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+WEATHER+ Continued fair with little thange in temperature tnifht ini Sat- VOLUME l DEWEY MAY TAKE PART IN PEACE TALKS — —— —— i Red Build-Up Reported On War Front FIRE GUTS BUILDING A two-hour blaze rotted the Dunn Everrreen Nursery building Friday mot-nine despite efforts of local firemen to douse the flames. Cause of the fire was an electric motor which blazed up inside the building Smoke and heavy, barricaded doors kept firemen from getting to the source of the flames in time during their two-hour battle. Both the building and its contents were entirely ruined. Damage to the property of Owner J. E. Lee, Jr., ran Into thousands of dollars. (Dally Record Photo by T. ML Stewart.) mist HQ Moves Into County Headquarters of the 301st Logis tic Command moyed into its field command post four miles east of Lillington on the Prison Farm Road last week end. Under the command of Mal den. Crump Garvin, the 301st, act ing as Third Field Army Service Command (3ASOOM), will direct the support activities of all service units located in Harnett County during the Joint Army-Air Force Exercise Southern Pine, to be held from Aug. 13 to Sept. 3. TO ABANDON THEATRE Since its arrival at Fort Bragg during the first week of June, the 301st has maintained an advance command post in the Lyric Theatre in Lillington to direct the advance parties of units arriving in the area. With the establishment of the 3A3COM command post near the Prison Farm, this temporary post will be closed and the theatre building utilised as the Headquart ers of the 815th Army Postal nit Approximately 400 officers and enlisted men of the unit moved from Fort Bragg into the tent city. The bivouac area will contain its own telephone center. Post Ex change, recreation areas and field kitchen. From this area the staff of the Headquarters will eventually dir ect -the activities of 120 units of the seven technical services: En gineer, Quartermaster. Signal, Chemical, Ordnance, Medical and Transportation plus administrative services such as Military Police and Adjutant General Corps. HOG MARKETS RALEIGH, July B—(W—Hog mar ket: V-. V-.,;,. t Fayetteville: Steady at 23.50 for good and choice 180-340 lb. bar rows and gilts. Washington: Slightly stronger at at 23.38. - * Lum 5S t SL Rocl ? Mount - K** l * •ton: Slightly weaker at 3335.- arotnvma; ateaay a • 4 Ufftjgtiili ihitliut* ’ (EJte JBailu Llttxxrfr TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 • 3119 | / Ail I Destroyed By fire Fire destroyed the Dunn Ever green Nursery building on the old Fairground Road this morning in a two-hour blaze whibh gutted the Interior of the concrete-block edi fice. Dense smoke and barricaded doom kept Dunn firemen from getting to the interior of the build ing to quench the flames at their source, Howard M. Lee, secretary treasurer of the Fire Department said. -Cause of the fire was an elec tric motor, located in the rear of the building, which became over heated and burst into flame, Lee added COMPLETE LOSS Both building and contents— chiefly supplies and equipment used In the florist and nursery work of owner J. E. Lee, Jr.,—were declared a total loss. Damage ran to thousands of dollars and was only partially covered by insur ance. Some records and office equip ment were salvaged from the build ing before the flames completely consumed the Interior. Three trueks and 18 firemen from the Dunn Fire Department Oldest Business Man Retiring At Benson C. T. Johnson, one of the pio neer business men of this section and Benson’s oldest merchant, re tired this wek at the age of 80. Sale of his business, K. D. John son Company, to L. E. Stevens and son, Howard Stevens, was announced this morning. Johnson, who has been in ill health for the past year, has been engaged in business in Benson - answered the call to the blaze at 1 7:35 this morning. When they ar il rived, the Interior of the build e ing was burning badly and col - uinns of smoke were rolling out from under the eaves on the one i story building. I DOORS BARRICADED r Firemen attempting to* break in . heavy doors at one side of the t buDdlng found them heavily bar ricaded from the inside and near . ly impossible to crash, f Lee said that the fire had evi dently been burning for a long s time before it was discovered and had made a lot of headway by the time the firemen arrived. In ad _ dition. a moderate wind from the l east helped fan the flames, p Since no fire hydrant was near e the building, which Is lodated a i half-mile from the city limits, the s three fire trucks had to make fre . quent trips to the nearest source of water during the battle with . the flames. Lee stated that the fire might 7 possibly have been controlled and put out If the firemen could have i broken down the doors to get into t the building. continuously for more than 80 years, and he played an Important . part In the growth and develop ment of Benson into a trading center. BIG COTTON MERCHANT Most of hie yean have been spent in the mercantile business and at one time he was one of the biggest cotton merchants in the entire area. A member of a family long prominent in the business and civ ic affairs of this section, Johnson 9 is a son of the late Alsey and Betsy 3 Johnson. He Was bom at the old 9 homeplace at Johnson’s Croes | roads and he and his brother and 9 deters attended the email school built by their father. I; He famed until he was 18 years | old and then moved to Benson and j established himself to business. J Ever since that time, the name DUNN, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1951 BT HOOVER RMMB i LITTLE NOTES ABOUT ! PEOPLE AND THINGS ; Something unusual ifljlhe way of births happened hereJMonday when Mrs. Vaughan Rtfliff. the ! former Betty Ryals, gaveSjrirth to j a fine baby boy. •' -JBr ! The boy was born gaff Betty's birthday. Vaughan, the fitter, was ! also bom on his motna# birth day. ft And. to mak* It compfta, Dr. 1 Marvin B. Poole, the Sending 1 physician, was also "banHn bis mother'B birthday. ' ’•lt was a wonderful ftrthday 1 present," declared Betty, Jpughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. ©.Ryals. ■ '.* —— ! LITTLE NOTES: Dr. alert* Hoop er Is a smooth ap&m who knows how to chOfCp. He can yank out their teeth pi »1- most make them like it. BMt first, he has to bribe them .. lOhey’re good, he gives them a ttefft for an ice cream cone at witlar pd Carroll’s Drug Store . Chief Kneepanter Herbert B. Twlor Is making plans for a bigger bet ) ter “Little World Settee" tip year . . . Mince McLamb reports that . fishing is still good . . . “1 OHoy It r even when I don’t catch anplUh," declared £he good-natured busi ness-man . . . The highway (Strol, pleased by the lack of accidents i on the Fourth of July, le' lfeglng i citizens not to get carelMVthls r weekend . . . ThereH be *jbt of t traffic with vacationers reining home . . . Ottis Warrazt recalls : (Continued from pap 8) TOKYO, July Chinese and North Korean svl e ■ 2 _RBißjkprilSEi as 4.-. 1 ml, A Atijiijyi j\g* thf yUZlUlllllllß vS ItIIIIUUUvfdA/ lAMllgtlw KvvwyWl ■ Gen. Matthew B. BWjjpßiy i promise of safe conduct for their cease fire convoy tttd rq preparations for talks were completed. NEW YORK, July 4 federal court judge sent Millionaire Etoderiek vtmderbilt Field to jail today for montyfor four fugitivJ'jpoinmunist leaders. UN Forces Hit By Attack In Hwachon Area Bth ARMY HEADQUART ERS, Korea, July 6—(IP)—A reinforced Communist bat talion hit United Nations forces on , the east-central front today in the heaviest enemy attack since the Al lies offered to discuss a cease-fire. An Bth Army communique said the Reds—probably 800 to 1,000 strong—attacked UN troops for ward of the main Allied line north of Hwachon and forced them to withdraw after a 45-mtnute battle. Only light patrol skirmishes and occasional artillery duels were re ported along the remainder of the 100-mile front. One UN patrol to day drove within 4,000 yards of Kaesong, where cease-fire talks will begin Sunday without oppos ition. 350,008 TROOPS READY Meanwhile United Nations offic ers reported that the Chinese have 350,000 troops ready for an attack on the west central front if cease fire negotiations fail. “We are just waiting for the politics of this thing to work out,” an officer laid. “If we do not get a cease fire we will have a fight on our hands.” The core of the Chinese So*, force was reported to be in the Immediate vicinity of the oULChor won-Kumhwa-Pyonggang trianata. Reinforcements were said W'll 1 within three JWys’ march. An Alßed tank-infantry patrol entered Pyongyang, northern apex of the triangle, without opposition today. But increased motor traffic be hind the Chinese lines indicatedl the Reds are reinforcing their troops, officers said. BEADY FOR ATTACK “We had planned on a strong Chinese attack before we heard about the cease-fire negotiations,” an officer said. “That is why we took control of the key mountains in the triangle.” The Communists appeared to be moving hundreds of truck loads of fresh supplies and perhaps troops toward the front despite the ap (Continued on Page 7) Soldiers Laud Merchants And People Os Dunn At least one writ of Army area has found that local hos pitality is worth writing home about. 'Yesterday The Daily Ree eord received a letter from the officers and enlisted men of the 349th Transportation Fort * Company, a writ taking part hi Exercise Southern Pine, expressing appreciation for Madly treatment they have received from residents and aserehants alike. "The officers and enlisted men of the 349th Transporta tion Port Company weald tike to take this opportunity of ex pfesriag their appreciation to Dana ... for their’hsTptta*- itj akid klndnwt,” the letter * to *BTAY IS PLEASANT "Through the theaghftal consideration es these people, many favors too num erous to insertion have boon (Continued on Page 3) FIVE CENTS PER COPY mmmmm mm ■ IT ■ ** * 8' v B EL CHECKING MOISTURE W. C. Sparkman of Lumberton is shown here checking the moisture content of a load of wheat bought in Dunn for the Fanners Cooperative Exchange Sparkman and Grain Buyer R. H. Roberts, zlfco of Lumberton, have taken over Uke Farmers Wars chouse on U. S. Ml south of town as a grain - 1 naying station for the PCX. So far this year, Roberts said, IM.MO bushels of corn, 12,80# bushels of oats and 18,000 bushels of wheat Rave boon boarh by them in Duu alone. « ' V * / > J —— _ : Reds Prepare City For Peace Pow-Wow TOKYO, July 6.—(UP)—Com munist troops repaired Kaesong’s city hall today for Korean armis tice talks which United Nations quarters hope will bring a cease fire by the end of next week. Arrangements for preliminary cease-fire discussions Sunday were completed in a final radio ex change between Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme UN comlnander, and his North Korean and Chinese counterparts. Ridgway wound up the exchange with a message at 1:30 p. m. (11:30 p. m. Thursday EDT). Each side has guaranteed safe-conduct of the other’s delegation to Kaesong, a mile and a half south of the 38th Parallel on the western front. ‘ NO AIR STRIKES ‘ Lt. Gen. O. P. Weyland ordered all Far East Air Foroe planes to refrain from combat strikes within a five-mile radius of the center of Kaesong and from the Pyongyang- Kaesong highway starting at 4 a. m. tomorrow (3 p. m. today, EDT), an hour before the Communist delegation leaves the North Korean capital. The Communists have allowed more 'than 24 hours for their con voy of five jeeps and five trucks under a white flag to travel thy 100 miles from Pyongyang to the conference city. Allied planes have cratered the highway In hundreds of places and seeded the remain der with tetrahedrons—four-point ed castiron devices which punc ture tires. An Allied patrol which probed the Kaesong area today reported that Communist soldiers were clearing out and repairing the city hall in the ancient Korean capi tal. BATTERED BY. BOMBS The patrol mid work on the two story red brick building apparently began yesterday In preparation for (Centlaaed On Page Two) Mavor, Council Soak Manager On Trip WBUt I Mrt odF town TmfT ftfftfpt $ that he waihppafttl as The Record Gets Results Lamm Hearing Is Sot For Tuesday Deputy Court Clerk H. E. Can nady of Smithfield said today that the hearing to be given Carl Lamm on charges of assault and attemp ted rape has been set'for Tuesday morning in the Johnston County Recorder’s Court. It was scheduled to be held last Tuesday, but was postponed at the request of Defense Attorney Larry Wood. FREE UNDER BOND . Lamm, the Mayor” of Radio Station WCKB, was indict ed by Mrs. E. N. Snipes, wife of a Benson policeman, who charged that Lamm attacked her and at tempted to rape her. He is free under 82,500 bond. Jhe popular radio announcer, claiming innocence, has asked the public to withhold judgment on him “until the true facts have been disclosed.” , Vice Recorder F. H. Brooks will preside at the hearing. Facts Sought In Probe. Os Atomic Secrets Leak WASHINGTON, July 6-flF—Sen. Francis Case, R., S.D., demanded today that facts be produced be fore Lt Gen. LesUC R. Groves is blamed for leaks of atomic secrets In World War n through foreign scientists. Owe, ft former member of the Home Un-American Activities Committee, said be tgtoe “dis NO, 14»1 Sunday Trip To i Korea Planned i By GOP Leader TOKYO, July 6,—W— Thomas E. Dewey, governor |of New York and_ titular head of the Republican Pat* ty, will fly to Korea Sunday and there was speculation that he might take part in Korean peace talks. | Dewey came here as a private I citizen, albeit with President Tru man's blessings. Korea was not on ! his original itinerary and some ; quarters believed his visit to the i embattled peninsula at this time . I was more than a coincidence. MAY NEGOTIATE Speculation grew that he might y be asked to become one of the UN negotiators at an eventual confer ence to arrange a peaceful politi- ; cal settlement in Korea, but of ficial sources sought to discourage ■ such talk . Dewey spent most of yesterday v.iln Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme UN commander, and may confer with him again tomorrow. Dewey in a speech today endors ed a Pacific mutual defense pact ■ to parallel the Atlantic Pact. ' Dewey, making the first speech - of his 25,000-mile nine-country far eastern tour, said: “Through the United Nations we are wedding an invincible par nership of strength among free nations. MUTUAL DEFENSE SOUGHT “Even as the Japanese peace treaty progresses, we are already discussing arrangements for mu tual defense In order to assure the liberty and progress of the free 4 peoples of the Pacific. * already government include other natiagijj of the Pacific as the North At-i lantie Treaty includes the natiOUK of Western Europe. Let me re»* port to v you that the nations as j the North Atlantic Treaty are.j growing stronger every day."' •< Dewey, who spoke before the Ja-i pan-American Society, arrived her*:.' Wednesday on the first leg of »|j six week trip which he said is Ml make him- more valuable In U. S. in shaping bi-partisan foreteftj policy. There have been rumo|H| he might be preparing to succeejr| Dean Achesor. as the next U. &ii Secretary of State. CITES CONTROVERSY The twice-defeated Republican ) presidential candidate, one of th» : first advocates of a bi-partisan foreign policy, cited the MacAruftl ur-Truman controversy and thl'l debate on the defen*T of (Continued On Pag* Thret)^- Wreck Brings SIOQL 3 Fine Fcr Driver " '~~§ Lister Mayton Lockamy, 21-ye*|| old sailor of Clinton, Rt. given a six-months suspended- sen-i tence and fined 8100 and costs the Dunn Recorder's Court terday on charges growing out a serious auto accident her* «M|H Saturday afternoon. *- * City Judge H. Paul Strteklaigft found him guilty df careless ans;| reckless driving after Rearing tjl**| testimony of several wfiiiesSes:' M LADY BADLY HUKT. !| Mrs. Eldridge Norris, 70-year-qEH Dunn woman, is in the Dunn pital still in a serious condition as the result of the accident. Nil (Continued On Page 4) “It's a moot issue," Case “But if they are going to halgi the blame on Groves, then I’d MM to know just what are MM dustry spokesmen was
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