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Roanoke Rapids Herald in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1932

Page

5

Next Week At Local Theatres Thriller Quiz Prizes

The Herald asks readers to identify six thriller scenes from old films with a chance to win guest tickets to Guilty as Hell at the Peoples Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. First ten correct answers receive prizes. prompt mailing boosts success.

The Peoples Theater the Herald S. S. Vin Dine Phico Vance Old Storerook Herald Lowell Thomas Imperial Theatre

Mad man with no shoes observed at Grand Central station

A fragment notes a barefoot man ejected from Grand Central after likely theft or loss of shoes, followed by a shoe store visit. The text mentions a labor union of house wreckers mostly Russian and lists several residents and visitors from North Carolina and Virginia with brief local remarks.

Grand Central Station

Noise and commerce in New York amid mood and hats

The piece notes a drop of nearly 6,000,000 visitors to New York versus last year, suggests city noise is making New Yorkers nervous, and mentions a noise abatement commission and rubber tires proposed for wheelbarrows. It also observes colorful Panama hats sold by New York hat shops and a gypsy fortune teller on Sixth Avenue.

New York Sixth Avenue

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