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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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IT CAN BE DONE TRY IT
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A queen once offered all her
earthly poamedooa for soipcthing
owned by the poorest subject in Mr*
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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<Js, then put on tokos
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Hoey Asks Unity
On Home Front
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 23.—(W—Sen.
Clyde Hoey, called yesterday for a
unified home front to deal'with
problems confronting the nation
In this “hour of supreme concern
for our people ’
Hoey told 500 delegates to the
44th annual convention of the
North Carolina Assaaiation of
Cleaners and Launderers meeting
here that “we cannot solve the
problems before us by critizing
them.”
He added however, that he had
no desire to cut off criticism, “but
I would insist that It be construc
tive.”
Hoey pointed out that America
took the lead in the light against
Communism at the end of World
War n, and “we must stand ready
to perform the duties of leader
ship.”
prise in the now famous Record
subscription contest.
A MOMENT OF TIME
It is a little thing, but it has
changed the tide of battles, toppled
kingdoms, altered history.
Queen Elizabeth didn’t realize
the value of it either, until she was
about ta be deprived of it forever.
Then, her last words were “All my
possessions for g moment of time.”
A moment of time!
In exactly 19 more working days,
many contestants, like Queen Eli
zabeth will beg for another mo
ment of time. They will have
realized, after it is all over, that
every moment of time in these fin
al days of the contest could have
been utilized to increase their
standing when the race is finished.
The winner wil be the person whp.
used these remaining days' to the
greatest advantage.
The race is close. The final out
come will be a real test of last
minute effort. Go after those sub
scriptions; tap every source you
can think of while a two-year
subscription still brings you 20,-
000 votes. In a close race, the little
things count ...a few moments
Fasted, or the difference in ,a few
thousand vetch can be a deciding
Remember, la the final ported
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DUNN, FRIDAY; FEBRUARY 23, 1951
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DUNN PASTOR AND EVANGELIST—The Rev. Joyce Early left, pastor of Divine Street Methodist
Chnrch in Dunn, Is shown here this morning with Dr. J. Rufus Moseley, noted spiritual leador, who
opened a series of evangelistic services at the local church last night. Dr. Moseley wil preach again
tonight and at both services on Sunday. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.)
CofC Head Asks Businesses
To Support Local Chamber
Police Report
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Two Wrecks
Soijhe damage in two accidents
in sjhd, near Dunn was reported,
Friday MftPTWV jtbe
partment and the state Highway
Patrol!
Sgt. C. F. Wood of the Pofiee
Department said that a 1940 Olm
mobile operated by Mrs. Efda
Bledsoe of Dunn, Rt. 3, rammed
Into the rear of a truck stopped
In a line of traffic on N. Ellis fcve.
about 8 a. m. Friday.
DAMAGE IS 8100
Damage to the front of the
Bledsoe car amounted to about
SIOO, Wood said. He added that
Mrs. Bledsoe apparently did not
see the 1951 Ford pick-up ruck
being operated by Houston ] are
loot of 411 S. Elm Ave.
Damage to the truck amei nted
to about 315, the sergeant nak
The driver of a gasoline sank
trunk fell asleep at the ) heel
early Thursday morning and poke
up to find his machine had run
into the concrete railing c 1 a
bridge over Beaver Dam Orel s in
Sampson County, according ti the
Highway Patrol.
Involved In the crack-upg on
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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*
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Private Willie R. Wade, a, es
Damn, Rt. 4, has 'Men MUM in
action in Korea, the familj was
notified today. - I^]
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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
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Red Cross Fund Drive Starts
March Ist With Kick-Qff Meet
OEORGK BLALOCK
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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