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| +WEATHER+ Pal. with Uttle temperature change \ today, tonight Tuesday. % IOLTOIEI .Communists Decline To Break Off Armistice Negotiations COPPER INDUSTRY PARALYZED BY STRIKE ’ Reds Contend Ridgway's Reply Unsatisfactory • By EARNEST HOBERECHT (UP Staff Correspondent), TOKYO, Tuesday.—l® The Communists today de clined to break off the Kore an armistice negotiations. The Redd! however, told Oen. Matthew B,< Ridgeway hia reply to their protest against the alleged bombing of' the Kaesong neutral zone by an U.N plane was entirely I unsatisfactory,” and demanded he order his liason officers back to the site of the truce talks to re investigate “evidence" bearing out their charges. In a message broadcast by the Peiping radio, Kim 11 Sung, pre mier and commander-in-chief of. North Korea, and Gen. Peng Teh huai, Chinese Commander-in-chief told Ridgeway: DENIES RESPONSIBILITY » “The responsibility will never. * fall on us for breaking up the armistice conference.." The Red reply came a few hourd after Ridveway had paid a flying visit to Korea where he is belle-, ved to have discussed the inter- • ruptton of cease-fine talks, and the threat of a possible full-scale ■JClsfc *O4 Peng replied to the message Ridgeway sent them Satur t «SSFf8 ,t 4BSB>&K ” ed. The Red leaders took an argu mentative and even plaintive tone. •"You have either denied or fai led to answer our protests,” they ■aid. ARBITRARY ATTITUDE "This arbitrary attitude is in it self enough to prove that this in cident the alleged bombing was premediated. “We are still waiting Tor your side to do ao Investigate.” > ~— Marks Schools Set Openings The Marks' School For Begin ners will open in Dunn Sept. 12 at 8 a. m. This is the sixth year of operation for the private kinder garten and first grade OUch is own k cd and operated by Mrs. Johnnie f Lee S. Marks. The school will open with a maximum enrollment, as it has every year since its first year. In addition to Mrs. Marks, the school will be staffed this year with George R. Marks, music and phy sical education, and Mrs. Fred Bar bour, as secretary and assistant to Mrs. Marks. The month of September will (Continued on Page Seven) ► New Manager M" WILSON. Roy Gatchell, 27- year-old Wilson merchant, has con sented to serve as secretary of the Wilson Chamber of' Commerce, it was announced today. O. T. Kirkland, president of the local chamber, said this morning that Gatchell will begin his duties September 10. ; He succeeds John G. Thomas, . who was relieved pf his duties in | (Continued an Page Six) ' > +Markets* COTTON lp.H. Prices MEW - (W Oct. 34.68; Dee. 34AS. I Os) Oct. RALEIGH. - (VI - Hog Mar- Li-.tu.Um. Marjfi#* TELEPHONES: 3117 --311* - 3119 TOTS MODEL TOGS —r Youn* Michael Turner and Sandra Johnson were one of the attrac tion at the fall fashion show given Friday oy d ay’s of Lillington. Sandra’s dress was made for her by her mother, Mrs. W. A. Johnson of Lißington. v. hile Michael’s outfit was supplied by Womble and Company. Also modeled during the exhibition were fall suits, dresses and gowns for formal wear. (Daily Record photo by BUI Biggs). Leaf Market Records Second Largest SaleJsins§< Opening ' ■ sMAin-d.. , i ■■■ sm ... • ■■■■■ § n manm m am ail tommencemem Set At Campbell Summer school commencement will be held at Campbell College at 2 p. m. Wednesday. Six Harnett County residents will receive diplo mas or certificates. The Rev. James C. Cammack, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Smlthfleld, will de liver the commencement address. Marcus Tart, son of M. A. Tart, Dunn, Rt. 2, will receive the col lege sophomore diploma which car ries with it the degree of associate in artq. A high school diploma will be awarded to Julia Frances Thornton, daughter of A. W. Thorn ton, also of Dunn, Rt. 2. OTHERS FROM HARNETT The other Harnett County gradu ates are T. H. McLeod, Jr., son of T. H. McLeod of Buies Creek, as sociate in arts Mrs. Chrystelle N. Morgan of Bunnlevel, daughter of Mrs. Jerry Norris of Benson, one year business certificate Rose Marie Damell, daughter of Mrs. H. A. parnell of Coats and Margarette Anne Jones, daughter of Paul L. Jones of Erwin. The two latter students will receive high school certificates, since the rules of the college forbid the issuance of di plomas to students with less than two years of resident*. The other graduates are as fol lows: College sophomores: Joseph (Continued On Page Six) Mingo School Sets Sept. 70 Opening Mingo School in neighboring Sampson County will open Bept. 10 at 8:30 a. m„ according tp an an nouncement made this morning hy N. E. Jones, principal. For the first two or three weeks, a half-day schedule will be observed in order to permit students to as sist with the harvesting. Two new teachers have been ad ded to the faculty. They are: Mrs. Bari Lockamy, home economics, and Mrs. Pauline Miller, fifth grade. Rural Man Booked On Bootleo Charge Wilbur Traelove S 3, of near Dan* Is facing trial in u. S. District Court at on afteMMMNi 11 OpMed diappif. (HwwaM, TWt.JaAm&n (Eht Bailu Ikttfxxt Dunh’s tobacco market today had the second largest sale since it opened last Tuesday and Sales Supervisors Joe McCullers pre dicted the day’s total would run to approximately 175,000 pounds. The quality today was reported slightly Improved and good leaf was still bringing good prices. Seventy dollars per hundred was reported as the top price. Although slightly improved, the quality was still reported below normal. Many fanners get rid of their poorest quality first. Figures released by the sales supervisor today showed that sales for the four days last week totaled 439,374 pounds for a total of 3233,121.80. RECORD OF SALES Following is the record of sales i for the last week: Tuesday, opening day, 135,460 pounds for $73,337.06, an average of 54.13; Wednesday, 51,834 pounds for $73337.06. an average of 54.77; Thursday, 102,644 pounds for $55,063.47, an average of $53.64; and Friday, 149,436 pounds for $7633833, an average of $51.08. The week’s average was slightly ! higher than 53 cents. ( First sale today was at Dick ■ Owen's Farmers, Warehouse and 1 the second sale today was at Buck ■ Currin’s New Blg-4 Warehouse. ' First sale Tuesday wIU be at Curr l in’s Big-4. 1 Indications point to a heavy volume tomorrow. i > AVERAGES LOW The Federal-Btate market news i service reported disappointingly low averages for first week tobac co sales on North Carolina’s East ern Belt while prices strengthened on the North and South Carolina Border Belt. . „ • , , Eastern averages were off $1 to : $5 per hundred pounds from last ' year’s first week sales. Volume (Continued on Rage Six) BULLETINS 1 WASHINGTON. OF! Sen. Pat McCarran, D., Nev., urged today halving the $1,522,750,000 provided for eco nomic aid in the Senate’s already-trimmed $7,535,750,000 foreign aid bill. , GREENSBORO. (IP) Harold E. Stassen will open the 1951 Crusade for Freedom in North Carolina with an DUNN, N. C„ MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 27, 1951 Dunn Visitor Crash Victim 1 One of the 49 victims who died in the crash of a United Air Lines Mainllner in a mountain canyon near Decoto, Calif., early Friday morning was Ensign Sue Ball of Asheville, who recently spent two weeks in Harnett and has a num ber of connections in the County. Emmett Byrd, public relations di rector for the South River REA of fice in Dunn, was notified last night that Ensign Ball was listed among the dead. 1 VISITED IN COUNTY The young' Navy nurse spent two ; weeks earlier this month visiting friends in Erwin, Bunnlevel and Dunn. Her brother, Carl Bell, mar ried the former Miss Annie Lee Byrd of Bunnlevel. Ensign Ball told friends here that she would be leaving soon for a new station in Hawaii. i j The huge four-motored plane I | was the first of its type to crash. | • It was en route from Boston, Mass., • to San Francisco. Ensign Ball took her training at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Dunn Soldier Earns Combat Promotion , WITH THE 7TH INFANTRY . DIVISION IN KOREA A Dunn soldier fighting in Korea has won 1 a combat promotion to sergeant , first class for the exemplary per formance of duty on the battle i field. ; SFC James V. Core, husband of :: Mrs.. Margaret E. Core of Dunn, (Continued an Page Sts) pmmander Says I far Games Units In Good Shape ’ J FORT BRAGG. (IP) Lt. j lien. John R. Hodge, direc- j tfcr of the largest postwar j rhaneuvers, said today that two divisions about to leave fs>r Europe are in “much bet- \ *>r shape” than any he saw j the beginning of World War. 11. : Pennsylvania and New England Mat.ioiml Guard divisions, need more training but already could five a good account of themselves M combat, Hodge told reporters in assembling results of the two-week e-j-'f-se in which 10,000 partici pated. EVADES DISPUTE iThe 3rd Army commander com jpented indirectly on an alleged (jj-my-Air Force controversy over use of tactical aviation by asserting that the two services “always work well together” in the field. What- Sisputes th’re are must be on lolicy level” in the Pentagon, d. as learned today that a joint rpport board, presumably to tactical air power doctrines in Korea and during this iver, soon will be set dip herq Maj. Gen. R. R. JWoifUu. , Bow commanding-she 6th wee. He will have'a Joint staff of 18 men at the start. The ‘9th A# Force will be taken over by Maj. Gen. Edward G. Tlmberlake, former vice commander of the sth Air Force in Korea. | SMOOTH COORDINATION Air Force and Army coordination worked smoothly during most of the maneuver, far more so than had been expected since several Air National Guard squadrons were getting their first recent training and the two federalized guard div sions were in their first field tests. The maneuver reached its climax yesterday when the final elements of the 82nd Airborne Division para chuted behind "Aggressor” lines in an attack coordinated with an over laid push by the 28th and 43rd. The ail drop in which 5,800 troopers hit the silk in two days was marred by one fatality. Pfc. Salvadore J. Camarena, 20, a mail clerk In the division’s head quarters company, died of pom pound fractures when his emergen cy chute opened a spilt second too late after his main chute failed. He was the only combat fatality of the mock war although there were 13 others attributed to drown iings, vehicle accidents, lightning | and polio. Tax Collections Hit Record Peak WASHINGTON. (IP! State and federal tax collections both hit all-time highs during the 1951 fis cal year ended June 30. The U. S. Treasury reported a whopping $50,445,586315 revenue, nearly 30 per cent greater than 1850. And combined with slower than expected defense spending, the huge take netted a $3,510,000,000 surplus, second only to the surplus of $8,000,000,000 piled up in 184 S. The census bureau said that meanwhile state tax income Jump ed to 68,832,000,000 —12.8 per cent over 1850. INFLATION, HIGHER RATES Increases were attributed to in flationary conditions and generally higher tax rates. Biggest federal tax bite came from individuals. They paid $26,- 624,787348 in tans en their in comes. Corporations paid the next thririncomee. Corporations paid the next target* amount-614387,- 956,402—0 n thbir Incomes and pro- Summary of tax collections for Southern states showed North Caro lina ranking first with a total so $1357,186336.48. Georgia was third with ,$487,447396.73. IH, k Wmm d JMm i mil i m \ t i i ■ i i B a l l - v ,' ; VI : yWwCYLY FROM HUNGER Svelte Model Dorothy Secret dis plays an original creation which stepped the shew at a fall fashion showing given by Ray’s of LilHngtOn Friday. It also stopped six watches and shattered the photographer’s lens. Miss Sec rest whipped ap this stunning ensemble herself from an original design. \(D|tlly Record photo by Bill Biggs). Europeans Seen In Red Buildup BTH ARMY HQ., Korea Oh The Communists appeared about ready today to launch one of the biggest Red offensives of the Kor ean war with the help of 2,000 East ern European troops. Stepped-up Communist probing attacks at the front and bumper-to bumper traffic along supply roads to the rear pointed to an imminent all-out assault—possibly within a week. The massive enemy buildup was reported to include nearly 2300 "Caucasian volunteers” encamped somewhere between Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, and the cease-fire conference city of Kae song on the western front. NO SPECULATION Military sources declined to spec (Continued On Page Six) Fair Work Begins Wednesday. Criminal, Civil Court Terms Set { Calendars for two terms of Har nett Superior Court today were complete. Judge Henry A. <?rady of New Bern will preride over one week of civil court, which will start Sept. 17. Both am special Judges. Clerk of Court Robert Morgan made out the calendar for the criminal session, while the Har nett County Bor Association, meet ing Friday In Morgan’s office, set the schedule suits. At the criminal term, John Wil bert Strickland and John Eagler will face trial on three counts grow ing out of alleged dynamitings during the recent Erwin Mills ■trike. The two men are booked for Sept* S. The Record Gets Results FIVE CENTS PER COPY " Jr Hr Union Leaders Aik President To Take Control Os Industry By PHIL ROBERTSON (UP Staff Correspondent) DENVER. (IP) Ninety-five per cent of the nation’s war-vital copper industry was paralyzed today by a strike of 58,000 members of the International Mine,' Mill and Smelter Workers and affiliated unions. Plans Mapped For Mule Day The Town of Benson is busy mak ing preparations for its coming Mule Day and Horse Show which j will be held Sept. 7-9. Mule Day will take place Sept. 7 Many interesting contests, will i b? held that Friday afternoon. Ih j Uie afternoon, the big parade will \ take place beginning around 3 ' o’clock. There will be a beauty j contest for the title of Miss Ben- j son. Before the parade, the Tar- I boro High School Band, under the direction of Roy Russell, will give a concert at the Benson Grove. The Outstanding Tarboro Band is being sponsored by Kelly Joseph, promi nent merchant of Benson. Saturday and Sunday afternoon! i Sept. * and 9), the* be y horse show at the BaTT Mirk. Most of the participants will be resi dents of Mount Olive. Hope show activities will be directed by Luby Bell of Mount Olive, Emery Miller (Continued sn Page Six) Mart , Tobacconists Featured By Rotary Dunn Rotartans Friday night fo cused their attention on the Dunn Tobacco Market and had local warehousemen, buyers and others connected with the market as spe cial guests. Ro tartan Earl McD. Westbrook had charge of the program and introduced the visitors. Each of the buyers present ex pressed appreciation for the fine cooperation and recepUon given them in Dunn and also had hi«#i praises for the market. “We can, see no reason why j Dunn’s market won’t grow to be j one of the largest in the state,”] two of them declared. PREDICTS TOP BEASON Warehouseman Buck Currln gave | a brief report on this year’s oper ations and predicted that the sea son will be the best ever had. Mr. Currui pointed out that the I Workmen on Wednesday mapp ing will begin erecting tents to house the record number of exhibits expected for the Four-County American Legion Agricultural Fair, to be held here all next week. General Chairman J. O. West said . today that a total of approximate . ly $1,500 will be offered exhibitors in premiums this year, r EXHIBITS TO ARRIVE t Exhibits will begin arriving late . this week and all will be in place by 5 o’clock next Monday for the i opening. » The fair will be held again this • year at the grounds adjoining Me - mortal Cemetery on the old fatr t ground road. Page’s Greater Shows will pro vide the midway and there will be . a number of outstanding free acta. ! working on the felrexhibits are: s R. J. Denny, Dunn, J. A. Blackman. ! Ph»«2r Tr *° *** j 1 Cooperating home economics NO. I*s Another 42,000 workers will l)e idled by the strike, bringing' the total to 100,000. The strike hit copper production in California. Connecticut, Wpw York. Texas, Nebraska, Washington, Utah. Arizona, Montana, New Mexi co, Idaho and Colorado:, "ff Appeal Te President ■>'' Union officials sent a last-minute appeal to President Truman to tatoe jover the industry, but he had not replied at the 7 a. m. deadline. . The appeal followed the rejection by the Kennecott Copper Co. of |i | government proposal tor settlement |of the wage dispute. The Kennecott | negotiations were to set the pattern I for the entire industry. | President Truman could invoke I the Taft-Hartley law and seek -a coirt-t injunction to call off the strike for 80 days, or he could cortifv the dispute to the WagF Stabilization Board. The 12 unions involved in the dispute early today had accepted tire proposal made by the Federal J Mediation and Conciliation Service j ' during a bargaining session in Washington which lasted 14 !•« hours WOULD INCREASE WAGE 3 ... TTie proposal rejected by K.-ntw cott called for a 16-cents-an-hqur (Continued On Page Five) addition of buyers for Imperial gives Dunn 11 buyers the largest number of buyers to be found qh any one-set market in the entiM Sales Supervisor Joe McCullefS joined Currin in declaring that the buyers and graders assigned to Dunn this year are .the "finest we’ve ever had.” Rotarian Westbrook urged mem bers of the club to maOeeframjfiitf visits to the market tn-gst gqtCCr , insight into its operations. j * j " After the brief impromptiQßee \ ches. the tobacco mrit- answered I questions for the Roti&anN* j TWO-WAY STRETCH f I BOSTON Ufi— A. sign in a Bos ton store window read; “These I Dresses Sold for a i| - m m m ■ ; Manning To Che<j| City Manager Oliver O. Mannlappl said today that he will check ctojfr : ly the qualifications of both BtMtM R. King and Neil 8. Green deciding which of the two merv wiß serve the town of Dunn as WWp plant superintendent. ‘M The new city manager, who iriß take office Sept, l, inbirtss*fll|pß “hot potato" after-the. ettybe* at its last meeting resriod^Jgg: King is now serving' as »upejsjs.-’
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