+WEATHER+ North Carolina Partly cloudy and colder today and to night. Snow flurries in mountain section this morning. Much colder tonight with 14 to 20 In West and North portions and 20 to 26 in -the Southwest. * VOLUME II Local Veterans .Vo/e Approval Os State Bonus m ;Jd» i :.wm ■ K ■k** : 1 JK * /Hr terißß ■V/TO f'*’ '''>; "l“/’'■•-■’■JW* R. JEFF DENNY of Dunn, who last night was elected president B»f the Ilarnrtt County unit of the North Carolina Education Assoc iation for the 1952-53 school year. He succeeds Miss Rachel Clifford of Dunn, who will serve in th's capacity the remainder of this school year. Torrev Johnson of | Buie's Creek was elected vice pres ident, and Jllrs. W. E. Awbrey of Lillingtcn was named secretary treasurer, 4 _ Prefers Truman gy»l I: ;■ ■ ’ }' Son, Rrlon McMahon IN A SURPHSI move. Sen. Brlen McMahon (D-Conn.) announce* In Washington that ho wants his hum removed from the Illinois Presidential primaries He said he ’ had written a letter to backers ty. Jhat, upon reflection, ha prefers Resident Truman for re-election. I ' •-M • ■ H VETERANS DISCUSS STATE BONUS A large crowd of voteraas was on hand last night to TELEPHONES: 311? - 3118 • 3118 | Approximately 200 ■ veterans, gathered in a mass meeting here I last night, shouted their approval | of a State bonus and pledged, their ; support for the cause to Del Vas co’-as, who predicted flatly that a referendum on the issue will be called by the next legislature. "The movement is picking up steam,” declared Vascovas, who said he was organizing all 100 counties of the State to show the next Gen | eral Assembly that “the veterans 1 do want a bonus, and we want it | now." The bonus meeting was held un -1 der sponsorship of Dunn’s AMVT , post. Marvin Hight is the com j mander and he and Paul Hester i handled the arrangements. | Vascovas State AMVT official from Burlington told the veterans that Senators and Representatives who last Session opposed the bonus were “coming over on our side” and I he predicted that few, if any, rep i resentatives would dare oppose the | referendum when it comes up a- I gain. SAWYER HITS PROCEDURE State Senator Tom Sawyer of Durham, radio station owner, author of an unsuccessful bonus bill last session and now State com mander of the AMVETS, Joined Vascovas in attacking and con demning the “undemocratic action” j of the last General Assembly. Senator Sawyer devoted most of his remarks to explaining legis lative procedure and calling for an all-out fight from precincts up. During his remarks, however, he lashed out vigorously against legislative procedure. The Durham legislator condemn ed the "gag” rule and declared the legislative committees were ‘stacked : against the veterans Just like gam blers stack a deck of cards. “And we don’t like to think we’re with a bunch of gamblers,” he ad ded. The Senator, acknowledged lea der of, the bonus advocates, estt ■l (UeWitwscd On Page Three) uffve Opens His Campaign WINSTON SALEM IW Judge Hubert F. Olive said here last night that he favors “better labor conditions and better profit con ditions” in a “program of progress” for North Carolinians. Olive, a candidate for the Demo cratic gubernatorial nomination, told the Young Democrats Club that the ‘‘onlv wav to render ser vice to the people is through a progressive program.” “The Young Democrats offer that to the Democratic party,” the for state Democratic chairman said. HITS LETHARGY “There have been times In the past 25 or 30 years when the Dem ocratic party of this state might have tended to stand still except , for the work of the Young Dem ocrats and the women.” be said. Olive, who has the backing of Gov. Kerr Scott, said “we must continue to progress on the agri cultural level.” He said ‘ farming is the basic foundation for our prosperity.” He said industry must be dev eloped in North Carolina, allowed to grow and show a fail profit. “And labor must be Justly compen sated,” he said. jflaihj jjffcemnfr DUNN, N. C„ TUESDAY' AFTERNOON, JANUARY $9, 1952 17 Reported De.-< i -y' ■ v Robert L Dewar, a native of . Harnett County, has joined staff aI Dunn Pharmacy, it pa*j annouaoed today by Otte Warden, 1 owner of the local drug store. Mr. Dewar Is a registered drug. The Record - Is FIRST In Circulation . . News Photos . . Advertising Comics . . Features NO. 38 Firemen Work In Weather At 15 Below MINNEAPOLIS (IP—Num bed firemen today due into an “icy log jam” which had been a three-story tenement before fire swept it, killing : 17 persons. I The bodies of four women, six i children and a man had been re ' moved from the frozen ruins more than 24 hours after the fire raced j through the structure a few hours I before dawn yesterday. | The body of one small boy was found on a metal cot covered by a sheet of ice. He lay as if he were asleep, indicating he never was aware of the blaze j Floodlights illuminated the scene | through the night as firemen, werk ! ing in temperatures of 15 below zero, chopped through the heap’ of timbers, furniture and clothing, I The walls of the building were demolished down to about the first floor to prevent them fronr collaps ing on firemen who entered the rubble. CRANE IS USED A giant crane with a “clamshell” (Continued Or. Page Three) New Mercury To Be Shown The 1952 Mercury, a breathtak ingly beautiful car that offers greater value and more advanced features than any other car in its class, will go on display Wednes day In the showrooms of Auto Sales and Service Co. in Dunn. (Plans for the showing were an announced today by Henry H. Sand lin, president of tile local firm, wl>o extended to tfce public a cordial Jn vitation to visit his showrooms jrSfKP see the new Mercury. Mercury is one Os the few 1969 automobiles which has been cot.l -, pletelv chanced. NEW STYLING j It has completely new “Fore i runner” styling with a distinctive ! “Jet-scoop” hood—a new front-end design that combines both bumper (Continued On Page Three) • ' -? or - ■ dSiiTi i, uj&a <** ifN f •