cold with rain f^Towed ,0 by dy ceolter
tomorrow night
VOLUME 1
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General Ike
Returns To
Paris Today
WASHINGTON. (UP)—
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
said today that when he
feels “my duty compels me”
he will express his political
views ‘(positively arid defi
nitely.”
He told reporters that as long as
he is commander of toe jbint de
fense forces m Western Europe he
will not express any partisan views.
The five-star general said that
he did not have "the slightest Idea”
now of how long he would hold the
European military post.
"I am trying to do a job,” he
said simply.
Eisenhower made the statements
at a news conference Just before
his plane left National Airport to
return to Paris after conferences
with President Truman and other
government officials.
"NOT YET DECIDED"
He said that he has not yet “de
cided the time, or set of circum
stances" Which would lead> him to
leave his present military Job. He
said he took It with the under
standing that he would not'keep it
“too long.”
Elsenhower said he had come
over only to discuss military af
fairs. Including equipment for his
Western European defense forces.
But Elsenhower disclosed that he
had talked by telephone with Sen.
James H. Huff. R., Pa., one of the
leaders among the Republicans
who want to run Eisenhower for
President.
Eisenhower said he considered
some subjects of their conversation
“privileged.” But he emphasized
a vain that he had given no one
authority to speak for him poli
tically.
“No one can act for anyone else
•in this world,” Elsenhower said.
“No gne. after all. would need to
speak for me when I should speak
for myself ”
DETAILS SCARCE
The details of Eisenhower's talks
with Mr. Truman and too Defense
and State Department officials yes
terday wap as scarce as Informs
tiorT on fils political plans—ls afiy
The White House said merely
that “the round -conferences dealt
with *bbocatlon. production. NATO
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STATE NEWS
Briefs
GREENSBORO Rh—A local gas
price war ended abruntly today and
most stations went back to their
old prices, plus a half-cent tax hike.
A few scattered service stations
were still featuring low prices of
W and 28 rents for regular and
hleh test, but indicated they too
would Increase to 30.4 and 32.#500n.
ASHEVtt.t.e W—Nearly 1000 per
sons, including 300 delegates and
members of their families, were
registered here today for the B«th
annual convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy which
will begin buslhehs sessions tomor
row.
KINSTON IWI—Dr. Perry Gresh
am. Detroit nastor of the ntarim—
of Christ. (uv>ke today es the 10v*h
annual state convention of the
North Carolina brotherhood moved
into its second day here-Dr. George
Cuthrell of Dunn Is presiding.
RALEIGH <W—A sum cf *l5O 000
appropriated to renovate a building
at the Morgan ton mental hospital
will be used Instead to erect a new
building. Assistant budget Director
D. S. Coltrane revealed today.
RALEIGH RB— Contractors pre
pared today to begin construction
of bridges costing $583,400 along a
12-mlle section of a project that
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City Board,Chamber
Endorse Info Clinic
The Dunn Information Clinic last
night got a boost from Dunn’s
City Council and another today
from the Chamber of Commerce as
Moderator Jim MdMillan went
ahead with plans for the season’s
events. ■ ’ *
Mayor Ralph E. Hanna said to
day that members of the city coun
cil, were enthusiastically behind the
project “became we recognise the
need for our ctdsens to be better
informed on events of the day.”
A similar expression came from
President Eugene W Smith and
members of the board of directors
of the Dunn Chamber of Com
merce.^Ui fcOOrf-
Qlkv JJai Jlmrofr
TELEPHONES: til? • 311 S • 3119
LOOTED SAFE RECOVERED Shown is the safe stolen some time ago from the Farmer’s Case
in Dunn which was found by Joey Tart, left and his brother, near Jernigan’s Pond in Sampson County.
The safe had been broken open as shown and Us contents, approximately SI,OBO taken. Deputy
' Sheriff O. R. Pearce, right, is still working on the case and believes he will yet apprehend the
safecrackers. (Dally Record photo by J. W. 'temple, Jr.).
Fluoridation OK'd By Board
Judge Taylor Late First Time in
21 Years; Blames Cheap Watch
Judge Floyd H. Taylor of Har
nett Recorder’s Court was late for
court the first time in 21 years to
day. He blamed it on “a cheap
watch.!’
He oWplalned to the court that l)ri
missed the bus which he custom-,
arily uses to travel the three miles
.from his home in Buie’s Creek to
[Lilllngton.
“I’ve given up driving myself, **
Judge Taylor said. “I heat too
much about people killing them
selves on the highways.”
Meantime, Vice Recorder M. O.
Lee mounted the bench and D. C.
Wilson was pinch-hitting for So
licitor Neill Mck. Ross, who was
absent because of the Illness of
his father..
Later, when Judge Taylor came
in Lee took over prosecution of the
docket for Ross, who arrived be
fore court was finished.
WIMBERLY BOUND OVER
Howard Wimberley, Angler man
booked for stealing a fine $3,500
mare from E. E. Johnson, Lilllngton
Cattleman, waived preliminary
hearing and was bound over to
Superior Court. Bond, which was'
SBOO was renewed.
Dunn Building Firm
Awarded Contracts
The Bast Carolina Construction
Company of Dunn has been award
ed school contracts totaling *84,000
Vn Pitt County, It was disclosed
today by Ben Hartsfleld, head pi
the rapidly-growing Dunn con
struction firm.
Hie contract Includes an ad
dition to the I white school • at
Chlcod, a project at the Wlntervllle
Negro school and another at
Grifton.
OTHER PROJECTS UNDERWAY
Mr. Hartsfleld said today that
work la progressing satisfactorily
on the new primary school his
(company Is building at Benson,
full support and cooperation to the
organization.
The purpose of the clinic is to
bring outstanding men and women
of DubUc affairs to town to speak
to local cltlaens and enlighten them
on various problems and Issues con
fronting the nation. All speeches
are open to public and are free.
Officials of the clinic had asked
the city and the chamber for ex
pressions and written endorsements,
pointing out that backing of these
Rvm
Mr. McMUlan said today that he
was going ahead with plana for
the first forum of tHe season, the
date aad speaker to be announced
within the «wgs tew days.
A majority of cases heard grew
out of traffic violations and auto
mobile accidents. Wesley Buie of
Broadway, Route „ 1 and
Buie of v Olivia, ' Negro jbrothers
traveling lp different carsJbollided
on ’Highway 421.' pleaded
guilty to driving a car with no
license and driving under the In
fluence of whiskey. He was fined
SIOO and costs and surrendered his
driving license.
Person Buie, who had claimed he
was innocent of careless and reck
less driving, was found guilty and
given 90 days on the roads,
suspended for two years on pay
ment of SIOO to R. J. Thomas and
$25 fine and costs.
Charles Jerdon, first indicted on
two counts of driving drunk and
careless and reckless driving,
pleaded guilty to the latter and his
iplea was accepted. He was taxed
with costs.
HITS ANGIER DRIVING
John Robert McLeod, 18, of
Fuquay, Route 2, charged with
careless and reckless driving In
Angler, .pleaded guilty.
“It looks like you people around
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and the new Biler City High
School is near completion.
The Dunn firm, which has scores
of other large “building projects
underway, recently completed an
addition and renovation of the
Robeson County Health Center at
Lumberton.
William Corbin Is associated with
Mr. Hartsfleld in the local con
struction company.
♦Markets*
DUNN TOBACCO MARKET
Tobacco was selling high again
today at Buck Currin’s Big-4 Ware
house. There were plenty of *7l
and 877 plies sold during the morn
ing.
Offerings were light today, how
ever. sales today totaled 30,974
pounds for *15,578, an average of
$64.
Yesterday, the Big-4 sold 42,148
pounds for $23 $90.77, an average
of 855.97.
The Blg-4 will remain open
through Thursday.
EGGS AND POULTRY
RALEIGH. (UP) Today’s
egg and poultry markets:
Central North Carolina live poul
try: Fryers and broilers steady,
supplies adequate, demand fairly
good. HeaVy hens steady, demand
good, supplies short to adequate.
Prices paid producers FOB farm:
Fryers and broilers 20. heavy hens
2539, mostly 38-27.
Eggs steady, supplies amide, de
mand good. Mess paid producers
“ d «sSteSd <& B FS£ I *r™ to *
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DUNN, N. C., TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 6, 1951
The Town Board went on record
last night as approving the fluori
dation of the communal water sup
ply and asked the State Board of
Health to make a survey to see
whether the equipment was suit
able.
Speaking for the project, Dr. G.
L. Hooper told the board that he
felt that they were well Inform
ed on the subject and that it
wduld not be necessary to go Into
details and take a lot of time.
"It has -the •approval of the den
tal profession arid all of the civic
organizations,” he pointed out, “and
newspaper articles have familiariz
ed the public with the details.”
What was proposed, he said was
the addition of fluorine in some
form, one part to a million parts
of water. The result will be less
tooth decay In 2,3,4 or 5 year olds,
and will be particularly valuable
where the child drinks this water
from infancy.
It will be inexpensive, he ex
plained and will cost $1.50 to $1.65
per day plus the cost of the equip
ment for putting it Into the water,
which will be approximately $3,000.
However, it will save thousands of
dollars yearly in Improved child
dental health.
It was decided to add five cents
to each customer’s bill monthly in
order to defray the expense if the
program goes through. “Sixty cents
per year Is cheap dental Insurance,”
Mayor Ralph Hanna said, “and I
am sure that when it Is explained
the customers will go along with
us.”
Rev. C. D. Smith appeared and’
asked for a deed to property he had
purchased for taxes on East Broad
and East Cumberland streets. He
explained that the county had given
him a deed for its interest but the
town had not.
City Clerk Charles Storfey was
instructed to issue the deed if it
was found that Smith’s taxes were
in order.
Willie Warren was assured that
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McCullers Says Record Roto
Issue Will Be A Great Aide
‘Manager Joe McCullers of the
Dunn Chamber of Commerce this
morning commended The Daily
Record'for undertaking the pub
lication of a rotogravure edition
which will depict the development
and accomplishments of Harnett
and the surrounding areas.
“No better time than the present'
could be selected to publish such
an edition, since our Industry, with
the exception of the Erwin Mills,
Is practically in its infancy and our
civic and cultural development
faces a broad field of progress,” i
wrote Mr. McCullers.
This will be the Erst rotogravure
edition “to be published by a Dunn
newspaper since that leaned by
Sonny TUghman’s Daily Bulletin
here more than a decade ago. No
other Dunn newspaper ha*, ever
attempted such an outstanding pro
ject
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
Mr. McCußera said the edition
would be of great importance to
the chamber since it could be used
as a brochure to ’attract prospect
ive industries to the area.
UN MEET OPENS IN PARIS
Reds Boggle
Over U. N/s
Proposed Line
(UP) The Communists
demanded immediate settle
ment of a cease-fire line to
day in a move which the
United Nations charged
would enable the Reds to
delay a Korean truce in
definitely.
A U. N communique said the
Reds ‘.refused to accept Mondays
U N proposal that the armistice
delegations postpone & final decis
ion on the cease-fire line and pass
on instead to the remaining three
items on their agenda
However. U. N. representative
Maj. Gen. Henry I. Hodes said the
Communist rejection in an armis
tice subcommittee meeting Tues
day was “not unequivocal.'
“They have given us nothing like
a final answer to our proposal,”
he said. “They want more time to
study additional details which we
gave them this morning. Tuesday
morning.”
By mutual consent, the usual
afternoon session of the subcom
mittee was eancellde. The group
will meet again at 11 a. m. Wednes
day. 9 p. m.. Tuesday, EST.
The U. N. proposal at which the
Reds are balking calls for a cease
fire line based on the fighting front
at the time of an armistice agree
ment is ready for signing rathr
than on th present battlefront.
The U. N. contended that post
ponement of the truce line Issue
until the final stages of the armis
tice talks would provide an incen
tive to complete the negotiations.
.Hotel Is Sold
iAUilliogton i
Carl Cameron, Sanford lumber
man. late last week at a private
sale bought Hotel Lilllngton and
two adjoining lots at an undis
closed price. Cameron Is the son of
H. C. Cameron of Olivia.
Mrs. Karl Andriessen, former
owner, refused the bid of $11,700
offered by M. O. Lee at the public
auction conducted on October 26
by the Capitol City Auction Com
pany. Camerbn’s offer apparently
topped Lee's bid.
I. J. Morris, president of the
auction company in first announc
ing terms of sale said that Mrs.
Andriessen reserved the right to
accept or reject the sale. Possess
ion was guaranteed to the new own
ers on November 1, and Cameron
took possession on that date.
?drs. R. E. Scroggs has been em
ployed to operate the hotel and It
is understood Cameron plana ex
tensive repairs. > Mrs. Scroggs, the
former Mrs. W. M. Wadsworth, has
had long experience in hotel man
agement In Llljington and Weldon
, and operated the Hotel Lilllngton
under lease during the summer
months.
Mrs. Andriessen Will retain poss
ession of her apartment at the hotel
until December 1. Her husband, a
state highway engineer, is now a pa
tient at Veterans Hospital In Fay
etteville where he underwent an
operation on Friday. Mrs. Andriess
en gave his health as the reason
for the putting the hotel, long a
landmark In Lilllngton, on the auc
tion block.
: |
“It is with keen interest that I
note that It* Dally Record plana
to publish a rotogravure edition,
featuring Harnett County, m vtsw
$
FIVE CENTS PER COPT
—.lx. M. u. XX.,X.
A BRIEF COMMENT on the weather In Albany, N. Y. f is recorded by mi«
Marion Phlnney on the windshield of her snow-covered auto. Accord
ing to the weather bureau, the four-inch snowfall was the heaviest
for the date In history of toe capital city. (International Soundphoto)
Heavy Snow Closes
School In Midwest
By UNITED PRESS
A blanket of now up to 15 Inches
deep forced schools to close, ma
rooned travelers and halted busi
ness throughout much of Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma today.
The storm broke all records for
an early-season snowfall in the
area as it swept up from the
Southwest.
Freezing In Hell
(HELL, Mich. —Hell trow
..ever today. ' 1 , '
The thermometer registered 98
yesterday at this village near Ann
Arbor with the earn* exported
today.
The snowfall was one phase of
the giant cold wave which has
gripped the eastern twd-thirds of
the nation since late last week.
The frigid weather continued its
unrelenting hold on the country
east of the Rocky Mountains and
weathermen said there was little
hope for an early letup.
Forecasters said it would be
“several days” before any relief
from the cold, rain and snow over
the country could be expected.
Slightly wanner weather moved
Into the Gulf states and Florida,
but north of Atlanta, frigid con
ditions prevailed. Snow was pre
dicted for New York tonight.
AT LEAST 901 DEAD
At least 201 deaths were caused
by the weather. Snow-choked and
Ice-covered highways caused traf
fic accidents in which 155 persons
died; 19 deaths were reported in
fires started by overheated stoves
and the other deaths were caused
by exposure, freezing and mis
cellaneous mishaps. ■
The deepest snow Was recorded
at Nevada, Mo., about 90 miles
(south of Kansas City where an
official measurement placed the
depth at 15 1-3 inches. Joplin, Mo.,
had 10 Inches and It was still snow
ing there early today.
Five adults and a child were
snowed in at the Greenwood School,
five miles southwest of JopUn.
of the absence of county-wide pub
licity depicting our development
and accomplishments, f feel that
The Record should be commended
for such an undertaking at this
I time.
“Ours, being one of the richest
agricultural counties In the entire
world, is ripe for diversification, the
effects at which would be obvious
to our general economy. No better
1 tone than the present could be sel
[ acted to publish ouch an edition,
since our Industry, with the ex
ception of the Erwin Cotton Mills,
Is practically to its infancy, and our
(Mo and cultural development
taeee a broad field of progress.
The approximately 50.008 people
to our county are determined and
capable. They prtdefu&y point to
our achievements and steadfastly
work toward the goal of other and
man outstanding accomplishments
• which lie to their path. • ;
“Pictorial editions such at you
propowe wUI amtot ui and afl other
here to entay ua environs which
are found In tew other ptooce en
The Record
Gets Results
HST Says He,
Ike Talked
About Europe
WASHINGTON Os) President
Truman today forecast “much
trouble” in the economic recovery
program abroad because of damagi
to the “key and funiateental pro
position” of the plan in-thls coun
try.
The President said this threat
to European rehabilitation was the
reason Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower,
commander of European defense
forces, flew here to confer with him.
Mr. Truman spoke informally at
a breakfast meeting of the Nation
al Cartoonists Society here in rec
ognition of their contributions to
toe defense bond and savings stamp
Mr. Truman said that late last
year toe government “had managed
to get out on top of toe price and
wage situation,” but “needed a few
more powers to carry the thing to
its logical conclusion.”
HITS AT CONGRESS
Presumably referring to Con
gress. he said that because “the
situation had leveled off, our friends
decided that the emergency was
over and we didn’t need any more
powers.”
“So the spiral has begun again,”
he said. “And this drive that Is on
now for savings is the best break
that we can, possibly have to pre
vent that spiral from going to
disaster.”
The President said the same in
flationary situation developed with
the economic recovery program.
“The countries that we had been
heljring had arrived at a position
where they were just on the verge
of being self-supporting, and then
the key and fundamental proposi
tion in the economic recovery pro
gram was taken away from us, and
we are going to have much trouble,”
he said.
THAT 18 THE REASON”
That Is the reason—all the spec
ulation to the contrary—that is the
reason Gen. Eisenhower came to
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BULLETINS
~— * 1,1 1— - ■ ■ r -• -
NEW YORK. (UP) Fact finders summoned
leaders involved In the 23-day-o ld wildcat waterfront strike
to a meeting toiay to decide whether a disputed uafate
contract is legal and binding.
CAIRO, Egypt. - (UP) - British sentries excßjmge*
shots today with Egyptians who fired on an anWafrnwflp
battery position near Ispiailia in the Sues Canid sene. |
WASHINGTON. (UP) - The Brotherhood <£ EmU
comotive Firemen and Enginemen today called a strike tm
3 p. m. local standard time on four major railroads aet«M
the ceuntay.
PARIS. (UP) Luis Padilla Nervo of Mexico m
elected president of the sixth General Assembly et tha
United Nations as the sessions began here today 7
i AvnAv /wm\ -.-I. « w -i'-'.
(Gttttf&uMl Ob Wmbs- Hhbb)
NO. 237
Auriol Calls
For Meeting
Os Big Four
PARIS. (UP) Frendh
President Vincent Auriol for
mally opened the sixth Unit*
ed Nations General A§gem*
bly today with a call for a
Big Four Meeting of Presi
dent Truman, Premier Jo
sef Stalin, Britain’s Winston
Churchill and French Pre
mier Rene Pleven.
’Auriol’s unexpected pronounce
ment came in the opening minutes
of probably toe world organiza
tion’s most critical session. Dele
gates have already been stimulat
ed by promises of 8 global U. S.
peace plan based on reduction of
atomic and other weapons
DELEGATES TENSE
Speaking slowly even softly to
the tense delegates, among theft
most of toe world’s foreign minis
ters. Auriol said:
“If the distinguished men to
wards whom all anxious eyes are
now turned were to come here .to
attend this session . . . and to trg
. . . Jointly to reduce the disagree*
ments which paralyze the world—ls
this should happen we would wel
come them with a joy which. I am
convinced, would become world
wide.”
Although Auriol did not mention
the Big Four leaders by name, he
emphasized that he wanted them
to attend the U. N. not to partid
pate in the sessions but “to estab
lish human contact with each oth
er. to exchange ideas personally,
to consider their differences with,
out any agenda or public debate.. r
Mr. Truman conferred with
Stalin for the first and last time at
Potsdam in 1945. He baa said slnce
he would be glad to see the Russian
chief In Washington. Stejto has
said his health does not permit him
to leave Rurisla.
Meantime, Western delegate#
talked unabashedly In the corridOt*
about out-propagandising the Rus
sians this tone.
A .preview of S momentous V, 3.
plan for world peace came last
night in a proposal, co-sponsored
by Britain and France, for an In
ternational U. N. commission to In
vestigate the chances of holding
free elections throughout Germany.
Mr. Truman may reveal other
aspects of a promised global peace
plan on the radio Wednesday night
at 10:30 p. m.. EST.
Five Injured
In Accident 1 ■
Five persons were injured arid «
trailer load of tobacco virtual?
ruined In an accident, at the Pea
Ridge Ball Park on Angler Route
1 last night at 7 o’clock.
Rexwell Adams of Angler Route
1 had a load of tobieco on is*
Chevrolet pickup and trailer pang
narked In the highway. The ware-
Ihouse, into which he was unloading
/the leaf was so close to the high
way that it was impossible for htet
to get clear off the road. wjwjjl
Adams was on the trailer un
loading when the vehicle was hit
by a 1941 Ford coach, driven fear $
Tommy Coats of Angler Route L
With Coats were his wife and three
Blasters, Laura, Tensie aha. Belle
Tucker. v
’ All except Coats received ‘severe $
laceration due to the accident MM
Coats are cut superficially.. Tttp
impact turned toe pickup and
trailer over on their Adee and
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