We Are Fighting for Freedom Not Territory
R H Tawney argues Britain fights to oppose a creed denying common men rights. He cites brutality by German forces, the Gestapo and concentration camps, and calls for dignity over subjugation, preferring death on our feet to life on our knees. A brief World War II era vignette follows of a bystander saving a drowning man and being thanked with five dollars. Also notes observers expect Japan to strike toward the South American Pacific coast as Hitler advances.
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Britain
The
New York Times
R. H. Tawney
University of London
Holland
Gestap
United States
Orient
Hitler
South America
Japan
Pacific
Washington
Local social notes record visits to Ocean View and Farmville
Mrs. R. J. Righmyer, Mrs. H. E. Gibson, Misses Jean Gibson, Frances Rightmyer and Ray Rightmyer were at Ocean View on Tuesday. J. E. Williams spent Sunday in Farmville.
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R. J. Righmyer
H. E. Gibson
Jean Gibson
Frances Rightmyer
Ray Rightmyer
Ocean View
J. E. Williams
Farmville
Baseball news from Roanoke Rapids fades with stir of players and leagues
In a round of Coastal Plain and local leagues, Joe Talley won his sixteenth game and struck out a hitless three inning stint in the All-Star event. A mix of optimism and moves surrounds prospects for majors, while Newark’s Tommy Byrne struggles for form and Syracuse pilots and Rangers reflect on aviation ties and local softball, with Patterson and No 2 teams contesting city supremacy as Yankees face ownership chatter.
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Joe Talley
Joe
Raleigh Pastor Appointed Rector of Roslyn Church
The Rev. Charles U. Harris son of Raleigh residents Charles U. Harris and his wife has been named rector of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church at Roslyn Long Island. He succeeds the late Rev Harry L. Rice who led the church for 19 years after serving in Roanoke Rapids Louisburg and other North Carolina communities. He is a Wake Forest and Virginia Theological Seminary graduate and entered the ministry in the North Carolina Diocese.
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Charles U. Harris
Raleigh
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church
Roslyn
Long Island
Mr. Harris
Trinity Church
Harry L. Rice
Wake Forest College
Virginia Theological Seminary At
Alexandria
Episcopal
Diocese of
North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Louisburg
Fleming Robertson Wedding Announcement in Newport News
Announcement of the marriage of Lora Louise Robertson daughter of Mr and Mrs John Robertson of Littleton North Carolina to Brandon Wilson Fleming son of Charlie Fleming of Enfield North Carolina. The ceremony was held July 17 in Newport News Virginia. The couple will reside in Newport News Virginia.
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Lora Louise Robertson
John Robertson
Littleton N. C
Brandon Wilson Fleming
Charlie Fleming
Enfield, N. C
Newport News
Fleming
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Tommy Byrne
Owls
Newark
Sam
Norfolk
Stacia
DeBerry
Jerry Brown
James Hudson
J. J. Byrd
Owl
Patterson
Yankees
the Lions
Red Rock
Hines Beverages
New York State
Fleming- Robertson
Roanoke Rapids Lions Club
Roanoke
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