V '• • ? - *-«•«•••- • a Weather FAIR AND MILD TODAY AND TONIGHT. ' VOLUME I. UNIDENTIFIED PLANES SEEN NEAR FORMOSA *Reds Flee In Human Stream Before Allied " Kille r" Offensive Large Crowd Attends First Services At Methodist Church I A large crowd was on' hand last night at the Divine St. Methodist Church in Dunn to hear Dr. J. Rufus Moseley, noted spiritual leader, open a series of evangelis tic services which will continue through Sunday, March 3. Dr. Moseley will fill the pulpit again tonight and at both services Sunday. DR POWELL WILL CONTINUE a Next week. Dr. Howard P. Pow ell, pastor of the Edenton St. Methodist Church in Raleigh, will continue the series of services. The Rev. Joyce V. Early, pastor of the church pointed out today that services will be held at 10 o'clock each morning and at 7:30 each evening, except Saturdays. Dr. Moseley, now past 80 but still a powerful speaker, delivered an outstanding message at the opening of the evangelistic campaign last • night. PLEASED WITH CROWD Early said he was highly pleased with the large crowd present for the opening and with the unusual amount of interest and enthusiasm being shown in the meeting. Dr. Moseley is a layman with a cJßrful background of service. He IS inter-denominational and is in great demand as a speaker in all sections of the country. ( Special music wil be presented at each service. Following is a list of the sub jects which Dr. Powell will discuss next week: Monday night—“ Family Secrets.” Tuesday morning—“ Love Is Very Patient.” Tuesday night “The Sin of “Taking ft Easy’ ”. Wednesday morning—“ Love Can - t. OSLO, Norway, Feb. 23—(IP!—U. S. Supreme Court Court justice Robert H. Jackson and Robert M. Hutchins, former president of the University of Chicago, were among 35 persons and organizations nominated today I ter the 1951 Nobel Peace Prize. GANDER, Nfld., Feb. 23— HP! —Britain’s super-secret Canberra jet bomber left at 9:57 (EST) today for Wash ington, where it is to undergo exhaustive tests by the United States Air Force. Flight Lieutenant Arthur GaUard, the pilot, estimated he would reach Washington in two hours and 45 minutes. & ‘ FAIRMONT, W. Va., Feb. 23 Defiant coal miners, protesting new mine safety legislation, remained away from work today and industry observers doubted they would return to the pits before Monday. Erwin Marine Is Promoted PFC DAVID NEW . PARRIS ISLAND, S. C.. Feb. 23 —Marine PFC David A. New, 30, eon of Ur. and Mrs. R. M. New, 201 N. 10th St, Erwin, was pro moted to his present rank when he graduated recently from boot TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 • 3119 ' am Hi HP' jm Jjfil , flag A i DR. H. P. POWELL Overlook Faults.” Wednesday night— “Gbd’s Pro digal Church.” Thursday morning—“Love Is Not Touchy.” Thursday night— “Using Good Sense.” Friday morning— “Love ‘Seeing It Through’ ”. Friday night— “God's Personal Interest In The Individual.” The morning messages will be based od l Corinthinas 13. Here's Data On Best Way To Annex Record Contest By BILL A DORIS GUPTON Contest Editors Tension in the Lillingtoa, Ben son, Erwin and Dunn area mounts with each passing hour as con testants in the Record’s big “Every body Wins” prize subscription— HERE’S HOW TO DO EC During the “second period” of the contest now in effect, but fast drawing to a close sub scriptions still coant plenty 810 In votes. For example, three 24 months subscriptions, by mail, at special .low rates in effect daring the contest, counting the 80,000 extra votes issued on each 330.00 “dab'’ now means 110,000 votes. Just a mere 10 such “dabs’* adds np to exactly 1,100,000 votes, and who can’t scare ap that many sub scriptions to win prizes worth thousands of dollars? IT CAN BE DONE TRY IT AND SEE! drive come closer to {Vises amount ing to an aggregate total of 38,000. A queen once offered all her earthly poamedooa for soipcthing owned by the poorest subject in Mr* t She Bailu llcrord Assembly Has Single Street Bill Remaining RALEIGH, Feb. 23—(18- Only one bill designed to make the State build city streets remained in the leg islative field today, and it was Sen. Junius K. Powell’s measure to do the job with out a tax increase. The House Finance Committee killed off a street-construction measure that would have increas ed the gasoline tax seven-tenths of a cent per gallon by a vote of 38-11 yesterday. They then beat down delaying attempts to ap prove Powell’s bill by a voice vote. WANT GRUDGE BILL The action followed a hearing at which opponents of the Powell bill spoke for one hour, warding that it’s diversion of $5,000,000 from the primary highway fund would endanger the primary high way system. Spokesmen for the governor’s Muncipal Roads com mission, the State Farm Bureau, the State Grange and mayors of several small towns urged instead passage of the tax-increase measure proposed by Rep. Lamar Gudger. Key speaker for the Powell bill was Mayor Dan K. Edwards of Durham, chairman of the Legis lative Committee of the North Carolina League of Municipalities, who said he represented 124 towns favoring the Power bill. “Cities pay one third of the taxes which go Into the highwway fund but get back only about four per cent,” he said. “If more money is needed for primary roa State New ; Briefs PICK UP SUSPECT JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Fe . 23. —(lS—Jacksonville detectives have been informed that a 21-ye r-old Negro man arrested here foi vag rancy is Robert Smith, an e :apee from a North Carolina prisoi FIRE KILLS MARINI CAMP LEJEUNK, Feb. 2! -flh- Officjals; .of the Camp 1 Jeune Marine Base disclosed toda; that an early morning fire ye: erdav took the life of Cpl. James c Glass of Lynchburg, Va. / Officers said, fire broke < it in the Marine base trailer earn and destroyed the trailer hor uin which Glass was steeping. ; • A board of Investigation ws con vened to investigate. y DUNN SOLDIER IS WAR CASUAL* _ I Private Willie R. Wade, a, es Damn, Rt. 4, has 'Men MUM in action in Korea, the familj was notified today. - I^] WWW MjM If— GM Private Wntte President Eugene Smith of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce, in calling on all local business firms today to give their full personal - and financial support to the cham t ber program, declared that he be i lieved that if a few hundred dol lars were made available to the Chamber for an industrializing es -1 fort that a new Industry couM be L brought to town within six months. I Sißff.mil thMe-seeking to. .get Vin i dustfrto Dun*, pointed out &mtK? the Chamber of Commerce ap pears to be the most-capable and beet-qualified agency to, do the job. ..Si’ REQUIRES PLANNING “Some petlple are frequently pointing out that other towns get industries and they ask why, Dunn can’t ;,do the same,” pointed out President Smith. “Cutting industry for a town 1s something that re quires., inwe planning more background Fork than the general public realizes.” He quoted Julian Lines, ’ general } industrial agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad in' New York, as saying that “A community must, get out and work for. its industry and not just sit back and wait for' industry to come.” Smith said Chamber Manager Joe McCullers had told him that if the chamber's budget was suf ficien to carry out the program confronting a wide-awake organi zation that It could not only spend money to get industry, but could more efficiently carry out dozens of other projects which also mean much to the community. CITES RECORD The chamber, for Instance, cited President Smith, was solely repon ible for heading the movement to get a . tobacco market for Dunn. Local chamber leaders spent their personal funds in making trips to Washington, Richmond, New York and other places in behalf iff pro curing the market. “Today,” reminded Smith, “our tobacco market brings to Dunn and surrounding communities over four Continued On Page Three) Red Cross Fund Drive Starts March Ist With Kick-Qff Meet OEORGK BLALOCK ? ■ » Vf : v r r ■ GOP Trips On Troop Question WASHINGTON, Feb. 23—(IP) 1 Democrats chortled happily today | as Republican leaders started giv -1 ing their conflicting and contra dictory views on the troops-for ’ Europe controversy. The foreign policy debate may have, a strong bearing on who will s carrY the GOP colors in the 1952 prerifientlal campaign. Fimt Republican scheduled-to be * Duura on how much aid and how many U. S. troops should be sent to Europe was Harold E. Stassen. president of the University of Pennsylvania and twice a candid ate for the GOP presidential nom ination. FOLLOW STASSEN He will be followed by State De partment Adviser John Sterman (Continued On Page Three) Heavy Docket Disposed Os Harnett Judge Floyd H. Taylor and County Solicitor Neill McK. Ross had a busy day Tuesday. In contrast with only one case tried the week before, they disposed of 46 cases in an all-day session. William Makepeace, operate an automobile while under the in fluence of intoxicants; nol pro ceed. J. C. Cummings, no operator’s license, defendant deceased, ac tion abatted. Jack A. Tutar, no operator’s license; pay costs. Leslie Rand Bailey, no opera tor’s license; pay costs. Eva Jackson, abandonment of children and drunk and disor derly; not guilty. Paul H. Phelps, speeding, not guilty. Clarence McGregory, breaking (Continued On Page Four) I Three speakers will be featured I March 1 when the 1951 Red Cross I fund drive gets off to fast start I with a kick-off meeting at the I Dunn Theatre, Drive Chairman | Henry Sandlin announced today I Speaking at the 10 a. m. meet | ing will be the Rev. R. R. Gam- I mon, George F. Blalock and T. | Brown Williams.' j ANNOUNCE COMMITTEES I Both Chairman Sandlin of | Dunn and W. K. Bruton of Erwin, I chairman of the Erwin fund II group, announced committee al ii ignments today. The following | persons will head divisions solici || ting funds during the Red Cross Dunn: Advan« gifts, E. H. fe£ok H - M ‘ *** ** J.^Wti. ■ Plant Mare COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Residents Run To Shelters In Near Panic TAIPEI, Formosa, Feb. 23 (IP)—Three to six planes be lieved from Red China ap proached from the north west today and sent Taipei residents scurrying to air raid shelters and the open country in near panic. REPORT NATIONALIST FLIGHTS (Hong Kong reports said Chinese Nationalist planes have resumed reconaissance flights over Red-held Hainan Island, where Soviet en gineers were reported building a naval base, and the Communist mainland coast). v However, air defense headquart ers reported the planes turned away while still 100 miles from this American-protected Chinese Na tionalist island and Nationalist fighters were unable to intercept them. Formosa’s first air alert sinee World War II was sounded in Taipei, the capital, and the naval base .town of Keelung a few miles to the east at 10:30 a.m '.(9:30 p. m. EST). The all-clear followed an hour later. Although Taipei had taken a alert calmly yesterday, its inhabitants stampeded to places of safety when the alarm sounded to day. All traffic stopped and elec tric power was cut. Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, whose U. S. 7th Fleet is under or ders from President TruffMm to prevent a Communist attack on Formosa, arrived in gafcgk a.Jtolf hdur after the all-clear w&'sonna ed. BULLETIN Pass Amendment RALEIGH, Feb. 23 —North Carolina today became tke 34th state to ratify a proposed amendment to the United -Stat es Constitution limiting the president to two terms, leaving only two ratifications needed to make the amendment ef fective. Senator J. Robert Young of Harnett voted for the bill, while Representative Carson Gregory voted against it. Church Films To Be Shown Two outstanding religious mov ies will be presented Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock at the Gospel Tab ernacle in Dunn, it was announced this morning by the Rev. J, Luth er Dayis, pastor. The films will be shown by Billy Wellons, prominent Dunn business, civic apd religious leader. Wellons has shown these movies in several places and recently show ed them at Fort Bragg. At every Continued On Page Three) M ' REV. B. R. GAMMON >*■ •*!* V*/>. M"- no; 57 ' UN Spearheads Move On Key Highway City TOKYO, Feb. 23 (IP) United Nations forces ram med seven miles deeper in to Communist territory in east - central Korea today and reported the Commun ists were fleeing in a" hu man stream from their new “killer” offensive. Spearheading American troops seized Pyongchang on the eastern end of the flaming Korean front and rolled on four miles beyond without opposition. THREATEN HOENGSONG Twenty-five miles to the west another American division smash ed four miles forward and oc cupied hills overlooking the big road hub of Hoengsong, key to the central front highway net work. In its four-mile drive the Ho engsong column captured hill 188, key to the Communist defense line, and swept forward so fast the Americans were able to take over half-finished Communist fox holes on the banks of the frozen Ammul River south of the town. U. S. tanks rolled up the hills overlooking Hoengsong and began pouring point-blank gunfire into the smoking city. Dive bombers wheeled in to join the destruction with tons of bombs. An estimated 10,000 Chinese Communist troops protecting Ho engsong fled under the massive power of the United Nations troops {prayed against them. They offered no resistance after lbsing Hill 166 early in the day. African commanders ordered their troop 6 to dig In for the night on the hills overlooking the city. In Korean warfare, a city is considered a death trap during the night. The frontal assault on Hoeng song was accopipained by a sec (Continued On Page Seven) ( (hound Capitol SquWiS - By LYNN NISBET , RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT FIGHTING—The 500 offlßlgk of cities and towns who leamjp to Raleigh Thursday wore their battle armor. They left home in fighting mood and this spirit was fanned at what amounted to a pep. rally held at the hotel preparatory* to a public hearing in the aft&UMitr on pending bills to extend state aid tb municipal streets. The morning oc casion was a specially called mem bership meeting of the North Caro lina League of Municipalities, and it was attended by representatives of cities and towns rangifte in size from less than 1,000 popiQation to more than 100,000. They bad come ostensibly to discuss the “legislat ive program”. Actually they had come to sponsor enactment Os Sen ate Bill 120, commonly” known as the “Powell BUI," although Rotate signatures of 38 other senators. \ » OBJECTIVE—The primary ob jective was and is to get a tenpi share of state gasoline tax gaoney allocated for public roads Inside corporate limits of cities and towns. It developed early in the session that the municipal group ed that developments to date had placed them in position Qf taking tiie Powell Bill or nothing. Ref* erence was made to the “Royster bill” offered by Rep. Lamar Oud representatives. Both house bills call for additional gasoline taxes, subject to vote of the people. The Royster bill has been given an un. favorable report by a committee liy tax Mil WHhato * M the J certain dcftot^gS