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iiiiiiiimmi 1111111 iiiimnim - - •••II U » I iii]| It ROBERT E. MAY, Navy, May 8, 1942 WILUAM H. CAMP, JR., Navy, Nov., 1942 ■nil Iwi n,1 mil . 1 R- H. McCOMMONS, Merchant Mar., July 5, 1942 GROVER WOODRUFF, Army, July 10, 1943 limllllllllll INIIIIIiuJUL JAMES W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct. 26, 1942_WINFIELD HASTY, Army, August 19, 1943 THE ROANOKE RAPIDS | LJ F. T 1 X 1 Picture NBWBpaper ■ Hj |gg JH BH lr -J I ■ CAROLINA'S FIRST^^^^ ■ M *\-f A A ^TABMd JUKANEWSpaper S VOLUME XXIX_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY" DEC. 30, 1943 NUMBER 22 CITY RATION BOARD OFFICE IS RANSACKED The local war price and ration ing board located in the armory, was “ransacked >mpletely” during the Christmas >liday but not a fl^gle ration rnpon was lost, board officials advised district OPA officials here early this week, following the discovery of the at tempted robbery. ^Theodore S. Johnson, district di m:tor, immediately issued a note of commendation to board offi cials for “foiling the attempt to take ration coupons” and the alert ness of board officials in having ^1 ration stamps, coupons, and Woks locked safely in a local bank vault when the board was closed. “We have advised boards many times to keep all coupons, stamps, i®oks under lock and key. The Roanoke Rapids board has netted a good return from good manage ment. Many boards have lost thousands of gasoline coupons due to robberies in Eastern Carolina #ring the past year—but this is e first time that a deliberate at empt to steal coupons has been an utter failure,” Johnson said. Board officials reported that a *indow was removed from the of be and entrance was made. Files, desks, storage space and the com plete office was ransakesd. ENSIGN v/ «__ Ensign Eugene - C. Shell of Roanoke Rapids, who recently completed a Naval Training ✓Course at Cornell University, qkliaca, N. T, is shown above. He was commissioned an Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve in August. Ensign Shell, son of Postmaster and Mrs. L. G. Shell uat Roanoke Rapids, is a graduate Vf the University of North Caro lina (’39), and also did 'post graduate work at Duke Univer sity. His wife Is the former Ber tha Viverette of Raleigh and En Jleld. ----—.' TWO KILLED BUS MISHAP NEAR HERE Bernard C. Hux, 31-year-old city employee of the Carolina Coach Co., and Clarence Wicker of Dur ham, driver for the company, were killed when a car driven by James Thomas, local Negro man, crashed into a North-bound bus the two transit company employees were re-fueling about 2:30 Christmas morning. The accident occurred about 14 miles from Roanoke Rapids, on the Emporia highway. Hux, night attendant at the bus com pany’s garage terminal here had been called to bring gasoline to the bus which had stalled on the highway. It is said that* he parked the pick-up truck he was driving a short distance behind the bus, and that he and the driver were re-fueling the bus when the car driven by the Negro man crashed into the rear of the pick-up truck. The small truck driven by Hux was almost completely demolished by the crash, and the gasoline the two men were pouring into the bus ignited, resulting in their death. Witnesses to the holiday tragedy, mostly Marines North-bound for the holidays from Jacksonville, de clare that the driver had set at least three flares on the highway to warn approaching vehicles that the big bus was stranded. It is reported that Thomas is being held on a charge of manslaughter and driving while drunk. Funeral services for Hux were held Sunday afternoon from his home, 235 Washington St., with Rev. L. A. Tilley officiating. He was buried in the local cemetery. Survivors include his wife and one child; his fathe. ; two brothers and one sister. Wicker is survived by his wife and one child. His fu neral was held . in Durham the first of the week. R. DAUGHTRY BURIED TODAY ! R. P. Daughtry, pioneer resi dent of the city, died Wednesday morning at Roanoke Rapids Hos pital from complications suffered as a result of a heart ailment, for which he had been a patient there for two weeks. Funeral services were held this afternoon from the residence of his son, Auburn R. Daughtry, 112 Hamilton Street, with Rev. Les ter Tilley officiating. Interment followed in Cedarwood Cemetery. ,Mr. Daughtry leaves three chil dren, Earl, Auburn and Annie Bell, all of this city, in addition to his wife, who resides at 100 Hamilton Street. He is also sur vived by three brothers Lon, and J. Lynn Daughtry of Norfolk, and Van Daughtry of this city, and three sisters, Mrs. Bette Miller of Wilson, Mrs. Joe Rowe of Norfolk, and Mrs. Lou Panell of Richmond. TWO YOUNG MEN GOING WEST iHHBHHHSflBBHBBHRBflHfliHU i ^• *-'■>-<#4 .<*< ,.'y„ t HOWARD HANCOCK BILL ALLIGOOD “Go West, Young Man,” was the key to fame and fortune for many C. S. boys and young men several years ago. Howard Hancock, for 13 years Advertising Manager of the Roanoke Rapids Herald and for the past four also News Editor, leaves Saturday to accept a bigger position as Associate Publisher of The Forest City Courier, where he will be associated with Ed Anderson, former President of the North Carolina Press Association and owner of five thriving newspapers in the Western part of North Carolina. Bill Alligood, for the past 18 years designer and recreation leader for Rosemary Mfg. Co., Boy Scout executive, Romanco coach, civic leader, columnist and cartoon ist, leaves Saturday for Mount Holly where he has accepted the posi tion of Personnel and Recreation Director for those mills. It looks like Roanoke Rapids trains them and the West grabs them. Inci dentally each of these young men has one wife and one daughter who will follow them in the near future. POWELL TO KEEP DAIRY GOING 10 MORE DAYS TO AWAIT CITY MILK PLAN -tuven tno it appears tnere win be insufficient relief from OPA on milk prices in Roanoke Rapids, with none at present, Sam Pow ell agreed this afternoon tQ' con tinue the operation of his dairy at a loss for ten more days while plans are being worked out by the City Board of Comrnissioners which may give dairymen serving this area the relief they' need in order to keep going. Thirty members of the Citizens Committee met with OPA officials from Raleigh District OpA office this afternoon at the Municipal Building. Messrs Cavanaugh and Henderson stated they knew a crisis faced this area and they T. . ---- ... - had recommended a raise of from 16 to 17 cents per quart. They stated this was all they could recommend on the basis of actual figures furnished them. It was pointed out to them that their OPA figures differed from those of the Extension Department of State College which showed a cost in this area of 19.3 cents per quart, while theirs were estimated at 16.8. Local dairymen have asked for 20 cents retail price, they said they would try to get by on 19. Local citizens have said they would (Continued On Page 12—Sec. A) ft ft ft FIND BODY TODAY; HEAD BATTERED Lindsay Price, about 42, West Rosemary Negro, was found dead this afternoon with his head bat tered in after being missing for nine days. The body was in Chockoyotte Creek near the John Chaloner School and the road which runs from Tilghman’s Cross roads. Officials think he had been in the creek about a week. The top and back of his head was battered and cut as if with a sharp weapon, several cuts pene trating the skull and base of the brain. Discovery was made by Tom mie Sadler, Millard Birdsong and other boys who were hunting along the creek bank. They told their parents who notified the police and Chief Dobbins and other local officers arrived on the scene at 3:30 this afternoon. He recog nized the Negro as the one re ported missing and called Coroner Rowe. The scalp will be removed tomorrow for investigation and inquest. Price, a farmer for J. K. Giles on the old Simmons place in West Rosemary, had previously worked for the local mills. His wife told Chief Dobbins he had about one hundred dollars on him when he left home last Wednesday. There was no money found on the body. Arthur Fleming, a Negro boy who left home with Price, was picked up for questioning by the police tonight. He had previously told Price’s wife the two had part ed at Roanoke Junction shortly after leaving home last Wednes day. ■ Naval Aviation Cadet Chas. W. Davis, shown above, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Davis, 719 Roan oke Avenue, was among the group graduated from the U. S. Naval Flight Preparatory School, Williams College, Williamston, Mass., recently. Young Davis attended the Uni versity of North Carolina, where he served as President of the So phomore Class. His father, who is city superintendent of schools, served in World War I. '. t •
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