DeLeón F Green Dies After Heart Attack at 58
DeLeon Fillyan Green a Weldon and former Liggett Myers vice president died after a heart attack at Roanoke Rapids hospital. He was 58 and had lived in Weldon since retiring in 1931. Survived by one son and six sisters, funeral held at Grace Episcopal Church Weldon with burial in Cedarwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeLeon Fillyan Green
Halifax County
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
Mr. Green
Weldon
New York City
The
Tobacco Company
Grace Episcopal Church
D. P. Moore
Cedarwood Cemetery
DeWitt Allen Green
DeWitt Allen Green, Jr
Robert Sater Green
George C. Green
John C. Green
Washington, D. C
Shephard Green
Mary Long Green
Grace Green
J. B. Fountain
Lakeland
Fla
W. G. Parsons
Rocky Mount
N. C. Hughes
Farmers To Get Commissioner Land Bank Loans
Halifax county farmers will continue to access Commissioner loans under the 1933 authorized program signed by President Roosevelt. L B McDaniel notes these loans help consolidate debt at lower interest, aid tenants becoming owners, and prevent farm losses during tough times. In Halifax there are about 226 loans totaling 296,257 dollars.
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Land Bank Commissioner
Halifax County
Roosevelt
L. B. McDaniel
Halifax County National Farm Loan Association
McDaniel
Commissioner
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Federal Land Banks
National Farm Loan Associations
Federal Land Bank
Citizen Kane To Play Pitts In Emporia
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane is the Pitts theater feature in Emporia for Thursday and Friday. Tim Holt stars in The Bandit Trail at the Pitts on Saturday as a top Western. Blondie's Blessed Event follows on Sunday in the Dagwood and Blondie series. Bette Davis stars in The Little Foxes Monday and Tuesday, praised as an epic by critics. A Wednesday double feature offers two main attractions.
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Orson Welles
Pitts Theater
Emporia
Tim Holt
Pitts
Blondie
Dagwood
Blondie Pictures
Film Snubs Spark Rage as Mokey Tramp Dominates
The year’s top two pictures Mokey and Tramp Tramp Tramp win the year’s best honors amid controversy as critics crown leading performances and studios celebrate.
New Interviewers Join North Carolina U S Employment Service
Ten new interviewers enter a five day training in Raleigh under P B Pollock and Irma C Johnson. The class runs June 26 30 including Sunday at the Central Office. Trainees include Wyndall Covington Spray Ethel Fuller Durham David S Gray Jr North Wilkesboro Robert Harris Concord and others assigned to Durham High Point Wilmington Rocky Mount and Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
U. S. Employment Service For
North Carolina
P. B. Pollock
Irma C. Johnson
Wyndall Covington
Spray
Ethel Fuller
Durham
David S. Gray, Jr
North Wilkesboro
Robert Harris
Concord
William Leathers
Roanoke Rapids
W. D. Rudd
High Point
J. Albert Shapard
Wilmington
Ethel Sheridan
Rocky Mount
Elizabeth Prather Sisk
Fayetteville
Carlyle M. Taylor
Asheville
Gaston Youth Is Given Promotion
Pvt. George Delfenthal of Gaston North Carolina received a promotion to Technician Fifth Grade at Keesler Field Mississippi, marking advancement at the Army Air Forces Technical School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaston Youth
Keesler
George Delfenthal
J. H. Delfenthal
Gaston, N. C
Army Air Forces Technical School
Rose announce birth of son William Johnston
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Rose announce the birth of a son, William Johnston, on Wednesday, June 17, at Roanoke Rapids hospital. Mrs. Rose, before marriage, was Miss Louise Hayes of Fremont, N. C.
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D. A. Rose
William Johnston
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Weekend Social at Colerain Beach and La Crosse Visit
Mr and Mrs Doyle Davenport Mr and Mrs R E Clary and Mr and Mrs George Wallace and son spent Sunday at Colerain Beach. Mrs Early Jones and Howard Jones spent the weekend in La Crosse Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Davenport
R. E. Clary
George Wallace and Son
Colerain Beach
Early Jones
Howard Jones
la Crosse
Test Air Raid To Be Held Here Afternoon July 14
A daylight air raid drill will be held in the city Tuesday afternoon July 14 between 4 and 6 with traffic halted and residents indoors. Commander Frank Sherry announced the exercise and said it will be the first in a series of monthly tests for Civilian Defense units conducted to rehearse under fire and measure response. Officials from State Civil Defense will observe, and Army or Civil Defense planes may fly over to monitor the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Sherry
Sherry
Fense
Army
Civil Defense Corps
Victory Day Celebration In Jackson Northam pton County
Northampton county plans a July 4 Victory Day event at the Jackson county courthouse at 11 am. Governor J Melville Broughton issued the proclamation and A G Gay leads the program. Judge R Hunt Parker speaks, Mayor E N Riddle welcomes, Richard Lloyd gives the invocation.
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Jackson
Northampton County
J. Melville Broughton
County Court House
A. G Gay
Northampton County Civilian Defense Organization
R. Hunt Parker
Roanoke Rapids
Third Judicial District
E. N. Riddle
Ichard Lloyd
Jackson Baptist Church
America
W. D. Barbee
Seaboard
American Legion
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Deleon F. Green
Tobacco Co
Green
Rotary Club
Commissioner Land Bank
Citizen Kane
Uncle Sam
Roanoke Rapids Building & Loan Association
W. 2Nd Street
Johnsons Cab Service
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