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LEATHER* NORTH CABOUNA Partly ' cloudy, hot and humid With wide ly Matured afternoon thunder- j ■hewers today and Friday. Fair and warm tonight. ■; VOLUME 3 Season's Most Severe Hurricane Moving Gen. Dean Tells About Life As Red Prisoner FREEDOM VILLAGE, Korea (If) Maj. Gen. Wil liam F. Dean shaking with excitement and sweating under floodlights, told today how his Communist captors questioned him for 68 stvaight hours, threatened to conKict him as a war criminal and kept him in the living death of solitary con finement. America's no. 1 hero of the Ko rean War, his sandy-red hair turned white, came to freedom in a shoddy dust-covered double breasted suit the Reds had given him, after more than three years in captivity. “Today.” he said,. "is the first day I've seen an American since July 1960." / ASKS NO FAVORS FREEDOM VILLAGE, Korea Wl Refusing any special privileges. Maj. Gen. William F. Dean filed with Ob past heaping food counters when he reached here. “Would you like some coffee, sir?” he was asked. ‘‘l sure would,” he said. < ‘•Would you care for some ice cream?" “Roy, would II” He said casually that he did not know until December. 1»51. that truce negotiations had started five months before. Ha told ftjw he did mathematical to keep his san- Facing massed newsmen and photographers, the fighting general told the whole story from the day in July. 1960, when he made a he lUmUuii# mi Pace St Water Tapping Issue Talked City Council discussed illegal tapping of Water and sewer mains, last night, but left action on the matter to City Manager A. B. Uz- Sle. ~ ; • ‘ Uzale reported that two persons had. taken the liberty to tap water and sewer lines without receiving permission Or paying the fees re quired by the City. Wolff main connections and -the mete cost Is $36 while the sewer lines tapping cost is $lO, Uzale said. . Council also instructed City At torney Williams to make a study to determine whether a person who has Ms own water system, but uses the City sewer disposal lines, must meter his water. MEANB NO BOXING Uzale said today that if no meter is attached, there win be no way fOonunimt on Pam Six) Hoover Reports 215,310 Cars Stolen In 1952 WASHINGTON W FBI Di rector j. Edgar Hoover today re ported that 316410 cars were stolen In 1969, an average of 688 a day. Total value of the autos was —|t • $938,000,000. Hoover said automobile theft reached a five year peak In the fiscal year that ended last July 1 and that 431! persons were oon victed of violating the Jaw which makes It a federal crime to trans port a state car across state Maes. This wad an tnorsaae nf 349 over the 1069 fieoal year. 18 Barns OfWeed 4 Loss In f^e .',. } f- 3uM£&..' -.5 c TELEPHONES: SUY . tilt HI . VJrt i l&f-v V,, ' -l 1 ■ MQUIMD a special Mftr ot Congress to allow Gerda Goerauch entry ~ r tola Kgierica tromth* Soviet Zone of Germany and to join her fiance, Sgt John *L HaU, 00. <* *brrsst City, Ark. But the taW wao psdwed Uhd dhs.<gl>ph are shown mahraclog on Gerda’s arrival in New York by m. they mri When Hah WSSJlMftooad in Gerfneay. f/atembttanalj Former Nurse Goes To Death In Chair MONTGOMERY, Ala., Friday,. Sept. 4 (IP) —' A gaunt former nurse who poisoned her tiny niece to collect in stance died calmly in the Alambama electric chair early today, declaring, “God has forgiven me for all I have done.” Last tl/linute News Shorts LONDON AD The vanguard of 96 United States Air Force B -47 jet bombers scheduled to erlss crooo the Atlantic this weekend Is art* 4 in England today after span ning tta ocean hi a Mt over five hours. Forty-five planes tram the »o«th Nemli Whig hi Britain are being replaced by 46 from the 305th stationed at MacDffl Field, Tampa, Fla. '■ RALEIGH OR Thonmnds of North Carolina mlsrtta wiU take to the roods today for the long Labor Day weekend, and Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheldt urged them to "treat ether motor iota as yen weald like for them to treat yen." INDIANAPOLIS OR Eight men were arrested today to two lnci deab eg; totodbllsM were' reported m the lodiaaa fetal Telephene Co. tarihe and CIO officials planned a v fa ipccd Mtttement df the «W«U«. The if n&g oAfIM rthoiMy' Mfocc dawii at Mlnttlwni. GltV. II HtlUkted 29 Htfn) mil lad the oxchuifc Ben. polling them>”T«Wdln." eatd they brake glam in two doors and PAjrfojC, <>. #; >. Air Force IContlaaod m papeOgwi , parttatty tnAed by the fire bat The, pqrkbtakm was mi w farm . atanen>lr D - g. JMten *f Fe gaay Bpris«n Bentel. . W&? JJailtj J&m ttfr DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1953 Mis. Earle Dennison, 55-year-old widow, was more composed just be fore she died shortly after mid night (CST) than at almost any time during her one and'one-half years of court battles for her life. •As she became the first white woman ever to be strapped in an electric chair in this state, her only words were: “God has for given me tor all I have done. 11 have forgiven everybody and I hope ! everybody has forgiven me." 1 WINCED WITH PAIN While the hood of leather stud ded with electrodes was being plac ed over her head she winced With pain and several times exclaimed, “Ohl" Then she was given a jolt of 2,600 volts of electricity for 27 seoonds. Two prison doctors pronounced the woman dead at 12:12 a. m. ; <csT), In death she slumped in the big ' chair, her sandal clad feet dang ' ling toward the floor, but not touch ing it. She was limp in her blue | denim prison dress. The hood cov ered her face. After Mrs. Dennison had been strapped in the electric chair War den C. P. Burford of Kilby Pris on asked, “Now, Mrs. Dennison, do 1 .you have any last statement to I make?" In clear tones she said rapidly: 1 .'Opd has forgiven me for all 1 I |have done. I have forgiven every • body and I hope everybody has for -1 given me.” . I 1 As attendants shoved a> hood of leather studded witp riertrode* ov er her shaved'head Igrs. Dennison * several times Winced With pain and .exclaimed, “Oh!” -She had also Aomplainted that oh* arm strap was too tighj, but it was not 1005... ... ened. ' * k m . : Then the*,'guard's stepped back from the big wooden chair which stood cleaming in bright yellow paint in the tiny green room and . filed outside. The last to remain Signaled through a high window Wtth a huge yellow padOlt resemh- K'iaw™.-'- After he hurried out, leaving the score of news reporters and other witnesses atone with Mrs. Dennh - .• • 1,11 *** H Ike Treated For Sore Arm This Morning By MERRIMAN SMITH U P White House Writer DENVER (IP) President Eisenhower went to an os teopath today for treatment of a sore right arm that has bothered him for nearly a month. The White House declined to give any details, saying merely that the President was attempting to “ac celerate the recovery" of a bruise he suffered In Washington before' coming to Colorado Aug. 8. He was accompanied by his personal phy sician. Dr. Howard M Snyder. When pressed for more informa tion, Murray Snyder, assistant press secretary said, “there are some details we prefer not to give out.” The injury has interferred-occa sionally with the President’s fish ing and golf during his stay here, but he planned to play golf again this afternoon at the Cherry Hills Country Club,indicating there was nothing too serious about the in- The stop at the office of the un identified osteopath was made early this morning while the Pres ident was on his way from he home of his mother-in-law, Mrs. John Doud, to his summer, White House office on Lowry Air Force B|gA Thi assistant. prsss secretary ■tout this- 1 ’tnslfc' ment of the arm would help the elbow," according to Snyder. ‘‘The objective is to accelerate the recovery,” the assistant press f Conti lilted on Pace SI Army To Install Bars On Posts WASHINGTON (If The Army is installing a system throughout all posts to allow officers and top grade enlisted men to buy liquor by Ihe drink on the posts. The Army traditionally has bar red the sale of hard liquor on Its property. Officers were allowed to keep bottles In their individual lockers at officers clube and have the bartender pour from them. But the new regulations, to be put in effect throughout the Army by Dec. 1, will allow over-the-bar sales and also sales by the bottle. Over-the-bar sales have prevailed | at some posts for some time, j The Army said the new system will simply parallel a plan already used by the Navy and Marine Crops and soon to be installed by the Air Force. The Army hedged its new system about with restrictions so that “good taste is not violated and the sensibilities of prudent and temper ate persons are not offended.” . “Commanders will encourage ab stinence, enforce moderation, and punish over-indulgence,” an Army regulation stated. HVTT V VTIIVCI RHU EjEjEv m AIM WASHINGTON (IP) The State Department was con cerned today that an off-the-cuff remark by .Secretary of State John Foster Dulles might influence the outcome of next Sunday’s hotly-contested West German elections. Apprehension was voiced privately that Duties’ com ments at a news conference-Thursday might boomerang against West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, a friend of the United States. WASHINGTON (IP) Dr. Lee M. Thurston, U. S. commissioner of education, died today «t Geprge Uni versity Hospital. Thurston, 58, had served hi Ids host since / fCenttamed on page twa) + Record Roundap + CARLYLE TO STEAK—Cougres*- mn F. Ertel Carlyle of Lumber ton-will apeak Sunday at - Home -oming . exorcises of tthe BUle's Greek Baptist Church, it was ennotmte today to outstanding event is Wanned and a huge crowd ta WPfecttai- . iT - i ‘ Jr„ Harnett County tax collector; | ■. innnwwii Winnie Checks Out Hv I Hi LOOKING young and dapper, Pi .me MinisterWlftktoo ChurchjU leave* his official residence at 10 Downing Street, London, for his country horn* in Chequers. The British leader, who bad been re ported “ailing," wears bit 79 ac tive years lightly. (International) Weed Hit New Hicfh On Dunn Mart Tobacco prices hit an all-ssoaon high yesterday as the Dunn mar ket crossed the two million pound mark for thjs year. Ihe market qverage yesterday was $57.14 per hundred pounds. •To date the Dunn market has sold 2368,740 pounds of tobac oo (or $1,271,823.23, or an average of $65.09 per hundred pounds. Yesterday's sales totaled 280,266 pounds, for '.5165,16838, or an average of $57.14 per hundred pounds. Carpenters Make More Room At County Schools Some wizardry In carpentry has found a place for all the Harnett school children for the time bring. County Superintendent G. T. Profflt reports that division of cloak rooms at Dunn grammar school yielded two ciaas rooms. A partition of the study, hall made two class rooms In ‘Dunn High school. Mary Btewart cut a class room out of the auditorium. Two rooms wore added at John son ville Negro school. And the work was finished In time for the school openings. , ty. And-tor thorn who pay promp tly this month, there Wffl be a one percent reduction, If payments .are delayed until October, a mere one hall percent dedfletton will be bf- SLbs .tot FIVE CENTS PER COPT Rotarians, Teachers To Hear Armstrong Roy Armstrong, director of Ad missions at the University of North Carolina for the past eight years, will be guest speaker this after noon at 6:30 at the Rotary “Teach ers Night" meeting. The meeting will be at Johnson’s Restaurant. A. B. Johnson, principal of Dunn High School, is in charge of the program for the evening. Johnson said that approximately 55 teachers are expected for the meeting. Paul Walker will assist with the arrangements, Johnson stated. Armstrong is a graduate of the University in the 1926 class. Fol lowing graduation, he taught school several years at Greensboro, Fla. He returned to the University at Chap el Hill in 1930 as Director of Pre- College Guidance. SERVED IN NAVY During the war he was a lieu tenant ih the Navy, serving in the (Continued an page tout Attorney General Will Rule On Sign City Attorney I. R. Williams will be in Raleigh today to confer with the Attorney General of North Carolina to see if the town has any right to regulate the placement of signs on main highways here. r . Following lengthy discussion last night, Williams trid Council he *oWh «go to -Raleigh today and teftahpt toteal and report at a special meeting tonight at foclock Carl Fltchett & ohd Mfi Pit ched attended lost night’s meeting to ask Council to do Something about the sigh ordinance. It was reported that the Fil ched Oil Company is suffering heavy losses because he is not able to place a sign on the strip- of land qpxt to the street. Dunn has an ordinance which forbids the placement of signs a long the larid beside the streets. In compliance• with the ordinance, and on instruction of the Building Attorney Fluoride Fluoridation of water in Dunn took another blast ing last night when Attorney J. A. McLeod appeared at Council meeting as a visitor and objected to its use. McLeod, prominent Dunn attor ney, told Council ne had not come to the meeting to discuss that, but just happened to be going through the office. “I just heard about fluoride being used in the water yesterday,’ Mc- Leod stated. “I’m opposed to being adminis tered a drug without a doctor's or der or my consent.” he stated. BAYS PEOPLE AGAINST IT Taking a blast at the use of flu oride in Dunn's water supply, Mc- Leod said that if it were put to a vote, not even 40 per cent of the people would approve of It. Commenting on the fact that the fluoridation was out of operation tor some 10 days In August, Mc- Leod said, that he was afraid the “thing”, would get out of order and feed enough fluoride to be harm ful. “I feel like we are joking a risk” he told Council. Around the first of August sev eral officials of the State Board of Health were in' Dunn to discuss the use of fluoride In the water. Mr. McLeod was vacationing in Canada and Nova Soptta at the time and had no way of knowing about the meeting. Dqrjng the meeting, the local dentists mads It clear that the fa vored the use of ttuorjde in the water, as did. all citiseoi present Only one dentist in North Car olina has bsen' outspoken against ,fluoride, and the program has been approved Ay the State Health Board.-" v ' ) A local newspaper has recently run $ series of articles written by the opposing Raleigh dentist. In the articles. tt» OnorUe program the **' - * ACTION TAKEN 1 . Drive Safely During The Holiday ROY ARMSTRONG Inspector of Dunn. Fitefcett has. removed A sign which advertised his oil business town board was 11gt-"torM What course to take last night as they went m circles on the ordinan ce. 9. A. Bracey made a motion that the Board allow Fltchett to put his sign back up until the ordin ance could be clarified. City Attorney Williams intervened in this motion ruling that the Board could not give a person permission to violate an ordinance. The mot ion was withdrawn. ABKB ABOLISHMENT BO) Bryan made a motion that the , ordinance be abolished and |lU4ltiii4 m tSiP Opposes Program Man Can't Get Into New Home If Rev. W. S,- Henderson, Negro, wants a house he bought for taxes, he will have to get it. City Council said last night. * « ■ Henderson’s wife appeared bofore the Board to see what could be done to evict Will Mclver from a house which her husband purchased for unpaid taxes. i The City Attorney ruled that Council could not take action, ex cept to refund the money far the tiMise and take the property back if the Hendersons were not satis fied. It was reported that. Mclver says he still owns the house and no one can take it sway from him. He re fuses to move. Town Cleric Charles Storey stat ed that the sales price of the pro perty did not pay all of the bock taxes. City Attorney Williams said that they would have to emolgy an attorney and take legal action if they wanted the house. Dunn Grid Season: To Open Tonight By DOC COBAETT , The Green waves of Dunn High School open the 1063 Grid seme tonight as th« travel to the oosttj in*ton Bfeh School "V*" . NO. 191 North Storm Heads Toward Coast Os CaroKaas MIAMI (IP) The season’s most severe hurricane wal lowed slowly along Atlantic shipping lanes today with top winds of 150 miles &?> hour, but far enough at sea , not to pose immediate dan ger to any land. In an ll’ajn. advisory, the wea ther bureau here said the big was located about 1,000 miles south east of Miami, moving northward at about 15 miles an hour. Hurri cane winds screamed outward tram the center 76 miles with reaching out as tar as 200 utite! to the north. The advisory said the hotajer probably would continue motunjjat'. the same speed for the next 13'-v hours, ■ slowly curving to a rnorri r northerly come. * NEARING PUERTO RICA . Closest land to the storm was Puerto Rica, 425 miles away. An Air Force plane was ordered to n.ake a reconnaisance flight in to the hurricane later in the morning to lind whether there had been any increase in the 150-mile-per hour winds clocked by planes yes terday. Last night a Navy hurricane hun ter plane flew around the s>orm area to track its center by radar but did not enter the vast dis turbance to measure wu>d veloci ties. I DRASTIC INCREASE T) The storm had shown a drastic Increase in power yesterday ami Services Set For Jernigait Memorial services will be held here Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock in Hood Memor ial Christian Church for Houston Jemigan, 46, -well known Dunn merchant who was drowned during the hurricane on Thursday af ternoon, August 13 th at Wrightsville Beach. Jemigan. who owned me:caj>dle firms in punn and Bladenboro, was swept off a pier while fishing early that afternoon and was swept out to sea. A friend, Thomas Aman, witnessed the tragedy.' ' His body has never been recovered and all hopes have been abandoned, i Dr. George Cutbrell, pastor, and the Rev. John J. Langston, of Four Oaks, former pastor, will officiate at the memo.iai services. The family has requested that no flowers be sent, but anygne wishing to make a contribution to the Christian Church building fund i Continued Ml Pose 81 Teen-Agers Face Liquor Charges Dunn police took a tow dlpMn the age (level yesterday when taro teen-agers were arrested on charg es of drunkenness. A total of four arrests were made during the dsy. The teen-agars were, Bering' Howard Barefoot, 18, of Rout* 6, Dunn, and Kirby Brown, 18, of Route 5, Dunn. Kirby was also charged with car.ying a concealed weapon. ' Others arrested included Jbhn * I Cobin, 42. of R. Cumberland, op a charge of public drunkenness; odd ! Harvie P. Judd, 46. 512 W. 19th •; Street. Richmond, Vk. alto tor I public drunkenness. —— -•■■■■ -*r | the bacon” from Waahtogton.
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