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BU* Dunn Hi Coach Resigns In Controversy is •fr WEATHER + Partly cloudy and colder. Friday increasing cloudiness and warmer. VOLUME 5 ■ YALTA PAPERS STB CONTROVERSY rjpl AT OPENING OF NEW A & P—Pictured here are four of the principal figures at the grand opening of Dunn’s new $125,000 A & P Super - Market yesterday afternoon. Left to right are: * Manager Locke Muse, R. C. Hughes of Raleigh, Traffic Cases Heard In Court Cases arising out of traffic viola tions claimed most of the attention of Harnett Recorder’s Court on Tuesday. William Henry Tripp of Liltag ™on, Route 1, who was found guilty of driving while intoxicated was fined SIOO and costs. Several drivers were fined for driving without an operator’s li cense. In this group were Lester Lanier, who paid five dollars and costs; Betty Morris of Fayetteville who paid $25 fine and costs; and William Calvin Kelly who was fined $35 and costs. Two other defendants, James Conway Keith and Marion J. Cro sier, who were charged with driving with expired licenses, paid the costs. Speeders drew various fines rang- from five dollars upward. Leon ■ aard McQuire Taylor, William B. Kirby and Charlie King Overby entered guilty pleas to speeding 70 miles an hour and were fined $lO and costs each. Gerald M. Gurwin first charged with speeding 80 miles an hour .en tered a guilty plea to traveling in excess of 70 miles and was fined $25 and costs. Other speeders and their fines were as follows: James D. Craig, speeding 65 miles, five, dollars aita costs; Charles A. Phillips, speeding 65 miles, five dollars and costs; Rudolph Wendeall -Jenkins, speed- King 63, costs; Jerry Garnett Wya.tt, speeding 65 miles, five dollar fine and costs; Larry Marshall Tutor, speeding 65 miles, five dollars and . jcosts; Frank H. Supple excecss of *65 miles, five dollars and costs: Mamie Duncan, speeding 63 miles, five dollars and .costs. Other motor . vehicle offenders f., were Joseph William Stephenson, ; Jr., who paid costs for violating a V stop sign; and Ernest Cash well (Continue* «n wage six) Morgan Introduces JHis Tax Measure , | RALEIGH—(IP)—BiIIs to raise state individual and cor- . v porate taxes one per cent were introduced in the Senate t-today. . Sponsor of the measures, Sen. ■k; Robert Morgan of Harnett County, K said the increase in personal in- B come taxes would cost taxpayers Bf, about 6 million dollars a year but |£ would bring in 9% million dollars I it a year In additional revenue for the state. He explained the cost BH. would be less than the actual re -8 gr venue received by the state because 1 t taxpayers would receive a further BRgU. J- r.Siy' : TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 A&P superintendent for Eastern Carolina; J. L. Creed of Fayetteville, (Estrict supervisor; and President Emmett Aldredge of the Chamber of Commerce. Thousands of people visited the new store last night and today. (Daily Record Photo.) Opening Os A&P Proves Big -Success Thousands of people visited Dunn’s new $125,000 A&P Super Market last night and today and Manager Locke Muse and officials of the company hailed the grand opening event as “a tremendous success.” The big opening event will con tinue through Saturday night, with < a Westinghouse television set and | a big array of other valuable gifts to be given away. Open House was held yesterday at 5 o’clock when Manager Ed Car roll of the Dunn Chamber of Com merce out the ribbon. . Despite a hard driving rain, a large crowd was on hand for the I opening and the crowd grew in- ' creasingly larger throughout the evening. The beautiful new self-service ( store, the last word in modern food | retailing, is located in the new j Quinn Shopping Center between , the forks of West Cumberland and West Broad Street. COMPANY PRAISED 1 President Emmett Aldredge of t the Chamber of Commerce, in his , speech, paid high tribute to A ft t P for its confidence in Dunn in making such a big investment here. * Aldridge said 'he towh would continue to go forward with such £ progressive business enterprises. , J. L. Creed of Fayetteville, dl- * strict supervisor, also spoke and expressed appreciation to citizens of the area for their support, which made establishment of the new and larger store here necessary. J A&P has been operating in Dunn * for many years. * Manager Muse, one of Dunn’s 1 most popular citizens and a man > with 26 years experience with the ( company, also spoke briefly and s expressed his appreciation to the 1 public. >< “We are happy and proud to have been able to secure this new store for Dunn and the surround- * ing area,” said Mr. Muse, “and • 1 we want all of yau to enjoy using it.” reduction In figuring state income . taxes in filing federal taxes. •, Morgan’s bill to increase corpor ate taxes would apply to income in excess of $25,000 a year. He ! said the increase would bring In ' an additional 6 millon dollars an nually at a cost of $3500,000. ' Both measures would apply to income earned by taxpayers in 1066. (Oeattaaed On- Page Twe) ol The Daily Record The Rev. R. R. Gammon, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Baby Market Being Probed WASHINGTON —M— The Children’s Bureau is trying to find out how many babies are being - adopted through black marketing. As far as the government bureau knows, no organized black market baby rings now are operating in the country. But it suspects some black marketing —arranging adop tions for a price l —by individuals, a spokesman said today. “Unquestiinably some individuals 1 are serving ar intermediaries for money,’’ Social Worker Margaret Thomhlill said. INFORMATION SCARCE Miss Thornhill, who is making a year-long survey of adoptions for the government agency, said infor mation on baby black marketing is very difficult to obtain. No one involved talks about it. Even offi cials in communities where it is suspected cannot estimate how many babies may be involved, she • said. Her survey. is aimed at finding out why some 20,000 adoptions a year are arranged outside of estab lished public, private, ’or church (Continued On Page Four) Names In The News LONG BEACH, Calif. BP—Police booked I. W. Harper Wednesday. He was charged with being drunk. PITTSBURGH (W—Bridget Her wood, a native of County Cork, celebrates her 79th birthday today. The guest list for her birthday dinner includes the O'Connor*, the Reillys, the OMonahans and the McCabes. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (W—Lee An drew Sugar Cane was Jailed on charges of taking part in the theft of 5,000 pounds of sugar. DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON MARCH 17, 1955 Waggoner To End Services After 8 Years Coach Paul Waggoner of Dupn High School resigned last night at the peak of a controversy over his coach in g methods after eight years service at the local school. The veteran Dunn High coach tendered his resignation to Dr. Clarence Corbett, chairman of the Dunn district school board, and later told newsmen he did so to avoid disharmony and dissension in the local school. “I think too much of the Dunn school and the people of Dunn,” said Coach Waggoner, “to be a party to any controversy or dis satisfaction which might prove harmful to either the school or the community.” His resignation followed by one night a meeting of the Dunn di strict board, at which charges were leveled against the coach that he had taught his Dunn players un nessary roughness and had con doped., unsportsmanlike tactics. CdACH REFUTES CHARGE; Coafch Waggoner said v*ryV’eame at news to a*’' And emphatically denied that he had ever taught or advocated any thing except the highest type of sportmanship. “I believe in keeping my boys in good condition,” he said, “and I believe in playing hard, but I have always insisted that .they play fair.” Meanwhile, a grgJJP of about two dozen students, moßkiing many - members of the football team, issued statements tp. the 'press- de- I , (Continued on . Page Two) ■if I I £ i £ C 1 1 ] < ( COACH WAGGONER Mrs. Harrington Finds Her Man The postman recently brought Mrs. Inez Harrington, county re gister of deeds who has a reputa tion of knowing the name of al most everybody in Harnett County, a friendly .request that really put her on the spot. In a letter postmarked Mont clair, N. J. Frank B. Bronander oil 4 Curtis Terrace, wrote; “Dear Mrs. Harrington; Bill Eanes left his credentials + Record Roundup + REVIVAL SLATED Revival services will begin at the Lee’s Grove Baptist Church Sunday eve ning, March 30th. The speaker , will be The Rev. Wiley Evans, and the services will begin at 7:30 each evening. The public is cordially in vited to attend. MASONS TO MEET—An emer i gent communication of the Dunn ; Masonic Lodge will be held ttylght at 7:10 at the lodge hall for work Bk j$ y^H J 11 - FAMOUS GOLF PRO TO SPEAK HERE—Pic tured here is Peggy Kirk Bell of Southern Pines, famous golf pro, who will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet meeting of the Chicora Country Club Friday night at 7 o'clock in the Dunn High, School Cafeteria. She’s one of the Pat Ward Names George White Strike Stops Rail Service By UNITED PRESS A strike forced suspension of passenger service by a major Southern railroad today and there were new charges of “sabotage” in connection with the telephone strike in the same section of the country. * The Louisville & Nashville Rail road put its 50 daily passenger trains in sheds but said it was still running freight trains. It had claimed yeterday that freight operations were “50 to 75 per cent (Continued On Page Two) and wallet in my car in Memphis, Tenn. I don’t know his address, but I am sending his credentials to you in hope that you may be able to return the contents of this letter to their proper owners.” Now, Mrs. Harrington had never heard of Frank or Bill, both ap parently in the Navy. But it was Bill, William Arthur Eanes, Jr. of Erwin—she was supposed to find. (Continued On Page Two* am in the First Degree. Secretary Cur tis Ennis said today it would be an important meeting and urged all members to attend. REVIVAL MEETING—The Rev. Charles B. Howard of Buie’s Creek will conduct a series of evangelis tic services at the Erwin Baptist Church beginning Monday night and continuing through the follow ing Sunday night. Services will be held at 7:30 each evening. . nation's top golfers. More than 300 people are expected to attend the event. She will be intro duced by a close personal friend, Nathan M. (Junie) Johnson, Jr., of Dunn. Earl Jones will serve as master of ceremonies ,at the banquet. By JACK WOLISTON United PPress Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, —(IP)—Pat Ward dropped the name of another of her love-customers into the Jelke vice trial today and also testified a George White once told her he might give her a part in a play he was producing. Miss Ward, 21, in school-girl at tire of a blouse and skirt, took the witness stand for the 4th day at the retrial of Oleo heir Minot (Mickey) F. Jelke on two counts of compulsory prostitution. Shortly before noon, Miss Ward broke down in tears and Judge Francis L. Valente adjourned court until the witness could regain her composure. [ She had just completed testify ; ing to an argument which had oc curred between her and Jelke while they were living together at the Blue Bay Motel in Miami STELEN’S STORE STAFF— Pictured here are rnwwhen of the staff of Steles’*, Dunn's newest and most modern ladies and children’s shop. It is located In the building fenaerty occupied by Men ree’s on Beat Bread Street and is the 21st store opened by the Mg cletolug chain in North Coro- The Record Is First IN CIRCULATION . . PHOTOS . . ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Beach. She said Jelke had struck her after an argument in whieh she told him she couldn’t continue the type of life she was living. CHASED HIM WITH KNIFE She said she chased him from the room with a kitchen knife. In reply to his question, Miss Ward said she met White once or twice but never went out with him. Later, she testified, she discussed White with Jelke and told the for mer playboy that White was pro ducing a new show and had told (Continued On Page Four) Una. Members of the staff, left to right, am: Mm. Glynn Pate. Mrs. Leon B. Honeycutt, Mrs. Gram Boatwright, Mrs. Dewey Godwin and Mrs. UMMCT Adley Hood, who is nuwagwr eg the sew -r-g; tffijffi| Sidney Spielman of the New York office is hem assisting with the opening. (Daily ffriirj v \ MW*;!- ■r'rtslS NO. 73 )isclosure Os Papers Draws Varied Reaction By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Writer WASHINGTON (IP) A political and diplomatic storm of hurricane force was blowing up today around the long-suppressejl recods of the Yalta confer- Imij ence where the late Presi- dent Roosevelt dealt Com* munist Russia into the war against Japan. Yalta proved to be a good dealm for the Russians. Their armies struck in the East only five days before Japan accepted uncondi-ffi tional surrender. . The State Department made the Yalta papers public Wednesday night in a hurry-up climax to a* series of maneuvers which, like H the Yalta record itself, was fusing and open to various intes- W pretations. AJso published were records of the conference at Malta where' the late President Roosevelt met British Prime Minister , ,»to.p Churchill, before proceeding to.Ufk Yalta''as Generalissimo Josef Sta- VV lin’s guest. There are shocks nd some sur prises for those at and abroad in the Yalta documents. Qe'. Germans may flinch to read of VV Mr. Roosevelt's “bloodthirsty” at titure toward them and the Yalta plan to dismember their nation. FEARED GERMAN OPPOSITION' Churchill will be unhapipy. Re ( JR has opposed publication of the ■ Yalta conference details at this time. Churchill is the lone surviv- * er of the Yalta “Big Three.” The State Department had de- IQ layed publication to avoid what was described as international ■■■ complications. There was anxiety here and in Britain lest blunt Yal- |»«|l to references to Germany, as le-*® veaied today, might strengthen m German political opposition to a"* military alliance with the West. an (Continued On Page Four) . Mrs. Coolidge mim is Improved t NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (W—The condition of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge.j s 76, hospitalized widow of the for-l • mer President, was reported “much . improved today.” I Doctors at Cooley Dickinson Hos-K - pital said no date has yet been set® -for her release. She has beenff QJ 1 treated for a. respiratory ailment* since Tuesday. ..||
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