Names Sent to District Attorney for Prosecution in Selective Service Case
Three local men were turned over to the United States District Attorney for prosecution after failing to return Selective Service Act questionnaires and not appearing for a warning. The three are McKinley Bernard Williams, Philip Porter, and Wilber Carter.
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United States District Attorney
McKinley Bernard Williams
General Delivery
City
Philip Porter
J. O. Carr
Wilmington
Draft Board
FBI
Selective Service
Vepco Receives Third Consecutive Safety Award
Virginia Electric and Power Company announces its third straight top honor from the National Safety Council for 1.5 accidents per million manhours. The firm credits employee safety discipline over campaigns and aims to improve again in 1941 while noting ten year progress from ninth in 1930-31 to first from 1937 through 1940. Miss Agnes Wrenn and Frances Wrenn of West Point, Va., visited R. H. Rook and family last week.
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Virginia Electric and Power Company
National Safety Council
Power Company
Agnes Wrenn
Frances Wrenn
West Point, Va
R. H. Rook
Harlow Rites Held Tuesday At Halifax County Home
Funeral services for June Harlow, 76, were conducted at the home near Andersons Cross Roads in Halifax County on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o clock. Interment followed in the family burying ground. He died Sunday evening after a two week illness. Surviving are his wife, a daughter Mrs Mary Dawson of the home, and four sons Charlie and William of Roanoke Rapids, Claude J of Caledonia, and Pete of the home.
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Harlow
Anderson’s Cross Roads
Halifax County
Mary Dawson
Charlie
William
Roanoke Rapids
Claude J
Caledonia
Pete
Lawrenceville Visitors Reported From Nearby Towns
Mrs J L Williams and Bill y Taylor visited Lawrenceville Virginia on Sunday. H V Staton of Bethel was in town on a business visit last week. Miss Merle Cole of Richmond spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Alice Cole.
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J. L. Williams
Billy Taylor
Lawrenceville
H. V. Staton
Bethel
Merle Cole
Richmond
Alice Cole
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Eddie Gilchrist
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John Dowden
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Frank Brown
Robert Boone, Jr
Jasper Louis Harrison
Robert Teen Willoughby
Isaac Edward Clary
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co
Roanoke Ave
Jake Spire
Vepco
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