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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS H More News — More Advertising — More Paid Subscribers S_r - 1 1 -’----- ' —■ _ VOLUME TWENTY-SEVEN_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1942 NUMBER 49 THIS RUBBER WILL HELP BEAT AXIS Major C. Newsom, chairman of the rubber salvage campaign in Halifax County being sponsored by the Petroleum Industry, is shown in the picture above standing before a huge pile of scrapped automobile tires, tubes and other items of rubber which service stations in Roanoke Rapids have brought forth during the intensive drive here during the past two weeks. More than 50,000 pounds of the precious commodity has been collected in the drive in the city thus far and Chairman Newsom believes that another 25,000 pounds will be collected before the drive ends on Friday night of this week. Newsom said today that Halifax county would contribute more than 250,000 pounds, or 125 tons, during the three week drive. The yards of the Newsom Oil Company is being used as a deposit lot for the scrap rubber collected in the drive. FOUR BROTHERS LIKE THE ARMY Four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Young of Roanoke Rapids are making their careers in the Army, and their services up to this point range from 5 to 20 yearS) and their ratings in Uncle Sam’s service range from Technical Sergeant to lieutenant. Three of the boys are sons Df Mr*. Young by a former marriage, and the fourth member of the armed forces is by her second marriage, to Mr. Young, a well-known local barber. At upper left is shown Herman T. Browning, the elder of the foursome, who has spent 18 of his 34 years in the Army. He is stationed at Maxwell Field, Alabama, where he is bandmaster of the Post band. He carries the rating of Technical Sergeant. Prior t0 entering the Army he spent two years in the Navy, but states that he likes the Army better and that he wy) be there until he retires on full pay. The second picture shows lieutenant Clifton Mayo Browning in the uniform of the Army Military Police, in which division he nerved prior to being promoted to Second Lieutenant without the benefit of Officer training. He has been in the Army for 15 yeara, during which time he has advanced grade by grade u»*u ire u mm n irguuui; cuiiiiiireuvueu winxr. omiioneu at ron wasningcon, ne is si years OIU and expects to remain in the Army the rest of his life. The third picture shows Reuben H, Browning, 87, who is stationed at Bolling Held, Washington, D. C., where he is a chief mechanic in the air corps, idnlisting in the Army 9 years ago, Reuben has advanced rapidly in the service until he now carries the rating of a Technical Sergeant. He, too, expects to make the Armyp career. Wendell Young, the fourth and last son of Mrs. Young to enter the Armed forces, is stationed at Lowery Heidi Colorado, and is also with the Air Corps. Although in the Army only 5 years he now carries the rating of a Staff Sergeant. He is with the inspection division and his rating if permanent. He likes the Army fine and advises all youngsters who either enlist or are drafted to try to learn everything they can abspt tile Army and the job they are assigned to. In dong this they are assured of advancement as their capacity for work increases. He expects to remain in the army until time for his retirement ' ' ■ Rumor Engineer Company Leaving City Next Month USO Drive Is Going Over Top Several units reporting in the USO drive for $6,900 in funds in Halifax County show that the drive is going over the top in all communities, according to F. C. Williams, chairman of the drive. Mr. Williams stated that the campaign would be brought to a conclusion this week and that a full report of the success of the campaign would be made next week. RUBBER DRIVE SUCCESS Major C. Newsom, chairman of the Petroleum Industry’s rubber salvage drive in Halifax County, announced today that more than 200,000 pounds of rubber had been collected in the county to date and that the drive, which ends on Friday night of this week, would probably bring in 250,000 pounds of the precious commodity before the campaign is brought to a close. Newsom, who has been person ally directing the drive for rubber in Roanoke Rapids, said that the drive in the city alone had so far netted about 50,000 pounds and that this figure would probably be raised to 75,000 before the drive closed Fridav. A total collection of 160,000 pounds in the county was report ed to State Salvage headquarters at the end of last week, and the drive at that time still had more than a week to go. With this in mind, Chairman Newsom said, an additional 100,000 pounds had been set as a goal for the last week of the drive. This, he said, will be met. The drive is being carried out in the city and county with the assistance of all service stations, to which the scrap rubber is being taken. All collections are picked up at these stations and taken to central collection points by trucks belonging to petroleum distribut ors throughout the county. Pictures in this week’s issue of the Herald records a portion of the rubber collected in Roanoke Rapids. White Heads County Salvage Fpr Victory Drive For Complete Details See Story On Page 1, Section B i ORDERS ARE NOT DEFINITE Captain A. T. Dodson, Jr., com manding officer of Company D, 30th Engineers, stationed at the local Armory for the past three months, said today that he had received orders from Battalion Headquarters at Fort Belvoir, Va.. to the effect that there was a possibility of the Engineer Com pany here being moved to an un named point sometime next month. Questioned by a Herald reporter late this afternoon, the officer stated that the letter from head quarters did not state definitely that the Company would be mov ed, but that he was of the opinion that his unit would be transferred elsewhere sometime during Au gust. He stated that War De partment restrictions on informa tion to the press would not allofr him to divulge the company’s des tination, or the date of the re moval, even though he did not have such information at this time. Company D moved into the Armory on April 5th and set up quarters, from which the person nel has been doing top'ographical work in this area for the War Department. While the work has progressed rapidly during the past two months, Captain Dodson said there was still quite a bit of work to be done and that his company would continue to carry out their duties pending further orders from headquarters. Hux Is Again Officer Of State Clerks A. Leonidas Hux, Clerk of Su perior Court for Halifax County, was elected vice-president of the State Association of Superior Court Clerks at the annual meet ing of this group held in Winston Salem last week. Mr. Hux, who has been nom inated for another four-year term to this office in Halifax County, served as secretary of the State Association during the term just past, and attended the annual con vention in that capacity last week. Mrs. Hux attended the convention with him. City Youth Endorses USO Details on Page 8, Sec. A
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