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DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23, 1956
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NO. 51
A SCOUT. MAYBE — Cowh Jin Brown (left)
wm xmoni the spectators who cmtal Into Car
ter Gymnasium at Campbell College for the coun
ty 'basketball too moment. Brown, who has been
backing a losing season, may have some reflet
live thoufhta on the better pUyen who torn up
far the tourney. Though alt schools in the tmrna- .
ment ate mall, they Include (tome hot cape artists.
(Daily Record Phot* by Ted CraO.)
UNION PREXY BACKS WAGE DEMAND
Says Workers Get 1950 Wages
Last Minute
News Shorts
Bat Bob. Jesse Wolcott of
, a Ktf^Beu F*« *»
of IS yean, M It W»T
WASHINGTON — Chicago auto
KHARTOUM, gate — Students
riot against government to
deaths of SM fanacn la
holw” »ufforation and poile
Ore.
THOMAS VILLE, Go.
to "i
of golf hi two
test" with M
days.
MONTGOMERY, Ala — Negron
protest boycottere* arrest with mass
prayer meeting; NAACP demands
White House protection of defend
ants.
LONDON —
to
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Negotiations started today |
between representatives of
the workers at Erwin Mills
plants at Erwin and at Neuse
who have called on the com
pany for a boost In their
present wages. The union re
quested a meeting e&rier,
and the company respond
ed by setting up a meeting
in Durham at the company
offices for 2:30 this after
noon.
Compared with other industries
Erwin textile workers are livingj
on I960 wages claimed the presid
ent of Erwin local, Joseph I. Smith,
who made an official statement
yesterday through Union Manager
Lacy Dawkins.
Smith. Dawkins said, has called
union members to stand strongly
behind the current demand on Er
win Mill's managment that they
grant a wage Increase to productive
workers at Plants No. 2 and No. .1.
In announcing the determinat
ion of the union to seek a wage
Increase. Dawson stated that the
high cost of living and pay raises
In other industries fully Justify a
move by Erwin s textile workers to
get a salary hike. ' ‘
The union manager has not yet
specified how much of a raise the
local is seeking. He stated that the
raise should be ‘•substantial," and
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Hood Enters Race
For it. Governor
RALEIGH <W — Gurney P. Hood of Raleigh, former
state banking commissioner, filed today as a candidate
for lieutenant governor in the May 26 Democratic pri
mary, assuring a contest for the state’s No. 2 post. It ap
peared likely the field will be crowded.
'Al least biuce w ^
tMittal candidate* were sitting on
the fence today when Hood, ap
parently overlooked in advance
speculation, paid his filing fee at
the State Board of Election*.
Hood is a former state banking
commissioner and is president and
founder of the Hood System indus
trial banks.
State Senate President Luther E.
Barahardt of Concord was report
ed considering the race. The filing
deadline is noon, March 16.
Two weeks ago Bamhardt said
he had received many suggestions
that he enter but said he had not
given it “serious consideration'’ at
that time.
to response to reports that
Bamhardt now is going to make
the race, he said only that he has j
no statement to make at this time.
(Oentfmed On Page Two)
gurney
See Tonga
The Chimp
On Feb. 28
Ever hear an old-time circus
spiel?
Dunn Shriners. headed toy their
president Paul Strickland. Jr., re
cently Journeyed to Sanford for an
advance look of the seller Bros,
circus which they are sponsoring
here. And publicity-wise circus men
gave them this:
•The etapfcants are coming .
and the lions . . . and the chim
pansees and the clowns ... Iota and
lots of clowns . .. and the calliope.
•The Circus—the Miller Brothers
Indoor Circus, America's newest
and greatest, finest and biggest,
with a scintillating galaxy of Big
Top stars is coming to entertain
and amaze you at the Dunn Arm
ory, Feb. 28, under the auspices of
the Dunn Shriners. Proceeds will
be used to help needy children.
“Direct from the animal wonder
land of the Great Smokies will
come Tonga, the adorable chimp,
and her entourage of intriguing
animal friends.
“With Tonga will be two tiny
baby elephants as alike as two peas
—only 14 inches high—fust newly
arrived from their native home in
faraway India.
“Tonga and her entourage have
amazed and delighted many thous
ands on all corners of the earth and
at their winter wonderland home.
Port Weure Game Park at Pigeon
Forge. Tenn.
“Something new is added to the
fantasy of the old-fashioned circus
with the blaring bands, the smell*
and roars at wild jungle beasts and
the trumpeting of the elephants
the pounding of shod hoofs and the
alley oop of the acrobats. AU wffl
be familiar sounds to the ctrcui
fans as will the ludicrous clown
and the multitude of other earthlj
miracles that give the circus it*
name.
“A two-hour show, an extrava
ganza with thrilling acts, display*
and features, win include an aerial
ballet—ultra-talented young ladies
comedv acts, aerial and bar per
formers. cloud swing thrillers, tra
peze artist and many others. A
galaxy of trained, super-educated
ponies, an elephant performing ox
one Hoot only, these and many oth
er features will toe seen when Mil
ler Bros. Indoor Circus comes tc
Dunn for one day only, Tuesday
Feb. ac
claimed Paul Strickland, Mayoi
Ralph Hanna and Jeesa Oappe, wh<
prevued the show, •’Ills all true.”
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Hodges Doubts
Ike Will Seek
Second Term
RALEIGH <W — Gov. Lu
ther H. Hodges, admitting
that “I seem to be in the
minority,” said today he still
does not think that Presi
dent Eisenhower will run for
reelection.
"If there were a national or In
ternational disaster," Hodges said
Mr. Eisenhower might decide to
run again. But he paid he thinks
the President will not choose to do
so.
"I think' this Is It. He has given
the people the kind of philosophy
that he thought was right.” Hod
ges said.
Hodges told reporters that he has
always thought "the President
would not run in 1960, even be
fore his heart attack.''
Hodges refused comment about
opposition to his own candidacy
for the Democratic nomination in
the May 26 primary.
He declined comment on the
plans disclosed yesterday by peren
nial candidate Oils Ray Boyd to
oppose Hodges.
fust saw it In the papers,
where I get most of my news,”
Hodges said.
He predicted there ta a “good
chance" for a Democrat to he
elected to Congress in the 10th Dis
trict "regaisBfs* of who runs on
the national ticket.” He said he
feels the "strength of the party"
former State Conservation and
Development Director Ben B.
Douglas of Charlotte has said that
either he or Charlotte attorney
Paul Ervin wiU announce Saturday
whether to seek the Democratic
nomination to oppose Republican
Representative Charles R. Jonas
of Lincolnton.
Federal Men Wreck
Nine Harnett Stills
Federal ATU agents, assisted by Cumberland County
law enforcement officers, smashed nine stills and charged
two men with manufacturing whisky during raids Tues
day in Harnett County.
Officers destroyed a 280-gallon
oil tank still in Anderson Creek
township and arrested Mac McCoy,
15-year-old Negro of Route X, Sp
ring Lake at the site,
mu hminrt rvVPT in T7 R
uistnct uoun in rtaieign unaer
$750 bond.
ATU agents, assisted by Cumber
land ABC officers and sheriffs de
puties, destroyed three 300-gaUon
fermenting boxes, 500 gallons of
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+ Record Roundup +
Musical varieties — Mrs.
Reta Whittenton announces that
schedule of her radio program.
“Musical Varieties’* which is heard
each afternoon Monday through
Friday at 3:00. Monday—Mrs. Coy
Lucas arm play the piano: Tues
day—Mrs. Herbert Carter will sing
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Blanche Jackson: Wednesday—
Gary Barefoot will render piano
selections: Thursday—Vocal duets
wilt be sung by Lib Lewis and
Sarah Bland: Friday — Mrs. Ed
Wade will sing accompanied by
Mrs. Cohen Tart.
MARRIAGE LICENSE—The first
marriage license issued since Feb. i
10 was granted Feb. 23 from the
office of the county register of,
deeds in Lillington to tp James
Watson Norman, 23, of Broadway.
Route 1, and Kathleen Mae Brown,
18, of Sanford, Route 2.
TALKS TO EDTTCO CLUB—Mack
Jernigan, Dunn attorney, spoke
Monday night at the meeting of
the Harnett County Educo . Club
which was held In the cafeteria of
Benharen School. President C. H.
Hood presided. Jernigan spoke on a
recent trip to Palestine and the
i Middle last, and Illustrated his
1 talk with colored slider.
riA IV —iiic riA
Mary Stewart School will meet
TO CHARLESTON
Mrs. Norman Lewis left Wed
nesday morning for a short visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Bob Heims,
and Mr. Helms and their young
son in Charleston, S, C. Mrs. Helms
Is the former Miss Lynn Lewis of
Lillington.
(Continued m Pag* Teel
Sen. Capehart
Wants Some
Contributions
WASHINGTON (th—Sen. Homer
Capehart (R-Ind.) hope* the Sen
ate lobby investigation won’t keep
his friends .from contributing to his
political campaign.
During Senate debate yesterday,
he said:
“I am a candidate for re-election
and I welcome1 contributions. I
hope my friends will not forget me.
If anybody tries to bribe me. well
settle the matter and net bother
the TJ. 8. Senate about It.”
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IVY PREXY-The current
"Ivy League” style revival of
the old-fashioned cloth cap for
men got a big boost when
President Elsenhower appeared
on the links of Gleh Arvin
Country Club, Thomasville,
Ga., in this nattv number.
Bargain Days
Starts High,
Sales Solid
Dunn storekeepers are ditching
stock at low, low prices during Bar
gain days The kick-off was this
morning and sales continue
through Saturday
Merchants report that initial
sales were very good, and seem to
be holding. At Pope and Mattox,
where turn-in of an old pair of
shoes means half price off an $
new pair, tactful of worn old. dMjp
pers were being brought in.
TTfe Retail Merchants AasoeMMk
is sponsoring Bangain Days not Just
for the people of Dunn but in an
attempt to bring in thousands of
persons from throughout the trade
area.
Chairman Bd Black. Jr. said that
the sales give stores a chance to
show how well the stock here com
pares with that in other cities.
tries io Mem
Reports Flying
Thick And Fast
THOMASVILLE, Ga. (1PI —
The White House today at
tempted vainly to stem the
growing flood of reports that
President Eisenhower was
willing to run again.
Almost hourly. Mr. Eisenhower’s
press secretary, James C. Hagerty,
was pelted with a fresh batch ol
published and broadcast reports
that the President had reached a
decision and would be a candidate
for re-election.
These reports flowed in from the
West Coast to New Yort, the bulk
of them stemming from Washing
ton sources.
Hagerty attempted to stand his
ground, however, and continued to
forecast that the first authorita
1 tive word from the President will
be given to the American public
\ and not to a few Republican lead
t er*. ^..
DENIES WORD FROM ADAMS
He also denied that Sherman
Adams, the assistant to the Presi
dent, had “passed the word'* to
OOP leaders that the President
was a sure thing for re-election
race.
“Has Sherman Adams passed
such word ’’ Hagerty was asked
late Wednesday.
“No. he hasn’t and live talked
to Sherman Adams ... He says he
never made any such statement
like that at an, ’ Hagerty sold.
OOP National Chairman Leonard
W. 1 tall also was mentioned in toe
the'htfonnattaTtoat toe Prsddwrt
was willing to stand for re-election.
Hagerty said he checked Adams
by telephone, but net Hall. The
press secretary felt toe* his Prov
ince was the White House staff and
not beyond.
“Has a decision erf any sort been
ConttMM* an Page Six)
Pretty Girls
Sold For As
HighAs$1290
VERSAILLES. France — Offi
cials in France’s African colonies
are investigating charges that Ne
gro girls under 15 from their ter
ritories bring from $570 to $1440 In
Saudi Arabian slave markets.
The Investigation has been re
quested by toe Consultative As
sembly of the French Union, which
last week heard a first report on
slave traffic in Africa.
Emmanuel is Oraviere, reporter
on social affairs, told toe Assembly
there was a flourishing slave traf
fic in men. women and children
from French Equatorial Africa,
French West Africa and the French
Cameroon* to Saudi Arabia and
Yemen. 1
Hundreds of Mack French citi
zens are sold in Arabian slave mar
kets every year, he said. A fit man
brings about $40. while a pretty girl
is worth neariy three times as
much. '(
TANKER'S REAR WAS "WALL OF FLAME"
Fireman, Risking Life, Turns
Valve On Burning Gas Truck
Possible tragedy was ave;t d this
rooming through Quick action by
an alert truck driver who drove his
burning tanker away from Leek
Truck Terminal, and a fireman who
ran in under three streams at pro
tective water to turn off the valve
on the tanker which was letting
gas run out.
The tanker was “a solid wall of
flame" at the back said George Per
ry Lee of the Truck Terminal, an
eye witness. One of the terminal's
employes, Ed Smith, was burned at
the outset of the fire and la in
the hospital although Lee said his
burns are not believed to toe too
serious.
Howard M. Lee, fire department
secretary-treasurer, asserted that
the cause of tire tankers catering
fire was probably a spark from an
electric his wrench being used toy
Smith. Driver Bob Jemigan of
Terminal City Transport Co. ef
Wilmington had driven his truck
up to the rear of the filling station
and was unloading gasoline from
taw. big truck's 6200 gallon Mfer
when the fire broke out
Jemtgan hopped in the tanker
and drove it away from the ter
mlnal but not before the terminal
caught fire. George Perry Lee said
the damage to the building -was
slight. Jemigan took the tanker out
into a field to get it as far ae pos
sible tram $100,000 worth of build -
loss where he was.”
At this point the fire department
arrived and Fireman Vaughn Hu*
tadf volunteered to shut off the
valve. Kg hoses played crossing
streams of water on him as he ran
In. Afterwards, Hutaff moved the
truck to • different spot in the
field slnoe the ground at the loot
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LIFELONG UNCONSCIOUSNESS—That’s the possible fate of
nine-year-old Michael Oates of Hamilton, Canada. Michael suf
fered serious brain injury in an auto accident in which his father
was killed and his mother seriously injured. Brain specialists
say Michael may live to be 80 years old—and never know it
THEATRE EXECUTIVE MISSING SINCE 1953
Mrs. Stewart Sues
3 Insurance Firms
Mrs. Harriet Drake Stewart, wife erf Worth
a Charlotte theatre executive missing since
1953, has filed suit la Mecklenburg Superior Court to
AS,bOO worth of We insurance.
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lect $45,1
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residents. It was in Dunn that he
gat his start which fed to owner
ship of one of the largest theater
chains in the South.
The Stewart Theatre in Dunn is
named in honor of Mr. Stewart.
Upstairs over the theatre is Dunn’s
Masonic lodge hall, which he equip
ped and donated to the local Ma
sons at a cost of thousands of dol
lars.
DUNN NATIVE
Stewart, a native of Dunn, was
reported missing shortly after he
started a flight from Jackson
ville. Fla. to Charlotte in his private
ptiane.
He was president of the 8tewart
Everette Theatres, Inc., which op
erates movie houses throughout the
two Carolines, including those in
Dunn, Angier and LflUngton.
Boy Confesses
Stabbing His
Own Grandma
, JACKSON. Mich, on—A 16-year
i oli bay confessed stabbing hi*
I grandmother 22 times while oh*
slept "because she was picking on
me all the time."
Harold Lewis told police he de
cided to kill Mrs. Muriel Lewis
“about a week ago” but put it off
until he returned home early Mon
day from a church meeting.
"When 1 came home from the
Light Docket Tried
In Harnett Court
A very small number of cases
were beard Tuesday in Harnett
Recorder’s Court which also was
in season again today in Lillington.
Charles Leon MoLamto, 30, Erwin
was cRed for driving after his
operator' license had been revoked
—allegedly a third offense. The
warrent was amended to charge
a second offense to which McLamb
pled guilty. He was sentenced to 90
to 120 days on the roads, suspended
two years on condition he violate
no motor vehicle lew and pay $300
line and cost. McLewto apparently
disliked the judgment because he
took an appeal to superior court.
Bond set at $300.
JORDAN FINED *2M
Charles T. Jordan, Dunn, Route 3.
also was indicted for driving a dir
after his license bad been suspended .
for an indefinite period. He sub*
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