' Finding Of Strange Letters
And Map In Area Has People
On Watch For Jap Saboteurs
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Letters Found
i
• In Northampton;
Map Found Here
The appearance of a number of
: letters in Northampton county, all
printed in a strange language
1 which some Northampton county
; natives agree is either German or
Japanese, has been causing quite
I a stir in the rural areas of the
f neighboring county during the
past several days.
C. C. Bryant, a farmer who
lives between Conway and Jack
son, brought one of the letters to
i the Herald office Friday. Bryant
found the letter near Jackson on
the previous Wednesday and had
been attempting to get it trans
lated before deciding to do any
thing about it.
J IVy X VpV/i VV.U bXlUb 1UU1 V/ IXIUII XIO
letters, all identical, had been
picked up in Northampton county
during the past week, and that
most of them had been turned
over to George Burgwyn, deputy
clerk of superior court. Burgwyn
in turn promised to have them
translated. He also said he would
turn one or more of them over to
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion for action.
Bryant said he was standing
near the Pine Forks Service Sta
tion near Jackson on Wednesday
of last week. He said a high
powered car passed the station,
heading toward Jackson. In the
car, he said, were two men, both
of whom closely resembled Jap
anese.
Shortly after the car passed, he
said, he started home and picked
the letter up a short distance
down the road between Potecasi
and Jackson, the direction from
which the high-powered automo
bile had come.
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The letter, all printed, appar
ently was Japanese. The letter
head bore the inscription “Silber
man Villa. B. L. Silberman, Prop.,
437 Ocean Avenue, Lakewood, N.
J.” The letterhead carried the
additional information that “rates
were reasonable” and that the cli
entele was “strictly kosher”.
The body of the letter contained
two paragraphs, or about 100
words of printed matter.
Inspection of the 1940 Hotel Red
Book, in which all hotels and inns
in the country are listed as of
that date, brought out the know
ledge that there is no “Silberman
Villa” listed' in the city of Lake
wood, N. J.
Bryant said that he was going
to turn his letter over to Buxton
Midyette, Jackson lawyer, and
that Midyette was going to have
it translated.
Finding of the letters in North
ampton county last week some
what beclouded the mystery sur
rounding the origin of a Chinese
map reportedly left in the West
ern Auto Associate store here one
day last week.
Mrs. Jack Earman. wife of the
proprietor of the store, found the
map, which traces the coastline of
China from Manchuria to French
Indo China, on the office desk in
the store. She reported that she
had seen a couple of strangers in
the store a day or so before she
happened to notice the map. She
started to throw it away, she re
lated, but opened it and found it
to be a map, either in Japanese
or Chinese translation. She turn
ed it over to W. A. Thorne, Vice
President and Cashier of the Roa
noke Bank and Trust Company,
who now has it in custody.
What, if anything, comes of the
discovery of the letters and map,
both in foreign tongue, in North
ampton and Halifax counties will
be brought out later when official
action is taken.
may Rosemary Recreation wish
him success in his new venture.
The Herald loses a good man, and
the Associated Press gains one.
Come back and see us often,
Bloys!
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Pickups N’ Put outs:
Steam from the sport pot . . .
Halifax Paper has really nose
dived in their last two or three
starts in league play . . Don't
worry, boys! All teams have their
“fading spells” . . ask the Roman
cos . . ''“Pop” Brank was prob
ably the happiest man in town
following the Patterson 2-1 win
over Romanco . . Woke up Roddy
Mcikle at midnight to tell him
the glad tidings . . Next happiest
was Paul Whitson. Patterson ace
rooter! . . Henderson will bring a
red hot ball club here “Sattidy”
night . . Watch them! . . Most
improved ball player in the league
■ . Grady Wheeler, “Spark Plug"
third sucker of Patterson . . Russ
DeBerry is in the sorriest condi
tion of his career, and will very
probably get his ears pinned back
in the sectional tournament . . and
we ain’t bluffing, brother! . . I
still think “Baldy” Harris is one
of the best outfielders in the
league . . Murray Stacia’s drive
thru, the box last Monday night
off Knox Rogers was the hardest
drive I’ve seen this year . . It
sizzled! No foolin’.
Vepco Sets Up
Scroll Of Men
In The Service
Officials of the Virginia Electric
and Power Company here have
completed a scroll upon which all
names of men in the armed forces
of the country and who were for
merly employed by the Power
Company have been placed and
the scroll hung in the outer of
fices of the firm on Roanoke Ave
nue.
Included in the list of names
are the following men: James V.
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Smith, power station operator, en
tered the Navy on January 28; J.
H. Kennemur, power station op
erator, who entered the Navy on
March 13; Wade T. Myrick, power
station operator, who entered the
Marine Corps on October 30, 1941;
P. D. Harriss, Lineman, who en
tered the Coast Guard on Septem
ber 10, 1941; W. L. Dabney, book
keeper who entered the Army on
July 21, 1941; J. W. Webb, meter
tester, now an Army aviation ca
det, who entered the service on
September 15, 1940; Henry Fitts,
lineman, who entered the Army
on September 15, 1940; James L.
Coley, lineman, who entered the
Navy on January 2, this year; J.
B. Sullivan, draftsman, who enter
ed the Army on January 10; Doyle
A. Cameron, meter tester, who en
tered the Army Air Corps on Feb
ruary 8, 1942; J. B. Ellis, book
keeper, who entered the service on
July 23, 1942; T. W. (Jutland, line
man, and Francis E. Taylor, com
pany representative, both of whom
entered the Navy within the last
few days.
In all, the Power Company,
through its local branch, has giv
en up thirteen men to Uncle Sam’s
forces, and these are now serving
on land, sea and air.
Miss Maggie Lee Vick of Jack
son visited relatives and friends
in the city last week.
Frank Hope of Maxwell Field,
Montgomery, Alabama, spent sev
eral days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. V. Hope, last week.
Misses Maggie Lee and Maybelle
Radcliffe are spending this week
at Ocean View.
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HELP THE WAR EFFORT
BY SAVING YOUR SCRAP
Alvin Lattimore, windmill ace of
the Patterson Pirates, has upset
the Rosemary Romancos twice in
his last two starts against the
State Champs, by a 2-1 score in a
league tilt a/nd then 1-0 last Satur
day int the All Star game at Led
gerwood. Lattimore bids fair to
develop into a good pitcher if his
interest in the game continues. He
is a good prospect.
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Only twelve more days until the
fireworks start i nthe State race,
with the lid blowing off at Canton
and Raleigh on August 13, 14, 15,
in the Eastern and Western sec
tional. One week later, on Aug.
21-22, the two winners will clash
for the State title. According to
pre-game dope, it looks like Can
ton or Greensboro or maybe Char
lotte in the West and Roanoke
Rapids in the East, and Hender
son and Fort Bragg are the “dark
horses”. Anyway, we’ll know with
in a few more weeks.
The Henderson Bears of Hen
derson will blow into Ledgerwood
Park Saturday night for a double
header ioith the Romancos. The
games will get underway at 8:30
p.m. ‘ “Speed” Hux, “Blondie”
Stewart and Russ DeBerry will
divide the pitching duties for the
Romancos. This is the same team
that carried the Romancos to a
fourteen inning 1-0 game at Ra
leigh last year in the State Tour
nament, with only a great play
by "Pig” Riggan saving the game.
Rumors from Henderson say they
[§ have a better ball club than last
year and are being coached by
Bill Branch, ivho formerly played
baseball here with the Roanoke
Rapids Owls. Admission will be
twenty cents and league passes
will not be good. It shapes up as
one of the best games of the
season.
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The recreation programs in the
various mills will probably take
a big boost this winter due to
gas and tire rationing. All three
companies are blessed with good
recreation clubs, and it seems a
shame not to take advantage of
it. Various activities could be
carried out for old and young of
both sexes who are employed by
the mills. It would be a swell
“follow thru” after the summer
softball program.
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Announcement this week that
Bloys Britt, genial news editor of
the Herald, is leaving to accept a
position with the Associated Press,
leaves a feeling of regret in this
comer. Bloys has been here just
long enough to make a host of
friends. In addition to being sa
good newspaperman, he has that
happy ability to make friends
quickly. From his easy going dis
position you would never realise
that he was a boxer and football
player at the University of North
Carolina in his student days and
after graduation had a number of
fights in the pro racket.
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His spirit of cooperation in re
gard to sports here has helped
make thfe City Softball League a
success. We hate to see Bloys
leave town. However, in parting,
Here’s Something You May Do To -
Help Keep
Up The
MORALE ^
of the men in
the Service:
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Them!
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few things you can
do involving less
effort or expense
that would adtl as much to
morale anti well-heing. If you
need supplies, remember —
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