* WEATHER *
Increasing cloudiness today and
tonight. Windy and turning colder
Wednesday.
VOLUME 5
DEMOCRATS ATTACK IKE'S BUDGET
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FERTILIZER TIME AGAIN—The fertilizer sea
!c.i is here again and the Johnson Cotton Com
pany fertilizer plant on South Clinton Avenue is
just about the busiest place in town. This picture
shows a few of the trucks being loaded this morn
ing. The Dunn plant, one of Dunn's bigger indus
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By HOOVER ADAMS
CHILDREN IN THE NEWS;
OTHER LITTLE ITEMS
There are two sad little girls in
town. Gale and Ann Tart, daughters
%f Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Willie Tart.
£^r t ?Ann is four years old and Gayle is
■ “Mickey” their pretty par-
HKyl «t flew out the door of their
the other day ... Before the
™ ' bird could be caught, a mischevious
ll* boy shot and killed it He really
shot an arrow into their hearts ...
Mr. Tart has bought them a para
keet apiece now, but they’re still
grieving for their Mickey ..Dunn's
Man and Woman of 1954 won’t be
announced until Friday night, but
it won’t be a surprise so many peo
ple It hasn’t been a closely-kept
secret at all ..Seems that just
about everybody in town knows who
the winners are already .
. Donald, eight-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Berles Johnson of Lilling
f-on. has managed to keep up his
perfect attendance record at school
despite an appendectomy ...And
the operation couldn’t have come at
i a worse time, either It spoiled
Christmas for the youngster and his
parents . He had been feeling bad
for several davs. got up early
Christmas morning to see what
Santa brought and about an hour
later was on the operating table ...
Berles. who is one of Harnett’s most
poDular officials, says he’s back in
school and doing fine.. Eugene
Smith of Dunn is representing the
Dunn church today at the annual
meeting of the Fayetteville Presby
| tery ..The issue of mereing the
three branches of the church is
t being debated Gene went unin
structed and still has an open mind,
hut he’s talking very much like a
Tnan who favors merger “I re
call.” he caid vesterdav, "that mem
bers of the Methodist Church got
all excited over th» merger issue
well for them.”.. The actual vot
but it seems to have worked out
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Variety Os Cases
Are Tried In Dunn
S City Judge H. Paul Strickland
and Solicitor J. Shepard Bryan held
a short session of court here yes-
Mkerday, but disposed of a number
ps*f cases.
Lenze Hinson, 41-year-old Dunn
| restaurant employee, was hound
; over to Superior Court under $5,000
L bond on f charges of first degree
[ burglary.
Other cases heard:
Charles E. Holland, speeding, $5
[ fine and costs.
John E. McKahan, .public drunk-
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tries, turns out about 400 tons of fertilizer a day.
Johnson (Cotton Company also operates a large
fertilizer plant at Wilmington. Johnson's fertilizer
is popular with the farmers throughout the two
States. (Daily Record Photo.)
Youngdahl Upholds
Lattimore Again
WASHINGTON (IP) Federal judge Luther W. Young
dahl for the second time, tossed out the govern
ment's main perjury charge against Owen Lattimore. '
Youngdahl labeled two main
charges against the Far Eastern
expert as “formless and obscure.”
He said that for Lattimore to go
to trial on such counts “would be
unprecedented and would make a
sham of the 6th Amendment and
the federal rule requiring specifici
ty of charges.”
The two key counts in the gov
ernment’s seven-count perjury in
dictment are that Latimore lied
when he told Senate investigators
in 1952 that he was -ot a follower
of the Communist line or a pro
moter of Communist interests.
This was the second indictment
lodged against Lattimore 54-year
old professor now on leave from
Johns Hopkins University and for
mer State Department adviser.
Youngdahl dismissed the “key”
count of the first indictment in
May 1953. It was similar to the
key counts dismissed today.
After Youngdahl’s first action
U. S. Atty. Leo A. Rover accused
him of bias in favor of Lattimore
and asked him to disqualify him
self from presiding at Lattimore’s
trial.
Youngdahl indignantly refused
and termed Rover’s request "scan
dalous.”
Lattimore had been scheduled to
go on trial Feb. 14 on the seven
counts in the new indictment. To
day’s ruling put the long-pending
case right back where it was early
last year.
Bing Crosby In
Hospital Today
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (IP)
Crooner Bng Crosbv was reported
in “good condition” today at St.
John’s Hospital where he Is under
treatment for a recurring kidney
ailment.
Friends who were with Crosby
at the Pebble Beach golf tourna
ment last weekend said the crooner
“could hardly walk around the
course.”
ment of $lO fine and costs.
Thomas DeWitt, public drunken
ness, 30 days, suspended on pay
ment of $lO fine and costs.
Euland J. Jemigan paid the
costs for pifblic drunkenness.
Thurman O. Tew paid the costs
for speeding.
Quinze Surles, charged with be
ing drunk, was given 30 days, sus
pended on payment of $5 fine and
costs.
Tried Thursday in the Dunn
court were:
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Godfrey In
Real Life
Cupid Role
NEW YORK (IP) Observers
found it difficult today to deter
mine how well Arthur Godfrey
played the role of Cupid last week
end.
None of the principals in the
true-life drama involving singer
Dorothy McGuire and her estranged
husband, Sgt. John Brown, would
comment directly.
Godfrey even denied he had tried
to bring about a reconciliation when
he flew Miss McGure and her hus
band in his plane to Florida last
Thursday for a long weekend. How
ever, he added the couple ‘seemed
very happy” together during the
trip.
Apparently greatly concerned by
the incident was singer Julius La
Rosa, whom Godfrey fired from his
radio and television cast in Oct
ober, 1953, La Rosa later announced
he and Miss McGuire would be
married after she got a divorce
from Brown, who was then In
Korea.
La Rosa, filling a singing engage
ment in Chicago, said five day 3
ago that his romance with Miss
McGuire was “still very much on.”
He refused to comment Monday on
Miss McGuire’s trip to Florida with
her husband, Godfrey and other
members of Godfrey’s entertain
ment crew.
Cost Os Stamps
May Be Boosted
WASHINGTON (IP) The ad
ministration is expected to ask
Congress for a penny boost in the
price of mailing local letters as
well as those sent out of town It
was learned today.
The charge for both local and
out of town letters now is the
same—three cents for the first
ounce. The administration in 1953
and 1954 proposed a four - cent
charge for out-of-town letters
which with increases in second
class and air mail rates would bring
in around 350 million dollars a
year.
In his budget message yesterday
President Eisenhower called for an
increase of about 400 million a
vear in mail rates but gave no
details on how the extra money
would be raised. A four-cent charge
on local letters could make up the
difference.
DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 18, 1955
Timmerman
Begins Dufies
As 5. C.Gov.
COLUMBIA, S. C. (IP)
George Bell Timmerman Jr.,
42, whose father’s pro-segre
gation rulings were reversed
by the U. S. Supreme Court,
today was inaugurated as
South Carolina’s 79th gov
ernor.
He took office, succeeding James
F. Byrnes as leader of the state's
f ight to continue its system of se
parate schools for whites and Ne
groes, armed with a “dual school”
plan to be used as a last resort.
He revealed the plan last sum
mer during a bitterly contested
Democratic primary campaign in
which he defeated insurance man
Lester L. Bates for the guberna
torial nomination.
ASSEMBLY MUST ACT
Under Timmerman’s plan, to be
used only in event the Supreme
Court issues decrees ordering an
end to compulsory segregation, a
so-called “dual school” system
would be set up.
One set of schools would be
classed as “mixed,” and the other
—to be set up on petition by white
or Negro parents—would admit
only children of the petitioning
race.
Presumably, under Timmerman’s
line of thinking, this would comply
with the Supreme Court’s ruling of
last Mgy 17 by removing the com
pulsion from segregation.
He feels that most ,if not all,
white parents would petition for
separate schools, leaving the
“mixed schools” • for the Negroes.
However, the final word on what
course South Carolina will take
regarding segregation must come
from the General Assembly, which
is now in session. Timmerman’s
plan is expected to be considered
by the lawmakers.
Winter Rampages
Across Nation
By UNITED PRESS
Winter went on a coast-to-coast
rampage today, striking hardest at
the California coast with winds up
to 104 miles an hour, torrential
rains and heavy snow.
Across the nation, a cold wave
gripped the Midwest, rain and snow
fell from Texas to North Dakota,
and frigid, snowy weather was pre
dicted for parts of the Southeast.
The weather bureau issued spe
cial warnings of from three to six
inches of snow in the central and
southern parts of Illinois and In
diana.
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GROUND OBSERVERS Ed
Carroll, chief of the Dunn Ground
Observer Corps, said today that
plans are underway to make the
Dunn unit part of the network set
up by the State Aircraft Warning
Center at Durham. The Durham
Center has announced it will go on
a 24-hour-a-day basis February 1.
SCHOOL FlLM—Dunn Jaycees
last night were shown a movie In
support of public schools and some
of the serious needs facing schools
today. Jaycee Harold Grant, Dunn
High Band director, showed the
Inquest Is Slated
In Highway Death
An inquest into a highway acci
dent that killed one person and in
jured three others will be held
Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock in
the city courtroom in Dunn.
An inquest into the death of Mrs.
Donnie Heath, 36-year-old Four
Oaks woman who was killed in
stantly on Saturday night, January
8 was called today by Harnett Cor
oner Grover C. Henderson.
Her husband, Ferman Heath, and
their two children, Neal, 10, and
Frederick, 13, were injured in the
suiifcut and tbe* inquest Jadtekc
delayed pending outcome of their
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NEW SHRINE OFFICERS—New officers of the
Dunn Shrine Club were installed last night by
Leroy Alien of Raleigh, incoming potentate of
Sudan Temple. Pictured, left to right, are, seated:
Fight Brewing On State Tax;
Battle Lines Being Formed
RALEIGH (IP)—The House drew
battle lines today for a fight later
in the session over legislation not
yet introduced to adopt a withhold
ing system for collecting North Car
olina state income taxes.
Such legislation is being prepared
by Sen. David M. Hall of Jackson
County. Disclosure that it is in the
drafting stages has focused atten
tion on the plan during the Gen
eral Assembly’s current budget and
revenue briefing sessions.
The lower chamber today pep
pered Revenue Commissioner Eu
gene Shaw with sharp questions
about the withholding idea. Divided
sentiment on its merits was appar
ent.
Rep. Clyde H. Harris of Rowan,
after the questioning continued for
almost two hours, said he felt the
inquiry might be leading too far
afield and that “we’re just beating
around a bush” on points hat might
be unrelated and have no bearing
on the legislation when and If it is
Introduced.
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film. County Superintendent Glenn
Proffit will be invited to speak to
the Jaycees next Monday night on
Harnett’s school needs.
NEW OFFICERS The Dunn
Shrine Club last night inducted
new officers. They • are: Mayor
Ralph E. Hanna, president; John
Womble of Lillington, vice presi
dent; Ben Hartsfield, secretary;
and J. I. Thomas, treasurer. J. Le
roy Allen of Raleigh, incoming po
tentate of . Sudan Temple, conducted
the rites.
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injuries so they could appear at the
hearing.
Coroner Henderson said the acci
dent when a 1955 Stude
baker driven by Heath crashed into
the rear of a truck and trailer driv
en by Charles Elder Stlmely, 36, of
234 South Swinton St., Delray
Beach, Fla.
RAN INTO TRUCK
The truck driver said he was go
ing only about 45 miles an hour at
the time. Patrolman David Mat
thews said Heath told him he
pan* another vtMali had. . then
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Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, president; and Potentate
Allen; standing, J. I. Thomas, treasurer; John
Womble of Lillington, vice president; and Ben
Hartsfield, secretary. (Daily Record Photo.)
Presbyterians May
Decide Issue Today
RALEIGH (IP) The fate of a proposed merger of the
three branches of the Presbyterian Church may be de
cided today as 20 presbyteries of the Southern branch
vote on the question.
The union must be approved by
three-fourths of the Presbyteries of
each branch. Negative votes toy on
ly 10 more Presbyteries of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S., the
Southern branch, will kill the pro
posal.
Fourteen of the 84 Southern
Presbyteries have voted already and
only two have favored the union.
With an additional 11 Presbyteries
voting between now and the end
of the week, anti-union leaders
claim the proposal definitely will
be killed this week.
They admit, however, that the
voting will be closer than in the
past. Most of the voting so far was
done before Jan. 1 although the
church’s general assembly asked
the Presbyteries to delay until that
date.
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DUNN MAN FACES TRIAL FOR LIFE
Policeman Moore Walks Into
Cocked Gun To Capture Man
Harnett Rural Policeman Clarence Moore today was
credited with the heroic capture of an armed man ac
cused of first degree burglary who openly boasted that
he planned to kill his girl friend, her father, Sheriff Claude
Moore and two of his deputies.
Policeman Moore walked right
up on Lonzo Hinson, 41-year-old
Dunn restaurant emplo-''-* ■>* pi-,
son lay on the ground with a .12
gauge shotgun and his finger on
the trigger ready to fire at the
officer.
The policeman took him into
custody after an all-night chase
and search during which Hinson
allegedly fired two shotgun blasts
into the home of William Moore,
father of Mattie A. Watson, his
girl friend.
THREATENED OFFICERS
During the search, Hinson took
time out to telephone the wife of
Sheriff Moore, advising him to
warn the sheriff to call off his
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Byrnes Goes
Out Os His
Office Today
COLUMBIA, S. C. (IP)—James F.
Byrnes stepped out of office as
governor of South Carolina today
to end a 47-year public career as
governor, U. S. Senator, U. S. rep
resentative, Supreme Court Jus
tice and advisor to presidents.
Byrnes retired to a role of elder
statesman as he turned over the
governor’s office to George Bell
Timmerman, Jr. He says he will
'Onntlnne,. .In Parr Twnl
.deputies or he planned to kill all
of them.
He also .telephones the Dunn po
lice station and told them to relay
the same message to the sheriff.
“The sheriff hasn’t been in of
fice but about a month,” Hinson
told Mrs. Moore, “and I’d hate
for something to happen to him.”
Today in Dunn Recorder’s Court,
Hinson was bound over to Harnett
Superior Court under $5,000 bond
on charges of first degree burglary
for breaking into the Watson wo
man’s home on Friday night. Un
able to post bond, he was transfer
red to the county jail to await
trial at the March term of court j
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NO. 31
Expanded Aid
Program Is
Chief Target
WASHINGTON (IP) —Demo
crats attacked President Ei
senhower’s budget from
both flanks today—for his
failure to get the Treasury
out of the red and for some
of the economics he recom
mended.
Many Democrats and Republicans
Who were still hoping to balance
the budget were pointing to an ex
panded aid program as the top
priority target for congressional
budget cuts.
Tlie Democratic National Com
mittee distributed to lawmakers in
that party a "confidential” memor
andum which seemed to reflect a
fair cross-section of the Democra
tic reaction in Congress. The memo
suggested that the budget failed to
carry out 1952 Republican cam
paign pledges and that the Presi
dent had reversed his field on a
number of recommendations.
Mr. Eisenhower sent Congress
Monday his budget message for the
1956 fiscal year starting next July
1. It estimated federal spending in
that year at $62,400,000,000 and the
deficit at $2,400,000,000.
CONGRESSIONAL REACTION
Congressional reaction was mark
ed by:
1. Some congressional leaders
voiced guarded hope that Congress,
or Congress and the administration
together, could achieve further cuts
to balance the budget.
2. The foreign aid program, per
ennial target of the economy bloc,
was singled out for most criticism
because both the $4,700,000,000
spending estimate an<j the request
for new spending authority were
up from the current year.
3. Although Mr. Eisenhower’s
budgets have shown steady reduc
tions in spending, Democrats made
it plain that they are going to keep
pointing to 1952 GOP campaign de
mands for a balanced budget.
4. Many Democrats cheered the
increased Air Force budget but
questioned the wisdom of proposed
Army cuts.
Sen. Harry F. Byrd CD-Va.) not
ed that a 4 per cent cut in spend
ing would balance Mr. Eisenhower s
budget. He said a reduction of that
amount “undoubtedly” could be
achieved if Congress and the ad
ministration have the will.
Confederate Vet
' Is 107 Today
CRESTVIEW, Fla. (IP)—William
A. (Uncle Bill) Lundy, lone Florida
survivor of the Confederate army,
today celebrated his 107th birthday
still hating the “Yankees” and re
gretting he didn’t kill “just one or
two.”
Standing erect as possible with
his blueberry root cane, the un
i relenting rebel said “I wish I had
1 killed just one or two Yankees."
! CLARENCE MOtt