Fires gut two Vernon County businesses in Roanoke Rapids
Harrell Hardware Company and an Auto Service Station warehouse burned in separate blazes. Vernon A. King was reported wounded in action with three brothers serving abroad. Fire damage totaled about fifteen thousand dollars at Harrell’s, with a radio shop and radios destroyed. The Auto Service Station storage warehouse also burned, with flames fully involved on arrival.
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Harrell Hardware Company
Jesse Harrell
Brown Motor Company
Boiker
Roanoke Mill No. 1
First Street
Jackson
Monroe
Harrell's
Roanoke Ave
Roanoke Avenue
W. J. Bartley
Bartley
Roanoke Rapids Man Held on Hit-and-Run Charge
W. H. Carter of Roanoke Rapids was arrested and bonded for 500 dollars after a Sunday morning collision on the Weldon Roanoke Rapids highway. Richard D. Rice, an employee of Patterson Mills, suffered a severe arm injury requiring amputation and removal to Roanoke Rapids Hospital. A warrant followed extensive officer investigation, with a Halifax County Recorder's Court hearing scheduled for the month's end.
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W. H. Carter
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Carter
Richard D. Rice
White
Patterson Mills
Rice
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Halifax County Recorder's Court
Soldier John Wayne Thomas Wounded in Saipan Battle
Wounded 100 Cedar Street, this city, have been notified that their son Pfc. John Wayne Thomas was wounded in action in the Saipan battle July 4. Friends and relatives may write to him at Pfc. John Wayne Thomas 1-B-23 Marine care Fleet Post Office San Francisco Cal.
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Cedar Street
Pfc
John Wayne Thomas
Saipan
Care Fleet Post Office
San Francisco
Cal
Prisoner of War Robert Bryant Confirmed in Germany
Pfc. Robert L. Bryant of Gaston is now listed as a prisoner of war in Germany after previously being reported missing in action in Italy on February 16. His parents Mr and Mrs W B Bryant received word and his short wave message to family confirmed his status. He signs as Robert L Bryant SN 3446563 P No 129880 Stalag TA Germany.
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W. B. Bryant
Gaston
Pfc
Robert L. Bryant
Italy
Young Bryant
Roanoke Rapids
Stalag TA
Germany
Pvt
Elmer E. Chambliss
Eadie, Chamoliss
Missing in Action Husband from French Front
Mr and Mrs Robert Whitby of 1001 Franklin Street learned from the War Department that their son Pvt Harry T Whitby has been missing in action in France since July 19 He enlisted in August 1943 and went overseas in June of this year.
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Robert Whitby
Franklin Street
War Department
Pvt
Harry T. Whitby
France
Pvt. Whitby
Scrap Collection Scheduled Sunday
Roanoke Rapids Rotary Club sponsors a Sunday afternoon scrap collection from 3 to 5 30. Ben Lancaster chairs the committee with aid from Boy and Girl Scouts. Residents should place cans rags and scrap paper on the curb and tie stacked paper. If rain, collection shifts a week later.
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Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County Superior Court Convenes For Two Week Term
Halifax County Superior Court will convene next Monday in Halifax for a two weeks mixed term with Judge Thompson of Elizabeth City presiding. The term centers on the murder case of Eli Putney charged with killing Ruth Eva De Loach, a 14 year old girl, with Putney recently arrested in Maryland and returned for trial.
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Halifax
Cook Dies in Action in France During World War II
Pfc. Thomas H. Cook Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Thomas H Cook of Tilson Street was killed in action in France on July 24. He had served with the Roanoke Rapids National Guard before being drafted into the Regular Army and recently sent overseas.
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Thomas H. Cook, Jr
Thomas H. Cook
Tilson Street
War Department
France
Young Cook
Roanoke Rapids National Guard
Final Rites For Sullivan Held Today
John E. Sullivan aged 51 died suddenly at his home on Madison Street Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted today at the First Methodist Church by Rev. L. A. Tilley. Interment followed in Roanoke Rapids Cemetery. Survived by a widow two sons a daughter two brothers one sister and a granddaughter.
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John E. Sullivan
Madison Street
Mr. Sullivan
First Methodist Church
L. A. Tilley
Roanoke Rapids Cemetery
Johnsie Chappell Sullivan
Leonard L. Sullivan
Norfolk, and Corp
James B. Sullivan
England
J. H. Loomis
City
Ed Summerer
Portsmouth
F. B. Sullivan
Kannapolis
George T. Sullivan
Roanoke Rapids
A. M. Lear
China Grove
Sarah Ann Sulliivan
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Karrell Hardware Company
Vernon King
Hattie King
Clinton Street
Vernon A. King
USMC
Mrs
Frank Thomas
Medlins
Atlantic and
Pacific
Raymond E. Medlin
James W
Jim) Medlin
Jim
C. E. Medlin
Goldsboro
Raymond
Atlantic
Robt
Bryant
Superior Court
Cook
Sullivan
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