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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1934

Page

3

Spends Quarter Million to Get Ten Million Federal Aid

Raleigh Md 1 The North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission is accused of violating state law by spending funds for highway construction to obtain about 10.522 million dollars in federal aid, including 9.522 million from NRA funds and 1 million in regular federal aid. Through February 15 contracts totalled 5.514 million, over 50 percent of the federal allotment, with municipal funds lagging due to delays and complicated municipal projects. John D. Waldrop notes municipal work faces track, pole, sewer and water issues being resolved, allowing many small-town projects to begin soon.

Highway and Public Works Commission General Assembly NRA Commission John D. Waldrop

Use This Plant Based Laxative Black-Draught Syrup

Thedford’s Black-Draught is described as a natural laxative made from plants. It emphasizes plant-derived ingredients that stimulate the bowels and avoid dependence on synthetic drugs. A syrup form is available for children.

Thedford

Garden Club Meeting Discusses Flowers and Names

The Garden Club met Monday with ten members. Chairwoman A Meikle led the session. A paper by A O George on The Legend of much enjoyed and a piece on How Flowers Get Their Names were presented. C A Wyche led a class on flower pronunciation. Refreshments at five. Wyche and Meikle offer rose bushes for sale.

Garden Club

Expert urges universal fingerprinting for identity

An expert argues all individuals should be fingerprinted. Postal savings bank records require it. The bank sees fingerprints as the surest method to verify belonging since signatures can be forged, while fingerprints cannot.

Postal Savings Bank

Town Talk notes social visits and travels

The column lists local residents attending a Wake Forest basketball game and relatives visiting or returning from trips to Gastonia Norfolk Richmond Fayetteville Greenville and nearby towns. It notes Mrs. L. L. Pittard visiting her mother Mrs. D. E. Moore and other couples and individuals visiting or spending weekends away.

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Raleigh, Md N. C Chicago Louis W. Gruber The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co Advance American Art New York John T. Pratt Fine Arts Foundation Coburns Lee Burn’s Halifax County Clyde Liske Fleetwood Sullivan Velma Clark Chet Allsbrook Wake Forest Mrs. S. D. Brown Gastonia John Smith F. E. Joyner Richmond Loyd Johnson Fayetteville B. D. Johnson Greenville J. B. Edmonds Mrs. L. L. Pittard D. E. Moore
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