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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1934
Page
3
Washington authorizes the stagger system for CWA jobs in towns under 2500. Mrs Thomas OBerry states the rule excludes larger towns due to higher living costs. The plan shifts workers as county quotas fill, cutting hours to about 17 per week and employing roughly 900 instead of 509.
Gilliam Grissom, longtime U S collector of revenue for North Carolina, presses for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Party leaders doubt a convention win and fear a primary fight, while Grissom vows to force a primary if not nominated. He remains in Raleigh pursuing the campaign.
Penitentiaries jails and county homes are being built enlarged or improved with CWA funds. Mrs W T Best commissioner of public welfare reports work at Caswell Training School Farm Colony for Women Samarcand Manor Morrison Training School for Negro boys and other state institutions. Additional projects are pending and others prepared for submission to Mrs Thomas O Berry state CWA administrator.
Governor Ehringhaus, with the Washington administration, follows a code of fair competition for the peanut milling industry approved by Secretary Wallace on January 10. General Johnson has approved labor provisions and is urged to implement soon. J. W. Tapp notes improved peanut market conditions attributed to the proposed agreement.
Philadelphia Nationals appoint former St. Louis Cardinal catcher Jimmy Wilson as manager for 1934. Wilson says the club will finish higher than many now suspect as he shapes the team for the season.
About 1400 of the 2600 lawyers in North Carolina had paid 1933 dues of 3 dollars to Henry London, secretary, with 1934 dues now due by July 1. Payments for both years are required to keep licenses under the 1933 State Bar law. The State Bar Council met in Raleigh. 20 lawyers serve on it from districts. The examining board will hold its first exam on January 29 with 77 applications filed.
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