F*«r to partly cloudy and not much temper*tore chance today, tonight VOLUME 1 RED ASSAULT FAILS TO CRACK ALLIED LINES *■ ■■ 1 ■ ■ ■ ' I - ’ BB| Solons j Bicker Over Forcing Bradley To Give Testimony Western Union Walkout Spreads Through Country PHILADELPHIA, May 17 OP) —A walkout of Western Union operators spread rapidly through the United States today, with tele graphic service already crippled in sections of at least 10 states. Union sources said they ex pected the entire eastern division to be out shortly. This would add another nine states to those al ready affected by the strike. A spokesman for the Commerci al Telegraphers Union (AFL) said the men were walking out every where that the company Is using supervisory personnel in the traf fic department. • The company and local officials of the CTU scheduled a meeting for 1 p. m. In an effort to effect a settlement of the dispute. Uhion spokesmen charged that the supervisors were being trained to handle telegraph equipment In cooe the operators strike July 1 for a 25 cents-an-hour wage In crease. The strike started as “token" stoppages In several sections of the nation last night but developed later Into full stoppages and then began spreading to other parts of the country today. Service was severely hampered In such big cities as Philadelphia, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Oak land, Calif. Other states affected by the stoppage were Oregon, Illinois, West Virginia, Kentucky, Teonas sMr*Belawgre and New Jersey. . ' Continued On Page Thru#) L Cbwund Qapiiol SqimM i By-LYNN NISBET | BA LEIGH CORRESPONDENT PLANNINO—The “County Rural Progress Campaign” scheduled to begin in North Carolina June 1 Is based on long range planning, al though specific prizes offered cov er progress for the one year per iod ending May 3L 1952. The State wide plan was promulgated last fall after several counties In this and neighboring states had shown what can be accomplished by con certed and co-operative effort. Outstanding records have been noted in Haywood and Cleveland counties in this State and York County, S. C. Other Carolina and Virginia counties hive shown con siderable progress, and this year Forsyth is at the problem in a big way, business men of the county having underwritten about $75,000 for the campaign. PROGRAM—Sponsored by a doz en organizations, agencies and in stitutions the campaign is designed to. promote better farms and farm homes, rural schools and churches, develop recreational facilities and, most important of all, to sponsor community organizations—that is, organizations which co-ordinate for the good of all the people, the in-, dividual objectives and efforts of each. To this mid Dr. Clarence Poe, of the Progressive Farmer has promised that his magazine will award a prize of SI,OOO to the coun ty Showing the greatest degree of progress during the year. It is ex pected that other prizes will be of fered for leading communities, but , (Continued On Page 4) Price War Starts ■r mu TELEPHONES 8117 - 3118 - 31* JL U. S. Senator WillU Smith, shown here, has acoepted an in vitation to deliver the principal address at the Charter Night banquet of the newly-organized LilUngton Lions Chib May 31, President Meredith Senter an nounced today. LilUngton Lions will have as their gnests for the event members of other Lions dubs throughout this section. ELECTRICITY TO Bfc OFF The '.power will be off Sunday vicinity in order that the Carolina Power and Light Company crews may make repairs to the Him to avoid unscheduled and long inter ruptions. This Is in keeping with the company's plan to provide as near uninterrupted service as is practical, H.M. Tyler, district man ager, announced today. Severe Midget Storm Brews Over Atlantic Off Florida Fla.. May 17—Oh—A sev ere midget storm boiled up in the Atlantic Ocean off the. Florida coast today with . near-hurricane winds kicking up 30-foot waves. _ The unseasonable storm packed winds howling Up to $0 miles an hour, just 15. miles an hour beloW full hurricane force. it was spawn ed a month before the official op ening of the tropical hurricane sea son which begins June 16. The Miami Weather Bureau war ned that winds mtoht reach full gale force, between 65 and 75 miles an hour, late today and tonight along the coast between Cape Can averal and Mayport, near Jackson ville. Center of the storm was believed to be 135 miles offshore between Daytona Beach, Fla., and Cape Canaveral to the south, near the Patrick Air Force Guided Missile Base. Westbrook Elected Auto Dealers State treasurer Bari McD. Westbrook, prominent Dunn automobile dealer, business, civic and religious leader, was elec ted Btate, president’ oT.the. North (Eke ]Hemrfr WASHINGTON, May 17 (W Senators fought furiously today over whether Gen. Omar N. Brad ley should be ordered to disclose conversations with President Tru man about Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur’s discharge. A Democrat said such an order would endanger the “secuhty of our country." A Republican said it was a test of whether legislators are “mice or men." The committee investigating Mac- Arthur’s discharge approached a vote on whether Bradley, chair man of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be ordered to divulge April $ conversations between Mr. Tru man and his top advisers five da?s before MacArthur’s recall. Ohalrman Richard B. Russell, D„ Oa„ of the Senate Armed Servlces- Foreign Relations Committee cited law and historic precedents to support his contention that Brad ley was "fully within his rights" In refusing to destroy his confi dential relationship to the presi dent. Russell said he regretted that the issue had revoted “along party lines, and that it has a political (Continued On Page Six) Legian Hut To Get Generals' Pictures Photographs of Dunn’s Major General William C. Lee and Gen eral of the Army Douglas Mac- Arthur will soon be hung in Dunn’s American Legion Building, it was announced today by Commander Paul White. Kie Hudson, Immediate past commander, suggested the hanging of the pictures and was ..named chairman of the committee. biow-up u pwui^if Inches in size, will be hung of bon Oeneral Lee and General MacAr “Dunn Legionnaires regard them as the greatest of all soldiery" pointed out Chairman Hudson. Ceremonies in connection with hanging and unveiling of the por traits will probably be held. A Navy hurricane hunter plane flew out to get an accurate pos ition, and the weather bureau said it would issue complete informa tion on the storm with that report. Chief Forecaster Orady Norton described the disturbance as “very small.” But he added, “there’s some thing out there." ' A ship—the R. P. Smith—re ported from the .vicinity that winds ranged between 50 and 60 miles an hour with accompanying 25 to 30 foot waves. It took a barometer reading of 29.68, which the weather bureau said was “fairly low, but not hurricane-low.” The weather bureau ordered up northeast storm warnings at 8:80 a.m. from Savannah, Ga., south to Daytona Beach, Fla., and north east 'storm flags from Daytona Beach south to Fort Pierce. Small craft warnings were hoisted from Fort Pierce south to Fort Lauder dale. sociation at the State convention which closed yesterday in Pine-* hurst. ■ Jack Steele of Raleigh was elec ted president of the association, which heard addresses by U. S. Sen ator Willis Sbulth, Richard Hark ness, the radio commentator, and piny. Mr. Westbrook, who last year served as area chairman of the DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951 96,000 itids Thrown Into Second Round Os Spring Offensive TOKYO, Friday, May ld-r-fW—A force of 96,000 Com munists attacked United Nations forces all across the 120-mile Korean War front today, but failed to collapse the Allied line. A dispatch from the east central front said a large force of south* bound Reds had crossed the Puk han and Soyang rivers in a gradu al buildup of round two of their spring offensive. They swarmed' over mountains and through vallejk, the dispatch said. The rest of the dispatch was censored. Allied troops fell back on the eastern and east-central fronts. A U. 8. gth Army communique said these were line straightening op erations, although it was conceded the enemy had knocked a big hole in South Korean lines in the Inje area, near the east coast. FALL BY THOUSANDS Chinese and North Koreans were falling by the thousands unflfer Allied artillery, firing ,at the rate of one round every. two minutei, and bombs and machine gun bul lets fired from warplanes. A late report from the east central front said estimated enemy casualties credited to artillery fire in the last two days was 7,150. A nearly full moon illuminated the battle field Thursday night and 12 B-29 bombers dropped 96 tons of high explosive bombs on enemy communications, and air field targets. The much publiciz ed Red air force had not made Its threatened appearance. The fteds wqre relying on small arms, mortars qnd Russian-type 76 millimeter Th breakthrough came in the Inje area. South Korean flanks were exposed and other ROK units were endangered. American forces rushed in to at tempt to seal the gap. Returning fighter pilots said-that in strafing attacks on the east central and west central fronts they slashed to ribbons two groups of Chinese infantrymen estimated to number 1,000 each. The pilots raid the long expected second round of the Red spring offensive was on, but it still had not reached the “full human sea” •\ (Continued On Page Bix) Walter Byrd Has Triple Trouble, But All's Well Like many another dutiful son on Mother’s Day, C. Walter Byrd Charlotte Equipment salesman! came to his old home In Lilling ton Sunday to see his mother, Mrs. W. P. Byrd. When he returned home h e found it had been an eventful day in Mecklenburg, His wife Betty re ported: her car was stolen, his ped igreed bird dog “Fly Boy” disap peared, and daughter Jean, 4, de veloped the mumps. Luckily, Charlotte police found the car abandoned a few blocks away. “Fly Boy” turned up before night. And as for the mumps, “I had them on one side when I was in school at Wake Forest," grln ner Byrd. But his wife and son, Tommy, 2 are prepared for the mumps. Mamorial Peppy Is Described As Flower Off Hope The memorial poppy, which will be worn to honor the war . dead on Poppy Day, May 30, was des cribed as a flower of hope' tor disabled veterans and their fam ilies by Mrs.- Louise Oavtp, presi dent of the Dunn Unit, pf the Am erican Legion AuxHikiV. the the unit continued preparations for the obeervancedf Poppy Day. . t i ■' “Contributions made on Poppy Day are the main source of sup port .for the extensive activities for the welfare of disabled veterans and needy children of veterans that a T e .£ rr ‘? , w Uf SSSf* nUy .X£! e auxiliary,” Mrs. Gavin said. “Be cause of the generosity of the mil lions et Americans who wear the veterans and their families. i fry our poppy workers 10 to ■ Rive ! Zsni—- iTUdi Za \d4 • •* ® Solons Planning To Cut Acheson Off At Pockets WASHINGTON, May 17— OP) House Republicans faced with Sec retary of State Dean Acheson’s won’t quit declaration, hoped today to hit him In the pocketbook and force his ouster. GOP legislators supported by some Southern Democrats—work ed on several Ideas to force Ache son out by cutting off his salary in the State Department appropria tions bill due to come up soon. One of the Republican plans also might bounce John Foster Dulles, the Department’s special GOP ad viser, off tl)e payroll. But anti - Acheson Republicans faced a rough battle. Acheson told news conference yesterday he has ■o intention of resigning. And •resident Truman has raid repeat edly that Acheson will stay in of joemocratic House leaders adifttt fid "they were worried. ThaW con famous statement that he “wQi not turn my back” on convicted Per jurer Alger Hiss. Democrats have been stalling the appropriations bill, hoping the pres sure would ease up. C One amendment, proposed by Rep. John Phillips, R., Cal., is aim ed at ousting Acheson and some of his closest advisers, including Dulles. Phillips, a member of the House Appropriations Committee wants to cut off pay for any one in the State Department who has worked in any way for a foreign govern ment during the past five years. “The outstanding case is Ache son,” Phillips raid, adding that the secretary’s law office represented a foreign country during that period while Acheron still was associated with the firm." Rep. John Taber, N. Y., ranking Republican on the appropriations committee, said he thought Con gress could specify that Acheron alone be lopped from the payroll, although previous attempts to elim inate individuals by name have been locked by ths courts. State News Briefs Fayetteville, May 17—(UP) The Public Works Department is studying the cost, and equipment needed to fluorinate Fayetteville’s water supply, the city council said today. Several medical groups* here have endorsed fluorinaUon of city water aa an aid In preventing tooth de cay. ' • , • . Raleigh, May~lf— (UP) At torneys met hate for a final con ference today bifore filing's pe tition with the United States Su preme Court in thje States legal fight to keep Negros out of the (Continued oft Page Six) Cut Expected In Loaf Selling Tima HKND*RSON, stay 17 » - . Limited faeUtUes be eligible, a student must maintain a three-year average of 991A in all courees. ■■ TON ’iifa’"" 17 ’"‘"’ip j XV W inber j WASHINGTON,; Hy 17—Iff)—Steel for automobiles j Plant Mora COTTON Fop Your Country’s Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Two murder cases and a variety of others are scheduled for trial at the one-week criminal session of Harnett Superior Court which will convene Monday morning at LilUngton. Judge Q. K. Nimocks of Fayette ville WiU preside over the term, and District Solicitor Jack Hooks wiU presecute the docket. Scheduled to be tried for murder are: Richard Jones of LilUngton, Route 1, and Charlie Stephens, a Dunn Negro. . Jones is charged with the knife slaying of a neighbor. Otis Johnson, 38, on December 23. He is free un der $4,000 bond. It is doubtful that the case against Stephens will be tried, since he fled after aUegedly slaping Carl McNeill, 16, another Negro, and has not been apprehended. One divorce case is listed on the calendar released by Clerk Robert Morgan. Dorothy Marie Norris is seeking a divorce from Hugh Jen nings Norris. Nine new grand jurors will be selected from the group of 46 sum moned for jury duty. Following is a list of the cases MONDAY: Dorothy Marie Norris vs Hugh Jennings Norris, a div orce action; Dorothy Graham, lar ceny; Chester Stewart, abandon ment, etc.; S. F. WqodeU, assault With a deadly weapon; Earl Cam eron, assault with a deady weapon; Jesse Till, trespass; Ernest T. Tuck er, abandonment; Jasper M. John son, assault with a deadly weap on with intent to kill; Bernard Elmo Coggins, forgery; Bill Ray Johnson and Bari Brown, breaking and entering.and larceny; (Continued On Pago Six) -NQ^lt* USSR Protests Ban On Arms To Chinese Reds FLUSHING, N. Y., May 17 (IP) Russia today chal lenged the right of the .Un ited Nations General Assem- • bly to ban arms shipments to Communist China. The Soviets contended that sanc tions could be voted only by the Security Council where they could use the veto. Chief Soviet Delegate Jacob A., , Malik launched a bitter attack on .: the proposed embargo, on the Un ited States, and on the procedure ' the UN seeks to follow as a tense , meeting of the assembly’s 60- na- |J tion political committee opened to debate the embargo plan which was approved last week by the spe cial committee on Korean sanct ions. Russia, Malik said, would not participate in the consideration ol any such proposal. CITES SENATE HEADINGS The Senate hearings on Oen. Douglas MacArthur's proposals tor Far Eastern policy and action by both houses of Congress in unani mously demanding that the UN adopt an airtight, worldwide em bargo against the Chinese Reds were used by Malik in > his attack on American policy. "The Senate and the House of Representatives." Malik said, “have hastily and with an extraordinary procedure adopted a decision de signed to help the aggressive quar ters of the U. S. to impose on the UN in committee and in the Gen eral Assembly this shameful resol ution which they want to foist on the world. “General (Defense Secrtfcry George C.) Marshall, in his. testi mony before . the Senate tees m M»t ii, openly recognized that the State Department had exercised pressure by all means at its disposal on countries which art members of the American-led blocs, particularly England and France, sh order to constrain them to vote for this embargo.” The Security Council, Malik said, was the sole UN organ charged with keeping peace and maintain ing security and—despite action voted by the General Assembly last fall—the 60-nation world parlla- 9 ment had no jurisdiction in this matter. Merchants Group’ Official Speaks At Coats Tonight Thompson Greenwood Of-CMMSfiI secretary of the North' Carolina' Merchants Association, will address the newly-organized Coats Mer chants Association tonight at t o'clock fn the Community, ptplding. ' Plans for the meeting wese an nounced this morning by L. B. McKnight, president of the Wgari-: 1 ; ization. Mr. Greenwood Is an'ckitatanding speaker and is expected to give the Coats merchants many valuibfs*; ideas in getting their organlzatMt it off to a good start. OPS Cotton Ruling Issued '|| RALEIGH, May 17— A primary J cotton textile manufacturers’, ref*. ulation (CPR 37) .effective MapiSl has been issued by the Office of « Price Stabilization, it was announ ced today by J. G. Clark, ButiiM Carolina OPS Director. s! This regulation is designed to ap proximate more closely the naafl of one of the nation’s majeejßl dustries at the manufacturing level. It will afford at least . UotlMf'Sl lief to most cases of inequity tin fteacTor Jtio* ion