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VOLUME TWENTY-SIX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. THURSDAY, JAN. 16,1941_NUMBER 27
SITE OF FUTURE JAIL
Above photograph shows that portion of the Municipal building and adjoining grounds in which and on
which will be constructed the proposed new city jail. In the Sanitary District shop, corner of which is near
est the camera, will be the main cell room. Immediately east of the building and just inside the white
fence extending from the building to the alley will ba an additional structure to house the women’s cells
and the sound proof cell for unruly prisoners. The shop will also be in this new structure, an ell that will
run parallel to and adjacent to the alley, shutting off all direct view of the jail from the alley. The wall which
will face the camera will be windowless, allowing no sight of jail or occupants from that angle. The three
large windows in this end of present shop will be of brick glass—escape proof, sound proof, yet giving light
to the inside of the jail. There will be no bars in sight. The two windows seen on the alley-side will be
hidden by the new structure. Between the present Fire Department garage and the new shop will be a
driveway for police cars with prisoners. At the alley will be a high gate, preventing passers-by from seeing
activities within the prison yard.
County Led
State In
Contributing
Halifax County led the State of
North Carolina in the contest by
counties for raising contributions
for the Roosevelt-Wallace cam
paign, R. J. Reynolds of Winston
Salem, State Finance Director, an
nounced this week.
Dare County, another Eastern
county, was second. The contest
was based on amount of money
raised, number of individual con
tributions and population.
Two newspapermen headed the
finance committees of the winning
counties. Victor Meekins, eciltor
owner of The Dare County Times,
was chairman for Dare County.
Carroll Wilson, editor-owner of
The Roanoke Rapids Herald, was
chairman for Halifax County. Both
will attend the inauguration of
President Roosevelt and Vice Pres
ident Wallace in Washington Mon
day as guests of the National Dem
ocratic Committee.
R. J. Reynolds, former State Fi
nance Director, was last week ap
pointed National Treasurer of the
Democratic Party with headquar
ters in Washington.
BROUGHTON SEES
STEPS TO FILL
CAMPAIGN PLEDGE
sfe
Bill Introduced
To Exempt Foods
Governor Broughton saw steps
taken in the House Tuesday to
carry out a major pledge he made
in his campaign: that of “taking
tl»e sales tax off the atble.” This
came in less than a week after his
inauguration.
Sixty-one House members, head
ed by J. B. Vogler of Mecklenberg,
an old-time sales tax enemy, intro
duced a bill to remove from the
sales tax all foods sold for home
consumption.
The recommendations of the ad
visory budget commission, trans
mitted to the legislature Tuesday
by Governor Broughton, recom
mended exemption of what Gover
nor Broughton termed "essential
food for home consumption.”
Vogler said his bill exempts all
foods sold for home consumption,
instead of limiting the exemptions
to the foods listed in the budget
bill. The bill is in line with Gover
nor Broughton’s primary campaign
pledges, Vogler said.
The Vogler list of exempted foods
would be:
"Flour and flour products, in
eluding macaroni, spaghetti, cake
flour, etc.
Meats and meat products in any
form.
Cereals and cereal products, in
cluding rice, grits, meal and any
cereal made from grain.
Lard, shortening and vegetable
oils.
Fruits and fruit products of all
kinds, including pure fruit juices.
Dairy products of all kinds, in
cluding ice cream, all forms of
milk, eggs, cheese, etc.
Sugar ana sugar products of all
kinds except candies and confec
tionery.
Coffee and coffee substitutes.
Extracts and spices used in food
preparation but not extracts used
for beverages.
Seafood and seafood products of
all kinds.
Vegetables and vegetable prod
ucts of all kinds.
Molasses and syrups.
Salt of all kinds.
Above photograph shows the progress that has been made on the
new office building at the corner of Jackson and Fifth Streets for the
Roanoke Mills Company. This $30,000 structure is expected to be one
of the most beautiful in the city when completed.
WINNERS
TO GO TO
RALEIGH
And Wilmington Golden
Gloves; Fights Here
Next Friday and Sat
urday Nights
First Golden Gloves Tournament
in Roanoke Rapids will be held in
the gymnasium of the Roanoke
Rapids High School on next Fri
day and Saturday nights. From
the fighters will be picked a team
to represent Roanoke Rapids at
the Raleigh and Wilmington Gold
en Glove tournaments.
John Marshall, Sports Editor of
The Raleigh Times and chairman
of Raleigh Golden Gloves, will be a
visitor in Roanoke Rapids next Fri
day night to cover the fights for
State newspapers.
Coach Lonnie Blackwelder has
been working with the local boys
every night and they are beginning
to show up well. Local fight fans
can be assured of red hot battles in
the opening round of the Tourna
ment on Friday night and in the
finals on Saturday night. The first
fight in the affair will start prompt
ly at 8 p.m.
Winners in the local tournament
will not only win a beautiful Gold
en Glove trophy but will also have
the honor of representing Roanoke
Rapids at the Raleigh Golden
Gloves Tournament that is sponsor
ed by the Exchange Club and the
Raleigh Times in Raleigh on Jan.
29th to Feb. 1st. Advance publicity
indicates that this will be one of
the greatest affairs ever staged by
the Golden Gloves Committee in
Raleigh. The local team of fight
men will also enter the Wilming
ton Star-N e w s-Brigade Golden
Gloves Tournament to be held in
Wilmington on Feb. 11th, 12th, 13th,
14th.
Interest in the Tournament here
has mounted rapidly with the en
try of several more outstanding
fighters in the city, chief among
those being J. T. Brown, former
N. C. State College boxer and rat
ed one of the best in the Southern
Conference; to make it a family
affair J. T. and his two brothers
have entered although none of
them fight in the same class.
So far Coach Blackwelder has a
round twenty entries for the Tour
nament here, assuring all fight fans
of a full card for their ticket. The
price of tickets is very reasonable
with regular admission for adults
going for Thirty-Five Cents, Chil
dren up to Sixteen, Fifteen Cents
and Ringside, that is all seats on
the floor of the Gymnasium close
by the ring, going for Fifty Cents.
Ringside fans can save by pur
chasing a ticket good for both
nights of the Tournament for Sev
enty-Five Cents. These tickets can
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