North Carolina Ports Lead 1939 Import Rise In Southeast
North Carolina ports at Wilmington and Morehead City posted the largest rise in import values in 1939 among Southeast customs districts, up 51 percent from 1958 totals to 95.4 million dollars, while export values slightly increased in North Carolina from 87 to 89.1 million dollars. South Carolina and others also reported import gains. South Carolina rose 43 percent, and Georgia and Florida posted higher export figures with mixed changes across districts.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Mobile
Ala
Joel B. New
Department of Commerce
Wilmington
Morehead City
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
New Orleans
Fifteen Students Fined After Orangeburg Protest Verdict
In Orangeburg South Carolina fifteen Negro college students were convicted of breach of the peace after a mass anti segregation protest last week. Each was fined fifty dollars in lieu of 30 days jail. Defense counsel announced an appeal and a funding plan for release. The trial followed an estimated crowd of around one thousand and clashes earlier in the week with police using hoses to restrain demonstrators.
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Orangeburg
S.C
B. Marchant Culler
Matthew Perry
Nolice
Perry
Culler
James S. Verner
Verner
James Clyburne
A&t
Sumter
Demlehee
No Cannisters
South Carolina
State
Claflin
Man Sentenced to Die in Angier Robbery Murder
In Lillington North Carolina a 24 year old Negro farm laborer Leroy Jones of Angier was sentenced to die in the gas chamber for the first degree murder of Mrs Mildred Dupre during a December robbery. An all white jury deliberated under four hours before returning the verdict with no mercy after a two hour trial. The case goes to the State Supreme Court on automatic appeal.
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State Supreme Court
Jack Hooks
Nen
Jones
Mildred Dupre
Good deed remembered near Nogales
Carlton Shepard of Tucson found a motorist stranded with a flat tire near Nogales and gave his spare tire for use until the driver reached a nearby service station. He did not wait to learn the outcome, leaving the scene after helping the motorist.
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Nogales
Ariz
Carlton [Shepard
Tucson
Shepard
Golden declares South not ready for civil rights progress
Raleigh AP: Author Harry Golden told the North Carolina Student Legislative Assembly that Eisenhower’s call for biracial conferences in the South is 60 years late. He argued the issue is not prejudice removal but statutory rights and urged ending segregation to boost the untapped consumer market and textile industry. Duke’s Steve Braswell was elected interim council president. Greensboros A T College delegation urged change.
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Raleigh
Harry Golden
North Carolina Student Legislative Assembly
Eisenhower
South
Golden
NAACP
America
Legislative Assembly
Senate
iThe House
Greensyboro
A&t College
Steve Braswell
Duke University
Jassembly
Charles R. Johnson
High Point College
Charles Mc
Neil
North Carolina College
Jenny
Taylor
Meredith
Can Golden
Carolinas
Charlotte
North Carolina
Wildlife group opposes trout season postponement
GREENSBORO AP The North Carolina Wildlife Federation through its executive board went on record opposing the Wildlife Resources Commission action delaying opening day of the trout fishing season from April 2 to April 30. The federation criticized the postponement as unnecessary and urged a return to the original opening date.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Wildlife Federation
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Commission
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