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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
8
A parent recalls a curious child who asks about everyday wonders from how a fly sticks to a ceiling to how light works and why stars stay up. The boy quizzes grandpa’s looks, Bert Ackinson, Bible figures, and even why prayers happen before bed as the narrator escapes the onslaught of questions.
Bilious attacks from constipation drive thousands to Thedford s Black-Draught a purely vegetable laxative. McAdenville resident T L Austin says he keeps a box on his mantel and relies on it to prevent business disruption from illness and headaches. Children also favor the syrup form.
A last picture captures Peter II at 21 in Belgrade observing London sights. Taken 18 days before he ascended the Yugoslav throne after the assassination of King Alexander during a mission in France.
About 500 growers from North Carolina with a few from Virginia South Carolina and Georgia met in Raleigh and urged the Federal Agricultural Administration to extend the tobacco control program through 1935 They pressed for continuation of the two year reduction contracts and a higher tax on non signers and for a three year extension if conditions warrant J B Hutson head of the AAA tobacco division spoke along with a congressman whose name is not given.
A resolution thanks John H. Kerr Senator Smith and national legislators for passing the Kerr Smith tobacco control measure while the Piedmont Tobacco Non Tax Association organizes eight county units to oppose its provisions. The state schedules October 26 gasoline bids for 2 500 000 gallons covering October 26 to January 26, 1935, after delays from code operations.
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