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VOLUME TWENTY-FOUR ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, APR. 6, 1939 NUMBER 39
Train Wreck!
Exclusive Herald scenes
of the train wreck near
here Saturday morning
when a huge Seaboard
engine and 27 cars were
derailed as the train ran
thru an open switch. Of
ficers are searching for
clues of who threw that
switch. The engineer is
in the Roanoke Rapids
Hospital with a broken
leg. Wreck details in
side.
OVERSEER
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SHEAROD CRCMPEER
who this week assumed his new
duties as Overseer of Carding at
Roanoke Mills Co. No. 2. Crump
ler is a Roanoke Rapids product,
having lived here since a small boy,
graduating from the Graded and 1
High Schools of Roanoke Rapids. '
Bob and Lyle
Lyle M. Wilson, man
ager of Roanoke Rapids
Theatres and President
of Theatres Owners As
sociation of North and
South Carolina is shown
in Washington, D. C.
Monday with Robert
Montgomery, famous
movie star who is Presi
dent of Actors Equity.
The two were in Wash
ington this week to ap
pear before the sub com
mittee of the Interstate
Commerce Commission
on the Neely Bill. Com
mittee hearings will con
tinue next week. Mont
gomery created a sensa
tion among stenograph- \
ers and secretaries on ,
Capitol Hill. They mob- i
bed him for an auto- 1
graph. (Exclusive Her- !
aid Photo) _
Candidates
KELLY JENKINS
attorney of Roanoke Rapids and
present Mayor who announced to
day lie would stand for re-election
as Mayor in the city election to be
held on Tuesday, May 2nd.
BERNARD AEESBROOK
ittorney of Roanoke Rapids suti
)resent City Commissioner who an
lounced yesterday for Mayor of
loanoke Rapids at the city elec
ion to be held Tuesday, May 2nd.
JOHN C. SMITH
vho today filed his candidacy for
City Commissioner from the South
iVard. There will be two vacan
sies on the board from this ward
o be filled at the May 2 election.
Commissioner Allsbrook has resign
sd to run for Mayor and Commis
lioner E. B. Manning has moved
;o the North Ward. ^