State chairman cites possible irregularities in Halifax primary
Raleigh News & Observer reports a Halifax County primary on June 4 may face investigation over alleged fraud including ballot stuffing nonresident voting voter intimidation absentee irregularities and illegal vote discard The county chairman sought guidance from the State Board of Elections and the attorney general while other counties also probe record numbers of contested elections The article calls for legislative changes to election laws especially poll assistance and absentee voting.
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Raleigh News & Observer
Halifax County
News & Observer
A. W. Andleton
Andleton
Raleigh
State Board of Elections
Lucas
Three in Weird Wreck After Car Plunges Embankment
Three men escaped serious injury after a small sedan left the highway near the Roanoke River bridge and rolled 150 yards down an embankment landing on its top. Driver Lofton Rook, Paul Evans, and Wilbur Scott were hospitalized with injuries. Scott, 18, slept through the crash and escaped unhurt. Evans suffered a fractured nose and possible internal injuries. Rook received head cuts.
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Roanoke River Bridge
Roanoke Rapids
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Lofton Rook
Paul Evans
Wilbur Scott
Scott
Northampton County
Rook
Virginia
Evans
W. Rook
Lawrenceville
Camps Store
Crocker Maddrey
Florence Scott
Parker Continues Business In Roanoke Rapids
Announcement by James L. Parker of Parker Rochelle Sales Company details Ike Rochelle resigning as sales manager and young Rochelle moving to Raleigh to join Berhardt Electric Company. Parker remains local Norge appliance dealer. no charges filed after a morning accident investigated by Chief Dobbins and State Patrolman Hines.
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James L. Parker
Parker-Rochelle Sales Company
Ike Rochelle
Young Rochelle
Roanoke Rapids
Raleigh
Berhardt Electric Company
James Parker
Norge
Bendix
Parker Sales Company
Dobbins
Hines
Roanoke Rapids Owls Versus Dubs Postponed By Rain
The Roanoke Rapids Owls and Dubs of Durham game in Greensboro was postponed at 5 pm due to rain. The teams will now play Friday night July 15 at the same time and place to open the State Semi-Pro Baseball Tournament.
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Roanoke Rapids Owls
Dub's
Durham
Greensboro
Local Dealer Opens New Venture in Eastern North Carolina
A popular dealer, age and affiliation with the Singer Sewing Machine Co. and leading electrical appliance distributors across Eastern North Carolina announces a new business venture. He enjoys an enviable sales record and many friends wish him success in this move.
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Ager
Singer Sewing Machine Co
North Carolina
Kiwanis Club At Aurelian Springs Meeting Tonight
The Roanoke Rapids Kiwanis Club met at Aurelian Springs for its regular weekly gathering. The club accepted an invitation to enjoy the Home Demonstration Club of the Springs summer cookout.
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Kiwanis Club
Aurelian Springs
Roanoke Rapids
Double Wedding Ties Elizabeth Harper and Ossie Harris in Emporia
Miss Elizabeth Harper of Pine Tops North Carolina wed James Brinkley Wells of Roanoke Rapids in a double ceremony with Ossie Lee Harris marrying Olla Mae Williams. The weddings took place in Emporia on July 11.
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Elizabeth Harper
Pinetops
N. C
James Brinkley Wells
Roanoke Rapids
Ossie Lee Harris
Olla Mae Williams
Rocky Mount
Emporia
Notice of dissolution Parker Rochelle Sales Co
The partnership between James L. Parker and Ike Rochelle of Roanoke Rapids North Carolina known as Parker Rochelle Sales Company is dissolved as of July 14 1938. Debts to the partnership should be received by James L. Parker and all demands presented to him for payment. Parker will continue the business alone at the same Roanoke Rapids location under the firm name Parker Sales Company.
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James L. Parker
Ike Rochelle
Roanoke Rapids
N. C
Parker Rochelle Sales Company
Parker Sales Company
Is Your Darling Daughter Ever Too Old to Be Spanked
Dr. Donald A. Laird, eminent psychologist, argues in a feature for The American Weekly via Sunday Washington Herald Times that corporal discipline remains a matter of soul growth, contrasting past and present views on child spanking.
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Donald A. Laird
American Weekly
Washington Herald-Times
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Lofton Rock
Melvyn Douglas
Melvyn
Blondel
David Blondel
King Richart
THE
Frances Drake
Henry Morgan
Columbia
Parker
Rochelle
Building & Loan Assoc
W. 2Nd St
J. Hawley
Bonne Bell
Taylor's Drug Store
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