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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08
FOR COMMISSIONER
Stevens
Enters
Race

II. ID. Stevens, ST., former
town commissioner, tossed his
hat into the political ring for
his years town election when
he beat the filing dcadline by
30 minutes Saturday.
Stevens is the ninth candidate
to seek election to one OF the
1--WE town board seats.
Stevens served on the town
board from l947-l949 but was
defeated by a narrow margin of
votes in the last election.
Il believe in good government
and improvements in the COM
nunity. If elected TO the town
board, I'll cndcavor TO work
with the rest of the commission
RS to serve the people to the
oeSt of my ability" said Stevens
in announcing his candidacy.
BY virtue of his wide expert
cnce with the State Highway
Department, his term as COM
missioner and his knowledge of
town problems, Stevens rates as
/ strong candidate.
Il feel that i can be of service
to my community and earnestly
solicit the support and vote of
every resident in the June Ia
election" remarked the High
way Department supervisor.
He has been employed by the
State Highway Department for
the past 20 years and is current
~ charged with the responsible
ity of maintaining the roads in
the local area.
while serving as a commits
sioncr in i9i7-l949. he was per-
sonally responsible for the grad
ing of every street in Tabor City.
At that time there were no mot
n graders owned by the town.
He is past master of the Ma
sonic Lodge No. 563 and a past
council commander of the Wood
men of the World. He is also a
sormcr member of the Board of
Directors of the Tabor City Re
creation Commission.
Stevens is married to the for
mCr Frances Jones ofN akina.
They have raised their entire
family in Tabor City and still
have two sons at home. Bill and
Wayne. The Stevens have lived
in Tabor City for the past 30
years.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08

Yer he jCrkCd her off The front
porch of Make Ncalcy'S place of
business and began to fight with
her. Both had been drinking
during the evening.
Sarah Vcrecn, the defendants
sister -in-law, was given privi-
lCgc of posting a $500 bond after
being indicted as an accessory
70 the Staying. Sara told the jury
that she had given the ice pick
70. her sister-in-law a few min
IFS before the Staying. She dem
led seeing the actual stabbing.
Bond of $1,000 was set for the
woman CHARGED with the slaY-
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08
McGougun Named
Legion Commander

Frank McGougan, prominent
ocal attorney, was named COM
nander of the Tabor American
.eglon Post l0l at meeting in
the hut last Thursday night.
4cGougan succeeds Harry Step
ems as head Of the local veteran
Other officers elected were
James r. Fipps, lst vice COM
nander; Douglas Fowler, End
ice commander; Frank Nesmith.
IdJutant and finance officer;
ioyt Pivcr, chaplain; and Worth
iardee, sergeant at Arms.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08

Outgoing Adjutant Grover
Faux said that the Legion post
1aS paid off all its Indebtedness
during the past year, including
;omc bills that were three and
four years old, and that in SC
far as he knew, the post was
clear of any accounts payable at
the present time.
Faux also announced that the
annual installation of officers
would be held at 1.-The hut" OH
June l6, and that all Legion
naireS and other veterans are
invited to attend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08

to a team to contact him.
The Jaycec roster includes
Kent Stevens, Ronald Foley,
Doug Wright, Robert Conner,
Morris Buffkin, Pat Counts.
David Bryant, Russell Fonvicllc.
James Prince, and Bill Grazing
'r. Co-managcrs of the team are
Al Harrison and Junior Stevens.
Taking the field for the Wo-
mans Club team will be Henry
Neil Wright, Roger Small. Roy
fuss, Bobby Soles, Buddy Fon-
viclle, David Diamont. Gene
Goldfinch, Ronnic Bruton. and
Randy Prince. Co-managcrs are
Zen Nesmith III and Horace
Cox.
Playing for the Civilian team
will be Eugene Watts, Ronald
Ray. Ronald Ward. Boyd Lee.
Kenneth Granger. Richard
Cameron. c. 3. Sellers. Sammy
Williams, Marshall Allen. and
jerry Stevens. Commanders are
Arthur Prince, Willard Wright
and Doc Cameron.
Ten players are listed on the
roster Of the Rotary Club team.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08
Rev. Singletary
AT Shaw This Week

Rev. and Mrs. V. s. Singletary
and daughter. Dula Mac, are at
Shaw University in Raleigh this
week attending the conference
IF the North Carolina Baptist
Colored Churches.
Rev. Singletary. pastor Of the
First Baptist Church OF Tabor
City, is attending the regular
conference while Mrs. Single
tary is taking a missionary
course. Dula Mae is enrolled in
campaign training.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08
1 Both women were bot

lE. Both women were bound
over to Superior Court.
we had been drinking and
we're in front Of Make Nealey's
place when my husband (the
dcccased) told me to come on
and let's go home 49,. I told him
I'd go as soon as finished talk
ing with my sister Geneva
BelD then he came over and
pulled me off the porch" Elouise
told the coroner's jury. Geneva
is free under $3.50 bond as a
wness in the case.
Il don't remember how many
times I stabbed him as we were
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08

II was learned at press time
today that Elouise Deas, charged
with the Staying Of her husband,
has been released from the CO.
lumbus County Jail after post
ing bond Of $1,000.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08
Election "Issue' Arises
Town Records Fail To Bear Out
Charges Of Waste In Government

a slight election issue" week as
conVcrSationals lip service
affairs.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08

Little league night games
were considered very probable
today after Red Leamon, super
visor for Carolina Power and
Light Company. said that the
cost for lighting Civilian Field
would be much less for little
league play than for regular
baseball games. Until such time
rs the necessary information and
permission to use the field at
night is obtained the little lea
rucrs will play I'm the early eve
ming.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08
Fatal Stabbing Argument
Two Charged With Saturday
Night Ice Pick Staying Here


to
n cOored district
stabbed husband Robert
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1955-06-08

Editors Notc-We are not dis
against any candi-
date by not having !heir pictures
in this issue Of the Tribune. We
made every effort TO have each
make a picture avail
able thus we were able 10 run
,nly those on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30

Expensive. The fare is 500. Trav.
ell out Of Vienna, in any Other
direction. for the same number
lof miles. would cost $32. The
reason, q ticket seller explained
lis a recent 900 per cent jump
in the Polish fare from Prague tc
Warsaw.
The cars that pull out Of Vien-
mas Franz Joseph Station are
old and battered. Sleek new
trains run into Switzerland anc
Vienna. but for this Iron Cur
tain special there are battered
relics of the 1920s still carrying
the faded hammer and sickle
and the insignia Of the Soviet
Occupation Zone-Austria.'
En- route a pair Of travelling
reporters learn from Viennest
businessman sharing their com.
partment that they are on the
wrong train. The passport visas
call for . border cfoss-over al
Breclay. which Is on another
line, not this one to Cesky Vale.
nice.
Outlook Is Grim
The Viennese adds that the
trouble Is that you1l already bt
inside the Iron Curtain when
Czechs see the visa. And he can
offer only cold comfort as to
what may happen. Austrian i'm
migration officials at Gemund
also see the discrepancy. They
point at the visa. roll their eyes
and shrug: It's none of their
business.
But this Is the day Of the new
era" at the Iron Curtain.
AS the Austrians were friendly
Iat Gemund, so do the two Czech
inspectors smile brightly at a
United States passport. They
read 1t. whisper, one one hear.
the muttered word "Breclav.
They disappear and 10 minutes
later they're back. The visa has
been stamped and it's all over.
The Austrian businessman er
route to negotiate q Prague dea1
IN wooden food boxes fares less
well. The pile of Sunday papers
he has brought from capitalist
Vienna draws grumbles as the
inspector leafs through them
The man can go on, but not
his newspapers.
THAT was to be expected"
says the boxmaker, but your
case-that's different. A few
weeks ago you'd have been In
trouble Now - maybe - things
have changed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30

BOSTON, Aug. 80 R.-Gur-
man Elmer (Trigger) Burke was
quoted today as saying he was
about to kill the two FBI men
who captured him last Saturday
might. except that two cars full
of men arrived In the nick OF
time.
Burke has been in jail at
Charleston, s. c.. since his cap
Iture and was interviewed yester-
day by Boston police authorities
and representatives Of the dis
Itrict attorneys office from Bos-
ton.
They had sought to return
him to Boston, where he is
wanted for carrying a machine
lgun, punishable by life in prison
and for breaking out Of the
Charles street jail.
New York, however, will get
Burke for prosecution on a muir
der charge.
Authorities from both States
wanted Burke. but early today
Assistant District Attorney Ed
ward M. Sullivan said he has
reason to believe that New York
will get him because Of the Sc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Trigger Burke Reveals
Intent to Kill FBI Men

robustness Of the charge against
him In that State.
Massachusetts, q authorities
quoted Burke as saying that he
was ready to "shoot and kill the
two FBI agents whom ] saw
outside my cottage Cat Folly
Beach, S. c. Saturday night.
THE only reason they weren't
killed was two automobile loads
OF men drove up in front Of the
house about the time ] was ready
to take care Of those two men. "
Burke also was quoted as say
ing he has spent his time since
Saturday night planning to get
out Of this Seabreeze hotel cum
derworld nickname for the
Charleston JAIL"
Authorities also quoted Burke
as saying he would have killed
Boston Patrolman Francis CraW-
ford when the latter arrested
him on June 10. 1854, except
that he didn't have his sun
handy.
Burke was quoted as saying
|Patrolman Crawford would have
been a dead duck sure If ] had
been carrying my gun in my belt
instead of my pants pocket"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Dulles Finds Spot Worse
Than Moscow Offices

Secretary Of State Dulles said
today that II Representative
Killings. Republican Of Califor-
mia, thinks conditions ct the
United States Embassy in Mos
COW are bad he should take a
look at the American diplomatic
ofhces In Vientiane. Laos.
Conditions there, Mr.. Dulles
told news conference. are the
worst he has ever seen.
He said the code room was a
made-over toilet room that had
the only water In the building
and that was on the floor.
AL the other plumbing. he
said. was out of commission.
Mr.. Dulles, who visited Wen
tiane last spring, sounded OF on
conditions there when he was
asked about Mr.. Killings ap-
praisal Of the United States En-
bassy In Moscow.
Like . Pigpen'
Mr.. Killings said in Moscow
today the embassy lis like a
pigpen." He added, 1T is ridicu-
lous that the United States has
to conduct its relations with our
most important diplomatic OPP
ponent on q shoestring basis"
Mr.. Killings. now on a visit to
Moscow. said he would urge Con-
gress to appropriate more money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
IDooIittle Receives
Moose AWurd

PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 80 (A1,
1t. Gen. James H. Doolittle yes
terday received the first Dis
tinguished Citizenship Award OF
the Loyal Order Of the Moose
The presentation was made by
Supreme Gov. Ray v. Gibbons
at the opening session Of the
groups 67th international con-
vention here.
Gen. Doolittle, now president
of the Shell Oil Co., in his &C
ceptance speech said: Our hope
for a better world will be well
served If we by example
precept and persuasion can
strengthen and extend the Gold
en- Rule. the idea of service
through responsible citizenship
and at the same time continue
our archaeological progress.
He said industry. as a whole,
now is "far advanced in various
philanthropic programs involv-
ing a keen sense Of response
bility."
Ofiicials estimate that 10000
members Of the fraternal or
ganization are taking part in
the sessions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Dulles Gives Fineerprints
To Get Revolver License

IA license for the revolver he had
Ito be fingerprinted.
What did he use the revolver
for?
Fortunately, Mr.. Dulles re-
piled, he hadn't had to use 1t at
all. He explained that 1t was
given to him for q trip he made
to Central America in, he be-
Ilieves. 1917.
He said he had kept the re-
lvolver as a souvenir but he's al-
ways got the license for 1t be-
cause he did not know whether
lit qualified as an antique SOU
Ivenir or as an item of utility.
A reporter asked whether this
revolver would be involved in
the Soviet-American disarma-
ment talks. Mr.. Dulles guffawed
He said the matter of fin
gerprinting. however. probably
would be discussed at the Big
Four Foreign Minister'S meeting
lat Geneva since it involved the
agenda item Of how to encourage
IEast-West exchanges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30

for American diplomatic mis-
sions. But Mr.. Dulles Indicated
today that Mr.. Killings Is tagging
behind the administration on
this point.
Mr.. Dulles said he expected TO
ask Congress for substantial In
|creases In funds next year. This
idea, he said. already has been
looked upon with approval by
administration officials and the
Budget Bureau.
Bohlen's Auto Battered
Mr.. Killings. who has spent
10 days In the Soviet Union.
also declared 1t was not right
that United States Ambassador
Charles e. Bohlen had to drive
around Moscow in q battered
old automobile with the Ameri-
can nag flying from q denied
fender.
He said the Ambassador
should not be compelled to climb
nine flights Of stairs to his Of
fee when the Russian-built ele-
vator breaks down.
The American Embassy ID
scarcely two years old, but by
American standards the l0-story
'Soviet-built structure for which
the United States pays about 81
million a year rent already Is in
"a sad state Of disrepair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Has Other Papers

Secretary Of State Dulles dis.
closed today that he has a II.
cense to possess a revolver, al.
though he was not sure whether
it was classed as an antique
souvenir, or, as he put 1t, an item
Of utility.
Mr.. Dulles made the disclos.
ure at a news conference dur.
ing a good-natured exchange
over his attitude toward the
present law that requires for
eign visitors to the United States
to submit to fingerprinting.
Mr.. Dulles said that probably
every American at the news con-
ference had been f1ngerprinted
He added that he himself wat
fingerprinted several times 9
year
Why was he fingerprinted sc
often, a reporter wanted to know
Mr.. Dulles said he had to b,
fingerprinted for passes. but HI
also had a revolver and to ge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30

As millions know, Zenith cru.
sades constantly and conscien-
tiously to make better hearing
available at ever lower costs!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
By the Associated Press

An Ohio farm belt. Congress-
man has urged President Eisen-
hover to oppose trips to Russia
by Americans planning to teach
improved farming "know-how''
to the Soyiets.
Representative Polk, Democrat
of Ohio, told the President in q
telegram yesterday that specifi-
|cally he thought such a trip con-
|templated by Iowa Farmer
Roswell Garst should be stopped.
1--WE possess something, namely
agricultural know-how. that Rus
STA desperately needs" Mr.. Polk
declared. "Are we to give away
our advantage in this respect
and demand nothing in return?'
Mr.. Garst. a highly successful
hybrid corn farmer near Coon
Rapids. Iowa. is in Washington
calling on high administration
officials to discuss his trip.
He plans to leave for Russia
about September 20. at the In
Iyitation of Vladimir Matskevich,
the head of a Soviet farm dele
CATION that visited his farm last
week.
Impressed by Techniques
At the time Mr.. Matskevich
said he was impressed with Mr.,
lGarst's neutrality-suspicious.
his "unorthodox practice" OF
feeding waste corncobs and
stalks to livestock.
Mr.. Garst told a reporter yes
terday his trip was in no way
sponsored by the Eisenhower
administration.
However" he said. Il made
calls on the State and Agricul-
ture Departments to make sure
they had no objection to my
trip. They said they had none,
So that's it sc 10
In his telegram to the Presi-
dent. Mr.. Polk stated: ae
Food production is the weak
link in the chain now being
forged by Russian communism
world world domination.
IF we give Russia the advan-
tage of our agricultural know
how, who can say that in Is or
so years from now American
boys may not perish by the
thousands in a war Of survival
against international commu-
nisn?"
Seen as Peace Gesture
On this point, Mr.. Garst said
IT don't think it Cmy trip is
likely to cause a war. I think
1t will help remove the chances
Iof war.
II think a greater interchange
Of people not connected with the
Government is a good kind oil
diplomacy"
Mr.. Garst said he will be &C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Hearing Told Of Search
Of Dexter White Home

to control the ultimate decision
Of the Internal Security Sub
committee in respect to their
publication, but ! am unwilling.
myself, to make them public
and. in fact, I would not do so. :"
Also on hand to testify was
Stuart Conner, who was a spe-
cial assistant to Mr.. Wyman in
the New Hampshire investiga-
ton of subversive activities.
Three days before he died Mr..
White denied before the House
Un-American Activities Com
mittee that he was ever Com
munist or engaged in Com
muniSt activities.
Informant Called
Senator Eastland said in
Washington last week In an
nouncing the hearing here that
Mr.. White "was exposed in 194a
as an informant for the Soviet
military intelligence during the
1930s and early 1940S.
The Senator said the Office
diaries of former Secretary of
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
jr.. which the subcommittee has
been examining. reveal that
Mr.. White was. at the time, the
|secretary's brain In all mat
tiers dealing with foreign af-
fairs 4"
Mr.. White quit his Treasury
post in 1916 to become United
States director Of the Interns-
tional Monetary Fund at q tax
free salary Of $1,000.
Senator Eastland said that Mr..
Whites death occurred several
months before Whitaker Cham
bers, former Soviet espionage
courier. revealed the so-called
pumpkin papers, including
handwritten notes by White"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
Congressman Would Bar
Form Know-How to Reds

companied to Russia-and prob
ably to the corn belts in Hungary.
Czechoslovakia and Ronania-
by an old friend and interpreter,
Geza Schultz Of Wanesville, Mimi.
Mr.. Schultz. he said, is q part
time conciliator for the Labor
Cancellation Service.
But Mr.. Polk insisted that
trips such as Mr.. Garst plans
should be permitted only in the
event Of wide concessions by the
Russians.
AS examples he suggested the
freeing from Russian slave labor
camps" of Americans and other
free world citizens. the unifica-
ton of Germany and the freeing
of Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
lurkin Will Leave
Treasury Tomorrow

Patrick ]. Larkin of the
Treasury Department retircs
tomorrow after 81 years of Fed
eral service.
During the last eight years
Mr.. Larkin has been in charge
Iof the Washington regional dis
bursting office. Previously he
headed Treasury disbursing Of
fees in Seattle, Wash, and
Burlington. Vt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-30
BY MARTIN S. HAYDEN
North American Newspaper Alliance

CESkY VALENlCE, CZecn0-
Islovakia, Aug. 30.--Seven hour,
from Vienna by slow train |,
Cesky Valenice and the 1ror
Curtain that splits an ancient
town as sharply as it divides the
modern world.
There was a time when Cesky
|Valenice. inside Czech lines, and
Gemund. in Austria. we're one
But that was before East anc
West divided.
Now a Sunday excursion train
from Vienna stops In old Ge-
lmund. A locomotive with a rec
star on its front puffs across.
1o0-yard bridge to pick UP one
battered car and eight passen-
gers who that day have waded
Iquagmire of Communist rec
tape TO cross the forbiddine
barrier and visit Russia's satel.
Elites.
In the middle Of the bridge
on which one of two sets Of rail:
has been tarred over, the engine
stops. A squad Of Czech soldieti
with tommy guns rummage the
compartment. search toilets anc
underneath the seats and check
the rods underneath for pos.
lsible illegal hitch-hikers.
Triple Electrified Fence
Below the bridge is a plowed
strip that would show an escapes
Ior invaders footprints. a min.
field and, beyond that, a triple
barrier of electrified barbed writ
the real Iron Curtain-stretch'
ing through fields and over hill
as far as the eye can see.
! Getting as far as Cesky Vale
nice for this reporter and Jo'
lseph Harsch Of the Christian
Science Monitor was harder thar
1t later proved to be to &c
through the barrier with tht
wrong papers.
At the Polish Embassy II
Berne. Switzerland. it had looked
easy. Two newsmen bent on tour
ing the satellites were told of {
Warsaw youth festival and that
III they wanted to attend. visa!
could be arranged and picked w
three days later at the Polish
legation in Vienna.
In Vienna 1t got harder:
First q squint-eyed, curly
haired man said abruptly there
were no visas, no Warsaw mes
Isages and "good-by." Two day
later he was still there and ever
GUNNER when the visas were
finally granted. Then. to com.
pound the complexity Of satellite
bureaucracy, the same squint.
eyed one turned up as the visa
officer at the Czechoslovak lega.
ton and approved the requested
transit stopover in Prague.
Ways to Get Visa
Once a visa is approved
traveller finds he can get 1t two
ways: legally or illegally. He
can, as some American voyagers
to the Red youth festival ap-
parently prefer, have 1t on q
separate paper so United States
passport will carry no evidence
of an illegal trip behind the
Iron Curtain. II the applicant
likes technicalities. and prefers
to get American Embassy valida-
ton Of his satellite travel, he
can have the visa the norma
way-stamped in his passport.
Travel to Warsaw via Prague /.