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PRESIDENT PLANS MESSAGE
ASKING LONGER SERVICE
WASHINGTON, July 19.—Pres
ident Itoosevelt disclosed today
that he would send to Congress
next week a message urging ex
tended service for selectees, re
servists and National Guards
men.
He spoke to a press conference
of the necessity of avoiding com
plete disintegration of the army
and said that the burden was
very definintely on Congress.
Service of these men is now lim
ited to one year.
Asked whether he would rec
ommend also that draftees and
guardsmen be authorized to serve
outside the Western Hemisphere,
he replied in the negative.
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STATE SCHOOL GROUP
APPROVES HUGE BUDGET
RALEIGH, N. €., July 19.—The
State School Commission lata
yesterday approved a record
breaking budget of 828,136,848
which would restore maximum
school salaries to pre-depression
levels.
The commission appropriated
8339,560 to give A-grade instruc
tors a $5 monthly ninth incre
ment;; about $250,000 to decrease
the differential between While
and Negro teachers’ salaries, and
$52,000 to give principals a fifth
increment of $7 monthly.
A maximum pay of $l5O a
month for eight months was set
for teachers.
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U. S. UNIT GETS
BENDIX STRIKE
WASHINGTON, July 19.— I The
National Defense Mediation
Board today took over attempts
to settle a strike at a Bendix, N,
J., factory where six men werfi
injured yesterday in a flare of
violence on the picket line.
In certifying the dispute to
the mediation board, the Labor
Department said C. I. O. workers
at Air Associates, Inc., were de
manding a union contract and re
instatement of men allegedly dis
charged for union activity.
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FDR SAYS U. S. READY TO
FIGHT FOR ICELAND
Washington, July 19. —Presi-
dent Rbosevelt declared today it
was the policy of the United
States to defend Iceland and also
to afford protection for the A
merican garrison in the North
Atlantic island.
Therefore, he told a press con
ference, it is what he termed A
B C stuff to keep open the sea
lanes to Iceland. The orders, he
said 1 , are to provide protection
against attack or any threat of
attack.
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SUSPENDED OFFICIAL
CLEARED OF CHARGES
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 19.
—Leo Hill of Jacksonville, sus
pended as a member of the For
ida Industrial Commission by
Governor Spessard L. Holland
last February pending an inves
tigation of alleged expense irreg
ularities, received a clean bill of
health today.
Holland reinstated him by ex
ecutive order yesterday, the Gov
ernor’s office announcing that
an investigation had failed to sus.
tain the charges against him.
Jraoniltas
PUBLISHED EVERY SUNDAY & THURSDAY
Two Problems Discussed At
Defense Committee Meeting
Daylight Saving Proposal
Approved. Telegram Sent
By Mayor. Aluminum
Matinee Monday, With City
And County-Wide Drive
Thursday.
Meeting with E. G. Thomp
son, who was recently appointed
chairman of the local unit
of the Commitf.ee for National
Defense, members of the Com
mittee on Friday afternoon re
viewed plans for the “Collect
Aluminium” drive which will be
gin on July 21 and is to contin
ue thorough July 29. Approval
was also given to the proposal
that Roxboro observe Daylight
Saving heurs and thus follow
suggestions made from Washing
ton and Raleigh in an effort to
conserve electric current.
Principal day of the alumin
um drive will be Thursday, July
24, when Scouts will collect it.
The Daylight Saving pian,
familar to those citizens who re
member war conditions preva
lent during 1917-1918, accordirg
to announcement from Raleigh,
is expected to go into effect or.
August 1, when clocks will be
turned backward one hour, un
til October 1, and will thus give
an average of one more hour of
daylight during working hours.
A telegram was later in the day
dispatched to Governor J. Mel
ville Broughton by City Man
ager Percy Bloxam.
The Bloxam message, sent at
the request of Mayor S. G. Win
stead read, as follows:
“Mayor S. G. Winstead instructs
me to say Roxboro will cooper
ate 100 percent on Daylight
Saving proposal.”
Request from the Governor
for action in the matter was re
ceived Friday.
Active in the aluminum
campaign will be Person and
Roxboro Boy and Girl Scouts,
Four-H Club members and citi
zens in City Manager
Percy Bloxam has agreed to pro
vide space on the City Hall lawn
Where Contributions ifiay be de
posited and Teague Kirby, owner
manager of the Palace theatre,
has agreed to sponsor an alumin
ium matinee on Monday, July
21, at 3 o’clock, for all children
who will bring two or more ves
ses of aluminium to the theatre.
Picture to be shown will be
Frank Buck’s, “Jungle Caval
cade,” and Boy Scouts will be
on hand to receive the aluminum
vessels, which, it is pointed out
are to be discarded vessels or
pieces no longer useful.
Considerable discussion of the
proposed drive was held and de
cision was reached by Scout
Chairman C. A. Harris who is
a member of Mr. Thompson’s
committee, that Scoutmasters of
various troops will confer for
discussion of plans whereby the
Scouts can most effectively ser
ve in the drive. It is expected that
the city and county will be divi
ded into zones or districts, with
full cooperation from all citizens.
Miss Velma Beam is to have
charge of the compaign in coun
ty areas.
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HAWKINS SERVES
New school committeeman at
Hurdle Mills is Floyd Hawkins,
appointed to succeed Charles
Norris, resigned. Other members
of the committee are Clytfe Ber
ry, chiirman, and Wallace Fou
shee, secretary, who have served
with the group for several years.
Mr. Norris, who had served for
12 years, declined re-appoint
ment, paying he believed opper.
tunity should be given to ano
ther.
ALUMINUM SCOUT
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Dr. Robert E. Long, shown
above, popular dentist and
Scoutmaster, is busy with plans
for Thursday’s “Aluminum Day”,
when Scouts of City and County
will call upon residents for dis
carded aluminum.
WT.DANIE.67
PASSES FRIDAY
AT RESIDENCE
Rites Held Saturday For
Hurdle Mills Man By The
Rev. S. F. Nicks.
William Thomas Daniel, 67, of
Hurdle Mills, died Friday night
at 8:15 o’clock at his home fol
lowing a heart attack, after an
illness lasting several weeks.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the late residence Satur
day afternoon at 4 o’clock by the
Rev. S. F. Nicks, pastor of Hills
boro Methodist church, with in
terment fallowing in the Daniel
family cemetery near Huidle
Mills.
Survivors include: his wife the
former Miss Sylvia Sykes, four
Sons and three daughters; three
brothers. Arch and Harry Dan
iel, both of Hurdle Mills, and
Sam Daniel, of South Carolina,
and two sisters, Mrs. Calvin Long,
and Mrs. Walters, both of Hurdle
Mills. , i-t- '
The sons are: James Daniel, of
Mebane, John Frank, Thomas
and Billy, all of the home.
Daughters are Misses Mary Fran
ces, Louise and Gertrude Daniel,
also of the home.
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Scout Troop
49 Has Meeting
Troop 49 met in the yard of
the Scoutmaster where two new
tents were erected. These were
donated to the troop by Commit
tee Chairman Dr. A. F. Nichols.
These the scouts appreciated
very much and they will be of
much service to the boys this
years and years to come.
Plans were made for aiding in
the collection of aluminum for
National Defense. There will be
a call meeting of all scouts this
week to make final plans.
Announcement was made by
Robert Wagstaff, who had re
turned from Camp Cherokee that
two of the boys from Troop 49
were taken into the honary or
ganization, “The Order Os The
Arrow”. These boys were Tho
mas Long and Bernard Whitfield.
Two of our other boys attending
camp last week were initiated
last year. They were Jack Hughes
and Toufeilk Ameen.
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Placing U. S. troops in Iceland in occupation of strategic Atkin!
outposts were taken “in order to forestall any pincers movement unde:
taken by Germany against the Western hemisphere,” according to :
statement by President Roosevelt. Above map indicates how this work:
(1) Iceland occupation nullifies any Nazi threat from the north an
occupation of Trinidad, and British Guiana (2 and 3) take care of tli
southern jaw of the pinccr hinged on Vichy-French Dakar in Africa.
Some sources contend taking over of Azores and Cape Verde Islands
(shown in large type) would further greatly strengthen hemisphere defense.
Griffin Still Has
Need Os Two
Men Teachers
Scarcity of young men in the
teaching . profession, apparently
because of Selective Service ree-
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istrations, is giving Person Sup
erintendent of Education R. B. 1
Griffin two headaches; he needs I
two young men, one to teach sci-'
ence, and coach baseball and
basketball at Helena high school, l
and one ditto, at Bethel Hill high
school.
Two or three times since clos
ing the schools Mr. Griffin
thought he had his man, or men,
but for one reason or another
he still needs two men with the
specified educational and athletic
abilities, but they must be good
men and the freeer they are from
the “draft”, the better.
Along The Way
With the Editor
Kirby On The Spot
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What a brave man is our friend O. T. Kirby; right in the
cage with “Leo” the lion. Now maybe you think “O. T.”
wasn’t afraid when this picture was made. Maybe you thirk
that his knees were not shaking and that he was as calm as a
gentle breeze—maybe you think that—but if you do, you don’t
know O. T. Kirby. He got in that cage with Leo because a
few of his friends did the same thing and Kirby didn’t know
how to get out of doing what they did.
MCMANUS LEAVES
CCC CAMP HERE
Goes To Concord. New
Superintendent Comes
Here From Littleton.
1 1 W. B. McManus, for four years
of the CCC camp
lat Yanceyville and at Roxboro,
• j left this morning for Concord,
where he will serve in similar
: [ capacity. He is being succeeded
Iby Superintendent Suggart, for-
I merly with the CCC at Littleton.
Closing of the Littleton camp
was cause assigned for the tran
sfers involved.
Mr. McManus, who came to
Roxboro when his camp was
several months ago moved irem
Yanceyville, has been very pop
ular here. No other changes in
: personnel have been announced.
Mr. McManus has been connec
, ted with the CCC for the past
| seven years.
SUNDAY JULY 20, 1941
Roxboro BWR Office Closes
Temporarily, Work Goes On
ROXBORO PEOPLE
HURT IN WRECK
Willsons Injured When 2
Automobiles Collide Head-
On Near Greensboro-High
Point Airport
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Greensboro, July 18—Six per
sons, including four from Rox
boro, were injured, one probably
seriously, when two automobiles
collided head-on about 3:30 Thur-s
day afternoon in front of Greens
boro-High Point Airport on High- 1
way No. 421.
The injured were listed as
Otis Lee Wray of Greensboro,
who was a passenger in a car
which State Patrolmen said Was
driven by Eli Beil of Greensboro;
Bell, and four residents of Rox
bero, Mr. and Mrs. Frank 11.
Willson and their two daugh-:
tors, Sarah, 16, and Betsy Will
son 5. Sarah is now at home.
The Willson's were taken to
Wesley Long Hospital.
Bell probably was the most !
seriously injured, it was stated.
He was suffering from a broken i
back but no paralysis and his :
condition was “undetermined.”’ j
Wray sustained a broken arm
and lacerations; Willson, said to
be the 'driver of the other car,
lacerated face and scalp and dis
located hip; Mrs. Willson, laceraj
lions; Sarah Willson, superficial!
brush wounds, and Betsy Will- j
son, minor cut on the cheek and;
shock.
State patrolmen said Willson;
was driving east on the nigh- j
way and started to make a left
turn into the airport driveway
when his car was in collision with
that operated by Bell, who was
going west on the highway.
Patrolmen said the Willson
car was knocked 77 feet back of
the point of impact while Bell’s
car traveled 60 feet beyond that
point.
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Girls And Boys
Return From Stav
mi
At Seatone Camp
Hugh Beam, Jr., son of Dr. and
Mrs. H. M. Beam, and Bill Brad
sher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guth
rie Bradsher, have returned frim
Camp Seatone, near Manteo,
where they spent four weeks.
Also in the party were Miss Pan
thea Bullcck, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Bullock, Miss Ar
lene Hall, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Hall, and Miss Betty
Anne Cushwa, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Cushwa, ail of
whom are now at home.
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Fifth District
Postmasters To
Meet In City
Postmasters in the Fifth dis
trict, North Carolina division of
the National Association of Post
masters, will on Tuesday night,
July 22, hold a business meeting
at Hotel Roxboro, with L. M.
Carlton, district dhairman and
Roxboro Postmaster, presiding.
Dinner will be served at sev
en o’clock and will be followed
by election of officers. Special
guests will include J. Tracy
Moore, Greensboro Postmaster,
and Mrs. Annie L. Scott, who
holds the same position at San
ford.
Membership in the Fifth dis
trict association is drawn from
Person, Granville, Caswell, Rock
ingham, Forsyth, Stokes and I
Surry counties. |
THE TIMES IS PERSON’S
PREMIER NEWSPAPER
A LEADER AT ALL TIMES.
NUMBER THIRTY-EIGHT
Downtown Office Which
Has Been Used By British
War Relief Society Need
ed By Owner. New Quar
ters Not Available.
Because its present office space
has been requested by the owners
j for other use, and because of in.
| ability to secure other suitable
■: quarters, the downtown office
es the Roxboro unit of the Bri
i tish War Relief society has been
’! temporarily , closed, according to
’ announcement today made by
' | Mrs. G. I. Prillaman, chairman.
The storeroom previously oc
cupied by the British War Relief
’ society is to be leased to the Rox
boro Dress Shoppe and the Mod
ern Beauty Shop, as of August 1.
Work of. the local unit will,
1 ; however, continue without in
terruption, said Mrs. Prillaman,
j and ail persons wishing to, make
contributions in cash or goods
■ may leave them at the Peoples
bank in care of James Brooks,
treasurer, cr may contact Mrs.
! Prillaman or Mrs. Percy Bloxam
at their respective homes, either
by telephone or in person.
Only this week a large box of
I used clothing was dispatched to
! the New York office. Knitting
is still being done under super
vision Mrs. Arch Jones, chair
man of that division, who may
jbe reached at her Academy
i street residence or by the teie
j phone.
Mrs. Prillaman was empalne
j tic in saying that the downtown
j office, in some location, is ex
| pected to be opened again in
I the Fall, and she and Mrs. Blox
am said they are most anxious
to impress upon the public that
need for continuance of work of
the Society through this unit is
vital, since there has been no let
up in needs of the war-stricken
British civilians and soldiers.
The office which has been in
continuous operation since the
first of this year, shortly after
the Roxboro unit was formed,
has until this week been given
by the owners of the Kirby-Lea
better building and Mrs. Prilla
man said that she desires to
thank them and officials of the
Carolina Power and Light Com
pany and all other citizens who
so generously assisted with the
operation of the office.
Emblems, playing cards, match
packs, china and other items
which have been on display and
for sale at the office will now
be available at Carney’s Millin
ery, Main street in the block a
bove the recently closed office.
All orders previously filled will
be taken care of there and a
stock will be kept on hand at
all times.
Rev. Mr Womble
And Mrs. Womble
Now In City . .
The Rev. Rufus J. Womble.
rector of St. Mark’s Episcopal
church, this city, will after an
absence of several weeks, con
duct services at the church this
Sunday, with Morning Prayer
and sermon at 11 o’clock and the
church school at the usual hour.
The Rev. Mr. Womble and his
wife, the former Miss LeGallais,
of Alexandria, Va., who were
married in that city on June 30,
returned to Roxboro two days
1 ago and are now guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Burger at Hotel
Roxboro. They will later stay
for a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
L. Sanders McWhorter, Barnette
avenue, but expect to then move
I to their own residence on North
I Lamar Street