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GIVE TO CONQUER CANCER AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY Telephone Cable Torn By Blast h'ews Delayed Record Landmark leased United Press wire service was in terrupted for an hour early today following dynamiting of a Southern Bell telephone cable near Greens boro Southern Bell officials said the main communications cable be tween Washington and Atlanta was blasted by dynamite and another major incidence of violence in the telephone strike was forestalled by the weather They described the cable blast as the worst such orrurence in North Carolina since the telephonetrike began 60 days ago Dynamite was fastened to the top ef a pole carrying the overhead cable The blast at 2:08 am sev ered the cable and blew three feet the top of the power pole aplintering it The dynamiting knocked out 900 long distance telephone telegraph and Teletype circuits virtually iso lating the communications from the North and East Three hours later a Southern Bell private patrolman in the same vicinity discovered 40 sticks of dynamite placed against the rear of a repeater station good Lord was with us at the repeater District Man ager Hunter said dy namite had a coil fuse attached which had burned to within three feet of the cap Between 25 and 30 feet of the fuse had burned but for some reason it had gone out Within three feet of the The ground was damp from light fain and dampness may have caused the fuse to stop burning Bunter said orty eight sticks of dynamite were abandoned at the scene of the blast Officers found them on the roadside after the explosion blew apart the cable All leased wire service North and East of here was disrupted The affected circuits included leased wires of United Press Associated Press and radio networks Meanwhile Senators Estes Ke fauver and Russell Long have join pd union leaders in urging arbit ration of the telephone strike Senator Kefauver said he hasent indentical letters to both the company and the union urging arbitration Senator Long in a speech to the Senate said in effect that the strike has gone on too long and that it could and ehould be settled President Eisenhower at his news conference Wednesday also suggested arbitration saying it could be useful in the telephone Strike But Malone Southern Bell vice president said the company does not think arbitration of the dispute would be in the public in terest The responsibi lity to provide public service un der the law cannot be delegated to a third party he said bargaining is being actively directed by the ederal Mediation and Conciliation service This is the proper way to reach he said Price To Head Barium Board Price of Charlotte was re elected to a one year term as presi dent of Presbyterian home board of regents at the an nual meeting of the board at Bar ium Springs yesterday Mrs red Smyre of Gastonia was re elected vice president and Charles Hagan of Greensboro was named secretary Hagan succeeds tlev Neill McGeachy of Statesville who re tired yesterday after eight years of service on the board In other business the board adopted the budget for the Barium Springs orphanage for the coming year It was reported that the new bduget provides for an estimated000 more in expenditures than was appropriated last year The building com mittee reported that six new struc tures have been essentially com pleted on the campus during the past year Among these are a new church parsonage two dwellings and two cottages The committee said that while most work has been completed on the new church finishing touches will not be completed in time for commencement exercises this year Price and Rev A McClure orphanage superintendent were named as committee to draw up plans for formal opening at a time to be announced Movies were made of the board meeting yesterday to be incorpor ated in a film which is now been aompleted on life at the institution Published in the Heart of the Dairying and Industrial Region of Piedmont North Carolina Statesville Record Landmark VOL 81 STATESVILLE RIDAY MAY 13 1955 NO 114 IN ORATORIO Billy Martin 14 youngest member of the Charlotte Symphony orchestra will appear here Sunday at irst Baptist church as violin accompanist with Statesville Oratorio society Martin has won a full scholarship to Transylvania Music camp Time of program is 4 pm KMHfi SEGREGATION ISSUE Rev Janies Dees rector of Trinity Episcopal church today handed us this statement in amplifica tion of his position on segrega tion: regret very much that ma ny people in their reaction to my address before the Lions club assume that I am not the friend of the Negro race is not so at all I feel that I am very much a friend of the Negro race and am inti mately concerned about their progress and I want to work wtih them in their progress I have a real affection for my people of' Holy Cross church here and I am working with them to build their church I have had their close cooperation and support and friendship and I believe love I hope that I shall continue to have it STILL Bonanza gram No 15 stumped all comers consequently No 16 which will be published tomorrow is worth $160 Here is what the censor made of the message in No 15 pictures of orts coming by courier BY LUCKY STROKE HAVE OUND TRACES of Band Trained and ready for USE DUMPED ARMS BEING CULLED OVER BORDER GUERRILLAS CONTENT to remain Ground waiting signal SITUATION WITH RIBES TOO SHAKY TOBE TRUSTED CANT PRdBf IT NOW NEED MONEY OR AYO SHYSjX THOUSAND WILL DO AS TOLD A Moe Jj NECESSARY TO GAIN Joint SucCess here EageR THAT ACTIVITIES AN OUT SHOW Doing finE i can't sPEjip too much as £er scheme for cleaning UP I LAND PROBLEM HINDEREDBy EORTS TO CRACK LEADER ending reGards weRty is the spirit in which our racial concerns must be worked out Let me repeat a statement of my address which is basic to my approach and which was overlooked by all the newspaper reports that I have seen: of the white race are blessed with many bles sings and great privileges but with these privileges come re sponsibilities As disciples of Christ we are commanded to love our neighbor and this (in cludes) the Negro and to work for his betterment physically mentally spiritually and in ev ery Partly cloudy and warmer today with scattered af ternoon and evening thunder showers Saturday continued partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thundershow ers Local High 78 low 58 Rainfall 17 inches BOOTS AND Andy upcoming showdeo at Love Valley will ring the cur tain down Cancer cru sade Down In Iredell Workers have been instructed to collect coin jars and wind up the drive by Monday The showdeo a riding roping racing event is set for 8 Saturday but in event of incle ment weather will be held over until Sunday afternoon Results so far in the Cencer crusade have been pleasing ac cording to Mr Barker cam paign chairman Already slight ly more than three fourths of the $4000 goal has been raised It is hoped that the showdeo will net enough to put the drive over So hand me down my boots and saddle pardner be seeling you at Love Valley PEA The season moves on The tenth of May is past the leaves are fully grown and the time of green peas in home gardens has come Mrs Espy Benfield who lives near Brad cross roads reports that she gathered peas from her gar den yesterday and served them for supper last night STATESVILLE SHOTS Carolyn LAZENBY celebrating her birthday today Darlene CLOER looking cute in pink dress Helen MORRISON playing softball Policewo man Gladys GREGORY making statement: should bo seen not Work catch ing up with Kenneth and Gus? And here is the way he figur ed it out: PICTURES ORTS COM ING BY COURIER ORTS is more to the point than PORTS here ORTS are military objec tive and photographs of them would be part of a work SORTS would not fit so well the spy would not be apt to send pic tures various or dubious BY LUCKY STROKE is better than BY LUCKY STRIKE ST ROKE means an action having an immediate and pleasant ef fect whereas STRIKE is a sud den success mainly in regard to winning a large financial return HAVE OUND TRACES BAND TRAINED AND READY OR USE This is better than TRACTS LAND DRAINED AND READY OR USE the clue to the BAND appears later in the letter where the need of a MOB is mentioned DUMPED ARMS BEING CUL LED OVER (that is picked over in order to select the good ones) is better than the phrasing PUL LED OVER BORDER The BOR DER GUERRILLAS are the sub ject of further information CONTENT TO REMAIN AROU ND WAITING SIGNAL If there had been imminent action to re port here that is CONTEST TO REGAIN (or RETAIN) GR OUND the spy would surely have reported more fully on it would indeed have put it at the begin ning of his message instead of giving it third place SITUATION WITH TRIBES TOO SHAKY TO BE TRUSTED this is more meaningful phras ing than BRIBES TOO SHADY And PROBE IT NOW means that he cannot take the time to explore the situation and report on it at this junction PROVE IT NOW would not tie in so well with either TRIBES or BRIBES a wartime spy would probably not be expected to PROVE his points NEED MONEY OR PAY is fairly obvious LAY would not fit SHY SIX THOUSAND means that he is lacking six thousand of the amount he has to pay and is better than the vague SAY SIX THOUSAND SPY IX THOU SAND WILL DO would not be logical The message goes on WILL DO AS TOLD this is more informatiye than WILL DO AS BOLD A JOB for he has evident ly had some special instructions and confirms them with this statement A MOB IS NECES SARY TO GAIN JOINT SUC CESS HERE The idea of the (Continued to page 9) House Passes State Tax Bill Creates Special Budget Post Randall's Bill Wins Approval Goes To Senate RALEIGH (UP) The House passed 51 29 today a bill creating an office of legislative comptroller as a budget respon sible only to the General Assembly After brief discussion the cham ber sent the bill to the Senate for final legislative approval but bit ter debate over the measure was predicted in the upper chamber The hottest debate on the bill came yesterday before representa tives passed the bill 43 34 on its second reading An objection blocked final passage on third reading The measure brought a verbal barrage from House members including a charge that it was an attempt to create a gov Under the bill the governor would appoint the comptroller sub ject to the confirmation of a ma jority of the General Assembly He would serve for 14 years at an annual salary of $15000 Rep George Randall of Ire dell County who introduced the original bill along with 87 other members said he believed the of ficer save the state large sums of would allow us to obtain a fact finder to act as a legislative watchdog over the he said The present Budget Bureau to the governor for its cues carries the ball for the he said and the General Assembly needs a similar man Appropriations Chairman Doughton assailed the the comptroller would re ceive He said it called for a man who would have to be sort of Samp son Solomon Einstein superman of all A man who could do all the comptroller would be charged with doing to be given a lifetime he said is a needless bill and con tains a great deal of potential he said not only invite but absolutely have a state of confusion worse Doughton added the present aud itor Budget Bureau Tax Research Division and other departments and have furnished informa tion as dependable and nearly ac curate as is possible to obtain and much more comprehensive than any one man could Randall asked if Doughton would be surprised I told you most of your were used when the proposal was made to create the present Advisory Budget Com mission Woman Hurt In Collision Virginia DeVinney 26 of 331 South Tradd street was injured when her car collided with another at the intersection of Hartness road and Brookdale drive yester day afternoon Officers at Goode clinic said she was treated for injuries and re leased The accident occurred about 1:49 pm local police said They reported that the DeVinney car collided with a car driven by Bobby William Edwards 21 of route 4 Statesville According to accounts the DeVinney car was making a left turn from Hartness road into Brookdale drive when it collided with vehicle headed south SADDLED Getting set for tomorrow Cancer Crusade showdeo at Love Valley the above horsemen head for the at Rim Rock farm Harmony to lasso a couple of wall eyed critters to use in the bronc riding contest The 10 event program will also feature calf roping and steer riding in addition to clowning and an exhibition of trick riding (Staff photo by Bob Plyler) S' 9 z' A 1 iz i 1 I 1 A Mr iHBL EWWSSk lImML SB Traffic Survey Predicts Show Sponsors Increase In Population Statesville can look forward to a population of more than 40000 by 1970 and if it is to solve the inherent traffic problem it must move now through long range plan ning That information was presented to city council last night in a traf fic survey report given by Prof Wllliam Babcock of State college and Billy Rose a graduate student in traffic planning at the college Babcock and Rose were em ployed by the city last year to con duct the survey They already had given perliminary reports on a thoroughfare plan based on the same population projection Contained in the preliminary thoroughfare plan is a proposed sy stem of radial streets cross town routes thoroughfares and by passes that would divert industrial and through traffic from the down town area The report also contains recom mendation of a modern system of traffic signalization which Profes sor Babcock said he hopes council Mr Anderson and the city will have 10 days with which to ans wer' the complaint after which' a hearing will be' called Within 60 days after the hearing the prop erty must be brought up to stand ard or the property will be con demed as unfit for human habita tion The lease on the property will expire May 31 after which the houses will become property of Mr Anderson Caulion Signs Put On Buses Buses transporting children to Statesville schools took on a new air today when signs reading School were put in use through the cooperation of Statesville Council of Parent Tea chers associations Statesville Mo tor Coach company and the City of Statesville will consider in the next fiscal budget The report was distributed to councilmen who will study it un til after June 1 Upon completion of their study Babcock and Rose will return to Statesvile for fur ther discusssion of the report Meanwhile council moved last night to begin negotiations with Anderson for purchase of additional right of way along the west side of North Race street to make the street uniform in width The street beginning at Mr An property the street curb and gutter on only the east side Additional right of way to make the street standard would require Mr yielding a 1400 foot strip from five to 15 feet wide Council indicated that if negoti ations fail City Attorney Baxter insh will be instructed to begin condemnation procedures It also was indicated during the called meeting that Ed Cowan city building inspector will serve papers on both the city and Mr Anderson this week informing them that Veterans court does not meethe requirements of the substandard housing ordinance To be used eventually on five buses the signs will be placed on the backs of the vehicles only when taking students to and from school In the meantime the signs will be removed or reversed al lowing others to take their places Originating in the safety com mittee of the TA council the idea was presented to the city and then to Statesville Motor Coach company It was agreed that if the bus company would allow the signs the city would approve the idea and pay for the number of signs needed Conditions being sat isfactory the idea was approved and today is a reality Working on the safety committee of the TA council were Mrs Coite Gregory Sgt Walker Mrs Abernathy Mrs Price urr and Mrs Louis Brown Mrs Gregory served as chairman MISS STONE HOSPITALIZED Miss Anne Stone of route 2 Sta tesville is a patient at Iredell Me morial hospital where she under went an appendectomy after being admitted Wednesday night She is allowed visitors Welcome Rain Sponsors of tomorrow Cancer Crusade showdeo at LoveValley today welcomed a dust lay ing shower which they figure will put the arena in ideal condition for the 10 event program Dust had boen considered a ser ious at the reno vated arena by Andy Barker crusade chairman and owner of the north Iredell dude ranch He said he expected a lot of it to be kicked up by spectators cars and the scores of horses that will con verge on the valley for the bene fit show It is not near enough showtime for horsemen and spectators to hope the rain will stop Barker said armers need the showers and it will take a lot of water to rain the event out The arena is sandy well drained and would re quire only a few hours of clear skies to overcome a downpour he said Meanwhile early arrivals for the showdeo were expected at Love Valley tonight Barker said horse m4 from as far away as Bristol Tenn and Lancaster SC already have indicated they will particiaptc in the event Bulk of the riders will come from Broken Spur sad dle club and north Silver Dollar Saddle club however out standing riders from all over the state including most who partici pated in last Charity fund show here also will ride Barker said he has also secured the services of Gerald White trick rider and a rodeo clown to provide additional enter tainment A western beauty contest to sel ect a Queen of Love Valley will be held during the show A square dance will be held tonight weather permitting in the outdoor arena for visiting horsemen and the pu blic Tomorrow show profits of which will go to the 1955 Ire dell county Cancer Crusade will also be grand opening event of Love Valley Barker said Barker said condition of the ar ena will be reported tomorrow Show time is 8 Third Reading Erases Moves or Amendment RALEIGH The North Car olina House today gave its stamp of approval to a revenue bill de signed to raise $9751000 a year in new state revenue and send it to the Senate for enactment into law The House passed the measure on its third and final reading by 91 9 after two unsuccessful at tempts were made to amend it Rep Thomas Turner of Guilford was beaten down on a resounding voice vote when he attempted to amend the bill so excess taxes col lected over estimates during a fiscal year would go into a sinking fund to retire state bonds Turner said the point of the amendment was to prevent the state from levying taxes in excess of those needed Rep Sam Worthington asked the representatives not to break open the tax package which was drawn up after four months of study He said to let in one amendment wouk cause others to be presented The lower chamber approved the measure on second reading yester day by a vote of 100 8 after only 75 minutes of debate Acting in surprising harmony after almost four months of committee wrang ling members shouted down the only two attempts to amend the measure which for new taxes totaling $9751000 a year With the big revenue bill almost out of the way House members continued their rush toward ad journment and Speaker Larry I Moore considered the possibility of calling the first full scale Saturday meeting of the current session The lower chamber voted 48 21 yesterday to hold the session but Moore promised not to call it anything happens that makes it ap pear we save right much decision was expected to depend upon the outcome of this meeting of the Senate inance Committee which is con sidering its own tax bill which would raise about $9967000 a year Sen Nelson Woodson chairman of the committee called meeting for the of considering tax proposals He orig inally set the meeting for 9 a but later postponed it until 2 The House received a bill yester day to provide a maximum prison sentence of 10 years for black mar ket sale'of Salk anti polio vaccine Rep Arthur Goodman of Meck lenburg introduced a bill to pro hibit the sale of the polio vaccine by anyone but wholesale drug dis tributors doctors and pharmacists Any person convicted of selling substitutes for the vaccine would be subject to a fine of $1000 or a prison term ranging from four months to 10 years Unauthorized sale of the vaccine would carry a fine of $500 or the same prison sentence or both The measure also would apply to other vaccines Missing Hutto Youth Located Billy Hutto 15 year old son of Hutto of 1103 South Meet ing street who had been reportec missing from his home since Mon day has been located by police at Bell Haven local officers said to day Wbnbley Bell Haven chief of police reported to police here last night that his department hac picked up the youth along with Ronald and David Harding of Statesville The father was going to brinj the boys home today officers said Newsman Beaten To Death In Red Inspired Singapore Riot SINGAPORE (UP) Gene Sy monds United Press manager for Southeast Asia died today from a savage beating inflicted by Chinese students who have terrorized Singa pore for two days during a Commu nist inspired transportation strike A police constable and a 16 year old Chinese student also were killed in the riots which began when truckloads of students attacked po lice who had quelled a strike dem onstration with waterhoses Scores were reported injured Symonds 29 of Dayton Ohio was fatally injured at the acene where the news roadblock thrown up by the gov ernment to halt the spread of Chi nese terrorists The mob dragged him from a taxicab and beat him with stones and clubs until he fell unconscious in the streets A British armored regiment and tough Gurkha infantrymen patrol led the city to prevent fur ther clashes but the strike appeared to be spreading and transportation was at a standstill Violence that flared today was put down though the demonstrators still controlled a nine mile square section of the city had risked his life many times to cover the Korean War from the Pusan beachhead almost to the Yalu had just returned to Singa pore from the Bandung African Asian conference when the riots be gan He sped to the scene to get first hand information and ran into the angry mob He did not regain consciousness and died at 2:50 pm in a hospital despite an emergency operation and blood transfusions Eyewitnesses said a police van was narked nearby but that no at Symonds an Army veteran who tempt was made to aid Symonds a veteran correspondent who cov ered the Korean War Several other police cars later passed with out stopping and Symonds lay un attended for half an hour Later a police van rushed him to a hospital where it was found he suffered a fractured skull British armored troops of the 11th Hussars Regiment and tough little Gurkhas from nearby Lahore were brought into town today to join RA troops in protecting the city Police sealed off the area around the striking Hock Le Bus Com pany where a walkout by nearly 300 workers started the trouble But mobs of several thousands most of them Chinese students roamed the area through the night doing what damage they could Ten students were arrested to day when they stoned a British factory and European driven cars Others spread through the city in citing further strikes Singapore bus traffic was at a standstill but it was not immediately cleat whether the other drivers were too terrorized to work or were strik ing too.