+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
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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
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
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