Steady Price Line Foresees Normal Market At Furniture Mart Opening
The 55th semi annual Southron Furniture and Rug Market opens Monday with steady prices, selective buying, and strong attendance. Two week show through July 19 expects an active but not ballooning market as manufacturers seek value amid rising costs and shipping concerns. Market officials say local buyers will arrive prepared to buy, clearing inventories for better fill in purchases. Press Day tomorrow will bring 1,500 registered buyers and media guests.
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Joe Brown
Southron
Chicago
Uct
Dixie
Paul Casey
Lieve
Weather report forecasts 92 high and 65 low today
The forecast calls for a high of 92 and a low of 65. Last night’s low was 65 and yesterday’s high appeared as 00 in the record.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Maxie Ross
Asheville
Los Angeles
Seer
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Montreal
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
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Richmond
Louis
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington Wilminet
Toll Nears 400 Fatals in July Fourth Holiday
Violent deaths during the holiday period push toward the 400 mark as homeward travel continues. The National Safety Council forecasts a toll near 430 for the 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight Sunday window, with 226 lives already lost and 101 drownings reported along with 42 other deaths.
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North Carolina Republicans head to Chicago for GOP Convention
About 30 NC Republicans left Winston-Salem by train at 2 p m for Chicago to attend the National GOP Convention. The group included five official delegates, five alternates and one of the delegation pages. Duke University to hold its second annual laboratory conference for science teachers July 21 25 offering practical experiments suited to school labs.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Chicago
Durham
Duke University
Carolinas Bankers Conference Opens in Chapel Hill
Bankers from the Carolinas and several Southern states convene the 16th annual conference in Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the North and South Carolina Bankers Associations, the two state banking departments and the University of North Carolina, the event begins Monday.
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Chapel Hill
Carolinas
Southern States
North and
South Carolina
North Carolina Clerks elect officers at annual conference
The 34th North Carolina Association of Superior Court Clerks ended its conference in Wrightsville Beach with Thomas E. Rhodes of Lincolnton chosen as president. W. Babcock of Tarboro and Kermit Laur ence of Mt. Airy were named vice presidents, and John King of Franklin was elected treasurer.
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Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Association of Superior Court Clerks
Thomas E. Rhodes
Lincolnton
Babcock
Tarboro
Kermit Laurence
Mt. Airy
John King
Ranklin
Adjournment Stall Tangles Atomic Bill in Senate Rush
Senate blocks House rider on atomic energy funds at midnight amid last day of 82nd Congress as lawmakers push to adjourn. Leaders gauge pace on many bills including defense appropriations social security and farm price supports before next session.
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Washington
Senate
House
82Nd
Congress
Styles Bridges
Sam Rayburn
Keep Fair Deal, Say Senators
Ten Democratic senators urged nominating a fighting liberal and adopting a New Deal Fair Deal platform to defeat the Republicans in 1952. They called for world peace, full employment, federal aid to education and housing, civil rights, fair employment practices, and strong anti monopoly measures. They named no candidate but urged unity behind a bold platform and warned against reactionary forces.
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Republican Party
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Mont
Herbert H. Lehman
N.Y
William Benton
Conn
John C. Pastore
R.I
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Warren G. Magnuson
Wash
Harley M. Kilgore
W.va
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Springfield
Ill
Stevenson
Houston
Tex
Averell Harriman
Illinois
Planting
Truman
Harriman
Chicago
Dallas
Eisenhower Taft clash dominates GOP convention kickoff
Chicago readers watch Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sen. Robert A. Taft arrive amid a furiously split Republican Party as preconvention battles spark calls for harmony. Warren, Stassen, and Fine join the scene with vows of unity and hard campaigning. Eisenhower pledges he will never give up.
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Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Taft
Stassen
Conrad Hilton
Philadelphia
Fine says he favors Eisenhower for GOP nomination
The Pittsburgh Press reports Gov. John S. Fine told top Pennsylvania GOP leaders he backs Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for the Republican nomination. How and when he will announce remains uncertain as a Chicago caucus approaches, with Fine's 25 to 30 uncommitted delegates likely to swing to Eisenhower. Taft has claimed 20 Pennsylvania delegates.
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Pittsburgh Press
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
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Netcen
Chicago
U. S
James H. Duff
Fine
Gen
Eisenhower
Taft
Tentative GOP National Convention Schedule
Here is a tentative schedule for the Republican national convention from Monday to Thursday. It lists calls to order, invocations, greetings by officials, keynote address by Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur, and various committee and address times across Monday and Tuesday with multiple religious and civic figures noted.
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Chicago
Guy G. Gabrielson
Joseph Simonson
National Lutheran Council
New York
Martin H. Kennelly
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Charles P. Howard
Republican National Committee
Gabrielson
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Walter S. Hallanan
Douglas A. MacArthur
J. H. Clayborn
The
Methodist Church
Little Rock
Ark
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Marguerite S. Church
James P. Kem
Missouri
Archibald J. Carey
Suerte
Hellel Silver
Temple of Cleveland
Convention Schedule for Republican National Committee Event
Permanent chairman former President Herbert Hoover and Gov. Howard Pyle of Arizona set Wednesday agenda with 11 30 a m CDT invocation by Bishop Fred P Carson. Speakers include Gov John S Fine Mrs Gilford Mayes Herbert B Warburton Patrick J Hurley and Sen Joseph McCarthy.
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Herbert Hoover
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Fred P. Carson
Council of Bishops of the Methodist Church
Philadelphia
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Gilford Mayes
Idaho
Republican National Committee
Herbert B. Warburton
Delaware
Young Republicans’ National Federation
Patrick J. Hurley
Reblican
MacArthur Boosted as VP Speculation Sweeps GOP
July 5 Chicago dispatch reports a surge of support for General Douglas MacArthur as a possible vice presidential pick at the Republican National Convention. Taft forces push for a Taft MacArthur ticket, with Hoover lobbied to back Taft and Eisenhower camp among rival factions.
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Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Taft
New York
Ervin Hohensee
MacArthur
Hohensee
Robert A. Taft
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Waldorf-Astoria
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Platform Changes Hint at Defense Tone Shift in GOP
Chicago July 5 Republican platform drafters agreed to tone down a proposed national defense plank urging a sharp expansion in air power. Eisenhower aides and rivals clash over how much air force strength to push, with Dulles and Herter shaping the compromise amid questions about universal military training. The draft also moves farm policy to a nonpartisan board, removing secretary Brannan from price and policy decisions.
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Chicago
Christian Herter
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower Himelf
John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
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Navy
GOP
National Committee
Bonner Fellers
U. S
Truman
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