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VOLUMN 3
Assembly Gets j
Touchy Bills On !
.Highways, Taxes
RALEIGH (IP) The Sen
ate Roads Committee recei
ved Gov. William R. Urn
stead’s touqhy proposal for
reorganization of the State
Highway Commission today
and 25 senators opened a
fight for personal state in
come tax reductions as the
Assembly approach
wed the hall-way mark pf its
1953 session.
The Senate group, headed by Sen.
James H. Pou Bailey of Raleigh
Introduced a bill to provide for auto-’
matlc income tax reduction when
general fund revenues exceed budget
estimates in a fiscal year.
Under the proposal, budget offi
cials set their estimate of revenue
for the year as a mark. If the rev
enues exceed the estimate, then the
will issue a proclamation
reducing all schedules of the in
come tax by a perecntage sufficient
to absorb the general fund surplus.
TAX CREDIT
The reduction would be In the
form of a credit for each income
taxpayer to be applied to the tax
due for the calendar year ending
immediately after the fiscal year
in . which the surplus existed. The
tax return forms would Indicate
-.the percentage credit to be applied
‘ Wen tax bills. ,'
The bill Is modeled after Vir
ginia’s unique Byrd Automatic Tax
Reduction Act. The Virginia law
written in 1949 by State Sen. Harry
F. Byrd Jr., son of that state’s sen
ior senator, has given Virginia tax
payers tax reductions each year
since it was enacted.
Bailey said the bill “will have the
effect oi; reducing personal and
business taxes whenever such reduc
2>tion is possible without reducing
* necessary services. It should aid the
. work of future legislators and great
ly encourage business in this state.”
WELFARE RECORDS
In short session test night the
Senate received a bill which would
open welfare records to public in
spectlon in North Carolina.
Sen. Fred H. Mclntyre of Char
lotte introduced the measure that)
would require registration four times
welfare MBs public records in the
office of each superior court clerk.
•Republican. Rep. Ralph R. Fisher
asked for higher pensions Jot wi
dows of Confederate veterans. Un
der Fisher’s bl-U a disabled widow
would get $720 a year from the
state instead of S6OO and others
would get $372 Instead of $312.
The Senate gave final passage to
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* Play makers To
Be At Campbell
When the Carolina Playmakers
open their production of ‘The In
spector General” in the D. Rich
Memorial Auditorium at Campbell
College on Monday February 16,
they will be. In effect, continuing
their fine tradition of folk comedy.
*W* “The Inspector General” is full
of delightful characters; officiate
with discriminating sense In the
fine points of petty graft and brib
ery; ladies of rural society; and
especially the Petersburg bookkeeper
who enjoys to the fullest, his pri
vilege as the supposed Inspector
Gred Young, who plays this
character, will be familiar td many
in the audience as last season's
* Old Rom In the Paul Green sump
* honlc drama "The Lost Colony.”
Directed by Harry Davis, the
presentation will be sponsored by
the Campbell College Concert
Association.
Bundy To Speak At
* Rotary Ladies Nite
Sam D. Bundy of Farmville, one
of the State's best known aftje
dlnner speakers, will address a lA
• dies’ Night banquet of the Du*
Rotary Club on Friday night at 7
o’clock at Johnson’B Restaurant.-
Plans for the ladles’ night event"
were announced here this morning
by Earl H. Mahone, chairman of the
club’s program committee for thttj
said he felt the club |
was unsually fortunate In securing
Mr. Bundy as the speaker. He Is in |
great demand and has spoken to,
business, professional, fraternal, civ- j
ic, church and school groups'to the
Dr.’ Charlie Byrd, club president. I
will preside over the programandj
the speaker will be introduced by
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HOMECOMING QUEEN Miss Mildred Clayton was crowned
Varsity Queen on Friday night as LiUington High School observed
its first Homecoming. The pretty queen was the choice of the boys
basketball team from seven pretty contestants. She Is shown with Leo
McDonald, captain of the boys’ team, as he placed the crown on her
head at the half. Basketball games between the boys and girls teams
of Llllington and Erwin highlighted the event. Winners were Erwin
girls and LiUington boys. A dance foUowed to the V. F. W. hut.
Student participation was fair, alumni turn-out disappointing. But
sponsors said, "It’s a start to a better celebration next year.” (Daily
Record photo by T. M. Stewart).
Golf Club
Several
Plans farjjffee sprite «nd tum
oral big and cblofful golf tourae
mente slated-*were made at a joint
meeting of the. board of directors
and the tournament and publicity
; committees of Chioora Country dub
1 here last night.
The meeting was held at the of
' flee of Vice President Willard Mix
on at Pope and Mixon Building
Supply Company nere. President
Guyton Smith presided.
John R. Dalrymple is chairman of
the tournament committee and
Gravel Pit Damage
Suit Still Pending
Plaintiffs in the $60,000 civil, suit
1 against the Superior Stone Co. of
1 Raleigh arising out of the drown
ing of a’ four-year-old child, wIU
1 continue evidence today in Harnett
L Superior Court.
Melvin Brown of Dunn is seeking
' compensation for the accidental
death of his son, William Gilbert
I Brown on January 18, 1952. He al
-1 leges the company was negligent
1 to allowing a gravel pit hole to be
. come a public hazard. Die small
child was drowned to a water hold
! on the gravel pH operated by the
, stope company.
t * Yesterday found the plaintiffs
seeking support for testimony ; for
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» Planning
Tourney^
& were outlined last night
for a Spring Handicap Tournament
to late April or early May. a club
Tournament in September and Oct
ober, a big Field Day in July, a
Ladles Tournament and for a num
ber of other tournament events.
Dates for the tournaments and
other events will' be announced la
ter.
SUPPER MEETING SET
On next Monday night, a gen
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the contention that the gravel pit,
located near Baersville, was a pop
ular gathering place for children.
Cross examination by defense at
torneys showed the stone company
was equally busy trying to prove
that the water hole was in an iso
lated spot.
Witnesses who testified yesterday
were Dallas Stewart a‘ night watch
man at the gravel pit, Joe And
rews, 18-year-old Dunn high school
student. M. M. Whittington and
Leonard McLeod;
Stewart said he visited the com
pany office in (toe gravel pit area
1' nightly and that he went down of
• ten in the afternoons and had seen
children playing there many times.
He also testified he "stepped off”
the distance from the “shanty”
where the T3rown family lived and
the hole and found it 90 feet.
- On cross examination Stewart ad
: mitted that he had served time on
the roads for selling liquor. How
ever, he also insisted he had seen
children in the gravel pit, but
would not go so far as to say he
I' saw any child lees than four or five
years of age.
[ Andrews said on direct exam
r ation he had visited the gravel pit
I -rea many times and that the pit
I ad been tor years a favorite place
t o play. '
l Singer Is Fined
[ $2,400 For Parking
tickets Violations
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| piece es cake the judre dished up
I bit with her recording- of “If I
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DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 10, 1053
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Could End Deadlock in Korea
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Pat Ward On
Stand Today In
Censored Trial
NEW YORK (IP) —‘ Au
burn-haired, Pat Ward re
turned to tile witness stand
today in the vice trial of
Minot F. Jelke, but the de- 1
tails of her* testimony were
unavailable so the oress and
public which had been ber
red from the - sensational
trial.
Judge Francis L. Valente, who
delivered the exclusion order yes
terday, sent word to his court sec
retary that he was perfectly satis
fied his action had been just and
in the public interest.
He said he had received a flood
of letters, postcards and telegrams,
In a ration of five to one favoring
his act'on.
.Wearing a black and white
checkered suit and dark blouse With
a starchy white Quaker collar,
Miss Ward entered the courtroom
on the arm of her dapper, cane
waving attorney, Roland Sala.
“The newspapers were definitely
vicious and venomous In what they
have printed about this exclusion
order, and showed a complete lack
of dignity,” Salas said about cover
age of the trial opening yesterday.
“They were defeated on si prin
ciple of morality and law and
should take with American sports
manship the result of the judge's
action,” he said.
“My client had everything to
gain by an open trial but she did
not want to see even one person
hurt or scandalized by her testi
mony,” Sala said.
Miss Ward smiled for photog
raphers as the pair entered the
"wrtroom where die was to re
sume direct examination from
Asst, j Dlst. Atty. Anthony J.
LiebMr.
Mite WawHAaoied a .jgtetement
mWk she would, jifsteetek—iestlfy
hHPiflteust because m her con
cern forTrtffftbns bf children all
over the world” who might be in
fluenced by what she said.
Assistant District Attorney An-<
thony J. Leibler estimated that the
case society call girl would take<
another day to compete her direct
testimony and defense Attorney
Samuel Segal said he expected to
keep her on the stand for three to
four days in cross examination.
Last Minute
News Shorts
TEL AVIV, Israel —(W— More
than 30 persons were arrested to
day as suspects in a bombing of
the Russian legation, and Prime
Minister David Ben Gurion called
those responsible "enemies of the
nation.”
..ATHENS. Ga. (Hi A plane
was reported to have crashed -
between Wtatervtlle and Smlth
soifla, Ga., about 10 miles east
of here shortly after noon today
and a pilot for Southern Airlines
reported the wreckage was burning
fiercely. It was not known Im
mediately what type plane was in
volved or how many persons were
aboard.
WASHINGTON (HI Secretary 5
of State John Foster Dulles told
senators today there is no immedi
ate plan to blockade the Commu
nist China coast and that a major
plank to the Administration's Ko
rean War policy Is to keep the
Reds guessing.
LONDON —(HI— All 23 persons
, accused in Bucharest of being
; American and British spies have
. pleaded guilty, Communist ' radio
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BULLETIN'S
SEOUL, Korea <® United Nations Air Force and Na
vy bombers and fighter-bombW* to round-the-clock raids
today'blasted Communist supply centers, bridges, rail
lines and front line positions. Sixteen American B-29 Su
-1 perfortresses delivered the “Mg punch” dumping 329,W0
r pounds of bombs on twin supply centers near the Yalu
River. ■ ' : \,y : ' \.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (W Physicians will decide today
gss
mild attack 01 miiuenza.
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HAROLD BTRD HENRY SANDLIN
Fund Chairmen Set
In Red Cross Drive
Fund chairmen for the annual
Roll Call' of the Dunn-Erwin Chap
ter Os the American Red Cross have
been named, it was announced to
day by Henry Sandlin, Charter
chairman.
Bill Biggs will have charge of
the drive in Dunn, and to Erwin
the drive will be directed by Harold
W. Brrd, assistant manager of Stein
berg and Company.
Principal Porter of the Gentry
School will handle the drive in
the colored section of Erwin. Chair
men for the mill and outlying sec
tions have not yet been selected
there. James Glover will handle
the business section.
Aiding the Dunn fund chairman
will be Mrs. Bob Warren who will
have charge of the teams In the
ImthomstsPlanning
Evangelic Program
The Methodist Churches of East
; Bin North Carolina are preparing
for a great United Evangelistic Mis
sion, April 17-26. The plan Involves
bringing 300 guest pastors from
South Carolina to assist in the visi
tation and preaching evangelism
missions in nearly 300 Methodist
charges. It involves the participation
of more than 800 Methodist Chur
ches in the Conference.
This is a part of a great Revival,
the "Methodist United Evangelis
tic Mission,” which will be con
ducted throughout the Southeastern
! Jurisdiction of the Methodist Chur
ch, covering nine states, (Kentucky,
! Tennessee, Virginia, North Caro
■ ltoa. South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi) and Cu
r ha. Preaching services and visita
tion evangelism will be held in one 1
Erwin Group Hears
Talk On Scouting
The Men’s Fellowship Club of
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church to
• Erwin, emphasized the start of Boy
[Scout Week by having as guest
I speaker, Norman Suttles, Manager
I of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce,
and farmer Scout Executive.
Suttles coteplimented Erwin on
having consistently good troops and
told the group that he felt close
to Erwin since he had served two
years with Erwin Scouts while he
was an executive.
E All of the programs, scouting for
boys from • to 14 and Explorer
froups for older boy*, were develop-
residential districts of Dunn. Work
ers for other districts have not yet
been selected.
A meeting of the workers and
fund chairmen to map out the de
tails of the campaign, which opens
on March 1, will be held next Mon
day, Mrs. Swain announced.
Attention Ladies!
White Women Ages 18 -45
If you are interested to a good
job with a new foundation garment
manufacturing company to Dunn,
file yoqr application at the Record
er’s Courtroom, Dunn City Hall,
8 a. m. to 6 p. m. February 13 and
14.
If labor supply te still available
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half of these Churches, April 19-28,
and in the other half, May 3-10.
The pastors in these two divis
ions will exchange their services,
helping each other. In this arrange
ment, the pastors from the South
Carolina Conference will assist their
North Carolina brother-pastors, and
in May the North Carolina pastors
will go to the South Carolina
■ Churches, Participating in the en
tire Mission will be eight Episco
pal Areas. 16 Annual Conferences
14’ Districts ’2173 ch rche: and
5 213 pastors.
YOUTH RALLIES
A highlight will be the 7 Youth
Rallies to be carried out on Sat
urday evening. April 18, to strategic
centers over the eastern part of the
state. -An attendance of 10,000 youth
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ed to help boys, he said, and to
the last few years there has been
an upsurge to this type of com
munity spirit. ,
"When we were hoys,” he said,
“we had many things to occupy
our spare time that the boy* of
today no longer have. Scouts have
a program to fUI this need. The
boy will be doing something, good
or bad,” he declared, "and to Scout
ing we have a program to direct
this’energy to the right direction."
Any such program, Suttles point
ed out, must he fun and something
the boy will want to do. The out
door activities and the study requir
ed to advance, provide these things I
to Scouting, he said.
KEY LINK
The Sooutmaster te the key link,
he declared, but he must have the
unqualified support of the Troop
Committee to order to succeed. "Too
otte <<LXu* d ’<te srs&r
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RALEIGH m Hog markets;
I and gilts.
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GETS RESULTS
FIVE CENTS PER COPT
General Says Reds
Were Beaten In 'sl
SEOUL, Korea (IP) Gen. James A. Van Fleet, retiring |
after 22 months as field commander in said today i|
that the United Nations had the Communist field army :
defeated in 1951 “and they knew it.”
In a farewell message to U. S.
troops of the Eighth Army, the
four star general said that two |
months after he arrived in the
spring of 1951, “you had them ask
ing for an armistice because they
' were defeated and knew it.”
• Van Fleet underlined “defeated”
and “they knew it” in his personally
written text.
“But the years are passing and
lives are still being lost each day,”
he said. “As soldiers, we can only do
our duty and obey orders. But we
have faith that President Eisen
hower will bring peace to Korea as
well as to the rest of the world.”
STRONG LANGUAGE
The message was in the strongest
language Van Fleet has used since
assuming his command in Korea.
A source close to Van Fleet said
he “purposely went Just so far” In
his statement. The source hinted
Van Fleet would have some critj
• cal things to say later about the
conduct of the Korean war.
1 Van Fleet, 60, leaves his com
' mand tomorrow. He will return to
1 the United States for retirement.
On many occasions, Van Fleet
has made clear his resentment
against being denied support for
pushing the battered Communist
army northward and destroying it.
His resentment increased when
I it became obvious to the world
■ that Communist negotiators were
' stalling at the Kaesong and Pan
! munjom conference tables.
“No good will come out of it (th“
i armistice talks)," a correspondent
quoted him at the time. “The only
. thing those people understand is
force.”
In his farewell message, Van
Fleet told the troops:
-“I wwttytei toNwsteSteaal lhaal
you from the bottom of toy 'Hear |
tfitteyour loyalty' dqvotion and pa
Instate) to supporting me in %very
thfng that I could ask Os you . . .
“Out Eighth Army believes to
service for Others, each one give
gladly of his help to his friend an' 1
teammate, whether that friends i'
from his own country or from ’
strange land many thousands o*
miles away. We are one unit In ou
love of country and in our fierc'
desire to prevent freedom from be
tog wiped out on this earth.”
Lost Westbrook
Bov Is Found
Alfred Allen. 13-year-o’d We«*
brook School student, must wait ”r
til some other night for that trie
to Nashville, Tenn., to see “Th'
Gipnd Ole’ Opry
His yen for hillbilly music touch
ed off an all-nteht search to th'
Dunn section.
He returned from school abo”‘
3:’SO o’clock, but then disappear*'’
His grandfather. Eston Lee. wit 1 -
whom he was living, missed him a’
suoper and an alarm was sen*
out for the boy.
In a short while, about 160 me
and women, aided by Sampson an*
Harnett authorities, combed this en
tire section looking for him. '
At 8 o’clock the next mornin
he was found at the Dunn B”'
station by a neighbor who recoe
nixed Mm and returned to Ms home
He told Ms relatives that he ha*
left his c-randfother's home, skirt
ed the edge of the fields and walk
ed to Dunn.
He said he w*s planning to Mtch
hiVe to Nashville, Tenn.. to witneo
the radio show. “The Grand Ole’
Opry.”
C. J. Carr. 80,
Dies In Richmond
C. J. Carr, 80. former Dunn rest,
dent, died Monday nieht at fate
NO. 4SP
Driver Freed In
Freak Accident
William House was found not
guilty on charges of careless and
reckless driving by Judge H.
Strickland in City Court yesterdsgr,
the charge arising out of the ac
cident that sent Edgar Ivey, water
department worker to the hospital - •
Ivey, brought to court on a
stretcher, told of the incident and
related how the car driven by House
ran over a steel tape with which
he was working in a manhole. The
tape struck him and caused his
injuries.
Ivey and other employes told the
court that the department truck
was parked in the center of the
street where the men were working 'll
to serve as protection for the men ? *"
working behind it.
Defense attorney D. C. Wilson, on
cross examination, stressed the fact ■)
that the tape, almost the color of the iM
pavement, would be almost invis- vJ
ible to a driver until he had struck 7*
Commenting on the case this J
morning, City Manager A. B. U«jiy|j
Jr. said, “Apparently the only way •,
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Leaves To Take
Rockingham and promoted to lift ;,
position of manager. .Js
Mr. Mims left during the wsetaWS
*o take over the management « |
Leder Brothers in S
Dunn store, offered high
'or Mr. Mim’s services here and .dj
expressed regret at losing him. •«
Mr. Mims likewise expreiMd MMgg
■met at leaving Dunn, defliared thte;,,
«s the friendliest town in which he .1
-'•er lived. 9
The veteran shoe m«n is a. nd|M
r Sylacauga, Alabama and
irtr.- 1 school there and .*3 '•••■<) *|
■, ,'r. • f Alabama
sfr end Mrs F. Vs. MitfiaL.flWjM.
*n oo’-eHse when he w«s tSpw
a voung man. <i
Ris first position after leaving :|
school was with Burlington IM
»t. Cramerton as supervisor of tSIg
winding department, and later htfijj
position with the UEl^l
advisor. -.'Jg * %
Mr. Mims spent 33 monthgtjßß
the Navy. He served with the
Task Force and made an eattemng
service record. For a while wswpßr ■
signed to the V. S. 8. CaUhM
His decorations include ths iliß
atic-Pacific ribbon with five batas ,
stars. 2 Iff
Upon his return from the lira
vice, Mr. M'ms took a position .<■
Matthews-Belk in Gastonia hM
shoe department and then servhft
for four years as shoe buyer Si
the Leon Schneider, Inc. in OaScffl
tonia. : >
During his stay ltt Dunn,
of the town. He was acttvejßf ■ ■
the Methodist Church. «•«
chairman of the Board of >Ofl|
and Evangelism ofthe local ehffl|g
C daughter of Mr. and
RPresswood. They have