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Partly cloudy and warmer to dgy Tuesday. r VOLUMLN 1 ~ Atomic Cannon Fired; Blast Seen 75 Miles Away Hill Family Boosts Abney Bid On Erwin Mills Stock BTOKELY PRODUCTS SHOWN HERE Ome of the biggest displays of food ever shown In this , w “ dtaplsyod here Friday night at a sales meeting of Purdie Brothers. Inc:, wholesale grocers, by officials of the Stokely-Van Camp Co. and Avery R. Rhyne Oa, distributors, of Charlotte and Wil mington. Johnnie Purdie, official of Purtile Brothers, Is shown here discussing the high quality of the Une with some of the groap. heft to right are: John Gray, manager of Purdie Brothers, W. A. Jackson of Knoxville, Tenn. and A1 Huntley of Durham, Stokely factory representatives, Walter P. Dea| of Wilmington, representative of Avery R. Rhyne, and Mr. Purdie. More than 6* different types of foo#.wero displayed. (Daily Record Photo). Martin Predicts Passage , Os Eisenhower Tax Plan — Guard May Lose >Draft Exemption WASHINGTON ® The De fense Department Is considering eliminating draft deferments for teen-agers who Join the National Guard, It was disclosed today. The proposal, made by Dr. John A. Hannah, assistant defense sec retary for manpower, has already touched off protests from the Na- I tlonal Guard Association and some 'congressmen, who contend it would cut off the guard’s main source of recruits. CAN ESCAPE COMPLETELY At present, youths 17 to 13 1-3 years old are exempt from the draft if they Join a National Guard unit. By remaining in the guard for nine years, theyc an escape active military duty completely, unless the guard unit is called up in case of a national emeog^iey. The deferment policy pro claimed by the governors of the individual states, was set dp under the Universal Military Training Act as an inducement tor men to enlist in the Nations! Guard. The act also provides, however, Marine Runsilaked In Capitol Hotel IW Police left ant,*fresh out of officers training school, who ran naked through the lobby of the fashionable Wsrd man Park Hotel during a dinner «***« 34, of Bouton, Mass., also climbed a tree taraan-styte on the fcotoltewn invaded the. apartment of an admiral’s lady before he wound up in the hands of a house detective. Gallagher, exhilarated by tile re freshments at a party with friends, was cation. W the tJCH UQOOIt He was a nice fellow, one police- J 3 etilij 'JiXtmxb TELSPHONBBTMI? . >llß - >ll9 that the Secretary of defense may t end the Mpnent if he decides • there are) enough men available l to fUI the ranks of the National Guard without this special Induce ment. . .: f ' HannahjJn a recent memoran dum to i M three service secre taries, sue Rated that the time has ! come to cot off tin exemption for national wartlsmen. He pointed : out that ith nearly 3,000,000 men coming oit of the services with a six-yea reserve obligation still to be full {led, there should be an > adequate lumber of personnel for , the guait The m morandum, designed as ; part of a fact-finding survey, drew' an imme< ate hostile reaction from ' National Jasrd circles, and Han nah hafe tow pledged that no ac tion will m taken without further study. ..* Hannah s proposal has had the effect of underscoring and bring ing out b bo the openJoastc dlffer -1 encea Deb sen the National Guard and the Mense Department over manpowei and readiness policy. man m rked. “He Just had more U#*d t *6ij she could handle." Puttee and blushing wltneases , gave thi account of OaUagher's . moon Ugh escapade: Jl* si retail and his date left tijfelr par r gt*the swank Shoreham « Hotel fa a stroll In the evening air. The? walked to the grounds of the near y Ward man Park where Oalteghe suddenly yielded to what apparent an impulse to get sywhsathmc friends, screamed and , jmi wlltfhfr ghed his cost tiroes and ' Mrtwn I»>iaeMed ,to “surprise" a ! Pgurty safe Mends sum giving in |orerinmg(» tor balcony and he Speaker Joseph W Martin Jr. predicted today after Prendent Eisenhower’s wcdfciy conference with OOP congressional leaders that the administration’s tax program will pass the House. “I believe it will be approved if We ever get it to the floor of the House,” Martin said. He referred to oppoaitlon within the House Ways and Means Com mittee to reporting out the measure requested by the chief executive to extend th excess profits tax six months and postponed a sched uled dyop in the regular corporate tax rate. “Our problem now, of course, is to get the bill to the floor.” Martin said, “but we have strong hopes.” SEED LEADS OPPOSITION Chairman Daniel A. Reed (R-NY of the Ways and Means Committee predicts that the committee will reject Mr. Eisenhower’s request for a six-month extension of the tax scheduled to expire June 30. Other Republican members said the committee also mightreject his plea for a one-year extension of the present Reciprocal Trade Act which is scheduled to die June 12. Martin Was asked whether he had any specific plan to get the bill out of committee. "I hope the majority of the com mittee will see the light because the tax bill is “must,” be replied. Martin (R-Ggllf, chairman of •« «n ease Iwmi Last Minute News Short? WASHINGTON ill - The Su preme Ceart today agreed to de cide Whether organised baseball Is a sport or a bwslassi subject to the anti-trust laws. This manna it will examine the legality of the controversial “reserve eauae.”' Tbs high bench accepted three oases dealing with the team. It will hear arguments next fall and hand down a written opinion later. Circuit courts have held that organised baseball Is a spate nst a business -*ajMfc*t the anti-trust laws do WASHINGTON (89 - The Seere tary M Treasury John W. Snyder bi- Boreau in IPM to get a favorable tax rrtag on n Sqaor stock deal fsr a My Dwarf retie tamps Igu eon DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 25, 1953 South Carolina Firm Seeking Mill Ownership DURHAM. George Watts Hill has bettered the offer of Abney Mills of Greenwood, S. C. for shares of stock in Erwin Mitts, Inc. In a telegram which he sent to Erwin stockholders owning more than 1,000 shares each, he of fered to pay $15.25 per share which is 12 1-2 cents higher than Abney Mitts offered several days ago. Ab ney Mills has offered $15,125 per share. Hitt said his offer also extends to smaller stockholders, but that time does not permit him to wire or write to each of the 1,100 stock holders. He said he was making the offer on behalf of himself and “a group of loyal friends” who are “prepared to purchase Erwin Mills stock” (p order to keep control of the firm “in the hands of the traditional friends of Erwin Mitts, Inc., and Durham. Hill repeated the statement con tained in his letter of May 17 which said: “The Hitt family does not want control of Erwin Mills, but would like to see the stock as wide ly distributed to as many stock holders as possible.” He lnVlted stockholders who want to sell to wire him on or prior to June 1, and said he will notify them on or before June 5. the num ber of shares which he and his friends wish to purchase. Hill also stated that “word is coming in from an increasing host, of friends stating that they prefer to remain stockholders of Erwin and affirm ing their continued support. He said he had been authorised by i peveral .large stockholders to j *¥t4 ttmt they .am .holding their Iribckngndj'do not PWt to sgll. in- AMfad among those -fie' riained were r me “Bonsai and Dent families of New York," who reportedly own a bout 30,000 shares; John H. An drews of Raleigh 7,000 to 8,000 ■hares; sad j. Harper Ekwin In terests, Claudia Powe Watkins and E. H. Powe Jr. of Durham. Hill; commented on an earlier report here that the Diike inter ests are selling to Abney 50 per cent of their holdings in Erwin Mills. That report stated that Duke’s holdings represented abolit 40 per cent. However, he said, a survey of the list of stockholders of the mills indicates that the var ious Duke interests held' approxi mately 383,000 shares, or roughly 'tMUsiwi On >wi BULLETINS SEOUL, Korea (IP) An American battleship and a British aircraft carrier shelled Communist positions on the western < coast today as the Eighth Army announced more Chinese “volunteers” have entered the war. The U. S. battleship New Jersey and the British * “flat-top” HMS Ocean teamed up to hit Communist fortifications shield ing the coastal city of Chinnampe and the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. orange, Tex. —(IP) Weary, blistered flood workers sandbagged soggy levees against the worst Sabine River flood in history today as residents of nearbv Lake Charles La., reported that muddy flood waters had swept snakes into the heart of the city. Men, women and children toiled so hard on the dikes here that all the adhesive tape in the city was used to bind their blistered hands and an extra supply was flown in. WASHINGTON (IP) The Supreme Court, sched uled to adjourn for the summer in two weeks was to meet - ***• •***¥ Congress Battling Over Air Power Cut 1 .J- V By UNITED PREBB ( Thg congressional battle over I administration outs in the Air Force budget widened today as Sen. Milton R. Youhg R-N. D. said he feared they might be “too steep” fo* safety, v Young, a. member of the Senate Military Appropriations subcommit tee alee and the touts violated the Republican Party's campaign pledge to give the natidb “completely a <l/U*YMmg brake with the ad ministration in the air power issue, other Republicans backed Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson a a concerted Demoaratlc attack. Sen Henry M. Jackson D-Wash. resignation, yd aaMßi^ps» n I, mi-,| -trap g mm IMjifWt m the 9 o’clock Holy Sacri- I 1 " °! ‘ h * M a®, Hve youngsters of the Sacred Heart Parish received the Body and Blood of Our Lord for the First time. They are pictured with the local priest, the Sisters of Newton Grove, who an V!* ei 1 r *° rifht are ' front row: ®*®ter Mary Mark, Sister Mary CalUsta, Misses Carolyn Faircloth and Mary Frances Hyman, Messrs, Ronnie Spell, George LaFontaine, tit aud Father Francis A. McCarthy, pastor of Sacred Heart. Back row: Odell Faircloth, Mrs. Odell Fafatloth, Mrs. T. C. Hyman Jr., Mrs. Jack Spell; Mr. and Mrs. George LaFontaine and Mr. and Mrs. j. Nelson Lee. Standing in front of the Reverend Sisters Is Miss Nancy raircloth who wished to share the honors with her sister, Carolyn. (Daily Record Photo). * Warrants For 200 Are Issued Here For Failure To Buy Tags City Solicitor J. Shepard Bryan today began thspblg task of drawing warrants fog approximately 2Qp Dunn citizens who have failed to purchase city automobile License tags for 1953. This action was ordered by the city council at its last meeting. Commissioner W. M. (Bill) Bryan made the motion and it was secon ded 1W« Commissioner J. V. Bass. Mr.' Bryan said today that the warrants will be drawn and turn ed over to police as soon as possible to be served. * “ STILL TIME TO ACT He said citizens who want to avoid indictment and prosecution lOntlmed on page two! v'iSif - ♦ sc lentiously Justify" Its plan to trim the Air Force goals from'l43 to OTHER DEVELOPMENTS affg.ssr'a t six months ex _ Robert F. ln*J£k development oT oil ** ah * re Coronation Rduftr Like Fifth Avenue rONuON (U 9 Central Lon don’s six-mile coronation route re sembled New York’s Fifth Avenue on Easter Sunday today as holiday crowds swarmed over the streets and sidewalks. Thousands of tourists were in a New Year’s Eve mood as the warm sunshine enlivened their already gay spirits. As this last week before the crowning of Queen Elizabeth n be gan, the city was caught in a fever of excitement and gaiety which it has not seen since V-E Day eight years ago. Every father in London seemed bent on showing his children the banner-festooned streets through which the queen will ride in her golden coach on June 2. Some 100,080 tourists left their hotels early and a steady stream of automobiles brought thousands more from outlying towns on this final day of the Whitsun holiday. QUEEN WITH FAMILY The queen was spending the day with her family at Windsor Castle, enjoying a final rest before plung ing ' into the round of state recep tions, garden parties, coronation balls and final rehearsals. A great crowd swarmed around Buckingham Palace. Curious chil dren stared at the poker - faced countenances of guardsmen stand-' ing at attention beside tiny sentry boxes and perspiring heavily under their scarlet tunics and bearskin helmets. Other crowds trampled on the lawns of royal parks and another mass of humanity filled Parliament Square next to Westminster Abbe; which was almost hidden behind spectator stands painted blue and gold with heraldic emblems orna menting their eaves. Every building along cornation route through Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park and ' "rtliiiiiHi hb »*4gF rv« / Negro Prowler Grabs Woman An early morning chase by police failed to capture a prowUr who was seen peeping in the window of the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cheek on North McKay Ave., and who had previously entered another home on North Layton Ave. A reporter for the Reoord asked Chief of Police A. A. Cobb about sruss He said the investigation had been and and*U>at he not know the names of the persons at whose homes the prowler was ' SK &L~ ® FIVE CENTS PEll COPY Former Resident Os Dunn Dies In Norfolk, Va. Albert M. Jernigan, 77 of Norfolk, Va., formerly of Dunn died Sat urday at his home in Norfolk after a long illness. He was the son of the "late Austin and Sarah Monds Jernigan of Dunn. Surviving are his wife, the former Ina Henry of' Johnston County, two daughters Mrs. Wil liam Elders and Mrs. Allen Wood ruff, both of Norfolk and four grandchildren. He has a number of fttatives in Harne% county in cluding two brother-in-law, G. W. Henry and B. B. Henry of Dunn. Burial will be in the Elevation Church Cemetery in Johnston County Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. + Record Roundup MOTHER GOOSE FINALS Commencement exercises *of Mrs. Ruby Newsome’s “Mother Goose School” at Erwin, one of the out standing kindergartens of the of the State, be held tonight at 8 o’clock in'the Episcopal Parish House at Erwin. Mrs. Newsome's school has received wispspreqd recognition and many honors and those who attend tonight's exer cises will be assured of mi out standing program by students from both Dunn and Erwin. A hard-working and devoted tea cher, Mrs. Newsome devotes her full time to her kindergarten and her efforts are shown in the out- ' standing pupils turned out by the ! school. reported. The officers were on night duty. The prowler was also seen at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Halre and Mr. and Mrs. Bd Wade In the same block. He entered the bedroom of Mrs. Haire's home and grabbed U tJ°Cheek told the reporter that he was awakened at about 3:40 a. when be looked out the window he THE RECORD GETS RESULTS New Gun Could Wipe Out Whole Enemy Division LAS VEGAS, Nev. (IP) The United States fired the world’s first atomic ar- . tillery shell today, but could not keep secret the fact that it had tremendous effect on the Nevada desert. The shell exploded at 500 feet altitude, and kicked up the biggest amount of dust ever seen from Las Vegas, 75 miles away, during an atomic test. The firing of the atomic rifle, dubbed "Amazon Annie” by her GI crew, was a milestone in the advancement of nuclear warfare since the United States raised the curtain on the atom bomb at Ala magordo, N. M., eight years ago. The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the 44-foot, 280 millmeter cannon was fired at 8:31 a. m. PDT, 10:31 a. m. EST. Congressmen, troops and defense officials witnessing the test saw a flash of flame from the muzzle and a huge billow of white-yellow sul- , phurous smoke in front of the monstrous cannon, marking the first flight of a cannon with an atomic warhead. Seconds later, 500 feet above a sprawling mass of military targets ■ including a railroad train and to steel trestle, Came the brillant flash of the nuclear burst. LARGEST DUST STEM YET From Las Vegas the detonation 1 appeared to kick up the largest dust stem to the mushroom cloud of any < of the previous 2» explosions at Yucca or Frenchman Flat. Vij The shell which could wipe out an [enemy division made atomic his itory as it exploded with a roaring W wipleftce et[h*l to 15,800 tons sf :4 TNT. The power of the explosion [[ showed the advance that the United States has made in atomic arms* | ment. The bombs that made shambles of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were ■■ -i equivalent to 20.000 tons of tnt. m and the shell fired today was | equilavent to only 5,000 tons less In explosive power. Yet it was packed Into a far : (Continued on Page Eight) .. 1 ♦MARKETS* COTTON * Jg NEW YORK (W Cotton fu- | tures prices at noon EST today: New York July 33.78; Oct. 33.68; New Orleans July 33.75; OcL^fMßvjll EGGS AND POULTRY 1 RALEIGH (m Central North '% Carolina live poultry: Fryers and broilers steady,, sup plies adequate: heavy hens steady.. S Supplies short to adequate, pncss ■ at farm: fryers or broilers tv tft 3 lbs. 26; heavy hens 26-28, mostly 27-28. Eggs steady, supplies about adi 'Cnntlnwri on 81 AT MVRTLE BEACH Marvin Raynor, the popular manage*! of Belk’s Department Store, Is at thg Ocean Fonrest Hotel in Myrtle Beach, S. C. to attend a three-day meeting of Belk’s managers ofAhe Carol!nas. It Is the first two-state meeting held in several years.' •J|| ATTENDED WEDDING L*i week, Mr. and Mrs. Raynorv#fiw In Charlotte to attend the wadding of young Tom Belk, scion of the wealthy mercantile chain family. It was a beautiful but BimpM «M§fl| ding. “The thing that impressed me,” pointed out **r. Raynor, “waa the lack of formality.” He observed that many weddings in Dunn are —HU U.«e (wot her by the foot. 1 1 VmJM Nil 119
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