Roanoke Rapids Baker Falsely Tagged in Mattson Kidnapping
A Roanoke Rapids baker named Hughes was arrested on suspicions he matched the Mattson child kidnapper description. He proved to have an alibi in New Orleans, and was released after authorities confirmed he could not have been in Tacoma in December 1936. The case prompted a national hunt with a $10,000 reward, but the lead fizzled.
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Roanoke Rapids
Charles Fletcher Mattson
W. W. Mattson
Tacoma
Wash
Hughes
Goldsboro
Halifax
Washington
Mattson
New Orleans
Northwest
Department of Justice
New York City
Homer S. Cummings
U. S
F.B.I
Baker
Bottle Loss and Bad Accounts Hit Dairymen Meeting
On Wednesday July 14 dairymen selling milk in R R met to tackle bottle loss and bad accounts. They voted to charge a three cent deposit on each bottle starting July 19 and to bar milk to dairymen with unsettled accounts until they are paid. A new exchange account system aims to curb losses from bad debts. Bottle ownership rules warn households using bottles for oils or preserves may face a $100 fine.
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R. R
Boone Family Visit At Mrs Bur ton Home
Mr and Mrs Cebron Boone and their son Jimmy from Kannapolis spent several days with Mrs J R Burton last week for a family visit and leisure time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cebron Boone
Jimmy
Kannapolis
J. R. Burton
Local Visitor Notes and Weekend Trips Around Halifax
Halifax residents share visits with relatives in Enfield Wallace and Dunn. A list of guests includes Mrs E T Morris, Janice Medlin, Sandra Hux, Mary Laura Twisdale, Doris Hurley, Graham Cheek, Frances Martin, Charles Allen Jones, Al Pearce, John Newton, Cora Martling, Mildred Ramsey, D J Millikin, Ferrell Millikin, Edward Carlyle, W R Caudle, Elizabeth White, Vera Bobbitt, Clayborn Bass and family, J R Twisdale, Mary Read, Myrtle Read, Nita Scott. Trips include Myrtle Beach and Virginia Beach with several Richmond and Norfolk excursions noted.
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Janice Medlin
Spring Hope
Walter Avent
A. L. Hux
Sandra
Wallace
Mary Laura Twisdale
Doris Hurley
Roland Home
Myrtle Beach
Graham Cheek
Burlington
J. F. Martin
Frances Martin
Dunn
Milton
Charles Allen Jones
Littleton
al Pearce
Newark
N. J
John Newton
Cora Martling
Mildred Ramsey
New York
D. J. Millikin
Ferrell Millikin
Edward Carlyle
Norfolk
W. R. Caudle
Elizabeth White
Vera Bobbitt
Va. Beach
Clayborn Bass
Knotts Island
J. R. Twisdale
Mary Read
Myrtle Read
Richmond
Nita Scott
Franklin, Va
Town Talk Notes From Local Liaisons This Week
Miss Annie Mae O dell spends this week in New York. Mrs A B Anderson and son Roy of Warrenville S C visit Mrs John Baird this week. Mrs A M Glover, Miss Elizabeth Glover, Lottie Harris and David Camp spent Sunday in Kingston.
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Annie Mae O'dell
New York
A. B. Anderson
Roy
Warrenville
S. C
John Baird
A. M. Glover
Elizabeth Glover
Lottie Harris
David Camp
Kinston
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E. T. Morris
Enfield
Colonial Ice CO
R. B. Purdy, Mgr
Ball Mason
Colastreamy Alaska Pink
Pulla
A&p
Sunnyfield
Scottissue
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