Weather across Carolinas Georgia turns cooler with showers
North and South Carolina and Georgia see cooler air with scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Charlotte reports 98 maximum and 73 minimum with measurable rainfall. other stations list high temperatures from 88 to 105 and lows from 62 to 78. The lone note mentions a common housefly beating its wings about 160 times per second in flight.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Sharlotte
Max
R'fall Asheylie
Atlanta
Birmingham
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Port Worth
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Norfolk
Richmond
Savannah
Washington
Wilmington
Byers
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Virginia
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Alabama
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Florida
Tomlinson Exhibition
Broad Street Furniture and
Ray Mart
Souther Furniture Exposition
Tax Bill Reveals Major Changes and Higher Rates
Tax bill proposes broad tax increases aimed at closing part of the 1943 deficit. It would add about 7 million new taxpayers, tax rates rise sharply with 50 percent top surtax at $18,000, and individual rates as high as 88 percent. Corporate taxes climb to 81 percent on excess profits, capital gains rules tighten, and loss deductions for regular income are largely eliminated.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Funeral Rites for Harry L. Jenkins Planned at Home
The funeral service for Harry L. Jenkins who died at his home in the Clara Cox Apartments will be held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at the residence. Rev. R. E. Smith of Oak Grove Baptist Church and Rev. Charles R. Patterson of Grace Lutheran Church in Thomasville will conduct. Interment follows at Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Harry L. Jenkins
Clara Cox
R. &. Smith
Oak Grove Baptist Church
Charles R. Patterson
Grace Lutheran Church
Thomasville
Floral Garden Cemetery
Negro assistant principal granted leave to enter Army Officers Training
Thomasville report states J E Brockett Negro assistant principal of Church Street School has been given a leave of absence by the local school board to enter an Army Officers Training school. He has served as athletic director and science and mathematics instructor and is a Livingstone College graduate. He will report to Fort Bragg on August 31 for assignment to an officers training school.
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Thomasville
J. EL. Brockett
Church Street
Focal School Board
United States Army
Brocket
Livingstone College
Salisbury
Brockett
Fort Bragg
Tax bill brings major changes to corporate and estate taxes
The discussion covers expanded corporations returns, bad debt rules, amortization of war facilities, and estate and gift tax reforms effective immediately for estate taxes and January 1 1943 for gift taxes. It stresses that tax increases occur but aim to remove harsh provisions and improve administration, with attention to taxpayer irritation fixes.
Catalinas Endure Harsh Pacific Battle Amid Fog
A dramatic report describes Catalina crews fighting through fog and heavy anti aircraft fire across days of intense combat. Several planes are shot down or disabled near Unalaska Seguam Egg Island and Scotch Gap with heroic endurance praised by the Pacific Fleet commander.
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Page One
Zero
Unalaska
Scotch Gap
Unimak Island
Seguam Island
Naval Service
Pacific Fleet
Negroes Involved In Shooting At Two Furlough Street
Two men on Two Furlough Street clashed when one, J. T. Smith, was shot in the foot and hospitalized. Police say Ranneill Roseboro fired the weapon and was released on $100 bond, awaiting Municipal Court trial.
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J. T. Smith
Ranneill Roseboro
Roseboro
Rose
Registered At the Market Co J Rice Asheville
A long list of names and places connected to Registered At the Market Co includes J Rice of Asheville and many buyers or registrants from cities like Beckley West Virginia High Point Durham Spartanburg Roanoke and Greensboro. The roster features individuals and family names across multiple states signaling a wide regional register. The density of names and towns suggests a broad market enrollment or listing.
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J. Rice
Asheville
J. EB. Garrison
Jo Ann Garrison
Margaret Garrison
W. M. Garrison
Beckley
W. Va
I Bloom
High Point
S. B. Burkhaler
Burkhalter
Doris Burkhalter
Burkhalter, Jr
Claxton
C. M. Cox
Belton
Eliz. Rigby
W. B. Cox
QO. P
Thurman Briggs
Lexington
M. Hamilton
Robert Jackson
Hope Mills
J. A. Mahaffey
Anderson
S. C
J. G. Jones
Spartanburg
R. C. King
Orangeburg
W. J. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Roanoke
Jack Pait
Lumberton
H. D. McCoy
Shelby
J. W. Phillips
Prichard
Ala
W. H. Simpson
Clinton
E. O. Dorsey
H. F. Jones
Easley
J. Jenkins
Benny Shingleton
W. T. Shingleton
Stantonsburg
Lloyd Slack
Leesburg
J. B. Goodwin
Clifton Forge
W. O. Moore
Covington
G. C. Snee
Lineville
J. T. DeArmond
Erwin
Tenn
L. F. Couch
Durham
Fred Voncannon
West End
S. H. Long
Charlotte
J. A. Shealy
Leesville
W. Diamondstein
Newport News
Milton H. Stone
Washington, D. C
C. P. Hamrick
Cliffside
Kenbridge
J. A. Lewis
Salisbury
J. R.,miller
Stan Conrad Addresses Civitan Club on War Outlook
Stan Conrad, local radio commentator, spoke at the High Point Civitan Club luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel. He warned Nazi control of Caucasus oil could threaten Iran and that the war's outcome hinges on events in the next six months. He noted a potential second front but stressed the Siegfried Line’s challenge, praised China's holding action, and invited questions after the talk. James Rose joined Adams-Millis as a new member. Curtis Smithdeal and Rev. Wallace Frndy attended as guests. C. E. Lehmann urged the campaign to collect old phonograph records.
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Stan Conrad
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton
Roscoe Adams
Conrad
Caucasus
Iran
Britain
Siegfried Line
China
Tokyo
James Rose
Adams-Millis Corporation
Curtis Smithdeal
Wallace Frndy
Westey Memorial Methodist Church
C. E. Lehmann
American Legion Post
Mrs Mary Alice Shaw 79 dies at Thomasville home
Mary Alice Shaw 79 a resident of 412 Morton Street died at her home this morning after a long illness. She was a native of Alamance County widow of William Shaw and survived by a daughter Mrs O Q Saunders a son John H Shaw two brothers a sister eleven grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral at home Wednesday 5 pm with Rev W K McGee and burial in City Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Mary Alice Shaw
Morton Street
Alamance County
William Shaw
O. Q. Saunders
John H. Shaw
San Francisco
Calif
Charlie, Homas
David Greeson
Fannie Corsbie
First Presbyterian Church
W. K. McGee
First Baptist Church
Contested Shooting Described as Accidental Injury
Born contended the shooting was accidental with the bullet first striking the floor and then ricocheting, hitting Smith in the leg.
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Born
Smith
War today and India's independence clash after Gandhi ties
The speaker condemns Nationalists for pursuing independence as aggression against India. He argues Congress resolution could threaten America's independence and allied partners in Hindustan. The plan awaits ratification by the Congress committee in Calcutta on August 8, with public reaction abroad urging delay until after the war.
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India
Gandhi
Congress
America
Friends
Hindustan
Calcutta
United Nations
Soviet War Report Claims Massive Rail Target Hit Behind Front
Red Star reports Soviet bombers scored a deep rear attack on a large railway junction destroying 500 cars including 28 ammunition and 200 with trucks while claiming over 1,000 German casualties. Voronezh fighting includes left flank withdrawal southeast of Voroshilovgrad and a retreat into the Donets Basin hills. Donets coal mines said ruined. Rumanians moved to reinforce south of Voronezh as Reds crossed the Don and fought a fall-back defense in the Y junction area.
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Red Star
Red Army
Voronezh
Voroshilovgrad
Donets
Pravda
Communist Party
Vorenzh
Dona
Don
West Bank
Soviet Information Bureau
Ammy
British and Axis forces clash near El Alamein prelude
Fifty British and Axis troops prepare for the next phase of the Egypt battle. Three weeks after the Nile army held at El Alamein 65 miles west of Alexandria, the RAF with US bombers pounded Rommel's Tobruk supply base nightly. Tobruk, Rommel's main supply entry after a 350 mile British retreat, has been repeatedly bombed, with tons of bombs dropped.
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Egypt
Army of the Nile
el Alamein
Alexandria
RAF
Erwin Rommel
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Rommel
North Africa
Gossip at the Country Store A Lions Club event
Thomasville Lions Club met at the Womans Club building with Miss Vivian Rathburn reading a humorous piece titled Gossip at the Country Store. Rev E E Snow led, Vice President L E Rackley presided, and Tom Johnson was absent as president. A U S O committee Swicegood chairs center in Thomasville with Jo man and others assisting. Dr R L Mac Donald, a focal club member newly commissioned in the U S Army medical corps, spoke briefly.
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Thomasville
Vivian Rathburn
Thomasville Lions Club
Womans Club
E. E. Snow
Rathburn
L. E. Rackley
Tom Johnson
U.S.O
Mother of High Point Man Dies Near Denton
Mrs. Linda B. Bulla 82, of near Denton, dies after a long illness. Survived by two sons J. C. Bulla of Charlotte and Tom Bulla of High Point, two daughters Mrs. K. W. Hughes of Jacksonville and Mrs. Sanford Lat of Richfield, two brothers Dan Davis of Lexington and Tom Davis of Denton. Funeral Tuesday at 11 a.m. Hoover Funeral Home Denton. Interment in Denton cemetery with Rev. H. M. Stout officiating.
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Denton
Linda B. Bulla
J. C. Bulla
Charlotte
Tom Bulla
High Point
K. W. Hughes
Jacksonville
Sanford Lat
Richfield
Dan Davis
Lexington
Tom Davis
Hoover Funeral Home
Enton
H. M. Stout
City Officials Receive ODT Request To Modify Gas Tank Truck Rules
Raleigh dated July 21 reports Mayor O Arthur Kirkman and City Manager E Mf Knox received a request from the Office of Defense Transportation seeking changes in High Point to allow railroad tankers for longer hauls. The issue stems from an ordinance banning gasoline tank trucks over 1,600 gallons in fire zones.
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Raleigh
O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
E. Mf. Knox
Office of Defense Transportation
Governor's Office
T. Boddie Ward
Congress Eyes Vacation as Price Control Inquiry Gathers Pace
Washington July 21 Congress sought to learn when President Roosevelt might request supplementary price control legislation tied to wage stabilization. Reports said the president would confer with Senate and House Democratic leaders, one unnamed leader hoping to issue a definite statement soon.
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Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Australian lizards never drink says new US study
Report states Australian scientists claim lizards in Australia never drink. In unrelated note, many bombers used by Japan in China are believed to be Italian-made, suggesting wartime supply links.
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China
Two Seamen Rescued From German Submarine
Two young seamen from a small U S cargo ship were rescued and kept aboard a German submarine for several hours before being released in a lifeboat. They recounted how the subcaptain fed them and even dived with them aboard as planes approached. The sunken cargo ship went down in the Caribbean on June 3 with 45 aboard. 15 are missing and believed dead, according to the Navy. Other survivors reached a Gulf port.
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United States
Caribbean
Navy
Gulf
More U. S. Soldiers Arrive In Ireland Invasion Forces
American pilots and Negro troops arrived in Northern Ireland joining United States invasion forces. Air force maintenance crews accompany the pilots. The group is led by a 40 year old colonel who pledged high performance and warned, You will hear from these fellows.
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United States
Northern Ireland
Woman's Auxiliary Meeting Draws Delegates to Calvary Baptist
The Woman's Auxiliary of Rowan Baptist Association plans a three day gathering at Calvary Baptist Church from Wednesday to Friday. Delegates from Ashevile, Gastonia, Leaksville and Graham are expected along with a few from Raleigh to represent the auxiliary’s state work. Homes are arranged for all delegates who begin arriving by 9 a.m. tomorrow. Calvary officials extend a public invitation.
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Woman's Auxiliary
Rowan Baptist Association
Calvary Baptist Church
Asneville
Gastonia
Leaksville
Graham
Raleigh
Calvary
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