1 ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR., Navy, Nov., 1942
R. H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar., July 5, 1942 GROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943
JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct. 26, 1942 WINFIELD HASTY, Army, August 19, 1943
VOLUME XXIX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9,1943_NUMBER 19
HOLD BODY OF MYSTERY GIRL
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IS PRISONER
OF GERMANY;
FOLKS HEAR
Letter Of Information
(^To Follow Wire
Sent Monday
lieu ? t • a. cijiwij J.AV/U » » uon
ington St., received the following
telegram on Monday:
Hk
^"Report just received through
the International Red Cross states
that your h roth er,"" J*vt." “ Charles
W. Taylor, is a Prisoner of War
of the German Government. Let
ter of information follows from
«ovost Marshall General (Sign
ed) Utillo, the Adjutant General.”
Mr. Taylor had been notified on
Ootober 28th, to the following ef
fect: "The Secretary of War de
sures me to express his regret
tirat your brother, Pvt. Chas. W.
Taylor, has been reported missing
In action since September 13th in
Italy. If further details or other
information is received you will
hs promptly notified.
T/Vlthough relatives of Pvt. Tay
lor (known to his friends here as
“Bill”) had never given him up
for lost, the wire Monday was the
first authoritative report they had
received from the War Depart
ment stating otherwise. His bro
ther and three sisters who live
here were overjoyed at the news
he Is still alive.
Relatives had not heard direct
ly from Taylor since the latter
ftrt of August. He was thought
to be in North Africa at that
time. Bill spent about five days
l in the -city in July, of this year,
at which time he was in the coun
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ROBERT HURSEY
AIDS WOUNDED
Robert O. Hursey, former loom
■beer of Roanoke Mills Company
No. 1, has recently been praised
by Major Roggen for his ingenui
ty and initiative in making a suc
cessful appeal to the commanding
general to let him find a route
H>r ambulances to reach wounded
men in the mountains.
When the general asked Hursey
If he thought he could get the
ambulances through, he assured
him he could, and the drivers
%ere given orders to follow Hur
sey. He led them along a pro
tected route to a point where
they could pick up the wounded.
Major Roggen reported that, be
Suse of Hursey’s action, there is
doubt that several men’s lives
were saved.
Pfc. Hursey has a father, James
William Hursey, and a brother, J.
Dewey Hursey, working for Roan
oke Mills Company No. 1.
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Receives Wings
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Pfc. Warren G. Moore, son of
Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Moore of this
city has received his Aerial Gun
ner’s Wings, at Harlington, Tex.,
Army Air Field.
STORES HERE
START XMAS
HOURS DEC. 20
The Merchants Association an
nounces that all stores will re
main open until 9 p. m. begin
ning Monday night, December 20,
and continuing through Friday
night, December 24, as has been
the custom in the past.
All grocery stores will remain
open on Wednesday afternoons be
ginning December 15, and continu
ing through Christmas week. They
will also remain open at night un
til 9 p. m. beginning Monday, De
cember 20, continuing through
Friday night, December 24.
Christmas Carol
Program Will Be
Given Dec. 12th
A program of Christmas Carols
and music in keeping with Christ
mas will be given at the First
Methodist Church, on Sunday
evening, December 12, at 7:30 o’
clock. The music will be directed
by Mr. Ray Finley, of the High
School Faculty, and will be accom
panied by the Roanoke Rapids
String Ensemble. If you want a
real treat in Christmas music, at
tend this service. The public At
large is cordially invited.
WHITE MEN
ACCEPTED AT
FORT BRAGG
Announcement has been received
from Local Draft Board No. 1,
Halifax County, that the follow
ing local white men were accepted
for selective service there on No
vembr 19th, 1943:
Charlie Lynwood Whitby, Lloyd
Ray Cullom, Clyde W. Pulley,
John Louis Welch, Harry Earl
Coker, Frank Nelson, Marvin H.
Chambliss, Joe Henry Todd.
Harvey Lex Tyndall, Clarence W.
Baird, Joe Pete Baicy, Jr., Albert
J. Brantley, Everett Lee Pearce,
Jesse Lee Sewell, Haywood Day
Cochrane, Henry Wilson Greene.
Joy Elwood Long, Robert Ben
jamin Faucett, Willie A. Garrett,
Robert A. Williams, Jr., Matt W.
Ranson, III, Raymond Wells, Rob
ert F. Rawlings, Jr., Cecil T^hom
as Lynch, Thomas B. Strickland.
Kea cross
Needs Workers
The Red Cross needs workers
for the Surgical Dressings Room
and for the Sewing room. The
Surgical Dressing room is open
each Monday, through Friday,
making a five-day week. Work
ing hours, 2:30 to 4:30 p. m. and
7:30 to 9:30 p. m.
The Sewing Room will be open
only twice a week, on Tuesday
afternoon from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m.
with Mrs. J. H. Hines, as super
visor and on Thursday afternoon
from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m., with
Mrs. C. W. Davis as supervisor.
Both rooms will close for
Christmas holidays, from Dec. 18
to January 3, working beginning
on Monday, January 3, on the
days and hours mentioned above.
Ruling On
Xmas Deliveries
Special permits to increase
Christmas deliveries by motor
truck will be issued only upon a
clear showing that the additional
deliveries are necessary to main
tain adequate and essential distri
bution service, Harvey R. Rose
man, ODT District Manager in
Raleigh, ruled yesterday.
No motor carrier requesting re
lief from ODT delivery limitations
will be allotted additional gaso
line, since most carriers should
have an excess because of con
servation effected under the ODT
order limiting deliveries, Mr. Rose
man said.
It should be noted, he pointed
out, that a general order now in
force permits one additional de
livery the day before Christmas
this year, provided no deliveries
are made on Christmas day.
Out of Hospital
Corporal James A. Lattimore,
above, son of Mrs. D. P. Latti
more of this city was recently
promoted to the rank of sergeant
according to an announcement
received by his mother.
He enlisted in the Army Janua
ry 22, 1943 and was sent to Camp
Howze, Texas for his basic train
ing.
He is at present on maneuvers
but will return to Camp Howze (
as soon as they are completed.
HAVE YOU BY
ANY ’CHANCE'
SEEN CINDY?
Cindy Chance, pretty young
brunette, who lived in Roanoke
Rapids for a couple of months,
has not been heard from since
leaving her boarding house here
over four weeks ago. She told
friends at the time she was go
ing to Norfolk to marry a sailor.
It is entirely possibly—perfect
ly plausible, that Cindy is quite
alright today; that she did precise
ly what she intended when leav
ing here, that is, went to Norfolk
to marry a sailor, but friends here
cannot help but “wonder” . . . for
so many strange circumstances en
ter into the picture.
When she left here Sunday
night four weeks ago, she left not
only a good job as a meat cutter
at a local grocery store, but the
major part of her clothes and per
sonal effects at a boarding house
—and she did not owe the land
lady, according to reports. Now,
it appears, it would be no “tricks”
for Miss Chance to get a job most
any place in the country, for she
is one of the fev/ full-fledged
“women butchers” in the business;
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IK IJEST IS
HE J; BURY
BODY MONDAY
Inquiries About Her
Identity Still
Coming In
An inquest was neia Sunday
night into the death of the un
known white girl who died in
Roanoke Rapids Hospital on No
vember 17th, resulting in the de
cision, that: “We, the Coroner’s
Jury, in the case of Cathlene
Dawson (unknown) from the evi
dence read and heard, find that
she came to her death from a
chronic liver condition, and a de
lay in administering proper medi
cal attention. We hereby recom
Iffend that the County of Hal fax
make proper medical facilities to
care for mentally deranged and
dope addicts until they can be
cared for otherwise.”
a JU1J [/ICOJUtU UVC1 WJ
bounty Coroner F. N. Rowe, and
ncluded the following jurors: M.
k. Inge, J. A. Harvel, Fenton E.
Tones, Joe L. Willey, J. N. Clark
and Mike Josephson.
The body of the unknown girt,
vas to have been buried on Mon
lay of this week, though Coroner
Ftowe has postponed burial until
!:30 next Monday afternoon as al
raost every day brings an addi
;ional inquiry as to her possible
dentity. Pending further devel
apments, she will be buried as
‘Cathlene Dawson,” as that is the
mly tangible clue she gave local
aolice as to her name or iden
;ity.
Local officers have canvassed
;he entire Atlantic seaboard in an
effort to establish the identity of
;he "mystery girl," but all to no
avail.
A couple from Norfolk got in
ouch with Coroner Rowe Monday
asking that he postpone burial of
:he body until they could view it,
:h inking possibly it might be their
sister. Ths report gave credence
:o a rumor that the girl’s iden
:ity had been established, but
:here was nothing to the story,
according to Rowe, and when the
Norfolk people arrived here Tues
day, they said they had never
seen her before.
Following tne girrs a earn nere,
organs from her body were sent
to the Department of Pathology,
Wake Forest College, The Bow
man-Gray School of Medicine, for
a final anatomical diagnosis. The
medical report stated “that the
girl had suffered from a chronic
liver disease for a considerable
period o time; that one of the
sulfa drugs prescribed or taken
voluntarily by her resulted in her
death.”
The following people testified at
the Coroner’s Inquest in Weldon
Sunday night: Dr. R. B. Blowe,
Clifton Smith, City Policemen
Troy Holloman and A. J. Brig
man, Miss Bernice Hitchens, Dr.
W. D. Hall, Sheriff Harry A.
House, and Eddie Wilson Warrick.