Virginia Phone Workers Strike For New Contract
CIO Communications Workers Union members in Virginia strike after a 44 hour mediation failure with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. About seven thousand Northerners and Chesapeake and Potomac employees participate. Pickets block station entrances as executives monitor switchboards to maintain service. Governor Battle states the state will not seize the utility under the Public Utility Labor Relations Act in the near term.
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Richmond
CIO Communication Workers Union
Virginia
Norleri
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
John
Battle
Ate Future
Public Utility Labor Relations Act
Eisenhower addresses Boston crowd on defense and labor laws
President Eisenhower receives a tremendous ovation in Boston Garden as he links national security to broad tax and labor policy. He defends defense spending, rejects sacrifice limits, and notes study of Taft Hartley revisions while praising efficiency from business management in government.
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Korea
Eisenhower
Boston Garden
Martin P. Durkin
Congress
Reaction to Red Charges in Labor Theatrics
Testimony accuses labor and progressive figures of using professional liars to smear rivals. Crouch ties Milton Abernethy couple to a Communist press, while Obie Haggard denies ties. Charlotte Chief Littlejohn notes Crouch was arrested in 1932 for incitement to riot but released. Benjamin Smith linked to the Communist Party is said to be dead.
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Lawrence
Crouch
Milton Abernethy
Chapel Hill
Abernethy
Obie Haggard
Burlington
Young Communist League
Communist Party
Hoggard
Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
Irty
Benjamin Smith
Thlejohn
Stocks Rise on New Tax Hope in Early Trading
New York stocks edged higher amid firmer railroad shares led by Southern Railway with a 1 1 4 point gain and Illinois Central up 1 1 2 as investors priced in treasury secretary Humphrey’s pledge of an income tax cut by January 1 and a lapse of the excess profits tax.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Secretary of Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Southern Railway
Illinois Central
Atlantic Coast Line
Missouri- Kansas-Texas
Chrysler
General Motors
DuPont
Welcome home banquet honors POW Cpl. Tommy Simpkins
Cpl. Tommy Simpkins, recently released from 18 months in a Korean war camp, was greeted with gifts at a Washington banquet as part of a welcome home program. A parade and courthouse ceremony followed, with speaker Congressman Herbert C.bonner among those addressing the crowd.
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Washington
Cpl
Tommy Simpkins
Simpkins
Korea
Herbert C. Bonner
Realty Transfers High Point Township Roster of Parcel Deals
Real estate records list multiple transfers in High Point Township and surrounding areas. Transfers include the conveyance of tracts and lots on English Street Willis Street Sunrise Hills and Blair subdivision among others to various buyers including J A Myatt Con Ronn ors Ethel Grubb L Amos Cel yl Products Co and Ardmore Homes Inc. The names Blanch Benedict Jack Wade Harold Hedrick Silas Martin Bryant and others appear among the grantors and grantees.
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High Point Township
Donald W. Conrad
J. A. Myatt
Arthur T. Spaugh
Roy Buny
Ethel Grubb
Amos
S. Willis J
Clyde R. Johnson
Edwin Simpson
Farlow and Jarrell Development Co
E. A. Blair
M. C. Poole
J. L. Newton
E. W. Heelas
Sunrise Hills
Ardmore Homes Inc
J. W. Oabell
Blair Subdivision
Jamestown Township
Jack W. Wade
Kitchin
Browndale
Silas Martin Bryant
Harold L. Hedrick
False Swearing Charged In Fight Case Testimony
Two Negro men who charged each other with assault with a deadly weapon after a Sept. 6 drunken party fight were found guilty in Municipal Court this morning with fines and suspended sentences.
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Benc
Phil Turner
Turner
Fred Massey
Clarence Robbins
Massey
Robbins
J. A. Myatt
Willie
Robert Fair
Wil
Sound Banking Policies Urged For Agricultural Support
Association president Benson urged bankers to back farmers through bad weather or debt pressures. He cited flaws in current policy including market distortions, misaligned incentives, and mispricing of crops. Brenton of Des Moines urged bankers to combat myths around sound money amid cautious economic forecasts.
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Benson
Brenton
Des Moines
Iowa
Thomasville Man Wins Distinguishing Sales Honor
W. H. Woody Hall of Jones Circle Thomasville has won a distinguished salesmanship award from Remington Rand. Hall will be entered in the National Sales Executives Association contest where a Sammy statue is awarded. He will be honored at Sedgefield Friday and at a Plantation Supper Club dinner Saturday night.
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W. H
Woody” Hall
Jones Cir
Thomasville
Remington Rand, Inc
J. D. Hazzard
Greensboro
Halli
National Sales Executives Association
Sammy
Hall
Sedgefield
Remington Rand
Presbyterians Get Permit for Four Room Sunday School
The First Presbyterian Church received a permit for 98 370 in total costs to build a stone four room Sunday school building behind the church on North Main Street. Jack Southerland, building committee chair, said the structure about 4500 square feet will mirror church architecture and connect via arcade facing Shirley Avenue. Completion is expected in about six months. General contractors are King and Hunter.
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First Presbyterian Church
N. Main St
Jack Southerland
Shirley Ave
Southerland
King and Hunter
Oak View Lions Plan Broom Sale Nights
Oak View Lions Club finalized plans for broom sale nights Thursday and Friday. The group will canvass Jamestown and Oak View areas for brooks door mats tulip bulbs and foam rubber pillows with a next meeting set for Oct. 5.
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High Point
Oak View
Decline of Prussia Noted as Nation Shifts
In a historical assessment, observers note that Prussia no longer exists as a distinct geographic or political entity, reflecting the reshaping of central European power structures and state borders. The commentary discusses long term consequences for Germany and neighboring regions amid evolving national identities.
Only One Drawback Of Scout Trip To United States
Glasgow youth Alan Barrie described a single drawback from his two month US trip. People kept trying to buy his kilt, he said, during the visit.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Alan Barrie
United States
Taxation of American Indians Under state and federal laws
The article states that every American Indian is subject to both state and federal taxes. It emphasizes obligations across tax systems without detailing specific statutes or exemptions.
Wildlife Outing Held at High Point City Lake
The High Point Wildlife Club and the Guilford County Wildlife Group plan an outdoor meet at High Point City Lake. A skeet shoot will be followed by a barbe cue supper. Members are invited to attend and bring a guest. The peak time is 2 30 PM.
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High Point Wildlife Club
Guilford County Wildlife Group
High Point City Lake
Train Strikes Auto on S Main St No Injuries Reported
Haley Ellis Street 22 of Jamestown escaped injury when his car collided with an HPT&D diesel engine on S Main Street near the county building around 9 40 am. Police say Street turned in front of the engine and no charges were filed.
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Jamestown
S. Main St
Haley Ellis Street
Hpt&d Deisel
Street
Claude A. Conrad
Washington St
Cassell St
Conrad
Cedar Square Church Brings Saturday Auction of Heifers
Members of Cedar Square Friends Church sponsor a Saturday morning auction at 1 o'clock on church grounds. Fifteen bred heifers from the Barl Johnson Car Hill and Davis herds will be sold along with farm goods. Refreshments will be served. all are invited.
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Cedar Square Friends Church
Barl Johnson
Car Hill
Davis
Cedar Square
Housing Authority Bonds On Auction
The seventh offering of public housing authority bonds totaling 125,210,000 goes on the auction block today for competitive bidding. It covers government guaranteed obligations of 31 local authorities, bringing total public offers to 1,007,464,000. Local authorities include New Bern 2,715,000 Salisbury 1,085,608 Laurens 4,085,000 and others across the list.
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New York
Ae Aa C
New Bern
Salisbur
Laurens
False Russian flier landing scare runs through Illinois test
A civil defense drill with the Air Force and Illinois State Police triggered nationwide alarms about a Russian pilot landing in Central Illinois. The supposed sighting proved to be an Air Force intelligence services member from O'Hare Field, staged to test interagency coordination, who surrendered near Urbana and was jailed before officials revealed the hoax.
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Champaign
Air Force
Illinois
Air Force Intelligence Service
O'Hare Field
Chicago
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Coordi
Chanute
Urbana
Champaign County
Robert J. Trimble
Trimble
Trainmen Seek $3 a Day Wage Increase in October
Albany reports 215000 members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will demand a $3 daily raise, effective Oct 1, from all railroads. President W P Kennedy says the union expects quick acceptance and does not anticipate railroad opposition or federal mediation. The demand amounts to 37 1 2 cents an hour, with no extra benefits this time.
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Albany
N. Y
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
W. P. Kennedy
Independent Union
BRT
Kennedy
Cleveland
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