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The Roanoke Rapids Herald
VOLUME NINETEEN_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 18th, 1934 NUMBER FORTY
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WITH THE EDITOR
Our financial expert informs us
that our gold dollars are now
worth only the old prcie for gold
and our gold certificates can be
exchanged at par for a short time
longer. The time for bringing it
was to have expired yesterady but
the Treasury Dept, has extended
the limit. If you have either gold
coins or certificates, better see.
your banker at once.
Our Sports Editor did not get
his news in until today noon
which is too late for setting up
the type. We glean these sports
topics: Windsor basketeers play
here next Tuesday night. The
Jackets play in Eliaabeth City
this Friday night. Girls lose
two, one to the Teachers, one
to Aurelian Springs. Jackets
swamped Henderson last Thurs
day 41 to 7.
The City Board of Commission
ers in special meeting went over
the, plans for the proposed muni
cipal building with the architect
this week and the application will
soon be in shape to send to the
Public Works Administration.
Plans for the Roanoke Rap
ids airport have been approved
but the work cannot be started
any time soon because Halifax
County has used up its quota
of men allotted by the CWA.
In FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Coburn left
this week for a ten-day vacation
in Florida. They were accompani
ed by Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Johnson,
manager of Cobum's Greenville
store.
Virginia Military Institute
enthusiasts will tune in WSM
at 8:30 this Friday night for a
30 minute V. M. I. program.
Orchids to Steve Lipscomb—
T’or organizing and planning the
direction of the Roanoke Rapids
Choral Club which holds its first
meeting at the Womans Club
building tonight. About 100 sing
ers and those who would like to
learn have been invited to join and
others will be asked. It would be
a wonderful thing for Roanoke
Uapids to have a chorus of 100
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Untrue Report
SIMMONS
REFUTES
RUMORS
Article In Paper About Mill
Change Branded as Untrue
By Owners
Simmons Company yesterday
wired the Raleigh News & Obser
ver that an article appearing in
the Jan. 13 issue, of that paper
concerning a possible change in
mill ownership in Roanoke Rapids
was untrue, served only to disturb
and annoy local employees and
said they could not conceive of
anyone who had the interest of
Roanoke Rapids at heart starting
such reports.
JNo change in mill ownership or
management here has ever been
discussed by them, said Mr.
Grant Simmons, president, altho
there have been frequent rumors
during the past few years, all of
which are branded as untrue by
the mill owners.
The article in Wednesday’s
News & Observer is headed,
“Rumors Found Without Basis”—
“No Change of Ownership of'
Mills at Roanoke. Rapids Contem
plated”. The article follows:
There is no truth in the report
as printed in the News & Ob
server that one. or more Roa
noke Rapids mills might change
ownership, states a telegram re
ceived from the Simmons Com
pany, Grant G. Simmons, pres
ident, who telegraphed from
New York as follows:
un January 13 a news ar
ticle from Roanoke Rapids bas
ed upon rumor appeared in The
News & Observer entitled: “Se,e ;
Possible Change in Mill Owner
ship.” We hasten to officially
advise you that there is no truth
whatsoever in this statement.
During the. past few years there
have been frequent rumors con
cerning a change of our mill
ownership and management all
of which have been without
truth or foundation.
“We have never offered our
property at Roanoke Rapids for
sale. It is true that general con
ditions in textiles have not been
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First Ambassadors To and From Soviet Russia
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WASHINGTONAlexander TroyanovBky, (left) is now “at home”
here, the first Russian Ambassador to the United States since post world
war days. The Soviet Ambassador was joined at Paris by William C.
j Bullitt, U. & Ambassador to Russia, the two returning to the United States
together. Ambassador Bullitt will return to Russia in late February
| Addresses Retailers \
Wiillard L. Dowell, executive
secretary of the N. C. State Mer
chants Association, who delivered
an address to city retailers here
last Thursday evening spurring
them to new enthusiasm in organ
izing Merchants Asociation.
EXPRESS
SAFE IS
CRACKED
Lunch Stand Cash Is Miss
ing; No Arrests Made Yet
In Double Theft
Two places of business here
were robbed the latter part of
last week, the thieves on both
jobs making a clean getaway,
taking nothing but money in
both instances. The safe at the
office of the Seaboard Air Line
was cracked early Friday morn
ing and the receipts of the lunch
stand in the New Bakery build
ing were taken Saturday night
or early Sunday morning.
Two other places were entered
Friday morning but nothing was
missing. Evidently the, same crew
which broke into- the freight of
fice also visited the Newsome Oil
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ALL NEW
PROJECTS
STOPPED
Orders From Washington And
Raleigh Also Cut Hours
Of Those Working
On the eve of starting
work on the ten mile side
walk project for Roanoke
Rapids, the State CWA
clamped down on all dis
bursements and new pro
jects, ordering the county
CWA not to add any more
men to the payroll and to
cut the hours of those al
ready working.
A telegram from Mrs. O’Berry,
State. CWA administrator, to J.
B. Hall, County Administrator,
received at 8 p. m. tonight said
that by orders of National CWA
Administrator Hopkins it was nec
essary to cut all CWA payrolls
by reducing the number of hours
per week; in Roanoke Rapids to
24 hours per week.
The biggest jolt came with the
order not to hire any new men at
this time. For tomorrow, a crew
of new men were, to start on the
Roanoke Rapids sidewalks pro
ject, Under the orders issued last
night this will be impossible.
Mr. Hall said Mrs. O’Berry was
in Washington tonight trying to
ge.t more money but nothing could
be done until present orders are
changed. Had the Roanoke Rap
ids project been approved a week
before it was, the work would have
been under way and would have
gone on'.
me. telegram is as lollows:
J. B. Hall, Local Admr. CWA.
Halifax, N. C.
Due to the fact that average
weekly wages of Civil Works is
in excess of original estimated
weekly payroll it is necessary to
reduce hours of work per week on
local, State and Federal projects
to keep within money available
Stop You are instructed that be
ginning Januray nineteenth 1934
per diem workers are to be put
on work week as follows: Towns
over 2500 maximum 24 hours per
week. Towns under 2500 and in
county 15 hours per week. All
clerical, supervisory and profes
sional maximum 30 hours per
week with proper wage adjust
ments. This applies to all Civil
Works and Civil Service employ
ment and must be made effec
tive everywhere as of this date.
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