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+ WEATHER + Increasing cloudiness tonight and Thursday with scattered showers southwest portion Thursday, wild teolght. VOLUME 100 DIE IN SHIP FIRE R ■ viW a'frajS^BlP. missed ■« i. ■& gtttMZlTm. y7;. > • /*Jf\ *'■ N«.,: v f|? ; ,^, ( __£ *i • S’ anry *. •* ■ t** .*^ ► * ' jp :^l<fev" ! TEACHER HONORED Mr*. Jean Pipkin. Here “Mis* Jean” is seen with her oldest pupil, tenter, beloved first grade teacher at the Boone Mrs. K. P. Stewart, left, and fCharlie Ray. six-year- Trad School ever since the school opened In 1928, old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Ray, her young la retiring this term. On Sunday afternoon around est pupil. A representative from each of the 26 Sit persons attended an “open house” in her hon. first grade classes Mrs. Pipkin has taught received | er at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Stewart. with her. (Photo hy T. M. Stewart) JhsM c tiiHs #*» JhincfA By BOOTS* ADAME BERT ALABASTER GIVEN mm or mi toys Ufm* NOTEB: George Frank lin Blalock had an unusual experl agtee Monday ... He went td; k Hperal and ended up making a Hbech ... It was at the funeral held for Aunt Susie Mcßryde, 80. who had faithfully served as cook far’the Blalock family for 33 years . . . Dr. W. W. Stanfield also spoke i& tribute to Aunt Susie . . . James Surtoe has been sick In bed for a couple of days . . - Lynch Manu facturing Co. of Dunn has Invent ed a new machine that automati cally dusts and sprays cotton and tobacco .; . It’s a big. self-propell ed thing and sells for about SI2OO ... Pat plans to try it out soon In Georgia . ... Has already sold a number of them . . . One of the pretty new song hits is. "I'll Un derstand.” ... Tit Tart says a lot of people' have been riding by Wsrt Coal and OIL Co. just to see that new 30,000 gallon gaa tank . . . Bad note on a tragedy: Chief Petty Officer J. T. Moody, Jr. of Dunn died of the helicopter crash Injuries on his wedding anniver sary ... In his talk to Dunn no tarial}* Friday night, Emmett Al (hedge disclosed that hit ambition Baa to be a dentist and he spent t«0 years In college preparing for KMtk a career .*. .“I had a lot of trouble with my teeth when I was ■jjpMngCT,” he said, "and those den »tal bills convinced me It must be H,gsod profession” . . But he ended - up following in his father’s footsteps as a machinist ... If JOU’ve had any presses repaired lately, you’ve found out that ma- JOewttnued an pace twe) IScoufs Put Out I Blaze At School H . :ftoy Scouts went to the aid of the local Fire Depart ■ ment again last night when fire broke out in the gymna ■ slum at Plain View High School. Before Dunn’s fire trucks ■ arrived, the scouts had the fire under control. ■filtoP scouts of the Second Baptist ■ Ohuwh of Dunn performed a siml ■iar service recently when they dis ■oovered a fire in a storage house front of the church and repoit ■Mfd It before flames could spread to EH nearby home. As a result of their iHfttek work in reporting the fire, the iflnt house was only partially KStaV’kTm TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 Senator McCarthy Walks Out Angry WASHINGTON (IF) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy took an angrV butbrief “walkout” on tl*e Army-McCarthyJdeaf- while PH. G. DaiHS' SChfne’s fdritief compariy commander was testifying. McCarthy left the hearings for about 18 minutes In protest against what he called “driver and “Ir relevant testimony” by Capt. Jo seph J. M. Miller. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (VI Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens and Army counsel John G. Adams today agreed to publication of transcripts of their monitored te lephone calls dealing with the Army-McCarthy dispute. BULLETIN WASHINGTON (VI The Army case In the McCarthy - Army bearings was completed at 1:38 pjn. EST today and Boy M. Cohn was called to the witness stand. The senator had threatened to stay out until Miller completed his story about Shine’s behavior In basic training at Ft / Dlx, N.J. But Miller was still on the stand when McCarthy returned and seated him self again beside his aides—Roy M. Cohn and Francis P. Carr—who did not take the walk with him. BCHINrs RECORD Miller, commander of Ft Dix Co. K, 372nd Infantry, testified that: 1. Schine. on his first day on the base, made an offer of "personal assistance”—help on a trip to Flor ida—which the captain considered Improper. 3. Schine got both Christmas and New Year’s holidays off, although the company policy was to allow each trainee but one holiday. 3. He once found Schine In a truck cab, during a driving rath, while others in the company were practicing on the rifle range. He said Schine explained he was (OsuHuuit Ob riye Twe) The fire was discovered around 8:30 by Frederick Flcquett, 18 year old son of Principal F. A. Flcquett. Fred notified the scouts who were In session at the school, and work began. ." > . * Members of the troop hurried for buckets of sand Mid water and rushed into the gym. Scoutmaster Bus Jhe Wxt Jtailu Jtmtrd Highway Group To Meet Friday FAYETTEVILLE—PIans for pro viding better service for the thou sands of tourists traveling over Highway No. 301 and other roads In this area will be discussed at a tourist workshop clinic here Friday at 10 a. m. In the Prince Charles Hotel. The clinic, which will be under the sponsorship here of the local Chamber of Commerce, is another in the continuing series being held over the State by the State De partment of Conservation and De velopment’s Tourist Bureau. Hotel, motel, tourist court oper ators, and all others who cater to the traveling public are urged by Director Ben E. Douglas of the Department of Conservation and Development to attend the clinic. William Allen, Chamber of Com merce president, will preside. Fred Whitaker, manager of the CdtD Department’s Tourist Bureau, will present a panel of speakers composed of the following: Harley N. Melvin, executive vice president of the North Carolina Assn, of Quality Restaurants; T. E. Pick ard, Jr., Charlotte, .vice president and general manager of the Caro lina Motor Club; Thompson Green (Centiaaed aa page twe) News Shorts NEW YORK (VI Emperor Halle Selassi of , Ethiopia .leaves New York today to visit President Elsenhower at the White House. RALEIGH (VI The man who prepared senatorial candidate W. Kerr Scott’s income tax returns from 1938 through 1953 has termed “absurd” a question In campaign advertisements hy forces of Sen. Alton A. Lennon, asking if Scott paid only 138.44 In federal Income tax In 1953. CHAPEL HILL m The Uni versity of North Carolina will be hoot tomorrow and Friday to the Twit Noru i/Erouiw comerencc on bHTHttrapgtel children. MERIDA N, MSS. (VI A dial Stevenson. Democrat standard bearer, Joined party leaders of two states far a political interlude la a hlUbillv hoedown t filter • Stevenson and Gave. Frank Cle ment of Tennessee and Hugh White of Mlmlsstppl tonight wRI provide the speechmaklng for a two-day Jamboree in honor of the lata Jim my “Blue Yodeler" Rodgers. DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 26, 1954 Leroy Collins Wins Florida Governor's Race MIAMI (IP) Leßoy Col lins, landslide winner over Acting Gov. Charley Johns in the bitter governor’s race, planned today to go right to work on his extensive pro gram for Florida’s govern ment after a brief rest. The 45-year-01.l Tallahassee leg islature veteran said he wouuld ap point citizens’ committees to work on his campaign pledges after he and his family visit his son, Leßoy Jr., a midshipman at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, after “some fishing on some beach.” TAKES OVER JAN. Collins will take over as Florida’s 32nd governor next January after facing token opposition from the Republicans some 13 to 1 and have not elected a GOP governor since Reconstruction days. , Both the total vote of more than 680,000 and Collins’ victory margin of some 65,000 votes surprised near ly everyone except the victor him self. The total balloting was some 100,000 more than president. With 1,718 of the state’s 1,722 precincts counted, Collins had 373,- 040 votes and Johns 307,987. SMALL COUNTIES. Collins won 23 counties and Johns 44. But Johns’ lead came mostly from the light-voting small coun ties, aiid in the large ones which he did* carry, his majority was slim. Dafle County .alone, where mon per cent of the state’s voters live, gave Collins a 56,000, vote lead. And Hillsborough, where Johns won narrowly In the first pri mary, went to Collins this time by 10,000 votes. School Finals Are Underway Several hundred students will end their high school years tomorrow evening as commencement cere monies are held in various schools throughout the county. Dunn High School will have the largest graduating class with 69 seniors slated to receive their di plomas. Boone Trail will graduate 31 students; Erwin will have 43 completeing their work: and Har nett County Training School. Ne gro Bchool in Dunn, will graduate 46 students. Dr. Carlyle Campbell, president of Meredith College In Raleigh, will give the commencement address in Dunn: Roy Armstrong of the Uni versity of North Carolina, will de liver the Boone Trail commence ment address; and Dr. Edmund i Con tinned an page tssi BULLETINS UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (IP) Dr. Ralph J. Banche, principal director of the United Nations Trusteeship De partment, was questioned in secret for almost 12 nours Tuesday by a U. 5. Government loyalty board. Bundle re fused comment He goes to Washington tonight to attend President Eisenhower’s state dinner for Emperor Haile Se lassie of Ethiopia. n BURLINGTON, N. C. (V) Bishop Homer Tomlinson of New York has filed suit here for control Os property held by two rival Church of God factions. He valued the property at SIOO,OOO million doiißrs. Tomlinson, for years has feuded with his brother Milton, bishop of Hie Church (Oeattaaed aa pace twei + Record Roundup + TO GRADUATE Earl Davis Farthing, a Wake Forest College student from Dunn will be gradu ated In commencement exercises Monday, May SI. ..He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Farthing of 811 N. Ellis Ave. Farthing has been president and secretary of the Cullom Ministe rial Conference and a member of the College band. REVIVAL SLATED—The Rev. a M. Phillips of Ulllngton has an nounced that a revival win begin Sunday nighty at 7:45 o’clock The MW ■I mtk fl 1-ISL 1 . ••“'rtahjlre RAYMOND L. SARBAUGH • • ' ..~"L. „&■ -• ■ ' , Sarbaugh Is Named Manager Os Leders Raymond L. Sarbaugh, widely-known department store manager, has been named manager of Leder Brothers, Inc. in Dunn, it was announced today by Herman Leder, presi dent of the company. Mr. Sarbaugh, one of the best known men in the mercantile field in Eastern Carolina, came to Dunn from Lumberton, where he man aged a large department store for the past 20 years. The new Leder Brothers manag er has a total of 28 years experi ence with department stores. MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE In announcing his appointment here, Mr. Leder said today: “Having known him for a num ber of years and having a high re gard for him both as a gentle man of excellent character and one possessing a wealth of knowl edge and experience In the capac ity in which he Is to serve, It Is with much pleasure and a feeling of great confidence as to the Tu ning. Services will each evening at 7:46 through Friday. June 4. The public 4s cordially in vited to attend these services. FIRES - The lochl the depart ment received two calls teat night. The first came around 9:80 when fire broke out ta tht Plain View School gym. Howard M. Lee said today. The fire was but When the firemen arrived, thank* to the Plain View Boy Around p 1 :*!. FIVE CENTS PER CORY ture that we announce the ap pointment of Mr. Sarbaugh to the position of manager of our Dunn store. “Mr. Sarbaugh,” continued Mr. Leder’s statement, “needs no in troduction to the mercantile field, having succesfully managed a large department store for one of North Carolina’s foremost mer cantile establishments for more than two decades. “Being so familiar with the needs and customs of those whom we • serve, we are confident that Mr. • Sarbaugh will be Instrumental In l effecting a service In which we • and our patrons alike may well be proud,” concluded Mr. Leder. COMMUNITY LEADER ; While In Lumberton, Mr. Sar baugh played an important role fn the business, civic, social, religious and fraternal life of that town and community. He Is a member of St. Albans Masonic Lodge, No. 114, A. F. and A. M. at Lumberton, is a 32nd De gree Mason, a member of the Wil mington Consistory, a Shrlner and (Csntinned On Pag* Two) Son Os Harnett Minister Killed As Robbery Suspect INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. W Police today shot and kill ed a burglary suspect who was carrying a letter from his father, a Baptist minister, urging him to “go see a minis ter change your ways and straighten up.” The dead mc.’i rMfnUS’M W Charles Edward Ruffin Jr., u. Sanford. N. C. In hte wallet offloers found a letter from .hi* father, th< Rev. Charlee E. Ruffin Br. of Broadway, N. O. Route 4. The Rev. Ur. Muffin ie one of Harnett County’s best known min isters end has served a manner of in Western Harnett. ! we Mg., "Chance year way* and strslghlsa m." ■ Patrolman Paul T, Feeney shot orders to surrender In Itu lUrlrnsM nf Ihn Tr whttA' tX ßMv yem I a* The Record Is First iN CIRCULATION... NEWS PHOTOS . . . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES 12 5 Others Hurt _ a . In Explosion On Aircraft Carrier QUONSET POINT, R. I. OP) Approximately 100 men were killed and 125 injured early today in a blast punctuated fire that turned the inside of the big air craft carrier Bennington into an inferno. Casualties were placed at those figures early this afternoon by Capt. William F. Rayburn com mander of the Bennington, after he brought his fire-scarred ship' to port here. Rayburn said 25 .or 30 of those hurt have more than minor in juries. There was no Indication as to when the Navy would release the names of the dead and injured. TURBINE EXPLODED The fire, which raged out of con trol for four hours, was touched off by a steam turbine generator explosion that racked the mighty warship while it was sailing off the eastern coast toward this home port. The engine room "looked like hell," said aviation electricians mate third class Francis Toth of Phoenixville, Pa. "Everyone I pulled out w»s dead.” The carrier, aiiectionately dubbed “Big Ben” by its 2,300 officers and crew, docked here about seven hours after the fire—a veritable death shop. The disastrous blaze broke out at 6 a. m., chow time for niahy of the men. It roared through the, portside forward - section, trapping scores of ship personnel. At the time of the fire the Ben nington was 75 miles south of New port. R. I. IKE OFFERS SYMPATHY The disaster shocked the nation. In Washington, President Eisen hower offered his sympathy to fam ilies of those who W’ere killed or Injured. The President said a Navy Inquiry into the disaster would be gin immediately. Rayburn praised his crew. He said they reacted with remarkable feats of heroism. One seaman, Bruno Costantlnl of Detroit, Mich., said many of the men were In their bunks when the fire started. Costantlnl said he raced to the hangar deck and help ed pull out 10 of his shipmates. A Bennington crew member told the United Press the disaster oc curred when a steam turbine gen erator exploded and hit a catapult containing highly flammable fluid that burst into flame. It was announced Secretary of Navy Charles 8. Thomas was flying from Washington to investigate the tragedy. A big emergency corps of doc tors and nurses was on hand here to meet the stricken carrier on its arrival from what was to have been lOtattnri On fs« Tws) DENNIS ACKLEY DIES Denis E. Ashley, 5-year-old sm of Mr. and Mrs. T. R, Ash ley *4 Spring like. Route 1, died Wednesday morning in Highsmith Hospital at Fayettevffle. Faneml arrangements are in complete. : t”r«rn. said Ruffin was ousted 1-‘-9 saloon when it closed last .right. Ruffin wkt hiding under a booth and pretended to be drunk, Reeve said. Later, Pearsey and another pa and ordered him to coma Out with his hands up, but RufHn threw an ashtray and fan. . j collapsed against a booth. Ha died shortly afterwards in Oenensl Hoß £te9lhnm wound* tethOAktatan j ’ ...... NO. lM Ava Returning To Get Divorce NEW YORK (IB Actress Ava Gardner comes back to the United' States from a European holiday to day to proceed with plans to di vorce her crooner husband, Frank Sinatra. There seemed to be no doubt that their stormy marriage was at an end. Before leaving Spain. Miss Gardner warmly kissed good-bye her bullfighter boyfriend, Luis Mi guel Dominguin, and during a stop* - ' over In London Tuesday night An nounced she definitely intended td divorce Sinatra. In Hollywood, Frankie's friends reported the crooner long ago had’ dropped the torch far hit statuesque wife and now was deeply enamor ed with pert, blonde Mono Free gn, ex-girl friend of Birtg Cro*- ales Clinic May Be Delayed Again There Is a possibility that the sales clinic which has bean post poned once within the post month will be delayed until the fall, P»«i Walker, chairman of the retail mer chants of Dunn, said today. Walker pointed out that an ap parent lank of interest oaa be blamed for the lag in plans. Alter the clinic was postponed to accom modate the director, Fred Painter, plans were tentatively made to schedule the school next month. However, a very small attendance at a merchants meeting here to day indicated “an apparent lack of Interest.” Walker pointed out this morning. Susie Mcßryde, 80, Buried Here Mon* “Aunt” Susie Mcßryde, ago 80, highly respected Dunn Negro, died : Thursday at her home. Aunt Susie* ‘ had cooked for the Alfred. Blalock family for 33 years. She wags-a member of the Eastern Star for 20 ! years. : Funeral services were held Mon i day afternoon from the Bvteßng Star Holiness Church with Regi J. A. Forbes of Raleigh officiating: Survivors include one step-mn, Daniel Martin Goodman of Jfew Bern; one brother, Floyd Goodman of Georgia; a nephew, Jot Goodman and <me goualn, Hte. Rena Goodman, of Dunn. A large crowd was present to pay final tribute to Aunt Susie. Lennon Slated For Committee
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