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U-'Lx j - SoWefs d/jswer To Western Power’s Note Not Disclosed I ROANOKE RAPIDS ^uindat} Herald THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR—NUMBER 14 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,1948 10c CENTS SUNDAY, Betty Wynn Ingram Crowned Queen 1 Of Lions Club's Annual Festival In a gaily decorated Armory, before a crowd estimated at more than 500 persons, Miss . Betty Wynn Ingram Friday night was crowned queen of the an nual Roanoke Rapids Lions Club Festival, in the climax to a week-long affair, that included | boxing matches, a fiddler’s con test, a talent show and many other features. Miss Ingram had the crown placed on her head by Mayor W. Bernard Allsbrook after the judges had spent a lengthy time in deciding the winner of the crown from among ten of Roan oke Rapids' most beautiful girls Second place honors went to Miss Doris Fahey. : The scene of the Coronation Ball was beautifully decorated and the crowd enjoyed dancing to the music of Algie Batts and his orchestra. Miss Ingram, a brunette beau ty, wore a shimmering white evening dress that offset her dark tresses beautifully. ■ The ten contestants: Misses Louise Burke, LaRue Lassiter, Ruth King, Louise Cooke, Geral dine Revelle, Jean King, Marga ret Ann Ingram, Dorothy Mount ford, Doris Fahey and Betty Wynne Ingram, paraded down the length of the Armory to the doors and then came back to the stage on the arms of their escorts for the Coronation Ball. Mayor Allsbrook called each girl's name as she walked back to the stage and the crowd each i gave each a resounding round of applause. The five judges went into their huddle, no one apparently knew * where they were standing in the audience and as the crowd wait ed impatiently deliberated for several minutes before announ cing the decision. The decision was heartly app roved by the crowd and Mayor Allsbrok presented Miss In gram with a bouquet of roses, a three-tiered cake, a compact and she will receive a complete fall outfit. These prizes were donated by Roanoke Rapids mer chants. Miss Fahey received a make up kit and an orchid, and each of the other contestants received a lovely gift. Work Slated ». To Begin On Weldon Road Preliminary preparations for the widening of the Roanoke Rapids-Weldon highway were started along the road Friday, with the arrival of a number of pieces of concrete culvert mater ial and the placing along the highway of a lot of “Men Work ing” signs. Officials of the F.D. Cline Con struction Company of Raleigh, which recently was awarded a contract for the project which calls for the widening of the four mile stretch of U. S. highway 158 by adding four feet on each side of the present 16-foot high way. said they expect to begin work on the project in a little over a week. 1 The construction company, which has done quite a bit of work in this area, is finishing the erection of a plant for mak ing a plant-mix black top sur face mixture described as being far superior to the ordinary ma cadam surfacing. The plant for making this surface mix will be Dut up in a sand pit at Garys burg. In addition T> the high way work to be undertaken, the \ company said it has a contract for paving about six miles o f city streets in Roanoke Rapids and will use the plant as its source of material for the street iob. A bid of $101,230 was submitted as a low bid by the Cline Com f pany on a project calling for k\ widening of the Weldon-Roanoke Rapids, the paving of four blocks Wr -if state-maintained streets in the business section of Roanoke Rap ids and paving of about two miles of highway near Enfield. The State Highway Com mission approved the bid made by Cline on July 29. The Weather North Carolina — Claar to partly cloudy and continued >. t cool Sunday. \ 2 1 Unamerican Activities Group’s Report Will “Shock the Nation” Washington, Sept. 25-(AP)An official close to the House Un american Activities Committee said today its forthcoming re port on atomic espionage “will shock the public.” It will state, the official de dared that President Roose velt and Truman and Attorney General Tom C. Clark “had all the facts” on a Russian spy ring that got atomic bomb secrets' but did nothing about it. The official, who declined use j of his name, said the report will assert that Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Truman and Clark knew that “Soviet agents in a complete professional spy ring, working with amateurs” successfully ob tained American Atomic secrets “It was a complete omission,” the official said. Earlier, Rep. Vail (R-ILL), a member of the committee, said the report will assert that some scientists working with the super-secret Manhattan Atomic Bomb Projects at the University of Chicago made attempts to steal atom secrets. He told reporters: “We are in dined to believe they were sue cessful.” Vail also said that a separate phase of the committee’? a tomic espionage inquiry— underway since mid June—had revealed that some atomic mat erial had been stolen from the Manhattan Project and sent to Russia. Kinston Recorder Refuses to Convict On Inspection Law Kinston, Sept. 25—(AP) —Re corder Albert Cowper has re fused to convict a motorist who failed to have his car inspected before a deadline fixed by the Motor Vehicles Department. The inspection law passed by the General Assembly set Jan. 1, 1949, as the deadline. The Motor Vehicles Department, trying to speed up the car tests, set earli er deadlines for specified mod els. Dewey Outlines Master Plan to Curb Inflation San Francisco, Sept. 25—(AP) —Gov. Thomas E. Dewey called tonight for a “great unsurge ol production” as the keystone ol a six point program to curb in flation. The Republican presidential nominee laid down the biueprinl in renewing his charge that the Democratic Administration “has for years been openly, a vowedly, deliberately discourag ing production and trying to raise prices.” In a major campaign address Dewey said: “Those policies have reflected the administration’s basic lacP of understanding of the simple fundamentals of our economic system and its tragic lack ol faith in the future of America.’ The New York governor out lined this anti-inflation program to an audience at Civic Center: 1. “I propose that we bring tc Washington an administration ar able and honest men and womer who have the courage to tackle this problem of high prices and inflation, and to tackle it effec tively.” brake on unecessary governmenl spending.” 3. “One of the most effective ways to stop inflation is reduct the national debt.” 4. “I promise you that in youi next administration there wiJi be no place, high or low foi anyone who will speculate ir grain—or any other commodity —at the price of human misery ’ 5. ‘‘I propose to bring to Wash ington men and women of in tegrity whose aim is not help themselves but to help Am erica.” 6. ‘‘As perhaps the most im portant step, I propose that wt start vigorously supporting oui American system of free oppor tunity by a government whicl has faith in it and wants it t( succeed.” Allen Resigns As Head of Warren Schools Norlina, September 25—J Ed ward Allen, Superintendent of Warren County Schools, submit ted his resignation as Superinten dent because of “his inability to perform the duties of his of fice to ill health”, Harry Wal ker, chairman of the Warren County Board of Education said here tonight. Walker said Allen’s resigna - tion was brought by messenger to him on Friday afternoon, fol lowing which he said he called a special Board meeting to con sider the matter. He said the Board met Friday night and vot ed to accept the resignation. The chairman said there were no definite plans discussed by the Board of Education to ap point a successor to the superin tendent's post, however he added that the members had expressed a need to do something about filling job permanently at a later date. He expressed satisfaction with the work of W. O. Reed, prin cipal of the Norlina High School, who was appointed last week “on a purely temporary basis” t o handle the duties of the superin tendent’s office while Allen re mained ill. Walker said there had been no action on the part of the board either to appoint Reed on a permanent basis or to seek someone for the job. A telephone call to Superinten dent Allen’s home tonight was made and the information was given that Allen had returned to his home from Duke Hospital but was in bed ill and unable to answer the telephone. The former school head was served with a capias in the hos pital Wednesday, after a Warren County Grand Jury had returned 24 true bills of indictment against him on charges of embezzle - ment of $24,327.75, false pretense and 32 forgery charges. A cash bond of $15,000 was posted for him immediately after the bills were returned. rresn water Tapped On Bottom of the Sea OLYMPIA, Wash. (U.P.) — Workmen driving concrete pil I ings at the Port of Olympia are drinking pure water , piped dir ectly from the biV.tom of the bay The 60-ton piles have a pipe down the center through which water is sluiced to cut away mud at the bottom. One piling j was set in place and a few days i later was found to have pure I , water flowing out at the top of | | the pipe. Local Youth Hurt; Charged With Car Theft A wild ride in a stolen auto mobile Friday night ended a jruptly and grievously for El dred Strickland, Roanoke Rapids youth. Strickland is a patient in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital under technical arrest for the alleged larceny of an automobile from a lot on Tenth street, and is suf fering from severe contusions and possible internal injuries, it was reported by hospital au thorities last night. Chief of Roanoke Rapids po lice T. J. Davis said last night that Strickland has been charged formally with larceny of an automobile and will face the charges as soon as he is released from the hospital. The chief said a report of the stealing of a four-door Buick sedan was re ceived at police headquarters last night at about the same time Strickland was brought into the local hospital following a wreck near Gaston. Gaston said that Strickland had offered to take them for a ride and had driven as fast as 100 miles per hour to the Virginia state line. On returning to Camp’s store, the boys got an automobile, followed Strickland and pulled him out of the wrecked car after he had run off the highway and turned over near Gaston. Davis said the car was almost a total wreck. At the hospital it was report ed that the youth’s condition was good, and the hospital authori r es said Ihey do not think his injuries are serious. The automobile was taker from the lot of the Halifax Autc Finance Company. Cute Little Easter Chicli Becomes Tough Rooster HUTCHINSON, Kan. (U.P.)— There is no need for a watchdog at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benson Sayre. They have an Easter chick, one of those pinkish-colored little fel lows, which has grown up into a big white rooster. The Sayers call him Biddie. But he’ll fight anything and anybody. The other day a “stran ger” came to the house. Biddie tore into him with beak and spurs. It turned out to be Sayre’s boss. Johnny Strickland Grabs Most | Honors in Lion Fiddlers’ Contest Little Johnny brickiana, wno, took top honors in the Lions Club Festival’s Talent Night Show here Thursday night, add ed luster to his fame by walk ing off with a first place and three seconds in the Fiddlers’ Convention on Friday night. The 10-year-old local perform er led the prize-winning string band in one of the competitions, then added second-place honors in the fiddle solo, guitar solo and group-singing division. The family was kept well up in the running when Johnny’s father. John Strickland, took a second place in the clog dancing com petition. The six-day festival closed here last night with a highly suc cessful concert by the prize win ners in the Fiddlers’ Convention competition. Stanley jonnson mauc close race for honors of the eve ning Friday by taling first-place prizes in the fiddle, and guitar contests and coming in second in the mandolin competition. Most of the contestants put in a return engagement at the Fes tival grounds last night by play ing to a slightly-chilly but ap preciative audience some of the numbers that have earned them their reputations as prize-win ners. The Festival wound up as it had started—with a high note, and tired Lions and highly-en tertained natives took themsel ves off to bed content to wait until another Festival rolls a round. Prize winners in Friday night’s Fiddlers’ Convention were the following: in string band com petition—Little Johnny Stride land and his string band, first; Rosa Lee Phillips and her Greensville County Ramblers, second; the Cherokee Boys and Wallace Jones » and Lawrence Emory. Fiddle solos—Stanley Johnson, first; Johnny Strick land, second; and Johnny Stok esberry. Guitar solos—Stanley Johnson, first; Johnny Strick land, second; Red and Gene, and Evelyn and M. C. Driver. Group singing—Cherokee Boys, first Johnny Strickland and Carolyn second; the Tarheel Pioneers Rosa Lee Phillips, Luther Aller and Johnny Stokesberry; ant Shorty Martin and Skinny New some. Vocal solo—Rosa Lee Phil lips, first; Johnny Stokesberry' second; Lawrence Emory; Gil bert Newsome; Luther Allen and Doll Baby, one of the Chero kee Boys. Clog dancing—Gilber Newsom, first; Johnny .strick land, second, Mandolin solo— Wallace Joyner, first; Stanley Johnson, second; Johnny Stok esberry, third. Russian Asks Ban On A Bomb Paris, Sept. 25—(AP)—Russ ia's fiery Andrei Y. Vishinsky ;oday urged the five great pow ers to scrap a third of their land sea and air forces and demand ed a ban on the atomic bomb| The Soviet deputy foreign minister told the United Nations general assembly in a rapid-fire 50-minute speech that a group of leaders in the Western bloc are mapping an atomic war a gainst Russia. He blasted the United States as leading a “wild armaments race” and seeking to dominate the world. Western power delegates par ticularly those of the United States, tagged his speech ‘‘old stuff.” British Minister of State Hector McNeil called it “warm ed-over hash.” For the second year the for mer Soviet prosecutor singled out defense Secretary James V. Forrestal in his vehement attack against the West. He said Forr estal is a leader in the group of men laying “flashily colored plans” for using the atomic bomb to destroy such Soviet cities as Moscow, Leningrad. Kiev Kharkov and Odessa. The general feeling of dele gates, expressed to newsmen, was that Vishinsky’s policy speech to the 5$-Nation Assem bly was merely a warmed-over version of the Arms Limitation demand put forward in the 1946 assembly by foreign minister V. M. Molotov and Vishinsky's own attack of last year on what he called war-mongers. "We feel keen disappointmnt that Vishinsky failed to meet Secretary of State Marshall’s calm, conciliatory speech of last Thursday,” an American official said. “His address was essentially an attack on the UN program over the past two years We didn’t hear a single word favorable to the U.N.” Vishinsky called on the assem bly to set up “within the frame work of The Security Council” an international control body to carry out reduction of arma ments and armed forces of the United States, Russia, Britian, France and China. His proposed one-third slash would be put in to effect within one year. Delegates immediately noted that the phrase “within the framework of the Security Coun cil” would give Russia a veto on the control body’s decisions. Russia previously proposed such an arrangement for an internwa tional atomic control commission and it was opposed by the other four great powers. Russians Fail To Hold Planned Air Maneuvers BERLIN. Sept. 25—(AP)—The Russians posted notice today they would hold maneuvers a cross the western airlift lanes but U.S. fliers on the aerial sup ply highway said they failed to spot any soviet planes. The Russians said this morning for mation flying would be practiced in an area extending from Perle berg to Finsterwalde. This would cross all the American British- French air corridors tc blockaded Berlin. They did not say when the flights would occur Usually little advance notice is given. Capt. Vincent Gookin, U.S. aii safety officer, said at the end oi the day that no such maneuvers were reported by fliers who car ried another 3,725 tons of sup plies in clear, splendid flying weather. Yesterday the Russians held anti-aircraft practice fire in one of the air corridors but caused only a slight diversion in the lifl and no incidents. American officials were puz; led over today’s action but one suggested it might be part o: a “War of Nerves.” Big Three Ministers Study Reply to Demand for Clear Cut Statement on Berlin Paris, Sept. 25—(AP)—Russia tonight answered tha Western Powers’ demand for a clear cut statement on the Berlin crisis. The French Foreign Ministry immediately called a huddle of the Western Powers foreign ministers to con sider the reply, but said later the meeting had been called off. No reason was given but it was believed some of the ministers wanted more time to study Moscow’s note. Soviet Demands Full Control of Berlin Transport London, Sunday, Sept. 26-(>^P) —Russia demanded today in a statement broadcast from Mos cow control by the Soviet com manded of ail transport from Berlin to the Western zones of Germany. The radio account was a dis patch from the official news agency Tass which said the state ment was authorized. The Russ ians contended the United States Britian and France had violated the Potsdam decisions by intro ducing a reformed currency in to Western Berlin. This, the Tass Statement said forced Russia to blockade Ber lin in late June “to safeguard the interests of the German pop ulation and protect the eco nomic life of the Soviet zone.” The Russians contended the Wes tern powers were attempting to secure control of all Germany, including the Eastern Zone Rus sia ocupies. Truman Ignores States Righter’s Challenge Aboard Truman campaign train, Sept. 25—(AP)—President Truman campaigned tonight in a territory where states rights Democrats are on the ticket but ignored for the time being s challenge by their presidential candidate that he “not duck’ Civil Rights issues. As his train rolled througl west Texas the President had re ceived but had “no comment’’ or a telegraphic challenge fron Gov. J. Strom Thurmond o South Carolina. Thurmond asked the Chief Ex ecutive and Democratic Presiden | tial candidate to discuss durini his bid for Texas 23 electora votes such issues as fair em ployment practives, racial se gregation, and tidelands oil. A copy of Thurmond’s tele gram said: “You are quoted as saying a Los Angeles T do not believ anybody is going to win this figh by running away from the re cord or ducking issues.’ I sin cerely trust that you will no duck any of these issues whili in the South. Jinxed CHICAGO (U.P.)—Bus com pany officials have decided ti skip No. 13 when the next grou] of vehicles is ready for publii service. Of the 27 shiny nev buses recently introduced to cit; streets, No. 13 was the first t< meet with disaster. It crashei through an iron frnce and dui up a garden. Foreign Minister Kobert »cnu« man was to be Marshall’s din ner guest tonight and it was *'as« * sumed” the two men would dis cuss the note, a French foreign ministry spokesman said. However, Lewis Douglas, U. S. Ambassador to Britain, and Sir William Strang, British Foreign Office expert on German affairs, called at the French foreign of fice for a conference on the “ex pert” level. They are members of the big three “London Committee” which has been studying the negotia tions over Berlin for months. American and French sources confirmed that Marshall, Schu man and British Foreign Secre tary Ernest Bevin had been scheduled to meet at 6:30 p. m., (12:30 p. m. Eastern Standard Time) but that the conference was called off shortly before it was scheduled to begin. Informants from all three western powers said there would be no statement tonight or any disclosure on the contents of the Soviet note. Earlier the U. S. embassy said it had planned to hold a news conference or issue a statement. The western powers last Wed nesday in identical notes to the Kremlin asked the Soviet Union point-blank whether it will rec ognized the principle of four power rule in Berlin. Members of the American, French and British delegations were surprised over the speed of the reply. They had not ex pected to hear from Moscow be fore early next week. The western powers had re stated their intention to supply the western sectors of Berlin by the air lift all winter if neces sary. They asked the Kremlin to join them in writing details of a directive to the respective military commanders in Ger many for solving the currency issue. Pea Grows in Shape ; Of Small Green Snake l Miss Kate Jones, who lives on - the, Weldon road and who also - grows peas in her garden, thought she had started growing ■ little green snakes on her pea vine yesterday. t A closer inspection of the ; “snake”, however, proved to her t immense relief that it was jst - another of those oddities that ■ make Nature a fascinating sub i ject. The lady-finger pea which so closely resembled a young snake had for some undefined reason chosen to coil itself around just ■ like a reptile, and the illusion > was heightened by a large pea i in the pod at one end : ing just like a snake’s head with ■ a short black tongue sticking r out. i Miss Jones said she did not l particularly mind snakes, but [ she said she is glad they have not started growing on vines. Clioo-Choo Justice and Obscure Irish Guard Grab Limelight in Nation’s Top Gridiron Contests New YorK, sept, zo—tAr;— An obscure guard and a famed halfback grabbed the headlines today as college football burst into the sports picture alongside the torrid baseball races. The obscure guard is Steve Oracko of Notre Dame, whose angling 23-yard field goal after missing three conversion at - tempts gave the Irish a 28 to 27 victory over upstart Purdue. The famed halfback is Charlie (Choo Choo) Justice of North Carolina, whose teammates toy ed with Texas, 34 to 7. The Tar Heels scored three of the first four times they got the ball. Right beside those two players in tne Headline department came such team accomplishment* as Yale’s 28 to 13 conqilt*t of Brown; Michigan’s tight squeeze before defeating Michigan State, 13 to 7; Georgia Tech’s 13 to 0 triumph over Vanderbilt; In diana’s easy time with Wis consin, 35 to 7; and of Tulane’s upset of Alabama, 21 to 14. Purdue lived up to every bit of the claim that they would be the toughest team on the Notre Dame schedule. The Oilmak ers piled up 13 first downs to 10 for the Irish; gained 294 yards to 223 for the winners. In administering Texas one of its worst defeats, Justice passed for two touchdowns and scored tvto himself. iuiwugou a ivuau wuni xcm* nants had to pull all stops to down Michigan State before the largest crowd ever to see a game at East Lansing. The fray marked the dedication of the spartans’ remodeled stadium. On the intersectional front, Minnesota shook off its shackles for three touchdowns in the fin al period to down Washington, 20 to 0. Southern Methodist con vinced Pittsburgh that all that had been written about Doak Walker was true, 33 to 14; and California eased past Navy, 21 to 7. In the east Army again thwarted Villanova, 28 to 0, for the fifteenth time in 16 games; Columbia trounced Rutgers, 17 - to 6, despite Frank Bums’ pass ing and Cornell found New York University easy, 47 to 6. , Two conversions gave low 14 to 12 verdict over Marqu and Nebraska levelled ~ ' Community Chest Goal for year Is Set At $14375; Drive to Start October 21 A goal of $14,375 for the an- ! nual Red Feather campaign which will run October 21-30, for the Roanoke Rapids Com munity Chest was announced to day by Rev. John M. Walker, Jr., who has been appointed to head the 1948 drive. The budget, including the drive goal, was set in a meet ing of the Board of Trustees of the Community Chest, however it was not approved by the cam paign committee until committee members met a few days ago. The largest item on the Com munity Chest Budget is $4,000, which has been approved as tne amount to be given by the Chest to the Associated Charities or ganization which works in con junction with the Halifax Coun ty Welfare Department and Hali v» fax County Health department in taking care of needy cases in and around Roanoke Rapids. The Boy Scouts in this area will receive $2,700 from tiie campaign funds collected, and the Girl Scouts will be allotted $2,000. Funds of $1,250 eaon nave been* set up in the announced, budget to take care of the School Book and Lunch Fund for buying books and daily lunches for underprivileged school chil dren and for the administrative budget for the Communist Chest. Other budget items include $550 for the Roanoke Rapids pu blic library, $550 for the local Recreation Commission and $200 for campaign expenses. A 15 per cent shrinkage is allowed in the annual budget to allow for uncollected pledges and other matters. This added to the budget items brings the to tal to $14,375, Rev. Walker raid. Henry Akers is the chairman of the campaign committee of the Chest, and other members of the committee are R. G. Floyd, the Rev. Edmund Berkeley and Mrs. Robert Vaughan. All are members of the Community Chest Board of Trustees. J. C. Hoyle is president of the Chest, and other members of the Board of Trustees include J. B. Hutchinson, C. L. Elting, M’ss Mary Hix, F. D. Wilson, R. C. Johnson, Mrs. Raleigh Seay, Ros coe W. Hamill, R. C. Brown, Wil liam D. Poindexter, Ashley Vick, Robert Nance, Dr. W. D. Hall, A. L. Drew, Rudolph Williams, Wil mer Collier, Charles Fitts, W. P. Taylor and T. J. Davis. Mayor W. Bernard Allsbrook is an honor ary Board member. f. * Miss Betty Wynn Ingram Is being crowned Queen of the An nual Roanoke Rapids Lions Club Festival by Mayor W. Ber nard Allsbrook in the above photograph. Miss Ingram was selected 1948 Lions Festival Queen at the Coronation Ball Fri day night from a group of ten of Roanoke Rapids' most beau tiful girls. (Herald Photo, cut courtesy of the News and Ob server.)