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STEP OFF The Dunn High School Band stepped oft to a biff season yesterday at practice. Included in this years schedule will be a num
ber of concerts, parades, and other band activities. Pictured above from left to right, trombone players are, Herman Godwin, junior student;
Jeff Jackson, sophomore; Carl Byrd, senior; Katherine Thomas, sophomore. On the second row, Gerald Fritz, baritone horn player, and
Tommy Thompson, trumpet player, can be seen. Harold Grant of Selma is director of the Dunn band this year. (Daily Record Photo)
’ Jews Observe
57Mt|i Year
JERUSALEM (IP) Ancient
rams* -home heralded the Jewish
New Year of 5714 today ’in Israel
as the setting sun slipped Into the
Mediterranean.
"May next year be as sweet as
the apple dipped in honey,” was
the greeting of children as they
a oncned the 5714th ye«r since the
creation, according to the Jewish
calendar.
(Jewish business firms in Dunn,
_ Erwin and throughout the area
r will be closed Thursday ami Frl
v day in observance of this re
-4 ligious holiday.)
V Grown folk, however, foresaw a
lang struggle against serious un
employment. faltering production
anl an alarming gap between the
gowis pouring in and the goods
trickling out.
BEN-ZVPS MESSAGE
“There is still a long road to
travel before we reach our goal.”
President Itzhak Ben-Zvi said in
m his New Year message.
"Our independence was not
handed to us on a platter. It was
achieved by the sacrifices of our
beloved sons and daughters who
gave their lives for the revival of
their people and the freedom of
their country . . . How dire is ou '
need for them in Just this hour of
our national renaissance!
"Our foes still strive to under
mine our very existence, to wipe
l>s off the face of the earth. But
their schemings will succeed no
more than they did in the past.”
Ben-Zlv pointed out that Jews
from all over the world have come
to Israel, but added that there are
many also who have been unable ’o
do so and that many behind the
m Iron Curtain have been refused
▼ permission to emigrate.
"May the whole world be bless
ed with a year of peace and hap
piness,” he said in conclusion, "for
!, peace.”
Three Attorneys
Form Partnership
Three well-known Harnett County lawyers, Neill McK.
Salmon of Lillington and Judge Howard G. Godwin and
Glenn L. Hooper, Jr. of Dunn today announced the forma
* tion of a partnership for the general practice of law
Tha new law firm will be known
as Salmon, Oodwin and Hooper.
It is the only three-partner law
firm in the county.
Offices will be maintained in both
Lillington and Dunn for conven
,—. lence of citizens of the county.
} OFFICES HERE, LILLINGTON
b# Mr. Salmon will be in charge of
eSL the offices at Lillington and Judge
I Rpodwln and Mr. Hooper will oc
nSupy a suite of offices on the third
An cor of the First Citizens Bank
MHdkUng In Dunn.
IM In announcing the formation of
**the partnership today, the three
attorneys issued a statement in
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Dunn High's Band j
Has Busy Schedule
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| High School Band Director Harold Grant outlined Dunn’s
. band activities for this year today. Included in the list of ■
appearances will be a number of concerts, band clinics, )
1 and football performances. 1
The band will step off for the
1 season Friday night, at Fayette- ;
‘ ville when the Greenwaves face :
the team there in football.
On Monday, September 21. the
band will go to Clinton where they
will participate in the opening of
the fair.
PLAY AT HOME GAMES
Band Director Grant stated to
day that the band will perform
1 at all football games at home. An
i effort is being made to increase
the band and get them in top
shape for the home game with
Franklin September 25. Grant said.
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Beauties Primping
For "Miss America "
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. IIP) Fifty-two hopeful young
. beauties primped and practiced their talents today for the
s election of Miss America of 1954.
> . The judging starts tonight and
’ the new Miss America will be I
; crowned on Saturday.
. To be awarded the coveted crown
i the winner must look stunning in
> a bathing suit, like a queen in an
I evening gown and sing like a lark
or otherwise display some great
■ talent.
A crisis developed in the annual
■ beauty pageant yesterday when
r two entrants, Miss Massachusetts,
Lois Sandra Feldman, and Miss
which they said they were happy
I to become affiliated with each other
in an effort to render stlU better
service to the public.
Each of the three attorneys has
experience, talent and ability to
make it a well-rounded law firm.
M”. Salmon has been a leading
attorney in Harnett for more than
a quarter of a oentury and last
year formed a partnership with
Olenn L. Hooper, Jr., who last year
, completed his education at Duke
University and began practice.
Judge Oodwin recently complet
! ed a four-year term as a special
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Other activities will include a 1
parade Friday afternoon, September :
25. in Benson for Mule Day; an
appearance at Raleigh October 2. 1
for the football game there; a 1
Christmas concert December 14; a
band clinic the third week in Jan- l
uary; and several other contest
events. •
The band will participate in the
Annual All State clinic at East
Carolina College sometime after the
first of the year, Grant said. They
will also take part in an annual
district band contest, and hold
other concerts throughout the year
he stated. .
Louisiana. Sonya Lee Leßlanc, dis-
I covered they had prepared ballet
dances to the same piece of music.
Miss Feldman suggested Miss
Leßlanc change her tune and vice
versa.
The squabble was settled in short
order by contest officials who told
the girls they could not change
their selections. Contest rules for
bid it.
SMILED AND HUGGED
The girls smiled and hugged each
other when they were told they
would not appear on the same
night. Miss Louisiana will dance
chusetts on Friday.
Thursday night and Miss Massa-
Betty Lou Lindly, the 20-year-old
Miss Arizona, whose hobby is study
ing poisonous animals in her state,
hopes her talent' wiii the piano
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Wife Slayer
Still Sought
Search continued today for Ze
bedee James for the slaying of his
wife, Oladys Stocks James at her
mother’s home in Baersville Sun
day.
Officers stated this morning that
so far no lead as to James’ where
abouts has been uncovered.
Deputy Sheriff B. a Sturgill said
that James is alleged to have gone
to the home of Mattie Stocks, his
: mother-in-law, where his wife had
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DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 9, 1953
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Adlai Flays
Ike's Policy
WASHINGTON lift Adlai E. <
Steveilson' today charged that the 1
Eisenhower administration has 1
"alarmed” U. S. allies and “utter- 1
ly obliterated” the bipartisan for- 1
eign policy. 1
Stevenson, Democratic presiden- 1
tial candidate last year, said the .
Republic administration has “be
wildered” and "confined” this i
country’s allies by seeming to want I
to “exterminate" communism and
then cutting the U. S. defense bud
get.
He said the GOP foreign policy
would be a “likely target' for Dem
oc:ats in the 1954 congressional!
elections.
ASKS CLARITY
The former Illinois governor, who
returned last month from a world
tour, said the time has come for
the U. S. government to give the
world a “clearer definition of our
aims.’
He made the statement in a
copyrighted interview with News
week magazine.
"We must decide whether we are
trying to destroy communism or
trying to achieve a peaceful co
existence with it,” Stevenson said.
“The rest of the free world is
alarmed by our seeming inflexibil
ity. There’s a suspicion that our
objective is to exterminate com
munism.
"They see little prospect of ob
literating communism except very
gradually or by war, and they dont
want war.”
Mother Admits
Bouncing Baby
On Cement Floor
DETROIT (If) A young mother
who admitted bouncing her 2-year
old son’s head on a concrete floor
for licking the icing oif sweet rolls
was held by police today.
"I thought I was going to have
some company in for coffee and
rolls and then Gary licked off the
frosting." Mrs. Frances Reynolds,
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PLANNING BOARD MEETS—
Dunn's planning board met last
night at the city hall. Chairman
Earl Westbiook reported that only
routine matters were disposed of.
COUNCIL MEETING—City Man
i ager A. B. tlzzle announced today
r that Dunn’s city council will hold
■ a special meeting Thursday night
at 8 o’clock at the town hall. Mr.
t Uzzle said the board would discuss
■ the sign ordinance and a number
of other matters.
1
t NOT WITH SCHOOLS—In a story
si concerning Joe Hamm yesterday
i I The Daily Record stated through
error that Aaa D. Herring wae
Judge Parker
Is Mentioned
For Court Post
WASHINGTON «P) l
nformed sources said today
there is a good chance Pres
ident Eisenhower will pick
an eminent Republican jur
ist, rather than a political
figure, to succeed Fred M.
Vinson as chief justice of the
United States. -
Federal Circuit. Judge John J.
Parker of Charlotte, N. C., and
Chief Justice Arthur T. Vander
bilt of the New Jersey Supreme
Court were mentioned as possible
choices should Mr. Eisenhower de
cide to entrust the nation’s high
est judicial post to a man already
on the bench.
Earlier speculation about a suc
cessor to Vinson, who died of a
hea t attack Tuesday, had center
ed around Govs. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York and Earl Warren of j
California.
IN NO HURRY
Mr. Eisenhower, who planned to
fly here from Denver to attend
memorial services for Vinson at
2 p. m., e.d.t., Thursday, was ap
parently in no hurry to reach a
final decision. Sources close to the
summer White House predicted he
would consult with Attorney Gen
eral Herbert Brownell Jr., and Re
publican congressional leaders be
fore announcing an appointment,
perhaps late this month.
The Supreme Court begins its
fall term Oct. 5, with a heavy
docket of important cases includ
ing a test of the constitutionality
of racial segregation in public
schools. Mr. Eisenhower is expect
ed to name a new chief justice
before tha term begins, but court
attaches said no postponement of
the session is anticipated even if
he does not act by Oct. 5. The
court can sit without a chief jus
tice so long as a quorum five
justices—are present.
While eventual Senate conflrma
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Cpl. Stogsdill
Is Delayed
Cpl. William Stogsdill of Erwin,
recently released from Communist
prison camps in Korea, was due
home last night on the 9:20 train
into Raleigh.
Fayette Stogsdill, his father, sta
ted today that he received a tele
gram yeste.day saying that Wil
liam would be in on the 9:20 train
last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Stogsdill went •to
the train, but their son did not
ar;ive. However, they talked to
an unidentified soldier from Golds
boro who told their he talked to
their son on the way. but that he
was switched to another train in
Chicago.
It was believed that he was
routed through Asheville in which
case it would be sometime today
or tonight before he would arrive.
Due to Mrs. Stogsdill’s nervous
condition, a welcome at the train
has been temporarily postponed.
Jernigan Body
Was Not Found
Hope that the body of Houston
Jernigan, Dunn business man
drowned August 13 at Wrightsviile
Beach has been found, faded to
day following a check on yester
day’s rumor that a body which
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once principal of the Harnett Coun
ty Training School in Dunn. Her
ring was never connected with the
local school but served aa Negro
Farm Agent for Harriett. The Daily
Reca.d regrets the error and is
happy to make this correction.
DIFFERENT MAN—Ottis McLamb.
well-known Benson resident, has
asked The Daily Record to state
that he was not the Ottis McLamb
involved in an automobile accident
and court case here last week. The
man in court was a different Ottis
McLamb. The well-known Benson
resident has never been involved in
such an affair. _ »
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Wullenwaber Heads
United Fund Drive
I Dunn’s United Fund.
I Executive Board fast night'
endorsed the United Defense !
Fund method of collecting i
chatty funds this fall. |
Officers of the local group ]
were elected with A1 Wul- j
lenwaber named president
of the group.
Presiding over the meeting, Bill
Godwin pointed out the responsi
bility of the officers before the e
lection was held. Chamber of Com
merce Manager Norman J. SutUes
served as secretary and described
the function of UDF.
Other officers elected besides
Wullenwaber were, Willie Bigjgs,
vice president: Mrs. Floyd Furr,
secretary; and Earl Mahone, treas
urer.
During a discussion of the United
s Defense Fund, John Thomas, Dunn
i newspaper, not a member of the
Board, expressed dissatisfaction
- with the use of the United Defense
■ Fund to collect local funds. In a
- letter from UDF,’ 1t was pointed out
1 that their budget for the first year
1954 in Dunn would be $1,600.
>
t 1 In the campaign, UDF literature
> and publicity will be used to help
- boost the local drive.
| DRIVE OPENS OCT. IS*
' Funds collected this fall will be
i used next year. The Executive Board
s 1 tentatively set October 15, the date
. j being used nationally, for the drive
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Rita Spurns Cool Million ;
To Raise Yasmin In U. S.
LAS VEGAS, Ne v . HP) Film star Rita Hayworth to
day angrily spumed a $1,000,000 divorce settlement from
Prince Aly Khan that would have showered their three-year
old daughter with the regal luxui- of a Moslem princess.
“All the money in the world can’t |
buy my child’s right to be raised |
as an American.” the sultry red- I
haired actress told the United Press \
early today. - |
Bartley Crum, the screen star’s ;
attorney, announced yesterday in
Paris that Aly, heir to one of the
world’s great fortunes, would set
up a $1,000,000 trust fund for the
couple’s only child, Yasmin, and
that the girl would be raised in
the Moslem faith.
WILL WED HATMES
The agreement would also leave
Miss Hayworth free to wed crooner
Dick Haymes, who faces deporta
tion for illegally re-entering this
country after a romantic vacation
with her in Hawaii.
Miss Hayworth, here to visit Hay
mes, 'said she had not received
word from Crum about the settle
ment.
“Miilicn dollars or not, Yasmin
is now being reared as a normal
American child and will continue
to be—and all the money In the
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The Records
Gets Results
iDunn Tobacco.
.Market Passes
! Three Million
Tobacco sales went over the
I three million mark on the Dunn
j ’ market yesterday.
Sales Supervisor Norman J.
Putties said this morning that
339,349 pounds of tobacco were
sold yesterday. The total sales
brought $190,050.11, or an average
of $56 per hundred pounds.
So far the sales have totaled
3,065,116 pounds.
Prices have remained high with
the highest daily average being
$57.16 last week.
BULLETINS
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. HP/ United Nations Se
cretary-General Dag Hammarskjold has warned U. N. em
ployes that personnel problems resulting from loyalty in
vestigations “may become more acute in the months a
head.”
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. HP) A 35-year-old Negro chemist,
Dr. Albert Stewart, was elected to the Oak Ridge town coun-
C ll yesterday, to become the first Negro to serve on the
community group.
WASHINGTON HP/ Sen. Burnet R. Maybank said to
day that the slump in farm prices and the rising cost of
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RITA HAWORTH
NO. 194
Now Reported
|7BO Miles
From Mimami
MIAMI HP) A hurricane
! with winds already at 95
! miles per hour developed
| southeast of the Bahamas
today and headed toward
the Florida peninsula.
: “This looks more like a threat
• to Florida than any of the other
three storms this year,” chief fore
i custor Grady Norton .said cau
tiously. (
Tlie hurricane, only 780 miles
east-southeast of Miami, was mov
ing west-northwest in tne direction
of Florida at 15 miles per hour.
A Navy hurricane hunter plane
found a calm center 15 miles wide
with blue sky showing above, a
characteristic of a fully-developed
tropical storm.
FOURTH OF SEASON
Hurricane Dolly, the fourth of the
season, was expected to pass in
the vicinity of Turks Island in the
lower Bahamas group this after
noon. The weather bureau has a
sub-station there and expected ac
| curate reports on winds and pres-
I sure drops as the storm approaches.
1 The Miami weather bureau in
| a 10 am. EST advisory called it
a small hurricane but warned that
j its winds—9s miles an hour in a
J pmnll area northeast of center
■ may increase in intensity.
The weather bureau said also
| that the storm may slow down,
usually an indication that winds are
| building up power.
| The hurricane was expected to
smash into the southeastern Baha
-1 mas tonight and all interests on
] land and sea in that vicinity were
I vrarnpd to be on guard. Gales were
I ■'whipping pie ocean for 75 miles in
v a big semi-circle northeast of the
, storm center.
I The entire Bahamas group should
|be on the alert,” the weather
I bureau warned.
Rural Areas
Get Telephones
People in the northeastern part
of Harnett County were advised
today that the 1954 p:ogram for
Carolina Telephone Company will
include expansion of facilities in
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School Board
Favors Bonds
Harnett County's Board as Edu
cation has endorsed the State bond
issues for school and mental in
stitution improvements, and passed
a resolution requesting the c.ti
i sens of the County to vote in the
October 3, election.
The State Legislature passed a
SSO million bond issue during the
last session to be n!aced before the
voters in October for their approv
al.
The resolution passed by the
Board of Education stated; , 3 1
Whereas, the 1953 General As
sembly of North Carolina enacted
legislation whereby the people of
North Carolina should have the
opportunity to vote in an eleoUOO ■ v=
on the issuance of a Fifty Million !
Dollar Bond Issue for the Con
stuction and Improvement of
School Plant Faculties in the
Counties of the State, anl a Twen- >