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V New Drag Used On Leukemia Victim Two-year-old Nancy Lot* (right) of Steubenville. O., has been treated for leukemia for nearly three months with a new drug known as aminopierin. Her parents hop* she is cured, but doctors say improvement in her condition may be only temporary. She is playing at home with her sister, Cherlyn i (left), and her mother, Mrs. E. J. Love, Jr. She received ih* new treatment in the Ohio State University hospital at Colum bus. (AP Wirephoto). Jack Looper Gets Award r or J>lew Method Of Cutting Tapes On Frames At Rosemary Manufacturing Company A Wnepmarv I * Company employee’s idea on a * slightly different method of*doing soemthing that had for years been another way recently paid off a cash dividend, when a tex tile magazine picked it up for publication and paid off on the suggestion. W. T. (Jack) Cooper, second hand in Rosemary’s Number One spinning room, has been working for the company for over * 28 years. Recently he started wondering why the tapes on spinning frame are inclined to ravel on the ends where they are cut off straight and re-sewn with a slight over lap. That the tapes ravel is •common knowledge to most spin ning room employees, however Cooper decided to do something about it. He tried cutting the ends at an * angle and got the same results * a seamstress gets with pinking shears. Instead of having a tendency to fray on the ends and ut sooner, the tapes stay ecK. • and showed their abili ty W’-Vear longer. Cooper sat down and wrote out his idea for a “suggestion box” column in the Textile Worldma gazine, suggesting the simple plan of using the bias cut on the spinning tapes. In the next issue of the trade magazine his idea was published as an information exchange ser vice and the employee wnose simple plan for improving on commonplace operation was re warded with a check from the McGraw-Hill Publishing Com pany, publishers of the maga zine. Cooper, who lives at 1015 . Jackson street, is married and 3 is the father of five children. He said today that he w a s pleased his idea had been ac cepted by the magazine and was even more pleased with the check. “The only thing I can’t figure out is why it took me so long to catch on to th idea when it was so obvious,” he said. China Grove Couple 3 Wins Second Straight State Fair Award Raleigh, Oct. 20—(JP)—Mr. and Mrs. James A. Patterson of China Grove, Roue 1, have re peated as winners of top money for the best individual farm dis play at the State fair. Judges yesterday gave the Patersons a blu j ribbon and the A-l prize of 700 for their dis ^ play. Last year the couple won first prize for the model farm display of products yielded by tViaiv* QS.apra VTSirin Hnlr Farm.” Forecast Is Fair, Warmer By The Associated Press A cold air mass which hit the western and Piedmont Carolinas > yesterday reached eastern sec tions this morning. It passed out of the Carolinas today, and the forecast was fair and warmer through tomorrow. Eastern points were coldest early today, with the exception of a low of 29 at Asheville and 23 at Mount Mitchell. Here are the minimums for the 49 hours ended at 7:30 a. m.: Greenville, S. C., 39, Anderson 36, Elizabeth City 38, Rocky Mount 36, Cherry Point 39, New Bern 33, Wilmington 36, Myrtle Beach 32, Rocky Mount 34, Greensboro 35, Charlotte 36, Spartanburg 43, Charleston 37, „ 'olumbia 33. Weather t North Carolina—Fair weaih ’ r, warmer today and tonight) tot much change la lempera .uree Thursday. ./ ... ./ .. . -. Roanoke Ramblings By PAT NANTZ J. E. Brown, of 101 Madison Street should really be called a good Samaritan . . . Mr. Brown is an ardent flower lover and has a garden in his yard. Wish ing that others might get the en joyment from his flowers that ne did, he cut several dozen dah lias, and decided to carry them to the hospital, but then discov ered he hud no way to get them there—now that is quite a few flowers for anyone to carry, but rather than have someone else carry them for him in an auto mobile, Mr. Brown placed the flowers in a wheelbarrow, com pletely filling itr and proceeded on his journey to the hospital--. T. J. Alford, Administrator of the Roanoke Rapids Hospital, said what impressed him even more than the colorful dahlias, was the realization that Mr. Brown had pushed them all the way to the hospital in a wheel barrow ... so few people would think to bring such things for others to share the enjoyment of, much less to go to so much trouble. ... So “orchids” to Mr. Brown, who has proved to us that there are still some thoughtful people left in our world—and the many patients who received his flowers wish to express their gratitude to such a wonderful person. . . . Just a reminder that the Board of Directors of the Roa noke Rapids Chapter of the Am erican Red Cross will meet on Thursday, October 21, in the Ju nior Department of the Rose mary Baptist Church. . . . The many friends of Mrs. C. A. Irby will be glad to know that she has returned to her home on Hamlton Street, after having been ill for several days and a patient In the local hos pital. , . . It has Leen announced that the Shriner’s Club of Roanoke Rapids will sponsor the Roanoke Rapids High School band in the Shriner’s Parade, which will take place on Friday, October 29, in Raleigh. . . . however, Ted Speight said yesterday that more information about this event will be released in a few days. . . . Little Clarence Coburn is cele brating his seventh birthday to day. ... he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Cobum, of this city. . . . here’s wishing you a very happy birthday, Clarence, and may you have many more just as nice . . , Want A Pet Animal? Here’s A Good Way To Find A Nidfe One Do you want to find a homo for your pet? Does your little boy or girl want a pet? Why not try a small ad in our clas sified page, pets even have a share in the page. People are always Interested in pets. If you don't believe this. Just watch any man stark at a good looking hunting dop prance down the street. It is only human for us to possess a good pet. If you have a pet that you are fond of and wish to find a home for it because you can no longer care for it, )usi place an ad in our classified page. There are so many folks that would be glad to buy your pot If they only knew how to reach you. Did your deg just have a new Utter of pupa? Well, why not advertise it. Just a few words wiU do the trick. Phone us at the Herald, R-33S or R 3621; or write us a note. Ruth Cooper. City Commissioners Appropriate $7,658 Fund !j To Get Long-Range Rec Program Started 34th Year—No. 34 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Wednesday, October 20, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday State P.T.A. President Tells District Meet Here More Needs To Be Done For Educa tit n Praises Work Of 1947 State General Assembly “The needs of our children will not wait,” Mrs. E. B. Hunter said here today. “We must take care of those needs today if we are to build into our young peo ple the-strength and courage and the wisdom and compassion they need if they are to take their place in the world of tomorrow.” Mrs. Hunter, who is president of the State Parent-Teacher As sociation, made the principal ad dress at a convention of the Sev enth District of the North Caro lina Congress of Parents and Teachers at Roanoke Rapids High School today. She said the 1947 North Caro lina General Assembly had done a lot in improving public edu cation, health and general wel fare of children, but said there is sun jiiuuu iu uc uuuc. “The 1947 Legislature made history in the fields of educa tion and health, but they did not do as much as was needed,” Mrs. Hunter said. The state president pointed out that in spite of raises in teach ers’ salaries the teachers have still not been given the 2,400 annual minimum starting wage which was recommended by the North Carolina Education Asso ciation. She said all parent-teach er organizations and other groups interested in child welfare want definite action for bettering the lot of children in the 1949 ses sion of the General Assembly. She said the health program set up for the state was a good plan, but said the machinery is not any good to the state until interested groups like the PTA organizations see to it that the machinery is set in action. Mrs. Hunter told Seventh Dis trict delegates that buildings are still needed in the state school system, classrooms are still over crowded and trained teachers are being forced into other more lu crative fields with their places taken by less capable people. She said the PTA’s summer roundup program needs improv ing and added that there is much work to be done in pre-school programs all over the state. She pointed out that Congress has set up a four-point program of aid in improving child wel fare in school education, health, education. She said the PTA has long been interested in world under standing through its overall pro gram. “We have found through two world wars that we cannot hope for lasting gain if we for get the children of other coun tries,” she added. Mrs. Hunter said she is pleased with the work being carried on in this district, but emphasized that the PTA still has a big re sponsibility to the children at all times. Graham Urges Support Of Federal Education Aid Greenville, Oct. 20—(fl»)—Sup port for federal aid in educa tion was urged here yesterday by Dr. Frank P. Graham, presi dent of the Greater University of North Carolina. He spoke before 1,500 teachers from 22 counties at the 26th an nual convention of the North Carolina Education Association’s Northeastern District. Federal aid in education, he said, can mean equality of op portunity, freedom of the human mind and peace in a troubled world. A. C. Dawson, Jr., of Southern Pines, NECA president, outlined its legislative program for 1949, including higher teacher pay, re duced teacher loads and state aid in school construction. S. G. Chappell Of Wilson was presented as the new district president, succeeding E. C. Fund erburk of Elizabeth City. Mrs. Carolyn Harris of Swan Quarter is the new secretary. * .. V Final Rites For PFC Woodruff Are Friday The body of Private First Class Charles Edward Woodruff, who died in Germany of October 2, 1945, from injuries received in an accident will arrive in Roa noke Rapids for burial ser vices. Pfc. Woodruff was bom m Jackson, but had lived in Hali fax County since early childhood He attended the Hawkins Cha pel school and prior to his en listment in the U.S. Army was employed by the Rosemary* Man ufacturing Company. At the time of his death he was 35, and his home address was 903 Henry street, Roanoke Rapids. On arrival here tomorrow the body Win be taken to Williams Funeral Home from which fun eral services will be conducted Friday afternoon at four o’clock by the Rev. W.R. Stevens, pas tor of Rosemary Methodist Church. Interment will be in the fami ly plot at Cedarwood cemetery, and full military rites will be given by the honor guard of the local Veterans of Foreign Wars post. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fanny Ruth Barnette Woodruff, and three sons, Charles Edward, Jr., Dennis Dean and Ronald, all of the home, his mother, Mrs. Hattie Woodruff of route two Roanoke Rapids; one sister, Mrs. Bertha Morgan of route one Roanoke Rapids; and one bro ther, Carl Woodruff of route two. Company Plans Road Connecting Two Beaches Nags Head, N. C., Oct. 20—(/P) —Private financiers today an nounced plans to build a 57 mile all-weather toll road skirt ing the Atlantic between Nags Head and Virginia Beach, Va. Wayland J. Sermons, of Wash ington, N . C., president of the recently-organized Carolyina-Vir ginia Coastal Corp., said the group would apply for a state charter. The proposed road would ex tend 20 miles in the back Bay region of Virginia and 37 miles along the coast of Currituck and Dare counties, North Carolina. It would pass through hunting, fishing and recreational areas. Other officers of the corpora tion are Sidney Banks, of the Cavalier Hotel, Virginia Beach,( Vice-President; and L. H. Gar-' rison of the Virginia Ferry Corp., New Castle, Del., Treasurer. Stripped-Down Planes Flown By Daredevils Plus American Radar Beat Buzz-Bomb, Briton Reports i^onaon, uci. *u—\tr)— oirip ped-down fighter planes flown by daredevils and anti-aircraft guns sighted with American gad gets whipped Hitler’s buzz bombs, Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderick Hill says in a report published today. Sir Roderick bossed Britain’s air defenses from sev^n months before D-Day until the end of the war in Europe. When the buzz bombs were licked, the Germans sent rock ets whooming across the chan nel at 2,500 miles an hour. These proved too much for either de tensive metod, but bombing at tacks on the rocket storage dumps kept the menace in hand. Sir Roderick had been equip ped beforehand by intelligence reports and knew what he would be up against when Germany began to use her buzz bombs a gainst Britain. London was ringed with bar rage balloons, anti-aircraft guns and fighter patrols. Fighter pilots tried shooting from the side, from head-on and from behind the fly-bombs. Eigh teen planes were damaged and six men killed because they came too close to fire and got caught by the bomb’s explosion Some pilots locked wingtips with the buzzbombs and tipped them into the sea. Even the American made Mu stang (P-51) and latest model Spitfire XVI’s were not quite fast enough to catch t1 400 mile-an-hour bombs. Then Sir Roderick ordered the planes “stripped of their ar mor and all unnecessary exter nal fitting and that their paint be removed and outer surfaces polished.” The extra 30 miles an hour speed let the planes keep up with the bombs.. This defense was only mod erately effective. Then American radar and electrical gun pointing devices arrived. In the first five weeks, under the old setup, an average of twenty five bombs a day drop ped in London. By August 28, with the new defense scheme in operation, 97 bombs chugged toward England. Defenders knocked down 90, three more fell in the country side and only four dropped in London. Fighters got 23, guns 65, and ballon cables downed two more. Only one-fourth of the ten thousand V-bombs and rockets reached the spreading are*, of the London defense region. Local Man Is Charged With Rape Chester Hollistr Bro'wn, Roa loke Rapids man was being held in the local jail this morning on a charge with assault and attempt to commit rape, after Francis Alston, 21, Littleton Ne gro girl, had sworn out a war rant against him. Sheriff H. A. House said Brown denies the charges emphatically. J. W. Harvey, Littleton jus tice of the pace, said this morn ing the girl had come before him yesterday afternoon around two o’clock asking that a war rant be issued for the Roanoke Rapids man. Harvey s^id he questioned the girl closely and she told him that Brown had come to the small store-service station-pool room operated by Haywood Lee on the outskirts of Littleton and had attempted to rape her on a pool table. Harvey said the girl told him Brown had driven up to the sta tion in a produce truck about noon and had asked if she want ed to buy some potatoes. She said she was alone in the place at the time and had told Brown she did not want to buy any thing. She said he then grappled with her and carried her to a tier. The justice of the peace said he understood two Negro men bad entered the station abolit that time, and Brown left. Lee, the girl’s uncle and own er of the place of business, said he was told of the incident and started looking for Brown in Littleton. He said he and some others saw the produce truck be ing driven out of town toward Roanoke Rapids and gave chase but were unable to stop the truck. Brown drove to the Roanoke Rapids police station and told officer J. W. High who was on duty in the station that he had been chased and, according to High, the Littleton Negroes :ame in the station about that time along with Police Chief T. J. Davis, who took charge. Brown was temporarily de tained here until a warrant had been drawn in Littleton. Jus ice Harvey said after the Al ston girl had sworn out the «war •ant, he called Chief Tavis and isked that Brown be kept in custody. Chief Davis is out of town on business and could not be reach ed for a statement. Sheriff H. A. House said this moriTing that Brown is being held in jail until a $5,000 bond s posted. The sheriff said he did not know when a hearing vill be held in the case and said Brown has employed coun sel. he sheriff said he may ;ake Brown to the county jail in Halifax today if the required bond is not posted. Brown, who operates a pro duce company with his brother here, is a native of Rumford, Maine. He has made his home in Roanoke Rapids since this summer and was recently mar Wallace Says Truman Should Fire Marshall Philadelphia, Oct. 20—(AP)— Henry Wallace said, today the administrators of the Taft-Hart ley act, by recent decisions, “have set the stage for an era of violence.” As he neared the end of a four-week airplane trip seeking votes for president, Wallace de nanded that President Truman fire these men: 1. Robert N. Denham, gen eral counsel of the National La bor Relations Board. 2. Secretary of State Marshall. .- -■ ■... Truman Makes Strong Plea For Party Unity In Raleigh Address Polaicrh OH_(IP\_Pp«i. Itho donroccinli vpsp of 1932 nr dent Truman had returned to Washington today after making strong pleas here yesterday for Democrats to stand "shoulder to shoulder." Even before the President had made the plea to a friendly crowd of about 25,000 persons at the State Fair, the State Demo cratic executive committee had adopted a resolution pledging support to the President. Without mentioning the States’ Rights Democratic Party and the Progressive Party by name, the President asserted they “don't stand a chance.” “Either the standard Repub licans will buy the election or the standard Democrats will win,” he said, and a vote for third or fourth party movements is "the same as a vote for the Republican candidate.” The President remined farm ers in his audience that their cash farm receipts “are running eight times what they were in 1932” that they received *380, 100,000 for their tobacco last pear compared witht 36,000,000 In 1932 and more than three times as much lor cotton as in SOMm-i. 'jin , , the boom year of 1929. Now ,he said, “The Republic an wrecking crew” has slashed the Soil Conservation program, cut rural electrification, under mined the Commodity Credit Corporation, and “crippled the Reciprocal Trade Agreements program on which the foreign markets for your tobacco and cotton depend.” Following his Fairgrounds speech, Mr. Truman went to an exhibit building and met brief ly with county Democratic chair men, members of the State Exe cutive committee and Young Democratic Club members. The issue of the presidential race, he told the party workers, ‘hinges on one sentence: It is the people rjainst special inter ests.” Governor Cherry presented Mr. Truman as the man “I be lieve, and confidently believe that most peoplees of North Carolina believe, will be our lext president” Kerr Scott, Democratic nomi nee for Governor, told the Fair grounds throng ‘‘I hope you will stick together from now until Nov. 2.” .. —....htmrn Recreation Group Requests Action At Joint Meeting BY BILL DAVEY ' " The Roanoke Rapids City Commissioners last night took a step forward in the provision of an adequate long* range recreation plan for the city by appropriating enough to start such a program on its way to completion. The city’s governing body, which a few weeks ago established by ordinance a city Recreation Commission, accepted the recommendations made by the Commission, at a joint meeting of the two groups and appropriated a total of $7,658 to give the Commission a start in its work. According to recommendations made by the Recreation Com mission the appropriation will be used to (1) have a long-range recreation program drawn up for the city by a recreational plan ning expert, (2) to hire a full time director of recreational ac tivities for the city for the re mainder of the fiscal year, and (3) to finance the complete de sign, drawing and presentation of such a recreation center as is considered adequate for the pre sent and future needs of the city. The pr _.am presented for consideration is one that is com plete in scope and one which is designed to take care of the year-round recreational needs of the entire population of Roa noke Rapids. It is slated to in clude plans for all ages and both races. Ellwood Allen, recreational planning expert of New York City, who has been highly re commended as one of the bes1 men in the country in his field: has been contacted relative tc drawing up the long-range plar and is expected to come to Roa noke Rapids on November 9 tc consult with Recreation Commis sion members. HffAntinna/J in 4-Vn nrt nroi the fact that a trained recrea tional director may possibly be available for employment soor to work with what recreations facilities are now available in de veloping a better setup and t< work with the beginning of tb overall planning. J. H. Mayfield, who was chos en spokesman for the Recreatioi Commission, made the presents tion to the City Board on th work that has been done by tb Recreation Commission since tb time it was appointed, giving « complete picture of activities ii which the members have engag ed and the surveys and recom mendations that have been mad< to the Commission. He told tb Mayor and Commissioners tha Dr. Harold G. Meyer of Chape! Hill, director of the State Re creation Commission, had visit ed in Roanoke Rapids and hac advised a course oif action similai to the one the Commission pre sented to the Commissioners. In Mayfield’s presentation, h« said the overall survey and plar would be made for $1,500, ar eight-months’ salary for a full time director wo“uld amount tc $2,533 and complete designs drawings and presentation of « proposed recreation center woulc amount to $2,625, totalling $7,658 A letter from Dr, Meyer tc Allen was read the group bj Mrs. James Meyer, city clerk. Mayfield said, “If we’re think ing of the ytfuth and future oJ our city in terms of nickels and dimese, or in thousands of dol lars, then we’re heading in the wrong direction.” Commissioner W. H. Pruder ■W A saia, * we cant measure sucn a program as this will be in terms of dollars and cents. 1 don’t know of any better investment for the people of Roanoke Ra pids than the amount the Com mission has requested.” Following a general discussion on the merits of the proposal and the great need in the city for an adequate recreation pro gram with complete facilities, there was no opposition to the statement that the need is great and would be of great benefit to the people. A motion to appropriate the amount named by the Commis sion was made by Commissioner Pruden and was seconded by Commissioner D. C, Clark. The motion for the Board to appropriate the $7,658 requested was approved unanimously. It was pointed out in the general discussion that the need for a planned program of re creation had been well-demon strated in the success of the summer playground work which has been carried out in the city under the direction of J. C. Hoyle. During the ten-weeks* summer playgrounds program there was not a single case of juvenile delinquency reported in the local police station, but within a week after &e program came to an end there were three . cases where juenvile offenders were involved. i Recreation Commission mem ! bers said a full-time director will give the city an immediate im . provement in recreation by i planning the furter use of 11m . ited facilities already available > in the city but which are little- • • used because of lack of qualified i supervision. They said there is i certainly a great need for bet i ter recreation in the city, and proposed to satisfy that need with the long-range plan. Proposed for construction is a recreation center to take care of every sort of recreational need, and the building of a mod ern swimming pool in conjunc tion with the center is included in the recommendation for long range needs. The site will be a large area of land already avail able to the city for recreational purposes and located adjacent te West Seventh street near the intersection of Henry street Following the adjournment of the meeting the Recreation Com mission members decided to con firm immediately the planned visit here of Allen and made plans to get in touch with a re creational director who has been highly recommended by Dr. Meyer. The Commission members ex pressed a great deal of satisfac tion with the manner in Which the proposals had been reeeived by the city officials and predict ed approval of the entire pro ject by the local citizens. m mm Lane Announces < Resignation Of I Two Patrolmen i Corporal Logan B. Lane of the ^ State Highway Patrol here an- t nounced today that two of the c patrolmen in his division have ' recently turned in their resigns- 8 tions from the patrol. Lane said the resignation of s Patrolman Jimmie Woodall, t has been stationed at Weldon, ' was effective on October 15. ‘ Woodall, who has been with the ; Highway Patrol for the past two 1 years, has acepted a position t as an insurance adjustor with a j firm in Raleigh, where he will - make his headquarters. Woodall is a native of Raleigh. ] The corporal said Patrolman j Durwood Peery’s resignation will go into effect tomorrow. Perry ] has been stationed at Littleton 1 and has been with the Patrol j only about two months. He came t here from Zebulon, and the cor- ' poral said he is returning to l Zebulon to acept a position with ! the Carolina Power and Light . Company, with which he worked before he joined the Patrol. Lane said he expects replace- ' ment patrolmen to be sent here to take the places of the men who are resigning, however he i said he does not know just when they will report for niuty. .-' -.— *anaaa Ana tig Five Get Mom Problem Paris, Oct. 20 (AP) — The rnited Nations voted today to urn the atomic energy dispute ver to the Big Five and Canada nth instructions to try for agr greement on basic principles. The 58-nation political com* littee rejected a Soviet propo* al which would have outlawed he Atom bomb simultaneously nth setting up of an atomic nergy control organization. The committee also rejected n indian proposal to send the !.N. atomic commission back o work on a treaty for controls n the basis of findings approved y the majority but rejected by lussia. The vote on the Soviet pro losal was 39 to 6 with seven bstentions. Only the six Sov* et-bloc nations voted for It. The vote came as the Western lowers looked hopefully to the ix neutral nations of the Be* 4 :urity Council to produce a reso* ■& ution asking the Russians to lift <E he land blockade in Berlin. * rhe neutrals, however, were re lorted trying to steer clear id * >ecoming too deeply involved 1ft he big power dispute over Qen. i | The committee began final dta? :i,B suasions of a Canadian propo**! |§ lirecting the five big power*-? JM he United States, Russia Ber* -.*# in, Britain, France and Chln*- i o consult directly In an effa**. W&j o agree on basic principle* tat .ifift itomle control*. ' . rj|
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