New Buyers Register Market's 2nd Week Begins
A new wave of buyers registered at the Southern Furniture and Rug Market as winter showings entered their second week. Week one attendance reached 3,264, down from 3,767 last year, with noon totals climbing to 4,912 as buyers awaited better road conditions. Dealers report mixed orders, catalog-driven purchasing, and emphasis on quick delivery to meet a shifting retail trend. Lamp firms show optimism with rising wrought-iron interest.
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Southern Furniture and Rug Market
High Point
Mt. Airy
Hemingways Survive Two Crashes In East Africa
Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife survived two plane crashes in Uganda while on a safari with pilot Roy Marsh. After the failed takeoffs near Murchison Falls, the party rode by road to Entebbe, later boarding a rescue plane that also suffered damage. no one was hurt.
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Uganda
Ernest Hemingway
Central East Africa
Upper Nile
Hemingways
Entebbe
Lake Victoria
Roy Marsh
Nairobi
Kenya
Murchison Falls
Marsh
Hemingway
East African Airways
Cessna
R. C. Jude
British Overseas Airways
Victoria Nile River
Bullaba
Lake Albert
Art
Mary Welsh
Havana
Cuba
East Africa
Look Magazine
Eisenhower outlines eight point housing reform plan
President Eisenhower asked Congress to authorize four more years of public housing with 140000 new units and a 35000 annual rate. He proposed private enterprise participation, longer term mortgages with smaller down payments, and aggressive federal leadership to spur a competitive economy while still aiding slum clearance. The plan aims for good housing in good neighborhoods for all Americans.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Dickenson Described As Sick Man
Dickenson, a former POW who switched to the Communists and faces unlawful dealing with the enemy charges, is described as run down and nervous by attorney Lt. Col. Edward Hendrick. The case prompts Army review of whether he will face court martial as threats and political tensions ripple through the Defense Department.
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Washington
Edward S. Dickenson
Edward W. Hendrick
Crackers Neck
Hendrick
Military District of Washington
Judge Advocate General Staff
Wilton B. Persons Jr
Persons
Eisenhower
Army
Dickenson
Defense Department
Norman F. Sprowl
Washington Command
Sprowl
West
Baton
Walter Reed Hospital
Six Violent Deaths Reported in North Carolina
The weekend saw six deaths across North Carolina from shooting and weather. In Yancy County three men Royce Wheeler Alson McIntosh and Jess Jobe died after a rural shooting at Jack's Creek with Wheeler said to have shot the others before killing himself. Ben Shinault died after being struck by a taxi in Mount Airy. Two men died from exposure in snow and sleet near Fuquay Springs Varina and Wayne County.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Burnsville
Royce Edgar Wheeler
Alson Nealy McIntosh
Jess Jobe
Jack’s Creek
Yancy County
Highway Patrol
Wheeler
Ben Shinault
Winston-Salem
Mount Airy
John C. Matthews
Rt. 1
Varina
Fuquay Springs
Ervin Brown
New Hope
Wayne County
Swollen Rivers Begin Easing Down Across North Carolina
Heavy rains and melting snow flooded Eastern North Carolina as crests moved downstream. Cape Fear at Fayetteville fell from 47 to 45.1 feet, Elizabethtown flood crest expected near 33 feet, Neuse dropping below 21 feet, Goldsboro rising to about 23 feet, Tar River near Rocky Mount about 2.5 feet over banks with crest likely today.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Ant Caves
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Elizabethtown
Neuse
Smithfield
Goldsboro
Rocky Mount
Johnston Urges Prosecution Over 2200 Dismissed Workers
Senator Olin Johnston accuses Attorney General Brownell of inaction over 2200 government workers fired under the loyalty security program. He demands prosecutions for any disloyal employees and questions Brownell should he fail to indict. Johnston also attacks the GOP for deceit and demagoguery.
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Washington P
Olin Johnston
D-8.c
Atty
Gen
Brownell
Eisenhower
Johnston
Tariff Cuts Not Likely Despite Commission Report
Washington Republicans advised President Eisenhower to expect little action by Congress to lower tariffs this year. The 102 page Foreign Economic Policy Commission report urged 5 percent yearly cuts and permits to reduce tariffs to 50 percent of import value, sparking dissent from Reed who warned unemployment and business harm. The panel also proposed a three year extension of the Reciprocal Trade Act and lifting the 50 percent floor from 1945 rates.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
United States
Foreign Economic Policy Commission
Clarence B. Randall
Chicago
Inland Steel Co. Board
Reed
Daniel A. Reed
R-Ny
House
Ways and Means Committee
Commission
Bricker Pact Seen Possible
Washington Republicans told President Eisenhower they hope to compromise on the Bricker amendment limiting treaty powers. Senate GOP leaders said no agreement yet but expected developments. Knowland planned to continue talks, Ferguson sought a compromise without success.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Bricker
Fisenhower
Sen
Knowland
California
Leny
Efort
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
Ohio
United States
Madrid Students Clash With Police Over Gibraltar Demand
Thousands of Madrid University students protest for the return of Gibraltar to Spain. Police on horseback and foot clash with demonstrators near the British embassy, with ten policemen and five students injured. The crowd then targets a British bank and the foreign ministry as Alvaro Artajo appears on a balcony and joins in song.
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Madrid
Madrid University
Gibraltar
Spain
Alberto Martin Artajo
Falange Party
AMA Endorses Ike Health Plan While Questioning Reinsurance
The American Medical Association backs many general objectives of President Eisenhower health proposals but doubts the re insurance plan as another government subsidy. A statement from AMA trustees after a meeting led by Dr Edward J McCormick notes support for the President’s message to Congress.
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Chicago T
Eisenhower
AMA
Edward J. McCormick
Congress
American Medical Assny
Virginians Set 9th District Convention to Name Candidate
Democrats in Virginia's 9th District will hold an early convention in Bristol next Saturday to nominate their Congressional candidate for the 1954 election year. The move signals an aggressive start to a campaign seen as shaping a closely divided House and Senate race nationwide. Republican William C. Wampler edged Democrat M. M. Long 35 047 to 32 735 in 1952 for the 9th District seat.
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Virginia
Bristol
Congress
Connecticut
Delaware
Ilinois
Rhode Island
U. S. Senate
New Hampshire
U. S. House
Senate
Morse
House
South
Sen
Taft
Rohio
Sen. Tobey
Richard Nixon
California
Old Dominion
North Carolina
William C. Wampler
M. M. Long
Thomas B. Fugate
High Point Hosts First Snow Sculpture Contest
City parks and recreation sponsor the debut snow sculpture contest after a four inch snow, drawing 373 entries across adult youth and children divisions. Judge Rich ard Riemer praised the effort and Alta Clary won first in the adult division with a 7 foot Soldier at Ease.
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High Point
City Parks and Recreation Department
Bill Stronach
Stronach
Richard Riemer
Riemer
Austria
Alta Clary
English St
Norman Hekler
City Parks and Recreation
Parks and Recreation Department
Arts and Crafts Workshop
Sturkey
Bidault Urges European Focus At Berlin Big Four Meet
French Foreign Minister Bidault urged the Big Four to settle German and Austrian issues before discussing Asia. He said European problems should guide the talks and opposed linking Austria with Korea or German unification to China accords. Molotov, Dulles, Eden, and Bidault opened Berlin talks in the Allied Control Authority building amid hopes for easing tensions.
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Berlin
George Bidault
Big Four
Reena
ITIL
Bidault
Austria
Korea
Germany
China
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Red China
Molotov
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Anthony Eden
Britain
France
Georges Bidault
Allied Control Authority
West Berlin
Dulles
Gabriel
Mitchell Called In T H Case During Taft-Hartley Hearings
Senate Labor Committee summoned Secretary of Labor Mitchell as first witness in hearings on Eisenhower’s 14 proposed Taft-Hartley revisions. Debate split along party lines over a secret poll of union members during strikes and Beeson’s NLRB nomination amid accusations of filibustering and political maneuvering.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Sen Ives
New York
Congress
Sen
HM. Alexander Smith
Albert C. Beeson
National Labor Relations Board
Smith
Lehman
D-Lib-Ny
Beeson
Labor
Martin P. Durkin
AFL Plumbers Union
Senate
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