One Bale To Acre Is Urged For North Carolina Cotton
North Carolina farmers should aim for at least one bale per acre in 1954, urged M. G. Mann head of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Assn. He urged planting every acre of the 1954 allotment but warned against overplanting. He warned of potential 60 million dollar income loss due to reduced acreage under government controls, and noted a 1953 yield of about 280 pounds per acre.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
M. G. Mann
General Manor
North Carolina Cotton Gearers Assn
Mann
Second Round Shapes In Stock Fight
Raleigh based Carolina Telephone Co fights a Utilities Commission ruling on stock issuance and price. The commission required at least 115 dollars per share for 33 320 shares and ordered distribution to shareholders. Carolina plans to appeal to the Supreme Court after a first round victory for the commission in Tarboro.
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Raleigh
Carolina Telephone Co
Utilities Commission
Commission
Tarboro
Walter J. Bone
Nashville
Carolina Telephone
Carolina
Supreme Court
Burley Prices Hold About Steady in Tennessee Markets
Fragmentary reports from Tennessee burley markets show prices holding near Monday's average of 50.53 per hundredweight. Athens topped the day at 52.47, Greeneville led by volume with 717,332 pounds at 49.90, Knoxville moved 661,890 pounds at 52.04, and Johnson City traded 325,114 pounds at 49.97. Overall sum records 3,140,000 pounds across 13 markets yielding 1,587,015 to growers.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
Athens
Greeneville
Knoxville
Johnson City
Clover’s Introduction to England and America
The passage notes that clover was brought to England in the 17th century and subsequently introduced to the United States, marking its spread as an agricultural crop across both regions.
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England
The
United States
Early railway passenger coaches echoed road coach designs
The first passenger railway coaches reused the same vehicle type as road coaches from the era when railways were first constructed.
Mirror of Your Mind
Not in the minds of well informed people though until recent years patients confined in mental institutions were often spoken of as nutty.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Public acceptance of mental therapy rises in US
Studies show rapid recoveries and voluntary hospital admissions reach 90 percent over twenty years. Evidence indicates stuttering and speech defects are more common in boys, with boys learning to talk slower due to parental encouragement for independence and harsher punishment for overstepping.
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United States
Winter Carnival Bridge Tale Stirs St Paul Scene
Oswald Jacoby recalls a past Winter Carnival bridge tale in which West doubles four hearts for carnival flair but fails to yield a true double. Morris Freier of Minneapolis defends and misreads the suit sequence leading to a dramatic successful slam. The story ends with a humorous exchange about finding a double in the bidding.
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St. Paul
West
Morris Freier
Minneapolis
Freier
ROKs Oppose GI Withdrawal
The South Korean National Assembly adopted a resolution opposing the United States plan to withdraw two Army divisions from Korea.
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Seoul
South Korean National Assembly
United States
Korea
Watchdog May Have Been Vampire Beast
A Labrador like watchdog said to leap six feet may be the Bladenboro vampire beast blamed for blood drained dog carcasses. A. R. Stanton of Lumberton claimed his dog Big Boy, given to an Indian boy near Bladenboro, could have been the monster feared by the town.
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Lumberton
N. C
Bladenboro
A. R. Stanton
Big Boy
Big Lamp
Bledenboro
Stanton
Kaum
Manton
Koreans Convicted Of Betraying Gen Dean
Two Koreans were convicted yesterday of betraying Major General William F. Dean to the Communists in 1950. Choe Chong Bong was sentenced to death and Han Doo Kyoo to life imprisonment after admitting they accepted $5 rewards from the Reds. They claimed they were trying to aid Dean when he was captured as the 24th Division commander.
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Avaad
William F. Dean
Choe Chong Bong
Han Doo Kyoo
Dean
Three New Armories Planned In North Carolina
National Guard armories planned for Fayetteville North Wilkesboro and Goldsboro at about 100000 each. Adj Gen Hall M says the Fayetteville North Wilkesboro and Goldsboro armories will house units from the 119th Infantry and 112th Field Artillery. Bids for a new Kinston armory are to be opened January 21.
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Raleigh
Fayetteville
North Wilkesboro
Goldsboro
North Carolina Armory Commission
National Guard Bureau
Washington
National Guard
Adj
John Hall M
Wi House Co
119Th Infantry
112Th Field Artillery
Swine Disease Outbreak Brought Under Control in Hertford County
In North Carolina the vesicular exanthema outbreak in Hertford County is contained. Dr. H J Rollins reports 163 pigs and sows destroyed to avert a federal quarantine, with farms in the area under observation and indemnity payments not yet calculated.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hertford County
H. J. Rollins
Two Die in Suspected Double Homicide and Suicide
In Columbus North Carolina sheriff reports a double death near Pea Ridge. Mrs. R. E. Thompson, 35, was shot in the heart in her home. Broadus Shean, 40, a boarder and carpenter, apparently shot himself. A .22 rifle was used in both killings.
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Columbus
N. C
Lloyd Panther
Polk County
R. E. Thompson
Pea Ridge
Broadus Shean
Panther
Thompson
Shean
Chief Littlejohn Cleared Of Misconduct Charges In Charlotte
Four day hearing ends with Charlotte Police Chief Frank N. Littlejohn cleared on all counts of misfeasance nonfeasance and malfeasance. State failed to prove probable cause for indictment. Detective W B Stogner also cleared amid remarks of departmental corruption from Judge Rudisill.
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Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Littlejohn
J. C. Rudisill
W. B. Stogner
Rudisill
Mecklenburg County
Alonzo G. Squires
Uires
Charlotte Moose Lodge
C. C
Doc) Sharpe
Edens Elected President of Methodist Colleges Association
Duke University executive Hol lis Edens of Durham North Carolina was chosen as president of the National Association of Methodist Schools and Colleges during the group’s two day Cincinnati meeting. He succeeds Morning side College head Farr A Roadman. The convention also tied into the Association of American Colleges gathering and featured discussion on funding for Negro colleges led by Liston of Johnson C Smith University.
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Cincinnati
Hollis Edens
Duke University
Durham
N. C
National Assn. of
Methodist Schools and Colleges
Edens
Association
Listone
Farm fuel use accounts for about one twentieth of U S consumption
A historical note states that roughly one twentieth of all motor fuel used in the United States is consumed on farms, reflecting the scale of agricultural energy needs.
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United States
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