Browns Lose leadership as Giants rise in Grapefruit standings
New York Giants win all three games this week to overtake the St. Louis Browns at the top of the Grapefruit League standings with a 10 2 record. The St. Louis Cardinals lead the full schedule with six wins one loss as Browns Indians Phils Bees fall from early pace.
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Browns
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Phils
Boston Bees
St. Louis Browns
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Athletics
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cincinnati Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago White Sox
Local Diamond Leagues to Convene for Organization Supper
Two representatives from each member team of the High Point leagues are invited to a 6:30 p.m. supper at the South Main Street Methodist Church to organize the three circuits for the coming season. Schedules rules by laws and questions will be discussed with final meetings held through the week.
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High Point
South Main Street Methodist Church
Highland Cotton Mill
Triangle Hosiery Mill
Adams- Millis Corporation
Marsh Furniture Company
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Oakdale
Tomlinson Chair Company
Harries-Covington Hosiery Mill
Alma-Hayworth Furniture Company
Glenola
Furniture City Furniture Company
Snow Lumber Company
Woodmen of the World
Will's Home
Pickett Cotton Mill
Calvary M. EB
Tate Furniture Company
Melrose Hosiery
Burlington Mills
City bids cut project costs claim on Yadkin River earthwork
A letter argues bids on Yadkin River earthwork show costs as low as 21 cents per cubic yard, refuting a claimed million dollar shortfall. It contends Dan River earthwork could run about 16 cents, with core walls unnecessary, saving about 200000 and reducing reservoir land uncertainties.
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Yadkin River
Fargo Engineering Company
Dan River
PWA
Washington
Man Dies From Knife Wounds In Monroe Home Invasion
Toc Moser, 32, of Lancaster County, died in a Monroe hospital from knife wounds to the throat suffered during an intrusion at his relative George Moser's house. Sheriff Frank Niven said a prowler slashed the men as they entered late at night. the intruder fled.
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Monroe
Toc Moser
Lancaster County
8. C
Frank Niven
George Moser
Here
Moser
Torso Slayer Back On Cleveland Job
Cleveland and police fear the torso slayer has struck again after a right foot was found in an iron barrel in Kingsbury Run. Detective Peter Merylo and Dr. Samuel R. Gerber investigate the work site and surrounding district where four bodies have been found over four years. The coroners consider whether the foot is embalmed and if a 13th victim exists.
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Cleveland
Peter Merylo
Kingsbury Run
Kingsbury
Merylo
Samuel R. Gerber
Cuyahoga County
Gerber
Held For Slaying Wife While Drunk
Reymond Worley age 25 was held on a warrant charged with fatally shooting his 28 year old wife Lola at their parents home near Goldsboro yesterday. Worley reportedly came home drunk with a shotgun and announced he would end it all. His mother Mrs Silas Worley recounted how Lola tried to grab the gun and was shot as she tended to their baby.
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Goldsboro
Reymond Worley
Lola
Worley
Silas Worley
Tom Robinson
Death of James Crawford Near Marion Under Investigation
Marion April 13 Officers investigated the death of James Crawford 21 who was found injured on a highway near Marion late Saturday night He died in a hospital the next day Friends said they last saw him Friday night at a filling station near Glen Alpine and that he had headed toward Marion Crawford had recently returned from U S Army duty in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Marion
James Crawford
Here
Crawford
Glen Alpine
Panama Canal Zone
Patrolmen Seek Cause of Fatal Collision Near Columbia
Highway patrolmen investigated a collision on the Columbia Winnsboro highway that killed Alonzo Langley of Great Falls and Woodrow Cotton of Winnsboro and injured five others. The injured, J. E. Brock, Miss Della Smith, A. B. Braswell, Ernest Walker and Clifton Hunt, were admitted to a hospital in Columbia.
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Columbia
8. C
Columbia - Winnsboro
Alonzo Langley
Great Falls
Woodrow Cotton
Winnsboro
J. E. Brock
Della Smith
A. B. Braswell
Ernest Walker
Clifton Hunt
Two High Point Boys Hold Down Tar Heel Golf Spots
North Carolina varsity golfers open a four match week with Dartmouth on Hillandale Course near Durham at 2 30. Team includes High Point’s Charlie Diffendal Neal Herring Hudson Boyd and Rodney Snow with others possible.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Dartmouth College
Hillandale
Durham
Carolina
Charlie Diffendal
High Point
Neal Herring
Hudson Boyd
Rodney Snow
Clarence Kluttz
Fay Roberson
Albert Carr
Tom Hayes
Western
University of Cleveland
Boston College
Georgia Tech
Chuck Erickson
Western Highs Will Open Season Apr. 11
CHAPEL HILL April 3 All divisions of high school baseball except Western Class A Conference begin a 40 game schedule. Eastern Conference play starts this week with Wilson at Durham and Rocky Mount at Raleigh on Tuesday and Durham at Rocky Mount and Wilmington at Wilson on Friday. Western Class A opens April 11 with Greensboro vs High Point. Rocky Mount beat Wilmington 9 to 2 in the season opener.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina High School Athletic Association
F E. R. Rankin
Wilson
Durham
Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Wilmington
Greensboro
High Point
Unreality Theme in Sunday Christian Science Lesson
Sunday services in Christian Science churches discussed unreality and truth. Golden Text urged avoidance of vanity and lies and provision of necessary sustenance. John 4 1 6 warned against false prophets and discerning spirits. The Science and Health text argued that error is unreal while truth and reality endure.
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Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Plan Spring Paint Jobs With Durable White Lead
The article advises choosing white lead paint to lower future repaint costs by avoiding scraping or burning off old coats. White lead interiors resist washing and maintain original colors, protecting surfaces over years and reducing redecoration needs.
Canada and U S Joined in News Wirephoto Group
New York April 3 reports that Canada and the United States are linked on the 12,000 mile Associated Press wirephoto network. Toronto stations for Both Telegram and the Daily Star join, expanding to 30 sending/receiving stations and 49 newspapers on the wirephoto chain. The network now serves 77 newspapers receiving news photos.
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New York
Canada
United States
Associated Press
Toronto
Ontario
Telegram
Daily Star
Japan Russia Sign Fishing Agreement
Moscow April 3 The Soviet Japanese fishing dispute eases as Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff and Japanese officials sign a temporary pact. The agreement extends to the end of 1959 and governs the annual auction of Siberian fishing lots.
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Moscow
Maxim Litvinoff
Japanese-Soviet fishing accord reached after delays
After protracted negotiations marked by sharp diplomatic exchanges the new agreement was finalized to allow Japanese vessels access to Soviet waters by April 10 when the fishing season opens. Shigenori Tojo participated in the talks as the Japanese ambassador.
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Nese
Shigenori Togo
Soviet
AFL CIO clash over Labor Relations Board reform
The AFL denounces CIO claims of hypocrisy in a booklet sent to affiliated unions. It urges passage of amendments to the Wagner Act and calls for replacing the three man Labor Board with a five man body, arguing the current board aided rival groups during labor peace talks.
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Washington
CIO
American Federation of Labor
Labor Relations Board
AFL
Court ruling limits tax deductions for utility subsidiaries
The Supreme Court today ruled against the Federal Commissioner of Internal Revenue in a dispute involving Metropolitan Edison, Pennsylvania Water and Power, and General Gas and Electric over whether their Pennsylvania subsidiaries may deduct bond issuance expenses from income taxes.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Federal Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Metropolitan Edison Company
Pennsylvania Water and Power Company
General Gas and Electric Corporation
Pennsylvania
Bleachers Collapse Injures Nine at Charity Auto Stunt Show
A section of bleachers collapsed during a benefit performance by automobile stunt drivers in Kinston North Carolina injuring nine people. Several injured were women and were treated at local hospitals.
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Kinston
N. C
Priest Persuades Bandit To Surrender
A Catholic priest from the Palm Sunday service persuaded a 23 year old ex convict bandit to surrender after an hourlong standoff in an elderly couple home. The gunman tied to the hostages used a resident as shield. the priest entered and urged mercy. One accomplice was captured. another fled.
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New York
Joseph Naumo
Naumo
Marton Nicholas
Headachy Breath Bad Make This Check Up
Public notice-style advertisement promotes BLACK-DRAUGHT as an intestinal tonic laxative to ease constipation and its linked symptoms. It claims to gently and promptly stimulate bowel muscles with simple directions for relief.
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Russia
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