Roanoke Rapids Nurse Receives Bronze Star and Promotion
Major Daisy M McCommons of Roanoke Rapids has earned the Bronze Star and been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. A 1931 Roanoke Rapids High School graduate, she trained at Philadelphia General Hospital and Duke Hospital before enlisting. She served at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Porto Rico, Walter Reed, Camp Barkley, and in England since 1944, directing field training for over 1500 nurses and overseeing care for 20,000 casualties during Normandy.
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Daisy M. McCommons
RL. McCommons
Jackson Street
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids High School
Miss McCommons
Philadelphia General Hospital
Duke Hospital
Durham
Duke
Normandy
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Roanoke Rapids Mayoral and Commissioner Election Details
Election Day is next Tuesday May 8 with polls from 6 30 a m to 6 30 p m. Voting occurs in Roanoke Rapids North Ward at the Boy Scout Cabin Second Street and South Ward at Rosemary Graded School Hamilton Street.
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Roanoke Rapids
Second Street
Rosemary Graded School
Hamilton Street
Pfc Connor Wounded in Action in Germany
War Department message to wife Mrs Pearl Connor of Gaston says Pfc Hughlette J. Connor was wounded February 22 in Germany with the Timberwolfe Division. A former Halifax Paper Company employee, he joined in 1942, trained at Camp Adair Oregon and has been in Finney General Hospital Thomasville Georgia awaiting 30 day leave.
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War Department
Pearl Connor
Gaston
Hughlette J. Connor
Germany
Connor
Timberwolfe
Halifax Paper Company
Camp Adair
Ore
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville
Jas
Missing in Action Spence and Bronze Star for Connor
Pvt Joseph Connor who joined the Army in 1942 earned the Bronze Star for heroism and the Purple Heart for Holland wounds in October 1944. At 22, he is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Connor, overseas since August 1944 after training in Oregon Arizona California Colorado and New Jersey. Connor will return to Camp Butner after a 30 day leave. Pvt Hugh E Spence, son of Mr and Mrs C S Spence, is reported missing in action in Germany since April 7. He had written to his parents about a slight wound. Spence served since February 1942 in North Africa Sicily Italy France and Germany. He was employed by Roanoke Mills before service. His brother Pvt Maynard Spence serves with the Marines in the Pacific.
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Pvt
Joseph Connor
Holland
Connor
Robert Connor
Oregon
Arizona
California
Colorado
New Jersey
Rosemary Manufacturing Company
Camp Butner
Hugh E. Spence
C. S. Spence
Gaston
Germany
War Department
Spence
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
France
Roanoke Mills Company
Maynard Spence
United States Marines
Pacific
Recuperating At His Home Here
J. W. Medhin, injured in a Durham car wreck on April 9, has been released from Duke Hospital after three days and moved to a local hospital for recovery.
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J. W. Medhin
Durham
Duke Hospital
Legion Dance Set At Roanoke Rapids Armory May 11
The Robert E. May Post of the American Legion sponsors a Legion dance in the Armory on Friday night May 11. Music will be provided by Bob Cleveland and his orchestra, the same band that played at the previous Legion dance and is being brought back by popular request.
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Robert E. May
The
American Legion
Armory
Bob Cleveland
Legion
Roanoke Rapids
Half Holiday To Begin On May 16
A brief notice states a half holiday will start on May 16, a Wednesday afternoon. The source text includes the start date and day, with no additional details about the observance or participating entities.
Sugar Can Conversion: Over 6000 Families Registered for Canning
More than six thousand families registered for canning sugar over three days as shown by the local ration board figures. Many families still did not get the chance to register, but those who missed the window may visit board offices after obtaining their canning products to receive sugar. Board officials thanked volunteers from Weldon Littleton and Roanoke Rapids for their assistance during the registration period.
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Weldon
Littleton
Roanoke Rapids
Pvt. Davis in English hospital after liberation
Pvt. Cornelius Everette Davis, once reported missing in action, writes that he is recovering nicely from a leg wound. He was wounded February 22, captured by Germans, shrapnel removed by a German doctor, liberated March 23, then transported to England for hospital care.
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Pvt
Cornelius Everette Davis
England
Hitler Is Dead as Berlin Falls to Russians
Berlin capitulated Wednesday afternoon as Soviet forces captured the city. A high Nazi prisoner reported Adolf Hitler killed himself, alongside Propaganda Minister Goebbels, ending the Nazi capital's reign in Europe.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Goebbels
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Langford
Eugene O. Langford
W. K. Langford
Golden Acorn Division
Daisy M'Commons
Hitler
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