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Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E .May, R. EL MoCoannona, James W. Whitby, Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore, Curtis E. West, Edgar H. King, Robert Lee i«r—, Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr, Elmer E. Chambliss, white, Robert L. _Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brntas W. Rook, Bobt. B. Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, William C. Moody, Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Finch, Lawrence W. My rick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones, Robert A. Rogers, Rufus J. T. Wood ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, Herbert S. Edwards, H. Charles Leather-wood, Jr, John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr, Frank P. Hunter. THE ROANOKE RAPIDS H M m ^TAMoicr jmmttEMSpapa* JLm^ 'fOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. Cl,THURSDAY,"AUGUST 30,1945 USS Missouri To Be Scene Of Historic Jap Surrender m \,v' | aHKaHaummmmmmwMaHBM.mM—m——... — --■- ■ ...— The United States Navy’s mighty 45,000-ton bat deship, the USS MISSOURI, will end her World War HI career in a blaze of glory, next Sunday, in Tokyo Bay, when she serves as the scene of the historic un conditional surrender of Japan to the United Nations. Proudly bearing the name of the home state of President Harry S. Truman, the fighting USS MISSOURI has been named by General of the Army, Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, as the locale of the formal ending of the war in the Pacific. Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, CommandeiUin-Cliief of the United States Pacific Fleet and a Pacific Ocean Areas, will sign for the United States, General of the Army, MacArthur, for the Allied X forces which fought in the Pacific. The USS MISSOURI was launched January 20, 1944. Construction LI 'Gas ordered June 12, 1940. Her keel was laid on January 6, 1941, at the New York Navy Yard. w Champagne Gets Warrant For Woman But Runs Into Trouble Himself; Jailed ^irnHnu nVinmnaffMO IXfhlfo lHAtl. I ■■■■!■ . -"■■■I. II . a^ut 26 years old, whose home is said to be in Jesup, Md., ran into considerable trouble with the law late last Thursday afternoon. Champagne, who it will be re membered was arrested in con nection with the counterfeiting gasoline racket in Halifax County near Aurelian ^Springs last year, and for which he served a term in the federal penitentiary, came tag the city clerk’s office in the Municipal building last Thursday afternoon and asked for a war rant for Louise Liles, daughter of ! Will Liles, of near "the Springs.” The accusation, he said, was that the woman stole $170 and two "bad checks” given by her brother from him. A 4- > T.wnmcin’c trinl VlP ■ *" iatrate Thompson last I fore Mag^evidence tended to I %^hfrwarTtLrhapromis I violating the Thompson 1 A’ I Hux Returning 1 For Another 1 Load Of Vets I 3U Ekjjjx S §! gium. . hts family in Hal" ft While visiting nis rai“A * . th I ltax Mr. Hux was notified by I ir^-^-avely in I need of experienced seamen ^ I bring the troops back borne. Hux, 1 Marine^ince^October, 1943^ d®cid®J I ta remain in the service until this ■Situation was relieved. Jarman Aids In Rescue Of Famed Fliers Lieut. Fontaine G. Jarman, son of Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Jarman, 402 Hamilton street, Roanoke Rap ids, with five other Americans parachuted on a Japanese prison camp August 17 to rescue four of the famed Doolittle fliers who car ried out the first air raid on Tokyo, Maj.-Gen. William J. Dono van, director of the Office of Strategic Services, has disclosed. Lt. Jarman was a member of the six-man team which perform ed the spectacular release of the Doolittle airmen, Donovan said. ▼ T .1 .1 1_ -m »- •_T-»_ 11CQUCU KtJ of Milwaukee, Wis., the team, whose code name was “Magvie,” parachuted into Peking to rescue he surviving four captives who lad participated in the Doolittle raid. Eight members of the Doolit tle party were taken captive three /ears ago, but several of them were executed by the Japs. Lieutenant Jarman was a doctor n civilian life. Before joining the ">SS, he was stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. He joined the super-secret OSS in 1944, and went overseas with the service in May, 1945. Legion Meeting Day Is Changed The Robert E. May American Legion Post meeting date has been postponed, according to an official announcement made this week. Instead of meeting on Sunday afternoon as has been done in the past, the Legion will meet the first and third Thursday nights in each month at 8 o’clock. The place of the meeting will continue o be in the Armory. Champagne Is Served In Jail Chief of Police Dobbins served “Champagne” in the city jail several days last week end. That’s the story going the rounds at the Municipal Build ing. But don’t get the wrong im pression about the Chief. He really didn’t serve Champagne in the liquid form, but on the other hand, a white man, named Champagne, was being held in jail on several charges, and the man had to eat, didn’t he. So the Chief had Champagne serv ed. Registration For Pupils Is Announced I. E. Ready, superintendent of Roanoke Rapids Schools today re leased the following registration schedule for pupils for the coming school term which opens Monday, Rpnfpmhpr 111? » All first grade children are ask ed to report to their respective schools on Friday, September 7 at nine o’clock. Children who did not attend any of the elementary schools in Roa noke Rapids last year and who will be in the second through the sixth grades are asked to report to the Sixth Grade Building Fri day, September 7 at ten o’clock. Students in grades 7-12 who did not attend any Roanoke Rapids school last year will report to the high school auditorium Friday, September 7 at ten o’clock for registration. Piano students will register in the high school auditorium Friday, September 7 at 9:30 o'clock. On September 10: All elementary children will report to their respective schools at 8:20. Sixth grade students will report to the high school auditorium at 8:20. High school students will report to the high school auditorium at nine o’clock. WAR MEMORIAL BEING PLANNED Among The First Was Sergt. Hux Sergt. Willie E. Hux, Jr., was among the first to land in Japan this week, according to a mes sage received today by his wife, Mrs. Elaine Greene Keeter Hux. Sgt. Hux, a member of the 11th Airborne group, entered the service November, 1941. He went overseas in May, of this year. He became a paratrooper soon after the organization of that branch of the fighting forces. He has seen much action around Luzon in the Philippines. Lt. Benton In 'HotSpots'In Cen. Pacific Lieut. Scott Benton, USNR, who entered the service in September, 1942, has perhaps seen as much action as any naval man from Roanoke Rapids during the war with Japan. r Lt. Benton, member of the law firm of Allsbrook & Benton, serv ed aboard the Liberty ship Estes. During his length of service he saw action around Malaya, Ulithi, Tinian, the Gilberts and Marshalls, Two Jima and Okinawa and other places. It was at Okinawa, said Lt. Benton, where the going was toughest. There, for 20 days, “it was a living hell so far as the navy was concerned. It was just one air raid after another.” Asked how the boys on the ships reacted, he said that he could speak for his men. At Iwo Jima there was some signs of “jitters,” but at Okinawa it ap peared as if the men on Uncle Sam’s fighting ships had made up their minds there was a job to do and went about the business of doing it. “I guess they had just lost all reactionary feeling, be cause of the continuous air raids of the Japs.” It was by far the “hottest spot” in that area, said Lt. Benton. Lt. Benton is the son of Mrs. H. C. Benton. His wife is the former Miss Catherine Hall. Do you expect to get out soon? he was asked. Replying to this query, Lt. Benton said: “That is entirely problematical. However, you never can tell, but I hope to get out sometime this fall.” Lt. Benton will leave Sunday for' Cherry Point from where he will take a plane to San Diego, Cal. With Rochelle Realty Company E. W. Whitington, a discharg ed United States Marine, is now connected with Rochelle. Realty Company, according to an announ cement made today. Mr. Whiting ton, prior to entering the armed forces was with the Imperial Life Insurance Co. Am. Legion Post And VFW Join In Plan For Building Plans for a War Memorial in Roanoke Rapids to the veterans of all wars from this city are now in process of being perfected by the two local veterans’ organiza tions—the Robert E. May Post of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. A meeting held by building com mittees appointed from each of the organizations was held on Wednesday, August 16, at which time the project was discussed from every angle and plans 'made for the building. Attending this meeting were: A. N. Martin, E. P. Hyman, F. S. Kemp, D. L. Mahaf fey, C. C. Churchill and George N. Taylor, representing the VFW, and J. R. Allsbrook, W. V. White, M. C. Newsome, Kelly Jenkins, J. E. Forest and I. F. Rochelle, rep-. resenting the American Legion. After the project had been dis cussed and plans made, the com mittees reported back to their respective organizations at a meeting held separately last Sun day by the Legion and VFW the action taken by the joint com mittee was adopted in toto by the membership of both. The site of the proposed war memorial building will be at the intersection of Seventh and Ham ilton streets where two lots have already been purchased from W. S. Bullock. Construction work on the build ing will begin as soon as it is pos sible to complete plans and get materials. Financing of the build ing will come from money raised by the American Legion Post and Veterans of Foreign Wars acti vities. Robbins Safe Says Message John Robbins, 49 Madison Street, Roanoke Rapids, received the fol lowing message from the War Department Tuesday morning con cerning his son, Sgt. Dorothy L. Robbins, who has been a prisoner of war since May, 1942, when Cor regidor fell. The telegram read as follows: “The Secretary of War desires me to inform you that your son’s name, First Sergeant Dorothy L. Robbins appears on a list of personnel at Camp Hoten Mukden, Manchuria, dated August 26 received from the American Camp Commander.” Robbins entered the army in 1935, the last of August. He was reported missing in action after , Corregidor fell on May 6, 1942, and was missing a year before his family received any message from him. It was learned later that he' was a prisoner of war. Since' that time they have receiv ed one card a year from their son. Last January they receive^ a radiogram. He attended the local schools and was employed by the Roanoke Mills before entering service '
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