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+WEATHERf NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and warm today and to night Widely scattered showers along the coast today and In moun tains this evening. VOLUME 3 FOUR - COUNTY FAIR OPENS TONIGHT Beria, Russia's No. 2 Man , Reportedly Flees i Ike Delivers . Speech Tcnife Freni Boston WEST SPRINGFIELD,— Mass., UP President Ei senhower came to Massa chusetts today to make a major polotical speech billed unofficially as the opening of a White House drive to strengthen Republican con trol of Congress in next year’s elections. Accompanied bv prominent New Englanders in his official familv, Mr. Eisenhower first stopped off here to look over a regional agri cultural fair and award blue rib bons to beef and green pastures winners. Ty The government plane Columbine, carrying the presidential party, landed at Westover Air Force Base near here after a one hour and 57- minute flight from Washington. I Greeting the President at the air | base were about 500 persons, in cluding 300 Air Force personnel, 1 and the Air Force band. President Elsenhower will make the political speech at a big .<IOO --plate GOP rally at Boston Gar- A den tonight. '• FIRST VISIT SINCE NOV. 3 It was Mr. Eisenhower’s first visit to Massachusetts since Nov. 3 when he made his final campaign (Cantinned on page two) Police Report 38 Arrests Chief of Police Alton A. Cobb (fated this morning that 38 arrests fwere made by members of the Po lice Department, the Highway Pa trolmen, and the rural police over the weekend. Os this number, VJ were arrested in Dunn, Cobb said. - i'Ten of the 12 persons arrested l am Dunn w,ere charged with drunk ngr .While the arrests in Dunn were fv not as heavy as in weeks passed, the number throughout the area was one of the highest on record here. * MORE ARRESTED Those arrested in Dunn were, Morris Franklin Blackman. Dunn, Route 5, drunk; Neil Jefferson Massey. Dunn, Route 3. failure to halt at a <top sign; John Pridgon A Ray, ,Wacft, drunk: James Faison. 503 $. Harnett, drunk and rob bery; Jfthnie Jones, 808 E. Cumber land, drunk; John Henry Carroll, wade. Route 1, driving drunk, and no operator's license; Marie Mc- Neil. assault with a deadly weapon. Dunn, Route 3; Hubert H. Glover, 2fo W. Div'ne, public drunkenness; U. A. Britt, Newton Grove, Route 3;-. drunk; James Myles, Dunn. Route 4, public drunkenness; Ray Jfff Ennis, Benson, Route 2, driink; and Okie Raynor, Benson, Route 2, public drunkenness. "T . 1 ' - I > s r * ® Ms ■PpHk _ j. - w ■ 4 ■ I M S i - w WELCOMING QUKBTB—Mrs Leon Chauvin. left, is shown here welcoming two geests, Mr. and Mrs. Bam Leekhard, to the grand spaaing of the new Big-4 Restaurant en Bonday. A capacity crowd filled the restaurant te ever-flowing for the Mg epentwg event.. Mm Chawvta la the wife of the nataarant man ..afar. <D*By Record Photo.) , . i * TELEPHONES: 3117 > 3118 • ■I C> * .. • i CATHOLIC LAV LEADERS—The newly- elected lay leaders of Sacred Heart Catholic Church are shown here as they met to discuss plans for the year. Left to right are Father Francis McCarthy, pastor A! Weiss of Angler, vice president; Bill Glover of Dunn, president; and Miss Evelyn Gainey of Dunn, secretory - treasurer. The local Catholic Laymen’s Association Is affiliated with the State group. (Daily Record Photo.) Five Persons Are Hurt ifi Series Os Accidents Farmers Are Asked To Grow Peppers ♦‘Operation Pepper,” a proj to plant 500 acres of peppers to locate in Dunn next year, Armstrong To Address Educos Fty Armstrong, Dean of Ad mission of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will speak tonight at the meeting of the Edu co Club of Hime’.t County, the membership of which is comprised cf the School Principals and Su pervisors of Harnett County, on •’The Qj ftirtunitirte AvaUfible to Harnett County High School Grad (Continued on page eight) Byrd» Kiss LciS <Uu> Uailij Wmtb ject to secure farmers willing for the cannery which plans is on this week.. \ Norman J. Suttles, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, stated today that the entire drive will be on the contract plan. Farmers are asked to register at one of ten places in Harnett County and state the number of acres they will plant. In February, when the price that will be paid for the peppers is an nounced, the contract can be brok en if the farmer does not feel that he can raise peppers at the sum offered. Suttles said today that he be lieves all fanners will be more than pleased when the price is announ ced. (ConUnued on page eight) DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, SE Two accidents happened Sunday morning within eight hours on the same stretch of highway 15-A, 1 mile North of Llliington. > At 2 a.m. a Ford uoupe, a Ford pick-up truck and a flegro pedes trian were Involved in an accident 800 feet North of the Cape Fear River bridge. Patrolman R. B. Leonard said his investigation disclosed that a Ford pick-up truck, driven by Hal ford Autry, 35. of Lillington, Route 2 trying to pass the Ford car driv en by Hubert Lee Cummings, 31, of Lillington. Route 3—also going south, knocked the Cummings car to the right shoulder of the high way and down an embankment. As the car left the pavement, it struck ic«nllnn«' nn page two* BULLETINS CAIRO, Egypt UP Government police arrested two former premiers and 11 other Egyptians today In swift pre-dawn raids on homes of officials of ex-King Faroug’s monarchy. Authorities announced that 10 had been jailed and three placed under house arrest. LONDON UP A foreign office spokesman indicated today the search for Mrs* Melinda Mac Lean, wife of miss ing British diplomat, has been called off for the time'be ing. The 37-year-old woman and her three young children were last, seen 11 days ago on a train from Lusanne, Swit zerland, with tickets for Austria. TOKYO UP Maj. Gen- William F. Dean, the highest ranking prisoner of the Korean War, flew home today af ter three years in a Communist prison camp. Dean, ac r Continued m put tiro) * Record Roundup + MAKEB BIG HIT Little Miss Gloria Barnes, seven-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barnes of Dunn, made s big hit over TelevisionkJStation WMFY at Greensboro Saturday night. Today, Gloria and her parents were still receiving congratulations from all over the State on Gloria’s appear ances. She sang with the Smlle- Awhlle Boys at 11 p. m. Saturday night. STORES TO STAY OPEN A number cf Dunn clothing stone th’s week will begin staying open until 8:00 or 8:30 p. m. on Satur day nights. In fact, five stores art already observing the 8:30 closing and have been for several traa|ri Some of these stores let Xso^Qof* [BER 21, 1953 Joe McCarthy Is Checking Or. Identity WASHINGTON UP Sen - Joseph R. McCarthy said today his Senate sub committee is checking on re ports that Lavrenti P. Ber ia, former second man in the Kremlin, is in a “non-Com munist country” and wants to talk. McCarthy add. nowever, that “at the present time I am not con vinced that the man is Beria.” He did not identify the country. The Wisconsin Republican told re porters his subcommittee has re ceived repeated reports, some ap parently from reliable sources," that “a man who claims to be Beria. who resembles Beria” has fled from Russia and is in hiding. As yet, McCarthy said, “no paid member of mv staff has personally met this man.” He would not elabo rate. but he said that no subcom mittee funds have been spent thus ,far In connection with the incident. DISCOUNTED AT FIRST McCarthy, confirming in part early statements from a subcom mittee source, said that “originally I considered the report so fantas tic that I did not even give other members of the subcommittee a re port on It.” He would not say whether he has been in contact with the FBI or the Central Intelligence Agency about the reports. , “I am extremely interested to (CBffsla»oß ■>» Pace 8). Two Are Given Jail Sentences Two men drew jail sentences this morning In Recorders Court when they failed to pay fines levied by Judge H. Paul btrickland. Clarence Morgan was sentenced to six months in jail, suspended on payment of *ls weekly for the sup port of his family. He took the jail term rather than pay the weekly sums. James Faison went to jail when he failed to pay fines on two ac counts. He drew - sentence of 90 days in jail, suspended on payment of <SO and cost for stealing, and 30 days, suspended on payment of $lO and cost for public drunkenness. The 90 day sentence is to begin at the expiration of the 30 days. Others tried in court today were; Neil Jefferson Massey, prayer for (Continued an Psp g) their clerks go home, but remain open to cetch the lkte rural trade. It appeared today that practically all of the clothing stores, except possibly a tew of the larger ones, will join in the stay-open move ment.- Formal announcement U ex pected later in the Vfek. UNITED FUND MEETING The Executive Committee of the Uni ted Fund Drive will meet tonight at 8 o’clock at the Colonial Froaen Food Lacker. A1 Wufienwaber is chairman of the group. BIG-4 RESTAURANT OPENING— Leo Chauvin. amiable manager of the Big-Four Restaurant which held 4u tali oDtniac vesterd&v wishes K* #!w2lS|?am ilirLJl Hit Me! 4hß m . jpg SjVTTOQ .‘UP THE FAIR—C. ML Ruufey, left, general manager of PMb , i Mg Four-Coaoty FUr, and Carij Graham, right, business tnaaster of the Mighty Page Show*, are shown here this morning as they directed the huge job of sotting up the big Four-County Fair, which will open here tonight. Some of the big teats can be seen In the background. {Daily Record Photo. Infant Injured By Hit - Run Driver The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore. Inez Moore, 23 months old, is in Dunn Hospital where her condition is described as critical following a hit and run accident Saturday night in Erwin. Highway Patrolman Paul Alber gine stated this morning that ex tensive investigation of the case is being made. The infant is alleged to have been hit by a 1951 Packard which stopped for a moment, and then pulled off and drove toward Dunn. Soon after the accident, a call was made to the Dunn police and around 10 minutes later, Police D. L. Matthews of the Police Depart ment, stopped a 1951 Packard com ing from Erwin at a “high rate of speed.” The car was driven by Robert Tew of 106 N. Washington. PLATING NEAR STREET According to witnesses at the scene of the accident, the infant was hit while playing near the street. Tew admitted having been or the street where the accident oc curred, but said that if he hit the child he did not know it. Patrolman Albergtne stated to day that an extensive examination of the Packard driven by Tew was being made to determine if it is the car that hit the child. No charges were made, pending further investigation. Last Minute News Shorts BT. PETER, Minn. Iff) Dr. E. E. Friakaow said today “I am net a Communist" and "I have never belonged to the Communist Party." “I am a liberal, and always have boon a liberal,” ho said. BT. LOUIS, Mo. Iff) Ameri can Federation of Labor President George Meany today leveled a broadside attack on the adminis tration, charging that "in Wash ington kmnaa values have been mhmsrgcd to the material welfare of the greedy few." Meany opened the 72nd convention of the AFL with n 45-minute key-note addreas, meet of tt dhsstid te attack an ad hrT (OsntgMil en fin t) - FIVE CENTS PER COPY Four Accidents Reported Here Highway Patrolman Paul Alber gine reported four traffic accidents over the weekend which resulted in several thousand dollars damage. One car was completely demolish ed. Two of the accidents occurred Friday, one Sunday, and one Sat urday, Albergine said. In a minor accident Friday mor ning, S3OO damage wgs done when a Ballentine Dairy Truck was hit on Route 55 near Coats. The truck, driven by Cleopus D. Harvell of Angler, was attempting to make a left turn when it was hit by a 1953 Chevrolet driven by John. F Ennis, 83, of Coats. No charges were made. A 1949 Ford was completely de molished in an accident Fri'.ay eve ning on the 'dd Lillington Road. MATTH • VS INJURED Julian Turner Matthews was driv ing toward Erwin when the car failed to make the curve and over turned. He was reported to have been driving at a high rate of speed. Matthews i s in the Erwin Hos pital where he is being treated for (Continued on page two) Chapel Hill Named Red Center Os '3os CHAPEL HILL, N. C UP Charges involving two niversity campuses in communist underground work Hw urine the 1930 s have been disclosed by the Senate In irnal Security subcommittee. Hitherto secret testimony before the subcommittee from last March to July charged that faculty mem bers at the University of North Carolina and Duke University be came involved and students were Indoctrinated. Paul Crouch, a former Oommu mat tdiudi, told the subcommittee The Record Gets Results ■ % Russia Hugh Crowds Expected For Annual Event Thousands of people are expected here tonight for the opening of Dunn’s sixth annual Four - County Fair, one of the largest agricul tural expositions in this sec tion of the State.- The fair, sponsored by Dunn’s American Legion Post and attend ed by citizens of the four counties, will continue through Saturday night and promises to be the best ever held here. BIGGER MIDWAY Hundreds of people were on hand Sunday to see the big carnival move in and begin setting up. The Mighty Page Shows will be back on the midway, returned by popu lar demand. The Page Shows this year havi been combined with another car nival company, making it bigger and better than ever. Chairman J. O. West of the Le gion fair committee said today that many improvements have been made on the grounds, new attract-* lons have been added, the premium list has been enlarged and an all round better program is in store. Exhibits from the four counties began arriving late Friday after noon. They are housed under huge tents erected on the 20-acre fair ground site. PREMIUMS INCREASED Approximately J 3.300 will be given ini premiums for the agricultural exhibits and there will also be social awards for swine and cattle. Farm agento and county hom demonstration agents of the four counties are assisting with the ex hibits. along with Future Farmers, 4-H Club members and home dem onstration clubs of the area. Tuesday will be FFA, YMW, 4-H and Boy and Girl Scout Day; Wed nesday will be Farmers’ Day; Thursday will be White Children’s Day; Friday will be Negro Child ren’s Day aitfi Saturday will be Veterans and Fraternal Day. New Lawyers Given Oath Two new Harnett County at- 1 torneys who recently passed the State Bar examinations were sworn in Mdnday as full fledged attorneys. < They were James Bpencer of Ltl lington and William Taylor of Buie’s Creek. Spence, son of Mrs. George j iContinaed oa yaga two) Flying High To Be Gian “Flyiijf High.” a peppy musical comedy will be staged at Dunn High School auditorium Monday and Tuesday nights, October sth and 6th at 8 o’clock. A large local cast will take part In the show. The plot ii laid In Hollywood, California at the estate of a movie producer who offers 11,080.08 to any amateur who' will make a parachute Jump. This event Is Jist for the thrill it might give his distinguished guests. Much ex citement is aroused over Just who the person will be for the Jump. The show it filled with adven ture. humor and romance. , ■ ■ -Pretty girls will appeax at In tervals throughout the production ' in the closed-door hearings that he set up an underground Bliillllhp" headquarters for the Soviet Comin tern in the rear cf a bookshop bar*. and addresses of persons he kMflr a g communists or communist NO 202
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