Thomasville Set for First Regular City Council Meeting
Thomasville officials convene tomorrow in the first regular session of the new administration. The agenda includes a gas supply report, a proposed city accounting system, school board appointments, water meter repair building plans, Catalin Corp fire protection terms, drainage issues, and tax release discussions. Mayor Carl Wilson and two new councilmen lead the session with three veteran representatives.
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Thomasville
Carl Wilson
Everett W. Schadt
Ae‘teomasville
N. C. Gas Company
Wilson
Catalin
Catalin Corp
Girls Proving Good Drivers In Davidson
In Davidson County schools six of seven Fairgrove bus drivers are girls as football started last year. Clifford Cross, the county transportation supervisor, notes fewer breakdowns and high dependability with the girls in charge driving about 182 miles daily and 3 640 miles monthly for 750 students daily. Drivers include Posey Jones Lorraine Pierce n Childers Martha Hughes Margaret Wray Joyce Fouts and W Joe Young.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
Fairgrove
Davidson
Clifford Cross
Posey Jones
Lorraine Pierce
N Childers
Martha Hughes
Margaret Wray
Joyce Fouts
W Joe Young
Exotic dancer charged with kidnapping in cross country case
Barbara Lee Grimm 24, of Tulare California, faces kidnapping charges after allegedly taking a 1 year old boy and a girl from a Washington beer party to New York. The boy wandered Central Park and the girl was found with an unknown man. authorities say she has a prior record and a mother complex. The girl Diane Bradford was unharmed. the boy Clifton Bradford was located at the Central Park Zoo. An alert had been issued across 13 states before Grimm was arrested in South Jamaica Queens.
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New York
Washington
Frank S. Hogan
Barbara Lee Grimm
Tulare
Calif
Central Park
Hogan
Grimm
Miami
Fla
Diane Bradford
Clifton Eugene Bradford
Central Park Zoo
Clifton Eugene Bradford Sr
James B. Leggett
New York Police
Jamaica
Queens
Textile Contracts Awarded By Armed Forces Agency
The Armed Forces Textile and Apparel Procurement Agency announced a $2,316,480 contract to Reeves Brothers of New York for 3,200,000 yards of khaki twill. Additional major awards include J. P. Stevens & Co. New York $1,608,665 Brookside Mills Inc New York $1,514,150 Burlington Mills Corp $1,281,139 and Soule Mill New Bedford Mass $679,700.
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New York
Reeves Brothers
Armed Forces Textile and Apparel Procurement Agency
J. P. Stevens & Co
Brookside Mills, Inc
Mechanical Engineers Meet Here Friday
Piedmont Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers will hold a dinner meeting and Ladies Day this Friday. Members and guests meet at Tomlinson of High Point at 3 30 pm for tours of plant departments and the furniture showrooms. Dinner is at the Sheraton Hotel at 6 20 pm followed by a talk from J Dean Isley superintendent of Liberty Hosiery Mills on the hosiery industry.
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Piedmont
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Tomlinson
High Point
Sheraton
J. Dean Isley
Liberty Hosiery Mills
Farmers Replant Tobacco Crops With Neighbor Help
In Fremont Section near Goldsboro North Carolina volunteers from about forty neighbors brought their own tobacco plants to E B Fulghum’s six acres after a plant shortage left farmers with dead crops. The effort continued with Herman Hooks farm the next day and volunteers held barbecues after the work each evening to replenish wiped out crops.
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Goldsboro
N. C
Fremont
E. B. Fulghum
Herman Hooks
Williams cites illegal promotions in Truman era
Sen John J Williams accuses several thousand civil service workers of illegal promotions during the Truman administration. He cites a Warren GAO ruling on a rollback and blames ex Civil Service Commission chief Ramspeck. Williams notes the Whitten rider limits promotions to one grade per year.
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Washington
John J. Williams
R-Del
Truman
Williams
Lindsay C. Warren
Senate
Warren
Civil Service
Civil Service Commission
General Accounting Office
Robert Ramspeck
The
Commission
Whitten
PTA Names National Vice Presidents for Regions
The National Congress of Parents and Teachers elected four regional vice presidents for three year terms. Mrs. T. J. Mims of Greenville South Carolina, president of the South Carolina Congress, was elected vice president of Region Three covering Alabama Florida Georgia North and South Carolina and Tennessee.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
T. J. Mims
Greenville
S.C
South Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North
Tennessee
Eviction by Door Break Prompts Bronx Housing Scene
New York city marshal Willem H. Goldstone used a sledge to break into a three room Parkchester apartment with six aides. Over 100 police watched as 50 occupants including white and Negro residents were led out after a court order allowed eviction over a prohibited sub-lease. Mrs Decatur and her family were the last to leave.
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New York
Willem H. Goldstone
Michael Decatur
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Parkchester
Bronx
Decaturs
Stocks drift with aircraft firms lead and tax worry
NY stocks opened quiet as aircraft makers led small gains amid Eisenhower tax extension doubts. Johnson & Johnson and National Tea posted solid rises while U S Steel and Bethlehem stayed flat. A late note mentions valiant mortar details tied to Valenchiana church in Mexico per the National Geographic Society.
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Valenciana
Mexico
National Geographic Society
Tides Enter Flood Picture
Louisiana floods from an early storm push 20 parishes near 3,000 homeless. Mermentau town evacuated as Mermentau River nears record crest. 400 cattle drowned in Catahoula Parish. agriculture losses reach 100 million dollars.
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Griffin
Atlanta
Georgia
Carolinas
Baton Rouge
Amite River
National Guard
157Th Infantry Division
Louisiana National Guard
Mermentau
Calcasieu
Bayous Des Cannes
Nezpique
Louisiana
Jattle Crown
Catahoula Parish
Horace Patten
State Agriculture Department
Man bitten by hot dog sues Tigers and vendors
Detroit resident Karl S. Waldron sues the Detroit Tigers, the game caterer and a sausage company claiming a hot dog at a Tigers game cut his throat and harmed his voice. Separate business notes report a shift toward bright colored cars, with only 10 percent of last year's autos sold in black versus 26 percent in 1941.
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DOG Bites Man
Detroit
Karl S. Waldron
Detroit Tigers
Baseball Club
Catering Service
Sausage Company
Denton Lions Plan District Meeting and Community News
About 30 visiting Lions will gather at the American Legion Building Sunday at 1 p.m. Committees will judge Lions Club work and individual performances. District Governor E. O. Lane will announce results at the State convention in Asheville June 14-16. Various district dignitaries and local Denton Lions members attend. Other notes cover local concerts, family visits, and obituaries including W. A. Jarvis of High Rock.
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American Legion
E. O. Lane
Asheville
Hugh Mauldin
Spencer
R. Hoke Flynt
Winston-Salem
Dees
Fred Wacs
Durham
Ben Foreman
Salisbury
Lloyd Senter
Carrboro
Willie Welborn
Thomasville
Depuy
Emmett V. Stone
High Point
Denton Lions Club
Robert L. Johnson
E M. Hunt
Hiram Ward
D. L. Stubbs
Denton Club
Armon Hunt
Argentina lifts ban on U S press agencies
Argentina restores access for American news agencies United Press and Associated Press to transmit world news to newspapers and radio stations The International News Service will resume local wire distribution Reuters and AFP remain unaffected after Peron accused US agencies of defamation
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ministry of Communications
United Press
Associated Press
International
Communications Ministry
Cial
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Reuters
Agence France Presse
Eddie Fisher Serenades Princess Margaret at Charity Ball
Eddie Fisher sang three tunes for Princess Margaret at a London charity ball as she left the event smiling for the first time since King George VI's death. The Princess requested more songs and spoke with Fisher at length, expressing amusement at his nervousness and admiration for his performance.
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London
Eddie Fisher
Princess Margaret
Fisher
Palladium
Dorchester Hotel
Heaven
Power
Margaret
Sharman Douglas
George VI
Clarence House
Franklin Nash farmers report crop damage in three hailstorms
Franklin and Nash County farmers reported widespread losses from three separate hailstorms. Tobacco corn and cotton were harmed across Griffin Township and areas from Gold Sand to Red Oak, with golf ball to baseball sized hail. Officials could not estimate total damage.
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Franklin
Nash County
Griffin Township
Gold Sand
White Plain
Franklin County
Red Oak
Hickory
NSPB Warns Against Using Tinted Glasses at Night
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness cautions drivers about tinted glasses at night. They say tinting reduces headlight glare but also lowers overall illumination, increasing risk for night driving.
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National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Outlines Eisenhower Tax Plan Faces Delays
President Eisenhower proposed a tax program with key points stalled by Congress. He urged delaying the 10 percent personal income tax cut and postponing corporation tax cuts and excise reductions set to take effect next April 1. The plan also defers Social Security payroll tax increases from January 1.
Opposed Tax Cuts Spar Over Air Force Funding
In a Senate address Senator Saltonstall and House Chairman Short argued for strengthening the Air Force despite tax concerns. President argues taxes are high but national security justifies sacrifice. Taft doubts House support for extending the excess profits tax as Reed vows to oppose any extension. Marx is described as the German-born thinker who shaped Russian communism.
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Short
Russia
Senate
Taft
Ohio
House
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel A. Reed
Levy
Reed
Egyptians Told to Brace For Battle
Premier Gen Mohammed Naguib urged Egyptians to prepare for a battle to force the British from the Suez Canal Zone. He called Britain a malignant enemy and said Egyptians would choose time and methods to wrest their rights with sweat and blood. He defended German advisers as strengthening the army and dismissed Churchill’s charges of Nazi influence.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Suez Canal Zone
Britain
Suez
Naguib
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Justice Does About Face In Rutherfordton Court
In Rutherfordton North Carolina Judge Hoyle Sink ordered three constables to pay the $50 fine and costs for assaulting Leon Scruggs 21 during an arrest on January 24. The officers Bill Ingram Hope Harrill and John Morgan were convicted without a jury and also fined $175 each plus costs for shooting at Scruggs vehicle and menacing him with a pistol or blackjack.
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Rutherfordton
N. C. PB
Hoyle Sink
Leon Scruggs
Scruggs
Recorder’s Court
Sink
Bill Ingram
Hope Harrill
John Morgan
Link
Going and Coming Shelton Neb Man Flies Private Route
Mrs Don Smith arrived at Denver airport after her husband Don Smith met her at the gate in Grand Island Neb He accompanied her to the plane then flew to Denver in a private plane via a friend offering a ride The commercial flight had two en route stops while the private flight went direct.
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Shelton, Neb
Don Smith
Denver
Grand Isana
Neb
Smith
Faces Big Test of Leadership in Tax Fight
President Eisenhower sought to hold off tax cuts until 1955 as Congress debated a five point plan to raise revenue. Support from Republicans and Democrats clashed with GOP opposition led by Daniel Reed over an early personal income tax cut and extension of the excess profits tax. Senate leaders indicated possible cooperation if the House acts, while Reed remained unmoved.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
GOP
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
House
Ways and Means Committee
Reed
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Charles A. Halleck
Haileck
Senate
Eugene D. Millikin
Rcolo
Senate Finance Committee
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ike's Budget Compared With Truman's
Washington is reporting Eisenhower's revised 1954 fiscal year budget alongside Truman's final proposal. The figures show spending near 68.5 to 68.7 billion under Eisenhower and about 74.1 to 78.0 billion for the Truman plan. The Truman budget assumed existing tax laws, while Eisenhower expects Congress to delay some tax cuts next year.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
Congress
Conss
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Bill Penner
Bob Hedrick
Eleetie Jarvis
China Grove
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William Oatis
Germany
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Saltonstall
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