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PAGE TWO BULLETINS (Continued from tap 1) received permission today to return to Korea and promised to “blast’em out of the sky if I ?et the chance/’ WASHINGTON UP Lt. Gen Edward M. Almond, former leader of the Tenth Corps in Korea and new com mandant of the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa., will be retired in January after 37 years of service, the Army announced today. ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska UP Twen ty-seven planes and three vessels resumed search today for a C-124 Globemaster missing with 52 persons aboard. ANCHORAGE. Alaska UP A series of military air \ disasters this month tragically underscores the unending •J struggle between men and the elements in this far north ern defense area. Here an airplane gets little chance to ! forgive a mistake in navigation. In the air and on the j ground, weather, menacing mountains and all but im • passable tundra swiftly separate men and boys. SEOUL, Korea UP Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus, sth ' Air Force commander, said today the Communists are * making a “frantic attempt” to restore front line supplies « depleted in the heavy fighting of the past two months. ; ' RICHMOND, Va. UP) President-elect Eisenhower pol ■ led a margin of more than 80.000 votes over Democratic I candidate Adlai Stevenson in Virginia, official returns * of the Nov. 4 election showed today. ! PARIS (IP Roger Duchet, minister of posts, tele • phones and telegraphs, complained to the ministry of in ! terior Monday that someone was tapping his personal te ; lephone. The Ministry advised Duchet to ignore it. It s ■ just the secret police. Bible Instructor Admits Slaying READING. Mass. (I PI A former convict who reformed and became a Bible teacher faced arraignment on a murder charge today in the fatal shooting of a well-to-do middle aged couple who surprised him as he ransacked their home. Murdicl W MacDonald. 26, an unemployed Boston printer and father of a 5-week-old daughter, broke down after three days of almost constant questioning. Police said he signed a confession yester day in which he admitted pumping five bullets into O. Stanley Porter. 64. and his wife, 59. with a stolen revolver. ADMITS OTHER CRIMES The slaying climaxed a string of seven previous, house breaks in the area, all of which MacDonald ad mitted, police said. Most Places Will Close Thanksgiving Most Dunn stores, offices and business firms will be closed Thursday is observance of Thanks giving, a survey today showed. Schools of the county will be closed both Thursday and Friday. Assistant Postmaster Charles Lee said today that ail departments of the Post Office will be closed and there will be no mail deliveries, except special delivery. The city hall, countv offices and other government agencies will be closed. The Daily Record will publish an editon on Thanksgiving, as usual. Christmas is the onlv holiday ob served by The Record. Soldier Is (Continued From Page One) life imprisonment,' BLACKMARKETING, TOO In addition, the Air Force ac cused Cascip of 16 routs of black marketing with military scrip i: Korea. Arrested as an accomplice wit'- Cascio was S-Sat. John P. Jone r of Manchester. Mass/. the Air Force said: He was. accused of ob taining the Sabrejet secrets anc’ passing them on to Cascio. Court martial charges w°re m ' preferred against Jonr.es. The Ai- Force said he cracked under the , strain, although he had no t>r°vi ous record of mental instability and a board of Air Force doctors pronounced him insane. Jones has since been returner’ to the United States for medica! treatment. The conspiracy indictment chare- ' ed that Cascio plotted "knowing!- to give intelligence to the enemy about secret flight performance rec ords of the FB6E Sabrejet fighter. Hudson (Continued from oagp nnr duty was assigned as membership chairman. He is also District Vice- Commander of the 16th District. This is the first time in recent years that a Dunn Legionnaire has been named to a national office in the Legion. Hudson holds a position here with Dunn Pharmary. IN RALEIGH SATURDAY NIGHT Miss Margaret Godwin. Billy Farefcot. Miss Fannie Sue Turn n"e. and GoGo Jackson were in Paleigh Saturday night for the j Globe Trotters at the coliseum. ATTEND DUKE-CAROLINA GAME Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Butler at tended the Duke-Carolina football game in Chapel Hill Saturday. ! '.'l cah't understand why I did these things.” police quoted him. "The mind is a funny thing.” MacDonald said over and over in his cell after confessing to the slay ing of the Porters. "The police had nothing on me. The only reason I told them I did it was because of something inside me. It's a funny thing. "I didn't really mean to kill the Porters. I really don’t know what happened. But what the hell diff erence does it make? A year from now I’ll fry whether I meant to do it or not.” MacDonald's confession said he had broken into the nearby home of Mrs. Charles P. Howard; secre tary of the Republican national committee and top woman cam paign advisor to President - elect Eisenhower, just before the Porter slayings Nov. 8. Wellons' (Continued From Page One) toastmaster at the banquet, to be held in the Dunn High School cafe teria. 1 Mr. Goerch will be introduced by Attorney I. R. Williams. Johnnie Wellons. owner and pre'ident of the big candy manu facturing company, will also speak on the program. A new feature of the program this year will be the presentation of a placque to the employee voted by the ether employees as the most ! efficient and best all-round mem- I her of the staff. Other details of the program will j be announced later. 58 County Hogs Going At Auction Harnett County will sell at au-i ction at the highest bidder on Sat- j urday at 10 a. m. at the county | home around 58 hogs. The hogs, range in size from j small porkers to animals which | when dressed will weight from 350 j to 400 pounds. Bethune Stockyards will handle the sale which is being held pre- 1 liminary to the conversion of the county operated county home into a licensed boarding home to be . known as the Cornelius Harnett j Boarding Home. County commissioners, who were in Liilington Monday in a call meeting to arrange the details of the sale, said proceeds will go to ward buying new furniture or other necessary equipment needed to meet the requirements of the State Beard of Public Welfare. UNION SERVICE^ Lillington’s annual uniqp Thanks giving Service in which all three churches of the town cooperate will be held on Wednesday. Nov. 26. at 7:30 p. m. at .the Methodist Church. Dr. D. A. Huffines, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will be the speaker. Offerings made will go toward the three orphanages sup ported by the respective denomina tions. the Methodist Orphanage in Raleigh, the Baptist Mills Home, and the Presbyterian Orphanage at Bariums Springs. Orphanage Gets Huge Offering A long caravan of cars and trucks from Pentecostal Churches through out the two carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia today brought Thanks- I giving gifts totaling over $7,000 in cash and SIO,OOO in food, clothing and other merchandise to the Fal con Orphanage. s It wru the largest offering in the history of the orphanage. The carvan was so long it took more ! than a half hour to pass. Reds Release U. S. Soldiers BERLIN ilP> Three American soldiers, held by the Soviets for two days, were released today and said the Russians had put out ‘-feelers” to get them to desert. The soldiers were arrested at gunpoint by Communist “peoples police" Sunday when they accident ally crossed 300 yards into East Germany on a hunting trip. They were released to American authorities early today. They were identified as Pft. Gene W. Adden 24. Nokomis. 111.. j Pfc Clifford D. Michael. 23. Middle port. 0.. and Corp. James V. Higgs, 1 | 23, Toone, Tenn. GIRL ALSO RELEASED A German girl, Ingeborg Rick ens, 22, who was arrested with them, was released at the same time. The soldiers told a press con- ; ference that during one of their j frequent questionings a Russian j civilian, who spoke excellent Eng lish. asked them if they ever had considered seeking asylum in the East zone. The question was put to each of the soldiers in separate inter view. "He did not attempt to give us a sales talk," Higgs said. “He just asked if I ever had considered ; joining forces with them over I there. He dropped the subject right j away when I said no." The Americans said they were arrested by two policemen who trained their guns on them Sunday morning Huggins Named To Guard Post Warrant Officer Nelson Lee, ad ministrative assistant for the Dunn unit of the National Guard has resigned and Corporal Eugene Huggins has been named to succeed him. it was announced today by l Lieutenant Ed Wade. Commander of the unit. Lee is moving to Washington, D. C.. to accept a position there. He had served the unit under two commanders, almost since its in ception. Corporal Huggins, his suc cessor. has also been with the unit, for some time. Another member of the unit who will be leaving is Co'rporal Francis Hall who is resigning from the Dunn Police Department to accept a position with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in Jacksonville, Florida Corporal Hall said today that he plans to transfer his commission to the unit in Florida if possible, otherwise he plans to remain in the Dunn unit on an inactive status. i Negro Fugitive Surrenders Here Neil Spence. Dunn Negro, has become tired of being "on the [ dodge" from Police ’ officers, and * ended his period as a fugitive by { surrendering himself Sunday. Spence has been on the wanted list on charges of possession for sale. On that date officers went to his home with a search war rant. They located seven half gal lon jars of white liquor, and when they looked around for Spence he had disappeared. The liquor had been hidden be hind a trap dcor in the ceiling of a closet, and while the Officers 1 were taking it out, Spence chose the opportunity to leave without waiting to ask permission. After his surrender at the police station Sunday he was released under bond of S2OO on charges of possession for sale, pending a hear j ing in Dunn Recorder's Court. | Negro Woman (Continued From Page One) said, she heard the pistol shot, j Policeman John Brockington i testified that on the night before I the shooting he passed and saw : Eula Mae leaving the house and asked her where she was going. "I’m going to leave home to keep from getting in trouble." There was i evidence that the couple had been ! having trouble for sometime. Three years ago. Brown was 1 given a suspended sentence for hitting his wife over the head with a chair. “JURY’S VERDICT" Following is the verdict of the coroner’s jury: "We find that Zollie Brown came to his death as the result of a .32 calibre pistol wound in his left chest, the pistol in the hands of Eula Mae Brown. We find it to be an accidental shooting, the pistol being in the process of being re turned to Beula Mae Brown." Members of the jury were: J. W. Temple. Thomas Hinson, W. M. Bailey. B. S. Partin, L. F. Jemigan and Carlton M. Barefoot- Police Chief Alton Cobb and : Constable Oscar Pearce assisted j with the investigation and inquest. I VISIT IN SMITHFIF.LD Miss Betty Clumpier. Frank Wilson, and Everette Turlington visited Virgil Early in Smithfield Sunday afternoon. VISIT TARTS : Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Butler, Mrs. i Kyle Matthews, and Mrs. Bill Hilliard from Raleigh, visited Mr. , and Mrs. Cohen Tart Sunday. CONFINED TO HOME Mr. O. W. Godwin Sr. has been ! confined to his home since Friday with the flue. His condition is re ported to be improving. VHr miu tiiiKH. m. n Dry Harnett - Just 11 Cases Os DD On an unusually heavy: Monday morning docket, j - containing 37 cases, eleven | 1 of these involved charges of drunken driving which! prompted one spectator to remark acidly, “It’s a good : thing Harnett County is dry.” Three of the eleven were con : tinued, in one a plea of guilty to j j careless and reckless driving was ! accepted and three of the defend ants were granted jury trials. These cases were against Oscar Pipkin. Robert Strickland Steedly and Roland Adcock. ' * In two other cases, both against Willie Brown, one charging assault and the other abandonment and non-support, a request for trial by jury was granted by Judge H. Paul Strickland. A plea of guilty to careless and reckless driving was accepted in 1 the case of Howard Baker and the charge of drunken driving nol pressed when the arresting officer j was unable to testify that he had i j had seen the defendant driving the | car. He had arrested Baker after ! ; investigating an accident in which ] Baker’s car was involved. He drew j 60 days, suspended 12 months on payment of SSO and costs. Harold Cooley Strickland was convicted of drunken driving and given 90 days, suspended 12 months ! on payment of SIOO and costs with 1 the recommendation that his license j be revoked. He appealed and bond ' was fixed at S2OO. I FINED SIOO AND COSTS | The same bond was fixed in the case of Fred Herbert Price, who ap- I pealed a sentence of 90 days, sus- i pended 12 months on payment of | I SIOO and costs with revocation rec- • ) ommended. An additional charge of [ no operators license was nol pros- I sed when he produced a valid , license. His companion, who was in the back scat of the car "passed out” j ! according to the arresting officers, Patrolmen W. O. Grady and Paul Albergine pleaded guilty to public drunkenness and was given 20 days j suspended 12 months on payment j of $lO and costs. This case proved that law viola- ! tors should look ahead as well as j behind for officers. Patrolman Al- i bergine testified that he saw the , car Price was driving through his : j rear-view mirror weaving back and j forth across the road, pulled over and let it pass, then overtook it and j arrested the driver. ] He admitted under cross-exam i ination. that the defendant had ' asked for a doctor when arrested,' : but added that he asked “about a j dozen people including a doctor ) and lawyer.” Patrolman Grady said 4he was "toting” Norris into the! lA>olice sfition-wi#’ did not hear<* j the defendant ask for a doctor. i Royal Vance Porter pleaded nolo I contendre to charges of drunken I driving and driving after his license I was revoked and a third charge j of improper brakes was nol pros- I j sed. He drew six months, suspended ! Hooper Will 'Continued F>nm Pave One) whole develops these values. Since it is obvious that the future of civilization lies in the develop ment of moral and spiritual values, ! educators believe that all means to i so develop our youth must be ex- I plored. “We are all partners in the undertaking,” asserted the speaker. Insko pointed out that young men : and boys are much more affected | by what we do than by what we I say. "Each scouter must say to himself," he concluded, “Let us give ■ impetus to the great moral and spiritual values in scouting, starting i with me.’ ” WATCH FOR THIS SPACE TOMORROW ■■■■—■■l GOOD USED CARS - TRUCKS NAYLOR-DICKEY DIAL 2127 F«jettwflle Hwv Oww two years, was ordered not to drive for two years, revocation of hi* license was recommended for four | years, and he was fined S3OO and costs. Charges of allowing an unlicens- | ed driver to drive his car were nol pressed in the case of his com- 1 panion. Richard Preston Thornton j and he was allowed to plead guilty 1 to public drunkenness. “He was proMbly so drunk he didn’t know ; who was driving his car,” admitted } the Solicitor. Thornton was given j 30 days, suspended 12 months on payment of $5 and costs. James Floyd McNeill, Negro, ] drew a 30 days sentence for trespass j and drunkenness. Another Negro, j Johnnie Blue, went to the roads for 30 days for drunkenness. He had s REDUCED! d® 17,95 to 11,95 > W AU I 16.95 to 10.95 I 1295 895 X. 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Prayer for judgment was con tinued on payment of costs in the case of Fernie McLamb, charged with a stop sign violation. GETS TWO YEARS Andrew Poe, tubercular Dunn Negro, was sentenced to two years in the prison ward of the sana tarium for failing to comply with health regulations, with the pro vision that he can be released be fore that time if the hospital au thorities see fit. Poe, who has an advanced case of tuberculosis, was quite willing to go to the sanitarium for treatment, but this was the only way his ad mittance, without waiting 18 months, could be secured. Capias were issued for Arthur Hall, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, Eugene Dudley, drunkenness, and William Peter son, assault, when they were called and failed to appear to answer the charges. Earl Williams, charged with drunken driving and no operators license, told the court that he TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 25, 1952 understood that a returned service man was allowed 30 days to renew his license. He had only Just re turned from Germany. He was given 90 'days, suspended 12 months on payment of SIOO and co6ts afer being found guilty on both counts. Bflly Colon Thornton was fined $lO and costs with prayer for judgment continued 12 months for. speeding 60 in a 35 mile zone. Prayer for judgment was con tinued 6 months on payment of. $25 and costs in the case of Nathan Council, charged with having an expired license. Willie Williams, charged with no operators license, was given 30 days, suspended 12 months on pay ment of $25 and costs. Charges of assault against George V. Knapp were nol pros- ; * Feeds —: — Seeds : \ Fertilizers Idunn fcx service ;! R. B. GODWIN, Manager sed with leave. v The remaining cases involved public drunkenness and the off enders escaped with suspended sen tences and fines. Q U I N N' S Funeral Home 24-HOUR SERVICE PHONE 3306 211 W. HARNETT ST. DUNN, N. C.
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