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CHAMBER' PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES NEW DIRECTOR President Clarenee E. McLatub,
? right. of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce, is shown here as he extended congratulations to Locke
Muse, left, upon his election as a director of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce. Mr.' Muse, prominent
young business and civic leader and manager of the local A. and P. Store, was named to succeed
Otis Warren, a retirin' director. The chamber board is now busy mapping out a program of activities
for the year. (Daily Rocoru photo by T. M. Stewart).
McCormick Heads Treaty Forces
(#'WASHINGTON (IP President
Truman today directed Adm. Lynne
D. McCormick. Atlantic Fleet com
mander, to take over as supreme
Allied commander of the North
Atlantic Treaty forces in the At
lantic.
Mr. Truman wrote McCormick
that he is to take charge of “this
new International command.'' 1
“I «m informed," Mr. Truman |
said, ‘ttbat the standing group of
concerning your responsibilities and i
authority as the s’mreme Allied
commander, Atlantic.”
FULL AUTHORITY
The President gave McCormick
authority to use whatever military
personnel and federal civilian em
ployes he considered necessary.
McCormick's first act in his new
post -was to appoint British Vice
Adm. Sir William Ardrewes as his
deputy commander. Ardrewes is
®omrr,antler of the British naval for
ces in the West Inc'ies.
McCormick, 56- vear-o;d veteran )
submariner, said thr.t the remain- i
der of his staff will be “an Inter
national one.” He will set up h*s
NATO headorarters at Norfolk, Va„
where he also has headquarters as
commander cf the Atlantic Fl-et..
THe Defense Department said
McCormick will be on equal basis 1
with Oen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, [
supreme Allied commander in Em- I
‘.•ope. in the NATO military com
mand structure.
One of the primary test of Mc-
Cormick’s command,, the depart- |
ment said, will be to ,keen North j
Atlantic sea lanes open “for the
flood of men and supplies, needed |
in the event of open conflict" in!
Europe and to support Elsenhower’s I
Western Eurr>tv»ar> def-ose forces” I
“in every other possible way.”
•truck And Auto
In Collision
A truck With air brakes stopped I
at a traffic ll'ri't on Ellis Avenue, j
Two cars direetlv behind the truck |
failed to stop. The truck emerged j
unscathed, but the cars were wreck- .
ed.
According to police records- of
accident, which happened at 5 o’-
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Jimmy Stewart Doesn't Like
His Role In Williams Film
HOLLYWOOD. James Stewart,
playing the cole of David Marshall
a” (Carbine)” Williams, ex-convict,
•who while serving a stretch with
a chain rang revolutionised the
modem firearms Held, snorts no
ordinary general-issue uniform but
one specially tailored to his rangy
frame. The North Carolina prison,
where Carbine sewed- sent to
Hollywood e generous selection of
its striped raiment but either the
coats or the trousers of all" were
too small or too large for Jimmy
So the MQM tailors rushed in
the material and fixed
•him up with a nifty outfit that
b0 tD 'LZ
the set m technical aonser, to rmwe
•B eyebrow. m f .
(ihv JBailtj Jlttnrfr
TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 DUNN, N. C. t WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 30, 1952
Thief Blames Homebrew,
But Gets Year On Roads
Jackie 81oau, 17, of near Lilling
tdn. who Mitered a plea of guilty
ja larceny wsterdaa in Harnett Re-
LfcWler’s 9oUW bi«Mtf.» *iUrn “a jar
.roFnomeSrewr Him ngiWtjiid to
]l3 months on the roads. T
J “I wouldn't have done it if I
] hadn't been drinking,” the boy told
Vice-Recorder M. O. Lee as the
j vouthful defendant admitted taking'
| five bars of wheat from Carlos
Lanier. Bunnlevel, Route 1 on Jan
uary 21 and later trying to sell the
wheat to S. V. Stevens, Broadway
miller.
However. Sloan’s record was
against him. Four years ago. in
1948 Sloan was convloted of break
ing and entering the Lillington
| Furniture Store and stealing watch
i es and other jewelry. Later he was
implicated in a break-in at Ad
cock's service station. Sloan has
served time at the reformatory and
Doughton, 88, To
Seek Another Term
By ROBERT A. ERWIN
Record Correspondent
| WASHINGTON. -» The'dean of
i the North Carolina delegation in
I Congress, the state’s “grand old
I voung man” Robert L. (Farmer
j Bob) Donvhton. of Laurel Springs
agreed todav to nm for a 27nd
consecutive term as Representative
?-om the Ninth North Carolina
1 District.
A formal Donohton statement
j was forthcoming this morning, P"t
--■ Mng to rest, rumors that he might
I finallv decide to retire to the stock
'arm that h» left to come to Crn
! cress in 1911 after wresting his
4)strict from Republican control.
S‘n3<* th*t time Farmer Rob has
1 -erved longer tiusn any nthe- man
as chairman of the powerful tax
including a 'huge jeweled belt
buckle, two live guns and a re
ported thousand dollar* in bank
notes wound around his mldriffi
Carbine this week experienced one
of the most satisfying occasions
in his momentous life Hl* onl»
child. 13-year-old David Marshall
Williams. Jr. arrived from New
York to visit his father. He got
here lust in time for. hi* dad to
Cfrt-n*. whwe inratUon hit w
in the state penitentiary and on
the roads. f
“It is tiifie for you to stop USs
—»->-»- —•—-» t-i-t
‘phHdlah s%ntt *‘lwHnmWvf
said Judge Lae. “But you told the
truth about this and 1 am giving
you half the maximum sentence.
When you get out I want you to
(get a job and go to, work."
OTHER CASES
Other' cases, chief trai .eo
lations, were dispatched as follows:
Thomas Wilbur Cummins, tend
ered plea of guilty to careless and
reckless driving, which the State ac
cepted. Cummins was sentenced to
60 days on the roads, suspended two
years on payment Os 535 and costs.
Billy Bryce Wiggs. guilty to pass
ing in face-oncoming traffic, 30
days on the roads, suspended on
payment of costs and cm condition
I Continued On Rage Three)
writing House Ways and Means
Committee and. with one excep
tion, longer consecutively in eith
er branch of Congress than any
other man.
That one exception is his Demo
cratic colleague from Illinois. R*p.
Adolpf J. Babath, chairman of the
House Rules Committee, who came
• to the House in 1911, four years
ahead 'of Mr. Doughton.
WORKS LONG DAYS
As has been the case for a num
ber of years. Farmer Bob’s decision
to run again war based on the
fact that he is still able to work
i an extra lon* workday at the Capi
tol and seldom ever to lose any
time on account of tllnens.
In his statement, he said: “Re
irmHimpi Do rate Throe)
retiring. But he does want to point
up to tha boy. through Jimmy Bte
dart’s faithful impersonation, that
old Carbine, while an ex-eon and
all that sort of thing, really had
something big on the ball, not only
jiharacter in
“iSa iTan Judge tlitols‘ for
himselL^Jtut^f or David. I^want
Reds Wen t Give In On POWs
Harnett Red
Cross Group
To Map Drive
The Harnett County Red Cross
Chapter will meet on Friday. Feb
ruary 1. at Vp.m. at the Lining
ton Commitnlty Center to chart, the
future of the organization which
serves the 'western half of the
county or all of Harnett except the
vicinity of Dunn-Erwin.
Sidney Howell, chapter president
and Selwyn O’Qulnn. chanter treas
urer, have called the meeting. “T s
'•on are willing to help see thet f'e
Red Cro«»-organization li"»= i n
oountv. then you will attend this
meeting ” Howell said in letters tr
ued to community leaders in var
ious -sections of the countv.
“This is not a meeting of officers.”
said Howell. “Bring your friends
and neighbors. Every interested cit
izen whether he has ever held an
office In the Red Cross or not is
urged to attend.
HOWELL CITES NEED
“March.” Howell added, “is the
month of the Red Cross fund drive
For the past three years, the Har
nett chapter has failed to meet its
quota due to lack of interest. As our
Armed Forces have increased, so
has the responsibility of the Red
Cross.
“The home service program has
remained active, Howell explained,
due to the fact that Mrs. J. B.
Gourlay, home service chairman,
has donated her services and has
been using her home as an office.
Some changes must be made if we
are to meet adequately the respon
sibility of our chapter to boys who
are in service.”
Miss Susie Edgerton, senior field
representative for the Southeastern
Area, and Miss Antoinette Beastev
area fund drive representative, will
be-ptfssnt to consult with commun
ity leaders.
ww
Warns Motorists
Corporal Rommle Williamson,
head of the Haro*.. ,ty High
way Patrol today w motorist'
Who have not pur< 1952 lic
ense plates to do ' >nce.
If 1952»license have not
been purchased ; close of
business January sot drive
as alj drivers w - not ob
tained their new ’ . 11 be sub
ject to prosecu'. •
Corporal Will . states that
•special instruct: . nave gone out
to all Highway .trolmen to begin
'trict enforcen - it after midnight
on January 31
Motorists b -e been unusually
"low this yea and since Monday
the licence plate sales at the Pur
die Equipment Company here have
zoomed. The office will continue
to maintain its hours of from 9:00
a.m. until 4:00 pjn. and until noon
on Saturday.
Corporal Williamson reports that
-ome cars have been seen display
ing 1951 and one 1952 tag. This
too. he point* out, is a violation.
Gnly one plate is I "sued this year
and both of the old plates are to
be discarded.
SPEAKS TO CLASH
John Thomas, who is well known
for the reputation he made as the
M.OOO-a-year manager of Wilson’s
Chamber of Commerce, and now a
member of The Dunn Dispatch
staff, addressed journalism students
at Campbell College this week.
BULLETINS
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WASHINGTON (?) Henry W. Grunewald, the “my
stery man*’ who won’t talk, and William Power Maloney,
the lawyer who may have talked too much, were almost
certain to be cited for contempt today by the House Ways
and Means Committee.
CAIRO, Egypt m Aly Maher Pasha, new Egyp
tian premier, met todav with Ui S. Ambassador Jefferson
Caffery in what may be the Start of negottatiens with
Western powers Is end the Angts-Egyptfaur Sims Canal
dispute.
shot down Mm Communist MIG-15 }e : plane in fMgwi
Hire the? flowed in its five state rampage
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AT WORK ON COMEDY Catherine McDonald, author of The Carolina Piaymakers’ musical
comedy. “Spring For Sure,” shares s tough with composer Wilton Mason, at the right, and director
John W. Paker. Miss McDonald: had Just reworked s comedy line in the script. “Spring For Sure”
is being sponsored in Buies Creek by Campbell College Concert Association for one evening perfor
mance in the D. Rich Memorial Auditorium on the campus of Campbell College Feb sth Tickets
are available now ut (Campbell CoHege.
Polio Figure Now At $3,408
Mrs. Sasser \
Gets Divorce
Awaits) Hubby
ATLANTA W Mrs, Agnes Dix
on . today awSßed her. first hus
band’* return Trqm. st prisoner of
war. camp after a court freed her
from an “Enoch Stttjen” triangle
that saw her twice. a • bride and
once a “widow” in the -space of
eight months.
Superior Court Judge E. E. An
drews granted the shapely. 22-year
old blonde an annulment here yes
terday ending her second marriage
to Pfc. William Sasser.
(Sasser b a first cousin of Mrs.
Alsev Johnson of Dunn.) l
She sighed with r*b#f as Andrews
ruled she “entered Into the pur -
ported marriage . . . conscientious
ly believing her first husband to be
dead.”
“I hate you all.” she told report
ers as she rushed from the eourt
room with her attorney. “I have
nothin* at all to uy to you.”
At Font McPherson here, the
man whose marriage Was doomed
before It began also refused to be
interviewed. “No comment no pic
tures. no nothing,” said Sasser, of
LaOrange, N. C.
The real-Use “Enoch Arden”
rtorv had a reverse twist. Pvt.
Walter Dixon, the third man, prob
ably does not know of his wife’s
remarriage.
The fictional Enoch, a shipwreck
ed seaman, learned of his wife’s
remarriage without her knowing he
was alive. He went away after de
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FIVE CENTS PER COPT
this morning indicate 1
that Ulfe March of Dimes in Har
nett Obunty la nearing its
reports are difficult to
secure, but incomplete report, have
been received by co-chairman Rev.‘
Ted Williams of Lillington. and
James Glover of Erwin.
One section in the western /irea,
Benhaven. has exceeded its quota.
Rev. Mr. Williams reports, and the
total for. this community will be
more than *509.
’ • Events such as the house to
house canvass in Lillington and
the Mother’s March on Polio in
Dunn have pushed these commun
ities clow to their quotas. Dunn
has' approximately $3,408 of its
$3,860 quota according to treasurer
Jack Hemingway.
SHOW AT CENTER VIEW
The proceed, of the motion pic
ture show . tomorrow (Thursday)
night at the Center View Drhre-in
Theatre ylll be contributed to the
March of Dimes through generosity
of Hal Jordan, owner of the the
atre. The movie attraction will be
‘The Admiral Waa A Lady;’’
Receipts In Erwin are approxi
mately *2.000. it waa reported by
co-chairman Glover. With the mon
ey in the coin collectors and the
amount still unrenorted by some
worker*, he to confident that Er
win will make its *2 400 auota.
Coats, he reports, has collected be
tween five and six hundred dollars.
If you have not already made
your contribution, get in touch
with your local committeeman. In
Dunn any member of the Jaycees
will acceDt your contribution, and
March of Dimes headquarters for
Dunn to at the Soda Shop.
Mqiyi, Daughter
May Have Died
In Bloody Duel
LOB ANGELES —*) Pslice
said today Mat an 62-vear-old
wwaaa and bar spinster daughter
fend dead In their Meed-Mat
tered hanw. nay have "fought to
the death.”
The bad tea es Mrs. Ottlße Spar
ing and %te M-year-nU daugh
ter. Delia, weed faand nearly nnde
(Centiaaed On rage Three)
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EGGS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH -m Today’s egg
and live poultry markets:
vw—, > —,,
try. rryen iqD orotien wnmy,
supplies adequate to plentiful, dc
sutmlies fnllv a mole demand fair*
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Cherry Th#aw§
His Support
To Umstead
GASTONIA (IP Former Gov.
.Gregg Cherry has tbrowp his sup
port. in the forthcoming, guber
natorial campaign to fenper u.
8. Sen. William B. Umstead of
Durham. • ■
Cherry, who supported Sen.
Willis Smith in th i bitter sens -
tortol campaign of 1956, Said yes
terday that he will support Um
stead in the race for the Demo
cratic nomination against Hubert
E. Olive of Lexington,- Manley
Dnnawav of Charlotte and Ernest
A. Gardner of Shelby.
Gov. Kerr Scott announced tost
1 week that he will back Olive.
Little Theatre
Tryouts Slated
Formal tryouts for the Dunn
Little Theatre production at Claudia
will be held Friday evening, beg
inning at eight o'clock, it; was an
nounced today by Jim McMillan,
assistant director.
McMillan said today that there i
had been considerable interest in! 1
the production and that rehearsals
will get underway as soon as a cast
to selected. Director Earl Olmstead
will pick this cast Friday evening.
Warren Favors Same
'4B GOP Platform
By LYLE C. WILSON
j (UP Staff Ceirespmident)
WASHINGTON Ml Gov. Earl
Warren of California campaigns for .
the Republican presidential nqmlftttJ
atton on the party's national plat-i*
form of 1949.
The Governor was teamed as vice 1 j
presidential nominee in 1949 with
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York.
They tost to President Truman and!'
Vice President Alben W. Barkley. 1
Recently discussing his own and
party policy. Warren said of the
1946 national platform:
“It has served as a guide port
to aw here in California and tt has [
assisted Republican government in J
to forward-took- j
He taligyeu “it would be fatal
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But Showing
Interest In
UN Proposal
PANMUNJOM. Korea OP) The
Communists refused stubbornly to
day to give any ground in the
truce deadlock over exchange of
Korean war prisoners.
Although the Reds “showed. In
terest” for the first time in the
United Nations proposal for a pris
oner exchange, a U N. .spokesman
said he was unable to report -any
progress at today’s 1 hour and 20
minute meeting.
Staff officers of the ComiminSit
and U. N. truce teams also mrtuto
continue study of the Aiiied bine
print for armistice superv’&ldn
terms. Their meeting lasted 3 hours
and 15 minutes. “*»*»
RESUME TODAY
Both the prisoner-exchange con
ferenj3 and the staff offteaxs’
meeting will resume at 11 a. ».
Thursday (10 p. m. Wesdnesday
EST.i
U.;N. spokesman Brig. Gen. Wil
liam P. Nuckols said the Commun
ists were “reasonably
their paragraph by paragraph-an
alysis of the prisoner exchange plan.
But the enemy indicated agreerttSrct
only on minor administrative de
tails. not the basic issue of volun
tary repatriation.
LEE MODERATE
Nuckols said remarks by North
Korean Major Gen. Lee Sang Cho
were relatively moderate but still
keyed to propaganda criticism and
“sharp carcasm” regarding U. N.
motives.
Lee continued to accuse the U.N.
of taking an “unreasonable and
obstinate attitude” on voluntary
repatriation, the demand for a par
ole for .returned prisoners guarani
teeing that they will not fight again
and*' the U. N.’s one-for-one ratio
“fate exchanging prisoners. “W
Tiiiman'c Airlb T
Human ) avuv
Denies He Is
A Communist
WASHINGTON «f> White House
aide Philleo Nash charged today
that Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy ac
cused him of being identified by
the FBI as a Communist because
l)is sister was one of the signer*
of a newspaper advertisement Crit
icizing McCarthy.
Nash denounced the Wisconsin
Republican’s charge as a "contemp
tible lie.” McCarthy made the ac
cusation in a Senate speech yes
terday.
“The accusation that I am ounsr
have been a member of the Com
munist party or have had anything
to do with the Communist move
ment is a contemptible lie.” Nash
said in a statement ”1 have .ab
solutely nothing to hide and never
McCarthy told the Senate that
FBI files show that Nash, who
handles problems affecting minor
ity groups, joined the Communist
party “in the early 1940’s*' He said
said a Canadian spy ring used
Nash’s Toronto home “as a ren-
Told of Nash's reply, McCarthy
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