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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1940
Page
1
H L Jaffe announces transfer of Me W H King to Newport News Virginia and names G B Buck Taylor as manager with Floyd Woolum as assistant at the Reliable Clothiers branch. The Jaffe Store, opened late last year, has been a successful venture and locals will welcome the leadership changes.
A Virginia Electric and Power Company demonstration showed how drinking whiskey beer or ale slows driver reaction time. Seven volunteers had two four or six ounces of alcohol and were tested with a driving apparatus while blood pressure was monitored.
A Roanoke Rapids meeting with Veterans groups and civic clubs seeks to form a National Guard unit. General J. Van B. Metts may visit to discuss a Collecting Company of the 105th Medical Regiment with plans for a temporary armory on Roanoke Avenue.
Among the inpatients this week are H. E. Davis of Littleton, David Dickens of Weldon, Mrs. E. L. Edwards of Seaboard, Mrs. F. A. Hastings of Emporia, Mrs. John Shaw of Paris Store Virginia, William Stoll of Littleton, Mrs. B. Spraggins of Gasburg Virginia, and Joseph D. Smith of Conway.
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