Stocks Sink on Wall Street Amid Mixed Volume Decline
New York stocks eased as early losses hit leaders like General Motors and Goodyear while a few issues such as Evans Products rose. Analysts noted light volume and expect profit taking after last week’s highs. wage talks in the steel sector were watched for potential impact.
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New York
Wall Street
Youngstown Sheet & Fare
General Motors
Goodyear
Radio Corp
Anaconda
Olin Mathieson
Baltimore & Ohio
Standard Oi
General Electric
Evans Products
Tte
Missouri- Kansas
Texas
Supreme Court orders integration of Prince Edward County schools
The Supreme Court directed Richmond federal court to admit Negro children to public schools in Prince Edward County on a racially non-discriminatory basis with all deliberate speed. The ruling reversed a lower court decision and awarded $2,975.19 in costs to the Negro plaintiffs, with follow up actions expected by the county and school boards amid ongoing objections to school desegregation efforts.
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Richmond
U.S. Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
Supreme Court
Prince Sova
County Board of
Prince Ed School Board
al J. McKwaine
Renee
Prince Edward
Two Reappointed to State Board of Health in North Carolina
Governor Hodges reappoints Raleigh-H. C. Lutz of Hickory and Dr. John P. Henderson Jr. of Sneeds Ferry to the State Board of Health. Terms run to May 1, 1939. Henderson previously served under late Governor Umstead, Lutz since 1953. They will be sworn in Thursday at 9:30 a.m. in the governor's office.
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Raleigh
H. C. Lutz
Hickory
John P. Henderson Jr
Sneeds Ferry
State Board of Health
Hodges
Henderson
Liam RB. Umstead
Lutz
W. Kerr
Lattimore Charges Dropped After Possible Court Appeal
The United States will drop five remaining counts after two key charges were invalidated and no certiorari review is sought. Attorney Thurman Arnold declined comment. The seven count original indictment began in 1952 under a prior administration and a new, vague indictment was rejected.
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Supreme Court
Lattimore
Brownell
United States
Jin Ber
Eisenhower
Missing Marine seen in raft as search expands in Pacific
A Marine lieutenant, Lt. David W. Bell of Minneapolis, is missing after a jet ran out of fuel in the Western Pacific. An Albatross search plane spotted a life raft about 123 miles south of Tokyo and traced faint radio signals. Two fliers are believed drifting in separate rafts as a large air and sea search of up to 20,000 miles continues with multiple planes and ships, while Bell’s wife joined relatives in Minneapolis after learning of his fate.
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David W. Bell
Minneapolis
Navy
Tokyo
Hight
U.S
Pacific
Air Force
Western
David Winton Bell
Charles H. Bell
General Mills, Inc
Bell
General Mills
Ge Ia
Beil
Oshima Island
Atsugi Naval Air Station
Crucial Steel Talks Underway Ahead of Possible Strike
U S Steel vice president John A Stephens and union leader McDonald push for a substantial wage increase as talks continue in Washington. Officials fear a strike, while some plants prepare for orderly shutdowns and potential selective work stoppages. The union contends about 50 percent of workers would see a 60 cent across the board rise with job class increments, arguing profits and dividends justify a share of rising prosperity.
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McDonald
John A. Stephens
U.S. Steel
U. S. Steel
Stephens
Inland Steel Corp
MacDonald
Robbery Motive Said in Slain Couple Case
Police pursued a motive in the murder of Mr and Mrs McPherson whose bodies were found at their home near the Houston Galveston Gulf Freeway. Mrs McPherson’s rings and about $40 were missing and a robust hitchhiker was seen with her husband’s wife earlier. Texas rangers said the 1953 Ford car was involved and the case remained unresolved with no hint of the killer’s whereabouts. The couple had ties to Union and Charlotte with relatives including a son Chester Keene and a daughter Mrs Patterson.
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Carl Patterson
Charlotte
James Roberts
Sam Norman
Eg F Kiser
Gastonia
Nos
Gianna Norman
Union
Taft Memorial Debate Lights Capitol Grounds Question
Senators question a proposed 100 foot Taft memorial on Capitol grounds. They warn of setting a precedent and cluttering the site while supporting careful consideration of a suitable recognition for the late Ohio senator. A Taft memorial foundation would fund the project.
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Washington
Sen
Scott
DNC
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Capitol Grounds
Tim
Capitol
Congress
Pro Salt
Taft
Sen. Green
DARD
Rounds
John Marshall
Robert A. Ta Memorial Foundation, Inc
Er Ca
Eisenhower
Hoy Kills Sister in Accidental Blow During Play
Jacobs faced a murder charge after his 11 year old sister Dorothy Lee died from a blow to the head during a game in a tobacco farm yard. He told police the sisters were playing and the hit was accidental.
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Jacobs
Dorothy Lee
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