Afternoon Pickup At Southern Furniture Market Draws Visitors
The Southern Furniture and Rug market in High Point expects a surge as local store owners take the afternoon off to visit the market. Registration is lighter than earlier in the week with dealers hopeful for area customers. mail orders remain strong though some warn of tight shipping ahead of fall. James Manufacturing & Co showcases a Holiday living room group with novel modular arrangements and plastic fabric alternatives. Business is forecast to taper over the next two days before a rebound next week as New York exhibitors participate. Hotel rooms and private-home lodging are used to accommodate the influx.
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High Point
New York
James Manufacturing &Co
Police raid nets 79 arrests in New York gambling sweep
About 200 officers swept 103 gambling locations, arresting 79 people including several women. The investigation led by District Attorney Hogan traced a fast moving ring that supplied race information to gamblers citywide. Zucker and two Post staffers faced charges for supplying data aiding policy and lottery operations.
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New York
Frank S. Hogan
New York County
Hogan
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Yonkers
White Plains
New Rosen
New Jersey
Murray Zucker
Zucker
New York Post
King Features Syndicate
Western Union
Daily Mirror
The
Frank Ef, O'Sullivan
Charles de Nonno
Caldwell Inoculation Ends as Polio Epidemic Persists
Caldwell County completes inoculation of 10 800 children as 5 new polio cases raise county total to 91 with 2 deaths. Over 8 000 shots given in two days as volunteers help in the second mass campaign. Nearby Catawba reports 27 cases while pools close and cinemas restrict under 18s.
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Lenoir
N. C
Caldwell County
Montgomery
Ala
Catawba County
Catawba County Polio Restrictions Closes Pools and Activities
Catawba County officials under Dr. Benton V. D. Scott ordered all swimming pools closed and limited public activities for children to curb polio recurrences from 1944 and 1948. Sunday schools stop for youths and movie theater attendance limited to adults. Five new polio cases reported this week with total cases rising since June 7. Gamma globulin given as precaution to 51 contacts.
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Hickory
N. C
Catawba
Benton V. D. Scott
Scott
Brooklyn Firm Leases Local Building for New Branch Plant
Lorraine Fiber Mills Inc of Brooklyn has a three year lease on a Prospect Street Extension site. The plant, expected to open within 80 days, will manufacture springs for furniture and transportation sectors. About 5,250 feet of space is leased with a rumored $200,000 operation. officials did not comment.
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New York
Lorraine Fiber Mills, Inc
Brooklyn
Russell M. Williard
B & W Frame Works
Prospect Street
Williard
Cotton acreage in cultivation reported by U S Department
The Agriculture Department reports 24 618 000 acres of cotton in cultivation on July 1, down from 26 922 000 a year earlier and 22 029 000 on the 10 year July 1 average. A yield equal to the 10 year average would yield about 13 047 000 bales. Last year produced 15 136 000 bales. Secretary Benson urged farmers to reduce plantings by about 18 percent to avoid surplus and possible quotas. Carryover from strops adds slightly over 1 million bales. State figures include North Carolina 770 000 acres 102 percent and South Carolina 1 080 000 acres 97 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Benson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Soviet Tanks Roll Into East Berlin Amid Stay-At-Work Protests
Soviet tanks and troops moved into East Berlin as thousands of East German workers joined sit-down strikes and slowdowns across the Soviet zone. Refugees estimated up to 200 tanks, with about 10 000 workers active, pressed for the release of anti Communist prisoners and basic needs while clashes with police erupted in Red Berlin.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Red Army
Germany
Friedrichshain Park
Stalinalee
Onta Ipl
Heminant
Gable Wo Works
Red Berlin
Juena
Goertlitz
Zwickau
Borna
Red
West
Five Convicts Escape From Road Gang
In Halifax County near Enfield five prisoners escaped from a road gang camp after an attempted guard kidnapping. Joe Anderson reportedly wrestled a guard’s gun, triggering a confrontation that ended with the escapees fleeing as guards fired, leaving the officer unharmed. report continues on page two.
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Raleigh
Halifax County
Enfield
R. L. Turner
Halifax
Walter Anderson
Turner
Anderson
Joe Anderson
John Henry Wilson
Wilson
Millard Buter
Butler
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Reds Ready to Talk on Final Korean Armistice Details
Seoul reports the Communists say they will negotiate final armistice terms, though South Korea objects. A five minute Panmunjom meeting delivered a letter from the Red High command to Gen Mark Clark referencing a June proposal to sign now. The Reds demand guarantees on unification, responsibility for North Korean prisoners, and security against escapes, while Washington signals broad support for an agreement despite Rhee’s objections.
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Seoul
South Korea
Red High Command
Mark Clark
Panmunjom
Allies Smash Red Onslaught on Korean Front
US and South Korean forces repelled a big Chinese offensive along Pork Chop Hill and Arrowhead Ridge. After 36 hours of close combat with heavy artillery and mortar fire, U S 7th Division and ROK 2nd Division clawed back positions as New Jersey bombarded enemy fortifications and clashed in brutal street fighting. Colonel Hal Randall praised the victory.
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Seoul
ROK
Arrowhead
U. S. 7Th Division
Pork Chop Hill
Pork Chop
Berlin
East Berlin
Korea
U. S
New Jersey
Anchor Hill
7Th Division
Hal Randall
Intimate Acquaintance of Stalin Testifies
The House Un-American Activities Committee says witnesses including an intimate acquaintance of Stalin named several American clergymen as members of the Communist party. Witnesses Benjamin Gitlow and Joseph Kornfeder testified, with Col Archibald Roosevelt also contributing, in New York hearings.
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Red Party
New York
House UN- American Activities Committee
Stalin
Communist Party
Kit Clardy
R-Mich
United States
Clardy
Benjamin Gitlow
Joseph Kapn
Feder
Gitlow
American Communist Party
Reds
Kornfeder
Archibald Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Eisenhower Prefers Peaceful Korea Reunification Policy
President Eisenhower said the United States will strive for a peaceful reunification of Korea and declined to confirm any signs from South Korean President Syngman Rhee about accepting an armistice. He noted the North East German upheavals and urged U.S. leadership to aid workers under Soviet control while backing free elections in Germany. He also called for greater transparency on atomic energy and discussed possible travel to London for a Three-Power summit. The president emphasized confidence in a peaceful, prosperous U.S. economy amid Korea's crisis.
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Ee i
Steene
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Washington
Rhee
Seoul
U. N
Korea
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
East Germany
Germany
London
Bermuda
U. S
State Department
Umstead plans vacation before naming senator and successors
Gov Umstead slated a short vacation starting next week and has not indicated when he will name a successor to the late Sen Willis Smith. He also faces appointments including a 15 member Board for Conservation and Development. James Walter Evans, 50, of Goldsboro, escaped from the Governor's Mansion grounds in a patrol chase near Nashville. the car was recovered undamaged.
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Raleigh
Umstead
U. S
Willis Smith
Board For Conservation and Development
James Walter Evans
Goldsboro
Evans
Nashville
Army plans breakwater at Rollinson Channel entrance
Rep Bonner announced that the U S Army Engineers approved a plan to build breakwaters at the Rollinson Channel entrance in Hatteras North Carolina. The project is estimated to cost 175000 for construction and 1750 a year for maintenance by the federal government.
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Washington
U. S.army Engineers
Rollinson Channel
Hatteras
N. C
Bonner
DNC
Public hearing lined up on Navy bombing in Albemarle Sound
Col. R. C. Brown of the U S Army Engineers announced a public hearing in Hertford on Friday to consider restricting naval bomb practice in Albemarle Sound amid complaints that the practice harms fish spawning grounds in the shallow waters.
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Hertford
Perquimans
Navy
Albemarle Sound
Col
R. C. Brown
U. S. Army Engineers
Radio advertising clinic draws Tar Heel reps
Charlotte report says Broad cast Advertising Bureau clinic directed by Bill Ryan in New York City attracted radio reps. A BMI led session yesterday drew over 60 radio representatives. Cecil Hoskins, Asheville, NC, president of the North Carolina Broadcasters, says radio remains a strong audience presence.
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Charlotte
Broadcast Advertising Bureau
Bill Ryan
BAB
New York City
Broadcast Music, Inc
Cecil Hoskins
Asheville
North Carolina Broadcasters
Gas expected in Forest City Rutherfordton area by Oct 1
Public Service Co of NC president Zeigler said natural gas should reach Asheville by January 1954 with 91 miles of high pressure pipe laid from near Kings Mountain to Asheville. Gas will come from a tap in the transcontinental line in Asheville. Project cost about 2.5 million dollars.
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Gastonia
C. B. Zeigler
Public Service Co
North Carolina, Inc
Forest City
Rutherfordton
Zeigler
Asheville
Kings Mountain
Brevard voters reject legal beer sales
In Brevard the city remains dry after residents vote 922 to 725 against legal beer. The motion followed a petition bearing 986 signatures submitted to the town board of aldermen who had called the election.
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Brevard
Committee Approves Six Month Extension of Excess Profits Tax
Washington The House Ways and Means Committee backed President Eisen hower's six month extension of the excess profits tax by a 16 to 9 vote. The panel rejected amendments to cut personal income taxes and set the extension to expire January 1. GOP leaders planned floor action for Friday Saturday or Monday.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Feisenhower
Weather Outlook With Mild Temps Tonight and Tomorrow
The low tonight is 70, high tomorrow 86. Today's high reached 90, last night's low 70. Sunset this evening at 7 40 p m, sunrise tomorrow at 7 11 a m.
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Walter Robertson
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Mark W. Clark
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