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ι ' Boys! Girls! What do you want for Christmas? See all the Gifts in \k Stores. Old Father Roanoke Says: (Jackson way. This fellow was j named Tecumseh Randall; he j was half-Indian. "Tec," as he was I called for short, was having a I brain operation one time in Wel : don back in '91 when such things were just starting. The Weldon doc took out "Tec's" brain and carefully* laid it on the table. Just then the patient comes to; anaesthetics weren't too good ! those days. Seeing the surgeon, ! knife in hand, coming at him, "Tec" jumps off the operating table, dashes out the door and gets clear away. It caused a world-wide sensa ! tion. Scientists organized hun dreds of searching parties; they wanted to know what a man without a brain would do. Finally ; two years later, they found him: , he was teaching high school down in Tarboïo. Well, on accountsa because of what happened to "Tec," Gramp finally said "no" when they wanted to operate on his brain. The old man never did like Tarboro. One day, a couple months later, Gramp was down at the American Shoe Shop. He was still in terrible pain. He told his troubles to Sam Butler. Sam suddenly said: "Take off your shoe." Gramp obeyed. Sam took a nail out of the shoe. The pain ' stopped. Today Gramp always calls Butler '"Doc" and you can under ! stand why. Greater Production Of Poultry, Milk Vegetables And Lamb Urged For 1949 vv ctMluigiuii, ι — ^nr;—λ iicn government staked more chips ! on continued prosperity today,: asking farmers to produce extra i poultry, milk, vegetables, sheep! and lambs next year. Anticipating "continued high j consumer demands," the Agri- ! culture department announced these 1949 goals: Poultry—35,100,000 turkeys and 700,000,000 young chickens—a 10 per cent increase, it suggested, however, that this year's esti mated total of 425,000,000 laying hens be cut by 20,000,000. That would give each person an aver- J age of 370 eggs—instead of 380— j during the year, and about four | pounds of turkey and 23.5 pounds : of chicken. Milk—a three per cent boost to 120,000,000,000 pounds. Vegetables—with acreage in creased to 717,850, the depart ment suggested five per cent more lima beans, sweet corn and j cucumbers; 7 per cent more snap; beans; 12 per cent more sweet potatoes; four per cent more beets and watermelons and two per cent more tomatoes. Goals for peas, peppers, cabbage, car rots. cauliflower and spinach will be the same as this year's, but a cut was advised on lettuce, celery, cantaloups, honey-dews and onions. Sheep and Lambs—the addi tion of at least 2,000,000 to this year's flock of 28,500,000. The department already has called for a 17 per cent boost in the 1949 soring pig crop—to in· sure more pork chops for next fall and winter. Since consumption of farm products tends to rise and fall with business and employment conditions, the call for increases was taken as a farboravle straw in the economic wind. From this year's record farm production, the department said, Americans have had 14 per cent more to eat than in pre-war years, while breaking all marks in the amount of food sent over seas. During the crop year ended last July 1, this country export ed 19,347,000 long tons of food, mostly grain, topping the pre vious year's record by 187,000 tons. But because of the huge wheat and potato production, the de partment has asked farmers to cut down next year's planting to market-glutting surpluses. To get help for the tasks ahead "thousands" of farmers, mean while, were reported offering homes and jobs to displaced Europeans being brought to this country. Frank B. Noyes Dies In Washington Washington, Dec. 1—(Λ5)— Frank B. Noyes, 85, one of America's pioneer newspaper leaders, died today. Noyes, who helped organize the present Associated Press ind served 38 years as its first ^resident, had been in failing iealth for some time. But until last winter he had taken an ac tive hand in the management of the Washington Evening Star, f Reds Block Berlin Mayor Berlin, Dec. 1—(AP)—Com munists took over complete con trol today of the Berlin city hall, which lies iri the Soviet sector. Russian-controlled German po lice barred the acting mayor of the legally elected anti-commun ist government of Berlin from his office in the city hall. This display of force followed up the putsch yesterday in which Berlin communists named their own rump city administration. The acting mayor is Ferdinand Friedensburg, a Christian Dem ocrat. Five officers of the Rus sian controlled police stopped him at the door when he sought to enter his office at the City Hall. The police in the Russian sec tor are headed by Moscow-train ed Paul Markgraf, who has re fused to acept his dismissal or dered by the anti-communist government. Friedensburg and a few other elected officials had retained of fices in the city hall after riot ous communist demonstrators have driven the anti-communist city assembly and most other of ficials to Western Berlin, which is occupied by the United States, Britain and France. Peoples Named To New Guard Company Post Sergeant Carl E. Peoples has been named administrative assi tant to Captain Raleigh F. Seay, commanding officer of Company Ε of the North Carolina National Guard here, it was announced to day. The appointment of Peoples to the fulltime post was announced by the state adjutant general a long with the announcement that the quota for the local company has been increased to six offi cers and 161 enlisted men. Peoples, who has had nine years in the National Guard was with the 263rd Coast Artillery during the war as a master ser geant with the regimental supply section. Peoples will be on duty at the Armory daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p. m. for the purpose of enlisting young men above 17 years of age in the National Guard unit here. Chinese Gird For Battle At Nanking Nanking, Dec. 1—(JP)—The desperate Chinese government abruptly cut its air link with isolated Suchow today and de ployed its forces for a battle to save this tense capital from advancing communists. The airlift to the big nation alist base some 200 miles to the northwest was stopped as Such ow's garrison of 250,000 troops tardily heeded orders to move south to rescue ^trapped and out numbered forces. Those harried armies of some 140,000 troops and the Suchow garrison are the only ground foVces available for Nanking's defense. Nanking urgently ordered the abandonment of Suchow five days ago. (Because the order was not obeyed promptly, suspension of the airlift was regarded as a move to force the ground troops to' get out and fight. And it means that no additional sup plies will fall into communist hands if the Reds march into Suchow.) Nationalist warplanes were re ported to have abandoned Such ow's dusty airfield. Capture of j the field appeared imminent. Disorder bordering on panic at the airfield was reported by American pilots who tried unsuc i cessfully to land early today with the last load of supplies. They said able-bodied soldiers milled about in confusion. Warmer Weather Is Predicted By The Associated Press Shivering Carolinians greeted December today, comforted somewhat by a forecast of "quite j a bit warmer" weather this af ternoon and "several degrees warmer" tomorrow morning than it was early today. Asheville's 25 and Mt. Mitch ell's 26 were the lowest tem peratures reported in the two state area. Greensboro's 28 was third low for the Tar Heel State. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ The many friends of Mrs. Les lie Stafford will be interested to know she is now at her home, after having been a patient in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital . . I Visiting here over the week end, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Harris, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crumpler of Monroe street, were Mr. and Mrs. F. Royal Lloyd, Mrs. J. D. Lewis and twins, Janet and Wayne of Fayettevil le. . . . Since the item appeared in the ! paper, yesterday, about the per- I son who pulled up the flowers which had been planted on the grave of William Moody, there have been many comments. George Etheridge asked me if I would mention, in hopes that the thief would read it, that he, C. W. Mills, and Hal Thomp son, would personally donate flowers to whoever, needed them so badly they would desecrate the grave of a fallen war hero . . . other comments were not so mild as this one. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Moody placed those flow;ers on his grave in devotion known only by parents, just as they donated the chimes to the First Baptist Church in his memory, and I should think anyone would hesitate a life-time before they would do any harm to a monu ment for him, material or living. This is just to remind you not tor forget the lint meeting of the \rt Club, Thursday evening, at :he home of Mrs. B. Marshall Whitehurst, at 8 oclock . . . ev eryone is invited to attend and lear E. C. Langford speak on art . . . after this meeting the :lub members will draw and paint, with Mr. Langford on tiand to give any needed advice. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Darawan will be interested to know they have named their daughter, Linda Aleane . . . Mrs. Carawan is the former * Miss Al eane Myrick of this city. . . . To Jacqueline Moore, Martha Rooke, and Harry Giles go wishes for a very happy birth day, today. . . . Several of the local boys who are in service, are expected home for the Christmas holi days . . . one of these is Ο. B. Crumpler . . O. B., a '48 grad uate of the Roanoke Rapids High School, entered service this summer immediately after grad uation, but for some reason has not yet had a furlough ... his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Odie Crumpler of Madison street, will be looking forward to his return, as will his many friends . . . "Mama" said a growing child, Ί want a dark breakfast." "A dark breakfast? What do you mean, child?" "Why, last night you told Mary to give me a light supper, and I didn't like it · · ·" Roanoke River Co; 40 Foot Crest is Rise; Tomorrow Allen III; Hearing Is Tomorrow Warrenton — William W. Tay lor, Jr., solicitor for the Warren County recorder's court said here today he has received no request for the continuance of the scheduled preliminary hear ing in recorder's court here to morrow for J. Edward Allen, former superintendent of War ren County schools. Allen was admitted to Duke Hospital yesterday where hospi tal officials said he was brought in to the Durham hospital in an unconscious condition. The na ture of his illness was not dis closed, however he was accomp anied to Durham by Dr. Charles H. Peete, his family physician, and Mrs. Allen in an ambulance. The former Warren County school head was indicted last Saturday on warrants char ging him with the embezzlement of $20,372.85 in county funds and the forgery of 126 Board of Edu cation checks. Bond in the a mount of $15,000 on the warrants was posted for a hearing' sche duled for tomorrow before Judge ["John M. Picot in the reedrdei's court. Solicitor Taylor said his only knowledge of Allen's illness is "what I have heard", but said Allen's attorneys nor anyone else had requested a postponement of tomorrow's scheduled hearing on the charges. He said he intends to call the case tomorrow unless he receives some positive infor mation as to why the case should be postponed. Allen was indicted in Septem ber on charges of embezzling $24,327.75 in State school funds, false pretense and forgery. The trial on the earlier charge is doc keted for the January term of I Warren County Superior Court, ι At the time the first warrants were drawn Allen was a patient in Duke Hospital where the war rants were served. He has been I in bad health for some time giv ing his health as the reason for his recent resignation from the post as head of the county schools which he had held since 1919. Appeal Cases Heard In Court Halifax.—The trial of two drivers who had appealed judg ments in drunken driving cases from the recorder's court took up most of the past two days in the current Superior Court session, court officials said here today. Milton Massey, Roanoke Rap ids man, was acquitted yester day following one of the trials, and the trial of Theron J. Ed wards of Scotland Neck on a similar appeal count was still under way at noon today. The court officials said four defendants who had entered pleas of guilty were still await ing sentences from Judge R. Hunt Parker, who is presiding at the two-weeks' court. The Grand Jury yesterday af ternoon presented its regular re port to Judge Parker, noting that all county prisons and other institutions were in good condi tion, county offices were said to be in excellent shape, and only minor recommendations for im provements in various equip ment were noted in the report. Veterans' Affairs Group Will Meet A discussion of Veterans' Af fairs will take pla.» tonight at eight o'clock in the court room "Of the Roanoke Rapids Munici pal Builùing, it was anrounced here today by Nathamel Lowe, chairman of the Veterans' Af fairs committee for Roanoke Rapids township. Lowe said State Senator Jul ian R. Allsbrook will be the chief speaker at the meeting, which is sponsored by the North Carolina Veterans' Affairs com mittee. ■·* This is Old Father Roanoke IV back again. I just brought word to the Herald office that Gramp is sick. "Nothing trivial, I hope," said the editor, not knowing Mark Twain said it 50 years ahead of him. Gramp has a combination of gout, asthma, diabetes, and rheu matism with a touch of colic. But Gramp won't see a doctor; he says he'll live if he doesn't. He says he hasn't gone to a doctor since the time he had that terrible pain in the heel. He went to a young doc just graduated from medical school and the doc took out his tonsils. Still pain, so Gramp went to Enfield where a dentist who took out all his teeth. Still pain, so he went to Rich Square where the doctor sent him to a special ist in Raleigh. Taking out ap pendixes was then the fad. so Gramp lost his appendix. Still pain, so a doctor in Warrenton took out his adenoids. Still pain, so he tried Norfolk this time and that doctor said he would perform an opera tion on Gramp's brain. On gen eral principles, that would have been a good idea, but the doc tor gave the wrong reason. He said the pain was all in the imagination and only an opera tion could cure that. Gramp said, "N-n-n-no!!!!" He remembered what happened to an old crony of his from over Then write a letter to Santa Class in care of ilie Herald. Aerial Survey Shows Damage To Be Slight The muddy waters of the Roa noke River had reached a stage of 39,3 feet this morning in Weldon, according to L. M. Shearin. official weather fore caster, and a crest of 40 feet, nine feet above flood stage, was expected tomorrow. An airplane flight down the river from Roanoke Rapids to a point near Halifax by a Herald staff member and Sherrod Crumpler, who piloted the marsh land along the river was inundated. The part most severely flood ed was almost due east oi Wel don and across the river from Halifax. The Old Jackson road was completely flooded near \veiu -a and several farm families in thfc area could only get into town by boat. The area around the old fish hatchery in Weldon ana the Community building were inun dated. Along the river from the air port to Roanoke Rapids the muddy waters were swirling and rushing madly down the stream. There was still plenty of room to spare under the bridge cross ing the river at the paper mill. The river did not appear to have risen high enough to get into Roanoke Number One or the paper mill and there was every indication that the paper mill was working full blast. Across the river alongside the Gaston Highway there was con siderable water, but it had not crossed the road. It was estimated that if the water reached a crest of 40 feet •af W«lrlr>n tT-io Wamarri» \«ΤΛΊι1ι"ΐ „ s.si . LIKE ME DIEVAL TIMES— Miss Mary Loti Bar tram of Sparrows Point. Md., aima for rinf with lance during jousting match at Laurel, Md. In match — famous sport of kings of old —. rider tries to spear three rings which slip off holders when pierced correctly. Roanoke Rapids Woman, Now in Germany With Army Husband, Appeals For Christmas Gifts For German Youngsters Whose Plight Is Pictured As Very Dark i-jÎiâi iYiai un a ivuaiiuivc iioyiuo | resident, Mrs. Helen Wilkinson Kohn, went to Germany with her husband, who is a Captain in the American Army of occu pation in Germany. The daughter of R. R. Wilk inson of 403 Monroe Street, she was married to Captain Kohn a bout two years ago. Relatives in Roanoke Rapids said she has written that she is getting along well in the for mer Nazi state, but oiten wishes she were back in Roanoke Rap ids where conditions are better. This week a letter arrived from Mrs. Kohn addressed to the Herald in which she has man aged to picture some of the con ditions now existing among the young children in Germany to day. Mrs. Kohn has written as fol lows: Oddly enough we have no axe to grind. We don't want any thing for ourselves. Nor are we particularly interested in the po litical future of Germany. Perhaps we should go back a bit in order to explain what we want. All ou:.* lives we have been taking Christmas for grant ed. We have even forgotten that we were celebrating the Birth of Christ. Christmas meant to us comfort and security spent with our families. During my entire life in Roanoke Rapids my fa ther, Robert Rogers Wilkinson, managed to make every Christ mas a memorable one. Christmas Day! The day when we receive presents as a sort, of token that we are loved and cared, for. So it came as a sort of shock to us (we have been in Germany only a short while) to realize how many children in this small town (Garmisch) in Germany would have to do without even this "to ken". Sure, the shops here in Gar misch have toys on display in the brightly-decorated store win dows. But very few of the par ents are earning enough money to be able to buy even a flimsy little toy for their children. They are going to be lucky if they are able to buy enough food and clothing to keep their children 1 warm this winter. That is why, I remembering the wonderful or I ganizations we have at home— ; the Girl Scouts, Women's Clubs and various others that manage : to see that not a single child is ; forgotten at Christmas—we are i asking you to forward this let ! ter to whomever you think is 1 in a position to contribute a "to to those children here in oc cupied Germany. We realize that the various clubs and organizations in Roa noke Rapids are probably very busy with their c'vvn Christmas programs, but if the people there could only send a trifle it would be received with gratitude. You should have seen a Soap Box Derby that was sponsored for the German children here re cently by the Army Special Ser i vices Division. If only you could I have seen what some of those kids put together for their racers. There were old wash , boards perched on four wheels, wash basins on wheels, ladders I on wheels, tin cans for bodies and everything imaginable. We went down to the Com missary one day before the race was to be held. There on a stone , step sat a most pathetic little boy. He had taken two planks , and nailed them together and had four broken wheels on the boards. Two of the wheels were broken so badily that he couldn't enter the racer in the race. The little boy was a cripple, having only one leg, the other was wooden. After awhile an Ameri | can man took the little boy (Continued on Page Eight) not be too great, but several farms in the area would be flooded. There were two or three farms in the Halifax area well-covered by the flood waters, but there did not appear to be too much damage to the crops along the stream, most of them being on higher ground. One peanut field was noticed which had been flooded and on which the crop apparently had not been harvested. The extent of the flood dam age did not seem to be too great up to noon today. Auto Inspection Lane Here On Final Trip North Carolina Mechanical Ve hicle Inspection Lane 38 rolled into Roanoke Rapids this morn ing to set up shop for its last trip of 1948. The lane will open at eight o' clock tomorrow morning for five and one-half days, which lane su pervisor E. G. Whitehurst said he expects will be plenty busy. He warned all motor vehicle own ers in the vicinity of Roanoke Carolina Telephone ©ranted Increase In Its Rural Rales Brown cuts wrists In Halifax Jail Halifax.—Authorities said here today that Chester H. Brown, Roanoke Rapids man who was sentenced here last week to eight months on the roads in an as sault on a female case, yester day slashed his wrists with a razor blade in the county jail: I Jail officials found him in his cell and had first-aid adminis tered immediately. County au i thorities said he was not badly ' injured, having been found by ; the jailor soon after he had cut I himself. Brown had been under obser vation for a week following his sentence by Judge Charles R. Daniel, however he was sent from the Halifax County jail to a prison camp yesterday, it was revealed here this morning. Court Commission To Meet Friday Raleigh, Dec. 1—(AP)—A com mission named to suggest chan· ges in North Carolina court pro cedure has worked cut a tenta tive draft of its report. naiBign, wet. »—\n ;— * *»c - Slat· Utilities Commission has granted authority for higher rates to two telephone com panies. Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Company of Tarboro was permitted to boost rural rates by an estimated total of $46,041 a year. The commission authorized Hickory Telephone company to increase rates in Hickory, Granite Falls and Valdese by an estimated total of $48,000 yearly. Carolina Telephone will add 75 cents monthly to charges for multi-party rural business phones and 50 cents for multi party: rural residential phones. It had sought boosts of $1 and 75 cents. At a hearing Nov. 5. the company said it served 68.265 phones, including 965 rural phoms. Regrouping Of 60 Agencies Is Proposed Washington, Dec. 1—(/P)—A proposed rearrangement of 60 federal agencies which may save the government $3,000,000,000 annually had the approval of President Truman today. The plan was submitted by former President Herbert Hoov er, who hears a bipartisan com mission which will recommend changes in the executive branch of the government to the next Congress. Hoover estimated the proposed regroupings could save the gov ernment as much as $3,000,000, 000 a year. He matde known Mr. Tru man's approval following a 45 minute conference at the White House. Rapids that they will get no more ! chance to have their cars, trail· I ers, motor bikes or any other re* I quired vehicle before the January I 1 deadline imposed by law. The lane which will open here I tomorrow will be located on ! Twelfth street between Roanoke Avenue and Hamilton street, j Whitehurst said the inspectors will handle vehicles from eight a. m. until five p. m. daily through next Wednesday. On Saturday the lane will close at noon and will be closed Sunday. Whitehurst said he is convinced there are a large number of ve hicles in the Roanoke Rapids area which have not been past the inspection, and said he was anticipating a rush of "last mi> ute" owners. He said some of the waiting could be avoided by coming to the lane as early as possible instead of waiting until next week in the last couple o£ days the lane will be in plac* this year.
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