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State’s Dry Forces Ready To Make Most Determined Effort To Get State-Wide Referndum During 1949 Raleigh, Dec. 29 —(AP) —North Carolina dry forces are ready for their'most determined effort in years to get a state wide liquor referendum. They’re loking ahead to the session of the General Assemb ly convening Jan. 5 with confi dence built up throuh success es in beer and wine elections in | 18 counties durin 1948. g! The drys are expected to go i all - out in their demand for a state-wide vote, in contrast t o j the present system of county j and municipal option, appear brighter than at any time in the last decade. They are seeking such a refer endum quite frankly because they think they can carry it and completely dry up the state. A few years ago they weren’t keen for a state - wide election. At that time they were fearful they would lose and thus see the sale of whiskey legalized in every section of the state. Two factors appear to favor the drys in their fight before the general assembly, aside from the air of authority which the beer - wine election results give to their claims that a majority of Tar Heels want a return to state - wide prohibition: 1. The house of representa -1 lives is expected to get rid of its controversial “gag rule.” Governor - elect Kerr Scott in the campaign promised that he would recommend a state - wide referendum. Actually, the “gag rule,” as even its enemies concede, never has been used to block legisla tion. But many drys contend that it has always stod as a threat that could bury in com mittee any referendum legisla - tion. The attitude of Governor-elect Kerr Scott can have a lot to do with how the legislature handles the referendum question. His three immediate predecessors— Governors Hoey, Broughton and Cherry-each promised to re commend a state - wide referen dum, and did no more than of fer such a proposal to the as sembly. There are some factors which favor the wets, who are referen ed to offer vigorous opposition to any legislation for a referen dum. Since the 1947 general assem bly met, the wets have won some victories of their own. They have succeeded In carry ing ABC elections in Mecklen burg County, in the city of Ashe ville, and in the towns of Louis burg and JYanklinton. Many legisletors — including some from dry areas — sincere ly feel that the ABC store sys tem is the best the state has ev er devised to handle the liquor problem. They believe that it is iust as democrat* for the peo pie of the county or municipal- | ity to vote on the issue as it is \ to have the vote on a state-wide ! basis. Still other legislators look at the issue from the revenue angle. The state took in a total of $7,900,638 from the sale of alcoholic beverages in the past fiscal year and cities and coun ties took in even more. Profits from ABC stores are an impor tant source of revenue for the 26 counties and three municipal ities which have ABC systems. If these profits are voted out, these legislators declare, re placement sources of revenue will have to be found. It Makes Japanese Nervous For Soldiers To Play With Trolleys Yokohama — Dec. 28—(AP)— Playful U. S. Soldiers have got to quit playing motorman on Yo kohama’s rickety old trolley cars. The provost marshall cracked down today with an order for bidding it. The reason: It makes the Ja panese passengers nervous and they all get off at the next stop when a GI grabs the controls and “guns” the groaning old rat tletraps. New Premier Takes Over In Egypt Ciaro, Egypt, Dec. 29 —(AP)— A new premier took over to day the reins of government drop ped by the assassinated Mah moud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha. He urged Egyptian unity for the struggle in Palestine. The new premier is Ibrahim Abdel Hadi Pasha, who was chief of the royal cabinet. He is ex pected to carry out Egypt’s po licy toward Israel much as Nok rashy Pasha would have done. The cabinet was readjusted. Hadi Pasha is a middle aged lawyer who was held both parli mentary and ministerial position. He was sentenced to death as a youth for his revolutionary poli tical beliefs, but was released un der a political amnesty in 1924. He helped Nokrashy Pasha form the Saadist party, now dominant in the chamber of deputies, af ter a split of the Wafdist party in 1937. King Farouk made the appoint ment. Nokrashy Pasha was shot to death at his office yesterday by A Fuad University student, who disguised himself in a second mittance. The student was ar rested. Police said he was Ab del Hamid Ahmed Hassan, 21, a member of the Nationalist Mos lem brotherhood which Nokrashy Pasha outlawed less than three weeks ago. Recorders Court In Day Long Session Halifax — Several cases were appealed to Superior Court and others were dismissed with fines and probations here yesterday in a full day’s session of Hali fax County recorder’s court. Court officials said most of the cases heard involved traffic vio lations and said the court was re cessed by Judge Charles R. Dan iel until tomorrow, when it will convene in Roanoke Rapids for a special session for the day in an effort to clear up a number of cases pending on the docket for trial. pending on the docket for trial. Two men charged with driving drunk were given suspended sen tences and heavy fines on con viction here yesterday. Albert Strickland was sentenced to 12 months, with the sentence sus pended on the payment of a fine of $150 and costs and two years’ ctnr\A nnr? Starlinff War ren was sentenced to eight months, with sentence sus - pended on the payment of a fine of $150 and costs and good be havior. Frank Seabreese, Rocky Mount Negro, was ordered to re main out of Halifax County for 12 months after he had been tried on charges of breaking and entering and trespass and as sault and destruction of personal property. On the first charge Seabreese was given a prayer for judgment continued on the payment of $50 in costs and on the second count he was sentenc ed to six months on the roads with sentence suspended on the payment of costs and condition that he remain out of the county. Other cases acted on yester day included George Silver, En field Negro, charged with tres pass and disorderly conduct, prayer for judgment continued on the payment of a fine of $35 and costs and 12 months* good behavior; Grant Copeland, Little ton Negro, assault with a dead ly weapon, $50 fine and costs; James Biggs, Enfield Negro, lar ceny prayer for judgment con - tinued on payment of costs and on two years’ good behavior; and Cicero Robinson, Negro, assault and non-support, nol pros. War Or Peace Conference Is Called By Chians Kai-Shek Of Chinese Heads Nanking, Dec. 29—-(AP) — From all corners of China today came -Nationalist military lead ers to talk war or peace with Chiang Kai-shek. The aging president, urged by many to quit, called the confer ence. It probably will start to morrow. On its decision may rest the future of Nationalist China, beset on the north by conquering Communists. Even as the warlords, gen erals and leaders arrived in Nanking, a government source revealed that a Red under ground organization was hard at work only two miles from the capital. A hint that Chiang, or his Nationalist leaders under a new chief, would carry on the fight came Jate in the day. Gen. Chen Cheng, former army chief of staff, was appointed Governor of Formosa by the Executive Yuan (council.) His appointment, plus the fact the Navy and Air Force have moved some of their headquarters units to the big island off the coast half way be tween Shanghai and Canton, might presage mgm or cnuns s government there if Nanking is stacked. North of the yangtze it ap peared almost all over for Chiang’s men. A few pockets held out, notably in Peiping and Tientsin, and Gen. Tu Li-ming’s red-surrounded force 5 0 miles south of Suchow. None seen*, ed to have any chance of geting out. Meeting with the military group likely will be Vice Pres ident Li Tsung- Jen, Defense Minister Hsu Yung-Chang, Chief of Staff Ku Chu-Tung Chiang. One report said T.V.Soong, brother-in-law of Chiang and the only civilian governor left in Nationalist China, was flying here from Canton to join the conference. Nanking was filled with ru mors of peace. One source de scribed the forthcoming meet ing as a "roll call" of those national leaders who still remain personal followings either mili tary or civil in order to deter mine the feasibility of continu ing the war with the Commu nists. 1 84th Year—No. 91 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Wednesday, December 29, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday • ^ . v v w * — d. aaanoos (tell) or Dordrecht. The Netherlands, holds two pups he bred with real wolf blood One of the Saarloos dogs (right) sits quietly while a little boy plays with him. The experiment was started 20 years ago by mating a she wolf with a dog. The dogs are friendly to children. Some are used as guides for the blind and as police dogs in The Netherlands. Demos Shying From Posts On Spy Group Washington, Dec. 29 (AP) - New house Democrats-and many old-timers-are shying away from a seat on the Un American Activities Commitee. A veteran of five terms said toda'y the party’s leadership may have to “draft” the fifth Demo crat member when the com mitee majority switches next week. This lawmaker, who would not permit use of his name, told re porters that Speaker disignate Rayburn (Tex) has had letters expressing commitee prefer - ences from all 101 new Democra tic houae members, and from more than 50 present members. But not one has asked to be as signed to the spy-hunting com mitee — even as a second choice Rayburn himself could not be reached for comment immed iately. The Un-American Activities commitee now has nine mem bers — five Republicans and four Democrats. The ratio will be re versed in the new congress, con vening next Monday. All four present Democratic members will be back — Reps. Wood of Georgia, who is in line for the chairmanship; Rankin of Mississippi, Peterson of Florida and Hebert of Louisiana. Three of the five Republicans will not be back. Rep. Mundt of South Dakota was elected to the Senate, and Reps. McDowell of Pennsylvania and Vail of Illinois were defeated for re-election. The two returning are retiring chair man J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey and Rep. Nixon of Calif ornia. Negro Woman Being Held On Manslaughter Seaboard — Lellie Ramsey, Seaboard Negro woman, was freed under a $1,000 bond await ing trial in Superior Court on a manslaughter charge in the fatal Christmas Day shooting of Ida Lou People, Negro Wo man, Sheriff J. C. Stephenson said today. The county sheriff said the Ramsey woman was placed un der bond following a coroner’s inquest here, and she will be charged with manslaughter and the illegal use of firearms in the corporate limits of Seaboard. The sheriff said he and county coroner James Buff aloe of Sea board conducted an investigation of the case Christmas Day and found that the woman facing the charge had been conducting tar get practice with a .32 caliber re volver from her back steps a bout eleven o’clock Saturday morning. He said the Peoples woman, who lived nearby, was standing on her back steps watching the firing when one of the shots went wild, stroking her just above the left eye and killing her instantly. Lellie Ramsey was placed un der arrest and the coroner’s jury was summoned to hear the evi dence in the case. Stephenson said district Solicitor Ernest R. Tyler of Roxobel came to Sea board for the inquest to hear the evidence presented. The sheriff said there was evi dence to the effect that the sho ing had been unintentional and the charge of manslaughter was lodged instead of a charge ol murder. V ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ Clifton “Buddy” Braswell, son of Mrs. Mamie Braswell of Madi son street, didn’t seem to like our cold weather down south, so he decided after three days of if, he would go where he could remain defrosted. Buddy arriv ed at his home here on vaca tion from his studies at Stray College, Washington, D. C. on Wednesday and left Sunday for a fishing trip in Mexico...he flew there with a friend from here. He will report back to school on January 3...« Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Mat thews had their son, Clayton, Jr.... who is with the Army .. ..home for the Christmas holi days Friends of C V. Lane Will be interested to khoW th^i he fs at his home here, after having been a patient in Duke Hospital, Dur ham, for several weeks. Mr. Lane was subjected to treat ments of various types during his stay there...._ Mr. and Mrs. John C. Askew of Jefferson street are visiting in Greesnboro with friends and relatives ... L. N. Norris have returned to their home on Cedar street after having spent some time in Washington, D. C. They report it was mighty cold there, however, they spent two weeks just sightseeing... Captain Thomas G. Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wil liams arrived last evening t o spend a thirty day leave with his parents and family. Captain Williams has recently returned from Europe where he has been serving since the end of the war k Mary Jane Griffin, Roy Lee '‘Turner, Ralph Faulkner find Bar bara Jenkins are among the many who will celebrate their birthday today ... so here’3 wishing you all have a very hap py one and many, many more just as nice.... Babson’s Financial And Business Outlook For 1949 Indicates Total Volume Will Be Less Than In 1948 By Roger W. Babson 1. Total volume of business for 1949 will be less than that of 1948. There surely will be many soft spots. GENERAL BUSINESS 2. Most industries will show smaller net profits. In many cases dividends will be less in 1949. I 3. Military preparedness will be a new and powerful industry which this country never hereto fore experienced in peace times. It is destined to bolster employ ment for some years ahead, but not the standard-of-living. 4. Inventories quoted both at their dollar values and in vol ume will increase during 1949 . Both raw material piles and manufactured goods will be in greater supply during 1949. COMMODITY PRICES 5. Some rationing or priorit ies may be atempted in 1949. The public will make demands for price controls in the case of certain products. Beware of in stallment purchases in 1949. 6. We expect the peak in wholesale commodity prices has therefore, advise going easy on inventories. 1949 is a time to get out of debt and stay out of debt. 7. The retail price of some goods, other than food products, may be higher during 1949, but we believe that the Cost - of - Living Index has turned down ward. 8. Retail price changes lag af ter wholesale price changes. This explains why we expect many retail prices on good qual ity merchandise to hold up for awhile after wholesale prices decline. FARM OUTLOOK 9. The total farm income for 1949 should be less than that of 1948, due to lower prices for wheat, corn, pork, poultry, eggs and certain dairy products. Far mers should diversify more in 1949, get out of debt, puting sur plus money into savings and prepare for real trouble some day. 10. The supply of certain veg etables and fruits should in crease during 1949. The price of these should fall off, barring some weather, insect or blight catastrophe. 11. Poultry and dairy pro ducts will also increase in vol ume during 1949, prices averag ing leu than 1948 prices. 12. Farmers will continue to work for extensions of subsidies. The above four Farm Forecasts assume normal weather. A drought could upset these. TAXES 13. The Federal Budget will not be decreased during 1949. 14. Federal taxes will not be decreased during 1949. 15. We forecast that an at - tempt will be made by some cit ies to put ceilings upon real es tate taxes or enact local sales taxes. 16. The long - term capital gains tax of 25 per cent will re main unchanged. RETAIL TRADE 17. Goods on counters will be of better grade in 1949. 18. There will be many “markdown sales” of inferior quality goods. Curbs on install ment buying will continue. 19. The dollar value of all retail sales in 1949 should about equal that of 1948, perhaps off 5 per cent. 20. The unit volume of retail sales will be less in 1949 than in lino. FOREIGN TRADE 21. Our foreign trade will re main about the same. We shall continue to help Europe; but it will be on a more efficient bas is. 22. More foreign credits will be granted during 1949, but these mostly will be direct to business concerns. 23. There will be greater com petition from other countries in legitimate foreign trade where the credit is good. 24. Throughout 1949 war talk will continue; but no real World War III will start in 1949. WAR PREPARATIONS WILL CON LABOR OUTLOOK .. 25. Good business depends up on two things: (1) reasonable wages and (2) reasonable pric es. When both of these factors are in balance there is good bus iness; but when they get out of balance, look for trouble. Low prices are of litle help when (Continued on Page Seven) WEATHER North Carolina—Cloudy and warmer with showers today; showers east portion, clearing and cloder west., portion to night; Thursday, fair and cold er; rather windy. .— 4 Ben Carter Hurt In A Corn Picker Ben Carter, Northampton County farmer of the Darlington Community was badly injur ed at his home yesterday when he had his right hand caught in a corn picker, injuring the hand and severely lacerating his right arm. Attendants at the Roanoke Ra pids hospital where Carter was brought for treatment said the two middle fingers of his right hand were so badly mangled they had to be amputated. In addition to severe cuts on his hand, Carter’s arm was mangl ed in the forearm and above the elbow. His condition was reported this morning to be “fairly good.” Carter was admitted to the local hospital yesterday about three o’clock and told hospital attendants he had been cleaning [ rollerj caught his hand and pull ed it into the machine. The machine was stopped, but Car ter was held in the machine nearly half an hour before the picker could be taken apart so he could be released and his wounds treated. Truman On Way Back To Washington Kansas City, Dec. 29 —(AP) — President Truman packed up to day for his return flight to Wash ington to check reaction to hiF claim that high Russian officials are anxious to have an under standing with the United States. Some officials close to the chiel executive were of the opinion he sought to create suspicion in So viet ranks in his talk to a lunch eon here Monday. Meanwhile, he declined tc name the* ‘certain leaders” ir the Russian government who arc ‘exceedingly anxious to have ar understanding with us.” The opinion among some of his top associates in that he must have had in mind some of the IS members of the Politburo whe run the government. All Mr. Truman would add tc his Monday statement was tha newsmen will have to do theii own speculating. Marshall Resting At Pinehurst Pinehurst, Dec. 29 —(AP) — Secretary of State George C. Marshall is at his Pinehurst home, Liscombe Lodge, where he will rest for an indefinite time. Secretary and Mrs. Marshall arrived here yesterday from Washington. Marshall underwent a kidney operation at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington there weeks ago. Hospital physicians said there the Secretary is scheduled to un dergo a long period of recupera tion. Rabbit Jumps To This Menu TAUNTON, England—AP) A wild hare made a frantic jump in the wrong direction when startled out of a bush here. It landed in the arms of Jack Summers, proprietor of the Gar deners’ Arms Hotel. Added starter on the menu of the Gar deners’ Arms — hart. Kerr Scott Outlines His Program For The 1949 Legislature - — ^ J. R. Taylor Dies Suddenly At Home Here J. Roy Taylor, 44, died at his home at 1401 Washington Street early this morning following a short illness. A native of Northampton County, Mr. Taylor, was the son of Mrs. J. G. Taylor and the late Mr. Taylor.He had made his home in Roanoke Rapids for nearly 25 years and had been engaged in business since he came to the city. Funeral services will be con ducted at three o’clock Friday afternoon from the home on Washington Street. The Rev. J. U. Teague, pastor of the Galatia Baptist Church in Northampton County, assisted b the Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst, pastor of Rosemary Baptist Church will officiate at the final rites. Burial will be in Cedarwood cemetery. Survivors are Mr. Taylor’s wife, Mrs. Craethie Pope Tay lor; one brother, Earl Taylor; one sister, Mrs. Eugene Hudson; one grandson, R. D., Jr., all of Roanoke Rapids. Suicide Troops Battle Dutch In Indonesia Batavia, Java, Dec. 29 (AP) —Indonesian Republican sources said today Maj. Gen. U Tomo, one of the republic’s fiercest war rior leaders, is leading suicide trnrtnc in nirrV>+lir Dutch posts in the interior of Ja va. These sources said Tomo’s men were the center of fierce fighting Monday night around Madioen, taken recently by the Dutch in their new "police act ion” against the republic. He also is said to have raided Dutch positions at Modjokerto, Kededri and Malang. Tomo is a veteran of the re public’s postwar battling against the Netherlands East Indies for ces. A small, liquid-eyed Indone sian journalist, he looks like any thing but the warrior type, but he distinguished himself in fight ing against the British at Soer abaja after the Japanese were driven out of these islands. A Dutch News Agency (Aneta) correspondent reported today that all large buildings in SoerS karta, the Indonesian Republic's second major city, were demoli shed by the Republicans before the Dutch entered. Two Negroes Being Held For Robbery Halifax.—Court officials said here today a Negro youth, Sam uel Miles, 18, is being held in iail here awaiting trial in Su perior Court on 13 seperate charges of breaking and enter ing following his arrest last week and subsequent confession to having perpetrated a number of break-ins in and around En field during the past several months. Miles was captured by officers last week in an Enfield store in to which he had forced entry. He was questioned concerning a number of other reported break-ins and admited to much space his paricipation in them. Probable cause was found a gainst him in a preliminary ■___i 1_..... ...4 4. 4k. county jail to await trial here in 1 the Superior Court session which i starts on January 31. 1 Another Enfield Negro, Na- ' thaniel Peterson, is also being held in the Halifax jail for Su- . perior Court on a charge of i breaking and entering, court officials said. Swede Finds New Wool Washing Way STOCKHOLM — (AP)-A demonstrator at the Swedish Textile Research Institute a t Goeteborg, civil engineer Joel Lindborg, has invented anew method to wash raw wool, which claimed to be far better than the older methods. Hitherto the washing has been a damaging process. The wool felted easily in the strong lye and that made the following carding difficult and hard on the fibres. After washing with the new method the carding machin es can work 30-40 per cent fast er than before and with better results. The fibres can be kept 20 to 25 per cent greater in length. Another gain by the new meth od is that it makes it easier to extract valuable materials from the lye. Every ton of raw wool now 100 kilograms or more of high quality lanolin which is us ed for cosmetics and pharm aceutical preparations. But the raw wool is not only fat, it is also salty from % h e sweat of the sheep, and from this saltiness can be extracted potash. Sweden imports both po tash and lanolin. V naw xviver, vv c. tv—ixurj —Gvernor-Elect Kerr Scot, who made a campaign pledge to let in some “fresh air” at the top in state government, be lieves some office-holders ought to step out without being asked. In an interview at his farm home yesterday, Scott said he doesn’ intend to seek any resig nations immediately after he takes office, but: “There are some of them who ought to resign after all the things they said in the campaign about my ruining the state if I were elected. In other words, if I was a skunk then, I’m one now.” Without hesitation, Scott reel ed off answers to numerous questions about his intentions af ter his inauguration Jan. 6. He asserted: 1. He has in mind a reorgani zation of the state utilities com mission. 2. He will support in the legislature a proposal for a state wide liquor referendum. 3. He will recommend higher pay for teachers and other state employes, and a $2,400 mini mum salary for eachers. 4. He favors increased appro priations for state hospitals and mental institutions and is will ing to face an increase in taxes rather than “let these services go deficient.” 5. He will support legislation to remove the sales tax on meals served in public eating places. 6. He favors more assistance for the needy. 7. He still thinks the “gag rule” of the state house of reoresentatives should be killed. .8 He believes the present Scott has asked to srsign o n should go ahead and appoint a chief highway engineer to re place W. Vance Baise, who Scot has asked to resign on Jan. 6. The utilities commission reor ganization he is considering, Scot said, would mean en - larging the commission, which now has three members, and adding to its staff “more tech nicians,” with the aim of geting expanded utilities services to rural areas. Although favoring the $2,400 minimum salary for teachers, he said he wasn’t so sure about maximum salaries they should get. Scott declared that some of the present highway commis sion were “wasteful,” and that there was a “tendency to build football roads, roads to real estate developments and golf courses.” A Chapel Hill-Durham boule vard for which Governor Cherry recently allocated $50,000, Scott said, was a “football road.” Does he want the present highway commissioners to re sign when he takes office or wait until their terms expire May 1? "I think they’ve decided to stay on,” he replied. They kept saying they were going to* resign. I’m prepared for it if they do. I certainly want their cooperation if they stay on. The attiude of some of them indica ted they’re not willing to cooper ate. That’s not all of them. That’s just some of them.” Even if the present commis sion stays on, he said, he thinks they should replace Chief Engi neer Baise at once. “I think the commission would go on and make a change so the new man can get started.” Scot asserted. It would just “throw the program behind” to wait until May, he said. He said he was still studying possible methods of financ ing his rural road goal of black .Clipping lg,uvu mites ana netti ng 36,00 more miles to mske them passable in all sorts of weather. Previously he had mentioned j possible gas tax increase, a bond issue or a combination of the two. If only a gas tax boost is used, he said, a raise of five cents a gallon would be needed. A bond issue along, he declared, should be $200,000,00. Power Of Pres* Is Illustrated Detroit, Dec. 28—(API—The power of the press was amply illustrated today. It took only one edition for Joe Christian, bridegroom-to-be, and Gordon Clarke, his lost best man, to find one another. Clarke, resident of Draper, N. C., flew to Detroit to serve his honorary function at Joe's wed ding today to beauteous Barbara Mason. Gordon and Joe were college chums at Medical School in Win ston-Salem, N. C. Barbara is a Detroit girl. But when the best man arriv ed, he found to his consternation that he’d lost the address. Every source he tried for help failed him. Then he went to a newspaper office. His plight was put on page one, with his picture. Quick as that, the beat man land the betrothed couple were together and shaking hands. In | the city room, of aourae. ' l *
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