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England’s Bevin Fears Berlin Crisis Might Wreck United Nations J Roanoke h | Ramblings By PAT NANTZ While in the Roanoke Phar macy the other day, I overheard the conversation between Mr. Brad Browning, the pharmacist, and a young lady. She wanted to know if the sandwiches were fresh; Mr. Browning answered: “They’re fresh off the press; just like the Daily Herald, we # get them fcvery day!” Now, we know that we have somebody that thinks of us . . .and who gives the Herald a “plug” every now and then. . . . To those of you that didn’t at tend the talent show at the Lions’ Festival on Thursday night, here is an idea of what went on . . . Roanoke Rapids has a perfect f Choir Boy in its midst as far as I know his talents weren’t so well known as they are now; it’s little ten year old Billy Jones that I am speaking of. I can’t remember when I have seen an audience so completely spell bound as was the one listening to Billy sing “Now Is the Hour”. Although he was one of the three runners-up in the contest, he didn’t win; but I know that ^ someday Roanoke Rapids is go ™ ing to have great reason to be proud of little Billy, when he walks away with all of the hon ors. . . Another singer, Thomas May ton brought quite a few laughs but Thomas’ knees weren’t shaking because he was nervous . . .It was just cold, eh Tho mas???? * The song “It’s Magic”, was appreciated by everyone, for Mary Speight has a truly won derful voice. . . Mr. H. G. Perkinson, of Mon roe Street, suffered a slight stroke Friday afternoon . . .but is reported to be in fairly good condition today. Mr. Perkinson is a well-known carrier of the ^ Raleigh newspaper, for many ™ years. ,,/j They always say that a word to the wise is sufficient . . .not that the efforts of the Store Club from the high school isn’t ap preciated . . .but why not follow through with the idea someone had last year at the football games, and sell hot chocolate??? Those cold drinks are invaluable at the hot baseball games, and * at the basketball games which are held inside the Armory . . . but they just don’t have too much appeal to bones that are already half frozen. . . We need thawing out on those drafty bleachers .... I would Ijke to take this oppor tunity to welcome Miss Jesse Helen Belche back to school . . . everyone missed her at the be * ginning of the school year and are glad that her mother’s health improved so that she might be with us, again. Here’s something for Ripley .. . Betty Wynne Ingram was chosen Queen of the Coronation Ball, and her twin sister, Margaret Ann was also a contestant. . .As far as I know, the people that ^ don’t really know them, can’t “ tell them apart . .. I’ve been knowing them since I can re member and I am in that group that can’t. ..however, the judges felt that Betty was the queen of the ten girls; with Miss Doris Fahey taking second place ... Congratulations to both of you. Brooklynese is a language all • its own. Only the residents of Brooklyn seem to be able to speak it proficiently and are al ways running up against per sons who try to correct their pronunciation . . . Witness the following dialogue between two men sitting on a park bench .. . "Chee, de boids choip pretty.” “Those aren’t ‘boids’, they're birds.” ... ‘‘No foolin’ .. . Chee, dey choip just like boids.” £ - w When at the football games and the score gets so out of pro portion as it did Friday nite and you need slnething to divert your attention for a second— just look around for little Jason Ready, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Ready ... he will really get your mind off the game and A<4| give you something to look for ward to at the next one.... Some bright minded young ™ man last night was reported to have had on a red neck-tie, that was so loud it was deafening... this took place at the Festival, so when you attend don’t be sur prised at anything. "Have you forgotten that you owe me five dollars” *‘No, not yet. Give me time, and I will.” © The Weather North Carolina — Partly cloudy and continued cool to day, tonifht and Tuesday ex cept cloudy with occasional llcht rain east portion today. Iranian JBlasts Congress, Heaps Praise On Clark Aboard Truman Campaign Train, Sept. 27—(AP) — Presi dent Truman declared today the 80th Congress is continuously trying to “tear up the Bill of Rights.” Speaking to a trainside crowd at Austin, within sight of the State Capitol, Mr. Truman praised Attorney General Tom Clark, a Texan, who he said would go down in history as one of the greatest ever to hold that office. That, he said, is because he is “working all the time” for the constitution and for the Bill of Rights.” Mr. Truman said the Demo crats were opposed by “from 80 to 90 per cent” of the nation’s newspapers. The reason, he said, is that most of the press is against the people and for “spe cial interests.” The President earlier called peace more important than his own election and Rep. Sam Ray burn, House minority leader, pleaded against changing presi dents now. Mr. Truman announced he “thoroughly approved” of a United States-British-F r e n c h “white paper” formally accus ing Rusgia of threatening peace by the Berlin blockade. He did so last night a few hours after he told a Democra tic gathering in San Antonio that peace “is much more important than whether I am president of the United States.” He spoke after Rayburn, his close personal friend and leader of the Democratic minority in the House, said that to change leaders now would weaken American foreign policy and pos sibly make it harder “to get a totalitarian state around the peace table.” Ten Killed In State Violent Deaths By The Associated P%ess The frist weekend of autumn brought death by violence to at least ten persons in North Caro lina. Murdock U. Urquhart, 37, Ra leigh manager of a Butant Gas Company, was found dead in his automobile. He had been missing eight days and Coroner I. M. Cheek called it suicide by car bon monoxide poisoning. Two young brothers of near Mt. Airy died when their auto mobile failed to make a sharp curve, went down an embank ment and turned over. Warren Lee Koontz, 17 and James Dalton Koontz, 19, were the victims. Archie Bridges, 38, Durham Negro was fatally injured by a truck. Sarah Lee Easterning, 21, a Negro woman, was killed when an automobile driven by her hus band, Ray, overturned on a rail road crossing near Sanford. Bunn W. Mangum, 58, a farm er of Lillington, Route 3, and his son, John W. Mangum, 20, were killed when their automobile col lided with a bus in Harnett County. The only passengers in the bus were two mechanics who were taking the vehicle from Fayetteville to Raleigh for repairs. They were not hurt. An accident at work took the life of Myrel Watson, 23, of Wil son. He fell from a scaffold on a construction job at Greenville. Glenn Ray, 26, was found dead on the floor of a shower room in a barber shop at High Point. The proprietor said he heard a scuffle and saw three men run out of the shop. Ralph Cohoon, 50, was electro cuted at Elizabeth City. He was trying to get electricity for a warehouse by hooking an exten sion wire into a 3,300 volt line. Negroes Sought In Knifing Of Littleton Men Littleton.—Halifax County of ficers are searching today for two Negro men charged with the knifing of Johnnie and Whit Johnson, Negroes, near hert? Sunday afternoon. Johnnie Johnson was taken to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital suf fering with a severe gash from his temple to this throat and his brother was treated for knife wounds in the stomach. Halifax County Sheriff H. A. House said this morning that Johnny Johnson told him that he and his brother had been at tacked by Willie Young and Wil son Johnson “without provoca tion.” Johnnie told the sheriff that Young had held him while Wilson Johnson sliced his face with a knife. The more seriously injured man was reported in bad shape this morning at the hospital. Sheriff House said he is is suing warrants charging Young and Wilson Johnson, no relation to the other two, with assauli with a deadly weapon and the inflicting of serioua bodily in THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR—NUMBER 15 MONDAY SEPTEMBER 27,1948 FIVE CENTS DAILY Collapse Of Secret Talks With Russia Over Berlin Crisis Advance Cold War To Highly Explosive Stage Sitting Down With Stalin >J tiki If * Y - t _ I Three-Car Crash Causes $500 Damages A three-car crash on U.S| high way 301 between Weldon and Garysburg about 6:25 p. m. yes terday caused about $500 dam age to automobiles operated by John Henry Harris of Weldon and Emory B. Hinman of Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. Minor damages were incurred by a truck and trailer involved. State highway patrolmen who investigated the accident, said this morning that the truck was the property of the Cen tral Amusements Company and was driven by Charles L. Harrell of Greenville. The truck was following a long line of traffic just behind the car of Hinman, when traffic ahead sud denly stopped. Harrell told investigating of ficers that he realized he could not possibly stop in time to a void running into Hinman’s car and attempted to apply his brakes and swerved into the left hand lane of the highway. The truck clipped the left rear of Hinman's car and struck the left side of Harris’s car. Harris was going toward Weldon and meeting the traffic. He said he saw the truck pull out and at tempted to get off onto the shou lder. Officers said Harris’s car had two wheels off the highway when it was hit. Damage to the Harris car was estimated at approximately $400 while Hinman’s car was dam aged to the extent of about $100. There were no personal injuries by occupants of any of the three vehicles involved. Truman Will Have Lunch With Governor Raleigh, Sept. 27 — (AP) — Governor Cherry announced to day that President Truman would be his guest at a luncheon at the executive mansion here on Oct. 19. President Truman is scheduled to make two public speeches here on Oct. 19, one at the grounds of the N. C. State Fair and the other at the State Capi tol—at the dedication of a monu ment to the three ^presidents the state claims as native sons. Six Persons Injured When Two Cars Collide Head-On Near Here; Warrant Issued Against Driver wac lujuieu diiu two automobiles were badly dam aged here yesterday shortly be fore noon just outside Roanoke Rapids city limits at the South Rosemary bridge in a head-on collision. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Bissett of Durham were proceeding toward Roanoke Rapids en route to visit Mr. and Mrs. C.C .Shell when their 1947 Buick was struck head on by a car driven by C.V. Burton of Norfolk. Corporal Lo gan B. Lane of the state High way Patrol, who made an in vestigation of the accident, said he was informed that Burton had pulled into the left lane to pass a car ahead when he struck the Bissett car. Five of the accident victims, Mrs. Bissett, Burton, his young daughter, John R. Hux and Clar ence Hines, were all admitted to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital and Bissett was treated at the hospital but was not admitted. Corporal Lane said he had is sued a warrant for Burton charg ing him with careless and reck less driving and' assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and inflicting serious personal injuries. Lane said Burton is under a $1,000 bond for his ap nparanpp in ronnrrlorV „ Roanoke Rapids on October 21. Mrs. Bissett whose condition shortly before noon today was reported as “improving”, suffer ed severe lacerations and poss ible internal injuries and was the most badly injured person in the wreck. Her husband suff ered several lacerations and bruises about the face and body. Burton incurred a bad lacer aton of the knee and cuts about the head. His daughter, Mary Jane, seven, suffered a severe laceration of the knee. Clarence Hines lost several teeth and was suffering from severe contusions and several cuts. Hux, 14, lid his left arm broken in the acei dent. All the occupants of the Burton car were from Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Bissett were the only occupants of their car. j Conway Man Faces Charges In U. S. Court Elizabeth City, Sept. 27—(AP) —A Federal grand jury today was to consider an indictment charging James Wade, 28, of Conway, with passing $1,200 in counterfeit money. Wade was arrested at his home a week ago today cn a warrant charging him with “passing on April 18th and 21st $1,200 in counterfeit notes on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to one Cleveland Smith.” Smitth 26, of Garysburg, was arrested near Windsor last April 23 and charged with assaulting a highway patrolman who tried to question him about i bogus $20 bill that had been passed near Selma. Patrolman W. C. Wilson said that Smith assault ed him north of FayetteviLe. Smith is free in $10,000 bond. Wade is under $5,000 bond af ter waiving preliminary hearing at Rocky Mount. His attorney, Vernon D. Strickland of Rich Square, said that if Wade is in dicted, th; case will be heard in federal court at Wilson on Oct. 18. Virginia negro Is Shot In Leg Hospital officials said here this morning that Vincent Ruffin. Negro, of near Lawrenceville, Va., was admitted to the hospi tal about 8:30 Sunday night suf fering from a severe gunshot wound in his left leg. They said they knew none of the details of the shooting but said he was in serious condi tion. The wound was of such sever ity that it necessitated amputa tion of the man’s left leg below the knee last night. No reV^rt on the shooting could be d/\| ‘ned by press time from Virginia officers. Authorities Are Uncertain What Will Happen Washington, Sept. 27—(AP)— The complete collapse of secret talks with Russia over the Berlin crisis advanced th cold war to a new and highly explosive stage today. Authorities are frankly uncer tain what may happen next. Both President Truman and Republican Presidential Nomi nee Thomas E. Dewey are being kept closely posted while the United States, Britain and France take their case against the Soviet blockade of the Ger man capital into the public arena of the United Nations Security Council. The failure of the secret dip lomacy which the western po wers have been practicing in the hope of reaching a settlement with the Kremlin was revealed by the State department last midnight. At that hour the department made public a 3,000-word note accusing Russia of bad faith in the Berlin negotiations and of creating “a threat to interna tional peace.” r-uuusnea at me same time was a heretofore secret record of 24,000 words which top dip lomats said proves the Soviets are bent upon using the “ille gal” blockade to force the west ern powers out of the German capital. Thus it appears that instead af an end to the blockade, which Premier Stalin agreed to on Au gust 23, the world now is in for a further, prolonged east west struggle over the city The difference is that from here on the issue will be before the Security Council meeting m Paris with world public opinion as a stake. Russia’s continued membership in the U. N., in grave doubt. New east-west clashes in Ber lin are feared here. And the dangers of shooting incidents that could lead to open conflict are not ruled out by best-informed authorities. These experts are more uncer tain than ever as to how far the Soviets will go in creating inci dents aimed at making Berlin untenable for the western pow ers. The heavy volume of docu ments which the State depart ment released as a “white pap er” to show what really occur red in the negotiations ovei Bei lin dealt at length with the role of Premier Stalin and the un expected breakdown that occur red after he had agreed the blockade should be lifted. Two Fires Cause Little Damage Roanoke Rapids firemen were called to two fires over the week end, with minor damage reported in both cases. Overheated wiring in the wall of the office of Superintendent W. T. Hodges at Roanoke Mill Number Two about 3:25 this morning caused firemen to hur ry to the scene, where they quickly extinguished the blaze before it caused more than mi nor damage to the wall of the office and the surrounding wir ing. It was reported that the fire was discovered and the alarm set off before the sprink ler system in the office could be activated. Yesterday afternoon shortly before three o’clock the firemen were summoned to the home of Mrs. Alma Smith at 101 Jackson Street to investigate a burning mattress. Firemen said they did not know how the' blaze had started, however they said George Herbert, who lives on the second floor of the home, had taken the matress out %f the house into the back yard and had poured water o*' it before the firemen arrived. The firemen said that Herbert had told them that Mrs. Smith had fainted, apparently from be ing overcome by smoke, and was treated at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Bevin Urges U. N. Action On Palestine Paris, Sept. 27 — (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Er nest Bevin said today that hostilities might break out again" unless the United Na tions General Assembly acts swiftly on the Palestine situa tion. "I am instructed by my gov ernment to impress upon the Assembly the urgent need for a decision on the Palestine question, Bevin told the Gen eral Assembly. "If we fail to take a decision in the next few weeks, hostili ties might break out again with incalc ul a bl e conse quences." The Briton reiterated that his country supports the sug gestions for Holy Land peace offered by the assassinated Count Folke Bernadotte. "The United States and France also are backing the plan," Bevin said "The Arabs have opposed it and the Jews have critized some parts of it." "The sucessful establish ment of the truce was due in large part to the devotion and courage of Bernadotte, whose tragic death will cast its shad ow over our discussion of Pa lestine at the present session of the Assembly," Bevin said. Lool Weather Will Continue By The Associated Press Continued coole today, tonight and tomorrow is the weather forecast for the Carolinas. Con siderable cloudiness for both states during the period and rain tonight in the east and southeast portions of South Caro lina also were predicted. Many Carolinians may take exception to the use of the word “cool” by the weatherman and insist that “cold” is the proper expression. For when a mass of cold air from Canada hit the Carolinas with full force yesterday, tem peratures dropped sharply and residents brought out heavier winter clothing. Some turned on heating systems. Mt. Mitchell in the North Ca rolina mountains had a low tem perature at the freezing point this morning—32 degrees. Wins ton-Salem, Hickory, Asheville and Greensboro had lows of 50. Is Found A ‘Suicide’ High Point Host To 1,000 Churchmen High Point, Sept. 27 —(AP)— High Point was host to more than 1,000 churchmen today as the annual five-day Western North Carolina Methodist Conference opened. Bishop Costen J. Harrell of Charlotte, presiding official, will read ministerial appointments Friday, climaxing the conference program. The conference was organized today following meetings of sev eral boards and committees. Conference headquarters are at the Wesley Memorial Method ist Church, but meetings also are being held at High Point Col lege and the First Methodist Church. SHOUT Your Wants If you want to sive some im portant news to as many people as possible, would you so Into the cornfield and tell the farmer and his helper and let it so at that? Or would you shout it on the crowded streets to all who could hear? It’s the same when you want to buy or sell, to rent or lease, to trade, to find help or find a job ... to find anythins you need. If you want to tell a maxi mum number of people, tell It where the multitudes will see It... In HERALD classified ads. Whenever you want some thin* .,. SHOUT 'At. Use a HERALD elasaMta& ad. aufcii a uiuig SI1UUJU HI pass and if the “black fury” of atomic war should follow, Bevin told the United Nations assem bly, the fault would be Russia’s and Russia’s alone. But, he added: “It is better to have our diffi culties now than to live in a fool’s paradise.” A big four delegate said the Western Powers Britain, France and the United States—expect to open their attack on Russia’s three-month-old blockade of Berlin Thursday in the Security Council. Alexandre Parodi, France, Se curity Council delegate, said plans call for handing the Se curity Council the problem un der a section of the U. N. char ter which deals with threats to peace and international security. That means the west is risking a Soviet veto—or a walkout. The three powers accused Rus sia last night of threatening world peace by her actions in Berlin. They re-emphasized their determination to stay in the city —an island of four-power terri tory deep in the Russian zone— and reserved the right to tuke such steps as may be necessary to do it. Bevin’s speech—so emotional that his voice broke as he called on Russia to "open up the wot Id and let light and knowledge come in"—got a roaring, cheer ing reception from the delegates. All the big powers had their chief delegates on the floor for the event. Listening in were U. S. Secretary of State Marshal, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minis ter Andrei Y. Vishinsky and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman. Vishinsky’s face was grim as he strode from the hall after the speech. Bevin hinted that Britain en visages the end of the United Nations unless a solution is found to the east-west crisis, and added: “If we cannot proceed on a world basis as we had hoped, we must proceed on a regional basis." “The reason I am afraid (for the U. N.) is fundamentally a simple one," Bevin declared. “It is that although they often put forward a point of view which cannot be disregarded and which should be intelligently discussed, a minority in these matters re solutely refuses to accommodate itself even in the slightest de gree to the wishes and desires of the majority.” Issues Warning Speaking “with all the solem nity at my disposal,” Bevin warned: ‘‘If the black fury, the incalcu lable disaster of atomic war should fall upon us, all I can say is that one power, by refus ing its cooperation in the control and development of those great new forces for the good of hu manity will alone be response ble for the evils which may be visited upon mankind.” The Allied decision to break off negotiations over the Berlin crisis with the Russians and take the issue to the U. N. was an nounced after two conferences yesterday among Secretary of State Marshall, French Foreign Minister Schuman and Bevin. The Soviets earlier demanded control over Allied air traffic and a single Russian-controlled currency in the city as their price for lifting the blockade. The Russian proposal was termed “unsatisfactory,” and the western powers emphasised their determination to maintain their positions in Berlin. They reserv ed the right to take such steps as might be necessary to do so. a wo urivers f ace Charges As Result Of Auto Collision About $300 damage was caus ed in a collision between the automobiles of Raymond Rogers Roscoe and John B. Prince, Garysburg Negroes, on N. C. 46 between Camp’s Store end Garysburg about 7:13 Sunday morning. Corporal L. B. Lane of the State Highway Patrol, who in vestigated the accident, said Hoa coe had attempted to make a left turn across the highway in front- f of Prince and said the Prince car ran into the left aide of Rce coe’s car. ufc JE Lane said he had charged both ’ drivers for reckless driving and had bound them over North ampton County recorder's court. ..’ Tells U. IN. Group If A-War Comes Blame Is Soviets j Paris, Sept. 27—(AP)—The Western Powers sent the Berlin crisis to the Security Council today and Brit ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin immediately express ed fear it might wreck the United Nations. In Berlin, a Russia-controlled newspaper echoed his words, saying that if the Western Powers force a U.N. de bate on Berlin “a wedg;e will be driven into the U. N., which may split the entire world organization.”
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