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+WEATHER+ •* ■ - -♦ “■. '■ ■ - •WJMKI REDS CLAIM TRUCE LINE NOT ACCEPTABLE Council Will Adopt Budget t For1!5l-'52 Official adoption of a $343,50 budget for the 1951- 52 fiscal year is expected to be adopted by the Dunn city council tonight at its first August meeting. The budget, as presented May 21 by former City Manager R. Thom » *• Hobbs, originally called for $346,- * 500 In expenditures. This figure was later pared down by the coun cil. , The five-man ruling body is also expected to adopt a new tax rate of $1.65 per SIOO of evaluation and poll and dog taxes. Included In other matters to bg studied when the council meets at 7:30 p. m. at the Municipal Build ing will be the presentation of a ruling by Attorney General Harry k McMuuan on the validity of park ’ ing tickets. .DOUBTFUL VALIDITY The ruling was published in the November, 1949 issue of “Popular Government” magazine. It states that an ordinance allowing the owner of an automobile which has been parked overtime to be con victed merely on the evidence of ownership is “of doubtful validity.” Duripg the meeting bids on a i half-ton pickup truck for the Water ■ Department will be sought. Other topics on the agenda are: Tax refund of $47.94 to Carolina Cleaners following a similar ad justment by the county. Approval of a two-inch water main on N. Ellis Ave. from Vance to Cleveland streets. Approval of extension or about 300 feet of sewer Une on E. Divine St. from the mid of the existir* line eastward. I Mceptance of offer of ' Contractor C. E. Latimer to pay SIOO per bouse for Installation of ■ewer and water on E. Pope St. WOODMEN . CIRCLE TO MEET The Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle will hold their regular meet ing Tuesday evening in the Dunn WOW Hall. All members are urged to attend. ' Variety Show Set Tonight A variety show for service men will be presented tonight at 0 o’- clock in the Dunn High School auditorium under the sponsorship of the Dunn Rotary Club, in co operation with the Army Special Services Section, and a capacity * crowd is expected. Heading the group of entertain ers and special performer will be Edmund Harding of Washington, N. 0., noted humorist who is in great demand all over the country. Harding plays the piano and ac cordian along with his humorous talks. Dr. Glenn L. Hooper originated the idea for the event and hag been in charge at arrangements. Ro tarlans will serve as ushers and ' sssist in other ways. Miss Shirley Jane Johdaon Will serve as accom panist and will also give a piano solo. i A well-rounded program of en tertainment, including everything from Up dances to Jugglers, has been completed. Dancers from the Beddingfteld- Leo Carta Dance Studio in Raleigh will present several numbers. There (Continued eat Rage >1 aaw.Ti" in # ~, By United Frees * Volume was generally light but prices averaged about $55 per 100 pounds today as the second week of sales opened on Border Belt to bacco markets. , RALKTOH—<W—Hog marketer Clinton: Market steady. Top *s.oo for good and choice 180-240 lb. barrows and gilts. Washington Krar«S:¥£; encre Steady. Top **.7B. T Itocky Mount, Greenville: steady. Top 22A0. RICHMOND— <m —Hog market steady. Top 22.75 Iter good and , toT u 1.75! d stew under 850 lbs. 16.76. oftroUnii , 3 ixe Baite litecm-d TELEPHONES: 3117 . 311» . 311» DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERBKpON, AUGUST 6~ 1951 ■ft f W * Bfc. f unaOltfP , ' Wi mmr 28th Division Comes To Bragg The 28th Infantry Division will reached the Fort Bragg maneuver area today to take part in the Joint Army-Air Force Exercise Southern Pine, which will be held Aug. 13 to 28. One of three Army divisions pick ed to form the bulk of combat troops for U. S. lAlr forces in the war games, the “Keystone” Div ision traveled by rail and motor convey from its * training ground at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The 28th Infantry will team up under VII Corps with 82nd Air borne Division and 43rd Infantry Division to beat back "Aggressor” advances aimed at the Industrial centers of Raleigh and Durham. Maj. Oen. Daniel C. Strickier, division commander, said his men are “looking forward with great anticipation” to the two week ex-’ ercise. ' PRACTICE WAS SKILLS “After 11 months of Intensive training, the soldiers of the 28th Division will finally be able to put into practice their hard-learned It was a goal we have all been skills during the war games hoe. waiting for,” General Strickier said. One major objective of maneuver planners is to accustom the combat troop* to operations with tactical ate support. Air strikes close to the front lines will actually be con trolled by Air Force pilots with forward infantry unite. The train ing exercise will give men of the division the experience of complet ely simulated combat conditions. The 28tth Infantry Divis.on wasi (Continued On Page Two) ] 1 ' • ■ r. •; .jV ,>' > •• Bishpp Tt World In i "It is evident that the world to day is In need of God’s help,” a high-ranking Cathdllc prelate told an audience of more than 2,000 persons at the Dunn High School playing field Sunday morning. The speaker was the Most Rev. William R. Arnold, D. D„ titular Bishop of Gaza, Military Delegate of the Armed Forces and Auxiliary Bishop to Francis Cardinal Spell man, cardinal archbishop of New York. Bishop Arnold appeared here Sunday as deJetrant in a military field mass sponsored by Dunn's Sacred Heart Catholic Church for the purpose of asking God’s bless ings on Exercise Southern Pine. The forefathers of America gave life in this country a solid founda tion by stressing their faith and acknowledging God as the creator, the bishop said. REDEDICATION NEEDED They pledged their “lives, wealth and sacred honor” tor the preser vation of life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness, he pointed out. “The day has come when all of us must renew that pledge of life, wealth and sacred honor for the preservation of a country which re cognizes Almighty God and Its de pendence on him,” said Bishop Ar nold. A retired major general and for mer head of the Army's Chaplains Corps, the bishop expressed his pleasure at being back among the servicemen. He spoke at the end of an Im pressive pontifical mass conducted [ on an altar erected on the field for the occasion. The sermon, ooming at the end of the celebration at mass, was de livered by the sub-deacon. Chaplain (Continued an Page 7) H ITi w ut'IMTSI WASHINGTON —(IP)— The House Appropriations Com mittee recommended today a record military budget of $56,066,009,009, all but $1,500,000,000 of what the Army, Navy and Air Force had asked. ' I -- - -', 7 '** v I r WA «f mNrTnN n, „ i 1 wounded, one injured nnd one Blissing, ..... v ■ j. •»- ■, , m 5 ells Audience Here Need Os God’s Help War Games Will Not Halt Opening Os Tobacco Market Because he did the Army and the defense effort a good turn in a patriotic manner, some body is doing Buck Currin and the Dunn Tobacco Market a great disservice. Eirlier this year, Currin agreed to turn over one of his huge tobacco warehouses to the Army to be used In Issuing sup plies during the maneuver. He made no charge to the Amy, but accepted one dollar in payment, Just to make the contract binding. Now, the Impression has got ten around that Dunn won’t have a tobacco market this year because one of the ware- One For The Books A year ago this month Dr. Dan Royster of Benson, who owns a summer home at Top sail Beach, was host to Hiram Rose, businessman of Benson, Jimmy Rose, student at Uni versity of North Carolina, and Jim Doane of Raleigh, a broth er-in-law of Dr. Royster. The group, all avid fishermen of a more or teas amateur caliber, went out in the doctor’s small boat to fish in the inlet, but . the waters of the AtlanUc houses is being used by the Army. READIED FOR OPENING Nothing is further from the truth. Dunn’s five big ware houses with more than a Half million square feet of floor space are now being put into readiness for opening of the Dunn market on August 21. Dunn tobacconists have a hunch that possibly some of the neighboring markets might be spreading the rumor. But Currin and Dick Owen, who operate two of the five warehouses, give assurances that the Dunn’ market this year will have the biggest sales in history. , Ocean looked so calm and in viting that they proceeded to make their way farther out. After catching “a bushel” of Mack bass the doctor decided the waters were becoming a bit choppy and it would be lexical to: take their small craft hack to shore. However, before they cohM reach shore the waves be considerably higher and when they were in water about waist deep the boat overturned, dumping them ail into the wat er. ARTICLES ARE LOST Along with thF loss of the fisk aU of which immediately washed ashore, Hiram Rosa lost ifiSSk-ajSS Jimmy Rose, lost his spectacles. jStett weak, a year after the BteMon group had tha. above experience. Dr, Royster’s wife, Vteghda, was wading with a group of children. In water about knee deep near their cot tage at Topsail when she saw whjM appeared to he a piece of drift wood sticking up oat of FIVE CENTS PER COPY Dunn Native I Suggested For Governorship A move to “draft” Dr. I Casper C. Warren, a Dunn native who is now pastor of I the first Baptist Church in I Charlotte as the Democratic | nominee for Governor of I North Carolina in 1952 has ] been launched in Western I Carolina. This morning’s issue of The ■ Charlotte Observer carried a six column streamer and a column long story on the possibility of Dr. Warren’s entering the race. First news of the “draft War ren” move came from Robert Thompson, editor of the High Point Enterprise and former secre tary to Senator Clyde R. Hoey, on Thompson’s radio broadcast yes terday. WOULD HAVE BACKING It is understood that Dr. Warren would be backed by the moral for ces of the State. Dr. Warren, former Stale presi dent of the North Carolina Bap tist Convention and one of the South’s leading Baptist ministers, and' now chairman of the Gen eral Board of the State Baptist Convention. He is a brother of Bob Warren of Dunn. He was bom in Dunn, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Warren. He studied law before entering the ministry and leaders In the draft movement point out that his legal background, coupled with his moral leadership, make him an ideal can didate., In a statement made last night in Charlotte, Dr. Warren said: am interested in moral improve ment throughout the State. I am SPrthinly in lavpij. good gov ernment. However, my definite calling' the ministry and' I have no thought of leaving' the pastor ate.’ ’ . , Despite the position, those be (Continued On Page Seven) Private Flying To fie Restricted Commercial and civilian pilots in the Carolines have been.warned of the congested flying conditions in the area of Fort Bragg during the joint Army and Air Force Exer cise Southern Pine, scheduled to be held Aug. 13 through 27. Military combat aircraft opera tions In the Immediate area around Fort Bragg will cause commercial and private flying to be restriced. Printed warnings have been sent out to pilot associations, commer cial airlines and private plane own ers. This material contains maps of restricted areas and information on the procedures expected’ of non military aircraft while they are in these areas. The area within a 60-mile radius of Fort Bragg has been designated a danger area, and pilots authoriz ed to enter it should, before taking off, check the warnings published by Civil Aeronautics Association. In addition, pilots are advised to ex ercise caution in areas adjoining the danger area. - . ■ —— ___ ■‘morning are shewn " the left flehi foihtvriiur tte I § 10 open *“ this * rßa Au *- u - *««* 3’hote by The Record Gets Results 111 HENRY SANDLIN Sandlin Named To Area Post Henry H. Sandlin, local Ford dealer and prominent Dunn busi ness and civic leader, has been ap pointed area chairman for the Na tional Dealers Association to stim ulate active participation in the j association’s national programs! throughout Harnett County. Sandlin was selected as area ’ chairman by a committee of NADA I and North Carolina Automobile ! Dealers Association officials. The | appointment was announced by P. , L. Abernathy of Charlotte, the na tional association's director for | North Carolina. ’ Sandlin is also president of the [ Harnett County Automobile Deal ers Association. NADA is the largest retail trade association in the country, with a membership of almost 34.000 new J automobile and new truck dealers. The national organization is • wid-1 ' ely known for its spotMrship of j 1 highway safety and ottier public ! supp^Cmg'The highest standards ‘ and eHites of retail automobile mer- I chandising. Sandlin was one of the men res ■ ponsible for the organization of the Harnett County unit and he has been active in the State organiza tion for years. He is one of the State’s best known Ford dealers, i ’ Coalition Not Needed WASHINGTON—(ffI—Rep. Clin ton D. McKinnon (D-Cai) thinks 1 Southern Democrats “will take care l of themselves” without a formal al . liance with the GOP as proposed ; by Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-SD). Mundt, appearing with McKinnon ' on a Columbia Broadcasting Sys ; tern program last night, said such : an alliance would “rescue the South from Northern carpetbaggers of i the big city Democratic machines” by giving the South a choice of i presidents. [ But McKinnon argued that the alliance only would creat confu [ sion and tend toward weak govern -1 ment,« with the OOP trying to dic i tate to the South. Mundt lias offered to support a ; Southern Democrat for president to launch an anti-Truman alliance. NO. 170 Communists Say Move Involves 25-Mile Retreaf By Robert Vermßtton Up Staff Corresp&nderft* TOKYO, Tuesday'— <»•/ The Chinese Comjnunist Peiping Radio broadcast Last night that the United Na tions demands a truce line which would force Commun ist armies to retreat up to 25 miles from their* present front. “We absolutely can not accept it,” Peiping said. Supreme headquarters here said officially for the first time that the Allies demand a Une based “in effect” on “the line now generally held” by the U. N. forces. But the line the Allies hojd never has been specified by the U. N. command, and censors refuse to pass dispatch es purporting to give it. LINE ESTABLISHED Peiping' said the Allies wstnt to start the line at Sca-Ri, about 60 | miles north of the 38th Parallel lon the east coast, run six miles j north ol Pyor.ggang and 14 miles i northwest of Chorwon, both cities Jnow in Allied hands, through Kum -1 chon, 11 miles north of the parallel land to the Ongjin peninsula. • “This involves establishment of a demilitarized zone insude the sec tors presently held by the Korean people's army and the Chinese vol unteer army,” Peiping said. Peiping said the Allies demand ed the line on the ground that the allied superiority in naval and air forces justified it. Further, the broadcast said, the Allies are trying to bring pressure on the Red cease ! fire negotiators by continuing ate (and sea bombardments of North Korea. WON’T GIVE It took Peiping two hours to broadcast the 3,000 word statement in Morse code. It ended: “We desire peace but we will never give in to your unreasonable demands.” Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway ur gently summoned his cease-fire ne- i gotiators to Tokyo yesterday, cpn (Continued On Page Four) Few Taxes Still Not Collected Harnett County still has $ dime out of every tax dollar to collect, according to a report submitted to the country commissioners by Tax Collector D. P. Ray, Jr. ' 1 ,:3 Ray said that $67,114.15— 0r 10.27 per cent—of the $653,222.76 tax levy for the past year remains un collected. w -.; vv v» ; He told the commissioners that his office had collected $2,027.34 In taxes during July. Os thsff amount, $2,484.63 was in current faxes, $487.71 in delinquent account Other revenue brought in $68,- 656.39, sending the month's re ceipts to a total of $61,656.73. Collections for this year are run- | ning a shade under last year’s take og 1949 taxes, with 89.73 per cent of taxes in now, as against a per centage of 89.83 for the same month in 1950 . i ——i m
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