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Cloudy and cooler with scattered
showers and a few thundershowers
today and tonight; lew temperatures >
in the M’s. Thursday cloudy and
cool with chance of showers.
I VOLUME 4
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EXCISE TAX CUTS EFFECTIVE THURSDAY
; DUNN’S PAST MASTERS HONORED The Dunn MutiUc
lM(c Tuesday night observed Past Master’s Night and paid honor
I io. the 11 past masters of the lodge who are pictured here. The tore*
ff.im crowd to attend a meeting of the lodge in three pears was pres-
L-ebi. heft to right are. front row: Fred Byerly, the youngest past
Batoster; Sam Baer, Henry 6. Whitehead, A. P. Adcox, Willie Moss
k and Ottis Warren; second row: O. M. (Joe) Leslie, Earl McD. West
JCittb
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? By HOOTER ADAME
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-MAS INTERESTING
E< BORDER
t, who left John
t last month for a
ck to Arizona and
>ves, is now making
j Interesting spot
that she's playing
ichO Grande Hotel
border in Nogales,
t, half the town is
:ona In the United
other half is lecat
ip Mexico,
pllts the town and
>ry fabulous one, Is
hill overlooking the
Job more Interesting,
is moving into the
i to shoot the new
pical of Hollywood,"
nake a movie about
irisona?" ,
Hum and Johnson’s
best to her many
lere in Dunn. Inci
sh’t married' yet.
! On Pave Twel
Gene Tierney Hints
yS/ie May Marry Aly
B bOSARITO BEACH, Mex. OP Movie actress dene I
Hriemey switched a large diamond ring from her right
iliwmH to the third finger of her left Tuesday and hinted
HHns thinking of a spring Wedding in Paris.
if Her royal boyfriend. Prince Aly ■
quiet on the subject j
Tierney, who came here
■Mother visit^Aly^art-
gtnrent picture in May.** J
Large Gravel Concern New
Operating At Lilßngton
Baptists Oust 3;
Virgin Birth Issue
GREENSBORO <W The general board of the Bap
tist State Convention fired three Baptist student leaders
early today after a long secret meeting following an all
day open hearing.
The board approved at 12:18 a. m.
a report by a special committee
which recommended dismissal of
the Revs. James Ray of North Car
olina and Max Wicker of Duke.
They were relieved of their re
sponsibilities immediately, Herrin
and Wicker drawing three months’
salary in lieu of dismissal notice
and Ray receiving six months’
salary.
The committee recommendation
said the group did not question the
sincerity of moral character of the
three.
But the report charged that Ray
had a “growing tendency” to oper
ate Independently of other Baptist
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A y* fsmdm '<*■ l&lmt ■ v *
She JJailu fteon*
brook, Hugh W. Prince, the lodge’s only 33rd Degree Mason, James
Snipes, Herman Neighbors and John Snipee; back row: Raymond
L. Cromartle, Jr., treasurer and oldest official of the lodge in yean
service; Dr. J. A. Jernigan, oldest past master of the lodge, having
■erred in 1W1; <X W. Bannerman, Alfred Blalock, Bert Alabaiter,
and Vic Lee. Three new members were inducted into the lodge last
night. (Daily Record Photo.)
SEVEN BELIEVED DEAD
BUFFALO, N. .Y (IP)
Fire swept through a sub
urban elementary school
just before the noon re
cess today. Unconfirmed
reports said seven chil
dren were killed and a
score injured. '
j
MRS. LEE DIES
Mrs. James R. Lee of Newton
Grove, Route > died this morn
ing in Memorial Hospital at
Chapel HBL The body was being
returned by Hatcher-Skinner Fu
neral Home, Burial arrangements
were not complete early this af
ternoon.
Two More File
For The Board
Two new candidates filed today
with the Harnett County Board of
Elections for county commissioner
Alex Cameron of Sanford, Route
8, fanner president of the Harnett
Countv Farm Bureau, filed for
commissioner in the district com
posed of Upper Little River, John
son viDe and Barbecue townships.
Cameron wID oppose B. P. In
gram veteran incumbent, leaving
| County chairman L. A. Tart of
Dunn the only member of the pres
| ent board without opposition ta the
1 T Jlbnffton This 'is caomosed of
INW11? Creek* Hector's OisS^Du^k
DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 31, 1954
I Becker County Sand and
Gravel Company, one of the
nation’s biggest gravel con
cerns, today began opera
tions three miles South of
Liliington to the Ea s t of
Highway 15-A.
C. W. Galder of Cheraw, S. C
Superintendent said the plant wll'
be erected a mile and a quartet
East of the Norfolk and Southern
Railway line.
For Uie present, the company
has rented temporarily one brick
building from the plant formerly
occupied by Senter Brick Co. fo'
an office. All workers except sup
ervisory personnel will be recruited
locally.
First task will he to construct
a mile and a quarter spur railroad
line on which heavy equipment wili
be unloaded and assembled on the
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WASHINGTON (V) lnformed sources predicted to
day that the monster explosions being set on in the pa
cific will spawn a family of hydrogen weapons which could
be used to smash an aggressor’s armed forces as well as
his cities. Rep. Chet Holifielld D-Calif of the House-Senate
Atomic Energy Committee said he knows of no scientific
obstacle to development Os “atomic-hydrogen” weapons for
battlefield‘as well as strategic use.
WASHINGTON OPI Chairman Leverett Saltonstall
of the Senate Armed Services Committee said today that
increased spending may be necessary to build up the na
tion’s defense against enemy air attack. The Massachu
setts Republican insisted, however, that the present pro
(Outlawed an pe» lira) v;
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REVIVAL SERVICES Lee’s
Grove Freewill Baptist Church will
begin a revival meeting Sunday
evening. April 4. Rev. Raymond
Kearney will he the evangelist and
services will be held each evening
at 1:45. The public is Invited to at
tend. -
midnight Wednesday, March 31.
Lindsay Warren
Will Retire
On April 30th
• WASHINGTON OP)—Comp
troller General Lindsay C.
Warren, watchdog of gov
ernment spending through
its biggest period in history,
asked today to retire effec
tive April 30.
He said failing health requires
that he quit before the end of his
15-year term. He asked for disabil
ity retirement which, under a law
passed last year, allows full pay of
$17,500 a year.
In a letter to President Eisenhow
er, requesting retirement, Warren
said he has worked for a year
“against strong medical advice and
under much physioa l difficulty.”
IN POOR HEALTH
He attached statements from four
' doctors saying he is no longer phy
sically fit to continue the job and
warning that to remain in office
would shorten his life.
The request for retirement has
been expected for some time.
Rep. W. Sterling Cole (R-NY)
chairman of the Joint congressional
committee on atomic energy, and
Senate Secretory J. Mark Trice
have been mentioned as possible
successors. Trice is an active can
didate and has the endorsement of
the Senate Republican policy com
mittee.
15 TEAR TERM
1 The job is a presidential appoint
ment for a single term of 15 years
Once appointed, the comptroller*
general is completely independent
Warren, 64, was appointed comp
troller general by the late President
Roosevelt on Nov. 1, 1940. By April
30 he will have served In the poet
13 years and six months.
During that period, which cover
ed World War 11, the Korean flght
' ing and foreign military and eco
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Retail School
Slated Here
Retail Merchants of Dunn voted
today tb sponsor a salesmanship
and promotion school far sales per
sonnel and employers sometime dur
ing last of April or the first of
May.
Norman J. Buttles, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce of
Dunn, was appointed to Investi
gate the school plans and report
back to the merchants. Buttles
pointed out that many sales per
sonnel of Dunn need schooling in
the art of selling.
As tentatively planned, the school
(OenttnncA on page Ax)
1:30 at the Legion Hut on West
Broad Street.
ON PROGRAM AJ Wullenwa
her, manager of |K i local Colonial
Frozen wU) bc^onjt
P&m?°i4Ute University of North
Carolina Friday. Locker owners and
workers horn all over the state
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SHIRLEY GREGORY
Two More Entered
In Beauty Pageant
Two more contestants in the Junior Chamber of Com
merce Beauty Pageant were announced today by Worth
Vannoy, chairman of the entry committee.
The new candidates are, Iris Eli
zabeth Elmore, 19 year old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John H: El
more of Route 5, Dunn; and Shir
ley Gregory, 19 year old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Gregory
of Coats.
Miss Elmore is a graduate of
Plainview High School and attended
Kings Business College in Raleigh.
She plans to complete her college
(work and become a secretary.
■-Tije-fyoung beauty attends Chap
el HUE Church where she sings in
the choir. When in Dunn, she «-
t6nd*>hte Ytang Girls Auxiliary.
In high school Miss Elmore was
active in sports, playing basketball
for a number of years.
WORKS AS MODEL'
Mias Gregory is a graduate of
Coats High School where she was
voted the neatest person in her
class.
Currently, Miss Gregory- is serv
ing as a model in a ladles clothing
store in - Raleigh. However, ft she
is successful in the pageant, Miss
Gregory hopes to attend East Car
olina College and take further
training for work as a secretary.
The popular young lady attends
the Coats Methodist Church.
Miss Gregory is five feet, four
inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has
blond hair, and hazel eyes.
The date for entering the con
test ends today, according to Chalr
r maq Vannoy. Judging will be held
here Friday; April 9. r
Corinne Calvet
Tries Suicide
HOLLYWOOD (PI French ac
tress Corinne Calvet, who two
weeks ago tearfully divorced actor
John Bromfleld, was treated for
an overdose of sleeping pills to
day In what police termed “at
tempted suicide.”
(But her doctor, Francis Abdo,
■aid the overdose was "acciden
tal” because the vivacious movie
queen had been under "emotional
tension and strain.”
The report of West Los An
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. wag a,
huUdtat Sunday morning for the f|mt time. Al
though the church Is sot esm piste*. the group
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GETS RESULTS
T 19
IRIS ELMORE
Actress Seeks
$25,000 For
Bite On Thigh
HOLLYWOOD (PI An attrac
tive strip tease dancer has de
.. manaed RMW from actor Sonny
Thills* otr the charge he allegedly
bit her on the thigh at a din
ner party.
She Said the incident caused
a swelling and discoloration and
prevented her from following her,
profession.
Dancer Barbara Gray Atkins,
27, Died suit against the actor
yesterday. She said Tufts, 43, and
two other actors were dinner
guests in her home last March 13
when he lunged toward her "with
great force and violent*
"He Bit me on the upper left
thigh,” she complained.
News Shorts
LOS ANGELES (P) Speed pilot
Joe De Bona took off at 7:15:M a.
m. PST In ,* souped-up FSI Mus
tang for New York in an effort
to break the transcontinental
speed records for both conventional
and Jet planes.
SANTA RITA, N. M. (P) Four
men were blown to bits early to
day when their dynamite-lhadfctt
track Mew up In the Kennecott
Copper Corp. huge open pit mine.
The men, all members of a Mast
ing crew, died when the track ex
ploded with a Mast heard IS miles
away, A fifth man was critically
’^Jared.
WASHINGTON (Pi Foreign Op
erations Administrator Harold K
Stamen said today that the Big
Three Western Alllee expect ex
panded trade in “peaceful goods”
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building
NO. 84
Ike Says He's ■<
Ready To Sign
Measure Today
WASHINGTON (IP) Presi
dent Eisenhower said today
he was ready to sign whole
heartedly a bill cutting ex
cise taxes by a billion dol
lars on a host of consumer
items. The reductions lyill
go into effect tomorrow.
The size of the cute in dollars
and cents will depend on the price
of the product and the extent of
the tax cut. The present federal
excise—or saies-tex on Jewelry, furs,
cosmetics, luggage and handbags
will be cut from 20 to 10 per Ctnt.
Admission tickets costing more
than 50 cents will be taxed at 10
per cent, instead of the present 20.
Admission tickets costing 50 cents
or less won’t be taxed at all.
Long distance telephone dharges
will be taxed at 10 per eent, in
stead of 25, and local charges at
10 per cent instead of the present
15. Home appliancea will be taxed
at 5 per cent instead of the pre
sent 10.
OTHER TAKES REMAIN
But the taxes on liquor, beer,
wines, gasoline, automobile and
cigarets will remain at their pre
sent rates. These also had been
scheduled to be reduced Thursday
but the legislation signed by the
President will continue the existing
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New Bomb Con
Destroy
Os 13 Million
WASHINGTON ®* Chair
man Lewi* L- Strauss cf A*
Atomic Erergy Co m mission pi
today this country can Utah*
giant H-bombs capable of knock
ing out any city In the world*—
even metropolitan New York. >
Straum made Ah shmrViffiU
at President Elsenhower’* week;
Iv news conference alter Immhf
the first extended uffiehU em*Pf
ment on the hydrogen teste 'be
ing held In the PpeHte.
HA discussion of-'A».k*mfc
dous destructive Capacity
H-bomb Jarred avun.ljto Prejt-*
denl. who shook hA head grkveS
ly as Straum spoke euleay”i»
the weapon's aMßty "to take uwf;
a city, any etty." *
“New York 7” a reporter -sskf 9
ed. - ■ - -
Strauss thought a.msmanf.
' then said: “The -m strap—Am
area yes.” 'C
He did not define what he
meant by metrapottMw
g SkPA ■■■ „■■■ AaMssno AA
195 V census defines wmm* 11 wf
the “New York-Northern Net-
Jersey standard miwi»*ht
counties, among 'Bm the «v*
boroughs es New York CHy.aud
eight New Jemey cem—W wttfc
a i total population es about. 1*
Straum used the weed “de
stroy at one paint -h— Hit AVNE*
House later said he meant “to
put a city out es eemmimtan' —-
not level it” " " <