SENATOR; 1 SAM ERVIN j * SAYS * J WASHINGTON — The MtoCSeflmn Otxnunittee on which I serve heard testimony of corruption under the guise of tminni-n last week. We investigated the payments of ex tortion money tom several busi ness firms to secure so-called “la bor peace” to the New York Ctty area. EXTORTION RACKET 1 was sorry to learn that some of the leading newspapers bed sub mitted to the payment of extortion as revealed by the testimony of their officials before our com mittee. In order to get their pa pers delivered they had .made these payments indirectly to the worst element of hoodlums and gangsters who had muscled into the unions to order to practice this lucrative extortion racket. To the credit of the newspapers that were involved in this practice it must be said that they told the committee as a result of our hearings on the matter that this sort of avaricious racket would not be tolerated now. It is indeed a sad time to our coun try when this crooked practice reaches into the newspapers whose officials apparently felt that it was necessary to try to buy protection ' from gangsters. As one newspaper j official testified, it is the type of! practice that Us publication would be quick to condemn editorially, j This, is further evidence that congress must pass anti-racketeer-' tog legislation this session such as ! is included in the Kennedy^Ervin «*ss!.«sssr NORTH CAROLINA PROJETCS During the past week I appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee along with Senator Jordan to request public works ap- ; pnopriafions for several North i f for . * . The Thrifty Place to Finance Your Car See • • • Atlantic Discount CORPORATION We Refinance and make direct auto loans. See Us At— ■ '■ 115 E. Caswell St. Kinston Dial JA 3-3219 Carolina, projects, including the Morahead City harbor and Wilkes boro Dam. Our requests are rea sonable, Justified and are indeed modest We are hopeful that these funds griH be approved by Congress and fttat the bill wiU not be vetoed by he President as has been the fate jf our previous efforts. _ '' TO DEDICATE CENTER On Saturday,. May 16, at 3 P. M. [ am to speak in Richmond. Vir jinia at the dedication of the Nat ional Park Service center far visitors at the Richmond National Battlefield Park. This center will serve the area around Richmond rad such famous battlefields as Seven Pines, Savage Station, Glen lale, White Oak Swamp, Gaines dill, Malvern Hill and Mecbahifes •rille. So man fought with tl these battles under of. an, a*©, port _ Ransom and Wilke* in the mer of 1882. Union General Mc dellan «M repulsed and Rich mond was saved. The coder to be dedicated is located on the site af the famous Confederate hospital. As further evidence of the signir ficaoce of the battles around Rich mond to North Carolina, such regi ments as the 4th, 7th and 18th from our State lost more than 50 per cent of their numben in the Seven Days battles. ' ■ Continued from pegs 5 MAYSVILLE PERSONALS Thompson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Newton, in Andrews, S. C. • * « Mias Betty Lou Foscue of Wil mington visited her" parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Foscue during the weekend. • • * Thomas Conway of Louisburg College spent the weekend here with his mother, Mrs. Alice Con way. FARM and HOME Requirements |.^ Of Petroleum Products Hodges Oil Co. U. S. 70 EAST OF KINSTON, N. C. Phono JA 3-2330 P. O. Box <66 WHEN YOU NEED AMBULANCE SERVICE CAUL Garner’s Funeral Home DIAL JA 3-2124 or JA 3-2125 Ambulance Equipped With Oxygen For Emergency Use “COURTEOUS .ATTENDANTS” ...but NATIONWIDE MAKES THE SUN SHINE AGAIN! EVERY MAN WHOSE LIVELIHOOD DEPENDS ON CROPS AND NATURE, FEARS HAIL. AND FOR GOOD REASON. NATIONWIDE CAN DELIVER SOUND NON-ASSESSABLE PROTECTION AGAINST HAIL AT THE RIGHT PRICE. GET THE FACTS TODAY. Ethro Hill Pinlc Hill, N. C. W. C. Humphrey Ik Hwy., Kinston, N. C. Hill Supply Co., US atin Saw* and Repairs — Dial JA 3-6232 ALSO OUTBOARD MOTOR RIPAIRS NEOSE SPORT SHOP HWY. 7* BAST OP KINSTON CempM* Part* and Barrie* far Briwa-Strattan, SHntan and . i nmn* Patronize Our Advertisers—lit Pays! “Helping to build a better Livestock Market for Eastern North Carolina” Top prices paid for Hogs & Cattle Daily No Commission Charge No Waiting Phone JA 3-5103 Kinston, N. C. Look into the future! Have you given serious thought to your financial ■ planning? The surest way is to carefully plan ahead. You dan be ready j if you SAVE regularly WHERE YOU EARN v MORE, safely. See us soon. How about today? Current Annual ^^1/ jjf Dividend Rate T. W. HEATH, JR., EXEC. VICE PRESIDENT Gordon St. JA t-Ml ' X Kiiuton, N. C. Offlw Hits.: Op«n »:45 -m. m. 'Ml 5:00. Saturday #:« .. m. 11:30 m. ■'.. ."■’"i.. ..ji'ij . i. in 11

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