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Recreation Commission Hires Full Time Director For City Ray Smith, Raleigh Recreation Official, To Begin Work Jan.3 Roanoke Rapids hired its first full-time rec reation director in history here yesterday after noon, when Ray Smith of Raleigh, assistant direc tor of recreation and supervisor of athletics for the Raleigh Recreation Department, was hired by the Roanoke Rapids Recreation Commission. Chief T. J. Davis, Recreation Commission chairman, said Smith will start his duties as city recreation director on January 3, at which time he will come to Roanoke Rapids with his wife and two-year-old daughter to make his perman Cooperation Asked With New Sweeper A warning to “all night park ers” and a request to merchants went out today from the Roa noke Rapids Streets Department, as the city planned to start us ing its brand-new street sweeper here tonight. George Justice requested that merchants who have been in the habit of sweeping off the front of their places of business in the morning please alter their habits a bit and try to sweep the places in the evening so that the street sweeper, working in the late night and early morning hours, might be able to give the busi ness district a “clean face” to start the day. Attention was also called to the ordinance passed by the Board of City Commissioners on December 7 concerning the pro hibition of parking in the busi ness districts of the city be tween one and six o’clock in the morning. The streets in the busi ness district will be kept clear of traffic in order that the new rotary-brush type street sweep er which arrived here this week might more effectively be used in cleaning. Late parking is prohibited un der the new ordinance on Roa noke Avenue between First and Third and Ninth and Twelfth Streets, one First, Second, Third, Ninth and Eleventh Streets be tween Hamilton and Jackson Streets and on Tenth Street be tween Hamilton and Madison Streets. Cars found in these areas will be towed away and violators will be subject to a fine of five dollars and must pay the towing fees. ent home. “I think we are fortunate in , getting a man of Smith’s cali ber for the job,” Davis said here today. “He has come to us with the highest recommendations possible from people who are in a position to know him and to know his work.” Davis said Smith first came to Roanoke Rapids about a month ago with Jesse S. Stev ens, State Recreation Board em ployee who has visited in Roa noke Rapids several times re cently in conjunction with the proposed recreation program for the city now being worked out. The new city recreation director was interviewed by the entire Recreation Commission on one of his visits and his qualifica tions were taken under consid eration. Chief Davis said Smith has a background which seems in line with exactly what Roanoke Rap ids is seeking for a full-time di ioctor. He said he considered it fortunate the city was able to get a man right here in North Carolina who is acquainted with North Carolina people and knows the problems with which he will deal. Davis said plans ’or the long range recreational program for Roanoke Rapids are going for ward rapidly, with recreational planner Ellwood Allen of New I York working on the city’s pro j gram. He said in view of the i progress being made the city’s ! Recreation Commission felt it ! would be advisable to hire a ! full-time director to start his duties by the first of the year ! and over the weekend Davis was 1 authorized to hire Smith for the job. Smith, accompanied by his wife, came to Roanoke Rapids yesterday to confer with Davis and other Commission members and he was hired at that time. Chiang Kai-Shek Being Urged To Resign As Chinese Leader Nanking, Dec. 15—(AP)—Pre sident Chiang Kai-Shek’s top ad visors are urging him to give up control of China’s crumbling government and let others try to save the pieces. This apparently would mean peace negotiations with the Chin ese Communists. The Generalissimo’s intimatesj have discussed this among them selves for weeks amid China’s deepening crisis, but it was learned reliably today that they finally made such a recom mendation. Chiang has shown no indica- j tion he will resign, despite tre- j mendous pressure. From isolated Peiping, Asso ciated Press correspondent Spen cer Moosa reported there is no i doubt in that ancient capital that1 peace talks with the Chinese ' Communists already are in pro- j gress. Moosa reported also that two Chinese Air Force transport planes managed to land at Peip-1 ing’s south airfield and left quickly. “They puled out with high of ficials, supposed to include Dr. Hu Shih, former ambsssador to Washington and now president of National Peiping University,” Moosa reported. “He is reported to have received an urgent sum mons by Chiang Kai-Shek in Nanking and might be talked in to a cabinet post or even the premiership.’* Meanwhile, the failure of Pre mier Sun Fo to take over the government promptly upon his return from Shanghai today in dicated he is • having great dif ficulty in forming a cabinet. Cuts Off His Arm And Saves His Life Greenville, Dec., 15 —(AP)— Roscoe Barnhill is alive today because he had the courage to cut off his right arm. Barnhill, 29 -year -old farmer was operating a hay baler near here. His arm became caught in the baler, drawing his body dangerously near the machine’s opening. Gasping for breath, Barnhill drew his knife from a pocket with his left hand. Opening it with his teeth, he cut through skin and tendons that held the arm. A surgeon at a Greenville hos pital said the young farmer’s presence of mind saved him from bleeding or choking to death. Roanoke Rapids Lions Club To Hold Christmas Party For Underprivileged Children At High School Friday Night .1 lie nuunuiw xvajjiuo uivma Club will bring an early Christ mas to approximately 50 under privileged children and about the same number of needy families here Friday night, when they hold their annual Christmas par ty at the cafeteria of the Roa noke Rapids High School at sev en o’clock. Lion C. A. Irby, chairman oi the committee in charge of the Christmas party, said the fes tivities will get under way al seven o’clock when Lions wil] bring the children selected to be guests of the Lions to the schoo! cafeteria. The children will come from all parts of town, Irby said, and their ages will range from six to twelve. While some of the Lions are bringing their young guests t< the Christmas party, other club: members will be busy distribu ting baskets of food to families in the city whose Christmas i nave: ueen bienuei. Irby said Santa Claus will be one of the honored guests at the party, and the jolly Christmas saint will share in the program by giving each of the young guests a present consisting of clothing, a toy and a bag of fruit and candy. A program of planned enter tainment for the children will be put on by the Lions, all of whom will attend the party. Lion Ted Speight will lead a program of singing of well-known Christmas carols, and other entertainment features will be conducted. Refreshments will be served and the cafeteria will be appro priately decorated for the annual Christmas festivities. Serving with Irby on the com mittee for the party are Lions Eugene Lehman, R. G. Floyd, Don Hall, J. J. Thompson, Pete Garner, Harry A. House, Harri son Giles and Jim Batton. A v . Cotton Crop Reported To Be Very Good Raleigh, Dec. 15—(AP)—Bettt weather, better farming and be ter ginning are saving money f North Carolina cotton grower There is a marked improv ment in grades, reported Chan ler C. Miller, Cotton marketii I specialist with the State Depar. ment of Agriculture. As of Nov. 30, he said, “Only 4.7 percent of the bales harvest ed have been reduced one or more grades due to rough pre paration, as compared with 19.8 percent on the same date in 1947.” Grade and staple reports of the U. S. Production and Market ing Administration, he declared, indicate the precentage of the North Carolina crop grading middle or better rose from 16 percent last year to 30.7 this year. Rough preparation cost grow ers $961,888 last year, as com pared with a loss of $394,772 this year, he reported. Miller said producers have shown more care in handling p their crop, and that ginners have obtained better equipment and exercised better care. Ginners have spent for new equipment more than $2 for every bale gin ned, he added. Cotton harvested and ginned in the state as of Nov. 30 totalled 599,965 bales, or about 88 per cent of the estimated crop. Funeral For Mrs. Godwin Is Tomorrow Mrs. Mary Frances Godwin, 75. died at the Roanoke Rapids Hospital last night about 7:30 following a short illness. Funeral services will be con ducted tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock from the First Bap tist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Gordon L. Price, officiating. Burial will be in Cedarwood cemetery. A native of Sampson County, Mrs. Godwin had made her home in Roanoke Rapids for more than 30 years and had been the operator of a boarding house. She is survived by one t daughter, Mrs. A. J. Brigman of Roanoke Rapids', three sons, Herman Godwin of Boston, Mass., Jarson Godwin of Grot toes. Va., and Heskell Godwin of Roanoke Rapids; ten grand children; and four great-grand children. Pvt. Powell’s Funeral Rites > Funeral services and reburial for Pvt. Charlie Powell, who was killed in action in Italy on Sep tember 18, will be held tomor row at 2:30 p. m., from the First Negro Baptist Church, with the pastor, the Rev. N. K. Dunn, of ficiating. Burial will be in Ivey ceme tery with' full military honors rendered by the Weldon Negro post of the American Legion, p Pvt. Powell, who was 28 at the time of his death, had been in the Army two years when he was killed. He is survived by his wife, one son, three brothers and three sisters. Second Brownie Troop Will Be Organized For Central Tomorrow The second Brownie Troop of D the Central School No. 11 will hold its first meeting Thursday afternoon at 3:00 in the Girls Scout hut with a Christmas party under the direction of their lead ers* Mrs. W. E. Ritter and Miss Boone second grade teacher with the assistance of Miss Omara Daniels and Mrs. Sue Woodall. The children qualified for this group will be listed by Miss Daniels today. Parents of those • desiring to join are also invited to be present for the short pro gram. Weather North Carolina—Cloudy and not so warm with scattered showers today; continued cloudy with showers and mild tonight and Thursday. * Santa Claus To At Weldon Park Weldon. — Friday afternoon, Dec. 17th at 4:30 p. m., at the sound of Cene Autrey’s voice singing, “Here Comes Santa Claus,” the Weldon Fire Truck will be coming down Washing ton Avenue with an honored passenger, that grand old man, Santa Claus. He will stop in the town park, ia the 200 block of Washing ton Avenue. In the park the Weldon Mer chants Association and the Ju nior Chamber of Commerce will welcome this friend of' the chil dren to spend the afternoon un 6:30 P. M. Last year Santa had around 800 children in the park with him, and this year he is expect ing even more to be waiting for Hro. Ho has finished making his Alleged Thief Of Military Secres Callteed Washington, Dec. 15—(AP)—A man suspected of stealing and handling over to Russia pre-war Army secrets of “great military significance” may be haled be fore the Congressional spy hear ings later this week. The secrets are supposed to have come out of the Aberdeen Proving Ground on Chesapeake Bay north of Baltimore. There was no immediate hint as to their nature beyond the claim that they included “formulae, descriptions and leading in formation involving our hitting and our defensive power.” As the house Un-American ac tivities committee pushed its spy hunt into this new field: 1. Acting chairman Mundt (R-SD) said “the feeling on the committee is unanimous that uicic 10 a ouvaci. ionage ring operating in Wash ington now.” He said the govern ment has done “not one, single, effective thing to prevent it.” 2. The committee tried to prod a New York grand jury into com ing out with indictments “of all guilty parties” connected with a soviet espionage ring that was, in committee words, “aided and abetted by officials and employes of own government.” 3. Arrangements were made for serial publication of all but four of the secret papers obtain ed from Whittaker chambers, for | mer Communist courier. The1 four are still regarded by the state department as likely to in jure % national security, but the others will be released in batch es starting tomorrow. 4. The Committee said that starting tomorrow it expects^ to “exercise the full authority of its subpoena powers and the other authorities granted it by Con gress.” Japs Have Problem Of Too Much Corn Tokyo, Dec. 15—(iT*)— What to do with 300,000 tons of Ameri can corn? The Japanese have it and don’t want to eat it. A foreign observer—apparently a gentle man of old southern tradition — comes up with this suggestion: “Make the corn into bourbon whiskey and halt all this waste of rice used in making sake (for tified rice wine). It would not only improve the morale of the Japanese, but it would better their diet.” This Arm ut The Law Needs New Hand Birmingham, Eng. Dec. 15 —(AP) — This arm of the law should be equipped with a bet ter hand. Herbert Cyril Harris, 41, a mechanic was found innocent of inducing three other men to rob a restuarant when the judge told the jury there was no evidence for it to consider. He explained: j “The statement of the defend ant is written by a police officer I and his handwriting is indeciph erable.” Ape Stacks Up The Coins SYDNEY, Australia—(AP) — Tang, Melbourne Zoo’s orang outang, is orderly. On holidays Tang is offered many coins by visitors. Recently his keeper found a neatly stacked pile of pennies in a corner of his cage Tang’s takings for the day a mounted to $1.48. Distribute Gifts Friday Afternoon list and will be glad to see all of his little friends and find out if they have been good little boys and girls. Santa will have a huge pack on his back filled with gifts that he is going to give to the little' boys and girls that meet him in the park. The Merchants Association and the Jaycees hope that the par ents will assist them in making Santa Claus arrival a big affair by bringing their children to see him and to get their gift. Santa Clans will have the fol lowing helpers: John Shearin. Jr., Jimmie Ellis and the Boy Scouts. Those on the preparation com mittee for this party are Ben Wyche, Stanley Arthur and Fred West. Billboard Announces Birth Of “AD” Man’s Baby ** DECEMBER 6* I948**«w9 POUNDS Robert Combs, advertising man of Chariton, Iowa, became a father, and he wanted the whole town to know it. This gigantic billboard advertisement outdoors was the way he chose to announce the good news. (AP Wirephoto). James Pitt Bound Over To Superior Court Without Bond On Charge Of Murder Halifax—James Pitt, Ringwood Negro, charged with the fatal shooting of his wife last Satur day night, was ordered held with out privilege of bond here yes terday following a preliminary hearing before Judge Charles R. Daniel in recorder’s court. Pitt, held on a murder court after his wife had been instant ly killed by a single shot he allegedly fired, was captured Sunday morning by deputy sher iff J. A. Crawley after an all night search by Halifax County lav. officers. His case was brought before the recorder’s court and the Negro man was ordered held for the January term of Superior Court after probable cause had been found. Two ctfusins of the murder sus pect, William and Horace Pitt were released under $500 bond on charges of aiding and abetting a felon escape capture after they had been arrested for having aid ed Pitt on Saturday night. Pro bable cause was also found in their case and they were bound over to the Superior Court term. Court officials said one of the longest dockets for trial in some time was before the court yes terday. Because two weeks of Superior Court had intervened since the last recorder’s court session here, there were 59 cases for trial before Judge Daniel here yesterday and it was after six o’clock in the evening before the court was recessed until it is convened tomorrow morning in Roanoke Rapids. Most of the cases appearing here yesterday were concerned with traffic violations, most of wnicn were settled quickly 101 lowing pleas of guilty by offend ers and the imposition of fines and costs by the judge. One case involving three men charg ed with shooting a deer whose horns were not plainly visible was heard, but judgment was witheld. James Hawkins, Negro, was sentenced to three months on the roads on a charge of assault on a female, and the only other road sentence in the day-long court was imposed on Harvey Jenkins, Weldon Negro youth, who was sentenced to 60 days on a simple assault count. Negro Boy Kicked In Head By Horse James Kitchen, fen-year-old Negro boy of Gholsonville, Va., was admitted to the Roanoke Rapids Hospital here shortly after midnight last night after he had been kicked in the head by a cow. Hospital attaches said the boy suffered a deep gash in the right side of his face, and said the animal’s hoof had apparent ly just missed the child’s eye. His condition was reported as not serious. Argentina Solves Quiz Dispute BUENOS AIRES—(A>)— Quiz program directors here don’t have to rack their brains any more to think up riew prizes. And manufacturers won’t get any more free publicity out of supplying them either. The federal government has just come out for sane prize giving. Its definition of sane is “postal savings bank certificat es, postal savings stamps, school books or school equip ment.” Other prizes are ban ned. Russia Vetoes Ceylon’s U. N. Member Bid Paris, Dec. 15 —CAP) Rus sia cast her twenty-ninth veto in the United Nations Security Council today to keep Ceylon out of the United Nations. The veto was Russia’s second on Ceylon’s membership bid. The Soviets now have used 13 of their 29 vetoes in the council to bar seven countries from membership. Before turning to the vote on Ceylon, the council put off act ion on Israel’s membership ap plication on until Friday. A French motion to postpone action until then carried with eight votes. There were three abstentions. The vote followed a bitter at tack on Israel’s bid by Syria’s faris El Khouri who called Jew ish soldiers “gangsters.” He did not oppose the French motion, however, Syria, China and Britain abstained. The United States and Russia both said they favored immedi ate action but they agreed to the delay. Rainy, Mild Is Prediction BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Christmas shoppers had bet ter take along a raincoat today, the weatherman said. Cloudy with scattered showers was the prospect for South Carolina and North Carolina. The showers were predicted mostly over the North portion of South Carolina. Continued above - normal warmth for mid-December was the prediction read “not so warm,” but the point of depart ure was unusually mild weather of the last few days. Cloudy and mild, with scatter ed showers was the Carolinas prediction tonight and tomorrow. Struggle Looms For Leadership Of Republicans Washington, Dec. 15—(AP)— V struggle for control of Republ ican Party machinery loomed to day with reports that Carroll Re jce may challence National Chairman Hugh Scott in a come oack attempt. Scott, a Philadelphia congress nan replaced Reece as chairman ast June when Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York won the party’s presidential nomination. Although Scott has given every ndication he intends to fight to lold his job, Dewey’s November defeat has produced a crop of prospective opponents. Besides Reece, others men tioned include Rep. Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois, who is re tiring from Congress; Tom Cole nan, former Wisconsin state chairman and a supporter of Harold E. Stassen, and Senator John Cooper of Kentucky, de feated for re-election. Backers of Senator Robert A. raft of Ohio were credited with having engineered Reece’s elec tion to the party helm in 1946. So Taft’s return from a Euro pean trip is being awaited not only for his views on the party chairmanship and possible reor ganization of the GOP senate leadership, but on a party policy conference suggested yesterday by Scott. Rosemary PTA Christmas Party Is Set Tonight Mrs. Rod Wood, president of the Rosemary School Parent Teacher Association announced they will have their annual P. T A. Christmas party tonight at 7:30 in the Rosemary School. The school glee club will pre sent a program of Christmas music. All members afre invited to be present. Veterans Affairs Group Meets Tonight Nathaniel Lowe, veterans’ af fairs chairman -jr Roanoke Rap ids township, announced today that a veterans’ affairs meeting will be held tonight at eight o’ clock in the court room of the Municipal Building. He said State and district Veterans Administration leaders and State Senator Julir.n R. Alls brook will be on hand to lead the discussion on a veterans’ bonus, housing and other press ing veterans’ affairs. All veterans of the recent war are invited to be on hand to par ticipate in the discussion. Halifax Negro Gets Parole Raleigh, Dec. 15—(JP)—Parole of six prisoners, including two convicted of manslaughter, was announced today by the State Paroles Commission. The two are Leslie Canady, Roberson County Indian, and Edward (Buster) Smith, Halifax County Negro. Both were sen tenced to three to 10 years in the death of Nathaniel Smith, Negro. WOf«IKIClCICIKIC«KICtC«KIK««iCtcmiC«tl ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ Leaving today to return to Richmond, Virginia, where she works as a telephone operator, is Grace Dixon .... Grace, a *48 graduate of the local high school went to Richmond immediately after graduation to work and has been there since. . .she was visiting in the home of her father, John K. Dixon on Monroe street Home on leave until December 18, is S2c Robert Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Blake of Jefferson street.. . Robert has just finished his boot training at the Naval Training Center in San Diego, California .... he will report at camp on December 22 Here’s wishing the two local high school basketball teams loads of luck when they play Weldon tonight .... the girl’s team will be greatly handicap ped by the absence of one of their best forwards, who was in jured during practice on Thurs day of last week . . . however, Miss Turner, coach of the girls, has plenty of others who she can use as replacements .... The many friends of little Bob by Nethery will be 1 terested to know the reason he is out of school.it is reported that doctors believe Bobby has ap -» ■■■■ F pendicitis, and he is now rest ing in the local hospital. Bobby, who is ten years old, is in Miss Booker’s fifth grade.he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Nethery. Mr. and Mr.s Don Langston are tfce guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Morton of Washington street.The Langston’s are from Washington, D, C.and plan to spend the holidays here Those who observed their birth day yesterday were Jay Thomp son and Eugene Beale of the sixth grade, Bob Kinker of the second and Alice Allsbrook of the fifth grade.those celebrat ing today as their birthday are Donald Griffin of the fourth and Mildred Ray of the fifth grade .. . and Charlie Draughan, who is just a little older than the grammar grade students. It was a sleepy sort of day and the class was about half the usual size. The professor was calling the roll in a half-absent manner and to each name some one had answered “here” until the name Smith was called. Si lence reigned supreme for a mo ment only to be broken by the professor’s voice, “My word! Hasn’t Mr. Smith any friends here?" •••••• 8 Shopping Days I_ _I With illustrations by HAROLD FOSTER •A £ - Six magnificent ' drawings with simple, reverend text, tell the story of the nativity. Ny' The illustrations s\ are masterpieces of | Christmas art. You will want to save each install* i ment. ■yK Don't miss this spe ' I dal holiday series. It be I gins on Sunday. In THE HERALD A
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