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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1942
Page
7
A wartime editorial urges continued sacrifice as six months of production boost nears, warning of metal and material shortages. Citizens are asked to scrap waste, cut consumption, and shift habits in eating, clothing, and travel to keep war factories and ships advancing.
Rev. Peter M. Denges outlines Mass times for Sundays and weekdays at St John’s Catholic Church. Confessions daily before Mass. A social at the rectory on Tuesday June 23 at 8 p.m. hosted by Mrs John J Williams and Mrs Roy A Gantt. Festive Mass for St John the Baptist on Wednesday June 24. Next Saturday marks the first day of summer with Masses.
A new schedule takes effect this Sunday June 21 with Masses at 7 am and 9 am. Father Denges invites the public especially honored soldiers to attend all Catholic services.
At Fort Jackson the 105th Medical Battalion Band moved to Camp Hood Texas and becomes part of the 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Six Roanoke Rapids musicians from the original band joined the transfer including Staff Sgt Barney R Rook and Sgt Carl G Edwards. The group left Roanoke Rapids in September 1940 with the band of the 105th and has served since then. Some Company B guards have since moved to other units and foreign postings.
The document's first must item funds ongoing U S Savings Bonds purchases as part of the wartime budget. The line emphasizes sustaining bond sales amid wartime financing and public finance policy. The note signals a steady revenue source tied to war costs and citizen investment programs.
A Roanoke Rapids notice explains federal rules on purchase prices payment and delivery. Merchants say they will comply to aid the war effort and urge customers to understand reductions in services as necessary. They call for cooperation and warn there is a reason for refusals to perform past services.
Federal rules taking effect June 1 limit deliveries to one per day per customer and ban call-backs including laundry pickups. Hospitals and emergency public health deliveries are exempt. Roanoke Rapids merchants have voluntarily trimmed service to conserve rubber and gasoline, with cooperative customers.
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