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showers this afternoon or evening.
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and Wednesday.
VOLUME II
Southern Bolt To Eisenhower Is Increasing
1 ARGENTINA'S PRESIDENT PRAYS AT WIFE'S BIER
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# PRESIDENT JUAN D. PERON of Argentina stands before the bier of his wife, Eva, 33, as her body lies In state
In the Ministry of Labor and Welfare Building In Buenos Aires. All Argentina was reported in mourning
l_ *W toe nation’s First Lady, who died of cancer after months of suffering. (International Radiophotol
Board Disagrees On Budget;
d \
Mayor Breaks Tie In Favor
Bip Honor Planned
"for Dr. Blackmon
i
Uzzle To Begin
v i
Work August 15 \ J
Dunn’s new City Manager, >
Archie B, Uzzle. Jr., will take
l over his office here on Auv't l
■ IS, Mayor Ralph E. Hanna told 1
the members of the Dunn City
Council last night.
Since the vote of the board to ,
hire the new City Manager was |
unanimous Mayor Hanna feels j
that this will guarantee him the j
full cooperation of all the mem- j
hers of the board. ]
The Mayor urges the citizens j
of Dunn to get behind the new ,
man and offer him their cooper
ation in order to make his work i
D here a success. He urged an end |
to the bitterness and strife which (
marked the tenure of Oliver O. ,
Manning as City Manager. .
"If we, the members of the
council and all the citizens, will |
work with and give the new (
Cltv Manager a chance, we can |
make Dunn live up to its slogan (
as the ‘finest town under the sun.’’ ,
Change In Train \
Departure Given *
A change in schedule of one of i
the Atlantic Coast Line’s most 1
popular northbound passenger 1
trains was announced here to
day by Agent J. N. Tates. <
Palmetto, Limited, a fine fast I
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Farouk,Begins Exile With 40
Cases Os Whiskey,Champagne
NAPLES, Italy OF) Ousted King Egyptian Ambassador Adbel Aziz CONFLICTING REPORTS
Farouk of Egpyt came to Italy to- Badr Bey and Us wile boarded There were conflicting reports of
day, with 40 cases of whiskey, the yacht at once to find out the Farouk’s destination. One said that
champagne and gin and more than ex-king’s slang., ; ~, v the luxurious Capri Villa Belvedere,
200 pieces of 'luggage, to begin his owned by wealthy Egyptian indus
exile. trlalist Omar Seif El Din, had been
The palatial 4,561-ton royal placed at his disposal. Another said
yacht Mahroussa, in which play- J that he planned to disembark at
boy Farouk sailed from Alexandria Naples and fly to Rome.
Saturday after being ousted in a >lj|H The skipper of the Fakhr II Bl
lightni.ig “anti-corruption’' army har, Capt. Mohammed Hamid Han
coup, tied up at a Naples dock at dly El Cretely, said he had brought
1:05 p. m. (7:05 a. m. EST). the former monarch’s personal
With Farouk were King Ahmed yacht to Capri to enter the Pavil-
Faud, 111. his six-months-old son lion D-Azur yacht race,
and successor as ruler of Egypt's "But in view of the circu:nstanc
-19,000,000 people, and 18-year-old es, I doubt if we will race,” he
Queen Mother Narriman Sadek. fcaid
The yacht tied up only feet Farouk Alexandria on six
1 from the U.S.S, Adirondack, flag- hours’ notice Saturday on orders
ship of Adm. Robert B Carney. from Gen. Mohammed Naguib Bey.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization who seized power in a military
Commander in Chief for Southern coup. It also was at Naguib’s de-
Europe. Carney was in Paris, con- > mand that he abdicated the throne
ferrlng with NATO leaders. KINO VASNK’ In favor of hit Infant son
TELEPHONES: - 3119
I Old friends and former assoc
iates of Dr. Bruce Blackman will
be guests of honor at the basket
supper planned by the Buie’s Creek
Civic Club at 7:00 P. M. Saturday
in the high scool cafeteria. The
committee in. charge hopes that
all of the residents of the com
munity, both men and women, will
turn out to welcome the new doc
tor and his wife..
Dr. John A. McKay of Fayette
ville, Dr. H. A. Matthews of Can
ton, Dr. W. L. McLeod of Norwood,
Dr. Raymond Harmon of Boone,
Dr. Stewart Roberson of Hazelwood,
Dr. Mack Wallace, and Dr. Buster
Brown will be among those present.
Most of these men are former resi
dents of Buie’s Creek.
Among the speakers will be Dr.
W. D. Moore of Coats, who has
been valiantly serving Campbell
College and the Buie’s Creek com
munity In spite of his growing
practice elsewhere.
Dr. R. Bruce Wilkins a mem
ber of the Board of Trustees of
Campbell College and a friend of
the Blackmon family will also
speak, as will Dr. McKay, himself
the scion of a family of doctors
who have served the community
for three generations. Dr. McKay’s
address will be on “Following a
Great Tradition.
After Dr. McKay’a remarks, A.
R. Burkot, dean of Campbell Col-*
lege, will speak on "Looking to the
Future.”
Leslie H. Campbell, president of
Campbell College and chairman of
the committee in charge of the af
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3 to Bath; toward
The 1952-53 Dunn City
Budget barely cleared the
city ppuncil at a long meet
ing la§t jygt\t. Only the de-
CWteg vote of Mayor Ralph'
E. Hanna carried tne rtiotion
to accept the budget as pre
ented by City Clerk Charles
Storey:'. ■..*'[ ‘ '
The budget for this year cklis
fair $324,658; which is $27,886 over
the $206«T65 budget last year. Com
missioner R. G. Tart fired the
opening gun. “Let us make it the
same as last year,” he offered,
"and cut the tax rate by five cents.”
Commissioned J. V. Bass asserted.
“It seems to me that $15,000 a
year for our bonded indebtedness
Is a lot of money. There should
be some way to cut this down.”
The group then went Into a
huddle and began to take the pro
posed budget apart, section by sec
tion. Mayor Hanna pointed out
that by renting the Dunn Armory
to the National Guard, which has
made an offer, the town could save
*6.500, with light and fuel bills for
this structure accounting for an
other SI,BOO.
“Os course," he added, “we have
not yet made the arrangements for
the Guard to take over the building
or decided whether it would be
wise or not.”
“MIGHTY LITTLE”
In discussing the ten percent
raise given to the Police Depart
ment, the Mayor pointed out that
the $2lO for Patrolmen was “migh
ty little for men to live on with
prices as they are now.”
One of the commissioners, not
ing a charge for advertising, sug
gested that a cut might be made |
here, but Mayor Hanna replied, “We j
tried to get by without advertising
once and nearly ended in jail.”
A SI,OOO allocation for street signs
and standards was suggested as a
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DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29, 1952
Farm Official
Predicts Heavy
Tobacco Damage
RALEIGH, (IP)—State A<i
ricultue Commissioner L. Y.
Ballentine has set losses for
the 1952 North Carolina to
bacco crop at $100,000,000
because of a scorching drou
ght.
Ballentine said he made the esti
mate on the basis of last year’s
tobacco prices and said that as
long as the drought and extremely
hot weather continues the loss will
mount rapidly.
The weather bureau confirmed
that this summer has been the
hottest and driest growing -season
on record in the state.
Fred 8. Royster of Henderson,
president of.the Bright Belt Ware
houseman’s Association, said the
eastern North Carolina belt appears
to have suffered most and said the
estimate of a 15 per cent tobacco
loss because of the heat and dry
weather is ’’conservative." He said
the loss is running high in both the
middle and old belts.
The border belt tobacco crop U
in fairly good condition agriculture
officials said.
New Policeman
Is Added Here
The addition 61 a new officer.
Garland Stone of Sanford, brings
the'Dunn Police Department up to
Its regular strength, Mayor Ralph
Hanna told the members of the
City Council Monday night.
Although the new policeman is
inexperienced in local police work,
he has worked with deputies of
the Sheriff’s office In Sanford and
On Face two)
MferWaveFrevu.
Help To Robbers
The heat wave has resulted In
more of the windows of business
establishments in Dunn being open
ed during the day time and the
fact that the owners forget to re
ckxse them at tiitfht has posed a
problem for the Dunn Police De
partment.
Last night for example, two win
dows remained open at the John
son Implement Company’s lumber
shed and two at the Black River
Mattress Company, after all the
employes had left.
Officers on patrol found the open
windows and notified the owners,
who came back to the premises and
made them secure.
However, Chief of Police A. A.
Cobb urges that someone In each
place of business In Dunn be made
responsible for seeing that the pre
mises are secured each night. Open
windows, he points out, invite bur
glary.
New Patrolman
Added In County
One new Highway Patrolman
has been added $o the Harnett
County unit, and 'others reshuffled
to fill a vacancy, according to
Corporal Rommie Williamson.
The new Patrolman is Paul
Lucas, a native of Long Island,
New York. This is his first Patrol
assignment since his recent gradua
tion from the Patrol School at
Chapel Hill. He was In the build
ing and construction business with
W. L. Jewell Company of Sanford,
before his patrol assignment.
He is married to the former Miss
Myrtle Buie of Broadway Route 1.
He reported to his station in
Angler Tuesday morning.
Patrolman W. O. Grady, who was
stationed at Angler, wjll take the
station at Erwin, replacing Patrol
man Joe Whitaker. Joe Whitaker
was injured in an accident several
months ago, and has been assigned,
to desk duty in Fayetteville. I
BULLETINS
, PANMUNJOM, Korea, (»—The Communist North Kor
ean government radio warned today that American stup
bonness may wreck the Korean truce negotiations and ex
pand the war. The Pyonyang broadcast came as Commun
ist staff officers showed every evidence of stalling at an
hour and 40-minute meeting of tile second-string truce
teams.
NAGS HEAD, N. C., (ff)—The 20th century mystery of
a flying saucer seen over the waters of Roanoke Sound for
the last few nights got a i6th century exolanation today.
The “saucer” was a flare fired durine the performance I
of the outdoor drama, “he Lott CWony.”
WASHINGTON, SpaAman, Demo-1
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WORK BEGINS ON NEW SEARS BUILDIN G Oliver W. Godwin, Inc., local contractor, has
been awarded the contract for the new Sears and Roebuck building and work on grading got under
way this morning. Shown operating the bulldozer is Glenn Tart, employee of Lewis Godwin, local
grading contractor. The beautiful new Sears building is being erected beside Thomas’ Walgreen Age
ncy Drug and will be the same size as the drug store. Mr. Godwin said today that the new building
should be ready for occupancy about November 1. It will be of the most modern design, with an all
glass front, air-conditioning and other modern innovations. Sears has shown much growth since
opening here three years ago. Owners of the three new structures, Sears, Walgreen’s and Plggly
Wiggly Food Stores are Alfred Blalock and Dr. W. W. Stanfield. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stew
art).
Local Reaction To Stevenson
Local Democrats generally
leemed to be quite enthused
over Governor Adlai Steven
son winning the Democratic
nomination for President—
but not too enthusiastic.
ReacUon ran all the way from
elation to flat predictions that, “he
doesn’t stands ghost of a ,Ch*i£e.
although rm going US y<fte-*M»
him."
Most part? locals interviewed by
Hie Daily Record said they’d vote
for Stevenson, while some of the
most ardent Democrats in the
county turned thumbs down on
him.
“WONDERFUL SPEECH”
Mis. R. L. Godwin, Sr, said she
though his acceptance speech was
“one of the most wonderful ad
dresses! ever: heard In my life.”
Another prominent Dunn woman,
who. asked that her name not be
used, said: "Compared to Gen. Eis
enhower, Stevenson is the most un
impressive looking man I ever saw.
He’s Sbprt and bald-headed and he
even has a mean look In his eye.”
The; Woman has been extremely
active in the Democratic Party
here.
“A SURE WINNER”
Harnett Democratic Chairman
W. A. (Bill) Johnson sees Steven
son as "a sure winner" and said
he was.his choice. Chairman John
son reminded, however, that “it’s
going to take some work this fall
to keep the Democratic Earty in
power. I don’t believe people are
going to turn their backs on a party
which has done so much for them."
Mince McLamb, an astute Dunn
| political leader, said he saw no
difference In Stephenson and Tru
, man.
“They could Just as well have
changed clothes and sent Truman
back to Washington,” declared Mc-
Lamb. “They both stand forth«
same thing.” He predicted Stev
enson will face rough sledding this
’ fall.
Charles Skinner, another promin
ent Dunn business man, said he
considered Stevenson the best man
available and will support him. '‘My
1 first choice, of course, was Sena
tor Russell,” he said.
"EASIEST TO BEAT"
Harnett Republican Chairman J.
1 O. West said he feit Indebted to
1 the Democrat* ‘for doing us a fa-‘
vor by nominating Stevenson,” and
adder, “Hell be the easiest of all
to beat”
I “While the people of the South
I >Cm tinned On Face Two)
Ike Will Address
Veterans In L A.
U i DENVEtt;.«P)—Dvrtfchir O. "tfeehhowerts first
since the Republican national convention will be covered
in the huge 2bs Angeles Coliseum on Aug. 5, It was an
nounced today.
The GOP presidential nominee
will address the 53rd annual en- i
campment of the Veterans of For- j
eign Wars. ]
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Elsen
hower’s executive assistant, said I
the speech would be “non-political :
in nature.” But other members of '
Elsenhower’s staff conceded that !
any speech made by the general
between now and election day Nov. i
4 would have political overtones.
Vandenberg said that “of course”
Elsenhower would return to Calif- i
ornia for campaign speeches after :
the whistle-stop tour begins in the
early fall.
WILL RECEIVE MEDAL
The VFW will award Eisenhower
its first annual Bernard M. Ba
ruch medal. This medal is to be :
given each year, to the person who i
“has made the greatest contribu- ■
tion to the cause of American un- i
ity and world peace.”
Judge Sharpe Goes
Home; Father Is 111
Superior Court - Judge Susie
, Sharp was called home from a spec
ial term of Harnett civil court to
. day, but Judge Howard G. Godwin
, of Dunn took over on the bench
, this afternoon and prevented ad
■ joumment of the two-weeks term.
Judge Sharpe’s father has been
seriously ill for several weeks and
entered the hospital on Sunday.
Soon after opening of court this
| morning, she was notified by phone
that his condition was worse.
She finished the case being tried
and left Immediately for Reidsville.
At the opening of the term yes
terday, Judge Sharp quickly gran
ted divorces to five couples and
went right to work on other cases.
DINNER WAS SCHEDULED
This was her first visit to Harnett
and she made a very favorable im
pression on members of the bar and
other court officers. The Lillington
Business and Professional Women
had scheduled a dinner In her hoo
♦MARKETS*
EGGS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH m Egg and
live poultry markets:
Central North Carolina live poul
try: Fryers or broilers steady.
Supplies light weights adequate for
fair demand. Heavier weights in
Ught supply. Heavy hens steady,
i Supplies plentiful. Demand alow.
{ Prices at farm up to to a. m.
Fryers or broilers 2 1-2 2 lbs 38.
I Heavy bens 20.
i Eggs: Steady. Supplies short.
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Vandenberg said Eisenhower’s
speech would consist of a brief
response to the presentation of the
medal.
Eisenhower previously had accep
ted an invitation to address the
34th annual American Legion con
vention in New York City on Aug.
25.
Eisenhower had several political
conferences scheduled for this week
before making his first address as
a political candidate. He had a lun
cheon engagement today With Sen.
Hugh Butler of Nebraska, a staunch
supporter of Sen. Robert A. Taft for
the GOP presidential nomination
prior to Elsenhower’s selection.
BUTLER FOR HIM
Butler wanted to assure Eisen
hower of full support in the forth
coming presidental campaign in
which the general will be pitted
against Gov. Adlai Stevenson of
Illinois, Democratic nominee.
or tonight at Johnson’s Restaurant
in Dunn.
It so happened that Judge God
win was at his home here this week
on vacation, but readily agreed to
finish out the term for Judge Sharp.
“I know everybody will be dis
appointed,” joked Judge Godwin.
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Police Protection
Cost Dunn $42,02m
The maintenance of the safety
. of the citizens of Dunn through its
Police Department takes a $42,-
025 bite out of the budget for the
coming year, the majority or $30,840
for salaries with an addittonijl
$960 set up for extra help.
Top salary goes to Chief A. A.
Cobb, who draws $3,600 annually
Salaries of two Sergeants at $3,-
820 have been set up, although
I one of these offices is vacant, with
Sergeant Corby Wood holding the
■ other.
Two Corporals, Francis W. Hall
’ and K. M. Fail each draw annual
i salaries of $2,700. Five white pat
. rohnen, Hargus Davidson, W. C.
. Williamson, Aaron Johnson, B, J.
. Whaley, and W. W. Lassiter draw,
salaries of $2,640 annually. The
two Negro patrolmen, John Bro-I
ckington and Alex Thompson each
get $1,500 annually. ” , , , '
Ihe Record
Gets Results
NO. 167
More Southern
Leaders Balk
; At Platform
ATLANTA, (IP) —Southern
Democrats were being stir
red in scattered quarters to
day to switch to Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower in a 1952 ver
sion of the States’ Rights
rebellion of 1948.
Den .
While most party leaders waited
to see how the Stevenson-Spark-
I man campaign shapes up, diehard
States Righters and a few others
I appeared eager to use the doors
j left open in several states for a
I possible bolt.
Former Lt. Gov. Sam Lumpkin
of Mississippi said tlie name of the
Republican candidate definitely will
be proposed because the state
Democratic convention when it re
convenes late in August.
A reliable source in Mississippi
said that if the state convention
does not switch to Eisenhower, an
"independent” slate of electors
favoring the GOP candidate will
be placed on the general election
ballot.
PREDICTS SURPRISES
Gov. Hugh White of Mississippi
said he could “see no reason why
we cannot support” the party's
nominees but he hinted knowledge
of the Einsenhower movement by
predicting there may be some
“surprises” soon.
Gov. James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina, where the state conven
tion has left the door open by
recessing instead of adjourning, as
was done in Mississippi, declined
to express his views.
“I took the position at Chicago
when she loyalty oath was proposed
that the recessed convenUon should
have the right to decide our
Go*vßobert F. Kfennoa of tettift
iana said he Yelt it Is ■**uneert*h*"
that the South will support the
Democratic tipket of Gov. Adlai ‘
Stevenson and Sen. John Spark
man.
Kennon, whose state is one. of ‘
several in the South with doors
similarly open for possible switches
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STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
.
' Granvil C. Kyker, former faculty
1 member at the University of North
Carolina Medical School, has been _
appointed "principal scientist” of
the medical division of the Oak :
Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
in Tennessee, it was announced
today.
WHITEVILLE (TP) lmperial
Wizard Thomas L. Hamilton and ;
63 other defendants will be sentenc- Ja
ed today for their part in a year
of Ku Klux Klan terrorism hei«. j
GREENSBORO (IP) Convict- ■ j
ed numbers king F. D. Smith,
jailed on manslaughter charges- J
faced today a $75,000 suit filed by ~
the father of the boy he is charged’ '?
with killing.
RALEIGH (IP) * — Raising the ,
interest rate on the state'g Idle j
funds in expected to mean an in
crease of about $157,000 a year, A
state officials said today. -jS
The Council of State hiked tija'
interest rate on idle cash deposited
1 in banks from 11.2 per cent to luiS
Uniforms, badges, etc, to keep £
our officers looking their bast >
cost the town a tidy $1,600
year. A new car is figured ia ttSSI
budget at a cost of
servicing of the police radtolpjlH
take SSOO. Prisoners must
the sum of SI,OOO is set up.t&lßw
budget to provide them
meals. Postage and telephone •&$«
telegraph will up' nn|tlistr4
$225. Printing is budgeted for «Q
and advertising S2O. - ’ 1
r METER MAINTENANtfFig
Those parking me ten, cussed* and
discussed by Dunn citizens, 'ifiSuS
mTSTSL d m* is Wl wt**t
just for the cleaning 41 thg'M u
, bed clothes. J
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