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. rft w “ f f ti» fVV i , v. r iK ,/s* >•*> ',;•. iji. lr today, tonight and Saturday. . ■ v •^ ! > *■. '■ •' : t —* — ■‘ r VOLUMN J Toritfftlo Hits Mickigan; Louisiana City Flooded Benny Mason Gets Suspended Sentence In Death Case wmKm tf% ik^ ms% \ 11 WmMM m ■ r ■ | * ; mm .JMKffIMB- . : - i ~. • AT® U jaft I; ?/;>/!>■*,; ’ ■ v "':, -\ ■ V';-' ARE SWORN IN ■*• Mayor Ralph Hanna la shewn with hand uplifted a* he take* the -» *5 •"V*’ administered by Magistrate George Owm, center, while Oanmiaaionera HUI Bryan and Leon Gadwta, left, wait their turn to be awarn in. The new eonuniaaienen attended their firat regular behN nMettag last night and replace retiring ewa toristonertL. L. Cento and R. G. Tart (Dally Record photo by Louis Dearborn). •Jh* ;- - - ,f: -T^' r ‘'‘ ■• •- ■ \\j 'jr •*..* »-r Muse W7// Retire ,From Erwin Post „ Mr. W. H. Muse, Assistant Man- « ager ol Erwin Mills, Inc., Erwin, N. C. announced today that he will retire June Ist. Mr. Muse was first employed by Erwin Mills January i. 1907 as a clerk in the Durham ofllce. He work ed there until the fall, of 1908 when ; hfi- entered Trinity College. He - . was graduated i1n.1»12, having work- Iftfcd each summer In the office of the Mills at Durham, with the ex ception of the summer of 1911, ~; , On his graduation from auilege, > he returned Id the Durham office and remained there until April, IBK. when he was ariit hy Mr. W, A. Erwin to Locke Cotton Mills Company, Concord. N. C. Mr. W. A. Erwin has j**st been elected pres ident of Locke* Cotton Milts Com _ Locke Cotton gMUIs, was assistant into the Army, remaining until • 1919. /¥k On his discharge he returned to Locke Cotton Mills as assistant to In * that capacKjuMU January 1. 19M on which d,te reported to Erwin MiiS. Erwin, N. C. and ' during that year was| matte Asslsl -1 «» Manager, a positibn he has held * continuously. - % 1° addlKh to hls mIU connection, < V ■ —■“* —: 1 "■» 1 "—". ’*■"•"■' —'' rj ■ - ■fc-S - ft ft% Sft , . j, ii eC ord Roundud + /'lAvmsin tain. cHMnav a i a . ■' « t : a a & Rotation A1 Wullenwaber . I _— I reminder that tomorrow wui ■ asj 3te Bitilit IXtc&til - Silt - »11» Aft. Muse is also a director of the Bank of Harnett. President ahd Ex- Offido Chairmar of the Good Hope Hospital Board. He has also been very active sh Church work and has been Chairman of the Board of | Stewards of the SrWifi Methodist I Church for more than tWehty years ■ ;- —- -——— i Last Minute News Shorts CARBONS ALE, Mleh. Rwfm and a halt year-old Hmnriy |tkad toy. toSHui since early Wednesday in a Weeds near hwa Was found unconscious today In a tokens mile from her grandmether’s lone WASHINGTON (m Leader es Alfirlfftiift for Democratic Action MQMnMI tlm IliputiHti today of Uflltkft a. TftCvartftjr smoftcscreen to conceal | faltar# to frfttf th« real threat as Sevtot afgreaatoa. HANOI, indsrbina HI A mili tary plana edfiftin# the hew french Supreme cemtoawder la Indochina, Gen. Henri Navarre, was riddled hy Oomuniet antl-alrcrpft fire today, < r HVwftntwd an past 'two*. ; i ■ .. —— hard at Work around her home and By LOiHS Dearborn 1 Record Staff Wrttor|&fy 1 The oid town board went out and the now board took onto ito duties smaoHUy last night, mw were only two items remahitnk ofi j the pending list for consideration M the old board, and as soon as them were disposed of, retiriiig Commissioners L. L. Coats and R. CL 'Tart were dismissed with the thanks of their co-workers. Mayor Ralph Hanna and Commissioners J. y. Baas and B. A. Bracey. The recent tax auction of lots I was one of these items, and it was decided to let the sale stand, for the next ten days, and then affirm the sales and re-advertise the lots on which the bids had been raised. >' The old board’s remaining item was the 'execution of two cemetery deeds. OWEN GIVES OAtH Magistrate George F. Owen then administered the oath -of office to Mayor Hanna and the two new commissioners, Mr. Bryan and Mr. Godwin. The new board opened Its first meeting with prayer by Commissioner Bryan. The first petitioner to be heard by the new board wa« A1 Wullen waber, who asked the board for i permission to add a livestock pro cessing plant to his Colonial Frozen Foods Lockers. Wullenwaber explained that all Os the processing would he done Within the brick building he plans to construct adjoining his present plant. Hie animals to fie processed would only be in the building for a short time before they were disqfced of. he told the board. He said the pSm for, the new 1 ‘ Id*'HftowA **»*» tw»* Johnny's Hit By Niaht Fire f An early morning fire this morn i tog at Johnny's Restaurant oh the ■ DUnn-Erwlp the . t |r^ N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22 y 1953 Changes Plea To Guilty In Child's Death Manslaughter trial of Benny Mason, 17-year-old Erwin High School student and driver of the death car that killed five year old Warren Lee Hudson of Dunn, came to an abrupt end Thursday afternoon when during argument of the case to ihe iury the defendant, tendered a plea of guilty to involuntary manslaughter. ■ Evidence had been completed and two arguments, one by Glenn Hooper Jr., for the defense and D. C. Wilson for the prosecution, had been finished when Neill Mc- Kay Salmon, defense counsel, ask ed for a change In the A true bill had been returned earlier this week by the grand jurv against Mason and he had entered a plea of Innocent to the charge. JUDGE’S COMMENT Judge J. Paudf Frizzelle after a brief speech to the court in which, he expressed the wish that all teen age drivers could have heard “this trial" sentenced Mason to three to five years In state prison. This prison term was suspended upon the following conditions: (1) That Mason not drive a mo tor vehicle upon the streets or high ways for five years, starting from i the adjournment of the court: (2) That he pay into the office of the clerk of superior court the sum of 93.800 for,use and benefit ,of the parents of Warrei> ; ,Hud fof_/the sum to be paid to M RWtt fc'ffiki M Teptembr term* .of criminal couft to 1994, and continue until the, 33,500 is paid to full. By consent of the defendant bis driver's license was revoked for five, years \ 'vpjudge Frizzelle declined to place Mason on probation, but added to «she judgment that In the event Sthe defendant falls to comply with obndltlons, particularly payments to the Hudson family, he will face Immediate arrest and committment to prison to serve the full term Imposed. Feeling in the cast was high against Mason, particularly among residents of the area. The parents of the dead child, popular Dunn residents, were open ly displeased with the outcome of the trial. > The father told newsmen that , (Continued On Page 4) V V" : J : I I H f w*, -,1 • jflOpl ’ to I ■ j FIRST CUSTOMER Moyer Ralph E. Hums gets a k*W ftaaff ■ i■■ ■. \ - -■ ■ ' . / . AT LEGION MEETING State Legion Commander C. Leroy Shaping of Greensboro was in Dnnn last night to address the local Legion post He’s shown here in center with Commander Roy J. Brown, left, and Retiring Commander ,C*rl E. Fitchrtt, Jr., right In his address, State Commander Shaping struck oat at Communists, pinkos and fellow travelers. (Dally Record Photo). - ,„i— --i-egiqp Chief Rons Cut For Vets Medical Aid Dunn High i Finals To Begin Sunday Commencement exercises will get s underway at the Dunn High School ji on Sunday night when-Mr. Worth Braswell will deliver the Bocca- ' laureate Sermon at 8:00 Mr. Bras- 1 well has taught French and English 1 in the Dunn school for the past few i • years and recently tendered his i-e- ! 1 _ i 1 signation to leave soon for the Se minary to study for the ministry. On Tuesday night. Class Nnght will be observed and for you* en tertainment, Sonny Carr, Exum Kirby, Gyton Smith and Sherrill Goodman have prepared afi original skit with both the* Junior and Sen ior classes bearing the brunt of their hutaorous jokes. The big night will take place on Thursday at'8;00 when 71 graduates will be handed, their/ diplomas. Dr. Charles Carroll, state Superinten dent of Public Instruction, will be the featured speaker. Becky Lee daughter of Mr. and Mis. Wilbert Lee will deliver the Valedictory address, followed by the class Ba lutatorian, Guyton -Smith, Jr. Va rious trophys and awards will be presented to- outstanding students in respective fields of endeavor. Included ip these will be the Good Cittzenship Award, American Le gion Trophy, Student Government Aw>rd Athletic Trophys and others. Memebrs of the Junior Class who will serve as marshals for the ex ercises are. Katherine White, chief, Katherine Butt. Linda Ayeock, Martha Amt Butler. Billie Jean Jemiggn and Befty Anne Tart. Mrs. Mary Pridgen and Coach Paul Waggoner are senior Mms sponsors. ; Barclay Speaks Here Tonight George Barclay, head football coach at the University of North Carolina, will be the principal speaker at the annual dinner meet ing of the Harnett County Chap ter of the Educational Foundation (Cantinned mm aar* two) • _ T‘ FIVE CENTS PER COPY C. Leroy Shuping o f Greensboro, state com mander of' the American Legion, last night lashed out against the proposed $69 million cut in medical funds for the Veterans Administra tion' and declared that the government cannot afford to turn its back on the veterans. The State commander wad In Dunn to address a joint meeting of the. Dunn post of the Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary and to install the new Legion officers. Retiring Commander Carl Fltch ett Jr., presided over the meeting and Shuping was introduced by Ralph Dowd of Greensboro, for merly of Dunn and prominent lead er In the North Carolina Depart ment. He accompanied Mr. Shuping back-to his hometown for the meet ing. . PRAISES McCAftRAtN ACT The State commander devoted most of his address to a defense of the MoCaran-Walter Immigra tion Act and to a discussion of the proposed slice In Federal funds for veterans. "The American Legion is inter ested en economy,” said Shuping, “but we erf also Interested In tak ing care of those who served us so well and are now in need them selves." Shuping'pointed out that already one wing of the big Veterans Hos pital at Fayetteville has been closed and shat new hospitals to Durham and Salisbury are Still understaffed. He pointed out that some of the ■V'afftlaiiMl On pm* to*- BIIUmTINS: MUSAN. Korea UP) —of thcJJnKed Naiioa^ sen" the proposal STSTcinmunfart* jom next Monday when the eight-day recess in the uM talks ends. tional Longshoremen s Association was unticr THE RECORD GETS RESULTS Water Supply Threatened At 1 Lake Charles, La. PORT HURON, Mich. IIP) Martial law was de- ' dared in neighboring Sar- ) nia, Ont., today in the wake | of a tornado that cut a 70- 1 mile swath of death and de- ?* struction across southeast- ’j ern Michigan and Ontario. ,J There were at least four known i. dead and 39 hospitalized, with hun- 1 dreds of otfiers slightly injured by ,1 flying glass and debris. Damage was estimated roughly at $2,000,080. •; The twister appeared out of .the sky at 4:*o p. m. Thursday near % the village of Smith’s Creek, Mich., 10 miles southwest of here. It skipped across flat farmlands, picked up the rear end of a freight train and shook it like a toy, chew ed up a residential section here nine blocks /wide and 16 blocks long, m Then it leapfrogged across the in- ternatlonal boundary of the St. Clair RiVer and hit with full fury in downtown Sarnia and swirled ' eastward. • The twister cui oil electric power _ and water in both Port Huron and "2 Sarnia and knocked out radio sta tions WHLS in Port Huron and * CHOK in Sarnia. Both got back on the air several hours later with 3 the aid of emergency power units. Telephone serylce In both cities ; also was almost knocked out. In Sarnia, Acting Mayor Clayton Saylor officially put the city of 35,- 000 under marttal law. v a#o soldiers from neartoy llafhp Ipperwaah were called In t* help %*ty and provincial police and '3 koyal Canadian Mohnted ■PwjnMgfcv.iß ,Jrol the streets and prevent SUa inated water posed a new threat today to the flooded southwestern ’ Louisiana city of Lake Charles as .2 Texans slaved against time to « plug dikes before a mighty creet - on the Sabine Rive* pounded to- > to the coastal town of Orange. . J| At Lake Charles, where the ram paging Calcasieu River was hold- tg ing its highest crest In 40 years, Mayor Tom Price said the danger " from contaminated water wasthe newest problem to weary resideaijlM in the industrial city of 50,000. “A majof problem is now facing the city,” he said. “The danger is contaminated water, resulting from $3 overflow of sewerage mains.” ioM Price urged families to keep their * children out <Jt the water and said he and health authorities urging vaccinations. .jgH Some 35 miles to the a crest bore dewn the Sabine dtp- : on Orange. A main levee on the . Sabine, which divided Louisiana J and Texas, crumbled causing the 740 residents of fw ’ town of Deweyville to flee. Hundreds of Navy reaervlsts in I southern Texas and Lake . Chfßflifcggj and Texas National Guardsmen were called out to help fight SkS] rampaging Sabine. & Twelve persons have die*.. result of the mighty sjorm and floods that have raged atone tjMgPa Gulf Coast for nearly a week. IHflfet died in Louisiana, one In two in Mississippi and on,.in nessee. > Damage .to property, crops • mmM livestock was estimated at nearly If $150,000,000 in Louisiana alone, and . an estimated 27,008 persons hgtotdJ been left homeless. _ v V "-iSmB. I Two ihousand families fled i homes in Lake Charles as the ipj . ters from the surging Calcarien * fanned out as much as two tnUeg) lon each side of its banks. NO. 118 j
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