NORTH CAROLINA Fair and mild today. Fair and cool tonight. Tomorrow increased cloudiness and mild. Showers beginning in the mountains Friday afternoon or night. VOLUME II Officers Take 74 Stills • Since Jan. 1 * Sheriff W. E. Salmon, pre paring his monthly report for County Commissioners today, said that a total of 21 stills seized during March. No operators were cantured, though. This brings to 74 the number of ) illicit whiskev making eouipment seized since the first of the year. In January 3'2 were captured and' in February 28 were captured. Five men have been captured at still sites in the three months per iod. Constables accounted for the March seizures. MANNING GOT NINE Eli Manning topped the list with nine captures, 1 in Lillington town ship, 1 in Anderson Township and 3 in Stewarts Creek, and two in t Averasboro. W. B. Castleberry had second best with five stills to his credit, 3 were in Johnsonville town shin and 2 in Barbecue. Preston Parker found four stills 2 each in Duke and Stewart town (Contlnued On Page Two) Court Hearing ’ Damage Suit Two cross complaints, both aris ing out of the same car-truck col lision on June 4, 1949, near Lilling ton, occupied the attention of Har nett Civil Court again today. A car owned by Floyd Johnson but driven bv Milton Baker of Lil lineton was involved in an accident With a truck load of bananas. Beasley but was driven by James 1 The truck was owned by W. R. B-. Hussey. The wreck occurred on the Fort Bragg Highway. 1 mile south of Lillington at the inter section of the Shawtown Road. Baker whose arm was injured in the accident is seeking $25,000 for personal injuries from Beasley, the truck owner. Beasley in a cross act ion contends the car was at fault and ‘is seeking property damages. Evidence is Completed and is ex-\ per ted. tesflqr: A p A number of Raleigh lawyers are associated with local counsel in the case. Baker is represented by J. R. Hood, associated with him' are R. L. McMillan and Clyde Douglas of Raleigh. Attorneys for Beasley are M. O. Lee and the Raleigh firm of Smith, Leech and Anderson. Cabot Arrives ' To Talk To Ike PARIS (IP) Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., “I Like Ike” campaign manager, arrived today for conferences with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow er and said the general could win the Republican ( presidential nomination if does not go home to campaign. The Massachusetts Republican said he would start ' his talks, which will be frankly political, Ip morrow. It is expected that they will in clude the date when Eisenhower may ask for relief from his job and the time he will return, prob ably after the Oregon primary , May 16. I “The general can win without go ing back to campaign,” Lodge said when he arrived at Orly Airport. He said he was more confident than ever that Eisenhower will be > the Republican candidate. “I have always said that he quite conceivably could win on the first ballot of the convention,” Lodge said. “Now I say it is quite pos sible.” Lodge will hold his first confer- IContinued On Page Two) Auto Sales&Service Gets National Notice Auto Sales and Service CoS. of Dunn, local Ford-Mercury dealer, ► has received a tribute from Auto motive News, official publication of the automobile industry. Receipt of the coveted Ford Four Letter Award by the Dunn concern is publicized in a recent issue of the Automotive News. .* The company recently received the award, highest honor that can come to an automobile dealer, for the second -time in its history. Automotive News publishes a Daily Record photograph of Pres | ldent Henry H. Bandlin receiving the award; from Fred Love, head of the truck and flee* department of Ford’s Charlotte office. - , the Wfcw s 'jnni TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 Over 4 Billion Slashed From Budget Bp . ? ’ip 1 1 Ml w ■ ■ H CANDIDATE HODGES HERE Luther H. Hodges of Leaksville, candidate for lieutenant Governor toured Harnett yesterday and during his trip stopped by The Daily Record office to pass out his cards. He’s shown here chatting with a pretty young voter, Mrs. John Welborn of The Record staff. At the right is Harold Makepeace, prominent 'Lee County political and civic leader, who accompanied Mr. Hodges. (Daily Record photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.) Park Development Planned Keimive* Turn To Next Test WASHINGTON (IP) Sens. Robert A. Taft and Estes Kefauver, victors in two presidential primaries this week, turned today toward Illinois and Oregon, respectively, for their next major tests. Taft, winner of the Republican primary in Wisconsin amL>*y»raska, opened 'hAjiflal swing W.Sligh Ill inois, wneSEhe expects /o win, 54 of 56 of tnA6O GOP delegates elec ted in next Tuesday’s primary. Kefauver, who won the Democra ic primaries in Wisconsin and Ne braska, viewed the May 16 Oregon primary as his next big test, al though he is entered in the Illi nois primary without opposition. The Illinois presidential prefer ence vote is not binding on the del egates who are elected separately. Its outcome therefore gives Ke Strike Closes Dunn Telegraph Offices The vast telegraphic services' of Western Union were all but shut down today by a strike of 30,000 employes across the nation and workers were poised for crippling strikes in the steel, telephone, oil and manufacturing fields. At 12:01 a.m. EST, members of the Commercial Telegraphers Un ion (AFL) left their Jobs and es tablished picket lines which the union said would be maintained around the lock. • f News, which has a nation-wl The dealership was established in • 1836. R. I. McLean is Vice Presi dent of the firm and Maylon Park l er is treasurer. The DalN, Record ■ in that city devoted Its lead edl : torial entitled, 'A Honor’ (Site Bailu, Jfecrtrd fauver -no assurahee of convention support, particularly if Oov. Adlai E. Stevenson should be .available for the nomination. STEVENSON ENTERED The Oregon primary, where Stev enson was entered without his con sent, offers the only contest be tween him and Kefauver. If Stev enson should become a candidate, his support would come largely from areas which Kefauver needs if his bandwagon is to keep rolling. Taft was entered In the Illinois GOP presidential preference vote (Continued On Page Five) Dunn’s Western Union office, like others, today was closed by the strike. Mies lues Norris, pop ular manager of the office, said sbe was very mnch opposed to the strike. She Was forced to elose, however, because there were no offices open to receive or send her messages. Early indications were that the prediction by union President Adolph Brungg of a “100 per cent effect ive” .strike was accurate. The company mustered supervis ory employes in an attempt to maintain “limited service,” but many offices simply closed their doors to business. \ The strike was called over a 50- cent hourly “package” pay raU» which the company said would- put “the industry in bankruptcy" If It were paid. At Cleveland, 0., the threat of a new railroad strike was raised by Conthmrd On Pwr Tom ♦MARKETS* HOGS RALEIGH (W Hog markets: Tarboro, Hamilton: Slightly weak er on good and choice 180-240 lb. barrows and gilts at 1176. Rocky Mount, FaystteviUe, Flor ence: Steady at W.OO. Mount jjgftjWkfttw. Dunn, Wilmington, DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 3, 1952 Dunn’s Park and Recreation 1 Coramisslon, at a meeting held last niglk, at the Chamber of Com -rafemateiy with providing- " small facilities St the park* discussed long-range plans and set Monday. June 2 as the date for opening of Memorial Swlmlng Pool. The Dunn Rotary Club has a greed to provide swings for the park, the Lions Club will furnish tables, and the American Legion will provide fireplaces for picnics. Manager Norman Suttles of the Chamber of Commerce, reporting on last night’s meeting, described it as “rough.” He said there was considerable argument and dis cussion. ACRE IS LOST The argument came about when members of the commission learn ed that the Town of Dunn has taken an acre out of the park property to be used for the new (Continued On Page Two) BULLETINS MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (IP) Authorities said today that 14-year-old Gerald Tracy hanged himself in the base ment of his home because he wasn’t getting good grades in school. SAN MARCOS, Tex. (IP) —■ A 20-year-old Atlanta air man was stabbed to death in a fight at a San Marcos dance hall and another airman was held today in connec tion with the slaying. COMANCHE, Okla. (IP) A baseball hurled by a team mate hit 16-year-old Gary Eldon Moore on the chest, just above the heart, and he fell to the ground dead. Moore was a member of the Comanche High School baseball team, which was holding a warm-up practice session when the accident happened. MEXICO CUT UPt A sharp earthquake rocked the Pacific Coast of Mexico yesterday, but there were no re ports of casualties or damage from the resort city of Aca pulco where the shock was “particularly intense.” CAIRO, Egypt (IP) A major reshuffle of Egypt’s top security officials lias taken place as a result of the Jan. (Continued n hft Twa) * ' Howard And Burkot To Address Seniors Dunn High School’s graduating class this year will hear home county speakers, both members of tile Campbell College faculty. The Rev. Charles. B. Howard, head of the Bible Department at Camp bell and widely-known baptist evangelist, will deliver the Bac calaureate sermon on Sunday night, commencement address will i Morris To Force Showdown Over McGrath Refusal WASHINGTON (IP Atty. Gen. J. Howard McGrath to day fired Newbold Morris from his job as the admin istration’s corruption hunt er. McGrath declined to ans wer any questions about the action, including whether President Truman had ap proved it. McGrath wrote to Morris: “Sir: “Please be informed that vour appointment as a spec ial assistant to the attorney general is hereby terminat ed and your services as an ploye of the Department of Justice shall cease at the close of business today. “You are hereby requested to deliver all filles, records and documents in your of fice to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.” McGrath declined to state what the next step would be. WASHINGTON (IB Cor ruption hunter Newbold Morris, irked by President Trurhan’s apparent hesitan cy Iq fire Atty. Gen. art! McGrath, is preparing to force the issue, it was learned today. Associates of Morris said they were surprised that the President didn’t come up with McGrath’s resignation after their White House meeting yesterday. They predicted that Morris would seek an appointment with Mr. Tru man “very soon” to tell him face to face why he feels he must throw up his own job as government cleanup chief if McOrath is allow ed to remain in the cabinet. Morris was represented* as feel ing that his whole anti-corruption program will die if McGrath gets away with his public defiance of (Cobtinned on pays two* of Campbell, one of the beat known oollege officials In the State. Speakers for the graduation ex ercises were announced today by Principal A. B. Johnson. J ■ “With such outstanding local ta lent avails hie, I qtw no neosmUy of trying to get some high-power- QUEEN JULIANA AND PRINCE BERNHARD Juliana Pleads For Continued US Aid WASHINGTON (IP) Queen Juliana of the Nether lands urged Congress today to press the “cold war for peace” to build the strength and unity of the free world The 42-year-old queen appealed for continued American aid to dis pel the “universal fear of war and annlhiliation.” "Mankind in its distress has to trust largely to your good judgment for its deliverance,” she said. Juliana, with Prince Bernhard at her side, spoke in a quiet, slightly accented voice in the same cham ber in which her mother, Queen Wilhelmina, addressed another con gress 10 years ago. SKIRTS POLITICS Iq the tradition of modern mon archs, Juliana skirted politics. But in a -general way she made a ring bngiJtiea for congressional I ..support lor the political, economic and de fensive unification of Europe. Bolich Wont Talk At Senate Hearing WASHINGTON (IP Daniel A. Bolich, former as sistant Internal Revenue commissioner, refused today on grounds of possible self-incrimination to answer ques tions of House tax scandal investigators. Bolich, whose name has cropped 1 up frequently in the investigation bv a House subcommittee, gave, his name and address and then flatly refused to answer any fur ther questions. “I stand on my constitutional rights.” he said. Bollch’s attorney, Robert L. Callahan, protested the subcom mittee's action in subpenalng Bolich while the former tax official is under investigation by a federal grand iury in Brooklyn, N. Y. Callahan also objected to the subcommittee’s summoning of Bolich because, he said. Bolich is suffering from a serious illness. SAY'S HE’S SICK "Mr. Bolich is here under com pulsion of this subcommittee and contrarv to the advice of his per sonal physician, that it is danger ous and unsafe for him to be questioned,” Callahan said. The attorney told the subcom- > mlttee that Bolich has been ques- | tioned for three days by the fed- | eral grand jury in Brooklyn. He] Harnett's Death j Toll Is Tripled Over Last Year j Harnett’s highway -death rate fer the first three months of this Tear has tripled that of last rear, M was reported today by, Corp- 1 oral Rommie WiUfauuwn ’of the j State Hirhway Patrol. During March, his report shows, 1 there were 35 accidents. 27 per sons injured and fear killed. Property da mare during the mouth totaled 321,428. Speeding was the greatest contributor to the aeetdent toll. Daring March of iaot year, there were ewty 27 aeeMents, 13 injuries and acne killed, ’ Already this year. H people have died en the highway* of Harnett, as compared with only three tor the first three months of' 1951. A safety eaoueii, he* dad by Dr. Glenn L. Beeper, has been er- jrartdnermi was*owTof UwburitM Siwiltatur FIVE CENTS PER COPY I The queen expressed her people’s ■ thanks for American aid and prom- I ised that the Netherlands would carry its “full shore” of the Wes*- i em defense burden. The Atlantic Pact nations should avoid imitating Iron Curtain coun ; tries, she said, “which have focus ■ ed their minds so much on their ■ defense that they forget to focus i as much attention on their econ omic, social and cultural well-be ing.” The congressional appearance was billed as the highlight of the royal t couple’s 21-day state visit to the United States. \ r *, • But for sheer pageantry. Hie con (Continued r On Pace Five) has been directed to return for further questioning when released , by the the attorney added. Chairman Cecil R. King D-Calif told Callahan the subcommittee did not want to do anything to “im pair Mr. Bolich’s health.” But he said that “competent medical authority’ ’had advised the sub committee that “it would not be improper to proceed.” Callahan challenged this, saying (Continued On Page Two) Two More In Race For County Offices _ji ' ,• 3 **- ' f "' • . '•• '• ♦ i'*f ‘ •’* •- ■ y fV* x», -jT Ij! ! - '^jsp: Milton O. Lee, prominent Ul- Mrs. Ine* Harrington of Ulna** llngton attorney^ recently Harnett Count's Roister Rae, > jeran of World Wat II 60* Plans For Huge Navy Carrier Are Abandoned WASHINGTON (IP the | House Appropriations Com mittee todav whacked ; $4,240,638,500 off President | Truman’s defense budget for ! the 12 months starting July 1. Among other economies, it setit tled Navy plans to build a second 60,000-ton super aircraft carrier; or dered withdrawal of military aides assigned to Gen. Douglas Mae A rthur and other top officers on in active duty, and imposed a heavy cut on military publicity staffs. The committee approved a miti ! tary spending bill of $46 680384.27 b as recommended by a subcommittee whose chairman, Rep. George H. Mahon (D-Tex.l, pronounced the world situation a little less “ex plosive" than it was a year ago. Mahon called on the services to absorb the 8.3 per cent cut by elim inating waste and uuving more in telligently. He said the reduction would not imnair national deferMe, although conceding it involved a calculated risk. NOT AS EXPLOSIVE “Despite ominous clouds on the horizon.” Mahon told reporter*, "the world picture doesn’t seem as ex plosive as it did when the defense appropriation was before Congress last year.” The reduction hit almost across the board. It whacked the Army by $1,680,000,000. the Navy by some $1,006,384,000, and the Air Force by $1,502,200,000, as well as the par ent Defense Department and other defense agencies. Although plane-buying funds were pared somewhat. Mahon said or no slowdown would -Iwl-nnposea on the buildup of air powen S^gOr.- naHt*--*V*o.ooo,Ouu,Wß‘" Cn ■ unspcifl •funds, and said "they probabU could not wisely obligate more than we are showing them.” MORE COTS SLATED Mahon promised more cuts when an additional presidential request for $3.500 000.000 to finance the so called military public works pro gram reaches Capitol Hill. •» ,' “I would say this will be Cut by at least one-half.” Mahon said. The committee’s action Js subject lo change in the House, where de bate is set to start Monday, and later in the Senate. Among the actions most likely to touch off controversy was tije elimination of $210,000,000 for con struction of the second flush-deck carrier, a nroject to which the Navy attached top priority. The first, the USS Forrestal. now is on the war’s at Newport News. Va. Tip to seven admirals and gen erals would be affected, with., a possible total saving of $8T.768 year ly, bv a committee-approved ban against use of the bill’s funds to pav personnel assigned to inactive officers, except where the officer is specially assign-*! to some mil itary duty. »_ 1 MacArthur. the Defense Depart (iContinued On Page Two) J NO. 84