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MILITARY MANPOWER MAY BE REDUCED
Pockelbooks To
Play Big Issue
In Elections
L WASHINGTON <Ol -r-. Three
Democratic senatora predicted to
day Chat "pocketbook issues” will
play in overriding role in the 1954
congressional election campaign.
Th* forecasts came from Sens.
• Rlohrird «. RussiU D-Oa, Robert
S. Kfcrr D-QMdlpft Hubert H.
Humjfirey p-Mtal£f
.1 All doubt the wiifott Republican
chartet that the Woman adminis
tration .was lax toward Commu
nist spies in government would
Mntw. % another year.
Rniasttrtdld repottera he re
tards fartp, ae “the key Is
sue" ne*t -jeM apd he expects the
Democrats ttf jecaptur control of
the House Misuse farmers are
"very, apprehensive.”
“He Mid the 1953 election of
President Elsenhower was the on
ly election he could remembr that
was not deeded “strictly on eco
y PARK ISSUE VITAL
* Humphrey described the farm
Issue as "(me of many” and said
the Elsenhower administration has
failed so far to get action on farm
|kand labor legislation, social secttr-
Mlty and foreign trade and "hasn’t
> even made up its mind” on some
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sue* next'year win be farm policy
“higher Interest rates and the
highpr coat of living" and “In
gcreasing lack of oonfiddnoe in R#-
publican leaders.
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CHRIBTMAB CHECKS Christmas checks
were being mailed ost this week to persons who
have maintained a Christmas savings account at
the Commercial Bank daring the pact year. J.
Norwood Stephenson stated that approximately
Dunn Judge Says Bridge
Stakes Bad As Dice Game
SoHcifor Defends
Record Os Court
Ihr JSaihj fUtinrt
DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1953
550.000 has beat mailed out to some 840 persons
this week. Pictured above getting the cheeks
ready are, (L to r.), Mary T. Johnson, Janet Sig
nor, Rosalie Stephenson, and J. Norwood Ste
phenson. (Daily Record Photo)'
Harnett County Solicitor
Neill McK. Ross said today
that he couldn’t very well
comment on a critical re
port calling lor further in
vestigation of We county
court bemuse the grand
Juqr had not provided him
with specific facts and did
not give him a chance to
be heard.
Foreman Hugh Prince of the
grand Jury yesterday handed Judge
Clawson h. Williams a report as
sailing the oonnty recorder's oourt
for Its failure to collect fines and
forfeiturea, tor the nol pressing of
"a startling number of cases” and
for failure to bring certain cases
to trial-
The report said that a committee
of gfand Jurors had been named
to continue the probe.
NO CHANCE TO BE HEARD
Solicitor Ross, veteran court of
ficial and son of the late Charles
Ross, longtime State leader, told
reporters today that the grand
(Centlmea <m *ago two)
Willow Os Slain Gunman Says
He Was A Wonderful Husband
FAYETTEVILLE —A short, ,
stocky woman was sitting
on a green-leather couch in
the sheriffs office. She
crossed her legs and cover
ed her face with her hands.
There was a single gold
band on the third finger c*
her left hand.
woman—who gave her name as
Mrs. Wilbert Lee Humphrey-*
-woman who was expdeted to be
•erved with a warwat charging
murder. yll
Judge H. Paul Strickland told
Solicitor J. Shep Bryan h> Record
ers Court in Dunn this mbming
that he thought maybe tbd "girls”
who play bridge for money are
Just as guilty of gambling as several
Negro youths on trial for playing
poker for money.’
Solicitor Bryan didn’t quite agree,
but added that he had looked up
the law on the matter. ,
Both the Solicitor and Judge ad
mitted that they bat played bridge,
but added that they no longer par
ticipated in the pasttime. Judge
Strickland added that he was old
enough now to get out of it.
The exchange of (minions came
when four Negro men faced charg
es of gambling with cards at the
home of Mittie Clark, 806 E. Edg
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BULLETINS
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (OP) —Adfttl E. Stevenson paid
a “non-political” visit to Gdv. Gordon Persons of Alabama
today In the second stop Os a Southern trip.
PANMUNJOM, Korea (UP), American envoy Ar
thur H. Dean told the Communists today “considerable
progress” had been made on setting up the Korean peace
conference but blasted the Reds for trying to invite Rus
sia as a “neutraL” ■ .
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (UP)—Police said today they
arrested actress Gail Russell on drpnk driving charges
and jailed her In lieu of $250 bail. She was booked as Bet
Ue that also took the life of her
husband. . ~
She Just mt them on the couch,
crying- Oreat tears rolled out
tween her fingen and oosed down
her ktiiih ,
The sheriff and » small blond
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Joe McCarthy
Says Truman
Not Important
NEW YORK (UP) Sen.
Joseph R. McCarthy offered
himself today as an issue in
the 1954 congressional elec
tions.
The Wisconsin senator, on a na
tionwide radio and television broad
cast, defended his role os the
founder of “McCarthylsm” and in
vited voters to pass Judgement on
his Communist-tunting tactics a
the polls next year.
McCarthy made a half-hour
speech Tuesday rilght over major
radio and TV networks after de
manding equal time to answer an
attack by former President Harry
8. Truman on “McCarthylsm.”
The senates’ said that if the
American people agree with Mr.
Truman that “McCarthylsm Is
bad.” they can “get rid of me as
chairman of the investigating com
mittee next fall by defeating any
Republican up for election.”
He denounced Mr. Truman as an
exponent of “Trumanlsm.” which
he defined as “The placing of your
political party above the interest
of the country, regardless of how
much the country is damaged
thereby.”
He also criticised the Eisenhower
administration for not getting rid
of all alleged Communists in the
government and for not cutting off
foreign aid to nations which con
duct business with Communist
China.
TRUMAN WONT COMMENT
Mr. Truman, at his home in Inr
dependence, Mo., refused to com
ment mt the McCarthy speech and
gave no indication whether be even
had listened to tt.
President Elsenhower went to
bed early Tuesday night at AMtO
ta, Oa., and did art hear (ths
Dem
ocrat or Republican, would com
ment mi the McCarthy speech.
Democratic National Chairman
Stephens A. Mitchell had unto the
remark: "Look who’s talking,"
Rep. Herman P. Eberharter
D-Pa sort McCarthy "reminds
me of a bubble that has so much
wind in it it’s going tb bust. He’s
a blow-hard.”
McCarthy sat before microphones
and TV cameras lh a small CBS
television studio in New York to
condemn Mr. Truman’s conduct
in the Harry Dexter White case and
charge that the Truman adminis
tration had "crawled with Com
munists.”
"Tonight I shall spend but very
little time on Harry Truman,” he
said. "As an individual, he is of
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comer got up and left the office.
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"She’s a tough one to erode,"
Sea well stated.
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STUDY EVIDENCE BBl Agent Jesee R. James, tortgmrnid,
to dtoeem as he rtnihfl eridennn collected In the safe breaking at
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tooks on. Margaret Lae, secretary B. Joßneon,
principal, la shewn watobiag the effieeto. (Doily Beeord Photo)
Probe Continues In
Robbery Os Schools
: /Investigation continued today on the safe breakings
at Dunn High School and Boone Trail School Monday
night which netted the robbers around SBOO. 11
Chief of Police Alton A. Cobb said
today that -It would be about »
week before any report would be
available, but that he thought the
robbers used gloves.
N. E. Jones, principal of Boone
Trail, sold yesterday that 881 Agent
Lee Phillips worked one hour end
"quit” because the safe there was'
“covered" with glove prints. Ap
proximately $438 was taken from
the safe at Boone Trail, Jones said.
BAME TYPE JOTS
While there was no evidence to
prove that the two safe cracking
Jobs were done by the same per
sons, 881 agents indicated that-it
woe the same type of work. -At
Dunn High School approximately
$378 was taken teom the safe after
the door was ripper open with crow
bare and other safe breaking tools.
Jones sold that he was fearful
after finding that the safe had Men
robbed because he was In the rtfioe
Monday night around 9 o’clock, but
did not have the lights on. “The
robbers may have been in there
then.” he thought.
An investigation at Boone Trail
did not reveal conclusively the me
thod of entrance, but a window
was partly open and a second floor
fire escape doer was open Thtvsdoy
morning. A padlock on the Inside
of the office door was also crack
ed, possibly to give another way
of escape to case anyone came to
on thorn. Jones thought. .
Os the $438 taken at Boone Tall,
$11.35 was to cheek*. One check was
for one dollar and was drawn on
the LilUngtan Bank, and the other
was for t«MB * n(J was drawn on
the Broadway Bank, Jones an
nounced. '
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I Most of the Dunn Police Force budget this year, be had estimated
i was assisting to the investigation that Dunn would receive around
• here yesterday under the supervis- SB,OOO.
. ion of Chief Cobb, and 881 agent Lost year the town received $5,336
Jesse R. James. SBI Agent Lee from beer taxes. The increase here
• Phillips investigated the Boone this year might be attributed to
i Trail robbery and later conferred the increase in businesses, it was
1 with James in Dunn. thought.
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' JR.-SR. BANQUET —Junior-Senior Mrs. toes Harrington, county rafts-.
I banquets ore not necessarily spring ter of Deeds, to the following cou
: time affairs. Coats High School wlu pies: on Nov. 34, to Junes Edward
: have the county’s first of a series Ray of Erwin and Edna Bari Lee
, on Thursday, Dec. 3 at Johnson's of Dunn Route 6; on Nov. 33 to
, Restaurant to Dunn. Donald Lloyd Colvin of Ethel, La,
and Alethea Jean McLean Thomas
.’ MARRIAGE LlCENSES—Marriage of Bunnlevel; on Nov. 31 to John
[ licenses were issued this week by (Cisllsiil aa page two)
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Ruark Will Join
Taylors Agency
Herbert B. Taylor, bead of one
. of this section's oldest insurance
agencies, announced today that af
fective-January I, Joe Ruark will
be associated with him to the oper
: ation of Taylor's Insurance Agency
J to Dunn.
r The firm, which was founded tor
i the tats James A. Taylor, will be
. known to the future as Taylor’s
Insurance Agency. It previously has
been known as James A. Taylor and
Mr. Ruark is one of Dunn's best
known young business men.
Hta a native of Southport, son
of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Ruark. His stepmother, Mrs. Grace
Ruark, now fives to Southport. We
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NO. 249
10 Per Cent Cut
Will Be Decided
Next Fiscal Year
WASHINGTON (UP)
Assistant Defense Secretary
John A. Hannah said today
the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps are studying the pos
sibility of cutting manpow
er strength by 10 per cent
in the next fiscal year.
A decision is expected early next
month, when the defense budget
for the fiscal year starting next
July is due to be completed. A 10
per cent cut in manpower may save
one billion dollars, it has been es
timated.
Hannah emphasized at a news
conference that if a 10 per cent
cut were made it would fce in
"support" troops and not impair the
"combat effectiveness” of the Army,
Navy and Marine Corps.
Hannah said that it has been
agreed that the Air Force will keep
its present authorized strength of
970,000 men while building up to
127 wings.
ASKS MORE EFFICIENCY
As for the other services, Han
nah said he has asked them to
make a “honest to goodness ef
fort" to cut their strength about
10 per cent through “improved util
ization” of manpower.
Hannah said there is a “wide
spread feeling” within the Defense
Department that the three services
should be able to maintain their
present combat strength with “few
er men to support.” He emphasized
that the 10 per cent was a “starting
point” for manpower studies.
If the services find it “imposs
ible" to make such a cut without
impairing their combat effective
ness, he said, the proposed reduc
tions will be modified.
Hannah said he has given these
manpower targets far the services
Aoalm at as their fiscal year-end
strength in June, 1986.:
’ Army 1381,000: Navy 670,000;
Marine Corps, 207,000. This com
peres with fiscal year-end strength
set for June, 1984, of Army, 1,530,-
(CoattoMd on gage two)
Dunn Gets $6,221
From Beer Taxes
City Manager A. B. Usrie said
today that beer taxes due Dunn
this year exceeds what he bad es
timated. A release from the State
yesterday Indicated that Dunn will
receive $6,331.
Uzzle said that in making up the
budget this year, be hod estimated
that Dunn would receive around
SB,OOO.
Last year the town received $6336
from beer taxes. The increase here
this year might be attributed to
the increase to businesses, it was
thought.
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