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WEATHER ‘ Mostly cloudy, cooler today and . tomorrow. ■ VOLUME L UN FORCES PROBE TOWARD 38TH PARALLEL Mrs . David Clifford Wins Record's Big Subscription Contest skL MRumg mm . B MBBmm mZ. WWi ■ Kill v “ Slfl BB 1 . wt'/C \|iAa. i ! 3| . i u..*E£^ EfS I al RmH wm :: mm ■ : " W/ZtMmnf MBMMBBEM - ■ IH mBBKSKKBtBBBSBKKBKKM HERE ARE IHE KEYS—IT’S ALL YOURS”—That’s what BilKMcLamb of McLamb Machinery Co., Inc. was saying as he presented the keyes to the beautiful new 1951 Packard shown in the background to Mrs. David Clifford, winner of The Dally Record’s big “Everybody Wins” subscription campaign. Shown in the picture wth the happy winner are, left to right, Clarence E. McLamb, Bill and Doris Gupton, editors of the contest; Mr. McLamb, Miss Clifford, who is wearing a pretty corsage courtesy of Wade’s Flower Shop, and the four judges, Vic Lee of Coats, Rev. W. M. Latta of Erwin, Fred Hines of Benson and Al Wullenwaber of Dunn. Asked where she planned to drive the Packard on her first trip, the tired and weary winner replied, “Straight home and go to bed.” (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) (hound By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT LOAjt The Athlant.ic & East Carolina railroad has underway an expansion program which will re quire a loan of half a million doll ars from the Atlantic & North Carolina railroad company, 72% of which is owned by the state. The plan is to have the state advance the money to the A&nc which in turn would lend it to the lessee (Continued on Page 7) Charlie Grimes Taken By Death Charlie H- 44, employee of Quinn’s of Dunn Inc. for the past nine years, died this morning at 1:30 o’clock in the Dunn Hos pital. He had been ill for the past week and seriously ill for the past two days. Death was caused by a hemor rhage of the brain. Funeral services were still in complete today *at noon. Mr. Grimes was well known here and was a very popular citizen. He was a native of Johnston Coun ty, son of Mrs. Alma Wood Grimes and the .late Lynn Grimes. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Eunice Fry Grimes, and one daughter, Mrs. Edna Pearl West. jw, tooted »1 tIM C°mn of Main stfcet In the oomtgr sset, WM'bMl^^dLhlw^hfftK »hlnt l°M7..T.?m!! n .[. | Ttointtriorofthebolidini? wm w)h^teMdtad the* but neither of tht tow wiQs ifof> wofk of Llllinffton foQ. The wibiwp? wm ownedbj SterJon 8. Adcock, who had i Jut finished morin* into the balldi (. Extent of the dxinofe wns TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 3119 Mrs. George Souders Wins $750 Second Place Prize Crowning seven and a half weeks (ft public interest and on (ftp part j3l contest, the race came to a climax last Saturday afternoon. By amassing the total of 10,877,- 410 representing hundreds of new and renewal subscriptions to this newspaper, Mrs. David Clifford of Dunn finished first and was awarded the new 1951 Packard sedan, grand capital prize of the contest. Following closely behind with 9,205,850 votes but not quite enough to capture the coveted first place—Mrs. George R. Souders came in second to win $750 cash, while Mrs. Pauline Tart, Mr. Bill Hii’.ton, Mr. Chas. T. Johnson, and Miss Mamie Butler finished in third, fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively, and received substan tial cash bonus awards. “Everybody Wins” It was an understood fact at the beginning, of course, that all dould not win first place, but everybody did win something Commensurate with their production record in "Everybody Wins" prize contest. Moreover, the advertisers won by virtue of the fact that they now have a vastly increased read ership for their regular daily of ferings of dependable merchandise and services in each issue of The Record. The general public won, also, by reason of the fact that they now have a stronger, more virile Dally Record destined to become ever stronger in the near future to' represent their best interests in this area. To these new readers, and the (Continued on P*fe 7) Bailtj Jltmrfr jkkJ /■ Band Coming Here Major General Ray A. Robinson, commanding general of. Camp Lejeune and the camp’s crack 100- piece military band will come to Dunn on May 5 for the State con vention of the Reserve Officers’ Association, and Fort Bragg will send 40 men and ten truckloads of equipment for a big display of weapons. These additions to the conven tion program were announced to day by Major Joe McCullers, man ager of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce and general chairman of the arrangements committee. General Robinson will be one of several dignitaries who will be here for the convention. Others expect ed include: Lt. Gen. John Hodge, famed Army commander of World War n, Brig. Gen. E. A. Evans <3! the Reserve Officers’ Association, Congressman Harold D. Cooley, chariman of the House Agricul ture Committee and various State officials. • Parade Slated The colorful Marine band will participate in the parade to be held on the opening day of. the (Continued On Page Seven) Dunn Selected For Division Convention DUNN, N. C., MONDAY* MARCH 19, 1951 1 - » L . _ Godwin To Be Movie Scene The life of Marshall Williams, the ex-convict who became one of world’s greatest gun inventors, tt,, Beaded far fctye movies and the ;feup-«odWin area may soon o*s- Wfne~ ttte*v locale for the true-to life scenes ip the movie. Two major Hollywood studios are now bidding on rights to produce the movie and a decision will be made during the coming week. Fay Ridenour, who is serving as press agent and manager for. the colorful Godwin* hero, flew back from Hollywood this weekend to secure releases from various indi viduals and members "of Williams’ family. j Mr. Ridenour said thete releases are required by all studios before a true-to-lose film of this nature is undertaken. Now In Hollywood Mr. Williams is still in Holly wood conferring with officials of the studios concerning the movie. He is expected to serve as ad visor for the movie production. The movie based on the life of Williams who invented the famed Carbine of World War n while serving a prison term for murder and then became famed through out the country for his inventions, will stick primarily to the facts, Ridenour said, although some lib erties will be taken with the “ro mance angle.” Ridenour will fly back to Holly (Con tinned on Page 7) Veterans, of the famed Wijdcat Division of World War I and World War H will hold their an nual state convention in Dunn on Saturday and Sunday, July I and it was announced here today by Manager Joe McCullers of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce. National Adjutant James E. Cahill of the Wildcat Veterans As sociation/ Inc. Informed Mr. Me- Cullen today that Dunn has been' selected for the convention. The complete program hft not yet been worked out, but among those expected to attend include: National Commander B. P. Pritch ard, Jr. of Charleston, Miss., Brig. Gen. Charles D. Roberts of Chevy Chase, Md., and National Senior Vice Commander John J. McCar thy of Chicago. Several Hundred' Approximately 500 of the 7200 members of the association in North Carolina are expected to at tend. Convention headquarters will be at the Hotel Cotton Dale, while the various sessions will be held In. the big igunn Armory, second largest in the Btate. The Wildcat Association is com prised of veterans of the 81st Wildcat Division 9! World War I, v‘et^S V T‘thrist , fefe of tion from IDwIWM^ 1 . J title Chance F sr $lO Billion T ix Bill Seen i WASHINGTON, March 19 J)—A top-ranking Demo cs t on the House tax-writ in ; Ways and Means Com m: ;tee doubted today that C< ngress will give Truman all the $10,000,000,000 he re qL ;sted in new taxes. 1 iis Democrat, who refused use o t its name, said he hoped Con gFe s' would meet Truman’s request •bud Said he was extremely doubt mgress has taken the position tSal Truman should have request ed |UI the tax increases he wants instead of asking for them piece meal. Truman said he would ask forjanother $6,500,000,000 later on. The president asked Congress as a first installment to increase per sonal Income taxes by $4,000,000,- 000 a year and corporation and ex cise: taxes by $3,000,000,000 each. . ELSEWHERE IN’ CONGRESS TttOOPS Sen. H. Alexander Smfth, R., N.J.., said the Senate’s much debated troops resolution is an * invitation—not an order — to Truman to work with Congress on the /policy question of sending more U.S, troops to Europe. Smith is chief author of the resolution, which calls for Congressional ap proval of future troop commit mfQts. He sought to heal the brehch between legislators who. in sist' Congress must pass a law and t3wfaMVHl S b« wlth * ftfiNT CONTROL—Congress Was ready to complete action on a 90- day extension of present limited rent controls. Little opposition was expected in the House to a Senate approved measure to extend rent controls until June 30. Republicans apparently planned to make then fight when the administration asks for broadened rent curbs beyqnd June 30. Daniels Rites To Be Tuesday P. Pearson Daniels of Falcon, retired music dealer, died late Sunday afternoon at Highsmith Hospital in Fayetteville. He had been In ill health for sometime and critically ill for the past sev eral weeks. Mr. Daniels, a native of Bladen County, was the son of the* late Overton and Mary Eliza Johnston Daniels. He moved to Jenkins, Kentucky years ago, where he operated a music store. About ten years ago he retired because of poor health and returned to Fal con to make his home with his brother, Charles O. Daniels. He was a member of the Falcon Pentecostal Holiness Church. Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock at the Falcon Pentecostal Church. The Rev. J. W. Berry, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the Antioch Church Cemetery. The body will remain at the Cromartie Funeral Home In Dunn until Tues day afternoon, and will be taken (Continued on Page 7) -"■"'- 1 ■ 1— i ~ , JMEgt - < *? WtMmwm — l .oßml* , Ik* , THE’ BAILY RECORD’S popular comic strip, “Lii’ Abner” came to life Friday when Mrs. C. I. Thompson’s second-year home economics students presented a play entitled, “Dress Revue” at the Dunn High School. Pictured here are Lti’ Abner, played by Brother Monds, and Mammy Yokum, played by Adelaide Coats. The program was a big hit with the students and received much praise. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) Judge Hits Increase In Juvenile Crimes Young Suggested AS UNC Trustee RALEIGH, March 19—A move to put Senator J. Robert Young on the board of trustees of the Con solidtated University of North Carolina will be given another push here tonight by Represen tative Carson Gregory. The Legislature is nearing the time when it will have to name 27 of the 100 members of the board (Continued on Page Eight) Plant More COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Superior Court Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn of Woodland, opening a criminal session of Harnett Sup erior Court this morning, expressed alarm at the increase in the num ber of crimes being committed by young people and called oir the grand jury to “look into this mat ter of juvenile delinquency very carefully.” Judge Bufgwyn cited a number of recent episodes in the State, listing specifically a wreck which killed seven boys and girls near Zebulon, the double murder that occurred last week at Rutherford ton and the plane crash yesterday ■ (Continued on Page Two) NO. 72 Reds Appear To Be Pulling Out Os South Korea TOKYO, March 19—<IP>— UN tanks and infantry prob ed close to Korea’s 38th Par allel today from new hold ing positions only 17 milks from the old North Korean border. Retreating Red armies totalling 200.000 to 250.000 men appeared to be pulling out of South Korea altogether to man new defenses just above the 38th Parallel. They were reported to have abandoned Chunchon, their last major base south of the Parallel. An Bth Army spokesman partly lifted a 72-hour security blackor* on “Operation Pursuit” to an nounce that UN forces haVe esta blished holding positions within 17 miles of the Parallel at five points along the 140-mile front. PATROLS IN ACTION Patrols are operating miles north of those points and In all other sectors, Maj. Mel Voorhees, chief of the Bth Army’s press sec urity division, told war correspon dents at a special press conference In Korea. Voorhees did not disclose just how far north the tank-tipped (Continued on Page 7) Europeans Pool Coal And Steel y PARIS, March 'l9—Represen tatives of six Western European nations signed an historic treaty today to pool their $4,000,000,000- a-year coal and steel resources. The French, West Germany, It alian. Belgian, Luxembourg and Dutch delegates initialed the treaty at the French Foreign Office at noon. Hpwever, the treaty still must be approved by the governments of the six countries, signed by their foreign ministers and ratified by their parliaments before it takes effect. Between them, the six powers produce nearly one-half of Western Europe’s coal and hearly two-thirds of its steel. Britain also was ask ed to join in the scheme—known as the Schuman Plan —but' refused. It provides for: 1. Creation of an international authority to administer the plan. 2. Creation of a special assem bly composed of membets the (Continued on Page- -ss■ Five Seeking School Post “T7 The Harnett County Board of Education is expected to appoint a successor to County Superinten dent C. Reid Ross when i£ pieets Tuesday night at the county oourt house. Applicants for the post include: Principal Paul Carr of Angler, ’• Glenn Prof fit of Hillsboro, former- 1. ly of : r ’unn, Roger JO&nson of Chalybeate Springs, now principal at Bladenboro; Lee Thomas of Carthage, and B. D, Bums oi Murfreesboro. ,
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