Forty Four Firms Led 1954 U S Profit Gain
Forty four of the nation’s biggest companies earned about one third of all U S corporate profits in 1954, a period of mixed results with 334,000 business casualties. The Department of Commerce notes 341,000 new firms started in 1954, boosting total U S businesses to about 4.2 million. Ford is omitted from the top earners list due to unavailable 1954 figures. The top 44 earned about 5.0 billion dollars, or 32 percent of total reported profits.
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Sam Dawson
New York
U.S
Department of Commerce
United States
W. E. Hutton & Co
Ford
Bignes
Hopeful Talks Resume in Dixie Phone Strike Endgame
Negotiators for Southern Bell and the CIO Communications Workers of America planned to reconvene with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as a 63 day strike nears resolution. Weekend talks yielded quiet damage reports with hopeful signs of progress and bargaining focus on a no strike pledge and arbitration.
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Atlanta
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Today
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
Joseph A. Beirne
CIO Communications Workers of America
F. M. Malone
Southern Bell
Beirne
Inter
Heavyweight Chef Murdered by Missing Wife
Jay Oklahoma reports the decomposed body of 310 pound chef Joseph Werner found near a vacant farm. He had been missing almost a month. Ohio County authorities pursue his 44 year old wife Leota Werner who sold the home for 4500 and says they were divorced. Two .22 holes found in the residence. The body is identified and linked to the wife who had previously written from St Louis mentioning self destruction prior to discovery.
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Delaware County
Don Hampton
Joseph Werner
Triple X
Fort Worth
State Crime Bureau
Leota
Forth Worth
A. C. Howerton
Werner
Here
Ralph DeGarmo
Oklahoma City
DeGame
St. Louis
Car Topples Marching GIs Near Air Base
In San Antonio Texas a civilian car crashed into a marching unit near an air base as troops prepared for KP duty. Twenty nine men were injured nine seriously with fractures and other minor injuries. Driver Roger K Simpson said darkness and glare prevented his sight. authorities reported no speeding.
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San Antonio
Tex
Einstein Memor ial Rally Echoes Four Power Conference
In New York an audience heard Associate Hugo L. Black of the Supreme Court call a United States Britain France and the Soviet Union four power conference a possible effort to prevent the war that Dr. Kert Einstein feared. Black spoke at an Einstein memorial rally yesterday.
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New York
Kert Einstein
United Sates
Great Britain
France
Soviet Union
Tice
Hugo L. Black
U.supreme Court
Einstein
Zemo Soothes Dry Skin Itch and Soothes Psoriasis
Zemo relieves itch from dry skin rashes eczema and psoriasis. It calms surface skin irritation and promotes faster healing. Buy Extra Strength Zemo for stubborn cases.
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Zemo
Couple Found Shot To Death In Ditch Near Alton
In Alton Illinois a young Sunday school teacher Dorothy Ray Browder 20 and her fiance Joe Greene a foundry worker were found shot three times each in a ditch. The bodies lay beneath a 10 foot plank and no weapon was recovered.
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Alton, Ill
Alton
Dorothy Ray Browder
Joe Greene
Finn Brothers Denied Appeal For Short Term
Federal Judge Edward P. Murphy refused to vacate one year sentences for Charles and George Finn of Los Angeles. The brothers, part of a hunger strike, were jailed in Springfield Missouri after their citizen arrest of U.S. Attorney Laughlin E. Waters over ownership of a government surplus plane. The nine page decision denied the motion to vacate the sentences.
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San Francisco
Finn Twins
Springfield
Edward P. Murphy
Charles
George Finn
Los Angeles
U.S
Murphy
Crossword Puzzle Clues Listed for Horizontal and Vertical
The page reproduces a long list of crossword clues for both horizontal and vertical entries. It includes definitions and cross references such as abridge ment upright cricket team eluder Oy taste complain consumed lighted coal cap dispatch still mother of Apollo characteris Lie separator fuel domestic animal spurrer fragrant wood fit vessel network face value cotton drilling mist ascended of the sea consider as affront starch-like substance agreement discover and a second column with meal beetle soldess of moon pulpy fruit allot foe skeptic in excess fabric surface redacted legislative body quiver foundation finger or toe cubic decimeter make knotted lace Hindu goddess threescore and ten disclose closer bright red sped narrow gorge unaccented governor shrinking hollow low mood horse's hair great number groove.
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Eluder Oy
Cap
Dispatch
Still
Mother of Apollo
Characteris
Lie
Spurrer
Adenauer Scores Big in Rhineland Palatinate Election
Chancellor Adenauer's Christian Democrats won 51 of 100 seats in Rhineland Palatinate, granting his bloc control of the state parliament and strengthening his bid to implement rearmament with Atlantic alliance backing. The Socialists trailed with 36 seats and the Free Democrats 13. Voter turnout was just over 1.5 million of 2 million eligible.
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Mainz
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Atlantic Alliance
Rhineland-Palatinate
Christian Democratic Party
Adenauer
Free World
Bundesrat
Aden
Auer
Christian Democrats
Socialists
Free Democrats
Assa
Christian
General Salling 109th Birthday Milestone in Bristol Home
Virginia's last living Confederate veteran Gen. John B. Salling, age 109, marked his birthday with a three tier cake, a new hat, and greetings from the U.S. president and Virginia's governor. He sits on his porch with family and visitors, wearing medals and a Confederate uniform gifted years ago. He notes his Civil War service was limited to saltpetre production for gunpowder. Also included are notices of estates, appointments, and a public auction in Middletown, Ohio with unclaimed property sale on June 8 1955.
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FT. Blackmore
Virginia
United States
John B. Salling
Hughie McKaney
Bristol
Central Avenue
Joseph Blackmore
Middletown
Ohio
Harold F. Gray
Police Relief Pension Fund
Water Main Break Delays Steel Output
A 48 inch water main burst in Chicago flooded U S Steel’s South Side plant grounds and nearby areas forcing overnight shutdown. Fire officials estimate damage at 250000 dollars.
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Chicago
U. S. Steel
South Side
Battalion
Edward Johnson
South Chicago
Executors Named In Estate of Julius Tate Case 26826
Case No 26826 Estate of Julius Tate Deceased Jack A Casper of Middletown Ohio appointed Executor of the estate late of Middletown Butler County Ohio Probate Judge dated May 11 1955 time limit stated as months or forever barred Casper and Casper Attorneys May 16 23 30
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Mabel A. Judd
Elbert T. Judd
Middletown
Ohio
Ma A. Judd
Butler County
Harry F Walsh
Mary C. Lord
L. T. Davidson
Fannie Davidson
Harry F. Walsh
Said
Clinton D. Pore Jr
Geo. H. Elliott
Julius Tate
Jack A Casper
Casper and
Casper
Gas Regulation Sparks Debate in Farm Groups
A 1954 1955 exchange shows the American Farm Bureau Federation and The Grange debating natural gas pricing. Farm groups urge minimal federal control while opposing government fixed field prices. The Grange opposes price fixes by the Federal Government.
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Federal Power Commission
Grange
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