Champagne Faces Warrant as He Clashes With Law
Walter Champagne of Jesup Maryland sought a warrant for Louise Liles in the city building on a claim she stole 170 dollars and two bad checks. The case ties to his prior counterfeiting gasoline racket arrest and a federal sentence, with testimony at the Liles trial noting his promiscuous violation of the law.
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Walter Champagne
Jesup
Champagne
Halifax County
Aurelian Springs
Federal Penitentiary
Nicipal
Louise Liles
Will Liles
Liles
Thompson
Hux Returns For Eighth Merchant Marine Voyage
L. Hux, clerk of Halifax Superior Court on leave, sails for an eighth overseas voyage with the Merchant Marine. His last trip carried European veterans from Antwerp. While visiting Hal, he learned the Shipping Administration needed experienced seamen to bring troops home. He has served since October 1943.
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A L. Hux
Halfax Superior Court
Merchant Marine
Antwerp
Belgium
Hal
Hux
Jarman Aids In Rescue Of Famed Fliers
Lieutenant Fontaine G. Jarman of Roanoke Rapids aided a six man OSS team code named Maggie that parachuted into Peking on August 17 to free four Doolittle raid veterans held by Japan. Donovan disclosed the operation and Jarman’s role in the rescue of the surviving airmen who participated in the Tokyo raid.
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Fontaine G. Jarman
F. G. Jarman
Hamilton Street
Roanoke Rapids
Tokyo
William J. Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Jarman
Donovan
Ray Nichols
Milwaukee
Wis
Maggie
Peking
Fort Benning
OSS
Service
Legion Meeting Day Is Changed For May Post
The Robert B H May American Legion Post postpones Sunday meetings and will hold the first and third Thursday nights each month at 8 o’clock in the Armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert BH. May
American Legion
Legion
Armory
Champagne Is Served In Jail Chief of Police Dobbins
The city jail reportedly received Champagne from Chief of Police Dobbins in jest as a white detainee named Champagne was held on multiple charges. The incident sparked chatter at the Municipal Building, though no liquid champagne was served.
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Dobbins
Champagne
Registration Schedule For Roanoke Rapids Pupils
I E Ready, superintendent, announced pupil registration for Roanoke Rapids schools for the term starting September 10. First graders report September 7 at nine, new entrants in 2nd to 6th grades report at ten, and new 7-12 grade students report at ten in the high school auditorium. Piano students register September 7 at 9:30 in the high school auditorium. Elementary pupils report at 8:20, sixth grade at 8:20, and high school at 9:00.
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I. E. Ready
Roanoke Rapids
Cehildren
War Memorial Planned by Roanoke Rapids Legion and VFW
The Robert E. May Post of the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars plan a war memorial for Roanoke Rapids to honor veterans of all wars. A joint building committee met August 16 to review plans and designate a site at Seventh and Hamilton streets on two purchased lots. Construction will start once plans and materials are secured, funded by local Legion and VFW activities.
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Roanoke Rapids
Robert BE. May
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
A. N. Martin
E. P. Hyman
F. S. Kemp
D. L. Mahaffey
C. C. Churchill
George M. Taylor
VFW
J. R. Allsbrook
W. V. White
M. C. Newsome
Kelly Jenkins
J. E. Forest
I. F. Rochelle
the Legion
Joint Committee
Toto
Seventh
Hamilton Streets
W. S. Bullock
American Legion Post
Sergt Hux Among First To Land In Japan This Week
Sergt Willie E Hux Jr of the 11th Airborne landed in Japan this week as reported to his wife Elaine Greene Keeter Hux. Enlisted in November 1941 he went overseas in May and earned paratrooper status after the unit formed. He saw action around Luzon in the Philippines.
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Hux
Willie E. Hux, Jr
Japan
Elaine Greene Keeter Hux
Sgt
11Th Airborne Group
Luzon
Philippines
Roanoke Rapids Naval Officer Recalls Okinawa Hot Spot
Lieut. Scott Benton USNR who joined in 1942 served aboard the Liberty ship Estes. He saw action around Malaya Ulithi Tinian the Gilberts Marshalls Iwo Jima and Okinawa describing Okinawa as the hottest spot with days of air raids. He hopes to return home this fall and will travel from Cherry Point to San Diego.
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Lieut. Scott Benton
USNR
Roanoke Rapids
Japan
Lt. Benton
Allsbrook & Benton
Estes
Malaya
Ulithi
Tinian
Gilberts
Marshalls
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Uncle Sam
Benton
H. C. Benton
Catherine Hall
Cherry Point
San Diego
Cal
Whitington Joins Rochelle Realty Firm Announcement
Rochelle Realty Company announces that EB W Whitington a discharged United States Marine is now connected with Rochelle Realty. Before joining the armed forces he was with Imperial Life Insurance Company.
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Rochelle Realty Company
EB. W. Whitington
United States Marine
Mr. Whitington
Armed Forces
Imperial Life Insurance Co
War Department confirms Sgt Dorothy Robbins POW status
A Roanoke Rapids family receives a War Department telegram listing Dorothy L. Robbins First Sergeant as a prisoner of war. Robbins went missing after Corregidor fell May 6 1942 and has since sent yearly cards, with a radiogram in January. He joined the army in 1935 and previously worked for Mills.
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John Robbins
Madison Street
Roanoke Rapids
War Department
Dorothy L. Robbins
Secretary of War
Camp Hoten Mukden
Manchuria
Robbins
Corregidor
the Mills
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United States Navy
Tokyo Bay
United Nations
Harry S. Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Paci
Chester W. Nimitz
United States Pacific Fleet
Pas Ocean
United States
MacArthur
Pacific
New York Navy Yard
Legion Meeting
Cen. Pacific
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