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NORTH CAROLINA Partly cloudy and not much change in temperature today, tonight and Fri day. Widely scattered thundershow ers Friday afternoon, and over West portion this afternoon. VOLUME II I -V .* .* wmMr T**r UK v «4f - ■ -‘ jfpsKi KIV i A iHHn v ■ ■Pr i v ‘ \SKnXsBXW'm 'MWM ■ k Hf'- 4, &\fr*sV*« U | , - \.. ' ‘ H I*£ r ‘s .- /. r>- ip.% MB I * |||j' *m B PIGGLY WIGGLY OFFICIALS HERE PrJfcident Henry H. Milner and other officials of the Milner group of Piggly Wiggl’y Stores were here morning for the grand opening of the new Dunn store. 1-est to right are; W. 11. Sanders, district manager, President Milner, Manager Norman Suttles of the Chamber of Commerce, M. W, Bartholomew, supervisor, and Mayor Ralph E. Hanna. The store was jammed to capacity for the opening and Mr. Milner said he’d never seen a more successful one. * f| l ■ il <1 i S>- * iL „' 4 ;>M \ * if W • ” & ; , 11' :•*? !«fi • - , Mmn r . pjpy #- ! , r i^r! , AT WALGREEN’S OPENING Jeff Justice, second from left, is shown here this morning as he extended congratulations to J. I. Thomas, rjjg ht, o n the opening of the new Thomas Walgreen Agency Drug Store. The opening was a big success from every standpoint. Test to right are; L. 'E. Reaves of Fayetteville, Mr. Justice, President Clarence E. McLamb of the; Chamber of Commerce, Chamber Manager Norman Suttles and Mr. Thomas. Throng Present For Big Opening rm . ii.: .. ... —c —:—' .. ■ r : . .—:—— : , The huge crowd which thronged the new Piggly Wiggly Food Store and the Thomas Walgreen Agency Drug Store this morning in beautiful new shopping on East Broad Street exceeded all hopes and ex pectations. Long before the doors were open ed, hundreds of people had gath ered for the gala event and the crowds increased throughout the day. Moat of the time, both stores were filled to capacity. The modernistic new shopping center, located at the corner of East JJraad and North Magnolia, was werected by Alfred Blalock and Dr. W. W. Stanfield particularly for . these two new business firms. Other buildings are scheduled to go up in the center later this year. OFFICIALS PRESENT Mayor Ralph E. Hanna, Chamber (Continued On Page two) *Rev. Harold Paul To Sp£ak In Dunn The Rev. Harold Paul of Van Cpuver, British Columbia will speak at the Dunn Gospel Tabernacle this weekend. He is serving at the present time as 'Professor of Re ligious Education at Emmanuel College, Franklin Springs, Georgia. Mr. Paul is an unusual evangelist having conducted successful re vivals In all parts of the United States and Canada. He has (serve> as speaker for the Falcon Camp Meeting. The Emmanuel Trio will appear la these services to furnish special B ?flSgnrices will be held Friday. Sat utday and Sunday at 7:48 p. to. Sunday at 11:00 a. m. ■The FHtA girls of Coats High Cjcnool emertainea uieir inowiwre TELEPHONES: 3117 . sllß - 3119 Old-Time Religion Is Making Comeback (Editor’s Note; This is the second. of thfee dispatches on the religtoils revival in the United States.) By A D. QUIGG United Press Staff Correspondenft NEW YORK Os) "That old time religion” seems to be back with a new-time twist. ■* Americans are giving more to church and charity, paying more, attention to preachers, leaning more on the Scriptures and rellg-: ious themes than ever before. “There are evidences," one Bible publisher said, "that laymen are more interested in religion than they have been in a generation.”. , Vv - .., , \ ■ . *9&J| V- r"'- >? 'tilisSßl M:-: "- : >. ' :>•* I 'y'S;- . ; $ V > II ) I #j (Ehr#ai% JXtt&rfr . In that generation-1926 to 1950- tbe church outgrew the country two to one. A recent survey by the National Council of the Church es of Christ In the U. S. A. shows that the Roman Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant faiths as a whole increased during those 24 years /from- 53,397,575 to 85,319,274 —a 59.8 per cent gain while U. S. popu lation increased 28.6 per cent. Religious - affiliated Americans now constitute 57 per cent of the country's population. The National Council, says: "So far as can be gathered from statistics) this is the highest percentage in U. S. history." BIG CONTRIBUTIONS The council figures Protestant contributions last year exceeded $1,000,000,000—a 150 per cent gain <in 10 years. It’s estimated that - Catholic and Jewish contributions accounted for another billion, v A Wail street Journal survey dis closed Americans giving to charity at #>e greatest rate in history. A decade ago charity giving totaled $1,500,900,000; last year, $4,200,000,- ■•..(Cewttaued Om Page two) ’MARKETS* v: > bgos and poultry RALEIGH OP! Today’s eggs and live poultry: Centra! North Carolina live poul try: Fryers and broilers steady, bsHppttee plentiful, demand fair. fJWfcvy bens steady, supplies plenti ! Priced paid producers FOB farm: -Fryers and .broilers 20-40, mostly MSjMS, heavy hens 30-23, mostly JO- HlSggß: Steady supplies plentiful, cftmand fair. Prtcts paid producers (OenManai mi llci Twm) DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1952 Jackson Reinstatement Sought Russell Forces Say Kefauver : Boom Stopoed- I WASHINGTON (IP) Sen. | Richard B. Russell’s cam- I paiejn organization claimed today that his Florida bri- > may victory “stops Kefauv | er completely.” The Haim was made by S°n. Walter F George (D-Ga.i. chair- i man of Russell’s cnmnaien stnteev board, as Russell announced Hans i for a cross-countrv tip to bid for j. Western delegates to (he Democri- | tic presidential nominating conven- j tion. George said the Florida returns | show that Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn.) “can’t carry a Southern I state, although he has been doing | «erv well in some states where the Democratic primaries don’t mean anvthine.” Sen. Pa”l H. Douglas (D-TU.). a Kefauver backer, retorted that, the 7'ennps'ee crime-hunter mad« a dVemarV-sblv good” showing in Flor ida against the “organised nohti cal machine* which was backing Russell Tn the Republican arena. Sen. Robert A. Taft’s campaign mana ger said his sweeping home-state victory in Ohio “makes It. more ap parent thnp ever that hp is the choice of Republican voters of the nation ” TAFT NOW AHEAD Campaign manager David S. Tn ffalls said the 56 delegates Taft nicked un lri Ohio ran his total on to 404. exactly 200 short of the to tal required tn win the Republican nomination. Tngalls credW»d Oen. Dwleht D. Eisenhower Wijji 288 delegates. A United Press tabulating based on tim'Bjgai'Hedges or nuh*la com-' ThafElsenbbwer fetal inrfudes six which' the general gained' yejtfer dov in New York. j Russell defeated /HWfan w qk hv nhO”t 60.000 votes in Florida’s “pop ularity contest” AresldentQu pre ference primary. But Kefauver said he still hones to win a majority of the state’s 24 convention delp gates who will be elected In sep arate balloting on Mav 27. Kefauver now has 119 1-2 con vention votes legally nl&lged or nu bliclv committed to him including the 27 he picked up Jn*Ohio Tues day. . His nearest competitor for the Democratic homination, Mutual Se curity Administrator W. Averell Harriman, has 94 1-2. mostly from his home state of New York. Russell, who expects to get most of the still-to-bf-chosen Southern delegates, now has 40'<‘. BULLETINS LONDON (IP The Labor party piled up new gains today in Britain’s week-long municipal council elections, capturing at least 148 seats from rival parties. PANMUNJOM, Korea (IP The Communists again rejected a United Nations take-it-or-leave-it proposal on a prisoner exchange today and accused the Allies of bliock a Korean truce by refusing to negotiate. BUENOS AIRES (IP A boiler room explosion has killed six crewmen ol the Argentine freighter Rio Santa Crut in the South Atlantic of the Patagonian Coast, it was renorted today. (Continned On P»*e Two) 1951 Cotton Yield Exceeds 15 Million WASHINGTON (If) The Agri culture Department in a final re port today set 1961 cotton produc tion at 15,130,000 bales, down 160,000 bales from December estimates. , The revision compares with the 16,390,000 bale crop estimated last December, an August prediction of 17,266,000 bales, and a 1061 produc tion goal of 10,000,000. The report came as farmers fin ished planting this year’s crop, which It is hoped will measure up to a goal of 18.000,000 bales. The final 1081 crop figure com lMas.QMhJcs Nrik 34M.wataln Hww’m., % fckffl h. Truman Marks (Bth Birthday WASHINGTON (lk Presi dent Truman marked his 68th Mrthday today by announcing that he plans to spend the next 10 years as be damn pteases. Raring to go into retirement next Jan. 20 when he leaves the Wiite House, Mr. Truman told a l««SitKsbs a good time ahd doing just as he damn pleases. RECEIVED MANY GIFTS He got' bushels of presents, as 6& put ’ it, this morning before Starting his birthday working schedule by holding his 303rd news conference. In peppery spirits, Mr. Truman said he Vas as happy as any man could possibly be on his 68th birthday. MR. DOFFERMYRE ILL Everette L. Doffermyre, prom inent Dunn attorney, is a pa tient in Duke Hospital at Dur ham. His condition todny was 'reported improved, but he will have to remain in the hospital fdr sometime. He was taken to the hospital Sunday. from October to November fore casts, brought some criticism from Cotton Belt congressmen. The de partment maintained that is re i porting was as accurate as possible under tiie present system of gath ering data from individual farmers With abandonment because of weevils and weather during the sea son set at 4.4 oer cent, the crop reporters said the 1961 harvested acreage is indicated at 26.687 000 acres. This is 50 per cent more than harvested the preceding yearwhen acreage allotments were in effect. m.7 PER ACRE The department sabl the 1051 lint yield oer acre was 271.7 pounds, com pared w«th the 10-year average of , 286 pounds. I production figures, in bales, for j the leadlne iSmSS fivk cunts rrjt curt Mealing Set For Tonight Is Postponed As a storm of protest con tinued to spread over town as the .result of the abrupt firing of Police Chief George Arthur Jackson without no tice yesterday by City Man ager Oliver O. Manning. Ci tizens of the town today were preparing to descend on the city council to demand that the city manager’s ac tion be reversed. A meeting of the council had been scheduled for tonight to dis cuss a new taxi ordinance and the delegations were being formed to appear tonight, but early this af ternoon Mr. Manning announced that the meeting had been post poned indefinitely. The city manager pointed out that all of the necessary infor mation for adopting the ordinance has not been secured and that it was necessary to delay the meet ing. Chief Jackson, fired yesterday af ter 28 years service, 24 of them as chief, was in civilian clothes to day and was scheduled to turn over his keys to the new chief. Alton A. Cobb, sometime during the afternoon. Actually, the town was without a chief most of today. Cobb was scheduled to take the oath at 4 n.m. WESTBROOK SPOKESMAN Former Mayor Earl McD. West brook ha,s been designated as spokesman for the group of eltiz fwho will appear in behalf of lef Jackson and reportedly had speech prepared when news came. that the meeting ’ltad been callfftj off. jtH.JriEbC decjaxeA -Joe WWHwv forfher mayor be ready for ’em anytime they’re • ready. And we intend to sell which members of the board are man enough to take it.” - Mr. Wilkins said he suspected that most jf the city officials sud denly fotiMP ou t they had business out of town when they learned what was happening among the citizens. Meanwhile, all but one member of the board today remained non-com mital. BRACEY FOR JACKSON Commissioner B. A. Bracev of Ward TV came out today strong for Chief Jackson and said he would vote to reverse the city manager. “That’s been my position all along,” he said. Mayor Ralph E. Hanna took the position that the city manager is the man responsible for the hir ing and firing and said he had left the decision up to the city man ager. Commissioner Leek Coats of Ward I, who has been seeking for sometime to oust Jackson, said this morning that he had, “no comment no statement, nothing at all to sav” about the matter He made It plain he didn’t want to talk about It. Commissioner J. V. Bass said the firing of Jackson was “his (Man ning’s) little red wagon and I’m going to let him pull it.” Mavor Pro-Tern R. G. Tart, who is believed friendly to Jackson, said his firing came as a surprise to him, and that he hadn’t had an opportunity to go into the mat ters. All of the officials said the mat (Continued On Page two) Charlie Holmes Dies Suddenly Charlie B. Holmes, 77, well known farmer of Dunn, Route 4. died Wednesday afternoon at his home. He suffered a heart attack and fell dead in the vard. Funeral services will be held Fri day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the Church of God in Erwin. The Rev. J. R.' Easom. pastor, the Rev. For rest C. Maxwell, pastor of the Er w(n Baptist Church, and Rev. C. W. Kirby, will officiate. Burial will be in the Banner’s Chanel Church Cemetery in Benson. The body will He in state at the church for one hour prior to the services. Survivihg are his Wife. Mrs. Ma mie Holmes: seven sons, J. A. Holmes of Erwin, Lonnie Holmes of Dunn. Route 4, Osccar L. Hol mes of Rocky Mount. Hubert Hol mes of Greensboro. Marlon K. Hol mes of Cranford. New JertWy: Eel ton B. (Ted) Holmes of Syracuse New 'York; David O. Holmes of Alexandria, Ve.: four danghtars, Mrs. Viola Whiddon of Savannah, Ga„ Mrs. John Turn age of Erwin. Mrs. Mack Taylor of Manchester, and Mrs. W. H. Geddy of Fay ifeyqte S' r ** If ti UMi -i&M I [i 8 4 ’ v \ jjj| • V MISS JANE CRANFORD, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cran- ' ford, was crowned Queer of the May on Wednesday afternoon at the annual May festival presented by Lillington Girl Scouts. The queen, selected by the vole of her sister Scouts for this honor, was crowned by Miss Cathryn Creasman of Lillington, president of the .Central Carolina Girl Scout Council. Around 100 Scouts participated in the festivities held on the lawn of the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Atkins. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart). Arrests Expected In Angler Robbery ;■ DURHAM HP) —' FBI a?ent£ ijßlicat®T&3ay they may make* further arreajts in a roundup of suspects jnJtJie $50,682 robbery of a LeaksvUle, N. *C., bank.' FBI agent in charge William A. I Murphy of Charlotte was in Kins- ! ton today, presumably in connect- . ion with the Leaksville case, or j the unSblved $44,550 robbery of an i Angier, N. C. bank of April 29 by ! a lone, two-gun bandit. The FBI announced yesterday I the arrest of five men on various charges but would not say whether | any of them might be charged with i staging the 'actual robbery. Mrs. Washburn Urges Election On Firing Mrs. Mattie Washburn, one of, Dunn’s oldest, most colorful and most beloved residents, today pro posed that Dunn’s city council call a city election on the firing of Police Chief George Arthur Jack-1 son, who yesterday was ousted from office without notice by City Manager Oliver O. Manning. | (She suggested that a vote be called immediately on the issue: | “Shall Chief Jackson be fired or shall City Manager Manning be fired.” “Just let the people vote and UN Planes Delivd § Biggest Attack Yet SEOUL, Korea (® Allied planes in the biggest shrett attack of the Korean war today smashed two square mile* in the ancient walled town of Suan, a major CommU3s!gj| supply base 35 miles southeast of the North Korean ctepfcf, tal at Pyongyang. Four flights of sth Air Force i and Marine fighter-bombers struck at dawn with 12.080 gallons of flam ing napalm. Other planes swooped across the blazing target area all day and dropped hundreds of tons of bombs and napalm. By nightfall the town was such a flaming shambles pilots could not find another upright major build ing. The sth Air Force reported 165 supply buildings destroyed and 18 damaged. A huge concentration of Red supplies including teucks. fuel and ammunition went up in flames. I Communist Jet fighters swarm ed southward from their Manchuri an bases tn a vain effort to bait the th * h^ < %»g i £d ie the "rich plum" was ready for a flaming harvest. ‘-f the Record Gefs Results * ’-i ' ■George Robert Hill, Jr* 33, Dur ham. charged with conspiracy, and William Carr Han. 28, Durham, charged with being an accessory, waived hearings here and were held in lieu of $10,900 bonds. HELD FOR CONSPIRACY - Elwood Lee Hammock, 33, Dur ham, also charged with being an accessory, was granted a hearing (Continued On Page Two; , Mr. Manning would find out | who’ll be here Monday morning-, and Chief Jackson won’t be the one leaving, either,” she said. Mrs. Washburn, who’s been In I Dunn a long time and has seen things come and go. had her dan; der up when she telephoned The | Daily Record to suggest the elec tion. CALLED MANAGER -113 '‘l'm not speaking behind- Mr. Manning’s back, either,” pointed out Mrs. Washburn. “I just talked (Continued On Pax* F(*rt-.-|' i GREETINGS FOR CLARK. _J The attack coincided with arriu§ at in Korea of Oen. Mark Ctetric who will succeed Gen. MatthejF’lß Ridgway as U. N. supreme *9s®; mander. An Air Force spokesman sals the attack "turned piles of suppHeg into billowing smoke aod--.CTmBE Tons- of demolition and high e*3 plosive bombs tore the Coihtamtf supplies to shreds.” I First flights knocked out redans During the attack Clyk -^ NO. 109
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