+WEATHER*
NORTH CAROLINA Clear to
partly cloudy and warmer today, to.
night and Friday.
VOLUME n
Hoey Committee Blasts Boyle And Gabrielson
Three Major
Rivers Reach
'Flood Crests
By UNITED PRESS
Three major Eastern North Car
olina rivers reached flood Crests
Wednesday, spilling over their banks
and flooding lowlands but doing
little damage to industrial loca
tions.
Skies were clear again Wednes
day and the threat of further rain
diminished the possibility of any
fiajor flood damage in the values
f the Cape Fear, Neuse and Ro
anoke Rivers.
The Neuse reached its crest at
15.9 feet at Neuse this morning.
Flood stale there is 14 feet.
At Smtthfleld the Neuse was 163
feet with bank full stage of 13
feet and wns expected to rise to be
between 16.5
and tomorrow.
At. Goldsboro the Neuse reached
7.9 feet yesterday and is expected
hit between 14 and 15 feet to
morrow and Saturday. Bank full
stage at Goldsboro is 14 feet.
CAPE FEAR DROPS
The Cape Fear crested at 33.5
feet at Fayetteville yesterday and
this morning had dropped to 27.8.
The weather bureau estimated the
actual crest at 36 feet. The Cape
Fear crested at Elizabethtown at
26 feet, si* feet above flood stage
there.
A crest of 34 feet was expected
the Roanok» River at Weldon
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Man Is Frozen
To Death After
Boat Capsizes
SbdwHfWlib 81-i-A 44-ywr
•Ujiu peat* after a
Coroner J. D. CrW arid SSiT
Creech said >. E. Rote and
Lawrence Petersen were cheek
ing fish nets on Kelt’s Lake when
the small beat capsized. spiiUng
them Into the freezing water.
Beth swam ashore tat became
separated In the darkness. Pet
erson managed to reach a farm
house about 3 a.m. where he was
treated for shock and cold. He
led searchers back to the pend
§shm Rose's body was found
shortly after dawn.
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BRIEFS
RALEIGH. (W Five women
'Accused by the State Board of
Cosmetic Art Examiners of oper
ating beauty salons in their homes
In violation of board rules and
regulations were declared innocent
In city court here yesterday.
The prosecuting witness was
Mrs. Fannie Lee Layton who said
she had her hair done three times
In one day as part of her investi
gating duties.
Each defendant said she tided
hair for her neighbors or (family,
Aat for pay, tat as favors.
JACKSONVILLE. N. C. rtf)
Two small Negro children were
burned to death near Plney Green
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Lions Club Invites
•39 Ladies To Dance
Bids on behalf of the Dunn Lfcm*
Club have been mailed to 39 young
ladles' in six towns in the area
Inviting them and an escort to at
tend the Washington’s Birthday
dance sponsored by the Dunn civic
group, it was announced today by
Paid Heater, general chairman for
the event. •
_ The young ladies and the town"
•they will represent are as follows:
Lilllngton: Misses Virginia Riddle
Jeanette Atkina. Catherine Cross-
Hoffman, Louise McLauehlin. EUa
Turner Atkins and Jean McKay.
Varira: Misses Katherine Brown
Gats; Fuauay Springs. Misses Louise
Mary Lib Otephewten and Lota
Abloria Pearce.
TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 8119
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LILLINGTON BAPTISTS PLAN IMPROVEMENTS Plans for the enlargement and Improvement
of the Lilllngton Baptist Church, shown here, were announced at a recent congregational meeting.
Tentative plans call for a complete renovation of the auditorium, rearrangement of the choir loft
and additions at the front and the rear of the main structure. This church has enjoyed the most
rapid growth lr» the past few years of any church In the' county and has been constantly improfed over
the period. (Dally Record photo by T. M. Stewart),
Fiichett's Oil Co.
Is Host At .Event
* Pv.Ut y-.: A*.* V tiA-J*:* V’. ..
Dodson Rites I
Set For Friday
Afternoon
Mrs. Pearl 'Carolina Dodson, 71,
died early Thursday morning in
the Dunn Hospital. She suffered a
heart attack Wednesday afternoon
and did not recover.
She was a native of Conyers,
Georgia, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Augustus Born. She had
resided in Dunn with her son,
Paul A. Dodson for several years.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day afternoon at 3 o’clock from the
Cromartie Funeral Home with Dr.
George Cuthrell officiating. - Burial
will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Surviving are two sons, Paul A.
Dodson, New Bern; one daughter.
Miss Helen Dodson, Dunn: two
brothers, John K. Born. Atlanta,
Ga. and Jacob Born. Augusta, Qa.;
two sisters, Mrs. Myrtis Leach, At
tend, Ga.. and Mrs. Emory P. Mit
chell. Atlanta, Ga.; four grand
children. '. V
GOAL REACHED
d! P. Ray, Jr., chairman of the
Jackson Day dinner campaign In
Harnett said Mil that the coun
tv hi* reached Its <3M quota tat
“I am busy seeing to it that we
go above <tr qaota.”
‘M Pearl ASert. ’ ‘
Princeton: Misses Jean Gard- *
her. Grace Moore. Patay Ray, Betty
Holt. Virginia Maasey. Dorothy
Pittman and Ruth King.
Hester reports that - bids have
rn slow in coming in and he urg
the members of the Lions Club
to turn lq the bids aa fast M they
*re received in, order that he may
get in touch with the out-of-tofn
quests as soon as possible.
\ Any resident of Dunn is entitled
tea bid which will 'igrtude five
dht-of-toten guests. The Dunn res
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(Eh? Batin IXttnrfr
[Tear'two engineers of SetanyW-i
uum Oil Co., gave more than J. 50
I guests at a Flying Red Horse Party
held under the sponsorship of the
Fitchett Home Oil Co., information
on ways of preventing undue wear
last night '
One of the engineers, Mr. Rhein
hardt, outlined the progress of the
petroleum industry since the first
oil well, only 59 feet deep, was drill
ed by hand in Titusville, Penn
sylvania by Edward Grace in
1859.
In 1886. he related, Hiram Evans
of Rochester, N. Y. discovered the
vacuum method of distilling and
in 1882 Standard Oil Co„ of N. Y.
was'formed to market the product.
'The only petroleum products, for
which there was a market in these
early days, he related, were kero
sene and naphtha and it was not
until 1904, when the motor car
came into being, that there was a
demand for gasoline and heavier
petroleum products.
The flying Red Horse and
the Cocoa - Cqla insignia are
the best known trade - marks
in the world,” he declared
Mobile products are sold in
every country in the world ex
cept Russia and its satellites. Fifty
percent of the farm machinery
manufactured specifies Mobilbil
cause the manufacturers* know
this product can be obtained in any
country”
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Center VieW To
Give Money Fsr
March Os Dimes
Ftetrans at the Crater-View
Drive-In Theatre tonight, wUI net
only see an excellent comedy fea
ture “The Admiral Was a Lady”
with Edmond O’Brien and Wanda
• Hendrix, tat will be making a
contribution to tho March of
Dlumte % it •> T i
Hal Jordan, manager of tlto
. theatre, 4me agreed to can tribute
the prehaeds of tonight’s show to
the polio drive. The receipts will
be.tented ever to the Dunn Jay
cees aa part at the Dunn quota.
The Jaycees urge local families
to driye out to tta Crater-View
tonight and help put the Dunn
polio drive ., , ~
37 Harnett Mtn f
To Bo Examined 1
1 Miss Helen Hoffman, dark to
the Harnett County! Draft Board
ion for 37 men.
On February 12, thd county draft
» toon $U> the
paring .yicstkmnAtrew to be mailed
dunn, n, c; Thursday afternoon, January Ti, 1952
'52 Ford Goes
On Display 3
The big 1952 Ford, hailed as “the
greatest car ever built in the low
price field,” will go on display
Friday in the showrooms of Auto
Sales and Service Co. in Dunn.
In announcing, the showing to
day, President Henry H. Sandlin
pointed out that Ford is one of the
few new model automobiles offer
ing a complete change this year.
This is the Oolden Anniversary
of the Ford Motor Company and
the 1952 Ford is considered a tri
bute to the pioneer automobile
firm.
MANY NEW FEATURES
A big feature of this new Ford,
aside from its many improvements
from front to rear bumper, is
Ford’s completely new 101 horse
nower. Both are available with per
formance-proved Fordomatlc Drive.
The 1952 Ford brings riding com
fort new to the low-prioe field. With
front springs tailored to the weight
of each model, longer rear springs
and diagonally mounted shock ab
sorbers, Ford’s automatic ride con
trol for ’52 gives smooth, easy rid
ing—a level ride on straightaways,
an even keel on curves.
Both the new Ford Mileage
Maker Six and the Stato - Star
V-8 have the exclusive Ford Auto
matic Power Pilot. This complete
ly integrated, carburetion-ignltion
combustion system gives high-edm
pression “go’ ’on regular gas, which
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BULLETINS
ZURICH, Switieriand (V) The Swiss Airlines claim
ed a new Transatlantic crossing record today with a
flight from New York to Geneva in 13 hdbrs and 87 min- i
rites by a Douglas DC-68. i
BOSTON Iff) A textile' industry publication said 1
today that the once vital woolen-worsted industry is dead !
« New England. E. Howard Bennett, editor and publisher f
of America’s Textile Reporter, said editorially that the i
industry was doomed by the area’s “unbearable taxes
rhU the miserable professional labor leadership.”
WASHINGTON Os Rep. Thurmond Chatham (D
--NC) has announced he will be a candidate for re-election
to Congress froA the Fifth District this year. Chatham
lhws in Elkin, N. ’ J
at y the first signs of new dis^uhanc^ 0 * 8 *****
Truman Says
He Won t Enter
Any Primaries \
WASHINGTON (IF j
President Truman said today
that he would have his name !
removed from the New I
Hampshire presidential pri-!
mary, but added that this
does not indicate his plans
for the future.
The President told newsmen'that
if he decided to become a candi
date for re-election, he would not
have to enter any primaries.
He told his weekly news confer
ence that all of these primaries
would be Just so much eyewash
when the Democratic national con
; mention meets.
;r LEAVES KEFAUVER
. The President’s decision will
| leave Sen. Estes Kefauver <D-Tenn>
alone to the Democratic presiden
tial primary in New Hampshire.
Mr. Truman said the reason he
was withdrawing was because there
was no sense as he saw in beuif
entered in any preference primary.
Hie President for the first time
, in many weeks evidenced some dis
pleasure about playing the ques
tion-and-answer game with report- ,
ers over his possible 1952 plans.
He said enough questions had
been asked on that subject and he
suggested that it be dropofei since
there were so many other import
ant things to be discussed.
Told that the state Democratic
’ committee of Pennsylvania had ask
i ed him to stand for re-election, the
President said this was being done
. all over the country but that he
would nqt make any announcement
until h* la ready.
DENIES REPORTS
He denied thtarMiy “Stop Ke
’ was asked hofv lie ,
felt about the application of the
new constitutional limitation on two .
terms for a President. Mr. Truman '
is exempt from the limitation. H®
said he thought the tew was all
right but that technically he had
been in the White House only one
term.
To be on the safe side, reporters
asked the President whether he had
made anv decision about the sena
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Lillington Firm
Is Named In Suit
Harnett County Farm Agent C. 1
; m Ammons and Mrs. Ammons, i
’ trading as the Superior Seed and 1
Feed Company, have been named)
defendants in a civil action brought
■ aralnst them bv Van Wert Match
eries of Van Hert, Ohio.
1 The hatchery is suing to collect i
: 81,100 for baby chicks, allegedly sold i
1 the Ullinaton business partner be- I
tween February 18, 1949 and May I
24. 1881. . ,
In a complaint which wa« filed ■'.
• on January 28 with the office of I
the clerk of court, the plaintiffs I]
1 contend that no part of the 11.100 |.
' j has been raid, “or in any manner i
settled.” The hatchery asks for I'
payment of the 81.100. plus Interest i!
and costs of the action. i:
5Ar. and Mrs. Ammons discon- •
> tinued operation of the seed store 1 1
several months ago. i
FIVE CENTS FER COFI
»19 YEARS TO CHECK U. S. BUDGET j
nip
at
ip
II 1 THE $83,444,000,000 REQUESTED by President Truman for the 1952
budget were in one dollar bills, It would take Catherine C. Heath
(above) and 169 other currency examiners at the Bureau of Rioting
and Engraving In Washington almost 19 years to check the money.
Each of the 170 checkers at the bureau processe* approximately 6,000
. uncut sheets of 12 bills per working day. (International Exclusive)
Dunn Lady Accuses
Husband Os Cruelty
Clyde Averette Bryant of Dunn
has filed papers, in the office of
the clerk of a civil
action'tegainst hdtkjtasbond, Sam
Bryan tt for
itetemraj Kaye?flsnd Jujyftye
3. i ,
Mrs. Bryant contends In the com
plaint that her husband has been
guilty of “cruel qnd barbarous
treatment.” She specifies that he
has cursed and abused her, threat
ened her life, refused to allow her
to go to church, and required her
to work seven days a week.
She cites the fact that she was
twice hospitalized in the fall due
to his ill treatment and that on
January 22 he struck her with
hands and fists, blacking both eyes
and inflicting wounds on her body,
but that he refused to allow her to
leave the house, telling her it she
left, he would kill her.
1 Later the next day she contends
I in the complaint the wife went to
1 the home of her brother where she
i has remained with her children.
! NOW WORTH MONEY
j The complaint sets forth the con
i tention that at the time of thetr
i marriage the husband had little
I wealth tat since that time has ac-
I cumulated considerable property,
largely due to her efforts. She
I points out that In addition to he
j household dutfes and care of two
| children "she ha? kept a store daily
i for her husband. She contends that
j Bryant has sold real estate in ex-
I c«ss of 840.000, personal properties
of 87,500, and recently sold farm
i tends for 86.000 cash. She claims
, that his yearly Income is in ex
j ce«<> of 87.500.
Mrs. Bryant asks the court for
regular payments for her and the
children and fees for counsel.
Citizens Worry
About Graft And
Aide* To Vatiran
WASHINGTON. North Caro-;
Unions are concerned most about
the nnc» proposed Vatican appoint
ment. Universal Military Training, j
taxes and coruption in government,
according to. a survev of the thous
ands of nieces of mail received bv!
Senator Willis Smith's office dur
ln» the part four weeks. i
The proposed appointment at an >
ambassador to the Vatican caused!
more Tar Heel letters to toe Sen-1
< Continued Os rage Three)
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EGOS AND FOCLTRT
RALEIGH <p Today’s egg and!
The Record 1
Is FIRST
In Circulation . . New*
Photos . . Advertising
Comics .. Features
Most of Court
Vehicle Cases
Driving in a manner that
attracted the attention of
police here proved costly for
three defendants who were
hailed into City Court, one
on charges of drunken driv
ing and having no operators
license and his companions
for drunkenness.
Carlton Lee Strickland, the driver,
admitted that he had never had a
license, although he knew he should
if he Intended to drive. He plead
ed guilty to both charges.
He was given four months, sus
pended on payment of $125 and
costs, with the recommendation
that he not be issued a license for
12 months. In addition, he was or
dered to pay the Dunn Hospital
$5.50 for patching up injuries he
sustained by falling from his bunk
in jaU.
His companions. Noah McCullin
and L. A. Britt pleaded guilty to
public drunkenness and were given
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Stassehs Platform
Is A Vigorous One i
By LYLE F. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON (W President
Harold E. Stassen of toe University
of Pennsylvania is asking toe Re
; publican presidential nomination on
a sound currency platform,
i Stassen is toe onlv candidate so
j far to propose a return to some
kind of gold standard money. 1
' He holds that the countinulng I
, slump in the purchasing power of |
| the U. S. dollar is toe most seri
i ous threat to national welfare. He
compares the Truman administra-j
Lion and its money policies to]
I “clumsy visitors playing with,
.matches in a hay barn.” 1
DETAILED PROGRAM
The Stassen program hr being]
NO. 40
Report Asserts - I
Party Leaders ~ J
Lacked Candor
WASHINGTON (IP! The -.J
Senate’s permanent investi
gating committee sharply
criticized former Democrat
ic National Chairman Wil
liam M. Boyle Jr. and Re
publican Chairman Guy
George Gabrielson today for
their dealings with the RFC.
In a unanimous bipartisan re
port, the committee cleaved both
men of any illegal actions. But it
said they left themselves open to
| suspicion when they should have -
bent over backwards to avoid "that :
tvpe of activity which might, lead A
the public to susn«rt chicanery.”
BARS LITHOFOLD -
Thp committee reserved Its
j harshest judgments for the Ameri- J
; can Lithofold Corp. of St. Louis,
which Boyle reoresented as attor- ■•.'4l
j nev while serving as unpaid vice .i||j
i chairman of the Democratic com- vjra
I mtttee.
The senators accused the Litho
fold firm of seeking to “corrupt” |
government officials, and reoom- =
mended that any company which
tries to exert such "improper in
fluence" should be "barred from 3
further business with the govern- 1
mert.”
BIPARTISAN AND UNAMIOUB
The 25-page report, filed in the
Senate by Chairman Clyde R. Hoey
D-NC., covered the committee's jji
lengthy hearings last year into
charges that Boyle and Gabrielson '|
had improper dealings With the ?j§
RFC. .
Boyler resigned his party chair- i||
tranship soon after the investiga
tion ended, for reasons of “health.” ( J
A number of Republican coHgtn**- ~2
m*t demanded that GaKrtekoagal- la.-4
st/quit. ten the OOP nattofta’
.«lt«yifflt479OTe hVaSwtfe |T ifiiP lffpl
fwence. , '
The- Senate committee said ■te fllM
found nothing "illegal or immoral" is
in Boyles activities while he was m
fContinued Or. Page Three) ,
Smith Skeptical 1
Over UHT Bill
WASHINGTON Senator WlHis . J
Smith said here this week that,be
has not decided how he will vote
on the proposals for setting’ Up M
Universal Military Training, sche
duled soon for study in the Senate.
But, he says there are plenty ofccSgl
fundamentals involved in such- a ,
program which could be
dangerous. ' S II
Senator Smith added that “ th*
status of the UMT legislation ’Jt
confused In the minds of many
Americans. There are many, he
said, who do not understand that - C
congress test June approved “in , .
principle” the idea of Universal
Military Training. When Public T w#uW
5! was enacted last June 19, Con- i
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