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Roanoke Rapids Herald

Location

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Oct 19, 1933

Page

4

Roanoke Rapids Compliance Board Set To Hear Complaints

The Compliance Board meets October 26 to hear NRA code complaints. Citizens must submit written complaints to A L Clark or any board member. A recent meeting with Mayor Kelly Jenkins discussed board duties. no complaints filed yet. The local board lists Jenkins, Mullen, Wheeler, Loy, Pappendick, Mrs Jenkins, and Clark. Roosevelt signed an order enforcing Blue Eagle provisions with fines and imprisonment for false representations.

A. L. Clark Roanoke Rapids Roosevelt NRA Jenkins

Discovery at Eight Avenue station hints at rat tracks

A lurid note from a New York station recounts an ichthyologist named Raven and his assistant curator examining rat tracks around the Eighty first Street Museum of Natural History. The tale blends science slang with a rumor about a rat named Rastus norvegicus. Mrs. M. W. Lynch returns to Charley Hope, Virginia.

Eigby-first Street Eighth Avenue Subway New York American Museum of Natural History Watson Rastus Norvegicus Eighty-first Street Raven

North Carolina Theatre Party Flew to New York by Plane

A group of ten prominent North Carolinians flew 565 miles from Charlotte to New York for an evening at the theater aboard a regular air route. The party included W. B. Lee and S. B. Alexander sponsors, E. C. Marshall and Mrs. Marshall, M. L. Cannon and Mrs. Cannon, B. B. Gossett and Mrs. Gossett, Mrs. William H. Williamson Jr and Mrs. Billy Shaw Howell, all from Charlotte. In New York they were joined by additional hosts.

New York Charlotte N. C Vanderbilt Hotel W. 8. Lee W. 8. Lee Engineering Corp Duke Power Company S. B. Alexander Southern Compton & Knowles Loom Works E. C. Marshall Southern Public Utilities Company Marshall M. L. Cannon Carolina Textile Corp Cannon B. B. Gossett Chadwick-Hoskins Co Gossett William H. Williamson, Jr Billy Shaw Howell

Town Talk Highlights Local Weekend Visits

Mr and Mrs Joe Edwards and children visited Fitzhugh Va Elvin Hudson spent the weekend in Raleigh Mrs W T Lamm and daughter Martha returned to Wilson Miss Margaret Bobbitt Miriam Dickens Bennie Radcliffe and Eugene King spent Sunday in Norfolk Mrs Clarence Byrd and Mrs Hal Ross visited the State Fair Thursday

Joe Edwards Fitzhugh, Va W. T. Lamm Martha Wilson Margaret Bobbitt Miriam Dickens Bennie Radcliffe Eugene King Norfolk Clarence Byrd Hal Ross State Fair

Liver Kick Miracle Prescription Claims Rapid NC Spread

News reports over 50,000 bottles sold in North Carolina in a short span. A Greenshoot location received 1 584 bottles delivered to a single retailer this week, with 11 gross noted in shipments.

North Carolina Greenshoo N. C

Street Vendor Displays Pups Linked to Famous Breeds

A vendor near Fifth Avenue Library in New York advertises puppies. He shows the claimed father to hint at grow up traits, suggesting some may resemble Boston Bulls as they mature.

Fifth Avenue New York

Cotton payments near completion in 1933 program

News Digest from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration reports more than three fourths of South cotton farmers in the 1933 reduction program have received benefit checks totaling 87 million dollars through October 13. Halifax County distribution notes local agent W. C. Davis delivering at Enfield Hollister Airlie Littleton Aurelian Springs and Roanoke Rapids with similar schedules next week. A rooftop landing field proposal for New York Hudson River docks envisions a 200 foot high 3000 by 800 feet area combining shipping rail and air transport.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration Halifax County Halifax W. C. Davis Enfield Bank of Enfield Hollister I. A. Crawley Airlie T. Thorne Littleton Bank of Littleton Aurelian Springs Roanoke Rapids Roanoke Bank & Trust Co Rosemary New York Hudson River

Constipation Answered by Gentle Regulation With Dr Caldwell

Medical authorities urge avoid salts and habit forming laxatives. A liquid laxative like Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin offers measured dosing and gentle, non irritant relief, claiming safe use for mothers and children with clear label ingredients including pepsin and senna.

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M. W. Lynch Charley Hope, Va Airplane Leo Elvin Hudson Raleigh Rosemary Drug Co The Caltharlic Miss Carter Elegan Johnson’s Johnson
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