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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1938
Page
6
The National Salesmen Crusade arrives in Roanoke Rapids to argue that selling goods creates jobs and boosts purchasing power. The piece stresses no coercion, emphasizes the circular link between sales, employment, and economy, and notes citizens’ relief amid war-era anxieties.
A local group discussed creating a Community Chest to fund welfare, charity and recreation. A. H. Herrmann of Richmond described how unified drives increase giving, citing reduced drives and broader support in cities with the Chest. The plan would pool Red Cross, Associated Charities, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Milk Fund, and more into one annual campaign.
The article notes football gains nationwide, from colleges to high schools with at least eleven players and growing six man teams in smaller schools. It praises American democracy and marks history with the October 11 ceremony at Roanoke Avenue and 9th Street, where contractor William F. Bowe Jr. began paving the avenue and accompanying streets.
A Little Too Much argues Germans may choose Hitler as ruler, likening it to past sultans or Rasputin. It defends statesmen’s need to adapt and criticizes Britain for repudiating promises to appease Hitler, suggesting the American government has similarly broken its word. Independent reflection on policy consequences follows.
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