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4 +WEATHER+ NORTH , CAROLINA Paijtly cloudy with little change in tem perature today, tonight and Tues day. Scattered showers and thund erstorms this afternoon and even ing and again Tuesday after noon. VOLUME II •GOP Convention Gets Off Convention Close-Ups |Jjj OHr 7 MB '- ~ IISiNHOWER AND TAFT DELEGATES jam the corridors ot the Cor rad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, while members of the Republican National ! Committee debate the seating of the delegates from Texas. After about i three hours of debate, the group voted 60 to 41 to accept Sen. Robert A. | Taft’s proposal giving the Ohio Senator 22 delegates against 16 for Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. The general’s forces declared they would ap | appeal the ruling to the Credentials Committee. (International) \ V. i WORKMEN INSTALL a large picture of Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower on | the front of the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago, headquarters for both l Sen. Robert A. Taft and Gen. Elsenhower. (International Soundphoto) Alleged Safe Cracker Held Under Big Bond ►C V ' Hartlejr Badly Hurt h Bred Three people were Injured, one of them critically, in an automo bile-truck crass here Friday night *,at the intersection of East Pear * sail Street and South Magnolia Avenue. The accident occurred when a 1951 Mercury driven by Thomas Gilbert Pope, 22, of Dunn, Route 1, crashed into a 1950 Chevrolet pick-up truck owned 'by Quinn Furniture Co. and driVfen by Lloyd Hartley, 43, well-known Dunn resi dent anrt employee of the firm. Investigating officers said the truck was knocked 40 feet by the L Impact of the Mercury. DRIVER INDICTED Pope was Indicted for careless and reckless driving and speeding Hartley received a broken neck A brain injury and other cuts an* bruises. His condition is regarded as extremely critical. He is in the . Dunn Hospital, and today was re ’ ported to be holding bis own. Pope was hospitalised with a y head injury and a fractured rib. * An occupant the Pope car Radioftf Smith of Dunn, Route 5 received multiple lacerations and s Both TOhicl** were reported to TELEPHONES: 3117 • 3118 - 3119 At a preliminary hearing held here this morning Haywood Starl ing, Special Agent of the State Bureau of Investigation, tied Charles Hodges, former employee of Colonial Frozen Foods' Lockers, inextricably to the robbery of the safe there on the night of June 23, with four fingerprints found on the looted safe. A1 Wullenwaber, manager of the plant, testified that Hodges had been employed at the plant from last September until January of this year. He said the defendant had no reason to be in the office, where the safe was kept,, however, for the past four or five months. Wullenwaber said no ' one had touched the safe after the robbery was discovered, until the SBI man checked the prints. The- safe, he said, had been moved from its pos ition in the office, about 35 feet into the locker room. Hey for this room was found in the adjoining procte* room. Approximately S3OO was taken from the safe, the witness said, and the burglar dbt a acfonn And open ed a rest rbptn window to enter. A pick, axe,-screwdriver, hammer and bar were, used to, open the safe. "He used out tools” Wullenwaber said. On cross-examination by defense attorney Thomas H. Williams of Fayetteville, the manager admitted that-the defendant was mound the the plfcnt nearly every day, to Visit a brother, Otis, who works there, He said be usually arrived agjjsggg?* Wxt JUailtj Harnett Board Calls Election On Construction Os Courthouse Citizens of Harnett county today were given the oppor tunity to vote on whether or not they wish to issue $490,- 000 worth of bonds to build a new courthouse in Lilling- After a public hearing on the question, at whic opinions foi and against the courthouse pro posal were heard, commissioners voted to submit the matter to the voters. Machinery was set in motion for a special election to be held, prob ably the last week in August. The exact date has not been set. Commissioner Herman Holloway offered the motion to elec tion, and Commissioner Bob Pfte seconded the motion. The vote was unanimous. The hearing was held in thr crowded grand jury room on the second floor, but voices of the sneakers were frequently drowned out by the noise of passing vehicles Chairman L. A. Tart presided and all members of the board were present. L. E. Chenault of Buie’s Creek was the first to voice opposition to the proposal, and the chief im promptu speech in behalf of the new courthouse was made by At torney Neill McK. Salmon of Lill ington. “DON’T WASTE MONEY” Chenault pleaded with the board not “to waste our money.” He ex pressed the view that schools county hospitals and rural fire protection should take precedence in county expenditures over any new courthouse. “Here you have a SIOO,OOO in vestment and you plan to tear it down and get nothing for it,’ cramvi* told-nijem., . ' He caHed attention to the mlll ion-dollar plant at Campbell Col lege which has no fire protection Mrs. Ed Moore of Lillington told the board “Our children and their schools should come first before we build a fine new place in which to try criminals. This building is I filthy and I’m afraid the new one •Continued On Page bixi i PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO HAVE SUPPER FOR LADIES The Men of the Church and Sun day School of the - ©rst Presby terian Church mfl' Have a supper tomorrow night at 7:00 for the ladies of the dhurch. Barbecued chicken will be served. The Rev. J H. Bremmer of Scotland who has exchanged pulpits with the pastor of the Maxton Presbyterian Church for the summer will be guest speak er at the supper. Rev. Bremmer is pastor of the St. Paul Newington Presbyterian Church in Edinburg Scotland. •MARKETS* RALEIGH (IB Hog markets: Hillsboro:> Slightly weaker on good and choice 180-240 lb barrow; and gilts at 20.50. Fayetteville, Florence: Steady at 20.50. Fayetteville, Florence: Steady at 20.50. Mount Olive, Siler City, Dunn Warsaw, Goldsboro, Wilson, Smith field, Lumberton, Clinton: Slightly weaker at 20.25. JacksonvilUe, Rich Square: Tarboro, Hamilton, Woodland Kinstoni, Rocky Mount: Weaker at 20.00. Wilmington, Washington:. Steady at 20.00. EGGS AND POULTRY RALEIGH (IB Today’s eggs and live poultry markets: Central North Carolina live poul (Conttnued On Page Two) STATE NEWS BRIEFS DURHAM, Fifty .foreign stu dents, representing countires al’ over the world, will begin a specia’ orientation course at Duke Uni versity July 28, as an introduction to American university life, it was announced here today. Sponsored at Duke for the sec ond Summer, the six-week pro gram will prepare the foreign stu dents for advanced work at other American universities next Fall. DURHAM. Historian Charles & Sydnor is the new dean of the Duke University Graduate School of Arts add Sciences, President haium wmm announced and* member* of * tbe*Ditite faulty for 16 year*, will mooted Duke ■ i ajii2s tD r i£r DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1952 Ike Pledges Hard j Campaign In Dixie ! BY JOHN L. STEELE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, (IP)—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said today “the South is being robbed of its birthright” in politics, and promised to campaign actively in Dixie if he wins the Rep ublican presidential nomination. He told the pro-Taft 18-vote Flor • Ida delegation that the Republican Party must organize in the South j “and not just for a few months be- i fore a national convention,” if two party government is to be estab lished there. MEETS WITH WARREN Eisenhower met with the Flor ida group just before going into a session with Gov. Earl Warren of California in an effort to forge a hard alliance which could touch off 1 a bandwagon drive for the gen eral. Warren has 76 votes pledged to him. Answering questions of Florida delegates, Eisenhower said he “would not hesitate to drag • out everything” concerning Democratic administration mistakes providing the nation could learn something by such action. “But if it was just to scrape up the dirt, I would say no,” he said UP TO STATES He was asked about his views on Big • Crowd Attends Erwins Celebration Although the mill was closed and vacations started i Friday, the majority o fthe residents of E-win preferred to remain ttl town to see what the Erwin Fire Department hRd to offer at its annual Fourth of July celebration, those who deferrSß the start of their vacation, agree that -it was worth it. From start to finish the day held more fun for everybody than they would have been able to find at any vacation spot. Starting with a parade at 9:00 and ending with a dance which lasted ’till near mid night, there was never a dull mo ment throughout the day. The parade was led by the mem bers of the department, with both trucks washed and shined for the occasion. Following came the Dunn school band, then a group of gaily decorated bicycles, vie in g for prizes. sl6o,ooLossOccurs InAccidentSaturday ’ A tract or-trailer combination i and its cargo went up in smoke Saturday, with an estimated loss of $160,000, in an accident on High way 301 five miles north of Dunn. The big trailer, a 1951 Graham, hauled by a White tractor, was travelling north, driven by its owner, Albert Gano of Hollis, New York, hauling a load of airplane engines. Gano attempted to pass a one and one-half -ton Ford truck operated by C. L. Barbour, Route 1 Benson and owned by Jamie Penny, route 1, Angler, when Bar bour started to make a left turn. The big tractor caught the front of the truck, knocking it to the right, swerved left, flipped over on its life side, exploded and start BULLETINS CHICAGO, (ID— Virginia GOP delegates picked a, strong backer of Sen. Robert A Taft as chairman of the state’s delegation today, over a supporter of Gen. Dwight Elsenhower. Taft forces, who now claim a solid majority of the Virginia delegates, named E. D. Hilton to head the delegation. Hilton defeated Robert H. Woods, an Eisen hower man, hy a vote of IS to 10. CONVENTION HALL, (ID—Leaders of Hie Taft and i Eisenhower forces held a hurried conference before the Sthe rules controversy. • civil rights. He said he “thorough -11 ly believes” that the federal gov i; ernment has a duty to treat “every ■ i -ainjosqa ub uo ‘sobj aj9a3 uazpp ■ ly equal basis and furthermore has ■ to lead and be helpful in the matter.” “But when the federal govern . ment hasn’t authority under the , Constitution, it should not assume I anything,” he said, i Eisenhower said he is convinced ; i the most important questkgi before \ Americans today is “honesty in l government, from the city council to the highest office, and including t political parties.” i He said he found that people first : believed that this could be obtained : just by “sweeping out mink coats [ and deep freezes, and then they ; realized” that the Republican Par ty had a problem of its own. This i was a reference to his claim that I “back room" politicians were seek ing to dictate the nomination of! i (Continued on Page Two) First prize went to Barbara Tyson for the best decorated bike with an award of $lO. Second prize of $5 went to Elliott Parker. Following the bicycle section came two pony carts, also wearing gay decorations. The final section of the parade was devoted to de corated motor vehicles, including “Q” Beard’s famous doodle-bug. The parade ended at the park where the contests were scheduled. After many vain attempts to scale the greasy pole, Howard Norris fin <Continned On Page Two) ed burning, with the impact throw ing Gano through the windshield of the cab, a fact that saved his life. NARROW ESCAPE “If he'd been caught in that stubby cab when the gas tank blew , up,” commented Highway Patrol man David Matthews, who investi gated, “we’d never have been able to get him out alive.” Firemen from Henson put our the fire, but not before the big freight er and its contents were a total loss. The trailer also tore ■ down a brick wall, surrounding the home of W. E. Denning, the scene of the crash. Damage to the smaller truck was estimated it only SIOO. Gano told officers that the (Continued on Pace Two) To Angry Start Barkley Enters I Campaign For The Presidency WASHINGTON (ID Vice j President Alben W. Barkley stole a bit of the limelight ■ from the Republicans today by announcing his “active” candidacy for the Democra tic presidential nomination. J Front The 74-year-old Barkley said on the eve of the GOP national con- ; vention that when the Kentucky delegation voted last spring to sup port him for the nonflhation, he agreed he “would accept it if it ] were tendered.” “Since then, so many Democrat ic friends throughout the country have urged me to become an ac tive candidate for the nomination that I have decided to do so,’ Barkley said. He said he will attend the Dem ocratic can vention in Chicago July 21 and will “contact and confer with ail the delegates.’ ’ KERR’S COMMENT Sen. Robert S. Kerr of Ok'ahoma one of Barkley’s rivals for the nomination, called the vice presi dent “one of America’s greatest men and one of our party’s ablest leaders.” “I wish him every blessing his heart desires," Kerr said, “except success in this particular effort I will, of course, increase my own eforts as a candidate in the hope and belief that I will be success ful in spite of the more active ef fort of my great friend.” Sen. Estes Kefauver, leading the • Democratic hopefuls in Relegate support, opened a three-day cam paign in Minnesota last night Eayuer in the day he told a picnic near Buxton, N. D., that the “peof' pie have no stake in the Repub lican convention.” The Tennesseean said it makes no difference whether the GOP nominates Sen. Robert A. Taft or Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, be cause “the leadership of the par ty will remain the same and the people will be neglected.” KEFAUVER CONFIDENT Kefauver reiterated his confi dence that he will be nominated and said Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia is the second strongest candidate. He said Gov. Adlai E Stevenson of Illinois "has made sc many statements it's hard to tell what his attitude is.” Russq]l was scheduled to address an American Legion meeting in Montgomery, Ala., today. Convention Sidelights By H. D. Qulgg (United Press Staff Correspondent) CONVENTION HALL, Chicagb (W The Republican convention amphitheatre is just east of the Union Stockyard. There was a stiff wind blowing off the yards today and as the 25th national GOP con-' vention got underway the air was heavy with politics. One hour before the scheduled banging of the opening gavel, the temperature registered by a United Press hand-carried thermometer just behind the speakers’ stand microphones was 81 degrees de spite the air-conditioning. At that early hour it had no competiton from Taft-Ike tempers. The first propaganda coup was pulled by C. Leslie Hudson of FhilUpsburg, N. J. who planted himself square In the center aisle, lifted Ms chin, narrowed his eyes, and began puffing on a Mac- Arthur type corncob pipe with a (Continued an page two) Tass Has 538 Ike Has 428 CHICAGO, (IB— Here is the way delegates line up for the Republican national convention which opened today: The United Press tabulation is based on' pledges and known first ballot preferences, ft includes | contested delegates a# decided by the Republican national cemmttt ee, whose gvßngan contested,' he apptialrd to the credentials committee and perhaps to the Sen. Robert A. Taft, .... 538 Gen. Dwight D. Bfaanhewer 4*B lbmld'K. £ St* I -v. •j&Sh'j&l&SlijQKJ&j&SßlQ FIVE CENTS M£K COPY Bitter Fight Over Disputed Delegates BULLETIN CHICAGO—HD—Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge said today all efforts had failed at reaching a compromise of the bitter Republican fight over the rules governing seating of contested delegates. By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Correspondent CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO (ID The 25th Re publican convention got off to an angry start today with big state delegations backing Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow er’s proposal for a rule change vital to his bid for the presidential nomination. Republican National Chairman George Gabrielson be latedly called the 1,206 delegates to order after a series of state caucus votes which seemed to assure victory for the Eisenhower rules maneuver. £’/< GENERAL DOUGLAS MAC ARTHUR, who will deliver the keynote address at the Repnb lleiiil Iftlloinil rimiiuntlMl taedght ' at B:3s o’clock, "the address Will be carried over all radio and television networks and over practically all radio stations. Gen. Mac Arthur is regarded as the nation’s greatest orator. Chairman Makes Harmony Appeal CONVENTION HALL, Chi cago (ID Republican Na tional Chairman Guy Geor ge Gabrielson warned his party’s convention delegates today that they must bury their factional differences land unite behind the GOP presidential nominee to beat j the Democrats next fall. Front Speaking at the opening conven- j tion session. Gabrielson brushed I aside Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s \ fContinued On Page two' I ' CARBINE DOING AIL RIGHT j fcIMH m* | The Record Gets Results NO. 151 CHICAGO, (IP—Gov. Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin of Mary land will place Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s name in nominat ion for the Republican president ial nomination, it was announc ed today. Sen. Robert A. Taft, who may stand to lose a batch of contested delegates if the rules change goes. through, criticized the proposal as a move to change “the rules in the middle of the game.” As things stood when the conven tion opened, Taft had 538 delegate votes and Eisenhower 428 in the United Press tabulation based on pledges and known first-ballot pre ferences. The change would bar contested , delegates from voting on any issue before the convention until they have been formally seated. I J SOUTHERN DELEGATES The biggest fight is over 42 Southern delegates given to Taft i The convention opened in the,:; world’s biggest livestock show. It was jammed with delegates, a like number of alternates, and thou- 1 sands of ticket-holding guests. Seat ing capacitv is 12.000. PLENTY OF HOOPLA Long before Gabrielson brought his gavel down on a thick oak post erected to save wear and teal- on the lectern, supporters of the two major candidates set the Dali Jump ing with the hoopla and nonsense typical of American political con ventions. The big Pennsylvania delegatisn led by the break-away to Eisen hower’s rule change. It was voted 58 to 10 to support the motion to be introduced for the Eisenhower camp ’ by Gov. Arthur B. Langlie of Wash ington. The California and New Jersey delegations quickly followed suit and one by one other groups, large and small, announced they would (support the rules change.'.*' ' | The precise form of the rules change remained uncertain up to I the moment it was offered. Sen. j Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Ike s cam ! paign manager, said the proposal j ! (Continued On Page Two)
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