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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1948
Page
2
Veterans air training under the G I Bill hinges on journeyman wage and age with new ceilings raising monthly subsistence limits. North Carolina sets trainee wages. VA and Navy training programs detail how earnings interact with allowances, including examples with dependents and limits.
North Carolina Motor Vehicles Department announced April convictions and license actions. In April 1948, 3,359 revocations and suspensions were processed, with 1,436 traffic violations recorded. Speeding led offenses with 2,205 convictions, while 8948 others were convicted of various infractions on state streets and highways.
Raleigh May 13 Tar Heel citizens align with teachers that salaries are too low. A state poll shows three of four North Carolinians want higher starting pay than 1620 dollars. About 90,000 questionnaires circulated via schools and clubs. Plemmons says replies indicate public view. Ten percent more say sick leave six days yearly. Teachers themselves report salaries insufficient for a satisfactory living. Also note NC fruit growers will be interested in a new bulletin on Bunch Grape Culture from State College Extension Service.
North Carolina drivers with last names starting with C and D have begun receiving new licenses. State patrol plans spot checks after June 30 to catch those not yet licensed. Officials say about 111 200 people with these initials remain unlicensed, risking long lines and delays unless they obtain permits in May. About 150,000 drivers in NC have surnames beginning with C or D.
Davidson College Dean John Chooks Bavey Jr will deliver the commencement address at Presbyterian Huntor College on May 31 at 11 o clock. Bailey, born in Santee South Carolina, is a Davidson graduate and Johns Hopkins advanced student with degrees AB and AM. The article notes licensing deadlines and a May to June exam schedule for chauffeurs licenses and warns of penalties for driving on old licenses after June 20. It also mentions Navy exhibit of Nimitz’s surrender uniform at the Naval Academy Museum.
Historic ballast stones from Roanoke Island are being embedded in the exterior wall of Chicago Techunc's new ad dition in Tribune Square. Melvin Daniels, vice chairman of the Roanoke Island Historical Association, says a series of stories about the stones will be prepared for publication in the Tribune's Sunday Graphic Magazine, and photographs of the Lost Colony site have been requested.
Farm labor remains scarce in western Piedmont counties with slight gains in central and eastern areas and wages high everywhere. Reports note blue mold on northern Piedmont and coastal tobacco beds but losses are not serious and supply should be adequate. Flea beetles appear on tobacco in some counties while rust and mildew affect wheat in a few reports.
Local note reports Aphid infestation damaging alfalfa in some localities. Enfield residents recall Paul V. Randolph's birthday at his home last Sunday. Daughter Mrs C J Leonard hosted a dinner for Nan with relatives and friends dropping by to offer congratulations and birthday wishes.
Littleton May 13 Miss Harriette Taylor Daniel daughter of John Graham Daniel and the late Mrs Daniel of Littleton 10 George Henry Jordan son of Mrs George Henry Jordan of Cats is announced today by Miss Daniel's aunt Mrs Robert Scalor Clark of Littleton The wedding will take place June 12 19 at the Littleton Methodist Episcopal Church
On May 12 Walter Lor of Grahan landed a large sea turtle in the Gulf Stream off Cape Lookout using a mullet baited hook. The turtle, over 100 pounds, was described as the largest taken with rod and reel in the area. The catch occurred aboard Capt. OWs Pug Fever's Shearwater cruise with Lee and party. They also landed three small tuna and six amberjack.
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