Four Abernathy Brothers Serve Country in War
Mrs. Franklin Abernathy of Roanoke Rapids reports four sons serving in the armed forces. Donald 20, petty officer 2nd class in Naval Air. John S. 22 in Navy. James 24 in Army with earlier service in Hawaiis, North Africa, Sicily, now in Italy. Bennie 26 in Army, former Roanoke Mills worker, stationed in England.
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Franklin Abernathy
Fenry Street
Roanoke Rapids
United States
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Donald
Naval Air Corps
Africa
Seaman
John S. Abernathy
Kennedy Memorial School
Kinston
The
Rosemary Manufacturing
Norfolk
John
South Pacific
Corp
James Abernathy
James
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Bennie Abernathy
Ronoke Mills No. 2
England
Pvt Earl Conner Reported Missing in Italian Zone
Forrest G. Shearin of this city received word from the adjutant general that his nephew Pvt Earl Conner is missing in the Italian war zone. Conner, son of the late Mrs Conner and Mr Conner of Weldon and Norfolk Virginia, served in the Air Force.
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Pvt
Conner
Forrest G. Shearin
Army of the United States
Earl Conner
Air Force
Shearin
Pvt. Conner
Children Day Service at Lebanon Methodist Church
The annual Children's Day service will be held at Lebanon Methodist Church next Sunday. The public is invited to attend the morning service and picnic dinner. Rev. D. L. Fouts of Weldon will conduct the service.
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Lebanon Methodist Church
D. L. Fouts
Weldon
PFC Ingram Reported Missing in Action
Pfc Robert Lee Ingram 20, son of Mr and Mrs J J Ingram of this city, is reported missing in action in a telegram to his parents received Monday July 3. He enlisted at 18 in March 1942 and served in North Africa and Italy, with Anzio recent correspondence. His brother John Thomas Ingram is in the Air Corps at Sheppard Field Texas.
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Robert Lee Ingram
J. J. Ingram
Ingram
North Africa
Italy
Robert
Anzio
John Thomas Ingram
Air Corps
I Sheppard Field
Texas
Carpenter Is Wounded in France
Pvt. Martin R. Carpenter, 19, son of Mr and Mrs R P Carpenter of Triplet Virginia, has been reported slightly wounded in France by the War Department. He is confined in a hospital in England. He is the youngest of four brothers in the Army.
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Pvt
Martin R. Carpenter
R. P. Carpenter
Triplet
War Department
France
England
Pvt. Carpenter
The
Herald
Air Medal Awarded to Staff Sgt James W. Shay Jr
Staff Sgt James W. Shay Jr 24 of Roanoke Rapids received the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in six bomber combat missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe. He serves as a top turret gunner on a B 17 in England. his wife resides in Roanoke Rapids.
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Air Medal
Europe
James Ww. Shay
Washington
Roanoke Rapids
England
Shay
Sac
Oversubscribed County Bond Drive Shows Mixed Results
The Roanoke Rapids war bond event at The Peoples Theatre drew $130,000 in admissions, while county pledges lag for the $500,000 E bonds. Halifax County totals through July 3 reach $1,779,000 of a $1,567,000 county goal, $212,000 over target for the overall drive, with optimism the rest of July will push past $2,000,000. Officials urge purchase of E bonds as critical wartime investment.
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Peoples Theatre
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County War Finance Committee
County Boys Participate in Invasion
Local youths from Halifax County joined the Normandy invasion. Herbert F. Vick, wife Mildred L. Vick, and two Vick brothers Jack in Italy and Lewis in the Merchant Marines are named. Melvin P. Williams of Roanoke Rapids and Alton Co. Lynch of Blackridge also served, with this being their first combat.
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Normandy
France
Herbert F. Vick
V. C. Vick
Weldon
Mildred L. Vick
Vick
Peoples Theatre
Jack Vick
Italy
Lewis Vick
Merchant Marines
Melvin P. Williams
G. C. Williams
Jackson Street
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax
Hearing Set Tuesday for Eli Putney Slaying Case
Eli Putney a 60 year old Black man charged with the killing of Ruth Eva DeLoach a 14 year old girl about 14 years ago will have a preliminary hearing in Halifax County Recorder Court next Tuesday. The hearing was postponed last Tuesday due to absent witnesses. authorities announced today.
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Hli Putney
Ruth Eva DeLoach
Baltimore
Halifax County Recorder Court
Putney
Dobbins
Wade Dickens
Sher
Weldon Man Wounded in Battle Zone
Pfc. Matthew Hale age 20 husband of Mrs Odell Peterson Hale of Weldon is reported by the War Department as seriously wounded in the Normandy battle area. The message reached Mrs Hale last Saturday morning. Hale, formerly employed at a Weldon mill, entered service in 1940 and has suffered prior wounds in battle and recently received the Purple Heart from the President.
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Pfc
Matthew ©. Hale
Odell Peterson Hale
Weldon
War Department
Normandy
Hale
Roanoke Rapids Observes Quiet Fourth With Holiday Break
Roanoke Rapids enjoyed a safe and sane Fourth of July with nearly empty streets and many firms closed. The Mills shut for a four day holiday, resuming operations Wednesday morning.
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Roanoke Rapids
Alice Dobbins
Safe In England ord has been received
Order notice from rela Corp Andrew F Fer Eng pare: 10 2982 reads as official communication with limited readable details and no clear event or outcome.
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Abernathy Brothers
Donald Abernathy
Cpl
Hildren's Day
Pfc. Ingram
Carpenter
Sergt. Shay
Eli Putney
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