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+ WEATHER * ganshine and hat with widely eeaWered eh ewers tonight Friday widely soattsrgtt eheWore and not as warm in mawntelii and north ern points. . , ■ ■* . *1 . —— fotmati SEN. MCCARTHY WINS GOP BACKING Doffermyre Is Acquitted By Jurors After Lengthy Trial A Jury that deliberated leas than an hour early Wed nesday night acquitted Ev erette L. Doffermyre, pro minent Dunn attorney anyl edent of the Hamett tty Bar Association, of all charges of public drunk enness and resisting arrest. ■ Br ita verdict, the Jury composed $t five white men end one Negro upheld Doffermyre’s contention thßt tt wu wrongfully eireeted here 1 ta the night of June 18th. Doffermyre, it colorful court - E trial lawyer and one ol Eas- Oarolina's most successful at ys, walked across the bar to fkprsss hit appreciation to the Jur glia and then walked out of court a* free man. ■ The State had put on eight wit- only four were offered M. the defense. Mr. Doffermyre -did not tar.e the atarid ;n his own 'defteua, but relied upoi the weak jmss of the 8 tales evidence. , HAED-FQUGHT CASE k Mr. Doffermyre declined com . Kent to hnstnen. except to say: ' certainly tried hard enough tqS convict me. I never saw such aijpye prosecuted so nard before.' Outside the courtroom, Doffer- Btwra received the congratulations it Woms of friends who had fol the proceedings of the day tons trial that lasted Into the night .It teas tin a victory for his 9mw OghrAattornsy*. m?t* Sen ator J. Ros jrt Young, Former 8u- P«tor OfUJ* Judge Howard O. Ood *ih ahjdArchle Taylor, former Ber- MfpjWtkrtto of the Btfie Sepate. ■-\-.ofljy Jjldge H. Paul Strickland Who presided over the hard-fought, hetfy-contestsd cam de?lmed com ment on the verdict ffrmmstiting on the- low fee paid Jurors, however, Judge Strickland obMfrMd: “I think mrybedy will (Cefteaed Ob Page Twa) I, •; "i . i ; Jh£M xm JhinqA vs POWM ADAMI B&ilfe>-. - i mm urns ranirs m » TVS PUCE TODAY Hubert May, Dunn Jaycee pre sident whs was in the group that accompanied Becky bps to Bur-1 flatten yesterday to represent Dunn Jh the “Mies N. O. Beauty Pageant" came hems tost night all exdt 'ad...."l thought her competition would be stiff,” said Hubert, "but , after I looked over all the other l contestants I felt reel proud of I Becky." ....He's confident shell H win....D. B. UUlngton, I In town yesterday IU id Western f, Hamett farmers ne»J rain mighty ■ bad.'... Dunn furniture men who ■ attended the High Point showing ■ this week report some beautiful I new fashions In furniture and m-henaahrkl furnishings Shirley ; p.: (Oentteaed On Paga Twa) Northam s Estate ■[ {Listed At $300,000 ■ ' PvJohn T. Northam, UUlngton au- SttmoMto dealer, who died Satur ■ day -M.the age of 60, left an es- IH late valued at approximately $300,- lißiAil inventory of the estate, fUed 'Hfesterday with the clerk of the ■Harnett Superior Court listed bonds other' liquid assets of BIPtOW. Remainder of the estate ■toUMs of real eeiate, chiefly va sfeßtote ocwuaorctal properties in the TELEPfIONIS lIIT - SIM A MAID AMONG MANY MEN ' m* t % _so fijSM Ukl ARAY or UOHT in a gray sky, Sherry Pylant, 1, stands out frtgn ■Wm>« H***.***** ft"*®*"*** * push-button warfare aiwddte mlhtery totetortbt Port Bragg, N. C. Perhaps Sherry wu wiMm to iai«a e eUraoee es air father, Sgt Miner Pylant of Vicks* burg. Ifiss, who marched in thk parade. (International Sovmdphoto) Tobacco Averaging 52-54 In Georgia VALDOBTA, Ok. flf)— Qeorgla-Florlda tobacco grow ers pushed their bedt leaf forward today as the first of the 1954 auction markets opened for business in 21 Georgia and four Florida sales points. Reports from the auction floors after the first hour of selling told of good quaUty offerings. Drought and severe storms hurt the quaUty and quantity of leaf In a number of markets, however. Today's opening wu die earliest on record in the two-state belt and many fanners were not ready. Buck Currln, in Lyons, da. on business, telegraphed toe Dally Record today than tobacco on toe market there le only “fair quaHty". He added that toe estimated price la $47.80, or around two dollars short of toe top price last year. Currln, Hamett tobacaanfcd, add ed however, that the whatofr to Georgia is very “hot and dry." The D. & Department of Agri culture, after sampling several mar kets, issued on optlmlstifc report QuaUty of leaf wu "excellent" and the demand wu good, toe ÜBDA said. Volume wu heavy. The gtparal average on markets sampled by toe government agency wu founded to 1818. At also wd* a large stockholder in bee Motor C 0... Inc., Sanford and wu a .part ner with Casey A Footer to toe N. and F. Tractor and farm imple ment firm in LlDtogtou- His widow, Sim. Rena Bodges Northam, qualified u executor ol the estate. The tew firm of Neill McKay Salmon and Glenn b. few* per of bUUngton bu been retained k tor the wahitot to tqtAiilni ttefe oßßolbomoß Ob 3ta> failu lilrroril DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 15, 1954 wu u to 54 cents a pound with most baskets going at 45-63. Prices ranged from a low of 10 cents to a high of 65. The percentage of tobacco going into the government loan program through toe Flue-Cured Stabiliza tion Corp. wu estimated at from 5 to 13 per cent. -Harris To Fill Pulpit Sunday The minister who will supply the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church Sunday morning, July 18, wtU be toe Rev. Albert G. Harris, Jr. Mr. Harris wu graduated from Columbia Theological Bemlnary, Decatur, Ge. in 1951. He held a teaching feUowshlp there until he received his Th. M. degree. He has been pastor of the Glen Haven and Salem churches in De catur, Georgia. Mr. Harris resigned these pastorates to enter Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. f where he is doing graduate work toward his doctorate. Mr. Harris is toe son of a Presbyterian minister and bis original home is Macon. Georgia. Tart Wins Trip To Convention C. A Tart of Dunn, district su perintendent of the Pilot Life In surance Company of Greensboro, has Just returned from the com pany's annual Agency Convention held at Atlantic City. Mrs. Tart accompanied him. The drip was awarded by toe company to Mr. Tart u a result of ; his outstanding sates record dur , tog toe put year.. a*. —.v.— -a- —a . a ■■* at.. Mr. Ivt, who started with the company to 1663, has charge of toe dietrict comprised of Dunn, Erwin, Benson, Sanford, tilling ton sad Thru agents serve under him. - Big Profit In FHA Project Is Disclosed WASHINGTON OP) New York builder William L. Le vitt told Senate housing scandal investigators today that his firm received gov ernment - insured mortgag es totaling over five million dollars more than the cost of rental homes it erected at famed Levittown on Long Island. The builders realized this sum as a profit when they sold the rental housing project, Levitt testified at a hearing of the Senate banking committee. Another New York area builder, Alfred Gross, testified that he got tax advice from the New York law firm of Lord, Day & Lord in a case Involving a $4,600,000 “wind fall” profit on government-insured housing mortgages. Sen. Burnet R. Maybank D-SC promptly noted that Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr. once was a member of the firm. CHARGED OFF Gross was one of the principal builders of the Glen Oaks Village In Bellerose, N. Y. The corporation charged off the profit as “capital gain,” and the government has now gone to court claiming it should have paid the much higher income tax. Maybank’s action Indicated the growing political overtones to the Investigation Into the housing scan dals. Another political incident oc curred at the opening of the day’s session over a “petlUon for re dress of grievances” filed with Congress yesterday by Clyde L. Powell, ousted assistant FHA com missioner. The chairman dismissed the Pow ell petition as “purely 100 per cent publicity” and claimed Powell had received “excellent treatment.” Levitt denied that his firm reap ed a “windfall” profit. But he ac knowledged that it reecived $29,- 946,500 in government insured mortgages to build 4,028 houses at Levittown. News Shorts MIAMI UP—A 31-year-old ex convict with a record of sex of fenses was sought today for ques rape-slaying of Judith Ann Rob tioning in connection with the erts eight days ago in a mangrove thicket DUESSELDORF, Germany UP Princess Margaret attended a ball that lasted until dawn today al though she confided her feet were killing her. Less than six hours later she flew In a helicopter to visit British troops in toe Ruhr. WASHINGTON UP—The U. S. Public Health Service said today that 758 new polio cases were re ported test week as compared to the 565 reported in the preceding ’ week. k LONDON UP Andrezej Panu fnik, Communist Poland’s leading conductor • composer has chosen 1 freedom to the West, Polish refugee sources said today. i ~~~— PILOT MOUNTAIN UP F u-1 neral services will be held here to l morrow for Arthur Fulk, former , commander of the North Carolina s highway patrol. WASHINGTON UP The Na -1 tlonal Labor Relations Board has announced that It it curtailing Its Jurisdiction over disputes Involving defense industries, newspapers, ra dio and television stations retail stores, utilities, transit companies and certain other businesses. + Record Roundup + nwmy AFvmwm n—awun «. ill - CITY COUNCIL MEETING vto Smith, soprano all« %Me. Dunn’s City Council will meet to- > , ' night for toe regular meeting. Con- ROTARY SPEAKER - MO. slderable business is scheduled tqr Conner, new* editor of toe Dally hearing. Record, will be Mi «eekpr at D» P»mn Rotary Club tomorrow SrSH SS&tSrfe SaSrasrsas ggvfsgwss Awarded Million *** ‘ m pm -V Hk w||y£ , i * ACTRESS Jane Withers, 28, is shown in a Los Angeles courtroom as she was granted a divorce from William Moss Jr, Texas oilman, plus a $1,000,000 property settle merit. The former child actress charged that he “drank and gam bled excessively." ( hittmational} Beauty Pageant Opens Tonight BURLINGTON UP The Miss North Carolina beauty pageant will begin here tonight with 33 of the state’s loveliest girls competing for a chance at the Miss America title. The winner of the Mate crown In Saturday night’s finals will re present the state in the Miss Am erica pageant at Atlantic City, NJ, In September. She will receive a complete ward robe especially designed and tailor ed for her, a SI,OOO scholarship to Elon College and an expense-paid beach vacation at Morehead City and Atlantic Beach. The contestants arrived here test night accompanied by pitta photo photographers, newsmen, officials of the State Junior Chamber of Commerce and the pageant judges. Rehearsals began this morning with the offeial opening set for to night. The contest parade will be held Friday afternoon. Judging is on the same basis »s that for the Miss America contest —25 per cent for beauty of face, 25 per cent figure, 36 per cent poise and personality and 36 per cent talent. Young'And Taylor End Partnership The law partnership of Young and Taylor has been dissolved, it was announced today. J. Robert Young of Dunn and Archie Taylor of LHUngton formed the partnership about two years ago. The two attorneys said today they are dissolving the partnership by mutual agreement end ea the best of friends. Mr. Young wUI continue to prac tice In his office in Dunn and Mr. Taylor wUI continue to practice at Llllington. KAMPALA, Uganda UP Ra dio Uganda has stopped broadcas ting weather foreoaata because na tive listeners regarded the fore casts as promises instead of pre dictions. FIVE CENTS PER COPY Showdown On Post Is Set For Tuesday WASHINGTON (If) Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy today won the backing of the Re - publican leadership in the Senate in case he must fight to retain his committee chairmanships. The Senate GOP policy commit tee voted unanimously to oppose a move to strip McCarthy of his powerful committee Jobs, said a written announcement from Chair man Homer Ferguson R-Mich. The committee held an unan nounced meeting. McCarthy’s investigating com mittee was scheduled to meet a short time later for a possible showdown on bipartisan demands for a sweeping overhaul of the staff. MEMBERS POLLED Ferguson reported that the com mittee had adopted a resolution, after polling those members who were absent, which was obviously aimed at the anti-McCarthy move promised by Sen. Ralph E. Flan ders R-Vt. The resolution authorized GOP leader William F. Knowland to of fer a motion to table any move during the balance of the 1954 ses sion to force a Senate vote on matters Involving organization and operation of the Senate. SHOWDOWN TUESDAY Flanders’ resolution to strip Mc- Carthy of chairmanships is now tied up in the Senate Rules Com mittee. He has proposed to make a motion In the Senate to force the matter out of committee and onto to* floor. Benson P. 0. Being Probed Investigation of the Benson Post Office was revealed today in Ra leigh, but Postmaster Jesse Bar bour had no comment to make re garding the nature of the probe. The investigation is said to have arisen out of an appeal of em ployes of the office from a rec ommendation by the United States Post Office Department. Hie na ture of the recommendation and appeal were not announced. James C. Spry. Charlotte, of the office of United States Civil Serv ice Commission, is heading the probe. He is being assisted by three unidentified Civil Service inspec tors from Raleigh. Neither the Investigators nor the Benson office have made any an nouncement ae to the type of In vestigation being made. However, a report is expected pending comple tion of the probe. Sampson Child Highway Victim Sampson County recorded its sixth highway fatality Wednesday of this week with the death of six year-old Mary Elisabeth Naylor, of Route two, Newton Grove. According to tew enforcement of ficers’ report, the Naylor child was I struck by a pulpwood truck owned by Johnny Hemingway, Elizabeth-1 town, and operated by James Her bert Herring, 38-year-old Negro. The truck was headed south on Highway 431 when the child ran from her home on the left aide of the reed and into the path of toe vehicle. She was taken to Sampson Memorial Hospital by a neighbor, Darrol Hair of Newton Grove, Route two, where the died of a fractured skull an hour and a half after toe accident. An inquest will be held by Samp son County Coroner th. J. S. Ay ers of Clinton, Tuesday, July 30, at 7 p.m. Pfc. W. O. Pate of toe State Highway Patrol investigated the accident Miss Korea Having Passport Troubles LONG BEACH. Calif. UP - The mysterious of JCss between Mias and toe JOnl- The Record Is Fin 4 IN CIRCULATION... NEWS PHOTOS . . . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES THIS IS REALLY NO PIPE DREAM » n ('■ BU - HB K & ;i 'tm Ki m JBL' i ■te: s||' Mm i ] M AZEORA SWIMSUIT andamoictng a xetora-stripedpipe, Brook. Mia plugs pipe ""vQring sor women at a fashion show In New Yak tiy* It seems the number e« lady pipe mookers ta teerwMtaC and BM i briar stytaa am going fancy for their benedh <**■—E—M. ' ■& -i I Dunn Oealers Plan For Appliance Fair Electrical appliance deal ers of Dunn will sponsor a, big appliance fair at tjae Big-4 Tobacco i Warehouse here Thursday ,and Friday evening of next' week, July 22 and 23. In addition to the exhibitions of' appliances, Jim Thornton and his Smile- A-While Boys of Benson will be featured each evening of the fair beginning at 7:30 in the evening. Special emphasis will-be placed on the Home and deep freezer dur ing the show. However, toe 11 bu sinessmen participating In the fair will also have other electrical ap pliances on display. Participating In the event will be Johnson Cotton Company, Pur die Equipment Company, Thomas and Warren Furniture Company, Dunn Furniture Company, FCX Service, Quinn’s Furniture Com pany, Carolina Power and Light Company, Colonial Frozen Foods, Inc., Wellons Mercantile, Sears and Roebuck, and McLamb Ma chinery Company,, Inc. MORGAN IN CHARGE Heading the planning committee win be Junius Morgan of the local Carolina Power and Light Com pany office. He will also be In charge of the program, and will [ be assisted by various other par ticipating businesses. The Big-4 Warehouse win open (Osattnoad Ob Pag* Tow) Man Declares Cops Ones Who Resisted “ *?*'*.* ’ ’Sr; A Recorder’s Court defendant charged with public drunkenness and resisting arrest told Judge H. Paul Strickland today that if there was any resisting done, the arrest '•ta officers did K. Goodman told the court that the officers tried to get him into their oar, and hit him when he didn't go. "Then you deny restating the of fteera,” the Judge asked the defend “ve* sir, they did all of that your "judge'stricktand didn’t taka much stock in toe defendants teati ““ .-V 1 NO. 169 Sweetheart Says Thorne Was Slain i CHICAGO OR A panel of top scientists began a study of veins taken from the arms of Montgom ery Ward Thorne and toe young heir’s sweetheart said their tecta “will prove Monty was murdered.” The scientists Thame’s exhumed body yesterday as the In quest into his death erupted inte a shouting dispute between attorney* and Coroner Walter H. McCarTon. The four pathologists’ decision to remove veins from Thorne’s a*sh was described as an unusual atop. It was reported that the study may enable them to dtacoccr whether drugs or narcotics Had been Injected. Thorne, 30-year-old heir to a lb -300,000 mail order fortune, WM found dead in his studio aportzntßt June 19. He was clad only in his shorts, the doors were locked Ofeft evidence of a narcotics and ant ses sion were found in to* room, ■§ There were nine needle marks oh his arms, four of them fresh, and * hypodermic needle was taped teifc closet celling. Police also diaOgV (Con timed Ob Page Two) ,fi: Roosevelt Pope, assault, the coflE took a nol pros on its own moUMft. 9 * a ™‘** James A. House, drunk, M djflfc in tall nertenitorf' nn liiiiMß■ i Rufus Parnell, drunk, It fefa ]gi
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