* WEATHER <■ Generally fair and quite warm today and tonight. Friday partly cloudy and quite warm with wide ly scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. VOLUME 5 IKE ASKS REVIVAL OF HGWY. PROGRAM dfr THE GREAT GABLE - Fact and Fable v b (sble Breaks With They Couldn't Woo Hint Back (Fifth in a series on the life and loves of Gable, King of the Movie Box Office. Copyright 1955 by The New York Daily News.) By JESS STEARN After his long reign at MGM Clark Gable seemed happy to be off on his own, choosing his own scripts, his own directors, his own cast. The parting with MGM was not especially friendly. On one oc casion, as his veteran handyman made him up on the 20th Jot. Gable observed grimly, ‘He's *%e only thing I wanted when I left MOM.*’ At a party on the eve of leav ing MGM. coodly ignoring current studio executives. Gabie stood and proposed a solemn salute, "To my a friends and associates who are no longer alive.” There are conflicting stories of reasons behind the departure of the greatest moneymaker in MGM history, but Gable himself—for the reoord—attributes it to a succes sion of bad pictures since the war. He professed to know nothing of reports that MGM. itself dissatis fied with his recent pictures, had been planning to “age" the age defying star gracefully, as it had Gable’s pai and stablemate, Spen cer Tracy, who sprang to new pop ularity after the war in "Father of the Bride.” Gable’s deteriorating relation ship with MGiM reaches back to 10 years. When Jg emerged fiwatte war, a major wfrn a distinguisnecT record in the Air Force, he was thrown into the MGM silly, “Ad venture,” with MOM ballyhooing, "Gable’s back and Garson’s . (Greer) got him.” Gable stili winces over the line, ungenerously rewritten by wags (Continued On Page Eight) JAqac otiitb JhinqA / By HOOVER ADAMS LITTLE NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS The Christian Church picnic held yesterday afternoon at Laurel Lake was well attended .. Dr. George Cuthrell, pastor-emeritus, will speak at the local church Sunday in the absence of the pastor. Rev. Jack Daniell. who is in Tennessee on vacation ...George Willoughby will fill the pulpit on the following Sun day Rev. Ernest Russell, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and Continued on Page Six) | Roland Adcock Wins Trip To New Yotk ROLAND L. ADCOCK , TELEPHONES 3117 - 311* -dr* Hr ■ r- *E. -1 ■■ m* 11 “STRANGE INTERLUDE” MGM’s 1932 screen adaption of Eugene O’Neill’s play had Norma Shearer and co-star Clark Gable age considerably as picture drew to a close. Ike Cant Rest Until Next Month WASHINGTON (IP) President Eisenhower, showing definite fatigue from his punishing summer schedule, won’t have a real chance for a rest until he goes to Colo rado next month, members of his staff said today. They hope he' will be able then to put aside all but the most ur gent work and concentrate for a week or two on golf and fishing. He will arrive in Colorado some-' time after the close of Congress. Mr. Elsenhower was on the ,p | during most of June and July and returned from the Geneva confer ence at the start of the week show ing, if not feeling, the effects of his busy schedule. The President looked tired at his news conference Wednesday. His complexion was ruddy, but there 1 were new fatigue lines around his A free trip to New York City has been awarded Roland L. Adcock of Dunn according to an announce ment today from W. C. Gibson, Raleigh distiot manager of the State Capital Life Insurance Com pany. Gibson said Adcock, who is State Capital Life’s Superintendent in Dunn, was ppresented the expense paid pleasure trip for his outstand ing work during the past year in selling ordinary life insurance. Roland Adcock and his family will leave by train from Raleigh on August 18, along with 80 other top agents of the company. The group will stay at the New Yorker Hotel while In New York and will return August 22. dhe flatlu Jtoatrft eyes. ' The temperature inside the non air conditioned news conference room approached 90 and the hu midity was almost smothering. Many of the 184 reporters took off their coats. But Mr. Eisenhower, in a gray summerweight business suit kept his coat on. Mr. Eisenhower’s demeanor rang ed from grinning amiability when he said he expected to be a grand father for the fourth time by Christmas to outright irritability over questions involving, certain phases of the Dixon-Yates contro versy. He did not perspire noticeably during the news conference. But his face got redder and somewhat mottled as the heat built up i:i the conference chamber. His voice generally was lower and his words slower than at most conferences. But he was not with out an occasional light quip. When he walked into the steamy room, he looked around and said he saw that the reporters had not yet gotten their airconditioning machines. He smiled at the groans which greeted this understatement and proceeded with the news con ference, which lasted about 30 min utes. It tolas only* o good figur* 10 I ' turn q pweotsr into on IntWMtlhQ, *** mil DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 28, 1955 | Leaf Averages $54 To $57 On Border Bess RALEIGH, N. C. (IP) —4 Flue - cured tobacco brough|| an estimated general avera age of $54 to $57 per lOul pounds today in the first! . hour of sales for the open-! ’ ing of 1955 auctions on South Carolina Border Beß[ markets, Demand was “very poor.” the! U. S. and North Carolina Depart*! ments of Agriculture reputed but* volume of sales was heavy!! J The markets expect full sales so the next several days as farmer have ready for sale much of oner of the state’s largest crops cm record. j Reporting on several represent®'* tive markets the U. 6. and N. C. Departments of Agriculture said' the range on bulk of first-hour sales was (80 to $65 per 100. Prac tical top was $65 and the extremf range was from $3 for poorest thl£ nondescript to S6B for fair lemon cutters. SLIGHT DROP VALDOSTA Ga. (TO Tobacco prices suffered a slight decline on the Georgia-Florida belt yesterday the U. S. Department of AgricaW ture disclosed today. Final price scales released thin I morning showed the market avetf>T age dropped 84 one-hundredth*, cents a pound below TuesdMH average. Prices for Monday attiT : Tutkfcy had ««w a optimist* l&J compared to jagt Ann Sheridan Left Fortune By Her Lover NEW YORK (W Steve Han nagan, the millionaire press agent who died in Africa in 1953, left his close friend, actress Ann Sheridan, a $218,399 share of his $1,190,551 estate, the executors revealed to day. Miss Sheridan was the benefici ary of six insurance policies total ing $218,399, found in H&nnagan’s Los Angeles safety deposit box. The box also contained three pro missory notes for $40,000 signed by Miss Sheridan. The account said Miss Sheridan i (Continued m Page Two) ONE OF 10 MOST WANTED Rapist - Kidnaper Seized By Rookie NEW YORK Mr. Witherton was a first cousin of Attorney I. R. Williams of ' Dunn. He has visited Mr. Williams here on several occasions and had 1 many friends here. Dead Rabbit Is Used To Stress Fashion l PARIS W! Lucile Manguin’s’s “Amazon” line launched the winter i dress shows last night and used a pathetic little dead rabbit in the back pocket of one suit to empha- I size its sporting look. Manguin’s ideal, like the legend , ary Amazon, was a tall, broad shouldered athletic female with an easy natural figure and swinging walk. Squared shoulders topped a high bosom. The waist was supple and the hips were slim. The member with the rabbit was a tweedy royal blue flecked with black, the first suit shown. Bowler hats and satin Ascots (Continued on Page Two) Four Drivers Lose License A resident of Coats has lost his drivers license following his convic tion on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.- The revocation department of the State Highway Safety Division announced today that It has re voked the driving license of Harold Eugene McLeod of Coats. McLeod was convicted in Onslow Superior Court at Jacksonville on a charge of involuntary manslaugh ter in a highway death ca r The department also announced that It has revoked the license of: FOUR OFFENSES Robert Black of Ulliagton, con victed at Lilflngton of driving drunk, driving without operators license, speeding 80 miles an hour and reckless driving. Walter Mack Tart of Coats, con victed at Islington for driving drunk, third offense. Richard Howard Massengill of Four Oaks, convicted at Benson for speeding over 56 miles an hour and reckless driving. <■ The Record Is First 4 IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY KgjjL&r 11 f JR. GROWS MUSTACHE, TOO Pictured above is little Rich ard S. Monds. Jr. as he posed for the photographer after being un officially “initiated” with mustache and derby for Harnett’s Cen tennial Celebration. Richard had to get rid of his mustache and derby, later, but had fun entertaining his parents and grandparents in bis Centennial outfit. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard (Brother) Monds, Sr. of Dunn. , Ex - Man Marries \ [ Movie Make-Up Man i SACRAMENTO, Calif. (IB The marriage of a for i mer paratrooper, who claimed he had become a woman • through sex surgery, to a movie make -up man was dis > closed today. i r . The bride was TaH&igi AdqJ! Rees, 31, who, as a t msn, fathered ■two children and mqde four Jumps jbehind enemy lines as a paratroop er in World War H. Tamara claimed that an operation In Am sterdam, Holland, in 1954 effected the change. The bride, now making a series of "psychological” lectures In Cali fornia, confirmed the marriage and identified the bridegroom as J. E. Courtland, HI. The marriage took place Saturday in Reno, Nev., she said. "It was not a case of love at first sight,” the twice - decorated former GI explained. “In fact, Jim didn’t even ask me for a date until two or three days later." CAROLINA BRIDEGROOM Courtland, who is accompanying his bride on the iecture tour as business manager, was not Imme diately available for comment. A former roommate of the bride (Continued on Page Two) Dunns Guard Unit Prepares For Camp National Guard Camp omy an hour away this year. Capt. E. H. Wade, commander of Dunn’s Bat tery B of the 113th Field Artillery Battalion, announced today that this year’s National Guard en campment, August 14th through 28th, will be at Fort Bragg. In past years Dunn’s Guard members were the farthest from camp. This year they are among the closest. The past saw members of North Carolina’s National Guard meeting and forming a line of military ve hicles 11 to 20 miles long—cfogging up the highways, for five days of travel. This year those wasted days will be put to good use in additional training time to make our Guard even more ready. Leaving Dunn Sunday morning the 14th of August, Battery B and all North Carolina’s other groups will be expected to be set up by 10:30 the same morning. This new policy has been made possible through making the dlvla NO. 168 Sailor Who Hit Admiral Gets 2 Years DEVONFORT. Eng. (IT) A , sailor who socked his admiral in : the jaw was dismissed from the . service and sent to jail for twa years today. ; Seaman J. M. McSporran plead* I ed guilty to the assault which t jarred Britain’s dignified navy tra- I dition. He told a court-martial he stalked up to Vice Adm. John W, Eaton in a fit of pique and slugged him in front of the ship’s whole ■ company. 1 The 19-year-old sailor attacked ’ the admiral during a drill parade aboard the HMS Berry Head m port July 20. He hit the officer 30 (Continued on Page Two) i ion an all North Carolina outfit. Previously Tennessee Units in the Division had made farther en campments a necessity. Gen. J. H. Manning, state adju tant general, says of this, “with I the entire in North Caro lina better coortination between all units of the command has been achieved, esprit de corps has im proved and thousands of dollars will 6e saved by having the sum mer field training in the state.’’ Skunk Stroll NEW SALEM, N. D. Iffl A skunk strolled across U. S. high way 10 near here. Robert Ferder er, 15. of Mandan, driving along the highway, slowed down to avoid the animal. George Rupp, Bis marck, in a second oar, bumped into the rear of Federer’s car, Fer derer was treated for an injured neck muscle. The skunk escaped unharmed.