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Lingering effects of 34 strike frame Roanoke Rapids year
Review of early 1935 in The Roanoke Rapids Herald shows the 1934 textile strike's impact with labor hearings in Washington and reduced hours in Roanoke Rapids. Highlights include storm sewer installation, local legislation, bids for a new Post Office, and a municipal building contract, plus several local incidents and social notes.
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Roanoke Rapids
Washington
Allsbrook
Herald
Roanoke Mill No. 1
UTW
Rosemary Mfg. Co
Textile Labor Relations Board
United Laymen of the Churches of
T. W. Mullen
C. W. Davis
Thelma
R.F.D
Weldon
A. N. Martin
Ned Manning
Kiwanis Club
G. H. Nash
Richmond
Joe Ramsey
Brown-Boykins
Rosemary Textile
Wm. H. Pepper
W. T. Alford
Roanoke Avenue
J. W. Dupree
Coffin
Lee Morris
Vepco
County Avenue
Weldon Production Credit Association
Woodruff-Smith
J. Dooley
Fayetteville
Gorman
Halifax County Medical Society
W. G. Sutter
W. C. Elmore