FIGHT Continues as Police Report Recovers Details
Acting Chief C C Stoker cites findings in the ongoing case. Presnell’s 1942 robbery sentence ranged 18 months to two years. Other defendants include Fred Johnson for assault with a deadly weapon and Leon Johnson with multiple minor charges. Young, a Myrtle k company employee born in Stokes county, died in High Point after ten years there. He leaves a wife, three brothers, four sisters, and relatives including S Roosevelt Young in Sicily. Funeral arrangements set with Roonce Funeral Home and Mrs Kirkman. services follow at Floral Garden cemetery.
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Jack
Thomas Young
High Point
S. Roosevelt Young
U. S. Army
Sicily
Gloria Hill
Trinity
Robert Kirkman
Asheboro Road
Erline Cecil
Martinaville
Vert Durkes
Roonce Funeral
Weather Outlook for North Carolina
Considerable cloudiness and warm humid conditions continue today and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly in the afternoon or evening through Tuesday.
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North Carolina
Japanese Bases in Northeast New Guinea and Halmahera
Gen Douglas MacArthur uses these bases as stepping stones toward the Philippines. American warships reenter Port Apra Guam after soldiers and Marines cleared the harbor area including the Orote peninsula and its 4700 foot airstrip.
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New Guinea
Halmahera Island
Douglas MacArthur
Guam
Port Apra
U. S. Naval Base
Marianas
Orote Peninsula
Russians claim progress as battles rage along 1000 mile front
Moscow reports Russians advancing along the eastern front with 1,144 localities captured and the sixth German pocket liquidated west of Brest Litovsk. Berlin quotes a spokesman promising a restart of offensive warfare as retreat continues.
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Konigsberg
East Prussia
Vistula
Berlin
Vistula River
Warsaw
Siedlce
Brest Litovsk
Moscow
Cousins Visit From California and Texas Here
C N Davis seaman first class stationed in Oakland California and his cousin Corporal William E Nixon stationed in Dalhart Texas recently spent several days as guests of Mr and Mrs R A Davis. C N Davis is the son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Davis of Franklinville and William E Dixon is the son of Mr and Mrs W E Dixon of Millsboro.
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C. N. Davis
Oakland Calif
Cpl
William E. Nixon
Dalhart
Texas
R. A. Davis
Lewis Davis
Franklinville
William E. Dixon
W. E. Dixon
Millsboro
New York Farmers to Hire 4500 Seasonal Workers
In Ithaca New York on July 31 a federal report states that farmers will receive 4500 seasonal workers from Newfoundland Jamaica and the Bahama Islands to aid in harvests across the state.
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Ithaca
N. Y
INS
New York
Newfoundland
Jamaica
Bahama Islands
Field's Profit For Quarter Is Above Million
Marsh All Field & Company reports for the quarter ended June 30 1944 a net profit of 1 07 million seven hundred fifty seven dollars after preferred dividends. Profit before federal taxes totaled 4 403 276 dollars vs 4 138 061 for 1943.
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Chicago
P—Marshall Field & Company
Yanks push toward Avranches in widening Normandy drive
American spearheads speed south from Vire to the coast near Avranches with tanks and air support as British forces seize Hill 309 near St Martin des Besaces. A second American thrust reaches three miles from Granville while Germans defend lines from Gavray to Tessy sur Vire.
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Caumont
St. Martin- Des-Besaces
Galet
Avranches
Vire
Drivin
Villedieu
Coutances
Granville
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