Pickett Mill Strikers to Get Relief this week
Union members at Pickett Cotton Mill now in their second week will receive food and financial aid from the Textile Workers Union CIO. Local 608 president Mrs. Ethel Jenkins said about 200 members attended a meeting where Ray Tucker of Highland Mills Local 319 reported support. The group expects aid by the end of the week and discussed continued strike solidarity and insurance protections.
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Pickett Cotton Mill
Ethel Jenkins
Local 608
Textile Orkers Union of America, Cio
Jenkins
Ray Tucker
Highland Mills
Highland Organization
Robert A. Parker
CIO Textile Union
International Union
City probes free water taps after outsider use dispute
City Manager T. E. Hinson said investigation shows two rural residents were not connected by themselves to city water lines and had utilities paid by Pennyburn Investment Company. Officials review past actions to confirm policy on tap privileges and fees, with outside users paying double the city rate.
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T. E. Hinson
Hinson
Iselves
N. C. Lowe
Cowell
Lowe
Pennyburn Investment Company
Lowes
Court Reports On Driving Offenses And Fines
The court discussed multiple driving related cases. A father received a suspended 60 day sentence in two license cases with $25 in fines and costs and was forbidden to drive for 12 months. Joe Harris faces a fine and damages in a reckless driving matter, with a 60 day sentence possible for nonpayment. Celester Watson, 21, was fined $100 with suspended sentence if he enters the Army within 60 days, plus $500 bond. A truck driver involved in an accident was fined $100. A tenant owes a $26 board bill as part of a 60 day sentence suspension for malicious damage. Fred Fleming faced charges for breaking a glass door and was taxed court costs. Lymons Latta, 31, was fined $25 with a three month suspended sentence for possession of non taxpaid whiskey.
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Ther
Joe Harris
Celester Watson
South Carolina
Gurney Williams
Route 3
Poe Fred Fleming
South Main Street
Lymons Latta
Two 13-Year-Olds Nabbed For Stolen Goods
Detectives report two 13 year old boys caught with items stolen from Samet Salvage Co. Recovered were three war surplus knapsacks packed with screwdrivers an old Army guard belt gun cleaning fluid and eye bandages. They fled along East Green Street and were handed to juvenile authorities. Also jailed then freed on bond was Ames White a 69 year old Black man charged with possession of three quarts of non tax paid whiskey to be heard in Municipal Court April 29.
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Samet Salvage Co
East Green Street
Ames White
Muicipal Court
Five Banking Commission members named this year
The article lists five members of the Banking Commission as appointed or serving this year: Lineberger has resigned after seven years. Cowan, vice president at Wachovia, succeeds D H Ram sey for a term ending April 1 1961. Graham, a long time lawyer on the board, new term also ends April 1 1961. Brower, controller of Duke Uni versity, completes the lineup.
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Commission
Lineberger
Cowan
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Western North Carolina
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
Ramsey
Graham
Brower
Duke Uni
Trucker Charged In Embezzlement
Thomasville based truck driver Charles Aaron Atwood 36 was arrested by SBI and city police on a High Point embezzlement warrant. He allegedly transported furniture from McGhee Upholstering in High Point to Maryland Delaware and New York and abandoned the truck in Delaware. Bond was set at 2000 dollars.
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Thomasville
Charles Aaron Atwood
Lexington Avenue
SBI
High Point
Atwood
McGhee
English Street
Maryland
Delaware
New York
Guilford County
Chamber Directors Stay Out of City Water Hearing
The Chamber of Commerce board refused to take part in a utilities committee hearing on whether non city residents should receive city water. They formed a new committee to work with the council on the broader water issue and will seek permission to collaborate with Mrs. O. A. Kirkman. The group also agreed to act swiftly on launching the United Fund Campaign system in High Point.
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Chamber of Commerce
Utilities Committee of Council
Ontgomery
Noble T. Praigg
Frank J. Sizemore
Dale Montgomery
Nobel T. Praigg
C. W. Patterson
Ed Mendenhall
Holt McPherson
O. A. Kirkman
Council
United Fund
High Point
Umstead Names Two New Education Board Members
Gov Umstead appoints Oscar L Richardson of Monroe and Gerald Cowan of Asheville to the State Board of Education joining reappointments A M L Graham A S Brower and Dr B B Dougherty Richardson a former House speaker and state senator will serve until April 1 1959 Dougherty founder and president of Appalachian State Teachers College Boone also continues on the board Brower Lineberger and Graham terms expired April 1 1951 and 1959 respectively with earlier nominees from 1951 not confirmed.
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Raleigh
Umstead
State Board of Education
Oscar L. Richardson
Monroe
Gerald Cowan
Asheville
A. McL. Graham
Clinton
A.S. Brower
Durham
B. B. Dougherty
Boone
Richardson
J. H. Lineberger
Belmont
Dougherty
Appalachian State Teachers College
Graham, Ramsey and
Brower and
Lineberger
Scott
Marjorie Alexander
Charlotte
Roma Sawyer Cheek
Legislature approves board changes and UNC trustees
The Legislature approved Gov U s appointments to the State Board of Education and reappointed three existing members. In a joint session the House and Senate elected 29 trustees to the Consolidated University of North Carolina. The move bypassed a potential floor clash after 14 incumbents were not renominated by the Joint Committee on University Trustees.
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Raleigh
Gov. U
State Board of Education
House
Senate
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Joint Committee On University
Peabody Awards Honor 1952 Radio TV Programs Across 9 Categories
The 30th George Foster Peabody awards were announced in New York, honoring nine divisions from radio news to television youth programs. Winners include Martin Agronsky for Radio News, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra for Radio Music, The John Hopkins Science Review for Television Education, Meet the Press for Television News, Mr. Peepers and Your Hit Parade for Television Entertainment, Ding Dong School for Television Youth, Victory at Sea for Television Special, WIS Radio for Regional Public Service, and WEWS-TV for Local Public Service.
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New York
Martin Agronsky
ABC
New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
CBS
Standard Symphony
NBC
John Hopkins Science Review
WAAM
Baltimore-DuMont
Mr. Peepers
WIS
Columbia
S. C
Wews-Tv
Abc-Cbs
Cleveland
Ohio
The
Radio and Television Executives Society of New York
Durham Centenary Celebrations Ramp Up With Ball and Parade
Durham residents prepare for the 100th birthday with a Centennial Ball tonight before the official program opens Sunday. Festivities began with a 29 float parade earlier today. Duke University students join in with 1850s costumes in the Joe College parade.
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Durham
Duke University
Rio Grande Ranked Third Longest US Stream
The Rio Grande stands as the third longest river in the United States with a length of about 1,800 miles, surpassed only by the Missouri and Mississippi rivers.
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Rio Grande
United States
Missouri
Mississippi
Stock Prices Listed At 1 P M In New York
New York at 1 p.m. EST stocks listed include American Can American Car & Foundry American Tobacco Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Chrysler Coca Cola General Electric General Motors International Harvester Interstate Nickel Pepsi-Cola Philip Morris Sears Roebuck Union Carbide U S Steel Warner Bros Westinghouse Electric Woolworth plus several others. Percent values appear for select issues.
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New York
American Can
American Car
American T & T
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Aircraft
Borden Briggs
Cannon Mills
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colgate-P-P
Continental
Curtiss-Wright Ap
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont
Eastern Air
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear
Gulf Oil
Coomtral
Interchemical Corp International Harvester
International Nickel International
T & T Johns Manville
Potiocore cc
Kroger Co
Lorillard
Paramount Pictures
Pennsylvania RR
Pepsi-Cola
Philip Morris
Reynolds Tobacco
Seaboard Airline
Sears Roebuck
Southern Co
Southern Railway
Standard Oil (Nj
Studebaker
Texas Co
Union Carbide
Three Red Spearheads Threaten Laos In Indochina Conflict
French commander Gen. Raoul Salan says Chinese Communist supplies to Vietminh have surged from 1000 to 3000 tons monthly with 6000 to 10000 Chinese technicians and advisors. Vietminh forces push toward Luang Prabang as Lao defenses hold at Muong Noi and Sam Nuea with Hanoi and Dien Bien Phu origins.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Laos
China
Ho Chi Minh
Raoul Salan
Vietminh
Salan
Annam
Thailand
Cambodia
Luangprabang
Sisavanglong
Dienbienphu
Martin To Speak To Thomasville Education Unit
Martin Santford, editor of the Winston Salem Journal Sentinel and member of the State Board of Education, will address the Thomasville chapter of the North Carolina Education Association at a 6 30 p m banquet at Liberty Drive School cafeteria. Mrs J D Foust coordinates arrangements for about 75 educators with music directed by Betty Jo Smith and Ralph Gabriel and Harold Harrison as MC.
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Thomasville
Santford Martin
Winston- Salem Journal-Sentinel
North Carolina Education Association
Martin
State Board of Education
Liberty Drive
J. D. Foust
Betty Jo Smith
Ralph Gabriel
Harold Harrison
Christine Jorgensen Plans Tour
Hollywood reports Christine Jorgensen the ex GI who became a woman begins a nationwide appearance tour in Los Angeles opening at the Orpheum Theater. The 26 year old star will headline a 30 minute revue with a $12,500 guarantee and 50 percent of box office.
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Hollywood
Christine Jorgensen
Christine
Orpheum Theater
Los Angeles
New York
George
Copenhagen
Denmark
England
Oyster man confronts net income question at social security office
In Norfolk a self employed oyster man challenged a clerk over net income. He quipped that “you don’t take oysters with a net” as he sought to determine how much he owed the government.
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Norfolk
Social Security Office
Mills Home Fire Call No Damage Reported
Firemen rushed to Mills Home in Thomasville yesterday at 3 50 for a short circuit in the orphanage lights. No damage was reported.
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Thomasville — City
Mills
Archdale PTA Elects Officers At Monthly Meeting
Archdale P T A held its monthly meeting at Archdale School with many visitors. Elected for the coming year were Mrs Lloyd Taylor president Mrs Austin Meredith vice president Mrs Dewey Wilson secretary Mrs Alvin English treasurer and Mrs Horace Ragan Jr grade mother. Miss Crouse's first grade and Mrs Andrews' third tied for the prize for most parents present. A devotional opened the program followed by a rhythm band and musical numbers conducted by Carole Miller.
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Archdale Parent-Teacher Association
Archdale
Lloyd Taylor
Austin Meredith
Dewey Wilson
Alvin English
Horace Ragan
Crouse
Andrews
Carole Miller
April Showers and Storms Sweep Large East Region
The Associated Press reports April showers and thunderstorms spread from the Eastern Rockies across the eastern half of the country with heavy rain in the Southern Plains to the Mississippi River region. Shreveport Louisiana logged over two inches in six hours, and nearby areas such as Ft. Smith Arkansas Butler Missouri and Evansville Indiana saw substantial rainfall. Winds of hurricane force struck Eastern Oklahoma injuring two people.
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Rockies
Plains
Mississippi River
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Shreveport
Ft. Smith
Ark
Butler
St. Louis
Evansville
Ind
Oklahoma
Army Pact is Delayed
The chancellor warned that Congress would shift its stance on European aid unless a solid European army plan emerged by June 30. He added that joining the West was essential to sustain the economy and avoid isolation and dire economic consequences without Western trade.
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American Congress
Municipal Civil Court Term Is Cancelled
A one week civil term of the Municipal Court scheduled to begin May 5 has been cancelled to avoid conflict with election day. The cancellation was by unanimous vote of the local bar association at a calendar meeting yesterday. A combined civil and criminal term is planned to begin May 16.
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Bar Association
Warships Bombarded By Chinese Fire In Bold Rescue Mission
Four U S warships Manchester Owen Henderson and Epperson steamed through shore batteries to rescue wounded Allied troops at the entrance to Wor San harbor. Navy credited Panther jets with silencing the Red guns as airmen downed several MIGs.
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Seoul
U. S
Worsan Harbor
Manchester
Owen, Henderson
Epperson
Joseph McConnell
Apple Valley
Calif
Joe A. Lockwood Jr
Winter Haven
Fla
Air Force
Eighth Army
U.N
Christmas Hill
Panmunjom
U. S. Tth
POW accounts of death march and mountain exodus in Korea
Soldiers describe a brutal death march in bitter cold from December 3 to 26, 1950. Pvt. Paul E. Clements of Indianapolis says about 1,200 started and nearly 400 died from cold and wounds. Pfc. James R. Dunn, from Anderson, says he was left by the road and later wounded, then picked up days later after an air strike.
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Paul E. Clements
Indianapolis
United Nations
Yalu
Clements
Red Guards
James R. Dunn
Anderson
S. C
Dunn
Connecticut's ranked economy and workforce profile
Connecticut is the 46th largest state by size yet leads in the share of skilled workers in its total labor force. It sits 28th in population and wholesale trade, 21st in retail trade, 11th in value added by manufacture, and fourth in population density.
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Connecticut
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