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Your America, Pictorial History of the U. S., Starts in Today’s Herald __.________ See Page 9 •U.N. Mediator Killed In Jerusalem Keporr days Bernadotte Shot By Jews Amman, Trans-Jordan, Sept. $J| 17—(AP)—The United Nations ' staff here announced today Count Folke Bernadotte and a French Colonel were shot and killed on the Jewish side of : J.rusalem today. Count Bernadotte, the United Nations mediator for Palestine, and the Frenchman “were killed • j in the Jewish sector this after noon by men in Jewish army $ uniforms,” said a telephoned ■ message from Commander Sey mour at the American school in Jerusalem. Bernadotte twice succeeded in bringing about a truce in the war for Palestine between Jews and Arabs. The truces have been fitful, punctuated by shelling <|\and fighting. Both sides appear , ed to expect the present truce, now two months old, to run out at almost any moment. Bernadotte was head of the Swedish Red Cross and the hus % band of the former Estelle Man I ville of New York. He was 53. The killing was reported to M have occurred at 5 p. m. Jeru salem time. Bernadotte had been shuttling 1 Jov months between the Arab and Israeli Capitals in his efforts H port to the United muons in Paris next week. t The telephoned message ’den tified the Frenchman as Colonel |js Scrot of the United Nations staff. Count Bernadotte visited Da mascus, capital of Syria, yester day. While in that city he told -newspapermen that both Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem wore 1 “trigger happy.” He explained that frequent ; sTiooting broke out in the cify 4 without either side know’ng f what it was shooting at. ' -A “It’s like this,” he said. “They /shoot into the dark at n.ght. /’ They snipe by daylight. Excuse .Ime, but it is a most idiotic ,-^hing.” \V eather May Get Warmer Over Weekend By The Associated Press A bit chilly this morning, wasn’t it? Carolina’s tempera ture got down to 53 at Raleigh jfcnd 58 at Columbia. \ It should be slightly warmer overnight, but still very com Lv fortabic for sleeping, the wea . t’nerman said. Fair weather was t predicted today and tomorrow. t: This afternoon’s temperatures .'jjh should average in the lower v eighties, about the same as yes ||. terday’s, since the forecast is |‘ not much change in tempera tures today and tonight. 1 .i| Here are yesterday after noon’s highs and this morning’s lows in representative Carolinas cities: Raleigh 81-53, Greensboro 81 | §55, Charlotte 82-57, Spartanburg ■' £81-59. Charleston 84-62, Cherry IfPoint 78-64, Rocky Mount 79-52, Greenville, S. C., 81-60, Ashe ,4 ville 82-50, Hickory 83-56. Wins ton-Salcm 81-58. Florence 85-66, ,jmd Elizabeth City 79-55. I Weather ( North Carolina — Fair and little change in temperature his afternoon and tonight; slightly warmer Saturday. Seek Owner Of A iMstol-Toting Dog Springfield, Mass., Sept. 17— AP)— The owner of a pistol ding dog was sought today by Alfred La Tourneau, a fire lan, turned up at police head uarters yesterday with a .45 alibre army weapon which he lid he had taken from a dog. He reported the animal was carrying the revolver in a small B bag between its teeth. Hf; Several excited persons had t:called police to report they had M seen the dog with the weapon. Truman Learn On Western Trip Predicting A Democratic Triumph Soviet Teacher To Be Quizzed By House Group Washington, Sept. 17—(AP) |The House Un-American Activi ties Committee said today Mrs ' Oksana Stepanovna Kasenkim will be questioned at a public hearing in New York next Wed nesday. Mrs. Kasenkina is the formei Russian school teacher w h c jumped from a window to es caDe from the Soviet consulate in New York last month. Hei testimony is wanted in connec tion with the committee’s inves tigation of Soviet espionage ir this country. Chairman J. Parnell Thoma: (R-NJ) said a subcommittee would question Mrs. Kasenkim at Roosevelt Hospital, where she is recovering from injuries suf fered in her leap. Members oi the subcommittee have not ye' been named. Thomas said doctors will per mit three newspapermen to at tend the hearing. “She has some material we be lieve will be of interest to the committee in its spionage inves tigation,” Thomas said. Chief Warns Youngsters On Bike-Riding Chief of Police T. J. Davis to day issued a warning to youth ful traffic offenders, reminding them that the place for bicycle riding is in the street and not or the sidewalks of the business district of town. The chief said he has noticec a number of infractions of th< law on the part of a number o: young boys who insist in whiz zing at high speeds down thi crowded sidewalks endangerinj pedestrians. He said other offi cers have reported the sam< thing. , “We are not trying to threater anybody,” Chief Davis said “but it must be realized by thes« boys and by their parents tha' their riding bicycles on side walks a real hazard to safety ir the town. We are fortunate ir being able to report that then have been no accidents yet, bu it is entirely possible that some one may be badly injured simp ly because of the carelessness of boys w’ho ride bicycles ir places where they have no busi ness.” Polio Toll Increase By One Death Raleigh, Sept. 17—(AP)— Om new death and 11 new case: were added to the state's polii toll today. The new death, the Stab Board of He? 1th said, was re ported by Martin county an< brought the epidemic death to tal to 110. The number of case: for the year mounted to 2,070 Guilford county reported fiv cases, Madison two and fou counties reported one case each They were Cleveland, Nev Hanover, Pender and Person. Not Her Husband, But A Burglar Baltimore, Sept. 17— (AP) - Mrs. Rita N. Franke, 24, rai screaming up the street yestei day, holding to the coattails o a burglar who had looted he: house of $12. By the time the police came oi the scene, the robber had brok en away and escaped. The: asked passers-by why they ha< not come to Mrs. Franke's as sistance. “We thought it was just ? j husband-wife spat," they Mid. Ministers Will Plan Teacher Training School At Meeting At First Presbyterian Tonight The Rev. J. M. Walker, Jr.f pastor of the First Presbyter ian Church, announced today that an important meeting of all ministers, Sunday school superintendents and depart mental superintendents will be held this evening at 8:00 o' clock at the First Presbyter ian Church to make plans for a teacher-training school. The school is planned for November 29—December 1, and has been planned by the Roanoke Rapids-Weldon Min isterial Association as a in terdenominational project. It is considered. Rev. Walk er said today, that such a school will provide valuable training for those who* already teach in Sunday schools, will help enlist prospective teach ers and will provide a d*epor sense of comradeship in the work of the Sunday schools. The ihree-day school will be divided into four courses, each of which will be allotted two 50-minule periods each eve ning. The courses will be di vided as follows: the Chil dren's Division, the Young People's Division, Adult Bible teaching and Methods in Vis ual Education. Rev. Walker said the teachers will be the best in the state, adding that he was pleased to announce that the first three first choices had been signed. Plans are to be made at to night's meeting, which is very important to the success of the proposed school, and Rev. Walker urged that all minis ters, superintendents and heads of departments in all the Roanoke Rapids and Wel don churches either attend or have someone come in their place. Death Truck Driver Free Under Bond Conway, September 17.—Chief of Police W. B. Cole said here this morning that Willie Odell Garris, Aynden Negro, has beei released under a $500 bond pending a coroner’s inquest which has been set for Monday night in the death of Sheila Ni cholson, three, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Nicholson of Roanoke Rapids, near here yes terday. Chief Cole said he learned the child had been crushed between the tail gate of the truck operat ed by Garris and a barn at the home of Lloyd Askew, her uncle. The truck is owned by T. J. Cannon of Ayden, a corn buyer, and Garris had driven it to the Askew home to pick up a load of corn. The child was visiting with her mother at the home of Mrs. Nicholson’s mother, Mrs. Char les Askew, at the time of the fatal accident. Sheila died in an ambulance before she could reach the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital. Funeral services are being conducted this afternoon at four o’clock from the Milwaukee Baptist Church, with the pas tor, Rev. J. E. Garlington, offi ■ ciating. Burial will be in a family plo1 at the Askew home near Con way. The child is survived by hei parents and grandparents. Contracts Let For Re-Pliasilig Area REA Lines Kich Square Sept. 15—V. E. Taylor, manager of the Roanoke Electric Membership Corpora - tion, announced today that con tracts for the construction and re-phasing of 143 miles of Rural E 1 e c t r ification Administration lines to serve 300 additional members in five counties have been awarded to the McKinley Construction Co., of Arlington. Va. He said, construction work on the REA lines in Halifax. North ampton, Hertford, Bertie and Gates Counties is due to begin within the next 30 to 60 days. Taylor said while work is un derway a number of the custo mers now being served by the Roanoke Electric Membership Corporation may be inconven - ienced by the current’s being shut off at times. He said this will be caused by the necessity of de-energizing lines for the re phasing work. He added that the work is essential because lines are a 1 places. Western Allies Tighten Blockade Berlin, Sept. 17 — (AP)— The western allies tightened theii counter-blockade of the Russiar zone today to shut off the Iasi flow of goods from western Ger many to the east. * Patrols were increased a' crossing points along the lengtl of* Bizonia’s frontier Lions Llub festival Opens Monday Night With A Gala Street Dance Sometimes the Roanoke Ra i pids Lions Club gives the im pression that it can do just about ! anything. Monday night, for instance, 1 the club is transforming Hamil • ton Street in front of Roanoke i Rapids High School into a ball room, when the club opens its i big annual Lions Club Festival • with a street dance which is • free to all comers. Yes, Monday has been set aside for the opening of the week-long Festival and the plans announced today by the local Lions is for the street dance tc be even bigger than the one last - year which attracted more than i 3,000 people. The “dance floor” Monday l night will be the front of the • High School at Hamilton and Eighth streets. Lion June Col i lier. who is heading the com mittee which is planning the ’ dance said the location has been ! picked because of its general • convenience and because of its nearness to the high school at> letic field, Festival headquar ters. The high school field will V have seven carnival rides erect ed for the thrill seekers and sev eral concessions for the refresh ment-seekers. This morning the field had already assumec a festive air, with two of the rides already set up and the large exhibit tent where Roa noke Rapids business concern! will show their wares for all t< see. Music for Monday night’s dance will be furnished by A1 gie Batts, popular local danc< band leader, and his orchestra The plans are for the band t set up on the main steps of th< school, and a public addres system will amplify the musi< so that everyone can hear Th< street will be made danceabh by the spreading of oatmeal oi the pavement. The street will, of course, b« roped off to traffic and loca police officers have promisee their full cooperation in seeing to it that traffic is routed arounc the scene of festivity. Collier said that the dancinj is slated to begin at 7:30 p. m and will continue until 9:30. Promises Hard Fight; Jones Supports GOP Washington, Sept. 17—(AP)— President Truman left today on a 16-day western campaign tour with this pledge: "I’m going to fight hard and I’m going to give them hell.” "It’s a victorious trip," the President also told his running mate, Senator Alben W. Brak ley of Kentucky, who was a t Union Station to see him em bark on the second swing o f what may be the most strenu ous campaign ever waged by a White House occupant. The President will deliver more than 100 addresses in at least 18 of the 21 states his spe cial 17-car train .will touch on a 9,500-mile vote seeking tour to the Pacific coast and return. He is due to return to Wash ington Oct. 2. As Mr. Truman left on his cross-country swing, The Hus ton (Tex.) Chronicle, published by Jesse H. Jones, a cabinet member in the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s adminis tration, announced its support of the GOP ticket of Dewey and Warrpn. The Chronicle in an editorial said it believes in a two-party system. It called on Demo crats of the South to abandon the feeling “that we are Demo crats and can vote no other ticket.” It said “this will not be a case of leaving out party, xxx rather our party has left us.” Citing qualifications of Gov ernors Dewey and Warren in ad ministering affairs in New York and California, respectively, the | Chronicle said Mr. Truman “has . not shown the leadership neces 1 sary for the sucesscful manage | ment of our National and In ternational affairs.” Jones was ousted as secretary of commerce by President Ro osevelt in 1945 to make way for a cabinet post for Henry A. Wallace, who had failed to win renomination for vice-president. Mr. Truman drove to the Sta tion with his daughter, Margaret for the 10:45 a.m. departure. Mrs. Truman will board the rain at Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Truman will make the first major speech of the exten sive vote tour at Dexter, Iowa, tomorrow. Democratic national headquar ; ters said the Dexter address will be broadcast over a nation-wide ; hookup by Mutual Broadcasting : System. Before the voters go to the 1 polls November 2, Mr. Truman ! likely will make three other rail road trips and a plane visit to Florida to round ,out a 15,000 to | 20,000 mile stumping campaign. Hyderabad Yields In War To India 1 New Delhi. Sept. 17 —(AP)— The Hyderabad government ra ; dio broadcast today that the princely state has yielded in its 100-hour war with the Dominion I of India. 11 The Moslem Nizam, ruler of the state, ordered a cease fire effective at 5 p. m. (6:30 a. m., EST) and accepted the resigna |1 tion of his government. He in | formed India he will form a new ' | government tomorrow. ’ Mir Laik Ali, the Nizam’s pre 11 mier. announced this in the Hy ’ derabad broadcast. ' Britain Strengthens Her Home Defense London, Sept. 17—(AP)—Brit ain took steps today to strength en her home defenses in the grave international crisis. The cabinet already has an nounced that demobilization of the armed forces has been slow i ed. recruiting stepped up and that war weapons are being im proved. Two Drivers Die In Fiery Crash Of Trucks - ^ Two drivers perished in the wreckage of th ese two trucks which collided head-on and burst into flames near Mocksville, N. C. Wayne Fowl er, 33, of Jamestown, N. C., driver of the truck at top, was killed instantly. His body was burns d before help arrived. The unidentified driver of the other truck, which carried a Texas license plate, was burned to death in the cabin of the vehicle. (AP Photos) Roanoke Rapids Schoolboy Patrol Formed With 26 Boys Ask Drivers To Cooperate s President Truman May Speak In Raleigh In Mid-October Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 17 — (AP)—President Truman, “if at all possible”, will come to Raleigh in mid-October for the unveiling of a statue of three North Carolinians who became presidents. U. S. Senator-Nominate J. Melville Broughton declared after talking with the presi dent in Washington yesterday that he was “confident” Mr. Truman would arrange the engagement “if at all possi ble” Meanwhile, it was revealed that Truman’s vice-presiden tial running mate and a mem ber of his cabinet will definite ly make talks in North Caro lina before the November elec tions. Capus Waynick, chairman of the state democratic party’s executive committee, announc ed here yesterday that Sena tor Alben Barkley of Kentucky will speak the night of Sept. 27 at Asheville. Barkley’s speech will launch a series of 12 congressional District meetings which tra ditionally begin the intensive democratic campaign in North Carolin. Also Secretary of ^Agricul ture Charles Brannan is sche duled to speak at Monroe on the 27th. For the past 16 years, dur ing a presidential election campaign, neither a president a vice president, nor a mem ber of the president’s cabinet has stumped in North Caro lina. Hundreds Of Japanese Lost In Floods Tokyo, Sept. 17 —(AP) —Be tween 800 and 2,00 Japanese were killed, injured or missing in flooded Ichinoseki City 60 miles north cf Sendai, Japanese and occupation authorities said today. A Kyodo News Agency report from a technician to his prefec tual officer at Morioka in Iwate prefecture placed the number of dead at 2,000. Allied headquarters, however, said reports from army units at Sendai listed 800 dead or miss ing. * Kyodo said two feet of rain deluged the city in a typhoon last night. Some 500 homes in Ichinoseki were washed away and 1,600 were flooded, the news agendy reported. Thp swollen IWai River burst through its dikes near Ichinose ki and poured through the city of 35,000 population. Reports were that the rain in the northern Honshu city had stopped but that some fires had broken out later. Winston, Burlington Western Electric Workers May Strike Winston-Salem, Sept. 17—(AP) —A strike vote was pending to day as agreement was soughl between the communications workers of America (Ind.) and the Western Electric Company’s Winston-Salem and Burlington plants. The union decided yesterday to ask its membership to autho rize a strike at the two plants as government conciliators worked toward an agreement covering the firm’s approximately 2,10( workers in this state. Clifford H. Love, union presi dent, said last night the com pany had turned down the CWA’s latest wage increase pro posal of 10 to 12 cents an hour. The company had no comment on the negotiation deadlock. Equal Potato Acreages Sought By State Men Norfolk, Va„ Sept. 17—(AP)— An equitable distribution of na tional potato acreage allotments for next year is being sought by Virginia and North Carolina growers. A delegation of Tidewater growers and dealers joined North Carolina in sending a del egation to Washington yester day. Rep. Porter HMardy, Jr., of Churchland, was joined by Rep. Herbert Bonner of Washington, N. C., and Senator-nominee J. Melville Broughton, of North Carolina, in pleading the grow ers’ case. Last night Hardy said that a considerable reduction in na tional acreage was in prospect One proposal, he said, would in crease certain areas while de creasing the quotas of Tide water Virginia and Eastern Ca rolina. Such a move is opposec by the delegation. A hearing on the argument 01 the growers was held befort Frank Wolly, deputy adminis trator of the Production anc Marketing Administration, anc A. E. Mercker, chief of the pota to branch of the administration, both in the Department of Agri cluture. Freezing Weather Hits In Chicago Chicago, Sept 17 —(AP)— Freezing weather hit parts o: the northeastern section of th( country today but there wert lots of heat from the Rockies U the Appalachians. The mercury dipped under th< 32 mark over the New Englanc early today. There was a prom ise of warmer air for the are; over the weekend. The late summer hot spell con tinued over most oi the mid west Cooler weather, however was forecast for some section) tomorrow. Officer Nelson |j Supervises The > Work Of Patrol The Roanoke Rapids School boy Patrol, a volunteer organi- n| zation of high school boys whq *J believe primarily in traffic safe?- * ty, went into action here this ** afternoon for their second year. * Under the supervision of police officer L. H. Nelson, the 26 boys comprising the Patrol went on duty at ten different posts this afternoon in an effort to make intersections safer places for schoolboys and schoolgirls. The members of the Patrol are chosen on the basis of their grades, conduct and interest in their work, and they have been trained in the fundamentals • of traffic safety by their mentor, officerr Nelson. He said the boys will be stationed at inter sections in and around school; areas at all times when traffic I to and from school is heavy, and he urged the full cooperation of local motorists with the boys. Offenders of traffic laws whjv'en danger the lives of children by their disregard for traffic sig nals or signals by the boys of the patrol may find themselves in court, Nelson warned since the boys are instructed to copy license numbers of deliberate The boys will meet once a ; month for drill and instruction I by their leader and they will be checked at their posts at all times by members of the Roa noke Rapids Police Force. Nel son said he hopes to be able to secure white Sam Browne belts for all patrol members soon, as well as distinctive white rain coats for bad weather duty. Like Nelson, the boys do their ' patrol work on their own time • without any compensation other than knowing that they are do ing a good job in promoting! safety on the streets and, per-| haps, saving lives. Later on in the school year* the outstanding Patrolman in I each group will be appointed I group captain, with the respon sibility for the group on his own > shoulders. At present the School | boy Patrol is limited to boys in grades 9-12, however if the traf-1 fic situation gets worse and | more are needed some volun teers may be taken from tha 1 eigm.ii Kraut:. The Patrol was started last year by Nelson, a former mem ber of the State Highway Pa trol. and Cpl. L. B. Lane of the Highway Patrol. Nelson said , Lane will be unable to work | 'f with him this year because his office has been shifted to the ! highway patrol barracks at Hal- . ifax, however he said the entire ' force of officers in the area is backing the schoolboy group to the hilt. Boys are stationed in (roups of two or three at busy inter- I . sections, and where no traffics j lights are already installed they are given traffic hand signals. Boys operate the signals and'1 !■ escort children across tho i | streets. The Roanoke Rapids fe theatres are cooperating by j giving a pass tu one movie each U (Continued to Pigs 1*,_yS|g
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