Florence Morning News (Newspaper) - February 20, 1952, Florence, South Carolina Published In The Heart Of The Pee Dee The Richest Farm Area In The Palmetto State VOL 44 DAILY AND SUNDAY FLORENCE S C WEDNESDAY 20 1952 DAILY AND SUNDAY DAILY be SUNDAY WEEKLY Big Three Say Obstacles To Unified Army Removed Red Demand I CHILD FOUND IN i Cj Builds New FBI NEGRO GROUP WARNS LEGION LEADERS MEET of several American Legion posts in Florence County and some ment officers met at the Florence post hut last night Left to right are Hankie Carter Timmonsville member R P Muldrow Effingham Post Commander Department Commander Ralph Dyer Urges Stepped-up Leg ion Work Aboul 50 members and officers of American Legion posts in Flo- rence County heard an address last night by Department Com- mander Dyer at a ing in the Fred H Sexton Post hut here Commander Dyer spoke on For God and Country He discussed the work of the Legion including tlic child welfare project He ed veterans of World War I to once again become more active in Legion explaining that these veterans founded the but have been letting the War II veterans take Dyer announced that the al Legion Commander Don Wilson will address the department con- vention in Columbia March Hoyt Watson gave a report on the local post's oratorical contest project of which he is chairman Walker Gunn of Orangeburg state chairman snid mately memberships have been secured in the state of a 000 goal for the year Florence Post Commander Hugh Willcox presided and introduced guests David Burns Jr of Flo- rence played several selections on the piano A spaghetti supper pre- pared by Claude Ballard was served Dyer Aiken principal speaker B A Salisbury vice com- mander Effingham Hugh Willcox Florence commander T B Young Jr Florence district 13 commander Charles Reed Columbia adjutant Slaff photo by Strickland Slaff by Strickland HST Must Do More For Civil Rights Lost Sayings Of Darlington Negro Hunted DARLINGTON Feb 19 Resi of Darlington nrn on lookout for a pccketboeik belonging to Joe Johnson linslon County Negro He lost it today It contained his life ings Johnson who lives at Robin's Neck and is one of the oldest residents of this part of came lo lown lo sell a pig He did But somewhere between the markel Ihc grocery store where he he lost his pocket book It was quite a blow Chief of J P has asked Hie public 10 for lhc Negro's lost savings H found by an honest person he said it will be Darlington is looking ATTRACT OKLAHOMA CITY Feb 19 Mrs Harry Kendall today was receiving weekly award for safe and driving her husband was a SG line for speeding MEDITATIONS Br WASHINGTON Feb IS The National for lhc Ad- vancement of Colored People warned President Truman that while it appreciates his stand for civil rights in pasti he must do even more in Walter White the NAACP tary sonneted the warning in a speech to the Leadership ence on Civil Rights a group which lobbied in for weakening of Senate's cloture rule to cut off filibusters and thus clear the way for the civil bills While said Mr Truman showed courage in standing for civil rights in and 1048 From recent indications many people bave come to believe that he is weakening in the fight for civil rights While we recognize the fine contributions the dent has already made in this field we insist that there can be no in the fight to achieve full civil righU for all Americans More than 800 delegates from 31 states the civil rights ally here The sponsors included he NAACP and the CIO James B Carey the nation chairman said only two classes of people arc opposed lo he civil rights 1 Southerners who want lo restore Negro slavery who have their own kind of slavery In speeches before the Civil Rights conclave four senators joined in urging that Senate amend Rule 22 which now that 64 ot tho 96 senators must vote to cut off debate The speakers want an easier rule so that only half of the senators or even half of those present might end debate Southern senators in- and Johnston of Carolina arc fighting any change in the rules The four favoring the easier rule were Senators Lehman of New York Humphrey of sota and Benton of Connecticut Democrats and Senator New York Republican Lehman said There nre men in both parties including some who pay lip service to civil rights who are cynically satisfied that Rule 22 should remain on the books and who are pleased in this way lo keep civil rights as a political issue without making these rights a legal fact I am sorry to have to make this statement Vet I cannot ovoid resenting with all my heart and soul this cold and calculating I say that those who pretend to be for civil rights anc yet give silent or support le Rule 22 arc more to be condemned than those who frankly and openly oppose civil Humphrey who spon sored plank endorsing civil in 1918 Democratic platform H is in Washing on in the halls of discrimination and in tolerance arc fighting their las roar guard battle for survival He the Slaller Hotel fo permitting the confer Dorn Lashes Remarks at Franco WASHINGTON Feb 19 Rcp Dorn told lie HOLIS today thai if Spanish Franco had not remained neutral in November 1042 he could hav destroyed thousands of America lives nnd disrupted lhc invasion o North Africa In a speech in he declare Franco should get the tion that he Durn he regretted very much the day lo sec President some snide remark about Franc of Spain The President said he had neve been very fond of the Franco r gime Doin siad Franco's 30 divisio in Spain do not have one sing Communist officer in them ar lias on tin wed the Co: pn rty i n Spn in bood Tourist Year Seen For South By ARTHUR EDSON WASHINGTON Feb 19 kind finally is looming what the have known all t's smart to go south in the vinter The American Automobile alion reported today that hing points to the greatest winter business in history Mike Frome AAA travel ex- pert a Our associations in Florida say hey have more people now than hey ever have had They say that he season which usually ends al he end of March may go on well nto April The from the West Coust Else say thai business is booming And a new major resort is growing np around Tucson and Phoenix in tho Southwest Frome figures around half the people in the U S take off on a vacation every It to be all those who afford a Lion took it in the summer Now he said around 15 to 20 per cent of the tourists do their in the winter arc taking two one winter one sum me How come all this Frome listed several People have the to travel there are more automobiles ing more temptation arc getting vacations and states have become more conscious of the tourist dollar and are advert ing their charms Another biK booster of winter travel is the fact thai this is becoming a nation of old folks Block By A Korea Wednesday Feb 20 on including Russia as one of six nations to supervise a rean armistice today to be building into a third major barrier The Nations Command lias turned lhc Soviet Union as a neutral and so far has refused even lo action Bolh sides agreed trals should be mutually ble the Allies contended For three days the Heels have challenged the Allies to give a son for rejecting the nomination of Russia The subject almost certainly will come up again Slaff officers scheduled sessions on super- vision and prisoner exchange for p.m Tuesday Peiping radio heard in San Francisco by Hie Associated Press said the objection to Russia as a neutral supervisor was erable and would be firmly opposed by tills side The lied broadcast emoting o dispatch from Panmunjom con- tended there was nothing about either side having a to object to nominations for neutral supervisors N C 19 Fill said il Is whether bring federal kidnaping charges the of Jane son child daughter of Mr and Mrs U V was re- turned lo her home early after being found in S C late last night Arrested ami charged with and larceny of an auto- mobile was McDonald an unemployed South Carolina man and ot Hie girl's Donald was taken into custody liy highway patrolmen hours after the child A in the office of chief Agent William said all the facts ol the case were presented lo U S Attorney A for possible The FBI said agency could not enter the case unless lhc U S attorney such lon Is a federal alion under Hie Lindbergh Act nnd carries a death penalty Police this story of lhc child's Mrs returning from n shorl trip In the family Ihc car In the driveway of the home June another child in the car Shortly nnd his the motor start They looked out and saw driving One of the children Jumped out but Jane stayed Inside tried to head tho ca off but hn to to keep from being struck McDonald had been slaying a lie home while h fur work here said McDonald was his and came hero from S1 S C last F Bail Asked After Button Arrest Hamsun Dies at 92 OSLO Norway Feb 13 Hamsun 92 Nobel prize-winning Norwegian author backed the Nazis In World War II died today in the little farmhouse where he lived his last lonely years Hamsun who once ran a horse car in Chicago attained literary fame In with a novel called Hunger Thirty-two years later he won the coveted award for his novel Growth ol the Soil In both world wars Hamsun was openly pro-German When the Nazis overran Norway in 1942 he denounced the Norwegian ment for resistance He wrote propaganda ami paid a visit to Hitler's ters ill 1942 In 1945 the Norwegian ment arrested Hamsun and his wife on charges of collaborating with the Germans and Quisling His wife Mare went to jail for years hut the charges against the deaf aged thor were dropped Two years later however sun went before a jury ol his bors in the little fishing village of Grimstad to defend himself against a government suil for damages Caused by his writings NEW YORK Feb 19 Button's captors asked a sleep bail today mindful of the slippery bank robber's two prison breaks Sullon ace of the bank robbers was seized yesterday In Brooklyn ending a five year manhunt He pleaded innocent today in Long Island Cily Queens Borough to the 1050 robbery of the Co That netted Magistrate William packed courtroom was with policemen and four of them within reaching distance of Button during the brief arraignment Croat put oft tho ball question for lhc time being and held the for a Feb 20 hearing In asking a quarter of a million bail Assistant District Attorney Lawrence J spoke with some respect of Willie's reputation for disappearing II ended yesterday three blocks from Brooklyn police headquarters Sullon was tinkering with his car after its battery dead Two alert young policemen him from his and called a detective to help make the arrest He told his captors he lived 18 months in a a week room within shouting distance of Brooklyn quarters Nearly In cash was found on Willie's person and in his room Two officials of the bank picked Sullon out of a lineup last night as one of the robbers of the Ho also was questioned about any number ot other big robberies Including the trillion doUar Inc Job two years ago Hell I don't know anything about Willie said yesterday of the holdup I'll probably bo blamed for anything unsolved In Iho books Remain Silent on German Role lly STANLEY JOHNSON LONDON Feb 10 West n Big Three foreign nd West German Chancellor d Adenauer announced cy had swept away obstacles to ic unified European army m hich France and re scheduled to lake part They were significantly silent about giving West n role in the Nor In Atlantic Treaty Organization A communique said nces here since Saturday among J S Secretary ot Slate Foreign Secretary Anthony Men French Foreign Minister Schuman and the German chancellor marked a decisive turning In the cause of Trouble remained evident ever In Paris and Bonn Adenauer flying back to his cap- ital said the way is now clear for conclusion of an peace contract Dul spokesmen of powerful Social Democratic op- position charged lie was too soft nnd had made agreements lo meet German demands for equality Tlic French National Assembly voted approval day of the idea of a European nr my hut specified that no Germans should be recruited until ments of all six proposed members had ratified the army treaty That will lake months Many men just don't want lo see their old foes rearmed at all let alono us an partner In Western This old con- provides par of lhc ground for the NATO council sion opening tomorrow in Lisbon Acheson Eelen and Schliman headed for Lisbon by air after tho ot the London talks pared lo brief other members on the accomplishments Pronto Council to Meet This Morning The monthly meeting of Cily Council will be held at this morning In the Mayor's The meeting had postponed from Monday night of n conflict with a school meeting and a technicality involving the ing on a hond issue BOOT PAT'S Drowned Negro's Relatives Sought DARLINGTON Fch 19 I Officers tonight are seeking tives of Robert Wingate ton County Negro who fell into a 12-foot ditch earlier today His body was found in 18 inches 1 of in the bottom of the ditch i Actual time of the accident was I unknown Police said there was no lion of foul play L E Moody Dies DARLINGTON Feb 19 E Moody 68 died this morning at the Hospital in ville after a illness Survivors include his widow Mrs Lula Collins of Darlington and three daughters Mrs Leon Fitch of Darlington James of Hill and Mrs A L Dial of Gastonia N a stepson Cook if N a step- daughter Mrs R E brother Arthur Moody of a sister Mrs Arthur Davis of seven grand- children services will be con- riveted at 3 p m Thursday In the Second Baptist Church Darlington Long's Choice Trails Kennor In Louisiana NEW ORLEANS Feb Rohert a North ana country judge showing great strength In the a commanding leail to night over Spahl Oov Karl to succeed ilm as governor an independent support of an coalition was ahead In 30 of 39 In re- turns al 10 p.m CST There arc 61 In tlir slate from of lhc fills precincts Spaht Help INDIANAPOLIS Feb 10 M Quick help came today for a dier and his wile who's afraid strangers 24 was returning lo Fort Jackson S C I in his old car after picking up his wife In Minneapolis Yesterday the motor broke down completely near Indianapolis Tho Cross wanted to send the ple and three Labrador on by bus but Mrs Peterson suffers from ochlophobia fear ot crowds and go by bus The Tied Cross then arranged for extension of Peterson's leave and also for installation of n new free of charge In his car blond Peterson went to his Minneapolis home for his brunette wife raine after she suffered a vous breakdown ROY III HOLLYWOOD Feb 19 boy actor Roy lingers confined to a hospital today with a minor lung congestion aftermath of a virus attack Man Threatens to Take Life As Officers Attempt Arrest OUTSTANDING FARM form families honored lost night al a banquet here Sealed left lo right are Mrs J A Graham lake Cily Mrs Herbert Morris Mrs H A Harllee and Mrs H T Harllee both of flack Swamp and MM E S Willis Florence Standing J A Graham H A Robert Harllee falher of H A and H T H T Harlee E S Willis Stoff by Strickland Families Honored Here the sla c heir a farm families of Florence County were honored t a given by the county agriculture committee YMCA here last mcM J T district pi in recognition of farm to Ihc Mr and Mrs J of ille Mr ami Mrs J A Graham of Lake Cily the family of the Back Swamp com- munity including Robert Harllee nd his two sons wives Mr and Mrs H A Harllee and Mrs Mrs H T and Mr and Mrs E S Willis o Florence Lazar explained that fami lies had been r eel by the county agriculture com- Their farm programs in- a well balanced plan with livestock farm business agement soil conferva ion practices neat and homes said W H Worrell of chairman of the county agriciiltur committee welcomed a of people at he Mrs B I Lawrence vilic president of the county faru bureau auxiliary gave a response J Ward county agen was master of ceremonies and in a large number of guests Miss Mary Kemp Griffin of Flor once South Carolina Maid of Col- ton for 1952 sang several solos Barbara Anderson of vice president the sla c 4-H Club Council gave talk on what Ihc Club moans to its She was one of four in the stale selected o KO to Iht national Club congress in Washington this j year Ihc award that a member can Ann is president of the Pee Dee District 4-H Council Levon of Cily idem nf County of Clubs told of 4-H in the county J T Rogers district 4-H Club agent for boys discussed 4-H club camps L B pastor of the Church said the invocation A of Club boys girls and some of heir served a barbecue supper These include el Mae High Hill Gladys Wiggins Wilbur Cooper Godwin Lake City Agent and Mrs A C Miss Vela Smith Miss Ann Jeffcoat Miss Nell Crosby home agents Representatives from various agricultural agencies were among guests Miss Smith pre- sented Mrs J Ernest Kelly Glen wood president o the County Council of Farm Women The entire stood in silence for a minule in honor of farmer of Sardis and Jacob Robinson assistant county FHA supervisor both of whom died Monday law of- hai their hands full for about 45 minutes when a local man refused to be taken into custody and held police al bny with a knife Police the man as Jerry Moss former grocery store clerk here Officers said that Moss had been for sometime on a of warrants held hy n H Maynard Yesterday after noon Patrolman C M noticed in a small cafe on Palmetto Using his radio he asked if Moss was still Informed in the affirmative he asked that one of the warrants be brought to him so that he could serve it on Moss and take him into custody Detective M D Adams answer cd the call According In officers Moss was in the cafe with a er Robert While Garrison left to call Mayn rd to the scene Adams approached Moss Bui the latter slipped away and tried to escape through a rear Adams eel the escape and Moss out the front door Garrison on the scene Moss was cornered against the Suddenly said Moss whipped out a knif and slashed at the two officers Th out of reach but still kept Moss Adams said Mos II to lake his own life By that lime Sgt Harry Stewar and Patrolmen Hodge am Robert Bristow arrived on In scene A large crowd also and more than 150 persons mille v around as Moss heid the officer at bay with the knife Sheriff Joh Hannah and Maynard also appear ed Officers and Moss brother plead ed with him to drop the knife Ac Weather ording to Adams Moss asked for cigarette Robert Moss gave him ic cigarette and then ignoring 1C knife that had been waved at im as well as others approached 0 give his brother a light As he was lighting the he lunged out knocked his her off balance and blocked tho Officers quickly closed in nd sub fined Moss But officers continued to have heir hands full Moss placed in a squad car to grab Stewart's gun re- voiced a threat of suicide Ic was finally placed in a cell ot he county jail Shortly thereafter 1 Negro scrubwoman in the jail noticed Moss dangling from his cell with his belt around his neck Of- arrived in lime to release lim before any harm was dona and he was placed in an isolation cell pending further action by Magistrate Maynard Rain Tonight FLORENCE AND PEE BEE Dala from the United Weather Bureau at Florence fop 24 hour period ending 13 o'clock last night Highest 67 year 80 Lowest 31 year ago Mean 49 year ago 63 33 p.m 53 Rain 0 year ago 0 Sunrise today sunset Partly cloudy and continued warm today followed by ing cloudiness and scattered show ers tonight Fair and cooler day High today 68 low tonight 42 Myrtle Beach p.m low
