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VOLUME 1
Reds Seen Abandoning
Iron Triangle' Area
Red Battalions
Resist Allies
Below Chorwon
TOKYO, June ft—(lP)—Bat
tered Chinese Reds were re
ported starting to pull out
of the central Korean “iron
triangle” today, but their
screening forces still fought
back fiercely in some sec
tors.
Eighth Army forces assaulting
the last offense line before
Chorwon. southwest anchor of the
"Iron triangle” reported stiff re
sistance by three enemy battal
ions—2.soo to 3,000 men—south
west of the city and one battalion
due south.
Southeast of Chorwon, however,
UN columns made a general ad
vance of 1,000 to 2.000 yards and
sent tank patrols stabbing up to
three miles farther north against
only light opposiUon.
Farther east. Allld forces punch
ed out gains of up to 1,000 yards
against heavy, stubborn resistance
from two enemy regiments—s,ooo
to 3,000 men—above Hwachon on
the approaches to Xumhwa, south
east anchor of the "iron triangle.”
Shell Chorwon, Highway
UN artillery shelled both bomb
ed-out Chorwon and the key later
al road running east northeast to
Kumhwa along the base of the tri
angle.
The bombardment came on the
heels of one of the heaviest night
air attacks of the war on the tri
angular plateau where the Reds
until recently were massing 200,000
pi 1 niwt men for a new offensive*- .
Twelve *-*9 Superfortresses ajid
li B-2fl llaht tmmhera - scattered
more than l MO tone of bombs ovSr
the strategic build-*up area in a
dusk-todawn saturation raid.
The Air Foroe estimated the
bomba, timed to explode just be
fore they hit the ground, hurled
9,000,000 steel fragments into the
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Contractor Gets
$381,000 Worth Os
Business In Week
O. W. Godwin, Dunn contractor,
has been awarded contracts for
$301,000 worth of construction dur
ing the past week, it was disclosed
here this morning.
The prominent Dunn builder
was awarded contracts for a city
school addition in Hertford Coun
try, at $60,000; a high school build
ing at Creedmore in Granville
County, at 8171,000; the Joe Tolar
High School building in Granville
County, at $128,000; and a State
contract for repairing and remodel
ing the gpirt Carolina Training
School at Rocky Mount, at $28,000.
Already, Mr. Godwin Is working
on other contracts totaling $17,-
191,800.00. He Is one of the State’s
biggest contractors.
Mr. Godwin did more than a
half million dollars worth of con
struction work for schools In Har
nett right after the war, and now
has contracts for about that much
more work in Harnett.
Among projects which Mr. God
win has underway are:
Dunn High School addition,
$80,000; Maple Grove Indian
School, completed. $38,000; Har
nett County Training School ad
dition. $27,500; Mt. Olive school.
$194,000; Bt. Paul, $128,000; two
school projects ta Lenoir totaling
$308,000; two Skate buildings at
the Casbwell Training School at
Kinston, $870,000; a project at
Windfall in Perquimans County,
$212,000; a school at Snow Hill,
$115,000; a school in Halifax, $76,-
000. .. V.
Mr. Godwin has completed or
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Acheson Testifies
Americans Held In
China Face Danger
. WASHINGTON, June B—(lP)—Secretary of State Dean
Acheson said today that 30 Americans are being held in
Communist China under “very dangerous and very del
icate” conditions and that the State Department is try
ing to get them home.
Acheson made this disclosure In
his seventh day of testimony be
fore the Senate committee inves
tigating Oen. Douglas MacArthur’s
recall from the Far Bast. It was
brought out by questions as to
the origin of a 1949 telegram criti
cizing the Chiang. Kai-Shek re
gime and opposing further U. S.
aid to the Chinese Nationalists.
When the telegram was put into
the committee record this week,
it was presented as the 1949 views
of the American Chamber of Com
merce in an unidentified Chinese
city.
C OF C MAN IN CHINA
Under questioning today by Sen.
Styles Bridges. R., N. H„ Acheson
said the president of the chamber
is now in New Fork. But another
member is still in bed China, he
said, and would be in “gravest”
danger if details about the mes
sage were released.
The telegram was critical of both
the Communist and Nationalist re
gimes but particularly so of the
Nationalist, which it charged with
military and political incompet
ence.
Bridge! agreed with Acheson that
the city of origin and the names
»f .all persons involved in sentl-
W- message should fee kept off
the
Wade nf ail Gets § months
For Traffic Violations
Campbell To
Open Summer
Term Tuesday
Plans for the opening of Camp
bell College summer school Tues
day morning were announced today
by A. R. Burkot, dean of the col
lege. The program will begin
promptly at 9:00 a. m.
The prospeoUve student body wjll
assemble In the auditorium of the
D. Rich Memorial Administration
Building for a brief chapel pro
gram, at which time they will re
ceive instructions for registration.
The registration will begin at 10
a. m. and will continue through
the day.
Classes will begin following reg
istration. The summer school will
be conducted for a period of 12
weeks, with the closing, date Aug.
39.
College courses will be offered In
English, mathematics, accounting,
foreign languages, biology, secre
tarial science, social sctence, music
and religion- High school courses
will be Offered in English, mathe
matics, secretarial science, social
science and mush:. Burkot also
stated that for convenience to the
students the dormitories will be
opened Mondap. .
N# Week fat- Hite
HELENA, Mont 7 A— A pan
handler knocked at Mrs. F, D.
Jones' door and said he'd like a
bite to eat She gave him a taka
and told him to clean the yard
while ri» Owd bta a handout.
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i Bridges, however, disclosed that
■ the city was taken by the Reds in
■ 1948, well before the message was
s sent. In view of that, he said, the
i telegram might have been a “for
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! Dunn Man Injured
! In Flaming Truck
i
HAMILTON. Ala., June 8—(IB—
> A South Carolina man was burn
ed to death here yesterday when
a big trailer truck loaded with
eggs ran off an enbankment In
. side the city limits and caught
i fire.
Samuel G, Page, 34. of Aiken,
r S. 0., apparently was asleep in the
‘ assistant driver’s bunk inside the
trailer when the flames trapped
' him.
Ernest Ray Neighbors, 24, of
i Dunn, N. C., the driver, was
hospitalized in HaleviUe, Ala.,
with facial burns and internal
i injuries.
Highway patrolmen said at least
two-thirds of the truck's cargo was
t eggs. The trailer was driving to
i ward Birmingham oh U. 8. high
■ way 78 when it went out N con
t troT a steep, curving t,ttown-
- Cleo Moore, 35, of Wade, charged
with driving drunk, driving after
revocation of license, and resisting
arrest, started serving six months
on the. toads in Cumberland Coun
ty today .
Superior Court Judge Clawson L.
Williams yesterday ordered that one
of the previous six-months senten
ces ,glv«n Moore last January be
executed.
Moore was arrested on May 8
while allegedly operating a motor
scooter while under the influence
of whiskey and resisting arrest.
In January, Moore was fined 8100
and costs and given six months,
suspended for one year, on charge
of speeding In one case, and six
months, suspended for one year
and payment of S2OO fine and the
condition that he observe good be
havior and not operate a vehicle
for a period of 18 months.
The second judgment carried the
provision that the solicitor could
order execution of judgment at any
time provided Moore was found
to be violating the terms of his
sentence.
Attorney Everette L. Doffermyre
of Dunn successfully argued to the
court that this judgment was 'not
valid, since the law does not con
fer such powers on a solicitor.
Judge Williams upheld that con
tention, but ordered that Moore
serve the other six months term.
, Trial on the charge of driving
the motor scooter while intoxicated
was pqstponed. Attorney Jim Nance
assisted Mr. Doffermyre with the
RETURNS FROM KOREA
Dpi. Floyd Godwin. Jr., 19-year
old Eronse Star veteran of the
Mpeean War. returned to his Dunn
iMfbie late Thursday night. Cor
pora! Godwin went to Korea early
In the war with the 38th Division.
Hp & the son of Mrs. Thelma God
!,Wlb Byrd of 008 W. Harnett St.
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DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1951
6 Nations Join
British In Hunt
For Diplomats
LONDON, June B—HP)—A
search for two high-tank
ing British diplomats spread
to six more European coun
tries today, but investigat
ors believed the missing pair
probably were still in
France.
Donald D. Mac Lean, 38, head of
the British Foreign Am
erican department, and Guy Bur
gess, 40, a specialist on Far East
ern affairs, disappeared from their
homes here May 25 and were
known to have arrived in Paiis
three days later.
Belief that the two men were
still in France centered on two
telegrams received by their families
yesterday from Paris, The tele
grams were signed by the missing
men.
CHECK CABLES
ScoUand Yard authorities asked
the cable company to forward the
originals of the two messages to
check on the handwriting. Con
tents of the telegrams were not
disclosed, but it was learned the
one to Mac Lean’s family wag sign
ed with his family nickname.
At the same time, however, the
Foreign Office asked authorities
in Western Germany, Austria,
Sweden, Finland, Denmark and
Norway to watch for Mac Lean and
Burgess in the belief that they
might be trying to escape through
the Iron Curtain to Russia.
Both men were familiar with
Anglo-American diplomatic ex
changes on such subjects as the
Big Four deputies conference in
Paris, the North Atlantic Pact, the
Korean War and Japanese peace
treaty.
U. 8. Secretary of State Dean
Acheson said in Washington yes
terday that it would be a, -serious
matter” if the two men proved to
be .Russian sympathiasgs.)
Neither was known- aa aJßussian
sympathizer, however. On< West
teen diplomat said Bamju as a {
“gnat student at Lenin Sin*- tarxgJ
Baffled government * officials
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(hound
Capitol
SquaM |
i By LYNN NISBET
RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT
FISH The Commercial fish
eries committee of the State Board
of Conservation and Development
went fishing last fall and caught
some undersirables in its nets.
Main objective was to rewrite the
accumulated mass of general and
local statutes affectiiig the indus
try so as to eliminate duplications
and repetitions, and to place many
of the local ahd temporary “laws”
in province of the ordinance -
making power of the C&D Board
instead of cluttering up the law
books with them. Result was
three or fotfr general statutes, in
lieu of dozens of special-local acts,
thus simplifying administration.
Trouble is, the re-writing went too
far. Inadvertently, the new acts
eliminated several of the revenue
producing provisions of the old
statutes along with many of the
obsolete and duplicative regula
tions. As a consequence of that
inadvertence, the Department of
Conservation and Development,
with complete voluntary co-opera
tion of certain commercial fisher
men, has devised a temporary
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State News
DJ A |.
Briefs
CHAPEL HILL, June B.—(UP)
Law sStooTta the
the race barrier planned today to
•eric living quarters in University
J. Kenneth Lee, 28-yaar-oid
SStatotay I Sdth\a^Bc^l
iHtobry Brandis,
I or not.
Marshall Convinced War
In Korea Is No Stalemate
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DOWN TO EARTH Since heavy rains came this week to drive away the long drought, farmers
like J. L. Langley of Dnnn, Rt. 3, shown above, have begun to grub in their fields again. The field
of cotton in which Langley Is working didn't suffer badly, but he had to spend Tuesday and Wed
nesday resetting some of his 16 acres of tobacco. “The rain sure saved me,” farmer Langley observed
happily. (Daily Record Photo by T. M. Stewart.) -!«* |# l i«NP»twi»mnwinwira!i
Lillington G. I.
In Japan Heard
“So near and yet so far,” was
the reaction Mrs. John A. John
son of Lillington had Wednesday
night when she heard the voice of
her son, S-Sgt. Robert Roy John
son, broadcasting from Tokyo.
The Lillington man is with the
Air Force Medical Corps and has
bwn evacuating wounded from the
Korean battlefields to Japan. He
was one of several soldiers inter
viewed in a broadcast originating
in Takyo. The news account, dis
tributed in this section by WPTF,
Raleigh station, was heard by Win
ston Hfpter, a neighbor of Mrs.
Johnson? who promptly notified her
to tune in and she heard most of
the interview with her son.
TELLS OF WORK
Sergeant Johnson said he was
feeling fine and before telling
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Chamber Secretary
Going To England
Dunn’s Chamber of Commerce
office will be emptier than a pool
hall on Sunday morning after the
last week in June.
As announced, before, Manager
Joe McCullers will report to the
Army June 27 for 21 months’ duty.
The day before that, June 26, Mc-
Culiers" secretary, Mrs. Betty Jean
Stephenson of Benson, will leave
for New York City, where she will
catch a ship to join her husband
in England.
Mrs. Stephenson said today that
she and her husband. Robert Louis
Stephenson of the U. S. Air Force,
will live in Whitney, England, hear
Brizenorton Air Force Base, where
Private Stephenson is stationed.
Although she was alerted to go
overseas almost three months ago,
Mrs. Stephenson was notified only
yesterday that space had been
reserved for her aboard the Army
transport Darby. The ship is sched
uled te sail June 29 from New
York City.
Mrs. Stephenson said she will
leave her Chamber of Commerce
job June 28 and will depart from
Benson two days later for Fort
Hamilton, Brooklyn, N. Y., to await
the sailing date.
The Chamber secretary has held
her Job in Dunn since November,
Private Stephenson, who volun
teered for the Air Force last Sep
tember. has been in England since
November. He is attached to thte
transportation office at the air
.Another Benson wupte. Ptc. Paul
I the Johnsons whltaafce is in
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Friendship Cant Be
bought, Solon Says
VMftSBfIRiTON Rep F Ertri
CarlfLumberton is not opti
mistic about results to be obtained
from the $190,000,000 loan voted by
Congress for famine relief in India.
The Lumberton congressman was
one of five Tar Heel House mem
bers who voted against the bill
when it came up in the House
last week. He said today he was
“confident that neither pprsonal
friendship nor the friendship of a
nation can be purchased with mon
ey.”
Carlyle added he “hoped” an ex
change could be worked out where
by the United States could obtain
strategic materials in return for the
loan but he considered that a
“highly uncertain” prospect.
Lata Os Money
Few persons realfcw, the congress
man said, how much money
$19,000,000 Is, especially to a coun
try like the United States which al
ready owes more money than all
the other nations combined.
“If you divide that amount out
on a country basis—and there are
about 3,000 countries in the United
States—you find that each county
would be paying an average of $64,-
000 to provide grain for India,”
Carlyle pointed out
Explaining his vote against the
measure, he said he was “unwilling
for the country to borrow to make
that loan, especially since we owe
more than we can pay in the for
seeable future, and since we would
have to pay interest on our borrow
ing, while it is far from certain
that interest would be paid on the
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Judge Halstead To Preside
At June Civil Court Term
Superior Court Judge W- I- Hal
stead will preside over the firs',
week of Harnett’s two-week civil
session of court scheduled to open
Monday morning, Court Clerk Rob
ert Morgan announced today.
Judge Q. K. Ntmocks was schedu
led to preside over both weeks, but
the extension of a case being tried
in Wayne County makes it neces
sary'tor Judge Nimoeks to return
to Wayne next week.
This will be the first visit of
Judge Halstead to Harnett. He 1$
a special judge appointed by Gov
ernor Scott T
Unless there are other compllca-
Nimocks will be present for the
second week of the term in Har-
DWt pRE-TRIAL HEARING SET
The Record
Gets Results
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
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3 Dyer Autos
Heavily Damaged
Donald Dyer, local taxi operator,
sustained heavy week end damage
to three of a fleet of drive-it
yourself autos which he operates
in Fayetteville, according to his
brother, Joseph E. Dyer, operator
of the Fayetteville fleet.
Two of the drivers—both soldiers
—were sent to the hospital fol
lowing wrecks in which Dyer’s cars
were involved. Total damage was
estimated at $1,600. None of the
cars was insured.
The trouble started when Step
hen Berg, a Fort Bragg soldier,
demolished a 1947 Ford converti
ble belonging to Dyer near Raleigh.
A companion in the car was
seriously injured and was admitted,
to a hospital for treatment.
Saturday night a 1949 Chevro
let operated by Asher Grice of
Headquarters Battery, 112th Field
Artillery Battalion, left the Rae
ford Road and smashed into a
large pine tree.
Grice was severely injured. Dam
age to the car was estimated by
Joseph Dyer at $595.
Sunday night a 1947 Ford coupe
operated by the line was almost
demolished near Rockingham by
Ekrls K. Aaron of the 307th Med
ical Company, Fort Bragg.
Aaron was later arrested and,
committed to 60 days on the roads
for careless and reckless driving.
versus Excelle Hollingsworth, Mar
jorie A. Simmons versus Clarence
E. Simmons, W. E. Fisher versus
Norah Fisher, Carrie Smith Mc-
Lean versus William H. McLean
and Janie Faircloth McElveen ver
sus Frank McElveen.
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Rev. A. J. Butler
Dies Suddenly
The Rev. Albert J. Butler. 01,
of Dunn Rt 3 died suddenly of a
heart attack at his home this mor
ning. He was a member of one of
the oldest families of this Motion,
and was prominent in the religious
life of the community
Funera l arrangements are ifccom-
NO. 129
Secretary Pays
Mystery Visit j
To Battlefront 1
TOKYO, June B—OP)—De
fense Secretary George C.
Marshall returned here from
a mpr ery visit to Korea to
night, convinced the Korean
War was no more a stale
mate than had been the Ber
lin blockade where the West
ern Allies won a major cold
war victory over Russia.
In an atmosphere of the great
est secrecy, Gen. Marshall arrived
in Tokyo from the United .States
Friday morning,, visited Bth Asmy
Headquarters in Korea.,, and units
at the front most of the day, and
few back here tonight.
Marshall emphasized that he
brought no new military directives.
(However, in Washington, belief
was expressed that Marshall might
bt instructing Gen. Matthew B.
Ridgway, supreme commander, on
a "new directive” for military oper
ations. Washington r »caUed that
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, Army Chief
of Staff, told senators May 25 that
a “definite new directive** was be
ing prepared.)
Marshall said his visit was pur
ely military and had no connect
ion with attempts tq. arrange a
cease fire. While in ' Korea, he
spoke freely on the war situation.
CITES VAN FLEET’B RECORD
Asked about the possibility of a
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Mils
JhinqA
UY HOOVER ADAMS
LIFE IN FIRST PLACE;
TRUE STORY IN SECOND d
You’ve probably often wonderod J
how much circulation the various i
national magazines have in Harnett
The Bureau of Advertising, of j
which The Daily Record is a mem-f
ber, sent us a breakdown on the 7 ;
circulation of the 14 leading n»- .
tionsl magazines the otherWajSS
!t’s no surprise that Life 1 Mag
azine leads all the others, With a
circulation of 659„ but we were a
little surprised to find True Story ;
in second place, with SIT. ’
McCall’s ranks third,-
the Ladies Httw Journal, * 1 rtf,
with 422; Look Is fifth. With wot* ;
Time, supposed to be the mobtl
informative of all magazines, has
only 141 subscribers in all of
Harnett County. * , .**
Other figures: Saturday- Ruantag '
Post, 193; Woman’s ftbme Ccta-J
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Raleigh Minister
Will Be Spedbr
At Sampson Eve^
RALEIGH, June 8 Dr. Hm3|
P Powell, pastor of EdeiW
Street Methodist Church in 101
elgh, will speak at the annuMi
meeting of the Alderman HiStejKH
al Association to be held in ?9n|j
auditorium of Franklin 'SHU
Km°o>unty. H Frtday.
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