Woman's Auxiliary to Elect Leaders at North Carolina Diocesan Convention
The auxiliary opens its 51st annual convention in Greensboro with elections for treasurer United Thank Offering custodian and secretary of personnel. Delegates to the Province of Sewanee meeting in October in Lexington Kentucky will also be chosen.
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Greensboro
Woman’s Auxiliary
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
James P. Arms
High Point
United Thank
Province of
Sewanee
Lexington
Mrs Maurice Hongham Reelected Southeastern VP of Music Clubs
Mrs Maurice Hongham of Gastonia North Carolina will continue as Southeastern regional vice president of the National Federation of Music Clubs. Her re election occurred yesterday at the federation’s 22nd biennial convention in New York. Mrs Ada Holding Miller of Providence Rhode Island was re elected president.
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New York
Maurice Hongham
Gastonia
N. C
National Federation of Music Clubs
Federation
Ada Holding Miller
Providence
R. 1
Mediation hoped in Bassick-Sack Co. strike in Winston-Salem
Company and union officials seek another mediation session in the Bassick-Sack Co. strike though no date has been set. The plant makes furniture hardware and has a contract for ammunition parts. Superintendent Elton Haley said production is 65 to 70 percent of normal and defense material output is at 100 percent.
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Winston-Salem
Bassick-Sack Co
Elton Helay
Defense Materials
Robert Parker
CIO International
Organization of Textile Workers Union of America
Parker
Public Health Association Holds Final Sessions in Chapel Hill
Dr. Gaylord W. Anderson of the University of Minnesota was re-elected president as the Association of Schools of Public Health began its annual meeting at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill yesterday.
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Chapel Hill
Association of Schools Public Health
Gaylord W. Anderson
University of Minnesota
University of North Carolina
Three Kinston Pharmacists Fined in Nembutal Case
Three Kinston druggists Alexander Hogan Henry Sudreth and Ernest G Buchanan pleaded guilty to selling nembutal and other drugs without prescription. They were fined $25 on each of three counts in Eastern District Federal Court in New Bern. Judge Don Gilliam praised their good reputations and urged them to be more careful in the future.
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New Bern
Kinston
Eastern District Federal Court
Alexander Hogan
Henery Suddreth
Ernest G. Buchanan
Don Gilliam
Tarboro
Doctors Begin Three Day Obstetrics Pediatrics Course
About 40 doctors, mainly from sun communities, started a three day obstetrics and pediatrics course in Winston-Salem. Bowman Gray School of Medicine hosts the event with support from the State Board of Health child health section.
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Winston-Salem
Sun
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
State Board of Health
Former GI Pleads Guilty To Spying Conspiracy
Austrian-born former GI Kurt L. Ponger pleaded guilty to conspiring with Otto Verber and a Russian Embassy official to transmit American defense secrets to the Soviet Union. Verber also pleaded guilty, facing a lighter potential sentence, while a Russian envoy Yuri Novikov departed after being deemed unacceptable as a diplomatic envoy.
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Washington
Kurt L. Ponger
U. S
Russia
Ponger
Otto Verber
Verber
New York
Austria
Yuri Novikov
Bond Issue Debate Looms As House Considers Redistricting
In Raleigh the House committees weighed redistricting to add six judges while opponents pressed against the plan and Gov Umstead backed an 85 million bond package. The Manufacturing and Labor panel heard merchants and restaurants oppose a 55 cent minimum wage bill, delaying a vote as the Senate previously approved it.
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Raleigh
House
Woney
Umstead
Judiciary Committee
Rep
R. Lee Whitmire
Henderson
Whitmire
Richard T. Sanders
Durham
Senate
House Committee On Manufacturing and Labor
E. C. Brooks Jr
Durham Merchants Association
Standstill at Pickett Mills as 300 idle workers extend strike
About 300 Pickett Cotton Mills employees did not report for the second straight day, with an orderly scene reported by police at opening. CIO and Textile Workers Union officials cite a four cent hourly cut and a 10 percent pay reduction for long frame tender workers as core grievances, plus a disputed escalator clause from 1951 negotiations.
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Pickett Cotton Mills
Time
Taft to Join Eisenhower for Rowan County Bicentennial
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio will accompany President Eisenhower to Salisbury for Rowan County's 200th birthday celebration. Eisenhower will speak at Catawba College stadium. Taft may offer a brief remark. The event features a two hour parade, Governor's Day with Lt. Gov. Hodges, and a Youth Day crowd of county students.
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Salisbury
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Rowan County
Senate
Washington
Catawba College Stadium
Taft
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
William B. Um
Committee Sets Budget Bill Action in Raleigh Today
The Joint Appropriations Committee meets at 2 30 p m to review subcommittee spending recommendations for a 637 million dollar biennial budget. The Senate Propositions and Grievance Committee will hear opponents of a plan to close dog racing tracks in Morehead City and Moyock as pari mutuel betting foes press their case.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Morehead City
Moyock
Appropriations Subcommittee
Advisory Budget Commission
Budget Commission
Eisenhower Change Delays Salisbury Stop in North Carolina
President Eisenhower’s schedule shifts personal visit to Rowan County’s 200th anniversary in Salisbury. He will land in Charlotte instead of Greensboro High Point and travel by car to Salisbury. After his speech he heads to Winston-Salem or Charlotte to fly to Augusta for golfing. He then returns to Washington to speak to the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Salisbury
N. C
Washington
Charlotte
Greensboro High Point
Rowan County
Winston-Salem
James Hagerty
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Resistance Alarm Over Wilson Air Policy Shifts
Reports from Washington indicate Pentagon officials and industry leaders fear President Wilson’s defense plan favors rapid converter plants and a lean bomber fleet. Proposed cuts would end B47s at Lockheed and Douglas, shrink B52 production, and rely on a small high rate industry. Critics warn of a Maginot Line approach risking delays in wartime retooling.
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Air Force
Wilson
Pentagon
Defense
Lockheed
Marietta, Ga
Douglas Tulsa
Seattle
Roger Kyes
Talbott
James Douglas
Omaha
Neb
Curtis Lemay
Ece Air Command
Maginot” Line
France
Trading Dull On Market New York Summary
New York prices stayed in a narrow range as trading was dull in early hours. First hour volume reached 270000 shares vs 320000 prior day. National Theatres surged after 20th Century-Fox de-divestiture to 7 1 2. Anderson Prichard reached 55 1 2, Texas Gulf slumped 11 2. Bethlehem Steel rose 1 8 to 51, U S Steel +1 8 to 38 7 8. General Motors steady at 62. Chrysler up slightly. rails and utilities mixed with few large blocks changing hands.
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New York
Stock Exchange
National Theatres
20Th Century-Fox
Anderson Prichard
Texas
Republican Slate Set to Battle Democrats for High Point Mayor
GOP leaders announced a unified slate to guide High Point for the next two years with J M Thomas withdrawing from the mayoral race. The slate is headed by Robert D Davis of Davis Milling Co who lives at 412 Hillcrest Drive. The party press release cites Davis’s active civic charity work.
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High Point
Rufus Hayworth
J. M. Thomas
GOP
Thomas
Robert D. Davis
Davis Milling Co
Davis
Hillcrest Drive
Charit
Senate approves bill to cap number of senators
RALEIGH The Senate passed a constitutional amendment to limit a county to one senator by a 36 to 8 vote. It now goes to voters in the next general election after House approval. Meanwhile a House bid to reshuffle districts failed by two votes, despite a late change by Rep. George Long.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
George Long
Cabarrus
Pitt
Bill Would Help Collect Fines On Parking Violations
A North Carolina House measure would make ownership of an illegally parked vehicle proof of the driver’s identity to enforce parking fines. An amendment caps penalties at $1. The bill responds to a Supreme Court ruling and seeks a prima facie rule of evidence for parking cases.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Richard T. Sanders
Durham
R. L. Whitmire
Henderson
Sanders
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Eastern Carolina
Rocky Mount
Tarboro
Wilson
Greenville
Nash
Transport Disappears In Cascades
A twin engine transport plane from Florida vanished in the Cascade Mountains east of Seattle before dawn with unclear passenger count. Officials cited engine failure and mixed reports of aboard numbers from 10 to 27, with some saying most aboard were soldiers en route to Seattle for the Far East. Local and civil aviation investigators traced varying passenger tallies from Miami Spokane and Washington state offices amid a large search.
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Seattle
Florida
Cascade Mountain
Here
Miami
Washington State Aeronautics
Charles S. Collar
Civil Aeronautics Board
Charles S. Chester
Washington Aeronautics Director
Spokane
Wash
Chester
Far East
Lawmakers Tweak Plan on High School Consolidation
In Raleigh a revised House Education Committee bill backed by Rep. William W. Taylor would keep 45 to 60 pupil high schools open if counties provide funds for extra teachers from non tax revenues. The measure follows Gov. Umstead's push for a policy declaration guiding consolidations and retains state and county board approval for larger consolidations.
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Raleigh
Umstead
House Education Committee
William W. Taylor
Warren
Taylor
Boards of Education
20 Vehicles Lead First Red POW Convoy Toward Panmunjom
Allied planes guard the route as 20 vehicle convoy carries sick and wounded U N prisoners from North Korea toward Panmunjom for exchange. Reds require re indoctrination for returning South Koreans. three more convoys and a U N train move planned.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Air Force
Air
Reds
Panmunjom
North Korea
Pusan
South Korean Defense Ministry
Mark Clark
Far East
South Korea
Pyun Yung Tai
National Assembly
South
Yalu River
Manchurian
Kaesong
Chonma
Nampo
Red Manchuria
Antung
Pyoktong
Yongsan
Pyongyang
Weather height and lows misfit forecast
The forecast lists unusual temperatures with a low tonight of 135 and a high tomorrow of 70. It also notes today’s high at 68 and last night’s low at 36, with sunset at 6 58 p m and sunrise at 5 47 a m tomorrow.
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Stead
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Na San
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Edgecombe
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Is A
Lad
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