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. y ' —--- — i -- --- — — •HUM* ,,,,'l|| Vernon Edgar Whitley, Marvin William Scott, William H. Camp, Jr, Robert E .May, R. H. McConunons, Junes W. WiuU»> Grover Woodruff, Winfield Hasty, Daniel E. Faison, Robert Lee Moore. Curtis E. West, Edgar H King, Robert Lee Ingrain. Thomas A. Cooper, Marvin F. Matkins, James G. Whitby, Thos. H. Cook, Jr, Elmer E. Chambliss, Randall Whiter Robert L _l_nil!_I Harris, Joseph A. Crouch, Davie L. Harper, Brutas W. Rook, Robt R. Northingtn, Eugene Basil Glover, WlUlam C. Moody, Frank W. Harris, Wayne C. Green, Rufus S. Finch, Lawrence W. Myrick, Walter G. Cooley, Charlie L. Whitby, Melbourne Barry Jones. Robert A Rogers, Rufus J. T. Wood ruff, Clinton P. Deberry, Herbert S. Edwards, H. Charles Leatherwood, Jr, John Wayne Thomas, Alex Bullock, Jr, Frank P. Hunter, Cecil Coburn, Wilbur Anderton, Latt Harris Shaarin. _’ THE ROANOKE RAPIDS 0 - I JT. O'* TABloid | More Keum Picture NBW8paper | \dverti*imo - AU Bome-Print — , j Paid \__/ s_ VOLUME XXXI ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. (^THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1946 NUMBER 33 '■a.__ City Fathers Hold Session Last Tuesday The City Board of Commission ers held its regular meeting Tues day afternoon in the Municipal building with the following mem bers present: Howard Pruden^ M. D. Collier, R. I. Starke, V. E. McDowell, W. P. Taylor and F. C. Williams. The board voted to allow the ’operation of pool rooms on the second floor of a building; froze the issuance of taxicab licenses until such time as more cabs are needed in the city. This action was taken on the request of Fenton Johnson, operator of Johnson Cabs and Melvin Dorsey, operator of White Way Taxis. Several applica tions for the operation of taxicabs in the city were before the board but were filed, and will be given i priority when it becomes neces sary to meet the demands of more cabs. Those applying for licenses were’ Leroy Ellis, Wayne Clary, L. F. Woolard, Wade Horne. Phillip D. Freeman, consulting engineer of Norfolk, discussed the street improvement with the board. Some changes in the plans were made and work will be start ed on the improvement project as soon as possible. * A committee consisting of Com missioners Pruden and Williams was appointed to investigate a city sponsored swimming pool projeet. The pool, if undertaken will be built in the evacuated area on Seventh street. New Flyers Club To Hold Session , The newly-formed Flyers Club will hold a meeting Friday night at 8 o’clock in the Armory, it was announced today. Rotarians Will Stage Air Show On July 14 The Roanoke Rapids Rotary Club will stage a huge air show at the Halifax County Airport on Sun day, July 14, it was announced this week. Plans for the show have been completed with the exception of a few minor details. These are ex pected to be “ironed out” this week The gigantic display of airplane flying will begin about 1:30 p. m., end will continue for approximate ly two hours. Copenhaver Broth ers, operators of the airport ,are cooperating with the club in put ling on the show. Among the features will be a noted stunt flyer, his act includ ing hazardous maneuvers of a plane acrobatic flying, precision flying, ribbon cutting, nose div ing, racing and other entertain ment. Arrangements are being made to bring to the show a huge Army Blimp. Efforts axe also being made to have several Army planes fly here for the activities. Among some of the planes that have been listed for participation in the show axe a B-T 13 and P-T. Three cub trainer planes will be heer and a demonstration on “How not to fly a plane” will be given. This is a comedy act and draws wide comment from those who have seen it. There will be many entertain ment features, a full program of which will be announced later. Tickets for the show will go on sale Monday at all drug stores in the city. The public is urged to buy these tickets in advance so as to eliminate confusion and congestion of traffic at the field. Tickets, however, will be sold at the "gate” to the field. There will be plenty of parking space for automobiles at a small fee. State patrolmen will hajidle traffic on the highway and at the entrance to the field. Spotted Fever Is Reported In Halifax Co. Two cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever have been reported in Halifax County during the past two weeks. However, one case probably received the infection in Northampton County. Both cases were children and one case was fatal. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by ticks—usuaily dog ticks in Eastern United States The following strict precautions should be taken in this section re garding ticks, says Dr. Robert F. Young, District Health officer: (11 Searching carefully for these in sects after going through tall grass or brush after going on outings; (2) A tick, when found, should be carefully removed with tweez ers and burned; (3) Hands should be thoroughly washed with soap and water; and (4) The site of the bite should be painted with iodine or merthiolate; (51 Also,, dogs should be treated regularly for ticks with DDT—when they are found to be infested with these insects. One of the above men tioned children undoubtedly got the tick from its pet dog which frequently nearby tick infested fields and woods. Mrs. Mincher Resigns City Clerk's Job Mrs. Ruby Mincher, city clerk since 1934, tendered her resigna tion to the City Commissioners at their regular meeting Tuesday aft ernoon. It was accepted with re grets and will become effective August 1. Mrs. Mincher, prior to her eleva tion to the clerk’s post, was an employee for four years in the of fice Mrs. Dorothy Shearin, assistant clerk since 1936, has been named clerk by the commissioners and .vill assume her new duties first of August One Dead, Another Injured Critically in Plane Crash A “crash- landing” of a B-T 22 ' open cockpit airplane last Monday afternoon about 1:30, half a mile from Littleton, caused the death in Roanoke Rapids Hospital Mon day night at 6:35 of Fred C. Ricker, a passenger in the plane, and Charles S. Hartenstein is in a serious condition in a Richmond hospital. Harstenstein was remov ed from the local hospital Tues day to Richmond for treatment by a brain specialist.' One half of his hody is said to be- completely para Ivzed. He is said to have been the pilot of the plane when it crashed. Cause of the accident is believ ed to hive been due to an insuf ficient supply of gasoline which ran out and forced the pilot to attempt the landing in a pasture on the farm of John Skinner dur ing a rainstorm. W. B. Copenhaver, operator of the Halifax County Airport, in spected the demolished plane and gave as his belief the pilot mis judged the field in which he came down. Both Ricker and Hartenstein were on their way to Florida from their home in Landsdale, Pa. At the time Hartenstein was re moved to Richmond he was in an unconscious condition and little hope is held for his recovery. Special Meeting Is Called On Wednesday by Directors; Action Is Taken to Prevent Price Raising in This City In a move to halt price raising on goods in the stores in Roanoke Rapids the Board of Directors of The Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association called a special meet ing yesterday morning of all mer chants in the city at 10:30 o’clock :n the Municipal Building. The meeting was attended by a large representation of city mer chants and business men. The problem of what will happen if prices are allowed to spiral up ward was thoroughly discussed from many angles. It was the con sensus of opinion that while mer chants as a whole and business generally do not want price con trol, it was agreed that it is up to the business men to “hold the line/’ against inflation. A survey of the stores in the city did not show any undue price raising. Beer, however, is reported being sold at 20 cents per bottle end it has been reported that “fat back” is being sold for as much as 50 cents per pound. These prices are being charged in only a limited number of isolated places, how ever. Those attending the meeting yes terday were in a serious mood and the following resolution was un animously adopted by the mer chanst here: 1. That we will endeavor to maintain a reasonable price level. 2. That as new goods come in at higher costs, we will mark them at the lowest price possible con sistent with a reasonable prof it. 3. We offer our cooperation by withholding purchases of merchan .—— dise that is out of reason. 4. We urge those not affiliated with this association to cooperate with us in this, most important en deavor. Following is a list of the mem bership of the Association here: W. C. AUsbrook’s 5 & 10c Store, Johnnie Little, Auto Service Sta tion, Lynch’s Jewelry, Auto Supply lCo, Marks Shoe Store, A. t P: Tea Co, M-System Grocery, Bloom Bros, McCrorys, Brown Furniture, National Loan & Ins. Co, Boar che’s, Nu-Fashion, Citizens Bank & Trust Co, Little Star Grocery. Citizens Realty & Ins. Agency, Peggy Ann Shop, J. C. Penney Co, Colonial Ice Co, Dr. Pepper Bottling Co, Easy Pay Tire Sc Furniture Co, Proctors Dept.. Store, Economy Auto Store, The Quality Shop, Fannye’s, Radio Station WCBT, Farter's, Reliable Clothing & Furniture Co, Fitts Crumpler Electric Cb, Roanoke Bank & Trust Co, (both branch es), George Transportation Ca, Roanoke Hardware Co, Gibson Hardware & Appliance Co, Roar noke Pharmacy, Glovers Shop St Cleaners, Roanoke Rapids Build ing ft Loan Association, Godwin Wilkes Motors, Roanoke Rapids Grocery, Griffin Drug Co, Rose mary Cafe, Halifax Fanners Sup ply Co, Rosemary Drug Co, The Herald Printing Oo, Rosemary Billiard Parlor, Imperial Sc Peo ples Theatres, Shell Furniture Co, The Jewel Box, E. W. Smith, Land Bros. Jewelry, Standard Furniture Exchange, Leggetts Dept. Store, Standard Grocery Co, Starke CContinued on page 8—Sect. AJ Textile Mills Cooperating To Prevent Runaway Prices In a letter sent out to all South ern cotton textile mill operators by Dr. W. P. Jacobs* president of the American Cotton Manufactur ers Association and released today to The Herald by Frank C. Wil liams, vice-president and general manager of Roanoke Mills and Patterson Mills, cooperation is ask ed of the operators in preventing run-away prices. Dr. Jacobs wired the southern mill operators asking their co-op eration in holding price increases down and at the same time issued a statement in Washington in which he said the temporary de mise of OPA may frighten M*>ck market goods into the marks' p-:,J V thus relieve present shortages. Dr. Jacobs’ statement follows; “I greatly regret that the Pres ident has seen fit to veto the emergency price control act over which Congress had labored so dil igently and seriously for several months. While not perfect, I be lieve that the act, as far as it affected textiles, would have work ed. It would have forced OPA tc reflect more fully some of the elements of cost which in the past they had negelected. We were planning a meeting with OPA for Tuesday to help them make the amended bill work. However, I •mesa that Is out now, f—• w* V*v* < Continued on pane V r .rt. As
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