Stock Market Edges Up Toward New Highs in Spotty Trading
The New York market edged toward a new high in early afternoon trading with gains to around a point on many issues. Aircraft, oils, steels, tobaccos, chemicals and some rubbers led advances, while rails and most motors fell. Major movers included Champion Paper near 3 points higher, A M Byers up 4 percent then trimmed, and American Telephone fluctuating but ending with a gain. U S government bonds ticked higher as 1 p.m. quotes came in.
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New York
Champion Paper
A. M. Byers
American Telephone
North American Aviation
Douglas Air
Cotton futures drift as market opens mixed on Monday
Cotton futures opened with a 25 cent drop to 30 cents gains, as traders track a broad list of major U S and industrial stocks including American Can Allied Chemical Dow Chemical and Gulf Oil amid varied early activity.
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NEW York
Southern Rwy
J. P. Stevens Co
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
Westinghouse Electric Co
U. S. Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
F. W. Woolworth Co
Acute Asthma Incidents Prompt Urgent Review
A brief notice reports acute asthma incidents linked to prescription errors in Green Mountain area. Officials warn caregivers to verify inhaler prescriptions and seek medical advice for sudden breathing difficulties. Community health teams advise immediate ER visits for severe symptoms.
Almond Pledges Continued Efforts to Resist Integration
Virginia Governor J Lindsay Almond Jr vows unyielding resistance to racial integration in public schools. In a radio-television address he rejects local option plans, hints at tax revenue as a battle focus, and urges private classes to continue in nine closed schools in Norfolk Charlottesville and Warren County while offering no plan to reopen.
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Virginia
Almond
Norfolk
Charlottesville
Warren Countty
Weather and local updates from Wednesday report
Fragmentary OCR note mentions weather and local clerk names. lacks clear events or specifics. No identifiable persons, places, or dates are present to form a full factual item.
Young Greensboro Mother Seeks Rabies Shots for Missing Daughter
Mrs. Robert Ray Wyrick waits for a call to confirm her four year old daughter Toreen Ren is safe after the child disappeared with father and dog. Police issued an arrest order when Wyrick did not appear for custody. The mother fears the child may have contracted rabies and seeks treatment for her.
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Greensboro
Robert Ray Wyrick
Toreen Ren
Ola
Wyrick
Robert Cahoon
Miami
Fla
Philadelphia
W. N.C
Northampton County Supt N L Turner on trial in embezzlement case
The state rests its case against Northampton County School Supt N L Turner on 88 charges including embezzlement and false pretense of more than 6000 dollars. Testimony opened with C W Mosely denying a 180 dollar check to his firm and bank witnesses linking the funds to Turner.
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Turnler
L. H. Mosely
M. & W. Well Co
Northampton
Turner
County Board of Education
Mae Boyce
Rich Square Bank
Well Company
SBI
J. B. Thompson
Rocky Mount
Thompson
Jim Durham
Tracks seldom last beyond forty thousand miles
The note indicates that tracks rarely exceed forty thousand miles in their service life. It implies durability limitations and typical wear patterns affecting railway or transit operations.
Optimism Grows at Mart as Market Boosts Furniture Firms
Heavy traffic at the mart sparks confidence among case goods and upholstery manufacturers. They report strong demand, with retailers planning for a better spring. Carpet and floor coverings firms note a first winter market style change, new wool nylon blends, patterns, and colors attracting Southern retailers adding soft floor departments.
Movie Pioneer DeMille Dies Chronology of Epic Films
The obituary traces Cecil B. DeMille from his 1913 start with The Squaw Man to later epics like The Ten Commandments and The Greatest Show on Earth. It notes early budgets, box office records at Paramount, and his birth in 1881 in Ashfield Massachusetts. It also mentions Australia’s colonial history and general context of his career.
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Hollywood
Jesse Lasky
Paramount Studio
DeMille
Ashfield
Mass
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Associated Press
Richmond, Va
J.lindsay Almond Jr
Wfmy-Tv
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Kangeree
RCA Victor
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Admiral
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Wsjs-Tv
Winston-Salem
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Noo M Ues
Harvey Dinkemervey
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Dick) Hoones
Wsoc-Tv
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Wednwadat
Ante Tel
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WBTV
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Mise Brooks
Turner Defense
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Larry Parks
Constance Smith
Dan
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New Holland
Jiffy Car Wash
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Dial
Rialto
Robert Mitchum
Robert Yaugner
Ieve
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N. Hamilton
Shirt Service
Center Theatre
John Martin
NEW York Times
Ted Colmer
Ee Poles
London
Eastman
BOX Office
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Technicolor
Auntie Mame
Rosalind Russell
Forrest Tucker
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Willard Waterman
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Betty Comden
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