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Please Call The Entertainment Com. All ladies’ of the town who have invited or will at some la ter date invite some of the sol diers in the unit stationed here to a meal in their homes, arc requested by the entertainment committee, appointed by the Community Center Board, to get in touch with Mrs. W. A. Carter, who is chairman of home entertainment, or Mrs. D. W. Seifert who is chairman of the entertainment committee. Those who have arranged for Religious services for this Sun day or those interested in ar ranging for future services are asked to contact Mrs. W. G. Suiter who is serving as relig ious service chairman. All de nominations are represented in the campaign. These requests are being made in an effort by the com. mittee to prevent duplicate ar rangements. Is Held On Albert Jones, 28, formerly of Weldon but now a resident of Roa noke Rapids is being held in Roa noke Rapids jail without privilege of bond on a charge of commiting rape on Marie Beale, 18 year old girl also of Roanoke Rapids. According to the story told by Miss Beale to her mother the al ledged attack took place in the Hjarnertown gection Saturday night about 10 o’clock while she was on a date with Jones. She asserted that Jones pulled her into a wooded area and threatened her with a knife. Jones admitted hav ing intimate relations with the Beale girl but said she consented. After relating her story to her mother the Beale girl was carried to Roanoke Rapids hospital w lere an examination revealed only slight bruises. Jones was arrested in South * Weldon by local officers a few hours after the act is alledged to have been committed. He was em ployed in one of the Roanoke Ra pids mills as a textile worker. Several Boyt Of Weldon And Vicinity Are In Honolulu Relatives here of a number of service men are anxiously await ing news of their loved ones who were in or near Honolulu when the Japanese attack was launched there Sunday. Jesse Harvell, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Harvell of Weldon; North Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey Taylor of Gumberry and James Atkinson son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Atkinson of Garys burg were all stationed at Oahu about thirty miles from Honolulu. Jiames Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cooper of near here and Buck Stepheson, brother of Mrs. A. P. Ellis, John Stepheson and Mrs. Lewis Edwards were both stationed at Pearl Harbour. No news has as yet been receiv ed by anyone here. Halifax County Council For Defense Is Named A. L, Hux, Halifax County Clerk of Court announced today the appointment of the following Halifax County Council of Nat ional Defense; D. Mac Jonnson, Ivey Watson, Mrs, Sam Arrington Dunn, J. W. Whitaker, Keginold W. Alston of Enfield; A, N. Martin, Mrs. W. A. Thorne, Frank S. Kemp, J. T. Chase, Mrs. Hazel Wheeler of Roa noke Rapids; W. P. White, J. Al ton Whitehurst, Rev. E. C. Craw ford of Hobgood; B. B. Everett, Palmyra; P. E. Shields, Mrs. Wade H. Dickens, Erie Rogers and T. R. Whitehead of Scotland Neck; R.| B. Patterson, Paul E. Johnston, C. L. Kelly and H. A. House of Lit tleton; Luth Williams ot Essex; Mrs. T. C. Qualls and Mrs. I. A. Crawley qf Hollister; Clifton Moss of Ringwqod; F. H. Clark, Mrs. C. R. Daniel, Rev. Q. P. Moore, C. 3. Vinson aqd W. O. Davis of Wel don, Mrs. Helen D. Marshall, W. ■ R. Caudle, P, C. M'Hikm. V. 0. Matthews and Dr. R. F. Young ofi Halifax; Mrs. Chas. F Marks and! L. A. Parks of Tillery; D. Knight, colored, County Farm A-1 gent Enfield; Winifred Branch, colored. Rosnoke Rapids; Walter Clark, colored, Scotland Neck and Dr, A, Tinsley, colored of Wei-1 don. The executive committee of the j council is composed of D. Mac Johnson, Enfield; P. E. Shields of Scotland Neck; F. H. Clark, Wei-! don; A. N. Martin. Roanoke Pa pids. Rev, E, C, Crawford, Hob-! THE ROANOKE NEWS ESTABLISHED IN 1868 — SERVING HALIFAX AND NORTH AMPTON COUNTIES CHRISTMAS SH0PPE&6 Visit your Halifax County Merchants this year before going; elsewhere to do your Christinas shopping. You will find them .well stocked and with large assortments to se lect from. Seventy-Fifth Year Published Every Thursday — Weldon, North Carolina Thursday, Dec. 11, 1941 ~ ' " -- ^- ■ Japan, Germany And Italy Declare War! On United States This Week Soldiers Guard Weldon Bridges Weldon got its first taste of World War No. 2 Monday after noon at 1 o'clock when approxi mately 180 soldiers arrived here from Fort Bragg to be stationed here until further orders, to guard the bridge over the Roanoke Riv er, the railroad bridges, power plant and other utilities. These man are from Company B, Ninth Division, Thirty-ninth Infantry, and Captain Hannum is the com manding officer. The local community center has been turned over to them, and a hotwater system is being installed for their use. Tents and other nec essary quarters have been erected on the community center grunds. All of the town’s utilities have been placed at the disposal of these boys and every courtesy has been exte*f?ed them. THE YANKEES ARE AT BAT! Gabriel .Heater one of A meictts’ foremost news com mentator’s, used baseball language in describing the war situation tonight. He said “The Yankees Are At Bat” and went on to tell of U. S. Marines throwing off a Japanese attack on the Philippine Island of Luzon; Che American flag is still flying over Wake Island in dicating the small U. S. Gar rison there had not surren dered as the Japs had re ported earlier; the sinking of two Jap battleships and one cruiser by U. S. bomb ers; all of which news indi cates American armed forc es are taking the initiative away from the Japanese, good; R. B, Patterson, Littleton and P. C. Millikin, Halifax. You will notice that one person from each town has been named on the executive committee and you will also notice that four co lored citizens have been included in the council. Volunteer registration blanks have been prepared and volunteer headquarters have been set up in the court house at Halifax. All air craft observers have been notified that the seventeen obser vatory poijts in Halifax County, have been put into order and will go on a twenty four hour basis. Observers have also been notified to be on the alert to receive in structions from the United Sta tes Army. D. L. Suiter of Weldon, Air Raid Warden at a controll center to be established in Weldun, wil| select the place for the Signal Corps to erect warning equipment. Mr. Hux has named Julian R. AUsbrook, W- J, Norwood, the Rev. Lawrence Stall of Roanoke Rgpids, E). Mac Johnson and Jo seph Branch of Enfield; Wade H. Dickens and Mrs. Helen D. Leg get! of Scotland Neck; George C. Green of Weldon; Charles Boykin of Halifax a"d 8- B. Everett of Palmyra to be put on the mailing ligt to receive Defense Materials and those named will be available as possible speakers at Mass ■ meetings to discuss topics which, may later be assigned, RECORDERS COJRT NEWS Thomas J. King:, white charged with driving while drunk nol pros with leave. Judgment absolute on the bond of Arthur Bryant to be discharged upon payment of $175.. Jefferson Reaves and • Turner Barnes, colored of Roanoke Rap ids were found not guilty of aid ing and abetting in escape from jail. Dan Johnson, white of Roanoite Rapids non support, prayer for judgment continued upon payment of the costs and on condition he pay or cause to be paid to his wife Marion Johnson $10.00 per week for supoort of this three minor children, to give bond in the a mount of $100.00 for his appear ance January 0, 1942 to show he is complying with said judgment. Eulas Pugh, colored of Roanoke Rapids, larceny not guilty. William Jones, defendant called and failed. Judgment absolute on I bond, Jenkins Banks, colored of Roa noke Rapids, assault six months on the roads. Suspended on payment of the costs and on condition he appear the first Tuesday of e-mi, month for two years and shoe, good behavior. Jenkins Banks for resisting iu„ rest. Judgment suspended on pay ment of costs, Walter Peters, colored of Rna- | noke Rapids, driving while drunk, Fined $50 and costs. License ie-j voked for 12 months, W. D. Blaisdeil, white of Roa noke Rapids, fi’ed $50 and costs. License revoked for 12 months for driving while drunk. Glossie Miles and Nelson Smith reckless driving, not guilty. Hugh Smith, colored of Scot land Neck, assault with deadly weapon, 6 months on the roads. Suspended on payment of osts and good behavior for two years. Lucius Brown, colored of Rocky Mount, speeding, judgment sus pended on payment costs. W, D. Perry, white of Louisburg speeding. Judgment suspended on payment of costs. L. R. Spooner, white of Wil mington driving while drunk, fined $50 and costs. License revoked for 12 months. | Claude Emory, white of Roanoke | Rapids, speeding, prayer for judg ment continued on payment of the i costs. I Chester Mullen, colored of Wei-1 don speeding, prayer for judgment continued on payment of the1 coats and on condition he does not1 oper ite a motor vehicle without same being equipped with proper speedometer. Major Parker, colored of Roa noke Rapids, 8 months jail for violation of terms of iudgi le it heretofore entered and 4 months jail for illegal possession of liq uor. J. W. Porch, white of Roano <e Rapids, charged with driving while drunk, not guilty. Joe Thompson, colored of Roa noke Rapids, driving while drunk fined $50 and costs. License re voked for 12 months. Major Evans, colored of Hollis ter. not guilty of trespassing. Doyle Keeter, white of Weldon was found guilty of driving on the wrong side of the road and judg ment suspended uon payment of the costs. _ Local Boy Joins U. S. Air Service Jenqings E- Knight son of Mr. and Mrs, S, D. Knight of Weldon has volunteered in the United States Army Air Corps and left Raleigh today for Fort Bragg, N. C, where he will be inducted. He is scheduled to leave there, Sunday for the Witchita Falls, Texas Army Air Field where ke| will enter training. SANTA CLAUS CAN HELP AMERICAN DEFENSE! This poster, drawn by J. W, and W, J. Wilkinson, a father and son artist team’of Baltimore, reminds Americans that they can help the Defense Program this Christmas by giving Defense Bonds and Stamps in addition to the usugl present* Nation-wide distribution of this poster has been made, especially in the windows of riOO.OOn retail stores where ValmttK Stamps—for as low as 10 cents -are now on sale. Urges Water Officials Take Measures Again’t Sabotage Raleigh, December 11th.-- Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, State Health Of ficer, has received the follow1 telegram from Dr. Thomas Par. an, Surgeon General, United Staves Public Health Service: “In view of the present emer gency, urge proper officials in charge of domestic water supplies to take immediate steps against sabotage by excluding all unautho rized persons and visitors 'rom water works properties, to provide guards at danger points and places where sabotage may interrupt con tinuous maintenance of supply and to set up chlorine dosages to main tain a residual sufficient to pro vide disinfecting action throughout the distributing system. Letter follows.” Replying, Dr. Reynolds telegra phed Dr. Parran: |We raised chloride residual content water plants over State last summer. Later we began in sisting on pre, and post chlorina tion in numerous sections and are now endeavoring to extend this over State. We are communicating your message re: precautions a gainst sabotage by quickest me thods. Await your letter containing further instructions. North Caro lina State Board of Health, backed by press, radio and public semi ment, solidly behind you in ab out health program to cooperate with any emergency.” Convoy Soldier Throws Out Message Yesterday while a convoy of sol-] diers were passing through the i following item wms thrown off by one of the hoys with the request that the NEWS publish it for the 1 information of his people in this section: Sgt. Albert L. Conner, former I citizen of Weldon and Roanoke j Rapids enlisted in the regular army at Fort Monroe, Va., for the past 1U months has been station ed at Fort Screnen and Camp Ste wart, Ga. Now heading North iO Baltimore, Md., with Battery E of the 70th C. A. 38th Brigade, to take part in protecting the Unit ed States in this war. Albert Conner. FORMER LOCAL MUSIC TEACHER IN HONOLULU Mrs. Anna Ware Smith, who for a number of years taught iwus'c in the Weldon High School is now a resident of Hawaii and lived in the city of Honolulu, which was attacked by the Japanese on Sun day, VOTING PLACES FOR COTTON REFERENDUM: SATURDAY, DEC. 13 i i i TOWNSHIP PLACE BRINKLEYVILLE _ ... ..HOLLISTER OR RINGWOOD BUTTERWOOD _AURELIAN SPRINGS SCHOOL CONOCONNARA ____TILLERY ENFIELD........ENFIELD TOWN HALL FAUCETTE .. . ..DARLINGTON SCHOOL HALIFAX __HALIFAX COURT HOUSE LITTLETON __LITTLETON TOWN HALL PALMYRA ___-_HOBGOOD OR PALMYRA ROANOKE RAPIDS__SOUTH ROSEMARY SCHOOL ROSENEATH .-__ROSENEATH SCHOOL SCOTLAND NECK.SCOTLAND NECK TOWN HALL WELDON______WELDON TOWN HALL ( , - o U. S. Goes To War Against Axis Nations After Japan Makes Sneak Attack Sun. - o The United States is at war with Jap1 i, Germany and Italy following a premeditated “sneak” attack on this country’s outposts and possessions Sunday. Congress today voted for the declaration of war against Germany and Italy following the satyne action taken by these Axis partners earlier today. MQDLIN’S PLACE IS DESTROYED | Modlin’s riace, popular oyster bar and cafe, on the Weldon-Koa noke Rapids road, was completely demolished by lire early Saturday morning and three persons who naj rooms on the upper floor of the building were hurt. The injured were K. G. Modlin, proprietor, who received a broken arm, William JJ.il], a fractured wrist, and Mrs. William Dill, a sprained back and a broken leg. Tne origin of the fire is un-j known and the damage was esli- | mated at $5000. “Messiah” To Be Presented By Choral Club Handels “Messiah” will be pee sented Sunday afternoon. De-em ber 14th in the Roanoke R ipids High Sehool auditorium at 1 o’ clock by the Choral Club, which is composed of seventy voices, un der the direction of Mr. C. L. Wil liams. The public is extended a cordial invitation to attend. Pageant To Be Given Sunday At Episcopal Church A Christmas Pageant will be presented Sunday a'ternoon, De cember 14th at 4 o’clock in Grace Episcopal Church. The public is cordially invited to attend. Developments over this past hectic week - end included a surprise attack by Japanese Naval and Air forces against the Philippines, Hawaii, Guam Midway and Wake Islands; all this at the time Japan’s “peace envoys” were in Wash ington asking for time to for mulate peace plans. The at tack was preceded by a Japa nese declaration of war a gainst this country. Monday President Roosevelt asked a joint session of Congress for a declaration o? war against our Japanese aggressors and this declaration was made in a few hours. Today Hitler’s German govern ment declared war on the U. S. am! this was done at the same time by Italy. A few hours later the United States Congress declar ed war against both Germany and Italy, thus this country joins Eng land and Russia in their fight a gainst the Axis’ nations. DODD IS FREED IN PARKER CASE James Dodd, 20 year old ex sailor who was being detained in Roanoke Rapids jail in connection with the death of Thaddeus D. Parker, 03, year old Roanoke Rap ids man who was fatally sho Sunday afternoon, November 30th has been released under a $100.00 bond. Dodd was being held on a per jury charge after he is aliedged to have told different stories con cerning his finding of Parker’s body. He was allowed to sign his own bond and is to report to H. E. Dobbins, Chief of Police on January 12th for disposition of his case. School Employees Asked To Buy Defense Bonds The following letter was sent out on December 8th by V. 0. Matthews, Superintendent of Hali fax County Schools: ( •TO THE EMPLOYEES OF I HALIFAX COUNTY SCHOOLS: j The time has now'come when. 1 think, each of us should make the defense of our country our first , consideration. 1 am going to sug gest that each employee working in the schools of Halifax County buy at least one Defense Band if i you have not already done so. In making this suggestion, I have in mind teachers, janitors, bus me chanics, plumbers, repair men, and office workers. I dictated a similar ( letter on August 29, but hoping; against hope that war would not come, this letter was not sent to all employees. But now since war( has come with avengeance let us make the Schools of Halifax County 100 per cent strong for Defense. It may be that many teachers can encourage children t»| buy stamps and eventually secure bonds. As soon as any school is able to report all employee par ticipating in the purchase of bonds this office will appreciate know’ng about it. It is possible for every employee including students from the jst grade through high school, to prove his ,or her, patriotic devotion to our Country by practicing the highest type of citizenship in the school room and on the nlay grounds. The proper use and care of all school property is a r^al test of our citizenship. We have tried with all of our might, vb'.i the money we have to spend, to give you a reasonable place in which to have schools. Fuel, water and lights, school equipment, text books, etc., may not be available in the not far distant future. Read this letter carefully and then do something more and hit ter than anything I have suggest, ed and I shall be glad. I am, sincerely yours, V. C. MATTHEWS, Supt.”
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