Truman Begins Big City Windup of His Bid for Reelection
Western Powers Reject Soviet Russia’s Counter - Proposal On Berlin Crisis!
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Paris, Oct. 25—(£*)—Russia's
Andrei Y. Vishinsky told the
Security Council today he is
prepared to veto a small po
wer compromise resolution on
the Berlin crisis if it is brought
to a vote.
Paris, Oct 25—(AP)—An au
thoritative source said today the
big three Western Powers had
rejected a Russian counter-pro
posal to end the Berlin dead
lock.
United States, British, French
and Neutral delegates considered
the Russian plan for an hour at
a meeting in the apa. mi
Juan Atilio Eramuglia, Argen
tine Foreign Minister and acting
1 president of the Security Coun
cil.
After* the decision was reach
ed against the Russian plan, Bra
muglia went to tell Andrei Y.
Vishinsky Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister, the western answer.
The delegates, more serious
than usual, went immediately to
the Palais De Chaillot for a
meeting of the Security Coun
cil, which was delayed two hours
1 for their conference,
Bramuglia was reported to
have tried to convince the neu
trals and the western group
they should accept a new draft
he prepared after he saw Vish
insky twice last night
It wa said the Western Pow
ers would not accept it all and
insisted on standi, j on the reso
lution of the six small powers
\ now before the council.
Dr. Philip C. Jessup, U. S. de
puty delegate, said "No com
ment” to all questions. He said
he was bound not to say a word.
The other delegates likewise
refused to talk, saying they had
to hurry to the council meet
ing.
Bramuglia went to the Rus
sian embassy, where Vishinsky
was reported waiting to hear
te answer of the Western Pow
ers.
> Bramuglia said before the con
'yference he considered the
chances for acceptance of a com
promise settlement “slightly bet
ter" than they were Saturday.
An authoritative source said
Bramuglia believed his new pro
posal might at least have as
sured a Russian abstention—
rather than a veto—-when the
final vote is taken.
The only proposal before the
council as it met in the Palais
was the sixoower neutral reso
lution presented last Friday.
The council hall was packed.
Western sources said they
knew of no pan to change the
resolution which wa3 aimed at
breaking the east-west deadlock
without fixing any blame for
what the western powers termed
a threat to peace.
There still was no indication
what Russia will do but western
sources predicted the council
would reach a vote on the reso
lution offered by the six neutrals
by late this afternoon.
Bramuglia led off the morn
ing’s behind-the-scene maneuvers
by receiving Dr. Philip C. Jessup
of the U. S. Then he saw the
British and French delegates.
The Western Powers have ex
) pressed their approval of the
plan.
An authoritative source re
ported Saturday night, however,
that Soviet Deputy Foreign Min
ister Andrei Y. Vishinsky had
rejected a vital section of the
proposal. It was not known whe
ther that was the Kremlin’s final
answer.
I Ahoskie Dedicates
Its New Hospital
Ahoskie, Oct. 25— (AP)— A
new, 55-bed hospital, the first to
be completed with the help from
the Medical Care Commission
program was dedicated here yes
terday.
The $369,000 hospital was start
ed in December 1944 and finish
ing touches were made Satur
} day. Of the total cost, about
$230,000 was raised locally by
public subscription.
Fair Weather
Is Predicted
MfY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
^*Fair weather today and tom
v orrow is the outlook for the
’ Carolinas.
Not much change in tempera
tures was expected today, but
slightly warmer is anticipated
' tomorrow.
The low temperature at Ashe
ville, N. C. and Columbia, S. C.
this morning was 39 degrees.
Other cities were not so cool.
Weather
l North Carolina—Fab waalh
•r, not much change In iam
paratura this afternoon and to
night. Slightly wanna*.
' —
Roanoke
Ramblings
By Pat Kants
Rettmiing today to the naval
base in San Diego, California,
are Earl Glover, Lewis Smith,
and Frank Nantz. They have
been spending a fifteen day
leave with their parents and
family.
After having placed an ad in
the Herald, pertaining to his
lost dog, John Lupton called
and canceled it. He was seen
later in the morning by Ruth
Cooper, of the classified ads
department and was asked if
his dog was returned. Mr.
Lupton replied, with his usual
sense of humor, that the dog
had returned home, with a,
Herald in his mouth...that’s
what we mean by results...
Art Brown of South Caro
lina, returned to his ol* home
twon this week-end..Art attend
ed the Roanoke Rapids High
School for two years*, before
moving back to his home in
South Carolina this summer. His
glad to see him back...
Visiting in High Point this
week-end was Sue Brigman.
While there she went to High
Point College to see Charles
Buffaloe, of Weldon..
Spending the week-end with
his mother, was Bill White of
High Point College.
Some of tne students? from
Wake Forest College who visited
with their families over the
weekend were Jack Wrenn, C.
D. “Dicky” Clark, “Haxdrock”,
Hardison, and Charles Smith.
One of the football players of
the semi-pro team, here, was
the unfortunate receiver of a
broken leg....He is William
Thorne of Weldon...here’s hop
ing you get well soon William..
S/Sgt. James Robert Porch
has returned home from Karl
sruhe, Germany, after having
served thirty-three months, in
Europe. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jessie Porch, of 98
Monroe street. Robert is the
first Roanoke Rapids boy who
has brought home a German
bride. She is the former Miss
H&nnelore F. Greiner, of Karl
sruhe, Germany..they were mar
ried on August 19, in Germany.
After spending twenty - one
days here, they will make their
home near the camp where
Robert will be stationed, in Oak
land, California.
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34th Year—No. 37 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Monday, October 25,1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday
Miss Broun
Is Named On
Church Group
Miss Caroline Broun, president
of the Y. P. S. L. of the Roanoke
Rapids Episcopal Church and
vi-president of th diocese of the
Y. P. S. L. of Norh Carolina
was named by the Rev. Edwin
A. Penick, Bishop of North Caro
lina, on the committee for the
province of Sewonee in Tennesse
one of eight provincs in the
Unitd Sates of he Episcopal
church.
Othrs atending with Miss
Broun were as follows: Billy
Fanny, Marilyn Coburn, Myr
tle Ryals, Betsy Allen, Russel
Buxton III, “Lucky” Murphrey,
Charley Mosely, Cecil Gamer,
Tom Pruden, Frances Rayal,
Ray Murphrey, Doris Dickens,
Breedlove Shaw, Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Fanny, Mrs. R. Bux
ton, Jr., Billy Long and Mr. and
Mrs. Matthews S. Broun.
Peggy Jernigan from Selma,
president of the Wilson Y.P.S.L.
prsided and devotional was Id
by the membership of the Wil
son Y.P.S.L. Officers present
were introduced. Jack Spong,
president from Charlotte, Carol
yn Broun, first vice-presidnt,
from Roanoke Rapids and Ann
Simpson second vice-prsident
from Raleigh.
The Rev. Ladda, from Erwin
gave the principal address, us
ing as his subject the national
motto for the Y.P.S.L. “Not for
ourselves but for others.” Jack
Spong diaceson president, gave
a report of the National Youth
Conferences held recently at the
Episcopal Cathedral in Grand
Rapids, Michigan, emphasizing
the importance of all races liv
ing together harmonourly.
The Y.P.S.L. of the Roanoke
Rapids Episcopal church will
entertain the Wilson league at a
Halloween party Saturday night
at the Rosemary Recreation
Hall. A fried chicken plpte and
other things are planned.
NO SIDETRACKING.
Sergeant James R. Porch Brings
His German Bride Home For Visit
By Pat Nantz
The first Roanoke Rapids boy
to bring home a German bride,
is S-Sgt. James Robert Porch, of
98 Monroe Street. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Porch.
The bride, who before her mar
riage was Miss Hannelore F.
Greiner, is the daughter of Mrs.
Eduard Seeger of No. 8 Roent
gen Strasse, Karlsbuhe, G e r
many. Her foster-father is Ed
uard Seeger.
The wedding was an impres
sive one, taking place on August
14. The vows were spoken at
a double-ring ceremony, in the
Christian Church, in Karlsruhe.
There it is known as the Chris
tus Kirche.
The officiating minister was a
German authority.
The bride wore a lovely gown
of white satin, which was sent
to her by the bride-groom’s mo
ther. Her veil was of exquisite
lace, with an extremely long
train and was caught at the
crown with small ferns.
The fern rings on the front of
the bride’s gown and across the
crown of the veil are a symbo
lic German custom. Her only
ornament was a necklace of gar
net settings. The bridal bouquet
was of red roses and iris, with
customary streamers extending
from the stems
The bride was given in mar
riage by her foster-father, who
was also the bride-gr'oom’s best
man.
The two attendants were a
cousin and a friend of the bride.
The bride-groom was dressed
in full Army uniform.
The decorations of the church
were various types of flowers.
The organ music and decorations
were furnished by the German
authority who performed the
ceremony,
mony.
The bride, having heard the
old proverb, “Something old,
something new, something bar
rowed, and something blue," car
ried it out in her wedding. She
had as something old a beautiful
garnet necklace, something new
was her wedding dress, which
she made from, the material sent
to her from her mother-in-law;
something borrowed was the veil,
aha borrowed from one of bar
friends. The blue was a blue
handkerchief she carried during
the service.
After having been united in
the customary German fashion,
they were re-married by the
American authorities, in the
same church, but with a more
simple ceremony. This took place
on August 26.
The newlyweds had only one
day together after their wedding,
and in four days they left for
the United States.
The festive fashion in which
the Germans celebrated, consist
ed of a three-day celebration,
with approximately 300 guests at
the wedding.
Attending the reception din
ner at the bride’s home were
twenty close friends and rela
tives of the family. The home
was decorated with flowers, fur
nished by the family.
Mrs. Hennelore Porch was
educated in the schools of Karl
sruhe. She attended a language
school and speaks English very
distinctly. She was married on
her sixteenth birthday. Some of
the lovely gifts which she
brought to America with her
were a set of Rosenthal China
ware, a coffee service, the brace
let and brooch to match the gar
net necklace which her mother
gave her, a three-set pearl ring
with matching ear-rings, and
many other family heirlooms.
Mrs. Porch has one brother,
Bernhard Greiner, who is seven
teen, and her mother and fos
ter-father, left in Germany. Her
father was half-French and was
executed in 1945, by the Ger
mans, while imprisoned in a Ger
man concentration camp. She
said that the rich in Germany
are no better off than the poor.
No matter how abundant any
thing is, they don’t have enough
money to buy it. It was for this
reason that her mother-in-law
sent her enough satin to make
her wedding dress.
Sergeant Porch was educated
in the Roanoke Rapids schools,
and was graduated from the loc
al high school with the class of
1945. He entered the army right
after his graduation and has
served in France, Belgium, Hol
land, and Germany,
Many Dixie Editors Kicking Over long
Democratic Traditions. Support Dewey
Atlanta, Oct. 25—(AP)—With
many editors sitting this elec
tion out, Republicans today
reached the highest peak in
years in newspaper support in
the South.
The GOP happily welcomed
many of Dixie’s most widely
read editors, who have kicked
over steadfast Democratic tradi
tions and stepped out behind
Thomas E. Dewey for President.
There was plenty of trumpet
for President Truman and States
Righter Strom Thurmond among
middle-sized and smaller towns,
however. Republicans still fell
shor of a majority of all papers.
Scores of editors were taking
no fat stand as a half-century
of one-party rule in most of the
South crumbled about them.
At least three papers announc
ed last week they were support
ing a Republican Presidential
candidate for the first time.
They were the Charlotte (N.
C.) News, the St. Petersburg
(Fla.) Evening Indpendent, and
Puizer Prize winner Hodding
Carter’s Greenville (Miss.) Dalta
Dmocrat-Times.
President Truman’s Civil
Rights program, sand in the
eyes of many rebellious South
ern Democrats, was not advanc
ed as a reason for Supporting
Dewey.
GOP-backers said there were
more important issues—leader
ship for world peace and sound
government. And on these points
they urged their readers to join
Dewey, who sponsors a civil
rights program too.
One of President Truman’s
biggest champions in the South
is the Louisville Courier-Journal.
It said: “subjected to abuse
from right and left, he has steer
ed a steady course with undaunt
ed courage. It has been the
fashion to magnify the shortcom
ings and ignore the achievements
which history will see in h i s
shortcomings.’’
Other larger papers out-and
out for Dewey include the Com
mercial Appeal and Press-Scimi
tar in Memphis, the Observer in
Charlotte, The Virginia-Pilot and
Ledger Dispatch in Norfolk, the
Times and the News-Free Press
in Chattanooga, the Times and
the World News in Roanoke, Va.,
and hta Eagle in Dothan, Ala.
The High Point E n t er
prise says it favors Dewey be
cause he is the best man run
ning for the world’s biggest job.”
The Atlanta Constitution has
urged Democrats to remain in
the fold. If they must desert,
said the Constitution, they should
join Republicans and help being
two-party rule to the South on
clear-cut issues.
Others fighting for the Presi
dent include the Raleigh News
and Observer, the Nashville Ten
nessean, the Macon News, the
Columbus (Ga.) Ledger, the An
niston (Ala.) Star and the St.
Petersburg (Fla.) Times.
The South’s major new party—
States Righters—has drawn
heavy support in the States
where it was spawned, Alabama,
Mississippi and South Carolina.
Among the larger papers out for
Thurmond are the Montgomery
Advertiser-Journal, the Nashville
Banner, the Augusta (Ga.) Chro
nicle, the Meridian (Miss.) Star,
and the Charleston (S. C.) News
and Courier.
Dog-Gonedest
Party Is Given
Tokyo, —(.P)— Lady Gas
ciogne gave the season’s dog
gonedest party at the British
Embassy tod-y.
It was a charming affair hon
oring 11 French poodles — the
father and nine puppies of a
litter of Lady Gasciogne’s pet,
Maruka. The press was invited
to cover the party.
Diced sheep hearts and bones
were served for luncheon on the
lawn by gaily kimonoed Japa
nese servants.
The pups, now the property
of friends of Lady and Sir Alvary
Gasciogne, British Liaison Mis
sion head, yelped and drooled
and devoured the food in a fash
ion MSyfair would frown upon.
Red Cross Finance
Group Meets Tuesday
The finance committee of the
Roanoke Rapids Chapter of the
American Red Cross will meet
Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 o’
clock, to work out the budget
for the year of 1949.
West Europe
Ministers
Begin Talks
Paris, Oct. 25—(/P)—The For
eign ministers of the five-na
tion Western European union
met today, with a possible mili
tary alliance with the U. S. and
Canada reported foremost on
their agenda.
Authoritative American and
British sources said linking of
the Brussels Union with the
American powers in a North At
lantic pact will be the central
theme of the sessions which be
gan this morning.
Official British suorces said
the ministers decided soon after
today’s meeting began that fu
ture sessions will be completely
restricted. Because of the nature
of the talks, these sources said,
official spokesmen of the various
delegations will not hold brief
ing meetings with newsmen.
There will be a point commun
ique when the talks end, the
sources said.
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Three Killed In
Crash Of C-47
Chanute, airbase, 111., Oct. 25
—(AP)—Three men were killed
last night in a crash here of a
C-47 Air Forces plane carrying
22 persons.
Nineteen injured taken to the
base hospital "probably owe
their lives to the fact that the
plane first hit two empyt bar
racks,” Brigadier General F. R.
Upthegorve, Commanding Gen
eral said.
The twin-engine plane aproa
ching the base in heavy ground
fog, chopped a comer off one
second barracks before smas
hing to the ground.
“Those old barracks certainly
were worth their price,” the
General said.
He believed the wooden two
story crrustures cushioned the
crash, saving the 19 passengers
in the cargo plane's fuselage.
Those killed, he said, were the
pilot, co-pilot arid crew chief, all
in the planes crumpled cockpit
Dewey Said
To Be Studying
Cabinet Names
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 25 —VP)—
Reports circulated here today
that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is
giving study to possible cabinet
appointments in anticipation of
a victory in the presidential
election eight days away.
The Republican presidential
nominee leaves at midnight to
night for Chicago and the first
of four major speeches.
He speaks in Chicago tomor
row night, Cleveland Wednes
day, Boston Thursday and New
York City Saturday.
Dewey’s aides say firmly that
no one—including John Foster
Dulles, his foreign affairs advis
er—is certain ot a cabinet post
in the event of a Republican vic
tory.
But the names of Dulles and
Roger W. Straus, one of the in
ner circle of Dewey advisers,
turn up more often than any
other in the speculation that al
ways goes on in a presidential
candidate’s camp.
Talk centers on Straus as a
possible appointee for Secretary
of the Treasury. He is president
of the American Smelting and
Refining Company.
He was one of the top Dewey
leaders who decided last week
to keep the GOP campaign tied
to its “unity" theme, without
answering President Truman’s
attacks.
Most of the speculation about
the Treasury post previously bad
centered around Elliott Bell,
commissi. ..er of New York
State banks. But the back stage
gossip is that if Dewey wins
Bell might be picked tor head
the Federal Reserve Bank sys
tem, with new broad powers for
supervision of the nation's eco
nomy added to that job.
Ten Killed In
State Mishaps
By The Associated Press
At least 10 persons died by
violence in North Carolina over
the weekend.
Mrs. Bobbie McSwain, 23, of
Thomasboro, lost her life when
an automobile overturned into a
ditch off the Tuckaseege road in
Charlotte.
Alex Helton, 80, a Negro, was
burned to death when fire de
stroyed his tenant house on a
farm near Pineville.
Claude S. Muse, 28, of High
Point, was fatally shot in a
hunting accident.
James Hardin, 28, Greensboro
Nogro laborer, was killed by a
train just east of Greensboro.
Greensboro poice said they were
looking for him on a charge of
slashing the throat of his wife,
Irene.
Henry A. Thompson, 35, of
Draper, was killed by an auto
mobile near Leaksville.
A man who registered as D.
B. Brunswick of Hot Springs,
Ark., was burned to death at
a tourist home in Southern
Pines. The operator of the road
side hotel said Brunswick, a
salesman, presumably fell asleep
with a lighted cigarette in his
hand.
Mrs. Lydia Burch, 52, of Ashe
ville, died after an automobile
collision near Asheville.
Three Raleigh residents died
Friday night when their automo
bile and a train came together
in the capital city. They were
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cooper and
Mrs. J. W. Peele.
All in Fun
Eagle River, Wis. (U. P.)—
John Norlander fishes for the fun
of it. His friends were excited
when he reeled in a 15-pound
muskie. They moaned when he
showed them the fish and calm
ly let the muskie go.
Takes Dewey
To Task On
Palestine Talk
Aboard Truman campaign
train, Oct. 25—(AP)—The Pales
tine Problem got a top place in
1948 presidential campaign dis
cussion today as President Tru
man began a big city wind-up of
his “give ’em hell” bid for eleo*
tion.
He chose the Chicago Stadium
for a major speech at 10 p.m.
which his associates said would
emphasize what he considers the
threat to democracy at home of
a Republican victory.
The president worked most of
Sunday at Washington on this
speech, and on others to follow
nightly, at Cleveland, Boston,
New York, Brooklyn and St.
Louis. And he worked too, on
a statement in which he claimed
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, GOP
nominee, had injected the Pales
tine issue into politics.
This statement, in which hft
reiterated his support of a De
mocratic platform pledge of “full
recognition to the State of Is
rael,” was released at the White
House a few hours before the
President, Mrs. Truman and
Margaret boarded the campaign
special train for the last round
up of Democratic votes.
Mr. Truman’s Palestine state*
ment was a reply to a letter
which Gov. Dewey wrote Dean
Alfange, chairman of the Am
erican Christian Palestine Com
mittee of New York.
“As you know,” Gov. Dewey
wrote on Oct. 22 in response to
a letter from Alfange seeking
reaffirmation of a GOP platform
pledge, “I have always felt that
the Jewish people are entitled
to a homeland in Palestine which
would be politically and economi
cally stable. My views have been .
clearly expressed over the years,
and I did, indeed, approve the
majority report of the United
Nations special committee which
recommended a partition of Pa
lestine,” he added his position
todav “is the same.”
The President said of this ob
servation :
“I had hoped our foreign af
fairs could continue to be handl
ed on a non-partisan basis with
out being injected into the pre
sidential campaign. The Repub
lican candidate’s statement, how
ever makes it necessary for me
to reiterate my own position with
respect to Palestine.
“I stand squarely on the pro
vision covering Israel in the De
mocratic platform” he went on
to point out this government re
cognized this independent state
of Israel May 14 and said De
Jure recognition will follow when
a permanent government is
elected. He said he had direct
ed government agencies to ex
pedite applications for loans to
Israel.
Mr. Truman’s statement added
“The Democratic platform states
that we approve the claims of
Israel to the boundaries set forth
in the United Nations resolution •
of Nov. 29, 1947, and consider
that modifications thereunder
would be made only if fully ac
ceptable to the state of Israel.**
Franz Lehar
Dies In Vienna
Viena, Oct. 25 —(JP)— Com
poser Franz Lehar, 78, whose
litling light opera music is
known and sung throughout the
world, died yesterday at his
home in Bad Ischl.
Lehar, whose charming melo
dies and graceful waltz themes
were universally loved, was the
composer of the Merry Widow
and several other operettas are
among the present day’s last
links with the light-hearted mus
ic for which Vienna was famous.
His physician, Dr. Franz Wur
nik said the composer who had
been critically ill for six weeks
died of cancer. Hil illness was
complicated by gastric ulcers,
double pneumonia and a heart
ailment.
Morris Disposes Of Two Cases
In Opening Session Of Court
BULLETIN!
Halifax.—The Grand Jury
at 12:55 today returned a true
bill charging tint degree mur
der against George .Terry.
Northampton County Nsgro
youth, who is Charged with
the knife slaying of Gordon
Bryant Miles, Weldon youth,
on September 10. Terry it al
leged to have knifed the young
war veteran near Weldon fol
lowing an argument.
The case is slated for trial
hers this week. During the
course of the morning several
other true bills were returned
by the Grand Jury.
Halifax, Oct. 25—Superior
Court Judge Chester Moris told
the members of the Halifax
County Petit Jury here this
morning that he considered ser
vice on the jury as “a high and
important duty, though not al
ways a pleasant one."
The judge made no fonnel
charge to the jury and disposed
of two actions durng the morn
ing as the October criminal
session of court got( under way.
This is the first time that
Judge Moris, who was named
Judge C. E. Thompson more than
to the bench after the death of
a year ago, has ever presided
over the Halifax Court.
Judge Morri. told the jurors,
"So long as we have our pre
sent court system we need high
type men for jury duty. I don’t
want men, who have nothing
else to do.”
In the first case which waa
called for action this morning,
Russell Hunter, alias Russell
two year suspended sentence on
Whittaker, Negro, was given a
a charge of bigamy. Prior to the
hearing of the bigamy charge,
Hunter was granted a divorce
from his first wife. In testi
mony, his second wife said sha
would not re-marry Hunter.
In the other case, which
Judge Morris heard this morn- .
ing, Tommy Lynch, 17-year-old ; «
Negro, pleaded guilty to a charge
of larceny of a bicyle. It waa
shown in evidence, that Lynch 1
had been in jail since August $
21 and Judge Morris ordered the
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