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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1945
Page
4
The piece notes varied reactions to peace with humorous anecdotes. A businessman, a young lady, a woman fond of shoes, and a barber shop porter named Sweat all express happiness about new freedoms and supplies at filling stations, dresses, shoes, and shopping without stamps, though full changes are not yet here.
Town residents report weekend trips and relatives visiting Norfolk Virginia Richmond and White Lake. Mr and Mrs Tom White and daughter vacationed at White Lake while H M Hudson and Murrell Hudson visited relatives. Robert V Daniel USN Norfolk spent time with his mother and families. Bobby Nantz and Sammy Nantz plus family stayed in Norfolk for a weekend. A O George family returned from a weeklong vacation at Nags Head.
Cpl. William Mac Outland of H Company 253rd Infantry Division serves as athletic NCO director in Germany. He organizes USO shows and sport activities, runs an orientation board with Lt. Olinde, and briefs the company on weekly news each Saturday. He enlisted April 1944 and went overseas October 1944. son of Mrs Rosa Outland, wife Alice Taylor, and child live at 928 Vance Street. formerly employed at Rosemary Manufacturing Company.
First Lieutenant Lloyd L. Ennis son of Mrs J W Lynch 825 Powell Street is home on his first leave since joining the air corps February 1 1943 He trained at Miami Beach Florida earned wings at Selman Field Louisiana served overseas with the Eighth Army Air Corps and returned aboard the Queen Mary August 3 He wears five battle stars an Air Medal with five clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross He will report to Drew Field Tampa Florida when furlough ends He attended local high school and worked for the Atlantic Coast Line in Rocky Mount He has three brothers in service Sgt Eugene Ennis Sgt Alvin Ennis in the air corps and Pfc Clyde Ennis in the army field artillery
Mrs. Henry Ruark and her children from Chapel Hill spent several days with relatives here last week. Mrs. Lillian Smallwood and her son Elwood are visiting in Norfolk this week.
Ten additional locals were inducted into the armed forces on August 6. In the army, Elmo Lewis, Jasper Thomas Daniels, Henry Floyd Evans, and William Edward Sledge joined. In the navy, Sylvester Ivey Jr, West Lee Boyd, Horace Roberts, Gilbert Squire, Cecil Charles Edward Pair, and Noah Jones were enlisted.
General MacArthur seeks the unarmed Type Zero aircraft to depart Kyushu with six hours notice, escorted by P-38s, landing at Ie Shima. He also presses for swift release of Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright and hundreds of other American prisoners from the Philippines, with terms from President Truman calling for transfer to safety locations.
Report notes spokesmen estimate Nipponese hold near Allied transports and discuss quick placement aboard transports as part of the security assessment.
The tally notes at least 16,669 American prisoners including 3,339 civilians while the remainder are military personnel, reflecting the conflict’s human cost and scope.
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