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* WEATHER + Considerable cloudiness and warm with scattered showers or thunder showers today; high 84 to 89 Tuesday continued warm with widely scattered showers or thund ershowers. VOLUME 5 11 AIRMEN FREED BY RED CHINA 'fanmnnnmK- - ~ *.rm '-dVv \ ■ 'fofffjfrggagft v >» ** 4 j.„ 1 n <v - - y (| - : * Ij , v . ’ ■-+ *f- I f V m Wl B J : & 8 S ■ 1 JH CLARK GABLE AND AVA GARDNER THE GREAT GABLE Fact and Fable Gable Is A Sitting Duck, But Ava Couldn't Get Him By JESS STEARN “As a so-called idol of women for 25 years,” they say, “Clark Gable has been a sitting duck for any smart attractive scheming woman whose out hunting a soft glamous berth. All his professional life, he has been hauted by women hounding him in the streets, pounding on his hotel doors, forging even into the privacy of his Califor nia ranch. { Jh&M Mils JhwqA By HOOVER ADAMS NOTES FROM OUR PASTOR ON A VISIT TO EUROPE The Rev. Ernest P. Russell pas tor of the First Baptist Church, and Mack M. Jemigan. prominent Dunn attorney, have returned from an interesting tour of Europe and the Middle East countries They did so many things, saw so mdch and had so many interesting experienc es it would take many, many hours and column after column to tell all of it They saw the cross on which Christ was crucified They traveled over the same streets and hills that Jesus and the Disciples trod... They saw the changing of the guard at Buckingham palace in London and got a glimpse of Her Majesty. Queen Elizabeth, as a limousine sped her off the palace grounds ... They marveled at the majestic beauty of the Swiss Alps They stood in awe at the beau ty of the magnificent St‘ Peters Cathedral in Rome, probably the grandest of all Catholic Shrines, and sighed over the plight of starv ing peoples outside the cathedral They visited St. Paul’s Cathed ral in London, the only structure left standing by the Luftwaffe, which made shambles of every otli (Continued On Page Two) HIPPY CURVES OUT, BOSOMS UP Hips, Waists Rise ; Now It s A Y-Look PARIS (IP ) Dressmaker Christian Dior turned his own little fashion world upside down today. He discarded his “H-look” and took his “A-silhou ette” and inverted it to get a “Y-look.” Hips and waists rose in Dior’s 1956 models in a stem-like line to a high well marked bust. Widened shoulders brought about the “Y --look.” The Y silhout te was empha - sized by a new corset which elim inated all hippy curves and pushed the bosom up under the model’s chins. Colors, hats, fabrics and fash ions in the Dior show all have a strong touch of the Oriental. TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 “Even ar so-ca/led country club get-bogeth«s, it’s the predatory dame whfi break through the admiring ' circle and introduce herself or take charge of the con versation. “That has always been the mis fortune of the greatest man’s man ladies’ man In the history of the movies. He hardly ever got a chance to meet the right girl, and, as he got older, the situation would- change. When Gable made an impres sion. the woman generally stayed impressed long after Gable has gone on to new interests. “One female admirer wrote, retrospec tively but appreciatively. “You were a perfectionist. I hope that you. will not altogether forget me. that some part of me will remain with you. bringing pleasure and fresh warmth. You gave me happiness when I was with you. The love I have for you is like a rock —a foundation upon which my life is being rebuilt.” BIG BROTHER BIT A GABLE SPECIALTY He has been capable of Big Brother relationships with beauti ful, younger women, through the girls themselves may feel differ ently. , , When Gable,, for instance, want ed lovely, lynx-eyed Ava Gardner for the old Jean Harlow role in "Mogambo,” the svelte Ava, over the objections of husband Frank Sinatra, journeyed to Africa, though It meant being ayay for Christmas and Jeopardized her marriage. Ava was duly grateful to the great Gable for giving her a chance in “The Hucksters * and for (Continued On Page Six) Oriental Trend Three items in the show high lighted this Far Eastern trend: 1. A “craftan”—a Chinese tunic with fly-away panels revealing the underneath dress. 2. A “camisole”—a little skirt that Dior converted to a kind of bolero or overblouse emphasizing the high waistline. 3. A "guimpe”—a little buttoned in a scarf or collar giving decollete (Continued en Page Twe) ihn? Jlailu, Bfrord Woman Hurt; Cars Damaged One woman was hurt and two cars were extensively damaged at a wreck Friday noon at the in - tersection of 15-A and 210, one mile North of Lillington. Patrolman Herman Ward said that a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Mrs. Bertha Stephens Ginn, 72, of 404 S. 3rd Street, Smithfield had stopped at the stop sign and then pulled into highway 15-A into the line of traffic. Her car was hit on the left side by a 1955 Olds driven by Milton Allen Matthews, 57, Lil lington. Route 1 oil distributor, who was driving North on his way home to lunch. Both drivers suffered only minor injuries. Miss Clara Litman of 111 S. George St. Goldsboro who was a passenger on the right front seat of Mrs. Ginn’s car was thrown out by the impact. She suffered lacera tions of the head and left leg and was taken by ambulance to the Johnston County Hospital in Smith field. Damages to Matthews’ new au tomobile were estimated at SBOO. Mrs. Ginn’s car received damages estimated at $350. Patrolman Ward cited Mrs. Ginn to Harnett Recorder’s Court for failure to yield the right of way. She told the officer she had 30 years of driving experience. Monte Carlo Bank Broke ; Shuts Doors MONTE CARLO (W The big gest bank in Monte Carlo went bankrupt today. Jacques DeCourcelles, president of the Monaca Tribunal, ordered the Monte Carlo banking and Pre cious Metals Society, biggest finan cial institution in this glamorous principality, to close Its doors. The failure resulted from a scan dal that has shocked Monte Carlo for weeks. It reached to the house hold of handsome Prince Ranier 111 and forced the resignation of four of his main advisers. The bank, which has run up a deficit of hundreds of millions of francs, will be liquidated. Unofficial reports have placed the bank’s deficit at some 3 billion francs ($8,625,000). About two thirds of the investments belonging to the government of the principal ity ruled by the 32-year-old bache lor prince were involved. (Continued on Pago Tw») DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 1, 1955 Varied Cases > Heard Today In Dunn Court If; you want to get drunk, be surd and* stay clear of the police sta tion. Jerry Clegg didn’t and he’s sorry—to the extent of a sls fine Clegg faced Municipal Judge H. Paul Strickland today on the fol lowing charge, “engaged in drunk enness in the town of Dunn and In a public pface, to-wit the police station.” Clegg came to the police stat.on in search of his brother. Unable to navigate home under his own steam, he was placed under arrest' on the public drunkenness charge. I Though fife pleaded innocent toj the charge. Judge Strickland foundfa him guilty and sentenced him tol pay sls and court costs and sus-j pended a 30 day Jail term for sir] months providing Clegg remah| sober and on good behavior. Other cases in municipal courl were: SPEEDING Thomas Edward Albert of Fay etteville pleaded guilty to driving; 70 mph on the highway and fined $5 and court costs. John R Bell of Fort Bragg ad«; (Continned On Pace Tww) —— -J Birth Control Is iAdvised By Huxley NEW YORK (U>) British bio logist Julian S. Huxley said today the world “must have birth con-! trol” to solve the “very serious I problem" of over population. Huxley arrived hera from Lon don en route to a “Blinkers con ference” being sponsored by Cyrqs Eaton, prominent American industrialist, at his Pugwash, No va Scotia, home. Huxley said the world’s popula tion is increasing at the rate of 34 million a year. “With a potential food shortage, this increase could become a very serious problem within a couple of generations if we don’t do some-1 thing about it,” he said. 7’rut love hever runs smooth, but untrue love seems to run a lot rougher. •«**. Actor , Companions Die In Air Crash HOLLYWOOD (IP) Screen actor Robert Francis, 25, and two companions died instantly Sunday night when their single-engine plane crashed and burned near Lock heed Air Terminal. Francis, who achieved stardom in his role as Ensign Willie Keith in the film version of “The Caine Mutiny,” was identified by Bur bank police as the pilot of the four seat Beechcraft Bonanza which crashed shortly after takeoff. The other two victims were iden tified as actress Ann Rißsell, 24, and Hollywood agent Irving G. Meyers, 36. Miss Russell, whose real name + Record Roundup + ATTEND DISTRICT M) ITT—Bob Leak, Robert L. Smith, Frank Mc- Leod, Hubert Peay, LaMar Stone, Perry Bryant, and Corky Cretin! attended the Seventh district con vention of Jayceee last week at Sanford. W. I?".* ■ l| " mmm . ->■», 1 *** 'T® tagP :fj| pL ™ ! v- ** fPSp Kps ppg|||| gp; jp PRODUCING CENTENNIAL EDITION Mr. and Mrs. Paul Leach of Norfolk, Va. have arrived in Dunn to begin work on a Centennial Souvenir Edition of The Daily Record, which will record 10$ years of progress in Harnett County. It will be published just prior to the opening of Har nett's birthday celebration in October. Mr. Leach, president of Colonial Advertising Corporation of Norfolk, last year directed the production of a •House Locked Over Vaccine WASHINGTON OP) The House, driving toward ad journment, suddenly locked in a sharp political wranglq today over the polio vaccine program. Speaker Sam Rayburn called a 45-mdnute recess in hopes a brief “cooling off” period would forestall a general political free-for-all that might endanger hoped-for adjourn ment tonight. The political flareup came dur ing cebate on a bill to atuhorize the federal government to grant states enough funds to provide Salk vaccine for children whose parents are unable to pay. House Democratic Leader John W. Me. Marcack, (Mass.)3 started it by charging the Eisenhower adminis tration handled the vaccine pro gram in “a most disgraceful man. ner.” Rep. Walter H. Judd (R- Minn.) countered that “if there was anything disgraceful about it, it was the attempts to play poli tics with it.” The fight was on— until Raybum stepped in and de. dared a 45-minute recess. During the debate, Mrs. Oveta (Continued on Page Five) was Mrs. Audrey Anne Dorsche, was believed to have been divorced from Lt. Edward Dorsch, stationed at Lowry Air Force Base. Colo. She is the mother of three chil dren. Airforce officials said Francis, a fledgling pilot, borrowed the plane owned by actor Joe Kirkwood Jr , the “Joe Palooka” of the movies. Tower operators in nearby Bur (Ooatfnoed m Page Twe) Tonight marks the final canvas of Dunn by the Jaycees in their light bulb sales. Formerly intended for the weekend, rain forced the Junior Chamber to postpone the canvasing till tonight. The park (Ceatbraed On rage Three) 325 - page edition of The Fayetteville Observer in connection with Cumberland County’s Bioenten nial celebration. It was the largest edition of a newspaper ever published in this state. Other members of his organization will join them and members of The Daily Record staff within the next few days to work on the historical-progress edition, which will embrace every phase of life in Harnett County. (Daily Record Photo.) SIOO,OOO Sought In Damage Suits Suits totaling SIOO,OOO have been filed in Harnett county superior J court demanding damages for per manently crippling injuries to Dwight Byrd, 17-year-old Harnett youth, who was in an auto smash near Dunn on May 26 The youth, acting through his father and “next friend,” Harvey R. Byrd, has sued William Stan ford Godwin, driver of the car in which he was a passenger, and Morris Fulton Godwin, the other Godwin’s employer, for SBO,OOO. Harvey Byrd has filed a suit for $20,000 against the same defen dants, demanding that amount in compensation fqr the hurts suffer ed by his son. Lula Mae Judd, administrator of the estate of Wilbert McDougald, deceased, is suing Paul Lucas and Floyd Johnson for $25,000, alleging they were responsible for McDou gald’s death in an auto smash that occurred April 30 on Highway 27. Willie H. Beasley has fifed a $30,000 damage suit against Jasper Tart and Arthur Webb. The suit grew’ out of an auto accident Feb. 13 on a rural road about five miles from Dunn. Webb w’as driving a car owned by Tart. Other suits filed recently are? Rosalie Nobles vs. Vernon No bles, divorce. Henry Thomas Matthews vs. Dorothy O. Barnette, Matthews, dfvorce. Louise G. Roberts vs. OdLs M. Roberts, divorce and custody of two children Easter Gladis Guins vs. Irvin Guins, divorce. Mary Elizabeth Gaylord vs. Wes ley M. Gaylord, dive —- M. L. Cook vs. Robert Barott McKinney, $3,599 for personal in juries and damage to his car re sulting from collision. Hubert Judd vs. State Commis sioner of Motor Vehicles, petition for return of driver’s license. First Cog R. R. PINKHAM NOTCH, N. H. d* The Mt. Washington Cog Railway built in 1869 was the first of its kind in the world. It set the pattern for subsequent mountain - climbing railways that were built m Europe. ■> The Record Is First’ 4 IN CIRCULATION .. . NEWS PHOTOS ... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Store Mgrs., Families Tied By 3 Gunmen RAPID CITY. S. D IW—Three gunmen kidnaped the managers of two supermarkets and their fam ilies early today, forced them to admit them to the stores, burglar, ized the safes and left the victims bound on a hillside. Kidnaped were manager Hugh Boyd of the Super- Duper supermarket and his wife and manager Milton Semrau of the Super Safeway store, his wile and two children. Police said the burglars escaped with the entire weekend receipts of the two stores. The amount of the loot was not immediately de- Matthews Is Now Public Accountant Dunn’s newest certified public accountant is Dan Matthews, who is connected with Thurman C. Ennis and Company here. Mr. Matthews who is well known in State accounting circles, took the stiff examination in May but has just been notified he success fully completed and passed the ex amination. He is the third person in Harnett C"mty to attain the rating of cer tified public accountant. Others are Mr. Ennis and James A. Pooi9, who is the local representative of the U. S. Department of Internal Revenue. NAVY VETERAN It was war time when Matthews graduated from his school and he immediately went into the Navy. He served from 1944 to 1946 on the hospital ship USS Sanctuary as a corpsman in the South Pacific. When he got out of service. Mat thews went ta King’s Business Col lege and then returned to Dunn. Here he began work for Ennis (Continued on fi«* Two) Ike Says They Will Be Rushed To Their Homes LONDON (IP) Red China announced today that it had released 11 American airmen held since Korean War days, even as talks on their fate opened in Geneva, under help wanted; . . . .• The announcement by Peiping radio was monitored here. , The surprise announcement was made only an hour before the start of direct talks at ambassadorial level between Red China and the United States in Geneva which' the airmen were to have been one of the topics for discussion. The Peiping boadcast said the military tribunal of the supreme people's court of China ‘‘decided on July 31, according to law, to release these 11 criminals before the completion of their terms and notified the authorities in charge to carry out immediately the re lease procedure and send them out of China.” The airmen are: Col. John K. Arnold, Jr., Mont gomery, Ala. Lt. Wallace L Brown. Montgom ery, Ala. Lt. John W. Buck, Armathwaite, Tenn. Airman 2C Harry M. Benjamin Jr., Worthington, Minn. ®gt. Howard W Brown, St. Paul, Minn. f l Capt. Elmer F. Llewellyn, Uit 'soula, Mont. Airman 2C Daniel 6. Schmidt, Boise, Idaho. , Maj. William H. Baiuner, Lewis burg, Pa Airman 1C Steve R. Kiba, Ak ron, Ohio. Airman 2C John W. Thompson 111, Orange, Va. Capt. Eugene J. Clayton, N Y. BEHAVED WELL The communist broadcast said the Imprisoned Americans had “ob served discipline and behaved themselves fairly well” while in Jail. “The authoritnes in charge so re ported to the military tribunal of the supreme people’s court and asked leniency for the men,” the broadcast said “The tribunal de cided yesterday to grant leniency and ordered the release.” The 11 were the last of 15 United States airmen admittedly held by Red China. Four others, all Korean War vet erans, were ordered “deported” and by Red China last May 31. They were Lt. Col. Edwin L. Heller. Wynnewood, Pa.. Lt. Ro land W Parks, Omaha. New : Lt. Lyle W. Cameron, Lincoln, Neb., and Capt, Harold E. Fischer, Swea City. lowa. The action by Communist China (Continued on Page Two) ■ '7 k NO. 170
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