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Halifax County Farm Income of $17,850,000 Breaks All Records 30 Halifax County Men Get Calls Halifax.—Thirty Halifax Coun tv men will leave here to morrow morning as the county quota for the third draft call, it has been announced by the county Selective Service office. Local Board No. 43 met last week to set the quota and notify $ men of the draft call. Mrs. era B. Draper, Clerk to the Halifax County Selective Ser vice Board, said only five men were accepted from the county out of the last month's quota of 35 men sent to the reception center at Durham. Inthe first call all but six of the 21 men called were rejected. Mrs. Draper pointed out that the high rejection rate in the ~ early drafts is because the men l who are being called now are the rame ones who were re j. led during the war as being 4-F and have not changed. She said a large number of q.a stionnaires are now being i i lied out daily, adding that t local draft board cannot as s. t in filling them out. Charity Group Helps 25 1 ii November The Associated Charities of Roanoke Rapids, a Red Feather family service supported by the Community Chest, gave aid to a total of 20 persons during the ^ month of November, acordicng to a report by Mrs. A. C. Zolli coffer. Twenty-five persons applied for aid during the month and of these two were rejected and three others were transferred to other agencies. Included in the list were six new cases and 19 old cases. Sickness was the reason the aid was asked in eleven cases w and in those coses food, medi cine clothing and milk were pro vided. Four unemployed persons ap plied for help and food was giv en in each case. Five Halifax County cases were given supplementary help. The two rejected cases had sufficient income to defray the necessary expenses. Forty-six office interviews were held and 18 home visits, u-prp mnrlp hv thp rnsp wnrlrpr Enfield Negro Sought For Killing W ife Enfield.—Halifax County of . ficers were still searching late * last night for James Pitts, Ne gro, who is reported to have shot and killed his wife at their home near Paul Bozeman’s store in the vicinity of Ringwood, a bout eight miles west of here. Enfield and Roanokr* Rapids police officers had little to re port on the alleged shooting at a late hour, however they said Sheriff H. A. House of Roanoke Rapids and most of the deputies * in the county had gone to the pcerie .to conduct the investiga tion. County coroner Rufus Britton was called to the scene of the shooting but could not be reach ed for a statement. Enfield police said they had heard that Pitts and his wife had been engaged in some sort of an argument and that Pitts had picked up a gun and shot * his wife. Officers said he appar ently fled the house and was be ing sought by the officers. Harbert Sets New Record in Miami Open Miami, Fla., Dec. 11—(AP) Melvin (Chick) Harbert, Detroit professional, set a course re cord eight under par 62 in thf 810,000 Miami Open golf tourna * ment today but amateur Fran) Stranahan of Toledo, Ohio, stil led the field with 200 for 5 holes. _ Warren County Friendship Train Trucks to Canvass Homes Today Warrenton.-Trucks will be ty sent out over Warren County this afternoon to pick up grain and other farm products to fill a train car coming to Warren ton soon as a friendship train carrying food to needy people in war-devastated countries ov erseas, Jim Hundley, chairman of the Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP), has announc ed. He said workers with the » CROP committee are expecting to get enough farm produce to fill at least one train car. He said every effort has been made to secure trucks ertough to cover ail the roads in Warren County this afternoon. The trucks will go out this afternoon and will cover as much of the county as possible. Farmers are urged to have ^ their gifts placed on their front ® porch by one o’clock this after noon, and Hundley- said if the truck fails to come today he is requesting that the contributions bo brought to Warrenton early his week. The tobacco storage warehouse will be open today and the first part of the week to receive contributions. The chairmen urged all citi zens to participate generously in the campaign to help relieve suffering. He said those who dc not have farm produce can con tribute money to help pay trans portation to Norfolk. The fooc will be carried at governmem expense from Norfolk to its overseas destination. Church agencies will distribute it to the needy. Hundley said gram will be given chiefly, but said any non perishable goods may be given Farmers are asked to shell core and to pack all grain in strohj | bags. ----—-—-♦ .1 ROANOKE RAPIDS M>unhalf Herald 34th Year—No. 77 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Sunday, December 12,1948. 5c Daily; 10c Sunday - 78-Million-DoBar Buggs Island Dam Project Is Inspected By Officials Of Two States Leaders Say Completion Should Be Hastened By Bill Dav«?y Buggs Island, Va. — Public officials from Virginia and North Carolina, nearly 500 altogether, gathered here Friday to inspect t h e $78,000,000 Buggs Island dam, first in a series projected to harness the flood activities and power-potential of the Roa noke River, and heard Army en gineers and Congressional lead ers say completion of the pro ject should be hastened. Governor William Tuck of Vir ginia, Senator Willis Robertson of Virginia, John H. Kerr of Warrenton, veteran Congress - man of the Second North Caro lina Congressional district and Lieutenant-General Raymond A. Wheeler, Chief of the Army En gineers, headed a group of lum inaries who inspected the site j of the huge dam and listened to facts and figures concerning the | projected Roanoke River project. Virginia Congressmen, North Carolina department heads and State Senators, Representatives and mayors, County Commis sioners and other representativ es from Virginia and North Car Williamston joined in the inspec tion tour which followed the morning’s planned program and a luncheon at which the Meck lenburg Civic Council, the Roa noke River Basin Association and the Roanoke River Flood Control Committee were hosts. Wheeler Speaks “Buggs Island is the key pro ject in the over-all plan for the Roanoke River Basin,” General Wheeler told the audience of of ficials and newsmen in the Com munity House at Castle Heights, the village which has been erect l ed as a construction camp for engineers and workmen em ployed on the dam. “And you, I as sponsors of the project, have I met here today, not only to ac ' tivelv express your interest in the project, but also to exercise your rights as American citi zens, to inspect the construction operations and to keep yourself j informed on the progress being 1 made. “When completed the Buggs Island multiple - purpose pro ject will be one of the largest units of its kind in the eastern United States. Flood control is a primary purpose of the pro ject. When the unit is completed, substantial flood protection will be provided for large agricultur al areas in the Lower Roanoke River Valley. In addition, the large and commercial towns of j Roanoke Rapids, Weldon and Williamston will be protected . , For example, a recurrence of the record flood of August, 1940, without the Buggs Island reser voir in operation would cause damage in the lower Roanoke ; River valley of more than six million dollars. But with the op (Continued on Page Twelve) BACKINC UP AIR LIFT_Wheels for 4-englned York freighters are brought to a Dakota plane by RAF. crewmen at llonington, England, for dawn take-off to Germany. Known as “Operation Plumber," 6 Dakotas ferry unserviceable plane parts from bases ill Germany and return with replacements for the giant transports employed In the air lift to blockaded Berlin. Judge Parker Ends Halifax Superior Court Halifax. — The two-weeks’ term of Halifax County Super ior Court was brought to a close here yesterday morning af ter Judge R. Hunt Parker had denied a motion for a new trial in the case of Robert Jones Scotland Neck sawmill operator. Jones, who had been previous ly tried, convicted and senten ced in the Superior Court on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, had entered an appeal to the State Supreme Court where the sen tence of 20-24 months was up held. The request for a new trial was made on Jones’ be half by his attorneys earlier this week, but the hearing on the motion was continued by Judge Parker until Saturday morning. The only evidence presented yesterday was in affidavit form, and after hearing argu ments by attorneys for the de fendant and for the State, Judge Parker denied the motion for a new trial. Jones was convicted in Super ior Court on a charge of shoot ing Claudius Murser, an em ployee, with a pistol. After he was sentenced and had entered an appeal to the Supreme Court, the action of the lower court was upheld. Court officials said j a civil suit in the action is still | pending. ; Jones was represented by at torneys J. R. Allsbrook and M. ! S. Benton of Roanoke Rapids _J ’ll J A TJr.Pfm' nf WliHalrorc Following the action in the Jones case yesterday, Judge Parker adjourned court for the term. One-Room Negro Home Destroyed In Fire Saturday Flames which spread from the broken pipe of a small wood heater completely destroyed the small one-room log cottage occupied by James Putney, Negro, and his wile in the Lin coln Heights section here yes terday morning shortly after j eight o'clock. J Roanoke Rapids firemen were I summoned to the scene but i were unable to do much to ; check the raging fire which con ; sumed the log structure. Using the booster tank and a one-inch j hose line from the truck, they : managed to keep the fire from I spreading to a small frame house about 12 feet from Put ney's house. Firemen said the other house was saved, but said the one oc cupied by Putney was a com plete loss and said all the poss essions inside were burned. Put ney’s wife was at her mother’s house nearby and the house was unoccupied when it burned. Local firemen said apparently a terra cotta stove pipe was being used on the wood heater and apparently broken, causing the fire to start. Merrill Evans Denies Rumors He Plans to Resign Post of Highway Commissioner Ahoskie.—“As far as I’m con cerned, I expect to remain in cffice until my term expires on May 1.” First District Highway Com missioner Merrill Evans made the statement in answer to ru mors of his resignation in the near future. The Commissioner said, “I do not anticipate any such action by the entire commission (re signations in a group)”, in an swer to a question regarding the possibility of the resignation of the commission en masse. Evans went on to explain that “there was talk at one time that the present Commission would resign to Governor Cher ry, which would have to happen prior to January 6, but I do not anticipate any such action.” “As for myself, I don’t plan to resign either to Governor Cher ry or to Governor Scott. Of course, after Scott’s inaugura tion, if he has a man to . put in my place and requests my re signation, he can have it.” “But until that request comes along, I definitely plan to stay on until my term is out.” Evans said he has had “nu merous” requests to stay on un til his term ends and pointed out that it would not be fair to the people he represents or to a newly-appointed man to leave the office suddenly. Weather North Carolina — Partly cloudy and warmer Sunday. ► —— Light Vote In Northampton School Election Jackson. — Election officials said here last night the vote in the special $130,000 bond is sue election yesterday was light throughout the 17 precincts in the county, but no returns were available at all. The results of the election will be determined here tomorrow morning at ten o’clock, when the Board of County Commis sioners will meet to canvass the results of the vote. Voting was on the proposed Northampton County expendi ture of $130,000 to improve and expand four separate school plants in four of the county’s school districts. Expenditures sought would be used (1) to erect a new high school and gymnasium for the Gaston School District, (2) con struction of a new gymnasium, vocational agriculture and lunch room building for the Jackson School District, (3) to make al terations of and additions to the existing high school and agricul ture department buildings in the Conway School District, and (4) to make alterations of and addi tions to the gymnasium and lunch room in the existing school building in the Woodland School District. ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ One of the many boys who is a ’48 graduate of the local high school and who joined the Army Air Force immediately after his graduation, is Da id Lee Cox . . . David Lee has been spending a furlough at home with his mother, Mrs. Ea. ly W. Cox, since Thursday ..h w ever, he will leave in a day or so to report to the National .<Jr Port in Washington, D. C.... The many friends of Jack 1 Ir win will be interested to kr >w that he returned to his home on Friday after having spent some time in the veteran’s hos pital in Richmond, Virginia. , he is reported to be >n bettor condition, now. . . Those who observed their birthday yesterday were Vickie Birdsong, Ethel Brovn, and Robert Reid . . . tose who will add another number on their age today are Peggy Gray, Shir ley Ellis, and little Linda Carol Moseley, who is now four years old. . .here’s wishing you all a very happy birthday and may you have a million more. . . Helping to add to the appear ance of the Roanoke Avenue is the paving of the empty lot at the corner of ninth and Roanoke Avenue. . .it surely does help to keep down dust and makes that lot look a hundred per cent bet ter. . . Miss Shirley Stewart, drum majorette of the local high school band, has announced that she will begin new classes of baton twirling at the first of January.. .Shirley has approxi mately seventy students of all ages, who she is now teaching the artful routines. . .After Christmas, she will begin hav ing classes each day, at the high school, from 3:30 until 4:30 o’clock.. .everyone is eligi ble to enroll in her classes, il I you have a baton. • • U.N. Approves New Plan For Holy Land Paris, Dec. 11—(/P)— The United Nations Assembly ap proved tonight over Russian and Arab objection a three - nation Palestine conciliation commis sion which will try to bring per manent peace to the Holy Land. The final vote on the concilia tion plan jointly sponsored by the United States and Britain was 35 to 15 with eight absten tions. It was taken as a tense crowd overflowed the Theater of the Palais De Chaillot and as the 58-nation assembly strove to wind up its Paris meeting to night. Until the time the final vote was counted, British delegates said the issue>remained in doubt When Dr. Herbert V. Evatt of Australia, President of the as sembly, announced the result the crowded hall rang with applause. The confusion was so great Evatt had to pound his ga vel to restore order. The Israeli delegation said the Jewish nation is ready to enter into direct negotiations with the Arab governments without de lay. Israel long has sought di rect negotiations but the Arabs have refused. Those who voted against cre ating the commission were: Af ghanistan P.nha and Pakistan plus the Arab states - Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen; and the six Slav bloc nations — Russia, Po land, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslav ia, White Russia and the Soviet Ukraine. By its vote, the Assembly— 1— Established a three-mem ber conciliation commis sion which will have its head quarters in Jerusalem. 2— Knocked out all references in the conciliation scheme to the U. N. partition plan which was approved Nov. 29, 1947, and tc the report drafted by the late Palestine mediator, Count Folkc Bernadotte, proposing modifi cations of the partition plan. 3— Instructed the commission to take over the job of acting mediator Ralph Bunche and, i: the security council asks it to the truce machinery in the Holj Land. Not So Chilly Is Forecast By The Associated Press North Carolina and South Carolina were dye to lose some of their chill today But it will still be cold, the weathermar said. The forecast said warmer dur ing the early morning hours However, that meant warmei than yesterday’s overnight freez ing temperatures. Temperature! early today were expected to be at freezing levels in the moun tains and central areas, an< slightly above freezing in coast al areas. Values for Crops And Hogs Estimated By County Agent Halifax county’s farm output, despite the heavy rains, will be more valuable in money received, than any other in history, according to W. O. Davis, county agent. The peanut, cotton, tobacco and corn crops and hogs will sell for $17,850,000, Davies estimated, and he guessed that probably Northampton county’s output would be near the same amount. A farm buying income of $35,000, 000 will come from these two counties which pro vide Roanoke Rapids and Weldon with the larger » proportion of their agricultural income. The Her ald will report later on farm income in the other counties which do some of their buying in Roa noke Rapids. Peanuts are exceptionally late, said the county agent, but 10 days like the last two will start a boom swell of money rolling into Roanoke Ra pids and W’eldon. Davis said 40,000 acres in Halifax county are in peanuts, the average output is 12 bags to the acre, tne price is $iu.du, maxing me ioiai su able revenue, $5,040,000. Last year’s crop was only 10 bags to the acre and the price was $10, so this will be an above average crop and a still higher price. Careless farmers have lost some from the rains, but these figures are after estimated rain damages. Davis said he had seen peanuts harvest ed in March without excessive damage, if the farmers had shocked the peanuts carefully. Cotton is being raised on 25,000 acres; average crop, 11/4 bales, total 31,250 bales. Return is $150 from the cotton and $20 for the seed, or approxi mately $5,300,000 for the crop. Tobacco has been planted on 9,000 acres; the yield is about 9,000,000 pounds; the average price, 45 cents, or a $4,050,000 total county return. _ Corn, which is planted on 40,000 acres, is yield ing 30 bushels to the acre. (One farmer is getting 142 bushels to the acre and may win the state championship). These 1,200,000 bushels are worth $1.60, the government support price, or $1,920,000. Hogs should bring in $1,500,000 for the year, said the county agent. The summarized totals are: Peanuts, $5,040,000 Cotton, $5,300,000 Tobacco, $4,050,000 Corn, $1,960,000 Hogs, $1,500,000 TOTAL, $17,850,000 Romania Orders Two U. S. and Two British Diplomats from Country; U. S. Retaliates by Similar Orders Washington, Dec. 11—(/r)—Ro mania is throwing two American and two British diplomats out of the country, and the United States is retaliating by similar orders for two Romanian envoys assigned to Washington. The Romanian Communist government said the four it is tossing out conspired with “spies and saboteurs.” The U. S. called this ridiculous. Britain delayed a decision on whether to demand the recall of Romanian diplomats from London. This latest flareup in the cold war was revealed both here and in Bucharest, where the major action centered. It involved an exchange of diplomatic insults in polite terms which, however, scarcely served to conceal the bitterness underlying such inci dents as this. The four Anglo-American dip lomats had been named in con nection with trials in Romania of alleged plotters, spies and sab oteurs against the Communist government. In the latest of these rials, the government al leged that one of the defendants ^'ctctc'era'SKtegvKtc'C'ctc'c'ctc'ctcteti 1 I Shopping * * Days ! Until Christmas Had coniessea tnat tne Ameri cans and British promised they would parachute arms and troops into Romania for anti-govern ment forces in event of conflict. The State Department denied all charges against the American diplomats. American Minister Rudolph E. Schoenfeld so in formed Romania’s woman Com munist Foreign Minister, Anna Pauker, in a note delivered to her yesterday. At the same time Schoenfeld said that “in conformity with usual international practice,” the two Americans would be with drawn. He labeled the charges against them ridiculous and con trary to fact. The State Department press officer, Michael McDermott, re leased the exchanges of notes between Pauker and Schoenfeld. He immediately announced also that the State Department noti- * fied the Romanian legation yes terday that two of its top dip lomats are “persona non grata” (personally unacceptable) to the American government. The American government gave no reason for its action and Mc Dermott said that the action was “without any connection and purely coincidenal” with the Ro manian moves against the two Americans in Bucharest.” Newfoundland To Become A Part of Canada Ottawa, Dec. 11—(IP)—Canada and Newfoundland signed a pact today setting forth the terms un der which Newfoundland will be come Canada’s tenth province. Newfoundland is Britain’s old est colony and sometimes is call ed the Gibraltar of the north be cause of its strategic position at the mouth of he St. Lawrence river. The union of Newfoundland ai 1 Canad will become ef ective March 31. 1949, after for mal approval of the terms by the Newfoundland government and the Caradian parliament and confirmation by the, British parliament. The agreement was signed in Canada’s Senate chamber, with Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent signing for Canada and A. J. Walsh, chairman of i. special ne gotiating committee, for New foundland.
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