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PAGE TWO BOIEIMS (Continued from pace one) responsibility for continental defense. The coirirnander selected, if the move is ordered, would have anthority over all Air Force Army and Navy units allocated to de fense of the United States against air or other attack. SAUK CITY, Wis. (IP) Leroy Gore, weekly newspaper editor who picked up a nationwide fuss with his plqn to oust Sen. Joseph McCarthy from the U. S. Senate, found out today that some of his fellow townsmen aren’t exactly wild about him, either. They formed a “Door For Gore” club and asked him to get out of town. SANTA FE, N. M. OP) The thin, lonely sQtyl)d of flutes will be heard again Friday in reipote villages of the Sangre Del Christo Mountains as the .Brotherhoods of the Penitentes climax strange Lenten rites that have surviv ed there since the age of the Conquistadores. In Trwhas, Chimayo, Alcalde, Cordova and other Spanish - speaking hamlets in the Sangre Del Christo Blood of Christ range, the Hermanos De La Luz Brothers of the Light will com plete Holy Week rituals of penance and pageantry. WASHINGTON (IP) The Federal Trade Coinmis sion’s top economist said today the sudden rise in coffee prices earlier this year seems to have stemmed from an anticipated rather than existing shortage in this country- Dr. Jesse W. Marjtham, acting director of the FTC's in dustrial economics bereau, made the statement in an in terview. He has been helping run a sweping ecoffee in vestigation ordered by President Eisenhower. RALEIGH (IP) The Superior Court has final arbitra tion power in a dispute arising when a County board of education and the county commissioners are unqhle to agree upon a school budget, the State Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling was handed down in an Onslow County case appealed from the decision of an arbitrator and a ruling by Superior Judge Henry L. Stevens of Warsaw. WASHINGTON (IP) Rep. Oliver P. Bolton (R-O) said today a poll of his congressional district shows that a ma jority of the voters favor President Eisenhower's farm pro gram but do not agree with him completely on tax policy. More than 70 per cent of the voters favored the proposal for a flexible price support farm program. Only 10.3 per cent were recorded against the plan, while 19.1 per cent expressed no opinion. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (IP) More than 500 of the nation’s top women aquatic stars opened the annual wom en’s AAU swimming and diving championships today. Highlighting today’s four-event program were the tough 250-yard backstroke event and the one-meter springboard diving. Some 162 swimmers were to start in the prelimi nary time trials. Finals for each event will be held in the afternoon. JERSEY CITY, N. J. IIP! Earnings for the year 1953 were the second best in the history of R. J. Reynolds To bacco Co., a. report by Board Chairman John C. Whitaker showed today. Net earnings of the Winston-Salem, N. C., firm climbed $2,222,000 although overall sales slipped six tenths of one per cent under the record level of 1952, Whit aker told the annual stockholders’ meeting here yester day. WINSTON-SALEM UP) Army Secretary Robert T. I Stevens will be the principal speaker at an Armed Forces Day observance here May 12, program officials announced today. Stevens will address a luncheon and review a pa rade after flying here from Washington with Rep. Thur mond D. Chatham (D-NC). RALEIGH (IP) Thirteen four-year scholarships val ued at $2,000 each .have been established at North Caro lina Stafe College tinder the “Talent for Service” program, the State Coßige Development Council was told here yes- ORANGEBURG, S. C. UP)—Prospects of livier speeches fnqn'touring Qffice-sekers looked good today with one gu bernatorial candidate blasting at his opponent as the group moved into its sixth and seventh counties and fourth day of activity. Yesterday the political caravan visited Aiken where a small rain-soaked crowd heard Lt. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr. charge his opponent in the race with planning a state government ‘"dominated and controlled by and for big business.” CHICAGO (IP! Mrs. Fannie Weinberg, 68, entered the front .door of .her dry goods store and found men rip ping off the rear of the building and carrying merchan dise away. It developed that wrecking contractor Lopi* Riiscitti made a mistake. ,He was supposed to tear do\vn three other buildings which had been damaged by firqt i Mrs. Weinberg is seeking $5,000 damages. AYASfUhGTQN /IP) The Defense Department is carefully checking all military and civilian personnel to determine if any possible security risks are in a position to learn military secrets. Defense Secrttery Charles E. Wilson disclosed ,he ordered the security review when questioned at a news conference late Wednesday about the £aSe of Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer, top atomic scien tist who has been .denied access to atomic secrets pending a special security Investigation. ■ WASHINGTON (IP! A housing official estimated to ddy .that 70,000 apartment dwellers may be paying higher rent because of the excessive government - insured con struction loans disclosed in the . housing scandals. But the special said he did not believe the tenants stand a chance of getting a tent cut or of collecting rebates although one of them, he revealed, has filed suit to recover alleged over | - NEW YORK (IP! Officials discovered today that themost interested spectators at a national convention of aircraft specialists here was a group of uninvited Itiis smas who crammed brief cases with notes and pqm phlets about the latest trends in the nation’s aircraft de sign. The Russians, )ed by an aviation expert from the So viet embassy ,m Washington, Ju*ve been attending meet ings along with 1,900 of this nation’s top aircraft design ers executives, an official said, but have been careful ipiiiPPiife j Ga - J’i'esiftent Eisenhower hpd to iTuesdaymgnf mr afn Faster weekend vacation. T^iePresL BP -- ’ Irha Hardware I Prpotion Set For Next Week | Cromartie Hardware and HarnettJ Hardware will participate In one’! of the biggest promotions ever sta-J ged in the nation, it was announ- 1 ced today. [' The event will be known as irha HARDWARE WEEK April 16. and will involve the biggest advertising and merchandising campaign ever conceived. ' ” 1 "" Irha means Independent Retail Hardwaremen of America and is I the symbol that identifies member I stores, including Cromartie Hard-I ware and Harnett Hardware of I . Dunn. Hardware Week will be observed 1 coast-to-coast April 16 to 24 by the 23,000 independent hardware stores, all members of the National Re tail Hardware Association. A total of 586 wholesaler's and more than 100 manufacturers, in cluding some of the industry’s top names, will support the irha stores' ; in the gigantic selling drive. As part of the promotion, the two local stores have stocked up on the latest power tools, new pre ciston-built home workshop gear. Do-It-Yourself gadgets, "sports equipment, kitchen needs, garden tools, as well as the every-day line of hammers and saws, and nuts and bolts. Many hardware items will be marked down or offered at amaz ing bargain prices in an effort to lure customers into the store. The local stores will be decked out in its Sunday best for the oc casion, including colorful pennants and gay eye-catching display post ers. Patrons will be given free of charge informative booklets on ‘‘Bright Ideas for the Home” w'hich are aimed at the zooming Do-It- Yourself market. In that connection, Cromartie and Harnett Hardware stores will feature items designed especially ' for the home putterer and the hobbyist. Shelves will be well stock ed with things like paint rollers, brushes, quick-drying paints, cab inet hardware and home crafts men’s kits. The two stores said Hardware Week means "open house” and urg ed folks “to come in and brouse around even though you don’t need ■; anything In the hardware line at this time.” Black River , iContlnaed 'row au) 100 per cent. ! Robertson and Marshburn stat ed today that sales are already ; showing an increase of more than 100 per cent over 1953 averages. In addition to continuing a num ber of lines of cotton mattresses being produced, the local company i has come out with a new line known as the Ro-Mar mattresses. The new name was derived from , Roberson’s and Marshbum’s , names. ' , Ro-Mar will include a line Qf quality mattresses with a wide , range of cost, depeilding on the i make-up of each. The lines will go all the way from cotton mat tresses to foam rubber. It will a!- i so include several types of inner- 1 spring and box spring products. Black River Mattress Company i was founded in Dunn in 1936 and : at that time occupied a small' 16 1 by 16 foot building near Black Riv- < er on the Dunn - Erwin Highway 1 With the new addition, the build ing is now 48 by 150 feet in size ‘ and includes a modern storage 1 room, up to date work rooms, and ‘ modernly equipped offices for the , company officials. Besides producing mattresses, the ’ company is an agent lor Leggett , and Platt, Inc. Fold-er Roll beds. equipped with Ro-Mar mattresses. ( Sales areas lor the company ex tend from Durham and Reldsvllle East. The company features direct ] delivery from the factory. ( Since the incorporation of the company, Marshburn has been in charge of the sales department, ; Roberson has handled production 8 of mattresses in the factory, and S. C. Faircloth has been in charge of a special upholstering diviston of the factory which specializes iu f upholstering furniture. The com- i pahy employs 10 persons. s .dent hoped to, tee off op.the Augusta National Golf course after attending to official pipers including a number of cqi}gtes#jonal bills. : SYRACUSE, N- S Y. IIP) Secretary of.Stqte jlpltn Fos ter Dulles by .pique .today.from Europe where he conferred with officials tjn 'Big three policy pn Indochina. -Dulles will go from here his Duck Island retreat in .Lake Ontario where-he will rest for four days oefote returning so < ~ - WASHINGTON (IP) Rep. James JP. Richards <PSC) said;today he is detetenined.fo find out whether Generalis simo Chiang Kai Shek’s Russian-trained son is funning a - . tgjfiL r G AUS '™aJ T Minifiterjtobert a Russian official who received! political asylum here had been “kidnaper!.” He also darned a claim by Soviet Ambas THE DAILY RECORD, DUNN, N. C. ~ *l. , £ ,. ... M } i IBP* { i iiir y 1 1 * I ■ - {' dtm ' I VISIT CAVERNS— low the surface, and once the scene of a roaring It took millions of years, working day and night, river that carved this cavity hi the earth. The drop by drop to build Luray Caverns, Virginia, Plain View High School Seniors are on a four f yet the seniors of Plain View High School, Dunn, day tour under the leadership of Mrs. Ruth H. N. C„ were conducted on a tour of this forty acre Murray, Sponsor, and other points to be visited natural wonder in slightly more than one hour. are Washington, D. €„ and they are returning Here the student'group is featured in the Palace home via Skyline Drive hi the Shenandoah Na- ■ of Splendors of the Caverns, hundreds of feet be- tional Park. Shelley Winters To Divorce Hubby NEW YORK (IP Actress Shel ley Winters. 1 said today she will file for a divorce from her husband, Italian actor Vittorio Gassman as soon as she arrives in California early next week. The actress arrived by plane from Rome and emphatically told newsmen that she made the trip to New York alone. She told reporters that there was no chance of a reconciliation with Gassman. She worked with her es tranged husband in the movie Mambo, which she completed in Italy just before her return to New York. While in Italy, she said, the couple came to an Agreement re garding support for their 14- month-old daughter, VittorU Gina, Lee Fined (Continued From Page One) Robert Manning, assault on a fe male, six months in jail, suspend ed for 12 months on payment of court cost. Henry L. Butler, no license, 30 days in jail, suspended on pay ment of *25 and court cost. J. C. Goodrich, drunk, continued. W. J. Marsh, drunk and possess ion, 60 days in jail, suspended on payment of *ls and court cost. Cleveland Daniels, failure to halt at a stop sign with resultant dam age to personal property, prayer for judgment continued on payment of court cost and *SO for damage to property. Warner R. Lee, possession, pray-' er for Judgment continued for 12 months 6h payment of *lO and 1 court cost. Woodrow McKoy, drunk and as sault, given a total of 90 days in jail. Henry E. Stuck*rt, no license, 30 days in jail, suspended for 12 mon ths on payment of *25 and court cost.' George O. Williams, drunk, 30 days In jail, suspended for six months on payment of *5 and court cost.' •' r~ Blood lost (Continued From Page One) The girl told the court that Prid gen paid the - hospital bill when the baby was bom, but had not given her anything but six cans of milk since that time. Pridgen said that after the child was born and he had paid the doctor’s bill, he learned that it was not his. “That’s why I want a blood) test made,” he said. The Negro man did admit having intimate relations with the Negro girl about a year ago, but said he had had nothing to do with her since the child was barn. St. Stephen's <Contßaned From Page Oul night in which he Wis betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said. Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you; this do in :‘emsm brahee of me. After the same man ner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying. This cup is the hew testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in re membrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till h e come.” On Thursday before His crucifix ion our Lord Jesus Christ, Mr. Insko continued, Instituted the Holy Communion, and it has been the tradition since the earliest times for the Church to celebrate His Holy Communion on that flight. Thus St. Stephen’s Parish will celebrate the Holy communion at 7:30 this evening. The public is cordially invited. seott (Continued From Pago On»> could not understand how any Am erican, especially a man holding high office, could be so indiffer ent to the turbulent international situation. „> “Tile eyes of the world are on the United States Senate,” said Senator Lennon. “Tfie future peace or devastation of the world will de pend in large measure on policies and the actions on which the Sen ate must take a stand.' I am deep ly concerned by the grave -inter national situation and I pray that we in the Senate will have the wisdom to chart ,the proper course for our country and ail mankind.” “Our people are worried by the awful potentialities of the hydrogen bomb, by the desperate situation in Ihido-China, by the uneasy peace in Korea and by world-wide Com munist threats to our freedom. It certainly does not behoove any pub lic official to brush off such mat ters as being too far from home.” Peay Is •Continued From P«n One, of Directors of the Jayeees for the new yfcar. During the business and dis cussion period last night, Norman 3u titles called attention to the Seventh District Jaycee meeting to be held here Apffl 31. Officers for the distrlet will be elected at that time, he pointed out. Carl Sappe of Durham, is the IP* ftp ! Harnett Host 1 (Continued From Page One) The attendance giver given to | the club representatives traveling ' the greatest distance went to the ‘ Montgomery County delegation. Club members also voted to accept the invitation of the Montgomery council to hold the 1955 conten tion in that county. Representatives from the four counties included: 28 from Mont gomery, 43 from Moore; 77 from , Lee and 164 from Harnett. Mfs. I Everette Barnes of Harnett report-' i ed on registration. i , Slate of officers was recommen-f : ded by a committee headed by Mrs. ■ G. P. Harris of Montgomery Cciuh-' ty. ! .... CHORAL GROUP SINGS .... ! The Harnett County Chora) i Group, composed of 28 singers un3 der the direction df Mrs. W. > dot ton, Jr. of Kipling, sang %t i both the mdrning and afternoon ! session. Mrs. J. A. .Ennis was £ln' anist. “Blue Tall Fly,” “I've.peen W_ork-« ing on The Railroad” ahd “Merrily - We Roll Along*’ Were among tHe , choral selections heard. All of the i numbers programmed will' be used) i by the chorus in the' State-wide. choral contests to be conducted la-* I ter this spring ove- WPTF. J ; In his talk, Pressly maue an elo-t , quent plea for the club women to( help. “Create peace in the minds of men.’ He said that despite many differences the peasant farmer of Italy and the Nbrth Carolina fartnl family share one basic hope—they desire peace in the world; ’’ PRESSLY SPEAKS Pressly* explained' thaV the sys tem of farm exchange students, 1 which Ls a two-day proposition talc-' lng our fanh youth abroad and' bringing foreign students here, is: supported financially by the Na-” tional 4-H Foundation. Started In) 1948, it now has farm youths In 43 countries, including all of Eu rope out of the iron Curtain, thee Near and Middle East, the Pacific, Central and' South ’ America'. Pressly is one of the 12 Tar Heels so honored since the program star- 1 ; ted. With an Outstanding '4-H club record behind him' he was selected to go to Italy In 1951. ' ’ His stay in four different farm families, both rich and poor from, tlie fertile Poe Valley to the ftn-t poverished Southern area of Italy was termed by Pressly "an unpar-' alleled experience.” He praised the- Italian cordialjty, love of good mu sic, courtesy and respect for their, elders. ,He characterized over-pqp uiatibn, lack df material resources and absefice of a strong middle class as problems modem Italy faces. His farm labors included work* in vineyards, rice, wheat.'sugar cane and tobacco fields. He.discussed,the schedule <jf the dajf’s work, the daily fare and customs. Pressly stressed the,fact,that ex change std'derits afe not sent prim arily as teachers' of inddern agrlcul- L ohiy announced candidate for vice presidency Os the district, a position now held by’‘Buttles. The sessions' will be'held at‘Johnson’s Restaur ant. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 15, 165* - - ~ ■- * Little Thinys (Continued from page ana) Isn’t telling where she and Roy Tart plan to honeymoon . . . Wil liam Maynard la going to spend his vacation getting ail hi* teeth pull ed. . . His girl friend has already told him not to come around un til he'get* the falsies . . And she’s not real sure about then 4 . . His brother, Charles, also a teen ager,' has been wearing false teeth for several"years . . . “That’s a heck Sf a WW’ to spend a vacation," knoaned William . . . Dunn tele phone operators can now dial num bers dlreth In about 20 different states . . Makes long-distance calling easier and quicker . . . They can also dial directly to one city in Mexico and one city in Canada . . . But if they get hold of a French Canadian or a Mexican who can't speak English they’ll be quite Out of luck as far as talking is con cerned . . . Oscar Strickland says somebody over in his neighborhood hias been killing dogs ... He just hopes nobody tries to shoot his prized bull dog, “Duke,” one of the most picturesque dogs In town . . . Many Dunn peopte have been suf fering with a virus stomach ail ment ... It usually lasts only a day or so . . . Sixteen peopte were In the hospital with it at one time . . . Dunn High School students are still raving. about little Red Glover’s pitching . . . They say he can really throw the ball . . . Herb Thomas will race at Hills boro Sunday . . . The race was raln- Cd out last week . . . Robert Strick land says he has learned to do a good Job of babysitting . . . Mary Pickford Loses Her Clip HOLLYWOOD HPI Former screen star Mary Pickford offered a reward today for the return of a *20,000 diamond clip which she told sheriffs deputies she lost dur ing a party at a nightclub. The amount of the reward was not disclosed. ture methods. "Our assignment was to make friends.” he said, “to tell the truth." Farm exchange students are all within the 20 to 30-year age limit and, he added, “must have a' missionary zeal for understanding others." Club women were encouraged by Pressly to call on him or other former exchange students for talks or questions. A list of available speakers was distributed by him to club officers. In. keeping with the emphasis on international relations, Mrs. McAl lister announced that during Na tional Home Demonstration Club Week, May 2-8 foreign students In this section of the state will be en tertained in the homes of club mem bers. Notices to this effect have been sent to the presidents of Campbell College, Flora Macdonald College, Presbyterian Junior College. Pine land Junior College and Wilming ton CXffiege. OTHER SPEAKERS Miss Ofi'gals, WHo told the aud iehce she hoped to become a Bap-, tlst missionary, illustrated her talk with native Hawaiian costumes. Uk ham, who only registered in Feb. frbm his 8,000 mile away home in Irak also showed costumes of the Turkish of ' mountain dwellers of his native coon try. Tritonbvitch, who aspires to be a medical missionary. Interpreted the new nation of Is rael, formed from the ancient land of Palestine. Eafller 'at the morning session greetings were extended to the vis ;ft(ng clubs by Mrs. Stuart Turling ton on’behalf W the Harnett hos tess club. Others who welcomed the guests were L. A. Tart Os Dunn, chairman of the County board; Ma yor Joel <3. Layton of LilUngton and County Agent Cliff Ammons. Mrs. Howard Russell of Mont gomery 'County responded for the visitors. Three women’s organiza tions were represented In the greet- E. Mrs. * E. P. Gibson of Laurel , first rice president qf the e Federation of Home Demon tion Clubs, spoke for that group. Mrs. Leona Breeden, president of the LUlington Junior Woman’s Club, represented'federated clubs of the state. .Miss .Vera Stanton, assistant qtate home agent, spoke for the j?tate .Extension Service. -Beri L. C. Ptnnix, pastor of . the chinch In which the group met, gave the devotional. A chicken salad, luncheon was served at noon by the Harnett clubs and decorations in the church aud itorium and corsages for the Min ing officers were also gifts from 'the Harnett club. ” Round And Smiare Dance BEX WHITE and THE AfISSISSipPI VALLEY BOYS Rex , White end his Mississippi Val ley,Bby* are appearing at the Arm ory .Friday night for a big round and square dance starting at 8:00 o'cioafind lattthg until ll;«, fea turfag Bek White on the vocal work and” Cousin Stan on the hottest cuitar'tet. Admission ,81.00 per person. For a night of .good entertainment we recommend jpu \down V ■,. TfiST Yit'A lU TwoGuiltvOf Driving Drunk Attorney Duncan C. Wilson of Dunn put up a vigorous light for two clients charged with driving drunk In Recorders Court today, but both were found guilty. Charged with driving drunk in the two cases were William Edward Phillips and Eddie Jackson Davis. Davis, a resident of Goldsboro, had three friends with him, Including two members of the City police force. Testifying for the State in one case was Patrolman David L. Mat thews and Cpl. Romie William son. E >th said that Phillips was "staggering drunk” when arrested. But the argument was hot when Attorney Wilson began cross ex amination of K. M. Fail of the Dunn Police Department. Officer Fall became so enraged with Wil son that Judge H. Paul Strickland had to top the argument between the two and talked about drastic action if they could not be order ly. Before beginning the Davis case, Wilson requested segregation'' of witnesses so as to question each without the other hearing the tes timony. Besides Fall, Officer R. H. Alphine testified for the State. Judge Strickland was busy keep ing tt.e argument between the at torney, the witness, and Solicitor J. Shepard Bryan from breaking up court. Several times he poiind ed on the desk to separate the three. But in the end both defendants were found guilty, and given 90 days In Jail, suspended for 12 mon ths on payment of *IOO and court cost. In each of the cases notice . of appeal was filed and a bond Os i *2OO was ordered posted. Qrqham's Revival Financial Success LONDON UP) —American evan ; gelist Biliy Graham told the 12,000 | persons attending his revival ser vices last night that offerings re . ceived during the first six weeks of his crusade have financed his entire three-months evangelistic , campaign in London. As a result, last night’s congre -1 gation was Invited to stand and sing the Doxology, “Praise Ood, from whom all blessings flow," In stead of making offerings. “In order to mark this point, I am happy to announce that no of , ferlng will be taken up this even ing," crusade treasurer A. G. B. Owen said. Owen said regular of ferings will be collected for the rest of Graham’s London schedule to build up a new fund for evan j gelistic work in Great Britain. I FARM I SUPPLIES B— FARM HARDWARE LB— GARDEN SEEDS 1 [■—'COTTON seed ■« IB— HYBRID CORN 1 1 EXCLUSIVE DEALER NUTRENA i FEEDS ■Mr. Farmers Pay us a visit. 11 I Yon (Mb' 'drive right in and ’ Wad your truck. CRUEL Farm Supply Co., (Fomerly Creel Btables) > K. Cumberland St. Pb. 2260 PARTY ICE CREAM JNwffJhJfcx* No Special Order We have on hand at all i)a« yow party or Ipecnl event.. ' Picadilly Pints Os icecream OtttY Tit IlNlMf UatvV ... DTOfN, H. Ct
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