Western Powers Reaffirm Their Stand on Berlin;
Want It Left in the Hands of UN Security Council
34th Year—No. 57Roanoke Rapida, N. C, Wednesday, November 17, 1948So Daily; 10c Sunday
To Them A Prince Is Born
—i"iwp« . Ii"
(( Twenty-two-year-old Princeu Elizabeth, elder daughter of
England-! King George VI, gare birth to a prince in London'!
Buckingham Palace Sunday night. A palace announcement said
"her royal highness and her son are both doing well." The
princess is shown with her husband. Prince Philip, Duke of
Edinburgh, on June 8, 1948, when he was made a Freeman of
the City of London. (AP Wirephoto).
ROANOKE RAMBUNGS
* By PAT NANTZ
Possibly a few of you will re
member my mentioning the fact
that Dcxodle-bug Hedgepeth, a
member of the local semi-pro
football team, had his shoulder
dislocated twice during the game
with the Richmond Rockets . . .
well it is well now, and here
is his story as to what remedy
he used ... as told to me by
*9 “Flip” Edmondson. Doodle-bug’s
shoulder continued to bother
him for some time after the
game, and nothing seemed tc
make it stop hurting ... so a
Negro woman, who was employ
ed around the Hedgepeth home,
advised him to get two dirt-dob
bers, break them up in a bowl;
stir in some salt, pepper, spider
webs, and vinegar . . . then to
make a pack of this and put it
on his shoulder when he retired
that night , . . Doodle-bug did
just that, and he will declare to
anyone that the soreness was
completely gone the next morn
ing when he removed the pack
... so if any of you readers
have had any trouble with your
shoulders lately, and have tried
all of other ways of getting rid
of the ache* and pains, without
success . . . try “Dec Doodle
G bug’s” remedy—at your own ex
panse, of course. , . .
jcnn u. uopiey or boutn
‘Rosemary, is the owner of a mo
del T car, which he has been
driving for the past twenty-five
years . . • and with the same
motor. Mr. Copley said that he
had never, in that time, been
away from home in his model T,
that he didn’t come back on it,
too—he should named it “Ol’
V Faithful" after that number of
years—but just to show that he
does have a type of affection
for his mechanical servant, Mr.
Copley made sure that no one
made off with his auto, while
he was attending some business,
by tying it to one of the park
ing meters, with a rope in the
downtown section of town.
There have been quite a few
people to remark, since the met
0 ers have been put up, that they
reminded them of the old hitch
ing posts that used to be on the
streets—so maybe Mr. Copley
just forgot himself by “hitch
ing" his car up—but it really did
draw quite a bit of attention
Tuesday morning.
Having heard many times,
the joke about the short-spok
en man who went into the
a barber-shop to get a hair-cut;
* and when he sat down in tha
chair, the barber asked him
exactly how ho would liko to
have his hair cut . • • the man
simply answered, “Off" I—
Jess# Hancock, Gaorga Vensin,
and Harold Tanner decided to
try it on on# of the local
barbers, so they all three en
lered the shop—George sal
down in one of the chairs and
Eric Collins promptly asked
him how he wanted his hair
cut—George gave him the re
hearsed answer of, "Off" • . •
to which Eric good-naturally
answered, "And what did you
expect me to do, add some on
—you should know by now
that we don't give anything
away here, not even the hair
we cut off other people's head"
—the three "jokers" decided to
try another one, elsewhere,
and with someone who
couldn't think up more an
swers than they. . • .
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Matthews,
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Connor Jr.,
and Mrs. Epperson Smithe and
rlauffhtpr. T.inHa T.miiwv will
visit the Smithsonsian Institute
in Washington, D. C., next week
when the Wright brothers’ first
airplane arrives there. . . .
The girls’ basketball team of
the Roanoke Rapids High School
began practice, today, at the Ar
mory with Miss Mary Turner as
coach. The fans as well as the
team will be looking forward to
seeing last year’s star forward,
Evelyn Rooke, perform again
this season. Evelyn is a senior,
and has established an excellent
record In the game, probably
because she exceeds the regular
height of a girl, by measuring a
full six feet and one inch on
any rule . . . Her highest num
ber of points made during last
year’s season was forty-two. . .
Donald Burton, a sophomore
at the local high school, and a
melmber of the Jax football
team, had an accident Mon
day night which caused slight
hand injuries. Donald, it
seems, was riding home on his
bicycle after practice, when he
ran over an open man-hole on
Madison street, where repairs
are being made. He was
thrown from his bike and af
ter having gone to the hos
pital for medical treatment, he
said today that one of his fin
gers was broken and another
badly cut ... at first, when
you notice his hand it appears
to be lacking two fingers, be
cause of the manner in which
the doctor has it bandaged,
with the two injured fingers
bound against the palm of his
hand ... He was compelled
to give up football for the rest
of this season.
One of the senior girls who
was married during the sum
mer vacation, will leave today
(Continued on Page Eight)
The OEPQO Has
Own Platform
Franklin, Ind., Nov. 17—(JP)—
5fou can join the “OEPQO” if
rou have strength of character
to say the password at the right
times.
“The OEPQO” is an organiza
tion to encourage people to quit
organizations. It’s password is
‘No.”
It has no officers, no dues, no
meetings, no activities, no pro
jects. It’s motto: “Be a quitter.”
Dr. Howard W. Stone, pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church,
proposed the “OEPQO.” His pur
pose was to help members save
:ime for family life and church
iuties.
He said:
“If more people learned to say
10 when asked to join another
organization or become an of
'icer of this or that group, they
vould be able to spend an occa
lional evening at home with
heir families.
“While most organizations are
vorthwhile, too many people are
loing too many things in too
nany of them,”
i Forecast Is
Fair, Mild
By The Associated Press
Light rains in the Carolinas
will stop today before schedul
ed Christmas parades this even
ing in Charlotte and Spartan -
burg, the weatherman said.
The forecast was clearing in
the west portions beginning a
1 round noon, with the clearing
” weather overspreading the Pied
mont by this afternoon and the
coast tonight. The prospect was
fair and cooler tonight over the
states, and fair and mild to -
morrow.
Weather
{ / North Caroline — Clearing
' >*nd mild this afternoon. Fair
» and cooler tonight. Thunder i
fair and mild.
Baptists May
State Vote
On Alcohol
Charlotte. Nov. 17—<#)—'The
Baptist State Convention here
today may act on a committee
recommendation that the state
legislature hold a statewide re
ferendum on alcoholic be
verages.
The committee of social ser
vice and civic righteousness al
so proposed the establishment
referral and treatment of vic
tims of alcohol.”
Disapproval of “all froms of
gambling and lotteries” and cen
sure of communism also were
expressed yesterday in the com
mittee report.
Dr. Duke K. McCall of Nash
ville, Tenn., executive secretary
of the executive committee of
the Southern Baptist Convention,
was last night’s main speaker.
His topic was “Christ is the
Answer in Stewardship.”
Music was rendered by t h e
Campbell College Choir, and the
Rev. Lowell F. Sodeman of Clin
ton led the devotional service.
Approximately 1,800 delegates
are attending the three-d a y
meeting which closes tomorrow.
Tobacco r rices
Reported Weaker
Raleigh, Nov. 17—(/P)-—Old
and middle belt flue-cured to
bacco markets reported weaker
prices yesterday.
Prices slumped $1 to $4 per
hundred pounds for the losing
grades on the old belt. A few
increases of $1 to $2 were noted
for leaf and smoking leaf grades.
Declines were held mainly to
$1 on the middle belt, although
some drops ranged as high as $3.
The eastern North Carolina
belt, where only three markets
are still operating, reported sales
to date of 390,647,643 pounds of
tobacco for an average of $49.48.
The Oxford market of the mid
dle belt announced a change in
its closing date from Nov. 19
to Nov. 24.
iourist Urops
Dead In Weldon
Weldon.—A New Jersey tour
ist, Wesley Frank Garrison, 62,
of Paterson, N. J., dropped dead
of a heart attack in a Weldon
tourist home here late last night
after he had just taken a room
for the night.
Garrison, accompanied by his
wife and another lady passenger
who was not identified, stop
ped at the home of Mrs. W. E.
Daniel , on Washington Street
here about 11 o’clock last night
and inquired about lodging for
the night.
He explained he was driving
south from New Jei-ey and
merely wanted a place to spend
the night Mrs. Daniel’s son,
Gene, escorted him upstairs to
examine the rooms and Garrison
said they would be quite satis
factory.
Daniel said as they were com
ing back down stairs and had
almost reached the foot of the ■
steps Garrison slumped sudden
ly to the floor.
A Weldon doctor was sum
moned immediately and he said
the New Jersey man had drop
ped dead instantly from a cor
onary thrombosis.
The body was taken to the 1
Rowe Funeral home and was i
sent by train back to Paterson '
for burial at noon today.
Mrs. Garrisoit and her friend
were said to be “terribly up
set’’ by the incident and left J
late last night to drive back to
Paterson.
HOLLYWOOD GLAMOR ]
\T INAUGURATION
Hollywood, Nov. 17—(£*)— ■
There’ll be a touch of Hollywood i
glamor at President Truman’s ]
inauguration.
Actor Melvyn Douglas says <
that at request of .Washington <
officials he’s heading a commit- ]
tee to organize a sizeable movie- 1
land delegation to the ceremon- <
ies in the capital Jan. 20. ]
China Seeks Statement on II.S.
Policy as Government Claims Red
Losses Are More Than 90,000
Sources See
U. S. Issuing
A Statement
Washington, Nov. 17—(AP)—
Diplomatic authorities speculat
ed today that the American gov
ernment soon may issue a pro
nouncement designed to boost
the morale of China’s anti-com
minist forces.
President Truman and the
State Department have before
them a plea from Generalissi
mo Chiang Kai-Shek for a po
licy declaration reaffirming sup
port of China's Nationalist Gov
ernment.
Undersecretary of State Ro
bert A. Lovett scheduled a news
conference for noon (EST) today
but it was uncertain beforehand
whether he would discuss this
aspect of the China situation.
Most informed officials con
sidered it more likely that any
broad policy declaration would
have to await thq review of in
ternational affairs with Mr. Tru
man and Secretary of State
Marshall will hold at the White
House next Monday.
They are also expected to
come to grips with the major
issue of how far the United
States , can and should go in
backing up its China policies
with dollars, arms and civilian
goods.
Cninese Ambassador Welling
ton Koo told a reporter late
yesterday that no had transmitt
ed to the State Department
Dhiang’s desire for an Ameri
can Policy statement.
What is wanted, Koo said, is
an expression of “sympathy, so
lidarity and support" to help
raise the moral of nationalist
Shina, which in recent weeks
ias suffered grave defeats at
:he hands of the communists.
Koo said his government is at
a loss to know what United
States policy really is. Thus
there was some tendency among
officials here to regard Koo’s
comments as implying a belief
that the United States is not
low following a policy friendly
to the Nanking government.
Army Plane Lands
On Mush Island
Weldon.—How, when, where
ind whether to try It or not
cere the thoughts of United
States Army Colonel Smythe,
rom Pennisula Air Field in
iampton, Virginia, as he flew
ris aernoca plane over the city
>f Weldon on his way to Hamp
on Monday night.
The reporter asked the Colonel
f he was forced to land. ‘‘Not
it first,” said the Colonel, “but I
ouldn’t find a landing field any
ilace and after circling and
lircling, I just landed that's all
n the back side of Mush Is
and near the river and the
lome of John Miles, who so
;indly brought me to town.
The Colonel's landing in such
> spot caused a lot of question
ng among the citizens in Wei- .
[on—what for—how would he ;
;et out—did he get hurt. He ;
canted to stop off in Weldon
md this was the place he finally ■
tad to land but he admitted it i
cas a rough spot. Friends of Col- ;
inel Smythe came down Tues- i
lay around noon and assisted
lim in getting the plane out of i
he island and they all continu- i
d their journey to Pennisula i
field, in Hampton. Virginia. i
Canada’s Premier
Louis St. Laurent (above)
succeeds William L. MacKen
sie King as prime minister of
Canada. Mackensie King is
retiring after about a quarter
of a century in office. (AP
Wlrephoto).
Judge Daniel
Disposes Of
Thirty Cases
Halifax — Judge Charles R.
Daniel didposed of 30 cases here
festerday in the regular week
y session of Halifax County re
corder’s court which was ad
oumed shortly before five o’
clock in the afternoon.
Court officials said the docket
contained a number of motor
vehicle violation cases, most of
vhich were fined and costs im
cosed after the defendants had
entered pleas of guilty. Many
>f the cases heard involved
speeders and others were charg
ed with operating automobiles
vhile under the influence of al
cohol.
The Clerk of Court’s office re
corted there were no “outstand
ng” cases for trial, adding that
lines and light sentences for
ninor misdemeanors were about
;he only thing to be heard in the
court.
Law Violator Waits
On His Change For
A Good Reason
Philadelphia, Nov. 17—(JP)—
Magistrate James J. Clothier fin
sd Porch Miller $69.12 on a
leries of parking violations, Mil
er paid the fine and stood by
vith an expectant look on his
ace.
Clothier asked Miller yester
lay what he was waiting for.
“I’ve got 50 cents change com
ng your honor,” Miller said. “I
leed it to get my car out of a
>arking lot.”
Shortage Of Wood
Causes Gaping Holes
Nagoya, Japan, Nov. 17—(fP)—
Japanese won't be surprised if
l few people drop out of sight
iround here these dark nights.
People are lifting Nagoya's
vooden manhole covers for
carce firewood. The Army
'anked the old metal ones for
crap during the war.
Authorities put down cement
overs where possible, but gap
ng holes are common every
norning as the old wooden cov
rs disappears
Official Reports
Give Nanking
New Hope
Nanking, Nov. 17—(AP)—The
Government asserted today that
90,000 casualties were inflicted
on Reds routed east of Suchow,
gateway to Nanking.
The official and pro-govern
ment reports bouyed the capi
I tal. But skeptics, mindful of
| other government claims at Tsi
nau, Chinsien and Mukden just
before they fell to the Reds,
waited for more information.
These points, however, ap
peared true on the basis of in
formation here:
1. The Chinese Air Force
blunted Red attacks across the
open country east of Suchow,
200 miles northwest of the capi
tal.
2. Gen. Huang Po-Tao’s Sev
enth Army group, which was
isolated east of Suchow, lost
full strength of four armies. It
survived repeated attacks and
still is in the field. Ita ability
to take and give punishment
heartened government units.
3. The executive Yuan order
ed martial law extended to Tsi
ngtao, site of the American
Naval Base in the Western Paci
fic. The order goes now t o
President Chiang Kai-Shek for
implementation. The action fol
lowed the application of martial
law to Nanking, Shanghai and
Suchow.
4. Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi’s four
national armies from Honkow
approached the Pukow-Suchow
railroad from the west after a
forced march of 180 miles.
The effectiveness of General
Pai’s troops in bolstering
Suchow’s defenses was undeter
mined since at least two Red
columns paralleled them across
the countryside.
No Sticker,
No Licenses,
Rosser’s Idea
Raleigh, Nov. 17—(AP)—11
may be a case of “no inspection
sticker, no auto license,” if an
idea of the State Motor Vehicles
Commissioner develops.
Landon C. Rosser, commis
sioner of the Motor Vehicles De
partment, said yesterday he is
looking into the possibility of re
fusing licenses to owners of
vehicles which haven’t passed
inspection.
“We’re thinking about it,” he
commented. “Nothing certain,
yet.”
He added that he plans t o
ask the attorney general’s of
fice if the proposition would be
legal.
The idea, Rosser said, it to
try to complete the job of in
specting all motor vehicles in
the state by the Dec. 31 dead
lin. He added that it might not
be possible to get the idea into
effect next month, but perhaps
it could be done in January.
Merchant Directors
To Meet Thursday
December 9
Mrs. Elva Martin, executive
secretary of the Roanoke Rap
ids * Merchants Association, an
nounced this morning that the
regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Merchants Asso
ciation which was scheduled for
Thursday morning has been
postponed until Thursday, Dec
ember 9.
U.S., France, Britain
Make Formal Replies To
Evat t-Lie Peace Appeal
Paris, Nov. 17—W)—The United States, Britain and
Prance told top U. N. officials formally today that they
want the Berlin dispute with Russia left in the hands of
the Security Council “as a threat to peace.”
The three powers reaffirmed their decision against
negotiating with Russia on Berlin while the Soviet block
ade of the western sectors continues. These were the two
main points of the west’s argument.
GOP To Wait
Before Setting
New Policies
Washington, Nov. 17—(jP)—
Senator Millikin (R-Colo) pre
dicted today Republicans will
wait and see President Truman’s
specific proposals to the new
Congress before they adopt any
opposition policy.
Willikin, who heads the con
ference of all Republican sena
tors in the present Congress,
told a reporter he doesn’t think
anyone now can forecast what
role the GOP will play as the
new minority party.
"We’ll just have to wait and
see what the President pro
poses,” the Colorado Senator
said. "Republicans differ in their
interpretation of the election re
sults. They will have different
ideas about how the party ought
to proceed.”
Mr. Truman made it plain
yesterday that the Democratic
platform will be his guiding star
in laying out a program for the
81st Congress.
That platform warped up a lot
of promises for future action.
It includes such pledges as (1)
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act,
(2) standby price and rationing
controls, (3) a 75-cent an hour
minimum wage, (4) federal aid
to education, (5) "comprehen
sive” housing legislation (6) in
creases in Social Security and
veterans benefits, and (7) elimin
ation of "all racial, religious and
economic discrimination.”
Chennault Has No
Flans For Reforming
Famed Flying Tigers
New York, Nov. 17—(JP)—Al
though many American pilots
have offered to join such a ven
ture, Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chen
nault says he has no plans for
reorganizing his “Flying Tig
ers” to aid China’s embattled
Nationalists.
His statement was made last
night in Shanghai in an Ameri
can Broadcasting Company in
terview.
Many fliers have applied for
such duty, he said, but “I have
received no request from Chiang
Kai-Shek for the reorganization
of the Flying Tigers, and no
move has ben made in that di
rection.”
Chennault, who in pre-Pearl
Harbor days trained the volun
teer "Flying Tigers" to help
China fight the Japanese, now
runs a commercial air line in
China.
"he net result of the latest
flurry of excitement in the
United Nations was this: The
east and west have once more
stated their positions and each
has once again declined to
budge.
The Western powers formalir
ed their stand in replies to the
appeal by H. V. Evatt, the As
sembly President, and Trygve
Lie, the U. N. Secretary-General,
who asked the four powers to
compose their differences for
the good of world peace.
Russia already had replied.
She insists. As before, that the
Berlin question is part of the
all-German question and must
be discussed by the council of
foreign ministers.
The stalemate was on again.
The United States once again
said it would not negotiate the
issue of Berlin under the threat
implicit in the Russian block
Britain said the Russian veto
of a Berlin solution offered by
Security council stood in the
way of progress toward a setle
ment. That proposal had called
for lifting of the blockade, to
be followed immediately by a
four-power conference.
Secretary of State Marshall,
whose reply was checked and
cleared with President Truman,
said the United States is ready
to engage in talks with Rus
sia as soon as the blockade is
lifted. He said also the United
States looks to the Security
Council for further efforts to
solve the issue.
Marshall, in the formal Ameri
can reply to the Evatt-Lie let
ter, said the United States had
discussed the matter directly
with Russia until it became ap
parent the Berlin blockade was
established to gain political ob
jectives to which Russia was
not entitled.
“We therefore referred the
question to the Security Council
as a threat to the peace, where
it still remains,” Marshall re
plied.
To compromise the principle
of the charter that force shall
not be used for the attainment
of national objectives would en
danger the peace of the world,”
Marshall wrote.
“There is a basic issue in re
lation to Berlin—that is, whether
or not the Soviet government
can be permitted to use force,
whether by way of blockade or
of economic pressures involving
currency, credit or trade, or oth
erwise to deprive the western
powers of participation in the
administration of Berlin.”
Dr. Evatt and Secretary-Gen
eral Lie received the replies
from the delegation chiefs with
out comment. Informed quart
ers said, however, the two would
continue efforts looking for a
peaceful solution, despite this
apparent stone wall.
Truman Delays Appointments
Until Replacements Are Found;
May Ask Marshall To Remain
Key West, Fla., Nov. 17—(iP)
—President Truman’s delay fn
the reorganization of his admi
nistration was attributed by
close associates today to con -
cern about picking replacements
for those who are to go.
These sources unquotable by
name, said the President is in
no hurry to shako up his cabinet
until he completes selection of
a team to carry on during the
next four years.
As he told a news conference
here yesterday, everybody has
been shuffling the cabinet a -
round but the President. Mr.
Truman added that he would act
at the proper time.
His major problem will be to
pick a new Secretary of De -
fense to replace James V. For
restal and a man to succeed
Robert B. Lovett when the latter
steps out as Undersecretary of
State.
No decision his been made in
either case.
Mr. Truman these close ad
visors said, will try to persuade
Secretary of State Marshall to
remain on the job when the lat
ter meets with him at the White
House Monday for a full-scale
review of the delicate interna
tional situation.
The President said yesterday
that Mr. Marshall has wanted
to retire ever since he left the
army and that only a sense of
patriotic duty has kept him in
the cabinet. They have had,
he said, a perfect understanding
at all times.
Meanwhile, the Chief Execu
tive left up to General Marshall
a formal reply to a suggestion
by Secretary General Lie of the
United Nations and President
Evatt of the UN General As
sembly that he and the heads of
the four nations negoriate a n
end to the Berlin blockade in
denendently of the United Na
tions.
The President, however, said
flatly that the United States will
not participate in any peace
talks of that nature until Soviet
Russia lifts its blockade of the
German capital.
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