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Partly cloudy and warm today
with scattered afternoon and eve
ning thundershowers mostly in the
south portion; high temperatures
87 to 93. Wednesday generally fair
and warm.
VOLUME 5
DULLES SAYS DANGER OF WAR IS LESS
THE GREAT GABLE-Fact or Fable {
Marriage to Kay, Ex-Cover Girl
Doesn't Surprise Old Friends
(Third of a series of articles revealing hitherto undisclosed chapters in the
life and loves of Hollywood's cinema king.)
By JESS STEARN
Although Clark Gable resolved after his divorce from Lady Ashley never to
marry again, frienas say it was inevitable that Kay Williams Spreckles and lone
liness would lead him to the altar for a fifth time.
Gable's elopement with the beautiful, thrice-married blonde came as no sur
prise to intimates, who had been expecting the event to come off momentarily
if it happened at all.
When this reporter was on the
Coast gathering material for the
"Great Gable,” Dave Chasen. a
Gable crony and proprietor of
mentioned that the he-man star
had been planning to join him on
a Colorado fishing trip in two or
three weeks.
“That is," he shrugged, “if he
and Kay don’t go off and get
married. There’s no telling what
they're likely to do.”
Not since his third wife, unfor
gettable Carole Lombard, friends
say, has Gable had a companion
who suited him so well.
SHE’LL GO ALONG WITH
HIM ON ANYTHING
’•Kay,” one said, “will go along
with Clark on anything—hunting,
fishing, golfing, drinking or swear- J
ing. She has the kind of gay in
dependence that Clark likes in a
woman, that he loved in Carole,
and which makes their life to
* a former New York cover girl, and
Gable have been dating for 17
years, between their respective
marriages. But the relationshta
took a new turn after Gable’s di
vorce from Lady Ashley in 1952
and Kay’s subsequent severance
from sugar heir Adolph Spreckels,
who had angrily named the actor
as a rival.
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By HOOVER ADAMS
A COLUMN ON A DAY
TOO HOT FOR WRITING
Dunn’s wide-awake Presbyterians
as always, are on the ball . . . They
have Just air-conditioned their
church auditorium, which ought to
Just about double attendance dur
ing the sweltering summer months
. . . The Christian Church was the
first to be air-conditioned and the
Gospel Tabernacle was second . .
The Presbyterians will always be
found at the front in any proffes
sive movement ... It always seem
ed to us that cooling any building
in the summer is Just as Important
as heating a building in the win—l
ter . . . It’s a lot easier to get warm J
than It is to get cool . ..Stuart j
Maynard of Dunn,, who is making
an outstanding record as head
coach at Guilford CqH*g*. 4pent
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New Tyrfco Liner
Begins Fright Today
WASHINGTON (IP) Something new will be seen in
the skies today when an American company begins regu
lar passenger service with British-built turboprop luxury
Dianes.
“This really get* us Into a new
age of flight," said J. H. Carmi
chael, president of Capital Air
planes which Is Investing 67 mil
lion dollars in a fleet of 60 of the
radically new transport planes.
Airline presidents ofsen piake
such statements about new planes,
but the Viscount is special. It Is
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Kay and Clark—friends ny it was inevitable.
REPORT INADEQUATE
Guardian Jailed
For Delinquency
•
Elmon Bradshaw of Erwin, euardian of his nine-year
old niece’s property, is out of the Harnett Bounty jail a
wiser man and a walking examffe that Harnett’s dimin
utive clerk of court Mrs. Elizabenfr f’. Matthews means
business when it comes to filing an annual guardian’s re
port. “
« Bradshaw filed a report bqt]
Mrs. Matthews detected a number |
of missing items like bank state
ments and receipts for monies
handled. When Bradshaw was un
able to make explanations or re
stitution he was ailed by the clerk,
from last Saturday to Tuesday.
LOANED TARTS MONET
After a conference with his at
torney D. K. Stewart. Bradshaw
' explained that he had loaned SBOO
of money belonging to Mary Lee
Turpin to Pauline Tart Mid her
■ husband Seth Thomas Tart of Er
l win.
i On advice of his counsel. Brad
! shaw required the Tarts to offer
a deed of trust for $9lO, including
valuable lots in Erwin as surety for
sum missing from the minor’s es
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the first turboprop plane to go Into
service in the United States, al
though it has been operating tor
two years in Europe and for a
shorter time In Canada and Aus
tralia.
It is the first British transport
ever to serve the domestic market
here. Capital’s order is the largest
(Ceatfnaed Ob Page Two)
She jHailu %ttard
Jaycees Bulb
Sale Drags
At the meeting of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce last night,
the problem of meeting the debt
an the Dunn Park bathhouse was
discussed.
Lack of public cooperation in the
light bulbs sales has made neces
sary the signing of a note for SL
-000 by the Jaycees to finish con
struction. Sales to date netted only
|6OO of the required SIOOO.
Sales will continue Friday night
with the expected completion of
canvaslng of the whole town. It
was pointed out in discussion that
many residents of Dunn mistaken
ly believe that the profits on bulb
sales is additionally high due to the
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The only thing kids weor out
faster thon their clothe* la thgif •
parents.
DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY JULY 26, 1955
Cease-Fire I
Talks With ,
China Slated
WASHINGTON (IP) Sec
retary of State John Foster
Dulles said today the dan
ger of war has receded as a
result of the Geneva sum
mit conference.
At the head of the list pf accom
plishments, he told a news confer- t
ence the meeting transformed Am-t
erican and Soviet relation# so that
making it possible to conduct diplo
matic negotiations without fear of
igniting a war.
He said this means the danger
of an East-West war has receded.
Dulles’ assessment of the Geneva'
accomplishments followed Plresl- J
dent Elsenhower’s report to the 1
nation last night.
The President said both the j
United States and Russia must do
“some giving” at October’s foreign
ministers’ meeting if the “general
ities” of Geneva are to be moulded
into peaceful settlements. He said
that conference will provide the
“acid test."
Dulles also disclosed that the
United States, in talks with Red
China at Geneva starting next
Monday, hopes to find out if the
Reds will accept the principle of a
cease-fire in the Fmrosoa straits.
It was announced in Washington
and Peiping yesterday that the
talks on prisoners and other prac
tical matters between the two
countries would be held at the
ambassadorial level.
HISTORIC PROPOSAL
Os the Geneva contStence, Dulles
«Ww auestionina that thtt«
M*a danger of war fen**
the Big Pour meeting—although it
was perhaps not a great one. He
said that danger is less now.
Dulles described the President’s
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Walter Winchell's
Daughter To Wed
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (TO
Eileen Jean Walda Winchell, only
daughter of newspaper columnist
Walter Winchell, will marry hotel
chain owner Hyatt Von Dehn here
Friday night.
Miss Winchell, 28, who appeared
in several Broadway stage shows,
had a previous marriage annulled.
Von Dehn, 40, was divorced years
ago by singer Ginny Simms.
$30,000
For Wret
A civil suit seeking s3o,i
ies received in an automobile
18 in Harnett Superior Court
ston County native, against Jf
In his complaint Beasley con
tends he was a passenger in the
1953 Plymouth automobile owned
by Jasper Tart, a Johnston County
man, and driven by Wet* which
oervturned on February 13, of this
year on a dirt road five miles
Northeast of Dunn.
Beasley points out that the car
failed to make a curve, crossed the
ditch and overturned. Beasley suf
, sered bruises of the body, two teeth
were knocked out, and he had
multiple cuts on the right side of
I his face. As a mult the accident
! his right eyelid was cut and vision
; of Mto right eye impaired. Plastic
surgdry, be contends, will be neces-
+ Record Roundup +
DIVORCE ACTIONS—Five suits
seeking divorce on grounds of two
years separation have been filed
in the office of the clerk of the
Harnett Superior Court. Plaintiffs
in the divorce actions are as fol
lows: Mary Elisabeth Gaylord of
Cumberland County against Wes
ley M. Oaylord of Beaufort Coun
ty; Easter Oladis Quins against
Irwin Quins; Louise O. Rober*s
against Odls M. Roberts, and also
seeking custody of two minor child
ren, Ronald Odls and Oary Jerome
Roberta; Henry Thomas Matthews
against Dorothy Matthews.
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VfT HARNETT COMMISSIONERS AND AIDES Here is a plc
lifee of Harnett Ceunty’s conuniarioners who placed final approval
‘ last night on the year’s budget at a special session. Left to right
af* County Auditor H. D. Canon, Jr. who drafted details of the
fedgei; County Attorney W. A. Johnson; purchasing agent B. P.
Ingram of Manurs; J. Early Woinblc of Islington; Chairman L. A.
>y! .
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wree finis
Are PrM
; Skferal wills raeently were pro
fetad with the clerk of the Har
metF J Superior Court
|ji£a, Viqja Thpijjlon
R G Tart Her WiU writtferr-wn
May 23. 1939, was probated on
July 6:
William I. Butler, whose estate
was listed as SSOO in cash instruct
ed that this be divided in equal
shares among his children Ada
Temple, Charlie Butler, William
I. Butler, Walter Butler, and a
daughter-in-law, Stella Butler. To
four other children Butler left one
ddUar each. They were Nancy
Douglas, Florence Faircloth, Vada
Dean and Haywood Butler. The
will was filed on July 13.
Mrs. Emily Florence Denning
named her husband Junius F. Den
ning and their one daughter, Agnes
D. Parrish as beneficiaries of an
estate of 4,570. Festus Denning,
nephew es the deceased was named
executor.
Is Asked
:k Injury
,000 compensation for injur
:e accident was filed on July
t by Willie A. Beasley, John
asper Tart and Arthur Webb.
sary on his face.
The plaintiff, who is represented
by the law firm of D. C. Wilson
and W. A. Johnson, points out that
Tart was well acquainted with the
driver of the car. In fact, that
Tart had for several hours prior to
the accident been riding day and
night for 30 hours in the same Ply
mouth, knowing Arthur Webb was
a careless and reckless driver. Tart
was familiar with the fact that
Webb had a habit of driving while
drinking and that he had lost his
license, and actually had no license
at the time of the collision.
Therefore Tart is named as co
defendant in the action with Webb.
FLIGHT MEET The Winston-
Salem Jaycees in cooperation with
other sponsors will sponsor the 6th
annual Free Flight Meet. August
20-21. Anyone interested in attend
ing contact Bob Leak.
SIMONS RESIGNS Scout ex
ecutive Russell Simons has resigned
his position with the Occoneechee
Council of Boy Scouts to accept a
place on the coaching staff of a
private school In New York. Though
several persons are under constder-
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NO DOG WARDEN YET A |:
Harnett's Budget
Given Final OK
By LOJS^BYRD^
in operation of county business. Other state and federal
funds will bring the total to $1,473,073 in 1955-56.
The budget figures had been op.
en for study for the past 20 days
and no charges were made in the
original figure. Last night board
members passed the official reso
lution authorizing the rates of afl
levies. No change was made in the
announced figure of $135 tax rate
on each SIOO property valuation.
Detailed break down of the as
sessments shows that out of the
sum of $1.35, 50 cents goes to the
general, poor and health fund, old
age assistance and aid to depen
dent children. Schools receive 76
cents of the tax rate. In addition,
a special levy of .15 will be made
in Averasboro Township for school.
Road refunding bond tax rates will
be as follows: in Grove .10; in
Johnsonville .23; in
in Stewart’s Creek .12; in Upper
Little River .03. Poll tax was fixed
at $2.00.
High finance was not the only
subject of discussion. Most of the
time was spent In conversation
about a propesed dog warden for
Harnett County. One applicant for
the position, Earl M. Welis of
Dunn, had a scale model of a mo
del dog pound to illustrate his
contention the county should em
ploy a full time dog warden to dis
pose of stray dogs.
WELLS SHOWS MODEL
i Weils, who is a mechanic by
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Lillington Has
Water Problem
Mayor H. H. Hamilton and the
Lillington Town Board last night
spent three hours talking about
water or rather the lack of water
and the advisability of going to
the Cape Fear River for a perma
nent water supply for the county
seat.
At present Lilliug'.on is served
by five deep wells. But over half
of the water supply comes from
one well, popularly called “Old
Rusty”, whose iron deposits are
the source of much complaint from
users in the Eastern section of the
town'
Board members had decided ear
lier that the wise step to do was
to employ a skilled engineering
firm to make a water survey, and
to give an estimate on the cost
of going to the Cape Fear for a
town water supply. Cost of a filter
system location of the filter plant
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Tart of Dnnn; R. Glenn Johnson of Rifling; Bob Pate of Erwin; \
and Mrs. Ines Harrington, county register of deeds who is dork to
the board. Meeting was held In the courtroom as the board sought
a cool place for hot dMUSIBU on a dog warden. Matter of a dog
warden was delayed until the firs* Monday In August. (Photo by X.
M. Stewart)
Red Seduces
Mans Wile;
Hubby Sheds
SHEFFIELD, England (W—Ed
ward Bat-tarns, 37, won a divorce
Monday on the ground his wife
committed adultery with a Com
munist who attended party meet
ings at their home.
“The wife and the correspondent
belonged to this political party and
used the husband’s house for
branch meetings,” Divorce Com
missioner R. C. Essenigh ruled.
"The husband realized what wa3
going on.”
The Judge said the Communist,
Herbert Smith, seduced Battam’s
wife, Ellen. 38, “under the guise
of political friendship” and that
"it Is a very bad case indeed of
taking away a wife.”
He ordered Smith to pay $420 in
damages.
Mrs . Neill Salmon
Dies At Age Os 41
Mrs. Anne Thompson Salmon, 41,
wife of Former State Senator Nelli
McK. Salmon of Lillington, died in
a Raleigh hospital Tuesday morn
ing at 4 o'clock after a short ill
ness.
Mrs. Salmon was a native o f
Springfield, Kentucky, daughter of
the Rev. and Mrs. Willis Thompsor
of Warwick, Va.
IN LILLINGTON SINCE *34
Mj;s. Salmon was born February
$, 1914 and was married to Mr.
Salmon on September 26, 1924, and
had resided in Lillington since.
She was a member of the Lilling
ton Presbyterian Church and a
former teached of the Young Adult
Class. She was a former member
of the Lillington Woman’s Club.
Surviving are her husband; her
> parents; one son, Neill McK. Sal
mon, Jr., of the home; one sister,!
' Mrs. Walter A. Stansbury of Golds-1
; boro; and one brother, H. M.l
Thompson of Hampton, Va. I
Funeral services will be held at*
no. ie*
Cordell Hull
Paid Final
Unite Today'
OP) Re
paid Inal tribute to former
Secretary of State Cordell
Hull today at funeral serv
ices in Washington Cathe-
Rites for the 83-year-old states
manwVc conducted py the Very
Rev. Franqjs B. Sayre Jr., dean of
the cathedrtd, at the main altar
of the Gothic church
on Mount St. Albans.
The simple, austere service fo
owed the traditions protestant
Episcopa service for the dead from
the ancient Book of Common Pray
er. There was no eulogy.
Hull was buried following the
service In the crypt of the cathe
dral, by the side of his wife, Rose,
and near the tomb of former Pres
ident Woodrow Wilson.
About 2,000 persons, including
top-ranking diplomats of 50 coun
tries and many present and past
government officials attended the
services.
Floral offerings came from the
great and poor. One was a gros3
of white asters from President and
Mrs. Eisenhower. Another was a
spray of red roses with a card
signed, “Marion Rodgers, former
telephone operator at the LaFay
ette Hotel.”
Another was a floral map of
Tennessee with a background of
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the Lillington Presbyterian Church
at a time to be announced later.