Ration Card Office Ransacked in Christmas Break-in
The Roanoke Rapids war price and ration board office in the armory was ransacked during the holiday but no ration coupons were stolen. District Director Theodore S. Johnson commended the officials for securing stamps and stamps in a bank vault and warned boards to keep coupons under lock and key. A window was pried, and the entire office was searched, though no losses occurred.
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Ing Board
OPA
Teodore S. Johnson
Di&ter
Roanoke Rapids
Carolina
Johnson
Ensign Eugene Shell Receives Naval Commission
Ensign Eugene C. Shell of Roanoke Rapids recently completed a Naval Training course at Cornell and was commissioned an Ensign in the U S Naval Reserve in August. He is a University of North Carolina graduate and did post graduate work at Duke. his wife is Bertha Viverette of Raleigh.
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Eugene C. Shell
Roanoke Rapids
Cornell University
Haca
N. Y
United States Naval Reserve
Ensign Shell
Fastmaster
L. G. Shell
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Bertha Viverette
Raleigh
Enfel
Naval Aviation
Chas. W. Davis
C. W. Davis
Roanoke Avenue
U. S Naval Flight Preparatory School
Williams College
Williamston
Mass
Young Davis
Two Killed In Bus Mishap Near Here
A Christmas morning crash near Roanoke Rapids left Bernard C. Hux 31 and Clarence Wicker dead after a car driven by James Thomas hit a fueling pickup behind a stranded North bound bus from Carolina Coach Co. Thomas faces manslaughter and drunken driving charges. Funeral services were held for Hux. Wicker’s funeral occurred earlier in Durham.
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Bernard C. Hux
The
Carolina Coach Co
Clarence Wicker
Durham
James Thomas
Roanoke Rapids
Emporia
Hux
Jacksonville
Thomas
Washington St
L. A. Tilley
Wicker
R Daughtry Buried Today in Local Ceremony
R P Daughtry a longtime city resident died Wednesday at Roanoke Rapids Hospital from heart ailment complications. Funeral services were held at Auburn R Daughtry's home with Rev Lester Tilley officiating and Cedarwood Cemetery interment. He leaves three children Earl Auburn Annie Bell, the widow, three brothers Lou J Lynn Van and three sisters Bette Miller Joe Rowe Lou Pawell.
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R. P. Daughtry
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Auburn R. Daughtry
Hamilton Street
Lester Tilley
Cedarwood Cemetery
Daughtry
Earl
Auburn
Annie Bell
Lou
J. Lynn Daughtry
Norfolk
van Daughtry
Bette Miller
Wilson
Joe Rowe
Lou Pawell
Richmond
Two Young Men Going West to New Publishing and Mill Roles
Howard Hancock leaves Roanoke Rapids Saturday to join The Forest City Courier as Associate Publisher working with Ed Anderson, a NC press veteran. Bill Alligood also departs for Mount Holly to become Personnel and Recreation Director for Rosemary Mfg Co. Both men have wives and young daughters planning to follow.
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U. S
Howard Hancock
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Forest City
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Mount Holly
Roanoke Rapids
West
Powell to Keep Dairy Going Ten More Days
Roanoke Rapids faces likely insufficient OPA relief on milk prices. Sam Powell agrees to operate the big dairy at a loss for ten more days while City Board of Commissioners works out a plan. Citizens Committee and OPA officials meet at Municipal Building with figures from State College Extension and local dairymen seeking 19 to 20 cents retail per quart.
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Anven Tno
OPA
Roanoke Rapids
Sam Powell
City Board of Commissioners
Citizens Committee
Raleigh
Messrs
Cavanaugh
Henderson
Extension Department of State College
Body found with head battered in West Rosemary area
Lindsay Price a 42 year old farmer from West Rosemary was found dead in Chockoyette Creek near John Chaloner School. Police report multiple head injuries and a possible sharp weapon. Discovery by local boys led to coroner Rowe ordering a scalp removal for inquest. Arthur Fleming questioned as a witness.
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Lindsay Price
West Rosemary Negro
Chockoyette Creek
John Chaloner
Tilghman
Dobbins
Rowe
Price
J. K. Giles
Simmons Place
West Rosemary
Arthur Fleming
Roanoke Junction
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CREEK
Board
R. Daughtry
Bill Alligood
Powell
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