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* WEATHER <■ Generally fair and a little warm er today and Saturday. Highest temperatures today in the 70s. VOLUME 5 EIGHT ARRESTED IN TRIPLE SLAYING GRIEF-STRICKEN PARENTS Anton Schuessier, left photo, his face displaying his grief, ges tures wildly after viewing the bodies of his two sons, Anton, 11, and John, 13, at Chicago’s Cook County Morgue Mrs, Dorothy Peterson, right photo, holds back the tears as she awaits her hus band who identified the body of their son, Robert, 13, who was found dead in a ditch with the Schuessler boys City, county and state police have started an intensive manhunt for the killer or killers of the three boys whose nude bodies had been horribly mutilated. Jh&AB Mils JhinqA By HOOVER ADAMS MIAMA, sfATE FAIR, BRUCE JOANNE AND OTHER NOTES Dr. Leslie Campbell and other Harnett leaders are now consider ing a suggestion that Paul Green's drama, “The Highland Call" be presented each summer at Camp bell College in the same manner' other pageants in the State are held... Dr. Campbell says Harnett’s centennial celebration was a big success in every respect... Despite the large number who have been attending, local citizens haven't been too high in their praise of the State Fair . As a matter of fact, there has been a lot of critic ism and most people say this year’s exposition is disappointing Nearly everybody agrees that the far needs to change carnivals— The same outfit has been playing the fair now for years, which leaves but little that’s new to see . “The hottest things at the fair,” reports Bruce Byrd, “were the Maid of Cotton and the fireworks.’’.. That Sir, is quite an observation!!! ... Oeorge Glover, who won a free vacation to Miami for his sales production record in selling Ford farm machinery, writes that he and Mrs. Glover have been having a wonderful time.. That George is on the ball and he really knows how to sell farm equipment.. .‘Tm lucky,” he says modestly, ‘Tve got a good product and .It’s not hard to 5e11.".. George is manager of the farm machinery division o♦ Auto Sales and Service, local Ford- Mercury dealer.. . They’ll be home Continued mu Page Six) Presbyterians Plan Christmas Pageant Marvin Oodwln, well-known Dunn business man, and Mrs. Janet Sig nor have been assigned the lead ing roles in the Christmas pageant to be presented at the First Pres byterian Church in Dunn on Sun day night, December 11. Plans for the pageant were an nounced here today by the Rev. Leslie Tucker pastor of the local church. The Christmas pageant is one of the highlights of the local church each- year and annually draws an overflow crowd. Last year atten dance was so large that two per formances had to be given. WORKERS LISTED “On The Road To Bethlehem" is the title of this year’s Christ- mas drama. It will be directed by ig the presentation. TELEPHONES 3117 -1118 United Fund Aids County Service Men Over 125 youth of Dunn and nearly 800 from Har nett County who are serving in the Armed Services of the United States will be benefitted through the USO organizations which participate in the United Fund of Dunn, according to Hal Jordan, chairman of the c&n* paign tfhich starts on a heme - to - hoiM?Mltsi#*here day, October 25. Mr. Jordan released today a sum mary of the USO activities for the first six months of 1955. as report ed to the Dunn United Fund which is participating in the support of ,tbe USO in 1955. I The report states that nearly 3.000,000 hours of free, voluntary’ service to members of the Armed Services by 78.000 men and wo - men in this country and overseas. During this six-month period ser vicemen and servicewomen paid 21,395.915 visits to USO Clubs. Lounges and educational and recre ational services were provided for over 3,000,000 men and women of the Armed Services, and more than 5.000.000 took part m sime 47,000 shows, picnics, dances, parties and games; nearly a million toe* part in discussion groups, concerts, tours, classes and other cultural programs presented. More than 390,000 attended special religious sessions In 7.600 groups. Over a million pieces of religious litera - ture were distributed through the clubs. Camp Shows played to audiences totaling over half a million, and some three and a half million re ceived tickets to concerts, theatres, sports events and other services through the USO. Mr. Jordan pointed out that in giving to the United Fund of Dunn the seven organizations making up the USO receives a part of the Fund which is budgeted under Ca rolines United. Carolinas United is Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bryan, who also directed the pageant last year. The producers are Mr. and Mrs. John nie Welbom. Among others who will play im portant roles In the pageant are Mrs. Kenneth Howard, Jr., W. E. Jackson, Jr., Frank Belote and Le wis West. The following committee chair men have been named: Miss Mil dred Eberlin, costumes; Mrs. J. Edgar Black. Jr., scenery; Mrs. J. N. Stevenson, make-up; Ed Wel bom and Oliver Knox, property; Dr. Jack Jordan, lighting. ( The church choir will present a program of Christmas music a half hour prior to the pageant and will also furnish background music dur- Wxt jH&iiu 'jS&tt&tiy the joint operation of all the 78 United Funds in the 78 towns and cities of the two Carolinas which Join for solicitation of funds for the various nation-wide causes which depend upon public contri butions for their support. When you contribute to the Dunn United Fund, you are also contributing to help provide these necessary “Ho mes Away. From Home” for the men and women of the armed for ces— those 125 boys and girls Con tinned on Page Six' Jhe Tmuulyn TJtojvuoe Sioty Marilyn Monroe, with all her beauty and curves, is a much smarter business wo man than the average per son might think. During some negotiations for a movie role a Broadway actor was startled to find “Marilyn giving me the kind of advice I’d only ex pect to get from a Hollywood law yer. She knew the ins and outs and the fine-print tricks better than an agent." A former business associate calls her “self-protectively smart.” “On the important things," he says, .“she .knows instinctively what's good for her even when she doesn’t know why.” ■ It was in this frame of refer ence that she turned to Greene for advice last year when her con tract came up for renewal. Greene put her in touch with two know ing New York attorneys, Frank Delaney and Irving L. Stein. The two of them, according to an acquaintance, found enough holes in the old agreement to be able to say: You have no contract but we’ll welcome discussions of a new one, on our own terms. “We” had become a Monroe corporation, headed by its name sake, with Greene as vice presi dent and the two lawyers as mem bers of the board along with an accountant named Joseph C(arr. Financially, turning Marilyn Monroe into a big business wid eventually pay off. Under the tax laws, as a corporaton, she will be able to keep a good deal more of the money she makes than she could as an Individual. Artistically, it has already paid off in the sense that the corpora tion has financed her during the long holdout while her new agents at MCA have so far battered Twen- Contlnued ea Page Six) DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 21, 1955 White House i Door Long Closed To Mac WASHINGTON (IP) The Mac Arthur controversy is In a new spin, recalling that the general’s luck with re cent presidents has been bad. It has not much im proved even though an old line Army buddy is in the White House now. Gen. Douvlas MacArthur knew .he White House parlors for long years before he was even aware there ’ was a dog house on the premise*. At age 26 and only three years out of West Point, Mac- Arthur began in 1906 a brief tour of duty as aide to President Theo dore Roosevelt. By 1913 he wa» a youthful member of the Anny, General Staff. President Woodrow Wilson pro moted MacArthur rapidly m World War I. He was the Army’s young est major general. Hie Harding ad ministration’s favor was Indicated when MacArthur was named sup erintendent of the United States Military Academy in 1919. That's a blue ribbon job which often leads to the top. DISCOVERED IKE It led to the top for MacArthur who was named chief of staff by President Herbert Hoover. He was reappointed to the post by Pres ident! Franklin D. Roosevelt. It On Page Six) Paul And Jan Have First Baby HOLLYWOOD W Film stars Paul Douglas and Jan Sterling celebrat ed today the birth of their first child bom in the actress’ bedroom. Miss Sterling announced earlier that she planned to have her baby by natural childbirth in her home Dr. Francis Ballard and Douglas were present when the ibalby boy, named Adams, was bom yester day. The boy weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. ' i^r 1 'i'£ r ' K fJlwaL * l^^B^B&iJLlli**"*" • %"• ' a ■ *-*4 - ' 1! HST sVj*W-;;; V>’®if -dUt; * **t v |qp^ cr .p PASTOR AND WIFE RECEIVE FURNITURE Church in the new parsonage. The pastor and his Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Under- wife received several pieces of new furniture, wood at a recent surprise house warming given (Daily Record Photo.) them by members of the Gospel Tabernacle GOP Chief Says Democratic Party Run By Labor Bosses State Republican Cheir rfpan Ray Jennings of Tfe,y day night that There's a g3b& possibility that President Ei senhower will run again and will be re-elected, and warn ed that “If the Democratic Party returns to power it will be controlled and dom inated by big labor bosses such as Walter Reuther.” The State GOP chief, addressing a dinner meeting of the Eastern Carolina Young Republican Club at Johnson’s Restaurant to Dunn, (Continued On Page Six) 1 Jf’fl • A i Adlai Cant Win John A. Wilkinson of Washington, N. C., promi nent State Republican lead er, told Eastern Carolina Young Republicans in Dunn Thursday night that Adlai Steyenson can’t possibly win the Democratic nomination •fr The Record is First i IN CIRCULATION ... NEWS PHOTOS ... ADVERTISING COMICS AND FEATURES FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. 229 for the presidency again “be cause he is not acceptable, to either of the extreme wings of the party.” Wilkinson, former candidate for the U. S. Senate, declared it is now evident that the extremists “have already ditched Stevenson.’ “The tip-off came in our State just yesterday," he continued, •-when Senator W. Kerr Scott said in an interview that he’s not so hot for Stevenson as he was be fore.'’ “Mr. Stevenson." continued Wil kinson, "belongs to the same rad ical, extremist group as Senators Hubert Humphrey and Herbert Lehman and Governor Soapy Wil liams of Michigan. And he was ex pressing their views.’ Wilkinson advised the Republi cans to "forget about the Negro vote because we can’t get it now or any other time.” SAYS THEY’RE SOCIALISTS He admonished that Negro vot ers will take their orders from the National Association For the Ad vancement of Colored People,” and that organization is already mar ried to the American Socialist Party, which masquerades under the name of the Democratic Par ty.” Wilkinson was one of the speak ers at a meeting of Eart:n Caro- j lina Young Republicans from 16 i (Continued On Page Six) ! Resisting Arrest Costs Four Months John B. Hair of Benson was gi -rs four months on the roads in Benson city court after conviction on charges of resisting arrest. Judge Ed Johnson acquitted him on charges of assault at the same time. Other cases disposed of at the session. Laudie Colonel Jernigan, Route 2, Benson, speeding, costs. Howard Hampton Johnson, im proper lights, costs. Charles Olin Jernigan, Benson, Rt. 2, speeding, costs. Earl Stewart, Benson,, public drunkenness, costs. Carson McLamb, Benson, Route Lie Detector Tests Slated For Suspects CHICAGO (IP) Police dis closed today that eight per sons have been arrested for questioning about the slay ing of three young boys, but none was regarded as a “good suspect.” Lie detector tests were sched uled for at least two of the eight. Edward Rohlfes, 47, and Michael Chupick. 22. Rohlfes, a former railroad work er, volunteered the information > that he spent all of last Monday/ night and most of Tuesday morrr'- ing in a forest preserve parking lot near the ditch where the nude and batrered bodies were found. If the bodies had been there ! then, he said, he would have seen them. They were discovered by a liquor salesman at 12:30 p. m. Tuesday. Rohlfes said he say three men in a battered old Ford drive into the parking lot at 10:30 a. m., Just as he was leaving. Detectives said these men could have been the slayers, aibout to dispose of the bodies. I SLEEPING IN TRUCK /Rohlfes said he had withheld his information because he did not Want to get a forest ranger to trouble for letting him sleep to his parked truck. H* said he formed the habit of sleeping there because <x martial discord at home. He arvorcea. ••**/*-.■ >’ Tchitpnick was held "for « lie test Jtter police found copper wire and masking tape in his car. Tape of some sort was used to bind the victims’ eyes and mouths, and Chupniek said he frequented a bgwHng alfHy where the boys were seen Sunday nigh! (Continued On Page Six) } ‘ - r Hotel Facing Padlocking On Vice Couni OMAHA TP—The Netwhall Hotel in downtown Omaha faced padlock proceedings today after disclosures that it had been the base tor SIOO - call girl operations. Morals Squad Sgt. Walter Wilson planned to confer with Police Chief Harry Green and city prosecutors on closure action after a 22-year old girl admitted obtaining S7OO from a 54-year-old North Platte, Neb., man for dates Tuesday and Wednesday nights. * The man told police he became angered when the girl hinted at police protection for the establish ment and also when she welched on a S6OO date. Wilson denied the place was being given ‘‘protection,” The man said a bell hop obtained the girl Tuesday night, and he paid SIOO per hour for her “com pany. He paid S6OO to advance for another date Wednesday night but the girl skipped out on the date, feigning illness. 2, possession, not guilty. Mur man Norris, Benson, assault with a deadly weapon, nol pros Lester Lloyd Cox, Four Oaks, Rt. 1, improper passing, costs. James Pemberton Coats, Nor folk. Va., speeding, costs. Wesley McFarland, Bolton, Mass, speeding, costs. John David Ivey, Clinton, speed ing, costs. Ollen Byrd, Benson. Rt. S, as sault, upon refusing to testify, the court declared the prosecution frf vilous and ordered the prosecuting witness, James Bobby Norris, to pay the costs. (OeatiMME Ob Page Six)
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