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* WEATHER + Mostly fair in west and partly cloudy in east, cooler today. Friday considerable cloudiness and little chance of occasional rain. VOLUME 5 DEMOCRATS JOIN IKE ON TAX CUT i-ilklpßP" , v'; J *\ ’ '-.Ti' ■ *i ’ » %R? 4 | ~ A CHARMING FELLOW—Serge Rubinstein was a man with a delight ful personality and plenty of charm. He reportedly had so many girl friends—and so much money—that he hired a television repair com pany to do nothing but service and maintain the TV sets he gave to his girls friends. He’s shown her with Pat Wray, one of his favorites, and Denis Morrison. HE GET AROUND Serge Rubinstein This is third in a series of articles on Serge Rubinstein, the fabu lous international financier, mult-millionaire, draft-dodger and ease society plyaboy. Copyrighted 1955 by The New York Daily News. By FLORABEL MUIR Serge Rubinstein was a man who liked to be seen with pretty girls. * JJtSLM JjJttls JhinijA By HOOVER ADAMS lITTLE NOTES ASBOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS Dunn’s two banks, The Commer- H cial and First Citizens, are to be " congratulated for the fine manner in which they are cooperating with citizens in helping finance the new Benjamin and Johnes. plant here.. Either bank will loan citizens the money and allow them to put up their stock as security.. .They’re loaning fifty per cent of the stock ...Mrs. Hugh Prince, who has .been in- bed for two months with a heart ailment, is much improved although not yet atile to be about ...Miss Polly Pope of Dunn will | announce her engagement in The Daily Record tomorrow .. Nor wood Clapp of Boston is the lucky > man... The Charlotte Observer re cently had an article high in praise of Harnett Senator Robert Morgan,..Little Meda Lida Dof _ fermyre is just about the most ra \ bid Perry Como fan in town Meda isn't two years old yet, but (Continued on Pago Two) AFTER 37 YEARS, THEY'LL BURY HIM Man Died In 1917; Funeral Sunday MEMPHIS, Teijai. (IP) “Brother Ed“ Cochran died in -1917. His body was taken to a funeral home in Caruthers ville, Mo., and remained there unclaimed for 38 years. f Next Sunday a Baptist minister will intone prayers, and. j who never knew the, forgotten Negro will sing hymns. Then Brother Ed will be burled. Throughout two world wars Brother Ed’s body was kept in a wooden casket. Sometimes the -i casket was propped against the Wall of the funeral home. ’ TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 Nearly all the girls I met with Serge were the lower-echelon type. He didn’t seem able to attract any other kind. I think he felt more at home with this kind 'because it gave him a build-up to be patron izing to them. He never spent a great deal of money on them. He took them to swank places but I doubt If he ever bought any of them diamonds or mink coats. He did hope that Betty Reed would’ be a great singer and reflect glory on him as her sponsor'but (Betty Just didn’t have enough zing to suc ceed in show business even if she had the finest voice in the world Actually I’ think Serge got his jollies from making money and pot from making dames. Sex was not the driving force in his life. He gathered girls around him as he might buy neckties, just for the effect. He often wouldn’t address a word to the girl he’d brought along when Denny (Denny Morri son, Miss Muir’s hudband) and I were with him at dinner. He was busy talking a mile-a-minute try ing to impress us. He talked like la parrot when he was slightly loaded. Never stopped. I frequent ly had to ask him to shut up for a minute and let my ears rest. He would tell me that nobody ever treated him in such a cavalier fashion and I would remind him that I could do that because there wasn’t anything he had that I wanted. An Embarrasting Night Chib Incident He was not welcome at the Stork or “21” and would have given bis (Continued Ob Page Two* His body was brought to Memphis by a surviving: brother, fexra Lee Cochran. Ezra Lee saio his wife had “been after me to tend to it,” for some time. BODY BIU PRESERVED The subject of Brother Ed came ) up last Christinas in the Cochran i household. His brother and sieter (Continued m Page two) (Eh? Jltfcurd Honeymoon Os Ike, Congress Appears Over r WASHINGTON (IP) The ■honeymoon of the Repub lican Eisenhower adminis tration with the Democratic 84th Confress has gone “phhttt” and the unhappy parties are hiking for the divorce court. Theirs was a shotgun association, at best, a marriage of necessity. One of those strange bed fellow things. Seven weeks ago today President Eisenhower was delivering to a genial Congress his annual mes. sage on the state of the nation and paused to utter a birthday greeting to and shake the hand of the venerable speaker Sam Ray burn, Mr. Democrat, himself. All of that was before the eyes and for the ears of a multi-million te levision audience. The President carefully has been avoiding directly aggressive action against Democrats, millions l of whom he hopes to entice into the Republican Party by 1956. RAYBURN GAVE ASSIST It is only a matter of days ago that President Eisenhower gently was rebuking the bubbly partisan ship of Republican National Com mittee members assembled here with a reminder that the enemy of the republic is Russian Com munism, not the Democratic Par ty. And, about that time, Rayburn (CooUuued On PMV. TwOj Defendant Not In Court; Died In Crash A tragedy was recorded in few words yesterday in an entry made in Harnett Recorder’s Court. “Action abates due to death of defendant,” the clerk wrote on a warrant charging David Ross Ste wart, 26, of Broadway, Rt. 1 with speeding 95 miles an hour. Roes, the record showed, was stopped by highway patrolmen on Monday, Feb. 14. On Wednesday, Feb. 16 Stewart was killed when his car overturned on the John sonville Road less than a- mile from Llllington. He had been cited to appear in court his week. A Llllington Negro, Walter Tuck er, was held for grand jury action following an inquest into the fatal ity. Stewart was alone at the time of the action but it was alleged that the Tucker car was chasing Stewart at the time of the acci dent. Tucker posted bond of $1,500 immediately. Reynolds, Wife Abandon Yacht MIAMI BEACH (HP) —(Million- aire tobacco heir Richard J. Rey nolds, his attractive wife and the skipper of their yacht abandoned the blazing craft five miles off Miami Beach early today and es caped .safely to the Florida snore in a small boat. The yacht caught fire near the end of a leisurely 170-mile cruise from Nassau. Had the accident oc fcurred earlier on the voyage, the consequences could have been tra gic. Reynolds told the Coast Guard before his party' checked into a hotel for rest that a gas leak ap parently caused the fire to break out on his sleek 53-foot cruiser, Scarlett O'Hara. #onf t Intend to fcwfa. •«*•] DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24, 1955 CORN MAKES PLENTY OF SMOKE—Dunn fire men are shown here as they worked to extinguish the blaze of a truck load of corn which caught on fire yesterday aftenoon at the corner of West Pear sall and South Orange Ave. Secretary Howard Lee of the fire department said the 1952 Ford truck and trailer was owned by John West of Dunn, Route 4 ALREADY UNDER SUSPENDED SENTENCE Dunn Judge Refuses Veteran Bootlegger Robert Murphy, described by police as an olti-tiine hardened bootlegger, was convicted of a new liquor charge in Dunn’s city court after a long trial yesterday after noon but despite his record and the fact that he was un der a suspended sentence Judge H. Paul Strickland flatly refused to send hiim to the roads. The veteran Dunn bootlegger walked out of the courtroom with his lawyers after paying a small fine of S2OO and costs and a sus pended sentence. City Solicitor J. Shepard Bryan, who fought a hard case and won, appealed to Judge Strickland to send Murphy to the roads, but the judge took a more lenient view and refused to do so. Mr. Bryan pointed out that Murphy is already under a five - year suspended sentence given him in Superior Court after he appeal ed a Dunn conviction. Judge Strickland pointed out that he had no right to put into effect ithe sentence given the Ne gro in the higher court, that such action would be up to the Su perior Court. Solicitor Bryan reminded, how ever that he hal a right to send him to the roads in this case in view of his record and reputation, but Judge Strickland apparently did not feel moved to do so. CANT GET THEM ON ROADS “It’s hard enough,’’ Solicitor (Con tinned On Page Slxl Federal Insurance Office Is Opened The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, an agency of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, has opened an of fice in the county agricultural building at Lillington and has already started accepted applications for crop insur ance on tobacco in Harnett. This announcement was made today by County Farm Agent Cliff Ammons, who said the office would be pf great service to Harnett farmers. In charge of the office are J. W. Phillips and Joe A. Caddell. Begin + Record Roundup + STUNT NIGHT The Junior Class of Central High School will sponsor Stunt Night, Talent show and King and Queen contest Fri day, March 4 at 8:00 o’clock pjn. Admission win be 25 and 60 cents. Mias Becky Lee of Dunn will be a special guest for the evening. The public is cordially invited to attend. i and driven by Tommy McCausley. The truck was filled with corn on the stalk which had never been shucked. The fire was so hot awnings on the home of Mr. and Mrs. Everette DofTermyre nearby were burned. Mr. McCausley said his load apparently caught fire from a flying spark. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) Eats Glass Sandwich For Jurors HOLLYWOOD (IP) —Atty Ray mond O. Stanbury, defense coun sel for )a restaurant owned by screen star Esther Williams and her husband Ben Oage, won his case Wednesday by sprinkling bits of broken glass on a piece of bread and calmly munching the “sand wich.” The jury voted 9-3 against plain tiff Ward E. Willicutt, 42, an in dustrial engineer, asking $51,239 damages for internal injuries suf fered when he inadvertently swal lowed bits of glass in a dish of ice cream at the cale. ‘ Stanbury downed four of the “sandwiches” to prove the plain tiff could not have been seriously injured. ning Monday, February 28th, the office will be open dally from 8:30 &m. to S p.m. Mondays through Fridays. AREA REPRESENTATIVES Representing the agency in var ious sections of Harnett are: (Cmtinned en pan rtx) CAMELS WONT OO Camp bell College’s State Junior College 1955 basketball champions voted today not to try tor a National Championship in Hutchinson, Kan sas next month. After the team’s victory in the finals of the tourney last Saturday night Coach Fred McCall of the Camels had indicated (OinHnnif SB dhc To Send To Roads Nine Killedln Plane Crash SEDALIA, Mo. (IP) A giant military refueling plane crashed in flames shortly after take-off last night, killing nine of the 11 crew men aboard. Sedalia Air Force base reported two men parachuted to safety shortly before the big KC97 crash ed in a farm field. The survivors were identified as S. Sgt. Stanley C. Beach, Lambert Lake, Me., and T. Sgt. Walter H. Polk, Knoxville, Tenn. The two were released after examinations at the base dispensary. The flying tanker plunged to earth in flames about 100 miles from its base. It had just taken off or a training mission. t Several witnesses said they saw the craft ablaze as it struggled to gain altitude. NOT TOO POOR GREENVILLE (IP)—North Carolina is not “too poor” to provide its children the best In educatonal fa cilities, Dr. Leo W. Jenkins, dean of instruction at East Carolina College, said here. "I’m convinced the people who pay the taxes are willing to meet whatever sacrifice is necessary to provide needed teachers and ilassrooms in this state,” Jenkins said. , This Gal Can Change Her Hose Quich CHICAGO (IP) The crowd cheered last night as a shapely red-haired model lifted her skirt, removed a garter, pulled . off her stockings, and slipped into another pair. The cheers ware fcr Wilson, who outdid her competitor, Mickey Mars of New Y.ork, by completing the operation in an un official 28.5 seconds. The 23-year-old model’s time win be compared with that of other mimble stocking-changers in 21 cities to determine who if the winner of a free trip to Atlantic City, N. J„ as a guest of the Na tional Association of Hosiery Man ufacturers. A -spokesman said the idea of the contest is to make women more hosiery conscious by demon strating that it doesn’t take long to accomplish a changeover. \ The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION...NEWS PHOTOS. . . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Democrats From Virginia Will Figth Reduction WASHINGTON (IP) Sev en House Democrats broke ranks today and lined up with Republicans against the Democratic S2O tax cut for everybody. The Democrats, all from Vir ginia, publicly pledged their oppo sition to the tax-cutting move. Their action followel a caucus of GOP members at which all but “two or three” of the Republicans present promised to vote against the plan. On the basis of the showing, GOP Leader Joseph W. Martin Jr. (Mass) predicted the proposed tax cut denounced by President Ei senhower as the height of fiscal “irresponsibility” will be strick en from a package bill. The pack age bill provides for a one-year extension of corporation and ex cise sales taxes which are sche duled for reduction April 1. PRELIMINARY TEST DUE But Democrats remained confi dent of victory. They said the showdown vote in the House will come tomorrow. There might be a preliminary test vote late today. There are 232 Democrats in the House, against 203 Republicans. The seven dissident Virginia Democrats issued a statement an nouncing they will vote against the Democratic tax cut for the “same reason” they voted against the Republican tax reduc tion bill last year. They said they considered both to be “fiscal irresponsibility in' Vie#'' of our" contmutnfF ' aefjcnr spending and . mounting federal debt.” The statement was issued by Reps. Howard W. Smith, J. Vaugh an Gary, Burr P. Harrison, Porter Hardy, Jr., Watkins M. Abbitt, Ed ward J. Robeson Jr., and William M. Tuck. They thus aligned themselves with 'Chairman Harrjr f\ Byrd (D- Va) of the Senate r Finance Com mittee who has served notice he will appose the tax-cutting plan in the Senate. A bull sea elephant, by far the largest of the seals, may grow to a length of 20 feet and weigh as much as three tons. Its thick layer of blubber beneath the skin yields a valuable oil. Harnett Birthday Plans Shaping Up Leslie* H. Campbell, chairman of the Harnett County Centennial Committee today called for public support of celebration which should have “lasting and rich benefits to our county and its posterity.” In a letter mailed today to one ■ hundred key persons throughout ] the county, the President of Camp- i bell College called for frank ex- > pressions of the opinion of leaders i in every community as to “whether this celebration is worth while and : if the leaders are behind it.” i In 1955 Harnett County marks : the 100th anniversary of the form Safety Projects Adopted At Erwin The Erwin Safety Council, which will have combatting accidents as its chief goal, was organized at an. enthu siastic meeting held Wednesday night at the Junior Or der Hall in Erwin and attended by representatives od various organizations of the town and other public leaders. Each of the sponsoring organi zations will name one of ita mem ber and chairmen and the various chairmen will alternate in presiding at the meetings and in directing the program. Among the fret projects will be the organization of a school safety patrol, the erection of additional signs In the school area and widen- ; in* of the street which runs in front of the schools. John Bradley of the Junior Or der presided over the meeting after his elected as chairman tor that NO. 58 k - a • Jit ■ ■ RflHr A m, HEW FWD—fRa-Scsia. Holly wooft new Xtaßan find, re- madJMkf “How BDOkt I he togridVSi Gim" She saps te *aty “gjrtsi [who taw roped floe Bill To Permit Driving A! 15 RALEIGH W) Fifteen-year olds would be allowed permits to learn to drive under a measure in troduced in the House of Repre sentatives today. Rep. E. M. O’Herron, Jr. of Mec klenburg introduced a measure making technical changes in the;| state driver’s license act, including the permit provision. He said learn er’s permits would be issued only to 15-year-old’s enrolled In driver training course* offered by public schools. The law now provides for learn er’s permits to be issued at the age of 16 but also allows issuance of a regular operator’s license to a qualified 16-year-old. O’Herron explained “kids aren’t interested in taking driver-train ing courses at the age of 16 when they can simply get a license and (Continued On Page tmi ation of the county from what was then part of Cumberland. Pre liminary plans for an appropriate celebration of the birthday event were in the talking stage as early as last year. A temporary committee has been . set up and consulted Sunday in Chapel Hill with Paul Green, Har- . nett County native and noted (Continued On Page Mx) group. Frank Avery was eleetef chairman of the Patriotic Order Sons of America and Joseph L Smith was elected by Local 2M of the Textile Workers Union « have not yet elected their chair- America. The other 01 anniiißnfe men. ,- D. ,T. Stutts, principal at id Erwin school, was the only m£ anent office# named. He was ««£ ed secretary-treasurer.
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