Roanoke Rapids 1933 events loom in New Deal era
Roanoke Rapids records a six month 1933 snapshot with incidents from July to August. Wages rise at mills and NR A codes spread as the city expands public works and schools. Notable items include bank robberies, funerals, new stores and homes, paving debates, and a city plumbing inspector appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke Rapids
Patterson Mills
State Highway Commission
Littleton Road
Lawrenceville Road
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan
Federal Home Loan Bank
Battlesboro Bank
Mills
Charlie Thornton
Episcopal-Presbyterian Young Peoples Camp
W. S. Parker
Henderson
Ted Speight
Halifax
Congressman Kerr
Roanoke
Rapids
Special Board For Public Works
NRA
W. L. Long
J. J. Wade
Corner 11Th
Avenue
Hart Clements
Battlesboro
T. R. Walker
Littleton
G. T. Garris
Enfield
Henry Lewis
Parker
Halifax County
Consumers of
NBA Club
Richard G. Myrick
Henry Fitts
Roanoke Rapids Chronicle Highlights 1933 Local Events
A broad roundup notes political shifts and civic actions in Roanoke Rapids including NRA activity, school board elections, Hurricane and relief drives, and public works. It cites deaths, trials, and arrests such as Marvel Cullom, Billie Elting, and J. R. Jones, plus city projects, charity efforts, and NRA pledges with multiple dates from August to December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Grand Jury
Lanas
NRA
High Silvol
Wiyber
Fair Store Crease
Business Bank of
Scotland
Virginia Beach
Rip Dunn
Virginia Smith
J. M. Barrell
Mary A. Wallace
Holiness Church
W. E. King
George Murray
Billie Elting
Charley Fayed
C. J. Massey
City
Woman’s Club
Library
M. F. Edwards
Gilbert Barber
W. S. Brown
Jackson Street
Carolina
Allen Cawthorn
Julian B. Coppedge
Weldon
E. A. Matthews
Honolulu
Red Cross
East Carolina
Caledonia
Ollie Richardson
Louis Jeffry
Hollister
J. C. Wells
Roanoke
Patterson
Lake Thomas
T. W. Mullen
J. T. Chase
E. W. Eubanks
Mayor Jenkins
CG. D. Wheeler
H. S. Loy
George Pappendick
T. M. Jenkins
A. L. Clark
Harrison Drug
Jesse Rice
John Cannon
Associated Charities
Marvel
California
Whiteman
Halifax County
Margarite Williams
C'Ty
L. H. Cullom
Matthews
Burgyn
W. S. Hockaday
Kiwanis Club
Aurelian Springs
Curtis Shell
Merchants Association
Crutchfield- Byrd
G. H. Nash
K. H. Barrow
Julian Allsbrook
WPTF
Roanoke Rapids
Rosemary
Bernice Riggan
Joe R. Jones
Wilmer Gurganus
Also Mentioned on This Page
John D. Rockefeller
J. H. Norman
Express Co
Quest For Express
Marvel Cullom
Steadman Stores Co
Nash Motor Co
Anderson's Crossroads
E. L. Travis, Jr
Superior Court
Gray
Eba Matthews
Joyner
Charlie Fayed
Quentin Gregory
Jax
Greenville
Glee Club
Gurganus
J. R. Jones
Thompson
W. Alligood
Matthews Bond
CWA
Lou Brewer
PWA
Roosevelt
W. J. Britt
Will Joyner
J. J. Amerson
Wilson
Lucy Banks
Anna Turner
Gordon Price
First Baptist Church
J. Jd. Boone
Rosemar Methodist Church
Needy Co
Rocky Mount
T. W. Wafford
Sal
Martha Barrell
Kiwanis
Richmond
Willie Taylor
J. H. Williams
Merchants Association and
Washington
John Kerr
Herald Files
New York
John D. Rockefeller Sr
Florida
Mr. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
N. Y
Green Bay Wis
Thomas Naylor
Naylor
Rosemary Drug Co
Rexall
Fact of
Andes Mountains
Nature
South
Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
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