Southern Railway cuts off High Point customer in switching dispute
High Point Hardware Co. loses reciprocal switching on its side track effective Jan. 20 after a Southern Railway decision. The dispute threatens local industry as ICC inaction continues. Local manufacturers fear growing losses, while HPT&D President Arthur Kirkman says the firm will not go out of business, though harm is likely. George W. Lyles Jr. and Mrs. Lyles plan to attend the National Automobile Dealers Assn. meeting in Miami Beach with Lyles Chevrolet leading.
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Southern Railway
High Point
High Int Hardware Co
Shelby
Pittsburgh
Southern
High Point Hardware
Beeson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Hpt&d
ICC
Arthur Kirkman
George W. Lyles Jr
Local Rep Pete Schultheiss Qualifies This Week
Qualified Pete Schultheiss, a local representative for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., this week learned he has qualified and will proceed.
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Pete Schultheiss
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Bond Market Rises Across Corporate and Government Sectors
New York January 4 The bond markets opened the year with gains led by utilities and industrials reaching 1957 58 highs on the AP index of 60 bonds. U S government bonds rose more than a half point while trading was light for the four day week due to New Year’s Day.
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New York
U.S
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Jury duty off for 21 year old Morgan in Helena
Ralph Morgan aged 21 faced jury service in Helena but was excused by Judge Lester Loble. Morgan had a prior commitment with his draft board and offered no reason for avoidance beyond the conflict.
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Helena
Mont
Ralph Morgan
Lester Loble
Morgan
Alfred Nobel Dies in 1896 on Italian Riviera
The inventor of dynamite Alfred Nobel died in 1896 on the Italian Riviera. He established the Nobel Prizes and left a lasting legacy in science and philanthropy.
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Alfred Nobel
Riviera
Market Shows Big Rise in New Year Trading
Wall Street posted its largest weekly gain in over a year with the AP 60 stock average rising $4.70 to 159.00 and the total NYSE value increasing about 5.4 billion dollars. Analysts warned against expecting a continued rally as reinvestment demand drove prices higher amid year-end trading and tax-loss selling.
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New York
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Mid-East
Stock Exchange
Surnames First in Chinese Names Often Retained in English
The practice treats Chinese surnames as the family name when translated into English, keeping Sun Yat-sen as surname first. This convention mirrors the traditional Chinese ordering, where the surname precedes the given name, even in Anglophone contexts.
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Sun Yat-sen
Sun
Yat-sen
British Losses in New Orleans Reported
The Britannica cites 2,000 British casualties in the Battle of New Orleans versus 71 American losses, detailing a stark disparity in the engagement's toll.
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New Orleans
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High Point, North Carolina
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