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VOLUME TWENTY-SIX
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C.
THURSDAY, AUG. 29,1940
NUMBER 7
UNEMPLOYED (ET PUT
CHIEF HIT
BY TRUCK
Chief H. E. Dobbins was bruised
considerably about the back, neck,
shoulders, and legs when he was
struck by a pick-up truck driven
by Grover Wood, employee of the
City Street Department, last Sun
day night about 7 o'clock. Mr.
Dobbins was on duty with Clayton
Matthews, extra policeman, at the
intersection of Roanoke Ave. and
the road leading into the Roanoke
No. 1 plant and the paper mill
when the accident occurred.
Collision
Injures 8
Eight persons were injured in ί
bus-car collision on Highway 15f
near Garysburg Sunday afternoon
August 25, when a car driven bj
M. M. Male of Pleasant Hill collid
ed with a Carolina Trail way s bus
which was headed toward Roanoke
Rapids. None were believed in
jured seriously.
M. E. Wall of Gasburg, Va., with
a lacerated finger, F. G. Craig
of Raleigh with bruises and cuts
about the face, Mrs. Corrinne More
cock of Halifax with a lacerated
nose, and Anna Vincent and Joe
Parker, colored of Roanoke Rap
ids, both with bruises, were those
injured on the bus.
Mr. and Mrs. Male and their
son James, occupants of the car
were all injured. Mr. Male suffer
ed a back injury; Mrs. Male had a
lacerated head and bruises; the boy
received several minor cuts and
was discharged Monday from the
hospital here where all the injured
were brought.
RECONSTRUCTION WORK SPEEDS
Scene at Roanoke Mills Co. No. 1 this week as reconstruction work after
the flood is speeded up to start the mill as soon as possible. The switch
house, partly demolished by the high water, is being torn down by workmen.
The tower and one of three transformers which feed power to the mill are at
the left. Manager F. C. Williams said tonight he hoped to have part of the
mill operating next week.
ANOTHER NEW BLDG
BY CREW IN SOUTH
BUSINESS SECTION
J. C. Penney Store
Coming To Town
First Of January
Construction will start at once
on a 50 χ 120-ft. building, with fnll
basement, on lots Nos. 1037 and
1039 Roanoke Avenue, by J. Win
field Crew, Jr. The building will
be occupied by J. C. Penney Com
pany, nation-wide operators of de
partment stores. Present plans
call for completion of the struc
ture by January 1st.
The contract will be let for the
building shortly, as soon as a few
minor details have been approved,
Mr. Crew announced today, and
the excavating work will probably
start immediately.
The building, located nextdoor to
the large A. & P. store in the
South-ward ί business section, will
have a regulation J. CL Penney
front, made of special colored brick.
It is understood it is planned at
present to use one-half of the base
ment for selling space, with storage
facilities in the balance. Offices
for the store will be located over
the show-windows in the front of
the store, a typical Penney arrange
ment, and there will be a mez
zanine floor in the rear for selling
space.
ROMANCOS
RAINED OUT
The Romances, rained out tonight
in their first game at the State
Tournament, will play their game
Friday night at 8:30, going up a
gainst the 'strong H&H team from
Greensboro. They will face Pete
Mooney, ace from Virginia. Lee
and DeBerry will work, according
to Bill AlUfood in a telephone con
versation tonight.
COMPANY Β BACK
HOME; "M" DAY
SET FOR SEPT. 16
Weary and footsore the 66 of
ficers and men of Company B, 105th
Medical Regiment, North Carolina
National Guard, returned here Fri
day night, August 28, at 1:30 a.m.,
from the three weeks' war games
in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Many relatives, expecting the
boys home at 8:30 as telegrams ar
riving here last week led them to
expect, waited the hours out in or
der to give the boys a real soldiers'
homecoming. Difficulties along the
way caused the delay.
The stay here will be short lived,
however, for General J. Van B.
Metts stated this week that "M"
day had been set tentatively for
September 16. On that day the
boys will be mobilized and begin a
camping period in the city until
they get orders to report to Camp
Jackson near Columbia, South
Carolina.
With a few men here resigning
from the company for various rea
sons, the company will have to re
eruit 50 to 60 men in order to meet
full peace time strength. The full
strength will run something over a
hundred men, it is said.
Dr. T. J. Taylor and Dr. Β. E.
Stephenson, commander and assis
tant commander of the company,
were expected back here tonight
liter having made a trip to Colum
bia in order to secure a home for
their families during the year's
training period.
GET MAIL
EARLIER
Effective September 1 a large
portion of the mail that has been
arriving here in the morning a
round 8 o'clock will be routed by
the ACL and Weldon, and picked
up by messenger. ,
This will give people of the city
a chance to get their mail coming
from northern points approximate
ly an hour earlier.
HEARING
GOVERNS
DECISION
Pay Starts Aug.
22; Must File To
Receive Payments
The Unemployment Compensa
tion Commission ruled in a deci
iion handed down Monday after a
hearing in Roanoke Rapids Fri
Jay, August 23, that those people
in Roanoke Rapids and Weldon
ivho have been separated from em
ployment as a result of the flood
in the industries in the two towns
are eligible for unemployment ben
efits and will receive pay for the
time they are not employed after
August 22, 1940. The decision was
rendered in the cases of three
claims—one each from the Roa
noke Mills Company, Halifax Pa
per Company, and the Perfection
Mill Company (of Weldon).
The Virginia Electric and Power
Company and the Manchester
Board and Paper Company did not
file claims as the employees are
being used in the clean-up and re
habilitation work now going on.
The specific cases heard at the
hearing here Friday were those of
Nita P. Turner, claimant-employee,
119 Jackson Street, and Roanoke
Mills Company; Thurman L. Hux,
claimant-employee, Route 1, and
Halifax Paper Company; Carrie
Jones, claimant-employee, Weldon,
N. C., and Perfection Mill Company.
W. G. Cherry, Jr., manager of
the local employment office for the
state, said today that, although
practically 1500 people had been af
fected by the flood ,only 625 claims
had been received by Tuesday aft
ernoon of this week. He said that
all persons who were eligible for
benefits should file claims as they
claims are filed.
Below is the detailed account of
the decision as rendered in the
cases here:
This cause coming on to be heard
before the full Commission and it
appearing to the Commission that
these claims have been rendered to
the Commission for decisions or
determinations by the Claims Dep
uty, according to the provisions of
Section 6 (b) of the Unemployment
Compensation Law, and it further
appearing to the Commission that
the Claims Deputy has furnished
the Commission with a transcript
of evidence relative to the separa
tion from employment of these
claimants and their fellow employ
ees, now, therefore, from the rec
ord, transcript and exhibits the
Commission fund; the following
facts:
1. That the above-named Roa
noke Mill No. 1, Halifax Paper
Company and Perfection Mill Com
pany have each employed eight or
more individuals for as many as
twenty different weeks in either
the preceding or current calendar
(Continued on Page 12, Sec. A)