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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1935
Page
1
The piece compares auditorium capacities with Peoples and Imperial Theatres and solves a seating puzzle. It notes the High School auditorium once held 2002 seats, now 1940 with 1242 downstairs and 698 balcony. A total crowd of 1093 is given for a specific moment.
Francis J. Gorman of the United Textile Workers addressed about 1,200 people at the High School auditorium on Saturday. The event featured J Dooley and J Winfield Crewe Jr with Dr. T W M Long introducing Gorman, praised as a national leader for textile workers.
About 800 Roanoke Mills No 1 employees heard S T Peace and F C Williams explain the textile industry conditions and the need to cut work time to meet current business losses in the flannel mill.
H. G. Church, 25, of Norfolk died instantly when a large empty convoy truck he rode in overturned two miles from Emporia. The driver of the truck was critically injured and rushed to a Norfolk hospital. The vehicle was returning to Norfolk from North Carolina with a load.
Senator Julian R. Allsbrook filed Senate Bill No. 66 in the State Senate to abolish garnishment fees and require two weeks notice before payroll garnishments for delinquent taxes. The measure, referred to Senate Judiciary Committee No. 2, aims to limit hardship on employees and ensure notice to taxpayers before collection actions.
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