Stocks edge up on light volume after six day slide
New York prices show a modest rise early today amid increased activity. Rail shares lead gains with Northern Pacific and Atlantic Coast Line up about a point, while Bethlehem Steel climbs and U S Steel falls. Oil and mining issues show minor movement as market steadies after a broad downturn.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Northern Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Southern Railway
Allied Chemical
Union Carbide
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Texas Gulf
R Oil
Newmont
American Car & F
My American Tobacco
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Boeing Aircraft
Borden
Colgate
Continental Can
Curtiss-Wright
Douglas Aircraft
Iman Kodak
General Electric
General Motors
Gulf Oil
City Disposes Of Abattoir Site And Slaughterhouse Lease
City council approves transfer of the eastside abattoir to Skeen who signs a lease and deposits 75 dollars as part of the minimum bid. The plan ends the city’s slaughter operation, expects at least 750 dollars from land and 500 from equipment sales, and allows one year of operation under municipal rules.
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Neji Chamber
Skeen
Repiton Lodge to Joint Meeting at Salem Lodge
Repiton Lodge 1L.C.C.F. will meet at 6 30 p m at the hall on West Commerce Street Then members will travel together to Salem Lodge of Odd Fellows in Winston Salem for a joint meeting where the degree of Friendship will be conferred on a class of candidates Rides will be provided for those lacking cars Officials urge full attendance at 6 30 p m
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Repiton
Salem
Repiton Lodge
C.C.F
W. Commerce St
Salem Lodge of Odd Fellows
Winston-Salem
State Court Opens Fall Session in Raleigh
Raleigh the state supreme court opened its fall term with arguments on appeals from the First Judicial District. The term includes an appeal from Noah Dockery condemned for the slaying of Cherokee County Sheriff Frank Crawford during a spring 1960 incident in Hanging Dog. The case tests life imprisonment versus death verdict and the legality of the trial. The court plans to hand down its first opinions of the term this week.
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Raleigh
First Judicial District
Noah Dockery
Cherokee County
Frank Crawford
Argu Crawford
Dockery
Hanging Dog
Cherokee
Cael
Allen H
Jaycees Launch Warmth Drive For Greek Earthquake Victims
High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce kicks off Operation Warmth to collect and ship 20 000 blankets to Greece. St George Greek Orthodox Church serves as intake, with donations coordinated by Bob Horney. Beacon Mfg Co Asheville donates at cost and matches purchases with a free blanket. local funds support initial stocks.
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High Point Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee
St. George Greek Orthodox Church
Hamiltor
Shirley
Asheville
Jaycno
St. George Church
Jaycees
National Junior Chamber
Greece
Horney
Ionian Relief Fund
New York
UN Urged to Reinstate Four Employees Amidrow
The UN faced international criticism as it refused to reinstate four workers and faced questions on the secretary general’s stance after predecessor policies. The High Tribunal, chaired by Mrs. Paul Bastid with members Crook Petren and Loutfi, issued its Geneva-based ruling.
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Hammarskjold
Paul Bastid
France
Lord Crook
Britain
Sture Petren
Sweden
Omar Loutfi
Egypt
General Assembly
Geneva
Switzerland
Jack S. Harris
Eart
Africa
U. S. Army
Ohio State University
Harris
Senate
United States
Bad Check Artist Back In Custody
Robert Condrey alias Roger Gray, a convicted bad check artist who escaped a prison truck yesterday, was recaptured near Sandy Ridge Prison Camp. A radio announcer who married a local girl serves eight months for issuing worthless checks and false pretense under Judge Archie Myatt.
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Robert Condrey
Roger Gray
Archie Myatt
Sandy Ridge
Man Over Lost Horse Blanket Sentimental Item
John A Crilly from Hartford laments the loss of an old horse blanket that carried 20 years of use in his car and earlier covered his horse. He says it has sentimental value and he wouldn’t part with it for any price.
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Hartford
Conn
John A. Crilly
North Koreans Head For Moscow
Tokyo reports Pyongyang radio says six North Korean officials travel by train to Moscow led by Premier Kim Il Sung and Foreign Minister Nam Il on an invitation from Moscow. No motive given in the broadcast.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
Kim Tl Sung
Nam
Moscow
State Reports Strong August Revenue Gains Across Taxes
Revenue Commissioner Eugene Shaw cited an August general fund total of 12 147 511 with a two month fiscal year sum of 23 264 473, aided by increases in sales, franchise and income taxes. He noted highway fund rises and stronger earnings though end-year patterns uncertain.
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Raleigh
General Fund
Eugene Shaw
Shaw
Gov
Eastern Belt leaf tobacco sells at average $54.50 mark
North Carolina's Eastern Belt posted a season high with 12,224,442 pounds selling at an average of $54.50 yesterday, boosting season totals to 78,645, and the season average to $53.79. Grades rose about $1, with cutters and gleas steady and nondescript down.
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Suidites
North Carolina
Agriculture
Mar- Carolina
Cutters
Gleas
Aesigee
Realty Transfers High Point Township List of Property Moves
Realty transfers show Quentin L. Veach and wife to E. W. Saunders two lots in G. L. Taylor lands. D. S. Neill and wife to Harry Williams four lots in maneee Park. T. Amos and wife to L ie Mattitt two lots in Mourne. Fred E. Sappenfield and wife to James Dobbins three lots in Emerywood Hills. Clarence Hugh Noah and wife to Elizabeth Coa Knight one lot in Sheraton Hills. John R. Cody and wife to C. T. Ingram six lots of Bundy lands.
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High Point Township
Quentin L. Veach
E. W. Saunders
G. L. Taylor
D. S. Neill
Harry ©. Williams
Maneeee Park
T. Amos
L.ie Mattitt
Mourne
Fred E. Sappenfield
James Dobbins
Emerywood Hills
Clarence Hugh Noah
Elizabeth Coa Knight
Sheraton Hills
John R. Cody
C. T. Ingram
Bundy Lands
Large weak squall affects Atlantic coast from Georgia to Florida
A large but weak squall moved in along the Atlantic coast from Georgia to North Carolina and dissipated after earlier reports of high winds. Forecasters noted a poorly defined area extending from the Carolina coast through peninsular Florida into the Gulf of Mexico with little chance of developing into a hurricane. Navy planes monitored a shallow wave east of Puerto Rico as ships logged winds at miles per hour.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Georgia
North Carolina
Garinie Aeville
Charles
Carolina
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Weather Bureau
Leonard Pardue
Navy
Puerto Rico
Exchange In 5th Week Repatriation Nears End
North Korea’s Pang radio reports most Allied POWs freed with 1,366 still to be returned. The UN Command says about 11,000 Reds remain to go home, with expected wind down by Sunday.
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North Korea
Pang Radio
Red
Tokyo
U. N
Military Armistice Commission
Panmunduri
Legionnaires Seek National Commander Amid Campaign Play
Legionnaires and auxiliary units paraded with Army Navy Air Force Marine Corps Coast Guard and National Guard units. Military planes roared overhead as contenders for national commander moved to secure support before delegates meet. Leading candidates were Arthur J Connell and Lawrence J Fenlon with others including Seaborn P Collins Charles Larsen W C Daniel and J Addington Wagner.
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Iliary and Sons of the Legion
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
National Guard
Lewis K. Gough
Pasadena
Calif
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Community notices and events in local churches and groups
News Of Interest To Colored People lists activities from Hosanna Tents Odd Fellows Circle A and White Rose Chapter with meetings and programs at local halls churches and a hay ride from Saint Marks Methodist Church. It also notes Seventh Day Adventist School registration and a memorial for Mrs. Hattie Blackmon Poole with funeral plans and family details.
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Odd Fellows Hall
Trinity
Roundtree Farm
Saint Marks Methodist Church
Seven Day Adventists
Seventh da Adventist
Olga St. Wi
J. D. Treadwell
Pittsboro
Pearson Memorial Methodist Church
Circle A
Brooks Memorial Church
White Rose
Order of the Eastern Star
Grand Lodge
L. B. Haizlip
L. E.mcdonnell
M. B. Byrd
Estella
Carter
C. W. Robinson
Eastern Star Grand Lodge
Charlotte
Poole
Hattie Blackmon Poole
Leonia
N. J
James Poole
Hackensack
Nathaniel Blackmon
Thomas Blackmon
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mayme Butcher
West Jersey
Jane Willoughby
High Point
Mayme Williamson
Bertha Haywood
Raleigh
Cloe Hopkins
Kansas City
Hoover's
O. C. Crone
Greenhill Cemetery
Percy C. Pellman
Emmett Scott
Rock Hill
C. Pellman
Hoover’s
Marshall jury pool forms in Cutshall murder case
Selection of a jury started today in Hot Springs for the first degree murder trial of Paul Cutshall 53 police chief. He is charged with shooting Alonzo Norton 37 on a Hot Springs street March 24 after Norton allegedly resisted arrest for public drunkenness. Norton died of his wounds.
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Marshall
Paul Cutshall
Hot
Cutshall
Mary L. Gosnell
Postponement Likely in Pamlico Recorder Judge Bribe Case
A one week term to hear the bribery trial of Pamlico County Recorder Court Judge T B Woodard is set for next Monday with Superior Court Judge Malcolm Paulesing. District Solicitor William B Bundy said he will begin Craven Superior Court work in New Bern Tuesday and expects Woodard to request a continuance. Bundy will present the Woodard indictment to the grand jury and handle brief matters at the session in Greenville.
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Bayboro
Pamlico County
Woodard
Superior Court
Prominent Lexington Man Shot At High Rock Lake
T V Kirkman Jr. unable to identify a Negro man who shot him in the arm at High Rock Lake Sunday. He was listed in satisfactory condition at Lexington Memorial Hospital with a bullet wound after blacking out, deputies reported.
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Lexington
T. V. Kirkman Jr
High Rock Lake
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Kirkman
W. G Morris
County Seeks Mass Polio Inoculation For Children
Wilkes County requests a mass polio inoculation program after 45 cases and 4 deaths this year. Dr R E Lewis of the Wilkes Alleghany Medical Society says an application was sent to the Office of Defense Mobilization and the North Carolina Department of Public Health. County physicians voted unanimously for a mass program despite health authorities’ belief that spread over a wide area makes mass inoculation unnecessary.
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North Wilkesboro
R. E. Lewis
Wilkes-Alleghany Medical Society
Wilkes County
Lewis
Office of Defense
North Carolina Department of Public Health
Tewsley Receives Fire Commission Honor for Coffee Aid
Edward Tewsley and his wife were honored by the Detroit Fire Commission with a resolution of appreciation for serving 500 cups of coffee to firefighters who fought a five alarm blaze near their restaurant.
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Detroit
Edward Tewsley
Detroit Fire Commission
Driest July and August Recorded in Raleigh Area
The Raleigh area saw the driest July and August on record with only 1.40 inches of rain over the two months. For the past ten days store Carney reports little rainfall statewide aside from isolated mountain showers and no relief is in sight.
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Raleigh
Fee Ae
Charles Eeurted
Carney
Keeping His Part Of The Bargain
Clarence Newkirk shot Doris Scott after a quarrel over infidelity. Police reports say Newkirk claimed an agreement to shoot if either party was unfaithful, and he waited in the house where Scott lay wounded before she died. He was charged with murder.
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Ee Newkirk
N. C
Clarence Newkirk
Doris Scott
Newkirk
Jagg
Murer
Willowbrook Crash on High Street Damages Estimated
Two cars collided yesterday in Willowbrook at 2 40 p m near High Street causing about 225 dollars in damage. Driver Jerry Jacobs 18 of 642 Colonial Drive reported 200 dollar damage to his car while Carmen C Yates 32 of Thomasville had 25 dollar damage. No injuries or arrests reported.
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Willowrook
W. High Sts
Jerry Jacobs
Colonial Dr
Carmen C. Yates
Thomasville
Eure Cites Simple Law On Voting
Raleigh Secretary of State Thad Eure says North Carolina should adopt a simple law like Connecticut to handle displaced voters. He spoke after returning from a national conference where displaced voting was a major topic and described a rule allowing a voter who moves out of state to vote for president and vice president back home until establishing new residency.
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Raleigh
Thad Eure
North Carolina
Connecticu
Eure
Seattle
Wash
Connecticut
Football Player Collapses in 100 Degree Heat
In Peekskill New York a high school football player died during practice in 100 degree heat. Arles Blythe aged 18 son of Mr and Mrs William Blythe collapsed while jogging with teammates. Artificial respiration adrenaline and oxygen failed to revive him.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Arles
William Blythe
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