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+WEATHER+ Rain today with clearing and cold er tonight. Tomorrow fair. With “Prestone” Anti-Freeze Yoa're set, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUMN 3 Showdown Seen On School Bill •In Legislature RALEIGH UP) A show-1| down shaped up in the legis-1 lature today on a dispute o- j ver school consolidation I while in a softer vein legis-1 lators considered how to i make the state’s school chil- j dren more music conscious. A bill introdced last week by Rep. J. A. Speight of Bertie County was scheduled for consideration by the House Education Committee- At least one member hinted of a possible public hearing on the little local bill following protests by State Education Department of ficials that it might wreck the state’s school consolidation pro gram. Speight’s bill is aimed at re opening two small Bertie County ' -.high schools last year by a con ■ solidation. Speight said he would support other counties who want to protect their smaller schools from being wiped, out. Rep. Tom Allen of Granville County meanwhile announced he plans to introduce another bill on consolidation—one to require the State Board of Education to make a detailed survey of population and growth in a community before clos ing a school in a consolidation - move. w* FORBIDS CLOSING Speight's bill would forbid closing a school with an enrollment of 60. * or more pupils, or in a case where 10 per cent of the pupils would have ‘to ride 15 miles or more a day. Allen’s bill would allow the school to be closed if the survey showed the population would not support “68 or 70 pupils” at the next term. Meanwhile state officials warned that a music bill introduced in the House may bring into question the • historic separation of church and state. The bill introduced by Reps. C. G. Maddrey of Hertford and A. C. Ed wards of Greene proposed hiring six music supervisors to develop a program cf music education in schools, churches and other com munity organizations. The Joint Appropriations Com mittee, renewing their hearing on supplementary budget requests, ~.beaM an **meal by. pirectoi Benjo min swaiin or the North Carolina i Symphony Orchestra to approve an annual outlay of $50,000 for the or chestra. The advisory budget com mission recommended onlv $15,000. The Committee today considered new requests by state departments and agencies for funds totaling $6,245 446— swelling the total of sup plementarv budget requests thus far to $13,204 000. ASK 6 MILLION The biegest, request came from (Continued On Page Five) Gets Off Roads, Is Back In Jail Before Niahtfall Bill Hall of Erwin, who got off the roads on Monday morn ing decided to celebrate his free dom with liquid refreshments. By | nightfall ’he was bark In jail in Lillington. On Tuesday Hall was in re corder’s court charged with pub lic drunkenness, the same of fense for which he had just serv ed four months. And to it was added the accusation he des troyed county property, namely a glass window pane in the tall. A jagged cut on the.head added some weight to the charge. Hall entering a guiltv plea was *) told bv Judge M. O. Lee, “Well. Hall, it seems we have tried the jail and the roads without suc cess. I know this is your second offense within six months, but I am going to give you a break. You will have 12 months on the roads, suspended 12 months on condition yon remain sober and p»v the costs.” Hall, who said he has a Job promised him, was riven 30 days to pay. Jailer Ken Matthews also fi ‘ agreed that If conditions were met he’d forret about thg broken window pane. “If I knew who sold you that liauor, I’J send him to jail’) Judge Lee said. Hall wasn’t talk ing. but he thought it must have been “exnensive” staff. His wal let of SSO or S6O dollars was missing. • Legislature Today Both houses convene 12 noon. ' House Committees on Counties, Cities and Towns 9:30 a. m. House Education ' Committee 10:30 a. m. House Committee on Local Gov ernment 9»| s. m. Senatg Public Welfare Commit tee 9:30 a. m. Wf Senate Education Committee 1» a. m. Senate Appropriations Commit tee 2 p. m. Senate Finance Committee 2 p. m. . i \ .... TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 ** m J| 9k Jg ;;|fa ISHHP’ \ Ag iraPi iiil v JH Kl MM WILLARD MIXON MYRES TILGHMAN Dunn Business Men Urged To Enter Race Myres W. Tilghman, prominent Dunn business, civic and church leader, insisted today that he won’t be a can didate for Mayor, but hundreds of citizens urging him to toss his hat into the ring still refuse to take “no” for a final answer. The more that Tilghman said “no” today, the harder his supporters worked on him in an effort to persuade him to take the office. Mr. Tilghman told reporters this morning that he greatly apprecia ted the compliments made him and the offers of support, but that he simply couldn’t not. He said his mind is made up and that he positively is not a candi date. "But,” insisted those uring Tilgh man to enter the race, “maybe we can change his mind.” CITES OTHER DUTIES Mr. Tilghman pointed out that City Manager Offers Parking Suggestions Four .'alternative suggestions r&- gardihfc parking wnstei Avenue between Edgsrton and Harnett Street will be outlined for the members of the tO*m board, at their next meeing by City Mana ger A. B. Uzzle, Jr. Mr. Uzzle has made an exhaus tive study of the situation, and has interviewed the residents of the block for additional suggestions. His findings are embodied in sketches which he has used his ' John / Bill Umstead Differ On Politics By LYNN NISBET One of the unavoidables Incident to the absence of Governor Wil liam Umstead, from his office by reason of illness is the assumption of many unauthorized persons to speak for the Governor. The volun teer spokesmen cannot embarrass the Governor, but there is likely prospect that they may embarrass Jernigan Has Best Attendance Record S. E. Buddy Jernigan, emerg ed as top man in the attendance record for the Dunn Fife Depart ment, released tpdfcy by Howard M. Lee, secretary-tretynirW-’ Jernigan is Chief of the Auxiliary Fire De partment, also. Four drills, meeting, and 79 c tittle JhinqA By HOOVES ADAMS MUTT MUST FACE Tint MUSIC ON HIS B*Tt»W Mutt Butt is dova in' Florida on vacation, basking hi the sun and en toying the y&tcm ocean breeze But he’s going to face the music when he gate back. ! , 4 It all started aavorat wsalts ago when Mutt wag sounding off to Keith Finch and Own Strickland, Jr., about ttut big and plentiful birds to bs found down near Ara pahoe, now 'dsg (Mate m Buck Jones. ,To_h*nr i The Daily Record in addition to his business duties, “But,” insisted those urging Tilgh dent of the Carolinas Ginners As sociation, which requires a great deal of his time,-and he is also a member of the Dunn Hospital Board and the city’s new planning board. It was learned today that two of the town’s leading business men have told Tilghman they’ll run for the two council positions if he’ll agree to run for Mayor. “We want a strong man to head the ticket," one of them told re porters. He asked that his name ■ (Continued On Page Five) • ;T» first proposal, to leave the blogg as it is, would do nothing to impfove the parking i’*”»t<on. At p'agent, with the pa . parking i i the west side only, „he block provides for only 16 cars. . Widening the block to 42.4 feet between curbs and allowing par allel parking on both sides would only add parking for 4 additional <Contmuea on Face Two. themselves and those who rely upon their assertion of authority. The fact that John Umstead, vet eran member of the General As sembly is an older brother of the Governor, gives him additional pres tige as did the fact that last ses sion Ralph Scott, brother of the Governor at that time, haa more (Continued on page two) fires gave a possible 97 points for ! 1952, with one point for attendance at each. Jernigan missed only one meeting and one fire, during the . year and gained 95 points. Tied for second place were James E. Ward and Howard M. Lee, with 1 94 points. Each missed three fires during the year. In third place, also tied, were Chief Ralph E. Hanna and Lieutenant John E. Norris. Chief Hanna missed 4 fires dur ing the year and Lieutenant Norris missed 2 meetings and 2 fires. Each made a 93 point attendance score. The department aa a whole show ed an excellent attendance record for the year, Lee reported, and everyone ended the year with an attendance record in the high eight (Cqntinned on page two) Name Westbrook i Flaming Head l Bari McD. Westbrook was named Chairman*of the Dunn Planning > Board and City Manager A. B. Uz ) zle, Jt-, was named secretary, at . their lint meeting held last night. ) The meeting was brief and had • Men called mainly for the purposs I of presenting the amended ordin ance fcr the consideration of the t town board. The five member* had (C*wttnaed On Page Three) o V/./. >*» -VS •V * .V ' ’vV ‘,V,V •- 'V;’’' DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 28, 1953 Wilson Sworn In This Morning Summon Olive To Testify In Handbill Trial JSMITHFIELD (IB—Judg* Hubert E. Olive of Lexing ton, unsuccessful candidate for governor in the May, 1952, Democratic urimary was summoned today as a state’s witness in the trial of four men on charges of cir culating defamatory hand bills in the primary cam paign. Olive’s state campaign manager, former highway division commis sioner R. E., Earp, and SBI agents also were scheduled to testify. Warrants against former State Burial Commissioner John f. Barnes, former state Rep. Ronald Hocutt of Johnston Countv and Percy and Jimmy Flowers of Clay ton were signed by attorney Jesse Jones of Kinston. The warrants charged that the unsigned handbills contained state ments known by the defendants to be "false or Mn reckless disregard of the truth" and calculated to "adversely affect” the Olive cam paign. A witness testified today that a campaign worker for Gov. William B. Umstead in last May’s Demo cratic primary admitted making arrangements to circulate handbills alleging that Umstead’s opponent would appoint a Negro as state paroles commissioner. The witness, public relations counselor Robert Redwine of Ra leigh, testified that former State Burial Commissioner John I. Bar- I nes of Johnston County told him j that he was in charge of “wholesale distributiofl” of the handbills. NOT UMSTEAD “Mr. Umstead had nothing to do , (Continued on page two) On Sale Today Tickets went on sale here today : for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball to be held Friday night in the 1 Dunn Armory to raise funds for j the March of Dimes polio cam paign. i Chairman Hubert Peat of the *: Jaycees’ dance committee said tickets would be available at Dunn drug stores, at the office of the ' Dunn Chamber of Commerce and i also be obtained from members of i: the Jaycees and the Junior Wo- j: man’s Club. j: Music for the ball, both round (Continued on page two) Rev. Waldo Early Gets New Post The Rev. Waldo Early hgs resign ed as pastor of the Mt. Elam Bap tist Church neur Dunn to accept the pastorate of Falling Creek Bap tist Church, near Goldsboro, it was announced today. Mr. Early has spent about 11 years in this area, during which time he served five churches, saw duty as an Army chaplain and as field secretary of the New South River Baptist Church. The minister will take over his new pastorate in February. After serving "as pastor at Massey Hill, 'Pleasant Grove, Cedar Falls. Stedman and Mt. Elam church. Rev. Early became an Army chaplain and served in the Philippines and In Japan. SERVED CHURCH TWICE Upon his return he was named the first field secretary of the South River Association. He ‘accepted the (Continued on pare two) BULLETIN'S HOLLYWOOD (IP) Howard Hughes, head of RKO, plan ned a “concerted effort” today to have Charlie Chaplin’s latest picture’ “Limpligjit” banned from RKO theaters. Hughes, in response to an American Legion request said through a spokesman that he intended to contact Sol Schwartz, chief executive of RKO theaters, to enforce the ban. He pointed out that his picture making corporation is divorced from the RKO Theater Corp. by government order and that he could take no direct aetkm himself to | have the picture banned from RKO theaters. DETROIT (IB Kaiser-Frazer Corp. today announced ; plans for volumn production of an American sports car .to be made of plastic reinforced .with fiberglass, K-F will be come the first American manufacturer to undertake mass . production of a sports model in recent years when the as-' i eenjbly lines begin roiling in July. Edgar F. Kaiser, K-F i president, said the sports model wil be designated the DKF (Continued on page tire) CONGRESSMEN IN 'HARMONY' MEETING WITH IKE ■■ 1 " __ _ _ ______ _ aRMMb H' fa WXmJr n| »if • XT w- J’ j apr jm ir.f l# iS-dfc-.Jr -fa %I a Bmpi ' "-fPyW I sa ■j-; M mwm H ■-■'’j.'v. i>‘\Z q 7,", 'i * ‘ • —'** > ■ fa • ■ " .... • i” LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE are some of the top Congressional leaders who conferred with President Dwight D. Eisenhower on legislative problems and his forthcoming State of the Union message. After the two-hour meeting, Sen. Robert A. Taft, GOP majority leader, declared that the conference w’as “very, very harmonious.” Shown (1. to r.) are: Sen. William Knov/land. of California, or’icy chairman; Rep. Charles Halleck, of Indiana, House floor leader; Rep. Joseph far’i'i. of i: -sacintjc' If. Speaker of the House; Rep. Leslie Arends,,of Illinois, the Republican whip, rrd S- a' r •. tlnternational Soundphoto) Seeking Bodies In Aiken Blast AIKEN, S. C. HP) The black ened ruins of a midtown section leveled yesterday by a $1,000,000 explosion and fitpa g£(«e up i three, I'hwi’e-.' Bodies . todays brihgipß <o seven the number of recovered bodies and leaving at least three others buried in the debris. A 200-man working crew worked through the night under floodlights with cranes and power shovels m the ruins of five burned or shat tered buildings in the heart of this resort town. Two of the bodies recovered to day were not immediately identi fied. Bodies of the first five found were identified by Coroner J. L. Gregory as Mrs. R. B. Dunkin, whose body was brought out shortly after midnight: David O. Rutland. Miss Emily McCarter, John Watson and Miss Emily Weeks, all from the Aiken area. DEAD Chief of Detectives P. D. Grant said others "known dead” are Jack Niebling, Nelson Long, Jack Holley, Mrs. Ruth Madrey, and a Negro, Bubba Mosely. Earl Norris, a contractor, said he rushed to the McCrary Depart ment Store just as the flames were (Continued On Page Five) X-Ray Program In Final Week , Hostesses and technicians working at chest X-ray units of the com munity are preparing for a “last minute rush” during the final three davs of the program. .With an estimated 14.000 of Har nett County adults still to be ser ved, F. W. Sellers, public health educator of the X-ray program, to day urged that all residents 15 years of age and over who have not been X-rayed go to one of the four units as soon as possible. “Cooperation of the people of this countv in this crusade to check the (Continued On Page Five) Harnett Men Report For Army Assigment Miss Helen Hoffman, clerk to the , gouaw, Drn(t BoateU. to da/ lirtntmnced ' that 37 Larnett County men reported on January 23 for induction in t the armed services. They were sent to Ra leigh for assignment. The Harnett County board also j has a pre-induction cal) for 50 me on February 11, and an induction j call for 25 men on February 22, j Miss Hoffman said. List of men who reported last Thursday included the following; Oliver D. Lamberth, Jr., 3005 Assault Cases Head County Court Docket T’was “June in January” at- \ mosphere in Harnett Recorder’s 1 Court on Tuesday when assaults seemed to lead the list of cases. I Law enforcement officials agree assaults usually occur more fre quently in hot weather. However, the fact that a spirit ed fight took place seemed to be about the only thing on which wit nesses seemed in agreement in the , assault with a deadly weapon | charges brought against John Sor , reli, Jr., William Byrd and Rob- I 1 ert Stewart. John Raynor, Spring j ; Lake resident, was the prosecut ing witness. Raynor accused the trio from the Bunnlevel and Anderson Creek . community with knifing him on . Dec. 7 at the Harnett Speedway i operated- by John Sorrell. Raynor told the court that after i he went into the track the three i men came up to him and asked i him, ‘I guess you want to see Stewart,’ referring to trouble the > two had had the week earlier. Then ' Raynor said he heard someone call ‘drag him out; take one at a time.’ “I guess he had more friends there than I did” was the way Raynor explained it when none of the four men he had in his car came to the rescue. He said he was slapped, thrown on the ground. He claimed the men stomped him and that he thought John Sorrell kicked him in the Jaw. However, on cross examination. Raynor admitted he had several ♦MARKETS* HOGS RALEIGH —<W— Hog markets: Srfiithfieid: Slightly weaker on good and choice 180-340 lb barrows and gUts at 18.75-19.00. Mount Olive, Dunn, Goldsboro, Wilson: Slightly weaker at 18.50. Washington, Wilmington, Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Florence, Rich Square: Steady at 18.50. New Bern, Jacksonville, Tar boro, Siler City, Kinston, Lumberton, (Centtmed ea page tire) FIVE CENTS PEK COPY I Knox St. S. E., Washington, D. C.:-i i Cornelius Allen Tart, Bunnleveli ; | Route I : George Cradje, Or if tqnfT j Route ‘2; Junius James Elliott, j Care of Windsor Case, Windsor; ( 1 Howard O. Thaxton, Snow Camp. Route 2; Thomas Alton Pipkin, ! Lillington, Route 2; George H. j j Faircloth, Box 264, Erwin: Willie j jM. Tart, Dunn, Route 2; Kenneth ! IA. Watkins, Lillington; Sherrill ' Dempsey Ennis, Box 472, Erwin: I Charlie Tillman Freeman, Box 45, Mamers; Clifford T. Lockamy, (Continued On Page 4) j drinks the day of the encounter. I Defense Attorney D. C. Wilson also | drew from him the admission that, ; I “I just wish my hand had been I j that much longer,” said Raynor. 1 when shown the cut he readily ad- ; mitted he made in Stewart’s ; ! sweater. | “Why do you wish it had been j Continued On Page two) 1 Finch To Open New Gas Station Here The Harnett Service Station, newest station of the Harnett Oil Company, will hold its opening here tomorrow, Thursday, January 29th. Keith Finch, manager of the j newly-formed Harnett Oil Co., ex tended the public a cordial invita tion to attend the opening of the new station, located at Warren’s Trading Post beside Temple Motor Company. Locke Campbell wUI continue operation of Warren’s Trading Post. Donald Barefoot, who. formerly held a position with Safeway Sub urban Bus Lines, will manage the new station for Harnett O’l Co. Harnett Service Station will feature Mobligas products, and will offer the finest of service. On the opening day, each cus tomer will receive a free gift. And any person guessing the amount of gas it takes to fill his tank will be' given the gas free. Harnett Oil Company was form ed here last November when Mr. < Final) and his associates purchased Joe Norris’ fuel business. ] The company deals in the whole- i sale and retail sale of petroleum , products. Harnett Oil Company also op- j erates the Four-Way Service Sta- ] tion at Coate. Mr. Finch, head of the new dis- , tributorship. is a graduate of Erwin High School and Campbell College, i He served for five years in the Air I ( Form and rose to the rank of l THE REC ID GETS RESULTS Senate Approves Roger M. Kyes As Aide To Wilson WASHINGTON i(F! The Senate Ai med Services Com mittee today unanimously approved Roger M. Kyes to be deputy defense secretary after lie announced he is sei-C ling his General Motors - Corp. stock and other hold-' | ings. Only a few minutes previously, Charles E. Wilson, former GM pres ident. was sworn in as secretary lof defense. He won Senate con-7 | firmation after a dispotte settled!. ! to establish the pattern followed by j Kyes. The nomination of Kyes. former “ GM vice-president, now yoes to the - i full Senate for confirmation ex- I pected Thursday. | Kyes asked the committee for its ■ I “full confidence: otherwise I'll be i of very little value” in Washington. < 3 He said he would ’’ifiuch prefer to’ go home" if the confidence is not .. forthcoming. TO SELL STOCK Kyes told the committees that ’ if confirmed he will sell Ills 2JHA—~ shares of GM stock plus 1.150 shares -j due him under a bonus arrange- a nient. Furthermore, he said that he jjj also would sell holdings in several, f ether corporations. Mr. Eisenhower’s cabinet became a functioning team today with the <1 swearing in of the last member, ’*) Wilson. In a ceremony at tire White • House, the President told Wilson; j “Now. sir. I have a secretary of , defense and I am very proud Os jj you.” jH Mutual Security Administrator Harold E. Stassen also was sworn in, and the President commented, “Now I have you. too: things are shaping up.” Later. Mr. Eisenhower issued this , formal statement: , ,“I am .to Jrave Mr.- Charles -1 Contlniieo ret Pa** Van*) ’ Ea I ' fa Indus’’’y Group Meets Wednesday The Industrial Development Com mittee of the Dunn Chamber of j Commerce will hold its first meet ing tomorrow at 1:00 p. m. at John- ,* son's Resturant. it was announced 9 today by C. E. MeLamb. chairman, ’g The group will work closely with l the newly formed Industrial De velopment Commission, in an effort to attract new industries to Dunn, J Plans toward this end will be dis cussed at the meeting. Other members of the committee ,* a:e: Loftcn Tart, O W. Godwin. I Sr., M. M. Jernigan. A1 Wullenwa ber. Earl McD. Westbrook. Henry v ' ; M. Tyler. Emmett Edgerton, Clar \ ence Lee Tart. Dr. W. W. Stanfield. ; Alfred Blalock, Louis Baer. Sam , Baer. R. R. Raynor. Charles Hu -1 taff. Johnny Weilons. Johnny Pur ! die. Nathan Johnson Jr., I. R. Wil i liams, Earl Mahone. Ralph Hanna ; i and A. B. Uzzle. Jr. KEITH FINCH . i Captain. vIS In addition to his other dittjewli Mr. Finch serves as an j and pilot at N. M. Johnson's $|H Airport. Mr. Finch married the tgKmBSM Miss Virginia Fitchett, daughtafa Mr. and Mrs. Carl FltchtefiM. They have three children, WgM I Jr.. Virginia Ann and Cynthia,'l Mr. Finch is active in tb* JR M erican Legion, the First BapM'Sl Church and in various OttsMtlßß .if fairs of the town and commmjp NO. 36
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