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+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLlNA—Consider - abls cloudiness and warm today with seatiered showers likely la west and central portions. Partly cloudy and mild tonight and to morrow and somewhat cooler to night. VOLUME l 2,000 AMERICANS ARE SLAIN BY COMMUNISTS » I i jkjSR * * jfPpMi STRICKLAND MOTOR COMPANY OFFICIAL 8 Pictured'her* are officials of Strickland Motor Company, Inc., local Batch and Pontiac dealer an d Dunn'i oldest automobile agency. Last night, the company opened a new $25,000 body shop, one of t he largest and finest In this section. Left to right are: Bobby Strickland, assistant parts manager; M rs. H. Paul Strickland, secretary-treasurer; Pan! L. Strickland, president; Dennis Strickland, vice pre stdent and serrioe manager, and Paul L Strickland, Jr., parts manager. The local Bnlck and Pontiac agency is one of the largest In Eastern Carolina. (Dally Record photo by J. W. Temple. Jr.) Strickland Motor Co. Stages Dinner T o Open NewßodyShop / <V •, ~ \ ?" f Company, local TBulek and Pontiac dealer, last night fortoally opened ltd se* $25,000 paint and bod; shop with a chicken dinner for employees, their wives cr husbands. and a number of special guests. The dinner was held In the new body shop, located on East Edger ton Street, and was attended by approximately 100 people. Demits Strickland, vice president and aervioe manager and promin ent young civic and business lead er, presided at the banquet and welcomed the guests. There were no soeeches. Instead, the group devoted the time to en joying a sumptuous chicken dinner, with pie and ice cream, a social hoar, and inspection of the modern and" complete faculties of the new shop. . FACILITIES PRAISED High praises for the new shop were offered bv all nreeent. A fea ture of the shop is the paint room, the only one of Its kind In this sec tion, It is eoulnned with a bank of Infra-red baking lamps similar to those used In the automobile factories. The equipment was de signed bv Marr’s Body Shop of Favettevllle. Strickland Motor Company baa enjoyed continuous growth and pro > gress ever since the business was j established here in 1931. It is Dunn’s oldest VitomObUe dealership, one of the largest dealerships in 1 Eastern Carolina. It is Also one of the few agen- has both the Bulck and Paul L. Strickland. Sr., Is presi dent of the company; his brother. ' Dennis BtrisjHsmd is vice president and service utomgger end Mrs. Paul (OoßUmfflrjp Page Twe) Erwfo Church Names Muse As Chairman W. H. Muse was elected chair- | man of the Board of Stewards of the Krwln Methodist Church to serve for the new conference year at an organisational meeting of the new board Sunday afternoon. S"b. Pu£ cea secretary-treasurer; and Mar vin West, assistant secretary-treas urer. s. The committee on ushers, con sisting of J. P. Bruton, chairman, L. B. Mfian and Byron Stevens ' new year is made up of the follow- McLean, j. r. uiiTmy* j ' I (She JJailij Jlwnri) TELEPHONES: Sill - Silt - SUB 1 . . ' *, Jurors Disagree On Sam Hallmans Case After the debate on the reckless driving charge against Sam Hall man consumed more than a day And a half, a Jury In Harnett County failed to agree and a mistrial was ordered. Court officials believe that the length of the Jury deliberations set a record for this type of offense. The case, the first tried Monday morning, went to the Jury about 3:30 p. m. No decision bad bean reached at the close of court and Judge A .R. Crisp told them to go County To Provide Standard Diolomas Graduating seniors from higl I schools throughout the county, i will no longer have to purchase their graduation diplomas. A con tract has been given to the Clint W. Lee Oo„ of Seattle, Washington, to turaisb a Standard diploma, It was revealed by A. B. Johnson, chairman Os a committee who has been working-an this project The ' committee, consisting of. Chairman Johnson, Henry Hitml ton. Principal of LUlington High School, and Knox Barrington, O. Purcell, AlbertToklham, Jr.. Handy Warren, Paul Parker and* Marvin West The Rev. D. A. Petty, who served tide church as pastor last year, has been re-appotated by the Uohfer ence to serve another year. nual Every Member Canvass. As member is "furnished a jwhSrtnton £ th?<d£/phg&% ££££! DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 14, 1951 home and report next day. Jurors returned Tuesday morning and In the stress of hearing a find degree murder plea and the selection of a Jury to try another murder case, the Hallman Jury was forgotten. As the Judge started to recess court Tuesday night he asked if a verdict had been reached. When told that they had failed to agree, he ordered one withdrawn and a mistrial ordered. Jurors told reporters that the (Oeatipued on page two) « h Principal of Benhaven School, so- I Uclted bids from a number of companies dealing in theee diplo mas They narrowed the choice down to a few and placed their findings before the Harnett principals at their last meeting. The contract 1 was awarded to C. A. Jackson, Jr„ of Dunn Route 3, representing the The idea of supplying these cor-. tifloatos came up at a board of' education.* tUpt igo. The bofrd fait tint after worlng twelve year* for these diplomas the graduates were entitled to them without charge. Prior to this year, the diplomas bad been handled by each school on an Individual basis, with no standard The 'student Under the new plan, the diplo mas for aH schools win be stand ard and supplied by .board of ed- funds at no ooet to the Sddltae“besrfon I and l-33nd 40.60. Lumbtoton: 43.00; 40.00. I Tarboro: 42.87; 41.12. r|- ■ I ■ A I W-Nimi I Ways To Beat Truman Sough! By The South HOT SPRINGS, Ark. W—Anti- Truman Democrats who attended the Southern Governors Confer ence here appeared today to have •a two-step plan of action, for the 1962 presidential election. They hope the Democratic na tional convention at Chicago next July will pick a candidate and adopt a platform acceptable to the Southerners who oppose President Truman and his civil rights pro gram . If that fails, some of them would . like to pledge Southern electoral votes to an Independent With the Idea of throwing final election of the next President lnto tfae House of Representatives. Although national politics was now supposed to be an fawpf at the three-day meeting of Southern gov ernors, it was injected b ■ a party loyalty speech by Houto Speaker ' Sam Rayburn and the (Solent re action of Southerners ataposed to 1 President Truman on aba rights and other 00-called aodpßtic pro posals. ; ..-Vi @,7 • ■ The anti-Truman gtratity fell tn- I to two steps because thi first de pended so heavily qn wltot kind of (Continued *n pagstwo) —— ——— Legion Supr Thursday Commander Paul O. White of the Dunn Post of the’ American Legion announced tedajflthst ever, - ion’s Armistice Night ttpper to be held Thursday ay-7 |m. tlie meeting night All members of the post are urg ed to attend the movie. NO SPEECHES Commander White said there would be no speeches, but a high light of the evening will be a film i on the Indianapolis Speedway races, i to be shown by Legionnaire Carl . Fitchett, Jr. t Among those expected to attend <, 1* Dr. J. M. Morgan, who was pres ent for the charter meeting of the , American Legion In Paris back In | 1918. i ‘ ; Scott Booked For Speech At Mamers Event ! Gevernor Kerr Scett wM be the gweet of the Mamers Charge of the Methodist Starch and the| Boone Trail Community Monday night, Nov. 19th. Gov. Scott will arrive in Ul- Hagtm a boat 7:99 p. m., where he will be met by a meter caval cade la charge of Chalmos Stew- Trail High School auditorium, fContinued on yege torn) BULLETINS EAU CLAIRE, Wi*. (Dp) Peter Paulson, 7, died yesterday alter a phymate accidentaUy shot him in the eye with an arrow fired from a homemade bow. £.l b ®ACH. fja. (DP) — A divorce ac f* on fby the socialite wife of the Venerable Benediet quest”" Episcopal mbtfeteT’ has been Rtomtotaß a t her re . OSLO. Norway. (DP) Oscar Torp today succeed ed Elnar Garbardsen as mime minister of Norway. Ger hardaen rescued yesterday for “personal reaaona.” BDENfVS AIRES. (UP) The expropriated news- Paper Prens will begin accepting advertisements to morrow in preparation for its formal reopening Nov. 1». WASHINGTON. (DP) The House Dn-Ametieaii «°tionpigwe Mjwfay. RhMrd^ h V mMTM awyawmraj • kyLMumim ■ jL a ' ragaToa) -. fv.. ,t~r,*jf r V vth Grand Jury Probes Dunn Health Center L. C. Barbour, foreman of the I Harnett County Grand Jury, told The Daily Record this afternoon that the grand Jury will return an unfavorable report on the facilities of the Dunn Health Center. The health center has been under investigation by the grand jury and a report on the Jurors' findings will probably be made sometime to day. Criticism of the health center, it is understood, results from the crowded conditions at the small building. For sometime, Dunn city officials • and Dr. W. B. Hunter, county health officer, have been seeking fluids from the county to improve and enlarge the health center or to provide an entirely new one. Foreman Barbour did not elabor ate on the investlgatiln to The | Daily Record, but indicated the re- 1 Roberts Given 10-12 Years For Slaying Superior Court Judge A. R. Crisp early this afternoon sentenced Eug ene Roberts, Coats Negro, to serve 10-12 years in prison for the slay ing of his estranged wife, Mary, on September 2, near Chalybeate Springs. Defense Attorneys Duncan C. Wil son and W. A. Johnson entered a plea of guilty this morning to sec ond degree murder, and Solicitor Jack Hooks accepted the plea. Yesterday, Roberts was arraign ed on trial for his life. The day of the killing, Roberts and his wife had gone to visit the husband’s sister and that was where the enme occurred. ' f a Crisp In passing sentence, "but I believe It was -caused by whiskey. Judee Criso said he wes riving Roberts exactly the amount of time he thought he should serve with out hones of parole or pardon. ‘T don’t believe in giving a de fendant three times the amount of time he should have with the ex pectancy of cutting It down by par ole" added the Judge. Evidence was slated to begin this morning in the first degree murder trial of Eugene Roberto. Coats Ne gro. on charges of killing his es tranged wife. Mary. on September , 2. near Chalvbeate Swings. The day of the killing, the two, accom panied by their children, had gone to visit the husband’s sister and I that was where the crime occurred. Selection of a jury of 13 was com pleted late Tuesday afternoon. Jur ors Include Felton Jackson, Dunn Route 3; Lee Cecil Moore, Erwin Route 1; William B. Benson, Erwin: Dave Godfrey. Jr.. Broadway, Route 1; J. P. Costa. LUlington, Route 1; C. E. Pope, Dunn, Route 1; J. J. West, Cameron, Route 2; Talmadge Jones, Dunn Route 1; Archie Wood. Dunn Route 3; Jasper B. Tart, Dunn Route 2: Alonso Hawley, Dunn; Hannibal W. Jemigan, Dunn Route 3 and Talmadge Byrd, Dunn Route' 3. .. The first seven were drawn from (Centtaaed ek page Twel FIVE CENTS PER COPY l port would be critical of the fa cilities. but that it would contain no criticism of personnel or the manner in which the clinic is being operated. TRUE BILLS RENDERED The Harnett County Grand Jury today returned true bills against Emerson Coats, on two counts of manslaughter arising out of a fa tal accident in which Allen B. Ray nor and Allen B. McLamb were killed. A true bill was also returned against Allen Newton, who also fa*as charges as the result of a dy namiting of a neighor house, on a charge of arceny. Hardy Ray Draughon, larceny and receiving, Jesse B. Williams, ■ larceny were returned, and the jurors were nearing evidence on the | horse stealing case against Howard 1 Wimberly at press. Mother Slays Two Os Sons Ends Own Life COVINGTON, Ky. —(W-A 30- year-old mother, apparently wor ried over financial matters, shot and killed two of her sons, woun ded a third and took her own life today in their two-room apartment .Police identified the dead as Mrs. , AVtoOf&.Lingiord.- tad -bee aoM, Thomas, UL and Claude, S. Charles Lunsford, 11, was wounded In the bad; and hand and was rushed to a hospital. Thomas was poring over his schoolbooks when he was shot In the back. Police said Claude ap parently was shot to death as he slept HAD BIBLE IN GOWN Mrs. Lunsford left no notes. Offi cers discovered a Bible concealed In her nightgown. I Mrs. Lunsford’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Garter, slept through the tragedy In adjoining quarters. ThSy learned of the shootings when . Charles staggered through e, door toparattng the apartments and cried: * . > terrible has happen •*’ - , Charles said his mother had slapped one of the children last night and the child drew back in anger. When the grandparents left the apartment after a visit about 11:80 p. m„ Charles said his mother told them: "Grandma’s gone now and this is agpod chance to get even with you Shortly after midnight, Charles said, she started shooting. Muse, McLamb Heading Drive Locke Muse and a*in«» head the committee, which includes all the members of the Dunn Lions Club, to campaign tor funds this wetk, to be turned over to Falcon Orphanage for Thanksgiving. In nftktnc thi announcement Lions Club President. Waite How ard. urged all cltlaens of Dunn to participate In the drive when they are contacted. \ - The_two chatnnen have set up the Walter Winchell InNewYork Monday in# , wttH lm- ■ n#corcf - i ' ' -./l prar—TT, -i: ai ym sat] The Record j Gets Results j Someßound Gagged And Buried Alive In Mass Executions PUSAN, Korea. - (UP, A high Bth Army offi&QT charged today that the Chinese Communists have dered 2,513 American war prisoners, including 200 Ma rines in a single mass execution. • * * . . •• Tickets For Eure Speech Are Offered Only 100 tickets are still available for the first winter program of the Dunn Information Clinic, ‘to be held in the Dunn Armory on Thurs day night, November 29th, Presi dent J. Shepard Bryan announced today. Secretary of State Thadi Eure, has accepted an invitation to speak at the first meeting and will be] the first in a series of distinguished publig figures to appear during the season. At least two nationally-prominent speakers will appear during the season. MEETING HELD Ways and means of handling tickets were discussed at a meet ing of officers and other interested citizens held at the home of Mrs. Pat Lynch. Mayor Ralph E. Hanna was among those present. Tickets will be available down-} town at Fltchett’s Drug Store, at Mayor Hanna’s office, at President ( Bryan’s office, from' Vlo« .Ftesi-) dent Eugene Smith at The Com mercial Bank and fro# other A- 1 ; 'T’dr*'' i Moderator Jim McMillan, Who i organised the clinic, said today that > he expected the demand to far ex ceed the number of tickets to be : offered. Those planning to attend are ad vised to secure their tickets Im mediately. Murder Cases ; Are Delayed Two first degree murder cases to day had been removed from the week’s docket of Harnett Superior Court. On motion of the court-anpoint ed counsel for the defense, the case against James Tavlor. LUlington Negro charged with the shotgun ; slaying of his sweetheart MuY ; Elizabeth Guyton, was continued until the January term, i A. R. Tavlor and D. C. Wilson ! named by the Judge to defend Tay lor asked for the continuance on , grounds they needed the time to prepare the defense. Taylor allegedly 'broke down the door of A. B. Guyton’s house in the early morning hours of Sep tember 23 and shot Mary Elizabeth Guyton as she lay sleeping beside her small chUd. Taylor, arrested later the same day, admitted the killing to officers. INDICTED MONDAY On Monday the grand jury re turned a true bill against Taylor on murder in the first degree. He, ”™isarg >sriet fit's Say Grable, Turnjfl Lamarr. Lammir TmiU fll m a^«^ NEW YORK -m- This will be hard new for Betty Grable, Dorn- ] thy Lamour. Hedy Lamarr and! Dana Turner, bat plain-spoken , army "art editor*- say the lovely ] foursome are “as passe aa World i War H so far as Gls in Korea are 1 concerned." Pfc. Charles M Slotnick pat the J case three and anumber | “Wut vrehrinMo* are<! new faces and figurea Who ten got , up P favorite & of yawmatiTto tail wart» -- _ : ~ * “no. 24S In addition, he said, the' have murdered 130 other U-. N.‘ war prisoners and together with thq North Koreans have executed since last November 7,000 South Korean prisoners. The charge was made by Col. James Hanley, judge advocate of Gen. James A. Van Fleet’s Bth Army. "This is in sharp conflict With Chinese claims of compliance with the Geneva convention ,ln the treat ment of war prisoner*,” he safit,. He released Bth Army recordg documenting atrocities commlMtoij by the Chinese Army since its in tervention in Korea last November. Hanley said the 200 Marines comprised the largest single I group of Anijeriean prisoners known to have been executed. They wore slain tost Dee. IS near Slnhung, south of Ham hung on the northeast Korean coast, on orders of the com mander of the 23rd Reglmsnt of the 81st Division of the CW-’ nese Communist Army, he said. The mass execution came duHht the Bth Army’s heroic from its beachhead in noriteMl' Korea. The Marines made a figMo lng retreat of more than 60 mites under constant attack from JMKI agely-flghting Chinese Who surrounded them. The sui m I were evacuated from HungnaptJpf 1 sea. , I Hanley said Bth' Army reotittft | showed that 40 Turkish war pris oners. 10 British, five Belgians and I 75 other U.N. trooos have berijygHi Although the total nmaliKVßl South Korean civilians eXMMdjR ed by the CornmnnlstoHl never be knows. Hanley believed it to be 25.575” men. women and ren. most of whom never tried. An Bth Army release dH that the Reds slaughteredLKOS boliticol prisoners—obviously TpfV sympathizers—at HaeJu in westofi Korea in Sentember and OotdH’ 1950. It said 700 of them Were fcM§ en into a gold mine. boundlHd gagged, then pushed down a vertia cal shaft. gagged-and buried alive la holes at Haetu airport. Some H were loaded in a train north. When U.N. planes raided# train, the Reds lined up half me group and shot them, the said. Civil Session 1 Will Be HeMI fl After a telephone ‘ convetjH with John Strong, admtnisffH e assistant to Chief Justice #3i Devin. Judge A. R. Crisp veatmß was informed that thie mixed #| for Harnett—criminal OtetUnK week and civil the nekt, still «#■ A heavy criminal docket toßi appeared likely to extend into « week and contention of some neys with criminal cases to trJB « ■the November term of cAt court in Harnett has tradition# ‘ bee! ic: n «nU' e on S^l^.r3 ly blMer complaMk^MjS
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