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fifi Ye«r No. 90 Roanoke Rapid., N. C.. Tuesday. November fl. 1<UH Sc Daily; 10c Sund.y <1 - ■iiimiiii wi iuihuu^l wi '' (Ude. BP I*e Hudson Rw“ pj fblkTro^of New° __ Roanoke " Ramblings By Pat Nanti Home for the weekend froir his studies at Wake Forest waj Wiley “Boone” \Tarren—Boone visited with his parents Mr and Mrs. W. A. Warren, ol Jefferson street.... fc: - Max Rogers has been spend ing a few days furlough here, with his parents. Attending the Duke-Wake Forest football game, was Kitty Kidd and Elladean Lee—they also were the weekend guests of Leigh Williams of Wake For #fst _ It aeems that Rocky Mount Vtas the destination o£ several at ->ur local citizens this week efe&'fome of those who visit e^fc-Vre were Lola Cates Jean Kidd, Margaret Outland Pat Rawlings, Bill Pace, Wal ter Shearin, Louise Burke, Mr and Mrs. F. L. Williams, Mr and Mrs. J. K. Brewer. Visiting here over the week end with their parents were Adres Fisher, a student at R. p I. in Richmond, and Dickie Clark, of Wake Forest College Visiting the new hospital in Ahoskie were Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Cates.. ® Mr. and Mrs. Marion Harris visited with Mr. Harris’ grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harris of Enfield, Sunday. Friends of Mrs. W. L. Kee, of 216 Hamilton street will re gret to learn she is confined to her bed, due to ill health. Seeing the sights of Georgia ^ few days this week, is George Brown... ' Deepest sympathy is express ed for Mrs. John H. Cole of this I city, in regard to the death of I her mother, Mrs C. A. Williams ' of Elizabeth City....Mrs. Cole’s mother passed awqy Saturday at her home in Elizabeth City, after a lingering illness of three ^esrs. Igii^wngratulations and wishes very happy birthday, to to Margie Wayne.... is in the fourth grade i|l|KBl and is expecting many in observance of her Aisn here’s hoping jVj'f^f'.^B^Moore, Edward Port H3§Gio|j^^^g Cannon, Judy .• s^fcttie Barbara Ann happy HMHHB^raayW ^'/'^►i^^HBhave v, u b^|0 for the years?” “AiVcollege ..''medicine ” “And Mid you H^Klly get well?" ^Jondy, Rain \ SI Forecast , ^ ‘ Jpr The Associated Press §Qlt came to the Carolina’s tnVmtaitu and piedmont early i ; lay arid moved toward eastern section*’ -’he weatherman said a cold t.ir mass was moving eastward toward the Caroiinas but fur ther absition fixes were neces sary 7befO» he “itfd *?* .whether itw««M move into the it The forfdaotfor tomorrow was -; "loudy. occasional grains end mP* temperatures. Ready Points Out That Securing Qualified Teachers For Schools Has Become Very Difficult Task This is the third of a series of articles written by local leaders in observance of Na tional Education Week, Nov ember 7-12. Tomorrow’s article will be “Providing Adequate Finance,” Mr. W. L. Medlin, Chairman of the Roanoke Rapids City School Bc/ard. I. E. Ready “My child has had good teach ers every year.” Happy is the parent and blessed is the child of whom that can be said! The quality of the teaching done is a reflection of the quality of the teacher. Buildings and teaching aids and administration are all secondary in importance to the securing of qualified faculty members. There is, at present, a seri ous shortage of qualified teach ers. This shortage is particularly acute in the elementary school grades. It is due to the fact that many trained teachers have left the profession for higher paying jobs and not enough young people have decided to make teaching their life work. Teaching is important, it can be made attractive. Our chil dren’s welfare demands that they have as teachers people of intelligence ad character, people whose personalities and training fit them to be sympathetic guides of children. This need is emphasized during American Education Week. The responsibi lity, however, is with us con tinuously. There are several things we can do. We can encourage quali fied young people to enter the teaching profession. We can vis it the schools more often. We can take the teachers we now j have more fully into the social j and civic and religious life of the community. We can give in telligent support and leadership to school improvement projects. By doing these things we can bring nearer the day when ev ery parent can say, “My child has had good teachers every year.” Group Hears More Textron Testimony Boston, Nov. 9—(JP)—A Sen ate sub-committee probing Tex tron, Inc., toda: heard testimony that the textile firm dealt heav ily in money from one of its charitable trusts. Textile machinery deals amounting to $600,000 were re lated by Andrew N. Winslow, sole trustee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology trust. Winslow said the M.I.T. trust fund established by Royal Lit tle, president of Textron, Inc., had grown from $500,000 to $1, 000,000 since 1937. Winslow testified the trust fund was set up as a building fund for M.I.T. Under questioning, Winslow said he had substantial business transactions with Little. Three deals, he said, amounted to $200,000 each. Charles W. Tobey, Jr., of Con cord is counsel for the con gressional committee and the son of its chairman, Senator Char les W. Tobey (R-NH). Another trustee of one of the six charitable trusts connected I with Textron told the committee I yesterday he was as “free as the ! wind” in handling the trust fund. The Weather North Carolina — Consider able cloudiness and not much temperature change today and tonight; occasional light rain in east portion; Wednesday, mostly cloudy, occasional rain, and mild temperatures. fr—— ■ ■ ■ — Sees Japan As Ally Of United States New York, Nov. 9—(JP)—Lt Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger sees Japan as a probable ally of the United States if another war comes. Gen. Eichelberger, recent commander of the Eighth Army which is occupying Japan, said last night in a prepared speech: “If the worst comes to the worst, our country’s decency, generosity and faimesa toward Japan may have provided us with a powerful, potential friend.” “How different would have been the picture in Japan if the communistio nations had taken over 4hree years ago,” the text added. The statements were in a text sent out in advance for a speech by the general at the 03rd an nual banquet of the Ohio Soci ety of New York. Newsmen had been invited to the gathering, but were barred at the last minute. Mrs. Florence P. Rydell, exe cutive secretary of the society, Said the action was taken at the General's request. She explained that the Gen eral “prefers not to read” the speech, but to “talk it.” She added that “he said to me that he prefers to hem and haw.” Gaston Home Club Meets Wednesday Gaston — The Gaston Home Demonstration Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Wed nesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the home of Mrs. J. M. Lee. The demonstration will be given by the food leaders, with the subject to be, “Get More Color in Meals With Green and Yellow Vegetables.” Mrs. George Lane, president, urges all members to attend. Plans will be completed for. the annual Christmas party. I Israel Charges British Troops In Palestine Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 9 — (AP)—Israel formally asked the United nations truce headquar ters today to investigate reports that “not inconsiderable num bers of British troops” have en tered Trans Jordan and that some of them have entered Pal estine. The government also charged the British with wholesale re arming of both Iraq and Trans Jordon, Arab foes of Israel. It wrote the headquarters of the mediator, Dr. Ralph Bunche, that large shipments of arms and military equipment for Iraq, including tanks of all classes, have arrived at the port of Basra in a British ship. A letter4 from Dr. Walter Ey tan of the Israeli foreign office declard that if the reports of British troop movements proved true “they would be flagrant violations.’• Parents Had Better Dig Up Their Old School Grade Cards Los Angeles, Nov. 9—{/F)— Mother and dad had better dig ap their old report cards before ^hiding Junior about his school narks. Dr. Ralph Tyler, dean of the school of education at the Uni versity of Chicago, described yesterday how he dug up old examination papers from 1900 to 1915 and gave the tests to con :emporary pupils. In 80 per cent of the cases, Dr. Tyler told the conference on iirection and improvement of instruction and child welfare, nodern kids did better than the oldsters had done. Postoffice Open All Day Tomorrow; Closed Thursday Postmaster L. G. Shell an nounced today that the postof fice here will remain open all day Wednesday but will be dosed all day Thursday for \rmstice Day. All Roanoke Rapids banks will be closed Thursday for Armistice Day. On-Spot-Survey In New England Textile Mills Finds Feeling Among Leaders That Boom Is Over (Editors Note: The multi-bil lion dollar textile industry was the first to feel the sting of adjusting itself to a peace time basis after years of ex traordinary war activity. The pains have been worst in New England, where the nation’s textile manufacturing had its beginnings. In order to deter mine the extent of the diffi culty, its origin and what is being done to cure it, the Associated Press made an on the sport survey, the results of which are summarized in four articles. The first story follows.) By Richard Fiska Boston, Nov. 9—(IP)—The New England textile industry is fat tening itself on a diet of fears and dire predictions for its fu ture. Royal Little’s $125,000,00 Tex tron Corporation recently restat ed the old saying that New England industry—especially its textile industry—is on the wane Little says the cos^ of operat ing northern mills is prohibit ive when compared with the south. Others also talk of com petition from lower cost areas. New England has taken stock and decided things aren’t so bad that they can’t be cured. Its tex tile men, after a( look-see, have decided future prospect* are good. This is the impression gained from an on-the-spot survey. The post-war boom for tex tiles is over. Many mill men feel a readjustment period is pretty well washed up. And ahead, they see a buyers’ mar ket. There won’t be a return to the boom days but neither do they see any drastic price relapse. Profits are slipping from the peaks of late 1947 and early 1948, but many cotton and wool en manufacturers expect fair future earnings. They say there must be coop eration of management, labor and local governments. Even the most optimistic feel the industry has got to get down to brass tacks and reshuffle the cards a bit. And already they’re exercis ing more Yankee ingenuity: Readjustment has brought shift layoffs at some mills as well as price reductions. New England mill men agree that management must be more on its toes. They must watch costs, and they say moderniza tion of plants may mean the dif ference between profit and loss in some cases. They say, too, they have to do a lot more selling; that busi ness will be a lot more competi live and that they must keep a sharp look-out for new markets. Already they are developing new products and cutting costs. Goodall-Sanford Mills at San ford, Me., for example, are spending almost $2,000,000 on : new high-speed, low-cost mach inery to increase production 50 per cent. Sulloway Hosiery Mills at Franklin, N. H., which has be come an automatic mill through out, has cut costs and is turn ing out 60 different types of iiosiery from sheerest nylon to lumbermen’s socks where once the entire production was one i item—wool stockings. Observers close to the indus try describe recent layoffs as the best indication of real strength. An indication, th^y explain, that mills are not ac :umulating inventories that in : the end may have to be dump ed. It is a part of the readjust ment after the post-war boom and they say it is far better that it came now when the country is prosperous than later when national income may be lower. But they are not looking for a recession in the immediate months ahead. (Editors Note: Tomorrow’s story will discuss the sting of north-south competition). Mrs. Roosevelt's Proposal to Purge Dixiecrats from Party Is Given Cold Shoulder by Leaders of Democrats McGrath Says Congressmen Will Name Group Heads Washington, Nov. 9—(j*P)— De mocratic leaders turned a cold shoulder today on the proposal by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt that States’ Rights supporter* be pur ged from the party. National Chairman J. Howard McGrath told a reporter it will be up to the Democratic mem bers of the House and Senate to decide who gets the prized chairmanships in the new Con gress. He indicated the national com mittee doesn’t want to mix in any such possible fight. Mc Grath is a senator from Rhode Island. He hinted further—but didn’t say so flatly—that any repris al prograiy such as Mrs. Roose velt suggested wouldn’t fit in with current efforts to solidify Democrats behind the legisla tive proposals President Truman will send to Congress in Janu ary. In a radio broadcast from Pa ris yesterday, Mrs. Roosevelt said she would like to see “the permanent ousting of the South ern Dixiecrats from the Demo cratic party.” The widow of the late Presi dent suggested that some south erners who opposed Mr. Tru man’s civil rights program would be denied Congressional chairmanships if they aren’t re cognized as Democrats. She named specifically Rep. John Rankin (Miss), dubbing him “one of the worst reaction aries,” and Senator Olin John ston (S C). She said Johnston “snubbed President Truman, campaigned against him and then was one of the first on the train at Wash ington to congratulate the vic torious President after his elec tion.” Johnston refused to attend the Jackson Day dinner here last winter because of his opposition to the President’s civil. ;_*ights proposals but later announced he was voting for Mr. Truman. He declined comment. But democratic committee of ficials said Mrs Roosevelt was off base on Johnston’s campaign record. William J. Primm, as sistant to McGrath, said: “Sen ator Johnston was very helpful throughout the campaign. H e worked with the committee in every way we asked.” Johnston can get a coveted Se nate committee chairmanship only if Senator Chavez (D-NM), who outranks him in service, de cides not to become head of the postoffice and civil service group. Chavez also is senior Demo crat on the public works com mittee and might elect to take that chairmanship. Rankin, however, is top Dem ocrat on the House veterans committee and is in line to head it. He said at his home in Tupelo, Miss.: “The less the American people hear from Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the better off the country will be.” Of 15 Senate committees, on ly four chairmanships Will be filled by southerners if the con gressional seniority rule stands. They include Senators Connal ly (Tex), in line to become chair man of foreign relations; Me Kellar (Tenn), appropriations; George (Ga), finance, and Mc Clellan (Ark), executive expen ditures. tight southerners are in line for house committee chairman ships, but except for Rankin few if any openly opposed Mr. Tru man after he won the democra tic nomination. Those due to return or move up to the presiding chairs in clude Reps. Doughton (NCl.ways and means; Cooley (NC), agri culture; Vinson (Ga), armed ser vices; Wood (Ga), un-American activities; Bland (Va), merchant marine; Murray (Tenn), postof fice, and Whittington (Miss), Public works. “Open House” At Vance Street School Tomorrow It will be “open house” to morrow at Vance Street School and the parents of all children in the school are invited and urged to visit their child’s room during the day Mrs. Thelma Garris principal of the school announced today Mrs. Garris said the “open house’’ was being held in obser vance of American Education Week. She announced also that the Association would meet tomor row night at 7:30 p.m. and that a prize would be awarded to the room having the largest number of parents who are members of the P.TA. Recreation Commission Signs Contract for Drafting of Plans For A Long-Range Program contracts were signed here yesterday between Roanoke Rapids and recreation planner Ellwood Allen of New York City, noted architect for recreational programs, after Alen had con ferred for two days with mem bers of the Roanoke Rapids Rec reation Commission concerning the recreational needs of the city. Allen stopped in Roanoke Rap ids Sunday for a survey of the city and consultations with Rec reation Commission members concerning the long-range rec reation program proposed for the city and a recreation center to be designed and built. Under the contract the arch itect is to draw up a long-range plan to take care of the recrea tional needs of the city for a number of years, and in addi tion he will submit designs and drawings for the proposed rec reational center to be construct ed on property already available to the city. Final details on the contracts were worked out at a luncheon meeting between Commission members, Allen and Mayor W. E. Allsbrook yesterday after noon. The Board of City Commi ssioners has already appropria ted a sum of $7,658 to be used by the Recreation Commission in the program and funds for the employment of Allen were included in the appropriation. . i to.a m. mu mem bers he expects to have some ■ his employees in Roanoke Rapids within ten days to start work on the program of work embodied in the long-range plan. These trained experts will survey the city’s needs in more details and will report their find ings for inclusion in the overall plan. Allen and his wife left yester day afternoon for Greensboro, where he is to appear on the program at the State Recreation conference. Alleged Highway Robbers Bound Over To November Superior Court Three Roapoke Rapids youths charged with assault and rob bery in a case where Cleveland Harris alleged the trio hit him over the head with a blunt in strument and made off with his automobile early Sunday morn ing were bound over to Superior Court here yesterday after they had waived preliminary hear ings in the case before Mayor W. Bernard Allsbrook. A short time after the three had been returned to their cells in the city jail, officers were called into the cell bock where L. E. Draper was said to have tried to sash his wrists with a piece of broken window glass. Officers said he had cut himself slightly Sunday night after they had been on the charge. Two of the youths, Eldred Strickland and Richard Gilliland were represented in Mayor’s court by attorneys. Draper him self told Mayor Allsbrook he de sired to waive the hearing. the mayor bound fell three ov er to, the November term of Halifax County Superior Court which is slated to start on November 29. Their bonds re mained at $2,500 each, none of which had been posted by the time of the Mayor’s court ses* sion. Two of the three, Draper and Strickland, at the time of their arrest Sunday were under five year probations on charges heard at the last term of Super ior Cotirt at Halifax. Draper at the time was sentenced to five to-seven years on charges of breaking and entering and lar ceny, however the sentence was not imposed at the time and Draper was placed on strict pro bation. In the same term of court Strickland drew a tree year sentence for the larceny of an automobile and was plac ed on probation. According to local police the third member of the trio, Gili land, has never been in any troube before. i .In other cases heard yester j day before Mayor Allsbrook im posed fines in minor charges. Negro Truck Driver Being Held As Witness In Fatal Highway Accident Halifax.—State Highway Pat rol officials today announced they had taken into custody J. C. Blanding, Negro truck driver of Halifax, as a material witness in the fatal accident in which Dr. Henry Fendell, Miami phy sician, was instantly killed south of Weldon Saturday morning. Patrol officers said Blanding has been released under a $1,000 bond for his appearance at a coroner’s inquest in the accident at Weldon on November 17. They said Blanding told them he had been driving along the highway about the time of the accident and had passed the truck driven by Aldie Finch which collided with the auto mobile driven by the doctor. Blanding said he did not even know an accident had occurred until he heard about it later. Finch, a Clayton Negro, was operating a truck belonging to the Central Oil Milling Com- ' pany of Clayton. He told inves tigating officers the Fendell car had been forced onto his side of the road by a log truck which : had just passed Finch’s truck. •inch was released Saturday un ler a $2,000 bond pending the nquest. Officers said they believe they lave located an eye witness to he fatal crash which cost the ife of the Miami doctor and laid he will testify at the in luest. Dr. Fendell’s body was return ed Sunday to New York City tor funeral services. His wife, nother and sister, who suffered (light injuries in the accident, vere released from the Roanoke ■tapids Hospital Sunday. At the time of the accident he Fendells were en route to diami from New York City. Auto Comes Off Second Best In Crash With Man Long Beach, Calif., Nov. 9— /P)—Sometimes an auto gets the vorst of it in a collision with i pedestrian. Herman Nagel escaped unin ured after colliding with Otis Cnight’s car. But Knight com )lained that Nagel broke a yindwing on his auto. The judge ined Nagel $25 for intoxication. Increased Pay For Legislators Is Beaten Again Raleigh, Nov 9— (AP)— North Carolina voters apparently have denied their legislators a pay aise for the second time in two years. With returns from last week’s slection reported by all but 12 sounties, here was a margin of [5,117 votes against a proposed institutional amendment to poost legislative salaries. The :ount was 211,716 against, 196, i99 for. There’s only a very slight thance that the vote from the 2 unreported counties would thange that indiated outcome. Icording to Secrtary Raymond Maxwell of the state board of slections. There also were strong leads or opponents of two other pro posed amendments — to remove he debt ’imitation and to in srease maximum property lev-, es from 15 to 25 cents. Only winner was a proposed imendment to have special el sctions decided by a majority pf those voting, instead of those •egistered. With 12 counties out he vote stood: for, 239,204;. igainst, 122,651 Voters two years ago rejected py 897 a proposal to give legis-j store more pay. | Deacons Play In Dixie Bowl On New Year’s Wake Forest, Nov. 9—{JF)— Athletic Director James H. Wea ker announced today that Wake Forest’s Demon Deacons have accepted a bid to play in the Dixie Bowl on Jan. 1. Weaver said that the accept ance was contingent upon ap proval by the Southern Confer ence. However, no difficulty is expected from that source since the conference has never turn ad thumbs down on a bowl ap pearance by one of its members. Weaver said that he had no idea which team would oppose Doach Peahead Walker’s talent ad Deacons in the Dixie Bowl. The trip to the Dixie Bowl will be a homecoming trip for Walker. The Wake Forest coach is a native of Birmingham. The game will be the second Bowl appearance by a Wake Forest team The Deacons play ed South Carolina in the Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla., on Jan. 1, 1946 and defeated the Damecocks, 26-14, the teams had tied 13-13 in season play. Judge Daniel Faces 95-Case Court Docket Halifax.—Judge Charles R. Daniel started an imposing doc ket of cases in Halifax County recorder’s court here this mor ning, however there were so many cases for trial court offi cials said they did not see how the docket could possibly be cleared in less than two days or more. By noon today 19 of the cases! had already been disposed and several others had been contin ued. At the start of the morning there were exactly 95 cases in the docket book for trial, 55 new cases and 41 which were contin ued from previous courts. Among the cases continued this morning was one in which Chester Hollister Brown, Roa noke Rapids produce dealer, is charged with assault on a fe male in a case brought by Fran ces Alston, Littleton Negro girl, vho alleged Brown had assault ed her in her uncle’s store in Littleton. The case was continued until November 23 at the request of the defendant. -■■w cuA-iiiumna scmences were handed out here this mor ning by Judge Daniel, one to Russell Wheeler, who pleaded ■ guilty to a charge on non-sup port. Saul Richardson, Negro, was sentenced to six months on a larceny charge and was or lered to return a dog he alleg edly stole to reduce the sen- j ence. Alvester Hawkins, Negro, en-1 tered a plea of guilty in a lar ceny charge and was given a six-months’ sentence which was suspended on the payment of a :ine of $25 and costs and on condition of two years good eehavior on the part of the de fendant. Luther T. Bell drew the heav est fine of the morning, $200 and costs foi driving after his license had been revoked. L. 2. Clanton was fined $125 and costs on a driving while drunk charge and Willie Joe Pulley was fined $100 ar.d costs on a similar count. Other fines and costs totalling $110 plus costs were levied oni ether* defendants entering guilty pleas for misdemeanors in the ether cases heard in the mor-. ning court. j Hank Greenberg played only two full seasons in the major Leagues in which he failed to j 3rive in more than 100 runs— ais first year and his last l »
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