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-Z CORBY, England Iff) The Corby Urban Council
agreed today to investigate Mrs. Veto Hegg’s complaint
that her government prefabricated house is damp- She
said apple trees and mushrooms are sprouting behind
,' it: a bookcase.
" VIENNA (IP) Communist Czechoslovakia is rearm-
r Hr V"’ ittg in fear of an attack from the West, according to
Czech Defense Minister Alexei Cepicka.
v ' ...» NEW YORK (IP! George Hilton, 37, a barge cap
' tain, was charge*; with homicide today in the slaying
of Peter Moreale, 31, a truck driver. Assistant Dist. Atty.
Louis Andreozzi said Moreale was skat to death after
- -.-the two men had 'an argument in a bar because Hilton
“didn’t like the way the guy was singing.”
'' PARIS IIP) Emile Racigai, 22-year-old Czech stu
.... dent rated as one of his country’s top distance runners,
/'''.has refused to return to Prague after an athletic com
,lV) petition here and has asked asylum in France.
v...::. WASHINGTON HPI Top mobilization officials split
into warring factions over steel prices and wagfes today
as direct union-management contract talks resumed
after a three-month break.
PANMUNJOM, Korea (IP) Red staff officers refused
today to change their position that Russia is a neutral*
and entitled to a seat on the truce inspection committee.
‘‘ The United Nations command has offered to withdraw
Norway if the Communists drop the Soviet.
PUSAN, Korea IIP) Syngman Rhee, first president
in' Korea’s history, said on his 77th birthday anniversary
today he will not seek re-election in June.
BOSTON Iff) President Francis W. White of the
- American Woolen Co. has renewed his threat to move
from New England unless labor costs can be cut to meet
Southern competition.
'* WASHINGTON Iff) John Foster Dulles said today
he is not ready to throw his support to any GOP presi
dential candidate, but indicated he will wage a vigorous
s 'Tj campaign on foreign policy issues for the Republican
Party as a whole.
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IT“V- WASHINGTON Iff) Senate Republican Leader Styles
j; Bridges will testify,before House tax investigations tomor
!• rojy about his behind-the-scenes efforts .to settle a tax
Jj case «f $7,000,000. ■« T- t ■ ? -T^v
|: ; CINCINNATI (IP) Martin Dies, Texas Democrat who
r resigned from Congress in 1945 because of illness, said to
j* day he will seek reelection this year. Dies, here to ad
]! dress the Allied Construction Industries tonight, said he
1| wiR make his formal announcement in the next few weeks.
»• : PANMUNJOM, Korea (IP The United Nations com
}i mand said for the first time tonight that it is seeking
j| compromise in
ji caapt here to sell Congress on continuing foreign aid, has
r also sold himself to a lot of lawmakers as the logical man
i, to succeed Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as Atlantic com
|| mander.
•J TUNIS, Tunisia Iff) France declared a st\te df. se’ige
•• throughout Tunisia today, invoking the death penalty
|| for attempts against state security, and arrested Nation
>; alist leaders including Premier Mohammed Chenik.
SEOUL, Korea Iff) Allied fighter-bombers cut Com-
II munist railroad lines in Korea in 94 places today, working
under a thick overcast which hatted interference by Red
;j fighter planes. '
ROME iff) More than- 49,900 students, includmg
|| Communists and neo-Fascists, rioted in Rome, Milan and
» Naples for the third straight-day today, demanding the
Z return of Trieste to Italy.
DUNBARTON, S. C.fff)—Government engineers in Hut
" H-homb area today were charged by a high community od
>• ficial with “striding, fouling around and creating dis
j| satisfaction with “)ow” appraisals for property.
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Mtftrwmffi Idtql Hnßtol u the Md tkt newsmen hew she was
The boy said Poisot evidently
waited outside his mother’s room
for Wilkins to come out. He add
Poisot was married, with four
children. Both men wore civilian
’ clothing at the time of the shooting
'he said.
State Briefs
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police Investigated the death of a
woman at a tourlat court where
| they registered together.
t- Deputies found Mrs. Mattie
Olenn, 40 on a partly burned bed.
: Nothing else in the room was burn-
I ed. The sheriff said Sink had a
burn on one leg.
WINSTON-SALEM —(IP— Police
' searched today for a thief who
► stole a pay telephone worth more
than its contents. A service station
operator reported the thief took
the S9O telephone off the wall dur
ing the night. It contained approx-
I imately S3O.
\ THOMASyiLLE —UP)— A federal
. mediator sought today to effect
another meeting of company and
union officials in the violence-torn
ThomasviUe Chair Co. strike while
. a national union official charged
police with violating workers’ civil
j rights. y
RED SPRINGS —(U4— A North
Carolina National Guard spokes
man said today the secretary of
defense has approved construction
of a one-unit armory here at an
estimated cost of between $130,000-
$140,000.
SMITH FIELD IIP! Mrny of
the 181 dependents of Mrs.
Martha Anne Allen made plans to
attend her funeral here tomorrow.
The 97-year-old woman died yes
terday. She is survived by fogr
sons, five daughters, 54-grand
children, 103 great-grandchildren
and 15-great-great-grandchildren.
RALEIGH (W Harry T. Davis,
curator of the North Carolina Mu
seum of Natural History, said to
day he has been notified of his
election as a fellow of the Museums
Association -of Great Britain.
RALEIGH (if) The second an
nual Industrial Conference wi)l be
held at the North Carolina State.
College school of engineering April
3-4. The conference is expected to
attract delegates from throughout
the Southern states.
New Gulfprid*
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the opening day and citizens have
been extended a cordial invitation
to attend the grand opening.
Guilfpride is squlpj>bd with two
twin pumps and one single pump
and has three 3,000-gallon storage
tanks and one 1.000-gaUoA tank.
COMPLETELY-EQUIPPED
The station is completely equip
ped to offer every type of sendee
and has the latest lubrication eqidpt
ment for fast and efflaient lubri-.
eating. A .1
Nox Gas, washing, vaoum" fileanfog
and free caU-for-and deliver ser
vioe.
Guilfpride wHI be open day and
night to offer 34-hour service.
A complete line of Gulf tires,
tubes, batteries and accessories will
be carried by the new station.
Mr. Strickland, owner of the bus
iness, is one of the best known ser
vice station men in the two Caro
lines and has spent all of his bus
iness career in the automobile bus
iness.
BORN NEAR DUNN
He's a native Os neighboring
Sampson County, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Strickland. The
family came to Dunn when he was
only four years old and he has,
spent his entire Hfe in Dunn with
the exception of eight years spent!
with the Motor Freight Corporation! l
in Norfolk.
After finishing school, Mr. Strict
lsnd served for ten years with J.
W. Thornton, who at that tone had
the Ford dealership here. He then
went to Norfolk and returned in
1943 to establish Supreme Service
StftiOQ.
Supreme, which was coverted from
,the. old home of .J. W. Thompson,
Is pne of the most unique stations -
In the State and has enjoyed con
tinuous growth and progress here.
It is a favorite stop for truckers •
and tourists who travel along
Highway 301.
The new station will give Mr 1
lira ixisas are
Highway 431. the principal through- 1
fares through, town.
Mr. 'Strickland married the for
mer tom Margaret Willoughby of
Norfolk Chubby is their only son 1
ACTIVE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS*
Both Mr. and Mrs. Strickland
take an active part in affairs of 1
the town and community. , (
Chubby Strickland, who will man
folk High School
He enlisted to the Navy to 1838
and spent three and a half years
to the
Mias Ftonc6 < ft£te of*
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BIRTHDAY PARTY - Raymond L. Cromartie, Sr., who c*l?bE*tel his BOUI WtOmUy Tuesday was
honored with a birthday rapper lrat night at his home. A big white hirtMay cake with six candies was
cat by Mr. Cromartie and *ce cream, cake and nuts were serred with the cake. Mr. Cromartie is shown
here with Mrs. Cromartie. Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. ft. L. Cromartie, Jr„ Mr. and Mrs.
iames Cromartie and Jean Mr. and Mrs. EaiH Jones and Mrs. John Brosqaham of Riehpaond, Va.
and a number d Mr. Cromartie’s grandchildren. (Daily Record photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.>
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variety, 80 miles per hour. Judg
ment was suspended on payment
of costs.
Gwendolyn Parrish, 37, of Spring
Lake, entered a plea of fUilty to
operating a car without an op
erator's license- She was fined $35
ksid costs. *
McLaurin Parrish, 37, ' Spring
Lake, entered plea of guilty to al
lowing an unlicensed operator to
drive his car; must pay costs.
Satouel McLean. j». UUington,
Rt. 1, entered plea of guilty to
driving a car without an operator's
license. He was fined $25 and costs
Elijah Garland Walters, 40,
Angler, was charged with speeding.
The charge was nol pressed. N
Charles Ltodell Norden, Ben
son, Rt. 1, entered a plea of guilty
to driving on left center lane and
failure to yield half of roadway.
He must pay costa.
Marus W. Truelove, entered a
plea of guilt; to allowing a minor
temperate an automobile. He must
Albert Claok. Jr. 27, Fafdtteville
Rt. 8 through his R.
Taylor entered plea of guilty of
possession of non tax paid whiskey.
Judgment sms suspended on pay-,
ment of costs.
Robert Leroy Sharpe, 22, entered
plea of guilty to failure to stop at
stop sign.
Sgt. Robert E. Carey, charged
with operating without an opera
tor's license entered a plea of
guilty. He. told the court he was a
native of Arisons and was hi Ft.
Bragg from overseas awaiting a new
assignment. Hejnts fined $35 and
costs, but solicitor asked that fine
be remitted, which it #as.
Bobby bfcLamb, IS, charged with
driving a car without an opera
tor’s license entered a plea (of
guilty. He confessed thpt he had
never had a license and had never
applied for one. Judgment was sus
pended on payment of $35 fine and
costs.
John Clinton Brogden, Sumter,
S. C was called and failed. Judg
ment absolute on his bond.
James A. Cameron was charged
with driving drunk, following an
accident near Barbecue church on
Johnsonville Hoad!' Patrolman W
O Grady testified that about 45
minutes after he was told pt the
accident, happened, Cameron ssas
drunk. Camrt-on, headed to ward
LUltogAon, met another car going
to opposite direction on narrow
road. The warrant was amended
to charge of public drunkenness,
to which the defendant entered a*
guilty plea Judgment was suspend
ed on payment of costs.
Abe Smith, 43, colored, Bepson
Rt. 1. was guilty of having no, op
erators’ license. He mint pay costs.
Alexander Buie, Negro of Broad
way Rt. 1, charged with non' Sup
port of his Ulegetimate child, drew
80 days on the roads, suspended
two rears on condition he provide
must pay Roselle Mclver, prosecu-l
ting witness, five dollars a wed; and]
H? md
Castleberry testified be fouMFtotoj
fXto'toate
Jordan
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have candidates named to the
' county boards. Britt denied flatly
> that he told Jordan he would take
anything up with the-governor.
MANY PROTESTS
1 One of the men dropped was For
syth County Election Board Chair
> man T- Spruill Thornton. This
touched off a wave of protest at
: Winston-Salem and 40 persons sign
ed a telegram urging the state
i board to reconsider. - * <
Thornton termed the action
, “petty politics’' and a “slap to the
> face" i for the Forsyth Democratic
i Executive Committee, which renom
i inated him. Many of the telegram’s
, signers said they thought the* act
. lon was made to strengthen Scott’s
hold on state election machinery..
McCarthy
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. charged that Benton a$ a former
' assistant secretary oUistsrte has
, “defended varioto ptrftir h§ the
' State Department against charges
; of the plaintiff that Key are Com
munist and or pro-Communist and
that their present* to the State De
• pertinent is dangerous and detri
mental to the interests of the
| United States.”
He said that Benton “to carry
ing out this malicious purpose" of
unseating McCarthy, professes to
be acting to good faith but that
he Is motivated by “111 will and
malice."
It said that Benton’s “malice and
U1 will" against McCarthy "has
grlsen and been caused by plain
tiff’s action to exposing as pro-
Communist friends of the defend
ant to the State Department and
in exposing other friends of the de
fendant for security reasons
McCarthy’s -complaint . reviewed
to detail Benton's charges against
him as presented to the subcom
mittee last year.
It said that Benton’s charges in
tips and other occasions against
McCarthy “are false, libelous, de
famatory, malicious and Intend to
hold the plaintiff up to contempt,
ridicule, disgrace, scorn and ob
-I°jScpa&hy asked for 81.000,000
damsges for the injuries he. has
; suffered “to his official capacity,
profession, and reputation" be
cause of Heaton’s charges, and an
extra $1,000,000 alleging Benton
conspired with others to libel and
slander him.
the prohibition law, and permit
search at any time. He must pay
ftrfty
Joe Fulton McLean. 21, colored
of Uiltogton (Rt. 3, was charged
with not having regulation car
plates. The esse was nol pressed
James Leslie McNeill, was found
guilty of assault on Pearl Blue. He
I must costs’and stay away from
I James E.' Furguson, 22. Madison
failed. Judgment absolute entered
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Shorts
RANGOON, Burma (If
Burmese troops have open
ed a hic-scak offensive
Sgpifist Chinese Nationalist
forces near (he Chinese
Communist border, it was
SiHtotiNWi today.
WARRINGTON «f The
(Senate Banking f (gnpiitlcc
voted today is lav or of con- j
tinuing the controls act for
one year. President Truman
had asked for two years.
PITTSBURGH Iff) —-”CIO
President Philip Murray said
today that the steel indus
try must bear the “respon
sibifify” *for r # nationwide
steel strike unless it accepts
a wage settlement proposed
by the Wage Stabilization
Board.
WASHINGTON (TO Atty.
Gen. J. Howard McGrath
said today he would not ob
ject to an FBI investigation
of the Justice- Departmef£
but that he sees no reason
for it. .
WASHINGTON Iff) Tito
American battle casualties
in Korea now totol 196,794
—on increase of 123 over
last week.
TRENTON, N. J.ltf)—State
officials decided today to
t*ep Sen. Robert A- Taft’s
name on New Jersey presi
dential primary baßots de
spite his request to strike it
UNITED NATIONS, N-
If Russia Rejected today i
an offer/of the International
Red Cross to investigate
Communist charges that
American forces are waging
germ warfare against North
Korea and Chfao- ,
NEW ORLEANS (ff!—New
Orleans’ thwg nejvs
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agreed wiwt Ma maw.
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 26, mi
I Taft Fa#Bnfi ■
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* ou4 W**'
Neither Ike nor ifscArthur esn
be written to on the Wiaconsto ml
t lot. Nor 1* there any persons! pop
ularity vote, as there was to New
Hampshire and Minnesota. The Wis
consin primary is for election of
convention delegates only.
Wisconsin was the state ori*b»l
ly chosen by Taft’s managers for
a- show of his strength. Decision
to so into New Hampshire and
Hew Jersey primaries came later.
The senator lost to New ] iampshire
gnd withdrew from New Jersey.
Hie chips emphatically are down
to Wisconsin for Taft. He is mak
ing a terrific campaign. Warren's
stake also is great. If the governor
fails to make a reasonably good
showing, his stock ss a vote-getter
outside California will suffer.
favorable to President
Truman are entered to the Wis
consin primary although the Presi
dent's name wIU not be on the
balloC Sen. Estes Kefauver is buck
t tog the admtolstretion ther* for
Democratic convention votes. .
g**4«*k PRIMARY SAME
Nebraska’s primary falls on tbe
same day as Wisconsin’s. There it
ti Kefauver against the administra
tion’s Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Okla
homa to a popularity contest. Write
to is okAF k Nebraska- Movements
are stirring to write to both Taft
and Eisenhower. Stateen is formal
ly entered. -
Mflington Oirl
Has lead ftob
In College Pley
Anne O’gfoinn of Lilli ngton
president of Psi Chi, Meredith Col
lege’s campus psychology club, had
the leading role to a one-act play,
,‘‘lna and Outs,’* which the club
presented on Monday at Raleigh's
Hugh Morson High School. The
play was also repeated on Tuesday
at Meredith >
The drama, written by Nora
Uvertog, is a study of the “gang”
problem among American high
school pupils. It was first prepared
by the New York Committee on
Mental Hygiene fpr production by
the American Theatre Wfog Com
munity players.
Miss O’Qutan, who Is a junior
at' Meredith, is majoring in phi
losophy and psychology and has
selected dramatic art a honor sub
ject. She is also student assistant
to Dr. Ethel Tilley, head of the
psychology department.
Duncan To
(CenUaaed from Pam One)
Is to Goldsboro, with Dr. Wm-
Howard , Carter. Widely taiown S
Clergyman, as office qntoag# and
secretary of the Association.
Azaleas In Bloom . . f
The spectacular Dwarf azaleas, togetl tr |
with many of the large flowering Imfi a |
azaleas, are making an outstanding |
show Ip the gardens of historic |
ORTON PLANTATION © 1
near Wilmington
I The display of azaleas will last well h o
ft April. „
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Ram today tor his ninth trip to
the altar, bog there wag a 54,M,-
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Clarence Pope
Miss Dorothy Faye McCall,
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin McCall
of Benson and Clarence Fob?, Jr.,
son' of Mrs. Zennie Pope of Sbnni-I
fay, Florida, were married SundayJ
March 2, to Dillon, S. C. Thipvowsl
were pledged before Celeste fr^fer-i
' For the sotemnUatibn the I} bride
wore a suit of lilac with '-)»rownl
accessories. At her she!
wore a corsage of white carhStions.j
Attending as maid of horlt)i> was
Mbs Peggy Coats of Bensdh* who.
Was attired to a suit of ItieV and
wore a corsage of white cardations.
P.oonie Holmes of Henson ! 'S;ten-j
ded »he bridegroom as best town, j
The bride Is a member -of the)
senior doss of Benson High>«chooil
and win be awards a dfotofy , ad
the commencement exerciser in
bridegroom is servingswithl
the army and is stationed a£_Campj
Following tke high school4radu-l
ation of toe bride the cou| : wilfl
reside to Bonifay, Florida.
ON DEAN’S LIST
J. P. Stephenson of An er ia
among the four freahmen reported
on the dean’s list of Presbttrjan
Junior. Cbllepe to Maxton. A/
J THANY YOU NOTE
The P%stor and members c Har
nett (jtoapel Church of Dun wish
to thank the pastor and m nber:
of the First Baptist Church o Dunn
for the winderful donation r «ived
on our building funds. Ma God
bless each and everyone that elped
on the donation.,:
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