Help Began in Guiana Salvage Effort Recalled
Major Charles Pean tells of Salvation Army work in French Guiana in 1933. Ex convicts labeled libres faced reform through a coupon system providing meals shelter and work. A restaurant opening sparked theft as 2000 guests left with utensils and plates, shaping a harsh start to rehabilitation.
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Charles Pean
Marc J. Parsons
NEA
Corresent
New York
French Guiana
Salvation Army
France
Liberes
Montgomery directs and acts in Woman in the Lake
Hollywood star Robert Montgomery says directing his first film will not end his acting career. He laughs at studio talk and explains he is directing as well as acting in Woman in the Lake, a Raymond Chandler murder mystery with him as Philip Marlowe. He notes the risk of any film and argues war-themed stories deserve a chance. He also discusses realism in police station scenes and recalls his prewar success in Night Must Fall and its artistic impact despite modest box office.
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Victor Gunson
Central Press
Hollywood
Robert Montgomery
Bob
Montgomery
Philip Marlowe
Dick Powell
Humphrey Bogart
Nique
Shug
Sugar Chile
van Johnson
Clarence
Detroit
Edo Junction
Aun
Anthony Adverse
Chile
Lionel Hampton
Frankie Car
Truman
Windo
Regal Teat
Chicago
Duke Ellington
Eugen Toomer
Toomer
Barbara An
Liberated Libres Return to France From Guiana Penal Colony
After years of hope dashed by war, the first waves of freed Libres begin repatriation from Devil's Island colonies. The 1938 abolition of doubtage and wartime closures gave way to postwar plans to end penal settlements. By plan, about 50 evacuees depart monthly and full freedom expected within three years, with Guiana convicts moved to St Laurent as colonization starts.
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French Guiana
Rench
Guiana
Salvation Army
Devil's Island
St. Joseph
Royal Islands
St. Laurent
Pattern 4800 overalls for children with drop-seat design
The notice promotes Pattern 4800 sewing pattern for young children featuring shoulder buttons and a drop-seat with an open-out bonnet. Sizes 2 4 6 and 8 are offered, with fabric yardage details and price of twenty five cents. Also advertised is Anne Adams Spring Pattern Book offering free pattern and directions for hat and gilet set.
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Enterprise
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Anne Adams
Farmer Wounded as Tenant Arrested in Tarboro
Ben C. Mayo Edgecombe County farmer and trotter breeder was seriously wounded at his farm near Tarboro on July 4. Hal Arnold, a Negro tenant on Mayo's property, was arrested and held in an undisclosed jail according to Sheriff W. E. Bardin.
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Tarboro
Ben C. Mayo
Edgecombe County
W. E. Bardin
Hal Arnold
Mayo
Exploding Boiler Kills Edenton Man and Damages Store
A boiler explosion at the Edenton Building Supply Company killed William Riddick, a Black man, and injured Riley Harrell. The blast destroyed part of the building and caused damage estimated over $5,000.
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Edenton
William Riddick
Edenton Building Supply Company
Prohibition of bear-baiting in 1835 Parliament action
Historical note highlights that bear-baiting was banned by Parliament in 1835 while also noting paper towels effectively remove grease from plates pots and pans before washing.
Sugar Chile Robinson Shines As Young Boogie Woogie Prodigy
In Detroit and Chicago venues during 1945 Sugar Chile Robinson, seven, dazzles crowds with ferocious boogie woogie on piano. The child prodigy, dubbed the world's youngest boogie-woogie player, attracts agents, press, and a growing fan base while earning thousands and planning a future in music and film.
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Luciz
Perrigo Central Press
Chicago
Detroit
Michigan Theater
Mab Meacoe
Caldonia
Sugar Chile Robinson
Lowell Thomas
Sugar Chile
Dorothy
Accused Held In Jail Bond $270000 In Chicago Probe
Seventeen year old William Heirens, a University of Chicago student, remains jailed on $270000 bond on 25 burglary and assault counts. Prosecutors plan to present evidence to a grand jury on the January killing of Suzanne Degnan, though Heirens denies the slaying after five days of questioning. He was bound over on burglary and four assault charges with bond set at 10000 on burglary and 15000 on assault, and two lie detector tests were inconclusive.
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Chicago
William Heirens
University of Chicago
FBI
Suzanne Degnan
William J. Tuohy
Heirens
William D. Jartigan
Hheas
Coroner to Hold Inquest Into Burlington Worker Death
Burlington July 4 The coroner will hold an inquest into the death of Charles V Maness a Burlington textile worker who died after head and leg injuries sustained while in custody then transported to Duke University Hospital Durham where he was pronounced dead the day after his collapse.
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Burlington
Charles V. Maness
Maness
Duke University Hospital
Durham
Chief Of Police Dies Of Wounds In Jail Scrap
Chief of Police S W Moxley aged 46 died in Moore county hospital yesterday from wounds received June 17 while trying to arrest Bascom Brown 25 and his uncle Walter Brown 50 in the affray Bascom Brown was killed and Walter Brown wounded Coroner R G Frye said inquests would be held
Somerset Maugham A Physician Who Never Practised
The writer Somerset Maugham trained as a physician due to family pressure but did not practice medicine. The 1883 Karatoa eruption killed 36 000 people. Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature.
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Somerset Maugham
Karatoa
Sinclair Lewis
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