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NORTH CAROLINA Fair and warmer, occasional showers in east ern section. Higher temperatures expected tomorrow* - VOLUME II ■ ;4£i3&:: WT H mm «BHHb m ■ , ®.W : ’ J3jw§i *s■■■■■<« Jj&... MmSßm j^iapSkfM >-.fe i 'L •I GEORGE OWEN *GeorgeOwenßetires After 51 Years After 51 years of continuous and faithful service, George F. Owen retired today as local agent for the At lantic Coast Line Railroad. His retirement marks the end “of a long and colorful career of railroading, Actually, Mr. Owen’s retirement became effective on Monday, but he went down yesterday to fill out all of the retirement papers and today was his first day of a new life of leisure. "But somehow, I’d rather be back at work then-trying to keep my self occupied with no Job," laughed Mr. , jpretrij JfiWf ''(Chile to get accustom* «Id to Oils.” YATES ACTING AGENT J. N. Yates, another Veteran em ployee who has 43 years of service, is acting as agent. He has been acting in that capacity since Mr. Owen became ill in October. The 70-year-old Dunn citizens— a former city councilman and a leader in various community acts ivities—was the 173rd employee in the entire history of the company of over 18,800 employees to serve longer than 50 years. H. H. Hill of Rocky Mount, gen eral superintendent of the Rich mond district of the Atlantic Coast Line, came to Dunn on February 13, 1951 Ho present Mr. Owen a. pill for his half century of service. | “if felt funny to be walking out of the station for the last time ns an employee,” _£!r. Owen said. “I *Mayor Still Waits For Board To Act The matter of granting a- heart ing .to ousted Police Chief George Arthur Jackson today had develop ed into a “waiting, game” between Mayor Ralph E. Hanna and mem bers of the city council. After City Manager Oliver O. Manning fired the veteran of 28 yfears service without notice, Mhyor Hanna promised Jackson a public hearing, and said' plenty of notice would be given so citizens can at tend. •! The Mayor said today that he plans to give the ousted po lice chief a hearing, but that he 1; waiting on members of the city Cuncil to ask for the hearing and set the date. .Mayor Hanna explained that he jpst hadn’t had an opportunity to contact members of the council to see when a hearing would be most convenient for them. He again re iterated that the commissioners l Harnett's Tax Rate Will Remain $l3O i Harnett County’s Board of Commissioners tentatively approved a budget which will hq}d the line dt $1.30 oh the tax rate, it was announced today by Chairman of the Board, L. A. Tart. i Although all departments asked for more money than last year; the (board pared down the budgets so that each wUI be substantOly the same as last year, Mr. Tart re nSU WUI take the major por tion of the budget mftney, and an TELEPHONES: 3117 - 3118 - 3119 ! guess I was just a little sentlmen t tal about it. But I love railroad ing and the Atlantic Coast Line is a wonderful company to work for. I don’t know of any organization that treats its employees better. I’ve enjoyed every year of my work.” : Mr. Owed recalled-when he came to Dunn 64 years ago 8t the age of afc arid he also recalled that there Were only ti/rS trains a day Wlt*h he started workirig' for the Coast Line the first week in February back in 1901. Today, an average of about 50 trains a day speed through town. George Owen, the Town of Dunn, and the Atlantic Coast Line Rail road grew up together. In fact, the story goes, the Town of Dupn re ceived.-its name from the engineer named Dunn .who came here to survey the railroad route, HAS WATCHED GROWTH Mr. Owen ’has watched every single bit of progress and develop ment made by .both the town and the railroad and he knows ,the his tory of both as few other people. Dunn ’citizens agree that the Coast line. could never have a better agent than George- Owen. (Continued Oh Page two) , wouldn 4 t have to attend the hear-1 ing. Mayor Hanna said that he per sonally is ready anytime he can get the other officials together. WAITING FOR CALM Commissioner B. A. Bracey, the only member of the board who hits come out in favor of retaining Chief Jackson, expressed belief that the other commissioners are “waiting for the storm tp‘ pass.” Spokesman for the citizens group seeking reinstatement of Jackson are taking a’patient attitude about the matter. “That’s all right,” said - one of them today, “let them postpone it just as long as they, want to. They’ve got an idea that the pub lic sentiment will die down and that well forget about it. But we’re not forgetting it »nd we’ll be ready for them when the hearing is held —whether it’s this Week, this month 'or a year from today." er departments, sueh to health and weßart, asked , increased ap propriations to Cover salary in creases under the merit system. “We are determined that there will be hivtaertg* m toe tax rate," Mr. Tart surplus will be enough, ne said, to Sfc without Ris ing toe *ra . (Eto JJailg New Steel Strike is Threatened Senator Taft Widens His Lead Over Ike WASHINGTON, (IP) Sen. Robert A. Taft widened his lead over Gen. Dwight D. - Eisenhower today in the -j scramble for delegates to the ” Republican national conven- < tion. The Ohioan scored a runaway “ victory in the West Virginia pri- £ mary. picking up 15 of that state’s ■■ 16 delegates Taft also trounced • former Minnesota Gov. Harold E. Stassen in. yesterday’s presidential preference contest in West Virginia. Returns from 698 of the state’s 2.824 precincts gave Taft 34,493 vot es to Stassen’s 8.823. Eisenhower, whose supoorters oot'ld claim onlv one delegate, was not entered in the "popularity noil” the results of which are not bind ine on the national convention del egates. On the basis of»Taft pocketing 15 Wiest Virginia delegatee, the rtnited Press tabulation of dele gates elected gave the senator 363. Eisenhower 320. Stassen 22. Gov. ‘ Earl Warren of California 7. Gen. Douglas MacArthur 2, and 132 un committed. It takes 604 votes to win the nomination. West Virginia Democrats elect'd 20 delegates, two of whom nubltcly announced for Sen. Estes Kefauv er of Teenessee. In other action. North Dakota Democrats postponed until - today selection of their 16-member uncom mitted delegation. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS Elsewhere on the political front: 1. Sen. John M. Butler scoffed at Eisenhower’s comment In Oslo last week that “if the American people like me for president, thev wttl know where me.” The Marv-‘ land Rer iblican, who favors Taft for the GDP nomination, said in a statement that the people “are not so beaten down . , . that they need to go begging any one man. regardless of who that man might be, to be president of this great country of ours.” DISPELS KEFAUVER MYTH 2. Sen. Walter F. George (D-Ga), chairman of the Russell-for-presi dent advisory committee, said in a statement that Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia "has dispelled the Kefauver myth.” George said Russell’s-victory oyer Sen. Estes Fefauver of Tennessee In the Florida primary last week "shows the universal appeal of his straightforward, honest stand on the issues confronting our coun try,” 3. National Chairman Francis Biddle of Americans for Democratic Action announced that President Truman will make “a major ad dress on the issues of the 1952 campaign” at the fifth annual ADA convention here Saturday night. 4. Gov. Earl Warren of Califor nia, another GOP presidential as pirant, said in a radio discussion with Stassen and Kefauver that “Communists, in the atmosphere of | (Continued on Page Two) Sacred Concert Scheduled Here Elnar Waermo, Tenor, and Ei nar Ekberg.' Baritone, Swedish vo calist!. will appear at the Glad Tidings . Assembly of God Church of Dunn, Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Mr. Waermo, a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music In Stockholm, Sweden, was formerly a Swedish opera star. Several years ago Waermo was converted in a great revival that was sweeping Sweden, and as a result* he dir ected his remarkable talent and voice into a ful-tlme spiritual min istry, renouncing the stage. He has -traveled all over the -world singing and giving his testi mony In some of the largest chur ches of the world, and has sung before the Royalty and Nobility of many lands. With Mr. Waermo is Mr. Einar Ekberg. who for many years was Choir Director in the Philadelphia Church of Stockholm. Sweden—one of the largest Protestant churches ‘ In. the world, with a fnembershlp at the present time of 7,000. This church Is affiliated wuh the As semblies of God in the United States and has a Swedish organi zation patterned similarly. At the i present time plans are under way . to build a 'church seating »,000, - although their present church aud itorium is the largest and most * modern auditorium In ell Scand > an occasion to bi long remembered ' I taeßed n to T tot«md blifc “ cordtaUy DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 14, 1952 ***** Mm '+ *Tmsw* v~< -i * i L ■.. . ffgjf. yM j , Iy. H - KENNETH D. THORNTON, radioman, third class, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Thorn ton of Route 3, Benson, N. iC., and husband of the former Miss Rebecca Ann Mayes of Route 3, Four Oaks, N. C., is serving with the flag allowance of Capt. Jesse L. Hull, Commander of Transport Division 15 operating aboard the attack transport U. S. Cavalier in Far Eastern waters. He attended Benson High School and entered the Naval service in Aug. 1948. Woman Found Unconscious; Will Recover A 20-year-old expectant mother who gave her name as Mrs. Mary Melvin of Baltimore, Maryland, was reported much improved at the Dunn Hospital early this af ternoon as police authorities sought to contact her family. The woman, who is expecting the birth of a second child, was foun(l unconscious this morning In y' local business establishment. Police were notified and found among her belongings a bottle of aspirin, 95 cents in change, and other items, but no papers and no clue as to her identity. She remained unconscious at the hospital for several hours. When she revived, she told phy sicians that she must have tak en too much aspirin and pare goric. They said she was In dan ger of a premature birth and no doubt had been in great pain. Her presence in Dunn was not explained, although she was quo her husband had, left her and hur husband had left her and that she was here looking for (Continned On Page two) Writer Finds German Women Too Meek Editor’s note: The writer of the following dispatch toured H. S. military installations in Eu rope to observe the work and life of women stationed there). By RUTH GMEINER (United Press Staff Correspondent) WIESBADEN, Germany HP If U. S. servicewomen in Europe are nettled by the American GI preference for native girls, they don’t .admit it. "German girls( are too meek- American girls aren’t afraid to tell the men off,” said Airman Wil limina Swan, Clifton, N. J., on duty at headquarters of the U. S. Air Force in Wiesbaden. WAF Sgt. Katherine Hoehn, Mil. waukee, said the “available” girls in Germany usually are refugees who have “nothing to lose and everything to gain’’ by dating American men. DON’T LACK DATES But don’t get the idea that the BULLETINS MIAMI Iff) Last-minute maneuvering pared Sen. Richard Russell’s overcrowded list of Florida delegate can didates down to 42 today, but Sen. Estes Kefauver’s “streamlined” slate of 25 still had the Georgian at a heavy disadvantage. 1 - NEW HAVEN, Conn, (ffi -Yale President A. Whit ney Griswold apoiigixed publicly today for a bloody riot of 1,500 students that started when police prevented the Good Humor man and Humpty Dumpty vendor from ped dling their ice cream. .■ WASHINGTON(ff) Secretary of State Dean Ache son served blunt notice on the Soviet Union today that the United States, Britain and France are determined to resistany new blockade moves In Berlin. MIAMI <■* - Som. a MX Pay Increases Suggested By WSB Refused PHILADELPHIA, (IP) The CIO United Steelworkers prepared today to hurl a new strike threat at the steel industry for denying them pay raises proposed by the Wage Stabilization Board. The union's sixth biennial con vention was ready to adopt a res olution declaring bluntly that the steelworkers "cannot and will not continue indefinitely to work in 1952 for 1950 wages." The resolution recalled that the union served wage demands on the industry six months ago. It insisted that the bitter negotiating and wage board fight that has resulted "must be promptly resolved.’’ The threat of a new walkout was raised as two top administration spokesmen came here to address the 3,000 convention delegates - Vice President Alben W. Barkley and Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin. TOBIN SPEAK J. Tobin said that the “only way to settle the steel dispute” is for the industry to accept the Wage Stabi lization Board’s recommendations for a 26 cents an hour raise to the CIO United Steel Workers. Tobin told the union’s conven tion ‘‘l don’t feel any obligation to be imperial” in the dispute. The 3,000 convention delegates Joudly cheered Tobin when he shouted that he stands “heart and soul and spirit” behind them. I That the union Is determined to gqt the whole 26 cents an hour;, wage. snd fringe package proposed by tbe wage board was made clear yesterday by CIO President Philip Murray, who told the industry to "go to hell” for trying to shave down the recommendations. Murray, who also heads the steel union, accused the operators of defying the “rules of common decency’’ and promised that “they are hot going to get away with it.” He reminded delegates that the union had postponed a strike five times before he finally ordered his Steelworkers to walk off their jobs moments after a federal court ruled President Truman’s seizure of the industry illegal. American girls lack for dates. A group of women reporters touring military installations in Europe found that the U. S. servicewomen get along all right socially. At most military posts the women I Gls are outnumbered by the men - five or six to one. i The American girls stick to their : | fellow servicemen. Virtually none r' go out with Germans. These girls j are a cross-section, in looks, age . and personality of the girls back i home. The ones who would date at - home, date here. I JOINT LEAVES . 1 It is accepted practice for serv- I icewomen and their beaus to ar . | range joint leaves. No one raises s an eyebrow when a gisl and her s I current GI steady set off together I I for Italy, the French Riviera or ; Paris on a 20-day pass. Top-ranking officers at Wies baden and at the U, S. European e| (Continned On Two! FIVE CENTS PER COPY DUNN SCOUT GETS EAGLE AWARD At a Court of Honor held last night at the Presby terian Church. Harvey Eldridge, Jr, member of. troop 711, was presented with the Eigle Award. Pictured are, left to right; Harvey Eldridge, Jr., his father, Dr. H. A. Eldridge; his mother, Mrs. H. A. Eldridge, who pinned on the badge; and Bill Stancil. Scoutmaster of Troop 711. This troop is under the sponsorship of the Dunn Presbyterian Church. (Daily Record Photo by J. W. Temple, Jr.) First Communion Class Scheduled ” ‘ Five children of the Sacred Hear\ Catholic Church will approach the Holy Communion rail of the local church sanctuary for the first time this Sunday. May 18th, at the 9 o’clock Mass. The special First Communion Sermon will be given , by Father Frandls A. McCarthy lo- ( cal Catholic pastor. Music for the | Mass will be provided by the Chil- , dren’s <?hqir ..of the Sacred Heart j Chureli under the direction of Mrs. , Madeline Hyman. Miss Mary Wil- j liams wi)l accompany at the organ. | BREAKFAST TO BE SERVED As it Is the custom for all Catho- , lies throughout the world to take ' nothing in the way of food or liq uid from the previous midnight un til the reception of the Body and Blood of Christ under the appear ance of the small white host, the First Communion Class will be served a First Communion Break fast in the Sacred Heart Rectory following the Mass. The Mother’s of the First Communicants will serve the Breakfast. Sister Mary Eugenia and Sister Mary Callista. Catholic Sisters from Newton Grove and who helped prepare the Class for their First Communion will be guests at the breakfast. The following children of the Sacred Heart Parish will make their first Holy Communion: James Bahen, Louis Joseph, Mary Eliza beth Kizar, Joseph Hodges and Robert Hodges. Fire Department Slates Meeting The monthly meeting of the Dunn Fire Department will be held at the clubroom at the Fire Sta tion, it was announced today by Secretary-Treasurer Howard M. Lee. Lee also reports that the resig nation of J. W. Baggett, local em ploye who has moved to Fayette ville, has. been accepted. Cleadis Naylor has been elected to fill the vacancy. Naylor is a local truck operator who resides at 211 S. Washington Avenue. He is a former member, having served on the department from March 14, 1944 until June 11, 1946, when he was forced to re sign because his business kept him out of town. The Dunn Fire Department now has a strength of 19 men and 5 officers. . . V ~ ’MARKETS* Bog market . RALEIGH markets: Hillsboro: Slightly stronger at 21.50 for good and choice lpo-240 lb barrows had gilts. Wilson, Burgaw. Goldsboro, Tar boro. Hamilton, Mount Olive, Dunn The Record Gets Results Harvey Eldridge Is Given.£ggle Awaftf Harvey Eldridge, Jr„ son of Dr. and Mrs. H. A. Eldridge, was given the Eagle Scout award at a Court of Honor held lqst night at the Dunn Presbyterian Church. The Court of Honor constituted the program for the regular meet ing of the Men of the Church and the Scouts of Troop 711, which the church sponsors were guests at the supper. Scoutmaster Bill Stancil made the presentation and Mrs. Eldridge pinned the badge on her son. Both parents were also special guests at the meeting. Poor Man's Candidate Opposes Ike, Marilyn : EXETER, N. H. IW Henry Kraiewski, presidential candidate on the “poor man’s party” ticket, delivers his party platform' speech today on the campus of swank Exeter Academy, where he has pulled ahead of Gen. Dwight D. .Eisenhower and screen star Mari lyn Monroe in a student poll. Scions from such blue - blood families as the Rockefellers and the duPonts were pledged to the Krajewski banner, it’s party em blem, a suckling pig, and the Sfecaucus, N. J. farmer’s rallying cry, ‘‘no more piggie deals in Washington.” Krajewski said he was gratified 'to learn that the latest sampling of campus ooinion gave him a whisker’s edge over Eisenhower. 73 Per cent for the "poor man’s” nominee, as against 27 per cent for the general. But he confessed some surprise at the news that the curvaceous Miss Monroe was even in the race. The Exeter student papev an nounced yesterday that the Holly wood star had been eliminated from further consideration for the Generals Ordered To Explain Koje l TOKYO (W Gen. Mark W. Clark put Brig. Gens. Francis T. Dodd and Charles Colson on the carpet today for their roles in the Koie Island prison camp mutiny. Both generals, fired successively as commandant of the big Com munist prisoner of war camp on Koje, flew to Tokyo from Korea on urgent summons from Clark. Urey went directly from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Clark’s head quarters. where they were closeted NO. 113 Dr. Charles W. Byrd presenfied the troop charter to D. A. Black mon, chairman of the troop com mittee, Other members of the committee are Locke Muse, W. W. Register, C. E. Fitchett, Jr., and Alcey D. Johnson. The pastor. Rev. R. R. Gammon, presented tenderfoot pins to two | of the members of the troop, Billy Lee and Charles Nordon. I Merit badges were presented to a number of the scouts by W. H. Twyford, Sr., and two star awards were presented by T. H. Sansom. j student convention slated for May > 18. “NOT PROPERLY ENDORSED j “It may be an unusual situation c for Miss Monroe,” the pare de s clared, “but we feel this is one job ' for which she is not properly -en .' dowed." Student managers for the Kre ] jewski campaign, William - Cohen j and Jack Daniels, said they were , (Continned On Page Two’ ; Sleepy Driver t 1 Hits Phone Pol* ~ i A sleepy driver interrupted “tete l phone service in the North Ellis i Avenue section early yesterday '. morning when the truck "he -was ’’ driving hit a telephone pqje. .*— »■ t . The driver, Willigm H. GilEtflap . of Greenville, was proceeding south e on North Ellis, when the - heavy s vehicle swerved to the left ■ tmd s. struck the pole. The truck is - owned by the Cooper Motor Lines. - The accident happened at 3:M«a. d m. and the driver told e fel asleep. and Colson's embarrassing cessions to obtain Dodd’W T'ltoiy; v, C'a' I '. obviously Hnv*»red_by-4|»: - ■ : turn of events, personally HfiyillMriil . the inquiry after I hours this morning in anpawißlly , constant Teletype c«WßW*ton i j with the equally - perturbea I j chief- or ctaff in WftsbingtaST
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