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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1948
Page
4
News reports a grasshopper plague across ten localities in Mississippi. Poison bait targets the insects as entomologists study their life cycle, noting past plagues along the Mississippi River linked to river-bottom depressions and the need for early cultivation to curb egg hatching.
The article argues that human rights cannot be created or enforced merely by resolution or legal text. It cites India's educational and democratic gaps and Russia's misalignment with Western democracy, claiming readiness and training determine the ability to exercise rights. It cautions that rights emerge with time and capable citizens, not from signed covenants alone.
A fragmented clipping notes a Roanoke Times line about peace versus tension. The snippet references a broader debate on how genuine peace weighs against the stress and anxiety it carries.
A long list of visits and guests from Raleigh Cherry Point Washington D C and Halifax with names like Bowers Isles Collins Shearin Crawley and Liles. Includes revival at Corinth Methodist Church and a note on Miss Clyde Chichester’s improving health. Mentions 1945 marriage and divorce statistics for North Carolina.
Warrenton officials approved selling 39000 in revenue anticipation notes to cover short term borrowing for jail remodeling and other county needs. State highway works urged to speed up road surface treatment from Churchill to Oakville and hardening of Tat Kiln Road. County raises secretary salary from 1440 to 1500 yearly. Beer license issued to John M Harris colored merchant. Sheriff reports 732.40 in June taxes, year total 128863.73.
Over 8 900 pounds of drugs from America were received at the port of Kuwait Arabia last Rio de Janeiro Brazil and Buenos Aires Argentina will be brought within six hours flying time of each other by a new plante service.
A new field in the textile industry could emerge with a process to convert cottonseed meal into protein compounds. ACE MacGee foresees a meeting on solvents used to extract protein, linking to peanut and soybean based materials. The National Cotton Council cites Southern Research Lab in New Orleans active in this project. Five solvent extraction plants in the region are already involved, with construction planned for another plant in the South.
North Carolina plans a July 14 inspection week to select ten forestry tour winners who will receive bonds and scholarships. Roy H. Thomas and Clarence Claridge announced the program directed by American Turpentine Farmers Association and BN Hoskins. Seaboard Air Line Railroad and several agencies cooperate, including State Forest Service and Roanoke Rapids mills, to support the forestry projects and camp at Single tary Lake.
Five new faculty members will teach in Scotland Neck schools this fall. Stagner of Rockingham will teach social science and coach athletics in the high school. Stagner, 32, Wake Forest graduate, played two years of varsity football at Wake Forest 1938 37 and has taught PE at Wake Forest. Other teachers include Miss Alice Hardy from Richmond Virginia for first grade Mrs. Lillian Simmons of Tarboro for primary grades one and two Mrs. Will Herring for upper grammar grades and Mrs. Irwin Clark for one of two eighth grade sections.
Weldon Junior Chamber of Commerce sponsors Miss Weldon 1948 contest to crown Virginia Sledge Miss Weldon of 1947. Event starts with a softball game at 2:20 p.m. at Weldon Ball Park, followed by a concert at the American Legion Center 5 to 6 p.m. and a dance at 9 p.m. with Jimmy Livingston orchestra.
Mrs Sammy Marks hosted the Business and Professional Women's Club at a picnic supper at her Chaloner Park home Thursday night. Assisted by Mrs Doris Hudson and Mrs Eugen Fisher, attendees enjoyed hot dogs potato salad coleslaw ice cream and cookies followed by informal entertainment in the playroom.
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