Ten charged in Wilmington obscene pictures case
Ten defendants including six men and four women were charged with immoral conduct for possessing and distributing obscene pictures of nude women found in circulation to students in New Hanover County. The group included a Wilmington College professor and a county education official cited as syndicate leaders. Additional charges and possible future indictments were noted as the investigation concluded.
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Wilmington
N. C
Superior Court
W. H. S. Burgwyn
John J. Burney Jr
E. R. Blakeslee
New Hanover County
Blakeslee
Board of Education
Yestern
Paul Wright
Wilmington College
Wright
Lege
Rumor of Acreage Increases Denied by ASC Chairman
Fred R. Keith of St. Pauls, new chair of North Carolina ASC, says rumors he pressed for tobacco acreage increases are false. He reports a total 0.8 acre increase this year due to automatic provision and prior letters to county ASC committees. Keith notes county committees are elected by farmers, limiting state influence.
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Raleigh
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Fred R. Keith
St. Pauls
Robeson
Pender
Columbus
Bladen
Brunswick
Keith
ASC
Sam Ervin Sworn In and Noted for Service
Sam Ervin is sworn in in North Carolina where he holds an honorary law degree from the university and is a former trustee. He attended Harvard Law School and has been a Carolina bar member since 1919, plus a former Burke County Criminal Court judge. He practiced in Morganton and earned the Distinguished Service Cross for Army service in France during World War I. He is married to Margaret Bruce Bell of Concord, and they have three children Sam J. Ervin III Laura Powe Ervin and Leslie Ervin.
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North Carolina
Ervin
Harvard Law School
Carolina Bar
Burke County Criminal Court
Morganton
France
Margaret Bruce Bell
Concord
Wall Street advances after broad demand lift
Stocks rose on lighter trading as demand broadens with gains led by steels, autos, railroads, oils, distillers and utilities. Major movers included U S Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Chrysler, Montgomery Ward, United Aircraft, American Telephone, General Motors, Dow Chemical and Pennsylvania RR amid mid day totals around 9100000.
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Hig Todder
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler
Montgomery Ward
United Aircraft
Schenley Industries
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
New York Central
Southern
Pacific
Cities Service
Texas Pacific Land Trust
General Dynamics
New York
Admiral Corporation
Alleghany Corporation
Allied Chemical & Dye Oeetee
Allis Chalmers Mig
Ereeeeere
American Can
American Smelt & Ref
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Esescsees
Atchison, Top &Sf
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Refinery
Avco
Everceee
Baltimore & Ohio
Escecessees
Bendix Aviaton
Eerererereee
Boeng
Sscssees
Delaware Lack & West
Douglas Aircraft
Dow Chemical
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Seseeses
Great Northern Ry
Ilinois Central
North American Avia
Northern Pacific
Ceesse
iOhio Oil Company
iPacific Gas & Elec
Packard Motor
See
Penney A al
Pennsylvania RR
Pepsi Cola Tee
iPhilco Corporation
Phillips Petroleum
Pittsburgh Pte Obs
Cae
Pullman Company
20 B36 Bombers Leave for England Training Mission
About 20 B36 bombers will depart Travis AFB California for an England training mission this weekend. More than 1,000 officers and men will participate in the exercise, one of the wing’s largest. 550 maintenance personnel already left for England on C124 Globemasters under Col Edward B. Broadhurst.
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Travis Air Force Base
Calif
England
5Th
Strategic Air Command Reconnaissance Wing
Stanley J. Donovan
Travis
Donovan
Edward B. Broadhurst
Smithfield
N. C
Air Force
MacKay to speak on Europe as fate of civilization
Dr John A MacKay president of Princeton Theological Seminary and World Council of Churches delivered a lecture at Montreat warning that Europe will determine civilization's destiny. He described Europe as home to Western Christian traditions yet also the seat of totalitarian ideologies in Fascist and Communist forms.
Kidnapping Suspect Sought After Superstitions Rescue
In Arizona a masked kidnapper abducted Evelyn Ann Smith, 23, from Phoenix. She was released after a $75,000 ransom paid. FBI and state police hunt the short, light brown haired man described as 35 to 40, armed with a rifle and revolver. Roadblocks and desert searches span Apache Junction to Florence Junction with bloodhounds and aircraft in use.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Pinal County
Apache Junction
Florence Junction
Sheriff's Office
Ac Mounted Sheriff's
Evelyn Ann Smith
Phoenix Pipe and Steel Company
Dutchman
Arizona Highway Patrol
Phoenix Police Department
Smith
Herbert
Arizona
Saboteur Delivers Salt Damage at Navy Plant
In Pasadena California a saboteur ruined about a thousand capacitors for Navy radar by sprinkling salt from an ordinary shaker. Hopkins Engineering Co. reported 590 dollars in losses, suspecting a disgruntled employee. Salt spoiled two tons of capacitors affecting delicate paper layers. A salt shaker was found nearby and signs warned against bringing salt inside.
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Pasadena
Calif
Navy
Hopkins Engineering Co
Son Follows Pop's Instructions in Deer Shooting Case
In Muskegon Michigan Leonard Barber told his son Ronald to tell the truth even when painful. A conservation officer found Ronald four years old near a deer area after a shot was heard and the boy said his father shot at a deer out of season. Leonard Barber serves 10 days in jail and pays a 50 dollar fine.
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Muskegon, Mich
Leonard Barber
Ronald
Muskegon
Husband jealous of Chihuahua in divorce case
Los Angeles witness Lisette Fisher testified that concert violinst Elliott Fisher was jealous of her Chihuahua Ricky. She received the dog, $400 cash, and $2,500 in jewelry and gifts in the settlement after their Aug 22 marriage and during the separation.
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Los Angeles
Elliott Fisher
Lisette Fisher
Ricky
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