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tWEAfHE* m** '“rtf ~ Llm "tit: v. ‘& - ''- , - ’ >* VOLUME 1 USSR IS BUILDING UP FAR EAST GARRISONS SHE’S 93 TEARS OLD TODAY Mrs. Sue AUen is shown here with two of her daughters as she prepared to cut her birthday cake at the celebration held here yesterday. There wasn’t room on that big beautiful cake for all the candles, so they Jqst left ’em all off. At the left is Mrs. R. L. Warren of Dunn and at the right Is Mrs. I. H. Russell of Elisabethtown, formerly of Dann. The reunion was held at the home of Mrs. Warren. (Dally Record Photo by Lewis Studio.) Dedication Os Gen. be Field House Set Tribute Ifte’be paid to Maj.-Oen. William C. Lee nf Dunn; acknowledged father of the Army’s paratroop ser vice, at the dedication tonight of the new william C. Lee Field House at Fort Bragg. (hound Capitol Sqwnte By LYNN NISBET RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT LOBBLISTB As reports of payments to and expenditures made by registered lobbyists come Into the office of the Secretary of State there is increasing criticism of lobbyist activities during the recent session of the General Assembly. Some of this criticism Is soundly based iq desire for good government. A good deal of it stems from the unsatisfied curiosity/of people who would like to know how much many private firms pay UkClr regular attorneys or officials. Under the statute covering the case, full time corp oration officials and attorneys do not have to list compensation or expenses except such as might have been incurred solely because of legislative work. LOOPHOLE ThLi provision in the law is regareded by many observers as a loophole, permitting employees of private business en (Continued on Page Eight) .. FIRM INCORPORATED Secretary of State Thad Eure today awarded a certificate of in corporation to C. T. Latimer, Inc., of Dunn, a contracting and con struction firm. Authorized capital stock is 100,000 incorporators C. T. Latimer, Lula Latimer, both of Dunn, and C. T. Latimer, Jr., of High Point. Hear Sermon Sunday i ■ TELEPHONES 3117 • 3118 • 31V Mrs. Lee, widow of the late gen eral .will be present as guest of honor when the mammoth struc ture is dedicated and turned over to Fort Bragg, authorities. The program will Include music by the 82nd. Airborne Division Band, speeches by two Army gen erals, an open house at the new building and a radio broadcast of “Let’s Go With Ralph Flanagan” over a national hook-up. The program will begin at 6:45 p.m. with music by the band and end at 9:35 with an aquatic show in the field house, directed by Cpl. Warren Haley. After the Invocation by Oapt. Henry L. Durand, 82nd Division chaplain, and a welcome by Lt.- Gen. John W. Leonard, command ing officer of Fort Bragg and the Fifth Army Corps, an address on "General Lee, The Soldier" will be delivered by Maj.-Oen. W. M. Mil ey, commanding general of the Army Airborne Center. MAKEB SECOND ADDRESS A second address will be made by Brlg.-Gen. Ridgely Gaither, op erations branch 0-3, The Penta gon, Washington, whose subject will' be “Father of the Airborne.” Mrs. Lee, the guest of honor, will then be recognised. After the more formal portion of the program is ended with the playing of the National Anthem by the 82nd band. General Leon ard will present trophies to deserv ing athletes. A pre-broadcast show by Ralph Flanagan and his orch estra will be given, after which the main national broadcast will be done. The new field house named for General Lee is made of red brick, trimmed with limestone and alum inum fixtures. It contains three basketball courts with roll-away bleachers which accommodate courts WASHINGTON Mav 11 ?(HI jtftifi ‘ Soviet Expansion Since December Is Cited By Marshall WASHINGTON, May 14-> (IP) —Defense Secretary George C. Marshall testified today that Russia has made a “sizeable increase” in her Far Eastern garrisons since last December. Bishop Coadjutor Visits Episcopal Church In Erwin The Right Reverend Henry Baker of Greensboro, bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, directed services Sunday at St. Stevens Episcopal Church in Erwin. In his first visit to the Erwin church, the Rt. Rev. Mr. Baker confirmed four church members. They were Tommy Stevens, Jerry Taylor, Bill Sewell and Johnnie Stevens. His sermon was based on the Whitsunday message of the presi dents of the World Council of Churches. He traced the ecumlnl cal movement of all churches to ward serving the world council, which was created in Amsterdam, Holland in 1948. "The life which is in Him can not be' divided,” the bishop coad jutor stated, asserting that there is “no real difference between our churches; but Christ is one in the same for all. As an offertory hymn, the choir rendered "The Holy City.” After the service the Woman’s Auxiliary directed a picnic at the parish house. £ Mrs. Bata* accompapjoj tpe Tfahnn rnafttqqir~qlf~Trts visit to S' ■ • Freighter, Navy Vessel Collide NORFOLK, Va., May 14 —(W— The freighter "Thomas Tracy” and a Navy seaplane tender collided at Cape Henry in the mouth of Chesapeake Bay and both vessels burst into flames, the Coast Guard reported today. Fifth District Coast Guard Headquarters here said the Cutter Cherokee already was on the scene, and crews of the freighter and the seaplane tender Balfour, an A VP, were abandoning ship. The cutterS Mario and Mandrona also were on their way to the scene. Planes from the Elizabeth City, N. C. Coast Guard Air—Sea Rescue .(Continued on Page 8) Bond Set On Scooter Driver At Habeas Corpus Hearing Superior Court Judge Howard Godwin allowed bond for Cleo Moore, 35, of near Dunn at a hab eas corpus hearing before him in Dunn’s city courtroom After Moore bad been ordered to the roads by Solicitor Malcolm Seawell in neigh boring Cumberland County. Moore was ordered to the roads after Cumberland officers arrest ed him for operating a motor scooter while under the influence of whiskey and resisting arrest The defendant was already under a 12-months suspended sentence for two convictions of speeding, and tte Cumberland County Judge had provided in the sentence that Sol icitor Seawell could commit him to the roads at any time within the 18-months period if he violated tire terms of his probation. Defense Everette L. DUNN, N7c~ M6NDAfj &IAY 14, 1951 Testifying for the seventh day before the Senate Armed Services- Foreign Relations Committee in vestigating the dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Marshall made the statement again why he fears the possibility of Soviet interven tion in an expanded Far Eastern war. 1 Sen. Styles Bridges, R., N. H., wanted to know if rtu’ssla had not always maintained considerable strength in the' Far East. “That is correct, sir,” Marshall replied, “but I was given the im pression or the information that more recently, notably since, I think, December, , that there had been sizeable increases in the gar risons on that region.” POLICIES CONFLICTS) Marshall has said repeatedly that the Soviet might intervene in the Korean War, bringing a new world conflict, if the administration adop ted MacArthur's program. MacArth ur was fired for publicly advocating; the bombing of Red Chinese bases In Manchuria, a naval blockade of China and use of Chinese Nation alist troops In Formosa—all con trary to the administration’s policy of limiting the Korean struggle. Bridges complained that Mar shall, who testified every day last week, had given no specific reason as to why bombing Manchurian bases might bring on a larger war. “It starts witn tne treaty re* lattonship between the Soviet gov eftqnent and the Chinese Com 4nunist government," Marshall rifc. plied, referring kr the mutual tw pact between the two governments. > Another factor, he said, would be “the soviet reaction as to what extent they could have a satellite as important to them as the Chin ese Communist regime develop a feeling that they would have to go (Continued an Page 8) MAN BITES DOG As the Daily Record's sports editor, Joe Cavtaess of LiU ington usually reports the news. Today be was making it. Caviness walked into The Record office just before press time, leaving the keys In his car, which was parked outside. Four unidentified boys jump ed into the car and roared off north on U.S. 391. The State Highway Patrol and local police were alerted to be on the lookout for the stolen 1959 Ford coupe. | Oldest Citizen Here Celebrates Birthday Mrs. Sue AUen, Dunn’s oldest r resident, is 93 years old today, but she celebrated her birthday yester day with a big dinner and family , reunion at the hoine of a daughter, ‘ Mrs. R. L. Warren, Sr., on W. . Harnett St. Though she’s the oldest in age, she’s one of the youngest in spirit, . and she doesn’t look to be much , more than half her age. ; Mrs. Allen has a great host of > friends, and her birthday is no private affair; neither is it merely .a family affair; it's practically a , city-wide event and hundreds of ; people poured in during the week ' end to Nish her many happy re ' tU She’« a native of Granville County. Her husband, Howard Alien, died in 1912. I I 1 Retail Price Ceilings Are blamped On Beef Today Communist Supply Lines Hit In 450 - Plane Air Offensive TOKYO, May 14— IIPI —Allied wkrplanes'blasted Communist sup py lines throughout North Korea today in the second day of a near record around-the-clock air offen dke. JjMore than 450 fighters and figh tet bombers struck as far north ag Huichon, within 45 miles of the kfenchurian frontier, following up iglS attacks by carrier-based and nr East Air Force planes Sun- But the U. S. Bth Army reported a general lack of heavy fighting on the ground, where the Reds seem ed waiting for an auspicious mo rdent to unleash round two of their spring offensive. jpilots blasted 129 rail cars, four lOcomtives, 300 enemy occupied JliikUng and numerous other tar gets In sweeps against the Red sup ply lines during the day. ; B-29 Superfortresses joined the destruction with raids against the Hungnam-Hamhung railroad mar shaling yards on the east coast apd the Sondok airfield southwest at Hungnam. patrols repulsed (jn the central front the Commun ists threw back Allied patrols in tRe Kapyong-Chungchon area and Continued their ominous concen , Ration of forces in the north. ®,Navy and Marine carrier/planes telned tile Far East Air Fortes in bibsting the Reds all the way from their front-line positions back to (Continued on Page 8) State News Briefs GREENSBORO, May 14 —(W— North Carolina tobacco growers will meet in two Grange-sponsored conferences this week to discuss recommendations for 1951 tobacco marketing. Eastern Belt growers meet at Belfast Grange Hall near Golds boro Wednesday while producers in the Middle Belt Will meet in Durham. The two meetings will consider opening dates,. sale hours and other marketing problems. WILMINGTON, May 14 (IP» Doctors and police gave three Boy Scouts credit today for saving a 12-year-old Negro boy from drown ing. Perry St. George and two com panions were swimming in Green field Lake, officers reported, when St. George dived into about eight (Continued on Page 8) [ .wtgiS •*«? Biker *t. CnnMk < above, center h IM«»; Mwllntwr * thwTJKffcjoMMf in at Erwin* Sfc Ejpisos* pnl Gtmrch |«MNr to c n <toto'*u3£ aerTlces.lt ni the Episcopal prelates (M «M1 U> Ihb area, Shewn with htmaw he algm the church geest book krt'E-B. Best Oeffi), manager of Erwin MHta in: Erwin; and the Rev. W. M. Latte fright), pastor tf' tM ••teNfc!'-. Record Photo by Inwia SMb.) , . _ • " >• 1 n # j FTVE CENTS PER COPY Fuquay Is Chosen Manager Os Coats Merchants Bureau , CECIL FUQUAY Dunn's Happiest Mother Is Honored By Nurses The happiest mother in Dunn yesterday was an 80-year-old pa tient who is spending her third week in the Dunn Hospital. Mrs. Sara Godwin was happy be cause nurses-at the local hospital selected • her as their “Mother of The Year,” and showered her with, gifts. • > . • .. . The. “little old .lady,” whom, the nurses say is “just as cute as she can be;” has beepme a great pet at -the '-local, hospital. About a year ago, . Mrs. Godwin fell at her home and broke both her legs. She was confined to the hospital for about two months. „ Tliree weeks ago, she was re turned to the hospital—this time suffering with yellow Jaundice. Her puree, Mrs. Herman Neigh bors, points out that Mrs. Godwin “is just about the sweetest , pa tient we’ve ever had at the hospi tal,” and all the other nurses agree with her. She never com plains about anything, is always cheerful and pleasant, and is ex- Plant Moca COTTON For Your Country's Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Cecil Fuquay of Coats, recent Candidate for mayor there, was chosen unanimously as part-time manager of the Coats Merchants Bureau Friday night. The occasion was the organi zational meeting of the bureau, at which 17 Harnett firms became charter members. The program was pirected by L. E. McKnight, presi dent of the bureau. The meeting began at 8 p. m. at the Coats Community Build ing. Merchants present agreed to give away theater tickers to customers as an inducement to bring more trade to Coats. CHARTER MEMBERS Signing -up as charter members were the following firms: Coats Case, McKnight Drugstore, Pope’s Department Store, L. M. Johnson Market, Triangle Service Center, |I. E. Ennis Company, Coats Mer cantile, 100.,' Wellon's Mercantile, 2fte., Malone and Company, Robert*/ (Continued On Pagb’Ufrj. > } tremely appreciative of all atten tion given her. Thu nuraes were unanimous in deciding to honor her as their “Hospital Mother of 1951.” So Mrs. Godwin got quite a sur prise yesterday morning when the white-uniformed nurses filed into a her, room and gave her the gifts. GETS CORSAGE, SPEECH airs. John Thdrnton, Jr. pinned a cOrsage on her and made a pret ty little speech for the nurses on the am.-3 p.m. shift. “We’re glad to be here today to wish you a Happy Mother’s Day,” „ Mrs. Thornton told the patient— old in age, but young in spirit. Tears of happiness filled her (Continued on Page 7) • ,V RECITAL PLANNED Pupils of Mrs. C. C. Upchurch win 6e presented in a recital at Dunn High School Auditorium Fri day night at 8 o’clock. Quest soloist wUI .be S. David Smith of Buie’s Creek. , >■ y„ - r Sharp Dropln j Retail Prices j Seen By Oct. 1 | WASHINGTON, May 14 I —(IP)—All beef sold in all re tail stores across the nation went under fixed dollars and-cents price ceilings to day. On the average the prices ought to be about what the housewife ' f has been paying since January, the Office of Price Stabilization (OPS) said. But by Oct. 1, it said, meat controls are expected to roll® back beef cut prices bp about. 10 cents a pound. Starting today beef must be dis played in different trays according to quality choice, good, com mercial and utility. The ceiling prices go into effect Immediately but retailers have until June 4 to post them where all customer* can This is the first time dollars and-cents ceilings have been placed S on any major consumer item since J World War II controls ended. The ceilings vary according to: SM 1. Quality and cut of beef. .-.M 2. Size of store. There are three ml classes, depending on volume* of f (business. 3. The area of the couotQLtlw store is located in. Borne ' produce more meat than All small independent grocers m 'l the same part of the country* ttr , < instance, must observe the nog?- ceiling price for the same ebt Os. ' 1 beef of the same quality. Thla also goes for medium-sized stores. « chain stores, supermarkets and the like. LITTLE CHANGE IN PRICES OPS said it expected some of -i the prices in the 300,000 or SO meat retail stores in the country . to come down a little and some to go up slightly. On the whole prices ought to stay about where J they are. as the fixed ceilings went | ■ (Continued on Page 8) Work Is Resumeit | At Erwin Plait*;- | Wheels began turning, again in the two Erwin Mills plants win today, but the return to work® of employes who have been out on -4 strike was not general. Union Manager J. Thomas West said that a "majority” ot-thfeiiflrk- jgg ers on thv first shift to their Jobs at 6:30 a.m. today. Many ■; * however, are still out worlunt' at interim jobs which they took during the strike. . ~43 He estimated that the jnßQdweid be turning over at fuß fomC'by Wednesday at the lateatr Employes have been ' klke>i ,i, BßMKM May 21 to get back to tBT Jetjfm they left when the walk-out wan ys called April I. Meanwhile, n :hree-maa media- M tion panel is mulling over JOtj;issues which sent the workers out on strike. No results of the talks has* S been announced. West emphasized that the strike ,i J was ended by vote in Erwin Thure- a* day night on a recommendattoH fig from national leaders erf the tile Workers Union of America. M He said that the strike was still good in Erwin at that time and m unioj^wiflaMfr tinue until the first pay come in. n I u 7. , Pupils to Give Music been ai West
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