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+WEATHER+ Partly cloudy and cool today. In creasing cloudiness and not quite so cold tonight. Low 26 to 32 in west and 32 to 38 in east portion. With “Preslone” Anti-Freeze You’re set, you're safe, you’re sure. VOLUME II Tart Is Reelected As Board Chairman ; Carson Is Retained Lofton A. Tart, Dunn banker, yesterday was re-elected chairman of the Harnett County Board of commissioners for another two-year term. At the same time, the new board at its first meeting, named _ B. P, Ingram of Mamers, vice ■W chair-: Worth Lee Byrd of Lining- j ton, purchasing agent, to succeed Robert L. Pate of Erwin wlti is re- j tiring from the board. Rufus Mangum of Lillington and D. E. Lasater, Jr. of Erwin, who took their oaths of office yester day, are the two new members. They succeed Pate and H. S. Hollo way of Fuquay Springs. In their first action as a board, the commissioners immediately re appointed Herbert Carson of Lil li lington as county auditor. Other county appointive .officials re named were Berles Johnson of Lillington, tax supervisor: W. A. Johnson of Lillinngton, county at torney. All are for one year terms. L. M. Chaffin of Lillington was re-appointed vice-recorder *f the Harnett Recorder’s Court and will •Mitinurd On Twoi 1 s Sheriff Will Get Radio Equipment The Harnett County Board of Commissioners recessed yesterday to meet again in a special session at 12 o’clock noon Monday, December 15, to open bids on two-way radio equipment lor the sheriff’s department. Jurors Drawn For January Jurors drawn yesterday by the county commissioners for service in the January criminal term of Harnett Superior Court will ft as follows- Earl T. Jaeksbn, Qomi. Route 4. Averasboro; Larry A. Chandler, Fu quay Springs, Route 2, Black River: Pervis Clayton, Angler, Route 2 Chairman Tart Good Guesser Chairman L. A. Tart of the county commissioners is ready to qulaify for guessing the number of beans in a jar or any other game of chance After taking a look at the fine hogs at the county home he -guessed that the meat would < Continued On Page Shu Ikes Callers Keep * Beautiful Girl Busy NEW YORK (IP)— The first barrier on the left for most visitors who want to see President-elect Dwight D. Eisen hower at his hotel headquarters is a beautiful brunette re ceptionist with ready replies for an astonishing variety of requests. Before she went behind the scenes in politics. Mary E. (Beebe) 1 Keedick was on stock company v stages in theatrical ventures, which explains her low, pleasing voice. She also modelled, which explains her. figure. Her sudden switch to a paid job as a political receptionist she ex plains this way: DECIDES ON CAREER “I decided I wanted a career that * Seoul Tensely Awaiting Ike SEOUL, Korea (If) President Syngman Rhee said toda'y he will tell President-elect Dwight Eisen hower that the South Koreans will launch an offensive against the Communists—alone, if necessary. Rhee told a press confererr« the South Koreans are not afraid of 400 million Chinese. “The people and the army have fa nearly come to the end of their patience,” he said. Rhee’s press conference took place while Seoul anxiously and tensely awaited Eisenhower’s ar rival. The war-battered city bore a Christmas-card look because of a one-inch mantle of snow that - covered its thousands of tiled roof ed homes and hid much of the rubble, STREETS PATROLLED The {dace and time of Eisen faf, howers arrival were still closely guarded secrets. Armored cars and armed jeeps patrolled the streets and thousands of soldiers and po lice kept a closq watch on passers by. TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 jgSP* *** : jJB CHAIRMAN I'AB'l Board members yesterday unani mously adopted a resolution calling for bids on radio equipment which will be designed to give the county law enforcement agencies long time and long range assistance. Sheriff William E. Salmon told the board he favored only equip ment powerful enough to cover Harnett’s wide area and suitable for future expansion. He suggested two way connections with the Dunn police stktion, Raleigh patrol of fice, and mobile units in‘the csrs of the Sheriff and his deputiefc. Commissioners indicated in (the discussion that they probably will Vote to install four mobile urjits with a possibility of adding others in the event legislation for paid deputies is passed by the new Gen eral Assembly. Even four mobile units, the sher iff pointed out, would afford slim coverage for a large county l in which there is at present only one regular paid deputy. WOULD BRING SAVINGS ' Salmon cited the fact that sav ings in the operation of his of fice have resulted in the accumu (Continued on page two) I could keep after my looks were gone.” The eye-filling brunette with Jane Russell proportions, age 23, seems prematurely worried, but the new career, she says, has compen sations. “I’ve .met lots of big people in politics and I go home every■ night with a lot of interesting things to tell my husband,” she said In a (Continued On Page Six) Security precautions were tight ened even more after a U. S. Marine was wounded slightly in the knee while driving a jeep Monday night on a road within IS miles of Seoul. SEOUL, Korea HP) One of the largest groups of corresponde d in the history of the Korean war was assembled in Seoul today tc cover the visit of the U. S. Presl den-elect Dwight Eisenhower. About 10 reporters, photograph ers, magazine writers, new'sree’ cameramen and radio men have been tensely waiting Eisenhower's arrival for more than a week. In the last 10 days, * more than 60 correspondents, representing the world press, have landed with type writers, cameras amt tape record ers. There are usually about 30 correspondents accredited to the United Nations in Korea. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT The Bth Army has set up special equipment .to transmit the news speedily after Baenhnwer leaves uHbv Baihj ix& Nine Business Firms Burglarized Here Five Per Cent Cut In Income Tax Favored j WASHINGTON (IP A Re ! publican move to cut person al income taxes bv about 5 per cent next June 30 picked up Democratic support in Congress today. High-ranking Democrats on the tax-framing House Ways and Means Committee said they would be glad to cooperate with the Re publicans in reducing taxes. They also pointed out that legis lation approved by the Demoeratic controlled Congress in 1951 al ready provides for personal income tax reduction of about 11 per cent on Dec. 31, 1953. The proposal to grant some tfj? relief the middle of next year was advanced by Rep. Daniel A. Reed (R-N.Y.), who will become chair man of the Ways and Means Com mittee when the new Congress meets Jan. 3. Reed said he will introduce his tax cut bill on the opening day of the session. The effect of Reed's proposal would be to advance from Dec. 31 to June 30 half of the tax reduction program provided under present law. This would be done at a cost to the federal Treasury of an es timated $1,800,000,000. The rest of the tax cut. an additional 6 per cent, would take place as sched uled on Dec. 31, 1953. “My bill is the' first step in the Republican tax and spending re duction program,” Reed said. "Al through I will introduce this mea sure on my own behalf only, I am confident it will have the strong support not only of members of the Ways and Means Committee but of the other members of both parties in and out of Congress.” It is possible that Reed’s pro posal may run into powerfifl op poe'Uot' within hig own party.. Wrri.V all ‘Republican! ConflmssiJhal leaders favor tax cuts “as soon as possible,” several of them, In cluding Sen. Robert A. Taft (R-O) think lower taxes may have to wait until 1954. They contend the first objective is to cut federal spending and insure a balanced budget. t Reuther Sure To Head NO ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. HP) Walter P. Reuther, 45-year-old boss of the United Auto Workers, ap peared certain today of victory of the CIO. Reuther gained the support he needed early today when two big unions, previously unpledged, cast their lot with the read-haired un ion chief. Support by the two unions, the United Rubber Workers and the Oil Workers union, gave Reuther an additional 355,438 votes in his fight with Executive Vice Presi dent Allan S. Haywood to succeed the late Philip Murray. The two unions’ support boosted Reuther’s pledged total well over the 2,800,000 votes required for his election. “This assures an overwhelming viqtory,” Reuther told reporters. “It is a shape-up I expected.” The eleotlon ts scheduled lor Thursday, the final session of the 14th annual CIO convention. In its second session today, the 700 delegates were scheduled to hear addresses by Sen. Wayne' More of Oregon and Acting Civil Defense Administrator James J. Wadsworth. Korea. Additional teletype machines will enable the Army Signal Corps to send 18,000 words an hour over military lines. News of Eisenhower's- visit will not be announced until after he leaves Korea. Plans for a news conference have been made, but Bth Army Headquarters would not disclose the arrangements. Harnett’s Tax Listers Named On recommendation of Tax Su pervisor Berles Johnson all present taxlisters yesterday were approv ed for service in 1953 by Jhe county board of commissioners. Listers will also have the respon sibility of making the State Farm Census for which they will re ceive 20 cents per farm. The county board of tax apprais l Continued on page two) DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2, 1952 aii&fccM m ** 1 fHHH «gltt|s7K y I ■HT IN TRAINING Seaman Re cruit J. W. Temple, Jr., of Dunn, shown here, will complete a 12- week recruit training course at the U. S. Coast Guard Receiving Center at Cape May, New Jer sey on December 24th. The course schedules the basic duties en countered as a member of the nation's oldest seagoing force. Young Temple, member of a prominent Dunn family, atten ded Dunn High School and the Ferre School of Art in Raleigh. Before enlisting in the Coast Guard, he was a member of the staff of The Daily Record. He was also active in Dunn’s Na tional Guard unit and in other affairs here. Birth Os Baby Will Be Shown On TV Tonite DENVER, Colo. IIP) A baby will make his entrance into the world before the cameras of a nationwide television network to night-provided he cooperates and times his arrival with the TV schedule. It will be the first telecast of a human birth in history. Bt(li the viewing public will not be allowed to see the actual delivery, which will be accomp anied hf a Caesarean, section, or ' ;hr SUrgery pecrrdwf it, 'I he ' telecast will be made as part If the American Medical Association’s clinical session which got underway here today. Doctors won’t know until the last minute whether the telecast will be carried between 9:30 and 10 p. m. e.s.t. the tentative schedule. The telecast will be only part or two scheduled TV programs sponsored by Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, Philadel phia, in cooperation with the AMA. A second program is sche duled for Thursday night. Soldier Fined For Theft At Hospital A young Fort Bragg soldier was fined $25 and costs in Dunn’s city court yesterday for larceny of needles and syringes from Dunn Hospital. Inc. and for possession of tax-paid whiskey. Policehien K. M. Fail and Faison + Dear Santa Claus + Route 4, Dunn, N. C. Dec. 1, 1952 Hi, Santa, I am a girl 12 years of age. I am in the sixth grade of school. I would like for you to bring me a nurse set and anything else you would like for me to have. Don’t forget the boys on the battle front and the homes that are burned out. From Gloris Gregory Dunn, N. C. Route I Dec. 1, 1952 Dear Santa Claus, I am a little girl and in the grade BULLETINS WASHINGTON (IF) A Federal Power Commission examiner has ruled that seven communities in North and South Carolina should get natural gas for the first time. They are Kings Mountain, Lexington and Shelby, all in North Carolina, and Belton, Ft Mill Natural Gas Au thority, Greenwood and Woodruff, in South Carolina. MEMPHIS, Term. (IF) A Southern educator declared American universities have been left “ih a* sad way” through neglect of complex social questions by “stupid, lazy, fearful or incompetent” teachers. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (V) Kilby prison officials to day investigated the deaths of two inmates and critical (Cvatbmed Oa rag* tww) Money And Goods Are Stolen At Several Places Dunn police authorities assisted by SBI fingerprint experts, today were probing a series of robberies here, during v'hich nine stores and business firms have been burglarized and some of them looted of money and merchandise. It is the worst epidemic of rob ber’es reported here in years. Six of the firms broken into and ! entered are located on Broad Street j several of them in the same block. ! Two other robberies occurred just outside the city limits. NO ARRESTS TET Police Chief Alton A. Cobb said this morning that he and his staff are still working on the robberies but that so far no arrests have been made. He pointed out that the robbers left but few clues upon which they could work. Some of the robberies occurred on Sunday night, November 23rd and the others on the previous Thursday. They were not disclosed until today, however, iji order to allow time for investigation by the authorities. Chief Cobb pointed out that the robberies, obviously carried out by more than one person, all followed the same pattern and he express ed belief that at least some of them, if not all. are connected. FRONT GLASSES BROKEN In most of the cases, the rob bers broke out the front window or door to make entrance. Places entered and looted were: Farmers Supply Store, and Wes ley Lee’s Orocery and Market, on the same side of the street and on the same block on Broad Street: J. R. Cannady’s Store, right across the street: the South River REA building, Strickland's Auto Service and J. B. Holland’s Store, a few blocks down the street; Pope and Mixon BuHding Supply Co., onr block south on Edgerton Street. Two of the places. M. F. Hodges and Son Abbatoir, and the store operated by Cortez and Ruper Lee, are located just outside the city limits. MEAT IS STOLEN Billy Hodges reported the theft of meat valued at about $l5O from the abbatoir. The thieves took three dressed hogs and a quarter of beef. He said they could have taken the whole piece. There were nine other cattle and 30 other hoge 'OnmlNDrt wn M|t lw»l i Pope arrested the young soldier r shortly after he left the hospital, f He told the court he was drunk i at the time and couldn’t explain f why he took the needles and sy ringe. He said he did not use dope i (Continued On Page Six) 2, and I am doing good in school. | I would like for you to bring me a baby doll and table and chairs. And I have two little sisters, one 3, the other is 2 years old and one brother, who is five years old. I want for you to bring them some thing pretty for them. And I hope everyone a Merry Christmas and I thank you for the things you brought me last Christmas. Janet Oodwin Dunn ,N. C. Dec. 1. 1952 Dear Santa, As Christmas is nearing and all are in a Christmas rush, every (Continued On Page Six) si timk> w Jhk dm i £ W 91 fj L S jm ■■RpREH jJR .j W iW ! | t § 1 v - i. if,' :* •'t'* .c FASHION SHOP STAFF Pictured here are members of the staff of The Fashion Shop, which will hold its grand opening here Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Left to right are: Mrs. Joe Wilkins, Mrs. Virginia Evans, assistant manager; and Mrs. Wilson Stanley. All are experienced in selling ladies’ ready-to-wear. The new shop is one of the prettiest in this section. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart). Fashion Shop Plans Grand Opening Here On Thursday The grand opening of The j Fashion Shop, Dunn’s newest ladies’ ready-to-wear store, i will be held here Thursday morning at 9:30 o’clock and a bfg crowd is expected to be on hand for the event. - Ferrell of Smithfield is owner of tile new style shop. He also operates the Fashion Shop in Smithfield. One of the prettiest stores in this section, the Fashion Shop of fers a complete line of ladies’ and childrens’ ready-to-wear featu ring fashion, quality and reason able prices. EXCLUSIVE LINES The Fashion Shop has a large number of exclusive lines which cannot be found in any other store here. Mrs. Virginia Evans is manager of the new store. Assisting her are Mrs. Wilson Stanley and Mrs. Joe Wilkins, all of whom are ex perienced in ladies' ready-to - wear. For the grand opening on Thurs day, there will be free prizes given away every hour on the hour. The Fashion Shop is located on North Wilson Avenue in the new Wilkins Building, across from the Stewart Theatre. The store opened about two weeks ago. but the for mal opening was delayed until everything was in readiness. “We are happy to be in Dunn.” pointed out Mr. Ferrell today. “We are proud of our beautiful new store and we look forward to ser ving the people of this section.” FAMOUS BRAND NAMES Following are a few of the na tionally-advertised and exclusive lines carried by The Fashion Shop: Dresses by: Gay Gibson, Apex, lOinlhiprt on Pare Two* Erwin Mills Will Honor Its 25 - Year Employees I I E. H. DOST FIVE CENTS PKK CORK German Teacher In Harnett Observing A German school teacher arrived County yesterday to spend ten days observing* in the county schools as a part of an experiment in international gapd will. She is Miss Edith Goldschoge of Freiburg. South Baden. Ger many. who teaches an eighth grade in her native country. While in Harnett County she will stay at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Gourlay in Lillington and go out daily from the Board of Edu cation Office in the county seat. The visitor is one of 17 Gerqjan Durkin Seeks Early Meeting With Taft WASHINGTON (IP) Secretary of Labor-designate Martin P. Durkin called today for an early meeting be tween Sen. Robert A. Taft R-O. and top union leaders to discuss revision of the Taft-Hartley Act. The surprise Democratic ap-, pointee to President-elect Eisen-1 hower’s cabinet disclosed in an interview that he will try to play , the role of peacemaker between ; organized labor and the new Re publican administration. He urged the AFL and CIO to j give Eisenhower "a fair chance" I to prove that he is “sympathetic" i to labor. Erwin Mills, Inc. will, honor its veteran employees at the company’s seventh annual 25-year Club Ban quet to be held cn Saturday, December 13th at 12:39 o’clock in the Industrial Arts Building of the Erwin School. Plans for the annual event were announced today by Manager E. H. Bost, who disclosed that 38 new members have been added to Har nett’s most exclusive club this year, making a total of 262 members. President William H. Ruffin of Durham and other high officials of the company will be present to pay tribute to the firm’s faith ful employees. DeVYVE* TO PREBIDE Dr. Frank T. DeVyver, vice pres ident of the company, will preside at the luncheon event, and the 25- (Centinned On Page Six) j-,.,.jSfei' -t, ~ ~ • t ' wan The Daily Reeorc. Gets Results NO. 255 r school teachers who are spending . seven months in North Carolina , schools through arrangements made j by the U. S. Office of Education, t The group’s headquarters are at , the University of North Carolina j in Chapel Hill. IN OTHER STATES Under a similar plan started last i (Continued on page two) The 58-year-old former presi- ■< dent of the AFL Plumbers’ union also held out the olive branch to Taft, co-author of the labor law whose outright repeal has been a chief aim of union leaders for " years. WANTS UNDERSTANDING Durkin said he will take the in- t itiative in arranging a conference jj . (Continued On Pape Six) » \ JjBJ % at ‘'Je aE? JariMKflSm aErr . .JHF