De Marigny Acquitted in Nassau Slaying Case
Alfred De Marigny is acquitted by a Bahamas Supreme Court jury in the July 8 murder of Sir Harry Oakes. The nine to three verdict clears him of the homicide charge though jurors urge deportation. Police say the case remains unsolved as questions linger over the crime and trial. The film-like courtroom scene ends with De Marigny embracing his wife Nancy as they depart.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Supreme Court
Handsome de Marigny
Oakes
Nancy
Ahey
de Marigny
Eric Hallinan
Frederick Lancaster
Oscar Bedford Daly
Act
James Sands
de Mariny
Sands
War Labor Board urged to seek more powers to avert coal crisis
The War Labor Board signaled possible future coal shortages and urged stronger authority to regulate unions and protect workers and employers. Public members warned legislative sanctions may be required if organized labor does not cooperate with wartime governance while noting uncertainties over travel time for mine operations.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Aainty
War Board
United Mine Workers
Enloes
Cnateniel Eotn
Organized Labor
William H. Davis
George W. Taylor
Frank P. Graham
Wayne L. Morse
George Mead
Reuben Robertson
James Tanham
Walter Margetts
Revival at Bethel Holiness closes tonight and services listed
Bethel Holiness church ends its revival tonight led by overseer L H Smith. On Sunday at 3 p m the Mt Olive Baptist union prayer band will sing at Bethel. Sunday night the pastor will preach on Broadway Narrowway and Highway. A Main Street Methodist youth group will sing at St Mark Sunday school at 10:30 with a special feature. Emmanuel Baptist Rev Sounders from the city preaches tonight at 8 with Jamestown choir and congregation. BORN a baby boy to Mr and Mrs Rufus Duff of 114 Perry street named Rufus McKinley.
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Bethel Holiness Church
L.H. Smith
Union Prayer Band
Mt. Olive Baptist
Bethel
Broadway
Main Street Methodist Church
St. Mark
Emmanuel Baptist
Sounders
City
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Jamestown
Rufus Duff
Perry Street
Rufus McKinley
Peonee
Frank McCorkle
Newporters
Beamon Stret
Betty Hoke
Gordy Street
Lincoln Hosital
Durham
C. Lawrence Legrand
Camp Davis
George McDaniel
Underhill Avenue
Dufflie Legrand
Mt. Gilead
John Saulter
Camp Sutton
Monroe
Anderson
Sherrod Street
Partisan offensives fuel Yugoslav war bulletin
Yugoslav Partisans led by Tito push in Macedonia Dalmatia Montenegro Hercegovina and eastern Bosnia while defending in Slovenia and fighting Germans and Chetniks in Serbia. In western Serbia 60 Bulgarians die. Germans claim new motorized units and major operations. Yugoslav communique reports sinking a motorship on the Sava and destroying a bridge after repulsing Ustaša and tank reserves. In Darien Connecticut tests probe steel road viability for air force logistics.
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London
Josip Broz
Tito
Macedonia
Dalmatia
Montenegro
Hercegovina
Bosnia
Slovania
Serbia
Uzice
Balkans
Majevica
Sava
Imans
Ans
Russia shifts from farming to industry says Nelson
Washington dispatch reports Donald M. Nelson, head of the War Production Board, says Soviet industry has become a great industrial nation surpassing in some respects even the United States in efficiency. He cites rapid materiel flow, two eight-hour shifts for women workers, and strong postwar trade potential with the United States.
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Washington
Russia
America
Donald M. Nelson
VU. S
War Production Board
Nelson
United States
U. S
Britain
WPB
Stali
Three Arrested On Whiskey Charges
Three men in Davidson county were arrested at a still in the Clyde area and handed over to federal authorities on whiskey charges. Illiard Dempsey Harris also faces desertion charges. Fred Thompson Harris and Marshall William Cody were also taken into custody. A 75 gallon still and mash were destroyed by J F Ratledge and Davidson deputies including T C Beck A A Graves Jesse Green Bob Kennedy and N D Gobble.
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Thomasville
Cld
Davidson County
Illiard Dempsey Harris
Fred Thompson Harris
Marshall William Cody
J. F. Ratledge
Alcohol Tax Unit
Thomasville War Fund Quota Raised
Walter W. Rapp, Thomasville chairman for the United War Fund, announced the city’s quota of $10,000 has been raised with $11,104.92 subscribed so far. He noted a few incomplete reports may push the total higher and Davidson County’s countywide goal of $25,000 is expected to be oversubscribed by several thousand. Princeton and Rutgers in 1869 played the first intercollegiate football game.
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Thomasville
Walter W. Rapp
United War Fund
Rapp
Lexington
Davidson County
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Nefrin
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