TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29, 1952
.BULLETINS
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Republican Gov. William S. Beardsley of lowa received
“preferential treatment” in the handling of his income
tax case.
LONDON (IP) Foreign Secretary Anthony flden
said today that Britain hopes to reach an agreement
for adequate defense of the Suez Canal Zone which would
meet “Egyptian aspirations.”
# CHARLIrfSTON, S. C. IIP) U.S. District Judge J.
Waties Waring will move from his home in the aristo
cratic quarter of Charleston shortly after his retirement
Feb. 15.
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WASHINGTON (IP) Lincoln MacVeagh was nom
inated today by President Truman as the new -ambassa
dor to Spain. MacVeagh is now ambassador to Portu
gal. He was named to succeed. Stanton Griffis who re
cently resigned to return to private lift;.
® KINGMAN. Kan. (IP) Seven members of one family,
five of them children, were killed near here yesterday
when their automobile hurtled' over a bridge into a creek.
LONDON (IP) Winston Churchill’s government an
nounced a new super-austerity program today in a dras
tic attempt to save Britain from bankruptcy and keep
the nation in the front line of Western defense.
JACKSON, Miss. (IP) Attorney Will Henley de
(fjclared in federal court here today that the Postmaster
General and not Mississippi’s pro-Truman Democrats is
guilty of peddling federal jobs.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (IP) The Danish Com
munists invited American Ambassador Mrs. Eugenie An
derson to attend a meeting last night on the Negro prob
lem in the United State. Mrs. Anderson declined be
cause she was entertaining at an embassy dinner, with
the well-known American Negro lawyer, Mrs. Edith Samp-
as guest of Cbnor.
LOS ANGELES (IP) Neighbors who attempted to j
coax a pussy cat Sown from an avocado tree decided to
day there’s a limit to kindness. The kitty turned out to
be a wildcat.
Veterans
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mated the bonus would cost either
<vsloo million or S2OO million and
*said it could be financed by “plug
ging up the loopholes in the sales
tax.”
He said he favored elimination of
the flat sls op large items such as
automobiles and putting a straight
three per cent sales tax on those
purchases.”
“VITAL ISSUE"
In, fighting and emotional appeal,
Jlo the veterans, Del Vascovas called,
fthe bonus issue ar “Our of the vital
Issues” facing our State and as
serted that no official should be
sent to Raleigh who wasn't In
favor of voting on the bonus.
“They can spend a million and
a half dollars to build a hog pen.”
he declared, referring to the State
Fair Coliseum, “and they carv’yend
two million dollars for an art gall
ery, but they can’t give the veterans
the simple right to vote on a bonus.”
At the outset of, his speech,
(Jfascovas called for a vote on the
x lssue and nibody present voted a
gainst the bond Issue. At the close
of the meeting, the veterans shout
ed In response to his questions their
promise to carry the fight to the
finish.
Vascovas reminded that 2 states
have already paid bonuses to vet
erans and that 10 other States are
considering the Issue and said, “If
other States can do it why can’t
North Carolina.”
a He blamed propaganda lines for
the belief that veterans
don't want a bonus.
HITS HANDOUT IDEAS
Referring to adverse publicity,
Vascovas said, “Everything we do
Is a handout—l guess they think
those bullets and those shells the
Japs and Germans fired at us were
handouts, too.
"They call us bums,” he continu
ed, “Just because we go to Raleigh
and ask that the people be given
(A..e right to vote on a bonus.”
Other people, other pressure groups,
go to Raleigh and nobody calls
them bums.”
Answering the argument that
now is not the time for a bonus,
Vascovas asked for a show of hands
from all veterans in debt and all
hands went up.
NEEDED NOW
"Os course, we need the bonus
now,” he asserted. “We need every
thing we can get.”
A Vascovas urged the veterans to
demand of every candidate to know
his stand on the bonus, issue and
to actively work against and de
feat every candidate now willing to
give the people a vote.
The speaker told a reporter after
wards he would be against any!
candidate, no matter how good a
man he was and no matter how!
much better be happened to be
than his opponent if he opposed:
the bonus.
<f In other words, Vascovas said, the
bonus Is supreme. In paramount,;
is the most vital, mopt important,
thing we have to decide. He said
all other things, all other consider
ations are insignificant and secon
dary, and urged the veterans to
take the same stand.
Vascovas said he planned to talk
with all the candidates for gover
nor to find out their views.
He said that petitions would be
jiaent Into every county in the State
Newcomers To
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• to audition for the famed Carolina
' Playmaker.4. her exhaustive training
| enabled her to capture the leading
; role.
j She is extremely excited over her
part of Cindy, and the reaction of
j the Playmakers’ touring audiences
j will be of immense importance to
, her.
] Singing opposite Miss Wilson, as
! the mountain boy who cant decide
i whether to leave Cindy and become
I a city-slicker or remain with her
I' on their htU farm, Is baritonq Laur-
I ; >n— Sti tit>Mr, atith, is a native of
! New Bern, N. C„ and is also a stu
’! dent of voice and piano at the
' University of North Carolina.
1 Although he had acted a few parts
with the New Bern Little Theatre,
i for the most part he has attended
, only the technical development of
his voice. At last feeling the time
had come to try that voice in a
full-length stage musical, he at
tended the Playmaker auditions
for “Spring For Sure” and walked
away with a major part.
Nancy Green from Chapel Hill,
N. C., will perforin the leading
comedienne’s part of Coretta. a
mountain girl who has trouble fen
ding off the amorous Intentions of
many swains.
Miss Green has appeared pre
viously with the Durham, N. C.,
Theatre Guild and The Carolina
Playmakers, but she considers this
role her first big opportunity. Not
planning a future theatre career,
she may change her mind after
"SDring For Sure.”
Staff members of The Carolina
Playmakers, who have seen many;
surprising things during the course
of a stage history that began in
1917, were deeply astonished that
three actors whom they had never
heard of before should take over
the major parts in their musical.
Yet thlg trio Is clearly demonstra
ting In rehearsal that the selection
was not unwise.
Tilghmans
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farmer in 1952 can look forward to
a calmer frame of mind, with a,
better opportunity to think careful
ly of the market conditions In front
of him.”
Young said a stable situation
ccould be brought about on the cot
ton market if farmers get assur
ance that available supplies and
markets conditions will favor in
creased production.
Oldsmobile
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cation and washing departments.
| The building throughout will
| have the latest and most modem
type fixtures and equipment to
offer the finest of service.
The building was designed by
j Oldsmobile architects. >
| “Everything that we are doing is
i with the view of glvln| the public
the very best service possible,” de
clared Mr. and Mfe£sLee today.
Lee's Truck Terminal also has
the dealership here for the United
States Tires and Batteries, and for
all Esso products.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee are among
Dunn's most progressive business
leaders..
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NEW MERCURY GOES ON DISPLAY TOMORROW Pictured here is the
1952 Mercury custom four-door sedan, one of the new models which will go on
display Wednesday morning in the showrooms of Auto Sales and Service Company
in Dcnn. The 1952 Mercury features smart, distinctive styling and many important
Harnett Negro Teachers
Hold High Certificates
G. T. Proffit. county superin
tendent of schools, said today that
notices received last week from
; state's certification division, show
j that in Harnett schools, the Negro
I teachers proportionately hold high
j er certificates than the white teach
ers do.
Out of the 106 Negro teachers
! employed in Harnett County, 105 or
’ all but cne can boast A grade cer
i tificates and three hold Master’s
[degrees. Among the county's 239
[ white teachers, there are 239 who
' hold A grade certificates. Eight of
that number have graduate certi
ficates.
In North Carolina there are no
pay differences among white and
1 Negro teachers. All are paid on the
same- scale based on certificate ra
ing.
; “It is the old law of supply and
; demand” Proffit said, “which ap
j plies to schools as well as to in
j dustry. Since there are more Ne
j <ro teachers seeking jobs, than
| there are jobs open, \ve have a
i selection of the best prepared per
sonnel. In the white schools in com
petition with private industry’s high
er wage scale, we have met the, re
verse. We have not had a wide
range '"bf selection. ’ ~
GOOD TEACHING STAFF
“However," the county school head
added, "a study of this rating sheet
shows Harnett County as a whole |
has a good teaching staff. I do not
even suggest that a certificate rating
is the only guage of a good teach
er. But every thing else being equal
such as personality, aptitude and
interest, a teacher with better pre
Eisenhower
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poorer states. He advocated bar
ring Communists from all teach
ing jobs.
Centralization of Government
Power: The increasing power of
the federal government is a "creep
ing paralysis" and a greater dan
ger to freedom than the atomic
bomb.
Labor: “The interests of labor
and management in most situations
are identical. We need more eco
nomic understanding and working
arrangements which will bind man
agement into a far tighter coop
erative unit.”
Democracy: “Human dignity,
economic freedom, individual re
sponsibility, these are the charac
teristics that distinguish democracy
from all ’ other forms devised by
man.”
Free Enterprise: “When shallopr
critics denounce the profit motive
inherent in our system of private
enterprise, they ignore the fact
that it is the economic support of
every human right we possess and
; that without it all rights would dis
appear.”
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bucket was brought into operation
It lifted bucketful after bucket
full of debris out of the ruffes and
loaded it on to six truce; which
carried it to a special dump where
it was searched for bodies.
The brick veneer building bad
housed about 48 persons. The firp
broke out about 4 am. and swept
rapidly through the building. Min
utes later, the celling and inside i
floors collapsed, trapping many of :
those inside.
Firemen with the crane concen- <
trated their efforts on the north- i
era half of the ruins where a main i
hallway and stairwell had been It '
was believed most of the bodies
were hidden in that part of the I
rubble where the victims were trap- i
ped as they tried to flee the flam- i
ing structure. i
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Dewar Joins
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release from the service that ha <
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paration should do a better job.”
THREE HAVE MA DEGREES
Proffit pointed out that of the
three Negro teachers who hold Mas
ters degrees, two of this number
work in high schools and one is
an elementary teacher. Os the 012
A certificate holders, 22 are in
high schools and 80 in elementary
schools. There is only one B cer
tificate holder employed in Negro
schools.
The two teachers assigned to the
Indian school hold B certificates.
Out of the county’s total 289
white teachers, 80 work in high
school and 203 in elementary
schools. The 239 A grade certifi
cate teachers are divided as fol
lows, 82 in high schools and 157 in
elementary schools.
The county still has 32 B certi
ficate holders teaching in white
schools, one in high school and 31
in elementary schools. In addition,
there are nine C grade certificates
among white teaching personnel,
all in elementary schools. One
teacher holds an elementary A cer
tificate and another an elementary
B certificate.
Profit explained that an A grade
certificate means that, a teacher
has attended and graduated from
a standard four-year college, has
taken prescribed education courses
these, and has dome supervised
I teaching before receiving a degree
"A wide range of schools and
colleges is represented in our fac
ulties,” Proffit said, “and we always
encourage our teachers to take re
fresher courses and pursue gradu
ate or special studies.”
New Mercury
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and grille into one massive unit—
and wider, deeper windows with
curved Mono-pane windshield and
wrap-around rear window that give
up to 17 per cent more visibility!
The interiors are as advanced in
style and design as the exterior.
They are “Space-planned” for your
driving comfort, with wider seats
and increased passenger room.
There’s a new "Interceptor” Instru
ment panel that has controls and
instruments arranged for easier,
more convenient use. And new
“Suspension-mounted” pedals that
give you a draft-free, “foot-free”
front compartment.
Mercury’s famous V-8 engine now
has 125 horsepower, with a higher
compression radio of 7.2 to 1 for
even better fuel economy and
greater response. In combination
with its power teammate, the own
er-proved Merc-OMattc Drive, it
gives you a driving ease and smooth,
ness that is unbeatable!
Deadline Near
For Tax Listing
Berles C. Johnson, Harnett Coun
ty Tax Supervisor today remind
ed Harnett County citizens that
January is the month to list tax
es and that most of the month is
gone.
Johnson would like for the neg
ligent tax payer, who so far has
failed to list to put a string around
his finger to remind him to go and
see his list taker, this week.
“Remember "Johnson wild, “that
under the law failure to list taxes,
either poll, or bn real and personal
property, is considered evidence
that the oversight Is willful. The
County Commissioners are requir
ed to present the names of all
such persons, firms and corpora
tions to the grand jury. •
During the last term of Harnett
Superior Court indictments were
returned by the grand jury be
cause of failure to list taxes and
convictions resulted In the trials
that followed.
v CHAIN SNAKED CHILD
KOUTS, Ind. m—Four-year-old
Elizabeth Werner was injured by a
chain attached to a tractor when
it wrapped around her and aqueea-l
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changes to make it one of the newest* of the new cars. The public is extended an
invitation to visit Auto Sa!es and Service Company and see and inspect the new
Mercury.
Pfc. James Fox
Is Wounded In
Korea Fourth Time
Pfc. James C. Knox, son of Mrs.
W. B. Knox has been wounded the
second time in Korea. Being wound
ed October Bth, 1951 and returned
to duty November 8, serving with
the Second Division until January
12th, he was wounded in the left
shoulder. In a hospital in Tajon, he
reports "they are taking good care
of me for they have American
nurses here."
Dunn Seamen At
San Diego Center
Undergoing recruit training at
the U. S. Naval Training Center,
San Diego, Calif., are two Dunn,
N. C., seaman recruits. USN, James
E. Earp, Jr„ son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Earp of Route 3. and Joseph
A. Palmer, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Palmer of Route 3.
This initial training includes in
struction in such fields as sea
manship, fire-fighting, gunnery,
signaling, and other courses de
signed to make the recruit well
versed in every phase of Navy life.
Upon completion of their 11-
week training period at the train
ing center, graduates are askgned
to duty stations with the Fltet or
at Navy shore stations, or are* sent
to service schools for advanced
technical training.
Chinese
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Chinese may get out after an arm
istice is signed.
SOME PROGRESS
A U.N. spokesman said that the
staff officers’ conference on arm
istice supervision terms had mada
some progress when the meeting
adjourned.
At the same time the staff offi
cers met, a conference was held
on the y. N. plan for exchange of
Korean war prisoners-. The Reds
declared that the plan was not
acceptable to them and objected
again to the voluntary repatriation
clause.
By using tractors, farmers now
plant corn twice as fast as they did
20 years ago.
Corset Booster
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Walter Winchell
Will Take Rest
MIAMI BEACH IIP Walter
Winchell, peppery columnist and
commentator, told his radio aud
ience last night he is on the verge
of collapse and must “take a com
plete rest for at least a month."
“I have been working under
terrific pressure,” Winchell said.
“The doctors told me I am on the
verge of collapse . . . that I have
to stop at once or there might
be some unhappy news . . . to
morrow, this week or next week.
“It is a terrific shock to me to
know that.”
Winchell, who reports on New
York happenings from Miami
Beach during the winter season,
said two heart specialists ordered
him to “end all my professional
activities at once.”
It will mean discontinuance of
his newspaper column and regu
lar Sunday night broadcasts, he
said.
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Jurist Blames
Nude Shows For
Sex Crime Rise
MIAMI illl Juvenile Judge
Walter Beckham today blamed the
raw nudity displayed at some
Gold (’oast girlie shews for a rise
in our sex offenses and child mo
lestations.
He charged many Miami strip
iters are “arousing men indule,”
and urged police to force the
“take-it-off” girls to keep a little
more on.
“Many of the girl shows here go
the limit, which is very often 100
far,” said Beckham. "\ye have
some of the wildest shows in the
nation.
Judge Beckham said an increase
in the number of bump-and-grind
nightspots has been reflected in
the lising frequency of attacks on
women and children.
The judge’s statement came al
most simultaneously with a re-
PAGE THREE
Russell Thinks
Congress Will
Pass UMT Bill ,
WASHINGTON (IP).
Chairman Richard B. Rus
sell .of the Senate Armed
Service Committee predict
ed today that Congress will
j approve universal military
j training this year.
The Georgia Democrat said there
Is "no conflict” between the Jjges
ent draft law and an immediate
sta-t on UMT, He pioposed that
youths b» called up at age 18 for
six months of UMT training,, and
I then recalled at about 20 to com
pioje the full two-year service're
quired for draftees.
’ The Senate military leader.out
lined his views in a copyrighted in
terview with U. S. News & Wprld
Repo -t rraga7ine as the House Arm
j ed Services Committee neared - the
i end of its lengthy public hearings
I on UMT.
| URGED BY VETERANS ■
Five major veterans organiza
tions urged the committtee 'today
to start UMT immediately. Had it
been adopted sooner, they said, few
er World War II veterans would
have had to go back into unjfprm
to fight in Korea.
Chairman Carl Vinson (D-Ga.)
forecast that the house group will
soon approve a bill to create'hi six
months training program foe
year-olds, without specifying exact
ly when it should go mlo effect.
SHORT DISAGREES '
But Rep. Dewey Short (R-lito.),
ranking GOP member of Vinson’s
committee, said opposition to UMT
is growing, and voiced confidihce
that the bill will be defeated on'the
floor.
GOING TO ILLINOIS
Mrs. W. R. Jernigan Jr. has left
for Chanute FField, 111. where''her
husband is stationed. She wi!| re
side there for the present time. - ■
| port that an attractive, 31-year
j old Miami matron had been fcM
| napped and criminally attacked’!)?
three youths.