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Brief Review Of State, National And World News During The Past Week — i —-__— - ttfcU CLAIM 2 SUPER FRONTS IN KOREA Tokyo (Saturday) — The Ko rean Communist radio claimed that Red airmen had shot* down two B-29 super fortress bom bers, damaged two more and wrecked seven other grounded bombers. The broadcast, from the Py ongyang radio in the North Ko rean capital, was monitored here at 7 a. m. (4 p. m. Friday). Pyongyang radio said that Red planes intercepted seven B-29s over Kaesong, 35 miles north west of Seoul. Two Euperforts were shot down, the broadcast said, and the rest routed. In a raid on Suwon air strip at midnight (9 a. m, Friday), two B-29s were damaged and seven other grounded bombers wrecked, Pyongyang said. The announcement came long after U. S. forces had been forced to evacuate Suwon, 20 miles south of the occupied southern capital of Seoul. No large bombers had been able to land or take off from Suwon be cause of the small airstrip there. Most B-29s in the Pa cific operate out of Guam. Pyongyang radio claimed that along the South Korean East Coast Communist planes at tacked and drove away one Now mild can a cigarette be? MORE PEOPLE SMOKE CAMELS than any other cigarette! and among the millions who do.. PATRICIA MORISON Musical comedy star : "Of all tests, the Camel 30-Dav Test made sense to me! Smoking Camels regularly proved to me how mild a cigarette can be!” L MOORE QUITS BUT DENIES ALL CHARGES Raleigh — Prison Director J. B. Moore resigned Friday with a renewed1 denial of c.hargtes that he misused' prisoner .labor and materials. The Highway Commission, which supervises prison opera tions, accepted his resignation immediately. The action fol lowed a lengthy special meet ing at which the commission re viewed an SBI report of its in vestigation of the charges, and a written point-by-point denial by Moore. He also made his de nial in person before the ses sion, which lasted six and a half hours, Moore allegedly used prison er labor and State materials in the construction of a garage apartment at his home here. He has maintained a denial of the charges since they came to light on June 9. The resignation takes effect immediately. Highway Chairman Henry W. Jordan announced that H. H, Honeycutt, veteran as sistant prison director, will take over as acting-director. 26 FRENCH TEXTILE MEN VISIT U. N. C. ON TOUR Chapel Hill — A group of 26 French textile executives, mill owners and textile workers has left the University of North Carolina after a visit to The French House, the Morehe»d Planetarium, and other points of interest. The group was brought here as guest of Dr. Fred Hale of Raleigh. The visitors, who are being sponsored: in this country by the European Co-operation Adminis tration, have been studying tex tiles ait N. C. State College. They are on a tour of the Eastern and Southern parts of the United States and will sail for France July 11. During their stay here, the party was entertained at a din ner in The Monogram Club by residents of The French House, an annual six-weeks program for American warship — otherwise unidentified — which had been bombarding Kangung. FOR REAL, FUAT Own a crosley Playboy portable radio... $29.95 . . . (BATTERY ADDITIONAL Here’s the newest in portables—to entertain you this summer wherever you go. The exclusive Crosley _ ^ built-in loop antenna helps bring in stations—wherever _ you may be. AC-DC battery. Listen to your playboy on the battery with the electric cord wound on the unique storage holder. Or plug it in at home on AC or DC Either way you get the sweetest listening anywhere with a Crosley PLAYBOY. Maroon, gray, or grow CROSLEY £££%* Segraves Motor Co. JEFFERSON, N. C. Worth Segraves C. E. Segraves LANSING, N. C. WARRENSVILLE, N. C. TRUMAN MEETS BROADCASTERS . . . President Truman tells national association of radio farm directors in Washington that be gets up at 5:30 daily to listen to a farm radio program. FRANCE S BIGGEST PLANE CRASHES, KILLING TWO Toulouse, France — A test mo del of France’s biggest airplane, the 737?ton Armagnac, crashed and burned Friday, killing two crewmen and injuring four of its lil-man crew. An air field employee also was klled when one of the fire en advance students and teachers of French, which is under the direction of Prof. Hugo Giduz. gines speeding to the scene ran over him’. Four thousand gallons of gas oline in the Armagnac’s tanks went up in flame, burning to death two merch*nics who were strapped in their seats. Nine other crewmen were thrown clear when the 125-foot plane broke in two just behind the wingis. Four of the men were detained, in the hospital, but none was critically injured. Congress May Drop Economy, Restore All Defense Fund Cuts Washington — Fearful the Ko rean crisis might explode into World War III, Congress may for g!et economy and give the De fence Department all the funds it requested this year. Informed sources said a Sen ate appropriations subcommittee already has recommended restor ing House cuts in the 19-50-51 mili tary budget and that the full committee may go along, per haps this week. Chairman Tydings (D-Md) of the Senate Armed Services Com mittee said meantime that top U. S. military planners are aware the Communist thrust into South Korea may be only a “feint” and are on the alert lest the real Red targets are Yugoslavia, Greece or Strategic and oil-rich Iran. There is- a “disposition,” Tyd-, inigs said, to “move strongly in Korea but not to commit our selves too greatly- until we can see just what the situation is [ going to be on a broader can-f vas.” | President Truman, who would: face fateful new decisions if i those fears are borne out. return ed to Washington yesterday after noon from a week-end aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg. If Congress does step up mili tary spending, it would be an other indication of its near-unan imous decision to back the Ad- ^ ministration to the hilt in stopp- ■ ing the Red thrust. .Mr. Truman already has sign ed the “ready-for-action” draft law rushed through Congress last COMPETETIVE EXAMS OPEN FOR WEST POINT Washington, D. C. — Senator Graham today announced that, in accordance with his policy of seeking to secure by open com petition the best qualified North Carolinian for entrance to the military and naval academies, the United States Civil Service Com mission will on July 17, 1850,] conduct a competitive examina-1 week. In addition, the House may act next week on the Senate-ap proved $1,222,500,000 foreign arms aid bill. FARMERS CONTACT Maymead Lime Company SHOUNS, TENNESSEE For Your Lime Requirements WHEN YOU TRADE WITH MAYMEAD LIME CO., YOU GET: LIME that more than meets all Government Speci fications. LIME that tests high and gives quick results. LIME that is ground fine and spreads easily. LIME that has a very low content of moisture. LIME THAT WIL LBE DELIVERED WHEN YOU YOU WANT IT. LIME that has a guaranteed weight—You get a weigh ticket with each load. 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