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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
12
The disbursing officer is instructed not to pay wages for excess work. From now on no new payroll additions occur except as replacements for workers fully terminated and paid. Telegram supersedes prior instructions. Order of Mr. Hopkins signed by Mrs. Thomas O Berry Administrator CWA Raleigh NC.
Community notes and upcoming events outlined include Graham Poyner and the Roanoke Rapids Choral Club plans on WPTF six months ahead, a High School musical program for the countryside, a guitarist-voiced ambition, and a barbershop chorus. J R Powers announces their birth, Kiwanis dinner at Aurelian Springs with farmers attending, Associated Charities meeting Jan 23 at 7:30 with Rev. J N Bynum hosting, and requests for local organizations to send reps. Welfare Department Women’s Club meeting Jan 22 with a special program, Monk Jennings black and white revue at South Rosemary School Jan 26 at 8, admission 15 and 25 cents to benefit the school.
Mr. Milton Davenport returns from Hyde County Plymouth and Wilmington trips. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jeffers were in Richmond Tuesday.
Thieves forced entry by breaking a lock and using a hot stove to aid access at the Express Safe Cracked office and City Ice & Fuel Co. They removed about twenty dollars in cash and several checks from a lunch stand area near the New Bakery. Police and railroad detectives pursue leads with possible arrests anticipated.
Plans advance for a Birthday Ball in Eureka Hall Scotland Neck on Tuesday January 30 to honor President Franklin D Roosevelt. Mayor B F Bracy heads committees to ensure smooth execution plus proceeds support the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation endowment aiding infantile paralysis research. Roosevelt uses Warm Springs as his winter home and chairs the foundation.
The statement asserts confidence in current Roanoke Rapids leadership and denies ownership or management changes. It emphasizes loyalty to employees, noting losses during the depression to preserve jobs and urging that rumors harming the town’s interests are unfounded.
The Roanoke Rapids High School Parent-Teacher Association met January 11 at 3 45 PM in the high school building with Mrs R P Beckwith presiding. Ed Lewter spoke on traffic safety and Mrs William Alfred Thorne urged parents to help children observe safety laws. A committee was formed to propose resolutions for stricter speech law enforcement and road safety at Seventh Street and Washington Street intersections. Refreshments followed for about 150 attendees. Miss Mary B Cannon’s eighth grade received the most attendance votes.
Rental notice lists two or three unfurnished rooms available at 234 Hamilton Street. Applicants urged to apply in person on or after November 1, 2018, with payment pending as noted. The small classified item emphasizes immediate occupancy and location details.
FOR RENT 4 room and three room houses with land and woods attached. Also extra mule for sale 35 dollars and sewing machine for less than 10 dollars. A Wilkins Thelma N C.
Mayor Jenkins warns Roanoke Rapids residents they must buy auto tags by January 1 and dog licenses by July 1. Police will not casually check delinquents and will issue arrest warrants on sight. Licenses available at the City Clerk’s office or from police officers.
A reader thanks Mr Wilson for pursuing CWA fairness and urges coverage of criticisms. The letter argues CWA aid should aid the unemployed and needy while noting some workers are well off or drawing government pensions. The editor notes portions remain unprinted to address errors raised.
The Baltimore Sunday American announces a new comic Ride Em Cowboy Way Out West for readers. Sold through favorite newsboys or newsdealers, the feature joins the brand-new lineup.
The speaker condemns people taking jobs they are not entitled to and places blame on CWA officials and politicians. In the next two weeks he predicts a shift in public mood as past injustices are corrected.
In remembrance of our little son William Carlton Hasty who left us on April 14 1930 We miss him but hope to meet him in Heaven He is gone but not forgotten Mother and Family.
A railroad conductor from Rouses Point New York who suffered stomach trouble after dairy meals at dinner began BISMA REX treatment. He gained weight from 109 to 152 pounds and now eats a wide range of foods.
Bisma-Rex is described as a four way antacid offering relief in three minutes. It neutralizes excess acid relieves gas soothes irritated membranes and aids digestion of fermenting foods. Sold only at Rexall Drug Stores with Rosemary Drug Co and Taylors Drug Store carrying jars.
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