Mayfield dealership offers new McCormick Harvester and IH units
C R Mayfield at 200 North Ninth Street advertises farm equipment including McCormick Harvester Threshers and International tractors. The 141 self propelled harvester thresher features 60 hp engine and sealed bearings. the 300 utility tractor offers five speed or Torque Amplifier drive and hydraulic options. Also featured are McCormick 76 Thresher and 1955 IH freezers and refrigerators with redesigned interiors and varied capacities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Mayfield
North Ninth Street
McCormick Implements
International Harvester
Mayfield’s
McCormick
McCormick 76 Harvester Thresher
Mayfields
Charles Bielfield
International Harvester McCormick N. 141
International
North
Ninth Street
Knapp Equipment Sells Typewriters and Office Machines
Knapp Equipmentat 113 South Seventh Street sells Underwood typewriters standard and electric models, Sundstrand adding machines, Ozalid copying machines, and portable typewriters including Leader Universal Finger Flite. Ozalid copies translucent originals for about 1.5 cents, made by a General Aniline division. Marvin Knapp operates since 1953 after purchasing Underwood, with 50 years of history as Underwood Corporation. The firm maintains contracts with large local businesses for service and employs trained repair staff. Hours are 8 to 5 weekdays, noon Saturday. shop foreman Basil Bennett serves 35 years, others with 14 to 5 years, servicing 16 Indiana and Illinois counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knapp
South Seventh Street
Underwood
Underwood Sundstrand
Elliot Fischer
Sundstrand
Leader
Universal
Ozalid
General Aniline & Film Corporation
Marvin Knapp
Underwood Corporation
Basil E. Bennett
Jim Archer
Danny Joslin
Chicago
Jack Heady
Indiana
Illinois
Kent Rives
Longtime company staff with Mattoon branch manager named
Derwood accounting machines veteran of 35 years recently joined the company. Richard Red Newport serves 26 years as a salesman. Mattoon branch is managed by Charles Wyrick, who previously worked eight years in Terre Haute before transfer.
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Derwood Accountinng Machines
Richard ‘Red’ Newport
Mattoon
Charles Wyrick
Terre Haute
Wanna Buy A Fort Castle Pinckney in Charleston Harbor
An old fort in Charleston harbor known as Castle Pinckney is offered as a bargain. The dilapidated brick structure remains a Civil War prison relic with a small intact foundation and a frame dwelling, while engineers and the National Parks Service dispute ownership and disposal. No buyers have emerged.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston Harbor
Castle Pinckney
Charles Pinckney
France
Pinckney
Island
U. S
National Parks Service
Acres Not Gardens Des Moines Confusion Over Misdelivered Items
Mrs. Orin H. Young complains of ongoing mixups between Wesley Acres in Des Moines Iowa and Wesley Gardens in Des Moines Washington. She notes misdelivered items reach Wesley Acres almost daily, including a large hot water heater from California, though both homes serve Methodists for retired persons.
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Des Moines
Orin H. Young
Wesley Acres
Iowa
Wesley Gardens
Wash
Foreigners barred from fishing in several states
New York correspondent Alex Faulkner reports that foreigners who have not resided in Massachusetts for a year cannot obtain nonresident fishing licenses. He notes similar bans in Delaware Kansas Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and a wider list including Connecticut Illinois Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico North Dakota and Utah.
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New York
Alex Faulkner
London Daily Telegraph
Massachusetts
Faulkner
Delaware
Kansas
Ohio
Pensylvania
Virginia
Connecticut
Illinois
Nebraska
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Dakota
Utah
M and M TV Sells And Services 1955 Motorola Sets
M and M TV Sales and Service at 114 North Thirteenth Street highlights itself for quick expert television and radio work. The shop features 1955 Motorola receivers with Big Look screens and aluminized tubes, color and black and white models, plus portable and clock radios. Fred McNeely leads the business after 11 years in Terre Haute and Indianapolis, open Monday through Saturday until 9 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M & M TV
North Thirteenth Street
Motorola
Fred McNeely
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Red Methods Cited Force Shanghai Firms Into Reds’ Mode
A Hong Kong trade paper says Chinese Communists coerce Shanghai business leaders to operate as public private ventures. Tactics include tax defaults, profiteering claims, market controls, and pressure from Communist cadres. It notes 13 large factories converted this year and cites a flood of government orders. U S farm value in 1953 stood at about 135 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Hong
Shanghai
Hong Kong
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Motor Service Division
Walaer Electric Supply CO. Inc
Westinghouse Motor Service
Lincoln
Walnut Street
South Third Street
Walker Electric Supply Co., Inc
McCormick Harvester Threshers
International Tractors
Sterchi Music CO
C. L. Seward
Olive H. Wilson
Trent & Son Cth
bLafavette
A&a
Peerless Cleaners
A. W. Dudley Co
Tin Shop
Armsti
Brock’s Shoe Repair CO
S. 7Th St
New System Laundry, Inc
Promi
Photostat
Welnet St
T. H. Concrete
Corp 1Th
Hestrer
Warters
Wabash Valley Tent and Awning CO
WABASH_AVE
Patrick’s
Poplar St
Onte
Glenn E. Staggs
Midwest Gear & Supply Co., Inc
Telephone
Ind
Bryant
Peo
James W. McCoskey
Hobart Distributing CO
International Harvester Dealer
Tractors McCormick Implements International Refrigeration
9Th St
N. 13Th St
Harry
Radio & TV Service
Washington
Heimroth Electric & Machine Co
South Lith St
WaBasa Fede Ay
le Relia
Century Electric Motors
Red Jacket
Waste King
Hunter
Empire
Tareateahoeabe & Mach. CO
Terre Haute, Ind
Jensen
Wabash Ave
Maumee
AAA Coal Co
Acme Coal & Lime Co
Ajax Coal Yard Coal Service Co
Herman Lee Ed Selvin
Terre Haute Coal & Supply Co
Vigo Consumers Coal & Coke Co
Knapp Equipment
Gilfoy’s
Hemisch
Cash and Carry Branches
Ash Drag Stein
Taylor Natthemper
S Russell Shaffer Warner DeVoi —Tate
H Ave
S. 15Th
Hulman
Heler
Liberty
Stist Ton & Mth
Paris Ave
Hauteer Shep
Carl Weiler
Racsie
Sixth Ave
Courtesy Cleaners
M&m TV
Victor Pioneer
Mechanical Suppliers, Inc
North 9Th Street
Dine
CNAPP
Frozen Fresh Foods, Inc
1St St
WM. Leroy White
North 10Th ST
E. T. Hazledine CO
Chastain Paint & Wallpaper Store
Pittsburgh Paints
G. A. Monninger
Fire Auto Casualty Life
James J. Nichols Insurance Service
South 7Th
Aviation
Marine Bonds
Roesch-Burman Foundry, Inc
Vadenade
Bauermeisterhegeman, Inc
ALSCO
Terre Haute Home Improvement CO
Welding Supply Co
14Th St
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