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+WEATHER+ Partly cloudy and slightly warmer today and tonight. Continued mild Saturday. With “Presume” Anti-Freeze You’re sst, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUME II DUNN LIONS HOST io DISTRICT The Dunn Lions Club last night was host at a district meet ing held at Johnson’s Restaurant. Speaker for the occasion was Jack Wardlaw, seated second from right, prominent Raleigh insurance executive. Pictured here are, left to right, seated: J. E. Davis, Sanford, district governor;; Sion H. Kelly, Broadway; President J. N. Stephenson of the Dunn club, and Lynood Harris of Erwin; standing, A. J. Harrington of Sanford, J. E. Black, Jr. of Dunn, S. W. Shaw of Broadway; M. L. Snipes of Sanford; Ray Wood of Sanford, Charlie Adams of Angier, Z. E. Matthews of Erwin; N. V. Keith of Sanford, Roy Adams of Angier, and Curtis Ennis of Dunn. (Daily Record Photo by Ed Welborn). Stephenson Returned To Pen Smith's Committee To Continue Probe NEW YORK —OP)— The Senate internal security subcommittee promised no let-up today in its investigation of American employes in the United Nations despite pro tests over the suicide leap of the U. N.’s top legal adviser. Three members of the subcom mittee said they “fully intend” to continue theis investigation of pos sible Communist influence among American employe*, of the U. t N. \ Abraham ».• Feller, 47, general counsel and acting assistant secre tary-general for legal affairs in the U. N., leaped to his death Thursday from his 12th floor apart ment in Manhattan. His friends: and associates in the U. N. blamed | his death on a nervous breakdown I 'Judge Bears Down On Visitor Here A transient crop worker drew a 90 day sentence from Judge H. Paul Strickland in City Court yes terday for “cussin' out” his sister in-law and attacking her with a knife. The man, James Walter Williams, # told the court that the affray was a sort of free-for-all, and that knives, clubs and other weapons were used. He was charged with assault and profanity. No previous court record was established. He told the court that he had never done any time on the roads, to which the judge replied, “You’ve got some now,” as he gave him the 90 days. Ordinarily, first-offenders are given another chance in the _ local court. Road sentences in the * Dunn court are unusual. Court was held under some diffi- Dunn Poultry Firm Observes Birthday I # After one year of operation the G. and W. Poultry pro cessing plant has expanded so rapidly that its current out put is now nearly ten times the amount it was at the start. Starting with a weekly output of . 800 fryers and 40 hens, it is now processing weekly about 3,500 fryers and more than 400 hens. The suc cess of the venture is due in large measures, to the care excised in the handling of poultry. ,■ Since opening the plant has ad dea a huge storage box. and the machinery for converting distilled water into ice. “Making, our own ice assures us of the best ice for our product,” Charles Wade, Man ager of the plant points out." Then too," he added, “we are sure of all the Ice we need when we need it.” . The plant has also recently op ened up a retail outlet in response to continued requests from cus tomers for this type of service. _ They plan to stock white Beltshlre turkeys for the Thanksgiving holi day. NOW HAS 14 EMPLOYES The plant now has a total of fourteen employes, ten more than (Continued an peg* two) jg* - • ' ( ’ TELEPHONES: 3117 ■ 3118 - 3119 caused by the subcommittee’s at tacks on loyalty of U. N. personnel. Secretary General Trygve Lie said Feller had been under “a prolonged and serious strain” in trying to uphold due process of law against “indiscrimminate smears and exaggerated charges.” Lie’s remarks were denounced as "irresponsible” by three mem bers at the internal security sub committee in a gtAtement, issued through the subcommittee's special counsel, Robert Morris. CITE ARROGANCE “Although the investigation is barely under way we have seen a parade of United Nations offi ficals refuse to deny membership (Continued on Page Eight) I i culty due to the renovation cur i rently underway in the courtroom, j | Court convened in the fire station, the trucks having been moved out side. The only seats were a few chairs requisitioned from the clerk’s office and police station. Most of the witnesses and spectators were forced to stand. NON-SUPPORT CASE Ero Pope, widower, drew the court’s censure, for his failure to provide for his five minor child ren. The younger children have been cared for by his oldest daugh ter, whom the judge said should have been in school instead. Miss Frances Worrell, case work er for the Welfare Department, told the court that the defendant had refused to give the welfare author ■ Continued on Page Two! MR. CHARLES WADE (Eire Bailu, DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 14, 1952 A past record upset David Stephenson’s chances of es caping a prison sentence in Harnett Superior Court yes terday and he drew three to five years in State prison. The young Dunn man, who has spent a large portion of his life in prison, submitted to a charge of breaking and entering Johnson Cotton Company in Dunn and stealing stamps, two record play ers and other small articles. "I was doped up and din't know j what I was doing,” Stephenson told j Presiding Judge Henry L. Stevens. | The defendant claimed he was in- i nocent of the breaking and enter- j ing charge' but added, “I ■ can’t l prove it.” However, he readdy admitted! that f’olicSUA Aaron JotftApn ] found him on the street a short I distance from the store with • the i stolen goods. RECORD BROUGHT OUT “It’s is hard to help a man like you,” declared Judge Stevens, who at first had been inclined to for- I gpt t.v'o pre ' '■* — i both for rCx* _ . oitcr Jack Hooks sent Police Chief Al ton Cobb to the stand. Chief Cobb told the court that Stephenson was brought to Har nett to stand trial for the Wake Countv jail, where he had been booked for robbery of a filling station there. Stephenson is a member of a well-known Dunn family. He recently completed 10 of a 20-vear sentence for breaking in to the home of a Dunn police of fice 1 Stephenso* cfaimed he took up the dope habit while in prison. GETS 18 MONTHS i Billv Fowler, Pleading guilty to breaking and entering charges, was given 18 months on the roads. D. B. Collins, who entered a plea of guilty to larceny, was sentenced to eight months oh the roads. Col (Continued On Page Five) Smith Favors Tax Reduction j WASHINGTON (IP) Sen Willis Smith (D-NC) said last nieht that taxes should be cut but “we can’t go too far on that now.” Smith said he thinks tax cuts will have to take the form of p gradual reduction. He said he fav ored a tax cut last year. Earlier, Smith told a press con ference he thinks the courts “have gone too far” in letting congress ional witnesses use the fifth amend ment to the constitution as an ex cuse for not testifying.. The amendment provides that r plerson need not testify against himself. The North Carolina senate-, r former president of the American Bar Association, said liberal court interpretations are “making it pos slble for guilty people to be pro tected” by the amendment. •MARKETS* EGGS AND POULTRY RALEIGH an Central North Carolina lhre poultry: Fryers or broilers firm, supplies generally short, demand good; heavy hens steady, supplies plentiful, demand fair. Prices at farm up to 10 a.m. today: Fryers or broilers** 2H-3 pounds 30; heavy hens 32-25, most ly 23-24. Eggs steady to three cents hgh er, receipts about adequate for fair to good demand. Prices paid local I grading stations: A large 62, A 1 (Continued On hn IMr) * aft - Officers Submit Case To District Legion Meeting Held Here Last Night Delegates from Broadway, Lillington, Coats Buies Creek and Dunn were present last night at the Districe Meet ing of the American Legion at Johnson’s Restaurant, with the local Post as hosts. Jim Caldwell, head of the North Carolina Veteran’s Commission and Nash McKee. State Adjutant were the principal speakers. Caldwell’s assistant, Bert Edmondson and C. E. Jones of Pittsboro. District Com mander were also present. District Vice-Commander Kie Hudson of Dunn presided. Caldwell emphasized the close way in which all of the veteran's organizations in the state have been working together on projects for the welfare of the veterans. PRAISES AUXILIARY He related the Important part that the Legion had played in vet eran’s affairs since its organiza tion in 1919 and pointed out the remarkable growth of the organi zation. He paid tribute to the aid the Legion has received from the Auxiliary in its projects. Major Roy A. Brown was in charge of the ceremonies in obser vance of Armistice Day. The Dunn Post voted to also hold observances in commemoration of V-E and V-J Day on these holidays. Major Brown asked each World War I veteran to rise and tell where he was on that first Armistice Day. Local Jurors Convict Man A SB-year-old Dunn man charged with ' public drunkeruv“,«, «,-rt*tin? ! arrest and slashing up five matt resses in Dunn’s city jail was given a suspended sentence by City Judge H. Paul Strickland after his conviction by a jury in Dunn Re corder’s Court this morning. It was the second jury trial and the second conviction by a jury here since Jud* - Strickland tried unsuccessfully to have jury trials in the Dunn court abolished. The defendant, Joseph J. Moore, a farmer, was arrested here Sat urday by Policeman Aaron Johnson, who testified that he had two de putized civilians, Wesley Coats and Bill Tew, to assist him. FOUGHT ALL THE WAY The officers testified that Moore fought him all the way from the First Citizens Bank building to the (Continued On Page Four) Wardlaw Addresses Local Lions Meet “Think before you act” was the theme of the address by Jack Wardlaw, before the Dunn Lions Club at its re gular meeting at Johnson’s Restaurant last night. Mr. Wardlaw, prominent Raleigh insurance executive, is one of North Carolina’s best known insurance men. He is a life member of the Million-Dollar-Round-Table, an ex clusive organization for insurance Vet, Showgirl Take Gaysso,oooSpree SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Federal authorities searched to day for an “impotent war veteran” who, they said, struck up a platonic friendship with a six-foot, two-inch show girl and took her on a $50,000 spending spree. The girl, who identified hersell was part of $38,000 embezzled from at Patricia Johnson, 22. was ques- the U. S. Navy, tloned yqfiterday and $2,100 in crisp The willowy showgirl told the new currency was confiscated. ’ FBI the man’s name was “Snyder FBI agent Fred Mclntire said or Schneider.” Mclntire said Ens. serial numbers showed the money 'Continued on Page Two) BULLETINS WASHINGTON (IP) Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam will hold a public hearing Monday on the size of a wage increase to be approved for John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers. LONDON (IP) Britain’s Bonnie Prince Charlie, cele brating his fourth birthday, stood excitedly in a Buck ingham Palace window today while the band of his mo ther’s Grenadier Guards played a special program for him. (CnOMl ea page twe) • AT CARD BENEFIT Some of the members of the Junior Woman’s Club are shown here with an array of lovely prizes which were given away last flight at the benefit sponsored by the club. Little Miss Pat Walker, a daughter of one of the members, was a most attractive cigarette girl and went among the players selling cibarettes and candy. Shown back of her are left to right Mrs. Ted Burwell, president of the club this year, Mrs. Mac Watson, chairman of the Ways and Means committee, Mrs. W. B. Dudley, Mrs. Roy Lowe, and Mrs. Ed Welborn. Cameron Given 3-5 Years Roy Cameron, 25-year-old con victed Harnett bootlegger, was given another three to five years in prison today for setting fire to the home of a neighbor who allegdedly reported his whiskey still to of ficers. A jury convicted him this morn ing after nearly four hours or more of deliberation, but coupled wjth its verdict a recommendation for fnercy. Presiding Judge Henry Li Stev ns of Varsaw immediately pas sed sentence, praising the jurors for their verdict. Judge Stevens observed that Cameron “just let whiskey ruin him.” There was evidence that he was intoxicated at the time of the crime. Cameron already is serving a road sentence for operating a whiskey distillery in his kitchen. He was returned from the roads for trial. The defendant, who has a long criminal record, offered no defense. He was represented by State Sen ator J. Robert Young, Archie Taylor and W. A. Johnson. Attorney Neill McK. Salmon as sisted Solicitor Jack Hooks with the prosecution. The jurors found Cameron (Continued On Page Five) agents who sell a million dollars worth of life insurance a year. Mr. Wardlaw has qualified for i this honor several times and has ! written as much as three million (Continued on page two) FIVE CENTS PESC COPY 5 Killed, 31 Injured In Crash Os Vessels \ ' -1 I J NORFOLK, Va. (IP) .An oil tanker gashed a hole in,' steeping quarters of a Navy attack transport loaded with troops preparing for a mock invasion of the Virginia coast early today, killing at least five and injuring 31. The five men killed were mem- Water poured into a compart- ! bers of an intelligence reconnais- ment occupied by sleeping mem sance platoon scheduled to go in bers of the 41man Army unit ahead of the first wave of troops aboard the USS Ruchamkin. to hit the beaches 20 miles east One man said “I was half of Norfolk at daybreak. Eight of thrown and half jumped from my the soldiers and sailors injured bunk. I landed in a pool of oil. were seriously hurt. 1 (Continued on Page Eieht) Mother, 8 Children Suffocate In Fire i WESTPORT, MASS. (IP) A 44-year-old mother and j eight of her children suffocated early today when a kitchen ; fire filled their two-story house withe dense smoke before firemen could put it out. Mrs. Mary Audet and four of the children died in their beds. The bodies of four other children were found on the floor, indicating they had tried to escape. The children were idenUfied as Genevieve. 17; Natalie, 14; Shirley 12; Madeline, 10: Eleanor, 9; Ver onica, 7: Francis, 5 and Gerald ine, 3. Medical Examiner Thomas E. Boylan of Fall River said none of the victims was burned and all suffocated. STARTED IN TRASH Fire Chief Charles Gifford said the blaze apparently started in a trash barrel near a kitchen oil range. A fuel tank behind the stove was found intact after the fire, which scorched the entire first floor but did little damage upstairs where the family died. The heat was so intense it twist- Tourist Group Hires Attorney Members of the Dunn Tourist Bureau, at a meeUng held yester day at Johnson’s Restaurant, were assured that no further action on the relocation of Highway 301 would be taken until the new admin istration takes over. The group is planning to retain attorney I. R. Williams of Dunn to keep them informed of develop ments with regard to the relocation of this vital tourist highway. President Howard Hodge* presid ed at the meeting and the dis cussion of the problem was general gmdng mil the members present. AT CHURCH CONVENTION Rev. and Mis. E. C. Keller at tended the Baptist state convention in Winston*-Salem Tuesday and Wednesday. ed the metal door of a refrigerator. Alladin Audet. father of the fam inly, and his teen-age son Daniel were at work on the night shift at a nearby Fall River textile mill at the time of the fire. They were called immediately to the scene. Each silently surveyed the scene of the holocaust. Besides Daniel and his father, only one member of the family re mains. She is a married daughter, Mrs. Dolores Massa of Fall River. Seminary Sunday Will Be Observed More than a dozen pastors and representatives of the Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. will speak Sunday in Presbyterian churches in this section as part of a Presbytery-wide observance of Seminary Sunday. 1 Plans for the observance were announced today by the Rev. Rich ard Rhea Gammon, pastor of the Dunn Church. Fred Rogers Stair, Jr., assistant to the President of the Seminary, will preach In Dunn Sunday morn ing at 11 a. m„ and Collier Harvey will speak at Grove, Unity and Riverside, thre other local Presby wterian churches. The programs and sermons in each church will deal specifically with theological education, the need for ministers and the program of the Seminary. Among the nine ministerial stu dents from Area 15 now at the Seminary is Fred C. Holder of LilUngton. OTHERS TO PREACH Following is a list of the other Seminary representatives and the churches they will preach In Sun day morning in this area: •, ■ Robert Boyd at Berea, near Ben >owsHM«eE Or race Two; The Daily Recorci Gets Results NO. 243 Judge Testimony Heard From Several Witnesses Today The trial of two Dunn police olficers charged with a brutal assault on a pris oner neared a finish in Har nett Superior Court today but the term was adjourn ed at noon when Judge Hen ry L. Stevens was called home because of the illness of his father-in-law. The defendants are Corporal Francis Hall and Garland L. Stone, who are charged with assault with a deadly weapon and inflicting bod ily injuries on W. R. (Turk' Lewis, young Dunn war veteran who claims he was permanently injured by the attack made on him by the two officers. Evidence for the State had been completed and two witnesses for the defense lsad testified when court recessed for lunch. Judge Stevens was called home and ad journed trial of the case until Mon day morning. In a surprise move this morning, Defense Attorney Neill McK. Sal mon offered to submit the case to Judge Stevens without a jury and the court agreed. Chief Defense Counsel Everette L. Doffermyre said this was the same as a plea of nolo contendre, which means they will not contest 1 the charges. Mr. Salmon pointed out that be : cause of the legal technicalities in volved. he thought Judge Stevens, 1 with his knowledge of how officers ; should conduct themselves, would be better qualified to judge the In nocence or guilt of the two police men than iurors. EVIDENCE NOT CONTESTED Some interpreted this move as \ almost a submission. In cross-ex- (animation, the defense counsel did not vigorously contest the evidence concerning the alleged assault but ! nictured Lewis as a constant trou ble maker for the police depart ment. Mr. Salmon told the court that at the end of testimony his clients would agree to anv sort of r>lea directed by the court, if the judge did not believe a verdict of not guiltv should be directed. TRIAL MOVED RAPIDLY The trial moved rapidly this morning as Judge Stevens ordered the lawyers to cut out everything except the essential evidence and ( cross-examination. Hall and Stone sat in their civ j ilian clothes wearing a serious ex pression throughout the trial, watch i ing the proceedings closely. At the preliminary hearing, they wore their uniform and guns. They were flanked bv a battery j of expensive legal talent, consisting j of Chief Counsel Everette L. Dof ' fermyre, Mr. Salmon. Glenn L. [Hooper. Jr., and City Attorney I. ;R. Williams. Chief Prosecutor Duncan C. Wil (Contlnned «n race tw*> MRS. BENNETT DIES Mrs. Martha A. Bennett, 85, died suddenly this morning at the home of her son, Grady F. Bennett in Dunn. Funeral services are incomplete pending | word from her grandson in the Air Force. . . . . ■. ' pH FBED k STAIR
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