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ffght With' frost. Low of 34 to 38. Tuesday fair and warmer. VOMJMN 3 B • r r . II i r i n« i . Prisoner Exchange Gets Underway Sunday Night Heavy Vote Is Forecast In Municipal Election Tomorrow aj® ■ u| Kijud Hk^CHmST } 5J I ~ ‘ ! '^ v r * r' » s. : 2J_* *•* “* the ruest P astor * who we assisting them In the Methodist Evangelist Mission this week. *£ *• ri * ht ; *ev. J. W. Lineberger, pastor of the Divine Street Methodist Church; his fuesl, Eev. A. McKay Brabham, Aiken, 8. G.; Rev. Jee W. Giles of Epworth Memorial Orphanafe, Columbia, 8. C j his host. Rev. 8. G. Dodson ot Wesley Charge; Rev. J. T. Poole, Benson; Us guest <#& V r, c - jffk s- C.i Rev. R. M. Forren, Coats-, his guest, Rev. L. D. Hamer, Columbia, AmuT I tffhmii a Chambers, Cayce, 8. C.; and his host. Rev, D. A. Petty, Krwin, (Daily Record Methodist NOW" Is the j Mn<f ait) of the Methodist churchy * in this .area. The nhhu* was se lected-to underline the urgency of the evangelistic task the chinch as art before It. , • rsr uafjr In the Southeastern area which compiles the states of North and South Carolina, Georgia, Flo rida, Kentucky Tennessee, Alaba ma, Louisiana send Cuba'. V ■ ' The states are parted ami mini- Igten from one state act as gupst preachers In churches In the other. During the week ministers from 1 South Carolina are conducting ser vices in this State and on May Ist a group from North Carolina wtft The program tor theweek In this i Continued oo hm. two. - H Vi •K. ■'••■ jM mmjL^ } % ' A W ■ €HH : -v s> IjPLfIP I nH .Hi ■ ■ H h| H| |H |Bp Hi Ib TELEPHONES- „„ . „W ,*f ■■■■ J , ..., “ : Mission Underway Of IjlfU \Lrn |fe|7^ Stand On Problems In a radio address deliver-1 ed this afternoon, < Ralph E. Hanna dhtltaed,! his platform and program i and also defended ? jW|. j ministration RgßlnslPMnfUus charges made during the zurrent campaign. -1 Following is the complete text of the address by Mayor Hanna: I beßev*that It woifo be weU ft -I- S ■ for me to tako up the matter of otnne of the points of gI wJpTOM told that we do not tel* fcSHj^tSTa^l Ipir nion co direct tne anairs oi me Town of Dunn. Wo use the mediums' of news repairs, which reports are made up by reporters from the local newspapers, and these reporters are present/ at each •and every meeting held: The entire procedure at these meetings are recorded in a minute book in the Town of Dunn, and this minute book is the property of every dthenyof the Town of Dunn, and it is, open to the inspection and reading oi any person who wishes to come to the City Hall and read it. Finally, all meetings are open to the en tire public and anyone who wishes to do so may Jgfend these meetings. We use the (Medium of the news papers to advise the people of Dunn what matters win be' discus sed and considered at meeting nights. Each paper carries an out line of what we will discuss and act upon a day or so before the meeting is called. • ».'|t would appear from the newspapers that the matter of the IAS tax rate la a matter of gnat concern to everyone. I believe that this needs some explanation since it each and every Stonier to do this, it is necessary that some facto about the L«gi i that ato S% «Jeh *S&d city and town in. the State of 1 North Carolina. Such matters as **• r*& «ww» DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, APR®. 20, 1953 Mayor Aid Two Council Members To Be Chosen Dunn citizens will go- to the pells Tuesday to elect a mayor and two members of the city council and there are indications that voting will be heavier than origin nally expected. Citizens of the town were riven only one week between the filing deadline and election day for cam paigning, but interest in the elec tion has been constanUy increas ing. Mayor Ralph E. Hanna seeking his third term in office, is being op posed by Joe A. Wilkin.-. fr.wuL councilman and mayor pro tern. There are onlv two other races. City Commissioner L. L. Coats of Ward I is being opposed by J. Leon Godwin, who came within 43 votes of winning two years ago; and City Commissioner R. O. Tart, who Is also mayor protem, is being opposed in Ward m by W. M. (Bill) Bryan. Terms of the other two council men. J. V. Bass in Ward n and B. A. Bracey in Ward IV, will not pire for two more years. POLLS OPEN AT 6;» , Hie polls will open-at 6:30 am. and close at 6:30 pm. Voting will take place in the city fire station. Serving as election officials, wiH be Tommy Harrell. Rdbert Draught on and Ammie N. Hhdsftrt. There are about 3400 citizens to*; glsteqed in Dunn and the city 4* vWMSI*: ”<*’ «»•» «, Whe Adag' was certain today. There will be no second primary aa only two candidates are seeking each past '’jp Supporters of both Mayor Hanna and Mr. WUUns today expressed, confidence of victory, but neither lof the candidates made any pre- The campaign started off very slowly, With little interest manifest fa*ut during the past few days the issues have been hying thick and fast and many are predicting a big outpouring of voters. WOMEN ORGANIZED For the first time in the history of Dunn, women have organized for a political campaign. Heading the women’s group of volunteer workers is Miss Sue Smith. The women’s group is campaigning for a change in city administration. The paramount issue in the cam paign so far is economy and city spending, with opponents of the present administration attacking heavy spending and Mayor Hanna defending his poUies. An unusual situation has deve loped. . ' Soon after Joe Wilkins led off I Continu'd »n par* twal Hiring Os Officials Up To City Manager Mayoralty Candidate Joe A. Wil kins, in sn election-eve statement today; declared that he favors the cify manager form of government and also favors letting the city manage run his office without poli tical intervention. He pointed out that the matter Os city government and the ques tion of who shall be chief of po- Uve are definitely net issues in thtt f“The people of Dupn have twice ~~ i s IVTT ■ THTTt "BJT ■H H J ■ A H A ■ A ■ - ■ A HI ' JIMPLm <AtL wMR psjr heavy attacks on the western front today wtole sick and wounded prisoners of both sides were exchanged at Pan muniom. The Eißhft Army annotincel <% marked decrease” ■*>-—■■■■■ n p AIJGUSTA, Oa* Iff President Eisenhower kept In 1 goif ?t • 4 -'v yTssimm ; \ ERWIN WOW DRILL TEAM Show.- a the Erwin Drill Team of the Woodmen of the World which ; competed for the championship at the state convention in Goldsboro Friday night. Shown are, front row, left to right; State Manager Nick T. Newberry; Captain J. Harvey Williams, Bobby Capps, Lewis Hammock, Hartwell Emris, Hubert C. Sessoms, Percy Moore and William Capps. Back row, left to right; Major R. C. Faywe, Jonesboro, Neill McLean, Jerry Johnson, Earl Honeycutt, Cleabrnt Daniels, Alfred D. Honeycutt, Charles Johnson, and District Manager E. C. Hood of Dunn. (Daily Record Photo). . ' t Dunn Child Killed At Play *l' M M ■ mjr ■ As Car £gashes Intflujuii ••• —• Linpufflu Sips In Rescue Attempt Leon Prentiss Reaves, 34, line man for thfc Carolina Power and Light Company, drowned in the Pee Dee Him near his home in Wadesboro Saturday while attempt ing to rescue a companion. He had been transferred to Wadesboro from Dunn where his mother, Mrs. Ro sella Reaves lives, a few months ago. ~v Coroner H. H. Levitt of Anson County said 'Reaves attempted to rescue Jasper 3treeter, also of Wadesboro. Streeter was fishing from an old boat tied up near the river’s edge when the boat sank. Reaves, who was fishing from the bank, dived in to assist his friend but drowned before he could reach him. Another fisherman, Frank Mc- Coy, Morven Negro, used a long <C*vtimed an pace tiro' settled the issue ••of the city man ager form of government,” declar ed Mr. Wilkins. ‘‘Twice, the people have voted in favor of it, and I feel thag it is the duty of the mayor to carry out the mandates Last week; Mayer Ralph E. Han na issued a statement challenging Mr. Wilkins to Mate how he feels .about the city manager form of government and retention of the (GeattiMH* On Page Three) - A five-year-old child, (laying in the edge of the yard of his next door neighbor, was instancy killed Monday morning about 11 o’clock when a speeding motorist lost con trol of his automobile while round ing a curve and crashed into the yard in a secluded residehtial area here. Little Warren Lee Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kie Hudson, well known Dunn . residents, was the victim of t(ie tragedy, which stirred the whole community. ":&$< ' Policeman K. M. Fall said the car skidded' about 135 feet before stopping in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Boyette, next door to the Hudsons. ■<£ .The youngster’s body, literally torn to pieces, was pulled from be neath the car. Both legs and both arms were broken, his skull crush ed and he received chest Injuries. Driving the 1940 Oldsmobile was Benny Mason, 17-year-old 11th grade student In the Erwin school, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mason of Erwin. SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL His father thought the boy was In school at the time the accident happened. • The young driver was taken to the Dunn Hospital suffering badly from shock. He was unconscious for a time and unable to talk. Three unidentified youngsters were with him. They escaped with out Injury. The accident occurred In a new development on West Divine Street (Continued on Face t! Constable HasK m - mmwmw narrow escapes rv'»«tjhi» c. E. ' Moore of Coats Injury during a raid on a whiskey atUl, when dynamite exploded al most In front of his feet, last week. Sheriff It L. Jackson had Wed the stai off Jonesboro Road about two miles from Dunn. The# had 81 Several hundred-pound bags ofj - 7* pgy:: :* — 1 THE RECORD GETS RESULTS FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' ' WARREN LEE HUDSOnT' Coats TV Enter Hospital After Voting Tuesday City Commissioner L. L. (Leek) Costa will spend meet of election day tomorrow in the hospital. Originally scheduled to go to the hospital today, Mr. CeSRs insisted to doctors that he Just had to stay oat long enough to . vote. “I regard the privilege es vot ing as a very serious respoosib fPeatiww* on Page »i Wiinamsjteeled Stanton P Williams, prominent, Albemarle, North Carolina, At-! toraey, was elected Read Consul j meooMfce W«M*oJ'North^aro- 1 Una Saturday morning, April 18 ! in the 20 Biennial State Conven-j tionftf the Woodmen of the World meeting in Goldsboro | The new Bead Consul was eleea- j NO. 94 Freed Prisoners J Start Journey Homeward Today PANMUNJOM, Korea, Tues- J day (IP) Thirty American a soldiers, freed in the first- M prisoner exchange of the Ko rean war, will start the long journey home today. They are eKpected to take off for Tokyo in a giant hospital plamfrjsj shortly after 8:30 a. m. 6:30 p. m. p EST Monday. In Tokyo they will enter army hospitals for final pro cessing and rest before they fly .3 back across the Pacific to their PM homeland. '• Thirty-five more Americans are 1 to be freed in the second day’s '.’M exchange of sick and pri- . ‘ soners with the Communists, start*, j ing at 9 a. m. today 7 p. m. EEHRIm Monday. The announcement by an army -j hospital spokesman in Seoul that m all the Americans freed yestenlayHl are able to fly to Tokyo meant M that none of them was in sush 1 serious condition as to need enter* || gency treatment in Korea. ’\|s In Tokyo it was announced tha% 5 they will be available for inter views with correspondents starting at 3 p. m. Wednesday 1 a. m. EST Wednesday. • ' SMOOTH EXCHANGE The smoothness with which the :•'% first day’s exchange was carried 5 out was taken as a happy OBtga 1 for the truce negotiations which. : J| are to be resumed Saturday, end- 'iM (fog that began last * Butth* war went ■ ing was reported along the 158-mile ' §1 front, but at the prisoner exchange M center the heavy rumble could be heard echoing in the hills. * ' < (Continued On Page Four, ‘ Returning Gl’s 4 Get Welcome At Freedom Village FREEDOM VILLAGE, Ko- " rea (IP The little common- 3 place touches were the tan- 1 gihle first evidences of home and freedom for the U&OM who came back from Com- -| munist prison camps today.wl *-■ \\ American cigarettes, |is( mr ‘uT 1 r stateside matches, the chan*® far 't a bath and a change of underWW»,*J| An opportunity to shuck off wftSgj worn underwear was to mamr?fof ’ § the returning Gls as the friendly greetings o! the w»h ‘ ‘ who welcomed them back hind the bamboo curtain. Some who came were toe or weak to talk and smile, arrived laughing and threw rateir arms around thet first *i m rijiaOTra they saw. Some came on strMch- I ers. Others walked with the aid of g medics. for the’ occasion.’ Kit undj3B} —.— PIC
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