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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Kerr Scott
Still Absent
Without Leave

Raleigh, Nov. 26-P)-Ef-
forts to locate Governor elect
Kerr Scott have run up against
blank wall since Monday.
Many of his friends have ex-
pressed concern over his unex-
planned absence. Scott had said
he would meet with the Advi-
sorry Budget Commission Mon
day through Wednesday,, but
never made an appearance. The
commission met to draft tax
and spending recommendations
to be made in the l949 general
assembly.
The last anyone admits know
ing is that Scott and his wife
closed their farm home at. Haw
River last Sunday. No one seems
to know where they went or
when they will return.
Scott is known for his inde-
pendence. A brother said yes
terday, when queried as to
Scott's whereabouts: TX rr
doesn't tell us what he's going
to do; he does as he pleases. :"
In Haw River, brother Ralph
Scott said the family had expect
ed him back for Thanksgiving
day.
Another relative said Scott
may have "gone UP North some-
where, but ! don't know where. r
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Billion Dollars Spent In Price
Support On Farm Products By U. S.

Washington, Nov. 26-(AP)-
The government has put off-or
set aside-over $1,000, 100000 to
help farmers keep their prices
up on this years record harvest.
This outpay, under the price
support program, may reach ST.
$50, 900, 900 before the l948 crop
marketing season ends, survey
showed today.
The bulk of the money has
been distributed as loans o n
storable products, particularly
grains and cotton. Whether the
government gets its money back
on these loans depends on future
market prices.
Farmers have the option of (A)
paying off these debts and re-
claiming their mortgaged pro-
ducts, or (B) turning the pro-
ducts over to the government as
full payment Of the loan if
prices do not rise above the sup
port levels before the loans are
called.
And whether the government
loses money on products it takes
over under loans also depend, on
future price developments. AS a
matter of fact, the government
made money on products taken
over before the war. T h ey
were sold at inflated war prices.
Loans are limited largely to
non-perishable products. In the
case of perishable items, the gov
ernment buys the surplus out
right and tries to dispose OF it
at home and abroad.
Cotton tops all products in
price support outlays. The
government has put out about
1895, 900, 900 in loans on 2,294, 600
bales from this years bumper
crop of about is, $50, 900 bales.
The Potato support operations,
however, have attracted widest
attention. The Government has
bought about 65,500,000 bushels
at a cost of about 500, 600, 600. 1t
has spent an additional $4,000
600 transporting them to public
institutions, to schools for lunch
programs, to starch and flour
mills, alcohol plants and to live
stock feeders.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Maritime
Strike End
Agreed Upon

San Francisco, Nov. 26-(P)-
Terms for settling waterfront
strikes on east and west coasts
today cleared the decks for early
resumption of normal American
shipping.
Negotiators in the 86-day CIO
Longshore strike on the Paci-
fic Coast announced settlement
terms last night. Earlier in the
day negotiators agreed on peace
in the 17-day strike of AFL
Longshoremen on the Atlantic
Coast.
Both tentative agreements
must be ratified by the union
memberships before some Sis
strike-bound ships put to sea.
On the Pacific Coast four
other unions are involved in the
strike. But the Longshore terms
are considered the key to peace.
The four other unions scheduled
meetings with management to-
day.
Final settlement would return
$4,000 to maritime jobs and
many thousands more to work
in other industries halted or
curtailed by the strike.
1t would release some $30,000,-
900 of Marshall Plan cargo in
eastern docks and restore bust
ness running into the millions
of dollars. 4
The Pacific : tieup, second
longest in history, has cost by
estimate of the Pacific Ameri-
can shipowners about $344,000,-
900 in trade at the rate of $4,-
100000 a day.
The negotiators agreement
boosts the western Longshore
basic wage by Is cents to $1.82
an hour, which was the amount
the union was asking when it
struck Sept. 2.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26

teams, adding that members of
the losing team will have men,
bers of the other team and their
ladies as their guest at the Clubs S
Ladies' Night on December 7 at
a supper meeting.
At the meeting it was reported
by George Pappendick, chair
man of the clubs sight conserva-
ton and blind committee, that
proceeds from ball-gum mach
ines distributed throughout town
in various business places have
increased during the past month
over the two previous months.
Proceeds from these machines
are used by the club in its work
in aiding the blind and in sight
conservation work.
Guests of the club included the
Rev. Lewis Styons, pastor of the
First Christian Church of Roa-
noke Rapids, Mr.. and Mrs. Wea-
yer w. Pangbun. New York
City recreational planners now in
Roanoke Rapids working with the
Recreation Commission, Douglas
House, Lion Marvin White Of
Norfolk and Lion Hatch Of
Charlotte.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26

Let me introduce myself. I'm
Old Father Roanoke w.
That CIV" shows how long
Gramp (as his numerous progeny
calls the one who usually occup-
les this space) has been around.
This part of the country has sew
eral 1.-The Thirds" notably the
state golf champ, Robert Casey
Josey III, but I'm probably the
only 1.-THE Fourth"
My principal use for today's
column is to appeal to you to be
indulgent with Gramp. He's like
the GAR and Confederate vet
Grams. To hear them talk, you'd
think they fought in the front lines
in every battle of the War be-
tween the States from Bull Run
to Appottomax. They've told
those tales of heroic exploits so
often they believe them them
selves. The truth is, nearly
every blue and grey veteran now
living got in as drummer boys
just before the end. Well now,
about Cramps columns, Miss
Jessie Helen Belche, our learned
history teacher says they ought
to be collected together and tit
led: Baron Munchausen's Latest
Up-to-Date History of Roanoke
Rapids"
If, after this exposure Of
Gramp, I get a chance to write
more columns, III tell you some
of the stories he has told me a.
bout his four marriages and his
hundreds of romances. This time
I'll just say a few words about
his present wife, his fourth, who
is 17-years-old. She married
Gramp for his money. He gets
$50 month government pension.
That's all the money he's got,
but you know what girls are
like today. This girl wasn't sat-
isfied until she got that. S h e
takes the check right from Mail
man Dewey Waters hand every
month; Gramp never sees a
cent of it. That's the kind of
wife he's got now. No wonder
he wants to write a column. She
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Lions Clubs Christmas
Party To Be Dec. II

The Roanoke Rapids Lions
Club will hold its annual Christ
mas party for underpriyileged
children on December II, it has
been announced here.
Christmas parties by the Lions
are an annual event in which
each member of the local club
takes the name of one boy or
girl for whom he is responsible.
The Lions see to it that the boys
and girls whose names they have
get to the party and have a
good time, with gifts of cloth
ing and toys being given by
Santa Claus to each of the
young guests from a large,
brightly decorated Christmas
tree.
Plans. for the 1948 Christmas
party were made and the date
speaker of the evening. He
spoke on What A Civic Club
Can Do to Create Better Citizen
ship, with a Thanksgiving mes
sage.
Lion Jimmy Curran of the club
attendance committee comment
ed On the current attendance
race between the red and blue
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
TobuIdfion Shows 40 Percent Of School
Bus Roads In First District Are paved

tenth of all state road mileage,
may not be duplicated when the
other divisions are checked, but
it is believed to be fairly typi-
cal. 1t indicates that the goal
set by incoming Governor Kerr
Scott of every school bus route
hard surfaced is long way off
but not as far as many people
without factual knowledge of
existing conditions have thought.
1t may surprise many of the
people, and particularly the bus
drivers, who live on the 1888
miles Of unpaved one-bus roads
in the area thai there are 1886
miles of paved bus routes in
the same territory, and that
there are less than ten miles
of unpaved roads in the IA coun-
ties of the first highway divi-
sion carrying four or more buses
a day.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Claus Is to Arrive in Roanoke Rapids Tonight
Sl5 Billion
Ceiling On
Defense Is Aim

Washington, Nov. 26-(AP)-
Senator Tydings (D-Md) served
notice on the armed services to-
day that the new congress will
vim at a SIS, 1000, 900, 900 ceiling on
defense costs next year.
I'VE must keep America
strong and the world at peace"
he said, "but do that with the
idea that taxpayers also must
survive"
I'VE will cut out every bit of
military expense that is not fully
Justified" he told reporter.
r, Tydings is due to become
Chairman of the Senate armed
services committee when the De-
mocrats take over Congress Jan
uary 8. He also will be a rank
ing member of the appropria-
tons committee, which has a
hold on government pursestrings.
1T is my hope" he said, that
for purely armed services at
home and abroad we will make
expenditure less and certainly
IL greater than the present
year"
The current defense budget
ranges around SIS, 200, 900, 900.
But next year, Tydings said, 1--WE
may be able to cut it to 14k, IA
or IL. Well have to be a little
their cases."
Tydings said the armed SER
vices committee plans to call in
Secretary of State Marshall and
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
u the start of the next Con-
gress for full report on world
conditions.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Seal Season.
Is Proclaimed
By Mayor

4 Mayor w. Bernard Allsbrook
Today issued a reclamation de-
signaling Christmas Seal Sea-
son" in Roanoke Rapids, and said
every adult in Roanoke Rapids
and Halifax County can enlist in
the nationwide fight against tub
erculosis by purchasing Christ
mas Seals.
The mayor pointed out that the
sale of Christmas Seals annually
is the sole means of support of
he Halifax County Tuberculo-
sis Association.
tuberculosis is a public
health problem, serious threat
to everyone in this community,
because it is spread from person
to person." Mayor Allsbrook said.
We must give unqualified sup
port to those who work directly
to halt the spread disease.
We must show our desire to
support the tuberculosis control
tSork of this county when we
purchase Christmas Seals. We
are also taking wise precau-
ton when we take the associaN
TONS sound advice and have our
chests X-rayed regularly"
The proclamation issued by the
Mayor is as follows:
Whereas, tuberculosis is
spread from person to person and
constitutes a major public
health problem, and
ID Whereas tuberculosis claims
me lives of approximately $4,000
Americans annually, killing more
OF our citizens between the ages
of Is and A than any other dis
ease, and
Whereas, the Halifax County
tuberculosis Association is con-
Quoting tuberculosis control
program in Halifax County, and
Whereas, the Associations sole
support is by the sale ofiChrist-
Shas Seals,
Therefore, I, Mayor of Roanoke
Rapids, do hereby officially de-
signate the period from Novem-
Der % to December Is as Christ
mas Seal Season and do urge the
residents of Halifax County gen.
erously support the l948 Christ
mas Seal Sale"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26

by school buses is over. paved
roads.
OF the first divisions total
mileage of 5,615.2 miles school
buses use 3,913.4 of which l.
1851 miles or 40.5 percent is
paved.
Additional figures on mileage
utilization and percent paved
show that 2,118.3 miles are used
by only one school bus day
of which 535.7 miles or appro-
ximately $50 are paved. Two
buses a day travel over 1,282.00
.mileg with 602.9 miles orr 47%o
paved; three buses travel S32O.1
miles, 264.0 or 82% miles paved,
while 1893 miles are used by four
or more buses a day, including
1885 miles or $50 of paved
surface.
This tabulation for one divi-
sion, representing about one
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Three Men
Hurt In
Auto Crash

Weldon-Three Rocky Mount
men were injured in car-truck
Thanksgiving morning highway
crash about three and one half
miles south of Weldon on high
was 301.
State Highway Patrolmen who
investigated the ccident
said 1941 Pontiac headed north
damaging both vehicles badly
and sending the three men to
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
This morning at the hospital
it was reported that James Will
Jams is still a patient and is
suffering from five broken ribs
on his left side. His condition
was reported to be painful but
not critical" Two other men,
Robert Taylor and Roscoe Har-
rell, both occupants of the auto
mobile with Williams, were treat
ed yesterday at the hospital for
severe bruises and slight cuts
but were dismissed after out-pa<
tient treatment.
Patrolmen said Walter Lee
Montgomery of Tampa, Florida.
operator of the truck, which was
carrying cucumbers to the North
ern markets, was uninjured in
the accident.
Offices said no charges had
been preferred against drivers of
either vehicle, adding that they
are continuing their investiga
ton of the wreck.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
BY Lynn Nisbet

RALEIGH. Nov. 26-Complet-
ed +,h,,,,+;on IN s.,,ara1 ~ ~.
state S Ten hlsh"ay DIVISIONS m
dlcates that approximately half
the road mileage travelled by
school buses is now s,,rfaced
with water-resistant all-we,ther
materials. ranging from full con-
crete naved to annroved tvnes
of asnhalt treatment
Charles Ross former,v fhr
MANY wears general co,nse, fnr
the state hiehway commissio1.
has been conducting ! study N
the school bus routes with re-
spect to type of roadway. He has
completed about the half the ten
divisions. and in most of the
others onlv one or two counties
are outstanding
The first division, made up of
fourteen counties-Camden Cho.
wan. Currituck. Dare. EDGE
combe. Gates Halifax Hertford
Martin. Northampton Pasouo
tank. Perouimans and Warren
is regarded as average. and is
used as basis for this article
The first division has a total
of 5.615.2 miles of public roads
which are maintained bv the
state highway commission
School buses traverse 3a13 r;Ies
of these roads of which I 5a6 /
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
You Have A Housing
Problem? Here Is
A Major Difficulty

Wellington, Colo, Nov. 20
(AP)-You think you gotta hous-
ing POLLEN?
The tiny three room James
Geary residence, buldging with
10 persons already, will open its
doors to six more today.
"I'll be glad to see them, of
course, but where in the world
can we put them?" said Mrs.
Geary, So, mother of seven and
grandmother of eight.
The incoming six are he r
daughter, Mrs. Emma Dorsey,
26, of Panora, Iowa, and her
five children. The Salvation
Army boosted them along with
bus and meal tickets yesterday
after officers found them hitch
hiking westward toward yelling
ton along a Nebraska highway
near Omaha.
Mrs. Dorsey told Omaha of
ficers she left behind at Panora,
her unemployed husband, his five
children by a former marriage
and a sixth child, Shirley, II
months, to be cared for by a
neighbor.
Geary, 81, receives an old age
pension and supplements that
with odd job work. Six child
rem are living with Mr.. and Mrs,
Geary and two grandchildren.
"About all we can do is ask
the county welfare officer for re-
lief" Mrs. Geary said when a
newsman advised her of the Iowa
relatives journey toward Well
ington.
Bus officials at Cheyenne
Wyo., said at midnight the six
Dorseys had not passed through
there en- route to Wellington.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26

Halifax.-A new police ra-
dio for this section went into
operation here Wednesday af-
ternoon. with the service on a
transmitter-receiver outfit for
the State Highway Patrol at
the Patrol barracks south of
here on highway SOL.
Patrolmen at the barracks
said today the new station will
be in operation daily between
eight in the morning and mid
night. and advised that any
one in The area wanting to
get a patrolman for any rea-
son can do so quickly now by
calling 6l7 in Halifax.
The Halifax patrol radio
will operate as a subsidiary
station to the Williamston ra-
dio. which serves the First
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26

After the North End cere-
monies the band members and
others will be transported to
Ninth Street and the parade will
reform again, hating between
Tenth mad Eleventh Streets
where the avenue will again be
closed and children in the South
Side will get an opportunity to
get acquainted with Santa while
he distributes gifts to all.
In line with the Christmas
Opening the Christmas decora-
tons in the city will all be
lighted and will provide a can
opy of multi-colored lights and
bells interviewer with greenery
which stretches across the ave-
nue.. All street lights in the
city's business districts have
been decorated with pictures of
Christmas trees in gaily- y-decorat-
ed colors. The lights on the de-
corations were turned on for the
first time this season last night
and added their holiday glow to
the Thanksgiving evening.
The Roanoke Rapids Mer-
chants Association, which has
made plans for the Christmas
Opening, said today the stores
and business places will be open
tonight until nine o'clock in
order to porvide those attend
ing the opening chance to see
some of the Christmas decora-
tions in the stores and merchan-
disc on display.
Santa Claus will remain in
Roanoke Rapids from tonight
until Christmas and will be in
the various stores in all parts of
the city each day between ten
o'clock in morning and six o.
clock in the evening.
After the parade tonight there
will be further festivity when
Roanoke Rapids High School
and Weldon close their football
season with a ball game at Sim
mons Park at eight o'clock.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26

put the bal and chain around
his ankle on Feb. Is of this Leap
Year. He was Leap Year vic
tim each of his four times to the
altar. Doc Taylor diagnoses his
obsession about "35 Days Before
the End of Leap Year" as "Mis-
cry Loves Company"
I'm "a myself, but this 17-year
old girl, young enough to be my
daughter, is my step-great-
grandmother-the third, by the
way, to become my step great
grandmother. So I suppose I'm
the step-step-s step -great-grand-
son of this girl who is half my
age. Send that to Ripley and
you'll get five bucks and Roa-
noke Rapids will get some publ
city.
From what I've just told you,
you may think Gramp is good,
but he's even better than you
think. Why do you think he's
not writing this column today?
Because-now please hold your
breath-this 80 year old great
grandfather, married only last
February, became a father yes
teday, Thanksgiving Day, Nov.
25, 1948. For the umsteenth
time, too. He has lost track OF
how many times. All you need
to do is, call him Pop" and he'll
add your name to his will.
You should have seen him
down at the hospital yesterday
You'd think his mind would be
on the baby he was having, but
that's too ordinary. He was
thinking about something much
more exciting to him, his
column.
After the baby came, Gramp
was surrounded by DR.. Cutchins,
and Nurses Jenkins and Sadler.
Thinking of the baby, they con-
graduated him. But the old cod
ger, thinking they meant We'd
nesday's column, replied:
"Well, / couldn't have done 1t
if l hadn't had the help of the
two best printers down at the
Herald"
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
-.t- -,
Rain Expected
In CarOlinas
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Look for today's cloudy
weather to break out into rain
in the Carolinas, the weather.
man said. Rain was expected
to begin in the mountains this
afternoon and move eastward a.
cross the states tonight and to-
morrow.
Temperatures were expected
to be mild today and tomorrow.
Cooler weather was not expect
ed generally until early Sunday,
beginning before then in the ex-
treme western portions by to :
morrow afternoon.
There is an inch of snow on
the tops of the Blue Ridge noun
tains in North Carolina, Virginia
and Tennessee. 1t fell Wednes-
day night.
Temperatures got down to
freezing in some, Carolinas areas
last night and early today.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Two Birds, Too Much
sFOr This Policeman

Boston, Nov. 26-(AP)- Two
blrds-a turkey and the stork-
were too much for Patrol
man John Nee in one day.
When he arrived home from
his tour of duty Thanksgiving
Day morning his wife told him
ne had better start preparing the
turkey dinner for their two
young children because she was
eolng to the hospital.
Nee and the children, John 5,
and Maueen, 2, had just finished
alnner when he got call to the
hospital. There was new men,
Der of the family when he ar
rived there-an eight pound girl.
1t was then time to 60 back to
work. 1t. Patrick ]. O'Donnell
heard his story.
Take the night off," said the
eutenant. Brother, you deserve
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
S+o+e Highway Patrol Radio
At Halifax In Operation

Division of Troop A. A COM
p!ete frequency modulation
(F-M) radio setup of so watts
power has been installed in
the barracks and is now in
operation.
There will be five men
handling the radio duty at the
Halifax barracks and will be
on constant call during the
stations regular operating
hours.
Officers in this area have
been awaiting the installation
of the equipment for some
time. and the facilities of The
patrol radio will be used by
other law enforcement officers
in the area TO work in con-
junction with the Highway
Patrol.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Robbery Is
A MOnOtOny

Winston Salem, Nov 26-(P
Robbery is becoming monoton-
GUS at Reynolds Grill here.
Manager Charlie Cheros told
police that six cartons of cigar
cites were taken from his es-
tablishment Wednesday night.
That was the fourth robbery Of
the grill in two weeks.
It got so bad that Cheros hesi-
tated to put turkey on his
Thanksgiving menus. He had the
turkeys, all right, but he feared
they would be stolen before they
could be. served.
be served.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
ROANOKE RAMBLINGS
BY PAT NANTZ

Faye fell yesterday and is suf-
fering with a badly sprained
ankle She was visiting there
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. ]. Mcdonald, when the acci-
dent happened. :.
The woods around Roanoke
Roanoke Rapids, as well as other
places, were filled with hunters
yesterday and most of them
seem to have had fairly good
luck . Emmett Clary was one
of the lucky ones, as was Rus
sell Joyner and Raymond Bur-
Pvt. Jerry Kidd, son of Mr..
and Mrs. p. l. Kidd, Sr., left
Tampa, Florida, today for Cha
mute Field, Illinois. He has to
report there, on Wednesday,
December l but is expected to
stop at his home, here, for at
least one day, while travelling.
Jerry is a '48 graduate of the
local high school, and is now
planning to study to be pro-
peller specialist -.
Thomas Hunter, machinist's
mate, third class, USN, is serv-
ing aboard the destoyer USS
Hugh Purvis, which is cruising
in the Mediterranean Sea as part
of the Sixth Task Fleet. :.
Hunter anticipates, seeing many
of the countries of Europe and
Africa by serving in the Medi-
terranean his wife, Mrs.
Mary Hunter, resides at 1928
Roanoke Avenue.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Weather

North CArolins-Tncrsasing
eloudinssf md mild today and
tonight followed by rain and
warmer aqaisht with rains BE-
sinning a west portion this
rnoon: Saturday. rain and
mud hsSoming partly cloudy
.nd eoolsr sxtrsms west por-
aon saturday afternoon.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-11-26
Gala Parade Led By
Band to Mark Opening
Of Yu1etide Season

Roanoke Rapids annual Christmas Opening will get
under way here tonight at o'clock when Santa Claus
will start parade from First Street up Roanoke Avenue
accompanied by the Roanoke Rapids High School band
Between Second and Third Streets the will be
closed traffic, and Santa Claus will stop for approxi
matey half-hour in the block handing gifts to all
the children who have to see him.