What the letters RFC CCC NRA FDIC FHA FERA HOLCG TVA FACA PWEHC stand for
The piece lists initialisms and invites readers to solve their meanings. It notes government tests and headlines from a recent issue, then references a psychology article by Howard N. Rose about sadism and its portrayal in courts, with examples of mild sadistic behaviors.
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RFC
CCC
NRA
FDIC
FHA
FERA
HOLCG
TVA
FACA
PWEHC
Howard N. Rose
Rose
Bill Allsbrook’s Orchestra Plays Roanoke Rapids Engagements
Bill Allsbrook and his famous orchestra appear in Roanoke Rapids tonight with two engagements at the Imperial Theatre and the Checkoyette Country Club for a Boy Scout dance. The group recently wrapped a successful Virginia Beach season and a hold-over in Richmond before launching a nationwide tour.
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Bill Allsbrook
Roanoke Rapids
Imperial Theatre
Checkoyette Country Club
Bill
Virginia
Driver of Truck Is in Jail for Manslaughter
J E Davis a local truckman faces added woes as his truck killed James Bell a 69 year old Black man in Suffolk Bell died instantly when Barnes charged with manslaughter after his truck struck Bell from behind Alcohol was found in the truck and Barnes was reportedly drunk He is jailed in Nansemond County on a 2000 bond awaiting trial
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J. E. Davis
Richmond
Norfolk
Potecast
Suffolk
Carroll Barnes
Nansemond County
James Bell
Barnes
Bell
Calvert The Great Headlines Roanoke Rapids Visit
Calvert The Great will perform a free public exhibition in Roanoke Rapids next weekend with hypnotism and stunting. He climbs a building front and performs blindfolded on a ledge. He appears at the Imperial Theatre Saturday afternoon and night and again at a midnight show Sunday December 2.
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Calvert the Great
Roanoke Rapids
Hope to Decorate Avenue With Christmas Lights
Merchants in the city plan to light the Avenue with colored Christmas lights each holiday season starting small this year and expanding later. Local businessman E. W. Smith will install the lights at cost and VEPCO will cooperate. A fund has begun with about a dozen firms donating to buy globes and wiring for two South Ward blocks. The Merchants Association began the effort but individual Avenue merchants will carry it forward.
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The
Merchants Association
E. W. Smith
VEPCO
Mr. Smith
Robbery at Rose's Five & Ten Baffles Police
Puzzled police recount a bold break in at Rose's Five & Ten Sunday night. A thief climbed a telephone pole to reach a second story window and forced entry through the rear door. The safe was breached with an unusual method, yielding fourteen money bags containing hundreds of dollars.
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Rose’s
Five & Ten
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