Help The War Sufferers Today-Donate To Red Cross IP IT IS NEWS ABOUT PERSON COUNTY, YOU’LL PIND IT IN THE TIMES. VOLUME XI PUBLIgraD EVERY SUNDAY * THURSDAY 4/* Views 6f The News ] i VANDERBILT PLANE i DAMAGED IN NEW YORK ] 1 New York—A 10-passenger am- ] phibian plane owned by W. K. Vanderbilt, financier, was damag- 1 ed this week when it “ground- : looped” after a landing wheel i collapsed as the ship touched the ■ runway at LeGuardia Field. The pilot, Rodney Jackson, and a co pilot, the only persons aboard, 1 were unhurt. ASK ACTION ON BILL TO DEPORT BRIDGES Washington The House Im migration Committee directed its charman Wednesday to call up , for immediate House action the . bill to deport Harry Bridges, CIO leader on the West Coast. Rota tion of committees on the calen dar gave the immigration group this privilege and it voted, with only Chairman Dickstein (Demo crat) New York, and Representa tive O’Day (Democrat) New York, dissenting, to put the Brid ges bill forward. sth. COLUMN PROBE OF INDIANS OPENS Washington lnformed per sons said this week the Federal Bureau of Investigation was look ing into reports of “fifth column’’ activities among this country's 351,000 Indians. They said foreign-fostered groups and domestic anti-semitic organizations were trying to stir up dissension among the Indians by stressing grievances against the Government. i ,• l ARMY OF DOGS, CATS LEFT BEHIND AT DUNKERQUE London Left behind on the duned beaches of Dunkerque is a pathetic army of. dogs, oats and horses, late comers in the Allied retreat reported. The animals terrified by ex plosions, hungry and apparently sensing the flight of the soldiers, often plunged into the sea and tried in vain to board transports, the men said. . •• RUSSIA SEES U. S. AS RIG WAR FACTOR Moscow The newspaper Trod, Soviet labor organ, said last week: “There are reasons to believe that the United States will not remain impassive to the European war and this may to a certain ex tent decide its result. “Much will depend) on when and how much the American eco nomic organism will be thrown into the balance.” BRITISH GET NEW ENVOY TO MOSCOW London A Foreign Office an nouncement at midnight Wed nesday said King George VI. had approved appointment of Sir Staf ford Cripps as British Ambassa dor to Moscow. CHURCHILL RECEIVED BY’ KING GEORGE * r ** ~ " %. Prime Minister Win ston was received by *4 . „ KBv ** • I, ‘**"* “ tfxmfSkmn Dairy Month Now Being Observed In This Community A. C. Fair, manager of the Roxboro Dairy Products company, points out that the month of June is National Dairy Month and Mr. Fair urges the people of this city to drink more milk during “Dairy Month”. He also stated that his Company would maintain two extra deliver ies during ths month. One of the extra deliveries will be at 11 o’- clock in the morning and the at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. Mr. Fair started in the dairy business in Roxboro two and half years ago, since that time his sales increased over three hun dred percent, he stated, and he has added two extra trucks for delivery. His company now em ploys four men and one woman. National Dairy Month is being observed over the entire United States and health departments are urging a more liberal use of milk during the month. o Additional Gifts , To War Relief Funds Announced S. F. Nicks, Jr., chairman of the Person and Roxboro Red Cross War Relief"fund, -yesterday an nounced the following addition al contributions. Kendall Street, $1.00; Clifton Jones, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. Mer ritt Chambers, $2.00; Mrs. W. F. Timberlake, $1.00; S. M. Ford, $25.00; F. T. Dickerson, $1; Mrs George Spivey, $6.01 (second con tribution) and Miss Sue Merritt $2.50. Mr. Nicks expressed his appre ciation for these additional con tributions and said that he hop ed many others will be made be fore many more days have passed. o FATHER ILL , r D. L. Newman, of Henderson, father of Mrs. Clyde B. Murphy, of Roxboro, who was before her marriage on Thursday Miss Alice Newman, is ‘ seriously ill at his Henderson residence. Mr. New man was taken ill the day before his daughter’s wedding. "Hospitality Guest List” 0 o— 0 0 Miss Miriam Cox Durham Mr. aiid Mrs. Will Kirby Miss Ruth Johiisbh Wilson Mr. and Mrs. George J. Cushwa Mrs. C. E. Rynd Westfield, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Rynd Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. Pemberton Yanceyvillc Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Thomas Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Wilkerson South Boston, Va. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Umstead Miss Margaret James South Boston, Va. Miss Elsie Poole South Boston, Va. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Spencer Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Strum Winston-Salem Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Strum Miss Frances Gardner Washington Miss Grace O. Cayton Miss Katie Lee Johnson Fuquay Springs Mrs. Carl Winstead Miss Virginia James Sanford Miss Audrey James Sanford Mr. and Mrs. W .W. Woods Miss Estelle Brown ~... Hillsboro Mr. and Mrs! H- G. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Nicks ..... Cedar Grove Miss Katherine Nicks Cedar Grow Mr. and Mrs. John Nicks SwepsonviUe Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Williams Waycross, Ga. Mayor and Mrs. S. F. Nicks, Jr. ; Dean and Mrs. E. L. Cloyd Raleigh *’* - - ' Miss Sue C. Bradsher ' E. L. Cloyd, Baleigh Mi« Ann Cloyd ’ ’ " Twenty Candles Fred Long, popular local resi-! dent, is this week celebrating 20 years of work as an electrical contractor. ANNIVERSARY IS BEING OBSERVED BY FRED_LONG Local Resident Celebrates Twenty Years of Business As An Electrical Contrac tor. Fred Long, electrical contrac tor, whtr has his Mwp Harris ■ street, near his home, is this week celdbrating his twentieth anniversary in business, having first begun in June 1920. As an electrical contractor Mr. Long is prepared to offer electri cal wiring, installation and repair services of all types and also dis plays and sells fxtures and sup plies. Associated with him at his warehouse and shop are three men, Dan Loftis, who has been with him for 15 years; Ernest Walker, who has been with him five years, and Eugene Tuck, who, has been with him for threo years. In speaking of the pleasant j associations he has had with his i assistants Mr. Long said he has; been especially pleased with the length of service and cooperation showrTby each. With his capable assistants, trained under him, Mr. Long feels that he is able to give the best (Continued On Back Page) SPECIAL LUNCHEON Speaker at a special lunch eon session of the Person and Roxiboro Council of Social Ag encies to be held Wednesday, June 12 at Hotel Roxboro, will ibe Dr. John S. Bradway, of the Duke Legal Aid Clinic, Duke university, who will speak on some phase of his work with j the clinic. Luncheon will be ! served at 1 o’clock. Crafty Operator’s Place Has Visitors Person County Sheriff M. T. Clayton tells this one. On Friday of this past week he and a num ber of deputies staged a raid in the Allensville community, get ting for their pains between 1 000 and 1,200 gallons of mash and the equipment, but before they took it they ran into a new type of barbed-wire entanglement. The 1 still operator, crafty man, had strands of black No. 10 thread suspended about two and a half feet from the ground as a fence around his place of activity. In addition, he left a small draw string purse hanging from the limb of the tree where he t'.ed the last knot. Sheriff Clayton says he is wil ling to give the purse and con tents to the owner, if said owner dares claim his cash. LATSERVICETO BE HELD TODAY W. D. Merritt To Speak At Long Memorial; Regular Services At Other Church es Are Planned. With J. A. Long as chairman and presiding officer, a Layman’s Day program will be presented at the Sunday morning service; at Edgar Long Memorial Meih j odist ehtfrdh, according to an | nouncement made this morning by [the pastor, Rev. W. C. Martin, jwho said that following the or-j jder of worship, a brief address I will be made by W. D. Merritt, dean of 'the Person bar. Mr. Mar tin will also speak. Mr. Merritt’s theme will b'e, i “I Believe in America”, while the minister has chosen as his subject, ‘I Believe in God”. All laymen of the church are urged to at tend. j The morning service, which will begin at 11 o’clock, will be fol lowed by a young peoples’ meet-, ing. at 7 o’clock in the evening and by regular evening worship' at 8 o’clock, when the speaker will be the pastor. Special music by the young peoples’ choir, di rected by Misss Evangeline Fox, will feature the- evening service which will be especially designed for young people. It was also announced (that the annual daily vacation Bible school will begin at the church at 9 o’clock Mon day morning and will continue through Friday. Speaker at the morning serv ice at the Presbyterian church will be the Rev. J. M. Walker, Jr., who on last Sunday deliver ed his first sermon as pastor, fol lowing his acceptance of the call to the church during the previous week. The young .people will meet in ithe evening but there will be no evening worship serv ice at the Church. Regular services at Roxboro First Baptist church will be held, with preaching in the morning and at by the pastor, Rev. W. F. West Sunday school will be held at Boozbfco Central Nominee ■ ... Above is a recent photograph of R. P. Bums, recently nomin ated as Person representative in the general assembly on the De mocratic ticket. COMPLETE LIST OF OF EVENTS FOR WEEK PRESENTED Mrs. B. G. Clayton Presents Schedule For Convenience Os Residents Expecting “Hospitality” Guests. It has been learned that many people of this" city "and Person county, who are planning to have guests for “Hospitality Week”, June 23 through the 29, are ex pecting their guests to come special features on special during the week rather than to stay during the entire week. For this reason, Mrs. B. G. Clay ton, director of “Hospitality Week”, has drawn up a complete schedule of events and the hours at which they will be presented. In concise form the schedule fol lows. Sunday, June 23 Services in churches of Roxboro and Person | county at 11 a. m. Monday, June 24 Tea at | Hotel Roxboro, 4 to 6 p. m. All| men and women in the city and county are invited to attend with their guests. Tuesday, June 25 Bridge party at Hotel Roxboro at 8 p. m. j Call Mrs. John Morris for reser (Continued On Back Page) J Along The Way o—o—o—o Curtis Long, Roxboro lad, brother of D. D. V. Long, says that he is no longer a “jitterbug”. Curtis recently issued the statement that he was older now and that he was a mature business man, therefore, he could not afford to be seen ‘jit terbugging”. This column passes this sad news on to the peo ple of this community who had hoped to see Curtis in action during “Hospitality Week”. Arthur Bradsher, twin brother of Dewey, has decided to move to Roxboo and thus look forward to 'his future here. Arthur is a young man; look at Dewey and you can see how young he really is, and so he should make Roxboro a very valuable citizen. Time alone will tell. Here is a list of new houses that will be glad to have any number