Chief H E Dobbins Struck By City Truck
Chief H E Dobbins suffered bruises to back neck shoulders and legs when a City Street Department pick up driven by Grover Wood struck him Sunday night at about seven at the Roanoke Ave intersection with the access road to Roanoke No 1 plant and the paper mill. Clayton Matthews an extra policeman was with him.
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H. E. Dobbins
Grover Wood
City Street Department
Mr. Dobbins
Clayton Matthews
Roanoke Ave
Roanoke No. 1
Eight hurt in Highway 158 bus car collision near Garysburg
Eight persons were injured Sunday afternoon on Highway 158 near Garysburg when a Pleasant Hill car driven by M M Male collided with a Carolina Trailways bus bound for Roanoke Rapids. The most seriously hurt? none. Bus passengers included F G Craig, Mrs Corrinne Marcock, Anna Vincent, and Joe Parker with various injuries. Mr and Mrs Male and their son James also injured. All were treated locally and discharged in days.
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Highway 158
Garysburg
M. M. Male
Pleasant Hill
Carolina Trailways
Roanoke Rapids
M. E. Wall
Gasburg
F. G. Craig
Raleigh
Corrinne Morecock
Halifax
Anna Vincent
Joe Parker
New J C Penney Store Planned In Southward Area
Construction starts immediately on a 50 by 120 foot building with full basement on Roanoke Avenue to house J. C. Penney Company. The project aims for completion by January 1 with excavating to begin soon. The store front will use colored brick and include selling space in the basement and a mezzanine in the rear.
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Roanoke Avenue
J. Winfield Crew, Jr
J. C. Penney Company
Large & P
J. G Penney
Penney
Romancos Tournament Game Postponed Rained Out
The Romances opened the State Tournament with a rainout and will play Friday at 8 30 p m facing Greensboro's H H team led by Pete Mooney. Lee and DeBerry will pitch, per Bill Alligood.
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H&h
Greensboro
Pete Mooney
Ace
Virginia
Lee
DeBerry
Bill Alligood
Company B Homecoming Delayed M Day Planned For Sept 16
Weary officers and men of Company B 105th Medical Regiment NC National Guard return from three weeks of war games in Mississippi and Louisiana. General Metts sets M day for Sept 16 signaling mobilization and camping in the city before reporting to Camp Jackson. Recruitment needed to reach peacetime strength, with about 100 total men expected. Doctors Taylor and Stephenson return from Columbia to arrange housing for families during training.
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105Th Medical Regiment
North Carolina National Guard
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. van B. Metts
Camp Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
Cruit
T. J. Taylor
B. E. Stephenson
Mail Delivery Change Speeds City Post
Beginning September 1 a large portion of morning mail arriving around 8 o'clock will be routed by ACL and Welden and picked up by messenger. This will allow residents to receive mail from northern points about an hour earlier.
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ACL
Welden
Unemployment Commission Grants Benefits After Roanoke Rapids Flood
The Unemployment Compensation Commission ruled in Roanoke Rapids that workers in Roanoke Rapids and Weldon losing jobs to flood disruption are eligible for benefits and will be paid for nonemployment after August 22 1940. Claims were filed by Nita Turner Thurman Hux Carrie Jones and W G Cherry Jr. Officials note about 1500 affected but only 625 claims received by Tuesday afternoon. The decision was issued after a Friday hearing before the full commission.
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Unemployment Compensation Commission
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Roanoke Mills Company
Halifax Paper Company
Perfection Mill Company
Virginia Electric and Power Company
Manchester Board and Paper Company
Nita P. Turner
Jackson Street
Thurman L. Hux
Route 1
Carrie Jones
N. C
W. G. Cherry, Jr
Rea‘noke Mill No
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Roanoke Mills Co
F. C. Williams
Crew
South Business
J. C. Penney
Romancos
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