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VOLUME II
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DUNN LIONg HOLD LADIES NIGHT President Waite Howard of the Dunn Lions Club U
•how* here but night as he welcomed Lester Rose, right, of Raleigh, speaker of the evening. The
Ladles night Christmas party was held in the General Lee Room at Johnson’s Restaurant. Looking
on dre Mrs. Howard, left, and Mrs. Nellie Vann, right (Daily Record photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.)
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Bush Sees No War In Generation
%m NEWS,
BRIEFS
HALEIOH an Twenty-eight
employees of Royal Cotton Mills
ace tree today of criminal charges
arising from a riot that followed
a dynamite blast at he strike
bound plant in Wake Forest last
May.
Judge Chester Morris nol proc
eed the-esse yesterday at the re*
I quest of Solicitor William 7. Bick
ett. v ■/' i ■ ’'.
chapel HILL «l The busi
ness manager of the University of
North Carolina promised full co
operation today with the Orange
County grand Jury In connection
with a report charging misuse of
state materials and labor by a
University employe.
> RALEIGH (IFI - The State Pa
roles Commission today pondered
new evidence favoring the release
of a young Charlotte woman cpn
vtated of murdering her husband.
IV evidence is a letter which
fw»nds of Charlotte Lanier M"-
Corltle mv iwwa he- court. te*ti
monv that Edward McCortcW died
in a struggle for a gun he used
to force her to submit to un
natural sex acts.
1 Charter Is Lost
By Harnett Firm \
RALEIGH -Ml— iecretary of
Btate Tbad Eure suspended the
ebartes of neariy 700 etate corp
orations today At failure to We
franchise tax reports or failure to
nay the iitaebMi tax.
The only Harnett corporation to
lose its charter was the Benner
1 Lumber Oompeny of Coats, which
is no longer in operation. , \- t .
Bure said he took 4fte action aft)
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Judge Shows Mercy
, ToNewly wed Couple
Judge H. Paul Strickland, rather
than make a honeymooning couple
wait until court recotmM! at 2
o’clock yesterday, tried the cam in
which they were involved during
The couple, My. and MVa. Wesley
Perry, Jf , had by stopped e»
\HVui arwl mi Ma honpvmnon lie
TELEPHONES: 3117 * Slit • 3119
WASHINGTON Ml —Dr. Vannev
ar Bush predicted today that World
War 111 may be averted “for at
tebtf -i
The Pfospects of peace, he add
ed. “h»v»Tn «ay judiment bhprew-
ATBhrfiar the past year «r •wo,”
Bush, who directed scientific re
march for the goeernment during
World war II and helped develop
the atomic bomb, is pftrident of
the Carnegie Institution of Wash
ington.
In his annual report on research
developments, Bush said the life
of many may be on the brink of
“startling” improvement - through
science. But first, he said, there
must be peace,
CHANCES BETTER
In saying he believes chances
have improved for avoiding a new
all-out war, he added: “Apparent
ly there is to be no grandiose solu
tion in the farm of immediate world
government, and the price of peace
is to be continual vigilance and a
heavy cost in maintaining sufficient
defensive power among the free
nations.
“Vet, hopes are rising, and pa
tience. determination and collab
oration may well avoid another
war for at least a generation.”
Bush said “we are at an inter
esting point in the progress of
scientific research in this country.”
Referring to “roey predictions”—
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Freak Accident
ProvesFatat
Otis Preston (Doric) Harmon, SB
year-old Coats carpenter, died in
Duke Hospital at Durham yes ter
> day as the result of Injuries receiv
ed in s freak accident last Bunday.
< Harmon was riding with a friend,
> Samuel Pope, of Coats, and they
stopped to help a colored woman
> get her car started.
r . State Patrolmen Paul Alberglne
i said Harmon stood on the rear
bumper of the woman’s car to assist
■ Pope in making the two bumpers
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asked If Judge Strickland would
allow Perry to sign a waiver, al
though be was from Wilson.
“NO WALKING COURT*
As a general rule, a wavier M
only a courtesy amended to dri
ven from other states, but the
I situation here was unusual. Perry,
obviously did not want to watt to
egtglWrto • regular eourt session.
Judge Strickland had Just tin
i j ' Viinnh a w enjuj wemP—
isncu ms no |iiwi*ur*
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Jons Stage .. .
Yufetaly -
A total Os 88 Lions and their
Wives and guests, enjoyed a humor
ous address by Lester Rose, man
ager of the Raleigh Chamber of
Commerce at the General Lee
Room of Johnson’s Restaurant last
night.
The occasion was the annual
Ladies’ Night Christmas party of
the local civic club. Locke Muse was
program Chairman, aided by J.- N.
Stephenson, Jack -Jackson and
Scott Ferrell.
President Wait* Howard opened
the meeting, made the ladies wel
come and then turned the meeting
over to Chairman Muse who acted
as Master of Ceremonies and Intro
duced the speaker.
The Dunn I! 1 ""* Club, recently
changed Its meetings from twice a
month to every Thursday night,
and last night’s event counted as a
regular meeting .for the members
who are trying to maintain their
100 percent attendance record.
MRS. BLACK SINGS
At the* conclusion of his address.
Rose acted as accompanist while
Mn. Edgar Black sang “White
Christmas” and another song of
Rose’s own composition.
Scott Ferrell, the Tall Twister,
kept the crowd amused, beta*
during and after supper, and his
rendition of “Blood on the High
way” was completely out of this
world.
Frank Belote led in the group
ringing of several of the old favor
ite Christinas Carols.
George Marks, the town’s best
pianist, played durum the meeting
COTTON
RALHIOH —HD— Opening cotton
quotations middling and strict low
middling baaed on 1 and 1-13 inch
staple length:
Dunn: 43.35; 4035.
Lumberton: 42.35; to 4050
Monroe: 42.26 ; 4135.
Tarboro: \ 42.50; to 41.13.
Roanoke Rapids: 4330; 40.55.
fOGB AND POULTRY
RALEIGH m Today’s egg
»nii poultry market:
, Central North Carolina live poul
-1 try: Fryers and broilers steady.
’ supplies adequate to heavy, de
mand fair. Heavy hens eteedy
supplies generally short, demand
i fair to good. Prices paid producers
- FOB farm: Fryers and broilers 30
!
t» are steady to mostly one cent
l stronger; heavy hen* stoedy to on*
- cent stronger.
- Eggs: Meetly steady to one cent
it demand fair. Prices paid producer:
a and handlers FOB local grading
DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON/tIECEMBER H, 1951
Reds Agree To I
Permit Limited
Troop Rotation
PANMUNJOM, Korea — (UP) — The j
Communists backed down slightly
today and offered to, permit limited
troop rotation during a Korean ar
mistice, but the Allies suspected
the offer contained hidden pitfalls.
The Reds also made two other
seeming concessions to American
demands in presenting a new six
point compromise program for
policing an armistice.
The proposals submitted to a
Joint subcommittee at first glance
appeared to open the way to agree
ment after 17 days of stalemate, |
but United Nations delegate Maj., j
Gen. Howard M. Turner said:
NO MAJOR HANGE
“From the perusal we were able
to make in one hour of the new
Communist proposal, we were un
able to detect any major change
in its effect over the proposal the
Communists submitted on Dec. 3.
“We asked them many questions,
the answer to most of which were
extremely evasive. We are going
to study it further for any gim
micks it, might contain.”
The Reds appeared to have
yielded on these three vital issues: 1
Dari Predicts
Stable Prices
Robert Darr ot Columbia, S. C.,
president of the Production Credit 1
Corporation, predicted here today
that farm prices will remain about
the same as the present levels dur
ing the next year but wiU be con
siderably reduced in 1963. ' i
ft, a native Tar Heel, was the
[pal speaker at the. 18th an
mqettng of the Dunn Produc-
Credit Association, attended .
by farm members from every sec- ,
tion of .Harnett and Sampson coun- ,
ties.
The meeting was held In the .
Dunn Armory Friday morning, with ,
E. E. Seay of Turkey, president,
presiding. Herman P. Green of
Dunn is secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Darr spoke on "Frice Trends (
In Farming And Outlook for Thg
Future.”
He Sounded a note of general 1
optimism, but advised the farmers 1
to use caution and economy and to
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Dunn Firemen
Get Twe Calls
Dunn firemen answered two calls
during the past 34 hours, Secretary-
Treasurer Howard M. Lee report
ed this morning.
Yesterday afternoon at 3:45, fire
men were called to extinguish a
grass fire in the 400 block of South
McKay Avehue. The grass fire was
on the property of Dr. Glenn L.
Hooper, K. M. Howard and How
ard U. Lee and threatened the
Hooper residence.
Nineteen firemen answered the
call, quickly extinguished the blase
; and were back at the station at
330.
i This morning at 12:30 o’clock, a
footstool and rug caught fire at
i the home of George Upchurch at
. <lO North Orange Avenue. The
blase was extinguished before the
: 30 >firamen arrived, however.
BULLETINS
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, LONDON (W King George, continuing to improve
r after Ms recent lung operation, gave a small family lun
i cheon at Buckingham Palace today on his 58th birthday.
CHAPEL HILL (V) —The chairman of the Governor’s
advisory committee on highway safety laid the Marne for
a growing traffic death toil today on Aplenty of good cars
and too many incompetent and careless drivers.
1 TUCUMCARI, N.’ H., Iff) —City Police Chief Houston
* Bragg said today that he is convinced there was no sabo
'• tage in yesterday’s water tank collapse which took four
f Ives.
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2| WASHINGTON IB -Cfaarifcs OUphant testified today
- hail «752 Style. Bridges ?Sh in requesting*
J; tion about a tax case.
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CHRISTMAS SEALS RETURNS —■ Pictured are Mrs. John Datrymple, left, in charge of Seal Sales
for the Harnett County Tubercular Association, and Mrs. P. R. McKinnon, opening the return letters
which were Walled out recently in connection with the Christmas Seal Sales. Returns from the letters
they are s opening and tabulating last night, brought the total of contributions for the fight against
tuberculosis to $3,983.75. Those who have received letters containing seals are urged to make returns
as soon as gfßrible. (Dally Record photo by Lonls Dearborn).*
Opposition Arising To
Property |evy For P/ay «
riighfwlU
whether or not bn election shall be
called to vote a special levy for
recreation and will discuss other
matters ranging from garbage dis
posal to greater water pressure
needed at the Hotel Cotton Dale.
‘ The agenda was- released this
morning by CHty Manager Oliver
O. Manning.
Due to considerable sentiment in
the town, the city manager has
suggested that an election be called
to determine . whether or not the
citizens want an extra tax levy to
finance recreation -for white - and
colored citizens of the town.
WANTS EQUITABLE TAX
It was evident today that the
nrooosal will meet opposition from
both, members of the board and
citizens who are against adding
extra tax burden to property-own
ers.
One citv offlrial, who said he
would make his views known at the
meeting, said he would oppose any
sort of extra property tax and any
other tax rate Increase unless it is
a tax that every citizen will pay
and not Just the property owners.
“Property tax is high enough,”
declared’ the board member.
The official emphasized that he
favors a recreational program, but
only if a plan can be worked out
so that every citizen shares the
burden and not just the property
owners.
PREDICTS DEFEAT
The city manager, also strong in
fakor of a recreation program, has
lowwise predicted that citizens
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FIVE CENTS PEK COPY
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State Prison Head
To Speak Saturday
Director Bill Marshbum urges all 1
young people, particularly of High
School age, to attend the meeting
of the Youth for Christ, to be held
tomorrow night at the High Bchool
auditorium at 8:00 p.m.
The program is dedicated to these
young people and the speaker, Wal
ter F. Anderson, will have a mes
sage of special appeal to this group.
Mr. Anderson Is head of Central
: Prison in Raleigh and one of the
: outstanding Methodist Laymen of
the state.
He will bring with him a brass
! ensemble from the prison who will
■ offer special musical selections, in
r keeping with the season. Another
J ;
Sale Os TB Seals
\ Lagging In County
The 1951 Christmas Seal Sale In,
Harnett County totals $3,002.75 to
date, as of last night. It was re
ported today by Dr. Charles W.
Byrd, president of the Harnett I
County Tubercular Association.
This amount Is less than half
the minimum amount that will be
needed in order to fully carry out
the program for 1952 in Harnett
County. The greater the amount
contributed, the better the program
can be.
The greater part of the Christmas
Seal dollar remains in this county
to wage the year-round .battle
against Tuberculosis here. Dr. Byrd
pointed out. Os the total, 25 per
cent goes to the North. Carolina
State Tuberculosis Association,
which forwards six percent to the
National Association with which
the state and county associations
are affiliated.
75 FEB CENT REMAINS
The percentage of the Christinas
Seal dollar remaining In the coun
ty, 75'percent, is used for partial
payment of a visiting nuse, medi
cines for tubercular* unable to af
ford it, and supplement to diet
where this Is needed. .
Dr. Byrd also explained that the
Christmas Seal alio rattan to the
North Caroline Tuberculosis As
sociation helps pay tor the main
tenance of mobile X-ray units, and
other work on a state level.
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K oSSTeto bwy°Christ-
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high spot of the entertainment por
tion of the program will be the
Maxwell Family Trio from Falcon.
LAST MEETING THIS YEAR
This will be-the last Youth for
Christ meeting of the year. The
meetings are directed primarily to
ward the younger people, of course,
but their elders will find them In
teresting.
All meetings are addressed by
speakers on a strictly non-denom
inational and non-doctrinal basis,
and church groups are urged to at
tend regardless of denomination.
The meeting tomorrow night is de
dicated to high school students.
I search on tuberculosis, “said Dr.
Byrd. “For of the six permit which
goes to the NTA, at least one per
cent is allocated to medical and
I social research on tuberculosis.
“Giving support to the annual
Christmas Seal sale is one way we
can all Join in the fight against
tuberculosis,” Dr. Byrd concluded.
“Christmas Seal purchases mean
ammunition against tuberculosis,
a disease which leads all other
diseases as a cause of death among
young adults between 16 and 38.”
11 " ■ ■ ■ mmi ■min ... ——» .
Joan Bennett's Hubby
Shoots Alleged Lever
HOLLYWOOD —Screen ac
tress Joan Bennett tearfully denied
today any romance with a hand
some -actors’ agent her husband,
movie producer Walter Wanger,
shot-In a Jealous rage.
pital, is expected to recover from
Jennings Lang had been strictly
aWut a forthcoming trig
vision show. Lang, in Midway HUe
pitai, is expected to receiver from
"SJ
his wife yesterday afternoon in a
NO 7
Reports Say
His Job Is
Less Secure
WASHINGTON (W—Pres
ident Truman pushed ahead
today to get his government
cleanup campaign in full
swing as reports persisted
that Atty Gen. J. Howard
McGrath’s job is getting in
creasingly less secure.
Mr. Truman hoped to complete
his housecleahing play by Sunday.
However, some members of his
staff believed he would not an
nounce the blueprint of his “neyf
and drastic action” until next week,
NIXON ISSUES CHALLENGE
Sen. Richard M. Nixon to
day challenged the President to
prove the sincerity of his anti
corruption drive by firing four
of his top aides.
The California Rr lublican said
the “minimum pre— im" for p
cleanup drive should be the ouster
of Secretary of Treasury John W.
Snyder. McGrath, Maj. Oen. Har
ry H. Vaughan, the President’s
military aide, and Donald ,S. Daw
son, his personal adviser. ggf
Nixon also said that House tax
scandal investigators should call
Supreme Court Justice Tom C.
Clark for questioning about his ap
pointment of T. Lamar Caudle OB
assistant attorney general in 1941:
At that time, Clark was attorney
general.
CLARK MAY BE CALLED :’A\
The House ways and means sub
mittee digging into tax Irregular
ities has been reluctant to call
Clark because of his high posittsSf
in the Judiciary. However, his naaSta
has cropped up repeatedly in the
inquiry—especially in testimony In
volving Caudle, who was fired 4$
Mr. Truman.
“Unless both McGrath and
“7 Snyder are fired,” Nixon saUUx>
h “you can be sure that ujMjajrall
*| ‘ flfd corruption to tnejfi3Mfv
| Department and Internal Rev-;"
I enue Bureau win pontfnne to WT
r defended, condoned and cetev*
ed up.’
Nixon referred to Vaughan “wlfh
his deep freezers” and Dawson
r “with his free hotel rooms.” Both
White House aides have been criti
cized in Senate investigations tar
accepting gratuities. ’ 'jjSPi;
Although the President told netis»
* men yesterday he knew of no pend
x ing cabinet changes, a new develop
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DEAR = __*
SANTA:
Dear Santa,
I want a new doll and a jjb
case for ray doll clothes, if I JMO
biting my nails, I will get a
ring for Christinas. I would like aim
doll clothes too. I wbuld lUaKjjn
walking doll or a story book (fill.
I am four years old and can
some tout I cannot write. X fm
getting real excited about (Xtrw*-
mas. so hurry and come and $|M
us.
Love, 4;, ’
Cathy Bahen, Wmff,
306 S. Wash. Ave. -jHgg
Dear Santa,
Please bring me a bicycle. Oi»
in the second grade at school rip
like it very much. I can ’"'film
pretty good and make good,,«Mßfl'
in my spelling. I would Ukfutqjpt
two guns and a cowboy hart. I glfe j
raise to study hard anrf be m (tied
W 1< » M
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<»upW ami M- X
HAD WARNED
Wanger said lie had wbimd*