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5 ~ J. +WEATHER+ Partly eloudy In .west and central tonight with rain ending in ex treme east late tonight. Saturday generally fair and wanner. VOLUME 4 DIRKSEN ACCUSES ADAMS AT HEARING /fl Jffgp -Mm W$ if|S^^| :; ■ : x Mil Mm 4 m K tgMUi, . - *J| Wfe • >i_r- ,|H|> ‘Jfe ,# » -mm -Mx? J %m JlMßHikk ■ B& ,» 4 ,# '«■ 3ilt ■L Ej* . I ■ j^k 1HM» ; l||v - - oj Hnfifl| I ’ ¥ * \ '^SLhK MBT i 9 v "\J W. KERR SCOTT JhsLto Jjjtib JhinqA By Boom AD AMT LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS Mrs. Sue Allen, Dunn's oldest resident, is celebrating her 98th birthday today . . . Hal Jordan has booked the great religious story, “Martin Luther" for Center-View Drive-In .'. . It’ll be the first show ing this side of Raleigh . . . Dunn juniors and seniors are all aflutter over tonight's banquet and dance . . . The decorations are real pret ty .. . Erwin Gordon, operator of the Minit Grill, comes from the same hometown in Missouri as Walt Disney, of movie fame, and Mrs. Alben W. Barkley, wife of the former Veep * ... He and Mrs. 'Barkley were close neighbors and he kbows her and her family well ,*. . State Patrolman Paul Alber glne, still suffering from back in juries received in a wreck, has to return to the hospital for another six weeks . . . Mrs. I. W. Keene of Dunn, who formerly lived In Shel by, is planning to attend the fu neral of Senator Hoey tomorrow ... It has been hard to find straw- - (Cantinned On Page Two) Enoch Godwin Will Construct New Tobacco Warehouse Here Enoch Godwin of Benson, Route 2, prominent farmer and businessman and owner of Godwin Produce Co., to day announced plans for ttie construction of a big | newi-. tobacco warehouse in “ Dunn to replace the one de stroyed by fire recently. Work oa the building has already bMO started and a will be com pleted ip 60 day*, he said. The warshouse will be located on tbs sUa formerly oocupi*d. by the Orowirs Warehoum. wjUj^ location from Clarence Lee Tart TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 Kerr Scott To Visit In Dunn Monday Senatorial Candidate W. Kerr Scott of Haw River will come to Harnett County for the first time during the cur rent campaign Moriday afternoon at 3 o’colck for an ap pearance in front of the city hall in Dunn. Erwin Teacher Receives Honor An Erwin elementary teacher is the new president of the Harnett County Classroom Teachers Asso ciation. Mrs. Mary W. Yarborough, fourth grade teacher, was elected president to succeed Mias Cornelia McLauchlln of L'.lUngton at the teachers annual banquet meeting held on Tuesday night at John son's Restaurant In Dunn. Other officers elected at the same time were Miss Madeline Robinette, sixth grade teacher at Erwin, vice president; and Mrs. Blanche T. Barefoot, Dunn seventh grade teacher, - secretary-treasurer. Mis Patsy Montague, staff mem ber of the State Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, was - the guest speaker and Mi) Me (Continued on pngs twwi and Emmett Sdgtfton. -1 cinder Mocks and sheet metal. MODERN STRUCTURE - Mr. Godwin said the warehouse will be among the most modern end will have the finest facilities for handling tobacco. It will also provide space tor Godwin Produce Company, a large sweet potato brokerage business. » Mr. Godwin hat been ctoeily as sociated with the Dunn Tobaeco Market since it opened here in 1948 and has operated Godwin Pro duce Company tar the patt four 'Aggtagf tSrSToUWff 1 Pbmters Warshewes. ®w> JJailtt |\tmrb DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1954 Former Superior Court Judge Howard G. Godwin, county man- 1 ager for Scott, announced plans 1 for his visit today and said sup- 1 porters are planning a b g wel come tor the former governor. Judge Godwin said it will be an informal .affair and no speech is planned. Mr. Scott, he said, is anx ious to meet as many people as possible and his visit will be con fined to handshaking and informal discussion. Judge Godwin said he and other Scott supporters were delighted that he was able to work in a visit to Dunn and Harnett in his busy schedule of campaigning. He will stop here enroute to a big district meeting at Fayetteville on Monday night. After leaving Dunn, he will go to Linden to have supper with Alex Bethune, his co manager in Cumberland County. Scott will be in friendly terri tory when he comes to Harnett. When Scott ran for governor, Har nett gave him the largest majority of any county in the State's out (Continued On Pege Fear. which makes it convenient for,the | farmers. ' • A native and lifelong resident of Johnston County, Mr. Godwin is one of the most successful farmers and business men of this section. He is one of the most influential citlxens In the area. Mr. Godwin is the son of the • late Mr. and Mrs. Esra Godwin of a prominent Johnston family. Th* new bulldlnc win be 600 x 100 reek in slse and will have a to tal of 60,000 square feet of floor space. It will be constructed of . Mr. Godwin announced that he hb* baaed the warehouse to Buck Currin, who win operate the Plant ers group of warehouse* hare. Gov. To Head | Delegations At Hoey Rites RALEIGH. N. C. (IP) Gov. William B. Umstead gave no hint today of his plans for appointing a successor to the late Sen. Clvde R. Hoey (D-NC) who died in his Washington office Wednes day afternoon. Umstead said he will attend the funeral in Shelby, N. C., tomorrow and declined comment on a re ■ placement to serve until after the November general election, i Hoey’s body was returned to Shelby this morning. A special train leaving Washington tonight I will bring members of Congress | and other officials ,o the funeral, j Umstead’s office staff said that suggestions and endorsements for (senator began coming in shortly I after word was received of the i 76-vear-old Hoey’s death. Speculation centered around the names of a half dozen or more men, including former Gov. R. Grezg Cherry, Lt. Gov. Luther Hodges, former State Sen. Irving Carlyle of Winston-Salem and Car lisle Higgins of Winston - Salem. Democratic national committee - man. j It is believed that Umstead will wait until after the state Demo cratic convention here May 20 and possibly until after the May 29 i party primary before making his j choice. , The state Democratic and Re publican executive committees will meet to pick candidates to appear on the ballot Nov. 2 to fill the re mainder of Hoey's term which will expire Hi 1957. Hoey had not planned to seek re-election in the 1956 election. UMSTEAD HAS SAY It is likely that the Democratic j committee will endorse Umstead's appointee to the seat and that his nomination for the November elec tion will be a formality. The GOP committee may make its choice at a meeting Monday night in Charlotte. It appeared likely that Umstead would consider the state's tradition al East-West Senate division in making his second Senate appoint ment In less than a year. (Continued On Page Two) Ike At Charlotte 1 Tuesday At Noon i WASHINGTON IW President Elsenhower will speak for 10 min utes at Charlotte, N. C„ next Tues dav, the White House said today. He will leave Washington by plane at 10:25 a. m. EST to attend the commemoration exercises and observance of the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration at Char lotte. His schedule calls for arrival at Charlotte at noon. He will mo tor directly to Freedom Park for a lunch preceding the speech* He will take off from Charlotte at 2:40 p. m. and return here at 4:15 p. m. BULLETINS LONDON (W The conservative Party of Prime Min • ister Winston Churchill' suffered heavy losses In the test of political strength with the Labor Party in the week-long local elections in England and Wales, latest returns show ed today. Political experts had said the balloting for coun cils this week could indicate the way the country would vote in general elections. WASHINGTON rtP» The first regular money bill passed by the Senate this session, a $3,332,71*,700 meas ; ure to operate the Treasury and Post Office departments, was sent back to the House today for agreement to minor changes. The bill was approved by voice vote after the ' Senate defeated an amendment offered by a group of i Democrats who charged the administration is using the Post Office inspection service as a “political <sestapo” to l get rid of Democratic civil service employes. + Record Roundup + ARRESTED Four person! were j arrested by the local PoUpe De-j pertinent within the peat 34 hours, j according to Chief of Police Alton I A. Cobb. They included, Napolean McLamb, Clinton, Rout* S, drunk, and allowing an unilcanaad driver 1 to operate his cv; John Clarence I Williams, Dunn, Route s, no U-1 cense; Berman L. Otto. Ft Bragg, l drunk and pcsaasslon; and Japp UNLUCKY GUNMAN Billy Fowler of Er win, who says he way “born to lose” is shown here in Dunn Hospital With bis guard, Rural police man A. W. O’Quinn. He’s only 20, but has served i two prison terms »Wt is now facing another ft) t Tatoo On Gunman's Arm Says He Was "Bom To Lose;'' He Is rr | Harnett Demos To Meet Sat, Selection of a county chairman and other business matters will claim the attention of Harnett County Democrat* as they meet Saturday at 11 a.m. in the county courthouse. Naming of a party chairman will be the responsibility of the county executive committee whlfch will as semble at 10:30 a.m. prior to the opening of the convention. The chairman of each of the 21 precinct committees elected last Saturday automatically compose the county executive*' committee. Complete list of the pew precinct chairman has been forwarded to the present chairman, W. A. John son, who is requesting all precinct officials to bring a complete list of precinct officers With them to the county convention. Names of precinct chairmen, so far turned in include: Barbecue, (Continued On Fag* Twe) (Harold Noel. Ft. Bragg, driving | drunk and powlesion. [wow MEETING The Dunn Woodmen of the W«rtd will have a regular meetU* Monday evening. May 17 at 6 oSMR *t the Lodge BaS. The Itwlr #£•* team and officers will be prt**M fat the de l are* work for new gpMßgara (Ceattened Or Paga Ftvu) FIVE CENTS PER COPY years for armed robbery. Notice the bandage on his arm and chest, and the horror comic books on his bed. “I'm done for,” said the youth. He started out in a broken home and liquor and women added to his downfalL (Daily Record Photo.) , By HOOVER ADAMS The daring young gunman looked like a college kid, but his record indicates he’s a hardened criminal at the i age of 20. William (Billy- Fowler, told hU I story to- a 1 reporter last night at t the Dunn Hospital, where he has’ the' slilg"of a bullet lodged in his lung and an armed policeman standing ; guard over him 24 hburs a day. He's the daring fellow who walk ed into -’ Norton's Service Station at Angler Sunday nfght with a gun in his hand and held 15 people at gunpoint while he robbed the place. But Jiija Powell, former Angler policeman felled him with a bullet - from his .45 pistol as he tried to make his get-away. / HE HURTS AWFULLY RAD “I was born to Jose.” explained the fairly good-looking youngster, as he writhed in pain and picked at the adhesive tape that held the bandage over his wounded arm. He hurt awfully bad, he said; felt kinda like his guts would tear out any minute, he added. He glanced up at Harnett Rural Policeman A. W. O'Quinn, who (Continued Oa fun Twut kjvl n. M ■ m I - -»n CONGRATULATIONS TO MURWORNIV-Oal geiag tvesMent Jems <*»** "< *• u "“ Ct*b Is skewa a* he exteag* eeagratuMßsa. to aewVstoStok Frestoat Fraak Mato. Other #m eers pictured wHh Betoto are. (L to it): Qmrgu The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS . : . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES Sunday School Meeting Opens More than 200 ministers and Sun day School workers of the Penta costal Church have attended the sixth annual Sunday School con .vention held in Dunn today at the Gospel Tabernacle. ' During the day various confer ences have been held for church workers with speakers from the Pentecostal works in Eastern North Carolina. The final service of the day will be held here tonight at 7:30 with the Rev. H. P. Robinson of Rock ingham speaking. Preceding his talk, the Rev. J. Floyd Williams of Goldsboro will present “News and Views of Palestine.” Williams will speak at 7 o’clock. (Continued On Page Four) ■\ . r NO. 116 Says He Tried To Hold Up Loyalty Hearing WASHINGTON (IP) Stt. Everett M. Dirksen testified today that Army counsellor John G. Adams sought his help in getting Sen. Josqbh R. McCarthy to “suspend*’ and “perhaps to kill” subpoe nas for members of" the 30?- my loyalty screening bo«te,r Dirksen said "I can place '3fo other interpretation on AdaOls action.” Dirksen was sworn as a withfcss in the Army - McCarthy hearings [ after Adams had bluntly denied ‘ as “false’' a McCarthy charge that he had told other subcommittee . members the Army would release ? an unfavorable report on subcom mittee counsel Roy M. Cohn if the subcommittee persisted in attempts to subpena the loyalty board mem bers. DENIED THREAT When Adams denied he bad threatened to make public a re port on Cohn. Sen. Stuart SymUp ton tD-Mo) said the three inggk bers of the subcommittee )OB) whom Adams discussed the caswui January should state publicly 'w or at the earliest opportune” whether thp denial was true. T7»e three were Dirksen and Sens. IRarl Mundt (R-SD- and Charles E. Pot ter (R-Mic.h.- rt- Dirksen then asked to be put --On the stand. He said Adams and Oak aid Morgan, a presidential m4B tant, came to his office on Jan. ip .He said Adams came “for the pur pose of eliciting my interest apd influence” in trying to “at-leAst suspend” the loyalty board svtb penas and "oerhans kill them."' DIRKSEN EFFORTS 't' ■ Dirksen said he suffered much 1 "distress of spirit” over what Ad ams told him about the suboeaas and also about efforts of Cohn*to get special treatment for PvL. O. David Schlne. He said he met with McCarthy the next day after asking subcegti mittee executive director Francis P. Carr to at least hold up tile subpenas until the subcommittee could discuss the auestion. .“J FAVORED FIRING COHN . At the meeting Jan. 23, DMl sen said he told McCarthy If Ad ams’ statement were true, Cohn (Continued an pace twe) McCarthy Coming To Hoev Funeral WASHINGTON Wl Ren ■Joseph R. McCarthy (R-Wls) ssM today he plans to attend funeral services for the late Sen. Clyde R. Hoey (D-NC) In Shelby, N. C. tomorrow. McCarthy, who served with Hh ev on the Senate fTm 11 >ulsj|| Oneretions Committee. ImUcaMl that his plans were not final sM might he changed to unforeman circumstances. Senate aides said an offtß list es senators planning to tt tend the Hoev rites was being Wat pared far issuance later today;
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