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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
4
Dick Smith longtime Roanoke Mills Company employee is off the job after an on the job accident. He suffered a crushed hand and arm and will be out for several weeks.
The Herald will publish the 500 or more items in the revised community list of legal ceiling prices for dry groceries in its next issue. New items authorized by CPA include certain spices, apple cider, and canned apricots. H. B. Speight notes the lists aid merchants and help housewives save shopping time.
Cpl. Benjamin F. Nethery has arrived in the states from Germany and is visiting his mother Mrs. Mary M. Jenkins on a thirty day leave. He has five years in service and will report to Miami Florida after leave. He has participated in five battles in France Belgium Holland and Germany.
Club President Miss Lois Churchill, a Greensboro College student, is elected president of The Spanish Club and joins the editorial staff of The Collegian. Her term begins next semester and she will be a junior next year. Cpl. Richard Cooper of Maxton spent the weekend with his parents, Mr and Mrs J J Cooper.
Maj. Otey led a patriotic talk urging workers to aid the war effort with cloth for uniforms and essentials. He demonstrated marksmanship with a .22 rifle and pistol, outlining training for straight shooters. The program traveled to Roanoke Mill No 2 and will visit Patterson Mills and Rosemary Manufacturing Company at 3 15 PM.
Officials urge finding lost ration books before applying for replacement. Guard your books carefully and return a replacement if the old book is found. Loss may lead to a heavy fine or possible jail.
Pfc George Wheeler of Troy N Y served 38 Pacific months and took part in Leyte mopping up. Pfc Marshall H Holybee of Austin Texas with the 82nd Airborne spearheaded Sicily Salerno Normandy and earned the Silver Star and Purple Hearts. Pvt David Koehl of Mobile Alabama with the 26th Infantry earned the Fourregre and Distinguished Service Cross after 20 months overseas.
S/Sgt. Harry J. Russo of Jersey City N J has served as small arms instructor at multiple posts nationwide and is now stationed at ORD in Greensboro. Sgt Otis L Earnest of Oblong Ill served 31 months with the 5th Air Force in the Southwest Pacific. Sgt Charles Rice of Sterling Mich served 35 months with the 13th Air Force in the Southwest Pacific.
Veterans plus staff attend ongoing programs at the Royal Theatre with two daily performances. Col Wallace presided as saluting and special films continued through Saturday at the Peoples and Imperial Theatres for the general public. Mrs Braxton Cooper reports her husband Pfc Braxton Cooper will arrive in New York June 19 after six months overseas with the Third Army in the European Theater of War.
WCBT will air interviews with wounded personnel from Moore General Hospital at 6 p m this Friday. Anne Freeman of the State War Manpower Commission and Robert Michie of the local office helped local mill officials prepare the program as the team travels to Rocky Mount to stress textiles and other critical war needs and to fight absenteeism.
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