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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 7, 1951 ~ UN Rejects Newest Cease-Fire Proposal PANMUNJOM, Korea —(lß—The fixing a truce line across Korea United Nations rejected today < a deadlocked. However, it will meet new Communist demand for a fdr- again at 11 a. m. Thursday 9 p.! mal agreement to end the Korean m. today EST. war on the present «toattlefront. 1 i MaJ. Gen. Henry I. Hodes, chief At the same “lime, the Commu- U. N. representative on the sub- j nists formally rejected a two-day- committee, said he rejected the > old U. N. proposal to base the cease- Communist proposal because it I fire line on the battleline existing would result in a de-facto cease at the time an agreement is signed, fire without any provision for the - The two rejections left the armis- thousands of Allied prisoners in tice subcommittee charged with Communist hands. BULLETINS (Continued From Page One) troops today recaptured the last of three hills lost to the Reds in bloody fighting on the western front yesterday. WASHINGTON. (UP) Defense Secretary Robert - A. Lovett has postponed a scheduled flying trip to Fort * Bragg, N. C., tomorrow because of pressure of official busi ness. SEATTLE, Wash. (UP) A Japanese merchant ship battled 20-foot seas today to rescue survivors who abandoned a burning* India-bound grainship after three crewmen burned to death. SPRINGFIELD. Mass. (UP) Mrs. Esther Naomi McDowell, 34, Virginia-born Negro, became the first wo d man of her race ever to be elected to nublic office here by defeating her White opponent by 6,874 votes in a school committee contest. WASHINGTON. (UP) The Internal Revenue Bu reau s*viH tnds>v if is '■« bus* investigating itself that it has fallen behind in checking alleged tax fraude by takpayers. NEW YORK. (UP) Film star Jane Rnssell ar rived here by plane from London todav with a 15-month old boy whom she was handed as a “gift” by a poverty stricken English mother. , LOUISVILLE. (UP) Democratic Gov. Lawrence \ Weatherbv, for whom Vice President Ailben W. Barklev stumped the state, was returned to office today for a full four-year term. WASHINGTON. (UP) The Defense Department today reported a new total of 97,514 American battle cas ualties in Korea, an increase of 1,922 over a week ago. —— AUGUSTA, Ga. (UP) An employment service official testified today that the service had helped labor unions recruit workers for the billion-dollar H-bomb plant nearby in South Carolina but that no request for laborers had come from the duPont. company. LONDON. (UP) Winston Churchill’s new gov ernment announced an immediate cut of $980,000,000 a year todav in British imports from countries outside its pqund sterling trade area to curb a drift toward national #> bankruptcy. WASHINGTON. (UP) Four naval aviators were I kilted and 10 injured Sundav aboard the aircraft carrier Antietam in Korean waters when a jet fighter crashed into parked planes while landing. OKLAHOMA CITY. (UP) A blinding, streaking ball of fire roared over Western Oklahoma and _ North Texas today and exploded “like a clap of thunder,’’ breaking windows in one Oklahoma area. • ATLANTIC CITy, N. J. (UP) Damage estimated at $1,000,000 was caused by a general alarm fire which swept seven stores on this resort city’s famed Boardwalk yesterday. TRENTON, N. J. (UP> Only 31 of 100 driving school) instructors passed examinations for state licenses. MOSCOW. (UP) The Soviet Union’s newest jet a planes, super bombers and massive “land battleships” led one of Russia’s most impressive military sh6ws in Red Square today. - * NEW YORK. - (UP) Steamship lines began avoid ing the nation’s largest port today while fact-finders work ed to end the longest and costliest waterfront strike in its history. NEW ORLEANS. (UP) —• Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., called on Republicans today to go all-out, concentrating (# ' on the “uninterested” voter. NEW YORK. (UP) The National Association for „ the Advancement of Coltored People urged President Tru man today to order “every appropriate government agen cy > ’ to investigate the shooting of two Negro prisoners by a Florida sheriff last night. VERACRUZ. Mexico. (UP) A fire set off bv sparks from a yard engine swept over the freight terminal at this Y* Gulf port today, causing more than $2,500,000 damage. * Police said 20 persons had been burned 'or overcome by smoke. 1 \ MILWAUEE. (UP) Three men armed with rifles and shotghns robbed a branch office of the First Wisconsin National Bank today of $92,000 in currency and fled into a swirling snow storm. ' > ■ *-■ Mrs. T. H. Sansom 9 Has Tuesday . Review Club The Tuesday Review Book Club held its monthly meeting yester day with Mrs T. H. Sansom as hostess at her home. cream, cake, assorted nuts ahd cot tee. Dean A. R. Burkot of Campbell (A, College, who was speaker for the event, gave a splendid talk on “Eng land." A short business meeting was held after the program hour, with Mrs. K C. Turlington, president °t the olufc ren, Mrs. Herbert Byni, Mrs. Bill Twyford, 8r„ Mrs. J. R. Cathey, Mrs. Mollie Cole. Mrs. Myres Tilgh man. Mrs. Dale Sansom, -Mrs. H. O. Mattox, Mrs. Carl Barefoot and Mrs. E. B. Brewer. Members present were Mrs. J. D. Bryant, Mrs H. A. Turlington, Mrs. Thad Pope, Mrs. H. M. Pittman, Mrs. Louis Stephens, Mrs. N. M. Johnson. Sr., Mrs. P. A. Lee and Mrs. Sansom. Chicago to death -in Bt. Louis during the etorhi. , One man whs dead and eight others were in serious condition after they waited more Ulan an hour in near-freezing temperatures nar -Marshall. Mo., after a bus-car • crash on the tee-coated highway. Breakfast Party Honors Brides This Morning Mrs. Henry Whittenton was hos tess at a delightful breakfast party at Johnson’s Re.-.-aumnt tills mor ning at 11:00 in honor of*Mrs. Reece Duncan and Mrs. Francis Duncan I Mrs. Palmer Davis Jr., a recent bride.and Mrs. Graham Prince who j is moving to Florida shared honors j with the honorees. I Upon arrival the honorees were presented gifts from the Hostess Mis. Reece Duncan received a sil ver pitcher, Mrs. Francis Duncan was jvesented sil- cr hurricane lamps. Mrs. Davis received a silver bread tray and Mrs. Prince was given a silver candleholder. The two honorees were presented large White mum corsages showered with t white ribbon and found their places marked with eupids holding two wedding rings. The other guests found their places marked with lovely bridal plhcecards. Lovely arrangements of white carnations, white roses and chry santhemums were used to beautify the auxiliary tables. Centerpiece for the honorees table was an. arrange ment. of all white flowprs in a sil ver bowl with miniature nosegays of carnations showered with pastel ribbons. A delicious menu of grapefruit with cherries, eggs a la goldenrod on toast, rice and gravy, fried ap- j pie rings, hot biscuts 'with butter and jelly was served the guests. Attending were Mrs. Reece Dun- j can, Mrs. Francis Duncan, Mrs. W. j M. Bryan of LilUngton. Mrs. R. A. Duncan, Mrs. Palmer Davis, Jr„ \ Mrs. Graham Pr.nee, Mrs. Dave Pemberton, Mrs. R. A. Duncan. Jr., I Mrs. Billy Pope, Mrs. Ed Hood, j Mrs.-Johnny Ciccone, Mrs. Mickey > Rouse, Miss Evelyn Stmughn and ! Mrs. Whittenton, Homecoming Is Set At HCTS Hcmecoming Day at Harnett County Training School has been set for Friday November 9, it was nonnunced today by Principal F. H. Ledbetter. The program will get un derway at 2:00 p.m. with a big par ade through the business section. Climax of the homecoming cele bration will be the big game which pits the hard-stinging HCTS "Hor nets” against their traditional ri vals, the Sampson County, Training School “Rams” of Clinton. The game will be played at 3 >OO p.m. at the Dunn Ball Park. PARADE FEATURED The Athletic Committee is busy at work making final arrangements for the traditional parade which will feature the crack and smart stepping bands of Dunn High School; Sampson County Training' School, Clinton, N. C.; and the ■ 505th Parachute Infantry Battalion. There will also be many high step ping beautiful majorettes, floats from the alumni, classes and clubs of HCT School, floats from many of the business enterprises and civic clubs of our town, and many nov elty events. Principal Ledbetter invites every one to be ready to witness the par ade which will leave HCTS at 2:00 p.m. en route to the Athletic Park via Clinton and Broad Streets. A gala time is promised to all who follow the crowd to the park to see the game of the season—HCTS ‘‘Hornets” vs. Clinton. News Briefs ✓ (Continued From Page One) water development for river basin associations. RICHMOND IW Virginia’s! state legislature 1 will be almost un-| changed when it meets in January, < unofficial returns from general el- ! ection balloting showed today. WILMINGTON dpi Earl L. | Black was worse off by six months | in Jail today because he appealed j a recorder’s court verdict. Black was sentenced to 18 j months yesterday on a charge of j conspiracy to operate a lottery and possession of lottery tickets. He ap- , peals to superior court from a 12- month sentence and then pltaded no contest. CHAPEL HILL —<W— C. W. Mc- Crary of Asheboro assumed the office of president of the State I School Board Association today. | McCary was elected yesterday i at the final session of an all-day meeting. KINSTON —(UV-Delegates to the 107th annual convention of the state Disciples of Christ will end their meeting today with election of of ficers. Dr. George CuthreU of Dunn is the retiring president. • More than 900 delegates heard talks yesterday by Dr. Perry Gres ham of Detroit and Dr. Paul Pres tion of Indianapolis, head of the Disciples pension fund? and Dr. Fred West of Raleigh. Jr LUMBETON (IP) Superior Court Judge R. Hunt Parker be came the second man today to announce for the Supreme Court seat now held by Itlmous Valen tine. Judge F. Donald Phillips of Rockingham last week announced his intention to run in next spring’s Democratic primary. A Scott ap pointee expected to run, making a threeway race. ' RUTHERFORDTON —HP)— Billy Ray Powell, 16, raced a lifetime In prison today for his part in the murder, of his roommate at the Alevanoer Schools last March IS. Judge William H. Bobbitt of Charlotte • sentenced the young or phan to life yesterday after defense attorneys submitted a plea of guilty to accessory before the fact of murder. Powell and a school chum >ere i _t|K -la||Wla IrillilUf a) . • . .. THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN. N. <X Achievement Event] (Continued' From Page Due) tlbn council president, will preside j at the night meeting. Mrs. George Chapman, Sr., of Duncan will leadj the devotional and Mrs. R. C. Price, ! Jr„ of Angler will extend .greetings to the visitors. Mrs, Carey How ard of tile Benhaven Club will make the response and Mrs. Cavi ness will resegnize special guests. The chorus which is directed by Mrs. Tom Long will sing two selec tions accompanied at the p'tmo by •Mrs. W. J. Gotten, Jr., of Kipling. At the roll call of the 22 clubs brief reports will be made by each of the club presidents and the j dress review will follow. Club wo- ] men will model clothes which they j have made themselves, with Miss { Julia Mcld-v clothing specialist ; for the state extension division | serving as judge. Mrs. Arthur Capps of the Cape Fear Chib will introduce Mrs. Pres- ] sly. P-esentatlcn of prizes and! awards will follow Mrs. Pressly's talk. Mrs. Delraer Ennis. Oakdale , Club, incoming vice-president of j the Harnett County Council, will award pins to be given for a year’s I perfect attendance at club meea- , ings. At the ■ same time reading certificates will be awarded by Mis. S. R. McKay, county librarian. An- J hoiineemem will also be made of ! the most outstanding club. | Topic of Mrs. Pressly's address ' will be "Woman’s Place in Today's i | World." Ever since 1943, Mrs. Pres- | j sly who got into radio quite by 1 i accident, has had a daily show- on j I WPTF where she is commentator ] ( for women’s activities; ; ! The wife of Dr. W. C. Presslv, ! president of Peace College, the j | speaker is the mother of five child- ; j ren. In Raleigh she serves as presi- j j dent of the Community Council of j | Raleigh, and is active in the Girl ] : Scout and Y.W.C.A. organizations, j j She is a member of the Wake j County Rental Control Board and j the N. -C Family Life Council, on j the board of directors of the Civic j Music Association: and chairman of the literary department of the Ra- I leigh Woman’s Ch.b. Mrs. Pressly was selected in 1944 I as the North Carolina Mother of J the Year. She is a native of Hons- i ton, Texas, and was graduated ] from hGoucher College in Balti more, Md. Dunn Lions To (Continued' From Page One) from 300 billion to 450 billion in the same period. The film stresses the urgent need for building a highway system ade quate for the mounting volume of car and truck traffic. Public sup port is urgeij for a program of wise expenditures, with first emphasis on most critical bottlenecks. Road maintenance in the United Estates was considered one of the ‘‘expendable’’ items during Wofld . War ' 11. The National Highway User’s Conference, with other na tional and state organizations In terested in highway transport, feels that a serious national dancer ex isted if a like attitude should pre vail in the future. Title of the film is “Let’s Get o>'t of The Muddle.’’ John Daly, noted news analyst, foreign corres pondent. and TV commentator, ap pears in the film in person and handles the entire narrative. Markets (Continued From Page One) mostly 26-27. Acgs otendv supplies ample, de mand good, Prices paid producers and handlers FOB local grading stations: A large 67, A medium 53, B large 50 current collections, 47- 50. , HOGS | RALEIGH (IF) Hog market Falettevil'e, Florence: Market ! steady. Tod 19.00 for good and ' choice 180-240 lb. barrows and gilts. ] Dunn, Wilson, Smithfield, Lum berton, Marion, Clinton: Slightly ] stronger at 19.00. Frankie, Ava ! (Continued From Page One) i lately.” Levy *aid. “T asked him | about his health and how his tele | vision procram was coming along.” The crooner gave encouraging re norts on both these subjects and let it go at that, the broadcasting executive said. j S’natra previously had asked if I his marriage might take place in | Levy’s home and Arrangements were made for the ceremony. They I were abruptly cancelled last night, however, aoparently for good. Levy said he didn’t have the slightest Idea what new hitch might have developed in the obstacle strewn path the Slender 'crooner had followed to win Miss Gardner’s hand. Other intimate friends Os the couple hinted that the major pro blem wa3 now Ava, herself, who had reportedly developed what might be “either cold feet or wed ding jitters.” “I haven’t heard a thing. I don’t know what their plans are,” Levy declared. “AH I know for sure is there’ll toe no wedding in my house today.” RIFT REPORT DENIED Late yesterday Vie screen beauty termed reports of a rift between herself and Frankie as "ridiculous and too absurd to talk about.” La ter, she checked out of her hotel suite. A right-hand lieutenant to Sin atra said they might have slipped off to a secret place where they could tie the knot in privacy. school for boys. Tlu chum, Hugh Justice, already has been senten ced to life imprisonment for the muMer of the school’s superinten dent, W. E. Sweatt. Powell was charged with killing 15-year-014 *ede Johnson. . . _ J '•tf. ■ '■ ■ Dunn Guard (Continued From Page One) \ Captain George Franklin Blalock ] and the officers and men under j his command as presenting the ! neatest assembly of National Guard troops he had seen In his military career. GOOD LEADERSHIP Colonel McMurray paid tribute to the unit and said that the rating given was an indication of the good leadership in the unit, and the ability of the men exemplified dur ing his inspection tour of the bat tery. He also mentioned the high rating received by the unit at Camp Me j Lellan, Alabama during field traln j ing this summer. They received the highest efficiency rating of any in ] the division during the encamp- I ment. 1 Captain Blalock paid high tri | bute to his men and said that it | was only through their determin i ation, vigilance and will to win, thet the high rating was achieved. The group p-esented a striking j appearance. Uniforms and. equio ! ment were spotless and the field j pieces shone like mirrors. Not a ! speck of dust was in evidence, i The Battery Commander had a : tough job in selecting the three j best dressed for the usual awards, I but the choice finally went to SFC Eldridge M. Norris, first; Pvt. E-l James R. Dixon, second; and Cor i poral George P. Lee, third. Norris received a Mirromatic per l cclator, compliments of Harnett Hardware; Dixon a fishing rod and reel, compliments of Cromartie : Hardware; and Lee a Ronson cig- Murder Cases (Continued From Page One) • day are: Mrs. Wade Johnson, two | counts, non-compliance; John Mc j Queen, Jr., non-compliance; Jas- I per M. Johnson, Assault with a ! deadly weapon with intent to kill; I William E. Ellington, abandonment, \ etc. | Lewis Jackson, assault; Sam Hill | man, no operators’ license and as sault with a deadly weapon with | intent to kil; Junior Aiken alias Junior McNeill, nen-support of il ! legitimate child; J. E. Webster, bad check; and Myrtle N. Jackson, as sault with a deadly weapon. Cases set for Tuesday are: Clar ence Avery and Hubert Dorman, conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws; Wilbert Thompson, possession and profanity and assault; J. C. Reardon, drunk driving and vio lation of the prohibition laws; Al len Newton, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and se cret assault. Wednesday’s cases are; James Wilbert Strickland and John Eng ler, malicious injury, secret assault and conspiracy to injure with dyna mite, charges growing out the dy namiting of Erwin worker’s .homes during the strike; and Walter Beas- Ipy, careless and reckless driving. Three cases are set for Thurs day: Manning Davis, carelsss and reckless driving; William P. Hol land Jr., assault with a deadly wea pon with intent to kill; and Ellis Strickland, non-support of an ille gitimate child. HD meant J i HEAVY] Lddtyj Triple-Action Mobiloii With Increased Heavy-Duty Quality alfcor eggg£/ Way Sufu! Kuup Your Eugiu* u RTCHETTS Hume Oil Co. Phone 3138 Russie Reported (Continued From Page One) London and Paris will provivde the first official glimpse at a global plan drawn up by U. S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson with full kure port from Britain and France. I Boom For Ike (Continued' From Page One) ident Truman how long he w.U re main in Europe. As he walked towards his staff! enr, at the airport lie turned and j added: "But we did discuss that before ! I came over here earlier this-year' ] Democrats (Continued' From Page One) new lineup in the House is 233 De:r>- ocrats, 200 Republicans, one Inde pendent and one vacancy. Yesterday’s gain was 1 made in : the third district of Ohio,when Republican Paul Scheneek defeated j Democrat Jesse Yoder for the un expired term of Democrat Edward , Breen, who resigned. The district j has see-sawed between the two \ parties for years. In other House elections, to fill i seats vacated by death or resigna- j tion. Republican Frank C. Osmers ] Jr., beat Evelyn Seufert in the New j Jersey ninth, Republican Joseph L. j Carrig beat Paul Harris in the j arette lighter, compliments «i the j Jewel Box. —B—a.MaaJI.MMIII c ■ MISS ESTELLE DOYLE jflMhc Horae Laundry Specialist 1 ms For General Electric I will be in the JgZ . Appliance Department I * Purdie Equipment Co., Inc. I i . ALL DAY THURSDAY & FRIDAY . I M j| OF THIS WEEK Miss Estelle Doyle Plan Now To Attend I (Store Will Remain Open 'Til 9 a.m. Thursday, Friday & Saturday) I | A Brand-new G-E : a Automatic Rotary Ironer 1 ‘ ( for ° NLY I [p "I’lHr-111995 ) M as little a» $18.55 Down j 1 l - __ - _ j ]===£ 151*1 ■ 1 K!] I 1 ||l ; < , | H I i I b I 1 Wilajßv- %! p BHK fppj! H W \ - j ■ Do a whole weak'* ironing In jast a I J few hours. with this new, low-priced I | H General Electric Rotary Ironerl I . 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The Philadelphia campaign was j waged almost exclusively on the i corruption issue. Some of the Re- I publicans Who have ruled city hall in the past have gone to jail on corruption charges. Socialite lawyer Joseph S. Clark Jr., defeated the .Rev. Daniel A. Poling, nationally famous Baptist ■ pieacher; Democratic candidates for I district attorney, sheriff, recorder I and a host of other city and coun ty positions also won. I EARL HAWLEY OIL CO. i Wholesale Dealer (Esso) i I PROMPT SERVICE - COMPLETE PRODUCTS I K. Laj i ,,r -Lve. 3794 Phones 2241 Dunn, N. C. I PAGE THREE order to escape inhumane treat* i| S ment it was necessary for her to |j B give up her joo and leave Lllllrtg- a B ton. His behavior toward his child, fl she contends has brought com- B plaints from neighbors and an in- uiflßß vestigation by the welfare deparr B B ment. B Visit ] Mill End Store 1 Fayetteville ■ For Top Quality I Drapery & I Upholstery I Fabrics I Direct From Mill I 121 Donaldson St. I Phone 2375 1