Short Time in Our Mills Cries for End to Strikes
The piece argues that widespread strikes cripple buying power and threaten prosperity. It cites 2000 strikes in 1937, notes job losses in the East and Middle West, and urges workers in Roanoke Rapids to join in ending strikes to restore full employment and pay. It downplays wage demands and emphasizes keeping mills operating to sustain demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Middle West
Patterson
Roanoke Rapids
Right to Say It and the American Free Speech Heritage
A Roanoke Rapids column warns against shifting from freedom of speech and press toward censorship by centralized government. It contrasts democracy with dictatorship, citing Voltaire and Hitler as warnings, and urges citizens to defend rights to speak, print, vote, and worship freely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voltaire
Helvetius
America
Roanoke Rapids
Hitler
Europe
England
United States
Russia
Voltaire Quotation Cited, Yet Stricken From Copybooks
The famous line defending free speech is removed from school copies amid debate over censorship. Critics argue the quote embodies principle, while supporters say it misrepresents Voltaire and inflames classroom conflict.
Louisburg Plan Expands Self Help for Students and Programs
Louisburg College in North Carolina unveils a practical higher education program focusing on industrial arts agriculture and home economics to aid student success. The plan includes dairy poultry and swine farms and a Berea style self-help system offering work through college for needy students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisburg
Louisburg College
North Carolina
Berea College
Kentucky
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TRA Rapids Oe
ALTAB
Halifax County
North Carolina Press Association
Carroll Wilson
Blazes
Murray Jones OR
Arpse
Stephen Dobson Ramseur
Lincolnton
Confederacy
Sharpsburg
N.C
Nash, Edgecombe
Wilson
Mnunity
Herald
Shell Furniture Co
E. D. Harbour
Rial
Roanoke Rapits
Fahey and
Daughtrey
Plumbing Contractors
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