Prosecution Seeks Death Penalty for Lt Epes in Wife Slaying
In Washington crime trial, Lt Samuel C Epes faces possible electric chair after prosecutors urge a murder conviction and death penalty. Defense argues he was a loving husband who acted only after his wife died, while jurors weigh evidence on the sixth day of trial.
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ST. Epes
Nelson Kingsland
Duck Hill
Miss
Samuel C
Richmond
Columbia
S. C
Mary Lee
Miss Kingsland
Louisiana
Lake Charles
D. C
Samuel C. Epes
T. Pou Taylor
Virginia
Edgar A. Brown
South Carolina
E. L. Gaston
Brown
Epes
Mary Lee Epes
Richard E. Broome
Clint Graydon
Two Navy Planes Crash in Miami Business District
Two single seat night fighters from the Jbourne training station crash in Miami’s business district killing two pilots and igniting a two alarm blaze. One plane crashed through the Tuttle hotel garage roof and damaged an adjacent hardware warehouse. Names of the pilots were not released.
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Miami
Fla
Iami
Tuttle
Jbourne
World Today uneasy on Asia military needs and China civil war risk
The article weighs how much military strength the U S and allies must maintain in the Orient amid a volatile Far East. It cites a possibly historic Chinese reform with Communists and Nationalists cooperating under Chiang Kai-shek, while warning the fever of instability could flare again. It notes India’s large demand for independence agitation and hints at continued page two continuation.
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Orient
America
Japan
Far East
East Asia
China
India
England
Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi
Travel Reopened on Main Highways Except Cape Fear Area
Flood relief continued as four rivers subsided. Cape Fear still rising in lower reaches near Fayetteville and Weldon areas. Highways remained closed on several routes while some main roads were opened including U S 15 A at Lillington. Weather updates noted river crests and closures affecting mills and towns.
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North Carolina
Cape Fear
Neuse
Tar
Roanoke
Fayetteville
Weather Bureau
Weldon
Textile
Paper Board
Roanoke Rapids
Goldsboro
Kinston
Highway Department
Tore
Rocky Mount
Lillington
N. C
Elizabethtown
Wilmston
U. S
Maxto
Kerton
Atkinson
Erwin
Linden
Vissebethtoam
World Remains Despite Prophecy Shocks Pasadena Followers
In Pasadena California Rev Charles G Long leader of the Remnant Church of God claimed the world would end at 7 33 am or 5 33 pm on Sept 22. A power transformer exploded at 6 40 pm in southeast Los Angeles. A 12 year old heard the prophecy and feared the end but Long now says the world may end Sept 29 or continue until fall 1946 based on a seven year vision.
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Pasadena
Calif
Charles G. Long
Church of God
Long
Los Angeles
Tremor Recorded Near Fordham Seismograph Station
A light earthquake, about 8 300 miles from New York, likely in the southwest Pacific, was recorded on Fordham University's seismograph at 5 32 a.m. by Rev. Joseph J. Lynch director of the station.
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New York
Southwest Pacific
Fordham University
Joseph J. Lynch
Fordham
Kelly Residents Marooned After Dam Break
Army search planes scouted Kelly as residents remained trapped after a Cape Fear river dam failed. Amphibious jeeps and trucks aided by highway patrol and locals rescued frightened townspeople clinging to rooftops and trees in the swampy flood area near N.C. 63 between Atkins on and White Lake.
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Kelly
Cape Fear
State Highway Patrol
N.C
Atkinson
White Lake
President Truman Heads Two Day Outing to Jefferson Island
President Truman departs by automobile for a two day Chesapeake Bay outing with Democratic colleagues. He will relax at Jefferson Island Lab near Annapolis, returning to Washington Sunday night. About 300 guests, including senators and officials, will attend the informal event.
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Washington
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Jefferson Island Lab
Capital
White House
Harry Hawes
Missouri
Annapolis
Naval Academy
Jefferson Island
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
House
Matthew J. Connelly
Charles G. Ross
John W. Snyder
George E. Allen
Leslie Biffle
O'Connor
Maryland
State Demands for Workers Rise in North Carolina
North Carolina job orders show a postwar surge with 40 500 openings on Sept 1, up from 27 000 on July 1, despite layoff of more than 15 000 in war plants. Dr J S Dorton, state manpower director, notes increases across industrial, business, and service sectors in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
U. S. Employment Service
J. S. Dorton
Ministers Cancel Meet In London
Foreign ministers of the big five canceled their morning meeting in London amid concerns over a Russian trade pact that could give Moscow control over half Hungary s economy. The Hungarian agreement would cover steel oil shipping Danube and Tisza rivers and a joint bank for mutual trade.
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London
Moscow
Hungary
Britain
Budapest
Danube
Tisza
Committees In Row Over Atomic Bomb Policy
Washington dispatch details a clash between the Senate military affairs and foreign relations committees over control of atomic energy. The military group backs an 11 member commission led by the chief justice, while Senator Vandenberg proposes a senate house panel to coordinate all atomic matters. Chairman Connally calls the military move premature and says his group awaits a presidential message. Chairman El Thomas counters that the resolution signals deliberation and recalls the army was behind the bomb project.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Foreign Relations
United States
Vandenberg
Mich
Connally
D-Tex
el Thomas
Dutah
Hurley Heads to America Amid Silence on Talks
Ambassador Patrick Hurley departed by army transport for the United States with no comment on the Chinese government’s talks with the communists. He traveled with Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s farewell party and Dr. K. C. Wu, while a GI urgently to his mother and an embassy clerk needing convalescence also rode to the airport. The trip follows a favorable report to President Truman regarding the negotiations.
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Patrick Hurley
America
Chiang Kai-shek
K. C. Wu
Hurley
Truman
Postwar labor strikes surge with 230000 workers idle nationwide
Associated Press reports postwar wage dispute tensions push total of idled workers to about 230000, with oil, lumber, and steel sectors affected. Pacific northwest lumber walkout looms 60000 workers. Texas, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio see refinery and plant shutdowns. Mediation planned in Chicago as federal conciliation effort expands.
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Vernon de Jean
Texas Company
Port Arthur
Tex
Pacific Northwest
Texas
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Illinois
West Virginia
Toledo
Hugo
Chicago
Standard Oil of
Whiting, Ind
Theederal Conciliation Service
Shotgun shells scarce as hunting season nears
Washington reports shotgun shells remain in short supply until after the season. Despite higher production due to increased lead allotments, distribution lag keeps markets short. A War Production Board official forecasts supplies near normal by December 1, with current stock about half normal and limited to eight boxes per hunter. Farm ers, ranchers and trappers may obtain supplementary amounts.
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Washington
War Production Board
Norma
Turkey Day Tangle as Thanksgiving Date Confusion Grows
Washington faces a holiday dilemma as federal law fixes Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday while states may choose their own date. Last year five Thursdays caused mixed celebrations with Virginians delaying their feast, and the question of final authority rests with Congress or state governors, possibly the Supreme Court in time.
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Washington
Maybank urges 48 hour work week for war and navy staff
Senator Maybank of South Carolina urged that war and navy department workers return to a 48 hour week during demobilization. He met at the White House and said the plan would be given consideration. He argued a lost Saturday reduces the week and slows work while requests for discharged soldiers rise.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
War and Navy Department
White House
War and Navy Departments
11600 Troops Scheduled to Arrive Today
More than 11 600 service men from Europe are to disembark at three east coast ports today aboard 12 troop carrying vessels. About 3 000 Pacific veterans will arrive on the west coast aboard three ships. Four ships with over 1 200 troops each are due at New York, two ships with around 2 700 men at Boston, and six ships with over 7 500 at Newport News Virginia. The three Pacific ships will dock at San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Europe
West Coast
New York
Boson
Newport News
Pacific
San Francisco
Oil Workers Urged to Hold Actions Pending Mediation
O. A. Knight president of the Oil Workers International Union urges nationwide workers to slow actions until the mediation conference in Chicago. The U S conciliation service will host the meeting, with Knight leading a delegation of three international officers and other officials as strike votes are tallied.
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Meet
Fort Worth
Tex
O. A. Knight
Oil Workers International Union
CIU
Chicago
Pices
U. S
Auto City May Be Autoless In Few Days
Detroit faces a gasoline shortage and a citywide shutdown as CIO oil workers strike nears a week, leaving 86,000 idle. About 65 percent of 3,400 stations display empty tanks and municipal transit trims services while Ford Canada Windsor plants and Bendix aviation foremen strike cripple auto production.
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Detroit
International Oil Workers
CIO
Windsor
Ont
Ford Motor Company of Canada
Ford Moor Company
Veterans Use Job Office Facilities in August
Raleigh report shows 17 314 veterans visited local U S employment service offices in August with 2 094 placed in jobs. Among August job seekers 317 were handicapped and 162 of those were placed.
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Raleigh
J. S. Dorton
War Manpower Commission
U. S. Employment Service
Dorton
MacArthur Orders Demands for Japanese Demobilization
General MacArthur issued sweeping demands for Japan including demobilization of naval police by Oct 31, full financial disclosures from emperor and government, and arrest warrants for key officials. He pressed for royal family accounting while cautions on Hirohito stepping down are noted. The occupation moves affect Sasebo base and Nagasaki air fields as Osmena warns of strained relief efforts.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Fumimaro Konoye
Washington
Hirohito
Kenji Doihara
Japan
Japanese War Ministry
Jappanese
Nobuyuki Abe
Korea
Konoy
Chikuhei Nakajima
Commerce and Industry
United States
Philippines
Sergio Osmena
Manila
Sasebo
Kyushu
U. S. Fifth Marine Division
Iwo Jima
Adhw
Weed Averages Show Mild Fluctuations Across Eastern Belts
Tobacco marketing notes report slight price shifts in flue cured markets along the eastern middle and border belts. Most eastern belt grades held steady with minor dips for lower quality leaf and smoking leaf. Price changes appeared chiefly in orange red color leaf and orange lug categories in North and South Carolina markets.
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Raleigh
Middle
Tobacco Marketing News
North
South Carolina
Border Belt
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