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VOLUME I.
YANKS WIDEN BRIDGEHEAD, iFLANK SEOUL
Senate Group
Kills Young's
Whiskey Bill
RALEIOH, March 9—(W—
The last chance for legislat
ive approval of a statewide
liquor referendum appear
ed dead today and moves to
increase State revenue were
dying at a rapid rate.
The Senate committee on prop
ositions and grievances voted 8 to
2 to give unfavorable reports yes
terday to a pair of referendum
measures. Supporters of the bills
failed to muster even the three
votes necessary to file a minority
report which would have given
either measure a oetter chance of
consideration by all the senators.
A minority report would have
made it possible to get the bill
before the Senate with only a maj
ority vote instead of the two-thirds
vote necessary to pull it from the
unfavorable calendar.
The committee turned thumbs
down cm a bill introduced by Sen.
Wesley C. Watts of Lumberton as
a companion to the already-defeat
ed House referendum bill.
The other rejected was that in
troduced by Sen. J. R. Young of
Dunn calling for a vote to de
termine whether liquor stores
would be banned in all count
ies or nt up in every county.
Sen. Hugh O. Horton of Will
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Henry Ryals Dies
Friday Morning
Henry B. Ryals, 79, died at his
home .on Erwin Rt. 1 Friday morn
ing at 8; 19. He had been ill for
about*five day*. A native of John-,
ston County, tie had spent most of
«a lOT' ln Harnett County as *1
farmer. 'He served as a rural mall
carrier from Coats during 1917 and
1918. A charter member of the
Red Hid Freewill Baptist Church,
he ha£ held several offices In the
Cape Fear Freewill Baptist Con
ference.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed Saturday afternoon at 2:30
from the Red Hill Freewill Baptist
Church. Burial will be in the
church cemetery. Officiating will be
the Rev. J. D. Capps of Benson, as
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WHO WILL WIN?
THEY’RE COMING , DOWN THE STRETCH
IN THE
SUBSCRIPTION CONTEST
Contestants are listed with votes cast for publication, np to date
but totals shown below do not necessarily represent their full
strength as It is perm Usable to hold votes In reserve for final
ballot hex cwsi, If so desired.
GRAND PRIZE PACKARD
AUTOMOBILE WORTH $2694.94
These Six Contestants Are New
C "IN THE PRIZE MONEY"
Mrs. David Clifford Dunn 3,396,340
Mrs. Geo. R. Souders—-Lillington 3,275,310
Mrs. Pauline Tart—Erwin 3,210,400
80l Hinton—Dunn 2,400,850
Chas. T. Johnson—Dunn 1,302,650
Miss Mamie Butler—Dunn. 946,540
These Contestants Are Striving For A Place
"IN THE MONEY"
’Last Chance At 1951 Packard Is Coming Up For Contestant
TELEPHONES 3117 • 3118 - 3119
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HOCKFIELD’S PREPARE FOR OPENING —Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hockfield are shown here as
they were busily loading down their shelves with hosiery this morning in preparation for the opening of
their beautiful new shop Saturday morning at 9:30. Their new store is located Just around the corner
from their former location in the building formerly occupied by Pender’s. A large crowd is expected for
the opening tomorrow morning, and there’ll be free nylons for the first 50 ladies entering the store and
free hose to the first 25 men. (D>.ily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.)
Hockfields Open Up
New Hosiery Sfore
The opening of the beautiful new
and enlarged Hockfield Hosiery
Shop, owned and operated by Mr.
and Mrs. Herman Hockfield, will
take place Saturday morning at
9:30 o’clock and a large crowd Is
expected for the event.
For several %eeks, workmen have
been engaged in completely re
novating, remodeling and redec
orating ~the new home of Hock
field’s, which Is located in the
jwjjfclbW ,f3r—gfr
ttarV groeitry at 319 B. Broad Street.
The store hag boon completely
stocked with the many lines of
hosiery, lingerie. Mouses, skirts and
other merchandise featured by
Hockfield’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Hockfield, who are
now beginning their ninth year in
business here, extend to the public
a cordial invitation to attend the
opening.
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
They also took occasion today to
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(hound
tfapiiol
By LYNN NISBET
RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT
CLEARED Atmosphere abound
the General Assembly was cleared
and sine die adjournment hastened
by action of the House Appro
priations Committee in approving
the Senate street aid > bill Wednes
day. That qieans the bill is virtual
ly assured of final enactment with
only slight changes. Most of the
arguments used for and against
the measure in the fourth public
hearing held In its behalf were
repetitious. The new features con
sisted of specific open accusations
instead of indirect whispers about
pressure from administrative offi
cials and unfair tactics of highway
dbmmisslon personnel.
OPEN Chairman Henry Jor
dan of the Highway Commission
took a stronger position against
the bill, and indirectly against any
proposal for street aid, than he had
pt previous appearances. He said he
dame before the committee be
cause he felt that as a State agency
the Highway Commission had a
duty to make recommendations to
the general assembly, and he rec
ommended the Powell bill be voted
down as bad legislation. Later,
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Bill Umstead
In Erwin With
Hpuse Deeds
Former United States Senator
William B. Umstead of Durham,
who Is also regarded as a candid
ate for Governor, spent two days
in Harnett County this week.
The prominent Durham atomey
was in Erwin delivering deeds to
citizens who recentrly purchased
their homes from Erwin Mills In
corporated.
“This is purely a business trip,”
explained Mr, Umstead. “I’m not
doing any campaigning this time.”
Asked if he might be back on a
campaign trip a little later, Mr.
, Umstead beamed, with smiles and
replied: I’m always delighted at
an opportunity to visit Erwin and
the other sections -of Harnett
County. I feel fortunate in having
so many friends In every section
9 (In the 1988 Senate raee, Mr.
Umstead carried Harnett County,
receiving 2777 vote* and J, M.
Broughton, his opponent 3974
Mr. Umstead was accompanied to
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DUNN, N. C.jTRnjAY, MARCH 9, 1951
Southern Bloc
Tries To Kill
Lint Controls
WASHINGTON, March 9—(OV-
The Southern Congressional- bloc
set out to kill cotton price controls
by law today after failing to make
Price Stabilizer Michael V. Diftalle
back down on his ceiling ordek.
Practically all of the Dixie-rton
tuuaht showed up at a joint House-.
iSeSfie hearing on cotton yestferdaf,
clamoring for DiSalle’s scalp and
an end to his week-old ordq£ set
ting a basic ceiling of 45.76 gents' a
pound on raw cotton. /
DiSalle stood pat on tbe order
under three hours of blistering
questioning. The hearing broke up
with the Southerners congratual
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Votes To Drop When Second
Period Closes On Saturday
By Bill and Doris Gupton, Editors
Every aggressive participant In The Daily Record’s
big “Everybody Wins” subscription contest should heed
this .timely warning. It is now a matter of hours, yes, pre
cious hours, just a few more circuits of the hour hand, and
then too late! Time will have ebbed, the hours will have
passed, leaving only the question, “How did every serious
contender for big prizes in the. contest spend them?”
Contestants themselves will have
thd answer to that Important ques
tion. They, and only they, will know
just what the last remaining hours
In the “second period’’ of the con
test mean toward the realization
of their dreams, their amMtlons to
be the winner of the new 1951
Packard 4-Door Sedan, worth
$269494, or second grand prize of
$750 cash.
Today and tomorrow are the last
two days to amass, subscriptions
and big votes while big votes are
still allowed according to vote
schedule that terminates this Sat
urday, March 10.
If the next few hours pass with
out speedy action on your part, the
BULLETINS
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, March 9(W —Yugoslavia
charged in a 481-page white book today that Russia was
arming and mobilising the Soviet Balkan satellites for a
war aimed at overthrowing Marshal Tito’s government
LONDON, March 9—(lP)—Ailing Foreign Secretary Er
nest Bevin is expected to resign ns foreign secretary to
day—his 70th birthday. ,
Informed quarters said he win be succeeded by Her
bert Morrison, Lord President of the Council and Deader of
Commons.
RANGOON, Burma, March 9—(lß—The Burmese
High Court today ordered the immediate release of Dr.
Gordon Seagrave, American missionary sentenced to six
years in prison for treason.'
RFC Scandal
iompared To
teapot Dome
WASHINGTON, March 9
BR—Sen. Homer E. Cape
ha&rt, R., Ind., said today the
Jnoney involved in the RFC
investiga
tion makes the “Teapot
Dome” look like a contribu
tion to a Sunday School
class.”
Capehart said he was suggesting
-Chly cases of bribery such as oc
curred in the Teapot Dome oil
Scandal in the Harding administra
tion, but to the total amount of
Finance Corp. loans
'examined by Senate investigators.
Capehart said he was fearful
“that the same influence situation
exists among other government
agencies as well as the RFC.”
Capehart is ranking Republican
on the Senate subcommittee inves
tigating the RFC.
In the $200,000,000 Teapot Dome
case, former Secretary of Interior
Albert B. Fall was convicted of
taking SIOO,OOO In bribes for ar
ranging oil leases for Oilman Harry
Sinclair.
ELSEWHERE IN CONGRESS:
Troops—Sen. Robert A. Taft, R.,
0., moved to take advantage of the
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State News
Briefs
JRALEIGH, March 9—IIPI—A pre
liminary survey indicates there
m m’t be as many boll weevils look
ifejt for a home in North Carolina
cotson this year as last, State (Col
lege Entomologist George D. Jpnes
Tjcmssaid the preliminary ot&SC
Showed only about one-third as
many weevils as were found a year
ago.
He said hard winter freezes ap
parently had cut down boll weevil
numbers, but added that. the
weevil count is only preliminary
and -the actual situation won’t be
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responsibility rests solely upon
yourself. After Saturday night, and
throughout the remainder of the
contest, there is a material decrease
in the voting value of ALL sub
scriptions, large and small. The ex
tra votes being offered on “full
limit’’ extensions will also come
to an end.
Two year subscriptions count
most in votes of course, and a few
suck orders from truly good friends
and. boosters who are genuinely
anxious to see you win one of the
biggest and best prizes might be
the deciding factor in this race.
There is no one contestant in this
race who can afford to feel that
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IT’S GARDEN TIME AGAIN—Mr. and Mrs. Junius Hall of Erwin
are among hundreds of employees of Erwin Mills, Incorporated who
have just purchased their home, and they’re planting and raking
in grass seed on what soon will be a beautiful green lawn. “When
you own your own home, you don’t mind improving it,” pointed out
Mr. Hall. They kve about halfway between East Erwin and the
Town of Erwin. Mr. and Mrs. Hall also have a largs garden plot.
(Dally Record fhoto by T. M. Stewart.)
Durham Senator Addresses
Dunn, Harnett PTA Groups
Gregory, Forsyth
Man Have Clash
By Wade Lucas
Raleigh, March 9—Harnett Rep
resentative Carson Gregory, who
apparently is following just about
every wish of the Scott Admin
istration in the votes he is cast
ing in committees and on the floor
of the House, swung into action a
bit yesterday afternoon a s the
House debated a bill giving the
people of Winston-Salem the right
to vote on ABC liquor stores.
The freshman representative
from Harnett, who is expected to
vote against the bill of Senator
Junius K. Powell of Columbus
County to give towns and cities of
the State $5,000,000 more yearly
than they now get from the State
Highway, Commission to maintain
their streets when the House acts
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MAYOR HANNA BUYS THE FIRST BROOM-A committee from the Dunn Uons Club is shown here
selling Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, who aim fa president of the club, the first broom in the sale now being
conducted by Dunn Uons for the benefit of the visually-handicapped hi this community.
are made by the blind and the partially-bHndat Guilford Industries in Greensboro. AH rt tedgfßfi
from sale of the brooms and door mate will remain to help cases Jn the community. Left to right t**s“
Locke Maee, M. A. Thompson, Mayor Hanna, and R. R. Raynor. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart)'.
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Plant More
COTTON
For Your Country’s
Defense, For Your Own
Profit, Security.
Three of a half-dozen important
bills dealing with education in
North Carolina stand a good chance
of being passed by the present
legislature, according to Senator
Thomas Sawyer of Durham.
The senator spoke last night at.
a joint meeting of the Dunn and
Harnett County Parent-Teachers
Associations, held at Lillington High
School.
Accompanying him were Senator
J. Robert Young and Rep. Carson
Gregory of Harnett.
BASE WAGE LIKELY
Chances of passage are good for
a bill guaranteeing a base wage of
$2200-S3IOO for A certificate tea
chers, he said, and at least fair
for a base scale of $2400-$3600 per
year.
A recent House resolution signed
by 68 representatives—seven over
the necessary majority—called for
a guaranteed $2200-S3IOO base pay,
doing away with the contingency
raise issue which was argued hotly
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No. 3$
Red Losses For
First Two Days
Set At 18,200
TOKYO, March 9<W -
Rampaging U. S. troops and
tanks widened their Han
River bridgehead to 12 miles
today and struck north in a
drive flanking Red-held Se
oul, former capital of South
Korea.
The U. S. 25th Division’s north
ward thrust 13 to 15 miles east of
Seoul pacecj the Bth Army on the
third day of its renewed “killer”
offensive along a 70-mile front
across Korea. Early gains of a mile
or more were reported.
UN ground and air forces killed,
wounded or captured nearly 18,200
Chinese and North Korean troops
in the first 48 hours of the shat
tering assault.
WITHDRAWAL apparent
There were more signs of a
Chinese Communist withdrawl at
the western end of the offensive
front, but North Korean Reds
struck back in force last night
against four UN divisions in the
east.
The enemy counter-attacks den
ted the eastern half of the front In
at least one point, but U. S. forces
recaptured the lost ground after
dawn and joined in the general ad
vance north.
West-central divisions consoli
dated their hold on the north bank
of the Han east of Seoul with the
linking up of the U. S. 25th and 24th
Divisions.
First the three 25th Division
spearheads which smashed across
the Han 15 miles east of Seoul two
days ago joined up. Then the un
ited bridgehead forces moved east
and linked up with the 24th Division
at Yangpyong, where the Han
bends sharply south.
, A tank-led 25th Division, task
force simultaneously struck north
and advanced more than a mjle v
■deepening ,the Hah bridgehead to
neatly six miles. 'ft
The northward advance threat
ened to flank strong Communist
defenses around Seoul.'
The Reds threw one feeble coun
ter-attack against the 25th Divi
sion’s west flank, but otherwise
resistance was light. Advancing
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Minister Given
Automobile
Members of the First 1 Baptist
Church of Dunn have presented
their pastor, the Rev. Eraest P.
Russell, a beautiful new Pontiac,
it was announced today by Bill
Cobb, chairman of the church’s
finance committee.
Automobile dealers of the churctv
familiar with the pastor’s -need for
a new car and also awafce nf"the
possibility of a car shrotagg,’ ar
ranged and presented the new car
in the name of the church.
Paul L. Strickland of Stockland
Motor Company provided -the new
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