Bull Market Pauses Briefly as Flood of Professional Trade Eases
The stock market halted briefly as bulls paused for weather and profit taking. Despite mixed industrial signals, professionals led the upturn with cautious activity, while steel and copper showed weakness and petroleum data remained favorable with lower crude output and reduced gasoline stocks. Call money hit 2 percent as trading resumed.
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Claude A. Jagger
AP Financial
New York
Bull
Ij Iron Age
New Orleans Cotton Opens Quiet Amid Irregularities
New Orleans July cotton opened quiet with slight losses in early trades as July slipped, while new crop months edged up and down. By mid-session prices eased and awaited the weekly weather and crop summary. futures closed steady with a small net gain.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton spot prices steady in Liverpool market
Liverpool July 16 cotton market reports steady spot prices with American middling fair at 8.95 and strict low middling 7.35. Sales reach 4,000 bales, including 2,000 American, receipts 4,000 bales all American. Futures closed quiet with July at 7.18 and other months around 6.86 to 7.04.
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Liverpool
Wheat Dips After Canada Rain Fades U S Demand
Chicago July 16 Dated report notes rain in Canada cooling wheat prices while U S export demand remains light. Estimated Kansas yields reach 15 million bushels and Nebraska 5 million, based on threshing returns. Wheat closes down percent to percent. corn and oats decline modestly with provisions mixed.
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Chicago
Canada
United States
inKansas
Nebraska
Kansas
Society Notes on Brockett Family Visit
Society column notes Robert Brockett Jr of Pensacola Florida visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Robert Brockett Sr at their Johnson Street home.
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Robert Brockett, Jr
Pensacola, Fla
Mrs
Robert Brockett, Sr
Johnson Street
Wall Street Close Mixed As Industrials Lag
The market lists a broad array of stocks including Am Can Am, For Pow Am, Gulf, and United Aircraft with mixed movement. Key names such as General Electric, U S Steel, and Texaco show varied intraday swings as traders weigh industrials and energy alongside consumer firms. Major indexes appear uneven with notable price patterns and volume across sectors.
Minister Loses Court Fight For Past Due Salary
Rev. R. R. Scarlette failed to claim salary from Robbinsville M. E. Church as Judge Cameron McRae dismissed the suit. Church trustees R. B. Slaughter and W. B. Wiggins said no fixed sum was promised and Scarlette had not completed a year, leaving town secretly. They alleged his conduct harmed his reputation and that he had debts and false pretenses.
Gardner Grants Paroles 10 Six
Six individuals were paroled today by Gov. O Max Gardner in Raleigh. Ash Bryant, jailed since 1923 in Harnett county for second degree murder, had his 15 to 25 year sentence cut short after the governor granted clemency. Also released were Willie Wright, Aubrey Morgan, Jess Curtis, Gaston Gilbert, and Otis Aston, each convicted in various counties and offenses with sentences ranging from months to years.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
Ash Bryant
Harnett County
Bryant
Willie Wright
Union County
Aubrey Morgan
Forsyth County
Jess Curtis
Haywood County
Gaston Gilbert
Lincoln County
Otis Alston
Lenoir County
Deaths in several North Carolina towns named
AP report lists obituaries for William H. Jefferson 83 farmer from Surri county. Mrs Joe Glover wife of Sol Mill Bridge farmer. D B Lowe 45 of Roanoke Rapids native of Alamance. Joseph Nash Bell 80 retired jeweler.
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Homasville
N. C
William H. Jefferson
Surri County
Ake Waccamaw
Joe Glover
Sol Mill Bridge
Rowan County
Arlington, N. C
D. B. Lowe
Roanoke Rapids
Alamance County
Ashington
Joseph Nash Bell
New York Cotton Opens Steady on Liverpool Support
Cotton opened steady with gains of 5 points and a few points higher on steadier Liverpool trade and expectations from the weekly weather report. Early activity was quiet as prices eased from the best, with active months showing slight declines after the first half hour. Liverpool cables note Bombay selling absorbed by covering and trade buying, higher cloth inquiry for Egyptian and American yarns, and Egypt threatening a boycott.
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New York
Liverpool
Bombay
Egypt
Woman Jailed For Death of Columbus Elks Club Secretary
In Columbus Georgia on July 16 1950 Mrs Beverly P Allen was jailed on murder charges in the death of Anthony B King 49 Elks club secretary. Police say he fought with her in the club apartment late Sunday night. His wife found him dying Monday morning and Allen claimed she did not know he was badly hurt and said she tended his cuts and took him home. She said two telephone calls followed after returning home.
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Columbus
Beverly P. Allen
Anthony B. King
Columbus’ Elks Club
King
Mrs Mary J Hunter, 88, Widow of Capt S B Hunter
Mrs Mary J. Hunter aged 88, widow of the late Captain S B Hunter, is identified in Nfield North Carolina. The notice notes her status and connection to Captain Hunter.
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Nfield
N. C
Mary J. Hunter
S. B. Hunter
Escaped convict used golf clubs to con the affluent
New York police arrested William Huffman 35 an escaped convict linked to a band of burglars. Huffman famed for winning the confidence of wealthy club members frequented exclusive New York and New Jersey links and escaped May 20 1919 from Ohio state penitentiary. Police tie him to recent robberies in wealthy homes and a four-person arrest in a parked car on the upper west side.
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New York
William Huffman
New Jersey
Ohio State Penitentiary
Huffman
Upper West Side
Mission Workers Meet At Catawba College Next Week
Salisbury July 16 A 13th annual missionary conference of the Reformed Church classis of North Carolina will be held at Catawba College July 19 to 25. About 200 people are expected with Rev H A Fesperman of Greensboro presiding. Morning prayers start at 7 15.
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Salisbury
Catawba College
Missionary Conference of the Reformed Church
Classis
Nort Carolina
H. A. Fesperman
First Reformed Church of
Greensboro
English Case to Jury Tomorrow in Wallace County
In Kenansville July 16 a jury was expected tomorrow after rebuttals in the murder trial of Stephen English 24 a Wallace County farmer accused of killing his wife English contends she died in a beating by an unknown attacker The state says he killed her to pursue Bertie Brinson his alleged paramour Raeford Albertson testified English offered a bribe to commit the murder Stedman Duff Brinsons cousin said he saw Mrs English alive after the time of the alleged killing A juror talk report prompted a delay Judge G V Cowper ruled no basis and ordered proceedings to continue
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Kenansville
Stephen English
Wallace Farmer
Farmer
English
Bertie Brinson
Raeford Albertson
Stedman Duff
Brinson
G. V Cowper
Mohair Carload Marks Texas Big Bend Shipment
The first carload of mohair ever shipped from the Big Bend section of Texas was marketed recently.
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Big Bend
Texas
World War I aviator served at Langley Field long tenure
Relic of the world war who joined the army aviation corps in 1917 had been stationed at Langley field for years. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.
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Army Aviation Corps
Langley Field
Unofficial Ace Tyndall Honored by War Comrades
War-time friends of Lieut. F B Tyndall of Langley Field Va say he was one of the unofficial aces of World War I claiming he downed more than five German planes but received no official credit. An officer from Fort Bragg was due to go to Mooresville to supervise Tyndall's burial.
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Fort Bragg
N. C
F. B. Tyndall
Langley Field
Mooresville
Tyndall
Wife Is Sought After Langley Plane Crash
Langley Field officials seek Mrs. Tyndall wife of Lieut F B Tyndall killed when his plane crashed near Mooresville North Carolina. She is traveling by automobile through the middle west and the body remains at Mooresville until she is located.
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Langley Field
Langley
Tyndall
F. B. Tyndall
Mooresville
N. C
Middle West
Trinity College Fire Limited to Small Area
Oxford July 16 Trinity College at Oxford University faced a fire today but the 17th century stone building restrained the blaze to a small space, with the durable stonework holding the flames in.
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Oxford
Eng
Trinity College
Oxford University
High Point College to Open Second Summer Session
High Point college will start its six week second summer session Monday morning. The first term ends Saturday. With no second term at North Carolina College for Women Greensboro teachers will likely enroll at High Point for further study under an approved curriculum including methods English Spanish French literature history and religious education.
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High Point College
North Carolina College For
Greensboro
Trio of Crocodiles Dead At Wilmington
Three crocodiles died at Greenfield Park lake in Wilmington during a hot spell. Keepers cited heat and pel lagra as possible causes.
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Wilmington
Greenfield Park Lake
Plane Will Carry Foster To Chicago
Detectives arranged a secret air flight to Chicago to transfer Frankie Foster after two hotel employees testified he was seen in a Chicago hotel two days after reporter Alfred Lingle was slain. Foster, under extradition, was moved by Chicago officers to an outlying jail while authorities kept his location undisclosed.
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Los Angeles
Frankie Foster
Chicago
Alfred Lingle
Foster
St. Clair
Lingle
Edgar Dudley
John Lederping
Santa Fe
New Mexico
McComb
Donald H. Wilson
Mary Micklin
Red Cross Official In Conference Here With Dr Taylor
Mrs J H Fry of Charlotte field secretary of the American Red Cross spent the morning in High Point conferring with Dr Frederick R Taylor newly elected chairman of the High Point Red Cross organization Dr Taylor succeeded the late Dr Owen Smith who served as chairman for seven years
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J. H. Fry
Charlotte
American Red Cross
High Point
Frederick R. Taylor
High Point Red Cross Organization
Dr. Taylor
Owen-Smith
Water From Lincoln Spring To Christen Cruiser Louisville
Water from the Lincoln spring will christen the cruiser Louisville on September 1 at Puget Sound Washington. Mayor Harrison accepts water offer from the Lincoln League of Hodgenville birthplace of Lincoln to supply the spring water. Jane Kennedy a Louisville girl 13 will present a $1200 silver service in behalf of the city people to the ship’s commander.
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Louisville
Lincoln
Puget Sound
Washington
Harrison
Ladies Lincoln League
Hodgenville
Jane Kennedy
Dr W B Everett Practicing in Sterling City Texas
Dr W B Everett is identified as both pastor and physician in Sterling City Texas, indicating a dual role in the local community.
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W. B. Everett
Sterling City
Tex
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