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-t-WEATHER* Fair east, increasing cloudiness west with scattered light showers mountains tonight. Saturday con siderable cloudiness with scattered lirht showers, mostly north por tion. Cooler north and west VOLUME 4 DIEN BIEN PHU FALLS TO COMMIES If JHHHSSS&Jjjfi 1/ I i ; ■ ■ 4 \ iM kX^tJI 1 ' ■ , f .-- / Jlii J ■: ■ A V M 1 * .!* CjP-Ir. NEW YORK TO MEXICO CITY AND RE MTIJRN VIA DUNN ON A SCOOTER J. M. (Mike) Van Kitnmenade of Tilburg. Holland Is $ Shown here on his Lambretta Scooter as he '■toppod for a night in Dunn. He’s returning to • j*W w York after a trip to Mexico City. He came 4 America to find a place for him and his fam- Jhast Mils JkinqA By HOOVER ADAME MARY HAWORTH, DR. CRANE ATTRACT THE MOBT MAIL 2JSEN ABOUT TOWN: A big crowd jMtching "Dragnet” on television Tut night at Johnson’s Restaurant . .'. Fred Jackson getting a hair cut after six o'clock ... He just made it before they closed the door . . . Paul L. (Bulck-Pontlac) Strick land getting a big dose of castor oil at Cad’s . . . Cad claims he can fix a dose of the suff so you can’t taste it,, but were not convinced . . . E. T. Quigley in town for the Legion meeting last night . . . Jerry Butler and BUI Carroll work ing late:«t Butler and Carroll's , . . Mrs. Jessie Davis taking her pretty new puppy out for a walk . . . Dave Klmmel reading a Richmond newspaper in the post office . . . Dave used to work for a typewriter company in Richmond before he went into the mercantUe business . . . Andy CoUlns, candidate for Sheriff. touring Wellons Candy Company and putting in some good (Ounttnaed an png* «ww» Arion Award To Be Given The Arion Foundation Award wilj be presented during the intermiss ion of the Dunn High School Band eoncert at the school auditorium Monday evening at 8 o’clock. The award is sponsored by the local Rotary Club and is given an nually to the outstanding gradua ting senior member of the band who hk* contributed most to the musical organization during his high school ) Ten points are considered in the / (Continued oa page seven) [Seven Couples Plan Marriage , Divorce If COPENHAGEN, Denmar □jfcppßning, again in Copenl (George became a gal named CWt cfrti servants and not Dan- Hft doctors are the principals in Twelve men and 12 women who uwere strangers to each other or Meat casual acquaintances went to (a* E*rty Thursday night. Seven TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 Uy to Hve. Notice the scooter is- loaded with his personal effects, tent and camping utensils. The whole trip will total about 20,000 miles. With him Is a young friend he made in Dunn, Brent Adams, ' age 2, who seems to be enjoying the scooter im mensely. (Daily Record Photo.) Dutchman Here On Long Scooter Trip A 36-year-old Dutchman is now completing a 7,000- mile trip from New York to Mexico City and back via scooter, and the trip has convinced him that America is truly the land” of opportunity, the place for him and his family. He’s J. M. (Mike) Van Kimmen a<le of Tilburg, Holland, who spent a night in Dunn enroute back to New York, where he’s scheduled to catch a ship back to Hollhnd on May 21st. Mike stopped in Dunn on his way south and returned for a night on his way back, and who knows, he decide to bring nls family back to Dunn to live. “I like the South better than any other part of the United States which I have visited,” he said. He's an interesting fellow, a man with great personality and he’s mak ing a most Interesting trip. Mike averages about 2SO miles a day on his faithful Lambretta Scoot er, but has ridden as much as 20 hours a stretch. ITS LOADED DOWN The scooter is loaded with his personal effects and equipment, In cluding a tent and cooking utensils. Most of the time he pitches a tent, but sometimes stops at tourist courts and motels. “What has been the most Inter esting thing you have seen; what Impresses you most about America?” a reporter asked hhn. He thought for quite a while, fin ally answered. “I guess the thing that Impress es me most,” he said in good Eng lish (one of five languages which he speaks) is the bigness of this great country of yours. Not the bigness of buildings like the Em pire State of the Golden Gate Bridge, but the great distances, and most of all the hospitality and tHe blg-heartedness of the people. T feel that I have made some reel friends in my travels hare.” He left Holland on December 21st and will sail for the return trip May 21*t. A than with a colorful career for I Oen tinned On Fare Fear) rk (ffl Strange things are hagen, where a guy named I Christine. been married are entitled to more money. Venter Overoe. a Copenhagen Cupid as well as a ouatoms offi cial, considered the laws unfair to bachelore and spinster^ ®t# jJaihj Jtmtrft Zsa Zsa, Rubi To Be Married After Divorce NEW YORK HP) Zsa Zsa Gabor, a Hungarian glamor girl, and Porfirio Rublrosa, a Domini can diplomat, arrived here today by plane from Shannon, Ireland, where they had decla-ed they would be married as soon as they are divorced. At 'ldlewlld Airport, they com mented, as follows; Miss Oabor; "We are not on gaged. I Just got a divorce, “.’very one needs a rest.” Question: “Are you going to -marry?” Rubirosa: “I hope so.’ Miss Oabor: “We don’t know. We’re petrified of marriage. We don’t speak of marriage.” Rubirosa: "When we are free, then we will become engaged.’’ Miss Gabor: “We are having a nice platonic friendship, and it's going to continue as a platonic friendship.” Platonic love is defined as: “Love, according to Plato, com ceived as an urge to union with the beautiful, ascending from pas sion for the individual to ecstasy In contemplation of the universal and ldean" also “a spiritual com radeship or love in which there is no element of sexual desire.” Miss Oabor said the large dia mond on her engagement ring lin ger was Just somthlng she’s had “for years.” City Council Briefs ALLEY WIDENED Lofton A. Tart appeared at a meeting of City Council last night to request an alley back of his new home being constructed on N. Ellis. The alley would run across the lot from Cole to Surles. Council delayed a decis ) ion to determine 11 the alley was ever dedicated. ■ REQUEST CURB RESETTING i Earl O. Vann of the Divine Street Methodist Church asked City Coun cil to re-set the curb next to the t church. The request was granted. DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1954 " i Stevens Tells Os "Threats" Made By Cohn WASHINGTON (IP)— Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens said today he regarded Roy M. Cohn’s “this-means-war” statement as a threat a gainst the Army by Sen. Jo seph McCarthy’s investigat ing subcommittee. Stevens said he felt also that he was “threatened’’ by Francis P. Carr, the subcommittee staff direc tor, in an effort to get special fa vors for Pvt. G. David Schine, a former McCarthy aide who was drafted last Nov. 3. Stevens said he regarded Cohn as a spokesman for the McCarthy group and his words as “part of a pattern." RELATES THREATS The “threats,” Stevens said, re volved around the subcommittee’s investigation of alleged espionage at Fort Monmouth, N. J. “Did Mr. Cohn or Mr. Carr ever threaten you?” asked McCarthy. “Well, they talked about resum ing the hearings (on Fort Mon mouth) in an unusual way,” Ste ;vens replied. When McCarthy insisted on a di rect answer to his question, Stevens conferred for a time with his coun sel, Joseph N. Welch. “It was my feeling they were (Continued on page six) Dunn Resident Hurt In Wreck Mrs. L. J. Best, 306 S. Orange Ave nue, suffered lacerations of the head and was taken to Dunn Hos pital for treatment yesterday after noon when the car she was driving collided with a 1950 Oldsmobile at the corner of W. Broad and Orange Avenue. Hospital authorities reported to day that Mrs. Best is in good con dition and may be released over the weekend. The accident occurred when the 1939 Ford driven by Mrs. Best col lided with an Oldsmobile driven by an unidentified resident of Coats, Route 1. Officer E. C. Johnson of the Dunn Police Department estimated dam age done tb the Oldsmobile at S3OO and damage to the Ford at $175. H. F. Pope assisted with the inves tigation which was being continued today by the Police Department. No arrests were made. Scott Wont Bare His Income Taxes CHARLOTTE (IP) Former Gov. W. Kerr Scott’s po litical opponents today had their answer to a challenge that he make public his income tax returns lor recent years. Scott last night Invited state and federal tax authorities to Investi gate his returns but said he refused to "dignify, by discussion, trivial matters raised as a smoke screen to hike the real Issues from the people of North Carolina.” In a statewide radio speech here, Scott said, “If there is anything wrong with any Income tax returns Mine or anyone else's- It is the duty of the federal and state tax authorities to do something about it.” John C. Rodman, campaign man ager for Incumbent U. S. Sen. Alton A. Lennon, earlier this week chal lenged Scott to follow Lennon’s ex + Record Roundup + REVIVAL SERVICES Revival services will begin Tuesday even i ing, May 11th at Hodges Chapel Church and the visiting minister ; will be Rev. Raymond Kearney of Snow Hill Services will be hald at 7:45 each evening through May 25th. : FAT STOCK SHOW Everything • was ready today for the opening i of the Seventh Annual Fat Stock Show and Sale to be held here Mon day and Tuesday of next week. Louis r Baer, chairman of the agricultural ’ committee of the Chamber of i Commerce is general chairmen. JO. CHARTER NIGHT Lllling- AT LEGION INSTALLATION—Pictured here are some of the principal* at the installation rites held last night by Dunn’s Legion Post. Left to right are, seated; Division Commander T. L. Smith of Siler City; Commander Keith Finch; Retiring Commander Roy J. Drown, a candidate for 16th Ambitious Recreation Program Given Board; Budget Approved Councilmen of Dorm ac cepted a two-months budget for the Recreation Commis sion last night calling for expenditures of $3,409 for May and June, and review an ambitious program out l lined by Director Henry Hutaff. The largest single Item In the May and June budget,was for sa laries. Including the fulltime di rector’s salary, funds to be spent for employees of the Commission were' estimated at $1,680 for the next two months. A breakdown of this sum revealed that the direc tors will receive S6OO plus a car allowance of SIOO. the'Jfegro super visees will be given a total of $200: three summer playground super visee will be given a total of $200; {Continued on Pagn Seven) ample and release hi* tag returns. Last week, Lennon and Alvin Wing field Jr., another senatorial pri mary candidate, mag* public their J tax returns for the past fjve years. BAYS ITS IRRRVALENT Scott said, "as I stated tn Shelby , two days ago, this income tax talk ; was brought up to muddy the water i and Is Irrelevant to the eampalgn." i The Issues at stake, h* said “are ) too important for any of us to go ; off on a rabbit hunt at' this stage of the national pod international ■ crisis and emergency.# " : ' i The former govern* said he was - sure the voters of North Carolina iCoUMMd Op ♦jqft- RM» I ton's Junior Chamber of Commerce - will hold charter night at the Com ■ J. Settles. managW if the Dunn t Chamber of Camßteeqft wUI be maa ; ter of eeremooiea. AUGUSTA, Gp. M 'S W Thom l as E. Dewey of New Ysrfc told ; hens'"fee a^skS»?\sfjrsEMiuit he thinks the MeCarttt-£*y s pwte js “dhgwethy.” IMtey awriv r uigMwteh MVe#JM&S£r few* : FIVE CENTS PER COPY district commander; and Louis Gavin, finance of ficer; standing: Sam (Spec) Dowd, sergeant-at arms; Ralph Wade, service officer; James John son, second vice commander; Ed Boyette, first vice commander; Hubert Garland, adjutant; and Carl Fitchett, Jr„ chaplain. (Dailv Record Photo.) j Town Will Install New Parking Meters Dunn’s City Council took the first steps last night to make local parking meters legal when they told a sales man they would buy the one-coin type meters from him for installation within the next 30 days. Town May Be Sued For Root Damages F. E. Summerlin of Dunn went to a meeting of the Town Board last night equipped with a ruling from the State’s Attorney General 1 as proof that the town owes him $127. But Councilmen didn't agree. Summerlin contended that the town Is liable for roots growing In his sewer lines on W. Broad. He said that the Attorney General didn’t say just that, but he did say the town was liable for dam age to proprietory functions. It cost Summerlin $127 to repair the lines. A few weeks ago Council voted to assume no responsibility when City Manager A. B. Uzzle told the Board the roots that damaged Sum merlin’s sewer lines grew into his lines and not from the town’s sewer into his. City Attorney I. R. Williams told Summerlin last night that he would , have to look up the' law. In the , meantime, he Informed Summerlin , that he could sue the town if he > wanted to do so. "Come by my cTic: and TO look (Continued on iuf <dx) Gail Russell To File For Divorce HOLLYWOOD, Calif <m —I Screen actress C »” lng trial on dji-'.l: dr.vtnp i’-.v . will seek a divorce Monday from actor Guy Madison, her husband of six years, her attorney said to i day. Municapal Judge Thurlow P. Taft ordered the actress’ trial os the drunk driving charge postponed yesterday until Oct 21. I Later, attorney Guy Ward dis ! closed Miss Russell would file for i divorce. He said the couple had . agreed on a property settlement Min Russell was arrested last ; Nov. 24 on drunk and drunk driving charges. Bhe pleaded guilty to the , drunk charge and was fined MM r and placed on probation for two years. ■ ”, L . c -. *<. * 5 ■ ■- " ■* - The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS . . . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES Meters currently being used in Dunn were made illegal by a re cent ruling of the North Carolina Supreme Court. The high court held in violation all meters which give a fractional time for a penny, and also take nickels. Councilmen instructed L. E. Tom plns, salesman from the Duncan Parking Meter Corp. of Chicago, to go ahead with a parking survey to determine the time limit for met ers to be bought. The salesman told the Board that he will survey during a week-day, and again on Saturday, May 15. “Some parts of town should have meters that give more time,” Tom pkins, stated. He explained that such a plan would draw part of the main street traffic and thereby leave more room on Broad Street. New meters that will take only one coin (hut equipped inside to be converted to two coin meters if the court ruling changes) would cost the town $65.00 Installed, or S4B delivered for Installation by the town. Meters may be placed (Continued On Page Four) Godwin Will Head Dunn High Students Herman Godwin Jr., junior at Dunn High School, was named pres ident of the Student Association in the school elections yesterday. The election was held after a week long session of campaigning. The nominating and introductory were made at the school Weuncjday at which time candidates for the various offices outlined their program for the coming school year. Godwin defeated Ronald Earl Taylor who also sought the office of president. OTHERS ELECTED Students also elected Donald Jackson, Junior, for vice president of the Association. Jackson defeated Sylvia Slaughter. Lillian- Hartley, sophomorß was named secretary, winning over Alice Prince. With five candidates Bled for the office of treasurer, no candidate; rmn* JSetlon y wilf be'heM*** * I NO. 11l Gallant Forces i Overwhelmed After $7 Days HANOI, Indochina (IF! —• The French fortress of Dien Bien Phu fell to overwhelm ing hordes of Communist Vietminh attackers today, ending a 57-day siege. j The end of the gallant defense against overwhelming odds was an nounced officially here and In Paris where Premier Joseph Laniel gave | the news to the French public. Only the isolated artillery post, j "Position Isabelle,” located three j miles south of the main fort, still held out, the announcement here said. The end came after a savage 20- hour battle in which the Commun ist Troops who had been surround ing it nearly two months overran its central defenses. OVERRAN COMMAND POST The Reds overran the command post of garrison commander Brig. Gen. Christian de Casteries. but on ly after the proud and hawk-nosed ; hero had ordered his own artillery Ito shell his command post If th# ; Communists took It. 1 The French military press chief : at Saigon said Dien Bien Phu had j “accomplished its mission.” The defense of the jungle outpost i enters those pages of military his tory which tell of men standing hour after blazing hour, day after sleepless day, week after endless week, aeainst overwhelming odds. Beardless youths from St. Cyr, the French West point; bearded regulars, Germans of the Foreign Legion, coal-black Senegalese from Africa, grinning little Annamese of Indochina gave their lives to de fend Dien Bien Phu. The only victory they ever could hope for was to hold against the sereiming waves of Red Troops who hurled themselves on the barbed wire. To hold until the enemy got tired, and then wait until it start ed all over again. . PRONOUNCES THE END In Hanoi a press officer pronoun ced the eulogy and benediction on one of history’s heroic military stands by a handful of tormented and gallant men. “Dien Bien Phu has fulfilled the mission which was assigned to it by the high command,” he said. The fate of the estimated $9,000- man garrison, Including Its wound ed and a lone nurse In Its under* (Continued on page seven) Four Killed In New Bern Crash NEW BERN HP) Four persons were killed and one critically In jured today in a high speed, head on collision of two cars driven by Cherry Point Marines IS miles east of here. Three of those killed died almost Instantly. A fourth died en route to the dispensary at Cherry Point, about three miles from the scene of the crash. Marine authorities Identified the dead as: S.Sgt. Marvin Mack Ashby, 24, son of Oharlie and Oct* Ashby, Rt. 5, Lexington, N. C„ a Korean War veteran, driver of one of the care. (Continued On Page Four) ■ . ■' ■■' ■ iu jjffl ' J jgj ■ I *’ V '- ' iS ■ ‘
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