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Weather OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND COOL TODAY, FOLLOW ED BY CLEARING AND COOL TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERA TURE M TO » IN WEST AND M TO M IN EAST. ® VOLUME L ■ Wonju, Yongwol Taken By Allies 'Draft Puts Congress In Bad Position oMrs. RosenbOrg Tells Solons Must Take Vets, Husbands Or 18-Year-Olds WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.—(UP)— Congress was told today that hus bands and fathers will have to be drafted "very soon” unless it autho rizes a draft of 18-year-olds. Assistant Defense Secretary An «na M. ftosenberg said in a statement •\jrepaJed for the House Armed Service Committee that “with men between 18 and 19 entering the ser vice, we could not only avoid calling men with families, but also vet erans.” “In addition,” she said, “we could allow a larger number of deferments than would otherwise be possible among engineers, scientists, tech nicians and other key men.” WOULD TAKE VETERANS A Mrs. Rosenberg’s statement was a strong boost for a draft of 18-year olds because legislators are reluct ant to break up families or recall veterans back to duty. ELSEWHERE IN CONGRESS: Troops—Chairman Richard B. Russell of the Senate Armed Ser (Continued on Page Eight) < Cbwund Qapiial SqjiaAe COMPCBTED The roster of the House of Representatives was com pleted Monday night when Dr. W. A. Sams was sworn in as represen tative of Madison county—the first Democrat to sit in the General Assembly from Madison in 20 years. Delay in taking his seat was oc casioned by two causes, illness of Dr. Sam and contest by Republi cans. Because he regards the oc freasion mote than unsually signi ficant—capture of Madison by the Democrats—the new representative made quite a party of his induction into office. He had asked Secretary of State Th ad Eure to admins ter the oath and had invited a number (Continued On Page Two) PRELIMINARY LIST OF ENTRIES In The I DAILY RECORD f Prize Subscription Contest Nominees are listed below in alphabetical sequence. Next Mon day’s ism win show 2nd. list of entries of contestants. Robert H. Alphine Dunn Harold Bass v - Dunn Miss Mamie Butler ..... Dunn Mrs. David Clifford Dunn' Bill Hinton Dunn Charles T. Johnson Duim Mrs. Edith R. Lloyd Dunn Mrs. George Souders Lillington Mrs. J. W. Whittenton Dunn Additional entries ere invited and these received by this Saturday night will be included in mere complete list appearing tat next Menday*s issue. GET IN THE GAME TODAY Alin RE A TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 3119 W m & SWi&mEzSHm 3t HjBWBf ll ■ft * . JM-: "-Mm ■H " : Mr amk, - Hk, COLONIAL EXECUTIVES HERE—Pictured here is A. C. Edens of Columbia, S. C., vice president of Colon ial Stores in charge of the big new Central Division. Edens, who has an outstanding record with the com pany and is one of the best known, executives in the food business, is in Dunn for the big opening of the new Colonial Super Market Thursday morning on N. Wilson Ave. Colonial Store Has Orchids, Prizes For Ladies At Opening Not only a shining new super market, fUled with attractive dis plays of foods, but a large assort ment of prizes also await visitors and shoppers at the Colonial Stores’ new ouUet Thursday. During the grand opening cele bration Thursday, Friday and Sat urday, visitors to the new store, located at 112 N. Wilson Ave., may. obtain entry blanks for the CS contest which offers a Youngstown Jet-Tower dishwasher as first prize. In addition, a baby orchid will be (Eto Bailtj Jt tttxrfr given to each of the first 500 women visiting the store, on opening day Thursday. PRIZES AWARDED Also to be awarded on opening day tomorrow are ten food baskets, valued at $5 each. Ten hams are slated to be given away to customers Friday, and ten more $5 food bas kets will be given Saturday. The new store will be open untU 8:30 p. m. this week. The local staff of Colonial Stores has been working nard this week to get everything ready for the opening tomorrow. Today, Manager . R. Nunnery and his fellow-workers were stUl busy putting the finishing touches to attractive displays in the new supermarket. The new store wIU replace the CS Pender Store, which Nunnery has managed for some time. Many of the Pender staff wUI go to work In the new outlet at it opens for business tomorrow. The interior of the store is diffuse lighted by fluorescent slimline tub ing, giving the entire store an evenly distributed, glareless light. The fix tures are new and modern, including new meat display cases, dairy pro (Continued On Page Three) B. & L. Heads Are Renamed E. B. Culbreth, prominent Dunn business, civic and religious leader, Wag re-elected president of the Home Building and .Loan Associ ation for his 15th consecutive year at the annual meeting of the stock holders here last night. The yearly meeting was held In Mr. Culbreth’s offices. \ Howard M. Lee local business leader, was elect ed chairman of the meeting. Mr. Lee has presided far several years. Mr. Culbreth again was the unani mous choice for the presidency. He was first elected as director in 1932 and has never missed a meeting. He succeeded the late Dr. Bu '.sr as president. CROMARTIE REPORTS During the meeting, Secretary- Treasurer Raymond L. Cromartie, Jr. rendered his annual report. He told the stockholders and officials that the association has enjoyed a very successful year. All of the other directors are also officers with long periods of service to the association. In fact, there has been no change on the board since 1833. I. R. Williams, one of tbe association's attorneys, is the only charter member of the organization (Continued On Page Two) DUNN, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1951 Legislature Wavering Over Fair Building i , 1 Bailey Says Coliseum Gone Too Far To Stop; I Can't Divert Materials I RALEIGH, Jan. 24—(UP)—Hope of saving State money by halting construction of the coliseum at the State Fairgrounds appeared to be fading today and the demand for State spending turned sharply up ward. House and Senate sessions were scheduled at noon. The special committee investigat ing the coliseum project planned to meet with architects and engineers to learn how much it would cost to call oif construction of the $1,347,000 coliseum. Co-Chairman Sen. James H. Pou Bailey admitt ed late yesterday that “I’m inclined to feel It’s gone too far to stop it.” WAS OWN VIEW He emphasized that he was ex- 1 pressing his own view and not that of the committee, and that after today’s talks he might change his mind. Bailey said the committee talked yesterday with the contractor who explained that the order for 450 tons of steel was virtually com plete and the material could not simply be diverted to another pro ject. Some 200 persons crowded Into (Continued On Page Two) State News Briefs DURHAM, Jan.24—(UP)—Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co., makers of Chesterfield cigarettes, iisted Its tt«n*so Income today as $29,058,000, equal to $7.05 per share. Net income for 1949 was $29,567,- 000, equal to $7.18 per share. The report showed dollar sales forth year at $530,547,000 a drop of more than $27,000,000 from 1949. Officials said the decrease was caus ed by reduced sales in the ’Philip pine Islands. RALEIGH, Jan. 24—(UP)—Tui tion rates to be charged at the University of North Carolina Medi cal School when it opens next fall were outlined to members of the Joint Appropriations Committee yesterday. Denny Moore, budget bureau administrative assistant, told Law makers North Carolina Medical or dental students will have to pay S6OO a year tad out-of-state stu dents $1,200. Tuition rates for public health students will be SSOO for State re (Continued On Page Two) Hitting Road And Bottle Leaves Four Offenders Flat Hitting the road and the bottle simultaneously meant empty wallets for four defendants who appeared before Lillington Recorder’s Court Judge Floyd Taylor Tuesday. Tracy Paschal McLeod of Durham, Willie Hall of Erwin, Harvey Smith of Angler and Elmore Turnage of Erwin all paid fines of SIOO and costs for driving drunk. All of the men were directed to surrender their operators’ licenses for a year. Mattie Lucas Butler of Erwin, Rt. 1, paid up $25 and costs when Judge Taylor took a dim view of her allow ing a 13-year-old miner to drive her automobile. TRAFFIC OFFENDERS In other traffic cases, Wanda Oscar Ervin, Sanford Negro, was Superior Court Schedules February Civil Term Suits The first 1951 civil session of Harnett Superior Court will see more than 40 cases on the docket when Presiding Judge Q. K. Nim ocks opens court in Lillington Feb. 5, Court Clerk Robert Morgan re ported today. The February term Is scheduled to last through Feb. 16, with the last day left open for cases not listed on the docket. Eleven divorce cases will be heard on the frlst day, followed by four more-divorce civil matters. Tbe rest of the first week will ta*■-» |, n mllh ntlr ninil Mai I tatten up wxen 44 over civu mat A CRUTCH OF MONEY TO FIGHT POLlO—Members of the Marks’ Kindergar ten in Dunn are doing their part to raise money to help fight polio. The students contributed more than S4O to the campaign and they formed a crutch with the money. Shown here surrounding their “cash crutch” are, left to right, front row, ) Billy Overman, Wayne Justesen, Betsy Ed Mundson, Catherine Westbrook, Ralph Johnson, Jr., Kenneth Strickland; second row, Brenda Whittenton, Mary Lemuel Blalock, Larry Neighbors, Ann Adair, Jimmy Burton, Harriet Thomas, Becky • Holmes, A1 Woodall; third row, Jay Snipes, Herbie Ruark, David Blackman, Sylvia Ann Strickland; back row. Ebbie Hoges, Lewis Godwin, Jr., Kay Waggoner, Elaine Purdie, Donna Gammon, Susan Warren,Ginny Anderson, Rosa Gail Webb, Bert ■ Cameron, and Ronnie Neighbors. Not in the picture but also doing their part were: . Barbara Kimmel, Tony Prince, Mickey Rouse, David Lee, Billy Wellons, Robert Jer nigan and Deedie Burrage. Daily Record Photo by Mrs. George Marks.) Record Subscription Drive Is Under Way T 951 Packard, Bonuses, Cash Prizes Offered To j Winners In Big Contest " at J Bill and Doris Gupion | Contest Editors “Opportunity waits lor no one” . . . “He who hesitates is lost” . . . just two of many well-known phra ses which couM be very easily ap plied to the lack of definite decision on the part of'many citizens of this area who this past week have had one of the biggest opportunities of a lifetime presented to them, and as yet have not taken the necessary steps to capitalize on this good for tune! If an opportunity were to present itself whereby your sparetirfie ac tivity could be transformed into a worthwhile effort which would pro vide easy earnings of SSO to SIOO per week and, if properly applied, have a maximum earning capacity of $2611.25 in a short period of but seven and one half weeks, would (Continued On Page Two) Anri R nit Its fined $25 and costs for careless and reckless driving. Speeding 70 miles an "hour and driving without a license cost Sam Hallman .of Broad way, Rt. I, $5 and costs. Similar finds were assessed against Joe Lipscomb of Angler and Leon Un derwood of Sanford, both arrested for speeding. A case of mutual assault was continued until Jan. -30 while the sheriff hunted for one of the prin cipals. Lloyd Taylor, accused of being drunk and disorderly and assaulting Eugene Stewart, failed to show up for trial. Judge Taylor ordered a slezure order put on him. Stewart, accused by Taylor of assaulting him with a bottle, ap (Ccotlnned on Page Eight) ters brought before the court In Lillington. Some 14 suits are slated the second week of the term. Tbe following divorce suits will be heard when court opens 12 days henoe: Roy Lee Morrison versus Davis L. MOrrison; James Harvey Smith versus Slakie Jones Smith; Shirley Matthews Griffin, by next friend, versus George Griffin; Clayton B. Johnson versus Florine Lee John son; Alloe smith versus Henry FIVE CENTS PER COPY Ask Vote On City Manager Government Petitions calling on Dunn’s city board of commissioners to request Harnett’s representatives in the General Assembly to introduce a bill giving Dunn a vote on the city manager form of government were being circulated here today. The petitions are being circulated by opponents of the city manager form of government to force anoth er vote on the controversial issue. They were drawn yesterday by Attorney Everett L. Doflrmyre, who said he did so at the request of “a large group of citizens.” He said he was acting in. the capacity of an attorney and was not at lib erty to disclose names of the parties he represented at. this tim. "Although I’m sure they have no (Continued On Page Two) TheAe Xittle “Thing* By HOOVER ADAMS SONNY TILGHMAN HAS EXTRAORDINARY JOB Sonny Tilghman, looking just as handsome and stL'l bubbling over with personality and enthusiasm, popped into town last weekend for a visit with his brother, Myres, anti other friends and relatives here. Sonny is always a sight for sore eyes. He’s the sort of fellow every body loves to be around. And he was “just made” for the job he holds now in the public relations depart ment of the Seaboard Railroad. We should have said “position” Instead of job, because Sonny has a big job and he's now paying in come tax in the higher brackets. “I just love my Job,” declared Sonny, when he dropped by The Record office for a visit and a talk about the old days when we used to hang around The Daily Bulletin office.. He has just*come from St. Peters burg, Florida, where he looked after a big, beautiful float entered by the railroad. This week, he’s up in PleasantviUe, New York selling Tlie Readers’ Digest a story of inter est along the Seaboard route. We congratulated Sonny on his new Job, and we also congratulate Plant More COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. itntmnn , USAF Reopens Enlistments The recent freeze on Air Force en listments will be lifted Feb. 1, according to Sgt. Winfield Pickett recruiting sergeant for the army and Air Force in Dunn. At that time, Sgt; PlekSfir WW today, men without previous mili tary service will again be eligible for enlistment, but the number to be accepted dialy from the local re-' cruiting station will be low. The freeze did not affect the enlistment of men with previous military service and aviation cadets, nor to the enlistment of women. The reason for sharply reducing the number of men who can be ac cepted daily was the overcrowded conditions at the training centers. Since Christmas, recruiting stations all over the country have been swamped with applicants for enlist (Continued On Page Two) Surgeon Will Speak On Atomic Effects Members of the Harnett County Medical Society will hear a lecture on the physiological effects of the atomic bomb at Its next meeting, to be held In the Dunn Armory Wednesday evening. Major Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., division surgeon for the 82nd Air borne Division, stationed at Fort Bragg, will be guest speaker. The medical officer Is a specialist In the study of atomic effects, having graduated from the Atomic Energy Course at the Army Medical Center In Washington, D. C. The meeting will be In the nature of a follow-up of the last meeting of the society, when members heard Dr. Walton Kitchin of Clinton out line a .program of action which wUI be put into use if atomic bomb ing should come to Harnett County. BULLETINS ' ■' LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Jan. 24—(UP)—The 12-patfc» Arab-Asian bloc planned a new appeal to Commmg| China today, calling for a seven-power conference to settto terms for a cease-fire in Korea. Informed sources said the Arab-Asian bloc, led by would ask the United Nation’s Political Committee for priority on a vote on their resolution, thus delaying again | American plans to brand Peking an aggngssor. LONDON, Jan. 24—(UP)—Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin has devoloped pneumonia on one lung, ibwat ||H nounced today. «, Nd, 26 Red Divisions Probe Behind Allied Lines Thunderjets Pounce On Red Fighters; Count One As Probably Destroyed TOKYO, Jan. 24 (UP)— United Nations forces swept across the Korean no-man’s land today into Wonju, Yongwol and an unidenti fied town south of SeouL; Air strikes knocked out enemy opposition at Yongwol and the town south of Seoul. There was no report of any enemy resistance to the reinforced United Nations battalion' which re-occupied Wonju and ite airstrip. Farther cast, troops from two more North Korean divisions began slipping through Bth Army lines in snow-covered Sobaek Mountains. With their arrival, elements of at least six Red divisions were re ported operating as far as 60 miles behind the front in groups of up to 2,500 each. Two Allied patrol* have disappeared in the rugged terrain in recent days while hunt ing down the infiltrators. MAKE SUPPLY DROP Thirty-four “Flying Boxcars” parachuted 156 tons of vital war supplies today to isolated UN troops in the East-Central Mountains, where supply roads are threatened by snow slides and enemy patrols. UN troops broke up what might have been a Communist attempt to land behind their lines on the west coast. They destroyed 13 out of “numerous” small boats in the An san River estuary near Pyongtaek, 37 miles south of Seoul. Far to the north, U. S. Thunder 3, probably destroyed a Russian lt MIG-15 jet and damaged two others in the second mass dogfight ,« (Continued On Page Two) Dies In Erwin Maurice Steinberg, well known Erwin merchant and head of Steinberg and Co., died at noon today in Good Hope HospitaL He was 46. 1 The body will be taken to Charleston, S. C., where funeral rites and burial will take place. Arrange ments were incomplete as the Record went to press today. STATE DIRECTORS INVWED At the meeting, the management of the two hospitals In the county, as well as civilian defense officials of the county, will be gues(& of the society. E. Z. Jones, director of the state civil defense setup, has been Invited to attend. ~, Arranged by Dr. O. L. Hooper, Dunn dentist, the program Is scheduled for 7 p.m. The guest speaker Is a graduate of the College of Medicine of the University of Tennessee. Hp en tered the army In 1943 arid served with Genera! Hodges’ First Army, later moving to the Pacific, where he moved into the areas which felt the first atomic bothbing the world has witnessed. ”’“.'**’l Separated from the army .in 1949, (Continued On Page Two)
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