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* WEATHER ■* Occasional rain today and to night. With some ateet or snow mixed with rain. Tuesday partial rtearing and con tinued cold. The E Uily Kytyxd * THE RECORD IS FIRST VOLUME 6 TELEPHONES 3117-3118 DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23, 1956 FIVfe CENTS PER COPY Nfc'VI “THOSE DUNN FOLKS — THEY’RE GREAT." SAYS JIM — Janes (Smlle-Awhiiel Thornton I* shown hew during his big “Country Style TV” program over WTVD in Durham Saturday night reading In The Daily Record how Mayor Kalph E. Hanna and other local citixena opened welcome arms to him and all the other Broadslabbers af ter the Benson Chamber of Commerce "turned its tack” on Ha native mo. Dunn now is officially the Capitol of Bruadslab and a Me celebration is be ing planned to pay tribute to ail Broadslabbers. Jim and his band wUl be here for a big March of Dimes that night. Moselle and some of the boys are looking over Jim’s shoulder. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) BIG CELEBRATION PLANNED HERE Dunn Capitol Of Broadslab Attorney Gets Judge To Cut Fine Douglas B. McNeill, 44-year-oW N<gro of Olivia. has food reason to- regard the 13th with misgiving. It was December 13 that he was caught by rural police at a big still in Anderson Creek township. The ten-vat still hod a capac ity of 3000 gallons. Officers seu>d 65 gallons of whisky. Yesterday in Harnett Recorder’s Court McNeill pled guilty to the charge of illegal manufacture. Judge U O. Lee sentenced him ti four to six months on the roods, sus pended three years on payment of >500 fine and costs. Defense Attorney A, R. Taylor Immediately said, “This Is tanta mount to sending this man to the roods. He has no more chance of paying a >500 fine than I have of buying a Jet engine. He has ten children to Led. This Is the first time he has ever been to Jail on any offense.’* rag* Two) "DATE" SERVICE OPERATOR ARRESTED Actress Lila Leeds Held As Vice Doll CHICAGO <W — Kay Jarrett, who operates an escort service here, was arrested in her north side apartment by FBI agents on a warrent charging Mann Act violation, and Lila Leeds, onoetime film actress who recently was picked up on a soliciting charge, went before a grand jury as witnesss in Miss Jarrett's case. The warrant against Miss Jar rett charged she transported Shir ley Oarmedy. 30, who had been an Inspector in an industrial plant in Milwaukee, from Milwaukee to Chi cago Jan. 0 for Immoral purposes. FBI agents said when she was arrested. Miss Jarrett refused to leave her six room apartment, say ing she was Id Don Hoatasaer, ag ent in charge, summoned a phy sician who examined her. and said she was not ill. Edward J. Calihan and Joseph E. Tobin, assistant state’s attorney, took the case immediately before a quickly • convened federal grand Jury, and said -six girls, including Mias Leeds and Mias Oarmedy would appear as witnesses. HELD FOB SOLICITING Mias Leeds, who in the past few yean has been arrested here on narcotics charges, was picked up police Wednesday on the soliciting charge, and hearing was set for January 34 in women's court. Mias Leeds swept into the hear ing room swathed in mink with shoulder - length blond hair. She wore sky-blue torreador pants un der the mink. Newsmen asked one of the date girl witnesses if there was prostitu tion involved in the service. She replied haughtily, "don’t be vulgar." ' DUNN-BROADSLAB, N. C. — Now it’s official — Dunn is the new capitol of Broadslab. The action took place Saturday night at 11:14 o’clock during James Thornton’s big hour-long Country-Style TV program over Station WTVD in Durham. Big Jim. King of the HlUbUlk*, and the Carolina*' most popular hillbilly musician and song-writer, quoted a letter from Mayor Ralph E. Hanna at Dunn Inviting him and all the other BroatfcUUberg to make Duns their home. And they quickly accepted. NOW DUNN’S THEIR HOME “Where we from?" asked Big Jim. turning to his musicians and the capacity crowd at other Broad slabbers in the big television stu dio. “Dunn." they roared back In an swer, and everybody was happy. "And if the good people of Ben son will forgive me this last time," said Thornton, “I promise never to mention the name of that town on this program again." But Mayor Hanna made It dear in his letter to television* top hill billy star that he and the people of Dunn still love Jim and his Country Style TV Show and all the other citlaens of Broad-labs, even if the Benson Chamber of Com merce doets.it. Drivers Listed For Offenses By State Patrol The most recent reports by the State Highway De Dartmpnt on North Carolina motorists, whosp licenses have been revolted or sus pended. list many a driver from this area. Atww those whose license* hare ’■soent.lv been revoked for viola tion* of the laws and regulations rfesivned to **ve lives on the Wgh wava are the following! .Tames a. Barbour. Arwrier. con -»et*d in Pennon Recorder's Court ■*f drunk tlrlvKf. Needsm Matthew Langlev, Dunn, eonvteted Is Remrder’s Court of dmnk driving This was a second offense. Maev Dixon Oarrev of Benson, ronvirted in Recorder’s Court. Ben son. for drunk driving. Tools Bradford season. UllilW ♦on. mpHeted in T.Winston Re - ^order’s Court of drunk driving. Ceeii Partin. Fuouav Borings, eonvirted in IJf’nston Recorder* Court, driving while license was reserved. A hen B. Stone. LUlinwton. FU oimv Recorder’s Court, drunk driv ing. Allie Oradv. Erwin, Tinineton tjeoorder'c Court, drunk d-'i-ne. WVid Moione Wawlev. r'"*>n. Re eordnr'. Court, drunk diving, Odell Raves Johnson. TVnxtn Re rorderis Court at Smith field, drank tWidn?, v. Dtjpn. ior Court st Ullinsrton, drunk dri Vlr«r Rniee Sills. D"nn S’rv»r«nr Court at T.lh'noton. drunk driving. Rex O'Real Thornton, Four Oaks. Tieenrdee's Court at SmitWield, dwnk driving. .Top A -‘■ier.on We*t.. Four Oaks. B*vo-der'« Court <“ *ft ’SmithCel/i. dr..rv driving. This was a third offense.. Rillv Baker. TToiOv Rnrinvs. R» oorderg Court at LtRhvrton drunk driving. This was 'a eeeond offense. Needy Kids With Bad Eyes Will Be Helped An eye clink; is to be sp'woreU in Dunn schools in February by ihe Dunn Lions Club, the Health De partment and the State, Blind As sociation. This wiil correspond to the al ready-instituted dental dims f >r children (up to age 13) wno need the help. The dental clink's start ed Jan. 3 and will run through until February II necessary. Dr. W B. Hunter, the county health officer, has announced. Frank Belote, who Is in charge of the eye clinics for the Lions Club, said that the date for them cannot be set until the Stare Blind Association has designated who will come to Harnett to do the work Besides doing the “legv’ork" on the program. Belote says, tn* Lions are ready to provide funds “if there isn’t sufficient money in the schr-ol fund.” At present the Coun’y He alth Department assists in eye ex aminations, and there is a sperial fund in the schools for glasses. Between 35 and 40 patients have been screened in the schools for eye examinations. Dentists in this area who are helping in the program for child ren whose teeth might otherwise go unrepaired include Dr. C. L) Bain of Dunn, Dr. Clarence Roberts of Dunn. Dr. Butler of Dun.', and Dr. Sam McCoy of Liliington — all holding clinics at their offir*s on Jamuuw 34. On January 25. clinics will be C. Woodall of Erwin and Dr. B. T. Marsh banks. Jr., of Lilllngton. Each of the doctors agrees to take as many as seven or eight ' young patients in the mornings de signated. New Growers Must Apply For Acreage I * New growers seeking tobacco and i ootton acreage allotments for the coming year must make applica tion this month Only the new I growers need apply as others are « given an acreage automatically i Thurman Garris, head of the a K9C in Harnett, also has an- t aounced that now is the time to t signup in the Agricultural Oonser- l ration Program. « Conservation practices to be fol- a lowed in Harnett in 56 include lontour stripcroppdng. additional i Continued an Page Two) < + Record Roundup + HEADS MEN — The Men of the First Presbyterian Church have :hoeen Johnnie W. Purdie to sue :e*d Locke Muse in the coining year. Other new officers are Bob Ebelin, vice-president; Henr/ D. Hood, treasurer and Lloyd Smith, lecretary. PAROLED — Lindbergh Ryals. is, was paroled last week. Sent enced from Harnett and Cumber land in April' and May of 1953 to five-to-ten Tears for breaking, en tering, larceny, and armed robbery, he was found eligible by the State Parole Board. ATLANTA BOUND — Some Ru rltans In this area are planning to attend the annual RuHtan conven tion In Atlanta, Oeorgia, on Janu ary 29. 30 and 31. They include President Sidney Thomas and Vice president W. E. Awbrey of the Boone Trail club, and President Fred Tayior and Coy Saunders of the Anderson Creek club. Found With Lover, Girl Knifes Hubby HAMMOND. Ind. (W — A blonde teen-age wife stabbed her estran ged airmdn husband with a pocket tnife early Saturday, their first redding anniversary. Police said Mrs. Shirley Wescott. 17, admitted stabbing her husband Raymond, 18, after he slapped her leveral times when he found her in > parked auto with another man. Weecott was rushed to St, Mar jaret's hospital where attendants ■aid later he was In "good" coa lition. The blue-jeaned Mrs. Wescott told police she was sitting in the car with Edward Dupree. 21, not far from his trailer home, when her husband drove up. He entered the car, she said, and began slapping her. Then she stabbed him. Mrs. Wescott said she and Dupree took Wescott to the hospital. The young wife, who said she and her husband were married a year ago, toi'd polloe she had ob tained a court order several weeks ago to prevent her husband from bothering her. DUNN'S NEW CHAMBER HEADS — Charlie Hildreth, right, has been elected president of the Dunn Chambre of Commerce for the coming year and Frank Be lot*, left, la the new rice president. They are shown here nual dinner meeting to be Record Photo.) V plans for the an next month. (Daily HILDRETH, NEW PREXY, WANTS ACTION Chamber To Choose NewManager The new president oi the Chamber of Commerce in Dunn, elected Friday night, gftd he could make no state rnent on a nnmDer or tn* problems and projects which ;onfront the Chamber but >n one matter he was ready 0 be quoted: "We are going to mow ahead as luieldy as possible in selecting a nanager." Charles Hildreth stated irmly this morning. “It's impo*4 >le for the Chamber to be run as t should be run without one." His election by directors to suc eed Emmett Aldredge. now raca loning in Florida, to the presi lent’s chair of the Chamber came & “ a great surprise to me," Hil Ireth said. PROMINENT LOCALLY , The Jewel Boat Manager has been imminent in local affairs through ut the eleven years be has been 1 Dunn. This pact year he has erved as head of the Retail Mer h&nts, an active subdivision of he Chamber. Besides his achieve* importance because it hah been ctive in the Chambers member hip drives. Selecting a new manager for the Chamber looms as a matter of first (Continued On Page Two) Women Volunteers To Aid Hospital January 30 will mark the official beginning of a cam paign to enlist a great number of volunteer workers in the cause of Dunn’s community, non-profit hospital. | mts. nu juynun wuwuumi that an organiaationa! meeting will be held next Monday night to bring together all the women in this community who want to Join in a new Women s Hospital Auxiliary Corps. First hint that such a group was In the works came before Christ mas when a quiet meeting of en thusiasts was held. Kit the Jan uary 30 meeting win be the formal kickoff. Mrs. Lynch announced that all who attend and Join win be re ; yarded as charter members of the corps. On hand that night win be F. Ross Porter, superintendent of Duke Hospital, who win suggest the need and purpose of the group. Other speakers win include Myres Tilghman, chairman of Hie Board of Dunn Hospital; Dr. L. R. Dof fermyre and the hospital’s new administrator, Paul Green. The meeting win begin at S p. m. in the dtv hall building. Mrs. Lynch and Mrs- J- H Young are acting co-chairmen of the irroup, and Mrs. C. B. Oodrington Is acting chairman of the colored division. They give as the chief purposes of the hospital amdlary: “—To imoruve putoiif relations by building goodwill between people of the community and their hospital, and a better understanding of the hospital and its needs. “—To form a corps of volunteer workers who will undertake pro jects and services beneficial to the hospital, the nurses and the pa tients." In pursuit of these goals, the auxiliary will have far-reachine ac tivities. The most evident of these wiU be maintaining a magazine sendee and having stationery, stamps and postcards for sale at the hospital; - --**'> service in a room set aside -» the hospital: maintaining a social ser vice: working with children, and arranging flowers. The Hoe and Grow Garden Club win have charge of improving the hospital grounds. s Bevond those specific activities, said .Mrs t.vnch. the group will strlv^ to crest* understanding for the hospital within the eommun itv She ssM the hosnfta! hoard fn stiented tbe move to form the croon in a deetr* to Improve pub lic relations and puddle sendee. AH Interested women are urged iovvtim uivv viuf, • day. . “We have the nucleus of a group now,-’ said Mrs. Lynch, “but we can use every person who is will ing to aid.” —*-,----— New Pale-Face Look For Gals ROME BP — The Italian high fashion syndicate today decreed a new "pale face” look for women. The syndicate said women through out the worid would be uregd to "go Italian” with pale pine lip stick. chalk-white face powder and heavy mascara for the eyes. NEW YORK W! — The federal government charged a former headwaiter at the famed Waldorf As tori Hotel with failure to pay Income taxes on $tnxno in tips he received over a four-year period Hans Paul, 63, now retired paid taxes on his 63,000-a*vear salary, the government said, and even re ported part of his tips. But the government charged that Paul only reported about half his income, which ran as high as $39,000 a year. As a result of its rtncungs, tne Internal Revenue Sendee said it is beginning am investigation of aO hotels and catering service* to the area served by the Hew York. Of fice. A spokesman eaiimuted Vut the government is being defraud ed of millions of dollars each year in the income tax returns of per sons whose pay comes largely from | tips. The indictment against Paul, who retired In 1983 and now is vaea- f (Continued On Page Twe) Court At Benson Hears 44 Cases tfiMKVi-nur'- I li Following is s list of the cases tried: Forty-four cases were heard be fore Judge Ed Johnson on Monday in Benson Recorder’s Court. Jessie B. Walters, Erwin care less and reckless driving, $25 fine gnd costs. Carl Ray Westbrook, Rt. 2 Newton Oiwe, public drunkenness, disord erly conduct and profane language, costa Rufus Walter Carr, Raleigh, pub lic drunkenness and profane and vulasr linniaswi costs. Willie Duffy. Rt. 1, Clayton, ktt ipeed Blamed For Tragedy; FBI Probing LOS ANGELES (IP! — Iden tification of the bodies of 20 persons killed when the en gineer of a speeding com muter train “blacked out," may not be completed for days because of their man gled condition, authorities said today. The coroners office said person si effects and clothing of the victims who were crushed to death were so jumbled that identification of some passengers might have to be made from dental work and fingerprints. It was California's worst train wreck. Sante Fe Railroad President Fred G. Gurley Warned the crash on "excessive speed on a curve." "We are unatole to understand how the accident occurred." Guf ly said. "There was a seasoned man at the controls and It is an incomprehensible thing." Relatives and friends waited at the coroner’s office to identify remains if possible. Authorities said they would be admitted one at a time. WHIPPED OFF CURVE At least 142 were Injured, some (Centlnoed Oa Fags Tw»» Girl Offers to Marry For 4 $280; 1 Taker GLASOOW, Scotland W — A 20-year-old girl who offered to a newspaper advertisement to *‘mar ry anyone for 100 pounds W so she can pay her father’s debts sat at home today with only one taker. The girl, Betty Taylor, an attrac tive brunette, said she la “a bit frightened, but I will ro through with it for dad’s sake." Her father and mother separated eight months ago and she has been caring for her three younger bro thers and sisters. She said' she had received only one offer — a telegram signed "James Bums" land announcing from Newcastle, “Accept offer, on way up." Her father, a 43-year-old travel ing salesman, said. “Til see she gets a good husband."
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