Newspapers / The Daily Record (Dunn, … / March 19, 1953, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Record (Dunn, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Wre sfe you’re safe, yn’n ’ VOLUMN 3 * ' jH BpW - 1 Mt| f® Wmg ifl&| JH|| fllsE Wf^m ♦ HiTllSflff* 11 >’. ' 'o£ | 'i -y THE RIBBON IS COT President Henry H. Sandlin, right. ot the Dunn Chamber of Commerce Is jm). “* o,,n here as he cut the ribbon this mornlnr to formally open the new Pope’s Department Store in Dußn Oo«Unr on, left to right are, Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, Chamber Manager Norman Suttles and Thad H. Pope, owner of the beautiful new store. (Dally Record Photo). Pope's Has Grand Opening & A large crowd was on hand this morning for the •grand opening of Pope’s De partment Store, located be tween Sears and Walgreen in the Blalock-Stanfield Shopping Center on East Broad Street. City and jghamber of commerce officials were on hand to offer tbeJtC praftcs rfUje new store jmi tfafe (K Thad K Br., owner of the store and one ot Dunn’s most popular business, civic and religious leaders. SANDLIN CUTS RIBBON . The big red ribbon was cut by President Henry H. Sandlin of the Chamber of Commerce, officially marking fee opening. Mr.-Bffedfet offered high Upraises for fee new%tore, pointing out that It would be r splendid asset to 9- Dunn’s bum ess district, and congratulated Mr. Pope on* his a chievements. President Sandlin al sp welcomed Jbe firm as fee newst member of the Chamber of •Com merce. |W£> i ■ In a brief speech at the opening, Mr. Paw pointed out that in establishing a store in his home-i town he hag made an old dream come true, ' “I’ve always wanted a store in (Continued on page seven) •MARKETS* i-V HdQB RALEIGH —(OT— Heg markets: Fayetteville, Florence: Steady on good and choice 110-240 lb barrows and gilts at 20.00. Tarboro, BUe r City, Rocky Mount, Lumberton, Marion, Clfe ,ton; 26 cents lower at 10.76. it Mt. Olive, Ooldsboro, Dunn, Wil- HOsnttnneil On P>(t rear. ■r" 3- - CAROLINA BROADCAST ORIGINATES HERE Bail Bid). Westbrook, right, rlulifji sad light Company's weekly radio pr&gr*m mm Ji iftnctt her* tatt nMt’ Ik Weetlrrook toM k«w TELEPHONES: 311? • 3118.3119 Attorney QuesKwoß a -.tt/dn and Mrs _ A. _ _ associate host- Phone Co. OfflmXß .jngtoL Eastern NoraT Oafellhii rommunl ties today planned to take Mf*' questioninp-of Oaroihsa Telephone Co. officii®* fee fight fefore the State Utilities OotnmiasMa to block a $2,000,000 a year boost in tgl*» phone ratSs. Oliver O. Rand, Wilson City at torney, is chief attorney tor a special rate cwnmlttee formed by some of the nearly 104,000 sub scribers protesting the rate boost the company has asked the com mission to grant Asst. A tty. Oen. I. Beverly Lake, Four Teams Working In Red Cross Drive Four teams of Dunn women to day began a canvass of Dunn’s residential district to help meet Dunn’s Red Cross quota of $6,000. Mrs. Grace Swain, executive sec retary of the Dunn-Erwln Red Cross Chapter, reports that only half of Dunn’s quota has been raised and that the drive has been badly lagging. Last year, women of the town raised more than S6OO and the JB aily Hmtrd . . fa . effo&jhjrove his contention th# fee Company needs no rate in •* crease. On the stand for fee come pa# WgK vice president Jack Havens and auditor R. A. Nelson. They admitted that fee , ftMti attracts# *bov»t $26,000,000 In new capital at fee rate of not more than six per cent. The firm’s appM* cation contended that the rate ini crease was essential to earn a 7 JS per cent return on investment needed to attract capital for ex panded and Improved service. quota for this year has again been set at S6OO. Following is a list of the ladles In charge 'of the drive in each ward: Ward I: Mrs. Hubert Peay; Ward 11, Mrs. Floyd Furr, Jr. and Mia. Pat Lynch, 4# Ward in, Mrs. Bob Warren, Mrs. Ed Purdie and Mrs. Doug Butts; and Ward IV, Mrs. Ted Bnrwell, Mrs. Frank Spruill and Mrs. Henry Sandlin. They will name their own as sistants. DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 19, 1953 President Favors Peace Move Rescue Parties Head For Plane In Newfoundland ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. (IP) Rescue parties pushed to a spot on the lonely Newfound land coast today where a giant B-36 atomic bomber crashed with 23 persons aboard, including the com mander of the Rapid City, S. D., Air Force Base. Fishermen who were first to reach the crash scene said they had recovered seven bodies. They made no mention of survivors. Air Force spokesmen at Rapid City eaily today released the names of 19 men aboard the ill-fated plane and said the Air Force considered them “missing.” The public information officer at the Rapid City base said one of the passengers aboard the bomber was Brig. Gen. Richard E. Ells worth, 41, commanding officer at the base. The ship was from the 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing based at Rapid City and was en route home from Lages Air Force Base in the Azores on a routine training mission. Air Force officials said a full list of those aboard the bomber would be released after relatives are noti fied; probably late today or Friday. The pilot was identified as Capt. Jacob Pruett Jr., whose wife lives at Rapid City. ENGINES fail The $8,500,000 bonfebr crashed near Trinity Bay. on the east coast of Newfoundland after reporting by radio that two engines had failed. (A B-36 is built with six enginea. although some models in addition ’have four auxiliary Jet engines. The Royal Canadian Air Force sent two rescue experts' to para chute to toe crash gcene near the •ST«> Warren Charges 3 Federll Waste Raleigh w if North caro hna w«re operated like the fed eral government ft would “be in a bankruptcy court in a week,” U. 8. Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren mid last night. However, Warren told fee North Carolina Citizens Association that many instances ot excessive and needless federal spending must be blamed on the states and the in dividual citizens. “The states and their subdiv isions have gone to Washington for things that it was their duty to furnish to their citizens,” he said. “There is prevalent a strange theory feat by going to Washing ton you get it for nothing- You don’t. You pay, and will pay.” Warren said the federal govem- two 1 —4 —.... ; Slayer Enters Plea, Is Put On Probation Charlie Hair elderly Olivia far mer who shot his son-in-law, Clyde .Powell of Garland at the Hair home and wu indicted for first degree murder over a year ago unexpec tedly entered a plea of manslaugh ter late yesterday. Solicitor Jack Hooks accepted the lesser plea and Judge W. C. Harris Immediately sentenced Hair to' 6 to 7 years in fee state prison. This sentence was suspended and Hair was placed on probation for five years on condition he pay fee eld erly parents of the dead boy a to BULLETINS WASHINGTON Citizens of Wilkes County N C were assured today their arguments wUlTet “careful re view and study” before the Postal Deo&rtment «.« Sto. «b««t jfototll .WkLJnJ l Hu, wijlUhiiiAj »■ v« \wi SUW Pcßiwfiilc flM'ty Chair* k 'lr ji Es SWOEN IN - Mayor Mwts Strickland, Jr., Is shown on the steps of the p'/. b*' he sweare in the new group of city officials who took office today, as students of Dunn Bnmrtont r” ’ Umnal “J outh U **’’ Al * Mayor on down to Street and Water mltofTtfJZ ° V 7 l ® T ° UP #f »ho “learned by doing” just what dav wai ' pr l ° b “' ms are that mUB < «* ">« in admrnistering a city’s 7 “ conclude with a town board meeting tonight. (Daily Record photo by T. M. House Meeting Open To Press RALEIGH (IB A House Com mittee chairman promised news men today that there will be no secret meeting when his group votes on highly controversial redistrict ing measures. “You won’t hare to build a fire under the door to “smoke us out,” said Chairman Robert M. Carr of the Hquae Senatorial Districtst Com mittee. ■ hearing yesterday nn a' wii' ” senatorial districts to bring tbtaH-fn line with population chfhges shown by the 1986 cen -BUl<. Also under consideration is a measure to give Alamance and Rockingham nounties each another representative, while taking a rep resentative away from both Ca barrus and Pitt R«p. Thomas Turner of Guilford, sponsor of fee senatorial bill, poin ted . out feat “We all came here and took an oath on the Holy Ev anggl to support the Constitution of North Carolina. Now, Is there any doubt what the Constitution says?”, BASED ON CENBUS Turner read the section of the (Centinwed en rage 7) Hooper Admitted To FederalXourt Glenn Hooper, Jr., well-known you# Dunn attorney, has been ad- CWUIWUS ON Pat* Two) tal of SLAQO in Installments of $266 each. “This is fee second case In my long years on fee bench where I have settled a manslaughter In dictment with money,” comme&ted Judge Harris after court recessed for fee da#. HO told reporters feat hie information •.as feat fee fa ther of feß< Powell boy is 96 years old and the mother, Mrs, Lucy Po weK la 66. The dead boy Was feelr sole support. New Administration Takes Over In Dunn Mayor Hay- the Rev ta, City, Manager ASer- er J. P. 'fi. aigj aU of the rest < follow in ed their ofi. The body v. jw ad ministration— School students toefeogovernment of fee town 'Wf HkSIJ: Mayor Ralpl? t tanna swore In MaJßrLewis Stetodand, Jr., and bffieefe Ae officials, who Immediately took over their duties wife the various city departments. It was a serious business wife these youngsters, and they went about their new duties in a man ner that set % good examplelfor their-elders. Several of the depart ment heads were: assigned to tour thi installation under their direct ion and they will offer suggestions at the board meeting tonight. Mayor Strickland and his per sonal-secretory, Miss Sarah Fran ces Thomas, made a tour of the town with a parking meter engin Insko Establishing Library For Erwin Thanks to the efforts of the Rev. Bob Insko, Erwin will soon have a fine new community library. The Rev. Mr. Insko, pastor of St, Stephen’s Episcopal Church, has established a library In his church which will be available to the en tire community. Already, he has gathered a nice collection of books, but still needs more. [ Citizens who have books they’d like to contribute are requested to ; FIVE CENTS PER COPY eer, and suggestions on the im provement of the parking meter setup will be offered to the board at a meeting tonight. In Recorder’s Court, where Judge H. Paul Strickland was replaced by Walter Jernigan and Solicitor- J. Shepard Bryan, by Sonny Carr. mor- Loutse McGugan. Roger Stanley and Pete Skinner made a trip of inspection to the. Dunn Filtering Plant this morning and the trip will be repeated this, afternoon by Margaret Cathey and Jo Hackett. All will report On their inspection at the board meeting to night. It was a great day for these sen iors from the} Dunn High Schogl, in which they ifound out just how the city is opOxatop. The annual them, in a practical way judf 1 ’ what makes the city “tick.” phone Mr. Insko and he’ll pick them up any afternoon. Especially needed for the library are books on religious subjects, his tory, philosophy, psychology, civics and any other books of general in terest to the public. “Erwin badly needs a good lib rary and the church hopes to be of service to the community in this manner," declared the popu lar young minister today. THE RECORD GETS RESULTS Would Welcome | Any Peace Offer From Russians ] WASHINGTON (IP) Pre- | sident Eisenhower said to- ; day that recent Soviet ex pressions of peaceful inten tions were welcomed by country to the extent that they are sincere. He said that if the Soviet Un ion wants peace, it would always be met half-way by his admin is tm-J tion. The President, at his fourth news a conference since taking office, vol unteered his opinions on recent at- . ' tacks by Russian-made MIG-15 jet fighters on American and Brit-8 ish planes. He said that as far as this coun-,'J try is concerned, no new pattern I of Russian intentions could be read | into these incidents, and that they reflect no different attitude from "1 the past. The President reminded his news j conference that before he was elec- Jj ted he had promised that his ad ministration would be happy to ex- | amine sincerely any Soviet peace % proposals. FOURTH GESTURE .4 Reporters suggested that today | w'as the fourth successive public I occasion in which he had made Jj What amounted to a friendly ges- 1 ture toward Russia. Asked whether I he had received any direct res- 3 ponse. the President said he knew I only What he had seen in the news- | He pointed out, a iso, that before J he was inaugurated he had said f£ publicly that regular diplomatic channels were always open for the presentation of any ideas leading toward peace and that since he had ' been in office there had been no Jj such presentation to this govern- *3 »ment by the Soviet Union., .few Others news confe«!en^|jMMj^B I. fie defended his' liSj Charles K. Bohlen to be ambaaaa-' | do: to Russia as a very fine pointment. He thus challenged the | (Continued On Rage Four) Judge Praises 1 Court complimented the grand*) on the part it has played in ask~*|g ing for paid deputies for the sheirffl “I've been coming here a idojM time.” said Judge Harris, **angl«B always wonder how the sheriff dIBM (Continued On rage Six) Harnett Man Get* S Six Years In Pen A Harnett County bootiegimH9 Trolledge Norris, today was facing -1 prison terms totaling six years as- 1 ter his conviction in U Court at Fayetteville. Norris was charged with ntM' case and six years in Another, the I two sentences to run concunwdßH NO. 1%
The Daily Record (Dunn, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 19, 1953, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75