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+ WEATHER + ' OottfrrfcHy foif to cool thU after noon. InnrwMlnt ctoudlMai to> nlght. Thur*d*y cloudy, roldw and 00). • f v > ,i * «.W -*^11* - % . THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME * TELEPHONES S117-SIU DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 19, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPY NO. SO ; HE’LL BE A GOOD SPORT—Marquis Grimaldi, left, prelender to the throne o< Monaco, says hi may tend “the uaurper * Prince Rainier 111, hie congratulation* when the prince marries Grace Kelly. Grimaldi, ehown above in the tavern he ewne in Ighthsm, ***• grandfather spent meet of the family fortune establishing the line of descent, whilh he says has been recognized by England'* College Of Arms. But the Marquis, who's known as "George," says it would take too much money to press the claim for the throne. Shown with him are his wife, the Marouise known aa "Kay," and ah unhiantifted customer; EX.CONVICT HUBBY IS SOUGHT Body Of Divorcee Is Found Mutilated OMAHA, Neb. (lf> — The slashed and mutilated body of a St - year - old divorcee was found in front of her home today and police searched the city for her former hus band an m . ennvirt Last-Minute News Shorts WASHINGTON today ftn » me in GOT .UNITED NATIONS — Smutty net for lut ftoUk'i Syrian outpost on Soft of Oft MW. WASHINGTON — 7 aftet on pork h»r« PRINCETON, ■poo In of aix BOMBAY, India - U injured In third day of add thro winy and riotej ..WASHINGTON — Son. Deoyia* M will offer an! TAIPEI PUNT. Mich. — Pretty boy friend of in alayinr of 1 trig Harnett Bank Robbers Must Pay An echo of a much-publicised bank robbery was heard today in Harnett Superior Court when a Jury ^warded the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company a verdict of $3,177.50 against two convicted bank robbers. Defendants were Jimmy Murchi son, 38, and David Watkins, 38, both of i-iiiinytan. who are still serving prison terms in the April 38, 1963 robbery of the Anglet branch of the First Citlsens Bank and Trust Co. NON-SUIT FOB ABNOLD Another defendant, Jesse Arnold, had been named as a co-defendant in the recovery suit, but Judge W A. Leland Mceithan of Aberdeen non-suited the suit against hln when FBI Agent Robert W. ISUv henaoo ef Fayetteville introduce* as evidence a confession signed bj Watkins absolving Arnold or any connection with the rotoerry. At the trial' in Federal Court, however he pleaded guilty along with the others. Arnold, who had loaned bis car to one of the bank robbers, has already completed a term to Fed eral prison for the robbery. Will Roger Arnold, the fourth member of the robbery party who turned government witness and helped break the case, escaped with probation. Re was charged with * Popcorn Day j To Be Held \ On Friday Harnett County will Observe "Popcorn For Polio Day" on Fri day, jrith four of the county's theaters cooperating. County Chairman Harvey Wil liams said this morning that four theatres have agreed to donate all the proceeds frotn popcorn sales on Friday to the county fund. . Cistism mb Paps tta) Carolyn Ann Thomas, formerly Mm Steve Nowickl, was horribly ■MlMir the killer, officers or the attack. A man who had escorted her home put poOoe on the trial of her farmer husband Noartcki, 33. a six-foot, >40-pound bartender, has a long record of Violence, his record shewed, in cluding a IMS incident in which, he threatened to stab his 5-year-old daughter.- - < Other arrests and convictions were for assault and battery, drunkenness, disturbing the peace and resisting .arrest. Police believed Nowlcki hod a pistol, as well as the knife. They said be wouid be "desperate and dangerous." Police sold a friend of Miss Thomas, whose'name they did not disclose, met her by chance in a .Os -page Six) Big Tax Bite Arouses Them WASHINGTON «B—The French bookseller and the Italian fish ped dler who are organising no-tax ■trikes In Europe have their op posite numbers in the United States. The beauteous Corrine Griffith Marshall, for example. She is head man of the organisa tion for repeal of the 19th amend ment. which arrived in the Con stitution more than 40 yearn ago to empower Congress to impose a graduated Income tax on the American people. PART-WAY STRIKE Then there is Oov. J. Blacken Lee of Utah, who is on a part way tax strike. He is withholding CewttMtd on Page Bis' IT'S LIKE HAVING MA SAY SHE DON'T LOVE YOU NO MOKE, SAYS JIM Big Jim Says Broadslabbers Proud Of Name, Raps Critics K*y mn/» c<xv nt/njio James (Smile • Awhile) Thornton, the hillbilly mu sician and song writer who conducts the biggest live tel evision show in the two Car olines, today laid down his guitar — temporarily — and cast a good-natured but ac-' cuslng finger at directors of the Benson Chamber of Commerce. *Pelt>ws, you’re getting above your raisin’ now; You’re forgetting where you come from" he toiddMftfn. "An<l,” paraphrasing one of hi* most popular tune*, he added. " Taint nice, neither.” Last week, the board of direct or* of Benson's chamber, declar ed they were sick, sick, sick of having the good town of Benson referred to in connection with the "Broadslab” sedtion of Johnston County. SEND PROTEST Not only that, they got off a tetter to officials of ‘Television Station WTVD in Durham form ally protesting that such design ation “hardly seems fair.” “The term has a bad meaning,” said the chamber officials. "As used on television and radio shows. Broad*lab or lower Johnston Coun ty is pictured as the home of boot leggers. wild driven sod aWtftlaaa farmers.” They wanted to see U the station officials couldn't stsan g>e Thornton a little. Ballard Rifes Will Be Friday J N. Ballard. 87, died at hU home in Lillihgton Wednesday af ternoon at 4:48 o'clock after a long Funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon at 2 o'clock at Ephe sus Presbyterian Church on Lil hnfton. Route 2. The Rev. J. F. Men!us of Fayetteville, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Ballard, a retired turner, was a native and lifelong resident of Harnett County, son of the late John M. and Catherine McDonald Ballard, also of Harnett. He was a charter member of the Ephesus Church. CHURCH LEADER He was serving as treasurer of church at the time of hit death. He was also a lifelong dea con of the church. Surviving are two sons, D. D. G. Ballard of Angler and James M. Ballard of Southern Pines; flour daughters. Mias Lucy Ballard of the home. Mrs. D W. Morrison and Mrs. Duncan P. Ray of Ullington, and Mrs. Albert Brown of Rowland; also 10 grandchildren. 13 great grandchildren asd three sisters, Mrs. Bells Bason and Miss Lula Ballard of Durham, and Mrs. Fan nie McLean of Ullington, Route 2. 4 J t ii a fi n « tl E I a JAMES THORNTON . . . King of the Hillbillies Two Sentenced In Theft Of Soybeans Two young Negroes, John Sherill Elliott, 19, and Wal »r Calvin McLean, 19 of Bunnlevel, Route 1, submitted i Harnett Recorder’s Court on Tuesday to the charge of tealing nine bags of soybeans from the Pias Hudson irm, near Anderson Creek. They told Judge 1C. O. Lee that ley saw the bean bags In a field, ear the road, and Just “picked tem up.’’ The beans were sold to te hilling ton Roller Mills. Rural when the sale of the beam was traced to them, that they comfeso ed the theft. Judge Lee gave Elliott from 90 (OnttBMl m rage Tmi to OPENING SOON Dhillips Manager At New Market Ernest Phillips, well-known here as assistant man ger of the A and P Store, takes over an important posi ion at the new supermarket which L. M. Muse is estab shing across from the Dunn Post Office. Muse, himself the A & P Man ger until four months ago, is adying the supermarket for an irly opening and will announce le date very shortly. Phillips wUl s grocery manager In the store hile, as already announced, J. D. action will manager the meat de er tment. The Muse Supermarket will he n ultra-modem independent food tore. Pur die Bros., who until re ently occupied the qpaoe near The uggs Company and Cad tJp huroh’s, have moved out on tighnray 301. Phillips, the grocery manager, is 5 years old and a native of this rea. Bom in Sampson County on la Cither's farm, he went to Min o school (Continued Oa Page Fowl Praises Dulles AsTheBesf Sec. Of Slate By MBRRIMAN SMITH United Press White House Writer WASHINGTON (W — Pres ident Eisenhower said today he has no objection to his name being entered in pres idential primaries. But he emphasized that this did not mean he will run again. He also told a Jam-packed news conference—hi* first in Washing ton since Aug. 4—that "my future life must be carefully regulated to avoid excessive fatigue.” The President was subjected to intense questioning about politics although he tried to head it off with a prepared statement about the primaries. He said he had not reached even attentative decision seeking re-election. He added, how ever. that he was busy consulting trusted friends and associates on the matter. His first big press conference since his heart attack Sept .34 drew a near-record crowd of more than 380 reporters to the confer ence room on the fourth floor of the old State Department building. Still Shows tan He appeared to be in good spirits, and laughed heartily several times during the meeting. He showed some residual evidence of a light sun-tan he picked up recently in Florida. The President's chief political commentary of the day was in the form of a telegram to Harry S. Ja&ksow.^deputy secretary of state has been fifed for the preaktentiai 1 |H HIWM J. "I do not feel that I should in terpose any objection to such en try.” the President said in his tele jgr^pf ... He added, however, that he want ed it clear that “lack of objection cannot be construed as any final decision on my part relative la a candidacy to a second term in of fice I now hold." ! Progress is Normal ' The President, reading s%wly ; from the telegram, continued: | (Continued On Page Seven) Record Roundup FIRS ON HARNETT—Sheldon Smith bad Just moved into a house at 5X0 E. Harnett—had been there less than 24 hours, in fact—when a fire broke out from a defective chimney. Twenty-four volunteer firemen rushed to Ids home yes terday to help fight the blase, but the fire in the ceiling and attic at the rear of the house caused con siderable damage. Fire Department Secretary - Treasurer Howard M. Lee said the house is owned by Dr. W. W. Stanfield. THRJQE HIT — For the third time in a year, Fred Brown * gro cery to Erwin has suffered a break-in. Tuesday night, thieves brake in, taking money and mer (Can tinned On Page Fear) CUTE NUPIE TELLS OWN STORY OF WOES OF STRIPPING BARE Theatre Rehires Nude Singer EDITOR’S: Britain allows a nude actress to appear on the stare If she remains absolutely motionless. What if she moves? Well, here is the story of one, known as the "Singinr Nude,” who did and ret fired. Did the fktnr stick? No, the theater decided to rive her a second chance. She’s now billed a* the “Moose Girl.” Measurements: 38-28-38. By PEACHES PAGE Written For United Press LONDON (W — I was standing stripped in front of a couple of hundred people and a little mouse ran right over my foot Did I Jump- I jumped right off the dal* and ran to my dressing room. I almost screamed. Of course Its spalnst tbs taw. But what’a a girl tg do? Tt was a live mouse. It was running over my toot. I had nothing on. Believe me. I had to get oat of there. oo now im in noi wawrr, an De cause the tew says posers oanl wiggle My contract's torn up, th< theater’s In trouble, people aril probably raise a storm about an] kind of nudity and goodness knowi what. Right now rd be the mat persoo to «ay anything about the fin points of a law that —J1 IN can appear on stage with nothing on ao long as we do not mow. But then ought to be an escape clause, jm might say. A BARE TVS r*n only 19 and I've barely been on the stage ha. ha—barely—for three yean. But 2 think I've had more than my than of trouble. Take Norwich, just a couple of month* ago. I had a new act. the only ring ing nude In the burfneet X was to appear on the stage and stag- And how could I stag without moving? wen. that brought the police down to eee the sheer. They hadnt guseeed Bm* any to—ttnasg Ob rape Tww» ITS A BOY!—It’* bard to believe, but three-year-old gtoBadd is a boy, despite the curly lock* and, the doB^But W to believe is his happiness at arriving in the U^. The FdUWb im migrant is shown after he arrived to New York City ab«»rd the Navy transport General LangflU. Zbigniew and his tHW Uve to Boston, Mass. THREE TO WIN BESPANGLED HONOR # Heap Secret Vote On "Man Of Year" Dunn’s Chamber of Commerce and the Dunn Jaycees will again try to give Destiny a nudge by visiting the fo :us of their admiration on three outstanding local indi viduals. 1111 “The Man of the Year,” "The Woman of the Year,” and "The young Man of the Year.” will be :hosen with all the tribal silence >f a good medicine dance. 8ecret committees of the C of 2 are now consulting on who should »e chosen for this bespangled hon >n in 1956. Their deliberations will of the banquet at which the indi viduals are officially named. Hubert Peay, who won the hon or of ‘ Young Man of the Year" last year and has now moved up to the position of spokesman, said this week that anyone wishing to enter a nomination should do so. (Cantlnaed On Page Twoi Stacey Wade, 80, Dies' In Raleigh RALEIGH (IP) — Stacey Wilson Wade, who learned to write on the sand of Carteret County beaches acyl became North Carolina’s insurance commissioner and secretary of state, died here today. He was 80 years of age. Wade died at Rex Hospital at 1:10 a. m. of a heart aliment. He tad been admitted to the hospital ifter suffering a stroke at his lome Jan. 10. Wade, nationally known in the Insurance industry, served a insur ance commissioner from 192t to 1923 and as secretary of state from 1932 to 1936. At the time of his ieath, Wade was president of the Southern Coach Oo. of Durham, a company he organised in 1942. A native of Morehead City. Wade attended public schools there. Ha once filled out the education sec tion of a personal Information form, “attended public school Morehead City. Learned to write on the sand.” Wade became insurance comnais i Continued On Page Seven)
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