+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Mostly fair and not so warm today, with risk of thunderstorms in moun tains this afternoon. Partly cloudy and rather hot tonight and Friday. Risk of afternoon thundershowers. VOLUME II .Manning Supporters Call Mass Meeting For Sunday Two Prisoners Make Escape Jrom Work Gang Harnett County prison authorities, county deputies and members of the State Highway Patrol today were combing the area for two Negro convicts who escaped from a work gang yesterday afternoon near Lillington. t Captain N. R. Sessoms, superin tendent of the Lillington prison eainp, today identified the two es capees as: James Paul Baggett, 22, of Wade, serving 2-3 years for larceny and receiving. Louis J. Ganse, 22, of Laurinburg, serving 8 months for breaking, en tering and larceny. ESCAPE THROUGH WOODS Captain Sessoms said the two prisoners made a break through _ brushes and undergrqwth during Vttie noon lunch rest period. A. L. Parrish, the guard, detect ed their absence in just a few mo ments. but they had too much head way tu be apprehended immediat ely. Both are A-Grade prisoners and Sessoms said peither had given trouble previously. Seizure Power *Ag din Refused WASHINGTON —(W— The us \ "ally pro-administration House Banking Committee rejected 15 to 10 .today a move to give Presi dent Truman power to seize the steel industry. The action was taken as the itfemfftttee worked on legisla tion to, extend the Defense Pro duction Aot-the basic controls q la.W -whieh-wsphes Jxme SO. ' ' Choral Group To Broadcast The Harnett Choral Group which Is ‘ composed of 30 women from th£ home demonstration clubs in Hp*njetl„ County will sing over _ WPTF radio station this Saturday Cat 6;15 p.ni., competing in the WPTF Choral Awards contest. Each program in this contest features home - demonstration county choru ses , competing for the awards which total $l5O. These will be presented to the choruses judged best and second best during an 'fe (Continued on Page Two) ?/' COMMENCEMENT Commencement Exercises for the Vacation Bible School or the Glad JjTidifigs Church will be held this Friday, June 13, at 8:00 p.m. in th«* church auditorium. The School has had an enroll ment this year of 131 and an ave rage daily attendance of over 100. The following persons have as sisted Rev. and Mrs. A. A. Amerine in the direction and .teaching of the school: Mrs- Loften Tart, Mrs. Blanche Mann, Mrs. Ruby Ffix, Miss Shirley Campbell, Miss Jean Patterson, Miss Pieggy Godbcjd, JfMft-. Gardner Altman, Mrs. Silas Mr. Robert Willis. ROUS SITE FOR A STORE - For the v’cond time since the flrzl of the year a car has I cub** tat- thto I* Snppl, cZ In l£k It aai TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 Ike Says He Would Exercise T-H Law In Steel Controversy NEW YORK (iP) Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said today that if he were president he probably would in voke the Taft-Hartley law in the steel dispute. "From what I know, if I had to do it, I would have invoked the law,” he said. "I would have done everything possible to put off the striae another 80 days,” The retired general made the statement in talking with New Jer sey Republicans whose support he sought for the GOP presidential nomination. The group of about 75 met with Eisenhower shortly after a similar session with, Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio, his pricipal rival for the nomination. In discussing the steel dispute, during a question and answer per iod, Eisenhower stressed that he has been out of the country, and is not completely familiar with all the laws which apply to labor-man agement strife and the facts behind the steel issue. But, he said, steel is vital to the buildup of Allied strength and the troops in Korea and he would have: done everything in his power to prevent a stoppage of production ] AFL Denies Charge Brought By ClOers Tom West of ‘Erwin, business manager of the Erwin union, which recently bolUd from the CIO to the AFL, to dajOusanded false” a statement released yeq erday by five Efwin workers claiming that a union meet ing conducted By West and his group on Tuesday night was not democratic. BULLETINS * ... ■’ ■ i The workers, Harvey Williams, , Ish Guy, B. T. Hall, Charles Haw- , ley and Tom Byrd, challenged th(. , right of Howard El Parker of Dur ham, manager of the joint board. , to preside over the meeting. They called the tactics, “high ihanded” and referred to officials as “dictators.” . | “FAIR AND DEMOCRATIC” West - today issued a vigorous denial .and declared, “We leaned over backwards to be fair add dem ocratic.” • . ' • He said that President Frankie. Morrison of the AFL- bad designat ed Mr. Parker to preside due to the fact that he was unable to attend He 'also asserted that although Mr Parker serves at Durham he still holds membership in the Erwin lo cal “And when the question was raised,” declared West, who is also chairman of the Harnett Board of Elections, “we put it to a vote and It was almost unanimous in faVor of Parking presiding.” He said the only ones opposing Parker presiding were a few dis gruntled menfters of the CIO who had no business attending an AFL meeting. - “But even though they had no business at the meeting and no right (Ehe OTHER ANSWERS The New Jersey group asked Eisenhower many questions on domestic and foreign affairs during their hour-long meeting. His responses included: KOREA he had "no definite anV.er" on how it could be settled quickly but we should build up the Korean troops to the point where they could hold any aggression un til the disposable forces of the United States could be brought into action. YALTA AND POTSDAM “I participated in no political decisio:* during tile war I did voluntarily give my opinion on one or two things. It was not accepted.” WESTERN GERMANY The division was agreed upon although he opposed it before he made his last attack in World War fl and “I was forced to retreat 150 miles to get back inside the area picked by pe'lticians as the place we should be.” to vote, had they outvoted us we would have abided by the decision of the majority without screaming about it,” added West. West said the AFL further pamp ered the CIO members by ex tend (Continued on Pace Two) Carlyle-Tally Debate Sought, Jim McMillen, moderator of the Dunn Information Clinic, ap4 > nounced this morning that lie will invite Congressman F. Ertel Carlyle of Lumberton and his opponent. Mayor Joe Tally of Fayetteville, .to debate the issues of the lively second primary now underway. He said that if the candidates accept the debate would probably be held in the city courtroom. There would be no meal served, as has been customary in the past. “With so much interest in his hotly-contested race, I feel that a joint debate by the candidates would he most timely and also helpful to the voters in making up their minds,” said McMillen. The date would depend upon - the, convenience of the candi dates. DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 12, 1952 Unpledged Bloc Os Delegates May Hold Power WASHINGTON —IIP)— Tfie hard fought race for the Republican presidential nomination was thrown into confusion today by reports of backstage maneuvering to weld three pivotal state delegations into a balance-01-power bloc to dom inate the GOP convention. The reports, published by the Baltimore Sun and the Washington Times-Herald, said negotiations in volved Gov. Theodore R. Mckeldln of Maryland. Gov. John S. Fine of Pennsylvania and Republican National Committeeman Arthur Summerfield of Michigan. Large blocs of GOP convention delegates from all three states are now listed as uncommitted In the contest between Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gen. Dwight D. Eisen hower. The reports did not say which GOP candidate such a coalition might back. There was no immediate con iirmation from any of the principals in the alleged maneuver. Some highly-placed members of the Taft and Eisenhower campaign organi zations here expressed skepticism They said they had heard "nothing whatever" about any such deal be ing in the wind. But the very existence of the re ports created a stir in the already tense GOP camps, and focused new attention on the key role to be played at the nominating conven tion by the more than 100 delegates who have not yet been pledged to either Taft or Eisenhower. OTHER HAPPENINGS / In other political developments: 1. David S. Ingalls, Taft’s cam paign manager, said a “strange affinity” between Eisenhower sup porters and the administration had raised 'Strove doubts” thqt ’ -tty ■general fcarrwage an effeobVe cam paign for the OOP nomination. Ingalls said the “affinity” was shown when “three top men in the Eisenhower organization” voted to give President Truman authority to seize strike-bound defense plants The move was beaten. 2. Thomas Coleman, Wisconsin industrialist, wits ’named Taft’s floor manager at the national con vention. DEADLOCK POSSIBILITY 3. James A. DeLong, an Okla homa delegate pledged to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, said the GOP keynoter will seek the presidential nomination if a deadlock develops between Eisenhower and Taft. 4. Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tenn essee, a candidate for the Demo cratic nomination, said at cere monies dedicating a Columbus television station that TV “may sound the death knell for political .decisions made in smoke - filled rooms because for the first time millions of our citizens will be able to see the two great national polit ical conventions.” 5. Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida (Continued On Page Thrge) Light 801 l Weevil Damage Is Found 801 l weevil infestation is light in fields checked' in Barnett County According to County Agent C. R. Am mons, but a heavy infestation of horn worms has been found in tobacco fields. Ammons and his aides made spot checks on ten cotton fields Monday in widely separated parts of the county. After checking a field on the property of J. Wilkins, Fuquay Route 2, a check .was made at the farm of C. P. Kelly, Lillington Route 1. ’ BULLETINS EL PASO,. Tex UR Broadway star Ethel Merman, newly freed of her second husband via quickie Mexican divorce, played the mystery woman today after suddenly calling off plans to fly back to New York. HOLLYWOOD (IT) Blonde Pla Lindstrom, 13-year old daughter of Ingrid Bergman and her ex-husband, Dr. Petsr Lindstrom, is graduated from junior high school today while her parents carry on their bitter court bat tle over her. BERKELEY, Calif. (IF) Mrs. Tami Tanabe, 26, paid $1.50 at an auction sale for a box of assorted kitcheri ware. At home she took , the lid off a teapot that was in the box and found some wadded paper. It turned out to be SSOO in paper currency. She can keep the money If no one claims it within a year. / ; " ' ' ' , • Mtama O* **•> Ip x - m r gL sHV HJr Ji fry f * ” EgJilS PRACTICE FOB RpTLE THEATER PLAY Rehearsals for the Dunn Little Theater’s play, “The Stone in the Road” to be put on by a group of Dunn young people, are being held on the lawn of the of -Mrs. Emmett Aldredge. Shown are a group watching as Betsy Byerly and Jimmy Thomp s . Islanding at left) rehearse a bit- "rom the play. Onlookers include; Ann Aldredge, Butch Fowler, J Alice Moss, Buster Lee, Marilyn Jo Jernigan, Ida Sue Neighbors. Nina Coats, Jan Aycock, Dava Newsome, Peggy Stephenson, Billy BTrfield, Barhara Keene, and Patsy Temple. Mrs. Palmer Davis, who is directing the play, is rn the center of the group at right. (Daily Record photo by Louis Dear born). Reds Flee From Red Commissars KQJE ISLAND, Kctrea (IP) f- More than 400 anti (iommunist war prisoners risked their lives today in a break for freedom from the fanatic Red commissars who have murdered at least 131 of their comrades. “Now we will live!” they shouted as they broke from marching ranks. They ran toward American guards who were shifting 4,875 of them to 500-man compounds. They were being moved from Compound 95 to temporary quarters in Compound 91. The move was made without violence agJiough there were scuffles between pris oners trying to break away and hard-core Reds trying to hold them. Tomorrow, Friday the 13th, heav Escaped Convict Stabs Little Girl To Death CARMEL, N. Y. OB An escaped convict, attempting desperately to avolo capture, stabbed a nine-year old schoolgirl hostage to death late yesterday while the girl’s mother, also a hostage, watched in horror. Ammons then moved to the Bunnlevel section and inspected fields on the farms of Billy Byrd Willie Cameron, Henry McDougal and H. Byrd. Then checks were made on farms of Robert Elliott Mack Tucker and the Blackman (Continued On Page two) iiy armed American troops will go into Compound 66 which holds more than 3,000 defiant North Ko rean officers. Their leaders were shown through the shambles of Compound 76, where 39 Reds died when they fought removal. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner, camp commander, conducted the tour for five Red officers today, pave them the latest revised cas ualty toll, and a graphic wanting iCoutlnued on pace two i As Donald H. Snyder. 22, plunged] (an eight-inch butcher knife into the child’s stomach, bullets from pohce guns ripped into his body. Their shot echoed through the death scene, a garage on Bullet Hole Road. Snyder, a native of Canastota, N. Y., had been serving a 2 1-2 to 5-year term for automobile theft at Green Haven State Prison in StormvlTie, 12 miles north of here. He escaped last Tuesday from a road gang to which he had been assigned as a trusty. He appeared yesterday afternoon at the home of Marvin Arnold, president of the Arnold-Dain Corp., on Bullet Hole Road. He knocked on the screen door and when Mrs. Dorthy Arnold ap peared said: THREATENS MOTHER “I’m an escaped conviqt. The cops are after me. I’m not fooling. I want you to let me in here oi l’ll take your children." In a few moments the school bus returning their eldest daughter, stopped at the door. Before Mrs. Arnold could warn her daughter the child had run into the house and into the waiting arms of the, armed Synder. Alex Williams, the school bus driver, who also serves as a special policeman, saw Synder grab the iCondnoed On Page Two) ♦MARKETS* HOGS RALEIGH UP) Hog markets: Hillsboro topped at 20.50. Jackson ville Beaulaville, Kenly, Siler City, Benson, Elisabethtown, Kinston and Clinton: Stronger at 30.00. Mount Olive. Dunn, Warsaw, Goldsboro, Wilson, Rocky Mount, Smithfield, Fayetteville and Flor ence: Slightly stronger at 20.00. FIVE CENTS PER COPY County Nurses To Attend Meet The first members of a group of more than 112 nurses from the state who will represent District 14 of the N. C. State Nurse’s Association, will leave tomorrow for Atlantic City, to attend the 17th Biennial Convention of the American Nurses’ Association. District 14 is composed of nurses from Harnett, Sampson. Cumber land and Duplin Counties. Plans for the trip were made at a dinner meeting in the Camellia Room of tile Prince Charles Hotel in Fay etteville, attended by approximately 50 nurses from the district. Pittman Hospital nurses and al umnae were hostesses, and the prin cipal speaker was Miss Elizabeth ) Long of Raleigh, Associate Secre , t.ary of the North Carolina Nurses’ Association. Miss Long outlined the platform ; of the proposed new American Nurses’ Association which will com bine a number of national groups into two, an expanded American Nurses’ Association and a new Na tional League for Nursing. Those attending from District 14 are: Margaret L. Godwin, Ruth Berry, Ruth Peters. Theresa L. Ma gnifier, from the Veterans Hospital in Fayetteville: Mary Lee Sykes and 1 Norma C. Cardreva of Duplin Coun ‘ ty. Miss Julie Beard of Erwin, stu ' dent nurse at Watts Hospital in Durham, will attend as a represen tative of that hospital. Altogether about 10,000 nurses iCuntinued On I’nie Twoi Insko Will Begin Erwin Pastorate Rev. W. Robert Insko, who has accepted the pastorate of St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Erwin, will preach his first sermon there on Sunday, it was announced today. Rev. Mr. Insko arrived in Erwin ’Tuesday to take over his new post, after receiving a Degree of Bachelor of Divinity from the School of Theology of the University of the South at Sewanee, Monday. | He is a native of Paris, Kentucky, and graduated from the University, of Kentucky in 1947 with Degrees I of A. B. and M. A. He received ah' additional M. A. Degree from the 1 College of the Bible In Lexington, I Kentucky. ! I RECEIVED DEGREE MONDAY He completed hie work forthe 1 ministry by graduating from Se-, wanee where he received the De-j The Record Gets Results Possible Action To Save Manning To Be Discussed Dunn citizens seeking the reinstatement of City Mana ger Oliver O. Manning will hold a mass meeting Sun day afternoon at 3 o’clock in the high school auditori um to “discuss our dilemma” and possibly to plan a course of action designed to retain the city manager in office. e • The meeting was called this mor ning by Benny O. Slaughter, well known Dunn business man and church leader, who will preside over the meeting. DEADLINE NEAR Unless the city council reverses a decision made on Anril 25. Mr. Manning must resign from the 55.500-a-vesr office "not later than June 15th.” Regardles of any action taken between now and then, Mr. Man ning is expected to be present for the meet ing of the council on Mon day night. Since the 15th falls on Sunday, this is regarded as his last day of dutv. CLAIM NO REASONS Mr. Slaughter and other citizens, who have vigorously denounced the city council for firing a man with out just cause ot reason, point out that the board has never given anv ■eason or cause for his dismissal. Manning savs that no member of the council had ever offered to him a suggestion or criticism that his services were unsatisfactory until Mayor Ralph E. Hanna delivered - the letter asking his resignation oij April 25th. Manning said that at the time Havor Hanna admitted very frank ‘ly that he knew of no reason why the board should fire him. Mayor Kirura has not '* -statement by'me otv m£n4ger ; In calling the meeting today, Mr. Slaughter said, "We will answer any questioii relating to the Is sue.” • s ' “Many citizens,” he said in a ii