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VOLUME XXX_ ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. (^THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 1945 NUMBER 25
Above are three sons -of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Green, 101 Ham
ilton street, w5>d 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)
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Real Veteran ^
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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.
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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.