Parity income urged for farmers at Halifax meeting
Halifax March 26 W G Mann general manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association urged a parity income program for farmers rather than parity prices. He said increased consumption can raise income, praised Secretary Wickard, noted cotton's mixed outlook with government stocks and farm ownership, and urged seed improvements and boll weevil control while stressing cooperative financing and local support.
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Halifax
W. G. Mann
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Halifax County
Mann
America
North Carolina
Cotton Association
Principal Is Released In Theft Case
Williard Wooten, principal of the Merritt's Chapel school near Scotland Neck, freed in Recorder's Court Halifax after a week’s arrest on a charge of illegally disposing of surplus federal commodities. He posted a $100 cash bond and was praised as honest in his school work. The judge discharged the case on recommendation of the prosecuting attorney and the solicitor.
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Williard Wooten
Recorder’s Court
Halifax
Wooten
Merritt's Chapel
Scotland Neck
Recorder's Court
Judgement Orders Conditional License Surrender
Judgement continues on payment of costs and requires the defendant to surrender his operator license for three months as a condition of the ruling.
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Roger Fleming
Mamie Simmons
Roanoke Rapids
Emma Sledge
Geo. W. Smith
Scotland Neck
Pink Price
Hubert Perkinson
White
Winston Hyman
Weldon
James Sanders
Enfield
Raymond Whitaker
William Neville
Darlington
Sam Demery
Halifax
Dave Tucker
Sherrod Watson
Cotton Thorne
Col
Lynch Rites Held Sunday
Funeral services for John Lynch of 1004 Cedar Street were held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. Rev. Paul Fields officiated with Rev. T. E. Tomerlin assisting. Interment followed at Roanoke Rapids cemetery. He is survived by his wife and two children of Roanoke Rapids, two brothers Andrew and Corbit of Roanoke Rapids, two brothers and a sister in Virginia, and his mother of Brunswick County Virginia. He moved to the city about 15 years ago from Brunswick County Virginia.
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John Lynch
Cedar Street
Paul Fields
Fields
T. E. Tomerlin
Roanoke Rapids
Lynch
Andrew
Corbit
Virginia
Brunswick County
W P A Funds Approved for Garysburg School Project
Northampton County information last week confirms President Roosevelt approved a W P A project for a new Garysburg school. More than 12000 federal dollars have been allocated. Release came from Judge John H. Kerr's office. Details on the building were not available. The existing colored school burned previously.
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Northampton County
Roosevelt
Garysburg
John H. Kerr
Routon Bradley wedding weekend visit in Lynchburg
Mrs. J. M. Rice, Mrs. E. C. Padgett and Miss Dorothy Rice spent the weekend in Lynchburg Virginia and attended the Routon Bradley wedding on Monday.
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J. M. Rice
E. C. Padgett
Dorothy Rice
Lynchburg, Va
Routon- Bradley
Radio Moving Day Set For March 29 1941
The United States and neighboring countries will switch radio dial locations on March 29 1941 during a nationwide Re allocation. Push button tuners will require manual tuning until technicians re adjust the sets to the new frequencies. Local radio men stand ready to visit homes and align automatic tuners with the new dial numbers advertised by Virginia Electric and Power Company.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Haiti
Visitors from Virginia and North Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Browning visited Rocky Mount on Sunday. Also in town were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wrenn Frances Wrenn and Mrs. Roscoe Hodges of West Point Virginia for a Sunday visit with relatives.
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Clifton Smith
Lewis Browning
Rocky Mount
Ernest Wrenn
Frances Wrenn
Roscoe Hodges
West Point
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Rufus Tucker
Dallas Tucker
Willie Jacobs
IS Radio
Annie
Mike
Mike Westbrook
Shell Furniture CO
Jackson St
Dial
Virginia Electric and Power Company
The
Herald
E. W. Simith
Rca-Victor
Roanoke
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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