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. 1948 Building Permit Figures Total Record $3-Million Here i '.-'J: * g 84th Year No. 92_Roanoke Rapids, X. C., Thursday, December 30, 1948_5c Daily; 10c Sunday Farm Parity Ratio Dips To Low Level Washington,1 Dec. 30 —(AP)— The farmer isn’t doing as well financially as he has been for the F$ast six years. ‘Parity ratio” — the yard stick for measuring farm pros perity — has dipped to the low est level since September, 1942, the Agriculture Department an \ noujiced late yesterday. ; parity ratio is based on the re I latlon between prices farmers g£t for the things they sell and the prices of the things they buy. f It includes an allowance for in ! • terest and taxes. As of mid - December, the parity ratio stood at 109 — one point higher than the Septem ber, 1942, figure. The Decem ber ratio was a drop of one point from mid - November, 13 points below January, 1948 and 24 points under the record high of 133 in October, 1946. | ; Average prices received by & farmers in md - Deicember ji were the lowest since February, 1947. The price index for all farm commodities during the montjt slid three points to 268 39 pjlnts, or 13 per cent, below last January’s record high of 367 This index is based on Aug ust 1909 — July 1914 prices. During 9148 crop prices drop ped much more than livestock prices. Taylor Rites Are Tomorrow Funeral services will be con ducted tomorrow afternoon for J. Roy Taylor, who died at his home early yesterday morning following a short illness, w The services will be conducted from the Taylor home at 1401 Washington Street at three o’clock tomorrrow by the Rev. J. U. Teague, pastor of the Gala tia Baptist Church in Northamp ton County, assisted by the Rev. B. Marshall White-Hurst, pastor of the Rosemary Baptist Church in Roanoke Rapids. Burial will be in Cedar wood ^ cemetery. Surviving nro hie tzrifo Craethie Pope Taylor; one son, R.D. Taylor; one brother, Earl Taylor; one sister, Mrs. Eugene Hudson; his mother, Mrs. J.G. Taylor; and one grandson. Time Names Truman Man Of The Year New York, Dec. 30—(AP)— President Truman is Time Ma gazine’s ‘man of the year” for 194. 8It is the second time he has been so honored by the news j magazine. )L. Time said in its Jan. 3 issue released today—that the Presi dent’s election ‘was a personal f victory almost without histori- , cal parallel; a victory of the ft fighting spirit.” ^ Mr. Truman was selected by ime as ‘man of the Year for 1945. the year of the atom bomb, he magazine said it chose Mr. Truman then because the Pres ident ‘somewhat unwittingly, somewhat against his own will, became more than any other man responsible for the bomb, its use in 1945 and its future.” Uld r itzhugh House Destroyed By Blaze Weldon—A two-story frame house located on the Old Fitz hugh estate on the new highway between Roanoke Rapids and Garysburg was completely de stroyed by fire last night about 10 o’clock, Deputy Sheriff J. L. Mountcastle reported today. Mountcastle said two families lived in the house, but that no one was injured in the blaze. The Weldon Fire Department stood by for a call but when the fire was discovered it had gain ed too much headway and could not be brought under control. The house was located in front of one now occupied by John Fitzhugh. Patterson Overseer 111 In Hospital . Paul B. Thompson, overseer at Patterson Mills, is a patient in the Roanoke Rapids Hospital. Mr. Thompson is suffering from pneumonia... * New Extension Of Stop Russia Policy Indudes Huge Program Of Military Aid To West Europe Washington, Dec. 30 —(AP)— The government set to work to day on final plans for a great new extension of Ameri ca’s ‘Stop Russia” policy — in cluding a multi - billion dollar program of military aid to West ern Europe. Officials hope to complete the planing project promptly. Their recommendations are ex pected to provide the basis for President Truman’s foreign pol icy address to Congress, prob acy next month. An announcement late yester day disclosed that Mr. Truman has ordered the State Depart £ ment to coordinate all planning of foreign military assistance programs. The Department then must mesh these with American Economic assistance like that going to Europe’* Marshall plan _ . countries. The military projects cover aid to Greece and Turkey, which may run around $350,000,000 next year; any afms to China (the military cost of China aid this year is $125,000,000) and the projected gift of guns, tanks and other military equipment to the Western European countries — principally Britain, France, Bel gium, the Netherlands and Lux embourg. The European rearmament program was given a powerful shove by Secretary of Defense Forrestal last night. He warned that its cost ‘may necessitate hard decisions by our people.” But, he added; ‘In my own mind the choice is clear: w e must do all in our power to re create the confidence and hope of Europe.'* ROANOKE RAMBLINGS By PAT NANTZ It was reported this morning i that Mrs. C. E. Pierce and Mrs. T. O. Wilson were elected to j serve as secretary and treasurer ! of the local art club, which is growing steadily in membership . . .they decided, at the meeting last evening, to name the club, The Roanoke Rapids Art Group. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Pittman, Reapa Morgan and Billy Nixon spent the day in Rchmond, yies terday and reportedly had an en joyable time... Mrs. Joyce Tanner was con fined to her bed yesterday with the flu. She will remain there for about seven days and has ex pressed her desire for visitors who are not too afraid of catch ing the flu. . . Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bunch had as their holiday guests, Miss Elizabeth Faison of Ports mouth; while Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Bounds’ guests were Mr. and Mrs. John Bounds and son, Freeman of Richmond, Vir gina... Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Cantor of Madison street have returned to their home here, after having spent two weeks in New York City visiting wth Mr. Cantor’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. G. G. Cantor.. .while there, they also visited with Mr. Cantor’s broth er, Jerry, who is a college stu dent there. .. — Friends of Mrs. Lillie W. Brown of Jefferson street will be interested to know that she did not remain in the hospital after having been treated for burns yesterday. The burns resulted when Mrs. Brown at tempted to remove a kettle of boiling water from the stove, when it began to boil over. ... the burns occured mostly on her arms and hands. . . Harry Lee Holliday, Jr., two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Holliday of 208 Jack son street, was taken to the local hospital Monday and un derwent an appendectomy on the same day. He is reported to be in much better conditon now. . .and is anxiously waitng to return to his home to see his little friends... Marion Weathers and Betsy Hodges left today to return to their home in Tarboro. . .they have been visitng with friends here since Monday. .. His Reason For Missing Church Is No Longer Dayton, O., Dec. 30—(AP)— ‘I can’t come to church be cause the benches are too hard for me to sit on through an en tire service.” a parishoner told the Rev. James Thomas of the South Park Methodist church a few months ago. So, today workmen began in stalling 160 new theater-type seats with rounded . backs and air cushions in the church, one of the city’s largest. Mr. Thomas wrote the man telling about the new seats and ‘now I expect to see at least ber in church Truman Plunges Into Plans For New Congress Washington, Dec. 30—(AP)— President Truman—safely back from his Christmas holiday af ter a dramatic talk-down land ing through fog and rain—plung ed in earnest today into prepara tions for the new congress. Mr. Truman gave a group of top officials some long, jittery moments yesterday while his plane groped down a radar lane to a National Airport runway af ter circling in the mist for more than 40 minutes. As cabinet members and oth er government officers stood anxiously in the rain, the Pres ident, by his own word, was ‘reading and sleeping.” wor ried? ‘Oh, my goodness, no!” Mr. Truman returned from a week with his family in Missouri to a deskload of work. These matters were awaiting his at tention for relay to Capitol Hill, where the Democratic-contralled 81st Congress goes to work January 3: The annual state of the union message, which he will deliver in person on Wednesday; his economic report and then his budget requests for the year starting July 1; and a vital for eign policy wrap-up which Con gress will get later in the month. Despite that heavy schedule and the tricky landing which wound up his Christmas holiday, it was a smiling, jaunty chief finecutive who greeted the re lieved crowd of about 100 per sons at the airport. r orrestai Asks For More Power Over Military Washington, Dec. 30—(AP)— Secretary of Defense Forrestal set the stage today for a pos sible new fight in Congress with his plea for greater power over the nation’s armed services. At the same time, the Cabinet offier declared this country must help re-arm non-Communist Eu rope even though the cost ‘may necessitate hard decisions by our people.’ For itself, the United States “is less vulnerable today” that it was when the Army, Navy and Air Force were unified a year ago last September, Forrestal said. But he added that his is not enough: ‘We must do all in our —power to re - create the con fidence and hope of Europe.’ Forrestal did not say what ‘hard decisions’ he had in mind. But plainly he meant the possibility of higher taxes and more shortages at home wnile more American dollars and goods are poured into the dike being erected against Russian Communist aggression. iHs first annual report, made public last night, was devoted largely to a review of the mili tary establishment under his di rectidn, together with recomen dations to the white house for changes in the unification law. But it was spiced by a terse but intriguing notation that mili tary scientists are working on an ‘earth satellite vehicle pro gram” - perhaps a man - made moon from which great destruc tion might be heaped on any threatening nation. The chief, but not unexpect - ed, recommendation from Fop - restal was that the unification act be amended to give the de fense secretary more direct au thority over the three armed services. U. L. Smith, Grant and Matthews Get Promotion At Roanoke No. One Officials of the Roanoke Mills Company announced today that three long-time employees at Roanoke number one had been promoted. U. L. Smith, who has been Dverseer of the spooling, warp ng and slashing department, has been promoted to overseer 3f the weave room at Roanoke Number one. Succeeding Smith as overseer if the spooling, warping and hashing department is Clifton j. Grant, who has been promot ed from a second hand in the veave department, s Clifton G. Grant, who has Men promoted from a second, hand in the weave department. J. Clayton Matthews moves up to a second hand in the weave department from a job as loom fixer. State’s Highway Fatalities Decrease Raleigh, Dec. 30— (AP)H—igh way fatalitesi in North Carolina are about 13 percent fewer than in 1947. The 1948 toll had reachd 726 last Tuesday, compared with a total of 836 for all of last year, according to Motor Vehicles Commissioner Landon C. Ros ser. _ ‘ Roanoke Rapids Building Permits 1946 - 1948 Year Residential Number Non-Residenlial Total Construction Construction 1946 $345,000 44 $486,955 $831,955 1947 504,200 104 423,330 927,530 1948 353,065 48 2,662,160 3,015,325 Totals $1,202,265 196 $3,572,446 $477747810 Bank Of Aulander Robbed Of Some $30,000 - $35,000 Auianaer, uec. 30 (AP)~ < Thieves broke into the Aulan der Branch of the Band of Ahoskie here last night and used an automobile wrecker to haul off a large safe contain ng beitween $30,000 and $34,000 —nearly all the money the bank had on hand. W. B. Copeland, cashier o f the home bank at Ahoskie, re ported that the robbers appar ently entered the bank by a rear door and then used a stol en automobile wrecker to haul the safe out the front door. The robbery was discovered Copeland said, when C. B. Bell found the door of the safe lying in the middle of Aulan der’s main street Sheriff’s of ficers and FBI agents were summoned to the scene. The safe door was found a bout 5:30 a.m., and Copeland said it was believed the rob bery occurred about 3 a. m. A woman who lived nearby said she ‘heard lots of noise” down town about that time... Copeland said the robbers knocked the combination of f the bank’s vault but did not succeed in entering it. The vault, however, contained mostly records and some sil ver coin. Most of the bank’s cash was in the stolen safe, he said. uiuis whs amply cov ered by insurance”, Copeland added, and (he robbery win cause “no loss to the bank.” The iron safe which was stolen measured about four feet by three feet and was ‘mighty heavy”, Copeland said. Be added that in addi ton to the door discovered in the street the safe had an in ner door ‘just as strong, as the outer door or stronger.” The bank is located on the Main street of Aulander, a town of approximately 1,500 which serves a tobacco, pea nut and cotton farming area. Preliminary investi gation showed that a wrecking truck with derrick owned by Charles B. Jenkins, an auto mobile dealer, had been stol en, and a woman living near the bank said she heard a rumbling noise about 3 o’clock this morning. The robbery was discover ed two hours later by a pass erby on his way to work at a sawmill and the police and federal Bureau of Investlga • tion were notified. R. L. Wilson, cashier of the bank, which is a branch of the Bank of Ahoskle, said the vault contained about $35,000. There was no information today as to the direction tak en by the robbers when they drove away. Freeze Tonight Is Predicted By he Associated Press Rain ended in the Carolinas today, clearing the way for a !air and cold New Year’s eve. Freezing temperatures were jredicted for tonight. The fore cast was for 28 to 32 degrees in he northwest portion of South Carolina, 22 to 26 in the North Carolina mountains, 26 to 30 in Piedmont North Carolina and 10 to 34 on the coast. The year will be ushered out with fair and cold weather to norrow, the forecast said. _ H Herbert Edwards Dies After Long Illness Herbert Hugh Edwards, 31, of Roanoke Rapids died in the Roa noke Rapids Hospital last night about 9:20 following an illness of three months’ duration. He was bom in Beaufort, but had made his home in Roanoke Rapids for the past 18 years. Prior to his illness he was em ployed by the Roanoke Transit Company as a driver. ! Funeral services will be con ducted from the home at 107 Clinton Street tomorrow after - noon at four o’clock by the Rev. C. L. Lyles, Holiness Church pastor. Burial will be in Cedar wood cemetery. He is survived by his wife , Mrs. Nettie Finch Edwards; one son, Louis Edwards; his father, A. L. Edwards, all of Roanoke Rapids; four sisters, Mrs. Fanny Simpson of Burlington, Mrs. Nel lie Williams of Tarboro, Mrs. Inez Prince of Benson and Mrs. Nancy Saddler of Roanoke Rap ids; and three brothers, Harold and Lem Edwards of Burling ton and William Edwards of Ha lifax. Carolinas Claim Oldest and Youngest In 81st Congress Washington, Dec. 30 —(AP)— The Carolinas claim both the old est and youngest members of the 81st Congress convening next year. Rep. Robert L. Doughton (D NC) at 85 is the oldest. Rep.-Elect Hugo Sims, Jr. (D SC) at 27 is the youngest. Doughton is entering his 20th consecutive term in the house. Sims, like Doughton, served in hsi state legislature before com ing to Congress. Banks To Close New Year’s Day All of the Roanoke Rapids banks will be closed New Year’s Day, January 1, 1949, bank of ficials announced today. 400 New Homes Built In City > Last Three Years, Huge Industrial Expansion Accounts For Record Approximately 400 new homes have been built in and around Roanoke Rapids during the first three post-war years, and 1948 figures on all building indicate the city hit its highest construction peak with over three million dollars in permits issued during the year. Issuance of permits totaling $28,250 for new construction in the city during December ran the building permit total to $3,015,325 for the year for an all-time high, however residential building permits is sued during 1948 indicated a recession from the peak $504,200 in 1947 when post-war home construction reached the high-water mark. , issued for construction of 104 re i sidences in Roanoke Rapids , ! with 48 permits issued in 1948 land 4 in 1946. Permits are for building within the corporate li I mits alone, and it is estimated i there were over 200 homes con structed in sections just outside the corporate limits during the same three-year period since the last war year of 1945. An indication of the growth of the city can be gained from the figures showing both residental and industrial expansion. In the past twelve months the 48 per mits issued by the city for re sidential construction and expan sion totaled $353,065, which was slightly higher than the 1946 fi gures of $345,000. Permits i n cluded the building of n e w homes, the renovation of o 1 d homes into apartment and the construction of additons t o homes and apartments already existing. Suburban Development Figures are available only for construction proposed or con - tracted withn the city, however estimates on home construction and the development of subur ban sections inside the metropo litan district of the city during the past year run well past the $300,000 mark, and in several of the developments — Roamoke Park, Belmont, South Rosemary and others—the number of new homes which have been put up since the war ended is estimat ed at well over 200. And despite the growth of re sidential construction the avail ably of houses in the city re mains as acute as ever an indi cation that Roanoke Rapids is still ‘bursting at the seams’ with new residents. umiuuiai uuuuing It was industry, however, which supplied the big boost and put the building permits in the three-million-dollar class, in that of the total amount of permits issued, a total of $2,662,160 went to industrial and non-residential construction. One Roanoke Rapids company —the Halifax Paper Company, Inc..accounted for the biggest items on the list by securing per mits in April for the construc tion of a recovery building at an estimated cost of $1,325,800 and work on the pulp mill of the plant at a cost of $599,585 for a total of $1,914,535. Another con struction boost of $610,000 was provided in February, when the Rosemary Manufacturing Com pany secured a permit for re roofing two of its plants at a cost of $360,000 and an edition to the finishing plant at a cost of $250,000. The two companies accounted for nearly two and one-half mil. lion dollars of the record year, however other industrial expan sion and renovation accounted for another hundred thousand dollars in buliding. Business in the city build new stores and re novated their old ones to ad to the record. Continuous Growth Sssa Comparative figures in build ing for a three-year period in dicate that construction has been on the upgrade since the war was concluded. In 1946 non-re (Continued on Page Ten) Truman Apparently Determined To Hold Military Expenditures To Lowest Figure That Is Safe By John M. Hightower Washington, Dec. 30—(At*) — President Truman apparently is determined to hold military —costs next year to the lowest figure he considers safe in the present uneasy state of the world. He is said to be eager to avoid ■training this country’s produc tion to a point where rationing and price controls would have to be clamped back on. The President’s advisers be lieve he will ask Congress once again next week for standby controls. But that barring some great new world emergency you prob ably can count on getting through the next year of huge foreign aid and rearmament programs without any new home tront curbs actually in force. The question of controls a rises because evrything this na tion does aboard has its effects at home. It works the otter way around^oot And as chief .. . - ■■ ' licy Mr. Truman has to worry simultaneously about the cook stove for your kitchen and the combat tank for France. If he has to make too many tanks to rearm France or for the American army, there might not be enough steel left to make cookstoves. Then he would face the question: should he re duce the number of tanks or the number of cookstoves? And if there are too few stoves, who gets them? Mr. Truman and his council of economic advisers, headed by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse, have fig ured out that if total Army, Navy and Air Force appropria tions are held to *15,000,000,000 next session the nation even with the burden of European re covery can scape ccntrdSi m I I u N WINDMILL — Materials for a fire lookout tower on top of 3,260-foot Mt. Pequawket, near Kearsarge, N. H., are ferried in by helicopter. Top: Pilot Edwin Packer hovers over the area. Bottom: Everett Ward of Bartlett, N. H., secures lumber on side of machine. Project in less than 2 weeks saves labor of estimated 15 men back-packing load over 5-week period. i
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