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WEATHER Considerable cloudiness today with light rain over northeast portion this morning. Tonight partly cloudy and slightly cooler. Little change In temperature. VOLUME 1 "(Dunn? Q’m 'Jlnhhsud!" I W ZT'jm m k! IT il Ww ' M mm | A,f* ' ■ fl I 'SBf ' jW~t s ■F : I ; VISITING FIREMAN—Dunn extended Its Saathern hlspltTut^nd a hearty ‘‘welcome” to Mr. and Mn, Cj>W. Bollinger, honeymooning couple from Newark, N. J., when they wound up in the yard of Hood Memorial Christian Church last night. The Bollinger auto (top) was Involved In a wreck at the intersecUO|i of Cumberland St and Clinton Ave. The other car was driven by Dallas W. Parker of Ben iSoq, fit 2, .(bottom), shown talking to Offtofcr Nealy Pope. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart). Wild Auto Ride Ends In Suicide BESSEMER CITY, April 10—W —Patrolman Cone Carpenter told today how he rode for two Mtiles clinging with one hand to the running board of a speeding auto mobile and using the other hand to ward Off a pistol held by the driver, a spurned lover who later killed himself. Carpenter said Otis Wheeler, 26, swerved the car wildly in trying to throw him from the running board. He said Wheeler drove with one hand and tried to aim a pistol at him with the other. When the car slowed down to turn, from the highway onto a gravel road, the officer Jumped clear. A patrol car gave chase and Wheeler ran his vehicle off the road and wrecked it. The patrol car pulled alongside Just as Wheeler was pulling away from the curb. He and Patrolman James Craig (Continued on Page 7) Cbwund Qapiiol SquoAsi ' By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT alpha OMEGA The only • functioning committee during the first few days of the General As sembly, and one of the most Im portant tnroughout the session, Is the committee on rules. The only really important committee during the final days of the session is the calendar committee. By reason of his appointment as chairman of both these committees, Rep. S. O. Worthington of Pitt has had larg ' er voice than any other member in getting the legislature underway and in getting its business finish ed. For that reason some of his friends suggest that his name should be changed from Samuel Otis to "Alpha Omega”—the tost it running smoothly throughout required TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 - 31Jf 'Honeytfioon Trls of ought T< Halt In Local Churchyard A honeymoohing couple from Newaric, N. J., had to delay plans tar the trip when a two-car collis ion at the intersection of Cumber land St. and Clinton Ave. sent their 1949 Chrysler into the yard of Hood Memorial Christian Church. Newlywed C. W. Bollinger, driv ing east on Cumberland, caromed off a 1948 Hudson owned and driven by Dallas W. Parker of Benson, Rt. 2. His car dodged be tween two telephone poles and came to rest under a sign which said, among other things, “Wel come.” Hopping out of the car, Bollinger asked an onlooker: “What town is this?” “Dunn,” was the obvious reply. “Dunn," Bollinger snorted. “Looks more like “finished” to me." While Record Staff Photographer T. M. Stewart was snapping pic tures, a Record reporter asked Mrs. Bollinger if she and her husband were on their way to Florida. Stores Begin Wednesday Trade Event Dunn .business firms tomorrow morning will begin their annual Wednesday morning trade events and today art advertising their "Wednesday Morning Specials” In The Daily BeetM,' : Since store* are closed on Wed nesday afternoons, these Wed nesday morning special* are of fered as a special Incentive to shoppers to get downtown Wed nesday morning and do their shopping. • / Business firms .are advertising npuiy outstanding valves. Among the merchants co operating in the Wednesday - morning trade event are: Fleish man’s, The Men’s Store, Louis Baer’s Department Store, Belk’s, and Purdle Equipment Company. Local Builders ■Receive Contracts The East Carolina Construction Company of Dunn has been award* ed contract; for a number of laxgt, company. ■'?}, JJaiig JXtmrfr “No, she replied, their destin ation—was Sea Island, Ga. Then, as an afterthought, she sighed: “And we were on our honey moon.” bamage to each car was set at $l5O in a report by the Dunn Police Department. Louis Baer Planning Expansion completed. Rwmh ave the same design and same type fixtures as those shown her*. • *V nuv ■ l l - —* fun DUNN, N. C„ TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1951 Bonus Seekers Stage March On State Capitol RALEIGH, April 10—(IP) ,A bonus bill and a veterans’ demonstration were to reach the Senate committee o n propositions and grievances at the same time today. The bill was to come up for a public hearing at 3:30 p.m. and a group of some 300 veterans from Alamance and surrounding counties announced their intentions of “marching on the Capi tol” to support the bill. Introduced by Sen. Thomas B. Sawyer of Durham, the bonus bill would provide a referendum on a proposal to pay each North Caro lina veteran S2O for each month served overseas and sls for each month served in the United States. Sawyer is former State commander of the American Vet erans Association. He said 95 per cent of the veterans favored a State bonus. EARLIER BILL DIED The same Alamance group of veterans thronged the Capital last week to support an earlier bonus bill. That measure died in the House Finance Committee after its author, Rep. George Long at Ala mance, admitted that its provis ion would not raise enough money to pay veterans any appreciable amount. At a meeting in Graham last Sunday the veterans announced intentions to “pitch tents on the Capitol Square Or at the govern (Continued On Page Four) 3 Named For Mayor, 7 For Board Posts In Coats Race Citizens of Coats, in ft mass jheet ing held last night at the ityibuilding, nominated M‘ cr J. E. Williams tor aniftber u/kett Wo op- TUsSBTHi'n ituTfiornrhated seven oth er men for the four < positions on the tpwn board. On May 8 citizens will go to the polls to elect one of the three can didates for mayor and to elect four of the seven candidates for com missioner. Nominated for the office of May or in addition to Mayor Williams were J. D. Norris and Cecil Fu quay, both prominent leaders of Coats. WILLIAMS MAY WITHDRAW Mayor Williams, who already has Louis Baer’s Department Store of Dunn has acquired the old lo cation of the Carolina Power and Light Company next door to its present store on East Broad Street and today announced plans for enlarging and doubling the size of When completed, Louis Baer’s will be one of the largest, most beautiful and most modern depart ment stores In this section. , ThU joint announcement was made today by and his doing f business 0 w £ ich th has Mac Arthur Wants Free Hand, More U. S. Troops In Korea Dates Set For Fatstock Show, Sale Dunn’s annual Four-County Fat stock Show and Sale will be held on Monday and Tuesday April 23 and 24, according to a joint an nouncement made this morning by County Agent C. R. Ammons and Manager Joe McCullers of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce. These events in the past have been very successful and this year’s show is expected to be bigg er than ever. Members of the Future Farmers of America and 4-H clubs of Har nett, Johnston, Sampson and Cum berland counties will enter hogs and beef in the show and sale. EXPECT 150 ENTRIES More than 100 entries are ex pected in the swine division, and approximately 50 entries are ex pected in the baby beef division. Among those expected for the event are Jack Kelly, swine spec ialist at State College and a num ber of other extension officials. Judges will also come from the college extension service. A silver cup for the owner of the grand champion steer will be do nated by The Jewel Box of Dunn and Noah Williams, owner of the Dunn Hog Market, will present the champion swine entry with a lov ing cup. served four terms as Mayor, said today that he plans to ask W. E. Nichols to withdraw his nomination, and indicated that even if Nichols &KX *538; Mayor Williams had served three terms and was named to office again last year when Mayor Vic Lee resigned. Nominated for the office of com missioner were: Edward Denning, A. CJ. Grimes, L. E. McNight, Les ter Williams, Jesse H. Parrish, Gar land Coats and D. H. Yarley. None of the four present com missioners sought renomination and all of them expressed their desire to retire. The retiring councilmen (Continued On Page Four) : . I)AVE KIMMEiu ' V- * '/-'l fte ** |K S-V* , V ' ••' “•. FIVE CENTS PER COPY __ . > « + _v - jfifc t V Hj Power and Light Company’s Dunn division, displays a toaster bought at the first sale of appliances staged here by CP&L in 1922. Although it’s worn out a number of cords, the toaster itself is still in excellent wording condition. Owned by the late Wesley Thomp son,. formerly of Dunn, the gadget has seen service here, in Mexico ahd in California. It was sent back to Dunn for display purposes jn Mrs. Thompson , Urand Openkicf&eT At New CP&L Office State News Briefs WASHINGTON. April 10— (W The Beaufort County American Legion Post 15 became what is be lieved to be the first legion post in the State opposing a veterans’ bonus. , The post voted overwhelmingly last night against a proposal to pay veterans in North Carolina a State bonus. RALEIGH, April 10—(Ut—The trial of an alleged bootleg baron and a former alcohol tax unit agent on Charges of violating federal liquor laws moved into its second day as arguments began early today. J. Percy Flowers and former ATU 'Agent James C. Haithcock of Garner were accused with six other men of conspiring to violate federal liquor laws. Haithcock was charged with taking protection money from seven men, including Flowers. Charles Beasley, a federal pris oner serving a five-year narcotics term in the Atlanta Penitentiary, testified yesterday that he had paid Flowers and others for whiskey shipments, and that the entire ring was operating together. RUTHFORDTON, April 10—IW— Two orphans accused of slaying their school superintendent and a fellow student wavied preliminary hearing here today and were or dered held for the April term of Superior Court. Hugh Justice, 19, of Asheville and Billy Ray Powell, 16, of Kan napolis appeared before Judge B. P. Jones, Jr., at 10 a. m. The two (Continued Oa Page Four) BULLETINS TEL AVIV, Palestine, April 10—<0V-Israeli and Syrian forces exchanged shots again today in the border region south of Lake Tiberias, but there were no casualties on either side, Israeli Army spokesman Moshe Perlman said. qwU jgKf oiyWa^TTfand* dr^eTt^in* |_ nAoniwuxun, Apt*! Xu-- wf r lull atus Plant More COTTON For Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. The district office of ■ the Caro lina Power and Light Company, which serves more than 20 com munities in a four-county area, will hold the grand opening of its beautiful new offices here Wed nesday night from 7 to 9 p.m., and hundreds of patrons are expected for the event. District Manager Henry M. Tyler who has headed the district for the past 26 years, announced this morning that all arrangements for the “Open House" have been com pleted. •» The new' home of the power co mpany is located at 114 N.Wilson Ave.. between Stewart Theatre and the new Colonial super market. It is one of the swankiest, most modern—and by far the best- Ughted building—to be found any where in the four-county territory it serves. OFFICIALS ON HAND Mayor Ralph E. Hanna. Manag er Joe McCullers of the Dunn Chamber of Commerce, various other city and chamber of Com merce officials, all the members of the company’s district stafT, Dunn citizens and hundreds of out-of town visitors are expected. There will be refreshments and free gifts for all who attend. Ever since the staff moved into the office a week ago to begin pre paring for the grand opening, (Continued On Page Four) . BANQUET SET The Harnett County Educo Club will hold its annual Ladies' Night banquet on Monday night, April 16 at 7 pm.-in the Angler School Cafeteria, it was announced today by Secretary C. H. Hood of Lilling ton. Torrey Johnson of Buie’s Creek is head of the organization and will preside. Arrangements for the program have not yet been com pleted. NO. 87 General Holds Conference With Army Secretary TOKYO. April 10— W> Gen. Douglas MacArthur has asked U. S. Army Sec tary Frank Pace, Jr., for more troops and a free hand to use them as he sees fit to defeat the Chinese and Ko rean Reds, informed sources believed today. MacArthur had a long conference with Pace last night shortly -after the secretary’s arrival in Tokyo. Usually well-informed quarters Be lieved MacArthur made these points: 1. U. S. troops should be sent to the Far East to bolster the United Nations fighting force in Korea. 2. - Other United Nations mem bers should increase their contri butions of manpower and equip ment. • S 3. - Present limitations oh UN forces should be removed. 4. - Chinese Nationalist forces should be employed. 5. - The Chinese Reds will be willing to compromise on a peace settlement only when they lose hope of a military victory. 6. - Communist aggression must be dealt a telling blow now or it will spread. 7.- Asia cannot be neglected while efforts are being made to (Continued On Page Four) Strikers Begin Signing Up For Commissar* :/ v mtd Registration of ririkere tor union-sponsored commissary began ' this morning at Local 250 union.: hall in Erwin. Officials of the Textile Workers Union of America announced in Greensboro Sunday that some $250,000 a week would be spent to six Southern states to feed and assist striking cotton and rayon textile workers during the present walkout. Reports of fistflghts and minor violence have begun to come out of Erwin. However, Sheriff W. E. Salmon said he had heard of no disturbance. He added that no re ports of fights had reached his of- FIRST NEGOTIATIONS BESIN GREENSBORO—ApriI lft— (UP) —First negotiations in nine day-old cotton-rayon strike were underway today at Two southern , strike points. Efforts to reach a contact set-’ tement were started yesterday KYI Fieldcrest Mills in Leaksville-Sntjljr (Continued On Page Six) Three Strikes Is Out For Speeder Jj James Washington Lee of J&iitlj Oaks, Rt. 3, learned too late ttaatjg three strikes mean out. . v® However, Judge H. Paul Strick land refreshed his memory Moa-J day morning in Recorder's Court when Lee showed up for the tjw|||J time charged with speeding., attjjhg* dringing without a licenatr^ Judge Strickland gave kdjCfWa months on the roads, suspenapß for three years on payment .of | fine and costs. ; ‘-y Then the judge recommendiiH that Lee’s driver’s Uctowe tor M voked permanently. . The driver of a mllk-iaden tra#*r|| tor-trailer which smashed into a car on U. S. 301 south of Dunn re cently paid up costs Tor recyv>*9i| driving. Robert Lee Cornell of (Continued Ou Pag* Six) Fate, Bad Lack Cost Defendant SSO Fate and a bit of the finger on Willie Edwin Hayes, ; 22, of Newton Grove, Rt. 2, this W< Bunday night, while dnvit
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