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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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