VOLUME I WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1948NUMBER 3
35 American Soldiers Are \
, Killed In Korean Train Crash
Fast Train
. Rams Stopped
.* Troop Train
> ' Seoul, Sept. 15 — (AP) — A
' *5t passenger train roaring out
of a tunnel last night crashed
into another train halted on the
" track killing 35 homeward bound
American soldiers. Two Koreans
were killed and 85 persons were
injured, including 45 American
troops. They were bound for
Seoul from Pusan.
Witnesses said the fast train
from Mokpo to Seoul, which had
no headlight, telescoped the
rear of the troop train, which
W had no rear lights.
One passenger on the sol
diers’ train likened the wreck
and subsequent fire to a Dante’s
inferno. Rescue workers worked
all night digging out the dead
and injured.
The 35 American bodies were
brought here early today. The
injured were treated by Ameri
can and Korean doctors and
many of them were able to con
P tinue their journey.
Charles McCafferty, of Chica
go, a passenger said the en
gineers of the Mokpo train ap
parently did not see the other
train until it was 50 yards away,
The engine plowed half waj
into the jear coach from which
most of the passengers had
jumped when the other train
The rear coach was rippec
9 from its trucks and shoved intc
the coach ahead, where most oj
the casualties occurred.
“We saw the train come out ol
the tunnel about 1,000 yards
away,” said McCafferty, a la
bor relations adviser to the mil
itary government in the Ameri
can Zone. “We yelled to the
passengers and all got off ex
cept one man in the washroom
who was not hurt seriously.”
£ Army officials said relatives
of the dead were being notified
but it may be necessary to bring
personnel records from outlying
detechments to complete identi
fications.
Acetylene torches were used
to cut open the coaches to reach
some of the dead and injured.
About daybreak today, a hos
pital train arrived in Seoul with
20 bodies and 16 of the injured.
^ A medical disaster team and
m salvage’ workers were at the
p scene. Army physicians reported
that at least three soldiers re
mained trapped in the twisted
wreckage when the first hospi
tal train left for Seoul.
M. E. Penry of Flushing, N
Y., among 30 passengers in the
rear coach of the rammed train
said he shouted a warning wher
he saw the other train approach
ing. The coach was emptied
quickly. He said he ran along
side the train, waving a smal
pocket flashlight in an effort tc
warn the soldiers in the twe
coaches ahead.
Seconds later and just before
the crash, he jumped from the
right-of-way into a rice paddy.
The crash, he said, sent the
rear car “right through the one
ahead—riding through at the
) level of the seat tops.”
“I’ve got to hand it to an M
P. who was giving a waminj
from the other side of the train’
Penry said. “He jumped ontc
one of the soldiers cars and goi
caught in the vestibule whei
the crash came.”
The Pusan-Seoul train was
not on its regular route because
of a washout, the Army re
ported.
_
Cooler Weather
Predicted For
State Tonight
By The Associated Press
Slightly cooler weather foi
Carolinians tonight was prom
ised by the weathermen today.
ff, Otherwise, he said, there wil
be little change in »the typica
September weather which ha!
covered both states during tht
past week.
Temperatures yesterday rang
ed generally from the mid
sixties to the low eighties ai
Carolinians began making plani
for autumn.
Charleston had the lowes'
maximum reading of any Caro
M lina point except lofty Mt. Mitch
ell yesterday. The temperatur«
hugged a close 65-75 degree
range at South Carolina’s por
city.
Other representative reading!
yesterday:
Greensboro 84-64, CharlotU
B3-66, Spartanburg 84-66, Colum
bia 81-63, Hatteras 82-74, Mt
Mitchell 62-49, Raleigh 84-62
Myrtle Beach 87-69, Wilmingtoi
B7-70, Cherry Point 84-70, Rockj
Mount 83-65, Elizabeth City 85
B6, Greenville, S. C., 82-67. An
derson 84-65, Asheville 80-53
Hickory 85-64, Winston-Salem
B5-64, Lumberton 85-68.
WEATHER
North Carolina — Fair, not
much change in temperature
this afternoon and Thursday,
a little cooler tonight.
County School Enrollment Figures
Show An Increase Over Last Year’s
Halifax.—Enrollment la tha
Halifax County Administrative
Unit In the white schools at
tha and of tha first weak of
school totalled 2.117, It was
announced today by W. Henry
Overman. Superintend ant of
Halifax Souniy Schools.
Tha IMS anrollmant figures
show an Increase of SI stu
dents over tha anrollmant at
tha sama time last year, whan
2.08S pupils wars enrolled in
tha seven schools, and it shows
an lncraasa of $3 over tha en
rollment at tha sama period at
tha beginning of tha last term.
Tha figures released by the
superintendent indicate that
tha Scotland Nack school,
with an anrollmant of 573,
has tha largest school In tho
county administrative unit.
The Scotland Nack school
showed a gain of 21 pupils
this year, however tha great
est gain in anrollmant was
nglilmd at the William II.
Darla school, which gained $1
pupils for s total onrollmsnt
of til. Or arm an Sold the Dst
lingtoa school, which last ysar
had SI students, has now been
consolidated.
Other schools listed by the
superintendent end their en
rollment are as follows: Aure
lian Springs, 473, a gain of
four pupils) Hobgood, 109, a
gain of four: Enfield, 499, a
decrease of two) and Halifax,
79, a decrease of two.
The Superintendent said the
State Board of Education has
allotted one additional elemen
tary teacher to the William R.
Davie school, bringing the
teacher total to eleven elemen
tary and three high school
teachers.
The County Board of Educa
tion, in its Tuesday meeting,
disposed of routine business.
Overman said.
NEWS
BRIEFS
MEAT PACKERS
FACE CIVIL SUIT
Washington, Sept. 15 —(AP)—
The Justice Department today
filed a civil anti-trust suit
against the “Big Four” meat
packers—Swift and Company,
Armour and Company, The Cu
dahy Packing Company and Wil
son and Company, Inc.
— o —
TOBACCO $67
AT WINSTON
Winston-Salem, Sept. 15 —
(AP)— Tobacco market sales
supervisor Joe R. Williams said
today that top grades of leal
still were selling for $67 a hun
dred pounds on the Winston-Sa
lem market. He made his state
ment as the auctioneers started
down the rows on the third day
of sales here.
— o —
ELEVEN MORE
POLIO CASES
Raleigh, Sept. 15 — (AP) —
Eleven cases of polio were re
ported to the State Board ol
Health today, bringing the
State’s case total for the year
to 2,048.
GOP Candidate
Says Broughton
Won't Debate
Raleigh, Sept. 15—(AP)—John
A. Wilkinson, Republican candi
date for the U. S. Senate, as
serted today he had challenged
the democratic nominee, J. Mel
ville Broughton, to a joint de
bate on campaign issues -ir
vain.
Wilkinson said that vStat<
Democratic Chairman Caput
Waynick had replied to his chal
lenge by saying that plans foi
a series of Democratic rallies
throughout the state would noi
allow time for the debate.
In a speech which is beinj
broadcast this week over 4b ra
dio stations, Wilkinson asserted
that Democratic leaders “don '
dare permit him (Broughton) U
expose himself to the periods o:
joint debate” because “hi
couldn’t avoid committing him
self and letting the people knov
exactly how he stands on <
number of issues.”
Wilkinson then chailengec
Broughton to state "in plain anc
simple language” if he agreed
witth the Democratic plaUurn
on (1) repeal of the Taft-Hart
ley act, (2) the civil rights pro
gram, (3) reimposition of prici
controls, (4) a national houauif
program, and on other issues.
Marshall May Not
Stay Long In Paris
Washington, Sept. 15—(AP)—
Secretary of State Marshall saic
ttoday that because of the in
temational situation he is uncer
tain how long he will remain ai
the United Nations meeting ir
Paris.
Asked at a news conference
whether he expects to see Soviet
Foreign Minister Molotov in the
French capital, Marshall saic
that he assumes Molotov is get
ing to be at the U. N. meetinj
opening Tuesday.
Cherry Gives Four
Prisoners Freedom
Raleigh, Sept. 15 — (AP) -
Four prisoners, including I
Wake County slayer, were pa
roled today by Governor Cherry
The slayer, Silas Adams, wai
sentenced in July 1942 to 15 t<
20 years for second degree mur
der in the death 6f Vernon
Crowder.
Others paroled: C. C. Davis
sentenced from New Hanove:
last January to 18 months foi
non-support; Lonnie Hoskins
Negro, sentenced from Rowai
in Septeinber 1947 to 24 monthi
for assault with a deadly wea
pon; and Harold Clark, sgn
fenced from Martin in Septem
ber 1947 to 18 months for drink
ing, entering, larceny and re
celving.
*
Await Audit
In Warren
School Case
There were no new develop
ments today in the investigation
of an alleged misuse of State
school funds in Warren County
which is now being conducted
by Third District Solicitor E. R.
Tyler of Roxobel, auditors of the
State Board of Education and
the State Bureau of Investga
tion.
Paul Reid, Controller of the
State Board of Education, told
the Herald today that insofar as
he knows the completion of the
audit of books in the Warren
County schools ordered last
week by the State Board of Edu
cation has not been finished, lie
said the State Board in its ses
sion in Raleigh ordered the re
sults of the audit sent to the
Warren County Board of Edu
cation and to the bonding com
pany holding the bonds of Sup
erintendent J. Edward Allen
and other school officials.
Harry Walker, chairman of the
Warren County Board of Edu
cation, this morning declined to
make a statement concerning
the investigation. He said his
board has received no audit re
port.
Solicitor Tyler could not be
reached at his home, and it was
reported that * he was out of
town.
Sentences Meted
In Halifax Court
Halifax—A 80-day road sen
tence and several lesser sen
tences were imposed in the
eleven cases tried before Judge
Charles R. Daniel in Halifax
recorder’s court here yesterday.
The longest sentence was giv
en B. T. Felton, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon,
when he was sent to the roads
for 60 days. The only other roads
sentence imposed was one of 30
days given Robert Louis Purnell
on a charge of driving without
a driver’s license.
Johnnie Williams, George Sil
ver and Lloyd Wilkins, charged
with illegal possession on non
tax-paid liquor, were given sus
pended sentences of three
months each, with the sentences
suspended on the payment ol
fines of $10 each and one-third
costs and on condition that they
remain of good behavior fof two
years.
James Cofield and James Ba
ker were given 6(Way sentences
suspended on payment of $50
fines and costs and on condi
tions of two years’ good behav
ior on separate charges of as
sault with a deadly weapon.
John Bell and Jacob Whitaker
were fined $50 and one-half costa
each under a 60-day suspended
sentence on an affray charge;
and in another charge of affray
Horace Johnson was acquitted
and Sidney Richardson was giv
en a prayer for judgement on
the payment of costs and two
years’ good behavior. Ben Sum
merville was fined $25 and costs
on a charge of carying a con
cealed weapon. Lorenzo Gee
was fined $10 and costs on a
charge of siipple assault.
A. W. Burnett of Norfolk was
fined $125 and costs on charges
of driving drunk and driving
without a driver’s license, and
Jesse J. Riddick of Suffolk was
acquitted on a similar charge:
Two U. S. Airmen
Parachute Into
Russian Zone
Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 1!
—(AP) —Two American airmen
who parachuted into the Soviet
Zone of Germany are back safe
ly today In the U. S. Zone, the
Air Force announced. '
i The two are Kenneth W. Slak
i er, Lincoln, Neb., and Lt. Clar
ence R. Steber, Mobile. Ala.
The announcement said the twe
balled out over the Russian
Zone early yesterday when theii
cargo plane developed engine
trouble.
. /i.
Pet Cat Reverts To Jungle Stage
And Sucks Blood From Weldon Child
Weldon.—A pet cat wnicn re
verted to a state of jungle wild
ness threw a bad fright into Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Chappell here
Monday night, one that might
have had serious consequences.
The bizarre occurrence hap
pened about ten o’clock Monday
night while Mr. and Mrs. Chap
pell were talking together m a
back bedroom of their home.
Their daughter Elaine, three,
had been tucked ihto bed for
the night and was sleeping
peacefully, supposedly safe from
harm.
Mrs. Chappell heard Elaine
whimpering slightly and went
into the child’s room to see
what was wrong to find her
covered with blood and the fam
ily’s pet cat perched on her
chest apparently eating her
face. Mrs. Chappell screamed for
her husband and he came inv
mediately and removed the ani
mal from the child, expecting to
find her clawed or badly if£
ured but could find no sign of
any wounds other than a slight
nosebleed.
The parents quickly called 'a
doctor who came and examined
Elaine and said she was all right
except for a slight loss of blood
He said the cat had gotten into
the crib and was sucking the
blood from the child’s nose. He
said if the parents had not
heard her and had not investi
gated the animal might possibly
have bled her to death.
Chappell took the cat out and
destroyed it to prevent the re
currence.
He said the cat was nearly
grown and had been a family
pet since it was a small kitch
en. He said it had been unusual
ly fond of Elaine and she had
liked the cat, playing with it all
the time. The father said he be-'
lives the child did not awaked
or cry out because the animal
was probably stifling any out
cry.
Chappell said he had heard of
animals sucking the blood of
children but had always regard
ed such tales as fantastic. “I
guess it’s just one of those
things that have to happen to
you before you believe them,”
he said, “but I don’t thin* I’ll
trust cats with young children
any more.”
Truman Accuses
Taft Of Pressure
On NLRB Officers
Washington, Sept. 15 —(AP)—
President Truman tossed the
nation’s No. 1 labor dispute un
der the Taft-Hartley Act into
the simmering political cam
paign today.
The President accused Sena
tor Taft (R-Ohio), co-author of
the year-old labor law, of trying
“to put the heat on” National
Labor Relations Board officers
to crack down on the Interna
tional Typographical Union.
The ITU has been locked in a
long and bitter fight with the
NLRB’s general counsel, and
with publishers and printing
houses, over its traditional
closed shop. The Taft-Hartley
Act outlaws the closed shop, as
such.
Taft, returning to Cincinnati
after a Canadian vacation, prom
ised a reply after studying the
White House charges.
George Terry
Hearing Is
Continued
Halifax September 15— The
case of George Terry, alias
George Hudson, Negro, 20, who
is charged with the murder of
Gordon B. Miles, youthful Wel
don war veteran, Saturday night
was continued yesterday in Hal
ifax County recorder’s court.
Terry, who is alleged to have
killed Miles by slashing his
throat with a pocket knife fol
lowing an argument on a side
road a short distance from Wel
don, is being held without bond
in jail until the preliminary
hearing is concluded.
The hearing was originally
slated for yesterday before
Judge Charles R. Daniel but
was continued until next Tues
day’s court session. It is expect
ed that the Northampton County
Negro, who was quoted by Hali
fax County Sheriff H. A. House
as admitting he had cut the
white youth, will be bound over
to Superior Court on the mur
der warrant which has been
lodged against him.
John Harrison, Garysburg Ne
gro who wras with Terry at the
time of thei fatal knifing, was
picked up early Sunday morning
and jailed as a material witness
in the case, however, he was re
leased yesterday and cited tc
appear in the recorder’s courl
next Tuesday morning to testi
fy
There was no reason given
for the continuation of the hear
ing on the court docket.
Lack Of Bids For
Cement Won’t
Delay Buggs Dam
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 15—(AP)—
Army engineers who anticipated
difficulties in securing cemenl
for the Buggs Island Dam dur
ing the present scarcity, do nol
expect that the failure to receive
bids on part of the supply will
disrupt the scheduled work, it
was said here today.
The Army District Engineei
here had asked for bids on 2u0,
000 barrels of Portland cemenl
and 70,000 barrels of natural ce
ment, only about half the mater
ial needed for the job. Part oi
this amount, 100,000 barrels
brought no offer by Tuesday’s
bid deadline.
A spokesman for Col. G T
Derby, the District Engineer, ex
plained that these bids had beer
asked early so that all supply
problems could be worked oul
well in advance. The office is
expected to re-advertise for bid:
on the 100,000 barrels of Port
land cement for wMich no offei
has been received.
Mecklenburg ABC
Sales Are $759,000
Raleigh, Sept. 15 — (AP) —
Mecklenburg County led ABC
store sales last month with a to
tal of $750,840.45, the State
Board of Alcoholic Control an
nounced.
Sales for all ABC units were
$3,540,072.65.
Mrs. Carlee Jenkins Returns As
Director Of Nurses At Hospital
A graduate of Roanoke Rapids
Hospital’s School of Nursing re
turned this week to take ever
as Director of Nurses, when Mis.
Carlee Butler Jenkins repoued
for duty as head of the nurses
in the local hospital. t
“Of course I know a lot of
people in Roanoke Rapids from
the time I’ve spent here in ine
past, and I am pleased to come
back because in a lot of ways it
is like coming home aga n.”
Mrs. Jenkins said today.
A native of Wilmington, Mis
Jenkins has been with the Ja
mes Walker Memorial Hospital
of that city for several years be
fore being called back to Roa
noke Rapids. She is a graduate
of the class of 1944 at thi local
hospital, when she became a
full-fledged trained nurse after
three years’ training. After her
graduation, Mrs. Jenkins remain
ed in Roanoke Rapids as an in
structor in the nursing school
for the 1944-45 year.
Since she left here she has
had two years’ work in obste
trics and one year in medicine
and surgery and comes to the
local hospital highly - recom
mended.
Mrs. Mary Bounds, former di
rector, left the hospital on Au
gust 21 to be with her husbanc
in Richmond. Since she lef'
Mrs. Louise MacDonald Starkt
of Roanoke Rapids, another
graduate of the local nursing
school has been acting director
Mrs. Starke is still working thi:
week with Mrs. Jenkins bu
said she intends to leave the
hospital soon.
T. J. Alford, administrator o:
the Roanoke Rapids Hospital
who returned to his duties yes
terday after a two weeks’ vaca
tion trip with his wife in Louis
ville, Kentucky, said he wa:
quite pleased to find Mrs. Jen
kins had arrived in his absence
and said he feels the hospital n
fortunate in securing her ser
vices as director of nurses.
Mrs. Jenkins said she antici
pates no changes in the systen
in the hospital, however sh<
said she will be pleased whei
the hospital cun be enlarge(
better to take care of the iarc<
number of patients who seek t<
enter for treatment.
She praised Mrs. Starke fo:
her work as acting director am
said she would be sorry to se<
her leave the hospital.
Republicans Step Up Fight
For Senatorial Posts After
A Challenge From the AFL
Baircl Statue
To Be Replaced
By Another
Raleigh, Sept. 15 —(AP)—The
Capitol Square statue of Gov.
Zebulon Baird Vance had a new
location today— a warehouse
here. ,
But it won’t be there long.
When new stone work for a base
and backdrop is completed, it
will be set up at the east end
of the Mall at the head of Fay
etteville Street.
The Vance statue was taken
up yesterday from its base at
the head of New Bern Avenue
to make way for a new statue—
one of the three Tar Heel born
presidents, Jackson, Johnson
and Polk.
Casting of the presidents’ sta
tue has been completed by
Charles Keck of New York, the
sculptor, but the New York
truck strike has delayed its re
moval from Providence, R. I.,
to Brooklyn for fitting on a stone
base.
Dr. C. C. Crittenden, Secre
tary of the Commission to erecl
the Memorial, says he hopes
that the statue will be in place
for unveiling Oct. 15.
Texas Demos
Purge Party
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 15—
(AP)—The Democratic Party o:
Texas has house-cleaned itselJ
of members and especially lead
ers who would not pledge them
selves to total party loyalty.
This complete party-line puri
fication, and formal certification
of Lyndon B. Johnson as nom
inee for United States Senatoi
were the chief accomplishments
of yesterday’s 12-hour state con
vention grind.
Just before midnight, conven
tion officials sent the Johnson
certification by registered mail
to the secretary of state at Aus
tin. This, Johnson’s attorneys
said, was to forestall possible le
gal action by Coke Stevenson
defeated in the Senate race bj
a record-breaking close margir
of 87 votes.
It took the Truman forces five
hours to beat the stubborn states
rights minority down and sweej;
into control with two' clear-cu1
victories on test votes. Then thej
ejected anti-Truman delegates
from four countiese. States
rights’ sympathizers from five
other counties walked out ir
protest.
New Nurses’
Class Begins
Next Week
A new class of approximately
20 students will arrive at th<
Roanoke Rapids Hospital Scheo
of Nursing this weekend to star
instruction in the new clas;
which starts Monday morning
it was announced today by Mrs
Carlee Butler Jenkins, Directs
of Nurses. ,
Mrs. Jenkins said the new stu
dent-nurses will begin a three
year course ut the hospital ur.
der the direction of Miss Jum
MeCutchen, who will serve a
instructor for the new class.
Many of the new nurses seek
ing the training will come fron
various parts of the state, am
many of them were recruited re
cently through the efforts of th
North Carolina Nurses Associa
tion in conjunction with th
State Good Health prograrr
which is emphasizing the nee
for nurses in the state and th
value of nursing as a career.
IT. N. Gets Italian
Colonies Problem
Paris, Sept. 15—(AP) — Th
I problem of what to do abou
i Italy’s prewar empire in Afric
went to the United Nations tc
day for decision.
. Representatives of the Jii
. Four Powers—Russia, the Unite
States. Britain and France
• wrangled over the question onti
[ 3 oclock this morning, bu
; agreed on only one thing: Tha
they could not agree.
Announce 85
Jurors For Term
Halifax - The names of 85
jurors for two weeks of Halifax
County Superior Court were an
nounced today by F. D. Wilson,
secretary to the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners.
The two-weeks’ term will start
on October 4 and will be a civil
court, with no criminal actions
due to be tried.
Jurors chosen for the first
week of the court are the fol
lowing:
Randolph Landen, Scotland
Neck; H. C. Keeter, Enfield; J.
R. Davis, Roseneath; Willie P.
Davis, Roanoke Rapids; S. E.
Warren, Halifax; A. W. Gregory
Halifax; J. E. Condrey, Scot
land Neck; Murry Braddy, Scot
land Neck; Alex Lynch, Scot
land Neck; R. H. Hux, Faucetts;
B. W. W. Land, Roanoke Ra
pids; J. B. Archer, Roanoke
Rapids; L. W. Clements, Roa
noke Rapids; Rudolph Williams,
Roanoke Rapids; Perry L. My
rick, Littleton; John E. Forest,
Roanoke Rapids; John J. Willey,
Weldon; C. G. Grant, Roanoke
Rapids; E. F. Butts, Butter
wood; E. K. Veach, Scotland
Neck; Paul A. Johnston. Little
ton; R. A. Williams, Roanoke
Rapids; Dallas Shearin, Roa
noke Rapids; P. F. Thorne, En
field; C. B. Green, Weldon; J
L. Boone, Palmyra; W. G
Bunch, Roanoke Rapids; W. G
Daniels, Scotland Neck; S. E
Shirley, Weldon; R. P. Harris
Brinkleyville; L. J. Hux, Fau
cetts; L. L. Whitehead, Scot
land Neck; C. L. Wommack,
Scotland Neck; W. E. Cooper.
Roseneath; C. A. Goodfellow,
Roanoke Rapids; C. V. Rose,
Weldon; Dan Tyson, Roanoke
Rapids; Clayton B. Sledge, Wei
don; James A. Stephens, Roa
noke Rapids; S. B. Carlisle
Faucetts; Eugene Hardee, Fau
cetts; N. O. Dickens, Palmyra;
R. M. Pair, Roanoke Rapids:
J. H. Crawley, Butterwood; O
T. Carson, Littleton; H. E. Lee
Roanoke Rapids; Bennie A
Davenport, Roanoke Rapids; H
J. Kincaid. Roanoke Rapids
Roy L. Champion, Weldon; W
B. Cooper, Roseneath.
The 35 jurors selected for the
second week of the court are as
follows:
C. K. King. Roanoke Rapids
Murphy Lewis, Roanoke Rapids
E. C. Barbour, Enfield; H. G
Moss, Roanoke Rapids; J. F
Blake, Roanoke Rapids; N. M
Gardner, Littleton; C. C. Min
eher, Roanoke Rapids; Waite
M. Parker, Enfield; Lee Morris
Roanoke Rapids; Lacey A.
Morris, Halifax; J. E. Pittard
Halifax; M. C. Moore, Palmyra
C. F. Marks, Conoconara; Ed
ward George, Roanoke Rapids
E. O. Madry, Scotland Neck
George B. Wilkes, Jr., Roanok
Rapids; Rufus Hux, Roanok
Rapids; John Bellamy, Conocc
nara; E. C. Padgett, Roanok
• Rapids; George R. Clarke, Er
1 field; R. E. Leggett, Palmyra
’ J- Holt Evans, Enfield; Arthu
; Mizelle, Palmyra; T. E. Co>
Roanoke Rapids; L. B. Doyle
Roanoke Rapids; Willie Floy
Williams, Enfield; C. W. Moore
Scotland Neck; J. D. Pittarc
| Faucetts, Charles E. Birdsonj
; Roanoke Rapids; Walter Ec
’ monds, Conoconara; J. B. Thom
ason, Jr., Richard Whiteheac
' Palmyra: L. B. Green, Fau
cetts; Hubert L. Rook, Roa
noke Rapids and Rodger f
' Cook, Roanoke Rapids.
* Broughton Will
i Continue Fight
For Farm Parity
North Wilkesboro, Sept. 15 -
(AP)— Senator-Nominate J. N
Broughton says he will fight fo
, continuation of parity prices fo
t farmers. . . ,*
, And, he adds, prices paid fo
. farm products are not respor
sible for the high cost of living
l Speaking on a farmer’s da
1 program here yesterday, th
. former governor said that th
I state's farm income of abot
t $800,000,000 was the third lar(
t est in the nation, just helm
California and Texas.
It
AFL Will Fight
To Defeat Eight
GOP Aspirants
Washington, Sept. 15—(AP>—
The Republican high command
stepped up its senatorial cam
paign today, spurred by an AFL
challenge and confidential re
ports that Democrats now threat
en four key GOP seats.
Senator Capehart of Indiana
told a reporter he has accepted
an invitation to join Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey’s western tour
next week to help the GOP pre
sidential nominee give what aid
he can to the party’s Senate can
didates.
The Indiana Senator said it
will be his job to see that the
GOP nominees in Iowa, Color
ado and New Mexico get togeth
er with the New York governor
for strategy conferences. He pre
dicted that an “overwhelming”
victory for Dewey will help the
Republicans retain control of the
Their hold there now is slim,
with only a 51 to 45 margin over
the Democrats—a margin that
would be overturned if the GOP
suffers a net loss of four seats.
The AFL served notice yester
day that it intends to‘ fight for
the defeat of at least eight Re
publican senatorial candidates,
as well as 113 House aspirant's, •v%\
Because of their stand on the 5
Taft-Hartley law, the AFL
blacklisted these Republicans:
Senators Henry Dworshak of
Idaho, Joseph H. Ball of Minne
sota, C. Wayland Brooks of Illin
ois, Edward V. Robertson of Wy
oming, Chapman Revercomb of
West Virginia, and George Wil
son of Iowa; and Senatorial
Candidates Patrick J. Hurley of
New Mexico and Ross Rizley of
Oklahoma.
It was learned meanwhile
that reports to the GOP cam
paign committee indicate that
Revercomb, Ball, Robertson and
i Rizley all face uphill battles.
There reports give Republicans
the edge in Illinois and Iowa
and about an even chance in
Kentucky—areas regarded by
the GOP as danger spots.
On the other hand, the Repub
licans are said to believe they
! have a good chace to knock off
a Democrat in Montana, about
an even chance to capture an
other Democratic seat in Color
ado and a somewhat lesser
chance of winning one in New
Mexico.
; Scientist Sees
Food Made From
■ Wood, Seaweed
Washington, Sept. 15 —(AP)—
; People 100 years from now may
i be munching food made out of
i wood and seaweed—or even food
- produced without growing any
; plants at all.
That’s what Dr. Farrington
; Daniels, University of Wisconsin
r chemist, told a meeting of scien
, tists today.
, The energy of the sun, he re
1 ported to the American Associa
, tion for the Advancement of
, Science, can be used to produce
. a wide variety of foods and fuels
- from unsuspected sources.
Dr. Daniels found that fact
, “comforting” in the light of cur
- rent “unequal distri but ion
- among the nations of the world
. due to war and political short
sightedness.”
These are some of the things ||
he foresees: fuel alcohol from
wood and corn stalks, sugar
from seaweed, motor fuel from
a combination of carbon monv
, oxide and hydrogen obtained •
from waste products.
*« u.8M
Sees Great Need For
: “Teach School Week”: f
I Memphis, Term., Sept. IS —
r (AP)— Watkins Overton, presi
- dent of the Memphis Board ,
. Education, says so many ‘
,- derful organizations” enlist
s pils and teachers in
e that it may become ne
t to declare a "Teach
- Week.”
r The first obligation of i
Overton suggested, la t