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NORTH CAROLINA Fattty
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alfhL Beat*trod dwwen Mid thsn
dortitraia tonight, probably begin-
Otar northwest portions this
bOornoon. Thursday cloudy and
wihr With showers
VOLUMN S
Ike Wants Evidence Os Good Faith From Russians
Husband Slayer
Tells Court Os
Acts
WILSON, N. C. (ff) _
A pretty housewife on trial
for her life in her husband’s
murder told a jury here to
day between spells of un
controllable sobbing of an
unnatural sex act by her
husband.
Mr*. John L. Crocker was sent
the stand by defense attorneys
seeking to prove that she was tem
porarily insane because of her hus
band’s unnatural sex acts when she
Wiled him.
The frail. 90-year-old was testi
fying about her husband’s drinking
when attorney Faison Thompson of
Goldsboro interrupted with:
‘‘Get to the paint. I know you
don’t want to, but you’ll have to
tell."
BREAKS INTO SOBS
Mrs. Crocker broke into un
controllable sobs but after recover
ing said "111 try.”
She said “there had never been
anything abnormal, so help me
God. about him until that night.”
But again she was shaken by
• bobs and bad to leave the court
room for nearly half an hour to
regain sufficient composure to
resume testimony.
(JG She said she stopped her nusband
w and “asked him If he had gone
erasy. He said he guessed that he
was a sex pervert. I begged him
hospital. I knew that
had caused this thing
m (toHsider the influence at the
told 'earlier of a
P'*s4tifcfnarrtage to a captain in
ii« Hkrce with whom she lived
She said he t^as
Mfrin & Mattox
®Open House
Baldwin and Mattox, beautiful
new sundry shop, will hold "Open ,
House" Friday night from 8 to
<f|o p. m. to give the public an op-|
portunity to visit and inspect its i
complete, modem faculties.
The new store Is owned and op
erated by Lonnie Baldwin and .
Dwight Mattox, well-known Dunn ,
business men.
ACROSS FROM HOSPITAL
It is located on North Ellis Ave
nue, across the street from' the <
Dunn Hospital, in a beautiful new ,
modernistic building erected by .
Derwood Godwin. With a moder
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Last Minute
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News Shorts
LAST MINUTE NEW SHORTS
WASHINGTON V) The While
House uUwnMd President
.WEisenhewer has delayed his depart- !
'-Mr* aboard the presidential yacht ,
Williamsburg onto 1 p a, EOT. ,
as be can assemble material for Us
radio speech an taxes Tneeday :
Sim aals4eMHv m
mtgm*. im uvpnuqr was scneauim
to sail at 4 p. wl ca his weoaend
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I WASHINGTON » A Senate
I Judiciary committee today approved
the nomlnatien of William B. Sam- ,
ers to be U. S. esemhel for the
dhdrtet of North Carolina. ,
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Godwin And Biyan Opposing
{Secret Sessions Os Council
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YOUTH WEEK OBSERVED AT BAPTIST CHURCH—The Rev. Ernest P. Russell, pastor of the
Flr,t Haptist Church, Pete Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skinner, and Frank Campbell, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Locke (Campbell, are pictured above discussing Youth Week which is being ob
served at, the church this week. Pete is the Youth Pastor and will deliver the morning message on
Sunday, May 17, -and Frank is serving as chairman erf the board of Deacons. (Daily Record Photo.)
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Fat(m Appropriations Boosted
WASHINGTON WT
The House Appropriations
funds for fafrn programs in
» months, beginning July 1
more than $100,000,000 a
bove the Elsenhower xecom
-mendations.
The action temporarily stopped
the congressional economy drive.
It came while some Republicans
disputed administration contentions
that the federal budget can’t be
balanced in the 1954 fiscal year
starting July 1.
.The committee’s recommenda
tions, while above those recom
mended • by President Eisenhower,
were below those submitted by for
mer President Truman.
The outlays voted by the com
mittee do not entirely mean actual
“spending” because some of it Is
for loans which eventually will be'
repaid
BILL’S PRO VISIONS
The committee approved and
sent to the House floor a bill which
would:
1. Appropriate *712,308.328 for the
Agriculture Department's regular
activities to fiscal I*4; This was
a cut of *37,101,014. pr above 5 ner
cent, from the budget submitted
by former President TYuman. But
It was *8,943,088. eH 14 P« cent,
above revised Eisenhower budget.
2. Authorise to gov
ernment loans to whig electricity
and telephones into rural areas and
to help Individuals buy and im
prove farms and purchase produc
tion equipment: This was a cut of
117,500,000, or 5 per cent, to the
proposed Truman budget. But it
was 4. -boost of 342, 500,000. or 14
per cent above the revised Eisen
hower budget.
BSG SUM FOR BUBBIDIXS
2. Authorize Congress to appro
priate *195,000.000 nex tyear for
the 1954 program of agricultural
conservation subsidies. This was a
cut of *55,000.000 from the level
recommended in the Truman bud
gat But it was *86,000,00©-or 40
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fwoe toe mayor to vote to order
vote except to case of a tie.
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Man Admits Locking
Wife In Smokehouse
Domestic difficulties, apparently,
are not new to James Eliup John
son.. Dunn man, found guilty on
Tuesday in Harnett Recorder’s
Court of non-support of his preg
nant wife.
On cross examination by D. C.
Wilson, private prosecutor. John
son admitted that he once locked
his first wife "in the smoke house,”
and gave the key to his mother.
“And she left you like a rabbit
once she got out?” asked Wilson.
The defendant admitted wife num
ber one left.
As for the wife number two,
questioning showed she failed to
fair too well either. She testified
she had a house in which were
three things, a bed, a cabinet, both
gifts of his mother, and a cook
stove “which had to have a stick
to prop the door.”
DEFENDANT TESTIFIES
In his defense, Johnson testified
he had undergone an operation in
the Veterans Hospital, and that his
wife “didn’t come about me." He
said toe didn’t like the house he
rented and returned to her folks.
He followed and that he left with
the understanding he would stay
with his folks, and she with hers
until he could find work.
Judge Lee sentenced Johnson to
*0 days on the roads, suspended on
condition he pay *7.05 per week
to the wife and the court costa.
Tornado Death
Toll Al 112
WACO, Tex. HD Searchers
digging through ruins left by Moa
day’s pounding tornado to down
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toe public’s business is everybody's
business and ought, to be conduct
ed out in the open where any
citisen can attend, hear and be
heard if he wishes.”
_ A, couple of city managers have
sessions and the order to fire Po-
DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAT 14, 195?
Hugh McLean, three years in ar
rears in support of his estranged :
wife, Verona and their soiwNor
man, was found guilty of non sup
port of his child. He was given 60
•days on the roads, suspended on
condition he pay *4O on or before
June 1, and the same date each
month until Oct. 1 when the court
set monthly payments at *2B.
The money was ordered to be
paid to Mr. and Mrs. Gurney Lam
beth, maternal grandparents, with 1
whom the McLean boy is now liv- 1
tog.
Judge Lectures On
Evils Os Whiskey
“Liquor,” opined Judge H. Paul testimony, originated when L. G.
Strickland, “is at the bottom of Aden’s brother, deciding that he
both these cases.” He referred to had had enough to drink, poured
two cases that had been tried in out a bottle of beer.
Dunn Recorder’s Court. “In fact,” A violent argument ensued and
he added, “liquor is a contributing L. G. Allen took the baseball bat
cause to most of the cases that away from his brother and shat
come before me.” tered his Jawbone with it. Most
In one of the cases, L v G. Allen of his teeth had to be extracted,
was charged with breaking the jaw and he spoke with difficulty as
Os his brother with a baseball bat. he testified this morning.
In the other, John Meek, Lee was Judge Strickland found L. G. Al
charged with assault on Fermon len guilty of assault with a deadly
McLamb and Mlllis Hodges with weapon, but withheld judgment
trespass on McLamb’s premises. and left the ease open until Dr
The family quarrel between the G. L. Hooper completes his work
Allen brothers, according to the 'Continued On Pam Two)
DITI f VTHITC
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BOSTON OR Arthur Godfrey settled back on his
hospital bed pillows today and watched television while
awaiting major hip surgery which he hopes , wiU end Zt
years of pain. The TV star flipped through three bags of
fan mail between X - rays, elertrocardioframs and other
preliminary tests for the first of two operations on both
accident-injured hips.
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Ike To Address
The Nation On
Taxes, Budget
By,DAYTON MOORE
IIP) Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON (IP)
Presidaht Eisenhower will
make a speech to the nation
next Tuesday night on na
tional; security, the''budget
and taxes.
Mr. Elsenhower told his news
conference today that toe speech
will Include a discussion of the
whole tax problem and how the
administration will approach it.
Mr. Eisenhower said the speech
will cover national security, econ
omy, the budget, spending, taxes
and their relationships. He said he
will try to explain exactly what
the administration is trying to get
at.
The broadcast is scheduled tenta
tively for 9 p. m. EBT.
Mr. Eisenhower said, he will go
over toe speech with Republican
congressional leaders next Tuesday
morning at his weekly meeting
with them. He will wbrk on the
speech during his weekend aboard
the presidential yacht Williams
burg. .
Mr. Eisenhower to his broadcast
will try to end the ednfusion that
has developed over the new ad
ministration’s budget and tax out
look.
The President himself has said
he dobs not expect a balanced bud
get in fiscal 1954, which ends
June SO, 1954, and has said repeat
edly he opposes any tax cuts until
the budget is balanced.
CONFLICTING VIEWS
But In the past week, two mem
bers of his cabinet have given
conflicting views on when they ex
pect a balanced budget. Secretary
of Treasury George M. Humphrey
has ten id he expects, government
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Secretory Charles E. Wilscm told
a House committee it probably will
be two or three years hettre the
budget is balanced.
House Speaker Joseph W. Martin
Jr., said after a breakfast meeting
with Mr, Eisenhower and Humph
rey this morning that the President
expects to get spending and income
in balance by\ July, 1954—the start
of fiscal 1956.
Bids Requestad
On Harnett goads
The State Highway Commission
called for bids Tuesday on 12.40
miles of paving on fqur secondary
roads in Harnett County among 34
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Five Murder Cases,
72 Others Set For
Trial In Harnett
A calendar of 77 cases ranging from speeding to
murder and including such varied offenses as attempted
rape, arson and embezzlement, are scheduled for trial at
a week criminal session of Harnett Superior Court
which will open Monday morning.
Judge J. Paul Frizzell of Snow
Hill will preside over the term and
District Solicitor Jack Hooks will
poeecute the crowded docket. The
calendar was released today by
Court Clerk Robert Morgan.
On the docket are 5 murder
cases, three manslaughter cases, 11
cases of breaking and entering, 4
forgery cases, 8 cases of drunken
driving, 6 assault cases, and a va
riety of others.
Still holding top interest is the
case of C. G. Fields, former Banker
and prominent Harnett political
leader. Who is charged with 20 sep
erate counts of embezzlement.
Solicitor Hooks has placed this
case for trial on Monday indicating
that he will give it priority over
others. He asked for a special term
to try this case, but agreed to wait
after the county board of commis
sioners asked him to do so.
. ON PROBATION
Fields is charged with embezzling
about 85,000 from an Insurance
company. He is already under pro
bation for conviction to Federal
Court tor embezzlement of about
*9,000 from the Angler branch of
the First-Citizens Bank and Trust
Co.
Also scheduled for trial are sev
eral youths who allegedly were
members of a theft ring that rob-
McCarthy Says Let
British Be Damned
WASHINGTON (W Sen. Joe
epb R. McCarthy (R-Wis) angrily
told the Senate today that if the
British do not want to support Am
erican policy in Korea, “let them
withdraw and be damned."
Telling the Senate that the Brit
ish navy is protecting shipments
to Communist China and that some
merchant vessels flying the Brit
ish flag actually are under con
trol of the Red Chinese, he shout
ed:
“Let them withdraw and be dam
ned."
“Then let us sink any accursed
ship which is carrying arms to the
Communists killing American boys.”
The Wisconsin Republcan de
parted ir«n a prepared speech —a
long denunciation of BriUsh policies
in Korea—to make those assertions.
He roundly criticised British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
and his predecessor, Clement R.
Attlee, leader of the opposition la
bor party.
McCarthy found in a speech by
Attlee In the House of Commons
Tuesday an implied suggestion that
if the U. a is unwilling to settle
the fighting in Korea on terms
agreeable to Britain, then Britain
should quit the Bn* ted Nattcgis
fighting there. .
MAKES CHALLENGE
It was In that connection that
he made the “withdraw and be
damned” challenge.
McCarthy called Attlee’s speech
a “cheap” attack on “the President
ami the people at the United' Sta
tes.” He demanded an apology from
both Attlee and Churchill. He said
that Churchill sat in Commons
"merely nodding his head” In agree
ment with Attlee's statements.
“H there is an attempt to black
mail us into accepting a commun
ist peace Ml grounds that otherwise
Britain will withdraw (from Korea).
McCarthy said. "Then we ‘can go it
alone'.” ,
♦MARKETS*
EGOS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH Mi Central North
rtyeis and broilers steady, sup
hens steady. supplies short in some
h the .Mri*
Among those implicated in the
breaking and entering, larceny and
receiving charges are: Eugene
Moore, Parker Ryals. alias Lind
bergh Ryals, Wade Norton, Flem
ing Norris, Robert R. Bass, Charlie
R. Hodges. Harvey G. Allen, Jesse
Ennis, and Atlee Gavnor. Some of
them are charged with more than
one offense.
Charged with murder are: Beu
lah Brown, Eula Mae Brown, John
Spencer, Mack Vinston and Char
lie Ferguson.
The three defendants charged
with manslaughter are: Henry R,
Dalrymple, John Lewis McNeill
and Benny Mason.
GRAND) JURY CASES
Following is a list of the cases
slated to go before the grand Jury
on the opening day:
Beulah Brown, murder; Roose
velt Matthews, forgery; J. C. Pearce,
breaking, entering and larceny:
Isaac Jones and Granville Tart,
forgery; Benny Mason, manslaugh
ter; Leonard Ennis, breaking and
entering and public drunkenness;
Joe Moore, breaking and entering,
public drunkenness and disorderly
conduct; James Thompson, for
gery.
Eugene Moon, Parker Ryals,
breaking and eateriM *M lar
ceny; Junior Platt, aiding and abet
ting; Wade Nordan. «jateey an?
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“This naficji is powerful enough,”
’ McCarthy declared. “It has the
! guts. It has toe strength to win its
battles.”
1 Speaking alternately to whispers
and roars, he recalled at one point
, his days as a Marine Corps gunner
‘ J to the South Pacific. Then he ver
ged on tears.
When McCarthy concluded, the
galleries applauded him.
Celebrating 95th s
Birthday In Bed
For the first tone to many yean
Mrs. Sue Allen, «rho is 95-years
old today, mined her annual
birthday party- Bhe la confined to
her bed at toe home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. J. H. Russell, and the
doctor ordered no party far this
year.
However, her birthday has not
been forgotten, not only bp her
Immediate family, but by aeons
of admirers of this grand old lady.
Mrs. Russell said today that toe
poatamn has been kept buoy bring*
tog presents that her
has been continually ringing with
calls from well-wishers to this and
neighboring continuities. ...,
"People have been just wooder
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Erwin Churchmen A$
Diocese Contention
The rector and seven vestrymen
of Bt. Stephen's Episcopal Church,
isrwin, represented < uie local par
ish at the UTth annual convent
ion of the Diocese of North Caro
lina wt Christ Church. Raleigh,
NO. 11*
Ready To Take
Any ChaiteeTo
Secure Peace
WASHINGTON (IP)
President Elsenhower told
a news conference today he
has seen no definite evidence
of good faith on the part of
Russia that would warrant
holding a big-power meeting
as suggested by Prime Min
ister Winston Churchill.
The President also challenged
the correctness of former Britten
Prime Minister Clement R. Att
lee who said some people in the
United States do not want peace
in Korea.
Permitting a d|tre<k quotatkffl
the President said, “I have met lio
one in the United States who doe*
not want peace.” *
Mr. Eisenhower said he hoped hit
was mistaken, but he thought the
quick Communist rejection of toe
latest U. N. Korean truce propos
als indicated what he called a sjm
of fixed attitude on the part -of
the Reds.
Questioned at length about the
Churchill proposal tor a meetwEi
of heads of state, he said he wot
ready to take almost any kind TK
a chance to get peace. But befw
undertaking a top level meeting
he would want evidence of gfl|jp
faith all around.
He followed this with a blunt
statement that he has seen noth
ing yet that could be pointed to
as really definite evidence of goal
faith,
PUTS TAG ON RUSSIA *3
Asked if he would put thi* label
of in sufficient good faith squarely
on Russia, the President said that
Is the nation to which he referred.
He said he had no objection
whatsoever to Churchill’s propose,
but he thought that toterngtoTOl
he thought there
promise of profit.
He said he is personally readpt
to do anything that tbe dignity'MK
the United States would require
& advance some raottihaMe In
dication that progress could
made.
He said he would not. in even*
of such a meeting. Insist on ad -
vance assurance that Use canferamV'''
could work out a master blueprint
for the world, but he would toatttl;
on more definite evidence of good
faith than he sees at present.
The president’s mood to anMW*f
ing questions about the Korean
truce negotiations seemed to
(rintfwwg Gn told* ttyto
ful to mother,” Mm. Russell
“and we all appreciate their kind
ness.” Mrs. Russell it one of ij)t|§
six children born to Mbs. ARgHS
The annual birthday parties wljlijH
were held up to last year, hrasflßfeiS
members of the family nyd
from many dlttaht. etttea to
Mrs. Allen to the celebration.
Besides Mrs. Rmsetl. Mrs. R/tosM
Warren, another daughter, aire tSUI
only children who five to Dun. ;
Others are. Mis* Catherine aSH
of Kinston. Hugh L. Allen I
of Emporia. Virginia, and ran -j
In addttto'toSSyjSE 'jIMm ’25
U- .
ished the colors Une, and the;
seminars of otw desomteat®B*S
in the South
At Wednesday's a%m a«ee||
o* permitung %at , -