Gaston Me Turmoil Ties To Atomic Energy Expo
Gaston residents recall Prince Otto of Bavaria visit to the Executives Club years ago. Overton Investment Co. of Princeton shows off a model of a 160,000 kilowatt atomic power station for Commonwealth Brison Co. and Nuclear Group Inc. before shipment to Geneva for an International Conference on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy. Overton, a 1932 State College alumnus, is linked with NASA? No. His family resides in Charlotte. The piece also previews the Summer regional meeting of the State Literary and Historical Association at Mars Hill College with talks on the North Carolina Minerals Museum, the Smokies, Civil War conditions, and regional education topics. August imagery and seasonal descriptions follow.
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Forgery Charge Is Put Against Negro Defendant
A Gazette item notes a forgery charge against a Black defendant reported in the July 31 issue. The blotted entry details a case arising in a local jurisdiction with limited context and names a few individuals tied to surrounding notices. The rest of the page contains unrelated items about visits, a fatal railway incident, marriages, and other society notes.
Forgery arrest follows check cashing attempt in city
A young Black man, K W Watkins of 601 North Moran, was arrested near noon Monday and jailed on forgery charges after attempting to cash a $40 check at Randy's Men's Shop on West Main. Officers say he forged signatures of Quay D. Williford and Vera Jean Thomas on three $40 checks, with instruments cashed recently for the same amount, and stashed the checks at Miles Soda Shop on South Marietta Street.
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Kansas City Star Fined in Federal Monopolizing Case
The Kansas City Star faces a $5,000 penalty in Federal Court for monopolizing news and advertising distribution in Kansas City. Advertising chief Emil A. Lees was fined $2,500 for attempted monopolization after jurors convicted them in February. Judge Richard Duncan overruled motions to set aside the verdict.
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Market Meanders as Copper Prices Hint at Rise
Trading on the New York market moved at the year’s slow pace with copper prices outstanding but not active as traders weigh a possible metal price increase. Overall, stocks edge higher on Friday yet show a down trend over weeks with selective blocks trading in Whirlpool Seeger Heyden City Service and Railroad issues amid mixed earnings and merger news.
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Wall Street
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Seeger
Justice Department
RCA
New York Cotton Prices Rise Across North Carolina Markets
Cotton prices jump 25 to 50 cents with tops around 16.75 at Hillsboro Castle Hayne and Beulaville. Other North Carolina towns report 16.50 at Siler City Micro Elizabethtown Mont Olive Snow Hill Farmville Goldsboro Kinston New Bern Fayetteville Clinton Rich Square and 6.25 at Tarboro Enfield Dunn Newton Grove Nahunta Clarkton Warsaw Bailey Whiteville Smithfield 16.00 at Tabor City Jacksonville Plymouth Lumberton Washington 15.75 at Kenly Wilson and Rocky Mount.
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North Carolina Poultry and Eggs Markets Steady
Central North Carolina markets report Pryers and broilers steady with farm prices 26 and fob plant 23. Raleigh eggs steady after a rise with Grade A at 52. Asheville fryers and broilers steady at farm price 26 and fob plant 27. Eggs fully steady with Grade A large 48 to 50.
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Butter And Eggs Receipts Show Beefed Up Chicago
Butter steady as receipts reach 782 092 and eggs firm in Chicago market trade.
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Eges Firm
Shoes Of Small Fry Awaiting To Be Claimed
Two tiny footwear items await owners at the Gastonia Police Department. Sgt. L C Baxley holds two pairs, a white pair for a girl and a brown pair for a boy, left by an unnamed man who found them in his car on a downtown lot. Parents should claim them.
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L. C. Baxley
Hodges To Speak On Segregation Tonight
Gov Hodges will address North Carolina about segregation problems at 10 p m tonight. The 36 minute talk will air on 60 radio and 10 TV stations and be repeated on some daytime radio stations tomorrow morning. Hodges plans to speak partially to Negro citizens of North Carolina and then depart for Chicago for the National Governor's Conference, returning Saturday.
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Raleigh
Hodges
North Carolina
Chicago
Henderson County Rejects Beer and Wine Sales
In Hendersonville a special election defeated legal beer and wine sales by nearly four to one. Wine was voted down 1,420 to 626 and beer 6,462 to 1,462, ending prospects for local alcoholic beverage sales.
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Henderson County
Hollywood to Film Harder They Fall Boxing Tale
Producer Philip Yordan and director Mark Robson plan a screen version of Budd Schulberg’s The Harder They Fall, a fiction closely mirroring Primo Carnera’s boxing career and the era’s gangster box office. Bogart is set to star, with scenes likely at Madison Square Garden and Stillman’s Gym. The project aims to indict boxing’s glamour while seeking cooperation from boxing insiders.
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Hollywood whispers on Liberace and old time child stars
NEA report sketches backstage feuds and reunions among 1930s Fox child stars Jane Temple and Shirley Temple Black, notes Jane Moss's divorce and home life, praises film censor outcomes with Hugo Haas, and hints at Tim Hovey and other young talents making waves. It cites Jo Anne Dru on Liberace’s hands and Anns Sheridan, Rudolph Frimmt, Dian Erin, and plans for a US visit by Jean Pierre Aumont and Maria Montez’s sister Adina Montez.
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Breakfast soup era looms as peas start morning menus
NEA chronicles a campaign by soup firms to push hot soup for breakfast. Personal tastings and endorsements from chefs, musicians, and dietitians frame breakfast soup as filling, quick, and novel. Advocates urge pairing soups with cereal or eggs while skeptics recall bacon and eggs. The Gastonia Optimist Club invites Dr. J E Reed to speak at a luncheon.
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Vanessa Brown and Robert A. Franklyn Reconcile Divorce
Actress Vanessa Brown and Dr. Robert A. Franklyn say they will seek dismissal of their divorce petition filed last April. The couple, married in 1950 and separated last year, announced the reconciliation in Hollywood.
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Making A Go Of Life Read Psalms 54
The text argues that life and breath reveal a force beyond humanity, identifying God as the stabilizing power behind bodily functions. It contrasts human autonomy with divine control, urging reverent acceptance of God’s patient, universal sovereignty over life and breathing.
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Mars’ Hill
God
Ding Dong Daddy Quitting Marriage
Francis Van Wie known as the Ding Dong Daddy of the D Line divorces his first wife Mabel Joyce Van Wie in Los Angeles. He cites desertion amid a life of multiple marriages and a five month bigamy sentence after his 16th union. The 69 year old is under seven years probation with no remarrying. Geneva became headquarters of the League of Nations in 1920.
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Davy Crockett
Jack Palance
Ida Luping
Wendell Corey
Jean Hagen
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Tin Hovey
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Margaret O'Brien
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Plot Of Perennials Gives Blooms Throughout Season
Perennials bring year after year bloom with care. Plant from seed in August or November in a cold frame or flats. Alternatives include nursery plants. Choose full sun or shade, arrange beds for continuous color, and protect roots in winter in northern areas.
New Healing Substance Promises Shrinkage of Hemorrhoids
New York reports a breakthrough with Bio-Dyne a healing substance claimed to shrink hemorrhoids and relieve pain without surgery case after case showing actual reduction and praise from sufferers. Available as a preparation or ointment through druggists with a money back guarantee from a world famous research institute.
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