+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 “ (Continued On Page Three) 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. statTnews 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 (CssUssfd Ob Page Three' 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 r Ayr I, 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 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 (Continued On Page Three) 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 (Con tinned On Page Three) 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) ■ jfiUplii'riOu ‘is— I EGOS AND FOCLTRT RALEIGH