WEATHER
Partly steady and warmer today
and tonight. Saturday c toady and
■did,, showers in north portion.
VOLUME L
TANK COLUMN LINKS UP WITH PARARROOPERS
Tito May Get
S3O Million In
, War Supplies
WASHINGTON, March 23
—lff) —Administration offic
iate sounded out congress
men today on a plan to ship
threatened Yugoslavia S3O-,
000,000 worth of military
supplies.
The sorely needed materials
would be used to bolster Marshal
| Tito’s forces and put them in
better shape to withstand a Rus
sian attack should it come this
year.
The officials said that a Russian
attack on Yugoslavia is not im
minent. although Soviet and sat
ellite troope are poised on the
Balkan country’s borders. T’hey
said the odds actually are heavily
against a Soviet attack in the near
future.
But they wanted to help Tito
■ get ready—just in case the odds
are wrong.
ELSEWHERE IN CONGRESS
Hollywood Members of the
House Un-American Activities
Committee urged tjie high and low
, alike in Hollywood to tell what
they know about communism in
the film capital. The congressmen
told them to take a cue from film
star Larry Parks and reveal details
of Red infiltration in the movie
industry. Parks admitted he was
i a communist from 1941 to 1945
and gave the committee the names
of more than a dozen movies per
sonalities whom be said he knew
as fellow communists.
RFC Sen. John L. McClellan,
D., Ark., said President Truman’s
plan to reorganize the RFC is
“not adequate to remedy the evils
apparent.” Truman wants to re
plans the RFC’s five-man board es
directors wKh a single adminku,
McClellan .said other charifr
oAme The «M»te crime
Committee has loctitßt two more
elusive missing witnesses and
plans to question them next week.
Thßr names were not made public
but they were believed to havq
figured In the eommittee’s inquiry
into Cleveland, 0., crime.
• House Passes
Water Bill
RALEGH, MARCH- 23— A bin
empowering the Town of Dunn to
acquire the water distribution and
sewerage systems in the unincor
porated village of Erwin in Harnett
county has passed the .House and
• was ratified into law today as it
had previously passed the Sen
ate.
Harnett Senator J. Robert Young
introduced trie bin and got it pass
ed in the Senate last Monday
night; Harnett Representative Car
son Gregory helped expedite Its
passage )v the House.
, Under terms of the act, the Town
of Dunn wUI acquire the water
distribution and sewerage systems
from the Erwin Cotton Mills Oom
~ pany and supply water to Erwin
residents, many of whom are now
pmxhtslng homes from the mlttrat
a rate to be fixed by the North
utilities Commission.
The Town of Dunacsroes the
water plant that supplies Dunn
residents and for the past several
years has sold water under con
tract to the Erwin Mills for use
of Erwln residents. The mill com
pany never charged Erwin resi
dents for any water they used. .
Murderers Die
lo Gas Chamber
i RALEIGH, Harm SO-fIA-Two
murders died in the grim gas
chamber room of North Carolina’s
Central Prison today, one of them
M mi protesting that he was ln-
W nocent of two of his crimes and
the other asking for his wife and
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Dunn Fjfer Crash Lands
Crippled Bomber Safely
’ fatflfendt ng and some Judic
pUdPto avoid 'llwt«r Id crash
tending a crippled B-26 light bomb
ber .at Carswell Field, Tex:, last
tggJk' l \
■ Lt. Col. Jack O. Brown, son of
lor. and Mrs. Jaqk Brown of Dunn,
was credited with landing the plane
dnd avoiding a tragedy which
might have taken four lives.
The trouble began wheii Brown,
deputy director o f Personnel,
Eighth Air Force, took off from
a field at Alexandria', La., to re
turn to the Texas base.
As the plane headed dowh the
runway the nose wheel began -to
shake and pieces of rubber from
the were thrown up against
the plane. Colonel Brown todk the
plane up quickly to avoid trouble.
NOSE WHEEL USELESS
He flew close hi the afrpprttow
Jury Frees Hallman
Os Murder Charges
Bam Hallman was ‘ Tree man
again Thursday afternoon after an
all-white jury ended four hours of
deliberation by acquitting him of
murder charges in the death qf a
young Harnett Negro.
At one point the jury, which
retired a few minutes after noon,
Was hung 11 to one. Presidios
-Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn asked 12
men to “compose j«.ur differences”
and render a verdict. They found
Hallman not guilty.
The 25-year-old farmer', was ac
cused of the rifle slaying of Clifton
McLean, a Harnett County Negro.
Hallman claimed that he killed
McLean in o£T-defense when Mc-
Lean «nd two- other Negroes ad
vanced on him with knives.
Testimony in- the case was ended
Wednesday afternoon. Defense at
torney William Johnson, Neill
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,ttte plana,
Trie nose wheel assembly was ren
dered useless by the breaking of a
vital link.
Heading for Carswell, Colonel
Brown radioed ahead to tell .the
base es his'difficulty. When he V>t
to the- Texas field Colonel Brown
had to fly around for two hours to
lighten Ws gasoline load. During
that tripe the ground crew worked
out a landing procedure with him
by radio.-
The Dunn flier sent his 00-pllot
crew chief and one passenger to the
rear of the plane. They took with
them ail -the loose heavy equipment
in order .jto lighten the load on the
plane’s nose.
The main landing strips were
kept free for B-36 landings, so Col
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> McK. Salmon and Duncan Wilson
i addressed the jury, after which
: Solicitor Jack Hooks advanced his
case Thursday morning.
JUDGE COMMENTS
The case drew a great deal qf
: comment from Judge Burgwyn,
, who indicated that too-close as
r sociation between whites and
! Negroes in -the community had
' brought on the death of McLean.
I Judge Burgwyn expressed dis
belief whhn Hallman and. defense
witnesses said that the defendant
i and five other white men went to
. the horns of Hattie Hicks, scene
l of the slaying, to buy a dozen eggs.
“If the truth were known,”
Judge Burgwyn said, “you were
going after whiskey.” ’
l He .ckisd Hattie Hicks to the
stand Alter the Jury returned its
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DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1951
Second Armored
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Column Sweeps
Toward Border
TOKYO, March 23—OR—
A powerful U. S. tank col.
umn slashed through col
tapsing communist resist
ance north of Seoul tod**
and linked up with thous
ands of American paratroop
ers who jumped to earth
within sight of the 38th Par
allel.
An Bth Army communique re
ported the tank troops joined,
hands with the at
Munsay 20 miles northwest of Seoul,.
after an advance of 18 road m(Nk.
Another American armored co
lumn simutaneously siezed the
communist stronghold of Uijongbu,
10 miles northeast of Seoul, xtijjff
swept on another two miles toward
the 38th Parallel.
FLEE IN PANIC
North Korean rear guards were
reported fleeing north in panic all
along the 15-mile-wide west Koreafl
front above Seoul.
Up to 20.000 of them were be
lieved trapped or scattered by this
morning's mass parachute jump
across the mam communist escape
highway at Munsan, 20 miles
northwest of Seoul. *
A North Korean regifnent guard
ing the drop target threw away its
weapons and took to its heels at
the sight" of men, jeeps, artillery
and even three-quarter-ton trucks
floating down on multi-colored
parachutes behind commipigt
lines.
The Yanks untangled; their %esk
from the clean silk and fcave chase.
They quickly captured high ground
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51 Feared Lost ;
m Crash Os Air
Force Transport
LONDON, March 23—(W
—A giant U. S. Air Force
Globemaster carrying 53
persons, including a briga
dier general, was missing
and 'feared crashed today
in stormy Atlantic seas
about midway between
Newfoundland and Ireland.
Hie four-engined plane was en
route from Gander, Nfld., to Mild
enhall, England, the U. S. 3rd Air
Force Division announced.
dt' radioed the Uxbridge control
station in England at 12:45 am.
(7.47 p. m. EST) that It was three 1
hours flying time off the Irish
coast—about 720 miles southwest
of Iceland. - “ <*»
The pilot reported the globemaster :
was carrying 53 persons, Including
Brig. Gen. Paul T. Cullen.
I RAN INTO GALES
The pilot of a Pan-American
Airways plane landing at London
airport this morning said the miss
ing plane had identified itself as
coming from a base at Limestone,
Me.
A. U. S. Air Force spokesman
said gales sweeping the Atlantic
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God Is The Answer
An Easter Message By George Sokolsky
THE RESURRECTION
Easter Sunday ushers in the Spring, the season of rebirth, of resur
rection. To Christians it Is the celebration of the roesurection of Jesus
Christ. To those who are not Christians, It nevertheless is the day
when winter having taken its toll of cold and gloom, spring Is in the
offing.
And so milady buys herself a new bonnet and feels good.
The concept of resurrection is profound in all religions. It means
the restoration of the dead to life: the very word means “To rise again.”
Most ’ religions believe in the immorUUty of the -oul of man, but some
even believe that trie body, will rise as veil, that the whole man will be
resurrected on the day of judgment, or, the ancient Hebrews believed,
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" ‘ VICTIMS WITH THEIR b-ATHER SCENES OF CRlME—Rodney and Danny PuHey. sMteni in priiko at top left with their father,
' the Rev. Rudolph Pulley, sgfre aaatehrtl away from their home In Buie’s Creek, bottom photo, jitterday meaning and later thrown fnW the
’ rfiW, piclured above, between Coate ana Beison., They managed to pull ihemsleves out of the shallow watee to safety. The boys, ages 3 and ,
.5, wore not Uttered except lor bruises and shock. This picture was made this morning at their hoMLaSfroa «*» tell they were happy to be
hack with trielf fatter. A suspect b being held in the county jalL •(' >, (Daily Record photos by T. Btl Stewart.)
Police Suspect Car Thief Os
Throwing Children In River
Harnett County officers last night arrested an 18-year
old boy on a charge of auto theft and are investigating
a suspicion that he might be the same person who snatch
ed two small boys from the yard of their home in Buie’s
Creek yesterday morning and then threw them into the
river to drown, between Coats and Benson.
Officers said this morning they
have a considerable amount of cir
cumstantial evidence connecting
the young auto thief with the hor
rible crime which threw at least
two communities in an uproar, but
not e iTo ug h to bring formal
charges.
Held In jail is Boyd Morris, 18,
of Benson, who was tried before
Juvenile Judge Robert Morgan and
found guilty a few days ago in the
theft of three automobiles. Passing
; of sentence was delayed pending a
, report from the Johnston County
welfare department.
The two sandy-haired little boys,
Danny and Rodney Pulley, are
sons "of the Rev. and Mrs. Rudolph
Pulley of Buie’s Creek. Their
father is a ministerial student at
Campbell College and the crime
occurred while he was attending a
chapel exercise yesterday morning.
Danny, age 5, and Rodney, age
3, managed to pull themselves to
safety after being hurled Into a
shallow spot In the river and ap
parently are none-the-worse for
the crime except ipinor bruises,
fright and severe shock.
ARRESTED LAST NIGHT
Arrest of Morris last night about
9:30 ended a community-wide
manhunt which started immedi
sately after the crime was reported.
While the boys apparently have
recovered from tthe shock, their
young mother was still in a state
of worried emotions. For over two
hours, she searched frantically for
her two sons.
According to their story, the two
little boys—both small In size—
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State News
Briefs
RALEIGH March 23 (UP)—
The North -Carolina Council of De
fense said today 25,00 “alert cards”
have gone out for distribution in
critical target areas in the Tar
Heel State. “. V
The cards describe air raid warn
ing signals and give instructions
for setf-fcrctection In care of en
families w&ld Be supplied with the
FAY JCITEVILLE, March 23 -
Plant More
COTTON
For Your Country’s
Defense, For Your Own
Profit, Security.
Judge Cleans House
As Court Term Ends
Businesslike Judge W. H. S.
Burgwyn picked the docket clean
as Mother Hubbard’s cupboard as
the Maxell criminal term came to
an end in Harnett Superior Court
Thursday.
He also reached out from the
bench and settled some matters
that didn’t show on the docket.
Judge Burgwyn ordered Miss
Wilma Williams, Harnett welfare
officer, to take Into custody the
children of a white Woman of
questionable morals and see that
trie children are placed in suitable
homes.
The woman was the paramour
of a defendant sent to the roads
Thursday by Judge Burgwyn. She
admitted that two of her children
were fathered by the defendant,
while her husband was responsible
for; three others. '
Miss Williams testified that the
woman had given birth to twins of
Negro parentage four years ago.
The children were put in an
adopted home out-of-State, she
added.
One of the woman’s children was
In court to testify. Referring t*
him, Judge Burwyn said, “That
boy hasn’t a chance on earth to
make anything of himself.
“Take it on yourself to see that
something Is done for these child
ren” he told Miss Williams.
YOUTHS GET BREAK
.’saisgisr
* ROTARY ELECTION
The Dunn Rotary Club will elect
new its, meettag tonight
ory.
~NO. *6
•y
Amerine To Give
Sunrise Sermon
The“ V ;.A. A.Zf^ E pi
of the Glad Tidings CtacOi
S. Magnolia Ave, has been selected