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PAGE TWO June Ally son To Play Heavy Role By ALINE MOSBY United Press Hollywood Reporter HOLLYWOOD (IP)—June Allyson, the good, sweet wife f the movies, is kicking off the shackles to play a heavy Dr the first time to match her real-life theory that wom n should have a bit of “wench” in them. “It’s more exciting that way,”, lid June. For years the pert actress has ■ ayed the screen spouse who's al-1 ost too . good to he. true the yal wife in a Peter Pan collar, ige - boy hair-do and sometimes ro changes of expression, wistful mt to eye-crinkling smile. But in one of the surprise cast gs of the year, Oscar-winner Jose irrer decided June’s acting tal ts were not being fully realized, e cast her as his co - star in the ovie version of the Broadway amatic hit, “The Shrike.’’ She ays a hostile, cruel wife who tves her husband into insanity. STILL NOT SEXY June even will toss away the Pe r Pan collar for sophisticated othes. 'Look sexy? No, they gave UP ying to make me look sexy long o,” hooted June when I suggest the idea. “But at least I get to wear so listicated clothes and a hat. I’ve sver worn a hat in a picture be ire. This one covers all my hair. “I know I’m still a wife in this cture, and I still have the same Hr-do. But this time instead of slping the husband, I try to de-1 roy him. It’s the first time in a j ng time I’ve looked forward to a j )le.” The actress admitted she was jxtremely surprised’’ when Fer ir chose her for the part, the type lat brings Oscar nominations le’s never had one. NOT TIRED OF GOODNESS “I’m not tired of playing good ife roles," she added. “But I like i do all kinds of things. I’d love * do a musical. Haven’t had one nee ‘Good News.’ I’ve wanted for Jtizens (ContTned From Page Ona) igh over his head. It looked ex :tly like any one of a number of .ghts from the 1952 presidential mpaign. The occasion was the the pre ier of a 25-minute movie, “The ear of Big Decision,” made by ie National Citizens for Eisen )wer Congressional Committee to tow across the country during the .mpaigns this fall. The President and his wife, inked by some of the Cabinet id members of the White House ass. watched in tne Statler ball om while the picture pounded at 8 idea that a vote for an Eisen iwer supporters this fall is a <te for the welfare of the nation. The finale on the picture is a ief. informal message from the resident, in which he says "poli ;s must be the concern of all sizens.’’ He calls for “maximum ipaet’’ on the precinct level in thalf of his program and the ndidates who support it so the itional administration may “meet e responsibilities of leadership.’ BUCK CURRIN DOES IT AGAIN Smashes All Sales Records In The Entire Belt ¥ W' PLANTERS WAREHOUSE LEADS EM ALL ■ , Opening Day AverageQ | In The Belt This Year As Always Before, Buck Currin Will Get You More PLAN NOW TO SELL YOVR ENTIRE CROP THIS YEAR AT THE 4 PLANTERS WAREHOUSE IN DUNN E isten To Jirb Thorhtd'n and Hk C&uhty.&yle Show Over WCKB Every Weekday from 5:15 to 5:30 p. m. I a long time to play an evil char acter. I almost got the Anne Bax | ter role in ‘All About Eve’ but M GM wouldn’t let me go.” June has been playing wives to such heroes as Jimmy Stewart and Bill Holden since “Music for Mil lions” in 1944. At. home she’s a good wife. too. Our interview wait ed while she happily bundled off one of her children for a ride with, papa Dick Powell. “But I’m not sweet all the time,” she said. “I get mad, too, in a sort cf quiet way.” News Shorts (Continued From Page One) BELFAST, Northern Ireland IIP) Four men carrying guns and ex plosives were seized by police today in a security crackdown against pos sible Irish Republican Army viol- , ence during a visit by Queen Eliza- ] beth 11. MONCURE (UP’ Gov. Wil- I liam B. Umstead and other ’ state i officials today dedicated a new pub- j j lie access area on the banks of the upper Cape Fear River near here. I j j WASHINGTON (UP’ Senate i i ; Republician Leader William F. I; Knowland said today he expects j! j Congress to, adjourn this weekend. !, j NEW DELHI, India (UP* j | Portugal claimed today that one i j of its warships merely saluted the : Portuguese national flag at GOA j and did not shell the fortress out j post of Terekhol as reported by Indian sources. I RIO DE JANEIRO (UP) Police i ! announced today they have cap- j j tured the murderer of Air Force j ! Maj. Rubens Vaz, whose death 12 | daj's ago created a crisis that! | threatened the regime of President j ! Getulio Vargas. Help Sought (Continued From Page One) ] ‘ l i types, bed sheets, blankets, pillows, i ; and other such linens are needed, , i it was stated. I Lee said that the clothing is j i needed for men and women, as ; well as for children of all ages. I Items mentioned included, socks, ; shoes, dresses, shirts, underwear, ] men’s suits, and other such cloth i mg- Several families have recently j ; lost all they had in fires in the I area, Lee said, and the clothing is j j urgently needed. Some clothing j i was contributed a few weeks ago, | i but that i las been given out, it was ! explained. j Anyone who wishes to contribute I clothing may leave it either at Howard M. Lee Company on W. Broad or take it to the Red Cross I office on Cumberland Street. LANDED ON CAR Heavy winds last night picked up a storage house on the property of John son Cotton .Company, S. Wilson Avenue, and land ed it on a car parked in the area. The end of the car can be seen sticking out the back of the build ing. Wind also blew the roof off one building in Ike and Mamie Register Today I NEW YORK CUP) The Eisen howers of Washington. D. C.. paid | a flying visit to New York, their : legal voting residence,, today. They | stayed only long enough to regis | ter to vote in the November elec j tions. | The President and Mrs. Eisen i hower made an early-morning jaunt \ from Washington, along with Mrs. Eisenhower’s maid. Miss Rsse Woods, and presidential press and appointment secretaries James C. Hagerty and Thomas E. Stephens. All are voting residents of New | York City and had to sign applica -1 tions for absentee ballots to cast | on Nov. 5. | As the President, grinning and j shaking hands with .officials, step j ped to the desk at the board of I elections office, Thomas Callahan. : central registration officer who i had registered the President in ! two previous years, said: | ‘Welcome back to New York. Mr. | President. Put your cross mark right j here." i Callahan pointed to the circle | below the Republican eagle on the ; party-affiliation blank. David B. Costuma, secretary of ! the elections board, chimed in, | nodding toward Callahan: “Helsa Democrat, Mr. President - he might ask you to register in the wrong column." “Oh. I think he’s a pretty good guy.” the President said. He put i on glasses, put his “X” under the eagle, and signed the applica j tion and the permanent record book. | Mrs, Eisenhower, dressed in black with white gloves and a white | necklace, posed with the President for photographers. The registra tion took five minutes, and the groujj left immediately for La Guardia Airport and took off for Washington. THE DAILY RECORD, DUNK, N. C. the same block. The last official check on wind velocity last night (just before the instrument was blown away) set the speed at 75 miles per hour. Note the light pole (right) which was torn down by the moving building. (Daily Record Photo) Packard (Continued on page five) Three" of Ford. General Motors and Chrysler and the “Little Three* of Studebaker Packard, American Motors and Kaiser—WiJ lys. American is the combine of Hudson and Nash-Kelvinator. TIGHTER COMPETITION The “Little Three” all resulted from mergers within the past 18 months. The mergers were brought on by the tightening competition after the booming post-war days when the industry couldn’t turn out enough cars to meet demand. The merger of Packard and Studebaker could be the most im portant of the three. The new firm will be just like the “B i g Three” in one respect. It will have a “full line”—a range of models covering all price classes and trucks. Stockholders ip Packard will get one share of $lO par common stock in the new firm for each five or the 14,491,340 outstanding shares of Packard stock they hold. Studebaker (’stockholders will get shares of the new stock for each of the 2,361,458 outstanding common shares of Studebaker they own. James J. Nance, 54. president of Packard, will be president and chief executive officer of the new com pany. Paul G. Hoffman, Stude baker chairman, will become chair man of the new firm and Harold S. Vance, Studebaker president, will become chairman of the execu tive committee. Tobacco Prices (iContinuea From Page On*' around Dunn, stated that farmers left the market yesterday “well pleased." The golden leaves brought $57 per hundred at Planters Warehouse yesterday and $55.11 at the New Warehouse. Total sales brought the farmers $65,013.60. Poundage at Planters totaled 83,260 for $47,- 432.90 as against 31, 882 for $16,- 570.70 at the New Big-4 Warehouse. TODAYS SALES Total pounds, 74,448 for $41,- 137.20 with an average of $55.- 26. Sales at the New Big-4 Ware house totaled 45,274 pounds for $25,26584 or an average of $53,- 81 as against Planters' total of 29,174 pounds for $15,871.36 or an average of $54.40. The market opened yesterday morning at Planters with a number of local and County farm leaders speaking. L. Y. (Stag) Ballentine. State Agriculture Commissioner, key noted the talks. The commissioner of Agriculture had high praise for the Dunn mar ket and called on the farmers of this area to support it. . “You have a great market here,” Ballentine said. Ed Carroll, sales supervisor and manager of the local Chamber of Commerce, said today that the top average here last year was only $54.63 as against the record breaker of $56.46 yesterday. Many of the fanners averaged as high as $69 a hundred yesterday on the local market. Presbyterian Women Os Church Meet On Monday About thirty women attended the meeting of the Women of the Church at the First Presbyterian Church on Monday night. Mrs. R. L. Remsburg, president, opened the meeting by reading I Peter, verses one through nine. This scripture was the same as that used by the World Council of Churches in Elliston, Illinois. The women also used a prayer which was recommended by the Council. This was given by Mrs. Charles Byrd. An article was read telling the women the topics that would be discussed at the World Council. Mrs. Remsburg, after having lead in a business discussion, introduc ed Miss Margot Watt to the group. Miss Watt was In charge of the program on “I Saw the Church in Africa.” She showed color slides made in the Congo as she talked. The meet’ng was closed with the Mizpah benediction. Sapp Heard (Continued From Page One) month and urged all Jaycees to at tend. A number of very important topics will be discussed, he added. It was also announced last night that Murphy Upchurch, cf near Dunn, placed around 30th out of 50 entries in the national driving road-e-o. He was sponsored in the road-e-o by the local Jaycees. Heavy Damage (Continued From Page One) included, one largp wfr.diow and I neon sign costing S3OO to S4OO at Garvin Brothers on S. Clinton Avenue; two plate glass windows valued at $150: and one plate glass window and a glass door at Bald win and Mottox valued at SIOO With several trees across light lines, power was cut off at all homes in the area during part of the night. Willie Biggs of Caro lina Power and Light Company es timated that at least 5.000 persons evening. However, most of the lines were repaired during the night as workmen went on a 24 hour-day schedule. Carolina' Telephone and 'Tele graphy Company officials said ’today that round 400 customers were with out telephone service last night. A few calls were still being received this afternoon, W. E. Jones of the company stated. TREES UPROOTED Tree damage was, the heaviest reported in Dunn in a number of years At Tyler Park, a large pine tree was uprooted tearing up wa ter lines leading to the pool. Oth er trees in Dunn and the area that were torn up included those at the following locations: One on N. McKay between Vance Street and Edgerton; S. Layton, between Pearsall a'nd Pope; S. Wil son, between Divine and Cumber land; Pearsall, between McKay and Layton; E. Edgerton, between the Railroad and N. Wilson; and one. tree on the old Fair Ground Road. City Manager A. B. Uzzle said that while actual damage to city property was low. workmen will be busy for at least two days clear ing streets This will cost the town between SBOO and SI,OOO, he said. In addition to tree and automobile damages, Uzzle said that some 40 to 50 TV antennas were blown down, some across light and power lines. Over in Erwin, a large gospel tent was complete blown away, it was reported. Ted Burwell of radio Station WCKB in Dunn said that the wind velocity jumped from 40 miles per hour to 60 in just a short time, and them to 75 miles per hour. After that the wind took the in strument off the building and blew it completely away. Most of the damage in Dunn was centered through town. However, slight damages were reported on both sides of town. Preston Park er, N. Ellis Avenue, stated that a number of trees were ruined in his back yard. All over town limbs and leaves covered the streets. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 17, 1954 THROUGH WINDOW Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Baldwin got to hold hands yesterday afternoon but that’s not the point of this pic ture. The severe winds yesterday sucked a plate glass window out of Baldwin and Mattox DYug Store at the corner cf Harnett Street and N. Ellis Avenue. Also broken was a glass dffor. Damages were esti mated at close to SIOO. (Daily Record Photo) City Board To Convene The question of opening N. M~c- 1 Kay Avenue between Jolthscn and Cole Streets is again up for dis cussion this week by Dunn’s City Council. Scheduled to appear before the Board to discuss the opening are, Mrs. Elwcod R. Edwards, 404 Ashe Street, Greenville, and Mrs. Lil lian Adley .Hood. Both ladies are property owners in the section un der consideration. The closed section of the street is part of the property formerly owned by the Adley family, but re cently deeded to the town for a street. A number of large, wooded. lots, are located along the section of McKay which is being proposed for opening. Several property owners on the north end of McKay have long, urged the opening of McKay to give an outlet for traffic to the to bacco warehouse located off High way 301. Opening of McKay would relieve the heavy traffic on Highway 301 through town. Other items scheduled for dis cussion at. the Thursday evening Board meeting include: A report on tapping and billing water line extensions rrom Erwin Mills. On tne committee making the report are, J. V. Bass, chair man; Bill Eryan, and J. Leon God win. Consideration of a privilege li cense ordinance providing a tax for professional tree trimmer and sur geons. City Manager A. B. Uzzle will require that the license be rev ocable if surgeons tail to clear streets where they work. mm - KENBERSON Funeral Home 24 - HOUR SERVICE Phone 3306 211 W. Harnett St. Dunn,N.C.
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