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STUDENTS AT LILUNOTON—High School watch, w elding demonstration through shield developed by agri
cultural teacher John Blackmon, an&shop instroctor H oward Mofrison. (Photo by Daily Record staff photo
grapher Talbert Stewart.) - ' •>. ' ; /
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Half Hundred
In State Die
by Violence
A By UNITED PRESS
North Carolina counted more
than half a hundred persons dead
by accidents or violence today as
the state ended its four-day cele
bration of Christmas. __ -
Belated reports of Christmas
and Christmas Eve deaths pushed
the total to 42 and a rash of post-
Christmas shootings which broke
our yesterday boosted the number
to 52.
Three persons in one family
Akere killed near Asheville yester
day as C. L. Shelton, 23, turned a
.22 caliber automatic rifle on his
wife’s family. Shelton’s mother
in-law, Mrs. Dora Pittman, 49,
brother-in-law, Delmos Pittman,
14, and three-year-old stepson
Harold were killed.
In another shooting, William
Burchette, 59-year-old former
prison camp superintendent, was
killed near North Wilkesboro. Hu
bert aster, 35, was charged with
Jhe murder.
At Statesville, Calvin Laaenby,
22-year-old Fort Bragg Negro sold
ier, shot and killed hto estranged
wife and then himself with a shot
gun.
KILLED BY TRACTOR
• Donald Laverne Michael, eight
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Glen McCarthy Is Sore;
Daughter Weds Poor Boy
By JACK OATES
UP Staff Correspondent
* HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 27—(UP)—
Oilman Glenn McCarthy was re-,
ported “furious” today over the
marriage of his 17-year-old daughter
to a cobbler's son.
whose fortune has been
•Ackoned at 9200,000,000, was a poor
boy himself when he eloped 20 years
ago with the daughter of an oil
However, he curtly refused com
ment yesterday on reports that his
who called at the $700,000
££ *2** h Sf t mg^
“stunned and at a loss for
(She Bailtj Jlecwrii
Novel Shield Protects
Welding Class Pupils
The tirch singer who moans “Smoke gets in your
eyes” would be out of place in one of John Blackmon’s
welding classes at Lillington High School.
Ennis Funeral
Rites Slated
LEE DANIEL ENNIS, 74.
ONE OF DUNN’S
OLDEST RESIDENTS
Lee Daniel Ennis, 74, of Dunn Rt.
3, died Tuesday at 6:30 p. m. at his
home, after a critical illness of sev
eral days.
A native of Johnson County, he
came to Dunnr at the age of X7, and
had lived here since that time. He
had been a merchant here, and for
many years he had. operated a bi
cycle sales and repair shop. A gifted
musician,, he was also intensely in
terested in political affairs, both
Ideal and national. ,
OLDEST BAPTIST
At the time of his death, he was
the oldest member of the Dunn
Baptist Church. He was forced by
poor health to retire from busin
ess about 20 years ago.
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werj described by friends as
farmer “high school sweethearts”
who had <ept company “of; and on”
for four yean.
Pontik.es first denied he was mar
ried to McCarthy’s daughter.
However, he weakened when told
that Justice of Peace Nash Oliver
of Waco, Tex., had confirmed that
be perforated the marriage ceremony
on Dec. 2.
“Ask her father,” the youth said.
It was not clear whether Glenalee,
a senior at Lamar High School, w*»
still living with her family. However,
It was reported she spent Christmas
Day at the Pontikes residence, a
small house behind the shoe shop
of Angelo Pon tikes, the boy’s father.
McCarthy’s riches include vast
oil holdings, refineries, si chemical
company and the swank new Sham
rock Hotel at Houston. A sports
enthusiast, he ha. tried
Agriculture Teacher Blackmon
and Shop Instructor Howard Mor
rison, hampered by the small-sized
classes allowed by their old equip
ment and worried lest someone
be burned by flying metal sparks,
put their heads togther and came
up this year with an answer to the
problem.
i Their solution, installed in Oct
ober, is as simple in principle as
the screw or the niill-wheel. It
consists of an inch thick wooden
screen in which a {glass window is
• mounted. When swung down into
t position, the screen allows the
• students to stand at a safe dist
ance and watch the welding in
, structor without danger to their
eyes or bodies from the intense
, light and molten metal.
The glass itself, measuring 46 by
■ 19 inches, is of double thickness,
1 with three Polaroid, light filters
. between the outside panes. It has
i been chemically treated to enable
it to withstand the blasting heat
of the shop’s portable welding
i unit.
i Previously only four o» five
’ students, all wearing heavy wel
-1 der’s helmets and protective cloth
ing, could watch while the in
structor went through his welding
or cutting paces. Vision was
necessarily limited by the thick,
narrow glass panel on the helmet.
New, comments Teacher Black
mon, the students actually get a
better view of the proceedings
than does the instructor.
Classes of 15 students can be ac
commodated quite easily in front
of the wide glass screen, which
gives a clear blew of the proceediifg
•in-side. Built of three-quarter inch
plywood on the students’ side, the
screen's frame is backed on the
inside by fireproof mosonite board.
Added protection is given on two
sides by the concrete block sides
of the shop building and on the
fourth side by a fireproof leather
curtain.
When not in use, the shield is
swung up by means of a pulley
and locked in position above its
metal tubing frame.
The novel gadget has been so
successful at Lillington that the
district superintendent has recom
mended it to all the school shop
instructors in his bailiwick. And
since there are more than 400
school shops In the state equipped
with welding units, the useful
possibilities of the shield ore al-
DUNN, N. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1950
Truman. Works
On Message
MESSAGE WILL CALL FOR
$75 BILLION, MOSTLY
FOR THE ARMED FORCES
By MERRIMAN SMITH
U P White House Reporter
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27
j (UP) — President Truman
worked on his State of the
Union message today after
reviewing with his top ad
visers late developments in
the world crisis.
The new 82nd Congress will
convene January 3. The Presi
dent’s State of the Union address
traditionally is delivered within
several days thereafter.
It was learned that Mr. Trft
man’s budget message, usually
sent to Congress the day follow
ing will call for a $75,000,000,000
spending program for fiscal 1952.
Two-thirds of the sum would be I
used to build up the nation’s arm- I
ed forces.
Mr. Truman flew back to Wash
ington late yesterday from a brief 1
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Cows, Women Have
Hard Time In Korea
The cows and women have a hard time in Korea, reports
Jesse Surles, who just made it home for Christmas from
that frozen, embattled land.
Surles, who arrived home at 501
N. Clinton Ave. on Christmas day,
spent several months in Korea with
the First Corps, in the transporta
tion service. He owes his visit home
to an injury received when a train
derailed. He’s the son of Mrs. Lillian
Surles of Dunn.
Korean women, the soldier ex- .
plains, are expected to work in the
fields, keep up with their house
work and manage the children, and
how they can possibly live up to
And the cows fare just as badly,
according to the returned solidier.
They are expected to give milk, but
tetween time, they ate used a plow
McArthur Says
Reds Number
Over Million
U# PLANES HAMMER . .
AWAY AS COMMIES ....
CONTINUE ADVANCES
By EARNEST HOBERECHT
IIP Staff Correspondent
TOKYO, Dee. 27.—(UP)
The Chinese Reds massed
some 200,000 troops within
35*miles of Seoul today and
sent patrol spearheads stab
bihg within 27 miles of the.
Scfuth Korean capital.
The Communist patrols plunged
at Jeari. seven miles into South
Kflfea in probing attacks paving
the way for an imminent offen
sive to capture Seoul.
Ready to back up the front-line
faeces in the coming assault are
potential Communist reserves of
well over 1,000,000 * troops, a
special communique from Gen.
Jj)3Uglas MacArthur's headquar
ters reported.
It gave these estimates of Com
munists strength:
In Korea: Manchuria or en
r0ute—1,350,406 troops.
Already in K0rea—444,406 troops,
comprising 277,173 Chinese and
167,233 North Koreans.
Against these forces the United
Nations have arrayed an estimat
ed 260,000 men, including the U. S.
loth Corps evacuated intact from
the Korean northeast coast to
Pusan in the Southeast coast.
United Press War Correspon
dent William Burson reported
from the front that the Commun
ists already have concentrated
150,0d0 to 200,000 Chinese and 25,-
000 North Korean troops within
35 miles of Seoul for an imminent
offensive.
Another 75,000 to 100,000 troops
from the revived north Korean
army are in line farther east for
a possible attempt to sweep around
Seoul’s flank and cut the Bth Ar
my front in two, Burson said.
He said the concensus at the
fjMR was that the Reds might
OHm* —against Btttul any time*
within the next 10 days to two '
weeks.
If they launch the expected
powerful offensive, he said, the Bth
Army may abandond Seoul and
make a stand farther south. But
if it proves only a limited as
sult, he said, the UN forces may
make their stand before the Capi
tal.
U. S. PATROL WITHDRAWS
Chinese and North Korean com
bat patrols jabbed at the Bth Army I
line all along a 90-mile front in
preparation for the offensive.
An American patrol withdrew
after encountering 500 to 700 Red
troops moving south through |
Changchon, seven miles south of
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Federal Men j
Arrest Trio
Three Harnett County men were 5
bound oyer to Federal Court on (
whiskey charges at a preliminary (
hearing held this morning before
Mrs. MaUie Adams Jackson, local J
United States Commissioner.
I Johnnie B. Bryant ana Claudle
I Harris are charged with operating
a still and possession of 600 gallon'i
of mash and 20 gallons of Whiskey. 1
I Handy Crawford is charged with (
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SCENE OF SLAYING—PoIice Chief George Arthur Jackson is shown in the door
way of the home where Julia Adams, 40-year-old Negro woman, was shot to death
here last night. Chief Jackson is pointing to the large puddles of blood where the wo
man fell. Buster Byrd, 28, charged with the slaying, allegedly stood a few feet away
and fired at the woman with a shotgun. The blast ripped a hole the size of a half
dollar in her chest. Policeman Gaither Riley, standing outside, looks on. Byrd man
aged to escape. The man and woman allegedly had an argument before he shot her
down. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.)
Third Murder In Four Days
Occurred Here Last Night
Harnett County’s third
murder in four days—and
the second for Dunn—occur
red here last night.
Julia Adams, a 40-year-old
Negro woman, was shot to
death about 8:30 last night
as she stood in the doorway
of her home, a tiny shack lo
cated near the fertilizer
plant in a section known as
“Skeeter Bottom.”
The shotgun blast, appar
ently fired at close range,
ripped into the woman’s left
chest and left big puddles of
blood where she fell. She died
enroute to the Dunn hos
pital.
BUSTER BYRD SOUGHT
Police Chief George Arthur Jack
son said this morning that his force
is seeking Buster Byrd, 28-year -rr?
Negro, accused of the murder. He
escaped after the shooting and was
still at large this morning.
The officers said that Both the
slain woman and her accused slayer
have bad reputations. The woman
has been convicted in the Dunn
court for bootlegging and Byrd has
a reputation for bootlegging, steal
ing and other offenses.
Police have combed the town and
the entire area for Byrd ever since
the slaying took place.
By an unusual coincidence. Deputy
Sheriff Oscar Pearce said this
morning that he stopped Byrd last
night a few minutes after the shoot
ing and searched him for whiskey.
He didn’t know about the shooting
at the time, however, and released
Byrd when he found no intoxicants
on him.
The officer said he asked Byrd
what he was doing walking around
in the neighborhood and the Negro
replied, “Just looking a little drink.”
Chief Jackson said it had been
difficult ta feet a straight story on
the shooting, and police have not yet
had time to question all witnesses.
The woman was shawling higher
BE A CHARTER
RECORD SUBSCRIBER
BULLETINS
The worst cold wave of the season gripped the nation
today from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Coast,
plunging temperatures far below zero. The mercury nose
dived to 31 below zero early today at Rochester, Minn., the
coldest spot in the country, and it was 30 below at Lone
Rock, Wis.
CHARLESTON, S. C. Dec. 27. —(UP)— A raging fire
destroyed $500,000 wirth of Atlantic Coastline Railroad
property on Younge’s Island last night including the rail
road wharf, freight shed and station. Company officials
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Linden Preacher Starting Final
; Chapter Os Adventurous Life
■* - . By JIM HENDERSON
Record Staff Writer
The Rev. Frank S. Blue, a country preacher
* whose life reads like a best-selling novel, has be-
T gun the final chapter in his story of a man who
" missed his calling then found it again. 1
3 After a crowded existence which
included tries at some half-doz
. cn professions, the Rev. Mr. Blue
Q has resigned as pastor of Sardis,
e Palestine and Westminster Pres
byterian churches in the Linden
y community of northern Cumber
* land County.
;t The Rev. Mr. Blue has moved
"■.back to Burlington, scene of his
„ first ministerial charge. His re
“ tlrement, forced on him for rea
-3 sons of health, will become offi
-3 fcial Jan. 1, 1951.
.. Ministry over the three Linden
. churches marked the third charge
“ for the Rev. Mr. Blue, who grad
* uaded from Union Theological
ft Seminary in 1932. Before taking
a Rev Mr Blue was pastor of Pres
st byterian churches In both Burling
ton and Raleigh,
r Native of Moore County
The slight, slender preacher, who
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boasts of illustrious Scottish an- .
cestry on both sides of his family,
i was bom on the old Battlefield
Farm near Carthage to Moore
County. .. > f
His father, was^a
| was held out of school foi* a year, c
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