Convict Alleged Father With Guard Escort At Rhode Island Prison
Rhode Island social welfare head announced the discharge of two prison employees after a long term convict, Milton Dexter, allegedly was allowed outside with a woman and fathered a child born June 27. Dexter, 36, was serving a 30 year term for second murder. the hammer slaying occurred in 1932.
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Providence
R. L
Rhode Island
Social Welfare Department
Clemens J. France
George H. Kimmel
Cranston
France
Milton Dexter
Pawtucket
Dexter
Headaches from Eye Disorders
Frequent headaches may stem from eye problems such as acute glaucoma iritis retrobulbar neuritis and herpes zoster ophthalmicus. The article notes sudden eye pressure pain blurred vision red eye pupil changes and nerve-related headaches often worsening at night. A thorough eye examination is essential to identify the cause.
Japan to Extend Bomber Reach From Okinawa Bases
U S war bulletin notes Lt Gen James H Doolittle strengthens air power with 8th Air Force Superforts from Okinawa. The plan targets Manchurian industry, cutting continental resources and severing transport lanes from Honshu to Darien Rashin and Fusan. Naval patrols and air strikes widen the blockade as earlier Japanese efforts stalled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Doolittle
Okinawa
Mukden
Japan
Shimonosek
Honshu
Darien
Manchuria
Fusan
Korea
Rashin
South Manchurian Raiar Company
Asia
Siberia
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
U. S
Okibe
Ration changes reduce food items for Aug to Oct
The OPA announed new reductions in processor set asides for 1945 46 with juices and fruits to be rationed. Items lowered include Lima beans beets sweet corn peas tomato juice tomato puree applesauce peaches and pineapple juice. Canned plums and fresh nes were removed from the set aside list as civilian access to these fruits is expected to fall.
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OPA
Navy troop detachments and engineer units listed at Hampton Roads
A detailed muster lists multiple units aboard ships including India Victory Empire c Andrew Excelsior and James Monroe at Boston and Hampton Roads Virginia. It covers 13th and engineer power line maintenance detachments, quartermaster groups, infantry, artillery, engineers, ordnance, and support companies totaling 1,332 miscellaneous troops.
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Gineer
India Victory
Air Forces
Boston
Excelsior
109Th Infantry Regiment
108Th Field Artillery
Cavalry
559Th
562Nd
334Th Ordnance Battalion
Hampton Roads
James Monroe
Moses Cleveland
Daniel Hill
W. E. Capps
U S Officials Criticize Aid to Spanish Republic
State Department heads condemned the aid to the Spanish Republic as almost universal, while MacLeish noted neutrality laws were never popular and argued America is undergoing a virtual revolution in foreign policy. He called the interwar era the epoch of irresponsibility and said the world is learning its lesson.
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State Department
MacLeish
America
Foreign ministers council may name deputy and meet in London
Choices favor Cohen for deputy to Byrnes as the foreign ministers council readies the opening session in London by Sept 1. The panel will draft peace treaties with Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland while William Clayton talks with British officials on labor’s election impact and plans for socialism.
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Cohen
Dunn
Byrnes
Washington
London
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
William Clayton
Britain
Clayton
Labor
War Production Official Predicts End to Shoe Rationing Next Year
A War Production Board official said prospects are very good for eliminating the rationing program early next year. OPA cited reports that lower priced shoes are not moving from dealers and that the public has been reluctant to spend stamps on inexpensive footwear. The move cannot include children's sizes due to stock levels. The text also notes nuts may be used to enrich stuffing or creamed dishes.
Trial plan for Nazi war criminals outlined by Jackson
A discussion of the Allied plan for a collective war crimes trial led by Robert Jackson outlines a blanket charge of conspiracy under military law. It cites Hague 1907 and Kellogg Briand 1928 as foundations, notes Potsdam pressure, and details evidence gathering across Europe for a sweeping case against Nazis and their generals.
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Gestapo
Moscow
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Supreme Court
Robert Jackson
United States
Jackson
Japan
Germany
Italy
Potsdam
London
Scotland Yard
Europe
Mandorf-Les- Baines
Luxembourg
Britain
Housing plan aims to shelter Britain's homeless
Attlee and key ministers including Isaacs Bevan and Silkin plan a housing conference to tackle postwar housing. The effort targets restoring over 1,000,000 home losses and meeting potential demand of 7,000,000 to 8,000,000 homes in 10–12 years.
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George Isaacs
Labor
Aneurin Bevan
Arthur Greenwood
Silkin
London County Council
Britain
Tomlinson
Commons
Ministry of Labor
Admiralty
Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Griffiths
National Insurance
Labor Party
Miners In Commons
Williams
Earl of Listowel
India
House of Lords
Hynd
Duchy of Lancaster
Parliant
John Dugdale
Attlee
Parliamen
John Strachey
Air Ministry
Hector McNeil
Foreign Office
Lord Nathan
War Office
Price Of Low Grade Tobacco Declines In August Sales
Valdosta Ga August 4 The marketing service reports second week of Florida market sales shows lower grades of flue cured tobacco down 2 to 3 per hundredweight with some declines up to 4. Better grades held firm to up 1 while overall weekly averages fell about 50 cents from last week. Estimated season averages range 39.40 to 41.84 with 39.40 to 41.84 for individual markets and total volume 39 097 998 pounds at 40 63. About half the crop marketed so far.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valdosta
gia-Florida
Paint theft allegations tied to plant superintendent case
W Horne testified about the transactions. Dorn reportedly admitted aiding the plant superintendent to remove early paint consignments and later stealing paint for himself, with a involvement capped at 10 barrels at a time. Police say Davis stated he hauled about 1000 gallons under Nelson’s direction to the Fairmont Grocery on Thornville road, deliveries made at night to a store operated by a man now said to be in the armed forces.
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Dorn
Davis
Nelson
Fairmont
Thornville Road
U S to Establish Nurnberg Trial HQ Aug 15
A spokesman said the U S prosecutor will set up headquarters in Nuernberg on August 15 for the war crimes trial of Hitler's alleged associates. The former German palace for justice on a boulevard linking Nuernberg and Furth was chosen, with an advance party in Nuernberg arranging billets for about 800 attendees.
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Hitler
Jackson
U. S
Nuernberg
Palace For Justice
Furth
131 Physicians Licensed After North Carolina Exam
Raleigh Aug 4 Dr Richard Leon Kendrick of Elizabeth City led the June 1820 four year medical student examination with the highest average. The North Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners announced 131 physicians were granted licenses with one candidate failing. Names of those who passed include Joseph Whitener Abernethy from Granite Falls and Inez Willoughby Elrod of Chapel Hill among many others. several physicians received licenses by reciprocity from states including South Carolina and Virginia.
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Raleigh
Richard Leon Kendrick
Elizabeth City
Ivan Procter
North Carolina State Board of Medical Examiners
Inez Willoughby Elrod
Chapel Fill
C. W. Armstrong
Salisbury
Proctor
Lee
Amestown
Kinston
R. B. McKnight
Charlotte
Paul. G.parker
Erwin
Malory A. Pittman
Wilson
Abernethy
Joseph Whitener
Granite Falls
Aikawa
Jerry Kazuo
Winston-Salem
Alderman
Edward Hatcher
Four Oaks
Ashley
Grant Dale
Boone
Bagett
Joseph Woodrow
Lillington
Bailey
Claude Fletcher
Batten
Woodrow
Winston- Salem
Beckmann
Albert Jules
Best
James Ernest
Blair
Joseph Reese
Troy
Bobbitt
Robert Lee
Meeee
Bradsher
James Ald
Roxboro
Brady
Charles Eldon
High Falls
Bruto
James Edward, Jr
Durham
Ann
Charles Shirey
Bluefield
W. Va
Foster
William Leicester
Asheville
Gibson
George Olive
Columbus
Gilmer
Walter Scott
Richmond
Green
Paul Stewart
Griffin
William Ray
Gross
Frank Blackburn
Guy
Ernest Gordon
Baltimore
Hare
Roy Allen
Harrelson
Rose Grange
Tabor City
Harrison
Lloyd Bratton, Jr
Washington
D. C
Henninger
Betty Allison
Willis
Holland
Cincinnati
Ohio
Holden
William Benjamin
Wake Forest
Holt
Lawrence
Byerly
Lexington
Robert Glenn
Jones
Beverly N., Jr
Johnston
George Browne
Kelford
Paul Erastus
Farmville
Kelly
Richard Sterling
Kendrick
Richard Leon
Kernodle
George Wallace
Eton College
Kiger
Roger
Sylvester
Kornegay
Raymond Dewitt
Seven Springs
Lampley
William A
Hendersonville
Larkin
Ernest Waddill
Leavell
Allin W
Meroney
William Hyde III
Greensboro
Metzger
James Thompson
Miller
Lowell Stephen
Moody
James Naldson
Morrow
Thomas Lear
Funeral Rites Held for Phyllis Ann Fowler
Funeral services for Phyllis Ann Fowler six who died after being run over in front of 219 Fisher Street were held Saturday at 11 A M from the First Pilgrim Holiness church. Rev J A Grout led the service with a ladies quartet singing and Lily Brown solo Growing in the Upper Garden. Flowers were placed by children in the community. Pallbearers included Elwood Lee Jimmy Turner Roy Perdue and J W Kay. Interment followed in Floral Garden cemetery.
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Phyllis Ann Fowler
Fisher Street
First
Pilgrim Holiness Church
J. A. Grout
Dockery Nance
Elma Warner
Audrey Lilly
Brownie Brown
Jesus
Mrs Nancy L Payne funeral held in Mechanicsville
Funeral services for Mrs Nancy Louella Payne 74 wife of A M Tiny Payne of Chestnut street extension who died at home High Point route 2 were conducted Saturday at 4 pm from Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist church Elder D A OBrien and Elder L T Tucker led the service with a pre departure hymn. The church choir sang many selections honoring the deceased and pallbearers included W G Hutchens B D Hutchens Gurne Snider Avery Weaver Art Hedrick and Noah Garner. Interment followed in the church cemetery with granddaughters nieces and neighbors as flower bearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy L. Payne
Nancy Louella Payne
A. M
Tiny) Payne
Chestnut Street
High Point
Mechanicsville
W. G. Hutchens
B. D. Hutchens
Gurne Snider
Avery Weaver
Art Hedrick
Noah Garner
Postwar Europe Division and Allied Positions Outline
The Crimea and Potsdam agreements map eastern and western Europe under allied influence. Eastern assets go to Russia, western to the allies, shaping Soviet and Western leverage in the Balkans and central Europe. Truman seeks freer reporting from the Balkan region and rejects a Soviet sponsored government in Austria, deferring to Vienna after Allied occupations.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Crimea
Europe
Potsdam
Balkan
Germany
Russia
France
Moscow
London
Washington
Soviet Union
Stalin Aas
Berlin
Speen
Wew
Austria
Truman
Attlee
Vienna
American Movies Withdrawn In Prague
In Prague today American films were pulled from theaters and replaced by Russian pictures after crowded showings. Sources say Czechoslovakia limits American films amid Russia relations, with some Hollywood productions deemed anti Russian. The Prace weekly notes Czechoslovakia hopes for light US dramas and musicals but avoids politically or socially charged topics.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Prace
United States
Taft outlines postwar economic plan and demobilization
Senator Taft urged rapid demobilization and abolition of wage controls, urged lowering WPB and OPA powers, and proposed a joint economic committee to study postwar policy. He called for federal aid on housing health and education and a comprehensive program to ensure industrial peace after the war.
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Army
Navy
WPB
Taft
Congress
Ohio
Berliners See Path to Democracy in Decentralized Government
Berlin residents welcomed a move toward devolution of government duties. They believe it will enable real democratic gains and reduce central power. Most accept lower living standards after the war, once feared they would become subservient. They cite the Potsdam statement as a turning point.
Invasion Base Formed for Final Japan Conquest
Allied reports say a great semi circular base is forming in the Philippines and Ryukyus under General MacArthur for the final conquest of Japan. Chinese forces press toward Tungan and Lingling as they cut toward possible U.S. invasion routes in China. The Snook is presumed lost, marking the 46th U.S. submarine sunk since Pearl Harbor.
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Philippines
Ryukyus
Okinawa
MacArthur
Japan
Kwangsi
China
Navy
Washington
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Twentieth Air Force
Guam
Potsdam
Nippon
Tokyo
Spaatz
Pacific
General Little
Doolittle
Eighth Air Force
Strategic Air
Stilwell
Tenth Army
General Kenney
Far East
High School Students Plan to Move After Graduation
A survey finds thirteen of twenty American high school students expect to leave their hometowns for work or further study after finishing education. The report highlights strong mobility trends among youth seeking opportunities beyond their local areas.
Nebraska Birds Among Nation's Largest Lists
Nebraska ranks third in the nation for bird species, boasting a diverse list that includes many water birds in its flat treeless landscapes.
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Nebraska
Reparations debate quieted by Big Three pledge
The article notes Germans are uneasy over reparations lacking size detail but comforted by the Big Three promise that payments must not lower German living standards below the European average. It highlights fears over loss of Silesia East and West Prussia and Pomerania as the war's heaviest penalty.
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Germany
Silesia
West Prussia
Pomerania
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Vatz
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Bakersville
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White
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Wilkins
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Mr. Olive
Wood
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Lucy Jane Gregory
Alex Chalmers Hope
Brita R. McLean
Ruth O'Neal
Chas. Hamilton Reid, Jr
Joseph Selman
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Dent Roosevelt
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