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PAGE TWO BULLETINS (Continued from pace 1) death of David K. Niles, 62, a pioneer New Dealer who was a key advisor to two presidents. Niles died in a hos pital here yesterday of an abdominal ailment which forc ed his retirement from government service last May. TOKY’O, 'lP'—Gen. O. P. Weyland. commander of Far East air forces, said today Communist China has increased its air force to the point where the Reds now have 2,500 planes based in China and Manchuria. WASHINGTON. UP)—The Republican national com mittee estimated today that communications have been received from 2.000,000 persons, expressing a “mammoth vote of confidence” in Sen. Richard M. Nixon. KANSAS CITK. Mo., IP)—A threatened strike by 331 AFL flight engineers against Trans World Airlines was called off early today when union negotiators agreed to a proposed contract. WASHINGTON, (IP*—Hurricane “Charlie"—the third tropical storm of the season—lashed Atlantic shipping lanes today with winds of up to 100 miles per hour. PARIS. HP—Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway disclosed to day a serious lack of Allied air base facilities in Western Europe and put the major share of the blame on France. He said that even by next summer the Allies will not have the “rockbottoin minimum" of airfields needed for de fense against any Russian attack. LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (IP)—Democratic party leaders from Texas and Louisiana predicted here today that the Stevenson-Sparkman ticket will carry their states de spite a party bolt by the governors of the two states. WASHINGTON, IP)—The army engineers, who have been under a barrage of attacks for “bungling” the con •struction of U. S. air bases in North Africa, finally found congressional support today from the House appropriat ions sub-committee which holds the purse strings on military spending. COLUMBIA, S. C. IP'—Carpenters made last minute checks today to insure against any platform collapse to-i .morrow when Republican presidential nominee Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks from the Capitol steps here. WASHINGTON, (IPi—Sen. John J. Sparkman said to day he will make public his income tax returns for the past 10 years “just as soon as I can get them ready." ROME. ilP—The body of Cathciic-born Spanish phil osopher George Santayana, 88, will be buried Wednesday 1 near the grave of poet Percy Bysshe Shelley in the non- Catholic cemetery of St. Paul, it was announced today. WASHINGTON, IP'— Two army colonels involved in the Koje Island prison riots in Korea last spring have been dropped from the active list, the army disclose. Forced into retirement by a new regulation were Cols. Francis T. Dodd and Charles F. Colson, both of whom served as commanders of the prison compound where rebellious Communist prisoners touched off bloody riots. MUNSAN, Korea. IP'—Chinese Communist front-line troops seized and held prisoner for seven hours today three American soldiers who accidently moved outside the neut ; ral Panmunjom armistice zone. The American soldiers were returned unharmed after a meeting of Communist and Allied liaison officers. The Reds insisted on a receipt for the men. WASHINGTON, IP—Republican strategists were so encouraged by Sen. Richard M. Nixon's reception in Ten nessee that he may do more campaigning in the South than was originally planned, it was learned todav. LOS ANGELES. Calif.. IP—The House Un-American Activities Committee opens hearings today to determine j if Communist elements have infiltrated motion pictures. ; television, labor and the medical and legal professions in ' Southern California. t WASHINGTON, IP—John L. Lewis called the 200-man wage policy committee of the United Mine Worwers into a strategy meeting today, with a strike deadline in the , , Southern soft coal mines less than two days off. SEOUL, Korea, (IP)—Rampaging American Sabre jets knocked down two Communist MIG-15 iet lighters today and damaged two more in a force of 150 which tried des perately to halt Allied lighter-bomber strikes in north- 1 west Korea. I WASHINGTON. IP—Sen. Richard M. Nixon and a i group of newsmen have formed the “Order of the Hound's Tooth" to commemorate the furor over his exoense fund. | Nixon picked the name and personally “presided" over the first meeting aboard his chartered plane enroute to Washington yesterday. BRIARCLIFF MANOR. N. V. (IP)— Two would-be rap ists attempted to attack a young girl yesterday. Two hours | ; later they began serving six-month sentences in the Wes tchester County prison. In the swiftest action vet taken , against sex criminals in the New York area, Judge John | Nicol handed down the sentences. MOSCOW, UP' —The United States has sabotaged the , Korean truce talks and is suppressing democracy and j , building aggressive military blocs, the secretary of the ( powerful central committee of the Soviet Communist party 1 charges. , , NEW Y r ORK. IP l —The CIO electric worker's General i Electric conferencle beard met here today to take “decisive 1 action" on a deadlocked contract dispute which has threat- J eped a strike of 71.000 GE production workers in some 60 plants. i Escaped Cons Being Sought HILLSBORO HP) A search for 10 convicts who sawed their way out of the Orange County prison camp near here last night was concentrated today on the crowded nearby university centers of Dur ham and Chapel Hill. An all-night search through the rural countryside failed to turn up any trace of the fleeing fugitives who pulled a prefectly - executed Sunday night break. A posse of camp guards, state highway partolmen and deputies returned exhausted to camp at 8:30 a, m. They reprfrted no sign of the missing men as they searched barns, farm outbuildings and questioned rural residents. Prison officials described “at least four” of the 10 men as “rather dangerous.” Smith Facing Busy Schedule , WASHINGTON. When Sen ator Willis Smith returns, to his office following two months of work in Europe he hardly will have a minute to cail his own. He is due back in North Car olina on October 14. Smith is chairman of a spacia! subcommittee set up by the Sen ate early this year to probe charg es of irregularity in the office of ' the Alien Property Custodian. Charges were made las! year : that millions of dollars worth of pro- ; perty had been mishandled. Throughput the s.mrier. a staff! of investigators, beaded by Attorney Amistrad Sapp of O censboro. has been probing the reccv is. The com mittee will be ready for IN first hearings seen after.-Senator Smith's return: TO ATTEND RALLIES Senator Smith also wants to jiin other Tar Heel party leaders, in the Democratic campaign. However, at best Smith will be able to at tend only six cf the 12 district rallies. Correspondence will be another problem. It's been piling up since the first of August. Most of that will be a joy for the Senator: There are some 2.000 expressions of praise for his stand at Chicago which many Democrats contend prevented several Southern states from walk ing out of the convention. Smith ! made a vigorous appeal for the seating of Virginia and South Car olina. and condemned an attempt to impose a loyalty oatii upon the delegates present. The States were seated and the j loyalty oath was discarded. Four Killed, (ConiTn ed From Page One' four time and rolled down the center of the highway. It was a total loss. ) Lee. who received a head injury 1 and multiple lacerations, died late Sudav in the Dunn Hosnital. LEE BADLY III’RT Riding with him were William, iPee Wee) Ballinger. 22. of Ben son and William H. Lew 45, of Ccats. Route 1, owner of the car. Ballinger was not hurt while Lee received serious injuries and is in the Dunn Hospital. Ballinger told Patrolman Mat thews he was asleep in the back seat of the car and could not tell him who was driving. Lee’s mother told the ofPcer she felt sure her son was the driver. The car was a total wreck. Immediately after the accident, a 1946 Ford Sedan, driven by Law rence Hardy. 27, of Benson. Route 1. came around the curve. Hardy said when he saw the wreck he applied his brakes and the car went off the left side of the road husband. Nassie A. Barefoot: six which Lee was killed. Wilson Stephenson of Angier and Raymond Pleasant of Benson. Route 1. both about 20, were rid ing with Hardy. None were injured. Patrolman Matthews said the Lee vehiciy apparently was travel ing at a fast rate of speed. Hegra Killod 5t Bilevel Richard Mass:;- 33-year-olcl Ne gro of Bi nnlevel. Route 1. was kill ed instantly and two other per sons received minor injuries Sun day morning when the car Massey was driving failed to make a carve. Massey was Harnett County's 17th highway victim, of the year. Harnett Coroner Grover C. Hen derson and State Patrolman Paul Lucas said the accident happened as Massey was driving South on the Old Wire Road, three miles southwest of Bunnlevel. CAR WAS SPEEDING Residents in the vicinity said the ear appeared to be going about 70 Or 75 miles an hour. John Roper., a passenger who escaped injury, estimated the car was going 60 to 65 miles an hour. Massey received head injuries and died instantly. Two others were taken to a Fayetteville Hosnital. Coroner Henderson ruled that no inquest was necessary and held Massey responsible for his owgi death. Mother, Son Die In Wreck Sampson County’s ninth and ten th highway fatalities cf the year occurred Saturday night at 10 o’- clock in a collision near the traffic circle in Newton Grove. Mrs. A. N. Barefoot. 48. of Clin ton. Route 3. and her 12-year-old son, Stuart, were killed instantly when the car in which they were riding was struck by a car opera ted by a Fort Bragg Soldier, Cpl. Clarence E. Ryan. 28. The vehicle in which the Bare foots were riding was operated by her son-in-law. George Weldon Thompson. 21. of Four Oaks. Route 1. He suffered head and chest in juries. Others in the car who were seriously injured were Annie Ruth Barefoot, 16, and Jackie Barefoot. 1. the dead woman’s younger child ren. Injured in the Ryan car were his wife, Sarah, 22; another sold ier and his wife, Luther W. and Eu nice Bailey; and a hitchhiking sold ier from Camp Gordon, Ga., Ira R. Woolard. The latter was released from Sampson County Hospital in Clin ton, but the other four are in ser- THE DAILY KI'X’OKD, DUNN. R. «. * - "*'*'•> ¥ * * TI!Kf-.!-: IVH'RKD HERE Two women and a baby were badly hurt in this accident at the intersec tion of Wilson Avenue and Pope Street Saturday morning. Mrs. Kizzie Lou Godwin and her sister, Miss Polly Barefoot were driving west on Pope Street in the 1952 Chevrolet when a truck, owned by John son Gotten Company and driven by Flynn Lee, travelling south on Wilson, struck their car and pmned it against the pole as shown. Both women and Mrs. Godwin's baby, Stanley, were injured. Chief A. A. Cobb is shown in the foreground, examining the wreckage. (Daily Record photo by Louis Dearborn). Man Arrested Running Still Vigilance on the part of Con stable C. E. Moore of Coats result ed in the destruction Sunday ofja 200 gallon copper still and the ar rest of the alleged operator, Javie Williams of Coats Route 1. The olfict'd had spotted the still some time before the Sunday raid, but’ waited until the illegal appar atus was in operation. When he noted activity around the place, he called in Deputy Sheriff E. L. Jackson to aid in the raid. The two officers approached from I opposite sides with Moore crawl -1 ing through underbrush for the last 50 yards. Williams, busy about the still, was unaware of the approach of the officers until Moore called him by name, and warned him not to run. He tired into the air to em-. phasize his command and to sum mon his fellow officer. The startled operator turned as though to flee .thought better of it and surrendered meekly. He had run otf about five gallons of whiskey before his work was in terrupted. He was taken to the Harnett County jail and released under bond of S2OO for appearance in Record er’s Court on October 14 - t~ - —/ i ious condition. They will be moved to a Fort Bragg hospital when their 1 conditions permit. Patroiman J. A. McColeman said the head-on collision occurred when the Thompson car pulled away from the Newtea Grove bus station and was hit by the oncoming Ryan car. The accident occurred on Highway 102. No charges have been preferred, pending the questioning of both drivers. Funeral services for the Bare foots were held at Maple Grove Methodist Church Monday at 3:30 p. m. with Rev. M. D. McLamb of Newton Grove and Rev. Neil Kir by in charge. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Barefoot is survived by her husband, Nassie A. Barefoot: hix daughters. Mrs. L. D. Jarvis of Newton Grove, Mrs. George Har-- grove of Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. George Thompson of Newton Grove. Mrs. Robert McCullen of Newton Grove, Miss Annie Ruth and Miss Glenda Barefoot of the home; two sons, Jackie A. and Larry G. Bare foot of the home; her mother. Mrs. N. R. Brock of Newton Grove.: four sisters, Mrs. J. S. Smith of * Dunn Route 5, Mrs. W. L. West of Newton Grove, Mrs. C. H. Lewis of Fort Royal, Mrs. J. B. Har grove of Newton Grcve; five broth ers. H. M„ and J. A. Brock of Dunn, N. E. Brock of Roseboro. J. P. Brock of California, I. B. Brock of Newton Grove. Two Have Close Call Bear Erwin Two persons narrowly escaped being badly burned and an auto mobile was completely destroyed in an accident Sunday afternoon at 5:00 o. m. on Highway 55. a mile and one-half north of Erwin, 't was reported by Highway Patrolman Paul Alhergine. Billy D. Baker, 21, of Coats driving a 1938 Ford Coach owned by Mr. McCraken of Waynesville, was heading north on 55, when he left the highway on the right side for no apparent reason and turn ed over twice. The car landed upside down in the ditch and caught fire. The oc cupants were able to extricate themselves from the burning ve hicle before the fire had gained much headway, however. During its flight off the road, the car traveled a distance of 30 steps through the air, without touching the ground. Baker, _ who suffered minor ab rasions, was arrested by Patrol man Albergine on charges of care less and reckless driving and speed ing and lodged in the Dunn Jail. The extent of McCraken’s in juries was not determined, but he was not seriously injured. Three Days Os Fun To Mark Benson Mule Day Three days of spectacles and fun will mark the annual Mule Fes tival in Benson. N. C. The event will start on Friday. October .3. with a pa-ade. and will end late Sunday. October 5. The principle speaker for the occasion will be L. Y. (Stag) 3al lentine. State Commissioner of Ag riculture. who will address the as sembly at 4 p. m„ October 3. The Festival will open officially! with a parade which will include bands, floats, beauty queens, church and civic groups, and a unit of the National Guard. Various contests will be held in the Benson Singing Grove, prior . to Mr. Bifllentine’s address. A street dance will be presented Friday night with one band playing country mu- j sic and another offering round j dance selections. Tlie horse show will be presen ted in two parts. The first part will take place on Saturday even ing. and the second one on Sun- Requests Heavy For Absentee Votes This Yepr v If requests for absentee ballots are any straws in the wind, about the interest in the November 4 election, Harnett .County voters will go to the polls in record numbers. Mrs. Thomas Mc-Pahil. clerk to the Harnett County Board of Elec- ( tic-as, said today that she already has had more than 100 requests from servicemen for absentee ball ots. “Some of the servicemen have written us,” said Mrs. McPhail, “that the ballots they requested in the primary election reached them, hut too late for them to mark and return to Lillington in time to be counted.” Navy Lieut. Robert Morgan, clerk of court, was among this number who voted, but whose ballot reached here too late to be counted. “This time,” the clerk said, “it looks like they want to be sure they have their vote for President here in time." Members of the election board which will make the official count are Dougald Mcßae Thomas West and Bernard McLeod. GET YOUR FALL PASTURE NEEDS NOW! • LADINO CLOVER ® ORCHARD GRASS « FESCK*. Also—Quality Fertilizer Materials Your Pasture. LET US HANDLE YOUR PMA ORDERS Sec Your Dunn F. C. X. Service Phone 3380 i 1 day afternoon. Both sections will ■ jbe held ‘at the Benson Ball Park, tj R. B;. Barrett, Jr., of B:anchville, . j Virginia, is in charge of the horse ! show. | The Saturday night horse judge ■ 1 will be Bill Flowers of Benson. The j Saturday night ring master will be ! J. Bruce Herring of Seven Springs. 1 Sunday afternoon officials will be i J. H. Crenshaw of Kinston, as judge 1 and J. Bruce Herring as ring mas ter. Mrs. R. E. Barrett. Jr., of : Branchville, Virginia, is the sec retary of the horse show. The Mule Festival is an annual affair sponsored by the Benson Chamber of Commerce. The Co- Chairmen for this year are Willis McLamb and W. R. Herring. i Eisenhower (Continued From Page One) public interest in his financial sit uation, he will get his records to gether and I am sure he will make a statement later on.” PUBLIC TO BE INFORMED Hagerty in reply to questions said he was ljot certain wheher this would mean disclosure of the general’s income tax records, btu he did say that “the public will bs informed as to his entire fin ancial situation.” Stevenson last night disclosed his ( income for a decade. It showed I that his income was $500,046 on | which he paid $211,980 in taxes, leaving a net income of $288,066. Home Ec Teachers To Hold Meeting Teachers of home economics from Johnston and Harnett Counties will hold a joint meeting on Wednes- | day. October 1, at 3:30 p. in. at; Benhaven School. A conference of Hbme economics I teachers in Harnett is customary once a month and this time the instructors will be joined by two representatives from each of the county's Future Home Makers of America clubs. Miss Daphne Eller of Raleigh, ' State Director of the Future Home- I makers of America will be the ' chief speaker. She will also be ac- MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 29, 1952 Movie Actress (Continued From P-ige One', Austin proved to be one of the ! most charming guests she’s ever had the pleasure of serving. In the official welcoming party, j with Mr. Yates this morning were ) Mayor Ralph E. Hanna. Clarence | E. McLamb. president of the Cham- j ber of Commerce. Hal Jordan, vet eran Dunn theatre man, and sev eral others. After a ride through town on Melvin Jones’ stylish 1911 Stevens- Duryea. Miss Austin was taken to Dick Owens’ Growers’ Warehouse She arrived right after the morning , sale had been completed. But Owen land Auctioneer Henry Leggett sta ged a special sale for- her and then J [ presented her a big bundle of the :| golden leaf, “Honestly,” said Miss Austin, “it was wonderful. I’ve never seen any- j thing like it before.” She said it was the first time she’d ever been : inside a tobacco warehouse. A LEAF FOR SCRAP BOOK j “And I’m going to take that to bacco home aid put on? leaf in my scrap book.” she said. Then, she started wondering how she was go ing to pack it without smelling like tobacco all over. . Traveling with the voting s*ar are her mother. Mrs. Med Kal mar; her manager. Sid Zins, rep resentative of Columbia Pictures: , and Robert Williamson. branch manager for Pictures at Charlotte. Miss Austin is on contract to 20th Century-Fox. but loaned to Columbia for “Rainbow Round My Sholder." TALKS TO STUDENTS At 2:45 this afteroon. Miss Austin appeared at Dunn High School and told the students how it feels to become a movie star overnight— which is exactly w'hat happened to her. She also told them a little about life in Hollywood. The Hollywood -group spent the night at Howa d Hodges’ Tourist Court. On Tuesday, they will fly to Kansas City, Mo., where she will companled by a representative from ’ national office of the Future Home Makers of America. Miss Pearl Stroud of Erwin is president of the Harnett County chapter of the Vocational Home Economics Tceachers. QUINN'S Funeral Henie 24-HOUR SERVICE • PHONE 3306 all W. HARNETT ST. DUNN, N. C. School’s Out and Straight to the Milk Wise mother! She has Gardner's milk ready when her youngsters come in from school. Smart boy! He knows that milk not only tastes swell, but packs a powerfu. lot of the vitamins and minerals and energy he needs for running around with his friends. No slow poke, he! Straight to the milk and then out he goes, re freshed and ready for a fast game. Help your children grow, too.. Order today! Just phone 2446 to start delivery of that wonderful, wholesome Gardner’s milk to ysi* door every morning. a fis&Y 115 E. Cumberland '< N - C. - Phone | appear at a theatre owners’ conven tion. ... On her schedule for tonight were two appearances at the Dunn The ! atre —at’7:ls p. m. and at 9:15 p.m. These who saw "Rainbow ’Round My Shoulaer” had high praises for I Miss Austin's acting and singing. * * Gifts A Greetings for You through WELCOME WAGON front Your Friendly j | Business Neighbors • and Civic and Social Welfare Leader* On the occasion of: The Birth of a Bahv Sixteenth Birthdays Engagement An nonnccnicnts Change of residence Arrivals of Newcomers lo t » C ' ty QOOI P Phone OZZI (No roit nr nhUpnt : on) v \ rs Re n.M off • -J Wise Farmers sell their tobacco on the Dunn mar ket. And do their banking wiih us. T FIRST CITIZENS BANK 8, TRUST CO. OTTNN. N. C
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