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Dunn, Erw nr Stores Jo Be Closed Mon. dl' -jfi-V ’•■ --, f#■ '■> , Secrecy” Biff RAIdBGH flB - A WH> repeal <h* General Assembly’s much-crit “secrecy” tow rubied through I l ** week wi» pcheduled to hit the House today with the backing of thd* Worth Carolina-JPress Aasooia- counsel for- the followed by a& Immediate request. for * public hear** on the Wsk allowing the legislature’s appro;.aj ations committees to hold closed . sessions while deliberating state L budget matters. ■ “Wefe goto* to fight like any •- is«* »••• - Bpy* . h d mm + 4 sn la /mA ■-A m LB fl fll V B H| ■ H WW ■HH 9g H » w ■ H 13 j|l l|f ™ | ■ ■ ■ I Wf IS * §ll S ||§ L* IBLEPHONESi 8117 . 1118 - 3119 —■ - ' ■' ■ , , - - Retail stores, banks, offices and other business firms to Dunn and rßnttn yrtji be closed Monday in Obanrvjmce of Easter, It was an nounced today. Ocnmty schools will Dayg KlmmeU, chairman■ of the QHpn Chainber of Commerce, said local mercoants voted earlier this year at Oieir annual, organizational OMMtog: to QlMi Easter Monday. Dunn’s city hah and offices In courthouse will closed' Poet Offices Wfiß remain open as usual, however. Postmaster Ralph Wade at Duifin said. Since the Fed-. to^ar- New York Rolls Out Rfsd Carpet For Korean Gl’s NEW YORK (IP) New York rushed through a heroes’ welcoirie today for the first Korean veterans to be returned directly to the; east coast, in an 'effort to get them home for Easter. j Mayor Vincent Impellitterl brief ly greeted 351 travel-weary Gls from the New York-New Jersey area at Cfty Hall, and 1,887 other ehlisted meyi and office! s were whisked to Camp l Kilmer, N. J., for processing for 30-day leaves. Malty of. the men, representing states as'tar away as New Mexica ind Nebraska, feared they would have to spend the holiday weekend at separation centers, or on -trains and planes, instead of with their families. Tens of thousands of New York ‘ers lined lower Broadway and cheered the local veterans #ho were driven' by bus directly from their transport, the Gen. William Weigel, which docked at Brooklyn this morning. ' The troops leaned over the ships’ rail and called down to relatives, some of whom were waving hastily written signs of greeting. Nearly all the placards bore the word “Welcome Home” with the added . personal designatimts of “Andy,” "fliil,” “Sugar-Pus#* and “Wonlu Willie." . * Ope sign greeted "BrooklynVown» Wipe Cohen.” A. 3 oops, representing 31 states, '%HWearf* fi towns, begvti MS rklng shortly after the tsaus t>ort docked at 9:30 a. m, ' Despite a spectacular nil-night show put on by MBkdway Stars aboard the Weigel lift night, many veterans voiced displeasure at be ing kept on the ship even a; few more hours thantahey thought ne- of men appeared relMk v»«id happyjafter the six-hour "'4 tame homer par tv whlctai singi i tjMHfcy»aa. and chorus girls put on"f»r tificm aboard the vessel lift nlghfjft ' Homesick OXs, who had spent 26 days aboard the ship cnroute from Japan via the Panama’- Canal, swarmed into the auditorium in relays to watch the star-stmjded program. The theatre would accom modate only 500 persons at a time. UA shuttle as? vice of tugboats and (inches carried entertainers to and from the troopship, from dusk last night until dawn- today The troops, KiniiHiiMif. On Pare ft; RiiiliHnc Bii DUliOfltg Totals $28,325 wiwwjwww investment P <^ > a* total of > IBH| were tssued during the March it was reported thkf'morn : «Conttnnea ttn Page Two> DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1953 ~ ¥ i.; - v — v V ' • . ■ ■■■ ■■ ■ . - ■ m ' ’••,«, * " i ", , SCENE OF TRAGEDY Spectators are shown here looking down, in the revimo at the wreckage of t plane in which throe persons were kilted at Erwin this morning/ The bodies are cvnted by white sheets. Victim es the Wreck were Jim Gregory, 38, his daughter, Susan, 4, and Boy Herring 45. (Diity Record Photo). / .« < - / . , -M- * Clark To Reply To Red Proposal ydtcro- to Hfr# "a™ [or(flM9 reply today to tfur-. agreeing to a Panmunjom meet ing Monday to dipcuas exchange of sick and Wounded prisoneis and resumption yt armistice talks. Clark’s headquarters said Thurs day the Monday meeting would be held. The first order of business at Monday’s meeting wjfFjfe arrang ing for the exchange of the sick and wounded POW”s. The Commu nists want Ut discuss resumption of armistice negotiations after that. U. N. negotiators, headed by Rear Adm. John C. Daniel, said they have a “few questions” to art: before truce talks resume. (Continued on wage two) Fayetteville Presbytery To Have Meeting ' The annual meeting of the Men cf the Church of Fayetteville Pres bytefy has been set for Wednesday, April 8, at ,7:00 p. m. at Flora Macdonald College at Red Springs. R. D. McMillan, Jr., of Red .Springs, chairman of the arrange | ments committee has announced Mutt the principal speaker will be Dr. James A. Jones, pastor at the Myers Park Presbyterian Church of Charlotte. Special music will be supplied by the Fima Macdonald Glee dub, and a turkey dinner will be served by the college. Rev. ft. R. Gammon of Dunn who Is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, urges all men of Fayette ville Presbytery to attend this tateting in order to enjoy the out standing program that has been arranged and to participate In ths election of officers for next year. , s , HfIWTW T SfTIIVC! Him H H j H i j H H i '• JHJP BLv H4H J1 A H JB-4- m k_^ WASHINGTON Iff) Sen. Wallace F. Bennett (R- Utah) said today the firing of Dr. Allen V. Astin as di j ' *g|id tjttn mmdM wjff Iml aMe I ground quickly and tow hwivy artill^y I their Tim?ter recess# GOP lenders Midi todty. . ,y ' - 1 1 , ‘ M : •*•*£%: • •- 1 ' I' Dr. Cqrfer Elected |Wv K JZifr” -J8». as w4mß> n&YM* * &QCIGTY Dr Wm b ttoivar t d I of William Carter BiMe Coi-lj lege, CMMgboro, has been etactea as life tawap Os the Royal Society , of Literature of E*land The ' Council Chamber bad Bbrory of this I English Educational Organization are located in London, England. J. M. Patterson Is the Honorary Seer 1 rotary and her Majesty. Queen EUz- 1 abeth. is a patron. Dr. Carter is the only North Car- ' olina minister to- become a life 1 member of the Society. The Royal Society of Literature ' was founded In 1823 by King George 1 IV, and was incorporated in 1825 : by the Royal Charter. The Right Honorable Richard 1 Austin Butler wgs elected President of the Society ih 1950. ■ , - v Some of the outstanding writers -and students of literature who have been elected to the Royal Society of Literature la the -npst have in cluded i Rudyard Elpnng, George Bernard Shaw. George Meredith, A. C. Benson. Thomas Hardy, And rew Lang, Sid Edmund Oasse, the Earl qf Balfour, Mrs. Humphrey Ward. Bir Jamas Barry. Professor Sir Whiter Raleigh, and Vis-Count Morley and others. Dr. Carter, Who was elected to , the presidency of the Carter Bible College in July, 1962, tad not know until several weeks ago that he was being considered to membership in the exclusive Society. The Goldsboro College President to widely known In North Carolina as Minister of the Edgewoud Bap tist Church, Ooldsbora President of the Carter Bible College, and a State officer of the Woodmen of the World. He has been a minis ter since he was 12 years old. Hfe has contributed many articles and sermons to national publications, and for several years was editor of Sunday School literature for the Free Will Baptiste. FIVE CENTS PER COPY m utter far w”” - » W| f_, - 1-<S» . > . Sam McNeill, '-ffctrin- Mib, was bound over for action by Superior Court for the theft of a bam from the smokehouse of Sidney Massey after a hearing beftmaJWlt'e H. Paul Strickland in Duon’RoogHl er’s Court yestfgday momlrlL wfter he pleaded not guilty to and entering, larceny ahd receiv ing. - .. ,//, ■ 1 by^linn 1 - Judge Rttickland found probable cause and bound the defendant over under bond of (600. < James A. McKay was arraigned on three warrants, one charging non-support, another assault with a deadly weapon Inflicting serious bodily injury, not resulting in death, and a third on damagif to pro perty. , 7 -. f m *s*F" -«% For non-support he wjgs glven 12 months, suspended on payment of losts and 812.80 weekly for htfs three children. The assault charge drew 6 months, suspended ? years on payma&t of coats on condition KS-TSK prossed. The non-support - case' to 1 to be retained on the dptaWf Eugene Junior Bobertl ||id Wil liam Latham Fields each were giv 55.*XT5nrSJS p « operators license. . ’. . William Hunter Barnbk drew 90 days, suspended 1J months dn pay ment of (100 and costs for dru^- Percy Stonal, charged with assault with, a deadly weapon aid carry ing concealed -weapons drew 6Q days, tmmmj am P^M meat of 8B and costs. -s. ft Joseph char ihtoXpameWjH the cow of Wilbert Lee L|oyd, char .. GETS RESULTS**) * Plane Crash Worst In Harnett History A private airplane crashed and burned in a ravine at ',( the end of the runway at the. Erwin airport just before noon today, killing three of itsn ur occupants*. The only $ survivor was seriously burned. Killed in the crash worst aviation crash in Harnett’sjjl history— were Jim Gregory, 36, the pilot; his four-yeupH old daughter, * Susan, and Roy Herring, 45, of Selro«d(f^ Gregory was a brother of Harnett Representativ#ifcar son Gregory. Preston Holland of Erwin, the only survivor,x was critically burned. He was token to Good Hope Hos pital in' Erwin and then rushed to Duke at Durham. The party of four had taken off from the airport a few minutes earlier on a flight to Selma, but had turned back, p:esumably be cause of mechanical trouble. BODIES BURNED BLACK Bodies of the victims were burn ed and blackened beyond recogni tion apd there wasn’t enough of the wreckage left to photograph. The first man on the geene after the crash was L. C. Barbour of Er win. He said he rushed to the scene as soon as he saw the explosion and found Holland running around completely naked. He had stripped the burning clothing from bto.body. MeEasM toM Barbeor be' mep.y s *ced to art.crt of .toe plane tab-, » and warttaTle pell Gregory stot. ■*, - “Otoyw |M «W fttetr gto qaot- the wreckage was “W ' n • Bracey Confident He Won't Be Beat Oil, Den--J wtoner B. A. Bracey ia a eery ; A jtident politician. He has I ./orries about being Hi* terto doesn’t expire for two more yearn bat he isn’t wor ried,aboat defeat after those two W never be beat far public Brmeey today. .An# before anybody could ac cuse him as being boastful, the popular city official added, “I won’t be defeated because I wont ever can again.” Cammtseiswer Bracey, 'Who has experienced two beetle years es public upheaval la city affairs, declares he’s “had enoagfc.” Churches Plannim Easter Services Tonigh will'conclude toe Pro - Easter Services at the Divine Street Methodist Church which have been conducted each morning and even ing this weekly Dr. Fred M. Brown of Knoxville. Tenn. Services will begin tonight ftt 7:30 fry*** those thtt toe to: ? V - - Qf. rl r€ t#J|fl I I I * Y Staff Sergeant Hubert Daniel Bywl, Bunnle **l Wfffd inTHSt»»d in a carbon man (\v,\Ap: »?»»•*« j Mrs. Hubert Bs*« ofßtontevel, were | notified early jeday by the ffjHt j 'r^l’T'ULS^lS^ 9 ** He had left fmooa eft l Marea i NO. 83 1 engulfed in roaring flames. Before anyone could reach the scene, it was all over. 'M The exploding gasoline get fire to grass and brush all around the area. Erwin’s volunteer fire de partment rushed to the scene and extinguished the firo- ; ; .S Gregory's body, J burned black, still stood erect with his arms ex tending outward as .though grasp ing to pull himself out. The body of his little daughter and Herring lay crumpled behind him. Tie watch on Gregory’s arm had stopped at 11:05, presumably the instant of the explosion. ■ 'j* It was a hopfle scene of trag edy and death '; nd spectators by the hundreds ffirmed a continuous line as they visited toe dbasttr spot. Nurses from Godd Hope Hoopl- % a Dubb B JIM AND SUSAN GREGOKg,J undertaker, covered toe bodlpg - with sheets. The ravine was about eight or jW^j (Continued on page two) WOODMEN MEET POSTPQhpy Dunn Camp 894 of ihe Woomim of the World will not meet oft Monday night as scheduled, dog UN the Easter holidays. Brass Quartet “The Old Rugged Cross” ;• '• Call td Worship-Katherine WbttgM Doxoiogy .... mm -;. asww fenglartd petiffli of .'» irufcjwt® were lasting
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