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* WEATHER + Partly cloudy and rather hot to day and Saturday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers occurring mostly in the mountains and the south portion. VOLUME 5 RUSSIANS PONDERING IKE’S PROPOSAL THE GREAT GABLE-Fact & Fable Colossal Screen Legend Still Champ At Box Office (The first of a series of articles on what makes Clark Gable the greatest box office draw in Hollywood history— today as commanding and virile as ever. Copyright 1955 by the New York Daily News.) By JESS STERN CLARK GABLE, the idol of another generation of female movie - goers, is now thrilling their daughters and granddaughters and making more money than ever in doing it. “Who,” asked a TV celebrity of her 10-year-old daughter, “is your favorite mo vie star?” ‘' •’ lit' ■, m Jwqmr 111 1 v . J *fa - Ip|*H I ■ ( LARK GABLE Jh&M aCiiilfi JhinqA By HOOVER ADAMS MOVIE VISITOR, EVERETTE AND OTHER JLITTLE NOTES Lash La Rue whose ability to act and to crack a whip landed him among the western greats of movie land, was a visitor in Dunn for a few hours yesterday afternoon Now on a personal appearance tour, he stopped in Dunn to visit Mr, and Mrs. Bill Crabtree—He’s a cousin of Mr. Crabtree and the two families have visited back and forth for years While here, he staged a clever lash demonstration (Continued On Page Two! Lillington Club Hears Jack Riley The use of electricity has. increased more than two and a half times within the past 10 years and even more phenominal growth is anticipated within the next dec ade. Such was the prediction here last night toy Jack Riiey, publicity di rector for Carolina Power St Light Company, in a talk before the Lil lington Rotary Club. Riley stated that electric con sumption in the area served by Carolina Power St Light Company totaled almost three and a half TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 "Who,” asked a TV celebrity of her 10-year-old daughter, "is your favorite movie star?” "Why, Clark Gable, of course,” the child replied. "Where in the world have you been?” movie critic Wanda Hale impatiently inquired of her daugh ter-in-law. "Out with Clark Gable," the 26-year-oldster good-naturedly flipped back. Even in his own backyard, the legend of the indestructible Gable lives on. When, after 23 years as king of MOM, the millionaire star transferred to the 20th Century - Fox lot, even 20th’s celebrities stopped admiring themselves. Extras, props, ordinary studio workers who wouldn’t think of turning their heads for Gregory Peck, Victor Mature, Susan Hayward or any other star on the sets, crowded in to get a glimpse of the famous figure. “You would have thought,” a studio official drily observed, "that it was Darryl Z&nuck (20th’s boss) riding a white charger and passing out SIOO bills.” A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF BOX OFFICE SUCCESS Now that Gable, winding up his career at MOM last year, Aas made two pictures for 20th, troqj which he will earn at least a million dollars, interest in him has quickened at both the studio and the box office—where it really counts. ' In 25 years he has become more than an out standing screen personality. He has rubbed shoulders with royalty, discussed politics with Presidents, swapped stories with Hemingway. He has always been a magnet for the ladies and his female admires have come from the rich and the poor—Standard Oil’s Millicent Rogers, Palm Beach’s Dolly O'Brien and Sophie Gluts of Oshkosh, Wis. He has made millions in pictures and much of it has stuck to him. Despite threU costly divorces, he guardedly acknowledges that he is comfortably fixed. His 20-acre ranch in the San Fernando Valley, where he spent his three happiest years, with his third wife, the late Carole Lombard, is worth near ly a half million in the desert at Palm Springs, and if he never makes another dime he can retire in ease. A recent shot of Gable relaxing at his San Fernando ranch. Continued on Page Six) Two Given Prison Terms In Harnett Prison terms were imposed yes terday in Harnett Recorder’s Court on two defendants as a variety of cases were tried. William Allen, convicted of non support of his wife and three chil dren drew a 12 months road terip. James Roosevelt Banks, Kip ling Negro who entered a guilty plea to driving without an operat or’R license was sentenced to four months on the 'roads. In other decisions, Paul McLean, Lillington, Route 3, entered a plea of guilty to illegal possession of whiskey. He was handed a six months road term, suspended two years on condition he pay a SSO fine and costs. Cyrus Bowman Carter, Erwin, billion kilowatt hours last year, compared with slightly more than one and a quarter billion In 1946. The average residential con sumer used 3,627 kilowatt hours last year, compared with Just 1,- 673 in 1946. This average, which ’ is almost 50 per cent above the ' national average, in Indicative of (Continued On Page Twu) JB aihj Route 1. submitted to the charge of driving drunk and failure to stop for stop sign. Judgment was continued on payment of $25 fine and costs. George Mangum, Negro, of Lil lington was acquitted of the charge of driving after his license had been revoked. Robert Morgan represented the defendant. Arthur Dean was found guilty of issuing a worthless check and was sentenced to four months on the roads. This was suspended on con dition he make good the check given to J. R. Griffin by payments of sls weekly, and pay court costs. Bad check charges against Dos sie Moore, Lillington, Route 3, were dismissed. John Dennis Starling, Fayette ville, Route 5, tendered a guilty plea to speeding 60 miles an hour, and was fined five dollars and costs. PARKER CONVICTED Bruce Parker, Lillington, Route 3 was found guilty of assault on a female, but Judgment was con tinued In order to give the defend ant opportunity for medical and psychiatric observation. Parker was accused of striking Mary Parker with a chair and running her away from her home. Ufa C. Burch, Negro of Bunn, level, Route 1, first charged with assault with a deadly weapon on Shep Hammond, submitted as guißy to the lesser offense of tres pass. He was ordered to pay the costs. (CiiNihi m Pa«» Tww) DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 22, 1955 Over 400,000 Will Vole Os Leaf Quota I WASHINGTON <W Farmers who grow flue-cur ed tobacco will vote In a re gional referendum tomorrow on whether to accept mar keting quotas fifiir theif crop. More than 400,500 farmers in North Carolina, South Oafolina, Georgia, Virginia, Florida and. Ala bama are eligible to vote in the referendum ordered by the secre tary of agriculture. The ballots will be counted by the state agri cultural stabilization and conser vation committeess. The growers will havfe three choices: For quotas for the 1856, 1967, and 1958 crops; for quotas for the 1956 crop only; or against quotes. To be effective, marketing quotas must be approved by two thirds of the growers voting. In a similar referendum In 1952, grow ers favored marketing quotas for 1953, 1954, and 1955 by a 97.8 per cent vote. One per cent favored quotas for one year, and 15 per cent were against quotas. The to tal vote was 260,163. If quotas are approved, those growers who stay within their acreage allotment will be eligible for price support at 90 per cent of parity. Those who exceed their acreage allotment will be subject to a penalty bf 75 per cent of the average market price of fine-cured tobaccb for the preceding market- Jng yfcr This year the penalty was Au cents a pound on flue-eurerf tobacco. If quotas are not approved, they will not be in effect for the 1956 crop and no price support will be available. \ Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson set the flue-cured tobacco national marketing quota on July 1 at 1,130,000,000 pounds for the 1956-57 marketing year, to be grown on 889,000 acres. This compares with 1570,000,000 pounds for the 1955-56 marketing year grown on 1,007,100 acres allotted for 1956 is 12 per cent less than the 1955 acre age. Farm law requres the secretary to proclaim marketing quotas each year after the total supply once exceeds the reserve supply. As of July 1, the estimated total supply was 3500,000,000 pounds and the reserve supply was 3,081,000,000. Flue-cured tobacco is used prin cipally for cigarette manufacture. About 65 per cent of the crop is used domestically and 35 per cent is exported. * Record Roundup + MUSICAL VARIETIES Mrs., Rota Whittenton announced the schedule for her “Musical Varle. I ties’’ radio program for next week:, Monday - Mrs. Whittenton will give an organ program; Tuesday - Mrs. K. M. Wood and son, Ben ny, will sing dpets; Wednesday - A vocal trio featuring Carolyn Johnson Defends Action On Banks County Commissioner R. Glenn Johnson of Kipling, who earlier this morning cast the deciding vote which took funds away from het First Citizens Bank in Dunn and named the Bank of Lillington at Lillington as the county depository today issued a statement to the press defending his action. Mr. Johnson well-known mer chant, denied charges that he had let a handful of people influence his vote and said he was influenced “only by facts obtained from an unconcerned source.” Attorney Henry C. Strickland of Angler, representing citizens of the district from which Mr. Johnson was elected severely criticized John son for his action at the time and said he had failed to carry out the wishes of the people of the district. Strickland said Johnson admit ted himself that 60 per cent of the people of the district and county Continued m Page Six) IHL C 1 * • rt;t PS . r• . . • . . JM THE PENALTY YOU PAY This set of stocks has been set np on the courthouse square In Lillington as punishment for men of the coun ty who shave without a permit and for ladies who use cosmetics without a permit. The permits are OPERATOR SKIPS BOND, ELEES Sex Parly Trial Delayed Robert Porter, 31, of Erwin, alleged bawdy house op erator, failed to show up for trial in Harnett Recorder’s Court today and police authorities said they had infor mation he has “skipped bond and left the State.” Trial of Miss Mary Belle Me. Phail, pretty 33-year-old Dunn beautician, who was arrested with Porter during a raid on the alleged drunken sex party, was postponed for two weeks to give officers a chance to apprehend Porter. Miss McPhali, a petit brunette, was charged with bedding and co habiting after Rural Policemen Clarence Moore and B. E. Sturgill said they saw the shapely young woman cavorting in the nude with six men in the one room establish ment operated by Porter in South Erwin. 1 Miles. Linda Lou Godwin and Judy Jernigan; Thursday - Lib Lewis will be the vocalist accompanied jby Patricia Johnson; Friday - ! Piano duets and trios featuring ’ Patricia Dawson, Joyce McMillen, Ida Sue Jackson, Eamestine John son, and Olive Orey Herring. The (Continued on Page Two) P? Ml (Huit mJBk GLENN JOHNSON being sold to help finance Harnett’s centennial celebration. Two unidentified citizens are shown here psying the penalty. It's all In good fun and provides s lot of laughs. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) The raid took place on Tuesday night, July 12. A toraeys Duncan C. Wilson and Archie Taylor asked a con tinuance in Miss McPhaU’s ease because of the death of her un cle, who was buried yesterday. Policeman Moore said members of Porter’s family had told him he left the State a few days ago, headed toward Baltimore. Officers have sent out a pick-up order for Porter. Apparently the five other men who were enjoying Miss McPhail’s favors on the night of the raid have also “taken a powder”—at least from court. None of them showed up when the case was called. Moore said they probably knew that Porter wouldn’t be present so were waiting until he is appre hended to attend the trial. The men. all expected to be call ed as State’s witnesses, are: Robert Davis, 21. Earon Mason, 31, Bill Hall, 40, O’Dell Morrison, 29, and John Godwin, 20 Miss McPhail, whom officers said led them a merry chase around the room in her birthday clothes be fore they could persuade her to get dressed for the trip to Jail, report edly was suffering other woes as a result of her part In the sex fiasco. LICENSE SUSPENDED Mrs. Ralph E. Hanna, wife of Dunn’s mayor and head of East ern Carolina beauticians, disclosed that she had revoked Miss Me- Phail's license as a beauty operator for six months as a result of the raid and the ensuing publicity, which she pointed out reflected no credit on the profession. Miss McPhail was not employed Continued on Page Six) 750 Baptised By Witnesses NEW YORK (W The Asesem bly of Jehovah’s Witnesses reaches a high point today with the mass baptism of some 750 new members at a Bronx swimming pool. More than 30.000 members of the religious group were expected to brave the heat again today for their third daily gathering in Yan kee Stadium following the bap tism. The five-day assembly ends Sunday when some 50.000 Wit esses are expected to attend the final gathering. *■ The Record Is First* IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Culbreth Is Renamed Jsy , City Council E. B. Culbreth, prominent Dunii insurance man, civic and religious leader, last night waa reappointed to the Dunn Planning Board for another term. Mr. Cuibreth was first appointed in January of 1953 as one of the original members of the planning board and members of the council had high praises for his services. He was recommended for reap pointment by Chairman Earl McD. Westbrook and his associates on the board. Other members of the board are: C. W Bannenr.an, Gene Johnson and Myres W. Tilghman. Mr. Culbreth had expressed a desire to retire but agreed to serve for a while longer. (Continned On Page Six) Actress Eve Miller Tries To End Life HOLLYWOOD W—Hospital au thorities said film actress Eve Miller is in critical condition today with a self-inflicted abdominal knife wound that resulted from an argument with her fiance over marriage. Police said the raven-haired ae tress was rushed yesterday to North Hollywood Receiving Hospi tal for emergency treatment, then was taken to General Hospital where she underwent four hours of surgery. THRUST KNIFE INTO BODY According to police, the actress thrust a paring knife into her body after her fiance, actor Glase Loh man, 31, told her he courd not marry her until he was “financial ly able.” Lohman, who said he was en gaged In stage play work, told po lice he and Miss Miller had their lover’s quarrel in her apartment early yesterday. Lohman said he tried to persuade Miss MUler to keep rabn, but when he started to leave her apartment she ran into the kitchen and ex claimed: NO. 164 Presidenl To Leave Geneva Before 3 Sal. GENEVA (IP) President Eisenhower’s proposal to trade arms secrets with Rus sia threw the smooth-run ning schedule of the Big Four summit conference out of kilter today, apparently because the Russians need ed more time to think it over. The meeting of h£ai!ts of govern ment opened an hour after it* scheduled 4 p. m. starting time. It had been delayed to give the Big Four foreign ministers more time to complete their report to the summit. The ministers met twice to ad vance of the summit meeting and once recessed briefly while Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav M. Molotov returned to his delega tion’s headquarters for consulta tions. Time was running out for the summit talks. President Eisenhow er has announced his intention to leave Geneva by 3 p. m. tomorrow. PAT-OFF STAGE NEARS Western observers believed to day’s session was approaching the pay-off stage. must give its reaction and adswav to the Prcaldmft bold sftiwW**w»pptag pi'an today, «r at latest tomorrow. And the Swviets, if they have any surprises to spring or concrete, new proposals to make, must un cork them within the next 24 hours. The only inkling of the Russian position came indirectly from Mol ,otov. * * He was described i@s the Geneva conference has achiev ed “positive results" which will lead to more fruitful East-West contacts in the future. Molotov s appraisal was said to have been given privately to Count Massimo Magistrate head of the political section of the Italian For eign Office who is here as an ob server. French Premier Edgar Faure submitted to today’s session a three-point world disarmament plan to Implement President Ei senhower’s revolutionary “open shutter” proposal. Faure handed the conferees a de tailed scheme for eliminating the threat of war through raising liv ing standards of world populations. He would use savings from mili tary budgets for “a world develop ment fund.” “You will be sorry, because you will find me dead in the morning." I j I EVE MILLER } jJ
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