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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1940
Page
13
The test car showed gasoline flow through a container increases sharply beyond 50 mph. Driving at 50 mph yields the best miles per gallon and lower costs and fatalities, concluding 50 mph is sufficient unless urgent.
Miss Mildred Stallings of Aurelian Springs topped the recent State Board exam with a score just above 95 percent, leading 327 applicants. All Roanoke Rapids School of Nursing graduates passed, while 81 other applicants failed. The school trains young women at no cost and cadences further praise for the graduating class and staff.
A survey by Dr. Carl Reynolds found 23 percent of 9,533 prisoners in eighty state and county prisons and road camps in North Carolina were syphilitic. The findings measure public health conditions and indicate a need for treatment programs.
A fragmented article discusses state health efforts against syphilis in prisons and public facilities, then shifts to wartime trade figures for Canada Great Britain and France. It notes rising exports and slower imports, arguing a theory fails to fit the facts.
Secretary Hull rebuts Senator McNary’s claim that Canada Britain and France depreciation hurt U S trade and demands changes to trade agreements. Hull cites official figures to refute the assertion and argues the cited theory is not proven.
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