointed out the great
need for rehabilitation, due to
the countries being devasted by
the war. Formosa, Indoor China
was also touched on in the
study.
Mrs. N. ]. Shepherd presented
"Goals To Be Reached, which
pointed out to the society AL
Missionary Goals to be reached
for the years work. There were
16 members present.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Local Young
People Attend
Methodist Meet

Among those who attended the
Methodist Conference in Green
vile, Saturday from the South
Rosemary Methodist Youth Eel
lowship were Carson Baker
James Leake, Elvin Vincent,
Larry Willis, Thomas Oliver, Ru-
pert Lylese, Charles Critics,
Raymond Barrett, Edward Bar
rett, Edward Henderson, Mary
Joyce Abernathy, Peggy Allen,
Marie Critics, Nellie Ivey. A
melia jenkins, Doris Lassister,
Mildred Oliver, Deloras Powell
Dorothy Rose, Virginia Walston,
Sally Hatchel, Sarah Eatchel,
Doris Jean Smith, Julia Spence,
Alice Faye Smith, Marior. De-
Berry, and Mrs. Rebie Morris.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Light, Strong Titanium
Put Into Production

WILMINGTON, Del. (U.P.)-
The manufacture Of titanium
metal, a light, strong material
comparable to stainless steel,
has been begun by the dupont
Co.
The metal, silver white and
highly resistant to corrosion, is
being produced on small scale
at the company's pigments de-
partment plant at Newport, Del.
1t is less than twice as heavy
as aluminium, but several times
as strong. Most likely it will be
used in manufacturing high
speed panes and industrial ma
chinery, such as printing press
es and textile equipment.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Weldon
Travelings

Mrs. M. A. Garris is spending
Wednesday in Bath, N. c. with
her mother. Her mother will
return with her to recoperate
from a recent operation.
Mrs. Katrine Wallace along
with her 11th and 18th grade
English classes and History Ill
class will spend Wednesday in
Williamsburg Virginia sight see
ing. Mrs. ]. S. Seden will ac-
company Mrs. Wallace and her
students.
Mrs. r. B. Blowe and mother,
Mrs. C. R. Key spent tuesday
in Richmond, Va.
Mrs. William Hazelwood spent
Tuesday in Richmond, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Draper
and family left Monday to re-
turn to their home in China
Lake, California after visiting
their family and friends in We'll
don.
Sonny Joyner attended the
Barnum and Bailey Circus in
Raleigh on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. w. Neal, of
4O6 Woodlawn Avenue, will at
tend an Armistice Day banquet
and reaction in Wilson, N. c.,
on Thursday night. This ban
quet and reception are being
given by the Wilson American
Legion for the State and Dis
trict Commander of the Ameri.
can Legion.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Wanted To Help Scouts
And Bother the Cost

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (U.PD-
Lewis E. Phillips, industrialist,
wants to build a Boy Scout camp
and he doesn't care much about
the cost.
Phillips already has paid $l4,
500 to Barron County for the site
of the camp, which will be given
to the Chippewa Valley Boy
Scout council.
The Eau Claire industriaGst
says he's willing to put as much
as $3.50, 900 into the project.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10

Winston Shearin, Edith Lorraine
Harris, Mamie Gertrude Rock
err; second grade, Katherine
Horne, Mary Brodie Jones, and
Bill Henry Burwell.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10
Weldon Sick List

Friends of James Burwell Til
gilman will be sorry to learn
that he has recently undergone
an appendicitis operation at Ma
ria Parham Hospital in Hender-
son, N. c. He is doing nicely.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10

Dab-Kociol said in a press in
terview that the small and med
ium farmers would have first
crack at the free land offer.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-10

But to prevent any Of them
from becoming "rich peasants"
the stake given them Is not to
| exceed so acres
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
HURRICANE
 E RAGING
 OFF COAST

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 27.-lR- A Navy hurricane hunter banged its way into the 100-mile e-on- n-hour hur- ricane about 900 miles east of Mia mi today and lost radio contact with land
 Storm warning headquarters said the hurricane apparently was con- tinuing it's northwestward course at about l5omiles an hour. While this took it in the general direction of the Florida Georgia coast, it was emphasized that the storm was still far away and could easily change its course.
 Steamships were fleeing the storms path.
 One vessel, the John Rowland, broke down about 250 miles east of Brunswick, Ga, in the present path of the storm and asked the Coast Guard to stand by in case a tow was needed. The ship reported lat CT, however, that repairs had been made.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
ST RIkE IS
 STILL SET FOR 5EpT.2
Rumors Current There Are Good Prospects, How ever, for Settlement

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27.--tR Officially the Pacific Coast wat erfront dispute was without pros- pect of settlement today. A strike has been scheduled for Sept. ?.
 Both employers and CIO long, shoremen spokesmen maintained that no negotiations were being held. nor were in prospect.
 Nevertheless. rumors along the waterfront persisted that there were good prospects of settlement, that the employers would go along on the present hiring hall system using union dispatcher until the Supreme Court rules on the question and that a 10-cent-an- hour pay raise was in the offing.
 The Waterfront Employers Asso- citation refused to comment.
 Longshore leaders advised union members to prepare for a strike.
 However, generally informed sources believed that although for nal negotiations have been lacking, informal discussions have cleared the air to the point that last min- ute negotiations may avert West Coast shutdown.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
New Coast Guard District For Alaska Plan
Native Scout Units in
 Alaska, with Battalion
 0fNationa| Guard, Plan

ANCHORAGE Alaska, Aug. 27
 -tR-The Anchorage Times says that the Army and the Territorial Government are making plans for establishment of Native Scout units in Alaska as well as battalion of the National Guard.
 The Alaska Scouts, the Times said, will be made up largely of Eskimos ill the more remote sec- tions of Alaska. Their training the newspaper added, will be simi- lar to that for Guard units but will have unique features to adapt the program to the native cus- toms
 Guns, uniforms and other equip ment will be made available to both native and white companies, the account said.
 Under the reported plans the National Guard battalion would be made up of four companies in various cities of Alaska.
 The Times said that while an official announcement is expected later, it had learned that Ut. Col. Joseph D. Alexander of Washing ton had been visiting Alaska in connection with the program. It added that he is to meet with Gov. Gruening at Juneau.
 The account said that supervis- ion and equipment of the units will be furnished by the Army because the Territory lacks funds for the project.
 The Times said native units are considered desirable in Army cir cles because of the success of the Alaska Territorial Guard during the last war in supplying valuable information.
 It quoted Col. Alexander as say ing that the Guard program is still in the formative stage and will take several months to set up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
LONG TOUR EXPLAINED
 BY TRUMAN
Will Campaign in More Siaies than Any Other
 Candidate in History
(By The Associated Press)

President Truman is said to be planning a campaign in which he will visit more states than any other President in history. That comes from close associates of the President, and they add that his crcss-country tours will extend in- to the deep south and into every other section of the nation.
 MT. Truman will make the first of these trips soon after his five speeches in Michigan on Labor Day. The major address that day will be made in Detroit. This speech is just about written, except Tor final touches to be made after consultations with Democratic Chairman J. Howard McGrath af- ter the President returns to Wash- ington on Sunday. The address will be delivered from notes rath- CT than from a prepared manu- script.
 MT. Truman held news confer ence at Yorktown, Virginia, yester- day. The President talked for an hour with newsmen and made it plain that he is confident of de- feating Governor Thomas Dewey in the November election.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
WEATHER HOT FOR MOST OF NATION TODAY
(By The Associated Press)

Noy lliC hcoONAdbCa ASoot
 The weather was extremely hot again today for most of the nation.
 And a hot, muggy weekend was predicted by Federal forecasters. They said they didn't know when cooler weather would come.
 While the temperatures climb ed around 90, and even beyond 100 in some spots, humidity was rising to make the weather un- comfortable.
 Yuma, Ariz., brushed off it's 107 maximum yesterday as minor nuisance, but in the East and Midwest, the steamy weather was much more serious.
 New York City reported the greatest water consumption in its history yesterday-l,524, ,500,00 gall Ions. And transportation com- panies added extra facilities today to accommodate workers going home early because of the heat.
 At noon today, Boston reported 97 degrees, six degrees above the all time record for this date, set in 1881.
 Portland, Me, had an all time August peak of 100 yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
ANCHORAGE VOTING ON
 BOND ISSUE

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 27- R-Anchorage voters will decide today whether the city should pur- chase diesel electric generating plant to prevent rationing of pow CT this winter.
 The proposal is to issue bonds up to $300.000 to finance purchase of a new or used diesel plant. City officials said present facilities pro- duce maximum of $500 kilowatts but that $500 kilowatts will be needed to meet peak loads during the winter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
(onlnlie5 Hil Berlin H all
 Second Time
Defeated Party Hopes 10 Stop City Government-
 Mob Gives Warning
(By The Associated Press)


 Communists stormed the Berlin City Hall today and broke up a meeting of the elected, Commu- mist City Council while Russian dominated Police looked on.
 The mob yelled they will come back again and again." This meant the Communists, beaten in elec- tions, hoped to stop the city gov- ernment from functioning, force it to abandon the City Hall and per- haps set up a trump government in the divided and blockaded city.
 The Berlin City Hall is in the Russian Zone. The Communist tactics, for the second straight day, were reminiscent of the coup in Czeckoslovakia last February, when the minority Communists took over that republic. The men who in- vaded the Council Chamber de- manded that the elected council be replaced by members of labor unions the Communist dominate
 Tt is now questionable whether the city parliament will stay here under situation where the police refuse to grant it protection against the constant danger of being dis turbed by a small minority pres sure group said acting Mayor Ferdinand Friedensburg.
 Ernst Reuter-, the Socialist who was elected Mayor of Berlin but was vetoed by Russia, put it
 "The Communist cripples who stand in front and debate with us, we don't fear. But behind them stands an aggressive, ruthless and imperialistic Russia, which seeks to force us to our knees"
 Against this background, the Dep uty Russian Commandant of Ber- lin. Col Alexis Yelisarov, criticized Col Frank Howley, U s. Comman- dant, because he supported the elected city administration. The Russian asserted the Councils pol icy aimed at a division of the city.
 There really is no point in answ- ering that sort of stuff Howley said Nobody in Berlin believes it anyway"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
SALMON PACK 5UNDER 1947.

SEATTLE, Aug. 27.--tR-Alaska salmon pack reached 2,866 1892 cases on August 2l, the Federal Fish and Wildlife Service reported today The figure is about 800.000 cases under the pack recorded at the same time last year.
 The figures by districts as of August 2l this year and August 23, l947: Western Alaska tfinaD 1,373,272 and 1.4l8.266; Central Alaska l,243.115 and l.673.690: Southeastern Alaska, 250005 and 569.594.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
ANCHORAGE NIMR0DS
 SHOOT FISH, FINED

Two Anchorage nimrods are poorer by $l00 after a shooting expedition. Charles M. Rogers and Arlie E. Winters were discovered taking pot shots at the salmon that had entered Sheep Creek to spawn. Holger Larsen, Fish and Wildlife enforcement officer. ar rested the men. Taken before the U. s. Commissioners Court for trial. the two men were fined slO0 each and forfeited the shotgun.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
THREE FISHERS HERE
 WITH SALMON CATCHES

Three boats were in at Juneau Cold Storage the past two days with catches as follows:
 The Wanderer, skippered by San- dy Stevens, tied up with 5000 pounds salmon taken in the Swanson Har- Dor area; Jim Sharp brought the Sophia in with 15.00O pounds salmon taken around Chatham Straits and Mat Haro and the Stampede docked with a 1000 pound catch from Stephens Passage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
The W ashington Merry Co., Round
BY ROBERT s. ALLEN

BY ROBERT s. ALLEN (Copyright, ls4s, by The Bell Syndicate.
 Editors Note While Drew
 Pearson is on a brief vacation
 The Washington Merry-Go-
 Round is being written by his
 old partner. Robert s. Allen) " WASHINGTON- When General Lucius Clay quits as U. s. Con- mander in Germany, the memoirs he intends to write will be very pungent reading.
 He has no present thought of leav- ing either his job or the Army Clay intends to stick until relieved by Washington. But he is carefully preparing for the day when he will be free to tell his story
 And when he does, certain high placed knuckles are due for caus- tic rapping.
 Intimates of the hard working occupation chief say he is keeping a detailed account, including docu- ments, of what is happening at his end and in Washington. They report Clay is doing this for the express purpose of making his record clear on certain major pol icies for which he has been widely criticized.
 These friends represent Clay as
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise from Vancouver due tomorrow afternoon or evening.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle today.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle tomorrow.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver 9 pm. tomorrow.
 George Washington scheduled to sail from Seattle Tuesday
 Prince George scheduled to sail rom Vancouver Sept. 1.
 Aleutian scheduled southbound Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
NEW JERSEY POLICE SEEK NEW YORK MAN IN SHOOTING CASE

GREENWICH, Conn, Aug. 27- R-Police Chief John Gleason an- nounces that Mercer County, N. J., Prosecutor Mario H .Volpe has ask ed him to arrest Henry Morgan Brooks, New York financier. for the staying of Joseph R. Watkins, 53, his business partner.
 Watkins was found shot to death outside the Princeton Inn, at Princeton, N. J.
 Gleason said Volpe told him to hold Brooks on a charge of mur- der Brooks, about 6l years old, could not be found on his estate, Gleason said
 He lives here with his wife and one daughter.
 The police chief said he under stood Brooks and Watkins were partners in the Standard Founda- tion, an investment corporation in New York City.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
FARM DEAL ENTERS IN
 spy PROBE
Hiss, Chambers Reported in Odd Transd(iion-ln-
 vestigdtor al Work
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST

WASHINGTON. Aug. 27. -RT- The House American Activities Committee assigned an investigator today to track down a new report that Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers once were interested in the same old farm near Westmin- ster, Md.
 The committee also brought in a handwriting expert in an attempt to get to the bottom of the widely different stories the two men have told about their relationship a dozen years ago.
 The latest story the spy investi- gators are trying to run down is that Hiss made a down payment to a real estate agent on the Mary land farm but lost interest in the property and didn't complete the purchase. Then Chambers was re-. ported to have bought the farm later and his family was said to have lived there for while.
 Seek Another Link
 Rep. Nixon fR-Canr) loid report CTS the committee intends to see if this is another link in the chain of evidence or just pure coincidence"
 The committee members are searching for key to crack the Hiss Chambers riddle.
 They claimed some success: A sworn statement by ex-Communist Louis Budenz that he always had considered Hiss to be under party discipline.
 Hiss. former top-level State De- partment official, has heatedly de- nied any Red tinge. He called Whitaker Chambers a liar We'd nesday for telling the House Un- American Activities Committee that Hiss had a leading part in a pre- war Communist underground here.
 Budenz, who renounced Con- munism several years ago, and is now a professor at Fordham Uni versity, said he knew Lee Press man, Nathan Witt and John Apt as Communists, and knew Edwin Smith. a former member of the National Labor Relations Board, ito be member of the party"
 Budenz made it clear that he did not know Hiss personally.
 EVIDENCE DISCOVERED
 BALTIMORE, Aug. 27.-tR- The News-Post said today it had dis covered a Jay Chambers" bought
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 27.-lR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3la, American Can 81lz, Anaconda STA, Curtiss- Wright 10, International Harvester 29&, Kennecott 591k, New York Central 17h, Northern Pacific 22A U. s. Steel 79ss, Pound $4.03A.
 Sales today were 540,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 183.2l, rails 6143, util- ities 34.82
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
pR0p05ED UNIT WILL
 BE STRONG
Snyder Announces Survey Has Been Made, Report
 Made "Short Time"

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-lR'-- Secretary of the Treasury Snyder disclosed today that consideration is being given to the re-establish- ment of a separate Coast Guard district for Alaska, as it had during World War II.
 Snyder said Coast Guard chiefs are now studying survey of Alaska's defenses and will submit their report "in short time"
 The report is expected to recom- mend strongly increased fleet and supporting shore installations fol the proposed Alaskan district. along with establishment Of LORAN sta- tions-used in wartime to detect the approach of enemy ships and planes.
 Snyder, whose Department has peacetime charge of the Coast Guard, also disclosed that he went to Alaska about month ago to confer with Governor Gruening on the project and to take part in an on-the-spot survey of Alaskan de- lenses.
 Proposed Setup
 The personal trip indicated the importance attached to the plan by Snyder and left little doubt that a strong Alaska district will be set up.
 Both the Army and the Navy have maintained strong establish ments in Alaska since the start of World War II, reflecting their view that Alaska is one of the nations front lines of defense" and a focal roint in the event of a war.
 Alaska Defense Important
 Alaska's importance would be greatest if hostilities develop with Russia.
 The Army has made increasing use of Alaska in recent times as a training and maneuvers area. It has also obtained large appropria- tions for building permanent in- stallations there for troops and am- intuition storage.
 The Coast Guard maintained a separate district for Alaska from 1889 to July l, 1947. when it merg- ed that district with the one hav- ing headquarters at Seattle.
 The merger was attributed to economy. Recently, the Congress reversed matters by increasing ap- propriations for the service.
 Alaska's Governor Gruening and Congressional Delegate E. L. Bart lett have long urged re-establish- ment of the district, pointing out that Alaska has over 25,O0O miles of coast line and that more than two-thirds of its people derive their livelihood from the sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
MISS FORD RETURNS

Miss Hazel Ford returned on the Prince George following a vaca- tion in Vancouver and Seattle. She is secretary in the Boy Scout office here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
KETCHIKAN COURT SET

The Ketchikan term of court has been set by the U. s. District Court and the jurors have been drawn. The Grand Jury will meet on Monday morning. October at 10 o'clock and the Petit Jury will open session on October l3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
DIVORCE FILED

Mrs Elsie Remley has filed suit for divorce from Walter Remley on the grounds of non-support. The couple married in Reno. Nevada.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
FROM WASHINGTON

E. L. Rountree, Department of Interior, Washington. D. C., is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-27
WEATHER REPORT tU. 6. WEATHER BUREAU)

tU. s. WEATHER BUREAU) Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:3o O'Clock This Morning In Juneau Maximum, 55; minimum, 36.
 At Airport Maximum, 56; minimum 29.
 F Q R E c A s T
 Juneau and vicinityl
 Mostly cloudy with rain showers tonight becoming partly cloudy Saturday. Low est temperature tonight near 46. Little change in tenn perature tomorrow. F RI E CIP PITA ITO N CPast 24 hours ending 73o am. today In Juneau City Trace. since August l, Al inches: since, July l, 11.56 inches. At the Airport Trace; since August l, 2.93 Inches: since July 1, TIT inches. . .