Three Local Youths Are Arrested on Charges of Highway Robbery # r FP> amV* Salute Washington Crowd m ......._„ • in aP"k»w SSu“io(Wa.h,W ViC° PTSiuent'elec:* Alben Barkley raise their clasped hands • in a ticxott saiux* to Washington crowd that greeted them at Union Station Fridav after la-‘ WCek'S na,i°nal Chairman J Howard McGrMhSI Demi ocratio national committee is in center background. (AP Wirephoto). Scramble for Leadership of GOP .Party Seen as Result of Election Defeat; Stassen to Be in Fight wasnmgion, inov. o—— a scramble for Republican party leadership—with Harold E. Stas sen among those taking part— '•apparently is in the making as an aftermath of last Tuesday’s election. Despite an assertion by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey that he has no plans to step down as titular GOP head, his second straight defeat for the presidency may leave him little to say about fu ture Republican policies. These policies largely will be shaped by the Republican min ority in Congress. There such familiar figures as Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan, Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, Senator Kenneth Wherry of Nebraska, House Speak^ Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Maftchusetts and floor lead er Charles A. Halleck of Indiana will be in the saddle. But none of these is a stand out now for the Republican pre sidential nomination in distant 1952. Instead, some of the Repub lican politicians who have caught their wind after the sur prise drubbing given them by the Democrats are beginning to look outside the formal congres sional leadership. Those catching their eye in clude men like Stassen, Sena tors Irving M. Ives of New /i|York, William Knowland of Cal ifornia, Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut, Leverett Saltonstall and Henry Sabot Lodge, Jr., of Massachusetts and Homer Fer guson of Michigan. Rep. Clar ance Brown of Ohio is mention ed among House members. Governors who mieht be re garded now as available for one of the top spots on the ticket four years hence include Al'rcd (tf Driscoll of New Jersey, Er nest W. Gibson of Vermon, Lu ther W. Youngdahl of Minne- i sota and Frank Carlson of Kan sas. While most of the new crop of j Republican hopefuls hold public j office, Stassen has perhaps as! good a forum as any of them in his presidency of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania. His under standing with the University is fltfhat he is to have a free hand to Engage in politics. Stassen’s appeal to many Re publicans lies largely in their belief that he has widespread influence among younger voters, j It was this asset, more than any other, which was said to have led Dewey to forget some of Stassen’s p r e-convention cracks and invite his former op ponent to take an active part (j|in the campaign. Fair, Warmer Weather Seen By The Associated Press Fair and slightly warmer to day end warmer with rain to morow are the weather predict ions for the Carolinas. _ Temperatures this morning mSeneraHy were the lowest in •wo wea'rs. A low of 30 degrees was tW Med at Asheville, N. C., but otueJw were above the freez ing point. The Weather North Carolina — Fair and slightly warmer today and to ol g ll t; Tuasday, Increasing cloudiness and warmer follow II ad by showers beginning in mountain sac lion Tuaaday af 9—...... - - Truman’s Visit To First Baptist Church In New Bern Is Marked By i Large Crowds And A Special Prayer _ Roanoke Ramblings By Pat Nantz Bill White, a ’48 graduate of the Roanoke Rapids High School visited his mother this week- j end—he is a freshman at High; Point College.... Mr .and Mrs. Sam Bunn and' Misses Ann Bunn and Pat Rawl ings attended the William and Mary-Carolina game at Chapel Hill, Saturday—Pat also visited i with Bobbie Fisher, a ’48 grad-' uate of the local high school and now a freshman at W. C. N. C. Frankie Rightmyer visited at home this weekend with her mother, Mrs, R. J. Rightmyer— Frankie finished school here in; ’47 and is attending a business school in Norfolk, Va... A fireman’s life is an odd one —or the local fire department is making sure every fireman has a way to the fires..They are even teaching Bruce Camp to ride a bicycle—his first lesson, it seems, took place Thursday in front of the fire station.... Visiting in town this weekend was Clifton Harrison of Norfolk, i Va. million is a veiy pupuiai graduate of the class of ’44, of the local high school. - I The many friends of Helen' Hawkins will be glad to know that she is reported to be in better condition, after having ( been a patient m the Roanoke Rapids Hospital.... Home with a discharge from the navy is Mas-on Harps. ..Ma-j son, a ’47 graduate, has served eighteen months in the service..., George Washington is still a live, and that is no joke—you may have thought he had been dead a long time, but a check, made out to George Washington of this city, appeared in one of the local banks, Saturday morn ing..however. if you’ve lived in this- city long, you won’t be sur prised at anything. Congratulations are in order for Joyce Lewis who celebrated her sixteenth birthday Friday... Jovce is a junior at the local high school, .also celebrating their birthday on Friday were Charles Ogletree, little Barbara Lee Perkinson, and Gilbert Lane ....and Peter Harris, a fifth! grader observed his birthday | Saturday. . .many happy returns of the day to all of you, and may you have many, many more jus-t as nice. The many friends of Mrs. Jim mie Pittman, who is the former Miss Trilla Morgan of this city, will be interested to know that Mr. and Mrs. Pittman, who are newlyweds will be at home at. 16 Cedar street in Weldon, after! this' weekend. I New Bern, Nov. 8 —(AP) — President Truman kept holy the sabbath yesterday with an hour of worship at the First Baptist Church here. The victorious candidate of last week’s election paused while enroute in his plane to Key West, Fla., where he will vacation. The President also kept a promise he made to the Rev. Thomas W. Fryer, that he “would be down to see us one day.” The services were simple al though more than 550 persons crowded the century-old brick building with its six stained gass windows. The President sat in the fifth pew from the front as Mr. Fryer led the usual Sunday morning worship program. A special prayer was the only official re cognition of Mr. Truman’s pre sence : “We are all thine and equal in thy privilege and love. Yet some must carry tremendous burdens of responsibility. These burdens are carried for us. Sus tain those who carry not only our burdens but the burdens of the world, burdens that are too heavy for man alone, x x x Bless the President of the Unit sd States, and those assisting him his staff and his officials.” The President joined in the Singing ui , iiuy, and “Ameica the Beautiful,” and “A Charge to Keep I Have. Also at the services were Gov. R. Gregg Cherry and Governor elect W. Kerr Scott. Rep. Graham Barden of the third district was at the Cherry Point, Marine Air Base when the president’s four-engine plane, the Independence, roared in from the North out of tur quoise skies and a brilliant sun. The party motored to the church from the air base and thousands of New Bernians turned out along the way. After the services, the Presi dent again boarded the plane and in a few hours word came that he had landed at Boca Chita Fla. 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Parnell Thomas (R-NJ), Chair man of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, was in dicted today on a charge of con spiring to defraud the govern ment. Three charges of false claims also were contained in the Fe deral Grand Jury indictment. He was accused also of 34 “overt acts.” Indicted with him on the con spiracy charge was Helen Camp bell, his former secretary. At his Allendale, N. J., home, Thomas said “I have nothing to say at all at this moment.” He said he knew about the indict ment and might have a state ment later. This charge alleged a con spitacy “to defraud the United States of its money and proper ty.” Court officials said that if con viction were obtained, maximum sentence in the several charges against the members of Con I gress could be 32 years impri sonment or $40,000 fine, or both. The grand jury charged a con spiracy to pad the payroll of the Congressman’s office with two employes who were not “bona fide.” The two employes were named Minor. The grand jury investigated charges of irregularities in op eration of the Congressman’s of fice. The New Jersy Republican was called before the grand jury last week but declined to testify. The indictment said the con spiracy ran five years—from January 1, 1940, to January 30, 1943. Man Walks Mile After Losing Arm Boring, Ore., Nov. 8—(AP)—A lumber worker had his arm cut off at the shoulder yesterday and walked over a mile to this town to get an ambulance to Portland State police said Henry Fran cis Meeker, age 62, of Sandy, was given a "fair” chance of recovering at a Portland Hospi tal. He was cleaning a planer at a mill near here when his right garment sleeve tangled In the machine and pulled his arm into the cutter. He was alone. He first attempted to drive the distance in his automobile. Not Much Sense In Making Arrest Jamestown, N.Y., Nov. 8— (AP)—Patrolman James O’ Brien saw the theft of a quart of milk from a neighbor’s home, but made no arrest. He watched the culprit carry the bottle to a nearby lot, re move the cap and lap away. O’Brien figured there wasn’t much sense in arresting a po lice dog. Youthful Ex-Convict Blaines Too Much Drink For Gastonia Shooting Rampage uastoma, Nov. a—(At';— a skinnv. little ex-convict today blamed excessive drink for a man two-and-a half hours i n which four persons were wound ed before police brought him from the barricade he had built in his parents’ home. Ray Aldridge 21 twice parol ed from road gangs after being convicted for robbery and for larceny, chased his parents and visiting relatives from the home yesterday afternoon and when police arrived, opened fire. For two-and-a-half hours.: State, County and Gastonia of-1 ficers peppered the two-story j home with rifle, pistol and ma chine gun fire and tear gas. The. police fire was returned. Wounded during the siege | were Patrolman J. D. “Red” English, 32, and Patrolman R. H. Smith, 24 both hit by shot-, gun pellets, Henry Chastain, 41, a neighbor, and James Ayers, j 26, a bystander, both wounded by rifle bullets. i A public address system was I set up and repeated warnings1 ana pieaamgs were amplified from police to the barricaded youtl). The Loudspeacker began: “II you leave the house within five minutes no one will be harm...” —a rifle bullet hit the instrument in the middle of the word “harmed” and silenced it. After the firing had broken windows, china and other house hold goods, Aldridge appeared at the front door, his hands high above his head, shirtless and un touched by police bullets. He offered no further resis tance and was speeded to the Mecklenburg County jail at Charlotte. He was held there without charge for the Gaston County officials. At Charlotte Aldridge told newsmen he had been drinking and taken a pill known as a yellow jack” or “goof ball.” “I don’t remember doing any shooting. I don’t remember any thing xxx but lying on the floor with glass flying over me. I got scared and came out when ■they told me to,” Aldridge amid. &— Stockholders Tell Jay Directors To Seek Working Agreement With Some American League Group j I he Roanoke Rapids Jays will ■ seek to establish a working a greement with “an American | League baseball club”, accord ' ing to instructions given the Roa noke Valley Athletic Association directors by stockholders at the annual stockholders’ meeting here yesterday. About 100 of the stockholders representing 3,771 shares of the Association’s 5,007 shares were on hand yesterday for the annual meeting in the Roanoke Rapids | Municipal Building in a meeting j which lasted from 2:30 until ap j proximately five o’clock. The stockholders showed their faith in the present board of di rectors by passing a resolution commending them for their work, and further indicated that trust by re-electing the entire board for another year. L. D. Hines will continue as president of the Association and vice-presidents are Allen Pierce and M. F. Benton. John F. I (Jack) Vincent is secretary-trea surer of the group. Other di rectors re-elected here yesterday are W. A. Thorne, F. C. Will iams and Norman -Mitchell. A general discussion on plans for the Roanoke Rapids entry in the Calss D Coastal Plains Lea gue for the coming year follow ed. The stockholders were ad vised that the league directors recently went on record as ap proving an increase in the num A Hot Hot Box” On This Train A Seaboard Air Lines freight train yesterday afternoon rolled into Roanoke Rapids with a “hot box” that was apparently hotter than usual. The train, moving slowly in the direction of Weldon, pulled across Roanoke Avenue and just as a flat car, No. 42366, loaded with cord wood started flaming under the wheels. A bright fire came out of one of the wheel boxes and fanned underneath the car. Apparently the engineer of the diesel locomotive was told of the mishap, because he backed his train into a siding, cut out the section of train on the siding and picked up the rest of the train to continue on toward Wel don. Meanwhile late Sunday after noon traffic backed up for se veral blocks on either side oi the crossing while the shifting was taking place. The fire aboard Number 42366 was later extinguished without apparent damage to either flat car or cargo, but this morning it was still sitting on the siding waiting to be picked up to con tinue its journey. ber of rookie Dali players re quired to be carried by each team in the league. The 1949 season will make it necessary for each team to carry eight rookies instead of the four last year. This change was pointed out as one of the principal reasons it will be necessary to seek a working agreement with a ma I jor league baseball club in or der to obtain the young ball players which are available through major clubs but who are difficult to find in independent teams without any sort of a-' ! greement. Such an agreement as propos ed by their stockholders will not be binding on the management of the local team itself, but wil be an agreement whereby the Roanoke Rapids team can ob-| tain bal players and will also; give them a definite market for1 I players being sold to higher classification ball. I The directors did not say which particular American I League club with which the i working agreement will be I sought, however speculation is that the same team which has . already taken some of the for-. Imer Jays into its farm system I will be contacted. Association stockholders were advised that a seven-man nu cleus for the 1949 edition of the Jays has already been retained,! and most of those present seem ed pleased with the men who; will be on hand. The men: named are John Pavlich, Alton Brown, John Van Hoose, Glenn Titus, Shirley Hammack, Pete King and Jim Meyer. Players on the 1948 team who have been sold Include Val Gon zales, Coastal Plains League bat ting champion, sold to Bingham ton, New York Yankee affiliate in the Class A Eastern League; Milt Bolick, sold to Greensboro on 30 days’ trial; Joe Ferra, Wiley Burnette, returned t o Blackstone Va.; and Stan Mad-; jeski, returned to Manchester, N. H. It was pointed out to the stock holders* that the Jays had not been a money-making ball club during the 1948 season, however they were said to be in as good financial condition as were a number of teams in the league who had been in organized base ball a longer time than the two years for the Jays. Attendance figures for the Jays, who ended their season out of the league play-offs, was the highest per capita in the entire league, and aggregate atten dance figures showed them to be among the leaders. It was the fact that most of the teams complained of losing money during the past season which led to league changes in cluding the increase in rookie players, it was pointed out. Improvement Of Education Program Vitally Important, J. W. Talley Says .bauor g note: inis is me < second of a series of articles written by local leaders in ob servance of National Educa tion Week, November 7-12. Tomorrow’s article will be “Securing Qualified Teacher,” by Mr. I. E. Ready, Superin tendent of the Sity Schools. By J. W. Talley Americans believe that educa tion should be provided at pub lic expense for all children up to and including the secondary school level. Most states make school attendance compulsory up to a certain age, usually six teen. Thus with the nation’s children attending school during their most formative years, it is vitally important that the pro gram of education be improved constatly in the light of the changing needs of the people. A glance at the history of our schools will show progressive improvement in all phases of education since the birth of Am erica. There is no reason to sup pose that this improvement will cease so long as our civilization endures. Financial support for public schools has broadened from township to state support in many states. Trends indicate that federal support in order to 4 tax wealth where it is, to edu cate children where they are” may well be the next step. Methods of instruction have changed with the time. The old “levture-memorize-recite” for mula has become obsolete with the use of radio, moving pic tures, recording devices and work laboratories. One-room one-teacher schools are disappearing rapidly in fa vor of larger consolidated schools, with obvious education al advantages. School buildings today are of modern construc tion and are planned by ex perts. The curriculum includes in ad dition to some of the traditional subjects courses in home mak ing, building trades, Industrial arts, social studies and Commer cial education. Besides the regular curriculum the present day schools are ex panding to include in their scope such spacial features as lunch-rooms, kindergartens, ju nor colleges, health services and physical education. J. W. Talley, Principal Roanoke Rapids Junior Senior High School Baruch Says U.S. Is Not Getting Soft New York, Nov. 8—(/P)—"If you’re worried or discouraged about the future " says Bernard M. Brauch, “There is much evi dence of the fortitude of America which you should con sider before you surrender toi despair." The elderly adviser to Presi-j donts cites the Berlin airlift as i an answer to any one who fears the United States is “getting soft." Baruch, speaking on a radio program yesterday declared: “From Valley Forge to opera tion vittles, Uncle Sam and his nephews have not changed any thing but uniforms and weapons and vehicles. Equality before the law and change through the law —these are still the two sides to the American coin. “Americans can make no greater contribution to mankind than to demonstrate that these qualities will survive as ‘the last best hope of mankind." Baruch said the United States “vv‘' "“‘11 tu mil U1C peace—“We only want to keep the peace, and keep it not just for Americans, but for all free men. Looking to the future of the nation, he said “We always fight not to impant ourseves on other shores, but only in order that we can come home; not to remain warlike,* but to return to war-hating.** CIO-Proximity Sign New Pact Greensboro, Nov. 8—(IP)—The CIO Textile Workers Union has announced ratification of a new contract with the Proximity Manufacturing Co. here, part of the Cone Mills Corp. chain. The contract extends to Nov. 1, 1949. Negotiations are in progress on contracts with other North Carolina Cone mills, Wil liam Billingsley, manager of the union's Greer sboro-Burlington joint board said. Details of the contract here were not announced. It had been reported that wages were not an issue in the two-month negotiations. got out and ran and the three drove away in the car. He said the alleged assault occurred on West Fifth street near the Bel mont section of town. Harris reported the Incident to local police about two a.m. and officers immediately began a search for the men. Harris said he did not know the identities of the men, but he gave officers a description of the trio. Officers said the car had been driven to Emporia and had been abandoned after a tire had been burst. The three said they hitch hiked a ride back to Roanoke Rapids where officers found them at their homes. Draper was sentenced just two weeks ago by Judge Chester Morris to a five-to-seven year term in prison after he had pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering and lar ceny, from the Roanoke Phar macy ad the Roanoke Mills Clinic here last summer. Draper a self-confessed drug addict, was freed under five-years’ probation by Judge Morris. On the same day Judge Morris sentenced Strickland to three yea ; # on a charge of larceny of an automobile and suspended his sentence under a five-year pro bationary period. The three men this morning all requested preliminary hear ings on the highway robbery charge and they were tentative ly scheduled to be brought be fore Mayor W. B. Allsbrook this afternoon. Local Youth Directs Drama At E. C. T. C. Greenville, — Alton Finch of Roanoke Rapids, senior at East Carolina Teachers College who is now doing student teaching at the Greenville high school, will present a group of his stu dents in a choric drama “Unto Us the Living” by Harold G. Sliker, Wednesday Night. The play will be given in the local high school auditorium and will include special vocal and instru mental music as a background to the performance. Finch is working on the pro duction with Mrs. Howard Mims drama coach at Greenville School and Miss Ona Shindler of the high school faculty, who is director of music for the play. The cast will include thirteen solo voices and two speaking choirs of ten voices each, all of which groups have been trained by Finch and Mrs. Mims. The theme of the drama is a plea for peace. At the college Finch has taken an active part in organizations interested in the drama, in cluding the Teachers- Playhouse, college dramatic club, and the Wesley Players of the Methodist student group of Greenvile. In addition he is amember of Pi Omega Pi, national honorary educational fraternity for men; and a former member of the College Chorus, a music group composed of both men and wo men. Finch is a graduate of the Roanoke Rapids high school and expects to complete his work at East Carolina at the end of the fall quarter this year. At the college he has specialized in English and business education. He plans to teach after his graduation. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Finch of Roanoke Rapids. Cops Get Fellow Worker’s Goat Olean, N.Y., Nov. 8—(AP)— Policemen have been getting patrolman John Panado's goat. It was clapped into jail when caught after two recent escapes from Pando'e kna