Dunn '$ w. ^ H j 1 v H W A [ j L J ■~-A ‘ 1 ka . r,-> 1 *aEf * Dunns Greatest Sales Event Opens Thursday + WEATHER + Generally fair and quite cool Tuesday and Wednesday with high temperatures Tuesday in the 40s in the mountains and 50 to 56 else where. Somewhat colder Tuesday night. Box Holder Patron, R.F.D. Sample Copy VOLUME 6 TELEPHONES 3117-3118 DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1956 FIVE CENTS PER COPY ' NO. 54 .’I1/ --—.. HOW Ml'l'H IS THAT DOGGIE O.V HER SHOULDER? — Wen, that dogfte tel lor *1*. bat practically e-ferythinr rise In Dimn is as «o merchant* prepare for Bargain Day-* (Thurs day through Saturday). Jane Eectstsr (with dof) and Winnie Lee model some brlfhtty striped pa jamas which are amsf the thousand* of items Bien Jolie Plant Started *L Mih JhbujA m mom adasm DOT SOLOES; BULL. ED A BARGAINS; ADLAI A NELL Mrs Dorothy Strickland ot Dunn, wife of veteran pilot Robert Strick land. is now a licensed pilot ,•. The pretty local lassie soloed a few weeks ago. the flrtrt Dunn girl to do so ... Her instructor wa* Keith finch, one otf the best in this part of the country . . Her husband is , also one of the best pilots in these parts . . . But. No Sir, Dot wasn't taking any backseat instructions from the hubby . . Robert said so himself—and he oughta know . . W. H. (Bill’ Twytford, is leav fContinued on Tag* Two) CAUGHT IN RED PAJAMAS, RICH CULT LEADER SAYS "GOD HELP ME" Detroit's Famed Prophet Held On Morals Charges DETROIT (IF — Prophet Jones, Negro religious lead er who gathers predictions for his flock by .turning an ear to the soft breezes, faced arraignment today on morals charges he failed to forecast. i A nine-maA police raiding party surprised the| prophet at his man a ton yesterday and took him to jail. He was chanted with gross indecency and attempted gross ta deceny. •Ood help me" he said when that will be slashed to the bone white Barmin Days last. Pajama-hunters — and nearly every body else — wiH be able to find just about what pvre they want at drastically low prices as Dnnn merchants Md for a Wf crowd. (Daily Record Photo by Ted Crall.) A brand new shovel paint ed gold wielded by the Pres ident of Dunn Investors, Em mett Aldredge, was used to scoop ud some dirt at the Bien Jolie site on the old Coats road this morning. Under a bright sky and tingled by a coal wind, the group of men who organised the drive to get the new plant erected here had gather led to enjoy a ceremony marking the start of construction. No battleship ever went down the planks with higher hopes and good wishes from those assembled. Present this morning were Mayor Ralph Hanna, members of the town board, Henry Fisher, manager of the Bien Jolie operation already here, and Vic Anderson, the gen eral contractor who has the Job of putttng up the building When Aldredge had used the gold shovel, he passed it on to Fisher as the representative of Ben jamin and Johnes. This was sym bolic of what will happen a few months from now, when the plant the Investors are financing wil be turned over to the garment com I pany. he was pJarea unaer arrest. Police said the 48-year-old pro phet’s arrest climaxed a seven month investigation during which a patrolman joined the flock to get information. | inspector Paul Slack, head of anti-vice and gambling operations. \ It was too cold for speeches this morning, but the cold did not drive away Jubilation from those who had spent a tong, hard time making the start of construction possible. Aldredge himself, who was also (Continued On Page Three) Parents Of Hanged Boy Give Views I LONDON, an — The parents of the last man to be hanged for mur der in Britain said today capital punishment should stay and that their- son had felt the same way, Herbert Wilkinson, whose son Alec was executed at Leeds last August for the murder of his mother-in-law said that "when it is a deliberate murder,, the killer deserves to die.” His son. he said, wrote to him shortly before the I execution to say he "would prer a Dutch supper at the Two Way Restaurant to select a perma nent steering committee lor the Finer Carolina Contort. A noml- j nating committee, headed by J. H.! Blackmon, will report at that time | and there will be a discussion of, projects planned for the 196« con-; test in community improvement. W. K- Sexton will preside. '':li P INNED-Yfl* «s(W^nc 3 lor urooming tail as lie cli five-inch ktainle*s steel p«B* i there hjr a veterinarian to bold together »o it will heal. San Milwaukee, Wiwas hit by a TESTIFYING BEFORE C< Benson Says Rigid Supports Failure SHINGTON (IP* — Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Benson charged today that rigid high price supports “have obviously failed” to protect the income of the na tion’s farmers. He called on the House Agricul ture Committee to reject the high support Idea and give speedy ap proval to the administration’s farm program which calls for continu ance of flexible supports and a "sou Dank” plan to take croplands out of cultivation. Benson made the plea as the Senate prepared to begin debate late today or tomorrow on a Dem ocra tic -sponsored bill to restore rigid high supports 90 per cent of parity on cotton, com, peanuts, and rice. The House committee met to WORK BEGNS ON GIRDLE FACTORY — Vic Andersen, owner of Anderson Construction Company, is shown here. (In hat) with workmen as the task of preparing the sit* far the new Ben iamin and Johncs factory began on the old Coats road. At the left is Roland Godfrey, general sn pertntondent of the project, and I, C. Thomas, consider what Instructions to give House conferees who will consider the Mil finally adopted by the Sen ate. The House passed a,farm Mil last year calling for a return to high supports. Benson has said repeatedly that President Eisenhower may veto the Mlf if it calls for restoration of the rigid high supports. He told the committee that high supports were wartime incentive which “have obviously failed” to protect farmers' income. x Before Benson testified, the com mittee chairman, Harold D. Cool Continued mu Pago Six) general foreman. Operating the Mg caterpillar die sel la Paul Beasley of Lewis Godwin and Com pany. the gradtag contractor. That Mg eatarpt* lar will take the bumps out of land in the same smooth manner that Bien Jotte Girdles takes the. wrong-place bulges out of milady’s figure. (Daily Record Photo.) 1 merchants Sensational V Other Induce Everyone in Dunn was gearing up today for ruary Bargain Days celebration which starts day and will continue through Saturday. Shoppers who try their luck on those days will find themselves surrounded by all kinds of price-slashing. Tremendous crowds from the outlying districts are ex pected for Bargain Days since the twice-yearly event is In this issue of The Daily Record, wives, fanners, all other kinds of shoppers will find bargains by the bundle in the advertising columns. It's no accident that all should be cutting prices at once. Read background on Dunn's twice-yearly Bargain Days — or thumb through the advertising sec tions and see for yourself the impact this event will make on regular merchandise special edition of The Daily Record will have a greatly enlarged be read by 59,000 shoppers in Another Bargain Day* anna of be published (f» Wednesday. ui tton. BLACK IS CHAIRMAN The Retail Merchants, a division of the Chamber of Commerce, is sponsoring the event. Chairman Ed Black, Jr., of Star Furniture Company, said today that most bus iness firms in the city are planning to participate. “Some are offering the last cf their winter (O—tinned On rate Tw‘ Blonde, 21 She's A i lf!l ^ NEW YORK