Man Held Here for Assault
Albert Jones 28, a Roanoke Rapids textile worker, is jailed on a rape charge after allegedly forcing Miss Marie Beale 18 to submit with a knife threat during a Saturday night encounter in Hornertown. Beale, taken to hospital, described the attack and Jones's earlier attempts to go to Weldon and to Morris store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Jones
Marie Beale
Hornertown
Roanoke Rapids
Jones
South Weldon
Miss Beale
Weldon
Thomas Barnes
Grady Harper
Barnes
Morris
Hamilton Street
H. E. Dobbins
H. A. House
J. A. Draper
J. L. Mountcastle
Sheriff House
Chief Dobbins
Roanoke Mill No
Dodd Released in Rifle Incident Investigations
Investigation shows Dodd hunted nearby with youths William Capps 14 Herbert Adams 19 and Brooks Jeffers 16. Test bullets from rifles borrowed from Ben Butler and used by Adams and Jeffers were sent to the S B S in Raleigh for ballistics examination of the fatal Parker chest bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Capps
Herbert Adams
Brooks Jeffers
Capps
Dodd
Ben Butler
Adams
Jeffers
Raleigh
Parker
Dobbins
Halifax Civilian Defense mobilizes county volunteers and guard units
Halifax County activates Civilian Defense with volunteers for messengers drivers corps decontamination and medical groups. Headquarters at the Halifax courthouse to register workers 10 am to 4 pm weekdays. A 480 soldier detachment from Fort Bragg guards key bridges and utilities in Weldon Roanoke Rapids and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Hux
H. A. House
Weldon
Charles H. Boykin
B. B. Everette
Palmyra
Fort Bragg
Highway 301
Roanoke River
Roanoke Rapids
Virginia Electric Power
Company B
9Th Division
39Th Infantry
Halifax County
Hubert Riddick
Scotland Neck
D. Mac Johnson
Enfield
P. E. Shields
F. H. Clark
A. N. Martin
E. C. Crawford
Hobgood
R. B. Patterson
Littleton
P. C. Millikin
Former Patient Receives 3 to 4 Years For Assault
Charles P. Williamson a former Army reserve captain pled guilty to assault with a deadly weapon during a jury trial in Jones County Superior Court and was sentenced to 3 to 4 years in the state penitentiary for the unprovoked shooting of State Senator John D. Larkins Jr. in Trenton on September 27. He told the court he did not fully understand why he fired and cited recent hospitalization and severe nervous strain as possible mental lapses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Williamson
Jones County Superior Court
State Penitentiary
John D. Larkins, Jr
Trenton
Williamson
Larkins
Roanoke Rapids
Mrs J M Jacksons Visit To Washington With Chaunceys
Mrs J M Jackson and Mrs Louise Patterson with daughter Betty and Miss Virginia Jackson spent the weekend in Washington North Carolina visiting Mrs Allen Chauncey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Jackson
Louise Patterson
Betty
Virginia Jackson
Washington, N. C
Allen Chauncey
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Theodore C. Johnson
North Carolina
J. M. Broughton
Johnson
V-Men
State
W. C. King
Bruce Camp
Rufus Britton
Sherwood Brockwell
Marshal Brockwell
Highway Patrol
SBI
FBI
Home Guard
Sir Raid
Eric Rodgers
T. R. Whitehead
Paul E. Johnson
C. L. Kelly
Essex
Luther Williams
Hollister
T. C. Qualls
I. A. Crawley
Ringwood
Clifton Moss
C. R. Daniel
D. P. Moore
C. S. Vinson
W. O. Davis
Helen D. Marshall
W. R. Cadle
W. C. Matthews
R. F. Young
Tillery
Charlies F. Marks
L. A. Parks
D. J. Knight
Winfield Branch
Walter Clark
J. A. Tinsley
Rose
Toyland
Greenville
Oak City
Bethel
Tarboro
Washington
Williamston
New Bern
Morehead City
Beaufort
Jacksonville
Ricks Bus Line
Paul T. Ricks
Greenville, N. C
Old Lewis Hunter
Harrison County
Kentucky Blue Grass District
William Jameson & Company, Inc
New York
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