Advisory Council backs independent Prison Department
The Prison Advisory Council urged separating the Prisons Department from the Highway Commission, proposing an independent agency. Highway Chairman Henry Jordan warned separation could drain highway funds and favor general fund financing, saying he would stamp the state tomorrow if feasible without losing highway money.
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Raleigh A
Prison Advisory Council
Highway Commission
Highwa C
Henry Jordan
Advisory Council
Prisons Department
Highway Fund
Jordan
Motor Vehicles Department
Probation and Paroles Commission
Commission
Powell
Canadian and Latin American Demand Bolster Chicago Furniture Market
Gen. Lawrence H. Whiting of the American Furniture Mart says sales at Chicago’s Winter Home Furnishings Market are aided by Sears Roebuck’s Canada and Latin American business. Sears buyers, tied to Simpsons, Ltd. of Canada, will boost orders as manufacturers push stylish designs to attract new buyers and reduce reliance on replacement markets.
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Chicago
Lawrence H. Whiting
American Furniture Mart
Sears Chicago
Canada
Tin America
Whiting
Sears Roebuck
Simpsons, Ltd
Sears
Merchandise Mart
Randolph County Bonds Sold in Refunding Issue
The Local Government Commission sold 75000 in refunding bonds for Randolph County to J Lee Peeler and Co Durham and Vance Securities Corp Greensboro at 2.75 percent interest. Average maturity of the bonds is 14.5 years.
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Raleigh
Local Government Commission
Randolph County
J. Lee Peeler and Co
Durham
Vance Securities Corp
Greensboro
Hinson Called Away By Mother's Death
City Manager T. E. Hinson left for Monroe as his mother Mrs. H J Hinson died at 77 after two years of illness in a Monroe convalescent home. A native of Monroe she was Odessa Simpson before marriage. Her husband died about 20 years ago. Survived by six sons and two daughters. Funeral plans pending family arrival in Monroe.
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T. E. Hinson
Monroe
H. J. Hinson
Odessa Simpson
High Point
John Hinson
Chapel Hill
George Hinson
Tampa, Fla
James Hinson
Frank Hinson
David Hinson
Mabel Smith
George Pusser
Struther
Ohio
Trouble With Heart Gets Jury Excuse
A Guilford Superior Court judge excused Fred Reavis of 1215 Redding Street High Point from jury duty owing to an aggravated heart condition. Reavis had been summoned for jury service and deferred to the criminal term in Greensboro. The judge noted his condition and discharged him from further duty. Reavis plans to marry next week. About 200 rivers empty into Lake Superior.
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Guilford Superior Court
Fred Reavis
Redding Street
High Point
Reavis
Greensboro
J. C. Rudisill
Stock List NEW YORK w-1 p m stocks
A list of New York stocks with prices and percentages for Adams Express to Zenith Radio. Includes numerous corporations such as American Can, Chrysler, Coca Cola, General Electric, International Harvester, Standard Oil outfits, Union Carbide, United Airlines, Westinghouse, and Woolworth. Ends with a note on approximate sales to 1 p.m and a sentence about tea history.
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New York
Adams Express
American Power & St
American Rad & St
American Smelt & Ref
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Sscccesces
Armour & Co
Scicceseee
Atchison, Top & SF
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Refinery
Ccceeese
Atlas Powders
Avco
Sts Baldwin
Lima
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Ccceccseees
Bethlehem Steel
Borden Company
Borg Warner
Briggs Manufacturingo
Budd Company
Burroughs
Calumet & Hecla
Csceeeees
Canada
Cannon Bing
Cccassscece
Carolina Power & Lt
RMR
Ginadkigtensassnedacia Mece Caterpillar Tractor
Celanese Corp
Ecvesoe
Champion Paper & Fibe
Chesaneake & Ohio
Chrysler Corporation
Coca Cola
Ion Columbia Gas & Elec
Commercial Credit Eeeenews
Consolidated Edison
Consolidated Vultee
Continental Can
Sessseee
Continental Motor
Secees
Continental Oil
Eece
Eee
Eastern Airlines
Illinois Central
International Harvest Soceeee
Johns Manville
Loews Throats Csc
Magnavox ‘Radio
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Montgomery Ward
Ssccees
Motorola Radio Eee
Murray Corporation
Nash Kelvinator Ee
National Biscuit Eee
National Cash Register
National
New York Central
North American Avia
North American
Sscccese
Northern Pacific
Cccsesses
Ohio Oil Company
Otis Elevator
Ewes
Sears Roebuck Eee
Bocony
WHS Aeeeedaeseessneee
Sete
Southern Pacific
Seseeesees
Een Eepeedagose Pu
Sperry Rp
Ee Standard Brands
Standard Oil Calif
Standard Oil
Standard Oil N. Ai
Stevens, J. P. Co
Stewart Warner
Ecccceesees Studebaker Corp
Swift & Company
Cceee
Sylvania Elec
Texas Company
Tex Gulf Products
Sonne Texas Gulf
Textron Corporation
United States Pine
United States Rubber
U. S. Smelting & Ref
United States Steel
Vanadivum Corporation Vick Chemical
Virginia Care Chemical
Warner Pictures
West Auto
Eceses West Maryland
Western Union
Western Electric
Seees Wilson Packing
Esess Woolworth & Co
Younestown S & T
Zenith Radio
Bitter Cold Grips North Across Regions
Bitter cold spreads across the north as air masses from Canada and the Dakotas drive temperatures below zero. International Falls Minnesota records 25 degrees below zero while Boston and Birmingham reach 32. Snow falls in New York and the eastern Great Lakes region with clear Midwest skies turning cloudy later.
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Canada
Dakotas
International Falls
Minn
Midwest
New York
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Boston
Birmingham
Ala
Great Plains
Wyoming
Continental Divide
Florida
Gainesville
Homestead
Miami
Fifty-One Go For Draft Test
Fifty-one local men traveled to Raleigh for pre-induction examinations for the January 6 call. A second group will depart January 15. Five men failed to appear: Wade E. Davis, Eugene L. Jenkins, James E. Hill, Harold L. Shaw, and Deuteronomy Mathews. Contact the Draft Board with any whereabouts.
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Raleigh
Armed Services
Draft Board
Wade E. Davis
Eugene L. Jenkins
James E. Hill
Harold L. Shaw
Deuteronomy Mathews
Mrs. L. A. Hubbard Dies In Thomasville
Mrs. L. A. Hubbard 87 died at City Memorial Hospital Thomasville after four months illness. Born Sarah Anderson in Wilkes County March 13 1865 she was married to L. A. Hubbard who died in 1933. Surviving children include Lester Spencer Bob Hubbard and five daughters and many grandchildren great grandchildren. Funeral at Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church High Point with viewing at Walker Funeral Home then church 10 to 11 tomorrow. Burial Elmwood Cemetery Charlotte.
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Thomasville
L. A. Hubbard
City Memorial Hospital
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
High Point
J. W. Levan
Walker Funeral Home
Elmwood
Charlotte
Temperature forecast as frigid air lingers
The Friendship Weather Bureau says temperatures stay near freezing with a night dip to around 20 degrees and a high near 46 today. Clouds increase tonight and Wednesday with a cooler mild day on Wednesday, after last night’s low around 21 and a predicted one degree drop tonight.
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Friendship Weather Bureau
Doan's Pills End Kidney Ailments Claims
Nagging backache fatigue headaches and dizziness may signal slow kidney function doctors stress the importance of healthy kidneys. Doan's Pills a mild diuretic used for over 50 years promise relief by aiding kidney tubes and filters to flush out waste.
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Dean
Doan
Former State Forester Beichler Dies at 50
W K Beichler former North Carolina State Forester 50 of near Garner died in a Raleigh hospital after illness began Saturday night He served as state forester 1945 1951 and held prior forestry posts in North Carolina Maryland and federal services Funeral set for Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Leigh burial in Philadelphia Survivors include his wife and a brother
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Raleigh
Philadelphia
Don P. Johnston
Wake Forest
American Forestry Association
Beichler
J. W. Whitefield
Pender
Forest Farmers Cooperative Association
Forestry
Trinity Lutheran Church
Leigh
May Abandon News Conferences For Periodic Reports Via TV
President elect Eisenhower may abolish House news conferences and report to the nation periodically by radio and television. Since his return last June he has shown little enthusiasm for conferences, preferring scripted, prepared broadcasts. The change could reduce missteps and provide controlled messaging to the public.
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James Marlow
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Korea
United States
Truman
Inquest Stated In Killing Of Convict
An Avery County inquest opened over the fatal shooting of convict Martin Chudnick a Brooklyn NY resident. State Prisons Director Walter Anderson said guard Dave Hall acted in self defense after Chudnick armed with a home made dagger refused to be escorted and forced a confrontation in the cellblock. Chudnick, year old, had been serving five to eight years for robbery with firearms since 1951.
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Raleigh
Avery
Martin Chudnick
Brooklyn N. Y
Walter Anderson
Dave Hall
Chudnick
Anderson
Gunmen Identified in Gastonia Mill Office Robbery
Two of three gunmen who robbed a Gastonia textile mill office of almost $2,000 last week are identified as escapees from a road gang. J Lander Gray named F C Bonner of Texas and Defoye Inman of Gastonia as suspects. Bonner, a life term inmate for accessory to murder, and Inman fled with two other convicts last October. the other two were captured.
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Gastonia
J. Lander Gray
Gray Mills, Inc
F. C. Bonner
Texas
Gray
Defoye Inman
Lon Haskett
Bonner
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