Spring Mart Reaches Order Taking Phase
Hickory Community Market and factory showrooms report heavy buyer traffic with over 1,000 buyers expected in the area by week’s end. Drexel Furniture Co. vice president David Brunn notes strong showroom traffic as buyers tour North Carolina and Virginia markets during April and October informal markets. The market closes Friday.
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Hickory
High Point
David Brunn
Drexel Furniture Co
Drexel
North Carolina
Virginia
Exposition Building
Scared Groom Accepts Annullment After Brief Honeymoon
In 1954 a San Francisco groom, after a quick kiss to his new bride Mrs Sherryn Martinez, left for his mother’s Lake County home saying he was scared. The Superior Court granted an annulment noting the brief marriage and the bride’s impression that he was a “mama's boy.”
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San Francisco
Lake County
1954
Sherryn
Sherry) Martinez
Superior Court
Ben Curter
Sherry
McCarthy in Serious Condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy remains in a serious condition after a period of a fairly comfortable night at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He was admitted last Sunday with acute hepatitis and a vet related inflammation, with temperature slightly elevated and visitors limited to family.
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Washington
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
Sen. McCarthy
Stock market gains ease as tensions ease and key issues rise
Market leaders advanced from fractions to about two points while losses stayed in a similar range. Oils gained on Middle East détente, steel gave back on profit taking amid weaker demand. IBM rose after a split and dividend hike, U S Steel held firm then slipped. Major companies listed include Amoco Kerr McGee Gulf Oil Royal Dutch Texas Company Standard Oil New Jersey and Du Pont among others.
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Middle East
Amerada
Kerr McGee Oil
Gulf Oil
Royal Dutch
Texas Co
Standard Oil
New Jersey
International Business Machines
IBM
U.S. Steel
Youngstown
Bethlehem
Lukens
Chrysler
General Motors
du Pont
Air Reduction
Dow
International Paper
Goodyear
Firestone
Associated Press
Dow Jones Averages at Noon Reported
Dow Jones Averages furnished by Bache and Co show 12 noon values with 494.98 for the industrials and 146.08 and 146.04 for related averages. Volume reported around 490,000 to 920,000 shares across listed groups.
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Bache & Co
Wreck Fatal To Girl 14 Near Climax
Carolyn Allred niece of Security National Bank official C M Allred died in a two car crash near Climax at 6 15 p m yesterday. Four others were injured including John F Bare Billy Wade Bare Peggy Stewart and Ernest Coble. Coble drove one car entering Highway 22 while Bare drove the other from Fort Bragg area. The victim was a Bethlehem Methodist Church member and Pleasant Garden School eighth grader. Funeral services set for Bethlehem Church.
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Carolyn Allred
C. M. Allred
Security National Bank
Climax
Greensboro
John F. Bare
Billy Wade Bare
West Jefferson
Fort Bragg
Peggy Stewart
Ernest Coble
John
Wade Bare
Miss Stewart
William Ward Allred
Bethlehem Methodist Church
Pleasant Garden School
Betty Jean
Janice Leigh Allred
William Malcolm Allred
Mother abandons her son to police in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a 43 year old mother Mrs Sadie Bernstein surrendered her 13 year old son Jerrald at a police station saying You take him I dont want him any more The parents father Nathan 56 say they could not manage him psychiatrists and counselors failed The boy is in Juvenile Hall and receives a 13 cent weekly allowance
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Los Angeles
Sadie Bernstein
Nathan
Jerrald
Walrus Name Derives From Norse Whalehorse Contraction
The walrus, a land and sea creature, derives its name from a contraction of the Norse term whalehorse.
North Carolina Considers Auto Inspection Bill
The proposal would require yearly inspections of registration, brakes, lights, steering and windshield wipers by licensed stations at 75 cents per vehicle plus a 25 cent side fee. Rep. Holmes derides prior 1947 law, noting rural inadaptability and 8 percent of yearly highway deaths blamed on faulty equipment.
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Motor Vehicles Department
House
General Assembly
Carroll Holmes
Perquimans
North Carolina
Holmes
Edward Scheidt
George Uzzell
Rowan
Ayers Re-elected Vice Chairman of Hosiery Makers Board
Nathan Ayers of High Point North Carolina was re-elected yesterday as vice chairman of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers at the Knittings Arts Exhibition in Atlantic City New Jersey. Grayson Harralson of Princeton Kentucky was also renamed to serve with Ayers along with other officers including W F Williamson Ruben C Ball Frank R Reisenberger and Matthew C Kurtz.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Nathan Ayers
High Point
N. C
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Grayson Harralson
Princeton
Ayers
W. F. Williamson
New York City
Ruben C. Ball
Music Week Plans Colorful Elementary Program Schedule
The article outlines Music Week activities with the theme A Musical Dream. Events listed include May 7 Leonard Street School at 1 30 p m May 8 Fairview School at 9 30 a m May 8 7 30 p m combined choruses at William Penn School Thursday afternoon Griffin School program and Friday William Penn junior department presentation. Music assistants are Miss M P Browne Mrs J Y Bell and Mrs G W Yokely.
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Leonard Street
Fairview School
William Penn School
Griffin School
William Penn
M. P. Browne
J. Y. Bell
G. W. Yokely
Park Side Garden Club
Katie Evans
Moon Street
Hossanna
Pythian Hall
Perry Street
Kivett Drive
Trinity Pta News
Alford Gray
Ernesto Holmes
Curtis Croft
Oliver Ewings
John A. Gray
Roger Steele Jr
Jerome Wheeler
Eddie Robertson
Toyd L. Green
Edward Bell Harvin Cotton
Haywood Kearns
James Floyd Gray
Homer Foster
Raymond Foster
Richard Holland
Hillard Perry
William Alford
Zonie Matthews
Leo Holland
Joseph Holland
Ernest Wright
John Bethea
Otis Gibson
Baxter Evans
Wilbur Rush
William Evans
Henry Sibert
J. C Sibert
PTA
Improved Radar To Track Hurricanes Test In Wichita
A continuous wave doppler radar, tested for tornado identification, will be deployed at Wichita Kansas around May 10 for data collection. Researchers expect echoes of strong intensity and high velocity distributions to indicate tornado activity with warnings tied to observed high pitched hiss signals.
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Torna
Wichita
Kan
Texas
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S.wrenn ST
America
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Hunter Oil Company
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Kroger Company
S. Main Street
Ring
Gulf Station
N. Hamilton & Richardson Street
Rich's Auto Service Station
Commerce Street
Loew's Inc
Norfolk & Western
Phillips Petroleum
Pennsylvania Railway
Pepsi-Cola
Proctor & Gamble
Reynolds Tobacco
Peepee Steel
Sears Roebuck Southern
Ryie P. Stevens Co
American Tel
Tel
the Texas Co
F. W. Woolworth Co. Electric Co
New York
Bale Higner
Dow-Jones
NAHM
Colored News
Deliz Dental
Wright Bidz
Aep
Philco
Ren Senate
Firestone Stores
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