to mountains. Occasional rain
changing to anew flurries central
portion and show era east portion.
VOLUME 4
DEAN THREATENING TO USE TROOPS
Dunn's Parade
Is Hailed As
Big Success
Dunn staged two Christ
mas parades Friday night—
ond featuring Santa Claus
and the other a series of
floats depicting the birth of
Christ and both proved
highly successful and left
both ministers and children
of the area happy.
Dunn’s parade this year attract
ed nation-wide attention and pub
licity after Santa was kicked out
of -the religious parade by decree
of the ministers.
But a compromise solution was
worked out. Santa came to town
about 5 o’clock and paraded through
the business district on a fire truck
and then sat on top of the fire
truck and watched the religious
parade go by about an hour later.
The combined crowds which wit
nessed the two events was reported
, about the same size and possibly
' a little larger than the parade a
year ago, when Santa Claus brought
up the rear of the religious parade.
DIFFERENT VERSIONS
si Which parade drew the largest
crowd was difficult to determine
since they came so close together
and most people had their own
version of which drew the most
people.
But it seemed all the children
were out to greet Old Santa. Other
unite in the Santa parade Included
I'the Dunn and Erwin high school
bands and local Girl Scouts. Neith
er of these units were allowed In
the Christmas pageant parade.
Bailee Chief Alton Cobb said he
figured the crowd this year was
about the same as a year ago.
Tttegsqwd was estimated vari
ously from 6.000 to 10.000 people.
FLOATS BETTER
Most people agreed that the floats
in the religious parade were even
prettier and more Impressive than
a year ago. Twenty different
churches of the area had floats in
the parade and each of them de
picted ti different event in the birth
► of Christ.
The Rev. Ernest P. Russell, pas
tor of the First Baptist Church and
chairman of the ministerial com
j'mittee In charge! of the religious
parade, said everybody seemed
highly pleased with the success of
the event. J
Chairman Dave. Kimmel of the
Retail. Merchants! Committee said
he thought the compromise ar
rangement worked out well and
that the controversy had served a
good purpose In calling attention
to the true meaning of Christmas
and possibly also helped the crowd.
Manager Norman Suttles of the
Chamber of Commerce observed:
“I think everybody wss happy.”
Ministers of the town 1 who had
been asked to stage the parade,
} however, weren’t too happy about
the controversy. -Some ministers
said franklv they wouldn’t put on
another Christmas parade for the
town. »
Chamber Voting
On Board Group
Member* of the Dunn Chamber
of Commerce this week are bal
loting by mall on three new mem
bers of the chamber’s board of
directors. -t
The nominating committee has
submitted a list of 31 names to
’ the members and they will be voted
oh. by mail. Jn addition to the 31
nominated, chamber members may
• Write $1 any other name they de
sire.
Members of the nominating com
mittee were: Henry M. Tyler, chair
(Continaed On Fags Four)
Dunn Man Held On
Breaking Charges
Theodore Mcßae, alias Jim Me-1
Rae, a Dunn Negro with a long
Jpoord for criminal offenses, was I
bokjnd over to Superior Court this*
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TELEPHONES: Sll7 • 1118 .
CHRISTMAS PLAT—"The Other Wise Man,” east were these pictured above. They are, left te'
a Christmas play, was (presented by the Covenant right, front row, German Lynch, Vainer Pavia,
Class of the First Presbyterian Church last night Jr., and Frank Belote. Back row, 818 Bryan, who
with Mrs. Palmer Darts, Jr., as director and Dr. had the leading role; Marvin Godwin and John
and Mrs. C. W. Byrd,|diree term. Included to the Welbora. (Daily B«prd Photo)
m - v a
Cotton Farmers To Cast Vote
On Marketing Quotas Tuesday
Contest Will End
Saturday 11 A. M.
With The Daily Record’s big “Everybody Wins” prize
subscription contest now in it’s final phase terminat
ing at 11 a. m., Saturday, December 19th the eyes of
the Dunn residents are roc used on the ultimate outcome.
The question uppermost in their
minds is who, among the various
strong contenders for highest hon
ors, will emerge winner of the
grand capital prize.
CONTESTANTS ATTENTION
Participants In ' the Dally Re
cord’s contest are requested to
call to person at this office and
verify our eouqt of their individ
ual vote totals to date with the
campaign manager before theee
figures are turned ever to the
contest Jndges for the final count.
Otherwise our figures, which have
been carefully checked, shall he
considered correct
This all too short week may be
the deciding factor in determining
winners of more than 68000 in high
ly desirable prises to be awarded
this Saturday noon. Right now lead
ing contenders for these prizes are
making their final stand for vic
tory and will continue to do so
until the final bell rings next Sat
urday. With the very important
difference of. over S3OOO In value
(Centinned on page rix)
Iter and run to the store room. He
had already taken a switch blade
I Jack knife, two or three bill folds,
■several decks of cards, and several
it has not been found as yet.
Judge Strickland beard the evi
dence and found probable cause to
bind over to Superior Court.
"He is an old hand at this type
Bath;
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Deer
DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
I am a girl 7 years did In the
second grade. My little brother is
S years old. and we have been very
good children. We would like for
you to bring us a baby doll, suit
case with doll clothes, and cash
register, and farm and tractor set
Don’t forget the other little child
ren overseas. We will leave you
something on the table.
Lore
Phyllis and Terry Miller
Benson, Rt 3
DEAR SANTA:
I am a little boy 10 yearn old.
I am in the fifth grade at Meadow
school. I have got a big brother
and a little sister. Please don’t for
get them. Pleeue bring electric
train, ball bat, glove. I wish every
body a Merry Christmas.
Lots of love,
Corbett Mawengffl
Benson, Rt. f
DEAR SANTA CLAUS:
I am six years oid and In the
first grade. I have been a good
boy Nils year and would like to
have a big red wagon for Christ
mas. Bripg me a pretty little knife
too. I wffi be good and not cut
anybody with ti I will share my
wagon with my friends, too. IH
be good until next yedr.
T •JSIfiX
P, S. I lov, you. • ’ Jf
I am a trig boy, ten yean old
(Oemtoued an png* tea)
DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON. DECEMBER 14,; 1053
Harnett tfOtton farmers
will go to the polls Tuesday
to vote on whether or not
cotton quotas are to be es
tablished for 1954.
Kyle Harrington, county office
manager of the Harnett Agricultur
al Stabilization and Conservation
unit, said today that all cotton
farmers have been provided details
on voting and have also been noti
fied of their allotments.
Mr. Harrington pointed out that
(Cottoned On rage Five)
+ Record Roundup +
annual parties Harnett pm. at the recreation Jhom of the
County home demonstration* clubs Olivia PresbytertonChfuch. *ft,
think December is the ideal time PlSgah Club is listed to have its
for party-going. No formal pro- holiday' function do Wednesday. .
grams are set for the month, but * . „
Instead each club gives a Christ- CAKE MAKING Jew thtoga
mas party, many incorporating 1- loomVsimportabt do the holiday
dees and preparations made long homemaker’s calendar to yoking
in advance. Two are set for to- the ChristmascasM.A demOnrtra
»ssKM?s a
W. C. Bethune, 68,
Dies In Lillington
Walter Cleveland Bethune, 68, ]
one of Lffltostonbheffi knoyma*r»l
chants died unexpectedly from st
Wrk at 6'4B*JXL. Monday
ed and operated the W. C. Bethune
Dulles Asserts
Soviet Union
Changing Tactics
PARIS (UP); Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles
warned today that the So
viet Union is changing its
tactics but not its poli
cies in an attempt to get
the Western alliance to drop
its guard. ' ,
Informed aouroes sold Dulles told
a secret session of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization council
of ministers that their U - eoua-:
tries mqat continue to ftuiid their,
strength. Force, he sain, te the only
means of convincing the Russians
to negotiate for peace on a real
istic basis. \
He repeated his frequent appeal
for quick ratification of the Eur
opean defense community project
by which $500,000 German troops
would be added to the NATO arm
ies;
BIDAtLT SERVES NOTICE
Rut French Foreign Minister
Georges Bidault served notice, in
opening A three-day NATO meeting
that France will require guarantees
frdtn the United States and area’
Britain as the price of its ratifica
tion.
Bidault, addressing (be 600 dele
gates packed into the dilapidated
Palace De Challkrt, also welcomed
President Eisenhower’s Man far 0D
atomic energy pool as offering'new
said, oilers a' ohsnee to establish
“cooperation and assort* tion in a
field where U$
jwwawitKrwaagM
wpnid^^^^to^TO^wl^v'
St Arreted
By ATU Agents
i ihw Tpett and a teup'bgw, v ca«ght
ijutwo raids conducted .4» the ,art*
over : the .-Weekend, today were toe
ing trial to U. B. District Court; on
bootlegging charges. • ‘C .* -v.
Thitf were, bound am at hear
ings -%»id in ttenh t lri9we v3*»-
George Arthur Jackson,' local •Uni
ted Stefas 1 <..*>
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FIVE CENTB PER COPY
CUDDLING UP 1)P SANTA—Pretty little Gloria BanOea, daugh
ter at Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Barnes, is shown here cuddling up to OM
Santa Claus after telling him all the things she wants for Christmas.
Old Santa was sJI ears, too. And Gloria gave him a Mg hug. Santa
greeted all little ehfidren Sunday at Johnson’s Restaurant, and a
terge crowd wss on hand to see Urn. (Dally Record Photo.)
Tenneson Rejects
Home And Country
. TOKYO (UP) A young Communist - indoctrinated
American war prisoner rejected his home, family and
country today in a propaganda-packed letter to his pray
ing Bible-clutching mother in a Tokyo hotel. •
Last Minute
News Shorts
NEW YORK <m The National
Labor Relations Board moots to ex
traordinary seorion today to an all
out attempt to restore peace to the
Atlantic Coast waterfront Mr
Christmas. The meeting will be the
first the NLRB has held outside
the nation’s capital to 18 years. Not
since the board went to Detroit to
1815 has it-regarded a labor situa
tion critical enough for an on-the
spot meeting.
PARIS m The United States
was prepared today to ten Bo Eur
opean Atom that continued military
aid is assured provided the six-na
tion European am is put into effect
this spring.
WASHINGTON (ffi Mayors and
city mswagerg of about 175 major
cities came here today at the in
vitation of ri mldnnl Elsenhower te
receive a two-day secret briefing
on BsiUUry and civil defense prob
lems. An opening sflitrem by Mr.
Eisenhower and talks by top ssfll
tary and civilian defense officials
were scheduled to- today and Tuee-
the State Department and-
KTTTY HAWK (PI A tour-day
eotobgatten of tee air age’s golden
anniversary bsgaa here today ea the
dt* es tee Orvffio Wright's historic
138-feet flight ea Dee. 17, Hit.
ctpetod to the ilpiivisii near
toady enter beaks of the North
(torStim eeaat whore Orvffio us
his brother, Wgbur, were drawn
tor thffir experiments by reports of
good wted conditions In the area.
Utthlt
mtw task m ifffinrßif r* n
THE RECORD
GETS RESULTS
Pfc. Richard R. Tenneson, 30 of
Alden, Minn., advized his mother,
Mrs. Portia Howe, to go to Army
headquarters immediately after
reading his note and take a loyalty
oath or “you are liable to be
arraigned before the House Un-
American Acitlvltles Committee.”
i
Tenneson’s 400-word answer to
Mrs. How’s brief telegram to him
in his Communist, barbed - wire
stockade at Panmunjom bitterly
denounced the American way of
life.
Mrs. Howe’s son, one of 33 Amer
icans who refused to. go home in
last summer's prisoner exchange,
said U. S. authorities were afraid
to let her go to Panmunjom to see
him.
“They have probably told you
that I was forced, doped, brain
washed, or some other horse man
ure that they use to slander and
defile people like myself who will
stand up for his own rights and
the rights of men,” Tenneson’s let
i Continued on Pugs Mu)
Dunn Woman Gives
Organ To Church
Members of Vhe Chalybeate
Springs Baptist Church at Chaly
beate Springs Sunday dedicated a
handsome new Hammond Organ,
which was donated to the church
by Mrs. Reta Whittenton, promin
ent Dunn woman.
Mrs, Whittenton, who Is one of
the outstanding musicians In this
section of the State, donated the
beautiful two-manuel church-model
organ to the church in memory of
her mother ana toter, the late Mr.
and Mrs. George Robert Wells.
PARENTS EARLY LEADERS
Mr, and Mrs. Wells were among
the pioneer members and 1
Springs Church.
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NO. 6
Tells Reds He
Will Insure
POWS'Release
PANMUNJOM, Korea
(UP) American envoy Ar
thur H. Dean said today he
told the Communists that
“if necessary” Allied troops
will line up south of the
demilitarized zone in Janu
ary to insure that 22,000 an
ti-Communist prisoners
walk to freedom if they
wish.
Dean who will leave for the
United States Tuesday, said, how
ever, he was “very sure” the Com
munists would resume the disrupt
ed preliminary talks on convening
a Korean peace conference.
“They may hold off a week at
10 days,” Dean said.
The American envoy, represent
ing the United Nations at the talks,
said President Eisenhower ordered
him back to Washington but that
he would return when the Com
munists “show a serious desire to
resume the talks.”
Dean's announcement that U. N.
troops would guarantee the free
dom of anti-communist prisoners
was the first Allied statement on
what will happen on Jan. 22, date
set in the armistice agreement for
the end of their captivity.
90-DAY PERIOD
The Armistice terms called for
a 90-day explanation period which
will end on Dec. 23 and a 30-day
period In which the final disposi
tion of unrepatriated prisoners was
to be decided by the peace con
ference.
Dean’s statement, however, was In
effect a rejection of Indiak offer
to retain custody of tee prisoners
past Jan. 22, if both sides agreed.
, Dean told 500 soldiers in Munson
that Allied froops south of the de
militarized zone would assemble
Jan. 22 to feed, take custody at
and provide transportation for an
the anti-Oommunlst prisoners when
they walk the 500 yards from their
compounds into South Korea.
Brutal Slaver
Still Souohf
PAMPLICO; 8. C. (01 Officers
reported no progress today In the
all-out manhunt for a 38-year-old
Negro escaped convict charged with
the brutal double murder of a young
couple here a week ago.
The FBI, called into the cose
during the weekend, checked reports
that a Negro resembling Raymond
Carney hod been seen in at least
three other states while state and
local officers pressed the search In
the vicinity of the crime.
A bus driver In Winston-Salem
N. C.„ said he was “certain” that
Carney rode his bus to Charleston,
Conuniti’. ton a—
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Dunn Stores Bggin
Late Hours Sat.
Buslnesres in Dunn will start
Christmas night hours beginning
December 19, it was announced to
day.
i Norman J. Buttles, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce. Sold
today that stores will remain ama
until 9:30 each evening from De-
Icember 19 through December H
HE