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HI III JP II vernon Edgar Whitley Robert E. May Grover Woodruff Robert Lee Moore Robert Lee Ingram James G. Whitby |f " J L i II " -II "'ll " J Marvin William Scott R. H. McCommons Winfield Hasty Curtis E. West Thomas A. Cooper Thos. H. Cook, Jr. i> llll lift | HU || l,'|||| "'ll III! Wi,Uam H' Camp> Jr- James W. Whitby Daniel E. Faison Edgar H. King Marvin F. Matkins Elmer E. Chambliss |Q^ VOLUME XXX ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 34, 1944_NUMBER 3 LAW BARS CHILDREN FROM ATTENDING PU LIC PLACES Ordinance Is Enacted Last Tuesday P. M. In efforts to aid in the pre vention of the spread of infantile paralysis in this section, the Roa noke Rapids Board of Commission ers met Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock, and after much discussion of the subject, and on the recom mendation of City Health Officer Dr. R. M. Bardin, Dr. F. G. Kroncke and Dr. R. P. Beckwith, passed an ordinance prohibiting all children under the age of 16 from attending any public places of amusement where crowds con gregate. The law goes into effect at 12 noon, Friday, August 25. The dances that have been held Resolution Due to the fact that several cases of poliomyelitis have re cently been reported in near-by counties the Halifax County Board of Health has passed the following resolution: i “That all children up to and in cluding fifteen (15) years of age be prohibited from attending pic ture shows. Church, Sunday School, Boy Scout and similar meetings, swimming pools or any other public places which bring9 to-gether groups of children.” on Friday night by the Fire De partment and the square dance under the sponsorship of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars have both been cancelled for the time be ;ng in cooperation with efforts to keep down the spread of the dis ease. The law prohibits the children from attending these dances, the theatres, churches, Sunday Schools or any other place of public jath ering. A similar ordinance was en acted in 1935 when infantile par alysis reached an e’pidemic stage. So far there has been no case of polio reported in Halifax Coun ty, but due to the fact that the spread of the disease appears heading in the direction of the eastern part of the state, every precaution is being taken by health authorities to prevent cases devel oping in this section. The law will be strictly enforced say city officials, and carries a heavy penalty for its violation. The theatres in the city have announced today they will not admit any child under 16 years of age to any performance. _ I Rhoden Leaves For Conference W. B. Rhoden, field Scout exe cutive for this district, left Mon day for West Palm Beach, Fla., where he will attend a Scout executives’ conference. Mr. Rhoden will return September 15. City Schools Will Open On Sept. 18 Will Operate Usual Number School Days Roanoke Rapids City Schools will open Monday, September 18, avording to Superintendent of Schools C. W. Davis, who made the announcement today. “This is in conformity with the recommenda tion of the State Board of Educa tion, said Supt. Davis. , ''he schools normally would have opened this year on Septem ber 4, but due to the epidemic of infantile paralysis raging through out the state, it was advised by health authorities that all school ownings be postponed until a later time. The schools of the city will run the usual . length of 180 school days, and thus will necessarily close later in June next year than ii the past. This is contingent, however, upon the number of days it is possible to make up, said jMr. Davis. It may be, he added, j *liat we will be able to slightly / curtail Christmas holidays and. get j ^ .Continued on page 8—Sect. A) YELLOW FRONT SUSPENSION IS MODIFIED charge that E. B. Bowman, doing business as Yellow Front Market in Roanoke Rapids, was selling or offering to sell merchan dise above ceiling prices, was dis missed on an appeal made by B'.kman to Washington OPA. Two other charges made by Raleigh OPA, that the Yellow Front (1) had failed to register as a retailer of meats and (2) on Dec. 10, 1943, had failed to post cvfrent point value tables on meats and processed foods as re quired by the rationing regulation, were upheld. The Raleigh decision, which i called for a six months suspension dpthe sale of any rationed items with point values, was modified by Washington to a suspension period of ten days commencing Sept. 3, 1944. Ottis Reynolds, local attorney, represented Mr. Bowman on the appeal. £ i i, ---- Jesse Riley and Wife Locked Up: Accused Of Abducting 12-Year-Old Thompson Child Overseas T/Sgt. Kenneth C. Messer, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Messer, 403-A Madison street, this city, has arrived “somewhere” in Eng land, according to word received by his parents. Kenneth entered the Army in July, 1943. He is a graduate of Roanoke Rapids High School. Jesse Riley, 24, and his wife, Elizabeth, alias Louise Riley, 17, were placed in jail here Tuesday to await preliminary hearing on a charge of kidnapping. According to police, Riley and his wife came to Roanoke Rapids last Friday and contacted Dorothy Thompson, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Thompson, 743-A Charlotte street, telling the girl to “come with them” and she would have a “good time going to USO dances and other places of amusement.” According to officers, she was told by the Rileys to meet them at the local bus sta tion Sunday afternoon at 5 o’clock. This she did, according to infor mation, and Riley purchased tick ets for he and his wife to Black stone, Va. The young girl bought her own, it is said. When she was missed late Sun day by her parents, the father of the girl was told by Frankie Mose ley, another little girl who lives in the neighborhood, that Dor othy had gone q£f with the Riley couple. Thompson then contacted Police Officer C. R. Green, and a warrant was issued for the arrest of the couple by Mayor Jenkins. Later Sunday night Officer A. J. Brigman took over the investi (Continued on page 8—Sect. A' Three Fronts^ Sergt. James M. Lynch, son of J. W. Lynch, 119 Hamilton street, shown above, is a veteran of three fronts, Italy, North Africa and England. He entered the ser vice in 1942. Cars Collide; Driver Under Bond of $500 Alphonso Lewis of Florida, and Virgil McDowell of this city, were in an automobile collision at the intersection of Ninth and Monroe streets Tuesday night about 8:45 o’clock. The front of McDowell’s car was badly damaged, while the side of the Lewis car was smashed. Lewis was charged with speed ing and reckless driving and placed under bond of $500 for his appearance in court to answer the charges. GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE --* Shay Winner Distinguished Flying Cross Cited for “extraordinary achieve ment” while participating in heavy bomber operations over Europe, Staff Sgt. James W. Shay, Jr., 24, 235 Washington St., Roanoke Rap ids, has been awarded the Distin guished Flying Cross at an Eighth Air Force Bomber Station in Eng land. A top turret gunner on a B-17 i (Continued on page 8—Sect. A) \ i ... ..... Charles Alexander, Negro, was found guilty last Tuesday in Hali fax County Superior Court on a charge or raping a nine-year-old negro girl in Enfield Township. The negro was sentenced to die in the gas chamber in State’s Prison on October 27 by Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn, presiding over the last week of the two-weeks’ term. Notice of appeal was filed by Alexander’s attorneys. If Alexander dies in the gas chamber for his crime, it is said by some officials, he will be the first negro ever to pay the death penalty from Halifax County for a crime of this nature. \ Ie -— Service Bars Are Received Bv Clerk Hux A. Leonidas Hux, Clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax County, left Monday for another trip on the high seas. He is in the Mer chant Marine, having a leave of absence. A few hours before he left, Hux received, from the War Shipping Administration in Washington, the Merchant Marine Service Emblem, (Continued on page 8—Sect. A)
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