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' ’ -- ■ curare 1 RAIN BLAMED FOR DERAILMENT OF TRAIN .f'V i. "• i f • , x \•• • > «- •- U®>. 82nd flits Enemy As Southern Pine Gets Under Way By Charles Cordry . UP Staff Correspondent . SOUTHERN PINES (OP)) An advanced unit of the 82nd Airborne Di vision struck cautiously into “en emy” territory at dawn to day as Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge signalled the start of the largest Army and Air Force maneuver since World War 11. Providing realistic combat test ing for an air-ground’ • team of 110,000 officers and men and 400 aircraft, the two-week maneuvers assumed special significance as a final rehearsal for two Europe bound National Guard divisions. They are the 38th of Pennsylvania and the 43rd of Connecticut, Ver mont and Rhode Island, soon to Join Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s forces. , TO REPEL “AGGRESSOR” Hodge, 3rd Army commander, is maneuver director with MaJ. Gen. W. R. Wolflnbarger, #th Air Force commander as his deputy. They assigned the “ XJ. 8. foroes” the task of hurling back an audacious "aggressor” who has rammed an armored spearhead in to the Fort Bragg area. The defenders had a 10-to-l man power advantage to pit against the mobile striking force. Rrass hats said "nobody learned much of any thing” from earlier maneuvers Which had equally-balanced armies. Hie aggressor, a force With its own uniform, language and tactics, has successfully exploited a sneak attack on South Carolina and la bent on capturing Ralatght. Ac steady rain fen tF"the tow aerubby hills four miles West of Fort Bragg and seven miles west of 82nd Division headquarters as reconnalsance parties dispatched by MaJ. Oen. Thomas F. Hickey division commander .sought out ag gressor positions. weather should help What effect the weather would have on land-air operations was not clear at first, but It probably would benefit the U. s. forces. Maneuver umpires have decreed that the aggressor has air super iority In the first phases of the war games. That means that, quite unlike the situation in Korea but probably (OiwHnwrf On Paw Six) County Attorney' 'Gets State Post W. A'. (Hill) Johnson, popular Is lington attorney, civic and political leader, has been appointed bv Gov ernor W. Kerr Bcott as attorney for the Btate-owned Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad. He attended a meeting of the railroad board of directors Friday, at which time he began his new duties. The Atlantic and North Caro lina Railroad runs from Goldsboro to More head City and is leased to v and Operated by the Atlantic and East North Carolina Railroad Co. M. G. Mann of Raleigh is the presi dent SUCCEEDS ALBRIGHT Johnson who served as Governor Scott’s campaign manager, was named to succeed Mayne Albright as general counsel for the railroad In this capacity, he will attend aU meetings of the board of directors . >i* * feseptp.- . r " -f “ -Mg (Eke 3 aiiu Ibturd TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 -31 W Dunn Doctors, Aides Shine In Emergency Work Dunn doctors, nurses and mem bers of the local ambulance corps proved early Sunday morning after news came of the deraAment at the Qocußt CTtiMwfilpn Turner. Oaks ’that they’re equal to any emergency. In lest than 40 minutes after the call came througn, five Dunn doctors and eight local nurses were on the scene with enough medical supplies and equipment to set up a small hospital. 'They were among the first to arrive. Os all the hundreds of Dunn citizens who rushed from their bed to the. scene of the near tragedy, only a Daily Record pho tographer, Bill Bigg*, and a re porter were on the scene before the doctors. Biggs scored a "■op and already had a dozen pictures before any other pho tographer arrived on the scene. It was somewhere between 1:30 and 1:40 that George F. Owen, Dunn’s veteran Coast Line agent, was routed out from his bed by the emergency call from Rocky Mount, division headquarters of the rail road. helped by taximan The caller instructed him to round up local doctors, nurses and ambulances and rush them to the scene. He enlisted the help of Gra ham Henry, local taxi operator, and the two went to work. First of all, Owen telephoned Dr. Clarence Corbett, resident physician for the Coast Line, and informed Mm of the wreck. "Get all the help you can,” urged Owen. Within another 10 minutes, by the process of calling one doctor or nurse and having them relay the calls to others. Dr. Corbett had rounded up the four other doctors and the eight nurses. He Mft Dr. W. W. Stanfield, local surgeon, and other doctors for duty at the Dunn Hospital, reasoning that some of the patients might have to be brought here and that surgical attention would be needed. The medical group took with them bandages. Mood plasma, glu cose, opium and other -narcotics, splints, and other medical and sur- on Page Eight) *** e Sec?l,f UHHOI WASHINGTON (iff)) Staff experts of the House-Sen ’VASHINGTON ((mlTltoiicow’s n«t major “peace”l 1 WRECK SCENES The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's crock Champion streamliner made big news early Sunday morning when it went off the rails near Four Oaks, ‘ Injuring 28 passengers. The aerial photograph at top, taken by Daily Record Staff Photographer) T. M. Stewart, shows eight ; of the nine derailed cars lying in a jumble alongside the double track.) In the bottom picture, taken by LUI Biggs of Dunn first photographer to arrive on the scene, Dr. Randolph Doffcrmyre (kneeling, in baseball cap) and Dr. Clarence L. Corbett (in straw hat), both of Dmln, are shown as they admin istered first aid to Mrs. Clarice lUnzler of Brooklyn, N. Y„ one of those fcjurcd in the accident. Others shown-left to right are: Frank McLeod, Walter (Go-Go) Jackson, holding a box of medical sup plies; Mrs. Bessie McArtan and Mrs. Myrtle Gainey Godwin, rvirses; <>r. Corbett and Billy Bare foot, holding another box of supplies. Ncte the p liows strewn along the track. Horse Show Draws |] Crowd Despite Rain Dunn’s first big horse show, staged here Saturday night and Sunday afternoon by the Lions Club, turned out to be a tremendous success in every respect despite tlte rains and officials said today that it will be an annual event. Both President Waite Howard of the Lions Club and Manager Joe McCullers of the Chamber of Cpm merce asserted that they were highly pleased with the show, and the Lions Club has more than SSOO for use in its worthwhile com munity events. Local entries in the horse show made an outstanding showing, took DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 13, 1951 a number of prizes and local sports men predicted today that the show will help increase interest in horses in this locality. , WINS THREE PRIZES Rambling Rose, a particularly beautiful and outstanding horse owned by J, W. Purdie, Jr. of Dunn, took top honors among the local entries, winning In every class In which shi was entered. Rambling Rose was ridden by Guyton Smith, Jit, of Dunn. The horse, won rib bons In the local three-gaited horse division, the local pleasure horse division and the open pleasure horse division. 1 Other local entries taking honors were: v Nancy Stonewall, ridiien by Dorothy McConnell; Valla Mac, ridden , by Linda Williams; Pete, ridden by Joe Wilkins: Dixie Queen, ridden by Jerry Wilkins, George, ridden by Ann Jernigan; King Rexon. ridden by-R, L. Coop er; Bill, ridden by Linda Aycock, Jimmy, ridden by Ann Aldridge; Tiny Tim, ridden by i3*re Powell; Nellie Lee, ridden by Dvaid Con nor; Mr. Texas, riden by Ray Cassey. * Jack Atwater of Burlington pro ved to be the outstanding rider of the show, and entries of the Caio wll Stables at Burlington won most (Continued On Page Three) LIFESAVING COURSE Senior lifesaving courses will be gin at the ijqnn swimming pool this afternoon at 8:30 p. m. In given Profit Rate Down tn Leaf Industry WASHINGTON. (Isl The Federal Trade Commission re ported today that all major manufacturing industries ex cept tobacco enjoyed “subetan tiaaiy higher” rates of profit in 1950 than in 1944. A survey of 520 manufactur ing corporations, figuring pro fits after taxes as a percentage rate of return on Investment, showed the biggest increase in the automobile industry, which climbed from 17iS to 3L7 per r.r'Mg|L. Other industries included in the report to Congress: Matches, from 5.3 to 17 per cent; industrial chemicals, 14.4 to 23.7; rayon, 8.6 to 17.8; flat glass and glassware, 11.7 to 21.3; petroleum reflninr. 6.7 to UA petroleum refining, 6.7 to 14.3. * The tobacco products indus try, including cigarets, cigars, 1 snuff, pipe and chewing tobac cos, was down from 1M in 1940 to 12.1 in 1950. ) . .i - ■ . ♦Markets* COTTON 1 P. M. Prices NEW YORK. OH - Oct. 34.73; Dec. 84.67. • NEW ORLEANS. flit Oct Clinton? Steady «T 32,?! for r »ood and choltift 180-240 lb. burrows mid FIVE CENTS PER COPY 28 Hurt In ACL Train Accident Near Four Oaks SMITH FIELD, OP) At lantic Coast Line officials today blaiicd a rain-weakened roadbed fwithe derailment of its fast Cham piqh No. 2 in Which—3B persons. Nine cars of the Miami-to-New York streamliner were spiked ‘along the right-of-way early yesterday when the roadbed, which had been raised about six weeks ago, crum bled after the locomotive and first four cars had passed the weak spot. Only 28 of the 500 persons aboard required medical attention and none was seriously hurt. Thirteen were admitted to hospitals. HAD SLOWED DOWN The fact that the track was new possibly prevented a disaster be cause engineer C. W. Mason had slowed down to less than 60 miles an hour as a standard precaution on new track. ACL officials said the raising had nothing to do with the washout. Another passenger train had passed over the fill an hour before and found conditions normal. Most of the passengers were asleep when the accident occurred. The two diners which left the rails were empty. One of them hurtled more than 30 feet down an em bankment. > ‘‘l had dozed off and the next thing I knew I was thrown under my seat,” said Mrs. Clarice Rinc ler of Brooklyn, N. Y. BURIED BY LUGGAGE ‘My luggage was all down on top of me. I head other people scream ing In tl« car. The seat had slid from Its place all the way to the (Continued on Page Eight) toe ihitc*|titcd dlYtotoa, im IMn 9MMRPK mite ’ dlTanon tod tki opn immqtc Immwi The Record Gets Results Red Armistice Line Demand Brings New Deadlock In Talks By Earnest Hoberecht UP Staff Correspondent PEACE CAMP, Korea, Tues— ((IP))—' The Communists threw the Kaesong cease-fire negotiations into a new deadlock Monday by insisting flatly on ah armistice line based on the 38th Parallel. i;.—•* Congress Set To Adjourn Oct. 1 WASHINGTON OP) Senate j Democratic leader Ernest W. Mc- Farland said today that the target date for Congress to adjourn is Oct. 1. Democratic House and Senate leaders canvassed the legislative situation at length with President : Truman during their regular Mon day meeting at the White House. Speaker Sam Rayburn forecast that the House would be able to start a two-week recess late next NO COMPLAINTS Both Rayburn and McFarland said Mr. Truman offered no com plaints about legislative progress. “Were going to complete the program laid down by the presi dent before we quit and it will, be a good one. too,” Rayburn said. The speaker, however, would not guess on adjournment, saying he was not thinking or talking about it. McFarland -said he expects the’ Senate to wind up “must" legisla tion before- Qete"*- Asked if that meant Oct. 1 was the adjournment goal .McFarland said, ’That is what we are working for at the present time.” Rayburn reported to the presi dent that the House would virtually complete Its legislative program i Continued On Page 8»*. Record Joins Draft Move DUNN (Wl) The Dunn Dally Record today joined a move to draft Dr. Casper Warren, Charlotte min ister, as a gubernatorial candidate nest year. Warren’s hometown newspaper said In an editorial the Baptist preacher is ‘ably fitted by exper ience, training and background for the post of governor.” Warren is pastor of the First Baptist Church in Charlotte, larg est church in the state. He prac ticed law in Dunn before entering into the ministry. He announced early this week that he would run for governor if drafted. RECORD IS CLEAN ‘Dr. Warren would have a great advantage over all other candidates because he has no undesirable al ignments, his record Is clean and he stands for those things which would make North Carolina a better State,” the editorial said. | “We regard Dr. Warren as a man lof sufficient character and status to return dignity, honor, integrity WZ-- ... S - NO. 175 i North Korean Gen. Nam H, the | chief Red negotiator, called ‘ the United Nations proposal for a line J based on the present battle front | "mad,” Red radios said. - : If the Allies reject the Comn.uy ist "fair and reasonable” propose} for a line based on the ggjrtiHel, “responsibility for a statenSEg li* ithe negotiations must be fully borne by the U.N.,” Nam was quoted as saying. NO PROGRESS Unless the Allies give In, the conference “will not in fututfeJaave true significance and iTO pvagfss can be made,” Red radios reported I him as telling the Allied negotia tors. As the result of yesterday's de velopments the U.N. and Commun ist cease-fire negotiators will hold their 24th meeting at 11 a.m. Tues day (( 8 p.m. Monday EDT) with only the prospect of a further ted ious deadlock ahead of them. Allied and Communist negotiat ors met for 78 minutes at Kaesong Monday. A U. N. communique call ed the meeting “unproductive.” La ter the North Korean Pyongyang ra dio and the Chinese Communist Peiping Radio broadcast statements of Nam ITs attitude which made ‘ it clear that “unproductive” wae 4 the right word. -..-Safe. n MUST CHANGE ATTITUDE " Nam II told Vice Adm. C. Turner , Joy. chief u: N ■ the conference would lose both Its significance and its purpose unless they changed their position, Pyong yang radio said. ', '-z&K At Sunday’s cease-fire meeting the Communists had seemed to give a hint they were ready to com (Continued on Page Two) and just plain decenoy to . the gov ernor’s office tn North Carolina. ‘■Continued On Page Two) “yf— ■ Woman Dies After Auto Wreck ~ Mrs. Eva Lee Horne. W FAy etteville died in the DuaftsfCppHiw Sunday afternoon at 5"-e’cldck'H the result of Injuries sustained Sat urday night in an automobile ac cident near Wade. Mrs. Horne, whose residence was listed as 200 Churchill Drive* Bo** etteville, was a passensjgr'' tn**vsa automobile which tume£w#'7tt> ! and a half miles north of Wade Saturday night about "'9:30. Her skull was fractured. Authorities said an unidentified soldier was driving the car. HeSNW - brought to the Dunn hospital-aiia then transferred to the Fort Brwjjgj hospital. Investigation was still undereM today.
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