Budget Wise Shoppers Return to Basement Stores
New York reports budget minded shoppers shift back to basement stores after wartime gains upstairs. Basements modernized with full departments stress value and balance promotions with steady popular priced goods while manufacturers’ overstocks boost inventories. The piece notes a new focus on regular customers and self selection.
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New York
Ta Cement
Nelson J. Miller
Abraham and Straus
Brooklyn
A and S
Miller
Federal Reserve
UNC Song Recorded By Cole's Band
Roy Cole and his 14 piece orchestra of veteran students recorded UNC Alma Mater Hark the Sound for commercial release. A Carolina songs medley on the reverse includes Tar Heels on Hand and the Victory March. The record will go to North Carolina radio stations.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Roy Cole
Kay Kyser
Carolina
Charleston
D. C
Rocky Mount
Frank Settlemyre
Dean Hudson
George Demas
Cole
University Radio Department
North Carolina
Decapitated Body Found In Building
Spartanburg, Sept. 6. A tan identified as Stanley Boyd Williams, 26, truck driver, was found dead today beside a freight elevator at Belk Hudson department store. Sheriff Brockman said the body was virtually decapitated and bore two Spartanburg addresses. No witnesses located and questioning found no store associates who knew of his presence.
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Spartanburg
Stanley Boyd Williams
Belk-Hudson Department
B. B. Brockman
Great Southern Trucking
Brockman
William
Youth On Probation For Manslaughter in Yadkin County
Leroy Purdue, 19, of Yadkin County testified he shot his uncle Walter Holcomb after an argument about tying a cow. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter and received a suspended two year sentence with probation from Judge J. H. Clement in Yadkin County Superior Court yesterday. Purdue said he held a rifle and became excited when his uncle threw rocks.
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Yadkinsville
Leroy Purdue
Yadkin County
Walter Holcomb
J. H. Clement
Pardue
Escaped Prisoner Richard Green Recaptured in North Carolina
Richard Green, a 46 year old inmate who fled Cary Prison Farm on August 20, was recaptured by state highway patrol near Roxboro. Prison inspector Kyle Matthews said Green had been sentenced in April 1946 to 12 to 15 years for a degree murder. The report also notes Moore County's Vass school students attending classes in six locations after a March fire left only the cafeteria and farm buildings.
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Raleigh
Richard Green
Cary
Roxboro
Kyle Matthews
Green
Matthews
Vass
Moore County
Deese Brothers Sentenced in Robeson County Slaying
Welton Deese received 30 years and Lauron Deese 20 years for the fatal shooting of 85 year old Mary Wynn in Robeson County. State accepted a nolo contendere plea to second degree murder as Judge Chester R. Morris imposed the sentences.
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Lumberton
Welton Deese
Lauron Deese
Mary Wynn
Chester R. Morris
Robeson County
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