Railroads Drive Slight Stock Uptick In Midday Trade
New York stocks edged higher on rail and select items with gains of 1 to 2 points while losses stayed below a point. Market opened weak, drifted lower, then moved higher in afternoon trading as railroads and certain motors, aircraft and rubber shares led. Chrysler active and GM ahead, with overall light volume around 1.0 million shares at 1 p.m.
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New York
Chrysler
General Motors
Ambeville
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
Sanntonio
San Francisco
Washington
Wilmington
News Of Interest To Colored People and Community Notices
Community notices list meetings for the White Rose Chapter OES at Odd Fellows Hall and revival services at Shiloh Baptist Church led by Rev. E L Clark of Winston-Salem. Emmanuel Baptist Missionary Circle 3 meets with Mrs. McGill. Royal Degree Circle sets monthly meetings at Py thian Hall. Obituary for Mrs Maggie Jordan of 1404 Davis Ave notes survivors and funeral at Hoover Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Greenhill Cemetery.
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OES
White Rose Chapter
Odd Fellows
Pythian Hall
Perry St
White and Negro Ministers Merge in High Point
The White and Interdenominational Ministers unions in High Point approved a merger to form the High Point Ministers Alliance effective January 1, 1955. The eight point plan includes joint October meetings and full merger next year with shared leadership and updated by laws and dues. The two groups held their monthly meetings at Green Street Baptist and First Baptist Church respectively.
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High Point
High Point Ministers’ al
Sechriest
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Ministers’ Association
W. S. McLeod
Brooks Memorial Methodist Church
Ministers’ Union
H. Millard Jones
Springfield Friends Church
A. Speight
St. Stephens Methodist Church
Springfield Church
Executive
High Point Ministers’ Association
Green St. Baptist Church
Interdenominational Ministers’ Union
iFirst Baptist Church
E. Washington St
First Woman Wins Pulitzer Prize for Photo of Rescue
Mrs. Walter M. Schau of San Anselmo California becomes the first woman and second amateur to win the prize in 12 years for a dramatic rescue photo. Her shot shows two men in a dangling cab before it crashes and burns, with a second photo later credited to another photographer. The advisory board calls her image the outstanding picture of 1953.
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Walter M. Schau
San Anselmo
Calif
Schau
Columbia University
Advisory Board
Associated Press
Sacramento
Y Locker Sign Thefts Probed
City detectives investigate a locker rifling at the YMCA and the theft of two signs from a saw repair shop. William T Rich TT, 11, of 432 Friddle St reports a thief took a key ring and some Japanese money from his wallet while he swam. J A Leisby of 114 Virginia Ave reports two signs stolen from 106 Dalton St, one metal and one wood.
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YMCA
William T. Rich
Friddle St
J. A. Leisby
Virginia Ave
Dalton St
Dry Ice Spray Used To Put Out Gas Main Fire
Firemen used a spray of dry ice to quell a gas main fire at N Main and Washington Sts. They stood by until gas company workers arrived and then extinguished the blaze. A false alarm at the Anvil Brand warehouse on 305 S Hamilton St followed, caused by an air leak in the sprinkler system.
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N. Main
Washington Sts
Anvil Brand
S. Hamilton St
Weather forecast details for tonight and tomorrow
The low tonight is 58 and the high tomorrow 68. Today’s high was 64 with last night’s low 49. Sunset is 7:09 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 5:24 a.m.
Mitchell Renamed NAHM Director at Atlantic City meeting
William F. Mitchell, Melrose Hosiery Mill general manager and vice president, was re elected to the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers board during the group's two day convention in Atlantic City New Jersey Adrian L Shuford Jr Conover Knitting Co was elected board chairman replacing Henry A Line berger of Belmont Other officers named Ferdinand K Thun Reading Pa Princeton Ky Grayson Harralson D Crenshaw Clinton Tenn Paul Russell Star NC Re elected were W F Williamson New York president Reuben C Ball Montclair NJ vice president and secretary Frank R Ris enberger New York treasurer Matthew C Kurtz River Edge NJ assistant secretary
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William FE. Mitchell
Melrose Hosiery Mill
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Atlantic City
N. J
Adrian L. Shuford Jr
Conover Knitting Co
Conover
N. C
Henry A. Lineberger
Belmont
Ferdinand K. Thun
Reading
Princeton
Grayson Harralson
D. Crenshaw
Clinton
NAACP Protests Luncheon Ban Against Negroes
Winston-Salem NAACP protests a ban on Negro attendance at an Armed Forces Day luncheon where Army Secretary Robert T. Stevens will speak on May 12. Telegrams and a letter to NAACP HQ seek removal of the ban as attorney James M. Hayes Jr. says the celebration committee could do nothing about it.
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Winston—Salem
N. C
Winston-Salem
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Eisenhower
Stevens
National Naacp
G. Linwood Jaunteroy
Atty
James M. Hayes Jr
NAACP
Five State Primaries Set Today Across Several States
Five state primaries unfold today with major intra party battles. Alabama contenders include James E. Folsom in the gubernatorial race and several congressional contests. Indiana Florida New Mexico also host nominations with key figures seeking party bids and control of party organizations.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Laurie Battle
House
Sparkman
John G. Crommelin
Washington
James E
Big Jim) Folsom
Alabama
Indiana
Florida
Dan McCarthy
New Mexico
U.S
Homer Capehart
William E. Jenner
George N. Craig
U H
Earl Wilson
Ed Whitcomb
Charley E. Johns
Leroy Collins
Brailey Odham
GOP
J. Tom Watson
Charles E
Clinton P. Anderson
Edwin L. Mechem
Senate
John J. Dempsey
Antonio M. Fernandez
Warren R. Cobean
Thomas H. Childers
Joseph
Hearings to Continue as Dispute Over Witnesses Persists
The dispute over witness lists and scope goes on as Sen Mundt postpones a full adjournment. Welch and Dirksen clash over ending testimony after Stevens and McCarthy. McCarthy links Hensel to motives, while Hensel’s attorney resists withdrawal without separate consideration.
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Mundt
Sen. Dirksen
R-N
Secretary of
Army
Sen. McCarthy
Dirksen
Joseph N. Welch
Welch
Stevens
McCarthy
M . McCarthy
Francis P. Carr
Colin
Carr
Dirksen Lagan
Robbery Peddler Fatally Shot by Japanese Doctor
In URAWA Japan a peddler threatened buyers with a gun claiming prison time and a weapon. Dr Yoshio Miyazaki 38 confronted the man in his home and fired a shotgun killing the peddler. The doctor then searched the peddler for the gun.
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Urawa
Japan
Yoshio Miyazaki
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Pullman Company
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Teen
Radio Corporation
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Woolworth & Co
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Negro Pastors Finish Association
Charlotte M
Official Weather Bureau
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NAHM
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Holm O. Burson
Alvin Stockton
John Simms Jr
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Tary
Hensel
Frederick P. Bryan
Bryan
C. A. Ruffmordt & CO
Fourth Avenue
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Edison
North Carolina
Wachovia Bank
Wachovia
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