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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1938
Page
4
An official directive requires Soviet factories to adopt American industrial methods as part of modernizing production. The move aims to boost efficiency and align with Western practices. Officials emphasize measurable gains in output and quality control.
The speaker argues for changes to improve fairness and reduce abuses in North Carolina elections. The reforms aim to address decades of crooked practices, with the News and Observer urging action despite political resistance. The piece portrays a rotting system needing decisive cleanup to restore integrity.
The News and Observer editorial criticizes the State Board of Elections ruling on C. B. Deane and notes unprosecuted assaults on Deane election investigators in Lexington and Davidson County. It questions if inaction signals mobs can influence future primaries and election campaigns.
Voters confront an odor of alleged illegality in North Carolina primaries as questions arise whether the hoodlum involved will evade punishment and the justice system will act.
The Scotland Neck Commonwealth laments a multi year tax deputy defalcation in Halifax County. It questions the auditors firms repeated failures to detect shortages, urging clear explanations and stronger checks such as matching tax lists to receipt books and reviewing unredeemed tax titles.
The board should require a full explanation of the auditing firm's methods and withhold reemployment until the county is convinced no blame lies with the auditors. The public mood suggests gross negligence may have occurred, a view widely held across the county.
The county board of elections urges the state board to eliminate the absentee ballot and the poll markers. They argue current practices enable vote manipulation, with soldiers and others needing access, while markers at polls can be abused to influence or buy votes. Continuous reports of primary misdeeds bolster this call.
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