Roanoke Rapids Launches 4th War Bond Drive
In a high school assembly Roanoke Rapids students aged 13 to 18 surpassed their War Bond quota in three days, then more than tripled it. The community supports a broad series of fundraisers including tag days, a Birthday Ball, a Bingo Party, and a double header basketball game to back the drive.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids High School
Axis
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Armory
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lions Club
Roanoke Mills No. 2 Mens Club
Army
Paralyze Paralysis Aids and Costs Highlighted
The U S president was once a severe victim of infantile paralysis and recovery depends on timing. Ralph McDonald recalls 12 000 cases in 1943 as a peak, while County Chairman Graham Lynch notes a year of care and the Ken ny treatment costs 1800 dollars per patient.
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United States
Ralph McDonald
Graham Lynch
Kenny
Roanoke Rapids War Bond Drive Urges School Support
Editorial calls Roanoke Rapids residents to back the fourth War Bond Drive led by the local high school. Students pledge to raise funds to buy a field ambulance for frontline use, framing bonds as defense and insurance against defeat, urging citizens to sacrifice now to save lives tomorrow.
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Grace Taylor
Roanoke Rapids
John Q
War Statement by Service Organization Leaders
A San Francisco joint statement from leaders of the U S Chamber of Commerce the American Legion Rotary International and Kiwanis urges total war effort unity and peacetime reconversion plans. They call members to intensify action cooperate with other groups and promote sound fiscal policy veteran care education youth training and orderly demobilization.
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United States Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Rotary International
Kiwanis International
Oth
sirMaron
Ceneas
Eric A. Johnston
Eric
Woe
Cet
Farren
Donald B. Rice
Hiwants
Charles L. Wheeler
Rotary
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