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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jun 22, 1944

Page

8

RATIONING AT IMPERIAL THEATRE WITH BEERY AND MAIN

The Imperial screens Rationing next Sunday starring Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main with Dorothy Morris and Tommy Batten in brief roles. Beery battles red tape and a rival ration board head while a light romantic subplot unfolds and a final free-for-all showcases Beery’s heroics. Weekly lineup includes Stage Door Canteen Monday Tuesday and Banjo on My Knee Wednesday Thursday with Frisco Kid closing Friday Saturday.

Imperial Theatre Wallace Beery Marjorie Main Beery Dorothy Morris Tommy Batten Miss Main the Imperial Stage Door Canteen Banjo Barbara Stanwyck Joel McCrea James Cagney Margaret Lindsay

Two social visits noted in Virginia Beach and Raleigh

Miss Margie Bernice and Helen Collins spend the week in Virginia Beach while Miss Agnes Manning visits friends in Raleigh.

Margie Bernice Helen Collins Virginia Beach Agnes Manning Raleigh

U D C Supper Meeting and Civil War Remembrance

U D C chapter hostesses Mrs. C J Leonard and Mrs. P W Randolph held a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Leonard’s home. Officers absent. Mrs S C Whitaker presided. Devotional led by Mrs. Robert Kimball. letters urged War Bonds and Fifth Bond Drive. Crosses for Confederate veterans descendants discussed. July 20 call meeting at Hut. D Davis talk and birthday shower for a member followed supper. Twenty-one members and four visitors attended. Also announced Lucile Margaret Cornatzer to Hyram Bailey Cornatzer on June 6 in Advance North Carolina. Mrs LeGrand Johnson and children visiting Mrs C S Vinson.

S. C. Whitaker Susie Fitz-Patrick D. Mac Johnson Jeff Davis James

Everett Tank Lighter Co. Coxswain Serves In Italy Theater

Technician Fifth Grade Johnnie A. Everett, son of Mr. and Mrs. William A. Everett, serves as a Coxswain with an amphibious Engineer Tank Lighter Company that mans tug-boats and Nile River craft to land fighting equipment for the Italian campaign. The unit, commended by Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, operated craft in the Mediterranean and aided in breaking a world ship unloading record.

Johnnie A. Everett William A. Everett Mackeys Italy Jacob L. Devers Mediterranean England Africa Oran Algiers Arzew Bizerte

Memphis Belle Returns to Peoples Theatre for One Day Showing

Private Lee Medlin of Roanoke Rapids, home on leave, and his aircrew recall the Memphis Belle as the European premiere screens at Peoples Theatre. The World War II bomber story, cited by ground crews and technicians, highlights its role in striking Hitler forces.

England Pfe Lee R. Medlin J. D. Medlin Jackson St Roanoke Rapids Pvt Medlin War Department United States Army Air Forces Lee Medlin Memphis Medlin Military Army Air Forces Memphis Belle Peoples Theatre

Where Sudden Death Grows On Trees

In remote Argentina, a native-favored berry spreads a deadly mystery. British missionaries battle the vegetable menace as chronicled in The American Weekly Favorite Magazine with The Baltimore Sunday American for July 2.

Argentina Favorite Baltimore Sunday American

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