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Solicitor Tyler Says He Expects To Try Warren School Superintendent On Charges Of Misuse Of Funds; Warrants Not Diawn Kozobel.—District Solicitor Er nest R. Tyler said this morning that he expects to bring to trial \ J- Edward Allen, superintendent of Warren County schools as socn as he receives further in formation from the State Board of Education, which has ordered an audit of all the Warren Coun ty education books, and the State Bureau of Investigation, which is aiding in the-investigation of the alleged misuse of over $10,000 in State school funds. In W’arrenton a telephone call , to the Allen home, where the county superintendent has been confined to his bed for the past four weeks, was made and it was reported that the veteran school man was ill and “not able to answer the telephone.” Tyler said he is not certain whether or not he will bring any indictment against Allen by the opening of the September term of court in Warrenton next Mon day morning, however he indi cated that he will either draw up a warrant and have it served or will present a bill of indict ment to the Warren County Grand Jury. The solicitor told a reporter at Roanoke Rapids Saturday morning that he has been con ducting his investigation of the alleged misuse of the school funds for several weeks but has not taken any action because he was informed of Allen's illness by the school man’s physician. Tyler said he believes there is “something wrong” in the War renton superintendent’s office, however he said, ‘I am working closely on the case with the State Bureau of Investigation and the State Board of Educa tion and I will have no definite information to give out until I get full reports from both of them.” He said a newspaper report published this morning that he will indict the superintendent in time for trial in the September term of Superior Court at Warrenton next week was not precisely correct. “I do intend to take action,” he said, "but not until the necessary investi gation has been conducted thor oughly.” The investigation into Allen’s conduct of fiscal affairs of the county schools was begun near ly two months ago, and alleged ly there were a number of sal ary checks issued to several Negro school teachers who ac tually did not teach in the War ren County schools. The amount involved in the invest igafior was reportedly in the neighbor hood of $10,000. Since the superintendent’s ill ness his office has been ope rated by his secretary and aunt Miss Edna Allen, although l.c acting superintendent has beer named by the Warren Board oJ Education. Last week Harry Walker chairman of the Warren Coun ty Board of Education, said Al len has not offered to resigr nor has he been asked to re sign by the Board. He said “The office of superintendent of the schools in Warren County is n t vacant.” Warren County schools are slated to open tomorrow, after having had the opening post poned for two weeks because of the polio epidemic in the state, however, reports from Warren ton indicate that conditions of the school buildings are far from satisfactory, dirt and ac cumulated rubbish being seen in a lot of corridors and classrooms and needed repairs not having been completed in spite of the delayed opening day. Principal Edward Bullock of the John Graham school in Warrenton said this morning (Continued on page ten) VOLUME I TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1948__ NUMBER 2 WEATHER North Carolina — Partly cloudy thii afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. Not much temperature change except a little cooler extreme northern section Wednesday. Rosemary Methodists Plan New $80,000 Structure Architect’s Drawing Of New Rosemary Methodist Church Daniels Urges Greater Increase In Agricultural Development In Talk Before Local Rotarv Club Frank Daniels, president o f the North Carolina Press Asso ciation and general manager of ■ the Raleigh News and Observer, told members of the Roanoke Rapids Rotary Club and special guests here last night that agri cultural interests in the Roanoke Rapids area must be developed and kept in balance with the great industrial expansion which has taken place in the past few years. The Raleigh newspaperman visited Roanoke Rapids on the ■ occasion of the first edition of the Daily Herald and he spoke highly of ttie new venture and the community which had fost ered it. Daniels said, “Roanoke Rap ids is not only ready for a daily newspaper today, but it has one of the brightest futures of any community I know. With the new construction planned by the Virginia Electric and Power Co ! mpahy and the Bugg’s Island development, this Roanoke river valley is destined to be one of the great industrial valleys of America. This valley with its ample electric power, its natu al resources and its, people can not keep from developing.” •Ji He commented on the vast im provements which have taken place in recent years in Eastern North Carolina in industry and ' in agriculture, adding, "It is dif ficult for us North Carolinians really to appreciate the vast im provement that has taken place. For example, here in this area that is to be covered by the new Daily Herald there has been more than a three-fold increase in the retail sales in the last ten years from some fourteen million to forty-nine million and in Halifax County the increase has been more than three-fold from eight and one-half million to twenty-seven million. And as a newspaperman and a sell er of advertising I believe that your new daily paper can i n - crease that figure, because your area has a spendable income of eighty-two million dollars and the newspaper is the best pos sible means to increase sales and to tap as much as possible of that vast eighty-two million dollar sum.” Daniels spoke of the earlier days of the News and Observer, when much of the newsprint us ed came from a plaAt at Roa noke Rapids, and he recounted the indebtedness of the Raleigh paper to the Halifax Paper Cor poration for aiding in the one issue which was printed on the kraft paper turned out by the local plant. He spoke of his work in helping develop a large newsprint mill in Alabama. He predicted the rise of a news - print plant in the Roanoke Rap ids, saying that it would not on ly bring in an industrial pay roll but would add additional money in adding a cash crop pulp wood—for the farmers in the area. In speaking of the develoment of the Herald, Daniels said, “If the commercial concerns take advantage of the personality of this newspaper, made of paper and ink, it can do wonders to wards developing the com munity. Here in Roanoke Rap ids, as I see it, you have not only the destiny of the future but you have the problems of expanding your present magni ficent industrial organizations. But the daily newspaper can do more than any other medium to maintain the growth that has come to Roanoke Rapids in the last 55 years and, also, to see to it that the agricultural inter ests in this area are developed and kept in balance with your progress as it should. And more than any other business institu (Continued on pace ten) Indian Columns Envelop Half Of Hydeabad By The Associated Press Swift Indian columns invad ing hyderabad covered half the distance to its capital from the wast today and scored major ad west today and scored major ad and south. The Indian communique said a force advancing from Shola pur in a “Lighting” drive cap tured Rajasur, 90 miles west of Hyderabad city and midway to its goal. Another column drove seventy miles north of Sholapur to Ye rmana while troops from the northwest captured Daulatabad and the important rail town of Jalna, 250 miles northwest of Hy derabad. These armies appear ed to be enveloping quickly the whole northwest corner of the reluctant state. The ends of the pincers were 100 miles apart at Jalan and Yermana. Osmanabad, 40 miles inside Hyderabad, was taken in the west. Hundreds of Razakars, private troops of Hyerabada, were re ported captured. Indians marching from the east took Suriapet, 90 miles from Hyderabad city. 689 Motorists Had Licenses Revoked During Last Month Raleigh, Sept. 14 — (AP) — During August 689 motorists lost their drivers’ 1 i c e n s es through revocation, the State Motor Vehicles Department re ported today. In addition, 153 li censes were suspended. The total of revocations and suspensions since Jan. 1 rose to 7,511. Drunken driving cost 500 motorists their licenses Iasi month. comDared with 789 in August 1947. Revocations since Ian. 1 for this offense reached I.S6R. .. ,c. ,■ Community Chest Board Will Discuss Budget At Meeting To Be Held Thursday Night At 8 Employment Office Cuts Visit Days In Warren County Henderson—A recent decrease in personnel in the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina, both in central and lo cal Employment Security of fices, did not affect the Hender son office, but itinerant services to Warrenton and Oxford have been cut to hold expenditures within the funds allotted, Hall Brooks, local manager, has an nounced. The regular schedule of a visit each week to Warrenton and Ox ford has been cut to two days a month. Members of the Hen derson staff will now be at the Whrrenton court house on the first and third Wednesdays of each month from 9:30 a. m. un til noon. State’s Worst Polio Epidemic Is On Decline Raleigh, Sept. 14— (API North Carolina’s worst polio epi demie is on the downgrade, al though the decline is irregular, State Epidemiologist D r . Char es P. Stevick reported. Hew many cases will be add ed to the state's record total be fore the epidemic is halted can not be told, he said. The peak came during the week ended July 24, he added. The total of cases reported to the State Board of Health reach ed 2,025 yesterday when 21 addi tional cases were listed. Seven more deaths tent the year’s toll to in*. The 1949 budget will be the chief item ofr discussion Thurs day evening at eight o’clock, when the board of trustees o f the Roanoke Rapids Community Chest will meet in the high school library. At Thursday’s meeting the budget committee will present the budget requests from the va rious agencies for 1949 for the approval of the board. It is this budget which will determine the goal for the annual fund-raising campaign slated to get under way soon. The dates for the Red Feather campaign have not been set yet, however Rev. John M. Walker, pastor of the First Presbyter ian Church of Roanoke Rapids, was appointed last week to head this year’s Red Feather cam paign. During the month of August the Associated CharTTtes report ed that they had handled 20 cas es. The work of this organiza tion is sponsored by the Com munity Chest and is a year round Red Feather family ser vice. The August report shows that 15 of the 20 cases applying for aid were accepted by the orga nization, four were rejected and one was transferred to the Hali fax County Welfare Depart - ment, which works closely with the group. There were five cas es reopened, six new cases, 14 old cases and two cases closed. The cases rejected were those in which it was found that aid was either not needed or be cause the applicants in question were found not to need aid. Aid was given in a number of cases by buying food, medicine and clothing for people who were sick, unemployed or had unsufficient income to cere for To Be Built On Jackson At Ninth Street Plans for the construction of a new $80,000 home for the Rose mary Methodist Church were an nounced today by the pastor, the Rev. W. R. Stevens, who also released architects’ sketches of the proposed new building. Rev. Stevens said that since the sketches for the church were put on display the pledges and cash in the building fund have grown to about $30,000, and he said the receipts from the sale of the present property occupied by the church will be added to the fund. The church has already pur chased five lots on the corner of Ninth and Jackson streets, where the new building will be erected. The need for a new church building was realized by members of the congregation several years ago, and the build ing fund was started. It grew gradually to about $8,000 by 1945, however since that time it had grown more steadily until the fund reached a total of about $20,000 by the first of 1948. The sketch of the exterior of the church was made by the ar chitects’ firm of Linthicum and Linthicum of Raleigh. The archi tects are now engaged in draw ing up working plans of the edi fice, which will be a stone cath ederal-type building with a two story church school plant, a large assembly room and a kit chen. Space is being provided for different departments of the Sunday school, a class room for every class, a choir room and a Dastor’s study. Rev. Stevens said the new church, when built, will be the third building on the same num ber of lots in the 46-year history of Rosemary Methodist Church. The church was first organiz ed and a church was built in the 1100 block of Henry street during the pastorate of the Rev| E. R. Welsh. The first members are recorded as received on Sep tember 7, 1902. In December, 1908, the first building burned, and until the present building at 930 Jackson street was erected services for the church were conducted in the Band Hall at 1000 Henry street. The building which houses the church at present was construct ed during the pastorate of the Rev. W. A. Piland in 1909 and 1910. Church school rooms were added to the building several years later. Rosemary Methodist Church was attached with the First Me thodist Church until the pastor ate of the Rev. William Towe in 1912-1915. During the Rev. Mr. Towe’s ministry the Rosemary charge was formed, being com posed of Rosemary, New Hope and Smith Methodist churches. This combination was retained until 1940, when Rosemary be came an independent station church. In discussing the plans for the new church building today the Rev. Mr. Stevens said, “Mem bers of the entire community fe»*e shown ^ greet interest Truman Assails Congress With Fiery Attack On Thomas Group For ‘Smear’ Tactics In Probe Bermuda Repairs Storm Damage; No Lives Lost Miami, Fla., Sept. 14— (AP) —The honeymoon and vaca tion resort of Bermuda clear ed away debris today in the wake of a severe hurricane that lashed the area with winds of 123 miles an hour. No loss of life was reported and property damage was not expensive, according to re ports. The hurricane had winds of 140 miles per thour in a small area near the center and heavy squalls and gales ex tended outward 200 miles from the center. Washington, Sept. 14 —(AP) President Truman as sailed Congress from a new quarter today with a charge that “some politicians” are endangering the nation's safety by “smear” tactics against scientists. The House Un-American Activities Committee — which he did not mention by name—was the obvious target of Mr. Truman’s assertion that atomic experts are being driven from the government in these “hazardous times” by “totalitarian” and “Nn-American” procedure. Clay Says He Doesn't Think War is Near Berlin, Sept. 14 —(AP)— Gen. Lucius D. Clay said today: “I don’t think war is just around the corner.” The U. S. Military Governor made the statement to American newsmen who came to Berlin on a special Air Force flight from the United States to view the British-American air lift operation supplying Soviet blockaded Western Berlin. Clay added he doubted che Russians “will make Berlin the final issue on the entire Ger man problem.” The American commander predicted that before any force ful actions were attempted to break the 82-day-old Soviet blockade, the U. S. would ex haust “all other means at its disposal” to reach agreement. Clay declined to discuss whe ther bringing the Berlin ques tion before a council of foreign ministers would mean “negotia tion under duress.” He left the impression, how ever, that the U. S. at least would not be prepared to dis cuss any other larger German issues with the Russians at such a conference before the block ade was lifted. A veteran American military government official declared today Russia and Communism have already lost the political battle for Berlin. As a last re sort, he said, they have taken to rioting and force. Margaret Smith Given Largest Majority Ever Washington, Sept: 14—(AP)— A record smashing sweep by re publicans in Main combined with new States Rights Party pressure against Congress can didates to give the Democrats more troubles today. In Main, Rep. Margaret Chase Smith won the Senate seat be ing vacated by Senator Wallace White with an unofficial margin of 92,850 votes, more than 10, 000 greater than the record GOP victory margin set in the 1928 Mrs. Smith immediately tab bed the outcome as “The fore runner of a great Republican national victory." With this to worry about, re gular Democrats also were fac ed with new pressure by States Rights supporters to get Dixie Senate adn Congress nominees to come out against the Tru man-Barkley ticket. But President Truman came back fighting in an attack o n politicians with “axes to grind and red herrings to drag around' who, he said, are endangering national security By "smears” against scientists. Mr. Truman left little doubt, as he spoke before the american association for advancement of science here last night that he was activities committee. Main put Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith in the Senate as the first of her sex to win a six-year term without benefit of previous ap pointment. The victory was widely expected. The only question was wheth er the majority she and other wpuld top the GOP’s Maine re cord of an 83,000 margin—which would indicate how strong Re publican sentiment is running. Far to the south, states rights supporters who have been fight ing President Truman’s Cival Rights porgram brought new pre ssure in an effort to force De mocratic Congressional candi dates into their camp. A highly-placed Democratic of ficial, who asked not to be quot ed by name, told a reporter that several house members nominat ed in Democratic primaries have ber opposition from the States Rights Group unless they desert President Truman. Cooper Seeking Details Of ECA Tobacco Buying Washington, Sept. 14—(AP)— Senator Cooper (R-KY) today asked full details on allocation pf $7,000,000 by the Economic Co purchase of tobacco for Bizonal Germany. The ECA announced approval today of $4000000 to be used for purchasing American toba co and $3000000 “for Grcekc Turkish' tobacco” for the U. S. and British Occupation Zones. Cooper said he had written Dr. Dennis Fitzgerald in charge of the food and tobacco divi sion of ECA. * auc pi coiucu t aiuivcu up 1115 feud with the house committee, beaded by Rep. Thomas (R-NJ) in an unexpectedly firey ad iress last night to the annual meeting of the American Asso rt e; aqi pauua; ajj -aouaps po ;uauiaoueApe aq; joj uor^ap ‘r n-political.” Speaking to an audience esti mated by Constitution Hall of ficials at upwards of 2,000, the Dhief Executive asserted the country’s security requires that scientists work in “an atmos phere free from suspicion, per sonal insult or political motiva tion.” Their indispensable work, he continued, “may be made im possible by the creation of a n atmosphere in which no man feels safe against the public airing of unfounded rumors, gossip and plain villification.” “Such an atmosphere,” he went on, “is Un-A merican — the most Un-American we have to contend with today. It is the :limate of a totalitarian coun try in which scientists are ex pected to change their theories to match dhanges in the police state’s propaganda line.” A short while after Mr. Tru man spoke, Dr. Philip M. Morse announced that he had resigned as head of the Brooklyn Na tional Laboratory partly be cause of the “atmosphere of suspicion” against atomic scien tists created by the House arm in Morse said in Belmont, Mass., that he had quit the atomic post July 17 to return to the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology as a physics professor. He emphasized that he is in full agreement with the neces sity of investigating workers on atomic projects for security reasons, but he assailed the House committee’s “manner” of investigating. Morse was among eight scien tists who wired Mr. Truman and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, GOP presidential candidate last week that “irresponsible smears” by the Thomas committee are “an imminent threat to our national security and entire government al research program.” Mr. Truman told the science gathering last night that Amer icans should avoid tactics which impede research, whether they are “adopted with good intent, or advocated in ithe name of security by men with other axes to grind and red herrings to drag around.” a mm m __ violence Mares In CIO Oil Workers Strike San Francisco, Sept. 14—(AP) —Hundreds of CIO oil refinery strikers fought a rock and tear gas battle with police for two hours today in an unsuccessful attempt - , j effort to keep non-striking maintenance men out of a plant. A policeman, a state high way patrolman and four strik ers were hospitalized but none . was believed in Serious condi tion. Cameras of three news photo graphers were seized and the film exposed. Several photo graphers were roughed up. An Oakland Tribune reporter was hit by a tear gas bomb. It was the first mass violence of California’s 11-day old strike over wages, a strike which has curtailed gasoline supplies up and down the west coast. Most of the violence occurred at the main gate of the Stand ard Oil Refinery in Richmond. But it also extended for blocks around the approaches to the plant. In one melee, Richmond Po lice Officer Buford Aubrey was knocked to the ground. Patrol Sergeant Arthur Jacobsen of Martinez was badly cut. Contracts Are Let For Steel On Six New Prison Camps
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