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'Ml llll II IHI|!||llllll|ll'IJP«||>lm1|'lH||ll ... 'I IUI || » ,,,|| || ni|| » l| mj| »jl ROBERT E. MAY, Coxswain, U. S. Navy, May 8, 1942 PH Hll II llll ll llll f| ll llll 1,1 PH 'll IIIMerchant Marine, July 5, 1942 THE ROANOKE RAPIDS \ _ _J N. O.’s TABloid More News — Mon | Picture NEWSpaper Advertising — More | — AM Home-Print — Paid Subscribers { VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. ~ THURSDAY, SEPT. 10,1942 NUMBER6 NO. 2 VICTORY BOARD ' Above is a picture of the Victory Board for employees of Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2 plant who are now in the armed services of the United States. New names are being added to the Board each week. The board is enclosed in glass and fits into an attractive brick border. The big “V” is Neon. YOUNG WIFE WOUNDED IN SHOULDER Mrs. Geraldine Wade, 16 years old, was brought to the Roanoke | Rapids Hospital last night with a bullet wound in her left shoulder. ' Her condition was reported good this afternoon. She was shot with a .22 rifle. 1 One report is the shooting was ac cidental; another that it was a case 1 of attempted suicide. The wounded woman lives near ■ Conway. Her husband, James 1 Wade, is serving; a sentence at the 1 Warren County Prison Camp. September Group Selectees Leave For Fort Bragg A Roanoke Rapids group of selectees left the city this morning representing the Sep tember quota of Halifax Coun ty Draft Board No. 1. Although '• there were two bus loads, the number of men to leave repre sented approximately 20% less than the previous month’s quo ta, it wa? learned. Port Sragg was the immedi ate destination of the selectees. So fax as is known the next contingent of men to be sent by Board No. 1 will be in Octo ber. A large group of relatives and friends of the men gathered to see them off. ROMANCOS TO DETROIT MON. The Romancos, Southeastern soft ball champions, will leave Weldon at 5:15 a.m. Monday for Detroit, where for the fourth straight year they will play in the national tour nament. Last year they reached the finals in the big event. The team making the trip will undoubtedly be composed of the following 16 men: Russ DeBerry and Ronald Everette, batteries; Clifton Everette, Chester Allsbrook, Robert Rogers, Grady Wheeler, Grover Hansley, Murray Stacia, Otto Waters, Jerry Brown, Chester Simms, Speed Hux, Acie Carlyle, D. J. Jenkins, Neal Stewart and _1* m_ r\_ nr_—1_ iiv icaguvj t * vr* uuuu>| coach, George Gurley, manager, and Bryant Gray, equipment man ager, will accompany the players. They are due to arrive in De troit at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday. Head quarters there will be at the Book Cadillac Hotel. Nothing is known of the pairing for the national tournament at this time. There are only twelve regional winning teams from over the .United States in the boys’ field, and twelve in the girls’ field to play at Detroit this year. The tournament opens Wednesday night at the University of Detroit. Doubtless several fans from the city will accompany the team. Bill Alligood, State Softball Commis sioner, had not definitely decided to attend the national tournament at press time. Carroll Wilson, city publisher who was named a mem ber of the Tournament Umpire Committee the first of the week, will accompany the team. CITY DUE FOR TWO ★ ★★★ ★★★★ AIR RAIDS ★ ★★★ ★★★★ BLACKOUT SUNDAY ———-’ V ■ TIRE THIEVES AT WORK IN THIS SECTION With two known thefts of tires and wheels in the city last night, and at least one attempt, together with two thefts in Weldon, it is thought a band of tire thieves are at work in this section. Evidence in the four successful thefts implies that the same methods were used, lending credence to the theory that an organized band is at work. C. M. Reynolds, 84 Washington St., City, reports the loss of a practically new tire and wheel from a V-8 sedan which he had parked on the street within 20-ft. of the bedroom of his home, between the hours of 9 o’clock last night and 5:30 this morning. A street light burns all night at the corner on which his home is located. Neither he nor neighbors heard any noises during the night, he reports. Upon arising this morning he dis covered the theft, and that the right rear wheel of his car had been jauneu up aim laiu tu icoi. vm a brick. The thieves selected the best tire he possessed, he says, leaving him without a sufficiently good spare to operate his car. He reported the incident to police early this morning. Late this afternoon Chief-of-Police Dobbins stated they had no clue3 in the matter. J. D. Batts, 712 Franklin Street, reports the theft of one tire and wheel from a 1937 Ford coupe which was parked within 20-ft. of his residence sometime after twelve o’clock last ni'gjht. He used the car in the grocery business he operates, and reports that he had transferred his spare only Satur day of last week. It was the only good tire he possessed, and the one the thieves took was the good one. No clues were Uncovered in this theft, other than that the thief was obviously bare-footed, and that he had large feet. Batts was not equipped with a burglar alarm, but reports that he has now installed one. His grocery store, within about a block of his home, has been entered more than a dozen times within the past few years, he says. In Weldon last night tires and wheels were stolen from cars be longing to Robert Musgrove, whole sale produce dealer, and H. M. Browder, a mechanic employed by Tri-City Motor Company of Roa noke Rapids. The two men live within a block of eath other. In (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) Train Trip Is Interrupted; Baby Is Born Mrs. Murray Hanigsberg lives in New York City. Her husband is a doctor with a lieutenant’s rating, stationed at Savannah, Ga. She left New York Mon day to join her husband at camp. Tuesday morning at 1:45 she was taken from an Atlan tic Coastline train in Weldon and rushed to Roanoke Rapids Hospital, where less than an hour after her arrival she gave birth to a fine 5-lb. 5-oz. baby girl. Her mother, Mrs. Augusta Charost, of New York, and her 3%-year-old son accompanied her on the trip, but continued on the train to Savannah. Both mother and daughter are doing splendidly. She plans to join her husband as soon as she is able to leave here. TWO AIR RAID ALARMS HERE NEXT WEEK Roanoke Rapids is due for two air raid alarms during the next week. On Sunday, September 13, there will be a forty-five minute complete blackout of the Weldon District, sometime between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. This blackout is a preliminary test for a complete state-wide blackout to be held sometime later, and it was announced by W. P, Medlin, District Warning Officer for the Weldon District. During this blackout there will be no drills by groups, but all units should be held in readiness for any emer gency. The air raid wardens, aux iliary police and auxiliary firemen will report to their posts and hold themselves in readiness, and the (Continued on Page 8, Sec. A) SERVING IN THE ARMY Lieutenant Robt. D. Williams Roanoke Rapids may well be proud of young Williams, for he has “come up from the ranks.” One of the original volunteers with the 105th Medical Regiment, he recent ly graduated from Officers Train ing School at Ft. Belvoir, Va., earn ing his rating as Second Lieuten ant. He is a former Herald em ployee, and has four sisters in the city. At present he is stationed at Eglin Field, Florida, and was a recent visitor here. Sgt. Norwood Lewis Cox This young man, who was a res ident of the city for 17-years, is now stationed “somewhere in the Pacific.” He is 21-years old, and a former employee of Roanoke Mills Co., working at the No. 1 plant here. He received his training at Ft. Jackson, S. C., after joining the Army at Ft. Bragg; has been serv ing three-years now, and rates as Technical Sergeant. His former city address is 102 Madison Street •
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