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+WEATHER* Pair and warmer today. Mostly fair and cool tonight; lowest In the M’s. Tuesday, considerable cloudiness, ehanee of light showers and turning cooler over north por tion. • VOLUME 4 STRIKERS PROTEST AT WHITE HOUSE Dulles To Make Major Address Tonight At 9 i WASHINGTON (IP) Sec retary of State John Foster Dulles makes a major ad dress tonight to assure the nation and to warn U. S. allies that there must be no appeasement at the forth coming Geneva peace con ference. r With the' momentous meeting with Russia and Red China only Wit weeks away, Dulles and other administration leaders are anxious ly trying to build a united front against any "Munich” peace in In dochina or major concessions for Jfeiping. ? In a strongly-worded speech en dorsed by President Eisenhower, Dulles U prepared to advise the Kg w °rld that .it must maintain ■pthout letup its economic, diplo matic and military programs gggjnst Communism, particularly in the' Far East. . ■TO OUTLINE DANGERS secretary also will outline the ‘possible dangers—the Red yicl^y—the Allies can expect to meet when they sit down at the Oenejk bargaining table April .26. Dung*’ address, before the Over seas Ptesa Club in New York, will * broadcast and telecast by ABC and televised bjr DuMont at 9 p. B- It follows a flurry of oth- K official statements aimed at Writing up the Allies, on the one Wad, and pt quelling congression al fears onUh* other Mr. Eisenhower sent a message to Indochina Sunday expressing the •profound admiration” of himself countrymen" * »nd resourceful fight" the french and native for tos are waging against the Reds. JhsiM l atittls JhinqA Wf hooter ADAMP HANK TAYLOR SELLS l LOT OP HAIR DYE (Mary Haworth, The Dally Rec wd’s famed lovelorn columnist, nay (some to Dunn for a visit soon ; i . A resident of Washington, D. . she is a good friend of Mrs. it Townsend, formerly of Dunn,| nd is scheduled to come here with ] trs. Townsend for a visit . . . One f clubs already are talking bout asking her to speak . . . Rev. gne T. Upderwood studied psy- Hatry at one of the big colleges . He Once did research work for tale Carnegie, knows Carnegie well .-. There’s a good TV program might at 8 o’clock over Greens »o, Channel 2 ... It wiU be a Mninute cavalcade of songs and eenes from a half dozen Rodgers Ad Hammerstein Broadway mus cals . . . Mary Martin will be mis ress of ceremonies and guests will sclude Ed Sullivan, Edgar Ber > (Oaßttamed Ob Pan Three) mattie Ruth Godwin \Bth Pageant Entry Msdwin, 500 E. in, 18-year-old ■ Mr. and Mrs. ame the eighth unior Chamber pageant today. 'TELEPHONES: 9117 . Silt . -- i \ v *•?V„v.; -i * ‘Jr * v- ’ ‘ v v . * * •jHta jl _ .|Ka| <>. } twilit j 'Jf m'; > v . n x mfeyPi m - Bij fwSiA t Ba P i'vL-AJ?-. * W. mi MW I I Bk j ■ia • i i m 1 Sp AT HEARING Mrs. Houston Jernigan Os Dunn ia shown here with her attorneys at the In surance hearing held Saturday morning In Har Mrs. Jernigan Examined By Lawyers In Insurance Case ton Jernigan through more hoars of examina tion in an effort to prove thfir contentions that her hus band did not drown as claimed, but that She and other members of the family engaged in a plan for his disap pearance. T Jernigan, prominent Dunn mer chant was reported to have drown ed during a hurricane last August 13 at Wrlghtsvllle Beach, but his body has never beep found. In surance companies have refused, to pay off more than 1280.000 in claims, contending that he Is still alive. The attractive mother of three children. neatly dressed in a tail ored spring suit, made her first public statement about the case at an adverse hearing Saturday morning. The examination was oonducted by Attorneys Julius C. Smith ard Harrell Pope of Greensboro and Max McLeod of Dunn representing Jefferson Standard Life In surance Co. Representing Mrs. Jernigan were Attorneys Duncan C. Wilson, W. A. Johnson and H. Paul Strickland. CLAIM BANKRUPTCY MOTTVE Moat of the questioning was aimed at establishing that Jernigan was bankrupt and in serious finan cial condition which the insurance company contends is g motive for his disappearance. Mrs. Jernigan said her husband was "an imperious man," but de scribed him as a goad loving and devoted husband and father who lived a Christian life and vigorous ly denied that there were any ua (Con tinned sn Page Eight) i |H Jtaiig tx& nett. Left to right are: Duncan C. Wilson, chief counsel; Mrs. Jernigan, W. A. Johnson and H. Paul Strickland. (Daily Record Photo.) Lodge To Honor Past Masters The Dunn Masonic Lodge will hold its annual Past Master’s Night Tuesday night at 7 o’clock tn the lodge hall, it was announced today by Master Earl Jones, i This meeting is held annually to honor past masters of the lodge and 23 of the past masters will take part In the conferring of the Third. Degree. There will be refreshments at the close of the program. A prac tice rehearsal wiU be held Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. Past masters who have been as signed Stations for the ceremonies Include. ,v 1 «• Hugh W., Prince, the town’s only 33rd Degree Mason, Joe Leslie, Human Neighbors, Sam Baer, R. Li Cromartie, Jr.. H. Paul Strick land. John Snipes, James Snipes. Allred Blalock, Karl Westhrook, j: O. West. Willie .Moss. A. P. Adcox, D. V. Lee, Dr. J. A. Jernigan, Ralph Wade, C. O. Warren, H. P. Byrd, Clifton Brock. Jack Jackson, Bert Alabaster, Fred Byerly and Henry G Whitehead. Dunn Has New leaning Plant Wardrobe Cleaners, Dunn’s new est cleaners. has just opened at 805 S. Clinton Avenue under the management of Burt Bason of Dunn. Eason Is an experienced cleaner operator having had around 30 years experience. Included In his experience is wait with City Dixie Laundry and Cleaners of Wilming ton, one of the largest cleaning establishments in North Carolina. Before opening his own business, Bason was associated with Modem Laundry of Dunn where h* has worked for the past 17 years. ' Curing the war year* Eason tem porarily left the laundry and dean- DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29, 1954 Jernigan Cases Are Continued Superior Court Judge Howard Hubbard today ordered a continu ance in the Houston Jernigan in surance cases because of a crowded civil court docket and denied a request of Mrs. Jemlgan’s counsel to give the case precedence at a latter term of court. During discussion of the case, Attorney Max McLeod of Dunn, counsel for Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co., disclosed that they may go before a Superior Court (Continued so Pace 8) + Record Roundup + SPEAKER Dunn Rotarians Fri day night heard an outstanding address by the Rev. Bane T. Un derwood, pastor of the Gospel Ta bernacle. He was introduced by Rotarlan Charlie Hildreth, who had charge of the program. DUNN WOMAN FINED Two persons from this section were fined by Judge William I. Godwin in the Johnston County Recorder’s Court at Smithfield last week. Bettie Joe Creel Opens Farm Supply Store With tractors fast replacing mules and horses, Joe Creel of Dunn, has closed the Creel Stables operated here for 29 years, but has opened a farm supply company in the same building at 320 E. Cumberland. PIC Senate Resumes Debate On Hawaii-Alaska By UNITED PRESS The Senate resumes de bate today on the combined Alaska n-Hawaiian state hood bill with GOP leaders hoping for a final vote on the issue this week. Backers of a proposal to give the areas commonwealth status plan ned a determined drive agailnst the statehood bill but they faced An uphill fight. Sen. J. William Fulbright (D- Ark) said commonwealth, status would give Alaska and Hawaii a “much higher degree of self govern ment" that “could be a step to ev entual statehood." The proposal, sponsored by Sen. A. S. (Mike) Monroney (D-Okla) would permit the territories to elect their own governors and use their own tax receipts for their own benefit, as Puerto Rico and the (Continued on Page Eight) Local Church Gets Plaques Glad Tidings Church of Dunn received two bronze plaques at the morning services Sunday for lead ing the Assembly of God Churches of North Carolina in total con tributions to missionary work, and for the highest per capita giving. The plaques were presented tar retiring Pastor A. A. Amarine wis hes served as missionary secretary of the North Carolina district for a number of years. The plaques were turned over to Robert Page, church treasurer for hanging. Rev. Amerine stated that the lo cal church gave better than $6,000 to missionary work during 1953, with a $80.14 per capita. He prais ed the church for their Record of topping all other Assembly of God groups in North Carolina. Rev. Amerine preached his fare well sermon last night. He recent ly resigned from the Dunn church to assume pastorate of a larger Assembly of God Church in Jean nette, Pa. A trial pastor will speak at the morning and evening services Sun day, and will preach again Mon day, Tuesday and Wednesday even ings of next week. Barnes Thomas of Dunn was con victed of drunken driving and fined SIOO and costs and bad her license suspended for one year. Carlyle Beasley of Benson, Route 2 was fined $25 and costs for careless and reckless driving and was order ed not to violate the motor ve hicle laws again for six months. CONCERT AT RALEIGH The Xavier University Concert Choir, (Centlnwed en Page Eight) ■ “I Just like farming," Joe said L today as he stood In the large en r trance to hla new business. Creel is well-known in Dunn since he was bom and reared here. LHe attended Dunn High School i where he was graduated In 1938. J Following high school days, Joe enrolled at the University of North j Carolina where he took a two-year IlNMineae administration course. I With many government ’ jobs f opened up by the second World l55L’ b ®*** * orit wlth “»e [ Cqrp of Engineers of the govern ment in 1942, a position he held UnW 1945. But, fanning and Dunn * m ( fo £h »es 11, and he return led to become a partner with his who was in I The partnership was §Wtgn in FIVE CENTS PER COPY I , Wm ¥ m m , v . •; JMj ||\ , H v- mDW-4 ■ : * - - . 4...* (CONGRATULATIONS Mrs. R. H. Thompson of Liilington, 81 years old and lone time customer of the Bank of Lillinrton, was the first to step into the bank's new home Thursday night to congratu late 'Cashier John W. Spears on the happy occasion. Around 7M per ipni {dewed the swank new building, decorated with flowers from wlshca from and adjoining states. (Photo by T. Df. Meeting Held Here By Cotton Farmers Farmers of Harnett County today were urged to re port any cotton acreage they do not plan to use so it inay be re-distributed to farmers who Would like more acres. Cotton farmers and . other farm i leaders met here this mornlng with the agricultural committee of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce $o I discuss general problems of the | recent government cuts in cotton acreage. .■>' Cliff Ammons, Harnett County Farm Agent, told those attending the meeting that they should work to get all farmers not using acre- ' age to report it. Efforts are being made to have the April t dead line for reporting changed/. Wt farmers who do not plan toj .plant all of their ■ acreage are urged to report to the county agent immed iately, it was pointed out. SHANRXJN PRESENT', Meeting with the local agricul tural committee wm J. A. Shanklin of State College, cotton extension expert, and members of the Lil lington Chamber of Commerce ag ricultural committee. During the morning meeting, the various groups heard reports oo 1 cotton growth in Harnett, and dls (Coattoaed page etgwt) \) j f »- _ —- —• _ t f THE RECORD ] GETS RESULTS ' [Judge Orders Man To Behave Judge H. Paul Strickland wm •peaking With the authority of both Judge and landlord today in Re corders Court when he told Mal colm Thompson he would either behave himself or move out of the beftne he occupies on S. Wilming ton. Strickland owns the home. Thompson was charged with dis orderly conduct. Officer John Brock ington told the court that he had a call to Thompson's home and found the Dunn Negro fighting his wife. Pn attempting to arrest Thompson, he cursed and tried to fight the' officers, B rocking ton told the court. He was charged with disorderly conduct. 1 TIRED OF MISCONDUCT Judge Strickland told Thompson (Ceottnoed on Page Eight) (Daily Record Hutto) NO. 82 Dockmen Begin March Around White House WASHINGTON (IP) Some 1,2 0 0 striking New York longshoremen, sarcas tically proclaiming them selves “Heroes in ’4l, Hood lums in ’54,” marched in protest today before the White House. Three and four abreast, the striking members of the independ ent International Longshoremen’s Assn., walked slowly back and forth on Pennsylvania Avenue. The strikers, whose walkout has almost crippled the port of New York since March 5, came here by chartered buses and automobiles from New York City and New Jer sey points. EXTRA GUARDS ADDED About 30 District of Columbia police watched carefully, there was no disorder. Extra Secret Service guards wdnt to the White House gates to keep watch. Some dock workers were dis patched to the National Labor Re lations Board headquarters and to Capitol Hill to buttonhole repre sentatives and senators. The ILA is locked in a Jurisdic tional dispute with an AFL water front union which replaced the ILA when the latter was kicked out on grounds its membership in cluded gangsters and racketeers. In the December election to de termine a bargaining agent, the held a margin of 1,452 votes, (Continued on Page Eight) t, i ' r Miss Purvis Today At Age 92 Miss Caddie Purvis, 92, formerly of Dunn, died Monday morning at 3:30 o’clock at the UDC Home-in Fayetteville. "Vy'/’'' ' She was an aunt of Mrs. Arthur F. Pope, and Louis O. Stephens of Dunn: Mrs. Horace Freeman of Martinsville, Va. and Mrs. A. B. Butler of Clinton. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 11 o’cloqfc wt the Pope home in Dunn.,.The Rev. Richard Rhea Gammon - arid Or. George Cuthrell will olfiriatd:' ’■ ‘ Miss Purvis was a member'(ff the First Presbyterian Church and the United Daughters of the Confed eracy. Benefit Supper Slated Tonight It was announced this morning by William Glover, chairman of the Catholic Laymen's Group of Dunn that a Benefit Supper fhr toe local Sacred Heart Church wiff' to served this evening at the Big Four Restaurant on- the North Edge of Dunn. V ~ The Supper will bd served be tween 5 p. m. and 9 p, m. and toll consist of Italian Spashetti with all the trimmings [The Restaurant which will' furnish everything for this supper except sellihg tickets (Conttoeed on page -eight)
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