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VOLUME 5
IKE ASKS REVIVAL OF HGWY. PROGRAM
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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
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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
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Roland Adcock Wins
Trip To New Yotk
ROLAND L. ADCOCK ,
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“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
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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
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ONE OF 10 MOST WANTED
Rapist - Kidnaper
Seized By Rookie
NEW YORK <W An alleged
rapist - kidnaper .described as ex
[ tremely vicious and dangerous, was
’ nabbed here early today by a rook
' ie cop, less than four days before
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
■ planned to put his name on their
; list of the nation’s 10 most wanted
■ criminals.
The FBI identified him as Mi
' chael Krull, 31, alias Melvin Kel
j ler, wanted on a number of charges,
! + Record Roundup +
LIONS MEET TONIGHT—Dunn
Lions will meet tonight at 7 o’clock
at Johnson’s Restaurant. Lions D.
K. Stewart and George Ex urn will
have charge of the program. Presi
dent Glenn Hooper, Jr. will preside
LAMBS NIGHT Dunn Rotar*
ians will entertain their ladies Fri
day night at 7:00 o’clock in the
high school cafeteria, President
Lonnie Baldwin announced this
morning. The meeting is being held
a half hour later in the larger
building in order to provide more
room for the rapidly-growing club.
(■so .
pß* Tucker of Chad bourn, shown
Ljhkre, has accepted a call to be
(swine pastor of the First Presby
h terlan Church in Dunn and will
[] preach his first sermon here on
Sunday, | September 18, it was
§ announced today by Chairman
jV. Guyton Smith of the pulpit
C committee. The new pastor met
f wlth leaders of the local church
."last night, at which time he
f advised them of his acceptance.
| One of the outstanding :»ung
' ministers of Eastern Carolina,
the Rev. Mr. Tucker Is coming to
Doha with an outstanding back
\ ground of achievements. He was
gftven a unanimous call by the !o
, cal' congregation last Sunday.
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Municipal Ooort was held
today with judge Howard Godwin
‘presiding ta the piece of vacation
ing Judge H. Paul Strickland.
Twenty-two cases were tried in the
session.
The court disposed of the fo!*
lowing cases:
Coy W. Bullock pleaded guilty to
driving 47 in a 35 mph zone and
was fined $lO and court costs.
Monroe J. Godwin admitted driv
ing 60 in a 35 mph zone and was
given a' fine of $25 and costs
Preston McNeal Hay 66 was fined
$5 and costs after admitting speed
ing 45 through a 35 mph zone.
I Clyde Edward Scott pleadud
guilty to driving 55 in a 35 mph
zone and was fined $25 and costs.
Chester Jerome Taylor admit
ted driving 45 in a 35 mph zone
and was given a fine of $5 and
costs.
Marion W. Thornton was fined
$25 and costs after admitting speed
ing 55 through a 35 mph zone,
i Clarence Delma Tutor paid S 5
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including kidnaping and assault
with intent to commit murder or
rape on a government reservation.
These charges resulted from an at
tack on a middle-aged Chattanoo
ga, Tenn.. woman last April 14.
The FBI said a jury couid rec
ommend the death penalty on he
kidnaping charge. The maximum
penaly on the assault count is 30
years In prison.
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A program of entertainment will
be presented by a group of Fort
Bragg entertainers. Rotarian John
Strickland will be in charge of the
outstanding program.
HELD IN SHOOTING Amos
Council, 35-year-old Negro of An
gler,*Route 1, is being held in the
Johnfeton County Jail under 21,000
bond on charges of assault with a
deadly weapon -with intent to kIK
his friend. Martin McNeal, 26. He
was taken into custody by Angier
police Saturday about 8 p. m. after
the shooting.
seeks Action
Before End
Os Congress
° WASHINGTON OP) Pres
ident Eisenhower today
strongly urged Congress to
reconsider his highway pro
gram before adjournment.
The President said he was "deep
ly disappointed” by the House votes
yesterday which rejected Doth his
own 10-year, bond-financed, road
bulldlng program an<i a Democrat
ic sponsored substitute which called
for a 13-year program to be fi
nanced by higher gasoline, tire and
other "user” taxes.
Democratic leaders, blaming the
truckers’ iobby for the surprise
action, had proclaimed the legis
lation dead for this session
But the President earnestly ap
pealed for revival of the legisla
tion.
He conceded that difference of
opinion exist over how highway
building should be financed. But he
said “contention over the method
should not be permitted to deny
our people these critically needed
roads.”
"I would devoutly hope that the
Congress would reconsider this en
tire matter before terminating this
session," the. President said in a
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Rhode Williams'
Cousin Buried
Furrmral services were held In
•’MaalArood-- Outcry in Mt. Olive
j Witherton, 64, secretary-ttSWf#
i and general manager of the Mount
■ Olive Pickling Company. He died
• Tuesday night.
> 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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.