Leaf Sales Attract Big Loads On Eve Of Market Opening
Georgia Florida flue-cured tobacco buyers prepare for sales starting tomorrow at 23 centers. Farmers rush to move an unusually large share of the crop to warehouses as hauling continues overnight. Despite a smaller overall yield, expectations run high for quick sales and near record prices, with season averages possibly matching 1953's $51.09 per hundred pounds.
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Associated Press
Georgia
Florida
Lost Sheep Emphasis Marks Methodist Conference
Bishop Roy H. Short of Nashville urged about 500 Methodist ministers at Lake Junaluska North Carolina to focus on the "lost sheep" and be inclusive. The Southwide conference, through Friday, includes ministers from nine states. today's speakers include Bishops John Branscomb and Clare Purcell.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Roy H. Short
Nashville
Tenn
Short
John Branscomb
Jacksonville
Fla
Clare Purcell
Birmingham
Ala
City Officials Meet Negro Leaders Over Campus Tennis Court Case
Durham officials met with Negro leaders today to discuss the case of G. Riley 23 a college student charged with trespassing and using the white Forest Hills tennis courts without a permit. Riley was awaiting trial with a $20 bond and the court date was postponed at the request of Wheeler who sought the conference.
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Durham
Wheeler
R. W. Flack
V. Jones
G. Riley
White Forest Hills
Riley
City Recreation Department
Flowers Tax Trial Evidence Heard
Federal court jury hears income tax evasion case against J. Percy Flowers. Evidence shows a $800 football bet paid with two checks and cash, related to net worth in 1948. Civil action for $285,000 alleged evasion in 1944-1950. wife Delma W. Flowers co-defendant.
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Raleigh
J. Percy Flowers
Johnston County
U.S. Dees Court
Flowers
David Edinger
Wilson
The
Revenue Service
Delma W. Flowers
Fifteen Girls Vie For Miss Universe
Long Beach Calif Fifteen Miss Universe hopefuls remain in contention as judges prepare for a second night of judging to select Miss U S A and later the international Miss Universe field.
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Long Beach
Calif
America
United States
U.S.A
Arkansas
Helen Elizabeth Garrett
West Memphis
California
Peggy Jacobson
Downey
Illinois
Marianne Gaba
Chicago
Iowa
Judith Ann Hall
Council Bluffs
Maryland
Leona Gage
Glen Burnie
Massachusetts
Sandra Ramsey
Haverhill
Nebraska
Carolyn McGirr
Sidney
Nevada
Joan Adams
Canada
Gloria Noakes
Germany
Gerti Daub
Miss Noakes
Toronto
Miss
Italy
Yoni Fabrizzi
Bologna
Miss Daub
Hn Aly
Brazil
Terezinha
Morango
Noche Dakota
Anne Studness
Devils Lake
Girl Born At Bus Station In Detroit
Mrs. Michael Madin 26 expecting her first child went downtown and delivered a 6 pound 8 ounce girl in a bus station washroom. Mother and child are reported doing well.
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Detroit
Michael Madin
Man Admits Killing Wife With Two Anesthetic Injections
In Daytona Beach Florida Walter R Hoffman 44 confessed to injecting his wife with two shots of an anesthetic he kept to kill small animals The act followed a day of beer drinking He said his wife sagged in a chair and died an hour after the injections He claimed no clear motive and expressed remorse saying his wife was the best woman in the world
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Walter R. Hoffman
W. W
Hoffman
Newland Game Warden Testifies in Slaying Case
Newland North Carolina former game warden testified that he and Charlie Young had been adversaries for years after issuing a hunting and fishing without a license citation. Ellis, 64, is on trial for manslaughter after admitting he shot Young, 47, who approached with a rock. Three witnesses placed Young near Ellis at the time.
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Newland
N.C
J Wall Ellis
Ceying
Charlie Young
Ellis
State Supreme Court
Bakeraville
Fills
Young
Supreme Court
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Penn Station
J. Giles
Mgr
Ea Fields
Dick Turner
John Beckler
Johnson Motor Lines
Johnson Motor Lines, Inc
Mecklenburg County
Charlotte
Johnson
Omasville
Man
Game Warden
Geddie Ridge
Goodfyear
Studebaker
Studebaker -Packard
Lewis Motor Company, Inc
Wrenn Street
High Point
N. C
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