Local firm builds buses for Vatican City in Rome
High Point company to deliver five meadow green and white buses to the Vatican City for clergy and visitors. Buses built to Vatican specifications with three-two seating and left side three, right side two. Bodies crafted locally with Ford export support. firm has long history supplying school bus bodies and vehicles to Germany, Tangier, Greece, and the Americas.
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High Point
Vatican City
Rome
Italy
Thomas
Folkc
Catholic Church
Sup
Perley A. ‘Thomas Car Works
Negro Admits Slaying Girl in Edge of Field
A Negro woman confessed to aiding in the murder of Miss Cain, leading police to a buried grave and camouflaged well. She said she saw a car near the field the night of the disappearance and that both the grave and well were concealed with spears, pine needles, and broken corn stalks. Pearlen's car was found near a Pamplico school with a broken window from the inside.
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Peter Patch
Pearlen
Pamplico
Miss Cain
Prisoners flee with hostages in Michigan escape toward Indiana
State police reported five convicts abducting two women from Jackson with four disguising themselves in the victims clothes. Helen Gilbert and Mary Lou Watts identified among those terrorized as they forced the women and fled in a Jackson executive’s car. Barricades and roadblocks formed as authorities spread across southern Michigan.
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Indiana
Jackson
Helen Gilbert
Vandercook Lake
Mary Lou Watts
Joe Watts
Watts
Michigan
Lansing
McMillan
Dock Unions Won’t Strike Christmas Eve Officials Say
Old International Longshoremen’s Association plans not to strike in any North Atlantic port on Christmas Day while it seeks to retain bargaining rights in a NLRB election. AFL-ILA hopes workers will back it as the bargaining agent, with election dates set to stabilize New York waterfront labor and avoid disruptions.
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Afl-Ila
New York Shipping Assn
Mnamnate - Eee
New York
NLRB
Spruille Braden
The
Eisenhower
Braden
International Longshoremen's Assn
American Federation of Labor
AFL
ILA
Bacar
Ewew Jersey Sterfron
United States
New York Shippers Assn
Postmaster Condition Improves at High Point Hospital
S C Clark High Point postmaster was admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital Thursday and reported mildly improved. He rests more comfortably but still not allowed visitors, a family member said.
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S. C. Clark
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Guarded 6:30 check-up ends with confrontation outside
A routine 6:30 check-up was interrupted as an armed guard was hurled against the walls outside, prompting a security response and brief disruption.
Weather Stops Work On Home Rebuild Fund Also Recovers Donations
The fund to rebuild the home halted work after a weather stoppage and a $52 donation appeared at the scene of the fire. Donations listed include multiple individuals and organizations such as Church of God, Crown Mill, Anvil Brand, Primitive Baptist Church, Southern Waterproofing Company and Adams-Millis, totaling substantial support for the rebuilding effort.
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Church of God
W. DL
Neceabade
Crown
Haseene
Hudson
Don Spetcet
Cevsveves
Pud Luther's
Eeegee
R. Raretepar Eevenes
Snipimsaw Bare
Ani
Fred Hc
Jesse Casehbtae
Albertson ‘Ra
Baptist
Iceeedbee
Albertson Rd
Baptist Church
Loyal Workers
Young Men's
Zetta Morris
Jess Atkins
A. H. Johnson
Dennis Pierce
Henry Ace i Orion
Victor Good
Stan A
Mace
H. L. Sparks
Southern Waterproofing Company
Southern Waterproofing
Scere
Adams-Millis
Etree
Arma Millis
ams-Millis Looping Ptment
Scccseeccones
Themn Motor Co. Imployees
H. G. Hayworth
S. Voncannon
Guilfordounty Sanitorium
Robert Moore
High Point
Eoness
Ee Weavil
CIO
Dallas
Trinity
Dave Neil
D. Shell
Carrol
Chad Martin
Jackson convicts still at large after Michigan escape
List of convicts reported at large by Southern Michigan Prison after today's escape and terrorizing of Jackson countryside. Names include Edward Emerick Roman Usiondek Herbert Gulembo David Bousha Harold Rosa Robert Dowling Virgil Lane with sentences ranging from 1 to life and crimes from murder to armed robbery. Tree frog reference appears as non sequitur.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Edward J. Emerick
Detroit
Roman Usiondek
Herbert Gulembo
David B. Bousha
Mason County
Harold Rosa
Saginaw
Robert Dowling
Virgil Lane
Weather and odds in cotton belt text
Weather report notes today's high of 48 and tonight's low around 38 with yesterday's records at 42 and 20. Sunset at 5 09 and sunrise at 7 27 tomorrow. Also a Weather Bureau note on temperature and rainfall for the 24 hours to 8 pm in cotton growing regions. Peacocks and horseshoes are considered unlucky by horsemen. The South accounts for 75 percent of US textile output.
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Washington
D—Weather Bureau
Pakistan says no bases for U S contemplated
Pakistan told Russia no bases for the United States were considered. The government stated it would act to safeguard security and maintain friendly relations with the USSR and the United States. Informal talks on U S military aid did not involve stationing forces on Pakistani soil.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Russia
Mohammed Ali
J. A. Rahim
Eg Ministry
U.S.S.R
U. S
Dr. Robert A. Millikan Dies World Famous Physicist
Pasadena California reports the death of Dr Robert A Millikan Nobel prize physicist and cosmic ray expert at his home He won the 1923 Nobel Prize for electron isolation and photo electric work He authored 18 books and taught millions guiding high school and college students His wartime roles included leading Cal Tech war services and serving on the National Defense Research Committee and the Navy Missile Committee He held 25 honorary degrees including seven foreign ones
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Pasadena
Calif
Robert A. Millikan
Truman
United States
Millikan
Cal Tech
War Services
National Defense Research Committee
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Earth
Named To Vital Farm Board Post
R Flake Shaw of Greensboro executive vice president of the North Carolina Farm Bureau was named to the Executive Committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation. He becomes the first North Carolinian on the committee representing the Southern region of 13 states. announcement came from Allan B. Kline in Chicago.
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Greensboro
N.C
R. Flake Shaw
North Carolina Farm Bureau
American Farm Bureau Federation
Chicago
Allan B. Kline
National Survey Sees Christmas Trade Near 1952 Levels
An Associated Press survey of 32 cities reports retailers expect Christmas sales to match or beat 1952 in most places. Shoppers are more selective amid warm weather, layoffs, drought, and inflation, with many stores launching early promotions and creative displays to attract buyers.
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New York
Associated Press
Etiwnaes
Iesse
Boston
Los
Assn
Baltimore
Columbus
Ohio
North American Aviation Inc
Luckoff's Department
Seattle
Atlanta
San Francisco
Denver
Oesenase City
Michigan
Detroit
Official Sees Long Need For Farm Product Surplus
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture John Davis says the United States must run multibillion dollar farm surpluses for several years to stabilize world markets and protect domestic prices. He notes limited FAO capacity and favors allowing 100 to 250 million dollars of foreign currencies to be used for surplus movements, with existing contracts moving 30 to 50 million in tobacco and more commodities planned before year end.
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Washington
Food and Agricultural Organization
Rome
John H. Davis
United States
Davis
Eisenhower
FAO
Woman at brink after cocktail murder story disclosed
A 22 year old woman described as calm and educated from Paris and the U N, tied to Dennis Wepman in the Fraden poison case, is reported near collapse. Bronx ADA Tilzer says she faces a month of rest after a nervous strain and recalls their meeting where she cried and sought forgiveness. Wepman and Harlow Fraden were indicted for cyanide poisoned champagne.
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New York
Sorbonne
Paris
U.N
Dennis Wepman
William Fraden
Wepman
Bronx Asst. Dist. Atty
George Tilzer
Tilzer
Izer
Father Loses Son On Train Trip
Carmi Illinois dispatch reports a father and two sons traveling home from Sonne. The father and one son boarded the train while the third son, Lyle S., 48, of Monticello Kentucky, fell beneath a coach at the first stop in Evansville Indiana, dying.
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Carmi
Ill
Sonne
Evansville
Ind
Lyle S i 48
Monticello
Lemap & Nashville Railroad
Scottish Rite Masons Invested with KCCH at Greensboro
Thirty North Carolina Scottish Rite Masons were invested with the Knight Commander of the Court of Honor in Greensboro. Fifteen other North Carolinians received the 33rd degree during the supreme council sessions. Greensboro hosted the ceremony at the invitation of Grand Commander Thomas J. Harkins.
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Greensboro
N.C
North Carolina
Court of Honor
Supreme Council
Scottish Rite Freemasonry
Washington
KCCH
Thomas J. Harkins
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Wilmington
U.S
Dr. Millikan
Vital Farm Board
By Edwin GB. Harkinson
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