Highway Commissioner Vindicated in Roanoke News Suit
A Halifax County jury found the Roanoke News false in a defamation case brought by Carroll L. Wilson against Roanoke News Inc. The trial spanned Monday to Friday, with witnesses including C. F. Gore and county officials detailing allegations about Wilson’s highway work and use of funds. all charges were ruled false and costs split.
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Carroll L. Wilson
Roanoke News, Inc
Weldon
Halifax County
Wilson
Roanoke News
Walter C. Bone
B. F. Turner
The
J. R. Wrenn
Harry House
J. Waldo Whittaker
B M. Nicholson
County Democratic Executive Committee
Jack Whitehead
Thelma
Roanoke River
Old Gaston
C. F. Gore
VFW Helps Veterans Fill Muster-Out Papers For Pay
The VFW announces assistance for eligible veterans to file for mustering-out pay. At the Roanoke Rapids Armory Friday and Saturday 2 to 6 pm volunteers will help with forms. discharge papers required and open to all discharged members of Army Navy Marine Corps Coast Guard or female reserves with honorable conditions. Pay ranges from 100 to 300 dollars based on service time and foreign service, with installments, and survivor payments to wives or children if the veteran dies before full payment.
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George N. Taylor
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Roanoke Rapids
War and Navy Departments
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Theatre sells war bonds for film premiere
Lyle M. Wilson, manager of the Peoples Theatre, announced that $50,000 in U S War Bonds were sold at the theater for the premiere of Thousands Cheer starring Kathryn Grayson and Gene Kelly. Admission was by War Bonds only.
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Lyle M. Wilson
The
Peoples Theatre
Kathryn Grayson
Gene Kelly
Pendleton Wounded in Action in Bougainville Theater
First Lieutenant Cecil A. Pendleton was severely wounded in the Bougainville area on Friday February 4 according to War Department notices. He is the son of Mr and Mrs A O Pendleton of Belmont Roanoke Rapids and is married with three children. He studied locally then NC State College ROTC and worked at Whitingville Spring Loom Company in Massachusetts. He is about 30 and had served in the Southwest Pacific with an infantry division for nearly two years.
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War Department
Cecil A. Pendleton
Bougainville
Pendleton
A. O. Pendleton
Belmont
Roanoke Rapids
Whitingville
Mass
Lieut
North Carolina State College
ROTC
Whitingville Spring Loom Company
Massachusetts
Southwest Pacific War Theatre
United States Army
Policeman Shot in Knee by Accidental Fire
An unidentified driver in Roanoke Avenue sped from police at 2:45 AM causing Officers Clayton Matthews and Alonzo Carver to pursue. Carver fired at the car, a bullet ricochet struck Officer Matthews in the knee. Matthews was hospitalized. the driver escaped.
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Roanoke Avenue
Clayton
Matthews
Alonzo Carver
Carver
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Lyles Dies From Streetcar Injury in Norfolk
Grady A. Lyles 29 of Roanoke Rapids died in Norfolk General Hospital from injuries after a street car collision last Saturday. He worked in Newport News shipyards since 1943 and planned to visit family when the accident happened. He is survived by his widow two children his mother and two brothers all of Roanoke Rapids. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Grady A. Lyles
Norfolk
Roanoke Rapids
Lyles
Newport News
William Warren Lyles
Peggy Ann
N. T. Lyles
J. T
R. H. Lyles
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Delfenthal
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Hitler
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