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VOLUME TWENTY-EIGHT ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1942 NUMBER 16
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ELECTION AT
ROANOKE NO. 2
IS APPROVED
National Labor Board
Puts OK On Results As
Union Lost 738-167
Roanoke Mills Company was ad
vised this week by the National
Labor Relations Board that the
Board had upheld and approved
the election hold on Sept. 1 at
Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2 and the
results of that election were cer
tified by the Board.
According to the Labor Rela
tions Board’s figures, the certified
vote was as follows:
Total valid votes counted 905.
Votes cast For the United Tex
tile Workers of America (AF of
L) Local No. 2230 -167
Votes cast Against the United
Textile Workers of America (AF of j
L) Local No. 2230 -738
Final ruling by the National La
bor Relations Board was that “it
finds and determines that United
Textile Workers of America (AF
of L) Local No. 2230 has NOT 1
been designated and selected by a
majority of the employees in the
agreed unit as the exclusive bar
gaining representative of the em
ployees within the unit.”
S. T. THORNE
DIES HERE
WEDNESDAY
Samuel Thomas Thorne, 77 year
old farmer and merchant of Airlie,
died at noon Wednesday, at the
Roanoke Rapids Hospital, following
an illness of two weeks. He was
the father of William Alfred Thorne
Vice-President and cashier of the
Roanoke Bank and Trust Co.
Fueral services were conducted
at the home at Airlie this afternoon
at 4 o’clock. Interment was in the
family cemetery.
Mr. Thorne for many years was
a member of the Halifax County
Board of Comissioners and was
identified actively with many com
munity and county projects. He
was a member of the board of
stewards of the Bethel Methodist
Church.
He was the son of the late Wil
liam Henry and Martha Alston
Thorne. He married Miss Agnes
Patterson Thorne, who died sev
eral years ago.
Surviving are the following chil
dren: Mrs. Fletcher Gregory of
Halifax, William Alfred Thorne of
■Roanoke Rapids, Mrs. Gordon Cra
ver of Durham, Mrs. John S. Mc
Rea, Jr., of Greensboro, Robert Pat
terson Thorne of Littleton, and Sam
T. Thorne, Jr., Winston-Salem; the
following sisters and brothers: Wil
liam H. Thorne, Mrs. Garland Al
ston, Rattie Thorne, and Dora
'Thorne, all of Airlie; and several
.grandchildren.
NEW MINISTER
REV. LESTER A. TILLEY
new pastor of the First Methodist
Church. (See Story on Page 8—
Sec. A for complete details.)
Looks For Brother
H. C. ROBBINB
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. <J. B.
Robbins of this city. A former
employee of Roanoke No. 1 Mill,
he was drafted August 30th, and
made staff sergeant 24 days later.
When he left home he told his par
ents he was going to look for his
brother, Sgt. D. L. Robbins, last
heard from in March at Corregidor
when it surrendered.
STORES-CLOSED
THANKSGIVING
Although a 100% canvass was
not made among all merchants
of the city, it is generally un
derstood that local stores will
observe next Thursday as
Thanksgiving Day, and all
places of business in the city
will be closed for the day.
Our fighting men are doing
jpps their share. Here at home
raj5 the least we can do is pttt 10%
fflL. of our income in War Bonds
JuL. for our share in America.
WM. HENRY CAMP JR. IS
KILLED IN ACTION DURING
JAP BATTLE IN PACIFIC
William Henry Camp, Jr., 22, has
been reported killed in action, ac
cording to official news received
Tuesday night by his parents, Mr.
and Mi's. W. H. Camp, Sr., of Gas
ton.
He was a Chief Petty Officer on
an aircraft carrier and was killed
in action in the Pacific somewhere
in the Solomons area. William
volunteered in the Navy about
three years ago.
He married Miss Charlotte Byrd
af California there six months ago.
3he has never visited here. Oldest
brother, Gordon Camp, is in the
army at Camp Bliss, Texas. Three
yonger brothers, Graham, Thomas
and Otis, live with their parents at
Gaston. He has one sister, Mrs.
Marie Woodruff of Gaston.
William graduated from Gaston
High School where he was a star
athlete and one of the most pop
ular boys ever to attend there.
JOSEPH S. CRADDOCK. USN,
REPORTED MISSING AFTER
ACTION: PATTERSON WORKER
Joseph Sylvester Craddock, Sea
man Second Class, U. S. Navy, is
missing following action in the per
formance of his duty. The news
was received yesterday by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Crad
dock, 126 Hamilton St.
A telegram was received from
Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs,
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation,
stating young Craddock was miss
ing and further news would be sent
as soon as received. The parents
were asked not to reveal his ship
or station.
They last heard from him in Oc
tober ,a letter which had been mail
ed in August at Capetown, South
Africa. He told them they might
hear from him for a couple of
months but not to worry as he
loved the Navy and could take care
of himself.
His last visit to Roanoke Rapids
was in July and he shipped out soon
after. Joe was 20 years old, at
tended Roanoke Rapids High
School and then went to work in
the twister room at Patterson Mills
Co. He enlisted in the Navy last
March and was trained with a
gunner squad.
Hs parents are employed in the
Spinning room at Roanoke Mills
Co. No. 1. He has one sister, Mrs.
Florence Barker, Baltimore .
JAMES WM, WHITBY KILLED
INACTION IN PACIFIC
AS BURNING SHIP FIGHTS
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James William Whitby, 22, First
Class Seaman, U. S. S. Destroyer
Smith, died October 26 from in
juries received in action off Santa
Cruz Island in the Solomons.
Whitby was the nephew of B. G.
(Buck) Whitby, 418 Madison St.,
and lived with his uncle here sev
eral years while working for Ro
anoke Mills Co. He left here
three years ago and enlisted in
the Navy.
Young Whitby was visiting his
relatives in Roanoke Rapids on
Dec. 7 when the Japs bombed
Pearl Harbor. He returned to his
ship at once and has seen action
in the South Pacific for the past
eleven months.
He was the only cnild of his
widowed mother, Mrs. G. V. Whit
by who now lives in Richmond,
Va.
An Associated Press report from
Pearl Harbor by Norman Bell
tells the following about the bit
ter engagement in which Whitby
met death:
A fighting story of how the Unit
ed States destroyer Smith carried
out its assigned mission through
an inferno of flames and explod
nig ammunition came from the
South Pacific today.
“I cannot say enough in praise
of our type of sailors,” declared
Lieutenant - Commander Hunter
Wood, Jr., skipper of the sturdy
destroyer that survived a direct
hit by a blazing Jap torpedo plane
while protecting a task force air
craft carrier the morning of Oc
tober 26 off Santa Cruz Island
in the Solomons.
Commander Wood said the de
stroyer had taken part in fight
ing off one wave of Jap torpedo
planes and was battling a second
wave when the Jap torpedo plane,
apparently set aflame by gunfire,
crashed like a blazing meteor di
(Continued on Page 8—Sec. A)
LOCAL BOYS
IN U. S. NAVY
JAP VICTIMS
Recent naval engagements in the
South Pacific took a toll of at
least three local boys with the
news received this week by their
nearest of kin reporting them killed
in action or missing. They are
fames William Whitby, 22, Seaman
First Class, killed in action in the
Solomons Oct. 26 on V. S. S. des
troyer Smith.
William Henry Camp Jr., 22,
Chief Petty Officer on a aircraft
carrier, killed in action in the
South Pacific, date not yet known.
Joseph Sylvester Craddock, 20,
Seaman Second Class, missing fol
lowing action in unknown waters.
Another Roanoke Rapids man,
Homer II. Berry, Pharmacists
Mate, escaped death on Guadal
canal after he and five Marines
fought Japs five days and nights
after becoming separated from the
main force.
(Details of all these will be
found elsewhere in this issue of
The Herald).
AUXILIARY
POLICE TO
STAGESHOW
Members of the city Auxiliary
Police will stage an Indoor
Festival Saturday afternoon and
night, November 28th, at the Roan
Dke Rapids Armory, according to
plans being perfected this week.
Proceeds from the venture will
?o to providing uniforms and equip
ment for the local members, num
aering some 48 men at this time.
The “Festival” will be promoted
ind staged locally, thus all of the
profits will go to the local organi
sation. It will include such enter
tainment features as round and
square dancing, bingo, fortune tell
ers, kiddy games, side shows and
aall games. Also available will
ae concessions familiar to such fes
tivals, which in this instance will
nclude barbecue, brunswick stew,
lot dogs and hamburgers.
Various other entertainment fea
tures are being worked out at this
time, more of which will doubtless
be announced next week. The
auxiliary police members are de
termined to stage a big show for
the benefit performance, and assure
prospective patrons there will be
“attractions for every member of
the family, regardless of age, size
or desires.” A general admission
charge of 10c will be made.
Wm. Alfred Thorne is command
er of the Auxiliary Police in Roan
oke Rapids, and the Festival is be
ing worked out under his super
vision with the aid of the following
committee members: Charles Og
letree, J. H. Hines, Albert Gaskin,
Chester Chase and Hugh P. Atkin
son.