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jiiu' Jl aiixi '}Xtaxrd 0UNN, N. C. Published By RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY At 311 Ea*t Canary Street Entered as second-class matter in the Post Office In N. C» under the laws erf Congress, Act. of March 3, 187», Every afternoon, Monday through Friday. SUBSCRIPTION RATES tlf CARRIER: *5 OMitd per week IN TOWNS NOT SERVED BY CARRIER ANDi RITRAIi ROUTES INSIDE NORTH CAROLINA: W** P« yetrf; MAO for «U month*; >3.00 for three month* OUT-v»F-STATE: $10.40 per ye»r in *Sv»nce; $6.40 *“r “* MO* for three month*. _ Farmer Gambler: ne Feeds And Clothes Us Report from the wheat belt points up the difficulties experienced in obtaining effective control of farm produc ‘"SSacres were taken nut wheat pr^uc tion under the operation of the so-called soil bank plan. But did this reduce wheat production , Indications today are that the 1957 winter wheat yl(‘' under soil bank operation will be 725,000 bushels greater than the 1956 yield, despite the much smaller acreage de voted to the planting of this crop. . ,„ail It is apparent that what the wheat farmers did was to put acres into their least productive, the soil bank and then intensively fertilize that acres left in wheat with the result that the per acre yield in 1957 is indicaed at 23.6 bushels as against an average yield of 20.9 bushels m 1955. This compares with an average of only 14 2 bushels per acre during the period 1935-1939. Winter wheat is mentioned simply because it is the one major farm crop on which the operation of the soil bank has had a fair trial. A similar trend has been noted in almost all other crops, which have been subjected to various acreage con trol plans. The American farmer by his own talents has been ef fectively defeating the government's efforts to assist him by taking price depressing surpluses off his agricultural neck. He may not be good economist, but the record shows he is a wonderful farmer. And his abilities as a farmer continue to perplex and to confound the economists. Be that as it may we cannot go along with The Wall Street Journal when it says editorially: “It might even be time to try the only solution- a return to a free market for farm products, where demand would regulate both production and prices.” Regardless of his proven ability to produce the farm er will continue to need governmental assistance in his marketing under present conditions. The very nature of his operation is a necessary gamble, lie borrows money, he buys the seeds and the equipment, and he works like a Trojan from dawn to sunset, betting that it will rain but not flood and hail, betting that the sun will shine and not parch, betting that the boll-weevil will eat the poison and not the cotton, betting against blue mold and black shank and dozens of other vagaries of the elements, the insects and the vegetable kingdom para sites. He is also betting that the general demand for his cot ton, corn, tobacco, wheat and what have you will be just as great when he hauls his stuff to market as when he put it in the ground. Leave him at the mercy of the law fo supply and de mand and you set in motion a distressing cycle of econo mic boom and bust. So there is a short cotton crop one year on account of the season. So the price of cotton zooms. So the farmer doubles his cotton planting and there is a big crop. So the bottom drops out of the price of cotton and the farmer drops his candy; in the sand. The foreclosure notice is on the courthouse door and the reluctant sheriff drives up with the eviction notice in his hand. The law of supply and demand has regulated the far mer from the status of property owner to the status of tenant. As many undesirable features as it undoubtedly cor tains government control of the farmer remains a lesst evil than throwing the farmer, sink or swim, into the u predictable economic whirlpool. There may be those who will say that it is all th farmei s own fault, that he should not gamble. But if the American farmer did not gamble ever year on the weather and the bugs and the prices, wher would we get the victuals for uor stomachs and the shirt for our backs? Hundred Years n nT has taken baseball only a hundred years to le all those names to call the umpire.—Chicago Daily Tin Considerate Nature ,^o aHtUre.r7.fld0m brin«s the first worm out on g^r-J that the first robin arrives.—Cleveland PI TRAIN DERAILED HILLSBORO, N. C. Of) _ The Southern Railway’s main east west line was blopked near Hills boro Wednesday night by a frieght train derailment. No injuries were reported when 22 cars of a 102 car west—bound freight went off the tracks just west of the West Hillsboro station. POSTPONE NUCLEAR BLAST las VEGAS, Nev. (IPI — Thun dershowers and the shortage of helium to fill a balloon which sprung a leak today gave the Atomic Energy Commission a double reason to call another 24 hour delay in its 13th nuclear grounds. IT’S A GIFT CHICAGO OP) — Mrs. Gloria Dembinski, 32, and Mrs. Pattie Heinsbergen, 33, were reunited Wednesday after a 30-year separa tion and found they had much in common. The sisters can wiggle their noses and ears. TV HAS GOOD FEAR WASHINGTON (1? — The tele vision broadcast industry had its most profitable year last year with the three major networks taking :n nearly half the revenues. The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday net work revenues last year climbed to 896 million dollars—a lusty 20.4 per cent gain over 1955. Broadcast profits before taxes also jumped to a record $189,600, 000-26.2 per cent higher than the previous year. THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME l If you can keep it from being padlocked! DAILY KKCOKD CARTOON BY SUSAN BLACK reports from WASHINGTO I have been very disturbed in recent weeks over the hardships brought on many North Carolina farmers as a result of mixed tobac co seeds being sold as approved varieties. It will probably be impossible to ever know for a fact why such a thing happened, but many farm ers who planted accepted varieties in good faith found out they had mixtures of undesirable tobacco after it was too late to do anything about it. Quite naturally, and as far as I am concerned, rightly so, those farmers who planted these unde sirable mixtures unintentionally feel they ought not to be forced to take this whole load on their shoulders. In order to help these farmers, the Department of Agriculture has amended its original regula tions three different times to take care of several different kinds of situations that have come up. This is as it should be, but 1 still feel the Department could be more lenient with these farmers without damaging the overall tobacco pro gram. It is true that only a few farm el's — relatively speaking — are caught in this situation, but the important fact is that other farm ers are sympathetic with them and figure that if it happened to their neighbors this year, it could easily happen to anybody—includ ing themselves—next year. It is unfortunate that a situa tion should arise at a time when the entire tobacco program is on trial, so to speak. Everyone will agree that it was essential to have regulations in effect this year that would insure a crop of desirable types of tobacco. For this reason, farmers were almost unanimous in cooperating with the regula tions that three undesirable varie ties would be supported at only 50 per cent of the regular support price. Of course, when the mixed seed turned up, everything was thrown out of kilter. It throw tobacco far mers everywhere into a desperate position. The whole thing is a sorry mess that has put the entire tobacco program in jeopardy. Because of the unfortunate ex perience this year, it seems to me an entirely new'approach will have to be taken in meeting the problems of the 1958 crop. The turn' of events this year has cer tainly put the administration of the tobacco program in a bad light in the eyes of many farm charge of the program will have ers, which means that those in to restore confidence in farmers if the program is to be saved in the long run. I am very hopeful that farmers everywhere will do all they can to bear with the problems of the uverall Industry through this crop season and work together for a new approach next year. We are certainly in a tail spin now, but there’s no reason why we can’t pull out of it. Senator Sam Ervin Says WASHINGTON—The adjourn ment fever is spreading through out Capitol Hill. After eight months at their Washington desks, Congressmen are now anxious to return to their home States and districts for meetings with their constituents and a little relaxation. Congressional leadership is press ing for adjournment by the month’s end and Senate sessions are being held for long hours in an effort to complete work. Re cently, there have been warnings that the President will call Cong ress back into special session in November unless he gets his de sires in foreign aid appropriations and civil rights legislation. These warnings are largely regarded as an attempt to '‘apply the spurs” to the House and Senate. Labor Hearings For me this year holds little va cation between the sessions of Congress. The Senate Select Com mittee will continue its investiga tion in the labor and management field with hearings expected to run through the fall. I shall try to attend as many of these hear ings as possible for in1 my opinion the Committee’s work is of the utmost Importance. Armed with the subpoena power and able to draw national attention to corrup tion and abuse, the Committee can perform a service badly need ed. It cannot be stressed too often that the function of the Committee is not to punish labor or manage ment but to bring forth facts on which legislation can be based to protect individuals against abuse’ and corruption in this ffeld The hearings of last week centered about the New York area have dual wmrker has been exploited shown shockingly how the indivi by racketeers and hoodlums who infiltrated labor and management Further investigations in other areas will later be made, includ ing sections of the South It is encouraging that George Meany has recently pledged continued cooperation by the AFL-CIO with the Committee and management’s cooperation Is also expected Judge BiU I spoke last week of the bill I have introduced to provide an ad ditiorral Federal judge for North Carolina, a so-called roving judge who would assist in the three dis tricts. The bill’s future is uncer tain at this time. Many states are seeking additional judges and their requests are contained in an omnibus bill. Certain requests for judges are not so urgent as oth ers and for this reason some legis lators oppose the omnibus bill. I, therefore, felt it wise to Introduce a special bill for the North Caro lina judgeship. Need for an addi tional federal judge for our state has been repeatedly shown. Indeed, authorities who hold rec ords on this problem advise that North Carolina stands at the top of the States in regard to this need. Opposition to the bill .will probably come from those who are promoting the omnibus judgeship bill. The Senate Judiciary Com mittee has reported tavorable on my bill and I hope !t can be acted or, in 'his Congress. Final Days In the closing days of the ses sion one of the important and eon troveir. al matters yet to De deed ed upon is foreign aid. The Ad ministration is urging its program with vigor but indications are that Congress. will make a substantial cut in the amount. I favor a cut in foreign aid spending. Murder [rials Are Continued Judge Leo Carr in Johnston Superior Court last week granted requests for continuance of 'rree first-degree murder cases. Continued until another term of court were the cases of James Marler, 28, of Route 1, Newton Grove, Willis Ottis Barefoot. 58, of Route 2, Dunn, and Daniel Click ley, 30-year-old Negro of Route 2, Selma. In the Marler and Barefoot case, defendants reported they had em ployed no counsel and were not able to pay expenses of their de fense. The court named L. L. Levinson of Benson to represent Marler and C. C. Canaday", Jr., of Benson to represent Barefoot. The attorneys asked continue ance to give them time to pre pare for trail. Judge Carr grant ed each request, noting that the law directs the court to permit continuance in such cases when requested. Marler is charged with the knife slaying of his step-father, Herman R. Anderson of Meadow Town ship. Barefoot is charged with beat ing his wife to death. True bills of indictment were returned Monday against Mailer and Barefoot. The Grand Jury Tuesday found a true bill against Clickley, who is charged with the pistol-slaying of 24-year-old Effie Shipley, Negro resident of Route 3, Selma Albert A. Corbett, employed by clickley as counsel, moved for a continuance of his client’s case and the motion was granted. The murder indictments against Marler. Barefoot, and Clickley re sulted from slayings that occurred early this month. Warden C. Beasley, 20, of Route 2, Dunn, pleaded guilty to operat Govt. Says He Fired At Other Japanese Girard Pleads Innocent MAEBASH, Japan (UP) — The government charged to day that Specialist 3C Wil liam S. Girard fired “two or three times’’ at other Japa* nese before he fired the shot that killed Mrs. Naka Sakai and started a passionate in-1 ternational controversy. , The prosecution read its state ment on the opening day of the him by throwing out used ear was adjourned until Sept. G. Dur ing the opening moments Girard pleaded innocent to manslaughter charges and his attorney made a motion to get the case thrown out of Japanese courts. The prosecution statement said that on the same day Girard fired at Mrs. Sakai he also fired at the feet of a man identified as Isamu Yadoyara and at scrap scavengers named Toshizo Koyama and Kat suzo Kanae. .vine Witnesses to Testify Chief Procurator prosecutor Yoshio Konawa announced he would call nine witnesses to testi fy, including Girard’s Army buddy Specialist 3-C Victor Nickel of Ink ster, Mich., who was with Girard at the time of the shooting. The prosecution charged that Girard lured Mrs. Sakai toward hi mby throwing out used car tridged and calling “mama - san, takusan ne woman, plenty, eh.” It charged he fired one shot at Hideharu Onozeki, who was with Mrs. Sakai, just missing hi? feet, and then loaded his grenade launcher again. It said Girard ran toward Mrs. Sakai, shouting “get out, hey,” and fired from a distance of about eight meters eight yards, hitting her in the back. Judge Juzo Kawachi adjourned the first day’s session after the prosecution completed its opening statement. Reserves Decision Girard’s attorney, Itsuro Haya shi, one of Japan’s top criminal lawyers, asea I NH OF Japanese courts on jurisdictional grounds. Judge Kawachi reserved deci sion. It was the jurisdiction issue that sparked the controversy in the United States with congressmen and veterans’ groups criticizing the United States for turning Gi rard over to Japan. The U. S. Su preme Court ruled the government had the right to take such action, but the critics demanded that the status of forces agreements, which gave the administration the right, be thrown out. Girard, 22, of Ottawa, 111., was accused of shooting and killing Mrs. Sakai, mother of six children, on a U. S. Army firing range Jan. 20 while she was gathering shell castings to sell as scrap metal. If convicted, Girard faces a possible sentence of from two to 15 years imprisonment. Declares Innocence Girard declared his innocence at the opening of the trial when Judge Kawchi asked him if he had any thing to say. Girard spoke in a voice almost inaudible to spectators in the first row seats: “I did not scatter shells or lure anyone,” he said. “I did not intend to hurt anyone. I was carrying out my duty defending the machine gun. I fired over their heads to scare them. “I have one thing to say,” Gi lard said. “It was an accident, and I am sorry this occurred.” Some 300 persons gathered when Girard arrived. There was no commotion outside the courthouse, but a self-appoint ed Japanese champion for Girard passed out leaflets demanding a light sentence for the American soldier. NOT TOO BAD BRENTWOOD, England (IP) — An English Army officer, testify ing Wednesday on behalf of two of his men charged with car thievery, said the men were law less, slovenly, irresponsible and lazy but had “good” army char acter. Prosecutor John Marriage said, “I dread to think what one has to do to get a bad character in the army.” UNUSUAL POLICY VERNON, France (IP) — An insurance company agreed today to write a four million francs $9,524 policy insuring 54,000 mat ches against fire. The matches were used by a photo technician to build a scale model of the 12th and 14th Century Notre Dame de Vernon Church. ing a car while intoxicated and possession of non-tax-paid whisky. A four-month road sentence was ordered suspended on payment of $125 and costs. Worth E. Dunn. 25, of Route 3, Four Oaks, was in court on two charges — speeding 65 miles an hour and resisting Highway Pa trolman C. L. Brown of Benson. He pleaded guilty on both counts. In the speeding case, a 60-dav road sentence was ordered suspended on payment of $25 and costs. On the charge of resisting an officer he drew six months on the roads. Burke Says In Miami Speech Russia Has Largest Submarine Force MIAMI BEACH (UP)—Adm. Arleigh A. Burke, chief of naval operations, said today Russia now has the largest submarine force in maritime history. “And they are still building sub marines at the rate of about 100 a year, a rate never equalled by any nation at peace,” Burke said in an address prepared for deliv ery before the 58th national en campment of the Veterans of For eign Wars. Burke said the Soviets were “de voting great effort to development of submarines capable of launch ing guided missiles against metro politan and industrial targets in any part of the world.” To counter Russia’s increasisg undersea strength. Burke said, the United States is building a fleet of 21 nuclear-powered vessels. Burke said these include 19 nu clear - powered submarines, the fourth of which will be commis sioned Tuesday at Portsmouth, N. H.; an atomie-propelled cruiser now under construction, and car rier for which a contract has been let. - I *|r “The Soviet Union has now re placed Great Britain as the sec ond - ranking sea power in the world” behind the U. S. with a large well - rounded navy,” the chief of naval operations said He said Russia’s “astounding” rise as a naval power in 12 years was accomplished because “they know that our allies throughout the world can prosper in peace and be supported in war as long as we control the seas.” Burke spoke at the opening ses sion of the VFW convention dur ing which he received the group’s annual citizenship gold medal aw ard. Burke also lauded the concept of a Joint Chiefs of Staff. “In hot war and in cold war, our American - developed Joint Chiefs team concept has demon strated clear superiority over any system of one-man rule,” Burke said. Judith Anderson's Body Is Identified CHICAGO (UP)—Police fingerprint experts have pos tively identified a mutilated body found in Lake Michigan as that of missing: 15-vear-old Judith Map Anrfprspn The girl, who disappeared 10 days ago, had been shot in the head and her butchered corpse stuffed into two oil drums. Her torse and legs were found in a drum floating in a Lake Michigan harbor last Thursday. Her head and arms were found floating in another oil container Saturday. The identification, from a finger print taken from a religious pic ture in Judith Mae’s home, shat tered the family’s hopes that the girl might still be alive. Deputy Chief of Detectives How ard Pierson informed the girl’s father, Ralph Andersen of the identification Sunday night, cli maxing seven hours of painstak ing research by Oscar Ber.ke, bu reau of identification technician. Authorities continued a house to-house search of the Anderson’s middle class West Side neighbor hood, concentrating on workshops, garages and filling stations where oil drums are located. Medical technicians estimated Judith Mae had been dead two to three days before her torse was found. That left a gap of from one to three days between the time she disappeared Aug. 16 and the discovery of the body. Authorities speculated she may have been kidnaped and held pris oner for a time before being shot by a small caliber pistol and her body dismembered. Indicts (Continued From Page 1) ing customer. After a few minutes, he came around back of the counter, she said, and pointed a revolver at her. He threatened but did not hurt her, she said. When apprehended by a Wake County highway patrolman, who had stopped his car, Murchison still had sacks of jewelry with him. Mrs. Gregory said the store re covered $3300 worth and had lost another $500 worth, not recover ed. Murchison' said it was in July of 1956 or about an year earlier that he made his prison escape. “Why did you come to Lilling ton?” asked Judge Fountain. “This,” said Murchison, “is my home.” He was sentenced to 15 to 20 years in State’s prison. Records indicated he had been serving time for carrying a concealed wea pon and damaging city property. Also sentenced this morning was William Jarvis March, who had been convicted previously on two public drunkenness charges, and was given time to pay off. Admitting to Judge Fountain that he had not paid off, he was sentenced to serve two terms of 30 days, to run concurrently. Walden On Trial A jury retired early this after noon to consider an episode which resulted in the loss of an eye for Early Massey a Negro who appear ed in court with a eye patch strung over a gleaming wad Baby Still Lives After Being Buried 18 Hours LINCOLNTON, Ga. IIP) — Charges were pending today against a woman who buried her infant grandson alive for 18 hours. The baby, under treatment at Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta, was reported in good condition, considering his ordeal. Officers withheld charges until it can be determined whether the child will live. Arrested following the incident was Pinkie Barksdale, 72, Negro who told officers she buried the baby because she thought it was dead. Police quoted her as saying she dug up the boy after she heard him crying. The child was able to survive, authorities said, because the gro cery box he was buried in had been covered with loose pine straw, rather than dirt. The case was brought to the attention of officers by Bim Barks dale, the grandmother’s brother, who said he suspected the grand mother, and the childs’ uncarried mother, Frankie Mae Barksdale, 29, were going to "do away” with the child. WORKMEN RESCUED PITTSBURGH OP) — Firemen battling flames, smoke and gas fumes rescued 15 workmen today from a 9,000-foot long sewer proj ect tunnel where they were trap ped deep under ground for nearly three hours. white cotton. Said Early, “I had a half pint of whiskey and it was snatched out of Marvin’s hand and the fel low who took it ran into his house.” <i The man he accused was Jun ior (Honey) Walden, charged, with assault with a deadly weapon—in this case a brick, which Early claims had been hurled in liis face and cost him his eye. "Did you see Junior throw the brick at you,” asked Assistant So licitor Glenn Hooper, Jr. “I sj»w him when he wound it up,” said Early. “What had Junior done after that?” Hooper asked. “I don’t know,” Early said. "I couldn’t see nothing. Marvin Collins, companion to the two men on the night Junior allegedly ran off with the liquor, told the same story as Early and added the information that Early had gone to get his pint back with an axe picked up from a woodpile. Junior Walden the defendant, dvi not take the f.and and offered no defense until Judge Fountain rrked him on what grounds he was pleading innocent. "1 didn’t throw the brick,” said Junior,
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