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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28
Church of Incarnation
News

Sunday, April g is Rogation
Sunday. Church School at $3.50
am, Sung Mass and Communion,
sermon at HOO am. Laymen's
League at Loo pm, Evening
Prayer and sermon at 1880 pm.
Father John j. Jarrett, priest in
charge To these services you are
invited to attend.
The Young Folks Pageant
sponsored by the Sacred Heart
Guild will be presented April 80
at $50 pm. in the Community
Auditorium. Admission 35 cents,
children 20 cents at door. Secure
your ticket from the committee
or at the door. Mrs. Olive B.
Taylor. president. Proceeds go
to building fund. We are look
ing forward to seeing you at the
play. You will like it.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dear
departed father,
TREFUS ADDERLEY
who departed this life April %,
l947.
Gone but not forgotten.
May he rest in peace.
Chas. F. Adderley, son
Enith Butler, daughter
Vera Moncur, daughter
Frances Clarke, daughter
Marie B. Adderley, daughter
Grandson, granddaughters, and
great-grand.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28
FIRE DURING
DRINKING PARTY
COSTS LIFE

MADISON, INC. - (ANP) -
Rufus Settle, 81, was burned to
death when a fire Of unknown
origin Quilted the one-room cabin
owned by Thomas S. Kellam Al,
here last week.. .,e A. fa-,r
The blaze broke out while the
two men were holding a private
drinking party. Kellam managed
to escape the flames, but was in
no condition to tell what had
happened. He is being held in
Jail without bond pending an in
veStigation.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28

Personality Time" is the
theme used by the BTW Choral
Group to advertise the forth
coming musical extravaganza on
April 80 in the auditorium.
Guest artists include the Uni
versity of Miami. Ballet Dancers,
Jewish Choral Singers, Miami
Senior High School Chorus and
Carver High Chorus featuring
soloist Tommye Lee Amos.
Funds realized from this effort
will be used to defray the BTW
Choral Society expenses to the
State Musical Festival.
JUNIOR SENIOR PROM
Members of the Junior Fedora
ton have already set the date for
the Junior-Senior Promenade.
This year the "prom" win be held
on May Is. Having as their
theme "Some Enchanted Even
ing" the juniors will be unlimited
in using the many tropical set
tings Miami affords for decra-
tive purposes. A prom queen will
be selected from the senior class
to reign during this occasion. All
juniors and seniors will vote for
their favorite personality May 2.
TRACK MEET
BTW Tracksters will vie in tri-
high school senior track meet on
Friday, April 81. During the
junior meet last week BTW plac-
ed second in the B and c Divi-
sion. Thomas Glass won the
broad jump with 49, 18" and
the 220 yard dash.
BAND WINS PLAQUES
The band won plaques at the
recent band clinic held in PenSa-
cola for the following: Marching
Band and Concert Band. The
ratings resulted with class A first
division for marching band and
class A second division for con-
cert band. SoloiStS in the band
to receive awards are: Annette
Clarke for her flute solo; Freddie
Morley for his clarinet solo and
Earl Allen for his clarinet solo.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
'Live and Let Live" says the
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28

Senior Glass of Booker T. Wash
ington as they prepare to unfold
this 3-act comedy by Charles
Ferguson for your enjoyment on
May 3 in the auditorium. This is
the story of a small town news
paper editor whose philosophy
gives title to the play. You must
not miss Bessie Cooper as the
socially conscious small town wife
whose ambition is to take on New
York society'S "blue book"
Teaching her a much-needed les
son about real values of life is
Bobby Ford in the title role of
Mart Lester. A powerful and
stirring climax awaits you and
you when you see the seniors In
olive and Let Live" in the BTW
auditorium on Mays.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28
NEWS FROM
THE BAHAMAS

The Elks convention which met
in Nassau April is to Is, was
one of the greatest affairs of its
kind to be held in this city.
There were more than three
hundred delegates and visitors
in attendance.
On Monday evening the Capt.
toll Theatre had a capacity audi
ence when the first Elks' Ora
torical Contest in Nassau was
held. Yvonne Balm, a student OF
Booker T. Washington High
School, Miami, Fla, won first
prize. The second was taken by
Sylvia Smith of Gibbs High,
st. Petersburg. OF the seven con-
teStants, two were Elsa Ingra-
ham and Alpheus Duncan of St.
John College, Nassau.
The contest was held under the
patronage of Elks' Grand Com
missioner of Education, Judge
William c. Hueston. The st.
Johns College choir, directed by
Mrs. Cleveland Eneas, sang for
the occasion.
The spacious st. John Baptist
Church was crowded on Tues
day evening when the Daughters
from Florida presented a beauti-
full pageant. G.
The cream of the convention
was the parade on Wednesday
afternoon when more than 600
Elks marched from the Elks Hall
on Blue Hill Road into Lewis ST.,
East ST., Shirley st., Fowler ST.,
Bay ST., George ST., Marlborough
St, West Bay st., Nassau ST.. and
back to the hall. The spectacle
was something long to be remem-
bered.
The visitors, ITS of them, were
loud In their praises of the hos
pitality and charms of Nassau
They left on Thursday.
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CARD OF THANKS
We the, family Of the late,

we JIIC 1cAAANAJ -.
JOHN MCKINNEY
take, this method of expressing
our heartfelt thanks to our many
friends for cards, condolences.
Especially we wish to- thank the
pastor, officers and members of
the senior choir Of New Bethel
Baptist Church. We also wish TO
THANK the, employees of the Miami
Laundry and our neighbors for
their splendid service, and their
tremendous donations. We also
wish to thank the Pharr funeral
home for their exclusive service
they rendered. to us
Mrs. Remilda Mckinney
and Children
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IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dear
husband and father,
ERSKINE FERNANDEZ
who departed this life April %,
1850.
Gone but not forgotten.
May he rest, in peace.
Ruth Fernandez, widow
Phyllis Fernandez, daughter
Dorothy Fernandez, daughter
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"A very large crowd attended
the Fair given by the Govern
ment high school the afternoon
of April IL. A splendid program
was presented and the profits
from the sales amounted to more
than SIP.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28

Fire destroyed the home OF
Leonard Smokey" Knowles on
St. James Road on April l3. All
of the family belongings were
lost.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1951-04-28
IN MEMORIAM

In loving memory of our dear
daughter and sister,
Evening star., 1951-02-18

He'll pay up as soon as anybody else,
once you've proved your claim. But
some of his would-be creditors are
pretty strange: take the man whose
goats were scared by Navy planes
by Lawrence Lader
Evening star., 1951-02-18

came 100000 other claims. Set
ting them is just one of the Comp
troller Generals multiple functions
as head of the General Accounting
Office. Yet the job requires such
painstaking legal research that the
Claims Division alone employs a
staff of over 900 men and women.
Most claims are from corporations
and businessmen who have done
business with the government and
feel they've been short-changed. A
small percentage Of claims are
from swindlers and another
small percentage from what
we might call over-optimistic
citizens. For example:
A man in Florida wanted
$4,000 for his work in control
ling the solar system and holding
the universe orbit thereby
preventing the moon and gas from
coming into the earth and destroy
ing all life. -"
A man in Virginia sought dam
ages because the President, he
claimed, had authorized certain
experimental waves to be used
on the body of the claimant
through the sky" which followed
him all over the country and
eventually wrecked his health and
business.
A lady in Minnesota filed
Evening star., 1951-02-18
WIDE WORLD

claim against the government
"for personal injuries received by
me when a defective privy, con-
structed by the WPA under
government supervision, collapsed
with me-"
Far-fetched and fantastic as
some of the claims may seem, each
of them is studied carefully by the
Comptroller Generals claims ex-
aminers. Each of them is answered
with legal thoroughness as well as
tact. To the lady in Minnesota
for instance. the Comptroller Gen.
eral replied: There appears to
have been no contractual relation
ship between you and the govern
ment on which to base liability"
Sent Him Proof
OUCH rebuffs, however, don't al
ways balk determined citizens.
Back in 1885, West Virginia
backwoodsman complained that
he had not received his WPA
check. But the Comptroller Cen
erals staff dug up the paid check.
had a photostat made of it and
sent it to the West Virginian as
Evening star., 1951-02-18
WASHINGTON, D. c.

WASHINGTON, d. G.
cd UssMoR, tranquil stall
IL lion who belonged to the
governments Remount Service
and had never caused anyone the
least trouble, last month found
himself the center of one of the
most puzzling legal controversies
in the nations capital. The prob
lem: who was going to pay Russ
mor's" feeding bill of $57?
The Remount Service had re-
Gently been liquidated and Russ
NOR" sold. But for two months
before the new owner actually
took possession, the horse was left
in the care of Clarence Halves of
Richield, Utah. Hawes wound up
with an unpaid feed bill of $57.
No one knew who should be stuck
with it, so Halves took his claim to
the Comptroller General of the
United States.
Hawes Won
In THE massive. red-brick, Wash
ington edifice which houses Comp
troller General Lindsay Warren
and his staff, some of the best
legal brains of the Claims Divi-
sion weighed the merits of Clarence
Hawes's claim and found it justi-
fed. Hawes got his $57.
Into the Comptroller Generals
Office during the last year also
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Yanks Humble Giants 1871
As DougaId Hits Grand SLAM,
By LEO H. PETERSEN
CUP Sports EditOr)

NEW YORK. = up = The New
York Giants CROPPED like she'll
shocked men today for that miracle
touch that carried them to the Ma
tional League pennant as Leo Du-
rocher called on left-hander Dave
Koslo to face Vic Raschi in the
sixth game for the World Series and
keep the Giants hopes alive
Trailing the Yankees. three
games to two, after yesterdays
fearful 13 to 1 shellacking, the
Giants faced sudden end to their
Cinderella story with the series
scene shifting to Yankee Stadium
for the sixth-and. if necessary
the seventh games
LOSING MAGIC TOUCH
The feeling was that the Giants
had at long last lost their magic
touch and the odds-makers sup
ported that by establishing the
Yankees as to choices if Duro-
cher sticks with Koslo, surprise
Continued On Page Three
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Hornett JuryAwords
$4,000 To Minister

A Harnett County jury late Tues
day awarded Rudolph Hodges of
Dunn, Pentecostal Holiness preach
er, damages of $4,7o0 against Ma
lone and Company, Coats electri-
cal equipment firm, for injuries
Hodges suffered when his car was
struck by company truck last
year near Buie's Greek.
The suit. brought by Hodges, or
iginally asked for $4,000 The jury
set $4,000 as compensation for per-
sonal injuries and $400 for the
wrecked automobile Blame for neg
hgence was placed on the truck
driver.
APPEAL TO U. S. COURT
Notice of appeal to the state SUI
preme court was Immediately taken
by Neill Mckay Salmon, attorney
for the defendant Hodges was rep
resented by W. A. Johnson and
D. G. Wilson.
An unusual feature of the dam
age suit was that it was tried
without the presence of the de-
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Police Prove
Friend To
Girl Thumber

The Dunn Police Department act
ed the part of good Samaritan to
19-year-old girl hitch-hiker. The
girl Helen Williams of Baltimore
had been brought in to the Police
Station by Bill Kemp of the Stew
art Theatre. after he found her on
Highway 30l about 7 miles north
of Fayetteville.
The girl told police she had
hitch-hiked to Sumter, S. c., to
visit friend and was on her way
back. She had been given a ride
to Fayetteville with two men in a
new model Chevrolet had stopped
and offered her ride.
When she refused to enter their
car, they beat her and tore her
clothes almost completely off. The
car, she told police, had Kentucky
plates to the best of her knowledge
Kemp found her and brought her
to Dunn.
The girl told police her father
was Chief of Police at Sparrow
Point, Md, but asked that no noe
be notified. She said she would be
able to make her way home easily
The police provided an outfit of
clothes and the attractive hitch
hiker resumed her journey.
The daily record., 1951-10-10

Compromise
IISife Sought
For Meeting

MUNSAN, Korea P-United Ma
tions and Communist liaison Off
GERS looked over a possible new
compromise site for resumption of
the Korean cease-fire talks today.
Apparently no decision was reach
ed, however, because another LA
isCn meeting was scheduled for
10 am. tomorrow (8 pm. today
EST. The possible compromise site
was bridge over the Sachon riv-
er. half-miie southeast of Pan
Mum JON.
JOY RETURNS
Early resumption of the armistice
conference was expected Vice Ad-
miral G. Turner Joy, head of the
U. N. truce team, flew back to
Korea from Tokyo soon after to-
days liaison session.
He was accompanied by Mai.
Gen. Laurence c. Craigie, another
member of the U. N. truce delega-
ton. They went Immediately to
the advance Allied camp at Mum
san. some 10 miles southeast of Pan
Nun JON site of the haison meet
ing
U. s. Marine Col. James C. Muir
ray. acting chief U. N. liaison Of
ficer, and North Korean Col. Chang
Chun San. head of the Communist
liaison team, and their assistants
met for 2l2 hours "Wednesday.
CONFER IN BEAN PATCH
For the first 80 minutes, they
talked in a circus-like tent erected
by the Reds on bean patch across
the road from Pan Nun JOINS four
mud-Walled houses.
Then the groups walked a half
mile down the road to a bridge over
the meandering Sachon river. They
stayed there for about 10 minutes,
making notes, referring to maps
and pointing. The exchange was
amiable, punctuated by smiles and
laughter.
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Committees For
Projects Named

City Manager Oliver .. Manning
today announced the appointment
of ten committees to study and
advance means and methods of ac-
complishing ten major projects in
the city.
The committee members were
named from the leadership group
recently appointed by the city man
ager.
Selection of chairmen will be
left up to the members of each
committee.
Following is list of the commit
tees:
Community building: Jim Nc
MILAN, Rev. A. A. Amerine, Mrs.
Pat Lynch and o. W. Goodwin;
recreation and park, Earl H. Ma
hone, Waite Howard, Rev. j. v.
Continued On Page Three)
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Wornan's S Club Is Planning
New Community Building
Members Vote
-
To Expand
Oriiqiina! Plan
BY LOUIS DEARBORN
(RecOrd Staff Writer)

AS soon as it was learned the
members of the Dunn Women'S
Club was planning a new building,
members of other civic clubs and
groups had approached her sug-
gesting that they be allowed to aid
and make this community pro-
ject, Mrs Pat Lynch, President told
the members at meeting in the
Dunn High School yesterday.
although we are a bit sad at
having our old club torn down"
she said" I believe that we can
look forward to a bigger and better
era" tes
The Dunn Woman's Club met
jointly with representatives of
other civic and club groups to dis
cuss plans for the possible partici-
patton in the building project.
MRS. THOMPSON REPORTS
Mrs. c. I. Thompson, who head
ed fact-finding committee, COM
posed of Mrs Smith, Mrs. j. o.
Warren, Mrs Pat Lynch, Mrs Ruby
Newsome, Mrs Earl Vann and Mrs.
Ed Purdie, reported on their act
ivities in connection with the new
building.
She said the group had visited
other cities with similar comm
unity projects, in order to get ideas
that would be applicable here. Plans
for the structure, costing approxi-
mately $4,000, were drawn up by
L. B. Burney, Raleigh architect.
Land for the building had been
leased to the club for SO year
term, with the sole condition that
provision should be made there for
the public library. The land. across
from the Armory, would be an ideal
site for such a building.
The building, an L-sl.aped
structure, with a dining hall seat
ing 200, would be ideal for all
types of community meetings, Mr..
Thompson pointed out. Civic meet
Continued On Page Three)
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Cox Addresses
Nurses Meet

Talking to a group Of nurses
about public relations is like carry
ing Goals to Newcastle, . Leroy Cox,
Public Relations Director for the
N. G. Medical Society told the
Member sof District IA N. G. Nur-
se's Association 1T is part and par
eel of your job"
Cox was guest speaker at the
District meeting held at the Dunn
Armory, by nurses from Sampson.
Cumberland, Duplin, and Harnett
counties.
Cox declared that there might
be profession which gave more
of itself, but that for his accolade
he would pick nursing. For grac-
iousnesS, goodness and kindness,
you who are devoting your lives
to helping people in need merit
this praise, he said. 4
Public relations with regard to
the Medical Society must be tailor
ed to fit the needs, he said. He
likened public relations to that
Continued On Page Three
The daily record., 1951-10-10
BULLETINS

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ca = CUP) = Eleven
persons injured seriously, when Air Force
twoengined, CAT plane crashed takeof here today
Five other occupants of the plane unhurt.
d. Eisenhower said today the West cannot afford to Sacken
its preparedness program because Russia is steadily build
ing up her military striking power.
WASHINGTON. = (UP) = Secretary of State Dean
AchesOn criticized Egypt today for acting unaeray
throw the British out of the Suez Canal zone.
MUSAN, Korea, Thursday - (UP) - United Nations
and Communist LasiOn officers picked site for
Korean ceasefre talks Wednesday and prepared to meet
again today to iron out details for resumng the negOa-
tiOns.
ALBUQUERQUE, N M. - (UP) = Sen. Clinton An
dersOn d. NJ today defended his letter soliciting funds
for Harry S. Truman Memorial Library.
LOUISVILLE Ky. - (UY) - Three members COM
Continued On Page Three
The daily record., 1951-10-10

fendant or the chief defense wit
ness, the truck driver. 1t marked
the first contested suit heard by
the court in the current civil term
of Harnett Superior Court over
which Judge Howard G. Goodwin
is presiding .n
Trial of q complex land suit in
which J. C. and T. c. Bayles.
Goats brothers, are suing their sis
ter. Mrs. Ava Lee Bayles Page for
a title to 81 acres of land, began
this morning. The suit. tried at
the June term, ended in mis-
trial.
BAYLES CASE SET
A second personal DANA Il suit,
arising from a car-truck collision
near Ellington is also marked for
trial on Thursday. provided the
Bayles' land suit is finished. Milton
L. Baker Ellington, has brought
an action against w. r. Eeasley Of
Raleigh for recovery of $4,000. Ba-
ker contends he was injured in q
Continued on page twe)
The daily record., 1951-10-10
White House Rejects
Truman LibroryPIon

WASHINGTON up The White
House today disavowed a letter
written by Sen. Clinton P. Ander-
son (D-NM) which solicited funds
for Harry S. Truman Memorial
library and noted that such money
otherwise would be paid in income
taxes.
White House Press Secretary Jo-
seph Short quoted President Tru-
man as saying 81 didn't know any
thing about the letter and if I had
known about it. I would have stop
ped it from being sent"
Anderson's letter urged a num-
Der of high bracket taxpayers to
contribute to a $1,000,000 fund for
a library in Mr.. Truman's home
town of Grandview, Mo.
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch dis
closed yesterday a Washington re-
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Tanks, Troops
Smash Al Reds

9TH ARMY HQ. Korea R-Fifty
U. S. tanks and nearly 5000 in
fantrymen smashed eight miles in
to Communist territory today and
sent Chinese Reds fleeing in dis
order.
The powerful armored task force
from the U. S. End Division thrust
up a valley north of Yanggu in an
attempt to break the resistance of
Communists still holding out on
the northernmost peak of Heart
break Ridge" and adjacent heights.
MADE UNDER FOG
The attacks jumped off under
cover of an early morning fog while
the Chinese apparently were NOV
ing up to relieve battered North
Korean units on the flaming east
central front.
A tank officer said the Reds
broke and fled Sin every direction
under withering fire from the tanks
and supporting infantry. The TO-
millimeter guns of The tanks also
blasted mountain positions on
either side of the valley.
A division briefmg officer said
Chinese troops also were observed
fleeing one mountaintop position
but did not make it clear whether
this was on 'Heartbreak Ridge"
ENEMY COUNTER ATTACK
In an adjacent sector north
northwest of Yanggu, however, g
battalion-sized Communist counter
attack forced United Nations troops
to make a SLIGHT withdrawal.
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Movie Artists Given OyotionH

Hollywood came to Dunn today
in the form of good looks and
glamour and a large crowd braved
the cold and drizzling rain to ex-
tend an enthusiastic welcome to
troupe of Hollywood artists.
Its Movietime, USA" and the
ceremony setting of the local OBJ
servance took place in front of the
Stewart Theatre.
The visit to Dunn was part of
simultaneous tours being made by
Hollywood celebrities throughout
America in celebration of the Gold
The daily record., 1951-10-10

sident provided a copy of the let
ter urging corporations and busi-
nessmen to take advantage of the
tax laws and contribute to the
fund.
ANDERSON CHAIRMAN
Anderson is chairman of the fl
nance committee of the Harry S.
Truman Library, Inc, a fund
raising group for a memorial lib
rary. Also on the committee are
White House intimate George E.
Allen, treasurer; Missouri Supreme
Court Justice Ernest NJ. Upton,
president, and Tom L. Evans, Kan
sas City, secretary.
Evans and Upton both denied
any connection with the letter.
Evans said in Kansas City that
Anderson wrote the letter ION his
Continued On Page Four)
The daily record., 1951-10-10
Troining Course
Set For Weekend

Lonnie Powell of the N. C. Rec
reation Commission will conduct
three leadership training courses
on Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights at the Ellington Community
Building. Courses are sponsored
jointly by the North Carolina ex-
tension division and the State Rec
reation Commission.
Purpose is to train recreation
leaders. particularly for All and
home demonstration club members.
The daily record., 1951-10-10

en- Anniversary of the motion pic
ture theatre.
The crowd cheered Penny Ed
wards, Craig Hill and Laurie Mel
son, actors, Isabel Dawn, writer,
and Everette Olsen, of Paramount
Pictures, the master of ceremonies.
and the visiting celebrities declared
the Dunn reception was ''just won-
derful."
This reception was arranged by
James Yates, manager of the local
theatres, Hal Jordan, manager of
Center-View Drive-In, and Bill
The daily record., 1951-10-10
New cIossrooms
To Be Inspected

Patrons of the Ellington school
will have an opportunity to see
first hand the new class rooms
and new home economics work.
shop when the first Parent Teacher
Association meeting of the year is
held Thursday, October IA, at 7:3O
p. m. in the high school auditorium.
George M. Norwood, Jr., P.-T.A.
president, viii preside, and will in-
troduce the new county superinten-
dent of schools, G. T. Profit. A
social hour will follow the brief
program. All patrons are urged to
be present for the meeting.
The daily record., 1951-10-10

Kemp, assistant to Mr.. Yates. Mr..
Yates was unable to be present
for the big event.
Members of the crowd, including
musicians and the pretty drum ma
jorettes in the Dunn High Band,
roared welcome to the Hollywood
stars as they rolled in front of the
theatre behind the screaming pat
rol car of State Patrolman David
Matthews.