Stocks Rally Mixed as Rails Lead Market Decline
The report shows mixed movement with rail shares advancing while others slip. Major gains include Denver & Rio Grande and Centra Georgia at highs, while autos and tires falter with Electric Auto-Lite and Goodrich down. Overall activity reflects a penny-market atmosphere with many downticks.
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Ri Pe
Ll Ae Ead Asa Te Ltd
Centra Georgia
Denver & Rio Grande
Rock of
Amerada
U S Stands On UN China Policy Under Dulles
Secretary Dulles outlined a cautious U S approach to Far Eastern questions at a political conference. He said a mutual security treaty submission to the Senate was unlikely this session and that guarding Formosa would continue. He denied guarantees to Chinese nationals in Korea and noted no plan for mutual patrols on the front.
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Senate
Congress
Dulles
China
Eisenhower
United States
U.S
Formosa
South Korea
Eight Dusty Soldiers Find Beer Cache in Korea
Eight U N patrolmen deep in Chinese territory discover a cache of American beer abandoned after Chinese advance. Soldiers sip and share while recalling Main Street taps, though tragedy follows with letters and mementos found in bunkers. Corporal Exscorsio recalls clean clothes and a bath after the haul.
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Central Front
Korea
Sahara
Main Street
Set
Donald J. Fuller
Browning
Ivan J. Sargent
Monticello St
Clarksburg
W. Va
United Nations
Pfe
Alvin Eee
Dodge ‘ T
Ibreas
Jonah M. Exscorsio
Mechanic St
Rockland
Frank Tronecone
Alpine Ave
Union
Oxnam Demands Public Apology From Committee
Washington Methodist leader G Bromley Oxnam charges the House Un American Activities Committee with aiding Communist influence and Ku Kluxism in a 2000 word statement before a packed hearing. He urges the committee to disclose and correct misrepresentations in its files and to apologize to Rep Donald L Jackson for unfounded accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
G. Bromley Oxnam
House Un-American Activities Committee
Donald L. Jackson
R-Calif
Jackson
Anam
Oxnam
un-American Activities Committees
Communist Party
Polio Serum Study Draws Large Young Volunteer Turnout
In Montgomery County 468 youths from military bases volunteered for gamma globulin blood tests to gauge antibody response, more than doubling the 200 donors hoped for. two new polio cases raise county total to 95 with continued emphasis on precautions. A separate stove fire at 329 South Wrenn Street caused slight smoke damage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
Gunter Maxwell Air Force Bases
Wrenn Street
Lyle Hoffman
Whitt Given 18-25 Year Sentence in Second Degree Murder
Whitt received a prison term of 18 to 25 years after testimony about his wife’s death and a pre frontal lobotomy. Prosecutors described the crime as a clear case of murder while defense urged a hospital sentence citing mental illness and a desire to care for his children.
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Whitt
W. C. Johnson
Roy Thom
Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel
Lewallen
H. Vernon Hart
Greensboro
Little Men From Mars Fail to Show at Brush Creek
Miner John Black and partner John Van Allen predicted a flying saucer visit at Marble and Jordan creeks near Brush Creek California. No craft or occupants appeared at 6 30 pm yesterday though crowds and reporters waited amid prior claims of a four foot tall green robed onboard and water scooping by a supposed occupant.
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Brush Creek
Calif
John
Black
Mars
John van Allen
Marble
Jordan Creeks
Partner
Anw
van Allen
Rka
Farm Wife Sells Eye for Ten Thousand Dollars
A 28 year old farm wife placed a classified ad in Wichita Falls offering to sell an eye to provide security for her family. Frank Benow a retired contractor from Wichita Kansas agreed to buy the eye as a possible cure for his failing sight, after learning of the story in a Wichita paper. He lost an eye breaking a mule wire accident and hopes replacement may help. The woman asked 10000 to pay debts and move to Alaska with her family. Ornithologists note the short tailed albatross may be extinct after similar species.
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Knox City
Tex
Wichita Falls
Record-News
Frank Benow
Wichita
Kan
Cascade
Colo
Benow
Colorado
Sor Fomaly
Alaska
Gill and Douglas Take Oaths as State Officers
Edwin Gill sworn in as state treasurer and Ben Douglas named director of the Department of Conservation and Development under Gov Umstead. Gill to replace Hodges. Douglas to replace George Ross with board members also sworn in at Morehead City session.
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Gill
Douglas
Raleigh
Umstead
Edwin Gill
Ben Douglas
Department of Conservation and Development
Brandon P. Hodges
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
George Ross
Federal Revenue
North Carolina
Charlotte
C&d
State Highway Commission
Morehead City
Grace Lane
Ross
Louise Strother
Hodges
Evelyne Yelverton
Harold Cooley
Willis Smith
Josephine Gorman
Lane
Miss Strother
Patterson Universal Travel Agency
Unusual Ceremony Inducts Edwin Gill as State Treasurer
Edwin M. Gill of Laurinburg and Raleigh took the oath of office as North Carolina treasurer in a unusual ceremony held Monday afternoon. Governor Umstead presided as Justice Hunt Park er administered the oath with Bishop W. W. Peele offering a prayer. The crowded House chamber reflected strong support and included Supreme Court members and state officials. Gill succeeded retiring treasurer Brandon P. Hodges.
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Raleigh
Edwin M. Gill
Laurinburg
North Carolina
Umstead
W. W. Peele
Methodist Church
Hunt Parker
Brandon P. Hodges
Supreme Court
Gill
Justice Parker
Three New Polio Cases In Catawba
Three new polio cases are reported in Catawba County along with Caldwell County totals. The victims include Gail Flowers, 2, Hickory area, Eloise Ervin, 7, and Garry Ervin, with vaccination campaigns already in place for children under 10. Health officer Dr. D Scott notes it will take until week’s end to gauge the inoculation program’s impact and maintains restrictions on public gatherings.
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Hickory
N. C
Caldwell County
Fioe
Gail Flowers
Charles L. Flowers
Rt. 1
Claremont
Eloise Eres
Hag Wo ‘Hickory
Garry Ervin
Harvey Ervin
Catawba
Flowers
More Signs Of Motherhood Shown
NEW YORK UP Bronx Zoo officials report Penelope the platypus nursing a baby in her burrow and eating large amounts of crayfish. The birth is believed last week with the pup or pups expected to emerge from the burrow in about three months. Penelope has not left her burrow entrance, seen as a maternity sign.
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New York
Bronx
Penelope
Australia
Sizemore Honored At North Carolina Chamber Event
Ceremony honors Mrs Sizemore with silver fruit bowl and Warwick twin candelabra. Speakers include Charles McCullers and William H Neal who cites 297 new NC industries creating 53 000 jobs and 325 million dollars in new facility investments. Neal says defense spending remains high and NC growth will reach 4 500 000 by 1960.
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R. D. Warwick
Association
George E. Hutchens
High Point Chamber
Sizemore
Charles McCullers
Kinston
William H. Neal
Wachovia Bank and Co
Winston-Salem
Chamber
North Carolina
Neal
Korea
Chamber of Commerce
Moist, Tropical Air Covers Nation With Scattered Showers
Moist air blankets the nation from the Rockies to the Atlantic with warm, sticky weather. More than an inch of rain falls in scattered areas, Cape Hatteras records 6.37 inches, Fort Smith 2 inches, and storm activity is noted with two tornado clouds near Scottsbluff Nebraska and two near Veteran and Yoder Wyoming. Roof damage reported at a cattle shed.
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Rockies
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Fort Smith
Ark
Mountain N.H
Dickinson
Scottsbluff
Neb
Veteran and
Yoder
Wyo
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Unech
Western Union
Westinghouse Air Bkr
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Tenn
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Charles Cannon
Corinth
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James W. Dyehouse
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Crab Orchard
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Edward
Minoshima
Wakayama Prefecture
Japan
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Tokyo
Aegemered
Paneer
By Jimmy Hatlo
Hazel
Bis Guy
Nevada
Nevada City
Wayne Rown
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