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iiiimomimimmi ®JI "1 b i m b i ■4| "M ® J| ROBERT E. MAY, Coxsivain, V. S. Navy, May 8, 1942 ..iildLlllL .dl.Ml:rl.duiJlROBERr»*. w,w, „,y s, 1Ma THE ROANOKE RAPIDS mHBbB B B More News — More yi 9f f§ff ^^F J Ml Advertising — More I I CAROLINA'S FIRsi^^^ 1 JF l “ “V |_A A nTAB/oirfiB^NEWS/^y JLmJr A-r yPLUME TWENTY-EIGHT ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. c!~ THURSDAY, AUG. 13, 1942 NUMBER 2 LOST AT SEA CJAPT. ROBT H. McCOMMONS ****** His Story On Right >» > PROMOTED L.1 -HKii W. G. CHERRY, JR. Story On Page 12—Sec. A LIEUTENANT ■'-X * * a. I ——■>' :?WBB8laia>i»8888BggBggR»frSe88g888SS»fr^ I HENRY AKERS Story On Page 1%—Sec. A r_*""“-----'•■-»-—-—•-——•-- u.*..--— CASE AGAINST T. W. MULLEN NON- SUITED Action Against Draft Board Chair man Quickly With draivn By W jurrcn County Doctor Suit for slander against T. W. Mullen, chairman of Halifax County Draft Board No. 1, brought by Dr. L. H. Justis of Littleton, was non-suited Monday after a hearing before Clerk of Warren Superior Court W. EC. Newell. Mr. Mullen had filed an answer denying utterance of the alleged slanderous and false statements charged by the plaintiff with be ing made by the defendant about June 6th to Bat Crawley of Au relian Springs Upon finding that Dr, Justis be lieved the answer to be true and on his consent that judgment of non-suit be entered, the Court or dered the action dismissed, with the plaintiff, Dr' Justis, paying the costs. The suit, which called for dam ages of $25,000, was filed in Dr. Justis’ home county of Warren by Joe Pippin, Littleton attorney, on July 14. Mr Mullen was repre sented by AJlsbrook & Benton of Roanoke Rapids and Julius Banzet : of Warrenton The alleged statement which i caused the suit was supposed to 1 have been made by Mr. Mullen to Bat Crawley, in the presence of “divers” witnesses, about Mr. Crawley’s son who is now in the \ army. Mr. Mullen’s denial of mak ing any such statement was ac cepted by Dr Justis and the i Court and the non-suit followed. MRS. WHEELER RESIGNS AS COUNTY AGT. Quits Post Because Of 111 Health; Her Successor Is Named Mrs. Hazel E. Wheeler, County Home Demonstration Agent of Halifax County for the past sev eral years, has resigned her posi tion due to her health. Mrs. Wheeler’s resignation will go into effect Aug. 31. Miss Flor ence Cox, of Hertford, will suc ceed Mrs. Wheeler and will begin her new duties Sept. 1. Miss Cox has been Home Demonstration A gent of Hertford County for the past seven years. MATTHEWS' WRECKED CAR ‘ABOVE is the wreckage of the automobile driven by Clayton Matthews, city police officer. Practically the entire left side of the rear part of the sedan was crushed in when it was hit by a lumber truck and trailer on the new Weldon road last week. Matthews was bruised con siderably and has not yet returned to his beat in the city, tho he is said to be recuperating from the accident. —Staff Photo CART. ROBERT M'COMMONS LOST AT SEA WHEN SHIP SINKS NORTH OF ICELAND Second City Mam Lost In W ar Wm Old Football Star Roanoke Rapids tost its second nan to the war with the news re vived here this week that Captain Robert H. McCommons of the U. 3. Merchant Marine was lost at sea on July 5th as his ship went lown somewhere North of Ice and. The news came to his parents, Hr, and Mrs. R. L. McCommons, .022 Jackson St., in a letter from he Captain’s wife in Philadelphia. Jis wife had been officially noti fied by the U. S. Navy Dept, that 3apt. McCommons had been “lost it sea in line of duty”. From her etter, it is apparent the wife had ilso received some information rom rescued members of the :rew. j. iic amp, yen. l ui a imu )een to Russia and was return ng to the U. S. It was the Cap tain's first ship, he having re vived his Captains' commission the first of this year after having vorked up from 1st Class Seaman. It is not clear whether the ship vas sunk by a submarine or lost n the heavy storm which was ■aging when the ship went down. Ml the crew had left the ship and 1 vere in lifeboats. Captain Mc jommons was the last man to eave the ship and just before he stepped into a lifeboat a huge wave swept him from the deck ind he was never seen again. The weather was bitterly cold, 50 degrees below zero, and four nembers of the rescued crew were so badly frozen that their legs lad to be amputated. So far as s known, Capt. MeCommons was ;he only one lost. In a letter to his wife, one of :he crew told of the Captain hav ing a heart attack in Russia but ae refused to leave his post. The :rew member said Capt. McCom (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A) ANOTHER AIR RAID DRILL TO BE HELD Seek Elimination Of All Delays In Hours Test Here Wednesday The Roanoke Rapids Civilian Defense Council announced that there will be a test air raid in Roanoke Rapids some time be tween the hours of 5:00 and 8:00 P. M. on Wednesday. August 19. The drill will last approximately one hour. One change in procedure has been indicated by the la3t drill. Air Raid Wardens who note in cidents of air raid damage are re quested to call in the information directly to the Control Center. Then they should report it by runner or telephone to their Sec tor Warden, with a note that the incident has already been called to the Control Center. In the past the procedure was slightly different. The Air Raid Warden noted the damage and called it to the Sector Warden and the Sector Warden in turn reported it to the Control Center. This du plication caused possibly 60-90 sec onds delay. In order to eliminate all delays possible, this new pro cedure is recommended by the State and Federal Civilian Defense authorities. Another slight change for the Air Raid Wardens is that they should NEVER recommend a type of service to be sent to the scene. They should dwell entirely on their telephone message of the in cident, describing it and the casu (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A) STATE HIWAY PRISON CAMP BREAK TODAY One Man Captured By Weldon Police After Seventeen prisoners, all whito men, escaped from the State Highway Commission Prison Camp about 1%-miles from Jackson, shortly after one o'clock this morning, and at press time six teen of the fugitives are at large although they are the object of one of the most Intense man hunts in this section in years. Prison guards, state highway pa trolmen and deputy sheriffs are combining in the hunt and are carefully tracing several definite clues as to their whereabouts. It is expected the arrest of more of the men will be accomplishe i mo mentarily. The break was made possible when a group of prisoners in one cell block at the Northampton County camp sawed through the bars enabling them to capture and overpower J. L. Daughtry, the lone guard on duty at the time. R. F. Ricks, the other night guard at the camp, had gone to the dining room, which is in a separate building, to get a cup of coffee. After binding and gagging Daughtry they captured Ricks up on his return to the celt block. They trussed up the two guards along with a trusty who was serv ing as cook for the camp and locked the three men in the sick room. It was then an easy mat (Continued on Page 12, Sec. A) TRY MEN WHO ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE JAIL Thirteen Negroes and one white man were tried in Recorders Court Tuesday for an attempted escape from the County Jail in Halifax, which was discovered Saturday, August 1st. The case was tried ay Judge Daniel, Judge of Recorders Court, and the following sentences were given: Timothy Mills, 12 months on county road; May Patterson—11 months in jail; William Allen—10 months on road; Marion Foy—6 months on road; Wilson Harri son—9 months on road; Nat Pat terson—9 months on road, Ray Wade—6 months on road Dawson Faison—6 months on road; Owen Zack Wiggins—6 months on road; and Otis Forbes, Frank Cain and Frank Brown were given 6 months suspended on payment of $15 each and on condition that they violate no criminal statute for 2 years.
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