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1th Year No. 22 — -——— ----Tuesday, October 5, 1948 5 Cents Daily; 10 Cents Sunday Roanoke Ramblings BY PAT NANTZ One thing of importance that /l was brought to my attention, is the meeting of the alumni of the Roanoke Rapids Hospitah.it will be held on Tuesday October 5, at 7:30, in the hospital dining room...so all of you alumnae be sure to attend.... To you musically inclined citi zens don't forget the meet ing of the local mixed Chorus, r, on Tuesday night, at 7:30...in the band room of the junior Hi Building.... Walter “Bear" Myrick spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Myrick, and the family.. "Bear” is a 48 graduate of Roanoke Rap ids High School, and is now a freshman at High point College. ..he has not yet determined his major subjects and therefore is » taking a general college course.. Perhaps the most perplexed persons in our city, on Sunday night, was the Reverend J. F. Herbert, pastor of the First Meth odist Church...when during his sermon he was capably pointing "Ut that the home life of today has not really disintegrated, but merely changed—he reach ed the point of marriages of * the younger people — meaning to say it was thought to be ter rible when a girl of f8 eloped in the “Old Days”.... Reverend Herbert said that it was thougt badly of when a young girl of 81 ran away to be married... well, after all, he was right; what would you think??? The many friends of Mr. J. K. _,.*pickens were very grieved to •/jfV &r of his death on Monday, October 4. Mr. Dickens was one of Roanoke Rapids older citizens, and has been here for many years. He succumbed to the effects of a heart attack, early Monday morning, when he opened his small store on East Street. Prior to his death, Mr. Dickens was living in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benny Webb, on Roanoke Avenue. # - Robert Burton, one of Uncle I Sam’s sailors is home on leave | now. He is visiting his parents i and family here...Robert will re | turn to his ship in Norfolk, Va., | on October 9. The hospital is surely doing j some business with those foot- i ball players. There have been | numerous “casualtiees” this year % and now another is Eugene Epps. Although, Gene didn’t get hurt i while playing in a game, he was playing football... and conse quently hurt his knee...he pro bably won’t see very much act ion in the games scheduled for the near future.... v-ungiauiaiions are m oraer fot* one of the Herald’s corres pondents. She is Mrs. Fannie i|l Hayes, who has just become a grandmother, on October 3.... Mr. and Mrs George Hayes Jr., are the parents of a beautiful boy, Robert Frederick Hayes... I’ll bet the happiest person at the Herald Office today is Lola Cates..the reason is that Earl Waters was one of those who was expected home on furlough this week, actually got here... !t# Jerry Kidd and Fred Etheridge had a slight change of orders! and will leave today.... You Can Shop And Not Leave Home * ■ . . i Do you like io go shopping? I do too, but it certainly does Swear you out sometimes. Here's a tip on how you can shop with ease. Grab your fav orite easy chair, reach for the Herald and turn to the Want Ad page. That's all there is to i*. If you don't find what you A want, advertise for it. If you <remember some unused articles you would like to dispose of, sell it with a classified ad. Household goods are always needed. <9, This ad had no trouble at all finding a buyer: For Sale— Clean 9x12 blue rug with pad. $40.00. Call-. Place your want ad today, just pick up the phone and dial P-326 or R-9621. At your ser vice, Ruth Cooper. POWER OF THE PRESS ■ ■mwm——■■■■■■■ini —r’—r* Gen. Clay Says Airlift's Life Is Indefinite Berlin, Oct. 5—(/P)—Gen. Luc ius D. Clay said today the Unit ed States and Britain can keep up their airlift to blockaded Berlin for two years if need be. "If it is necessary to continue the airlift until economic re covery restores the stability of Europe we certainly can do so indefinitely—two years if nec essary, the American military governor told newsmen. Meanwhile, Berlin city offi cials told reporters last night that municipal elections will not be held Nov. 14 as scheduled, because the Russians have refus ed to permit the printing of posters and election regulations in the Soviet sector. The anti-Communist city as sembly decided Sept. 6 to hold municipal elections. The decision was opposed by both the Ger man communists nad the Rus sians. City officials said the assem bly will consider the question of setting a new date for the balloting. They said two dis tricts in the Soviet sector have been forbidden flatly to prepare ballots. Citizens Of Slater Waging Cold War With Weatherman Slater, S. C., Oct. 5—m—Citi zens of Slater are waging a cold war with the weatherman. Last Monday night reports from this small textile town on the edge of South Carolina’s mountain fringe were that a powdery snow had fallen. , “Impossible,” said the Atlanta Weather Bureau. An official pointed out that the temperature at the time was 55 and it “just couldn’t happen.” It was 51 degrees here at 8:30 o’clock last night and Slater citi zens reported a fine snow again. Residents in two nearby com munities said they too saw the flakes. Unawed by the weather’s scientific data, Mrs. T. L. Pak acy gave last night’s report. , “Whether Atlanta believes it l or not, it’s snowing in Slater,” she said. } Rosemary P. T. A. Meets Wednesday The Rosemary P. T. A. will meet Wednesday afternoon Oct- ] ober,6th, at 3:30 o’clock. Dr. Young of the Halifax i County Health Department will ' have charge of the program and 1 will speak on polio. c Miss Syble Beaman will lead < the devotional. All parents are c urged to come to this first meet < ing of the school year. < Rosemary Baptist’s Homecoming Day Sunday Is Well-Attended Rosemary Baptist Church’s first Homecoming Day was at tended by a large number of for mer members and visitors, as well as present members, in crowds that overflowed the church for the full-day’s services Sunday. It was the first Homecoming Day staged in the 46-year his tory of the church. There were 469 people in at tendance at Sunday School ser vices, and at the morning wor ship service an overflow crowd was onhand to hear an evange listic message by the Rev. C. J. Sheets of Mount Ranier, Md., a former pastor of the church. I During the morning service Mrs Roy Carver and Mrs. William 3oindexter took care of small children in the church’s nursery. Following the morning wor ship service the congregation enjoyed a dinner on the grounds, with picnic lunches spread by the members of the Woman’s Missionary Society and Bruns - wick stew prepared and served by the Men’s Bible Class. The Rev. W. C. Reed, superin tendent of the Kennedy Home, Baptist orphanage in Kinston, was guest speaker for the after noon service, addressing his au dience on “projecting ourselves into the next generation”. The Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst, pastor of the church, brought the message at. the evening service and the full-day’s activity was brought to a cvlose witth a bap itsmal service Sunday night. Special music at all services was presented by the church quartet composed of Paul Over ton, Roy Carver, Rudolph Waters and John Spence. In accordance with World-Wide Communion Sunday, the Lord’s Supper was observed at the afternoon service. At that ser vice J. Byron Gurley, a deacon, read to' the congregation a his tory of the church which was compiled by Mrs. T. M. Jenkins. U. S. Making Long Strides In Air Invasion Florida Maneuvers Show Eglin Field, Fla., Oct. 5—(AP) —The United States is making long strides in the art of air Dorne troop warfare, joint nilitary exercises here reveal. Among new techniques and equipment disclosed in demon strations are two of major signi ficance: 1. An airborne force now can nove twice as many fighting nen with the same number of air :raft as in World War II. 2. The conventional parachute nay be on its way out as a me hod for dropping assault troop ?rs, to be replaced by a rotary Slider. Operational plans and prelimi lary demonstrations for “opera ion combine” dealing with the lirborne phase of these exercis ;s, which are being run by the battle-tested 82nd airborne divi sion, shows that one modern transport-cargo type plane can carry 42 fully equipped paratroop ers compared with only 20 for most World War II types. This means that not only fewer planes are now needed to get the same number of men into bat tie but that also fewer fields are needed from which to operate them. Planes for invasion of mythical deluvia by forces of namora re fer to moving two corps of four divisions of airbourne combat troops. That indicates 55,000 men plus light artillery and vehicles are to be transported in about 1,500 airplanes and three thousand gliders, far better than in World War II campaigns. Rail Workers Get More Pay Chicago, Oct. 5 —(AP) —Two •ailroad unions, representing 175 100 workers, have settled third ound wage demand with the ountry’s carriers.—A 100 an our pay increase. The wage hike, to become eff ;ctive Oct. 16, will add a out 14.80 to the weekly pay check f members of the order of rai. vay conductors and the brother lood of railroad trainsmen. A spokesman for the railroads istimated the new wage boost vill add $55,665,000 annually to he carrier’s labor costs, inclu ing payroll taxes. The workers iffected include trainmen, con uctcrs, yardmen, yardmasters. lining car employes, and 93 per ent of the country’s switchmen. Library Officials To Attend Meeting Mrs. D. L. Wheeler, treasurer for the Halifax County public li brary, Mrs. Gay Spivey, Halifax County librarian, and Miss Al berta Wallace and Mrs. Susie Head, assistant librarians, will attend a district library in Green ville tomorrow. Library workers from Halifax and surrounding counties in this area will be represented at the meeting. In line for discussion are several phases of library work including a national plan for pub lie library service and North Carolina’s part in the plan, books and issues of world significance, plans for state aid for future li brary work and development of memorial collections. United Nations Security Council Votes To Admit Western Power Case Against Soviet Ovei Protests Of The Russians Paris, Oct. 5—(/P)—The United Nations Security Council' voted 9 to 2 today to admit the West ern Powers case against the So viet blockade of Berlin and Rus sia immediately announced she would not take part in the de bate. Deputy Foreign Minister An drei Y. Vishinsky demanded the floor and declared: “The Soviet Union considers that the Security Council, by agreeing to put the Berlin ques tion on its agenda, has violated the Charter of the United Na tions.” Only Russia and the Soviet Ukraine voted against discussing the Berlin crisis. A majority of j seven affirmative votes was re- | quired. Vishinsky declared that the adoption of the agenda was a violation of the United Nations charter, specifically of article 107. Dmitri Manuilsky of the Uk raine then announced that he also would refuse to participate in the debate on Berlin, “for the reasons outlined by the Soviet delegate.” Council President Juan Atilio Bramuglia of Argentina then ad journed the council at 5:30 p.m. (11:30 a. m. EST) w’ith the an nouncement that there would be two meetings tomorrow. Dr. Philip C. Jessup of the United States announced that he would speak at the session to morrow morning. Vishinsky, followed by his aides and a crowd of newsmen, stalked out of the great hall of the Palais De Chaillot imme diately after the adjournment. “We shall see,” he said, when asked whether he would attend tomorrow’s sessions. He gave the same answer when asked if Russia would con sider herself bound by any Se curity Council decision of the western charges that the Soviet Union was menacing world peace with her blockade of Ber lin. The red-faced, white-haired Russian leader appeared in good spirits. He smiled and laughed as he chatted with his assistants. I Manuilsky, the Ukrainian for eign minister, left the hall be hind Vishinsky. Before the vote. Vishinsky pleaded with the council to ig nore the Berlin blockade, which Western Powers charge endan gers world peace and security. Vishinsky, a purge trial prose cutor who became Deputy For eign Minister of Russia, con tended again “there is no block ade of Berlin,” although the Rus sians closed land access to the four-power city in June. He ar gued that the council of foreign ministers was created to solve German problems and that this, rather than the Security Council, is the correct forum for the is sue. Registration Books To Open On October 9 Halifax—Books for registration for the forthcoming General Elec tion on 'November 2 were de livered to registrars throughout Halifax County this morning in a meeting of the Count/ Board of Elections here at the court house. S. W. Dickens, of Enfield, chairman of the County Board of Elections, said here today that the registration books will open Saturday, October 9, for registra tion and will be open at the poll ing places also on October 16 and October 23. Registration books will be open each Saturday from 9 a.m. until sundown and Chal lenge Day, October 30, the books will remain open from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. Acocrding to the chairman, on ly those eligible voters in he county who failed to register for the Democratic primary in May need to register this time. Balloting for the General Elec tion will be conducted at tthe usual polling places Dickens said. He said precinct registrars to officiate at the 17 polling places in the county have been named, with the exception of En field, and will be named in a day or two. Rev. Grogan Will Begin Revival Tonight REV. C. S. GROGAN Rev. C. S. Grogan, pastor of the Church of God, will begin a series of revival services at the church at 7:00 o’clock this eve ning. Rev. Grogan, who recently suc ceeded the Rev. Floyd A. Boger as pastor, said the services will continue each evening through Sunday, October 17. He will con duct the serie^ of services him self and has issued a cordial in vitation to the public to attend the meetings. Lewis Assails Truman, Says He Is Unfit Cincinnati, Oct. 5—(AP)—John L. Lewis today assailed presi dent Truman for prosecuting the united mine workers in re cent coal strikes and advised the miners to “do something about it” in the Nov. 2 election. “He is a man totally unfitted for the position,” Lewis said to a wildly cheering, horn-blow ing opening session of the UMW convention. “His principles are elastic. He is careless with the truth. He is a malignant, scheming sort of an individual who is danger ous not only to the united mine workers but dangerous to the United States of America,” Lewis shouted. The UMW leader said that Mr. Truman was “too cowardly” to put him in jail in 1946 and last spring when the president in voked injunctions to halt cripp ling mine strikes. Interdenominational Teacher Training School Plans Are Set; Roland Johnson Named Chairman Claris tor tne interdenomina tional teacher training school for Sunday school teachers in Wei don and Roanoke Rapids church es were announced today by the Rev. John M. Walker, Jr., chair man of the teacher training com mittee of the Ministerial Associa tion. Roland Johnson, general super intendent of the Rosemary Bap tist Sunday school has been elec ted permanent chairman for the school, and Edwin Akers of Roanoke Rapids will serve as secretary. Mrs. W.W.Selden of Weldon was elected treasurer for the interdenominational school. Officers for the school were chosen at a meeting held recent ly in which ministers, Sunday school superintendents and de partmental superintendents of all Roanoke Rapids and Wei don churches met at the First Presbyterian Church here to for mulate their plans for the three day school. The school will be conducted at the First Presbyterian Church Roanoke Rapids, from Novem ber 29 through December 1. Four courses will be taught during the three-day session as follows: Children’s Division to be taught by Mrs. W. W. Reed, Director of Children’s work of the Virginia Conference; Young People’s Division to be taught by the Rev. R.W, Bradshaw, pastor of Jarvis Memorial Church of Greenville; Adult Bib le Teaching to be led by Dr. Joseph M. Geddys, professor at Assembly Training School of Richmond, Va., and Methods in Visual Education to be taught by the Rev. Fon Schofield of the Department of Visual Education Baptist Foreign Mission Board, Richmond, Va. Rev. Walker said that a comra ittee consisting of Russell Bux ton, Virgil McDowe^ and Mrs. Hattie Cullom was appointed to decide how the finances of the school are to be pro-rated among the participating churches. Other committees appointed by chairman Johnson are the following: hospitality committe Rudolph Williams, George Papp endick, Mrs. Jarvis Taylor, Mrs J.U. Vaughn and Miss Josie Moore; program and steering Manning, R.T. Floyd, Miss Bet ty Leathers and Miss Ruth Tran son; publicity committee, all inisters, with Rev. Walker as chairman. It was announced that Rev. G.B. Garlington of Pleasant Hill will also be a faculty member teaching for South Rosemary M. E. Chapel. It was announced that regis tration blanks for the three-day course will be prepared at once and sent to each church, where they are to be filled out and sent to Chairman Johnson no later than November 7. Woman’s Club Is Reactivated; Hears Reports Of Work Being Done By Other Civic Groups Representatives of all the civ ic clubs made reports at the the Roanoke Rapids Woman’s club, which yesterday became reactivated after a five year per iod of dormancy. The first Club to report was The Business and Professional Women’s Club, represented by Miss Josie Moore, Club presi dent. Miss Moore stated that the club is not social but civic entirely. It was organized five years ago. Among their pro jects were contributions to old clothes drives for Russian relief help Chinese nurses.; Red Cross call for rolling bandages and many others. The Kiwanis Club’s representa tive was Edwin Akers, vice-pre sident of the club. Akers said some of the club’s efforts had been centerd on the following: dental clinics in schools, agricul tural department given five re gistered calves with records kept 4-H clubs aided and scout troop sponsored. troup sponsored. Henry Akers represented the Junior Chamber of Commerce. Akers stated theirs was the youngest civic dub in Roanoke Rapids. Their prime object as stated by Mr. Akers, was to learn some thing about city government and train other young men for civic duty. Their present project is to get everyone out to vote. Lunsford Crewe, spoke for the Exchange Club, which is work ing on a hearing aid program for children and adults. They also helped with donation to glee club, families of children not in school, and gifts for santa claus to children who might not have any Christmas. The Rotary Club was repres ented by R. C. Josey III. This club also aided' the teenage group, March of Dimes, Christ mas baskets, ‘‘Calf Club”. Their major project now is the orthe pedic clinic. Harvey Woodruff, gave a re port front the Lions Club. Their great effort now is on blind pre vention and sight conservation. The club adjourned for the soc ial hour that followed. Superior Court Civil Term Is Under Way Halifax. — The regular Tues day session of recorder’s court here was postponed this week because of the two-week’s term of Halifax county Superior court which got underway here yester day for the hearing of civil act j ions. Judge J. Paul Frizelle of Snow | Hill, presiding jurist for the Sup ! erior Court for the term, yester j day disposed of a number of j divorce actions and started em' panelling jurors for an action in whch the will of Walter G. Holli day is being contested. After the jury had been impan elled for the case, Judge Friz elle excused jurors who were not sitting on the will case from duty for the remainder of the week, saying that he expected the. one case to take up the first week of the term. Vance Street P. T, A. To Meet Wednesday At 3:30 The Vance Street School Par ent Teacher Association will meet at the school, Wednesday, October 6, at 3:45. Mrs. J. M. Seaver, president will preside at the meeting which will be short but very important. All parents are urged to be pre Refreshments will be served, sent. Girl Scout Troop One Names Officers At a decent meeting of Girl Scout Troop No. 1 under the leadership of Mrs. Cotter Mur ray, the following officers were elected for the coming year, Pre sident Frances Schipid; Vice-pre sident Maria Hunter; Secretary Jeanne Gibson; Treasurer Patty Cole; Representative Juliet Lowe Patrol Leaders, Harriett Atwell, Ann Beverly Gates, and Lucy Readv. Hurricane Strikes Cuba And Florida Miami, Fla., Oct. 5—(APP)—A small but severe hurricane that smacked Havana with 132-mile an-hour winds roared across the Florida straits today and began to sweep Key West with 75-mile gusts. Several hundred persons were reported hurt in Havana and 12 buildings flattened. The island city reported a steadily dropped barometer as the first hurricane force winds struck. The storm’s center was expected to pass close to Key West early this afternoon. Winds were increasing all along the southern part of the peninsula. The weather bureau said the storm was traveling about 15 miles an hour in a northeasterly direction. It will bring hurricane winds over most of the evergla des—Lake Okeechobee area southeastward to the coast and at least as far north as Jupiter tonight, an advisory stated. The hurricane followed almost exactly the same course as the storm of mid-September. Hurricane warnings now ex tend from Jupiter southward on the east coast, and from Naples southward on the west coast. Experts See Lower Meat Prices Soon Chicago, Oct. 5—(#)— Lower prices for meat—major item in the family food budget—are pre dicted by livestock experts. Hog prices at the principal corn belt markets, on the decline all last week, broke sharply yes terday—around $1 to $2 a hun dred pounds. The drop, the big gest one day break in six months at some markets, was attributed to heavy receipts. There probably will not be an immediate showing of lower prices in the retail markets, the American Meat Institute said. It said signs of declines in some wholesale meat prices are deve loping “but it takes a little time for adjustment in wholesale prices to be reflected at re tail levels.” More meat supplies also are indicated, the institute said. The top price for cattle—a round $40 a hundred pounds now —will drop to around $25 next year, Chauncey Watson, presi dent of the Illinois Livestock Feeders Association, told thi Chi cago Farmers Club yesterday. Mark Pickell, secretary of the Corn Belt Livestock Feeders As sociation said “meat prices are coming down.” He said “there should be a good quantity of cat tle coming to market in Nov ember and December at mater ially lower prices.” State Revenue Collections Show Million Increase Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 3—(JP)— State Revenue collections last month totaled $12,293,261—or $1,005,989 higher than those for September of last year. Collections for the first three months of this fiscal year, the State Revenue Department re ported, were $37,239,064, com pared with $33,043,553 in the corresponding quarter of 1947. Ellis Heads YDC In Warren County Warrenton,—Joe N. Ellis ol Warrenton has been appointed as chairman of the Young Demo crats Club of Warren County by Belford Black of the state or ganization, it was announced here this week. Ellis said today that there will be a meeting of the Young Democrats on Friday evening, October 8, in the Warrenton courthouse and urged all Demo crats in the county to attend. He said he hopes at this meet ing to appoint a chairman and vice-chairman for each voting •Autoists, Look On Page Eight For Tins ' . '
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