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WEATHER Mostly fair with little change in temperature today and tonight, ex cept partly cloudy and slightly warmer in east portion today. VOLUME 1 CHINESE OPEN RESERVOIR TO HALT ALLIES Solons Rush To Clean Up Work Os Legislature RALEIGH, April 9—(IP) North Carolina’s lawmakers rolled up their sleeves today for an all-out effort to clear up this year’s legislative work done by the end of the week. Both House and Senate were to convene at noon for an early start on the moun tain of last minute bills. The early meetings were the first departure the General Assembly has made from its usual Monday night ses sions. The legislators had cleared the chief hurdles to adjournment the appropriations and finance measures but still had other money bills to dispose of. One of these would provide ap proximately $35,500,000 for con struction of State buildings. An other would allow State agencies and institutions to shift some $31,- 500,000 appropriated for permanent improvements to more essential projects. Both bills awaited senate action. CONSIDER SUPER HIGHWAY The proposal for a commission with power to construct a toll superhighway through Piedmont North Carolina was up for final consideration by the House. The senate has approved the bill but the House tacked on an amendment which requires Senate ratification. The amendment would require the turiff>ike authority to provide (Continued On Page Five) fats Threaten Bonus March GRAHAM, April 9—«fl—Alamance County veterans spokesman An drew Del Vescavo said today that Tar Heel veterans will stage an other bonus march on the State Capital tomorrow. Del Vescavo urged veterans from 14 counties at a meeting here yes terday to bring pup tents and prepare to stay in Raleigh until their demands are granted. “Well pitch our tents and stay right on Capitol Square or at the governor’s mansion if we have to,” he said. The Alamance group was un successful last week when a cara van of some 65 cars invaded the Capital. The veterans want a Statewide referendum on a bonus plan to pay SSOO to each Tar Heel serviceman, $750 if he served overseas and SI,OOO to families of men who died or were killed over seas. Del Vescavo said the group would leave here at 8:30 a. m. tomorrow and would stage its Capitol march in Raleigh at 1:30 p. m. Cbwund @apiiol Squate By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT VOICELESS Speaker Frank Taylor isn’t speaking much these days. The impact upon his vocal chords of continuous repetitilon of stock phrases sr.ch as “the bill having -passed, its second reading will, without objection be read a .third time, the clerk will read;” in addition to the numerous other statements, announcements and rulings required of the presiding officer finally almost silenced them. The House of Representatives did n’t suffer by reason of the speak er's incapacity. Rep. Kerr Craige Ramsay of Rowan, who presided over the 1948 house, took over the gavel and rattled off the ritual as efficiently as ever. TRUSTEES—The Joint commit tee on trustees of the University Johnson To Prosido At Principals' Moot Baihj J ltmrfr TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 3119 Three-Way Race For Mayors Post Opens As Earl Vann Files Dunn’s mayoralty race became a three-way affair this morning when City Commissioner Earl G. Vann paid his filing fee and announced his candidacy for the town’s No. 1 office. He is opposing Mayor Ralph E. Hanna and Herman Neighbors, who announced for the office last week. Vannls announcement today came as no surprise as it had been reported for several days that he would take the race. Another contest developed when J. Leon Godwin, well-known Dunn business man, filed for commission er in Ward I against Commissioner Leek Coats, the incumbent. Another prominent Dunn citizen, Harvey D. Strickland, is reported considering the race in this ward Hobbs And Citizens Row Over Play Area City Manager R. Thomas Hobbs today was charged with “using dic tatorial methods and taking the law into his own hands” by two prominent Dunn citizens as the re sult of an episode that occurred Saturday morning. The charge was made by Everette L. Doffermyre and Silas Whltten ton, two members of a neighbor hood group who had marked off a portion of a public street for use as a community playground. They charged that Mr. Hobbs, “without authority and without re gard for the law or respect for. BULLETINS WASHINGTON, April 9— (lP) —Speaker Sam Rayburn said today after a talk with President Truman that “we are in terrible danger” because Russia is building up troop concentrations “in a great many, places.” TOKYO, April 9 (IF) —Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s highly mechanized arm Jr must be prepared for a mass ive enemy air blow “with little advance notice,” a U. S. congressman warped today. HONG KONG, April 9— (IP) —A Siamese Airways trans port plane believed to be carrying 16 persons crashed into the sea off Hong Kong today after running out of fuel. ■BBWre t liiiiiiiiMii $ riaWii flu: v. Sfe ; E* i j|j- Earl G. Vann ’ and i s expected to announcet i Strickland was also urged to make : the race two years ago, but de clined. i GROUP WANTS CLEAN-UP i Meanwhile, Dunn’s Citizens Com ■ mittee for Law Enforcement has r met to discuss the organization’s support of candidates who will car , ry out their program. 1 Chairman Oliver W. Godwin said 1 (Continued on Page 1) the rights of private citizens,” illeg ally and unlawfully ordered Police Chief G. A. Jackson to confiscate the chain and two posts which they had used to mark off the area. HOBBS COUNTERS Mr. Hobbs countered the charge with an accusation that the area had been marked off without auth ority and that the two men had failed to comply with the provisions set up by the city board. It was reported that a heated ex change of words took place Satur day morning between Dofferymre (Continued On Page Six) DUNN, N. C„ MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1951 Supplemental Money Bill May Be Cut Again WASHINGTON, April 9 (IP)—The House got its licks today at a supplemental appropriations bill which al ready has been slashed al most in half by one of its committees. The chamber might make more drastic reductions of its own. The bill, as approved by the ap propriations committee, carried. $478,136,000 for a dozen federal, agencies to use in the remainder of this fiscal year ending June 30. President Truman asked for $843,-, 463,000. The committee cut the president’s request by $365,327,000 or al most 44 per cent. ELSEWHERE IN CONGRESS': Taft Three Ohio Republicans are taking soundings to decide whether to set up a campaign or ganization to seek the 1952 GOP presidential nomination for Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O. Friends of the Senator said, however, that Taft is taking no part in the pulse taking. He has said he would not work for the nomination but would take it if offered. Taft unsuccess fully sought the nomination in 1940 and 1948. Draft Chairman Carl Vinson, D„ Ga., said his House Armed Service Committee would accept his amendment to water down un iversal military training jn a move to off-set a substitute draft bill' without UMT. Vinson’s amend ment provides for a training com mission to draw up a UMT pro gram which would have to be ap proved by Congress before going tojß* effect/--.v-.*-. — ’* Crime Republican 'demands for extension of the Senate crime invesigation threatened to touch off a legislative brawl. Sens. Charles W. Tobey, R., N. H., and Alexander Wiley, R„ Wis., wei£ ready to ask the Senate for $150,000 to extend the Inquiry frohi May 1 to next Jan. 15. The move, however, might (Continued On Page Six) Harnett Sales Make Big Gain During Decade Retail sales in Harriett County Increased from $4,145,400 in 1940 to $19,299,779 in 1950, a gain of 865 per cent, according to figilres compiled by the department of tax research of North Carolina. Harnett’s gain was one of the largest of any county in this area. Sales In Lee County increased 31” per cent; sales in Hoke County increase 304 per cent; sales in Moore increased 266 per cent; and sales in Chatham County increased 382 per cent. COUNTY BREAKDOWN The breakdown by counties is as follows: Chatham: total sales in 1940, $1,837,814 while in 1950 sales amounted to $8,865908, an increase of 382 per cent; Lee: $3972,738 In 1940 against $16397,418 for 1950, an increase of 312 per cent: Harnett: $4,145,400 in 1940 compared with (Continued on Page Eight) m jj- aM m I I * ■ r, *• ¥ % 9B at v At- Ate- t * Jf *f*'W "'>? / V ■ sHSiKI' MfclillßG SFKAKEftS— over»soweo ilie auustot-ium ot t-rwin school Friday night to hear the union speakers shown above. Chief speaker for the evening was George Raman*! of Hawthorne, N. J. seated, center), national vice-president of the Textile Workers Union of America, CIO. Others seated are J. Thomas West (left), manager of Erwin Local 250, who presided and introduced the speakers; and Howard Parker, an Erwin native who is manager of the Durham joijtt board of TWUA. Standing, left to right, are Howar d Harris of Durham and R. C. “Ted” Thomas of Charlotte, national TWUA representatives. (Photo by Lewis Studio) Strike Commissary Planned For Erwin \ Strikers in Erwin will begin re gKkring at a union commissary a thi6 week according Ao Local 250 headquarters. The order to set up commissaries for some 40,000 striking workers in North and South Carolina, Vir ginia, Alabama and Louisiana was sent out by union officials Sunday. Estimated cost pf upkeep is $250,- 000 a week for all the strike cen ters. Purpose of the commissaries is to feed the workers while mills are shut down during the strike. Friday night atfeheering crowd overflowed the atiditorium of Er win school to hear George Bald anzi of Hawthorne, N. J., national vice-president of the Textile Work ers Union of America, CIO, and other speakers. UNION OFFICIAL SPEAKS Baldanzi predicted that the United States government may soon intervene in the strike, now entering its second week, if the rayon and cotton manufacturers Flowers brothers directed the (Continued on Page 7) Flowers Trial Opens Today Seven Johnston County men went on trial in Federal District Court In Raleigh today on charges of defrauding the United States government. On trial with them will be a former federal officer, James C. Haithcock. The former ATU agent is indicted for allegedly warning the other seven of an impending raid on one occasion and of taking “protection” money. Charged with bootlegging are James T. and J. Percy Flowers, Lonnie D. Allen, Roy L. Dyson and Clovis Sullivan of Wilder’s Town ship, Johnston County; and Abner Buie, Negro, of near Smithfleld. BEASLEY TESTIFIES All eight were indicted when Charles Beasley of near Smithfleld, sentenced to five years in Atlanta, Ga., federal prison for violating federal narcotics laws, testified that the men had been involved in bootlegging activities. According to the Indictment, the (Centinned on Page 7) Scouts Prepare For County Camporee Harnett County Boy Scouts today were busy getting their camping gear ready and completing ar rangements for the big county wide camporee to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Maynard’s Commissioner C W. M. Latte said today that he is expecting at least a)0 Scouts from 11 troops in the c °T?uf uS^^jm^T’this FIVE CENTS PER COPY Girls To Compete la Dress Review More than 350 Harnett County girls will take part in the annual Future Homemakers of America Dress Revue and Rally to be held Wednesday afternoon from 1 to 3 o’clock at the Angier schoaj. The girls will model garments they made themselves and will compete for prizes in 12 different divisions. Three girls will be en tered from each school in each of the 12 divisions —which range from bathing suits to evening dresses. In charge of the dress revue will be the Benhaven, Boone Trail and LiUington home economics depart ments; the Erwin department will have charge of the installation of officers, and the Dunn department will be in charge ot the entertain ment. DUNN GIRL TO PRESIDE Miss Jennie Ruth Barbour of Dunn is president of the Harnett FHA unit and will preside over the session. This Is one of the highlights of the year for the Future Homeakers. In addition to the fashion parade, the afternoon session will include the election and installation of officers and other business mat ters. < Harnett home economics teachers are: Mrs. C. I. Thompson, Dunn; Miss Martha McLeod, Benhaven; Mrs. Ruby Parker, Boone Trail; Miss Myrtle Parnell, LaFayette; Miss Jerry Cobb, Coats; Miss Mary Kernodle, Angier; Mrs. Foy Cotton, Erwin, and Miss Berlin Enzor, Lil lington. The Angier department will be hostess for the event. College Honors Harnett Girls g RALEIGH, April 9.—Three Har nett County students at Meredith College have been elected to top campus offices by their classmates this week (Thursday, April 5) to serve for the 1951-52 term. Rosalyn Poole of Dunn will serve as the vice-president of the Student Gov. emment Council, Jean Dula of Kipling, first vice-president of the Baptist Student Union, and Mary Plant Mote COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Final Action Is Slated On County Bills By #ADE LUCffi RALEIGH, April 9 Final action is slated this week on several bills affecting Harnett county. Some of the measures have passed either the House or Senate and it is matter of time before they become law. The Senate has passed and sent to the House a substitute for Sen ator. J. Robert Young’s bill to pro vide that Harnett county com missioners cannot direct the sheriff or tax collector to refuse to issue to amusement enterprises operated in connection with agricultural fairs approved by the State com missioner of agriculture. The bill was requested by J. O. West of Dunn and other Dunn members of the American Legion Post there. Passed by the Senate and now in the House are two bills of Young’s to increase the pay of the judge of the Harnett recorder’s (Continued on Page 7) Masons Plan Annual Ladies' Night Banquet Dunn Masons will hold their an nual Ladies’ Night banquet on Thursday night, April 19th at 7:30 o’clock in the Dunn Armory, It was announced today by Master Vic Lee of Coats. This is one of the biggest events held each year by the lodge and usually draws a crowd of several hundred Masons and their wives. The speaker this year will be Dr. J. Ben Eller, pastor of the Coats Baptist Church and widely known Baptist minister. Past Master Henry G. White (Continued On Page five) ■ Ann Westbrook, Dunn, third vice- ■! i president of the B. S. U. i i The newly-elected officers will ; ; assume partial duties in their new i i offices during the final month of i i the current semester, in prepara- i s tion for full responsibility next fall. I Miss Poole, who succeeds Patsy ! Emory of Northside in the Student 1 i Council vice-presidency, is the < ’ daughter of Dr. M. P. Poole of 500 NO. *B6 Pukhan River Rises 4 Feet In 40 Minutes TOKYO, April 9—APl—'The Chinese Reds opened the floodgates of Hwachon res ervoir today in an attempt to halt the Allied advance north of the 38th Parallel in central Korea. Millions of gallons of wat er surged south through the Pukhan River valley, up which United Nations forc es were striking deeper into Communist North Korea. Within 40 minutes, the Pukhan River had risen four feet in the Chunchon valley of South Korea, some 15 miles south of Hwachon. Three of the 18 gates at the reservoir were opened fully and a fourth half-opened between 8 and 9 a. m., United Press War Correspondent Joe Quinn reported from the central front. CHINESE REPORTED MOVING The communist* action coincided with reports that Chinese forces were moving south cut of Hwachon itself, four miles west of the reservoir and seven miles above the 38th Parallel, for what may be the start of the long-expected Red counter-offensive. UN forces thrusting up from the south reached the south bank of the reservoir at one point four miles north of the Parallel yester day. The Hwachon reservoir has a capacity of 19 one fourth trillion cubic feet of water and runs east and west four to nine miles north of the Parallel. It was not full when the gates Were opened, but had backed up {'as far as Yanggu, 15 miles east. , of Hwachon. Engineers estimated the area south of HWaihOh as far •sr the ~ Chunchon valley might be flooded. I There was a possibility that the :: backwash also might overflow the ; Soyang River, which flows east (Continued on Page 71 State News Briefs WASHINGTON, April 9 OP> Joseph Graham Rutledge, Jr., for mer cashier of the Bank of Aurora, faced federal charges of making false entries and misapplying funds today in connection with a short age of $66,000 in bank funds. FBI Agent Charles W. Brown of Charlotte said a complaint against Rutledge was filed with Federal Commissioner George Taylor here, charging that the cashier violated the Federal Reserve Act. Rutledge was employed as cash ier from 1936 until his discharge ; last July 8. The bank closed July i The FBI took jurisdiction in the case since the bank had been in- ; sured by the Federal Deposit In surance Corporation. SANFORD, April 9—(U>l—Fuadgtifij services were to be held today fa** Emerel U. Upchurch of LaurdF Springs, Md„ formerly of Sanford. Upchurch was accidentally electro cuted Saturday while working With a power company. CHAPEL HILL, April 8 (MB State and Uniyersity officiate win < ‘Continued on Page 7) M
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