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Sunny and cold today with high
est in the 40s in mountains and 47
to 56 elsewhere. Saturday Increas
ing cloudiness and somewhat
warmer with a chance of rain in
west portion by night.
VOLUME 5
27 SOLDIERS DIE IN PLANE CRASH
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NEW X-RAV MACHINE Dr. Gerald James
has something new at his chiropractic clinic, and
it isn’t just for display. This new-model x-ray
machine spots disordered spines. Seen here with
Dr. James is Burt Harris of Salisbury, represent
ative of a Franklin Park, Illinois, equipment firm
which manufactures the x-ray machine. Yester
Kefauver Backers Declare
Stevenson Not So Strong,
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By HOOVER ADAMS
AUBURN LUCAS ASPIRES
FOR $64,000 QUESTION
Auburn Lucas of Erwin wasn’t
r-o intimidated by Mrs. Malissa But
ler’s 26 years of unbroken attend
ance at Sunday School ...Auburn
went 27 years and nine months
himself without missing .Says he
started when he was three .. Now
lie’s got a new talent He spells
words backwards We tested him
with evttomocol and naivulidetna
and he did them perfectly Au
burn wants to get on the $64,000
Question program ... And his fri
ends and neighbors are all pulling
for him We certainly wish him
houlfeytnelp ..Willard Mixon is
another farmer who’s worried over
the possibility of a 20 per cent cut
in tobacco acreage - That would
never never do,” says Willard, who
runs Pope and Mixon Building
Supply when he’s not fanning.. .
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Taylor have
moved into Hodges Tourist Court
on the Fayetteville highway and
are operating the popular estab
lishment... Dr. Casper C. Warren
of Charlotte, Dunn native who’s
now president of the Southern Bap
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General Motors Now
Being Investigated
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WASHINGTON (IP) The government Is investigat
ing General Motors Corporation to determine whether
the giant firm has violated anti-trust laws.
Donald P. MacDonald, a Federal
Trade Commission lawyer, made
the disclosure today to the Senate
monopoly .subcommittee. MacDon
ald said the FTC “has engaged In
several investigations involving the
practices of the various dlvisons
or subsidiaries of General Motors
Corp. wereln anti-monopoly and
also deceptive practices” were pos
sibly involved.
TELEPHONES 3117-3118
day marked 4he fifth year, to the day, Dr. James
had beeh open. At far right in picture, the lighted
x-ray of a patient’s spine is visible on the board
where Dr. James studys them. Incidentally, Dr.
James today is observing his fifth anniversary in
Dunn. (Dally Record Photo.)
CHICAGO (IP) Backers
of Sen. Estes Kefauver today
denied that Adlai E. Steven
son is forging a commanding
lead for the 1956 Democrat
ic presidential nomination.
A. Bradiev Eben, convention
manager in Kefauver’s unsuccess
ful ibid for the 1952 nomination,
said Stevenson’s strategists “are
trying to create the atmosphere of
a stampede.”
“He’s no; nearly as strong as
v they pretend him to toe and I be
lieve he can be caught," Eben said,
‘‘that Is, if he is in front—nobody
has made an effort to catch him
yet.”
Eben, a Chicago lawyer, was in
terviewed in a hotel suite engaged
as headquarters for the “Kefauver
Planning Committee" during the
three-day meeting of national De
mocratic leaders here.
Kefauver and New York Gos.
Avereil Harriman. another possfble
candidate for the presidential nom
ination, tooth were due to arrive
late today for the political doings.
LEADERS TO SPEAK
Kefauver. Harriman. Stevenson
and former President Truman will
address a SIOO-a-plate dinner meet
ing Saturday night.
Eben, chairman of the Kefauver
committee, ,«aid the group was
“ready to spring into action when
, and if" the Tennesseean announces
, he is a candidate. The lawyer said
he expects Kefauver to make his
decision known “Within SO days.'*
He predicted that “If Estes runs
i for the nomination he wlfl get it,
because all elements of the party
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“Several such matters are still
under Investigation," MacDonald
added.
The government attorney testi
fied as the subcommittee Inquiring
i into the giant industrial empire
i turned to the auto parts fieid.
i Chief counsel Joseph W. Burnes
I 6aid the complaints bad been re
■ ceived that DM had exerted co
ercion “to various ways."
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Jury Deciding
Murder Trial
A Harnett County jury this af
ternoon started deliberating the
fate of James and Ethel Lee Gil
liam, a Negro couple charged with
the murder of “Big” James Mur
chison on the night of June 18th
of this year, between 9 and 9:30
o'clock.
Judge George Fountain flnshed
his charge to the jury early this
afternoon.
The couple claim self-defense.
Three Food Dyes
Banned By FDA
WASHINGTON (IP) The Food
and Drug Administration has
banned three widely used artificial
food dyes because they are ‘not
harmless when fed in large a
mounts.”
The ban takes effect 90 days
from today. Food and Drug Com
missioner George P. Larrick said
recent scientific tovestigaton
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Churches Plan
Thanksgiving Rites
Three Dunn churches, First
Presbyterian, Divine Street Me -
thodist. and the Hood Memorial
Christian Churches, are uniting for
a Union Thanksgiving Service next
Wednesday night at 7:30. The ser
vice is scheduled to be held at the
Hood Memorial Christian Church.
Rev. J. W. Lineberger, pas
tor of the Divine Street Methodist
Church, will bring the message for
the evening and the Presbyterian
choir will present the special mu
sic.
The loose offering which will be
taken will be divided among the or
phanages of the three sponsored
chufches.
Alimony Is the means by which
some women relieve themselves I
of the drudgery of housework.
DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 18. 1955
Cotton Program
To Be Given
Solons Monday
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A new slant on the cotton
support program, which, if
adopted by Congress, would
affect the whole cotton
growing South to the ad
vantage of the smaller grow
er, was favorably previewed
in Dunn this week.
Paul Keller. Johnston county
ginner and crusher who operates
the Central Oil and Milling Co. in
Clayton, is the originator of the
plan,.
He told the Daily Record today
that the situation in cotton is "far
more desperate than the average
person realizes, and I think Con
gress may be ready for desperate
solutions.”
Cotton acreage in North Caro
lina. he said, could be down to 300,-
000 or 250,000 acres within a few
years if the present program is
not reshaped.
‘‘What the price support program
is costing,” he stated, ‘‘is helping
the large commercial-type farmer
more than the small farmer who
most needs the help.”
Ginners in this area heard Keller
expound his views at a four-county
meeting in Dunn on Monday. Yes
terday he appeared before the Sen
ate subcommittee on agriculture
meeting in Raleigh. Next Moiiday
and Tuesday, he plans to put his
proposals before the farm bureau
meeting in RaleigJb ,
Kif the four county snooting
Motiday, Keller's’ plan received the
endorsement of those attending.
Myers Tilghman of Dunn, promi- J
nent local ginner, said he believed
the plan had good features.
“I think there are details
which will have to be worked on ’
he said.
The program Keller outlined
would put allotments on a pound
age instead of an acreage basis.
The farmer says its originator,
would be free to grow, as much
cotton as he pleased, selling what
ever he produced at the world
market price, being subsidized,
though, only for the alloted pounds.
Poundage subsidized would be
restricted, said Keller, meaning that
the small farmer would be the one
principally benefited. This, he
stated, is a variation of the plan
submitted by Senator Paul Doug
las who wanted to limit the sub
sidy (on all crops) to $25,000 per
grower.
Government surpluses in cotton
have been the chief bug in the pro
gram as it stands. Keller believes
the surpluses could be handled in
the following manner:
(1) The military must have cot-
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Five People Killed
In Roxboro Crash
ROXBORO, N. C. (IP) Three men and two girls
night died trapped in their submerged, car from which a
helpless bystander for a time heard screams.
Edwin Yarboro, a resident near
the scene, told highway patrolmen
he heard the car “roaring down
the road,” then heard the crash,
and rushed to the spot where It
had plunged into Mayho Creek.
Apparently the car went out of
control on a curve struck the
opposite bank of the creek and
then toppled into the water upside
down, officers said.
Yarboro said that while occu -
pants screamed for help he reach
ed the car but could not open the
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P. T. A. is sponsoring a cake sale,
Wednesday, November 3* ffom
9:00 until 12:00 a. m. at The Bears
Store.
MUSICAL VARIETIES Mrs.
Reta Whittenton announces the
schedule for her “Musical Varie
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WAKE FOREST ALUMNI -ORGANIZE
Thirty two Harnett County alunmi and their
wtvejpnet last night at Johnson's Restaurant In
Duntf; and organized a county alumni chapter.
StatK. Senator left, was elected president; Rev.
Forest 'maxwell, center, was elected vice president;
DIDN'T WANT WHISKEY - GOT THREE BULLETS INSTEAD
Man Killed By Brother
During Row Over Drink
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74 Aboard
Missing Plane
U& VEGAS, Nev. (IP The Air
Kftrce today rushed rescuers Nto
wreckage atop towering Mt. Char
leston believed to be that of a
large military plane that disap
peared on a “secret” llight with
14 persons aboard.
The missing aircraft, reported to
be a C 54 military transport, was
believed headed for a super-secret
atomic energy commission installa
tion at the nearby Nevada prov
ing grounds and may have carried
atomic scientists or other Impor
tant officials.
Post Office Raps;
It Wasn't Obscene
WASHINGTON OP The Post
Office Department, whose job it is
to guard the malls against obscen
ity, has cracked down on a comic
book for not being obscene.
This unusual situation was dis
closed in a suit filed in federal
court yesterday by A. R .P. Indus
tries, Inc., of Los Angeles. The
firm seeks to prevent postal au -
thorities from holding up the mail
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doors. When rescue workers raised
it 40 minutes later all the occu
pants were dead.
The victims were identified as
Harold L. Kirkman, 26. Lacy W
Briggs. 22, Lemmie (Tim) Day, 21.
all of Rte. 3, Roxboro. and Ivy
Lou Poole, 18, and her sister,
Patsy. 14, both of Allensville, N. C.
The car was owned by Briggs,
but patrolmen said it was not
definitely established who was
driving the vehicle. The victims
died by drowning, patrolmen said
Monday Hie choir of the Bap
tist Branch Sunday School will
sing;: Tuesday— Mrs. Jack M.
Daniell will stag: Wednesday
Vocal duets by Sara Bland and Lito
Lewis; Thursday Mrs. Whitten
ton will’ give an organ program;
Friday Mrs. Mayo Smith will be
the vocalist. The program is heard
each afternoon at 3:00 p. m.
and Abe Elmore, right, was named s»cretary-treas
urer. Charles E. Williams of Erwin was named
pulicity chairman and Dr. Randolph Doffermyre
is program chairman. Rev. Eugene Olive was the
speaker. The Rev. Ernest P. Russell presided.
An argument between two
brothers over a drink of j
whiskey late Thursday led
to a slaying.
Garfield Bailey, about 30, of the
Shaw town section of Lillington,
died Thursday night about three
minutes arriving at the Dunn
Hospital.
His brother, Edward Bailey, a
bout 40, is being held in the coun
ty jail without privilege of bond
facing trial on a murder charge.
Edward allegedly killed Garfield
with three bullets from his .45 pis
tol hr the presence of their blind
mother, Bella Galley, and Gar
field's girl friend, Julia McOoy.
Harnett Coroner Grover C. Hen
derson of Dunn said an inquest in
to the slaying will be held later at
Edwards Funeral Home in Shaw
town. Sheriff Claude R. Moore and
Rural Policeman Stanley Byrd are
assisting Coroner Henderson with
the investigation.
, The McCoy girl said she, the
blind mother and Garfield were
at the supper table and that she
was preparing a plate for the blind
woman when Edward came in and
suggested to Garfield, “Let’s go get
a drink of whiskey.”
She quoted Garfield as replying,
“I’m not going to drink any more
tonight. I have to work ‘omorrow.”
An argument followed, she re
lated, and Edward got his pistol.
She said when she heard the first
shot she jumped out of the win
dow and ran down the road. Af
ter hearing two more shots, she
returned to see if the blind wom
and had been injured.
The girl said she found Garfield
lying on the floor groaning, shot
three times. One shot entered the
right shoulder, another In the low
er abdomen and the third in the
upper abdomen.
NEIGHBOR GIVES AID
Paul Hodges., a neighbor, said he
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Graham Denies Bombing ;
Hints Mother Suicide
DENVER (IP) John Gil- 1
bert Graham denied in coun
ty jail late Thursd-"-- +'•>** 1
time-bombed a United Air;
Lines DC6B and hinted that
his mother one of the 44
victims of the crash might
have set off the explosive
herself in a suicide.
In a copyrighted story, A1 Nak- j:
kula, a Rocky Mountain News re
porter, quoted the 23-year-old sus- (
pect as saying he signed a written j
FBI confession because "they told i 1
me they were going to put my wife j i
to jail and I’d better get it straight- ] i
ened out myself.” I
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Adlan Roofers
Forming Ranks
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (IBV-Demc
cratic officials in Virginia's 10th
Congressional District announced
today formation of what they
claimed was the first Stevenson
for President organization south of
the Mason-Oixon line.
State Rep. John C. Webb, unsuc
cessful Democratic candidate for
Congress in 1954, recalled that
Virginia was one of four Southern
states to go Republican in 1952.
"We don’t want a repetition of
that in 1956,” said Webb.. “We are
getting an early start to return
Virginia, and we hope ah' other
Southern states as well, to the
Democratic fold in 1956.”
The 10th District is represented
by a Republican congressman.
Rep. Joel T. Broytiiil. It is com
posed of Washington suburb*.
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Godwin To Head
Board Os Church
Herman Godwin. Sr., prominent
Dunn business man, has recently
been elected Board Chairman of
the Hood Memorial Christian
Church here. Wallace Dixon was
elected to serve as his assistant.
Other church officers named
were Thomas Jackson as Board
secretary, Mrs. Ruth Temple as
assistant secretary. Miss Bertha
Westbrook as church clerk, and
Harry M Phipips as church treas
urer.
Members named on functional
church committees are as follows:
I Graham said FBI agents started ■
questioning him at about noon last
I Sunday and “didn't stop until I j
signed a confession about 4 a. m. I
the next morning.”
When asked if he put a “present
or a bundle of dyuamite” in his
mother’s luggage, Graham replied:
“I didn’t put anything in her lug
gage. I only bought some straps
to put around the luggage - . . the
hinges on the suitcase were break
ing. I don’t want to discuss the
present.”
Then Nakkula asked: "Did you
have a premonition of your moth- i
er’s death before you had been for- •
mally notified of it?” ]
MOTHER CALLED FRIENDS
NO. 249
Crashes Info
House, Burns
Hear Seattle
SEATTLE (IP A DC4 air
plane chartered by soldier 3
returning home from the
Orient crashed into a house
and burned on the southern
outskirts of Seattle during
a snowstorm early today,
and 27 of the 74 persons
aboard were killed.
Coroner John P. Brill Jr. said
there were 27 bodies in the morgue.
Forty-seven survivors were ac
counted for. The Army said 25 of
the dead had been identified as
soldiers. Two other bodies were
unidentified.
Several survivors said an explo
sion occurred in the plane before
the crash. Others said one of the
'draft's four engines came loose
and crashed into the fuselage. The
crash occurred shortly after the
nan-scheduled plane had taken off
from Boeing Field an airport in
side the Seattle city limits.
Chance of Sabotage
The possbility of sabotage was
being investigated.
The soldiers who chartered the
plane themselves had arrived here
yesterday aboard a Navy transport
vessel from Japan where they had
been on duty.
Mast of them were planning joy
ous Thanksgiving reunions with
their families in the Northeast.
The plane sheared off the tops
of several towemg fir trees be
for* it smashed into the dwelling,
which was occupied by Mrs. Colin
Dearing and her five children. The
the children escaped.
The Civil Aeronautics Adminis
house burned but the woman and
tration traffic control center said
the crash occurred wthin the same
minute as take off. Under normal
conditions the plane would have
been about 409 feet off the ground.
The crash scene was close to a
heavily-populated shopping center.
Wreckage and bodies were strewn
over a path 400 yards long.
Walked Away
Many of the passengers were
able to walk away from the wreck.
Some escaped through holes tom
in the fuselage. Others were trap
ped in the twisted metal and res
cue workers had to cut through
to remove the charred bodies
t Property and Maintenance: Her
man Neighbors, chairman, with
Henry West, George A. Jackson,
Freeman Wood and Pat Lynch: Fi
nance: Wilson Stanley chairman,
with Oscar Strickland, Harry M.
Phipps. Thomas J. Jackson, and
Mrs. Ruth Temple; Worship:
Frank McLeod chairman, with
Maurice Hardy, James Britt, Jim
my Cannady and William Tart;
Education and Missions: L. C. Du-
Pree. Jr., chairman, with Mrs. Jer
ry Butler Mrs. Pat Lynch, L. A,
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, To this question Graham replied:
“I didn’t, she had. She called ev
erybody she could think of beforg
she left.” j
Graham said his mother, VTnl,
Daisie King, bad been ill and wag
hospitalized twice last summer and
was “sort of depressed « asrvoad
since Mr. King died lasi year."
King was the woman’s second hum
band and Graham’s step father.
"I don* thavs any theories ad
to the cause of the crash or what
happened," Oraham said wlr-d
pressed for an explanation cons
ceratog the explosives that ripped
the plane apart In flight and sal
It hurtling to the ground.
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