Up and Down the Avenue With the Editor
Coroner W C Williams has been confined to his home since Sunday by flu. Cloth stolen from Roanoke Mills No 2 was found in nearby woods and returned to the mill by city police. An addition is planned for J W Taylor’s Jackson Street home. A son was born to Mr and Mrs J F Coburn on Oct 23. mother and son are well. Joe Watford, sewing machine salesman, escaped injury after losing control at Roanoke Junction crossing. Rose’s 5 & 10 plans to move into their building by Nov 10. counters and fixtures are being installed. Mr and Mrs Graham Lynch announce a son born Oct 19. mother and son are well. John Shaw reports no bean beetle trouble this year, joking about Government flour and relief. The Young Men’s Civic Club hosts Kiwanis for weekly supper. about 60 expected. Beaten at baseball by Kiwanis, Young Men challenge them to a checker contest. 27 boards played before turnover.
Cited For Contempt Stoll Kidnapping Case
The safe return of Mrs. Berry V. Stoll of Louisville Kentucky after a 50000 ransom prompted a large midwestern manhunt for abductee Thomas H. Robinson Jr a former Tennessee asylum inmate who fled Indianapolis after receiving the payment authorities report federal agents seek him for contempt charges
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Berry V. Stoll
Louisville
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Tennessee Asylums
Robinson
Indianapolis
Ind
Sey
Eight Workers Seek Contempt Immunity In Dr Long Contract Case
Eight Roanoke Mills textile workers including Mrs Clifton Davis and Clifton Davis are cited to appear in Superior Court on a contempt petition sworn by Dr T W M Long. He claims they solicited unions to break or abandon a 1932 medical service contract. affidavits from several witnesses support the charge.
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Roanoke Mills Co
T. W. M. Long
Clifton Davis
E. L. Hogan
C. F. Ray
Clifton Grant
Tommy Beale
Lofton Rock
Garland Wheeler
Adult classes start at Roanoke Rapids High School
Roanoke Rapids offers adult education with no age limit in a program at the High School. Prof. John Smith teaches shop work, Rupe Knight draws, and Miss King and Miss Johnson run elementary night classes. Prof. Tom Cheek leads high school level courses, with college English and History if 20 graduates join. Supt. C. W. Mavis is guiding enrollment.
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Tom Cheek
Mr. Davis
Roanoke Mill Village Gets 60 Bath Renovations Underway
Plumbers report completion of roughing in about 60 baths in Roanoke Mill village this week and are ready to install fixtures. Boarding houses and large families likely to receive priority. Similar work is ongoing elsewhere in the city.
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Roanoke Mill Village
2440 At Work in Mills Now
Reports of a looming strike faded as mills operated at near full capacity. Union charges of discrimination against 1000 workers prompted questions, but a night check showed no solid basis. Total workers at four mills reached 2440, expected to exceed 2500 by Monday.
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Associated Press
Patterson Mills Co
Roanoke Mills No. 1
Roanoke Mills No. 2
Rosemary Mfg. Co
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W. C. Williams
J. W. Taylor
Jackson Street
J. F. Coburn
Joe Watford
Roanoke Junction Crossing
Rose’s 5 & 10
Hoffler
Graham Lynch
John Shaw
Northampton County
Young Mens Civic Club
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Stoll
Dr. Long
Roanoke Rapids
Supt. C. W Mavis
John Smith
Prof
Rupe Knight
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bronx
N. Y
Supreme Court
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Federal Aviation Commission
Washington
U. S
Millsnow
Capa
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