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' ■ ; THE ROANOKE IN. O.’l TABloid Picture NBWBpaper S - AH Home-Print - t^HAJMEXXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.” THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1945 NUMBER 43 CAMP UNDER CONSTRUCTION <?irl Injured When Hit By Automobile Shirley O’dell, 10-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. O’dell of 1201 Hamilton Street was injured i^n accident last Monday about 12:10 o’clock when she collided with Mallory Faison’s car. The accident was unavoidable, it is said, as the child was riding her bicycle down the driveway in front of Williams Funeral Home and it was impossible for Faison to stop his car in time to prevent hitting her. The child's leg was cut and required two stitches; her head was injured, and there were s<^Beral other minor cuts and brtUses. Immediately after the ac cident, Mr. Faison took the child I to the hospital for treatment and she was released Wednesday. Sergt. Morris Arrives Home Technical Sergeant Leroy Mor r'4r son of Mr. and Mrs. Nettie Morris of this city, arrived in Roa noke Rapids last Tuesday after noon. A radio operator-tail gunner in the Air Corps, Morris was shot down over Germany in June, 1943, and was captured by the Nazis. He spent about two years in a Ger man prison camp before being liberated by American doughboys. Aside from being in a highly nervous condition Morris is said to l^Hiin fairly good health. He is at present visiting his wife in West Virginia. These Brothers Are on Guam Picture* above are Calvin and Gleen Williams, sons of Mrs. E. B. Williams of 1017 Roanoke Avenue. On tha left is Pfc. Calvin, 21, who in on Guam at the present, with the Marine Corps. He received his basic at Parris Island, S. C., after he entered in February of ’42, and went overseas in September of the same year. Calvin has never been home since he has been in service. Sl/c Gleen Williams, 18, is also on Guam with his brother. He entered the Navy in July ’42, and receiv ed his “boot” training at Bainbridge, Md. Gleen was home last in July, 1944. * ( I Auto Use Tax Stamp Must Be On Your Car July 1st Collector of Internal Revenue, Charles H. Robertson, has an nounced that auto use tax stamps in the denomination of $5.00 were placed on sale in all post offices and offices of Collectors of Inter nal Revenue on June 9. The Meats Arrive In Town; People "Storm" Market Meat, a very necessary com modity on most American tables, uQich joined the long list of “shortages” several weeks ago and became a critical shortage recent ly, came to Roanoke Rapids Thursday morning in a small quantity. It was whispered around a day or two ago that meat would be in town at a certain local market and it really created excitement. Early this morning a line form ed in front of the store before calming time and when the doors were finally opened the hungry “meat hunters” surged in and jam med against the meat counter. “Gimme some of this” and "gim me some of that,” said almost all of them in unison. However, there is no need to get “all up in the air” over the meat shortage. A check-up among local markets this morning brought to light the opinion of most of them Spt there will be plenty of meat within a few days. “I believe,” said one prominent market operator, "that by next ' week we’ll have enough to supply our customers.” And with that, this reporter felt better. We haven’t “eaten meat” in several days. Purple Heart Given Parents Mr. and Mrs. Grady Whitby, 902 Rapids Street, this city, have been awarded the Purple Heart ;n recognition of the death of their son, Pvt. James G. Whitby, who was killed in Europe July 11, 1944. Mr. and Mrs. Whitby have another son who is now stationed in Germany. Raleigh Team To Play Here Again The Young Men’s Business soft ball team from Raleigh, will play a return game here next Saturday night against the Romancos, it was announced today. The contest will be staged at Ledgerwood Park, beginning at 8 o’clock. The Raleigh outfit and the Ro mancos engaged in a doubleheader here last Saturday night, in which the Romancos came out on the right side of the score both times. stamps will evidence payment of the tax for the fiscal year begin ning July 1, 1945, and must be purchased on or before that date. The stamps will be serially num bered, and will be gummed on the face, and will have provision on the back for entry of the make, mod el, serial number and State lic ense number of the vehicle. Every owner of a motor vehicle which is used upon the highways should call at his local post office (Continued on -page 8—Sect. A1 German War Prisoners Will Be Used As Laborers Here Scrap Drive To Be Next Sunday A city-wide scrap paper drive will be held next Sunday, July 1, at which time the Boy Scouts of the city will collect all the old paper possible. The collection will start at 1:30. The Scouts will not be responsible for paper placed on the curb after that hour. All 1 old paper . should be tied in bundles and placed in front of ' your home before that time. The Scouts will get it. American Legion Show Called Off A telegram was received Wed nesday saying that it was impos sible for the cast in the show, “Gloom Chasers’’ scheduled to come here July 5 to play on that date. The show, sponsored by the Robert E. May Post of the Ameri can Legion, had been billed as an attraction to aid' in raising money for the building fund of the Legion and the V. F. W. The two local organizations are in no way re sponsible for the cancellation of the show. Stores To Close On July Fourth Roanoke Rapids stores, banks and postoffice will be closed all day next Wednesday, Independence Day, it was announced this week by the Merchants Association. Actual construction of a German war prisoner camp here was be gun last Friday. The camp is located just outside the city limits between Fourth and Fifth streets beyond Marshall. A part of the camp, however, will be in the city limits. This will be occupied by Army personnel who will have charge of the camp activities and the prisoners. The cost of the construction of the camp is estimated at about $7,000. The expenses of building is being borne by industries in this area which plan to use the Ger man prisoners as laborers. When the camp is completed it will have all modern conveniences, such as lights and water and sani tation. The prisoners will be housed at night in comfortable quarters. Present plans call for an esti mated 200 war prisoners, but this number wil be increased during the crop harvesting season, pro vided, of course, that the situation demands it. Sergt. B. Buckingham, a wound ed veteran of the Pacific war theatre, now stationed at Camp Butner, is in charge of construc tion work. He brought here 31 hand-picked skilled German work ers. Buckingham’s home is in Columbus, Ohio. “These are the pick of the lot," said the sergeant. “They are all skilled men and good workers.” They look like a healthy lot, too. It is estimated the camp will be completed in about three weeks. Sergt. Buckingham and the pris oners are quartered at Ahoskie until water can be “run” into the camp. Sergt. Francis L. Williams ” Knocks Out An Enemy Tank Looks Like Good Fishing Shown above is Sgt. Graham : Fogarty, Minneapolis, Minn.; Lt ] Major Joe Boswell, Jackson, Mist ing trip to Chinaman Lake. See tion A. Dickens, Roanoke Rapids; Sgt. Bill Dick Gerhan, Cleveland, Ohio; and ., after they returned from a fish letter to editor on page 4 of Sec rtnocKing out an enemy tana single-handedly, Sergeant Francis L. Williams, tank commander of Company B, 747th Tank Battalion, was awarded a Silver Star by Major Gen. Charles H. Gerhart, Division Commander. The sergeant is the son of Mrs. Lucille Williams of Roanoke Rapids. The text of the citation reads: “On February 25, 1945, Sergeant William^ was engaged in a fire fight with an SP gun near Hut hmachershof, Germany. Although his tank had received three hits, none of the shots had penetrated and Williams kept up a steady stream of fire going at the posi tion where he had seen the SP. He did not once give the order to back up, but instead chose to stand his ground and fight it out even though the SP was dug m and had a definite advantage. On its fourth shot the SP got a pene trating shot, that hit in the engine compartment seting he tank on fire. Williams gave the order to abandon. As soon as he hit the ground Williams headed for the tank that was nearest him in a protected position from the gun I Continued on page 8—Sect. A)
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