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VOLUME 1
Bradley Says MacArthur War Proposals Risky
Allies Trade
Punches With
Red Invaders
TOKYO, Wednesday, May
16—(TO—Allied tanks, infan
try and artillery jabbed to
day at Chinese Communist
forces poising for an expect
ed major assault in the Red’s
Korean spring offensive.
Bottl sides exchanged artillery
lire across a rain-drenched no
man’s land, as the enemy was re
ported crossing the Pukhan and
Soyang rivers, southeast and south
west of Chunchon on the moun
tainous central front.
American troops clung to firm
mountain positions and tightened
their defenses, while the Com
munists slipped into battle positions
under a protective umbrella of
low rain clouds. Thirty-six hours
of rain had grounded nearly all
Allied arioraft, but tank-infantry,
patrols were set out by the United
patrols were sent out by the United
test his muscle in minor skirm
ishes.
FORCES IN CONTACT
A heavily * censored dispatch
from the central front said an
officer reported that Chinese were
on high ground in unknown num
bers just south of the Pukhan
River, southwest of Chunchon, and
were in contact with U.' S. forces
southeast of the ruined city. The
next paragraph in the dispatch
was censored.
Other enemy groups In unknown
numbers were seen late Tuesday
south of the river in the Sudong
Valley.
The heavy rainfall is the ally
for which the Communists have
been waiting Much of
the UN army was bpgged down in
the sticky mire, and, Allied war
planes were driven Horn the skies.
nTM’Tgowlfit the started
faSSft W Reds began the!*.**,
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By-LYNN NISBET
RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT
NEWSPAPERMEN—Meetings of
press associations get less publicity
than those of comparable groups to
other trades and professions. The
reason may be that newspaper
folks get so fed up with attempts
to work propaganda into news re
leases that they go too far to the
other direction with respect to pub
licizing their own affairs. That was
true of the Eastern North Carolina
Press Association spring meeting
at Eden ton. Voted one of the best
ever held by the group, the meet
ing has had remarkably little pub
licity. It began Friday with a
luncheon at Wtlliamston which
wasn’t a luncheon at all, but a real
country dinner of barbecued chick
en and vegetables, including corn
on the cob and everything else
passed for second and third refills
if desired —and no speechmaktog.
The banquet at Bdenton that night
was an average affair of its kind,
with an after dinner speech by
Wade Marr. The program was con
: eluded with an outdoor cafeteria
picnic style luncheon at Bandon,
home of Mrs. IngHs Fletcher, noted
authoress, and her family with
“Squire John” and his ancient fox
horn calling the turns. The visitors
were charmed with Bandon and
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New Patrolman
looks Court Ceses
If the docket Os the Lillington
Recorder’s Court today proves to
be a heavy one, Patrolman Paul
O. Alebrgtoe of Coats can take
some of the credit.
Alberglne, the county’s newest
State Highway Patrolman, to his
first week of work to Harnett, cit
sjKs&sa
court today:
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All -Night Sing Set
To Open Tonight At
School Auditorium
Folks who don’t care to sing all
night can listen when Wally
Fowler and his Oak Ridge Quartet
present an “All-Night Singing
Concert” to Dunn High School
Auditorium tonight at 8 o’clock.
The doors will open at 6:30, with
the song test scheduled to close up
at 12 p. m.
Sponsor for the attraction is
the Dunn Lions Club. W. V. Size
more is in chaVge of the arrange
ments for the show.
The quartet, nationally famous
for appearances on the “Grand
Ole Opry” and othei; NBC radto
shows over the past five years,
features gospel and spiritual •
music. It has played to some of
the largest churches in the country,
and has also played to full houses
to a number of the nation’s big
gest auditoriums.
The quartet has been sponsored
in all-night singing concerts by all
types of civic and religious groups.
Members of the quartet Include
Wally Fowler, known as “the All-
Night Singing Man”: Johnny New,
first tenor; Pat Patterson, baritone;
Bob Weber, bass; Olen Allred,
who supplies most of the humor
on the program, plays the guitar
and young Bobby Whitfield, load- s
Dr. Codrington Paid
High Medical Honor
Dr. C. B. Codrington, promin
ent Dunn Negro physician and civ
ic leader, w«s paid high hpnor
gutajp at a program helf in Rocky
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This medical,'organisation, which
embraces most of JtasternNbrth
Carolina, honors* ,CatHflftott'
upon the completion of his S« Wkrs
as a practicing physician.
He was presented ; a beautiful
bronze plaque, inscribed as follows;
“The Rocky Mount- Academy of
Medicine presents this plabue to
Dr. C. B. Codrington in ,-grateful
recognition of 38 yedrs of faithful
service to his felloaripan.”
Mayor Ralph l. Hanna.went to
Rocky Mount and made the ■ pre-‘
sentation to Dr. Codrington.
In making ".the,; presentation,
Mayor Hanna Said he was speaking
for the citizens of Dunn to ex
pressing appreciation to Dr. Cod
rington for bis many years of out
standing service to Dupii and the
surrounding community. '' • f. :
Dr. Codringtonj whs uone of the
seven physicians ‘to receive the
honor. The ceremony was held to
the Booker T. Washington high
school auditoriuta and was witness
ed by a large crbwd. j
The Dunn phsician Is a native
of Barbados, British West Indies.,
He attended Shaw University and
Leonard Medical College, receiv
ing his license in 1913. He practiced
for four and a half years ip Kin
ston and then came to Dunn. He
is noV completing his 33rd year
of service to Dunn.
Dr. Codrington has an outstand
ing record of public service to his
credit. He served as.a medical ex
aminer for the - draft board to
World War H, has served to con
nection with hectically all of the
Red Cross and other charitable
drives here, conducts three clinics
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The Daily Record
ed with personality and rhythm,
is At the piano.
The group is expected to draw
a large audience, according to
Chairman Sizemore. Last January
they had to turn away more than
1,000 people at a Winston-Salem
auditorium despite the fact that
the streets were covered with ice
and buses and cabs were not run
ning.
Chief Gets Suit Back
MARION, S. C. OP Police
Chief Lacy Edwards got his man
and recovered a suit of clothes
stolen from him more than a year
-before. Edwards, who maintained
all along that he would recover
his suit, said it was still in good
condition, although it had chang
ed hands three times.
Would Check Choppers
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (IP) —The
management of the Indianapcils
motor speedway, promoters of tne
annual 680-mile auto race, be
lieves to safety first. The speed
way “suggests” that drivers with
false teeth check their choppers
before taking a spin on the track,
as a safety measure to case -of an
accident.
for the county health department,
and also assists with other pro
nto. r.
He is a charter member of the:
, staH of the Dunn
; served” ax •ttw .’prtslcwnt W Vlw
State Medical Society arid aS pfitt
, Went of the Eastern Carolina Med
•l to*! SbClCty and has held various
‘ other honors and high positions in
his profession.
Among those who sew the hon
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One Dead In
Sea Collision
NORFOLK, Va. May 15—(W
—The navy revised its report on
the death toll of a collision be
tween the seaplane Tender Val
cout arid the Collier Thomas Tracy
downward -to one ipan known
dead arid six missing today as
rescue workers braving deadly
fumes went through compartments
below decks to the burned sea
plane Tender.
Public Information Officials at
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters re
ported last night at 10:46 P. M.
that 11 seamen were known to be
dead and 25 others still unac
counted for. However, today the
Navy said its earlier report was
wrong, and that only one man
was known dead so far; Others
thought to be lost had turned up
on other ships or ashore, a spokes
man said.
The Valcour, loaded with 'high
tost aviation gasoline, swerved in
to the path of the 6,843-ton Col
lier six miles off Cape Henry yes
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DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY, MAYIS, 1051
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Joint Chiefs %£
Wary Os World :
War 111 Risk M
WASHINGTON, May . M
—(W—Gen. Omar N. Bra®
ley, the nation’s top-ranH
ing military officer, tokf.
senators today that he aftJ
the Joint Chiefs of Staff beg
lieve the Korean War prod
posals of Gen. Douglag Mac-.
Arthur would “increase the
risk of global war and that
such a risk should not bt
taken unnecessarily.” 'v ■
Bradley also told senators inws
tlgattog MacArthur’s dismissal that
if Russia ever gains control of
the Europe-Asia land mass, . “tne
Soviet-satellite imperialism may
have the broad base upon which to
build the military power to rule
the world.”
Bradley is the chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. The othee
members are the heads of the three
services. He followed MacArthO*
and Defense Secretary Oeaewt C.
Marshall on the witness stand-to
the investigation being made 'lff
the combined Senate Military-Fdr
elgn Relations Committee. &
“Frankly, in the opinion of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, the strategy
of enlarging the war against China
would involve us in the wrong war,
at the wrong place, at the wrong
time and with the wrong enemy,”
he said.
Red China, he -said, is. not the
real enemy on which the nation
must keep its attention centered*-*
“not the power nation seeking to
dominate the world.” J,
Bradley- made it clear jbat ths
policy of limited war now betoc
followed in the Korean W[ar—and:
not MacArthur’s—is the one fav
ored by the Joint Chiefs oC Staff,-
MacArthur has advooated enlarg
ing the war by bombing Chinese,
rfses to Maneburia. a Ngyal Wqck
”l am under no illusion that
our present strategy of using means
short of total war to achieve ottr
ends , and oppose Communism >'•
guarantee that a world war will not
be thrusr upon up,” Bradley-said.
"But a policy of patience and de
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State News
Briefs
WAKE FOREST. Mgy to-M
Strikers at Royal Cotton Mills,
scene of a roaring gunflght April
27, were back on the job today
but still had no contract.
The workers started Hack to work
yesterday, carrying out a decision
made Sunday night. The CIO
Textile Workers Union had been
off the Job since April, 7.’
Mill officials and union leaders
said negotiations over the disputed
contract would be taken up again
tomorrow. They said some points
of agreement have been reached.
The union won a National Labor
Relations board election last fall
and has been trying since to get
the company to agree to a con
tract. They finally walked out
last month and violence erupted
several times as tempers mounted.
CHARLOTTE, May 18. (IF)
Rural police called off a mammoth
posse and began questioning a
parade of suspects today in the
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MILITARY CHIEFS PAY HONOR TO MEMORY OF GENERAL BILL LEE The William C. Lee Field House, financed by military
personnel of World War 11, was dedicated to the distinguished Dunn World War II hero last night at Fort Bragg. Mrs. Lee is shown on
the stage with various high-ranking military leaders who paid tribute to the career of her husband. At Mrs. Lee’s right is Brig. Gen,
Ridgiey Gaither, Army training officer from Washington, and at her left, is Major General John W. Leonard, commanding general at
Fort Bragg. (Daily Record Photo fey T. M. Stewart.)
Bike Safety
program Is
jSlated Here
ft A bicycle safety campaign is be
inaugurated to y
t. Goodrich dealer, in coopaffilsS?
with the Dunn Police Department.
Plans for the campaign were an
nounced this morning by William
8. (Billy) Wellons, head of the
local concern, who said an all-out
campaign would be waged to make
boys and girls safety-minded.
Mr. Wellons announced this
morning that a 20-minute film
"Bicycling Safety Today" will be
shown in four schools during this
SCHEDULE OF MOVIE
It will be shown Wednesday at
1 pm. at the Coats school, Thurs
day at 1 pm. at the Dunn Gram
mar School, Friday morning at
10:10 am. at Dunn High School;
and Friday afternoon at 1:15 at
the Harnett County Training
School.
Corporal William O’Daniel of the
highway patrol is scheduled to
speak before the showing of the
film at each place.
This film incorporates all the
rules of safe bicycle riding and at
the same time is an entertaining
picture which all boys and girls
will enjoy.
An outstanding program of sum
mer activity for boys and girls who
sign up for membership in the
Bicycle Patrol League is being plan
ned-
Another important part of the
campaign Is signing by boys and
girls of a pledge and receiving
membership in the “Bicycle Patrol
League” which it is hoped win have
enrolled every juvenile bicyclist in
this city .
These pledges can be signed at
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BOND SALES TOP flftM*
Harnett County Citizens purchas
ed a total of $10,618.75 in Series E”
umted States Savings Bonds dur
ing April, according to a report
made today by County Chairman
Raymond L. Cromartie. Jr. of
Dunft. The spring drive tar tale of
these bonds opened April 30th.
Driver Booked
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A Negro track driver was charg
*** ktets «S ee<Un fouSwl5 I lra^Kly d
morning wreck here to which two
ISAK.'S’ob.'
released under fioo oona.
driving couth on N
Oils AveTttied tocroM W. Broad
ed isito a Ford Coupe driven by
FIVE CENTB PER COPY
Reckless Driving On
Scooter Brings Fine
Motor scooter operators are mak
ing news aggin.
blames Edward Lide, 30-year-oW
D*m Negro, wound up m Lining
£.ssy’S.°*ssi
* Scooter in Coats. He was found
gtdlty of a lesser charge of reck
less driving and tinea S3B and
costs.
Roger Jones, a Negro passenger
on the little vehicle at the time
of the arrest, testified that the
machine crashed In Coats due to
his Inexperience in riding postill-
Jon on icootors.
Jones told the court that he fit
tempted to light a cigarette while
the scooter was in motion and
threw the tiny machine off bal
ance.
Four men were bound over for
trial at the criminal term of Sup
erior-Court which begins Monday,
fudge Floyd Taylor found probable
Spy Had Plans Os Invasion
TOKYO, May 15—(W—The Com
munist ringleader of a North Kor
ean spy ring had the “top secret”
plans for the Inchon landing a
full week before the operation took
place last September, a United
States Army prosecutor charged to
day.
Maj. Robert M. Murray, chief
prosecutor for the International
Provost Court, said the secret doc
ument containing the information
on the Inchon landing was found
in the possession of Yoshimatsu
Iwamura, 38, the spy leader.
The prosecutor said the informa
tion possessed by the Japanese spy
could have turned Gen. Douglas
MacArthur’s dramatic “hehind-the
lines” landing into a debacle bad
the North Koreans made proper use
of it.
Instead, U. S. Marine* stormed
-I ashore at Inchon Sept. 15,, 1080, to
a surprise Iswfog that
overwhelmed Inchon and captured
Seoul. UN dipgee at the state
bunt out Os toe Pusan brideghead
and. together pith the Marines,
anihilated the bulk of the North
| tete n
Iwamura and Chang Mga JBp»,
who came to Japan* to help Iwa
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COTTON
For Your Country’s
Defense, For Your Own
Profit, Security.
cause to the cases against all four
Roland Cole, 21, Negro, of Lil
t Itogton, Rt. 2, was ’put under $506
bond and will face surcharge cf
i i
* A S3OO bond was put' gn Tttnos
Brown of Erwin, charged with
briaAlng and entering the Peerless
Theatre to irwin May 6.
Bond was reduced from SI,OOO to
S3OO apiece for Bobby Wood and
Truman Royals of Erwin, charged
with assaulting James W. Strick
land with a gun and destroying an
automobile. The offenses occurred
on April 25.
Other cases tried before court
! adjourned at 2 p.m. for lunch in
- eluded:
Roland Coles, no operator’s lic
ense. $25 and costs; John M.
Moore, Negro, Lillington, Rt. 2,
. speeding, $25 and costs; James
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mura set up the spy network, are
the kef defendants in the trial of
18 North Koreans and two Jap
anese Communists accused of spy
ing for North Korea.
The 18 defendants pleaded “not
guUty” to the charges. They were
the first to be tried from a group
of 45 suspects rounded up recently
to Japan and accused of espion
age and ‘acts inimical to the sec
urity of the occupation.”
“When Iwamura was arrested,”
Murray said, “a document was
found to his possession containing
information of the Inchon land
tag, an operation which received
from the occupation the highest
security rating possible—super top
secret operation.
“Details of this operation were
unknown even among numerous
high-ranking officers among toe.
occupation itself,” he said. -,•;
Murray said Iwamura “knew toe
exact date on which the landing
would take place at lochito” a.
week before the operation occurred-
He did not say how the spy
leader secured toe highly secret and”
guarded document nor did be say
to -fi:.,
NO. 11l I
Harnett County
Ranks 38th In
Taxable Wealth i
Harnett County ranks 38th among
the 100 counties of North CattfhKf
in taxable wealth; with $41,063,12*
worth of prqp»t*r tlW)W'iiiie <BW»
Ution.
The figures were released burnt"*
by the Institute for Research tit,,
Social Sciences at the University
of North Carolina. The report
shows that Harnett Tax Supervis
or Berles Johnson has done a top
rate job in getting property listed
on the tax books.
By comparison, Lee County fees,
only *20,380,373 and Hoke, another
neighboring county, has only glO,-
393,922.
Real property included in the
figures mentioned. consists of fam
lands, timber, quarry mineral and
-water power property; industrial
property outside of corporate lim
its, town realty and other indostrigl
property.
The per capita taxed' weakhlof
Harnett is *862.
Os the total amount of taxable
property, 62.6 per cent is in xjsl ese |
tate; 32 per cent is In persMMw*
property; and 6.4 per cent is in
property owned by utilities OBWBfe* i
ing in the county, such airmy-gi
roads, electric power and BghSwsMj»j
panies, telegraph and «,oolnUß»**h
telephone companies. wSSJEJSB
Tangible personal propertjjuSaXMN:
statistics is based on merrtmwdKs ■/
and fixtures; material in'
manufacture and
exemption for each9Cg>7B9Bgwiilßrl
stock, furniture, tools, lens' ''"WW’S
exemption for each taa|my«fT3BfiM
or vehicles and other tangUa
sonal property. ’
Property is usually placed on ■!
books for between 40 and 60 per,
cent of its valuation. So the actual j
value of property Is not gtv«riS|
these figures.
Retail sales in Harnett total over
S2O million annually, and Increased-?
336 per cent during the P&st'iJM*
cade.
Youths Bound Ovdig
Four Brooklyn, .N. y., youths
were bound bver to HanWt£JßH|
erior Court today undor *790 festal't
apiece to face, a* lllffMM
The tone. Peter J.^MOWfeSggfcl