Stocks Drift in Dull New York Trade
Stocks moved aimlessly in dull morning trading with little change from the prior close. New York Central showed volume in blocks, while Atlantic Coast Line weakened on lower earnings and Missouri Pacific preferred rose. The primary industrial group was subdued with Bethlehem Steel steady and U S Steel dipping.
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NEW York
New York Central
Atlantic Coast Line
Missouri Pacific
Bethlehem Steel
U.S. Steel
Chrysler
General Motors
Seaboard Oil
New Jersey
UNC Order Honors High Point Youth
Kent Jackson a UNC radio major and former WHPE announcer has been named outstanding senior self help student with a high scholastic average by the Order of the Grail. He received an engraved gold cup at Graham Memorial.
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Kent Jackson
University of North Carolina
Order of the Grail
Jackson
Graham Memorial
High Point High School
WHPE
WUNC
Phi Beta Kappa
Order of the Old Well
S. C. Jackson
Monroe Street
Gilbert Marsh
Montheu Street
Thomasville
University Ymca
Marsh
Driver Cited After Rear End Collision At Main and High
City police reported a rear end collision at 4 48 p m on Main Street near High Street causing about 300 in damage to two cars. Paul H McSwain 21 of Route 1 Siler City struck Mollie Sahod 18 of 300 Edgedale Drive who had stopped for a light. No injuries reported.
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Main
High Streets
Paul H. McSwain
Route 1
Siler City
Mollie Sahod
Edgedale
Main Street
Chamber of Commerce Day Set For June 17
June 17 will be Chamber of Commerce Day in the city. The date was set by the chamber executive committee led by President George E. Hutchens and five officers. Arthur Corpening and W. F. Mauldin will lead a 100 member volunteer group to recruit new chamber members.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
George E. Hutchens
Ed Mendenhall
S. C. Kirkman
Phil Clarke
F. J. Sizemore
Arthur Corpening
W. F. Mauldin
City Court Annex Decision Awaited by Officials
Grover Jones says no word yet from the State Supreme Court on the proposed City-County courthouse annex. Fred E. Wilson’s friendly suit, appealed after a Superior Court loss, prompts speculation whether the court will reverse. Mayor Covington supports the plan, while observers worry about funding and county cash for the project.
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Grover Jones
State Supreme Court
Fred E. Wilson
Piedmont Color and Chemical Co
Superior Court
Wilson
Supreme Court
George Covington
Aeeve
Aho
High Point
Roege
Pair Jailed In Second Vice Raid
The second vice raid in two days led to the arrest of two local Negroes. Deloures Harps, 71 East Washington Street, jailed on bigamy and fornication and adultery charges with total bond set at 1500. Ulysses Welch, 26, named as the second husband, charged with fornication and released on 300 bond. A hearing set for June 3. Ray O. Bradley, 45, accused of obtaining 180 from the Employment Security Commission under false pretenses, released on 500 bond. municipal court on June 3.
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Deloures Harps
East Washington Street
Ulysses Welch
Welch
Bennettsville
S. C
Charles Massey
Erse
Dorothy Street
Employment Security Commission
Ray 0
Bradley
Bob Jones graduates include high pointers
More than 350 members of the Bob Jones University graduating class received degrees at exercises on the campus in Greenville South Carolina this morning. Among the graduates were Mr and Mrs Kenneth Knight Kliever daughter and son in law of Mr and Mrs J W Yarborough of 1807 Waldo Street High Point Both Mr and Mrs Kliever received Bachelor of Arts degrees.
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Bob Jones University
Greenville
S. C
Kenneth Knight Kliever
J. W. Yarborough
Waldo Street
High Point
Kliever
Hilliard Memorial Plans Bible School
Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School at 9 am. On Monday June 1 classes are for children ages three to 16. Registration is set for Saturday and Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. Transportation requests may call 8997 or 8998.
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Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church
Secrets Behind Natchez Melrose Silver Pattern Reveal
In Natchez Mississippi three women kept silent for four years on a Gorham Melrose silver pattern designed to honor a local ante bellum mansion. Mrs George L D Kelly and two club presidents revived the plan in 1945 after wartime metal shortages, never even telling their husbands.
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Natchez
Gorham
Melrose
Boy Trapped in Bread Box Rescued by Police
In Newport Rhode Island police officer John H. Tingley heard pounding on his beat and found eight year old Peter Casey inside a large closed bread box near a building. He had crawled in to play and was trapped for about an hour before being freed.
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Newport
R. I
John H. Tingley
Peter Casey
Umstead Calls for Honest Reporting After Health Scare
Governor William Umstead, reeived by reporters in Raleigh, defended his administration style and urged factual coverage. He denied political motives behind police and board appointments, urged sacrifice from high citizens, and praised legislators for their integrity despite differing views.
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Éle
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Th Judicial District
National House of Representatives
United States Senate
Sixth Naval District Commandant is Named
Rear Adm. Heber H. McLean will become commandant of the Sixth Naval District in Charleston July 1 succeeding Rear Adm. Glenn B. Davis who retires Monday. Until McLean arrives Rear Adm. Irving T. Duke will be acting commandant. The district covers North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee.
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S.C
Heber H. McLean
Europe
Sixth Naval District
Glenn B. Davis
Davis
McLean
Irving T. Duke
U. S. Naval Base
Key West
Fla
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Radar on the Road in Memphis Causes Public Confusion
Memphis police install radar in two squad cars triggering widespread mischief and curiosity. Children shout at speeding cars while motorists and reporters react to the blinking radar readouts, prompting puzzled officers to chase reasons for the unusual braking.
Match Industry In Goa Aims 1000 Boxes Daily Output
Goa's first match factory, launched by M. B. Shah formerly of Zanzibar, seeks 1,000 boxes per day gross output and plans exports to Pakistan, Portuguese East Africa and British East Africa. Machinery from Toa Seiki cost 210000 dollars. Two hundred workers employed. A single female worker and family can destroy wool from a dozen sheep in a year.
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Goa
Portuguese India
Pakistan
Portuguese East Africa
British East Africa
M. B. Shah
Zanzibar
Shah
Japan
Toa Seiki
Congress Studies Private Industry Role in Atomic Power
Congress plans extensive hearings on a proposal by the Atomic Energy Commission to let private firms build and operate atomic plants under government licensing. The move aims to reduce costs and make atomic power economically competitive with coal, oil, and hydro. The bill likely won’t reach full House action until next year.
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Congress
W. Sterling Cole
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Cole
AEC
Eisenhower
National Security Council
White House
Gordon Dean
Vannevar Bush
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Douglas McKay
Petroleum Defense Administration
Allies Unite Behind New United Nations Plan for Korea
Washington reports a coordinated push by President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill affirming unity on the U.N. plan for handling prisoners in Korea. They say basic principles are nonnegotiable, while South Korea voices dissatisfaction and suggests the Indian proposal aligns with U.N. terms.
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Washington
United Nations
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
U.N
Churchill
South Korea
Drunken Wheeling Conviction Found in Tennessee
City Judge Tom Hinson found Howard Mack guilty of driving a bicycle down the highway while intoxicated in Labeneon Tennessee. The ruling notes Mack rode the bicycle in a drunken state on the public road.
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Labenon, Tenn
Tom Hinson
Howard Mack
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