Roanoke Rapids Soldier Bell Returns From Guadalcanal
Private First Class William L. Bell of Roanoke Rapids arrived home this week after 18 months in the South Pacific, including four and a half months on Guadalcanal. He received a medical discharge for shell shock and tropical malaria.
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William L. Bell
Roanoke Rapids
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Young Bell
Henderson Field
Bell
General Army Hospital
Temple
Texas
Will Try City Murder Case in August Term
A two week Halifax Superior Court term starts August 16 with Judge R Hunt Parker presiding. Lead case Tiffany Pinkerton, 40, charged with first degree murder in the death of Ernest Riddle, 42, a Gaston textile worker. Pinkerton is from the Rosemary section.
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R. Hunt Parker
Superior Court
Halifax
Tiffany Pinkerton
Ernest Riddle
Gaston
Miss Pinkerton
Beébn
No Arrest Yet In Garner Death Case
Coroners jury urged fuller investigation after finding the mangled body of Leslie Garner a Seaboard employee on Henderson Street tracks last Tuesday morning. Sheriff H A House reports the inquiry continues but no evidence has been found to justify an arrest.
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Oner
Leslie Garner
Seaboard
Henderson Street
H. A. House
Four Colored Men Accepted for the Army
Halifax County Local Draft Board No 1 announces four colored inductees as of July 14 Obray Jarrells Cleveland Edward Clanton William Jones Coley and Quinten Victor Cheek.
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Halifax County
Obray Jarrells
Cleveland Edward Clanton
William Jones Coley
Quinten Victor Cheek
Armory Dances Continue Despite Engineer Detachment Move
The Saturday Night Square Dances will continue at the armory, now housing a detachment of the 30th Engineers Company. VFW Commander Geo. N. Taylor announced the plan after conferring with Lt. Cassidy, who approved and said the dances could proceed without inconveniencing the engineers.
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VFW
30Th Engineers Company
Geo. N. Taylor
Taylor
Lt. Cassidy
Engineers
John D. Cox Wounded Marine Transferred to Corona Hospital
Pfc John D Cox U S M C son of Mr and Mrs N D Cox was wounded at Guadalcanal in September 1942 and hospitalized since. He has been moved to United States Naval Hospital Corona California and is improving with hopes for a furlough.
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John D. Cox
N. D. Cox
Guadalcanal
United States Naval Hospital
Corona
California
John Lewis Padgett
J. A. Padgett
Weldon
Army
Ft. Jackson
8. C
Tennessee
Unique Bond Drive Staged By Theatres
Roanoke Rapids Theatres launch a war bond drive offering votes for bonds purchased or stamps converted. Each one cent buys a vote for a candidate. top voter wins round trip rail travel and meals to any Army Navy or Marine post to visit a service member. Campaign runs from Monday to 9 p.m. Saturday August 7 with a panel of judges.
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Roanoke Rapids
United States
Peoples
Imperial
Navy
Continental
Sailor Thomas Marshall Jr on nine day furlough
United States Navy seaman Thomas Arthur Marshall Jr. is visiting his mother Mrs. Lillian Marshall at 829 Jackson Street after receiving a nine day furlough following completion of boot training.
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Thomas Arthur Marshall, Jr
Lillian Marshall
Jackson St
Lions Club Plans Seventh Annual Mid-Summer Festival
The Lions Club announces the Seventh Annual Mid-Summer Festival at Simmons Ball Park August 9 to 14 with W C Kaus Shows as midway attractions and local stands. Free nightly acts and cash prizes are planned while police shore patrols from Norfolk Navy Yard aid crowd control. Proceeds fund local welfare work.
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Lions Club
Dot Bennett
Simmons Ball Park
Bennett
Kelly Jenkins
Harry House
Norfolk Navy Yard
Detachment Engineers Settle Into Roanoke Rapids Armory
A detachment of Company A, 30th Engineers, U.S.A., commands by 1st Lt. Cassidy and 2nd Lt. Thenn arrives in Roanoke Rapids for an undetermined period for military mapping. They will inhabit the Armory barracks and quarters while assisting local civic groups.
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30Th Engineers
Topp
U.S.A
Roanoke Rapids
F. P. Cassidy
George R. Thenn, Jr
Wilson
Cassidy
Red Cross
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Patterson Apartments
Thenn
J. B. McGee
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Pfc
Bill Bell
Guadalcanal Zone
Bill
Pearl Harbor
Field Artillery
New Caledonia
Southwest Pacific
Herbert L. Bell
Cor
John Cox
Corporal
Plans Lions Festival
Joseph W. Norwood
J. W. Norwood
Patterson Mills Co
LS Se
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