Four Reasons Why Hitler Will Not Win This War
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BREAK IN
STATION
WINDOW
!
• Small Amount Of Cash
Stolen From Jacksons
Service Station Here
Prowlers broke into Jackson’s
Service Station, corner Roanoke
1 Avenue and Thirteenth Streets,
J sometime after midnight Tuesday
and stole a small amount of cash
from a drawer containing “cigar
ette money.” Police, summoned
by a passing soldier who saw the
prowlers, arrived on the scene
quickly but the intruders had left
the station before they arrived.
The “job” is thought to be the
work of small boys.
The thieves gained entrance to
the station through a window. A.
E. Stowe, who is employed there,
stays several hours after closing
time to answer calls for the taxi
cab service offered by them. Air.
Stowe reports,he left the station
about 1:30 Tuesday night. Obvi
ously the thieves had a “lookout”
stationed and broke into the
place after Stowe left.
JAMES WEBB
ALLAN WELCH
C'AROTON GRISSOM
GEORGE WOOD
Here are four reasons why Hitler cannot hope to win this war: Carleton Grissom, Allan Welch, James Webb and George Wood. And If
you want the fifth reason, take Wells Tillery, whose picture is not shown above.
The four youths, all shown above, are now taking training at Army flying schools in Texas and Arizona to learn to fly Uncle Sam's war
planes against Hitler, Japan and the rest of the motley array of Axis powers. George Wood and Allan Welch are at Kelly Field in Texas, and
Grissom and Webb (along with Tillery) are at Luke Field, Phoenix, Arizona. Also included in the Roanoke Rapids delegation at Luke Field is
Billie Burton, whose picture was carried in The Herald last week.
Upon graduation from the Army flying schools, the local youths will receive commissions as second lieutenants, or flying officers. Each of
these four have seen service in the ranks of Uncle Sam’s Army prior to transfer to flying schools. Each of them, with the exception of Grissom,
who was drafted into the service, were members of Company D, 105th Medical Battalion, local National Guard unit. All saw as much as fourteen
months service in the ranks and have what the Army calls “what it takes to make good airmen”.
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Motorist Hits Farmer:
3 KILLED IN
AUTO SMASHUP
I —But They Were Chickens! j
; A minor automobile smashup
occurred Saturday afternoon about
3 o’clock at the intersection of
Jackson and Third Streets, in
volving a city man and a truck
farmer of the Northampton area.
Fatalities: three chickens were
killed and several other chickens
injured. P. R. Bryant, owner of
the chickens who had brought a
load of poultry and • eggs to the
city to be disposed of, received
minor cuts about the face, was
slightly bruised and generally
shaken up. He was given first
aid treatment at Roanoke Rapids
Hospital but his injuries were not
sufficient to confine him there.
Dempsey vv., Dud wneeier,
driver of the car which crashed
into the side of the farmer’s ma
chine when he failed to heed a
stop signal at the intersection,
was not injured, and none of the
other occupants of the Wheeler
machine were hurt beyond super
ficial bruises and cuts.
The Wheeler machine was head
ed South on Jackson Street; Bry
ant was going West on Third
Street. It is reported Bryant did
not stop at the intersection, which
was plainly marked, thus c&using
the crash. Neither machine was
exceeding the speed limits, ac
cording to reports. The front of
Wheeler’s car was badly damaged.
Considerable damage was done to
the body of Bryant’s sedan, tho’
neither car beyond repair. The
impact of the collision swung the
Bryant car entirely “about face”
and the rear crashed into a tele
phone pole.
Officers investigating the smash
up report damages were settled
amicably by both men and it is
doubtful if there will be any court
action.
ber of Company “B", 105th Med- s
ical Regiment when the local Na
■ tional Guard unit was inducted
into the service in 1940, recently
passed his examinations to be
come an aviation cadet in the
Army Air force. Sent to Luke
Field, Phoenix, Arizona, Tillery
has now been sent to the Santa
Ana air base for his basic train
ing.
In a letter to his mother this
week, young Tillery said that he
was to take more physical exam
inations this week to determine if
he will be a pilot or a bombardier.
He said that he likes the Cali- A
fornia climate better than he did 1
that prevailing in Arizona. |
Bob Pope Is Due ]
Back This Week
After Operation 1
Robt. M. Pope, rural mail car- I
rier working out of the Roanoke 1
Rapids postoffice, has been a pa- I
tient at the World War Veterans i
Hospital, in Fayetteville, for the 1
past three weeks, but is due to i
arrive at his home at 914 Hamil- ^
ton Street sometime this weekend. I
Mr. Pope was taken to the Fay- j
etteville hospital three weeks ago |
for treatment, and after a week’s i
observation, he underwent an ap- "
pem^ectomy Friday, July 17th. i
Mrs. Pope has been with him at ]
the hospital much of the time 4
he has been there for treatment. ^
CAN SINK U-0OATS
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United State War Savings Bonds t> Stamps
U. S. Treasury Department
Cadet Tillery
Sent To Base
I In California
Wells D. Tillery II, son of Mrs.
B. P. Tillery of this city, has
been transferred to Santa Ana
Army Air Base for his prelim
inary instruction which will lead
to a commission in the Air Corps
as a pilot officer. ,
Young Tillery, who was a mem
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