| SUBJECT | DATE | SP | HEADLINE |
| radio station WGNC | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,3 | Royal Crown Bottling Company |
| radio station WQNZ, Gastonia Police | 1940 Oct 10 | 7,11 | Great Help in Landing Criminals |
| radio thief | 1940 Oct 10 | 7,11 | The Radio Thief Who Foiled Police |
| Ragan Spinning Company | 1940 Oct 10 | 4,9 | Ragan Spinning Company |
| Ragan, Caldwell | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,4 | Annual Cotton Festival Gets Gaston Wide Publicity |
| Ragan, Caldwell, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,5 | Heads of Gaston Organizations and others whose names(photos) |
| Ragan, Daniel F. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,8 | Union Church Nearing its Hundredth Year |
| Ragan, G. W., Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,10 | Golden Jubilee at Woman's Club |
| Ragan, George W. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,10 | Brief Sketches of Few of Gastonia's Builders |
| Ragan, George W. | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,9 | The Elite of the Town in Those Days (photo) |
| Ragan, George W., Sr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 4,9 | Ragan Spinning Company |
| Ragan, Mary | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| railroad station, Gastonia | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,11 | Gastonia's Old Railroad Station (photo) |
| Ramseur, J. H. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Ramseur, J. T., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,9 | Gaston Co. Medical Society 53 Yrs. Old: Nine Physicians |
| Ramsey, Lee | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Ramsey, Leroy | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Ramsey, Marshall | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Rankin, A. R. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | The Old Gaston Institute or Gaston Academy (photo) |
| Rankin, E. J. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,9 | Gray and Love Grocery Store |
| Rankin, Ed J., Mr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,5 | Heads of Gaston Organizations and others whose names(photos) |
| Rankin, Ernest R., Sgt. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,5 | Heads of Gaston Organizations and others whose names(photos) |
| Rankin, F. B. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rankin, F. L. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,6 | Mount Holly Post American Legion is Active |
| Rankin, Ida | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Rankin, John O., Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,4 | Legion Auxiliary has been active 20 Years |
| Rankin, John R. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,12 | Gastonia Has Had Twenty Postmasters in Past 67 Years |
| Rankin, Lawrence S. | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,3 | Chairmen and Members of County and City School Boards |
| Rankin, Mabel, Miss | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,4 | Only Yesterday: Fifteen Years Ago |
| Rankin, Maude, Miss | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,4 | Legion Auxiliary has been active 20 Years |
| Rankin, P. R., Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,10 | Golden Jubilee at Woman's Club |
| Rankin, Patricia | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,4 | Annual Cotton Festival Gets Gaston Wide Publicity |
| Rankin, R. P. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,11 | Builders of Gaston |
| Rankin, Richard | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,2 3 | Rankin, Hoyle, and Rhyne Houses Among Oldest in Gaston County |
| Rankin, Richard, county trustee | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,1 | Gaston County History comic strip |
| Rankin, Rufus Pinkney | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,10 | Brief Sketches of Few of Gastonia's Builders |
| Rankin, Wiley T. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,11 | Builders of Gaston |
| Rankin, William | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,2 3 | Rankin, Hoyle, and Rhyne Houses Among Oldest in Gaston County |
| Ranlo Manufacturing Company | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,11 | Advertisement |
| Ratchford, Joe | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Ratchford, Joe | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Ratchford, T. A. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Ratchford, T. A. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rawlings, George | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,8 | Crack Musical Organization of Early 1900s (photo) |
| Rawlings, John | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,8 | Crack Musical Organization of Early 1900s (photo) |
| Rawlins, Lonnie | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,6 | Mount Holly Post American Legion is Active |
| Rawlins, W. L. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,6 | Mount Holly Post American Legion is Active |
| Ray, Ralph (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,10 | Gastonia Has Produced Number of Gifted Artists: Efforts of Ambitious |
| Ray, Ralph, Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,10 | Gastonia Has Produced Number of Gifted Artists: Efforts of Ambitious |
| Ray, Robert R. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,12 | Three Living Pioneers |
| Reading, J. G. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,1 | Gastonia's Banking History Began Just 50 Years Ago |
| Reave, Glenn, Post American Legion | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Reaves, Mary H., Principal | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Redding, Osborne | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Reep, Clyde | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Reese, Bonnie Madeline, Miss | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,7 | Walker-Reese Wedding |
| Reese, James | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,4 | Photo Caption |
| Reeve, Glenn, Post American Legion | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,11 | Negroes Have Leaders in Business and Professions |
| reforestation, Gaston County | 1940 Oct 10 | 7,12 | Reforestation in Gaston (photo) |
| Reid, Irma, Miss | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,5 | Champ Basketballers |
| Reid, J. J., Prof. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Reid, J. P., Prof. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Reid, J. P., Prof. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Reid, J. P., Prof. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Established in 1880 by G. W. Chalk, paper has kept same name |
| Reid, J. W. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Reid, J. W., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,9 | Gaston Co. Medical Society 53 Yrs. Old: Nine Physicians |
| Reid, J. W., Prof. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rein, Peter | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,8 | Philadelphia is Oldest Lutheran Church West of the Catawba River |
| Review Club of Gastonia | 1940 Oct 10 | 3,4 | Review Club Features Programs on Literature |
| Rex-Hanover Mills Co. | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,7 | Advertisement |
| Rhode, John, Rev. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,8 | Philadelphia is Oldest Lutheran Church West of the Catawba River |
| Rhodes | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,8 | Union Church Nearing its Hundredth Year |
| Rhodes, Grady, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,5 | Champ Basketballers |
| Rhodes, J. M. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,8 | Philadelphia is Oldest Lutheran Church West of the Catawba River |
| Rhodes, John | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,12 | Gaston Boys Responded to Country's Call in Hectic Days of 1898 |
| Rhodes, Mamie, Miss | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,11 | Negro High School Has Steady Growth Since 1887 |
| Rhyne, A. P. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,10 | Brief Sketches of Few of Gastonia's Builders |
| Rhyne, Bruce | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,11 | Oakland Literary Society 1898-99 (photo) |
| Rhyne, Coite E. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,4 | Three Employees of City of Gastonia |
| Rhyne, Eph | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | The Old Gaston Institute or Gaston Academy (photo) |
| Rhyne, J. C. L. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rhyne, Kenneth L. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,4 | Superintendents and Principals of Gaston County's Public Schools |
| Rhyne, M. A. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rhyne, M. A. J., Rev. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,10 | Negroes Play Important Part in Gaston's Growth |
| Rhyne, M. A. J., Rev. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,11 | Librarian - Rev. M. A. J. Rhyne |
| Rhyne, M. A., Dairy | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rhyne, Miles H. | 1940 Oct 10 | 7,11 | Great Help in Landing Criminals |
| Rhyne, Miles H. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,1 | Gastonia's Banking History Began Just 50 Years Ago |
| Rhyne, R. E., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,9 | Gaston Co. Medical Society 53 Yrs. Old: Nine Physicians |
| Rhyne, Robert E., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,5 | Heads of Gaston Organizations and others whose names(photos) |
| Rhyne, Robert L., Assist. Chief (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 7,4 | Modern Fire Department Keeps Gastonia's Losses Below Nat. Avg. |
| Rhyne, Thomas, house | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,2 3 | Rankin, Hoyle, and Rhyne Houses Among Oldest in Gaston County |
| Rhyne, Thomas, house (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,2 | Was Built in 1799 |
| Rhyne, W. R. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,4 | Superintendents and Principals of Gaston County's Public Schools |
| Rhyne, Walter G., Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Rhyne, Walter, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | One of the Rooms at the Academy (photo) |
| Rhyne-Houser Manufacturing Company | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,6 | Advertisement |
| Richards, John B. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,1 | Established in 1880 by G. W. Chalk, paper has kept same name |
| Ricks Filling Station (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,10 | Ricks Family Pointing Way |
| Ricks Home (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,10 | Ricks Family Pointing Way |
| Rick's Place | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Ricks, W. E., Prof. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,11 | Negroes Play Important Part in Gaston's Growth |
| Ricks, W. E., Prof. and Mrs. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,10 | Ricks Family Pointing Way |
| Ricks, W. R., Mr. and Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Riddle, R. B. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Rifle Club, Cherryville | 1940 Oct 10 | 7,1 | Life in Gaston of Long Ago as Shown in Pictures |
| Rigler, Vance | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Ripley, Bob | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,3 | Royal Crown Bottling Company |
| Roach, William J., Rev. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,11 | Five Masonic Lodges Have Unusual Record of Growth and Service |
| Robert's Service Center | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,12 | Advertisement |
| Roberts, C. W. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,6 | Leader in Red Cross and Scouting |
| Roberts, Dewitt | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Roberts, J. C. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,11 | Five Masonic Lodges Have Unusual Record of Growth and Service |
| Roberts, J. C. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,3 | Gaston Post 23, American Legion, Has Been Active |
| Roberts, John H. | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,1 | Gaston County History comic strip |
| Roberts, W. M., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,9 | Gaston Co. Medical Society 53 Yrs. Old: Nine Physicians |
| Roberts, W. M., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,9 | Gaston Co. Medical Society 53 Yrs. Old: Nine Physicians |
| Roberts, W. M., Dr. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,6 | State Hospital Here Straightens Crooked Bodies |
| Robins, C. G. | 1940 Oct 10 | 5,8 9 | Early Days of Bessemer City like ones in Old West |
| Robinson, Alfred, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 6,2 | Councillors at Girl Scout Anniversary |
| Robinson, Charles | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,8 | Troop 17 Negro Boy Scouts (photo) |
| Robinson, Clyde, Mr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,5 | Heads of Gaston Organizations and others whose names(photos) |
| Robinson, F. G. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Robinson, Gordon | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Robinson, J. Lee | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,9 | The Elite of the Town in Those Days (photo) |
| Robinson, J. Lee | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,6 | Leader in Red Cross and Scouting |
| Robinson, J. Lee (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,1 | Builders of Gaston |
| Robinson, J. Lee, Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,9 | Gaston Co. Medical Society 53 Yrs. Old: Nine Physicians |
| Robinson, J. R. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,11 | Five Masonic Lodges Have Unusual Record of Growth and Service |
| Robinson, Lee | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Robinson, Lewis | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Robinson, Marjorie, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,4 | Superintendents and Principals of Gaston County's Public Schools |
| Robinson, Rogers J. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Robinson, Sam | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Robinson, Sam A. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | The Old Gaston Institute or Gaston Academy (photo) |
| Robinson, Sam, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,7 | The Old Gaston Institute or Gaston Academy (photo) |
| Robinson, Sam, Mrs. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Robinson, Thomas Lee | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Robinson, W. A. | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | Reminiscences, Records of Schools and Folks From 1890 To 1902 |
| Robinson, W. A., Sales and Service | 1940 Oct 10 | 6,11 | Advertisement |
| Robinson, William M. (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,8 | Constant Reader |
| Rockett, Will | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,12 | Gaston Boys Responded to Country's Call in Hectic Days of 1898 |
| Rollins, A. M. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,10 | Negroes Play Important Part in Gaston's Growth |
| Rollins, A. M. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Rollins, J. A., Dr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,11 | Negro High School Has Steady Growth Since 1887 |
| Roosevelt, Franklin | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,1 | President Roosevelt Congratulates the Gazette |
| Rose, Hal | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,3 | 142 Live "Little Merchants" Distribute the Gazette (photo of each one) |
| Rose, Nellie | 1940 Oct 10 | 11,8 | School Men Especially Sensitive to Editorial Magnet Says Marshall |
| Royal Crown Cola | 1940 Oct 10 | 8,3 | Royal Crown Bottling Company |
| Rudisill, C. A. | 1940 Oct 10 | 6,7 | Advertisement |
| Rudisill, Carl, Mr. | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,5 | Heads of Gaston Organizations and others whose names(photos) |
| Rudisill, Olin | 1940 Oct 10 | 2,4 | Superintendents and Principals of Gaston County's Public Schools |
| Rush, Lieut., Post American Legion | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,7 | Congratulations to Gastonia Gazette 60th Anniv. Advt. (African-Amer.) |
| Rustin, Carl | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,6 | Personal Mention |
| Rustin, S. B. | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,6 | Personal Mention |
| Rustin, W. C. | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,11 | Five Masonic Lodges Have Unusual Record of Growth and Service |
| Rutter, H., Supt. | 1940 Oct 10 | 1,4 | Only Yesterday: Thirty Years Ago |
| Rutter, Harry (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 9,11 | Directors of Public Library |
| Rutter, Harry (photo) | 1940 Oct 10 | 10,4 | City Manager Form of Government is Successful |
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