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4 SENATOR WILLIS SMITH '
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Senators Pay Tribute To
Smith, Adjourn In Respect
Mead Leads
In Tributes
W - By the deato
of Ban, Willis Smith North Caro
lina today loot its third United
States senator to die In office since
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Flags Hew at half-stall, otter th
state Capitol and other buildings.
~Mfirg of Smiths heart attacks
had sheoked the Mate yesterday
on the third anniversary of his
nomination ’to the. Senate, but
there had been hope that he would
Utt. :
“«**«« exyeslog profound
gretf and distress. Other state ctffi-
Fields Is Facing Prison For
Violating Federal Probation
csp. Q. Fields, former Angier
lnent^HsitillSteJf^S
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WASHINGTON (IP»
The Senate adjourned out of
respect to the late Sen. Willis
Smith today after a short
session in which it adopted
a resolution of sorrow.
. The resolution was offered oy
Sen. Clyde Hoey, Smith's Demo
cratic colleague from North Caro
lina, who told the Senate that
Smith's death was ‘‘stunning and
shocking.” He praised Smith as a
"congenial, strong, patient” man
whose life was an inspiration to
others.
“A GREAT AMERICAN”
‘‘He was a great North Caro
linian but he wa g a greater Amer
ican,” Hoey said. “There wasn’t a
time that he wasn’t willing to go
all the way for America.”
In a quiet, trembling voice, Hoey
said Smith had left an “Indelible
impression" on the Senate during
rConfused On Pane Stsi
serving as cashier of the Angler
branch of the First Citizens Bank v
“fZT&S?* Hamett !
ijfrss^wsy.asft;
embezzlement from an Insurance
company were dropped but be
jplsaded guilty to issuance of three
wifeless checks totaling *8,400 ,
On th* Federal charge, Fields!
sentences and placed-on probation j
[for two years.
j TAKEN vv naekot V i
Henry A. Turlington, chief de-
W marshall for the Eastern Dis
day. l
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Laniel Becomes
French Premier
PARIS (IP) Moderate, conserva
tive Joseph Laniel became prem
.ierj of France today, enning the
nation’s longest post-war political
crisis.
The French National Assembly
approved th e millions tri textile
manufacturer and gave France a
leader to meet with President Eis
enhower and Prime Minister Wins
ton Churchill In a Big Tlnee con
ference in Bermuda on July 8.
Laniel, a political unknown, sue
needed where nine either better
x known leaders either had failed
to win a majority In the assembly
or had found the situation so hope-
iContinued on Pam Sevan)
. Turlington said Fields’ new ar
rest was ordered by the Federal
result of the new embezzlement and
probation officer, apparently as the
worthless check charges against him
lnj the State court.
Coiirt officials said they assumed
thAt Fields will be ordered to serve
the two two-year terms In Federal
| prison, the sentences to run eon-
Thty said that once a Federal
'probation officer ordered a defen
-1 dent brought In for violation of
i his probation imposition of the
prison sentence is almost automatic
Turlington said Fields would not
I oe* allowed bond • - r * -
DUNN, N. C., JUNE 26, 1953
East Berliners
Stage Forced
Demonstrations
BERLIN, (IP) Thou
sands of East Berliners mar
ched submissively in the rain
through streets of the Soviet
sectoi today in a demon
stration ordered by their
soviet and German Comim
nist bosses as “proof” that
the East Germah anti-Red
revolt has been put down.
Soviet tanks and guiis and hun
dreds of Communist “people’s po
lice” lined the route of march or
were stationed in alleyways and
nearby sidestreets ,as a guarantee
against any new riots.
The demonstrators formed Into
ranks outside their Communist-run
factories or works projects, were
soaked by a pelting rain. They
carried drooping red banners and
mechanically shouted “hoch” hur
rah for the Red government.
Only a week ago 100,000 East
Berliners stormed through the
same streets demanding overthrow
of the Communist regime, burning
Red office buildings and police
kiosks and stoning Soviet tanks
rushed to the city's center to put
down the revolt.
KILLED IN CRASH
Mr, and Mrs. Ransom Snipes
of Erwin were notified by the De
fence Department. early this af
ternoon that their son, J*Ck,
waO {unoag / the victims of. a
mil|tary plane crash.Virgmi*
eanier this week. OtheP didHdjb
w/Ve not known. V MT~~,
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Messer To Gel
Medical Care
Hospitalization arilP*adequate care
for tuberculosis victim, Leonard
Messer, 49, of Erwin today were
assured with the aid of the courts.
Messer, charged with failure to
take precautionary measures
against the spread of a contagious
disease, was sentenced to two years
in the tuberculosis section of the
state prison. He was given a hear
ing before Recorder Judge M. O.
Leo on Thursday afternoon in Lil
ting ton.
Dr. W. B. Hunter, countv health
officer, testified that Meter, a
former textile worker, had a pos
itive case of tuberculosis. The
county health officer also reported
that Messer, who lived a number of
years in Raleigh, left the Wake
County saifltorium against advice
of physicians and returned to Er
win where he had no place to stay
and was sleeping out of doors, an
action highly injurious to his re
covery.
Residents of Erwin complained
to the health department What
Messer’s actions constituted a
health hazard to him and to the
community. Legal steps were then
takenn to make treatment mand
atory.
BULLETINS
- WASHINGTON (IP! Gen. Omar N. Bradley has
warned Congress the United States could not win a
military “decision” in Korea with President Eisenhower’s
defense budget if Hie Korean truce talks fail.
WASHINGTON (IP! House Republican leaders
admitted today they will need a let of Democratic help
to pass the excess protits tax bill which they blasted loose
for floor action after a party-splitting battle with Rep.
Daniel A. Reed (R-N.Y.)
NEW YORK. (IP) Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were
broke when they died in the Sing Sing Prison electric chair
last Friday night. Emanuel H Bloch, attorney for the ex
ecuted atom spies, disclosed Thursday they had written
wills in the death house the day they died. Their only
lOMrthMHC mm mo two)
Record Roundup
E* wSdtn S Johpgon
ntog^Simday^e^titot o^ 11 7M» ln p.
m. Throughout the week evening
service* will be held at 8:18 p. m.
Starting Tuesday there will aieo be
morning services M U:00 a. m.
Rev. J. K. Stafford, the peetor,
A Great Man Has Gone
(AN EDITORIAL)
The tragic death of United States Senator Willis
Smith early this morning brings the forceful realization
that a truly great man has gone.
His passing is a great loss not only to the State of
North Carolina, but to the nation and the world. His in
fluence for good knew no boundaries.
Willis Smith was bom a poor boy, his father died
when he was a very small child, and he came up the hard
way to make his mark in the world. He was successful in
every field of endeavor in which he entered. His success
story exemplified America as a great land of opportunity.
He rose to great heights. His election to the United
States Senate was just one of his many accomplishments.
He had been honored by two Presidents of the United
States and his fe’iow lawyers elected him to the highest
legal post in the land.
In the field of politics he was a scrapper. He fought
hard and tirelessly not for personal gain but for the
American way of life which he held sacred and loved so
dearly.
Willis Smith was more than a great Democrat, more
than a great Republican. He was a great statesman and
a great American.
He was not a politician. His closest associates frequ
ently admonished him for his forthright, honest stands on
issues which they knew would not help him politically.
But Willis Smith never gave his own political welfare
a second thought. He would vote his honest convictions in
the face of sure defeat itself. He never swerved from tl\e
true path of duty.
There is no question but that Willis Smith was headed
toward bigger and higher positions in American govern
ment. Had he lived, he would have brought still greater
recognition and honor to our State.
Above Rll other things, Willis Smith was a real
Christian gentleman, a man devoted to his family &nH
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BigCrowd^xpected
For Sing At Benson
A c»wd of more than ■
30,000 is expected in Benson
Sunday for the 33rd annual
State Singing Convention
an old-fashioned institution
that grows bigger by the
year.
“The Sing”, as it’s known all over
the country, will attract contest
ants from one side of the state to
the other, from the mountains to
the sea, from all the adjoining
states and several distant states
and literally thousands of people
who come tp hear the music.
“They’re coming from every
where this year,” declared Simon
P. Honeycutt, founder and promo
ter of the non-commercial musical
extravaganza.
“The Sing” Is held In the big
Benson grove, sponsored by the
Benson Chamber of Commerce, and
there’s no such thing as admission—
not even "a commercial midst all
the hundreds of dongs.
THEY COME EVERY YEAR
Mr. Honeycutt and Harold Med
lin. president of Benson’s chamber,
are in charge of the arrangements
(Continned On rnceMx)
rra vacation again - mu*
year the vacation checks for the
workers bt the mUh to Krwin w®
2mL TS .U the
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Last Minute
News Shorts
WASHINGTON (IF) The White
House saM today that President
Eisenhower within 24 hours will
declare puts of five Southwestern
and Western drought-stricken rtat
ee as disaster ante eligible lor
federal relief. The President's in
tention wss made known after Sec
retory of Agriculture Ears T. Ben
sod asked the cMdf executive for
emerpency powers to eope with,
sente drought conditions affecting
farmers and ranchers.
WASHINGTON IP) The Sen
ate today vstod $482,958340 (o ran
the Intrrisr Department daring
fiscal 1984, after adding *48328,607
to the amount rated by the Hesse.
The Senate total, hooerai, was'
•till below President Eisenhower’s
budget recommendations of 849-.-
19,200. Former President Truman
had recommended 9007320,400.
PUSAN, Korea ■) An Ameri
can guard shot and killed two
North Korean prisoners of war
and wounded a third today when
U. S. troop* blocked an attempted
mass escape from a hospital camp
near Paean. The clash occurred a
few minutes after fire North Kor
ean non-Communists MJtete*
•ot of another prison edfitplnUld
first snceomfnl since IftNritay.
WASHINGTON fte-Tb* govern
•f’lmMuovd rtn Wee* rvr*
City Attorney Threatens To
Resign As Mayor Argues Lend
.By LOUIS DEARBORN
v Record Staff Writer
which lasted uSSlSte^iid
with a proposed revision that
man suDaivision. 1
Nation Mourning
Death Os States
Junior Senator
WASHINGTON, (IP) Sen. Willis Smith, 65-year-old
North Carolina statesman, died early today after fighting
vainly to overcome the effects of a heart attack.
He was pronounced dead at Bethesda Naval Hospital
at 4:20 a. m. EST while his wife and four children stood
at his bedside. The cause was listed as coronary throm
bosis.
Smith, who ran for the Senate ]
as an afterthought and won in 1950,
suffered a heart attack Tuesday ;
and was taken to the Naval Hospital
in “grave” condition.
Physicians said yesterday his
pulse and blood pressure had im
proved and that he was “manifest
ing miraculous strength.” But he
never recovered.
Except for occasional snatches
of sleep, the senator remained
conscious most of the time, joking
yesterday with his wife, Anna Lee.
He was only permitted to
briefly but he seemed to enjoy it.
Mrs. Smith and the children—
three sons and a daughter re
mained with him almost constant
ly. They left the hospital only after
the end came.
Smith’s body was taken by hearse
"to Raleigh, N. C., his home. Fu
neral services were set for 2:30
-p. m. “Sunday at Edenton Street
Methodist Church in Raleigh. Dr.
Howard Powell, pastor, will offic
iate, and burial will be, in Qak-
Iwood Cemetery.
uraMMnfss
ftce OmMPtM946. His death came,
one' day .alter the third anniversary
(dPhi* nomination to the Senate m
l|Bo. He was elected to HH the un
expired term of the late Sen. J.
Melville Broughton, which expires
in January. 1988.
Gov. William B. Umstead said
the state and nation “sustained
a. serious loss” and that Smltii,
both in private and public life and
as a “splendid Christian gentle
man” had rendered great service
to his state and nation.^
Umstead. a former U. S. senator
by appointment himself, will name
a successor to Smith, to serve un
til 1955. Smith had planned to
seek a full term next year.
UMSTEAD DISTRESSED
Umstead. deeply distressed by
Smith’s sudden fatal illness, will
not consider the matter of an ao
polntment before next week, his
aides said.
No matter who Umstead ap
points to fill the unexplred term. It
was believed that there will be a
contest for the Senate seat in the
1954 Democratic primary.
Until his fatal attacks Tuesday.
Smith himself had planned to seek
a full Urrr. He had reserved a
hotel suite for his campaign head
quarter*.
Speculation on a successor to
Smith here centered on several
veteran members of the state’s
congressional delegation. Lt.. Gov.
Lutner Hodges and others.
Anr-olntment of a re->-esenfrit!Vt»
tp the Senate wou'd rtsult in a
special congresssional election call
ed ri )s
SUCCEEDED IN POLITICS
Willis Smith became one of North
Carolina’s most controversial po
litical figures when he challenged
the popular liberal Frank P. Gra
ham for the X-. a Senate In IP?').
But Smith’s success In politics
matched the Horatio Alger story of'
hls success in private life.
Born in Norfolk, Va., Dec. tJ,
yer, tried to argue the lew with
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THE RECORD
GETS RESULTS
1887. he attended Atlantic Col-.,
legiate Institute at Elizabeth Ciy,
N. C., and received an AB degree
from Trinity College, now Duke
University, in 1905. In 1912 he re
ceived a law degree from Duka
and was admitted to the North Car
olina bar. He founded a law firm
in Raleigh.
He entered politics early, serv
ing in party posts from the pre
cinct level to chairman of the state
Democratic convention before be
ing elected to the Senate.
.The Smith - Graham campaign
was regarded as the most bttta*
political campaign in modern North
Carolina history.
Graham, former president of thd
University of North Carolina, was
the appointee of then Gov. W. Kerr
Scott. Scott, in office, threw his po
litical support behind Graham but
Smith waged a tireless, uphill cam
paign. The first primary was so
close that a second run-off primary
was needed and Smith was
PLANNING CAMPAIGN
When Smith suffered his heart ; ;;
attacks he was preparing for a
campaign next year in which po*
'intention of being persuaded to
forego a campaign in IBM. Smith
answered reports, from IWelgh
which said some state political
leaders were trying to persuade
Smith not to run again, and th«|fdj2
perhaps keep Scott out of the 19M K
race.
When Smith took office In 195® * ■
he became the fifth XJ. 8. S“nato#isj
North Carolina had sent to Waah-:$S
lneton in five years. r
*coU appointed Graham after ts
Sen. J. Melville Broughton died is
office March 8, 1949. Broughton ft
had defeated present Gov. William H
B. Umstead In 1948 after Umstead #
was appointed by Gov Gregg
rv to succeed Sen. J W. Hatley, who S
died In office r)ec. 14 uHT'"
TIRETFSS WORKER * 5
A tall, rueved man. Smith was a '
tireless worker and a hard can*-H
paigner.
In addition to the Senate grind. H
numerous personal appearance* m
and nrenaratlons for the W 54 caniff. ]
nsign. Smith and Sen. Clyde it, i
Hoev had a radio program reporte ®
ing to constituent- from Washing
ton each week, and Smith wrote a J
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