Taft Fades as Ike Grows in GOP Convention Rumors
A Chicago dispatch from the Republican national convention notes mounting talk of Dwight Eisenhower as the likely nominee while Gen. MacArthur and others are floated for cabinet posts. Taft supporters cling to hope, but unity remains elusive amid jokes about a coalition cabinet and party infighting.
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Chicago
White House
Taft
Gen. Eisenhower
Texas
Gen. MacArthur
Bob Taft
Ike
Elephant
Thomas E. Dewey
Warren
Stassen
MacArthur
Harry S. Truman
Treasury
John Foster Dulles
Sen. Taft
Tke
Old Guard
GOP
Aboloney
Kansas
Herb Hoover
Trellis Mae
Ohio fugitives captured as last man remains at large
Police across Mississippi and Tennessee hunt for John O Evans, the final Ohio jailbreaker amid gun battles that left one captive dead by suicide and another claiming he would shoot it out if not arrested. Five of the six fugitives were taken, including Minor Lorber and Rex Peterson. Cornette was wounded in a neck wound during a later clash.
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Memphis, Tenn
Ohio
Mississippi
Dayton
Memphis
John O. Evans
A. M. Savage
Evans
Minor Lorber
Enid
Miss
Sorber
Ohio State Prison
Rex E. Peterson
Thomas Werckman
John Cornette
Robert Jones
Cornette
Quiet Police Run After Larceny Arrest At Church
Police reported a quiet period with only three serious arrests over two nights. Among the two on Tuesday night and one last night, Henry Dallas Agner of Route 4, 25, was charged with larceny and receiving for the April 8 theft of a 24 foot extension ladder valued at 24 dollars from D. S. Whitley of East Green Street Baptist Church. Agner posted a 200 dollar bond for Municipal Court hearing tomorrow.
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Henry Dallas Agner
Route 4
D. S. Whitley
East Green Street Baptist Church
Agner
Furniture Men To Convene At Plantation Club
Members of the Virginia Carolina Wholesale Furniture Sales men's Association meet at the Plantation Supper Club for the first Market Jubilee. President Joe Newman expects about 300 furniture salesmen and wives to attend. Door prizes will be given with Pat Ormsby of Birmingham as toastmaster.
Hopkins Freed on Bond After Assault Arrest in Thomasville
Ralph Hopkins 36 of 140 Carroll Street was released on $150 bond after being booked on a charge of assaulting a female identified as Sue Gette Hopkins. He is scheduled to appear in court on July 18 to answer the charge.
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Thomasville
Ralph Hopkins
Carroll Street
Hopkins
Gette Hopkins
SBI agent from Asheville submits secret Henderson county report
State Bureau of Investigation agent Claude Davis filed a secret Henderson county inquiry with the state board of elections. Details remain undisclosed as Davis delivered the report verbally behind closed doors and will later be written for Board Chairman Charles M. Britt.
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Raleigh
State Bureau of Investigation
Claude Davis
Asheville
State Board of Elections
Henderson County
SBI
Davis
Charles M. Britt
Eisenhower Surges Into G O P Convention Lead
The Republican convention nears a clash as Eisenhower gains strength via Georgia delegates while Taft fights to regain a first ballot path. Dirksen accuses Dewey as tensions flare, and the hall empties after late night arguments on a Georgia roll call ending with Eisenhower’s Texas delegation welcomed and Taft's strength trimmed.
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Eisenhower
Henry Cabotige, Jr
Ike
Georgia
White House
Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Richard M. Nixon
William F. Knowland
Nixon
Alger Hiss
Knowland
Truman
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Dewey
Ohio
Texas
Recreation Head Will Attend Meet In Chapel Hill
Hubert Henderson head of the City Parks and Recreation Department will travel to Chapel Hill to attend the annual conference of the North Carolina Recreation Directors. He will also join a meeting of the North Carolina Recreation Society directors while in town.
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Recreation Head
Chapel Hill
Thomasville
Hubert Henderson
High Point Tiger Sharks Host Greensboro Meet Tonight
The High Point Tiger Sharks will host Greensboro tonight at 8 pm in a Colored division swimming meet. Five late champions are named: Thomas Baldwin, James Brooks, Leon Sharpe, Waldo Crawford, and Alfred Ramseur.
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High Point Tiger Sharks
Greensboro
High Point
Thomas Baldwin
Jamees Brooks
Leon Sharpe
Waldo Crawford
Alfred Ramseur
Trucks In Crashing Backing Accident On East Green
At about 7:40 a.m. on East Green at Perry Street a Coca Cola Bottling Company truck backed into an Auto Parts and Accessories panel truck. Damage totaled about 100 dollars, left front panel damaged. Driver Lester L. Hubbard of Jamestown was at the wheel of the Coca Cola truck. Richard G. Skinner of Grimes Street drove the Auto Parts truck. Bottling truck incurred no damage.
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East Green
Perry Street
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Lester L. Hubbard
Route 1
Jamestown
Auto Parts and Accessories
Richard G. Skinner
Grimes Street
Two youths accused in trunk confinement of architect
Omaha police investigated a complaint by a 24 year old architect who said two youths jumped him tied him in the trunk of his car and drove around for more than an hour with him confined inside.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Swan Family Ends Public School Tradition in Loup City
In Loup City Nebraska, the Swan family ends a long public school era as the last of the ten Swanson children graduates this spring. The district notes the first school year began in 1932 and now future generations will not attend.
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Loup City, Neb
O. L. Swanson
Loup City
Swanson
Stocks list shows broad market movers and value shifts
New York stock page records prices for Adams Express through Youngstown S T with many firms quoted in percent changes. Major names include General Electric, IBM pattern of gains and losses, and utilities like Atlantic Refinery and Consolidated Edison with volumes around 570,000 at 1 p.m.
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New York
Adams Express
Aix Reduction
Alleghany Corporation
Allied Chemical & Dye
Allis Chalmers Mfg
American Can
Oeseeses
American Car & Fdy
American Foreign
American Power & Lt
American Rad & St
American Smelt & Ref
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Anaconda
Armour & Co
Atchison, Top & St
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic
Atlas Powder
Avco Manufacturing
Baldwin
Lima
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Carolina Power & Lt - Case, J
Caterpillar Tractor
Celanese Corp
Champion Paper & File
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler Corporation
Coca Cola
Dupont de Nemour
Eastern Airlines
Eastman Kodak
Electric Auto Lite
Emerson R& P Eeeces Firestone Rubber
Freeport
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Seeees Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Great Northern Ry Pf
Hudson Motor
Illinois Central
International Harvest
Nickel
Johns Manville
Sceess Kennecott Copper
Kroger
Loews Theaters
Lorillard & Company
Louisville & Nashville
Mack Trucks
Magnavox Radio
Missouri
Kansas Texas
Montgomery Ward
Motorola Radio
Murray Corporation
Nash Kelvinator
Escess National Biscuit
Ccese
National Cash Register
National Dairy Product
National Distillers
Ceesees
Escsceceselice
New York Central
Avia
Arner
Briggs Manufacturing Budd Company
Burlington Mills
Burroughs
Canada
Canadian Pacific
Fearful of flying spurs large Air Force officer separations
At Scott AFB Illinois an Air Training Command spokesman said 86 officers were separated in the last three months. The issue given was fear of flying and all commissions were revoked though the separations were described as honorable.
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Scott Afb
Ill
Air Force
Air Training Command
Two Dwellings Here To Cost About $20 500
Permits for construction of two one story dwellings at a total cost of 20 500 were issued today by J P Jones city building inspector One permit went to Lester Teague for a seven room residence at 901 North Hamilton Street valued at 14 500 The other went to Hoover for an eight room bed at 1207 Crawford Street valued at 6
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J. P. Jones
Lester Teague
North
Hamilton Street
Hoover
Crawford Street
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Northern Pacific
Ohio Oil Company
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Pacific Gas & Elec
Packard Motor
Paramount Pictures
Penney J. C. Co
Pennsylvania RR
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Philco Corporation
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Pittsburgh Scr & Bee Pullman Company
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Radio Keith Orpheum
Remington Rand
Sss
Republic Steel
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Sears Roebuck
Socony Vac Steee
Southern Pacific
Seeees Saa Southern Railway
Sperry Corp
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Reee
N. J
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Stevens, J. P. Co
Eves
Stewart Warners
Eeeef
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Textron Corporation
Esee
Timken Det
Trans & Western Air
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Esos DM
Union Cafoion
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Aces
Union Pacific
United Airlines
Laos
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Save
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United Fruit
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Vanadium Corporation
Vick Chemical Eeeete
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Wilson Packing
Woolworth & Co
Youngstown S & T
Perte
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