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■ . Bridgers Wins (♦Northampton Cotton Contest Jackson — J. Grady Bridgers, Creeskville farmer, was the top man in the Northampton County five-acre cotton contest, it has been announced by County Agent P. H. Jameson. The county agent said Bridgers ^pjiad a yield of 5,050 pounds of lint cotton on the five acres for an average of more than two bales of cotton per acre. A number of Northampton County farmers, both adults and 4-H Club boys took part in the annual five-acre cotton contest, it was announced by Jameson. He said some of the reported yields from those participating mwere the following: Ray Parker ™of Murfreesboro, 4,780 pounds ; Henry D. Bynum of Gumberry, 4.755 pounds; Talbert Revelle of Creeksville, 4,120; L. F. Bradley of Jackson; 4,090; W. J. Long of Garysburg, 4,075; W. D. Barbee of Seaboard, 4,065; D. L. Boone of Jackson, 4,055; Luther Neal of Rich Square, 3,990; James Warren of Seaboard, 3,630; J. H. Camp of Gaston, 3,455; Jackie ^Parker, Lasker 4-H member, 3, *440; Joe Kee of Gumberry, 3,055; John W. Boone of Rich Square, ! 2.890; Robert Bristow of Dusty Hill, 2,825; and W. E. Mumford of Garysburg, 2,670 pounds. U. N. Approves New American t Palestine Plan Paris, Dec. 3 —(AP) —The U nited Nations approved today a new American proposal for broad conciliation on Arab and Jewish boundaries in Palestine without reference to the Berna dotte plan or last year’s parti tion. The political committee ac cepted by a large majority an ^amendent proposed by Dean Rusk of the United States to a British resolution. The change passed by a vote of 42 to two, with the 12 Arab and Slav bloc states not voting. The amendment instructs the conciliation commission to be set up under that portion of the British resolution passed yester day to take steps to assist the | Jews and Arabs to settle all out standing problems. The committee yesterday dele ted that part of the British pro posal which would have instruc ted the commission to give equal weight to the Bemadotte plan, proposed by the slain mediator, Count Folke Bemadotte, and the partition plan passed by the U. N. general assembly in 1947. Rusk pointed out today that the ♦ adverse vote j'esterday was gi ven both by delegates who ob jected to the Bemadotte plan and those who objected to the 1947 partition scheme. The commitee then knocked out the last important reference to the Bemadotte plan in the Bri tish resolution. It rejected a pro posal directing the conciliators to follow Bernadotte’s recommenda (|tion that Arab Palestine be given to Trans-Jordon. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ Mrs. John Floyd was honored with the presence of her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. John ll Kidd and her brother, Sam of Brunswick, Virginia. The girls of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grades heard an open discussion, yester day, by Mrs. Helen Peeler, as sistant executive % secretary and councilor for North Carolina State’s Nurses Association; Mrs. Carlee Jenkins, director of nurses at the Roanoke Rapids W Hospital; Miss Betty Devereaux of Dublin, Georgia, a senior student nurse at the local hos pital; and Miss Bertie Walker, a freshman student in our hospital, who is a ’48 graduate of the local high school. The,program consisted of questions, asKeU by Miss Walker, with Mrs. Peel er, Mrs. Jenkins, and Miss De vereaux answering ... it was * not only enjoyed by the stu * dents, but appreciated as well The English class of the fifth period would like to express their appreciation to Mrs. Ed ward R. Ford for taking over on such short notice and teach ing them, in the absence of Mias Winifred Beckwith. . . \ Wishes for a very happy birth lay, (even though it is raining today) go to Linda Coburn, and s :t: r little Larry Davis, who will cele brate theirs today . . From all reports, the Busi ness and Professional Woman’s Club is planning a gala affaii for the New Year’s Eve dance, which they are sponsoring this year . . Ms. Mary G. Mills, whc is one of the members of the club has let some of the plans slip out. The merchants, will provide a floor show at 12:3C o’clock in expression of theii wishes for a Happy New Yeai to you . . there will be some very pretty girls dressed in the 1949 styles, along with the hats horns, and balloons to be provid ed .. . Mr. and Mrs. John C. Long have been called to Norfolk, Vir ginia, because of the illness ol Mr. Long's father, M. D. Long Small boy (to father)—“The world is round, isn’t it?” Fathei —“It is.’ Boy—“Then if-1 want ed to go east I could get there by going west, couldn’t I?” Father—“Yes, and when you grow up you will be a taxicat driver. . . .” Little Tommy Newton is visit ing in Pennsylvania with his father, Thomas J. Newton . . Tommy lives .here with his grand mothir, Mrs. Mattie Low ell of Madison street. ... LOST IN 6IC CITY — Dr. Donn Campbell of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offers food to doe at New York City shelter. The deer was rescued after being hit by a car at Henry Hudson Parkway near Dyckman SL. \ / Russians Recognize Berlin's Communist Government As Only Legal Organ of City Berlin, Dec. 3 —(AP) —The Russians have recognized the newly formed communist rump government here “as the only le gal organ of the city administra tion” of Berlin. They have pledged it support. The announcements had been expected since hand-picked dele gates approved a Communists slate of city officers unanimously at a convention in the Soviet Sec tor Tuesday and proclaimed it the sucessor of the legally elec ted (1946) city administration now seated in Soviet-blockaded Western Berlin. Russia thus rejects in advance the results of a free election Sunday in all Western Berlin, the sectors occupied by the United States, Britain and France, to choose a new city administrat The campaigning has been marked by fights between anti communists and communist hecklers. Fifteen hecklers were tossed out of one meeting last night. A Socialist rally to be held in the British sector early tonight had explosive possibilities The Socialists will meet in a building only 200 yards from the broadcasting station of the Rus sian-controlled radio Berlin, the Russians have maintained as ar island inside British territory since the joint occupation begar in 1945. From it the Russiahs broadcasl a stream of propaganda against the western powers and anti-com munist Germans. Russian Tom my-gunners stand guard in the lobby. Hans Jakubowski, a Westerr Berlin Union leader, publicly proposed: “Give the trade union: five hours to dempnstrate and th< Communist radio hubbub will bt swept away.” British authorise: are understood to have turnec him down. Chinese Confirm Loss Of Suchow to Reds; Evacuation Completed Nanking, Dec. 3—(/P)—Chinese <s Communist capture of Suchow was confirmed today by govern ment military sources. They said* evacuation of the big Nationalist base 211 miles northwest of Nanking was com pleted at noon Wednesday. The j Red Radio announced capture of the city at 10 p. m., local time, last night. Three government army groups totalling 250,000 men pulled out of Suchow in an effort to relieve the trapped 12th Army group to the south, in the Suhsien sec tor. Foreign military observers, however, estimated the effective combat strength of the Suchow garrison at 110,000 men—in the 16th, Second and 12th Army j groups. The forward elements i were stalled by Red columns 25 miles south of Suchow. The 13th Army group was holding rear guard positions. Military souces reported the Communists entered Suchow only to find huge supply depots destroyed. Ammunition and gasoline dumps were blown up. Air observers said smoke pillars reached 8,000 feet above Suchow. Those sources said the Suchow army groups would have to fight through a 30-mile belt to make contact with the troops trapped at Suhsien about 60 miles to reach the Sixth and Eighth Na tionalist army groups which have formed a defense line on the Hwai river, 100 miles north west of Nanking. Meanwhile, seven Red columns totalling about 100,000 men eased their assault on the Hwai River have moved north (evidently to help stop the Suchow garrison) and to left only a small holding force opposite the Hwai river ar mies. Allen Under Care Of Psychiatrists Durham, Dec. 3 —(AP) —J. Edward Allen, former superinten dent of Warren County schools, was under the care of psychia trists at Duke Hospital today. Allen, who is charged with em bezzlement of state and county school funds, was brought to the hospital Tuesday, and a hospital spokesman said yesterday that he had been “officially transferred to the care of Duke psychiatrists.’ A hearing on some of the char ges against Allen was postponed in recorder’s court at Warrenton yesterday until Dec. 9 after a doctor’s certificate was presented saying that Allen was too ill to appear in court. Small Craft Warnings Up New York, Dec. 3—<,JP)—Small craft warnings from Block Island to Cape Hatteras were hoisted at 4 a. m„ today by the U. S. Weather Bureau. A southeast wind of 20 to 25 miles per hour was blowing in the affected area. Court Is Recessed Until Monday Morning Halifasi-^udge R, Hunt Parkr er receded the mt week ot Superior Court hefe yesterday afternoon until Monday moriing after a day spent in the trial of two traffic offenders. Theron J. Edmonds of Scot land Neck, who had entered an appeal from judgment in record er’s court o’n a charge of driv ing while drunk, was found guilty and ordered to pay a fine of $250 and costs of the action. E. M. Burnett, who entered a plea of guilty to reckless driving, was fined $25 and costs, and a capias was issued for Ho ward Sistaire of Charlotte who was charged with driving drunk hut who failed to appear when the case was called. Court officials said the judge stili hr..'- not imnsentences gro girl, who had entered * cealmunt of a birth, and on three ' anoke Rapids youths, L. E. pueppu;s pwpia 4 jr ‘Jadeja ana Richard Gilliland, who had entered pleas of guilty to the larceny of an automobile. The court officials said it is expected the sentences will be imposed Monday morning, following which several divorce actions are scheduled for hearing. River Falling Weldon. — L. M. Shearin, weather forecaster, reported that the Roanoke River here had begun to fall. He said this 1 morning that the River stood at 36.4 feet. That was a drop of almost three feet overnight. Corner's Jury Holds Two for Grand Jury Action in Auto Death of Dr. Henry Findell Weldon — After hearing much testimony in a lengthly inquest last night at the Rowe Funeral home here, a coroner’s jury or dered Aldie Finch, Cfayton Negro and J. C. Blanding, Halifax County Negro, held for action of the Halifax County Grand Jury in connection with the death of Dr. Henry Findell, New York physician as the result of an auto-truck collision. Finch was held under $2,000 bond as an accesory to the death of Dr. Findell and Blanding un der $1,000 bond as a material witness. Finch was driving a trailer truck which struck the car of Findell and Blanding was the driver of a truck which was fol lowing that of Finch just before the accident. The juryi which was composed of B. F. Turner, Howard Dick ens, M. V. Edwards, Jack Pope, Rudolph Kreel, and Frank Ho ward, heard testimony from Finch, Blanding, State Highway Patrolman Carroll Pettewajy, Mrs. Betty Findell, Harland Carter, driver of another truck, Paul Kelley, Calvin Alston, who witnessed the wreck from his home, and several others. Petteway was the first to testify and he said that the ac cident occurred one and s i x tenths miles south of Weldon on U. S. 301. The investigating officer told the jury that Finch’s trailer truck was parked on the left side of the road with the right rear wheel on the highway and the Findell car was 70 feet further down the highway when he arrived at the scene of the accident. He said that the truck had been struck near the gas tank on the left side. The highway patrolman quot ed Finch as saying that a log truck passed him, forcing him on the wrong side of the high way. Petteway told how Blanding, the driver of a second log truck had been found and said that Blanding denied any knowledge of the accident until told about it at the mill where he works. The highway patrolman said that Harlan Carter, driver of a truck which was following the Finch-driven truck, avoided the accident by going into a ditch and then helped to extinguish a fire in the Findell car. The highway patrolman des cribed the scene of the accident and where he had found the de bris and grease. Finch testified that he was' driving about 40 miles an hour1 and another truck passed him and whipped off to the left and j the next thing he saw was the ' Findell car, “in the middle of i the road.” He said the car struck the truck and knocked it crosswise! of the highway. The acused | man said that he jumped from his truck and couldn’t remove j Findell from the wreckage be cause of the fire, but did man age to help Mrs. Findell and. her mother-in-law, passengers in , the car from the wreckage. He said he attempted to ex-1 tinguish the blaze by putting dirt on it but to no avail. Mrs. Betty Findell told the jury that the doctor was driving south and the only thing she remem bered was that just prior to the impact, she saw two trucks try ing to pass and headed in the direction of Weldon. Carter said that two trucks passed him as he was coming out of Halifax and that later one 1 of the trucks passed the other. He said later the truck driven1 by Finch pulled out toward the 1 left side of the road and the next thing he heard was the impact of the collision. Carter said that he put his truck in a ditch and went to see what had hap pened and for the first time saw the Findell car after it had hit the truck. Carter testified that he put out the fire and then helped to get Dr. Findell from the wrecked automobile. Carter said that his helper, Frank Fenner, actually got Fin dell out of the automobile. Calvin Alston, an aged colored man, who was an eye witness to the accident said he was standing on his front porch. “I saw three trucks all batting it down the road and the auto mobile coming the other direc tion. All of a sudden one of the trucks and the automobile butted together in the middle of the road, the aged Negro testi fied. The jury deliberated for about 20 minutes before returning its verdict. Counsel for Finch was J. P. Maddrey; J. E. Knott represent ed the insurance companies and W. Bernard Al^sbrook represent ed the Findells at the inquest, which was conducted by Coro ner Rufus Britton. A spectator at the inquest was Third District Solicitor Ernest Ernest W. Tyler. Old Father Roanoke Says: Editor’s Note: Heretofore, The Herald has encouraged conjec ture as to Old Father Roanoke’s identity. True, the speculation so far has been wide of the mark, the guessers all overlooking the clues clearly given, namely that the author is 82, has now his fourth wife, a girl of 17 who last week became a mother of the Old Man’s ’umsteenth child. However, the Herald must now Averse its attitude aind counsel caution. Carl Churchill has been accused and his letter printed below indicates his indignation. The lawyers will tell you that spreading of rumors linking an innocent person with Old Father Roanoke may be slanderous, subjecting you to the possible payment of very heavy damag es. If you must guess who Old Father Roanoke is, please for the sake of your bank account, guess correctly. And now for Carl Churchill’s letter: Dear Editor: How about openin’ up your forum for a minit—an’ I don’t know what th’ “Esq.” stands for either. Just stuck it on for style, so to speak. A lawyer feller writ it behind my name once, an’ I thought it looked real nice until I read th’ letter. Now, I ain’t been so full of laughs since th’ time some evil minded feller threw his dirty socks in Old Aunt Martha’s pot of collards! Here’s th’ reason— an’ I’d like it terrible much if you’d kinder straighten things out. I’m meetin’ folks on th ’ streets every day an’ they polite ly greets me: “Mornin* Pappy Roanoke”, or some sich name. I’d like for you an’ everybody else to know I ain’t no 82-yeai old codger, an’ that I ain’t got no 17-year-old wife. I also ain’1 got no three-or-four-days old ba by in th’ hospital, an’ that ain’i all, I’d better not have! I also ain’t particularly in trested in history that don’t g< no further back than a huntbrec or so years. I’d like you to knov when it comes to things in th past, Old Pappy Roanoke is e piker. I’m bein’ loaded up or stuff what happened more’n thir ty million years ago, such as inorganic evolution dealin’ with th’ Phycomyces, which are molds, an' th’ Siphonales, which are algae. Betcha that’ll stop him for a spell! (Editors note: it appears Mister Skinner is in tensely interested in Lecomte di Nouy’s book on the creation ol the Universe.) Now, I’d like to make it as plain as print can set forth thai I’m postiloutely not Old Fathei Roanoke, an’ I don’t know whc is, even though I’ve gotta admr he pretty good, an’ that I’ve hac a hell of a time writin’ this let ter. There ain’t but one thing 1 wana ask this mysteryman t< do, an’ that’s to stay away frorr th’ FIRE STATION with hi: loose talk. Them’s my huntin grounds, an’ this is a warnin’. Very respectfully yours truly BUB SKINNER By Carl Churchill David R. Anderson, Weldon Merchant Dies; Rites Today Weldon.—David Robert Ander son, a native of Halifax County and a resident of Weldon for the past 50 years, died suddenly at his home here yesterday morn ing. Mr. Anderson was a well- 1 known merchant of Weldon and for the past several years had operated a feed and grocery store here. He was educated at Vine Hill Academy in Scotland Neck and was a graduate of Old Trinity College in Randolph County. In 1902, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Hancock opened a wholesale grocery business in Weldon, but later Mr. Anderson went into business for himself. Mr. Anderson was the son of the late John Epps Anderson of Halifax County and Laura El len Weeks Anderson. He was born in Halifax Coun ty on Mach 25, 1873. Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Estelle Jen kins Anderson and one daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Anderson John ston of Weldon, one son, John E. Anderson of Weldon; three sis ters: Mrs. Willis Dickens, Til lery; Miss Irene Anderson, Char lotte; Mrs. A. G. Sloan of Mar ion, S. C., and one brother, L. W. Anderson Route Two, Halifax. Funeral services were conduct i ' this afternoon from the Wel don Methodist Church by the Rev. Ben H. Houston and bur ial was in the Cedarwood Ceme tery. W— More Rain Is Predicted BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More rain today and parti; cloudy and warmer tomorrow i the weekend weather outlook fo the carolinas. Heavy rains were genera throughout the states last nigh and early today. During the 2 hour period ending at 7:30 a.m today more than an inch fell a Raleigh and Mt. Mitchell and a Spartanburg. Charleston hat more than half an inch durini the period, while Greensboro ant Columbia had almost that a mount. Temperatures rose while th rains fell. For example, Char lotte’s low today was 46 degrees compared with 32 yesterday. Ant similar conditions prevailed ove the states. Today’s minimum were way above normal for Dec ember. Weather North Carolina—Rain today iollowad by ahowara tonight and partly cloudy waalhar Saturday axeapt that rain and ahowara will and ovar moun tain aactiona lata thla aftaraoon or aarly tonight: coolar aaat portion today otharwiaa. liiila changa in tamparaturaa today and tonight) warmar Saturday. Unemployment Here Continues to Rise, ESC Office Reports ! -Jfced W. McNeil, manager of< the local Employment Security Commission office, said today that “Contrary to previous ex pectations unemployment is on the increase in Roanoke Rap ids. From a two months operat ing report, McNeil said that the records of te local office show ed that on November 26 there were 580 active job applications on file. This was an increase of 19 percent over the 488 persons who were applying for work during the previous period. McNeil said the 580 applica tes represent the largest num ber of persons to seek work through the local office in the past several years. Of the total number of appli cations on file 63 percent are women, 16 percent veterans and 21 percent non-veterans. McNeil said that along with the increase in total applica tions on file the proportional share of women in the active file has increased. This trend in the increase in the number of applications from women has been noted in the past several McNeil said that in his opinion the principal factor in the con tinuing increase in unemploy ment in Roanoke Rapids conti nues to be the decline in the textile industry. Approximately 420 applicants on file are unemployed textile workers, who have been laid off because of the necessity of cur tailing production in the local mills, he added. McNeil said, “There can be no marked improvement in the lo cal employment situation, until the textile industry improves, and we have no indication of when that will be.” The office manager said that every effort was being made to place the workers in areas of demand through the use of orders listed on the North Caro lina and Virginia job lists. McNeil said despite the de clining business activity that ‘ during the period covered by the report 184 job openings were listed in the local office. During the two months 182 per sons were referred to the job openings and 130 were placed. » --- Conway Man Gets 2 Years On Money Count Raleigh.—James Wade, Con way man, yesterday received a two-year sentence in the Fed eral reformatory in Petersburg, Va., after he had been found guilty of charges of passing and selling bogus $20 bills. I Wade was convicted of selling ten of the bogus bills to Cleve land Smith of Garysburg on one occasion and 50 bills at another time. Sentence was passed in Federal Court here, and the de fendant was allowed to remain free under bond until Decem ber 9, when he was ordered to I surrender to the U. S. Marshal to start serving his sentence. Smith, the man to whom Wade allegedly sold the bills, had previously been convicted on a countefeiting charge and sentenced to two' years in the Petersburg reformatory. Consultant Dietitian Visits Halifax County Sanatorium Halifax — Miss Sally J. Moor ing consulant dietitian from the Division of Nutrition of the State Board of Health, visited the Hali fax County Sanatorium on Nov ember 29 and 30, for the purpose of assisting Dr. Robert F. Young and the staff of the County Sana torium in the planning and prep aration of attractive and nutrit ous meals for the patients in the Sanatoriums. Specialists in nutrition and in tuberculosis control have report ed that meals high in Vitamin C and protein content are pecially beneficial for tuberouloi sis patients, and particular em phasis has been placed on these two nutrients in the planning of meals in the county sanatorium. Considerable time, also, has been given to making the meals at tractive and also to giving aa great a variety of dishes to the patients as the availability of foods will permit. . lruman Making No Cabinet Changes . ! Now, But Reserves Right To Do So | Washington, Dec. 3—(JP)— [ President Truman is making no changes in his cabinet at this \ time. That’s what he said yesterday t at his first White House news ^ conference since the election. I But he left the way open for . some changes later by saying he | reserves the right to shuffle the cabinet membership at his pleas ure. , The news conference was a ' lively one. The President em ployed a fast change of pace, at [ times serious and sharp, but of . ten drawing hearty laughter from the 225 newsmen—the larg 1 est crowd since his first confer ence as President in 1945, which 347 reporters attended. His November 2 election tri umph was a major topic. Mr. Truman said he is proud he won with neither the 47 elector al votes of New York nor the 38 which Southern Democrats gave to the States Rights Party, As for those Southern votes, the President dismissed moves to have them included in his elec toral total. He doesn't want them, he said, adding that he ii not angry with anyone. Mr. Truman also act it gari * • ■ . * -» A a J* A A speculation as to whether he will confer with Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. The President said an appointment has been arranged, but he would not say when it is. As for whether General Dou glas MacArthur would be sent from Japan to China to help the beleaguered Chinese nation alists, Mr. Truman had a blunt answer: No—period. And he already had stated the administration’s policy on China, he said, so he was hav ing nothing to say on that again. Then—drawing first a roar of laughter, then tense quiet—the president went on to cover a multitude of subjects. Chuckling, he took a couple of digs at his Republican op ponent in the election, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. The first came at the open ing of the conference. Mr. Tru man said Bradley Dewey, a civ ilian member of the Bikini atomic tests evaluation board, was mistaken in suggesting the White House had suppressed a report on the Then the and said beiqg JST! A * * * AAnsttm I It Shopping 1 U Days Until Christmas Visit The Local Stores For The Finest In Gifts
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