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ADVISES ON
EMPLOYMENT
IN COUNTY
15. 15. Everett, County
Chairman, Issues
Statement ,
The unemployment situation in
Halifax County has been the sub
ject of much speculation in the
past, thus the following statement
issued this week by B. B. Everett,
chairman of the Halifax Labor
Mobilization Board, is of unusual
interest to our readers. Chairman
Everett had the following report
to make:
'The 1943 General Assembly
(Legislature) gave to the Gover
' nor and Council of State very
broad War Emergency Authority.
This authority was considered nec
essary by the Legislature for our
State to accomplish its full part
in the National War effort; also
that any necessary local war sit
uations that might arise such as
a liombardment or invasion.
The unprecedented need for
production of food and supplies
for our boys on the fighting
fronts; supplies for our Allies in
the war; supplies for retaken in
vaded areas; and supplies for our
civilian population has created a
severe shortage of production wor
“All physically able men, women i
and children should feel it their
patriotic duty to make a real
work contribution to the produc
tion effort. Much recreational ac
tivity can heathfully and profitably
be devoted to essential production
Off hours and available part time
can he patriotically and profit
ably devoted to production work.
“Every effort will be made by
Howard Winstead and his asso
ciates of the U. S. Employment
Bureas Office at Roanoke Rapids
and County Agent W. O. Davis,
with the Agriculture labor com
mittee to place all unattached
workers on seasonal work in the
local community at established
pay rates.
“The Governor’s Number 4 War
Proclamation decrees that able
bodied men do a minimum, weeks
work Or be prosecuted in courts
of jurisdiction to try misdemeanor
offenses which carry a maximum
punishment of two years imprison
ment or one thousand dollars fine
in the discretion of the Court.
"It is the legal duty of the
Sheriff, Deputy Sheriffs, Mayors
and Police Officers to enforce the
provisions of War Proclamation 4.
“The procedure is first to inquire
of idlers why they are not at
work; discourage absenteeism from
work; assist in getting unattached
workers placed on jobs or report
them to above employment agen
cies. If repeated unemployed or
absenteeism amounts to more
than the minimum work week
prescribed, a warrant will be ob
tained ana tne case caaen tu ™
County Recorder’s Court for trial.
This last action should be taken
»n conjunction with the Halifax
' Labor Law Enforcement Board
who will assist in the prosecu
tions. The Board has authority to
subpoena persons and require
them to furnish information.
"Employers on essential War
Production and patriotic citizens
should aid in the labor mobili
zation by reporting inactive men
to t.he committee. Such persons
will be contacted and first offered
assistance."
The Halifax Labor Mobilization
Board Members appointed by the
•. Governor are:
B. B. Everett, Chairman, Pal
myra; W. O. Davis,, Secretary,
Halifax; Kelly Jenkins, Mayor,
Roanoke Rapids, J. T. Maddry,
Mayor, Weldon; E. E. Stallings,
Mayorp> Enfield; B. F. Bracy, May
or, Scotland Neck; D. E. Preast,
Mayor, Hobgood; J. H. Pritchard,
Mayor, Littleton; A. L. Hux,
Oounty Chairman OCD, Halifax;
J. B. Hall, Welfare Officer, Hali
fax; Howard R. Winstead, U. S.
Employment, Roanoke Rapids;
D. J. Knight, Colored County A
gent, Enfield; W. B. Jamison,
Cbiored Vocational Teacher, Lit
CITY WOMAN
IS SUICIDE
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ac.ion because of a visit from one
of her daughters.
Mrs. Robinson was buried, this
afternoon at Roanoke Rapids
Cemetery, with services starting
at 4:30 o’clock.
Surviving are her husba%.d, W.
H. Robinson; three sons, Eugene
Robinson of this city, Harry Rob
inson, of Newport News, and Her
mit Robinson of the Army; seven
daughters, Mrs. Read of Belmont,
Mrs. Mirdis Abrams of Durahm,
Miss Irma Robinson, Mrs. Elbiry
Baggett, Mrs. Minar Matthews,
Mrs. Louise Sutton, and Mrs.
Claudia Allen, all of Roanoke
"tapids.
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FACULTY
CSTY SCHOOL
Continued from Page One
Martha B. Rice, Commercial;
Lloyd H. Sandlin, Science; Mary
White Thompson, Phys. Education;
Elizabeth Wilder, Hist, and Eng.;
Mary Jane Smart, Vocal Music;
Louise Godbey; Elaine Wise. Mu
sic Superivsor; Raymond Finley,
Band and Orchestra and Mrs.
Kathleen May Suiter, Nurse.
The faculty is complete with one
or two exceptions, which the
school board hopes to close with
in the next two or three days.
Lt. Dick Burton Here
On Leave Recovering
From Plane Accident
Lieutenant Dick Burton of the
109th field artillery, is home on
leave until September 27th. Dick
is recuperating from a plane ac
cident and plans to return to the
Walter Reid hospital for further
treatment when his leave expires.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Burton of 123 Jackson Street.
Mrs. C. L. Riker and little dau
ghter, Susy, who have been visit
ing Mr. Riker, who is at present
engaged in service work for Hines
Beverage Company, returned to
their home in Greeneville, Michi
gan, on Monday of this week.
tleton; J. E. McGee, Textile In
dustry, Roanoke Rapids; G. C.
Fanney, Lumber Industry, Scot
land Neck; Blackwell Pierce, Far
mer, Weldon; and Rex Edmond,
Farmer, Tillery.
BLACKOUT IS
A SUCCESS
City Joins Most Of
State In Surprise
Test Wednesday
A. E. Akers, chef air raid war
den for Roanoke Rapids and the
four outlying districts, reported
that the surprise air raid drill
under Army observation, in which
most of the state was blacked out
last night, with multiple tianger
signals being used for the first
time, was a success in Roanoke
Rapids.
All warning districts except the
Asheville district were included in
the Army-ordered drill. To test the
efficiency of Civilian Defense
Forces, planned incidents were ob
served by Army officers at Wil
mington, Charlotte, Greensboro
and Durham.
The State Office of Civilian De
fense cautioned the public twc
weeks ago that the regular rou
tine of air-raid signals probably
would not be followed in the next
drill. Last night's signals included,
for the first time in this State,
two red signals (denoting planes
overhead.)
A blue signal (warning of planes
in the vicinity) was sounded at
approximately 9:30 o’clock throu
ghout most of the State. Then
came the red, followed by a blue,
another red, and the last blue,
which signified that hostile planes
were moving away. The all-clear
was sounded approximately one
hour after the first audible warn
ing.
The first red signal lasted 15
minutes. Five minutes after the
following blue was sounded, a
nother red signal was in effect
for 10 minutes, which was the
length of the final blue signal
precedeing the all clear.
Included in the air-raid drill
were all warning districts in the
Wilmington Air Defense Region
and the warnng districts of Hen
' derson, Weldon, Ahoskie, Eliza
j beth City, Tarboro, Williamston
and Washington. ^
Frank ^cca] Mcr.de
i First Ueisferar.t
Second - Lieutenant Frank ^
Neal of the Army Air Corps has
recently been promoted to first
Lieutenant and assistant adjutant
at Douglas, Arizona, where he is
now stationed. First Lieutenant
Neal is now in the Finance
partment of The Douglas Air
Corp. Advanced Training School.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie S. Neal, 417 Roanoke Ave.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal have two
other sons in the service, Bi|j
Neal, whi is now at Lynchburg
College, Lynchburg, Virginia, and
has a school rating of Lieutenant
Colonel. Since Bill’s entrance at
Lynchburg, he has made excellent
progress in his work. £
The other son is corporal Webo
Neal who has recently been trans
feree from Young’s Camp in Cali
fornia, to Fort Benning, Ga.
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