Canadian training of RAF pilots sparks wartime morale notes
Mrs. Douglas Gray of Toronto says large numbers of RAF pilots train in Canada and are sent abroad quickly to face Italy and Germany. Families learn of deployment only at departure, with secrecy around troop movements. Morale is high. Canadians stay patriotic and hopeful England will win. Gasoline and rationing tighten, tourists from the U S visit freely, and Canadian currency controls limit spending abroad. Sheppard Field prepares for a massive Air Corps training program with 26 000 total personnel and a 13 million dollar investment.
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Royal Air Force
Great Britain
Canada
Europe
Douglas Gray
Toronto
Herbert Pope, Jr
Littleton
R.af
England
United States
Sheppard Field
Air Corps
Army
Air Force
Air Mechanics
Waters Hurt In Window Fall
Jack Waters of this city was hurt Saturday night when he fell from a window at his residence. He was treated at the local hospital, remained overnight, and was sent home on Sunday.
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Jack Waters
Sale of Land for Taxes in Roanoke Rapids 1941 Auction
Tax collector A. E. Akers schedules a September 8 1941 sale in Roanoke Rapids courthouse to satisfy 1940 taxes. Real estate listed includes Clark Nash Belmon t and multiple Roanoke Avenue and Hamilton Street properties, plus numerous other parcels and colored town properties. Highest bidder for cash wins each parcel.
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Halifax
A. E. Akers
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids Lumber Company
Henry Street
Monroe St
Roanoke Rapids Properties
Roanoke Avenue
Hamiltn Street
Hamilton Street
Washington St
Jefferson St
Clinton Street
Emry St
Littleton Road
Littleton Road B. St
Jackson St
B Insurance & Realty
Old Show Ground
Allen
G. L
Jackson Street
Armstrong
B. F
Matthews Hill
Babcock
W. H
Roanoke
Wene
Bain
Mrs
A. J
Barnes
L. L
Burton Street
Barros
T. F
Weldon Road
Bennett
M. E
10Th
Marshall Sts
Brickell
C. B
Hamilton St
Moses E
Brooks
Erma
H. C
Belmont B. St
Draper
L. H
Edmondson
J. R
Edwards
B. P
Bolling
Rosemary
Joe T
Ellis
H. S
Tilghman
Elmore
E. W
Charlotte St
Emry
C. R
Washington Street
Ivey
Ione T
Finch
H. J
Show Ground
Fligel
Ida
Frank
Max
Horner Town
Gibson
J. T
West Rosemary
Wood St
Glover
Myrtle
Grant
Guppey
E. J
Harrell
Charlie
Harris
W. E
Harrison
S. Elmo
McGeeland - Hawkins
J. H
Jones
Alice
Leonard J
Keeter
Fannie
Belmont Maddrey Hill
C. T
Kidd
S. W
Lassiter
Rena
Franklin St
McDaniel
James G
Ren. Ave
McDonald
Belmont
Maple St
E. A
Wood Street
Rainey
Jennie
Ransome
Mat
Burton
Jefferson Street
Taylor
Buck
Rosemary - Taylor
R. E
Thompson
Carl S
Madison St
C. S
Wilson
S. E
Wood
M. R
Woodruff
Mrs. A. P
Wrenn
Washington St. McMurray
J. M
McNabb
G. M
Mabrey
Eugene
Horner
Daniel
Andrew
Hodges
Herbert
James
Hodges Town
Phillip
Epps
Erline
Herrin
Steve
Hunt
Bessie
J. W
Lovely G
Hodges Town Block
Johnson
William R
Johnston
McPhail
Josephine
Mingo
George
Newell
Caesar
Sledge
Laura
Tilghman's Cross Roads
Williams
Ely
A T and T Officer Visits McRae Faison Household
R V Davis, a general personal supervisor for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company and brother to Mrs Faison, visited the McRae Faison family on Hamilton Street last week with his wife and two daughters Edna and.
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R. V. Davis
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
McRae Faisons
Hamilton Street
Mrs
Faison
Davis
Edna
Local Man Stationed at Texas Field Captain Thompson Assigned at Sheppard
Captain Glenn Thompson from Roanoke Rapids arrives at Sheppard Field Texas site of a new Air Corps Technical School. He is named Sub Depot Supply Officer for Headquarters of the 20th Air Base. His address is 1813 Tilden Street Wichita Falls. Thompson is a West Point graduate and former Chanute Field student. He received his commission June 12 1935.
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Sheppard Field
Texas
Air Corps ‘Technical
Glenn ©. Thompson
Roanoke Rapids
Thompson
20Th Air Base
Tilden Street
Wichita Falls
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
New York
Air Corps Technical School
Chanute Field
Illinois
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R.A.F
Bettie Joe
New England States
Atlanta, Ga
Captain Thompson
W. C. Thompson
Franklin Street
Betsy Jane
Susan
Jone
Waters
A.t.&t
Texas Field
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