Indictments Hit Ku Klux Klan in Whiteville Area
A Columbus County grand jury returned 44 true bills naming 25 men tied to Klan activity including Fair Bluff officials Early Brooks and Frank Lewis. Indictments center on four flogging incidents in Ambus County last winter with charges of kidnapping conspiracy and assault. Several defendants face federal charges. arraignment planned under Solicitor Clifton Moore amid tense local climate.
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Mullins
North Carolina
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Dorsey Robinson
Woodrow Johnson
Greer P. Wright
Halisboro
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Strickland
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Robinson
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Billy Horne
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Raleigh
Edwin Brooks
Floverence
Grainger
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Jule C. Richardson
Bob Hayes
L. C. Worry
Ed Floyd Rogers Jr
Steve Edmond
George Miller
Early Brooks
Lewis
Barfield
Norris
Ward
Johnson
Henry Wards
Ray Kelly
Leroy Honeycutt
John Honeycutt Jr
Miller
Richard Gore
Wright
Early Rooks
Brooks
Hayes
Worley
Edmund
Ben Grainger
Bhe Dillard Martin
Highways Considered Inadequate for War by Expert
Paul B. Rinehold president of the American Road Builders Association told about 600 engineers in Columbus that the nation's highways would be entirely inadequate in all-out war. He urged building civilian highways on a scale to meet potential military needs and noted only a small percentage would require extra heavy construction. He spoke at the opening session of the Ohio Highway Engineering Conference at Ohio State University.
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Paul B. Rinehold
American Road Builders Association
Rinehold
Pittsburgh
Ohio State University
Cone Mills declares regular 40 cent dividend
Cone Mills Corp announced a regular 40 cent quarterly dividend totaling 1 374 586 80 payable May 3 to shareholders of record May 1. Herman Cone said expects large government spending in later quarters, with improving textile demand before cotton movement. Layoffs hit about 5 000 workers across three plants after Easter with 13 20 day suspensions in rayon divisions. Burlington Mills Greensboro plant plans Easter curtailment for 200 workers while other Burlington mills remain unaffected.
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Greensboro
White Oak
Revolution
Rayonne
Burlington Mills Corp
Burlington
Burlington Mills
France Ratifies Schuman Plan After Prolonged Session
In Paris the Council of the Republic approved the Schuman Plan 182 to 32 after a 14 hour marathon session. France becomes the second nation to ratify the plan which aims to organize Western Europe's heavy industry. Western Germany was the first to ratify.
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Paris
France
Europe
Council of the Republic
National Assembly
Western
Germany
Greenwood Plan Winner Heads to Continental Tour
Elizabeth L Porcher, winner of the national Greenwood Plan contest, will tour the continent to promote anti communism ideas via comic strip characters. Chauncey W Lever notes the trip includes stops in New York Lisbon Madrid Rome Munich Frankfurt Paris London and a return to New York with a June 7 return date. The Crusade for Freedom funds the trip as part of the Greenwood Plan to combat communism in central curtain countries.
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Green Wood
S. Co
Elizabeth L Porcher
Chauncey W. Lever
Greenwood Plan
Greenwood
Europe
New York
Lisbon
Portugal
Madrid
Spain
Miss Porcher
Rome
Germany
Sshe
Radio Free Europe
Munich
Frankfurt
Paris
London
Kaiser-Frazer Awarded 3 Million Judgment in Delaware Case
A Superior Court jury in Wilmington awards Kaiser-Frazer 3,232,329 against S. Eaton, Otis and Co. president William R. Daley, finding they wrongfully induced Otis and First California Co. to breach a contract to buy 675000 shares of Kaiser-Frazer common stock for 7,762,500. The action proceeded without a defense by Otis.
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Wilmington, del
Llp
Kaiser-Frazer
S. Eaton
Otis and Co
Cleveland
Otis
William R. Daley
First California Co
Hungry horse ruins swimsuits in Wellington river incident
Two women waded in a river near Wellington when a hungry horse charged from the bank and devoured their underwear a blouse four brassieres and one top forcing the pair to return home in their swimsuits the bizarre mishap shocked bystanders and drew laughter from onlookers.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Southern Textile Leader Says Native New England Ignores Modern Methods
Dean Malcolm E. Campbell head of the NC State College textiles school in Raleigh says New England resists modern techniques and defense contract aid is not a cure. He notes New England’s slow tech adoption has hurt industry while the South advances. Campbell opposes noncompetitive defense awards.
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Southern
New England
Raleigh
Malcolm E. Campbell
Campbell
North Carolina State College School of Textiles
Northern Mills
Bristol County
New Bedford
Mass
New
Refrigeration Unit Tests Electron Tubes for High Altitude Flight
An electrical manufacturing firm installed special refrigeration equipment to test electron tubes for radios used in aircraft. The system provides a temperature range from 100 degrees below zero to 1 above zero to simulate conditions at altitudes over 15 miles.
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