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DOWN IN STATESVILLE TRADE HAYS AUGUST 24-17 MAN'S BEST FRIEND--Mrs. Harriet A. Miller is a little worried about the way "man's best iriemr is being treated in "North Carolina's best town." Her letter follows: To the Editor, Give the poor innocent dog a square deal. 1 have been reading about the killing of all dogs running loose: Just as surely a-s are people who are unlit To have children, there are peo pie who own dogs yet have no business having them as have no facilities for their care and protection and therefore the ''sometimes smarter than we poor fellow hasn't a chance. am surprised that a prosperous city like Statesville has no dog pound to take stray animals to until they can be given a decent home or people can have a chance to call for them.

Why not have some temporary place to take all of these defenseless creatures to and have the owners call for them and impose a fine on the owner for not taking better care of their dog, They must have wanted them in the first place and the fine would" go toward building a pound. Shooting a dog in the street and giving him no chance is to me a most inhuman thing to do and. while stray dogs should not be allowed to run loose, there must be a way to compel dog owners to take proper care and them a little more thought as to where they are and what is happening to them. We surely Mon't capture all people walking the street because one insane criminal is at large. Some ot the bravest, most intelligent dogs may be roaming the street with no one to help him know right from wrong.

There are people who would be glad to give these fellows a good home and proper care. Let's give our "best pal a man ever the dog. a chance. You may print my name Mrs Harriet A. Miller.

NEW SYSTEM--No more battered garbage cans sitting on the curbs the drudgery of carrying the garbage to the street so it can be picked up. That is. if the new plan of City Manager C. L. Lineback becomes a reality.

In his talk before the Statesville Lions club Monday evening, the city manager described plan where the garbage is kept at the rear of the homes and two men with an aluminum container walk to the garbage can and ejnpty it into their utensil, then return to the, "truck. This sysem leaves the clean and attractive, no. cluttered with garbage tuns twice a week. According to Lineback, this type of collection would take only a little longer and would give many More benefits. We can see the need for this if we are to move ahead in SiaUniviKe a beautiful city.

i TRADE DAYS Statesville Merchants have scheduled an- 1 merchandising event, known as "Trade Days," for Thursday Friday and Saturday I of this week. Many attractive bargains are being oiiered, especially in the back-to-school and household classifications. Statesville Daily Record, which usually has published an advertising supplement to promote these events, was unable to do -so this time; but is giving full cooperation in fts regular editions in the promotion of the However, an advertising supplement, containing a little i coverage than has been possible in our regular edition. been published tor distribution to every home in States ville and every RFD boxholder in Iredell county. If you failed to get one.

there is still time. Telephone No. 95. your Merchants association, if you live in town; contact your mailman if you live in the country. Let's give the merchants a real send-off into the fall season.

WEATHER, North Carolina-Partly cloudy weather through Thursday. Scattered afternoon thundershowers. No important change in temperatures. Local temperatures--high yesterday 86, low this morning 67. HEARING--It you i you are getting deaf because you don't hear your telephone ring loudly a before, don't rush to buy a hearing aid because the loud telephone rings have been quieted down under the new system.

Phones are now supposed to ring with a melo-tone quality, another advantage of our new phone system. STATESVILLE SHOTS Sandra HEATH celebrating birthday Dr. Charles "Chuck" DARBY gathering information Shank WARWICK figuring out magician's triclc Lewis CLINE repairing watch Jack BROADWAY looking for lost ad mat Henry JOYNER passing out cigars on birth of sister Elizabeth WATSON hailing in Heart if iW Dairying and Industrial of Piedmont North Carolina STATESVILLE DAILY Vol. 18 No. 203 Statesville, N.

Wednesday, August 24,1949 Published Daily Except Sunday HURRICANE SWEEPS PAST CAPE HAMAS Democrats Oust State Righters AND OUT BEYOND. Miracle Escape E. Langdon of Erwin today considered bim- lucky to have only minor injuries after his car was struck by an Atlantic Coast Line train. The oar carried 100 yards down the track but was cot overturned by the slowly moving train. More Charges Buncombe county grand jury today added three indictments for assault with a deadly weapon to tihe warrants out for millionaire Vaughn Cannon.

Car Sales High total of 7,:1 new cars and 2,148 new trucks were sold in the state during July, the department of motor vehicles reported today. The car sales were nearly 3,000 above the total for the same month of last year Issue Approved Scott and the council of state daj gave official approval to the issuance of S50.000.000 in bonds from the $200.000.000 in rural road bonds approved by North Carolina voters last June. Suicide Hanging FAYETTEVILLE (U.R) -Claude M. Dudley, 62, committed suicide by hanging himself with a sheet from the garage rafters al his home, a coroner said today. Injury Is Fatal Tommie earce, 32, died last night at the of his parents after being paralyzed for nearly a year as a result of a pistol shot that severed his spine.

His 22-year-old wife will be tried in October on charges of shooting her husband last Sept. 4. Trial For Rape was scheduled to begin here today for Lester M. Floyd, 29, of Thomasville, charged with raping hi? wife's 14-year-old cousin near here July 5. Theft Charged Martin Keith Harmon, 23-year-old Fort Bragg soldter, today was held under $1,500 bond pending trial on auto theft charges.

Harmon was charged with stealing a 1949 Chevrolet from Sgl, Morris Free on June 3. Freed In Killing Homer Thaver. 38-year-old mill worker, was a free man today after a Davidson county grand jury exonerated him the fatal shoot- irttr of Luther Teague, 40. on July 9 Beer-Wine Vote MONROE--(U will hold a special election on whether to allow beer and wine sales in the city next Sept. 24, Mayor J.

Ray Sliute said today. Marines To Meet ASHEVILLE North Carolina Marine veterans will hold their annual convention here Saturday and Sunday. More than 200 delegates from throughout the state are expected to attend. Exams Scheduled For Civil Service A large group of applicants is expected to be on hand tonight at city hall to take civil service examinations for police and fire department vacancies. The civil service board is conducting the examinations to establish eligibility lists of white firemen and Negro policemen.

Two firemen will be added to the department and one Negro will be appointed to the police department, the first of his race to serve in that capacity in Statesville? Examinations are slated to be held at 7:30 tonight in the city- hall courtroom. Dobson At Jaycee Meet Statesville Jaycees were entertained last night at their regular meeting by Casey Dobson. local Negro magician, who put on a very I interesting show for the group. "Dobson the Magician." as he is billed, was introduced by Jaycee Sid Sample who was program chairman for the evening. During the business session reports were heard from Brady Rhyne and Sid Sample on the nt- cent district meeting whicti was held in Winston-Salem the state quarterly board meeting in High Point.

Carl Buchanan was a guest of George Johnson. President Jim Summers presided at the meeting. CLASS MEETING The Wesley Fellowship class of Race Street Methodist church will meet Thursday evening at 7 p.m. with Mr. and Mrs.

Hoyle Beatty at i home on Taylorsvillt Road for a watermelon feast. Boyle Elected Unanimously As Parly Head Maybank Is Seated For South Carolina WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Democratic National committee today ousted five southerners from committee membership because they supported the States' Rights ticket against President a in the 1948 campaign. William M.

Boyle, of Kansas was elected national chairman by unanimous vote. He succeeded Sen. J. Howard McGrath, R. 1..

who will be sworn in later today as attorney general. Boyle a long friend of President Truman, has been executive vice chairman oi the committee lor several The committee removed from its rolls Marion Rushton of Alabama; W. H. Talbol of Louisiana; J. B.

Snider and Mrs. Teenies Gautier of Mississippi, and Mrs. Anne Agnew of South. Carolina. It did not seat any successors.

The c-rede'ntials i recommended unanimously to the full committee that the States'' Rights supporters be ousted. The full committee the recommendation by a voice vote. Sen. Burnet R. Maybank, S.

was seated as national com- mitteeman. from-'-his state over the bid of Maxie Maybank; said his election by the South Carolina state committee was contingent upon the seating of Mrs. Agnew as committeewoman. But retiring National Chairman J. Howard McGrath, who resigned to become attorney general, ruled that national committee members actually are elected by the national convention for four-year terms and the only way they can be formally removed or replaced Beaches Flooded On Outer Banks Heavy Seas, High Winds Mark Storm; Man Is Drowned On Charleston Beach MOREHEAD CITY, Aug.

hurricant skimmed past Cape Hatteras today, pounding North Carolina's lonely Outer Banks with high winds and hammering seas. One person was drowned near Charleston, S. when storm-tossed seas pounded against the beaches. The Red Cross disaster service in Atlanta flew seven makes "social security more gtaff mem irj ers to North Carolina today, establishing dis- of a reality and less of a agter headquarters at Elizabeth City on the coast. CIO Opposes Adjournment Of Congress Action Is Demanded On Social Security WASHINGTON.

Aug. 24. CIO called on congress today to forego adjournment plans until it SEAMAN NESlDS THE SF.A--Seaman lc Charles Smith who is attached to the Navy building in Boston. i shown being carried up the waterfront stairs by Sc2 William. A.

Markowich, 19, and detectives after Smith' dove into Fcrt Point Channel, in Boston. Markowich passing by dove nto the channel and rescued him. Smith's reason for the dive was that IJA hasn't been to sea for a long time and wanted to find out how water mockery than it has been for too many years." In a letter to all house members, Winds at Cape 'Hatteras shifted) from east-northeast to northwest! about 10:15 a with a velocity Emil Rieve. head of the CIO's full of 66 miles per hour. Gusts reach- employment committee, appealed ed 80 miles per hour.

Johnson for early action on bills to revise the social security law, to increase unemployment insurance benefits and to raise the minimum wage. "These bills should be marked 'urgent' and acted on before congress leaves Washington," he said. "Unnecessary delay can only result in damage to human lives, to industry and to Rieve was especially interested in pending bill to extend social security coverage to 11,000,000 persons and to increase the old age and survivors benefits under the act. The bill was approved by the House Ways and Means committee earlier this moath. Elsewhere in congress- Five-per centers--Sen.

Karl E. Mundt. S. said it would seem "to a reasonable question" if Mail General H. Vaughan asked hov two agents of a firm managed to obtain a Beaches along the Outer Banks were flooded, but the fishing vil- along the isolated islands believed safe.

Most are built well back from the sea. Vet Insurance 0rms Ready Applications for National Service Life insurance special divi- The Miami weather bureau dends will be available for veterans of World War II on Monday, WASHINGTON, Aug. sojn ordered the amny to drop is through convention action or by later. Defense Secretary Louis Johnson today ordered $ie armed services to fire 135,000 civilian employes and lay off 12,000 reserve as part of an economy campaign which will produce more firings the national committee itself. McGrath said the South Carolina state executive committee could not bind the national committee.

890 asiri ar force 18.000. The navy will return 3.157 reserve officers to inactive status, the 5.787, and air force He also ordered scores of military installations throughout the country shut down or reduced to maintenance status. Johnson announced his money-saving drive to The full committee also seated nearly 400 congressmen from affee- Wright Morrow of Texas after the ted areas in an extraordinary meet- credentials committee had xon-1 ing at the Pentagon. crated him of disloyalty charges. He was opposed by Byron Skelton Johnson called the cutbacks ordered today a "partial program of economies." He said that when Allen of Minnesota i they are completed--and he order- of Temple.

moved to reject credentials ed all three services to carry out committee report of exoneration, his orders as rapidly as possible-but McGrath came to Morrow's i they will mean a saving of but McGrath came support. McGrath said that Skelton's, selection by the Texas state smrieaj Democratic convention last Sep 000.000 a year. For the current fiscal year which 1 the saving will $200 000)() 0 But Johnson has promise under the tember was not final or binding new amended unifica ti on to pro- on the national c9mmittee. The duce economies of $1.000.000.000 chairman said Morrow was 53 QOO.000.000 a year. ed for a four-year term at the 1948 Among big installations to be national convention.

closed altogether are the navy The committee adopted a reso- shipyard at Long Beach. and lution presented by Jonathan army's Camp Chaffee at Fort Daniels of North Carolina Smith, Ark. No other navy yard pressing the gratitude of th na- will be shut down. tional committee for the work of The navy was ordered to make a Democrats in southern the biggest cut in civilian employ- states. es.

It must log off 75.000. John- Schoolboy Successful In Third Channel Swim 129. The reductions will leave, the navy with 283,000 civilian employee, the army with 336.000 and the air force with 151,000. The defense department said the firings mean that the jobs are be- liboltshed. Military personnel: it said, will not be switched over to fill any posts left vacant jy the discharges.

Indicating the continuing nature of the economy drive, the department announced that a study is seing made of service and support units in all three branches to see if military personnel, too. cannot be reduced. The army will begin shutting down affected installations or reducing them to maintenance statue on Sept. 15. Smiths Celebrate 50th Anniversary Mr.

and Mrs. Elias H. Smith celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Sunday. August 21, at their DOVER, Aug. British schoolboy swimmer Philip Mickman swam the English channel today in 23 hours and 48 minutes, fighting wind, rain and tides which forced him 19 miles out of the way in the normally 21 mile swim.

The 18-year-old Mickman became the youngest swimmer ever to accomplish the feat. His record also was one of the slowest. Mickman, who had tried twice before to conquer the channel and had failed, reached shore at Kiugsdown, five miles north of Dover at 4:45 a.m. Mickman rested a few minutes on the beach when he reached land. Then he boarded his pilot boat which brought him to Dov er.

He said he was going to sleep awhile and take another swim this afternoon. Shortly after Mickman reached England, Cuban long-distance swimmer Juan Jose Cortinas, 32, slipped into the water at Cape Gris Nez on his second attempt to reach Dover. Cortinas, was forced to quit earlier this season because of leg cramps induced by the cold water, was given a better chance of succeeding this time. The water temperature was 64 degrees fahrenheit and was not expected to drop below 54 degrees. Last week it registered 50 degrees forcing Cortinas out.

The Cuban was accompanied by the pilot boat Notre Dame de Lourdes. His pretty wife Elda was aboard it. Shirley May France. 17-year- old American channel aspirant from Somerset, cheered Mickman from a speedboat through the homestretch of his long struggle. Shirley, who has delayed her own attempt to swim the channel because of adverse weather reports, is not expected to make her try for another week.

Mickman was the 28th person to accomplish the feat. Timekeepers who accompanied Mickman on the crossing said his time of 23 hours and 48 minutes was among the slowest ever recorded. p'eison" on an arniv 'ja-nsson for a turopeaa flight-shortly' after V-E day. said the hurricane at 10:15 a. m.

was passing a short distance east of Cape Hatteras 5 and apparently slowlv curving to a north-north- it announced today. The announcement was made this morning by Mrs. J. N. Kin- the east course.

caid, executive secretary of The barometer at Cape Hatteras Iredell county Red Cross chapter, began rising from a low of 29.28 inches, another sign that the center was past. and Sam Iredell county veterans service officer. Applications will be available The Miami advisory said the at the Statesville post office, all storm center was moving at about' posts of recognized service orgam- 18 miles per hour. The center at zatums. the American Red Cross 10:15 a.

m. was located at latitude 35.1 north, longitude 755 west. Diamond Shoals southeast of Cape Hatteras, reported east-southeast winds of 115 roiles per hour Hurricane winds B-36--Investigators for the House Armed Services committee followed up a tip that the late-Defense Secretary James Forrestal kept a diary which could shed some light on the current inquiry- into the B-36 superbomber procurement program. Education The House Labor committee was called together to thresh over the problem of federal aidrto-education. But the odds were against approval of any compromise bill.

There were almost as many opinions as there were committee mwnbers. The legislation has been stymied in the committee by a bitter religious dispute over federal aid to Catholic schools. The so- called Barden bill, approved by a labor subcommittee, would limit federal aid to the public schools. Company Shows First 1950 Autos The first 1950 model cars went on display here today. Black and Clark Motors.

Inc. are now displaying new model Stude- bakers at their building on West Broad street. The new Studebakers were introduced Saturdav. The 1950 model embodies an airplane fuselage-type hood flanked by air-foil front fenders. The hood is set off by a chrome spinner, used along with four other openings in the car's front end td give the en- short distance from the-center of the storm, and on the north and east sides gale winds lashed out 100 to 150 miles.

Chicamacomico Coast Guard station at Rodanthe, north of Cape Hatteras. reported winds of 65 miles per hour from the northeast. The barometer was 29.32. Heavy seas churned by the hurricane "drowned Walter W. Gibbins.

62, of Kenmore, N. Y-, as he swam near Charleston, S. yesterday. Hurricane warnings were displayed from Cape Lookout, just seaward of here, northward to Manteo, and storm warnings flew from here to Ocean City, covering the lower part of Chesapeake Bay. Civilians along the banks, veterans of many a big on the storm-lashed outer capes, calmly- put up storm windows and pre- home at Harmony, route 3.

near gine maximum air cooling. Turkeyfoot. A large number of friends and relatives from far and near joined the couple in celebrating their fifty years together. At the noon hour a long table was spread under the tree on the lawn with a color scheme of gold and white. Two wedding cakes were presented to WcUUIHX I iv the couple, a three-tier about two! gine horsepower have been mcreas- feet in diameter with the numerals 50 on top which was brought by a niece, Mrs.

Houston Anderson. ed. H. pared to ride it out. The coast guard said the only exacuation was at its Hatteras inlet station which is located almost at the edge of the surf.

Most villages tht area are located on higher ground. New Water Line Is Being Installed A 20-inch water line extending to the new water plant is being tied into the existing system today on North Center street, necessitating some interruption in water service for that section of the city and blocking off of the street. The line is being tied into existing 16 and 10 inch lines near the H. F. Long hospital nurses home.

This line will carry water to the business section when the new water plant is put into operation local- Vance, president of the ly. Gilbert Engineering company is JiidAiniuJtii Designed by Raymond Loewy associates, the" new car has wraparound bumpers. The rear fenders are also air-foil type and both front and rear are bolted on for easy removal. Wheel bases on all models have been increased over last year's models, and compression ratio and en- wirs nuiotun rti.ueisun Studebaker company, has said that and a daughter Mrs Bill Carter of prices will not be above 1949 doing the work. Statesville, and the other cake which read Wedding Anni- brought by Mr.

Smith's C. W. Smith and wife chapter and the veterans service officer. Applications will be available at tHe Statesville post office, all of recognized service, organizations, the American office. It was estimated by approximately 6.000 the county, who held NSLI policies, will be in line for the special dividends.

These policies were issued on October 8, 1940; veterans who were in service before that time are not eligible for the ''dividends. Also, the dividends are not payable on insurance sued after December 31, 1947, or on insurance which was in less than three months. Hall and Mrs. Kincaid pointed out that these applications are not to be used if the veteran is deceased or incompetent. Beneficiaries of deceased veterans will receive dividends without application, and guardians or fiduciaries (trustees) should apply by letter.

Further information can be obtained from the veterans service office or from the Red Cross. Necessary information for filing out applications is branch of service, birth date, insurance number and claim number (if known). Mooresville Sets Date For Schools schools will open September 8, with more than 3,000 pupils expected to be era-oiled, Supt. R. R.

Morgan said today. The new high school building on Center street in the Eastern Heights section of Mooresville will not be ready for occupancy at the first of the term but should be open in October. The seventh and eighth grades will occupy this nine-room first unit in the structure this year. The present high school building will become a junior high school next year. Mr.

Morgan added. The four white schools and one Negro school in the Mooresville system have been reconditioned and repaired this summer. versary brother, from Salisbury. The honored couple were presented many lovely gifts which were displayed on a table in the house. Mr.

Smith 74 years old and Mrs. Smith is about three years his senior. They have been almost lifelong residents of Rock Springs community. Mr. Smith was in the mer- tile business for several years and now is doing farm work.

Mrs. Smith wore a pretty white and black dotted dress with a corsage of yellow snapdragons and fern. Relatives and friends were there from Kannapolis, Salisbury, Statesville, Winston-Salem, Mocksville and the countrysid? at large. MRS. REID IN HOSPITAL Mrs.

A. R. Reid, of Statesville, route 4, is undergoing treatment at H. T. Long Rotary Told Of Telephone Project The gigantic job of installing dial telephone equipment for Statesville was described for Statesville Rotarians TuesHay by Dan Rigbv.

manager of the local office of the Southern Bell Telephone company. R. Ballard and C. L. Hilbers of the Charlotte telephone wffice exhibited a film on television as the concluding part of the pro gram at Tuesday's meeting at Carolina hotel Mr Rigby said that Southern Bell is spending $1,400,000 in constructing a new building and installing dial telephone equipment here to replace manually- operated telephones.

The cutover to the dial system will be made sometime this A crew of 50 Western Electric installers and their supervisors are doing the work which will put the dial system into operation locally. The intricate job has been going on for manv months and involves the laying of new cables and millions of new wire connections. The new building on South Center street, now nearly complete, has three stories and a complete basement and can be expanded by adding additional floors upward. The building is equipped to serve 10,000 telephones. There are now 4,300 telephones in Statesville with applications for about 1,700 more.

Installation of new equipment is causing some interruption of present service. Mr. Rigby revealed. This often causes persons to become disconnected during a conversation but it is hoped will soon be overcome. Switchover to the new equipment can be made in a matter of minutes, he added.

Allen Brawley was program chairman for the day. There were three visiting Rotarians, Murry Miller and Bob Smoot of hury and Jim Graham from West Jefferson. Bill Moffitt of Chapel Hili the guest of James V. and Bill Hoffman with his father. Dr.

Wallace Roy Hartness was present as a Junior Rotarian. The Carnation Milk company sent the club $25 for its; scholarship fund President C. B. Mym a new Sunshine mitlrf with Charles LmtMfk. chapman and Rev.

C. P. and Rev. James Potter bers rWSPAPER!.