+WEATHER+
North Carolina Cloudy, windy,
and colder today with showers on
coastal plains this morning. Clear
ing and colder tonight. Tomorrow
fair and continued cold.
FDMJME l
JAPANESE STUDY DUNN SCHOOL - Shown is a group of Japanese school officials who inspected
the Home Economies Department at the Dunn High School Monday afternoon. They are guests in
this country of the United States Department of Labor and are studying American {caching methods.
Pictured are, left to right, Miss Daphne Eller and Miss Mary Hines Leonard Assistant State Super
visors of Home Economics Education and Mr. Yoshi Suzuki, Miss Momoka Sakai, Mrs. Hide 01, Mrs.
-T. Toriye, Miss Klhu Norlkawa and Mr. Hisso Nogoyosu. He is a school principal in Japan. Mrs.
C.. I. Thompson, Home Economics teacher explained the Dunn facilities. (Daily Record photo by
Louis Dearborn).
Dunn Guard Gets High Rating
'• Battery B. 113th Field Artillery
Battalion, Dunn’s own National
Guard unit, achieved an overall su- J
perior rating on the basis of ad
ministration. maintenance and'
training, at an annual inspection j
conducted last night by a team 1
from the Inspector-General’s office,
fc Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Mur
v ray, acting assistant Army Inspec
tor-General, who headed the team,
remarked that the Dunn unit was
the neatest outfit he had inspect
ed in his three years as Inspector-
General.
Colonel McMurray was assisted
by Master Bergeant Frederick An
tes. Accompanying the inspection
party were Colonel Lee C. Blzzell,
senior Army Instructor for N. (3;
Ltk Col. Arthur C. Ball, instntctol;
| Sgt Ist CWss Edward E. Frank.
9 instructor; Colonel Edward E. Grif
fin, Division Artillery executive of
ficer; Major Edward F. Yarbor
ough, Battalion Commander; Major
Darrell L. Pdkry, Battalion execut
ive officer; and Capt. Collin Mc-
Klnnle, Battalion assistant S-3.
Colonel Bizzell paid tribute to
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. STATE NEWS
Briefs
" 1 !
KING, N. C. (if) Rep. Thur
mond Chatham D-NC does not
think Gen. Dwight Eisenhower will
run for, President next year.
* GREENSBORO (If) Revival
ist Billy Graham said today he
will announce Friday whether he
will continue his soul-saving cam
paign here for another week or
move on to other North Carolina i
engagements. The Greensboro Min
isters Association voted unani-1
mously yesterday to ask Graham toj
extend his visit.
RALEIGH —(lf)—North Carolina
a has taken the first step toward
improving its water resources de
velopment program. George Ross,
director of the department -of Con
servation and Development, said
today he had completed negotia
tions with, consulting engineer Cy
Butler to blueprint a plan on I
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Achievement - Event
Is Set For Friday
Achievement Day, an annual
program at which Harnett County rmt
Home Demonstration Clubs dran.- ' ft* .
atize in exhibits and displays ac- *'-iiT'r
complishments of the past veai
will be observed on Friday. Novem
ber 3 at the Angier School.
The night program which will ’sVf '
begin at 7 IS will be marked by , y:V ,
me first pub;, appearance ol the "J.'V'C ' •
new club chorus of 40 voices an W, -• * ' ” '
address by Harriett Pressly Ra- •.
leigh radio commentator, and a sM’-c ’ * " v r’ --
drees review. ’
Exhibits presenting highlight:
from many club projects, will go
on display from 5 to 7 p m Sup
net w-li be v .-f- also i muie esc a
hours to club members and their
friends with the Angier club in ''■> ■
charge of the supper In contrast- 09
to other years, no exhibits will be B
judged
TELEPHONES: 311? - 3113 - 3113
Russia Is Reported
StudyingPeaceMove
PARIS (If) Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Y. Vishinsky indi
cated today the Russian govern
ment will devote “serious study”
to proposals for direct negotiations
with Premier Josef Stalin to end
the cold war.
Entering the United Nations hall
for today’s General Assembly meet
ing, Vishinky said that proposals
by French President Vincent Auriol
*ntt British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill for direct Wjest-East nego
tiations with Stalin raise “a very
serious question.” .
“It needs much serious '’study,”
Vishinsky said.
DENIES STALIN RUMOR
Vishinsky denied published re
ports which quoted him as saying
Stalin might come to Paris if the
United States, France and Great
Britain invited him to confer with
President Truman, Premier Rene
Eleven and Churchill.
“Pure guesswork and surmise,”
Vishinsky said.
A drive toward peace will be
launched tonight when the three
Western powers unwrap an “ex
citing” new world attempt to
stop the cold war during the cur
rent U. N. meeting.
A simultaneous announcement at
6 p. m. EST from Washington,
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Duke Alumni Group
Plans Annual Meet
The Harnett County chapter of
the Duke Alumni Association will
hold its annual dinner meeting
Monday night, November 13th at 7i
o’clock In the Community Building
at Lilllngton. |
Plans for the annual gathering 1
of the Duke graduates were an
nounced here this morning b y
James W. Snipes, prominent Dunn
business man and president of the
association.
DR. JORDAN .TO SPEAK
Principal speaker for the occas
(Site flaihj jliWurd
Frankie, Ava
Fail To, Show
For Wedding
(W—Frank Sin
‘awa’s weSflffirTo green-ejted Ava
Gardner was temporarily put on
ice today and their marriage lic
ense was looked in a safe.
Sinatra 'and Miss Gardner left
Manhattan last night, but failed to
show up at Isaac Levy's luxurious
Germantown home, where they
were scheduled to have tied the knot
this afternoon.
‘Tm going to go about my busi
ness,” said the obviously perplexed
Levy. “Their license is good for 60
days.” He put the license in his
office safe.
He said he had talked to Sinatra
only once since the pair slipped
away from New York to apply for
the document here. On that oc
casion, Frankie easily qualified as
the nation’s shyest lover by not
even mentioning his wedding plans.
“Frankie hasn’t been feeling well
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• ion will be Dr. Charles Jordan, vice
I president of Duke. He will speak
f on the subject. "The Duke Develop
ment Program.”
Dr. Jordan Is one of Duke’s best
know officials and formerly served
as secretary of the Alumni Assoc
iation. He. will be introduced by
Dr. Glenn L. Hooper of Dunn.
Handling the arrangements at
LHlinston is Mrs. Robert Winston
of Lilllngton, prominent member of
the alumni group.
During the business session, offi
cers will be named for the com
ing year. Rev. W. M. Latta was
serving as vice president until he
went to Louisburg during the sum
mer to a new pastorate.
President Snipes today urged all
Duke alumni In the county to he
present for the meeting.
♦Markets*
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COTTON
RALEIGH —Ol—Opening cotton
quotations, middling and strict low
middling.
Dunn: 38.00; 37:00.
Lincoln ton: 39.25; 3755.
Monroe: 39A0; 37.50.
Lumberton: 39.00; 37.50.
Tarboro: 39.00; 37.50.
Laorinburg: 3936; 3735.
BOOS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH -Ol - Today’s egg
and poultry (harketi:
Central North Carolina live poul
try; Fryers and broilers steady,
supplies adeqquate, demand fair.
DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 7, 1951
DEMOCRATS WIN IN PHILLY
HST Expected
To Call Peace
Bluff Os Reds
WASHINGTON. (UP)—
President Truman will call
Moscow’s peace bluff to
night by offering the world
a global arms control plan
as the best way to prevent
World War Hi.
American expertp believe this
plan for action through the United
Nations offers a better chance for
pfeaci—or at least for taking the
“peace offensive” ' initiative away
from the Russians—then proposals
for a Big Four meeting.
Mr. Truman is krfown to be re
luctant to accept the Big Four bids
voiced by French President Vincent
j Auriol and British rime Minister
Winston Churchill.
PLENTY OF CHANCES
The White House feels thgt Sov
iet Premier Josef Stalin had
plenty of opportunities to shbw his
good faith in peace by allowing
settlements in Korea. Austria and
Germany. The idea is to give Stalin
another chance to show where, he
stands.
ADDRESS AT 10:30
The President’s major foreign
polity address will be broadcast and
televised from the White House
at 10:30 p. m. EST. Millions of
icanUPßß(l.of. ETAOIN
foreign listeners will hear the Amer
ican bid for peace over the Vojce
of America.
The American plan will be placed
before the U. N. General Assembly
meeting in Paris by Secretary of
State Dean Acheson for debate by
60 nations.
Advance word on Mr. Truman’s
address forecast an appeal for peace
peace in Korea, easing of other
world tension spots and steps to
ward, “real race” backed hv mw
iting armies, navies, air forces,
heavy armaments and atomic wea
pons following an arms census and
creation of a U. N. inspection sys
tem. #
Dunn Lions To
See Road Film
A revealing film on the Imper
ative need for highway moderniza
tion in the United States, combined
with recommendations for action,
Is to be presented in Dunn on
Thursday. November 8, under spon
sorship of the Dunn Lion’s Club. '
The film, produced as a public
service bv General Motors and be
ing shown throughout the country,
was made available here through
Lee Motors of Dunn, Inc.
Post-war highway construction
has failed to keep apace of increas
ed highway use. with increase of ve
hicle registrations from 33.000.000
to 48,500,000 in the last 10 years and
Increase of .miles traveled yearly
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BULLETINS
'BUENOS AIRES. (UP) Eva Peron. wfe of the
Argentine nresident, was recovering in President Peron
Hosiptal today from a serious operation.
QUITO. Ecuador. (UP) Final returns from na
tion-wide muniHoal and orovincial elections showed strong
political opposition today to President Galo Plaza
SINGAPORE. GJP) British authorities forcibly
evacuated and detained ail 2.000 inhabitants of a Malayan
village todav in a crackdown against terrorist activities
centered here.
RENO. OJP) Betty Smith, author of “A Tree
Grows in Brooklyn.” said todav she is establishing Nevada
residence *o divorce John Piner Jozies. The 4*-vear-old
Chane* HIM novelist saH she would seek the divorce on
grounds of mental cruelty.
- to
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA. ( UP) Giant M-30
American tanks manned by Smth Koreans for the first
time were landed today at a Korean port for permanent
attachment to Republic of Korea units.
WASHINGTON. (UP) The Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen and Enrinemen served notice todav that
it has nnlv sidetracked, not scrapped, plans far a major
railroad strike
CAIRO. Eevnt. (UP) British forces stmek back
at the Egyptian “underground” today with a fixed-bayonet
raid on a Sues Canal tone village to round up suspecteed
terrorists.
WH AMI Hjl, - jOT) - vmU N.M—
.fri" Y of C Cny K ctrk OF C^L R R NO S LM ED U th * “-ly-renov.ted and rearranged
, ‘ ce ° T , , ny Charles R. Storey. A big Improvement Is the counter which encloses the
alSrf’ , pl *J lly , of . r * om outside for those attending couiAll meetings. Miss Louise McGucan
Assistant city clerk, is shdwn at her typewriter and standing at the left are City Manager Oliver
O. Manning and Mrs. Percy Walton. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart).
Five Murder Cases On Docket
Girl Is Sent
>€andy~Loaded
With Powder
BOSTON (U>) A “booby
trapped” candy box almost blew
up two women and police ques
tioned a jilted suitor about it today.
The box was delivered through
the mall yesterday for pretty Inez
Tobin, 19. Mrs. Ida Katz, 68, her
landlady, glanced, at the first name
and mistook it for her’s.
She removed the wrapping. In
side was a rosewood box In the
shape of a hope chest. It was mar
ked: ‘Tills side up. Press button
to open.”
Mrs. Katz pressed the button and
fell to the floor with a bullet wound
in her arm.
FULLY-LOADED GUN
The pacage contained a fully
loaded .32 caliber revolver set In
plaster of parts so that it was
aimed at anyone opening the box.
The button Mrs. Katz pressed was
the tip of a metal rod wedged
agajnst the revolver’s trigger. '
Tile package also contained gun
poweder and shotgun shells that
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FIVE CENTS PER COPT
..Harnett County Superior' Court
will open a two-week term on Mon
day November 12, with Judge A. R.
Crisp presiding. The first week will
bp a criminal term and the second
_ a.flivil-term. ... ...
Topping the list on the calendar
are five murder cases, two of which
await Grand Jury action. CHhrles
Halre is charged with the murder
in the death of his son-in-law,
Clyde Powell and James Taylor
with murder in-connection with the
death of Mary Klizameth Purcell.
Two . murder cases are; set for
; trial Monday, Eugene Roberts,
charged with killing his wife, Mary
and James Johnson, charged with
murder in connection with the
death of Ed Davis. Trial of Rich
ard Jones, charged with murder in
connection with the death of Otis
Johnson is set for Wednesday.
Other cases set for trail Mon
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Man Reports His
Wife As Missinq
Bam Martin has reported the dls
apoearance of his wife to the Dunn
Police Department and asked offi
cers to see If they can trace the
young woman.
According to the man’s story, she
left him and the eounle’s two child
ren waiting In the family car Sat
urday, telling them she would be
back in a few minutes and has not
beep seen since.
The description of the girl which
he supplied the officers as as fol
lows: Age 17, weight 110 pounds,
brown hair and eyes. She was wear
ing a checked blouse, green skirt
and a tan coat when last seen.
Erwin'iSchool
Receives Gift
A check for 8355.03 was present
ed to the Erwin Schools this morn
ing on behalf of the Erwin Lions
Club by Secretary-Treasurer E.
Louis Dearborn. The check, repre
senting the proceeds of the talent
show, was ordered turned over to
the school band fond at the meet
ing of the club last night
All of the money realized from
the show afterfcrpenaes was turn
ed over to the school in order to
help defray the amount still due on
some of the larger Instruments.
Guests at the meeting last night
were 8. O. Thomas and Zone
Chairman J. B. Cameron, both
members of the Broadway Lions
Club. This was the first visit of the
Zone Chairman to the Erwin Club.
Camera congratulated the chib
on its activity and spirit, pointing
out that a good Lions Chib could
be a force for civic betterment..
Thomas told of some of his ex
periences at the recent interna
tional convention at Atlantic City,
Mm tnarher in the’kwla tlrfrish.
The Record
Gets Results
Boom For Ike,
’Gains Speed
Across Nation
WASHINGTON IW—lke-for-Prea
ident enthusiasts today viewed the
general’s statement before return
ing to Paris as a sign to go ahead
with plans to win the 1952 Repub
lican nomination.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Re
publican supporters regarded his
remarks at); a news conference as
his first public Indication that he
is available for the GOP nomina
tion next year.
BELIEVE TAFT AHEAD
However, some congressional po
litical tractlclans believed Sen. Rob
ert A. Taft of Ohio had a. head
start and that Elsenhower could
get the nomination only bv waging
an onen, aggressive campaign.
Taft’s backers were expected to
discount Eisenhower’s statement be
cause it fell short of a flat an
nouncement of candidacy such as
Taft has made. Taft lieutenants
long have Questioned whether Elsen
hower is available and whether he
is a ReDublican.
Eisenhower said in Paris today
that he did not discuss with Pres
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MAN DROPS DEAD
Hill Williams, 58. well-known
Angier resident, dropped dead
this morning in the Fanners’
Sunplv Store there. He had been
suffering for sometime with a
heart ailment. Funeral arrange
ments had not beeri complet
ed early this afternoon.
V. F. W. TO MEET
There will be a meeting of the
Dunn Post of the Veterans of For
eign Wars tonight at 7:30 pjn. at
the Dunn Armory. Members are
urged to be present because the
Poet has acquired an ontion on* the
building site for the club.
Chicago, Midwest
Choked By BigSnotidß
By United Frees
The center of the nation was
smothered under a blanket of snow
today. .
Chicago was choked almost to
a halt by nine inches of snow-an
estimated 18,500.000 tons. The Wea
ther Bureau predicted it would
reach 13 inches before it stopped.
St. Louis already was over the
one-foot mark and it was still
"“"UoBST THW W...W
The storm - worst Id history
ever to hit this section of the nettoa
so early to the fall stretched]
toTwwrtwwagpi*
. . V 4$
NO. 238
GOP Gains I
House Seat,
Elects Mayors
WASHINGTON. (UP)— f
Republicans gained a con
gressional seat and several
mayors today in scattered
elections sparked by charges
of crime and corruption.
Democrats turned the issue to
their advantage in Philadelphia,
where they elected a mayor for the
first time since 1884.
Charges of corruption in govern
ment—sure to be an issue in the
1952 presidential campaign—figur
ed heavily in the results of yes- g
terday’s off-year balloting.
Crime buster Rudolph Halley, 38-
year-old former chief counsel of
the Senate Crime Committee, swept 1
Into presidency of the New York
city council, second highest office }
of the nation’s biggest city. 3
HALLEY SWAMPS SHARKEY
Running as an independent, Hally
swamped Democrat Joseph Sharkey,
candidate of once-powerful Tam
mary Hall, and ran rings around
Rep. Henry J. Latham, the Re
publican nominee.
GOP WINS IN INDIANA
Among the places in which the
Republicans unseated Democrats for
mayor were several of Indiana's -4
largest cities, including Indiana
polis, home town of President Tru- _
man’s hand-picked new Democratic
national chairman, Frank E. Mc-
Kinney.
Other major results Included: Re
publicans made a clean sweep of
the four congressional seats at
stake, two in Pennsylvania and one
each in Ohio and New Jersey, for
a net gain of one seat. |
DEMOCRATS WJN KENTUCKY k
Incumbent Democrat Lawrence
Weatherby defeated Depublican Eu
gene Siler for governor in Ken- ..Jj
tucky. Former Gov.'Hufch White','*'
staunch states Tighter and for at
the Truman administration, was
elected governor in Mississippi with- j
out opposition.
Republicans gained five seats in
the New Jersey legislature while
Virginia, Mississippi and Kentucky
remained strongly Democratic *8 |
usual. .' \ ‘i
As a result of the GOP sweep of
the four congressional elections, the
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Three Divorce
Actions Filed
T-aHI
New civil actions filed In the
office of the ci-rk of Harnett
County Include three actions tot |
divorce on grounds of two pwiw :i
*en« ration.
'fhev to-hide *»)t* bm«v*.i by
O'adv* wilUfo-d H»)rr aaralnst Ot*
Ha'—: Jam-s E. Rav against I
Doris Flowers Psv and James &
Prt-te- srrofnst F”n)ce Le» Porter.
The first, two suits were filed No
vember 6 and the third on Novem
ber 5.
Movthq T,. Wood of LUllnettek :> A
has hrouvht «n action avalnst Zot*
Wood. her hu-hand. gifting cn«WB
- to rnake him orovide monthly
maintenance for her and their 1*
vegr-oid daughter jeanett, >'t
counsel fees for the action.
NURSE ASKS DIVORCE . .’ ■ |
In her complaint, Mra. Wood, m
trained nurse, alleges that she and
Mr Wood were married on Nov
ember 10, 1040 and that she has at
n’l times been a faithful and duti
ful wife and devoted her time aai
enenrv to making a home for her
husband and daughter. S
She contends that Wood >hat
been guilty of cruel and barbarian* '
treatment of her and the Child, that
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The death toll mounted, particu
larly in traffic accidents rfP
ists, Minded by the snow and driv*
ing wind, slipped and skidded oa
Icy, snow-blocked street! and toga- J
ways.
> FATAUTIEa_JffI
cold* wave Sed*Jßgl