DES MOINES, I*wa (IP) — Thieves stole $125 worth of
guests’ clothing at a Sheriff's ball sponsored by Sheriff
Wilbur Hildreth.
WASHINGTON W — The Senate has returned the
question of revamping the presidential electoral system
to committee for more study. Opponents of changing the
system said today the Senate’s action means the question
is a dead issue for the present session of Congress.
OTTAWA lP— Socialist Claude Ellis, of Regina. Sash.,
urged Parliament Tuesday to provide more housing while
Als wife gave birth to twins in an Ottawa hospital.
FRESNO, Calif. <IP — Fresno State College sprint star
Mike Agostini, who set a world record in the 220-yard dash
earlier this month, will not be able to compete in the San
ta Barbara Easter Relays on Saturday because of pain in
his right knee.
WASHINGTON HP* — Congress and the Justice De
partment are expected to take full advantage now of a
1954 law making it easier to force reluctant witnesses to
testify on security matters. The Supreme Court cleared
the way for full use of the statute yesterday by rulinf 7
to-2 that it is constitutional.
WASHINGTON tip — Sen. James O. Eastland (D
Miss) said today the private papers of the late Harry Dex
ter White show “the nature of the enemy’s apparatus in
our midst.” Eastland, chairman of the Senate internal Se
curity subcommittee, made the statement in a foreward
to a 209-page collection of papers from White's “Blue Ber
ry Hill’ summer home at Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire.
REIDSVILLE (IP — The Patriots of North Carolina.
Inc., today called Rep. Thurmond Chatham <D-NC) “one
of the most uninformed citizens” of the Tar Heel state.
WASHINGTON IP — Sen. H. Alexander Smith <R
NJ) urged President Eisenhower to set up a special presi
dential commission to study effects of the Supreme Court's
anti-segregation decision.
NEW YORK tP* — Herman Field returned to the Unit
ed States Tuesday a most seven years after he sailed for
a brief European visit which led to five years of captivity
in a Communist cellar in Poland.
CHARLOTTE. N. C. <IP — Tlie American Cotton Man
ufacturers Institute has scored the U. S. Supreme Court's
refusal to review a case affecting the textile industry . The
ACMI said the high court’s action yesterday gives the sec
retary of labor unprecedented authority over the Ameri
can wage structure.
COLUMBIA, S. C. (IP — S. L. Latimer Jr., editor and
publisher of The State newspaper here, today assumed
duties as commander of the South .Carolina department
of the American Legion.
WASHINGTON (IP — Civil rights leaders put machin
ety In motion today to force a House vote on an omnibus
civil rights bill. Rep. Hugh Scott (R-Pa) said there was a
“treasonable chance" the bill would be passed.
WINSTON-SALEM 'IP1 — The executive committee of
the Wake Forest College board of trustees has given Pres
ident Harold W. Tribble a full vote of confidence and call
ed for an end to “agitation’ against his administration.
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A Wtee^ywmg* oracle spoke up, gaol
and loud, to provide the answer:
“Because they're fools, that's why."
. . . And the restaurant roared
with laughter. , . .Joe Andrews of
the Air Force is home on furlough
with his parents. Mr. and Mr*. J
C. Andrews . Joe is a let pllo
as far as we know the first Dunn
hoy to fly a jet. . His next assign
ment will be in Wichita, Kansas
. Lucky fellow . That U a
good town We came pretty near
settling down there after the war
. . . Patrick E, Quick, formerly
with Bob Pates Cafe in Eiwtn, is
opening a new drive-in restaurant at
Lillington . It will be located in
the Nichols development beside the
Amoco station.
BIRTHDAYS: Today is the birth
day of J. Edgar Black. Jr.. Dr. Gienn
L Hooper, Sr . and David Snipes.
THING AM A JIGS: Mr. andM'S. j
Paul C. Hood are leaving nex - j
week on the sort ol vacation most
people dream about but lew get to
cake. . They're going to spend
two months touring Texas and the
Southwest. California and the
Northwestern states. . Sections of
Ringling Brothers Circus are sc tied-!
uled to pass through Dunn Thurs- i
day and Friday on the Atlantic
Coast Line ... Ordinarily. th“ ;
oig show travels on three separa’e |
trains . . . R. N. stanch got snow- !
oound last week in Bluefield. West j
Virginia enroute to attend c.
special air-conditioning school at
Jw Lennox factory in Columb ia t
Ohio. . There was six inches o: I
mow in Bluefield. and when he got |
xt Columbus he found nine Inches j
. . . Dunn Boy Scouts will conduct
an Easter Seal drive Saturday for
Jrippled Children. . . . Delhi fail
» help this worthy cause.
Scoutmaster Jakie Bennett is .n
,-harge . Editor A. B. Johnson
idmonishes in the current Rotary
julletin, “Let your Easter Devotiors
neasure up to your dress ". . .DD
Cay < Dig-Deep Day > is close at
land for Dunn Presbyterians. . .
William H, Whipple of Lakeland.
Florida a whiza-bang at raising
ooney, has arrived to direct the
.rive for *150.000 for a new church
wilding. . We met Mr .Whipple
raving coffee at the Minlt Grill late
iast night with Rev. Leslie Tucker
and Johnnie Purdie and he im
presses us as a man who knows how
» rake In the long green for such
t Worthy cause. . . With Jofejini*
and Parson Tucker helping hira,
.t ought to be a cinctr . Jdfmh'e
knows who's got the dough and the
pfeachcr know* how to get it.
rhere's one thing about it, if any
church In Dunn can raise that
much cash, It's the Presbyterians
. . . The ehuren has a very devot
ed and wide - awake membership
and for years it has led all other
denominations here in per capita
church-giving. . .So, if you’re %
Presbyterian, you might as well
start a little soul-searching and t>
tot of deep-digging , .The Rev.
Mr. Tucker has outlined some won
derful plans for the new church
building... It will probably be
the most beautiful piece of church
property In tails section of the
State when completed. . , We still
contend that if Cabbages cost fnors
than orchids, the gals would insist
on wearing cabbages for Easter
That’s just woman-like . Bless
’em —■ they're wonderful. . The
walls of the new girdle factory are
rising rapidly . Contractor Vic
Anderson gives assurance the build
ing's supporting walls will be just
as strong, relatively, as the sup
port in those Bien Jolie girdles . .
If this column doesn't make good
sense today, it isn’t just because
we're sleepy . A friend of ours
gave us a whole box of 85-oent
cigars ar*d we just couldn't resist
the temptation to smoke one if
them. . .We'd probably be drunk
for another week Or two
Truman
(Continued from Pace One)
"I suppose there has to be a first
time for everything."
Handwritten under Mr, Truman's
famous signature was this cryptic
comment:
"That paper has treated me like
a pickpocket.”
STEWART
Today and Tomorrow
"Never Say
Goodbye"
starring Rock Hudson
DUNN
Today and Tomorrow
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BULLETINS
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil llf! — Customs authorities
refused to allow the Swedish steamer Montevideo to dock
Tuesday because it allegedly brought 208 automobiles from
the United States without import licenses.
TOKYO (IP — Japan’s Parliament Tuesday approved
the biggest national budget in the country's history — ex
penditures of about $2.7 billion.
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SEOUL. Korea IP — About 200,000 acres of Korean
land has been reclaimed and irrigated under the Ameri
can aid program to produce rice to feed more than one
mil’ion persons for a year, a United Nations spokesman
said Tuesday.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (IP) — American delegates
invited Israel’s Arab Neighbors to ask the United States
today to spell out in detail what it wanted U. N. Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold to do in the war-threatened
Middle East.
WASHINGTON iff — The Army today appeared to
have won at least a temporary victory in its batt'e with
the Air Force for continued expansion of its muiti-biHion
dollar Nike missile system. Still unresolved, however, was
the basic question of which — the Army or Air Force —
ultimately will have the primary mission of anti-aircraft
defense of the United States.
MOSCOW iff — The official Communist newspavr
Pravda denounced Josef Stalin in a 10.000-word editorial
today for his ‘‘monstrous excesses” during h? later years.
The bitter attack was the first authority ,e report on the
present policy of degrading Stalin as outlined by Com
munist Party Secretary Nikita S. Khrushchev 'ui the
recent 20th party congress.
LOS ANGELES ff — Adlai Stevenson arrives here to
day to map strategy for his "do or die” campaign in the
California presidential primary. Stevenson cancelled a
Florida vacation to make a 3-day California trip to con
sult with his campaign heads here amid reports of grow
ing support for Sen. Estes Kefauver.
NEW YORK ff — Negro ministers in major North
ern cities predicted large church attendance of their con
gregations today in observance of a "national deliverance
day of prayer” in sympathy for the Montgomery. Ala
bama, bus boycott.
CHOSEN CHIEF MARSHAL
Miss Kathryn Butt of Dunn, a
member of the sophomore class at
Atlantic Christian, has been named
- ~
chief marshal at the school for the
coming year.
Marshals are selected on the
basis of their high academic
Fitchett's Easter
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John W. Thornton
TtS E. Broad DUNN, N. C. Ffcdrte
Driving Counts
fCMrthiWia from r*fe Om)
condition he pay *15 per week for
-heir care.
James L. Drinkwater. Fort Bragg,
illegal possession and driving with
out operator’s license, pled guiltr.
60 days suspended on payment of
*50 fine and costs.
William Scott Williams, 8a a
Francisco. Calif., possession of non
tax-paid whiskey, pled guilty. 30
days suspended on payment of *10
fine and coats.
Ivan Hendrix Vande Sande, Mi
ami. Florida, possession of non-tax
paid whiskey, pled guilty. 30 days
suspended on payment of *10 fine
and costs.
Billy L. Arnold. Route 2, LUUng
ton, possession of tax pa id whiskey
on which the seal had been broken
while off his premises, pled guilty,
30 days suspended on payment of
S10 fine and coats.
Archie D. Jernlgan. Route One,
Dunn, possession of taxpaid whis
key with the seal broken while off
his premises, pled guilty. 60 days
suspended on payment of *15 fine
and costs.
Daniel Anthony Mar be 11, Box 4*7.
Erwin, speeding 70 miles per hour
in it mile aone. pied guilty, *5
fine and costa.
Betty Ann Lee, 301 N. Fayette
ville Avenue. Dunn, driving without
operator's license, pled guilty
standing, begin serving at com
mencement on June 2. They also
will serve at various other college
functions during the year.
through her ittoroty 1 R- Williams
who waived her appearance in
court: *10 line and coate.
John Waylon Porter. Route ?
Lillington, improper exhaust and
passing on a hill, pled guilty, $5
fine and coats.
Pat.io-a Jsrkaon Hubbard. Fay
etteville. speeding 67 miles per hour,
pled guilty, coats.
Bernard 1*?. Route 1, Newton
drove. Improper brakes, pled guil
ty, costs.
Earthy Evelyn Smith, speeding
65 miles per hour, funning st-rp
sign, pled guilty. *5 fine and costs
Harold Oene lgm#*hare. Fort
Bragg, no operator’s license, pled
guilty, *5 fine and coats
Carlyle Eunice Eason, Benson,
improper brakes, pled guilty, coats
Clifford Harold Smith, Jr., Caro
lina Beach, North Carolina, expir'd
Jh
Cooley
.Continued from Pm* Omi
by many 'with first advancing the
theory of interposition as a mean*
of rimbatUng the segregation de
cision.
V.MU.UUO, attacked bitterly at a
Patriots rally Saturday at Went
worth. hailed the Supreme Court's
authority yeeterday aa he fired
back answer* to six questions nak
ed 1dm by the group.
Opening hU campaign for re- T
nomination In Winston-Salem.
Chatham said the Patriots are
"hurting" the South “by all their
agitations” : ' >>;■> *
license, p'.ed guilty, $10 fine anl
costs
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NOTICE
A’l resident and sojourning Knights Rose ( roix are
courteouslv reminded that the indispensable MAUN*
DY THl RSDAY CEREMONIES OF EXTINGUISHING
TOE LIGHTS AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE
MYSTIC BANQUET will take place in Pa myra Lodge
Hall. Dunn. N. C.. Thursday. March 29, at 8.00
P. M.
ORATOR
George Dud’ev Humphrey
Wilmington. N. C,
Dunn Scottish Rite Club.
Dunn. North Carolina
Bert Alabaster, Secretary
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