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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1948
Page
4
H. R. Niswonger and H. M. Covinton urge careful melon handling during harvest to reduce damage claims. They advise harvesting only ripe melons, avoiding pressing rind, cutting from vines with long stems, and not standing melons on end to prevent bruising and flesh cracking.
Minneapolis reports rising vacation costs with 20 to 100 percent increases since 1940. Trips, luggage, clothing, and gear all show higher prices due to inflation and taxes. A Nassau cruise climbs from 12 days to a minimum $218.50, while bikinis, golf clubs, rods, cameras, and tires rise as part of the expense hike.
Betraive Pearson jumps from David Selznick to Roberts Productions for Tucker's People with John Garfield, then Enter prise films Deborah by Dick Collins about a schoolteacher. Janet Leigh steals the set with crew friendships while actors like Gregory Peck, Bing Crosby, and Gordon MacRae loom in upcoming projects. Paul Lee, blinded on Guadal Canal, gains a comeback as a prizefighter with Alan Ladd in One Woman, while Esther Williams rehearses Take Me Out to the Ball Game with Sinatra and Kelly. Sabu plans a jungle film back in India, and Fred MacMurray to co star with Claudette Colbert in Genins in the Family.
Maj. Gen. Clyde F. Steel, engineer in-chief from 1942 to 1946, urged conscription in Australia to aid Britain, the empire, and the United States. He argued Australia was aided by the United States and should not rely solely on allies, calling for a strong professional army to share occupation duties in Europe.
Conway Wardell Maddrey left Monday to return to work in Fayetteville. Mrs. C. W. Vann left Friday to spend two weeks with her father in Wadesboro. Mrs. Grady Ricks left Friday for a visit with her parents in McCall. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Long spent Sunday with Mr. Long's parents in Murfreesboro. Mr. and Mrs. Al Hoice Cou sing and children of Norfolk visited her sister, Mrs. J. W. Collier Sunday. Miss Ruth Gray of Suffolk returned home Sunday from a visit with her grandmother, Mrs. U. S. Grant. Miss Hilda Bell of Rich Square visited Mrs. J. W. Collier Saturday. Mrs. Simon Qdow and children and Mrs. Julian Liverman were in Murfreesboro Friday.
A homesick 1 year old angora cat named Fluffy walked 4 miles in a month to return to its former Leominster home in Massachusetts after leaving the Ben Hansberry family in Buffalo New York en route to Moses Lake Washington. Neighbors found the cat back at the old door and arrangements were made to air-ship it to the Hansberrys. In Georgia voters will see ballots without names on July 22 and Maine and Washington officials discuss a lobsters for crabs exchange with air transit and tanks to ship crustaceans between coasts.
Jackson A campaign against rats will begin in Northampton County on Tuesday August 3 with the County Health Department and Extension Service agents taking part in a rat eradication drive. The effort aims to reach every community, aided by rat poles and Red Squill poison, and urges farmers to join in the war on rodents. Estimates note millions of rats nationwide and potential savings from citizen cooperation. Warrenton William Jaylor Jr was reappointed town attorney by the Board of Town Commissioners, aligning with a two year tenure rule for town attorneys.
The University of Massachusetts will add nearly 33 million dollars in new buildings by 1969. The Alumni Building Corporation plans up to 9.59 million in construction on the Amherst campus, financed to self liquidate and transfer ownership to the state at no cost to taxpayers. Public works of 120 billion are charted for possible job growth.
Milwaukee report describes Mr and Mrs Richard Gallitz seated apart in a church service. Gallitz faced a blank collection plate and appeared unable to donate. A coin was dropped into her outstretched hand as services ended. Her husband later discovered he had been seated several rows away.
GREEN BAY Wisconsin police report a theft of a motor bicycle from Wilbur Kuske a hardworking student who saved money through multiple jobs and chores. The article notes his efforts and the loss while he was at school seeking rewards for recovery.
Cambridge Massachusetts United Press report notes James J Patel travels 28 miles to attend his Harvard class reunion signaling campus community engagement and local movement toward alumni events.
Newburgh New York story reports John Orth of Trailside Museum recounts a beaver and boys tale. The beaver stacked sticks on a lakeside dock for campfires, every night the boys found the dock missing each morning. The beaver gnawed the pilings, sinking the dock as revenge.
Fort Worth police investigated a report from a 35 year old waitress who said a middle aged man, nicknamed Mr Godiva, drove beside her in his car and then jumped out naked. She fled the scene.
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