Tragic Multicar Crash Leaves Four Injured Near Durham
A dawn car crash on a straight road near a bridge sent Elmore Hazelwood and Smith to Watts Hospital in Durham with severe injuries. Smith and Elmore suffered broken legs and head wounds, Hazelwood a broken leg and chest injury. Families were alerted and local officials expressed shock as progress reports varied.
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Elmore
Hazelwood
Smith
Roanoke Rapids
Watts Hospital
Durham
North Carolina wages exceed federal minimum in several sectors
A Department of Labor report shows North Carolina textile wages averaging 36.2 cents an hour, above the 32 12 cent federal minimum. Other sectors report hosiery 49.1, tobacco 56.7, furniture 36.7, silk and rayon 39.1, and non manufacturing 35.1 cents. Employment fell overall from May while weekly earnings and hours rose.
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North Carolina
Federal Wage and Hour Commission
Department of Labor
Big Increase in Pepsi-Cola Co. Six Months Profits Rise
Walter S. Mack Jr announces Pepsi-Cola six months ended June 30 1939 consolidated net profits estimated at 2.5 million, up from 1.425 million for the same period in 1938. After depreciation and taxes, the figures show a roughly 1.075 million increase or about 76 percent, with no reserves for litigation included.
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Walter S. Mack, Jr
Pepsi-Cola Company
Town gossip notes visitors and travels in county area
Mrs. N T Smith and others from Boykin Virginia visited Mrs J R Mizelle last Sunday. Several families spent weekends in Brunswick Richmond Wilson and Franklin with relatives. Names include Floyd Bowers Starke Kidd Ivey Cogsdale Merritt Fleming Kendrick Edwards Pope Williams Smith Payne Bullock, Harris, Ray, Cain and more as residents travel to Richmond Durham Lawrenceville Emporia and Carolina Beach.
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N. T. Smith
Walter Warren
Roy Warren
Boykin, Va
J. R. Mizelle
W. T. Floyd
Brunswick
Cannon
Fred Bowers
D. P. Allen
Mary Lou
Martha Ann Starke
Smithfield
Jessie Boone
Robert Ivey
Willie Cogsdale
J. E. Cogsdale
Franklin, Va
Rose Bryant
Janet
Marjorie Kidd
R. I. Starke
J. J. Boone
Naomi Merritt
C. M. Fleming
W. L. Fleming
Tillery
EB. E. Kendrick
David Kendrick
Concord
Annette Edwards
Albemarle
A. A. Talbert
J. E. Williams
Dorothy
Richmond
Bob Moore
Francis Williams
Ed Shell
Maxine Madison
New Kent
J. B. Wirtz
Margaret
Jeanette Williams
Maurice Allen
Washington, D. C
Helen Pope
Richard Hall
Durham
N. C
Louise Williams
Lawrenceville
J. W. Smith
Lois Smith
Farmville
S. J. Payne
Patricia
Waynesboro
Tom McLendon
Roland Shell
Fayetteville
Addie Speight
Marjorie Cuthrell
Norfolk
Thurman Bullock
Paul Ray
Mary Louise Ray
N. D. Cox
Emporia
J. T. Griffin
Marvin Gray
J. H. Flythe
Mavis
E. T. Blowe
Mary Sanders
Carolina Beach
Geo. L. Cain
B. W. Harris
Linwood
Murderer at Large Advertised in Popular Science Color
An illustrated American Weekly article warns about deadly Anopheles mosquitoes invading from Africa via Brazil. It explains how to identify them quickly and is distributed with the Washington Times Herald for next Sunday sales.
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Anopheles Gambine
Brazil
Africa
American Weekly
Washington Times-Herald
Publicity Rotogravure Plan Praised by Merchants Group
A Roanoke Rapids letter from W A Thorne, president of the Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association, endorses a proposed pictorial rotogravure edition promoting Roanoke Rapids and Halifax County for wide distribution. The note, dated July 24, 1999, is addressed to Mr Carroll Wilson, publisher, The Herald, and signed by Thorne with best wishes.
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Carroll Wilson
The
Herald
Roanoke Rapids
North Carolina
Wilson
Halifax County
W. A. Thorne
Roanoke Rapids Merchants Association
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
Americana Becomes Food Minded Says Soulet at Fair
Henry Soulet, maitre d hotel at the French Pavilion New York World's Fair, sees Americans now as foods minded as any race after fifteen years of evolving eating and drinking habits.
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New York
Henry Soulet
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