Governors Visit Furniture Market Highlight Additions
Governors Thomas B. Stanley of Virginia and Luther H. Hodges of North Carolina toured the Furniture Market last week. Hodges joked about furniture statistics during a dedication ceremony for a new Exposition building addition as photographers captured exhibits and visitors in a crowded scene.
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Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Hodges
Exposition
Auto boom drives week of near record production
U S factories push near record June output across autos steel and retail demand. Auto makers GM Ford Chrysler post high weekly totals as government warns on money supply and price gains. Labor talks loom while stock markets wobble and congressional probes set February kickoff. Leaders forecast 1956 growth with tax relief not immediate.
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Toolmaker
Chicago
National Assn of Home Builders
Conklin
Event Life Insurance Co
Federal Reserve Board
Wall Street
Eisenhowr
Congress
Eisenhower
General Motors
Buick
Chevrolet
Ford
Chrysler
L. Colbert
Curtice
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
B. Earl Puckett
Allied Stores Corp
Durham Attacks Dixon-Yates Contract In Congress Visit
Rep Carl T Durham denounces the Dixon-Yates deal as bad government enterprise and warns it could open the door to private power domination of atomic energy. He predicts a minority report by Democrats on the Atomic Energy Committee within two weeks as the SEC reviews the contract linking Mississippi Valley Generating Co and Middle South Utilities to TVA energy needs.
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Dixon-Yates
U. S
Carl T. Durham
North Carolina
High Point
House of Representatives’ Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Dixon-Yates Combine
Tennessee Valley Authority
Atomic Energy Commission
TVA
AEC
Mississippi Valley Generating Co
West Memphis
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Middle South Utilities
Edgar Dixon
Southern Co
Eugene Yates
Ae Aan Ra Getaee Gui Code SA
Tva, of Course, Is Government In Business,” He Observed. “Dixon-Yates
Durham
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fragmented OCR shows varied bank and company names
A garbled OCR list presents numerous financial firms, banks, utilities, and retailers with scattered names like Alabama Mills, Amer Hospital Supply, Bank of America, Garfinckel, Mountain Tel, and Maryland Casualty. Place and date details are absent. the text reads as an unterminated catalog of corporate references.
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Alabama Mills
Amer & Efird
Amer
Amer Merta
Lure Amer Marietta Ptd
Amer Trust Co Aeeeedeue
Anvil
Ciess Auto Finance
Bank of Ametica
Bent Lomba
Bel!, Inc
Butta Lipo
Sneceess
Retina
Casus
Carolina Ay Ptd
Carolina Es
Carolina Tel & Tel
Central Tel
Chadbourn
Chatham Srg
Colonia
Aston
Frankuntte
Garfinckel J
Garfinckel
Gariock
Chase If Life Tsanes
Mountain Tel
Lowa
Southern Utilities Irving Trust Co
Shaneard Tass
K Press
Fithia
Um Corp of
Vnce Burge Beste Sass
Ilan Co
Catfish Refuses To Play Dead In Shelby Tale
Shelby man Elmer Gladden caught a catfish and stored it in the refrigerator. Three days later the fish revived while being prepared, swimming around the basin. Gladden released the fish back into a nearby lake rather than finishing it for supper.
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Catfish
Elmer Gladden
Shelby
Gladden
New Locomotives Installed in December and November
The Association of American Railroads reports 9 new locomotive units added in December, following 37 new installations in November. The data reflects ongoing growth in rail equipment, highlighting continued expansion in freight locomotive fleet nationwide.
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Washington ‘P
Association of American Railroads
1954 Economy Shows Mixed Shifts In Major Sectors
A review of 1954 trends in six key sectors shows consumer spending and construction rising while business spending on equipment and some government outlays fell. Inventories were reduced as demand steadied, with consumer demand and construction continuing long growth, and government security spending easing after 1953 peaks.
YMCA to Launch Industrial Management Club
An Industrial Management Club at the YMCA is to be organized with a Feb. 15 dinner meeting at 6:30 PM. Jim Lowe, former president of the National Council of the YMCA, will speak, and Charles Hayworth leads the plans with Don from the National Council outlining benefits. Bob Baker, YMCA industrial secretary, invites interested locals to learn more.
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YMCA
Jim Lowe
National Council of the Ton
Charles Hayworth
National Council
Don Industrial Field Representa For
National Council of the Ymca
Bob Baker
Canadian Recession Mirrors U S Trends In 1950s
The Canadian economy followed the U S pattern with weaker business, a sharp wheat sales drop, and demand shift from durable goods to non-durables and services. Cuts in federal defense spending and slower new plant growth were common, though overall impact was lighter than in the United States.
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U. S
Canada
United States
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Northarto
Walter Breede JR
New York
Uto
Nati Life & Ace
Ee Esie Corp
Waters Telephone
Cowy Ee
Piedmont Aviation
Pwr
Tay Taylor Biscuit
Athimer
St . Sit
Estern Car
West Point
Prospectus Car
N.C
Consumer
Pearance
MAM
National
J. C. Maxwell
Edinburgh
Guilford
N. Main St
Charlotte, N. G
Archie B. Carroll JR
C.L.A
NEW England Mutual Life Insurance Company OF
Boston
Mutual Life Insurance
America
George P. Clark, JR
George D. Davis
CO. L. 0
High Point, N.C
North Main Street
TAR Heel Paving CO
Roland Cecil
A. FF
MOORR
Grace Flower Shop
Wrenn & Howell
High Point Savings and Trustee
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