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FAIR AND COOL TODAY AMn TftwimT • • r • ‘ VOLUME L ALLIES PUSH FORWARD ON A 60-MILE FRONT •aki i -1 '' v Alaska Would T} . I All IM AITII\_ WASHINGTON. Feb. 22.—(W The Senate Preporedner., Subcom mittee repeated today it would be impoHlble to hold all of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in case ol war with Russia. The subcommittee credited the armed forces, however, with carry ing out a “realistic plan” for Al askan defense and said there would be "No Pearl Harbor’’ in the territory if the present state of alertnes is maintained. “The greatest single obstacle in preparing a proper defense for Alaska," the report warned, “has been the lack of adequate housing and facilities to meet the military requirements. “This is not limited to shelter for personnel,” the committee said. "It covers power and heating plants, storage facilities, hospitals hangers, runways roads, trans portation facilities and all the ne cessary requirements of a balanced defense program.” HOUSING IS “SHOCKING’' The report said housing for de pendents in the Alaskan theater is shocking. "There appears to be no justifi cation,” it said, “for the federal government not realizing its obli gation to the families of military personnel permanently assigned to Alaska ang supplying adequate shelter lor them. This applies also to civilian employees who are liv ing in the area.” The 120-page report drafted by its three-man Alaskan task force headed by Sen. Lester C. Hunt, D. t Wyo., said “it is believed that the military in Alaska, within the limit of forces made available te them, is embarked upon a realis tic plan for the defense of the territory, - “It is believed,” the report said, ! (Continued m Page 2) , r„"T«T.J„m l .,..a«u. .msr4j Cbwund Capitol ; Sqimte By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT SPEED-UP—The resolution in troduced Wednesday by Rep. James Pittman, one of the youngest mem bers of the assembly, calling for speed-up of legislative processes to the end that the 1961 session aright adjourn within 90 days came too late, according to several House Igadsm. The youthful member from Richmond County called upon the House and Senate to join him in ( urging closer attention to business, , Ras time wasted on non-essentials, ! and generally a more serious , recognition of responsibility. Some . •f the old-timers didn’t much like the idea of being “lectured” by a freshman, and when the speaker hesitated a moment before assign- ’ ing the measure to the committee * bn propositions and grievances one 1 Veteran of many sessions called out “Send it to drainage.” , i SLOW-DOWN The Pittman i resolution came the day after an- | other resolution or “round robin” had been introduced bearing 77 signatures pledging signers to stick out for the public school ap propriations requested by the state (Coaftraed en Page 7) Will Improve City's Pool A number of major improve ments are scheduled' far take place , at Dunn's Memorial swimming Pool before ■ the red - cfcntor opens this summer. Manager Joe Me* Cullers of the Duna Chamber es Commerce said toddy. Three (bring beards which, ar rived too late to be installed last summer will be erected within the next few weeks and two apM «f the walkway around tM peel are to be paved. In adattten, the entire, atea is to te landscaped. McCuUers sate the diviug beards are in three different slabs in eider to arwmmednte different “two’sJlKE TOO HE PAVER Only twe sides of te* peel are to be paved at present, the aerth side and tb<’ weet side. The east 1 (Cantina** On raaa Seven) TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 2119 HW;-- m - t K . v ' ’Wm’ ■ . rUk f ri <l JW jR mi- ■ IS 1 it, %. , *., : . j *■4*4s GODWIN INVENTOR David Marshall Williams of Godwin (above) (bands In the doorway of the abandoned blacksmith shop on Caledonia PvUon Farm where tele principles of the carbine of World War II fame were invented. Read the life story of WiU lams, a one-time convict sent up for murder who later won freedom through Ms gun inventions, In The Daily Record tomorrow. (msta Nr B. Pay Ridenour) Marshal! Williams Reports ledL m..i. ■ > Many a soldier, can testify today that war would be a much nastier task if an unknown convict in an obscure prison camp hadn’t invent ed one of the most deadly and efficient guns ever to reach a batlefront. That gun was the famed U.S Army carbine, known and loved by millions of OX’s—and held in high respect by men who had to face it. The inventor was Mar shall Dlvad Wiliams of Godwin, who dreamed up the principles of the remarkable firearm on Cale Report Says Atomic Power Plane Is Being Developed OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Feb. 22 (W—The newspaper Oak Ridger says progress has been made on an atomic-powered airplane under de velopment at the nuclear energy laboratories here. The newspaper, which is private ly-owned, said the first phase of the project has been completed but that all details of the work are highly secret. The report work had reached the stage where Fairchild Engine and Aircraft Corp. would withdraw from the project and General Elec tric Co. Would take over. “NO COMMENT” Fairchild, working under an Bill Hinton Holds Second Period Lead By BUI and Doris Gupton Contest Editors Bugging forward at the rate of “thousands of votes a clip,” con testants in. The Record’s now-fa mous “Everybody Wins” prize sub scription contest are bending every effort to amass the winning votes while the second period of the drive, which ends Saturday, March 10, is in effect By casting thousands of votes for this cdhnfa popular Bill Hin ton steps up front skid takes his place at the head of-the list for first honors and the attendant a wanj, that beautiful hew 1961' Packard “200” fete-dear sedan worth' that Mae* which she occupied In the last resort released far nub- HnAsi,,. nninies If rm Hmskwteto iieiuoD—comes ***** vvOiYV onu dan, tkat hard-hitting lady whose Sl** j9aihj Berord donia Prison Farm and turned out the first crude model in the prison blacksinlth shop. Williams will tell his story him self, with the help of Author B. Fay # Rldenhour, in tomorrow’s issue of the Daily Record. Dortt misS this engrossing tale of a man’s rise from the degradation of prison to the fame due a first-class in ventor. The story will be complete, with illustrations, In Thursday's Daily Record. Air Force contract, has been try ing for the past five years to find ways of using atomic energy for airplane propulsion. However no official comment on the Oak Rid ger’s report was available. Few details have been reported previously. A major obstacle was finding ways to protect an atomic aircraft pilot from the rays of the engine. The Oak Ridger said General Electric’s gas turbine division would take over the next phase of the project—that of power plant work. “GJS. soon will pick up where Fairchild is leaving off, and most (Ontinned on Page Eight) legions of friends are boosting for her and responding with subscrip- i tions in a manner that is most : gratifying. > Also casting thousands of votes : to per credit for this count,’ Mrs. David Clifford, a favorite of many, is right on the heels of today’s leaders and bids fair to finish i strong. Mrs. Pauline Tart is going after new and renewal subscriptions with “hammer and tongs” and i you may expect to see her name i hoisted among the leaders when l the contest ends Saturday noon, March IT. I Likewise, Charles T. Johnson, 1 whose hosts of friends are backing him with subscriptions and votes, ’ is in there "pitching” for all hel worth—and it might be added, l making strides toward a more pro- \ ferable position in the race. i Hie next four contestants—Miss Mamie Butler, Mrs. Neß Stewart i ; (Continued On Page Fter) DUNN, +MCB»AY, FEBRUARY 22, 1951 LessJative - Hearing Opens Onlfreel Bill I RALEIGH, Feb. 22—M—fr public hearing was sche-i diried today on the bill to divert primary highway funds to State construction of city streets. The hearing was called for thli afternoon by the House Finance. Committee on the measure de nounced by Gov. Kerr Scott as "in*- advised” and protested by tttfe; State Highway Commission be cause it would take about *4,500,066 a year away from primary roads. ; The committee has killed one street construction bill which wotiM, have been financed by a gasoline' tax increase and has not yet con*; l sidered another similar measure. ~ NO TAX CUT Hope was dead today for xnJ across the board tax cut easing the ] burden on North Carolinians. The House Finance Committee yester day voted unanimously to give an unfavorable report to the bill in troduced by Rep. Joe King of For syth, who predicted revenues would be enough bigger than officials estimates to offset the tax cut. The president and chancellors of the University of North Carolina appeared before the Joint Appro priations Committee yesterday ask ing addition of more than $1,842,000 to their recommended spending. The request brought total re quested additions to the proposed budget to nearly $79,000,000. t President Gordon Gray told the committee “I have some misgiv ings . . . not that we’re asking too much but too little. ENROLLMENT MAY DROP “We anticipate at the University at Chapel HU and at State Col lege a 25 per cent decrease in en rollment,” because of military man power needs, he said. University Controller W. D. Car michael, Jr., said that the drop wmild cut receipts at State $636,M0 'Mmtlonal funds requested, he sate, (Continued Ob Page Four) Smokes In Bed, Lands In Court Charlie Hester went to bed and woke up to find a All far $75 damages and a warrant wait»ag for him when he woke up. The Duplin, Ga„ man wound up in Recorder’s Court 2his morn ing after he set a bed afire in a local tourist home. He was book ed for damage to property and illegal posession of whiskey. Judge H. Paul Strickland gave Hester a 30-day road sentence, but suspended it on pirsaant of $lO fine and costs and the bUI for damage to the bed. Two brothers who settled a famUy squabble with fists and a limb, too. Martin McNeUl was told to pay a $5 doctors bUI incurred when he i hit his brother in the head with a stick during a bout with him. Both Martin and Floyd McNeUl were taxed costs of court. In other cases, Fj-ank Ballard, (Continued On Page Seven) Benson Gets New Fire Truck The Benson Fire Department got a five-alarm thriU Wednesday af ternoon when SIO,OOO worth of spanking new fire engine, glinting with brass and chrome . and brilliant red paint, rolled into town. The new water Wagon wes de livered by W. M. Sandlfer of Col umbia, S. C„ representative of the Howe Fire Apparatus Co. of And erson, Ind., makers of the new machine. Benson’s firemen agreed with him when Sandlfer said: “With the addition of this apparatus to the Benson Fire Department, along with a very modem new' fire sta tion, the town is *way ahead of most towns in fire protection. ’’ HELPS INSURANCE HATES He added that tee increased safety factor brought by the fire engine “win give tee town very favoffltbte iiußirtnty rates." It got a favorable welcome, too, from Fire Chief H. O. Dixon and his smoke-eaters. Sandlfer Ist loose with statistics which showed that the engine, a Howe Triple Combination, can hose 600 gallon* of water a minute under 600 pounds of pressure per square inch. The machine packs a three-stage 80h- gallon-per-minite centrifugal (CstfaH iQn thga Six) 1118H8H88H8 OFF FOR ENGLAND—EngIand will be home for a while for the Dunn residents shown in this pic- Hee. For one of them, Mrs. Ethel Denning (fourth from left), it will be a homecoming trip—her first to five years. Mrs. Denning and her husband Delphus (left), with their two boys, will settle for two years in Circencester, where Mrs. Denning’s parents live. They will sail on the Bueen Mary Saturday, frhile Mrs. Edith Ann Johnson (right) will leave March 4 on the S. S. Meteor to join her Air Force hus band in Liverpool. (Record Staff Photo by T. M. Stewart England Will Be Home To Dnnn Oeean Voyagers; Dunn Soldier I $ Wounded A Dunn family which has turn ed out five soldiers for two wars Id been notified that one of the fit: s has been wounded in the ,ean fighting. . . v SwSS?2S Myrtle Ivey- oK rs. liigtou 'AVe. received * - teto gram today telling them that Pfc. ’ Dixie R. Thornton, Ivey’s step son, was injured in battle. The telegram, signed by Maj.- Gen. Edwqfd F. Witsell, adjuant general of . the Army, said that “the • Secretory of. the Army has asked me to -express his deep re gret that your (■'son. • • was slightly iContinued on Page 7) Dr. West To Conduct Easter Rites Here Dr. Fred West, profesor of re ligion at Atlantic Christian College In Wilson and newly-elected pas tor of HiUyer Memorial Christian Church in Raleigh, will conduct Dunn’s city-wide pre-Easter ser vices March 18-23. Dr. George Cuthrell, president of the ministerial association which sponsors the union services each year the. week before Easter, said today that Dr. West has confirmed his aceptance of the invitation. The ministerial head said he felt the town was very fortunate in securing Dr. West as the speaker this year. SERVICES TWICE DAILY This year, the pre-Easter ser vices will be held in.the newly-re decorated Divine St Methodist Church. (There wii be - a service 'l •> ' England sent iss people t o America three centuries ago to settle the land and populate the colonies. So now England will get back some interest on its invest ment in the form of five Dunn res idents and one from Benson, who are going there to settle down for a while. The land of the midday fog will be home for two years for Delphus Lee Dennis of 407 E. Divine St. family. His wife, Mrs. Ethel Dennis will be going back home, ftuUHlv. when.Xhr..four Oentehgfcs-, toptoding seme Ctoo Edward, 2, and Richard Lee, four - and-a-half settle down in Circencester with Mrs. Dennis’s parents. .Two Army wives—Mrs. Edith Ann Johnson of (Dunn, Rt. 3, and Mrs. Robert L. Stephenson of Ben son, secretary to Chamber of Com merce Manger Joe McCullers—will sail for England next month to ■ «• (Continued on Page 7) « ■■ '■ ' ■ ! each evening and also at 10 o’clock each morning. Special music will be presented at each of these services. A graduate of Lynchburg College with an A. B. degree and holding the B. D. and Ph. D( degrees from Yale University, Dr. West is widely known as an author, preacher and teacher. Prior to coming to At lantic Christian College, he serv ed as head of the Department of Religion in Wabash College and at Texas Christian University. Dr. West is in popular demand as a lecturer and Is scheduled for a number of appearances at Im portant religious events during coming months. He is the author as various books and articles. The book, “Alexand (Contlnued On Page Four) Says Influence Charge Baseless WASHINGTON, Feb. 22—(W RFC Director William E. Willett testified today that he never con sciously yielded to improper influ ence in making government loans. 1 •In tjjztjpMUPy betottj a Senate ‘RK’7 K wii^R s dens^h^^^flto influenced by White House Aide Donald 8. Dawson or fi. Merl Young, rags-to - riches expediter and husband of a White House stenographer. He told the subcommittee its charges that he yielded to im proper influence “will be found baseless . . . when the facts are known.” DOES NOT RECALL Willet, one of three RFC dir ectors accused of yielding to ’’in fluence and favoritism” in lending government money, said Dawson “cannot influence my decision in any manner in connection with any RFC loan.” And he said he did not “recall" that Young “ever purport ed to represent an applicant (for and RFC loan) or ever discussed with me the merits of any applica tion or ever tried to influence de cisions.” Young, a onetime SIOBO-a-jkar assistant messenger who estimated that he made $60,000 last year as an “insurance broker,” sat nearby waiting to be recalled to the stand. The 38-year-old former RFC ex aminer denied yesterday that he offered—for an SBB,OOO fee—to in fluence a $10,000,000 RFC loan to the Texamss Petroleum Co. He said he was approached by Ross Bohannon, Texmass attorney, and was astounded by his proposal. Bo hannon Jiad testified that Young took the initiative in offering to get a loan for Texmass. After their conflicting testimony, (Continued On Page Two) Plant More COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Red Casualties Since Jan. 25 Total 106,144 TOKYO, Feb. 22—(W—UN forces surged north on a 60-mile muddy front tor ihe second straight day' tbda? in a massive new offensive de signed to kilil or rout 75,000 to 100,000 Red troops in cen-: tral Korea. • Tanks and infantry ffom six nations rolled up initial gains of four to 10 miles in ankle-deep mud yesterday all the way from'Yang pyong, 27 miles east of Seoul, to Yongwol, in the East-Central Mountains. Skies cleared at mid-morning to day and Allied air fleets thunder ed out in full force for the -first time in support of the new “Kill er” offensive ordered by <Jen Doug las MacArthur during a battlefront visit two days ago. ATTACK AT DAWK American, British, Australian, New Zealand and South Korean units jumped off soon after dawn today from newly won positions in some sectors only five miles from the big Red base of Hoengsong and 4 Vi miles from Pyongchang in the East-Central Mountains. 'L‘\ Front-line officers said they be lieved U. S. forces below Hoeng song, 10 miles north of Wonju, al ready had cracked into the Chin ese Communist outpost defense line. A central front dispatch said 10,000 to 15,000 Chinese have been ordered to hold Hoengsong at all cost. Allied forces all anong the front .were expected momentarily to col lide with an estimated four Chin ese army corps totalling 60,000 to 80,000 troops and two to three 1 (Continued On Page Six) |9 s -State News Briefs .4 i GASTONIA, Feb. 22.—(18—A tiny j blonde textile worker sobbed to po lice today that her husband chain- , ed her in their smal trailer home and then went out to collect her pay. " ■*"'7'? Mrs. Mamie Moore, ™ -tptf off icers that her husband,-"■•WlverD. Moore, 35, locked an Sight-foot chain that was fastened* to the floor of the trailer with ajQye-bolt \ around her leg Tuesday She said she was to Wive re ported to work on the night shift at a local textile mill. But; she told officers, her also a textile worker chained hotflo keep her at home and went to the plant to get her pay. Moore was hailed into xourt far • assault on a female, but ills trial was delayed until Saturday to give him a chance to get an attorney ' and he was released on-SSOO bond, i Court officials that the charge against him might be stiff endd before the Saturday trial,.—^^l RALEIGH, Feb. 22—(W—The bacco committees of the NiG. State j Grange and the State Farm Bur-15 eau urged last night that 'the UTS. Department of Agriculture give da- ,4 tailed study to al factors before j (Continued On Page Five) NO. 56
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