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67 Paratroopers Die In Crash Os Flying Boxcar JSFZ 111 * The Record Is First * • VfliUr COMICS AND FEATURES VOLUME 5 CONNIE MOVING INLAND . #1 M Hi a . 4Si '' ’ r 1 GUILTY Lee Kelly, left and Joel Layton, Jr., right were found guilty of being clean shav en when the Lillington Junior Chamber of Com merce held a mock court Saturday morning on the courthouse square. When Kelly and Layton failed to produce their Centennial shaving per mits, they were sentenced by “Judge” Boh Bag Jhsu be Mils JhinqA By HOOVER ADAMS CADILLACS. AIRPLANES ' OTHER LITTLE NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Allen will leave this weekend for a visit with his family in Kentucky . . . “If I knew for sure the hurricane was going to hit here." declared Mrs. Allen last night out at Crafton Tart\ Open Air Market, "we’d leave right now." ... Mr. and Mrs. Allen followed the Kentucky gov ernor's race closely and says they can’t figure out how anybody with backing of Senator Alben Barkley could lose . . . A. B. (Happy) Chan dler, the Democratic winner, was opposed by both Sen. Barkley and Sen. Earl Clements ... It just proves again that nobody can tell the American people how to vote . . . Even the late Franklin Roose velt, most popular politician of modern history, couldn’t do that ... He called for the defeat of Senator Walter George in Geor gia and Sen. Cotton Ed Smith in South Carolina and both men roll ed up their greatest victories that year . . . A. B. Smith, Jr., Earl Ma hone and Bob Young went fishing at Snead’s Ferry Friday and caught almost 100 fish . . . We can re member when nobody in the Town of Dunn owned a Cadillac and that wasn’t too many years ago (Continued on Page Two) DENIES HE'S AFRAID TO OPPOSE IKE Adlai To Decide Before December 1 CHICAGO <IP> Adlai E. Stevenson will announce within the next four months whether he will run again for President. If he makes the race he thinks he can beat President Eisenhower. Stevesson made the promise and prediction last night after a dinner held in conjunction with the 47th annual National Governor's Con ference here. It was the 1952 Democratic pres idential candidate’s most straight forward statement to date on his political plans and on the chances of defeating the Republican Presl z dent. TELEPHONES 8117 • 3118 gett to the stocks as Jaycee President Joe Cavin ess, Jr., left, and “officer" Billy Ray Matthews stand by with a growth of beard already under way. The stunt was all part of the Jaycees’ pro motion to stimulate interest in the Centennial Fund Drive now underway In all parts of the county. (Photo by T. M. Stewart.) 2 varies- Is Mgmd ir Force Chief WASHINGTON (IP) President Eisenhower today ap pointed Donald A. Quarles, now assistant secretary of de fense for research and development, to be secretary of the Air Force. Leon Benson Back Before Dunn Judge Leon Benson of Dunn was brou ght before Municipal Judge H. Paul Strickland today on the charge of Drunken Driving. It was only last Monday that Benson was found guilty of possess ing untaxed whiskey at that time he said that he found the liq uor “by the side of the road.” Through his attorney, D. K.. Ste»: wart, Benson asked for and receiv ed a continuation on the drunken driving charge until next Thursday. Public Drunkenness William Talmadge Goodman of Dunn pleaded not guilty to public drunkenness charge but the court* disagreed and gave him a 30 day suspended sentence $lO fine and court costs providing he remain sober and of good behavior. Charles R. McLean of Willow Springs deniied the charge of drun kenness on East Cumberland Street but was found guilty and paid $5 fine and costs. James McNeill was found guilty of Public drunkenness on East Continued on Page Six) Talk of Stevenson’s future has dominated the governors’ confer ence, even though his only connec tion with it is that he happens to live in a Chicago suburb. Not Being Coy Stevenson brought the conjec tures to a bob’ last night with a flat statement to about 100 news men that "I shall tell you what I am going to do, and why, some (Continued mm Page Tv*) Quarles will succeed Harold E. Talbott who resigned during a con troversy over his private personal business while serving Air Force secretary. Quarles has been assistant de fense secretary in charge of all the department’s research and de velopment, including guided mis siles. Previously he had been an official of the Bell Telephone Lab oratories. He was vice president when he quit to join the Defense Department. After serving as a field artillery captain in World War I, Quarles went with the Bell Laboratories in 1919. He is 61, and a fellow and former president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. His home town is Englewood, N. J., where he once was mayor. He is married and has four children. His appointment was an nounced as the Air Force prepared an elaborate farewell ceremony to day for Talbott. Schools Set For Opening On Sept. 1 Dunn Schools will open Thurs day, Sept. 1. Prsncipal A. B. John son announced today. The teachers will spend Aug. 31 in a co-ordina tion meeting. On Thursday and Friday the students will receive schedule cards and will only attend classes half a day. Full day classes begin Mon day the fifth. On Monday the cafeteria will begin serving lunch. Football practise will open Aug. 15 at 7:30 in the morning. At this time Coach Jim Brown will de cide with the candidates when the future practises will be held. Any one interested in going out for the team is invited. The band will begin its organi zation Aug. 18 at 10:30 a.m. Those interested are invited to attend. Newcomers to the Dunn Area are advised to register before school opens so that their sche dules will be prepared Bept. 1 with the other students. The Student Council, will pre pare traffic markers and kn open ing day will act as guides to new students. Virginia Turlington is president of the Student Council DUNN, N. C., THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 11, 1955 . %■ On Training Flight Near German Base STUTTGART, Germany OR Two U. S. Air Force Fly ing Boxcars loaded with American paratroopers col lided near Stuttgart today and crashed in flames, kill ing 67 men, an Air Force spokesman announced. “The announcement by the 12th Air Force said: “Two Air Force Cl 19 troop car riers crashed this ai.emoon about 30 miles west of Stuttgart and Ini tial reports indicated that 67 persons on board were killed. “Tire Cl 19s were part of a nine plane flight which had just taken off from Echterdingen airfield near Stuttgart, on a traising mission with troops from 7th Army aboard. “Initial reports said that one plane developed engine trouble Just a few minutes after takeoff, after reaching a cruising level of 4,060 feet, r- . ■ “ThoKcrippled plane fast altitude momentarily, tncir puirea up abruptly across the front of another aircraft in the formation. “The crippled plane went down immediately. “The first plane to crash had 42 passengers and a crew of five plus one loadmaster on board "The second plane carried 14 passengers, a crew of four and a loadmaster. “The crashes occurred at 2:18 p.m. German time (7:18 a.m. EST) The second plane flew level for almost one minute, then went out of control and nosed into the ground. “The accident occurred less than 15 minutes after takeoff. “Helicopters were dispatched to the scene immediately and air rescue aircraft from the 84th Air Rescue Squadron at Rhein-Main Airbase arrived a few minutes la ter. , “Helicopter pilots reported no immediate indications of survivors. “The aircraft were from the 60th Troop Carrier Wing at Rhein-Main, on a training mission to give air transportability training to 7th Army troops at Stuttgart. “An Air Force investigation team was dispatched to the scene this afternoon to try to determine the cause of the crash. Names of the (Continued on P 4« Two) Governor Names Storm Relief Force RALEIGH (IP) A “task force” of state officials di recting health, welfare, police, highways and food was mobilized today to speed possible hurricane relief. Five batteries of National Guardsmen stood by for possible duty in the hurricane area of the coast. Gov. Luther H. Hodges organ ized the “task force” and told the group he wants it to rush all prep arations for relief and rehabilita tion in advance of the storm. Hodges appointed the group fast night after flying home from the National Governors’ Conference by jet plane. He first conferred with + Record Roundup + SERVICES TO BEGIN Revi val services will begin August 14 and will continue through August 19 at Davis Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church, Route one, Erwin. Servi ces arm begin each evening at eight o’clock. ’ i ;ffsgjitg3B|z3re ■F’pte • wMte-ilfe la I Bb.. i| I■ iaalfeVj m BL HERBERT B. TAYLOR . . . Dunn's Mr. Baseball TP OPEN BIS’ GAME ’ Leagues Will Be By HOOVE They’re going to honor T day night and it’s going to l the midget baseball players, and their mamas and papas, The occasion will be Dunn’s an nual Kneepants League All-Star Game and it has been designated as “Herbert Taylor Night” in ho nor of the little man who founded the famous boys’ baseball league here 35 years ago. In founding the league, the Dunn insurance man launched a boys youth baseball program that has grown nation-wide in scope and year after year has brought nation wide publicity and honor to the Town of Dunn. As far as it can be determined. Dunn’s Kneepants League, oper ated by the same rules —but on a miniature scale—as the big leagues, was the first organized in the nation. Now, midget teams have (Continued On Page Six) state civil' defense officials, then called a "task force” meeting at 9 p. m. At the 46-minute meeting Hodges told each official to keep “in close touch ’ with the situation and to j specify an individual on his staff j to be available 24 hours a day! during the emergency. “We want to begin planning be fore the storm strikes—if it does," Hodges said. “We do not want to (Continued on rage Two) CONFERENCE SCHEDULE The third quarterly conference of the Oak Grove Circuit will be held August 20-21 at Oak Grove Church. All members are asked to be pre sent. / (Continued an Page five) Founder Honored ER ADAMS rhe Old Kneepanter here Fri be a great occasion for him, , all the other kids in town >, too. Dunn's Radio Hams Are On The Job The Dunn radio amateurs called off their meeting fast night in lieu of more important work. The Dunn “hams" have gone on 24 hour alert with a man on one of the local short wave radios at all times. The shifts are arranged so that only one man at a time is away from work. Should disaster strike, all the amateurs will man their radios to insure communication be. tween Dunn and the outside com munities. Even if the power goes out in our community the communication will be maintained. In this event power will be made available from the city’s gasoline powered genera tors. - Local short 'wave enthusiast, Henry D. Hood, explained that the Military Amateur Radio Service and the Tar Heel Network of “Hams" had alf been alerted. (Continued On Page Eight) I _____________ Disaster Shelters Set Up- At Wilmington; Hodges On Scene WILMINGTON, N. C. API Hur ricane Connie slowly hurled her winds and rain against the North Carolina coast today. The inland path of the eight-day old hurricane lay across the same tidal low country and beachee hit by the fury of Hurricane Hazel last October. GOVERNOR ON SCENE FIVE CENTS PER COPY Scheduled Te Hit State Tonight; Loses Some Force CAPE HATTERAS, N. C. (IP Hurricane Cotinie, her punch diminished by two days of aimless wallowing at sea, is expected to rhove inland into North Carolina to night, the weather bureau said today. In a special 1 p.m. EST advis ory. the Washington weather bur eau called off the hurricane alert for the coastal areas from New York to the Delaware breakwater, rnd said there no longer appears be any danger of hurricane winds from Connie north of the Virginia Cspes. After passing inland, the advis ory said, Connie probably will “move slowly northward on an In land course.” “Although the hurricane will di minish in intensity before it can move as far north as central Vir ginia there is still a possibility of hurricane force winds on the Vir ginia Capes and the Norfolk area late tonight and early Friday.” The aerologist of a Navy hurri cane, hunter plane which JJew ffabugfc Connie this tmrttllig 'said the storm has lost at least 40 per cent #f its punch and is definitely dying. But even so, said Lt. .C C. Bur nash, Cranford N. J., it appears Connie will “hit the coast anr break up with considerable force.” ’• ?''■ CHURCHES OPEN Dunn ministers announced" this afternoon that all local church | basements are open to any citi zen who might need shelter be cause of the impending Mow from Hurricane Connie. The Miami weather bureau had reported two hours earlier that Connie had lost some of her strength-with highest winds rated at 100 miles per hour a drop of 16 miles per hour. (Continued On Page Eight) Air Force To Test New Rocket Plane WASHINGTON (W The Air Force will begin test flights this year with a stainless steel rocket plane de signed to reach a speed of about 2,250 miles per hour at altitudes of 100,000 feet. The Air Force today announced the forthcoming flights of the Bell X 2 wilf take place at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Details of the p ane’s expected performance were obtained from responsible sour ces. The X 2 is designed to investi gate the so-called “thermal bar rier.” This refers to the enormous heat generated on the skin of a high speed airplane by air friction. At a speed of about 2,000 miles an hour the temperature rises to 600 degrees and wornd dangerous- Gov. Luther H. Hodges left Ra leigh early this afternoon to come here with his staff and top state officials to take personal command of relief work. This port city of 45,000 seemed to lie almost directly in Connie’s course. Some power lines and communi cations were knocked out shortly after noon EBT although the high- Dunn Gets Ready For Storm Blow Dunn Prepares. Last October a hurricane in the middle of the state of North Carolina was unhard of. “Hazel" taught us differently. To day we know it can happen and we are preparing. FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Ralph Hanna announced today that the three truekS and thy crews will be dispersed ovsr- Tiffin, School; near the Greenwood Ce metery and near the Armory. Each truck will oe maintaining radio contact back with the police station. Hanna also stated that all the city’s trucks, grading equip ment and their crews will be on stand-by, ready for immediate act ion in clearing away the debris. POWER AND LIGHT Bob Hadley, head of the local | division of the Carolina Light and Power announced that as soon as the surrounding areas report to him over short wave radio he will dispatch line crews from the fan (Continued On Page Three) ALLAN NIXES ADLAI CHICAGO Governor Allan Shivers of Texas said today that he would support “practically Anybody” except Adlai Steven son for the Presidency in 1956. ly weaken the normal aluminum alloys now used in aircraft con struction. Consequently, the X 2 was designed with a high content of stainless steel which does not weaken until temperatures of about 1,6000 degrees are reached. Friction would cause such a temperature at about 3.300 m. p. h. The X 2 is a descendent of the famous XI, the first piane ever to exceed the speed of sound, and the XIA which holds the present world speed record of 1,650 miles an hour and also has been flown to a record height of 90,000 feet. est winds were not expected before late today. Damage report* mount ed. Red Cross disaster officials here said wind and tide conditions were “much worse” than at a corres ponding location of Hazel before dawn last October Ift. But the area was "far better prepared" for Con (Ceetfeed On Tat* tight) NO. 17*
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