Tragedy in Sanford as woman slays three relatives then dies
Coroner reports three members of the Copeland family and Mrs. Maude Kelly killed in a July 31 to August 3 murder suicide in Sanford. The suspect, Mrs. Mattie Copeland, killed her sister Miss Kelly and her grandchildren Donna Lee and Randolph, then killed herself. Investigators seek motive. no will found. Sheriff W. E. Slamon and Sheriff Jean Buchanan lead the inquiry.
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Sanford
Mattie Lee Copend
Maude Kelly
Donna Leenté
Randolph Hunter
Melvin McLean
Hartt County
McLean
Riple
W. E. Slamon
Hart County
Jean Buchanan
Lee County
Copeland
Sonner
Miss Kelly
Dway
Ruth
Uary
Lou Nova Prepares for Boxing Return and Stage Debut
Lou Nova trains in Gloucester Massachusetts at 203 pounds for another heavyweight title shot once buoyed by past chances. He also notes plans around appearing in James Hagan's Saturday Night on August 6 at Bass Rocks and potentially fighting Woodcock, with future stage prospects in England.
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Gloucester
Mass
Lou Nova
James Hagan
Bass Rocks
Joe Louis
Nova
Woodcock
England
Mangrum Leads Pro Field in ETO Tourney at St. Cloud
In Paris on August 3, Cpl. Lloyd Mangrum of Los Angeles led the pro division while Lt. William Campbell of Kingston W Va remained atop the amateur group as the St. Cloud club tourney moved to the final round. Mangrum carded 76 to total 216 for three rounds, with Kowal of Philadelphia second at 218. Campbell trailed Mangrum by two strokes in the amateur standings.
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Paris
Cpl. Lloyd
Los Angeles
William Campbell
Kington
W. Va
St. Cloud
Mangrum
Campbell
Los Anges
Matt Kowal
Philadelphia
Henderson Childress
Man Identified In Death After Train Collision At Rochester
A man tentatively identified as R. C. Macknight of Hillsboro, North Carolina, was killed when struck by a pickup freight train yesterday near Rochester. The identification was made from a draft card.
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Fear Tap Neel
Rochester
N. C
jiPi
R. C. Macknight
Hilleboro
Executor Named for Mrs Ida Gordon Lindsay Estate
Notice to creditors of the estate of Mrs Ida Gordon Lindsay of High Point Guilford County to present claims by July 21 1946 at Wachovia Bank and Trust Company High Point NC. Debtors should pay promptly to the Wachovia Trust Department. Dated July 20 1945.
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Ida Gordon Lindsay. Tate
High Point
Guilford County
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Wachovia Bank
North Carolina
Wachovia Bank and Trust CO
Ida Gordon Lindsay
W. G. Foy
Ilford County
Frances Young Foy
W. G. Poy
James B. Lovelace
Miracles of World War II recounts extraordinary providence
Henry C. Nicholas surveys War and Navy Department files and British Admiralty reports detailing wartime events labeled miracles. The piece cites Dunkirk fog, a jungle plane landing, North Africa storms, and Rain-cloud prayers that reportedly saved crews and troops, framed as divine intervention.
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Washington
War and Navy Departments
Dempsey Carpentier Fight First Broadcast in 1921 Jersey City
The 1921 heavyweight title fight between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier marked the sport first broadcast event. The United States holds ample unmined iron ore, enough for several centuries of production.
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Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Jersey City
United States
Radio Schedule Adjusted for Eastern War Time
Network corrections update the daily radio lineup with new times for shows including Hale program changes, Jack Armstrong, Dick Tracy repeats, Tom Mix serials, and world news slots. The slate shifts postpone or advance several features while preserving key broadcasts and major serials.
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Chenges
Hale
Tao Inio Ioncorporate
Administration seeks orderly reconversion of industry
The Truman administration advances two paths to stabilize postwar industry. Under John W. Snyder OWMR aims to extend War Production Board powers as an arm of reconversion and to merge OES with OWMR, streamlining economic control. WPB would apply wartime priority tools to allocate scarce materials and quotas to ease peacetime production.
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Washington
John W. Snyder
Office of War Mobilization
War Production Board
WPR
OWMR
Snyder
Truman
Office of Economic Stabilization
William IL Davis
Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
National War Labor Board
WPB
Synder
Congress
Armenia Desires Return of Territory at Peace Conference
A Tass dispatch from Bucharest reports that several thousand Armenians described as refugees from Turkey sent a resolution to the major conference on July 31 demanding the return of Armenian lands unjustly taken by Turkey to Soviet Armenia. The document calls for a final settlement of the Armenian question as a shameful page in 19th and 20th century diplomacy.
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Moscow
Turkey
Uaree
Armenia
Tass Bucharest
Local businessman accused in crime scheme sparks church donations probe
A prominent business figure proclaims loyalty to philanthropy while facing accusations that his actions amount to organized crime. Authorities caution the public about potential conflicts between charitable giving and illicit appropriation.
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Crime, Inc
Psychological Wounds Rise Amid Pacific Battle Reports
A Third Marine Division unit recounts a near shell strike that blasted debris and left soldiers convinced they were wounded. In a cave above a ledge a six man group crowded in with the colonel while a telephonic call continued. One man believed he had a leg wound, a mental effect rather than a physical hit. The lieutenant claimed a neck injury as the scene unfolded.
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Pacific
Third Marine Division
9Th Regiment
Russia Accepts Baltic States Absorption, Potsdam Outlined
Washington reports tacit US and British recognition of Russia's absorption of Latvia Estonia and Lithuania. Potsdam outlines redraw Poland East Prussia and Silesia borders with Koenigsberg and Danzig affected. Truman Attlee Stalin signaled support for forthcoming peace settlement terms.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Latvia
Estonia
Lithuania
Koenigsberg
Baltic
East Prussia
Baltic States
Poland
Danzig
Pomernia
Lower
Patton profanity debate in To Morrow magazine
A Lex ington edition of To Morrow debates General Patton's language in Los Angeles and a Christmas prayer he sent to troops. The writer argues Patton is profane yet notes his religious moments and suggests children learn strong words from the dictionary rather than profanity.
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Morrow
Lexington
Patton
General Patton
Los Angeles
Children of America
Europe
Army
Navy
Atlantic
Cill
New Zealand Cuts Armed Forces Headcount Significantly
Prime Minister Peter Fraser announced reductions from 100000 to 55000 across New Zealand forces. Army overseas drops from 39000 to 18000, domestic from 16000 to 8400, air force from 35000 to 21500 with small navy cuts. NZ pledges to stay in the fight against Japan using available resources. A separate wartime note mentions glass bottle production and a shelling incident with uninjured sailors.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Peter Fraser
Nava
House of Representatives
Japan
Fashion and neckties and a philosopher on marriage
A humorous reflection on summer heat and neckties, noting laziness in dress and a bookstore find. The narrator observes many without ties and comments on evolving fashion from stockings to two piece swimsuits. A local philosopher offers marriage as a route to happiness or philosophical insight.
Duke Researchers Honored for OSRD Contracts
The OSRD in Washington recognized 88 Duke University faculty and staff for six months or more of service on nine OSRD contracts. Most Duke projects are kept secret for security reasons and researchers received certificates of merit during a yesterday ceremony.
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DUKE
Durham
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Washington
Duke University
OSRD
Opening day tobacco sales top seven million pounds on border belt
North and South Carolina border belt markets sold 7 275 542 pounds on opening day at an official average of 43 98 per hundred. Prices held steady to a slight rise from last year with better grades up about one dollar per hundred in most groups and logs making up around 60 percent of offerings. Indiana? (No). Indictment of William Ray Holt in New York for wearing an army captain uniform while running a room renting racket nets arraignment set for August 22. Holt admitted renting rooms at reduced rates via an agency for servicemen then re renting to civilians in hotel lobbies at high rates, earning as much as 200 weekly. Rent control shifts announced in Raleigh as T S Johnson names R S Cromartie Fayetteville director for Cumberland Hoke Moore Scotland Robeson Richmond counties and Marlboro in NC and SC.
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Florence
North and
South Carolina
Border Belt
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Gate City
New York
William Ray Holt
Greensboro
N. C
U. S
John F. X. McGahey
L. 8
Gerald V. Clark
Holt
Clark
Raleigh
P—Raleigh
OPA
T. S. Johnson
Cromartie
Fayetteville
James L. Taylor, Jr
Atlanta
Cumberland
Hoke
Moore
Scotland
Robeson
Richmond
North Carolina
Marleboro
Market Report Shows North Carolina Sheep Sales Rise
North Carolina farm boys marketed 295601 pounds of sheep and lambs in 12 cooperative sales in recent weeks. Average lamb weight was about 86 pounds and the average price was 18.96 dollars per 100 pounds, per the state college extension service.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State College Extension Service
4-H Camp Raleigh to host officer encampment at Camp Millstone
L. R. Harrill, state club leader at State College, announced an encampment for 4-H club officers at Camp Millstone near Pinehurst from August 7 to 10.
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Raleigh
Camp Millstone
Pinehurst
L. R. Harrill
State College
Health Officer Meadors Resigns, Moves to Washington
Dr C F Meadors health officer for Lenoir county for 17 months must report to U S Public Health Service headquarters in Washington D C on August 10. County commissioners accepted his resignation as of that date.
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Washington Kinston
Cc. F. Meadors
Lenoir County
U. S, Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
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