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* WEATHER + Rain beginning in south portion today and sDreading northwest ward and becoming heavy with in creasing winds. Wednesday rain ending with decreasing winds VOLUME 5 DUNE DUE TONIGHT OR EARLY WED. ..7 TiTt 'fpiT i ‘ .# ■: 'r.. % 1 i ' ifioHlr m • * ’ **'i* * * t ♦-£*»- • LOOKING OVER EDITION PLANS Man ager Ed Carroll of the Dunn Chamber of Com merce, left, Is shown here looking over plans for The Daily Record’s Centennial Souvenir Edition to be published In connection with Harnett Coun- Jh&M JjJtik Jhinqjk IBf HOOVER ADAMS EUROPE, FRANCS, RELIGION, ALCOHOL, OTHER NOTES Earl J. Wade and his brother, George Robert Wade of Washing ton D. C. spent the weekend with their mother Mrs. Jasper L. Wade on Dunn Route 1— The two bro thers are government career men and are doing well in the nation's capitol.. George Robert is with the Air Force and Earl holds a top administrative post with the Con gressional Committee on Govern ment Operations one of the most important of the Washington com mittee* ...Next Monday, Earl is leaving for an interesting assign ment in Europe and North Africa ... While abroad of course, he’ll tour that entire part of the world Earl, a suave, polished, good looking young fellow who has de veloped a delightful Yale accent told us an interesting story about the work his committee is doing . Believe it or not but it is taking an inventory of what the United States government is actually Vorth “Nobody really knows" he pointed out. ‘‘The United States cwns all sorts of property all over the world and there never has been a real inventory and account ing.” He figures that when the big job is completed the national debt won’t look too bad beside the nation’s total assets and worth Earl is going to Europe to chack on the progress of the inventory of Uncle Sam’s possessions over there During recent weeks, he (Continued On Page Two) CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE STEPS DOWN Dr. Lake Resigns Post With State RALEIGH (IP) Dr. I. Beverly Lake, North Carolina’s top legal expert on school segregation, resigned as assist ant attorney general today to enter private law practice. Lake toid a reporter he will open a private low office here Oct. i but that he “will be available to the attorney general until that date.” Lake made North Carolina’s for mal arguments before the Supreme Court In the school segregation cases prior to the court’s Imple mentation order in May. He spear, headed North’ Carolina’s legal work in connection with the his toric Supreme Court decision. Last month Lake, speaking “as a private citizen,” suggested that localities organize non-profit cor porations to be prepared to take TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 ty’s 100th birthday celebration. Carroll enthusias tically praised the project and said it could mean much to the town and county. At the right is Paul Leach, director of the Centennial Edition staff. (Daily Record Photo.) ANOTHER LEADER PRAISES PROJECT Carroll Endorses Record's Edition Manager Ed Carroll of Dunn Chamber of Com merce today looked over plans for The Daily Record’s big pentennfW. Souvenir Edison to be published in connec tfeifi wfHi’Harnett wbth added his hearty endorsement to the project. “An edition such as this can mean a great deal to our town and coun ty” pointed out Mr. Carroll, “since It will present not only a history of the county but will tell the story of present-day achievement, busi ness progress and the wonderful advantages offered to outside busi ness and industry by Harnett County.” Paul Leach, director of the edi tion. advised Mr. Carroll that cop- ! ies of the edition will be distributed throughout the State and beyond, will be sent to business, industrial and political leaders throughout the country. Extra copies will also be provided (Continued On Page Six) Red-Lover Robeson Loses Court Round WASHINGTON (HI Federal Judge Burnlta S. Matthews today refused to order the State Depart ment to grant a passport to Negro singer Paul Robeson. Robeson has made no secret of his sympathies for Russia and va rious Communist causes. He sought a court order to compel the de partment to issue the passport which it has so far denied him. He wants to visit several countries in Europe. over private operations of the schools. Lake’s suggestion brought de mands from the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Col ored People that Fov. Luther H. Hodges remove him from office. Hodges refused and in a counter blast accused the NAACP of trying to stlrr up racial bitterness. Hodges said he would do all in his power to retain Lake’s services for the state. Lake declined comment on re ports he may be a candidate for governor in the Democratic pri mary next May. She jßsiln Jleotrd Mike Rose Is Sent To State Hospital Judge Clawson Williams yester day issued an order committing Mike Rose, Jr., 27 year old Dunn man who shot the parents of his estranged wife, to the State Hospi tal in Raleigh for observation. Rose has been in the Jaii at Lll lington charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill,’ inflicting serious bodily in juries on his parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hodges Judge Williams, after lnvestiga. tion into the case, ordered Rose to be under observation of the psychltrlsts at the State Hospital for 30 days or longer, but that a report must be given to the court within 60 days. Sheriff Olaude R Moore took Rose to Raleigh late Monday af ternoon Liquor, Auto Cases Heard Public drunkenness and motor cases took up most of Monday’s city court session here. Kenneth Melvin Bordeaux of Dunn, Route 1 pleaded guilty to careless and reckless driving and was given 60 days or sls fine and costs. Raymond Lacey Strickland of 303 East Johnson St.. Dunn, charged with careless and reckless driving, was fined $lO qnd costs. Gladys H. Sills of Dunn, Route 4 pleaded not guilty to driving without operators’ license but was convicted and fined $25 and costs. She claimed that she was not driv ing the automobile. The 40-year old woman refused to tell, how ever, who was driving. Alta Jane Wood of Dunn, charg ed with driving without license, was fined $35 and costa. Arthur Webster Taylor of 411 E. Broad St., charged with driving drunk, pleaded guilty to charges of careless and reckless driving and was given 60 days, suspended (Continued Ob Page Three) DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16, 1955 Ike Favors New Atoms Peace Meet GENEVA (IP) The United States announced today that President Eisenhower wants another atoms-for-peace con-* ference to carry on “the great beginning” in inter national atomic cooperation. Adm. Lewis L. ©trauss, chairman' of the Atomic Energy Commission,; said the President had authorized' him to express the United States’ hope that the work begun here will continue. “I’ve just received a message from him authorizing me to state that it is his hope that a second conference will be convened at a later date,’’ Strauss told the Amer ican Club of Geneva at an informal address. “The interval between the con ferences,” Strauss said “might be as much as two or three years and will, of course, be gauged to alio# for a significant accumulation of new scientific knowledge.*’ Some 200 American residents of Geneva conference delegates and newsmen heard the United States call for another meeting. SEE PROGRESS It was the first such proposal by any of the 72 governments rep resented at this congress. But jnany delegates have expressed tip pdvatf ffcrtjef progress mads ft# Im* been sbeh that the canffcrehci should continue. World famous biologists and phy sicians were meeting in Geneva today, at the request of the United Nations, to study the effects of atomic radiation on future gener ations and humanity. Three Divorce Actions Filed Three suits for divorce have been filed in Harnett Superior Court. Robert Richardson is seeking a divorce from Peachee Wilson Rich ardson. Betty Gilbert Stewart is seeking a divorce from Walter Carroll Ste wart. Fred E. Avery is suing Essie Mae Harrison Avery for a divorce. Layton Wins Round In His Slander Suit The zig-zag legal battle between Joel Layton, Jr., Lil lington merchant, who is the defendant in a $250,000 slander suit and C. R. Ammons, Harnett farm agent who brought the civil action yesterday moved in favor of Lay ton. t 7 Superior Court Judge Clawson Williams granted the motion made by Layton’s attorney calling on the plaintiff Ammons to make more “specific” the allegations contain ed in the complaint. The suit arose out of a speech Layton, then mayor of Lillington, made at a public hearing before the county commissioners on June 30 1954, opposing re-employment of Ammons as county agent. Am mons was re-emplyed at that time with the understanding that he would seek employment elsewhere to the end of the year. However, this past June Am- + Record Roundup + COURTHOUSE HOLIDAY Harnett County offices will oe closed September 3-5 for Labor Day. County commissioners set the holiday at their meeting August 1. Only other business of the meet ing was to hear reports from coun ty officials and to bond two new rural policemen, Bernice F. Temple of LUling ton and Leo. McGhee of W SB? mea “Brr- Elisabeth taylor COTTON QUEEN TO VISIT DUNN Pratty Bel Taylor- Miss Carolina Cotton Queen, will visit Dunn on Thursday of tbta week to invite Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, other city officials and all the sftteens of Dunn to Clayton for the big Cotton Festival to be held there on September 24th. Miss Taylor is touring the State in be half of the celebration. Tomorrow she will be teugsd by the May- JT’L Cb ~'“ u : , mL M h ■ } m * £'' 'Jk M wi AA* am Ja r f ' rJw mam%S"wa m $50,000 Damages Truby Suggs of Harnett County is suing for $50,000 because he charges he was blackjacked by a drive-in grill employe near Raleigh. Suggs filed the suit against Ja mes M. Steel, who he says beat him so severely that 14 stitches were required to close his head wounds, and John Griffixj, who operates Johnny’s Grill on U. S. 1 north of Raleigh. Suggs asks $25,000 punitive dam ages, and $25,000 actual damages. The Harnett man further asks the superior court to place Steel under arrest and require him to post $10,909 bzond or go to jail. The bond would be to render (Continued On Page Six) mons was again re-named for a six month basis. At the same time the annual employment of the farm agent was changed from JunF'Wltll the first of December. So far no trial date has been set for the case, in which the compen sation sought is the largest ever requested in a civil suit in Harnett County. It was first filed July 27, Only one paragraph of the ori ginal complaint was in question in the arguments yesterday. This complaint reads as follows: “For a long period of time and continu ally and without cause, the defen (Continued On Page Four) Holly Springs. GET-TOGETHER POSTPONED —The annual Chicora Country Club get-together which was sche duled for Wednesday, August 17, has been postponed until next Wednesday, August 34 due to the hurricane. Scott Wont Take Part In Primmary RALEIGH IIP Sen. W. Kerr Scott told a news conference to day that he will not take an ac tive part in next year's state po litical campaign according to his present plans. But Scott noted that he had changed his mind before. Asked whom he might support for governor, Scott said only, "I’m not a candidate myself.” He declined comment on the re cent. address on school segregation made by Gov. Luther H. Hodges. Concerning the issue, Scott said, “I take the same old position. It took them 85 years to find crut we were doing things wrong. Give us another 50 years and we will straighten it out.” Scott said he does not believe President Eisenhower wants to seek another term, but that he may feel obligated to his party to run again. Scott declined to name his choice for the Democratic nomination for President. Schmidt To Fight For Son's Custody SACRAMENTO, Cali' »•» »«-. man Daniel C. S.hmidt will tight for custody of his 2-year-old son and his wife’s mother will help him, it was revealed today. Attorney Howard P. Welch re vealed that Schmidt, 23. the mod ern-day Enoch Arden whose wife says she remarried while he was In a Chinese Communist prison, will fight for his son, Daniel Jr., when he files a divorce complaint against 21 -year-old Una Schmidt. Mrs. Walter Ferguson, Una’s mo ther. could be his star witness if a court fight develop®. •* The Record Is First 4 IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY Carolina, Topsail Beaches Evacuated > BULLETIN CHARLESTON, S. C. (IP) Hurricane Diane Is los ing some force but still alms at 100-mile an hour blow at the Carolinas with hurricane winds due tonight. CHARLESTON, S. C. (IP> Hurricane Diane shifted into low gear today 300 miles off the Eastern Seaboard which was battening up for the latest tropical storm’s 115 mile an hour winds. Diane, turning tricky as did her sister Connie last week, slowed from 14 to 10 miles an hour and then down to possibly 8. In three hours today the hurri- I cane center came closer to the coast and was centered about 300 miles east-southeast of this busy seaport city. Weatherman said indications were, that Diane would smack the upper South Carolina or the North Caro lina coast late tonight or Wednes day morning. NEARING MYRTLE BEACH CHARLESTON, 8. C„ Aug. IS IIP r- Hurricane Diane swirled within *OS miles of Myrtle Bench, 8. C.. today and sweating crews trying to build an “Atlantic wall” against ite fury fougbt a losing battle with 12-foot waves. Navy and Air Force reconnais sance planes treated the “eye” of the storm and found winds over a small area near 'the center up to 115 miles an hour. But force winds whirled out fa*- 48» CAROLINA CLEARS OI?T CAROLINA BEACH (IP City Manager Floyd Jones ordered the evacuation of this hurricane hit resort beach today in the face of a n’w hurricane boiling toward the mainland. He urged all residents to leave and to take their valuables, valu able papers, pets and pro- Precautions were rushed as resi dents began complying with the evacuation order. At IMrightsville Bfeach, Mayor R A. Dunlea Sr., met with the board of aldferman in emergency session to consider evacuation or ders. (Continued On Page Three) Schmidt Will Sue Wife For Divorce SACRAMENTO, Calif. «D—Airman Daniel C. Schmidt, whose wife Una married another man while he was a pris oner of the Chinese Communists, has decided to sue for divorce. Schmidt's attorney, Howard C. Welch, said the 23-year-old airman will charge extreme mental cruel ty. He said the charges would be “very general in nature.” He de clined to discuss the possibility of charging Una, 20, with adultry or desertios. Schmilt’s mother, Mrs. Neflie Peters, of Portland, Ore., has said she would be glad to take care of Insurance Offered Farmers Os Area Farm families in Harnett County will have an oppor tunity to get Blue Cross hospital, surgical and maternity protection at group rates through a new plan sponsored by the Harnett County Farm Bureau. The coverage will be offered to Farm Bureau members during a two-week period beginning August 15, through special arrangements with the Hospital Care Associa tion of Durham. In announcing the special op portunity, James Tart, Farm Bur eau president in Harnett County, advised farmers. “We hope that you will take advantage of this opport unity to get Blue Cross at group rates. This means a substantial saving of over 15 per cent of what farm families would have to pay for this coverage if bought on an . NO. 181 Dr. Warren To Speak At Centennial Dr Casper Warren, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Charlotte, and president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has accepted the invitation t« speak at the mass rei'tgioua service ‘Sunday, Oct. 9 marking the opening of the Har nett County Centennial celebra tion. The invitation to speak at the Centennial religious service was , extended by the religious activities committee headed by Mr. David r HJfgnee, Jr.', pastor of the Lining- Ctuhrell and the Rev. J. W. Line berger of Dunn. Plans are to hold the religious service, formally opening the cen tennial celebration on Sunday night, Oct 9 at either the D. Rich auditorium or the Paul Green am phitheatre at Campbell College. •> Using His Head MILWAUKEE API Seven year-old Pat Managhan recently figured out a method of getting past hard words when he reads to his blind grandfather. He spells them out with his finger on his grandfather’s head, and his grand father tells him what they are. Danny if her son gets custody. Schmidt returned home Friday after spending 32 months as pris oner of the Reds. He was one of 11 American airmen whose 829 was shot down during the Korean War. His wife, Una, said she married Alford Fine. 21, a husky Sierra logger last September “in Mexi co.” At the time, she claimed, she thought Schmidt was dead. individual basis. See the worker in ycur neighborhood for information and to enroll in Blue Cross.* Forty-one men and women In Harnett County will answer ques ions about the non-profit Blue Cross plan and accept enrollment®. Farmers who do not already belong to join the Farm Bureau and Blue to the Farm Bureau are also Invited Cross at the same time. The enrollment will be launched August 15 and local collectors will meet with leaders of the Farm Bur eau and representatives of th Has-
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