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5c Daily; 10c Sunday Parker To Speak At VFW Party Judge R. Hunt Parker, resi dent jurist of the Third Judicial District, will be the speaker at a Christmas party for under - privilebed children to be spon sored by the Roanoke Rapids post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the V.F.W. Auxiliary on December 19. Mrs. N. T. Jones, president of the V.F.W. Auxiliary, said the organizations will give Christmas gift stockings to more that 100 children. She said a complete program of the event will be an nounced at a later date. A1 Drew, manager of the local radio station, will serve as mas ter of ceremonies, and other guests of the organizations slat ed to appear on the program in clude State Senator Julian R. Allsbrook, Mayor W. Bernard Allsbrook, the Rev. W. R. Ste vens and the Rev. Berke lev. Mrs. Jones said the sponsoring organizations have issued a cor dial invitation to the public to attend. The committee for the Auxi liary is composed of Mesdames Jones. Bessie Hyman. Louise Smith, Lula Belle Rogers, Stella Wilson, Anna Mae Reynolds, Ha zel Bass, E. H. Boyce, Fanny Collins, Ann Pickett, LeRoy Small and Miss Alease Bristow and Miss Frances Ketcher. VFW Post committee members are R. L. Collins, E. P. Harri man, G. T. Burton, A. A. Dun Boyce, LeRoy Small. W. L. Pick ett, Tom Glasgow and Don Chest nut. State Officials In Washington On Corn Problem Raleigh, Dec. 10—(AP)—T vv o of the state’s leading agricul ture officials left for Washing ton last night to confer with fe deral officials about North Caro lina's surplus corn problems. T’K r’nmmiccinnflr r.f Agriculture D. S. Coltrane and Harry Caldwell of Greensboro , Master of the State Grange. The meeting was arranged by Caldwell with an assistant to the secretary of agriculture and an assistant of the grain branch of the production and marketing ad ministration. This year’s Tar Heel corn crop is a record-breaking 76,000,000 bushels and, although price supports, for no. 3 corn are set at 31.61 a bushel, many farm ers are having to sell as low as 90 cents a bushel. Under the present federal pur chase agreements calling for de livery within 30 days after June 1, farmers in this region are handicapped because of weevil infestation which develops when warm weather sets in. Weevil damage voids any corn for eli gibitly under the purchase agree ment act. Weather North Carolina—Fair, windy and cold today; colder tonight; Saturday fair and continued cold. I hey Located Survivors Of Plane Down At Sea These three Navy airmen were the first to sight the two rafts with 33 survivors of an Air Force C-54 transport plane which was forced down at sea 1,200 miles southwest of Hono lulu. Left to right: Lt. Comdr. Steve Kona of Hammond, Ind., pilot of the Navy Privateer; Chief Machinist's Mate Clodis M. Killam of Pensacola, Fla., and Ensign Leslie Johnson of Minne apolis, Minn.Killam sighted a dye marker which located the rafts after Ensign Johnson had asked Kona to make one more pass over the area. (AP Wirephoto via Navy radio from Hono lulu. Berlin Airlift Causes Speed Up Air Force’s Expansion Program Washington, Dec. 10 —(AP)<! —The Berlin airlift has forced i a speed up in the air force's ; expansion, bringing it now to I 60-group size. This development was spot lighted today by an air force order for redeployment of three overseas units. These shifts in clude the transfer of a trans port unit from Japan to Ger many and assignment of a fight er wing to the Panama Canal defense system. The new 60-group strength in cludes nine troop carrier units— one more than had been planned I —even by next June 30. On that date the Air Force is sche duled to have 66 groups of all types—bombers, fighters, trans ports and other elements. The new addition to Berlin’s1 food ferry fleet makes a total of five transport wings opera ting there — apparently on a permanent basis. The Air Force said the 317th troop carrier wing ‘will transfer “this month” from ' Tachikawa, Japan to Germany. About 1.050 more men will be I added to the outfit before it ar | rives in Europe. (The normal ; strength of a troop carrier wing is approximately 1,500). In answer to a question, Air Force spokesman said the five transport outfits are “stationed” in Germany instead of being there on “temporary duty.” In military language, this indicates a permanent assignment as dis tinguished from a limited time mission. Of the nation’s nine troop car rier wings, four now are in Europe, 2 in the far east air force and 3 in the continental U. S. Reds Pushing Behind Hwai In China’s War Nanking, Dec. 10 —V-P)— j Chinese Communist troopa to-. day were believed trying to cut in behind the Hwai River—last j government defense line north of Nanking short of the Yangtze itself. I Government sources said the j Communists are attempting to| cross the Hwai at a bend in the river 90 miles northwest of Nan-1 king. This is at a point where the river is lightly defended. This threat arose as the bulk of the government armies of east China still strove to break loose from two big traps north of the Hwai. A crossing of the Hwai in any force would cut off Nanking from the new base at Pengpu, 105 miles northwest of the capi tal, along with the 80,000 troops manning the defenses along the river. The number of Red troops committed to the operation was not indicated. But they would be only 15 miles—easy striking distance—from the railway sup ply line between Nanking and Pengpu. A Shanghai newspaper report ed a Communist advance 75 miles to the northeast along the Grand Canal a drive which might be geared to the Red op erations of the Hwai. The newspaper Sheng Pao said government troops had with drawn from the Grand Canal cities of Hwaiyin and Hwaian, about 110 miles north of Nan king and had fallen back 25 miles south of Paoying. Gala Dance Is Planned By Local BPW Club For New Year's Eve Here One of the most entertaining dances ever held in Eastern North Carolina is being planned by the Business and Professional Women’s Club for New Year's Eve. The affair will be held in the Armory, from 9 until 1 o’ clock. It has been decided by the committees that those who at tend may 'me dressed formal or informal, whichever they choose. Dick Levin, a well-known or chestra leadfer will come from West Virginia, with his eleven piece orchestra and vocalist to supply the music. Mr. Levin has never made an appearance in Roanoke Rapids before, but is re ported to be very capable. A1 L. Drew, one of the local radio announcers, has stated that Mr. Levin’s orchestra has broadcast ed several times over the Mutual Broadcasting System. He was se cured by an orchestra leader formerly of this city, Billy Brooks; perhaps better known to everyone here, as Billy Alls brook, brother of Senator Julian Allsbrook. Bill had promised Mr. Levin to at least a dozen or ganizations, so he said he would settle it by not letting down his ol’ home folks, and assured the club he was well worth his price. The spotlight of the evening will center on bringing in the New Year with horns, hats, clackers, confetti and hundreds of ballons to be lowered oyer the crowd, to add to the excite ment of the new year fun. This will be followed by a gala floor show in which the mer chants of the city have the op portunity to express their best wishes for a happy new' year, in their individual way. The names of the people participating in the floor show are being Withheld but the following businesses will have someone representing them: Fannye’s Specialty Shop, God win-Wilkes Motors, Inc., Roa noke Rapids Theatres, Carolina Motor Service, Roanoke Motor Sales, The Quality Shop, Roa noke Floral Co.. Little's Clothing Store, Sandlin Flower Shop, The Betty Shop, Peacock Beauty Shop, Leggett’s Dept. Store, Pru den’s Office' Equipment Co., White Motors, Inc., Tri-City Mo tors, U. S. Army Recruiting Of fice, Ricks Motors, Roseinary Drug Co., Peggy Ann Frocks, Walser Motors, Auto Service Sta tion and Marks "hoe Store. Anyone who has not been con tacted. but who desires to learn the details of this floor show and to express their good wishes by having someone or some item to represent them may do so by calling Mrs. Mary G. Mills, chair man of the dance, or Mrs. Elva Martin, secretary of the Mer chant’s Association. The deadline on these entries will be Decem ber 18. Events to entertain you will start at 9 o’clock will not let up until the dance is over at 1 P. M. and the New Year has been brought in right. I J Shopping ■ Days Until Christmas FIGHT TB 1ey Christmas Seals Waters, Parker Win Prizes In Scout Contest Gene Waters won first prize and Ben Parker was the winner of a second-place award in a bird feeder contest of Boy Scouts Troop 142 sponsored by the Bird Club of Roanoke Rapids. The award of a regulation Boy Scout canteen to Waters and an official Scout flashlight to Par ker was made to the winners at a troop meeting Tuesday eve ning. Mrs. A. O. Pendleton of the Bird Club judged the feed ers. After the contest Mrs. Pendle ton gave a talk on birds, build ing bird feeders and told of sev eral experiences she had with birds. Special guests at the meet ing were Mrs. Pendleton and Virgil E. McDowell. Scout Com mittee Chairman. Rudolph Wa ters is the Troop 142 Scoutmas ter. Troop members present at Tuesday's meeting were Benny Statler, William Speight, Ho ward Smith, Frank Mountford, Bob MacKenzie, Warren Wayne, Russell Buxton, Dick Smith Mar ion Brown, Bill Pear, Bill Grif fin, George Pappendick, Bob Murray and Ben Parker. The meeting was closed with the singing of the Scout Vesper song. Israel Ready To Lift Seige Of Negev Desert Paris, Dec. 10—(/P) —A United Nations official said Israel agreed today to dicker over lift ing the Jewish siege of 1,200 Egyptian troops trapped at Fal uja, in the Negev Desert of Southern Palestine. The Israeli government notifi ed the acting Palestine mediator, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, that it is ready to negotiate a stage-by stage withdrawal of its troops from the Negev, the official said. This would permit the Egypt ian force at Faluja, besieged al most since the start of the Is raeli October offensive in the Negev, to get out. The Israeli reply brought can cellation of a scheduled meeting later today of the Security Council’s special committee on Palestine, which is considering the Negev situation. Aubrey S. Eban of Israel had been expect ed to tell the committee the Faluja forces would be freed. Bunche said he regarded Is rael’s note as satisfactory. Northampton Countians To Vote On $130,000 School Expenditure Jackson.—The polls in the var ious precincts of Northampton County will be opened at sun rise, Saturday, and will remain open until sunset, for the voters oi that county to cast their bal lots in the school bond election. Their votes will determine whether or not the proposed county expenditure of $130,000 will be allowed. Should this amount of bonds be authorized by the voters, the proceeds would be used in a pro gram to expand and improve four separate school plants in as many school districts. The following will be considered. 1. To erect a new high school and gymnasium for the Gaston School District. 2. Construction of a new gym nasium, vocational agriculture and lunch room building for the Jackson School District. 3. To make alterations of and additions to the existing high school and agriculture depart ment buildings in the Conway School District. 4. To make alterations of and additions to the gymnasium and lunch room in the existing school building in Woodland School Dis trict. The Board of County commis sioners will make a canvass of the vote at a special meeting on Monday, December 13. Military Secrets of Other Nations Found Among Stolen U. S. Government Papers During Committee’s Spy Probe Washington, Dec. 10 —(AP) , —Vital military secrets of friend- j ly nations turned up today a mong stolen government papers uncovered in the House Un-A merican activities committee spectacular red spy hunt. They involve such things as British battleships, Chinese bom bers and strategic war materials! from the Argetine. And as the committee scrap ped iuriously with the Truman administration over how the spy probe should be run, it spot ted suspect number three out in Appleton, Wis. It ordered him to show up for a hearing by 2 p.m. today. The man has been described to the committee as a former employe of the National Bureau of standards. The Bureau tests some of the government’s most secret weapons and military de-: vices. The committee got the man’s name from Whittaker Chambers a former Communist courier Chambers has testified that while he was in the Red under ground before the war, govern ment workers fed him secret do cuments for transmission to Russian agents. He has named Alger Hiss and Henry Julian Wadleigh. both formerly in the State Depart ment, as two of the suppliers. Hiss, now head of the Carne gie Foundation for International Peace, has denied all. Wadleigh, now unemployed, and living at nearby Vienna, Va., was a witness yesterday. He refused to say whether he had or had not shipped secret information from the State de partment. Wadleigh said he might incri* criminate himself by answer ing questions on that point. Chambers has yielded to the committee some of the papers he obtained, in the form of photo graphs or copies. Most of them came from the State Department and are dated 1937 and 1938. It is known that they contain information on such touchy sub jects of the times as: Whether Britain was going to specialize on cruisers or battle ships as the backbone of her fleet. The placing of Chinese orders for bombers in F'rance. The size of Chinese troops movements during her war with Japan. Argentine sales of large quan tities of linseed oil to the Ger mans at fancy prices. Linseed oil is a strategic war material. Germany was getting ready then to move against Austria. Some of the papers deal with the Austrian Anschluss and with other behind-the-scenes maneu« vers in diplomacy and inter national politics. The committee showed signs of heeding the advice of the State Department on whether it should or shouldn’t pubish the texts of the ten-year-old docu ments. Some probably will be turned loose and the rest with held. But the committee last night hotly rejected a proposal of the Justice Department that for the sake of “the internal security of this country” it lay off quiz zling witnesses who have testi fied or will testify to a New York Grand Jury investigating espionage. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS | By PAT NANTZ __1 The happiest face in Roanoke Rapids yesterday was that of Sam Wood. The reason for this was something that has never before taken place in the local high school . . . that is singling out one athlete and giving him an award for his services in the field of sports. Yesterday in reg ular assembly period, Principal J. W. Talley gave some very good reasons why Sam was an exception to the rule. He has played varsity football and bas ketball for three consecutive years and was one of the most valuable players on the teams. This year when he found out he couldn’t play because of a heart condition, Sam was the picture of broken-heartedness. . . . how ever, he didn’t stay that way long, because he soon found out the>'e were others who wished to play just as badly as he. They were boys from the seventh and 1 eighth grades who helped make I up the seventy who had gone out for Coach Hoylel’s team and would probably be the ones eli ! minated. So, Sam went to work i with -them at the request of Mr. HoyT&, and formed what was known as The Midgets. . . . and yon can bet they led the cheering section yesterday when Sam went on-stage to receive a beau tiful, white service sweater, pre sented to him by the Athletic As sociation. He wasn’t the only happy one, however, because ev eryone there showed their hap piness for him.by practi cally bringing down the roof with cheers. Something’s missing off Mon roe street . . and we have just found out what it is. It’s Paul Harris, Jr., better known to Monroe street citizens as Little Man. The mystery was solved last night when we discovered the Little Man has the measles, and has been confined to his | home . . indoors and believe me ' that is one place he doesn’t like to stay . . so here’s hoping you will soon be able to be up and out, so the ol’ street will look familiar again, Paul. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lassiter are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Thomason of Jefferson street. . . they will visit here until after the Christmas holi days, when Mr and Mrs. Lassi ter will accompany them back to their home in South Carolina . . . Today’s wishes for a very happy birthday go to Jarman ! Jenkins, who is a second-grader, here’s hoping you have many, , many more, Jarman. . . Congratulations are in order for the boys" who received their monograms, certificates, and gold key awards yesterday, for their participation in high school . sports. Just a reminder that the Art Club will meet tomorrow after noon at 2 o’clock, at the sign shop of E. C. Langford on the Weldon-Roanoke Rapids High way . . . everyone is cordially invited to attend . . . An instructor was conducting i a science course at a local high ' school. One of the requirements I in the written quiz was “Define a bolt and nut and explain the ; difference, if any.” A girl wrote, j “A bolt is a thing like a stick of hard metal such as iron with ! a square bunch on one end and j a lot of scratching wound a round the other end. A nut is similar to the bolt only just the opposite being a hole in a lit tle chunk of iron sawed off short, with wrinkles around the inside of the hole.” The startled teacher actually marked that one with a large I. When company stays too long, i just treat them like members of j the family and they’ll soon leave. Soviet Makes New Complaints Against American Airlift Berlin, Dec. 9—tfP)— Russian military authorities complained anew today that American air lift planes had violated four-po wer regulations in flying over the Soviet zone. Soviet air safety officers listed 16 alleged offenses in the past month. A Russian letter said most of the “incidents” involved four-engined C-54’s flying a t heights as low as 333 feet. Lieut. I. Komarov, acting So viet chief of air control, recom mended that American craft fly 3,300 feet or higher in the zonal corridors and over the Berlin area “independent of weather conditions.” Without acknowledging or denying the incidents, Capt. Vincent H. Gookin, U. S. Air Safety officer, replied in a let ter simply “our pilots have been briefed and will continue to be briefed to abide by the rules of flight.” Truman Will Talk With Madame Chiang On Aid To China Washington, Dec. 9—OT*)— President Truman said today that aid to China will be taken up when he meets Madame Chiang Kai-Shek at a tea tomorrow. That was his reply when ask ed at a news conference whether the matter would be discussed at the affair which he and Mrs. Truman are holding for China’s first lady. China aid is what Madame Chiang is coming to see him a bout, Mr. Truman told reporters. He added that it still remains to be seen whether he’ll have furth talks with her. It will be the first meeting of the two since the Generalissimo’s wife came here last week to plead for more American help to | the Chinese National government ' in its battle with the Communists. State Farmers’ Income Shows Huge Increase Raleigh, Dec. 10—OP)—During the first nine months of 1948, Tar Heel farmers received $85, 000.000 more for their market ings than in the corresponding period last year. Moyle S. Williams, Farm man agement specialist at N. C. State College, said the January-Sep tember income last year was a record $394,665,000. The figure for the same period this year is $475,472,000. Crop receipts jumped from $292,940,000 to $365,905,000, Wil liams reported, while livestock receipts increased from $101,725, 000 to 1$09,567,000. The farm specialist pointed out, however, that despite the increase in gross income, in creased production costs have cost many North Carolina farm ers lower net incomes. County AAA Community Committee Members And Chairmen Are Named In Northampton County Elections Jackson—It Was announced bv< Miss Una Fleetwood, chief clerk of the county AAA organization, that Northampton County farm ers elected the community AAA committeemen last Thursday, and the county AAA committee was elected on Friday. Those who will serve as com munity eommitteemen are from Garysburg-P. G. Reid', chairman; C. P. Gay, vice chairman; and T. T. Stephenson, regular. Conway—J. Frank Garris, Ab ner Lassiter and David Vann. Pleasant Hill—J. M. Dunham, J. N. Manly, R. C. Crewe. Vultare—M. C. Vincent, Robert S. Shaw, R. S. Mooday, Jr. Milwaukee—G. C. Martin, V. J. Martin, Carlton Johnson. New Town—J. T. Parker, A. J. Futrell, W. E. Martin. Jackson—J. W. Hughes, F. E. Corle, L. F. Bradley. Seaboard—E. R. Matthews, R. A. Daniel, W. H. Taylor. Potecasi-Lasker—R. A. Chap - pell, J. R. Vaughan, Walter Brit ton. port showed the sales drop was nation-wide, falling four per cent under the 1947 returns. The per centage decreases ranged from two per cent in the Boston area to eight per cent in San Fran cisco. While the department store sales are still high—measured by anything but 1947 standards — their lowered showing took on added significance when matches with other signs that infaltionary forces have lost a lot of their punch. The sale downtrend emphasiz ed one high official’s comment that “when housewives decide one night that prices are too high, they’ll quite buying and in flation will be over the nex day.** A sign that the same thing might go for businessmen was another federal reserve report showing that business loans also dropped the last three weeks of November. Coupled with that was an even more unusual decline in real estate loans which, though slight ($1,000,000), halted a wcek-to• week climb to new klghf <hft had been going on hk this fits! sines wartim* ,a Washington, Dec. 10—(AP)—i Yule shoppers are on the verge of ending the Christmas sales records which have soared high er each year of the past decade. With only 13 more gift-buying | days to go, department store sales have dropped below last j year’s mark for the fifth straight I week, the Federal Reserve Board j reported last night. This is the longest consecutive decline since the war. Some officials here said no longer can there be any doubt that price resistance and the living-cost squeeze, particularly on those in low income brackets, are playing a part in the down trend. “Specials” blossoming out in store ads across the nation show ed many merchants agreed with that view. Some storemen who earlier had anticipated continuation of “big ger and better” sales returns, now pin their hopes on a re vival of prewar “last minute” shopping habits. Although some people attribut ed the decline to unseasonable weather at the opening of the Christmas sason, tlfc FEB jt* Yule Shoppers On Verge Of Ending Christinas Sales Records; FRB Report Shows Drop Of Four Percent — Fair And Cold Is Prediction By The Associated Press Fair, windy, and rather cold is the weather menu promised the Carolinas today. Colder was the outlook for the sister states tonight, but South Carolina could expect fair and slightly warmer weather tomor row. Continued cold was antici pated for North Carolina. Many places had sub-freezing temperatures this morning. As usual, Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina’s mountain area had the lowest minimum—nine degrees. Miller To Speak At Armory Sunday G. D. Miller, representative of the Watchtower Society, will give a public lecture on “Super human Rulers of This World; Near Their End’*, on Sunday, December 12, at 3 o’clock to the Armory. Mr. Miller, a speaker general ly well known through this part of the country, will present a lecture which is non-political and non-religious, but will discuss many true facts as to the cause of conditions in our day. Creeksville—O. S. Lassiter, Gay Flythe. Grady Bridgers. Rioh Square No. 2—W. R. Brown, J. A. Brown, S. G. Bau gham. Woodland—James T. Boyce, J. J. Carter, R. T. Vick. Galatia-Margarettsville—G. L. Davis, H. C. Bottoms. G. C. White. Rehoboth—W. A. Boone, R. W. Duke, W. W. Boone. Severn—Ernest Howell, Hugh Umstead, Ervin Mann. Pendleton—W. M. Stephenson, M. B. Johnson, J. Howard Wood land. Gaston—W. W. Grant, C. H. Jordan, J. E. Baird. Those who will administer the 1949 AAA program as county committeemen are B. D. Step henson of Pendleton, chairman; J. F. Turner of Jackson, vice chairman; and C. C. Barrett, of Jackson, regular member. These were all reelected. Invitation Is Accepted By Many San Francisco, Dec. 10—(7P)— When Bill Bard, who has a pho tographic studio, went out to lunch he put this sign in his door: “I’m at the Bellevue for lunch. Won’t you join me there?” After the 11th person sat down at his table and ordered he went back and took down his sign. Weldon Credit Group To Hold Annual Meeting Weldon—The Weldon Produc tion Credit Association will hold its annual meeting tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the Weldon High School gymnasium, B. N. Caple, secretary-treasurer of the or ganization announced today. The members of the associa tion will be ghpen a full report on the year’s activities of the association as well as a special report on members ownership. Two new members of the board of directors will be elec ted and plans for next year’s activities will be discussed at the meeting. 1 The association serves all of Halifax and Northampton coun ties and members from the two counties are urged to attend the meeting.
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