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1ft~ " = --‘- = ☆ OlvustrruM Illustrated by Hal Faster ^ Joseph was amazed and awed when Mary, the maid to whom he * was betrothed, told him that she was with child by the Holy Ghost. ) Joseph, confused and puzzled, knew not what to do until an angel appeared, saying: f Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins." • St. Matthew. Chap. I, Vs. 20, 21 . Copyright, 1943. King Features Syndicate, Inc. ☆ . -—.- -— - ☆ (To Be Continued Here Tuesday) ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ It’s nice to see some of t h e boys who are in service, are get ting an opportunity to come home for the Christmas holidays . . . one of these I’ve noticed is Richard Crumpler, son of Mrs. Ruth Crumpler of Madison street . . . Friends of Mrs. R. B. Morgan of Monroe street will be interest ed to know that she returned to her home yesterday, after hav ing been a patient in Duke Hos pital for several weeks . . . she will, however, return there o n January 4... Mr. and Mrs. John Lyles have as their guests for the holidays, Mrs. Lyles’ mother, Mrs. Cortnie Watson of Rich Square . . .'Mrs. Watson plans to visit here until January 1. . . Marie Rodwell and Edward Killebrew will really have a hol iday today . . . it’s not only the fiist day out of school for them, but their birthday as well... here’s hoping you both have a very happy day and may you have many more just as nice.. . Just to let Dr. E. Cotter Mur ray know that he has been re membered to Santa Claus, via mail, by little three year old Er vin Lee of 212 Hamilton street ... he really put in a good word for you ... Mr. and Mrs. Johnston Canter will leave tomorrow for Toledo, Ohio, to spend the holidays with Mr. Canter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Canter . . . they “King Of Kings” To Be Shown Here Tonight The Weldon Youth Christian Aid Endeavor will sponsor the showing of the film “The King of Kings” in two appearances in Roanoke Rapids and Weldon. The first showing of the story of the lif? of Jesus Christ will be held tonight at 8 o’clock in the Roanoke Rapids High School auditorium and tomor row night at 8 o’clock a special showing for Negroes of the area will be held in the H. C. T. S. builuing. The proceeds from the show ing of the film will be used by • the Christian Aid Endeavor to provide gifts for some under privileged children at Christmas time. The public is urged to attend one of the showings. will return to their home here about January 15... They’re dreaming of a white Christmas . . . Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lloyd, and Mr. and Mrs. Robbie Valishia will leave this afternoon for Canada, where they will visit with Mr. Valish ia’s sister and family . . . his sis ter, Mrs. Lathon Manton of On terio will accompany them back on their return trip, for her first visit to the United States . . . she will visit with her brother for about two months. The Lloyds and Valishias will remain there during the month of January.. . during which time they will visit with Marshall, a brother of Mr. Valishia. . .. Sunday School Teacher - “Wil lie, do you know what becomes of boys who use bad language when they’re playing marbles?” Willie - “Yes, miss^ They grow up and play golf ...” Porcupine Fish Brought Home By Local Man William Eldridge, torpedoman second class USN, who serves aboard the USS Vogelgesang, brought home an unusual trophy when he arrived here to spend the holidays. Eldridge has a porcupine fish which was caught in tropical waters. Porcupine is a good name for the round fish which has long spikes about one inch long stick ing out all over its body. The fins are located near the back of the fish and just a little ahead of the tail. The mouth is snoot like. Eldridge is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Eldridge and is spending the Christmas holidays here with his parents. London’s Underground Is Stretching LONDON —(—AP)— London’s sprawling giant of a subway system is taking its biggest stretch in 31 years. The under ground, as it’s called, is open ing 10 miles of new life and nine new stations in the north eastern and northwestern sub urbs. That will give it 243 miles of line and 278 stations—more rail road than in all of Paraguay and enough to reach from New York to below Washington. It’s the biggest extension at one clip since 1917. It was accom plished by electrifying o 1 d steam tracks-the underground runs on the surface in the out skirts. But at that it has cost $8,000,000 dollars. Ten Persons ' Killed In State Mishaps By The Associated Press Rocky Mount has missed hav ing no traffic deaths in 1948 b] Dnly 16 days. The city’s first vie tim was Oliver Lee Cockrell, 16 killed when a truck and his mot orbike collided. He was one o at least 10 persons who died bj violence in North Carolina ove: the weekend. Elmer Richard Huffman, 27 wounded a week ago Sunday while exchanging fire with of ficers who sought to arrest hin in LaGrange, died in a Kinstor hospital Saturday. Ed Mathis, 44, a State prisoi camp employe, was found witl a pistol wound in his head a his home near Waynesville. Cor oner J. Frank Pate ruled tha Mathis accidentally shot himsel to death. Floyd H. Norton, 45, who fel down a flight of stairs, died ii a clinic at Spruce Pine. Jim Pleasants, 71, a farmer o: Franklinton, Route 1, died in t Raleigh hospital of injuries re ceived in a wreck near Frank linton. Kenneth Jordan, 30, of Nor folk, formerly of Perquimans bounty, N. C., died in an Eliza beth City hospital after being hi' oy a car on the Winfall-Hertforc road. Authorities said that Jor dan and a companion were hi' while trying to pull their mach me from a ditch. Donna Howard, 5, of Charlotte was killed by an automobile ir downtown Charlotte. Jesse F. James, Jr., 16, a Win ston-Salem High School student was fatally injured when a cai in which he was riding rammec into a tree. Five schoolmates were injured. Three of them ar< still hospitalized. Willie Glenn Horn, 20, of Eas Bend, died in a Winston-Salen hospital after his auto went ovei an embankment. Carr Barrett, 36, of Weaver vilie, was found dead of a brok en neck on a road near his home apparently an automobile victim This Boy Couldn’t Wait For Christinas Fayetteville, Dec. 20—(JF^— Eleven-year-old John Ralph Bar bour couldn’t wait for Christma: to get that air rifle. He walkei into the Commercial and Indus trial Bank here and got a loai of $7, secured, legal like, by i note. That was more than tw< months ago. The bank took hii word that he would repay SI cents a week from the monej be made selling papers. He met the payments, anc when he drew his Christmas Clul savings the other day he clean Bd up the debt. j Dntch Troops Race Across Indonesian Republic ,_______A Spy Probers Seek To Question Eight New Witnesses In Race Against Time Hope To End Inquiry Before Congress Opens Washington, Dec. 20 —(AP)— Racing against time, Congres - sional spy investigators hope to find out today whether the jus tice department will give them a chance to quiz eight key wit nesses before the year ends. The House Un-American Acti vities Committee wans to add testimony of these witnesses to its espionage inquiry report be fore the new Congress takes ov er on January 3. First, it wants to question the eight, or as many of them as aren’t needed in prosecuting in dictments returned by a New York grand jury. These indictments are against (A) 12 Communist party leaders on grounds they conspired to overturn the U. Si. Government; State Department official, on grounds he lied in saying he never turned Government secrets over to Whittaker Chambers, former courier for a Communist spy ring. Acting chairman Mundt (R SD) got out a statement — on pink paper — last night saying it if the justice department would let it quiz: L/uuaiu mas, ui uuici iu , Mrs. Alger Hiss; Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley, who admits she was a messenger for a pre-war red network in Washington; Cham bers; Henry Julian Wadleigh; William Ward Pigman; Frank-’ lin Victor Reno; and ffcdda Gompers. That was the first time the committee had mentioned the last two. All the others except Pigman, a former worker at the National, Bureau of Standards, have appeared previously before , the committee. Mundt told reporters that Re no might be able to throw some light on “the Aberdeen Proving | Ground situation.” That was a reference to state ments of committee members that around 1938 the Russians evidently got information on the super - secret Norden bombsight out of a civilian at the Army’s testing station at Aberdeen, Md. Multiple Crop Insurance To Be Tested Raleigh, Dec. 20 —(AP— Per quimans County has been select ed for the south’s first trial of multiple crop insurance. The program will be conduct ed in 1949 on a trial basis, of ficials of the N. C. State College extension service said today. Only two other counties in the United States-both in the mid west — have ever tried such a plan, they added. Perquimans was selected for 11. „ n# its versified farming system, which includes four major crops — peanuts, cotton, jcorn and soy beans. The program will include all these crops. Multiple crop insurance offers protection on more than one crop on the same farm. The pro gram is administered by the Federal Crop Insurance Cor poration, which operates within the U. S. Department of Agri culture. Farmers are insured against loss of investment on certain crops in case of excessive rain, drought, disease, insects, storms or other unavoidable cause of damage bring the return on the crops below the amount of in surance specified in the policy. Adminitrative expenses are paid through federal appropriation, and premiums are used to pay losses. - John T. Lane of Belvidere and Julian A. White and Jack E. Brinn, both of Hertford, have ac cepted appointments to adminis ter the program as the Per quimans county crop insurance committee, according to I. C. Yagel, county agent of the ex tension service. The Weather North Carolina—Fair weath er, cool today; slightly cooler tonight with scattered frost and freeslng temperatures In the interior; Tuesday, partly . cloudy and slightly warmer. Administration Plans To Unify Intelligence Agencies Under One Control, Two Reports Show Wachinfffnn 00_IIP\_ TVioA administration not only aims to tighten laws against spying but also seeks to put the govern ment’s 20-odd intelligence agencies under unified control. This was brought out today by two reports which disclosed: (a) That a drive has been un der way since last spring to co ordinate varied home-front ef forts to protect the nation against spies, saboteurs and other subversive activities. (b) A presidential commission for some months has been study ing operations of the Central In telligence Agency which eva luates military and diplomatic reports from abroad. The administration moves ap parently pre-date the current dis pute between the White House and the House Un-American Ac tivities committee. President Truman repeatedly has labeled the committee’s of ten-sensational spy investigation a “red herring;” committee members contend that they are bringing out into the open things government agents should have known and acted on long ago. Secretary of Defese Forrestal reported over the weekend that last March he launched the cam paign to coordinate the home front intelligence operations of the military services—the FBI, Secret Service, State Department and numerous other agencies. He said that Attorney General Clark had suggested in February that in view of the development of the fifth column and other sub versive techniques “it might be desirable to coordinate the work of these many agencies in the field of internal security.” Clark announced last week that he intends to ask the new Congress to tighten the laws against spying so as to plug loop holes through which U. S. secrets have been sneaked out. Forrestal said that the inter nal security unification has been under close study by the na tional security council and sev-l eral governmental committees, but that no final agreement has been reached. Cool Weather Will Continue By The Associated Press Continued cool weather was predicted for the Carolinas to day, with even coler and freez ing temperatures expected to night. But tomorrow is due to be slightly warmer and partly cloudy. A hard freeze enveloped the states this morning, except for coastal areas, and a heavy frost was general. At Mt. Mitchell in western North Carolina, high est peak east of the Mississippi, the mercury dived to 12 degrees above zero. [WKiPMPftClfXtffiC'CtClCtCiCll Shopping Days Until Christmas Large Crowd Hears Yule Music In Weldon Weldon—On Sunday afternoon at 5:00 o’clock the Weldon Meth odist was the setting for a very lovely Christmas musical pro - gram, under the direction of Mrs. T. S. Dickens, Jr., of Hali fax, as choir director, and Mrs. M. A. Garris, organist. The church was a scene of ser ene beauty. The choir loft being banked with spider fern, inter mingled with many stately red poinsettas and burning white tapers forming an outline of soft glow all around. The burning candles were in each church window with greenery reflecting up into the lovely painted win dows of Christ himself. The choir of approxima tely 50 men and women filled the pulpit dressed in black and white vest ments. Mrs. Garris played as the pre lude, “Gesu Bambino, by Pietro A. Yon. I he opening procession al was, “O Come All Ye Faith-) ful, by Latin Carol. The follow ing numbers were most beauti ful rendered to a most receptive audience. “O Come Immanuel”, “Lo, How A Rose,” “O Little Town Of Bethelehem,” ‘‘Hark The Herald Angels Sing”, and many other beautiful renditions. The soloist were, Mrs. Jean Pemberton, Mrs. Sterling Black Pierce, Mr. John Shearin, Jr., Mr. J. W. Williams, and Mr. Al ex Lassiter. After the singing of each portion of the musical, the Rev. Ben H. Houston, pastor of the church, read portions of the Christmas story from the Bible. As a postlude the choir closed the evening program with “Glo ria” by French Carol. Heavy Fighting Near Tientsin Nanking, ’Dec. 20—(IP)—Heavy fighting was reported today on the flatlands around Tientsin, teeming metropolis of North China. Premier Sun Fo announced the formation of a new cabinet pledg ed to fight on until an honorable peace could be obtained. Al though he called it a “no sur render” cabinet, he did not rule out the possibility of a comprom ise with the communists. Red forces severed rail and telegraph communications be tween Tientsin and its port city of Tangku, 27 miles down the Hai river, pro-government newspap ers said. The stepped up north China fighting left both Tientsin and ancient Peiping, 90 miles north west of Tientsin, isolated. Nineteen Inches Of Snow Almost Paralyzes New York; Many Are Snowbound, Travel Is Disrupted Npw York Dpp 9.0—fAPI—Mil- I onHcH o* om lions struggled to work today through 19 inches of snow that blanketed the metropolitan area. The snowfall—only an inch and a half less than the great bliz zard of 1888—left some people snowbound in the suburban areas. Many commuter buses and some railroad service were tied up by snow-clogged roads and rails. Subways and elevated lines were operating near normal. however, and surface transpor tation in the center of the city kept moving, although slowed. The Long Island Railroad. which was paralyzed by the re cord sllowfall of 25.8 inches last Dec. 26 and 27, announced at 4:30 a.m. the cancellation of 24 regular morning rush - hour trains to allow operation of snow removal trains. The important commuter line had met increasing difficulties in the early morning hours, caus ed by mechanical failures of e quipment and drifting snow. The snow, which started fall ing in the city at 6:20 am. yes terday, began to abate at 8 pjxl The storm, which roared up the Atlantic Coast with high winds, was moving farther out to ses today after sweeping much of the northesst and giving many sec tions their heaviest snowfall ol the season Areas hit included large parts of New York state, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New England Maryland, Virginia, and Distric of Columbia, and West Virginia The storm closed the metropo litan area’s three major airport: —La Guardia Field, New York International Airport and Ne wark (N.J.) Airport. Schools were closed today ii some metropolitan area suburb: and in other states. A number of deaths here anc elsewhere were blamed on thi storm, most of them from over exhaustion. A forecast of clearing weathe and above-freezing temperature today gave hope that the city': force of almost 20,000 snow r< moval men with their thousand of trucks, plows and other ap paratus would make quick worj of the third heaviest nil in Mae York's history. C. O. Byrd Dies Suddenly; Rites Today Clarence O. Byrd, died sudden ly at his home at 816 Jackson Street Sunday morning. Mr. Byrd was electric foreman for Speight White Company. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3:45 at the Wrenns Funeral Home. The Rev. Edmund Berkeley, pastor of the All Saints Episco pal Church will officiate. Interment will be in Cedar wood Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Lillian V. Byrd; two sisters, Mrs. W. E. Hall of Durham and Mrs. C. G. Matthews of Roanoke Rap ias; a orotner n. i_,ee oyra oi Rock Hill, South Carolina and several nieces and nephews. VFW Auxiliary Is Santa Claus To 100 Children Santa Claus paid a special visit to the Roanoke Rapids Armory yesterday afternoon and brought gifts to some 100 under-privileg ed children of Roanoke Rapids. Good Saint Nick arrived a board a jeep at the annual Vet erans of Foreign War auxiliary Christmas party. A huge tree standing in the j middle of the armory was beauti I fully decorated and banked a round underneath it with stacks of presents. Resident Superior Court Judge R. Hunt Parker was the princi pal speaker on the occasion and told the youngsters and several hundred oldsters about the be ginnings and growth of Christ mas. He was introduced by State Senator Julian Allsbrook on a program which included the sing ing of Christmas Carols led by Mrs. Elaise Bristow and a read ing by Juanita Jones of Vance Street school. A1 Drew, manager of the local radio station was the master ol ceremonies for the occasion. The program preced the ar rival of Santa Claus who came through the door riding in the local Army necruiung station s jeep. The jeep made several trips arounds the tree and final ly deposited Santa Claus amid all the youngsters just behind the tree. Santa distributed the gifts which were provided by the Auxiliary to the children. Doctor Gets More Than Usual As Fee Los Angeles, Dec. 20—(AP)— An intruder broke into a doctor’s office at night, removed a cast from his arm, rebandaged it and left a $20 bill in payment. Dr. Nelson A. Young reported this self-service incident to police yesterday, saying nothing had been taken from his office but some fresh bandages. Dr. Young added he was $5 ahead, since his fee is only $1S for such a service. Little Force Being Met In ‘Police Action’ I Batavia, Java, Dec. 20—(JP)— Duth forces clamping nut cracker operation on the fledgling Indonesian republic, raced urf checked through central Java today after taking the capital. Tjepoe, the republic’s only oil center, seemed about to fall. Dutch paratroopers and air borne troops seized the capital, J Djakarta, in lightning moves yesterday. They interned the top leaders of the republic, includ ing the President, the Premier and the Republican Army com mander. Netherlands marines who lan<J|> ed on the north coast of east Java early yesterday have reach ed the outskirts of Tjepoe, war wrecked oil center inside repub lican territory. Other forces oc cupied Toeran, 15 miles southeast of Malang. On Sumatra-the republic is made up of parts of Java and Sumatra-Dutch troops took Solok. This is in the middle of the island. Other troops occupied Singakarak, 15 miles to the north, on the route from Dutch-held ter ritory to the most important re publican city of Sumatra, Bukit unggi. The Dutch announced their forces smashed through truce lines at a number of points on Java and Sumatra. Units'raced through Sumatra’s rich rubber producing area and were report ed approaching Medan, a major city of the north. Thus far it has been almost a bloodless occupation. The Dutch call it a “police action.” The Ne therlands forces are well ahead of their own time-table, follow ing the quick seizure of Jogjak arta by airborne troops in the first hours of the fighting yes terday. Dutch casualty figures show they are meeting little Indone sian resistance. Netherlands Army headquart ers said so far six Dutch soldiers have been killed and eight wounded in both Java and Sum atra. Three Dutch were wound ed in the Jogjakarta seige, the report said. A Dutch communique said vir tually all the high republican leaders were in Netherlands custody. Among those taken were Dr. Soekarno, President of the republic, Premier Mohamed Hatta, Foreign Minister Agus Salim, former premier Sutan Sjahrir, and Gen. Soederiman, commander of the republican ar my. The Indonesian government, before Jogjakarta’s fall, brand ed the Dutch land, sea and air offensive as a “dastardly” at tack, comparable to the Japanese assault on Perl Harbor. Housewife Has Her Suspicions About Security Philadelphia, Dec. 20—(AP)— A Philadelphia housewife has had her “suspicions” over the nation al security policy temprarily eas ed by a letter from Secretary of Defense James F. Forrestal. Mrs. Clarence F. Hartman said yesterday Forrestal’s letter sat isfied her that a secret police force was just as distasteful to the Truman administration as it was to her. “On the face of it,” Mrs. Hart man said, “the letter clears up my doubts. Mr. Forrestal seems to be very definite when he says he has no thought of abolishing the FBI" Mrs. Hartman had written Pre sident Truman for a statement of clarification on the administra - tion’s policy of national security. The Secretary of Defense repli ed in a 1300-word letter. Forrestal’s letter was accom panied by a report of the of fice of civil defense planning which Mrs. Hartman said she had glanced through, but not studied. The Secretary of Defense wrote that he recommended the estab lishment of a single federal auth ority to coordinate the activities of “the more than 20 government •agencies now concerned with the nation’s internal security. nui, ne said he agreed with Mrs. Hartman that the creation of a secret police force would be revolting to any American. “For the time being, at least, my syspicions have been allay • ed,” Mrs. Hartman said, "but of course, there’s no way of tell ing how much coordination there will be. Sometimes you’re told things that are legally so, but al-, together different in practice." Kevs Alike. Thnu
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