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DUNN PILGRIM Pretty little Margaret Lewder, six-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Lowder of Dunn, today was celebra
ting Thanksgiving in the old fashioned way— pilgrim costume and
all. The pilgrim costume was sent to her by her granny, Mrs.
James J. Longhi of Plymouth, Mass. Margaret is a first grader in
the Marks School here. (Daily Record Photo by Mrs. George Marks).
Ike Leads Nation
In Carving Turkey
NEW YORY (IP)— President-elect Eisenhower romped
with his grandchildren and carved the turkey today on a
Thanksgiving holiday that contrasted sharply with his
grim chore ahead, a visit to the Korean battlefront.
The Republican president-to-be
took a day off from the bustle of his
midtown headquarters to remain,
'according to members of his staff,
at his residence on Morningside
Drive.
Removed for the day, at least
from the task of putting together
an administration and from the
tense planning for his Korean trip,
Eisenhower devoted himself to his
family.
James C. Hagerty, Eisenhower’s
press secretary, said the president
elect planned to remain at the
house all day, but would have a
'heavy list of official engagements
tomorrow.
Celebrating Thanksgiving with
10 Sentenced To
Death For Treason
.VIENNA, Austria (IP)— Former Communist Czech For
eign Minister Vladimir Clemerftis, Rudolf Slansky, once
chief of the Czech Red party, and nine other one-time
party and government leaders were sentenced to death
today on charges of treason and espionage, Prague Radio
said. 1
Three other defendants were sen
tenced to life imprisonment, th(
radio said.
The 14 defendants were found
guilty on all charges of treason
“espionage and attempting to over
throw the Red Regime of Presl
dent Element Gottwald, Rrague
Radio sakL'
TO BE HANGED
Sentenced -to be hanged with
dementis and Slansky were: Bed
rich Geminder, former deputy sec
retary general and once the Krem
lin’s international representative ir
Czechoslovakia; Gen. Karl Svab
former deputy minister of national
_ security; Lt. Gen. Bedrlch Relcin.
W former deputy minister of defense
and chief of intelligence; Ludwlk
Frejka, former economic adviser
to Gottwald; Rudolf Margolius, for
mer deputy minister for foreign
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! the former general and his wife,
> Mamie, will be her mother, Mrs.
, Elvira Doud of Denver.
, The center of attraction, how
: ever, will be the three grandchil
dren of tl>e President-elect - Dav
; id, 4; Barbara Anne, 3; and the
- baby of the family, Susan, 10
: months. They are the children of
, Maj. and Mrs. John Eisenhower,
s Mrs. Eisenhower will be on hand
with the children today, but the son
> of the President-elect is on duty
■ in Korea.
■ TURKEY AND TRIMMINGS
i Haggerty said Thanksgiving din
> ner would star the traditional
turkey and customary trimmings.
l r«ntininM on nwr twa>
trade; Andre Simone, former writ
er for the official Czech Com
munist newspaper Rude Pravo,
whose real name is Otto Katz; Jo
sef Frank, another deputy secretary
general; Otto Sling, former party
chief in the Brno District and Otto
Fisl,- former ambassador to East
ern Germany.
Sentenced to life imprisonment
according to the Prague Radio were:
Arthur London and Vavro HaJ
du, former deputy foreign minis
ters under Clementis, and Evzen
Loebel, a former deputy foreign
trade minister.
Os the defendants only Clemen
tis. Svab and Frank are not Jews.
The sentences followed six days
of testimony in which the defen
dants pleaded guilty to treason,
espionage, murder and attempted
murder, Prague Radio reported.
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14 Women Die In W. Ya. Hospital Fire
Holiday Turkey - -
But With The Navy
WITH U. S. 3RD DIVISION,
Korea IIP) Cpl. Harry Wise of
Spring Hills, Pa., chosen as the
"outstanding soldier” in his re
giment, got his award today—
a thanksgiving dinner with the
Navy.
Icy Highways
Boost Toll Os
Holiday Deaths
By UNITED PRESS
Icy, wind-whipped high
ways left in the wake of the
season’s first blizzard helped
to boost the toll of Thanks
giving traffic deaths today.
A United Press tabulation showed
that at least 22 persons had died
in traffic accidents. New York and
Indiana topped the nation with
four each.
Deaths caused solely by the Wiz
ard rase to 31. The count jumped
sharply upward when four persons
drowned in Michigan’s St. Clair
River. , „ . ,
Authorities said the four victims
returning to an Indian colony
home on Walpole Island in a small
boat when eight-foot waves lashed
by the howling winds capsized the
craft.
BUZZARD BLOWING OUT
The blizzard which ripped into
an area from the Texas Panhandle
northward through Minnesota ap
peared to be blowing itself out.
The heavy snowfall abated, but
gale winds remained to pack the
snow into waist high drifts.
A nine-inch snowfall that hit
Minneapolis nearly wiped out the
city’s street maintenance fund.
City Engineer Hugo Erickson said
the snow cost the city about SIO,OOO
an inch.
New Packard On
Display Friday
The 1953 Packard, acclaimed as
America’s most exciting car, will go
on display here Friday morning in
the showrooms of Strickland’s Auto
Service on East Broad Street.
“It is the most beautiful auto
mobile we have even been privi
leged to show,” declares Robert
Strickland, who recently attended
a showing of the new Packard at
the Waldorf in New York.
Accompanying him to the show
ing were Mrs. Strickland, Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Strickland, Jr.,
and Mrs. Charles McLamb, ar
Howdy Youngblood.
MANY NEW FEATURES
The 1953 Packard features many
new engineering improvements,
along with beautiful new designs
interiors and other features which
will make the car in great de
mand.
It’s a big car value at medium
car cost.
Packard has the world’s highest
compression engine, and Packard
is the only car that has Ultramat
ig, ,'the automotive drive proved
unsurpassed for super-smooth per
formance.
Packard offers many body styles
and the most fashionable inter
iors.
ENGINEERING HIGHLIGHTS
Following are listed some of the
1953 engineering highlights for
Packard Clippers and Deluxe Clip
pers:
ENGINE L-head, eight cylin
ders in line. Specially treated alum
inum alloy, steel strut pistons. Re
movable precision-type main and
connecting rod bearings. 14 mm.
spark plugs. All capacity: 7 quarts.
Deluxe Clipper: displacement 327
(Conctmien <m Hu« Two)
SUFFERS BROKEN ARM
Beckey Aycock, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Aycock, Jr„ broke
her arm today in a fall at the
home of her aunt and uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Emmett Aldredge.
DUNN, N. C~, THURSDAY AFTERNOON. NOVEMBER 27, 1952
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NO HOME FOR THANKSGIVING Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Hall and their seven children today were
homeless and have only the clothing they’re wearing as the result of a fire that completely destroyed
their home night before last. The Halls lived on the dairy farm of A. B. Godwin, Jr., where Hall is
employed. Six of the children were home at the time of the fire but their mother was at the Dunn
Hospital visiting the seventh child, who has penumonia. The family is in dire need of assistance. (Daily
Record Photo by T. M. Stewart).
They Die By The Thousands,
But Line Remains Unchanged
SEOUL, Korea (IP)— Thou
sands of men have died,
scores of thousands have
been wounded or taken pris
oner in the last 12 months.
But the demarkation line
which hopeful truce dele
gates fixed on Nov. 27, 1952
is almost the same.
“It hasn’t changed significant
ly,” an Bth Army officer said.
“It remains generally as agreed
last November.”
There was high hope for peace
when armistice negotiators agreed
on the line, pending a formal truce.
There were some happy and op
timistic soldiers and only a few
pessimist who now seem wise.
Then -a year ago -a mys -
terious Bth Army order went out
to the front:
“Shoot only if shot at.”
ARMISTICE FADED
The idea that a ‘little armistice”
had been agreed upon was
scotched finally by President
Truman himself.
But for a few days, it was “all
quite” and it looked as if Chinese
troops had been ordered not to
look for trouble. Forward observ
ers saw them playing volley ball
in front of their positions.
But eventually the United Na
tions and Communist armies went
back to a shooting war. Even then
the front was quiet for a long
time. Both sides strengthened their
defenses while the truce teams
talked.
BLOODY FIGHTING AGAIN
Now bloody fighting has broken
out, and the Reds may launch a
major offensive at any time.
Even in the comparatively quiet
year up to a few weeks ago
the fighting has-been costly.
The Bth Army casualty report
shows that 137,000 Communist
troops have been killed, wounded
or captured during the 12 months
the equivalent of 20 Chinese
divisions. Ninety thousand were
killed.
BULLETINS
WASHINGTON (IF)— Economic Stabiliser Roger L. Put
nam will not make a decision before Monday on the soft
coal wage increase.
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Holiday In Harnett
Starts Off Quietly
A survey by The Daily Record at noon today showed
that things were quiet on this Thanksgiving Day through
out Harnett, but officials were keeping their fingers
crossed.
Harnett Sheriff Bill Salmon and
Coroner Grover Henderson express
ed a sigh of relief that they got
through the morning without ans
wering a call of violence, but they
were frankly skeptical.
CITES PAST RECORD
“We usually have at least one
murder on Thanksgiving.” pointed
out Sheriff Salmon, recalling that
one Thanksgiving several years ago
Harnett had two murders, seven
wrecks and a a variety of other
Maybe They Enjoy
Caveman Treatment
Apparently some Harnett County women like neglect
or the “caveman” treatment.
Four cases were called in Re
corders Court Tuesday charging
husbands with either beating or
abandoning their wives. In every
instance the wife declined to
testify.
“I think we will just have to
stop issuing warrants in the wife’s
name, and get a third party in the
first place,” said Solicitor Neil
Ross.
MARRIED HIM
Then came the fifth case. The
prosecuting witness had married
the man she claimed had hit her.
The newly wed like the other wives,
was taxed the Co6ts.
crimes in one day. That was the
year that a crippled youth in Wes
tern Harnett was thrown into a deep
well. His assailants later received
17-20 years in prison.
Coroner Henderson this morning
declared it would be a real Thanks
giving if Harnett could go through
the holiday and weekend without
a single highway fatality or homi
icide. Already. Dunn had one homi
cide this week.
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Not so loth to testify were other"
: relatives. John Lewis Brown, Lill
• ington Negro, charged with assault
on his mother-in-law entered a
i plea of guilty to trespass and was
taxed the costs.
i Leola Ryals said her brother-in
i law, Eugene Stewart, assaulted her
■ in an argument over his child.
I Stewart drew 60 days on the roads,
suspended 12 months on condition
j he not molest Leola Ryals and pay
the costs.
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; Scrapes Paint Off
The Wrong House
ALBANY, N. Y. —(IB Painter
J. H. Guido got one whole side
of a house here completely scraped
of paint before he discovered he
was supposed to be working on a
house with the same address ih
nearby Delmar. His mistake cost
him $156 in a eity court damage
slut yesterday.
KIVh LT.NI’,' Pr,K COPY
About 100 Others
Suffering From
Smoke And Shock
HUNTINGTON, W. Va. (IP)
—Firemen searched through
the charred interior of a
building at the Huntington
State Mental Hospital today
for the cause of a Thanks
giving eve blaze which killed
14 women.
Nearly 100 other inmates of the
51-year-old building suffered smoke j
poisoning or shock from the fire i
which caused an estimated $75,000 i
damage. None was in serious con- !
dition.
Dr. Robert Barett Cabell. County l
coroner, said 13 oi the victims suf- ,
focated and one was burned fa- !
tally. The fire originated in a base- j
ment storeroom of the three-story
brick structure.
Firemen had to run ladders to
the second and third floors of the j
building and then chop through
wire mesh screens covering the
windows to reach some of the ;
screaming patients. Others were led :
down a central staircase before ;
the blaze became too intepse. >
” HARDER TO HANDLE -
State Fire Marshall C. A. Raper
said the inmates were “harder to
handle than normal people.” One
patient, he said, hid under a bed j
and defied rescue attempts.
The State Budget Commission
recently approved a request for |.
$1,000,000 to fire-proof the building i
and three others at the hospital.
The request was to be submitted
to the Legislature in January.
The building housed 295 patients
—77 elderly women on the first
floor, 121 violent cases on the sec
ond floor and 97 retarded cases on !
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Hux To Durn
Two Dibles
ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. OP) A
Baptist minister declared a “holv
war” today on the new revised
standard version of the Bible anc 1
said he now plans to burn twr j
copies for the benefit of an ex
pected overflow crowd here Sun- j
day.
The Rev. Martin Luther Hux of
Temple Baptist Church said he
would burn one copy inside his
church and then go outside and
burn another for those who can’t
get in. Hux said he has received
letters from as far away as Canada
and California and expects many
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Edwards To Head
Jolly Boys Club
The Jolly Boy’s Club is the temporary name of the new
club a group of local boys organized in a meeting at Char
lie’s Grill Tuesday evening.
Aims of the club are to promote ]
better youth recreation in their
:ommunity and to provide whole- i
some entertainment for it’s mem
bers.
The club now has eleven charter ,
members. Other boys will be sent i
cards inviting them to join if they j
wish to.
Officers for the club were elect- j
ed as follows: Pres., Eskiel Edwards; j
vice-Pres.: Louis Strickland: secre- ;
tary, C. W. Surles; treasurer Frank;
Campbell and sergeant-at-arms, ,
Raymon West.
The group elected Mr. Empie Hall
as the sporsor of the club.
QUITE A DIFFERENCE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —HD— The
Thanksgiving bill of (are in county
jail here today: Chicken and all
the trimmings. The menu in city
jail: Bologna.
The
Daily Recorc
Gets Results
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TAKES NEW POST Cor
poral Francis Hall, pictured here,
has accepted a position as spec
ial detective for the Atlantic
Coast Line and this week is end
ing his duties with the Dunn po
lice department. Corporal Hail
has served with the Dunn foree
for about two years.
Sheriff Salmon
Is Fast Worker »
Some stolen goods that were taken
from the Walter Tucker Store in
Shawtown were recovered before
the robbers had time to make use
of any of them it was reported by
Sheriff W. E. Salmon today.
Sheriff Salmon said the SBI
agents are still working on the
Turlington safe robbery which took
place at the R. M. Turlington place
in Lillington.
Robbers carted off the safe and
knocked it open after finding it to
difficult to open at the Turlington
place. None of the valuable papers
in the safe were missing when the
safe was found on the Old River
Road.
The sheriff thinks all the thieves x
; will be captured soon.
Today Happy One
For This Fellow
NEW YORK (IP Gustave
Kopezcel. 42. had the “happiest
Thanksgiving of my life” today.
A judge yesterday set aside a
five-to-20-year sentence Kortex
cel was given in 1944 for robbery
on grounds Kopezcel had been
mistakenly listed as a second of
fender.
The court said actually Ko
pezcel had served six years more
than necessary for his crime.
As Kopezcel left the courtroom.
Judge Louis Goldstein gave him
a seven-pound turkey.
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