Recapture Three Men Who Fled Prison Camp
A posse and Northampton county officers recaptured three of four escaped prisoners from the Northampton county prison camp after a tip led to their being seen near Seaboard. Chester J. Iesiewicz remains at large. The escape involved hacksawed bars and a high barbed wire fence, with guards dismissed after the incident. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Cochrane and son were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Wyche Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northampton County
Oscar Pitts
Seaboard
Chester Jackieswicz
Jersey City
N. J
Wake County
Liberty
Pitts
Delma Stanley
Transylvani County
James D. Jones
Cumberland County
Lloyd Bennett
Forsyth County
Gerald Daughtry
Harry Newsome
Northampton
James Whittmore
William Taylor
Local residents spend summer at home and visiting kin
Weldon residents Bettie Sutter returns from St Marys College Raleigh to spend the summer at home. Mrs Black Pierce and children Agnes and Blackie head to Wadesboro to visit her mother. W M Bruce and son Billie were in Culpeper Virginia for a brother's wedding. Eleanor Crouch back from Richmond. Martha Ellis from Richmond and Edith Mae Alston home from East Carolina Teachers College. Janet Rawlings from Richmond visits Weldon. Frances Johnson from Duke University is home for summer. Bettie Anne Shaw visits Ruth Harrell in Murfreesboro. Lucile Oakes weekend in Windsor. Margaret Pierce leaves for Texas to visit her brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bettie Sutter
St. Marys College
Raleigh
Edith Mae Alston
East Carolina Teachers College
Janet Rawlings
Richmond
Frances Johnson
Duke University
Bettie Anne Shaw
Ruth Harrell
Murphreesboro
Lucile Oakes
Windsor
Margaret Pierce
Texas
Fifth Selective Service Registration Set for June 30
President Roosevelt announces a June 30 registration for boys aged 18 to 19 under the Selective Service Act. This fifth registration will complete nationwide enrollment, bringing total names to about 42,000,000 with over 2,000,000 added by this cycle. those registered will not face the draft until age 21.
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Roosevelt
Rationing to curb men’s bicycles within three weeks
The national bicycle rationing will start within about three weeks, says H. B. Speight of the local war rationing board. Used bicycles and ladies and children's models under seventeen inches frame size are exempted. Dealers must inventory on hand and may keep fewer than ten bikes unless they obtain permits through the Office of Production Management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Speight
Speight
Office of Production Management
Mother Of Local People Succumbs
Mrs Myra B White died Sunday in a Columbia hospital prompting Roanoke Rapids relatives Mrs Melvin McDowell and Miss Meena Whitmire to travel to Greer South Carolina. Surviving are her husband A J Whitmire Sr two daughters and two sons A J Jr of Greenwood and Herman Whitmire of Columbia.
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Melvin McDowell
Meena Whitmire
Roanoke Rapids
Greer
S. C
Myra B. White
Columbia Hospital
A. J. Whitmire
A. J. Jr
Greenwood, S. C
Herman Whitmire
Columbia, S. C
Stancell Families Visit Mrs. M. A. Stewart This Weekend
R. T. Stancell and family and E. C. Stancell and family of Suf folk Virginia were guests of their mother Mrs. M. A. Stewart during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. T. Stancell
E. C. Stancell and
Suffolk, Va
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. T. Cochrane and Son
J. I. Wyche
Weldon
Reliable Lothing & Furniture Co
Roanoke Ave
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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