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J * - ' * M"*M THrm? ™TFI ROBEBT E. MAY, Navy, May 9, 1942 WILLIAM H. CAMP, JR, Navy, Nov, 1942 W J "'ll k. a II k d II " « "'ll "J R. H- MeCOMMONS, Merchant Mar, July 6, IMS GROVER WOODRUFF. Army. July 10 IMS ||1 mn II I nil II ,l' "'ll k1 JAMBS W. WHITBY, Navy, Oct 88, IMS WINFIELD HASTY, Army, August 19, 1943 llm UlUilullllldluiiuhlllllullllllll limirtlllhli MARVIN WILLIAM SCOTT, Navy, Feb. 1944 THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I ~J““| M s^rz~i A« Home-Print -J | K CAROLINES ■ M Paid Pubsoribfra J A-r A A ^TAB/oirf^RNRW^w JL/ A_Y VOLUME XXIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, nTc. "THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1944 ~ NUMBER 38 MURDER TRIALS SLATED ★ ★★★ ★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★★★** Food Program Tuesday HOW TO SAVE f 00D WILL BE FEATURED £ The second Health, Nutrition and Food Conservation program will be held here on Tuesday, May 9, in the auditorium of the Clara Hearne School. The program will begin promptly at 2 p .m., and is (being sponsored by the Virginia Tpeotric and Power Company in cooperation with the Home Eco nomics Department of .the Roa noke Rapids High School. Miss Virginia Blount, home (economist of the power company, ™nd Mrs. Evelyn Sandlin, head of the economics department of the school, and Miss Loraine Horne, vocational teacher, will have charge of the program. The principal speakers of the TOay will be Dr. J. F. Kendrick of the state health department, Ral eigh, who will address those pres ent on “Health and Nutrition”; and Miss Ruth Chambers, econ omist of the Chicago National VLiivestock Board ,who will give a cookery demonstration. In ad dition to the talks there will be ? shown a short film in technicol or, titled, “Conservation.” How to get the most from the ♦ (Continued on page 6, Sect. A) KILLER SEEKS -WORK HERE IT IS REPORTED ® While officers in several coun ties in Virginia and North Caro lina were searching for A. B. Tuck, Jr., alias Peter Hester, 18 year-old negro, accused of the Curder of Allen P. Johnson, 67, id his sister-in-law, Laura Dut ro, 65, at their Virginia farm home, near Clarksville, the negro is reported to have been seeking work in Halifax County. He is €ud to have applied at a mill ear Weldon and also to the Mit chell Sawmill near Roanoke Rap ids. Officers in the county were, of the North Carolina Agricultur leged murderer, it is reported. _ The bodies of Johnson and Miss ®>utro were found in a closet by Mrs. Johnson immediately after she returned from a visit to New port News. Johnson had been beaten to death and his hands i ^ied behind him, while Miss Dutro wad been shot and a cord drawn tightly around her neck. Tuck was arrested yesterday in Murphreesboro, Hertford County. The negro is reported to have "thumbed" a ride from his home •« (Continued on page 12, Sect. A) ._■ .... . A.:.. 1 . , . ' ii Local Red Cross Hits New High Peak In Contributions Demonstrator ■f ■ hi"' h iiwiihip1 iw1 ' ifin—i'bw— Miss Ruth Chambers, noted economist, who will give a dem onstration on how to conserve meat points and get the most out of them at the Health, Nutrition and Conservation program to be held in the auditorium of the Clara Hearne School on Tuesday, May 9. The program begins at 2 p.m. Light Docket Faces Mayor One of the lightest court dock ets in many weeas faced Mayor Kelly Jenkins last Monday after noon in Roanoke Rapids. The docket had a total of 11 cases, nine of which were for public drunkenness, while another was for assault, and one for speeding. The Police Department reported Driver Gets Coat Of Paint In Truck Accident Monday Clifton Pearson, an employe of the Halifax Farmers Supply Com pany, got a “coat" of paint, Mon day, but not in the usual way. Pearson, on his way to work, driving a pick-up truck loaded with about 30 gallons of paint, was pinned beneath the truck after it had turned over due to steering gear trouble. The driver was covered with the paint, but finally succeeded in getting from under the truck. He was uninjur ed, except for a few bruises. The accident occurred near Nash’s creek. The truck was almost a to tal loss. With the final figures released today for the recently closed Red Cross campaign for war funds, it is believed that the Roanoke Rap ids and Littleton district has rais ed the largest amount ever con tributed to this organization. A total of $21,500 is the amount L. S. Neal, war fund chairman o' the drive, gave out today as con tributed by the people and indus tries in this district. This is $6,500 over the quota given the district by National headquarters which was placed at $15,000. The quota this year was larger than in any previous year, and the amount raised also exceeded any previous quota by the largest amount in any past campaign. At the opening of the drive there was considerable doubt about the district being able to raise its quota, and it was freely discussed privately by those in charge. However, a splendid or ganization of workers was welded together and the campaign began with much enthusiasm. As the weeks went by, however, the re ports coming in were so good un til the workers and officials, with (Continued on page 1%, Sect. A) UNIQUE SALE IS PLANNED BY ROCHELLE Ike Rochelle, local realtor, has been holding auction sales of vari ous kinds for a long time, mostly of land and houses, but Rochelle has now conceived a different kind of auction sale. Believing that there are many people in this section who have many different kinds of articles they would like to sell, but have no market or buyer, he is inaug urating for the first time a Com munity Auction. The first of this kind of sale will be held on Satur day, May 20, at 1 p. m., in Roa noke Rapids. Anyone who has anything to offer for sale is invited to list the articles with Mr. Rochelle and they will be put on the auction block and sold under the auction eer’s hammer to the highest bid der. Mr. Rochelle says livestock, farm implements, machinery of all kinds, household articles, merchan dise, in fact, anything at all will be taken and sold. This unique project will be made a monthly event provided people list enough articles with Mr. Ro chelle to make the sale justifiable. THREE ALLEGED KILLERS TO FACE JURY NEXT WEEK DURING SUPERIOR COURT Halifax Superior Court will open in Halifax next Monday morning with /Judge Walter Bone of Nash ville, presiding. The term is sched uled JuSi one week and both crim inal and civil cases will be dis posed of during the session. The civil cases are on me pocket for hearing the latter part of the week. Criminal cases will be heard be ginning Monday. The most import ant, of course, will be the three murder cases scheduled for trial. “Ed. Lee Carter, negro, arrested a fe wweeks ago by the FBI in Cincinnati is slated to be tried for the murder of Sandy Baker, another negro, on February 15, 1941. Sam Jones, negro, will also be tried during the term, it is believ ed, for the “ice-pick murder” of Lindsey Price, also a negro. Price's body was found in Chockoyotte creek nine days after he is alleged to have been murdered and rob bed. Arthur Fleming, another negro, involved in the case with (Continued on page 12, Sect. A) DEMOCRATS CONVENTION ON SATURDAY The Halifax County Demicratic Convention will meet next Satur day in Halifax at 11 a. m., ac cording to an announcement made today by Dr. Bahnson Weathers, Halifax County chairman. At this meeting delegates to the state Democratic convention, which is to be held in Raleigh on Thurs day, May 4, will be named. Last Saturday precinct meetings were held throughout the county, but the results are not known. Those who were elected to the various precinct committees, how ever, will be made known at the county convention. In precinct 3, which includes Roanoke Rapids, the following were elected to the committee: A. N. Martin, Mrs. John Buck, Clarence Byrd, Clyde Lisk and W. C. King. Officers, Teachers Hold Meeting The officers and teachers of the First Baptist Church held their meeting in the basement of the church Wednesday evening. Dia ler was served. Overseas — i Above is Corp. Henry E. Jenk ins, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Jenkins, 324 Madison street, Roa noke Rapids. Henry is married, and entered the service in Oct ober, 1941. He is a graduate of the Roanoke Rapids High School, and prior to entering the army was employed by ike Roanoke Mills Co. Jenkins received his basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and has been “somewhere in England” since February of this year. Special Service Quankie Baptist At a special service to be held next Sunday at Quankie Baptist Church, near this city, Rev. E. W. Greene will be assisted by Rev. E. D. Gooch of Oxford and Rev. I. T. Nelson of Wake Forest. The sendees will begin at 11:30 a. m. A basket lunch will be served on the grounds at 12:30. At 1 o’clock examination of the new deacons will be held, follow ed by the ordination service which will be presided over by Rev. Nel son. Rev. Gooch will give the charge to the church. The public is invited. Leave Sunday For Raleigh Dr. and Mrs. W. E. Murphy will leave next Sunday for Raliegh to attend the State Dental Conven tion to be held at the Sir Walter Hotel. i
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