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1 __ __ y * I!?! Venwn Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E -May, R. H. UoComibou, James W. Whitby, 4 Md I- ulflj'J fl«*» Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E, West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee Ingram! hi Ml H ml n n ]l "M hi Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, Janies G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr, Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Robert L. Inil ■■■■■milllllllliiuuillHIInlllimflkinnklHhK Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook. Robt. R. Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover William C. Moody Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Cinch, Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T Wood ruff, Clinton P. Deberry,_ If*-' If. a: * Tab iota Picture NBWBpaper — AU Home-Print — I ~ " --- -j ' ' " J fvm Ellis Missing In Action Said To Have Been Member Gen. Patton's 3rdU.S. Army According to a War Department message received this week Pfc. Leroy C. Ellis, son of J. W. Ellis of Roanoke Rapids, is reported .&ssing in action in Germany since March 27 of this year. Ellis entered the Army in. April and received his basic train \ ing at Camp Wheeier, Ga. He went overseas in September, 1944. A member of the famous United States Third Army commanded by Gen. Patton, Ellis has seen action in England, Italy, France and Germany. He is believed to have been in the Luxenbourg area 3 Local Boys Freed From Nazi Prisons Three Roanoke Rapids soldiers who had previously been reported fkissing in action, and were later nown to have been German pris oners of war, have been liberated by Allied troops, it became known today. Those freed are: Pvt. William E. Holmes, son of Mrs. Annie Holmes, 1004 Vance street, captured September 28, 1944. Now in France. Expected home soon. Reported missing last September. tPvt. Telton H. Whitby, son of r. and Mrs. R. S. Whitby, 1001 Franklin street. Mother received two letters. Whitby wrote: “Have been recaptured by American troops. Happiest boy in army. Glad to be out of that ‘Hell hole'.” Had been' reported missing. In German war prison camp nine months, 15 days. Pvt. Joseph F. Waters, son of Mrs. W. B. Waters, 916 Rapids itreet. German prisoner since Oct ober 4, 1944. Reported missing last September. Cablegram from Inter national Red Cross received Wed nesday afternoon. Sgt. Fecteau BeKeved Dead Sgt. Rowland W. Fecteau, twice reported missing in action, is now ^believed dead. Information con cerning his death was given in a letter from “Jim,” close friend of Fecteau’s, who wrote his mother, Mrs. Dorothy Bats tone, Cloaks ville, €>., who in turn sent the letter to Sgt. Fecteau’s mother, . Mrs. A. H. Fecteau, Lowell, Mass. Sgt. Feetean’s wife, the former Miss Mabel Wright, lives at 1013 Vance street I . Alex Bullock Dies From Wounds In Battle Of Luzon Wounded I Prisoner At the top is First Sergeant Larry Thomas Jordan, 30, and be ow is Pfc. Carry Lee Jordan, Brothers, and the sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Jordan oi Haluax, Rt. 2. Larry volunteered for the Army in 1937. He received his basic training at Fort Bragg, went to Hawaii and remained there three years. He was returned to the states and was kept here for about a year, and after hostilities broke out he saw action in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He was wounded in Italy in June, 1944. He was sent to France after his recovery and was again wounded in the D-Day (See PRISONER—Page 8, Sect A) Was Last Heard From In Letter Dated April 11 Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bullock, Sr., 758 Charlotte street, Roanoke Rap ids, were informed this week that their son, Pfc. Alex Bullock, Jr., 26, had died from wounds suffered in battle on Luzon Island, April 19. His wife, the former Miss Grace Osein, of Minneapolis, Minn,, and their two children reside in that city. Young Bullock, a former em ploye of Patterson Mills, entered service March 23, 1939, receiving his basic training at Fort Snelling, ^Jinn. He served 14 months in Greenland, being returned to the states because of rheumatic fever. On December 28, 1944, he was sent to the Pacific area. A graduate of the local High School, Alex has a brother and sis ter overseas, 1st. Lt. Vera Bullock seeing service with a nurses corps in the Netherlands, East Indies, (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Col. Hunter Is Reported Dead Col. Frank P. Hunter, com manding officer of an Eighth Air Force Bomber Station in Eng land, who 'was reported missing in action over Germany January 23, is believed to have been kill ed, according to information re ceived in the city from a high Army officer. The news concern ing Col. Hunter, however, has not been confirmed by the War De partment. 13 Not Unlucky For Ed Turner “Thirteen” doesn’t mean any thing to Edward Turner of this city, and the fact is proved by these figures and he’s still all right. Recently Turner “made” “Odd Facts in Carolina,” edited and drawn by Carl Spencer, and which appears in the News and Observer. Here is how Turner “went for” lS’s: A veteran of World War II, Turner arrived in Iceland, on May IS after a trip that required 13 days. He arrived back in the United States on July 13 after having stayed overseas for 13 months. The return trip also re quired 13 days. He was discharg ed from the Army on November IS and earned $13 from a Job he accepted on the 13th day of the month. Dies In Action , ,\/_ Above is Pfc. H. Charles Leatherwood, Jr., who is report ed killed in Germany April 13. Inspection Local State Guard Unit Captain Francis Kemp, com manding the 14th Company, has announced that the Company will stand a Federal inspection next Tuesday evening beginning at 7:30 For this reason there will be no drill on Monday. Senior officer of the formal in spection will be Lt. Col. Douglas C. France, District 2, Fourth Ser vice Command, USA. With him will be Major Hill Yarborough, NCSG, and 1st. Lt. Charles Bailey, USA, with his staff officers. The entire 14th Company is ordered to be present. No excuse from this inspection will be is sued except because of sickness, and those who are absent because of illness will be requested to bring a medical certificate from a physi cian on the following drill night. The uniform to be worn will con sist of helmet, leggins, and summer khaki. This formal inspection of the en tire company follow* up the pre liminary inspection of the full equipment issued to the local unit made by Major Yarborough and 2nd Lt Willis, NCSG, on Monday, May 7th. Edwards And Leatherwood Are Reported As Casualties Corp. Herbert S. Edwards, 24, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ellem M. Edwards, was killed in action in Italy, April 24, according to a War Department message received this week by members of his fam ily. Overseas 18 months, Edwards was with a Medical Detachment, 11th Armed Infantry. He entered the service December 2, 1942, taking his basic training at Fort Bragg. Corp. Edwards had been award ed the Purple Heart for wounds received in battle last year. He also wore the Good Conduct Medal given only recently. Surviving Corp. Edwards are three sisters, Miss Clara Edwards, Mrs. Joy Lewis and Mrs. Lettie Stanbrook of Norfolk, and five brothers, S/Sgt. Carl G. Edwards, Camp Roberts, Cal.; Thomas, Loyd, Dupy and Clyde Edwards of Roa noke Rapids. A cousin, Levi “Cash” Register, an inseparable companion of Corp. Edwards, is somewhere in the South Pacific war theatre. Pfc. H. Charles Leatherwood, Jr., 20, is reported killed in Germany, April 13th. He was with the 46th F. A. Communications Headquart ers, attached to the Fifth Infantry Division of General Patton’s Third Army. Pfc. Leatherwood volun teered for service April 5, 1943, and was trained at Fort Bragg, N. C., and Camp Rucker, Ala. He was stationed for awhile at Ft. Meade, Md. He went overseas October 7, 1943. - Born in Hopewell, Va., he attend ed Hopewell High School and was in the graduating class of ’43 at Roanoke Rapids High School. He was active on the baseball, foot ball and basketball teams in High School and during the summer of ’42 played on the American Legion baseball team in Hopewell. He made his home for several years with his grandparents, the late Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Holloway of this city. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ruth Robertson, Petersburg, Va.,- father, H. C. Leatherwood, Hopewell, Va., and one brother, Pvt. Robert H. Leatherwood, Camp Blanding, Florida, who en tered the service March 22. Pfc.- Leatherwood followed in his (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Campaign Begins On Next Monday The campaign for funds for the American Cancer Society will begin in Roanoke Rapids next Monday, according to Mrs. E. D. Harbour ,Roanoke Rapids Chair man. Every year there are thous ands of lives taken by this dread disease. Roanoke Rapids citizens are asked to give $1,000. Solicitors from the Rotary and Kiwanls Clubs will aid In the campaign. Mrs. Wade Dickens is county . chairman.
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