Reds Propose International Air Corps Plan at Washington Conference
At the Dumbarton Oaks talks in Washington the American and British delegations discussed a possible three way compromise to organize a future international force. A Russian proposal for an international air corps is under debate though not binding, with competing views on regional responsibility and a world security agency to coordinate international police forces.
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Washington
Pri- 1A
Meee
Nizi al International
Yo Raea
World Security Agency
Pan-American Union
World Agency
Combined Chiefs of Staff Board
Preaches to graduates at UNC and other notes
Chapel Hill reports Dr. Lee McBride White of Birmingham delivered UNC s baccalaureate sermon for the 1945 class. Josephus Daniels will give the commencement address Wednesday night. Also in Chapel Hill E C Daniel of Zebulon elected NC Pharmaceutical Association president 1945 46.
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Chapel Hill
Lee McBride White
Birmingham
Ala
University of North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
E. C. Daniel
Zebulon
North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
W. S. Wilfe
Tellers
Daniel
T. R. Burgiss
Sparta
T. G. Crutchfield
Greensboro
R. J. Cromery
Raleigh
Wade A. Gilliam
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
G. Ballew
Lenoir
Jack Wagner Wins Myers Invitational in Charlotte
Statesville golfer Jack Wagner defeats Charlotte’s Bill Dowtin 6 and 5 to win the Myers invitational final in Charlotte. Wagner repeats as champion after yesterday’s decisive match in the ith annual event.
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Jack Wagner
Myers
Charlotte
Husky Jack Wagner
Statesville
Bill Dowtin
Ith
Verr
Maurice Chevalier Reported Killed by Maquis
Paris Reuters dispatch says French film star Maurice Chevalier was killed by the Maquis last Friday. The report notes his fame in American cinemas and his German-occupied Paris appearances.
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London
Maurice Chevalier
Reuters
Paris
Rench
Chevalier
France
Five Million Lbs Of Weed On Floors In Eastern NC Markets
Raleigh August 28 With a record bonanza predicted fourteen eastern North Carolina Bright Belt tobacco markets opened this morning with an estimated five million pounds on the floors. The War Food Administration and the state agricultural department say the crop should exceed all others since 1939 and reach a total of 344,244,000 pounds. Weight and quality likely better due to July and August rains. labor shortages, barn space limits, and maturity pace affect sales. Markets at Ahoskie Goldsboro Greenville Kinston Rocky Mount Robersonville Smithfield Farmville Wendell Washington Wallace Wilson Williamston Tarboro issue sales at 360 baskets per hour with a maximum of 300 pounds per basket.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
War Food Administration
State Agricultural Department
WFA
U. S. Tobacco Association
Ahoskie
Goldsboro
Greenville
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Robersonville
Smithfield
Farmville
Wendell
Washington
Wallace, Wilson
Williamston
Tarboro
Patrolman Dispatches Injured Mule on Taylor Street
Patrolman R. G. Kearns was forced to end the life of an injured mule after it fell from a truck on Taylor near Willowbrook. Dr. Albert C. Jones certified the animal’s irrecoverable condition and authorized euthanization at 4 06 p m. The mule reportedly belonged to a local Black man identified only as the owner.
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R. G. Kearns
Taylor Street
Willowbrook Street
Albert C. Jones
Kearns
C. C. Stoker
Guilford County Realty Transfers in High Point Township
Prudential Insurance to Edward L. Grimsley and wife for a West Lexington Avenue lot. Odell Liles and wife to Annie Beck Swaim for Lot 13 of Willonbar Terrace. Annie Beck Swaim Johnson and husband to N M Harrison for Lot 13 of Willonbar Terrace. Bloomfield 8 Peele and husband to Seth Hudson and wife for a Hawthorn Street property. L J Fisher commissioner to city of High Point for a Park Street lot. The cakewalk, a dance of American Negro origin, is described as a square stepping performance to a lively tune.
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Prudential Insurance Company
Edward L. Grimsley
Lexington Avenue
Odell Liles
Annie Beck Swaim
Willonbar Terrace
Annie Beck Swaim Johnson
N. M. Harrison
Bloomfield
Peele
Seth Hudson
Hawthorn Street
L. J. Fisher
City of High Point
Park Street
Bowles Sees End to Regulations Sought on Lamb Ration
Portland dispatch reports Chester Bowles stating he hopes OPA rules and ration limits will end. He notes his office will reconsider denying a lamb rationing holiday and expresses eagerness to remove regulations nationwide.
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Chester Bowles
Portland
Ore
OPA
Ieee Canisha
United States
War speeds divorces in Allegheny County surge 60 percent
War time conditions were blamed for an all time record number of divorce petitions filed in Allegheny County. From the first Monday of July to the first Monday of August 453 petitions were registered, a 60 percent rise over the same period a year earlier.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Allegheny County
Temperature Rise Charlotte Reflects Unseasonable August Dip
Smoke rose from thousands of NC chimneys as unseasonable cool spell hit over the weekend. Mt. Mitchell reported 1 percent humidity while Asheville measured 51 and Charlotte 48, marking a historic low for August in the 66 year period.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Mt. Mitchell
Asheville
Climate notes from Greensboro to Wilmington show rising temps
Old weather station report records 55 degrees at Greensboro and Durham with a gradual eastward rise. Raleigh reports 58 and Wilmington 60.
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Greensboro
Durham
Raleigh
Wilmington
Patents on Exhibition From 15 000 Seized by U S
More than 15 000 patents seized by the United States from nationals or enemy or enemy controlled countries will be exhibited in Charlotte. The collection includes 1 125 relating to textiles and 171 affecting the tobacco industry.
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Harlotte
North
South Carolina
United States
Teenager on Trial for Slaying Taylorsville Police Chief
Marvin Matheson, 15, stands trial in Alexander Superior Court for the slaying of Taylorsville Police Chief Dexter Millsaps in a hotel lobby. Judge J C Radisill presides as authorities report 20 arrests over the weekend for conspiracy to violate the internal revenue law by handling non tax paid liquor.
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Taylorsville
Marvin Matheson
Dexter Millsaps
J. C. Radisill
Newton
Alexander Superior Court
Ficers
Hey
Rowan
Forsyth
Wilkes
White liquor flow halted in Salisbury and Winston-Salem
Federal and Alcohol Tax Unit halted the flow of about 1000 gallons of white whiskey into Salisbury and Winston-Salem on August 2. The action, reported by AP, disrupted a distribution channel tied to illicit liquor operations.
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Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Federal and Alcohol Tax Unit
Minister D J White Dies at North Wilkesboro
Rev. D. J. White a Methodist minister for over four decades died at his daughter Mrs G C Green’s home near Ronda last night Funeral services are set for Tuesday in the North Wilkesboro area with burial to follow in a local cemetery and he is survived by his daughter and others in the church community
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North Wilkesboro
D. J. White
G. C. Green
Ronda
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International Air Corps
Treos
Arc de Triomphe
Elizabeth City
Billy Phelps
Torpedoman
USN
R. M. Phelps
Navy Department
Pacific
Navy
Hertford
Harvey Point Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Harvey Point
J. W. Lanser
FE. R. Edging
Walley Cobb Mayes
Charles FE. Payne
D. Fentress
State Highway
State Supreme Court
Oxford
C. K. Proctor
Rex Hospital
G. L. Vickers
Richmond
Federal Works Administration
Moscow
Russia
Zieled
North Main
The
Vooes of
Perenene
Overs Mendes
Guilford County Realty
High Point Township
America
Petroleum Administration
Cesgas
Pues Arrels
TULLE
SOL Gs
Gulf
Savien
YU Gulf
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