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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1938
Page
1
Voters face two short ballots this year with four county races and three state races. Copies show sample ballots and note positions of names may vary on official ballots.
Miss Mamie Fulghum aged 54 and her brother Clarence 42 died when their car was struck by a Seaboard Air Line passenger train headed to Norfolk at 8 20 Saturday morning. The DeSoto was thrown into a field near the Fair Grounds crossing east of Roanoke Rapids as they traveled from home to Roanoke Rapids. They were rushed to Roanoke Rapids Hospital.
A sequence of break ins began this week in Roanoke Rapids with three arrests. Police suspect an unorganized spree after a theatre office break in which manager Lyle Wilson found papers scattered. James Thomas Gray confessed to the theatre office burglary.
The president will deliver the commencement address at 8 o clock next Thursday. Graduating classes will include students in historic programs and will hear the speech in the high school auditorium.
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