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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23
Auto Accident
Victims Released
From Hospital

Three of the six victims of two
highway accidents on U. S. high
way 301 yesterday morning were
released from the Roanoke Rap
ids Hospital, it was announced
by hospital officials this morn
D ing, and the condition of three
others was said to be "satisfac-
tory"
Released this morning were
Sgt. Lacy Hendricks and Pvt.
Frank Sedillo, both of the U. S.
Army of Fort Bragg, who were
injured in the first of the two
accidents, and Pfc. Anthony Pa
ola of the U. S. Marine Corps
of Paris Island, S. c., injured in
the second wreck.
] Mrs. Charles Orenstein of New
York City was expected to be
released in "a day or tv o" and
hospita, attendants said two
other Marines. Pfc. j. S. Nagry
and Cpl. Charles o. Wilson
would be released from the local
hospital as soon as Marine Corps
officers from Paris Island came
for them.
State Highway Patrol officers
who investigated the two acci-
Ddents said no charges have been
preferred against any of the peo-
pie involved in the wrecks. The
first accident happened about
seven o'clock yesterday morning
about 300 feet north of tt Roa-
noke River bridge just north of
Weldon.
Officers said a car driven by
Sgt Hendricks had pulled out of
lane of traffic and had run into
the car being driven by Oren-
E3stein. Sgt. Hendricks told offic-
ers he had driven all night from
Washington, D. c., ana said he
feel asleep at the wheel and had
veered into the left front OF
the Orenstein car which he was
meeting. Orenstein did not press
CHARGE and no warrant was is
sued.
Patrolmen said they are still in
vestigating the other accident,
which occurred shortly after nine
fs}o'clock, about six miles north OF
Garysburg, in which carload of
Marines headed north on Christ
mas furluughs hit the rear end
of a truck driven by M. R. Ste
phenson and turned over.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23
"Unearthly Sounds"
Over The Telephone

Verona, N. j., Dec. % -(AP)
"A worried telephone operator
yesterday told police she heard
"unearthly sounds" coming
from a phone in a private home.
Police hastened to the address.
A householder told them a n
extension phone next to his bed
was off the hook.
II must have been snoring, !"
he added sheepishly.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23
Australia Demands That Ho||a BE Expelled
From U.N. For Attack On |ndonesia Nation

munication to the Indonesian Re-
pubicans was IAN ultimatum
calling for complete surrender
on every point" which allowed
only II IL hours for a reply.
The Australian raped h
council table as he declared:
"This is worse than Hitler did
to the Netherlands in 1940."
Article six of the U. N. chart
er provides that member
(which has persistently violat-
ed the principles contained i n
the present charter" may be ex-
PEELED by the assembly upon the
recommendation OF the security
council. 1t has never been in
voked.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23
Burning Wood Odor
Brings Local Firemen

Local firemen were called q.
bout 3:25 yesterday afternoon to
the home Of Mrs. Thomas St i.
Sing at 228 jackson in answer
to an alarm, when residents said
they smelled wood smoke.
After examining the premises
thoroughly, the firemen report
ed the trouble was apparently
caused by an overheated stove,
and said there was no damage.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23
ROANOKE RAMBLINGS
By PAT NANTZ

and Mrs. Earl Taylor of Cedar
street and she would like very
much to have a pretty bride :
doll Peggy, if you don't get
that doll after all of this limiting
then people just can't take hints
anymore -. or Santa must have
been low on his supply of bride
dolls this year
l would like to congratulate
little Billy Denton, who is cele-
brating his fifth birthday today
-. Billy, 1 hate to be the one
who breaks the news to you, but
you're growing up. and fast
Also, beginning today Joe Whit
by, Johnny Daughtry and Stew
Jenkins will start using another
number to indicate their ages Z.
here's wishing you all very
happy birthday and this goes for
everyone who will add another
year to their age, today -.
If you have never had the ex-
perience of being in place 9TH
er than your home, listening to
the radio, and during the pro :
gram the announcer says tn e
fire alarm has sounded and
when he gives the location OF
the fire, it is your address {.
then Vivian and Cora Mae Hag-
gins of 226 Jackson street say
You're lucky, brother!" Yes
terday, when the alarm sound
ed, they were at work in one of
the downtown stores and heard
the announcer say it was their
home on fire =. in case you
were down there at that time,
you probably noticed a slight
force of wind pass you that
was Vivian and Cora Mae i.
but when they reached home,
they were relieved to find t h e
wrong address had been given
:. it was to 228 jackson street,
the fire-truck had been summon
ed. And there was actually no
fire, just an over-heated stove
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23

Little siN-year old Peggy Tay-
lor has been dropping hints right
and left about what she wishes
Santa to bring her this Christ
mas. She assured him in her let
ter that even though she is an
only child, she isn't spoiled and
that she has her mothers and
fathers statement that she has
been a very nice girl this year.
Peggy is the daughter of Mr..
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23
Weather

\ North Car olina - Partly
cloudy and cooler today; fair
and cooler tonight; Friday. in
creasing cloudiness and cool.
followed by rain Friday
night.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23

Doctor deep breathing, you
understand, destroys microbes"
Patient "But, doctor, how can
I force them to breathe deep :
lY??
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-23

If you happen to hear some
one knocking on your door one
night soon don't be sur
prised. 1t most likely will be
either "Pee-Wee" or Sylvi a
Hall, wanting to know if you
have seen their little dog :. j..
They took her with them visit
ing Sunday evening at "Pee :
Wees" mothers home at 1907
Franklin street. So, especially if
you live in that area, are you
likely to have night visitors.
Chips, it seems, grew tired of
the company she was keeping
and wandered off :. she is
very easily recognized, however,
because of the habitual jerking
of one leg and foot, she is six
months old white eskimo spitz,
and is very friendly. So, if you
happen to know anything about
her how about letting me
know? 80.
I've been rambling around
some more, listening to t h e
Christmas shoppers and one
thing in particular I overheard,
about which l, too, have Won
dered, was asked by John Will
liams. Mr.. Williams was Won
dering why there were no carols
being played uptown or down :
town as there have been for sew
eral seasons back :. Billy
Johnson, his companion, replied
that something was said about
their being played last year and
bothering people. For our sake,
could somebody let me in on the
reason why only the floral shop
uptown is playing them this
year ?? tn hey certainly
would help the task of Christmas
shopping -.
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03

with his mother, Mrs. Maude
LOOckerman.
Miss Mary Lou Cannon, who is a
senior at Juaniata College, spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. H. w. Cannon.
Miss Betty Allen and Miss Regina
Messick, nurses at the Memorial
Hospital in Wilmington, spent the
weekend with their parents.
Mrs. Bernice Clayton and chill
dren, Georgia and Betty, from Sill
yer Springs, Md, were dinner
guests at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Lowell Kendreuks on Sunday.
Rev. L. E. WimbrOw will be the
guest speaker at the Seaford XII
wants on Friday evening. After
/ speaking he will then go to FEEDER
alsburg to sing with the Preachers
Male Quartet at the Union Methodist
/ Church.
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03

are men, and most of the people
with money to spend are women.
She's even pulled together some fig
ures about how women spend IS per
cent of corporation stock, and 50 on.
Most females go around all their
lives feeling little guilty because
they can't figure out all the tO-do
about finance. They try to under
stand all the forms and fill out the
papers their husbands and bankers
seem to think are very important.
The thing I liked best about the
boOk-next to the comfort and Sc
curity l felt after reading it's Mrs.
Kidd's system of keeping her check
book. I've never been able to figure
out how much money l had in the
bank, except to know perfectly we'll
it was considerably less than nv
hit-and-run mathematics indicated
Bank statements, carefully wraDDed
around old checks I've forgotten
, about, show up through the mails
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
BRIDGEVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Vandenburg,
Jr., and daughters of Baltimore,
Md, were guests at the home Of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Col
nson over Thanksgiving weekend.
Students home for the Thanks
giving vacation from the University
Of Delaware were Nancy Lee RuOs,
Lee Ashe, Nancy Davis, Phyllis
Jones, Jimmy Russell, Jayne Wiley,
Thurman Adams, David Kalinevitch,
Patricia Lawson, Larry WimbTOw,
Robert HOch and Harry Walker
Cannon.
Mr.. G. Edgar Anderson is a pa
tient in the Jefferson Hospital, in
Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Dawson Todd and
Mr.. and Mrs. Serman Todd visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Todd at their
home in East Orange, N. j., and
Mrs. James Arback in New York
City over the weekend.
Miss Nancy EckhaTdt, who is a
senior at Syracuse University, spent
the Thanksgiving vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Eek
hardt.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Harris spent
the weekend with their parents in
Richmond, Va, and Charlottesville,
Va.
The Misses Olive and Mary Jacobs
came down from Dover on Saturday
to attend the tea shower given al
the home of Mrs. Lester Newton in
honor of Miss YVOnne Scott.
Senator and Mrs. Leon G. BulOW
spent last week in New York.
Mrs. Michael Pents of Reading
Pa, was a weekend guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Luceute o.
Hartford, Conn, and Mr.. and Mrs
c. w. Smith, Jr., and son, were din
ner guests at the home of Mr.. ant
Mrs. Roland Wingate on Thursday
Mr.. Delmar LOOckerman from
Upper Darby, Pa, spent last weel
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
Korea Watches
Withdrawal Moves

INCHON, Korea - up - Piled
high on the docks of this west coast
port is the evidence that the U. S.
Army is preparing to quit Korea.
Here are guns, tanks, trucks, jeeps,
refrigeratOrs, tools, engineering
and communications equipment,
even door knobs, all ready for ship
ment.
The official U. S. position is to be
ready to leave on short notice if the
United Nations approves the Korean
republic which came into being in
the U. N.-Observed elections in
south Korea in May.
Some Americans say ruefully the
United States wasted the three
years in Korea because it had no
definite program. The Russians i'll
the north knew what they wanted tC
do, and did it. Koreans watch the
withdrawal preparations with mixed
emotions. One highly-placed Korean
blames the U. S. for KOrea's plight
1 He says if Koreans had been allow
ed to take over their country at the
end of he war there would be nc
civil strife in Korea.
Other Koreans glance fearfully tt
the north as they see the Russians
Withdrawing. In the north are we'll
armed Koreans, puppets of the Rus
SLAMS. who daily denOunce the sOutl
Korean government In the sOutl
are the armed rebels who staged tn,
October revolt with the announces
intention Of uniting south KOre;
with the communist north. Thes
two forces, it is believed, could form
q wise which would squeeze the lii
out of the Orient's newest republic
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03

every couple of months, but they
just mix me up more. A couple CT
years ago, I stopped opening any
communications from the bank and
/ stuff them unopened in my desk
drawer. This has eliminated one
cause Of worry, but l still had the
old fear Of an Inadvertently bounc-
ing check and facing prison or
worse.
Well, Mrs. Kidd knows how to
prevent that. Every time she draws
a check for cents as well as dol
lars, she just enters q round sum i'm
the CheCkbOOk. Like If the check is
for S25.67, she enters $4,000. Or even
if IFS S25.O1, it gets entered $4,000,
It's easier TO add without making
mistakes, and you always have
much more money than you think
you have.
The only trouble with the system
is that men-husbands and bankers
mOstly-wOuldn't approve of it, but
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
Isn't That Just
Like A Woman? ?
AP Newsfeatures

Az 4NGWSLCdIu Cd
A LADY named Mrs. Bj Kidd
Eyes, BID has written a book saying
that it's all right and not to worry
If you're a woman who can't keep
your checkboOk straight and can't
seem to keep within your budget.
That's the way women are, Mrs.
Kidd says and any woman who isn't
casual and dreamy about her book
keeping is either scared of her bank
or has a husband keeping a sharp
eye on her transactions.
Mrs. Kidd, who is a successful ad-
vertising executive in Philadelphia
has written a book called Women
Never Go Broke" She explains, in
200 pages, this whole business OF
men, women and money. think
her book is the greatest thing of tine
4 year because I'll never worry about
a bouncing check again.
She says that one OF the main
/ differences between men and women
is money. When a woman looks at
RTeenback she really is seeing an
olive green clOche Of fur felt will
a con feather. or a doctors bill
marked "paid." or Junior receiving
his diploma from Yale.
When a man sees an engraving ot
/ George Washington, he's thinking
about it as part of his fortune
whether it's a little one or big one
Money is a medium of exchange t.
women-gOod for only what the7
can receive for it. Money to mai
is mower and position.
Mrs. Kidd isn't quite as fiat abOu
; the thing as that, but that's the gen
eral idea. She points out there
hound to he quite lot of confusion
!. as a result, because most banker
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
Federal Payroll Under Ceiling
Of I,98z,7O4 aids For Quarter

WASHINGTON, Nov. - Only l.
997, ,704 people can be on the federal
payroll during the first three months
next year.
Budget Director James 2. Webb
fixed that ceiling yesterday in or
6ering a cutback of 53,829 from the
2,0A1,5 ,5S3 employment total permit
ted the last quarter of this year.
The Job. ceiling applies only to
workers in the executive branch of
the government on duty in this
country. Webb pointed out that the
actual employment total usually
runs well below the maximum cell
ing.
Most Of the reduction will be
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03

made in the POstoffice Department,
which was told to lower it's worker
ceiling by 40,286. This, however, IS
a seasonal change, since the de-
partment was allowed to put on
more workers for the usual Christ
mas rush.
Other agencies getting their cell
ings lowered are the Interior De-
partment, down 1863; agriculture,
6,334, and War Assets Administra-
tion, 4,003.
However, II other agencies were
allowed increases tOtaling 5,785.
They included the Veterans Admin
istration, up 1868; and Commerce
Department, 1904
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03

you don't have to tell. Besides, Mrs.
Kidd says that men have made up
all this stuff about stocks and bonds
and mortgages and checks because
they really like to fool around with
it. We women don't, but she advises
that every woman have some man
husband or banker-around who
is pretty strict and stern. This is
because you can still get into an
awful lot Of trouble If you ignore
the man-made dulles.
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
A MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE

We wish to express our appreci-
alton to Frederick, FELTON, and
Houston firemen and to our neigh
bOrs and friends for the courage
Gus work performed November 20,
194S, at our COursey Mill home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Slaughter. Ii
Milford chronicle., 1948-12-03
London Aids Moscow Zoo

MOSCOW II tP = The newest
shipment Of animals, BIRDS and
snakes from the London Zoo to the
MOSCOW Zoo are on display and at
tracing crowds. The shipment
which is. part of an exchange ar
rangement worked out between the
London and Moscow zOos-arrived
here by plane from LeningFad after
coming on from London BY ship.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
GOLD! GOLD! GOLD!
California, They Came

The United States was an eager,
ambitious youngster in 1848. 1t was
a raw land whose people were in.
tensely alive and, aware of the vast
spaces in the west waiting to be pio-
neered and settled, fraught with a
tremendous destiny.
Then a man named James Mar
shall spoke his word. Early in the
year, s%crabbling in the gravel of a
creek at Suffers mill, California, he
turned up some nuggets that shook
the earth. 1t vas January "a, 1848.
James Marshall's word was,
"Gold."
Discovery of gold in California
spurred one of the most furious
mass migrations in history.
With the exception of wars, no
other event, before or since, has
evoked such a powerful and sus-
tanned reaction in the United
States as the discovery of gold
and the subsequent famous
"GOld Rush of Az
That it also proved to be a domi-
nant factor in the development and
settling of the Far West now goes
without saying. 1t made the United
States NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." con-
dition which still exists today, boil
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
OOOIGIe OOO1NIi Editor Miles City Star.
Anaconda Copper Mining Company

"copper"" a color film of Montana mining and auxiliary operations
of the A. c. NJ. Co, will be available in the near future to schools
and organizations in your city. Address Box 1871, Butte.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04

stored by. the states own antics, 1t:
sometimes unique way of life and it:
refreshing departures from the
'humdrum in clothing and architec
tural styles.
All that is in the annals of Cali.
fornia, this year celebrating its Tooth
anniversary.
Not in b~oastfulness, but with sober
pride, Californians led by Gov. Earl
Warren will hold a ceremony at the
James Wilson Marshall gold ,discov-
cry site at Suffers mill near Coloma
this January "a.
1t will mark the opening of
the states three-year centennial
celebration, successfully COM
memOrating the '48 gold discov-
cry, the '49 gold rush and the
so statehood.
The event holds high significance,
bringing as it does the realization
that the westernmost strip of the
nation, the wild and brawling from.
tier of a few generations ago, has
come of age, bringing a new meas.
ure of maturity to the entire coun.
try,
Americas manifest destiny ex.
pansion to the Pacific - has been
fulfilled.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
Marine Corps History
Began i'm Old Tavern

Many American citizens who have
never been marines do not know
that the u. S. marine corps:
Had its first recruiting office in
Tun Tavern, a Philadelphia water
front saloon.
Marines manned the small boats
in which Washington crossed the
Delaware.
From the halls of Montezuma"
refers to the marines action against
the City of Mexico in the U. S. war
with Mexico.
"Shores of Tripoli" refers to ma
rines' participation in the lombard
ment of Tripoli in the war with the
Barbary pirates in 1905.
The nickname "leatherneck" is
derived from the days when ma
rines wore high leather collars to
protect their threats from cutlass
strokes.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
? Current Events !?

Compared 10 qnerieS like docs
Russia bare be atomic bOmb.?" and
80 Wbaf2" be fOLiouing fire 9nes-
tionS are fairly simple. Easy questions
for ~ea5y-coine people. See il The going
IS easy tor yOH.
J.. President Truman's recent
state of the union message to
congress was the latest such
speech in a long and traditional
series. Who started the state of
the union addresses?
2. What is the popular name Of
the most newly organized United
Nations agency, set up to hold
y%ear-rOund sessions, which con-
vened for the first time recently?
3. Although Palestine will I'M
dergO formal partition into Arab
and Jewish states in August of
this year, Great Britain currently
controls the country under terms
CT its mandate. When does the
mandate expire?
4. What is the formal name for
the Marshall plan to aid Europe?
5. Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton Anderson, in his cele-
brated listings of grain specula-
tors, has named a former cabinet
member. Who?
ANSWERS
1. George Washington.
2. The Little Assembly.
3. May Is, 1948.
q. European Recovery Program.
S. Henry Morgenthau, former secre-
tary of the treasury, who resigned that
Office in July, 1915. He was listed as
specializing in corn in June, 1947.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
Odd Game Fish Names

Game fish have strange names in
various parts of the world. The lake
trout is called togue in Maine. Stone
catfish, which anglers use for bait in
the North, are called mad toms in
the South. The fish known as the
crappie in the North is called chin
quapin perch in the Lower Missis-
sippi valley.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
Busy As a Bee

The expression, 'busy as a bee,"
is no idle one. Bees born in the fall
of the year may live through the
winter and reach an age of nine
months. Worker bees born when pol
len and nectar are plentiful during
the summer months usually work
themselves to death within two
months.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04

They Grow EN- Tall
Sugar cane stalks grow as tall as
10 to 20 feet.
Laurel outlook., 1948-02-04
Fish Eats Snails

FISH EdlS SnallS
The l~epidosiren fish of Brazil and
Paraguay reaches a length of four
feet. 1t lives mainly on snails.
Evening star., 1948-09-26

Schaffer, of Cleveland, who had
set several speed marks as a hand
twister. challenged the machine.
And while it whirred beside her,
she twined a record q. 900 pret-
zels IN 10 hours. But the steel
fingers of the Curtis coiles turned :
out 10000 by the end of the
same period. What's more, while
Ruth went home exhausted to
sleep for two days, the machine
went right On working.
Hsa 1ss.bls Began
lHE five leading manufacturers
who installed mechanical twist
ing units - there are Others BE-
sides Curtis's - IN their facto-
RES thought their troubles were
over. They were mistaken. In
Pennsylvania, whore the deli
cacy il native, tho appear
ance of the first machine
twisted pret.els caused an
immediate uproar. House
wives berated their grocers. Shrill
letters went to local editors. One
indignant groupof Quaker states
men even proposed ringing the
Liberty Bell. Although no COM
plants were heard from the rest
of the country, Pennsylvania
palates, it seemed, could tell the
difference. Technically, the COM
plant was that the machine
made torque crushed strategic
air bubbles in the dough.
A0W u WEEKS
AS A matter of fact, the pretzel
machine exactly duplicates the
motions of the hand twister.
Two crossed arms seize opposite
ends of a snake-like piece of
dough, drawing them toward
one another to form a circle,
twining them together, and then
plastering each end down firmly
against the stem at a point equi-
distant from the center.
OF course, no factory-made
pretzel can be compared to the
homemade article. Marketing
the genuine pretzel has always
proved impossible. 1t is so light
it almost hovers above the plate,
and is as fragile as spun glass.
Mass-produced pretzels are
dipped, before baking. in soda
bicarb. This results in the
shiny varnish which gives the
commercial biscuit a life ex-
poctancy of 96 days. Sensitive
pretzel fanciers add that it gives
them a bellyache.
Aside from this, the uniform
products on sale in cellophane
bags today have descended with
little change from the distorted
doughnut accidentally produced