Postwar Fashion for Soldiers Shapes Future Men’s Wear
Journal notes that after World War I soldiers will influence civilian dress with easier cuts, sportwear growth, brighter colors, and larger wardrobes. A Virginia exhibition in Richmond previews Spring Summer styles with 100+ lines, signaling a shift for ex servicemen returning home. The trend emphasizes quality fabrics, functional designs, and casual elegance.
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Johnnie
G. I. Joe
Virginia Men's Apparel Club
John Marshall
Richmond
the Mart
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Maryland
District of Columbia
Hockaday Enters St Louis Electrical Training School
Thomas E B Hockaday 22 son of Mr and Mrs Samuel W Hockaday of Roanoke Rapids enrolled in an intensive course at the Electrical Naval Training School in the St Louis Missouri Naval Armory. Selection based on recruit training aptitude tests. The course covers practical electrical work including tools soldering wiring diagrams and repairing techniques.
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Thomas EB. Hockaday
Samuel W. Hockaday
West
Littleton Rd
Roanoke Rapids
Electrical Naval Training School
St. Louis
Missouri
Naval Armory
Oddities in Drafts and Ads Spark Debate on Service
Radio argues compulsory training contradicts our tradition of voluntary service. An Apple nursery ad quotes six thousand dollars for a limb while Hollywood has paid ten times that amount for a pair.
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Hollywood
Roanoke Rapids Letter Warns on Timberland Destruction
J C Shearin, a forestry engineer, writes from Wakefield to The Herald urging selective cutting over clear cutting to protect Roanoke Rapids area timberlands. He warns if forests are mismanaged they will become worthless for the next generation and stresses forestry as a productive crop alongside farming.
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the Herald
Roanoke Rapids
Pvt William R King Finishes Course in England
Pvt William R King son of Fannie King Star Route Roanoke Rapids completed a course in bomb handling and vehicle maintenance at the Combat Support Wing of the Air Service Command in England. He previously worked as a paper tier for Halifax Paper Co before enlisting in January 1942.
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Air Service Command
England
Pfe
William R. King
Fannie King
Star Rt
Roanoke Rapids
Air Service Combat Support Wing
Pfc. King
Halifax Paper Co
Army
Leader weighs fifth term amid crackdown on abuses
The figure contemplates a possible fifth term while signaling a hard line against perceived abuses. The approach suggests testing public reaction to governance and anti corruption moves without citing explicit voting outcomes.
German Customs and Human Sacrifice Assertion
A quoted line claims Germans were the last white race to abandon human sacrifices to their gods, followed by the remark that they have not yet quit.
Halifax County Men Enter Service For Army and Navy
White men from Halifax County accepted at Fort Bragg December 21 for the Army included Guy Franklin Hardi James Edward Patrick Curtis Blocker John Lewis Massey Lloyd Earl Finch and Walter Clinton Merritt Those inducted into the Navy were Jessie Willard Edwards Clarence Hale and Winifield Thomas Barnes
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Halifax County
Fort Brage
Army
Guy Franklin Hardison
James Edward Patrick
Curtis Blocker
John Lewis Massey
Lloyd Earl Finch
Walter Clinton Merritt
Navy
Jessie Willard Edwards
Clarence Hale
Winifield Thomas Barnes
Sgt Keeter Assigned to Santa Ana Redistribution Station
Sgt Thom as Keeter son of Mrs T A Peace of Roanoke Rapids is stationed at Santa Ana Army Air Base after serving overseas as an aircraft armorer with the 7th Air Force in the Central Pacific. He joined the Army in January 1927 and went overseas in August 1940.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Thomas Keeter
T. A. Peace
Jackson St
Roanoke Rapids
Santa Ana Army Air Base
7Th Air Force
Central Pacific
Keeter
Army
AAF
RAF
Electric companies race to restore service after vast hurricane
The eastern seaboard hurricane leaves 400 million dollars in damage from North Carolina to Maine. Utilities mobilize line crews and equipment, with 18 hour shifts and wartime volunteers restoring power as hospitals and war plants receive priority. The storm tests national electric industry readiness. Hear Nelson Eddy in The Electric Hour on CBS Sunday at 4 30 EWT.
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Seaboard
North Carolina
Maine
America
Nelson Eddy
Robert Armbruster
EWT
CBS Network
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