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* WEATHER <■ Partly cloudy and warmer today. Tomorrow mostly fair and cooler. VOLUME 5 NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PLANNED HE MADE IT BACK— Just one month ago William C. Wood stood in a Chicago court, left, plead- | ing a case for a skid-row friend. Decked out in a new suit, hearing aid and false teeth, right he 1 gets a birthday cake to celebrate four weeks of straight living. Since his first appearance in court, 2 Wood, an ex-lawyer, has been earning $5 a day helping Judge Hyman Feldman with skid-row 1 cases. With Wood are Judge Feldman, left, and Chief Justice Raymond Drymalski. '*•** CAUGHT AFTER ANOTHER RAPE, ROBBERY . Ann Yarrow's Rape-Murder Solved; Father Os 2 Held : V- ; '}'*■ '**&&■* ■' -. V , !*• JhsAs Jtitils I I • . JhinqA * By HOOVER ADAMS LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS , Sheriff Claude Moore, who is frying to lick a bad cold, is get ting ready to leave for Detroit to >. return the two love slayers to Har nett for trial—The sheriff has really been too sick to work, but he hasn’t stopped yet....He goes night and day Jo Jo Williams says he and Jennie didn’t bother to visit the country club wheie Ike plays golf on their trip to Augusta, Ga. last week “We just went.a way to get a good rest,” said Jo Jo—Promotion of Marchant Cot tingham to the post of general ma nager of Erwin Mills, Inc. ■means Dunn is losing one of its finest young couplps ~. They’ve made many friends here and after The Record came out last night with the news of his advancement the telephone in the Cottingham ho me started., ringing as friends oall ed to offer congratulations But success has its drawbacks, too —Mr. and Mrs. Cottingham had lived in Durham for only a short .vhile before coming to Dunn... They had Just bought a new home in Durham and gotten settled there when he came here and bought the l heme of Mr. and Mrs. Loins Sre ' (Continued On Page Two) Bootleggers Given Hearing In Court -. v. A defendant, pictured by 1 his attorneys as a “new comer to the liquor business” in Harnett County .was given a 6 to 8, months 'road term yesterday in Harnett Record i er’s Court by Judge M. O, Lee. E . . 1 However, in another case where records showed that alleged liquor law violator was under suspended k sentence for a similar offense the f' judge wanted “time to think it g|¥hver.” Meantime defendant ntfin r her two did his thinking in jail, jp «hd sentencing was due Wednes day. - • In the first case Gene Astlst, a Negro who is a native of Gran r ville County, was convicted of il legal possession of non ta* paid Hi I ■ • ■: ■ > TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 YORK (IP)—A handsome, young father of two'was charged today with the mutiteticmimtfltieY Os frQ»wiiter coed he had never seen before he spotted her walking down a Greenwich Village street and followed her home. The arrest of William Patrick Farrell, 25, broke a case that picked squads of police had been working on since Feb. 6, the morn ing the body of Ann Yarrow was found in a tenement apartment. ' •-The 23-year-old New York Uni versity sociology student had been raped,’ strangled and stabbed more than 40 times. Farrell was arrested Tuesday in a bullet-punctuated chase on a charge of raping his sister-in-law and robbing her and his father-in law. A quick - thinking policeman quickly linked him to the Yarrow case. BREAK UNEXPECTED The break was completely unex pected because police had been working on the theory that Miss Yarrow had been killed by a boy friend. Farrell was a complete • stranger to her, informed sources said. Reports said Farrell noticed the girl in the street and followed her to the apartment without any invi tation. He broke in the door, police said, and raped and killed her. After answering questions all day and night, Farrell made a statement, which was not disclosed Jjy authorities. Then early this morning he was booked on a homi cide charge. Police also charged him with assault, robbery and rafce of his sister-in-law, 20-year-old Irene Mil ler; assault and robbery of bis father-in-law; and assault with a knife on a policeman. ENTERS APARTMENT He had 'gone Tuesday morning to his sister-in-law’s apartment He found the girl and her step-father, (Continued Oh Page Two) 4 / • whiskey for the purpose of sale. Rural police testified they, found nine Jars of “white whiskey" hid den in pinestraaw, some 200 yards from Astlst’s house, one mile from Duncan. Reports on Agtists, charg ing him wfth selling whiskey, had been current for six months, Po liceman j. a' Byrd said. ditlon he not violate the state or (Conttaasd Oh Page Twe) The Daily Record Jazz-Loving Young King Quits Throne SAIGON, Indochina (IP) King Norodom Sihanouk, 33-year-old jazz-playing monarch of Cambodia, abdicted today. His abdication was a startling surprise following a popular refer endum on Feb. 5 in which the people of Cambodia voted more than 99 per cent in favor of his actions in winning them full inde pendence from France. Norodom resigned jn favor of his father, Prince Suramarit, an offi cial announcement said. No reason was given for his ab dication in the first official an nouncement from the Cambodian government in Pnom Penh. The, action was completely unexpected by Western observers on the spot. Only two days .ago the young and progressive monarch held a long conference with U. S. Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles, then on a swing through Southeast 1 Asia. Dunn Hi Band Concert Set One of the highlights of the Dunn High School Band concert to, be presented Thursday night in the high school auditorium will be the appearance of a prominent Dunn citizen as guest conductor, it was announced today by Direct or Harold Grant. Direotor Grant did not reveal the person’s name but said ,he has con • slderable background as both mu sician and conductor. The guest director will lead the band in a rendition of his favorite march “The Washington Post March” by John Phillip Sousa. • In addition, the program will in -1 elude “Pixxicata Polka" in which the band is expected to. follow the 1 antics of the conductor. 1 The Band has spent all of Febru ■ ary working on contest numbers l to be played at the annual District - Band Contest in Ralelgli on Friday ( March 11. J f Episodes For John Mor^ (Continued Ob Page !*•) • J DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1955 Ike Reports U. S. Has Lead In Atom Race WASHINGTON (IP)—Presi dent Eisenhower said today that the Western world has a lead over Russia in devel opment of atomic and hy drogen weapons. But the President said one could not know exactly how long the lead can be sustained. At one point in a news conference discussion he said that in the past the West has had a great lead over Russia in development of nuclear weapons. He underscored the Western world's lead in atomic and hydro gen weapons in commenting on Winston Churchill’s statement yes terday that the United States and Britain must increase their super iority of the Russians would pull even within three or four years. He was asked about reports that Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek had said his government expects moral and material aid from the United States to reinvade the China mainland. The President, replying firmly, declared that the United States wt>s not going to be a part to any aggressive war. He said that was all he would say on that. OTHER MATTERS He said reporters should wait until next spring to ask him his intentions about running for an other term as president. He ad vocated four year terms for House members, saying two-year terms arejtoo expensive, in view of cam paign costs at such short intervals. going to' issue an In vi tation now to Marshal George Zhu kov, Soviet defense minister, to visit the United States. The Presi dent said he had thought ths over himself and decided to do nothing about it now because of the world situation. He declared that the free world wants peace and the only way the West could become embroiled in : another war would be by 'the other •side’s action. The* President related this statement to the Formosa sit uation. He rejected as absolutely without foundation reports in Latin Ameri can countries that a hidden mis sion of the present U. S. Antarctic expedition was to seek proving grounds for hydrogen and atomic tests. • GOLF VOTE BIGGER FREEPORT, Hi. (if)—Five times as many voters turned out to ap prove a golf course bond issue as voted in. the city primary three •weeks ago. . SHE ADMITTED IT BRAZIL, lad. (IP)—lMrs. Nellie L. Hayward pleaded guilty to drunken driving and was fined <lO. She is 70 yean old. Sheriff To Return Two Love Slayers Harnett Sheriff Claude R. Moore today was preparing to leave for Detroit, Michigan to return a 22-year-old wife and her illicit lover to Harnett County to stand trial for the .murder of her soldier-husband. • Governor G. Mennen Williams has ordered the extradition of Mrs. Dorothy Long and Edsei Heslip, both of Detroit. A 'previous attempt to extradite the couple in January was rejected on technical Alfred B. Fitt, Governor Williams’ regal ad-- visor, said in Lansing yesterday that all technicalities now have been met and that the extradition warrant had been issued. I + Record Roundup + MEETING POSTPONED The regular meeting of .the Coats i P.TA. is postponed from March 3 i until March 10. At that time slides : will be shown and there will be a I discussion of school needs.- 1 ’ «' • I SPONSOR DINNER—The Ladles of the Second Baptist Church *lll < sponsor a barbecue and chicken • pastry dinner Friday, March 4 in \ the -basement of the church. Plates t will be <I.OO. IT’S FROM TEXAS—OR IS IT?— That’s some radish Billie j McNeely is bolding, and as you might expect, it was grown in | Texas—Sulphur Springs, that is. Bat the Lone Star State can’t take all the credit, because the giant radish is a Japanese variety I grown from South African seed. Weighing 19 pounds and up, 1 they’re grown to feed dairy cattle, because the cows low ’em, top and all, and they don’t Hauer fee milk. r Council To Name Voting Officials Dunn’s city council Thursday night will appoint of ficials and begin laying the groundwork for Dunn’s mu nicipal election to be held on Tuesday, May 3. City Manager A. B. Uzzle said today that the board is expected to reappoint the same election of ficials who served two years ago. They are: A. N. Hudson, registrar, and Tommy P. Harrall and Robert Draughon, judges. Mr. Hudson has already infor med the board that he will be happy to serve again and the other two also are expected to accept. Dunn citizens will go tg the polls to elect a mayor and two members of the city council. HANNA EXPECTED TO RUN Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, now completing his third term, is ex pected to be „a candidate for re election and no opposition has even been hinted. Mayor Hanna has made a good record and most political observers believe he can have another term merely for the asking. The two commissioners up for re-election are J. Vernon Bass in Ward No. II and 8.. A. Bracey in (Continued On Page Two) i The young woman and her para . mour have been held in the Detroit , Jail ever since their arrest a few days after the slaying, on informa tion provided by Sheriff Moore. TO BE TRIED FOR LIVES They will be put on trial for Itheil lives at the March criminal session of Harnett Superior Court for the brutal slaying of Pfc. Sam-, uej Long. (Continued On Page Two) CANCEL MEETING The three day recreational institute' announc ed for March 3,4, and 5 in Lfi liagton with Lonnie Powell of the State Recreational commission in charge has been cancelled. The classes were planned by the coun ty home demonstration clubs for club recreation leaders and also were to he open to interested ci vic, club and Scout workers. In stead, plans now call for Mr* Pow (Continued On Page Two) Boy Kills Sister Who Cut Off TV REVERE, Mass. OP)—A shy, 14- year-old boy, who admitted stab bing his sister to death with a bread knife after an argument over a television program, pleaded in nocent to a murder charge today. The boy, John V. Riley, is the second youngest murder defendant in Massachusetts history. The youngest was a 13-year-old boy who killed an elderly spinster in 1943. Riley was accused of killing his 10-year-old sister Pauline because she unplugged the television set when he refused to switch channels to another program. The 90-pound lad was ordered held without bail for the grand jury. Newsmen and the public were barred from the court. John was outwardly calm when escorted from an ante-room to the courtroom. He was. neatly dressed in a green corduroy jacket, white shirt and slacks. His mother, a teacher, was not in the courthouse. She was re ported under a physician’s care at the home where her son slew her daughter late yesterday. The boy’s father, a former city official, stood beside his son. The mother and father are estranged. REASON FOR EXCUSE FORT WORTH, Tex. (Pi—Dav id Freg Hagler, Jr., charged with murder, has been ordered to re port March 14 for jury duty. Legal sources said he may be excused. Aldrich Parker Is Found Dead Aldrich Parker, 73, of -Linden, Route 1, was found dead in a Odd across the road from Us home this morning about 10:30 o’clock. Assistant Coroner Edgar Black, Jr. of Dunn said he apparently suffered a heart attack while try ing to get his automobile out of a hole. . i Mr. Parker was a retired term er. Mr. Black said Mr. Parker had suffered - serenal heart attacks previously. He ruled that no In quest was necessary. The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION. .. NEWS PHOTOS.. ADVERTISING. COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY 600-Home Project On Jonesboro Road Plans for a beautiful and modernistic new residential development, to include approximately 600 medium and higher-priced homes, were announced here this morning, by a group of prominent Dunn business men. The new development will be lo cated on the Jonesboro road, east of Dunn, on a 179-acre tract of land purchased from Walter Adams. This is one of the most beauti ful location.- anywhere in the area and negotiations for procurement of the land from Mr. Adams were completed yesterday afternoon. The cost of the land was not dis closed. COST OVER SIX MILLIONS It was estimated that total c<*3t of the project, when completea ov er a period of several years, will be in excess of six million dollars. The announcement was made jointly today by O. W. Godwin, Sr., prominent Dunn contractor and president of Dunn Enterprises, Inc. and Mayor Ralph E. Hanna. Asso ciated with them in the operation of Dunn Enterprises, Inc. are O. W. Godwin, Jr., ,Dr. W. W. Stan field, Earl McD. Westbrook, and Billy Wellons—all influential men of considerable financial means. Dunn Enterprises, inc. is the same group that provided the plant facilities here for the Can. non Pepper Plant. LARGEST IN HISTORY Mr. Godwin and Mayor Hanna said the new residential develop ment—largest single protect m the history of the town—-wi!} be taken into the city limits. v Streets win be paved, sewer, wa ter and all other city improve ments will be iAs tailed . The entire development will be restricted, they pointed out, with medium-priced homes in one area and higher-priced homes in an other area. They said the entire develop ment will he laid out according*to the most modem plan and wiil be completely landscaped, and beau tified. They predicted it would be the most beautiful residential section (Continued on Page Eight) 11 Dogs Killed; Owners Face Arrest Police Chief Alton A. Cobb re ported today that his force has killed 11 stray dogs during the past 12 hours as enforcement of the dog quarantine continued. Chief Cobb said that whenever a call comes in concerning a dog on the loose a patrolman is sent immediately to kill the The police chief has been issuing warnings to people to confine their Alice Prince Wins State DAR Honor Miss Alice Prince of Dunn, daughter of Mr. and .Mr*. I Hugh W. Prince, today was announced as the State Gnnri -- Citizen of the-county high school division, by the Daugh-3 ters of the American Revolution --- * Announcement of the high honor awarded the popular Dunn High School senior was made at the 55th annual session of the North Caro lina Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution this af ternoon at the Robert E. Lee Hotel in Winstoa-Saiem. RECEIVES BOND In addition to the honor, Prince will receive a United States Savings Bond. j The award was based on the qualities of dependability, service, leadership and patriotism as shown in hot scrapbook, entitled, “Alice in Wonderland.- > This scrapbook depicted her ao- H pities four Louise Hicks, regent of theDenaf NO. 62 Ml ' ' lIK /dW k v J i i^MTI gHNr'-* m i Ft -. v'.^ss-rjK NEW SCOUT AlDE— Pictured here is Russell Simons, who *»»« arrived in Dunn to begin duttes as District Scout Executive for Harnett County Mr. Simons, who succeeds Russell McLean, is entering the professional services of the Boy Scout as graduates of the National Training School and has had wide experience as >a volunteer Scout leader in the Oteoheechee Council. % * Purdie To Open Another Store Johnnie Puibie of Dunn, owner of Purdie's, Inc. of Dunn,, today’ announced plans for the opening of a furniture and appliance store at Fayetteville, to be known as Purs die’s of Fayetteville, Inc. (Continued on Page Right) dags ever since the law went Into effect. INDICTMENTS PLANNED Meanwhile, officials were getting ready to swear out warrants for all dog-owners whose dogs are found running at large. Sheriff Claude R. Moore was conferring with County «niteit« r Neill Ross and County Attorney • (Continued On Page Two), *: '.{JESS
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