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? +WEATHEk+ NORTH CAROLINA Fair and slightly warmer today, fair and coal Main tonight. Saturday increasing ctondlnesa and wanner. . w VOLUME n . &£ B& * L| ggpl HH^^yjL HKfe ~ jfl HMRge JM I HP JM »4g* > ' y MSE& V *mm MWnr^^Blnlfri^M «hkkj.J[ iy~ "WmKSBSZ: ■ 48S» V H H| BK_ : " jnp f «-fe* fc * * : c~> s *$M H m ■ p 1 wL JfcJi R WAR VET WANTS TO WED RUSSIAN ln Elgin, 111., Korean war veteran Alfred Marline* shows hta fellow workers a picture of the woman he intends to marry. She is Lobov Domova (shown in cloae-np at t right with her daughter Sophia,) the only Russian said to be held by the United Nations Eprees in Korea. Held in an internment camp in Pusan, Lubov met and dated Martinez there. The «*-GI says he will go back to Korea to wed her if she is nd allowed to enter the United States. (United Press Radio Photo). Doffermyre Defends Jury Blues Writer Declares Negroes Being Misled m CLEVELAND, 0„ —OS— Bluet * composer W. C. Handy said today . that ; organisations trumpeting “social egualHy” are slowly taking the traditions away from the American Kegro musician. The 78-year-old composer of ‘'The St Louis Blues,” claimed the organisations “are taking the MjjWMraybnm us, and we're hhTr^d^eri” toga,” he said, “into a hog of pretense and Insincerity.” (all MIXED up ThetNSgf* la aH mixed up in tjfa the hMnrt compomr anther said. “He’s in a trap an# JUsing Axe On Girl Gets Man 90 Days George T. Leach will have 90 days to meditate on the futility of trying to settle an argument by using an axe 6n bis girl friend while he labors an the roads for his keep. The girl. Levaths McNeill, testi fied in court Thursday that when Wshe • came home from work she found Leach already there. As the ’ result of fan argument, die mid, Leach secured the axe and “draw ed it back” on her. Bhe said she seised the axe and triad to wrest It from the defendant but was unable to do so. The axe struck her head in the souffle in flicting a serious wound. She was unable to appear when the case was first called for trial tort Monday, said. ~ W Leach bad been in frequent brushes with the law and Judge H. Paul Strickland told.him that he felt a roid term might do him ‘pome, good. He sentenced him to, . Mam- • ■- ' Nelson Lee Heads Nelson Lee was elected Com mander of the William McLeod Post V of the Veterans of Foreign Wgra at a well-attended regular meeting held Wednesday night, at tha Dunn iunmug' *o ag NAMED I TELEPHONES: 3117 < 3118 . 3118 can’t see his way out We’re being confused by organizations which put the idea of ‘social equality’ above anything else, and too puny of us are getting mixed up wMh the Paul Robesons and the Communists.” *- Handy said he and Walter Whlti, leader of the NAA£P,' were “the best of. friends.” Handy has ,heea£mea>ber of the organisation 'films, he’s wrong? ''Handy said. "The Irish people have their humor. The Jewish have theirs. What’s wrong wKh the Negro having his?” » Handy said toat “to many (Continued On rage Three) Willie Chavis mugt serve a sen tence of six months, which had been suspended bn condition that he pay costs plus S3O monthly for the support of an illegitimate child when he was tried and convicted on February 1, 1961 on bastardy charges/ He was found to have become $207 to) In arrears in the payments he had been ordered to make to Lillie Thompson. Arrested on a capias, he was ordered to serve the term. Lillian K. Ammons was ajudged not guilty on charges of careless and reckless driving and damage to property. A capias was Issued for Louise Bass when she was called and fail ed to appear to answer charges of disorderly oooduet and assault. STRANGE MAN IN HOME When Mr?. C. ,W. Duncan found ,a strange man in the bed of one of ■Continued Oa P»-e Three) >• mmmk (£uv JJatlu tetttfa Defense Attorney Everette L. Doff ermyre today defended a Jury that acquitted a Dunn Negro woman on bootlegging charges, praised the ju rors for doing their duty and vig orously attacked those who seek to abolish the Constitutional system of justioe. Mr. Doffermyre was discussing the case of Mary Robinson, Dunn Negro woman, who was indicted and ar rested by an undercover agent of (he Dunn Police Department. The attorney said the criricism had come “from persons unfamiliar with court procedure who sought to mlsinteruret the trial.” SAYS EVIDENCE NOT THERE “I don’t-believe any jury $n the world would have, convicted that woman on me evidence.” declared ffieir'duly mitigated Tj> th&e who seek to be solicitor, lodge and j‘”-v * At the trial, Policeman Tom Aiken testified that he had Berry Allen, a taxi driver, take him to the home of the Robinson woman and that he went inside and bought a pint of bootleg whiskey for $2.60 Defense attorneys Doffermyre and Duncan Wilson put on Allen, the taxipian, who said the officer told (Cnnttmwwl On Pace Three) Clark May Run For Governor On Seareqation GREENSBORO I*l lndus trialist John W. Clerk, stormy petrel of the University of North Carolina board of Trustees, has 1 hinted he may enter the race for governor on a platform pledged to uphold segregation. Clark stirred vp a controversy when he Inquired about practices at the university which he said tend to break down segregation. He said the chief advantage of bis entering the May 31 primary “would be to give our neopie the onportonity to express themselves" about segregation. ♦MARKETS* EGGS AND POULTRY (RALEIGH lth TWay’s live poultry and egg markets: Central North Carolina live poul try: Fryers and Mutters steady, trading light, supplies adequate, demand fair to good: heavy hens about steady, supplies adeouate, demand fslj\ prices paid produc ers FOB ftffm: Fry*>rs and broilers 29, heavy hens 26-27, mostly 4*.' (Continued on page three) BFOiETIINS some strings to the'money to mkkTme Euro- I sole of yellow oleomargarine. New York became th» 41st DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7, 19»f Navy Robbed Os SIOO,OOO * ■ 1— ■■ —r“ : ... 1 Dedication Week Is Scheduled By Dunn Church Next week, March 9-lli, has been set aside as “Week of Dedication", by the Methodist Church through- : ou( America. This is the third year the denomination has called its members to the altar ih cOtnpletel dedication of self, substance and! service. Coming during jthe second week of Lent the wee? is a pre paration in mind, heart and soul for the Easter season! Thorough preparation has been made by com ■ mitteea a/'uointed by thwCouncil of Bishops. The week culnßhates with an offering on Sunday, March 16, for .Methodist Work in many lands. Offerings for the previous three ob servations have amounted to $2,619,410 in the 41,000 congrega tions. ■ Each local church is free to ob serve the week in any manner it chooses. The objective isr that "every Methodist member dedicate himself in some manner at his church al tar.” Rev. J. V. Early, pastor of Di vine Street Church, has elected to meet with a different group each night next week to lead them in dedication of themselves to God. THE SCHEDULE The schedule is as follows: Sunday. Mar. 9, 7:30 p.m. Even ing worship, with message for the ycung people with several of them participating. Public invited. Monday, March 10, 6:46 p.m. The Methodist Men in a Fellowship sup per. Tuesday, March 11, 7:30 p.m. Tho Woman’s Society and Wesleyan Guild. Wednesday. Mar. 12. 7:30 ,i.m Old Auhioned loge feast for the public*. /j Thursday, Mar. 13, 8:00 pm. The choir. i * Friday. March 14, 8:00 fm. Of ficeraand Teaches* Os the. Church 1 men’s Day service with Mr. Walter F. Anderson of Raleigh, guest.speak er. Sunday, March 16, 7:30 n.m. Mr. 1 Joe Leslie will conduct the final service of the week. ■ r ! Mystery Woman Still Secret About Her Name ■ The mystery of the identity of j Jane Doe remains a mystery as far as the Dann Felice Depart ment is concerned. The woman still flatly refuser to give officers any InformnMon regarding her identity, where she Is from, or where she was planning to go. Fognd wandering on the streets of Dunn early Tneaday morning, she was booked on vagrancy charges when she refused to rive an account of herself. She has since held fast to her determin ation not to reveal her identity. Chief George Arthur Jackson has forwarded her description to various state agencies who might give Information regarding her identity, hot so far the results have been nil. “She certainly must have some thing to hide,” Chief Jackson re marked. “If she were just hitch hiking through there would be no | reason for her to refuse to Iden tify herself.” . Hog fs Holding Drivers license sir. Paul, Minn, —m— A beg on the (arm of Jaaeph Regan, > River Falls. WML was probably tha anlv hog Unht country hotl ine a drivers Meonas today. i .... an told notice yesterday he eonMn*t show them, his license be (OMtHssni ten Sro-e There) i » J'.i a IgR REV. A. A. AMERINE of Dunn who has been selected as fund chairman for the annual drive for the Harnett County Chapter of the American Cancer Society. ; The drive for funds is scheduled to begin April 1 and run through that month. La. Democrats Fight Truman BATON ROUGE, La. (IB Louis iana’s Democratic Central Commit tee turned out the state’s two na tional party committeemen yes terday and replaced them with rep resentatives pledged to fight “Tni manism.’” First to be fired was Gov. Earl K. Long, brother of the late Huey Long and uncle of Sen. Rnsseil Long (D-La.). It was the second political de feat in three weeks for the gover nor and his once-powerful machine. OA Feb. 19 his hand-picked can didate was beaten in the Democra tic gubernatorial race. ’ t was ousted after a motion was introduced claiming she was guilty of “Trumanism.” Frank B. Ellis, Covington, La., attorney named to succeed Long, dedqred he “would not support President Truman or any of ”, his hand-picked successors. , ’“ITUs does not mean that we will go along with thf Dtxiecrats states’ rights movement. -It is dead. BUt we shall work on a national Scale for the return of constitutional demqerapy m this country” stati mws BRINS ia I WILSON im City officials ' said today they have signed an. agreement making WUkm Munici pal Airport here an auxiliary field for the use of air cadets based at Kinston. SOUTHERN PINES —(IP)— Meet officlals said today more than 40 entries are expected for. the Sonny brook Steeplechase and Race meet hare Sunday. Seven races have been (Continued On Page Three) w . , ■ . . —•* , FIVE CENTS PER COPY Tw.o Picked Up By Officials For Questioning CRANSTON, R. I. I*l Two men were picked up, by police' here to day and questioned about the SIM.MM robbery at Quonset Point. One said he was a worker at the naval air station there. QUONSET POINT, R. I. (W —T w o Halloween - masked gunmen staged a SIOO,OOO cash holdup of a credit un ion at this U.S. Naval Air Station today. The bandits seized the cash from credit union manager Gerald Lynch outside the building and fled in a green Oldsmobile sedan—past arm ed sentries at the main gate two and a half bloctcs away from the hoktnp scene. The sentries were unaware the robbery had taken place. The rob bers raced away along a highway outside the naval reservation. A civilian guard, who had followed Lynch to the building, gave chase in another automobile but soon was out-distanced. MONEY FOR PAYROLL Lynch had just obtained the cash from the disbursing office on the base for use in cashing Friday pay checks of civilian workers. The money, in bills of smaller denomination, was in several hags. It consisted of $40,000 in S2O bills $40,000 in $lO bills. $15,000 In $5 bills. $4,066 in 1 bills and SI,OOO in 50-,cent pieces. Road blocks were set up through out the state and an eight-state alarm was sent Jo police through out New England, New York and New Jersey. "I dfove up to the building in my cat-,” Lynch told police and FBI agents. “A jcivllan guard was following along (bahjnd me ip hte car. He got fat was gettutil tluLsiSer the car up.** «. ' j.jk £ ’ CARRIED REVOLVERS The bandits wore green dunga rees similar to Army or Marins' Corps fatigues and each carried a, revolver, believed of .38 caliber “We’re not kidding,” one robber told Lynch. The swiftly-executed hold-up was. so well-planned that police believed it might have been staged by men who had worked at tfie naval sta tion. ~V'V Drive Contest Is Extended The contest among teams of cany I vassers for the annual fund drive [of the Punn-Erwin Chapter of the ' American Red Cross will be ex- I tended until 8:00 pm., it was an nounced today by Fund Chairman O. W. (Billy) Godwin, Jr. The fund chairmen said that the extension was decided upon «t tpe request of canvassers who had beyn hampered in their work during the early part of the week by the in clement weather. Many of the'canvassers bad ask ed for an extension till Monday of (Cretiwasd on Pace Three) W* JP" re^Rßi k ' ,| St, j: : MYSTERY WOMAN Pictured here in the Dunn jail is a wo man, about 46 years old, who refuses to give police her name or tell them anything. at all about herself. She was arrested here, while reaming the streets of the town early Tuesday morning. Repeated , questioning by police has failed to break her down. Shell disease anything with them except information about herself. (Daily Record Photo by J, W. Tei^ptc^Jr). Action On Bill WASHINGTON <W President Truman demanded today that the Senate approve his proposed reor ganisation of the Internal Revenue Bureau if it really wants to do something about cleaning up corrup tion in government. In a letter to Vice President Al ben Barkley shortly before taking off on a Florida vacation, Mr. Truman said the vote on his plan would prove whether those attack ing his administration really wan clean government or are indulging in . politics. if was Mr. Truman’s second ap peal for Senate approval of bis plan to replace the present 64-poll tically-appointed Internal Revenue collectors with up ,to 25 deputy commissioners who would be under civil service. DEFEATED IN COMMITTEE The Senate's edmmitte on gov ernment operations has voted. 7 to 5, to disapprove it. The Senate is scheduled to take up the House approved plan Wednesday and vote on it. perhaps Thursday. The reorganization plan wtil be come effective automatically on (Continued on Page Three) NO. 67 Police Probe SI6OO Lost In Purse Here Police have been conducting, a search for the person wallet containing about sl,Bb63flMb Miss Janie Jones, em&j&te;-j*«f Prince’s Department Store oa eith er February 18th or 19th. Miss Jones reported the*TMgn-|g police on February 19th, bdfTJbb licity regarding the loss had Witt ’’ withheld in order that the investi gation would not be hampered. \ % Miss Jones told officers thftC'ihi gs had received the money s sale of some cotton and hatt Ijjgftr ded to deposit it in the bartk.'Ytor purse, with the wallet inqifjje. hMI . been placed under the counter Jh the store where she is - IN 6188 BILLS JS Most of the money was died dollar bills, and slncenHiaHßwa ■ Conttnard On Page Thupi
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