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WEATHER Mostly fair and mild .tonight Slightly higher temperatures In the interior. VOLUME 1 M’ARTHUR BALKED AT WAR POUCY. WAS FIRED : Allies Advance Against Mounting Red Resistance; 79 Men Trapped In Underground Mine- Explosion EASINGTON, England, May 29 —(IS—A shattering explosion 900 feet underground collapsed a branch tunnel In the Great Eastng ton coal mine early today, and at least 79 men were trapped by fall ing debris and choking black gas. The explosion rocked the coun tryside at 4 a. m. (10 p. m. EDT) last night. Forty-three miners who were in another section of the mine rushed to the rescue and eight hours later reached six bodies. There was only one known sur vivor among the 79, who included three mine officials and three deputy supervisors. The blast oc curred during a shift change. RELATIVES, FRIENDS PRAT More than 1,000 relatives and friends of the entombed men pray ed for hours for the safety of the miners. They watched in silence when the first blanket-draped bodies were brought to the surface and carried to a temporary morgue. Some wept when rescue workers staggered to the surface, choking from the dread gas. Official bulletins were * issued every three hours at the mine en trance on the progress of the res cue work. Miners on other shifts were awakened and called to help. Rescue equipment was rushed from other mining areas. E. H. Skinner, chairman of the Durham area of the National Coal Board* saM4t had been established officially that 79 >of the total 2JKO men employed ip tfre-m*nc wreye trappccrirnen the explosion occurs red about 1% miles from the pit heed. “We do not know whether the others are safe or wheather they are dead or alive,” Skinner said. Rescue workers were encounter ing “the# greatest difficulties,” he added. Rescuers had to wear oxy gen masks because of the bad air below. Former Dunn Resident Buried Burial rites were held this after noon at 3 o’clock in the Williams Family Cemetery in .Sampson County for Mrs. Leslie lewis Will iams, 65, of Greensboro, former resident of Dunn. Mrs. Williams, who lived at 410 Burtner St. in Greensboro, died Monday morning in Wesley Long Hospital there. ' The services were held at 11 o’clock this morning in the Hanes Chapel in Greensboro. The Rev. Hoy L. Fesperman, pastor of the First Reformed Church, officiated. The body was then brought to Dunn for burial. Mrs. Williams lived in Dunn t*r several years and had many friends here. Surviving are: four sons. Nathan, James and Clifton Williams, all of Greensboro, and Arlee Williams of Reidsvtlle; two daughters, Mrs. E. O. Johnson of Charleston, S. C„ and Mrs. Alex Cozzl of Greensboro; also two brothers, W. N. Lewis of Newton Grove and H. V. Lewis ot, Roanoke Rapids. VERDICT. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY” SYRACUSE, N. Y. (IP* Jus tice Clifford H. Searl sat in Su preme Court awaiting the response of a Jury in a negligence case. When asked for a verdict, the jury stood up in a body and said: “Hap py Birthday, Judge Searl.” The Judge Just turned 69. Drive To Impeach Warren Dreg Out TALLAHASSEE, Fla.. May 39 Oft lmpeachment threats against Gov. Fuller Warren died out today after the Florida legislature voted down the first real effort to re move him from office. Demands for his Impeachment flew from every direction after Warren reinstated the sheriff of Greater Miami, who had been sus pended from office following Kef auver Committee testimony that be was lax in gambling law en forcement. Rep. Oeorge Okell of Miami gathered the allegations against the governor into a 46-page reso lution specifying 11 charges that he had "allowed the power of his of fice” i-> be weed by gambling in terests. Okell, former dose Mend and (Canltaasd an Tags t) TELEPHONES 3117 - 3118 -31 V I Replacing Os Chief Jackson Planned In Police Shake-Up Reshuffling of the Dunn Police Department and the replacement of veteran Pol ice Chief George Arthur Jackson is scheduled to take place next Monday night. According to informed sources, the decision has already been made by three members of the board, Commissioner L. L. Coats of Ward I, Commissioner J. Vernon (Crow) Bass of Ward II and Commissioner R. G. Tart in Ward ill. All three of these commissioners received the support of the Citizens Committee for Law Enforcement in the recent primary and, it was reported this morning, the com mittee has demanded changes in the local law enfotoeihent agency. However, neither Chairman Oliver W. Godwin 6f the Citizens Committee nor the Uiree commis sioners seemed inclined to talk about it this morning. Chairman Godwin said he had “heard some discussion about it a week or so ago," but had been busy and didn’t know what decision had been reached. Commissioner Bass said that, “There’s something in the pot, but nothing definite." He said some “minor” changes probably would be made. Commissioner Coats said, ”1 heard some things about it, but nothing definite.” WANT BETTER ENFORCEMENT Chairman Godwin, who spear headed the campaign for the citi zens committee, acknowledged this the purpoefi their Driver Is Held Following Wreck A Negro driver, who left his bumper—with license tag attach ed—at the scene of an accident from which he allgedely fled is in Dunn Jail twatting trial on two counts. Charles A. MdNell, 35. of God win, Rt. 1, is charged with hit and run driving and careless and reck less driving growing out of o col lision' at the intersection of N. Magnolia Ave. and E. Harnett St. late Sunday aftemobn. Dunn police reported that Mc- Neil’s car and a 1941 Plymouth driven by Gaston McKoy, Dunn Ne gro, collided at the intersection about :30 p. m. Instead of stop ping, police said, McNeil fled the scene. The bumper from McNeil’s car was picked up and the license num ber relayed to State Highway Pat rol headquarters in Raleigh for identification of the owner. McKoy’s Plymouth sustained a bout SIOO damage. McKoy was slightly Injured. Allen E. Westbrook, arrested over the week end on charges of drunk en driving and possession of illegal Whiskey, was released under S3OO bond to face trial this week. Lectureship At ACC Set Up For Dr. Cuthrell By Church The George F. Cuthrell Lecture ship has. been established at At lantic Christian College in Wilson in honor of Dr. Cuthrell, pastor of t he Hood Memorial Christian Church at Dtum and president of the North Carolina Disciples of Christ. •» Announcement of the lectureship fund was made Sunday night by Dr. D. Ray Lindley, president of the college, during the baccalaur eate service at which Dr. Cuthrell delivered the senhon. Harnett Ugts four East Carofma Grads Eighteen seniors from ’Harnett. Johnston, Sampson, Lee and Cum berland counties were among the 370 East Carolina College seniors who received degrees from Dean Leo W. Jenkins during commence ment exercises May <fi. Sampson led with 10 graduates, followed by Harnett, with tour, Johnston, Lee and Cunv- Harnett: Claudius Altman, B. A.; Jean Uds Mc- (Eta jHaiiu Jtmiril | X Howard Elected President 01 Harnett Scout District imKM WSKDm -liPl jA JKT % * 1 SH *-sk~ . jfj. At • wm WAITE HOWARD Approval Os Draft-UMT Bill Is Expected Today 4 WASHINGTON, Mktt ail rn court’s decision* and the State De — TOe compromise drift- and un- pertinent WRI support h tat, iversal military trailing biff appar- Controls: Defense Secretary enthr was headed today for quick George C. Marshall was called b»- eongresslflnal approval. fore the Senate Banking Comrait- The measure will be called up tee to explain how much of the in the Senate late this week tor nation’s production the military final passage. The House was ex- will need. The senators were con pected to take it up early next cemed, too, about the rising cast week. of defense materials. Marshall in- Chairman Richard B. Russell of tended to appeal for the stringer the Senate Armed Service Com- economic controls which the ad mittee and Carl Vinson of the ministration wants ip a two-year House Armed Service Committee extension of the Defense Produc called the compromise a sound one. tlon Act, which expires June 30. It weald lower the draft age from Reciprocal: Although President 19 to MM, lengthen draft service Truman was not going to get the from 21 to 24 months and set up extended reciprocal trade agree the skeleton of a post-emergency ments program for which be asked, UMT program. administration Sources believed he Congress actually would have to would approve a compromise. The pass more legislation before UMT compromise okayed yesterday by would go into effect. Congresslon- House-Senate conferees extends al military leaden predicted this the program for two years with would be dpne within six months. provisions to protect American in- OTHER CONGRESSIONAL dustry against foreign import*. DEVELOPMENTS (Centimes On Page Six) Transports: Sen. Harry P. Cain, -. R.. Wash., hit a British court’s RECRUITER IN WRECK ruling that 40 transport planes in While the armed forces are cry the crown colony of Hong Kong ing for volunteers from all over should be turned over to Red China, the country, youths in Harnett The planes were purchased by the County were; finding it mighty dis- Civll Air Transport. Inc., headed flcult to get into the Army or Air by Maj. Claire Chennault, from Force. the Chinese Nationalist government Reason? Recruiting Sergeant in 1949. Cain urged the State De- Winfield Pickett got himself bang pa rtment -to take "every necessary ed up in an automobile accident diplomatic and economic step” to a few days ago and is confined to make sure that the British do not his home. Those truly eager to en hand over the planes. Chennault ter service may do so by applying intends to appeal the British at 207 Franklin St., Fayettevffle. The lectureship was set up by the Dunn church without the knowledge of Dr. Cuthrell. Chair man Loroman C. Dupree, Jr., said this morning. It came as a complete surprise to Dr. Cuthrell and atto to : members of the church. Only mem bers of the church board knew about the project. . It was set up this year on Dr. CuttareU’s 50th anniversary in the Christian ministry. The local pas tor celebrated *his 70th birthday April 33. The Lectureship funds will be used for visiting speakers who each year lecture to ministers of the denomination during a special week at the Wilson college. T ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE “We thought it was a fitting tribute to honor Dr. Cuthrell on his 50th anniversary,” said Mr. Dupree this morning, “and it wifi be a perpetual honor to him and his achievements in the ministry.” held many positions 1 ' > ■’';'r # j * ■ DUNN, N. CU TUESDAY, MAJ 29, 1951 Waite W. Howard, prominent Bunn civic leader and head of the Installment Loan Department of the First Citizens Bank and Trust Company here, last night was elect ed president of the Harnett County Boy Scout District for the coming year. A. R. Marley of Erwin, a su perintendent at Erwin Mills, was named as district commissioner of the county organization. The election of officers took place at the annual organization meet ing held last night. The county group had supper at Porter’s Res taurant and hte business session followed at Mr. Howard’s office. Chairman Howard succeeds J. K. Bruton of Erwin, the retiring chair man, and Mr. Marley succeeds Rev. W. M. Latta of Erwin, the retiring commissioner. Other new officers are: John Follett of Buie’s Creek, or ganization and extension chairman; (Continued on Page » , He is a native of FamUco Coun ty and has held influential pastor ates in North Carolina. Georgia and Texas. While pastor of the First Chris tian Church of Tyler, Texas, he served as chairman of the Texas Christian Missionary Boc*ety for four years. He also served on the board of trustees of Atlantic Chris tian College and Brtte College at the Bible in Fort Worth, Texas. After returning to North Caro (Coatfnaed on Fage 9) Ennis Firm Bogins Audit Os City Books Auditors from th Thurman C. Ennis accounting firm have begun preliminary work on the city* books in an audit to determine how the city's money waa amt during the 1960-51 fiscal year. In charge of the operation are fffntflr Accountant .Daniel G. fffntt hews and Junior Accountant Wal ter Panuaore. r 1949-50 books. Wednesday, May j 34—<IH—Allied forces smash el through mounting Com- ! rtknlst resistance in Korea I Tmeaday, advancing six to I Ml miles over rugged terrain. flkftith Korean troops spearhead- . «£ the United Nations drive by j panging 12 miles up the east coast 1 i# capture the key road Junction j jdKKansong. 21 miles north of the \ jp> Parallel r ROKS ran into litt|e or no I resistance as they raced up the -«mhe route they took before being | driven back by the Chinese Com- , mbnist offensive last winter. On other fronts, however, the Allies Were meeting with new re s&tance from the army they chased j Ottt of South Korea last week. , Hfcnd-to-hand fighting was repor- I taß in some areas and convoys of Ad supply trucks began streaming Mbthward again to main Commun ist assembly areas. •bn the central front. North Ko rtenj holding open the last escaire Ate for Reds trapped below the fipr action reservoir battled fiercely against American units driving to Mil off a mountain trail around A eastern end of the lake. . Hand-to-hand fighting raged or es miles of wooded mountain coun try south of Vanggu, on the easl em end of the 12-mile-long reser valr. The North Koreans counter a lacked at 4 am. Tuesday and the *ht stl was going on under a bailing sun aj, 1:30 pm. •Tie North Koreans were reslst ir [ more bitterly than the Chinese wlo have fought In this sector. tThose Koreans stick in their bdtes and fight a lot longer than the Chinese” one officer said. "Ve’ve been throwing grenades and forth at each other all rjiie South Korean seizure of Kaiuong gave the Allies control of W end of the soad from Xhje to tlfe east coast. UN troops ‘to the (Continued On Page Six) i , . i Woodmen Manager 1 Visits Dunn Area i Nick T. Newberry of Charlotte. State manager of the Woodmen , of the World, arrived in Dunn today ( and will spend several days visit- i ing various Woodmen camps in this j section. i The State WOW chief, who is the son of National President Far- i rar Newberry, win address a meet- ■ lng of Mingo Camp No 363 Thun- < day night at S o’clock. District Manager Eugene Hood ' of Dunn said this wauld be a very Important meeting of this camp as , several business matter are to be i Mr. Newberry will visit with mem- j bers of Dunn Camp No. 194. Con- ( sul Jesse Weeks has announced , that the Dunn camp will have a , wiener roast at the lodge hall , Thursday night at 7:30. with the regular meeting to follow ( The State manager is also ex- j pected to attend a fish fry to be ’ held Saturday night by the Reedy , Branch Camp No. 400. The sup- < per win begin at 6 o’clock. N. C. Strickland. Jr., is consul cotnman- , Her. ( District Manager Hood today re- ] parted that Woodmen camps throughout this section are now busy engaged in mapping out a , bership is showing rapid increase | and a number at community pro- { Jects are slated. i State Naurs j Briefs LINOOLNTON, May 20. W - W. K Dedroon. moth Division pris on supervise*. sair today two pris oners wen shot apd critically wotmded yesterday when they at tempted to escape from s rood gang near hen. ' " ' Dedmon identified the two a» Ted Cantrell, sentenced In Clay County to seven to 13 yean Mr manslaughter, and Fred Jones, sen tenced in Cartant Comity to three to five yean for larceny and re nsihasn said Cantrell and Jones wen shot down by Guard Clyde J. Rathhom when they tried to work detail which wae RALEIGH, ilay 20. Ol North Carolina’s quote in the July draft wi hr 419. CoL O 8. Slaun- director, ea fllinnwtill, ■■ I# ' - • - FIVE CENTS PER COPY MARINE SNIPERS ARE WELL ARMED |Jg| gjH gjk -mmtr V., 1 RUOOED SNIPERS of U. S. Marine Corps sth Regiment put more empha sis on their weapons with telescopic sights, ammunition, grenades and knives than on formality of uniforms. The two Leathernecks in Korea are Cpr Earl Lowfery (left) and Pfc. William E. Baucom, both of Oak land, California. (U. S. Marine Carpi Photo from International) Rape Charges Aired In Recorder s Court Two charges of attempted rape one of them involving a six-year old child—were aired id Llnlngton Recorder’s Court today. Named, in the warrant* were two Negro men. Lonnie Herbert Cam eron. about 50, and Sam Guyton, about .35. Judge Floyd Taylor found prob able cause on a charge that Cam eron bad attempted 'to rape a six year-old-Negro girl near the child's home in Upper Little River Town ship. Sunday. - ». r* Cameron was. bound over to Har nett Superior Cdurt for trial, but no bond was. set. since all the evi dence has not been heard. *Chief’ witness tor the. State was Janies . Lee'Mallard. Negro, 13, who told the court, he saw Cameron throw the young girl into some wtotU and allegedly 'try to assault her. , ‘ Mallard said he ran to the child’s home to call hgr mother. When they returned to the scene, be ad ded, Cameron ran into a stretch of woods and “didn’t come out till dark.” The girl’s mother said she took the child to Dr J K Williford in Lilltngton for examination. Dr. Williford was to testify as to her condition before court recessed late this afternoon. Since Cameron was unrepresent ed in court, Judge Taylor appoint ed Attorney John Hood to act as hi* counsel. ACCUSED OF USING RAZOR Annie Margaret McLean. 20-year old Negro girl, accused Sam Guy ton of putting a raor to her back in an attempt to force her into unwilling relations with him. She said that Guyton, wield nig the raor, forced her to leave the Manhattan Supper Club near Lil -1 ing ton Thursday night and car ried tier a short way down the road. (Centime* on Page 8) BULLETINS LONDON, May 29 — (IP —Britain agreed today to ac cept “some form” of nationalization of Iran’s oil indus try bdt ruled out any unilateral action by that country, / WASHINGTON, May 29—(UV-Federal Judge Walter ML Bastian today .iHgißimrrt two motions which would ham hatted the execution of seven Natl war criminate be cause the German ivawMteiV l " outlaws capital punish ibent,:'-: ■' •’ ' r '~\ ' •Me " s ROME, Italy, May 29—<W—Italian voters have thrown Plant Mare COTTON For Your Country's Defense, For Your Own Profit, Security. Reaction Seen v To Breakdown Os Segregation CHARLESTON. S. C. May 29 OP* Three federal judges were told today they would create a serious “emotion reaction” by erasing the color line in South Carolina public schools. But a Negro group seeking to break down classroom segregation called in two more witnesses to testify that spa rate schools give Negro children an Inferiority com ples, thus making them victims of discrimination. These were the issues which the panel of judges was expected to take under' advisement today be fore rendering a decision which could cause sweeping changes in the South's traditional system of “separate but equal” schools. The suit, brought by parents and guardians of 30 Negro school children in Claredon County. S. C., was the first to hit directly at segregation. The United States Supreme Court was expected to make the final decision. Negroes claim segregation also discriminates against white stu dents by instilling in them an at titude of raclia prejudice. WITNESSES TO TESTIFY Thurgood Marshall, General counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said he has two more wit nesses who will testify that segre (Coattnued On Page Three) NO. 121 GOP Solon Asks Vandenberg To Resign Command WASHINGTON, May 29 (IPi—Gen, Hoyt S. Vanden berg testified today that Ge n. Douglas MacArthur was fired because it “seem ed sounder” to vest the Ko rea command i n someone who was “more nearly” in agreement with U. S. war policy. ' The air staff chief told the Sen ate committee investigating Mac- Arthur’s dismissal that constder ; able lattitude must be given a theater commander in following Washington directives. Hence, he said, agreement on basic policy? is necessary. "Knowing that Gen. MacArthur was an ardent advocate of a dif ferent policy, from a military point of view it seemed sounder to have someone, with those rather broad directives, who was more nearly in consonance with government policy," he said. Vandenberg in his second day of testimony also: 1. Rejected a Republican sug gestion that like MacArthur he should be relieved from com mand because last December he "criticized” the ban on American air blows against the Communis* supply "sanctuary" in Manchuria. Vandenberg said he was just “ex plaining” the ban and was not criticizing policy. CITED PLANE LOSSES 2. Said United Nations forces have lost more planes in Korea than the Communists because our pilots are flying about 500 times as many missions as the Reds and "are operating at low, “hand gren ade” altitude. 3. Declared that he and Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief of > Staff, made it “abundantly dear” To - MacArthur in Tokyo list Jan- - uary that a Joint Chiefs of Staff" ‘study” was not a directive but simply tentative recommendations which might or might not be im plemented with orders later as circumstances required. 4. Said he believed Japanese , cities “quite probably” would be attacked if Russia entered the Korean War. Japanese cities and industry, he said, "are almoet wholly dependent for their safety on American defense forces.” 5. Expressed belief that “there is a prospect of achieving” the United (Continued on Page I) Conditions Os , *PW» m T Universe Showit *• 1 I By Dr. TribbKr ■ “All things are yours,” quoted Dr. s Harold W. Tribble, president, of i Wake Forest College, lit, the eowi . mencement sermon at Campbell i College Sunday evening as ho spolte i to 110 candidates for graduation. Campbell’s 65th commencement began Sunday evening at > o’clock I with the processional by limit . Campbell Lynch, organist. Presi dent L. H. Campbell led os, &» : vocation and after the scripture by ? Dr. Tribble. Dr. J. W. Angell col ' legteMfcaplain, led the prayer. “Praise the Lord” by Moaart-X*mn, was sung by the college choir, dir ected by S. David Smith. Peggy Lewis of Middlesex was soprano soloist. ’ Si “All things are yours.* began . Dr. Tribble, “provided you meet certain conditions. God created'the ' | universe for us to possess, but on i certain conditions, for it' is a. moral '• universe. ’ • : “The first condition is discipline ■ of mind and spirit. The mind that studies grows. The mind ttiat stop* studying, loses its power to. gjsL , Don’t be afraid of new ideas, not (Continued On Page Six) Only two Robot* ‘ | Answer Last Call * iM NORFOLK, Va.. May 2» Ol Two old soldiers will meet her? to i day to answer the final roll mill of the Army of the Confederacy, § W. J. Bush of Fitzgerald, CM* and of OBa^Ltu But con e uon sponsors
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