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||i mm a mm m m gtm wai f* mA I A Climdv tonlfli* .Sul Tlfwiiifilgi casional pal Mi yoaS# mte, yuf M«. VOLUMN 3 NEW AUDITORIUM Lillington Baptists recently remodelled their church and built a new sanctuary at the cost of 358,000. The interior was completely changed, but the exterior lines of the church remain the same. Formal dedication will take place on Sunday, March 15, at 11 a. m. when _M. A. Huggins of Raleigh will be the guest speaker. All fonder pasters and members are Invited to the service. (Dally Record photo by T. M. Stewart! , Continue Probe In Sunday Crash Patrolman R. B. Leonard said today that an investigation is con tinuing into an accident that hap pened around 8:30 p. m. on high way 421 three miles East of Buie's Creek in which three persons were injured. The officer reported that two cars, both travelling east, collided. Roscoe C. Sox, Lillington, Route 1 was the driver of a 1950 Chevrolet .which struck a 1937 Ford driven by Jack A. Simends of Erwin. , Simends suffered cuts on his lip and loot several teeth. Mrs. Lois Simends, wife of the driver, suff ered a right arm injury. Louis Mingy of Erwin, a passenger-in the same (Sr,* had a head injury. v ; Bpth pars Were considerably dam-) Wilkins Asserts Mayor Ought To Refresh Memory Joe A. Wilkins, who’ll be a can didate for mayor In the spring elec tion, said today that Mayor Ralph E. Hanna ought to refresh his memory a little. u • Mr. WllUns, former couneßman and mayor pro tern, issued a state ment recently In which he quoted Mayor Haims as promising him that he would not run for mayor this year |f Mr. Wilkins would ran. , Yesterday, Mayor Hanna was quoted as saying that Mr. WUtkins must have misunderstood him. Mr. Wilkins today was literally “up in arma” at the -Mayer and went looking for him. “And when I find him.” said |>Wilkins. Tm going to teO him plenty.” “There’s something wrong,” de clared Wllkini, “when a man can’t remember a promise any longer th«n that” Wilkins recalled that Hanna made him the premise bn January 21st while Mayor and Mrs. Hanna and Mr. and Mrs. Wilkins wpre enraute to New Bern to attend a Shrine ceremonial. Mr. WUkins said he whs confl o dent that Mrs. Wilkins and Mrs. Hanna both remembered the may or'g promise. “Os course,” added Wilkins, “It’s immaterial to me whether or not Mayor Hanna runs again. Lot Urn ran. I’m still in the race.” fir ... - ■ TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 NBC To Broadcast From Harnett Farm Med MaxweH, famed N. R. C. radio personality Who lute inter viewed thousands of farmers on his coast-tp-eoast radio program, will visit Harnett County on Friday morntnv. He will land at WUUe (Hover’s airport at Erwin at 0 a. m. and go directly to the Byrd Brothers farm at Bennievel to interview •Sward and Roy Byrd, produoert of prize . winning Poland China hogs. Plans for the visit of Mr. Max well were announced here this teaming, by Herman Godwin, 0W»- / ««* of Fghners’ Supply Btore, local broMfcM at ateter date over the Harnett To Have Scout Executive f ..if ;»’• r ’. > J. B. Brookshire, Field Executive I of the Occoneechee Council of the ‘ Boy Scouts of America, assured the members of thq|Harhett County t Council at its pjpetlßg last night, i that Barnett would probably tteve a full time executive, who would i live in Erwin,’ wnhln two or three i weeks. The Occoneechee Council offici ’ al, outlined the plans for the com l ing outdoor season, arid urged the members of the Hwnett group, to 1 do all they could to cooperate' in i the program. r ‘ the* Ohch Scout , • . I - .j. ■ ■*, ■ I; wr- ; Vets Meet Thursday On Bonus Proposal A pre-hearing meeting of all 1 veterans scheduled to appear be ll fore the Veterans Legislation Com- < t teittee of the Hduse on the vet- 1 a erans’ bonus referendum Mil be c held Thursday morning at U o’clock * , JHT A A A /Bj ■ f*m ■ rfl 1 B"1 |fl> BH| xH Jill Ip% jfT l¥ I M. mT B Il r B. B B B jr. B l|l B rB ■ coast-to-coast program is sponsor ed by Allied Mills. Inc., manutac i timers of Wayne feeds. . * The Byrd brothers produce some of the finest Poland China hogs in the State. Earlier this year, they i shipped an enttte planeload of hogs > to Columbia, South America for i the purpose of improving swine 1 stock in the South American coua ■ try. Maxwell will fly to Dunn from Raleigh and will go from here to i Monroe, where he will visit’ an • other farm. t The broadcast at Byrd Brothers i i Continued on page two, V.’7L.vr* • - would find excellent reading In the magazine “Boy’s Life” and illust rated this particular topic with a film strip.. ■B; L, (BUI) Bewail,' camping chairman for the Harnett District, announced that a County Camp oree would be held, probably about the latter part of April. Site Barbour, chairman of the scoufers and training 'program, announced that a training course for Scoutmasters will be held each Monday evenihg in March, from V until 9 p. m. at the Parish House < Cautioned on Page Seven) j In Memorial Auditorium In Raleigh. The meeting was announced to day by Btate AMVET commander Plul Hester of Dunn, who will lead otf the parade of witnesses who wfll apeak In favor of a referendum at the pubjic hearing before the House committee at 2:30 o’clock that afternoon. Hester said the advance meeting hpd been called to enable the vet erans to discuss their procedure for the hearing before the committee. He said the order of the speakers’ appearance would probably be as signed at thte meeting. ASK BIG ATTENDANCE The AMVET chief has called on ■mhott'AMVßT post In the State to Mnd a to the meeting apd has also extended an in vita*” tion to all service organiza- L<"it nMtMiarv ih fcn ■ " v v* imivaitewij w ~~ DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1953 Umstead Calls For Bond Issue Korean Deadlock Principal Item Before DNToday UNITED NATIONS, N- Y. (IP) The United Nations General Assembly open! the second half of its seventh an- ' nual session today aHd be gins another attempt to end the long deadlock in the Korean truce negotiations. There was an air of pOaabntem among delegates to the OOr'natlon Assembly who had spent weeks in bitter debate on the Korean ques tion last MU with no concrete progress toward a solution. A new team of United States delegates took its place in the As sembly but no 'great changes In U. S. policy toward the Korean issue were expected. President Lester B. Pearson of Canada was scheduled to call the Assembly to ordefr shortly after 3 p. m. e.s.t. He was expected to report officially at that time that Communist China and North Ko rea have turned down the com promise peace resolution adopted before the Assembly began its nine-week vacation last Dec. 22. OPENING BRIEF The- opening session was expect ed to be a brief one, unless Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Y. Vish insky chooses to bring, up imme diately the < question of Formosa. Some observers believed he might ask the Assembly today to place on its agenda the recent action by President Eisenhower which opens the way for Nationalist forces to attack the Communist-held Chinese mainland. ' ’ Vishinsky and delegates from Soviet sateUlte nations were non communicative ‘ when they arrived ip "New York Monday aboard the Unra Queen Mary 18. added Cryptically: “No news - best news.” Members of the United States delegation headed by Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. were under instructions (Continued On Page Six) Vann May Run For Dunn Mayor Earl G. Vann, prominent Dunn business and church leader who ran second and was entitled to a run-off In Dunn’s three-way may oralty race two years ago, indicated today that he might be a candidate this spring. Mayor Ralph E: Hanna lacked 34 votes of receiving a clear majority in that election but went into of fice after Mr. Vann decided not to ask for a second primary. Vann’s supporters at that time urged him not to ask for a run - off but to wait until this election to rim. Hanna received 173 votes, Vann received 549 votes and Herman Neighbors received 258 votes ip that election. Mr. Vann told reporters today that he te considering making the race, but that he has not yet definitely made .up his mind. A movement te underway to persuade Mr. Vann . to run. r" He declined to comment about . he possibility other than that. I RECALLS HAIFA’S PROMISE , Mr. Vann did point out, however, t that Mayor Hanna had promised , two years ago and had repeated the j promise several tigies since that he would not seek another term *n office. Asked if Harms decides to run [ whethei or not that might become an Issue, Mr. Vann “That ; would be up to the people. 1 * :v .V Mayor Hanna has promised a definite decision by March l and te expected to run again. Accord? ing to reports, he has already lined > up his campaign workers. } Reports continue to persist that 1 Willard Mixon, another well-known (Continned On fmgm Four, Sirs. lillian Cl shop, 29-ycftf-oid mothei' of two children j_ that cenarated him from Ma Siamese twin sat in a IP- a . . Ipf: ■m ' f - 4 imi wL^jSm I s 1 COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER HONORED Dr. W. B. Hunter, Harnett County Health Officer since 1932, is the guest of his staff each year for a birthday party. Shown at this year’s event are, left to right, front row; Mrs. Sidney Howell, Dr. Hunter, Miss Mabel Alston, and Miss Virginia Pittard. Back row, left te right; M. H. Canaday, Mrs. <C. H. Broet, Miss Gertrude Parker, .Mrs. Bill Barnes, Miss Billie Taylor-and Mias Irene Lassiter. The event was even held on the TB trailer a couple of years ago (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart). Johnson To Be New Voice Head WASHINGTON (W The White House today announced the selection of Dr. Robert L. John son, president of Temple Univer sity, to head the State Depart ment's foreign information service which includes the Voice Os Am-> erica. „ Johnson succeeds Dr, Witepn S. I Compton, whose jesfenation 1 Wte anriounced last Week in the midst of an mventigatinn of the votee program by Sen. Joseph R. Mc- Carthy's Senate Permanent Investi gating subcommittee. White House press secretary James C. Hagerty said Johnson’s appointment in no way would “cut across” current congressional in vestigation of the Voice of America. Johnson conferred yesterday with Mr. Elsenhower and returned 3o the White House today for con sultation with C. D. Jackson, special assistant to the president and White House specialist oh psychological warfare. Hagerty said Johnson took the post at the request of the President (Continued On Page two) ’ Slayer Is Held After Hearing Judge M. O. Lee, in a preliminary hearing In Harnett Recorder’s Couit today, found probable cause a . gainst Mack Vlnston, 47-year-old Negro storekeeper charged with the fatal shooting of Theodore Will iams, 19, of near Bunnlevel. Williams, also a Negro, was kill ed Sunday night at a -juke joint near McLean’s Chapel Church. The murder followed a scuffle between the storekeeper and Theodore and Mann Williams, brothers: Bond for Vlnston was fixed at $2,500 following the examination 0f only one witness, Howard Spear- DENHES LOW BOND Solicitor Neill Roes expressed opinion that it seemed to him to he a clear case of manslaughter and enjoined the defense counsel, Neill Salmon and Glenn Hooper, Jr. in a request for SI,OOO bond. However, Judge Lee said, There te some evidence before the court that a few minutes before he was shot Williams backed off and begged Vinson not to MB hite.” . Spearman testified that he was in the store when the Williams brothers came in, pushed Vlnston “f JSuSfTJSi £s* to Cage Tourney Will Begin Wednesday The annual six-day Harnett i County High School Basketball Tournament will get underway in i (the Lillington High School Gyrana xium Wednesday afternoon at S:M o’clock. * 7> i Pairings for the toumamteit ’ wefe drawn at a meeting of UttXWRU., leMtacTOßmlttteSehl ’y«MWr hr. H. Koon, principal of Ander son Creek School, is chairman of the athletic committee, whtehalso includes Tarrey Johnson or BuieV Creek, Johnnie Pecora of Erwin, James P. Foxx of LaFayette and James Balsamm of Benhaven. First games will be played Wed nesday but play will notJje resumed until Monday due to a weekend conflict with the Junior College Woodmen Planning Meet At Goldsboro The officers of the Capitol Log Rolling Association of the Wood men of the World, district man agers, field representatives, fin ancial secretaries, and consul com manders of the W. O. W. camps lp ten Eastern Carolina counties, will meet In Goldsboro In Griffin’s Barbecue Case Monday night, March 2, for a special meeting re lative to the State Convention of the W. O. W. convening In Golds boro this spring, It was announced today by J. E. (Fats) Williams of Dunn, district consul commander Renee Plans Visit To Troops In Korea Pretty little Renee Marta, the 12-year-old bobby-sox sensation of the sawdust trail. 1s planning a trip to Korea to preach to American soldiers on the firing line. Returning to Dunn for a one night appearance last night trpm FIVE CENTS PER COPY Conference at Campbell College. Follofdng te the schedule for the first twite days of the tournament: Wednesday, feb. 25 5:30 p. m. Angier girls vs. Ander son C*WR vElrls. 6:30 Vt&m Buie’s Creek boys vs. vsd 8:30 p. Pi. Coats boys *ra <iw boys. MONDAY, MARCH 2 6:30 p. m. LaFayette girls vs. Lillington girls. 7:30 p. m. Dunn boys vs. Ben h&ven boys. 8:30 p. m. Boone Trail girls vs Dunn girls. (Continued on Page Seven) of the 10,000 member fraternal or ganization. Details for the special meeting, which will begin at 7 o’clock on March 2, are being worked out by Dr. Wm. Howard Carter, of Golds boro, Secretary of the Association. The meeting of the State Con vention In Eastern Carolina, when delegates from *OO W. O. W. camps will come to Goldsboro, te creating quite a bit 'of interest,,as it has been years since an Eastern city has been able to get the W. 6. W. 1 Continued on page two) the War Department for permis sion to take the preaching mission right up to the front lines. If pos sible. “ jttk* RlLSllfr languages. THE RECORD GETS RESULTS NO. 65 Budget Message i Read To Joint { Session Today 1 By LOWRY BOWMAN J - United Press Staff Correspondent - RALEIGH (IP) Gov. Wil- u liam B. Umstead called to day for three big bond is**- sues totaling $87,000,000 for “absolutely necessary” con- | struction of schools, mental institutions and other state \ buildings. In his long-delayed budget mes-- | sage, read to a Joint session i General Assembly by House Read- |g ing Clerk Carl Goerch, Umstead X praised the work of the Advisory 11 Budget Commission’s recommend- v, ed $603,000,000 budget. But he pointed “not the work of tion and it is my ?£% ’,W3S& you of changes which essary.” * '^■SaßSsSSi In the short, conolMiMßSiaßtS Umstead asked for bond issue for state schools, $22,000,000 for v'^, solutions and $15.000,0f1f Vij tutions of higher learning*', . er state institutions. Provision must be madjfc JNHHBm' er Teachers' salaries. hfljLV, ’A A though he did not list *'& figure. The message for “some additional pay school teachers in 10 peT cent increase” miintenance appropriatibn bill. “Under the provisions of our X State Constitution and the decis- : ions of the courts, we must provide equal school facilities for the child- • ren of North Carolina without dis- X crimination,” he said. MUST AID " "Our school population Is rapljpi||g ly Increasing, and in order to jjWgsll tect and preserve our public acbo« f system we must aid in providing apiej necessary facilities.” .- Umstead said $50,000,000 wouMLl • not he sufficient to, provide Jd| <arg Set 9 The combined goal far the Dunn-jl Erwin Chapter of the American 3 Red Cross has Wen Set at | it was announced today by , Bill | Biggs, Dunn Fund Chairman. Os this amount, Dunn has toMKa apportioned SS,<JOO, while the maining $3,200 will W raised to g Erwin. Harold W. Byrd Is the Er*%§ Fund Chairman. 3 In Dunn Earl Mahone Is ,-tp|| advance gifts Chairman, and -J&jM will begin his work immediately, J ahead of the main fund drive whlclS * opens on March Ist. : jf [ Tentative plans have been set to | r start the Dunn drive with a kk*N . off breakfast, at* which Chairman 1 Biggs and his aides will reoeWPgj ! instructions for the conduct of the "; i drive. i ‘"“yjßiSsß’' WASHINGTON (W Chadrmagf J Alexander Wiley of the Senate IMjipH eighn Relations Committee said day the United States should con sult its Allies before attemptfaWJjjH repudiate any agreements with BM|l sla. The Wisconsin RepubUcan said - he was anxious to avoid “anothglgl . free-for-all” on foreign .policy Mfl « Hnwa A • ■' aadla ] 'MWhdhpo wm • L l g ... I j School Bus is | l Struck By Cor ,* was hit by an tutomooue at ’ng Nortn on o union