Furniture market shows postwar buyers surge and NC leads production
Postwar furniture markets see buyers exceed 5000 per session while showroom traffic varies. North Carolina leads Southern states in upholstered and wood furniture production in 1947, with NC claiming top shares in bedroom and dining room sectors, Virginia close behind in several categories. The press will tour the Exposition Building and local plants as state officials engage to boost the market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ross
North Carolina
United States
New York State
Dixie
Virginia
South
Census Bureau
Kentucky
Tennessee
Arkansas
South Carolina
Georgia
Texas
West Virginia
Alabama
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Streeton’s Nervous Waiting Amid Jury Selection
Streeton clasps his hands as visitors observe him in the jail visiting area. He explains sending money to his wife to visit, and notes police attention. His chief attorney rejects jurors as the panel expresses guilt, while Streeton ponders outcomes with quiet, solitary focus.
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Streeton
Ury
C. A. York, Sr
Rer
Home Fashion Time Breakfast At Sheraton Tomorrow
A breakfast event at the Sheraton Hotel in High Point opens the two week High Point furniture and rug exposition. Some 200 leading manufacturers and retailers from across the nation will attend to learn about Home Fashion Time with leaders from major companies and trade groups featured on the program.
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Sheraton Hotel
High Point
Esterday
John H. Tobin
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Home Furnishings Industry Committee
Chicago
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Southern
Leo Craig
Community Radio Council
Mildred Crowder
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
W. E. S. Griswold, Jr
W. & J. Sloane
New York
National Retail Furniture Ann
National Assn. of Furniture Mfrs
Southern Furniture Mfrs. Assn
Home Fashions League of New York
Home Fashion
Mr. Griswold
Radio Schedule Fragments and Rabbit Note
Radio timetable outlines hourly programs from 6:00 to 12:00 with various hosts and shows listed. A closing note mentions the cottontail rabbit's litter size of three to seven and multiple broods.
Compromise Plan Defeated in House Agriculture Debate
The article notes two farm policy plans facing House action. The Brannan plan trial would limit subsidies to potatoes eggs and wool over two years, ending hog subsidy experiments. Chairman Cooley predicts administration bill will pass after two days of debate.
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House
Cooley
D-Nc
House Agriculture Committee
Brannan
Parity and warm spell with scattered thundershowers
North Carolina forecast calls for warmer conditions today tonight and Wednesday with scattered thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon. The Raleigh Raleigh area shows varying temperatures across cities with highs around the 80s and lows in the 60s.
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North Carolina
Snead Pressures Back To Win Dapper Dan Open
Sammy Snead, White Sulphur Springs star, won the Dapper Dan Open in Reading Pennsylvania while under heavy pressure from Lloyd Mangrum who shaved strokes from a five stroke lead. The rainfall delayed final rounds as Snead remained among leaders and the crowd watched his every shot.
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Hugh Fullerton, Jr
Pittsburgh
Sammy Snead
Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sammy
Reading
Lloyd Mangrum
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