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Newspaper
Roanoke Rapids Herald
Location
Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1948
Page
4
North Carolina reports 308 highway deaths in the first half of 1948, an 18 percent drop from 377 in 1947. Total accidents rose 37 percent and personal injuries increased 14 percent. over 3,000 injured and property damage in the hundreds of thousands. Authorities urge careful driving.
Education grows into a large enterprise with 32,000,000 Americans enrolled nationwide. Grammar schools enroll 22,797,000 students, high schools 6,270,000, and colleges 2,500,000, showing vast scope and civic opportunity provided by state and private institutions.
In Scotland Neck Halifax County officials outlined plans for the 1948 North Carolina Farm Bureau membership drive. Since 1936 the organization has supported farmers with programs like the Flue-Cured Tobacco Stabilization Corporation and Tobacco Associates, Inc. More than 70 000 North Carolina farmers have joined using an “All-out Organization” approach.
Walter Brann wore a black eye all week after a cow struck him in the eye in Lisbon Maine. The Lisbon Enterprise reports the incident as a light local note from the town.
The New Yorker notes the typical father on a radio program is a Missouri post office employee, and he now earns his living from the Government while the American City claims extendable sprays can keep a tree in check.
London dispatch reports a Tory split with younger Conservatives pushing to replace Churchill as leader amid backing for Anthony Eden. The revolt centers on war era leadership and party direction as edicts clash with social reform aims and the path to a postwar Conservative win.
The fire department rushed to the scene as the city tried to curb starlings with a new foam sprayer. Birds initially fled, then shifted to nearby treetops, delaying the effort until conditions cooled and the disturbance subsided.
Police Chief Ernest L. Downing cites a program keep kids out of trouble averaging 30 youth crimes monthly as a result of engaging them in clubs and activities. A prior event brought Santa Claus to Ayer by helicopter, drawing 10,000 children from communities within 25 miles.
Davenport Iowa report states the northern city mayor found a poll tax still on the municipal books. Originating to fund road repairs, the law required able bodied male residents aged 21 to pay up to five dollars annually to vote. State action had abolished the tax, and the mayor urged council to remove it.
San Francisco reports Jack Johnston, the diver who salvaged 9.5 million dollars in bullion from the Niagara in 1941, will return to the 500 foot deep wreck off New Zealand to recover bars hidden in the bullion room. Missing bars fell during the first salvage as they rose to the surface.
In Ithaca New York Louis C Giltner a citrus grower recalls a 47 year old local tale from 1898 about a boy caught riding a bicycle on the sidewalk and sent to the Recorder. The story notes bicycles were a police concern in that era and references a 50 Years Ago column.
The Accident Prevention Department of the Association of Casualty warns that last year 2,050 Americans walking on rural highways were killed by autos and about 7,000 injured. The group urges rural pedestrians to walk on the left shoulder facing traffic, and to wear white or carry a light at night.
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