20 Tar Heel Lives Taken On Holiday
Twenty North Carolinians died during a Fourth of July holiday period as 122 traffic accidents produced 13 highway deaths and 223 injuries. Drownings added six more fatalities with one swimming accident. Notable highway victims included Scott Murdock, Anson T. Swain, Hubert King, William Whitehurst Jr, James Balance, Richard Rathbone, Richard Saunders, Jesse Wiggins, and others near Statesville, Durham, Winston-Salem, Grimesland, Haywood County, and Franklinville. Drownings included Theodore Anderson, Miles Williams Jr., Louis McDaniel, and Wade Nichols at various local spots. The year’s highway toll rose to 510.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Highway Patrol
Scott Murdock
Statesville
Anson T. Swain
Durham
Winston-Salem
Hubert Eugene King
William C. Whitehurst Jr
James Lloyd Balance
Greenville
Grimeslawa
Richard B. Rathbone
Haywood
Richard Eugene Saunders
Ramseur
Franklinville
Jesse Wiggins
Bryson City
North Carolina
Theodore Anderson
South Mills
Miles Williams Jr
Louis McDaniel
Durham High School
Wade Nichols
Mount Airy
Line of play in bridge hand by Oswald Jacoby
In a four handed bridge problem, South wins with hearts, draws trumps, discards spades, then leads a low club. The proposed line pressures West into misdefense, leveraging possible singleton or doubleton clubs to defeat the contract.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Cincinnati
South
Declarer
West
Stock List Shows Wide Range of Stocks and Percentages
New York stock list features many firms with listed percentages across diverse sectors. Major names include Allied Chemical, American Can, Coca Cola, General Electric, General Foods, IBM not present. entries show price percent changes and approximate sales figures alongside numerous rail and industrial concerns. The list aggregates top performers and decliners in a single afternoon update.
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New York
Adams Express
Allied Chemical & Dye
Alleghany Corporation
Allis Chalmers Mig
American Rad & St S .Seeses
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Essesesers
Anaconda Copper Een
Neee
Armour & Coeeeeee
Atchison, Top & SF
Eseessees
Atlantic Coast
Sseosees
Atlantic
Esceesseeees
Atlas Powder
Sessesseeeses Veo Manufacturing
Cseeres Aldwine Lima Eee
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Airplane
Borden Company
Borg Warner
Briggs Manufacturing
Budd Company
Ceeereceeeee
Burlington Mills
Burroughs Adding Mach Calumet & Hector
Canada Dry
Secees
Canadian Pacific
Carolina Power & Lt Case
J. I
Caterpillar
Cleanese Corps
Campion Paper & F
Chesapeake & Ohio
Crysler Corporation
Coca Cola
Columbia Gas & Ele Commercial Credit
Consolidated Edison Consolidated Vultee
Continental Can
Continental Motor
Continental Oil
Curtis Wright
Curtis Wright A
Delaware’ Lack & We Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical
Dupont de Nemour
Pactaun Avilinac I
Zvedulcl
Prreee
Fee Eastman Kodak
Electric Auto Lite
Emerson R & P
Eee
Firestone Rubber
Freeport Sulphur
General Foods
General Electric
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Cessiers Great Northern Ry
Hudson Motor Eee
Illinois Central
International Harvest
Nick Can
Tel & Tel Eee
Louisville & Nashville
Mack Trucks
Texas
Motoroladio
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
Escescesesse National Cash Register
National Dairy
National Distillers
Scessesceeessel
New York Central
North American Avia
Cees
Northern Pacific
Watermelon production and consumption in 1951 U S
The National Geographic Society reports 83 297 000 watermelons valued at 30 297 000 dollars were grown and consumed in the United States in 1951.
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National Geographic Society
United
Credentials Committee Must Decide Ballot Fight
Eisenhower forces pressed a bitter contest to seats 42 Taft delegates at the Republican convention with Georgia Louisiana and Texas disputes dominating. Taft backers argue a Taft edge on the credentials committee though Eisenhower team aims to bar contested delegates or restrict voting. appeals continue on Georgia Louisiana Texas cases and potential rules change.
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Credentials Committee
Chicago
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenshower
Georgia
Louisiana
Texas
Taft
Florida
Kansas
Mississippi
Missouri
Puerto Rico
National Committee
Earl Warren
Slight Damage In Crash At Plain View Grocery
A minor accident at 11 10 a m yesterday in front of Plain View Grocery on Ki vett Drive caused $125 in damage to two cars. Mae M Collins and Grover C Hensley were the drivers involved. no injuries or arrests were reported. The Studebaker sustained about $100 damage to the left rear, and the Chevrolet about $25 to the right rear fender.
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Plain View
Kivett Drive
Dave Mount
Studebaker
Mae M. Collins
West Green Street
Grover C. Hensley
East Green Street
Chevrolet
Prayer for Today Blesses Approaching Political Conventions
A blessing asks God to guide upcoming political conventions and leaders to heed divine precepts. James Kinard of Newberry College, South Carolina signs the prayer urging faithfulness and divine favor for the nation.
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God of the Nations
James ©. Kinard
Newberry, S. C
Newberry College
Ashville Joins High Point Fire Department Training
George T. Ashville becomes the department’s newest member and trains at Fire Station No. 2 under Chief Claude Canady. He replaces Garry Mabry who was transferred to a clerk position as the department remains two firemen short.
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George T. Ashville
High Point Fire Department
Claude Canady
Ashville
Garry Mabry
Canady
U S Ally Leads in Early Mexican Election Returns
A U S backed candidate Adolfo Ruiz Cortines leads still-fragmentary returns from Mexico's election. PRI's Cortines shows 24,299 votes, with Miguel Alemán San Guzmán second at 3,491. Other totals include Efrain Gonzalez Luna 1,179 and Vicente Lombardo Toledano 689. Official results begin next Sunday.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Party of Revolutionary Institutions
PRI
Miguel San Guzman
Confederation of People’s Parties
Efrain Gonzalez Luna
National Action Party
PAN
Vicente Lombardo Toledano
Canadian Hotels Depend on Alcohol and Meals Revenue
Figures indicate over half of hotel revenue in Canada comes from beer wine and liquor sales. Room rents contribute more than 23 percent and meals account for just over 18 percent of earnings.
Republicans Of State Plan Caucus Today
The North Carolina delegation to the Republican convention planned an early morning caucus to distribute credentials and handle duties after late arrival by train. Delegates postponed business due to festivities. Taft leads Eisenhower 14 to 10 with two uncommitted in the latest AP poll.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Robert A. Taft
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Rufus A. Sowers Died Yesterday in Greensboro
Rufus A. Sowers 49 resident of 516 Centennial Avenue died at Garden Terrace Hospital Greensboro Sunday at 3 pm after illness since February. Born Sept 20 1902 in McDowell County he moved from Hickory three years ago to work as a carpenter. Survived by wife Evelyn Grimstead, mother Martha J Sowers, two children from a prior marriage and four stepchildren plus a sister and four grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 10 am Cumby Orrell Mortuary chapel with Rev. Julian A. Lindsey, burial in Oakwood Cemetery Statesville.
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Rufus A. Sowers
Centennial Avenue
Garden Terrace
Greensboro
Mr. Sowers
McDowell County
John Robert
Martha Jean Godfrey Sowers
Hickory
Cumby- Orrell
Julian A. Lindsey
Centenary Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Statesville
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Tesson
Jacoby
Akoes
East
Pacific Gas & Elec
Packard Motor Peewee
Paramount Pictures
Penney J.C. Co
Pennsylvania RR
Philco Corporation
Ecseess
Phillips Petroleum
Pittsburgh
Scr & B
Pullman Company
Pure of Cosissssece Radio Corporation
Os Radio Keith Orpheum
Remington Kana
Republic Steel
Reynolds Tob B
Seaboard al RR Eeeweere
Sears Roebuck
Eer
Socony Vac
Saeacheawaeesed
Aaa
Southern Pacific
Ss Southern Railway
Sperry ‘Corp Topo
Standard Oil Calif
Ceeseee
Standard Oil Ind
Swift & Company
Sylvania Elec Prod
Wesssesees
Texas Company
Diessaabrevse 58
Texas Gulf
Textron Corporation
Timken Det
Trans America
Standard Oil N. J
Stevens. J. P. Co
Union Carbide
Ccesscesseses
Union Pacific
United Airlines
Grant
Charles Adams
Gratz Brown
N. Y. Tribune
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Adams
Zemo
U. S
Lester Morgan
Lester’s Jewelers
N. Main
Washington ST
Republicans of
State Plan Caucus Today
B. Piner & Son
Willow St
KODAK
Pine ST
Grace Flower Shop
High Point
N. Wrenn & Howell
Sts
John Wayne
Americas
Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, Ns
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