+WEATHER+
NORTH CAROLINA Consider
able cloudiness today and tonight.
Saturday cloudy and cool with oc
casional rains.
VOLUME n
Rita Steps Out
FILM STAR Rita Hayworth, who tt
£ Print*** Aly Khan in private life,
is shown dancing with actor Kirk
Douglas at a Hollywood night
club. The actress told reporters
that she plans to go to Reno. Nev,
next week to get her divorce from,
Prince Alv Khan (Intprvtftlnnal)
Dr. Ellis HIT
’ Revival Delayed
There will lie a delay Os one week
in the start of the revival series
at the Dunn First Baptist Church,
it was announced today by the
Rev. Ernest P. Russell, pastor.
seri« was catfsed by the unexoect
ed illness pf Dr . J . E. Ellis, who is
The first service in the revival
series will be held on Sunday, March
23. at 11:00 a.m. Service Monde v
through Friday will be held at 10:00
a.m. and at 7:00 pm.
Family night at the church will
be held on Wednesday evening,
March 26, at 7:JO p.m. Prayer meet
ing will follow the family night
service at 8:30.
The revival series will cause no
changes in the other regular acti
m.vities of the church groups. Mr.
said, and choir practices
will be held at the usual hours.
Woman Held
In Big Theft
RENO, Nev. —IW— An attractive
gMFrench-Canadian brunette was sus_-
todav of being the woman
who "cased" the mansion of a
Reno millionaire for a band of
thieves who got away with $1,500,-
000 in cash, securities and jewels.
The FBI held Mrs. Marie Jeanne
D’arc Machaud in Flagstaff, Ariz.,
on charges of transporting stolen
property across state lines.
ARRESTED WITH LOOT
She was arrested yesterday on a
train en route to Chicago with a
part" of the loot stolen from
home of La Vere Redfield Feb
39.
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WPTF Will Carry
jDebate From Dunn
There’ll be no lack of questions when Gubernatorial
Candidates Bill Umstead and Hubert Olive come to Dunn
on Thursday night, April 17th to debate before the Dunn
Information Clinic.
That was the word today from
Jim MeMUlen, founder and mo
derator of the clinic, after he read
that at Wilson only one question
was asked bv the audience.
"Judging from the amount of
interest in the Dunn debate.” said
McMlllen today, "the candidates 1
might even get tired of answering
Both Umstead and Olive accepted
BBtf Jtt
them from other sections of the
“X caq assure you," said McMUtei:
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More Government Grain Shortage Revealed
Truman May
Try Purge
Os Congress
KEY WEST, Fla. OP
President Trum an may
shortly embark on a con
gressional political purge
aimed during the 1952 cam
paign year at ultra-conser
vatives of both parties.
Whether the President runs atrnn,
his associates at the Winter White
House say he is determined to
launch a new offensive avainst the
people he blames for obstructing
.the Fair Deal.
Whether Mr. Truman's “purge"
will resemble the 1938 attempt by
the late President Roosevelt, re
mains to be seen. But Mr. Tru
man is expected to shoot at one of
FDR's 1938 targets—Sen. Walter F.
George (D-Ga,\ chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee.
The President long has felt that
some ranking Democrats among
them, George and Sen. Harry F.
Byrd (D-Va.) are ideologically in
clined to the Republican, rather
than the Democratic party.
Oeorge recently said some things
in 'Congress that firmed up the
President’s opinion of him and
that opinion cannot be safely stat
ed without the immunity attending
Mr. Truman's public remarks.
AFTER TEXAN, TOO
George Byrd and Ben. Tom Con-'
nally (D-Tex.). chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee, recently voiced strong words
of oppostion to Truman plans. ‘
Consequently, the President, how
ever a strong advocate of the two
party system in the past, is repres
ented authoritatively as wanting to
publicly denounce positions taken
by these senators.
Whatever Mr. Truman's plan fpr
boek by William Hiilntan. is pub
lished. The book consists largely of
the President’s intimate opinions of
people and situations since 1945. -
Big Jim Won't
Be A Manager
WASHINGTON (Isl Support
ers of Sen. Richard B. Russell are
trying to recruit James A. Farley
the “old pro” of Democratic pol
itics, to help push the Georgian’s
bid for the presidential nomination
But any hopes that Farley might
become Russell’s campaign man
ager apparently are doomed to
disappointment
Senate sources, who are in a
position to have accurate informa
tion, told reporters Sunday night
that Farley had been “approached"
by "certain senators” who are
supporting Russell for the Demo
cratic nomination.
These sources said Farley was
asked to become Russell’s’ cam
paign manager. And that he prom
ised to come to Washington this
week to talk U over.
Farley immediately denied that
he had discussed such a proposi
tion with Russell supporters. He
added:
“I am through managing cam
paigns. I feel that I have served
•Centhmed On Page Twe)
BISTORT MADE HERE
In the heated Senatorial cam
paign two yean ago. Senator
Frank Graham selected Dunn as
the place to his famous tt-1
atement denying any connection or
affiliation with Communism. It was
one of his major addresses of ths
campaign ana was aturerea do
fore the Dunn Rotary Club. The
Dunn speeoh **s widely quoted.
The gubernatorial debate will
take place In the same high school
cafeteria wjtero Senator WUlls
Smith mads his only Harnett
speechof the Tampaign. It too was
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BOMBER CHALKS UP 1,000-HOUR RECORD IN KOREA
rCV TmM&M 1.-
A ORAND OLD OIRI Is Mtt* Jacqut 11, at these veteran* of the 138th Bomber Wing in Korea are ready to
testify Here they point with pride as they tnspec! the impressive record of the Ait Force F-S4 Thunderjet
which recently completed its S64th combat sortie Its I,oooth houi In the sir was clocked off when Miss
Joeque II completed a mission ovei Sinanju. In North Korea The tout Airmen are (1 to r.): Lt Bruce D.
McMahan, pilot, of Houston. Tex.: Sgt George R Beaber. Jr- assistant crew chief; Col James T Buck,
Wing Commander, and Sgt Clifford White, Jr., of San Antonio. (U.S Air Force Photo from International)
Jury Picked To Tis Porter
Selection of a Jury to try Robert .
(Bob) Porter, Erwin radio announ
cer on charges of attempted rape !
of a teen-age girl was completed
this morning in Harnett Superior j
Court as opening day of Criminal
term moved swiftly with Judge W. ;
T. Hatch of Raletah presiding.
The all male Jury includes terf
white men and one Negro. The
Negro is B. J. Burnette. Others-are y
Dallas Sherman, Lining ton; A Hr£
Robert Lee Bass. Dunn: W. V tart, !
Coats; Whiter Mason. Spring Latter
W. H. Byrd, LiUington: W. Mac
Barefoot. Dunn; Bennie B. Harper,.
Hrwin, Route I; Leslie Strickland, f
Lillington. Route 8. • V*f
Trial of the'Porter caw is expect- I
ed to consume most of the after- 1
noon.
l HALLMAN ACQUITTED 1
Earlier the court directed aver- I
diet of not guilty In the case of ■
Sam Hallman charged .with care
less and reckless driving. The case
was tried In December term and
ended In a mistrial.
Benjamin Bailey, 20 year old ne
gro pleaded guilty to 15 counts of
breaking and entering. Testimony
of Deputy Sheriff Casey Matthews
extended from December Bth to
December 20th.
Officers state that the tgtal
amount of the stolen goods from
various LiUington business houses
(ContlnuM on Pare Two!
Police And Patrol
In Busy Weekend
The Dunn Police Department and
the number of the Highway Patrol
had a busy weekend, according to
the records of the department. A
total of 22 arrests were made over
the two day weekend.
Intemperate drinking habits were
involved In the majority of cases'
with four of the defendants ar
rested booked for drunken driving.
Other charges ranged from public
drunkenness to assault with a deadly
weapon and carrying concealed
weapons.
ITS HIS DAY
CLEVELAND (VI An as
sistant police orosecuter
here was in his element to
day.
His name, sure and be
gorra, s: W. Patrick Day,
Revival Slated
At Tabernacle
A revival series wiU be opened
at the Dunn Gospel Tabernacle
Wednesday evening at 7:45, It was
announced today by the Rev. Bane
Underwood, pastor.
Services will start each evening
at 7:48 and wiU continue through
March M, Rev. Mr. Underwood said.
He extends a cordial invitation to
the general public to attend.
The Rev. C. C. Forehand of Tall
ahassee. Florida is the evangelist.
a mm »rvm u tt. _!»■«»
of * fast-growing church in Florida.
M being a praacher of
DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 17, 1952
Pretty Hostess Kills Lover
To Prevent, Torture, Death
ST. LOUIS OP) A 20-year-old
alrljne hostess admitted she level
ed autorrfatic at her mjar
*T^P*-ssß7Baay she killed him'
! because is-«was my only chance to'
1 live.” ’ Li.
Pretty Betty Lou Tracy said that
I Larry S. Kell, 43-year-old airline?
; official, threatened to "slitrmy eye*
with a razor and put bamboo strips
, under my nails and burn them.”
SIM confessed firing six shots
! from Kell’a own .25 caliber pistol
j into him as he sat in his parked '
car outside her apartment in su
burban Overland.
| ADMITTED INTIMACY
Miss Tracy, who admitted to Po
lice Chief Brown Hairgrove that
Benson Authorized
National Guard Unit
A National Guard Anti-Aircraft
Battery has been authorized for
Benson and recruiting for enlisted i
men will get underway on Monday, I
March 24th, it was announced today |
by Manager Elwood Mints of the j
Benson Chamber of Commerce. -J
Procurement of a National Guard
unit* for Benson has been a ma
jor goal of the Benson chamber for
some time.
The Benson guard unit will be
' attached to the 725th Anti-Aircraft
Battalion, which has its headquar
ters at Wilmington.
Benson’s Guard unit will have, at
full strength, one captain, two lieu
tenants, one warrant officer, three
master sergeants, 11 first sergeants,
25 sergants, 63 corporals, 48 privates
first class and only one private.
BULLEHTHIV S
PHILADELPHIA Oft William F. Meade, 47, former
chairman of the Republican eity committee, denied to
day a district attorney’s report that he had been shot
by a woman in the lobby of a small hotel yesterday.
Meade said that he was cut by flying glass when
bullets were fired through a window. He mid the shots
might have been fired by an intoxicated person outside
the hoteL
NEW YORK iff) Columnist Walter WincheU Mam
edji^ “virus’’ hit appeat an M«ie
his script was read by a station^anrtouhccr.
ROT S7AQ>r Vnvfhmm TmlmJ /nt _____ lflntffiH* ou
*—*• e ■
sdie had been intimate with Keil on
numerous occasions, said she mri,
him after; she returned front
said Ifcev sat in hU parkeff
car outside her agartment.and talk
ed for several hours.
Miss Tracy, a petite brunette, said
that Keil, superintendent of sta
tions for Ozark, previously had be
come violently jealous when he
learned that she had relations with
another, man.
HAD CHOKED HER
Ih addition to the threats of tor
tusef she said, he twice had choked
her. VV.
He also threatened to kill him
self on several occasions. She said
CssiUmod On Pax* Two!
Annual payroll of the organized
is estimated at over SIOO,OOO.
} - PARKER TO BE C.O.
Named as commanding officer of
I the unit la First Lieutenant David
I Henry Parker, a combat veteran of
! Worid War n and a former pris
oner of war.
Scheduled to be commissioned as
lieu tenants are: Gary Hardin of the
Meadow School faculty and J. F.
Hockaday of the Benson school fac
ulty.
Federal recognition of the unit Is
expected after an official inspection
of the new unit about the middle
of April.
Openings for enlisted men re
quire 17 to 45 age limits without
previous military service, or IT te
58 wjth prior service.
Total Reported
In Excess Os
Eight Million
WASHINGTON (IP! A
House subcommittee disclos
ed today that known shor
tages of government-owned
grain total about $1,000,000
more than the top estimate
given by Secretary of Agri
culture Charles F. Brannon
three weeks ago.
Brannan announced Feb. 28 that
discovered shortages of government
price support grain in private ware
houses would total from $5,000,000
to $7,000,000.
The Agriculture Department sub
sequently said that criminal or civil
suits have been filed, to date, against
warehousemen in 25 cases involv
ing grain valued at $7,100,000.
In an "interim report,” a House
appropriations subcommittee inves
tigating the shortages disclosed to
day more than a dozen new cases
of grain shortages which it said
the Justice Department has refer
red to U. S. attorneys for possible
action.
The report indicated that the
shortages involved in these cases
totaled more than SBOO,OOO. That
would boost total shortages to about
$8,000,000.
BRANNAN ESTIMATE LOW
In his Feb. 28 report, Brannan
expressed confidence that the net
loss to the government, after re
coveries, would amount to no more
than $1,000,000. The subcommitte
gave no estimates of net losses.
It cited the new cases as evi
dence that it has proved the gov
ernment into more vigorous prose
cution of warehousemen who have
speculated with government grain.
'' tt laid it has received informa
big to the Justice Department for
prosecution an cases involving pos
sible violation of farm laws.
Board To Hold i
Busy Session
Dupn’s city council tonight will
take up several problems in con
nection with new residential devel
opments in the city and will also
dispose of a variety of other mat
ters.
Following is a copy of the agenda
released this mornin by City Mana
ger Oliver O. Maiming:
Final action on request from
West Divine delegation headed by
John Snipes on whether to put In
road culvert, grade, and gravel
West Divine Street from Oak Court
Drive (a private drive) to o|d Pope
property line 70 feet beyond Wayne
Avenue. Also on Wayne Avenue to
West Cumberland Street.
Mack Jemigan brings up the
question of whether the city will
grade, gravel and maintain Oak
Court Drive, which according to the
survey map is 26 feet, which width
Is considerably less than the usual
40, 50, 80. or 70 feet widths of
streets dedicated to the city.
Further information and discus
sion on running water and sewer
lines on the North General Lee
project to serve those landowners
in the city limits at exact cost of
water and sewer pipe without hy
drants. This would involve running
a 8” line from West Carr and m>
General Lee to Buries, and running
an 8" sewer line from North Qrpnie
through Johnson to Norttt General
Lee and up to Buries street, with
property owners Inside city limits
paying bare costs of materials.
The question of Increasing water
and sewer tapping fees for those
outside of city limits from the pres
ent rates.
The plumbing situation In Dunn.
There are now four concerns in
Dunn which have state license*.
The question is whether we shall
issue city licenses to others who
are requesting them but who have
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MRS. BEST AND HER HOSTS Mrs. L. J. Best, shown In center
all decked out in her Sunday finest and sporting an orchid, celebrated
her 88th birthday yesterday. Last night, she was the dinner guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Guyton Smith, her cousins, who are shown with ;
her. The pioneer Dunn resident reports lt was a wonderful birth-,.
day, but thgt she doesn’t feel a bit older. (Daily Record photo by
- W. Temple, Jr.) .
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Woneer Residenr*
Has 80th Birthday
Mrs. L. J. Best, one of Dunn’s oldest and most be- •
loved residents, celebrated her 80th birthday Sunday but
said today that, “I don’t feel a bit older.”
The widow of a pioneer Dunn at- j
torney and realtor, Mrs. Best is one ;
of the best known residents of the,
town. She’s lived here for 50 years,
coming to Dunn in 1902.
There wasn’t any formal celebra
tion of her birthday, but, really, two
Informal celebrations.
Sunday morning her sister and
niece, Mrs. T. C. Young and daugh
ter, Elizabeth, of Smithfield, came
over for dinner. In fact, they
brought the birthday dinner and
served Mrs. Best a real treat.
On Sunday night, Mr. and Mrs.
Guyton Smith, her cousins, took Mrs.
Best out to dinner at Johnson's
Restaurant. Looking both young
and pretty and wearing a pretty
orchid., Mrs. Best became the cen
ter of'attention when Mrs. Henry
Whittenton played “Happy Birth
day” on the organ and a group sang
it to her.
“I really don’t like so much fuss
over my birthday,” protested Mrs.
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Track To Work
On Route No. 1
The trucks will start rolling to
morrow to pick up contribuUons
along the rural routes surrounding
Dunn, tt was announced today by
E. W. (Gene) Smith, rural chair
man for the Dunn-Erwtn Chapter
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— " * * * * “ Tyi *
Pugh Will AdtlHm
Dunn Masonic Event]
The annual Ladies’ Night Mason- :
I te program, an event looked lor-' :
i ward to by members of Palmyra ’
Lodge in Dunn, will be heM at the
Dunn High School cafeteria at 7:30
60+
Sons Os Erin
Pay Tribute
To Saint Pat
By UNITED PRESS '
Sons of Erin paid tribute to 8b
Patrick today in carefree..celebra
tions throughout the country.
New York’s fashionable Fifth Ave
nue became Just another extension
of Dublin’s O’Connell Street as
1.000,000 citizens turned ’-ent.. Ifc
watfch 100.000 Irish on pargtfe •
In Clinton, Mass., John £ FtSl*
gerald dressed up his old Day maw
Jenny for his 23rd annual mmß-
St. Patrick’s Day parast^JptelßßA 1
the town.
It was a great day for thn^qMf:
In Hollywood. Proud Celtic;<Weee>n|.
ants displayed a harvest fiDBMI!
rocks and a rash of emerattsflEMh
ed ties as they gathered ewtfMHjff
wood Bousevard. TiiiaMri
HONOR FOR O’HARA
Filmland’s moat honoreiESHfifll
ter of old Ireland for the*tHpj3K|
actress Maureen O’Hara "WljagipS
be given the Irish Screen* ABtesn .
tonight at the annual
Day Ball of the Ancient ■ Osißggfc
Hibernians.
In Waterbury, Conn.,
Jim Early put away hfclff&Bf
cleaner’s broom to become -WSSMk
for a day. I
“The first thing IT cCBEMK
same V class*ta tLu h
LEE TO GET APjMH^R
NO. T1