Praise For Our City High Point Hosts C D Meeting Boosts Industry
The Board of Conservation and Development praised High Point for industrial progress after a recent visit. Ben Douglas issued a favorable press release highlighting new construction and the city’s efforts to raise per capita income, with state papers noting the impact. Phil Clarke predicted 1955 would be High Point’s best industrial year and new industry expansion is anticipated.
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High Point
Board of Conservation and Development
C&d
Ben Douglas
Chamber of Commerce
Douglas
Phil Clarke
Washington Calls for Proof Before Communist Peace Talks
The State Department demands concrete proof of willingness to cooperate from Communist China before any talks on easing Formosan tensions. Washington rejects Knowland's Munich warning and says a mutual conference requires both sides to meet conditions, with the United States ready to discuss any subject if the other side shows real intent to cooperate.
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Washington
Chou En-lai
California
Knowland
U. S
Munich
Russia
United States
Free World
State Department
Reds
Hi-Toms Seek Strong Attendance As Baseball Season Opens
Hi-Toms open in High Point and Thomasville with 2300 plus fans in two home games. Officials say about 1200 per game is needed to reach break even, as fans are urged to return to Finch Field and support local baseball this season. The club finished sixth last year but ranked third in attendance, with Cincinnati Redlegs aiding financially and with players.
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High Point
Thomasville
Finch Field
Cincinnati Redlegs
Hi- Toms
Hi-Toms
Hollander
United States
Great Britain
Sir Anthony Eden
Clement Attlee
A.D.A
Return of British newspapers sparks nationwide praise
The Enterprise notes Britons celebrate the resumption of presses after a prolonged strike that halted production. The revival signals a free press as essential to a open world, with U.S. papers previously mailing editions during the peak of the strike and Churchill’s resignation.
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Churchill
Edn
Expatriated Southerners keep a stubborn drawl
The piece notes Mary Anderson of Trussville Alabama an actress on Broadway still bears a Dixie tint in her speech even as she adopts a mixed voice. Her New York interview reveals how family anecdotes trigger her accent backsliding and how critics describe her shifting tones. The article observes Southern speech resists full loss.
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Mary Anderson
Trussville
Birmingham
Broadway
Juliet
Jose Ferrer
Romeo
Alabama
New York Daily News
A.D.A. Pushes Third Party Infiltration Across Parties
George Sokolski examines Louis Hollander and the New York State C.S.O. plan to force reactionaries from both parties into a new third party. He argues labor could infiltrate Democrats or Republicans to seize control, leaving liberals to rebuild the remaining party. He notes Eisenhower’s 1956 certainty and houses a critique of party integrity.
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A.D.A
Louis Hollander
New York State
C.S.O
Labor
Hollander
Averell Harriman
Carmine DeSapio
Jacob Javita
New York
Javita
South
Eisenhower
Hodges to appoint eleven regular superior court judges after June
Governor Hodges plans to name eleven new regular superior court judges effective July 1 under the districting act. He has already decided on several candidates and awaits General Assembly action on authorizing four special judges while managing concerns from emergency judges and lawmakers wary of expanding the bench.
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Hodges
General Assembly
Joint Appropriations Committee
George B. Patton
Macon
Susie Sharp
Rockingham
Lee Whitmire
Henderson
Peyton McSwain
Cleveland
Leland Mekheithan
Moore
Frank Huskins
Yancey
Malcolm Paul
Beaufort
Grover Martin
Johnston
Claude Hall
Durham
Howard Hubbard
Sampson
George Fountain
Edgecombe
Henry Grady
Craven
Summer Burgwyn
Northampton
John J. Burney
New Hanover
Hoyle Sink
Guilford
Felix Alley
Waynesville
John H. Clements
Forsyth
Claude Hl
Peyton McSwairm
Huskins
Franklin
Granville
Person
Vance
Warren
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Alexander
Davidson
Davie
Iredell
Carteret
Henry Shady
Mecklenburg
North Carolina
George Patton
First Day Weather Bus Ride and World News
A nostalgic Sunday piece recalls a springlike morning then a sudden downpour during a bus ride through town. The author notes shopping, reading, and a Coke break, with reflections on life and a TV view of a nuclear-age survival discussion. It also covers Chou En lai’s stance on Formosa, a charity auction of memorabilia, and a banker’s quip about a trusted employee.
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Monthieu
Washington St
Washington
Prospect St
Gray O'Neal
Main
New York Times
Koonts - McGhee Drug Store
Bobby Burns
Dulles Off To Duck Island Amid Critics And Jokes
Washington humor column notes Senator George W. Malone of Nevada dodges questions about Eisenhower's middle of the road stance while John Foster Dulles travels to Duck Island for rest. It recounts Spain's Minister Cavestany’s milk gag, Toledo knives, and a Capitol honeymoon anecdote involving Pvt. Gerald Durkin and Audre Norris as tourists flood D.C.
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Washington
George W
Molly” Malone
Nevada
Eisenhower
Malone
Idaho
Molly
Congress
Yalta
Edward J. Corsi
John Foster Dulles
Duck Island
Toledo
Sheffield
Damascus
Paul Bloch
TE Fea
Senate
Pvt
Gerald Durkin
Chicago
Audre Norris
D. of C
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Montgomery Advertiser
Mary
Jim Andersons
Ent
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Baby
George Sokolsky
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Chester Morris
Currituck
Walter J. Bone
Nash
Joe W. Parker
Bertie
Clawson L. Williams Et el
J. Paul Frizzell
Greene
Henry L. Stevens
Duplin
William Y. Bickett
Charles Pearson
Austria
W. A. Bivins
Chou
Formosa
Society of Friends
Wiiter
Yucca Flats
Enterprise
China
Chou Enlai
Red China
Peiping
Bandung
United Nations
Woodrow Wilson
Fdr
Gov. Williams
Michigan
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
National Democratic Club
Snoopers
George Dixon
Dulles
Brickbats
Spain
Rafael Cavestany
Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra
Senor Cavestany
Cavestany
San Juan de Los Reyes
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