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Letters from Our Boys urge safe driving and war bonds
A Roanoke Rapids letter writer appeals through the editor to stress safe driving on North Carolina roads in 1944. He cites 1300 annual NC automobile fatalities in 1940–42 and urges citizens to buy more War Bonds, salute troops, and keep home front highways safe.
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North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
Mr. Wilson
Carolina
News and Observer
Wilson
N. C
Axis
Hitler
Tojo
United States
Major C. Newsom, Jr
B-20
Buckley Field
Cole
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