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Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, 5r, Bobert E May, & EL McCommons, James W. Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Bobert Lee Moons Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee__ Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. EL Cook, Jr, Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall White, Bobert Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Book, Robt B. Northingtn, Eugene Basil (Hover, William C. Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Bobert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T. W< THE ROANOKE RAPIDS N. 0.’» TABloid Picture NSWBpaper - AU Mome-rnut - Pi -*• VOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 7th, 1945 ». ~ - —-- 1 -—-— ■ Pfc. John Thomas Killed In Action hirst Reported as ^Missing In Action July 4 Last Year Pfc. John Wayne Tftomas, 21 year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Davis Franklin Thomas, 1005 Cedar St., Roanoke Rapids, was killed in action in Germany July 4, 1944, according to a telegram received by the parents last Tuesday from the War Department. He had been Previously reoprted as missing in action on that date. Young Thomas was born and reared in this city. He attended * Roanoke ^?j$>ids .High School. At the :~ae of 18 he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and re ceived his basic training at Par ris Island, South Carolina, and later trained in California. A brother, Pfc. Edward Thomas, also in the service, is believed to We “somewhere” in the South Pa cific theatre of operations. Prior to entering the Marine Corps young Thomas was employ ed at Roanoke Mill No. 1. Pvt. Garner Is Killed On i Huzon Island. action on Luzon Island, The Pl» S!p the Marmy in’ September S£\, and was sent overseas m February, 1945. He }3 hU 'Wife, Mrs. Estelle Edwards IGarneTr, ^Assistant Home Demon 2fatU>A Agent of Halifax County, %s mother, one sister and one bro ther wVho reside at Newpo , ■ j C and tme brother serving in the V S. Navy. His wife, editor of “The H5me Sphere" published in ^e H .raid, is now spending some SyJS to «”-.Arto' Edwards, at Newport, N. C. CookelsOut bn 89 Points . pvt Louie Davis Cooke, son of | Mr. and Mrs. Thomas £ Cooke, J Jackson Street, arrived here Sun I day from Fort Bragg with, his * medical discharge from the U. S. armed service. He had 89 potato. I Pvt. Cooke has been in se™ since 1941; He served in the Paci fic, Pre-Pearl Harbor and Amer. Ma Theatre of Operations. He ar rived back in the states in the fall of 1944. He came home for a furlough and upon his return has been in Arizona. He served as a cook in the air corps. In less ‘ than thirty minutes after he re *■ ceived his discharge he J^s in civilian clothes and on his way home. All he says is “It is good to be home tot keeps." j.. li. Doing MR Duty Above is Sergt. Larry C. Ray ner, son of J. W. Rayner of this city. Larry went into service late in 1943 and overseas in Feb ruary, 1944. He is now doing MP duty, according to a mes sage received from him this week. Playgrounds Open Monday The playgrounds in Roanoke Rapids will open next Monday, ac cording to plans made last week at a meeting of various officials and committees. Rockefeller Venters, connected with the athletic department of the local high school, will be director of all activities. The swimming pool will be open to the children under supervision of efficient per sonnel and hours for using the pool will be announced at a later date. The pool was to be opened next Monday, but owing to certain repairs having to be made, a post ponement will probably be neces sary. The recreational program for the playground is sponsored by a committee composed of one mem ber from each civic club and con tributing organization, including the city, the schools and the Com munity Chest. This committee is headed by McRae Faison. Richard Wilson Now In Pacific Richard K. "Dickie” Wilson, SM 2/c, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Wilson of Roanoke Ave., is now ’in the Pacific. Dickie entered ser vice in 1942 and was in the in vasion of Southern France. He was home this past January and left for overseas duty again In February. - _^'v ^. Shipment Of Jewelry Lost Year and Half Is Recovered A shipment of valuable jewelry, consisting of 60 loose diamonds, 45 gold and platinum mountings, solid gold watch set with dia monds and other pieces of jewelry, mailed by Lynches Jewelry Store on Saturday, November 13, 1943, never reached its destination. The package was addressed to Kim berly Diamond Works, Atlanta, Ga. It was sent fourth class mail and only a 3-cent postage stamp was required. Thas was 18 months ago. After much correspondence be tween the shipper and the ad dressee, a tracer was put out for the package, frothing more was heard in a long time, that is un til a postal inspector a few weeks ago came to Roanoke Rapids, looaea Air. L.yncn up, ana piacea before him one of the rare3t pieces of the jewelry and asked: “Ever see this before?” Mr. Lynch immediately recog nized it, and said yes. The in spector kept pulling out piece after piece of the jewelry and Mr. Lynch continued to recognize them. Finally, he asked the inspector where he got them, and he was told that a negro who handled the mail bags in Seaboard had been arrested, tried and convicted for the theft of the package. Neither Mr. Lynch nor Post master Shell knew anything about it until the inspector came to Roanoke Rapids with the stolen articles taken from the mails. Beale Jailed On Assault Charges Stanley Beale, white, was placed in the city jail yesterday on charges of assaulting his wife, .Daisy Beale, and his step-daugh ter, Francine Park. Beale is also charged with burning all the clothes of the two women at his home. Bond for both offenses has been set at $1000. The accused had been unable to get his release Thursday noon. In Hospital Dick Smith, employe of one of the local mills, is in Roanoke Rap ids Hospital suffering from a severe injury to his hand. Hides Key; Tells Man Where It Is Robert Boone, negro man, charged with breaking and en tering the bedroom of a female, Cleo Mills, negro woman, had the charge reduced to forcible tres pass and was fined $10 and costs In Mayor's Court Monday. It was brought out during the trial that the woman had hid den the key to her bedroom and then told Boone where it could be found. ARMY TEAM TO VISIT LOCAL MILLS DURING TEXTILE WAR WEH(: RALLIES ON PROGRAM __ . Believed First ' Shown here is Sergt. Jack Gil liam, who is believed to be the first Roanoke Rapids soldier to be honorably discharged from the service. Jack had 99 points to his credit. 1 -■ 1 iM ..i Pfc. Hawkins Still Talking About Escape Private First Class Richard M. Hawkins, whose wife, Mrs. Mary B. Hawkins, resides at Route Np. 1, Roanoke Rapids, is still talking about his narrow escape during the bitterly contested battle for Da vao. Private Hawkins, a scout with Company "G” of this Victory Div ision’s veteran 34th Infantry Reg iment, was out in front of a pa trol which contacted a Jap pill box, defended with two machine guns. "The pill-box was so well cam ouflaged that we almost walked into it,” said Hawkins. "They opened up on us at a short range and drove us back, but no one was wounded. We formed a skir mish line to attack again and we were driven back again. It was really hot up there, but we tried again. This time a shot from one of the guns ripped through my first aid kit and blew a hole in my canteen right at my side. “I was afraid to look down, be cause water was running down my leg and it stung pretty hard and I was sure it was blood and I was hit. But old lady luck was with me and I got out O. K. It was too strong a defense for our small patrols so we had artillery fire directed on the position.” A team of wounded war veterans from Moore General Hospital, Asheville, will be visitors in Roa noke Rapids four days -of next week during the Roanoke Rapids Textile War Week when the im portance of textiles to the war effort will be stressed by the vis itors. The program is sponsored by the Army and the local textile mills with the cooperation of the War . Manpower Commission. Colonel J. Tracy Hale, iust back from the Pacific wax,, zone, will be the principal speaker. L,t. T. J. Barzil, Public Relations Officer from the 4th Service Command in Atlanta, will be in charge of the team of three wounded enlisted men. They are as follows: Private David W. Koehl, Mo bile, Ala., veteran of the cam paign in Africa, Sicily, Normandy; holds Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, Purple Heart with cluster. Corpolar Carl M. Bester, St. Paul, Minn., who saw action in the European theatre with Troop Car (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) Butts Injured On Thursday J. G. Butts, Mail Messenger of Halifax was injured last Thurs day, May 31, while unloading mail from Atlantic Coast Lin* train No. 89, southbound. Mr. Butts was standing at the door of the mail car receiving a bag of mail when he heard a yell from Joe Shaw, a station hand, who was working express to car south of Mr. Butts. Shaw jumped from his two wheel cart to safety. It was then that Mr. Butts saw the north-bound freight within two car lengths of him coming at x rapid rate of speed. It was too late to cross in front of the on-com ing train. Being trapped between the two trains he darted under the one that was standing still. The freight train hit the cart which was left by Shaw and a piece of flying timber hit Mr. Butts, breaking his right arm just above the wrist. He was taken to the Atlantic Coast Line Hos pital in Rocky Mount for treat ment and returned home that night. He is reported resting com fortably. Colonel Sears Is Given Promotion News of the promotion of James White Sears of Roanoke Rapids to the rank of lieutenant colonel has been received here. Colonel Sears is with General Hodges First Army now in Europe and in the process of being transferred to the Pacific theatre. When he left here, the Colonel was assist ant superintendent of Roanoke
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