Prohibition Resolution Targets Labor Organization Officers
Senate and House consider a joint resolution dated May 10 1940 to bar labor unions from employing as officers or agents non citizens fascists communists or Nazi affiliates. The measure would impose fines up to 10000 per willful violation and requires unions to vet leaders for allegiance to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. Reynolds
Senate
Committee On Education and Labor
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
United States
June German Attendees From Here at Rocky Mount Event
Attendees listed include Mr. and Mrs. Ed White Misses Doris Mae Hedgepeth Rosa Mae Proctor Elma Dawson Lucille Mitchell Mildred Balmer Doris Edwards James Pope J H Kennemar Billy Burton Tom Mullen Bill Hux Peter Bill Moore Carl Edwards Aggie Dickens Oochie Acree Mr and Mrs Mayo Coburn Mr and Mrs Clifton Garner Mrs Mildred Fulghum Miss Carolyn Moore Edward Glover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mount
Ed White
Doris Mae Hedgepeth
Rosa Mae Proctor
Elma Dawson
Lucille Mitchell
Mildred Balmer
Doris Edwards
James Pope
J. H. Kennemar
Billy Burton
Tom Mullen
Bill Hux
Peter Bill Moore
Carl Edwards
Algie Dickens
Oochie” Acree
Mayo Coburn
Clifton Garner
Mildred Fulghum
Carolyn Moore
Edward Glover
Locals Lose Contest Of Five Blows
Alfred Hall pitched well for Rapids Weldon allowing three hits and one walk but Wilson defeated Rapids-Weldon 4 to 1. Thompson struggled minimally for Wilson, with the key run on a squeeze in the third inning and two timely Wilson hits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Hall
American Legion
Wilson
Thompson
Rapids-Weldon
Invaders
Hall
RHE
Hallan
Certificates Awarded At Tilghmans Business College
Tilghmans Business College in Weldon granted certificates to students from Garysburg Portsmouth and surrounding areas for the session just ended. Recipients include Louise Joyner Dorothy Cook Jennie Pugh Roscoe Hamill Helen Collins Nan Anthony Billie Rabil John Riddle Billy Bounds Carroll Anglin W Boseman and Charles Williamson. Joyner won the award for greatest improvement while Rabil earned the highest average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilghman’s Business College
Weldon
Louise Joyner
Dorothy Cook
Garysburg
Jennie Pugh
Portsmouth
Virginia
Roscoe Hamill
Helen Collins
Nan Anthony
Billie Rabil
John Riddle
Billy Bounds
Carrol Anglin
W. J. Boseman
Charles Williamson
Billy Rabil
Local Social Roundup From Ebenezer and Vicinity
Ebenezer residents and visitors gather for weekend visits with relatives in Richmond Roanoke Rapids Aurelia Springs and Portsmouth. Families named include Dickens Crawley Hux Pettie and Hux relations with several Sundays and Sunday suppers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles and
Milton Dickens
Richmond
C. M. Dickens
Emmet Bedford
Roanoke Rapids
H. O. Crawley
B. Dickens
Ahoskie
Ebenezer
Maude A. Hale
Russell Dickens
Horace Smith
Caledonia
Jack Taylor
Near Enfield
Hyder Crawley
Aurelian Springs
Virginia Barnes
Nora Crawley
Daniel Hux
Calvin Kennemar
M. P. Crawley
Judge Dickens
Speed
N. C
Richard Hux
Albert Pettie
Worth Pettie
A. B. Hux
Portsmouth
Bill Hux
Forrest Dickens
Mary Frances Crawley
W. C. Dickens
Local Ford Dealers Attend New York World's Fair Exhibition Day
A party including M. C. Newsome M. H. Hedge peth Fenton Johnson William White Tom White and James Womble returned Tuesday from a trip to New York. The visit was promoted by Ford dealers and enabled local Ford dealers and friends to attend Ford Exhibition Day at the World's Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. Newsome
M. H. Hedgepeth
Fenton Johnson
William White
Tom White
James Womble
New York
Ford
Mrs White Leaves for Visit to Miss Burton
Mrs M F White departed Friday to visit Mrs Elle Burton in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F. White
Elle Burton
Winiston-Salem
Local residents note weekend visits and hospital updates
Weldon and surrounding town residents spent weekends visiting kin and friends. Several were reported ill or hospitalized at Roanoke Rapids Hospital. A birth announcement records Virginia Lynn Walston born June 10 at Edgecombe General Hospital Tarboro. mother Virginia Pope Walston formerly of Weldon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Willey
Doris Willey
Weldon
J. T. D. Rawlings
Roanoke Rapids Hospital
Robert Morehead
Wake Forest
R. P. Morehead
Nannie Pierce
Lena Ann Riddle
Jonesboro
N. C
Pauline
Katherine Merchant
Chester
Rena Crocker
John Daniel
Norfolk
George C. Green
Branch Worsham and
W. H. Anthony
Marian Browder
Charleston
West Va
J. S. Walston
Scotland Neck
Virginia Lynn
Edgecombe General Hospital
Tarboro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Roanoke Rapids Oil Co
Roanoke Ave
Jake Spire
William Armfield
Asheboro
Henry Allen
Elizabeth Holmes
Asheville
J. W. Larkin
Washington, D. C
Gilbert Darden
Suffolk
C. E. King
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Woodland
Norman Dickens
C. T. Oakley
Emily Crouch
Enfield
Selma Whitehead
Nags Head
Emma Rodwell
Dora Purnell
J. C. Sykes
Joe L. Riddick
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