Seashore Commission in North Carolina Reappoints Members
Gov Umstead reappoints two and names three new members to the Cape Hatteras Sea shore Commission. Brig Gen Don E Scott of Graham and Nags Head and Miles Clark of Elizabeth City are reappointed. New members Aycock Brown Manteo Bruce Bateman Plymouth S B Frink South Port replace others. terms expire Jan 12 1958. Amos Earns Cecil Morris Henry Rankin named ex officio on Conservation and Development Board. Ben E Douglas chairs.
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RALEIGH /P-Gov
Umstead
North Carolina
Cape Hatteras Seashore Commission
Don E. Scott
Graham
Nags Head
Miles Clark
Elizabeth City
Aycock Brown
Manteo
Morris Burrus
Hatteras
Bruce Bateman
Plymouth
Carleton Kelly
Tacoke
S. Bunn Frink
South. Rt
Woodrow Price
Amos Earns
High Point
Cecil Morris
Atlantic
Henry Rankin
Fayetteville
Conservation and Development Board
Commission
Ben E. Douglas
C&d Department
Girl Targeted by Rock Throwers Near Porch
Two young boys suspected of throwing rocks at a Tank S. nen ie daughter on her front porch last night prompted police to warn to watch for two unidentified assailants. The incident involved a girl being targeted while near her home as authorities investigate.
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S. Nen Ie
Speeding fines handed out in Greensboro court
Sam Nance of High Point paid a $20 fine in Municipal County Court Greensboro for speeding. He was among five individuals cited on speeding charges in the same session.
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Sam Nance
High Point
Municipal County
Greensboro
Community notices for local groups and church events
The American Legion Auxiliary meets Friday at 8 p.m. at 105 Gaylord St. The Ever Ready Club gathers Thursday at 8 p.m. at Moon St. home. Mrs. Mary Leach is a patient at High Point Memorial Hospital. Red Star Gospel Singers perform Sunday at Bethelehem Baptist Church. Senior Missionary Circle meets Friday at 7 30 p.m. at 816 Martin St. Guilford Harmonizers sing Friday at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church at 7 30 p.m. Missionary Circle No 2 meets Thursday at 8 p.m. at 1030 Leonard St.
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Rosabelle Richardson
Martin St
MT. Carmel
Guilford Harmonizers
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Missionary Circle Missionary Circle No. 2
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Florence Smith
Leonard St
Weather snapshot with temperatures and sun times
Weather report notes a low of 36 tonight and high of 58 tomorrow. Today's high reached 56 with a 29 degree low last night. Sunset is 6 10 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 56 a m.
Former Klan Leader Paroled From Prison
Wilmington North Carolina April former Ku Klux Klan leader Thom as L Hamilton walked from Hanover Prison Camp after receiving a parole signed by Governor Umstead. The 47 year old, ill with spine arthritis, had pleaded guilty in 1952 to two counts of conspiracy in the flogging of a Negro woman and had completed one sentence. He renounced the hooded order and said he would return to Leesville South Carolina to sell automobiles and care for his family.
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Wilmington
N. C
Thomas L. Hamilton
Ku Kluxan
North Carolina
Hamilton
Carolinas
On Hanover
South Rolina
Gorlliam B. Umstead
Columbus Superior Court
Neville
Ku Klux Klan
Leesville
S. C
Stock Market Drops in Third Consecutive Decline
The New York stock market finished lower in a third straight session with many losses across steel, motors, railroads, airlines and aircraft shares. Trading volume was light at about 1.2 million shares, amid scattered small advances and general weakness in utilities and several big-name issues.
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New York
Loows Thortots
Lorillard & Company Ceeesee
Magnavox Radio
Lis
Montgomery Ward
Sscsssese
GLY
Motorola Radio
Miy
Nash Kelvinator Et
Lbs
National Biscuit
National Distillers
New York Central
Reynolds
American Smelt
Burlington Mills
Texas Gulf
Calumet & Hecla
Canada Dry
Canadian Pacific
Celanese Corp
Champion Paper & F
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler Corporation
Coca Continental Motor
Continental Ol
Curtis Wright
Delaware
Lack & We
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical Eee
Dupont de Nemour
Eastern Airlines Electric Auto Lite
Firestone
Rubber
Freeport Sulphur
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Glidden
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Great Northern Ry P Hudson Motor
Illinois Central
Nickel
Tel
Kennecott Copper Liggett & Myers
Lockheed Aircraft
Open House to Preview New Zenith Models by Allison Erwin Co
Allison-Erwin Co the Zenith distributor for High Point hosts an open house at the Furniture Market building for dealers. From 10 a m to 8 p m Friday the event will feature 1934 radio and television receivers.
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Allison-Erwin Co
Zenith Radio Corp
High Point
Furniture Market
Displ Company
94 Per Cent Of Farms Have Electricity
North Carolina farms now have electric service at a rate of 94 percent, per the Rural Electrification Authority report led by Gov. Unstead appointee Gwyn B. Price. The figure exceeds the national average of 90.8 percent and reflects growth since 1935. The 1953 data show 2,321 miles of line serving 508,863 customers. in 1935 there were 1,884.8 miles and 11,558 rural consumers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Rural Electrification Authority
Gov. Unstead
Irman Gwyn B. Price
Price
Two Bad Check Counts Filed By Police Here
Police file two counts of passing bad checks against Samuel Ray Beck of Trailer Court. Beck allegedly handed a $10 check yesterday and a $20 check earlier this month. He posted $200 bond and faces trial Friday.
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Samuel Ray Beck
Beck
Anther
Mau Mau Movement Expanding Across Kenya Fronts
The report cites brutality and corruption in colonial forces and calls for police reform. Colonial Secretary Lyttelton plans a Kenya review with Field Marshal Sir John. The campaign sees 4,000 British troops plus 28,000 police confronting Mau Mau. Authorities report 3,400 Mau Mau killed and 30,000 Kikuyu jailed on blood oath suspicions.
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House of Commons
Oliver Lyttelton
Kenya
John Yee
Imperial
Britain
Tain
King's African Rifles
Sled Dog Sets World Record with Heavy Freight Pull
Sled owned by Al Holten of Santa Rosa California pulled 2100 pounds 35 feet setting a new world record according to North American Dogs. The prior record was 800 pounds eight years ago in Nome.
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West Yellowstone
al Holten
Santa Rosa
Calif
Nome
Moss Case Narrows In McCarthy clash over Army testimonies
Senate hearings focus on Annie Lee Moss linked to Communist lists while McCarthy presses Army to reveal witnesses and shifts in personnel. Secretary Stevens and officers deny aiding Moss, who claims illness and nonmembership. Peress case looms as fresh challenge to Army credibility.
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Army
Senson
D-Ark
Jackson
D. Sh
Mundt
Moss
McCarthy
Communist Party
Mary S. Markward
FBI
Annie Lee Moss
Annie Moss
Markward
Cohn
Kredel Heads Medical Association In Capitol City
Dr Frederick Kredel of Charleston was elected president of the State Medical Association at a three day meeting in Charleston. Dr Paul Camp of Richmond was named president elect with other officers including Dr A Haverport News and Dr J E Crosland listed as regional colleagues. A final session featured Dr Gordon D speaking on deaf and dumb teaching progress and on preventing causes of hearing loss such as congenital factors infection poor blood supply and industrial noise.
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Charleston
D. C
Frederick FE. Kredel
Tr State Medical Assn
Kredel
Hare
Paul D. Camp
Richmond
Avewport News
Virginia
Fred Merritt O
Greensboro
North Carolina
J. E. Crosland
Greenvile
South Carolina
Gordon D
Two Draft Exam Trip Failed to Depart
Fifteen registrants boarded a bus for pre induction exams in Ilotte. Two scheduled no shows were Atlas D. Pinson and Deuteronomy Matthews, both described as Negroes, according to draft clerks.
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Ilotte
Atlas D. Pinson
Matthews
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