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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
7
The Census Bureau reports civilian employment in June at 61,296,000 Americans employed for pay or family benefit, not counting housewives. Farm work fell to 9,296,000, roughly 1,000,000 below the prior year, while non agricultural industries rose to 51,899,000. The shift shows a move from farm to city.
Parents across the state are urged to support a unified effort against infantile paralysis and to back a pay as you go medical care program. The piece advocates the National Health Insurance bill S 1320 to expand doctor and hospital access, stressing state control and improved facilities to curb epidemics.
A humorous line from Punch states a suitor declares he comes to ask for the daughter’s hand along with the two front rooms and kitchen. The New Yorker adds a jab about a luncheonette named Shortchamps near Fortieth Street and Broadway across from Longchamps.
The author recalls a Georgia campaign era with Tom Hardwick and Tom Watson. From a Augusta crowd, they spoke on the courthouse steps as rival voices, Hardwick with black hair and Watson with red, trading fiery rhetoric amid bitter press battles and voter interest.
Rockford city council weighs an ordinance targeting people who smoke in bed risking fires. A fine of 30 to 200 dollars is proposed after several bed smoking fire incidents. Alderman Alga Reece says the measure aims to curb the practice.
Lynn Massachusetts dispatch reports Charles Durkee Lyon 95 years old claims to be the nation's oldest active locksmith. A Vermont native, Lyons says he began on his father’s farm and has never stopped working, insisting work keeps him content in the shop.
A speaker proclaims devotion to God and his beloved wife, claiming victory despite newspaper opposition in Georgia. The scene at home turns humorous as the speaker jokes about family life and kitchen chores while delivering a dramatic pledge.
In Silverton, West Virginia a Colum bian Carbon Co gas test yielded oil at 2,150 feet, spurring a rush that tripled the population and filled yards with rigs and equipment. Landowners prosper from royalties and bonuses as 18 wells currently pump 40 to 120 barrels daily, while the town weighs how long the boom will last.
Billy Shepherd, a well known Birmingham patient, has endured 13 hospital trips due to asthma, measles, heart trouble, infantile paralysis, pneumonia and a tonsillectomy. His 13th visit occurred while replacing an iron sewer reaver when it slipped, mashing two fingers.
W A Holmes of McPherson Bros Bottling Co Litton announces Pepsi Cola in an 8 ounce on the spot bottle named Pepsi ti for convenience at sales venues while the 12 ounce home-size remains available. Both packages price five cents each and serve distinct consumer needs.
Macon residents including Mr and Mrs Milton Drake and their sons Roddie and Charles visit Virginia Beach this week. Mrs John Nicholson of Churchill spent Monday with Misses Lizzie and Ellie Nicholson. W T Person of Littleton came to Macon on business. Horace Basal and children from West Virginia traveled through Macon en route to Virginia Beach. Harvey Kenyon and daughter Sara Pinn of Richmond left Sunday for Morehead City. Milton Browning Jr of Littleton came on business. Mrs Haron Bailey and son Roy of Corvallis Oregon, visiting J H Gilliam's home, are noted as well.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist Church met with Mrs. R. J. Parrish Monday afternoon during a brief visit by a relative in Wake Forest. A local police report described a man discovering a missing $41 from his purse after seeing a shadowy figure on the adjacent roof. The incident was explained as a playful roof hide and seek with his bride.
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