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TOP GRADE LEAF VV. S. Munson, buyer for R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, one of the buyers on the Dunn Tobacco Market
is shown examining some of the top dollar leaf he purchased for his
company on the market here. The tobacco he holds is typical of
the better grade which all the buyers eagerly bid on for their
companies. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart).
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Billy Rose Drops
Divorce Charges
Hj. yORK l»k-49howman fiUJy Rose ujMM*
w big show in court today by withdrawing his divorce charges
against his swimming queen wife, Eleanor, and agreeing
to let the court fix alimony in a separation.
Driver Appeals
Speed Conviction
Judge M. O. Lee presided over
the morning half of Harnett Re
corder’s Court, on Tuesday, while I
in the afternoon Vice-recorder L.
M. Chaffin was on the bench. Sol
icitor Neil Ross was assisted in pro
secuting the docket by Attorneys
John R. Hood and D. C. Wilson.
A contested speeding case con
sumed a large part of the morning
session. Ralph Lee Sparrow. Dur
ham business man,, was found
«, guilty of speeding 70 to 75 miles
an hour in a 50 mile per hour
zone. Sparrow immediately took an
appeal to Superior Court. He was
represented by Bob Young and
Archie Tavlor.
DENIED CHARGE
Highway patrolman Herman
Ward testified he clocked Sparrow
driving a Cadillac car at the high
rate of speed Lillington
and the Bethune stockyard on’
highway 15-A on the night of
.fy August 30. Sparrow denied going
8 over 50 miles an hour, claimed his
car had had mechanical trouble
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DISTRICT NURSES HOLD MEETING The I«th District of the North Carolina State Nunes
Association met last night at Johnson’s Restaurant with Dr. John W. Baluss as guest speaker. Shown
are, seated, left to right; Dr. R. L. Doffermyre, who introduced the speaker; Dr. Baluss; and Mm
Ruby Strickland. Standing, left to right; Mrs. Ms Poole, secretary-treasurer; Mm Ruby Hood, Presi
dent; and Mbs Theresa Magrnder,’ vice-president. (Daily Record photo by Louis Dearborn).
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Supreme Court Justice James B.
M. McNally granted a motion made
shortly after noon by Rose’s at
torney, Arthur Garfield Hays.
A short time earlier the creator
of Broadway, water and nightclub
spectacles had said he was willing
to drop his charges against the
former Eleanor Holm if she .would
drop her charges against him.
The decision to compromise end
ed chances of a battle royal which
had been regarded as a sure thing
to# bring h lot of dirty linen out
of night life closets.
“I’m willing to let her take a
separate decree on ground of aban
donment and leave the question
of alimony wholly up to Justice
McNally,” Rose said. “If she capi
tulates, I will give an uncontested
suit of separation.” ,
McNally, noted for his ability to
settle divorce cases without a trial,
had attorneys parading through his
chambers like customers through a
bargain basement.
ELEANdR TESTIFIES
Eleanor, deeply sun-tanned and
wearing a black dress with a plung
ing neckline and backline, then
took the stand and perfunctorily
testified Rose abandoned her on
Sept. 15, 1951, and never returned.
Then both sides rested in the
I separation suit brought by Eleanor.
! The judge granted a separation
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U.S. May Explode H-Bomb
Trial May Open Tomorrow
Accused Bank
Robbers Won’t
Contest Case
Defense Attorneys J. Rob
ert Young and Archie Ta'vlor
announced here this morn
ing that they will offer a
nlea of nolo contendere in
the case of four Harnett
men charged with robbing
the First Citizens Bank and
An Tier.
They said they would not
contest the government’s
charges tout would throw
the defendants on the mercy
of the court.
“There really won’t be
much trial to it,” declared
Senator Young, indicating
that Ihe government has an
“open and shut case” against
the four Harnett men.
RALEIGH, (IP) Federal
authorities said here today
trial may begin tomorrow
for four Lillington men in
dicted in connection with
what they said was a “fool
proof” robbery of the First
Citizens Bank and Trust
Co., at Angier April 29.
(Assistant U. S. Attorney Tom
Ellis told The Daily Record this
morning that he expects the trial
to begin tomorrow.)
A federal grand jury returned
true bills against the four yesterday
on charges stemming from the
$44,000 holdup.
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>1» lw!K#Ah* lone' gunman whir
waved two pistols in a bank cash
ier’s face, shoved a large shopping
bag at him and told him to "fill It
up.” ,
Officials charge that Murchi
son’s plans were so complete that
he was able to appear at the Har
nett CounC—"fee by the
time the alarm had .ne in, and
that he was the first person the
sheriff told about the robbery.
EXCHANGED CARS
The bills of indictment qlso
charged David Watkins, 32, with
exchanging cars with Murchison a
few minutes after witnesses saw a
gunman roar away from the scene.
The two other defendants, Pvt. Will
Rogers, 19, and Jesse Frank Arnold
26, are charged with -aiding Mur
chison and being accessories to
the robbery.
The FBI later announced that
most of the money was recovered.
The defendants are represented
by State Senator Bob Young of
Dunn and Archie Taylor of Lill
ington.
Hutchinson Will
Speak In Raleigh
WASHINGTON (IP) Demo
cratic National Chairman Stephen
A. Mitchell announced today that
Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture Knox T. Hutchinson will
speak at Raleigh, N. C„ Sept. 17
to boost the national Democratic
ticket
DUNN, N. C\, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1952
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MR, LEE AND HI & BELL
That Loifd Noise Is
Howard Lees Bell
Howard M. Lee, prominent Dunn business man and
a teal railroad fan, today had fulfilled a lifelong ambition
—to own one of the big brass bells off an Atlantic Coast
Line engine.
The bell, clapper and platform
on which it is mounted all 200
pounds or so of it, — arrived yes
terday and today * Lee had it
j mounted over the office of his
store.
When a friend comes in the
store now, Lee grabs for the rope
and you can hear the results for
blocks away.
Mrs. Joe Johnson, his secretary,
avowed this morning that she’s
going to buy some ear plugs for
protection, but Lee just beams
when the clanging starts.
The 'Dunn business man, who
Indianapolis Gives
Ike Big Reception
BY JOHN L. CUTTER
(IP) Staff Correspondent
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (IP)—Dwight D. Eisenhower em
braced all Republican candidates, including two of the
GOP’s most controversial senators, today in calling for
teamwork to turn out an administration of “fear mongers,
quack doctors and bare-faced looters.”
Eisenhower, heading for a cam- that he is calling for support of
paign visit to Washington, D. C„ “the entire Republican ticket from
and a four-day rest befofe hitting top to bottom."
the campaign trail again, found Appearing with him was Sen.
at Indianapolis one of the most William E. Jenner, who has at
enthusiastic audiences since he tacked Gen. George C. Marshall,
started a nine-state plane trip Eisenhower's good friend,
eight days ago. While Eisenhower was speaking,
The Republican rivesidehtial Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, another
hopeful told 16,000 persons in But- pritic of Marshall, won renomin
ler University Field House and a atlon in a Wisconsin primary by
nationwide radio audience last night (Continued On Page two)
BULLETINS
* -'CONWAY, S. C. (IP)—Horry County Coroner John Dix
was scheduled to hold an inquest at 6 p. m., today in the
fatal shooting of Needham Garfield Ward, Jr., by San
ford, N. C., industrialist O. P. Makepeace.
ABBEVILE, S. C., (IP)—Citizens of Abbeville paused to
day and bowed their heads in memory of the “Major of
St. Lo.” A granite marker was unveiled in memory of
Maj. Thomas D. Howie of Abbevilte, one of America’s great
est heroes in the 1944 offensive through Normandy.....
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. 11ß Cornelius McGee was
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has a number of hobbies, added the
bell to his already large collection
of antiques. He has an old grap
hophone, an ancient typewriter, a
coffee mill handed down for gen
erations.
Not only that, Mr. Lee owns
a complete file of Life magazines
from the first issue published in
November of 1936 to present date.
This file already Is worth several
thousand dollars as a collector’s
Item, and Lee plans to keep it for
another quarter of a century or
so. His set has been indexed and
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Stevenson Begins
Platform Talks
On Train Tour
BY MERRIMAN SMITH
(IP) Staff Corresoondent
SAN FRANCISCO. (IP) j
Adlai Stevenson put his first
j major foreign policy speech
behind him today and got
the feel of the open road
from the rear platform of a
campaign train.
Th,e Democratic presidential J
nominee, whose recent public ap
pearances mostly have been con
fined to stuffy auditoriums, set
out for Los Angeles, scheduling ;
eight platform talks along the j
way.
Stevenson, in making his first!
foreign policy pronouncement at
Veterans Memorial Auditorium j I
here last night, defended the Tru
man admistration’s move in Ko- 1I
rea and simultaneously put the
blame on Russia for high taxes | 1
imposed on Americans. * |
“I believe we may in / time look j
back at Korea as a major turning -
Toint in history,” Stevenson said, I
“a turning point which led not to j
another terrible war, but to the |
first historic demonstration that an |'
effective system of collective secur- j:
ity is possible.”
SPURNS WAY IDEA j 1
Although he spurned the idea I
that war with Russia is inevitable, 1
Stevenson warned the nation j
against understimating the seri
ousness of the problems facing
America in Asia “perhaps for many ;
- yews.” „ ■. . - 4
‘’'"'-''Having failed* 7 ) defeat us in;
the field of battle, the enemy now
seeks to defeat us by prolonging
the negotiations and by exhausting
opr patience,” he said.
“But some men in this country 1
seem to think that if definite vie- |
tory cannot be won, we should
either take reckless military action
or give the whole thing up. Such ]
advice plays into the enmy’s hands. !
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School Health
Rooms Sought
' | Every school in Harnett County
1 i will soon have a room -set aside as
■ the health room, if plans advocated
1 jointly by the county public health
> and school officials go into action.
' Beaman Kelley, assistant county
' superintendent, and Miss Irene
l Lassiter, public health educator,
said they have been assured by
the principals that space will be
secured at every school.
The room will provide the pub
lic health nurses with a place for
examinations and conferences, also
a storage spot for supplies. The
rooms will be equipped with cots.
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Erwin Workers j
Attend Meeting
Ten workers and union leaders
from the Erwin Mill in Durham
traveled to Erwin last night to
attend the regular evening weekly
meeting of Erwin Local 254, UTW
AFofL, and report to their union
brothers and sisters here what has
been happening in the campaign
in Durham for the past few weeks.
A number of the visitors took the
floor of the meeting and gave first
hand reports of the progress of
both the UTWt-AFofL, and the I
TWUA-ClO’s activities in Durham \
recently.
All of the visitors reported that
the UTW-AFofL has the over
whelming support of 80 percent or
better of the workers in the Dur
| ham mills of the Erwin chain. Mrs.
Hazel Gqre (employed in the Sew
ing Room) reported that she hon
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EGGS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH (IP Central North
Carolina live poultry: Fryers and
broilers steady, supplies adequate,
demand generally good; heavy
hens steady to firm, supplies short
to' Adequate, demand fair to good.
Prices at farm up to 10 a. m.;
Fryers and broilers 2 1-2-8 lbs 31,
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sen McCarthy
McCarthy Scores!
3 To 1 Victory
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (IP)—
Sen. Joseph McCarthy
claimed today that his over
whelming victory in the Wis-!
consin primary meant that !
the state’s voters had stamp
ed “approved” on his con
troversial . methods of de
nouncing alleged Commun
ists in government.
McCarthy easily won renominat
ion in record balloting in yester
; day’s primary, wiling three to one l
I over' the*'closesf Y>f Tits five Re
publican opponents, sinalltown law
yer Leonard Schmitt, who waged
an extensive radio “talkathon"
campaign.
[ It was the Communist-hunting
senator’s first test at the polls
since he began his accusations that
the federal government was honey
-1 combed with subversive employes,
and he won a smashing victory,
j With 2,682 of the state’s 3.223
I precincts reporting, McCarthy had
j 395,043 votes to Schmitt’s 156,025.
j The four other candidates garnered
j onlv 23,234 votes.
I CLOSE DEMOCRATIC RACE
In the Democratic senatorial race
(Conltnueo or. Page Twol
Lions Broom Sale
To Open Thursday
“Buy a broom from a Lion’’ should be the slogan
in Dunn Thursday and Friday when the members of &e i
Dunn Lions Club put on their annual broom sale for the
benefit of the blind workers in the Guilford Industries jh
Greensboro.
With the exception of supervis
ory and office personnel the plant 1
where these brooms are made is ;
operated entirely by blind persons. I
These persons can only be gainfully ;
employed through the sale of their
products.
In order to market these brooms 1
and mats, the Lions Clubs through
out the state, put on these broom
sales. The more brooms that are
sold in this manner, the more j
blind persons can be afforded an I
opportunity to be self-supporting j
through employment at Guilford
Five Youths Held
In Robbery Case
Five young Negro boys who broke
into Turlington Builders Supply
Company on September 2 and stole
guns and ammunition waived pre
liminary hearing yesterday in Har
nett Recorder’s Court and were
bound over for trial to Superior
Court.
Bond for each was set at SSOO.
Sheriff W. E. Salmon said the
stolen property, valued in excess
of S6OO, has been recovered. Ex
ception of one shot gun which the
sheriff said he was told had been
-thrown into the Cape Fear River.
The young men face trial on
two counts, the combined breaking
and entering larceny charge and
conspiracy to rob.
Defendants ait: Charlie Blue,
17, Rufus Stokes, 16, Willie M.
Dunn Stores
Open All Day
Wednesdays
No. 197
Secret Tests
Will Be Held
On Eniwetok
WASHINGTON, (IP)—The
United States may explode
1 its first hydrogen bomb this
fall, qualified observers said
! today.
The Defense Department and the
Atomic Energy Commission an
nounced that Joint Task Force 132
will conduct secret tests this fall
on lonely Eniwetok atoll in the
Pacific.
The announcement said only that
the tests will be “looking toward
the development of atomic wea
pons.”
But all signs pointed to some
thing big in the trade winds which
sweep the flat atoll.
AEC Chairman Gordon Dean and
Dr. J. Robert Oppenhelmer, chair
man of AEC’s general advisory
committee, personally gave Presi
dent Truman in June a top-secret
report on what they described as
"great developments in atomic
energy.”
Two weeks before that, in bis
: last important public utterance, the
j late Sen. Brien McMahon, chair
i man of the congressional atomic
energy committee, called on the
United States to produce H-bombs
by the thousands to deter Russian
aggression.
“We are crossing the threshold
into the hydrogen era—the age of
H-bombs,” McMahon said.
Mr. Truman on Jan.- 31, 1950, or
dered development of the hydrogen
! superbomb, which is expected to
, produce the most devastating blast
; ever touched off by man—one that
will dwarf the fury of an "ordi
nary” atomic bomb.
The new tests will be under the
fuH security provisions of the Ato
mic Energy Act, which provide
heavy penalties for anyone leak
ing information.
The fact that the AEC is again
retiring -to ——Pacific- pk.-wdng
grounds and increasing security
precautions could mean that the
forthcoming blast will be too
powerful for the Nevada testing
ground, where some explosions
have been felt for 300 miles.
Or it could mean the AEC work
ing full speed to stap ahead of
Russia’s growing A-bomb stockpile,
has at last come up with the super
bomb President Truman ordered
two years ago. That could mean
a blast up to 1.000 times as power
ful as present A-bombs.
Even if the test is successfqj,
large-scale production of hydrogen
bombs must wait for completion
of the huge $1,250,000,000 Savannah
River plant in South Carolina.
Industries. At present it prcrv&es 'Y
employment for 65 blind persons.
HIGH QUALITY BROOMS
! The buyer gets full value became
; the quality of the material uaed
in making these brooms and mats
is top quality and comparable to
that of a similar product in any
of the local stores at the price. “
Each of the vice-presidents, Bd
Galloway. Frank Belote and JadE ,
Jackson, will be m charge of teatfts
1 of house-to-house canvassers, who
will start out directly after the reg
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Strickland. 16; Eddie Phillips, Jr.
16, and LaSalle Cannady, 14, aU J
of Lillington.
Sheriff Salmon said the stOWi'.M
property included three Ithaca 4
pump guns, two rifles, 20
shotgun shells, one gun case, mM]
three hand axes. ' 32
“Each boy had a gun a piece and
plenty of ammunition,” the Sheriff
; said. He said the stolen prajjMß
was found hidden in wooded arakt-3
along highway 15-A between J|H
town limits and the Oapa,
River , 4
The sheriff told the cMgtA:
: boys admitted to him $0
in the robbery. He said he ( *MR
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