Local Penn Mutual expands with Gray joins Mitchell firm
Joseph A. Gray Jr. joins G William Mitchell Jr. in their Penn Mutual Life Insurance office in Wilmington. A Wilmington native, Gray is UNC graduate 1952 and Navy veteran with two subsequent Ensign years. He and wife Pat Hackney and their two daughters reside on Rotary Ct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Gray Jr
G. William Mitchell Jr
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Gray
Wilmington
Pat Hackney
High Point
B. W. Hackney
New Hanover High
Navy
UNC
National Container Co
Raleigh
Grays
Rotary Ct
Uranium Hunt Goes On All Over Country
A surge in uranium prospecting turns the search into a nationwide boom. Life Magazine notes thousands hunt in the U S and Canada with colleges teaching amateurs while industry sprouts gear makers and big retailers stock Geiger counters and related equipment. Colorado plateaus remain top sites with expansion to Texas coastlands Spokane to Sierra Nevada regions. Estimates say at least $45000 is needed to confirm a bonanza, with funding options including stock sales and development loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Life Magazine
U. S
Canada
Atomic Energy Commission
Precision Radiation Instruments
Los Angeles
Nuclear Instrument & Chemical Corp
Chicago
Colorado Plateaus
Texas
Spokane
Wash
Sierra Nevadas
Defense Mineral Exploration Administration
Crossword by A C Gordon Across and Down clues
Crossword puzzle clues listed for across and down entries with various definitions and word plays. Includes references to letters numbers and ancient deities mixed with general vocabulary. Placeholder grid appears garbled and partial.
Reliance Varnish to Build 32000 Sq Ft Plant in High Point
Reliance Varnish Co Inc plans a new 32000 square foot varnish and paint plant on Prospect Road and Progress Street in High Point, buying 4.03 acres from High Point Industrial Corp. The facility will employ about 50, with a $200000 annual payroll, 12 tanks, a 200 foot rail spur, and over $1000000 in machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance Varnish Co., Inc
Crittenden Dr
Louisville
Ben Robertson
Reliance
Ed Mendenhall
High Point Chamber of
Ferce
High Point Industrial Corp
Prospect Rd
Progress St
HPT & D
Reliance Varnish Co
Sun Line Juvenile
Miami
Clarke
Inclde Swaim Mfg. Co
Archdale Machinery and Hosiery Co
High Point
Bridgeport
Bridgeport, Conn., Chicago, St. Asheville
Los Angeles
Calif
Asheville
Reliance Board
Robertson
White & Wright, Realtors
Howard Pancoast
Chamber of Commerce New Industries Committee
Otis Marshall
Automation Shapes the Future of Workers in 1955
Feature contrasts Walter Reuther’s UAW view with industry leaders on automation's impact. It cites Ford Dearborn’s Big Broach line and Big Jim, the six figure machine, plus how automation creates indirect labor demand while cutting direct factory staff. It notes Admiral Har vard and Rockford Illinois plants adding jobs and efficiency, framing automation as a mixed boon and threat with a call for guaranteed annual wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuther
UAW
Chicago
Sandusky
Ohio
Ford
Cleveland
Paul Bunyan
Dearbon
James A. Smith
Big Jun
Big Broach
Big Jim
Ford Motor Co
Donald Schwartz
Chicago Sun-Times
Stanley Tylak
Dearborn
Tylak
Ty Lak
Automation
Admiral Corp
Harvard
Admiral
Rockford
Til
U.S. Industries, Inc
Automation Targets Wartime Plants in Two-Shift Era
Best are employed around the plant. In three-shift wartime operation, there would be 600 workers. An ordinary shell factory would need about the same number. The automatic factory comes closest to realization in the process industries such as gasoline, chemicals, synthetic fibers, paper and foods. Straw bosses here are instruments that never sleep and rarely slip. They report constantly by electric impulse from hundreds of strategic locations.
Consumers Growing More Optimistic in Federal Reserve Survey
The Federal Reserve Board reports a jump in optimism among U.S. consumers in early 1955. A 59 percent majority expect good times this year, up from 43 percent in 1954, with 12 percent foreseeing bad times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Local Firms Moving Soon to Ward Street Facilities
Marsden Slate Co and Carolina Farnsworth Co plan to relocate operations to Ward Street facilities. Marsden Slate distributes Bolta products and other brands, with Carolina Farnsworth supplying fabrics and leather goods. The building spans 48,000 square feet on an S-acre tract, with two railroad sidings and a large parking area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyo High Point
Marsden Slate Co
Carolina Farnsworth Co
Ward St
L. A. Marsden
Bolta
General Tire & Rubber Co
Albert J. Barston Fabrics
Blanchard Bro. & Lane
Carolina Farnsworth
Marsden State
Farnsworth
Dining Room Lines Withdrawn By Top Producers
Several large furniture producers temporarily withdraw mid priced dining room lines to catch up on orders. Some lines may be reinstated in summer. Lenoir area manufacturers among those withdrawing. Bedroom lines in medium and lower brackets also appear to be pulled back as stores push buys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenoir
Few Price Times Are Expected Near City
Furniture manufacturers in the area do not plan price hikes, though foam rubber has raised some finished product prices. Industry reports suggest a latex price rise before summer markets, but these are discounted. Makers watch lumber costs and a proposed 90 cent hour minimum wage may affect lumber prices. A large upholster frame supplier warned frame prices could rise if lumber and labor costs climb.
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A. C. Gordon
Sun Eagies
Oe Serer
Mradow
Iso
Prospect Road
Reliance Varnish Company
Clude
Sterling F. Green
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
John Maynard Keynes
Mira Aeme Alaihinam
We Ae
Alabama Mills
Amer & Efird Coma
Amer Enka
Oba
Amer
Amer Marietta Ceoceudens BO
Otte Amer Marietta
Amer Trust Copista
Anvil
Arden Parus
Atlanta Gas Light
Newart
Hassett Furniture
Bausch & Lomb
Beneficial Corpse
Peneficial
Standard Life Inc
Dine-Bet, Inc
Blue Ridge the Co
Buffalo Eclipse Butters Inc
Cape Fear Wood Cannon Milla
Carolina Casualty Inc
Carolina Pal & Pid
Carolina Sales Corp
Carolina Tel & Tel
Suabeden Ae
Central Tel Co
Chadbourn
Cisnches
Chatham
Cable Dairy
Domestic Finance Corp
Dressel Furniture Co
Duo & Bradstreet
the Duret Plastics & Chem
Edison Thomas A
Erwin Mills, Inc
Farrington Mtg Co
Foremost Dairies Com
Corp
Franklin Life Ins Co
Garfinckel J Com
Garfinckel
Reeves Soundcraft
Robertson H Ho. O
Soccey
Security Life&Trust Co
Garlock Packing
Guilford Nal Bank
Ims Gull
EAE Tab Ce Ee
Hanes PH
Nu le Harris Foly&Ma Spercent
Home Finance Group
Hood Sys Ind Bk
Houston
Hycon Mfe Co
Inter Mountain Telepee Rere
Tae
Inti Cellucotton Prod Scones
Divery
Southern Utilities
Irving Trust Co
Ivey J Ba&co Esque
Jefferson Standard
Thiaspaeae Ae Kellogg Co
It Keystone Portland
Kingsport Press Caves
Lou Blower Es
Lenoir Finance
Liberty Life Ins
Life & Casualty Ins
Life Ins Co
Vard
Life Inc
Lincoln Natl Life Lithium Corp of America
Lucky
MacMillan Co Sy Sidneehe OO
Maryland Casualty Snscus
Mineral & Chem Corp
Missouri Ins
Coosbeubs
Moore Handiey
Morganton Furniture Co
Natl Food Prod Co Cavess
Natl Life&Accid
New Britain Machine Sconees
Nicholson File Co
Wave
North American Life Ins
North Carolina
Occidental Life Inn
Ohio State Life
Oswego Falls Corp
Perriere
Peninsular Telephone
Penn
Yeas
Permutit Co
Piedmont & Northern Rwy
Piedmont Aviation Ove
Piedmont Nat Gases
Potash Co of America
Public Service Com
Pyramid Lite Ins Co
Sonoco Products
Southeastern Fund Oc
State Loan
Fied
Ender
Rush Strayer
Ocean Forest
Myrtle Beach
High Point Savings and Trustee
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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