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VOLUME NINETEEN_ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15th, 1934 NUMBER FORTY-EIGHT
ON SIDEWALKS HELD
UP BY BAD WEATHER
UP AND DOWN
”Ghe Avenue
WITH THE EDITOR
Swain Hughes Loy, eight and
a half pound boy, was born on
the night of March 8th, to Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Loy. Proud papa
- Loy is manager of Leggett’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewter Bryant an
nounce. the birth of a son, Thurs
day, March 8th.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adkins an
nounce the birth of a son, Thurs
day, March 8th.
Readers of this column may
note an unusual number of “bless
ed events” chronicled here this
issue. We attribute this to no par
ticular reason other than a little
more diligence on the, part of our
»correspondents who are supposed
to report all births to us.
As a matter of fact, we con
sider an event like this at least
as important as a bridge party
or a visit on the part of one of
our citizens to Rialeigh or Rich
mond. The latter-named is
“ news” and we welcome such,
but births and deaths are much
more “real news” for such rep
resents either the beginning or
the end of the earthly record
which newspapers desire of those
in the community.
This newspaper is particularly
anxious to obtain immediate facts
in case of death. We do not care
to print long poems or In Me
moriams but we do want facts
about the life, time of death,
funeral, list of immediate family
surviving, etc., with special at
tention paid to dates and names.
News of all kinds should be
sent in to the paper* just as soon
as it happens. When correspond
ents and readers wait until
Wednesday or Thursday to
send in events which happened
two or three days before, it
sometimes means that time and
space make it impossible to set
and print this copy for the cur
rent issue.
Another point which faces us
as it does many a business today
is that the Printers’ Code has br >n
signed by the President and The
Herald, which is now operating
under the blanket NRA code, will
soon be under the new Printers’
Code. This means shorter working
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Station Wrecked When
Transfer Truck Smashes
Into It Sunday Morning
I New State Head
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M. G. Mann, Raleigh executive I
',n co-operative marketing and
purchasing, who has been named
general manager of the Farmers’
Co-operative Exchange, newly
formed State-wide purchasing or
ganization. Complete details in
side.
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CWA MAN
VICTIM OF
ACCIDENT
Bruce Jordan, CWA worker,
suffered a broken leg yesterday
afternoon when he fell sixteen
feet from a scaffold 'at Halifax.
Mr. Jordan, a carpenter, was
working on the CWA project
which is remodeling the old Hali
fax School building into a Wo
man’s Club and community build
ing, when he slipped and fell to
the ground.
He was brought to the Roanoke
Rapids Hospital where he is rest
ing well. His home, is between
Halifax and Enfield.
Whooping Cough
Fatal To Infant
Doris J'ane Garner, one and a
half year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Garner, died Fri
day at the home of her parents
on Madison Street, a< victim of
whooping cough.
DRIVER’S
ESCAPE A
MIRACLE
Early Morning Crash Almost
Demolishes Station At
South Rosemary
A wreck occurred at the South
Rosemary corner just outside the
city limits about 1:30 A. M. Sun
day that might have proved seri
ous if anyone had been in the front
end of the station at the. time, and
at which people are still marvell
ing that the driver escaped with
out injury. jf
Jimmie Gibson, driver of a
transfer truck for the Reliable
Transfer Company, crashed into a
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COPS TO
DON NEW
UNIFORMS
Police Force To “Blossom
Out” in New Suits On
Friday Morning
Roanoke Rapids policemen will
wear their new uniforms for the
first time tomorrow, Friday,
morning, according to word com
ing from one member of the force,
and so, the city takes another step
forward in its appearance as a
“real town.”
At a recent meeting of the City
Board of Commissioners it was de
cided to buy caps and brass but
tons for members of the police
force, and they were instructed
to purchase uniform blue, suits and
display their badges prominently.
It was later decided the cops
should buy full-fledged uniforms,
and they were, so instructed. Bids
were received on the uniforms, and
they arrived a few days ago.
Some little, difficulty was en
countered because the uniforms
did not have pockets in the coats.
Local patrolmen objected unani
mously to this feature, but it has
been remedied by having pockets
put in by a local tailor.
Now Dunking Dates
PALM SPRINGS . . . They pick
fresh desert dates and dunk them
in hitherto forbidden beverages and
eat them as appetizers in the smart
set here. Ruth Holly is shown bring
ing in freshly picked dates for the
dunking process.
TOPPING
STORE IS
ROBBED
The store robbery epidemic,
quieted for a space, broke out
again Tuesday night with the
robbery of the store of R. L.
Topping in the Thompson Build
ing.
The store, located on Eleventh
Street, was entered from the front
door which was pried open by the
thieves. The time is set at between
midnight and one o’clock Wed
nesday morning.
Merchandise checked as missing
includes a quantity of cigarettes,
tobacco and pound cakes. Officers
believe the thieves were frighten
ed from the store by the night
shift from Rosemary Mfg. Co., as
the robbery was discovered a short
time after the shift went off duty.
COLD IS
HOLDING
UP WORK
6 Blocks Now Completed And
May Accomplish Twice
That Next Week
Although the peak employment
list on Roanoke Rapids ten mile
sidewalks project has not quite
reached the 200 mark this week,
it is thought that perhaps 250 men
will be alloted to this project next
week by CWA authorities, and at
quitting time this afternoon, over
six blocks had been completed.
C. H. Byrd, in charge of the
project, explained that weather
conditions have hampered the work
greatly, and that it is usually im
possible. to pour concrete until
after the lunch hour, due to the
fact that the ground is frozen in
the morning, and engineers will
not allow any slab to be poured
under those conditions.
It appears there is very little
carpenter labor available under the
CWA projects, and at this time
that is the type of workers most
greatly needed. Two big mixers
are being used, and Mr. Byrd is
arranging it so that both mixers
are in use 48-hours per week, al
though he cannot work a crew
but 24-hours per week.
Four or five crews are at work
under their respective overseers.
One shift of men work Friday,
Saturday, and Monday, while an
other shift starts on Tuesday and
works until Thursday.
Quite a little difficulty is still
being encountered in people walk
ing over the freshly poured slab,
or before it has had a chance to
thoroughly harden.
This morning, tor instance, it
was necessary to send men back
to re-finish one block three differ
ent times. This walk was in a
section near the school building,
and it seemed impossible to keep
the children from walking across
the still wet concrete. Last week
workmen faced the same diffi
culty, and dogs also gave quite a
bit of trouble, but Mr. Byrd said
all the recent tracks were caused
by children walking over the work.
Supt. C. W. Davis has asked
all teachers to caution the child
ren against holding up the work,
and an appeal is also being made
to parents to instruct their child
ren not to walk across the fresh
slab.
It is expected the ranks will be
added to materially this week,
and it is altogether possible 250
or more men will be employed on
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City’s New Choral Club And Band Will
Give Concert On Palm Sunday Mar. 25
DETAILS INSIDE "
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