Beale Sentenced to 12 to 15 Years in State Prison
Beale a white man arrested two months ago for assault on his wife and step-daughter was found guilty this week. Judge Nimocks sentenced him to state prison for 12 to 15 years with an appeal filed by his lawyer. Other court actions included Jimmie Jefferson charged with rape given four months. Hubert Lowder pled guilty to breaking and entering and placed on probation. Ben Barnette had case not pressed with leave for possession of stolen property.
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Stanley Beale
Halifax County
Beale
Nimocks
Jimmie Jefferson
Megro
Faucetts Township
Hubert Lowder
White
Roanoke Rapids
Ben J. Barnette
Meritorious Service Unit Plaque For Company A 3119th
The Meritorious Service Unit Plaque is awarded to Company A 3119th Signal Service Battalion. Technician Fifth Grade Forrest E. Rook is a member. Maj. Gen. Maxwell J. Murray presents the award citing superior duty and high professional proficiency. The unit served at a South Pacific base and earlier as 831st Signal Service Company on New Caledonia.
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3119Th Signal Service Battalion
Forrest E. Rook
Lunceford Rook
Roanoke Rapids
Maxwell J. Murray
South Pacific
Signal Service Battalion
831St Signal Service Company
Island
New Caledonia
Sister of Local Woman Is Killed in Boating Accident
Thomas Owens of Norfolk, 24, formerly Skippers, Va., died last Sunday at Ocean View when his wife and sister in law were aboard a small outboard boat. A large vessel passed causing the craft to rock and throw Mrs. Owens into the water where she was fatally injured by the propeller. Owens’ two children Julia and Dickie stood on the beach as the tragedy unfolded.
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Thomas Owens
Norfolk
Skippers
Ocean View
Russell Hoffman
Owens
Julia
Dickie
Pfc Morgan Returns Home From Overseas Duty
Pfc Robert M. Morgan arrives home after 17 months overseas in Italy and Austria, reaching the United States on August 20. A former radio transmitter operator for WCBT, he wears the Bronze Star and ETO ribbon with three stars along with the Good Conduct Medal, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, and a Presidential Unit Citation. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert B Morgan and husband of Premmie Finch Morgan, with son Charles. After 30 days leave, he will report to Fort Bragg for reassignment.
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Robert M. Morgan
Italy
Austria
States
Morgan
WCBT
Robert B. Morgan
Monroe Street
Premmie Finch
Charles
Hamilton Street
Twelve divorces granted in Halifax County Superior Court term
Twelve divorces were granted during the present term of Halifax County Superior Court. Helen W. Hardy from Lon D. Hardy. William Edward Holmes from Elsie May Finch Holmes. Quincey Newell from St. Clair Newell. Catherine Ellwood Sadler Thompson from William Jack M. Thompson. Eddie Edmonds from Nannie Daniel Edmonds. Willie Mae Humbert from Edward Humbert. Charles H. Gibson from Margarette Boens Gibson. Franklin Elmore Pylant from Cora Bell Spence Pylant. Rebecca B. Truesdale from Francois C. Truesdale. Fred Augustus Lawton from Mary E. Lawton. Arthur Clayton Lynch from Catherine Elwood Sadler Thompson Lynch who had not been divorced from her former husband.
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Halifax County Superior Court
Helen W. Hardy
Lon D. Hardy
William Edward Holmes
Elsie May Finch Holmes
Quincey Newell
St. Clair
Fred Augustus Lawton
Mary E. Lawton
Arthur Clayton Lynch
Catherine Elwood Sadler Thompson Lynch
Root Doctor Breaks Up Black Woman Love Match
In a dated tale a 17 year old Black girl Pete loves Hubert who beats her. After consulting a root doctor Pete rubs roots to make him disappear and Hubert leaves. A parallel memory recalls a woman with a razor threatening her man to stop a quarrel.
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Pete
Hubert
Corp Jarvis Receives French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Cpl. Charlie Jarvis 25, son of Mr and Mrs A C Jarvis, earned a French Croix de Guerre with Palm and a citation for exceptional wartime service during the Normandy invasion with the 1st Engineer Special Brigade part of the assault force U. He joined the National Guard in 1940 from this city, trained at Fort Jackson, and shipped overseas with the 105th Medical Detachment.
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Cpl
Charlie Jarvis
A. C. Jarvis
de Gaulle
Provisional Government
French Republic
France
First Engineer Special Brigade
Normandy
Charlie
Jarvis
National Guard
105Th Medical Detachment
Fort Jackson
S. C
Eto
Pete
Army cancels contracts with textile mills in Roanoke Rapids
The U S Army ends contracts with Roanoke Mills Company Patterson Mills Company and Rosemary Manufacturing Company halting Saturday work and restoring a 40 hour five day week. The mills produced gun cleaning cloth patches used for rifles pistols and small arms with over 150 workers in the patch department at peak.
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Roanoke Rapids
United States Army
Roanoke Mills Company
Patterson Mills Company
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Army
Letter Confirms Son's Heroic WWII Aerial Act
J H Matkins formerly of Roanoke Rapids now in Richmond received a letter from Brig Gen Charles T Myers USA praising his son 2d Lt Marvin F Matkins for aerial bravery on January 7 1944. Matkins piloted a B 25 bombardier during the Perugia Italy mission guiding a bombsight despite heavy anti aircraft fire and later parachuting behind enemy lines. His actions contributed to destroying an enemy airfield and earning the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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J. H. Matkins
Roanoke Rapids
Richmond
Marvin F. Matkins
Charles T. Myers
USA
Mr. Matkins
Matkins
Perugia
Italy
Mathins
Pfc Shearin Enjoys 30 Day Home Furlough
Pfc Kenneth Shearin, son of Mr and Mrs F W Shearin, is spending a 30 day furlough with his parents after six months overseas and combat in Germany. He wears the ETO ribbon with one star and the good conduct ribbon and will report to Fort Bragg after leave. A Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company veteran, he is a local high school graduate. His brother Sgt Franklin Shearin serves in the Army Air Corps in California.
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Kenneth Shearin
F. W. Shearin
Shearin
Germany
Kenneth
Fort Bragg
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Army
Flagman Edward Jenkins Dies After Crossing Incident
Edward Jenkins flagman for Seaboard Railway died after being struck at Franklin crossing by a Seaboard train. He sustained a fractured skull and broken leg while flagging an automobile that sped through, causing his raincoat to catch in the train. He died Friday at Raiford Memorial Hospital. Jenkins was son of Mrs E S Jenkins of Littleton.
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Flagman
Edward Jenkins
Seaboard Railway
Seaboard
Franklin
Raiford Memorial Hospital
North Carolina
Jenkins
E. S. Jenkins
Littleton
Gurney L Brown on 30 day leave from Army
Pfc Gurney L Brown recently returned from Europe and is visiting his wife on a 30 day leave. He joined January 30 1943 served six months overseas with Company I 68th Division in the Rhineland and Central Germany campaigns. He holds the Combat Infantry Badge and the ETO Ribbon with two stars. Before service he was assistant manager at Bills Cafe Roanoke Rapids and attended Roanoke Rapids High School. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A J Brown of 49 Madison Street and resides with his wife Miss Mary Williams at 234 Hamilton Street.
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Pfc
Gurney L. Brown
Jannuary
Rhineland
Central Germany
Brown
Bill
Ant
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids High School
A. J. Brown
Madison Street
Mary Williams
Hamilton Street
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