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48 NATIONS READY TO SIGN PEACE TREATY
True Bill Returned
On Murder Warrant
% The Harnett County grand jury handed down four
true bills of indictment this morning—two of them on
capital charges—as Judge Henry A. Grady of New Bern
opened the September criminal term of Superior Court.
Eugene Roberts, Coats, Rt. 1, I
Negro, was indicted for the first. |
degree murder of his wife, Mary, j
‘ who died in Dunn Hospital early I
yesterday morning from a gunshot I
wound in her stomach.
Coroner Grover Henderson said |
3 today that an inquest held at Daf- |
ford’s Funeral Home here yester- !
day afternoon determined that the I
woman "came to her death by be
ing shot by a .22 caliber rifle in
the hands of her husband . .
The coroner recommended that
Roberts be held for grand Jury
action.
NO MOTIVE SEEN
The shooting occurred early
Sunday night in the vicinity of
Chalybeate Springs, No motive for
the slaying-has yet been determin
* ed.
Lonnie Herbert Cameron, elderly
Harnett Negro, was Indicted on in
tent to commit rape on a six-year
old Negro girl.
Trial of N. A. van Ream, rural
Harnett man, was delayed today by
Judge Grady after the grand Jury
returned a true bill against him
on a charge of possessing 144 gal
lons of non-taxpaid whiskey for
sale.
The Judge commented that he
wanted to examine the search war
rant under which van Ream was
arrested and the whiskey seized.
According to testimony, van Ream
was arrested by Constable Leo Mtv
Gee, who said he did not know
the defendant, but merely went
along to serve the warrant. The
warrant was signed by a Fuquay
Springs officer, W. L. Pritchard,
ana the Jnd«r delayed the opening
Ot the trial until Pritchard could
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’Markets*
DUNN TOBACCO MARKET
The Dunn Tobacco Market had
another full sale today and tobacco
was selling good. Some piles today
A brought $76, which is the highest
w price paid here this season.
First .sale was at Buck Currin’s
Big-4 Warehouse and second sale
was at Dick Owen's Farmers' Ware
houses. Both houses had full sales.
Market Supervisor Joe McCullers
said the quality offered today was
generally poor, but that there was
a limited amount of unusually good
tobacco.
> Tobacco was arriving before noon
today for sale tomorrow, when an
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TO DIRKCT CHiiWtls Father Francis A. M earthy, right, recently appointed to direct the
Family Rosary Crusade in North Carolina, to be hold from Sept. 30 through Oct. 28, confer* with
Father J. Morphy (center) and Father Francis A. Woods (left), both of Albany, N. Y., associate directors
of the crusade. A project begun more than three yean ago by Father Patrick Peyton of Albany, the
crusade is moving Into the Southern states with the purpose of bringing prayer back into the family
circle. (Daily Record photo by Lewie Stodio).
Father McCarthy Will Direct
N.C. Family Prayer Crusade
Father Francis A- McCarthy, pas
tor of Dunn’s Sacred Heart Cath
olic Church, will be State director
for the Family Rosary Crusade, a
campaign to bring prayer back into
the family circle, which will be
held train Sept. SO through Oct. 28.
the crusade, which will encom
pass Protestant faiths as well as
the Catholic creed. Is part of a
program begun over three years ago
by Father Patrick Peyton of Al
TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3110 • 3119
County Board
Holds Session
Meeting a day late because of
the Labor Day holidays, Harnett
County’s board of commissioners J
today approved one road petition.
and attended an open house held
by the Harnett County Library, a
The petition asked' for all-weath-'
er treatment of the Old River Road
on Highway 421 in western Har
nett running northeast to Cedar
Rock Church, to connect a link
with Collins Road at T. Thomas'
place, a distance of four miles.
In other highway matters, Les
lie Campbell, president of Camp
bell College, asked by letter that
seven-tenths of a mile of roads on
the Campbell campus be paved. A
request for improvement of a pre
sent road, entered by Andrew Ry
als, was referred to roads Com
missioner Roger Weaver.
The commissioners moved to re
quest the chief Justice of the State
Supreme COurt to make the No
vember term of Superior Court a
mixed civil and criminal session.
Knox Harrington, Bknhaven
School principal, J. C. Weber and
Neill Currln, all of Olivia, reques
ted that Constable W. B. Castle
berry of OUvla.be given more dut
ies and more money. The request
was refused on the grounds that
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mnmtvers Ware Bad
On Bootleg Industry
Harnett Sheriff W. E. (Bill)
Salmon today credited the
Army maneuvers with assist
ing him in the drive against
moonshine last month.
The mannevors, said the vet
eran sheriff today, simply play
ed havec with the illicit manu
facturer*.
Sherff*f Salmon’s deputies
were unable to round up more
than a half down distilleries
daring the entire month, where
as they usually bring in from
15 to ».
“I’m convinced that the boys
were jast afraid to set up their
stills and operate because there
was too much Army traffic in
the woods,” declared the Sher
iff.
“Maybe If we could get some
permanent maneuvers,” he add
ed, “that would do away with
all the bootlegging.”
ih the South and Wert Virginia.
Delaware, Washington, D. C., and
Rhode Island.
ENCOURAGE DAILY PRAYER
Announced purpose of the cru
sade is to encourage the practice of
daily family prayer in every Cath-
Uca wSTbe urged to adopt asthrtr
family prayer whatever prayers
they deem suitable.
To carry out this program, some
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WINNING RACE DRIVER HERB THOMAS is shown in the pilots above sitting on top of the
Hudson Hornet that he drove to victory in America’s largest and finest'.Stork Car Race. Thomas, of
Olivia, N. C„ averaged better than 77 miles per hour as he outran 80 oilier stock automobiles f0r.500
miles to win the Darlington ‘500” or Labor Day Race .Thomas top yesterday after just
three years of bigtime race driving. He won *5,600 first place money Jn Marshall Teague’s car. and
picked up 22,200 in lap money at the same time. The winner covered the 500 miles in 6 hours 30 minutes
and' 5 seconds to cross the finish line ahead of another Hudson Hornet. The arrow points to Thomas
who is holding the winner’s trophy. The man in the checkered shift is well-known Cannonball
Baker, President of NASCAR. further details on SPORTS PAGE. 4
Officials Seeking To Oust
Chief Face Delay Until New
City Manager Can Study Move
F 118 Divorces S& I
For Civil Term
Eighteen divorce cases along
with 23 other cases are scheduled
for trial at the civil session of Har
nett Superior Court which will con
vene on Sept. 17.
This is the largest number of
divorce actions listed on a court
calendar in Harnett during the past
several years, and may set a new
record. ,
Court Clerk Robert Morgan, in re
leasing the calendar, said most of
the divorce cases are based on two
years separation and are uncon
tested.
Judge Howard Godwin of Dunn
will preside over the term.
THOSE SEEKING DIVORCE
Following is a list of those seeking
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himself to say the daily Family
Roeary. • -t Lj
Announcement of Father Mc-
Carthy's appointment as North
Carolina Director was made by the
Rev. Francis F. Woods, associate
director of the Family Rosary Cru
sade. Both Father Woods arid
Father John J. Murphy, also an as
sociate director of the Catholic or
ganisation, were in Dunn over the
Week end to discuss final details
of the campaign with Father Me-
DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 4, 1951
’
Appointment of City Manager.
Oliver O, Manning is expected to,
<*wsy stir «--<•» week* at'eltart*
the ousting of Dunn's veteran iw
lice Chief George Arthur Jackson.
The new city manager will be
given time to get adjusted before
being forced to take action. Mean
while. a successor to Chief Jack
son is being sought.
At one of the first meetings held
by Mayor Ralph E. Hanna and the
new city board after they took
office. Acting City Manager
Charles R. Storey was instructed
to ask Chief Jackson for his resig
nation.
A flurry of protest arose from
citizens and former Mayor Earl
McD. Westbrook appeared before
the council and reminded the com
missioners they had no authority
to fire the police chief. '
City Attorney I. R. Williams, who
was present at that meeting, ad
vised the board that Mr. Westbrook
was right—only the city manager
has the authority.
Since that meeting, however,
councilmen have continued their
| search for a new police chief, and
at least one prospective chief has
been interviewed for the office.
ALLEN INTERVIEWED
One of those interviewed about
replacing Chief Jacksdn was Char
lie Alldh of Smithfield, who was
ousted as chief in that city when
a new administration took over
this spring.
The interview took place in the
office of Mayor Hanna, with Com
missioner R. G. Tart present for
the interview. It was understood
that Mr. Tart was the one who
asked Allen to come here for an
interview.
Just how many others, if any,
have been interviewed for the po
sition by city officials was not
known today.
Mayor Hanna acknowledged to
day that the interview with Alien
took place, but insisted that he had
no comment on the matter.
“That’s one thing I don’t want,
to be connected with and don’t
want to be quoted on,” Mayor Han
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BULLETINS
PARIS (OR) —Premier Rene Pleven’s new government
was defeated in parliament tonight on his demand thal
discussion of wheat and bread prices be postponed for one
year. It was not immediately dear whether the prem
ier would regard the defeat as a vote of mis-confidence
and resign.
BALTIMORE (<IPI)—-The British Canberra jet bomb
er piloted by Roland P. Beamont landed here today just
two hours and 51 minutes after leaving Gander, New
foundland, 1,125 miles away.
TOKYO (Of)— The U. N. revealed today that three
U. S. divisions have been thrown into battle against 83,000
army Including Germans and other Europeans,
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Program Offered
It was announced today b y
Superintendent Glenn T. Proffit of
the Harnett County School system
that a school child accident insur
ance program similar to that car
ried last year Will be offered to the
students of the county schools this
coming year. Last year's program
proved to be an outstanding suc
cess which exceeded all expectat
ions. The insurance company in
payment of claims arising from in
juries sustained in connection with
school accidents issued 463 chacks
cost of medical treatment rendered
totaling $4,610.80 to pay for the
our students.
Proffit explained that while the
Board of Education and the schools
themselves have no legal liability
in connection with accidental in
juries received by children in the
nerformancp of their normal school
activities, this has always been a
authorities. The accident insurance
batter of serious concern to school
program greatly relieves an unfor
tunate situation for it assures ev
ery child who pays the small prem
ium involved of adequate and com
plete medical care and hospitaliz
ation.
MASTER POLICY
A master policy will be issued
and held in the office of the super
intendent. The cost of the insur
ance is sl.lO per year per child.
Each student will be given the op
portunity to bring his payment to
school. When the payment is re
ceived the student’s name will be
placed upon a list of Insureds that
is attached to the policy. The pro.
gram has the support of the PTA,
the school board, the principals and
the teachers, but the most enthus
i iastic praise comes from those who
were unfortunate enough to sustain
Proffit describes the policy as
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Truman To Open Conference
With Radio, TV Broadcast
By DONALD J. GONZALES
(UP Staff Correspondent)
SAN FRANCISCO (OPI) Allied diplomats today counted 48 nations ready to
sign the Japanese peace treaty at the conference to be opened tonignt by President
Truman.
Overwhelming support for the liberal peace pact was assured despite certain
Soviet-satellite maneuvers to block treaty action by threatening a bigger war in the
Far Eas f .
The treaty of some 6,000-words ’
causes some apprehension because
it does not bar Japanese rearma- 1
ment. It does not provide heavy
reparations for nations devastated j !
by Japan during World War 11. It
is a peace of reconciliation-not,
retaliation-that grew out of Com- ’
munist expansion in Europe and
China and the Korean war.
PLAY ON FEARS
The Reds will play on these fears
in addition to secret strategy.
The cut tain goes up tonight on
the 52-nation conference at the
Civic Opera *Jouse where the Unit
ed Nations charter was signed and
sealed six years ago. The initial
session will be addressed at 7:30
p. m. PDT. (8:30 p. m. ESTi by
Murder Raises
Problem Oi _
Jurisdiction
Harnett County authorities today
were ready to contest the claim
that the slaying of Ed Davis took
place in Harnett County and they
don’t want the expense of trying
James Johnson for the crime in!
this county.
gone ' through other preliminaries. |
They decided to remove the prison- ]
er to Harnett for trial.
But Sheriff Bill Salmon and Dis
trict Solicitor Jack Hooks have |
other ideas.
SCENE SURVEYED
The sheriff said today that, at j
his request, County Surveyor Wal- J
ter Lee Johnson had surveyed the
scene of. the slaying and said, “It
happened in Wake County or all ihe
map 6 we can find are wrong."
Sheriff Salmon said he had told
Wake Solicitor, Bill Bickett that the
crime occurred in Wake.
“Not only that.” added Sheriff
Salmon, “even if the crime had oc
curred in Harnett, since Wake
County officers assumed Jurisdic. !
tion and did all the handling of
the case, it just wouldn’t be practic
al to move the case tg Harnett.”
He sAid Harnett officials would
request the court to remove the
case back to Wake for trial.
Sheriff Salmon estimated that 1
trial of the case would cost Harnett
taxpayers “at least a couple thous- I
and dollars.”
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RELIEF FOR COTTON FARMERS Tired of paying exorbitant prices of from $2 50 to $4 a hundred
lor picking ootton, farmen in section nre now turning to the mechanical cotton plckcr to do
Job. The mechanical picker trip harvest the cotton for ten than half that amount ClarettooH
McLainb. of McLamb Machinery Company Is shown here standing boride aMg now
Deertng cotton picker Just received for delivery to Walter Adams. Sitting at the wheel la MBeo--Nol>jfcJ|
representative of the Internet lon SI Harvested (! ompany. Adams has more than 100 acres of cotton
and will also make the picker available to other farmers. Nagottatlona are alee nnderway to bring a
whole cesnpnny of eotton pickers Into the Dunn section. (Drily Record photo by Bin Biggs).
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, Truman, who flew here yesterday
to warn the 'Reds against new
"aggression." His broadcast will be
the first coast-to-coast television
hookup in history.
Kremlin plans to snag the treaty
conference remain the secret of
Russia's Andrei Gromyko and his
, Polish and Czech supporters.
BIG BATTLE
The big conference battle w'ill
begin Wednesday morning at the
first full-scale business session. The
non-communist powers headed by
the United States and Britain will
try to rush the treaty through with
an unprecedented set of tough con
ference rules.
Diplomats sounding out foreign
delegations predicted that only
Riley Begins CP&L Duties
I Jack Rilev, a Dunn native and |
i one of the State’s best-known
newspapermen, this morning began
new duties as publicity director for j
the Carolina Power and Light Com- | j
pany in Raleigh.
Until recently a member of the j
Journalism department of the Un- ■
iversity of North Carolina, Riley j
steps into the choice position form
erly held by Bill Sharpe.
Sharpe resigned recently to be- !
come publisher of The Stole mag. j
j azlne. j
Riley, sob o* Mr. and jt lrs. John
IM. Riley ojkDunn, has yen WOkm
j flight posiHbns. ~
WON PRESS AWARDS
Before going to the university, he
! served for years as feature edi-
I tor of the Raleigh News and Ob
server and while a member of the
. staff of the Raleigh paper won
! several awards in the contests
'sponsored each year by the North
Carolina Press Association. 1
In his new position, Riley will be <
closely associated with another !
" Moron Motorists" Blamed
As Death Toll Reaches 664
By UNITED PRESS .
The nation counted 664 violent
deaths over the Labor Day week- j
' end and the National Safety Coun- '
I cil today blamed “moron motor
-1 ists" for the majority of the fa
talities.
I From 6 p. m„ Friday to mid
night, 421 persons were killed in
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Russia, Poland and Czechoslovakia
would refuse to sign the treaty.
Indonesia was on the fence pencUng
a cabinet decision in Jakarta.
The prospect of a Communist
walkout from the conference at
signing ceremonies set for Satur
day afternoon was mentioned by
many delegations. Some Far East
ern informants speculated that the
Russians would "take a walk" with
their satellite partners and then
call a , separate peace conference
at New Delhi or re:p:ng.
TO OUTLINE SITUATION
American officials said Tru
man's address would outline the
"world situation,” cite reasons for
speeding the Japanese treaty and
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JACK RILEY
Dunn native. E. N. (Red) rope, sen
of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Pope, who
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, trafffc accidents, a new record, for
the holiday. Non-traffic deaths tot- ,
aled 243. including 108 drowning*
and 19 killed In airplane crashes.
The rest died in miscellaneous ac
cidents.
REFUSE TO BEHAVE
Ned H. Dearborn, safety coun- (
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