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Newspaper

Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 27, 1933

Page

8

Recorder Aims To Clear 20 Cases In Court Tuesday

Liquor charges led the docket with six cases. Luther McWilliams and Spooner McWilliams faced weapon and drunken driving counts. Luther pled guilty and was fined $100 plus costs. Albert Story and Bertha McWilliams admitted guilt for fornication and adultery with Story sentenced to five months on roads. Bertha’s judgment continued.

Recorder’s Court Eunice Burnett Luther McWilliams Spooner McWilliams Spooner MeWilliams Albert Story Bertha McWilliams Albert Dixon

Court records outline liquor cases and fines in Roanoke Rapids

Kingfish Removal on liquor charges. deponent failed and capias issued. Gregory pleads guilty to driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, fined 50 dollars plus costs. Taylor pleads guilty to unlawful possession and pays 5 dollars plus costs. Short pleads guilty to driving while drunk, fined 50 dollars plus costs, no automobile for five months. Blake Patterson pleads guilty to unlawful possession and transportation, sentenced to six months on roads. Capias to issue April 28 1933 within three years if fines and costs are paid. James Johnson pleads guilty to reckless driving, good behavior for two years, no driving for one year, fine 10 dollars plus costs.

R. L. Shearin J. L. Wilkerson Herbert F Battle George White Walter Hill W. C. Holston John Thompson William Allen Lang Tippett John Allen Tippett Thompson Otto Faison May Carlyle Willie Brown Lillie May Richardson Capias Caroline Whitaker P. C. Gregory R. M. Taylor Tom Short Blake Patterson James Johnson

Will Rogers Funny Reader Letter From Embarrassed Spouse

A tabloid humor note recounts a late shift worker discovering another man with his wife. The editor pays a dollar for funny letters and adds a $3.00 check after noting the stranger’s own embarrassment. The anecdote appears in Will Rogers style humor features.

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Up and Down The Avenue Roosevelt conference opinions

The column offers personal views on Roosevelt McDonald and other conferences. It predicts gold standard resumption by major powers, debt revisions, tariff reductions, and world armament cuts, plus a passing note on April Cherry Blossom hotel crowds in Washington. It mentions Cephas Cannon and the Taylors visiting Brink, Virginia.

America Britaan France

Herald Composing Room Shows Fancy Type Portrait

A Herald compositor demonstrates a Chevalier impression crafted from type with the French star depicted in straw hat and overbite. Maurice Chevalier’s latest film A Bed Time Story will soon be shown in the city. Mr and Mrs Robert Edwards visited Rich Square with J O Slade on Sunday.

Herald Maurice Chevalier Chevalier Mrs Robert Edwards Rich Square J. O. Slade

Seaboard trims Roanoke Rapids schedule with two daily trains

Seaboard will operate two trains daily in each direction at Roanoke Rapids. Trains to Norfolk depart 5 08 AM and 10 30 AM with returns at 12 02 PM and 6 23 PM. Train 18, once a flag stop, will now carry mail and stop regularly. Weekend fares to Norfolk remain in effect until September.

Seaboard Roanoke Rapids Norfolk Norlina Altho Seaport

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