Heavy Buying Trend Continues At Local Furniture Market
At the High Point Furniture and Bug Market buyers stayed active with steady volume expected for 1954 after 1953. Attendance dipped as firms trimmed representation, but bedding, juvenile furniture, rugs, and plastics show strong demand. Notable items include Liberty Co room dividers with built in planters and glass top models, and space saving poudre designs.
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Southern Retail Furniture Association
Moon
Leo J. Heer
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Plane Crashes In Snowstorm Three Killed
A chartered cargo plane crashed while landing during a snowstorm at the Kansas City municipal airport, killing three men identified by CAB investigator P N Goldstein as Edward Dale Speaks 33 from Van Nuys Edward F Kaselak 39 from Miami and Frane R Williams 31 from Lykens Pennsylvania.
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Municipal Air Terminal
Jackson
Mich
General Motors Corp
P. N. Goldstein
Edward Dale Speaks
van Nuys
Calif
Edward F
Financier Young Frees Self to Seek New York Central Control
Robert R. Young and Allan P. Kirby resigned from the Chesapeake and Ohio board as Alleghany sold its C&O holdings to Cyrus S. Eaton. Eaton was elected board chairman, signaling a shift in power. The moves free Young and Kirby to pursue directorships on another carrier while Alleghany’s ties with C&O are fully severed.
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Robert R. Young
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
New York Central System
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Allan P. Kirby
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Alleghany Corp
Alleghany
James Blaine
Henry Guild
Harry Thompson
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Kirby
Eisenhower Begins Second Year In Office
President Eisenhower marks his second year in office with a ceremony in the White House to honor the first anniversary of his inauguration. He plans a breakfast with Dulles before he flies to Berlin for the Big Four talks, while aides note his good health and cheerful mood amid the demanding duties.
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White House
Blizzard Sweeps Midwest At Coldest Plains stretch
A blizzard swept across the Rockies and Plains as arctic air moved into the Midwest. Temperatures plunged to extreme lows in Montana and North Dakota, with additional snow and strong winds. Fog, drizzle, and widespread travel disruption followed as warm Gulf air clashed with the cold front.
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Associated Press
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DAV Record Defended by Official as Hearing Clash
The national adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans accuses a New York committee of trying to damage the DAV before hearings on fundraising. DAV cites more than 183 million dollars in benefits secured and an audit showing over five million in tag donations and a two million dollar net profit. Corbly says Kerner’s NY statement was released before testimony and warped the facts to smear the DAV.
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National Adjutant of the Disabled American Veterans
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Vivian D. Corbly
Cincinnati
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Exporter Refused Permission To Ship Butter To Russia
Secretary of Commerce Weeks denied an export license for Dwayne Andreas of the Honeymead Co. to ship American butter to Russia. The action follows an offer to sell surplus butter below market, with the government price support around 65 cents a pound and U.S. retail prices near 73 to 75 cents.
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Washington
Weeks
Minnesota
Russia
Commerce Department
Dwayne Andreas
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Honeymead Co
Mankato
Minn
Andreas
Inington
Bricker Amendment Vote Urged by Senator George
Senator George urged Republicans to push for a Senate vote on the Bricker amendment dispute over treaty powers. He supports a roll call test on a section critics call dangerous to states rights, while Senate leader Knowland seeks a compromise and Republicans hinge on pending votes.
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Sen
George
D-Ga
Todo
Senate
Knowland
California
Bricker
Ohio
Eisenhower
Holland Sees New Unity In Southern Democrats Rise
Washington Senator Holland reports signs of renewed unity between Southern Democrats and national leaders. He expects the shift to benefit November congressional elections. He cites changes since the Chicago rally and notes Stevenson’s evolving stance and reduced anti Southern oath influence.
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Moreena
Eisenhower
Atlanta
Pneasy
Unemployment Claims Soar to Postwar Peak
Washington bureau reports 467 500 jobless claims filed for the week ending May 8, the largest weekly total since August 1945. The figure signals unemployment may exceed two million nationwide.
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UM — Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Employment Security
Dulles Prepares for Berlin Atom Talks
Secretary of State Dulles readies for talks with Molotov in Berlin to discuss a U S proposal to pool atomic energy for peaceful use. Dulles met Zarubin twice, signaling broader negotiations on when how and where full scale atoms for peace could occur under an international agency.
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Dulles
Molotov
U. S
Georgi N. Zarubin
State Department
Berlin
Zarubin
Eisenhower
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Britain
India completes turnover of 21,809 anti Red prisoners at Panmunjom
Panmunjom reports say India handed over 14,227 Chinese and 7,582 North Koreans to the U N Command ending more than three years of captivity. Some prisoners chose to return home or to a neutral country as talks continued despite Red China protests.
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Prisoners in New Villages to Be Reeducated and Reintegrated
Nationalist sources say prisoners will be held in special villages for an undetermined period for re education before choosing civilian life or joining Nationalist forces. A few American British and South Korean prisoners who remained with the Communists stayed in the neutral zone compound as Reds refused to take them. U S Army Secretary.
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Two Abductors Split Up One Confesses And Blames Other
San Francisco police report two former private detectives linked to the Case of the Kidnapped Twin split up today. One man confessed and blamed the other, who largely stayed silent. Leonard Moskovitz aged 36 was rescued unharmed after 22 days in captivity. Ransom demands reached 500000 then 300000, with no payment. The victims’ kin and Dist Atty reviewed Bodily Harm penalties under Little Lind h Law. Lear 43 Sacramento and Harold Jackson 57 Sacramento were arrested after a stocking-foot raid led to the rescue.
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Leonard Moskovitz
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Moskovitz
Thomas Lynch
Joseph William Lear
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Calif
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Harold Jackson
Jackson
Chinese and Korean War Pows Leave Panmunjom in Return
In Panmunjom the first of the POWs from China and North Korea march out of the neutral zone amid cheering and drums. Chinese and North Korean veterans, some veterans of 1950, ride away in American trucks as U.S. and UN military leaders observe, including Secretary of the Army Robert Stevens and Generals Hull and Taylor.
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Imjin
Hans
Acreage Conferees Begin Cotton Allotment Talks Today
Washington conferees open talks to resolve Senate and House differences on cotton acreage for the next crop year. Senators favor 21 379 000 acres as a one year emergency measure while the House seeks 21 15 million with permanent changes. Projected reductions reach about 33 percent.
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Senate
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Congress
Benson
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