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tWm Nfc jon’re mte, Wn VOLIJMN 3 I A. ' $kWb:M ■® 11 | jWm wJ 1 rHr n :♦ *T*llL*dJ *- km-V iMkt .Mm L 91fik-£ .'fe*/•■: >1 : ■• ■:4.'% S *V f ' : •?* - ' - ■ I IrtiNN EASTERN STAR INSTALLS OFFICERS—The Doan Chapter of the Order or the Eastern * r 'Stai Inducted new officers In beantifnl and Impresslre ceremonies held last night at the Masonie Hall ' hi Dunn. Mrs. J. C, Andrews was Installed as Worthy Matron to sqeeeed Mrs. R. A. Chestnutt, the , 9 retiring Worthy Matron. The new officers and some of those who assisted In the ln«t»Vsti on are pic- ■ Itured here. Lett to right are, front row: Mrs. Paul Drew, Esther; Mrs. Bert Alabaster, treasurer; Mrs. Pat Tart, Warder; Mrs. Howard Jackson, Ruth; Mrs. Frank Wilson, Secretary; Mrs. James Surles, I Electa; Mrs.‘Norwood Jones, Martha; Mrs. Edward Godwin,-Adah; Mrs. Paul L. Strickland, grand mar- i -shal; second row: Mrs. J. W. Temple, marshal; Mrs. Sam Strickland, Jr., associate conductress; 1 ; Mrs. Billy Hodges, associate matron; Mrs. Mack M. Jeruigan, organist; .and Mrs. Lillian Surles, chap- I ;laln. In the rear are Mrs. Andrews and Panl Drew, Worthy Patron. The new officers were Inducted 1 ;hy Hugh W. Prince, local Urd Degree Mason and Grand Worthy Patron of the Grand Chapter of 1 North Carolina- (Daily Record Photo.). < _s_ . ' ~ : ' ~ ' ■r ■■ ■ " ” , .Merger Planned By WHlys-Kaiser NEW YORK (to - Common stockholders of WiUya - Overland Motors, Inc* meet April 24 to vote oh a merger with the Kasier-Fraz er Carp, -that will make the new firm the fourth largest automotive manufacturer In the world. t Negotiation# were completed Mon riday night for purchase of Willys- r Overland for an estimated *62,300,- 000 by the Kaiser Manufacturing Oorp.', a whollv-owned subsidiary of Kaiser-Frazer. ' 'Edgar F. Kaiser/ president of “ Kaiser-Frazet, said f the merger la the biggest of its kind in the his tory of the autignotive industry. The pew firm .will rank fourth ih rial behind General Motors Cortf.. ForoTto***Oh-. *nd Chrya ler IU pushm .-Rtedebftkeg Driver Appeals J Road Sentence James Jasper Higgins appealed a 80 days road «rtrt#noe imposed In Dunn Recorder’s Court Monday after he was found guilty on charges jpf driving after his license was re ■voked, possession and transpor tation. Bond was set at S4OO. Wade Thomas Strickland, charged with drunken driving and no 'op-' ■ era tors license, drew $0 days, sus pended 12 months on payment of SIOO and costs. . . v •' . •.’ Carl Young, charged with drun (Continued On page Five) lii Bpp-. TELEPHONES- . 311 S - Sllfl Start Construction On New Scout Hut ■V. • • k Construction- will begin this week, on a new Boy Scout Hut for Troop Noe 776, it was announced today, by Dr. Charlie Byrd, president of the Dunn Rotary Club. , Rotartans at their last meeting authorised the club’s building com mittee po proceed immediately with construction of the hut, to replace the old building which was recent ly sold. ■ >*' •' 7 h - * ".v The new Scout hut, which will cost between SI2OO and SI4OO, will he located on the city's park pro- ? rty .:-.-: wt Point Whbeafh LONDON (TO .Dowager Queen Mary, the grand old lady of the British Common wealth, has suffered an jp temal hemorrhage And hex heart action is weakening . seriously, it was disclosed to day. The physicians of, the 68-year okl grandmother of Queen Elisa . beth n fear she may not live through the day. The Archbishop or Canterbury, spiritual heac or, the Orach of Eng 7m. mri iri Tfl --t i. J df% . ' m. W\ IFI I 1 Irm I mr p I ■ Mm B ■ ■ ■ ■[ ■ mr ■ B B s.'-y V— < .jtolC,- - Willard Mixon, chairman of the building committee, said today that , construction will get underway 1 within the next day or two. The building will be approxima- ; tely 28x32 feet and will include a large assembly and recreation room, which will be pine-paneled. It will , be painted a rustic color on -the outside, '-f FINANCED BY CLUB ' Rotarians have pledged about S9OO already fbr the project and Chair man Mixon said the cqndnlttee had <Oontinuea On Pact* Two', . .i . and, .was summoned to her bed- j ride after it became evident that her condition was desperate. Other diembers of the royal fam- ; By. including the Duke at Wind- ' spy. her favorite son; and Princess , Mary, the princess royal; her only , daughter, gathered at her old brick mansion, Marlborough House. Queen Elisabeth, whom the old 1 ady used to hold in her. arms as in. infant, awaited a call to the bedside from nearby Buckingham Palace where she was working on state papers. « Queen Mary took to her bed Feb. 22.;,1t was announced, on Marcji > that rite was suffering from a re current gastric ailment, IS GRAVE Grave medical bulletins, issued within a.few hours, disclosed to day that Queen Mary might on her dsath bed. The first said there was "a Bid den occurrence of more severe gas tric trouble. 1 ' The second said: “During the last hours Queen Mary’s condition has become grave. ■There has been a serious weaken ing of the heart action, which gives I (Continued on page two) Blame Costs For Phne late Hike RALEIGH (ls» _ Carolina Tele phone and Telegraph Co., pleading for a $2,100,000 a year late in crease, said today that high con struction costs place a “depressing effect" upon earnings. Company attorney W. T. Joyner of Raleigh argued that opponents of the rate increase have not eon t sidered the demands for improving and depending service and the “de pressing effect” element of Mkh labor, mWterials and ecjulpnaeint costs In claiming the CT&T would realise more than the 7.6 per cent return which it says is necessary. “As long as the company is called on to^ plant long mands for improving and expand- North Carolina area and needs the r*t# lucre am in attract new can rate increase to new and v \' 3*^^C'" 1 ' . *■’ f \ DUNN, N. C, TUESDAY AFTB7BNOQN, MARCH 24, 1953 New Atomic Test This Morning Plane Is Flown Into 11. S. Zone By Czech Pilot FRANKPCRT, Germany * (IP) A daring Czech pilot defying .Communist radar screens and. MIG fighter pa trols flew an airliner with 29 persons aboard to free- ’ dom here last night, it was announced today. The slow-moving C-47 of the S Czechoslavak National Airlines ap- i parently was not intercepted by any 5 U. a patrols either as it flew 160 miles of the American zone of Ger- i many to the Rhine-Main U. S. Air Force authorities said they believed the navigator and some of the passengers were also < in on the escape plot. Apparently it had been planned long before hand and the pilot only waited for favorable conditions to carry it out. Several women were said to be among the 25 passengers. A IT. S. High Commission source in Bonn said there were no promi nent Czechs aboard the twin-engine plane. He added that the Czech military mission in Berlin asked permission to go to Frankfurt to inspect the plane and talk with the passengers. REGULAR FLIGHT The airliner was on a regularly scheduled flight within, Commhnist Czechoslayakia when the pilot ap parently turned almost 135 degrees, swung almost-due west, and headed for the Jron Curtain frontier be tween Czechoslavakia and West ] Germany. The weather was bril liantly clear with a crescent moon; j and stars to light the way. ► The ship took off from Prague j airport on a 115-mlle flight to Brno j in Moravia. Instead of flying smith east, the pilot headed for the Amer- ' (Continued an page twoi seht ’ s program at the Culbretta Memorial Pentecostal Holiness Church at Falcon, Sunday March 2$ at 7:4D p. m. it was announced today. ~ ; The program Will be directed by , Mis. C. L. McCartney, assistant : superintendent of the Institute. A cordial invitation iss extended ! to the general public to.attend this proglam. Cotton Planting Left To Growers RALEIGH <m The State Cot ton Cdfnmlttee remained neutral today on the question of cotton planting and left growers to de cide for themselvfes how many acres to grow this year. Some 35 members of the commit tee representing farm organizations, farm agencies and cotton-consum ing industries in the state declined at a meeting here yesterday to ask North Carolina growers to re duce acreage. They explained that other cottcn prod vicing stated are Increasing acreage despite a request by the U. S. Department of Agriculture for a cut of 18 per cept from 1952. To help the individual grower make his own decision, the group i voted to have v each farm agency and organization supply the farm er with all available information on the existing supply and produc tion prospects ♦MARKETS* HOGS ■ ’RALEIGH fill Hog markets: Rocky Mount, Fayetteville, Fkir : ence: Steady »t 16.60 for good and choice 180-240 lb. barrows and giltsr Siler City. Mt. Olive, Goldsboro, i Dunn. Wilson, Tarboro, Wilmtng . ton, Washington. Jacksonville, New ; Bern, Kinston, Smlthfield, {.umber r-.mHmird On ri*» tw»' HTTT H fck I ' . ■. «... ™m pat* tw*) PR ——i ; ■' ' isl 1 .0 * ■ It 111 9 * H1 wmiim illlllllii— mmm* 9«l % S 1 s . ' ' - ~ y''* ... START NEW SUB-STATION—Mayor Charles Levtag es UHsfisn le shown wit riling James Rob erts, Carolina Power g Light Company representative pa he threw* the switchea te pal the new *sb station in Lilli ngton Into operation. The controls on the board ana antomatlc and insure the residents of Liliington, Bale’s (Creek and Bnnnlevel againri ernrent intereUptlons doe to electrical storms and other natural hazards. Thinning these switeha* rigtuls the completion of the SIM,SM project. (Record photo) 1 • ■' .. v »■ *■ Bond Prepoial Hits Assembly RALEIGH IW Gov. WOllS*! B. Urastead’s plea f« $16,060,M0 money Questions which must ho solved soon. , The chairman of the House Ap propriations and Finance commit- . tees. Reps, J. K. Do ugh ton and ; William B. Rodman, introduced the ( three bills calling for a $50,000,000 bond issue referendum for school construction, $22,000,000 for mental institutions and $13,000,000 “urgent ly needed” for othir Mate agencies. The big one for public schools very carefully left the door open should the U; 8. Supreme CduA declare racial segregation illegal in the schools. The bill said the school building program is now in g; state q( emergency, and it “The state desires to aid the counties in this emergency without establishing a policy of state con struction and without acknowledg ing any constitutional or statuary duty or liability with respect to construction and improvements of school plant facilitiee.” SPECIAL ELECTION Uhder its provisions, if passed by trie legislature. Umstead would call n special election this year for approval by the voters. The bonds would be for a 20-year term (Continued «■ page 3) Glad Tidings Will Show Feature Film Ttiere will be a special showing of a religious film entitled “Chain Reaction” at tile Glad Tidings Church on Wednesday evening at 7:30 p. m. it was announced today i by Rev. A. A. Amerlne, pastor. This picture hits been Shown to capacity crowds In some of the largest cities in the United States. ■ It is .being shown in the Dunn Church through » special courtesy -of the’ Assembly of God Foreign, ■ jfis ,p sL.sr ,tment at Sprte *’ The doom will open at 7:00 p. m. ■ A cordial invitation is extended to the general public to attend. - r~ : FIVg CENTS PER COPY, Liliington Gets New Power Sub-Station a Wfm sod more rtspendririe oHn4 Power * M*(ht cently put M/dfcw LiHli*fife JW$- station into services. •',* ’«?*'’ ■*.: The flipping of a switch during early morothg hours wben mpat/of tectlng service against interruption Government Buying En4sm&lo&tn Beef WASHINGTON (D) The drop in beef prices whlcfi has been delight ing housewives sos the PMt -Urn weeks has gone about as far as it is likely to go. Tne government is moving in ; to support the cattle market for the first time in nearly » years. The Agriculture Department an nounced Monday-that it is feady to buy quantities vt froeen bone less beef through regular wholesale channels to help stabilise prices. Department reports show dress ed prime beef sold at wholesale prices of $44.66 per M 0 pounds in New York a seek ago compared with SSO a year ago. On the Chi cago market, cheaper commercial beef was selling at $33.80 per 100 pounds compared with >sff in mid- March. 1952. . , v*? Here’s what happened to live cattle prices in the same period: Prime steers brought >24.50 PST 100 in City )*|H; - Man Buys Big Newspaper Ads To Spread The Word Os Goa TTnitfiJ pmm rnrTfnonrtrnt THE RECORD GETS RESUtTS by warner etectrical storms sand (RkMur iwmß. Whgt he saw was # panel pf dials and gadgets which render the operation automatic. The sta tion ie located, about one mile northeast of. Liliington. tTWeridy inspections of the LilUng ' ton gub-statidn ‘ will be made by ♦ # ,*V M#sscy/..who has nearly 30 / .years of experience with CP&L and la statlbned Bt (he Erwin sub station. In addition, monthly in- I . (Ceatinaed On rage Five) - compared with $36.95 a year ago. Commercial steers to Omaha brought $1665 compa-ed with $2738 the kaibc time last year. The price the department will pay for under the pregram set up Monday is still a secret, and will be, until specific sale offers come in from the trade. Officials said however, they have figured out celling which they Will not exceed when they consider offers an the three types eligible far toe program chuck beef, ground beef and diced beef. The bought and prices paid by toe department will be an nounced "to soon to possible" after each weekly acceptance period. The offer to bUy beef—toe gov ernment’s figtt. price support aid on cattle since the dust bowl days of (he mid-1930’s—came to toe wake of repeated requests from farm belt eongreMßtoa and at toe recommen l.mmwniw'. Peer fw sentod. Now he signs hte Mm to t small type at the bottom of the i advertisements, although he new 1 mmttnhn hit business. • I vent to i bet tonhtomr who wants only ! to sp*s*d toe word of God. IttDl MONB'T SINNED “l flame to this country as a ; a’pstirrsatri ImijTjrftjl f" itll.-lV il. 1 11, »_ * \ . "'C.- ... NO. 75 ; Device Exploded! This Morning In Top Secret Test MT CHARLESTON, Nev. | IIP) A top-secret atomio :dB-S||| vice, possibly the warhead of % America’s new atomic artib- gjf lery shell, was exploded ear- v| ly today as some 1,300 troops j croud.ed in trenches only 2 ! 1-2 miles from “ground zero. J The Atomic Energy Commission announced shortly after the Mast 1 that there were no casualties and that the men in the trenches Were ■rtfe". ■ The results of the blast, the sec ond nuclear explosion of the 1983 series, were no t Immediately known. The AEC maintained; • tight security black-out over the area of the test at the Yucca Flat proving ground. In an official statement, the ABO merely described the explosion gs ... that of a nuclear device which waft „ detonated at the Nevada proving ground shortly before dawn today, being fired from a 300-foot tower in the Yucca Flat firing area. >S DOUBLE CLOUD The fireball boiled furiously for about 10 seconds, and then the atomic cloud itself began to chum J into the sky. Ten minutes after the flash, the cloud had taken the shape of two squat toadstools, the stem of one growing out of the 1 head of the other. The wind carried the atomic cloud quickly toward the east, The sun, rising 30 minutes after 1] the detonation, seemed amaslnphr pale in comparison with the flash 1 of the explosion that came caTty.-ag Less than five minutes after the J blast, Yucca Flat became a bee- ; > hive of activity. The maneuverlpg troops climbed from their trenches, shook the dust from their clothing and, led by radiologicsd monitory began moving toward ground Residents in Las Vegas said blast, as it appeared on the borlaqjk , there, was “considerably “ t C—Unwed On gage « ; nun bih iivwvw To Reduce Taxes WASHINGTON Oh Speaker JMm . seph W. Martin Jr., told the Unfc-, -t| ted Press today that he hopes Con- gress can reduce Income taxes this year. He said that government ee onomy comes first. *'M “That Is what we are trying to do,” Martin said. “We hope we 11 can reduce appropriations enough a to make a tax cut poestble In ISM." Martin and Chatnnan Leo Allen of the Hpuse Rules Commit / «—-*s » i ae vWwi II n*m Miioaa Ta 'IH ii3vy Nurse lo j Ij j A JL > Address duo „ Dunn Rotarlans on Friday , will'be given first-hand informal ,l ion on the work of Navy hospital jl e ships in evacuating casualties from ,! the Korean war. . Lieutenant Weece Wood of Er- win, a Navy nurse who until recent-, i ; ly was stationed aboard the HMdKg§| I tal Ship Repose, will address WM ? club and will show slide movies MM *» the operations. j The program wiU be to chW#i| s of Rotariap Herbert B. Taylor. - Lt Wood Is the daughter of Mmg r and Mrs. MBi»k Wood well-known <ll residents of Erwin - The ship on which Lt. Wood «g§9 i stationed had facilities for 750 pagjp e Korea to handle casualties from * j ! "SW. —— J3| about these operations.. - - —— ■ —i ——■ •£M| comfort in the form o* iraotyatifl deep-*itting chains and aah-trays. ’ ? “I do not wish to let peopir think that X am trying to puMUS**. than mv other man in the