;V NORTH CAROLINA - Partly
id cloudy, wttn moderate temperature,
' today, tonight and Thursday. Scat
tered thundershowers in moun
£ tains Thursday. .
f VOLUME 3
Robertson Says U. S. Can So Ahead With Truce
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Iff Damages
In! Stores
USaSBS tire at 234 E. Broad last
HfiKSßßaused considerable smoke
SPsioSH to The Mary Sorrel Shop,
according to Howard M. Lee, sec
jsetai’/'freasurer of the Fire De
broke out when a
elejyilpg solution being used by H.
|i. Smith, optician, located in the
yMN£4>n!lding, ignited.
sHMCfimith stated that most of
file*damage to his office was the
burning of wlm. and would be a
matter of minor, repairs.
located in the building is
jPlk L. Oodwin Jewelers. No
Sjwjjpe was listed in his part of
ENg, (store, stated. '
p- tmen -had tfteiire under con
■k#.?"* approximately an hour.
Seventeen Jpen were present to
‘•assist In fighting the fire, Lee
Los# Minute
jpfews Shorts
(Si NEW YORK OPI Champion
fßocKy Marciano and Roland La-
LJtatea signed today for a 15-round
•heavyweight title fight at the Polo
Ground* here Sept. 24..
X uhtSHINOTON (If) Robert
ij*. Johnson, retiring director of the
t£. S. overseas information pro
gram, -today charged some per-
Jpn* “In the forefront of the fight
igetost communism" with hurting
tjgA gtfflerican anti-Communist cam
s tWASBINGTON flfl The
■•tMMM' States, Britain, and France
fWkb tarmally invited the Soviet
i.lMKjb a meeting on Germany
| MKwptria, informed sources re
j,. WASHINGTON (lfl - . The
! House was scheduled to start voting
) today on a 8188,155,584 ap&ropria-
F tions bill carrying sharply cut
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CAMERA STUDY OF NATION'S NEWEST SENATOR
“I haven’t had time to take up
any lobbies”
Lennon Takes Oath!
As U. S. Senator
WASHINGTON «PI Alton A. Lennon, 46, Os WU- <
mington, N. C., a former Democratic state senator, was 1
sworn in today as North Carolina’s junior senator to sue- 1
cegd the late Willis Smith (D-NC). J
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801 l Weevils
Are Increasing
Unhappily for Harnett cotton
farmef*T“Wr Roll Weevil” is no
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winter. A spot check thin week
Showed that “flnst generation weev
, lls" are appearing in cotton fields
in increasing numbers. ~ *
In the weekly check of cotton
fields, County Agent C. R. Am
mons reported he found boll worms
on. one or two farms throughout
the county. He advised that grow
ers who are dusting or spraying,
may use Toxaphene for the control
I of these boll worms. ! *;.
' 1 On his tow, the agent also ob-
II served one or two fields with red
1 spider infestation and advised use
of dusting sulphur to control this
rumtnnrri On Iho itmi
Ike Speaks To
; GOP Solons
WASHINGTON W President
Eisenhower made an ofl-the-cuff,
off-the-record speech last night to
• House Republican freshmen toem
i bers.
Rep. Charles R. Jonas (R-N.C.)
’ president of the “83rd Club.” es Id
. 46 or the 48 members heard Mr.
Eisenhower discuss •foreign and
domestic affairs.
I.! Jonas said the President sub
emitted to questioning. after hlsim
• | promptu remarks and “took every
t question in stride without batUng
I an eye.” . .
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“Os coarse I’ll he a candidate
for reflection”
With his family looking on. Len- ■
non took the oath of office from j
Vice President Richard. M. Nixon
and signed the official register.
An estimated 200 North Carotin- ,
lans, most of whom came from {
Wilmington, were In the gantries j
and Joined the applause the Senate ,
gave Lennon when he took the i
oath. , ]
ON MCCARTHY COMMITTEE
He was assigned immediately to
tee. wucif i
- 1 city government, and the Govern- i
meat Operations Committee head
ed by Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy
(R-Wls).
Watching from the galleries were ,
Lennon’s wife, his parents, Mr apd ,
Mrs. R. Y. Lennon of Columbus |
County, N. C.; Ids daughter, Edna :
Lee, 17, and son, Alton Yatee, 10. ,
Among the well-wishers from |
North Carolina was Dr. Harold W.
Tribble, president of Wake Forest ■
College, who delivered the invoca- .
tlon at the opening Ot the Senate :
at Nixon’s invitation. Lennon is a \
Wake Forest alumnus.
Lennon was virtually unknown ,
politically outside his home area
before he was picked last week by ;
Gov. WUUaat* B. Umstead to re- I
place Smith. J .
PRESENTED BY HO£Y |
Sen. Clyde R. Hoey (D-NO), the 1
state’s senior senator, presented |
Lennon to the Senate. It was the
fifth time that Hoey has presented 4
a Junior senator from North Car- ;
olina since IM7. ;• 1
Lennon, a long-time psrsonal and I
political friend of Umstead and a 1
self-styled conservative, has said
be will seek a full six-year term <
In the Senate next year. <
Smith, who died In Betheada Na
val Hospital here June 38, had plan- <
ned to seek re-election. Bmith had <
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DUNN, N. C., WEDNESDAY iS, 195^
“My resysastttty is I* «*
whole sUte
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Chinese lour
Across Kflmssng
SEOUL, Korea <(B
Chinese Communist infan
trymen poured BouthVard
across the Kumsong and
Pukhan rivers today after a
new Red breakthrough on a
15-mile stretch of tike central
front. 1
The enemy hid committed up
ward of 100,000 men Ut their big
gest offensive in two years. They,
had scored gains xA iq» to three
miles and th«h 'had punctured the
line again after B apparently had
stabilised. - . ~ ”
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POURINO 80UBHRPMIR,; A
United press front correspond
ent William Miller told ho# Am
erican scout plane pitotsflashed
back the newt . that
fantrymen were pouring, south
ward across the Kumsong and Pu
khan r'~.'TJi
The ivefm' 'advancing
without artmpy,. mortar W tkS
support, the about Pitot* said-they
had mJtdistaaced their heavy wca
part, '■ ,
Miller stdd that, Ratin' botohers
and ntJjtr' fighter bomber {Mm*
Tfcte streaking dowh throißh holes
ih the clouds to blast the advanc
ing Red*. • •w?
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P
ing is hours watch ink the Reds.
The artilleryman described Am
erican* being herded b*qk 4s pris
oners by Ghlhesg guartK
A temporary censorship bteck
ou| on the eastern front and the
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JAYCKK MEkHnoJ- Dunn Jay
e*ea win meet Wednesday night at
7:90 o’clock at the Osrolins Power
Lowe said today that a number eg
business matters will be discussed
mam H 1 fl| SB
naidocrAn %£ 0l a TrJnLeau
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be nicked ul ldter eyfrfSkrttnii Istrr ’■' ’ rarr;v '
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Ike's
Report To Jftn,
Dtolks Today
Walter Presi
dent EtsenjMNw’g personal
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with Cji
“in good fadWrv#fcwriever the
We My. .. .
The atesletmt sepfefikry of state I
said as he stuNtod off a plane irom
the Far East:
**l do want to say that we car.
go ahead and sign *n annistice
ill good faith anytime the Com
munists. want to sign.”
Robertson said he did not want
to discuss his agreement witn
South Korean President Syngman
Rhee before mporUng V> Secretary
of Stats John Foster Dulles Rhd
Mr. Eisenhower.
While Amerloau officials main-’
twined hope for an earlj Korean
armistice, the news from the bat
ttefleld pad the truce-negotiating
altos was ominous.
MASSIVE fttMVCttS
Rod forces were cracking Unit
ed Nation* lines In massive as
saults. And U. N. negotiators called
on the Reds to stop Railing and
"*g» up or shut; up.”
Guiles greeted Robertson and
said he “has done-* splendid Job”
m getting U S.-South Korean re
latlong on a better Sffid more solid
Mr. Elsenhower w*s reported to
have told congressional leaders
Tuesday that pmeer prospects are
more encoorupßß' osw than they
have been tor some Me.
Diplomatic dlittt; agreed de
aSrtn wfriui'sys^a 1 ;....
, L RAUUQH ■p'-’-i* Telephone rates
went up from 3» : cepts to 8l today
tor sotne 105,0gg. mifascriMrs of the
Garolfna Telephone;, and ißstograph
Cfc. lh EaetoroV North Carolina.
; State Utilities Oornmission
yvwtt anywhere-Aim A*a after a
annual Increase rotroaettve to the
■ start- Os .the hustoess warit- Mon.
rU, jthe tosreaae cespsa to
"towpeliyt phluh has Hi
crtvpd tvto ■ oßker rate - tocrestes
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Lee and-Rripstte ,l>>odttof-'.the - Dunn
Lions Ottib haMw aoSpnOtod from
Chicago, Wba««tlH|tf #tttoNtod the
annual oaDvohtttß 'Of 'Uosis Inter
national. Ttse two Dunn Liens re
port’ that Chttaji >l» a wonderful
town. lt>#M aWMdseMPocpvention
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INSPECTING GIRDLES Lillie Stewart gives a girdle the final inspection before It is shipped
cot. Looking on (left to right) are Supervises, Betty Farguhar, Mimic Palestino, and Peggy Puleo,
ah eg Newark, and Manager A1 Matasavage. (Daily Record Photo).
Girdle Factory Is Planning
Farther Expansion here Soon
$50,000 Is Sought
In Wreck Injury
Mrs. Maxine -Hoffman, 40, of
Itoflatirtphtoi••fa. baa brought suit
in Harnett Superior Court for 880,-
000 against M. R. Croom of Raleigh
and Carl. W. Woodcock, also of
Raloigh, as the rbsult of injuries
received to an accident last May
The suit was filed by Attorney
Everette L. Doffermyre with Court
COerk Robert Morgan.
Woodcock was the driver of a
truck owned by Croom, a contract
carrier for The Charlotte Obser
ver.
Recreation Group
Wants City Vote
1 The City Recreation Con
1 the second time today as oppe
adjoining the park property.
Norman J. Buttles stated this af
ternoon that the Chamber of Com
, merce will appear before the City
Council Friday night to state their
reasons for opposing the sale of
, beer near the park property
It is understood that one person
has already applied for licenses for
sals of beer adjoining the park pro
r P«*tr
The Recreation Commission also
passod a motion asking (or a pet
! ition to the City Council requesting
. a special election on tae spending
. of city funds for rocroattonal
1 purposes. Before the petition goes
. to the Council, it must be approved
.by the Chamber Board of Director,
. which holds its meeting tonight.
SOrattU, QUESTION
At the Chamber Board meeting
tonight, a request will be made by
Allowed tow ork with the softball
1 >«£» »<> develop it.
. The nomailmirm will atap art the
! Dirt sc tors to approve a request, to b«
1 submitted to the City Council asking
for towroriyjgadjiy^ttu
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GETS RESUItS
It to alleged that the truck col
lided with the automobile in which
Mrs. Hoffman was riding one mile
south of Dunn on Highway 301.
Mrs. Hoffman alleges that the
accident was caused by the .negli
gence of the truck driver.
As the result of the accident,
Mia. Hoffman was confined to the
hospital from the date of the ac
cident, May Uith, to July 1. It to
alleged In the complaint that she
suffered permanent injuries.
ounission went on record for
osing the sale of beer near or
Health Center.
Action by the Board of Directors
tonight will determine whether the
petitions will go before the City
Council Friday evening.
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Leder Bros. Gets
: New Shoe Manager
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[ John Weddle, maiwarer of Lejer
1 Brothers, has announced the em
, rloyment of a new manager of the
shoe department, M B. (B-li)
t Woodruff of Valdosta, Ga.. jolncJ
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-1 Ad Matasavage, new man
ager of me Bwffi girdle fac
tory, has announced plans
for extensive expansion. The
factory is one ot the Ben
jamin and Jo hues, Inc. with
headquarters in Newtirk, N.
Before comink to Dunn, Mata
- savage was manajjer of the gcran
-1 ton. Pa., ptont.
* Previous to his management of
the Scranton plant, he was «U>-
» ployed as a schedule' Bjeik in a
sanitary wares factory.\
In his announcement bf -expan
sion Matasavage stated thto soma
32 new machines are being to
■ stalled to the Dunn plant at pr#-
B sent. A s soon a, thto Work Is com
’ pleted. 30 more euWtoyaes wUI be
* added to tbe payroll, he stated.
s At present the plant employees
82 persons, and has a weekly pay-
Ort pci Mizu, Hinl lUH » wccaiji ptij”
roll of over 83008.
PLAN NEW BUM4MNO
b JMans
stated. The corporatodn officials
have Inspected emus .sites to pre
paration for the bufltttttg program,
he mid. , j
When constructed, the new plant
will cover an area of approximately
200 by 300 test, Matasavage an
nounced. The corporation hoped
to begin construction of the new
plant early' in the fall or winter.
When completed the new plant
will employ between 400 and 800
persons.
Since coming to th* Dunn plant,
v Matasavage bas announced tit*
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