t WEATHER*
NORTH CAROLINA Partly
cloudy and not much change in
temperatures today, tonight and
Saturday with scattered thunder
showers mostly in late afternoon
or early evening.
VOLUME II
Bill To Guard
Price
*Now In Senate
WASHINGTON (IP) A
House-passed bill to protect
cotton growers from skid
ding prices if they meet the
government’s production
goal got a divided reception
in the Senate today.
W The bill would raise price sup
ports for the 1952 crop more than
10 percent, but only if the 16.000,000
hale crop requested by the govern
ment is harvested of officially fore
cast in crop reports this year.
It passed the House on a 156 to
62 standing vote yesterday,
Sen. Olin D. Johnston <D-SC>,
p member of the Senate Agricul
ture Committee, promised to press
for farly Senate consideration cf
bill.' .
* “I’m for anvthing that will in
crease or stabilize the price of cot
ton,” he said.
AIKEN AGAINST IT
But Sen. George D. Aiken, (Vt),
ranking GOP member of the com
mittee. tdld a reporter.
“I don’t see why we should single
cut cotton for price support ad
justments. If we open the gates
we’ll find producers of all other
basic crops asking for changes,”
Cotton prices now are Tunning
ijps per cent above the present sup
port level. Cotton state lawmakeis
fear prices will fall to the sup
port level if growers produce the
big crop which the government re
quested to build up reserve stocks
for possible future defense needs.
In recommending the measure,
the House Agriculture Committee
estimated it would provide an in
crease of 3.5 cents a pound in the
support level. But Agriculture De
partment officials said the com-
figures were out of date
and the increase would amount to
4.3 cents.
Prospects now are that grower
prices will be supported at about
31 cents per pound under present
law. Thus, a 4.3 cent boost would
raise supports above 35 cents.
Grower prices now average about
35 cents.
Jlank'Bandits
Get Sentence
GREENSBORO (IP) Seven
men who entered guilty pleas to
charges growing out of the holdup
of a Leaksville bank April 17 re
ceived sentences ranging from seven 1
to 25 years in federal court here
(Continued On Page Two' I
•Slayer Executed
In Gas Chamber
RALEIGH OP) John Andrew
Roman died in the state’s glass
enclosed gas chamber at Central
Prison here today while' 22 official
witnesses and reporters watched.
The deadly, light-orange gas fill
med the chamber at 10:05 a.m. and ’
w ßoman was pronounced dead by a
prison official nirie minutes later.
The thin, 28-year-old Negro pro
tested his innocence to the last.
He refused breakfast this morn- ]
ing, and officials said it was one
cf the few times a condemned
prisoner had turned down a last
meal.
MURDERED WIDOW
Roman was convicted of the mur
der of an elderly Lexington white
widow.
Roman, father of four children,
i Continued on Page Eight)
New Petitions Slated Asking
City Board To Keep Manning
♦ "
Board Expected
To Name Ammons
Chairman Lofton A. Tart of the
Harnett County .Board *of Com
missioners said today that he feels
sure the board will reappoint
Agent C. R. Ammons, who
has been under fire for sometime
from several groups In the county.
Reappointment of the county
agent was scheduled to take place
at the board's Meeting on Monday,
but was postponed pending investi
gation. A special meeting was sche
■duled f<jr this afternoon.
Chairman Tart said Commiss.on
tr Worth Byrd had been appoint
ed to investigate certain criticisms
- heard of the office, but said Mr.
had reported to him that
’wTuje matter had been cleared up
satisfactorily. Several times, reap
pointment of Ammons has met op
“ There apparently are only a few
- fssisji&’ssr
TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119
Ridgway Issues D-Day Warning To Russia
Wr A mliPSBr Mk m A wtPP Jk ' m BSt H .JNB
Here is the opening number from the fourth annual Dance Revue, presented by the George R.
Marks Studio of Dance, in the Dunn High School Auditorium tonight at eight o’clock. Pictured left
to. right: Jan Somjll or Benson, Mary 'Mac Hamilton of Dunn, Gloria Allen of Benson, Janice Moss,
Nancy Jones and Diane Conn, all of Dunn. (Photo courtesy of Bernadette Hoyle of Smithfield).
Eisenhower Wants To Beat
Democrats And Socialism
Benson Club Hears
New MarragßrS peak
“People usually have four major concepts of what
a Chamber of Commerce should do,’’ Vinceiit Daly, Man
ager of the Benson Chamber told the members of the
Benson-Meadow Kiwanis Club. “Some expect it to sell
, the town and its advantages, others demand that it firing
new industry to the area, others want it to secure busi-
I ness for the merchants and still more have a vague idea
that it should somehow improve the town.”
' Mr Dalv who recently took over, civic group in the Hotel Carolina
the* post^t' the < BenKin-Chamber of I last night I think that they are
Commerce, was guest speaker at all correct to then demands,
the regular meeting of the Benson! (Continued Oh Page
Bible Schools Now
On In Dunn-Erwin
, I
With 199 on the rolls and an average attendance of i
183 for the first four days, the vacation Bible School at
I the First Baptist Church is off to a good start. Classes
will be held from 9:00 a.m. until rioon coßCluding June
1 The program is under the over- beginners 1, Mi; ' Hawley; begin
alldirection of Miss Evelyn Strau- r.ers 2. Mrs. Hpnan Green. pn
ghan, educational director of the mary 1, MissVaraLee T h° rn^ :
church and Includes age groups primary 2, Mrs. Ralph Maxweb,
from 4to 17, with classes for all junior 1, Miss, rle Goodricn,
aeeVouos. j junior 2. Miss £ ighan and In-
B Classesand their directors are: r..mu>»wl uw tmm*
Petitions requesting the retent
ion of City Manager Oliver O. Man
ning may be put into circulation
here early next week.
Already citizens are signing pe- I
titions endorsing Mr. Manning’s
services as city manager and ask- I
ing him not to resign. The city
council has written him a letter re
questing that he resign and vacate
the office not later than June 15th. 1
Benny Slaughter, one of the <
leaders in the movement In behalf 1
of Mr. Manning, said this after- '•
noon that many citizens feel the 1
first petitions are inadequate since
they do not request any positive
action by tee city council. , 1
WANTS REASONS OR REVERSAL
“We’ll probably start some new
petitions Monday,” said Mr. Slaugh
ter, “asking specifically that the
city council reverse its ‘earlier de
cision and keep Mr. Manning In
office or give reasons why.”
Mr. Slaughter says citizens are
Indignant over the fact that tee
board fired Mr. Manning without
giving him “any reason whatso
ever.” ■
He said the petitions probably
(Ehv flaihj ttsxxt
Legion lifting
For Convention
Plans for pijticipation In the I
State Conventidw which will be
held in Durham Tomorrow, Sun-1
day, Monday and Tuesday, took up,
the major portion of the business (
session at the meeting of Dunn
Post Number 59 of the American!
Legion last night. i
In addition So the regular dele-j
gates, many (of Mhe members signi- j
fled their interjfiro to attend, and.
Dunn will be at
the- ceremonies.
J. O. West as a mem
ber of the boa;® Irustees to re
place Otis Warn? /ho is retiring
after five yeare&j e board. Three
new members jR - Elected to the
excutive board A-i ,
ning should be*f reed to resign or
to vote to retain nim in office.
“We feel th#. a moral question
is involved,” laid Mr. Slaughter,
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DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6, 1952
ABILENE, Kan. (IP) Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower ruled
out a fight with Sen. Robert
A. Taft for the RepubHean
presidential nomination and.
campaign today ■
on defeating the Democrats
The retired five-star general, now
fully in the political swim, wound
up a two-day visit to his home town
and headed for New York.
Eisenhower set forth his ideas
and the basis for his campaign
during his first political speech, his
first news conference and subse
quent talks with Republican dele
gates to the July convention.
SOLIDLY REPUBLICAN
He took a stand on at least half
dozen major issues, allied himself
solidity pn the side of the Republi
cans and solidly against the Demo
crats.
Fundamentally, he said, he was
in "general accord” with the Re
publican stand in the mid-term
elections of 1950 which started that
the basis difference between the
parties was the fight of “liberty
I versus socialism.”
| By so doing, he implied agree
ment of a sort with his arch-rival
| because Taft had, a big hand in
(Continued on Page 8)
Mr. Tort Tired Os
Feuding , Takes Off
Alexander Tort left town in a huff this morning—
pretty sore about some derogatory publicity he’s been
receiving.
A Daily Record photographer
snapped; the cootrov'erpial public
figure just before he stepped on a
bus to leave the city “for some
very important business elsewhere.”
Other reporters had failed to find
him, but a Daily Record reporter
had no trouble.
“Why some people,” he point
ed out, “have been spreading the
untruth that .there’s no such per
son as Mr. Tort. I’ll have you to
know that I’m a well-known busi
ness man and public figure.”
RANK ACCOUNT, TOO
To substantiate that fact, he
produced a bank book showing de
posits in The Commercial Bank of
Dunn. Cashier J. N. Stephenson
confirmed his balance.
“Furthermore,” added Mr. Tort,
j“you might be interested to learn
j that I’m being considered for a
j very important position in this
i town. There’s going to be a vacancy
. along about June 15th and I’m the
people’s choice."
Mr. Tort said he’d been wanting
|an opportunity to be interviewed
by The Daily Record.
“A lot of stuff has been put out,”
'he said, “about this and that and
practically none of it is true. Tm a
man of wide influence and some
body’s liable to hear about it, top.”
Where was Mr. Tort going!
TIRED OF FEUDING
“Frankly,” he said, "I*m going
(Cantoned On Fag* Two)
Taft To Enter j
Convention
With 150 Lead
WASHINGON (IP) Sen.
Robert A. Tift expects to go
mm the Republican con
vention next month with a
lead of 150 delegates over
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
his campaign strategists re
ported today.
Taft is not ready to claim that
he will walk off with the GOP
presidential nomination on the first
ballot. But his managers are su
premely confident the crucial open
ing tally will show him, at worst,
only a few votes short of the 604
required for nomination.
They believe it is virtually cer
tain that he will go on from there
to pick up enough strength from
various “favorite son” nominees to
clinch the prize, perhaps on the
second or third roll call.
NO FORECAST FROM IKE
Eisenhower backers vehemently
dispute this forecast of how the
July 7 convention will go.
They do not deny that Taft is
leading in convention delegates at
the moment, but they are'counting
on Eisenhower to gain strength
rapidly now that he is back home,
out of uniform, and actively cam
paigning.
Sen. Frank Carlson (R-Kan.,)
director of the national Eisenhower
for President headquarters, said
the general already had “gained
ground” as a result of private talks
at Abilene, Kan., yesterday with
about 160 delegates from Kansas,
Missouri, Nebraska, lowa, Okla
homa, Arkansas and Colorado.
Eisenhower headed for New York
today for more all-important talks
with GOP political delegations.
RECRUITING SUPPORT
His chances for winning the dom
ination binge to, a large extent on
•how SflbWßSfllf he' is in these con
ferences in recruiting the support
of big blocs of now-committed dele
gates from such states as Michigan
and Pennsylvania.
He opened his campaign with a
speech Wednesday night and a
news conference yesterday in his
home town of Abilene. His attacks
on “socialism,” his , taxes, waste
ful federal spending and (jsvern
ment corruption were greeted by
pro-Eisenhower Republicans here
as good GOP doctrine.
But Taft asserted that Eisen
hower’s statements “dealt largely
in generalities" and avoided
“definite commitments” on various
issues.
TAFT MORE OPTIMISTIC
Appearing on the Mutual Broad
casting System radio program,
“Reporters’ Roundup,” Taft was
asked what effect Eisenhower’s
return has had on the race.
“I think my chances have im
proved,” Taft replied.
In the Democratic presidential
race, Sen. Estes Kefauver emerged
from a White House conference
yesterday to say that he expects
President Truman to remain
“neutral” in the contest.
Ell
IT’S A BEAR’S FOOT that Weldon Hobbs is holding here. It was
found in his front yard by his younger brother, Bobby, after they
shot what they believed was a bear Friday 'night.
They Think It Was
A Bear , Got A Foot
Weldon H. Hobbs, his father,
Andrew Hobbs and his employee,
Frank Wiggins, are thoroughly con
vinced that the animal, whose eyes
they saw shining from the bushes
near Black River was a bear. And,
although these animals are ex
tremely rare in this section of the
state, it may have been.
The three were fishing, close to
the Hobbs home near Antioch
Church on Black River Friday
night, when they heard something
in the brush. They turned and :uw
a pair of eyes shining over the
bushes, about 40 or 50 feet away.
It was about ten at night, and
quite dark, so they flashed a light
on it, but before they could iden
tify the animal, it ran away
through the brush.
About ten minutes later, the eyes
reanpeared in a different snot near
a fire. Weldon shot at it with a .22
rifle, and at a range of about fifty
yards, he is certain he scored a
hit.
TOO HIGH FOR HOG—
—TOO LOW FOR COW
All three say the eyes appeared
about three and a half feet from
the ground, too high for the ani
mal to have been a hog and too
low for it to have been a stray cow.
They were thoroughly convinced
that the eyes they saw belonged
to a bear.
To lend further credence to their
conviction, next morning, Bobby
Hobbs, Weldon’s younger brother
found a foot In their front yard
that indubitably came from a bear.
They believe the bear they shot
at may have lost the foot in a
trap and that one of their dogs
found the relic and brought it into
the yard. The.y plan to arrange for
a hunt in the section in an effort
to kill the animal.
“A bear that has been wounded
ana has lost a foot, would be a
dangerous creature to be at large
in this section,” Hobbs said, “and
should be killed off.”
♦MARKETS*
IHOGS
RALEIGH (W Hog maHtßt
mostly steady. Hillsboro toppeal|;j|fc.
20.25.
Tarboro, Hamilton, Jacksonville,
BeulaviUe, Kenly, Whiteville, Kiri*
ston, Rocky Mount, Florence and
Fayetteville: Steady at 20.00.
Siler City, Benson, Elizabethtown
and Clinton: Slightly stronger at
20.00.
Mount Olive and Warsaw: Slight
ly weaker at 19.75.
Dunn, Burgaw, Goldsboro, Clark
ton, Wilson, Washington, Wilming
ton, Smithfield and Woodland:
Steady at 19.75.
COTTON
NEW YORK m Cotton futures
prices at 1 p. m. BBT today: New
New
The Record
Gels Results
FIVE CENTS FER COPY
Dance Revue
Slated Tenite
Tonight at eight o’clock in the
Dunn High School Auditorium the
fourth annual Dance Revue of the
George R. Marks’ School of Dance
will be presented by the founder
of the school, Mr. Marks. More
than forty children will take part
on the varied program, and much
talent will be offered for the en
joyment of the audience. Colorful
costumes were executed by Mrs.
Norva Westbrook of Dunn and Mrs.
L. Byrd of Bunnlevel.
Students from Smithfield, Lil
lington, Benson, Meadow, Angier
Kiplin, Bunnlevel and Dunn, will
take part in the colorful revue;
dancing noveltias, dainty ballets
and fancy tap routines will mak'->
the hour and a half show well
worth seeing.
Dunn students taking part on the
program are Janice Moss, Mary Mac
Hamilton. Nancy Jones, Diai-.n
Conn, Barbara Louise Edwards,
Catherine Westbrook, Hazel Byrd,
Mary Alice Maynard, Sandra
Blackiey. Vicki Wade, Margaret
Longhi, Linda Sue Green, Donna
Gammon, Gloria Fnrnes, Deedie
. Burrage, and Susan Warren: Ben
son students are Robin Vann, Jan
Sorrell, Bobbie Woodall, Faye Par
ker, Ann Pollock Johnson, Glenda
Faye Parker, Noela Sue Auman;
! Lillington students being presented
! are Nancy Womble, Janet Sutton,
. Mary Ann Moore, Becky Mat
thews, Barrbara Myrick, Karen
Walker, Ann Renn, Polly Cam
i cron of Kipling and Elaine Byrd
(Continued On Page Three)
2 Weeks Civil Tern v
Will Open Monday
Harnett County Superior Court
will open for a two-week term of
-civil court Monday, with Judge
William T. Hatch of Raleigh pre
siding. Ten divorce cases and 47
other civil suits appear on the
crowded docket.
Those seeking divorce are: Mil
dred F. Lawrence from Samuel
Lawrence: W. T. Sauls from Ha
F. Saults; Geneva Autrey Pittman
from Elmer Pittman; Clara Eliza
Filippo from Francis Wood Fiilllp
po; Martha N. Calhoun from Don
ald Leroy Calhoun: Ruby Warren
Tew from R. Jethro Tew; Jacquelyn.
Jr.. Lula Jackson Strickland from
L.
Mobery Boil.
v i-P v- •
NO. 130
Asserts War
Move Would
Destroy Her
ST. MERE EGLISE, Fran
ce (IP) Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway issued a stern
warning to Russia . today
near the spot where he par
achuted eight years ago as
the first American general
to land in the invasion of
Europe.
The new Allied supreme com
mander in Europe said to a speech
at the “Utah” invasion neaeh near
here that if the Societ starts a war
Stalin’s forces will be destroyed
iust as Hitler's were.
“I COME TO WAGE PEACE”
•’The last time I came here as
one of thousands to wage war,”
I Ridgway said. "This time I come to
: wage peace.”
On June 6, 1944, Ridgway Jump
: ed with his 82nd Airborne Division
behind German lines four hours be
\ fore H-hour on D-day, in an oper
\ ation which German generals called
the most courageous and draing of
( the war.
| Ridgway said the West was de
; termined to defend itself no mat-
I ter what the cost.
NOT NATION OF WAR
f “We are free peoples, and free
i peoples do not take counsel of their
I fears when all that they cherish
is at stake,” he declared. “We are
not now, we never have been and
ao not intend to be nations that
walk with fear.
“If we are long suffering, we
are long suffering because we know
the illimitable reservoirs of oi»
own strength and because we seek
by every honorable means to avoid
that ultimate horror, war, which
Proves nothing, which settles no
thing and ■ which is barren to the
(victor as tj—the vanquished " •
Record Story Is
Means Os Getting
Boy Wheel Chair
Although the story of the plight
of Bennie Mcßride, crippled by
muscular dystrophy and in need
of a wheel chair only appeared
in yesterday’s Record, arrange
ments have already been made
to take care of the unfortunate
Negro boy.
Bennie will be supplied with the
needed wheel chair by the God
win Building and Supply Com
pany, and the company is also
arranging to build a ramp far
the porch of the Mcßride home,
so that the youth will be able
to get in and out of the house,
iCiintlniiril w* puff fw«l
Woodmen Plan
Ladies’ Night
Members of Dunn Camp No. 894
of the Woodmen of the World met
last night and mapped out final
plans for their annual ladies night
slipper to be held next Wednes
day night. June 11th at the home
of Jesse Weeks on North Orange
Ave., commencing at 7 p.m. The
ticket committee reported that
there were already a lot of tickets
scld and urged that every per
son desiring to attend get their
tickets before TuWxiay in order
that they would know how many
to prepare for. It was also a*'-y
nounced that persons other Os \
Woodmen were being invited)
attend since it was going to be I
open meeting and the proceeds
go to the Camp Treasury. I /
Each person will be serve*
(Continued On Page Four)
MOTION DOCKET
Cases on the motion docket
Janet L. Stewart vs Thomas C.
Stewart; Durwood A. Young vs. Jig
sephine R. Young; Malcolm Catg|*
eron vs Jessie Rute Cameron: OppE
Wall, et al vs J. L. Wicker, et ate
F.uby W. Clark vs Jeter Clark,
als; and L. M. McDonald vs Jamil;
A. Wilson, et al.
R.JL Johnson, et