Recount Calls Roil Thomasville Mayoral Race
Thomasville races saw recount requests after a 12 vote mayoral margin. John Carter and Luther R. Jarrett clash in the fourth ward while Baron Craven unseats Arthur Black in the second ward. Incumbents Eanes Kennedy and Jarrett hold seats as Craven, Wilson gain momentum. Nearly 2,000 ballots cast amid light showers as officials tally results and defaced ballots noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter W. Rapp
Carl C. Wilson
Charles R. Fanes
Thomas J. Allen
Fred T. Fergerson
Harold G. Harrison
Arthur E. Black
Baron W. Craven
C. T. Kennedy
Julian Myers
W. E. Tomlinson
Tions Board
Holton
Rapp
Enterprise
Fourth Ward
Johner
Luther R. Jarrett
Victor
Carter
Elections Board
City Hall
Wilson
Cenc Ael Court
Jude
Black
Craven
Charles R. Eanes
Harold Harrison
Oting
Buron Craven
S. R. Moore
John Carter
Jarrett
Ennedy
Thomasville
Martha Tilton Weds Test Pilot Jim Brooks in Las Vegas
Singer Martha Tilton quietly married test pilot Jim Brooks in Las Vegas last Sunday. They plan a August honeymoon visit to Brooks' relatives in Roanoke Virginia. Brooks flies for North American Aviation Inc.
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Hollywood
Martha Tilton
Jim Brooks
Las Vegas
Nev
Roanoke
Brooks
North American Aviation
Ind
Quiet Departure of 38 Freed Men from Hawaii
A giant C97 Stratocruiser carrying 38 sick and wounded repatriates left Honolulu for Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco after a quiet departure. Thirty two Americans rode the Stratocruiser, six litter patients were carried aboard, two Canadians and six Colombians accompanied the final Freedom Airlift from Tokyo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Tokyo
U. S
Thunderjets Reach Near Yalu with Heavy Strikes
U S Thunderjets and Sabre jets conducted a deep North Korea penetration along the Yalu boundary, bombing at least 17 major Kangge Dam buildings and a Chinese troop area near Old Baldy. B29s hit a Communist supply concentration at Sasan, and Navy ships bombarded Wonsan as night bombers destroyed 91 vehicles.
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Seoul
U. S
Yalu
North Korea
Kangge Dam
Sabre
Old Baldy
Korea
Sasan
Sinanju
Wonsan
Grim Warning Given Young Speedsters
Municipal Court Judge Archie Myatt issued a three month driving ban to a 16 year old after a reckless driving crash near a church on Chestnut Street. The defendant David Wayne Farlow pleaded guilty and was fined court costs. The judge warned speeding in school zones could bring two to three month suspensions for youths who ignore children's safety.
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Archie Myatt
David Wayne Farlow
Thissell Street
Farlow
Chestnut Street
Myatt
Christine Jorgensen to Star in Los Angeles Stage Show
Christine Jorgensen arrives in Los Angeles to headline a stage revue opening May 8 at the Orpheum theater. She flies from New York aboard a TWA airliner at 8:25 p.m. and is coached in New York by a well known feminine motion picture star. Irv ing Yates, her local business manager, says the act will be dignified with some explanation of her personal story.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Christine Jorgensen
Europe
New York
TWA
Orpheum Theater
Irving Yates
Christine
NC State to Dedicate $1 Million Biology Building
Dedication ceremonies were set for 2 30 p m today for a new million dollar biological sciences building at North Carolina State College Raleigh. Gov O Max Gardner of Shelby will be honored as the naming donor and Edwin Gill, state director of federal internal revenue, is the principal speaker.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Edwin Gill
North Carolina
Federal Internal Revenue
O. Max Gardner
Shely
North Carolina Mayors and Councils Election Results
North Carolina cities reported varied mayoral and council outcomes. Several incumbents won reelection or were unopposed, while Runoffs were required in some races such as Burlington and Gastonia. Voter turnout appeared limited in many locales with only 4,613 of 17,500 eligible votes cast in one city.
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Philip L. van Every
Charlotte
D. D. Matthews
Burlington
J. S
Jack) May
Matthews
Dan D. Cameron
Wilmington
Capps Jr
Doran
Mebane
Marvin Walker
Rockwell
Marion
Frank Goldsmith
W. F. Brinkley
R. M. Andrew
Lumberton
B. C. Baker Jr
Henderson
C. H. Wolfe
John Hughes
Henry T. Powell
Oxford
Hugh M. Currin
Gibsonville
W. G. Bonn
Dewey R. Powell
Louisburg
W. F. Shelton
W. C. Webb
Lincolnton
E. C. Heafjner
Belmont
Lawrence A. Brown
Noa
Adesboro
O ‘Stanback
Ad Coste
Aberdeen
Forest Lackey
Spindale
J. G. Davis
Gastonia
Harrelson Yancey
Pat McSwain
Samuel Barber
Ed Coffey
A. S. Melvin
Roanoke Rapids
W. Howard Pruden
Charles F. Ogletree
Littleton
T. R. Walker
J. N. Stokes
John C. Gaines
Gaston
Tillman W. Cooley
Cotton Promotion Body Backs Five Year Allotment Plan
The State Cotton Promotion Committee voted to retain the existing five year average allotment system for the 1954 cotton crop. The 54 growers plus two representatives from several cotton groups favored the current method, while Southwest and Far West seek a three year base. North Carolina lost 74 000 acres to U.S. 1953 production goals.
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Raleigh
State Cotton Promotion Committee
Southwest
Far West
West
U.S
North Carolina
Chapel Hill Names Negro Alderman
Hubert S. Robinson Sr., a university janitor, won 511 votes to become the first Negro elected to Chapel Hill's six man board of aldermen. He led all candidates and marks a civil rights milestone in the college town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
College Town
Hubert S. Robinson Sr
Robinson
City Council approves outside water taps by 5 4 vote
Winter city council approved six outside residents tapping city water lines in a 5 to 4 decision after a hour long debate. Katharine Kirkman pushed to serve those who claimed commitments, but opposition argued against prematurity and a new council should decide policy.
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Forrest Cates
City Water Service
Bill Lewis
M. L. Patrick
Amos Kearns
Patrick
Lewis
Kearns
D[derton
Kirkman
Joe Temple
Bob Myers
Washburn
C. A. Lewis
Dogwood Avenue
Kentucky Avenue
Greensboro Road
H. F. Moore
Stocks Mixed in Quiet New York Trading
Stocks showed little movement with most gains and losses in small fractions. Oil and motor shares edged up while rails softened. General Foods held steady as dividends were declared. Prices listed for many major issues include American Can 36 and General Motors 64 percent, amid a subdued volume near 1.29 million shares.
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New York
Oils
General Foods
Union Pacific
Gulf Oil
American Te Eedoes International
Ge 1 Motors
Lockheed
Southern Railway
Eastern Air Lines
Kennecott Oper Allied Chemice
Republic Teel
Goodrich
American Can
American Car & F
American T & T
American Tobacco
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Aircraft
Borden
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler
Colgate P-P
Continental Can
Seams Airens
DuPont
Eastern Air
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
General Motors
Goodyear
Mt. Central
Interchemical Corp
International Harvester
International Nickel
International T & T
Johns-Manville
Kennecott
Kroger Co
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard
Lou & Nash
Monsanto Ag
Packard
Paramount Pictures
Penney
Pennsylvania RA
Pepsi-Cola
Philip Morris
Reynolds Tobacco
Seaboard Airline
Sears Roebuck
Southern Co
Standard Oil
Studebaker
Texas Co
Union Carbide
U. S. Rubber
U. S. Steel
Warner Bros
Blue Ridge Parkway
Western Union
Great Smoky Mountains
Westinghouse Air Bke
National Park
Westinghouse Electric
Western North
Baptists Set Budget For Convention in Miami Meeting
The Executive Committee proposed a total operating fund of 5.75 million and capital needs of 3 million for the coming year with increases across foreign and home missions and seminaries. Preliminary WMU and pastors conference sessions in Miami elected officers including Mrs. George R. Martin and Alma Hunt, with Dr. Ramsey Pollard and others named to key posts.
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Miami
Fla
Foreign Mission Board
Home Mission Board
Southern Seminary
Louisville
Southwestern Seminary
Ft.Worth
New Orleans Seminary
Golden Gate Seminary
Berkeley
Calif
Southeastern Seminary
Wake Forest
N. C
W. O. Carver School
American Baptist Seminary
Nashville
Ala
la Venia Neal
Lanette
Ramsey Pollard
Knoxville
More Rain In Prospect For the East
Rain across the East Southeast and Midwest continues in the forecast while the West enjoys summerlike warmth. Showers hit Southern Wisconsin North eastern Illinois and parts of Georgia to Maine with light drizzles in the Middle Atlantic. temperatures reached 96 in San Diego and 94 in Los Angeles. Floodwaters threaten sections of Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Texas as wet weather persists.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Town
Missouri
Kansas
Wisconsin
Illinois
Georgia
Maine
Middle Atlantic
Rockies
Plains States
San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
Pacific Northwest
Seattle
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Texas
Caudle recounts fraud case testimony timeline
Caudle described SEC investigators as overzealous in the Crummer case and lacking sufficient evidence for conviction. He noted bondholders were defrauded of about 185000 and that a bond firm settled with Panama City and Citrus County Florida. Caudle, fired from the Justice Department in 1951, testified at his own request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitehair
Panama City
Citrus County
Fla
Penue
Caudle
Justice Department
Truman
Attendance Remains High at Methodist Revival Across Districts
Attendance in the Thomasville district reached 5492 and in the Greensboro district including High Point 49000 during the Methodist Evangelistic Mission. Total commitments by profession of faith or letter transfer stand at 200 after the first three days of revival activities.
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Thomasville
Methodist United Evangelistic Mission
Greensboro
William Bobbitt
High Point
Mrs C M Thomas Attends Funeral for Sister
Mrs C M Thomas of 247 Boulevard traveled to Clinton after the sudden death of her sister Mrs C C Van.
Synthetic Diamond Fraud Charged in Bonn Case
German authorities filed fraud charges against Hermann Meineke and his wife for a synthetic diamond scheme that claimed 2000 carats weekly. Investors lost about 800000 marks. Meineke used a doctor title, fabricated testimony, and received lab space from the Economics Ministry. Trial set for late July.
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Bonn
Germany
Hermann Meineke
Meinke
Federal Economics Ministry
Meineke
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Charles Fanes
Luther Jarrett
Giant C97
Tripler General Hospital
Yalu River
N.C
Chise
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
Moore
George Covington
John Haworth
Arthur York
Baptists
Piones
Merita
Rey Mh SU
Aaa
Rony
Chattanooga
Memphis
Winston-Salem
Ralelagh
Norfolk and
Walston
Airport Terminal
Erregauk
Nodak
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