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+WEATHER+ NORTH CAROLINA Fair and mild today. Increasing cloudiness and mild tonight with occasional showers begining in mountains With "Prestone” Anti-Freeze You’re set, you’re safe, you’re sure. VOLUMN 3 Eisenhower Names Three Military Secretaries 1 ’ ~ ' ■* &% , j&- *>\*jfi&&&fr r ~ FIRE THREATENS HOUSE HERE Prompt work by the members of the Dunn Fire Department saved the house shown here from complete destruction yesterday. When the men arrived they found the rear roof and kitchen sheathed in flames. They put out the blaze, caused by an oil stove explosion, and prevented their spreading fronv the rear roof and kitchen to the rest of the house. The house 1 Is occupied by Rex Watson and owned by Oeor*;e F. Pope. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart). PMA Committees Are Named Churches Schedule Christmas Events —,. •. - .?■* . • nHy fill b? a-big day at all in the area. Past that many of tt.uT <’cn gMMon will spend the holiday' awgy from home, have scheduled their Christmas prog-nns tor San day. with morning, afternoon and evening events slat,ad. Beginning tomorrow night' air’ running through Christmas Eve, ta bleai’x depicting scenes from th birth jf the Savtbr. will be pr° sented on the church lawn at the First Baptist Church, bv p living cast. There will be a special Christmas Smidav At the First Baptist Church in Erwin, a special vesper candleltah* program of music will be presented Sunday afternoon at 4:30. The pro gram will include narration, a pag eant, and music the combined choirs of the church. The public is cordially invited and all those who wi=h may participate In Christmas caroling after the ser ver it was announced by Mrs. S. David Smith, who is in charge. "Four Great Periods,” at the E-- wln Methodist Church Sunday, will make It a significant day. At 9:45 a.m. it Is expected that there wil' be a record attendance at Sunday School, which has been increasing In enrollment for some time. At 11, the pastor will conduct the Christmas Worship Service and Dogs Poisoned Hunter Bethune, well - known Bunlevel farmer and sportsman, re ported today that 19 of his 22 mi* foxhounds were poisoned to death last night. Mr. Bethune sa ; d he was awak ened during the night bv the howl Ing of the dogs and went outside tiv the pen where he kept then confined. “They acted like they we e wild.’ he related. “Some were falling dead and others were howling in .pain.’' By morning, all but three of the hounds we>e dead. RAT POISON ITSED He brought one of the hound to Dr. Belmont Kittrell, local* vet erinarian, who diagnosed death as the res Jit of poisoning. He express + Dear Santa Claus + Dunn. N. O. Dear Santa. I am a little boy 6 years old. I am in the first grade at school. I have been a good boy in school, so will you please taring me 1 an electric train, a set of Roy Rog - <U3 guns, a book sack and lain coat. lßbl, Santa, please be sure not to forget the children in Korea. Your friend, Donald Lee Davis. Dunn, N. C. Rt 1 Dear Santa Claus, I am a boy 1 nine years old. I go to . 'rf- s ,. •.»> ■ TELEPHONES: 3117 * 3118 - 3119 will preach Chf'illSas ser mon. I w At 5:00 in the afternoon there will be a special musical program *nd cantata, with the program as follows: “The Lord Relgneth” by the choir; “O Little Town of Bethle hem” and “O Come All Ye Faith ful” bv the congregation; Prayer by the Pastor, Rev. D. A. Petty; Res ponse by the Choir; "Christmas Scripture" by B. B. Hudson; "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear” bv the congregation; and the Dutch "Christmas Fantasy” on the organ and piano. The Ctj-itata. "Chimes in the Night” will include: “Christmas Pells,” solos, “O Roly Night” and ‘Good Tidings;” "Let Us Go Unto Bethlehem;” “Jesus Our Lord,” solor and choir; “Break Forth Into Joy;’’ ‘The Star In The Eastern Sky;” •Glory To God:” and the benedic tion. At the conclusion of the musical program the Ch iptmas program wil! be given by the Church School; there will be singing, speeches, plays, presents, a treat, and Santa Claus. The Carol Program of the Dunti First Baptist Church will start Sun day afternoon at 5:30 p. m. Open ing with a preh.de by the organist, Oiintlniint On Page Two* ed belief that Red Squill rat pois oning had been used. Two of the hounds apparently did not get any of the poisoning. Or. Kittrell expressed belief that the other would not live long. Mr. Bethune said he paid as much as $125 apiece for some of the dogs and said his total loss would. run to well over $2,000. He said he was at a loss to know how or why the dogs were pois oned. He said, he had not used any poisoning around the premises and said that he knew of nobody who had any malice toward him or his dogs. Sheriff W. E. Salmon and other county authorities are investigating the crime. Mingo school and am in the fourth grade. I would like a bicycle, a watch, and anything else you would like for me to have. I have a little brother. Mlchall, who would like a train and football. . • Love, Howard Lambert. Dunn, N. C. Rt 1 Dear Santa. I am nine years old and in the fourth grade. My brother is eight (Continued On hR Four) I (Eh? BaiUt, gitxmft Members of the Harnett County PMA Committee were re-elected to day at the county convention held in the agriculture building at Lil lington. Mcßryde Carnrron cf Sanford Route 6. was renamed chairman of the county PMA Committee. Othe' members are: Jpe B. Cohyis of I.llllnyton Routr -3: vice' thalrmun: EvSrKh? )|a roe?, rs Angler.^Haute 2. regular.mem her. Cameron and Collin s have beer with PMA sfhee the program wa* Inaugurated and Barnes is servin'- his second term. Alternates named we-e: J. Sheri’’ Stephenson of Dunn. Route 2 an' P. G. Altman of Dunn, Route 3. . Kyle Harrington. PMA snpervi**" also announced the results of the election Thursday in 16 commun ltles where local tSmimltteemen wer chosen. LOCAL COMMITTEES Membership on the local commit tees with the chairman listed first followed by the vice chairmen an* 1 regular member, are as follows, al’ elected for one-year terms: Anderson C'eek, Hartwell Butts Ernest Darroch and J. Edison Hayes Jr. Averasboro I; Floyd Johnson, Martin Hobson and Cap Lee. Averasboro II: John H. Pop” Floyd A. Johnson and Claude Pope Barbecue: Carlton McCormick Lawrence Cameron and Jim Cam eron. Black River: Ralph Harrington, D. L. Tudor and Tyree Senter. Duke: R. H. Hamilton.. Laurence Godwin and John Gregory. Grov<> I: Nealie Matthews, Coun cil Williams and. Woodrow Lang don. Grove II: Gerald Hayes, Walter Baines and Levande- Stephenson. Hector’s Creek: T. C. Kendall Thomas H. Gardner and W. J. Cot ton. Jr. Johnsoville: Edward E. Perkins, (Continued On Page Five) Marilyn Does Not Want Nude Photos Shown HOLLYWOOD. Calif. (IP) Ma-- ilyn Monroe said today she didn’t want the famous calendar picture of her nude, reclining body to “be come a national institution.” She said she had asked her law yers to put a stop to widespread reproduction of the picture on ser (Continued On Page Five) INSKO ANNOUNCES SPEECH The Rector Robert W. Insko chairman of the Harnett. County Chapter of the March of Dimes re minded residents of this area that Basil O'Connor general chairman of the March of Dimes campaign, will speak on thp March of Dimes over the CBS station tonight at 10:30. ♦MARKETS* HOGS RALEIGH —HP)— Hog markets: Smithfield: Slightly stronger i for good and choice 180-240 lb. barrows and gilts at 17.25-1730. Tarboro, Dunn, Mount Olive, New Bern, Goldsboro, Washington, Wilmington, Jacksonville. Kin ton, Rocky Mount, Lumberton, Marlon, Fayetteville. Florence, Rich Square; Slightly stronger at 1735. I (Continued Ob Pago two) DUNN, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 1!», 1952 ike’s Elation Biggest Story ! Os This Year NEW YORK (ID The-1 campaign and election cf: Dwight D. Eisenhower as | the first .Republican presi dent in 20 years was the bie-1 gest news storv of 1952. edi tors of the United Press .said today. In nnivoiimiiic 111. ir anouul (:<*■ ; lrcl : < n of 111 ' 10 i I) new-; storiiv j of the year, the U P. ed tors sai 1 i 1952 was "a year of'radical chaiv'p i on many levels anil easily the hi' i gest news vear since World War II." , The U. P.’s 1952 list: 1. Eisenhower wins GOP nomin- j ation and is elected first Republican president in 20 years. 2. U. S. conducts first successful! H-bomb experiments. 3. Korean war roes into third year with truce talks tagging and enemy prisoners rioting. 4. Supreme Court outlaws gov ernment seizure of steel plants. 5. Elizabeth II becomes Eritish queen on death of father, King George VI 6. Captain Carlsen makes heroic stand on the Flying Enterprise. 7. Fatal plane crashes in New Jersey close Newark Airport. 8. Iran breaks relations with Brit ain over oii. 9. Felons riot in many U. S, pris ons. 10. King Farouk ousted from Egyp tian throne. “That common yardstick of news val’ es, the totally unexpected break do .dilated tile headlines all year,” the U, P. announcement said. “Start • tng In January when the world ac ’taimed a little sea captain as he fought alone to save his ship Irom rn. Atlantic storm,, the vear-long 3triam cc'_ bin news closed* wf*i the Treatest political upheave i In two 'ecades. the landslide election of General Eisenhower. “Between thtjie two big news breaks a 26-veac-old girl became the ror»»Miu*i* ft* rttfF wr*- • —“ Record To Publish Issue On Saturday The Daily Record will publish an edition on Saturday (tomor row), It was announced this af ternoon. It will be a regular edition of The Record, but will contain a number of Christmas advertise ments offering last-minute Christ mas shopping Idea. i The Daily Record feels that such an edition will be of special I service to both its readers and i advertisers since Christmas is so near at hand. ' BULLETINS BREMEN, Germany (IP) The U. S. Army qnd Pvt. J. Stalun were relieved today over the correction in official records which listed him as “J. Stalin” through a typo graphical error. BAD OLDESLOE, Germany (IP) Superintendent of School Gustav Heitmann was suspended today for calling “Silent Night” and other traditional Christmas carols “trashy.” BON SECOULD, Ala. (IP Authorities today said they have begun a delayed effort to locate a wealthy sportsman who vanished last' August 15 shortly after returning from a flight to Mexico. Sheriff Taylor Wilkins said Leroy E. Miller, yatchman, fishing lodge operator and one-time cat tle rancher, was reported to have disappeared while his famify attended dog races at Pensacola, Fla. (Continued on page two) Merchants Here Are Having One Os Best Yule Seasons Dunn, the Christmas City, Is having one of Its best Yule shopping seasons in history. And local merchants are preparing to roll out the welcome mat for many more in the last days before the big day. Stores will observe special closing hours beginning Saturday night and continuing through Wednesday night. On those days they will re main open until 9 p. m. This Christmas. Dunn merchants are stressing the theme of the "customer first.” When one goes to shop at a local store, he is greeted with an attractive window display, carrying out the Yule theme. The merchants have taken great pains to make attractive window displays. Merchants are offering some of the finest bargains to be found in this entire section of the state. Christmas shopping is easy in Dunn, too. Stores are small enough’ Dun’s merchants have issued a cordial InvltaUw to creryen* id'the area to make this city Christinas shopping headquarters for IMS. The record crowds of the past several days indtaalt that users and more people an accepting their iavttatlea. . . T rymanCioimsHe Laid Foundations For Peace Os Defense WASHINGTON (IP! Pre sident Truman said today the “foundations for a strur- \ turo of peace" have been laid during the nearly eight years of his administration. In .111 a’ parent valedii lory speech, at lh>' Naiiora. War College. be as sarted that bis administration has i been. •• i -! lii .’laitin; a "clear j and i i-n, policy hit' peace” to I meet the oimnunist threat. At the rame time, the President! acknev. !'deed there are still <; ave. ‘ unsolved problems hi lh* global j struggle for peace and ( ailed upon the nubile to support the incoin- , ing Eisenhower administration as it I wrestles with these problems. “No statesmen have ever had a i heavier rc.-'pcnsibilLv than these men will have.” be said. "Let ns see that (bey are given I the type of support they need to ! do tlieir work. Lei us tell them j frankly when we think they are wrong. Bill let us support them wholeheartedly when we think they are rip lit. Lei us work with them for peace and freedom in the world and for progress and security lo# otir country." Recalling the steps his adminis tration has taken since (tie Com munist threat mushroomed alter World War 11. the President said: "I think we can say that we have been successful in laying the foun- . dations for a structure of peace. | Things which were merely prin ciples in 1945. and only blueprints! in 1947 and 1948, have now become j established realities growing and, living institutions BASIL FRAMEWORK \ "Some tit cur poi.cies have beery! Auccvjjsful a#d stujie hove /*>t, but i by m'.i3 targe.it <al) be sai l luat we have created tne bos 1 t-'nJne'vojK that is necessary to resist aggress ion and to uphold the principles of the United Nations.*’ Mr. Truman reviewed the steps which have been taken under his “policy for peace” from aid to Greece in 1947, through the Marsh all Plan, the North Atlantic Treatv the Japanese peace treaty, the still unconcluded peace contract with! Western Germany, and the Pacific j security arrangements. Holiday Dance At Erwin Tonite A Christmas Dance will be given tonight by the Erwin Teen-Age Club, sponsored by the Young Peo ple’s Service League at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, after the basket bail game. Tire dune will be formal, and wil* last from 10:00 p. m until 1:00 (Continued on page two) Si 11 b V * i Is A Bit; LICKING JOB Pretty little Patricia Ann Lee, adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Lee of Dunn, has a big job of licking cut out lor her. Patricia, who’ll be 8 years old on Christmas day, is shown here with a 12-pound Christmas sucker. She doesn't promise, however, to get it all licked by this Christinas or even next. (Dally Record Photo by l.ouis Dearborn). Old Santa Visits Local Orphanages Bv LOUIS DEARBORN Report! Staff Writer “It gives you a sort of choked-up feeling and brings a lump up into your throat, “Lieutenant G. L. Weiss, pilot of the helicopter that brought Santa Claus to the Dunn Free Will Baptist and Falcon Orphanages said, “These children appreciate so little so much.” “Operation Christmas,” the an nual Christmas party given for Or- | phanages by the personnel of Pope i Air Force Base was given at the ; Dunn Free Will Baptist Orphanage 1 at 11:15 a. m. and at Falcon Or phanage at 11:50 a. hi. today. The operation'is a typical Arner- j ieen gesture in unselfish giving, in i which Santa Claus, with the assis- | lance' of the Air Force, makes a I personal visit to the orphanages, j laden With gifts, supplied by con-j tributlons of the personnel at Pope Field. The annual event started way I back in August when the committee j in charge started collecting funds t for the operation. This year tire I total amounted to about $20,000. MERCHANTS HELP “The merchants helped out bv selling us the needed items at cost and sometimes below that figure." Lieutenant Weiss said, “and the re- j tail value of the items is about j twice that amount." Long before the big Air Force i helicopter was due to arrive, the I children were gathered outside the I orphanages scanning the sky. Fin- j ally there was a drone in the skv ; and scon the children shouted “I i see him. there he comes. There's i Santa Claus.” The big, “whirley-bird” circled the I mcmsmm'i \ ' "y.J!".'.! -'l FIVE CENTS Pr K COPY landing point that had been rnark ■ ed off ill the field adjoining Ihe i orphanages, and gradually settled j to earth, with the big blades ehurn ! ing \p a storm of dry grass before | they finally became still. ; There: in the open doorway was ; tlie figure the children had been | awaiting so anxiously. Panto Claus I in person. The roly-poly figure wav ed a beckoning arm and called. | "Come on. all you children, come ov jer here and see Santa Claus." A few of the braver children i broke from the 'huddled group and (Continued On Page Five) Christmas Concert Is Slated At Erwin A special Christmas concert will | be presented at St. Stephen’s | Episcopal Church in Erwin, Sunday j afternoon at 4 o’clock by Frederick j Stanley Smith. Mr. Smith, born in Chambers- i burg, Penn, is a graduate of Le- j banon Valley College in Annevilie. j Penn. He has served as organist at j a number of leading Episcopal ] Churches in the country. He has taught piano at Beaver College. Jenkinstown. Penn, was Dean of the Music Department at Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, and was public school music sup ervisor in Southern Pines and Raleigh. The program will open with a Christmas Collect by the Rector, Rev. W. Robert Insko. THE PROGRAM The program will include: “To ccata in D Minor,” “We All Be lieve in One God,” “My Heart I* Filled With Longing” and “Come, (Continued On Page live) ' ' - DUNN STORES OPEN 'TIL 9 P. M. 'TIL CHRISTMAS NO. 1(1 NEW YORK UP) Presi dent-elect Eisenhower eoiri ileted the top command of his new administration to day bv naming his secre taries of the Army, Navy and Air Force and deputy secre tary ol defense. They are: Secretary of the Army- Robert Ten Broeck Stevens. 53. South Plain field. N. .J. Secretary of the Navy—Robert Bernard Anderson. !2. Vernon. Tex. Sec etury of the Air Force—liar- , old E. Taibott. G 4. New York. Deputy Secretary of Defense Roger M. Kits. 46. Bloomfield, Hills. Mich. James C. Hagerty, Eisenhower's press secretary, said the-names of the nominees will go to the Senate for confirmation. Observers said no opposition is expected. EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVES Tlie four nominees a e men of similar background with years of experience as executives anti direct ors of large corporations. Stevens is a textile manufacturer. Anderson holds important oil interest. Talbott is a power in the aviation industry, and Kyes is a vice president of General Motors in charge of pro duction and procurement. Eisenhower made the selections after a series of conference witii Defense Secretary-designate Char les E. Wilson On liis return trip from Korea last week. Hagerly said. Kyes is a graduate of Harvard University, is married and has four daughters. Befoie becoming connec ted with General Motors, lie w a. vice-president ul Empire Plow Oom panyr-Cieveland. aiul president and general manager ad Fergusosi-Sher-. awm'Mlg Cora of Yale, is married and has thiee sons and one daughter. His war record included service as a second lieutenant in World War I in field artillery and in World War II he served as a colonel in the office of the master general. He is chairman of the board of J P Stevens and Co., textile meiui factmeis Anderson received his law degree from tire University of Texas in 1932 He is married and his two sons. Since 1943 lie has been vice pres [ idem of Associated Refineries. Inc. j Talbott a graduate of Yale, is [ married and has two daughters and iwo sons. A former chaimian of ! tlie board of North American Avia : lion Co.. Talbott now is a dlrec tor for Commercia National Bank and Trust Co.. New York, and a member of the finance committee of the Chrysler Corp Eisenhower made the appoint ments a., lie got off to a running start in his program of getting along with Congress, Last Minute News Shorts WASHINGTON HP New 1 Jersey waterfront union leader | Edward Elorio today pleaded guilty to a charge of having committed ! perjury before a New York rackets grand jury. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail. WASHINGTON HP Secretary of State Dean Achesmi returned Continued on page two) FKEDEKICK SMITH -jgM
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