Umstead Plans Two State Study Commissions
Governor Umstead said he aims to announce the membership of two study commissions by month’s end. One will examine state executive and administrative organization, the other higher education institutions. He argued prompt naming ensures work begins promptly and that reports should reach the next General Assembly for consideration in 1955.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Umstead
General Assembly
Highway Commission
Board of Conservation and Development
Highway
C&d
North Carolina
Plan to Halt Deterioration of 45 Million Homes
Federal Housing Commissioner Guy T. O. Hollyday says the agency studies inviting private capital to help cities save the nations 45 million homes from deterioration. A legislative proposal would require congressional approval and create a native federal role in neighborhood rehabilitation.
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Neil Macnell United Staff Cor
Washington, D. C
Guy T. O. Hollyday
Hollyday
Albert M. Cole
Ress
Holly
Day
FHA
American Mortgage Bankers Assn
Baltimore
Cole
Weather outlook with temperatures and sun timing
The forecast lists a low of 48 tonight and a high of 82 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 75 with a low of 43 last night. Sunset is at 6 29 p m and sunrise at 6 02 a m tomorrow.
Mrs America Crown Winners Provoke Family Worries
Mrs. Snyder, 24, wife of Kenneth Snyder from Kutz Town Pa, won the Mrs America contest at Atlantic City. He fretted over who would care for their two young sons during her four week tour and Guatemala trip. Other finalists included Mrs Conn and Mrs Greater New York City.
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Asbury Park
N. J
Kutztown
Kenneth Snyder
Erna
Guatemala
Connecticut
Mary Ann Marcus
Danbury
Negro WAC Seeks $25,000 Over Bus Discrimination
Sarah L. Keys a Fort Dix Wac asks the Interstate Commerce Commission for 25000 in damages for alleged discrimination on a Carolina Trailways bus from New Jersey to Rocky Mount. She says an employee ordered her to move to the Negro section and she was arrested in Roanoke Rapids for disorderly conduct after being denied continued travel.
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Washington
Wac
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eres N. J
Rocky Mount
Sarah L. Keys
Fort Dix
N. J
Carolina Trailways
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Per acre corn yields rise from 1933 to 1952
United States averages show corn yield per acre increasing from 22.6 bushels in 1933 to 40.6 bushels in 1952. The trend reflects significant productivity gains across the period driven by agricultural practices and policy.
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United States
Golden Jubilee in Wendell to mark 50th anniversary
Wake County town Wendell observes its 50th anniversary with a three day Golden Jubilee starting tomorrow. State Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine will speak tomorrow night as swine and cattle exhibits, hog and cattle judging on Wednesday, and a Thursday animal sale and progress parade and beauty contest are planned.
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Wake County
L. Y. Ballentine
Local teen sets model plane endurance record
Fifteen year old Sherman Holt of Fayetteville holds a new world endurance record for model airplanes after flying at Granite Airport yesterday for 8 hours 31 minutes 50 seconds. He refueled every six to eight minutes using a plastic tube beside the control wires as officials timed the event and police managed crowds.
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Reecord
Fayetteville
Sherman Holt
Rt. 3
Ayetteville
Young Holt
Granite
Here
Sherman
Airlines
Holt
Operation Christmas planned at Pope AFB by NC Jaycees
Air Force and North Carolina Jaycees join to raise funds for orphans through a statewide drive. A two day meeting finalized plans for November dances with locations and times to be announced.
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Pope Air Force Base
The
Air Force
North Carolina
Industrial Forum Set at Mitchell College Tonight
The fourth of 10 forums by the State Board of Conservation and Development will be held tonight at Mitchell College. Lt Gov Hodges of Leaksville and P S Howe Jr of American Thread Co will speak. About 400 citizens from 15 counties are expected as the program aims to attract more industries to North Carolina.
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Statesville
State Board of Conservation and Development
Mitchell College
Luther H. Hodges
Leaksville
P. S. Howe Jr
American Thread Co
New York City
Raleigh NC College Sees Record Freshman Class
RECORD CLASS EXPECTED RALEIGH NORTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE anticipates a record freshman class of more than 1,200 as orientation and testing begin Thursday. The program runs through Sunday with registration set for September 21-22 and classes to start September 23. Last year’s freshman class totaled 1,096.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
New President Nags Head Heads North Carolina Public Health
Dr. Everett H. Ellinwood of Greensboro was elected Saturday as president of the North Carolina Public Health Association, succeeding Louise P. East. Officers named include Louise Y. Workman as vice president and Doris Tillery as secretary-treasurer, with the 1954 meeting set for Raleigh.
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Everett H. Ellinwood
Greensboro
Guilford County
North Carolina Public Health Association
Louise P. East
State Health Department
Asheville
Louise Y. Workman
Charlotte City
Ellinwood
Doris Tillery
Mississippi Woman Votes Says Women Control Elections
Miss Coda Davis, the first woman to register to vote in Mississippi, says men misjudge political power. She notes women control 40 percent of the nation's wealth and can influence any election as she casts her ballot in a recent municipal race.
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Jackson
Coda Davis
Mississipi
Miss Davis
Welsh Language Bilingualism In Wales Report
The report states that over 28 percent of Wales residents speak both Welsh and English while about 2 percent speak Welsh only. It highlights bilingual use across the population and regional language dynamics.
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Wales
Irregular rally lifts rails as volume tops 410000 shares
Stocks mixed with rail averages edging higher while several leaders slip. Denver & Rio Grande and St Louis Southwestern show notable moves. motors and oils gain modestly as television stocks Motorola and Zenith hold firm amid a broad market mix.
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New York
Rails
Denver & Rio Grande
St. Louis Southwestern
Missouri Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Motorola
Zenith
American Can
Eastman
U.S. Rubber
General Electric
Westinghouse
Phelps Dodge
South Carolina fugitive held in Maine on murder charge
James J. Robinson 32 of Greenville South Carolina is held without bail in Portland Maine on a murder escape charge. He allegedly admitted to killing a prisoner with an axe and stabbing a man in New York City and said he would not return to South Carolina. Greenville police to bring extradition papers.
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Portland
Maine
James J. Robinson
Greenville
D. C
South Carolina
Louis Bernstein
S. C
John P. Silver
Robinson
New York City
Silver
FBI
Washington
Truman Snaps At Digest Overseas Controversy
Former President Truman told reporters to "go to hell" when asked about Republican complaints that the Democratic Digest is distributed overseas. He spoke alongside Adlai Stevenson and party chair Stephen A. Mitchell at a Chicago rally where critics urged pulling the magazine from foreign circulation.
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Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Clayton Fritchey
Digest
GOP
Leonard W. Hall
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hall
Illinois
America
Truman
Stevenson
Democratic Digest
House Committee Backs Sugar Cane For Newsprint
A House Judiciary subcommittee endorses using bagasse sugar cane waste for newsprint. Tests by the Commerce Department show bagasse meets requirements for commercial development and could support two mills in the South. The panel cites global supply potential of 25 million tons yearly and notes prospects in Cuba Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
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Washington
LLP
House
Commerce Department
Chauncey W. Reed
R-I
United States
Cuba
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Alaska
Ellison Smith Resigns From NLRB Post
Ellison D. Smith Jr. resigns as associate general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board and plans to reopen a private law practice in Columbia South Carolina on October 1 with C Bradley Jr. Also resigns from his NLRB supervising attorney post.
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Washington
Ellison D. Smith Jr
Cotton Ed’’ Smith
D—Sc
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Smith
Columbia
S.C
As C. Bradley Jr
Bradley
Bradley, S.C
Teen Rodders Crash Cars In Somerville Auto Lot
Teenage hot rodders crashed 14 cars behind the Somerville Buick Co in Somerville Massachusetts. Officials estimated at least $5 000 in damage from head on crashes with damaged fenders headlights and bumpers. Keys left in ignition locks enabled the spree. The article adds a second note about early Spanish missions in New Mexico importing grape vine cuttings from Spain.
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Somerville
Mass
Buick Co
New Mexico
Spain
BC Headache Tablets offer fast relief with combined ingredients
The message promotes BC Headache Tablets or Powders for migraine headaches, claiming a special medically tested combination provides quick relief. It argues that the fast-dissolving ingredients are far more effective together than individually, urging remembrance of this fact.
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Atlanta
Boston
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Wilmington
Italy
California
Mrs. Americas Musband
Betty Sutterman
Friday Harbor
Wash
Greater New York City
Janet McKeon
Elmont
Long Island
North Dakota
Jean Carol McGillis
Edmore
N.D
Virginia Osher
Phoenix
Ariz
Lucille and
Desi
Lucille Ball
Desi Arnaz
Hollywood
Negro Wac
Distafpf Opinion
Salem College School of
Winston-Salem, N. C
Eugene Jacobowsky
Violinist
Charles Medlin
Bland’s Music Store
N. Main St
Virginia
Akihito
Japan
John Rockefeller
King’s Arms Tavern
Williamsburg
City
John Battle
Jamestown
North America
Car & F
Borden Read
Briggs
Ohio
Chrys
Colgate-P-P
Continental Can
Salies Meret Weeeet Durant
International T & T
Johns-Manville
Imotocone Oor
Isewsacas Liggett & Myers
Lori A
Odssesi Pond
Icc Paramount Pictures
Penney
Pennsylvania
Pepsi-Cola
Studebaker
ROE CO
EOD Union Carbide Ee
Ss. Pipe & Feee
Ss. Rubber
S. Steel Eee
Warner Bros
Western Union
Westinghouse Air Bke
Westinghouse Electric
Woolworth
Knoxville
Tenn
Carrie Lou Crump
Carrie
Teeneee
Sam Allred
Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
J. M. Hames
Greer
Greensboro, N. C
J. W. Phillips
Ellison Smith
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
N. Main
CMA
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High Point, N. O
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