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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
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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^
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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
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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
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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
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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. ■
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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
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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*
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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.
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