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RETIRED MINISTER HONORED Dr. Angus R. McQueen,
•hewn here, paster emeritus of the Dunn and Grove Presbyterian -
Churches, celebrated his 76th birthday -Sunday. Members of the
Grove Church presented Dr. McQueen sl6*. as a birthday rift and
announced that a new addition to the church will be named In his
honor. Dr. McQueen held the local pastorate for 36 years before his
# retirement In DM. He is one of the best known Presbyterian leaders
of the State, and held many high positions In the church.
Harnett Jury Gives
yerdictOfjs7is,OQO
A Harnett County jury late Friday returned a verdict
under which Adams and Tate Construction Company of
Roanoke, Va. must pay damages totaling $75,000 to two
persons Injured last .March in an automobile accident
near Godwin.
Mrs. Ruth Karpf, 31. New York
City, waa awarded $55,000 by the
jury. Compensation for B. H. Run
yon, 61., contractor of Fairfax
Va., was set at <30,000. The'
jury which received the case at
3:40 p. m. was out 40 minutes.
Abe Nobler, Long Island. N. Y.,
named as co-defendant with the
construction company in the action,
was cleared of contributory! negli
gence.
Attorneys W. A. Johnson of Is
lington. Duncan C. Wilson and F.
L. Doffermvre of Dunn represent
ed Mr. Karpf an£ Runyon. Nobler'a
attorneys were James Mpßae of
and the law firm of
Oates. Quillen and Russ, also of
Fayetteville.
This was the largest verdict ever
returned by a Harnett' jury In one
No Time For Tears
Our Bey Was Lying In The Iron Lung Close To His Death,
'* Dr. Henderson Gove Us No Hope-But My Wife
Found The Bravery To TeH Chuck He Was
Getting Better
By CHARLES H. ANDREWS >
‘ --.EDITOR'S NOTE: Charles H. Andrews is a writer in Oaji, Calif.,
whlke 16-year-eld ton Chuck waa striken with polio eighteen month*
age. The decters gave him one chance in a thousand to Hvt but he
did.
Here Mr. Andrews offers a poignant account of his experiences
staring |he child’s Illness. This Is the Wond es a arnica at rig article*
from hit beck, NO TIME FOR TEARS, Just published by Doubleday
lAaad Company.
9 CHAPTER TWO
TO LITE OR NOT TO LIVE
Dr. Henderson was waiting for us outside the isola
tion ward. ShronCs of fog swirled through the wet night
air as he lit a cigarette and handed me one, peering with
red-rimmed eyes. He waved the cigarette toward the door.
“Maybe you’d better go ahead in and see the boy.
There’s not a chance in a thousand he’ll make it.” ffis
voice slumped. •,
We couldn’t accept this standing still. “Doctor, can’t
be done? Anything? Norma insisted.
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He threw down the oijwrettei
it his heeL^
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case. Attorney Doffermyre a few'
years ago also set a new record
by winning a verdict of $50,000 in
a damage suit.
Immediately on return of the
verdict, attorneys Robert Dye of
Fayetteville and Neill- Mcßay Sal
mon of LiUington, counsel for the
construction company, moved to
have the verdict set aside as ex
cessive. They also contended the
court erred in Its charge by plac
ing too great a burden qn the con
struction company.
MOTION SET FOR MARCH 11
Judge Leo Carr of Burlington,
who presided over the week-long
trial said, “Frankly, this verdict
seems heavy to me. There is not
a particle of evidence before the
court about the permanency of Mr.
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DUNN, N. C. t MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 11, 1952
29 Dead, 42 Hurt In 3rd Newark Crash
Kefauver Hits
Truman's Ties
With KC Gang
WASHINGTON (IP) Pres
ident Truman is taking a
personal hand in efforts to
line up a strong slate o f
Democratic Senate candid
ates for this fall’s election,
it was disclosed today.
A democratic party official said
Mr. Truman has been particularly
Interested in getting Reps. Henry
Jackson (Wash.), Mike Mansfield
(Mont.), and Walter Oranger
(Utah) and Missouri A tty. Gen. J.
C. Taylor into the Senate races in
their states.
In all those states. Senate seats
now held by Republicans are at
state in November.
Democratic leaders are especial!*
concerned with putting un the
strongest possible Senate slates for
two reasons: They bee a good
rhance of holding cbntrol of the
Senate even if the GOP wins the
national election; they remember
1946 when strong Senate candidates
in several states were credited with
pulling Mr. Truman’s national tick
et to victory.
In other political developments:
1. Campaign manager David S.
Ingalls reported that Sen. Robert
A. Taft of Ohio, a leading GOP
presidential contender. Is gaining
In popularity with the rank and file
voters of the nation.
2. Reliable sources In Paris re
ported that Oen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower is cold-shouldering mount
ing demands from ’,hls supporters
that he come home and campaign
actively for the Republican nomin
ation.
3. Sen. Rstes Kefauver <Tenn),
only avowed candidate for the Oem
r ocratk; presidential nomination,
took an apparent dig at Pregjijgnf.
Hampshire, where he will ?un
against Mr. Truman in the March
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Williams Has
No Intention
Os Retiring
Superior Court Judge Clawson L.
Williams of Sanford, one of the
State’s veteran judicial officials,
todav squashed reports circulated
in the district ,that he might re
tire and asserted, "You can quote
me as saying that I have no in
tentions of retiring.**
Reports have persisted for sev
eral months that Judge Williams,
who suffered serious fflneas about
a year ago, would step down In
time for candidates seeking the of
fice to enter the spring primaries.
Judge Williams, now hale and
hearty and en toying good health,
1 laughed at -the reports.
"The good people of the Fourth
Judicial District have kept on elect
ing me.” he said, "and I certainly
have no desire or intentions to re
tire.”
HAS SERVED 18 YEARS
Judge Williams has served on
the bench for the past 18 years
and his present term will not ex
pire for six more years. He has
been unopnosed since his election
to the bench.
Declaring that he felt the best
in years, judge Williams said he was
surprised and also somewhat a
mu*ed to learn of the repots.
Already, several lawyers in the
district have been reported to be
grooming themselves to make the
race. ,
Before his election to the bench.
Judge Williams served for 12 years
os district solicitor and established
a reputation for being ont of the
State’s outstanding prosecutors.
The Fourth Judicial District Is
made Up of the counties of Har-
Johnston, Wayne and
poultry: Fryers and broilers about
TliiigißiiSESiiiY
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CONGRESSMAN F. ERTLE
CARLYLE, shown here, who paid
his filing fee Saturday and of
ficially became a candidate for
re-election to represent the Sev
enth Congressional District in the
V. S. House of Representatives.
Congressman Carlyle was first
elected to the House In 1948 and
has made an outstanding record
in the office.
A conservative who is opposed
to socialism, deficit spending,
FgPC, and other programs for
eign to the thinking of real Son
thorn Democrats, Mr. Carlyle has
. consistently voted with Southern
; iKprwjantatives In Congress.
BfeyHL to^ t y h * was making
iitaf since I Itrot threw my hat
Into the ring back 111 1948.”
Mr. Carlyle advised The Rec
ord this morning that he will
make a visit to Dunn and Har
nett later hi the week.
Benson Considers
Adding Flourine
Benson’s city council is now
considering the fluoridation of the
town’s water supply.
Dr. C. W. Sanders, prominent
Benson dentist, appeared before
the council and suggested that
fluoridation be added.
Mayor Ed Johnson and the coun
cilman delayed action on the mat
ter pending an investigation of the
cost.
Sanders Captured ;
Confesses Slaying
Warren Sanders, 38-year-old
Negro, confessed today that he
killed his mother-in-law and wound
ed two others in a triple-stabbing
which occurred Saturday afternoon
about 2 o'clock on Erwin, Route 1.
nea Bunnlevel.
He was captured late yesterday
and admitted to authorities that
he plunged fatal knife wounds Into
the body of his mother-in-law,
Nancy Jane McLean, 55, and then
slashed up his wife, Carrie, about
35, and cut Mary McLean, a niece
of the victim.
An inquest was conducted Sat
urday night at the Dafford Fun
CONCORD, N. H„ (IP Sen. Estes Kefauver plans
a full-wah campaign ter the support of New Hampshire
voters in his guest for the Democratic presidential nom
ination. .
two enemy planes from the skies. The*3L-y«ar-oMI
in action. The Air. Force believed he had no fbapee of
survival: ■&: t rTa .• ' •*r
ORLANDO, (1— Dtiiti Dwfinite* plfkfd onuutes
Airport Closed
After Receiving
Bombing Threats
ELIZABETH, N. J. IIP) _
Newark’s airport’s third air
liner disaster within two
months killed 29 persons
and injured 42 early today.
A huge four-engine DC-6 was
the third big transport to
crash into heavily congested
residential sections of this
city.
Government authorities in Wash
ington spoke of a "jinx" but the
New York Port Authority, opera
| tiorb of the airport, revealed that
it |iad received anonymous bomb
threats against botli its Newark
and its New York City LaGuadia
airports.
AIRPORT CLOSED
• So grave were the implications
that the authority shut down New
ark, one of the country’s biggest
and busiest airports, at 3 a. m. “in
the .light of these tragic events and
pending further investigation,"
Today’s disaster plane was own
ed py National Airlines. It smash
ed ;into a four story apartment
house in which 60 families were
sleeping two minuter after its take
off for Miami. Both building and
plane burst into flames.
It occurred within the same
square mile of Elizabeth in which
the two other airliners crashed
Dec. 16 and Jan. 22, the first just
after leaving Newark, the second
while attempting an instrument'
landing.
ON CLEAR NIGHT
The newest crash was on a clear,
moon-lighted night. The first crash
occurred in good weather too but
the second was on a rainy, foggy
afternoon. Engine trouble was the
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Brother O* Dm#*
Woman Buried
Funeral services were held in
Johnson City, Tennessee Monday
afternoon for Jewett Wilson, about
50, brother of Mrs. J. I. Thomas of
Dunn.
Mr. Wilson, an Air Force veteran
of World War I, died Sunday morn
ing in the Mountain Home Vet
erans Hospital in Johnson City af
ter a long Illness. He had resided
in Johnson City for about 20 years.
He was a native of Duplin Coun
ty.
Mrs. Thomas left for Johnson
City Sunday, accompanied by two
brothers, V. D. Wilson of Magnolia
and M. T. Wilson of Raleigh, and
a brother-in-law, R. L. Jones of
Wallace.
eral Home here by Harnett Cor
oner Grover C. Henderson and the
jury ordered Sanders held without
ball for kctlon by the grand jury
at the March term of court.
Sanders was taken into custody
by Deputies Claude Avery and Os
car Pearce and Corporal Rommle
Williamson, David Matthews and
Paul Albergine of the State High
way Patrol. He submitted without
resistance, and readily admitted
the cutting. He said he threw the
knife Into a field am) fled.
’ STABBED THREE TIMES
The aged woman was stabbed
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Look Calls Dunn Vice Record
"Bad” Mayor Sends Denial
Angered by an article scheduled
to appear in Look Magazine which
labels Dunn as a city with “poor”
vice conditions, Mayor Ralph Hanna
this momtog dispatched a telegram
to the (editors of the magazine vig
orously protesting
ed on information obtained from
the American Social Hygiene As
sociation.
Dunn, according to the article, Is
in the company es Greensboro.
Jacksonville, Fla., San Francisco, St.
Louis. Memphis and Baltimore, all
of which are given a “poor” rating
as to vice conditions in the article.
Among cities rated below Dunn
as “bad” are Pensacola, Galveston.
Fort Smith. Ark., Chattanooga and
Albany, N. Y.
Above Dunn and in the “fair”
category are listed Fayetteville,
Charlotte and Wilmington.
Mayor Hanna said this morning
that he considers the article false
and that vice conditions here are
definitely not such as to njerit the
“poor” label. He is looking forward
to a reply from the editors of the
magazine.
The article is scheduled to ap
pear in the February 26th issue
which goes on sale tomorrow. City
officials in Greensboro have also
wired the editors and asked that
they refrain from circulating the
issue. ,
Youth Murders
Mother, Sister
And Brother
MILWAUKEE, Wis. lff! A
‘‘quiet" 16-vear-old boy said today
he killed his mother,' brother and
sister in a fit of rage brought on
when he was denied the use of the
family car, Milwaukee notice said.
Two detectives immediately flew
to Kirkwood. 80., where the youth,
John Schulz, was arrested yester
day bv Missouri state troopers.
Ironically. It waa the family car
which Schulz took after the killings
that led to his arrest. The officers
spotted It -parked on Highway 66
and tried to pull alongside for a
routine check.
Schulz sped away and tod the
troopers an a nine-mile chase be
fore they caught up with Him. * '
The Mayings occurred tote Satur
day afternoon, but ware not dis
covered until last night when the
father returned from a trio to find
the bodies of Me wife. Catherine.
96. bis 10-vcar-o)d son Robert, and
ata-vwr-dM daughter. Katherine.
kftrhen table:
this —v. Maybe well meet arain
rw going to ipe some of the otoees
joa .... Your twisted «on John"j
ELIZABETH II T~^
From Childhood To Queen
U. W* to the third It’ifMtatodl
five dispatches on Queen EUubetA
By CHARLES M. McCANN
United Press Staff Correspondent
She still signed her name “Lili
bet”
But before she was (1, Britain’s
new Queen Elisabeth was emerg
ing fast into womanhood.
LiHbet was now heir presump
tive to the throne. It long had been
evident that there would be no
brother to displace her. She was
receiving the education of a pros
pective monarch. For some years
her father the Idng had been
showing her state papers, guiding
her toward her destiny.
C/eo Moore In Trio
Facing Liquor Count
Cleo Moore of Wade, .described
by authorities as “one of the best
known bootleggers in this section"
and two other men are free under
bond on charges of violating the
internal revenue laws.
Bond for Moore, who has three
previous convictions for illicit whls
Final Rites Held For
Mrs. Esther Mott, 79
Funeral services were held In
Raleigh Monday afternoon for
Mrs. Esther
Dunn woman and mother of Willie
Mots, prominent Dunn business and
leader.
Mrs. Moss had been in ill health
for the past seven years and her
condition became critical on Sat
urday. She was taken to the Dunn
Hoepital Saturday afternoon and
died Monday morning at 13:06. She
,or
The services were held at 3 o’-
clock at the Brown Funeral Home j
vtoea^to*
The Reco '•
Is FIRST
In Circulation .. Newt
Photos . . ’Advertising
Comics .. Features
A W hbd come .m*>.
Dec. IT, IkM, when Bdwarc) VHT
Abdicated to marry “the woman, I
love.”
People recalled that he used to
call Lilibet, "queen.”
The Duke of York became King
George VI. Gone were the happy
days of the family pillow fights at
bedtime. Gone were the simple
homes. The family lived now in
vast Buckingham Palace.
.‘‘People here need, bicycles,” Li
libet said.
ATTENDED CORONATION
Lilibet atended her father’s cor
onation, her Tirst great affair 6f
state, with Margaret. They wore
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key activities and who recentety
completed a term on the ronds wn
another charge, was set aj^ B,o6o.
Other defendants were: Lautaftol
las Parker. 28. of Dunn arto 'Bnck
T. McNeill, 33-year-old tifefcM of
Dunn, Route 1. All three wjEHtet
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daughter of the late Mr. and Btas.
Samuel Kline. Her husband, "Tmenh
in 1921, She wasw mem-
Surviving are two sons., Willie
Moss of Dunn, who marrMaSSEi I
Pearl Baer, daughter
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