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mWtAIMhK* Cloudy ml windy with scattered showen today. Showers ending over east portion this afternoon followed by colder. Slowly clearing and ( colder tonight. '*■ volume 4 PLOT TO OVERTHROW 0. S. BARED Dunn Citizens Vote Against Recreation Tax Levy Billion-Dollar. Cut In Excise Tax Due Today 5. By UNITED PRESS * The tax-writing House and Means Committee wss extiected to approve a one billion dollar cut in fedeifel excise taxes today. tt was expected to slash to 40 |lir cent the present levies on jew elry, cosmetics, admission tickets, pi, travel tickets and other Items. f’*ut the committee was likely to so alone with President Elsenhow er's request that the present ex cise tax rates on liquor, beer, gas- Wine, cigar* ts and automobiles be Continued. Undess taxes on thtoe items are extended, thev will he OM automatically on April 1. Mr. “however, did not request the cuts tee committee k (xpected to make Oil some other items. Treasury Secretary Georye M. Humphrey said Tuesday night he did not think the government [Could stand the loss of revenue, home OOP leaders think excise tax outs are the beet way to com feat a Democratic drive to hike the Uroeend woo personal Income tax OTHER CONGRESSIONAL NEWS Biel'S |Mt today on a>hWl to hike the ” (OMtteaed e« pave twwi - * 1 JhsM *o*l l ß JhinqA . By HOOTER ADAMS LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE and things Howard Dixon is a disgusted ■hU His water bill was so titeh be knew something must be wrong, so he had the town put In • new meter .. “And now it's ijlllitilmr higher snd higher every Bbratta.” he declared last night, then added, "Guess they have' to ISy ter that meter* Mary Lib by Howler took a look at one of lid calendar banks thev sell In the jgtatk here tee other day and ob- Sm, *Tve got ore of those banks, Pt the date Is always behind be wjtm I don’t put a ouarter in It 'may day.” Mayor Red Wll hams of Angler, candidate ter Rntte of Representatives, has" a Mterful baekrround He’s aa ex itlarine who foucht during the rev qtution in Nicaravna He has been mevor at Angler five years, is 111 JOsranisn. a Mason, assistant jjfwdeT School teacher Mayor Hmams was in town campaigning SjEgterdav . Tm not losing any -time,* he declared. "Be sure and MUi ter me “be added. . Mrs. Johnnie Wllbourne, who has Just moved to Lffilngton, says there's no ft, IteateM* On rage Twm Band Coi Wpr Thurs ■pV '-'X . '''^.>3 I:. Members of, the Dunn Hlgb sMhocd Band will be presented In Iflßrint concert at the High School jjjgortow evening at 8 oclock, in Bernf has had a suc- H this jetool yesrun- TELEPHONES: Sll7 tilt STILL CAPTURED Harnett County's rural " pipe and equipment for running the large stllL policemen took one of the largest stills in the Rural policemen looking at the operation an: history of the county this mornlnj in Averasboro C. E. Moon (left) and A. W. O’Quinn (right). Township. Besides (our bwnU and con denser*, Note the handles on the ends of the vats used In the still aiae had five vats -with a total capacity event that they have to be moved quickly. (Dally « approximately R 539 gallons, and other cans, Record Photo) ■ m Large Whiskey Piant Captured By Harnett Officers Early Today GiH To Speak Here On Friday State Treasurer Edwin Gill of Raleigh wIU address the Dunn Ro tary Club Friday night' at eh) o’- clock at Johnson's Restaurant, it was announced here today by Pres ident John Strickland.' . > Rotartan Hoover Adams will have charge of the program and wifi Introduce Mr. .GtiJ. Gill is one of the nation's beet known tax authorities and a man prominent la North; Carolina poli ties foe many y4an. ‘ He served as secretary to the late Governor OMax <HiSner an 4 later became a member of his law Arm In Washington. Batons his appointment by Gov-, emor Umstead as State Treasurer, GIH was V. S. Director of ' Inter nal Revenue to-North Cardin*. ~ He U an outstanding' speaker. i Adams said today thSTST felt i the club extremely fortunate in ■ securing Gill-as a speaker. t •Wdwto GIU, 1 * mid Adame, “la I recognised throughout the Btase ' and beyond as one of North Car- I ollna’s greatest public servants. He . Is a man of great ability, an elo-. l quent man .of great integrity who > has devoted his entire life to un-' selfish serittoe." 'L-- - ; 1 f k. ~p...1.m...> —mm icerF Sef day Night *-‘ » I b wOJ Mag such numbers ss ter a -Washington. Post March. 5 tar John >1 Phillip Sousa, works by bid mas d ters inch as Bach, Bral(m«,'TTMi«*t, and Bteaiias;' nofeßy numbtes such *- as "Blue Tall Sorae » thing About a Soldier," and “Trutn it neters LuUabv.* Jar Letov > min aim - - - « f ■ fks 'iSSSajm • V*!- - fflxv BaUti, TXtmtib •.K-i- • 1 0 h * < '• By CARL CONNER Record Staff Writer Hsmett County’s rural policemen captured a liquor mAnufacttlring plant in Averasboro Township this piQrning ( whieh > would rank Among !the largest ever tak en here,- and- lucked-up on a smaller still jwhile wait ing to take tlje operators of the large one, !• ■ . . r. 1 * - The large plant, consisting of five vats 1 with -a capacity of more than SOO gallons gpeh, had been lfi operation this morning. More than 2,60 ghHons of mash was in the vate rpady to Din. The live big vats were located oh the edge-of Mingo Bwamp, less j than a milp and . a half from the highway. Concrete brocks had been set to raise' the .vats out of the water, but heavy rain fall during (he ' past' "tew day* brought the syrvmr np niaJer teem. They were fired tar a kerosene oil burner sup plied oil by a compression type tank. Rural Policeman B. E. Sturgill •stimated that the mash woufld > haws produced between 250 and 300 gallons of white liquor. Some liq dnr had been run this morning and was sitting under, the condens (OwgwM mm «m» tNi Woman Slavs Her Bov Friend NEW ORLEANS W A wo man wearing -a “sweetheart” coi turae tor Mardi Gras shot her bov friend to death to a bar today af ter he handed her a gun and said, - Police identified the woman as ; Juanita Donara. H and (aid she . wore a hig red heart ter a hat. lit tle hearts stitched over her bloaee, ! G«b Wah Wong. 24. wa* shot . through the head while be sat at i, a tehte wlth the woman shortly as , Jl » nanad #nJ • Sffjyu&tN h^s^ShSs DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3,1 News Shorts WASHINGTON (HI Sen. Olto D. Johnston (D-SO) demanded to day that the administration “ad mit. It has. misled the pnbHe’ about employes removed from the government as ’Weenrity risks.” WASHINGTON HD President Elsnehower was expected to give at his newt conference today hh reaction to Son. Joseph R. McCar thy’s recent verbal rows with ad ministration member*. LONDON IV) Evangel! tt Billy Graham was undismayed to day over his failure to pack huge Harrtngay Arena at the second i ; meeting of his “Greater London I Crusade.” dnly 9,580 were present last night Graham optimistically predicted that In few weeks the 1 Continued on page saves) + Record Roundup + MARRIAGE LICENSES Recent marriage licenses issued from the office of the county register of deeds to Llllington include the fol lowing: on March 1, to Haywopd Temple. 21. of Fuquay Springs, Route 2, and Pehrl Ophelia Wood ell, Fuquay Springs, Route 3; on Feb. 27 to Billy Ray WUkerson. 21, of Willow Spring*, Route 1, and Annie Marie Jordan, 19, of Willow Springs, Route 1; on Feb. 27, to Charles Howard Adams, 41, 6t An gler, and Mary Lee Johnson, 18, ' of Angler; on Feb. 24 to Donnie " Acrol Carroll, 31, of Coate, Route t : i r ’ ■ ■ • ■ ; nvTT v eithtc : BljLLIi I llW^ ATLANTA (W U. S. Ambatsador Henry Cabot liedge Jr., and Arthur H. Dean and Sen. John W. Bricker R-O ‘ ‘ ■“.!* *•-•*' •t lull business sessions tomorrow. y > nw'irs, **yiwcniyMne*iyn wi* s i Vote Is Light, But Outcome Very Decisive Dunn citizens went to the polls yesterday and defeated a proposed 10-cents city tax levy to finance a program of recreation in the town. The vote was 368 against the tax levy and 288 for it. Defeat of the proposal came as a surprise to most citizens alnce the Dunn Recreation Commissi pn had waged an Intensive all-oiut campaign In behalf of the tax levy. It also had the endorsement of the chamber of commerce, PTA and various other organizations of the city. Even the school children were recruited on deotlon day to carry placards up and down the streets urging citizens to vote for the pro gram. OPPOSITION UNORGANIZED There was no outspoken or or ganized opposition to the program, but silent voters turned out and rolled up a 100-majority against It. The tax levy would have helped support a proposed budget of 812,046 for recreation here. * Day lam. chairman of the Dunn Recreation today that he would probably ham a statement after a meeting of the commission. “Speaking personally and for my self only,’ he said, “we arent go ing to give up the recreation pro gram. We’re going to work hard er and do the best we can with out the tax money.” The comfmeson stO has ap proximately (4.500 made available by Dunn'S United Fund. Manager Norman Buttles of the Chamber of Commerce bad only one comment. "The people have spoken,” he said. City Commissioner Bill Bryan, only official who came out for the tax levy, said he had thought It would car-v bv a small margin. AGAINST TAX BOOST “The vote just goes to prove.” be said, "that the people are afraid of anvthtog that might in crease taxes.” Commissioner Bryan likewise ex pressed hope that the commission could carry on a program of rec reation despite the absence of tax tends. I Voting was extremely light dur tng the morning but increased dur ing tee afternoon. Yesterday’s voting ended debate on an issue that has been under consideration here for several years. 1, and Hilda Mm Partin, 21. of Willow Spring*, Route 1; on Feb. 34, to David Bruce Dupree, 20. of Angler, Route 1, and Mary Ruth Matthews, IS, of Angler; Feb. 20, to Raymond Clinton Rhodes, 30. of Spring lAhe, Route 1, and An nie Lou Wood Stone. 38. of Spring Lake. Route 1; Feb. 19. to Randan Norris of Coats, and Martha Cath ryn Johnson Stewart, both of Cottl. GOOD ATTENDANCE Thirteen of the eighteen clubs Home Dem onstration Clubs to Harnett County (Continued on ftps 3Bght> FIVE CENTS PER COPY < mi mm m g. | §9 ■■■ { : 1 ■ a 1 ;'V ’’ ■ Hys ■ - ■ ■ PRESENTS FOR THE PASTOR The Rev. A. ,C- MoCsH, left, who recently resigned as pastor es the Friendship Baptist Chmrch at Bunnlevel, received an easy chair and other gifts at the fellowship supper given in his honor Friday night at the church. Bin. Hubert Byrd, right, made the presentation speech to the pastor, who Was ob viously taken by surprise. (Photo by R. M. Stewart) Grand Jury Begins Probe Os Shooting WASHINGTON OP) Rep. Paul W. Shafer R-Mich gave a federal grand jury today an eyewitness account of Monday’s gun attack on the House of Representatives for which the government is seeking quick indictment of four Puerto Rican terrorists. Shafer gave the Jury “vary poa-t ltlve” identification of all four of the O——two The government charged tee three gunmen and their pistol wielding women leader with as sault with Intent to MU on five counts—one count for each Os five representative* felled to the 30 second attack. Each could be given 75 yean to prison. Shafer was the only congress man called before the grand jury. He told newsmen he was an the House floor at the time of the shooting and teaw most of it” ,’T watched It until the shooting stopped,” he said, "and then droDDed to the floor." « He said that he told the grand jury that he saw all four firing gun* and that he identified each of them from photographs. He added there Was “no doubt” that an four ware shooting, although only three have confessed. Informed sources revealed teat department experts believe there is a chance the government can prosecute Puerto Rican Nationalist Party chief* under the Smith Act which sent U. S. Communist lead en to Jail. COMMIES SUSPECTED Federal agencies have Munched a sweeping investigation into the widely-held belief that Communists prompted the four Nationalist fa natics to launch their unprecedent ed assault. One of their victims 26-yea rold millionaire Rep. BJrte M^Bwat- Pi mTyOung wife, who is expecting her ftrtt baby to two months, told him Tuesday afternoon that hh (Onan mi rtoc* ',E a . - v ':A r THE RECORD GETS RESULTS Chicago Gets Foot Os Snow BY UNITED PRESS The machinery of a huge city groaned and creaked today at Chicago awoke under u foot-deep y?.eke* of blowing, drifting enow. Meanwhile, aching cold clamped down on the Western Plains and freering weather threatened to destroy er damage budding crops In the Southwust. The snow storm that strangled Chicago and struck other Mid west areas from Mteesnri to Indiana wee’ moving nertheest ward toward the lower It Lawrence VaHey, where It was expected by Thursday morning. The Canadian province of On tario was already digging ant un der a storm that dumped up to 18 teohs of snow Tnooday and threatened to flood river* with melt off. - Local See Does Its G Boy Somite of the Seoond JBaptftt j Church of Dunn did their gocal I NO. 64 Ike, Dulles, Hoover Marked To Be Killed Copyright 1954 By United Press NEW YORK—The shoot ing of five congressmen in Washington on Monday wa; eHrt of a plot to overthrov He United States govern ment by the assassination of its leaders. Private advices to the Unite ! Press from San Juan, Puerto Rioo. said today that among those mark ed for death In tee plot were Pros • ident Elsenhower, Secretary c State John Foster Dulles and FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. .The advices from Puerto Rlc > said the Federal Bureau of Investi gation has alerted Its agents to tin responsibility of further oubreak of violence by fanatic Puerto Rlc an nationalists. In addition to Elsenhower, DuHe and Hoover, there is said to be a plot to kill Gov. Munoz lfarin o Puerto Rico, who Te now to th< United States, and Antonio Feroaa- I Isem, Puerto Rican commission*: to the United State*. S DULLES GUARDED Dulles now te in Caracas, Vbnp ,zuela. as head of the AHfflrirtei - delegation to the Inter-American Conference. Unusual precaution* have been taken to amure his saf ety. Including a bullet-proof auto mobile for bis transportation. The (Continued on page two) Years Service HOLLYWOOD (to Clark Oable has ended *i™*i 31 years of ser vice as a contract player for Mttlte- Goldwyn-Mayer studios to (toft lance. * The he-man star peeked up yes terday after paying "tribute to MR friends and associate* • v whoaa help and guidance over the yekte meant so much to ate.” Gable told United Prtto eerlter that he was letting hie MOM oo*t tract lapse because he felt he might do better by picking only tolee Ha thought be was beat suited for. te . f Mr '
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