"W ,M,,M Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin WUIiam Scott, William H. Camp, Jr., Robert E .May, R. H. McCommons, James W. Wli B I a '* ij ,,,|| ® J Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ing„_ D HU 1 l«|| hi Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr., Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Robert” IllilMI mull IIHIllumil Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook, Robt. R. Northinlgton. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS I More If otoe — Mare j I Attvertining — Mare I Paid Bueearfbere l H * * " TAfi/ofd are aiding in the winning of the war. Reading from left to right is Pvt. Clyde Lee Green, who entered service August 21, 1942, and is now sta tioned at Camp Hood, Texas; Herbert Gfeeh, S2/c,_J‘W8o~wenf’'’ into the Navy in April, 1944, and is now “somewhere” in the At Ian tic, and Pfc. Wayne C. Green, who entered the Army in March, 1943, and went overseas in July, 1944. Wayne was 'repotted last week as missing in action in Belgium since January 9. Col. Hunter Missing Had Been In Air Corps Long Time; Well Known Here Col. Frank P. Hunter, command g officer at an Eighth Air Force Bomber station in England, win ner of the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and also the Distinguished Flying Cross for “extraordinary achievement” while serving as air commander of a B-17 Flying Fortress combat bom bardment wing on two bombing missions over enemy-occupied ter ritory, was reported today b^ the War Department as being missing jr7 action over Germany since January 23. The message came to his wife, the former Miss Maria Burgwyn Long, daughter of Mrs. T. W. M. Long and the late Dr. Long. She and her two daughters, Maria, nine, and Sara Gale, four, reside Utl c VVltll libi iilUUlOi . Col. Hunter, about 34 years old, had been in the Air Corps about 11 years. He was a graduate of tie United States Military Acad emy, West Point, in the class of 1933, and after -the outbreak of hostilities, he took extensive training at Rapid City Army Air Base, Rapid City, S. D., going overseas in March of last year. In awarding the Distinguished Flying Cross to Col. Hunter, Brig Gen. William M. Gross, wing com mander, said: "On#June 15, 1944 Colonel Hunter directed the for irjtion to the designated target where bombs were released and outstanding results obtained. Col. Hunter led the Wing on August 1, 1944, to the assigned objective with a high degree of proficiency. Upon reaching the target area the airplane in which he was flying (Continued on page 8—Sect A) ; ■: ... * — *__...._ -- Real Veteran ^ 1 ■ ■ ■ • Above is Pfc. Norman G. McLeod, Jr., who went into the service in 1940, receiving his basic training at Fort Jack son, S. C., and from there went overseas. After 34 months - "over there," Norman is at home with his mother, Mrs. N. G.< McLeod, 931 Burton street, Roanokte Rapids. After his vis it he will report to Fort Bragg. Now In India Mrs. Winfield Burke received word from her husband, Pfc. Win field Burke, that he had arrived safely in India. Mrs. Burke is the former Miss Cora Lee Butler of this city, and she is now making her home with her mother for the duration. - -—.w. —ttctamejae. Schools Raise $605 In Drive Roanoke Rapids schools rais ed $605.12 in the recent cam paign for funds to aid in the fight against infantile paralys is, it was ■ announced today by L. H. Sandlin, chairman. This amount exceeded any in previous years raised by the schools. All schools, both white .and colored, participated, and the amounts raised in each are as follows: Senior High, $75.45; Junior High, $137.00; Rosemary, $123.14; Vance Street, $35.20; Central, $63.63; Sixth Grades, $54.60; Clara Hearne, $83.80; and the John Armstrong colored school $32.30 Home After 34 Months Overseas S/Sgt. Henry Fowler, Ordnance, arrived in the states on January 25, after serving overseas for 34 months in the Southwest Pacific. Fowler was sent to Fort Bragg prior to a furlough at his home, Route 1, where he is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Fow ler. Pete Rawlings In English Hospital Pvt. R. F. “Pete” Rawlings, is in a hospital in England. Pete is very anxious to hear from his friends here, and the following is his correct address now: Pvt. R. F. Rawlings, A. S N. 34854129, 4188 U. S. A. Hospital Plant, A. P. O. 209, C/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y . 250 Men Will Be Available For Work In This Area; To Begin Construction Early Sgt. Cagle Is Wounded Sgt. Wilmer Lee Cagle, son of Mrs. Prank Cagle and the late Frank Cagle of this city, has been wounded according to a message received Sunday from the War Department, by his wife, the form er Miss Bertha Batton, of this city. He is a graduate of the Roa noke Rapids High School in the class of 1938 and at the time he entered service was a student at Clemson College. He entered ser vice in June, 1943 and was sent across in October, 1944. He was wounded in Belgium, January 20, 1945. He is now -in a hospital in Paris., .Mrs. Cagle has another son in service, Lieut. Daniel Cagle. Fire Destroys Bank Building Fire of an undetermined origin destroyed a three-story brick building in Scotland Neck last Tuesday night causing an esti mated loss of $74,000. Among the business firms wiped out were the Bank, Pittman & Alexander’s In surance Office, Gate City Life In surance offices, Junior Order lodge roogis, Dr. Butler’s dental offices and the Scotland Neck Common wealth. The building was owned by the Bank of Halifax. Mrs. L. M. Hall Is In Hospital Mrs. L. M. Hall, wife of Lt. Col L. M. Hail, a former pastor of the First Methodist Church here for several years, is in a regional hos pital at Fort Leonard Wood, where her husband is stationed. Friends may write her care th£ Regional Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. weaver Shell Gets Discharge S/Sgt. Deaver G. Shell has ar rived in town for an extended visit. He has recently received his medical discharge from the arm (Continued on page 8—Sect A) A war prisoner camp will be lo cated near Roanoke Rapids at an early date, according to infor mation given out this week by O. J. McSwain of the Halifax Paper Company. Work on actual con struction of the camp will begin at an early.date as soon as a few minor details are smoothed out. It will be east of the city and out of its limits. Roanoke Rapids is ihe center of the pulpwood industry in this area and due to a critical shortage of labor in getting pulpwood to the mill here efforts were made to secure war prisoner labor. The bringing to this section of these prisoners will aid materially in various ways. “Take for instance,” said Mr. McSwain, “Our mill is now operating on curtailed pro duction, and when, these men are put to w'frrk cutting pulpwood it will enable us to get back on full scale production and thereby in crease the take-on pay of our em ployes, bringing the payroll back to normalcy.” It will in no way affect normal labor employment. The camp site has been selected and inspected and has now only to be approved by the Fourth. Area Service Command. Cost of erecting the camp with the excep tion of the fencing and building rtf fho o-uarsl fmurnrc urill ho Knma by employers eligible to use war prisoner labor. This cost ia esti mated at about $8,000, and the government will spend approxi mately $4,000, making the total cost of the camp around $12,000. Water, lights and sewerage will be run to the line and winterized tents will be used for housing the men, about 250 in number. The Halifax Paper Company, largest sponsor of the project, will use at least 100 of the 'prisoners and more, if possible, in an effort to get pulpwood to the mill. The critical shortage of this wood is actually slowing up the war effort. Pulpwood is used in the manufac ture of many important things used by the fighting men, among which * are boxes in which is shipped ammunition and food stuffs. And without these two items soldiers may as well be with out guns. The Halifax Paper Company has been on curtailed production since December 15, and this has meant (Continued, on page 8—Sect A) William Moody Reported Killed William C. Moody, T/5, 24-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Moody, 138 Jefferson street, was reported as killed in action in Belgium January 16, in a mes sage received by his parents from the War Department. He is be lieved to have been with the Third U. S. Army.