North Carolina Roanoke flood control committee formed
A Raleigh area committee led by Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn and Eric W. Rodgers aims to present flood control arguments to the U. S. Senate for the Roanoke River. The group plans to raise funds, compile a brief, and coordinate with Virginia counterparts to push the project ahead before Congress adjourns.
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United States Senate
Roanoke River
North Carolina
Washington
Congress
House
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Woodland
Eric W. Rodgers
Scotland Neck
Burgwyn
Halifax
Northampton
Warren
Martin
Bertie
Virginia
Weldon
Roanoke Rapids
Army Engineers
Philpott
Martinsville
Bugg Island
Clarksville
Federal Power Commission
J. W. Bailey
Pulley Recovering After Near Brest Tank Blast
Sgt. Willie G. Pulley 24 of Littleton is in a United States Army general hospital in England healing from wounds suffered near Brest France. He describes a shell strike that knocked him out and forced him to stagger away with aid through heavy artillery fire. His brother Clyde is also wounded in France.
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United States Army General Hospital
England
Willie G. Pulley
Littleton
Ernest L. Dietl
South Bend
Indiana
Brest
Sgt. Pulley
Brussels
Sgt
Pulley
Emma Pulley
Clyde
France
Sunnyside Garden Club Hosts Landscape Speaker at Home
The Sunnyside Garden Club met Wednesday at 3 PM at Mrs. M. Hedgepeth’s Hamilton Street home. John Harris, a landscape specialist from the Extension Department of State College, spoke to the group.
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Sunnyside Garden Club
M. H. Hedgepeth
Hamilton Street
John Harris
Extension Department of
State College
Welch Arrives at Miami Beach for AAF Redistribution
Second Lieutenant Rudolph A. Welch, 22, of Roanoke Rapids, has reached Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment processing after a tour outside the continental United States. Medical exams and classification interviews will determine his new post. he will stay about two weeks for rest and evaluation.
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Rudolph A. Welch
Roanoke Rapids
Army Air Forces Redistribution Station
United States
AAF Personnel Distribution Command
AAF
Welch Pilot in CBI Theatre Traced to Local Family
Lieutenant Welch son of Mr and Mrs Jeff F Welch of 225 Hamilton Street served as a pilot in the CBI theatre. His wife also resides in the same locality.
Hence: a punny spelling lesson with a misheard sentence
A teacher asks for a sentence using hence and Billy comically says Hence are female chick es, a mispronounced joke about hens and chicks that sparks classroom laughter.
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Billy
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