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THE ROANOKE RAPIDS N. CVs TABloid More News — More Picture NEWSpaper Advertising; — More — All Home-Print — Paid Subscribers V r S VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. ^ THURSDAY, SEPT. 22, 1938 NUMBER if JACKETS READY FOR FIRST GAME The Roanoke Rapids High Yellow jackets, shown above, were snapped yesterday by The Herald staff photographer as they rounded into shape for the opening game of the season here at Simmons Park this Friday with Wil liamston. Three full teams are shown above and Coach Moyle has two more teams of younger boys who are not shown in this series of pictures. Com plete details inside. (NewsKuts by Crumpler) ngpggjgjg • © As if to add to the woe of policeman Jim Adams, who made this column last week with the report that on two different times within a week, miscreants had cut his automobile tires to ruin, the unlucky policeman went home the other morn ing after an all-night beat, to find that four of his five chickens had been stolen. • • Mrs. W. C. Williams’ unhappy plight of losing her automobile reminds us that one of the few (Continued on Page 12) FIND LOST CAR TODAY The car of Mrs. W. C. Williams, stolen from in front of the Griffin Drug Co. Monday morning, was lo cated by police today in Rocky Mount. Chief of police Dobbins and Mr. Williams went to Rocky Mount to claim the car. They found the keys were gone and a new lock was nade for the car which Mr. Wil iams drove back to Roanoke Rap ids tonight. The car had been driven to Rocky Mount Monday night and left rarked on the streets. Residents nearby reported the abandoned car o the police last night Roanoke Rapids police were notified, having iroadcast the theft of the car since Monday afternoon. JOHN WILLIAMS, 6, OVERCOME BY GAS FUMES YESTERDAY John Williams 6 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Williams, nar rowly escaped death by asphyxia tion late yesterday afternoon from j gasoline fumes. Only quick work by the shop and foundry crew of the Williams Machine Shops saved the youngster from immediate death. John had been playing around the shop yesterday afternoon and was missed about 4:30. A search failed to discover him until the crew quit work at 5:30 when he was discover ed in the cab of the foundry’s large truck. The boy had been in the cab and had taken the cap off the gasoline tank to explore the amount of gas oline. He evidently was overcome by the gumes of the gasoline and fell forward with his face near the tank opening and continued to breathe the fumes until completely overcome. When found, there was no appar ent heart beat and the boy's body had turned blue. The crew placed him in the open air where Jesse Brown, an employee of Mr. Wil liams, gave him artificial respira tion. Another member of the crew got a car and Brown continued giv ing artificial respiration until they reached the Roanoke Rapids Hos pital. Here the child was placed under an oxygen tent and gradually re vived. His condition last night was regarded as very serious but he was slightly improved today. Greatest danger now is pneumonia, as the boy’s lungs are in bad shape from the great amount of gas fumes in haled. Doctors were loud in their praise of the quick work done by the shop crew in getting the boy out and to the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Wil liams feel that they owe the boy’s life to the men who found the child and gave him the first aid treat ment. jesse rsrown, who has been in Mr. Williams’ employ for the past six months, was formerly an employee of the Virginia Electric & Power Co., where he learned to give ar tificial respiration and first aid. It was the firm belief that had John been left in the truck cab a few minutes longer he would have been past saving. It is estimated he was breathing the fumes in there for at least one hour. His lungs were so filled with the gas that, at the hospital, while being revived every exhalation of his breath was heavy with the gas fumes. COW NURSES PIG might be the title for this strange picture which is the proud property of 10 year old Earl Glover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julian T, Glover, 300 Jefferson St. Earl took the picture while down on his Uncle’s farm in Vance County where he spent his Summer vacation. It is a regu lar believe it or not for Ripley.
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