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SHMSON DENIES U. S.
EVER RUSHED INTO WAR
Washington, Jan. Secretary
Stimson said that no President
had ever “rushed this country in
to war” and that Congress could
- .“safely rest” with Mr. Roosevelt
’the broad responsibilities propos
ed for him in the lease-lend pro
gram.
| ’ Discussing the program with
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, the War Department
Chief was led by Representative
J Tinkham (R., Mass.) into a dis
“ cussion of the discretion the
i President would have in determ
ining nations whom the United
i States might aid.
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JUDGE WON’T DIVORCE
ANY DRAFTEES NOW
Kansas City, Jan.—Ray G. Co
wan, the paradoxical jurist has
decreed there’ll be no draftee di
vorces in his court for the dura
tion.
Judge Cowan, a former nation
al official of the Disabled Amer
ican Veterans, proposed that ev
ery divorce seeking wife be re
quired to sign an affidavit that
her husband, was not in the army,
navy, marines or air corps.
“The draftee should not be wor
ried with marital troubles while
away from home,” said the jur
ist, who was so badly crippled in
the World War that he still limps.
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STORK COMES BY TAXI
IN WINSTON-SALEM
Winston-Salem, Jan.—Bom in
a speeding taxi cab crossing East
Winston en route to a hospital,
a Negro baby is doing well.
’ But Driver H. T. Thompson,
who piloted the stork express,
said he didn’t want to go through
r with it again.
Bora in eight blocks flat, the
baby was getting along all right
when the cab drew up in front
x of the hospital. And, hospital at
tendants said, mother and child
were treated and sent home the
same afternoon.
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GERMANS TRYING TO
FINSH JOB ON CARRIER,
ILLUSTRIOUS
Berlin, Jan.—German planes,
smashing at British Naval power
at one of its Mediterranean cita
dels, Malta, were reported by the
High Command to have scored
“several direct hits of heavy and
medium caliber” yesterday on the
aircraft carrier Illustrious, al
ready “badly damaged” by Stuka
dive-bombers on Jan. 10.
Numerous German bombs drop
ped in the attack on the Port of
Valletta, Mai to, were said to have
struck an arsenal. A merchant
ship also was “struck directly by
heaviest caliber bombs,” the high
command said in reporting the
* “excellent effect” of the raid early
yesterday afternoon.
AUXILIARY MEETS
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i January meeting of thF Wo
man’s Auxiliary of Community
(- hospital was held last Wednes
day afternoon at Roxboro Com
. munity house, with the presi-
I dent, Mrs. Mollie Strum Barrett,
| presiding. Plans for a St Val
g entine’s day benefit bridge were
\r considered and various commit
: tee reporta were presented JLJght
| refreshments were then served to
| the fourteen members Resent
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Warriors Hailed by Greeks
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Wild v illi joy over their country si.xcessei, against the tlalians, the
populace of Athens, Greece, gives a rousing receptiou to Greek and
British soldiers home from the battlefront. The British fighters have
British and Greek flags. The Greeks are grateful to the British for the
a:d they have given them in Albania, where II Duce is still in reverse.'
Woods Makes Report to
Board On Year's Work
Giving a resume of business
t accomplished by the Roxboro
> Chamber of commerce during his
first year as executive secretary,
Wallace iW. Woods, at a directors
'■ meeting held today, reported that
153 credit reports had been sum
-1 ished by him as head of the Re
■ tail Merchants association divis
ion of the chamber to out-of town
bureaus; that 200 such reports
had been given to local mer
chants, together with 13 FHA re
ports, 8 reports fjrom out-of
-1 town bureaus and 119 reports
' dealing with information about
’ the City of Roxboro and the gen
eral community.
’ Mr. Woods, who assumed the
1 Chamber secretaryship a year
1 ago, said that Miss Virginia Saun
ders, who is his secretarial assist
! ant, has been named by the
' board as executive manager of
' the Retail Merchants credit asso
ciation. He also mentioned fact
' the Chamber offices were used
: as the R. L. Harris campaign
headquarters during Mr. Harris’
successful campaign for the Lieu
tenant Governor’s position which
he now holds and which through
him will add prestige to both
Roxboro and Person county.
End of a very successful year
| for the local Chamber of com
merce was indicated by the se
cretary, although he did say that
more merchants and business men
in this area should belong and
urged those now members to so
licit new memberships, if they
wish the organization to increase
its efficiency and service to the
community.
Mr. Wood’s report also show
ed Chamber sponsorship of a Dol
lar Day Sale in March, in which
53 firms participate the ma
jority Considering it most suc
cessful.
In connection with the Retail
Merchants Association Division
of the Chamber of Commerce, the
secretary attended the N. C. Mer
chants Credit Association con
vention in Raleigh where he
made contacts that have been
most helpful to our local Associa
tion.
He also assisted several busi
ness groups in >
holidays during-
months as well
ciays throughout
assisted the Woman V\BRflr in
Dr. Allen Will
Speak To Group
At Later Date
Speaker at the January meet
ing of the Roxboro Central Gram
mar School Parent Teacher asso
ciation to be held on a date to be
announced will be Dr.. A L. Al
len, director of the Person unit
of the tri-county health depart
ment, who is expected to discuss
a topic of special interest to all
parents.
The meeting was scheduled for
Tuesday of this week but has
been postponed because of the
closing of schools.
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Weather Clips
Tobacco Sales
Modified by adverse weather
conditions, Wednesday and Thurs
day sales on the Roxboro tobacco
market, taken together, totaled a
round 45,000 pounds according to
reports from George W. Walkker,
secretary of the board of trade,
who said the price remained on
average near 12 cents. Continued
bad weather affected Friday’s
sales.
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Clayton Freed Os
Blame For Death
Howard Clayton, young white
man of the Barton’s Mill com
munity, charged with manslaugh
ter after the automobile which
be was driving struck and al
most instantly killed Henry
Smith, was relieved of all blame
at a court trial last week before
Judge R. B. Dawes. The fataiity
occurred on the afternoon of De
cember 26, as Smith, a Durham
road resident was crossing the
highway near his home in this
city.
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Returns from Style Show
W. R. Hawkins, proprietor of
the Roxboro Shoe Store, has re
turned from Charlotte where he
attended a style show of shoes.
Mr. Hawkins stated that styles
were very different and might
be compared to new hats in one
sense of the word.
INSPECTIONS OF
MARKETS MADE
BY; SANITARIAN
Fowler Reports A Number
With Excelent Grades. Oth
ers Are Not So Good As
They Could Be.
Under provisions cf the State
Board of Health, District Sani
tarian T. J. Fowler during this
past week completed inspections
cf all meat markets in the Per
son area. Highest grade of 93 was
received by the Ca-Vel company
store.
Two next highest were Moore's
Cash market and Carl Winstead’s
with 91.5, respectively, while
Pender’s market and S. P. Gen
try and company scored 91 each,
and Clayton and Stewart 90.5, to
the A and M Food shoppe’s and
O’Briant’s 90.
Score of 88 was received by
E. D. Owen’s market, while
Whitt’s South Side was 85.5.
White's at Hurdle Mills reached
81, and Short’s was 80, with J.
A. Whitt’s at 70. Discontinued
until requirements can be met
were meat markets operated in
establishments of Ashley and
Brooks and J. G. Chambers, both
. cf Timberlake. I
' For the better protection of
public health said Mr. Fowler, the
, State Board of Health has auth
orized and directed and empow
ered the District Health Depart
ment to prepare and enforce rules
and regulations governing the
sanitation of meat markets, abat
toirs, and other places 4 where
meat or meat products are pre
pared, handled, stored, or said,
and to provide a system of scor
ing and grading such places. No
such place as mentioned above
shall operate which receives a
sanitary rating of less than 70
percent. This law does not apply
1 to farmers who raise and butch
er their own products.
5 In the inspections made this
1 week by Mr. Fowler the market
managers attention was called to
the items of the rules and reg
’ ulations such as hand washing
: facilities, meat storage, hot and
cold water under pressure, health
certificates and condition and
kinds of meat.
All the markets are required
to keep the grades posted so that
the public can see the rating and
therefore determine the sanitary
' condition."
Following are the grades: 90 to
> 100 is Grade A 80 to 90 grade B
- 70 to 80 Grade C.
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’ The cost of operating an auto
’ mobile has decreased 50 per cent
| since 1926. __
Along The Way
With the Editor
Wanted by this column—a picture of Guthrie Bradsher
riding his horse. Would like to have him with a complete rid
ing costume and a western saddle on the horse. Would also
be much better if Guthrie had a lasso. We understand that
Mr. Bradsher rides every Sunday afternoon and this picture
could be snapped almost any time.
Curtis Oakley has started playing golf. He is now in the
1 market for a complete set of golf clothes, golf clubs and about
two hundred golf balls. The first time he made the round he
got a par 3 on the 9th. hole if you do not could the whiff that
he made on the ninth tee. Oakley will probably take off each |
afternoon during the spring and summer to play a few rounds.
Some of the boys have been saying that Claude Harris
is wearing mighty nice clothes. They even go so far as to say
that he is “in the money” and Coleman King says that Claude
may take a winter vacation in Florida.
This wtiter is having a rather hard time getting to this
- column today. Two of our men have just gone home with the
x, . .
flu and Maynard has been taking pills for two days.’ Tom
Shaw is taking things easy and pecking on his writing ma-,,
chine. George Walker, Jr. came down to help get us out of .
t our sweat, but we are still in one and so I guess I must stop.
. and help a little.
See you next week with all the latest scandal.
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District Schools Will
Close Until Wednesday
Events Postponed
Cub Scout Pack meeting
planned for Monday night at
the Roxboro Community
house has been postponed un
til next Monday night, follow
ing announcement yesterday of
closing of Roxboro district
schools until Wednesday. Sup
ervising Principal H. C. Gaddy
reported then that all athletic
events scheduled for Monday
and Tuesday have also been
postponed.
SANDERS URGES
ALL ALLOTMENTS
TO BE SIGNED
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February First Is Final
Date. Definition Os New
Farm Given.
1 Tobacco growers and farmers
in Person County interested in
filing an application for tobacco
acreage allotment, subject to ap
proved regulations, should file
this application with the Chief
Clerk in the office of the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion on the second floor of the
Courthouse at Roxboro as soon
as possible, not later than Feb
ruary 1, 1941, according to an
nouncement made Saturday by
County Agent H. K. Sanders.
The following instructions have
been received from the Raleigh
and Washington offices regarding
allotments of tobacco acreage to
new farms, said Mr. Sanders.
Anyone interested in making ap
plication for acreage on a new
farm should read carefully each
paragraph of the instructions in
which a “NEW FARM is defined
as a farm on which tobacco was
not produced in any of the 5
years 1936 to 1940 and on which
tobacco will be produced in
1941.”
In order to obtain an allotment
for a new tobacco farm in 1941,
the operator of the farm shall
file an application therefor on
41-Tob-37, prior to February 1,
1941.”
“A tobacco acreage allotment
shall not be established for any
r.ew farm unless the following
conditions have been met:
(a) The farm operator shall
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940
Seed Loan Plans
Being Formed For
Current Seed Year
Seed Lean Field Supervisor J.
C. Howard, said yesterday in an
‘ interview with newsmen of Per
] son County, that he was getting
1 his office in the Basement of the
New Post Office building in com
plete readiness, to begin taking
Applications for 1941 Loans, on
j or before February Ist.
Supervisor Howard said that
the Seed Loan Office no longer
has to wait for Congress to pass
p Bill, to make funds available
to those farmers who are eligible
for this Loan, but that the Office
operates now on a revolving
fund.
Since the Seed Loan Office be
gan operating in 1929, some 225,-
458 farmers in North Carolina
have made these loans, in the
amount of $23,546,000.00. Repay
ment to date on the above is ap
proximately 93 percent.
Eight thousand and four nun
dred farmers in Person County
have borrowed $750,000.00 from
this scource, and repaid 95 per
cent plus.
Mr. Howard also said that he
rather anticipated some increase
ip. the number of loans to be
made in 1941, because so much
tobacco was seriously damaged
by excessive rainfall late last
Summei-, that the market was
rather low on the heavy and di
seased types of tobacco. With re
duced acreage and low markets,
many farmers were left almost
stranded after paying current ex
penses.
But said Howard, the Seed
Loan Office is here, and is ready
to render the needed assistance
to all eligible fanners, whether
one hundred or one thousand. *
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License Plates In
Up-Swing Here
As of Friday, January 17, ac
cording to Miss Mary Stanfield,
branch manager of the Roxboro
unit of the Carolina Motor Club,
3,353 automobile licenses have
been sold, as compared with
3.142 sold up to the same date in
1940.
342 truck plates have been
sold, while 322 were sold last
year. Trailer plates for 1941 are
down to 464, as compared with
507 for last year.
This local record, Miss Stanfield
believes, is in line with a similar
increase in sales of motor club
memberships, not only in this
state but throughout the nation.
Regardless of the weather or
the season many people stili
want to travel and more and more
they are waking up to advantages
provided by motor clubs for
traveling services, particularly
road information and repair
courtesies.
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Wilborn Rites Held
Funeral services for Edgar Otto
Wilborn, 3 and one half year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. William Ot
to Wilborn, of Semora, whose
death occurred Thursday morn
ing at the family residence, fol
lowing an illness of three days
with pneumonia, were conducted
Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Lambeth Memorial church by the
Rev. L. V. Coggins. Interment was
in the church cemetery. Only
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THE TIMES IS PERSON'S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER,
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A LEADER AT ALL TIMES,
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NUMBER ELEVEN
Ca-Vel School, Negro
Schools, And County
Schools Remain Open.
Many Mild Cases Re
ported, But Closing Taken
As Precautionary Measure.
With exception of Ca-Vel ’
school, all public schools for white ’
1 children in the Roxboro school
district will remain closed until
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" Wednesday morning because of an
apparent increase in prevalence
of influenza, it was announced
* yesterday morning by school of
ficials, following conferences with
teachers, board members and
: physician. Dr. A. L. Allen of the
Person unit of the ehalth depart
-5 ment, was out of the city but had
’ previously been consulted.
1 Both city and county schools
‘ were in operation through Fri
■ day and county schools will con
tinue to operate, although many
absences have been reported, par
* ticularly in the Roxboro district.
Only at Ca-Vel school in the dis
trict has attendance held up to
average.
Person health department of
ficials today said 240 cases of in
fluenza have been reported in the
county and city inclusive, with
. possibilities of many milder cases
unreported.
It was emphasized that closing'
, order for the school is being tak
. en a precautionary measure and
that there is no undue,
alarm as to reaching of an epi
demic stage.
The conference of school offi
cials was held in the board of
education office with Person Sup
erintendent of schools R. B. Grif
fin, Supervising Principal H. C.
Gaddy, and others in attendance.
Closing was issued: with
approval of J. A. Long, district
board chairman. It is understood
that at least two physicians rec
ommended closing the schools.
Mr. Griffin said that Negro
schools, including Person County
Training school, which is in the
Roxboro district, will remain
open. General opinion is that the
situation will be improved by
Wednesday so that all closed
schools will be reopened on that
date.
BRITISH RELIEF
SOCIETY PLANS
BEING FORMED
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Mesdames Crosley and
Bloxam Head Bundles
Committee. Office Opens
This Week.
According to plans now being
completed office headquarters of
the Roxboro unit of the British
War Relief society, of which
Mrs. S. M. Ford is chairman, will
be opened this week in the Kirby
building, as previously announc
ed. It is planned that members
cf an office committee, to be ap
pointed, will stay in the office to
receive bundles, and financial
contributions, said Mrs. Ford.
Regular office hours will be ob
served, but until opening arrange
ments are completed citizens who
are interested in rendering im
mediate assistance to the society’s
program for relief of English civ
’i ilians are requested to telephone
1 Mrs. Ford, Mrs. Sanders McWhor
ter or other members of the ex
- ecutive committee.
This committee met Friday af
' temoon in the office of Robert
5 Edgar (Buddy) Long, vice chair -
1 man, at which time plans were
1 made for a membership campaign
e to be launched shortly.
» Mesdames Arthur CfcosH* I*4
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