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| Duncan Wilson is a good lawyer.
It He jawed It the other day. He’*
1 sucH * good lawyer he got himself
b —quitted and walked out of court
¥ toßoeent man.'
R 4 „ Dune and Shamrock Denning got
indicted down In'.Sampson for—of
r- all things—shooting crows on pos
'f ted land. An trate farmer hailed
E‘. Ifjtaß ■lnto oeurt.
“You should have seen Dune,” re
ported, Shamrock. He ■ knows how
to handle himself in the courtroom.
■ “Be got that, old fellow so mixed
t up to W» testimony he didn’t know
ij, whether he was going or coming.”
gs Shamrock can describe the trial
® With , great fanfare. Even though
&"•: he Was on trial with’. Dune, he
H -dßented to enjoy H thoroughly—after
4 7 exclaimed Shamrock, “we
: thought that fariher would have
, appreciated us ’ killing the ■ crows
E Btet were eating up his crops—and
K Re .didn’t know the land was post
when Dune got through
argument to the court, the ver-
B fp diet was “not guilty and Dune and
1‘ «hamroek came back home. Ask
m Shamrock to teU you about It.
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j Doctor Slays His
m/j/ifes Young Lover
fcjLIKELAND, Fla. (UV-A prominent physician charged
It With shooting to death his wife’s alleged suitor at their
|ftutftfanaWe home had been involved in lengthy marital
Dr Dodge Mentzer SB admitted
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master of the lodge; Dudley Norris, and Mr.
Kauffman; bock row: Elton Melamb, Robie Por
ter, W. H. Creech, N. L. Duncan and Partis Hud
son. Two 25-year members not preeent were: L.
D. Creech and E. M. Caimsdy. (Daily Record
Photo.)
WASHINGTON <» —Ray
H. Jenkins, a rawboned
mountain lawyer who “nev
er lost a client: to the elec
tric chair,” started hunting
a staff today to help him !
investigate the McCarthy-
Jenkins, a Knoxville. Tenn.; Taft
Republican, said he has a ‘‘com
pletely open” mind About the case.
He promised to assemble the facts
of the brawl between the Army 1
and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy (R- :
Wis.) and present them “fairly, ful- !
ly and Impartially” to the Senate !
Investigating Subcommittee.
From then on, he said, it will be
up to the subcommittee to make '
up its own mipd.
Jenkins, a rugged-looking 6-foot- :
3, 57-year-old trial lawyer, was 1
picked unanimously by the six vot- '
log members of the subcommittee
late Wednesday as the impartial
counsel to head the inquiry.
McCarthy, regular subcommittee
chairman, did nqt participate in
Jenkins' selection. He is away from
the capital. . ,
set for April 21
The subcommittee voted to start
hearing into the explosive oase
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Elections Board
Will Take Office
New members of the county board
1 of elections will be sworn in on
i Saturday, Aprij 10. at 10 a. m. at
1 the county courthouse.
1 'They are Woodrow Hill of Dunn,
> Roger Mann of Lllllngton and B.
FI McLeod of Byte’s Creek. The
l first two are Democrats and. the
■ third a Republican.
I Boafd members will elect their
: own chairman. Doug aid Mcßae of
LUUngton has served the past two
years in this
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vision room and private entrance,
j The Mentzers, parents of four
in—t couple in Atlanta before mov
ing here. They had met while he
was attending the University of
Bailtt
DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1954
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Judge Fails
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Judge H. Paul Strickland tried to '
play cupld for a Negro couple in 1
Recorders Court today, but when
he was unsuccessful, he ordered the
two to stay apart.
Robert Lee Warren, Dunn Negro
who hasi a prison record, was hail
ed Into court by Malcolm Caddie,
who also has a prison record. War
ren was charged with disorderly
conduct and damage to personal
property. However, during the hear
ing, it was discovered that Warren
was attempting to - get into Cad
die’s home because his girl friend
“Christine” lives with the Caddies.
The case was considerably con
fused until Caddie told the court
that during his term on the road
Warren lived at his home with
Christine.
Warren testified that he also paid
the doctor's bill for his girt Mend
when he broke her arm while mak
ing love—she was after him with
a knife at the same time.
“Why did you pay the doctor’s
bill if you aren’t married.” Judge
Strickland asked Warren.
HE LOVEB HER
’Causq I loye her,” Warren re
plied.
Asked if she love 4 Warren, Chrls
iCmtlnaetf On rage five)
Gene And Aly
Take In Clubs
BOLLYWOOD lUI Actress Gene
Tierney and Moslem Prince Aly
Kahn went nightclubbing on the
Sunset Strip early today in their
first public appearance in this coun
try. "
They arrived at the Mocambo
about 45 minutes before the 3 a. m.
closing hour.
A room full of celebrities, in
cluding Dorothy Lamour, Joan
Crawford and Betty Furness, gased
at the couple as they danced cheek
to-cheek for about 30 minutes. Miss
Tierney, who appeared very anima
ted and gay. wore a black tailored
taffMOPPING* Wjm MsAtet
Aly went shopping for race horaee
today and Miss Tierney had an ar
chery leaMn ir. connection with
her picture.
Work on the picture probably will
prevent the n—nette actress from i
i accompanying Aly when he leaves
j »«• »«w York and a fl*
, actress Rita Bayworth. j
Harnett County
To Be Host To
Club Delegates
The annual meeting of
the Tenth District of the N.
C. Federated Home Demon
stration Clubs Will convene
in Lillington on Wednesday,
April 14.
More than 300 delegates from
Moore, Montgomery. Lee and Har
nett counties are expected to at
tend the program which will get
Underway at 10:30 a. m. at the
Lillington Baptist Church.
Mrs. T. L. Caviness of Chalybeate
Springs, chairman of the tenth dis
trict, will preside and Harnett Coun
ty clubs will be hostesses to the
meeting.
Program theme, centered on Im
provement of our international re
lations. will feature Francis Press
ly, State College student, In a talk
about his experience in Europe as
a farm exchange student. He will
speak at the afternoon session.
Talent from Harnett County also
will occupy places of prominence
on the program. The county club
chorus will make its first appear
ance this season singing at both
the morning and afternoon sess
ions. A group of dramatic students
from Campbell College wUI present
a costumed skit, "Our Foreign
Friends” under the direction of
Robert Phoebus, director of dra
maUcs.
LUNCHEON SLATED
Luncheon will be served to all
the visitors in the church’s social
rooms.
The program announced by Mrs.
Caviness and Miss Lela Huntley,
county home agent, notes that a ,
welcome will be extended by the
paster, -Rev. C. L. Pin nix, L. A.
Tart, chairman of the oounty board
of commissioners, Joel Layton, J*„
nasyor of Lillington, and C. R.
Ammons, county farm agent, will
also greet the visitors.
Mrs. Howard Russell of Montgom
ey County will respond to the wel
coming speeches. Mrs. E. P. Gib- :
son, first vice-president of the State
Federation of H. D. Clubs, will
speak for the federation and Mrs.
John L. Frye of Robbins, presi
dent of the ninth district of the
Women’s Clubs, will be the spokes
man for that organization. Mrs.
Mary McAllister, district home
agent for the southeastern district,
will extend a welcome from the
State Extension Service.
Reports of the year’s work will
take the form of an interesting
forum over which Mrs. Delmer En
nis of Harnett’s Oakdale Club and
county council president, will pre
side. Mrs. N. R/Upchurch of near
Lillington will make Harnett's re
port. Other county representatives
will be as follows, from Lee, Mrs.
Paul Stone; from Moore, Mrs. W.
(Cantinaed On Pag* Six)
BULLETINS
TOKYO (IPI A Japanese fishing vessel which report
ed it was outside the 450-mile expanded danger area when
the second U. S. hydrogen device was exploded in the Pa
cific March 26 arrived in port today with a cargo of radio
active tuna. Welfare Ministry officials boarded the vessel,
the Shoho Maru, and found the cargo too radioactive for
public consumption. The entire catch was banned from
sale. Geiger counters showed that none of the fishermen
had been injured.
WASHINGTON (V) Hie Senate passed aMI late yes
terday to boost federal aid for highway construction to
$1,010,000,900 annually for the two fiscal years beginning
July 1, 1955. Present highway budget is $652,500,000. The
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NCAAP FORMED HERE—The Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People has form
ed a chapter In Dunn, according
to Lorman Richardson chairman
of the Press and Publicity for the
chanter. The meeting for organisa
tion was. held at Payton's Funeral
Home with Charles A. McLean, of
paten for members, and^eaSteTat
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KATHY SZGMAX, 13, teDs Janet Leigh, movie actress, how to make a
ebefs sated tathsMtchemcf a hotel In New York. Kathy Is the winner
at the Yeoag Hoafttmaker Award of the Girls Clubs of America. Sha
learned to cook at her home to Springfield, Mass, while preparing
soeals for her pamita, both of whom work. (International ExcltuioeJ
Jealousy Believed
Behind Bombings
EDENTON, N. C. OP) Authorities said today they
believe that “something in the past” of pretty Imogene
Cochrane led to the unsolved 1951 “booby trap” slaying
of her husband and «r similar attempt upon her life nere
yesterday.
Officers said they are certain '
that the hand behind the tragedy
that ended Mrs. Cochrane’s four- ,
month-old marriage on New Year’s
Eve, 1951, was responsible for the
fiendish Incendiary bomb planted
in her car here-17 months late/
and 250 miles from the scene of
her husband’s death.
Mrs. Cochrane, 26 found the
bomb partially concealed under the
driver’s seat of her locked car.
Police Chief Oeoige I. Dail was
burned severely when it exploded
in his hands as he took it into po
lice headquarters.
“I believe if they look back for
something in her past-in-her high
school days, they will find the an
swer to this” Dali said. “It’s an
other chapter of the same story.’’
JEALOUS SUITOR
Dail said he believes a jealous
suitor perhaps unknown to the
attractive blue eyed woman is be
hind both bombings.
State Bureau of Investigation
SERVICES AT CHURCH - Prayer
services will be held at Lee's Chap
el Free Will Baptist Church be
ginning Monday and running
through Friday night, April 16, it
was announced today. Young peo
ple of the church win direct ser
vices Monday evening. A different
penon will have charge of each
service.
TAX REVIEW Harnett County
Commissioners will sit as a board
of tax equalization and review on
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Director James W. Powell said
the bombing attempt here “may
be our first real break” in the un
solved murder of William H. Coch
rane, 24, at Mount Airy.
"We have no definite leads,”
(Continued On Page Five)
Rubi, Zsa Zsa
Meet In Paris
PARIS IV) Blonde film beauty
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Dominican
diplomat-playboy Porflrlo Rubi
roaa met in Paris for a reunion
today.
Rubirosa, now separated from
dime store heiress Barbara Hut
ton, flew in early this morning
in his gaily painted private plane,
from Santa Maria in the Azores.
He arrived in Parte lew than
24 hours after Zsa Zsa told re
porters “he is coming back to
me.”
Rubirosa was romantically and
tempestuously linked with Mias Ga
bor Just before hit brief mar
riage to Mbs Hutton.
Rubirosa refused to answer any
calls from reporters at his Parte
apartment nor would he com
ment on Zoa Zsa’s statement that
she did not know whether she
would marry him when he is free.
“I don’t know myself,” Zoa Zaa
said. “I’m still sore from this di
vorce I had with George San
ders.”
Beauty Contestants Must
Use Best Manners Tonight
Twelve young ladies of
Harnett County will don
their formats tonight and
Sih to the Dunn Woman’s
ub to have judges inspect
their “P’s and “Q’s” of so
cial grace. The 12 are con
testants in the Jaycees’
Beauty Pageant.
Friday evening at 8 o'clock the
same 12 will switch to colorful
bathing suits- and parade across
the Dunn High School stage like
a preview in the latest from Mi
ami Beach.
The entire affair Is part of the
Jaycee's first Beauty Pageant to
Dunn. And, from the look* of thing*
now. it is the meet successful ev
ent ever sponsored by the young!
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vertisement they win ncciw In tn® j
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Squad Prepared 1
In Case Os i
Enemy Attack
BITBURG, Germany (IP)
The first American pilotless
bomber squadron has been
set up on the fringe of the
Iron Curtain in such secre
cy that its men are threat
ened with immediate court
martial if they talk about
it.
The squadron •is probably the
first of its kind in the world the
first step toward realization of
push-button warfare.
If war comes to Europe, the 600 j
men of the "PBS” The Ist Pilot
less Bomber Squadron of the Unit
ed States Air Force are prepar
ed to launch against the enemy '
the new 861 Matador guided mis- I
Bile.
600 MILES PER HOUR
This is a stubby airplane that
flies more than 300 m-les at a
speed of more than 600 miles an
hour. It can carry an atomic war
head. It is expendable it has no
crew. All it takes to launch it is
the flick of a switch. An electron
ic brain guides this monster tc a
target with pinpoint accuracy. It
flies just as well in bad weather
as in good.
The Bitburg base is an American
city of about 12,000 people. It has
sprung up from a foundation of
cow pastures and pine woods in
the radar-ringed Eifei Mountain
foothills. The Iron Curtain is 15
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P.T.A. MEETS
•LiHtngtortY'FwfW -mete* As
sociation will meet tjjnJght (April
8) at 8 p. m. at the school house.
A one act play, "An Italian Trag
edy” will be presented by freshman
class pupils of Mrs. J. A. Walker.
Mrs. Billy Sexton, president, said
that new officers also will be elected.
The meeting was postponed from
last week due to a conflict with
the county teachers banquet and
Sexton urges all patrons to attend
tonight.
Harnett Wont Have
Float In Parade
Harnett County’s Scotch his
torical committee, named to parti
clpate in the Fayetteville bi-cen
tenium celebration, is nothing if
not honest.
Chairman Leon McDonald of
Olivia told the county commission
ers on* Monday that after a first
hand Investigation in Fayetteville,
the committee had reached the sad
conclusion that "the Cape Fear
Valley Festival Celebration, Inc.
has gone commercial.”
So, instead of entering a float
depicting the history of Harnett
County as first planned, the com
mittee said, “that in good faith we
cannot recommend expenditure of
SI,OOO for this purpose.” Last month
charge of the exhibition of the
young ladies’ talent Friday evening.
With so many seats already ta
ken (one far each dollar taken to)
an over flowing crowd is expected
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JAMES ROOSEVELT tells newsmen
in Los Angeles that if be agreed
to quit the Congressional race it i
would “open toe door to political I
blackmail against any con trover- ;
aial figure.” He refused to retire
from toe race after Stephen A.
Mitchell, Democratic National I
Chairman, urged Roosevelt to
drop out of the contest “until per- i
sonal problems are disposed od.” j
. Old Courthouse
i | Now White House
The Harnett County courthouse
irf rapidly becoming a little WhiU
Bouse.
: are busy applying a
coat of white paint. And the paint
is now official. The motion re •
questing two coats of paint on the
building, and a red roof were en
tered on the minutes of the com
missioners on Monday.
Decision to paint the courthouse
in keeping with recent landscape
improvements, was first made
following a tax equalization and re •
view session on March 22.
the committee requested that sum
from the county, but asked the
commissioners to cancel the grant,
which they promptly did.
Last Fall, 80 year old festival
chairman John A. Oates well known .
Fayetteville historian and edu
cator, appeared in person before the
Harnett County commissioners.
Oates explained that in honor of
the 200th anniversary of the found
ing of the county of Cumberland,
he proposed to gather the Scotch
clans and stage a festival depicting
the history of the Cape Fear Volley.
COMMITTEE NAMED
Harnett, as once part of Cum
berland County, was invited to
(Outlined on Page Eight*
to attend the event Friday evening
One Jaycee underestimating the
event when he said, “We expeet a
full house. If you want to get a
seat, come early.”
However, the 13 beauties win re
ceive their preliminary judging to
night. The occasion is a "get-ac
testents \tT:3o‘aTthe Woman’s
j Club in Dunn. .*