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NORTH CAROLINA Partly
cloudy and continued hot today,
tonight and Tuesday, with widely
scattered afternoon thundershow
ers.
VOLUME II
.Feuding Democrats Open Confused Convention
Cotton Mills To Spend About Two Million At Erwin
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big barbecue on Saturday. Addressing the group is President William H. Ruffin, second from right.
Left tq right are: E. M. Holt, general manager; Carl R. Harris, executive vice president; Mr. Ruffin,
and Manager E. H. Bost of Erwin. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart).
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A REAL FEAST Bosses and employees alike, everybody loves barbecue. Shown eriJoying the de
licious plate served at Erwin Saturday are, left to right, manager ft H. Bost, OlUe Tyndall,
Executive Tice President Carl R. Harris; President William H. Ruffin; and W. M. Houston. The
young lady in front was not identified. (Daily Record photo by T. M. Stewart).
Ruffin Declares Depression In
textile Industry Appears Over
Dunn Lady Renamed
To Federal Position
>*pr.
Mrs. MalUjftAdams Jackson, well
known DurniVoman, has been re
appointed to another four-year term
as United St^ for
year reappqlnted by
Federal Judge' Don Gilliam, who
expressed appreciation and offered
Braises for the service which she
las rendered.
Series djf Quakes
Strike California
LOS wries of long, roling earth
quakes struck California ftarly today, ;and early reports
said six person*; were killed in Tehachapi, 100 miles north
of here, and this business district of the city was leveled.
The sheriffs, J&fficte in Los
Angeles said authorities
considered the quake a major dis
aster. Belephorie i communications
were restricted to emergency calls.
Both the Los Angeles and Bakers
field sheriff’s offices reported tha<
six persons were killed. Officers
(described the little hill town as
“hard hit.”
They also reported fire in the
Paloma oil field near Bakersfield
The sheriffs station In Mojave
said the shock was “very, very
severe" but early .reports indicated
only minbr damage.
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Mrs. Jackson is the first woman
ever to hold the office here. She ]
took the office four years ago to '
succeed her father, A. B. Adams, .
who held the post for many years. ,
The local U. S. Commissioner Is
well known in the legal profession
in Harnett and has been connected
with the profession here for many
wears.
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HITS LOS ANGELES
The quake hit Los Angeles at
about 4:55 a m. PDT In a series
of long, rolling shakes. It was felt
as far north 'gs Santo Rosa, nearly
500 miles from here.
A night deputy at the Monterey
County sheriffs office in Salinas
reported the quake lasted about
five minutes. .
In the l 4» Angeles area, the
series of shocks lasted for nearly
a half hour, with each succeedlskf
temblor diminishing in
The quake jalaq was felt in Bms
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(Eke Buiin,
William H. Ruffin of Durham,
president of Erwin Mills, Inc., and
immediate past president of the Na
tional Association of Manufactur
ers, declared Saturday that, “It
looks like the worst has been seen
In this new textile depression that
we have had.”
Noting that “Improvement In the
market has really begun,” Mr. Ruf
fin predicted, however, that “it will
be several months before we get
much benefit from it.”
Mr. Ruffin addressed a crowd of
nearly 7,000 attending the largest
barbecue ever held in this section
and possibly the largest ever held
anywhere in the entire South.
The company today entertained
all of Its employees and members
of their family at a barbecue in the
Erwin High School grounds.
SIX TRUCK LOADS
It took six huge truck vans to
bring all the barbecue, slaw, bruns
wlck stew and other items on the
menu to Erwin and each person
was served a huge plate filled with
barbecue, brunswick stew, slaw, and
all the trimmings, bread and a var
iety of soft drinks.
Old-timers said they had never
even dreamed of such a gigantic
event.
It took hundreds of people to do
the serving and tables were scat
tered over several acres to acco
mmodate the crowds. A program of
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Priest Is Back
From Long Trip
Father Francis A. 'McCarthy,
pastor of the Sacred Heart Cath-
DUNN, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21,. 1952
Bolt By Angry j
Southerners i
Is Expected
BY LYLE C. WILSON
CHICAGO, (IP) —Feuding
anu rudderless Democrats
opened their 21st national
convention today with little
hope of preventing a faction
al split that cculd jeaopar
dize their chances of keep
ing the White House in Nov
ember.
The party’s 1,652 delegates,
flanked by alternates and thous
ands of guests and spectators,
trooped to the big meeting hall by
the stockyards for the angriest and
most confused Democratic conven
tion in 20 years.
The man many of them would
like to draft for the presidential
race, Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of
Illinois, delivered an impassioned
plea for harmony in the main ad
dress of the opening session. j
But harmony hopes seemed cer- j
tain to explode tonight or tomor- |
row in a name-throwing floor 1
fight over a proposal to write into
the convention rules a “loyalty
pledge” aimed at anti-Truman
Southerners.
Stevenson, who doesn’t want the
nomination but hasn’t said “no”
to a draft, told the delegates to
forget personal ties and concen
trate on principles. Above all, he
pleaded with them note to repeat
the hate-breeding “carnage” which
characterized the Republican strug
gle fwo weeks ago between the
% Bi£’iv*h as Stevenson begged.
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Jaycees To i&.
Banquet, Dance v
The Jaycees Installation ban
quet tonight according to reports
will be a gala affair with Horace
I."-.Seely as the principal speaker.
Several other guests will be pres
ent besides wifes and dates of the
Jaycee members. Following the
banquet and installation ceremonies
a dance will be held.
Those officers to be installed with
Mike Harper as Installation officer
will be Bill Biggs, president; C. D.
Hutaff, TO, vice-president; Joe
Young, treasurer and R. Mack An
drews, secretary.
Fight Over Manning
To Resume Tonight
A knock down, drag-out, last-ditch fight over the re
appointment of City Manager Oliver O. Manning is ex
pected tonight when the city council, meets.
City Commissioner Leek Coats,
points out that a majority of the
citizens of the town want Mr.
Manning to remain in office and :
that only a few politicians and i
those putting pressure on them i
wanted him fired.
Mr. Coats claim that Mr. Man- ]
ing was fired b; the politicians on
the board who allegedly play pol-
itics to the last degree. He has <
put In this category Mayor Ralph \
E. Hanna and Commissioners R. (
G. Tart and B. A. Bracey. 1
LITTLE HOPE HELD
As the situation now stands, Mr.
nri tjmfre
JACKSON, Mich., (IP— and
beaten 18-year-old convict in solitary rooHrofent today
for killing a fellow inmate in the newest violflK at riot
scarred Southern Michigan Prison. 9
TEHRAN, Iran oP>—lranian Army forces r«|ttfc*d with
tanks, bayonets and rifle fire two attemplriy rioting
supporters of deposed Premier Mohanuned- Mossadegh to
seize the Parliament building today. .
PANMtiNJQM, Korea, (Ift—Allied fm CoganunjllUruce
negotiators held a 20-minute secret -session *toda>rflgst ap
parently made no progress toward settling the flkter
of war deadlock. *
WASHINGTON (m—Gen. Mark W. Clark sakTOday
th# Communists “would suffer prohibitive losses” if they
lamsch a mojor offensive agathst the United Natitais forces
(CootiauMt on Pag* 2)
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SOUTHERN LEADERS AT CHICAGO Governor Jimmy Byrnes of South Carolina is pictured
here with his favorite candidate for President, U. S. Senator Dick Russell of Georgia. (United Press
Telephoto).
Harriman Blocks Compromise
CHICAGO, (W— Harriman
for-president forces blocked
a new move to compromise j
the civil rights plank in the j
Democratic platform today. !
fame aw**re<f %esui
for a bittfer convention ffcur-
; fight. .
The platfOfm-d|rafting . subcom
mittee prepared to closq -out Its
hearings today with a sip» round
of testimony from labor leaders
who want a plank calling for re
peal of the Taft-HarUey -law.
A preliminary draft of the plat
form then will be whipped into fi
nal form by the full lOfl-member
platform committee for submission
to the convention floor Wednes
day. . / '
WON’T BOW TO SOUTH
Sources close to Averall Harri
man said his strategists have ruled
out any deal on civil rights with
the Southerners and middle-of-the
road Democrats who are trying
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Coats stands little chance of get
ting Mr. Manning reappointed.
Mayor Hanna, Mr. Tart and Mr.
Bracey have indicated that under
no possible or conceivable circum
stances would they ever think of or
consider reappointment of Mr.
Manning.
Bracey had been reported as wa
vering, but stated last week that
even If he wanted Manning he
would vote against him because of
the opposition to him by Mayor
Hanna and Mr. Tart.
A member ot the citizens group
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Adlai Still Insists
tie Doesn't Want It
, CHICAGO (IP)—Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson, still resist
ing efforts to draft him for the presidential nomination,
tpld the Democratic convention today that th£ party's
program is more important than its condidate.
“Who leads us is less important
than what leads us,” he said In for
mally welcoming the delegates in
behalf Os the state of Illinois. “A
man daesn’t save a century or civ
ilization, but a militant party wed
ded- to u. principal can.”
' The - governor’s speech gave no
encouragement to the party leaders !
who want him for standard-bear
er. But Stephenson supporters, in
cluding Illinois National Commit
teeman Jacob M. Arvey, insisted
that his “no” really meant “may
be.”
Stevenson's latest “no” came yes
terday afternoon at a closed-door
caucus of the Illinois delegation.
Reporters who eavesdropped from
an a (joining hotel room heard
the 52-year-old governor plead with
his state’s delegates not to sup
port him for anything but an
other term as governor.
“I just don’t want to be nom
inated for president,” he said. “I
Smith, Umstead In
Control At Chicago
CHICAGO, —W. Kerr Scott, who
is rapidly fading out completely
as a political leader in North Car
lina, suffered another smashing,
crushing,' and decisive defeat here
last night when both of his can
didates for national committee
posts were defeated.
The Governor also suffered a
hard personal blow when North
Carolina’s delegation brushed aside
tradition and refused to make him
chairman of the delegation.
Several days ago a movement got
underway to put a tight muzzle on
Governor Scott and to strip him of
any prestige and influence which
he might have left.
Early-arriving anti-Scott forces
laid carefully the groundwork to
snatch the championship of the
North Carolina delegation away
from the Governor and to ignore
his choices for National Committee
members.
And they did just that) A com
plete Umstead slate was choeen.
•MARKETS*
. EGGS AND POULTRY
Raleigh an Today’s egg
and live poultry markets:
, Central North Carolina live poul
try: Fryers or broilers steady, sup
plies barely adequate to adeqitsto;
(OsmmmS Oa hp torn)
FIVE CENTS M£K COPY
jhave (not the fitness; mentally,
temperamentally or physically, for
the job.”
DELIVERS WELCOME
He never referred directly to his
own possible candidacy in his wel
coming address, but he urged the
delegates to concern themselves
iwith "objectives” rather than “just
with personalities.”
He heaped scorn on the Repub
licans for “slaughtering each oth
er” at their convention. And he
appealed to the Democrats to con
duct themselves with the “dig
nity” required by “the solemnity
of the hour of history in which
we meet.”
Despite the governor’s reluctance
.to get into the race his support
ers went ahead with plans to place
his name in nomination, and as
sured all comers that he would
"accept a genuine draft.” Reports
circulated that Gov. Henry F.
'Continued on out tw»>
DOUGHTON ELECTED
Retiring Congresman Robert L.
Doughton, 89, was chosen national
committeemen to succeed Jonathan
Daniels and Mrs. B. B. Everette of
Palmyra replaced Beatrice Cobb
of Morganton, another ultra-Üb
eral who saw the handwriting on
the wall and did not seek re-elect
ion. Scott had been mentioned for
the committeeman post.
Customarily, the governor heads j
the delegation as chairman but |
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Harnett Votes 98.5
Per Cent For Quotas
Harnett County farmers on Bat-i
urday voted overwhelmingly In
favor of tobacco quotas and To
bacco Associates, PMA Chairman
Kyle Harrington announced today.
I At five of the voting {daces,
I there was no opposition at all to
quotas.
The total vote was. LUB in
favor of quotas for three years, 78
l vote one year and <3 against quo
tas. A total of 3,986 voted for TV
* bacco Associates Mid 88 RKAIDSt*
This made a percentage of 9K9
; in favor of quotas.
Mr. Harrington odd he was WUB
The Record
Gets Results
NO. 161
New Looms, Air
Conditioning To
Be Installed
The Erwin Mills, Inc., will
spend approximately $2,000,-
000 for improvements in its
No. 5 Mill at Erwin, accord
ing to an announcement
made on Saturday by Wil
liam H. Ruffin, president o t
the company.
Mr. Ruffin made his announce
ment at a gigantic barbecue held
Saturday.
In addition to the two million to
be spent at Erwin, Mr. Ruffin said,
another $1,250,000 will be spent on
Improvements at the Durham and
Cooleemee plants.
Already since World War n, seve
ral million dollars, estimated somfe
where between $6,000,000 and $lO,-
000,000, has been spent by the com
pany on improvements at its Erwin
plants.
NEW-TYPE LOOM
Mr. Ruffin announced that
250,000 worth of the new type X-2-
type looms will be installed at Er
win. This is the most modern and
finest stype of loom.
New humidifying and air-chang
ing equipment will be Installed in
the No. 5 Mill Weave Room, he
said.
He said these improvements will
greatly improve the operating ef
ficiency and make for very much
more comfortable working nnurtl
tions.
) “I can appreciate it, too," said the
Erwin Mitfe-iO years U «•
Weave Room in Durham and in ft*
summer time I used to come out
with not a dry piece of clothes on
me."
Mr. Ruffin said deliveries on the
looms are expected to start in No
vember and that the alr-condltion
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Tar Heel Group
Bitterly Oppose
Loyalty Pledge
CHICAGO HP North Carolina**
delegates to the Democratic na
tional convention have pledged
themselves to oppose “with all oUr
might” a mow to have an oath
of loyalty to platform and can
didate Imposed.
Cameron Morrison of Charlotte
was chosen chairman Os the delega
tion. At 85, the fonner senator
and governor is one es the oldest
delegates here.
MORRISON SRAKB
Morrison said he Was violently
opposed to the proposed oath but
that he was willing to support the
platform as long as it sticks to
the Constitution. Jonathan Daniels
had proposed the oath.
“And HI say this right now,”
he declared. “I won’t get out of
the Democratic Party no matter
what some people do to humiliate
and embarrass my section of the
country."
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FRONT—’TONIGHTB PROGRAM
CHICAGO (IP Tonight’s con
vention program:
Called to order at B pm. EBT
by Sen. Theodore Fftncis Green
of Rhode Island, vico chairman of
the Democratic NatiafU Conven
tion.
Address by Frank ft McKinney,
chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee. 1' •“ > .
Election of temporary officers.
Appointment of committee*:
Address by Gov. Pi d A. Dever
jof Massachusetts, who It to bo 1
| elected temporary chaftman of tha
convention.
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