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tered thundershower*. VOLUME 1 CONFLICT COST M'ARMJR OCCUPATION POST Britain Admits Sending Wdi GoodsTo Chinese Communists Corporations' Share In Tax Burden Studied WASHINGTON, May 10 —(UV—The House Ways and Means Committee started figuring out today what share of the increased tax burden shall be borne by corporations. The tax framers yesterday re commended that an additional $3,000,000,040 be loaded on Individ ual Income taxes to bring them to the highest level of World War n. However, the recommended $3,000,- 000,000 was about $1,000,000,000 less than that asked by President Tru man. Mr. Trunflan also asked that cor poration taxes be boosted by $3,000,- 000,000 more a year and another $3,000,000,000 be raised In excise tax es and closing tax loopholes. Mr. Truman apparently is not going to get all he wants -for the defense program. In Other Congressional Developments: Agriculture City Congressmen were set to turn the tables on their rural associates by advocating ecpnomy on farm appropriations. smart”'at cuto C^£frto%ujlS> riculture Jbpartfhent y AjjpTOprta tions bill mil how calls for $720,157,483, already 12 per cent below what President Truman re quested for the next fiscal year. RFC—Senate investigators were primed to grill White House Aide Donald B. Dawson about the part he played in an alleged “influence web" surrounding Reconstruction (Continued on Page Eight) Cbuitwd. Capitol Squaho By. LYNN NISBET RALEI GH CORRESPONDENT POWER—Entire time of Govern or Scott’s press conference Tues day was devoted to the electric power issue, but nothing new came out of it The governor reiterated his oft-stated opinion that it is necessary for the federal govern ment to move into power genera tion in this State in a big way, if State progress is to continue. He supported his contention with ex cerpts from letters received from industrialists to whom he had writ ten asking about their plans for. future expansion in North Carolina. One of the correspondents, said his firm required tremendous quanti ties of firm power, and that there was not sufficient quantity avail-, able here. Another compared rates charged by a North Carolina pri vate utility and a Tennessee TV A source. REFEREE—At cue time it seem-; ed likely the governor would have to switch his role from an execut ive being Interviewed and assume the duties of a referee In a argu- IZTSYo* College, has-been aoflMfiUft commencement speaker for servlc- iSSSSPaSS TELEPHONES 811? - >llß * Sllf * _ 1 €sHk '■dKßSSßaaf'-: \ k .. .s4| m i # £ % m 4 : *' % •'i, a' , -‘ < ' •/’ ,?. -ISSf' d* • > | Hb| y’f : f , . ! . ■ .«* - ■ Edaag: fEWsE ; « | . I I : ■' ■ I . Yi 7■- rrf T ' —■“ : NEW CHIEF OF NURSES Mrs. A. C. (Ettie) Lamm, right new Superintendent Os Nerses at the bunn Hospital, is shown here with Mrs. John ThoVhton, Jr., a member of the nursing staff. > Mrs. Ueia, who. has held namerous hospital positions, was named , to messed Miss AIMS Hoffman. She’s a native of Stockridge, t Michigan. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) ! ' 1-■ ■' ' J I■' • • 1 New Superintendent of Nurses Appointed Ideals Os America Cited In Memorial Day Presentation The*ldeal of peace and freedom are a sacred heritage because Am ' erlcans throughout history have ' been wlHing to die to preserve and ! pass them on to succeeding gen ; erations, George F. Blalock, com -1 mander of the Dunn poet of the 1 Veterans of Foreign Wan, said to day in presenting an American flag ; and flag staff to Dunn Grammar 1 School. ~r v. i \:< 1 ! The moving Memorial Day cere* . mony began at 1 pm. In the school 1 yard, with the sohbol student body ", and the Dunn High School Band • participating.' i Commander Blalock made the ; presentation ort behalf of the VFW , Poet, which donated the flag and • flagstaff to the school. A. B. John ■ eon. superintendent of Dunn .’ schools,, accepted the gift on behalf , of the Sc^Ools. The flag, the weaker said, “in* .;*sttarsiws“ . • .. 1 8l LJLETIj!VS !ly regardless ofi any screams of objection. ' •. I • 1 ‘ WARinNIiTOM Mav to (ffl The House Wavs and I ft WVtßa filial illiii „ JIU - ijiiiiiiaN li'Mh u itjmbm.' wfi -r. ' * Mrs. A. C. (Ettie) Lamm has as sumed new duties as superintend ent of nurses at the Dunn Hos pital, It was announced today by Administrator M. E. (Pop) Win ston. * She was selected to succeed Miss Adele Hoffman, who resigned re cently. The new superintendent, who has yuars of experience and has held several important hospital posit ions, came to Dunn from Scotland Neck, where she had served as ad ministrator of the Halifax County Clinic. ■■ Mrs. Lamm is a native of Stock ridge, Michigan, but has been a , resident of North Carolina since 1037, when she became director of nurses at the Woodard-Herring Hospital In Wilson. . She is a graduate of the Uni- ( verslty of Michigan, and took aI. post-graduate course in physio therapy at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She received her cap at tie W. A. Foote Memorial Hospital in Jackson, Except for the first year after becoming a registered nurse, most of Mrs. Lamm’s work has been in hospital administration atvl edu cation. ACTIVE nr RED CROSS She served for several years at - (Confirmed oa Fage 1) DUNN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1951 L? .a 7 9 Churchill Hits % Appeasement li| Conduct Os War LONDON, May lft— ofre government today ad mitted sending s3s7,ooo,<Mtft worth of goods to Commuiv ist China since the Korean War began. Winston Churchill immediately a% cused the Labor Government of pursuing a “Far Eastern! appeasement” policy that may wreck “the whole frog world.” Churchill, World War II Priasa Minister, told the House of dow* mons that Britain’s continued dife' lomatlc recognition of Communist China has became “illogical” aide In making it difficult for the Weft tern Allies to form a clear Sift strong policy in the Orient. T He spoke shortly after Sir dsft ley Shawcross, president qf Uajr Board of Trade, revealed that Great Britain has exported ISSI.MMiS worth of strategic and other g««« to Communist China since the Kswt rean War started last June. ' a DAMAGED RELATIONS 3 ChttrcktU accused the Labor Gov-H ernaaent of damaging Anglo-Ameri-|l Clßl lcnm.nl win. th* rruMl Stales on the Far Salt. < Well-informed sources said hist night that both government and opposition leaders are uring top level officials of Britain to meet with the United States to smooth over relations between the two, 4 countries. These sources said that British Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison may visit Washington soop In an attempt to reach a oompiete agree ment. ChurchiU demanded an embargo on rubber shipments from British colonies to Communist China. He also criticised the government for allowing its trade with China to show an “immense and significant (Continued On Page Four) Fourth Damage Suit Filed Against Firm A fourth damage suit was filed today In Harnett Superior Court against W. B. Adams and F. C. Tate of Roanoke, Va., trading as Adams and Tate Construction Co., as the result of accidents which occurred on Highway 301 which they are resurfacing. Today’s suit, filed by Attorney Everetts L. Doffermyre, was brought by Mrs. Mae Leopold of Astoria, Long Island, New York and asks tor $20,000 damages. Three other suits totaling $175,- 000 bad already been filed against the construction company. Attorn ey Doffermyre appears in all of the cases. The road-building concern was (Continued on Page 7) Firm For Record Some 00 men and officers of Bat tery B. 113th Field Artillery Bat talion, will leave Dunn Saturday morning to take part in week end firing tests at Camp Butter, near Durham, over the week end. TDe National Guardsmen will fire for fire record, using the JO caliber carbine. The group will bivouac at Butner ever Saturday night and will carry their own field kitchen with them. to teto thfwSS jity cancer drive netted $166,52, ac rfliiiiiliMurbHifliiitilii ■ jdk 1^ Bl lr . ME*-; '‘tj&M I m f |Bk [MKBsMKeW'k&--*’. [fe . ; «iIH ■K -•• •. / If * „ f -m/Rak ffli j jjpv --)W _4 HOME FROM KOREA IN TIME TO CELEBRATE Lt. Elton G. 'Drooks, whom unit was the first to enter the Korean war and who won a battlefield promotion after 120 continuous days on the firing line, finally got a break. He was returned to the States .-and flew home Just (# time to celebrate his tenth wedding anniversary but , night with Mrs. Brooks, thrbqffeer Rath Anderson, local nurse. Lt • he missed. He’ll tell yon the- Korean ll'si Tf"‘llslty *Tlir lf n||WßM*3 General Douglas MacArthur, Lt. Brooks says, “He’s -a daMn fine soldier aad s real statesman. This picture was made at the Brooks’ home this morning. (Dally Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) Korean War Is No Police Action, Dunn Officer Says Anybody who thinks the Korean war is just a “police action” ought to have a talk with Lt. Elton G. Brooks of Dunn, who has Just flown home from the thick of the fight ing. ' After being driven back twice by the Reds and seeing them slaughter his buddies all around him—and wondering how in the world he managed to stay alive—Lt. Brooks has some pretty, good first-hand knowledge. He ought to know. And he does. The good-natured Nebraskan who married the former Ruth Ander son of Dunn is quick to agree with Sherman that “War is Hell.” He related some of his experiences this morning after he and Mrs. Brooks had a wonderful time last night celebrating their tenth wed ding anniversary. The officer flew home just In time for the occasion —and he surprised his wife by bringing her a new diamond as a memento of the event. Lt Brooks was a member of the famous 10th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Division. It was his out fit that held off the Reds though outnumbered 30 to I last June 16th. His outfit had orders to “hold at aO cost,” and they did for four days. Then the Reds threw In three extra divisions and they were thrown back. NOT FOR AMUSEMENT The Dunn officer, a career soldier had landed In Japan just three weeks before the Korean war broke out on June 29. On July 3, he was In the thick of things and what he (Conttnned on Page 7) , —■ r ■ • Erwin Mills Offers Reward For Capture Os Dynamiters . 1 3iin As State TWUA 1 LeaderC«H»Vota State News Briefs MONROE, May 10—(W— Gov.: W. Kerr Scott will be the principal of the Wesley Chapel High School near here tonight. Exercises will be held at 8 p. m. in the Silver Presbyterian Church, since the school building burned down several weeks ago. Wesley Chapel was one of the first State-supported high schools in North Carolina. RALEIGH, May 10— OS— After serving half of a five-year sentence for second degree murder, drunken driving, fornication and adultery, Robert Howell of Cleveland County has been paroled. Paroles Com missioner T. C. Johnson said today. Both Howell and his wife, Pratt Dover Howell, were sentenced after Betty Smith, 16, was shot to death. But the paroles commis sion said Howell’s .wife confessed the shooting. The commission de . (Continued on Page Eight) .. CAKE SALE PLANNED The ladles of Hood Memorial Christian Church will hold a cake and apron sate at Butter and Car oll’s Drug store and the Pure Food Store Saturday morning from 8:30 until 11:30. Proceeds will be applied to the church’s education al building fund. explosives, any property of Krwtalers Union in Durham said today of Erwin Kills in Harnett County" j Erwin Kills will end tonight. FIVE CENTS PER COPY General Was Fired To . Mgs' ■ Head Off Confusion, Conflict In Command WASHINGTON, May 10— OP) —Defense Secretary George C. Marshall said today the administration consid ered leaving Gen. Douglas MacArthur in charge of Japan but decided it would be “most unwise” because of pos sible “conflict” with the Korean War command. Last Os Reds Are Pushed Back Across Border TOKYO, May 10— (IP) United Nations forces herd ed the last remaining com munist troops in South Ko rea back toward the 38th Parallel today. The withdrawing Reds al ready have abandoned near ly two-thirds of the terri tory they won in their spring offensive two weeks ago. Allied vanguards were 10 to 12 miles south of the parallel above Seoul In the west, five miles south of it in central Korea, and some 20 miles north of it on the east coast. . .Chinese and Korean Reds of fered only sporadic rear-gual fm, sistance to the cautiousjffißPlKttny YuuQclw wiWCDcr me ■■ ■oor wiv-tx HwffiwL phase'of the spring offensive that they had abandoned plans for a second blow. <' An Bth Army communique re ported that the Reds lost another 2,195 dead and wounded yesterday, plus 65 prisoners, bringing their casualties since the start of the offensive to well over 80,000. The communique said only one large enemy concentration was spotted ahead of UN troops today. The force was hit from the air north of Seoul and some 10 to 12 miles south of the parallel. NEW AIR STRIKES MADE The Far East Air Forces fol lowed up yesterday’s record 312- plane raid on the camouflaged communist air base at Slnulju with new attacks on enemy air and rail facilities. By mid-day, the sth Air Force alone had flown 275 sorties. Its fighters and fighter-bombers hit railway yards at Sonchon, Chunhwa and the Communist Capital, Pyong yang, destroying or damaging one locomotive and 34 loaded boxcars. B-29 Superfortresses at the same time dumped 100 tons of bomb 6 on the enemy airfield at Hamhung on the northeast coast. , , Final assessment of damage in (Continued On Page Six) Final Exercises Are Set At Boone Trail The baccalaureate sermon at Boone Trail School will be preach ed Sunday at 6 pro. In the school auditorium by the Rev. Roderick Dail. Presiding will be principal R. G. Banks, who will also introduce the speaker. The Rev. Troy Barrett will give the invocation and benediction. Special music will be provided by the seventh grade. Class night will be staged May 17, A day before commencement exercises begin. Theme for the oc casion will be “Hi-Fly*rs.” Pre siding will be James Withers, pres (Continued On Paga Two) Is ftiiir Your Oouipi'i 4 For Your Own Profit, Security. Marshall told senators investi gating the dismissal of MacArthur j from all his Far Eastern com mands that “'confusion” would have } resulted if the general had been continued as occupation chief while | being shorn of his war responsib ilities. So all of MacArthur’s jobs were i handed over to Lt. Gen: Matthew B. Ridgway. Testifying for the fourth straight day before the Senate Armed Ser- i vices-Foreign Relations Committee, Marshall was asked by Sen. H. Alexander Smith, R., N. J„ if con sideration was given to “the in* 1 evitable adverse” effect of Mac- Arthur’s discharge upon the Jap anese . Marshall said it was “carefully considered,’ ’and he conceded that i MacArthur’s “prestige with the ; Japanese people” could “not be dup licated, certainly in a short time, j by any other individual.” J But "the feeling was, and tie-,. | cision finally was,” Marshall said, “that it would be most unwise to (Continued On Page Six) ' j ] Bishop Plans Erwin Visit -Jj fwlfba Right ReIURfOWW Baker of Greensboro, the new Bishop Coadjutor of the Episcopal -J Diecese of North Carolina, will make his first visit Sunday to the | ; st. Stephen’s Episcopal Church at &win. Plans for the distinguished Ms- , M hop’s visit were announced this morning by the Rev. William M. Latta, rector of the Erwin church, The Ft. Rev. Mr. Baker Will ’I preach at the 11 o’clock service (Continued on Page 7) r " i- S& -.ijfl NEW PASTOR The Rev. J Thon/9nro IX7 Williame ■§!■■■ —«R i iicuauic wW • rviiiiauiSi RMt' - ( .m assume new rtuites as pitfMr es the Lillington Baptist Church §1 June 1. He to now paster el titer Barnes Memorial Baptist Church in Clarksburg, W. Va„ and Sun day accepted a unanimous call to succeed the Rev. Sam F. Hudson, now pastor of a church at .Fay*. etteville. The Rev. Mr; WU iams is coming to the seat church wHh oatstancthtl - ’ % commeneenwiit at oampDeu vo NO. 108
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